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COMMUNICATION OF LORD GODERICH TO THE GOVERNOR OF. TRINIDAD• Downing-street, June 11, 1832. reference to my despatch of the 13th of May, enclosing a copy of a circular letter addreased to the Go. vernors of the West India Colonies baring legislative as ►emblies, I have now the honour to transmit to you the copy of another circular addressed to those Governor•, in consequence of the House of Commons having (as well as the House of Lords) appointed a committee upon West India affairs. The enclosed despatch will explain to you the views of his Majesty's Government upon the subject of the appointment of this committee. I have the honour to be, Sir, your most obedient servant, GODERICH. (Circullr.) Downing -street, May 13. Sir,—By the circular despatch addressed to the Go vernors of the colonies having independent legislatures, which I have the honour to enclose, you will learn that in consequence of the appointment of a committee of the House of Lords to inquire into the present condition of the West India colonies, and into the state of the laws affect ing the slaves, his Majesty's Government have felt it their duty to defer acting upon the intention announced in my former circular of the 10th of December, 1831 ; and that no further steps will at present be taken for the purpose of inducing the colonial legislatures to adopt the provisions of the Order in Council of the 2d of November. When his Majesty's Government first perceived that they might probably be compelled to postpone their gene ral design, they lost no time in considering the model by which they might in the mean time give special relief to the Crown colonies, without afkcting the interests of the o hers; nor does there appear to be any serious difficulty in finding a fit mode of affording, provisionally, such an amount of relief as may be commensurate with the oc , casion. His Majesty's Government have accordingly reh rived to apply to Parliament for power to grant to the Tre,suries of the Crown colonies, when it shalt appear to their satis faction that the Order in Council is in full operation, such sums of money respectively as shall be equal in each case to one moiety of the amount of the e. nntial public revenue of each ; and it will be left to the Governor and Council is, the cases of Trinidad and "St. Loch, and to the Governor and Court of Polity in the case of British Guiana, to select for the approval of his Majesty's Covet n talent the particular taxes the levy of which may be most properly remitted for this year, with a view of affording the intended relief. You will, of course, understand that the relief thus proposed to be afforded to the Crown colonies is merely previsional, and that it is intended hereafter to be ex changed for advantages of a more permanent chrracter ; but his Majesty's Government could not suffer even the year to elapse without taking measures for providing sub stantial relief for the current period. I trust, that before you receive this despatch, the excite ment occasioned by the first promulgation of the Order in Council may have subsided, and that both slaves and masters, having learnt their mutual rights and duties, will act accordingly. Of course, should it be necessaq, you will not fail to make use of all the powers with which you are invested for the enforcement of the law ; and while, on the one hand, you secure to the slaves the fu'l enjoy ment of those advantages which his Majesty has graciously been pleased to confer upon them, you will, on the other, repress every attempt on their part to abuse the privileges which have been granted to them, and cause the authority of the master to be respected and his lawful commands to be obeyed. It has already been publicly announced that his Majesty's Government will be most ready to consider whatever sug gestions can be made for the removal of any inconvenieare which may be found to result from particular provisions of the Order in Council ; but although this disposition con tinues unaltered, and a.; though I shall he most happy to re ceive any infi.rmat;en which may assist me in forming a judgment as to the improvements of which the law, a, it now staris, is susceptible, the appointment which has take., place of Comirittecs of the two Houses of Parlia trnent will necessarily prevent any of the contemplated modifications from being carried into effect until it shall appear what may he the result of that inquiry. Frequent changes of the law with respect to slavery are most justly objected to, as calculated to unsettle the minds of the negroes, and to cause unreasonable expectations and discontent; and. indeed, were the reasons for abstaining from present alteration less cogent than they obviously are on this score, it could scarcely be expected that a law framed with so much previous investigation, and with such elaborate care and circumspection, should be altered on any other ground than that of practical evils found by experience to result from it after it should have been for a auffi6ent time in full and fair operation. I have the less difficulty in postponing any modifica tions of the Order in Council, because, if I am not mis taken in supposing that the clauses most objected to are those which regulate the duration of manufacturing labour, and the supply of food and clothing, I think it may be found practicable to meet a part, at least, of their objec tions by removing some misconceptions which appear to prev:cil as to its real state and effect. It has been urged that the restrictions on manufacturing labour will be attended with the absolute ruin of the plantations ; and it appears to be taken for granted that the law has forbidden slave-labour beyond the prescribed hours, even with the consent of the slave himself. There is nothing, however, in the order to justify this construc tion, but much which seems to me directly opposed to it ; for the words of the 90th clause are, "that no slave shall he compelled or bound to perform any labour beyond the prescribed hours," and the penalty is denounced in the 96th clause against owners who shall " compel or require" any slave to perform any such extra labour. Alf, there fore, that is prohibited is compulsory labour beyond the prescribed hours. But it is further assumed, that the slaves will not volun tarily engage in extra labour for hire. This as.ertion has been often made, and whenever the experiment has ' , wen fairly tried, so far as my information extends, has been as often refuted. Thus the works of the engineer depart ment were executed at Berbice, and the Lieu?.-Governor's residence there was built by the voluntary labour of hired sl lees. And the Crown negroes in British Guiana, who have recently been made free, have, since their liberation, employed themselves in working for ways tinder the com manding officer of engineers. From the Bahamas, also, several cases are reported by the Governor of the exertion of the utmost industry by persons of the same class when stimulated by the hope of wages; and in the last collec tion of papers on the subject of slavery, which was pre sented to Parliament on the 15th of Marta last, there will be found at page 76 a report from Mr. Surtees, the protector of slaves in St. Lucia, which proves from the Custom-house returns, that, from the sth of January, 1831, to the sth of January, 1832, upwards of 1,092 tons of logwood were exported from the port of Castries, on account of slaves ; being the produce of their volun tary labour during the days and hours secured to them by law. A more plausible objection might perhaps be founded upon the danger, that in making such a contract with the owner, the slave would be a free agent in name only ; that, however, is a risk against which security might be found in the vigilance of the Protectors, and in the clear apprehension of their own rights which the slaves may be expected to acquire. The advantages of such a system would, on the other hand, he of the highest moment. It must pave the way for a more general substitution of hired scrv.ce for forced labour; and a slave who, during part of the year, has bee❑ accustomed to work too or three hours daily for wages, would be rapidly preparing for the transition into the condition of a free labourer. These views are not founded on mere theory. I learn from most respectable authority, that since the promulga tion of the order in Trinidad, the practice has already com menced in the island of hiring slaves to work io crop time at extra hours for an increased allowance of food ; and the extension of the same practice to British Guiana and St. Lucia may not improbably remove the obstacle which the order is said to have raised to the completion of the mannfacturing process, with great and permanent advan tage to all parties concerned. Great objections have been raised to the regulations of the order respecting provisions. At a meeting of planters and others held at St. Lucia on the 4th of January last, it was unanimously resolved, that the order compels " the owner to furnish his labourers daily with double the quan tity of provisions supplied to the King's troops, and to give them clothing such as their masters are, in many in stances, themselves destitute of." On the other hand, the letter transmitted by the Government of Trinidad, written by the Chairman of the Committee of that Island, on the 31st of December last, contains the following passage " No planter who values the health or comfort of Isis ne• groes would substitute the less plentiful, less nutritive, less wholesome, and far more economical food provided by lair for the expensive allowance which they may now re• ceive." Thus, the very same regulation which is con demned as profuse and extravagant in Saint Lucia, is not less loudly condemned al penurious in Tri nidad. Nor can it be asserted that this con• tradiction arises from any local daninctions, which wool I render the same food dear and nutritious in the one island, and cheap and ill adapted for nutriment in the other ; for in both the Governor has the power of waking such substitutions for the prescribed al- ~~ Y . --... lowances as the exigencies of the colony may require, pro *vided that the support of the slave bent nished. 'To this regu l a ti on , an d tolike le which en ables the owne r hi mse lf , w i t h t h e writte n a hority of the Protector, to make a similar substitution in respect to clothing, I should apprehend that adequate attention as not hitherto been given. These pthvisions, however, would seem to afford a suffitient answer to the mote pro minent of the objections which have been usually urged against the Order in Council : and t anti to desite that you would immediately apply your mind to the considera tion of the question; what substitutions of food and cloth ing can be anthoth.ed to the common advantage of the proprietcfr and the slave. ''....; . 0n will avail yourself of the advice of the members of the legislative body of the colony under your government, in forming y our decision upon this subject, although that decision must at last be adopted ott your own responsibiz lity, and must, under the Ordet in Council, be promul gated as originating with yourself alone. If any owner should wish to provide fur the maintenance of his slaves, partly by an allowance of food, and partly by granting time, it would k. in his power, as I have already shown, to make any contract of that nature with the slaves, paying them in an increased amount of food fur the Voluntary surrender of their leisure hours. In short, I am persuaded that whenever this Order in Council shalt he studied with that calm and impartial attention which in the first heat of the moment it may not have received, it will be found that Many of the difficulties on which its opponents have most insisted had been obviated by antici ration in the sti ucture of the law itself. I have the honour to be, Sir, your obedient servant, 1.11 , j0r-General Sir Lewis Grant. GODERICII. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. • •••• • ` s. '• • •••• ARRIVALS. The Duke of Wellington, at Piccadilly, from the Marquis of Hertford's seat, Sudbourne.hall, Woodbridge, Suffolk ; the Marquis of Hertford, at Dorchester house, Regent's Park, from his seat in Suffolk ; the Right Hon. Sir George Warrender, Bart., at Albemarle-street, from the Marquis of Hertford's seat, Suffolk; the Earl of Craven, at Charles-street, Berkeley-square, Prom his seat, Coombe Abbey, Coventry; Mrs. and the Misses Otway Cave, and Mrs. Murray, at Ellis's Hotel, St. James's street, from Bath; General Sir Hopetoun and Lady Scott, at Symmons's Hotel, St. James's-street, from their seat in Ire land; Monsieur and Madame Le Brune, at Crawley's Hotel, Albemarle-street, from Paris; Eyre Coote, Esq., M.P., at the Burlington Hotel, from West Park, Hants; Hon. Mr. Burrell and L. Burrell, Esq., at ditto; A. Stewart, Esq., at ditto, from Cheltenham; Captain Austin, at Paine's Bath Hotel, Arling ton-street, from Cheltenham; Wm. Lloyd, Esq., at ditto, from the Isle of Wight; Augustus Mac Donough, Esq., at the Royal Hotel, Jermyn-street, from a tour ; Mr. Calvert Browning, at ditto, from Brighton. DEPARTURES. Lord Farnborough, for his seat, Bromley-hill, Kent; Lord and Lady Dover, from Whitehall, for Roehampton ; Mr. and Mrs. Southey, from Brook-street, for their seat in Bucks ; -- Connor, Esq., from the Burlington Hotel, for Dublin ; F. Street, Esq., from ditto, for Brighton ; Mr. and Mrs. Brantchley, from ditto, for Kent ; William Wiltshire, Esq., from ditto, for Hants; William Jenkins, Esq., from the Bri tish Hotel, Jermyti-street, for Oxford; Capt. Knox, from ditto, for Brighton; Mr. and Mrs. W. Sawyer, from Paine's Bath Hotel, Arlington street, for ditto; Capt. Locke, from ditto, for ditto ; Mrs. and Miss Taylor, from Hawkins' Hotel, Dover and Albemarle streets, for Hastings; Mr. and Mrs. Hudson, from ditto, for their seat, Tedsworth-court, near Epsom. FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE. ST. JAMES'S-PALACE, OCTOBER 12, 1832. The King was this day pleased to confer the honour of Knighthood on Charles Eurwicke Douglas, Esq , King of Arms of the most distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George. WAR-OFFICE, OCTOBER 19, 1832. Ist Regiment of Life Guards—R. Brooke, Gent., to be Cornet and Sub-Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Lord C. P. Clinton, who retires, Oct. 18. 4th Regiment of Dragoon Guards—W. H. Harper, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Holdsworth, promoted, Oct. 19. 3d Reg ment of Light Dragoons—T. M. Cocksedge, Gent. to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Downes, promoted, Oct. 19. sth Regiment of Foot—Captain J. W. King, from the half-pay, to be Captain, vice G. W. Butler, who exchanges, receiving the difference, Oct. 19. 9th Foot—Lieutenant C. Dormer, from the 24th Regiment, to be Lieutenant, vice W. Jackson, who retires on the half-pay of the Royal Staff Corps, Oct. 19. 24th Foot—Lieut. W. G. Hughes, from the half-pay of the Royal Staff Corp, to be Lieutenant, vice Dormer, appointed to the 9th Regiment, Oct 19. 57th Foot—J. Hennen, Gent. to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Cutler, whose appointment has not taken place, Oct. 19. 77th Foot, Assistant-Surgeon C. Dealey, from the 15th Light Dragoons, to be Surgeon, vice O'Halloran, deceased, Oct. 19. MEMORANDUM. The commission of Deputy Commissary-General M. D. O'Meara has been cancelled from the 4th instant, inclusive, he having accepted a commuted allowance for his half-pay. DECLARATION OF INSOLVENCY. WILLIAM THONIAS, THOMAS THOMAS, and ISAAC THOMAS, Narrow-street, Ratelift; ship-owners. BANKRUPTS. JOHN MAYCOCK COLLINS, Knightsbridge, livery-stable keeper, to surrender Nov. 2, and a), at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Drew, Bermondsey.street ; Lackington, Basing. hall.street. BENJAMIN POWIS, St. Helen's-place, merchant, Oct. 26, at two, and Nov. 30, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, King's Arms-yard, official assignee; Kearsey and Hughes, Lothbury. WILLIAM GELDARD, Denmark-street, Soho, currier, Oct. 26, and Nov. 30, at ten, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Vincent, Bedford-street, Bedford-square. WILLIAM HULME, Manchester, draper, Nov. 5,6, and 30, at two, at the Star Inn, Manchester. Johnson and Weather all. Temple, London ; Booth and Harrison, Manchester. JOHN WILSON HODGSON, Wigton, Cumberland, com mon-brewer, Oct. 20, and Nov. 30, at eleven, at the King's Arms Inn, Wigton. Addison, Verulam-buildings, Gray's Inn, London ,• Lightfoot, Wigton. WI LLI A M WATSON MARSH, Oxford-street, bookseller, Nov. 2, and 30, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Lane, Argyle-street ; Clark. St. Swithin's-lane, official assignee. JOHN CHANNON, Piccadilly, dealer, Oct. 30, at one, and Nov. 30, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Hensman, Queen-street-place:Upper Thames-street; Turq'iand, Copthall buildings, official assignee. JOHN LYON, jun., Salford, Lancashire, malt-dealer, Nov. 12, 14, and 30, at two, at the Spread Eagle Inn, Manchester. Adlington, Gregory, and Faulkner, Bedford-row, London; Law, Manchester. DIVIDENDS. J. Elliott, Chatham, Kent, grocer, Nov. 9, at ten, at the Court of Bankruptcy, London. G. F. Fuller, jun. Ramsgate, Kent, grocer, Nov. 9, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy, London. R. Mercer and C. Ely, Swansea, Glamorganshire ,coalowners, Nov. 13, at ten, at the Court of Bankruptcy, London. T. Watkinson, Marsh-gate, Lambeth, publican, Nov. 17, at ten, at the Court of Bankruptcy. J. H. Davey, Parker-street, Drury-lane, wheelwright, Nov. 12, at half-past eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. T. C. Hawkes, Little Abingdon-street, Westminster, coal merchant, Nov. 15, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. .1. llawkes, Pall-mall, silk-mercer, Nov. 9, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. S. Burstall and F. Burstall, Kingston-upon-Hull, merchants, Nov. RI, at eleven, at the George Inn, Kingston-upon-Hull. J. W. Anderson, Bradford, Yorkshire, oil paint and colour dealer, Nov. 30, at ten, at the Talbot Inn, Bradford. Sykes, Old Jewry, factor, Nov. 9, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. CERTIFIC ATES.—Nov. 9. W. Francis, King-street, Bristol, builder. T. Mitchell, Strand, hosier. G. Bailey, Mina-road, Old Kent-road, carpenter. J. Collins and E. Prior, Goswell-street, horse dealers. NV. A. Adams, East India Chambers, Leadenhall.strect, scri vener. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. J. A. Fletcher and Wm. Neville, surgeons. B. and H. Joseph, Bristol, jewellers. T. Shade and H. R. Martin, High.street, Shadwell, tobacco manufacturers. H. Shuttleworth and W. Wartnaby, jun. Market-Harborough, attorneys. W. Wright and H. Gamble, Grenville-street, Brunswick. square, surgeons. J. Webb and J. Sanderson, Manchester, screw.bolt-makers. G. and W. Royston, and J. Slack, Manchester, smallware-ma nufacturers. R. and J. Seaton, Merthyr Tidvil, tea-dealers. J. Strang and S. Cory, Allington, Dorsetshire, surgeons. H. and S. Rawson, Manchester, hosiers. M. Simms and S. Powell, Bath, silk-mercers. G. Stonier and G. Haywood, Derby, brass-founders. J. Podger and G. Watmough, Jew's Harp_Wharf, Regent's- Park.l3asin, coal-merchants. J. Willey and W. Hughes, Bristol, cabinet-makers. J. Staple and Co., High-street, Southwark. S. Davies and Co., Winsford, Cheshire, salt-manufacturers. W. Glencross and Co., Devonport, druggists. W. and R. C. Heath, jun., Salford Priors, Warwickshire, far_ mere. F. H. Bair and H. Nicolls, Fosdike, Lincolnshire, coal-mer chants. The Duke of WELLINGTON arrived at Apsley House at a late hour on Thursday evening, from Sudbourne Hall, where his grace has been on a visit to his friend the Marquis of HERTFORD, under whose Par liamentary putronaoe the Marquis of DOURO has been elected for his Lordship's borough of Aldeburgh. His Grace went to the French Embassy, in Hanover-square, yesterday afternoon, and had a long conversation with Prince TALLEYRAND, who received the Duke's congratu litions on his return to this country. The Duke, i. is expected, will leave town to-morrow, or Monday, on a visit to the Marquis of SALISBURY, at Ha'field. LIGHTNING.—An article dated Warrington (Virginia), Sept. 8, gives the following account of an in cident which occurred at that place on the 31st of Au gust :—" While Chief Justice MARSHALL was sitting in the house of his son JAMES, a shock of lightning pros trated before him his sons JAMES and EDWARD, his grand son JOHN the son of THOMAS MARSHALL, and two other grandchildren, Jonsr and MARY HARVIE. The fluid per vaded the whole house. Messrs. GEORGE ALEXANDER, HENRY MARSHALL, and JQHN H. THOMAS, were also shocked, though not prostrated. For 20 minutes ad of the first five were considered as dead ; the application of ice water was immediate, aril proved to be efficacious in the restoration of all. The Chief Justice, Major AMBLER, and THOMAS G. MARSHALL, were in the room with the sons, but were not injured, althoutfh so much shocked not to see the lightning or hear the thunder. The suf. ferers are all recovering." • THE KING v, KEMP. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. trust to your honour and ever distinguished im partiality in inserting this letter, in respect of the above case, reported in your Jrurnal of Orli day. By the advice of my solicitor t have commenced a prosecution against the thrCe Police inspectors (Morzan, Fagan, and Garde) for conspiracy and defamation of character. I therefore humbly request the public will suspend their judgment until the decision of a British Jury shall prove or disprove the truth of their statement. I am, Sir, Your bumble srrvant, C. W. WHALER. 50, Exeter-stteet, Marylebone, Oct. 19, 1832. ELECTION MATTERS. CITY ELECTION. esterday a meeting of gen►lemen who have been in the habit of taking a leading part in the political movements in the City took place at the Mansion House, for the pur_ pose of taking into consideration the best course to be pursued to ensure the election of Sir John Key, the Lord Mayor of London, as one of the representatives of the City, Mr. WILLIAM STEVENS was called to the Chair, and briefly stated the object of the meeting. Sir JOHN KEY then rose, amidst loud cheering. True to the assurance which his Majesty's Ministers, in the name of the Reformers of England, had given, he would, if elected, endeavour to maintain the integrity of the pre.. sent Reform Bill in all its essential provisions. If experi. ence showed that, as it now stood, it failed to secure to the people the object of Reform—good and cheap Govern. ment—he would support a measure to extend the scot and lot franchise, practically enjoyed by those he bad the honour to address, to the other parts of the empire.-- (Cheers.) He regarded the passing of the Septennial Act as a gross infringement of the Constitution, and one of the leading causes of the corruption of former Parliaments-- and, to prevent it from having the same effect upon a Reformed House of Commons, he would vote for its re peal. He hoped that the operation of the Reform Bill would supersede the necessity for resorting to the introduc tion of so novel an expedient as that of secret voting; but if experience should prove that flagitious bribery or cruel oppression could not otherwise be effectually prevented than by the ballot, be would give it his unhesitating sup port. He would support every practicable measure of eco nomy and retrenchment in the public expenditure—the abolition of needless and sinecure places and unmerited pensions ; the salaries of the great officers of state, and other meritorious public servants, ought also to be reduced. Sir John then adverted to the corrupt application of the Crown lands in rewarding Court favourites, or bribing the proprietors of boroughs to secure majorities in the House of Commons. The Crown lands were, be said, national property, and ought to be applied to national purposes. They ought to he sold, and the produce ap propriated in part to the discharge of the public debt, or in meeting some of the other exigencies of the state. He condemned the house and assessed taxes as pressing with unequal severity upon trade. Sir John then dwelt with great force and particularity upon the necessity of a com mutation of the tithes, and the restoration of the revenues of the church to the objects of their primitive appropria tion He developed his opinions upon the corn laws, free trade, the Bank and India charters, the state of Ireland, reform of the laws, and of all our domestic institutions ; and concluded an able speech which embraced every topic adverted to in an address which was afterwards read, and received in the most enthusiastic manner by the meeting. Mr. FEARON should give to his Lordship the wartntst support—perhaps it was not possible for a man honestly to avow hie opinions upon all the great topics of public interest, so as to secure the entire assent of every indivi dual composing so numerous an assembly as that then pre- sent —(Hear, hear.) It sufficed that the leading features manifested an honest and manly mind, and embraced sound political principles.—(Cheers.) . . Mr. C. PEARSON was sat sfied, if prompt and vigorous exertions were made by the Lord Mayor's friends amongst the electors, after the address was fairly circulated, that it would be attended by the most decided and triumphant success.—(Cheers.) Mr. Dir,LoN should give to the election of Sir John Key his best support. Mr. ASIIURST said that the Lord Mayor had omitted to notice the taxes upon knowledge, and he wished to know what were his Lordship's intentions on that subject, if he should be returned ? The LORD MAYOR replied, that it was an unintentional omission ; as believing the diffusion of knowledge to be the best means of checking crime and promoting the hap piness of the people, he should certainly vote for the repeal of all those taxes which prevented the general dissemina tion of intelligence and knowledge—(Hear, hear, hear) — and he would support any measure that might be intro duced to define end secure the liberty of the Press. Mr. HARMER expressed his entire approbation of the principles avowed by the Lord Mayor; and would there fore propose a resolution embodying this sentiment. Mr. Harmer then moved the fiist resolution. Mr. WILSON seconded the resolution, which was car ried unanimously. Mr. CHARLES PEARSON introduced a resolution, that copies of the address be left at every house within the City on the following day.—(Cheers.) Arrangements had been made for that purpose, and he hoped that a c opy would be In the hands of each elector before twelve o'clock the next day.—(Cheers.) Such a proceeding would in duce other candidates to make an explicit declaration of their sentiments, and the election for the Ciiy would then become one of principle, and not have reference merely to men, which had been too often the case.—(Hear.) Air. WiLuzisoll seconded the resolution, which was unanimously agreed to, after which the meeting separated. A conference was held yesterday, for the pur pose, we arc assured, of receiving some conciliatory pro} o sitions from the Dutch Ambassador, to prevent the sailing of the combined squadron for the blockade of the Dutch coast. We, of course, do nut arrogate to ours , Ives the knowledge of the particulars, but this much is certain that, as the day of reckoning approaches, the misgivings of Hol land increase in the same proportion as her chances of maintaining the glory of her ancestors decrease. The King of HoLLaran wants now an addition of 40,000 men to his army, as well as 40 millions of florins to his Ex chquer, to secure a very problematical success. The French army is on the Belgian frontiers—is ready to cross it at a moment's warning ; and the Prussian army at Elberfeld, and throughout the Rhenish provinces of Prussia, has positively received orders to occupy Venloo and other places, to be restored to the Dutch after they shall have surrendered the citadel of Antwerp to the Bel gians, in•elligence of which had been received on Monday at the Hague by a courier from Berlin, to the great dis may of the Dutch Cabinet. It was Prince TA LLEYRA ND to whom France and England are indebted for that political mtster-piece, which secured the sincere co-operation of Prussia, by the proposal that Prussia should occupy not only Venloo, tut any other part she might fix upon, as a guarantee for the French evacu ating Belgium as soen as the surrender of the citadel of Antwerp was effect-d. This also conciliates Austria to the measures of the Soult and Broglie Cabinet, after the Allyemeine Zeituny, of the Sth inst. had announced in an article from Vienna, of the Ist, that couriers from London and Paris brought accounts of Great Britain and France being compelled to coercive measures, to terminate the differences between Holland and Belgium, when it was asserted that the Austrian Cabinet would not consent to such measures, but secure itself against all responsibility of the consequences thereof. The autograph letter from the King of Prussia to th e Ki ng o f H o ll an d, approv i ng o f t h e coercive measures to be adopted by England and France, and offering to support the same, and conjuring him to make timely concessions, as hell as the subsequent de spatch frorn the Cabinet of Berlin, informing the King of the Prussian troops from Elbefeld and the Rhenish pro vinces being ordered tooccupy Venloo, must have turned the scale, and induced his Dutch Majesty, even after his flaming Speech on Monday, to transmit through Baron Von Zuylen Van Nyevelt to the Conference a statement in an swer to the 70th protocol, and a second explanatory one in refutation to Lord PALMERSTON'S proposals, his Dutch MAJESTY having found out by this time, that the sympathy of foreign Powers, upon which he so much re lied, war cold as charity. In addition to which the inti mation of the Congress to make his MAJESTY pay for the expenses of the combined squadron, and the eventual in ja to the town of Antwerp, is no joke (Hier, and a motive quite sufficient to induce him to order some e t a r •cu/p h a t foorrny , notes to be forwarded to L on d on. Th e a ard frankness and ingenuousness di.play e d by straightforward th,t French Government on this occasion, has quite dis armed the jealousies of the Great Powers, and removed their suspicions, if any such were lurking behind ; they will now heartily support the peace-encompassing measures of the French and English expedition—although Count Pozzo DI 13ottGo is said, to the very last, to have hied to sow suspicions against France at Vienna, but in vain. Count FRANTMANNSDORF, the Austrian Ambassador to the Prussian Court, who teas at Vienna, was to return to his post by way of Toplitz, to communicate to the King of PRUSSIA Prince M E TTERNICICS acquiescence in the con• templated treasures.. —Morning Paper. ESSEX ELECTION. Yester,lay a numerous and respectable mreting of the electors of the south division of the county of Essex took place at the Market place, at Epping, on temporary hust ings erected for the occasion. Major RICHARDSON, of Wanstead, was called to the Chair. The CHAIRMAN, in a brief speech, opened the business of the day. Sir T. B. LENNARD, Bart., then presented himself to the meeting, and was received with loud and continued applause. The Hon. candidate went into a long history of his political conduct, 'and observed he was a Reformer of forty years' standing. He expressed himself an enemy to slavery, to the present system of tithes, and the Corn Laws. He disapproved of all tax , s upon knowledge, and he also wished to see the labouring classes of society obtain a better price for their labour. He would not ob ject to a property tax, which would reach the opu lent land-owner and the country gentleman—those who, in his estimation, were better able to bear the burden and beat of the day. All he asked the electors was, to give him a fair trial; and if, after they had sent him to Par lianarnt, they found him remiss in his duty, he would itn mediately resign his seat.—(Cries of " We'll try you.") He thanked them for the honour they had done him, and hoped they would become more intimately acquainted. Several other gentlemen addressed the meeting, and regretted the absence of the Hen.. Mr. Wellesley. About three o'clock, however, the Hon. Member made his ap pearance, driving into town at a most rapid rate in a carriage and four. He instantly took his station on the hustings, and apologised to the meeting for having de tained them for such a length of time. Among the gentlemen who addressed the meeting were Mr. Leonard, M.P. for Ma!don ; Mr. Western, the Mem ber for E sex ; Mr. John Barnard, of Harlow ; the Rev. Mr. Finch, &c. &c. A very handsome dinner was prepared by Mr. Stokes, of Epping-place, of which about seventy-four gentlemen partook. SCOTCH ELECTIONS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—As a constant reader and warm supporter of your truly independent paper, I beg leave to hand you a few remarks on the present prospects of Reform in this northern corner of this island ; and I trust, that at the dull period, during the recess of Parliament, you may find a corner for inserting them. I shall begin with the united county of Moray and Nairn, the candidates for the representation of which are, the Hon. Colonel Grant and the Hon. John Stuart. The former has represented Morayshire during successive Parliaments ; but, in so far as I am aware, his voice has never been heard within the walls of St. Stephen's, fur ther than in one unbroken chain of Ayes in support of every measure originating with a Tory Ministry, and an equally consistent Nay to every question brought forward lay the present Administration. The latter gentleman is of decidedly liberal principles; but, Mr. Editor, sorry am I to say, that amongst Scottish county voters, that has little —very little weight. A lamentable fact it is, but never theless an undoubted one, that very generally, I fear, over Scotland—almost universally in the north—the first ques tion asked by the voter is, not " Pray, what are your views in regard to Reform ?" but, " Is the Laird to sup. port you ?" If the candidate replies in the affirmative, then the honest, worthy farmer's answer is, " You may depend upon my vote, Sir ;" if the contrary, " I canna gang against the Laird, it would no be decent, Sir." Now, Mr. Editor, such being the feelings of the generality of the north-country farmers, you will hardly be surprised when I inform you, that the Conservative, Colonel Grant, is likely to be the successful candidate. The Nairn di% ision,however, has done its part; out of 90, the num ber of voters, 50 have already declared in favour of the Hon. J. Stuart, being nearly as two to one; but sorry am Ito add, that this apparent liberal feeling of the Nairn shire voters by no means proceeds from superior liberality on their parts, hut merely because the Earl of Cawder, and some of the other most extensive proprietors, happen to be Whigs; for, believe me, Satiny will never vote against his Laird, whether he be a Whig. a Tory, or a Radical. Nothing but the ballot will do in Scotland ; our peasantry have not an idea of rational freedom ! Still, however, the change already effected is considerable, and many a homely dwelling has been honoured by a visit from Hon. Candi dates, which hitherto had no greater chance of such a distinguished guest than Captain Parry had of reaching the North Pole ! Another good effect is, that, under the Reform Bill, Right Honourables will have to .‘ straight their legs," as we term it, i. e., they must scatter a few of the guineas they have drawn from the cultivators of the soil, amongst these said honest people. Thus report says, that the only expense the Member for Morayshire has been put to, for successive elections, was a dinner, which said dinner was so arranged as, although apparently at the Hon. Member's expense, to be quietly smuggled into the expenditure of a certain snug burgh, always saving and excepting a haunch of venison, and a few braces of phtar michan, which the noble patron of both county and town condescended to contribute. But mark the difference ! Report says, the present election has already cost him 5,0001. Can we wonder, after this, at the decided hos• tility of certain great men to the rising liberty of their country ? So much for the county; now for the burghs. Our district consists of Inverness, Nairn, Fortrose, and Forres, with a total of 710 voters. The candidates for represent ing us are, Colonel Baffles, an East India Director. Major Cumming Bruce, ihe sitting Member, Mr. J. Stewart, and Mr. R. Fraser. The two first are out-and-nut Con servatives,—with this difference, however, that the Colo. nel is, and always has been, hostile to Reform—never denied it—whereas, the Major, although he divided eight times in one night against the Reform Bill and Ministers, still has the impudence to assert, that he is a Reformer ! I say, " From such Reformers, good Lord, deliver us." Mr. Stewart, the next candidate, is as decidedly on the Liberal side as his opponents are on the reverse. He is, in short, the man of the people; upon them, and them alone, r,st s hi s c han ce of attaining ,the honour he aspires h to o . stil A ity s a fr p om roo h f is of op t p h o is n , en h t es w e h rc o p h o e s : d itat t e o at no e verl sort of falsehood to harass and defeat him. One day he is a Tory—next a Radical; but, Sir, were other proof wanting of what he really is, I need only mention, that the Colonel and his friend the Major count in their ranks every Magistrate, every Councillor, every Minister of the Ki r k of Scotland, ofte U ig n h i t ted of Associateinjustice not to Sy within their bounds. It is w onderful wh at noses both clergy and bailies have for ca detshi p s, and other " sic like d, nod, to a m a n, are on the Liberal side here, as inde e d th ey are quid things." that at alll It behweoculledrgy h the he all over the kingdom. The fourth candidate, Mr. Fraser, I had forgotten ; but, as it is supposed he has only his own vote, I need say little about him. He calls himself a Reformer, but gives his support to the Tory candidates. The present relative situation of the other rival candidates is as follows: Stewart. Bailles. Bruce. Neuter. Voters i❑ lnvernels 467... 170 190 87 20 Nairn. Fortrose 30... 13 9 8 0 Forres 150... 69 1 80 0 A very general opinion prevails, that Bailles and Cum ming will coalesce against their Liberal opponent; but the hest informed say, this will add to Mr. Stewart's majority, as, should B 'Ries give way to Cumming, most of the for tner's voters in Inverness would support Stewart; and should Cumming yield to Bailles, then most of his voters at Forres would in like manner support Stewart. In short, Mr. Editor, the friends of freedom are most sanguine, and have no doubt of the final triumph of their cause, despite the hitter hostility and foul holy alliance against them. Connected with this desperate struggle betwixt conser. a nd liberal:sm, I may observe that a most extraor dinatyvatm is manoeuvring lately took place in one of the above free and independent burghs, on occasion of the annual f arce nicknamed election of Magistrates. You must know, Mr. Editor, that the same 'milks had continued in office for the last 16 years—indeed one of these worthies had been glued to his seat for 32—and as for the Coun cillors they had most of them occupied their berths for similar periods, with the exception of the Provost, who candidates weathe a r nd h l o ri u s se b . roti vv ier el h l, ad sir p , op t p h e e d se in w a o n r d th o i u es t alienatingehti,anibsnt?l:uoceffi''ceu,r,hich sweet fruit of olden time is already was changed every two years ; consequently, one of our ortrhtehYcivic chair for some score of years, like Darby and zed the last farthing they could out of the its property, thought it beneath them when no longer accompanied with profit the Reform Bill ; they therefore j bto o ti having a rre n of the Reformers, so far as to accept office, otnhrivaegbdbbigniinttigiiimmedtobyback out, and having found it itnpos appointed a set of worthies to fill their shoes, wise in their day and generation, but every way worthy of their predecessors. Need I add that the new Magis grates are as celebrated for honor, honesty, fair dealing, and liberality as the old. But, Mr. Editor, we look for ward to a speedy cleansing of the Augean stable, and then, when every honest man will get his own, what will he the have e ll any position of our worthy rulers ?—really I dare not venture to hint at. I remain, Mr. Editor, your most obedient servant, Auchlian, Oct. 17, 1832. ERAX. THE ANNUALS. GEOGRAPHICAL ANNUAL FOR 1833. LONDON, 1832. The idea of this work is admirable, nor is its execution less worthy of praise. Its avowed principle is utility, but it has also strong claims on the score of elegance. As a hook of reference, it is tl►e best of all works to have lying by one's side. The maps, though necessarily on a limited scale, are remarkable for their neatness and correctness. Opposite to each of them is placed a list of the principal cities and towns, with their latitude, longitude, &c., so that the work is really as perfect as it is possible to be. Mr. Bull deserves great praise for the tact and enterprize he has shown in bringing out this valuable Annual, whose price, considering its utility, and external as well as internal beauty, is really dirt. cheap. HEATH'S PICTURESQUE ANNUAL FOR 1833.-LONDON, 1832. The literary sketches of this Annual are quite as clever as the illustrations. This is high praise, but it is praise which Mr. Leitch Ritchie is fully entitled to. He has a quick, discerning eye for the beauties of nature and art, and makes himself felt as well as understood in his descrip tions. Occasionally, however, in his great horror of diffuseness, he runs into the opposite extreme, and becomes so terse, and pointed, and epigram matic, as to throw over his style an appearance of stiffness and affectation. In describing na ture he should follow Sir Walter Scott's plan, and give his genius fair play ; to cramp it is not to increase its strength, but to deform it. In his stories connected with the Rhine this defect is less apparent than elsewhere. Mr. Ritchie feels a legend in the true spirit, and tells it with prodigious gusto. Hence it is a very interesting and impressive matter in his hands. His present Annual is truly picturesque in its descriptions. Of the embellishments we have already spoken in the terms they deserve. THE BIBLICAL ANNUAL FOR 1833. LoNDoN. 1832. The first appearance, we believe, of a work which appeals to the wants and wishes of a large class of the community, and is likely to meet with as extensive a circulation. It is a very ser viceable adjunct to the Bible, as it contains maps and other explanatory and topographical matters r elative to the sacred soil of Palestine. The work is beautifully got up, without regard to time, trouble, or expense. MUSIC. GAILY CHAUNT THE SUMMER BIRDS. THERE LIVES A YOUNG LASSIE. A PIRATE'S LIFE, WHAT JOY FOR ME. The music of these lays is of an agreeable character, and of perfect simplicity. It is of the old English school of ballad, that school which is now but too much under-rated and neglected. The poetry is of the average order of merit. The first song is of a very cheering, lively, cast, and not too much encumbered with science. Mr. G. R. DAWSON and his family have been some weeks rusticating at Brighton . I : Mr. Law- RENCE and Lady JANE PEEL are also at pres nt resident there. OPENING OF MR.IRVING'S NEW CHURCH. —Mr. laviNG's new church in Newman-street was opened for the first time last night. The Rev. Gentleman was assisted on this occasion by the Rev. Mr. ARMSTRONG. In an address to his congregation, Mr. IRVING said that the Lotto, for the trial of his people, had cast them out upon the streets and highways, and there, under the canopy of Heaven, they had administered unto the people. The LORD had given them that house without their seeking it, and, by the mouth of one of his servants, HE had told them " to flee from the infidd rover (alluding to Mr. OWEN'S room in Gray's-inn-lane)." Mr. IRVING added, that from the beginning to the end the new church had been the work of the Loan, " and now to the LORD let it be devoted." Two of the gifted ladies sp o k e i n t h e tongues in the course of the service, and the eff ec t o f t h e i r manifestations was greatly enhanced by a ki n d o f accom paniment i rif,tir,ovof which toh was .n e e s of te nteb performeda e ws t congregation, he Th e most int. baptism of Mr. l a y ttio ' s byMr. AR MSTRONG . During the prayer which preceded this ceremony Mr. IRVING stood at the bottom of the flight of stairs leading to the pulpit, holding the child ; near him stood the sponsors, and above the Rev. Mr. ARMSTRONG. The child was baptized by the name of EBENEZER. Afterwards a tall venerable-looking individual, with a bald held (whom we understood to he Mr. DrtuatatoNn), spoke in the tongues. Mr. DRUMMOND has belonged to Mr. IRVING'S flock for some time, hut has had the gift vouchsafed to hint very recently. The service concluded by a prayer and a hymn. The church, we believe, was formerly anexhibition,room for the pictures of the late President WEST. It is neatly fitted up, with a gallery for strangers. The persons en dowed with the gift are placed in a kind of recess, elevated behind the pulpit, with the elders on the right and left. The building will contain nearly as many hearers as the church in Regent-square. DREADFUL FIRE AT MORTON LODGE, NEAR STOCKTON-UPON-TEES.—This capital mansion, the property and residence of the Rev. T. M. Ronn (which has lately been advertised for sale), was entirely destroyed ascertained, though no doubt it was purely accidental ; by fire on Friday morning. The cause is not accurately the servants had been up late in the laundry, hut had all retired to bed, as they thought, in safety. About 3or 4 o'clock of the above morning Mrs. RUDD awoke rather unwell, and on proceeding to the drawing-room was met by a volume of smoke, which so alarmed her that she in stantly ran and roused Mr. Runn anti the family generally. On approaching the staircase the volume of smoke was so dense that Mr. an'! Mrs. RUDD were compelled to creep down the stairs. The utmost exertions were used, and a great part of the valuable furniture was saved. Fire engines were brought from Stockton with all possible speed, but too late to save the building, which fell a com plete sacrifice to the fury of the blast-impelled conflagra tion. No part of the property was insured.—Leeds Intelligencer. 1 experiencedoth of l a s a t month theE D provinceF U L S o TR f O Otranto,Nl . O!I L i n Naples, a DREADFUL lees, violent tempest. It is described in the Journal of the Two Sicilies as quite uncommon in that part of the world, and only to be compared to the extraordinary hurricanes which sometimes occur in the southern latitudes of America. In the midst of a deluge of rain and hail, which fell on the villages of Montesano and Depressa, a furious whirlwind arose, which extended in length towards N.E. over a distance of 15 or 16 miles, but had its fatal vehe• mence confined to within 300 paces in breadth. In its course it tore up, broke in pieces, and scatter ed nearly all the olives which covered two-thirds of the space within which it raged. Many houses in the little communes were damaged, and almost the whole of those which composed the village of Diso were destroyed. The village of Otranto also suf fered severely. At length this dreadful tempest, after laying waste the land, spent the remainder of its rage amidst the waves of the Adriatic, carrying along with it in its vortices, and depositing in the sea, uprooted trees and wrecks of habitations, as trophies of the extraordinary de.. vastation which that region had sustained. What first arrested the attention in the points through which the tempest passed was, the traces which the fury of the winds had left of masses of olives driven into the distant ocean. The damage done to the country is estimated at 300,000 ducats ; the loss of the buildings is not yet calculated. But what is still more to be deplored is the loss of life. In Cecummola and Curfignano four persons were killed ; in Diso, two ; in the village of Otranto, under tile ruins of their houses, 29; and in all the different places 63 te verely wounded. This account does not include a great number of cases of more slight contusions,—Giornale delle Due Sicilie, Oct. 2. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.) FROM LLOYD'S DEAL, OCT. 19.—Win4 W.E.L.Arrived from the river the Horatio, Harfield, for Madras ; and the Ellen, Dixon, for the Mauritius. Sailed, the Exmouth, Warren, for Bengal. PORTSMOUTH, OCT. 19.—Wind N.E.—Arrived the Speculator, Benson, from Archaneel. Off port the S',erhurne, Barton, Tom Bengal ; the Prince Regent, Bell, from Hudson's Bay; and the Cecilia, Lofgren, from Bahia. STANDC ATE CREEK, OCT. 19.—Arrived the War• blington, Crosby, from Odessa. LIVERPOOL, OCT. 18.—Arrived the Lim', Mordin, from Pernambuco; the Lisbon Packet, Wilson, from Pa raiba ; the Collins, Smart, from Glspe ; and the Mary, Owens, from Charleston. Off port the Wi sons, from Demerara. LONDONDERRY, Oct. 17. —Arrived the Alice, Thomas, from Sr. Petersburg!). BELFAST, OCT. 17.—Arrived the Margaret Muller, Kenn, from Quebec. CORK, OCT. 17 —Arrived off port the Mary Scott, Scott, from Monte Video. SHIELDS, OCT. N.-Arrived the Albion, Lothering mn, from Memel. Hui L, OCT. 18.—Arrived the Robert and Margaiet, from Archangel. LYNN, OCT. IS.—Arrived the Lion, Frost, from Memel. HOLYHEAD, OCT. 18.—Arrived the Emerald, Fletcher, from Dublin to Bordeaux ; and, on going out last night, struck on the outer point of Salt Island, and returned into . he harbour, but is not supposed to have received any damage. YA RMOUTN, OcT. 19.—The Endeavour, Osley, was got off Scroby Sand last night, and brought into this harbour. JAMAICA $ KIPPING. ARRIVED AT PORT-ROYAL -Aug. 29, schooner Bi haulan, from Nassau, N.P. nine days —Aug. 30, his Majesty's Packet Lyra, Lieut. St. John, from Falmouth, forty (lays; brig Anfield, Newlands, from Liverpool, forty °lie days.—Aug. 31, sloop Esperanza, Poso, from St. Jago de Cuba, four days.—Sept. 3, his Majesty's ship Tweed, Capt. Bettram, from Chagres, nine days ; his Majesty's p. b. Hope, Lieut. Wright, from Carthageni, six days ; brig Paragon, Baker, from Pigeon Island, to refit ; schooner Ranger, Smith, from Carthagena, four days ; schooner Diligencia, from Carthagena, seven days. SAILED FROM PORT ROYAL.-August 30, schooner Kingston, Benwell ; schooner Sarah and Priscilla, Travers, for Ballimore.—Aug. 31, his Majesty's p. b. Frolic, Lieut. Green, for Falmouth, g. b.—Sept. 2, his Majesty's ship Capt lin M'Quhae, for Chagres; bir Majesty's p. b. Lyra, Lieut. St. John, for Mexico; brig Nancy, Strachaut for Halifax.—Sept. 4, sloop Red Rover, Wilson, for Ma• racabo. The schooner Bahamian, Anderson, from Nassau, N. P., which arrivtd on the 29th instant, saw on that day, at 12 A. 74 , a large Ilisin us ted brig, having only her main lower mast, steering west. We are sorry to learn that the brig Agenoria, Darrells which sailed irom this port on Friday last, from the hours of Messrs. Hitchins, Smithe, and Banks, for Quebec, wait during the gale of Sunday night, dismasted, and became water-logged, in consequence of which the Captain a nd crew abandoned her, and were picked up by the sloop I. 0., and safely landed at Morant Bay. The Captain je repor ed to be very sick. The Agenoria left this pool with a cargo consisting of 184 puncheons and thirty. , eight hogsheads of rum, besides thirty-six hogsheads and one ti.,rce of sugar. The brig Anfield, Newlands, which sailed on the 20th of July, experienced a hurricane of six days' duration...-. Perceived off Yall iha, the wreck of a brig, with her fore mast cut away—main-mast standing. Not being able to discern any one on the wreck, the Anfield bore up for Port-Royal. The cholera being prevalent at Liverpool, and the An.' field not having a Bill of Health on board, she has been in consequence placed under quarantine. She brings six pas-engers. The brig Susan lies stranded in llealthshire-Bay, in four-feet water. Her cargo will be saved, and there are gi eat hopes of the v,ssel herself, provided the weather ke'r mo lerate. On Thursday she was as tight as a bottle. The brig P,lragon will be refitted fur seat at Pigeon Island, where she lies. Her masts and spats will i.)6 made her: and sent to her. It is surmised that she ll have to unlade part of her cargo. The John nude, Wilson, from Carthagena, in Colom bia, arrived at Liverpool on the 14th February. PURPLE AND ORANGE CLUB. (From the Norfolk Chronicle.) On Thursday evening a special meeting of the Club was held at the Rampant Horse Inn. There was a very ful l assembly of the members, it having been announced that Sir James Scarlett and Lord Henry Cholmondeley would he present. W. Utten Browne, Esq., was in the Chair. Sir James SCAILLETT'S health having been proposed by the President, the Learned:Gentleman rose and said,--.• Gentlemen, I assure you that it is with the highest s atisy faction that I find myself enrolled amongst a body of men , who, in these times of trouble and difficulty, are ready to join me in rallying round that Constitution which ha' been the support of those blessings and advantages which we Englishmen are proud of having possessed. It is itv possible for me to expre,s the gratitude I feel in address. ing a body of persons, whose principles, zeal, and one' nimity, as well as respectability, give the lie t o the scandal that is cast upon the people of England, that th e y are desirous of overturning all the institution s of our country—that they are desirous of changing' advantag,s experienced from these institutions jot hopes founded on new and untried theories. I am arriving. at the close of a long life, and I own that I should be In° 6 l' ungrateful indeed, if I did not profess gr a tit u d e and ze sn , towards those institutions whi c h h ave b een the foun d a tion of my own independence.—(Loud cheers.) I a m a d e ; cided friend to a Constitution and limited Monarch''' . am a decided friend to the establishment of the Peer a g e handed down to am a decided friend to those pry' ciples of Church and State, which, for so many cen turil have proved the stability, and contributed t o th e glory bat prosperity of Engl ind.—( Loud cheerin g .) By tv h name men professing these principles are denominated, am perfectly indifferent—whether lam c a ll e d Radical r Ultra-Radical—Old Whig or New Whig—C o nservat lT ; or Tory. I state what my principles are, a nd these •t , 1 stand by. I regret that my engag e m en t s h av e mol ls , impossible for me to contribute my p ers onal el ol. rt; tons to the success of that cause in which we s o all engaged—although I have been absent I h i s s endeavour e d t o d o a ll i n my power , an d so Ion:: I sin su pp or t e d b y so numerous and respec t a ble , partion of th e c iti zens o f N orw i c h , following the princiPte; which I profess and applaud, they will not find me tit person to abandon them.—(Great cheering.) I will Of detain you longer—th e n i g h t i s far advan ce d, and tie temperrure is rather advanced too, but it is not warrne r ; I lope, than our zeal.—(Hear, and cheers.) Since Of ' arrival, I have received accounts and advices from iotlin; of tle contest in which we are embarked being foals whom I believe, and I entertain no doubt of the re ") with final success and triumph.—(Loud cheers.) I a l eu , you, that so long as those prospects continue, and I " s e d . no reason whatever to suppose that they will changes Y ° will ever find me your faithful servant.—(Cbeeringe) be Loid Stormont's health having been proposed by t u , Vice-President (Mr. Culley), and been received with t m greatest enthusiasm, Sir JAatEs SCAILLETT rose and said—Allow me to 0 , press my thanks to you for the honour you have just c° ,, d t ferred on Lord Stormont.—(Great cheering.) One gr i s4 source of satisfaction which I experience in particill t oi rl in this contest is the honour of being united with P o e Stormont.—(Cheers.) Ile feels deeply interested in, of continuance, or, I should rather say, the revival 0 1 01 prosperity of this city. It is impossible that we 81 7 0 4 not all feel that ire live in feverish times—that we . 0 (1 lost much which we were once proud of possessing , th e eQ that we are stinding on a precipice, where a fatal b s . ed i may involve the ruin of all that i s left. O u r first ° Lc , must be to secure th a t w hi c h we h ave , an d t o array " selves against the enemy, whether foreign or do o l o .lll that would make a tt ac k s u p on th e p ro p er ty o f indivi t. t ocl and well-I),ring of the country. We will contribute, ' u° l3o 4 we be permitt e d t o s p ea k our sen ti men t s i n a Re f ? L i od Parliament, to restore those principles which co ntro; so m uc h t o th e gran d eur , t h e wea lth, an d the gl° ., this nation. Advices were received yesterday mox- to o from Bordeaux, of th e 14th instant, stating that ." ties 10th the Miguelite army before Oporto had retrO five leagues (15 miles) to Penafiel. , LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY .—( From 00 1 deft respondent,)—Our el,ction f Mayor commenced toL7iir: the candidates are CHARLES Hogs Fara., Esq. and, "'pall CURRIE, Esq , and after an animated contest , " 1 ,1 0 '0.' closed at four o'clock in favour of the former ---P FALL, 242 ; CURRIE, 209; majority, :33 ; Din ,r ASPINALL and Mr. ROBERTSON GLADSTONE el pointed Bailiffs. 31E. CURRIE is a Retormer, and vi t : of are entertained for his Suceete. It wou l d be the 004 opening our close borough of corp3rators.