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Mr. WO/ ration in t . , ; tad increJr e full-grey id. ••......•._% street, WO ' the count Yd. Perkins, " , L. L. I,o' Norton-sir homson, ~ of Bar' . Senior, Park, AM A ['.S., of Dei s fie Brigacni are, ag d ~ C. 8., of le Hon. Of: Ord Durh ,, , t 'e( hire, the ' of the O f t i , Mr. Rieo. 0, AT I° OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, D EC . 24, 1832. THE PRINCIPAL OFFICERS of hi MAJESTY'S ORDNANCE do herehy give Notice,. that they are ready to dispose of, to such Persons as may; be millin g to tender for the same, a quintity of BRASS and IRON ORDNANCE, Old Iron, Shot, Sheds, &c. in store, in the Royal Arsenal at Woolwich, the whole of which have been divided into Lots, and may be viewed ,IlPon application to the Ordnance Storekeeper, at the 4 °Yel Arsenal, Woolwich, on any day previous to the day fixed fur the delivery of the Tenders. A Catalogue of the several Lots may be obtained by Per.ons willing to become Purchasers, on application at the Secretary's Of. five, in Pall-mall, where the Tenders for the whole or any I. :umber of the said Lots are to be delivered on or before TUURSDAY the 31st of January next. By Order of the Board, R. BYHAM, Secretary. In - MEE PRIZES of 10,0001., and 15 Giber CAPITALS. i n t h e GLASGOW LOT TERY, authoriz-d by Parliament.. The SHARES or C HANCES in the above LOTTERY, divided agreeably to the provisions of the Act Ist and 2d William IV. cap. St are now S e lli ng at t h e diff erent S tate L ottery Office. in Ln ndon, and by their Agents in the Country, of whom Schemes at large may he had gratis, All the Office keepers who sell the Shares are guaranteed in offering the Money for the Prizes as soon as drawn, according to the Sinn set against each Prize in the Scheme, and the con ditions therein stated.—All to be drawn in one day, 17th .461 next. FOUR TH Q USAND or FIVE THOU SAND, FIOUNDS are required for the purpose of ztonding a Concern of the highest Importance and itkapectahility, it the West End of the Town. Any Gentleman wh) desires to invest a Capital of this amount en advantageau.i term., and without the risk or inconve nience alto' ing to undertakings connected with Trade hr c ommerce, ',NI ) , comrnunitia , e, if a Principal, personally, nr.bystetterAkiNtr. HENRY ASTON, No. 2, New anal-qtr. et. As references of the most distinguished character will he given, those which will be required must be of un exceptionable This day was published, price Is. V. gilt, TEN MINUTES' ADVIC E on COUGHS and COLDS, with the bt.st Means of Prevention and Cure. CONTENTS Diseases caused by Cold-2. Effects of Cold on the Hum.n Body-3. Circumstances favour able to the Action of Cold-4. 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(Proof, on India Paper) , half-bound in Russia...- l4 5 0 IiEW GENERAL A I'LAS of FIFTY THREE MAPS, with the Boundaries careftilly coloured. From entirely New Drawings, and Engraved By SIDNEY HALL In royal Svo., 215., in cloth, An INDEX of the NAMES in the above, with re ferences to the Maps and to the Latitude and Longitude. London : Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and Co. BANKRUPTCY COURT, JAN. 5. IN THE MATTER OF SYKES AND CO., BANKRUPTS On Saturday Commissioners MuttvALE, FON BLANQUE, and HOLIWYD, sat together, in order to decide a most important claim against the estate of Messrs. Sykes and Co. ' bankrupts, who were even sive bankers, and failed in the celebrated year 1825 They stopped payment on the 14th of December, and the fiat of bankruptcy was issued against them on the 30th of the same month. Mr. CHING said he appeared on the part of Messrs. Hodges and Co., the extensive stock-brokers, who claimed the sum of 8411. from the estate of the bankrupts. A month before their failure they di rected Messrs. Hodges to purchase for them 20,0001 of stock, which was to be transferred to them in January, 1826. Before January arrived Messrs. Sykes and Co. failed. Messrs. Hodges were then compelled to transfer the stock to other parties, and as the prices were reduced they incurred a loss which, with the charge for brokerage, amounted to 811/. This sum they considered they were entitled to from the estate of the bank rupts, as the 6th George 11., known as the Stock jobber's Act, enacted, that when the original con tractor for any amount of stock was unable to fulfil his contract at the stipulated time, the party who held the stock should be entitled to transfer it to another party, and that whatever loss was oc casioned by the failure of the original contractor to fulfil his contract should be claimed of him. Mr. Ching then called witnesses to prove that the bankrupts had negotiated with Messrs. Hodges for the purchase of stock; that Messrs. Hodges had purchased 20,0001. of Stock Consols for 16,7001., and that they sold the same to Mr. G, eenway for 1.5,9501. This made a dead loss of 7501., and, added to the usual charge for brokerage, aug mented the claim to 811/. Mr. RICHARDS appeared on the part of the assig nees to re-ist the claim, to which he made two ob jee.ions—first, that Messrs. Hodges and Co. had thought proper to resell the stock without giving the slightest intimation to Messrs. Sykes and Co., nr their assignees, by which course they had taken all the responsibility for loss or damage in their own hands; and, 2dly, that the transaction was a time ba,gditi bet we,n she parties, which, by the 6 h sec tion of the 6th George 11., was illegal. With re gard to selling out without authority, and claiming the difference, he should he apt to think that, hail the price of stock risen, and Messrs. Hodges been likely to get art increase of profit instead of loss, the bankrupts would not have been troubled with the matter. He then contended that the transaction was clearly a time-bargain, and that the purchase had not been finally agreed on by the bankrupts. Mr. CHING, in his reply, said that the transac tion was indeed a time-bargain, inasmuch as it was a purchase made of stock at one time, which it was agreed should be delivered at another time; in this sense, however, all bargains %sere time-bargains. As to not having given notice to the bankrupts of the intended re-sale, it must be considered that the Act made no mention of such a course. The COMMISSIONERS, after a long consul , ation, decided that the claim conid not be allowed. They agreed with the view of the case taken by Mr. Rich ards. After some further argument, they declared that the claim must be dismissed with costs. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, JAN. 5. The determination of the Middlesex Magistrates to expedite the criminal business of the county by trying a great portion of those cases (not being ca pital)which have hitherto been sent to the Old Briley, has given rise to a question which involves a point of considerable interest as regards the re spective extent of the jurisdiction of the Middlesex Magistrates, and that of the Judges and Law Offi cers appointed to try the prisoners at the Old Bailey. With the view of bringing certain prisoners who had been committed to Newgare within the power of the Middlesex Court, the Chairman, G. W. MARRIOTT, Esq., issued on Friday several orders, directed to Mr. Wontner, the Governor of New gate, commanding him to dell er up certain pri soners named therein. These orders were all unhe sitatingly complied with. as was also one sent on Saturday morning, calling for the delivery of John Clark ; but, on a sub:equent order being sent fur the delivery of Thomas Rawlings, instead of sending the prisoner, Mr. Wontrier came down to the Sessions himself, and addressing the Chairman, observed that having received strong marks of cen sure from the Judges presiding at the Old Bailey for his compliance with the former order, he deemed it proper to submit the last to them, and to request them advice as to the course he was to pursue. The three Judges were unanimous in ordering him not to obey it, they considering that the terms of their commis ion required that the gaol of Newgate should be cleared by the Law-officers named therein. Mr. Allen, the Deputy Clerk of the Peace, said the man had been committed by the Magistrate for trial at these Sessions. Wontner—and the depositions have qeen re turned to the Old Bailey, and are now in the hands of the Judges. The prisoner is also included in the printed calendar of prisoners for trial there. Mr. Allen—l don't know how this has happened. The committing Magistrate his included this man in the list he sent me of prisoners he had committed for trial in this Court, and I, therefore, finding he was in Newgate, made an order for his removal, which you, Sir (addressing the Chairman), signed. CHAIRMAN- -There is another order I have signed for the delivery of Michael Grady, against whom an indictment is returned into this Court. I should wish to know what is the intention of the Judges in that case. Mr. Wontriet—l have sent him down here by the express orders of the Judges. He was sent to me on a capital charge of rape, and has been tried and atvitted ; but was detained by the Judges, in older to his transmission to this Court to be tried for the misdemeanour. The conversation here terminated, and Mr. Wont ner withdrew. Should the decision of the Judges be correct it will be necessary that the committing Magistrate shall, in all cases which he wishes should be tried at the Middlesex Sessions, commit to the New Prison instead of to Newgate. The consequence of this will be that the county will be saddled with the expense of the maintenance of a number of additional prisoners in the interval between commitment and trial, for the county con- LONDON, MONDAY EVENING. JANUARY 7, 1833. tribute nothing toward: the maintenance of the pri soners in New , gate, nor does the city of London pay anything for those confi.ed elsewhere. This privi lege the city holds under the cherter, which confers on it the right of electing the Sheriffs. It, in fact, is wholly exempt from contributing to the county rate. EXPENSE OF PROSECUTIONS. — WiIIimn Rowlg, a little boy about twelve years old, was charged with -tealing a (viewer of a pound of sugar, value three alfpence, ' Uxbridge. The shopman, on Saturday week , in consequence of something he was told, ran out o the shop after the boy, and found him with quarter of a pound paper of sugar in his ban He brought him back to the shop, when a consta ble was sent for by his master's order. Witness could nor swear to the sugar, but he could swear that the paper corresponded with that they then had in use. (The paper did not appear to differ from that generally used by grocers.) The con stable found the boy crying in the shop, and was desired by Mr. Hetherington to take him beiffe a Magistrate. He accordingly put him in the ge, and on the Monday following took him before a bench of Magistrates, when he was commit d. He had known the boy about a year; he had o ce before been brought ' before the bench (for t was not stated). The Jury found the boy Not Guilty. He was immediately delivered over to his mother, who had come all the way from Uxbridge io attend the trial. He had none of the appearance of a hardened boy, and wept bitterly all the while the trial was going on. The usual application was made at the conclu sion of the trial for the expenses, which were granted. On inquiry the reporter was informed that these would consist of two witnesses' attendance six days, at ss. each per day, travelling expenses to and from Uxbridge 3d. each person per mile, besides which there are the fees for drawing the indictment, swearing the witnesses, recording the verdict, &c. A number of other cases were tried iu the course of the day almost equally petty and expensive. In the majority of cases the Chairman, where a convic tion took place, ordered a brief period, generally a week at the commencement and conclusion of the period of the imprisonment, to be passed by the prisoner in solitude. Sanguine hopes are enter tained that this mode of punishment will, in many instances, be productive of beneficial effects. INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT, JAN. 5. William Pattin Donkin Chubb, the publisher, late of Holywell-street, Shand, applied to be dis charged. He was opposed by Mr. W r OODROFFE on the part of a stationer named Harrison, and two other creditors appeared in person. An opposition had been entered on behalf of Mr. St. John Long, who, it will be remembered, obtained a verdict with 100/. damages against the insolvent for a libel; but on his name being called no one answered. The insolvent was supported by Mr. COOKE. The case occupied the Court to a la e hour. The opposing creditor, Mr. Harrison, stated that the in solvent owed him 1041. for paper supplied within a short period, for which he held his dishonoured ac ceptances. He was induced in August last to renew a bill of exchange, on the insolvent representing to him that he had debts owing to him, and he pro duced to him a book containing the names of the debtors, which book had not been filed in Court. He also represented to him that he kept the American coffee-house in the Minories. He told him he wanted the paper for the London Spy. _the John Bull's Picture Gallery, the Black List, and the Devil's Menagerie—(A laugh ) — which was to pay them all off and play the very devil —(Loud laughter.) The London Spy had been sold to a printseller named Dugdale, who was examined. He agreed, the latter end of July, to gave the insolvent 1001. for the work, the wood cuts, and every thing. The agreement was to pay and take, as neither of them, he said, could "trust each other."—(A laugh.) He did not pay him in money, but gave him 143 reams of paper, which he had plueliased the same day; he gave him white paper, which was marketable for his printed paper, which was scarcely marketable.—(Laughter.) In solvent, on his examination, stated that ne never kept the American coffee-house; he was there a short time, but a foreigner named Veal took it who was now in Spain. One morning Veal removed all the furniture off, and, what was more, he took his wife too—(ll.lars of laughter)—neither of whom had he seen since. Mr. WOODROFFE, to put an end to the case, ad mitted t hat a new special balance must be filed, and thus the case terminated. The creditors were to have ten days' notice previous to the next hearing, which was adjourned sine die. ................ ther they are sucli.ai can be accepted, has not yet trans d. S'WHOLAI, DEC. 21.—The fears that were excited by the appearance of the cholera in Norway gradually vanish, as all the accounts from that coun try give reason to hope that the disorder will not spread beyond the few detached points where it has appeared. BERLIN, DEC. 29,—0n the 27th, in the morning, in the presence of the Princes and many Officers of rank, trials of a breachin(hattery began at Spandau o - at the walls of a l ib;tion, which was destroy e d . explosion of a owder magazine in 1813, and s inten to rebuild. Numbers of vere attracted from the capital on the . sion. The interest was increased by the ins hor circumstance that the citadel of Spandau is indebted not only to Count Lynar and Christopher Romer, but, like the citadel of Antwerp, to the celebrated Francis Genmella, for many of the much-admired works. _ _ DUTCH FUNDS.—AMSTERDAM, JAN. 4. Actual Debt, 2 1 4 per cent og to 42 Amort Syndic, 4 per cent .....« ..... Ditto, ditto, 3 1 4 per cent. Voluntary Loan, 1831, 6 percent. 9B to 98X Ditto, 1832, 5 per Cent. Exchange on London, one month Ditto, two months —Dutch Papers, Jan. 5. EXCHANGES ON LONDON. Hasmotto. JAN. 1.-13 1114 ; two months, 13 10. BERLIN. DEC. 29—Three months, 6 28%. BREMEN, DEC. 28.—Two months, 614. ST. PE rEassuaGn. DEC. 18,-10 11-32. STOCKHOLM, Dec. 21.—Seventy-five days, 14 5. Hamburg Papers, Jan. 1. DUTCH AND HAMBURG PAPERS. THE HAGUE, JAN. 4.—Her Royal Highness the Princess of Orange, with her three sons, set out from the Hegue the day before yesterday, to visit her consort the Prince at his head-quarters. The Government has received to-day reports from General Chasse, dated the 29th of December, %lith a detailed statement of the names of the officers, subalterns, and privates belonging to the garrison of the citadel of Antwerp killed (or dead of their wounds), wounded, and missing during the siege. The Breda Courant has a remark which we re commend to all those who write for our journals:— " From the official accounts of the expedition to Doel, it is evident that the enemy had timely notice of it. This cannot excite surprise, since the French journals of the 19th openly announced this expedi tion on the authority of communications in our own journals. This should be a warning both to our journals and to the officers and men, who often, it:- considerately, write to their friends respecting the operations in which they are to be emplortl." Accounts from Lillo of the Ist say that Doel and other places in the environs of Liefkenshoek were occupied by Belgians; the French troops were withdrawn. Accounts from the fleet in the Scheldt, and from Bergen-op-Zoom, say that since the frost has set in the works for strengthening Fort Hendrik had been suspended. No gums had been brought into the fort, which was ascribed to the bad condition of the roads. The large ships had taken such a posi tion that on the setting in of the frost they could sail, and not be inclosed in the ice. But the flotilla remained in its position. THE HAGUE ; JAN. 2.—Yesterday evening a coo rii-r arrived wifh despatches for the British Charge d'Affaires, which are said to be very important. Some persons speak of new proposals. BRED,t, JAN. 3.—We learn from the frontiers, particularly West Wesel, that there are still French troops there; but, as they had received pr.rvisioris for three days, it was s uppos e d th e y were preparing to depart. In all our frontier fortresses there 1 5 a regular corps of experienced sharpshooters, armed with rifles, the use of which was remarkably shown in the defence of the citadel of Antwerp. Since the setting in of the frost the ditches of the fortress are carefully keut open. THE HAGUE, JAN. 3.—This morning there was an extraordinary meeting of the Cabinet Council. The report sill prevails that new proposals rela tive to the differences with Belgium, coming from England and France, have lately been received titre. What the nature of these proposals may be, or whe- BRUSSELS PAPERS. BRUSSELS, JAN. 2.—Marshal Gerard, accompanied by Viscount Pontecoulont, arrived yesterday at the Hotel of the Duke of Aremberg. The Marshal waited in the morning on the King, with whom he had a long conversation. The following is the answer made by the King yesterday to the congratulations of the Court of Cassation : " Gentlemen, we receive with pleasure the ex pression of the sentiments of the Court of Cassation. " It is your office, Gentlemen, to cause justice and the laws to reign, hnd there are no more noble functions. The taking of the citadel of Antwerp is an event of great importance, which will hasten the conclusion of our affairs. But we cannot dis semble that our enemy, in despair at having lost this fine country, is making new efforts to require pos=ession of it. We need, therefore, much perse verance and courage. However, relying on the patriotism of the Belgians, I have the best-grounded hopes that the year will not pass over without wit. nessing the glorious termination of the long and ar duous struggle, in which we cannot be overcome." BRUSSELS, JAN. 3.—Yesterday evening the King and Queen went to the theatre, where, both on their entering and retiring, they were saluted with unani mous acclamations by the house, which was crowded. The French and English Ambassadors were present, but Marshal Gerard, who was expected, was kept at home by indisposition. The King and Queen will set out for Lille on the 10'h. The Duke of Nemours has received the grand cordon of the Oi der of L.opold on the raking of the citadel. The Duke of Orleans received it before. It has also been conferred on Marshal Gerard, who will stay here two days longer. On Friday Sir R. Adair gives a grand dinner in honour of him. We are sorry to learn that affrays of a very dis tressing kind took place the night before last be tween some men of the Corps of the Guides and some French soldiers. There were some wounded on both sides. Patrols and citizens happily came up. M. Bartholyns, who interfered, was insulted and struck : three subalterns of the Guides are mor tally wounded. The Dutch officers are treated by the officers of the vic.orious army not like prisoners, but like comrade.i. They have been allowed to walk about the city without a guard, and were seen in the even ing in the different taverns; they have not abused this indulgence; none of them have deserted ; five or six privates have eluded the vigilance of their guards and escaped. The retrograde movement of the French army continues. The corre'pondent of the Ccurrier Beige from Vettloo speaks of various acts of hostility committed by the Dutch cantoned near Monk. The works for the defence of Venloo are pro secuted with great activity. Some are nearly finished. Three more officers of engineers have just arrived there. Some changes having been made in the itinerary of King Louis Philip, that of the King and Queen of the Belgians will be altered accordingly, so that they will leave Brussels on the Bth, and not on the 10th, as we stated yesterday. The Marquis of Douro, eldest son of the Duke of Wellingron,arrived at Brussels yesterday morning. Yesterday a courier arrived at the office of the Minister for Foreign Affairs with despatches from M. Van de Weyer. Last Monday so many English Cabinet mes sengers were despatched that not one was left. Our Government supplied 200,000 kilogrammes of powder for the siege of the citadel. Other quantities, for instance, 60,000 kilogrammes which are at Wettern, were placed at the disposal of the French army. The law by which the two Chambers have voted thanks to the French army, in the name of the na tion, has been copied on parchment, and magnifi cently bound as a diplomatic document. It is going to be sent to M. Lehon at Paris, who will deliver it to Kung Louis Philip at a solemn audience. General ?dud!rag arrived at Aix-la-Chapelle on the 28th cF December. The lndcpendant has the following article :—" A private letter from Vienna, dated Dec. 26, and which we received yesterday, informs us that on the 24► h the young King of Hungary had a violent epileptic fit; that an affection of the brain ensuing, rendered his situation more alarming. At the mo ment of our correspondent's writing the life of the Prince was despaired of.—Brussels Papers, Jan. 5. AMERICAN PAPERS. GEORGIA. An extract from the office of the Georgia Courier slates that the following resolution, offered by Mr. Ryan, passed the House of Representatives on the 29th ult. : " Resolved—That if a - Southern Convention be de sirable, it is expedient for the state of Georgia to invite the st.ites of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Ala bama, Tennesse, Mississippi, to concur with her in electing Delegates to a Southern Convention, which shall take into consideration the Tariff syst•.m of the general Government, anil devise and recommend the most eff•ctual and proper mode of ebuining relief from the evils of that system." Mr. Bates offered the following additional resolu tion, which was carried •by a vote of 102 to 51:—. " Resolved—That we abhor the doctrine of Nulitica tion, as neither a peaceful nor constitutional remedy, but on the contrary, as tending to civil commotion and dis union; and while we deplore the rash and revolutionary measures recently adopted by a Convention of the pro f ile of South Carolina, we deem it a paramount duty to warn our fellow-citizens against adopting her mischievous policy." Many who voted in the negative on this resolu tion declared they were decidedly opposed to the whole proceedings of the Carolina Convention, but thought it impolitic to say any thing in relation to them at this time. But for this consideration, we (PRICE 7D.) are informed there would not have been twenty votes against FROM MEXICO.—The packet ship Virginia, Cap. tain Trask, arrived last night from Vera Cruz, whence she sailed on the 17th ult. The Captain informs that St. Anna had raised the siege of Mexico, and gone with his whole force to meet Ge. neral Bustamente, who had advanced as far as Tula, within 15 leagues of the capital. General Pedraza arrived at Vera Cruz on the Bth, and was received by the inhabitants with great joy. There was a scarcity of provisions at Vera Cruz—flour was worth 50 dollars a barrel, and other articles of subsistence at proporionate rates. A letter from New Orleans of the 24th ult. states, that there is a gret want of coppersmiths in that place, and that wages as high as one hundred and sixty dollars per month have been paid for goo() workmen at this trade. SPIRIT OF THE SUNDAY JOURNALS. We present the readers of the Atlas, in our pre sent number, with a map of the county of War wick, and a topographical history, from the pen of Mr. Gorton, of all the material facts in its poli tics and statistics that are either valuable or inte resting. This is the first attempt that has ever been made to combine in a newspaper the arts of copper plate and letter-press printing. We need not say tr, those who understand the difficulties of the attempt that it has cost us infinite trouble, and an outlay fat beyond any return we can hope to derive from its sale. But considerations of trouble or expense are not worth attention, in comparison with the advan tages which we believe will be derived from this publication. The great changes in local bounda ries, in the electoral system, and in the privileges of different classes in the community, effected by the Reform Bill, render the maps and histories hitherto published comparatively useless. To supply the public with authentic data, and with such a view of the present division of the soil as shall be final, are the objects we propose. These maps (for we in tend to continue them into a series), derive addi tional value from the fact that they are the first which have been drawn up since the Reform Bill passed into a law. We have embraced on the face of the engraving all the explanations that could pro perly be introduced; and in the descriptive history it will be found that equal comprehensiveness of design has been consulted, and we believe accom plished. By our mode of publication the map must reach every subscriber; and by placing it, together with its statistical exposition, in the centre pages, it may be detached at will from the body of the jour nal, and preserved for the purpose of being sepa• rarely bound up by those who prefer keeping it in that shape.—Atlas. We deliver, gratis, with the News of this day, a supplementary sheet, containing an analytical list of the Members of the new Parliament, with some use ful information relative to their political opinions or profes4ons. From our calculations, and these are s fo p t e m e c d h e e d s, onaiu d published ros ad a t t i a u re , s s s es e . as e. formere.wo we make cndc t , that the composition of the New House of Com mons will be as follows : Reformers of all grades Conservatives Well may the latter admit, that as a par'y they are exrinet. Of these, therefore, we shall take no note, but turn to the consideration of the immense ma jority on the side of the Reformers. A clever writer in one of the Monthly Magazines, has endeavoured to show that, in this great majority, lies the danger to Ministers—and we think there is something in his argument. Its large number, and the having nothing to apprehend from the Conservatives, will render it as a body difficult for any Minister to ma nage, much more to control. It is also likely to split into divisions, but these we doubt not will al ways reunite in the support of Lord Grey's Admi nistration, as long as by their conduct they moil that support. We may express a belief, that hardly one of the 513 will set himself in direct opposition, to the Minister, in any plan proposed for the benefi of the country—but it must not be a half-and-half, milk-and-water plan, but an effectual remedy for the abuse it is levelled at. The question of the in spite of the endeavours of Ministers, to stave it off, will be one of the first subjects on which a trial of relative strength will bt. made in the new Parlia ment. Judging from the data in our supplementary sheet, we think the Ballotists may safely reckon on nearly 200 votes. On the que , tions of Church Reform, repeal of the Assessed Taxes, repeal of the Septennial Act, &c. &c., the real Reformers will appear in great force, so much so as in our opinion to compel Ministers to enter largely and liberally into the consideration of those subjects. Hitherto we have no information as to the intentions of Mi nisters respecting the topics we have named. These, however, cannot long be concealed, and we trust they will prove of that extensive, satisfactory na ture, as to insure the continued support of those tried friends to liberty by whose help Lord Grey and his friends have been placed on their present vantage ground. They have the staff in their hands, and their own conduct alone can deprive them of it.—News. A KEY TO THE BALLOT QUESTION.—Without any fear of wearying our readers, we return again and again to the ballot, knowing the great interest of the subject, and the anxiety .of the public to be guarded against the pretences or sophistries whicl. are put forth to discredit the only resource against the foul influences. There is not, however, any ad verse argument which our friends may not dispose of as em ploying the t r a h n e gi r e u rn le er t i vthsi of ch t h h easilye nabled a us we can by em to unravel all the question. It is simply as follows :—Every objection to secret voting, must, of necessi!y, apply more strongly to open voting; or, every vice which can be supposed to exist in consequence of the ballot, must exist far more extensively and injuriously in the present system. Every argument against secret voting, will be broken up by the working of this rule. Whatever be the circumstances supposed by the opponent, let the reader consider what will be the effect of them at the open hustings. Depend ency he will find the common term of every hypo thesis; upon this the evil power in every conceivable case turns; and in the open voting it turns against the public object—in the secret for it. For exam ple, Mr. Spring Rice, at the Cambridge election, argued thus against the ballot : Let me put a case—suppose a master who employs many workmen ; he canvasses them, and threatens dismissal if they do not promise to vote for his favourite candidate. They may, it is true, refuse such promise, but they may also, under the present system, decline breaking their word, or abandoning their principle+. But if they yield, the promise is given ; if they keep their promise, the present evils remain unmitigated ; they vote against their opinion. But it is suggested that they rnsy break their promises. True ; but is it to fraud, to lying, and to dishonesty, that we can or ought to trust for a remedy in this case? Are hypnrrisy and baseness thus to become the pledges and guarantees for English freedom? I go a step fur ther ; not only may the voter break his promise, but he assu redly will do so." Now let us see how our rule will work on this example. Here are men in a state of dependence ; it is then duty to vote fur A., the candidate whom they think the most worthy ; but their tnastur threatens them with dismissal if they refu,e to vole for Z. The same apprehension of loss of bread which under the ballot would induce these poor fel lows to give the tyrant their feigned promises of compliance, would, in the sweat of open voting, cause them not only to give their promises, but then suffrages also at tl.e poll. In the ballot, on the other hand, they would vote against their promises to the knave who menaced them, and according to their convictions —according to their public duty. At the open poll they would vote according to their pro mises to the knave, and against their conviction against their public duty. Now in which case is 'here most fraud, most lying, most hypocrisy, and baseness? We fling back these terms upon Mr. Rice, and affirm, and prove, that for these practices, in their uttermost foulness, he is pleading. He is the advocate for the " fraud," the " lie," the " hy pocrisy," and the" b a s enes s." He is the advocate for the " fraud" which would send the workmen to the poll as the voters for Z., though their choice wss for A.; he is the advocate for the " lie" which these poor creatures would utter when giving in •heir votes against their sincere preferences; he is the advocate of the " hypocrisy" of their professing , o be what they are not, in a solemn act before the race of hundreds; he is an advocate of the " base ness" of violating a public duty, for all these things ire compelled of helpless dependence under the system of open voting, when the convictions of the , nthralled elector are opposed to the will of the tyrant. But in all the arguments against the ballet, it is to be observed, that the public duty is treated as of no account ; and for this reason, that the oppo nents of the ballot are openly or covertly interested in frustrating the public duty, weakening its force, ind narrowing its range. Thus we hear much of the elector's engagements to the tyrant or the tempter, but nothing of his obligations to society—much of he baseness of his breaking his promises to the rogue, but nothing of the crime of his betraying his rust; though both cases of immorality are under , ensideration, and the question really is, which of e two evils is the preferable. Let us suppose that servant promises to rob his master, but repents end breaks faith with his confederate, who finds the. loor barred against hi s en t rance . Is there in the orld a Spring Rice who will ask, " Is it to lying hat we can consent to owe the safety of property in this case ?" Is there any one capable of contending chat the servant should rather have proved false to his trust than have broken his promise to the thief ? And why is not the breach of the elector's trust con 4idered a far greater offence, than the breach of the promise valu value in to t abuse the eeyes it Because of those who publ emp icu loy d t t h y es la e t n s rg n: merits against the ballot, or because it is the very thing whose authority they dread as fatal to their power, and would labour to destroy. So significant an omission never appeared in any course of argu mentation as this entire omission of regard to the elector's duty to society in the tirades against se cret voting, while so much stress has been laid on the enormity of breaking faith with the tyrant or corrupter. With the tyrant or corrupter are the sympathies of these reasoners;—it is for his cause they plead, it is his sway they would continue, it is igaiest the death-blow to his power that they despe rately strive. It is asked, what is to be thought of the man who gives a promise intending to break it We ask in return, what is to be thought of one who gives a promise to violate his duty, intending to violate his duty ? The latter is clearly the greater offender. Let us pursue the preceding illustration. The servant has been terrified into promises to open his master's door to the midn ght robber, but has only pretended compliance to secure his own escape, and has had no intention of betraying his trust. Will any one argue that this man is more blameable than the fellow who having promised the crime accom plishes it ? The Chronicle puts a case in strict analogy : Suppose a landlord were to say to his tenant, I have got a cause coming on at Chelmsford Assizes; you must give me your pledge to be there as a witness, and swear to such and such a falsehood, or else ** * *." We say that there is no difference in principle between suborning the testimony of a voter at the poll and suborning the testimony of a witness in a Court of Justice ; indeed a voter is nothing more than a wit ness to character, for the candidate whom he conscientiously prefers, on one signal and solemn occasion. If landlords thought themselves warranted in suborning false testimony in a Court of Justice, by the same threats and tortures as they now suborn it at elections, all security even for private rights would be subverted, and our judicature would become a mere instru ment of their disastrous dominion, just as our Legislature has been up to the present moment. Should a dependent be in. duced, under the influence of threats, to promise that he will appear and give false evidence in his landlord's judicial cause, we maintain that he ought not to fulfil it; and we say exactl} the same, in the case of a compulsory promise to vote." Let us examine another instance put by Mr. Thee, —puerile enough it is, but with puerilities we must deal in disposing of the objections of such states. men : " Secrecy is the whole recommendation of the ballot. 3/ay it not be doubted whether secrecy could be maintained ? Sun. pose the election over, and the electors met at the Crown, where we have conversed together, or at the Smoaky, or So. ciable, would they not discuss the merits of the respective can didates and the conduct of the electors, and would not the se. crets of the ballot.box necessarily transpire ? Or if this tempts. tion could be withstood, would not there be still more difficult trials to be undergone? Imagine a good Whig voter return. ing from the hustings to a good Whig wife. How comes it, my dear,' the matron would ask, that you marched up to Parker's.piece with purple flags ; you cannot have been ♦oting with the Tories ? " Oh, no, mistress,' would be the answer, I would burn off my hand first. I stand true to my colours. Though I marched with the Purples, I voted with the old Blue and BOR.' Thus would the secret be revealed : the wife's arms would be cast round her husband's neck in an affectionate em. brace. The voter would prove both his affection and his pa. triotism, but forfeit all claim to discretion, and would break the spell of the ballot." Such cases may occur, but what would be the effect of them ? Of what force would be the repre sentation of the wife, in the habit of incredulity pro duced by the ballot ? And how would this case stand in the existing system ? The husband would march with the Purples (the hypocrite whom the anti-ballot folks so profess to hate), though his pre ferences went with the Blues, and he would vote with the Purples against his conscience! His de pendence is the same either in the ballot or at the open poll; but in the first, the domineering influ ence is only of force to make a show of subjection, and in the second, it obliges the act of slavery. Tne public gets what it wants, the honest vote; the wife gets the secret; the tyrant gets the disappointment. Is there much amiss in this, or does Mr. Rice think it better that the wife should despise her husband for being such a slave and hypocrite as to vote for the Purples, and that the tyrant should succeed in extorting the unwilling vote, and the public lose the benefit of the conscientious choice ? We may insti tute the ballot when the worst miscarriages that can be imagined in its operation, are such as we have observed upon. The truth is, that the secrecy of the ballot cannot be violated till its work be done. The vote according to the conviction has been given, and if it be blabbed of, will the blab be believed. We use keys, bolts, aid bars although there are picklocks, tiles, and centre-bits available fur robbery. che lock may be forced in some cases, but is that an argument against the general use of the key ? Do we not find that there is an advantage in removing things from the eye of temptation, and in increasing the difficulties in the way of crime ? The thief may break through the barred door, but it would not improve our safety to leave it open. The ballot is, however, superior to this illustration, for it is stronger than any mechanical contrivance, as the secret is locked in the voter's breast, and even his tongue is not an infallible key to it. It is, indeed, it once the crypt of political honesty, and its place of power for resenting all attempts upon integrity. In it the dependent have a momentary independ ency, and a potent will. But, it is said, electors will talk, and their choices will be inferred from their opinions. If so, they will soon learn to ieserva Themselves for action. Meanwhile the exercise of the it,fluences, for want of subjects; will he falling into disuse. But in the conjectures of the uses the landlord or patron may make of information he may have from spies of the opinions of persons with whom he does not associate, the indisposition of even the worst of mankind to act Severely on a vague suspicion of conduct is overlooked. Tne vote is net seen, it is only guessed, and few have the heart to persecute on guesses. Let us again apply our rule to this supposition : how do the dependent persons, %% hose sutfrages in the ballot would be in ferred from their conversation, act and talk in the ,sisting system. That they must vote according to the bidding of their tyrants is certain, and the ma jority of them will profess sentiments opposite to their c9nvictim i for the pridit of huouln nature fe.