The Sun. — London, England, 1834-12-29 00:00:00

-~~ They they had iey were, :heir own ind I do lu estions, they split D ObSCrVe lee union len it Was ion many Form Bill, io, it was issolution, meeting yith open nd half meetings his coon' he would e Cabinet . as only Oil :man had who were ; the fact, would not at cheer , not evil Great .:otland, it ;e. Church to address, and knew the effi3rts making in the City to return honest and staunch Reformers, he felt convinced that instead of less being done during the next Session of Parliament, the March of Reform would be more rapid and effective, and pro ductive of greater advantages to the people than the proceed ings of any former Parliament.—( Cheers. ) The Resolution was then carried unanimously. Sir SAMUEL WHALLEY came forward, and was loudly cheered. He said he had lately had several opportunities of addressing his fellow-countrymen, respecting the present im portant crisis in public affairs. On all these occasions he had felt confidence in addressing them as the representative of the largest borough in the kingdom ; but on the present occasion he could not do so, for while the words were issuing from his mouth, some men who arrogated to themselves the exclusive pale of loyalty, had, to serve their own purposes, addressed the Monarch to dissolve the present parliament—( Hear and cheers.) The fiat might have gone forth at the moment he spoke to them, and the public would be again called upon to elect a House of Commons which would, he (Sir S. Whalley) believed, with more vigour then the last, carry out those great principles of which the Reform Bill was the foundation. This was, indeed, a most important crisis—there was no mis take.--( Cheers.) There might have been on other occasions some little doubt as to who the men and what their measures might be ; but in the present instance that doubt had been dissipated.—( Hear.) They knew the men—they knew them well--(Cheers)—and it required no spirit of prophecy to 'foretell what the measures would be.—( Great cheering.) At such a time it was a great satisfaction—it was a great delight • and pride to him ( Sir Samuel Whalley) to see the free holders of the county of Middlesex assembled under the auspices of the Constitutional authorities.—Loud cheers.) He was delighted to stand between two staunch Reformers.— ( Great applause.) He was proud to see that the Metropolis of England knew how to exercise its great prerogative of choosing Sheriffs, in a more judicious manner than their Sove reign knew how to exercise hi s hi g h p rero g ative of choosin g Ministers.—( Loud cheers.) But the City of London he re gretted had not at its head a man whose heart was sound in the cause of Reform, and yet that disadvantage had not pre vented the City of London from expressing its detestation and disgust at the present change that had taken place in his Majesty's Councils.—( Cheers.) They had not been ridden down by a Mayor—( Laughter and cheering)—nor would they___( Cheers)—and they had resolved to get rid of the Mayor, even if it was a night mare. —( Cheers and laughter.) If, then, the City of London had set the example that the opinions of its head should not influence it, the people of England would, he trusted, follow up their example, and show that the opinions of their bead—of their chief Magi strate, should not influence them.—( Great cheering.) But perhaps he (Sir S. Whalley) was wrong in ascribing to the monarch such opinions—he should rather say such delusions. —( Hear.) Those evil councillors who pretended to be pre eminently loyal, only looked upon the Sovereign as the head of a faction they loved him and supported him, only while he supported them.—( Hear.) They had thrust him forward to serve their own purposes, and unhappily for him, he had been made their dupe, and by this means they had deprived him of the hearts and affections of the people.— (Great applause.) They bad on the present occasion misled him, and induced him to act in direct contradictiWs to the wishes of the people.—( Hear.) It was their province, their duty, and it would soon be their privilege, to undeceive his Majesty.--(Great cheering.) And he could not advert, without noticing with the contempt it merited, the cowardice of the present men, who shielded themselves behind the " King's name as a tower of strength," and pretended to ascribe to him the course of conduct which had flowed only from their own base advice---(Loud cheers.) They threw upon him the whole blame of the movement, and affected to deny that they had any hand in pro!lucing the present strong feeling that was abroad among the peole. Their new Prime Minister— ( Cries of " No," and great MSsing)—having no English feel ing., and not liking to reside amu"g them, except in so far as it might serve his own ambition,was enic7ing himself in Italy, and he told them that the " greatness had bee:: thrust upon him." But could they believe that any man of sense wci7 have dis missed so unceremoniously his Ministers—would they `oppose that the Monarch would, without any hesitation, have tiirriCfl off the responsible advisers of the Crown if he had not known that there were men ready to take their places ?—( Great cheering.) They were well aware that the plot had been long hatching, but he ( Sir S. W.) in his heart believed that they would cover its concoctors with shame and confusion.— They (the Ministers), said the Hon. Gentleman, have made a false step; they have dissolved the House, in the hope that there is a reaction—that you are sick of reform, and that you want to go back to the old abuses you so long ago discarded. —( Cheers.) First comes Joseph Surface, who says I am a reformer. I have always been a reformer ; but you have been so dull, that you have never been able to find it out. Sir Jo seph Surface, we tell you that we have found it out. You were, and no doubt you are a reformer still. But what sort of a one ? If you are not an apostate, you will hold it good and sound reform to reform the Reform Bill.—( Laughter.) That's the sort of reform which he will hold to be sound and consti tutional reform--e-e. reform calculated to bring back that oli garchy domination tzbich you have shivered at once and for ever from the sway of tLi: country. But, gentlemen, he de ceives himself, and I do fee: a proud delight at the aspect that is arising throughout the country, and at the certainty that, when the elective franchise has to be exercised again, they will, as they did before, forget the dangers that hang over them—disregard the base influences that may be exercised over them, and although they have not that protection which they certainly ought to have—vote by ballot, and the un bi asse d ex ercise of their votes—yet tha t the y will return such a Parliament as will ma k e the p olitical existence of those men as brief as will be the period of the election. At the present crisis we have once more to unite together without letting any little petty animosities break us into sets. - -(Cheers.) Union is strength. We must remember not nicely to weigh in the balance the merits of every Reformer now before us, but we must put to them one sure test. Will you, heart and soul, take the first—the earliest opportunity of expressing your utter disavowal of the present Government? Don' wait for the measures, you know the men. The watch word has been given you before. Your enemies tell you the men hole. out to the country a firm assurance of what their measures will be—tl;at they are not a postates—that they will go on in the same comic which has heretofore characterized them, and that they will not ..;:eeive you. At this crisis Ido regret that we have not with us the Whole of the public press that we had on former occasions—bui 7e have what is an ample counter-balance—such a cordial unanlit.l!N among all Reformers, that in truth we want not any press Co give echo to our opinions.—( Cheers.) The word has gone forth like wildfire through the country. It reminds us of the burning cross that was sent throughout the highlands of Scotland in ancient times to call together the clans to meet their foes ; like them, so will we send throughout the country the prerogative of the people or the prerogative of the Crown—(lmmense cheering, and cries of Bravo, bravo) — which is to have the ascendancy—( Hear, hear.) The prero gative of choosing Ministers is vested in the King, but it is vested in the King only in trust for t he people—( Loud cheers. ) It matters not to him personal) , who may be his Ministers. No Minisiers will touch his civil list—he has got ample liberty. The abuses 9f Corporations do not affect him—the duration of Parliament is of no consequence to him—the oppression that is exercised over the voter does not disturb him ; but it is the people who suffer from the bad conduct of Ministers— ( Hear, hear.) It is the people's duty to step forward now respectfully, but firmly, to offer their advice to the Sovereign in his exercise of that prerogative which was conferred upon him, not to indulge his own personal feelings, but to ad vance the interests and glory of his people—the cause of civil and religious liberty—and to place upon a sure basis the happiness of the whole worlef.—( Immense cheering. ) Union is strength, let Union be our watchword, let us bury all minor differences, enlist under the great banner of Reform, rally round it, place it in our front, and carry it on, beating down all obstacles in the way until we place it in the Temple of Liberty.—( Loud cheers.) Gentlemen, you heard very sound principles—in which I entirely concur—laid down in the first resolution that was submitted to you for adoption. The want of these principles being carried, has brought on the evils to which I am about to call your attention in the second resolution, which I now submit to your approval : °d.—That any attempt by a Minister of the Crown to impede the progress of Reform will, in the opinion of this meeting, endanger the peace and tranquillity of the people, and the safety of the Throne. We consequently eeelare it to be our determination, in ord er to avert such evils, to co-operate with our brother electors all over the kingdom in returning none but true Reformers to the next Parliament. Mr. DAVIS seconded the resolution. He would not weaken the very powerful appeal that had been made to them by any thing he had to say, but he hoped the constitutional front they would present to their enemies would be like a wall of brass, that they could neither beat down nor climb over.—( Cheers.) The resolution was then put to a show of hands, and was carried unanimously amidst loud cheers. Mr. WEYMOTT then came forward, and was received with loud cheers. The eloquent speaker who had preceded him had adverted to the necessity of Union upon this great occasion. The resolution which he held in his hand was such that if they were united upon it, it was impossible that the Tories could ever succeed in bringing back that cor rupt system of Geernment which happily the people of England had at present got rid of ; but if they dissented among themselves, if, above ai;, they were allured by any thing like an expectation that measura of Reform would have be proposed by the present Administration, f,ey would to look forward many many year s to come for the r'zicovition of those principles which they hailed in the Reform ( Hear.) It was impossible that the present government should ever bring forward any measures of Reform—were they not steeped up to their ears in measures against Reform? — (Hear, hear.) He would say that if Sir Robert Peal pos sessed the mind of a Charles Fox, with all the commanding eloquence of that great man, with a double portion of all his zeal and ardour for the liberty of mankind, sur rounded with his present Administration, he would defy him to carry into effect any measure of reform which would be ac ceptaisk._ to the pcople.—( Great cheering.) Among other things, it Nc . :t.S said that the present Ministers, if they con tinued in office, e „ - :pld put alien ed to the agitation which this country was troubled would ask who had been the agitators—who was it created agitation those two memor able days that the late Administiatio:. were out of office? !rard . and Was it not those very men who now came-- said they were advocates for reform.—( Loud cheer.: Again, if there had been any agitation since, was it not t ' ron; the Tories opposing all those good measures which would have been carried by the late Ministers?—( Cheers.) Would the measures they were now adopting cause agitation to cease ? Certainly not; it would only increase, and that in a tenfold degree.-__( Great cheering.) Sir Robert Peel claimed the friendship of a large body of the country, viz. the Dissenter and why did he do so, because he had condescended to vote for the Bill brought in by Lord John Russell, to enable them to marry according to their own rights ; and because, further, he had voted for the Bill brought in by Lord Althorp, to re lieve them from Church-rates.—( Cheers.) He did not think the Right Hon. Baronet knew that those measures had been repudiated by the Dissenters themselves, and was he vain enough to suppose that the Dissenters would receive that from his hands which they denied from their old and tried friends ? Did he suppose that they would think better of him and his measures, because the Duke of Wellington was joined with him ? if he did, he could assure them he was most woefully mistaken.—( Great cheering.) Perhaps he might think the consolatory language of the Secretary of State for the Home Department was likely to raise the present Ministry in the estimation of the public. If he had so, he was as far from the mark as ever.—( Great cheering.) He was persuaded that the unanimity which had prevailed on the present occasion would not only give heart-felt pleasure to the friends of Reform, but would strike its enemies with dismay.— ( Great cheoring.) There was another point to which he wished to draw the particular attention of the meet ing, and one to which the resolution in particular adverted. They were all aware of the great expense incurred e elec tions, and it could not be expected by any constituency, that gentlemen could time after time come forward and contest elections at their own expense, which were solely for the public good. In Marylebone they had come forward with contributions for the purpose of returning the Members for that borough without a shilling expense, and the object of the present reso lution was, that such a course should be adopted in the county of Middlesex. The following was the resolution :- 3d.—That to the non-fulfilment of these conditions as already stated as laid down at that period, can mainly be attributed the dis tress and difficulties to which the industrious classes have been re duced by an unparalleled pressure of taxation, from which they cannot hope to be relieved until those principles are recognised and acted upon. Mr. Alderman HARMER then came forward to second the above resolution, amidst the most deafening cheers. Being a freeholder of the county of Middlesex, he did not he sitate to come forward to express his most decided concur rence in everything that had taken place that day.—( Great cheering.) He was persuaded if the resolutions that had been passed at that meeting to-day were made public, the defeat of all the machinations of the Tories was cer tain.—( Great cheering.) He had no doubt (with Sir Samuel Whalley) that at the present moment the Parliament was dissolved, and such being the case it behoved the meeting and the public in general to do all in their power to defeat the Tories.—j( Cheers.) The Resolution was carried unanimously. Mr. FARLAR of BrOmpton came forward to propose the 4th resolution. It was the duty of every freeholder of the county to go voluntarily to the poll and give their votes to such candidates as were likely to advocate the cause of the people. —( Cheers.) The object of the present meeting was to take into consideration the crisis that was now approaching—what was that crisis ? It was whether they would send members to Parliament who would support an administration the head of which had only given 22 votes in the reformed House of Commons.—( Hear, hear, hear.) He held in his hand all the votes which Sir Robert Peel had given since the Reform of the Commons House of Parliament, and all those votes were contrary to the interests of the people at large.—( Great cheering.) The Right Hon. Baronet was against all inquiry into abuses, and he was for the continuance of pensions. What therefore had the people to expect from him as a Leader of the present Administration ?—( Cries of " Nothing, nothing.") If the votes were to bespeak the individual, the people had a right to say that they would measure his goodness by his deeds, and give no attention whatever to his false promises. The worthy Gentleman then concluded by proposing the fol lowing resolution :- 4th.—That an humble address, embracing the foregoing reso lutions, be presented to his Majesty by the Sheriff and County Members. _ _ Mr. LAWRENCE seconded the resolution. It was most gra tifying to find, at this end of the metropolis, the same feelin g against the present Ministry as existed at the East end. When they found bad men combining against the liberties of the people, it was the duty of the people also to combine, and show them what they exactly were when the public mind was brought to bear against them. They were on the eve of an eleeton, and every man should feel that he himself was of the utmost importance on the present crisis, and should strive by setting a good example to induce others to follow in a good cause. One good example had been set them by the City of London. A committee for the whole city had been formed, and they had got four good Reformers to stand for the representation of it. They had laid aside all petty jealousies, and had united themselves in one firm, solid, and compact body, by which their victory was certain, whereas, had they stood, as on fermer occa sions, with but 3 reformers, there was but little doubt the Tories by their manoeuvring, would have succeeded in sending in two of their own body. Feeling so much confidence as he did, he need say no more to them upon the subject, and would conclude by calling upon the gentlemen of that part of the town to do their duty manfully. He would pledge him self that those belonging to the part from which he came would not be found backward in doing their's. The resolution was then put and carried unanimously. Mr. GODERICH then came forward, and on the Sheriff announcing his name, there were loud cries of " Lord Goderich." He said, though not so high in rank, he was at all events as honest and independent a man.— ( Cheers.) He came. before them as a brother freeholder of the county of Middlesex, to move a resolution in which he knew they would all most cordially join, and therefore he was relieved from the • necessity of speaking at any great length— it was a vote of thanks to the two Members for the county.— (Cheers.) Their efforts were well known. They were both Reformers, and though there might be some shades of difference between them, still that was not a time for the splitting of political straws. They must re member that Mr. Byng had served them faithfully for forty years, and that though he had not, perhaps, uon all occasions pleased them, some thin g was due for old and faith ful services. As for Mr. Hume, he required not to say a single word, his services were so well known ; he would, therefore, conclude by proposing the following resolution : Mr. STEVENS said it was with the utmost satisfaction that he saw so numerous a meeting of the freeholders of Middlesex. It told him that they were alive to what their duty was upon the present occasion. He would have been more ready to have taken an active part that day had he not seen that there were plenty of gentlemen of the county who were determined to resist the men who were now called to be the Ministers of the Crown. It was most pleas ing to see that in no part of London were any persons to be seen who were not ready to put their shoulders to the wheel in order to send home the question of Reform.—(Hear.) They had been often told to avoid coalitions of all sorts, but tile day w as now passed—it was the duty of the people and Reformers of all sorts to goalesce—there must be now no asking for single votes ; there must no longer be that petty paltry wish for a triumph, which had heels fravtantly shown by candidates wishing to be at the head of the pelt...-( War.) They of the county of Middlesex would coalesce to support their two members, Hume and Byngses(Loud cheers.) Two more valuable men were not to be found,havirl duty to their const it uen ts manfully.—( Hear, hear.) One had voted the right way, or nearly so ; and the (Aber at all hours, night and day, was found at his post, watching the public expen diture, opposing every abuse, and endeavouring by all means to promote the great principles of seform.s.ss( cheers, Their members never considered the Reform Bill to s be a final measure. It was ridiculous for any man to consider it such. It was a measure giving the people more_ power, by the exercise of which they might destroy existing abuses, and secure those rights of which they had been so long deprived—a power calculated to place the Government of this country more in the hands of the representatives of the people.--( Hear.) They all admitted the prerogative of the Crown, but that prerogative exercised without thought and without reference to the svishee of the people, might be the boast of tyrants, but was not in character with the British Constitution, which only invested that prerogative in trust to be exercised for the good of the country.--( Cheers.) He would say no inure than call upon them to support the resolution, and to unite, every one in his respective parish, and they would again beat the Tories, and settle them in such a snermer that they would never be heard of more, ex cept in the page of history, to excite the wonder of posterity that Englishmen ever endured such preens to govern them. Mr. DIXON from the body of the meeting called out that as a freeholder, he hoped the county of Middlesex would never disgrace itself by a coalition of any kind. The remark excited some disapprobation, and the speaker was invited to ascend the platform, which he did, and proceeded to address the me eting to the following effect :—I will make no apo logies, and I won't remind you of the elegant speeches you have heard, nor will I say I'm not used to public speaking, for you've found that out.—( Hear.) lam brought into the lion's den, but you wont find me a Daniel, yet I have faith in the gue/d 134110 P which I stand forward to advocate. Above all things, I hate nothing 111E9 4 coalition i it smells of something injurious to the country at large r -(l•Sisses and pheers. ) I would have every man vote according to the dictates of his conscience, for one, two, three, or four, as may be.— ( , 4 Oh toh i") I 4lsvpys thought the Reform Bill was passed for that purpose, and in getting that we of all wo wanted.— ( Laughter.) I think, as a freeholder I have tt right to speak mmd. I did not intrude here, but was invited. We may compare Avg . two Members to a couple of stage horses— sometimes they have drawn . ..the coach together—sometimes ways.--( stiss es epnfusiou.) I shall you will not hoar me ;----just es' you like. tullet ey n palled d um dumb contrarysheer if One of your Members is a good wheeler, only he pokes his crupper beak, But what does the other want ? Why, we know he wants to be 11. loader, We, who have read his speeches, know what he means—it is " Maio i - Chancellor of the F xehequer."—( Hisses, and cries of " Off.") dentiemen, you don't seem to know any thing about it.—( Laughter, and cries of " Off, off.") I want 1:0 - Play, and I shan't go. I stand here as a freeholder, and you are only wasting your time. I know I can't speak like your member. Lord bless me l I h a verit half the jaw he has got. The Sheriff here requested the Gentleman not to speak offensively, to which Mr. DixoN replied—l a m come here not to be dictated to by you, although you wear a sword at your side.—( Cries of ,s sh ame i You ought to know better.") He ought to know better years ago for the county.—( A voice, ‘4 Your langeage is very creditable to you.") Well , if you don't -like to hear me, I shall propose an amenjeizst: He thee read the amendment as follows :--Resolved—that the ' , elders of the county of Middlesex arc desirous of being +be badge of and d it w he il r i - • _ a m ess unp moot b o represente try impro.v.ement, the and Whig or/Tory, who wens 3 I t n li o faction,P ar t oppose all measures but such as tend to :.!? happiness, and the prosperity of the country.—( Is•Sosrp hear.) I don't think I shall find a seconde r, so I sha ll p ut it in my pocket.—(Laughter, and cries of " Do so I put it in your pocket.") The SHERIFF inquired if there was a seconder to the amend. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, DECEMBER 2g; 1834. ment, but there being none it fell to the ground, and the re solution was carried unanimously. Mr. HOME came forward, and was received with deafening applause, which continued for some minutes, and which was more than once renewed with fresh enthusiasm. He was much obliged for the manner in which the resolution had been re ceived, but he would have been more pleased if they had allowed the gentleman who had previously presented himself to explain, and that they had heard the resolution which he had proposed as an amendment, because if there was any part of his (Mr. H.'s) on which he prided himself, it was that which the gentleman had wished to submit, because he was a man of no party but the party of the people.—( Cheers.) He had been long enough in the House of Commons to see the Tory Admi nistration succeeded by a moderate Whig Administration, then by an entire Whig Administration—he had seen changes of all kinds during the long period he had been in Parliament, but he would defy any man to say he had ever given a vote where he had not supported that which was necessary for the interests of the people.—(Cheers.) He had no doubt that the gentleman who had just presented himself, declaring he was a Reformer, was something like Sir Robert Peel.— ( Cries of " Hear, hear," and laughter.) He (Mr. Hume) only regretted that he could not know so much of the gentleman's past history, as he did of Sir Robert's, so as to be able to give a statement or form - an opinion of his future conduct. He was quite sure that any man who wished to trample the country under the feet of Wellington, could not have done more than come forward as Mr. D. had this day done. Men were often misled by words. He (Mr. H.) agreed that coalition was an ominous word, because coalition had fre quently taken place, having for its object every thing but the interests of the country—( Hear.) He would refer to the pages of history in support of this fact, and be was quite sure that those who had read those pages recently must know that when a great late coalition took place, it was for the ex press purpose of trampling under foot the interests of this country. Union undoubtedly was required, but God knew, and undoubtedly Mr. Dixon must be aware that die reformers had at present, against them, the Church— the Court,—the Magistracy,—the whole of the To ries and part of the press.--(A cry from the hus tings, " Not all the Magistracy.") Undoubtedly not all ; but the Honourable Gentleman spoke of the large majority. He hoped and trusted, and knew, that there were honourable exceptions. (Hear, hear.) He had around him Magistrates who would consider themselves degraded by being classed among those who he called destruc tives of the liberties of the country.—( Loud cheers.) Surely, the gentleman who had presented himself must have read over the cabinet of Wellington, and he must be aware from that muster of the determination there was to prevent a due exercise of the trust of every voter throughout the country. What did this meeting point out then beyond the necessity of nnion ? Re formers ought undoubtedly to exercise their judgment in ques tioning every man who came before them a to candidate, to ascertain if he was a man who would support cheap Government, and oppose every question that was cal culated to destroy the progress of improvement under the Reform Bill. Would Reformers adopt that course, and choose only those .men who would go on gradually to bring about those changes and ameliorations, or would they be stopped short, and subject themselves to a renewal of all the mischiefs which ages had brought upon this country ? If Mr. Dickson was, as he said he was, a Reformer, he had mistaken his object, because if ever there was a period at which reformers should be united it was the present; and there was undoubtedly the happiest demonstration of this feel ing throughout the country, because at any meeting within this metropolis the Ultras joined with the Whigs— the Whigs joined wish the Radicals, and there had not been a shade of difference at any of the meetings. All parties had come forward, the one saying " I will sink my difference of opinion," the other saying " I will sink mine, let us be of one union. —( Great cheering.) If the Hon. Gent. who spoke last—( Much laughter and cries of " honourable, indeed f") meant to recommend real union in order to protect Re formers, he (Mr. Hume) was certainly much obliged to him for giving him the opportunity of explaining what was meant by union ; and, undoubtedly, the struggle that was now about to take place, to use the emphatic expression of Mr. O'Connell, was " the struggle of struggles," which every good man in the country must make to secure the benefits of the Reform Bill. The man who rejected union of Reformers was to be looked upon as an enemy of the people—was to ae put down as un open Tory, and at once to be discarded from among them. He knew not whether Mr. Dixon was in the situation of a no bleman who had come forward on a late occasion to impugn him (Mr. Hume), he meant Lord Stormont.—( Hear, hear.) The corrupt city of Norwich, which had been guilty of the grossest bribery, but in cor*equence of some technicality which the House of Commons could not have foreseen, and which had prevented the right of electing members from being taken from it, had returned at the last election, Lord Stormount and Sir James Scarlett.—(Hisses.) They all knew how the ter vers.ation of Sir J. Scarletthad lately been rewarded-( Hisses. ) What had that Lord Stormont said of him at a late dinner ? --( Hear.) The gentleman behind him (Mr. Dixon) appeared to have taken a leaf out of their book.—( Hear and laughter.) What had Lord Stormont said of him " Gentlemen, would you have Mr. Hume Chancellor of the Exchequer ?"—( Yes, yes.) They should be aware of what was the object of the Noble Lord in this question. Were they not aware that the Noble Lord's grandmother had a pension of 1,000/. a year drawn out of their pockets?—(Great laughter, and cheer ing.) It was a fact that the Countess of Mansfield, although her son had a freehold landed property of 20,0001. a year, he . had allowed his mother to be a pensioner upon the public purse for agesl—( Great laughter and applause.) Now it was well-known that he (Mr. Hume/ bed ever been the avowed and determined enemy 0 all pensions and sinecures, and must they not, therefore, be aware that the object of Lord Stormont in objecting to him (Mr. Hume) being appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer was because be was satisfied that if he (Mr. Hume) was in the Treasury , the Noble Lord's Ingth@r'S pension must be lost.—.( Cheers and laughter.) With regard tq ano ther subject (for a gentleman behind him had said, "no more about nothing") lie would ask them did they believe that Lord Roslyn, Lord Ellenborough, or any other of those sine curists who were fattening en the spoil of the nation, and who had now become component parts of the administration, were the persons most likely to promote economy rind retre nc h., ment? He (Mr. Hume) would take the present opportunity of replying to the insinuation again s t himself relative to his taking office.—( Hear.) He had been for twenty-five years before the public, and if he had w ished for office he mi ght have had it.—( Hear.) But such was n o t his ob j ect, a n d it never was his Intention tq seek it.,-...( ApPlaqse.) ,fence fee all, he w pu o t ul fo d rw sai rd to aga a i ly st in h s i i m inia fo ti r on; a o n f t t o h f at u se rn r eth sort, that it was only g t ein, and fog' the mere purpose of spreading diseensien and elvision a mong their ranks.—( Hear.) It was put forth for the mere n" * - , ~ .... pose of 'amusing tne prejudices of some weals men wh o m -I rt riot be aware of their object. Called. as h',' hacl been, a r ter many yeere (if trial and dilileulty to 040.04te their interests in the House of Commons where he had often been left in small mino rities of four, five, and six, he bad never allowed himself to §nppert either Whigs or Tories as mere factions i but wher ever measures favourable to the interests of the country were brought forward by any party, he had been ready to support them.--( Loud cheers, and a voice in the crowd called opt, " Whv did not Mr. Bing rote with Yen 9") He had been asked ` by a freeholder below why his Hon , Co league had not voted with him; but he would ask him, in return, where had be ever found two men of the same opinions upon all subjects? He had regretted that his colleague did not on all occasions see things in the same light as he(Mr. H.) did, but was he now to turn round and charge his honourable col league with a slight difference of opinion A whets ho re collected that Mr. Brig had been a reformer, when danger was attached to the very name ?—( Loud cheers.) He looked with great satisfaction upon the proceedings Of the eonnty of Middlesex, and he was gratified to think that they would sink every shade of difference, be it large orsmall, and unite in expelling the Tories from the Government. The first moment that he heard of the clump In the Ad ministration at the time Lord Grey retired, he knew very well that the other party was ready,. and therefore it was that ho took the trouble he did to keep in the late Administra tion. He knew the Tories were to take office the very first opportunity that occurred, and, therefore, it had been his most anxiees wish that They should be disap pointed.-,(Cheers.) Sir John Seat Lillie had very pro perly said, they could scarcely know the difficulties the late Ministry lied had to contend against, but he (Mr. H.) had per haps had better opportunities of knowing those difficulties than many present. He had blamed the late Ministers in his place in the House of Commons, He had said he regretted ex tremely the course they were taking—( Loud cheers) —he had told them that they were standing . between people and the Tories, that they were preventing those measures which the people demanded, and which they had pro mised them ; and the moment they found the Ministers were vferP g_iving them d!gsatigraeticie, they would kick them out as they - deserved. Such had been his language to the Ministers when in office,and he would ask the people of England whether they were willing that the peers and parliament of this country, who have had the power of putting their hands into the poelsets o f the people_ whether they should resume that power, er whether the Commons of England would elect such Representatives as would take proper care of the' public purse, and see that no further expenses were incurred than were absolutely. necessary ?—( Loud Cheers.) If the Tories were to continue in office, and if they could obtain a Parliament with seven years' term, God only knew what they would do to destroy the little the people had got. The struggle was for libert y or slaver y , and limited as the suffrage was, as had been ex p ressed in th e first resolution, it hOoYed the pepple to get an oaten sion of the suffrage i it behoved them for the safety of their own rights, for the safety o f the crown, and for the protection of the Ceastitution, that they should extend the basis Qll eibiell the r.i.e.Vernment rested. —(Cheers.) Ha would ask if there were an y persons present who were accustomed to erect ordinary beildings whether they would net piece the greater structure 'upon as wide and solid a foundation -as possible ? and he would therefore say let the people of England, by tbQ extesision of the suffrage, 01/t4in 45 wide and extensive a feed as possible, thereby obtaining better means of supporting the Crown It self, and placing the King in the high situation which, as the monarch of the country, he ought to fill,--(Cheers.) He nemi not feu lienseftleefeze th . Ile•form Bill the King was a mere pageant. The Peers and the 0 9 0°NcY corns mended the House of Commons ; they fed the Ring as they pleased. But now that charm and spell was broken, and the people would have the command of the House of Commons. He considered there could not be a more gratifying sight than a mizting: like the present, and, he was happy to say, it was only a type of all those he had attende d in the metro p olis. It was aeltini gratifyingfer to o ne ee sees re o ent i l object.— sing one opinion, and (LOnd cheering.) Was there a man amongst them who did not want for a reform of all abuses and for peace? Then let them all be united, and stand firm against their enemies. What can you expect from men who disgrace themselves by the receipt of large pensions and holding sinecure places ?—who live on the fat of the land while you are oppressed with difficulties ?—( Cheers.) From those men he expected nothing—he heard of the change when he was sojourning in the land of the despots of the Holy Alliance, amongst whose myrmidons the very name of the Duke of Wellington created a grin of the utmost self satisfaction and delight. When he (Mr. H.) heard of his re turn to power, he heard it with very different feelings—with feelings of melancholy—but he was soon cheered, for he said to himself that the people who had so very gallantly achieved one of the greatest moral revolutions without blood shed, would never allow jealousy and distrust to enter their ranks, and without them what could the Tory phalanx do ? ( Cheers.) The present meeting, and those which had taken place in the City of London, and indeed in every place had told him his estimate of the people of England was a correct one, not:only of the meetings that had been held, but had determined by an overwhelming majority—indeed, with almost perfect unanimity,—to oppose the Tories at all points, and that they kept them at the proper place—they would send men to the House :of Commons who would effectually fight their battle. He agreed with the last speaker, that the electors generally should return men to that House belong ing to no particular party, but tried and good men woo would consider the interests of their constituents as their chief care.—( Cheers.) It was to the House of Com mons, therefore, that he looked for their final and triumphant victory, for to him it appeared improbable that such a House could be returned as would give the Tories a majority.—( hear, hear, hear.) He could not for a moment believe that the men who had so gloriously won the Reform Bill, would now act in such a manner as would say to the world that they were then wrong, and were now deter mined that Reform should go no further.—( Cheers.) They now saw that the rottenest part of the Irish Church was to be upheld—that must be the test upon which the Ministry must be tried.—( Loud cheers.) They might believe him that a 'rury was not to be trusted.—( Cheers.) Let not a Tory who for 30 or 40 years, indeed throughout his whole political life, had opposed everything which could benefit the public, get fixed in office. Sir R. Peel had done so, and had declared that he would never be an apostate, then who would the trust him?—( Cheers.) They had an example of Tory promises in the present Lord Mayor, who promised, before he got into office, upon his honour as a gentleman, and who said, " only let me be elected Lord Mayor, and you shall have Halls whenever you like ; but the moment he got fixed in power, he cried out, " I will not be interfered with in my office," and broke every pledge he had given. Tae Tories would do the same thing if they were allowed to get into the saddle—( Laughter) if they trusted the Tories they would be served as the citizens had been by the hollow Lord Mayor.—( Cheers.) He never could believe that the Administration was the selection of Sir Robert Peel, and would not believe it till he heard it from his own mouth. The Duke—the Duke, was the man.—( Ilear, hear, hear.) The Tories cried, " Only give us a trial." Do so—that is, only send them a House in which they have a majority, and then you place them in power for seven years, for there is the thing— the people have not a fair chance vs . th the Ministers, for if they get a bad House, they can keep it by the prerogative for seven years ; but with a good one they are much more unce remonious. They, by the prerogative, send it about their business. Therefore, he called upon them to take care while now the power was in their hands. I have been your servant, and my conduct is now before you—if you send me to the House for a fourth time, you must take me as I am, and as I have been you will find no change in me. ( Loud cheers, which lasted for a considerable time.) One word more, he would promise the meeting that he would make no compromise with the Tories.—( Great cheering.) Such a course would be a compromise of the peoples' rights, and to play, or attempt to play with them, would be a disgrace to those who had taken the high station they had by the united voice of the country.—( Great cheering.) The people would find him in or out of Parliament ready to:support those prin ciples which he had always maintained, and which they, as Britons, had a right to expect.—( Cheers.) Dr. CARPUS then came forward to propose a vote of thanks I to the Sheriffs. He was of that party who returned Radicals —( Immense cheering.) He knew that his body would shssetly be under the green sod, and all that he was anxious to have inscribed upon his tomb was—s" here are deposited the re mains of a Radical."—( Loud cheering.) Now what was a Tory and what was a Radical. He had turned over the first edition of Johnson's Dictionary, arid that learned person de scribed the word Tory as a cant word, derived, he supposed, from the Irish, signifying a savage—( Great cheering)--one who adheres to the ancient institutions of the state and hierarchy, and an enemy of the Whigs.—(Cheers and laugh ter.) Mr. Ward, at the late meeting of the City of London and other Tories who were then present, had described meeting' like the one now assembled as a most ignorant and disloyal set of men. Mr. H. Twiss had improved on this, and said people like the present had no voice, and ought to have none, in the State. --(Cheers and disapprobation.) With respect to the family at present sitting on the Throne, he believed that a better set of persons never existed.—( Cheers and hisses.) He knew the present Royal Family . well.—( Cheers.) He had been with the present King's sister night and day, and a more worthy personage, he would undertake to say, never ex isted.—( Immense laughter.) Terms had been applied to meetings like the present that were unworthy any set of men.—( Hear, hear, hoar,) They had been called traitors to their King and their country.—( Cheers.) Nov, what had the Tories dune, that they should be considered men of such high reputation, and as having done so much vast good for their country ? Why, they had done every thing in their power to prevent the present family from ascending the English throne. Tim present King was placed on the throne by the Whigs. Ije had, it was true, rights, so had the people, and they were prepared to defend and support them, even with their lives,—( Cheers.) The Tories had created 800,000,0001. of debt ; they had ruined the country, and now they came for ward and asked that country to have oonfidence in them. Had the county of Middlesex confidence in them ?—(No, no.) He disliked many of the actions of the Whigs, but he es teemed them bettor than lie did the Tories.—( Cheers.) The vessel of the State was now in danger. Every mar, must put his hand to the pump—if he did so the vessel would be righted, and the sailors would sing that great national anthem " Rule Britannia, flritannia rules the waves," The Ds concluded by moving the resolution, amidst load chs- -• • Mr. ()FEAR seconded the resolution, Mn- - ...tiring. by working than by talking, 'Ora-- was to be done °At in the ppowniln9tAT _..,, cheers.) If the falling and the Tories. nad been only among the Whigs b' r * s'would have stood quietly by, and let them .ne matter out but the time was now arrived when tie electors shall come forward, and elect those men who would advocate their cause in Parliament. —( Cheers.) If he was obliged to choose between the two, he should say the Whigs were the better rogues.—( Cheers and laughter.) The time was not far distant when those names would no longer be known in the country, and when its shores would resound only with the name of a Reformer. For the sake of the good cause every minor topic should be sunk in oblivion, and every one should go hand in hand to support those measures that would oppose the Tories.—( Great cheers.) In the tom fooleries that had taken place at the Lord Mayor's dinner, some of the present Ministry had stated that if abuses were proved to exist they would reform them. It was an insult to common sense to doubt that abuses did exist, and it became every honest Englishman who loved his King and his country to rally round those who would fight for the destruction of those abuses. —( Tremendous cheers.) He was well-known in the Tower Hamlets as a desperate Radical.—( Great cheering.) Be that as it may—of this he was sure, that the man who would set his shoulder to the wheel to cure at the abuses that existed, was the man entitled to the support not only of the electors of Middlesex, but of the community at large. The time was not far distant when Whigs would be Radicals, and he should hail that day with the greatest satisfaction.—( Hear, hear, and cheers.) He trusted that the new representatives who would be sent to Parliament would remove all duties upon corn, and every other article the duties on which pressed heavily on the people of England—( Great cheers.) Dr. CARPUS then put the resolution to the Meeting, which was carried unanimously. Mr. Sheriff RAPHAEL returned thanks. Ile feared his ser vices had been overrated, but at all times he should be ready to promote the wishes and welfare of the county at large, and they would always find him at his post, ready to do his duty to his king and country.—( Cheers.) It was then agreed that the resolutions should be adver tised in the usual Morning Papers, with the exception of the Times, for which three groans were given. The meeting called out f or The Sun, as one of the pape r s i n which the b resolutions should appear, which was agreed to. The list of the new administration, and the official ministerial manifesto declaratory of the principles upon which the Government intends to proceed, are now before the public. The great characteristic of the new Administration is, that it is composed of men who have invariably voted against all Re form. Agreeably, it may be presumed, to the spirit of the times, and to the wants and the wishes of the community, a new position is assumed by the opposers of the great Mer'siiro of Parliamentary Reform. That measure is now considered " a final and irrevocable settlement of a great constitutional question,—a settlement, which no friend to the peace and welfare of the country would attempt to dis turb, either by direct or insidious means." That there will be no attempt to effect, as has been surmised, a revision of the me;lsnre, against the adoption of which the members of the r; w cabinet voted, may be inferred. That they will up to the spirit o f t h a t measure, which apparent'; ;onus the basis of their ssten t of policy, may be ;.:rationed, especially when it is con ;idered faat their former course was in direct opposition to that whi c h i % now Wended to be adopted.—Doncaster Gaz. It is believed that the embassy to the Sublime Porte will be offered to Sir Robert Gordon, who has already dischkrged the duties of British Envoy at the Court of the Sulta n , an tecedent to the appointment of Lord Ponsonby. The Right Hon. Gentleman has arrived at the Clarendon Hotel, from his scat in Aberdeenshire, for the purpose of con erring with his Grace the Foreign Secretary on the subject of is contemplated mission. BEDFORD, DEc. 27,—The announced Christmas bOl wct . l4, eff with splendid eclat on Friday last at the Swan Assembly-rooms, and we are happy to say it was the most brilliant ball we have witnessed for years. The Lothian Quadrilles were performed with great effect by Weippert's band. The carriages began to arrive at eleven, and did not take up again until past four o'clock, nib WOnesday last Earl Spencer gave his annual gift of bread and beef to all the poor in Wiseton, Clayworth, Mattersea, Scaftworth, and Misson,—Doncaster Gazette. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.) (FROM LLOYD'S.) DEAL, DEC. 28.—Wind S. E.—Clear.—No arrivals re ported. The Argus, Deal pilot cutter remains. __ PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 27 AND 28.—Wind E. S. FS. PLYMOUTH, DEC. 27.—Wind S. E.—Strong and Squally. —Arrived the Chase, Robson, from Bordeaux ; the Lisbon packet, Harper, from Charente; Ashburton, Lempriero, from Llannelly, leaky, bound to HaN:re. FALMOUTH, DEC. 26.—Wind E., strong breezes, and 27, S. E., fresh gales and squally.—Arrived the Bellona, Rawlings, from Batavia. Sailed his Majesty's ship Panta loon, for Lisbon. DUBLIN, DEC. 26.—Arrived the Ocean, Michalson, from London, and the Lilly, Ulade, from Gibraltar. GLOUCESTER, DEC. 27.—Arrived the Oscar, Alsen, from Gottenburg. _ _ DARTMOIITH, DEc. 28.—Arrived the Minerva, Grace, from St. Michael's; and Two Sisters, Spriggs, from Bilboa. PENZANCE, DEC. 27. Arrived the Susan, Fudge, from Cadiz. PADSTOW, DEC. 27.—Arrived off port the Pilot, Jones, from Quebec. LIVERPOOL, DEC. 27.—Arrived the Elizabeth, Popplewell, from Quebec ; and Mary, Pain, from Oran. Off port the Birmingham, from New Orleans ; and Ellen, Jenkinson, from Lisbon. The William Money, O'Brien, from Quebec to London, was wrecked about the 17th ult. on Nlanaguafan Shoal. Crew saved. THE MARKETS-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. The past week's arrivals were considerable of most kinds of Grain, and the trade remained dull throughout the week. This morning, there is a smaller fresh supply of Corn than has been seen any Monday since harvest. The attendance of buyers has not been full, and the Wheat trade, though reported rather higher for superfine samples, cannot in general be stated different to last week, with a dull sale for middling and inferior qualities. Barley, if fine, for malting has sold readily, other kinds remain as last reported. Beans are unaltered. Boiling and Gray Pease both scarcely maintain their last quotations. Oats meet a better sale than on Frida.i at the same terms as last Monday. There is no al teration in the Flour trade. SRICES ON 111 :kII.D OF SUM ATheat, Red (old) —s. —s. l —White (01d).... —s. —s. —Red ,1334) 4os. 425. --- Fin, 423. 435. - Superfine.... 443. 45,. —Wh to (1534) 435. 455. Fine 463. 5113. -- Superfine 503. 545. Foreign free Rye 365. 403. Barley °24 24i. Grinding ••6• 3 , /s. Malting 335. 25i. Malt. 445. :oi. -- Fine New 50s. 625. Pease, Grey, New 364. 403. Maple New 4os. 435. -- White 345. 40s. - Boilers 42s. 455. Beans, Small k new) (old) Tick (new) ats 365. (old) 3l's. 3's. Harrow (new) 2.55.355. (old) Ws. 408. Bra- nk Oats, Feed —s.—s. New ISs. 22a. Poland New 218.255. Potatoc New 2F4.273. Scotch 0 6s. 28s. Irish... 183. 183.23s Flour Town per sack) 4es. 4725. SeconUs "4, 384. - North Countty ..... ..:32s Bran ... 108.11 s. ARRIVALS OF GRAIN IN LONDON DURING LAST WEEK. 0 =to - .n . g. ~ v . f, . - o o From Whence. F., - f •- : F•I ~ t . a p :. ~ , r . ————— Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs, Qrs. Qrs. Sacks. Aldhorongh 352 764 29 58 Boston Bridgwater Bridlington Bridpo: t — Dartmouth ). Colchester 354 80 610 116 45 800 II arwieh 217 102 1305 25 25 I 7 . 4 't Leigh m Maldon 1154 45 381 563 - 1 . 2 6 — 4Be taeter G ainsborough ___ ..... _ hull 39 2 5 40i , 380 Ipswich __ 50 492 Kent _ ~,,, 24 „ lB4 206 542 Lowestoft — 403 Lyme Lynn 574 ..... 130, 45 845 Poole - -- 130 I -- -- -- -- 190 Spalding .... ___ _ _ , tockton — 7,06 Wisheach .....__ Woodbrl o- 4e 3 0 370 22 72 100 1 ' ~ 7.,0ut1s A :‘erd eeti — 50 3540 Anstruther . — 637 53 30 Arbroath — B Inn — 3712 17 Berwick Dunbar — 149 228 Pumice — 8'.4 47,3 121 40 Leith... Montrose Perth... _ 156 481 21 -- 8238 11041 6125 12190 1435 757 :7614 1111311. Belfast Cork — 795 51 150 Dublin Limerick ... Sligo — 27:0 waterford — 603 2792 300 Wexford — 377 Youghall.... FOREIGN. Bremen Callundborg Dantztc. Hamburg Heiligenhafen Holheck Konigsberg Rostock — 580 Cnastways — 576 265 Total 61:25 :s OF AGGREGATE QUA: Tares. 7.2 Li ►seed, 47:9- [TITLE! •Mapes( DTHEI .prank, KIN] 0--M .s OF titan!, I . TJLS; SMITHFIELI This day's supply was rather gri at the following - D MARKET. •cat, and the trade was very dull, PRICES .., PER STONE OF &At. TO SINK TOE OFFALS. s. ti. tb ii. d. s. J " Interior Beasts ..... 2 0 2 2 Infedor Sheep. .. ... ."... , .tos. d. Second quality ditto 2 4 2 S Second quality ditto Prime large Oxen 3 6 3 8 Coar& , -w4ialled 0 ' 310 4 0 Southdown '" 2- 10 3 6 2 .itto.... 3 8 310 Prime Scots, &c. ,- .1/ethers ... 4 2 4 4 Large coarse Calves 3 2 4 4 Large Prime small ditto Suckling Calves each —l2 i, 24 4 8 S 0 S- - " lo g s . 0 Q . o .l a a r ll te P r o o r l k d e i r , s ig . s each, 3 6 3 8 8 0 12 0 surtve, AR • PER CLERK'S STATEMENT. Beasts. %SW. Sheep. Calves. I Pigs. About It"' i 16,55 u I 110 4.50 the or , - 0 of the Beasts came up the St. Alban's road ; about 1800 up ..er northern roasts; shoot 200 (including Irish) from the western ...d midland districts : al.out 200 scorn Norfolk, SulPilk. Essex, and (am bridgeshire ; about 80 from li mitt aid Sussex.; and most of ther;emainder from the marshes, rirc. Ili the neighbourhood of London. DENHAM. MARKETS. ly the Carcass. NEWGATE AND LEA At per stone, b, s cl toe d. s d to s d Beef, inf:rior 2 0 2 2 Mutton, inferior ... ...... 2 2 2 4 -- middling ..... - middling ...... .. 2 8 3 0 -- mime large 2lO 3 2 - prime 3 6 3 8 - prime ma 11... ...... 3 6 3 8 Pork, large 2 0 3 0 Veal 3 0 4 6 small 3 '2 3 8 NEWCASTLE CORN MARKET —llec._27. We had a moderate supply of Wheat from the farmers to-day, with a good demand, and sales were brisk at a trifling advance on the prices of last Saturday. For Oats there was a steady demand, with no change in value. Very little has been (lone in Barley this week, and the few sales effected have been at a decline of 2s. per quarter. Fine Malt continues in steady demand. Rye almost no minal. Beans sold readily. Pease more looked after. Flour in fair request. New. Old. Vac :t, Northumberland - I:is. 33 --8...5.1 ---•- Nor/ 1k and 5u1101k..... :i9. -s 39,. -a. - Berwick and Scotch... 364. - so" —s. 3Ss. -- Foreign Rye, Norfolk and Surlolk Foreign 3os. 31:. ..... . —s. —s. Barley, Malting, Norfolk and Suffolk 3ls. 33s ...... —s. —s. Grinding and Feeding 2ss. 30t...... —a. --s. Malt, Norfolk and Suflblk sls. 60; Beans, Small 3sa. 3(3s ---- Tick lit. 355. --s —s. Pease, White 355. Xt. • ... —s. --.., Gray Oats, Northumberland, Potatoc ft2s, 2.6 t ---- Feed - Foreign flour. Fine (per sack) —s. --,...•... ' - '-9s. 31s. THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. Our arrivals this morning are two French mails, two Ostend, and one Dutch, with the express from Paris. No ship letters have ar rived. The whole of their contents will be found in another part of the paper. The express from Madrid is of some importance. It states, that the discussion of the Civil List seems to have awakened the spirit and animosity of the parties in the Chambers, and both the Minis try and Commission were left in the minority. The Ministry had experienced several defeats, and it was expected that they would not be able to maintain their places. French Funds come—Three per Cents. 76f. 35c. ; Cortes Bonds 42 ; Coupons, 244. THE FUNDS. The certainty which now exists of the immediate dissolution of Parliament, with the increased demand for money for the elections, as well as for commercial purposes, has still an effect on the funds. Consols, which left off on Saturday at 917 i 92 for the account, opened at the above price, but up to the present time the market continues without animation. It is reported that the Bank aro contracting their issues; anddis counts, except on first-rate bills, cannot be easily obtained. The foreign market is also inactive, with little or no business doi ng . Spanish market same as they left off on Saturday, , 1 1 -Al ;at present, 5 , 1 1 A ; Portuguese steady at 85% to 86, :IF-PA ST ONE. The general topic of conversat3;,n in the City entirely relates to the forthcoming elections, The Forbes ste.,:,naer, we hear, has arrived at Suez, and brings letters fro_ ;',.,alcutta to the 3d September. Cunsols have been during the whole morning at 91i 92 for the account, with little or nothing doing. Spanish, which was in the early part of the morning 53k, has im proved to 531 4. Portuguese has also improved to 86. Exchequer bills same as in the morning, 37 38. THREE O'CLOCK Consols for Account, 91 i f 92. FOUR o'CLOCK. There is no alteration in the Funds. THE NEW MONTHLY MAGAZlNE.—Notwith standing the multiplicity of cheap publications, the circulation of this favourite periodical, we understand, has lately been on the increase, a fact which, however, should not excite surprise when we take into consideration the admirable contributions of Mr. Theodore Hook, and numerous other writers of the highest celebrity, who are giving it all the aid of their talent and ge nius. We believe, however, that this p o p u la r p er i o di ca l o f Mr. Colburn's is no less justly entitled to the favour it re ceives on the score of its cheapness than on that of its literary merits, for it should be recollected that it is printed in such a manner as to contain in a single number more than is to be found in a guinea Annual.—Morning Chronicle. Died at the Mansion-house on Saturday last, Richard Lane, Esq., Mayor of this city, to the deep sorrow of his respectable relatives and connexions.—Cork Evening Herald, COU AR. His Majesty will hold a Privy Council at Brighton this day, at which it is expected a Proclamation will be issued, dissolv ing the present Parliament and summoning a new one. The summonses to attend a Privy Council were issued to the Mi nisters on Saturday evening, after the breaking up of a Cabinet Council. A Cabinet Council was held at the Foreign Office on Satur. day afternoon. It was attended by the Lord Chancellor, Sir Robert Peel, the Duke of Wellington, the Earl of Rosslyn, Lord Wharncliffe, Mr. Secretary Goulburn, the Earl of Aber deen, Lord Ellenborough, Sir George Murray, Sir Henry Hardincr me, and Mr. Heres. The 'Right Hon. C. W. W. Wynn returned to town from Brighton while the Ministers were assembling, and attended the meeting as a member of the Cabinet, for the first time since his appointment to office. The Council remained three hours in deliberation. Tho Right Hon. A. Baring was absent from the Council, having left town for his seat, the Grange, Herts. Earl D e G re y an d Sir Edward Knatchbull were also out of town. The Earl of Haddington, Lord Cowley, and Sir Charles Bagot, visited the Duke of Wellington on Saturday. Air. Wynn visited Sir Robert Peel yesterday. The Earl of Aberdeen arrived in town on Saturday from the residence of the Marquis of Salisbury, Hatfield 1 - louse, Herts. BRIGHTON, DEC. 28. The King and Queen, the Princess Augusta, the Landgra vine of Hesse Homberg, and Prince George, attended Divine Service this morning in one of the private rooms of the palace. The Rev. F. F. Bowes, Deputy Clerk of the Closet in Wait ing, officilted, assisted by the Dean of Her e f or d. Th e Bi s h o p of Worcester, who continues on a visit at the palace, preached a most eloquent sermon. The Earl and Countess of Mayo were the Lord and Lady in Waiting, and Miss Hope John stone, Maid of Honour. Lord A. Fitzelarence, Lord and Lady Falkland, Lady Mary Fox, and the suite generally, were pre sent. The Rev. Dr. Everard read prayers, and the Rev. J. Anderson preached a sermon from the Acts, chap. vii., ver. 59 and 60, in the palace chapel. The attendance of persons there was very numerous. At ten o'clock on Friday night the Langravine of Hesse Romberg arrived at the Palace on a visit to their Majesties, with whom her Royal Highness will sojourn for some time. Yestrday the King drove out to near Shorehr..m and back to the palace, accompanied by the Landgravine of Hesse Rom berg. The Queen, attended by Lady Mayo, Lady Mary Fox, the Fail of Errol, Colonel Sir Charles Thornton, and several of the Royal suite, walked on the Chain Pier, where numbers of persons were assembled, wh o rece i ve d h er Majesty in the most loyal manner. After some time her Majesty and attendants re turned to the palace. Lord A. Fitzclarence arrived here in the course of yesterday on'a visit to their Majesties. the Princess Augusta, attended by Lady S. Cornwallis, drove through various parts of the town. Prince George, accompanied by the Earl bf Errol, enjoyed the sports of the field with the East Susse: 4 foxhounds. Lord Western, the Earl of Ripon, colonel Sir James Hope, and Lady Wharncliffe, dined wit}, their Majesties on Friday evening. Yesterday the diri„ Augusta, the Landgravi party comprised the Princess '2.e of Hesse Hornberg, Prince George y , Earl and Countess o": M ayo, L ord A. Fitzclarence, Lady Mar Fox, and the 5'..150. The band of the Ist Royal Dragoons at tended. U" 'to the present hour, half-past four p.m. ( Sunday), the ...misters have not arrived. Summonses have, however, been issued for a Cabinet Council at the Pavilion for one o'clock to-morrow, at which it is expected that Sir Robert Peel, the Duke of Wellington, and the rest of his Majesty's Ministers will attend; and that the announcement of the dissolution of Parliament will appear in an Gazette Extraordinary to-morrow ( Monday) evening. The Ist Royal Dragoons, which have been quartered 'here for some time, have received the route for Ireland. They are commanded by Colonel Somerset, and will leave the cavalry Barracks on Wednesday morning. The Marchioness of Downshire, Countess of Sheffield, Count and Countess De Salis, and most of the Nobility and Gentry of the place, visited their Majesties yesterday, who continue in the enjoyment of excellent health and spirits, at the palace, to the great gratification of the inhabitants and visiters of the place. We understand that Lord Cowley is to be the new British Ambassador to the Court of France. We regret to add that the dangerous illness of Lady Cowley (sister of the Marquis of Salisbury) is the reason of his Lordship not hav ing left town to assume his diplomatic duties as successor to, Lord Granville. The appointment of Lord Londonderry as Ambas— sador to St. Pet2rsburgh, of which we expressed some doubt, is, we have s,lnce reason to believe, correct. The daughter of Sir Aubrey de Vere, of Currah, Bart., will shortly be led to the altar by Robert, third son of Sir Edward O'Brien, of Dromoland, Bart.—Limerick Chron. The Right Hon. W. Y. Peel, the brother of the Premier, and one of the new Lords of the Treasury, is confined at an hotel by a severe fit of the gout. Sir James Kempt is appointed Cclonel of the 2d Foot ; Sir George Cook of the 40th Foot ; Sir Archibald Campbell of the 77th Foot; and Major-General Sir Charles Pratt of the 95th Foot. Mr. Goulburn, as Secretary of State for the dome Department, has appointed the Hon. Spencer Montague to bo his private secretary. Circular letters have been received from the Duke of WelP.ngton, at Blandford, Dorsetshire, Bath, Wareham, an t_ Shaftesbury, in which the Duke states that the loyal ad dresses to the King from those places were most graciously received by his Majesty. Mr. Charles Sheridan, grandson of the late R. B. Sheridan, Esq., and brother of the accomplished Mrs. Norton, who accompanied Lord Mulgrave to Jamaica, in the capacity of private secretary, has been chosen by the Right Honourable Henry Ellis to perform a similar duty in his embassy to Persia. Young Sheridan is said to inherit a considerable portion of the genius and talent by which the different branches of his family have been distinguished. General Palmer, the patriotic M.P. for the city of Bath, is we believe nearly the sole proprietor of the Theatre. Royal in that city. He has recently let it on a rental to Mr. Macready, who is preparing his forces to open it in a style worthy of its former great reputation. Mrs. Siddons, and other sons and daughters of Melpomene and Thalia, were trans planted from the Bath theatre to the London stage. Mac ready has engaged Charles Kemble fo r a li m i te d per i o d, so that- those frienly rivals will perform together in the most popular of Shakspeare's dramas. Lord Ellenborough, the new President of the Board of Control, has the patronage of the two new Bishoprics of Madras and Bombay, each with an allowance of 2,500/. per 'annum, and which have not been yet filled up. The Rangership of Bagshot Park is vacant by the death of the Duke of Gloucester. The Earl of Dalhousie, it is expected, will succeed Sir W. Keppel in the command of the 2d Foot. Prince Metternich has announced to the Attaches at the different Courts that there will be a reduction of every unnecessary expense. The business of the embassy here is now confined to M. de Hummelauer and two Secretaries. Prince Esterhazy and his household will be here, it is under stood, early next month. SHERIFFSHIP OF GLASGOW.—We are gratified to learn that Mr. Allison, the able author of the " History of the: French Revolution," is to be the new Sheriff of Lanarkshire. The appointment is certain, although we believe the commis sion has not yet been reseived.—Edinburgh Advertiser. Sir Charles Manners Sutton is not,, for the present to be elevated to the peerage. Th e T or i es b eg i n to fear that their nomination of a new Speaker, in a new Parliament, would fail. They, therefore, wish to retain Sir Charles in his present situation, and they flatter thenzselves his services may be acknowledged by the Reformers. The barony of Lexing ton is to remain, fora short time, in abeyance. SIR R. PEEL'S MANIFESTO.—The attempts at delusion have failed. Sir Robert Peel's Manifesto has failed most signally. The great body of Dissenters have at once repudiated it, by a series of resolutions worthy of their high and independent character. It will give satisfaction to no man who thinks (as the Right Hon Baronet himself professes to think) that, in times like these, " confidence cannot be secured by any other course than that of a frank and explicit declara tion of principle." It will give satisfaction to no man who suffers under a grievance which he distinctly feels.—North ampton Free Press, SIR Ito -BERT PEEL'S MANIPESTO.—His defini tion of the spirit of the Reform Bill is an absurd exaggeration on the one hand, and that of the temper of the Government,. art evasion on the other. The wisest Statesmen as well as the wildest enthusiasts have spoken of the Reform Bill only as of " a means to an end," and all the world knows that those means must be administered according to the disposition of the Government and the will of Parliament. The simple truth is, that if there be (we quote our last week's exposition) truth in words, trust in professions, faith in principles, or experience in practice, Sir Robert and his friends belong to the enemies of Reform, not of hazardous Reform only, but of that reforms.. tion which the common sense, the good sense of the nation required, and which the real Reformers, acting agreeably to that sense, did and were about to prosecute. This is the dis tinetion, nor will Sir Robert's sophism confound any plain un derstanding. With respect to Corporation Reform, Sir Robert pledges himself—to what ?—to consider the Report when it appears. Here again we must appeal to experience.. Is it probable that he will extinguish those misapplications of power, patronage, and pecuniary fonds, which always were and are still the strong holds of the Tory faction ? If he do, he must become " an apostate to the principles in which he has heretofore acted," which he in the outset solemnly avows ha will not.—Norwich Mercury. CHRISTMAS FESTIVITIES.—The usual dinner was t, , iven, on Christmas-day, to 447 poor children in the Na tional Schools at Stockwell and Brixton. The clean and de cent appearance of the children, and their animated expressions of pleasure, were highly gratifying to a numerous assemblage of' the friends of these institutions. The New York packet of the Bth inst. had not reached Liverpool up to Sat ur d ay n i g h t . Strong erAaterly winds prevailed, which it wa s f eare d wou ld d e l ay h er hrrival for several days. As th e p ac k et f or H avre h a d been. 'attained at New York until the arrival of the President", Message from Washington, which was expected to reach the former city on the 3d inst., a copy of the Message may b e daily ex. pected to arrive in London via France, ts. 9.93 ~~~-- :~ s