The Sun. — London, England, 1830-08-14 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. The Ex-Kieg of Franco and his family proceed slowly to the coast, though their steps are, we infer from the French Papers, to be now somewhat accele rated; while the legislative bodies proceed, with temper anti regularity, in the settlement of the king dom. The new oath to observe the Charter could not be tendered to the Deputies from the accidental want of the previous notice required by the forms of the Chamber; but it was tendered and taken by the Peers generally. We respect the conscientious scruples of the Peer who declined it, yet it must be observed that his doing so is a proof that he is not under the pressure of fear. This Peer, M. Dam bray, the late Chancellor, is the only one who has yet declined to take the oath. The Duke de Fitz. James took the oath, after a speech which affected the Chamber in the most sensible manner, and by which some impression also must be made upon the city of Paris and the country. The printing of the speech being required, other Peers qualified their mobs with expressions of regret, or a summary of their motives. The oath, however, was taken by 102 members (all, with the exception of M. Dam bray, who were present) of the Upper House, among whom were many ultra-Royalists, One of the Liberal Papers —we think without sufficient reason — quarrels with the oath. It is thus conceived—" I swear to be faithful to the King, to obey time con stitutional charter, and the laws of the kingdom, and to conduct myself in all respects like a good and loyal Peer of France." This is the old oath, it is true, and may probably be altered ; but it is ge nerally applicable to the new state of things : at least we should suppose that the veriest Jesuit that ever lived could not pretend, that having taken such an oath, lie had not bound himself to be faithful to the new system, The first attempt to create dis satisfaction with the proceedings in France has been made in the BatOtiall land of Holland. Some of the French fugitives probably have got possession of a Dutch Paper, and are therein endeavouring to ex cite the King of the Netherlands to do they know not what against the French patriots. His Majesty is by far teo sensible a man to engage in such an en terprise. He may view, as others do, the lot of the miserable Charles Capet amid his fumily with sor row,—that is he may regret that they have been such unprincipled fools, but he cannot but see that their chastisement is merited.. The truth is, that if the late King of France had succeeded for a while in his treacherous attempt, the Sovereigns of Europe ought to have combined to chase him from his throne for violating the charter, and thus making theßoyal office despised and abhorred all over the world, to the disturbance of every nation, as well us the danger of every throne.—Times, We call the attention of our readers to an account, in another column, of the fate of a requisition to the Lord Mayor, presented yesterday by Mr. Richard Taylor, the Common Councilman, and two other citizens, requesting his Lordship to call a meeting of the inhabitants, in order to give them an oppor tunity of expressing their* congratulations at the triumph of Constitutional Liberty in France; their admiretion of the courage anti moderation with which the struggle has been conducted by the brave citizens of Paris ; and to promote a subscription for the wounded, the widows, and the orphans of the sufferers. Hie Lordship said he entirely ap proved of an expression of public opinion, of the na ture of that stated in the requisition) but he felt a difficulty in giving his official sanction to it. The majority of the stamen attached to the requisition was, it appears, of citizens of high respectability, who do not mutiny come forward on ordinary poli tical occasions. We understand that the requisi tionists have determined to call a meeting at the London Tavern on Monday next, at' twelve o'clock. It was stated, in the course of conversation, to the Lord Mayor, that the subscriptions were going on well at Liverpool, Manchester, and other places; and that a letter had just been received, stating that at Edinbingh a requisition was in progress, and had been signed by persona of opposite parties. We Obrierted . some days ago that we were afraid to name the ;ember of the killed and wounded which had beeiefotionninicated to es, It was so large. We ob- Ore* that the - French Papers are now stating the ems bah sides at ttpwardfs of eight thousand. now honourable the forbearance of the Parisians under such provocetion! Geed C,od ! what a carnage 1 Vet the monseet hostilities ceased, a child might have proceeded in safety from one ex . tretbity of Potts to 'another. This is indeed the triumph of bunianityeee Morning Chronicle. We coil ,the attention of otlr readers to a very iostiorteuf cutest in another column, namely, a table,,, exhilithig.the re**. of the late elections for .1 4 4Ondeed will ,be seen from tins, that itrOltaitete otttoolstea out ~oittning an accession of thiek-andithin truitportere,-thity have woefully de '204004 themeolves s •: .Polignee and his colleagues i rnertenut.in their estimate of the accession orstrength they Would gaits by a dissolutioe, than tbe,.British Ministry beep. proved themselves to be with regard to the Pediment which is about to as- j eembleesin this country the people of property begin stri.length to plottivti that they are at the mercy of a set of till4mendicsfits, who, by means of what is sietsed repretteetstion, have been enabled to tax the people fir their own separate benefit, to squiteder the easliees of itelitetry, and mortgage our future resources. A ;Hinted placard has been trans mitted to us, containing a list of 100 sons of Peers, who sat in the Lower house in the lust Perlin meet. It is observed, "if the Lords are permit ted to usurp the place of the Commoners m time Lower house, it necessarily reduces the number of parts (of our Constitution) to two only, viz,—King and Lords. The List of Lords, and sues of Peers, plainly ,shows what incroachments are making on this Constitutional part of our Parliament ; for, in addition to time annexed list of sons of Peers who sat in the late House of Commons in time late Parlia ment, we mtmst add the numbers of Commoners who are returned for Boroughs belonging to Peers, and who likewise are under the controul of their Petrol's." Time Peers are lit fact the Constitutiou of England, for all who are able to command returns are instant I e transferred to the Upper House. The interest of the Peers in the country is chiefly based on the spoil of the rest of the community, for the share of private property possessed by the order bears no proportion to time amount of money which they draw from the public in a hundred ways. No estitnete of time pri vate property of the House of Peers has ever made it at more than between two and three millions a year. But without speaking of Church livings, Crown lands, sinecures in colonises not appearing any public account, ,55,000,000/. per ammum, ex tracted from the pockets of the people of this highly taxed country, eve at the disposal of this Aristocracy. Never sitice the beginning of the world was a people so ground down by burdens of all sorts as the people of England are gromid down. The 55,000,0001. a, year, too, are far from hieing soy thieg like the whole of the taxes wrung from the people, as every citizen well knows to his cost, when ie turns up time various rates levied on him— some in the shape of direct money taxes, others as tithe*, mixed up with the price of his food. So Wig as the House of Peers retains its present us f.'"l"oY, so long must this profligate expenditure ire COntinutd. There must be a rairon rzilli,ranie for the vote of every member of the body. They are accountable only to themselves, and it would be *ingtar:r if they seers to be over-scrupulous in re wi"dinft themselves. Let us bear always ill mind " 4 "Pole' of Sir James Graham, of the sum poeketed by the Members of the Privy Council aloft" However the -pati ence o f the people of E te larrtl begins to be exhatistre4 and the Elect.r tuns - proved diet those Members who w ere indies. m' m t U. the burdens of the people -who had no coma l it e it;er i a tion for the productive demise—hav e f or t h e m ust part Nen thrown out, in ape of all the left„„nee and cajolery of the Aristocracy. Wherever amen of an character have presented themseleei, the Peop l e have set the Squires at delliamee. This will ser y, arise to improve the diameter of those old Mainbers kitntilad t() 6lme new ralliaintiit, who supportee In the last the system of profusion. They must look on the ejection of so many thick-and-thin voters as a warning not to be despised. The salvation of the country depends on the protection of the productive' classes from the fangs of the Aristocracy. We are happy to learn that more union and combination is about to be devoted to this all-important object than heretofore. It is understood that certain Members of the new Parliament, staunch advocates for inquiry, economy, and reform, are taking mea sures to insure a greater earnestness of pur pose, and unity of action, than have been yet known in Parliament. One of the means to be adopted, is a systematic arrangement of the votes on every question on which there may be a division; and whenever this arrangement exhibits a laxity of attention on the part of any Member, ap peals will be made to his constituents to call on him either to resign or to fulfil more conscientiously the trust reposed in bitn. Members of Parliament ought not to consider the House of Commons a place of ainusement, to which they may repair when they have no other more agreeable engagements on hand. They are, or ought to be, the deputies of the people. The old Aristocratical insouciance must be grappled with. A. rock is perforated in time by successive drops of water. Successive efforts on the part of the people must be rewarded with good results.— Let no man despair. The Representation of Eng land is not, like that of France, an organ of the people; but the late elections show how much the people may gain by perseverance. A great moral lesson has been read to the Aristocracy, as well as to Ministers.—Morning Chronicle. If the journal culled the Nederlandsche Gedach ten, in commenting upon the political affairs of France, speaks the sentiments of the House of Orange, we must say that the principles of rational freedom of which that family were once the zealous and heroic defenders, have perished from among the race who reflect no credit upon their glorious an cestry--sentiments worthy of the Escurial, or the College of the Propaganda, come with an ill grace from the descendants of William Me Silent, whose illustrious life was devoted to the establishment of civil and religious liberty. Such were not the senti ments that called to the throne of Great Britain n member of that family under similar circumstances to those which have elevated the Duke of Orleans to a supreme rank in a Constitutional Monarchy, by that which confers the noblest of all titles—the choice of a free people. It is curious enough that the family of Orange should now entertain those opinions of government which deservedly caused James the Second to be driven from the throne of his ancestors, and broke the line of here ditary succession in favour of a stranger, whom the public voice called in as a deliverer But ! this is not the first indication that we have had of the tyrannical doctrines of the King of the Netherlands. The prosecutions in which he has been for some time past engaged against the Press become a crowned monk better than a Pro testant King. The paper in question tells him that he ought to " oppose, with all the means that Di vine Providence has given him, any change being made in the form of Government, and, If ordinary means will not suffice, the King would have a right to resort to extraordinary means to maintain the Charter and the laws." It is obvious what is meant by this, though it might be more clearly expressed. If the King of the Netherlands feels conscious that he has been doing a great deal to provoke his sub jects to revolutionary acts, the best way to effec tually oppose any thing like a revolutionary spirit is to take into his own hands the task of political im provement and amelioration. Thus will be disarm the democrat she dreads—thus will he render power less the spirits that ride on the storm of popular commotion, and bind all classes of his people by the indissoluble bonds of an affectionate allegiance to a constitutional throne. Let him act otherwise, and it will avail him nothing that he bears a name which once acted like a spell upon the hearts of those who felt it a holy duty to resist oppression.— Morning Herald. France appears to be fast settling down into a state of quiet and repose; and the intense interest which her peculiar and novel situation excited is daily subsiding. But it is curious to observe the very opposite views which different persons take of the momentous events which have just occurred ; though they all agree in this—that they are calcu lated to give a fresh impetus to human thought, and that their effects are likely to be long and power fully felt throughout the whole political structure of Europe, though, for very obvious reasons, less, per haps, in England than elsewhere. We fund one party contending that the success of the popular cause will produce every where a restless desire of change, totally destructive to all regular Govern ment. This party consists of persons who are the ' friends of what has beers happily termed [he repres sive system, and who object to every change, on the ground that it roust necessarily he opposed to the collected wisdom and experience of former ages, and who appear with the most perfect seriousness, still to acknowledge, I. The right divine of Kings to govern wrong." We have another party, who, though not so nume rous in this country us in some of the Continental States, are now speculating on the establishment of Republics and universal equality, to the subversion of all Regal and Aristocratic power. These persons contend that the present system of European politics is a monstrous composition of Kingeruft and priest craft, and an unwarrantable domination of the privi leged few over the wronged e nd i nsu l te d nanny.— We consider both these parties to have been equally the enemies of true liberty, and equally the retarders of human improvement ; and we think we shall not be hazarding much when we assert that the real friends of liberty and social order will be found to steer a middle course between these two parties, whose principles are so diametrically opposed to each other. Since, then, it is universally acknow ledged that to reduce Europe to its former state, and to re-establish arbitrary power, unaccountable to any human jurisdiction, is impossible (for, before this can be effected, the recollection of what has taken place during the last 40 years must be buried in oblivion, and what has been done merit be ren dered as if it had never been ; which is beautifully expressed by the Roman poet to be impossible in the eye of reason— Non tauten ;nitwit, Quoticunque vetro fait, ellieiet, mine Diflingst ilifeetutnque retitle, Quail logien* semel bora vexit)— and sines France has just shown to the world, in the Clearest colours, that to keep the people in ignorance must 60011 be impossible, or to preserve authority by military Coercion must, ere long, be equally itopractis cable—let us hope that this useful lesson will not be thrown away on the Monarchs and rulers of Europe. Let them understand that it remains for them to take the cause of freedom and Immunity out of the hands of political enthesiasts, and of needy and des perate utiventurers, by promoting judicious reforms, and estentling the iafluence of knowledge and edu cation. Let them, finally, instead of endeavouring to compel a slavish anti insecure obeditmee, do what is far easier—establish a constitutional authority, w hi c h O w n be founded on the affections and good sense, 'instead of on the fears and ignorance, of their sub l jects ; taut in which the rulers and the ruled may easily discover their identity of interests.—Morning Ikrald. The present contest in Essex affords a striking specimen of the mischievous and 1111110114 mode of now carrying on county elections. Fifteen days are alio - wed by law for taking the poll, which may gene rally ho considered as so many days devoted to cot ruption, excitement, and expense ; whereas, were the poll, in addition to the county town, taken on op) and the same day, or, at most, in tw o or three 11 y?, in every par►sh or hundred, the whole of the I c r i e t, e4oht t e h r i :t ir w , tcn e ld . h av,e a fair opportunity of exer el un INWAnieo candidates would be no longer deterred or ruined by inordinate expenses, and something like free and unbiassed suffrages might be expected to be obtained.— 4forn. Hera/d. Philip 1., the King of the French, is proceeding, if we may judge from the reports sent forth in such abundance by his supporters, ii grand train, and in the true republican style, to the abolition of every thing in the shape of monopoly or exclusive privi lege. There are, for example, to be no longer any lords in waiting, as wider the ancient regime —no formal introductions, except four times a year, when the King will hold a great Court, and receive with every possible form the Diplomatic Body, the Chiefs of the Army and Magistracy, the Peers and the Deputies—no ceremony except such as might be used by the first gentleman in France—no ridiculous requirements in point of dress, vestibules, and ante chambers I What would Louis XIV. say to such a profanation of his system of tinsel, and frippery, and mock dignity ?—But this is not all. The new King is not wily to conduct himself in every respect as a private gentleman; but even what may be con sidered the private property of the Crown, is to be as free as the air they breathe to his subjects. The Grand Master of the Stag-hounds is to be dismissed --the stag-hound establishment to be broken up, and the Royal chases to be let by auction for the benefit of the State I The times have been when we might have justly feared that such extraordinary changes in Court demeanour would produce an evil influence at home; but as it is, these changes could not have happened at a more auspicious moment, or at one when they could produce less effect than at present. Our Gracious Sovereign, without affecting the republican simplicity of Philip I. is, in every respect, as popular, and bids as fair to attract the love and veneration of his subjects. He is ac cessible to all who have any just claims upon his attention ; while, in point of dignity in bearing, when dignity is required, and a desire to improve the condition of the country, he yields to none. On the people of Spain, Austria, and the Netherlands, the changes at the Court of Philip I. may be pro ductive of uneasiness—here they fall us harmless as any which might happen at the Court of the King of the Ashantees.—Morning Advertiser. The Essex election is now almost the only one in this part of the country which excites particular notice; and even it would have been looked upon with considerable indifference, but for the vigour with which the contest is carried on, and the strong doubts which bang over the result. Of the three candidates Mr, Western is the best known to the public, as well as the most advantageously. He has invariably acted with independence an d s pi r it as a Member of Parliament, and we should regret ex ceedingly that any foolish conduct on the part of his Committee should compromise his election. It is alleged, however, that a coalition has taken place between those who support his pretensions, and those who are in the interest of Colonel Tyrell; and this step, to say nothing worse of it, was not only ridiculous, but exhibits an apparent want of political principle, which is operating strongly against Mr. Western; for Colonel Tyrell is a thorough Tory, and with his supporters those of Mr. Western ought to have had nothing to do. Had a near coincidence in political feeling justified a coalition with either of the candidates, Mr. Welles ley was the man with whom Mr. Western and his supporters ought to have sided; is all can b for formeer gotnot only professes—and re at present—every principle for which the latter is a stickler, but even goes beyond him, by declaring that he is a reformer, both in the representation of the people, and in our financial concerns I We know not what the freeholders of Essex may do; but they will stultify themselves if they return either Mr. Western and Colonel Tyrell, or Colonel Tyrell and Mr. Wellesley. Both will vote in opposition to each other ; and the vote of the one, in consequence, nullify that of the other. Such returns have not been unfrequent ; but it would puzzle a wiser than Solomon to discover the advantage that would ac crue from them.--Morning Advertiser. GENERAL ELECTION. ESSEX.—SEVENTII DAY. CHELMSFORD, FRIDAY NIGHT. At five o'clock, the close of the poll, the numbers stood thus--. Day's Poll. Gross Poll. Tyrell Western Wellesley The announcement of even this small ma jority 011 the day's poll in favour of the popular can didate was received with the loudest cheers. Mr. WriTellei then came forward, but the im patience of the meeting would not allow him a hearing. lie had only to return his grateful thanks for the exertions of his friends, and his hope that they might be continued. Colonel TvltFll. said, his Hon. opponent (Mr. Wellesley) luid told them that he would keep the poll open to the last, and as long as there was a prospect of success he was perfectly right. But from what he knew of the lion, Gentleman, he Was sure that he would not keep it open from any prin ciple of vexatio us o p pos i t i on . Mr. WELLESLEY next addressed the meeting, and was loudly cheered. He was determined to keep open the poll, so as to give every freeholder in the eounty an opportunity of voting. There was yet in the county 2,000 implied voters. Now, taking it granted that there were 1,500 of these unobjec tionable votes, he would say that he had solemn promises of 800, and he would give every one of those who promised an opportunity of fulfilling it.--- (Cheers.)—But even if his prospects were not so good, he would be perfectly justifiable in going on after the unjust and unnatural coalition which had been made against him.—(Cheers.)—As a proof, he need only call the attention of the freeholders to the state of the poll up to yesterday evening. There were for him, 1,213 plumpers; while for Mr. Tyrell there were only 784; and for Mr. Western, but 395. On this, lie contended, that he was virtually the representative for Essex—(Cheers)—and mem ber for Essex he would sit.—(Cheers.) Mr. QUINTIN Dim in reply to the many allu sions made by Mr. Wellesley to him, would say, that Mr. Wellesley's family received between them from the public 50,0004 a year, while his (Mr. Dick's) family did not receive a sixpence of the public money.—(Cheers and hisses.) Mr. WELLESLEY, in reply, said, that if his fa mily received that sum, it was in requ i ta l for ser vices performed f or te public. Could Mr. Dick say as much for his family ? His (Mr. Disk's) fu nnily bad made the fortunes of Mr. Dick and his brother by jobbing on the money given for the en couragement of the linen trade in Ireland.— (Cheers.) He would not have condescended to notice any thing which came from Mr. Quimin Dick but for his alluding sneeringly to his (Mr. Welles leyle) family, and no man should do that with im punity.e--(Cheers.) Mr. D. W. Ilskvsx deprecated any altercation about ancestry and funnily descent. Th e Hon. Gentleman then observed, that Mr. Western leol declined , upporting Mr. Wellesley, because he was of the Castlereagh school of politics, No w h e had in his hand a letter from Mr. Home, Who by his in dustry and perseverance, —his regard for real eco nomy,--had made himself one of the most influen li - tial Members of the House of Commons in which that woiild ge ; t prevent el:i4t his r egrett e d eorninta ghttoa jgoivurenLlZlrt.o the north his vote; but that he had written to his tenants to give hint their support, if disengaged,—(Cheers.) The UNDEIt•StILItIFF then adjourned the Court to ten o'clock to-morrow. DA RTM OU T H. The election for this borough co mmence d on Monday morning, foul was renewed on Tuesday, when it finully closed ut four o'clock in the after noon, the freemen having unanimously voted fur their lute Members, A. 11. Iloldsworth, Esq. and Ggituin John Bastard, who were declared duly returned. Colonel Scuttle and ai r H , Wil loughby were also candidates, and 110 householders tendered their votes for them : the right of the freemen to the exclusive privilege being thus dis. puted, it is understood that a petition will follow, and the question be decided by a Committee of the House of Commons, LEICESTER (COUNTY), Auct. 12. The polling commenced this morning at ten o'clock, and concluded at four this afternoon, when the numbers stood as follows G. A. L. Keck, Esq 542 Lard IL Manners. Thomas Paget, Esq. In his speech co the freeholders, Mr. PAGEr ex pressed his determination to carry the contest to the whole extent allowed by law. On polling, C. M. Phillips, Esq., of Jarendon park, and several other gentlemen of wealth in the county, have tendered: Mr. Paget their support in his efforts to oppose the patrician domination of the house of Belvoir. DEVON.—EXETER, Auo. 12. The interest excited by the uncertainty of the result of this great contest between intelligence and ignorance has been this instatit dissipated. Mr. Bastard, finding it impossible to gain the ground which he had lost, and despairing of success, has this moment resigned, and the exultation which pervades all classes, excepting the few personal friends of the retiring candidate, is indescribable. —The state of the poll at its termination was as follows : Ebrington 2944 Acland 2764 Bastard 2174 Captain Foitescne and Sir Thomas Acland have been drawn in the Fame car from the hustings; and the freeholders exhibited their joy with an intelligent ardour which it iedelightful to behold. As the coach is just leaving, I must defer until to-morrow what I had further to state concerning this glorious triumph. CAAIBRIDGE.—kCOUNTY), FRIDAY Noox. The contest for the representation of this county still continues to be carried on with vigour on each side, but, as will be seen by the subjoined ac. count, with brightening prospects on the side of the independent interest, and sanguine hopes are now entertained, that this county, following the numerous examples set it elsewhere, will refuse any longer to submit to be enthralled by the Rut land family. Whatever stay be the fate of the present struggle, the Rutland interest is at an end, and it is now highly probable that Lord Manners, although respected as a private gentleman, and although having united in his favour the interest of Government, of the Corporation of Cambridge, of the Duke of Rutland, and of the Bishop of Ely, will lose hie election. On Thursday night the numbers were declared to be, for Osborne 1,621 Adeane Manners 1,462 Lord OsnonNa could hardly find words to ex press his gratitude to them. He now stood before them, and was ready to answer any question which any freeholder, high or low, might be disposed to put to him.—(Applause.) Mr. ADEANE said he had prophesied that he should stand second on the poll that day, and he had prophesied truly. Sho u ld h e p ro ph esy aga i n ? —(Cries of " Do, do.")—Then he would prophesy that if they did but continue their exertions, the morning after the next he should be chaired.—(L ou d cheers.)—Let them only continue their exertions, and he must triumph. The cause was not his, but theirs ; every freeholder in the county was inte rested; all England looked on with interest, for in returning Members, they returned Members not merely for Cambridge bat for England. In a neigh bouring county, Si r T. Gooch had been thrown out. Norfolk had rejected Mr. Wodehouse, and Surrey had refused to return Colonel Jolliffe. Why was this ? It was because they had not supported re trenchment. And what would become of Cam bridge ? He would tell them. It would return Adeane, because he had promised to vote for eco nomy and retrenchment. Lord MANNERS, notwithstanding the discourag irg situation in which he then stood, should feel it his duty to continue the contest to the last, and to give every freeholder the opportunity of registering his vote. Mr. Serjeant PELL hoped, as they were approach ing victory, they would behave with moderation. Lord Manners was down, and let them keep him down, but don't strike him while he is down. He had seen with the most painful sensation, some most scandalous scenes ut that election. He had seen ruffians mad with drunkenness and folly dealing blows indiscriminately among the aged, the young, and the helpless. He did not believe Lord Man ners had any thing to do with this,—he was too honourable to employ such ruffians. He should leave these hustingl alone, and if they attacked him, he would show them, that if he had not strength h e had the spiri t of a n nglishman. Mr. AIiPLAN congratulated the freeholders on what they had achieved. They had given a blow to corruption from which it could never recover. That fine county had not been properly represented for years, and whenever its interests required pro tection, they had only Lord Osborne to look to. Their other member was a man who for years had done all he 'could to increase the burdens of the country. They had now, however, spoken out with a voice which would make corruption tremble; their voice would be carried through the intelligence of the country by the Press, and ere long all their rights would be secured to them. They had all heard with admiration the glorious news of a neigh-' bouring people having acquired their liberty at the cannon's mouth, but the brightest wreath that adorned those fine people was the moderate and peaceable manner in which they had sat down to enjoy their victory. Let them copy that example, and show that they were Englishmen, not serfs, and that they would sto longer have a nominee of the Duke of Rutland, but have men in whom they could place confidence; in fact, that they would have Lord Osborne and Mr. Adeane.—(Applause.) FRIDAY', roci...—naLr-raer TwaLvx o'cLoesc. Osborne 1,949 Mean. 1,770 Manners 1,50 IRELAND. (PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE.) DUBLIN, AUG. 10. Mr. French and Mr. O'Conor lion have been returned without opposition for the county of Ros common. Mr. :Tames Grattan and Mr. Ralph Howard have been returned for the county of Wicklow. Mr. Maurice O'Connell is amid to be still at the head of the poll in Drogheda; but the numbers are variously reported. On the one hand, his friends entertain no doubt of the. ultimate success of Mr. North. The county of Louth election begins this day, with n very fair prospect, I understand, of Mr. Sheil's success. The town of Galway election is still carried on with the utmost fury. 11is friends arc confident that Air. Valentine Blake, the independent candi date, will either be declared the sitting member, or sit upon a petition. A deputy town-clerk has been killed. Thu town of Ennis has returned a member of Sir Edward O'Brien's family—Clonmel, Mr. Eyre Coote—Cashel, Mr. P ennefather—.DungarvAn, after a slight struggle, Mr. Lamb—Mallow, Mr. Jepbson— Belfast, Sir A. Chichester—Wexford, Mr.Wigratn— Lisburn, Mr. Me ynell—Downputrick, Mr. Ruth ,cu---Sligo, Mr. Wynne—Carlow, Lord Tullamore —Dungannon, Mr. Knox —and Enniskillen, Mr. Cole. Very strenuous effmts are making by Lord Goa and the Corporation of Limerick to pit Mr. Dixon in for the city, but they will fail, it is confidently predicted by the independents. This day Mr. Charles Brownlow and Lord Ache son will be returned, without opposition, for the county of Armagh. The county of Dublin election commenced this day. Mr. Hawthorn proposed Mr. Talbot, who was seconded by General Cockburne. Colonel White was proposed by General Arabin, and seconded by the Lord Mayor. Mr. Latouche proposed, and Mr. Kennedy seconded, Lord Brabazon; and Mr. Hamil ton was proposed by Mr. Woods, and seconded by Mr. Robert Law. There was, of course, a good deal of speeching. The candidates likely to be re turned, I understand, are Brabazon and White. Mr. Henry Grattan, I am afraid, has no chance for the city of Dublin. He was yesterday upwards of 700 under Mr. Moore, and more than 500 under the Recorder. They speak confidently of a petition. Mr. Lawless will certainly stand for Meath, but I should suppose with little prospect of success. It is supposed that Mr. Lambert will be obliged to retire from the county of Galway, and that Sir John Burke and Mr. Daly will be the Members. There will be no real contest in the county of Mayo. The two Browne* will come in ; but Mr. Joseph Macdonnell, will put them to some expense, and himself to a great deal. The city of Cork election is still going on, for what. purpose Heaven only knows, and Dr. Baldwin perhaps. The Brunswick Club are completely broken by the turn which things have taken, and the freemen have been terribly baulked of their perquisites. It is supposed, but I rather think erroneously, that Mr. Roe, of Roseborough, will be put forth in Tipperary against Mr. Prittie. The weather has taken up again, and there is, notwithstanding, an advance of one shilling per barrel on wheat. The potatoes have suffered some what from the late rains. There is no Assize news of much importance. The following extract of a letter, however, from Derry, will not be read without interest by those acquainted with the recent proceedings in the north of Ireland : " Danny, Auo. 9.—The Attorney-General ar rived here last night to prosecute in the Maharafelt affair. Mr. Justice Vandeleur opened the commis sion on Saturday evening. Baron Pennefather is not expected in:town till to-morrow. He continued to suffer from an attack of the gout. Judge Van deleur's charge to the Grand Jury was particularly short. He congratulated them on the lightness of the calendar ; apologised for the d e l a y i n open i ng the commission (it was then five o'clock) ; dismissed them without a single observation on the affair which fills the public mind and has brought the At torney-General from Dublin, and is, I believe, un paralleled in the history of a country which has escaped the visitation of a civil war. The assault and carrying of a Court of Justice ; the dispersion of the presiding Magistrates; the rescuing the pri soners confined by their authority, and all done by the armed yeomanry—the men whom the Govern ment hitherto considered as the exclusively loyal men of the north I These trials must disclose matter for serious consideration. Seven of these loyal yeomen stand charged with firing the houses of four unoffending Catholics, and reducing some to ashes. DUBLIN, Aua. The election for the county of Armagh has ter minated in the return of Mr. Brownlow and Lord Acheson. Mr. Brownlow was proposed by Colonel Close, and seconded by Mr. Johnstone, who in sisted at considerable length on his services and ta lents. Colonel Blacker, late Deputy Vice-Trea surer, proposed Lord Acheson. Lord Acheson made a very manly and ingenuous speech, professed his attachment to economy and retrenchment, bis perfect independence of Government, his attach ment to the liberty of the Press, and concluded by eulogizing the conduct of the French people in cashiering their tyrant King. Thus, in this county, the head-quarters of Orangeism, have two liberal candidates been returned. The election for the county of Louth is proceed ing with considerable spirit. Yesterday the num bers were,—for Dawson Sheil l3l M'Clintoc k lll Bellew 44 The contest will he between Shell and M'Clin tock. Dawson is sure of his election, but Bellew has no chance. He was considerably damaged by a retort of Mr. Shell yesterday. Mr. Bellew boasted of his services in the Catholic Association. His competitor replied that he was not aware of these magnificent services. The best speech he ever heard from Mr. Bellew was on seconding the mo tion of Mr. Forde not to deal with Protestants. It is stated that Mr. Bellow lost several votes in con sequence of this sally. Another candidate who, however, has not come to the poll, Mr. Marmion, was addressing the populace, against Mr. Sheil, from a carriage. The people aware, says my in formant, of the mov ea bl e qual i ty of, the rostrum, dragged the carriage away amidst th e s h outs and laughter of the sovereign. people, Mr. Marmion con tinuing to gesticulate furiously all the time. The election for the county of Drogheda is not yet over. It will cost the winning candidate, Mr. North, 5,0004 or 6,000/. A petition is spoken of, under the opinion of Mr. Wallace, who, it is well known, opened Wexford. There will be another petition from the town of Wexford against the return of Wigram. The election for the city of Kilkenny is carrying on with great fierceness. Mr. Leader, the popular candidate, is at the h ea d o f t h e poll. The numbers are as fol low : Mr. Leader 195 Mr. Bailey Mr. Read (Lord Ormond's man) 6O Whatever be, the deelsration of the returning officer, it is certain there will be a petition. The city of Dublin election, I should suppose, will terminate this evening. Grattan only polled 105 yesterday, while Shaw's number was 179, and Moore's 227. The two corporation men will, of course, be the members; but there will be a peti tion against the Recorder. The county Qf Dublin election is proceeding with great briskness. It is impossible, as yet, to con jecture the result, as the four candidates respec tively stand upon their individual interest. Mr. O'Farrell, it is now said with confidence, will represent the county of Kildare, with Lord William Fit zgerald. This day Mr. Anthony Lefroy, son of the Bar rister, and a Brunswieker, has been returned, with Lord Forbes, for the county of Longford. There will be a contest in the county of Leitrim. Colonel Clements opposes his relation, Lord Clements, and Mr. Samuel White. There is a coalition, it is said, in the county of Antrim, between Lord Belfast and Colonel O'Neill, against Lord tlarford's man, Mr. Macdonnell. It is reported, that the latter has also the Government interest. The weather is extremely unsettled, and the corn markets are still advancing. A Deputation of the Irish Society, with Alder man Thorp at their head, has arrived in Dublin. It is stated, that their object is to investigate the late Orange proceedings in Derry, with a view of as certaining whether any of their agents were con cerned. Alderman Beresford is one of them. Second Volume of the Ju venile Library, just published, may be said to form a complete, but concise, History of France, from the earliest period to the present time. A sketch of all the various Sovereigns, chronologically arranged, together with a detail of the most remarkable events that transpired dur ing their reigns, including a very interesting account of the Revolution of 1789—recuttitnend it in a pe culiar manner at the present moment. Portraits of the unfortunate MAILIZ ANTOINITTZ,..Of that chivalrous Monarch Fitascis 1.---of the patriotic lIINRI Quivrax--- anti of the ambitious Louts XIV. confer an additional value on the Volume, MEETING OF THE LIVERY OF 02 MERCHANT TAILORS' COMPANY.- On Wednesday afternoon, at four o'clock, $ highly respectable meeting of merchants and littnY belonging to the Merchant Tailors Companyi Md others, took place at the Old London Tom Bishopsgate-street, to take into consideration the best means to obtain a restitution of theirrighist which had been granted to the Company by Edward the Third, and subsequently augmented by ten stth. ceeding Sovereigns of England. The following statement will more folly' plain the object of those meetings which have takati, and are about taking, place, of the members of the different corporate bodies belonging to the city London. When they were first established by Ike different Kings, the freemen were to elect from Oa respective bodies persons to 611 the offices of MalW and Wardens, and who were to give an aceotte tte the body of ieir annual receipts and expenditati Those officers were to go out of office annuallbled„ to be succeeded by others, who should bi 11101 from the body of freemen, and which election 40e• tinued in the freemen until the livery was istiblitt d in the reign of George the First, when that h 6 4i.w being most in fl uential, arrogated to tbereeeleA si e power and right to elect the officers of their. tive Companies. This innovation upon the Pro of the freemen has been strengthened by soothe.' namely, that of the Master and Wardens and Alit' ants electing themselves; and which select -ante" ration has refused, so far as regards the Walt Tailors' Company, to give any specific Retie! t pc h oo e sme e dp x ta p on e y n b expenditure betweenu t r he the livery o I f i v4e t o h r,y e o oaoenirdioarmcredeor:uos:doonrewvie.hrrieh kt; fwlpaiorothri lion - maker, ay- i c n mh g cbaey f krh r taeE o ars m i:m es u t n a d te c s I r v e h p i i c n h , I: h v o e , be in en t le h f e t t y t esr e th r sad principal of bn Broad-street, to John of Hakesly, the Kim' s but not being able to ascertain ; w rno h imilt a h ti Y: f as ° b rec eeo :oll l, :.74 the funds, led to the present meeting. After the meeting had been addressed! r gentlemen, resolution s i n f ur therance of °/- proposed were adopted. POLICE INTELLIGENCII. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. Aeich. Thomas Nichols, the driver of the hacks* , Nofi69,awasetrebtero, on ug the followinghtbeforeMr. sitting Cop" char of the new police constables stated that while, on duty in Greek -street, Soho, about half-pet o'clock in the morning, he saw a hacknere„ turn from Compton-st ree t, i n to Greek-streets r very quick rat e , an d su dd en l y pulled up andl4l from his box op ene d th e carriage door, and bo a geatleman out of the carriage, who appeare d I° ,,ini in an insensible state of intoxication, and leatink,'"id stretched at full length on the pavement, me a n t his box again, and drove on towards Oxford -O n . full speed. Witness it' meeting the coach st o pria and asked the d r iver w h a t h e meant by dna"' the man out of the coach, and leaving ba ll Au the pavement, and the driver replied that he Q w so because th e m an was qu it e drunk s 0 ! Id we, sailed his coach, and refused to polt sl i t Do so he determined to drive him no futtliet 'ithe witness supposing this to be the fact, slime coachman to drive on, having first taken.l.7l-0 the number of th e c oac h. Witness then proel eu rve where the drunken man lay, and when be cats. : to him, he found that h e was quite a gentl eci h ! kn t if appearance, and h a d not b een a t all ill, le ts, could not have soiled the coach. After sototti the the gentl eman coach and irteec driver overed, because,a l little, a h n e d s e si n d ( l: i ;e l not only lost a valuable ring from his fitter e c 4Bo , his money, but also his travelling per icui l l Witness told him what had passed with the i r i g e t man, and what the latter had said about hiirer th a t to gentleman said was utterly false, and hi , 1 1 4 0 seemed almost clear that the coachman ha d h u " s o e f flung him out of the toach. The gent se " — k o rfot where anw i half hm a e Pt y r ha e d e yew r e u titcr:thi wit h ea , arifteaoh drchario t , the , then said, that he had only just hired the c vet tiered from the Albion Hotel, in Covent-gedetaof this, conveyed the g e e ig n t h l t em s a h n ill s i ngs pr , op a e ll rt yeti, ftwiehril:isfilvto having drank rather too freely, he fel" a pa an e d ee in ehm th e at e state, must I : hs l ay f ve s e il e e r d i e ci l P' ie l him quite insensible. Witness, ' g rip; the . fal l . on the his whole statement was found to be be d correct, and where he now is confined to h' e at pet a precarious state. Witness then, he said, °L I OP tracing the owner of the chariot, and on 1111-- hw a is. coach-master, who had licensed the number, ber quired for the person w h o b a d d r i ve n that P o t:0 out at four o'clock that morning, sad the ,ileeer , him on one of the stands; immediately . gave him the name of the Valold who was then out driving another number , lin Wit' gentleman to the /Ob i° * di him what stand he was likely to find him 011 1 f a eaa news then went in search of the prisoner , en", e mil him his business, the prisoner at first den ied he had driven No. 6G9 at all, but otter° air t n i l e i re tte a d e ii i i t, hi b e u e t e s e rt e i l d i etthtahteliheealuhiarddepiOleonkt ewtnaiktogle;;l6lll;hi.;lll4l however, after considerable resistance from `• sonar, with the aid of another officer, took custody. id tha t lb. The prisoner, in reply to the charge, sk i p 110 policeman ber,for,at te i must il t li m av e e s b p e o t kei n l mistaken o tfou l to t ho hl, morning of Tuesday, he, the prisoner, yrs' .them coach at Vauxh a ll- gar d ens, an d did not leitilbeel until near five o'clock anti then he Om e r ; eel any fare; nor h a d h e carr i e d a ny body T a loa' hours before, and this he could prove by t he . •Il lord of the tap at Vauxhall, who saw bias d the time. b e The Magist ra t e na k e d t h e p o li ce men be mistaken as to the number. g taiti °° The policem an sa id t h a t h e w as trite d c 'do to; to the numb er , an d t h e momen t he 11 , c , r ar i". 010' sonar speak, he re c og ni se d hi s voice. I."" has a remarkably husky voice.) erif° l 7.. Mr. CONANT then directed that the .100 should b e reman d e d unt il t h e ge ntlemen 1 able to attend. The appointment of Dr. WA1182 1.7 o e ; a ji g ir cian Extrao r di nary to hi s MAJESTY, has be en fl ifl , we are informed, at his own request. The 1- 7 0 off. Extraordinary to the Kora, we believe, revel" —Morning Paper. BIRTHS. ••11-16°F -14 N EN. of a son. 7 On the 11th i ns t. at Alb emar le-street, the 114 Oa the 12th i ns t. i n Portland.place, the 144 11 1 Smith, Esq., of a son . On the Bth inst. in George-street, Hano ver ' lady of Dr. S e y mour , o f a son . ls bel M. On the 12th i ns t. at ARRIED Holton Beckeritqfp foe° Esq. of St. A sap h, Fli nts , s urgeon, to filhol44 It 700 4 " daughter of th e R ev . J. H a le, Hector of tb Beckering, Li nco l ns hi re. - ter On the 14th i ns t. a t St. George's East, Lnddsagb EN., of Mill-hill, Hendon, to Mary At m, of Mr. E. E verest , o f R o th e rbitbe. 1 .1.110 1 Ou the 11th inst. at En fi eld, Oxfordshire; eir EN. of Upper ' Pulse-hilt, to Mary, eh lesrdAn. gal, 0411. late J. Maston, Esq. of the Royal Naval WO ; 1 DIED. p r " - On the 9th inst. Mr. E. Prime, of Orvie - ' shire, aged 95. late 11.1. On the lltli inst. Mary, relict of the 0 0 Powell, of Holloway. La, ilroP l ' o re On the 12th inst. at Wargrave , of James Stein, Esq., of York-place, s" . tor in his 16th year. On the 1 2 th inst. at Clapham, l‘fis rituu* t ß be s" -211- daughter of A. Pop e , Esq. of Gotham, nese yOUr gi PRINTED AND PCISLISNED BY _ so * 71111 Sex °mes s 112, 9114001 Pt IJ7