The Sun. — London, England, 1822-12-06 00:00:00

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. PA US, DEC. 3.—Yesterday morning, at eleven o'clock, the King transacted business with the Duke of Montmorency, Minister for Foreign _Affairs. Yesterday evening an extraordinary courier -was despatched to Spain from the office of the Minister for Foreign Affairs. It is believed that be is the bearer of the resolution of the Congress on the affairs of the Peninsula.—(Journal de We are assured that the Duke of Angouleme' -will set out this week for the departments of the south, and that a battalion of each of the regi ments will be immediately sent to the frontiers., The armourer of the King's household is to pre pare, within a very short period, the arms des-1 tined for this Prince's suite.—(Quotidienne.) The Duke of Wellington is expected imme diately in Paris. A Letter from Verona contains an account of a grand musical party given by the Duke or Wellington, at which her Imperial and Royal' highness the Archduchess Maria Louisa was pre. sent. On the arrival of the Princess, the Duke went to meet her, gave her his arm, and con ducted her into the saloon. This behaviour of the Archduchess has caused a great sensation at Verona ; and persons who are fond of indulg ing in conjectures, pretend to see in it at least, an indication of the union which is daily drawing' closer between the Cabinet of Vienna and that of' •i St. James.—(Courier _Francais.) Yesterday, between four and five o'clock, at the moment when all the mails were made up, and ready to depart for their respective destina tions, a counter order was received, in pursuance of which they were unloaded. The despatches were taken out and carried back to the offices.— Some time after the mails were sent off in suc cession. Several did not depart until after six o'clock.—(Mid.) Last week a Commissary of Police ordered the " keeper of a book-stall in his quarter not to ex hibit any longer the works of Voltaire, Rousseau, Helvetius, Dupuis, &c. The bookseller asked him to give a written note of the books which were not to be exhibited, but with this request • the Comissary refused to comply. A letter from Bayonne, dated the '27th ult., announces that the General of the Faith, O'Don- nel, has again taken refuge in that town, and that in the course of the new campaign, which he undertook a fortnight ago, he did not find ten men willing to march under his command against the Constitutional army,—(Constitutionnel.) It is reported that Quesada is soon to leave `Paris for Navarre. A demi-official journal (L'Etoile) contains the • following paragraph The opposition journals are to day very angry with Ministers for preserv ing silence on the great question of peace or war. They invoke the principles of representative Go vernments, and ask how it can possibly happen that the public is left in doubt as to the'decision of Ids Majesty upon this point, at the• risk of compromising all the interests which are involved in that determination. We think that the silence of the Minister is no ground for concluding that it is his duty, or that he has it in his power to act otherwise than he has done. Is it not easy to conceive a political position in which it would be impossible to affirm any thing ? In fact, if the resolution which is to be taken depended on the determination of a neighbouring Government, it is evident that the question must remain unde cided, even supposing the Ministers bad irrevo cably wished that the dignity of France, its honour and its interest, which is that of all Europe, should be protected against all injury. After - this simple explanation, the sincerity of which must be acknowledged by every just and en lightened mind, what becomes of all the excla mations of the papers in opposition to his Majesty's 'Government 1" At Laybach, the Sovereigns never took a part in any of the conferences. This has also been , the case at Verona. The conferences were car ried on between the Ministers of the five great Powers, namely Prince Metternich, Count Nes ,selrode, the Duke of Wellington, Count Bern storf, and Duke Mathieu Montmorency. Each of the'se Ministers had previously received his instructions from his Sovereign. FRANKEORT, Nov. 25.—A pretty considerable sum of money was lately sent to the Provincial Government of Greece ; it was the produce of 'the numerous subscriptions which have been ,made in several cities in the South of Germany. There is a report in circulation, that the Divan has transmitted at the same time to the New Im perial Internuncio Baron d'Ottenfels, and to Mr. Chapper, the British Charge d'Affaires, a note drawn up in very strong terms, in which it re quires a positive explanation of the projects the Sovereigns assembled at the Congress at Verona, may have with respect to the Ottoman Empire. This news is of such great importance that it re ,quires confirmation. llAlnnuaGif, Nov. 25.—The Extraordinary Storthing of Norway closed its Session on the 16th of this month. It was closed by the King - in person, who delivered a long speech, in Which be did full justice to the spirit of moderation and patriotism, which had prevailed in their Sittings, and concluded by declaring himself happy in being able publicly to testify that the Assembly had justified his hopes, and fulfilled the expecta --Lions of the country. BRUSSELS, DEC. 2.—The Trader, vhich goes backwards and forwards between Bristol and Rotterdam,laden with tin, raisins, &c. and com manded by Captain Griffith, was wrecked on the 25th November at the east mouth of the Schelde, near Zienckzee ; the crew escaped in the long 3 boat. A part of the cargo is also saved. The official Journal of to-day says, " It , is certain that the King has not regarded the remonstrances addressed to his Majesty by the Lawyers of Ghent, relatiie to the Royal -Decree of the 26th October last, on the obligation to speak and write in the National language at the bar, and in all public official documents." FRIBURG, Nov. 9.4.—0ur letters from Mar seilles assure us that the 15th of this month was: fixed for the departure of the corps of Philltelle nes, under the command of Kephallos. It con sists of 180 to 200 men, Germans, Swiss, and Greeks, who have almost all of them seen service, well provided with clothing, arms, Szc. and by great exertions, in good understanding with each other, and animated with the most laudable spirit,though efforts have not been want ing to disturb this harmony. 'German officers, who returned from Greece in the days of terror and distress, in particular, while performing quaran tine in Marseilles, 'have made the most exaggerat ed and distorted representations of the state of Greece, in order 'to hinder the departure of the armament. It has therefore given great satisfaction and confidence to the Philhellenes in Marseilles that Lieut. Dajourdice, who was sent back to Marseilles by the English Com mander at Cerigo, and who, as is well known, had done important services to the G reeks, joined the Philhellenes as soon as the quarantine was ex pired, and will return with them to Greece. This is a proof that the Greek cause is not so desperate as some would represent, and that Kephallas, the Commander of the expedition, enjoys and deserves confidence. TaiEsTE,-Nov. 14.—Letters worthy of credit `from Corfu, of Oct. 25, and from Dragomistie, of the end of the same month, give the following accounts : •c After the surrenderofSuli, respecting which there are various opinions, ,it was resolved to send Capt. Warnakiotes and Capt. Iskos, to Mount Komboli, where Omer Brione was, in order to have a conference with him. This circumstance gives rise to a re port that Warnakiotes had a desireto submit to the Turks, bu t the latest accounts explain the mattervery differently. Warnakiotes really went to Omer Brione under that pretext, and had a confer enc.?. with him ; but in fact he had a secret commission from ' the chiefs to observe the strength and situation of the enemy, and take notice of the language that Omer Brione held.— Having fulfilled the object of his mission, he returned to his brethren in arms. The strength of our corps in St. Acarnania is 5000 men, which, favoured by the nature of the ground, is sufficient to hinder the advance of the enemy. Omer had, indeed, 12,000 some time ago ; but the disputes be tween the Albanians in Epirus have induced many of them to leave the Pacha and return home. The cause of these dis putes is, that some of the Albanians are disposed to recog nise Omer as Pacha of Joannina, while the others would pre fer the son of the Pacha of Berat, Ibrahim. If the dispute is not soon settled, many advantages may accrue from it to the Greeks. In the corps in Acarnania are Maurocordato, Bozzaris, and Gumel Normann. The most favourable news continue to be received from the east of Greece, where offen sive operations are carried on against the barbarians in the neighbourhood of Zestuni. Napoli and Corinth are still in the hands of the Turks, but closely pressed and insbad con dition. At Corinth there are 5000 Turks, the remains of 25,000 who entered the Peloponnesus. The Greek flag flies over the lower pari. cf Napoli, and in the upper fortress (Pa limidi) about 5000 Turks of both sexes are shut up, of whom only 1,500 bear arms. The last attempt of the great Turkish fleet commanded by the new Capt. Pacha, to relieve the fortress, having failed, it is hoped that want of provisions must soon force it to surrender, especially as the Greeks proved on that oc casion, that with their slight merchant vessels, they are able even in the open sea, to oppose a valiant and successful resistance to the combined Turkish, Egyptian,. and African naval force. It is, however, with regret, we learn, that Merchantmen bearing the flag of one of the first continental powers, have been freighted at Smyrna by the Turks, and laden with provisions and ammunition, to be convoyed by ships of war, of the same power into the harbour of Napoli ; but this last circum stance cannot be positively affirmed. For some time, it has been observed, that the English Government has adopted a different system towards the Greeks, in sommneasure opposed to that they before followed, and it is even affirmed that the Greeks have received, indirectly, support from that quarter. The Mem bers of the Greek Senate intended to fix their residence for a time in Tripoliza, where several of them have already arrived."— (Allgerncine Zeitung.) INTELLIGENCE froze the SPANISH FRONTIERS. The Journal de Toulouse, of the 27th Novem ber, contains the following letter from Puycerda, dated the 23d :—" In my last I informed you that letters which reached here on the 19th stated, that Milans had made a sortie from Vich, and advanced to Touronlou, where he had an engage ment, after which he was compelled to return in to the town. The last circumstance is incorrect : General Milans did not return to Vich, but, on the contrary, continued his march. He arrived at St. Pierre de Touronlou, and having met with some resistance at that point, he set fire to the village, and afterwards directed his march upon La Marchande, a place about four leagues from Itipoli, at which he arrived on the 21st. His intentions are now very well known; he has marched upon Cerdagne by the valley of Ribes. We may therefore shortly expect this part of the country to become the theatre of war, if, as is asserted, it be true that Baron d'Eroles, who has proceeded from Seo d'Urgel to Llivia, is concen trating his forces at that town as well as Puy cerda, with the intention of defending himself. In the mean time the most distinguished persons in ..Catalonia are fleeing from their homes to take refuge in France. It is certain that Romagosa is invested in the fortress of Seo ; he has sworn to bury himself under its ruins rather than sur render. He has only a few faithful soldiers under him ; if they continue firm in their resolution, they may protract their resistance to a distant period." - The Echo du Midi, of the 27th of November, says—Baron d'Eroles is at the head of his troops at the bridge of Bar, three hours' march from Seo, on the road from Llivia to Cerdagne. Mina is in the plain of Urgel, at some distance from the fortress. The town has been abandoned by the inhabitants. Mina has issued a proclamation, in which he calls upon the French troops to act in support of liberty.— Letters from St. Gaudens state, that many Spa nigh officers proceed from thence daily, in order to •join the army of Navarre. Baron d'Eroles was at Urgel on the 20th. The Marquis Mata florida wrote from Puycerda on the 21st. On the 23d of November the head-quarters were at Puebla del Seguro. PERPIGNAN, Nov. 24.—We received intelli gence last night that Baron d'Eroles, after 'having been defeated in many engagements, bad succeed ed in joining the Regency at Llivia with 12 men only. It is stated this evening that all the mem bers of the Regency have quitted Spain, and are now at Estawar, a little village on the French territory. A considerable number of troops and refugees having assembled at this village, lodgings have become scarce, and M. de Cadon dal, the Colonel of the 26th regiment of French infantry, found it necessary to allow the Baron d'Eroles, Commander-in-Chief of the Spanish insurgents, to occupy a part of his‘ bed. The Army of the Faith now consists only of five or six hundred men, who are concentrated at Llivia. It is said that Count Curial, who is on the frontiers, and Field-Marshals - Masserot and Vence, have pro hibited the constitutional army from proceeding to that village. The road which leads to it is neutral ground, .and the inhabitants fear that the Spaish troops, in their eagerness to clear their ter ritory of the few remaining insurgents, might not pay sufficient regard to this circumstance ; anti that consequently a conflict might take place. The rest of Catalonia is perfectly tranquil. The miserable creatures who have been seduced by the rebels are returning to their homes, and the soldiers are hastening to range themselves under the Constitutional banners. A great number of monks and friars continue to arrive daily. It is to be hoped that tranquillity will not be again disturbed in Catalonia. CITY, THURSDAY EVENING. On the Royal Exchange here the opinions respecting the probability of a war betwixt France and Spain continue to vary, in proportion as the interests of individuals are concerned. The great fund proprietors still assert that hos tilities are impossible. The Merchants, however, not interested in either Foreign or British Funds, view the dispute in a very different light. They have no difficulty in seeing a war of ag gression and of religious fanaticism about to desolate the na tions of Europe. It is the last desperate effort of tyranny and bigotry to beat down freedom and civilization in every nation. A religious crusade against the liberties of Spain, if successful, must involve England in another war for her existence itself. France victorious in Spain, and Russia in possession of Western Turkey, must produce plenty of anti-commercial Decrees and non-intercourse Regulations, until this Holy Alliance finds itself able to dictate a Constitution to the British Empire itself. Indeed the rulers of the ocean are already partly afloat. The Gloucester sailed yesterday from Chatham for the Nore, and five sail of battle ships were this day un covered, and are getting ready for sea with all dispatch. There are plenty of seamen to conduct them to victory, and present vigour may save years of bloodshed, and even avert a partial war itself. In the English funds very little business has been done, and the gloom which hangs over them daily increases. The prices of the French Rentes, Russian, Austrian, Prussian, and Neapolitan Stocks, are rather steady, but the transactions in them are not numerous. The Spanish arc extremely de pressed. The Bonds of 1821 were sold at 52 in the morning, fell to 48i—indeed there was a desire to sell them at what could be got for them : They afterwards, however, recovered so far as to close at 49. An immense deal of business was this day done in Colom bian Bonds, and the variation in the day's sales has been fully thirteen per Cent. It is most cruel, by false intelli gence, thus to destroy the property of individuals. Yester day these bonds fell to 64, in consequence of a kind of Circular received from Santa Fd Bogota, that the Govern ment had not acknowledged their validity ; and the same rumour reduced them this day to 62. Most fortunately, however, a highly respectable Gentleman received a letter from his Correspondent in Jamaica, stating that the Co lombian Government had paid him a year's interest in one of the Ten per Cent. Debentures, and that he was referred to M. ZEA, in England, for the payment of the Debenture itself, as that' Gentleman bad contracted a Loan for that purpose. — This letter farther states that M. RAVEN GA was coming to England to consolidate their Loan, and to arrange all their affairs, &c. The letter from Santa F 6 Bogota is dated on the 12th of August, and is enclosed in one from Jamaica, and ought to ptit every doubt at rest regarding the validity of this Contract. The Bonds here afterwards advanced rapidly, leav ing off at 75. By the way of Holland letters have been received from St. Petersburgh, dated on the 9th November. There was nothing, new in politics. About 2,000 tons of Hemp had been pur chased on speculation for next year's shipment, at from 82 to 85 R., and there were no more sellers at this price ; 500 casks of Yellow Tallow had been bought at 110 R., and 200 casks of Soap Tallow at 88 R. The Exchange on London was 9i. The weather very severe, and the wind at N.W. No vessels had arrived, and the chance of an advance here in Hemp and Tal low is increased by this circumstance. There is little addition to what was known yesterday, either in politics or trade— the operations of the latter depending en, tirelY on the question of peace or a general war.—(llforning Chronicle.) GAMESTERS. - At the Middlesex Sessions, yes terday, John de Bergne, J. Jackson, John Marc, Louis Lane, James Thomas, Edward Roberts, and ten others, who had been convicted as rogues and vagabonds by THOMAS HALLS, Esq., one of the Bow-street Magistrates, for having been found unlawfully gaming on the 22d October, at the house No. 33, Pall-Mall, ap pealed against the conviction. The grounds of appeal were, an informality in the conviction, and the absence of proof that they were actually found " playing or betting when taken by the officers, as required by the Act.—The Court sus tained the latter objection, and quashed the con viction. The whole of the appellants therefore will be set at liberty. We stated some time ago, that a petition to his MAJESTY, •praying for a mitigation of the punish ment of transportation awarded against the three lads from Sutherlandshire at the last Circuit- Court, for an assault, was in course of being transmitted to the Secretary of State for the Home Department. It is with peculiar plea sure we have now to inform our readers, that the petition and relative documents were taken charge of and forwarded by Earl Cower, and that the sentence has been commuted to imprisonment for one year, with a proviso, that on the expira tion of that period the prisoners find security to the satisfaction of the Sheriff of Sutherland, under a penalty of 301. each, to keep the peace for three years. The prisoners were removed to the hulks before the fate of their application was determined, but they will, it is presumed, be conveyed back to the jail of Dornoch. It will be remembered that Alexander M'Donald, convicted with these three men, was sentenced to a year's imprisonment in the jail of Dornoch. In a letter which Mr. PEEL addressed to Lord GOWER, he states, that although no application is made 'to that effect, he will feel himself war ranted to recommend M'Donald to his MAJESTY for a commutation of his sentence to imprison ment for six months.—(lnverness Courier.) THE CAMBRIDGE ELECTION. The late vacancy for the University of Cam bridge was an event that could not but excite a strong interest in the minds of all friends to our excellent, our unrivalled, Establishment in Church and State, which places the British Go vernment upon an eminence far above every other upon Earth. We had no anxiety upon the sub ject, for we knew too much of Cambridge Uni versity to doubt that it would do honour to itself and give satisfaction to the Country by the wis dom and rectitude of its choice. Such has been the fact, and such judgment, we trust, will ever mark the decisions of this learned and revered University. We are indebted for the following Letter to The Bury Gazette, (Dec. 4,) a Jour nal which has been properly brought forward by the sound friends of the Constitution in Church and State, in order to 'discountenance that spirit of Party which has lately been too apparent in the County of Sussex, arid which Journal has al ready attained such an extensive circu:ltion as is highly honourable to the principles of the inhabi tants' at large. We presume that the following Letter comes from the Author of the admirable letters in the same Journal which so ably de fended the- QUESTIONS of the venerable BISHOP of PETERBOROUGH, which we copied into THE SUN, and which we had reason to hope would be Published in a pamphlet together, as promised by the Editor' of the former Paper,:— TO THE EDITOR OF THE BCRY GAZETTE.' SIR,—On the contest that has just 'now terminated for the representation of the University, and in a manner that all true friends to our Protestant Constitution in Church and State must have wished it to terminate, permit me to offer a few remarks. They will be found such as the event naturally calls forth, and such as, I trust, the plain common sense and integrity of your readers will not be disposed to treat as entirely irrelevant. For myself, I have no interest in the business save what is conjoined with the public good. I shall, therefore, enter upon the sub ject at once, convinced that apology is not needed where no thing offensive to the broad and straight forward course of vir tue is intended. On such an occasion it was to be expected, Sir, that aspir ing candidates would be called forth and peculiar exertions made. As soon, therefore, as it was known that a va cancy in the representation had happened, several Gentle men came forward upon their several interests. I do not wonder at this. The honour of representing the Univertities of Oxford and Cambridge must ever be considered as empha tically a distinguished honour ; as indeed the very crown of re presentation, and what more will be found to covet, than are, in any view of the thing, fit for it. A man worthy, in such a case, to be a candidate, must possess qualities of no common cast, and principles too rooted to admit of any shadow of sus picion. He must have imbibed from the best sources a warm and proud attachment to our Civil and Ecclesiastical Esta blishments, and a grateful recollection of that political wisdom which happily cemented the present union between them. He must be persuaded that the liberty of the press is the blessing of England, but its uncurbed licence her deep and deadly curse. He must steadily impress - upon his mind, and openly avow in his conversation and conduct, that a restrained Toleration is the best safeguard of " pure and reformed Christianity," and a Toleration unrestrained, her perpetual injury and annoyance. And, above all, he must be able to lay his hand upon his heart and declare, as in the presence of his Maker, that the emanci pation of the Roman Catholic, would, in his solemn conviction and belief, be the destruction of the English Protestant Church. . If he cannot, with a safe conscience hold up these principles as leading articles in his creed of Christian Politics, with a safe conscience, he cannot offer himself for such a representation ; nor for a moment can he be countenanced, directly or indirectly, by such constituents. But not only, Sir, must he who is selected for the Represen tative of a University be right in his principles, it is further de sirable that he possess the ability strongly to inforce these go verning principles upon others.—lf a senator, mighty in elo quence and wisdom, is ever needed, it is when he is deputed to bear with him the wisdom and eloquence, as it were, of the nation.—lf a mind capable of ruling and awing an au dience, and of supporting the cause of religion and good government is any where to be met with, it should be sought, and has a claim to be found, in shades sanctified by the studies of philosophers and legislators, and by the genius of the poets who have imparted immortality to these seats of the muses. Such a mind becomes a public property. His talents must be exerted, not only in behalf of his peculiar constituents, but of all those who have either injuries to redress, rights to enjoy, or duties to perform. He must be able, when the occasion calls, to lift up his voice for God, for his King, and for his Country : for estahleshed institutions to which time had imparted veneration, and established usages, which expe rience bath converted into laws. With a heart as fearless as his oratory is powerful, he must stdnd as a guardian angel by the side of virtue, and bid those to violate the purity of her spirit who dare ! A misrepresented Loyalty—a defamed Hierarchy— an insulted Throne—these must constitute the themes of his vidication ; and, in behalf of these, with a stern and holy reso lution, regardless of " evil report or good report," he must pledge his soul to the fulfilment of his duties. This, Sir, is my notion, and I hope not an overstrained one, of a suitable representative for a learned and orthodox Univer sity. I t is, at any rate, . a desirable standard of excellence, which I have marked out, whether it be an attainable one or not. Let us then briefly run over the list of candidates, and see how far they were likely to answer honest expectation, and to tally with the conditions laid down. The first, and assuredly the fittest, upon this list was the Speaker of the House of Commons. Of large virtue, of tried experience, of competent ability, this gentleman was every way suitable to adorn the honourable office to which, 1 doubt not, he would have been called by the suffrages of his friends. Ile needed neither family connexion, nor Evangelical zeal, nor Whig contrivance, nor distorted Toryism ' to second his inte rest. All that revered his character would have supported his cause, and none would have been found opposed to his success but those who were inimical to his principles. But a fatality unlooked for compelled him to withdraw from the contest. Plain people thought, and I have heard no one blame them for it, that this gentleman would have previously well considered the peculianty of his official situation. They never dreamt that votes would have been solicited by a candi date who had afterwards to find out that he could not become a candidate. It was still less to be conceived, that from the very fountain head of Parliamentary usage, the accredited or gan of legal ability or disability, an error f so extraordinary a natare should have arisen. Such, however, was the fact, and certainly some confusion, as well as some disappointment, was a consequence of this secession ; for the University was thus left to make a lean and hungry choice, between candidates of whom she either knew nothing, or knew nothing that she de. sired to know. Lord Hervey, a mere political stripling, amiable indeed, in his private deportment, anti highly respectable in his family connexions, but with no years over his head, and no opportu nity of having, as yet, much looked round on life and man. ners, was certainly not a fit person for so staid and venerable a representation. His opinions, moreover, on the Catholic question were, 1 understand, no secret; for a previous explicit declaration is supposed, upon pretty good authority, to have been, on that point, very early obtained from him. Neither from his address to the Electors was there much ground to presume upon any future material change in the bias of his sentiments. Clearly, therefore, there was nothing about his Lordship's peculiarly prepossessing to Government principles and partizans. They could construe his assurance of a mode rate support of Ministers in no way very agreeable to their decided feelings in favour of the measures of the present Admi nistration. In fact, they could look upon it in hardly any other light than as a decent assimilation with Tory prejudices, a sort of half politic, half compassionate flexibility of mind to Tory appearances and apprehensions. Little certainly was promised, but probably quite as much as it was intended should be per formed. Of Mr. Grant the Electors knew more; he was an older, and, in some measure, a tried man. His 'abilities were acknow ledged, but his views, I apprehend, so far as they lay open to public inspection, were disliked ; nor were his more peculiar partizans of, perhaps, the most popular descrip , lion, The " Cambridge University Calendar for the year 1801," was probably his best friend. There he appears with honour, and there to be honoured is no mean recommenda ' Lion of any man. Whether his political opinions, in the gene ral, were sufficiently appreciated, I cannot say. In one material point, however, they had been quite enough developed, and in ' that point seem to have been decisive of his pretensions. He was the first to retire from a contest, where, but for the prepon lerance of his Catholic prepossession, many, I suspect, would iave wished to have seen him the last. As for Mr. Scarlett, a Whig, I presume, of the old school. newly radicalized, his interest could only have been promoted by those who, generally speaking, affect little regard for the interest of either Church or State. Wherefore, he should have offered himself as a candidate, is unintelligible. With a lmost every opinion lie entertains, at variance with a sound and sober discretion, how, for a moment, could they so bolster up his po litical deformities, as to persuade him that such a represents' tion would endure such a representative. The issue of thi g contest will, however, have taught his high-minded party an humbler lesson. It will have taught them that Whig p o litics , dashed with infidel principles, whatever they may effect in o ther places, cannot accomplish the work of disorder here..A prePe r ' decent, assurance may be a prime article at a Smithfield meet' ing, or a Spafields convocation, but the instant it touches upET classic ground, it blushes for its complexion, and dies paralytic. Now, Sir, I ask, could the University have any choice am ong such heterodox candidates ? All were objectionable though no t '' equally so ; for all advocated principles which were repulsive to the Established Religion of the Realm. Ile who favours the Catholic Claims may offer himself as a representative far a•PY county, city, or borough in the kingdom ; but, if there be such a thing as truth, or consistency, or Protestant character to Pre' serve, he cannot become the representative of an Anti-cathol ic University. The anomaly is of too monstrous a nature to he endured. Very distressing, therefore, Sir, was it for the consistent , 11 far, as the event bath shown; the major part of the University, that no candidate, at a rather late period, had appeared to so' licit their suffrages, whose opinion, on this vital point; was unison with their own. At length, however, they were relieve from their suspense. Mr. Bankes made his appearance, air was joyfully hailed,,and cordially supported. All i mme diate ranged tinder his banner who were determined, though the times were hard, to " keep a conscience," and to do their dutP —The event was commensurate with exertion. Mr. Bank. late in his application ; opposed in a powerful q uarter; drawing nothing from years and experience ; and rePoshl solely on the public expression of hi: principles, and the ano' ableness of his private character, has been returned the ROO; sentative of the University of Cambridge, by a decide d an most triumphant majority ! I now, Sir, for the present take my lean e. In your nea t week's paper; if you will permit me, I shall give you my o n ; qualified opinion upon the extraordinary conduct evinced tllw this occasion, of thinking one way and of voting another. MARCUS. CAMBRIDG E, DEC. 5. (From the Cambridge Chroninele.) Mr. BANKES, the newly-elected Member, aft er paying his respects not only to his numerous supporters in the late contest, but also to the University at large, left Cambridge_ on Tuesdaay morning. The affability and gentlemanly dem ea ' nour of Mr. Bankes, united with the ease and information dig' played in his conversational powers, have made an inipressi° which will not soon be forgotten ; and it affords us pleasur e to hear, that it is his intention to reside some part Il ci the year among his constituents, in a place so - suited to his literary pursuits. Mr. Scarlett, immediately af ter' the election, returned to town, where we hope he will find hi ll ; self more profitably employed, in conning o'er to-morro f brief, than in stepping forward to advocate the cause of a poo r ' which, however respectable as to the individuals who compos e forms so small a portion of the Members df the Senate. l' °t er. Hervey left the Banks of the Cam on Saturday, not for VI pool, as reported, but for the seat of his ancestors, near BOY St Edmund's.—Having already alluded to the state of feeling in w e University, on the result of the contest, we shall briefly notice J, or two remarks of a London Morning Paper. That Journ7f not content with endeavouring to east a slur on the liter_;, character and enterprising spirit of the successful can didate,. ;a at the same time, insinuated, that he owes the distinguls th e station in which he is now placed, to the_ effect pro'duced by watch-word "No Popery," independent of every other pc,'ll, tical principle; and concludes its inconclusive statement '4111,11 an expression of tender sorrow, that the education of the Y? e ,4 of England is monopolized by two Universities, now upo n t not in point of liberality. In reply to these observations, co hesitate to assert, that Mr. Bankes was supported, not sold that important question which so deeply atrects a Prot e S de , University, but also on account of the Open, manly , ,a tire' cided avowal of those political principles, which evince n" we , attar anent to the-present constitution in ,church ani h t be The insidious sneer of the patriotic' jourral is what 113 gees naturally expected, and is so much of a piece with its than remarks on the most sacred institutions of our c ountry we shall pass it by with the contempt it merit s ' n t he deed were we inclined to notice the repeated attacks of that church establishment with which the columns ° oar paper almost daily abound, we should impose 011 w ir selves the task of unfolding such a tissue of inaccuraeN the representation, and malevolence, as is not often exhibittd ie l h the lucubrations of a literary Chronicle. The interest Ne" election excited is so great, that we understand a veil lar,t-ctO pression of the Poll was disposed of in two days, a nd a ,T,entic edition has already appeared. We find, by this allZ, a re publication, that out of the sixteen Heads of H o uses, 1 !"' pc , possessed of the elective suffrage for a Representative in pro liament, nine voted for Mr. Bankes, (no for Lord HerveNceo for Mr. Scarlett, and three did not vote at all. We ha e permitted to extract the followin, GENERAL STAT: OF THE POLL• I c.l St. Peter's College - Clare Hall - - Pembroke Hall - - Caius College - - Trinity Hall - - Corpus Christi College - King's College - - Queen's College . - Catharine Hall - - Jesus College - Christ College - - - St. John's College - Magdalene College Trinity College - - Emmanuel College - Sidney Sussex College - Downing College Commorantes in Villa - Mr. John Beverley, Enquirel Bcdc/1 - - ) 281 ~..--- 219 Total • well, niel F a e C I loonwgroefg,artri Trinity t yon College, Frid w last, r created d ß ] ; Rev ' to V r' C i t; t he by Royal Mandate. was 613 The Rev. Lewis Bowerbank, of Trinity College/ - same day admitted Master of Arts. • tea 11 1 The following Gentlemen were on Friday !V ein obet, miners of the Questionists:—Rev. Charles Ifrench 13 ,1 ° M.A., Trinity College ; Rev. William Greeniccw'A., Corpus Christi College ; Rev. Temple Clievallier, ANiege. tharine Hall ; Joshua King, Esq., M.A., Queen's c,;„on On Wednesday last, the following Gentlemen .'" 'Ore'l/Wen additional Examiners of the Quest ionists : --Re v Al Dawes, M.A., Downing College; Rev. Joseph Cap e, Clare Hall. - deg - .1 EXTRAORD INARY CIRCUMSTAINCE.--AS !Nei man was travelling throu g h the Count/ d he called on a friend in the neighbo urb° ,.b Kennington, near Ashford, who very In th ' 13 0,' treated him to go to Church with him t° of) their Clergyman preach. The traveller willingly consented to accompany his frie., ° Church on the Sunday morning. As seen :WO communion service was over a psalm was suog i v 'S choir of singers ; during the time the Psa,_'. ll : s o singing the Rev. Gentleman took off o i l ' e of plice and laid it on the side of his seat, ant11;501 .0 0- A attempted to enter the pulpit, to the greatP sopr ment of the congregation. As soon as th e Pa ill was over, the Rev. Gentleman rose and re ..ise e New Marriage Act, and, t o the great serrervic the whole congregation, he finished o n ly 11, without a sermon, and prayers were lio o that day, which caused great disatisfa ction the parishioners. 65 9 19 ' 4 13 7 24 I tttia frie Bank 1 Per 4 per 3 PE 4 per V er Ila p nt Imp. PRI Go Sto Go Go