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upon the ballot. Four out of five of those which reach us arc adverse to that measure. A long one from a " Scotchman of the Middle Class" espouses the cause of secrecy. Two others, one from " A Reformer," and one from Aristides, jun.," oppose it. Our wish is con fined to a single point—that if the innovation be adopted, it may effect all the public good which its most sanguine partisans predict from it. Some, though, as we have shown, but a partial injury may have arisen from threats as well as bribes during the late election ; but we are unteachable enough to continue under the mistake, if it be a mistake, which we set out with,—viz., that the ballot would be no cure for any existing evils, and that if it were a remedy for them, it could only be so by becoming the source of others at present unknown to this country.—Times. It would be difficult to find an instance of the national vanity of the French being carried to such a surfeiting excess of self-approbation as on the occasion of the fall of the citadel of An twerp—an achievement which, when we consider the fearful odds with which the handful of van quished Dutch had to contend—when we also recollect the previous boasting of the French. about the citadel being a mere morceau to the vast army sent against it—reflects any thing bu• credit on the military prowess, at the present day, of that nation which had, some twenty years ago, filled the earth with the " glory and gloom" of its conquests under the guidance of the genius of Napoleon. Nor have our Anglo- Gallic writers been behind their allies of tin Parisian Press in silly and senseless exultation. We always looked upon the combined naval and military attack of the two great nations upon Holland as a proceeding so bad in principle that it could derive no honour from success, or could it be rendered more disgraceful by disaster. Those, however, who hold the convenient but profligate doctrine that a regard for principle ought never to stand in the was of the advantages which a more libertine policy promises, will, of course, form their estimation of every measure by the simple criterion of its success. But then, before such persons throw away their applause, they should he certain that victory has really crowned the enterprise which political principle and morality disowns. There never was in this world a greater violation of principle committed than when two great nations. that had interfered, in the professed character of mediators, between two small ones, assumed the right of substituting, for the recommendations of peace and the language of persuasion, the wea pons of violence and blood. Protesting, as we did all along, against the interference of our Go vernment in the Belgico-Dutch disputes, sve still thought that there was a chance of our Minis ters eventually extricating themselves and the country from the quarrel, by availing them selves of the fair excuse that, having failed to reconcile the parties by their mediato rial efforts, they must leave them to settle their disputes as they best could without their inter s position. If all the five Powers of the Con-. ference were as anxious to preserve the peace of Europe as the Government papers tell us they were, it would have been easy for them to have brought the matter to a speedy termination, by entering into a compact not so sanguinary as the Anglo-Gallic Convention—a compact of ,strict neutrality, which would leave the stage of the Netherlands clear of foreign intervention, that Belgium and Holland might fight the_quarrel out. Such an arrangement would also have put to the test the capacity of Belgium for indepen dence; for if she could not maintain herself single-handed against Holland, it is evident that she is not qualified to be an independent State. In the mean time the commerce of England would have greatly benefited by her neutrality between both parties, and her undisturbed relations with Holland—a nation that, ever since the revolution down to the time of the unlucky Palmerston Conven tion, took from England in abundance those articles of production and manufacture with which Belgium used to supply her. But such a termination of the quarrel .between Belgium and Hollard as did not allow a pretext for the sanguinary interference of a French army was not in accordance with the political projects of the Government of France. Hence the irruption of an army of 70,000 or 80,000 men to reduce a garrison of 4,000 ; and hence has Leopold been exhibited to all Europe as the contented Viceroy of a province, whose destinies are en tirely regulated by the supreme authority at the Tuileries. The Anglo-Gallic Convention is far from being carried into full effect by the fall of the citadel of Antwerp. The Convention undertook to demand that, after the 12th of last November, there " should be no Netherland troops within the limits ofthe kingdom of Belgium, nor any Belgian troops within the territory of the King of the Ne therlands." There was to be a complete evacua tion of territory by both parties. A great deal of blood has since been shed to attain this ob ject, yet the Dutch have still possession of the important forts of Lillo and Liefkenshoek, on the banks of the Scheldt, and the Belgians, on their part, have not evacuated any of the posses sions adjudged to belong to the King of Hol land ; they have not surrendered Venloo, or the province of Limburg, or that portion of Luxem burg which they have been recommended to give up. Indeed, the very mention of giving up those possessions by Leopold made his Ma jesty of Belgium exceedingly unpopular, and along with his servile application for the inter ference of the troops of Louis Philip, raised that opposition in the Chamber, which drove his Ministry out of office. The fact is, the Belgic question is now more complicated than ever. The slaughter of Antwerp has produced great iminediate advantages to the French Govern ment, but for every other purpose it has been a senseless infliction of sufferin—a wanton and barren waste of life. The Herald. The dinner given on Thursday last to the two representatives for Manchester, Mr. Philips and Mr. Poulett Thomson, is, in many respects, oe serving of attention. Such an assembly is not certainly of every-day occurrence. On this occa sion 1,300 gentlemen, all possessed of some property, many very wealthy , a ll distinguished for their respectability and intelligence, were united under one roof. With the exception, too, of eight visiters, they were all electors of the borough. It is unnecessary for us to ob serve that Manchester is now the acknowledged commercial metropolis of the world, that it is the centre of that which gives to this country its distinctive character—our manufacturing system. We deem the approbation by the mer chants and manufacturers of Manchester of the principles acted on by Mr. Poulett Thomson as of unspeakable importance. Here are the men who have the deepest interest in the commercial prosperity of the country, and who, by their know ledge and skill, are best acquainted with the sources of our commercial greatness, and the means by %%Inch it can be preserved and advanced, not satis fied with a cold approbation of the public conduct of Mr. Thomson, but in order to mark their pe culiar sense of the importance to the country of the course he is pursuing, soliciting him, though a stranger, and without solicitation on his part, to represent them the very moment the suffrage was communicated to them. Mr. Poulett Thomson was known to the Manchester elec tors principally from his connection with the question of free commerce. His general poli tical character is in perfect accordance with the politics of the mass of the educated population of Manchester ; but that alone, much as they were satisfied with him in that respect, would never have caused him to be even thought of, had it not been combined with his bold and enlightened opinions on trade. It was to strengthen and encourage him in his career, to silence the curs who were perpetually snarling Ott him—it was to give a demonstration which could not be challenged, that he had the en. lightened commercial world on his side, that the electors of Manchester were chiefly anxious to con nect him with them as their representative. His election cannot be said to be the work of any delu sion fostered by the Press—any unfair influence ; for of six newspapers published in Manchester, five were bitterly opposed to the return of Mr. P. Thomson ; and this affords a proof that those who attribute omnipotence to the Press, forget that the Press is powerful only in the pro portion in which it espouses the good cause. The electors of Manchester, at all events, have Proved that they can think for themselves. The electors of Manchester were not only assailed by their own newspapers, but strong recommenda tions of Mr. Loyd appeared in our own co lumns, and also in the columns of our contem poraries, the Times and Globe. The truth is, we believed Mr. Loyd to be an able and con scientious Reformer, and we were aware at the time neither of the prevalence of the wish to return Mr. P. Thomson, nor of the importance which they attached to his return, as a triumph of sound principles. Neither had we been made acquainted with the influence which the ap pearance of a Conservative candidate in Man chester had on the liberalism of Mr. Loyd. If ever, therefore, a candidate appeared under cir cumstances little calculated to aid the cause on which his claims rested, it was the Vice-Presi dent of the Board of Trade. All the other candidates had completed their canvass before he was thought of, and Mr. Loyd had even enjoyed the advantage of the strong newspaper recom mendations to with we have alluded, and the re commendations of many respectable fiends in Manchester, and the support of the influence of the Bank establishment. And yet the Manchester electors, judging and acting for themselves, were steady to their purpose, and in the contest for the principles of Mr. P. Thomson, obtained a triumph without incurring any other expense than that of a few placards and advertise ments. Mr. Thomson was completely a stranger in Manchester ; and we have been assured by a most respectable merchant of that city, that there were not perhaps twenty people in it who could say they had ever set eyes on him. We yesterday gave a brief abstract of the proceedings at the dinner. We this day give from the Manchester Chronicle what appears to be a pretty full account of the speech of Mr. Poulett Thomson, which will deservedly be the subject of much discussion throughout the country. The very great length of the report in the Man chester papers—that in the Manchester Times extending to ten closely-printed columns—will not allow us to do more than extract the speech of Mr. Thomson ; but as it is of immense im portance that the motives of the Manchester electors, in this selection should be properly ap preciated, we must here avail ourselves of the following passage in the very able speech of Mr. Shuttleworth:— " His election was exclusively the act of the electors themselves—(Cheers) —and in fixing upon him for their choice—in desiring to connect him with this, perhaps, the most important borough in the empire, they vt ere influenced not only by an anxiety to give their most seri ous and emphatic sanction to those measures and that policy to which the Right Hon. Gentleman was favourable —(Cheers)—but also by an anxiety to add to the effect of those means and opportunities to do public good—ol that power to promote the national welfare, which the Right Hon. Gentleman, as a public Minister, possesses.— (Great cheers.) If the Right Hon. Gentleman bad not, by his past public life, secured the confidence of the elec tors, as a sincere and earnest friend of all practical and constitutional ameliorations and improvement in the Go vernment—of the most rigid and severe retrenchment and economy in the national expenditure—and, as the intelli gent and powerful advocate of the principles of commercial freedom—(Cheers) —in all our domestic and foreign rela tions, he might have sought the representation of this borough even unto his dying day, without the smallest chance of success.—( Great cheers.) But having secured this confidence, the distinction, whatever that may be, has been freely and spontaneously tendered to him—(Great cheers.)" Having thus placed the election and the dinner in what we trust is the proper point of view, we must say, adverting to the speech of Mr. Thomson, that we like it exceedingly. It is by acting in the spirit which pervades that speech, that Ministers can alone hope to steer with success through the difficulties which will beset them in the Reform Parliament. Of the two speeches recently delivered in Lancashire by members of the Administration, we need not say which we think best calculated to serve the Ministry. Adverting to the alleged incom patibility of the principle on which he was re turned, with the Government with which he was connected, and which would place the Admi nistration in a .position !apposed to one of its members— " The answer," said Mr. Thomson, " that I would give to those who dare thus to calumniate the Govern ment of which I am a member—(Loud cries of " Hear, hear," and cheers)—is one which not only I would give, but which has received confirmation from one far higher than I can hope to be in the Councils of my Sovereign —from one far higher in glory and far higher in the af fections and the esteem of his countrymen—(Applause)— the answer, I say, that 1 give to those calumniators is this —that no Government from which the confidence of the people of Manchester—accorded upon the principles upon which it has been given to me—has been withdrawn, can hope to stand in this country, or ought to stand.— (Tremendous cheering.)" No Government ought to stand that arrays itself against the intelligence of the country. Even the Duke of Wellington, in the lucid in terval which preceded his league with the bo roughmongers, and when he was inclined to give the franchise to several of the large towns, ad mitted, at a public dinner at Manchester, that no Minister ought to think of retaining his place a moment longer than his conduct received the approbation of 'the intelligent middle classes of the country. The idea of Government having a will of its own, independent of the sense of the community, is a piece of monstrous absur dity fitter for the meridian of St. Petersburgh than Westminster. The ballot is evidently a word which grates on certain ears, though it must and will be adopted. We have never yet seen a shadow of argument against the princi ple. The most despicable cavilling at points unconnected with the essence of the question is all that has }'et fallen under our notice. In de- tailing his principles, Mr. Poulett Thomson did not certainly name the ballot, but when he spoke of giving " to the principle of representa tion that which it ought to have—that which he trusted it had, but which if it had not, it ought to have—the liberty of every man to give his vote conscientiously—(Vehement cheering)" he de scribed what can alone be given to the ballot. We may observe, that it is curious enough, that the very dependent circumstances of most of the voters, are made an argument against affording them protection. Because tenants dare not re fuse to tell their landlords how they shall vote, and consequently dare not refuse to vote as their land lords shall order them, therefore they are to be left entirely in the power of their landlords, without even an endeavour to shield them. But then how immoral to promise to vote for one, and yet vote for another. But is there no immorality in voting contrary to conscience ? Is there no im morality in returning to Parliament a man whose principles you believe fraught with ruin to the country ? But it is forgotten all the while, that if the ballot be efficient to secure secrecy, the immorality of breaking promises will be of short date, for the best of all reasons, that they would cease to be exacted. If the ballot do not secure secrecy, then the dependent and drunken voter (for great stress is laid on the circum stance that an Englishman can keep nothing in his cups from his cronies) will not dare to vio late his promise even with the ballot. We hold every opponent of the ballot an enemy of Re form in his heart—we hold him to be dishonest in his intentions in giving the franchise, or weak in his understanding—for if he meant that they to whom the franchise is given should exercise it independently, he must have known very little of England, if he was not aware that from the unequal distribution of property and a variety of other circumstances, placing the great body of electors in dependent circumstances, the fran chise could not be exercised fairly. 'Without the ballot, the counties would become as foul as rotten boroughs in a short time. In this elec tion, the hope of protection from the ballot has induced electors to continue the struggle which was made for the Reform Bill ; but it cannot be expected that men should be constantly ex posing themselves to loss of business, and a va riety of persecutions to which a conscientious vote now subjects them. The opponent of the ballot, be he who he may, is either a hollow Reformer and a trickster, or a wretched rea soner. Though we have extended our observa tions beyond what we intended, we cannot avoid noticing the able manner in which Mr. P. Thomson exposed the absurdity of the language used in speaking of the Reform Bill ; " These (he said) are the principles upon which I be lieve the Reform Bill to have been founded, and for which I believe it will he the end and the means.—(Hear, hear.) I believe, also, that by the operation of that Bill, as it now stands, we may obtain all these great ends.—(Hear.) But if there be defects or deformities which obscure that great measure, we say, let them he examined— (Hear)—let them be looked into, let them be amended. —(Cheers.) Gentlemen, I know that much misrepre sentation has gone abroad about final measures.—(Hear, and cheers.) But Ic in only attribute the circumstance to that watchful jealousy with which the conduct of pub lic men is justly scrutinized. I know not what is the meaning of final measures.—(Loud and reiterated cheers.) I know of no bound to the march of human improvement. —(Applause.) I know of no limits which the course of human intelligence has to meet with—l know of no power to send back the tide of civilization—(Loud applause)— or to make the springs of human improvement stagnateiat their very source.—(Cheers.) And I feel satisfid, that if the course of years rolls on—if human wants and human intelligence requires changes in any course of legislature which may have been entered upon, it will be fur human wisdom and for human sagacity—assembled as it ought to be, legitimately and orderly, in the Great Council of the Nation—to proclaim its wants, its wishes, and its re solves.—(Loud cheers.) But, Gentlemen, although I say this, I should he the first to regret that unnecessary changes were introdnced into any legislative measures, or that we should waste time that can be so much better engaged in cavilling about what after all, but a means to an end.—(Hear.)" But, though Mr. Thomson throws overboard, with very little ceremony, the doctrine delivered in an evil hour by Mr. Stanley, yet, in the language he uses with respect to the measures to which Parliament ought first to apply itself, we do not think he appears to be sufficiently aware how much secret voting goes to the very marrow of the question of the power of Parliament to do good : " Upon one of the great subjects (he says) connected, I may say—for it is not a part of it—with the system of representation—l mean the subject of secret voting—you all know my opinions. I was one of a few who, in early times, when it was unfashionable to be a Reformer —( Hear, and cheers)—and when it was banishment almost to be a ballotist, advocated in my place in Parliament that principle.—(Hear.) In my regard to that I remEtin un changed.—(Loud cheers.) But, at the same time, lam not prepared to say, that unless a strong case be made out —unless circumstances be shown requiring its immediate adoption, I, for one, would be willing to employ my time and the time of the Legislature, in endeavouring to introduce the system, whilst I conceive we have in our hands at present an instrument sufficient to effeet greater and much more substantial good.—(Loud cheers.) lam not one of those who would not even be prepared to resist the principle, however good I may admit it to be, if it be put forward, in my opinion, without necessity, or so as to interfere with greater and more pressing objects.— (Hear, and great applause.)" This is all, no doubt, very ingenious ; but, as the Indian observed with respect to his beaver merchants, they all sing really one song. Now, we admit that in this Parliament the Reformers of various grades are strong; but the warfare they are about to wage is one of tremendous difficulty. All the forces of corruption will be arrayed against them. There are such things, too, as dissolutions. Are we certain that with a Tory Ministry, and the whole influence of the Crown arrayed ag . ainstaeform„ should be equally successful in returning Reformers in an , other Parliament ? It is with great difficulty that the electors have been brought to make the exertions which have thrown out the Conservatives in this election. We are not war ranted, considering the slavish habits of the tenantry of England, in counting on a continua tion of such exertions. We look on the ballot as of the very essence of free election in this country. It would have been folly to have re fused the measure of Reform we have obtained, because unaccompanied with the ballot ; but, being now better able to struggle for it, it would be equal folly not to make the struggle, when we are best able to make it with hopes of sue cess.—fi lorning Chronicle. The extraordinary unanimity which prevails among the members of the present Administra tion has received a new illustration in the speech of Mr. Poulett Thomson at his election dinner at iVlanchester, some of the more important pas sages of which we this clay publish. The Right Hon. Mr. Stanley, on a similar occasion, de clared, but the other day, his determination, and that of the whole of his colleagues, that the Re form Bill should be a final measure. And here we have one of Mr. Stanley's Right Hon. Col leagues not only declaring that it shall riot be so, and that he for one is an advocate of the ballot, but politely intimating his opinion that the Right Honourable Secretary for Ire land, on the occasion alluded to, talked non sense. The Right Hon. Lord Althorp told the agriculturists of Northamptonshire the other day that his Majesty's Government did not intend to sanction any alteration in the corn laws; and here we have one of the Noble Lord's Right Honourable Colleagues describing these same laws to the manufacturers of Manchester as an exploded and obsolete folly, and sarcas tically asking how long they can possibly last ? It will be observed that the singularly modest Mr. Poulett Thomson claimed for the Adminis tration, of which his speech intimates that he considers himself the presiding and controlling member, the merit of being the first Govern ment possessing the confidence of the people that ever existed in any country ; and that he cautioned his hearers very anxiously against the folly of withdrawing any portion of their con fidence on accoont of the mutual surrenders and compromises of opinion which its various mem bers may, from time to time, be under the ne cessity of making to each other. The true meaning to be extracted from all this is, we sup pose, that the Ministers differ widely from each other upon many questions of great importance to the country ; but that they enjoy and deserve the confidence of the country nevertheless, on account of their unanimity upon one question of great importance to themselves, namely, " How many more quarter-days shall we see in office ?" To which they are all ready to answer, not in words merely, but by mutual compromises and surrenders, to any required extent, " As many as we can."—Morning Post. Another year of existence has passed away, and what a year has it not been to the people of Europe ! How pregnant with events of the highest importance to the cause of humanity and civilization ; how important to human free dom in the results which haVe been attained ! On this same day twelvemonths it was a matter of doubt with all rational-minded persons whe ther the liberties and rights of Englishmen would be restored to them—whether the oli garchy would triumph over the people of Eng land, or the voice of justice and of right would triumph over the oligarchy—whether the latter would choose the Members of the House of Com mons, or the people choose freely and independ ently their own representatives, as by law enti tled—whether the Reform Bill would become the law of the land by peaceful means, or the Constitution be shaken to its foundations, in order to render it part and parcel of the law of the land. Never, in fact, since the glorious re volution of 1688, was the internal peace of the country in such hazard of being broken—never did party fury rage to such an extent—never was the throne in so much danger as it was during the last twelve months. Of the ulti mate fate of the Reform Bill there could be no doubt in any one's mind ; but whether it would be carried last year or this year—whe ther it would be passed into a law with or without the consent of the Peers—in due course of legislation, or by that power—the power of the people—which is irresistible, whether legally or illegally exercised—no one could tell. It was a subject of doubt—of dismay—of despondency ; and to complete the anxiety of the public mind upon it, the most unworthy artifices were employed to root out the King's Ministers from the affections of his Majesty— the hydra of Anti-Reform again reared its head in an unfavourable division in the Lords—those in whom only the people had confidence resigned their seals of office, and the Mar shal of an Anti-Reform Cabinet was again seen, to the dismay and indignation of the people, to enter the King's palace in the panoply of illiberalism, and full hatred of popular rights ! The triumph, however, was but of short duration. Like Jonah's gourd, it grew and died in a day—the voice of the people burst forth in one universal acclaim, from one end of the kingdom to the other, for the return of his Majesty's previous advisers to their pre vious situations—the chains with which the oligarchy again hope to bind the people of England, were rent asunder—the Lords im posed upon themselves a necessary silence, and the Reform Bill became the law of the land, despite of faction, despite of intrigue, despite of Royal prejudice. By virtue almost of the same Act, the old Parliament, which was founded on corruption and nomineeship, was extinguished, and we have since seen a new one rise upon its ruins, great in the strength and confidence of the people—and about to en dear itself, we hope, to their affections, by a long course of national economy, national re trenchment, and national improvement. A new day star has risen upon us--may its light be as lasting as it is grateful, glorious, and full of promise ! Of the external events with which the past year has been pregnant, we have only room to observe, that they have terminated in an equally favourable manner to the cause of universal freedom. The Conservative interest has every where been put to the rout—popular revolution has triumphed—a new kingdon has been added to the pre-existing states of Europe—the bonds of amity have been drawn closer between the most free and most civilized states of Europe—and if it must still be con fessed that there are dark and lowering specks in the European horizon, it must also be admitted that there are many bright ones, and that at no period of the history of Europe, did the prospects of the human race look so fair and pleasant. To conclude—the tide of human improvement has long been rolling towards the shore—ita movement is still onward - and on ward—its strength accumulating with its pro ; gress, and though there are still obstacles to be overcome, and opposition to be surmounted, yet who shall say that it will not triumph ? Who will undertake to stern its torrent or stay its course?—Morning Advertiser. Nothing would have afforded us greater plea sure than to have been enabled to announce that the county of Northumberland had taken the foremost rank amongst the reforming counties, but a powerful opposition has been made to its independence, and we are sorry to say with too much effect, one Tory having been returned for each division. For such a result in one division we were certainly prepared, but we must confess that the return for the southern division has been a source to us of severe dis appointment. We relied with confidence on the pledged promises of a majority of the electors of the southern divi sion to support the two reform candidates ; but we have been deceived, many of the electors unable to resist the corruption with which they have been assailed, have basely proved false to their word, and meanly given a tri umph to the enemies of Reform.—Newcastle Chronicle. The stuff trade of Halifax and Bradford is not so lively as it has been, but the general opinion is that more business is doing than usual at this time of the year. —Leeds Mercury. ROCHDALE, DEc. 24.—The flannel market to-day was very slenderly attended, but the goods sold readily, low pieces continue to be sought after. The trade is more brisk than it has been at Christmas for several years past.—Leeds Mercury. IRON TRADE.—We have much pleasure in being able to state that a slight increase has taken place in the price of iron, which, although at present confined to particular Works, augurs well for a general rise in the spring.— Cumbrian. SECOND EDITIOIN , S UN-OFFICE, Seven o'Clock. ruE LoNDoN GAzErrE THIS EVENING. CROWN-OFFICE, Jan. 1, 18:33. MEMBERS RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE NEW PARLIAMENT. N 0 - 117 T I ' l . 0 - Mll - E RIAN - D7- - § - 017r -- 1 ER'S - 1) IV - 8 lON . —The Hon. Henry Grey, commonly called Lord Viscount Howick ; the Hon. Charles Bennett, commonly called Lord Ossulston. SOUTHERN DITISION.—Thomas Wentworth Beaumont, Esq. ; Matthew Bell, Esq. MORPETIL—The Hon. Frederick George Howard. TYNEMOUTIL—George Frederick Young, Esq. BIRMINGHAM.—Thomas Attwood, Esq., and Joshua Scholefield, Es. HERTFORDSHIRE.—Sir John Saunders Sebright, of 13eechwood, in the county of Hertford, Bart., Nicholson Calvert, of Huns den-house, in the same county, Esq., and the Hon. James Walter Grimston, commonly called Viscount Grimston. HERTFORD.—The Honourable Henry John .Chetwynd Talbot, commonly called Viscount Ingestre, and the Hon. Philip Henry Stanhope, commonly called Viscount Mahon. Sr. ALBAN.—Sir Francis Vincent, Bart., and Henry George Ward, Esq. Icswicit.—James Morrison, F,sq. ; Rigby Wason, Esq. Sunnuay.—Sir John Benn Walsh, of Warfield-park, in the county of Berks, and of Berkeley-square, in the county of Middlesex, Bart. ; the Right Honourable Michael Angelo Taylor, of Whitehall-yard, in the county of Middlesex. BURY ST. EDMUNDS.—The Right Honourable Charles Fitzroy, commonly called Lord Charles Fitzroy • the Honourable Fre derick William Hervey, commonly called Earl Jermyn. Exc.—Major-Genera/ Six Edward Kerrison, Bart., of Oakley park, in the counry of Suffolk. DURHAM.—NORTHERN DIVISION.— Hedworth Lambton of Lamb- ton castle, in the county palatine of Durham, Esq. ; Sir Hed worth Williamson, of Whitburn-hall, in the said county pala- tine, Bart. SOUTHERN DIVISION.—Joseph Pease the younger, of Southend, in the parish of Darlington, in the county of Durham Esq. ; and John Bowes, of Streatham.castle, in the said county, Esq. GATESHEAD —Cuthbert Ribbon, of Stanhope Castle, in the county of Durham, Esq. Sou'rn SHIELDS.—Robert Ingham, Esq. LINCOLNSHIRE.—PARTS OF LINDSEY.—Sir William Amcotts Ingilby, Bart., of Kettlethorpe, in the county of Lincoln, and the Hon. Charles Anderson V*orsley Pelham, of Manhy, in the same county. PARTS OF KESTEVF.N AND HOLLAND.—Henry Handley, Esq., of Calverthorpe.hall, in the said county of Lincoln, and Gilbert John Heathcote, Esq., of Stocken-hall, in the county of Rutland. _ _ Bt;s77,7:John Wilks, Esq., and Benjamin Handley, Esq. GRANTHA3l.—Algernon Gray Talmarsh, Esq., and Glynne Earle Welby, Esq. BRIDGEWATER.—GharIes Kemeys Kemeys Tynte, Esq. ; and William Tayleur, Esq. FROME.—Thomas Sheppard, of Hampstead-heath, in the parish of St. Johu, Hampstead, in the county of Middlesex, Esq. WORCESTERSHIRE, WESTERN DIVISION.—TIIC Hon. Thomas Foley. and the Hon. Henry Beauchamp Lygon. EASTERN DIVISION.—WiIIiam Congreve Russell, of King's heath, Esq., and Thomas Henry Cookes, of Bentley, Esq. Cocit.Eamoura.—Fretcheville Lawson Ballantine Dykes, of Dovenby-hall, in the said county of Cumberland, Esq. ; Henry Aglionby Aglionby, of Newbiggen.hall, in the said county of Cumberland, Esq. WARWICKSHIRE, NORTRERN DIVISION.—Sir John Eardley Eard. ley 'Wilmot, of Borkeswell-hall, in the county of Warwick, Bart. ; and William Stratford Dugdale, Blythe-hall, in the said county of Warwick, Esq. SOUTHERN DIVISION.—Sir Gray Skipwith, of Newbold-hall, in the county of Warwick, Bart. ; Sir George Philips, of Wes ton-house, in the said county of Warwick, Bart. . WARWlCK.—Major.General the Honourable Sir Charles John Greville, K.C.B. ; Edward Bolton King, of Umberslade, in the county of Warwick, Esq. DURIIAM.—William Richard Carter Chaytor, of Witton-castle, in the county of Durham, Esq. ; and William Charles Har land, of Suttton-hall, in the county of York, Esq. SUNDERLAND.—Sir William Chaytor, of Witton-castle, in the county of Durham, Bart.; and the Hon. George Barrington, of Greatham, in the county of Durham, Captain in the Royal Navy. STANFORD.—Thomas Chaplin, of Welbeck-street, London, Esq., a Lieut.-Colonel in his Majesty's Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards ; George Finch, of Burley-on-the-Hill, in the county of Rutland, Esq. GREAT GRIMSBY.—William Mansfield, of Sunbury, in the county of Middlesex, Esq. BURGHS OF INVERNESS, NAIRN, FORRES, AND FORTOSE.—Lieut. Col. John Baillie, of Leys. SUFFOLK, EASTERN Division.—The Right Hon. John Henniker, Major Lord Henniker, Baron of Slaney, county of Wicklow, in that part of the United Kingdom called Ireland; Robert Newton Shawe, Esq. WESTERN DivistoN.—Charles Tyrell, of Haughley, in the county of Saffolk, Esq. ; Sir Hyde Parker, of Milford-hall, in Long Milford, in the said county, Bart. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, DEC. 31. Royal Regiment of Artillery—Second Captain J. H. Wood to be Captain, vice Knox, de ceased ; First Lieutenant H. N. Daniel to be Second Gaptain, vice Wood; Second Lieute nant R. F. Hancock to be First Lieutenant, vice Daniel ; Second Lieutenant W. E. Jackson to Captain, vice Grant ; First Lieutenant A. Macbean to be Second Captain, vice Jackson ; Second Lieutenant P. Ellis to be first Lieutenant, vice Macbean, Dec. 28. To be Second Lieutenants. Gentlemen Cadets F. Marriott, vice Beresford, promoted; H. G. Hooper, vice Crawford, promoted; T. Elwyn, vice Cleeve, promoted; C. J. Wright, vice St. George, promoted ; G. A.F. De renzy, vice Nedham, promoted; W. R. Elliot, vice Bignel, re tired on half-pay; P. Macbean, vice Campbell, promoted; C. R. Wynne, vice Frazer, promoted ; L W. M. Wynne, vice Marlay, promoted; F. Ramsay,vice Warde, promoted ; W.W. Jones, vice Tytler, promoted; A. Benn, vice Tireman, promoted, Dec. 00. DECLARATION OF INSOLVENCY. BUSICK JOSEPH WINBOLT, stationer, Poultry. BANKRUPTS. JAMES IRVINE, inaster.mariner ' Brunswick-street, Rus sell-square, to surrender Jan. 14, and Feb. 12, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Freeman and Bothamley, Coleman-street; Lackington, official assignee, Basinhall-street. CHARLES HOWARD, victualler, Mile-end-road, Jan. 8, at half-past eleven, and Feb. 12, at twelve, ar the Court of Bankruptcy. Belcher, King's Arms-yard, Coleman-street, of ficial assignee; Luckett, Wilsou.street, Finsbury-square. THOMAS FRITH, ironmonger, High Holborn, Jan. 8, at twelve, and Feb. 12, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Coombe and Wright, Token House-yard, London. PETER HADDOCKS, timber-merchant, Liverpool, Jan. 18, and Feb. 12, at one, at the Clarendon Rooms, Liverpool. Vin cent, King's Bench-walk, Temple, London ; Robinson, or Bart ley and Roberts, Liverpool. CHRISTOPHER THOMAS ATHOW, wholesale-haber dasher, Wood-street, Cheapside, Jan. 11, at two, and Feb 12, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, King's Arms-yard, official assignee ; James, Bucklersbury. ISAAC WORLEY, jun., tailor, Bow-lane, Jan. 12, and Feb. 12, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards. Prancras lane, official assignee; Holt and Gardom, Threedneedle-street. THOMAS WEAVER, cheesemonger, South-street, Spital. fields, Jan. 6, at eleven, and Feb. 12, at ten, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Hill, Colithall-court, Throgmorton-street. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, DEC. 31. GAMBLING-HOUSE TRANSACTIONS. The trial of the following case excited great interest, and the Court was densely crowded with the owners, visiters, and others connected with the " hells" at the West end of the town. I:larding Ackland, Samuel'Newell, Charles Price, and Thos. Turner, were indicted, with John King (the latter absent through illness), for keeping and maintaining a common gaming-house in the parish of St. James, Westminster, for the sake of lucre and gain, in Novem ber last. The indictment contained several counts, varying the offence. Mr. ALLEY stated the case for the prosecution. The house in which the transaction took place that gave rise to the proceeding before the Court, was situated No. 60, in the Quadrant, Regent-street, well known to be one of the greatest thoroughfares in London. The question the Jury had to consider was, whether the defendants—all, or any of them—were guilty of keeping and maintaining a house for illegal purposes. John Arnold resided at Melton Mowbray, in Leicester shire, and was a grazier. Knew the house No. 60, in the Quadrant, and was there in November last, when play was going on. He saw the games of French harird, rouge et noir, and roulette, played on the 17th and 19th of that month. The defendant Newell acted as groom porter, and Ackland had the money counted to him when they left off play. Price had also acted as groom-porter. Witness had seen Turner there acting as servant. Mr. Pnii.Lirs—Go on, let us. have them all. Wits:mea— -1 kept a billiard-room, and was once guard to a coach. Mr. PHILLIPS — Once again? Witness—l was a groom porter formerly myself.—(Loud laughter.) By Mr. Plimurs—They opened about 3 or 4 o'clock in the afternoon ?—He had played with Ackland there, and seen Newell. Witness lives upon his property. Ha., no occupation at all, excepting going like Mr. Arnold to races in the country, for the purpose of pl e asure, and occasionally betting, as other " gentlemen " did. Far- Emily be was an assistant in a school, but be had re linquished the seat of learning eight or nine years. He had been at two or three other houses of play, one in Jermyn-street, 109 ; he believed the lower part of which was a regular tavern. His object in play was of course to get money if he could ; that was the prevailing object at such houses. Ackland, the defendant, owed him 1,0601. a while back, but he had reduced it to about 4001. For the 6001. he had received witness had given no value. Winners never gave value; that was the business of the loser. He had told a person that he would withdraw his evidence if Ackland would pay him 2001. more off the balance. To this stipulation was annexed another—viz., that Arnold, the last witness, should have the like sum in part of his balance. He had no particular acquaintance with Arnold, but he had met him in public more than once ; and on one occasion be had paid him a visit at Melton Mowbray. He repea'ed, that he was free to admit that had the balances been reduced, the prosecution would not have been instituted. Mr. John Dyke confirmed the testimony of the preced ing witnesses, as to the fact of play, stating that he had hi mse lf played with Ackland, and had seen some of the other defendants acting as groom-porters. The Jury returned a verdict, acquitting Ackland, and pronouncing Newell and Price Guilty. The CHAIRMAN said, the sentence of the Court was, that they, Simnel Newell and Charles Price, be severally imprisoned for six calendar months in the House of Cor rection ; and that at the expiration thereof, they enter into their own recognizances to be of good behaviour for one year, and each to provide two sureties in the sum of 100/. To-morroe RECO] MONTHLY MILITAR Y OBIT UAR LIEUTENANT-COLONELS—Phillips, h. p. R. Mari. Gossip, h. p. 11 Garr. Batt. ; Forrest, E. I. Cod Serv. ; Dunne, do. TE Masoits—Knox, R. Art. Leith Fort, Etiinburi/ DEDICAI Wyburn, h. p. Royal Marines. Just ready, i CAPTAINS—Werhet id, 3 Dr. Gds. Brighton; Boyesti, F. ; Burton, 54 F. Tri c hinopoly, Madras ; Stainton r 7 O I e LO F. Corfu ; Snow, 97 F. K a ndy, Ceylon ; Stanway, • TOM Eng. Ireland ; Mathews, late of R. Art. ; T. Don Bar. Mist. Berbice ; Barrow, h. p. Newfoundland Feoo Rich Lundin, h. p. 21 F. ; Hall, h. p. R. Mar. ; Hicks, 1 1 4 Vet. Bn. ; Sir John Cox, Bart. h. p. 18 F. London. LIEUTENANTS—Wade, 13 F. ; Phibbs, 40 F. PO Just ret Bombay; Macdonald, 55 F. Bellary, Madras; Morisii m do. do. do. ; Persse, 77 F. ; h. p. 11 Dr.; Bid , EM( p. 48 F. Donegal ; Dixon, h. p. 80 F. Jersey ; Cot? 5. h. p. 7. W. I. R. do. ; Schwartz, h. p. Nova. Sco. Fd Town Adjt. of Cape Breton; Foy, h. p. 94 F. ; Ni'it late 2 Vet. lin. ; Cameron, 9 do. ; Irwin, 11 do. ; pur, h. p. Unatt. ; Mason, do. ; Kay, h. p. 62 F. ; 11 Brown, b. p. 83 F. ; Carthew, late Art. Drivers, Troll Cornwall ; Appleton, b. p. R. Mar. ; Carrington, Sely, h. p. 5 F. SECOND LIEUTENANTS AND ENSIGNS.. , -Martin, 38 Dewes, 89 F. ; Nicoll, Fort. Adjt. in Canada, Coteau' Lac ; Gwinnell, h. p. R. Mar. ; Graham, late 1 VI Bn. ; Hall, 6 do. ; Harrison, 8 do. ; M‘Kowen, di Campbell, h. p. 65 F. Paymaster Griffiths, b. p. 23 F. QUARTER-MASTERS —Wainwright, h. p. 27 F. ; Fl lips, late of 58 F. ; Banks, b. p. 4 Dr. Gde. Templeme ASSISTANT-SURGEONS—TouImin, 58 F. Ceylon; lor, h. p. Staff ; Gibbons, late of R. Art. ; Bloxam Veterinary Surgeon Hayward, 6 Dr. Gds. COMMISEARIAT DEPARTMENT---.Dep. Asst. Co Gen. Curl), h. p. Barbadoes. Ricli Including Rich -This de T t LONDON MARKE' is ' i c etWeil wiedt tht4ebla h o es ki" ti k work of n ns in our tha' i4 a Poet extra or di Ceßtiß w oo , hinge eendeai Rich 11 " day Val fine Poi S I R loein'Al - the b u k e of Melvill e and tin gui'hed C Ilio n of Lady for" One of th M an Year perilousY ad v Comb' ' e n t this woru_pol k Ric! The The Pirst NE Eotravins of DES' W. banjo , 81 / 1 TH, iro n , origi E Advice to a Fr 'ion• Rich. ARRIVALS OF GRAIN IN LONDON DUR THE ARMY. --Linseed, Mustard, 10 IDES. ENG LAST WE: From Whence. ro 4 FE; r. r D g 1 p • 1 ; , 1 ..) Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. St Aldbormigh 34 279 10 ' Boston Chichester Cowes l' i o a l r cts i t l er : 35 6, 536 215 ; z 64 , 137 43 Leigh 740 '267 52 72 73 ,i A Maldon 1635 401 225 20 210 272 1 , Exeter Grangemouth — 9l i l i e e T t ich...... 14091 I t l 3 R 1352 1 5 275 3 515 1 Poole — 240 Portsmouth — 1 Southampton Southwold 3O 237 Spalding — 230 0 Stockton — 3 Wells — 450 100 / I Weymouth — 16 Wisboach 475 — 0 Woodbridge ' 75 1117 5 55 0 Yarmouth — 3662 330 '2B Aberdeen — 470 Banff — 1196 Berwick Dundee Leith Montrose 454 ..,, 5872 9913 2746 2589 1069 1'242 ° IRISH. Ballina — 720 / Cork 497 515 Dublin Limerick — 955 Londonderry Newry — 700 Sligo Watertbrd — 1870 Youghall lOl 2912 —.-• FOREIGN. Odessa l9OO —. Quebec -- ---... ~, Total ; \fad23s°?urni.ska°enf,di 1-, 7 ) Sly &S° !low, The vrusin--( tharles°tewl T. cutiod e „ S hort iv no worth. ' ethe, by I N. g 1 j ; With r" . " • r - ortra P'eted, price CO URT m given withoi P ublishe d Li b r 26, 1212 11 • ruLsEr 4 () THE ( •Brank, ed GRAN T! I Ju It SSE Publish V EL AuT, (R. b Yßtic& ter! Q►ode of ne iS , ised Ll)neti esti TION of of Treatrnet In the W l unigatiar °° n l ; the R I)e nded An; tirm. &c. .41 W aters a ` °n, tuvor /. " W e have ur ne ; but d a this tt l ile C a t, e e d y rot e d at to d ce s fr t-, much as t suage 4e h Rood tc • 11131 1E1 stre et and t. 'ha", LOnd tooksell APRICE OF OIL. bVil Rape Oil, brown 3ll. (is. Refined di av prof Linseed Oil Linseed Oil Cake at the Mill, per thousand 1 5 , ey, prevaili Hane Cake, per ton Be nce is the WHITECHAPEL HAY 'MARKE l'.—Dee. Hay 603.0 d. to SOs. Od. Clover Od. to 100" Straw _ _ os. Od. to 3.3 i. Od. , t 0 make th( PRICE 01 POTATOES.—Dec 31. ! ieul ar stud Kidneys (York) 01. Os. to 3/. 10s, per ton n . teaagtA a :ueig, , ebtoi ,rofsnsi ur,dr, si:e).elenbru: . Scotch Reds 3/. Os. to 3/. ss. ditto, t utee Marsh Champions Ol. Os, to 41. Os. ditto. all ,d G oXnobles and Slums 21. 101. to 31. Os. ditto. efractu, =re m acch elim a lit y On " ne barn nervous disc such bane& Which th e 44 fey and ,p of these Par be, h y a rn , attached to moves and initiate Cates o f wE tnonials frc )nvinee an I 2748 1 , F OTH AGGREGATE Rye, 0--Tares,' QUA N' 'ITY 0 116151 RR AI R.apesei eds. 19 1069 IDS 0 . PltlOE OF BREAD. .1 The highest price of Bread in the Metropolis is 9d. foli 41b. Loaf. There are others who sell from )4d. to I}6d. hat price. PRICE OF SEEDS.—Dee. 24. New English Red Clover Seed (per Cwt.) —s. --s. fine —s. Old Ditto Ditto —s. 60s. fine --s. sT e w Foreign Ditto —s. —s fine —s. Old Ditto gew White C10ver...............................—................ —s. —s. fine .--s• Old Ditto Ditt0..................................,..... —s. 60s. fine ...... gew Trefoil - 325. 355. fine 365. Old Ditto ...._ _ •._ .. • ....... —s. 20s. fine 26s Rib Grass , 4. 375. fine—s. _ English Carraway Seed _ •• —s. —s. 655. fine Foreign Ditto Coriander —. —s. Its. fine ,s. St. Foin —..............(per Quarter)....,........ 408: 445. fine —S. _. Rye Grass ._ —s. —s. new 345. Pacey Ditto . 405. 564. new —s. Linseed, for feeding —B. 565. fine —4. Ditto, for crushing _ 48s. 555, —s. fine Canary Seed, New —9. —s. 60s fine !'itto Old -s. ..S. ...S. fine White Mustard Seed --(per 8u5he1)...... —s. ' Bs, 9s. fine Brown Ditto . , -. .... —s. 20s. 235. fine turnip Seeds, Rounds —s. —s. 18s. fine Green and Red Ditto —s. —a. 18s. tine fares, Old . —s. 4s. tine 59 , Ditto New —s. ss. fine 75. Rai. eSeed, English, fine (per Last) 2'21. 241....,.,. Foreign 211. PRICES OF HOPS.--Dee. 31, Kent Pockets 61 Iss. 8/, Os. to 111. Sessex Ditto Essex Ditto ,—... 0/. Os. 01. Or. to 01. Farrliam Ditto, Fine 0/. Os. 121. Os. to 131 Seconds 01. Os. 101. 103 to 11l Kent Bags _ 71. Cs. 01. Oa. to 91. Sussex Ditto Essex Ditto., 0/. Os. 01. Os. to 01. 01. 03 01. Os. to 0/. PRICES OF Per lb, d. to d. dutts, English 15 23 Ditto, Foreign 14 20 Dressing 12 15 Ditto enormwedwwww.••••••• i 4 161 Ditto, light -- Cup Hides, light 12 14 Ditt0...,.,..-4O to 451 b. 13 16 Ditto— l5 18 LEATHER. Per lb. d. English Horse Hides.. 12 Spanish Ditto APPOW.M. 1 8 Per dozen. Calf Skins.. SO to 40Ib. 14 Ditto 50 to 701 b. 16 Ditto 70 to 801 b. 16 Small Seals, Greenland 11 Large ditto l•2 SKINS. SHEEP Best Polled ss. Od. to 6s. 6d. Middling Polled 4 0 5 0 Half-bred 5....... 4s. Od. to 9 ', a 6 RAW Per Stone. 9.0. to s. d. Best Heil ers & Steers 2 4 2 8 10 2 0 Per Stone. 5. d. V Market Calf. 0!' PRICE OF TALLOV ['own Tallow Ms. 6d. Yellow Russia— _ 475. Od. White .............."...••••••••••••••• 455. 6d. soap Ditto 445. Od. Melted 375. Od. Ditto Od. r, SOAP, Sze. per 1121 b. Yellow ri•-_,, Mottled Soap 7 1 r, White — 191. ,,0, Graves 1— ,,,' Good Dregs ..,..--..—. ', PRICE OF RAW FAT, per stone otBlb. Price of Tallow (as stated by the Tallow Melters)---....t CAN ALES. tutleaveurs general pra( None constii dence with rally honou The rend th em Y a si as Nucor Moulds, per d0zen......94' .KET.—Dec. 31. Per Ton. r i Ditto Killingworth 14 Ditto Walls End Newmarch«, Ditto Northumberland. , Ditto Perkins and Co Walls End Riddell's Lambton's Primrose Walls End Hetton Walls End Lyons ; Walls End Lambton W. E. Russell's Hetton..." Walls End Stewart's... Walls End Adelaide Walls End Butter KnoWl Hartley ••••••••••••••••••••••••..... Howard's Netherton Main New Flockton, Milne, i and Co. Tees Nutt's ' Last market-day, 122. ,4 paints iot; Jetting the ciae ; and ii mad e on dis c ure in a ten ted 811" . 'en know/twenty year '2 . ! both „,;( "ells meth, Wi thout pff , ad v i ce. tit To b e t( cre q, del i: n n : 4lfl ing dul Ward ed to )1 PRICE OE The price of store Candles. in ti Candles, per dos. 78. Od. to Bs. Od. COAL MAR Per Ton. s. d. kdair's 17 0 15 6 Bensham Main 16 6 Hebburn Main 16 6 Bolywell Kenton West 16 6 Pontop Windsor .1•\• 15 6 St. Lawrence Main 17 0 lanfield—„,—. 17 0 rownley l5 6 Willington 17 6 West Hartley 16 6 Wylam 17 9 Walls End Bell 8; Brown 17 6 Walls vvvv D vv i a t aa t ill o ss CEEEElninaiiiddrddkGHHeHosaleolandtftsotalorrntuth:7o...t.,...: 1 1111 6 7867 0 9098 Ships arrived since BIRTHS. On the 30th ult. at Lord's-lane, near Hoddesdon, the la Captain Donet Henehy O'Brien, R.N., of a daughter. On the '29th ult. at Alford, Lincolnshire, the lady of the Felix Laurent, of a son. _..., MARRIED. On the 29th ult. at Streatham Church, Mr. Robert O No, jun., to Jane, eldest daughter of Robert Gibson, Esq., of Tootin,, , , Surrey. i. 1 On the 29th ult. at St. Pancras New Church, Alfred D•.t; 050 • Th e ville, Esq., son of Lieut.. General Neville, It. A., to Jane, ° , l e Di me . daughter of Lieut.-General Mackelcan, R.E., of Fitzroy 2. Th e Fitzroy-square. 8, M ay be u 7 2 , Gr a f t° Celt D u ffi eid te n h arn $ C a'nbr Leda edge Platt G ` Halrlp: ‘1 - Dow di an PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BYMURDO YOUNG.' 4/' SUN ()MOS, 112, STRAND LONDON. DIED On the 30th ult. at Cheltenham, Samuel William, seC,' Y ' of Samuel Dick, Esq., in the 20 th ye ar of hi s age, after a Ii PP illness. On the 30th ult. at Hendon, Middlesex, the Rev. V P Ryder. On the 30th ult. in Gloucester-place, Portman.squaret beth, the relict of the late Captain Arthur Caldwell, Cl O ,, g ineer of Chunar, in the Hon. East India Company's Sea n On the 28th ult. in Crawford.street, Mary, relict of To John Robert James, Esq., of the island of Jamaica, in t - year of her age. On the 21st ult. at lladdington, Major-General Sit j , " Scott, K.C.8., of the Madras Army.