The Sun. — London, England, 1832-12-05 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR. The Duke of RICHMOND, Viscount MELBOURNE, and Viscount AurHolt' had audiences of his MAJESTY, at the Court, on Monday, at the Pa'ace at St. James's. The KING, attended by Sir HERBERT TAYLOR, left town in a carriage and four at 10 minutes past 9 o'clock on Monday evening, on his return to the Palace at Brighton. The Belgian Minister visited Viscount PALMERSTON yesterday at the Foreign-office. a•spatches were received yesterday, at the Colonial office, from Sir WILMOT HORTON, the Governor of Ceylon, and al*o fr9m Lord AYLMER, the Governor of Lower Canada. . _ _ The LORD CHANCELLOR visited Vi count ALTHORP yesterday at the Treasury. The Commander of the Forces bad an interview with Viscount (JODERICH yesterday at the Colonial-office. Sir JAMES GRAHAM left town last night for the north. PRESENTATION OF A GOLD CUP TO THE LORD CHANCELLOR. On Monday, the Penny Tribute Deputation, with Sir John Key, Bart., at their head, waited upon the Lord Chancellor, to present him with the gold cup subscribed for by 300,000 of the people of the metropolis. At twelve o'clock the deputation set off in carriages, from the Committee-room, at the Crown, in Redcross-street, Crip plegate. Upon arriving at the house of Lord Brougham, in B rkeley-square, Sir Jot-ix KEY presented the cup to his Lordship, who received the deputation with the most marked respect and kindness. Sir John said that he came, deputed by an immense portion of the population of the metropolis, to present to the Lord Chancellor a symbol of their gratitude for his Lordship's powerful advocacy of the R form Bill, the benefits of which the whole nation would so long experience. The deputation deeply regretted that they were prevented by his Lordship's illness from pre. senting him before with this testimony of their feeling of admiration for his character; but they rejoiced to find that be was restored to health, and ahle to resume those i ibours which had already been so serviceable to the cow. munity. The LORD CHANCELLOR assured the deputation that it was wholly impossible for him to do justice to his feelings, by any attempt to express himself on this occasion. Nothing could be more delightful to him than to receive from so large a number of his countrymen, so handsome a testimony of their approbation of his public conduct. Be felt, too, most grateful for the manner in which the Worth Patron of " the tribute" had prefaced the favour which they had thought proper to confer upon him, and he de clared that his Majesty's Government were resolved to pursue the course which had already gained for them the approbation of the people. He felt that, by his perfect recovery from his late illness, he was enabled to resume his duties, and nothing should damp his exertions, in con junction with those of his colleagues, to secure the pros perity of the people upon an impregnable basis. Mr. DENNY, the Chairman of the Committee, then pointed out the various emblematic figures on the cup, and made his Lordship laugh heartily when he came to the Bae.chanalian figures round the top. " When your Lordship," said he, " quaffs the generous wine out of this bowl, to which so enormous a mass of your fellow-sub jects have contributed, in testimony of their admiration of your virtues and abilities, you will he pleased to think to the continuance of that liberty and those privileges which you have been so mainly instrumental in restoring." " You may depend upon it," said the LORD CHAN CELLOR, " that my first thought, when I raise it to my lips, shall be the happiness of the great community from which I receive it, as a pledge of their great kindness and esteem." ~ VY The deputation then returned to the Committee-room at the Gown, where they dined. Sir JOHN KEY, Bart., in the Chair. In the cour•e of the evening Sir John Key received a eommanication from the Secondary's-office, stating that the wi It hal been received. Considerable cheering followed. Alter the usual toa•ts were drunk— Sir JOHN KEY took the opportunity to allude to the calumnies vented against him during another contest in which he had been engaged, and which the time of elec tion was calculated to produce in all the atrocity of the most barefaced falsehood. He warmly praised the whole conduct of his Majesty's Ministers, and trusted that not one candidate would be returned at the approaching elec tion who was not determined to give his support to m e n who had shown themselves so worthy of it. The evening passed in the greatest hilarity. - - THE INVISIBLE GENTLEMAN,We are requested to state that the new works of fiction, entitled the " Invisible Gentleman," by the author of " Chartles the Fatalist," and " Lights and Shadows of German Life," will be published nest week by Mr. BULL, 26, Hones street, Cavendish-square, Vie have 4ko to state that nee supplies of the Geographical and Biblical Annuals for 1833, have just been issued, so that these beautiful and valuable works may now be secure d as presents for the approaching Christmas. PARIS, DEC. I.—An incident occurred at . the close of yesterday's debate from which a hostile meet ing between two distinguished members of the Chambers was threatened. Admiral de RIGNY, the Minister of Marine, contradicted, in rather an abrupt way, an asser tion of M. °DILLON BARROT, which was to the effect that the resoluien of the Council of Mmisters for placin Paris in a state of siege was taken on the evening of the oth of June. Admiral de RIGNY affirmed th it it was on the morning of that day. A great deal of importance was attached by each party to that difference of time, as Ministers pleaded the state of the capital in the night of the sth for proclaiming martial law on the morning of the 6th, though nothing was known of the ordinance until it appeared in the MOniteur of the ith. Now, as all the rioters had been taken or dispersed, and tranquillity was every where restored by the evening of the 6th, the op position laboured to show that the Government had not even the excuse of continued riots for taking on themselves the responsibility of proclaiming martial law. M. Onie • reoei BARROT declares that the KING himself assured him and M. LAYFITTE, when they waited on his Majesty to advise moderation in the course which the Government wad about to pursue, that it was oely on the evening of the G.h, that the ordinance was resolved span. The friends of Admiral Ric NY and M. ()DILLON B4RROT have, 1 understand, seaceteeded in preventing a hostile meeting, and procuring an exchange of satisfactory explanations. Count OFALIA, the Spanish Ambassador to the Court of France, has just been r.elled to Madrid to take the post of Prime Minister, with the p,f,irtefeuille of the Home Department. His predecessor, AL CAIA)IARpE, has lately landed on the shores of France, baying effecte his escape from Minorca, where, lie had been exiled and imprisoned. He is completely destitute, having no money, nor even clothes. The French Government has, I believe, transmitted orders to the Prefect of the Departmeet where he is at present that his wants should be pruvided for. M. CALOAIARDE does not speak a word of any lan guage but Spanish, and would be greatly at a hiss for _means to earn his livelihood in any foreign country. He s known to have been no friend to the French during his Ping carer of authority and favouritism, but luckily for him his ettnity has been powerless, and it is to be hoped that he will horn in future that it was unjust. lii our diplomatic circles here it is affirmed that before M. ZEA, the newly appointed Minister for Foreign Affdre, lilt London for Madrid, Lord Pat—Nees-rote declared to him th it the British Government would take no part whatever ;et die internal affairs of Spain, and bad instructed Mr. ADDINGTON, the British Minister at Madrid, to remain a mere passive spectator of events. Letters from Madrid of the 23d ult„ received this morning, state, that the ex-Minister CALOMAROE is to be impeached and tried fee high treason. Gen. CRUZ had been appointed Commander i.e-Chief of the Royalist Volunteers, which corps is to be re formed, and their arms deposited in the respective ordnance see es of the provinces. This eorps, it will be recollected, we the chief reliance of the Apostolic party. It was composed chiefly of tradesmen, was nearly 200,000 strong, and is supposed to have cost the Spanish Goyernment 1,000,000/. sterling annually. It is proposed for the future to abstain as much as possible from the employment a this force. The Duke of Menne* CELL, and 12 other grandees, who had been deprived of their gold ring*, in consequence of their manifestation of liberal principles during the existence of the Constitutional system, have been restored to their honours, tine have been all well received by the KiNq. The liberal and able Mirquis of SANTA CRUz has been named Grand Major Domo ; but wilt is more important than all, as regards the progress of political regeneration in Spain, is, that the decree for the assembling of the Cortes has been already signed by the KING ; the neces sary formalities for completing the elections would be gone through by the middle of January. The KING has, fur ther, app noted a new Council of State, to consist of 14 Members, over which he will himself preside, and through which are to be submitted to the Cortes the different measures of reform meditated by the Spaniska Govern • ment; among which are to be numbered the consolidation of the whole public debt, a revision of the criminal code, and some new arrangements with respect to church pro perty. Count OFALIA has been appointed Minister of the Interior. FROM LAS' NIGHT'S GAkr\TTE. WHITEHALL, Nov. 30. \ The King has been pleased to direct letters patent to be pasted under the Great Seal, granting to Lieutenant-Colonel William Leader Maberly, the office of Clerk of the Ordnance of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. ..... The King - has also been pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great Seal, granting to Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Richard Fox, one of his Majesty's Aides-de-Camp, the office of Master-Surveyor and Surveyor-General of the Ordnanco of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. WAR-OFFICE, DEC. 4, 1832. Royal Regiment of Horse Guards—Brevet Major E. W. Bou verie to be Major and Lieutenant-Colonel, by purchase, vice Hanmer, who retires ; Lieut. J. Lord Elphinstone to be Captain, by purchase, vice Bouverie ; Cornet R. S. Oliver to be Lieute. nant, by purchase, vice Lord Elphinstone; G. S. Buck, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Oliver, Dec. 4. 7th Foot- - Capt. Lord S. Lennox, from half-pay Unattached, to be Captain, vice Hon. S. Hay, who exchanges ; Ensign Thos. Wright, from the 15th Foot, to be Lieutenant, withoutpurchase, vice Lord Torrington, who retires, Dec. 4. 11th Foot—A. Cockburn, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Peake, who retires, Dec. 4. 14th Foot—Brevet Major H. Marquis of Worcester, from half-pay 37th Foot, to be Captain, vice L'Estrange who ex changes, Dec. 4. 15th Foot—Captain E. G. Howard, from half-pay Unattached, to be Captain, vice L Tollemache, who exchanges; J. 11. Nash, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Wright, promoted in the 7th Foot, Dec. 4. 36th Foot—Captain G. Cairnes to be Major, by purchase, vice Lord George Hervey, who retires ; Lieut E. R. King to be Cap tain, by purchase, vice Cairnes ; Ensign G. Sockett to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice King; .J B. Pilgrim, Gent., to be En sign, by purchase, vice Sockett, Dec. 4. 42d Foot—H. NI. Drummond, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur chase, vice Stirling, promoted, Dec:.4. 52d Foot—Lieut. W. Butler to be Adjutant, vice Swan, who resigns the Adjutantcy only, Dec. 4. 55th Foot—Lieut T. A. Heriot to be Adjutant, vice Wilson, who resigns the Adjutantcy only, Jan. 25. 61st Foot—Ensign W. Ward to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice M'Kinnon, promoted; G. Harkness, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Ward, Dec. 4. 64th Foot—Capt. M. H. Fagan, from half-pay 2d Ceylon Re giment, to be Captain, vice Boyes, deceased, Dec. 4. 74th Foot--Capt. E. St. J. Nlildin ay, from half-pay Unat tached, to be Captain, vice W. Graham, who exchanges, re ceiving the difference, Dec. 4. 76th Foot—Capt. NV. N. Hutchinson to be Major, by purchase, vice Faincombe, who retires ; Lieut. R. A. Gosset to be Cap tain, by purchase, vice Hutchinson ; Ensign It Le P. Trench to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Gosset t Dec. 4.. 77th Foot—Ensign J. Powell to be Lieutenant, without pur chase, vice Bevan, deceased, Oct. 7 ; Ensign T. Buckland, from half-pay 35th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Powell, Dec. 4. 89th Foot—Brevet Major G. K Jones, to be Major, by pur chase, vice Forbes, who retires; Lieut. E. Kenny, to be Cap tain, by purchase, vice Jones; Ensign IV. H. Bayntun, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Kenny; F. C. Aylmer, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Bayntun. Dec. 4. 96th Foot—Captain 0. Pilling, from the 2d West India Regi ment, to be Captain, vice Hendrick, who retires, Dec. 4. 2d West India Regiment—Captain J. J. Peck, from half-pay Unattached, to be Captain, vice Pilling, appointed to the 96th toot; Ensign NV. Jones, from half-pay BSth Foot, to be Ensign, vice Wilson, deceased, Dec. 4. UNATTACHED. Lieut. D. H. A. M'Kinnon, from the 61st Foot, to be Captain of Infantry, by purchase; Lieut. H. B. Barnham, from the 15th Foot, to be Captain of Infantry, without purchase, Dec. 4. HOSPITAL STAFF. N. Dartnell, Gent., to be Staff-Assistant-Surgeon, vice Ho tier, placed upon half-pay, Dec. 4. CHAPLAINS. Rev. B. B. Stevens, from half-pay, to be Chaplain to the Forces, vice Winnock, deceased, Dec. 4. MEMORANDA. The christian names of Ensign Lord A. Chichester, of the Seth Foot, are S. Algerno. . . . The half pay of the under-mentioned Officers has been can celled from the 4th instant, inclusive, they having accepted commuted allowances for their commissions :—Lieut. W. H. Backe, half•pay •1:3(1 Foot ; Lieut. W. Jones, half-pay 60th Foot ' • Lieut. T. Alcoa', half-pay ‘24th Light Dragoons ; Lieut. J. 111‘Carthy, half-pay 6Sth Foot; Second Lieut. G. Townley, half-pay Rifle Brigade; Staff-Assistant-Surgeon G. Gregory, half-pay Hospital Staff: BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED. WILLIAM and ROBERT MAUD, common-brewers, An. dover, Hampshire. BANKRUPTS. HARRY GOUDE, seedsman, Leicester, and Harper-street, Red Lion-square, London, to surrender Dec. 15, at one, and Jan. 15, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Walker and Rickards, Lincoln's Inn-fields ; Clark, St. Swithin's-lane, official assignee. ROBERT WHITBURN, brewer, Esher, Surrey, Dec. 19, at half-past one, and Jan. 15, at twelve, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Clapham, Great Portland-street ; Lackington, Basing hall-street, official assignee. BOSWELL HENI AN, money-scrivener, Queen-street place, Dec. 11, a , two, and Jan. 15, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy Taylor, Great James-street, Bedford-row ; Ten nant, King's Arms-yard, official assignee. WILLIAM It EDG AVE, wire-worker, Grosvenor-street West, Pimlico, Dec. 19, at eleven, and Jan. )5, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Robinson and Sons, Half-moon. street, Piccadilly. WILLIAM COLES, jun., broker, Mincing-lane, Dec. 14, at one, and Jan. 15, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, Abchurch-lane, official assignee ; Knox, Gray's Inn square. BERNARD PINNEY, picture-dealer, Stafford-place, Pim. lico, Dec. 17, and Jan. 15, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Green, King's Arm's.yard, official assignee; Rogers, Manches ter-buildings, Westminster. RIJODA GREEN, hosier, Bristol, Dec. 12, and Jan. 15, at one, at the office of Messrs. Bevan and Brittan, Bristol. White and Whitmore, Lincoln's Inn, London; Bevan and Brittan, Bristol. BENJAMIN SHAW, hat-manufacturer, Rochdale, Lanca shire, Dec. '2O, 21, and Jan. 15, at two, at the White Bear Inn, Manchester. Norris, Allen, and Anthony, Great Ormond-street, London ; Heaton, Rochdale, HENRY SPARROW, ironmonger, Wolverhampton, Dec. 21, and Jan. 15, at ten, at the Whiston Cross Inn, Albrighton, Shrop shire. ('apes, Raymond-buildings, Gray's Inn, London; Holy oake and Robinson, Wolverhampton. 011A$ DAUBNEY, grocer, Portsea, Hampshire, Dec. IS, 19, and Jan. 15, at one, at Totterdell's Hotel, Portsea. Bullen, Gray's Inn-place, Gray's Inn ; Long, Portsea. WILI.IA 31 SIMS, grocer, Penzance, Cornwall, Dec. 15, and Jan. 15, at one, at the Commercial-rooms, Bristol. Poole and Gamlen, Gray's Inn-square, London; Livett, Bristol. WILLIAM BUTLER, painter, Little St. Thomas Apostle, London, Dec, 15, and Jan. 13, at eleven, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Hewitt, Tokenhouse-yard, London. JOFIN OLIVER. KD'ITLE, tailor, Southampton-street, Strand, Dec. 14, and Jan. 15, at eleven, at the Court of Bank ruptcy. Hopwood and Foster, Chancery -lane, London ; Edwards, Pancras-lane, official assignee WILLIAM FENTON, farmer, Woodhouse, Leeds, Dec. 17, at twelve, and Jan. 15, at eleven, at the Court-house, Leeds. Strangeways and Walker, Barnard's Inn, London ; Black burn, Leeds. THOMAS TUNNICLIFF, lace.manufacturer, Sileby, Lei cestershire, Dec. 24, and Jan. 15, at eleven, at the Punch Bowl, Nottingham. Messrs. Pa) ne and Daft, Nottingham ; G. T. and R. Tayl,r ' Featherstone-buildings, London. THOMAS pEAKE, grocer, Shrewsbury, Dec. 17, and Jan. IS, at eleven, at the Talbot Inn, Shrewsbury. Charles Ronalds, Crown-court, Old Broad -street, London ; Cooper, Shrewsbury. FRANCIS LEAR, tallow-chandler, Bitton, Gloucestershire, Dec. 18, and Jan. 15, at two, at the Commercial-rooms, Bristol. Wasborough and Stanley, Bristol ; Evans, Bristol ; and Poole Gamlen, Gray's Inn-square, London. H NICOLS HEN\VOOD, victualler, Penzance, Cornwall, Dec. 17, and .140. 15, at eleven, at the Mount's Bay and West ern Hotel, Penzance. C4,,,0de, Guilnford-street, London; Payn ter, Penzance. DIVIDEND& B. Clever, victualler, High.street, Shadwell, Dec. 27, at half past two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. C. F. Woolcot, plumber, Tunbridge, Kent, Dec. 27, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. R. F. Hindle, innkeeper, Boroughbridge, Yorkshire, Dec. 27, at eleven, at the Greyhound Hotel, horouglibridge. J. Lucy, builder, Bedwardine, Worcestershire, Jan. 3, at twelve, at the Crown li.n, Worcester. J. Hamilton, innkeeper, Bristol, Dec. 29, at eleven, at the Commercial-rooms, Bristol. It. J. Greetham, ship-chandler, Liverpool, Dec. 27, at twelve, at the Clarendon-rooms, Liverpool. W. LI, Edwards, malt,ter, Norwich, Dec. 27, at eleven, at the White I ion inn, Norwich. J. Mansfield, mercer, Billingborough, Lincolnshire, Dec. 28, at three, at the Mail Hotel, Grantham. It. Kay and J. Niittall, paper-manufacturers, Dec. 26, at twelve, at the Bridge Inn, Bolton-le-Moors. T. D. Thorp, linen-draper, Dec. 27, at eleven, at the Palace Inn, Manchester. CERTIFICATES, Dec. 4. C. Roberts, miller, Liverpool. 16d, eaatir-merchant, Lawrence Pountney-place. B.Powis, merchant, :it. Helen's-place. It. Cripps, wine -merchant, Aloersgate-street. C. T. Webb, coal-merchant, Newport, Monmouthshire. It. C. Battyll, tavern-keeper, Doctors' Commons. T. Taylor, silk.mercer, Clifford-street, Bond-street. T. C. Williams, tea-dealer, Norwich. W. .)fascord, grOcer, Oxford. R. Smart, licensed victualler, Upper Southampton street, Is inkton VARTNEUSHIPS DISSOLVED. J. Jackson and M. Jen!ing, hone,boilers, Old Haggerstone, Shoreditch. W. and G. Jackson, maltsters, Lancaster. T. M'Cabe and R. Pearson, pump-makers, Liverpool. Tringham and W. Marshall, glovers, Beaford, Devonshire. G. J,ohnson and T. Troughton, joiners, Liverpool. J. Hick and J. Abbey, tallow-chandlers, Huddersfield. W. Knatclibull arid Co., merchants, Gracechurch-street (as far 2 , ,.$ regards R. Paterson). A,. Archer and M. Brook, wheelwrights, Osset, Yorkshire. E. Yarket and J. H. Deeley, jewellers, Birmingham. J. Ellis and 0. I.ewiz, ;Oilers, Liverpool. J. Barber and J. H. Bromley, hatters, Rochester. A. Wollerafen & Co., engravers to calico printers, Manchester. C. and W. Webster, woolstaplers, Fazeley, Staffordshire. J. acid 1. F. Wright, calco-printers, Manchester. G. Wilby and 4. Saxton, cloth-manufacturers, Ossett, York , shire. H. Bury and J. Painter, stock-iir.4,t7s, Broad-street, W. V4lier and Co., diapers, Lewes, Sussex. W. Harratt And R. ,Goggs, saddlers, Huntingdon. S. Hudson and E. 'T.n,mlinson, saddlers' ironmongers, Walsall, Staffordshire. W Kerr and Co., Liverpool (as far as regards R. Thom). J. a adbury and Co., coach-proprietors, New Mi:ls, Derbyshire. P. Dillon and Co., earthenware manufacturer, Bursiem ; Staikhrdsh It is with regret vie have to state that the dan gerous condition of Sir GYOKGE Bltic-HAzt'e health has obliged him to relinquish his command in cork, and to retire to private I.fe. —Limerick Chronicle. L r ETTER. FROM EARL GREY.—At a meet ing of the friend!: of Capt. WOOD, at Huddersfield, on Friday last, a letter was read from the Premier, addressed to a gentleman at Huddersfield, one of those who had op posed the address against the Dutch war. This gentle man had thought it proper to express to the Noble Earl, R' that, though the purpose of the Huddersfield men was fit m not to embarrass the 'Ministry, yet that if any steps were taken by the latter ti pursue hostilities beyond the purpose first entertaiced—in fine, to adopt a warlike po licy—they would rise, ns one man, against Me measure." Earl Gagv, in his reply, calls to mind the original prin ciples on which the Ministers took offic.., one of which was " peace," and declarer their iliflexible determination to pursue the course they had then tracked our. At the satire time lie adverts to the peculiar circumstances in which they had found the Belgian question, and expresses a hope that all will yet conclude in peace. The reading of this doctunent was followed by deafening cheers. TIIE ELECTIONS. CITY OF LONDON. A public meeting was holden last night in the great room in the College of Physicians, Warwick-lane, of electors of the Wards of Farringdon Within, Cheap, Bread-street, and Castle Baynard, as the advertisements and placards de clared, for the purpose of taking into consideration the best means of securing the return of tried and uncompromising Reformers to the next Parliament. From the same autho rity the public were informed that al the candidates had been invited to attend. Mr. PRITCHARD was called to the Chair. Mr. WILLIAists said—We were now about to enter upon an extensive experiment in the exercise of the Reform Bill, and it must in a great measure rest with the electors themelves whether or not the experiment prove efficacious. They must not be overcome with mere professions, but make judicious choice ; and one mode of security towards this was, to adopt the system of demanding pledges. Pledges he knew were objected to by some, hut he was sure that no thorough honest Reformer could refuse. He had heard all the arguments spoken, and read those published on the subject, but he did not see any thing to change his mind in this, that when a man sought to be intrusted with the interest of the lives and fortunes of the public, it was but fair that he should at least pledge him self to such questions as his constituents considered necessary for the well-being of their lives and property. He said two of the candidates present were well known to the citizens, and were richly entitled to the respect of the citizens—these were Aldermen Wood and Waithman— he would much rather give them his vote, as he had always done, than any others, from recollection for their• past services ; but they had as yet, on the present elec tion, withheld their pledges, and he was the more stir prized at this, as they bad each on the previous election, been returned on special pledges, and they must have known, that unless they had made such pledges at that time they would not have been then returned. He went on to state the nature of the transactions of the last city election, when the candidates were called upon to pledge themselves to support the Reform Bill uncurtailed, and as a stipulation that they should dismiss their committees. In the meantime Mr. Grote, one of their present candi dates, had on that occasion been ready to come forward; but on the then candidates complying with the stipulations of pledging themselves and dismissing their committees, instead of a contest being instituted, all parties had joined, made one common cause, and carried into effect a resolu tion, declaring the then present can idates to be re-elected On that occasion Mr. Alderman Wood was the first called into the room at the Guildhall to give his pledge. He said the questions upon which pledges were required from the candidates were :—.the repeal of that daring act of usurpation, the Septennial Act, vote by ballot, abolition of ail tithes, the repeal of all taxes that im peded the free circulation of knowledge, the repeal of the house and window tax, as well as all taxes that press upon the industry of the people, and a thorough reform of all corporation abuses. He would ask Alderman Wood, in particular, as regarded the abuses of the Corporation, why the election of Aldermen ought not to be once a year, and why the Court of Aldermen should seek to deprive the cit zens of their right of election, which they had en. j:.yed for so many years ?—(Considerable confusion.) He would not further trespass on the time of the meeting, but propose a resolution, which was to the purport, " That the Parliament of the Boroughmongers having ceased to exist, it now becomes the imperative duty, as also the interest, of the electors, in the exercise of their newly outlined rights, to make a wise and judicious selec tion of teen to be returned as their representatives to the reformed Parliament, whose opinions are in accordance with those of the great body of the people on the all important questions which have so long agitated the whole community, viz. :—the repeal of that daring Act of usur pation called the Septennial Act;' the vote by ballot; the unqualified abolition of all ti hes ; the repeal of all taxes that impede the free circulation of knowledge ; the repeal of that odious impost the house and window tax; as well as all taxes which press upon the industry of the people ; and the thorough reform of all Corporation abuses."—lt was received with immense cheers. Dr. HOLMES seconded the resolution. Alderman WAITHMAN appealed to the meeting if it was right they should be called upon to pass a resolution having in view tbe prejudice of particular individuals, while that resolution hail not been framed upon the sense of all the Wards assembled, but had been concocted within the circle of a limited correspondence. There was a great uproar succeeded this remark. Alder man Waithman appeared to speak with much energy ; but it was impossible to hear him amidst the noise. The Chair man seemed at the same time to be expostulating with tbe Worthy Alderman, and in the midst of this boisterous scene of noise and confusion, the Chairman put a mii!ion, which we understood to be the resolution, and it was de clared to be carried. Alderman Waithman then sat down. Alderman Noon, for whom there had been repeated calls, rose. He said that, as to the questions proposed from the resolution that had just been read, he had no difficulty in answering them—(Hear, hear),--but he was not then going to pledge himself. Had he been asked the ques tions in the House of Commons either regarding triennial Parliaments, or vote by ballot, he would give his voice decidedly for them both.—(Loud cheering.) Nor for th, Value of the seat he had the honour to fill in that House would he pledge himself ; hut he would do his duty. With regard to the ballot, he had in every debate in the H 'use of Commons when it was alluded to, as well as invariably when it was mooted in Committees, given his opinion in its favour.—(Cheers.) He had had such strong evidence of the necessity, both in the city and county of Gloucester, where he had taken an active part, not for himself, but for the great cause, that, humble individual as he was, in the House of Commons, if no one else did, nothing on earth would prevent him from twinging forward the question. He would give them one instance of many he could enumerate, to snow the necessity of it.—(Hrar.) In Gloucester, there was a poor man with a family of six children, and he earned his living by carrying about a sedan-chair, or ply ng in a fly-carriage, and this man had actually given his pledge to the two liberal candidates. Some of the opposite party one day after called upon his wife, who was a wo man that hail had a good education and was well in. formed ; they asked her if she was not in debt, and if she had not pawned all her clothes. She acknowledged that such was the case, but begged to know fur what purpose they asked the questions ; they replied that it was for the purpose of obtaining the vote of her husband, and they would obviate her difficulties. the replied, then she hoped he would never give his vote to them. He had gone to the man and obtained a n ritten statement of the facts. About the other parts of the question of abuses of every kind, he had always been opposed to them. As to the window and house assessments, he had always argued for the repeal of these very taxes, and he had invariably declared his opinion that a tax on property would t thee ciously replace them and remove the weight from the la bouring classes.—(From the crowd, " Now about tithes.) 0, tithes ! I always voted against tithes. —(4. laugh.) Tell me what I have not voted against. —(Cheers.) About spending the money of the Carpors tion, he had been 25 years in the Court of Aldermen, and he never knew that they had a guinea ; but if they wanted to get rid of their chartered rights, and to institute stipendiary Magistrates, he had no doubt they would find Government ready to comply with their wishes; perhaps the present would nut so readily, but the list Government would gladly have gratified them in that respect, and given them stipendiary Magistrates. Once for all he would say, find a man who would do more than he had done, and he would cheerfully resign his seat immediately. Alderman WAtTIIMAN then rose. He had always had to struggle against the Tories, and now he found that at such meetings there was always some one to start such questions as would divide the friends of Reform. He al luded to Sir John Hubhouse at Westminster, and said, that if he was turned out, the electors could not possibly give the Tories a greater triumph. lie (Alderman Waitninan) was once. considered the head of a party, not that he was capable of leading them, but he was useful in carrying their measures into effect—in keeping down the rash and dragging on the slow ; and after a man having done so moo], and for so many years, because of objectin g to such a proposition as had been made, were they to forget what he hail done, and turn round upon him and turn him out.—(Cheers.) He had no objection to give pledges, but that it was a distrust of his conduct, an d b e had never shrunk from his duty. If his seat were t o cost him half-a-crown he would not give it, f or i t was only valuable to him in the esteem ha had of his fellow-citi zens. He complained of the resolution being brought in, seeing that only himself and Alderman Wood could be af fected them selves,e been ad vocates fecteri by H it e , r t e h ;e o a t t l td er th ca a r t ad t i h d e a y te h s aldiavailn4yalsl for all the principles of the questions. He regretted to see that there were so many fond of playing at the game of their adversaries, but his weakness would of course be their strength. lu alluding to the affair of the Court of Aldermen (Portsoken election), he said he had acted conscientiou•ly, and it was not for him to defend a whole Court.—An Alderman has the life of a dray horse—he is always in harness.—(A laugh.) It they would at any time show him any existing abuse, he would vote for its cor rection, as he had always done.—(Hear, hear. ) Sir JOHN KEY was loudly called for, and on rising was received with great cheering. He could not refer to forty years of past services, for he was not forty y ears i n ex. istence ; but he could refer to his public life from its commencement, and say there was not an act which he could not avow, or of which he had reason to be ashamed. —(Cheers.) A great deal had been said on the subject of pledges ; he did not appear as their advocate, but he would freely state his principles, and opinions, and views, and if they should call them pledges, he would not object to the term.—(Great applause.) The first reform he should mention was the duration of Parliament. The Septennial Act took from the people the power they should possess over their representatives, for the restoration of which he should supporta return to triennial Parliaments.—(Hear.) On the question of vote by ballot, the systematic oppres sion now exercised to deter electors from voting according to their consciences rendered the protection of the ballot indispensable.—(Great cheering.) He thought it the duty of every one who sought the honour of representing in• dependent el e ctors, to promote economy and retrenchment in the public expenditure; and should he be sent to the [louse of Commons, it should be his anxious endeavour to diminish the burdens of the people.—(Hear, hear.) The house and window tax pressed most unjustly and unequally on the inhabitants of the metropolis, and ought at once to be repealed.—(Hear, bear.) Tithes was an imposition so unjust and so impolitic, that they ought immediately ta be abolished.—(Great cheering.) On the subject of the corn laws, lie would confess that his mind was not fully made up, whether there should be a low fixed duty or whether they should be wholly abolished. His present opinion inclined to their total abolition.—(Great cheering.) The renewal of the Bank Charter was a sub ject most important to the metropolis, and to the country at large ; his opinion was not yet perfectly formed, but he thought that no power should be given to a small number of individuals to increase and diminish, at their pleasure, the currency of the country, and thereby raise or lower the value of commodities.—(Hear, hear.) On the ques tion of slavery, he felt the deepest conviction that no indivi dual had a right to keep his fellow• man in bondage— (Hear, hear)—and that slavery ought to be abolished the earliest moment it would be good for the slave himself ; for it was his interest that should be aloiae considered in decoding that question.—(Hear, hear.) With respect to the Court of Aldermen, he had no otjection to state his opinion, that no body of men had a right to interfere with time elective franchise of others.—(Great cheering.) After he had sat down, An ELECTOR asked, whether he thought that the Bishops should have seats in the House of Lords ? Sir Jona; KEY thought there could not he a second opinion on that point; he thought they should not. Mr. Alderman SCALES said, was it to be endured that the men who sought to represent them in Parliament should refuse to pledge themselves to the performance of their important duties.—(Hear, hear.) Was not the whole system of Government a system of pledges ? Had not the gentlemen, who now repudiated pledges, pledged themselves by an oath on becoming Common Councilmen? —(Hear hear)—by an oath on becoming Aldermen ? by an oath on becoming Sheriffs and Lord Mayor ? and by an oath on becoming their representatives in Parliament ? And were they now to refuse pledges?—(Hear, hear, hear.) Where would they find the ballot in full opera tion ? Why, in the city of London, amongst the greatest bodies; the East India Company, and the Bank, and all other public bodies. If it was necessary for the rich, why should the poor be refused its protection ?—(Hear, beat, hear.) On the subject of tithes and the repeal of the assessed taxes it was unnecessary for him to say any thing now, he had often declared his opinion. —(Hear, hear.) Alderman Waithman had said that he had a motion on the books of the House of Commons for two Sessions, for the repeal of the house and window tax, and could not get an opportunity to make it. He would pledge his existence that, if they sent him to Parliament, he would make it the first Session.—(Cheers and laughter, and cries of " Ques tion.") It was his opinion they would never have any relief from a change of taxation ; it must be from aboli tion.—(Hear, hear.) Seeing them all with smiles on their countenances, he considered that they were deter. mined to vote for him.—(Great laughter.) On the corn laws he would only say that it was impossible for the workman in this country who eat dear bread to compete with the workman of other countries who eat cheap bread. (Hear, hear.) Tithes were an abuse that must be abo lished. It was an infringement of the rights of citizens, many of whom paid from 101. to 15/. tithes for their houses.—(Hear, hear.) Were not the Dissenters as moral and religious as Churchmen ? They paid their own clergy, and why should Churchmen call on them to pay theirs? (Hear, bear, hear.) He would persevere in resisting every abuse till he had a complete conquest over the Cm potation.—(Hear, hear, hear.) Did they suppose he would be satisfied with obtaining his own rights ? No—he would complete his conquest, and obtain true rights of all his fellow-citizens, if he were to abolish the Court of Aldermen.—(Great cheering and laughter.) Westmin ster had no Aldermen, and it did very well without them. Mr. GROTE rose to address the meeting, and was re ceived with great applause. He felt no objection to have the term " pledge" applied to his declarations, except in one sense ; it was understood by some that a person pledged was hound unwillingly. He could say with truth, that he hell all the opinions he had stated for years and y ears,even when it would not have been safe to divulge them. fhe vote by ballot lie censidered necessary to procure to the people the full benefit of the Reform Bill.—(Hear.) Mr. Alderman Wood had mentioned instances of the op pression to which the electors were subject in Gloucester, and they might see by the newspapers, that similar prat tices were resorted to by the enemies of freedom all over the country. These facts strengthened the general rea sons for the measure which were previously cogent.— (Hear, hear.) Septennial Parliaments far exeeesed the reasonable limits for which the trust should be con fided; triennial he thought should be the longest duration. The Septennial Bill was one of the grossest usurpations ever resorted to. He need not go over the particulars of his address ; he had fully stated his opinions on tithes and the corn laws.—(Hear, hear.) There was one sub ject he had not mentioned—Corporation Reform.-- (Hear, hear.) He did not mean to make any invidious remark on the Corporation of London; he took the ques tion on the broad ground in reference to all the Corpora tions in the kingdom ; and in his opinion an extensive municipal Reform was roost necessary.—(Hear, hear.) He could not sufficiently express the abomination aud hor ror in which be held the practice of slavery, nor his astonishment how it could enter into the minds of humane men that it should be allowed to exist.—(Hear, hear.) The extension of education to all the people would he one of his greatest objects.—(Great applause.) (An elector called out, " The Bishops.") He had no difficulty about the Bishops ; he was decidedly of opinion that they should not have seats in Parliament.—( Hear, hear.) The Hon. Gentleman sat down amidst the loudest cheering. Mr. ASHURST would move a resolution that representa tives were bound to resign their trust when called on by a majority of their constituents to do so. The resolution was seconded by Mr. Mansal, and carried unanimously. Thanks were voted to the Chairman, and the meeting oepanted. WESTMINSTER. To the EDITOR of the ;MORNING CHRONICLE. Sir,—The Committee for conducting the Election of Sir F. Burdett and Sir J. Hobhouse trust that your sense of justice will induce you to give insertion to the enclosed Address to the Electors of Westminster, having this day inserted a letter which contains a severe attack upon one, at least, if not on both, of the present Members. Dec. 3, 1832. THOMAS DE YEAR, Chairman. A letter signed Francis Place has appeared in the Chronicle, and is now circulated as a pamphlet, contain ing a charge against Sir John Hobhouse, which those who do not know the writer may think it necessary should be refuted. The accusation is spread over fifteen pages, but the basis of it is contained in the first page, and is as follows : Sir John Hobliouse, in his speech at the Crown and An. chor Tavern, on Monday, the 26th of November, is reported to have said (and my inquiries have satisfied me that he is con_ rectly reported), that from the letter of the Colonel (Evans), it appeared that he, on Friday, the 16th, had given his pledge to stand, and it was not for two or three days afterwards the pledges were demanded from him (Sir John)—it was a mere trick, not of the liberals, but of some of the electors, for whose enmity he was not aware of having given cause. He would ask the meeting from how many of the electors of Westminster did they think this demand originated? From Six/?—No. From 30 ?__No. From 10 ?—No. But from one individual, whose letter he had in his pocket, in which he says to the deputation, public meeting, and be sure y ou Mind you ask him before the publish his answer."' Having given this in this pamphlet as an extract from Sir J. Hobtiouse's speech, and having satisfied himself of t he correctness of the report, Mr. Francis Place pro ceeds to foun I a charge of untruth, conveyed in ihe coarsest l a nguage, against Sir John Holthouse, by stating that Colonel Evans did not enter into an engagement to stand on the Friday, and that his standing was only provi sionally agreed upon on the S atur d ay. Now what i s to b e thought of Mr. Francis Place, when it is proved, by appealing to the Times, the Chronicle, and the Morning Herald, and it might be added, to all whom Col. Evans's supporters would allow to hear Sir John Hohhouse, that h e (Mr. Place) had put into Sir John's mouth words which he never used ; and that this person, who says he had ‘• satisfie 1 himself of the c orrectness " o f what h e attributes to Sir John Hobhouse, could not have looked into either of tlie6e papers, or if he did took into them, could not find a single phrase to justify his slander ; the Times gives an accurate report, the Morning Herald does the same, the Morning Chronicle omits that part of the speech altogether, but does not give one word of Mr. Francis Place's correct report. In the Morning Herald of November 27, we find as follow " It was not true that the opposition to him (Sir J. IL) arose from his refusing to give pledges. The opposition, ac. cording to a letter written by Colonel Evans, had been settled on Saturday night ; the Gallant Colonel had accepted the offer of being put in nomination on the Saturday night, and the pledges were never proposed to him (Sir J. H.) until the Sunday morning."—Extract from Sir J. Hobhouse's speech. The report of the Times is to the same effect : " It is not true that the opposition to me has arisen from my refusal to take the pledges ; it began before that refusal oc curred. It was on the Saturday night that it was settled (as appeared from the letter of the Gallant Colonel himself) that he should stand in opposition to me ; and the pledges were never put to me until the following Sunday morning."—Ex_ tract from Sir John Hobhouse's speech, Times, Nov. 27. It will be perceived that, by the substitution of Friday instead of Saturday, and by the insertion of two or three days, instead of the following day, Mr. Francis Place has ingeniously contrived to put a falsehood into the mouth of Sir John Hobbouse, for the sake of afterwards accusing him of that crime. After the exposure of this forgery (where the mis-report given by Mr. Place is found we know not), it will be scareely necessary to reply to any other portion of this libel. But, besides the main inven tion on which Mr. Place depends for producing the in. tended effect with the electors of Westminster, his letter contains two or three other fictions, which it may be as well to expose. He declares that even en the Saturday night it was agreed upon (only provisionally) that Col. Evans should stand, and that his coming forward depended upon Sir John Hobhouse's answers to the questions put to him on Sunday. What says Colonel Evans ? Here is his letter : " My Dear Sir Francis,—For some time past various corn ' munications have been made to me by electors of Westminster, expressive of a desire to bring me forward as a candidate for its representation in the next Parliament. Last night a meet ing was held on this subject, when, it having been determined to put me in nomination, measures were taken to carry that determination into effect ; and I, having conceded to the wishes of the electors, am now a candidate, without, as I full• understand, being in any way opposed to you. I hasten to communicate this to you, and remain, yours, &c. &c. " D. L. EVANS. " To Sir Francis Burdett, Sunday, 6, Waterloo-place." The words are positive that the arrangement was made on Saturday—not provisionally—but an actual determi natio❑ to nominate Colonel Evans the night before Sir John Hobhouse was asked a pledge. There is no doubt that Sir John's refusal to pledge was mentioned as adding to the Colonel's chances. And it is repeated, that the Colonel's letter to Sir Francis Burdett states the fact broadly that the determination to nominate him (Colonel Evans) and the consequent measures were agreed upon on the Saturday. Sir John Hobbouse called this a trick. We repeat that it was so, and when Mr. Place wrote the letter which was picked up in the street, and which, when sent t) Sir John, was returned, unread by that gentle • man, to the writer, through Mr. Warburton, he knew that Sir John Hobhouse would give no pledges, for he had said so in his address to the electors of Westminster, pub hailed a few days before; so that the specifying four ques tions to which answers were to be given was neither more nor less than, as it was called by Sir Francis Burdett, " a poor contrivance" to injure Sir John Hobhouse on these four p articular points with the electors. Another of the tricks was to request Sir John Hob house to be a member of Mr. Hume's Committee, which it was well known he could not, with the slightest regard to personal character, concede to. Accordingly, his re fusal has been made another charge against him. Again, Mr. Francis Place complains of Sir John Hob house not having read his (Mr. Place's) letter to the meeting, and states that it would have disproved his as sertions of the pledge deputation originating with him. Fortunately, that precious document has been published, and we are quite content to abide by it. Messrs. Michie and others ask Mr. Place, " Shall we demand pledges from Sir John Hohhouse?" Mr. Place answers, 6 ' Yes," and aids them go about it directly, stating to them what these pledges ought to be. They go accordingly and advance these very same pledges, and now Mr. Place has the amusing effrontery to pretend he did not send the deputation, and may wash his hands of the pledge trick. But Mr. Place, not content with dealing thus honestly by Sir John Hobhouse, tries his hand with Sir Francis Burdett's letter. Here also he says what is unfounded— he states, he hears that Sir F. Burdett, in a letter read from him last night, said, that " none but fools asked for pledges, and none but rogues gave them," and adds in a note, " This, as I am assured, was the fact; and as the letter was intended for publication, it was returned to Sir Francis by Messrs. De Vear, Thurston, and A'Beckett, to be altered in this and some other particulars, and it was altered.'" Now upon referring to a copy of Sir Francis Burdett's letter, taken before it was returned to Sir Francis to be altered, according to Mr. Place's in- Tinant, " in this and some other particulars," we find no such remark as that " none but fools asked for pledges, and none hut rogues gave them." So much for the ac curacy of Mr. Place's informant. We cannot conclude without stating that we have heard of the report alluded to by Mr. Place's postscript, namely, that he (Mr. Place) had got up thin opposition to Sir John Hubliouse, because that gentleman refused to pro cure for Mr. Place the office of Official Assignee under the New Bankruptcy Act. It probably originated in the same quarter as Mr. Place's false report of Sir John fhb house's speech. To the EDITOR of the :HORNING CHRONICLE. Sir,—Reluctant as 1 am, and ever have been, indivi dually to obtrude myself on the public, I cannot remain silent under an imputation, which, though having the semblance of an attack upon my public conduct, is, in fact, one upon toy private integrity. I allude, Sir, to a handbill published by the friends of Colonel Evans, headed, " Twelve Questions for the Electors of West minster," &e. The eleventh of these runs thus : " Who cares not s fig for the electors of Westminster, so long as he is supported by the contemptible little faction of elec tors and non-electors, the Rump of Lisle-street, who manage matters very snugly, and never publish or exhibit their accounts?" Surely, Sir, the publication of this bill cannot have received the sanction of Mr. Place, because, after the close of my account as Treasurer at the election of 1831, is the following note : " The foregoing account has been examined by us, and the documents of the Treasurer compared therewith, and found to be correct. Signed— Francis Place, D. Newton Crouch, dated September 13, 1831." And also in a statement to the electors of West minster, printed and circulated September 14, 1831, giving a succinct account of the elections of the preceding 24 years, is the following notice :—" Mr. De Vear having laid his accounts and vouchers before auditors, who have examined and attested the same, the said accounts and vifitchers now lie for the inspection of subscribers, at his residence, 44, Lisle-street." I beg to conclude by staing, that those documents now lie at this Committee-room, for the purpose of exasuination.—l am, Sir, your very obedient servant, THOMAS DE YEAR. Central Committee-room, 43, Covent-garden, Dee. 3, 1832. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir,— A paper is inserted in your journal of to-day from a correspondent (in other morning papers it is officially an nounced as from the committee of Sir Francis Burdett and Sir John Hobhouse, under the signature of Mr. De Vear), in which a passage is quoted from toy " Letter to the ' Electors of Westminster," and pronounced to be a forgery. The best reply to this calumny is the statement of a fact. On the evening of Monday, the 26th of November, I re ceived a copy of The Sun newspaper ; it contained what to me, who am well acquainted with newspaper matters, seemed an excellent report of the proceedings at the meeting held that day at the Crown and Anchor Tavern ; in it I read the words I copied in my letter ; I did not however copy them ❑ntil I had made inquiry as to their correctness, not, as is insinuated, of casual hearers who, amidst the shameful uproar, might have mistaken Sir John's words, but of men of character, accustomed to such scenes, whose station enabled them to hear, and on whose accuracy I can depend. On their assurance lam satisfied Sir John used the words I have quoted. So much for the " forgery." Another accusation is conveyed in the words—" A let ter 'signed Francis Place' has appeared in the Chronicle, and is circulated as a pamphlet, which those who do not know the writer may think necesaary should be refuted." The inference is, that they who do know the writer will not think any refutation necessary. Men who think meanly will seldom hesitate to lie boldly. Mr. De Vear is the tool used on this occasion. He is a good-natured man, easily made use of by those who will take the trouble to operate on his vanity. He, poor man, is made to represent me as not worthy of beliet ; yet, in a letter signed by him, and inserted iu your paper, he says I audited his accounts, as Treasurer of the Westminster election in 1831. True, I did so, and so I will those of the present election, it he will lay them before me, and nothing improper shall he found in them. But mark the inference from the charge he has made and the conse luence. Mr. De Year, who says I shall not be believed by those who know me, tells you that my certificate necessary as an assurance to the electors of Westminat of his honesty, and the correctness of his aC&t ints. much for my not being worthy of belief. The remainder of the complaints, lamentations, in nuations, and accusations, of the Committee of the ti Baronets may he safely left to the unprejudiced readers my i 1 Letter to the Electors of Westminster." Tuesday, Dec. 4. FRANCIS PLACE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir,—Two or three errors have crept into the ~iddr to the Electors of Westminster, probably from the but of copying. In the last paragraph the word " neve was omitted, which completely alters the sense of f passage; it should have been " we have never heard the report," 8.-x. Could we beg of you to insert a line correction of it ? 1 have the honour to be, Sir, your obedient servant, THOMAS DE V EAR. Central Committee, 43, King.street, Covent garden, Dec. 4. MIDDLESEX. A great public meeting of Middlesex electors, upwat of 1,000, lavtaws}r, which Sir was ivseidr John held ithtsh l ,e a o s t t night, Scott Lillie greatest attended, the lause iNm . I Mermaid, i on , Ha enteric ck te Mr. LENTHALL, one of the County Magistrates, W , unanimously called to the chair, and addressed the meetit in the following words:—" Gentlemen, the honour yt have done me in calling upon me to fill this chair, is, my part, quite as undeserved as it is unexpected. If yo elect Mr. Byng and my Lord Henley, you remain just wile' you were—if you elect either of those two gentlemen at Mr. Hume, you neutralize your votes, and the county 4 Middlesex is, as to all useful political purposes, placed t yourselves—yourselves, mind—in Schedule A. If, 0 the other hand, you vote for the latter gentleman, and ox of similar principles, you will secure two real Reformer° and your own i n d epen d ence. " The Chairman then ex plained the commencement of the acquaintance of Sir Job Scott Lillie and a Mr. Leighs, between whom and rd Byng some contradictory statements had arisen. 1 1 stated, Mr. Leighs had made an affidavit at Queen.equst Police-office, that what he had stated in his circular km as the conversation which took place between him an Mr. Byng, was substantially true and correct. The Chait man proceeded to advert to the merits of the differet candidates, and concluded by saying, " Of the last on In list—the Gallant Candidate now before you—l have t say, he has fought and bled often in defence of his country he has received his country's thanks, and our most gra cious Majesty's proofs of his approbation. Thanking yol for your patient attention, allow me to introduce to you acquaintance your Gallant Candidate, Sir John Scot Lillie." The Chairman sat down under continued round of applause. Sir JOHN SCOTT Lurie, who was received with lout and continued cheers, informed the meeting that howevel ungracious it might a pp ear i n hi m to a d vert t o th e poll tical principles of any of the other candidates, be found It nevertheless, necessary to do so on that occasion, in order to justify himself for having then appeared before theta The sentiments of Mr. Byng were pretty generally knovtt not to be in accordance with those of their valuable repre sentative (Mr. Hume); he should accordingly state to the meeting the points on which they differed, as appeared 1 / 3 evidence which, in his opinion, had not been hitherto Cow tradicted—abolition of tithes and church rates—assessed taxes—corn laws—and liberty f or th e p e opl e t o exe rcho their freedom of election by the vote by ballot. Those sea titnents had been published upwards of a month since , and were never contradicted by Mr. Byng, although ht stated a few days ago that Mr. Leighs, who had been de puted to wait on him, had never put any question to tilt in their interview of three hours' duration. Wha l Mr. Byng ought to have said, was—that he never either expressed or entertained those sentiments . As Mr. Byng has not yet informed the elector ! whether whether he agrees with Mr. Hume on those importer ) points, he (Sir John) would consequently stand by them and advocate their cause as long as there was a man to stand by him.—(Cheers, and " Bravo, Sir John, we wi ll ' we will.") Sir John then went into a statement of the reasons for his differing in o pini on with Mr. Byng an d concurring with Mr. Flume on those points, the most Ito: portant of which he stated to be that of the preservati o . 4 4 of the peac e an d tranquillity of the country, as he f e ll persuaded the people would n o t he satisfi e d with the shadow of Reform, while they had been led to hope the substance.—(Loud cheering, which lasted sever , , minutes.) In ad vert i ng to t h e vo t e by ballot, h e allude to an article in the Morning Chronicle of that day, whia i referred to the We s t m i nster election, wherein it was stag, that the electors would prove themselves fools if they dit not ascertain the sentiments of their candidates to IO favourable to that m easure , an d p l e d ge d to suppor t It , some of those candidates who had been previowli favourable to it, now declining so to do.---( 11 e Ir. hear.) If this argument was applicable to Westminster why should it no' be to Middlesex ?—(Cheers.) Ht then observed, that it might be in the recollection of SOUle of those who then heard him, that one of the Atembers for Westminster, until he was ejected by a suppe tied coalition l'ir o tween Mr. Byng and a T or y c andida te i n 1806. He the, read a pass age f rom Si r F ranc i s ' s a dd ress to t h e e l e ctors. o ' , that occasion, to p rove t h e s i m il ar i ty b etween Mr. BYtlg conduct then and now , w h ic h was as f ol l ows Gentle , men,—at length Mr. Byng, who never was really with n'l has ceased to temporiz e ; an d ta ki ng a d van t a ge of Yf' ltlr undeserved compliments to him, h as d ec l are d op e nly agatA e us. It was always to be expected that s uch would W e been his conduct, whenev e r it w ou ld su it t h e vi e ws of bi d party." He had too much confidence in his Majesty sA ii his Ministers to fancy for a moment that the Reiorna was not to be followed up by those remedial measures. 7 1. much sought for by th e p e opl e . H e s hould reann . , them, that if they expected th e i r re p res entativ e s on 7 Reformed Parliament to be true to them, their must be in the first instance true to themselves. t S v lr John, in adverting to L or d H en l ey , o b serve d th a t frtsfn general feeling of the meetings he bad attended he did o think the electors had mu c h t o a pp re h en d f r om his Lothe. ship. The public papers i n f orme d us o f d e f e ats In size north, east, and western p a rts o f th e co unty, and ' l , 3 _ proceeds towards his br o th er M as t er i n Ch ancer y a t Soiw at wadi, we may next hear of Ida terminating his canvass le Henley-in-Thames.—(Gr ea t laughter, a n d c onsidess`4 3e cheering.) Sir John th e n conclud e d by tha n king meeting for the patient hearing of his sentiments, and su down amidst the most enthusiastic cheers. tea Mr. LEIGHS, on being loudly ca ll e d f or , pr . e' o , lo himself to the meeting, and was l ou dl y cheerest.. " re explicit method of detailing th e part i cu l ars o f his in ter view with Mr. Byng, th e reasons w hi c h i n d uce d to t electors to send him to that gentleman, and the s ubstA of the conversation that took place betweea them, obtai n repeated rounds of applause, and with t h e excep tion : ft. few noisy friends, apparently of Lord Henley's and ' i b i s Byng's satisfied every one that Mr. Byng had turned o , back on his former profe s sions, and w as d e t er mined t'At. no farther in the cause of R e fo r m. Aft e r reading to:rtb meeting the principal part of his correspondeuce % so, Mr. Byng, and the documents he l a id b e fore that genile A ran d Mr. Leighs proceeded to remark, that although hirnsell Byng those on whose behalf he acted had proffered Mr. ._ their support, he was satisfied that every elector would air plaud rather than condemn them f,r withdrawing the ir support whea they found that Mr. Byng's principles vref t in direct variance with the great questions contained to those documents, a full c o nf orm i t y t o w hi c h b e i ng t h e 0 21 conditions that they had t en d ere d M r. B yng their serv ice g ' Mr. Leighsethen observed, that Mr. Bong had received L tt ' e invitation to att en d a pu bli c meet i ng of the electors, a t Crown and Anchor, on Thursday next, at one o t elA c when he hoped any doubt on the subject would be clear' up to the satisfaction of the electors. Mr. EDWARDS, of Hackney, then addressed the t pe to . ing, and stated that he toad been a Reformer and an ele ct for nearly half a century, during which period he ot been a supporter of Mr. Byng, but, for some tur ee P ae r being clearly satisfied that that gentleman was a i mitate Of the people's cause, he would, with more rev" i f fifty his conduct, by deserting him, and giving his vote. ° sior years' experience to the gallant candidate before 111° ' John Scott Lillie.—(Loud cheers.) , rid The meeting then broke up at a late hou- , ai• parting united in most e nt h us i ast i c c h eer i ng for the g lent candidate. CAmnoincE.—The Speak er s t an d s f or Cambridg e, 3m--- the election commences there on Wednesday week. o of DuitllA3l.—The lists of electors for the two dives' t o so this county are now compl ete d, an d th e numbers/4"1, tbe follow :—For the Not them Division, 4,267, an d N oah Southern, 4,336—T0tal electors for the county of P ir 8,603. cri tb IlAxwmf.—Messrs. Tower and Disney diaed rte d their electioneering friends on Friday. They were e c : r .o`; into the town by a large concourse of people, `` . .„ e a ell' oringe bows and rib a nds, and bearing flags and ll'', it- One flag had painted on it a large bull, wi h a sad' f t he back, marked 800,000,000; and from the mont h a c m e animal appeared to issue the words—" R e form, re"' of my burden." aebi" IVIANcitEsTER.—The preparations for the aPP r° i,reef e election have c o mm ence d i n thi s t o w n . The 13otoag ote se and constables (the returning offices) have wifb ili t oS 4 ' few days been waited upon by the friends and super