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MARTIN and CO., 8, Cornhill, respectfully inform the Publ;c, that they have on SALE the TICKETS and SHARES for the GLASGOW LOT TERY, divided as the Act directs, 'containing 3 Prizes of 10,0001., Besides many other Capitals. The holders of the Prizes will have the option of receiving the Property or Money on demand, as stated in the &theme. It is in the recollection of the Public, that MARTIN and CO. sold in Shares the Ticket No.' 261, a Prize of :?0,000/., and, as first drawn above 25/., entitled to an- . ather of 20,000/., making a Grand Prize of 40,000/. ; 'no such instance of good fortune falling to the lot of any Aber Office. Orders from the Country, post paid, enclosing remit tances, will be duly executed. PATENT ELASTIC INDIA RUBBER BRACES, GARTERS, &c., manufactured by WELCH and MARGETSON, 7, Farringdon-street, seven ioors from Skinner-street (wholesale only). Also, the elastic Webbing for Saddle Girths, Rollers, Surgical Bandages, Corsets, &v. &e. W. and M., in offering their :nanufacture to the public, undertake that the elasticity of :heir Web shall continue under every contingency of its wear. MANUFACTORY, HOLLOWAY. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. 211ARYLEB ONE. Richard Ross, a respectable-looking man, a mariner, was brought to this office under the following extraordi nary circumstances : Harriet Ross was the prisoner's wife. They had been tnarrie.d several years, and had four children. He was a mariner, but had been residing at home, No. 3, Rath bone-place, where she carried on the business of a dress maker. His behaviour bad latterly become very much changed ; he was constantly intoxicated, and very violent in his manner. She was afraid he was not in a sound state of mind, as he had made attempts on his own life, and had struck her, though she believed be was quite un conscious of what he was doing. A certificate was handed to the Magis►ttate, signed by Mr. Willis, in Ratlibone-place, stating that he was the medical attendant on Mr. Ross's family, and that a few days ago, as he entered the prisoner's room, he saw him in the act of cutting his throat with a razor, which, how ever, he came in just in tune to prevent. Another time he found the prisoner taking some medicine, which, on examining, he found to he a strong poison. Edward Powell, hair-dresser and constable of the parish, residing next door to Mrs. Ross, was called in by Mrs. Ross to assist her in quieting her husband. He was ex tremely violent, and bowled out several persons, and some ladies who went in to pacify him. He (witness) called in som e policemen, who waited i❑ the pasrage whilst he went into the prisoner to try and get him out. The prisoner at first laid hold of the grate, and attempted to drag it front the fastenings, but he got him out without any injury, and th e police took him intri custody. Mr. RAWLINSON—Then you went in, at the hazard of Saving your head broken, whilst the police kept in the rear ? Witness—Yes; they acted as a reserve. Mr. RAwmwsos did not like that ; the police were paid for their broken beads, at least for the hazards they ran, and °mitt not to have thrust him forwards. _ _ _ The Inspect r of the E division understood that Mr. ftawlinson had said that the police ought not to enter any house except under particular circumstances, such as a cry of " Murder," or a disturbance. Mr. IlawuNsoN said he had never said any such thing. The Inspector said the public Press would abuse them if they did so. Mr. RAWLINSON—That is all nonsense ; the Press will never interfere with a man that dove his duty. If they lid, it would be oppression indeed. The prisoner said that he had been labouring under unpleasant feelings, arising from sonic members of Mrs. Ross's family, and that in this state of excitement a little qiirit bad great effect on him. Mr. RAWLINSON said be would seed the prisoner to .he Infirmary for a few days, to sec what his conduct ;could be. In the present state of his mind be might com mit murder on himself, or his family, if he were allowed o he at large. The prisoner behaved very quietly, and seemed to be iuite self-possessed whilst he remained in the office. MARLBORO UGH-STREET. A middle-aged man, whose exterior presented an ap )earance of the lowest stage of human wretchedness, was nought to this office, charged with having been found wandering about the Quadrant at unseasonable hours the Overnight. This person was, a short time ago, taken into custody m a similar charge, when be stated to the Magistrate that le was a clergyman of the Established Church, and had See n appointed to the station of Chaplain to the Owen Glendower; but from some cause, which he did not explain, be had been dismissed without remuneration. From that period he had been gradually falling into distress, having seen disappointed in obtaining relief from the Admiralty, and, as he was without money, friends, or a lodging, 'tie was obliged to walk about the streets during the night. On that occasion he was dismissed, after a proper adtno. lition from the Magistrate. As his story yesterday was precisely similar, and his IPPearance so utterly wretched, Mr. CONANT advised him to apply to the parish authorities to get himself passed to Ireland, and he would, if he acquiesced, use his influence :o effect that object. The applicant, whose name is Thomas Adams, was Willing to adopt any suggestion which bad a prospect of rescuing him from his present condition, and retired. LAMBE TH-S TREE T. CHARGE 01' BURGLARY AND ENTF.NSIVE ROBBERY.— Yesterday Thomas Ainsley, a fashionably-dressed young Man, was placed at the bar before Messrs. 11ARDwics: and WALKER, charged with being concerned in breaking into the counting-house of Messrs. Lockhart and Co., sugar refiners, in the Ilorseferry-road Litnehouse, on the night of the 19th of December, and stealing from an iron safe cash and securities, amounting to over 1,000/., and also with entering the dwelling-house of a milkman named Wason, in Whitechapel, a few nights before, and carrying tiff cash and property amounting to from 701. to 80/. Remanded. The prisoner, though most respectably connected, and daily expectation of large possessions, through aged relatives, has for some time been under the surveillance of the police. THAMES-POLICE. THILEATfNING LETurafto nu. IPA RING OUTRAGES OF Tria COAL-WIIIITERS..--Yesterday Mr. William SIMI), the landlord of the Swan public-house, Bell-wharf, Lower Shadwell, and who has for some time acted as an agent in employing coal-whippers to deliver the colliers of their cargoes, waited upon Mr. BRODERIP, the sitting Magis trate, for the purpose of asking his advice and protection under the followinc , circumstances:— Mr. Smith stated that a great majority of the coal fectors and masters of ships had lately resolved to pay no core than five farthings per ton to each coal-whipper, iistead of three-halfpence, the sum hitherto generally laid since the new Coal Act had come into operation; bit, notwithstanding this reduction, the coal-whippers cold earn more at five farthings per ton, under the OW system of weighing, than they could obtain under to old system of measuring at three-halfpence per ltaaldron. The great body of coal-whippers had, bow ter, refused to work under three-halfpence per ton, and lad endeavoured, by threats and attacks, to prevent others corking below that sum. They also had recourse to treatening bins and Mr. Poole and Mr. Birkett, two other phlicans, who employed the five-farthing men, and had tpeatedly assembled in large numbers, opposite their fuses, and threatened to murder them if they (lid not dis earge the five-farthing men. He really believed that, but fe the presence and vigilance of the police, their houses timid have been demolished. On Saturday last be re . tsed a letter, which, he bad no doubt, was written at the istigation of the coal-whippers. Mr. BRODERIP, after reading the letter, advised Mr. Stith to be under no fear of the villains who were the whore of it, and who, if discovered, would meet with se vre punlshinent. He believed the object of the parties isho sent the letter was to prevent Mr. Smith from em- Piling the five-farthing men, and to intimidate others front working under the full price, and selling their labour for t what they pleased. Mr. Smith was not to be intimidated by any threaten ing letters, and should continue to employ the five-farthing ;Oen, if directed by tie captains and factors to du so. tt. 7 . '::- BaonEarp said the applicant should have every pro '" n 1- om the officess of that establishment and the new police, if he peace was attempted to be broken. \ No. 12,577.) CHRONOLOGICAL INDEX FOR THE YEAR 1832. JANUARY. 1. A Special Commission for the trial of the Bristol rioters opens at Bristol. The trials continue for 14 days. 5. The Quarter's Revenue is published. The deficiency of the year ending Jan. 5, 1832, as compared with the preceding, is 3,984,1751. 9. Eliza Ross, alias Cook, convicted of burking Mrs. Walsh, is executed at the Old Pailey. 12. Five of the Bristol riot rs an sentenced to death. 13. Colonel Brereton commits suicide at Lawrence hill, a place two miles from Bristol. 17. Parliament re-assembles. The Population Returns are published, when it appears that there has been an increase of 4,759,904 persons within the last 30 years. The annual value of real property is estimated at 59 mil lions sterling. 20. Returns are published by the French Government, showing a great decrease in the number of capital punish ments in France. In 1825, 134 persons were condemned to death, and in 1830 only 92. The House of Commons, after a short debate, goes into Committee on the Reform Bill. 21. The Returns relative to the French Revenue are published, making the income for . the year 1831, 527,023,000 francs, or about 21 millions sterling. 26. A long discussion in the Commons on the Russian Dutch Loan—majority for Ministers, 20. 27. Four of the Bristol rioters are executed. Twenty two others had been previously sent off for transportation. 28. Dr. Bell, founder of the National System of Edu cation, dies at Cheltenham, in his SOth year. 29. The cholera breaks out at Edinburgh. FEBRUARY. 1. Three men are executed at Nottingham for the riots. 3. Crabbe, the poet, dies at the Rectory House, Ton bridge, in the '73d year of his age. 6. Munden, the actor, dies in his 74th year. 8. Returns are published by which it appears there are 5,371 Magistrates for the English counties; 1,351 are clergymen. 9. A long debate in the commons on the affairs of Por tugal—majority for Ministers 135. 11. Cholera breaks out at Rotherhithe. 14. Sir James Graham introduces a Bill for consoli dating the Navy Boards, by which a saving of little less than a million will be made. _ . 18. A grand entertainment is given at the Mansion house by the Lord Mayor to his Majesty's Ministers. .boethe dies at 'Weimar, in the 83d year of his age. Accounts are published in the London Gazette of an extensive insurrection of the negroes in Jamaica on the 20th January. The long pending cause between the Princes de Bohan and the Duke d'Aumale and the Baroness Feucheres is decided in favour of the defendants. 23. A return is published, showing that the number of newspapers transmitted through the General Post-office in the year 1830 was 12,962,000. The French take possession of Ancona. ,2 7. The sentence of the Courtmartial appointed to try Capt. Warrington is published. The Court adjudges him to be cashiered, with a recommendation to his Majesty to allow him to sell out. MARCH. S. Lung debates in both Houses of Parliament on the introduction of the Irish Tithe Bill. 10. Clementi, the composer, dies near Evesham, in his 81st year. 16. Returns are published of the quantity of spirits distilled in Great Britain and Ireland, from 1826 to 1830. The following are the returns for these two years :—Eng land, in 1826, 3,200,000 gallon, ; in 1850,4, 656,000 ; in Scotland, 8,500,000 and 9 861,000, and in Ireland, 9,600,000 and 8,690,900 gallons. 21. A General Fast is observed throughout England and Wales on account of the Cholera. 23. The Reform Bill is read a third time in the Com mons. 1114jority 116. 27. Cholera breaks out with great violence in the city of Paris. APRIL. 1. Returns are published, showing the following num ber of persons executed in England and Wales within three equal periods of seven years, ending in 1817, 1824, and 1831, respectively, as follow-591, 626, and . 4lo, being an average of about 77 each year. 6. The Quarter's Revenue is published, showing an in crease of 222,3601. on the quarter. 9. Earl Grey moves the second reading of the Reform Bill in the House of Lords. O. The cholera commits great ravages in Paris, carry ing off between 300 and 400 a day. 14. The Reform Bill is read a second time in the Lords. The debate lasted four nights. For the Bill 184 ; against it 175—majority 9. 20. The Earl of Thanet dies at Hothfield-place, Kent, in his 82d year. 29. Mr. Colton, the author of " Lacon," commits suicide at Fontainhleau. Sir Richard Birnie dies at his house in Bow-street, in the '73d year of his age. 30. Dr. Huntingdon, Bishop of Hereford, dies. MAY. 4. Their Majesties visit Greenwich in great state. 7. A long debate in the House of Lords on Lord Lynd hurst's motion on the Reform Bill, when Ministers are de feated by a majority of 35. A great Reform meeting takes place at Birmingham, at which 200,000 persons are said to be present. 9. Ministers announce their resignation of office. No- tices for public meetings over the country general. 10. A long debate in the Commons on Lord Ebring ton's motion for an Address to the Crown, relative to the late Ministry and the Reform Bill. Members in the House 48S, and majority for Ministers SO. Another great meeting at Birmingham. 11. Numerous meetings take place in the City, West minster, and almost in every parish of the metropolis, to express regret at the resignation of Ministers. 13. Baron Cuvier dies at Paris. 14. Another important debate in the Commons on the formation of a new Ministry. Run on the Bank for gold. 16. Casimir Perier, Prime Minister of France, dies at 18. Earl Grey in the House of Lords, and Lord Althorp in the Common., announce the restoration of Ministers amidst immense cheering. - - • 21. The Duke of Wellington and most of his party absent themselves from the Lords. Interesting debate in the Commons on prosecutions against the Press. 25. The Right Hon. Sir William Grant, late Master of the Rolls, dies at Dawlisb. 27. A grand fete takes place at Hombach (Germany) to celebrate Constitutional Freedom. 28. A great fire beaks out at the house of a man of the name of Smithers, in Oxford-street, by which a num ber of persons lose their lives. Smithers afterwards ap- prehended on a charge of arson. Cholera breaks out on board the ship Brutus, at sea, bound from Liverpool to Quebec, and in the course of a few days carries off 81 of the passengers and crew. 30. Sir James Mackintosh dies at his house in Lang ham-place. Mr. Paas is murdered at Leicester, by a man of the ❑ame of Cook. JUNE. 2. Mr. C. Butler, the Chancery barrister, dies, in his 82d year. 1. The Reform Bill is read a third time in the Lords, and passed. For the third reading, 106 ; against it, 22 majority, 81. 5. A serious insurrection breaks out at Paris, after the funeral of General Lamarque, which, after a severe con test and great loss of life, is finally suppressed by the troops and National Guard. More than one thousand persons are arrested, and Paris is declared in a state of siege. 6. Jeremy Bentham dies at his house in Queen-square place, in his 85th year. 7. The Royal assent is given to the English Reform Bill. 17. The Earl of Scarborough dies, in his 76th year. 19. Attack on his Majesty at Ascot races, by Dennis Collins, a discharged Greenwich pensioner. 21. Count Wurunzow, many years Russian Ambassador at the Court of St. James's, dies in London, i❑ his 88th year. 22. A serious disturbance breaks out in the Mauritius, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 1, 1833. in consequence of the arrival of Mr. Jeremie, the new At torney-General, ,c2B. The Germanic Diet assemble at Frankfort, and pass their famous resolution respecting the Government of the German States. The Elrl of Donoughmore, who succeeded Aber cromby in Egypt, dies at Knocklofty-house, in the 78th year of his age. 29. Sir James Macdonald, Commissioner of the lonian Islands, dies of cholera. _ _ 30. Lord Amesbury (C. Dundas), for half a century Member for Berkshire, dies, in his 84th year. JULY. 1. Lord Rendlesham dies at Paris. 5. Lord Durham sets out on a special mission to St. Petersburgh. The Quarter's Revenue is published, from which it appears there is a falling off on the quarter of 344,565/. 9. Jonathan Smithers is executed at Newgate, for arson and murder. Don Pedro lands with his army in Portugal, and takes possession of Oporto, with but little resistance. 11. A grand entertainment at Guildhall, to celebrate the passing of the Reform Bill. 12. A long debate in the Commons on the Russian Dutch Loan Bill ; majority for Ministers, 46. 15. After an inquiry, which lasted for 11 days, Miss Bagster is declared of unsound mind. 17. A dreadful hurricane takes place off the Shetland Islands, by which 19 boats are sunk, and about 100 per sons drowned. • Mr. Wilkinson is murdered on the Thames by two men of the names of Brown and Kennedy. 18. Returns are published, showing that the population of Prussia had increased since 1828 from 12,726,110 to 13,038,960. _ _ 22. Young Napoleon dies at the Palace of Schoenbrunn in his 22d year. 27. Lord Althorp brings forward the Budget, accord. ing to which there would be a diminution of 2,162,100/. o❑ the current year as compared with the preceding. 29. A great eruption of Mount Vesuvius takes place. 30. A serious disturbance takes place at Clitheroc on the entrance of Mr. Irving. Ibrahim Pacha disperses the army of the Grand Seignior in Syria. AUGUST. 1. The Royal Assent is given to the Scotch Reform Bill. 7. The Royai Assent is given to the Irish Reform Bill. A riot takes place at Canterbury on the entrance of the Archbishop. 9. Leopold, King of the Belgians, marries the eldest daughter of the French King at Compeignc. . . 10. Cook is executed at Leicester for the murder of Mr. Pass. 15. A Bill for Abolishing the Punishment of Death in all cases of Forgery (excepting wills and powers of attor ney) is passed. 16. Parliament is prorogued by the King in person. The chief topics of the Speech are the Reform Bill, the disturbances in Ireland, and the friendly relations of foreign Powers with this country. _ . 19. Six persons are drowned in the Thames by the up setting of Lord Cholniondeley's yacht the Brilliant. 22. Dennis Collins is convicted at Abingdon of high treason ; afterwards respited. 31. Sir Everard Home, Bart., dies in his 77th year. famous for the beauty and vast variety of their production , —have all within the last eleven months paid the debt of nature. To sovereigns it has been much more propitious; with the exception, we believe, of the death of the King o' Naples, there is no instance of mortality among the poten tales of Europe. The most important event of the yea'. however, either in this country or in any other part of the world, is the Reform of the Commons' House of Parlia ment, which has been effected without revolution or blood shed, and which will justly acquire for it with posterity. the appellation of the Reform Year. SEPTEMBER. b. Four persons are shot by the military at Wal!gown, Ireland, in an affray arising out of a:tithe valuation. 6. Sir Albert Pell dies. 10. A dreadful hurricane ravages the province of Otranto, in the kingdom of Naples. 16. Field-I%larsbiil Sir Alured Clarke dies at Llangollen, in his 87th year. IR. Charley X. loavPa Finlyrntui Inu.o far tLe Con• tinent. 19. The Miguelites make a general attack on the Oporto hales and are repulsed. 21. Sir Walter Scott dies at Abbotsford, in the 62d year of his age. 29. A report of the Sanatory Commission of Paris is published, from which it appears that the total number of deaths from cholera between the 26th March and 31st August was 18,000. 30. Lord de Clifford dies at Brighton, in his 66th year. OCTOBER. I. A new Ministry is formed in France, with Marshal Soult as Prime Minister. S. Great floods in the South of Scotland. 11. The Quarter's Revenue is published, showing an increase of 696,8471. on the quarter. - Thomas Hardy dies, in his S 1 st year. 17. M. Berryer, the French Deputy, is tried at Blois for high treason, and acquitted. 23. General Wm. Dalrymple dies, aged 96. 25. The trial of Mr. Pinney, late Mayor of Bristol, commences, and continues for seven days. Verdict, " Not Guilty." - Accounts from Spain state that the Queen had been appointed Regent, and that a complete change of Ministry had taken place. 26. A number of persons are killed by the falling of two houses in York-street, Westminster, a Coroner's Jury afterwards return a verdict of " Manslaughter" against a man of the name of Jussens, who makes his escape. 29. A French fleet under Admiral Villeneuve arrives at Spithead. NO VEMBER. 1. In the case of Small r. Attwood Lord Lyndhurst gives judgment for the plaintiff. 3. Sir John Leslie, Professor of Natural Philosophy in the University of Edinburgh, dies. 4. Lord Tenterden dies, in the 71st year of his age. 6. Sir Thomas Denman is appointed Chief Justice of the Court of King's Bench. - An embargo is laid on Dutch vessels. - Gold cups, the produce of a penny subscription, were presented by the Lord Mayor and a deputation to Lords Grey, Althorp, and Russell, for their exertions in the cause of Reform. 7. The Duchess of Berry is arrested at Nantes. 14. Lady Stafford dies at Brighton. Is. A French army enters Belgium. 16. The Countess of Aboyne dies. 19. The French Chambers meet. The chief topics of the King's Speech are the insurrection at Paris on the sth and 6th of June, the disturbances in the West, the siege of Antwerp, and some important laws to be introduced du ring the Session. M. Dupin, the Ministerial candidate, is afterwards chosen President by a great majority. 25- Fivs prieates of the 7th Hussirs are sentenced to transportation for mutiny. 27. All the Belgian Ministers resign for want of sup port from the Chambers. 30. Marshal Gerard summonses the cit?.,iel of Antwerp] DECEMBER. 3. Parliament is dissolved. 4. The French open their batteries against the citadel of Antwerp. S. The general election commences with the metropo litan districts. 10. Lord Ribhlesdale dies, in his 13d year. 11. The Marquis of Tavistock, Earl of Uxbridge, Lord Grey, and Lord Stanley, are raised to the Peerage. 14. A riot takes place at Sheffield during the election, when the military are called in and fire on the mob. Five persons are killed. Verdict of the Jury on a Coroner's in quest, " Justifiable homicide." - Admiral Sir Henry Blackwood dies, in his 62d year. - The French take the Fort St. Laurent (Antwerp), with trifling loss. 16. Mr. Sheppard, clerk to Mr. Williams, soap-boiler, Compton-street, is found dead on the premises, the body being shockingly mangled. An inquest is afterwards held Verdict-" Wilful murder against some person or persons unknown." 19. A young man of the name of Danby is barbarously murdered on Enfield Chase. 23. General Chasse surrenders the citadel of Antwerp to Marshal Gerard. The siege lasted 19 days, and the number of killed 90, and wounded on the part of the French is 614-total 704. • 27. The General Bill of the Christenings and Burials in London, from Dec. 14, 1831, to Dec. 11, 1832, is published. Increase of the burials of this year, 3,269. 28. The Marquis Conyngham dies, aged 66. "," This year has been peculiarly fatal to men of ge nius, and it would be difficult to find another, for a long period back, in which the world has lost so many authors celebrated in the different pursuits of literature. Crabbe, the author of " Sir Eustace Grey," and the true poet of bumble life; Cuvier and Leslie, famous for their discoveries in science; and Goethe and Scott, still more INVERNESS-SHIRE ELECTION. (From the Inverness Courier.) NOMINATION OF THE CANDIDATES. Oa Saturday last the nomination of the candidates for the representation of this county took place on the hustings at the Exchange, Inverness. The day was pretty favour able, and the attendance numerous. The surroundine windows were again filled with the beauty and fashion of the North, including several ladies from the adjoining counties of Ross and Moray. The candidates, namely, the Right lion. Charles Grant and John Norman Macleod, Esq., of Macleod, took their place on tl.e hustings at 12 o'clock, accompanied by their - friends. Mr. Grant's party (which was loudly cheered) consisteu v the Right Hon. Gentleman himself, Mr. Fraser of Lovat, Mr. Fraser of Culbockie, Chisholm of Chisholm, Mr. Grant of Glenmorriston, Mr. Stewart Mackenzie of Seaforth, &c. Macleod was attended by Mr. Mackintosh of Geddes, the Rev. Mr. Smith, Urquhart, &c. The SHERIFF having read the writ, T. A. FRAsER, Esq., of Lovat, nominated the Right Hon. Charles Grant as a fit and proper person to repre s-nt the county in Parliament. He was proud that it had fallen to his lot to nominate a candidate so highly qualified. During his Parliamentary career, Mr. Grant had distin guished himself as the friend of civil and religious liberty, and the determined supporter of the just rights of the people.—(Cheers.) W. FRASER, Esq., of Culbockie, seconded the nomina tion. Mr. Grant, he said, had a strong claim on a nume rous class of the constituency, who were now for the first time called to exercise the elective franchise, he having been mainly instrumental in obtaining for them that high privilege. lie had a great respect for the Right Hon. Gentleman's opponent, but he hoped and trusted the en lightened person just nominated would be returned by a decided rnaj )rity. W. Mackiwrosii, Esq., of Geddes, proposed that Mac leod, of Macleod, should represent the county of Inverness in Parliament. The interests of the county were various and highly important, and they were led to believe that in the next Parliament there would be an interference made with the corn laws. It became their duty, therefore, to have a representative whose views were the same as their own, and who would watch over their interests. The Rev. Mr. Satiric Uaguitater, seconded the nomi nation of Macleod. No person was more anxious than himself to bear testimony to the high talents and the public and private worth of Mr. Grant ; but, with all his respect for the Right Hon. Gentleman, he differed from his political sentiments. On public grounds men might have objections to a candidate, however amiable and en lightened. There were several questions which deeply affected the prosperity of the county. These were, the kelp trade, the corn laws, and the wool question. Measures had been passed on these subjects which affected hundreds and thousands of their countrymen. He did not blame Mr. Grant for the part he had taken in these questions. The Right Hon. C. GRANT then came forward and was received with great cheering, waving of hats, handker chiefs, &e. When silence was restored, Mr. G. returned thanks for the kind manner in which he had been received. One of his first duties was to explain the cause of his re cent absence from the scene of action at its busiest period. That absence had been ascribed to a most unfair cause. It was said that he had shrunk from the representation of this great county, and had taken refuge in the southern parts of the kingdom. It was within his option to have represented more than one mighty constituency in Eng land, without expense and without encountering the fatigue of a long journey ; but his answer uniformly was, " So long as the county of Inverness deems me worthy of serving it, so long shall my services be at its command."—(Great cheering.) His detention had arisen from the laborious duties of the department under his charge, which had been greatly increased by the death of his invaluable friend and coadjutor, Mr. Villiers. He now presented himself to the constituency of Inverness-shire at a great crisis, when the measure of Reform so anxiously desired by the nation, was brought into full operation. The change contemplated in the electoral system had not affected him in the county. Since it was first announced, twice had he appeared before them and solicited their suffrages—once when he accepted office under the present Government, pledged to Reform, and at another time when that Government appealed to the country on the same question. To those who were now for the first time admitted to the exercise of the highest and noblest privilege which a Bri tish subject could enjoy, he presented himself to them as a member of that Government which, through two years of anxious and harassing toil had com pleted this great measure of Reform ; as a member of that Government which, repeatedly baffled, returned to the charge and chose rather to resign their offices than aban don their principles, and as a member of that Govern ment which was called back by the united voices of the people.—(Cheers.) They must remember that period. The heart of the nation was bowed as the heart of one man. But the recall of the Ministry bad re-assured public confidence, and restored public tranquillity. He would advert, though briefly, to this important measure. When the Reform 8,11 was announced, it was said, do not grant that privilege to so numerous a constituency, the people are not sufficiently ripe for constitutional liberty ; you are opening the floodgates of licentiousness ; and the long established patriotic institutions of the country will be swept away. What was our answer ? Little do you know of the people of England or the people of Scotland, in anticipating that such consequences will flow from this measure. We have a confidence in their wisdom and patriotism, and the result of the next ge neral election will prove that the members returned will be sent not to destroy but to build up. We have made this experiment. Look at the elections throughout England end Scotland. A more magnificent spec tacle could not be conceived. The manly, unassuming, unobtrusive, and uncompromising attitude of the people to maintain the Constitution, attest the salutary effects of the Reform Act. Such is the spectacle at this moment. —(Cheers.) The Right Hon. Gentleman then adverted to the charge brought against him, and alluded to by the mover and seconder of his opponent, that certain interests of the county were not so carefully attended to in his hands as they would be in those of his Honourable Opponent. How could the Reverend Gentleman conceive that he had no feelings in unison with theirs on these ques tions? With respect, first, to the kelp trade. Did he mean to imply that it was in consequence of any exer tions, or the want of any exertions of his (Mr. Grant's) that that trade was at present suffering ? He felt for the distress that was produced, but it was a national question, connected with great manufacturing interests. We all know that during the war, barilla—the article which has chiefly superseded kelp—was excluded by high duties. The manufacturers applied for relief; their in terests were labouring and declining, , and, in order to re lieve them, Government found it necessary to reduce the duty on barilla. It was, however, the reduction of duty, not on barilla, but on salt, that great national benefit, which gave the first blow to the kelp trade. But observe the progress of science ! A new mode of chymical pre paration has been discovered, by which batilla itself will be displaced. Now, would his Honourable Opponent go to Parliament and say, true it is that science and genius are making new discoveries, but in the name of common sense and the county of Inverness, I say, " Stop ?" (Laughter.) Would be call upon them to re-impose the prohibitory duties, and to stifle all scientific discovery ? While France has tried her chymical science, and other nations of Europe are advancing in the same path, would he say to Parliament, " Just be so kind as to re-impose all the prohibitory duties, to oblige the county of Inver ness ?"—(Continued laughter.) It was said that his Ho nourable Opponent, when he entered Parliament, was to correct all these things. He was to create a new era in the isle of Skye, and restore the kelp trade. Did he—did any man—believe that whatever were the powers of the eloquence of his opponent, that be could stand up as the 'niggle Colossus to overturn all the enactments of previous Governments?—(Cheers and laughter.) The next ques tion was the wool trade. Here great national interests were again involved ; and no man who understood the (PRICE 7D.) subject could deny that if the duties on foreign wool were prohibitory. the effect would ultimately be severe on the !cowers of wool in this country. In Spain and part of Germany, the wools were much finer than can be grown our climate, and if we exclude them from our manu facturers, we exclude our goods from the foreign mar. kets. To support our manufacturers who found it neces ,ary to use a part of the finer foreign wool, it was neces sary to relax the prohibitory duty. Now, all these sate. rations, so much deprecated by his Hon. Friend, were made by that very Government which he would replace in the room of that of which he (Mr. G.) was a guilty mem ber. To the principles he professed, that Government was is deeply pledged as I e was. But he should like to know why his opponent was silent on these topics when he was in Parliament. He was in Parliament three or four, years, surely not forgetting all the interests of In verness-shire, the kelp trade, and the wool. Surely it was to be expected, that when he entered Parliament, whether AS the Member for Sudbury or Inverness-shire, he would have exercised his talent few restoring that state of things he now so much desires. Night after night he had the pleasure of meeting him in the House, without an, great fear, for be did not seem anxious to attract attention to those subjects now so important in his consideration. Why was the kelp trade allowed to slumber? Why was the wool unruffled by the breath of his eloquence ? To have exercised himself then would have been the true course to win his way to the representation of Inverness shire.—(Great cheering.) It had been thrown out, that the agricultural interests of the county would be in danger, if he (Mr. Grant) were returned. Of all the imputations made against the present Government this had most sur prised him. Could it be said, because he had been the advocate—the champion, as it had been said, and be avowed it—of Free Trade, that he was necessarily op posed to agriculture ? It was the opinion of his honour able and lamented friend Mr. Huskisson, that in the re laxation of our commercial restrictions, the prosperity of the landed interest should be consulted. It was an unfair and desperate conclusion, that all public men who are pledged to relax prohibitory duties must therefore abandon the interests of agriculture. There were other topics which had been mixed up with this contest, but as tbey had not been alluded to by the mover or seconder of his opponent, he would best show his respect for the electors by not trespassing farther on their indulgence.—(Cries of " No, no—Go on.") It had been said that as be (Mr. G.) had been connected with previous Governments, he had been inconsistent in his public life. The same charge had been brought against men far more eminent than he could pretend to be, and they were reproached because, on th maturest deliberation, they had changed their opinions. " Ever since I came into public life," said the Right Hon. Gentleman, " or at least came prominently into it, the principle upon which I acted, was, to extend as far as might be compatible with safety, the bounds of civil and religious freedom—cautiously, indeed, and gradually, but tor the purpose of making wider and wider the circle of admission iota constitutional privileges. I always con • ceived of the British Constitution that it contained within itself a principle of self-renovation, that as in early periods it was suited to the petty wants and minor exigencies of an infant people, so it has grown with their growth, and strengthened with their strength, and is capable by the fulness and freeness and flexibility of its movements to adjust itself to all the capacities and exigencies of a great and imperial nation. This is my reading of the Constitu tion. I found that there was one party which detested improvement and called it innovation, and that there was another party which detested improvement be cause it was not innovation. I took the middle course, open to obloquy, but sanctioned by my sense of duty and conscience, and sure of being ulti mately sanctioned by the good sense of the people Upon this principle I promoted the question of Catholic Emancipation, and, although I regret that on this ques tion there may be some difference of opinion among those I address, yet I must be allowed frankly to express the sac tisfaction which I feel in the belief that my humble efforts may, in some degree, have contributed to the success of that measu e. Upon the same principle, even while holding a high office in Ireland, I resisted the re-enactment of the Insurrection Act, a terrible measure of coercion ; and with respect to that also, I flatter myself that, though it has since been occasionally revived, its condemnation was sealed from the moment of that successful resist ance on my part. On the same principle I support ed the relaxation of commercial restrictions; and on the same principle I have acted with respect to Reform. I felt that it was impossible for any public man, with in the last ten years, nut to have perceived the pro gress of that question, and the inevitable result to which it must lead. The rapid diffusion of knowledge, the extension of education, the widely diffused sense of con stitutional rights and privileges, the growing indigna tion of the people against the unconcealable abuses of the existing system ; all these, and other circumstances, has tened to produce a crisis, which nothing but the wisdom and providence of Parliament could safely encounter. On a former election, my Hon. Opponent charged me with abandoning the Duke of W e llington on the trivial question of the disfranchisement of East Retford. My reply was, that on the night to which he alluded, I was prevented by family circumstances from being in my place in the House: but had I been there assuredly I should have voted with Mr. Huskisson for the disfranchisement of East Retford. In the next year, on the occasion of the same question, I stated my sentiments to the House; I implored the Ministers to consider the state of public feeling on Reform, the intense irresistible desire of the people for that principle. I warned them that unless timely conces sions were made, the excitement and exasperation would rapidly increase and would at length compel measures of a much wider nature than would then satisfy the public demand. Those warnings, which were given by others, as well as myself, were, however, disregarded. And what has been the result? The question of East Retford, which my Hon. Opponent regards as so trivial and contemptible, was the germ of the Reform Bill.—(Cheers.) It was very soon easy to perceive, that the safety of the country could be secured only by a comprehensive and efficient measure of Reform. This was my conviction, and as to motives, if it be supposed that any sordid or ambitious considerations influenced my conduct, either at that time or subsequently, why, on such a supposition, did I quit the Ministry of the Duke of Wellington ? It rested en tirely with myself to remain a member of that Ministry, but from the change which had taken place in the con struction of the Cabinet, I felt that I could not place sufficient reliance on the Government, in regard to tnea sures sufficiently liberal for the necessity of the times. In the year 1830, it was again open to me to enter into office as a Cabinet Minister; iu the course of that sum mer offers were twice made to myself and to the friends with whom I acted, to become members of the Duke of Wellington's Administration ; but we declined from the same reason. This fact (I mean the fact of out• twice having refused the proposition to juin that Government) has iu the course of the last Session been twice stated in the House of Commons, first by nay Noble Friend the Secretary for Foreign affairs, and next by myself, in the presence and bearing of those by whom the statement, if not correct, might have been contradicted. Let us hear no more, then, of sordid mo tives.—(Cheers.) But after all, what is the real cause of this opposition to the present Government ? It is not kelp or wool, or any of those topics of censure ; the real unforgiveable crime of the Government—the sin for which there is no expiation, is the Reform measure.—(Cries of " True, true," and cheers.) It is, that having promised Reform we faithfully kept our promise. If we had pro duced some paltry inefficient, suspicious, and mutilated plan—something which might just have served to fight a battle in the House of Commons, and to load the Govern ment with the execrations of the people, we should have escaped the censure with which we are now assailed. The secret of the public wish and determination for Re form, was divulged in the memorable declaration of the Duke of Wellington. The voice of the Prime Minister said there shall he no Reform. Then was another voice, that of the united people of Great Britain, which said, there shall be Reform. 'That fiat has been fulfilled. Nobly lass that measure vindicated itself in the eyes of this country and of Europe—for the European Govern ments, looking at the angry appearance, and hearing the reproaches levelled at us by our opponents, and their pre dictions of certain ruin, did indeed imagine, that the Re form Act would be the signal for revolution, and the close of the glories of England. They did not know the resources that were treasured up in the hearts of a fret and enlightened people.—(Cheers.) They have seen with admiration bow deep are laid in the feelings of such a people the foundations of loyalty, of political freedom, o' consciousness of civil rights and of reverence for the esta ZO L PerCez , *7 1, ?...--- -. r ~1 :11,,,;t..- ~7- , ...: . .. , ~r s. • ,t ali: a : pr.- plea of order and society, `4ligifire!'.'; Gentleman concluded amidst great cheeritite.' - - • ' ' Machuon of Macleod then addressed the freeholders. He thought they would give him some credit for coming forward to solicit the suffrages of the new constituency, after being twice defeated by the old. Notwithstanding the polished periods and elaborate eloquence of his Right Hon. Friend, he trusted he was not altogether unworthy of their votes. In addressing the new constituency for the first time, he would give them something of a description of the former system. It always appeared to him that a freeholder, however estimable in private life, the moment. that he entered the Court of Freeholders thought only of how he was to turn his vote to the best account. When the father of the Right Hon. Gentleman, by a skilful di,_ tribut on of Indian patronage, turned out the head of iln of the most ancient clans—the clan Fraser—the value of the franchise, from a mere nominal amount, rose to the enormous sum of 1,4001. Hence individuals unwept con nected with the county were anxious to obtain a privilege by which they hoped to provide for themselves or thmilies, and in this way Mr. Grant acquired more influence than all the clans and chiefs.—(Laughter.) Then he bequeathed the Right Hon. Gentleman as a legacy to the county.— (Hisses.) The Right . IFm. Gentleman had given them a long dissertation on chymical science and kelp; but in stead of paying attention to the claims of the county, be had concurred with the Government in reducing the duty on harilla without ever consulting Parliament. The conntp sends up a petition ; what does he do ? He puts the pe tition into his pocket, and does not present it till the dis cussion is over. Was that the conduct whiekahould have been pursued by the county Member? We4ent up peti • tions on the corn question ; were they attended to? Certainly not. He did not wonder at the Right Hon, Gentleman's conduct. The Right lion. Gentleman might say, true it is this petition is signed by numerous persona; proprietors of the county ; but what is that to me? lie support my political influence in the county, I can go to a certain Doctor, and he will go with me to Inverness. I will go to Leicester ; there is a Squire there who will support toe; there is also a banker who will support me. In Edinburgh, I can get about a deren writers t o the Signet; in Morayshire I have a Miniver-hall these will support me, but as for the county of Inverness, I care not a straw. With regard to the Reform measure, be did not think it would fructify the country, or, on the othet hand, that it would be the parent of anarchy. He trusted, however, that the Right Hon. Gentleman would learn one effect of its working, that it would leave him a Minister of the Crown without a seat in Parliament.—(Hissing and uproar.) He (Macleod) hailed with the greatest pleasure, the change in the Scottish representation, but one of its best provisions the country owed to Lords Rosslyn and Saloum and net to his Right Hon. Friend and the Government; When the Bill left the House of Commons, no tenant could vote who did not possess a stamped lease. The Right lion. Gentleman had said a great deal about kelp, but wonderfully little about corn. He denied that the Go vernment meant to injure the interests of the farmer, and Lord Althorp had made a similar declaration; But he (Macleod) much doubted their statements. The Ministry . would be compelled to truckle to that power which them selves had created. The present Government came in rid three great principles, Reform, Retrenchment, and Peace. On the first of these topics he had said all be meant to say. With regard to retrenchment, they had cut off the salaries of a few underlings, thereby perhaps augmenting the poor rates, and they bad done no more. Then are we at pre- sent at peace? Ministers had not kept their word, and if returned to Parliament he, for one, would tell them so. There was another topic which he felt very reluctant td bring forward, because he did not wish to mix up religious subjects with politics. A Bill bad been brought forward by the brother of the Right Hon. Gentleman fur admitting Jews to Parliament, and that Bill had received the support. of his Right lion. Friend. Now, he thought that none but Christians should have the power of making laws for 3 Christian people. He (Macleod) had hitherto abstained from noticing his own bumble claims. His interests woe , lie same as their own. The meat he and his children rat, the clothes they wore, were all provided for them by the industry of his tenants. If they were prosperous he was prosperous, if unsuccessful, he also suffered. After frequent interruptions, the Hon. Gentleman concluded by again stating his entire devotion to the service of the county. Mr. GRANT returned thanks for the flattering manner in which he had been received. He was desirous also of adverting to some things which had been advanced by his opponent. He would say nothing of the good taste and good feeling which induced him, to revert to the past and to comment on those who were now no snore; but whose memory would be embalmed in the hearts of all to cehom wortb, patriotism, and piety were dear. Neither would he Mom them on the character his opponent bad given of the former Court of Freeholders; lie would not ask if this character had been applied to them by one who had repeatedly declared that it would be his highest honour to represent them.—(Laughter.) But if such was the cha racter of the former constituency in the county, who was it that opposed every change in that constituency, and condemned the conduct of all who desired it ? In discus sing the measures of the present Government, his lion. Opponent stated that one of their pledges was economy, but they had made only a few underling changes. Ile (Mr. Grant) gave every credit to the late Government for their exertions, and believed them when they stated that they could carry economy no farther. The present Govern ment, however, had diminished the expenditure by two millions. They had reduced two millions of taxes, chiefly those which pressed upon the labouring classes, and this reduction the Hon. Gentleman, in the northern greatness of his mind, thinks a mere trifle. It was unjust to say Go vernment had contented themselves with reducing the sala ries of their inferior servants; the fact was, they had be gun by firm reducing their own.—(Cheers.) But we were promised peace and we have got war. His Hon. Friend would allow that two years ago there were symptoms of the rapid approach of war ; they had therefore had two years of peace. lie respected Holland, and though nothing less than the preservation of national faith and national honour could at any time justify our going to war, yet it should be remembered that the local hostility at present unfortunate!) existing in Holland arose solely out of the po sition in which the Government was placed by the Duke of Wellington. He did not mean to impugn the conduct of the late Government; but, whether right or wrong, the present state of things was, in fact, the direct consequence of the position in which the question between Belgium and Holland was left by the late Government. England and the four great Powers of Europe had formed themselves into a Conference to arrange that question ; they h id re fused to comply with the demand of Holland to re annex Belgium to Holland by force of arms. They had pronounced the separation of Belgium and Holland to ,be irrevocable, they had compelled an armistice be tween the parties, and they had announced, that any vio lation of that armistice would be considered as an injury done against themselves. He trusted that the local hos tility would be brief, and would pass away without kindling a general war. There was no interruption of communication or of confidence betwixt England and the other states. The Honourable Gentleman had depreca ted the conduct of Government in giving away, as he said, 500,000/. to the Autocrat of Russia. In doing so he con demned a measure made by the Treaty of 1815. The Members of that Government which his opponent wished to see restored, had sauctioned the grant in question ; the Duke of Wellington, with that manliness peculiar to him, bad declared in the House of Peers that the validity and justice of the claim were unquestioned. What then became of the charge against the present Government? He would only touch on one other topic. His opponent bad alluded to his (Mr. Grant's) elaborate periods. He, on the other hand, was struck with the peculiar want of labour in those of his Hon. Friend. The whole of his remarks, had, of course, no dependence on the notes in his hand, but were to be ascribed to extemporaneous pen and ink by which the lion. Gentleman was moved beyond the usual sobriety of his tone. He had said with great solemnity that he did not like to mix up Christian subjects with politics. What was this Chris tian subject on which he was afraid to enter? The J e ws. —(Loud laughter.) So touch for the logic of his lion. Friend. tie acknowledged that he did vote for the eligi bility of this sect, small in number and persecuted through several ages of barbarism, of admission into Pare liament, and be felt that what his Hon. Friend meant for a reproach was in reality an honour.—(Cheers.) He had said, that his principle was to extend wider and wider the privileges of the Constitution. He thought that within her flowing robe there was room to shelter and call to her bosom people of every nation, kindred, and tongue.—(Loud cheers.) Mr. Grant again thanked the people, of whom he took his leave with the deepest respect and gratitude. The SHERIFF then called for a show of hands; only one or two were held up for Macleod, but a whole forest was held up, amidst loud cheers and waving of hats, for Mt. Grant. A poll was demanded, and the Sheriff intimated that it would take place on Wednesday and Thursday next. THE DEVIL IGNORANT Or GAELIC.- " Having met, when in France, with a woman who was said to be possessed of the devil, and who professed to speak all languages, he (BucitaNAN) accosted her in Gielic. As neither she nor her familiar returned any an swer, he entered a protest that the devil was ignorant of that language,"—lrvinv's Life of Buchanan.