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Dist 0u11,4400 I us , in a worse state. With good Judges however the guarantees, which are now so justly &mended would be easily obtained. it is therefore thought that the principal demand, which should be addressed to the King, ought to be for the abandonment of his prerogative of making the first nominations in the judicial order, without pre vious proposals from the States-General or Pro vincial. P.S. The Captains of the sections are convoked this morning to tlw Prince's head-quarters. After the conference, it was decided that the troops sta tioned here should immediately depart, and that the Prince himself should go to the Hague. AIX-LA-CHAPELLE, AUG. 31. (EXTRACT MUM A PRIVATE LETTER. ) " The workmen, accompanied by their wives and childien, assembled yesterday before the house of 13. Nellesen, manufacturer of cloth, and having broken the doors and windows, entered the manu factories and destroyed all the machines. The Police and gendarmes, who endeavOured to dis. perte the multitude, were repulsed, and cries. of Viva Napoleon! Vive la liberte I" were raised by the mob. After having got drunk at Finger's public. house, they went to M. Coekerill's, anti. in a feW hours his house was entirely sacked. The furniture and every thing the mob eould lay their bands on was broken to pieces. They then went towards the prison, and seemed disposed to break open the gates, but luckily the citizens by this time assem bled with the view of repressing the tumult by main force, The commissaries of police, and some citi zens who were. the most forward, were wounded ; at length the citizens, having strengthened their numbers and collected arms, killed ten or twelve mutineers and wounded several others. Seventy or eighty , were made prieonate, and the teat took to LIEGE, sum. 2. REPORT TO THE COMMISSION OF PUBLIC SAFETY. " Gentlemen,—On the 29th of August, at our Arrival at the Hague, we repaired to the offices of the Mihistir of the Interior, and of the Secretary of State, in order to obtain an audience of his Majesty. " lrtt the conference which we hall with them, we explained to them the ;two principal objects of our miesion,--114 . , The convocation of the States- General, in 'order that they may employ themselves With one accerd,in considering what measures ought to he taken; 2dly, The dismissal of M. Van Mennen. " The day afterwards we had a conference with the King. The King received and heard us with the greatest kindness for an hour. We explained to him the two objects of our mission. We testi- fied our lively satisfaction to him for having anti. timed on the first point the wish of the inhabitants of Liege. " We particularly expressed to him our desire of seeing the grievances, which have been so often pointed out, redressed with one accord by the States- General. " As to the second point, we repeated our desire to have the Minister of Justice dismissed. "We pressed strongly upon the observatiOn of his Majesty that the inhabitants of Liege knew how to appreciate the Merit of individuals, and were free from any local prejudices; that in demanding the execution of the fundamental law, and of the treaty declaring fair division Of employments, they knew how to do justice to the merit of the . Governor of the province, to the Commander of the troops, and the other Dutch functionaries ; whilst the flow tioneries who are natives of Belgium had drawn upon themselves the censure of the public. " The King entered into several details with us. In conclusion he said that as to one of the two prin cipal objects which we had explained to him, he was happy to say that he had already anticipated the wishes of the inhabitants of Liege, by convok ing the Suites-Ger:terra. With regard to our ardent wishes for the removal from the Ministry of an in shvidurl has too openly disavowed his respon sibility for ,his autism.,: atnd. has hitrenched himself behind the inviolability of the King, his Majesty told us that he was KingbYthe constitutioN—that Its was bound to preserVa all his constitutional righte r —that his oath and his motto were both to maintain the fundamental law,—and that lie would pot permit any hedy to dictate to him regarding the laws. _ " Sire,' said we, far be from us the notion of disputing any of the constitutional rights of your Majesty. Ito assured that these are only wishes which we have alreadY expressed several times to your Majesty, but which we now repeat to-day in the name of our constituent* in the most pressing mariner, on account of the grave and critical cir cumstances in which we are placed.!, Well,' re plied the King, 1 tell you, in, reply, that I will take this demand itito.considenstioo: inhabitants of liege the legal order and the respect for: individuals arid for property which, you have maintained under existing circumstances, have excited sincere admiration in all parts of Delgiuni, In every direction on our road, but particularly at Matinee, we have received proofs of it which Idled our hearts with the greatest saisfaction. " Liep, Nept. Si, 0 4,n0. (Signed) " RAIKErif, •' DELE.EW, " DESCHAMPS." " TOWN OF LIEGE. " The Counsel of Regency and the committee of public safety inform the inhabitants, that a new de potation, consisting of M. Le Clereq the younger, Baron tie Macers, Member of the Council of Re gency, Nsgel Markers and Lebsau, Members of the Committee of Public. Safety, will be sent this even ink to his Royal Highness the Prince of Orange at Brussels, to explain to him the real situation of the town Of Liege.—Town-hall, flept. 2." Our Deputies haVe arrived from the Hague. The reception which they met with Was kind;. but no concession is positively announeed—not even any direct proenise. The news of the resignation of M. Van %town is not'conlirmed; it probably awed its rise to speculators on the Exchange. According to the last intelligence from Brussels, the answer Oren to the Deputies of that town is still less satisfactery. The people of Holland utter cries of hatred against the Belgians. The Nederland:Me Gedadoirn, which arrived to- 1 day, treats the liquifies of Brussels and of Liege as retn4li who are insulting the King even in his palees,and adds that there can be no hope of paidon fill !bete is tubmistion. Surrounded by such en at• ttioiphite, it it evidelit :Ow the authorities do not understand the position In whipli they are pieced ; oircumsmnees of such inept ( . 1 cann o t prevail upon them to ,move nut t f their or di nar y path. Nineties of Brufsels oadeotand their titillation better ? The magistrates of our town hope .so; they are trying a last experiment, and are send. ing this afternoon a new tleptitattOti to BrOssels. It Is easy to conceive what the state of the public mind is at Liege under such eireurnstunces.. The courage of the, inhabitants of Brussels has .wrested the most profound impression at Liege. The artillerymen, who,remained at thp,*choltirs' barracks, ohout 200 in number, set Ottt Ist two O'clOttk last might. for Maestricht.. As they departed, ollicers and soldiers fraternized with .the people. . . . • Nt:w Puar, IC A T ow 8.-1 be tollowing are jut published by Mesas. COLTIOUN 131141 lintir.xy, New ittartington.atreet ; I. Freoutro ; or, Septet in Paris, Novel, 8 vota.-4. Ilunnita'e Travel. in Greece and Al. lowenkt kirecnti iLdition, with roiniiikrAblet additions and thirty titrart Illokoutifit.a, v ,, b, T b e 8 7 3 /- 4 , - tion, by the Autboll.k.• ltl'or,ition," 8 , rot I;Drate, l,y the Antlwr iif " Darnley," " Richelieu," kr. —b. CeptiAin AtxxAnt,ett`a Travefi in the Seat of War icr the PAO, V)10. bro.`, with llitrrtrations-6, The Mhibtunmer tsitilley, by the Author of " Itramblutyc House," 2 vots.-7. Itetrospettlana of Ow tiukwe, by ILI t a t e M. Jolts I3tta.Kart4apsi 11411...41. The litulying One by the Hon. Mn. NorruN, Anthentratt " The Plipf r aw ; of itoesni," Second Edition, I *1)1,, tivo. Mr. ST. J 01414 LONG eittior hit-melt oil s itan i o, in pUrfOUOICO Of the Commas's warriint, eim 4 „ ing him with manslaughter, and wee ga t iveyol b u r t , re Lo,d TiIiTERFAIN, by whom he was held to bail, arid irwite r ,,i into auretioa to appear at the Middlesex Sessions, INSURRECTION IN VIE NETHERLANDS. (From the Courrier des Pays Bas of Sept. 2.) The deputation, which repaired at eleven in the morning of Tuesday to the Princes at Villvorde, turned about five in the evening. At ten o'clock the following proclamation was made from the bal cony of the Town-hall : PROCLAMATION. " Fellow-citizens,--The Commander-in-Chief of the Civic Guard having been invited to the head quarters of the Princes, proceeded thither, accom panied by MINL Baron Vandermissen, the Chevalier EloHon, Count Vanderbruch, Rouppe, and Sylvain Vander Weyer. . After expressing to the Princes the wish that they should come alone within our walls, be obtained the assurance, that the troops would not be sent in until the subjoined propositions were answered. however, the Princes attached to their entrance into Brussels conditions to which the Commander and the other members of the Council who accompanied him did not consider themselves at liberty to concede, without previously consulting the general wish by a publication, which was re. quested by the Princes themselves. The Com mander therefore considers himself bound in the dis charge of his duty to his fellow-citizens, to pub lish the following document, signed by the two Princes " You may state to the brave citizens of Brus sels, that the Princes are at the gate of this Royal residence, and open their arms to all who wish to come to them. They are prepared to enter the city surrounded by the citizens, and followed by the military force destined to relieve them from that painful service of guarding the town, which they have hitherto executed, as soon as the colours and standards which are not legal shall be laid aside, shall have been deposited, and the insignia which a misled multitude have defaced, shall be restored. f WILLIAM, Prince of ORANGE. " ' FREDERICK, Prince of the NETHERLANDS. " It was resolved that a certain number of mem. bets of the civic guard should be deputed to the Princes, to obtain changes in the preceding condi tions, and that the sections should be immediately desired to repair to the head-quarters, by a deputa tion of 2A, at an hour to be communicated to them, 114ron EN, VANDERLINDEN D'HOOGVORST." " Brustrlo, Aug. 81." The passages in this proclamation, relative to the colours and the entrance of troops, were received. With loud disapprobation, and the work of barricad ing was continued with increased activity. The second deputation referred to in the proclamation consisted of MM. Baron de Semis, deputy to the States General; Major Vanderrnissen ; the Prince de Ligne; Max. De!fosse, captain of the Michiel's Section, Teichman, engineer. This deputation did not return to Brussels till midnight, and the mem hers were obliged to climb over the numerous bar ricadoes which had been formed during their absence. Other concessions having been obtained, the follow ing proclamation and order of the day were pub lished on Wednesday morning : " PROOLAMATION.—The Prince of Orange will come today alone and without troops. Ha wishes the civic guard to come out to meet him. The de puties have engaged to guarantee his person, and that ho shall be at liberty to enter the town with the civic guard, or to retire if be should think proper." " ORDER OF THE DAY. The chiefs of the sections ure requested to as. semble to-day at ten precisely, each with the whole of his section in arms, and in the best state, in the square of the Town-hall, where they will form in battle order, in two ranks, to proceed to meet his Royal Highness the Prince of Orange. A weak guard to be left at each post. " C. A. VANDEIt MEERE, Major on duty." Thu members of , the first deputation, on arriving at the head-quarters at Vilvorde, were immediately admitted to au audience. Two of them, the General Commandant of the Civic Guard, and M. Rouppe, conversed first with the Princes. After. speaking of the conduct of the Civic Guard in the most flattering terms, the Prince of Orange said to M. Rouppe—" You, doubtless, know the penal code: you wear illegal colours in my head-quarters, and I could *." •M. Rouppe replied, that he wore the colours of the citizens whom he represented ; that the Brabant colours had been assumed, to prevent the hoisting the French tri-coloured flag every where, as it had already been in several quarters; and that the colours now mounted wore not the ensigns of rebellion, but of patriotism ; finally, that the depu tation had come in full .confidence to the Prince., and that. as for the rest * * . After this separate conference, the Prince went to the other members of the deputation, and said, with an altered voice, and his eyes filled with tears, "Gentlemen,. I have stated to the gentlemen I have just left what my intention is. Here you have in writing the substance of my conversation and my conditions. Examine them : communicate them to your fellow-citizens, and may God bless you 1" The second deputation was at first received at Vilvorde with much coldness. The Princes ap peared little disposed to change their resolution. Warm altercations took place. Each of the deputies succession addressed the Princes, pointed out to them the agitation which prevailed at Brussels, and conjured them not to drive to the last extremity a brave and determined population. The Prince Ligne declared with much emotion, that if an entrance into Brussels by force was persisted in, it must be done by passing over his body. Another deputy said to the Prince that he would hold him personally re sponsible for the blood which might be spilt. The Prince of Orange persisted; but at last, having bad a private conference, first with the Prince Frederick, and afterwards with M. Van Gobbet. schroy, he decided on an: answer which authorised the adoption of the measures announced in the pre ceding proclamation and order of the day. (From the Courier des Pays Pus of the 31) The reception orate Prince by our brave citizens was a solemnity of which Ilrossels will always pre. serve a recollection. Wednesday was, for the people of .11rosiels, a day which will be recorded m our annals, as the federation is in the history of Ranee. At eleven o'clock the civic guard assembled in order of battle in the square of the Town-hall. The c i v ic g uards of the faubotugs were also present at the call of the Commander. The whole of this guard, ranged by sections, with flags and standards of the Brubant tri-colours, covered the whole surface of the Grande Place. All the citizens composing it were dressed in their best clothes, with a tri-coloured riband at their button.holes, and the number of their section in their hats. These glittered in the dear sunshine, and the oflicers were busily occupied in ranging the guards in order of battle. An immense number of spectators blockaded the windows of the neighbour ing houses end filled up the streets which ran ill the direction o f this Place. At half -past eleven o'clock orders were given for the guard to march to meet the Prince, anti imme diately the companies of the fauhourgs in the front, and behind them the eight sections, in proper order, moved forward under their banners in platoons. In all directions the Guards met with the barricades which habeen raised, and they were consequently often obliged to match in file through a narrow passage, which had been prepared on purpose: anti the evolutions necessary for these changes in maryb ing w ere performed with remarkable order and pre- On reaching Lacken, the head of the column defiled into three ranks, and continued to advance in that way along the greed road of Antwerp to the place called La Perehe, where the head of the column stopped to wait the arrival of the Prince. it was now haltpast twelve o'clock in the day. The line of Guards extended from the church of the Pieisterre, all along the street of the Pont-Neuf, the Rue de Lacken, and the road of Antwerp as far as La Perches, drawn up in form of battle three 164 H' deep, and occupying the whole of the above ]t entiontql extent. At olio o'clock the Prince arrived at the Pont de Lacken, and soon reached the head of the column of the Civic Guards. The staff received him,. and the Prince, in a General's uniform, and accompanied.only.by four of his officers, went towards the city, passing along the front of the line. The Guards presented their Innis to him, but not a single exclamitiOn escaped' from the ranks. Every feeling wits, us if by common accord, restrained by the necessity of letting the Prince know that the first and principal desire of the whole population was the redress of the national grievances. We can, however, assert that the con fidence which the Prince placed in the men of Mils. sels, by going into the midst of them without any escort, and the affability he displayed, were properly appreciated. The Prince, on seeing these , great preparations for an energetic defence, this compact mass of soldiers, collected together and organized as if by enchantment, and the streets partially unpaved, up peered surprised and astonished. But on observing the calmness and loyalty of the population which surrounded him on all sides, he could not avoid giving way to lively emotion. The Belgians are not ignorant that respect for their Princes ought to be united with firmness and energy for the defence of their liberty. The Prince, in passing the line of Guards, ad dressed a few words to several persons. He said— " It is well, my friends; it is well : your bravery has preserved the city 1" He said to M. Michaels, Captain of the Bth section, who formed part of the second deputation to Vilvorde, and had forcibly de scribed the resolution of the people of Brussels to defend their town against the attack of troops— " Well, M. Michiele, you see that I keep my word, and come and place myself in the midst of you!" In the Place de la Mennire, cries of " Vive le Prince, vive la liberi6 1 a bus Van Maanen !" were raised. In the neighbourhood of the Poultry market these cries became very frequent. " Yes, my friends, long live liberty, and liberty you shall have the Prince replied, and burst into tears. The Prince wished to go by the Rue de la Made leine to his Palace, but as that way had been bard. ceded, the crowd exclaimed—" By the Common hall 1" The Prince crossed the Grand Palace, and stopped for a minute opposite the Comm On-hall. He spoke a few words to the . people, and assured them that the King would never cause his faithful subjects to be attacked by troops. From the Grande Place the Prince proceeded with much speed, and accompanied only by his aides-de-camp, and some horsemen of the Civic Guard, to the square of the Palais de Justice. In his passage he was often obliged to spur on his horse, in order to clear the barricades, and as his escort could not keep up with him, he arrived almost by himself at the Square du Palais de Justice. The civic guard stationed there, not understanding the reason of this unexpected arrival, got under arms at the call of the sentinel; but the serjeunt of the post soon, recognized the Prince, and ordered the arms to be presented. The Prince advanced towards them with extended arms, exclaiming," It is all right, my friends, it is all right." He then continued his course to his Palace. On entering the town the Prince had been fol lowed by the whole column of the Civic Guard, but when the Prince quitted the Grande Place, they proceeded to the Place des Palais and Place Royales; and aftei ranging themselves in line-of-battle, waited for orders for returning to their quarters. All the troops, who were stationed for a week past opposite the park, had vacated that post, and concentrated themselves in the interior of the Courts of the Palace. It was about three o'clock in the afternoon when the Civic Guard reached the heart of the town. The staff went to the Prince, who requested to be guarded by a detachment of the Civic Guard. He again saki, that no troops should enter the town, and in answer to an observation of an officer, he replied, that he had not been deceived as to the disposition of the people of Brussels. At half-past three o'clock the conference between the Prince and the staff ended, and orders were given to the Civic Guard to return to their quarters. Each section proceeded towards its respective post, and the Mole soldiery had gut into quarters by four o'clock. The number of the guard which had been drawn up before the Prince was reckoned at 8,000 men. Order and tranquillity did not cease to prevail in the city during the whole of yesterday and last night. • Two or three of the members of the commission nominated by the Prince are not much liked by the public; and the opinion entertained of them was pretty openly declared yesterday, in all the corps de garde, and in all places of public resort. We, how ever, think that whatever may be the character of the persons chosen by the Prince to consult with him on the present state of affairs, the truth cannot be concealed. After the events of yesterday, and the day before, no man can dream of concealing from the Prince what is necessary to be done for the pre servation of the kingdom of the Pays-Bas. INVERNESS-SHIRE ELECTION. ( From the Laverness Courier of Wednesday.) On Friday list the contest for the representation of this county terminated, as we had all along predicted it would, in the re-election of Mr. Charles Grant. From the com mencement of the struggle, the result was looked forward to with intense anxiety in all parts of the kingdom. The periodical Press, • thxily, weekly, monthly, and quarterly, had taken up the subject—Lords and Commoners bad dis cussed it at public meetings--•politicians of all parties were on the qui vine, forecasting future events fron► the suc cess or defeat of the popular candidate—and by universal consent the last election in Britain was fronounced to be one of the most important. The manner in which the contest has been conducted reflects the highest .honour on both parties. Not only was there a total absence of all strife and animosity between the rival candidates and their respective supporters, but 01 courteous and friendly bearing uniformly marked their - intercourse, The battle was fought, as all public questions should be, solely upon public grounds. And even at the close of the struggle, when some display of exasperation on the one hand, or of tri umph on the other, might have been pardoned, the gene rosity and noble•tnintledness of the victor wine scarcely less conspicuous than the good temper and gentlemanlike feeling of the vanquished. . . We stated in our last that the election was to tditO place in the Court-house, aed not in the aura, Al On a former occasion, but several consultations bad afterward s been held on the subject, and on Friday morning it was gene rally understood that the meeting would adjourn to the church, after the roll bad been adjusted and other prelitni. naries transacted in the Court-houie. Accordingly the doors of the Engli*h church were opened, and a vast crowd of persons, including a number ofladiea, were' in attendance to witness the proceedings. Nu adjournment, however, took place, to the mortification and disappoint ment of hundreds, who were unable to obtain admittance into the Court-house, and many of Whom had. came from a distance to be present at the election. At twelve o'clock the doors of the Court-ho l m w e re opened, and the interior *pace and gallery instantly filled. Some diflirulty was expertenved in making room for the freeholders, but the lower seats were at length cleared for this purpose, the friends of the respective Candidates ge• nerally ranging them eelves on opposite sides. On the bench beside the Sheriff were the Hight Hon. Lord Mae donald, and Sir Duncan Cameron of Passifern, Bart. Sheriff Thula then read the writ from Chancery and the Act of Parliament, Geo. 11., against bribery and nor taption. The Right Hon. CUARLIOI GOAN; ilk PittlialttentarY ProlfCl, took the Chair, and read over the roll of free• holders made up at the last Michaelmas meeting,when those present answered to their names. The number of freeholders present was exactly sixty.three, but two of them, (Mr. Chambers of Avondale anti Mr. Grant of Bement), as flare of lands of which the life-renters were present, were excluded from voting. The freeholdere having subse,ribed the oaths to' Government, the itnpor tent business of choosing a Prot* was entered upon. This is generally.lield to be a criterion of the strength of each party, and a sure index to the result of the election. Arruccg FitAsltt, Eaq. of Culduthel, proposed Geo. Macpherson Grant, Esq. of Ballintialloch, which was ee cornier' by J. SINWART, EN:j.i of lielktdrunt. The Right lion. Lord MACDONALD premed the Col. Grant of Grant, M.P. which was seconded by It. G. Macdonald, Eaq. of C.lturanalti. The Preits proceedtd to call over the roll. On coming to the name of Lord Meodonald, gro.- MAcQuerx TON anti objected to his Lordship being allowed to vote. Lord Macdonald was an Irish Peers sod there was **standing order of the House of Commons that no Peer could vote at an election who had not actually been elected a member for some county and declined to serve. The name of Visconnt Hawarden haring been called the same objection was malle. On (ming to the name of Sir Francis Mackenzie, Mr. MACLEOD wished to make a single observation. There was no man less likely than his friend Sir Francis Mackenzie to do any thing unbecoming a gentleman, but he was sure he was not aware of the nature of his vote. Sir F. MACKENZIE said, he had examined the Trust Oath to which allusions had been made, and read the ex pla►nations of it by Lord Ellin' and Mr. Wight, and he could in his conscience take the oath. Col. fistula said as this was the first time that the Trust ' Oath had been offered to any freeholder there, he would put It to his Hon. friend Macleod, whether after the declaration made by Sir FrauFis Mackenzie it should be put on this occasion ? hisci.xon, in reply, stated that he merely did it in jus tice to his friends, and as one of those friends had expressed himself satisfied without putting the oath, he gladly de clitied' it. A similar observation relative to the Trust Oath was made on the names of Mr. Kelly and Mr. Ferguson being called, when both of these gentlemen expressed their willingness to take the oath, if necessary. The final state of the votes for election of Proses was as fellows MAJORITY NOR BALLINDALLOCH. Major Fraser of Newton • Mr. Fraser of Foyers Mr. Fraser of Culbockie Mr. C. Grant Mr. Grant Allan Mr. Grant of Glentnorriston Mr. Grant of Bught Mr. Fraser Tytler Mr. Inglis of Klngstnills Mr. Fraser of lialnain Mr. Fraser of Culduthel Mr. Cameron, yr. of Lochiel Mr. Stewart of Belladrum Mr. Fraser, yr. of Relig Mr. lt. Grant of Drummore, M.P. Mr. Mackintosh of Dalmigarle Mr. Maguey!, W.S. Rev. Mr. Mackay of Raffbrd Dr. Robertson of Aultnaskiach MINORITY YOZ CO Mr. Baillie of Dochfour Major Duff of Muirtown Lord Macdonald lion. A. Macdonald Mr. Baillie, Bristol Mr. Macleod of Macleod Mr. Macdonald of Clanranald Col. 1131111 e df Lays, M.P. Mr. 11111 of Brownhill Mr. Macleod of Bards lion. W. Fraser Mr. Robertson of Inches Mr. Philips, Garendon Park, Leicestershire Mr. Grant, yr. of Roth leinu rchus Mr. M. N. Macdonald, W.S. Sir J. M. Iliddel of Ardnamur. chair, Bart. Sir F. A. Mackenzie of Gair. loch, Bart. Mr. Ferginion, Inverness Mr. Kelly, Dingwall Lieut. D. Maclean, Wester Coul Mr. Macpherson of Belleville Mi. Mackenzie of Kilcoy Mr. Babington, Leicester Mr. Grant, yr. of Bught Mr. Macqueen, Solicitor, Lon. don Sir Duncan Cameron of Full. fern, Bart 34 GRANT OT GRANT. Mr. Fraser of Fingask Viscount Ilawarden Mr. Stewart London Mr. Eneas Mackintosh, ditto Dr. Wishart, Dingwall Mr. Fraser of Torhreck Mr. Mackintosh of Geddes Mr. Macpherson of Cluny Dr. Macpherson of Eigg Major M — acpherson ! 35th Foot. Lic • Major-Gen. Maedonnell Mr. Mackintosh of itaigrnore teut.,e6l,:Mac — nell of ijarra Majority for Bal lion. A. blacktntOsh of black intosh 25 linilalloch, nine. The announcement of thii majority was received with cheers by the friends of Mr. Grant--liir. Kinloch was unanimously chosen Clerk of the Meeting. Haulm:4l.l.mm returned thanks for the honour done him. He was sorry that he should supplant his Hon. Friend, whose claims under any other circumstances, were an superior to his, but be had the satisfaction of knowing that their friendship was too firmly united to be affected by such an occurrence. He could only attribute the honour conferred on him to the belief that the majority of the freeholders concurred with him in the cause he had espoused.—(Hear.) He would disch a r ge th e d u ti es im posed upon him, with impartiality, and a strict regard to the purity of the roll.—(Cheers.) Mr. htictluxgx, W.S. objected to the vote of Mr. David Stewart of London, on the ground that he had be come bound to execute a renunciation of his life-rent vote, pursuant to the conditions of sale of the estate of Glenelg, to which Mr. Bruce, the late possessor, was a party. In evidence of this, Mr. Macqueen presented a letter written by Mr. Stewart, binding himself to denude accordingly. He had, he said, submitted the question to the greatest law authority in Scotland, the Solicitor-General, who had given it as his opinion that the vote was defeasilde. On the other side, it was urged that collateral conditions en tered into at the same time had not been fulfilled, and that, therefore the obligation by Mr. Stewart was no longer bind ing. Mr. Stewart himself contended earnestly for the preservatiou of his vote, and said, the letter in question had never been sent, and had only been recovered by a dili gence of the law. He had the opinion of Mr. Skene, he said, which was directly against that of the Solicitor- General. After a discussion of some hours' duration, in which Colonel Bailie, Mr. R. Grant, and Mr. Stewart, took the greatest part, it was at length agreed to decide upon Mr. Stewart's claims by votes, and on the roll being called, the numbers were—Expunge, 33 : Not Expunge, 24—Majority, 9, Mr. Stewart's name ryas accordingly expunged from the roll. !Actium then rote and said, that perhaps the declara tion he was going to make would put an end to. the fatigue and anxiety of the meeting. In addressing them on that occasion he stood in need of the indulgence of the free holders. In justice to some of his friends, who in ex treme ill health, had made exertions to appear there that day in his favour, he had taken the resolution be was about to declare. They all knew that in electing the Prete* of the meeting, the strength of the contending parties was shown, and that the votes which decided his election pretty well decided the election of the Member of Parliament. " You, Sir," said Macleod, " have been elected by a majority of nine. We cannot overcome that majority." Had it been less—had the Right Hon. Gentle man carried it by eight—it was his iotention to appeal to a Committee of the House of Commons, and he bad no doubt whatever but that the result would have been in his favour. The reasons fur this opinion were, that he would have the support of fire new vote& and that the four commonly called the Strathnairn votes would be set aside, and ought to have no influence on the election. The ma jority, however, being nine, the .Right Hun. Gentleman must be declared duly elected. He considered the election to be decided, and he made this declaration thus early to relieve his friends and enable them to return to their homes. He would take that opportunity of stating the reasons why he came forward to oppose his Right lion. Friend. He felt himself in a proud situation, supported as he was by so many gentlemen of the highest rank and greatest wealth in the county. It was, however, most painful for him to feud himself placed in personal col lision with a gentleman for whom he bad the highest regard and esteem. He acknowledged his private virtues and great ttlents, and if these had been sufficient, he (Macleod) would not be found there that day as his opponent; but the freeholders of this great county were few in number and very different in that respect from the electors of the sister country—they were deeply respon sible for the exercise of their franchise—and knowing, as d la p t a te u r se co b n etre ct th w e na y sent u fr lie ee d b id ol , d t e h rs e , political opinions of the great majority of the sentiments lid of. that majority. i t n o u P n a i r e l n i n w e n i l t i t h e a b o e i e v v i t e g e ntlema n sn h r e l y d w w lt o o i se i He was, therefore, compelled to animadvert on the public conduct of the Right Hon. Gentleman a. a reason for their refusing to continue to hint their support. In doing so, it was necessary to go a little bock hi the career of his Right Hon. Friend. Twelve years ago his Right Hon. Friend was introduced to the county under the auspices of his venerated predecessor (the late Mr. Charles Grant.) He received the unanimous and spontaneous confidence of the freeholders. Year after year—election after election the same success attended him, and his own talents and your favour raised him to high office in the State. On the Duke of Wellington coming into power, the Right Hon. Gentleman accepted office as President of the Board of Trade. This was no hasty step ; he knew the Ministry ...he bad acted with the greater number of them before— be had hie eyes open. Yet how was he (Macleod) asto lashed, and how were they all astonished, when the Right Hon. Gentleman in a few months withdrew the assistance ,of his great talents front the support of the Adtninstre tion? What could induce hint to do so? It might be thought that some great question of national policy had caused his secession from the Government, but what in reality writ the question? Ministers, in punishing the corruption of a venal borough—the borough of East Raiford—had resolved to transfer the franchise to t h e Hundred of itemetlaw, instead of conferring it on the " ,sown , of Manchester. Here was the hadmighty question, which of thu Right Ilon . Gentl ema n pa he ia c i ll a aan t n i n s xdn e caused the A l oe ! ap t edp insincere." tt s siyi i o g n or t e i h o .n. c ot. ' was then that the Right Hon. Gentleman discovered that hisi old had hea r d fr i end s d s were him in' weak, nce.to the affairs of Portugal atenrtmithserMoincic74ond,e‘altrahtrreooLdainatertisesueitniojnflami unjust, t e e , :ufe stigmatised a u s r ee d ort 0 4 l e i ef e , ru a e t n i s t e , t ih io n " 4 n ,C O ra.e n n . f v fi l tri ta cr a tn u tin : finance, ot t n carry ig ht to lio n effectG enatnletny language of eeo th n e o l m i y em or retrenchment." In fact, to use the ct be irlyi r ns f k o h r :ihi N :t ot he iw n ifcrohau,iremithimenteilistaitoguthhtteo, Hon. Gentleman s • d of five Ittlioinni.stostresnwileemeernealuinnenhtthtnoe b w e r e o n ng n .:: pi e ( ke ll te: e hi a i r es , aiii h ic e )fin a e r .s . eF ) r .— rtieed W nibi a; thhi tL is f o oor be rmde bo ir. r ifer n ui e et: t nf l l te anot t o, h rfiltichaede, e gave his upright and conscientious support to for exam county, who Maidlirs—aee in what a situation be is now placid ? How could he support him without sacrificing his own political consistency? , He did not ask for the votes of such freeholders as thought - the-moons of the Duke of Wellington's Governmetit wring. One Hon. Friend, whom lie had in hie eye (looking towards Mr. Stewart of BellallrutP) 'had candidly said he thought the Duke of Wellingten a bad 111inister—(Hear)..and therefore re futed him his vote. This was consistent. He did not ask for the support of his lion. Friend, or those who thought the Duke of Wellington a bad Minister, but he asked for the support of those who approved of the Duke's administration, and thought it entitled to the confidence and support of the country.—(Cheers and hisses.) — He would say a few words on the conduct of his Right Hon. Friend tic Member for the county. In his situation of President of the Board of Trade, his Right Hon. Friend bad it in his power to benefit the great interests of the county. Their favour had spoiled him. Take the case of the kelp proprietors, who hid been injured—equeesed to the earth—by the reduction on the duties of bandit. An honourable friend of his had come to London on the subject, and they certainly felt that if on the part of the Right Hon. Gentleman' there was no supineness, there was not that quickness, that seal and alacrity, which they had experienced in the time of the venerable person who had formerly represented the county. Never were their interests better attended to than in the time of that highly respected and venerable person.—(Applause. )—There was another subject in which the county was much interested— the Wool Question. He was not aware that his Right . Hon. Friend had made any exertion on that subject-- neither had he heard that on the Corn Question he bad supported the interests of the county. The freeholders would, he hoped, consider the situation in which he was placed ; the part of an accuser was not a pleasant one, but it was his duty on thus coining forward, to show the grounds on which he had ventured to hope for their sup port. He would add a few words on the subject of his own claims. His immediate ancestors had represented the county in Parliament—both his father and great: grandfather—and he thought that as far as a family went he had a. fair claim on the freeholders. He would take that opportunity also to correct some misrepresenta. tions which had gone abroad. It had been objected to him that he came there ae a creature of the Administra tion. He repelled such objection. He came there as in dependent as any gentleman that had ever been to the . House of Commons. He would scorn to go to Parliament on such terms. Never should it be said that he was fit tered to any Minister under the sun.—(Cheers.)—lt was true that had he been sent by them, he would certainly support the Duke of Wellington's administration, but this was because he thought them the best men to conduct the affairs of the country. If circumstances continued as they were—if. his Right Hon. Friend maintained that firm and constant opposition which he had latterly shown to the government, he would most certainly oppose him again at the next election. This duty he owed to himself, however much he regretted the events of that day. Circumstances over which he had no controul had prevented his taking the field earlier. If he had but been one little week ear lier ; with his canvass, the election would have been his. , Many gentlemen to whom he had applied, said they had already pledged themselves to Mr. Grant; and but for this be should have leaked forward to a different result. With these observations he would take his farewell. The Paxsas said they were rather out of order in their proceedings. He was not aware of the length to'which Mr. Macleod's observations would run, else lie should per haps have insisted upon first clearing the roll, in which they were engaged. The meeting seemed anxious that the other candidate should at this stage be beard, and the point was conceded. Mr. GRANT then rose to address the freeholders, and in a long and brilliant speech replied to the observations of Macleod. He began by stating that, notwithstanding the remark of the Preses as to the irregularity of their present course of proceeding, he trusted to their indulgence while he adverted to some of those topics on which his lion. Friend had touched. He begged in the first place to say, r t e e g regard acknowledge l l e i i d s ge lcon .the t Friend,occasionw hod would id he question his title to solicit the support of th e freeholders. d t h o e i h e t f h e e l t When be recollected the personal virtu e s, hi s name , an d f h av ig o h u long ancestry, he could not but admit that the honour of representing his native county was to him a fair object of ambition. In one respect he had always deemed it for tunate to have such an opponent as the Hon. Gentleman, however sincerely he might lament that circumstance en other grounds ; it was this, that the Hon. Gentleman, both on this and on other similar occasions, had.by his example and influence allayed as far as possible the irri tations inseparable from su c h contests . Them was _afar happily too much of excitement ineviteble in such cases to require the addition of any superfluous ani mosity. The impression received of his Hon. Friend's conduct had been enhanced this day by the handsome manner in which he declined to protract unnecessary contest. His Hon. Friend had stated to them his opi nions of his (Mr. Grant's) public conduct. He had stated that it was twelve years since he was first returned the representative of that county. This was a distinction he well remembered. It was too proud and flattering a circumstance for him (Mr. G.) ever to forget. He re membered, too, the honourable conduct of his opponent on that day. Of the confidence anti support of the free holders he should always feel and retain the indelible im pression. By their favour it was that he was enabled to apply his faculties to the service of his country,-.on their favour he again relied fur the opportunity of pursuing the same course of independent conduct. But his Hon. Friend had charged him with inconsietency—in withdraw ing from the Duke of Wellington's Administration, and subsequently opposing its measure.. He certainly felt it an honour to be invited by the Duke of Wellington to ac cept a seat in the Cabinet of which he was the head. In doing eo there was nothing inconsistent with his (Mr. G.'s) previous conduct; he neither sacrificed nor compro mised any political principle. His Hoe. Friend had said that he (Mr. 0.) had withdrawn from Government be cause of their transferring the . elective franchise in the East Retford questiop to the , hundred of Bessetlaw instead of the town of Manchester. He must here correct hie Hon. Friend. It so happened that, from family circum stances, he was absent at the discussion of tido question, and did nut vote upon it. The reasons for which he re linquished office were of a different character. Into those reasons he was precluded by ohligetions ,connected with his station in the Cabinet, from entering in any degree; it was sufficient to say that in his judgment they were imperative. But this surely was a singular charge to bring against any public man. If it TM a crime to have resigned from con scientious motives, power, office, and prospects of a still higher position, he confessed the crime. But he should do the freeholders injustice—he should do himself in justice—if he could believe that any one individual present could ascribe his secession from office to reasons of which be ought to be ashamed, or for which he ought to give an apology,—(Loud cheering.)--.But it was objected that after quitting the Duke of Wellington's administration he had termed his former colleagues imbecile anti vacillating. The question was not whether he used those words, but whether the measures ,to which he applied such expres sions —(for lie could not recall the exact phrases) —were or were not really deserving of that character? In order to substantiate a charge against him it was not enough that he had so designated them, but that on no supposition, consistent with fairness and honour, could they be so de signated. He now came to what his Hon. Friend termed his firm and steady opposition to Government. For the Duke of' Wellington, the greatest Captain of his age— the benefactor of his' country—the conqueror of Napo leon; he retained sentiments of the deepest respect and admiration. He had, it was true, questioned cettain acts of his Administration; but if by a firm and steady opposition, or as it was sometimes called a systematic opposition, lie meant an opposition not to measures but to men, unvarying, indiscriminate, inflexible,—the charge of maintaining such an oppositionhe begged to deny. The principle of his conduct had been of an opposite nature; it was in reference to measures and not to nien. Where he deeMed the Government teorthy 'of .support he .supported them, and where of opposition he opposed them. He had pursued the course of in independent Member'of Patlia runt. While he formed a parr of the Administration, of course he took his share of the responsibility. When he ceased to be a member of Government,: he Wee still a Member of the Parliament of - the 'United° 'Kingdom— What Would the county of Inverness ask of their Repre sentative? Were they to abandon a servant because he had presumed—because lie had had the temerity to ques tion some acts of the Administration. He ceased, from conscientious motives, to continue a member of Govern ment; would it have been honouring his constituents if he had not acted as an honest man ? But had the oppo sition of himself and his friends been of such sweeping character ? There had been now two Sessions in which the Administration had met the House of Commons ; in the first of those Sessions they had passed that great Act of civil and religious liberty which for the first time in. cotporated seven millions of men with the British empire. Did he or did he not support the Government? On that occasion, how did he act? When that great question was brought forward, though there was room, and abundant temptatien, for sarcastic reflection, and even severe repro bation, especially (coin those who revered Mr. Canning's mernory,—when the opposition of that small phalanx, to which hie Hen. Friend had alluded, might perhaps have the dioercgidoedt everyf f a et te lin o g f ...thofecitty,F 'psi o in r en, of tri t the object to which be ,had.,irorn.33ls- oirliestinalltt life been devoted.—(Cheeree). Grant ikon PAe verted to the last session of Parliament. To Mantgeelea tions brought forward by the Government ,he'hlet4 l , o9 ' hie support. To the supplies he had on mac ocleffP abstained from .expressing any dissent ; and with to the estimates , in general he must say that, if our attached to him it was that he bad not'exerciiiti se‘tAset vigilance in sifting them. There were also malty introduced by the Government which be thought duty, to oppose. When he looked to the forejes,pelitira,:: : the Government, lie saw something wanting: looked to the domestic policy he saw southOrif* „FL he could not approve. He could not then enter Intnen, these topics, but with regard to many of thentesS, e f ps , : had opposed, it was remarkable that his oppaiidoll.bee been justified by the subsequent conduct of Gotterme They had been withdrawn,—re-rnodelled,' re-letrodeqi, in a new shape, or abandoned. So far he had the lion of of Government. If they did, by re-modillinierer, introducing, or abandoning those measures, acknowlsgee the correctness of , the objections originally ured IP" them, he could only say that be would rather be vigil those who first opposed them, and thus oecasiOnsi subsequent changes, than one of that number who . _OP) ported them on their fi rst introduction, and had ef:- pelled indiscriminately to cling to them through subsequent stages of variety and inconsisteneyee - j, cheers.) Was it for him to write to the freeholeer each of these points, and say, " I differ from e 1 gentlemen in your county, what course sin I to purer Or should he, two years ago, have come doleu said,—" When you returned me I was 10 0;40 04A: am now out—l surrender up to you your, ren --.(Cheers and laughter.) This was th e :141° "hit " tbe. which he should account for his conduct — 4 constitutional time for him to answer his cenetirfr t t l i 2-- he had performed his duties unfaithfully...if tbe *eel"- matted to his charge had been tarnished itltlal ee l„ u4 lsfr. let them pronounce their decision. He r however, to shrink from the full avowel. ol ,.°l : ,: a l his conduct, or to qualify in any relPee t the wg"r ' Kr opposition which in several questions heft!, it hie „da/ give to the Government. He begged dia ti P o7 11 3' that if they again honoured him with their suppos p ii would pursue the same line of conduct', t!!! independent Member of Parliament. roner't_ ... "'""" 7 ":b t . the observations of his Hon. Friend, tint would still pursue ; nor would he fear to meet aft"*7ll approbation, because honour and principle wan"""'" ima with corresponding emotions. His Hon. Vrituul , specified the particular measures on which , he ( 11 r . , had opposed the Government but be was Perfectt," at any time to enter into the discussion of them. , fr; the will of the freeholders, he would meet them or every day of the following week, and cuter Ili t oo Hon. Friend, or any member of the Courts uPac,,,,k, questions, and be would rest his justification upon n 0,.. cision of the auditory he then addressed.-00 1 _ 11 „.„ °.l oho Mr. Grant then defended his conduct se trtemeer frons "" county. On this head he felt it difficult to spo ilt, his lion. Friend had not entered into particulat!-- o s t not help regarding it as something extram lll° ;,, pen these questions, some of which had been hi gge;- prior to the former dissolution of Parliallient_a_.'.tut should now for the first tittle be brought ferW." --- w b o a he should hive heard nothing of them hefa re ,.'ste it was competent to any gentleman of t he 'p though not a freeholder, to quest i o n bitntre jA e l lii o , he visited the country—that all these charges 011 7: 1 ,,, (erred till, from certain circumstances, he te°_, A w ,egle) a portion of his influence ?—(Cries Of beset 814 " Oe —His Non. Friend had instanced the kelp questitto this subject be certainly did all in hie power While bt in office; recently it had been brought forward' sire , did not think the gentlemen interested could eletr want of attention on his part. Having adreent off wool question, he said that generally, with reePet t these subjects, his situation bad been one of Though in constant communication with the was bound always to bear in mind, that these tee. "' g ot ..,,„. a rtir. on which measures were to be taken by the 7 . . which he was a Member. Having inbirgrel„ " i geeo this topic, Mr. Grant said his Hon. Friend 4111001, to the manner in which the contest had been,' Moll This was a point from which he had inten d "iidoee; to abstain. But if Ministers had passed leretirti, of Emus cities, and selected a remote county, the ' ha A been Inverness, as an arena for their influence- 4 f 1L, 11 .71 00 ...e mingled out as an object of Ministerial % %rLionist (Cheers)—did he feel himself humbled by sn' r — l o rf of which he was placed ? When he thought of the fi l os o f the Duke of Wellington, and of the power 0381 .. is loofa Government, did he tremble because the7' w 7, weatitd against him ? No; there was something that would lead hint on to higher exertions is the "I A of his country.—(Loud cheers.)--" I thank, tea t ."Tooo my Hon. Friend that he has this day identified e1t... 2 21 with the i n d e p en d e nce of the county.' Mr. Cifilk" B- t o 10/ expressed his acknowledgements t o the freeko et ft bo those who had withdrawn from him their sup ~,100 would only say, that nothing that had °emu 11 election would obliterate his recollection of tbe•ki soode i had form er ly rece i ve d f r om them ; to them) Wh°t t i ott to give hi m their support he returned h is dee p an 11 thanks. " Declining to give any pledge is flecleurfset 0, pledge I will give, that i p j us t exertion to olio:0e approbation and that of the country, I shall 0° 0 01 0 i"lf• Gentlemen, I again thank you for elsei°lo to o to representation only, but the independeuce of the c c my hands." 'del he The Right non. Gentleman sat down e m 'del cheering, whi c h l aste d f or sever al minutes. Three were also given for the Member for Norwich, fo lkd The fallowing gentlemen were unanimously eicoor freeholders :—Ai:neasnanahlson 11lacdonnell,F001' fee garry ; Thomas Alex. Fraser, Esq. of Lovas ° Fraser, Esq., W.S. this 04„..111 Sim' Du NCA II CAUX !Lox, Bart. then propue.- ro ot W r dTtelhocenia.rredoClihtabc;libeenegGuairulasinendti,moaoveuersalybpyreoltepi:eiredpp.erreist;6tgootre:c. coodipborerof county in Parliament, which was seconded by Opt pee amidst loud cheerin, acknowledged the hoMt tr oo eseq fwi o oo n rhgmo l e e having i ese t or n fn . oacigen A aresa f ito t iii e tne r u:sieeeu wth s owhitini which. t r as hep as receivede ed u ° t et: e .:o l and at that late hour, he would only tepee° '" - , 2 r e eserm formedproof o of the e him and ttli invited d ed his nomination Baronet, his thanks were particularly due, t r . a ro h i t considerable personal risk, attended to ton''' a, - ; t o 0 eon b fi y dence of the freeholdera. this mark of his favour. Ile well recollected friendly Hotel. He etr c ' „ ihne itirt am B nn 2 iun tl tha , top t in i tri t oon e n: s rol a aiu n ebn i le e cew f . r asa il i n i d no l vd y eetin o bae ffi tre7 7b i re aso per io : oolby; for this honour, but for a friendship bequea thed !: be 14 one now no more and which had been conee m ho in such unusual numbers had honoured them t o meilh prelence, the Court.house by this time was crow city oe . mul M ds :l 2 '. ojto G :n r h a ei n i t itam a i g ,al a : in asdiu t s h itl a eh n re ke la tl ni t r h tvi e siei f iti ci:l tti od i :; if ie ladies] but he would provide a inure eftit abie ,„lg, 11 . 1 2/ inept for thorn in the course of the ensulug, i ateww Right Hon. Gentleman then sat down , an d the broke up. It was then about seven o'clock. 10 1 / 1 qua C r o tt u r s s i , de to ral as de ce c r u ta r i i i o l s w it ------ y ha h t a w v o in u g id b h ee. a n ve e ; bo v.n n eo the l opoir o o Ila ,0 state of the votes, for the choice of our rear be eoetlo Parliament, had not Macleod withdrawn from ,s cab we have been at pains to ascertain the fa ct, 8 "OP; good grounds for stating, that after the roll of 6,00 had been purged and finally made up, the vow s stood thus— SO.' For Mr. Grant ........................... id ForMacleod . . ......................... ... : a'jor ................. . .... r „ 111:: In this calculation we do not take into segollt4,hol t hs objected to on either side. It is not tor usitt" re r o lifiad these objections would Lave incased majority. ---. MR. GRANT'S DINNER. AO" /9 At eight o'clock the friends of 'Mr. Gr a il bet ict, it s dinner in the Caledonian Hotel. The ntt"" 0 4,0 ' "f ho f ' se 4 was exactly 134 ; including a large body "- tatic ''d ers, as well as clergy and gentlemen of the 010- county. A considerable number also was iniablco 10 admittance iu consequence of the want of On i p terc' t : scene was altogether one. of the moat splendi d s i Tio - MI; ing we ever witnessed. Mr. Wilson's Wl e , )0 1 7.. 1 ,, room was filled to overflowing.--the ta l l it 01' " groaned with the weight of the feast". ---10 . w ith t" . , to tract in the countenances of all present 1 110, 044 4 01: feelings of delight with which they again ricitive la' Right Hon. ret eeentative At the heat/ of t he " e- s t the O wes mingled a l joyous and heart-felt exultation _.,, so i itr• rims event which had that day secured lb ° b°n(HP Mt by dependence of the county. . t. •on Ili" f i fi 1 Mr. Grant was supported in the cow, on Lie e .., Lovat and Mr. Fraser of Culbockie, and d' frii 00. Mr. Cameron, yr. of Lochiel and Sir Janliciceti, ft:4001 Bart. of Arduarnurchau and Strontict, . V. 0 Esq. of Culduth el and Robert Gantt xoq• y 0 croupiers. fo • Th e King (with four times ttr)--.- t r _he ..0-'l3torptelei Family--aud Army and Navy, )1604 ac..