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against their inefficiency, and what complaints of the robberies that took place ? Meetings were then as frequent as they are now'; and even bodies of the inhabitants of posi,slies waited on the Secretary of State, to 'entreat the removal of the old- police. *Who/ could but recollect the de crepit. impotent — Condition of the old watchmen ? What rttriai the Government do then but establish police ? He for one liked cheap rates, but he would not complain wheO he kne* to what expenee the Government were put in dressing these men, establishing stations, &c. Mr. Wilde alluded to the jealousies which existed be tween the Old and the New Police, and stated that those who raised their voices against the New Police were , generally those who had lost some patronage by it. He knew that the late Commis sioners of the watch were, us might be expected i bitterly opposed to them. In the ease of one Chief Commissioner it might be accounted for, from his having been taken up in the streets, an d confined in the Station-house us a disorderly, by one of the New Policemen. Would the old watchmen have done this ? Would they have acted so impartially ? No ; they would have winked at the disorderly behaviour of their patron, and passed him on to his house. The City were friendly to the New Police, and so were all who knew the rottenness of the old system. This speech was delivered amidst great opposition, and attempts, by ridicule„&c. toput the speaker down. Mr. LOCK deprecated the way in which the "Meet ing had been conducted. A great deal bad been said without having any data, fact, or resolution to ground their opinions on. He, recommended that the Meeting should be adjourned. Mr. LEACO said, he oppoied the New Police on various grounds. There was once a time when they could have got gloriously drunk without fear of any power, and if found in the streets by the watchmen they would have been passed from one to another till they reached their homes. At one time they could have kicked up a row—a bit of a frolic amongst themselves; now they could not, for fear of the police. If they were found rather fresh,in the streets, they were beaten about the heads with sticks, in order; that they might be rendered insensible, and carried conveniently in a truck or a wheel-barrow to the. Station-house. Mr. Leach opposed the police for being expensive, infernal, and trampling on their liberties. This speech, ,made by a. man of forty, and in a loud tone, was received- with shouts of laughter. After a great uproar .and clashing of voices, which was not the first or second time it had occurred, Mr. BASTHR rose, and said he lied prepared va rioini resolutions. He then read therm Th e e ra signified that the meeting were resolved that it was expedient to wait upon his Majesty, and with' be corning devotion supplicate him to desire his faithful Commons. to repeal the New Polka Act, The se cond signified that there should be a Committee formed to take the-proper means to carry the first resolution into effect, and to communicate and cor respond with other parishes on the subject of the New Police. The latter resolution contained an allusion to the Holy Alliance, the noble conduct of the ' French, and the corruption of the House of Commons. Mr. JOHN Wutmr, sen. came forward, and, in ac cordance with the opinion of others present, said they did not want the French to set them an ex ample, or tell them how to net, nordid they want the rotten boroughmongers of the House of Commons to be in the matter. This was agreed to, and the offensive allusions and phrases were expunged. The resolutions were then agreed to, and passed. An individual asked if those resolutions were in• tended to be represented as the sense of the Meeting or of the Parish P The CHAMMAN replied, only the sense of the Mrseting. k After she Committee had been farmed, thanks were votedto theCheirmarrould the Meeting broke up. OPENING OP THE RAILWAY, AND VISIT OF THE MIKE OP WELLINGTON. MA NCHESTER, SEPT. B.—The opening of the Railway, and the expected visit of the Duke of Wel lington, have become the nit-engrossing topics of ' conversation in Manchester. Most of the principal gentlemen in town are more or less engaged on the different Committees and Sub-committees to whom the work of preparation has been assigned. His Orace is expected to arrive on Saturday, first at Heaton-park, the residence of the Earl of Wilton, which is about four miles to the north-eastward of Manchester. it is said that the Duke will attend Prestwich Church on Sunday, in company with his noble host. On Monday forenoon his Grace will be fully occupied in visiting the principal manufactories In town; in the evening he will attend the public din ner to be in the Theatre by the Mimicipal A u thoridee ; anti he will afterwards attend a ball to he given in honour of his visit, the same evening, in the Assembly Rooms, which adjoin tho Theatre. `ds last mentioned gala has been projected by our civic autho rities, fur the purpose of affording the ladies of Man chester an opportunity of seeing his Grace to greater advantage than will be offered by any of the other public festivities in which he will be engaged during his temporary visits; and it is expected to he one of the moat brilliant assemblages of " beauty and fashion" that luta taken place in this part of the country since the splendid fancy dress ball at ow' 'nuttiest festival in 1828. On Tuesday Ida Grace will leave Manchester for the seat of the Marquis of Salisbury, at Childwell, near Liverpool. On Wednesday the opening of the Railway will take place, on which occasion he will revisit Manchester, accom p an ied by the Directors and a train of eight or nine hundred persons; he will return to Liver pool the same day, and dine with the Director* and Shareholders of that vast undertaking; and on Thursday lie will dine with.the Mayor and Orrpo- Mimi of Liverpool. his subsequent arrangements are not yet known with certainty, but it is untier atom) that he will proceed to Doncsster Races, which commence on the 20th; and afterwards visit Tirtstingitam, where he is expected, along with Sir Robert Peel, on the 23d. 1. have already alluded to the preparations which are in progress for the reception and eetertaiement of his Grace. The pit of the theatre is to be boarded over, so us, with the stage, to form one vast dining-room. The stage anti the bodsr of the house will be fitted up whit crimson and white the perks, so as to resemble two large military tents. The chandeliers of the now concert hail, which are decidedly the most splendid of any in this part of t h e co u n try, will he lent for the occasion. The tables, which will consist of three, placed longitudi rdly, each 104 feet in length, fourteen placed die gonally on either aide, and a r ange surroun di ng the front of the lower tier of boxes, will all be covered with crimson cloth, so as to cootraot with the snow-white draperies with which the tents will be hung. The chair, with the cross-table, which will be occupied by his Grace told the principal guests, will be placed at the eateemity of the singe; and be hind theta will be placed it mirror, or series of MirrOis, suffleient dimensions to cover the entire -Aelellt so as to reflect the image of the entire scene, AlPd iireetly to increase its splendour rind eireet, Jt is 460 intended to throw ci hanging bridge, or staircase, . 4crwer the street separating the theatre from the assembly-rooms, so that hie C. taga anti f tin :I may pass from the diellet to the ball-room without ex.- sure to the 0 01 - 4 0:74 air. The. dinner is annooriced for five . owing to to commence in the h t0 4 1 , 1 , 10 , _0 , 04 .4 a . t e teg. so 1 . 114 . t. there will be no great time its itis rOl i t r i s ‘ ei l t o, is te i la m ch n ic o t; t extri n na o t t ir , , , ne w t o " td b this is, pedurps, of hen oans her i u gl e 4 o : so d pro w., 11: h t te r ia t ad a P e rtI t te thwir sutsottOt that could he taken by James Norris, ch,„V"" d " ) f or d Quartsn' airtoriona; - HorougnliZiovfe. t he Brutus) be ," tan orator. MV 1 ,44 .%4 Lye, sy, s ee imager of the. theitre, 14 baYe 1001. for th e ad Oat buildings Thl.„ eXpett4,ol of fitting up, gm! 'wilt amount to several hundred pounds. Mr. Deane, of the Bush Inn, who provides the dinner, has already twenty haunches of venison, quartered and hung up, and half a ton of turtle, one of which weighs three cwt. Preparations similarly extensive and magnificent : w ere. never before made in this part of the country. An unprecedented concourse of noble and scien tific individuals is expected at Liverpool and Man. chester on this interesting occasion. Lord Wilton, the only Nobleman who resides in this immediate vicinity, is making suitable preparations for the re ception of his guests at Heaton House. The Earl of Derby, the Marquis of Salisbury, the Earl of Sefton, Lord Skelmersdale, the Earl of Stafford, and other Noblemen and Gentlemen, having resi dences in this part of Lancashire and the adjoining borders of Cheshire, are causing similar preparations to be made. An expectation is entertained that a grand rehearsal, preparatory to the opening, will take place on the railway on Saturday next. Several companies of the 87th Regiment, which has been stationed for some time at Bolton, Black burn, Oldham, &e. passed through Manchester this morning, on their route to Ireland, via Liverpool. No orders have yet been received for the supply of the stations they have vacated with fresh troops, and the barracks at most of these places were con• sequently locked up—•-a circumstance of rather un usual occurrence. The population in this neigh bourhood, however, is now fully and profitably em ployed, and not the slightest symptoms of discontent are at all perceptible in the whole of this populous manufacturing district. The river Irwell was very much swollen on Mon day morning, in consequence of the heavy rains of the preceding night. One or two children were drowned in the course of the morning, while at tempting to catch at articles curried down by the stream. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRENCH PAPERS. (From the MessOer des Chambres.) PARIS, SEPT. 8. Letters from Dresden, dated the 25th of August, state that Charles X. and his family will take up their residence in Saxony. • We have intelligence from the department of Maine-et-Loin, that on the 2d of September the white flag was again flying at St. Florent le Vieux, and that although the public authorities had given in their resignation more than fifteen days before, no re-election had yet taken place. This inattention of M. Barthelemy, the new Prefect, is the more to be regretted from the circumstance of this town he. ing on the frontier of La Vendee. Accounts from Rouen of the 6th of SepteMber Mention, that the ferment continues among the work ing classes , . but that the determined attitude of th e National Guard had prevented the movements which were feared. A very large number of- arrests had taken place; many leaders of the cabals are in the hands of justice; . others were to be arrested that day, and, doubtless, will be tried on Friday or Sa turday, before the tribunal of Correctional Police. It is announced in a journal that Gen. Lafayette has just been authorized to place a thouiand of the moveable National Guards in a state of readiness. There can be no possible question as to the National Guards being made moveable. Until a new law is passed they are organized according to the provisions of the law of the 11th of October, 1791. General Lafayette, who is charged with the execution of every thing that concerns the arming and discipline of the National Guards, could never intend, and has never intended, to do that which has been, attributed to AFRICAN EXPEDITION. TOULON, SHPT. 2. • Captain Demoges, of the frigate Arethusa, on his arrival in this port threw some difficulties in the way of hoisting the tri-coloured flag. The Mari. time Prefect suspended him from his command, and the officer has just given in his reaignation. The I:: nes!' frigate Madagavar anchored this morning in our harbour, coining from Malta. The arrival of a British frigate has caused much pleasure here, because it gives full proof that there exists a perfectly good understanding between the Cabinets of Paris and London, and that the commerce of the , two countries will have nothing to fear from one side or the other. The frigate saluted the maritime flag, and then the forts, each with 21 , guns, which were instantly returned. hft Messmer has a letter from Algiers, dated August 24. It does not contain any news.) (Prom Galitmuni's litesse)wer.) A deputation from the University of Jena, in Prussia, has arrived at. Purim, to congratulate Gen. Lafayette upon the recent changes in France. Count Laint'i, Peer of France, has arrived at Paris. • He was at • l3areges when he learned the publication of the famous ordinances ; as soon as he perused them, he took up his pen to draw up an act of impeachment against Ministers. We learn that the Marquis de Laroche Jacquelin has relinquished, since August 6, the pension of 10,000 (lanes, granted to him as u Peer of France, by Louis XVIII., and that the motive of his refusal is his intention of not taking his seat in the Chain. his when lie comes of age. TheAnnede la C l / 4 arle of Nantes relates, that 18 or 20 priests assembled ut the house of the rector of Petit Mars, and celebrated a feast, at which the only dishes dressed were composed of cocks, which caused a general massacre of the males in all the farm-yards• in the neighbourhood. " They may eat as many cocks as they please," adds the Ande de la Chat*, "bUt this will not prevent the Gallic cock from proclaiming to the world the decisive victory gained by the patriots, rallied round the tri.eo loured standard, over the white flag and its. feeble supporters." A new quarantine. of 11 days has just been laid upon all vessels coming from Toulon and Marseilles, in consequence, it is said) of •a notice transmitted by the Consul-General of France, of contagious diseases prevailing at Algiers. emit. Dumont d'Urville has arrived at Paris, and had an interview with the King, who conversed with him a long time on circumstances connected with the voyage of Charles X. and his family. MS M a j est y expressed •his satisfaction at the manner in which this officer performed his duty,. and his • con. duet towards his passengers. The Captain having several times made signs of retiring, for fear he _ . might be too intrusive, — the King surd, " Stay, my dear captain, royalty has ceased to be a sinecure." The Specta(cur de Dijon says, " On the .sth instant a slight mutiny manifested itself at the bar racks of the (10th regiment of the Line, at Dijon. They demanded the expulsion of two Serjeant-Ma.. jots of theltoyal Guards. The staff of the 18th division immediately proceeded to the barracks, and order was restored. We learn from Fribourg, that a detachment of SO Swiss had arrived there from Paris, headed by the ()dicer who defended the Louvre. The town band went out to meet them, and played the airs, " Ou peut•ou are lidera.," and " Le Rans des Vaches.fhe state of this unfortunate remnant of the companies that suffered most was truly de plorable: Messrs. Lefot and Martel, formerly members of fie Couveritioo, arrived at Park yesterday, from their exile in Belgium. Among the legacies of the lute Prince de Coride, is the chateau and growl& of F.:coneti, with an an nue] pension of 10°,000 francs, for the purpose of founding an institution to 'educate the children. gruodchildion, nod tiewenthoits of the old officers sod soldiers who belonged to the ancient army of Comhi. . _ _ Among the petitions to be presented to the Chinn* her of Deputies on Sittui day, is one for the aho)i' tion of the punishment of death, which M. Charles Lucas has distributed to both Chambets, and which has fifty signatures, including many gentlemen of :the hair. The ewniustitms preparatory to the imj►ettcbtuent of the Ex-Ministers are still going on ; but their captivity is not so rigid as formerly, they having ob tained permission to dine together. Finding that they cannot have sufficient exercise within the keep, they have requested permission to walk occasionally in the courts of the prison. We have not learned whether this favour has been granted to them. (From the National) M. Mangin, the late Prefect of the Police, having succeeded in eluding the vigilance of his pursuers, has reached Belgium. He was at Luxemburg on the 31st, and dined in a private house. M. N. barrister, at Metz, accompanied him. During the dinner se veral persons who did not know M. Mangin entered the room ; the affairs of France became the subject of conversation, and the name of the ex-Prefect was uttered several times. The presence of mind with which he evaded questions was much admired by those who knew him. He left Luxemburg this morning, and lodged at the Hotel tie Cologne, under the name of Meunier. He is said to proceed to La Sauvage, at the extremity of the French frontiers. The last news from Greece are of a satisfactory nature. The crops are very fine in the Mores, and will probably be sufficient for the maintenance of the inhabitants. The fortress of Athens alone is still occupied by the Turks, the Greeks are still masters of the town and country, andlthe President has even established a Government at Athens. The island of Negropont is gradually abandoned by the Turks, who sell their property and cattle to the Hy driots, the Ipsariots, and foreigners. The war has recommenced in the west of Greece, and the President has sent troops to those parts. The hostilities are still kept up, notwithstanding the armistice concluded between the Allied Powers; the Turks are the aggressors, who are themselves in a state of dissension, and their commandant is said to be in a very critical situation. The island of Samos has not acknowledged the authority of the Sultan, and has declared itself in dependant. The inhabitants will observe a strict neutrality if they are not attacked; but are resolved to resist to the last, should the Turks attempt to subdue them. The President of the Government of the above island is M. Logotheti (Lycurgus), a man of great energy and talent. ALGIERS, AUG. 23. (PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE.) The evacuation of Bonn and Oran by the French troops made the impression we expected on the Arabs; and a measure, merely the effect of pru dence, was considered by them as a mark of weak• ness. Every man has become a soldier, and those who are unprovided with arms endeavour to got some. Two Bedouins, who were transporting am munition and provisions to the mountains, were discovered and arrested. I suppose that their trial will not he long, and that they will soon be executed; a rod of iron alone can intimidate the Bedouins. Our longanimity induces them to despise us. We have great confidence in General Clausel to re-esta blish our reputation amongst the barbarians. The insolent manifesto of the Bey of Tittery astonished no one; the Generals expected that from one moment to the other he would break his pro mises. This Bey is a renegade; be was formerly captured with his mother by some Tunisian pirates, who effected a descent in the island of Saint-Pierre (Sardinia), put all to the sword, and carried off the unfortunate inhabitants to sell them at Tunis. The present Bey of Tittery was bought by a Moor, who took him to Algiers; there he changed his religion; and from different events, very common amongst the Turks, he has risen to his present station. His mother, who became prisoner with him, remained at Tunis, where she now fills the functions of house keeper in the French Consulate of that town. This unhappy mother continually laments the ingratitude of her son, who has never done any thing to soften her painful situation. New orders from Paris have suspended the em barkation of wool, lead, wax, brass, and other ar ticles which were destined to France. Several commercial vessels which had taken in their cargo before , the above orders arrived, set sail yesterday for Toulon. Some Jewish renegadoes are suspected of having embarked large sums of money on the 'Russian vessels bound to Nice. I have not been able to discover for whom these Jewish bankers are acting. (From the Gazette de France of Wednesday.) BAY OP ALGIERS AUG. 22. We learn by a v es s e l f rom B ona t h e following par ticulars, which I hasten to communicate to you : " Scarcely were the garrison on board, when the Arabs carried fire and destruction into the town of Bona. Contributions were levied—the houses of all the inhabitants who had taken part with the French were pillaged —massacres took place, and the barbarians committed all kinds of excesses, and our soldiers were not able to check their fury. We fear similar scenes at Oran ; but we hope that the fort of Mers-el-Kebir, which commands the town, will save the inhabitants from the fury of the Arabs. We bear nothing now here, the situation of the army is still the same,--that is to say, but culated to allay apprehensions. The General-in- Chief expects to have a successor, and gives him self little trouble about the brave men who are in. trusted to his care. The Arabs still occupy all the points abandoned by the French army." PARIS, SRPT. G. Letters from Rouen, received here to day, speak of serious disturbances caused by combinations of workmen. The National Guard interposed to re store order, anti marched to Datnental where an en gagement took place. The troops of the garrison also wet to the scene of action. There was pretty considerable number of killed and wounded on both sides. This news, which was spread on change, had some effect on the funds. Our readers may remember, that under the con solute it was usual at the opening of every Session, for the Government to lay before the Legislative hotly and the Senate a general view of the state of the country. Ir is stated by a journal, the Ministry has just adopted this measure, and that the Churn hers will in a few clays hear a report on the state of France. A letter from Turir, of the 20th of August, says-" On the 24th a Council was held, at which several Lieutenant-Generals, who were in the pro vinces, were summoned to attend. The question for discussion was, whether the fortresses of the kingdom.shonld be given up to the Austrians, who demanded permission to occupy them. It is . affirmed that it was resolved to refuse pot only the occupation of the fortresses, but also permission fur any foreigner to enter the territory of the kingdom. It is said that the private opinoti of the King led to this decision." Fart4ca Funns.---11 ) aals, SEPT. 8 .-rive per Cents., 991. 70e. 75c. 80e, 'Mc. 85e. 99f. 80e. 95c. 1001; 091. 95c. 90C. 1001. 001. 80e. 95c. 1001. 901. 95c 90c. 1001. 091. 950. 100 f. 991. 90c. 95e. 1001. ; Vourper Cents., 891. 75c. ; Three per Cents, 711. 60c. Htic. 721. loc. 711. 00e. 721. 711. 90c. 7.11. 050. 90c. '721. 100.. ; lia n k st oc k,. 1,t175t ; Wow do NoPl,s, 691. 75 0. 00c. tiOc. 40e. 50c. 09 1. 40e. /50c. ; 'lento d'Eflpagne„ 19 ; Royal Spanish Loan, 49. 19} 50; ftentes Perpetueliesd'Espagne, 41 41i it 42 454 431 4S -Exchange on Lonaon,, one mouth, money, 251. 400. ; thr ee months, paper, 251. 25e, ; money, »W. 25c.-Conrs Authentique. ,7 17 Tho Right Hon. W. Htnnossort, UMm. parried by his lady, is expected to arrive at Oak-hill, the .„,, t o f si r joule Them, on Friday next, where they will remain till the Tuesday following, when it is their inten tion to spend a low days with CHARLES LAWRENCE, Eon., at Wavertree-hall.-,Lirerpoe/ Courier. WALTER. COLYTON.—This latest produc tion of Mr. iloitacx SAIITII'S combined limey and re search, has received many favourable suffrages for its ex hibition of a most exciting domestic story, in dose and skilful connection with the grand national drama enacted with each vignalenthusialm and triumph in the year 113136. flut there Is one trait in the work, that appears to have esca p e d that particular notice to which it i$ entitled. We allude to tho delineation of the two principal female cha riicters, Parra and AOAT►[A, by which Mr. harem may be said to have acqu►red the completion of Ida claims to that most rare and ditflcult distinction among novelistoi-- tuccehi in the portraiture of 7ltroine4 QUANTITY OF SEDIMENT IN RIVER WATER. Very few satisfactory experiments have as yet ' been made, to enable us to determine, with any I degree of accuracy, the mean quantity of earthy matter discharged annually into the sea by some one of the principal rivers of the earth. Hart ' soeker computed the Rhine to contain, when most flooded, one part in a hundred of mud in suspension. By several observations of Sir ' George Staunton, it appeared that the water of the Yellow River in China contained earthy matter in the proportion of one part to two hundred, and he calculated that it brought down, in a single hour, two million feet of earth, or forty-eight million daily ; so that, if the Yellow Sea be taken to be one hundred and twenty feet deep, it would require seventy days for the river to convert an English square mile into firm land, and 24,000 years to turn the whole sea into terra firma, assuming it to be 125,000 square miles in extent. Manfredi, the celebrated Italian hydrographer, conceived the average proportion of sediment in all the running water on the globe, which r e a c h e d the se a , to b e 1-175, an d he imagined that it would require 1000 years for the sediment carried down to raise the general level of the sea about one foot. " A glass of water," says Major Rennell, " taken out of the Ganges when at its height, yields about one part in four of mud. No wonder, then, that the subsiding waters should quickly form a stratum of earth, or that the Delta should encroach on the sea!' The same hydro grapher computed with much care the number of cubic feet of water discharged by the Ganges into the sea, and estimated the mean quantity through the whole year to be 80,000 cubic feet in a second. When the river is moat swollen, and its velocity much accelerated, the quantity is 405,000 cubic feet in a second. Other writers agree that the violence of the tropical rains, and the fineness of the alluvial particles in the plains of Bengal, cause the waters of the Ganges to be charged with foreign matter to an extent wholly unequalled by any large Europ ean r i ver d ur i ng the greatest floods. We have already alluded to the frequent sweeping down of large islands by the Ganges ; and Major R. H. Colebrooke, in his account of the course of the Ganges, re lates examples of the rapid filling up of some branches of the river, and the excavation of new channels, where the number of square miles of soil removed in a short time (the column of earth being 114 feet high) was truly astonishing.— Forty square miles, or 25,600 acres, are men tioned as having been carried away, in one loca lity, in the course of a few years. But although we can readily believe the proportion of sedi ment in the waters of the Ganges to exceed that of any river in northern latitudes, we are some what staggered by the results to which we must arrive if we compare the proportion of mud, as riven by Rennell, with his computation of the quantity of water discharged, which latter is pro bably very correct. It it were true that the Ganges, in the flood-season, contained one part in four of mud, we should then be obliged to suppose that there passes down, every four days, a quantity of wind equal in volume to the water which is discharged in the course of twenty-four hours, If the mud be assumed to be equal to one-half the specific gravity of granite (it would, however, be more), the w e i g ht o f matter daily carried own in the flood-season would be about equal to seventy-four times the weight of the Great Pyramid of Egypt. Even if it could be proved that the turbid waters of the Ganges con tain one pad in a hundred of mud, which is affirmed to be the case in regard to the Rhine, we should be brought to the extraordinary con clusion, that there passes down, every two days, into the Bay of Bengal, a mass about equal in weight and bulk to the Great Pyramid.—Lyea's Geology. Workmen have been some time employed put. ting both Houses of Parliament in the best state, prior to the meeting of Parliament. The Throne, In the House of Lords, has been prepared to receive his MA.istay. It seems the present Throne is to stand during the ensuing short meeting of Parliament. The drapery and hangings, including the ornaments, are to be taken down, and put in the best condition. At present the Throne is covered up, to preserve it from the whitewash applied to the ceiling. A new Throne will be erected, it is said, next year. Since the publication of EUSTACE'S interest ing tour in Italy, no hook perhaps has appeared which has created a more general interest, than " Mr. fluattres's Travels in Greece and Albania." A new, enlarged, and much improved edition of this work, in octavo, has just been published. To the classical attainments of a scholar, Mr, HUGHES tilde correct taste and sound judgment, so necessary in elucidating the interesting remains of the grandeur of classic Greece—a country which can never cease deeply to interest our most exalted feelings. Altogether, this work may undoubtedly be considered as the must perfect and best digested book on Greece which has yet been published. Mr..fißc K FOR D, it is stropgly rumoured about Bath, is likely to leave his beautiful residence and grounds there, for the Continent. His Tower, on Lansdowne-hill, which has attracted so much notice, and which may be seen for so many miles in every direction, was long closed against any sort of exhibition; but recently Mr. BECK. roan has somewhat relaxed in the severity with which he rejected strangers. It is now occasionally shown to those who may be so fortunate as to gain cards. The lower part of the Tower consists of two stories ; the rooms are not large, but they aro splendidly and peculiarly furnished with beaks, bookcases, cabinets, rich paintings, &c. Above them is a wide and admirably-completed geometrical stair. case, which leads to the summit, and whence, as well as from the rooms, the views are perhaps the richest, as they certainly are the most variegated and beautiful, to be exile. rienced in any part of the country. A whimsical, and by no means an uninterest ing occurrence, took place a day or two hack :.--their MA ]sSTOra, in an open carriage, at a very slow pace, were loosing along the King's-road, when an elderly fisherman of the place took off his hat and waved it, and, with Sten torian lungs, gave expression to the following poetical im promptn at the Same time:-- .+ God blvss King William, and long may he reign, God bless Old England over and over again I" Thu singular incident, and thy'. peculiar manner in which bold but well-intentioned seimen a suited the action to the word," held gravity at defiance. The Krwu laughed heartily, and in which her MAJESTY and the Princesses joints!. The kind-hearted Monarch repeatedly nodded to the nautical poet as the carriage moved on.«-•.l3riyhlon Paper. Died, on Thursday, the 9th inst., at Chapham rise, Surrey, WILLIAM BuLatta, Esq., aged 73. The name of Bout an is at once associated with all that is cor rect and beautiful in typography, and all that celebrity which for so many years has belonged to the Shiloopeare Press. fly him it was matured and brought to that per fation in which it is at present, under the superintendence o f his diligent and able successor, While we thus justly place him in the first rank of his' profession, let us not forget that he bad equal claims to distinction among those whose memories are revered for their many virtues. We may then truly say, that his art has been deprived of one of itr brightest ornaments, and his friends have to lament the loss of one not easily surpassed in integrity and every moral excellence. On Friday, at Lincoln, there was a most ex traordinary supply of plums offered for sale in all parts of t he market, and at the conclusion of the day almost any price was accepted by the sellers in order to get rid of them. It is considered a moat fruitful year in plume, and it is as well to remind the eaters, that a plentiful plum year is usually a busy year for the dealers in physic. An old practitioner was accustomed to take his hat off very reve rentially to a plum tree, by way of acknowledging his profound . obligations in the way of business to that fruit. Nuts also have made their appearance in the markets in great abundance, 'and of tine quality...., udon Mutt,. REPRESENTATION OF BIRMINGHAM. TO THE HIGH BAILIFF OF THE TOWN OF SIN...My constant occupation in different parts of the kingdom, since the dissolution of Parliament, has prevented me from deliberately addressing you at an earlier period on the subject of a pledge which I gave to the Town of Birmingham prior to the last Session. I engaged to renew my best exertions to secure for the enlightened population it contains, and for the vast interests connected with it, the oppor tunity for direct Representation in the House of Commons afforded by the exposure of corrupt prac tices at East Retford. The Parliament, with its latest breath, blasted the faint hope which some might still, even at that pe riod, have retained. It denied to you a just and necessary Civil Right, which might have been be stowed without trenching upon the fair claims of others ; and the refusal was embittered by the alter native finally adopted. The new members were not only wasted upon Freeholders already repre sented, but assigned to parties whose interests are considered at variance with yours,--and who, for the most part, igno rant l y imagine that they are so. My proposal had been, to take an obvious step towards repairing and counteracting the mischief of a decayed system; and in doing so, to confer a spe cial and immediate benefit upon the inhabitants of Birmingham. The Parliament decided, wilfully to withhold that benefit, and to increase the mischief for which I recommended a partial remedy. The Ministerial majorities which perpetrated this result, will stand disgraced in the history of the country; yet they have exposed to •the most obtuse under standing the necessity for more extensive measures of reform. The people of England were entitled to all the advantage of the opportunity which offered —but these majorities applied it for the purpose of increasing their own baneful power. The produce of the Bassetlaw election fully justifies this conclu sion. The predictions which I had continually pro nounced respecting it are fulfilled. But, although we have failed in the immediate object, we have ample ground for consolation, and perhaps I ought rather to congratulate than condole with you. The debates upon the question, prolonged as they were through the whole duration of the Par liament, have continually brought under the con sideration of the public the question of rational and needful reform. They have ,exposed, in a series of Parliamentary lectures, the defects and vices of the existing system ; they have exposed also, the im mutable resolution of the present Administration to withhold all remedy, however apt, and obvious, and minute. In these debates, it is notorious that several Members acted against their clear conviction, after the question had become one for the exhibition of party strength ; and some of them even attempted to rescue their understandings from imputation, by admitting this in a late stage of the proceedings— but declined to vote in favour of my proposition, lest they should compromise their consistency. Thus were the interests of the Constitution itself immo lated to party objects and personal considerations. A distinguished portion of the Administration re fused to assist in this sacrifice—nobly repudiated their colleagues—and retiring from office, left them to depend exclusively upon that obsequious phalanx which upon this question repeatedly assisted them to encourage public feeling, common sense, and con stitutional principle. These and other concurring circumstances have given birth to the new and active, but steady, deter. initiation which now animates the middle class of the community—a class daily acquiring additional weight, from increasing numbers, wealth, and intel- ligeiice,—to effect, if possible, by constitutional means, a remodification of that body upon which the entire dependence of the people for their pro perty, their lives, and their liberties is necessarily placed. They have at length opened their eyes to the fact that for a long period the House of Commons has contained an inert mass—a fixed, physical ma. jority—blindly supporting any Minister whose power shall, in other respects, have appeared to be stable, through any purposes, however vacillating and con tradictory majority which, with rare exception, has been alike at his disposal for good or for bad, with equal indifference. Yet to such majorities have we seen the Minister of the time gravely referring for the sanction of his proceedings as if they were really endowed with free agency, le gislative wisdom, and disinterested teal for the inte rests of their country. God grant that in the ap proaching Parliament these qualifications, so essential to a deliberative and responsible body, may be justly attributed to those who shall prevail within its walls ! The auspices under which it is about to assemble, and the manifestation of a sincere desire to consult the reasonable wishes of the people, by which the reign of William the Fourth has been al ready characterized, inspire me with a new hope.— Guided by such dispositions, a more genial influence may now co-operate with the just anxieties of the people, by accelerating the regeneration they so ar dently desire. I think no man can now be so absurd us to deny that the evil I have described has resulted from an incongruity between the composition of the House of Commons, and the condition of the country which it assumed to represent. Hundreds of Mem bers of Parliament, without real Constituents, and millions of people witi.out any representation 1 This incongruity is daily augmenting—and no supernatu ral skill is required to prognosticate that the progress of the disease must generate a political fever, which will very speedily e ith er e ff ect a cure, or fatally ter minate the existing form of Government—unless by timely mid judicious intervention we avert the hazard of so awful a crisis. But a specific, I doubt not, will shortly be provided ; for I am persuaded that the exertions which have been made on behalf of the town of Birmingham, and other towns, dur ing the four Sessions of which the last Parliament was composed, will have contributed largely to the widely extending spirit of the times ; and thus—at an earlier period than could otherwise have been anticipated—effective representation will at least be secured, not only for the community over which you preside, but for Manchester, Leeds, and other important towns, and for districts, th e more p ro - Minent interests of which are now unrepresented, or represented in a deficient manner. If, therefore, the inhabitants of Birmingham find themselves dis appointed, where they might have indulged a just hope of success, it will be to them a source of pa triotic reflection that their pres ent f a il ure w ill ob tain for others who have an equa l claim an accele lerated particip a tion i n th at privilege whi c h t h ey so ardently desire for themselves. The spirit of the age is a spirit of reason and jus tice. Exaggerated political views will not much longer actuate any body of men, important either from their numbers or talent. The dislocation of party has had the effect of dissipating the extremes of political feeling. But these extremes ore riot eli minated or lost. Instead of fermenting in useless masses, they have to a considerable extent been mingled and spread over the whole surface of so ciety,—their opposing elements have been neu tralized,---and the result is, an average condition of political opinion, the temperature of which may not be intense, but which will not on that account be less influential anti permanent. This spirit of reason and justice,—the public opi nion thus generated,--loudly call not only for a share in the Legislature to be assigned to the new interests which an extended commerce has created, —but also for a more perfect representation, in their personal capacity, of a vastly increased and increas ing population, and of the property accumulated in its hands. An extension to ail classes of Christians, of those civil privileges to which by the spirit of the Constitution, and of Chri st i an i ty , a ll ever had an equal title, has been already wrested from the pare-' lyzed grasp of monopoly and prejudice, which in the plenitude of power they had constantly withheld. 'Wore extensive changes, affording sonic political secu rity for the permanence of these acquisitio ns , will shortly follow. Th e d ar k h our is past when the'hack nied and agile repetition of empt) , ph rium could ope- Irate to scare any man from his conviction in fsveur of constitutional reforms,—and there '=met! II combination of circumstances in full operadellp which neither Princes, nor Parliements, Mr fdis nisters of State, can control or eountea In other countries, various causes are promotillf tho interests of domestic freedom, and the good ur piness of mankind. Whether , we hresthe' th elo' tical air of our own island, or inhale. the Won which drives across the sea, the gale bears with it a purified principle of life and vigour to the is* nous plant of British Liberty. Under its ristettd and healthy influence, the noxious weeds and plo• sitical excrescences which now encumber and PO' round it, will wither and die. ... ~ I have ever been, practically, what is nallet 1 Moderate Reformer. Although uniformly .4 0- siob upon the fitness of a Representation fully *OP to the interests and opinions of the peoples-I __, , ht hitherto been more disposed to seize upon evrt7 . cident by which any actual improvement could P accomplished, and to pursue a series of anw ° for the gradual and practical realization of Ott neral principle, than prone to enforce it bie,7" mation, or by urging the adoption of stverr,. measures. We have seen times when oseP!,1!: extremes of political party was in so trOP' ho state, that declamation on these subjectri kit proposal of schemes for the success of whlellAT, then impossible to hope, might rather ltsVaitt ic effect of bringing to destruction a &bpi ..fietiorlZ os than of producing that careful repair . 1**1, 20( ., Not requires. My disposition is still the. eemik. ' em withstanding the present derangement:albeitthlo —its general frame,and the principles skivin crw e , it, form the proudest possession of whie e i nffh, tion of mankind can boast. Substitut e d .. . A al.. t i i , lions might not, until centuries of coollet. order had elapsed, produce beneficial mult i ' I ,' e c But in the present sober cenditios 'of luet u i r 4h . mind—under all the circumstances whic h t i nto most part have transmuted violent party fee" . . A PP, IO . wholesome and deliberate political 1141 " . "7 0 1 poses—l no longer perceive the sense hssardle .for attempt of a more general . and decisive cin tulie r n isr amending the representation of the enre' ' discussions concerning the claims of Di n a. ' members of the present Government gavi t i assurances of more rational conduct heresfiVe, ll ; , regard to corrupted boroughs. Former Mill'ol', have done the same. An idiot would.not noe'lo° amused by such general protestations. I t. lllll 0 scruple in declaring my entire distrust a . ;u. illi t ii t i t the means of testifying their sincerity W i. ,,ele n , re ly hands, and were by them wilfully ma °lm_eity misdirected. And even if a similar o Pl'ri m h e ir should speedily occur for applying II tent, be good faith, I for one am no longer, ..dispvir4 I l ie . content, even for a season, with the eaelPr A H , The provement so from time to time to bedillori i i out . necessity and urgency of the demandirr,O ie t oted stripped such scanty and continually Prect o 4 , o , e r means of supply. The very source high': op istence of such boroughs—is a main evil of Abe and ought to be precluded by'new . 0 . tern, merits. Conformably to the temperate eoe f lde. Lion which I had prescribed for myself, ° veer sirous to apply th e case of East R e tford lot J o benefit. I would not be mistaken as affert4l t 4 horror at the disclosures which were mlitt so d notorious that a multitude of such cases Ott'o it would have been absurd and . puerile Be s. :7101 that it was more criminal for 200 Beet t liost4 8,000 guineas amongst them, than for a l ii o o t other individual to receive the whole sOtor l nomination. I merely' 'desired to turn to Selo. , la purpose the affectation of others, — but ll, .. 40 a solemn mockery to state that the delicatme House of Commons, collectively or indivi d roiits ceived any real shock from the exposure On,ph bar. I failed: my failure ,may aceeleratoe Toll more extensive than we contemplatetld'loo4l not again lend myself to .proceedings ere . ,,,,,, , i•.. 0 '' , 4 , and unproductive. ' .• , ~;.,t een „.44. T e h m ou p g ap h 11 1 t e at o j u o l n d , vIll:::::111rhaimn e p: l rige l . ,s t' . l ::;:: 3o io o.,,,,,, ti y o ro a objects of that demonstration which ~ arm d aoll the subject of a ReforM in the Re considered as an indication .9( wag 1.5 PArr" • ! the minds of the people, it must . convin ce '`:d, i who is not besotted by power or ignorllPW A leb that the period is at hand which will reduce uitet attempts as mine during the last Parliamettl w. .: insignificance. Observing, therefore, that the same detri 4 0 1 , to strike more decidedly at the root '.° t ' io ll of which the co n d u ct of the present Ministvrt ko est the lute Parli a ment produced in me, l ist "oral been excited in others; persuaded by u, ll _ l 3 . ev signs that p u bli c o pi n ion has now at ' Ol . „AO sumed a dete rm i ne d c haracter in favour or roc and deliberate reformation in the Hottl e s,lb l mons, consistent with the principles riff _ A i.. , l atl. p p hri ra adisco c e t u i r e l e ogwfh of the Constitution has devel ° l4o loww woul d l t d o , v y e n n sop t m u uaue r inbt e nidi , i ctaoi respectfully, cautious bow r e recommend m t h m e e; d y 7 _ tima . f , wed lheto feelingl advise-im po t r sh t h a eo n mu t ltdo m ab a t t e t a e ne t y ; retri l ;: il li e l . t ly : racterise their proceedings, as to ease, in opinion of Parliament, a parantoua neeftiters btbquveeunieetecinniolletpdtesrnestotiaoetptifriotortueuinordnaindylal laws to restrain public ille n e i4 iow til the ri lie grievance. Let them weigh well As of to n generalfciitcoaufsperesenting petitions in all on o oast ferododof:nibsrjuneectinfeo.oidtorsoit.npib.eyarLamttesoiienlegygtobiarlytaiedh:,ei the f x....,.t , Ogxo el othic .i .,b i ctisou..;s of some of the views and projects' b i d o f lo b the fatal effects which must ensue f ont h , 0 polit i. visions attendant upon a substitution of '. w' cal creeds and articles of individual I I ~00ilo, for those broad principles upon Wid e i` etil' we can ever hope to realise r b .„ l ,l i lif 0 % believe to be our COllllllOl2 wishes. 1 : 1, 0 , 4 4. 0 '; them to abstain from declamation agel f tt ;i s chiet t - hold the property of the country. Alf, .iii, %t a r * in the extreme, and unjustly involves a 11,,. ever their political opinions may be, Pit t , D ot - the fruits of their own industry 0 ° .„ 1 11 0 eisrs ti p forefathers, in the obloquy attaching w -- eri even t th he e ir e i i i i ndi v iduals p i v e il rso theirnvahel Rightsa s o a e n mo d i fo s n i p t i o n h o pe l o o : t b rl i i e l z o a ec i ° u ti c y ji i h i it a a tr t e r Y ßl: t eb e Pni r tn : '''...i gl o e ' 7 114 ,01 4;Z 0 i their character of proprietors. One cool,:iii such declamation must be, to alar . r o ii :7 o „. classes of society, and to dissociate tq i i se f Aa ' advocates of reasonable reform. Ye,t .C : „-i li d Pt . Lg . recommendations are far from being 0138 ,,,.0e .. 1 158 suede such as would listen to 10 0 ,if 40 °.-- obl7o all constitutional means for the red fit., grievances; and above all, the grievseeteetell':oo your fellow townsmen are suffering JO .peoft6 he t • tie erfa ii ner,—the deficient representation of t lt „ ni tty the contrary, it is,_ in my judgroett,t , „. cod s n it. the attention of Parliament shout(' v- ott or "vr o io and urgently directed to it, and in II T o t hi Oslo • will preclude all misapprehension ` i on ' 0,1•0 1 : 0 7; 0 ', and extent of the anxiety which exists L .0 4,.., 2 , : 1 If the friends of reform at Dimling: orgr iVri: o l- c , I where, thus abstain from all violent ,',, o lafal co. fining themselves to the pursuit of ratT ovio ndl i o ticable objects, —concentrating their,_ v o jj.ko o. l olo bitting their efforts to obtain than) by of .the f ,4 and constitutional means,--the Pvt_t_ s r t h e sr!i t g t i bee mind will press with sure effect oru dei i r e wi ll s for the Government. All we can n'll o vs etag s . jot! ' be yielded up to us—and the re lli a. .. iii beth..,d which your fellow-townsmen have _ a l u n e ared ,, be peaceably attained, and perPc il / , , ei . tarn'o r them and their posterity. ulz ef . 114 e'rhe n o r This language is not the res e or 000 .. , timid feeling. It is the languefi „id wishes el. 4,es 1 civil peace : yet, be assured i tu t t he irbert) .. e_ ; 4ol7 en individual, who, if unhafl n u e Y ~. i n eadaßT - 01 country should ever in his nil v I hates hethei plo' t i $4 in the attempt to re e t t o oewt t c h Y ; psbyuuntl:lpsiveattlmloliizinse:an, aijxnliStiultesolvt;:fitlitincvul:itriloclibtle!ersalill-5::,e041.,. powered, would see 4c' t s a iai, w I tl° . 7