The Sun. — London, England, 1830-07-17 00:00:00

I; • I 06; ° THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY). COVENT-GA' There was a good supply a the trade was brisk ; prices day se'anight. a. d. s. d Potatoes (cwt.) 9 6105 0 Cauliflowers I. 6 4 0 Cobbages (12 heads) 0 9 1 6 Jorse itadish(bundle) 1 6 3 0 Celery 0 6 1 4 Turnips (12 bunches) I 6 3 0 Young Carrots .. ... 6 0 12 0 Coleteorta or Greens 1 0 1 9 }radishes 0 6 1 0 In g Onions 1 6 2 0 Leeks 1 0 1 6 Cos Lettuces (score) 0 8 1 6 Cabbage ditto 0 3 0 6 Cucumbers (brace) Small Sailed (basket) 0 1 0 4 Sca.kail (pummel) French Beans 0 8 1 0 Wall Cherries (lb) 0 9 1 0 Cherries (121 b.) 3 0 8 0 1 Strawberries (pottle) 0 6 091 Raspberries 0 6 0 EN MARKET. It this morning's market, and about the same as on this s.d. s.d. Spinage (half-sieve) 0 4 tot) 6 Green Pease ...... 0 8 1 6 IBroad Beans 0 8 1 4 Young Apples 2 0 5 0 Pears 2 0 3 o Gooseberries 1 3 9 6 Currants 2 0 4 0 Sweet Oranges (WO) Seville Oranges Lemons 6 0 14 0 Asparagus. 1 0 2 6 Span. Chesnuts (peck) 6 0 10 0 French ditto 4 0 6 0 Spanish Hazlenuts French Walnuts 5 0 8 0 Eng. Grapes (per lb.) 2 6 4 0 Foreign 0 8 I 0 Peaches (dozen) 3O 0 36 0 Nectarines . 24 6 30 0 Apricots Common Plums 2 0 4 0 HAY MARKETS.—(At per Load of 36 Trusses.) ST. JAMES. Coarse heavy Lowland M ea d ow Hay £2 10 to £3 0 New Meadow Hay . 10 4 0 Useffil Old Ditto Fine Upland Meadow and Rye-grass Hay 4 5 5 5 Clover Hay 3 10 5 10 Oat Straw £0 oto£o 01 Wheat Straw... 212 3 0 Meadow Hay 55. to 100.. Straw 3s. ; and Clover Hay ss. per load lower than last quoted. A good supply, and a dull trade. Coarse heavy Lowland M ea d ow Hay £2 10 to £3 0 New Meadow Hay 2 15 4 0 Useful Old Ditto 3 15 4 0 Fine Upland Meadow and Rye-grass Hay 4 5 510 Clover Hay (extra fine)....00 10... Generally Oat Straw 40 ot o £o 0 1 Wheat Straw 212 3 0 MEETING OF THE ELECTORS OF BRISTOL-(YESTERDAY). • • A Meeting having been called by advertisement, to con ,eider of a proper person to represent this city in Parlia ment, in consequence of the resignation of Mr. Bright, a large and respectable body of the electors met at the Assembly Rooms, in Princes -street, this morning—the number, probably, above 2,000. W. P. TAUNTON, Esq., Barrister, was called to the Chair. After reading the advertisement of the meeting, • he said it was useless for him to point out, their duty, which they well knew, but he begged that they would give each speaker an impartial hearing. After a lapse of some minutes, Mr. PINNI/T, a West India Planter, rose end said, it was with much diffidence .that he had brought himself to address them that day, but that he did it in consequence of his name being called.- -- (Applause.)—[Here a part of a platform at the end of the room gave way, and though it occasioned great con fusion and no little alarm, was unattended by any serious accident.]—He was going to say that, knowing the opinion of a very numerous class of his fellow-citizens, he thought it proper to give his opinion on those important questions '—Free Trade, Civil and Religious Liberty, and Reform in Parliament.—(Applause.)—He was convinced that the first was the most important, and would raise this nation ' to a zenith of power and greatness unprecedented in the annals of the world. The ether questions depended on the great moral and intellectual improvement of mankind ; and he would ask the good sense of the meeting, if the enormous sums generally spent at the contested elections not only of ';, this city, but in every part of the United Kingdom, were '' ' in any respect favourable to a reform in Parliament ? Of '' this evil there should be a radical reform.—(Noise.)—lt '.. was an evil, the remedy for which we hold in oar own '' hands. The abolition of West India slavery should be °A' done judisiously, and in accordance with those int , sioralile es i r olutions of the two Houses of Parliament, which they t Passed in 1820, and in which he as well as all other persons, WhO were holders of property in the West Indies, cordially 1;;, egreed.—(No, no.)—He spoke what be knew confidently. i , He then w en t on t o sa y th a t to stand as a Representativ e t : to this great city would be an honour to any man, and "1: •he trusted that the electors would give that honour to the beet man.—(Applause.)-110 would be glad to have that :' honour ; but he could confidently say, that nothing should 1. indica h m to come forward if it was to be at the expence •I of so much money, which he considered inconsistent with "- . hie own freedom and the independence of the electors.— i (Murmurs.) k , • ' There was now a pause in the meeting, and no person rose to propose a gentleman who was for retrenching the saturnalia of an election. ; : , Mr. Tam, a freeman and a carpenter, apparently • from his shop-bench, then rose. He thought Mr. Pinney l i• had not been explicit enough on the question of West India i i s lavery . He (Mr. P.) had said, we did not understand llie question of slavery ; bat we all understand humanity, e ..A. . -.. we ought to follow its dictates.—(Great uproar.)-- ! Mr. Pinney is backed by the West India interest.—(No, l i "•)—I say he is. The bold speaker then read some statements from Mill ' eionary Reports, complaining of the planters not allowing their slaves to turn Methodist preachers and schoolmasters. This digression was very impatiently listened to, and was only heard out by the interference of the Chairman. Mr. TAIT? then proceeded—Until Mr. Pinney had ' given a pledge to vote against West Indian slavery he hoped the citizens of Bristol would not give him their votes. lie • Proposed a tried man (Mr. Protheroe, jun.)—(Uproar, With fries of " No Popery, down with the Bristol slave dealers," &c.) , Mr. PINNICT, in reply to a question, said he was much • o bliged to the gentleman who Aced him if lie was a friend ' to religious liberty. lie did not feel offended at the ques .,h/ tics, nor at the a tt a ck f r om the last speaker on his she- I racter. He did not object to liberality in candidates ; but . he did object to the enormous expenditure at the hustings. : "( Uproar .)— H e had been educated a friend to religious - liberty, and he trusted he should live and die such.— / (Noise, and cries of "Protheroe.") . The R. Mr. ROBINTS, Baptist llinister, had the .: h appiness of knowing Mr. Pinney, and knew bins to be a ors, virtuous and upright man, and a friend to religion and humanity; and what he was about to say was not in per sonal enmity to him. If any person could prove that the ° Would b,s. lio answer to the arguments againstslaTery—a ~,.e t h ing_rlich is abhorrent to the very nature of E nglishmen. . His friends and dearest relations were connected with the West Indies; but he would not allow private feelings to influence him when they interfered with his duty as a malt and a Christian. He always admired those beautiful Words of his friend Mr. Curran—" The moment a man sets his feat on English ground his chains fall from him, si sad the demon of slavery sinks into the earth, and his anal into freedom." There would have been no l' hie to Mr. P rot h eroe ' s return , h a d h e not d ec l are d i'' Is opinion in the House of Commons on the slave trade, 11 ,7 .(11( 4 es.)-11e would say yes, for Mr. Protheroe had If ,eeltred th e same i n the Homo of Commons.—(Cries of li : That's no proof, " and great uproar.)—He would not fl !la ve seconded the nomination of Mr. Protheroe, but that r ie believ e d i n t h e truth of his statement. The question ho 4 4 s ow of religi ous lib erty , an d h e ca ll e d upon the Dis ,, 4 . , t ers---(Hisees an d applause)—to stand forward, and 2. the descendants of the 2,000 martyrs wh o su ff ere d i n f thi s cityin the rei gn o f Ch ar l es H. H e t h en a ll u d e d to l _ t !ll , imprison ment o f Mr. Sm i th and other Dissenting Mi meters in the West India islands. He concluded by se , 4° .,,,nding the nomination of Edward Protheroe, jun.—(Ap it I ",!'e.) os ane CHAIRMAN then put the question of Mr. Pro ,--: .1.,,r. nomination. • , l e show of hands wag much in favour of Mr. Protheroe, I n t e lhe greater part did not show at all. The announce "te...t The received with three cheers. ,; ,Th Crumb/tax then asked if any other person was to 7 p e rso n might in nomination , for it did not follow that some other __ tnight not be proposed. I. _ Mr, PINNIST was not going to make another speech, but z . W.!_i . abou t to state that he should not stand nor oppose ; air , Bright, if he should step forward. He was going to 1/. inP.ese the son of a person to whom this city was muds Pr "geoted. Had not this city been reflected on that it is finorle,tige_r_the second city of the empire, but the fourth or , n 0' c. "4 4 ,1-net it not become them to elect one who would be I I 4 ides-idiots in the House and who knew all their 10 , city and would uphold t he Commercial prosperity of the of 8r155e0.,;... propo se was en (Cheere.)—The person whom be should this city, wed e well acquainted with the commerce of would be always ready to forward its trade. He hop e d o t o f d d olt mid the , s our Constitution is free, that its free !re, the blessi ng of its influence should be exerted all B illie.--w(gAripap.launtee)concluded by proposing Mr. James 01... CRl.,p_ta_iinifita.trro; then seconded Mr. Pinney's motion. Pl . l i c i lle, l' e W u as a fit li a a n ll d pth:oenpe r put the question of whether Mr. person to be put in nomination. it S'l h s h ow ; wise much in favour of Mr. Baillie; and "I slildeuse followed.) 000 1.. Tbe CHAIRMAN t h en said that the show of hands was gr i n : ft : lr ': in favour of Mr. Baillie, over the show of hands rotheroe. ft Mr. J. HALL rose, but he was very indistinctly heard, ; i: arlditz e m au r. hi na o n d ir ie f . fa er from those about him that he was ;iii, genTthiterneensztittapantet ihnere asked if there were any other Mr. Pointe- propneend"linatim t Itt %ginne wh ic h Was a a vote of thank% to the Learned 9 meeting separated. a greed to with applause, and the """'" COURT CIRCULAR. The KING has appointed Earl JERSEY to be Lord Chamberlain. His Lordship officiated in that capacity on Thursday night, at the funeral of the late KING. His MAJESTY arrived at Frogmore Lodge on Thursday afternoon, from the Queen's Lodge, at Bushy Park. The members of the Royal Family also arrived at Frogmore Lodge, and dined with the KING. His MAJESTY, accom panied by Colonel FITZCLARENCE, left Frogmore in a car riage drawn by six of the fine Hanoverian black horses, to attend the funeral of the late KING. After the funeral of the late KING, his MAJESTY and the Royal Dukes returned to Frogmore. Prince LEOPOLD returned to his residence at Claremont. The Dukes of SUSSEX and GLOUCESTER returned to town yesterday morning, and the Duke of CUMBERLAND, accompanied by Prince GEORGE, to his residence at Kew. The KING, accompanied by the QUEEN, Mrs. Colonel FITZCLARENCE, and Miss FITZCLARENCE, left Frogmore about ten o'clock yesterday morning in a pony phaeton, and proceeded to Windsor Castle, where their MAJESTIES were received by the Duke of SUSSEX, the Lord Steward, the Duke of WELLINGTON, and Lord FARNBOROUGH. The KING received an Address from the Dean and Ca. none of Windsor. Their MAJESTIES, accompanied by the Duke of WEI,. LINGTON and Lord FARNBOROUGH, went over different parts of the Castle. On leaving the Castle their Manzs- TIES went to Beamont Lodge, the residence of Viscount ASHBROOK, where they partook of a dejeune, and after wards returned to their residence in Bushy-park. About five o'clock yesterday afternoon the KING and QUEEN left Bushy in a carriage and four, escorted by a party of Lancers, and came to town. On passing through Hyde-park, and also St. James's-park, the persons assem bled greeted their MAJESTIES with loud cheers. Their MAJESTIES entered the Palace about seven o'clock by the Garden-gate, and in the evening dined with the Princess AUGUSTA, at her residence in the King's Palace, St. James's. The Duchess of GLOUCJESTER and the Princess AUGCSTA Came to town together yesterday from the Queen's Lodge, in Bushy-park. The Atistrian Ambassador had an inttrview with the Earl of ABERDEEN yesterday, at the Foreign-office. The CIIANCELLOR of the Excnrclutta, visited the Duke of WzmaNaTort yesterday, at the Treasury. REMARKABLE DEGREE OF OBESITY IN THE PERSON OF HIS LATE MAJESTY. We understand that the quantity of fat en veloping the several viscera in the person of his late Majesty was very great. An immense de posit was found about the kidneys, and the adi pose matter seemed even to have pervaded the intersticial texture of these glands. About the heart the quantity was also prodigious, and such as must have oppressed its action to a consider able extent. But the rarest appearance, con sidered pathologically, was that presented by the lungs. We inferred, from so much stress being laid on the " embarrassment of breathing," that " considerable portions of the lungs were consolidated ;" and offered this as an explanation of the great difficulty with which the respiratory organs performed their functions. This con jecture has been entirely verified by the appear ances found after death. Beneath the pleura, fat was deposited to an extraordinary extent ; and at the edges of the lungs, where the pleurr covering the different surfaces meet, or rather where the membrane forms an angle in passing from one surface to another, there was a com plete border or fringe of fat—so that a con siderable portion at the margins of what is usually lung, was consolidated. Thus, although as stated in the official report, the " structure of the lungs had undergone no change," yet a considerable proportion of the mass compressed within the pleura was impervious to air ; afford ing .a striking confirmation of the accuracy of our inference from the symptoms, even as to this minor and secondary part of his Majesty' s disease. The only point with regard to which we were mistaken, was the source of the consoli dation ; which we presumed to have been caused by the repeated attacks of inflammation from which his Majesty had previously suffered. The result of the case altogether shows the superiority which we derived from having contemplated the subject in a fair and candid manner, without the bias of personal antipathies. The opposite line of conduct led the writer, in a contemporary journal, to attribute his late Majesty's attack to gout, and not to discover that the disease was in the heart till after the post-mortem examina tion had been made.—London Medical Ga zette of July 17. --- The KING, we are informed, will appear in Sr. James's Park, at the time the guard is relieved, on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday next. His MAJESTY will prorogue Parliament in person on Friday, and on Saturdry will visit the Exhibition of the Royal Academy at Somerset-house.—Morning Paper. The Court Journal of this day (No. 64) contains a Copious and Original Account of the Lying in State and Funeral of GEORGY. IV.—Patrician Portraits— A Noble Saint ! Lord C—tatt—.-PE—Social, Moral, and Political Influence of the new Reign—Last Moments of English Kings—Verses written by an actual Reigning Sovereign on his ewn Accession to the Throne—The Court of Hanover—The young Prince GIOAGE of Cam bridge, &c.—Splendid Rtesof Foreign Courts—The Duke of ALGIERS—Racing at Berlin—Royal Family of Russia— Original Court Anecdotes—Political, Literary, and Mis cellaneous News of the Week, &c. &e. KERRY.—Major CROSBIE continues his canvass with the most decided success. Rumour speaks of his being returned by a large majority. The Sydney Gazette of the 28th of Ja nuary, says--" We are sorry to hear that Sir EDWARD PARRY is suffering under en attack of dysentery." COUNTY OF CLARE.----O'CONNELL.—YeS terday a deputation from the electors of the county of Clare, consisting of the following gentlemen :--Titostas STEXLIS, STAUNTON CAHILL, HEWITT HItIDCMIAN, and WILLIAM LARDNER, arrival in Dublin to induce Mr. O'CosrstELL to return to Clare, in accordance with the resolutions pas sed in Ennis, on Monday last. The deputation left Ennis on Monday, and as they passed through the fair of Tubber the same day, the object of their journey to Dublin was announced by Mr. STEELE, and was received by the people with the most enthusiastic cheers. When the deputation reached Gort, an attempt was made by the people to take the horses from their car riage, and draw them to Loughrea, and the people would not refrain from this determination, until the most earnest entreaties to desist bad bees made by the Rev. Mr. HUFTY, and the gentlemen of the deputation. On the entire line of road, the deputation were followed by the cheers and blenainge of the people. Before leaving Ennis, the depu tation made arrangements to give to Mr. O'CoNNELL one of the most splendid and magnificent public entries, ever yet bestowed upon a distinguished and a popular man in and part of Irsland.—Dublin Morning Register,Thuraday. ANECDOTE OP THE LATE RICHARD PARKES 13oNNznarox.---11cnomfarow, the artist, (shortly after the arrival of his parents in Paris) was placed un der that celebrated Frenchman Lx Gans, but, from some dereliction of duty, incurred the displeasure of his master, and was expelled the Academy. BoNstowrou, not daring to tell his parents of the ,circumistance, left home at the usual time, as if he was prosecuting his studies, instead of which he went to the house of a friend who allowed him the use of a garret, where he painted a number of pic tures, which he sold to an old lady who kept a print shop. LE Guos, happening to pass by her store, saw some of the paintings, and being struck by their beauty, became a purchaser. On a future day others were ex hibited in her window, and be was tempted to make a second purchase, and, at the same time, asked the old lady who was the artist? She replied, " a young Eng lishman of the name of Boxsturerou." La Gatos wee so gratified that he immediately sent for hint, and, after pointing out the impropriety for which he was expelled, said, " BouNtuoToti, I restore you to your place in the Academy —your pictures have given me such pleasure, and promise so much future excellence, that if ever you are at a loss in any thing relative to your profession, consult and advise with BC/NEM:TON related this to the writer of this article, and said the happiest and proudest day of his life was that on which he was restored to his Acadeuly. REFORM ASSOCIATION. Yesterday a meeting of friends of Parliamentary Reform was held at the Freemasons' Tavern, for the purpose of declaring their opinions on that sub. ject, and of adopting such measures as might ap pear advisable for promoting their practical diffusion, with a view to the approaching general election. The meeting, which originated with the Reform Association, was held in one of the committee rooms, and consisted of between 200 and 300 persons. Among those present were—Mr. Monck, Mr. Hume, Mr. Hobhouse, Colonel Jones, and Mr. Hunt. On the motion of Col. JONES, Mr. MoseK, M.P., was called to the chair. After returning his acknowledgments to the meeting for the honour conferred upon him. The CHAIRMAN proceeded to say, that the causes of the two principal difficulties with which reformers had to contend were external and internal—external, from the friends of corruption who were the uncom promising foes of reform—internal, arising out of the jealousy and suspicion that too frequently pre vailed among the friends of reform themselves. While they had to struggle with the opposition pre sented by their enemies, surely it was unwise to weaken themselves by internal divisions. He called on all to unite with cordiality for the accomplish ment of their common purpose. For his own part, he entirely agreed to all the four propositions which formed the basis of the Reform Association ; but if there were any individual present who agreed to only one of them, he was ready to hold out to that individual the hand of fellowship, and join him as a fellow-labourer in the grand cause, so far as he should be disposed to proceed. Let not the moderate reformer be stigmatized as insincere, nor let those who were ready to go beyond the four propositions of the Society be denounced as revo lutionary.—(Hear.)—A few words upon the general subject of the necessity of Parliamentary reform. It had been well stated in the petition of the friends of the people—a petition presented to the House of Commons many years ago—that a majority of the Members of the Lower House were returned by 150 or IGO individuals. Such was the state of things before the Union with Ireland, and that measure had not contributed to improve matters. He had seen a curious document with respect to the repre sentation of the sister kingdom. From it, it ap peared, that of 34 Irish towns, cities, and boroughs, which returned Members to the Imperial Parliament, more than Gne-half (18) had each fewer than 100 constituents, and more than one-third (14) fewer than 50. There were 10 boroughs which had less than 16 constituents each. Here, then, were 10 Irish boroughs having altogether not 150 constitu ents, yet possessing, through their representatives in the British House of Commons, as much weight and influence as the counties of Middlesex, York, Lancaster, and the city of Westminster.—(Hear.) It was thus that the voice of a great city and im portant counties might be drowned by a small self interested band of 150 electors,—(Hear.) In the Parliamentary balance, the independence, property, and intelligence of three great comities, and the city of Westminster, had uo more weight than ten rotten Irish boroughs, destitute of wealth, intelligence, public spirit, or population.—(Hear, hear.) It ap peared from this statement that, in a Parliamentary point of view, no great, good had resulted to this country from its union with Ireland, which, instead of infusing vigour and purity into the House of Com mons, had been the means of augmenting the cor ruption and inefficiency of a body bad enough be fore. What could be worse than such a system of representation ? But they were told by the ene mies of reform, absurd and ridiculous as the present system might be, bad as it might seem in theory, it worked well in practice. Did it work well in prat. lice ? Yes ; it worked well for the few, but did it work well for the many, for whose benefit all go vernments ought to be instituted ?—(Hear.) He denied that it did or could. What was the conse quence of the present inefficient system of repre sentation ?—an enormous waste of the public money. It was the duty of the House of Commons to grant supplies to the Crown; it was no less its duty to watch narrowly the expenditure of the public money. Were supplies cautiously granted ?—was the distri bution of them jealously investigated ? Certainly not: hear.) Why were not Members of Parliament examples of economy in the management of the public resources ? For this simple reason, that many of them sat in Parliament without con stituents, and had nobody to whom they were ac countable.—(Hear.) It was unnecessary to insist on the reckless extravagance manifested in the ex penditure of the country. Take our diplomatic ex penses for the present year, they amounted to up wards of 400,00 W., while in AEerica the entire cost of diplomacy was 14,0001. Mt it might be said it was not fair to compare monarchies with republics. Well, then, he was content to abandon the compari son between England and America, and take France, Austria, and Russia, prepared as he was to contend that the united diplomatic expenditure of those three monarchies (two of them absolute) fell short of ours. Had any of the States referred to a dend weight (justly so called) of between 5,000,0001. a n d 6,000,000/., which pressed to the earth the industry and crippled the resources of the country ? Why did such abuses exist in England—abuses unknown elsewhere ? Because Members of the House of Commons, instead of guarding, had made themselves deep sharers in the public purse—(Hear)—and con verted the items of a wasteful expenditure into means of providiug for their poorer connexions,- (Hear, hear.) It was high time that we should have a reform of Parliament. Mr. IlonoousE, in rising to move the first reso lution, adverted to the importance of the crisis at which they met—the only crisis when Englishmen enjoyed an opportunity of expressing their opinion of public men tool measures in the most decisive manner, by electing their representatives in Parlia ment ; but when he said " Englishmen," he must narrow the expression to that portion of them (On fortunately small) who did possess an opportunity of really choosing representatives. The lion. Gen tleman proceeded to express his dissent from an opi nion broached by his Hon. Friend, Mr. Hume, in the House of Commons, to the effect that if the people were only to :do their duty they could re turn a majority of Members, and that reform might thus be effected. lie denied that this was the case; no :doubt the people might effect more than they did; it was just physically possible that they could do as his lion. Friend said, but it was almost morally impossible that they should. Was it judging cor rectly to show the upper and more independent classes omitted to do their duty by the people, when they basely betrayed them, and in nothing more than in reference to representation. Was it fair to expect that persons, who, from the force of circum stances, were not in habits of independence or self action, should under the present vicious and defec iive system do their duty by the country ? So much for the moral probabilities of the case; but as re garded the mere physical capability of the people giving their votes in all cases honestly, it was almost impracticable as matters stood at pre sent. In great counties, where voters were ob liged to go (if at all) a considerable distance to the poll, they were unable of themselves to bear the expence, and in all cases wealth must preponderate tinder the present mede of electing Members of Parliament. In cases where Members were chosen by freemen there was also room for the influence of wealth to the destruction of virtuous and indepen dent poverty. Tbe lion. Gentleman proceeded to allude to an instance in which certain freemen of Berwick-upon-Tweed having been shipped aboard a smack, for the purpose of proceeding to vote for one candidate, were spirited away to the North Sea by the captain, who bad been bribed by a rival can didate to carry his cargo to kick their heels amid the waves of the German Ocean, instead of landing them at the proper point of destination to do their duty.--(hear, and laughter.)--Such tricks as these might be frequently played by a man with a loag purse. Why talk then of the people doing their duty in the face of the discouragementa anti obsta-1 cles to independence arising out of their own poverty and the wealth of others—obstacles increased a hundred fold by the present mode of proceeding The Hon. Gentleman went on to mention the peti tion presented to the House of Commons in 1793, by Mr. Grey, in which it was offered to be proved, at the bar, that a majority of the Members was re turned by 154 , patrons. No doubt this was the case at present. And if 15-I individuals could re. turn a majority of the House of Commons, it was impossible that the people could also return a ma jority as his Hon. Friend appeared to suppose. The Hon. Gentleman next proceeded to observe, that unanimity was vitally necessary to the success of their object, and that differences of opinion as to details should not prevent Reformers from co operating to produce the great result of which they were all desirous. He hoped that the jealousies which had proved so fatal to their cause were now extinct. For himself he would say, that he was a decided advocate of reform. lie had always voted for the most extensive scheme of reform that had ever been proposed in Padiament, and he had also voted for the narrowest anti most trifling—for the minimum of reform which any gracious friend of the reformers had at any time been pleased to dole out. He had acted thus upon principle. The basis of the Association was one which, in all pro bability, most reformers would think Wide enough, at the same time that he trusted few would object to it. He found that vote by ballot was put forward among the prepositions of the Association as a sine qua non of all Parliamentary reform.—( Hear, hear.)—lt was after the most careful consideration —after having been once of a contrary opinion— that he had at length come to the conclusion that vote by ballot was absolutely indispensable in any feasible scheme of reform.—(Hear.)—Without it, you can do nothing—(Hear)—with it, even under your present rotten system, you can do almost every thing.—(Hear.)—This was his deliberate opinion, founded in the first place upon that beat of all testa, experience; and secondly, upon the authority of wise, good, intelligent, and disinterested men, such as Bentham and Mill—great and illustrious names placed far above the sneers of those who had endea voured to put them down by taunts and sarcasms— men whom argument could not defeat, corruption reach, nor force prevent, from ending as they had begun, by promoting the interests, and showing themselves the best friends of their country. The Hon. Gentleman concluded by proposing the follow ing resolution : " That by the present state of the representation, the people are deprived of a right essential to the maintenance of their liberties, and the protection of their property, re cognized and established by ancient laws—a right fully admitted and confirmed by the statute of James 1., where in it is declared, that in Parliament ' all the whole body of the nation, and every particular member thereof, either in person or by representation (upon their own free elec tions), are supposed to be personally present.' In can. fortuity with which Lord Chid Justice Camden bath said, ' Whatever is a man's own is ah,olutely his own, and no man has a right to take it from him without his consent, either expressed by himself or his representative;' and Mr. Justice Blackstone bath said, th 'in a free state a branch at least of the legislative power should reside in the whole body of the people."' The resolution, having been seconded, was put from the Chair and unanimously agreed to. Mr. HECTOR, a member of the Association, moved the second resolution, which was to the effect— " That what has been called and lauded as a virtual, is is in reality but a pretended or sham representation of the people, efficient only in wasting the resources of the nation, —giving the colour of an assumed popular sanction to ex travagance, and largely increasing the number of those who are interested in promoting it." Mr. WESTERN seconded th e reso l ut i on . _ _ _ . Mr. MAHON contended that until the present system of election was changed, it would be alto ' gether impossible to make any approximation to wards purity in our representation. The speaker went on to denounce the guzzling and bribery at elections ; but observed that, be disapproved of the plan of annual Parliaments and universal suffrage. ' He was a moderate reformer, and wished to see the proposition of Lord J. Russell carried into effect.— ' (Hisses.)—He did not come there to cast the torch ' of discord into the meeting, but he must state his deliberate opinion, that the radical reformers • had embarked upon a wide polar sea without chart or Te r compass, ap a s , n n %o ( v i ee u d l m ,d (continued n i t •e le a d c h the a p speaker),( s e ‘ s.) %, e ' years (L l a te u i g ic h e t , er_ when we may yshal hear olfl 0 50 Perhaps we may hear of their at length reaching in t b h e e mquietly some 4 i r md — their battered bark some obscure nook, very Me . m l a ' rent from the expected haven, if they have not been previously frozen to death on the passage.—(Re ' newed laughter and hisses.) The second resolution was agreed to unanimously. Mr. HUME rose, amid very marked and long continued applause, to move the third resolution. The Hon. Gentleman hoped all would agree in the propriety of a resolution which came home to every man. It was a resolution complaining of the evils produced by unnecessary establishments, profuse expenditure, an overwhelming debt, and exorbitant taxation, all of which had arisen from a want of that controul which was alone to be secured by a proper representation of the people. Where was the man whose pocket was not affected by the evils com . plainer) of—whose income was not lessened, or whose industry was not cramped, in consequence of them ? The preceding speaker had talked of re formers as of persons who ventured on an unknown sea without compass or rudder, and would never reach a port unless perchance after a lapse of forty or fifty years, when, as the Learned Gentleman pro perly observed, they might be all dead and gone.— (Hear, and laughter.) The first proposition of the society was, that there should be an extension of the elective franchise. Would any reformer deny the propriety of it ? or could any body say that an as sociation adopting this proposition started without a principle ? The next proposition was, that the mode of taking the poll at elections should be by ballot.— (Hear, hear.) He knew there was some dif ference of opinion on that subject, but believed it was a difference that existed to a greater ex tent in the House of Commons than out of it. For his own part, he had always put forward the principle of vote by ballot as a sovereign re medy for many of the vices of the - present system. The third proposition was, that all elections should begin and close in one and the same day. The pre ceding speaker had denounced the vices of drunken ness and riot at elections; did he wish to see theta discontinued ? if so, he ought to support this proposition. The Hon. Gentleman went on to say, that the second and third propositions of the Association held out the prospect of becoming one day or other the means of effecting the end which they all had in view. As to the fourth proposition, that the duration of each ParliaMent should not exceed three years, what was there objectionable in this ? It did not declare that the Parliaments should not be annual (it only limited their duration to three years) if proper checks could be devised. It tvas unfair in the preceding speaker to express such apprehensions at the idea of annual Parlia ments; such fears might do very well from the lips of an opponent, but they came with a bad grace from the mouth of a friend of reform. From what he had seen of the an nual Parliaments of the city of London,'he could not dis cover the difficulty of having annual imperial Parliaments properly organized. Taking all the tour propositions, he asked whether there was any sincere friend of reform who would not agree to them ? For his part, he concurred in them all. L e t t h e reformers do their duty by them se l ves and the count r y, an d b e i ng aware of the evils painted in the three first resolutions, let them proceed to obtain a remedy--(llear.)—H e now came to the subject of the resolution which he should have the honour to propose for their adoption. It was— ., That the evils which have long oppressed this country, ma nifested in the disco ntent of the people, and in the frequently occurring seasons of distress, are, to a considerable extent, pro duced by unnecessary establishments, protuse expenditure, an overwhelming debt,' and exorbitant taxation all of which have arisen and grown to their present ruinous extent, from a want or that eontroul which is altme to be secured by a real represen tation of the people." From the causes stated in this resolution arose much of the evil and misery that afflicted the country, and what was more, hence were derived the means of supporting misrule. The present system was made the instrument of enriching a few individuals to the impoverishment and de struction of the many. The entire evil arose front ti *set, - . 4' -..;."; j ^ ~ , :g_ or due eontroul, which trim only to be secured by a teal representation of the, people. The Hon. Member pro• ceeded next to call the attention of the meeting to letters which he had received from several places in the country, stating that the electors would, at the ensuing election, vote for any candidate whom he (Mr. Hume) should re commend as ready to act on his principles in Parliament. He should quote but one as a specimen of the rest. It came from an elector of Beverley, then at Hull, and states that the inhabitants of Hull were anxious to have for their• representative one who should constantly vote with Mr. Hume. He, in reply, however, asked his correspondent what would be the expellee? The answer was, only some thing about 3,000/. or 4,000/.—(Hear, and laughter. ) This correspondent next states that the people of Beverley were also most anxious to have a liberal candidate in place of Mr. Battley, who declines again " coming down" with 41. for every entire vote, and 21. for every half one, the price usually paid at Beverley, which contains from 1,300 to 1,100 electors.—(llear.)—Was this, he asked, theprin eiple which should regulate elections? Should not the elec tors of England begin with reforming themselves, and thus lead the way to the reform of their representatives?— (Hear, hear.)—ln conclusion, he trusted that the Reform Association would give publicity to the proceedings and conduct of Members of Parliament, and would persevere in asserting the great principles on which it was este blished.—(Cheers.)—The Hon. Gentleman then read his resolution, the fourth of the series.—Agreed to unani mously. Mr. FLANAGAN wished the Hon. Member for Aber deen would direct his attention to the present most corrupt state of the Irish boroughs, many of which—Dundalk, Tralee, and Ennis, for example—did not possess more than five or six bona fide electors. Mr. Hustx was compelled to be at the House of Cem mons at four o'clock, and therefore trusted that the meet ing would excuse his and Mr. Hobbotnie's then departing. —(Hear.) As both of the Hon. Gentlemen were about to leave the room- A Gentleman of Colour wished to know whether Mr. Ilobhouse bad been correctly represented as blowing hot and cold on the questions of vote by ballot, universal Buff• rage, and annual Parliaments. Mr. Honnousx was most willing to, at any time, give every explanation of his public conduct. His sentiments had not been correctly represented by the gentleman (Mr. Mahon), who had alluded to them. What he said was, that he had vo.ed for the most extensive project of reform that bad come under his notice in Parliament, and also for plans of but minimum improvement—acting in both cases on, as he took it, the wise principle of being thankful for any reform, or for any measure likely to promote the great object they had all in viewo*(Hear, bear.)—As to his opinions on vote by ballot and universal suffrage, he thought it was not in the power of language to be more explicit than he bad been on Mr. O'Connell's motion on reform.—(Cheers.) Mr. Hobhouse and Mr. Hume then withdrew. Colonel JONES proposed the fifth resolution. He had taken great pains to ascertain the truth of the facts which the present Lord Grey had offered to prove at the bar of the House in 1793, namely, that the House of Commons was actually elected by an oligarchy, consisting of between 150 and 160 persons. The fact was even worse than the then Mr. Grey had sated. The gallant officer entered into a lengthened statement of the history of the boroughs possessed by the Dukes of Not folk, Northumberland, New castle, Rutland, Devonshire, and Portland, the Marquisses of Cleveland, Hertford, Ailesbury, anti Lansdowne, the Earls of Lonsdale, Fitzwilliam, Abingdon, and the great owners of landed and borough property, with a view to show that these Noblemen nominated whom they pleased for their boroughs. The late Duke of Norfolk had a fancy for borough influence, and actually paid as interest for a loan of money seats for two Parliaments to the lender of the money.—(Hear, hear.)—The late Duke of Northurnber• land made his representatives change sides three or four times in the session as it suited his purpose to vote with or against the Minister. Being disappointed in obtaining a blue riband, he compelled his representatives for his Cornish boroughs to vote against rho then administration ; having obtained the garter, he gave counter orders, which were obeyed at once without a question. Shortly after, he wanted to get the colonelcy of the Blues, and adopted the same course with the same success, and the same oirdience on the part of hiS nominees. —(Hear, hear.) — Was obsequiousness of this humiliating kind the fitting demeanour of the representatives of the people?--(" No no.")—They all knew the system pursued by the Duke of Newcastle in the " management of his own pro perty," to quote his own mode of designating a gross violation of the rights and liberties of the people, so that he need not dwell on it.—(Hear, hear.) The Marquis of Cleveland was one of their great borough proprietors, who in the saute way would have no representatives for his borough save those who voted as lie desired them.. Mr. Brougham was a remarkable recent instance in point— ni,,(),,,,erofsrlillir::el?::•ar)-..-he having been obliged to vacate Lord Darling • ton's borough of' Winchilsea, because the Noble Lord (now em ply, aac. Marquis of Cleveland) had changed his mind on son" public question, and as a matter of course expected his nominees to shape their conduct accordingly.—(Hear.)— Mr. Brougham lied since been nominated by another great proprietor—the Duke of Devonshire—on what terms lie knew not. As he had alluded to the Marquis of Cleve land, he would mention an anecdote illustrative of the pre sent system of boroughmongering—for it was against the system, and not individuals, that Ilia observations were di rected—which he had heard from a chief party in the matter, Sir Isaac Coffin. It happened that he (Colonel Jones) and Sir Isaac were fellow-passengers from America. In the course of conversation Sir Isaac said to hint, '" Do you know, Jones, that I should have no objection to he a member of that jawing House, called the House of Com mons; I think I should make no shy figure there."— (Hear, anti a laugh.) Well, he thought no more of the matter, till walking one day near Pall-mall, be was touched on the shoulder by his friend Sir Isaac, who said, "Do you know, old boy, that I am a member of the jawing House."—( Laughter.) " The devil you are, old gentleman, pray how did you become so ?"--- "Why," exclaimed Sir Isaac, "it was all through my friend Lord Darlington. I went down to Ruby Castle, and aid one day after dinner to his Lord • ship, " Da you know I should like to be a. member of the Howie of Commons." " Indeed !" said his Lordship.— the : to,a,..:ytiliii.taililithi4l:td:lew:ilhltuilkatywev(ylvoetotiogoutitlivetne.liitoin/allnctv:iuie:lt:hitvseoho,attut,ettse at: point. t a l ,s i tni t k ) s s eja i 7 n y t i:i o t sw a ra u daks v nrd Sit• Irgtest am n ',L i 1 I n :o a s t : up o f here te on the table: if heads turn up, I shall rote with you ; if tail., just as it pleases myself. Lord Darlington agreed : heads it was, and here I am, old boy, a representative of the people."—(Great laughter.)—Well a member Sir Isaac certainly was; but for where? Why, fur Ilchesta, so notorious for being the scene of Mr. Hunt's unjult im prisonment, and of the cruelties of his jailor.—(Hear.)— And yet that jailor was courted by Sir Isaac Coffin, a high•aninded English Admiral ; so low do gentlemen stoop under the present all .eorrupting system, for the purpose of carrying an election.-4Hear.)-lle begged leave to ' observe, in corroboration of this observation, that when Mr. blunt petitioned the blouse of Commons concerning the infamous conduct of the jailor of &heater, the very first man to rise up voluntarily and defend that person was Mr. Alexander Baring, and that stalely because be happened to be member for Taunton, with which the jailor had some family connection.--(Hear, bear.)—The Barings—highly honourable men in all the dealings of life—were qualifying themselves for the " order" by Isecoming the proprietors of boroughs. Already they owned Callington and Thetford, and shortly woold, no doubt, count one of their name among the hereditary aristocracy. This was one of the great vices of the English character—this hankering after the aristocracy...--(Hear.)—No sooner do they begin to prosper, than they turn their backs on their old friends and equals, and obtrude themselves among those who looked down on them with contempt.—(Hear, bear.)—ln all he had been saying, he begged it to be understood that it was the system, and not individuals, that ho denounced. The expenses at elections should be reduced. What was to be thought of a system under which Lord Milton, with his princely fortune, feared to again encounter the expense of an election even without a contest? Nor was this won derful, when the extraordinary sums which he had ex pended in such contests were recollectedwhen it was considered that the mere show-day of the last election cost the candidates 100,0001..—(Hear, hear.)—But Lord Milton would not be lost to the country, as he intended, he was informed, to send the - persecuting Whig Attorney, General to the right-about, and sit himself for Peterbo rough.--(Cheers.)—lle trusted that Middlesex was about to set an example by which this expensive system would be chocked, and that all the metropolitan counties Would imi tate it in returning honest and useful Members. free of ex. pense.—(Hear.)--..He trusted that the great jobber in the ' horough of Petersfiehl (Mr, Jolliffe) would tail in his at tempts to become the representative of Surrey, and that the electors of that county would not be fergetful of their , t;ty cllAi t i o ti t , h ow e ,o n i t ,t s ,, v n es t7 a ili n l d 7 t . he an c d ou 4 r t atr s y „ .2' i l i t i e ri, t t ia i l ,e la r n i( t:le i t t n v, l7 o : unreal to be proved at the bar of the !louse or Commons by egniu4,l3 iitat4,,,ainell, who predicted the rulinnia consetpiences of Parliainentary corruption, That a neciticd majority of the Members are returned by the nomination of IA patrons—that 40reera, in defiance of the laws, return 81 Members by their 4,` own authority, and that the free choice of the electors in a great Tortitur of the remainder is frustrated by various corruptions ;' yet all looptry has been unjustly denied, and all reformation t b_ stinately rootstock " That a nurntiet of pen, possessing amongst them the power of ruling the House of Commotur, by nominating the great ma. jority its Members, necessarilyieontroul the Government, and appropriate to themselves the produee-Of the taxes ; and accord ingly we find from Parliamentary documents, thaISOMN. per annum is received by 114 Members of the House, and that 113 Privy Counsellors receive yearly $OO,OOOl. of the public money." Mr. Rurr bad great pleasure in seconding the resolution. The resolution was unanimously agreed to. Sir F. BUICIATT, who had come into the room as Col. Jones was concluding his speech, next presented himself to the meeting amid loud cheers. He rose to propose the sixth resolution "'Tat the attainment of Parliamentary. Reform has been hitherto impeded, if not prevented, by two principal causes .-- First, by the differences of opinion relative to the details of Itc h-um ; and secondly, by the want of some permanent and active body or association to expose abuses, suggest remedies, and con. centrate publfir opinion." The Hon. Baronet stated that he bad ridden some 23 or milee to attend the meeting, which, owing to the ille gible hand-writing of his friend, Colonel Jones, he, under a mistake, thought it would have been held two ddys sgs In proposing the resolution, it was needless fur him to - • . . take up the time of the meeting by repeating his opinions on the subject of reform. They were those he ever had advocated, and, be trusted, ever would advocate. They went to the maximum of extension to all classes of dim rights which, under the Constitution, every Englishman should possess—rights not only constitutional, but which came recommended from a higher authority than any Celt stitution—tbut of reason and common sense, and the law of nature.—(Hear, hear.) But while be was thus per sonally an advocate for the fullest reform in the system of representation, and bad recorded it in the Journals of the House of Commons as his opinion, that till annual Par liaments and universal suffrage were adopted there cau7d not be a complete reform, he thought he was bound, as a practical man of the world, to accept of the co-operation of those who might not be disposed to go so ray as he would—as far as they went, trusting that time, that iv, experience, would induce them to come round to his more extended views, as their soundness and benefits should un fold themselves.—(Hear.) The great object to attain was union," so as to let the voice of the people have its due force in guiding the deliberations of their repre sentatives. With respect to the present administration, lie thought with all its faults it was the best they had had for some time or could hope for under the existing system. The country was indebted to it forseveral valuable reforms in the criminal code, and the administration of . justice; but no administration could hope to contend with the present boroughmongering system, only so far as it watt aided by an enlightened and approving public opinion. It was the interest of a Government to repose on public opinion; it was its interest, therefore, to favour the free expression of the public voice, both which objects were incompatible with the present system. A corrupt system of represen cation was the parent evil of this country; a reform of the representation the only remedy. That reform he saw no just ground to despair of. The progress of the public mind was highly favourably to it ; so was the general in fluence of circumstances. They were entering a new reign, under a monarch who hid fair to be the most truly popular of any since the Revolution.—(Hear, hear.) — And they had the example of France to stimulate their efforts.—(ilear.)—The Hon. Baronet concluded with toging a coalition with the Birmieghem Union, and with all classes of reformers. He hoped to he able to attend the meeting of that body, to be held in a few weeks. Mr. Hem , objected to the word " details" in the Hon. Bironet's resolution. The difference was not one of de tail, but of principle, and he should propose an amend went to that effect. The original resolution was, however, carried unani mously, Mr. Hunt not pressing his amendment against the sense of the meeting. Mr. if eTIIEUINGTON expressed his regret that F ir Francis Burdett did not come oftener among them— ( Hear)—and had ceased to give expression to his opinions with his wonted energy. He had seen opinions ascribed to the Hon. Baronet on the corn laws Which he knew not how to reconcile with the general liberality of his senti tnents.—(fieer.) Sir FAANCJA Buxom could assure the Hon. Speaker that the opinions be then held were those which had guided him through public life, and, if he knew himself, should be acted upon by him to his last moments.--(Hear, hear.) —lt was true that he did not then give the energetic ex.. pression to them to which the gentleman had alluded. But why? because the times did not require it; becalm. the battle was over—Near, hear)—because another order of measures, another system of policy, had been adopted I.y the Crown and the Government, which precluded the ne cessity of such vehement expression of opinion. --(Hear, hear.)--Let it be recollected, that when he fought the battle, he did so at the risk of being sent to Newgate every night, and that, too, without any aid from the people without. The people were actually awed into submission by the frost system against which he had fearlessly raised his voice.—( Hear, hear. )-.-But all this had happily passed away ; there was now no fear of having a suspension of the habeas Corpus Act—no apprehension of a recurrence of the calamitous events which bad excited his wannest indignation.---(Hear, hear.)—lf there were, he should be as ready as ever to raise his voice against oppression. —(Cheers.) But it was not, therefore, becoming in him to be blustering and bawling in a time of peace in a tone which only became a state of hostility.—(Hear, hear.) With respect to the Corn Laws he begged leave to say. that if returned again to Parliament he should move for their repeal—(Hear, hear)—not, be it understood, that lit therefore concluded that bread would be cheaper ; but be cause he thought that the landed interest, of al others, would derive most benefit from the repeal, and that bread would be higher in price, and that, with that addition to the price, there would be a diminution of taxaaion and in creased demand for labour. lie begged leave, as the .uhjects of voting by ballot and the pending elections in France had been alluded to, to observe that the vote ht ballot was only necessary when the general system was corrupt, and that when the right of representation wai placed on the broad basis he should like to see it rest oil, there would be no need of the ballot. France was no ar gument to the contrary of this opinion ; for that country contained but eighty thousand electors altogether—a number not equal to that which Westminster, and one m iry° other places, possessed among them. The present system of election was, in this country, a wicked farce ; the people had no voice; and unless in Westminster, and, perhaps, the City of Landon, the electors could not well be expected, under the present corrupt system, to with stand what Mr. Bentham calls the " purse-brandishing system of terrorem."—( Hear.) The resolution passed with two riot contents. Colonel Jotess moved—. " That this meeting learns with satisfaction that a union has been formed for the attainment of a reform in the representation, and strongly recommends the immediate formation of similar unions in every county, city, and town in the United Kingdom, and that such unions should be formed on a basis sufficiently ex. tensive to comprise all sincere friends of reforni. That we recom.. mend such basis to boa concurrence in one or more of the four following propositions, via. The lion. Gentleman contended that Assooistiona of this kiwi were the more necessary, as he understood that the Earl of Lauderdale, an English Baron, and Mr. Wm. lfohnes, had a regular Committee sitting in Warren's lintel for the purpose of supporting Treasury candidates against liberals in the approaching election.—(Hear.) The resolution pastted unanimously. The following resolutions were also passed unanimously, after a very desultory discussion, in which Mr. Hunt, Mr. Hetherington, Mr. Mahon, and several other gentlemen rook a part. "'Phut all plans of reform which do not embrace universal suffrage, with the protection of the ballot, are unjust in polo dple, will prove to he inefficient and delusive in pructiee, and arc calculated hopelessly to prolong the slavery and degradation of the Intelligent and Indust:ions w name n of the United Kingdom." " That the mode of taking the poll at elections should be by ballot," " That all elections should begin and close on one and the same night." t axeeed three years. an that any person agreeing In any one ofthem Pay :011:11:4ibtlethteo become trifutintanchbeil.`aortliamw:rt:rnotiiiltdarnoy Aiisociation . " Thank* having been voted with aoelatnation to the Chairman, the meeting broke up at about seven u'olook. KING'S COLLEGE.--We understand that the following apps intmentr have ttken plane In the medical department of King'e college, viz. t—Proistasor of Anato my—Mr. Altyo. Theory and Practice of Medicine— l)r. F. Itawines. Therapeutics and Materia Aledica Dr. BISSKT HAWKINI. Surgery-111r, GRAVN. Chc. Vas. We cannot pledge ourselves for the accuracy of the last, but we have good reason to believe that the others will be found contd.—London Medical Gazette of July 17. On the 12th inst., a letter from Sir RonERT Pant,, Bart., was received by the Magistrates of Mussel burgh, in answer to their address of condolence and con• gratulation, of which the following is a copy Whitehall, 10th July, 185 0 ' Gentlenten s —l have had the honour to lay below an KING the loyal and dutiful address of the Magioratett and Town Council of the burgh of Musselhurgh. And I have the satisfaction to inform you,that his Itlalescv WAN pleased to rec e i ve the same in he most graviotoi miniver. 1 am, Gentlemen, your obedi en t Servarit, (Signed) ROBERT PEEL. To EDWARD CA RSS, Esq., GAR wRIZI4 E 4 su Nlagistrittes of Altmelburgli....Scotaman.