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The Parliament is dis solved, and you are called upon to choose your Represen tatives in the first Reformed Parliament. I feel it, there fore, my duty to renew the offer of my services to your Division of the County of Northampton. I have so long had the honour of being your Represen tative in Parliament, and you have had such constant op portunities of observing my public conduct, that it cannot he necessary for me to make any profession of the prin ciples on which it is my intention to act. The change of my situation from that of a private Member of Parliament to that of a Minister of the Crown, has made no altera tion in those principles, and I hope and trust that it never will. A J. G. Slake, A. A. Boarns, and Ensign J. A. Guiles',.l of the 25th Regiment of Foot, with a detachment of the Ist West India Regiment. His Majesty's ship Hyacinth, 18, Commander Oldrev, arrived at Spithead from the West India station on Friday, - with a considerable quantity of treasure on merchantte . ) count, which she embarked at Vera Cruz, Ta mp i eo ,'i n a" the Havannah, from which latter port she reached Ber muda on the 9th of November, where she found the Ct mander-in-Chief on shore (Vice -Admiral Colpoys), wen had just breathed his last. The Hyacinth sailed for Erik,- land on the I2th, leaving his Majesty's ship Tweed, 20, at Bermuda ; his Majesty's ship Winchester had left a few days before for Jamaica ; His Majesty's ship Sapphire, was on the Spanish Main ; his Majesty's ship Blanche, 46, at Halifax. The Purser of the Hyacinth had lately died, and Mr. Helier Snow, Clerk, had succeeded to the va cancy. The Hyacinth remains waiting Admiralty orders, but is supposed to be destined to join Sir P. Malcolm's squadron, iu which case she will receive a slight refit. The Sylvia, revenue cutter, sent in here on Sunday the Dutch trig Clara Henrietta, Irmo Batavia to Amsterdam, which she detained off Weymouth. His Majesty's cutters Seafl ewer, Lieutenant Morgin, and Sylvia, Lieutenant Spark, returnel on Tnead ty from 4 cruise, owing to the boisterous weather, and sailed again yesterday, for the prevention of smuggling. PROMOTIONS, APPOINTMENTS, &ie.—Commander Ta Dickenson (h ) is promoted to the rank of Captain ; Lieu tenant J. J. Allen is promoted to the rank of Commander ; Lieut. R. C. Curry is promoted to the rank of Comman , der; Mr. J. S. Ellman is promoted to the rank of Lieu.: tenant : Mr. A. Guldie, of his Majesty's ship Druid, is promoted to the rank of Lieutenant ; Commander H. F. Austen is appointed to his Majesty's steam-vessel Salaman der; Lieut. H. Packenham is appointed to the same ves sel ; Lieut. A. Kennedy is appointed to his Mal-set's steam-vessel Alban ; Second Lieutenant Clapperton, of the Royal Marines, is appointed to his Majesty's ship Druid Mr. Martin, Carpenter, of his Majesty's ship Talavera, is appointed to the Rodney, on the stocks at Milford. At Spithead—Druid and Hyacinth. In Harbour—Victory, Royal George, Excellent, and Sparrow and Sylvia cutters. It is reported that Captain W. Sandon is likely to supply the place of Captain Hamilton, of his Majesty's ship Druid, whose health obliges him to relinquish the command. ( No. 12,553.) LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 4, 1832. (PRICE 7n.) A LETTER to the 1 4 :LECTORS of WEST MINSTER, from FRANCIS PLACE. mote reform, it could not have been expected by Sir John, to whom my opinions were well known, that so far as I interfered, I should depart from the line of conduct I had followed for upwards of ►,wenty-six years; and he ought to have been satisfied with the pains I took to limit the questions, and to have believed that there could he nothing personally hostile to him in the proceeding ; and I cannot even now persuade myself, that he does really believe there was any such feeling, notwithstanding, he has so unqualifiedly asserted the contrary But it is said, why should any question be asked, why any pledge demanded of Sir John ? He has been in Parlia ment twelve years, and his conduct ought to he taken as a sufficient pledge. It has been seen, that his conduct was not such as to satisfy a very large proportion of highly respectable and intelligent Reformers, his constituents. That this was so is beyond all dispute; it was occasionally declared in many places—was talked of in club-houses, by friends and foes. It had come to my knowledge in ways which did not permit me to doubt, that Ministers were desirous to avoid taking steps towards enabling the people to reap any of the advantages they reasonably expected from the Reform Bill. The Bill was to he allowed to " take its own course." In plain language, was to be a dead letter. I had heard enough in conversation with Sir Francis Burdett and Sir Juhn Hobhouse, to satisfy me, that their notions corres ponded with those of the Ministers, and no further changes seemed likely to be promoted by them ; that this was a correct inference is now proved by the feet, that not one word in reference to any sort of Reform whatever, has escaped from the tongue or the pen of either of the Baro nets. No, we were to sit down, quiescent and contented, until the termination of the next Parliament, when, if the Bill remains as it is, every borough in the kingdom will be utterly corrupt, and every election a contest of the purse. Under these circumstances, I felt it my duty to go along with the electors as far as I have stated ; there was no no sort of concealment, and Sir John might have learned from me, from a common friend, or from any one of a pretty large number of electors, every thing that passed. . . minded of him ; he had earned his fame before he came to Westminster ; not so Sir John. Sir Francis, without being asked, has given more pledges than any other public man. Sir John was not nominated until he hail fully pledged himself. • If, therefore, what Sir Francis now Rays be cor rect, we are all fools, and he and Sir John are both rogues; but it is not so. DOWNS, Nov. 28. Extract of a letter from an officer 'on board his _Majesty's ship Donegal:— Gentlemen,—Few, who were not actually public men, have, in relation to public matters, been inlre abused than lat times have been. To be abused was, I knew, the penally I incurred for my interference, and as I in curred the penalty knowingly, I had little reason to com plain : arid I never have complained. Every one who chose has written of me to ple.ise himself; and every one who chooses may please himself in the same way. I address you—not in defence of myself, for that I should scorn to do—but to prevent your being imposed upon and misled in a matter which I, as well as many of you, think of importance. Sir John Hobhouse, in his speech at the Crown and Anchor Tavern, on Monday the -26th of November, is re ported to have said—and my impiiries have satisfied me that he is correctly reported—that, " From the letter of the Colonel (Evans), it appeared that he, on the Friday (the 16th), had given his pledge to stand, and it was not for two or three days afterwards the pledges were de manded from him (Sir John). It was a mere trick, not of the Colonel's, but of some of the electors, for whose en mity he was not aware of having given cause. He would ask the meeting from how many of the electors of West minster did they think this demand originated. From 500?—No. From 50 ?—No. From 10 ?—No. But from one individual, whose letter he then had in his pocket, in which he says to the deputation—' Mind you ash him before the public meeting, and be sure you pub lish his answer.'" It is my intention to prove most clearly, and put beyond all doubt, the fact, that Sir John wilfully misrepresented me for the purpose of deceiving you, tha❑ which I know nothing more disgraceful. It may be necessary, in anticipation of some rumours carefully disseminated, for me to say, that I am nut, and never was, a dangler at the heels of great men ; never was a frequen'er of great men's houses, but have always avoided them. I❑ ❑o great man's house have I ever sat down as a guest—in no one even as an ordinary acquaintance, save only in those of Sir Francis Burdett and Sir John Hob house; and in neither of these even, unless called to it by unavoidable business. That during the twenty five years I have been politically acquainted with Sir Francis, I have not been probably twenty-five times withi❑ the doors of his house ; and during the fourteen years of my political acquaintance with Sir John Hobhouse, I have not been in any apartment of his, fourteen times. Thar, excepting in a public room, I never ate or drank with Sir Francis, and but once with Sir John, at breakfast, when I met some gentlemen from Lancashire, to promote the repeal of the duty on printed calico. Standing thus, then, not under the slightest obligation to any political man, I may, I think, be allowed to adopt as independent a tone, and claim to he permitted to act as freely, as any other person whatever. His Majesty's ship Donegal having arrived here yes terday, at two o'clock, from the coast of Holland, which place she left the morning before, found at anchor his Ma. jesty's ships Spartiate, Malabar, Southampton, Satellite, and Emerald cutter, Suffrein and Creole French ships. I am happy to find that the flag-ship has recovered ail her former good qualities. She now sails beiutifully. Im mediately after she had got under weigh on Tuesday morn ing, in company with his Majesty's ship Revenge and Rhadamanthus steamer, and French frigate Cyrene, with the French Admiral's flag, the breeze freshened, and in a few hours the Donegal was miles a-head, sparing them her mainsail; in the evening she lost sight of her compa nions altogether, and, up to the present time (five o'clock), none of them have made their appearance. It is my firm belief that, in a double-reefed topsail breeze, few ships in the navy would have any chance with the Donegal. Al though the weather was unusu illy fine during the greater part of our time off the Dutch coast, still, having no ob ject in view, no exciting cause, our cruise felt rather stupid and tiresome. As the weather appeared unsettled, we had no communication with the shore ; indeed the few gloomy bleak banks we saw peeping through the fog did not hold out any great temptation ; being, therefore, com pletely left to our own resources, except for the friendly intercourse which we had with the French officers, whom we found to be of most gentlemanly and agreeable man ners, we might as well have been at the North Pole; still it would be a most gross libel on our worthy Admiral not unhesitatingly to confess that he has, in his usual pod humoured and kind manner, afforded every facility of communicating with our friends, and endeavoured, as far as in his power, to make not only the officers of his ow❑ ship, but those of the whole fleet, comfortable. It i , quite amusing to hear people at home, who know nothing of the North S-a, talking of the impossibility of blockading the Scheldt at this season. I can assure them that there never was a port more effectually blockaded than those of Holland at this moment. Our ships are so judiciously disposed of and arranged iu their different stations, from Ostend before all the mouths of the Scheldt, Meuse, and along the coast as high as the Texel, and such intercourse kept up by the small craft, that I defy any vessel either going to or returning from any of the Dutch ports to escape our cruisers. Nor has the slightest accident hap pened to any of the combined squadron, with the excep tion of that of the Talavera, and the French frigate Calypso, which was a mere accident, not caused by a North Sea breeze. It is uncertain how long we shall re main here. There are so many contradictory reports afloat, that I don't think any of them worth repeating. The Conway fell in with the Donegal on Tuesday, and arrived here the next evening. The Larne sailed for the Texel ; the Dec steamer gone to Sheerness for coals ; the Talavera is still at Sheerness ; and the French frigate at Chatham. The weather is so very squally, and this place so disagreeable, that I should like to be off as socn as is , a sible. I detested the Downs at best, and the little sample we have had since we arrived is not calculated to change my opinion. The great objects of the new Parliament must be to amend our laws, and to correct the abuses which may have crept into any of our institutions. To these of jests, should you elect me a 3 your representative, it v endeavours shall be directed, and as the House of Commons will now really and fairly represent the opinions of the great body of the people, I feel confident that they will be obtained. 1 will not i❑ this address enter upon the many topics of great interest which must necessarily call for the attention of the Legislature, but I shall be ready to give sueb expla nations of my views, as any of you may require, when I appear before you on the day of election. I cannot conclude without expressing the satisfaction Which I have felt at witnessing the zeal with which you have defended your political rights during the course of the registration. It is a proof that you value them as you ought, and it is a proof, if any were wanting, that you deserve them. I have the honour to be, Gentlemen, Your obliged and obedient humble servant, ALTHORP. Sir John has made four distinct things his own by his advocacy of them, and I will neither vote for him, nor for any other man, who refuses to promise to promote their accomplishment ; they are, 1. Voting by Ballot, all important Ballot. 2. Repeal of the Septennial Act. 3. Repeal of the Taxes on Knowledge. 4. Repeal of the Assessed Taxes on account of their unequal and consequently unjust distribution. I care little about details, as these four, or even the two first of them, will enable the people to obtain all they can reasonably desire. Sir John's situation makes it the more necessary that he should unequivocally, and as an honest man, desire to have a public opportunity to do so. It is but little, after all, that is asked ; it is no boon ; nothing but the means of quietly promoting good government by de stroying bad government in a legal way. It is too much of any man to desire people to make him their master for SEVEN years, instead of the people's servant for ONE year, without agreeing on the terms. I dislike the proceedings of Mr. Devear exceedingly, they are such as an upright man should have nothing to do with; such as, if I were not just now resolved to remain at home, would induce me to go out and help to manage an • other contested election, but there are many intelligent men, younger than I am, who should spend their time— incur the loss—and bear the odium as I have done. Downing street, Dec. 3, 1832. PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION LIBRARY, 26, HOLLES- STREET, CA VENDISH-SQARE, (Formerly the Banking-house.) TERMS CLASS. X. S. d. The Year 5 5 Allowed 12 vols. in Town, and Half Year 3 3 0 'lt in the country. Quarter 1 16 0 - The Extra Supplies at this extensive Library, insure to Subscribers the immediate possession of the New Pub lications, British and Foreign, which are sent in any quan tity to all parts of the United Kingdom. The Catalogue can be bad on application to E. Bull, Librarian ; and the Catalogue of Cheap Books for Sale (gratis) can be sent per post. Your. truly, FRANCIS PLACE. The Maitland, transport, Lieut. J. Sanders, Agent, sailed from Deptford o❑ Sunday for Lisbon. The William Harris, transport, Li• ut. Stevens, Agent, sailed from Deptford on Sunday for Sierra Leone with Government stores. The Amphitrite, transport, Lieut. Cooley, Agent, put into Ramsgate, on Thursday, on her way to this port with Government stores, and a small detachment of the Ist Regiment of Foot, to proceed in the Romney. The Orestes, transport, Lieutenant Garrott, Agent, will sail during the present week for Wo 'Reich and Dept ford, with army invalids and Government stores. _ _ To :Messrs. Michie, Artier, Green, Wilson, Redman, and Savory. It will not, I think, be easy for any one who has read these letters to conceive the possibility of more perversion, in so few words as in those which have been quoied from the speech of Sir John Hobhouse. 1. That Colonel Evans was pledged on the Friday, qua lified by the pitiful subterfuge, " it appears by his lett, r," the letter being actually dated " Sunday." Can Sir John think such conduct as this will pass unnoticed ? 2. Sir John told the deputation on the Sunday, that he knew all their proceedings correctly, and, consequently be knew that there could be no pledging on the Friday ; he knew that no meeting was held till the Saturday evening. 3. Sir John knew, from the very nature of the caw, that if any pledge was given on the Saturday it could only be conditional. His emissaries were at the meeting, and he must therefore have known, that in the opinion of many, his acceptance of the pledges was expected, and that the business wouai end there. 4. Sir John says that I wrote to the deputatio❑ and instructed them what to do, when he knew that no depu tation was appointed, and it was uncertain that any would be appointed. Parliamentary men, and especially men in office, fre quently take liberties with truth in a way unknown to other men ; but few, even of such men, would have ven tured so openly to outrage truth and decency as Sir John has done in this instance. What must you, the electors of Westminster, think of Sir John, when you look back at the quotation from his speech, and there read that the demind for pledges from Sir John was a trick of " one individual," whose letter he had in his pocket, in which he says to the depu tation, "Mind you ask him before the public meeting, and he sure you publish his answer." No man can mistake the meaning of these words—no one mistake the affecta tion of mystery respecting the letter—the letter sent to him by myself, with the proffered means, through Mr. Warburton, of the knots ledge that by me he had been handsomely treated, and had only not been preferred by me to my public duty. Had he followed a plain honest course, he would have told the truth—the whole truth; he would have scorned the use of falsehood, been above misrepresentation, and instead of using words as a quo tation from the letter, which it does not contain, he would have read the letter. Why then did he not read the letter ? Let any man who has read it answer the question. The words used by Sir John admit of but one interpretation, that of mean base fraud ; he intended them to have that meaning and no other. The words in the letter have precisely the contrary mean ng to those he used. They are, " It is also my opinion that the questions and an swers should be published as soon as possible." And why be thus published ? The reason follows, because that any thing done by any body relating to the electors, should be communicated to 'hem as was done formerly, and their acceptance or rejection of every thing proposed should be asked. Is this compatible with base trickery ? Is it not contemptible trickery in Sir John to act as he did, and has he not deserved the exposure of his trickery? He knew well enough there was no trickery in any part of my conduct, yet has he had the folly and effrontery to pretend there was, to make a mystery of the contents of the letter, and for a bad purpose to quote as a passage, words it did not contain. With Sir John I have been pretty closely engaged in some public matters, sufficiently disagreeable; yet even after the conduct I have been compelled to expose, I cannot persuade myself he will pretend that, in any one instance, I ever gave in to a single act for which any man might not take credit to himself. With this statement of facts before you, with conduct on the part of Sir John, so highly disreputable, amount ing to a tacit avowal that from him you are not to ex pect any assistance in the work of quiet legal regenera tion; with conduct which proves that he no longer con siders himself bound to comply with any wish of yours, however reasonable, or to attend to any interest of yours which, from any cause at any time, may not be equally agreeable to himself and to Ministers; will you place those interests in his hands to be disposed of as he chooses for seven years, without the smallest power of control, without any of calling him to account, be his conduct whatever it may? What was good for the people in 1819 is good fur them now ; what Sir John recommended then should be the rule ❑ow : what he deprecated in the Whigs then, he is now practising himself to the very letter. There is one difference only between those whom lie then so properly reprobated and himself, and that is, that they never treated the electors as their dependents, and never pretended to treat them with such perfect indifference as Sir John does now. During this period, application bad been made to Colo nel Evans to become a candidate, and, after much inter course, to which I was not in any way a party, it was agreed, that a meeting should be held on the evening of Saturday, the 17th November, for the purpose of ascer-• taining bow far they who might choose to attend, could concur in any mode of proceeding. About two hours before the meeting was held, several electors, one only of whom was known to me personally, be ing desirous to obtain my opinion on certain points, in writ ng, sent me a note, to which I replied by letter. The letter was lost by the person intrusted to carry it to the Salopian Coffee-house; and this obliged me to write ano ther from memory, which, as will be seen, differs in no essential particular. On the morning of Monday, the 19th, the last letter was brought to me by Mr. Warburton, in an open envelope; it had been picked up, opened, and sent to Sir John Hobhou-e, who gave it to Mr. Warburton for me, and copies of bath the letters, with a note, were sent to Sir John, as follows, viz.:— Now ready, PROOFS of the ILLUSTRATIONS to TURNER'S ANNUAL TOUR, arid HEATH'S LOOK of BEAUTY, for 1833. The Portland and Jupiter are ficting in the Thames for the conveyance of male convicts to Australia. The latter will call at this port for part of her complement. The Edinburgh has been taken into dock to be coppercit and brought forward for commission. Plain Proofs in a Portfolio .£2 2 0 India Proofs 3 3 0 Before Letters 4 4 0 Published by Moon, Boys, and Graves, 6, Pall-Mall; and may he bad of all Book and Printsellers. The Cressy is being broken up in the North Dock with great expedition. Also, Th e PROOF PLATES to THE KEEPSAKE, and P ICTURESQUE ANNUALS, for 1833. The cutter Swallow, of this port, which sailed from hence about a month ago, with volunteers and stores for Oporto, for the forces of Do❑ Pedro, and the brig Me laide, also of this port, Teinperly, master, which sailed about the same time with horses and volunteers, have both returned during the week, not having been able to get into the river Douro, owing to the strong bitteries erected by Don Miguel, and the danger of crossing the bar. Of forty-eight horses shipped, upwards of half the numher died from want of water, and the stormy weather. The volunteers were also landed in a very distresse 1 state. J. H. Capper, Esq , Superintendent of convicts, ar rived at this port on Friday evening last, to inspect offi cially the bulks. Nearly ready, in 3 vols. post Svo., THE LIFE OF A SAILOR By a CAPTAIN in the ROYAL NAVY. Sir John Hobhouse thanks me for my interference. He tells you this in bitterness of heart—the consequence of his own ill conduct. He is conscious that he deserves to lose his seat, and he knows well enough that in refusing the pledges, he has risked the throwing it away for ever. He t. lls you that Colonel Evans gave his pledge on the Friday, and that the deputation was a trick of mine out of enmity to him. God knows that I have no enmity towards bim, and he too knows it. He knows me too well, to believe that I can have any enmity towards him. I Richard Bentley, New Burlington street, (Late Colburn and Bentley.) This day was published, in 2 vols. Bvo., with numerous Plates and Vignettes, WILD SPORTS OF THE WEST. By the Auth-r of " Stori. s of Waterloo." work altogether after our own hearts."—Spectator. Full of interest, entertai , ment, and information."—Courier. Replete with quaint anecdotes, racy touches of character, and graphic power of description."—Sun . One of those light and amusing productions which must in. serest readers of every class, and particularly acceptable to those W ho take delight in sports by ' flood and field.' "—Lit. Gazette. . Every specie s o f Wild Sport' peculiar to the British Isles is inimitably described, and seasoned with anecdotes, sketches, and tales, alternately humourous and pathetic, but all true to na ture."—United Service Journal, December. Richard Bewley, New Burlington-street. (Late Colburn and Bentley ) Monday, Nov. 19, 1832. Sir John,—Mr. Warburton brought me the letter you put into his hands; Colonel Jones and Mr. Carpue were present when he came. Mr. Warburton is acquainted with all the in:Utical mat ters in which I have for some time past interfered. Colonel Jones came to " put me to the question," in consequence of some reports lie had heard at Ridgway's, which he thought were derogatory to me. I know not why I should nave any secrets on political matters, and I hue none, at least none of my own. I therefore, in the presence of the other gentlemen, gave full answers to Colonel Jones's questions, and such matters of proof as I have by me. His questions related to Westminster, and to you ; and Mr. 'Warburton will tell you his opinion on these sub j-cts. If you are satisfied—well—if your are not, I can not help it. I send you a copy of the letter you returned by Mr. %Vat burton. You have seen, that it was directed to • Mr. ilfirhie, or the Chairman," and waa consequently .ntended to be read to the company, if either Mr. Michie, he chairman, or any one of the gentlemen to whom it was addressed chose to read it; the letter was sent to the Sa lopian C .ffee•house, at t 3 o'clock in the evening, and was lost by the messenger. On leaning this, I wrote another from memory, as I had not taken a copy; anti I now send you a copy of both letters. " Politics make no friends," and he who acts honet.tly, and on his own opinions, can never hope long to please any body ; this is my case, and as it is uaavoidahle, I am contented it should remain so. Yours, FRANCIS PLACE. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. (From the Hampshire Telegraph.) PORTSMOUTH, DEC. I.—The Clio may be daily ex pected in England with specie, from Peru ; the Warspite and the Pylades were at Rio Janeiro ; the Semarang and Beagle were in the Rio Plata ; the Algerine was at Bahia. The Druid is refitting at Spithead, to wait for ordrrs. The Eniulous, Lieut. Croke, arrived at Falmouth on Sunday evening, from South America—left Buenos Ayres the 14th August, Montevideo the 19th, and Rio Janeiro the 18th Sept., with the mails and 60,000 dollars on freight. All was quiet there; much damage had taken place among the shipping in the Rio de la Plata, in strong gals-s, Captain Lyon, R.N., the celebrated navigator, embarked in the packet at Rio and died at sea on Oct. 8. The Carron steam-vessel arrived at Plymouth on Sun day, from Woolwich, with marines, and sailed itntnedi. ately for AIWA.' The Pike schooner, 12, Lieut. Brooking, sailed on Wednesday for Falmouth, to take out the next mail to Lisbon. Nine convicts have been pardoned and discharged dur ing the week, and 113 have been embarked on board the Lotus, for Van Diemen's Land, and forty, whose sentences have nearly expired, have arrived from Bermuda, by his Majesty's ship Hyacinth. know not what Sir John means by Colonel Evans b •ing pledged on the Friday ; I have no knowledge of his being pledged till the Monday, more than 21 hours after Sir John had seen the deputation, and refused to answer tht reasonable qu stiona they asked hint S r John did indeed know that Colonel Evans had not been pledged on the Fri day, for he told the deputation he knee all that had been done ; and I have since learned that there was no meeting on the FA iday, nor on any preceding day. Sir John per verts the truth to make a point in his case. Ido not know how Colonel Evans could he pledged until the Mon day evening, but I do know that several of the highly respectable electors who took part in the proceedines, as well as Colonel Evans himself, aßticipated Sir John's ac ceptance of the tour prop sitions ; had he done so, the matter must have ended there, and neither pledging nor nominating of Colonel Evans could have taken place. I believe the simple facts to he these : it was provision .. The travelling expenses heretofore allowed to convicts to take them home, at the expiration of their periods of transportation, are henceforth to be be discontinued. They will, in future, have to pay these expenses out of the savings of their Libour allowances. The Messenger, naval steam transport, arrived at Sheerness on the 23d ult. from the river. She pro ceeded to Chatham on Sunday last, and passed Sheerness again on Monday, having in tow the Iphigenia, 42-gun frigate, on her way to Woolwich, to be fitted for the use of the Marine Society Establishment, in lieu of the Soleby, 32, at Deptford. On Wednesday next, in Bvo., The FOURTH VOLUME of the ENGLISH THAN. SLATION OF THE A I EMOIRS OF MADAME .TUNOT. (DUCHESS of ABRANTES). Written by HERSELF. e°4lpri4ng, among other interesting features, an Account of General Junot's Secret Mission to the Courts of Ma drid and Lisbon, with Anecdotes of the Nobility of Spain and Portugal. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. (Late Colburn and Bentley.) The Mangles, convict-ship, arrived at Sheerness no Monday, with convicts from Woolwich. She will em bark more convicts at Sheerness and Chatham, and pro.. ceedto New South Wales. ally agreed on the Saturday evening, that if Sir . John re• Jeeted the four propositions, Colonel Evans short d be no- The Talavera, 74, Captain Brown, was to be taken out of dock at Sheerness to-day, after having undergone such repairs as the damages she sustained by running on board the Calypso, French frigate, required. The utmost exer tion has been made in that yard, to make good the repairs; indeed, greater expedition in this respect has seldom been manifested, as the whole of the cutwater, head-rails, bol sters of the hawse, and every part connected with the how, have been removed and replaced in little more than a week. The Calypso, after having her damages made good for temporary purpose, and which is to cost 2001., is to proceed to France to undergo the necessary repairs, which are estimated at 10,0001. The IS-pounders on the main-deck of the Talavera have been changed for light 3.1-pounders. The Surly, cutter, 10, at Sheerness, is ordered to be appropriated as a lighter for the service of the dockyard at that port, in lieu of the Medway, lighter, which has proceeded to Jamaica. Mr. Grandy, who lately com manded the Medway, will have the command of the Sw ly. The latter was taken out of the great basin at S .eerness on Thursday, and proceeded on the following day to Chatham, to be fitted for the above service. LETTER WHICH WAS LOST. 17th November, My dear Sir,—You, and your friends ask me :- 1. " If I concur with them in thinking that Sir John Hobhouse should be questioned ?"—I answer, I do. " If he should be questioned without delay, or if it should be done at a public meeting?"—l answer, to-morrow morning, at whatever place he may be, either in town or His Majesty's steam-vessel, Dee, Gminlander R. Oliver (b), arrived at Sheerness on Wednesday, and took in supply of coals on the following day. Capt. Symonds, Surveyor of the Navy, arrived at Sheerness on the 24th ult. and paid an official visit to that dockyard. He left Sheerness for Chatham► and Lon don on Sunday last. The Romney, troop ship, R. Brown Commander, ar rived at Plymouth from the Tagus on Sunday. She went into harbour to refit for the conveyance of troops, includ ing detachments of the 22d, '7lst, and 77th regiments to Jamaica and Bermuda; and we understand will increase her armament, in consequence of the unsettled state of public affaiN. The Warspite, 71, is ordered from Rio Janeiro to the Lisbon station. Vice•Adriaiial Sir John Bereslord proceeded from Sheer ness on leave of absence on Tuesday last, when his flag was struck on board his Majesty's ship Ocean. The com mand in the Medway devolves, in the mean time, on Capt. Sir J. Gordon, K.C.8., who paid an official visit to Sheerness on Wedn,sday last. Lieut. G. W. Rabett, R.N. commanding his Majesty's yacht Herald, and supetnumerary of his M .jesiy's ship Victory, was, on Wedoesd‘.y last, unanimously chosen by the brethren of the Plicelix Lodge, No. 4SI, and stalled Grand Master for the ensuing year, in the room of J. Crocket, Esq., whose time expired on that day. This lodge is well known to be one of the best in England. (From the Devouporl Telegraph.) Commander James Marshall is promoted to the rank of Captain; Mr. Parkrr, late Acting-Master of the Beacon, is appointed Second Master of the St. Vincent ; Mr. C. Rankin, to be Assistant-Surgeon in the Navy, and to he Supernumerary of the Victory ; Lieutenant A. Kort right, live Assistant-Surveyor of his M ijesty's ship /Etna, is appointed to the Coast Guard Service; the Rev. P. Panter, Chaplain, R.N., is appointed to the Rectory of Thorney, Northumberland, in the gift of the Admiralty, vice Rev. E. Brice, resigned ; Mr. J. Yule is appointed Master of his Majesty's ship Snake. Captain Wylde, of the Royal Marines, has gone on half pry, from ill health ; and Captain Pratt, from the unata tacked list, is appoinied to the Woolwich di% isnot ; Mr, Irving is appointed Second Lieutenant of the Woolwich division. The Challenger is ordered to New South Wales from Madras, and from thence is to come to England, round the world, by way of Cape Horn. lII CORRODIBLE ARTIFICIAL TEETH FIXED WITHOUT WIRES OR OTHER LIGATURES, AND FILLING DECAYED TEETH WITH 'MI NERAL SUCCEDANEUM. ONSIEUR AI ALLAN and SONS, Sur geon Dentists, No. 9, HALF MOON-STREET, PI CCADILLY, and 32, GREAT RUSSELL-STREET, h , 110 0MSBURY, grateful for the high and EXTENSIVE P ATRONAGE which has so eminently distinguished their Pr ) fessional exertions since their arrival in the British Me 'olis, beg leave to announce to their Friends and the P ublic in general, that they still CONTINUE to RE „ ORE DECAYED TEETH,with their CELEBRATED ` MI NERAL SUCCEDANEUM, so universally recom mended by the Faculty of London and Paris. The Ope ration is PERFORMED IN A FEW SECONDS , with ,u,t the SLIGHTEST PAIN, HEAT, or Pressure, and raYs the most EXCRUCIATING PAIN, and lasting many years ; they also FASTEN LOOSE TEE W HETHER ARISING from AGE, NEGLECT, or DISEASE in the GUMS. INCORRODIBLE MI NERAL and NATURAL TEETH, from one to a COM tiETE Set, which are INCAPABLE of DISCO "URATION or CORROSION, and fixed without the Z ' u mbrance of Wires or any other LIGA I URE S, and 11wer every PURPOSE of ARTIC ULATION and AS'flCATlON.—Charges as in Paris. All Operations performed on the Teeth. The Champion, 18, and Ceylon troop ship, arrived at Gibraltar on the 2cl inst. from Plymouth. The Lotus yesterday received on board 100 male con victs from the hulks at this port: others will be embarked periods on coming from different gaols, to make her number up (216). The Neptune, 120, was undocked on Monday, and the Edinburgh, 74, taken into dock. The Prince Regent transport, Lieut. Binstead, Agent, arrived at Plymouth on Sunday from the eastward. The African steamer art ived at Malta, from Corfu, on the Ist inst. ; and the Confiance steamer sailed from Malta, for Plymouth, on the 3d inst. The Eclipse packet arrived at Halif,x on the Ist November, from Falmouth. The Lady M'N tughton, Indiatnan, from Madras, ar rived this evening, after a five months' passage. Shr can bring no news. Mr. Giant, late a Judge in that Presi dency, is passenger in her. Lieut. S. chief officer, Portland, has this week deposited at the Custom-house, at Weymouth, 46 ciska of foreign spirits which he had seized. A detachment of 300 marines, under the command of Major Pat ry, einbalked at Spike Island, yesterday se'n. night, on hoard the Waterloo steamer, and landed ut Monks:own by half-past eight, from whence they pro ceeded on a route to Bandon. Reniainin 4 in Hamone—San Josef, Comus, Savage, Speedy, and Diligence, Naval transport. PIRACY IN THE MEDITERRANEAN• T he following is an extract of a letter from the agents to Lloyd's, at Patras, dated the sth of November " We r egre t t o sa y th a t p i racy h as i n creased in the 4 ,, 4 , a ttr l of Mains, and along the west coast of the Mores Epirus. On the 10th ult. the British schooner ortland, John White, f ro m S m y rna to Zaire, was la rded during a calm off the Gulf of Coron, by a pirate- With 17 hands and a 6-pounder. They plundered et of all her stores, provisions, &c., and took from the ea l )t aio and crew their clothes, money, watches, instru h,—"tBe &c., l eav i ng t h em not hi ng b ut t h e i r s hi r t s an d 1 , 4 100n5, and tr e ating th e m baroarously, to induce them hm giscov er if t h ey h a d money on b oard. Some si il ap t l- ' 16 4 in Right, the pir a t e ma d e o ff, an d t h e P or tl an d r o "ceeded to Z ante. Several Greek and lonian trading- W et s have b e en F ounde re d o ff th e entrance of th i s Gulf. e learn that his Majesty's Consul has furnished the Ad kiral, through the senior officer of this station, w,th a list seven pirates at sea, and we understand the cruisers of •oe Alliance are o u t i n se arch of them. A pi rat i ca l b oat Ivas destroyed the other day by the Russian brig Achille 4thongnt the rocks between lcthaia and Dragomestre. We !'e happy to s t ate that no accident has befallen any of the oritt li b s hi ps w hi ch have come up the Gulf of Lepanto dis yea r ,. the trade h av i ng b een most efficiently prot e ct e d Y his Majesty's ship Rapid. sent here by the Admiral, I %Ad b y his Majesty's ship Rainbow, which has also ben at.V.ostizza during the last two months, and is I p i tv , here f or t h e pro t ect i on of three vessels loa di ng t h ere. 4, e will, we think, be the last fruit vessels this season." minuted ; I know positively that no other step was taken by any body until after the return of the deputation on the Sunday from Sir John, and that Colonel Evans gave no pledges until the Monday evening. The whole case may be shortly stated thus :—for several years past many electors who hid to transact business with Sir John, were displeased with his deportment towards them, and with his conduct respecting business in his hands; their complaints continually increased, and dissa tisfiction prevailed to a considerable extent. Sir Joint was not ignorant of these circumstances ; they were well known to me, and my communications with him were perfectly candid ; he could and did receive them as often as he pleased. And so he did o❑ some occasions those of a common friend. He was not ignorant that he risked the loss of his seat. In 18:30, he had great apprehension of losing it, and although, when he accepted office, he ran no risk of his re-election, he was forewarned that he might not be returned to the new Parliament. The office he holds is the most obnoxious of any public office to the people ; and circumstances occurred which from time to time, continued to lessen him in the opinion of his constituents; about three months since several electors from two of the parishes, and a few days after wards others from another parish called upon me and in vited me to become a candidate for the city and liberty, assuring me of the support of those with whom they were connected, and of the probable chance there was of suc cess. These invitations I declined.'' Similar applications were made to Mr. flume, and were also declined by him. Of these and other such symptoms, Sir John was not igno rant, and it was impossible for him either to misunderstand or to disregard them. The electors in several places oc casionally communed together on the subject, and the desire to have a representative not encumbered with office, one to whom access could be easily and conveniently ob tained, one whose prompt interference in such public mat ters as might be thought necessary, would neither be considered a burden, nor be neglected, became more and more desirable. Within the last month many electors called upon me and expressed their desire to nominate another candidate. I did not think these demonstrations would lead to any nomination, but at length men began to take part in them, whom I knew were not likely to trifle with any thing they took in hand : anti the matter began to assume a serious aspect—all appeard to fear that Sir John would trot be an active useful man for the people ; some proposed that all the leading pledges, about nine in numbs, should be put to him : others again could not persuade themselves that the Secretary at War would be the independent Member for Westminster they wished he should be. It was alleged-1. That Sir John's being Secretary at War was a conclusive objection. That it was useless to have any conference or to put any questions to him ; and that the proper mode of proceedinewould be to oppose him at once. I did not approve of these no tions. '2. That from just apprehension that Sir John would not be an efficient representative, it was proper to come to a clear understanding with him before any thing of a decisive nature was done, and in this opinion all whom I saw at length concurred. It was now certain that opposition to Sir John would be made, unites he gave such pledges as might be deemed necessary ; and the question was —what pledges were ne cessary? That many pledges have in other places been demanded—that many candidates have voluntarily given pledges, you all know. It appeared to me, that in the case of Sir John, considerable allowance ought to be made; and the numerous pledges, which some had thought neces sary, were reduced by me to four ; and these were such, and such only, as Sir John had himself volunteered ; such, as he would be expected openly to maintain as Member for Westminrer—such, as an honest man, he would he de sirous to maintain, and such as the Government, if k really meant fairly by the people, could not object to permit him to maintain. To these four reasonable propositions, the electors whom I saw, agreed to limit their request ; and to these, the electors, who afterwards assembled at the $ &plan Coffee-house, limited them. Never having as. sited in any way to return any man for Westminster on his own aec•iunt, but solely on public grounds, and to pro- • Offers were made to me from two other places, at one of which 1 have little doubt I might have been returned free from expense : reasons of a private n .cure made the acceptance of so very handsome au offer ineligible; yet the gabbling old lady the Globe, who is better acquainted with my affairs than I am myself, has discovered that the nomination-of Colonel Evans is only a ruse to prepare the way for my becoming a candidate for West. minster, country. It is also my opinion, that the questions and answers should be published as soon as possible. Every thing done by any body relating to the electors, should be communi cited to them as was done formerly, and their acceptance or rejection of every thing proposed, should be asked. I hear that Sir Francis Burdett, in a letter read from him last night, said, that none but fools asked for pledges, and none but rogues gave them.t True, he was asked for no pledges, yet he has given more than any public man. Sir John Hobbouse was not only asked for pledges, b u t was most particularly questioned, and lie pledged himself as fir as was requisite ; if then what Sir Francis says, he correct, we are all fools, and he and Sir John are rogues. Sir John has done four things, which I consider funda mental, as including all manner of details, and if he does not pledge himself to promote them, I will not vote for him, no, nor for any man who will not : they are 1. Vote by Ballot. 2. Repeal of Septennial Act. 3. Repeal of Taxes on Knowledge. 4. Repeal of Assessed Taxes, on account of their gross if h s e pe le i f l o o p e t lo s e _ r t e h f te n t : pa e e , t oi t is, o l e _p d r o ot I nt ia a i s ts el i t and sh ame f u l i nequality. I can see no reason why Sir Francis should now refuse, te t e h ew d pi i ie d i o , pl ien—that endeavouret r to procure e rpo s i , ce ;l ee ! h th im e for them certain things; and, as to Sir John, is very si tuation as a Minister of State, makes it not only absolutely n-cessary that lie should pledge himself explicitly, but that, as an honest man, he should desire to do so. No man ought to consent, that any one should be his master for SEVEN years, instead of being the people's servant for oNE year, without making tt•rins with him. I dislike Mr. Devears proceedings exceedingly ; they are not such as an honest man should have any thing to do wirht and it any thing could just now induce me to come our, these proceedings would. lam not, however, inclined to take upon myself the management of another contested election ; there are plenty of intelligent men, younger than I am, and inane of them should take the labour—the loss—and the obloquy, as I have done. Yours, very truly, FRANCIS PLACE. To Mr. Michie, for Messrs. A. Michie, Arbor, Green, Wi son, Redman, and Savory. Addressed, Mr. Michie, or the Chairman. Letter written to supply the place of that which was lost, read at the Salopian Coffee-house. Nov. 17, 1632. My dear Sir,—You and your friends ask me :- 1. " If I concur with them in thinking that Sir John Hobhoure should be questioned ?" I answer, 1 do. 2. If this should,be done by a deputation, or delayed until a public meeting is held?" I answer, to-morrow morning, by a deputation to him wherever be may be, either in town or country, and the questions and answers should be made public as soon as poi,sitile. Whatever is done, should, as formerly, be made known to the electors, that they may either concur in, or disapprove of the pro- ceedings. I am told that Sir Francis Buriktt, in a letter which was read last night at the Crown and Anchor Tavern, said, " That none but fouls demanded pledges, and none but rogues gave them." It is true that no pledges were de- • Mr. Warburton's opinion expressed before Colonel Jones and Mr. Carpue, was all that any honourable man could desire should be said of his conduct by such a man as Mr. Warburton. f This, as I am assured,was the fact ; and as toe letter was in tended for publication, it was returned to Sir Francis by Messrs. Devear, Thurston, and A'tleckett to be altered in this and some other particulars ; and it was altered. To prevent cavilling I beg to be understood as alluding to Mr. Devear's political proceedings. In his social relations, and as a tradesman, lie is a most respectable man, The electors must he much changed for the worse if they do not assert their own dignity, and reject the man who has so shamelessly deserted and insulted theist. Nov. 30, 1832. FRANCIS PLACE. P.S. Some of the most active partisans of Sir John Ilohhouse are diligently propagating a report that the opposition to Sir John has been got up by me, in conse quence of his refusing to procure for me the office of Official Assignee, under the new Bankruptcy Act. The fact is this, I was solicited, in the handsomest manner, to acept the office; but, as it was incompatihle with my other pursuits, I declined it. Sir John Hobhouse was acquainted with the circumstance, but he was in tie way concerned with it. E P, We understand from good authority that a large body of the electors of Westminster have requested Sir GEORGE COCKBURN and Sir GEORGE MURRAY to stand as free Candidates for the representation of this City in the reformed Parliament; and that the Central Com • mit ee is to be held at GREEN'S Hotel, Lincoln's Inn svare ; and for the parish of St. George's, at LIMMER'S Hotel, in Conduit-street.-1/forning Chronicle. Lady BLESSINGTON, we observe, has re sumed, in the Decembrr number of the New Monthly Magazine, the very interesting journal of her conversa. tions with Lord &moil ; and it is even more than usually rich in those free and vivacious comments on individuals in which it was so habitually the humour of the noble poet to indulge, in his social moments. Among the names thus introduced are those of HOBHOUSE, MOORE, CAN NING, WILLIAM BANKES, DOUGLAS KINNAIRD, HAL LAM, MACKINTOSH, Lords ALvAtit,t:l7, JOHN RUSSELL, DUDLEY, and ERSKINE, Ltdy JERSEY, and the Countess Lancelot-a, &c. &c. FOUR MEN KILLED AND SEVERAL WOUNDED. --.We have received from a correspondent, but too late to give any particulars, an account of an attacl, male upon a party of the revenue police, in charge of some its iliery utensils and a prisoner, in the neighbour hood of Ballyinahon, in .tivhith• the police were compelled to fire upon the assailants, four of whom were killed and bever 11 wounded,—Dublin Evening Post, The head-quuter division of the reserve companies of ►he Ilth regiment arrived in this garrison to-day, under tha command of Major Jones. The second division will arrive on Monday. An order has been received at this dockyard to reduce ;our measurers on the eAablishment. (From the Portsmouth Herald.) His Majesty's ship Druid, 46, Capt. G. W. Hamilton C. 8., arrived on Monday from the South American ate-. tion. She left Rio de Janeiro on the 30th of September, and has brought home eleven invalided seamen and ma rines, and Mr. Thomas Hope, Midshipman, late of hi• Majesty's ship Warspite, recently promoted to the rank o Lieutenant. The Druid left his Majesty's ship Warspite, 78, fiag•ship, at Rio, awaiting the arrival of the newly ap pointed Commander-in-Chiel. His Majesty's ships Badger. 10, and Undaunted, 46, were at the Isle of France ; his Majesty's ship Samarang, 28, at Bahia; Dublin, 52, was at Pernambuco; Clio, 18, and Algerine, 10, at Cape Frio ; the remainder of the squadron had gone round Cape Huila. Tile D.uid is refitting at Spithead with all de spatch, preparatory. it is believed, to proceeding to join the combined North Sea Squadron. We understand the health of her Gallant Captain is such, that be will be corn pelled of necessity to resign the command, and proceed on half pay, an event which will be sincerely regretted by the officers and ship's company. The Athol', 28, troop ship, Mr. Kearney, Master, pu, in here on Thursday through foul wind, from the River, bound to the West Indies, with troops on board, and wil, sail for Jamaica when the weather moderates. She take- out as passengers Lieut.-Col. J. Lacey, Capt. E. T. Mit chell, Liruts. M. Patten, R. Cockburn, G. Gambier, H J. Fyers, and Assistant-Surgeon A. Mahon, of the Royal Artillery, with detachments of that corps; Capt. Hawke and Ensign R. N. Franklin, of the 19th Regiment of Foot ; Major Jobn Robertson; Copt, Swyne, Lieut'. FALMOUTH, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 30.—His Majesty's steamer Contiance, Lieutenant Belson, has arrived tit-re to-day, from Lisbon, whence she sailed on the 25th, and from off Oporto on the 26th. The extremely t►oisterous weather prevented her having any communicition with the authorities on shore at the latter plsce. They spoke 4 small cutter off the bar, who reported that a sortie had again been made by the Pedruites, with a view to the destruction of the batteries and cannon erected on the Villa Nova side, and th..t after some severe fighting, they succeeded in accomplishing their o ject ; it is also► reported that during the attempt the Miguelite army lost about 600 in killed, wounded, and prisoners, and that the Pe droites loss was only 50 in killed and wounded : but, as the latter statement is not yet borne out by any official accounts from thence, its accuracy cannot be altogether depended on. Further news of importance from Oporto is now hourly expected to a rr i ve h ere b y b i d Ma j esty's brig attempt, bar, a b r y , removi n g which u i nsvecoantmhote(p:lerlrystotbipieaoreorri been Extract of a letter from Oporto, yettnhioliwerbilihich command+ the bar. The enemy : i More afo r al last ya w u o t r b d a s t . t h e Tb sa e lly didf steamer inroitt s . t t i a l 1, 1 1 e d b e ep t i a lia i e n c ß : e o l y i ta a ; s l e t n . ni b eg a tbn v ry e , though every thing was ready the a nd Admiral tw o re . ty a g c t i im is Lisbon , e,nclsithrsee.upeiT:with an account of I t i a a r v a e ta anticipated th e main battery r a y n n s e t a te r hetriavdternment, and I am sorry to say despatchedoectedbyw o to sks l t h a le e 2 O will ' b a e . in talen e e Citt st more strnrigly ou it than on the ntsehaYbrerecome themselves to make in destroy ,,,,,n2t axh l t pgeta e , rst tbt fi , himy r oae i nan n bsotx g hayi woet o tou n ehfstri threw in several shells since 4 o'clock to 8, at least MO ; there was a continued fire, by which several hood, were i i i:j it u kt r o e , d, bu an tß d four,nto da men kilted the Rua dad Flores. Th y name of the of fi cer siid to command tie Briti s h Ts no: STANDARD NOVELS, Vol. XXII. 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