The Sun. — London, England, 1833-01-21 00:00:00

mmomeol..l 1 ides the lii'' (~', h • tv p v essive , 4IT r ~, —Try m L FET _,... monopoos, 4 , IN.! ,e indolent' Gum,„ ""ALL._ I --- a • A. (THIS Cietrytisement, a meeting of 'amour for. . .re, a b i It'llieu„ Yto advertisement 7 — ' 2-- D AY). tbe neceso took ;Y of the thethe whole con- WO ° sie e see this d, .- of London under , h s , t u in t va t lY after oa n y e l o n 'c G loc n k ii , d t h h h e ll Lord If e _a w yo et r .e arrived on the Reform Bill could reqin , persons.' , amid , i,lslg4 w.n the hall. Among cheers. Ther i -.;e the resi.o"about 2,500 contempo, N.afe,,: not,ced DI along those who s • 1 ,, gr. iii„„ A-1 r- Alderman Wood were on the host al from 1.. f n 4 " 1.0 •ut ' Mr• Grote, is 00 -nv a n AI • and Sir • Mr. Alderman iti or, bad ard, • Ayon, who wa John Rey. . said loudly cheered on that force frog the h ' -- Electors of L: , t ()flour of b • (inn•—Ge i coming nt emen, when placed act Liver he 8 being electe d your chief magistrate, l hall, w t , pot I n :rsonaliy 0 1, 1, whenuat they shouldow stand upon I STASOI l'hetet)l to ttFheY met to discuss have the stt,:teed of f o the t w ht in i at i they considered t , if he ef a d ied o f G I entlem en eir int i erest and u t s o s ade I this volt] nt a r)ielnye-fi benefit.—(Hear, Irish. 11. hesPvuetation"fin this halr._ a oe ll i, eltere,"M this mee ( tin f g ar , hear. ) And w hwenaa n.ot chose kll °• called upon the th eht, ••• nav, e it ee,.. of the', ~ and said this, . me, I might Lii earnest tie/4'4441e,, -Livery, but 's , I did promise cal as the Livery is only to call lent ;and trii,e'n, I p u t Y' liberalo't half of Cabinet a, the a c , hea nnstr l the citizens torret tiction ' ownl di. , Liv er , r)—and , . upon m the o nly ( eve : not 1_ , 3 , ' ,. to meet here thus I invited the citizens pro. hear,hear.) .u"swell S Wont I e sloilumealktate a moment; for day,—(Bravo, any Promise I ni l I v ey u t Will e ' I shall have in to h e 11 . 0 t Call ' d ta te freely and ul° mental reservation made 'or No iat. j u d o die called upon to give my opinion what I think. y opinion upon the ob'ec w t , R ite •thiendiu2.---Ynn all knowthat I become an impartial ja advices I'o this chair this-,cnn'yself to no oo""air ,_ "'oce shall _ party.—(Cheers.) I rabic as I ho p s ' ge "all be be a neutral office; and this u l ow t.ay • ntleme_ neutral chair.—(L Cabinet t` N„. It tvii, of my task will h ir.—(Loud cheers.) accounts Il 411 4 •-•,,,(Lau,hl—that /villi the for 7b!er') will be, e an easy task—l to keep you in en the n sumption' wiii°R,T agree) Hall and asked rr Deputation 'AND, thi, flot r e ln : h:iv e t e i l l e h t o n preside as to m ie e nd to preside, I a s shall preside to hold the office ethoef Chief ; and Spain vinu' lie'sw° khutone other Portugne aii t G ent t i l e p me the . Hall, and nobodyaidebut me, because if f I Allicae )on PEI)/ :°l4lt!rdsiygi%rta'e fair pilatyis always c the bannaldtootfh an at but myself. lish listinguis":t4ity__,a,maiority to ( attemptbee I know not E hL g I L an d t avir.d,.iy eitatrampineeroenis nothing so cowardly silencing a the voicge so o f very fro is ti not ; t 5. applaud weak,—,herethe is s nothingforthe strong .1 0 , give a sentiments of the so cow majority, while very filet° Y p no r Jerit in patient hearing to you on sentiments the minority. There FOrtUnalei v;latt:a• cheering You which accord hieh ber nu should bewith hear patiently, and then • in favo°f bad' is then, that, as • .._ (tick, true, 01_ .it has been stated in judge. the first meeting the placards, isgaittio twhetite irio constituency is a of the large nz e of London for such mate of t l l'io taostvv. met to Retnemi,e p r t y 'p o o u se as tents hart t . lle ItP,lace returnsi (ant c o /I,ll%uenpat a'b no od c y o • n in i the kingdom re . vist : ta e ) tTgtdorn hasafuour men,tters_ I A at power ; an s d t_ti!ent body in pa_ltl?eca. You Will ch moral re to the 1 111 n r lan,' and __ show yourselves worthy I hope, there. of suet, a n 'N `Y, a power by your , patience, forbearance," rre - I a; alec !'d kind f, • fling (r. ins. b t , 1. . I,,it i s .• I *—s--oud ch h Itevieo th; " t aliro tn t 15 not, gentlemen,ith these feeling. th e a e t rin l g.) Now, Hall tv ta h k ie e b this i P Piag,tlthos°ldnehd, otherwise it would Common )n the which hl ::'•i"11 all the importance among you in n ha th ve been necessary tne,eteatitteetit re importance worthy of station,e th c e ivic state-car- I vvould'l at)l, ,1g of the Citizen Constituency but that has - been e Trea sul teL to have „s placed the chair i a,!etini-oao command a view of youn .a P"iti''n that will rid there ' th all.—(Cheers.) alp. g• v, IAYon then took th 'tot y hen amidst l gumentt , et tp ated tb... object the applause bad e s e : air muc,i bs a ided, his Lord- The cons( ( 0 C by ea b i l op thee of the meeting, ' contemplating lir of irresc Itlei:t's.; A ln i t, and Septennial tbeabro Act, the of . the assessed tax of the blind cos` „ Ai, itlhe,,ni.y friend AldermgaainiuSuVaithman is not es.— , s ( 'lop 'le e , Y r• one f o stet M b present ; OUgh en , : t i lv hich el. ' written a ter, embers who is which one ofa sent. He it r ather ' 41(15:' Ph Waited onthe Deputa me will be pleased t il v itt dl lau Al"cs the • against Tip) ,:aithm: read the following letter read. from Mr. e idea c 111," hisses ;", which, in some parts tt o 'r f • it, was re. 41' llio,-liti '' E LECTORS ,it ge l ' ' tv,;akNti,....... . OF THE • ilea) tlej i to b:eting of the some surprise, and much OF LONDON. adersmuch regret, I learned l i t Nbtvarnealled ,ori e 3 whole constituency lue vac, , 4t :40111 a Uponr th ionday, the 21st inst., of the city of London The ' ir I ° ll t;„'":::4bthe rePeealp o r r opriety of petitioningst,fer the purpose of n o t n he tb r e fouse of 1 1) 44011,,:;5! they,oballot—and the on S t e h p e t r ennial Act—on onparticularly repeal of o t f b attheofas the i essed taxes. oting ,eiise4:rdifferenbcjeecstosi p Ike an c 11,44,1 i two fee' littit.cabitarXes,ntnoofwie'avrliament, canaroebjekcututo.uttio exist, tohtoeu gbr, however much he may doubr itsrepeal oft he betoleft'etli P4s nY ' immediate y NI . rent indisposition NOUld ha ,''illaill.i'Ut as y-orhsitin" will prevent me approvedfr m on: attending the ense ofjul "' eti hog have recentlypast conduct , I itl will.tons.,n w i th great d of your representat' - tat abool' ,Ith er, th lderatiOn. eference, to offer some I hope you suggestions •I‘e alt' re e ( love at. .. 4 pi e t e,04 Pres„. r . nment brought forward the plan for . ',1,, b_Natytn _,'ration of the people, the most ardent amend- Ullyleit'P',,j4N,e.lou,'"nw that the extent of it t he .. tO, 41 i• It Out • , R , t, „,,s p ro . was, indeed, so bold • in its design, his 1,1 , 4 1 a ~,e fo p r ovisions, and so compre. so well . calculated to quits " ,pt h4ll ler s ()fall de • effect its O ptions concurred • it „Or 411 -ry w ion of the cri in their enthu. 'ibis ~,i as ever Bill. No measure • in any period of ;10flabie ‘;111'1111't City more received with more heartfelt satisfaction, . e the or Lon rapturous applause. MilliSterij Of itittion,Populard°n, which has evr Thl Ittht,ti.e'‘ololf,,,ltirnecnaut se, sli d in givins ak a e s n al the lead in pro_ utary impulse to ice. 4at Y ll p, i ll _ upon Earl thought it right tn. confer the honou s not a'' ita, eot„urcter to Grey, Lord J h o n Russell and r , ~ 4 4 4, 4 gclene . make its sense of of their services, and Lord poeeitlea bett:oo tb ef met e in the integritytheir principles, and tea_the es of 01 , tt,h'itY Ah : i the Atinirstpearstrifotism. :he renle°l)liiit,l)i,"'tsteykc's spie 2 or forfeited this they Have y u d o o t n deferevii• aekti, Elt4r:?' thuan all r i h n e o i rffi predecessorsc e, done o t h a c; l s o fi v c i , ,a r te t ti me i e v,, during more than WhO Hittelllek..litli,43l,4ittion o.. i t d h they not beg ork . of retrenchment r , v ttt eudid proof eir own salaries ? they not they II pe:iiltethe:nl)atrongeooif of high-minded disinterestedness thus ne half Ivci,P3,4)44esoe,l`Wes of this s i)nwe powerr; t and what Ministers s ne o ss ? To ever de simdiolawr extent ? we sliontittiii:ll,4llYo shootha:.ee seen these men o a for the not give them creditg so r in d u Lt h ?n by 414 i t ? ' t ist '‘ r . a e ll e c niharrasn, with petitions, or pre g ss m t o l re ? ,h t wit l,l l qi i e es ' till we know 1 '4414" t what they mean to do, or not his voti'll'te Ni 4 ° m e that, Posit i b y teorn. at present, there are oue • i stk kik ballot Urgency than those questions of of shorter Parliaments 'ye 4 1 'tu ' and although I am far froin and IlllntlWith,4With ce ' I think tha o n d e r r:: i n b g 4ottte'tif ret t Y ti°oUsttpPoublie injuryt o t t h eirconsiderati l o i lib!, 4e, inter_sne? other questions inconvenience. But ' car e t li t t,:tet,itn'asnd ? ; s r not can we lose sigi i ,t perilous moment :4:°4,11?fPr,,t,1,'e attention one of the t o o f . the alarming ' that most ilof Ministers ? Wi l tll e o s th':' t o I, ' e ate c t `` e e y nce and energy in removing alleviatingor utahappy I.l):lllo,i'ekty, ils of that „ e t ~ oi l of the union of ha ppy country w h • at is much the two kingdO lAt'ell(l,.l°t th e a murderous • c c is h •il strife ? uls' or Prevent rti4t:irl Parttate of the 114-:tol:tnationic..ularlY that o reh, both in E botlbreland, regoire .ng a land and iy 1 4, a e :Are not with abus i e imme 41;''',Re'ed its removed ? And can thefilled Irishthat i ge e be _ singular unfitness enormities of the to the wants ile r endured 9 Are of the , e easing k i nd ' not tit , 01, Of _ than the wanthes a grievancepec'ple, o . l y . snuat a ion septennial Parliament of ballot, of the o, th e of our own Do not or 44 rate upon the poor, and the heavy the me " 6 4 ,Y , call for capital legislar • and the Pr"- etio . some industry of ' ? gs, or deaf to tl cries, e remedy IC. an we be blind re cri of the p ' poor children in the venting e, to e agal npositi' to 301 s aga' Lnos 1 etesta ti forso° our el l hen' use tl' I in hose 1 in subjects 1 a," h e w re b s e t n a they Ministers but wohr have n hitherto asnbdoing like 0,4, ttii, a zirriatugrher we, in their views—and disinterested v in n ness, )In liiiitltt4l,,les:loorree favoudraisbcluession ofmsrb jeracitr rtunity ? s which may be den on, (10,'''*4 I,llql.,Ztio4,rg,e)nt necessities of Reform have be boroughs, satisfied the leott°' DI4. 4'l4.ess„ over a selfish and by the en tie N t state , why s, faction, by whichglorious e iNte w bic Of feverish we endeavour they have :laborAlZ? '''ijoes thite the con ti rse a o g r itation, in orde t r o keep the rn he t ou t ? Award a f,inn'i'nir,tue of Reformersevents is of itselftohkobtain to the oe)le,:bt,t4l:l,a xii re a eoha l, n t , ho flame of an consist in colle e c l t y. ::a i p , 1 , ai kt I t llt, res Ust not th:rciai people, dont:nable exci l t n e g ri Ci 1, tria th e ts, and further not need - want o f it be destructiveadverseonce 611, opt* e riien C weal opP°';,,,.-d,'.144, , Your faithful and devoted he gre :. r. te h e R . " ; Jao . ~ ROBERT servant ....ana (lell.oll,lvst,t,T(iteletusi',l, 1 853. 1 WAITHn'A ailetlietit . I,,'.'lkti'lled f or w ard, and letter NI jai r ioi. grea t ith Y Lord A and address rise ed , the meeting are I'i:the 4 k deferegnreat aY" ' —i point of ClOtil/tiittilberNDl4peZder,ce to the respect Livery,to your Lo i rds a hi nd OIL, tp, . ° tiZ th e e cof hearing t her Na I submit whether pand called CO Verit''n 11, 1' 1 ' 4 ' I ° it °n tin "e °Pi /I i r o e n togethr ed. 'trhe 1 1 . to heartebhu the Opin'.oecasion. I s thinkol any of the i ' ord°ttb tY thre•ceived ons of Mr. it will be Alderman Wraith leeeed• - et AIA e'r the instructions e ts rAir ilia °F44O Yon.. trca4eto,,. WI ti we 1,31 t Proceedings.appezv. men , ,' - , utiti ,:40.tI'ltrieeti_ • therefore go granted that it 4115, tL n u g• g° on with th e is regular - eiti zt _ e :r 3e forward and " the -said, Brother r equisitionists have en. trusted me with introducing to you their first resolution. That resolution embraces the three great important topics for the consideration of which you are assembled here this day, namely, to petition for Triennial Parliaments, Vote by Ballot, and for a repeal of the Assessed Taxes. Gentlemen, I and you,as well as the country at large,expected there would have been no occasion to consider the propriety of petition. ing for the Ballot and the Septennial Act, as it will be in the recollection of you all that Lord John Russell, when he brought forward the Reform Bill, did promise not only to the House of Commons, but to the country at large, that as soon as the Reform Bill should be carried, these two im portant questions should be brought forward in a distinct manner. Those measures were not introduced to the last Parliament, because every one who could read saw that they could he introduced into the Reformed Parliament with much greater certainty of success. We, therefore, ex pected that one of the first acts, in conformity with the promise made by Lord John Russell, of the Reformed Parliament, would have been to introduce these two great measures ; but to our astonishment several of his Majesty's Ministers, particularly Mr. Stanley, have declared it :heir determination to resist and oppose them whenever brought into Parliament.—(Hea:, hear, hear.) That expression of Mr. Stanley and the Ministers has caused the greatest alarm, astonishment, and di,may in the minds of the people.—(Loud and continued cheers.) That is the principal cause of the meet ing this day. Gentlemen, you are so well acquainted with the history of your country, to know that it had been the custom, from theearliest periods ofour history, that the Parliaments were elected annually, and that salutary custom continued fora series of years until the period of the Stuarts. One of Charles the First's family did away with that custom, and that led to that Monarch's losing his head on the scaffold, and ultimately to the expulsion of that family from the throne of this country.—(Cheers.) The successors of the Stuarts, William and Mary, almost imme diately, on establishing themselves on the throne, caused an Act to pass to settle that most important question, the preamble of which states, that whereas, by ancient laws and statutes, Parliaments were more frequent, and that their frequency tended to a good agreement between the King and the people, it was enacted that no Parliament should sit longer than three years. Unhappily for suc ceeding generations, shortly after this Act passed, viz. in 1715—the Act having only passed in 1694—in the first year of the reign of George the First, that most daring act of usurpation, the Septennial Act was passed—(Hisses)— which did away with the Act declaring that frequent Par li intents produced a good agreement between the people and the King. This last Act made all successive Parlia ments to last for seven years, and the reason assigned for its passing was that the former Act produced a threatened invasion from abroad, that it encouraged the Roman Catholics, and that too frequent Parliaments produced great expense to candidates. Happily none of those causes exist now. The Reform Bill has done away with the necessity of expense at elections, except merely the cost of the hustings, and no candidate who possessed the confidence and esteem of the electors need be at any other expense. As to the Popish faction, that did not now exist, because, happily our bretheren and fellow-subjects the Catholics are now admitted to equal rights with our selves.—(Cheers.) Will any one now say that we are threatened with an invasion from a foreign enemy? No, for we are at peace with all the world. When the Act passed it well deserved the character given it by an emi nent writer, Junius who said that it gave to the members of the House of Commons six years for transgressing, and one year for repentance.—(Laughter.) That Act gene rated all the evils which this country has ever since en dured. Its first child, nursed with great fondness, was the boroughmongering system, and that laid the founda tion of the long and bloody wars which immediately ensued, particularly that against the American Co lonies, which ended in the loss of those coun tries to this country; and :that against the liber ties of France, which lasted twenty years, and which cost us so much blood, and such countless millions or money ; it made up that debt of 800,000,0001., which was before but trifling ; it produced the establishment of not less than 300 barracks, and a standing army of 100,000 men, in time of peace, to compel people to pay taxes, and to grind them down. It laid the foundation of four Admirals being appointed to each ship of the line, and three or four Generals to a regiment of horse.-_ (Laughter.) It led to the dead weight of 6,000,0001 fo. sinecures and pensions, and to a host of women pensioners who were living on the vitals of the country ; it led to the passing of the dungeon and gagging bills, and to the suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act, by the tyranny of Pitt, Dundas, Castlereagh, and Sidmouth. It is that Act which has led to the misrule, misgovern ment, and oppression of Ireland, till at length that coun try has been reduced to a condition which makes it im possible for the people any longer to bear them. To enu merate all the ills of the Septennial Act, would be a great waste of your time, and is perfectly unnecessary, as I dare say you are sufficiently convinced of their existence. If Ministers are determined to stick by their declarations, and not repeal the Septennial Act, it will prove that their wish is to coerce the people and make them submit to in injustice.—(Hisses.) But how can Earl Grey instruct hisj (Arm , Ministers to oppose a motion in favour of the ballot, brought forward by a Member for London ? (Cheers.) When I find that, in a petition presented to Parliament in 1823, by the Noble Earl, and signed by hip own hand, there is a sentence runs thus, "Finally, to shorten the duration of Parliaments, and to remove the cause of that confusion, litigation, and expense which now too fre quently occur at elections, and render them what our ancestors at the revolution asserted them to be, the means of good Government and a happy union between the King and the people." But, if Earl Grey should act in direct op position to this, his declared condemnation of the Septen nial Act, we are now in a very different position from what we used to be. We have a R&ormed Parliament, and are not dependent upon the nod of any Minister whatever.—(Cheers.) I trust that that Parliament will act in accordance with the desires of the people.—(llar.) The next important question founded upon this resolution is the vote by hall9t. You will find that all the enjoyers and ex pectants of place and the spoils of the nation, both Whig and Tory, with all their hireling press are clamorous in their abuse of the ballot. They say that English m en are courageous, and desire to giver their votes in an open and manly way. Englishmen are courageous, but they are also kind hearted, and feel for the miseries they inflict npon their families, and you know there are some Englishmen wht, cannot vote as they wish without the risk of being ruined by some tyrant wbo has potver over them. How many men have been deprived of bread; how many thrown into the workhouse, and turned out of farms and houses, for not obeying the dictates of those who have power over them? Many and many throughout the country sufficiently to prove the severity of the Septennial Act. It is said that the Ballot was un-English, but what a droll charge is this, when there is not an institution, not a club-house, not a district in the country, where the elections were not conducted by Ballet (Cheers.) — Look at the benefit societies of the artisans—for labouring men—and you will find them all carried on by ballot. Look at the great clubs at the west end of the town, which count for their members all the great and rich nobility of the country—the great members of the Church —all those who hold commissions in the army and navy— and there all the elections are carried on by ballot. Not even a Royal Duke can be admitted into them without the use of the ballot. At all our great charitable institutions, with which this country abounds—the hospitals, even the Royal hospitals, which are munificently endowed, C , rist Church, St. Bartholomew's, and St. Thomas's Hospitals, the elections are all carried on by ballot. Look again at all our scientific n titutions, such as the Royal Society, the Royal Antiquarian Society, the Society of Arts, and a long list besides ;:in all these the elections are carried on by ballot. At the London University the election s are also carried on by ballot. Was this proceed ing then un-English ?—(Hear, hear.) Look at the Bank of Englaild—(Cheers)—the Directors of that immense and powerful establishment, who exercise more power over the destinies of the country and its wealth than any other body in the country, except Parliament itself, are all elected by ballot. Those directors who exercise a monar chical sway over 80 millions of human beings are all elected by ballot. Yet it was said that this was not an English way of proceeding.—(Hear, and laughter.) In fact, it we except Parliament itself, there is no institution where the ballot is_ not in use. When it is recollected what took place at the late elections can any man say the proceeding is not English ? They direct us to look to America, 17 States of which, out of 22, adopt the ballot. And it is a msst remarkable fact that those two or three States in which the ballot is not practised are slave States which elect men to sell their fellows as they would a beast at open market. In the constitution of the whole American States there is a provision to elect at stated periods a convention of the people for the purpose of altering and amending those parts which had fallen into disuetude through lapse of time. Those conventions meet frequently, but in no one instance was it ever dreamt of to abolish the use of the ballot.— (Cheers.) I was in conversation some time ago with a gentleman —an eminent met chant from New York—and he told me that a convention met about two years ago, when most important alterations were made, inasmuch that when the qualification was much confined, they extended the elec tive franchise to almost the whole population—(Cheers) but on that occasion there was no suggestion to do away the hallo t.....(Cheers.) lie stated that the elections in that great, populous and wealthy state, were carried on with a system of regularity, peace, and sobriety; that the people went to and from the poll as they did to and from their several places of worship--(Loud cheers) while in the slave states, as he emphatically denomi nated them, where the viva voce system of voting was carried on, every species of crime, bribery, strife, and even of bloodshed, and all manner of corruption were most disgustingly prevalent. Now, Gentlemen, I will put this gentleman against the honour and integrity o f Nfr. Sta n l ey , or any ot h er man in England.—(Cheers.) And what now becomes of his calumnious state ment of the irregularity and corruption which was said to characterise the operations of the ballot ? (Cheers.) Gentlemen, they have gone a very great way fur the purpose of invalidating the vote by ballot; they have travelled three thousand miles across the Atlantic Oman, and it is not very easy to follow them.--(A laugh.) Hut why have they not crossed the straits of Dover, and looked at the population of France? It was generally cons- I anted that France had 32 millions of population, and only 80,000, till lately, of electors. If these had not been protected by the ballot, would they have returned those 222 Members the celebrated majority who, in the Cham ber, led to the expulsion of Charles from his thron e and country ?—(Cheers.) Gentlemen, the Frenchmen of all parties regard the ballot as their sacred shield at elections. —(Cheers). There is no individual of any party, who riinks of doing away with that system of voting. None of the inhabitants of that country, ever expressed a desire of altering the ballot to open voting.—(Cheers.) But why, Gentlemen, should we travel into other countries ; let us look at our own.—(Cheers) Look at the scenes of bribery and corruption that have disgraced the proceedings at the elections at Bristol, Liverpool, and Norwich. They tell us that at Salisbury one of the candidates actually gave the sum of la to an elector for a small myrtle plant. Another gave 10 guineas for a little pig at Guildford. (Shame, shatne.)—Look at the riots that took place at Coventry, Walsall, Sheffield, and Hertford. Look at all these scenes, and will any man tell me that the ballot is not necessary ? Look at the tyrannical oppression that has been exercised at Stamford, and New castle, by which freemen dare not exercise their rights,— (Shame.) The principle of the ballot is so self evident, that it requires no one to advocate it or point out its good effects. I have never seen any argument urged against the ballot which does not apply with tenfold force in its favour.—(Cheers.) Gentlemen, I fear that I have too long trespassed on you,—(Cries of "No, no,")—and as there are several Gentlemen to follow me who will be anxious to deliver their sentiments, I will not detain you much longer. The next subject is the Assessed Taxes, on that subject I will make but one observation, because the Honourable Gentleman who will follow me is so well conversant witn the subject, that he will be much better able to do it justice. I will, however, observe, that if the repeal will do no more good than to enable the 10,000 persons, and upwards, in London, who were deprived of the f'anchise, by not being able to pay their taxes, it will effect a great good.—(Cheers.) I will now conclude by proposing the following resolution :- 1. That this meeting recommend to all the counties, cities, and boroughs in the United Kingdom to lend their aid in sup port of those important measures, by petitioning Parliament for the same purpose. Mr. NICIIOLSON now stood forward and said, I am most anxious to detain you as shortly as possible. You are met I here for the consideration of three distinct and separate subjects. Most of you, I dare say, have read the re quisition upon which the Lord Mayor has been pleased to preside at this meeting. First,—the Repeal of the Sep tennial Act. I think it would be bad taste in me to take one moment of your time iu the way of argument, to prove the necessity that that should be done. Mr. Williams, who has dwelt upon that subject, has given you the history of how it originated, that Parliament was elected for three years, they voted themselves to exist for seven years, and the only mistake that I thick they made was, that they did not vote themselves for everlasting,—(Loud laughter,) and that their children should be Legislators in imitation of the Lords, that we might be governed by an everlasting House of Commons, in union with an everlasting House of Lords.—(Loud and long continued laughter.) What would you say if the present House of Commons, who are, according to the law as it now stands, entitled to sit for seven years if they should pass an Act that they should be legislators all the days of their lives and their sons after them ? Would not that be as just and as legal as that House of Commons that had the time prolonged to seven years ? As to the letter of the Gentleman which has been read to you, to instruct you what to do, I only caught a part of it, and that was, that there was a great difference of opinion respecting the ballot. I agree that there is a great difference of opinion. I will not argue it, because that and the duration of Parliaments have been left as a question, according to the statement of Lord John Russell, for the consideration of a future Parliament.— (Cheers.) Now as to the mode of taking votes I will not go into it, but I think that question will be decided very early in the Session. It was one of the pledges (may I venture to use the word ?) that it would be brought forward early in the Session. What think of you of what has taken place at Norwich. at Walsall, and at Stafford ? I happened to be at the last place at the time of the election, and the first day men were bought at from 11. to 101. each, but the last day they were bought at from 101. to 201. And by whom ? By a German.—("Name, name.") It was a queer German name, and the owner's face was covered with hair. H e offered a family in which there were six voters 1004, hut they demand,. d 1 201.—(Laughter) —the market price having risen. I need not tell you bow disgusted the can didate was who had received the pledges of these bought voters, to see them coining to vote against him, because they were poor, and tempted to take 15/. or 20/. In some places, however, the corrupters were served in a different manner. 1 came through Coventry on the top of a coach, and I saw a crowd waiting the arrival of Mr. Ellice. I asked them what was going on, and they told me that the corporation was buying up voters, to turn out the old members. Well, said I, do you take your 15/. or 20/. ?—Yes. Right, but how do you vote ? Their answer was, according to their conscience. —(Cheers.) I will only make one statement more upon this point, and I think it will surprise you. The Times" news paper—mind, it is a dangerous thing to speak of that mighty engine, (a laugh,) and as they have a a Reporter here, I will say I do not mind what they put in, but I would prefer its being the truth. Now, what is the case ? The " Times " has been writing against the ballot for the last four or five weeks, but ta-morrow morning,..._ no, it may take a day or two to get a letter from Berk shire, (laughter,) but on Wednesday or Thursday you will find the "Times"writiug in favour of the b allot.—(Cheers.) Now Mr. Walters, the member for Berkshire, is the pro prietor of the " Times." That's nothing new. What does he say? Hear his report in his own paper—and what does he say in this part of his address? He says, " In adverting to the first Parliament of the new bill, he (Mr. Walter.) could nut but express his regret that that isseasure had not been made as perfect as might have been in ; the last Parliament, so that it might have enabled every honest man to give his vote without coercion, and freely, according to his conscience." (Loud cheers.-- In that case, his two honourable friends near him would have secured their elections with much less trouble and inconvenience, but that defect in the Hark— its the Times' not me"--(Lughter)_but that defect in the bill might yet be remedied. lie once thought the Reform Bill would be a final measure, but when he found the threats and menaces held out against honest poor men to deter them from voting as they wished, lie owned he could not but admit that something more remained lo he done to complete thenmeasure of Reform.—(Cheers, and cries of " Yes, yes—the ballot," and loud laughter.) Now, I know from several gentlemen, members of Mr. Walter's Committee, he would have had 600 more votes it the votes had been taken by ballot than he had. Lords and Gentlemen, from every part of the world—from Italy, France, Rome, and other places, wrote to their 501. tenants that if they voted for Mr. Walter's they must quit their land.—(Hear, hear.) Would not that be suf ficient, without anything else, to call for the ballot. Were he to refer to Essex who were the advocates of the ballot there? Had Lord Chandos not moved the nomina tion of Close, and had Close not turned out Western ? Many more, such as Western, would have been returned had there been vote by ballot. Now for the subject of the assessed taxes, and I am persuaded I shall have no difficulty in that. If I had time I could lay a statement before you that would show most distinctly its terrible and monstrous injustice.--(Cries of hear, hear.) I have been an advocate for the repel of the assessed taxes for above twelve years, and I will tell you why. It does not require argument, but there are a few facts which ought to be laid before you.—(Cheers.) They are most grossly partial, and consequently terribly unjust in their operation. I took the trouble this morning to put a few cases down, and from the petition which I hold in my hand, I shall be furnished with abundant illustration of my argument. I ,believe there are fifty-two counties in England and Wales ; in twenty there are only sixty-six houses rated to the house-tax at more than 110/ . a year.--(" Sha me .") I n s i x counties i there s not more than one house rated at more than 501. ; and there are mansions there which have cost between 100,000/. and 2 00,0001. in building., In twelve counties in Wales there are only two houses assessed at more than lOU ; only six at 1001., and four at 80/. In one of these counties the Marquis of Anglesea resides, in a mansion and a garden—for they assess :the garden too to the extent of an acre. The Marquis who is now receiving. as Viceroy of Ireland on an average at 20,000/. pays only 67/. for house • duty. —(Shame.) What ! Shame! Why it is only this ruore 4 -g Mr. Alderman Waithman has told you you are premsture. Mr. Ald. Waithman man had a motion on the books of the House of Commons for two years, and if he had understood the subject do you think twenty-six counties with all their palaces and man sions would have paid less than the smallest etre, t in the city of London ? (Cries of shame.) Is this good cause for you to petition.—(Cheers, and cries of ‘, Yes, yes.) Besides it is a great mistake to suppose we are opposing his Majesty's Ministers, we feel grateful for what they have done, and we come here today to support them; we came here that they may he thought supported by the public against the Conservatives, and that they may give full effect to the provisions of their great Bill—(cheers) I was going into a statement, but as it would detain you to do so, I will sum up what I am going to say. The average of 200 houses, bishops, lords, and the whole of the aristocracy living in those 200 houses , they pay—the Times even cannot comprehend what they pay upon the average for these 200 houses, lords, bishops, and all, what do you think of the immense sum of Si. Ss. 9d.—(Lauglrer and cries of " Shame.") Why, you are mistaken—the " Times" says, the people that will he here to-day are nobody, won't you take the authority of the " Times" that calls itself the the Instructor, the great Engine of the whole world !! Aye, look at the assessors appointed by the horouglimongering Parliament, they all swore so help them God, that they make a faithful and true assessment of 5/. Ss_ 91 for these 200 palaces in the 12 counties. I could go into the history of all the counties of England, and I believe out of 20 counties these are 66 houses (I hope, if the Times reporter is here, he will be accurate in this)—(Laughter)—out of 20 counties there is only 66 houses that are assessed above 110/. a year in the counties.—(Shame.) Out of 26 bishops, you, of course, have 26 palaces, and yet that is the greatest extent of the Assessed Taxes. In Hereford, the bishop of tha• diocese is assessed for his palace, 26/. a year, and you will make your calculation when you get h ome of what proportion that bears to the Assessedt Taxes. In Gloucestershire my Lord Eldon lives, I ehink— and if an accurate report is wanted by any of thet papers I'll give them the exact sum that my Lord Eldi n p ays for the house. In Buckingham that grea p ma n , whom we shall never forget, I mean Lord a Gran ville, who has received 400/. a year as an reuditor of his own accounts,—(or 40 years he has ceived that sum. If at your leisure you go home an d make t culation, I think it will amount to more than half a mi = ca money. He is assessed for that mansion, visited by the () ,, and Royal Family. He is assessed, I believe; but as 'Kin.; want to detain you, or make a mistake—' Laughter)-1 ton his mansion is not assessed more than 1104 a year.—(Shhic.) You are all out of your minds.—(Laughter.) I beerrive Lord Eldon has recived : but, then, his great servicese— (Laughter and cheers.) I think I could make out a Istatement to show that he had received little less than wo 'millions of our money.—(Cheers.) Now, Gentle men, how is that, in these twenty-six counties, that the Cotn missioners of Taxes, the Assessors, the Surveyors, and all those under them should all be able to swear in the man. ner they have done. Now, out of those 200 houses, there not one of them that is worth more than the asseestnent. But our assessors in the City, in Westminster, in the Borough, and in all the towns of England, have charged the middling and poor classes, who live in houses worth only 2,000/. and less, thre times, nay ten times, the amount that these great and privileged (omnipotent, I might almost say, for they have hitherto been so) bo roughmongers pay, who, by a skill which I, as a trades• moan, am not up to, have taken great care not to assess themselves, but to put it all on the working and indus trious classes.—(Cries of " Shame.") We have heard, and the statement is in the petition, that in collecting the assessed taxes 250,000/. is charged for informers--(" Oh") and 60,0001. for the lawyers, who are the partners of the informers. More than 300,000/. is charged by those machines for over taxing the people, and if we have a representation for the city in the House of Commons who has the courage —and I believe we have one—we will have a return, showing who have received that 300,000/., and how that money hes been disposed of.—(Cheers.) I am at this moment in the Exchequer Court for giving a receipt for 181. 10s. without a stamp. I got but ss. out of the 18/. and 10/.. is paid to the King, therefore, when I pay the Attorney-General he ought at lest to put a penny to the account of the King. I will not detain you longer on this subject, but if I were to speak until to-morrow night, I could go into such a history of plunder and robbery as you never before heard.—(" Go on.") But I cannot help telling you, that when a deputation waited upon Sir John Cam Hobhouse, to state their grievances, he asked them if they were not content with the repeal of one tax? With one out of the five millions ! They said no, they would not. But to show how the taxes go, I will refer yon to the pension list. There I find Lords Grenville, Arden, and a many others, receiving half a million. And we have ladies too on the list. I have the names of two ladies whom we have been keeping, (great laughter,) for 63 years, and it would be irregular to hear (as we no doubt shall) what the ages of those ladies were when the pensions were granted.—(Cries of " off," and "go on.") W e have the six Misses Hayes, Dorothy, Mary, Elizabeth, Jane, and Ann and so on, the six sisters.in.law of Sir J. Hobhouse, and receiving Boo/. a year.—(Shame.) There is of them whom we have kept for 27 years, and I leave you to calculate how much she has received ; but for keeping these six sisters-in-law of Sir John Hobhouse, it was ne cessary to assess 400 houses of 101. each. Yes, it took an assessment of 400 101. houses to support those six ladies. I could go through a long string of grievances of this kind, which I would furnish to the " Times" if they would insert it, and which would, I think, induce the proprietors of that paper to advocate the relief of their brother citizens from this unjust tax.—(Hear, bear, hear.) You will be told by Lord Althorp that the tax cannot be repealed, because the money cannot be spared—(Hear, hear)— but there are ten in 12 public departments, which may well be cut down, to enable Ministers to meet our wishes. There is the diplo matic department, for instance, is most shamefully paid. Will you believe that our Ambassador to America received 9,001., just double what the President receives. —(Cries of enough). I could mention a thousand names as interested in the maintenance of expensive establishments; but it is our business to check them.—(Cheers.) I beg to second the resolution. The resolution, expressive of the opinions of the meeting, that a petition should be presented to the House of Corn mons, praying for trienial Parliamiants, vote by ballot, and repeal of the assessed taxes, all as soon as possible, was then read. Sir GREGORY LEWIN. As one of the new consti tneney of the city, I beg to make a few observations, which will not occupy your attention two minutes. I cannot conceive what the object of this meeting can be, or what purpose it can serve, except to embarrass the Governtnent.—(Cries of " No, no," and a great uproar. ) The Loan MAYOR rose, and said, Gentlemen, when I stated to you that a majority ought patiently to hear the minority, you applauded me; now Sir Gregory will de tain you only a few minutes, and in fair courtesy—(cries of "He don't begin fairly")—if he doer say anything dis agreeable to you, then you may exr,ess your disapproba tiOa Afterwards. Sir GREGORY then mode bin appearanee again in front of the hustings, but amidst the most deafening hisses and cries of Off, off !' that probably were heard in the Hall. He demanded as a right to be heard. He appeared to the Lord M iyor to assist him, and to protect him in his own right; and :vas it fair to reject the claim of his Lordship? (After braving the storm for a few minutes longer, and trying wholly ineffe c t ua ll y to ga i n a hearing, he withdrew. Mr. HUNT then presented himself amidat mingled cheers and disapprobation, and spoke as follows : When the Hon. Baronet who has just retired, intimated to the Lord Mayor, that he was about to move an ad journment of this meeting, the Lord Mayor asked whether I Would answer him, I said no—the Hall will answer him. You have answered hint before you know what he was going to say. Ne. He let the cat out of the hag, and you very soon hunted poor puss down. --(A laugh.) I feel great pleasure in thus coming befor e the extended constituency of the city of London ; and I hope what I shall state will be received with patience, for I have not such lungs as the Honourable Gentleman who seconded the motion.— Although I had no band in calling it, I perfectly concur with its object; and, not being now a Member of Par. liament, I thought when I saw it advertised, that I should best do ray duty by attending it, and statin g my opinions in support of the motion. (Cheers. In the first place it has been nightly told you how the Parliament became septennial ; that i s a Parliament elected for three years when the got perly seated in the saddle they voted temselves septennal. And nothing more need be said on the subject, but that it was the Whigs who did so. Gentlemen, I think I hear some new e l ector saying,— " Oh, you are not a Whig nogand I would answer him by saying,—" I am." as much a Whig now as I ever was, because I never was anything of the sort. I am old enough, and perhaps he is not to remember when the Whigs were in power in 1806 and 1807. They had for many years been promising to reform the grievances of the State; but when they came into power, they adopted all the measures of the men whom they had for twenty years before been denouncing 1 am old enough to recollect these things ; and therefore, since that period, I never Wass Whig. I have bsen ac. ,oised of being a Tory. I have bran accused in the. House of Commons of joininz the Tories. Why, be cause I did not approve of all the measures O f the Whigs, and my answer was they called me Tory Call me devil if you please, but don't c ill me Whig, or I shall be sick. 1 have always said the Whigs were hypo critical and Tories out of place (Cries of question.)— With regard to the second proposition,—th e Vote by Bal. lot,—on that subject it will he quite enough for me to remind the members present, that in 1815 I was the first person who proposed the ballot at a public meeting, for the relief of the distressed weavers of Spitalfields, and I car vied the petition up to the King on the subject the next day. For this I was denounced as every thing that was had, and wished to overturn the government of the country because I proposed universal suffrage, annual Pirliament, and vote by ballot. After that petition was presented to the King, I received the next day a letter l'roto Lord Sidmouth, stating that his Majesty had given four thousand pounds for the relief of the distressed weavers. I take paide to myself, when I declrre that I was the first author of the proposition for vote by ballot.--(Cries of " Oh, oh.") Mr. WILLIA3IS—The Duke of Richmond, M jor Cart wright, and others proposed it before you. Mr. HUNT—When Mr W. was speaking I did not interrupt him, and I would thank him to act with the same courtsey towards me. At least, if he must interrupt, lst him speak the truth. The Duke of Richmond had brought forward a Bill to give univeral suffrage, bu not the ballot. Major Cartwright' took the same course I sty again, I was the first to bring forward the question of the ballot in 1818. lam quite convinced from what I have seen, that the people will send up their petition to the Howie of Lords and the House of Commons, demanding that in future that the election shall be by ballot. When I last had the honour of addressing the Livery within thins Hall, I then suggested the propriety of, when we were praying for Parliamentary Reform, to pray also for the ballot, this answer was made to me, no, the Bill, the whole Bill, aid nothing but the Bill, when we have got that we shall get everything else.—(Bravo.) I hope those who prognosticated that, prngnostieated truly; I was anxious, and I was quite convinced, that if the people of England had put their shoulders to r o the wheel and acted so unanimously as they did act, and demanded the ballot and trinneal Purlioments, I am quite convinced that neither King, Lords, nor Commons, could have resisted it. And if that had been the case we should not have been assembled together to-day to petition for it. However, better late than never. I join heart in hand for the demand that is now made. If the vote br ballot had been in prac tice, I should not have been here to-day. If I had been a Member of Parliament which I should have been that case, yes, by five to one I should have been elected. It has bee❑ alluded to what Lord John Russell said, and very properly, that when he brougha forward the Reform Bill he said that his Majesty's Ministers were for passing the Bill, and leaving the question of the ballot, and the question of shortening the duration of Parliament to be brought by some other persons beareafter. Lord John Russell said, but never upon any one occasion did my Lord John Russell ever say, or any of his Majesty's Ministers, that when that time did arrived, that either one of them would either give or support the propo salon (cheers.) There is a great cry against Lord Althorp and also against Mr. Stanley, for having avowed at public meetings during the elections, that the measure should be a final measure, and that they would oppose going any fur ther, they never made use of any one expression, or threw out one hint, that they did not state during the whole time of passing that Bill. In fact, they always said it would be a final measure, and if it is to be, I, for one say it will be worth nothing.—(Cheers.) I for one will never cease my exertions to prevent the Reform Bill from being a final measure, but at the time they said it could be final. I told them what would happen the mo ment it was passed, It was said, "Oh you propose these measures to harrass and embarrass Ministers." When I proposed an extension of the franchise, it was said, oh, I wish to embarrass Ministers, when the only Member in tha House who seconded me was the Worthy Alder man near him (Alderman Weod ) Out of the whole 658 only one would support him in getting household...re the suffrage.—(Cheers.) You will recollect that the Whigs turned the Wellington Minitry out by a vote upon the Civil List, which was then near a million, and the Whigs wish to reduce it a half; yet the Whigs had not been in office a fortnight when they brought forward the same Civil List, and divided the House against them, and only four Members (Mr. Hume and three others) voted with me.—(Shame.) I was then called au called an enorny to Reform, and had ta wish to embarrass Ministers. —(Laughter.) When they pro posed to revive the pension list, I called for an inquiry halo it by a committee, and I was told I was an enemy to Reform, with a desire to embarrass Ministers.— When they brought forward a vote of 100,0001. a year 'o the Queen, after tne deathaof her husband,—(Hear,) I opposed it, and was called by similar terms. When they proposed an additional 10,0001. to the Princess Victoria, who had already 60,0001 a year.--(.. Shams.") I divided the House upon it, and was coiled an enemy o f Reform, not one then voted with me. At the last Common Hall but one, you will recollect that you in structed the Honourable Alderman (Wood) to move for a reduction of salaries of public officers. During The high price of provisions, when the Whigs were in office in 1806 and 1807, they rose all the salaries, (Shame,)—and, therefore, you instructed the Honourable Alderman to move to reduce them. The salaries then amounted to 1,300,0001. and now they were to 2.700,0001. The Honourable Alderman brought the subject forward very ably, and I had the honour to second him, but when the House divided, nobody voted for the motion but he and I. I will merely state another thing that took place in the House of Commons. I will mention only one other part, although I could enu merate fifty. All of you that are old enough recollect Lord Castlereagh's proposing to grant 300,0001. for the repair of Windsor Castle. The Whigs—the opposition— of that day denounced the grant as profligate an 1 extrava gant. When I came into the House—(Cries of " Ques tion.)" This is the question, for I am about to show you how you may get rid of the assessed taxes. I found, I say, a grant given notice of for 2,0001. to Windsor Castle, by a Whig Ministry, although, upon reference to the books in the library, I pscertained 75,0001. had already been voted for the purpose, and divided the House, but had not above half a dozen with me, and was charged with being no Reformer, and an enemy of Ministers. Again, I find a grant of 10,000/. proposed to furnish two new rooms at the Castle, although 275,000/ had already been paid for the purpose. I divided the house again, and nobody hardly was with me, and again I was charged with being an enemy to Reform, wishing co embarrass Ministers. You must, it seems, pronounce yonr wishes again and again before they are understood, for you have had to-day a knight and a limb of the law to tell you you must put up with these taxes till Ministers move themselves to relieve you. The following are the other Resolutions :- 2. That three petitions be presented to the house of Com mons in conformity with the above resolution. 3 That the petitions be engrossed by ,the Town clerk and signed in the name and on the behalf of the meeting by the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, two Aldermen, and -- electors. 4. That George Grote, Esq., be requested to present the peti tion for the Ballot ; Sir John Key, the petition for the Repeal of the Assessed lazes; and Mr. Alderman Wood, the petition for the Repeal of the Septennial Act, and that each of them be also requested to bring in a Bill forthwith to accomplish the object of the petition intrusted to his care. _ ._.. . 5. That the cordial thanks of this meeting be given to the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor for his promptitudeand courtesy in acceding to the wish of the Requisitionists for the calling of the present meeting, and also for the impartiality and dignity with which he has presided over the same. TO THE HONOURABLE THE COMMONS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND, IN PARLIAMENT ASSEMBLED. THE HUMBLE PETITION OF THE LIVERYMEN AND HOUSEHOLDERS, ELECTORS OF THE CITY OF LONDON, ASSEMBLED IN THE GUILDHALL, IN THE SAID CITY, THIS 2IST DAY OF JANUARY, 1833. The Right Hon. the LORD MAYOR in the Chair. Most respectfully sheweth—That your humble Petitioners are of opinion that every elector in the kingdom should be enabled to exercise that most important public trust, the elec tive franchise, fully, fairly, and freely, according to the dic tates of his own unbiased judgment. That your humble Petitioners are of opinion that In this country, where the land is principally held in large masses by comparatively a few individuals, and where from our exten sive manufactur, commerce and trade, the great portion of the people are dependent on each other fur employment and sub sistence, it is to be expected that the landholders, and the other possessors of wealth, who are generally of the class of employers, will endeavour to promote their own private interests, principles, and prejudices, at the expence of the independence and consciences of such electors as may be placed under their controul or influence. That your humble petitioners conceive that the Legislature. when bestowing any privileges or franchise upon any portion of the community, should at the same time secure to it the power of fully, fairly, and freely exercising the same, and that to ne. glect to do so, is to defeat their professed objects, and to stultify their own proceedings. That your humble petitioners deprecate the exercise of any —~'" -ram -~.~"~'~~ iai v:.,..«~. ~a`~' = influence arising merely from the possession a/ wealth ax sta. Con in society, a, unjust, 'yrannical, highly deinoralisinb, and injurious to the common weal. That at the recent general election of Members of your Ho nourable House your humble Petitioners have witnessed, with feelings of indignation, the most shameful acts of oppression on honest but dependent individuals in various parts of the king dom, but most especially in the agricultural Counties, on those electors known as 501. tenants at will; j!ndiin places where those corrupt and pernicious bodies, self.elected corporations, have possessed themselves of wealth and power. That humble Petitioners mainly attribute to the general exercise of undue influence, and to the effect of bribery and threats on the old constituency of the country, the manifold miseries which have been inflicted on the great mass of the people for so many years past, and under which they are at present so severely suffering. That with regard to the voting by Ballot at elec tions, your humble Petitioners beseech your Honourable House to look at the recent scandalous proceedings at Liver pool, at Norwich, and at other places, where, in the language of Scripture," the hands were full of bribes," your humble pe , titioners beseech your honourable House to look at the sangui nary scenes at Coventry, at Walsall, at Warwick, at Stockport, at Sheffield, at Stafford, and numerous other places ; they be seech your Hon. House to think of the thousands of well-mean ing men, who had placed before them the horrible alternative of violation to their consciences, or ruin to their families ; they implore your honourable House to look at and to think of these things; then to be pleased to consider, that all these dis. graceful scenes, all this bloodshed, all this violation of men's consciences, and all the rankling, in the heart thus created-- they anxiously implore your honourable House to be pleased to consider, that all these would have been prevented by the use of the Ballot; and when you shall have been pleased so to consider, they know that they !shall only need to pray your honourable House to pass an Act to cause that mode of taking the votes to be practised in future. We shall give the conclusion in our Second Edition.) .•;:= ' LITERATURE. THE PRESENT AND PAST PARLIA MENTS, &c. RmcwAy, LOYDON, 1833. This is a useful, ably-condensed work, wholly of a practical character, containing, among other equally pertinent matters, the result of the va rious polls in the kingdom, together with a sum mary of the Reform Act and Boundary Laws, a complete abstract of the election laws, and a list of the House of Commons, with the names of the most eminent Members of the last century. It is a work that all Members of Par- liament, and all persons who take an in terest in the proceedings of the Reformed House, should not only have in their libra ries, but actually lying on the table of their studies, or in their pockets, ready for immediate reference. The book might honestly and appro priately adopt as a motto for its title -page, " multum in par Yo." The price is only three shillings ! It is said that Government has undertaken to rebuild the Bristol Custom•bouse at the expense of the national purse, which Custom-hong, was destroyed by he Bristol mob, in proof of their &alike of their Recorder, Si- CHARLES WETHERELL. Count de MOLTKE, the Danish Minister for a number of years et this Court, will not return to this country in his official capacity. A new Minister to our Court has been appointed, and is expected in a few months. M. BOURKE exercises the functions of Charge d'Affaires from the Danish Court. We regret to learn that cholera has assumed a very fatal appearance in Gowran. Same cases have oc curred in Callan also in the early part of the week. (Both of these ghosts of towns belong to Lord CLIFDEN, who is decidedly of opinion that ruins add much to rural scenery, and form the finest feature in the sublime and beautiful of a landscape.) Some cases have also occurred in Dur. row, and in Rathdowney, in the Queen's County.—Kil kenny Journal. Lord ELPHINS TONE is the only new Scottish Representative Peer whose political opinions are known to be friendly to the present Government. The Noble Lord, within the spare of a few weeks, Las obtained the prefer. tnents of a Lordship of the Bedchamber, his company in the Royal Horse Guards, and, kitty, the dignity of a Re presentative Peer. Lord ELPHINSTONE has left E lin burgh to proceed to join the Royal Horse Guards at Brighton. n the Committee on the Factory Bill, the Following sensible question was put to a witness, named PETER SMART, tl,e overseer of a fict , iry at Dundee. Qu .stion—" When do your girls marry ?"—" Whencrer they can meet with men." NEW CITY THEATRE.—CHAPMAN spares ni effort to make his bill of fare what it ought to be, and his efforts have been liberally rewarded by the citizens. This evening a new drama, founded upon Hoearth's " Rake'sjProgress," and involving a view of modern man ners, will be produced. It is from the pen of a very suc cessful dramatist. No subject can he better calculated for the display of the author's talent than the one be has chosen ; great expectations are entertained of its success, and no expense has been spared in getting ttp. A plain old farmer, residing not a hundred miles from Hellons Bumpeted, attended at Newmarket, during the late election for Cambridgeshire, to vote for Capt. YORKE. When questioned at the booth for whom he voted, he replied, " I vote for the Duke of York !" On being told there was no such candidate, he insisted that be was right, and no one should baffle him out of the name. His friends were at length obliged to take him away, and, after much trouble in convincing him that he was in error, took him up again, and got him to say Captain in stead of Duke. This consistent march-of-intellect man afterwards voted at the North Essex election for WESTERN and BRAND —.Essex Standard. A certain leading Counsel is celebrated at the liar for the following mode of examining a witness : ! "Now pray listen to the question I am going to ask you. Be attentive ; remember you will answer as you please, and remember I don't care a rush what you answer," &c. The Learned Lord now on the Woolsack, somewhat weary of the monotony of his perorations, one day accosted him in the street. "Ha ! is it you, C—? Now pray listen to the question lam going to ask you. Be atten tive ; remember you will answer as you please, and re. member I don't care a rush what you any,' er—How are you " A valuable accession to the existing works on the delicate and difEcult Art of Cookery, is about to he given to the public by a Lady of high rank, who has already greatly distinguished herself in the lighter depart ments of Literature. Its name is to be tt The Lady's Own Cookery Book." CASE OF LAMENTABLE DISTRESS.-- Saturday an inquest was held at the Star and Garter Kensington, on the body of JOHN Witictus a gardener aged 29. Mrs. SEMPLE, of 2, Kensington-buildings where the deceased lodged with his wife and child, said the deceased, who had been obliged to work upon the roads lately, in consequence of want of employment in his own calling, h id been very distressed this winter, and had existed for five weeks without firing or a bit of bed cover ing. Within the last month he had been taken very i and on Wednesday he could not work ; on the Wedne - day following he died. For four weeks the deceased and his family lived upon potatoes and salt, with sometimes a little tea. He, however, came home one night with a piece of mea', and he admitted to witness he had s'olen it from a shop, adding, with tears in his eyes, " Mrs. SEMPLE, I never did such a thing before in my life, but I was so hungry that I could not help it." When he got tip stairs he ate part of it raw upon a piece of bread, leaving the remainder for his wife.--31r. BADCELY, of Phillimore-place, surgeon, said the deceased had died of consumption, accelerated by the want of food.—SusaNNA n WILKINS, the wife of the deceased, was called in; she appeared to be a , )out 23 years of age, and in an extra melt' delicate state of health. Before she could reach the v hair ',laced for her she fainted, and the Coroner immediately ordered restoratives; and, when she had partially re covered, she begged for a biscuit, which was brought to her, with a small quantity of brandy and water. After stating that she had been married four years she gave a long account of her and her husband's sufferings, and of her having endeavoured to get some assistance from the parish, but without success. The Jury returned a ver tGvheioerddpi;catr,bisuh': at That ru ir t tyi h o e ? deceasednot prop e rly di greate d b b l y arn t ve h n e i visitation a of ol f r themselves; and the Jury hope that more oigdianee i n that respect will be exereiefeJ in future."--The Jurors ifterwards made a sub , eription for the anfortanaas W id ow and child.