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. far as may be consistent with those objects, the whole scheme of duties be reduced to the revenue standard, as soon as a just regard to the faith of the Governinent, and to the preservation of the large capital invested in establishments of domestic In dustry, will permit. " That manufactures adequate to the supply of our domestic consumption would, in the abstract, be beneficial to our country, there is no reason to doubt; and to effect their establishment, there is, perhaps, no American citizen who would not for a while be willing to pay a higher price for them. But for this purpose, it is presumed that a tariff of high duties, designed for perpetual protection, has entered into the minds of but few of our statesmen. The most they have anticipated is a temporary and generally incidental protection, which, they main tain, has the efft ct to reduce the price by domestic competition below that of the foreign article. Ex perience, however, our best guide on this, as on other subjects, makes it doubtful whether the ad vantages of this system are not counterbalanced by many evils, and whether it does not tend to beget in the minds of a large portion of our countrymen a spirit of discontent and jealousy dangerous to the stability of the Union. "What then shall be done ? Large interests have grown up under the implied pledge of our na tional legislation, which it would seem a violation of public faith suddenly to abandon. Nothing could justify it but the public safety, which is the supreme law. But those who have vested their capital in manufacturing establishments cannot expect that the people will consent to pay permanently higher taxes for their benefit when the money is not required for any legitimate purpose in the administration of the Government. Is it not enough that the high du ties have been paid as long as the money arising from them could be applied to the common benefit in the extinguishment of the public debt " Those who take an enlarged view of the condi tion of our country must be satisfied that the policy of protection must be ultimately limited to those arts of domestic manufacture which are indispensa ble to our safety in time of war. Within this scope, on a reasonable scale, it is recommended by every consideration of patriotism and duty, which will, doubtless, always secure to it a liberal and ef fective support. But beyond this object we have already seen the operation of the system productive of discontent. In some sections of the Republic it influence is deprecated as tending to concentrate wealth into a few hands, and as creating those germs of dependence and vice which, in other countries, have characterised the existence of monopolies, and proved so destructive of liberty and the general good. A large portion of the people in one section of the Republic declares it not only inexpedient on these grounds, but as disturbing the equal relations of pro perty by legislation, and therefore unconstitutional and unjust. " Doubtless the effects are, in a great degree, ex aggerated, and may be ascribed to a mistaken view of the considerations which led to the adoption of the Tariff system ; but they are nevertheless impor tant, in enabling us to review the subject with a more thorough knowledge of all its bearings upon the great interests of the Republic, and with a deter mination to dispose of it so that none can with jus tice complain. " It is my painful duty to state, that in one quarter of the United States, opposition to the re venue laws has arisen to a height which threatens to thwart their execution, if not to endanger the integrity of the Union. Whatever obstructions may be thrown in the way of the judicial autho rities of the general Government, it is hoped they will be able peaceably to overcome them, by the prudence of their own officers and the patriotism of the people. But should this reasonable reliance on the moderation and good sense of all portions of our fellow-citizens be disappointed, it is believed that the laws themselves are fully adequate to the suppression of such attempts as may be immediately made. Should the exigency arise, rendering the execution of the existing laws impracticable, from any cause whatever, prompt notice of it will be given to Congress, with the suggestion of such views and measures as may be deemed necessary to meet it. In conformity with principles heretofore ex plained, and with - the hope of reducing the general Government to that simple machine which the Constitution created, and of withdrawing from the States all other influence than that of its universal beneficence in preserving peace, affording an uni• form currency, maintaining the inviolability of con tracts, diffusing intelligence, and discharging unfelt its other superintending functions, I recommend that provision be made to dispose of all stocks now held by it in corporations, whethercreated bythe General or State Governments, and placing the proceeds in the Treasury. As a source of profit, these stocks are of little or no value; as a means in influence among the States, they are adverse to the purity of our institutions. The whole principle on which they are based is deemed by many unconstitutional, and to persist in the policy which they indicate is considered wholly inexpedient. " It is my duty to acquaint you with an arrange ment made by the Bank of the United States with a portion of the holders of the 3 per Cent. Stock, by which the Government will be deprived of the use of the public funds longer than was anticipated. By this arrangement, which will be particularly ex plained by the Secretary of the Treasury, a surrender of the certificates of this stock may be postponed until October, 1833; and thus the liability of the Government, after its ability to discharge the debt, may be continued by the failure of the Bank to per form its duties. " Such measures as are within the reach of the Secretary of the Treasury have been taken to enable him to judge whether the public deposits in that institution may he regarded as entirely safe; but as his limited power may prove inadequate to this ob ject, I recommend the subject to the attention of Congress, under the firm belief that it is worthy of their serious investigation. An inquiry into the ' transactions of the institution, embracingthe branches as well as the principal Bank, seems called for by the credit which is given throughout the country to many serious charges impeaching its character, and which, if title, may justly excite the apprehension that it is no longer a safe depository of the money of the people. " Among the interests which merit the conside ration of Congress, after the payment of the public debt, one of the mest important in my view is that of the public lands. Previous to the formation of our present Constitution, it was recommended by Congress that a portion of the waste lands owned by the State should be ceded to the United States for the purpose of general harmony, and ns a fund to meet the expenses of the war. The recommendation was adopted, and at different periods of time the States of Massachusetts, New York, Virginia, North and South Carolina, and Georgia, granted their vacant soil for the users for which they had been asked. As the lands may now be considered as relieved from this pledge, the object for which they were ceded having been accomplished, it is in the discretion of Congress to dispose of thew in such a way as best to conduce to the quiet, har mony, and general interest of the American people. In exianining this question, all local and sectional feelings should be discarded, and the whole United States regarded as one people, interested alike in the prosperity of their common country. " It cannot be doubted that the speedy settlement of these lands constitutes the true interest of the public. The wealth and ,strength of a country are its population, and the best part of that population are the cultivators of the soil. IndepEndent farmers are every where the basis of society, and trae friends of liberty. " In addition to these considerations, questions have already arisen and may be expected hereafter to grow out of the public lands, which involve the rights of the new States, and the powers of the ge neral Government ; and unless a liberal policy be now adopted, there is danger that these questions may speedily assume an importance not now gene rally anticipated, The influence of a great sfctional inteoet, Vick brut)* into f Lit a ction, willte found more dangerous Co the-harmony and Union of the States than any other cause of discontent ; and it is the part of wisdom and sound policy to foresee its approaches, and endeavour, if possible, to coun teract them. "Of the various schemes which have been hitherto proposed in regard to the disposal of the public lands, none has yet received the entire appro bation of the National Legislature. Deeply im pressed with the importance of a speedy and satis factory arrangement of the subject, I deem it my duty on this eccasion to urge it upon your conside ration, and, to the propositions which have been heretofore suggested by others, to contribute those reflections which have occurred to me, in the hope that they may assist you in your future deliberations. " It seems to me to be our true policy that the public lands shall cease as soon as practicable to be a source of revenue, and that they be sold to set tlers in limited parcels at a price barely sufficient to reimburse to the United States the expense of the present system, and the cost arising under our Indian compacts. The advantages of accurate sur veys and undoubted titles, now secured to purchasers, seem to forbid the abolition of the present system, because none can be substituted which will more perfectly accomplish these important ends. It is desirable, however, that in convenient time this machinery be withdrawn from the States, and that the right of soil, and the future disposition of it be surrendered to the States respectively in which it lies. " The adventurous and hardy population of the West, besides contributing their equal share of taxa tion under our impost system, have in the progress of our Government, for the lands they occupy, paid into the treasury a large proportion of forty millions of dollars, and of the revenues received therefrom, but a small part has been expended amongst them. When, to the disadvantage of their situation in this respect, we add the consideration that it is their labour alone which gives real value to the lands, that the proceeds arising from their sale are distri buted chiefly among States which had not originally any claim to them, and which have enjoyed the un divided emolument arising from the sale of their own lands, it cannot be expected that the new States will remain longer contented with the pre sent policy after the payment of the public debt. To avert the consequences which may be appre hended from this cause, to put an end for ever to all partial and interested legislation on this subject, and to afford to every American citizen of enter prise the opportunity of securing an independent freehold, it seems to me, therefore, best to aban bon the idea of raising a future revenue out of the public lands. " In former Messages I have expressed my con viction that the Constitution does not warrant the application of the funds of the General Government to objects of internal improvement, which are not national in their character, and both has a means of doing justice to all interests, and putting an end to a course of legislation calculated to destroy the purity of the Government, have urged the neces sity of reducing the whole subject to some fixed and certain rule. As there never will occur a period perhaps, more propitious than the present to the accomplishment of this object, I beg leave to press the subject again upon your attention. " Without some general and well-defined prin ciples, ascertaining those objects of internal im provement to which the means of the nation may be constitutionally applied, it is obvious that the exercise of the power can never be satisfactory. Besides the danger to which it exposes Congress of making hasty appropriations to works of the cha racter of which they may be frequently ignorant, it promotes a mischievous and corrupting influence upon elections, by holding out to the people the fallacious hope that the success of a certain candi date will make navigable their neighbouring creek or river, bring commerce to their doors, and in crease the value of their property. It thus favours combinations to squander the treasure of the country upon a multitude of local objects as fatal to just le gislation as to the purity of public men. " If a system compatible with the Constitution cannot be devised, which is free from such ten dencies, we should recollect that the instrument provides within itself the mode of its amendment; and that there is, therefore, no excuse for the as sumption of doubtful powers by the general Go vernment. If those which are clearly granted shall be found incompetent to the whole ends of its creation, it can at any time apply for their enlarge ment; and there is no probability that such an application, if founded on public interest, will ever he refused. If the propriety of the proposed grant be not sufficiently apparent to command the assent' of three-fourths of the States, the best possible reason why the power should not be assumed on doubtful authority is afforded; for if more than one fourth of the States are unwilling to make the grant, its exercise will be productive of discontent, which will far overbalance any advantages that could be derived from it. All must admit that there is nothing so worthy of the constant solicitude of this Government as the harmony and union of the people. " Being solemnly impressed with the conviction, that the extension of the power to make internal improvements beyond the limit I have suggested, even if it be deemed constitutional, is subversive of the beet interests of our country, I earnestly recom mend to Congress to refrain from its exercise, in doubtful cases, except in relation to improvements already begun, unless they shall first procure from the States such an amendment of the Constitution as will define its character and prescribe its bounds. If the States feel themselves competent to these ob jects, why should this Government wish to assume the power ? If they do not, then they will not hesitate to make the grant. Both Governments are the Governments of the people ; improvements must be made with the money of the people; and if the money can be collected and applied by those more simple and economical political machines, the State Governments, it will unquestionably be safer and better for the people, than to add to the splendour, the patronage, and the power of the General Government. But if the people of the several States think otherwise, they will amend the Consti tution, and in their decision all ought cheerfully to acquiesce. " For a detailed and highly satisfactory view of the operations of the War Department, I refer you to the accompanying report of the Secretary of War. " The hostile incursions of the Sac and Fox Indians, necessarily led to the interposition of the Government. A portion of the troops, under Ge nerals Scott and Atkinson, and of the militia of the States of Illinois, were called into the field. After a harassing warfare, prolonged by the nature of the country, and the difficulty of procuring subsistence, the Indians were entirely defeated, and the dis affected band dispersed or destroyed. The result ,has been creditable to the troops engaged in the seryice. Severe as is the lesson to the Indians, it was rendered necessary by their unprovoked aggrea. sions ; and it is to be hoped that its impression will be permanent and salutary. " This campaign has evinced the efficient orga• nization of the army and its capacity for prompt and active service. Its several departments have performed their functions with energy and despatch, and the general movement was satisfactory. Our fellow-citizens upon the frontiers were al ready, as they always are in the tender of their ser vices in the ho,nr of danger. But a more efficient organization of our militia system is essential to that security which is one of the principal of jects of all Governments. Neither our situation nor our insti tutions require or permit the maintenance of a large regular force. History offers too many lessons of the fatal result of such a measure not to warn us against its adoption here. The expense which at• tends it, the obvious tendency to employ it because it exists, and thus to engage in unnecessary wars, and its ultimate danger to public liberty, will lead us, I trust, to place our principal dependence for protection upon the great body of the citizens of the republic. If, in asserting rights or in repelling wrongs, war should come upon us, our regular force should be increased to an extent proportioned to the emergency, and our present small army is a nucleus around which such force could be formed and em bodied. But for the purposes of defence under or dinary circumstances we must rely upon the electors of the country. Those by whom, and for whom the Government was instituted and is supported, will continue its protection in the hour of danger, as they do its check in the hour of safety. " But it is obvious that the militia system is im perfect. Much time is lost, much unnecessary ex pense incurred, and much public property wasted, under the present arrangement. Little useful know- ledge is gained by the musters and drills as now established, and the whole subject evidently re quires a thorough examination. Whether a plan of classifications, remedying these defects, and provi• ding for a system of instruction, might not be adopted, is submitted to the consideration of Con gress. The Constitution has vested in the general Government an independent authority upon the subject of the militia, which renders its action essen tial to the establishment or improvement of the system. And I recommend the matter to your con sideration in the conviction that the state of this im portant arm of the public defence requires your attention. " I am happy to inform you that the wise and hu mane policy of transferring from the Eastern to the Western side of the Mississippi the remnants of our aboriginal tribes, with their own consent, and upon just terms, has been steadily pursued, and is ap proaching, I trust, its consummation. By reference to the Report of the Secretary of War, and to the documents submitted with it, you will see the pro gress which has been made since our last Session in the arrangement of the various matters connected with our Indian relations. With one exception, every subject involving any question of conflicting jurisdiction, or of peculiar difficulty, has been hap pily disposed of, and the conviction evidently gains ground among i he Indians, that their removal to the country assigned by the United States for their per manent residence, furnishes the only hope of their ultimate prosperity. " With that portion of the Cherokees, however, living within the State of Georgia, it has been found impracticable, as yet, to make a satisfactory adjust , . ment. Such was my anxiety to remove all the grounds of complaint, and to bring to a termination the difficulties in which they are involved, that I directed the very liberal propositions to be made to them which accompany the documents herewith sub mitted. They cannot but have seen in these offers the evidence of the strongest disposition on the part of the Government to deal justly and liberally with them. Au ample indemnity was offered for their present possessions, a liberal provision for their future support and improvement, and full security for their private and political rights. Whatever difference of opinion may have prevailed respecting the just claims of the people, there will probably be none respecting the liberality of the propositions, and very little re specting the expediency of their immedi a te accept ance. They are, however, rejected, and thus the position of these Indians remains unchanged, as do the views communicated in my Message to the Senate of February 1831. "I refer you to the Annual Report of the Secre tary of the Navy which accompanies this Message, for a detail of the operations of that branch of the service during the present year. " Besides the general remarks on some of the transactions of our navy presented in the view which has been taken of our foreign relations, I seize this occasion to invite to your notice the increased pro tection which it has afforded to our commerce and citizens on distant seas, without any augmentation of the force in commission. In the gradual improve ment of its pecuniary concerns, in the constant pro gress in the collection of materials suitable for use during future emergencies, and in the construction I of vessels and the buildings necessary to their pre servation and repair, the present state of this branch of the service exhibits the fruits of that vigilance and care which are so indispensable to its efficiency. Various new suggestions contained in the annexed report, as well as others heretofore submitted to Congress, are worthy of your attention; but none more so than that urging the renewal, for another term of six years, of the general appropriation for the gradual improvement of the navy. " From the accompanying report of the Post master-General, you will also perceive that this de partment continues to extend its usefulness without impairing its resources, or lessening the accommoda tions which it affords in the secure and rapid trans- I portation of the mail. " I beg leave to call the attention of Congress to the views I heretofore expressed in relation to the mode of choosing the President and Vice-President of the United States, and to those respecting the tenure of office generally. Still impressed with the justness of those views, and with tile belief that the modifications suggested on those subjects, if adopted, will contribute to the prosperity and har- 1 moil of the country, I earnestly recommend them to your consideration at this time. " I have heretofore pointed out defects in the law for punishing official frauds, especially within the District of Columbia. It has been found almost impossible to bring notorious culprits to punish ment, and according to a decision of the Court for this District, a prosecution is barred by a lapse of two years after the fraud has been committed. It may happen again, as it has already happened, that during the whole two years all the evidence of the fraud may be in the possession of the culprit him self. However proper the limitation may be in re lation to private citizens, it would seem that it ought not to commence running in favour of public officers until they go out of office. " The Judiciary System of the United States re mains imperfect. Of the nine Western and South Western States, three only enjoy the benefits of a Circuit Court. Ohio, Kentucky, and Tennessee, are embraced in the general system; but Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, Alabama, Mississippi, and Lou siana, have only district courts. If the existing system be a good one, why should it not be ex tended ? If it be a bad one, why is it suffered to exist? The new States were promised equal I I rights and privileges when they came into the Union, and such ate the guarantees of the Constitu tion. Nothing can be more obvious than the obli gation of the General Government to place all the States on the same footing in relation to the admi nistration of justice, and I trust this duty will be neglected no longer. " On many of the subjects to which your atten tion is invited in this communication, it is a source of gratification to reflect, that the steps to be now adopted are uninfluenced by the embarrassments en tailed upon the country by the wars through which it has passed. In regard to most of our great in. terests, we may consider ourselves as just starting in our career, and after a salutary expe iience, about to fix on a permanent basis the policy best calculated to promote the happiness of the peo. ple, and facilitate their progress towards the most complete enjoyment of civil liberty. On an occa sion so interesting and important in our history, and of such anxious concern to the friends of freedom throughout the world, it is our imperious duty to lay aside all selfish and local considerations, end be guided by a lofty spirit of devotion to the great prim ciples on which our institutions are founded. " That the Government may be so administered as to preserve its efficiency in promoting and se curing these general objects should be the only aim of our ambition, and we cannot, therefore, too care. fully examine its structure, in order that we may not mistake its powers, or assume those which the people have reserved for themselves, or have pre ferred to assign to other agents. We should bear constantly in mind the fact, that the considerations which induced the framers of the Constitution to withhold from the General Government the power to regulate the great mass of the business and concerns of the people, have been fully justified by experience; and that it cannot now be doubted that the genius of all our institutions prescribes simplicity and eco nomy as the characteristics of the reform which is yet to be effected in the present and future execu tion of the functions bestowed upon us by the Constitution. " Limited to a general superintending power to maintain peace at home and abroad, and to prescribe laws on a few subjects of general interest, not cal culated to restrict human liberty, but to enforce human rights, this Government will find its strength and its glory in the faithful discharge of these plain and simple duties. Relieved by its protecting shield from the fear of war and the apprehension of oppres sion, the free enterprise of our citizens, aided by the State Sovereignties, will work out improvements and ameliorations which cannot fail to demonstrate that great truth, that the people can govern them selves, is not only realized in our example, but that it is done by a machinery in government so simple and economical as scarcely to be felt. That the Almighty Ruler of the Universe may so direct our deliberations and overrule our acts as to make us instrumental in securing a result so dear to man kind, is my most earnest and sincere prayer. " Dec. 11, 1832. " ANDREW JACKSON." BRIGHTON, JAN. 1. Yesterday his MAJESTY gave audience to Viscount INIELBouaNE, Vice-Admiral Sir ROBERT OTWAY, and Sir JOSEPH WHATLEY ; after which he took a carriage airing to Shoreham, accompanied by Lady SOPHIA SIDNEY. Her - MAJESTY, attended by Prince GEORGE, Lady CA ROLINE KEPPEL, Hon. Miss BAGOT, E al of ALBEMARLE, and Sir ANDREW BARNARD, took equestrian exercise on the Downs for nearly two hours. Lady MARY TAYLOR arrived last evening at the Palace, as Lady in Waiting to the Princess AUGUSTA. The Duke of GLOUCEST FR Will leave the Pavilion to morrow morning for Bagsbot, on a shooting excursion, and from thence his Royal Highness will proceed in a few days on a visit to Earl and Countess HOWE. Miss WYNYARD left the Palace yesterday morning for London. The Royal dinner party last evening was formed:of the following personages : The Duke of Devonshire, Earl and Countess of Albemarle, Lady Caroline Keppel, Viscount Melbourne, Lieutenant-Colo nel Seymour, Earl Howe, Lady Caroline Dundas, Captain Yorke, Mr. and the Misses Dundas, Lady Mary Taylor, and the suite. The calls at the Palace yesterday were exceedingly nu merous, including most of the Nobility at present here. The Earl and Countess of ALBEMARLE are prolonging their stay at the York Hotel. Viscount MELBOURNE is amongst the latest arrivals : his Lordship dined yesterday with their MAJESTIES. Their MAJESTIES are in the enjoyment of excellen health and spirits at the Pavilion. AGRICULTURAL REPORT fur DECEMBER, It is but seldom that we experience so mild a Decem ber as that which has just passed by. Wintry weather it has been, as far as mist and fog, and driving rains, coining over us at intervals, could make it ; but the few frosts that have visited us have made their appearance rather in sport than in earnest, and neither the farmer nor the fox-hunter has had his labours nor his amusements interrupted. The rain has not been excessive, nor the winds tremendously violent; and ever and anon the sun has given us a cheerful, though a watery glance, or mild showers have drizzled down, making it look and feel as unlike Christmas as possible. Fields too are green, and herbs and succulent plants unwithered, and potatoes, and bulbous roots, putting forth their shoots and fibres, as if they felt the spring-tide of the year setting their sap in motion. It can hardly be deemed seasonable weather, but it has given opportunity to the late-sown wheats to push forth root and blade, and settle themselves firmly in their seed-bed, in defiance of what ever hard weather the lengthening days of the new year may yet have in store. The forward wheats have planted wed, and by some cause, not very obvious, have not be come so rank and luxuriant as might have been expected from the mildness of the season. Thus, however, far mers are enabled to rub on, saving many goodly hay stacks from the wide voracious jaws of winter; and it has been a blessed season for the poor, in districts where fuel is scant, wearing out the long night of Christmas without any of that pinching cold which often assails those unprovided with due means of withstanding it. Animals too have done well, enjoying the mild tem perature; and if some frosts should now succeed, as may be expected, they will come seasonably, and their duration will probably not be protracted. Ploughing is in great forwardness, having continued uninterruptedly; and thrashing, in many instances, is in considerable fer wariness also ; better prices can now be obtained, having combined with want of money to tempt the farmer into the market ; and it appears to be likely to be well for him where he has pursued this course, and brought his corn early to sale. Prices are now much depressed, and there seems hut little prospect of a speedy revival. At this dull season of the agricultural year the late elections have come in opportunely to create an interest, and afford some excitement to the farmer's languid spirits. It is not, indeed, the province of an agricultural re porter to dip often into the troubled waters of politics; but the circumstances under which these elections have been carried on, new in principle, and distin guished by the appearance of a new order of cousti tuency, come home more than usual to the " business and bosoms" of farmers. In all agricultural counties it has been an object of much interest, not only to other classes, but also to the tenant elector himself, to watch what would be the conduct of his brother rack-renters, and of their landlords—bow far the latter would exert their influ ence—how far the former would succumb. Neither party, as might have been anticipated from the natural frailty of man, have come out from the trial unspotted. But the sins of the landlord are more heavy and more universal than those of the tenant. Wherever the rack renter was enabled by circumstances to escape from the clutches of him under whom lie he'd his land, he in general appears to have exercised his newly-acquired franchise fairly and conscientiously. It is chiefly in dis tricts where tenantcy-at-will is widely established that the landed Aristocracy have been enabled to exer cise intimidation perniciously and successfully ; and it is to be hoped that this circumstance, amongst many others, will at length rouse farmers to unite in abolishing this practice, and to refuse any longer to in vest their capital in land, unless secured to them by posi tive contracts for a term of years, during which the profits of their industry and improvements, and the free exercise of their political franchise, may he equally at their own disposal. In districts where leases are general it may be observed, on the present occasion, that, in many instances, the yeomanry and tenantry have returned Members in op position to the efforts of the landed Aristocracy. Another object of interest has been to observe the use that has been made of that bugbear the corn laws, in decrying any Re former who was gratuitously supposed to be an advocate for free trade. Hence the farmer has been led to ex amine what the present system has dune for him, and on a review he discovers the following facts, among others. I,oking to the last three years, the average prices have been:— , Wheat. Barley. Oats. . 1830 64s 325. 8d 9.45. 3d. 1831 66s 385. Od 255. 3d. 1832 59s 33s 3d 20s. 6d. So that it appears that, while the middling and infe rior soils of the kingdom were producing from three to four sacks of wheat per acre, as was the case in 1830 and 1831, a price was obtained, supposed to be re munerative upon an average crop ; but the moment that average crop is obtained, down sinks the price of wheat below remuneration. That this has been the case is more particularly evident from the consideration that the average price of wheat for the last three months—that is, ever since the produce of the last harvest has come into the market—has been little, if at all, more than 535. the quarter : and that at present, in most country markets, it is difficult to obtain even that price. It appears, therefore, that, in years even of moderate fertility, our present system of sliding duties and averages is ill calculated to sustain a remunerative price to the farmer, and the old dilemma, so often alluded to, again recurs—we must either raise the price of produce to the cost of production, or lower the coat of production to suit the price of produce. We have for many years been vainly attempting to accomplish the former;—it seems time to set in good earnest about en• deavouring to effect the latter. The Duke of WELLINGTON has broken up a pail; of his establishment in horses and servants, and there is a rumour titaZ his Grace will go on a Continental tour in the spring. REDUCTION OF IRISH BISHOPS.--We have been assured, in a quarter likely to be well informed on the subject, th , ,t the Ministerial plan of Church Reform con templates the abolition of two Irish Archbishoprics, and th e reduction of the revenues of the remaining two to 6,0001. a year each ; and that it is intended to abolish eight Irish Bishoprics, and to limit the revenues of the remaining Bishops to 4,0001, a year,—DaNin Freeman's ,Tharnal, MEMBERS RETURNED. IRELAND. • CORK, COUNTY.—F. O'Connor, Esq. ; J. Barry, STATE OF THE POLLS. IRELAND. ANTRIM, COUNTY, DEC. 29. GALWAY, COUNTY, DEC. 29. O'Neil 922 Martin Lord Belfast.- 8-9. Dal ly Macdonnell Cromie FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE. CROWN-OFFICE, JAN. 1, 1833. MEMBERS RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE NEW PARLIAMENT. ARUNDEL.—DudIey Coutts Stuart, Esq., commonly called Lord Dudley Coutts Stuart, of Wilton-crescent, in the parish of St. George, in the county of Middlesex. AYRSIIIRE.—Riehard Alexander Oswald, of Auchencruive Esq. BramlNGllANl.—Thomas Attwood, Esq., and Joshua Scholefield, Esq. BURY ST. EminNns.—The Right Honourable Charles Fitzroy, commonly called Lord Charles Fitzroy ; and the Honourable Frederick William Hervey, commonly called Earl Jermyn. BRIDGEWATER.—GharIes Kemeys Kemeys Tynte, Esq. ; and William Tayleur, Esq. BOSTON —John Wilks, Esq.; and Benjamin Handley, Esq. BURGHS OF INVERNESS, NAIRN, FORRES, AND FORTOSE.—LICIIt.- Col. John Baillie, of Leys. BEWDLEX —Sir Thomas Edward Winnington, Bart., of Stam ford-court, in the county of Worcester. BRIGHTON.—Isaac Newton Wigney, Esq., of Brighton, in the county of Sussex ; and George Faithfuli, Esq., of Brighton, aforesaid. BATulLaarles Palmer, Esq., a Major-General in his Majesty's Army; John Arthur Roebuck, Esq. COCKERMOMlL—Freteheville Lawson Ballantine Dykes, of Dovenby-hall, in the county of Cumberland, Esq. ; Henry Aglionby Aglionby, of Newbiggen.hall, in the said county of Cumberland, Esq. COLCHESTER.—DanieI Whittle Harvey, Esq., of Great George. street, Westminster, and Richard Sanderson, Esq., of Bel grave-square, in the county of Middlesex. CA RNARVONSIDRE.—Thomas Assheton Smith, of Vaynol, in the county of Carnarvon, Esq. CARNARVON.—Sir Charles Paget, Knt. CHIPPENHAM.—Joseph Neeld, of Grittleton-house, in the said county of Wilts, Esq. ; and William Henry Fox Talbot, of Lacock-abbey, in the said county of Wilts, Esq. CRICRLADE.—Robert Gordon, Esq., and Thomas Colley, Esq. CALNE.—William Thomas Petty Fitzmaurice, commonly called Earl of Kerry. CUMBERLAND, EASTERN DIVISION.—TI' 'z i .i..3ht Honourable Sir James Robert George Graham - ~f Netherby, in the said county; and William Blanure, ofThackwoodnock, in the said county, Esq. WESTERN DIVISION.—The Right Hon. William Lord Viscount Lowther, of Whitehaven-castle, in the said county; and Ed ward Stanley, of Ponsonbv-hall, in the said county. Esq. CARLISLE.--Philip Henry Howard, Esq. ; and William James, Esq. CIIICIIESTER.—The Right Hon. Arthur Lennox, commonly called Lord Arthur Lennox; and John Abel Smith, of Bel grave-square, in the county of Middlesex, Esq. CHATIIA3L—WiIIiam Leader Moberly, Esq. DUP.IIAM, NORTHERN DlVlSlON.—Hedworth Lambton, of Lamb ton-castle, in the county palatine of Durham, Esq. ; and Sir Hedworth Williamson, of Whitburn-hall, in the said county palatine, Bart. SOUTHERN DIVISION.—Joseph Pease, the younger, of Southend, in the parish of Darlington, in the county of Durham, Esq. ; and John Bowes, of Streatham-castle, in the said county, Esq. DURHAM.—William Richard Carter Chaytor, of Witton.castle, in the county of Durham, Esq.; and William Charles Har land, of Sutton-hall, in the county of York, Esq. DUDLEY.—Sir John Campbell, Knt. DUNIBARTONSIHRE.—John Campbell Colquhoun, of Garscadden and Killermont, Esq. DEVIZES.—Wadham Locke, of Rowde Ford-house, in the county of Wilts, Esq. ; and Montague Gore, of Elston, in the county of Wilts, and of Mount-street, Grosvenor.square, in the county of Middlesex, Esq. ESSEX, SOUTHERN DIVISION.—Robert Westley Hall Dare, Esq., of Cranbrook-house, in the county of Essex ; and Sir Thomas Barratt Lennard, Bart., of Bell's, in the same county. NORTHERN DI VISION.—Sir John Tyssen Tyrrell, Bart., of Bore ham-house, in the said county, and Alexander Baring, Esq., of the Grange, in the county of Hants. EVESHAM,—Sir Charles Cockerell, Bart. ; and Thomas Hudson, Esq. Evc.—Major-General Sir Edward Kerrison, Bart., of Oakley park, in the county of Suffolk. FROME.—Thomas Sheppard, of Hampstead-heath, in the parish of St. John, Hampstead, in the county of Middlesex, Esq. GREAT Gatmsay.—William Maxfield, of Sunbury, in the county of Middlesex, Esq. GRANTIIA H.—Algernon Gray Talmarsh, Esq., and Glynne Earle Welby, Esq. GATESHEAD.—Cuthbert Rippon, of Stanhope Castle, in the county of Durham, Esq. GREENOCK.—Robert Wallace, of Kelby, Esq. GREAT LIM OUTlL—Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. George An son, of Curzon-street, in the city of 'Westminster ; and Charles Edward Rumbold, of Preston Candover, in the county of Southampton, Esq. GREENWICH.—ames Whitby Deans Dundas, Captain in the Royal Navy, of Barton-court, near Newbury, in the county of Berks, Esq. ; and Edward George Barnard, of Deptford, in the county of Kent, Esq. RWICII.—The Right Hon. John Charles Herries, and Chris. topher Thomas Tower, Esq. HORSHAM.—Robert Henry Hurst, Esq. HERTFORDSHIRE.—Sir John Saunders Sebright, of Beechwood, in the county of Hertford, Bart. ; Nicholson Calvert, of Huns den-house, in the same county, Esq. ; and the Hon. James Walter Grimston, commonly called Viscount Grimston. HERTFORD.—The Honourable Henry John Chetwynd Talbot, commonly called Viscount Ingestre, and the Hon. Philip Henry Stanhope, commonly called Viscount Mahon. IPswicit.—James Morrison, Esq. ; and Rigby Wason, Esq. KIDDERMINSTER.—Richard Godson, Esq., of N 0.29., Upper Wo burn-place, Russell-square, ill the county of Middlesex. K INCA RDINESIIIRE.—Major-Gen. the Hon. Hugh Arbuthnott, of Hatton. KENT, WESTERN DIVISION.—Thomas Law Hodges, Esq. ; and Thomas Rider, Esq. EASTERN DIN ISION.—Sir Edward Knatchbull, of Mersham hatch, in the said county of Kent, Bart. ; and John Pember ton Pluinptre, of Fredville, in the said county, Esq. KING'S LYNN.—The Right Hon. William George Frederick Ca vendish Bentinck, commonly called Lord George Bentinck ; and the Right Hon. William Pitt Lennox, commonly called Lord William Lennox. LEWES.—Thomas Read Kemp, Esq., of Brighthelmstone, in the county of Sussex ; and Sir Charles Richard Blunt, Bart., of Heathfield-park, in the said county. LINCOLNSIII RE.—PARTS OF UNDSEY.—Sir William Amcotts Ingilby, Bart., of Kettlethorpe, in the county of Lincoln ; and the Hon. Charles Anderson Worsley Pelham, of Manby, in the same county. PARTS OF KESTEVEN AND HOLLAND. —Henry Handley, Esq., of Calverthorpe-hall, in the said county of Lincoln ; and Gilbert John Heathcote, Esq., of Stocken-hall, in the county of Rutland. MORPETH.—The Hon. Frederick George Howard. MA I.DON.—Thomas Barrett Lennard, Esq. ; and Quintin Dick, Esq. MIDHURST.—The Hon. Frederick Spencer, of St. James's, West minster, Captain in his Majesty's Navy. MA R LBOROUGII.—The Right Honourable Ernest Augustus Charles Brudenell Bruce, commonly called Lord Ernest Au gustus Charles Brudenell Bruce; and Henry Bingham Baring, Esq. _ 111AmsToNE.—Abraham Wildey Robarts, Esq.; and Charles James Barnett, Esq. . . MALSIESBURY.—The Hon. Charles John Howard, commonly called Viscount Andover. New SA RUM,—William Bird Brodie, Esq. ; and Wadliam Wynd• ham, Esq. NORTHUMBERLAND, NORTHERN DIVISION.—The Hon. Henry Grey, commonly called Lord Viscount Howick ; the Hon. Charles Bennett, commonly called Lord Ossulston. SOUTHERN DivisioN.—Thomas Wentworth Beaumont, Esq. ; Matthew Bell, Esq. NORFOLK, EASTERN DIVISION.—WiIIiam Howe Windham, Esq., eldest son of Vice-Admiral William Windham, of Fel. brigg-hall, in the said county ; and the Hon. George Keppel, second son of the Right Hon. William Charles Earl of Albe- marle. WESTERN DIVISION.—Sir William John Henry Browne Folkes, Bart. ; and Sir Jacob Astley, Bart. PAISLEY.—Sir John Maxwell, of I'olloc, Bart. RoxuuttonsuntE.—The Honourable George Elliott, Captain in the Royal Navy. ROCHESTER.— Ralph Bernal, Esq.; and John Mills, Esq. RENFREWSIIIRE.—Sir Michael Shaw Stewart, of Greenock and Blackhall, Bart. Sussex, WESTERN DIVISION.—The Right Hon. John George Lennox, commonly called Lord John George Lennox ; and the Right Hon Henry Charles Howard, commonly called the Earl of Surrey. EASTERN DIVISION.—The Hon. Charles Compton Cavendish, of Compton-place; and Herbert Barrett Curteis, of Peasmarsh, Esq. SHOREHAM.—Sir Charles Merrik Burrell, of Knapp.castle, in the county of Sussex, Bart. ; and Harry Dent Goring, of Yapton. place, in the said county of Sussex, Esq. STIRLINGSIIIRE.—Vice-Admiral the Hon. Charles Fleming. SOMERSETSIIIRE.—EASTERN DIVISION.—WiIIiam Gore Langton, of Newton Saint Loe, Esq.; and William Papwell Brigstrick, of Comb Hay, Esq. WESTERN DIVISION. —Edward Ayshford Sanford, of Nynehead. court, in the said county, Esq. ; and Charles John Kemeys Tynte, of Halswell-house, in the said county, Esq. SUNDERLAND.—Sir William Chavtor, of Witton-castle, in the county of Durham, Bart. ; and the Hon. George Barrington, of Greatham, in the county of Durham, Captain in the Royal Navy. STA,. FoRD.-Thomas Chaplin, of Welbeck-street, London, Esq., a Eicut..Colonet in his Majesty's Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards; and George Finch, of Burley-on-the-Hill, in the county of Rutland, Esq. SUFFOLK ' EASTERS DI% ISION.—The Right Hon. John Henniker, Major Lord Henniker, Baron of Slaney, county of Wicklow, in that part of the United Kingdom called Ireland; and Robert Newton Shawe, Esq. WESTERN DivisioN.—Charles Tyrell, of Haughley, in the county of Suffolk, Esq. ; and Sir Hyde Parker, of Milford-hall, in Long Milford, in the said county, Bart. Sr. ALBAN.—Sir Francis Vincent, Bart., and Henry George Ward, Esq. Surmuttv.—Sir John Benn Walsh, of Warfield-park, in the county of Berks, and of Berkeley-square, in the county of Middlesex, Bart. ; and the Right Honourable Michael Angelo Taylor, of Whitehall-yard, in the county of Middlesex. Sourn SHIELDS.—Robert Ingham, Esq. TAUNTON.—Henry Labouchcre, Esq. ; and Edward Thomas Bainbridge, Esc''. TIIETFORD.—The Hon. James Fitzroy, commonly called Lord James Fitzroy ; and Francis Baring, Esq. TYNEMOITTIL—George Frederick Young, Esq. WARWICKSHIRE, NORTHERN DIVISION.—Sir John Eardley Eard ley Wilmot, of Borkeswell-hall, in the county of Warwick, Bart. ; and William Stratford Dugdale, of Blythe-hall, in the said county of Warwick, Esq. SOUTHERN DIVISION.—Sir Gray Skipwith, of Newbold-hall, in the county of Warwick, Bart. ; and Sir George Philips, of Weston-house, in the said county of Warwick, Bart. WARWlCK.—Major.General the Honourable Sir Charles John ; and Edward Bolton King, of Umberslade, in the county of Warwick, Esq. WORCESTERSHIRE, WESTERN DIVISION.--The Hon. Thomas Foley; and the Hon. Henry Beauchamp Lygon. EASTERN DIVISION —William Congreve Russell, of King's heath,Somerset, ; E o s f q : a e n rdiThomashin the se, f e: e s: ea n ci iti r ,:r y .ot: C d,c ' e o doo o ocuho k iln e t 5 :y, , ,t03,1 0 i,ti1. t 00d : cir,tg, Bentley, Esq. n WILTSHIRE, NORTHERN DIVISION. —Paul Methuen, of corsham_ o house, in the said county, Esq. ; and Sir John Dugdale SouviicaN DLVISION.—JuIM 13enett, of Pythouse, in the said 1) n o ß fhot o: r d l i- h f ot the city t i y n e w c e o i t l i s n , t li y s g o . f ; Stafford. a nd. John county, Esq. ; and the Honourable Sidney gerpert, of Wilton ts \ ,N Tu e . e. TFoley, l a ! M jsooiogif e r.:. O saDif: l ni,i l fri l; i:, t ri,g. ) ,ae ; sigont Les e s a i . r e Ralph Lopes, Its, E sq. berlaine, Bart., of Maristow, in the county of Devon. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, DEC. 31, 1832. Royal Regiment of Artillery—Second Captain J. H. Wood to he Captain, vice Knox, deceased ; First Lieutenant H. N. Daniel to be Second Captain, vice Wood ; Second Lieute nant I. F, Hancock to be First Lieutenant, vice Daniel Second Captain W. E. Jackson to be Captain, vice Grant; Fir st , Lieutenant A. Macbean to be Second Captain, vice Jackson,', Second Lieutenant P. Ellis to be first Lieutenant, vice Macbev; Dec. 20. To be Second Lieutenants—Gentlemen Cadets F. PI riott, vice Beresford, promoted; H. G. Hooper, vice CrawfoT t promoted ; I'. Elwyn, vice Cicero, promoted; C. J. Wright, St. George, promoted; G. A. F. Derenzy, vice Nedharn, Pt o moted ; W. H. Elliot, vice Bignel, retired on hall.pay ; P. lbv, bean, vice Campbell, promoted; C. R. Wynne, vice 1• razer, moted ; L. W. M. Wynne, vice parlay, promoted; F. Rani vice Warde, promoted ; W. W. Jones, vice Tytler, promote , ' A. Benn, vice Tireinan, promoted, Dec. 20. Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Surrel; Surrey Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry—William Hart GO:, to be Surgeon, vice James, deceased; George Curtis, Gent., to' Assistant-Surgeon, vice Hart, promoted. DECLARATION OF INSOLVENCY. BUSICK JOSEPH WINBOLT, stationer, Poultry. BANKRUPTS. JAMES IRVINE, master-mariner, Brunswick-street, Bt sell-square, to surrender Jan. 14, and Feb. 12, at eleven, at i i Court of Bankruptcy. Freeman and Bothamley, Coleman-streo' Lackington, official assignee, Basinghall.street. CHARLES HOWARD, victualler, Mile-end-road, JO., at halt-past eleven, and Feb. 12, at twelve, at the Court Bankruptcy. Belcher, King's Arms-yard, Coleman-street, ficial assignee; Luckett, Wilson.street, Finsbury-square. THOMAS FRITH, ironmonger, High Holborn, Jan. 5, twelve, and Feb. 12, at eleven, at the Court of Bankrupt': Coombe and Wright, Token House-yard, London. PETER M ADDOC KS, timber-merchant, Liverpool, Jan.. and Feb. 12, at one, at the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool. V'''. cent, King's Bench-walk, Temple, London ; Robinson, Bartley, and Roberts, LiverpooL CHRISTOPHER THOMAS ATHOW, wholesale-babe' dasher, Wood-street, Cheapside, Jan. 11, at two, and Feb. 12, 3 eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, King's Arms-yO / official assignee; James, Bucklersbury. ISAAC WORLEY, jun., tailor, Bow-lane, Jan. 12, and fe t , 12, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy, Edwards, Pranctg' lane, official assignee; Holt and Gardom, Threadneedle-street. THOMAS WEAVER, cheesemonger, South-street, Spitgj fields, Jan. 7, at eleven, and Feb. 12, at ten, at the Court , ' Bankruptcy. Hill, Copthall-court, Throgmorton-street. DIVIDENDS. R. J. Fayrer, mariner, London, Jan 29, at two, at the Court o' Bankruptcy. C. G. Beet, bill-broker, Stamford-street, Blackfriars, SurreY' Jan. 21, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. c h e e r, , C i o , t e i ßn r t crih o sut f or ß le,h ai2 js k tar r n t ee i . p tz t , c S. Teuton, upholsterer, Nelson-street, Greenwich, Kent, JO half past n ten,o agtrot 23, 0 a t v at the o D u a r s t Bankruptcy. is, music,i ler, Court of Bankruptcy. J. Biddle, oilman, London.road, Surrey, Jan. 22, at twelve, a'. the Court of Bankruptcy. W. N. Bewsher, brewer, Brighton, Jan. 23, at half-past eleve n ' at the Court of Bankruptcy. J. Hudson, tobacconist, Oxford-street, Jan. 22, at half-p 0 eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Jan.at 25 0 n , e a , t a w t el ; ll6 D. Scott, Scotch ale dealer, Mansell-street, Goodman's-fielC ls ' Whitechapel, Jan. at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. R. J. Craneis and J. W. Ward, butchers, Maldon, Esse , " Jan. 23, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. I. and It. Brightwen, brewers, Coggeshall, Essex, Jan. 24, a t twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. J. Wilde, maltster, St. Alban's, Hertfordshire, Jan. 23, a t twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. W. Lunn, slopseller, St. Mary-at-Hill, Jan. 23, at eleven, al the Court of Bankruptcy. J. Potts and A. Beloe, silk-warehousemen, Lad-lane, CO Jan. 28, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. T. Laws, victualler, Chancery-lane, Jan. 21, at twelve, at th e Court of Bankruptcy. J. Christie, coal-merchant, South Sea Chambers,Threadnecdl e. street, City, Jan. 24, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. T. Geary and D. Home, woollen-drapers, Manchester, Jan, 0 ' at nine, at the Palace Inn, Manchester. H. Calverley, tanner, Scotton, Yorkshire, Jan. 25, at one, a t the Court House, Castle of Knaresborough. W. T. Howgate, chymist, Knaresborough, Yorkshire, Jan. et at eleven, at the ourt House, Knaresborough. It. Baker and J. Harley, stone-masons, Southampton, Feb. 1 4, at eleven, at the George Inn, Southampton. J. Wathent, clothier, Rodborough, Gloucestershire, Jan. 9 6, at ten, at the Golden Cross Inn, Cainscross, Gloucestershire. G. B. Kerr, sen., common-brewer, Framlingham, Safi> , Jan. 24, at eight, at the Crown Inn, Framlingham. W. Heughan and W. Muir, drapers, Newcastle-upon-Tyne' Feb. 8, at eleven, at the Half-Moon Inn, Newcastle-upon-Tyne' W. Hiscock, tailor, Southampton, Jan. 26, at twelve, at the George Inn, Southampton. W. Sedgwick, linen-merchant, Manchester, Jan. 23, at two, a t the Palace Inn, Manchester. It. Kay, paper-manufacturer, Heap, Bury, Lancashire, Jan.O' at eleven, at the Bridge Inn, Bolton-le-Moors, Lancashire. J. and W. W. Young, flour-factors, Bristol, Jan. 24, at twelve' at the Commercial-rooms, Bristol. W. Mason, axletree-manufacturer, Margaret-street, Cavendish' street, Cavendish-square, Jan. 24, at two, at the Court of Ban 1 ". ruptcy, CERTIFICATES, JAN. 22. W. Harris, merchant, Manchester. G. King, jeweller, Ludgate-street. IL Baker and J. Harley, stone-masons, Southampton, S. D. Norton, victualler, Watney-street, Commercial-road. T. Giller, publican, Pendleton, Manchester. W. Bristow, nurseryman, Old Brompton, Middlesex. J. Bagley, haberdasher, Liverpool. J. W. West and J. H. West, brewers, Turner's-square, Ho% . ton, Middlesex. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. T. In g ram aaiciK - iii: 1 11;;, - ;rciliinerV,dreen7vich. G. Rougemont and Co., merchants, Broad-street-buildings. ~ G. and W. Crenidge, coach-makers, Sun-street, Bishopsga Without. R. Heintz and Co., insurance -brokers, London (so far as re' gards 1). A. Rougemont). S. F. and J. J. Waddington, vinegar-makers, Birmingham. R. Barlow and Co., coal-proprietors, Bradshaw, Lancashir e (so far as regards W. Swift). "1. Thompson and Co., delfinen, Little Bolton, Lancashire (° far as regards W. Swift). J. S. Aldersley and W. J. Ward, attorneys, Bedford-scpvac. J. Daly and M. Kipling, iron -merchants, Upper Thameg-street• T. Atkinson and Co., worsted manufacturers, Addingham. J. Hays and C. Douglas, corn-factors, St. Helen's-place. J. Bryan and C. Raiford, silk-mercers, Tewkesbu.y, GloticeS' tershire. E. Henty and Co., bankers, Arundel, Sussex (so far as regards R. Upperton). C. Spencer and Co., brass.founders, Bilston, Staffordshire. A. and J. Rhodes, curriers, Bradford, Yorkshire. H. Dover and C. Norton, Great Winchester-street. P. and J. W. Spencer, feather-bed-makers, Newton-street, Rol , born. G. J. Southam and G. Blackberd, druggists, Manchester. H. W. Answorth and W. Marner, attorneys-at-law, Clifford'' Inn, Fleet-street. G. Brown and J. Rushy, stone-delvers, Penistone, Yorkshire. L. Bowdler and E. Betty, school-mistresses, Selby, Yorkshire. C. Eyes and Co., commission -merchants, Rio de Janeiro. J. Lockwood and Co., seed-merchants, Tooley.street, Southwarl‘ (so far as regards H. Thackrah). J. Birkett and G. Cox, solicitors, Cloak-lane. W. Brealey and J. D. Rigby, builders, Broad-street, Golden' square. 'VV. Edwards and E. Dando, hatters, Bristol. G. Dickinson and C. Barber, brick-makers, Budworthr heshire. J. M. Siordet and Co., merchants, London. C. Hope and Co., teachers, Bucklow-hill, Cheshire. J. Howard and Co., cloth-manufacturers, Portwood, Cheshire , G. Jones and' '. Wilcox, masons, Bristol. M. Pearson and C. Fellows, coal-merchants, Upper Thames' :reet. S. Chappell and J. E. Whittenbury, carpet-manufacturers. 'ancras-lane. H. J. da Silva and J. Ruffy, merchants. M. Cutbush and Co., carpenters, Maidstone. H. Kemble and Co., tea-brokers. CHELTENHAM. THE JUVENILE BALL. There now ! just as we anticipated, away go Christman presents—books—toys and trinkets,—while bevies of mazurka-ing Masters and gallopad-ing Misses throw studies and drawing-rooms into " most admired disorder" to listen to the " Journal's report of their dancing, and their delight in that gay scene."—Gently, gently, brave boys, and graceful girls, and you shall hear all about it. Well then—to begin again with the beginning : The Juvenile Ball at the Assembly Rooms, on Thursday evening, wasp in every sense of the word, as delightful a scene as ever the imagination conceived, the eye contemplated, or the mind enjoyed. The emulation of the youthful members of our refined society, in the graceful execution of the fan tastic measures of the dance, contrasted as it was with the conscious exultation of parental pride in every look of those who beheld their offspring thus displaying their ac complishments in that generous rivalry which marks the most joyous season of our existence, afforded,—to us at least—a source of purely pleasurable reflection, which eveli the gayest scenes of fashionable life fail to afford. Never, we believe, on any similar occasion, was the room so t s: crowded—the company amounted to " six hund re d an d ninety-six," and the dancing was kept up with unabated e sp ve ir n it in , g is end expected j ouissan te o vie e nt w il i a th la t t lt= o f TLSThursday 6 un "f la h and as the hour of dancing will he extended from twelve till one o'clock, the New Year will be ushered in with be coming eclat.—Cheltenham Journal. THE BALLOT, TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. beg to offer you a few observations upon the qualification which should be required for being elected a Member of Parliament, and on the vote by ballot. Every candidate should be bound to prove that he is in actual possession of an , unincumb ere d property, sufficient to render him a perfectly independent man ; for it would be decide(lly b u y nj t u h s o t se th w a ho that p vv er e s r o e ns no o t f in rea p l os p se r s o s p io er n ty of sh a o ny uldb g overned pro perty whatever. Under such circumstances the wealthy would, I think, soon become poor, and needy adventurers would soon contrive to become rich. With respect to the ballot,—provided the qualification were sufficient to in sure the return of Members to serve in Parliament of real independent property, I believe that persons of rank and property would have no objection to the vote by ballot. It is, however, asserted " that the vote by ballot will not prevent landlords alid others from ezercising undue in fluence, by extorting a promise before the vote is given.'' It appears to me that the only method of counteracting this, would be to administer an oath to the voter to the fol lowing effect, namely :—" That be bad never, directly or indirectly, given a promise to any person what;wer tha& he would vote kr ei;her of the candidates and that he conscientiously believed that the candidates for whom he intended e were the fittest persons to be ret urne d t o serve inPtarlvioaM I am, Sir, your obedient servant, ADVOCATE FOR THE BALLOT UNDER PROPER RESTRAINTS. Dec. 31, 1832. 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