The Sun. — London, England, 1830-12-02 00:00:00

NORWICH. We' stated yesterday that the Freemen who are friend' ,of Mr. Robert Grant were preparing to celebrate his re election on the 90th of November by a dinner. The din nu, in fact to o k pl ace on t h e sam e day ; Mr. Grant, who ,bad intended quitting Norwich by the mail for London, hiving postponed his departure for,iwo hours, for the pur .. pole of attending it. :.Between four and five o'clock, a company, exceeding one , • hundred persons, sat down in the great room of the Angel „fan, toa banquet ex ce ll en tl y prepare d. Th e s h artne , s o f ihe notice alone prevented the party from being much mere numerous. The cloth being removed, the usual loyal and constitu tional touts were drank amidst loud and hearty cheering. Sir Thomas %Even then rose and stated that he had to propose a toast, which he could not announce with. • out 4 mixture of pleasure and pain. Pleasure, from •,` the nature of the toast itself, and pain because it - would be a signal of departure to the gentleman to Whom it. referred. Mr. Grant bad, at the cost of great Prionel inconvenience, remained in Norwich to meet his kiwis at that dinner ; but being anxious to commence the discharge of his official duties in London, and also feeling it necessary to attend his Majesty's Levee On the morrow, he was obliged to take his leave of them imme djato,Yr After a few further words of preface, the lion. Baronet' proposed— The health of the Right lion. Robert Grant." The tout was received with an enthusiasm characteristic of the highly -wrought feelings of the company, who started 1 . 1 1 3 With general acclamation;; and not only followed w i *tifiningdi •• . enoise the regular cheering led by - the Chair, but er this had closed, repeatedly broke out into fresh peals ofspontaneous applause. At length, Mr. GRANT, obtaining a hearing, spoke to , , the following effect ;- 4 ' Gentlemen,—l am almost incapacitated from acknow. 'gaging your compliment, by the orerpowering kindness with which it has been paid. I lamen t the circumstences which call me away ; but sorry indeed should I have been to lose these reiterated proofs of your cordial, your gene ' Tolls friendship. Gentlemen, it is to me s source of inexpressible delight to collect, from the enthusias .tie demonstrations of kindness which I have ex perienced during this day, that the very import ant step which I have taken in public life since any former election, meets with the full approbation of my coartituents. I have joined the new Ministry on public grounds; and because I believe them sincere in their pledges they have given ; and it is highly gratifying to me to hear Your concurrence in this opinion. —(Loud and general eheeriug.) Yet, notwithstanding the exultation which I cannot repress at the honours, so greatly beyond my de tens, that have been heaped upon me, 1 must ~ , confess,—to adopt the expression of my Hon. Friend Sir 1 . Thomas Besvor,—that my delight is not unmixed with an ,alloy of pain. Amidst all the showy and animated scene l of to-day, I could not help repeatedly asking myself why C feeling of seriousness and anxiety would still intrude ? And I have found the cause. It is indeed true that no man can contemplate the present state of the country without A deep pang of sympathy. But I pass over this sentiment AI being common to us all. The feeling to which I eape (daily allude, is peculiar to my own breast ; it arises from a hum of the arduous nature of the duties which 1 am called to perform. Entirely as you and I are of accord together (it gratifies me to think this), on most points--yet in one respect we are differently circumstanced. You, gentle teen, hare successfully exerted yourselves in placing me where I now stand ; but I cannot forget that, where Your exertions terminate, my labours begin.—(Cheers.)-1 cannot forget that I am not at the conclusion, but at the C ommencement, of an enterprise. You, whose kind and active efforts have triumphantly launched the vessel, may well feel unqualified delight at the result. But it may be forgiven to the mariner whom you have befriended, if he feels a degree of seriousness in contemplating the long betigation opening before him,—if he reflects with "some anxiety on the varieties of climate which he may have to toeouatere—what waves he may be obliged to traverse,— through what conflicts of battle or of tempest he may ,Ilest•s-and if, *mid these thoughts, an oppressive doubt P s l at a _ whether the period will e v er arr i ve , w h en , re t urn i ng f et R successful voyage, he 'hell be welcomed back I _ ls Port with the same cordiality with which be *bow cheered out to sea ; or whether he shall rather have 1 1 ° Confetti that he had undertaken an adventure beyond i list rentb•--that his performances have not equalled his a ntc lltions---and that for all the splendour and magnitude e t the outfit provided for him, he has brought back nothing except that which I trust he will ever retain, an unstained renecience and untarnished honour—(lmmense cheering. ) ' „Dentieraetr, this feeling, which I co nf ess f or m y se lf, I :7 be allowed also to e nt er t a i n i n some d egree f or t h e teiipistratl on with which I have (I tru s t I ma y sa y) th e h o nour and the happiness to be connected. Having an Iteeuaintance with many of them which may be called in timate, 1 believe, as I have already stated, in their sincerity VPOrpose. But the course of improvement on which they are entering is arduous. They will have much to do l l'd touch to endure. They will have to contend with ,Floy: adverse feelings and adverse interests. Even ~I nn outt those who may be generally friendly to their de. Ise, obstacles will be opposed to them ;—by the weak- RS" of intoo rind the unstmliness of others ;—hy the rash teas et political projector' on the one hand, and the mgotry of political antiquarians on the other. Nay, they l e, l l expect to m ee t th ose h ones t err o rs e ven among some •e 1 their best supporter. those *hi , " rears of the brave, and follies of the wise," k i ell ere too often found to impede the execution of de• It t tuf magnitude and complexity. L."' say all this, however, with a view of palliating 7 a ntieipation— r , still worse, of indirectly encouraging i o nli Nnelle on the part of his Majesty's Government ? O . if ti ! en vise. 1 would have them brace themselves 4 P q . fi 'v struggle with the difficulties I have alluded to; elitsettlties, on ly which, if properly encountered, will r,ence their triumph. My advice to them, were I per ed to give them advice, (which, if they want it, th l . Will receive from far better prompters,)—would lie s i ut ;'•" In your principles, be decided ;—in your profe.. iv ," be honest ;—in your plans, be wary ; — but, in rt, strive as for life and for death !"—(Loud And lung - "Zs.) OW. while such is the advice which, as a humble mem- White people, I would offer to the Government, there is ihittitlife which, al a humble member of the Govern ..: . ;w ou l d presume to offer to the people. And my 04 7 anion would be this :—Judge with constitutional liet e ii)r , n 1 the intentions of the Ministry ; this is your 6, - s- r t e . —sou t, if satisfied on good evidence, that they t' -"dour sliY sincere and single-heartid,—then recollect s , es. i • — "dour and forbearance on your part, while Itteasures are in progrees, is not matter of indul ;ilivi but of justice. Justice—not merely to the indi -144: c° , n m . bed,—but to yourselves and the cause you ii i ,„„, • _•—, neart..—For be assured that abuses are not to be Crates nor li series of reforms to be effected, uuless 1 trs„, who i n undertake the wo r k, are sus tained and encott. - e.s4 kh the course o f i t , b y t h e su pp or t an d good h !. or the people. ss 11 , • 4 lite e ~ time, however, Gentlemen, that I should he i mn i a n• In now taking leave f you, it would tensid e c t° Per to apologise for an act dictated by i",, _shone of duty ; but I must express my sincere , te;P iw i i."ir!g such friends. I shall offer but one further 14 144 7 7 IVrilthin the shot t period of my acquaintance with i 44 l Ave already bed the unexampled good fortune i 4 pr tw ice returned one of your Member., and that tti k i n . r f la niler in the highest degree triumphant.— ih m ill Into view the ordinary chances of human life, it 1 St.: 4 u r e halus be too much to expect very confidently l% ken hale individual should a third time expe &tett_ ' e " Ise lligh.felicity...--(Loutl mites of " He will.") tens I know that, if I were to memure the proba *4o/Ouch an event by the kindness of this company, it '• A li of /Ib t bet a calculation of chances, but the pronuncia ,4e,,,, 4 c ertainty. But, whatever may be my future l et s I or w oi c i z forget my deep obligations to the electors t t „ A oh ; and, *midst that body, I owe a peculiar 0 ''"e to those whom I now see about tner—thme' il mo f wirose auspices I first entered the lists ass midi ' pe l t T h ts: Y present situation,-...by whose generous sup- N 11,4 n' vs' twice been enabled to achieve that eminence, as* acknowledge cordial congratulations on my final success I ... with feelings of the profoundest regard. 1 iir7ll..t.9tßous cheering.) ttei e , tilt•twr then quitted the room amidst the cheers .trrewells of the company, and proceeded to London. IN! party afterwards continued sitting to a late hour; h e L e nsltlet a s uccess i on of toasts and songs, the even i ng ' IC ° 1 4 the utmost harmony and hilarity. 1 1)0 . . kouth Petit from the borough of Cooker- e ' 04, t° the House of Gnomons, after setting forth she the :tor% to whirl ? the electors gre.apesed on account o f , .41:041 irtterferen'e of the Earl of LOIMPALE In the , i it ,n,,nf . tl eir representatives, concludes with a requ est 4 1 .: 1 , 4 It. the %rut otn of the House, the present sy st em _ n. 1 koZle cam 5,,, ,,, , the petitioners may no longer be i '''' selth the farce of an election, but that the scene IL la lY°be removed to the festive board of the Noble tt , tof '" %Out k other plate Is he think best vitro -1 4 .f.s. Lt e l v n. 04 own ?Purposes." 1 LIVERPOOL ELECTION. (From the Liverpool Albion.) If any 'man, after having witnessed the scenes of which Liverpool has, during the past week, been the theatre, can deny the necessity of an immediate as well as a radical change in the distribution of the elective franchise in towns like the one in which we live, such a man must he either a fool or a knave. If a fool, his folly renders him proof against the force of the most convincing evidence of the infamy of the present system ; if a knave, his knavery either prompts him to profit by the abominable abuse of a sacred constitutional right, which ought to be exercised with the purest and most patriotic intentions, or to em ploy the wealth which fortune has placed at his disposal, for the purpose of corrupting the small portion of virtue and independence which, in these degenerate days, apper tains to human nature. Base and infamous as is the con duct of the poor man, even when he is placed within the sphere of temptation, baser and more infamous still is the conduct of the rich man who lavishes his gold on the wretched beings who reel and stagger through the public streets, the victims of drunkenness and debauchery--beasts in the shape of men, who are not merely a disgrace to free dom, but to human nature it.elf. It make. one's blood boil with indignation to see the proudest right which the citizens of a free and enlightened state can exercise com mitted to the keeping of ignorant and depraved men, the majority of whom are composed of the very dregs--the very scum of the town ; whilst the employers of labour, the middle and the educated classes, and even most of the higher ranks of our fellow townsmen, who, from educa• tiou and station, are the best qualified to estimate and ap prechte the abilities of public men, are denied the possession of a privilege which is prostituted under one's very nose, and the vote which it confers sold for a base bribe. Yet the men who, from their standing in society, and especially from .their electioneering expe perience, have enjoyed the best means of knowinz the ex tent to which bribery and corruption have prevailed in the successive elections which have taken place in this town during the last quarter of a century, are the very men who affect to tremble when en enlargement of the franchise is proposed; who have uniformly opposed the attempts which, from time to time, have been made to reform our elective system; and who talk of revolution as the secret aim of the tt nest patriots ! Such men are beyond the reach of Egument. • Experience itself would even seem to be wholly lost on dolts and idiots who have not the sense to perceive that revolution is inevitable, if the pre sent system is allowed to continue but a short time longer, and that the only way by which it can be prevented is, to amend the shockingly defective and iniquitous system o suffrage and representation which now prevail througboui the empire. We do not, however, test our hostility to the present partial, unjust, and iniquitous system on the notorious fact of the right of suffrage beingihamefully abused. Were the electors as pure as it is possible fur peccant mortals to be, we should still be hostile to it, because it makes a distinction where none should be allowed to exist. For why should one man be admitted to enjoy and to exercise a sacred political right, and another, whose claim to it is equally unquestionable, be wholly denied the privilege? If I contr►bute my quota towards the exigencies of the State, why should I not have a voice in choosing the men whose business it will be to watch the expenditure of the money so contributed ? The truth is, that the only reason which can be given for the existence of our unequal system is, that, at the era when the right of voting was conferred, people were as indifferent to its possession as the majority of parishioners now are to the right of voting in parish vestries. It was not then a power by the abuse of which its owner could make money, and fill his pockets at the expense of his integrity and his independence. The ambition of the rich, however, and the venality of the poor, have made bribery and corruption part and parcel of almost every English election ; and the electors of the freest state in Christen dom are, taken as a whole, the most corrupt that the world ever saw. The_ system has now reached the very highest pitch orenormity, especially in the great and enlightened town of Liverpool. Bribes were, last week, offered and accepted in the public streets. Drunkenness prevailed among women as well as tnen. Habits of industry were wholly thrown off; and all sense of decency and of deco rum utterly lost. Can, we a►k, can such a system ),e permitted to continue by any legislature which is not Wind to the consequences which must inevitably spring from its perpetuation in the present enlightened era, and particularly in the present state and temper of the people of England? No! we unhesitatingly answer. It must, it shall be reformed, Thination wills it; and our rulers cannot, if they dare make the attempt, resist the united cry of the middle and the educated - classes for a share in the elective franchise; a franchise which they demand, not only because its pr scent possessors have abused it, but be cause they are entitled to it as men and as, above all, free men. Right and Justice are both on their side ; and the people, not the rabble, are determined that the great prin. ciple of making representation co-extensive with taxation shall he recognised and acted upon in any contemplated amendment or remodelling of the constituency of England. We do not think, that the new administration contemn, plate such an alteration in the present system of voting as will satisfy the just and reasonable expectations of the country. They do not seem to contemplate the enfran chisement of every adult male who pays direct government or parochial taxes. It matters little whether they do or do not contemplate such a measure. Esther the present or some not distant administration must not merely cun template, but carry it into practical effect too. It is merely a question of time. The nation know their moral, they never dream of employing their physical strength ; and no ministry, however powerful, can withstand " the mighty power of public opinion, embodied in a free press, which pervades, and checks, and, perhaps, in the last resort, nearly governs the whole." Meanwhile, the people must make a constitutional de monstration. They must tell the Government what changra in the elective franchise they expect and must have. For this purpose, meetings ought to be held all over the country, and petitions, embodying their wishes, must be prepared for presentation to Parliament, when the Ministerial plan of Reform shall be brought under the consideration of the House of Commons. It has been suggested to us, that meetings of the parishioners in vestry would be preferable to what are known by the name of towns meetings. None but rate-payers would be suffered to be present ; and, as they must be interested in any measure which would reduce the immediate and prevent the future waste of the public money, petitions from them would have snore weight, as expressing the sense of the people on the subject of reform, than any emanating from meetings in which persons interested in the continuance of the present infamous system might mingle, and in which they might attempt, by clamour and confusion, to defeat the great object the petitioners contemplate. There seems great force in this view of the case. It is therefore with touch pleasure we have heard, that a requisition will, in a day or two, be ready to receive the names of the parishioners who, being friendly to an extension of the elective franchise, think that the Churchwardens and the Select Vestry ought to he solicited to give them an oppor tunity, in vestry assembled, to state their sentiments , e ► this momentous and nationally important question. We cannot doubt that such a requisition will, after the dis gusting scenes which all have witnessed, be signed by the parishioners of Liverpool generally, without any distinc thins of party in religion or in politics. (From the Timer.) The contest for the representation of this town tenni nsted on Tuesday afternoon in favour of. Mr. Ewart. This termination, so contrary to the belief which gene rally prevailed, is one of the greatest triumphs of an indi vidual over a powerful combination of wealth and influence which ever took place In the annals of Englialt electioneer ing. The party, which Mr. Itteart has thus defeated was composed chiefly of the gentlemen who used to'return the late Messrs. Canning . and Huskieson, strengthened by a few auxiliaries posseasintgrest wealth and influence, --a party which, from the uniform success that had atte nded all their election coated* for the last 26 years, imagined they could impose on the town whatever candidate they pleased. Th e polling commenced at the usual hour. Mr. Deni son began by polling what is technically called " broad cloth, that is, the merchants, brokers, tae., who were on his aide, and continued doing so up to twelve o'clock. Mr. Itwart, meanwhile, was polling in a mixture of broad and narrow cloth. Voters were becoming very scarce towards noon, and 601. were offered for a single vote. It war evident that the strength of both candidates was nearly ex. , tausted, and that the contest way rapidly drawing to a lose. Few persons, however, except those in the secret, were aware that the greatest weakness was on the title of Mr. Denison, who, having polled all his personal friends, was unable, a few minutes after twelve o'clock, to bring up more then three men in his tally. A shout of triumph arose from Mr. Ewart's friends at this mot unexpected event. The immen•e multitudes in the streets caught the sound, and the loudest exclamations relit the air. Mr. Ewart continued to poll full tallies, to retrieve his minority of 12, and finally to pass his antagonist on the poll. The greatest enthusiasm, and exeitenient 'prevailed. Voters pressed in from all quarters, and by bait-part one, Mr. Eivart was 2A a.head of Mr. Denison. The poll then stood... Swart 2,215 Denison Majority -29 Mr. Ewan was then declared duly elected, amidst the acclatnations of the thousands around the scene td action. Mr. Denison tool• leave of his friends in lt feeling speech, and cordially shook his konourable opponent by the hand. Mr. Ewan then addressed his friends, and the proceedings finally closed. The number of freemen who polled at this great contest 41.1 1 401, the greatest by nearly 900 that ever voted at any previous election for Liverpool. Among the last votes tendered for Mr. Ewart, was the vote of the venerable Mr. Roscoe, who was enthusiastically cheered when he mine up to poll. At a moderate calculation. the sum of from 70,000/, to 80,000/. has been spent in this election. Our renders already know the sy , tem of bribery and corruption which prevailed throughout the contest. It is currently stated, that on Monday night Mr. Denison's friends paid the enormous sum of 1,0001. for ten votes! But the sta!e went is scarcely credible. TIIE KING'S COURT AND LEVEE. Yesterday his Majesty held a Court and Levee at his Palace its St. James's. At two o'clock a number of Knights of the Most Noble Mill. tary Order of the Bath having assembled in the Robing Room, the King's commands were signified that he was ready to hold an investiture of that Order. The Knights being apparelled in their Robes and Collars, went in • prncesslon to the Principal Drawing Room, preceded by the Dean of the Order; Sir George Naylor, Genealogist; Blanc Coursier, herald; Mr. Algern on Greville, Bath King of Arms; Mr. Woods, Norfolk Herald Ex. traordinary and Secretary to the Knights Commanders; and Mr. Heitz, Gentleman Usher of the Scarlet Rod. The names of the Members present were then called over, viz.:— His Royal Highness the Duke of Cumberland, his Royal High. ness Prince Leopold the Prince of Orange, his Gr ace th e D uke of Wellington, the Duke of Gordon, the Earl of Rosslyn, count Strangford, Viscount Beresford,i Lord Hill, Sir Alured Clarke, Sir George Cockburn, Sir James Kempt, sir J. Sau. mares, Sir J. Doyle. They were then lathered into the presence of his Majesty, in the Throne Room. Vice-Admiral Willoughby Thomas Lske was introduced by Sir G. Nayler, Genealogist, and Mr. Woods, Secretary, to the Sovereign, who was graciously pleased to confer the honour of Knighthoodi on him, with the Sword of State. Admiral Sir James Whit.shed and Admiral Sir Philip Durham were introduced by 0. V. Belts, . Usher of the Scarlet Rod and Brunswick Herald, and his Majesty was graciously pkastst to invest them with the Order of nights Grand Cross; and to invest Sir Willoughby Thomas 'Ake with the Order of a Knight Commander. The Noblemen and Gentlemen attending the Investiture were afterwards present at his Majesty's Levee ; there were also present—the Austrian, French, Russian, and Netherlands Am bassadors ; the Spanish, Prussian, Swedish, Bavarian, Sardinian, Neapolitan, and Mexic a n Mi n i s t ers ; t h e Lord Chancellor and most of the Cabinet Ministers ; the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Lord Chamberlain, the Master of the Horse, the Groom of the Stole, the Commander of the Forces, the Lord Chief Justice of England, the Judge of the Admiralty, the Recorder of Lon. don, the Master of the King's Buck Hounds ; Lord 11111 Gold Stick in Waiting ; Colonel C aven di s h , Silver Stick; the Master of the Ceremonies, the Principal Equerry to the King, the Principal uerry to the Queen, Ma s t er G raves (son of the la e Lord Graves , Page of Honour in Waiting, for the first time, having left f or the usual period the Academy of the Rev. Dr. Fea, in the Regent's -park. Prince Lieven, the Russian Ambassador, was presented to the King at the Entree Levee, on his return to England, and had an audience of his Majesty. Prince I.l' it er hazy, the Austrian Ambassador, and Prince Tal. leyrand, the French Ambassador, had audiences of the King. The Duke of Gordon had an audience of his Majesty, and re signed the Great Seal of Scotland , and the Duke of Argyll was afterwards introduced to the King, when his Majesty was gra ciously pleased to appoint his Grace Keeper, and delivered the Seal to him. Mr. Grosvenor kissed hands, upon his being appointed Comp. troller of the Household, in the room of Lord George Bei esforg, resigned. His Majesty gave audiences to Earl Grey, the Marquis of Winchester, Viscount Althorp, the Mar q ui s of Lansdowne Vis. count Palmerston, Lord M ar yb oroug h , Sir J. Beckett, and Lord Anson.—There were present— Dukes—Devonshire, Argyll Richmond, Wellington, Gordon. Mance:Nava—Winchester, Haatings, Clanricarde, Lansdowne, Ely, Westmeath. EARLs—Northesk, Brecknock, Listowell, Stanhope, Carlisle, MObourne, Grey, Rosalyn, Albenaarle. Viscomera—Palmerston, Granville, Strangford, Beresford, Anson, Althorp, Goderich, Lnwther, Melville. Loans—Hemilker' Ashley, W. }Amy, J. O'Brien, Hill, Durham, Tenterden, Marlborough. RIUIIT tiaIIoUSABLPA—Sir J. Beckett, Bart.; C. Grant; Sir C. Robinson ; R. Grant. t • Hosotniantee —R. Dundas, Admiral Fleming, Captain W. King, CoVNT—D'Orsay. Sups—J. Kempt, J. Saurriarex, J. Cockburn, J. Doyle, A. Clarke, G. Nayler, IL Chester A. D'Este, H. Russell, A. Barnard, J. Graham, J. Scarlett, R. B. Philipps, J. Wedderburn, R. Inglis, G. She?, J. Wyatville, R. Ferguson. Rev. Dr. Walsh. G. Tolley, H. Bruce, G. Whitefoord. Mr. S.erjeant Heath. A naifitaLs.—Sir J.Whitshed, Sir W. T. Lake, Hon. G. D un d as, Brace, Sir 'l'. Hardy, Sir H. llotham Lambert. GENERALS-.Mactionell, COLONELS—Fitzclarence, Thornton, Cavendish, Sir R. Gardi. net, Wynyard, Jones, Beresford, Lambert, J. M. T. Smith, R. Michell, Sir W. Hutchison. M ots—A. Bowen, Macherson, Abbey. CA rraiNS—Fitzclarence, Hoppner, M. Seymour, Ussher,Webb, De Montmorency, M. O'Crummen, Anderson, C. Dalrymple. Commander—R. Gordon. LIEUTENANTif-..Morcott,ll Brace. 111119NtEURS—C. Greville, Whitshed, 'Prosser, G. Morant, Car. rick, We) land, Brownlow, J. it. Williams, Ross, Belts, Pepys, Southey G. Bankes, A gar,Gaine,W. Wynn Frost, F. A.S. C. E Jenkins Woods, Ellison, W. Parish, J. Shifter, Croker , A. Greville, Grosvenor, Goulburn, C. Wynn. The following were presented Earl of Listowel, by the Lord in Waiting Mr. Pepys, by the Lord Chancellor, upon his appointment as SJ. Being. General to the Queen Mr. Balne, King's Counsel, by the Lord Chancellor Mr. Agar, on being re-appointed one ethic 'Majesty's Counsel, by the Lord Chancellor The Duke of Argyll, to kiss hands, on being appointed Keeper of the Great Seal of Scotland Mr 'Prowl', on his re-appointment as King's Counsel, by the Lord Chancellor Mr. Ellison, by Viscount Goderich Mr. Thomas Shifter, by Viscount Beresford Mr. Serjeant Heath, by Lord Lyndhurst, on being appoint e d Serjeant at Law Rev. Henry Boyce, b the Lord in Waiting Admiral Sir James 11. Whitshed, on being invested with the Grand Cross of the Bath Mr. Woodbine Parish, by Lord Bexley Mr. Carsick, by Lord !Wham Mr. Brownlow, by the Lord in Waiting Rev. Dr. Walsh, Chaplain to the British Embassy at Constanti. nople, by Earl Stanhope Mr... It. Williams, by Viscount Melbourne Sir Robert Ferguson, Bart; M.P., by Mr. J. Alexander Mr. Southey, Poet Laureate, by Sir Robert Harry Inglis Her. George ‘Vhiteteord, by Colonel Frederick Fitsclarence Rev. J. G. Miley, by Major-General Tolley Mr. Woods Norfolk Herald Extraordinary and Secretary to the Knights Commanders of the Bath, by Sir George Napier Sir George Shee, on being appointed Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, by Viscount Palmerston Mr. Belts, Gentleman Usher of the Scarlet Rod of the prefer of the Bath, by Sir Thomas Tyrwhitt Lieut.. Colonel Beresford, Aide.de.Carap to Lord Beresfbrd, by Lord Beresford Marquis of IVestmeath, hy the Marquis of Angiesea Vice-Admiral Sir Willoughby Thomas Lake, on his nomination lobe a Knight Commander of the Bath, by Sit James Graham, Hart. _ _ _ . Viscount Granville, on being appointed his Majesty's ii,tab aaw ,, dor at Paris Major Arthur Bowen. by Sir Richard Bulkeley Philipps Captain Webb, ILN.,by Vice. Admiral Sir Willoughby Th omas Lake Mr. William Wynn, on his appointment as Secretary at War, by Earl Grey Captain Anderson, 8.N., by Sir F. P. Berosford Captain M. Seymour, R.N. as Secretary and Registrar to th e Grand Crays of the Rath, hj Sir George Nayler Captain iloppner, Mi., by ice-Admiral Sir Geo. Cockburn Lieut.-General Grant, late Governor of Trinidad Captain Donald Mackay, R.N. Captain Skipsey, It. N. and Colonel of Marines. Rear-Admiral the lion. George Dundas, by Sir James Graham Mr. George Lamb, Under. Secretary of State, by Viscount MeL bourne Illajor.General N. 14'Leod, on promotion, by Sir George Cock. . _ burn. Aiskr Macpherson, 22d Regiment, on promotion, by Major.. Gen, D ing _ Captain de Montmorency, Madras Cavalry, on return from India, by Major.ticiteral Sir W. Cotton Lieutenant E. Bruce, on his return from India, by Rear-Ad miral Bruce Lieutenant Norcott, on his return from foreign service, by Sir A. Barnard Ca;ittiiiiit 7 Crtinimen, 4th Regiment, by Colonel Frederick Fitsclarence Lieutenant-Colonel E. Michell, on his promotion, by Sir IL Taylor llonotirable Robert Uundas, Deputy Comptroller of the Navy, by Lord Melville After the Levee his Malesty held a Privy Council, at which Mr. Grosvenor was introduced and sworn in a Privy Councillor, and took his seat at the Boardaccotdingly. The Marquis of Clanricarde was also introduced and sworn In 4 Privy Councillor, and too his teat at the Board. The King afterwards in Council received the Recorder of London's Report of the convicts capitally convicted at Justice: hall, in the Old Bailey, during the October Session, when the King was graciously pleased to respite them all during his royal pleasure. The Marquis of Lansdowne gave the first Cabinet dinner yes terday evening, at his residence in Berkeley-square, to his colleagues. ELECTION COMMITTEE. HOUSE OF COMMONS, Mc. 1. QUEENBOROUGH ELECTION, The Cornmittee appointed on Tuesday night assembled thin morning to investigate the merits of this election. Sir John Shelley WAS appointed .Chairman, and, after some preliminary conversation,. Mr. ADA MS, who appeared far the petitioners ' pmposed to put in the names of ten perions, claiming th e r i g h t of franchise; whose votes had been refused, and which would have carried the majority. Mr. II Aft RISON. AS Counsel fbr Mr. Wm. Holmes and Adm. Durham, after some objection, consented to this course. resat'. ing to himself the liberty of renewing hiirobjections eta Mute stage of the proceedings, The nettles were then put in, when, to the evident surprise of the Members of the Committee, and all present, Mr. Harrison said. " And 1 admit them." Mr. ADAMS—Perhaps my Learned Friend is prepared to carry his admissions to all the points.' Mr. ITAIIRISON thought that perhaps it might be as wall fol him to do an Sir J. SHELLEY...ReaIIy this is a very amicable arrangement.' Mr. 11A liftlB.oN could not take credit for such amicable feel 4 ing in the matter ; fur if he had thought th ere was the slightese climate, he would have fought the ground inch by inch. The Committee then declared that the petitiouer s , john,Capel En, and J.' filadatone, wereduly elected_ ; and that t W. Holmes Eau., and Adm. Iluthitm,. the sitting Members. Were not (tribe elected . and ordered the :return to be Junatuled in the usual manner. Mr, Cape! anti Mr. Gladstone. who were present, were warmly congratulated on tits event. THE MOM MARkET. (From the Morning Herald.), • Prevl(Mgt° the paSSing of the Corn Laws now in operation, it was strongly recommended by practiCal mess that, instead ofa system of averages; a fixed disty df (iota IQs. to lins, a quarter on imported wheat should he Imposed, and that other imported grain should be taxed In a similar propOrtitin. , The landholders and the Government, however, rejected the proplisition of a Sae s ' duty as injurious to the interests of the English groWer, alai is calculated to encourage the importation of more grain than the country required. Accord is igly the pre ent hocus poems plan was adopted, and the corn dealers were left to exert their ingenuity in so regulating the aterages as ,should he snore contincWe to their interests. The result is, that their skill has shown its e lf much greater than that of the' law makers, Car he nod that the former have so managed matters no to fix the arerageil in stleh way as to throlV (Vethe ports Just at the time that best Suits their spectlatiami. That the most extraordinary part of the busi ness remains to be told. We art informed that the average of the duty paid on imported wheat, shier the pregent taws have been in operation, actually amounts to no more than he. a quarter: Thus we see that those Legislators, who rejected a fixed duty of Zs. a quarter, because it was Lot high enough to protect the in terests of the agriculturists, actually passed a law by which wheat has been imported at one.fuurth of that duty. Perhai o there is not upon record a snore miserable legislative failure than the one under consideration: instead of accomplishing the two objects Which the promoters of the Act had in View...namely, the protecting the English groWer, and the securing of the teventw, it has actually been highly injurious to both. There has been, we understand, tine eminnercial failures in the City to-day (Wednesday). Two of them, it is saidi were to a considerable amount ; but the third is represented as very in considerable. One of the houses is connected with the West India trade, and, we believe, owes its fall to the failure of a house in the came trade last week. Nothing is talked of on the Stock Exchange but war, which some people profess to look upon as Inevitable on the Continent. They allow, however, that it does not follow England should be implicated In it, though they assert, they do not see how she can be kept out of it for more than a few months. For our part, we do not wish to give any decided opinion on the subject, but we may be allowed to observe that, if the Continental despotic Mo. narehs were wise, they would refrain from a war with France. But speculation on the subject is useless, because it is not 1 kely to lead to any satisfactory result. Time alone must resolve the question. It does not appear, however that the fundholders are at all apprehensive of a war. This is the eve of the shutting of Consuls, and yet there was scarcely ever known a time when there was AO little Money Stock in the market. It is quite clear, therefore, that there is no fear either among the banking lute. rest or the public at large of a fall in prices, or they would have availed themselves of transferring Stock while the Transfer office was open. It is somewhat extraordinary, however, that so high an interest is demanded for Exchequer hills , when a back. wardation is paid on Consols. We understand that money has been borrowed to-day on Exchequer Bills at the rate of 4 per et. (From the Times.) Letters received this morniog (Wednesday) ttom Gibraltar, of the very recent date of the '%/d u t., infisnn us of the destination of the Carron, Government steam-vessel, the departure of which from Portsmouth, a short time back, gave rise to some very profound and ingenious speculations. The mission was, however, to Gibraltar only, where the Carron arrived on the 21th ult., and with the purpose, as it would appear from the private letters, of ordering home immediately a portion of the troops in that garrison. Various conjectures, more or less alarming, were afloat on the subject, hut what strengthened the supposition above-mentlunsel was the intimation that two ships of the line, the Windsor Castle and the Gloucester, were . expected to enter the bay almost immediately, and much anxiety was evidently felt en that head by the Governor-General, who ordered guns to be fired and lights to be hoisted during the night of the 21st, to facilitate the safe entry of the ships of war. The kid Regi. meet is understood to be that which is ordered home. Many of the inhabitants, who could not ascertain the exact state of the case, were under great alarm, imagining that war had broken out between France and England. The transactions of the money-market do not assume any new feature to.day (Wednesday) ; the business done has been ex tremely limited, and the fluctuations quite unimportant. Cots. sole shut to.morrow for the dividend, which has tended rather than otherwise to increase the demand for stock, as the old dip. gladly about obtaining trans&rs during the shutting no longer exists, as it is done on the payment of a small hie, and people feel therefore no alarm about keeping their investments until the period whets it may become necessary to change them. Consuls have been done to-day (Wednesday) at 62 IA and at 81%, and the last quotation for the account was 8.2.% to )li. RECORDER'S REPORT. Yesterday the Recorder mane the report to his Majesty of the prisoners capitally convicted at the last Old Bailey Sessions, TIE.: HousunnismuNn....larnes sturman, as; William Waters, u 4; Henry Barnes, ; James Roberts, alias Skelton, 24 ; Th omas Higgins, 14 ; and James Richardson, 14. Binuas.Bv—john Grant, 29. FORGERVILITIOS Moods, ; and Elizabeth Graham, 24. STELLING IN DwELLINu-nousu—Stephen Bird, ; Samuel Bohlen, 18 ; Caroline Fitztenurice, 23 ; Rachael Oddy, 24; William Horton, 15 ; Charles Jones, 29 ; Elizabeth Harm, 25 ; Mary Mitchell, ttS ; and Ann Davies,2o. All of whom his Majesty was graciously pleased to respite. APOTHECARIES' COMPANY. FACTS. By the Act With Geo. 111., 1815, the Master, Wardens, and Court of Assistants of the Apothecaries' Company, were em powered to elect 'annually a C ourt o f Examiners oftwist per sons to inquire Into the qualiticatioiss of medical men, previous to their being permitted to enter practice in England and Wales. This Act confines the election to members of the Company of ten years' standing, —a very small body,—to the exclusion of the profession at large : a (close borough). Is the first Instance the Court of Assistants elected themselves, or at least a considerable portion of the Court. After some years, from the dissatisfaction arising, the opi .nions of Counsel were taken, and the Common S e rj e ant (M r. Denman) gave an opinion that the electors could not be the elected. An Act of Parliament was then applied for (6th George IV., MN), enabling the Court to elect four of their own members, and for some minor regulations. In the last stage Lord Melville moved that the Act should continue in force only one year. This Act has not been renewed. The Court of Assistants, therefore, not being able to return themselves, returned their sons, to the exclusion of able men in the Company, and senior in ye..ro. At the last election they ballotetl out the three senior mem. ben, under a pretence of assimilating the Court to the Emit India Court of Directors, and nominated two boys, sons of members of the Court of Assistants, and a third iserson, to the further exclu. sion of men of loa►g.standing in the Company, and of unqiits. tionable abill , y. Of the twelve, four are sow; of the present Court of Assis tants, and two of deceased Me.aisfas of the same Court • snaking an equality of the whole body of Examiners. Can this be right V Men, to be Examiners, should be of a certain rank and stand. ing in the pro melon, of weight in society, of acknowledged talents and independence, if a trust of such consequence as the examination into the qualification of future candidates for the profession be intrusttxl to them. Though it was managed that theelection should be annual, the Meml►ers were always re-elected, till it was found that the electors could not be the elected, and the novel innovation has only been introduced for the purpose of serving their own con nexions, to the injury of the profession at large. DR. PHILLPOTTS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sta,—With mingled surprise and astonishmentitave perused Dr. Philipotts's attempt at showing that the Bishopric of Exeter ought to be held with the rectory of Stanhope. His three coun ter-statements prove, as strong As statements can, Sir J. Ora. ham's motion to be !bonded on just grounds. I will take his ex perle statements, and prove, on his OWII showing, the case against him. Ills first statement is, that Stanhoix! instead of lit,ooo inhabitants, contains only .2,311. So that 2,;341 souls, committed to his charge in the extreme north of Engl a nd, are not to be considered, when from pastoral attendance over, them alone ran he claim the 4,0001. per annum he derives from the ' execution ot this duty. What a notion of spiritual responsibi lity does his own plea in extenuation show Dr. l'hillpotts to pew_ secs. 1 say that where there are '2,311 souls, to say nothing of the dependent parishes, a spiritual incumbent ought to bet: In no such ratio ought non-residenee to be allowed. This extenua tion then goes for nothing, supposing it true; and the next Ale- Ration is totally untrue, and 1 cannot conceive that Dr. potty was ignorant of the circumstances, viz.—']'hat the rector delegates these awnil duties to two curates, who cannot, being licensed, be removed. Now, lain an instance in person, of a curate, tier a six years' residence!, being removes' ; and that, without any other reason that ever reached tae, save that my vicar was evangelically disposed, as it is called. , he late curate ofa parish near town (Hampstead), the Bev. Mr. SeSSittlete, was removed, and the then Bishop of London, the present Arch bishop of Canterbury, told me, when talking over the case, that he had no power to compel M the incumbent to retain r. S.. against whom he knew nothing to the disadvantage of his chit. meter. Dr. Phillpotts, therefore, is clearly wrong to asserting that these curates =not be displaced ; they can when he pleases, and at hit demise • so that the argument of a stationary spiritual resident, which hei attempts to establish, is a fiction. No cit rate (I speak it from palultil experience), however beloved by his people, can consider the tenure of his small stipend far hard labour secure. I'he~ third allegation, though it it not attempted to be denitxl that 4,0001, comes directly or indirectly from the living, Is, that the parishioners only pay about 8001. per annum, Even suppos ing this true, do they not pay for what they have not, a rector in re, not in shallow Y In support of the convenient 4,0001. per amino, to tho Bishop of Exeter, we have next' instances quoted of Bishops holding livings, and this living with their Stars, and men oistlnguished for leaning, piety and virtue. We will allow the point that this was an, b u t still are not convinced that non.residence was not in them love of lucre unworthy of a child of light, a spot even on the spiritual lustre of Bishop Butler, or, to come to modern days, on even a Blomtield. rhilipott. is unlucky in many points, for not One of them can stand before a man's reasoning.--With sincere respect I have the honour t o su b scr ib e myse lf your ' s, CUR ICUS. TO THE EDITOR OF TIIE SUN. Stae•- , Clbserving in your Journal of this day a report of an ap plication to Sir Itichard Ilirnie by Captain Cooke (erroneously called Coke), relative to the publication of his Memoirs, I beg Inlay that I am at a legato know what could have prompted him to make such en unfounded statement, and hope you will allow me the opportunity of giving a verrect account of the transaq tion, that the public may see Who la really the injured party. The facts of th e case are .as follow t.eAbout two years since Cap. tato Cooke sent some papers, through the medium tif his frieud Colonel Napier, to the editor of the United Service Journal fur insertion in that work, and for which he was most liberally paid. After a few of these papers had so appeared, Captain Cooke called upon me, and p ro p ose d to comp l ete hi s M twno i rs for sepa rate publication in a large volarne, at an agreed price, with liberty to insert a finv more of the papers in the nailer! Seel/ler Journal, which was accordingly done, When, however, to due time, the pripting of the separate work had xeeded to some extent, I found that Capt a i n C oo k e did not tend to bring his Memoirs down to th e termination of his mili tary career, but 'to stop short at a very interesting period; and to induce him tie complete them, I consented, at hi s reques t, not only to make op the sum of titit, for tire -, eopyright, which Captain Cooke has tong sine, revolved, byt e at his regatta, also to pay him a further autoin the event o f the publication of a second ettitiOn i and I hold Captain Cook e ' s agreement acco rdingly; to compl ete bit Memoirs forthwith, i n two small.oetavo volumes. It I. now shout twelve months since any Of the P 4 efs 4 / 4 imam* in the linked *rviee Jou rna l, about which time t l le work was sent to the press for separate publication ;, but will it be be:. lieved, that although Captain Cooke has been paid for the papers inserted in the Journal with his consent and approbation, and has also received In addition '2Ol/. for his complete work, and has et present no Anther possiWe claim upon me I have not been able to obtain ab ove a volume anti a half of 'the inanuacript P tinder the plea of my having delayed thy publication of a work, the entire manuscript of which I have never yet been able to obtain, Captain Cooke demands the ilirther sum which would he only payable in the event of . a second edition being Prinultt- After baying thus stopped the publication of the work for the last six months, by unjustly withholding froM me the rernalnelet of the manuscript. Captain Coke called upon :me when I took occasion to tell him I would be trilled wit!' oe longer, and that I should inetruet my solicitor to proceed Against biro tbr i the .....! ft ""Y *ennui , and the other torpertmi when, .nata:.to of insulin hip his rmintisetvi for publication as he is bound in hotiour Anil justice to do, he proceeded, it seems, to Sir Richard Birnie and eenintaineit that tie is an 111-used man I—. With many apelogiati for the length of this ocentnutties„ Ceti, I am, Sir, your very , wi tte d and obedient servant. t 3, :levy Burtillfltott-iteeit,lfov. 30. H. coLBURN. ritVoll.sl IN ME SCOTCH ItEPRESEN l'A'n VD StSTEM. • The foliowing extract states the reply 61 the Lord Provost of of Edinburgh to the requlsitiOn presente4 to MM total a meeting to prepare a Petition for the ekfentrion of the eledire tranchlre, and the resolution taken bY the' reip.4ll6tionists in Conilognlnce (From the Caledottleitt lierestry.) 111shle ertent, Nov. 26, MO. " Sm.-4 have this evening had the honotif to receive your letter of this tlay t s date) informing me that a Commlttet had bt , en appointed to wait upon me tomorrow, to deliver a requisition very numerously signed, to call a ittmettng of the inhabitants of Edinburgh and its vicinity, for the purpok of preparing and sign. tag a petition to Parliament for extending the eltrtive franchise In the counties and burghs in Scotland ; and Rather intimating to me that, tis Chief Magistrate, it was wished I should tall the meeting and take tne or do one of those without the other, as most agreeable to me. " I have been at all times anitielts to meet the wishes of my telliiw;citizens, but, as Government Is jACIIX 4 tI to (loan that is re. einleife tru this it subject, I shall not at (,went interfere, and, therefore; I must decline the honour of receiving Ott depth tation.—l have the Wino* to be, Sir, your most obedient servant, (Signed) " W. ALLAN, Lord Provost. " Cleghorn, Esq." In consequence of the above letter, a thrseting will be held in terms of the following reqpisition ° The at9to or Parliamentary Representation being tkilr brought Under the Consideration of the house of Commons, we roiliest a meeting of such of the Inhabitants of Edinburgh and its vicinity, ifiore especially householders, as are of opinion that the Election Jaw Seetland requires amendment ; In the Assembly Rooms, on Saturday the 4 , 11 of December, at one (Mock, for the purpose of preparing anti signing a petition to Parliament lot extending the elective franchise lit the counties and burghs of Sentland, it being understood that the meeting is not called in order to disettss any details, but merely to convey trl Parliament the opinion of those favourable to the general principle CS extending the from. Ai 40, " signed by IIE2 of the most respectable citizens of Edinburgh, headed by Mr. Jeffrey, STATE OF THE COUNTRY. NORTH AM PTO N, Wittumanottouon, NOV. 50.—A party of rioters having bEeh captund in breakleg a thraridhpinachine at a village in the neighbourhood of Oundle, were conithhtett from that place to Northampton county gaol, in post.chaists Mitendod by con stables and about from twenty to thirty outriders, trttm Oundle and Thrapstone ; they being desirous of increasing the Estort, one or two of them injudiciously rode forward to this towh, gave the alarm, and called n;thri the constables and inhabitants to assist them, The shoemakers (shots being the manufacture here) and other mechanics left their work tit wit a v the escort ing of the prisoners ; when abent the centre of the town, the whole cavalcade were going at a most rapid rate, and on tinning a very sharp corner the bat chaise upset, surrounded by At least five hundred people; the principal part of the constables halted, the prisoners, two in number, and one constable inside, were as sisted out without much injury ; the cry of rescue was imme diately given, stones picked elf the newly-repaired road flew in all directions at the constables on horseback, their horses became unmanagable, and In five minutes the two prisoners were taken up a narrow lane, and got clear away. The prisoners in the first chaise were forwarded to Northampton, and there safiely.lotiged In gaol. During the afternoon and evening the town was in con. fusion. About nine o'clock at night, the party who had rescued the prisoners paraded the streets with an effigy of the Duke of Wellington, which they burnt in the centre of the town, and broke the windows of most of the respectable inhabitants, par. ticularly those persons who joined In escorting the prisoners.— This morning, about six o'clock, the inhabitants of this place were alarmed by the cry of tire, when it wax ascertained to be at a farm yard occupied by Mr. Dearlove, at Higham Park farm, about seven miles from this town, on the Bedford road ; the engines were forwarded from hence with all possible despatch, but, notwithstanding, one corn stack and part of another were consumed. There is nodoubt of the tire being the act of an in. cendiary, but there is no reason to think it arose from the dis. turbances which occurred here yesterday, It is to be regretted that another hre broke out last night in a farmyard, in the parish of Thrapatone ; but, happily, only ono straw rick was con sumed. The Magistrates of the Division have been sitting all day at the Town-hall, and have sworn in upward s o f th ree hundred special constables. BUCKINGHAMSHIRE. --- About haTf.past nine on Monday morning Mr. Spicer, of Glory Lill, wro t e t o Mr. of Beaconsfield, in great alarm at the threatened approach of iii)j men, who had begun to destroy paper machines above Wycombe, and were proceeding clown. wards, urgently soliciting aid, residents of Beaconsfield having been a few days previously sworn in as special constables. After a little delay Mr. 8— and his servants set of, and were hum's. diately followed. The party took their station at Glory Mill, receiving occasionally reports of the progress of the machine breakers. Mr. It— went forward to reconnoitre, and rode up to the mob. lie soon returned, and urged the party to ad vance, now about thirty.tive, hoping thereby at least to impede their progress, and delay the mischief till troops, which had been sent for should arrive. This was readily agreed to, when, just as they were starting, they heard that the King's.tag.hounds were within a mile anti a half. In their direction Mr. now rode, and Implored the gentlemen to follow him they immediately complied, and were hi a short ti me i n the o p en meadow below the Wyi omb toad, near the publie..house called Red Caps. They soon overtook the infantry {constables), and made a regular charge upon the mob, driving and throwing them into confusion. In the mune of an hour thirty prisoners were taken: At the mill.yard of Mr. Davies, a slight cheek was received in consequence of the mob having the protection of the stream, and an unlucky heap of briek.bats. The party retired a abort distance, occasionally sallying forth and taking prisoners,—. Some gentlemen having pistols, fired, and one man fella sacrifice to his lawless conduct. Mick-bats flew in showers, and tell •in all directions, and many broken heads and cut' faces were the sequence ; the mob were at length defeated by this prompt and spirited conduct, leaving undone half their projected business.ive machines, however, valued at 11,!:04., were destroyed ; the ringleaders ate seised, and about thirty men committed to Aylesbury, OXFORDSIIIRE. Banana; Nov. :10.—The work of destruction, which com menced in the southern extremity of this county a few days since, has at length reached us. On Friday night last, a mob of nearly two hundred proceeded to the house of Mr. allealings, at Chalfont Farm, near Chipping Norton, and totally destroyed a thrashing maim They then demanded some beer and mo. ney, both of which were given them through fear. ,From Mr. !dealings' the miticreants preceded to the Duke of Ileaufort's at Ileythorp Park, and forced an entrance into the hall, an d de. mantled money. The Duke, with his servants, confronted the mob, and remonstrated with them on their conduct; on which one of the ringleaders aimed a 1119 W with a bludgen at his Grace, which WAR fortunately warded off by one of the servants, and the Duke's son Lord Worcester, sprung torkard, and omitted the fellow. This ra ther intimidated the wretches, and the set,. vents soon succeeded in dirrsing them. The man seized has been committed to Oxford ail. Yesterday a part of Major Stmt• ton's corps of Yeomanry Cavalry marched into the town, To. wards the evening, some hundreds of the lowest class of people (who were, I should say, encouraged by some miscreants of a higher class) assembled opposite the bead.quatter, with two figureti borne on poles (Intended for Lord Norreys, one of the county Members, and Villiers Stuart, o ur borough Member, who have made themselves very obnoxious here by voting in the nority of the Civil List Question.) After carrying the fi gures abou the town some time, they burnt them, without any inter ference from the military or civil power. The mob then pro. crested to Neithorp, a hamlet belonging and close adjoining Banbury where they burnt a thra s hi ng mach i ne, belonging to Mr. Bolton. 'I he troop of yeomanry were ordered out in order to disperse the mob; they accordingly proceeded to Neithorp. 'I he mob, on their approach, became en t ieh iniLti ated ; they armed themselves with all manner of missiles—vany of them with large tire:sticks, attacked the military (against whose numbers the mob - were as forty to one) and drove them in all disections. Major Stratto n r ece i ve d received a severe bidw on the head from a brick, which felled hint to the ground. It fcartal the disturbances will not end bare, Accounts have Hite morning Nan received from the neighbouring populous villages shut strong bands of the illAisposed intend marching to this place towards evening. The different Lords Lieutenant of the counties seem to have acted very promptly in obedience to the cit. cuter issued from the Home Office. NORFOLK. Nov. 110.-1 inclose you a copy of the Resolutions agreed to at Ke'ling, a village adjoining this, as to wages. The labourers are everywhere s t r iki ng f or wages, and the tanners In general comply wit h their terms : At a Meeting held at Keßing, on the '29th day of November, " Resnlved-ssThat every man above the age of eighteen years shell receive ten shillings a week. "That every woman, and every other person between the ages of lifteen and eighteen years, shall receive three shillings a week. " That every person between the ages of ten and fifteen years shall receive two shillings it week. " That every person under the age of ten years shall receive one shilling and sixpence a week. "That all persons who are able to work shall work according to the above regul diitna "'That In work taken by the piece, persons who are able to oarn more than ten shillings a w e ek shall apply the ovarian: le wards the maintenance of their amities and the relief of the parish rates. al" '1 hat the abo, e wages are understood to be regulated by the price of wheat." Saturday a mob of several hundreds : armed with hammer*, saws, Am attacked the wer mills at 'I =ham. aim completely destroyed the machinery, which was of the value of nearly laitin/;; they proceeded from that place to Lyng paper mill, and cafe. mitteet damage to the amount of 7004 Similar acts of violeetde have been committed in other parts of the neighbourhood, and the loss by the damage in machinery alone within the last feW ti days is estimated at utmost :MOW. A Meeting of the Magistrat * was held at the Shire Hall on Saturday, the Hon . Fit ward Welt. house presiding, when b committee a as appointed to act on the letter from the Home Office, by adopting instant measures put.. suant to the recommendation it contains. Extractof 4 private letter from the neighbourhood of 'Criclt. lade, dated Nov, ;hl ::—of We have long expected "(hat we hate bo no u tv ive lea w ie n r . le i n o c e er ti l, ri an t i m i e w ly, we , be hen s a i d irr a o r t:rie w lec h i en by th t e lie pe n oi ro , b le • w A rt i o . rising In this part of or tvontry. ' fliere they have done great mischief, The MIL oundry, which not 6,006/. hi totally df. atroyed. Last Tuesday they rose at Marlborough. Since th t day, there is nut a parish around us that has not beep disturbs , little or Much'. In the vicinity of Devises the mob have c o - mated dreadful cactuses. 1.45. t Wednes d ay, the peinde rose at r i Ilighworth, took their waggon, which they had been finced di drag along like stares, into the market-piece and demolished it.`,: then proceeded to the thrkshing‘machines, and broke ev e ns. one in the parish. ' Alter they ha d broken all in Ilightiortli, the broke one at Bury.town, two at illemsdown, said then came - Upper Vi'indhill and destroyed Mr. Smith's. We have nut ha 1 x single soul come to - as yet. 'After this they wept ttp ~................ Wylds ' Esq. and broke his; then to Stanton end Soren. hempton, they destroyed fifteen that night.. No one opposed them in breaking thrashing machines ; a few bave haymaking machines. There were but two thrashing machines besides Mt 8.1; in our parish ; the owners of thernhart them brolieti by their own men, but, however, that did not 'satisfy our labourers, with Ia Vestry having been ralletiand nun lest Thursday, whioh raised their wages to ten shillings a week) crime in a body and ,dis. mended twelve 'Millings, broke open locks to get at gone hili°. making machines, and brought them into Ike midst of the town and knocked them to bits ; then went td J)ownempney and tattoo and broke se mo of both kinds, joined by the men or those Parishea. n. , .. Nov. Mt—. s'esterday C ho rose rose at Leebbitle Au!,l I 'loulton,: a ni surrounding villages. At .airibrd, last Eriday, they iligirl kthedthe machine makers. ,At Wanibro and SWIOII6II, Dr If intoo,Winterbourn, and all along the hilts, they are scat tobje.4 ' in large multitudes. . There are upwards of WO "priumers id Devises, who ore Who tried ittunesliatcly. The mob went to Mail. borough to rescue the prisoners ' but were diselmointod, pone or them having been taken to that prison. We hive had no tir e til .this neighbourhood, Mr. .....—,.—, of —........, is much hurt ht the mob—he is said to be dead. ---, Et.q. wounded a m.in who was in the mob on the other aide or Swindon, and he die 4 on Saturday in prison. The Squire was with the Swindon torso or cavalry. t think now that the countrym en w ill d o more i n bring on Itetbrination than the Londoners, * * • e i * .• : Lilo not blame the labourer to: standing tip for atu'ilelll;":tiaerlittili urine e t th%y r hoilholu4bnld4tiroit for t i h tr e. tir fem spi t t t a i lt W ire e po( ac ,; taigas, who s, cooperatively speaking, as NW/ off as threw setr,, h SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. The impression seems to have become deep and r general in France, that a war in Europe is now not only probable, but almost inevitable. The ap• prehension of an approaching rupture has seized boll of the Journal., has spread into the mast of • the population, and is said even to actuate the councils of the King. Hence we hear oft new levy of 80,000 men in addition to . the extraordinary COO.. tingent ordered out by recent ordinancem,—of an in tention to demand from the Chamber anew war credit, and of active preparations for putting the border fortresses in a state of .defence. Hence we hear that the patriotic inhabitant's of the frontiers have anticipated the pravidence of the Government, and are arming themselves to resist then Ppre,heetled eggreesion. On the eastern liMits o f 'Pripet, we are told that the people of towns, villages, nod ham lets are organizing themselves into military corps,— are purchasing arms, and forming patriotic associa tions of insurance against the disasters of invasion. Lorraine and the Vosges have shown the exarapte and in the communes of the departments of La Meuse and La Meurthe it has been resolved to employ the communal revenues in buying sabres and muskets for their volunteers. 'Ver. like Burgundy is equally on the alert. The, po pulation of Champagne is not behind in patr iotic' ardour. Dauphiny and Auverne display the .same promptitude in preparing for the enemy, on the south. From the Pyrenees to the Alps, we are informed, the French frontiers will, in a short time, present a line of glittering bayonets to oppose the during aggressor who would violate the French territory. The National Guard would be the nation in arms. In confirmation of the inference to be drewn . from these alarming rumours, we are told of the extraor dinary activity of Mershal Sault, the new Minister of War, whose paroxysm. of energy would be thrown away unless he apprehended a war, and w ho certainly would not be found (nor, Weed, do we believe he is ever to be found) in his bureau at four o'clock in a December morning, miles* ho almost considered his office as the heed•quarters of a commencing campaign. Such is the picture of French warlike preparation,--such is the attitude of French resistance, as presented in some of the journals. The grounds for apprehending that the courage and preset.* of oar neighbours, thus ae on every former•occasion eager for display, will soon find a - field for distinguishing themselves, are not so obvious. Russia, according to all accounts, has put some corps of her army on a war footing: great bodies of her troops are marching to her western frontiers, and the conqueror of time Turkish empire, Count Diebitach, who has been fur some time at Berlin, is said to have gone to inspect and to pro vide for this advancing force. The Prussian Wart office is reported to be very active, and great reinforcements have been ordered to the Rhenish provinces, to be nearer the scene of the antici pated operations. We need scarcely add the very current rumours of the preparations of Austria on the side of Italy, and the certain fact, that an additional levy of 50,000 men has been demanded from her Hungarian dominions Connected with the known principles of these ab solute Governments, with their aversion to political change, and with their alarms at revolutionary' con tagion which the events of July had occasioned, it is not surprising that this array of bayonets should be supposed by Frenchmen to be directed igainst their Citizen King and their new Charter. Imrne dietely after the expulsion of the Bourbonvi the ap prehension of a European crusade against their liberties seems to have seized hold of their minds. Bence their. numerous poetical rants against inva sion and foreign interference—hence their anxiety to learn the recognition of their King by the Great Powers—and hence the popularity of the Marsellois hymn, which was sung , by the King himself, and which had no application, if there was no foreign menace. But a little reflection or a little delay must hare convinced the most timid or warlike politician in France, that he bad no reason to look for the march of European armies to drive Louis Philip from the Palais Royal, to restore the young Duke de Bordeaux, or to interfere with French institutions. Even the meet benighted bigots of absolute and itch!. trery power had learnt something from experience, and knew that in a conflict o f ennui. and generals .againat nation, and national , opinions, victory could only declare itself on one Ode, — They, therefore, consented to ' receive the new King into the society of Sovereigns; and. to par. don the French people !lir asserting their liberties. The French journalists, then, act front the ((mason delusion or the most flagrant perversity, when they attempt to inculcate on their readers that this array of Holy Alliance force is directed against the reeerit changes in France. France may tillinsalel* have to sustain the *hoar, but it is only in advancing her shield over her neighbour that the blow will fell upon her. The immediate object of the attack (if any attack is to be mad e ) w ill o f course b e Belgium ; and the justification of the violence will be,- 7 not that Belgium has adopted a particuler Govern merit, or rejected a particular dynasty, but that it has broken solemn treaties, on the observance of which the security of the present European . sys tem depends. The time is gone by for . waging a war of opinion with the declaration of Laybach Jo scribed ott the standards of invasion; but the faith of treaties, which settle the international relations of states, may still be enforced by arms, and their violation at least may furnish the pretext rot-attack. The new Belgic State inside upon uniting to itself the province of Luxembourg, a Grand Husby ofthe Germanic - Confederation, in opposition to the so lemn protest of the King of Holland, acting in the name and as a member of the Germanic Diet, It has, moreover, committed the unpardonable Anti enormous offence of showingthe treaties of Vienna to be waste paper, while 'Russia has no more title to Poland, Austria tb the Lornhardo-Verietion king doin, and Prussia to Saxony' and the Rhenish pro vinces, than this same despised, violated, and mutt fated set 'of documents. if, 0106 - Powers, there fore, send their armies to the Rhine, It will be under the pretext of restoring or maintaining the uhf re lations of states as settled hy the tretittes to which the Emperor Nicholas *Hutted in his letter to the King of France and the collision for which France is said to be preparing must occur in the execution of her purpose to protect her Belgic neighhours from foreign aggression. As soon as a P,tr,situt cannon is heard on the Belgic frontier, the new *,ante will demand succours from France ; and as the cause and the interests of the two revolution. will he con founded- in popular estimation,thiOireiroment of the latter will find it impossible to decline contest which will be 'artfully represented as its awn. Such must necessarily he `the' course of events should the spirit of the Ifoly Alliance unhappily s timu l ate the Emperor of Rusila and King of Prussia to proem, by an appeal to. arms, the antioneed relics of eh. Woe engaement.. Whatever may occur, Wino' is fortunate ly secure from any necessity of entering the field at the beginnlog of the contest, and can only be compelled to mix in it, during its progress, by such ambitious and dishonest pretensions on the Eart of our French neighbours as would m4ke all urope our anise.' She has tacitly renounced the o tr n etet w i h e i s c , h an th d e f u o g rt it n r i e l il ly so t r n s o a teed c s t t iati ag d a i l i ns ti t ie th l e rr n elf : e r tic i L i oes. verument is faithful to its deelarstions and Prays sione,—of which we see tin mum to doubt,—her peace still be preserved amid surrounding war.— • . The disturbaricce throughout the country con. tinue, but the tumaltuoue lineMbiatos are less fro. quenti The prisons ere ND. We untletaia4tl in those at Herepettire there ere uhove two hundred untivittuals, against many of whom sets of grunt criminality cos be substantiated. In Wllteldre the outrages hare been very barbarous in many Oi l e rs , Our reader* will set, from ten extract from is ptivare letter from Crioklade in our columns, that Ow ,rwit) everywhere plundered es well et broke nuseltti%*o , destroyed furniture, nay, even .eueeled-tolf 'Hardly a vitiat e has sae4,p o 4„ f it 44 prison ik vises there are above one }misfired prisentil. 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