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have been brought tot ward in time to insole its passing by the 12!11 of July. He could not but express his r Bret that the Richt lion. G•ntleman should have been betrayed into an expression so indiscreet and calculated to excite that party animosity which the Bill was intended to ex - tineuish. Mr. O'CONNELL was surprised at the course pur sued by the two Hon. Members who had spoken list. I am 'desirous, continued Mr. O'Connell, that the Right Hon. Gentleman and the Government should take a lesson from what is occurring at the present momen t; for they may learn from it in how very different a spirit those who belong to the popular party receive a concession frost those who are represented by the two Hon. Gentlemen who have just preceded me.—( Cheers.) Instead of ex pressing any pleasure at the concession—instead of thank ing the Government for it—instead of being gratified th it their wishes are likely to be carried into effect, they have received the boon with contempt, and have returned insn't for roncession.—(Cries of no, no! and cheers.) Their business ought to be to pour nil on the water, but instead of that, they are blowing the flames into additional fury.— ( Cheers.) I, however, am determined to do my duty ; and I here promise to address the Catholic population of the north of Ireland in the strongest terms, for the purpose of persuading them to go cu t o f t h e way o l t h ose p rocess ions, iso that, t possible, no blood may be shed ; and I also int plore the Gentleman on the other site to come forward, and by their solicitations and advice, to do all in their power to prevent mischief on the 12th of July.—(Hear, hear.) I implore them to show by their conduct that they know how to deserve this concession that the Government has made.—(Hear, hear.) Setting aside political tlif ferences, I know that there is not one Protestant Gentle man in Ireland who would not deeply lam-nt the circum stance of one single life being lost owing to these processions. - Lord ALTHORP—The Hon. and Learned Member for the University has accused us of postponing this Bill to the last moment ; hut the fact was, that it was not till late in the Session that we knew that these processions were likely to take place to such an extent as to endanger the peace of Ireland. The Hon. Member fur Sligo Faye, that though he will do his best to prevent these prnces• aions, yet he is afraid that all efforts will be useless. Now, I must say, that if this position is incorrect, it is ra►her urious that be should b.tve arranged himself in opposition against this measure, which is the only means by which we could prevent what he himself admits to be an evil.— (Hear.) The Hon. and Learned Member for Kerry has assumed that this Bill is to be abandoned altogether. There, however, he makes a mistake, for such certainly is not the intention of Ministers. A constant complaint has for years been made in this House of there being no legal means of preventing these precessions ; and I therefore think that this Bill having been brought forward, it is now very desirable that it should pass into a law. Mr. GOULBURN said that the Hon. Member for Sligo had alway 4 been most anxious to prevent these pro cessions. Mr. SHAW did not object to the principle of the Bill ; but what he complained of was, that it was impartial in its operation. Sir R. PEEL regretted exceedingly to hear it stated that there was any prospect to the public peace being broken an Ireland on the 12th of July, but he trusted that those who possessed influence in Ireland by their sta►ion or their property, would not only individually exert them selves, but meet for the purpose of issuing unanimous ex hortations to the Protestants of Ireland—( Hear, hear)—to prove that this law was not necessary, and to induce them voluntarily to abandon that which would necessarily give pain to others of the community.—(Heir, hear.) That would be the rant triumph. The real triumph would he to dispense with the necessity for this law altogether— (Cheers)—and he felt confident that every Protestant Gentleman would be ready to do all in his power to pre vent a collision, or the possibility of one single life being lost.—(Hear, bear.) With respect to the 8.11 itselr, he certainly was prepared to support its principle; hut never theless, he should have wished to see certain modifications introduced; for instance, he would much rather that a general power should have been vested in the lands of the Lord-Lieutenant, in case of the public peace being en dangered, rather than this power should be left in the hands of individual Magistrates. He perfectly agreed with the H.'s. and Lesrned Member for Kerry, that if one life were lost in the processions, those who took part in the proces sions ought deeply to lament it. He was averse to all displays of physical force in civil life. He did not impute bad motives to those who assembled in processions ; but when thousands of persons met in arms, they set a bad example to others who might not be so well disposed as themselves. The Legislature having removed all disabi lities in Ireland, the object of all Irishmen ought to be to put an end to those dissensions which the existence of unequal rights had been calculated to excite, and to place that country in the state of tranquillity from which alone private safety and public prosperity could flow. Sir F. TRENCH was very glad to find that the Hon and Learned Member for Kerry, who had formerly been so anxious to agitate Ireland, was now so anxious to allay agitation. Sir R. BATESON observed, that if Government had not brought forward the Bill in question, the Gentlemen of Ireland would have found it more easy to restrain the the processions. Still, however, as the Hon. and Learned Member for Kerry had said that he would use his power ful influence on the subject, he (Sir Robert Bateson) trusted that there would be no collision of parties. Mr. LEFROY, jun. said, that if the Right Hon. Chic! Secretary bad failed in this, as in other measures which he had brought forward, the responsibility rested solely on that Right Hon. Gentleman and his Majesty's Government. The Otder of the Day for going into a Committee on the Irish Reform Bill having then been read, Mr. O'CONNELL suggested that it might be expedient to commit the Bill pro forma, for the purpose of receiv ing any amendments that the Right Hon. Gentleman might suggest in it, and then to order it to be printed, and take the discussion on Monday. Mr. STANLEY did not think that the alterations were so numerous or so extensive as to require the adoption t•f suc 6 a course. The House then resolved itself into the Committee. :qr. O'CONNELL propos( d an amendment, to omit that part of the fourth clause which made the payment of Grand Jury and Corporation cesses the test of quatification for Registering; on the ground that those t-otes were sub ject to di.pute, and might be converted into the means of oppression. _ Mr. STANLEY could see no real ground for the pro posed alteration. Mr. I.EFROY considered the objection of the Hon. and Learned Member for Kerry unfounded ; but proposed a verbal amendment to the clause. Mr. CRAMPTON did not think it desirable to do away with the principle of registration under considera tion ; for if it were relinquished, in many of the towns of Ireland there would be little better than universal suffrage. He denied that corporations in Ireland had any direct power of taxing. They might tax obliquely, through a Grand Jury ; but to do that there must be a regular presentment, and a fiat by a Judge. On the suggestion of Mr. O'CoNNELL, after some conversation, the word " legally" was inserted in the clause. Mr. SHAW proposed the insertion of the word " rent." —This was negatived, after some discussion. Mr. SHELL proposed that the words after "all," in the clause he omitted. The object of his amendment was to permit the 101. freeholder to he able to vote, without the proof of the payment of municipal and Church-rate.. Mr. D. BROWNLOW said, that if the proposed amend meat was not adopted, the payment of these rates would be regularly put off till an approaching election. The Committee divided ; when there appeared— For the Amendment 2t Against it 59 Majority —3B The clause was then agreed to. Mr. DAWSON moved, that persons possessing free holds of 40s. in boroughs, and in cities that were coun ties of towns, should not have the liberty of voting as freeholders for the counties in which those towns and cities were situated. This alteration would but slightly affect any towns that were not counties of themselves, but those of Dungarvon and Mallow. The injustice, therefore, if there was any in the proposition, would he but small, while he thought it would he an act of justice to the counties, and would be but a fair set-off to the dis franchisement which had taken place with regard to non resident voters in boroughs. If these voters were not dis franchised, he could tell the House that fictitious votes would be easily created for the purposes of county elec tions. An instance of this was to be found in the town of Galway, where by one lease there were 200 freehold tenants created. If the Hon. Member for Mayo pleased-- and he was sure the Hon. Member would not please to do so—but it he did, he might snake Galway as close a nomi nation borough as ever Old Sarum or Gatton had been ; and yet at this moment Galway was about to receive the privilege of returning two Members to Parliament. Under these circumstances he should move that the end of clause 3, by which the forty shilling fieeholders in towns were to have the right of voting in counties, should be omitted. Mr. RICE should oppose the proposition. If the Right Hon. Gentleman sought to get ri d of the possibility of these absPe+, and would propose a clause to destroy the., votes if they were created, or to take away all the means of creating them. he (Mr. Rice) should most heartily sup- port the proposition. e ab3lition of 40s :freeholders :n counties had been the c,}ndition of granting Cathol c Emancipation, and it ought not to be forgotten, that if this measure were extended to towns, it would abolish 1,000 electors in Cork, and more than 900 in Galway. The whole principle of the Bill before the House was to save t-isting rights, whereas the amendment had for its object to destroy them. He congr.aulated the Right Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Dawson) on the strong and sudden horror he f It at the existence of nomination boroughs. Mr. D. BROWNE agreed entirely with what had bet n said reg irding the =tote of voting in the town of Galway, where it seemed likely that the independent electors would be swamped by a mete rabble. He contended, that when the Bill abolished the rights of non-resident freemen, it ought also to abolish the rights of those fictitious voters who had been created to counterbalance them. Mr. DAWSON expressed his readiness to withdraw the amendment, it •ome rnor'e could be pointed out of guard ing against fictitious votes. Mr. O'CONNELL agreed that in the county of the town of Galway the grossest electioneering frauds had been committed, argued and that the Joint-tenancy Bill, now only applicable to counties, should be extended to towns, for the purpose of getting rid of fictitious votes. No man was more oppnse.l to fictitious votes than himself ; hot he must say that justice bad not been done to the genuine 40s. freeholders of Galway, who had with scorn rejected bribes at a time when it was most important to have accepted them. Mr. STANLEY said that it was of importance to make a broad dis - inction between the bona file and the fictitious voter; but he was well aware of the difficulty of accomplishing such p desirble end. It had seemed to him and others infinitely preferable that even fictitious voters should be continued, than that, by an endeavour to abo lish them, the just rights of bona fide proprietots should be endangered. Sir J. BURKE remarked, that what had been said would put the Judges on their guard against the registra tion of any hut bona fide freeholders. Mr. LEFROY supported the amendment. Mr. BLAKNEY and Mr. BODKIN were understood to oppose the. motion of the Hon. Member for Harwich. Alt. I)AWSON said that decided proofs had been given of the fictitiousness of the votes, which it was the oliect of his amendment to remove : and surely the Right Hon. Gentleman the Secretary for Ireland, would not 2iifiFt to an opportunity being giv e n f or a scer t a i n i ng w h e t they were real or not. Mr. STANLEY considered the terms in which the clause was expressed quite sufficient to prevent any bhuse. Mr. DAWSON then withdrew his amendment, and the clause was agreed to. The House resumed, the Chairman reported progress, and obtained leave to sit again on Monday next. Lord ALTHORP then adverted to the circumstance, that he had given notice, that in a Committee of Supply, he should submit a resolution respecting the losses lately sustained by the West India proprietors. It was rather irregular that he should have given that notice with re. ference to a Committee of Supply. He should have given the notice to move the resolution in a Committee of the whole House ; but as the difference was merely formal, he trusted that no objection would now be made to proceed ing with his proposition. The object of the resolution was to afford relief to those who had suffered from the insurrection and the hurricanes in Jamaica, Barbados, St. Vincent, and St. Lucie. The question was then put, that the House do resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House. Mr. HERRIES wished to know from the Noble Lord opposite what course Government intended to pursue with respect to the Russian Dutch Loan ? Lord ALT HORP was not prepared to give an answer to the question; but of this the Right Hon. Gentleman and the House might rest assured, that nothing would be done on the subject without due notice. The House then resolved itself into a Committee. Lord ALTHORP said, that to that part of the resolu tion he intended to propose, which related to the compen cation, or rather relief to these West India proprietors who had suffered from hurricanes, he did not anticipate any opposition, though he feared there might be some as respected the grant intended to be made to those who suf fered from the insurrection. In Jamaica the evil did not arise, certainly, from the dispensations of Providence, but from the acts and wickedness of man. Both were fully entitled to relief in his judgment, though possibly there might be some who entertained a different opinion. In 1795, he could find a most satisfactory precedent in the relief given to the proprietors of estates in Grenada On that occasion the Government of that day came forward, and did certainly that which justice and expediency de manded. He intended, besides proposing relief to those who suffered through the dispensations of Providence, also to propose it for those who had suffered from what might have arisen from their own indiscreion or imprudence, or not, as the case might be viewed ; but which most as suredly did not arise from any wilful misconduct or fault of theirs. The assistance which he intended to move, was not to be given otherwise than in the way of loan; and for that purpose he should propose an issue of Exchequer bills to the required amount, such loans as might be granted under his resoultion, to be se cured upon the property of the borrowers. He should not then trouble the House with entering into de tails, he should follow the precedent formerly set—namely, by -recommending the appointment of Commissioners, who would look to the security, and judge of the several amounts which ought to be advanced to in dividuals, and the various claims which might to be urged. He believed the public had newer suffered on similar occa sions, and he felt the most perfect confidence that there would not be on the present any disadvantage to the State. He intended to move that there be issued Exchequer bills to the amount of 1,000,0001.; that sum to be divided between Jamaica and the other islands. As to Jamaica, he did not intend that loan should be granted to any unless those who might have suffered from loss of buildings_one half of the sum of 1,000,0001. to be given to Jamaica, and the other bait to the other islands. He concluded by moving an issue of Exchequer bills to the amount of 1,000.000/., to be granted in loans, for the relief of per sons connected with our West India colonies, who had suffered from the late insurrection in Jamaica, and from the hurricanes in the other islands; such relief to be .;ranted upon such security, and under such restrictions as might hereafter be determined. Mr. BARING made a few observations, the exact pur port of which could not be heard in the gallery. Mr. HUME observed, that the, proposition was so novel, that he felt no small difficulty with respect to it; the repayment of the loan was, he thought, somewhat problematical, to say the least; and he saw no reason whatever why the Government should not take some se condary security. Mr. Alderman THOMPSON looked with pleasure at the intention of the Government to do something to re lieve the planters in their present state of distress. It was important to know if the Government proposed that their advancer, as mortgagees, should be preferred to all others ? Lord ALTHORP, in reply to the question of the worthy Alderman, said, that the Government certainly intended their advances to be repaid in preference to all others ; and be apprehended, indeed, that none would apply for any portion of the loan who had not obtained the consent of the other mortgagees to postpone their claims. Mr. HUNT said the people of Bristol had as good a claim to have their losses made good as the West Indians had , and he thought they could offer much better security. Mr. WARBURTON did not object to the motion, but he reserved his observations on the policy of the grant until the Bill was before the House. Lord SANDON could not allow the grant to pass without expressing his gratitude to the Government for the boon they had conferred on the West Indies. The in terests of the colonies were the interests of the mother country, and -the people of Liverpool were as much bene fited by the prosperity of the West Indies, as the West Indians themselves.—(Hear.) Mr. I3URGE also felt gratitude to the Government for this advance to the colonies in the hour of ueces•ity. With regard to the doubts expressed by an Hon. Nlember, of the power of Jamaica to return the 500,0001. w hi c h was to be its portion of the loan, he would only refer to the account of the imports from that island, which showed that more than a fifth of the sugar, and more than a half of the rum brought into this country were the produce of that island, while out of forty-three millio❑ pounds of ceffee received from all the world, Jamaica produced 16,000,000. Of the whole of the exports to the colonies, amounting to 5,000,000 and odd, 2,908,533 pounds official value went to Jamaica; and, therefore, some idea might be formed of its import ince to the mother country. He feared, however, that the grant would afford only par tial relief; although he was grateful for even that, in the present condition of the planters. Dr. LUSHINGION could not consent to vote so large a sum of money, without some evidence being laid on the table with respect to the necessity of the case, and the merit! of the claimants. Supposing a new rebellion broke out, and that it was attended with similar results, were the Government prepared to move for a new grant for losses sustained through the obstinacy of the West Indians, in placing themselves in opposition to the wishes of the Legislature. He did not mean to divide the Com mittee on the motion, but he gave the money with reltic. tance, and entered his protest against the vote. Colonel DAVIES feared that the grant would be no relief, and that the Government would have no security fo- their advances. He prayed them, therefore, to con r well, before they adopted the (Nouse they had in vi-w Mr. GODSON thought tint the money they wen ,pout to give to J imaica was only a part of what had peen unjustly taken from her. This country had taker. from Jamaica 5,000,0001., and now grudged he. 500,000/. to swe the planter and his slaves from starving. Mr. FOWELL BUXTON expressed his concurrence in what had been said by the Hon. Member for Bridport is not pledging himself to any opinion as to the insurrec tion, by voting for the grant. He should not lel himself precluded by his vote this night from inquiring into that insurrection. Sir JAMES SCARLETT agreed in the vote as well r.dculated to coned , ate the Colonies, and well calculated to remove any opinion that the Government was hostile to them. Mr. BURGE deprecated the language which had been used by the Hon. Member for Ilchester ; but th it lan guage should not induce him to enter into subject, or say any thing unworthy of that feeling he was bound to en <ertain towards the Gorernment for this grant. Mr. FOWELL BUXTON inquired if the relief now afforded was to be extended to all the property destroyed. He understood no damages was greater than that done to missions by the Whites. Lord ALTHDRP conceived that the outrages com mitted on the missions were very gross. The Government had sent out pressing demands that justice should be done, and reparation made. He had no doubt that the Legi.ela ture of Jamaica would do justice ; but if it did not, the Government here would be bon, dto do so. _ _ Resolution agreed to, and ordered to be reported. The Riuse resua.ed, and the Report ordered to be received on Monday. SUPPLY. Si*i. GRAHAM moved that the House should resolve into a Committee of Supply. ASSESSED TAXES. Lord ALTHORP, in reply to Mr. Pigott, stated that it was not his intention to renew the Act for making a composition for A.sessrd Taxes at this late period of the Session. House went into a Committee. A sum not exceeding 52,0001. was granted for new works at Cremill. A sum, not exceeding 60,0001. for defraying the charge of new works in the Victualling Department, was grant er! ; as was a sum of 42,0001. for the expenses of the Ad miralty Office; 45,630/ or the salaries of Officers of the Navy Office, and for the contingent expenses of that office, was moved. Mr. FIUME took the opportunity of adverting to the appointment of Captain Symonds to the office of Surveyor of the Navy, over the heads of pupils of the Naval Archi tectural School. He contended these gentlemen dad been very ill treated. They had been invited into the set-vice, and promised that they should fill the highest stations, if they were capable of filling them. Their education had been most expensive ; and of what use was that, if they were now thrown aside? These young men had been, if he were rightly informed, most unjustly treated. Sir J. GRAHAM said that his meaning, on a former occasion, had b••en misunderstood : the gentirmen who had been educated at the school had been placed in such situations as were vacant ; but, in his humble judgment, there was not one of those gentlemen sufficiently qualifi d to occupy the station of Surveyor of the Navy. Sir B. MARTIN said, that in his opinion Captain Symonds himself was not fit for the situation. Sir J. GRAHAM, in appointing Captain Symonds, had acted in strict accordance with the best naval advice. Sir G. COCKBURN objected to Sir R. Sepping having been displaced for the purpose of making room for Cap tain Symon ifs. Sir G. WARRENDER coincided in praising the valu ahle services of Sir R. Sepping; and it was also a matter of regret to him to hear that none of those gentlemen who had been educated at the Naval School were competent to fulfil the ditties of Captain Symonds's office. Lord INGESTRIE complained of the Right Hon. Ba ronet having thrown a slur on a body of men, who, to his knowledge, were every one of them competent to fill any of the civil offices connected with the dock-yards. After a few words from Mr. HUNT, Mr. WattßuuToN, and Mr. M. O'CONNELL : the vote was agreed to. ~. The House resumed. Report to be received on Monday next. The other Orders of the Day were then disposed of, and at Half-past Two o'Clock this morning, the House ad journed to Monday. LIST OF TIL OF TWENTY-ONE WHO V. BILITY OF ELECTORS TC CESSES, AND TAXES, B] TER OR VOTE." E MINORITY ITED " AGAINST THE LTA ) PAY MUNICIPAL. RATES, AFORE THEY CAN REGIS- Blackney, W.—C, of Carlow Browne, D.—Co. of Mayo O'Connell, D.—Co. of Kerry O'Connor Don—Roscom Co. O'Farrell, IL M.—Co. of Kildare Parnell, Sir H. B.—Queen's Co. Ruthven, E. S.—Downpatrick Tomes, J.—Warwick Walker, C. A.—Wexford Wallace, T.—Drogheda Warburton, H.—Bridport Chapmn, M.—Westmeath Co. Godson, Richard—St. Albans Grattan, H.—Meath Co. Grattan, J.—Co. of Wicklow Hume, Joseph—Middlesex Hunt, Henry—Preston Hort, Sir J. W.—Co. of Kildare Jephson,y. D. o,7Mallow Ljader, 'N. P.—Kilhenny Co. Mullins, F. W.—Co. of Kerry TELLER. !Shell, R. L—Co. of Louth SEIZURE IN PARIS. PARIS, JUNE 24.—We have received from a corre spon-ient, in whom reliance may be placed, the following details of an act of partiality and injustice recently per petrated by the police authorities of the French capital : Many of the English patent and other medicines being in vogue, not only among the Briti-h residents abroad, but even among cur continental neighbours, particularly the Parisians, and such compounds being prohinited in France, it is customary, when it is wished to import au h articles, to apply to the Director of the Customs for permission to introduce them. Mr. Roberts, surgeon, and proprietor of the London Dispensary, No. 23, Place Vendome, had fre quently male such applications, and invariably obtained the authorization sought for, upon the payment of an ad valorem duty of 20 per cent. One of these letters, signed by the Director of the Customs, granting per mission to import, and setting forth that orders had been given in consequence to the customs of Calais, where ti e original invoice was to be produced. The extensive havoc made by that. cholera in Paris and the d e partments of France, whilst in England its progress wes comparatively tardy, created an immense demand for drugs and com pound medicines imported from London; and whilst the preparations of the French pharmaciens were neglected, the London Dispensary was daily thronged with persons seeking preservatives against tte dreadful scourge, or relief for their relatives and friends, who were suffering under its inflictions. The jealousy and spite excited among the French pharmaciens, by the excessive run of the Dispen sary, was followed on their part by a denunciation to the Prefect of Police of the illegal dispensation of compound medicines, the illegality of their sale being grounded upon the non-specification of their composition in Me French Codex or Pharmacopxia. In consequence, notwito standing the express permission to import granted by the Director-General of the Customs, who, in the admini nistrative hierarchy of France holds a rank inferior to none but the Ministers themselves, a Commissaire of Po. lice, accompanied by two pharmaciens, proceeded to the London Di•pens , try, and in virtue of a warrant of the Prefect of Police seized all the patent medicines found there, the greater part of which had been introduced upon the faith of the authorization. In consequence, the injus tice of such a proceeding is self-evident, and its partiality will be equally apparent, when it is stated that the infor mers, instigators of the severe measure, who keep a small stock of these same medicines for, sale, have not suffered from seizure, but continue to dispense them without mo lestation. The inconvenience and heavy loss arising to Mr. Roberts from such harsh dealing was the less merited, as, at the revolution of 1830, the humanity exercised by him towards the wounded citizens, to whom he not only supplied medicines gratuitously, but even furnished bed ding, was so prominent that it attracted the attention of the Government of the King of the French, who con fared on him the decoration of July, as is expressly men tioned in a history of the revolution published under their sanction. We hope that this relation of facts will meet the eye of the French Government, and have the effect of andca carried i o ed f l o e ff ad . n vir g h t a o t a w restoration o u f . k t s e . o m . e h d a i c v i e n e s a s i sde to z o - d thisa and preventing in futu re suc h an ill i b era l exerc i se of power, On Saturday a remarkably fine sturgeon was caught in the Thames, weighing between two and three cwt., which was immediately taken to the LORD MAYOR, who sent it as a present to Earl GREY. CHOLERA IN COLD BATH-FIELDS PRI soN. —A correspondent says that within these last few days the cholera has raged with great violence in Col I:33thAelds Prison amongst the prisoners. During the last twelve days there have been upwards of 100 prisoners attacked, and ten or eleven deaths. On Sunday night five prisoners were attacked. Sir JAMES MACDONALD, who has been ap pointed Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands, in the room of Sir FREDERICK ADAM, will, it is ex p••cted, take his departure in about three weelo, to assume he _ _a . ,i or. General Sir N OCR functions of his office. WoonFoan remains as Governor ad interim, and will continue to command the forces in the Islands after the arrival of the Right Honourable Baronet, whose know ledge of military affairs must be necessarily limited, FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE ST. JAMES'S PALACE, JUNE 27, 1832. This day Monsieur Dedel, Minister Plenipotentiary from the King of the Netherlands, in the absence of the Netherland Am lyissador, and the Baron de Mareuil, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary from the King of the French, in the bience of the French Ambass •dor, had their respective audi ,mces of his Majesty to deliver their credentials. To which they were introdu' ed by Lord Viscount Palmer ston, his Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affhirs, and conducted by Sir Robert Chester, Knt. Master of the Ceremonies. ST. JAMES'S PALACE, JUNE 27, 1832. The King was this day pleased to confer the honour of Knigh'- hood upon Major-General Frederick William Mulcaster, of the Royal Engineers, Military Knight CoMmander of the Royal Ha noverian Guelphic Order. ST. JAMES'S PALACE, JUNE 27. The King was this day pleased to confer the honour of Knight. hood upon Major-General Joseph Straton, Companion of the Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath, and Military Knight Commander of the Royal Hanoverian Guelphic Order. ST. JAMES'S PALACE, JUNE O. The King was this day pleased to confer the honour of Knight hood upon John Leslie, of Coates, Es ~ Knight of the Royal Hanoverian Guelphic Order, Professor of Natural Philosophy in the University of Edinburgh, and Corresponding Member of the Royal Institute of France. QUEEN'S-HOUSE, ST. JAMES'S PALACE, Jusr. 27. Tills day Monsieur 15ede1, Minister Plenipotentiary from the King of the Netherlands, in the absence of the Netherland Am bissador, and the Baron de Mareuil, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary from the King of th:. French, in the absence of the French Ambassador, had their first audiences re spectively of her Majesty. To which they were introduced by the Honourable William Ashley, her Majesty's Vice-Chamberlain, and conducted by Sir Hobart Chester, Knt. Master of the Ceremonies. ST. JAMES'S PALACE, JUNE 27. The King was this day pleased to confer the honour of Knight. hood upon Edward Thomason, of Birmingham, Esq. ADMIRALFY-OFFICE, JUNE 27. This day, in pursuance of his Majesty's pleasure, Captain Sir Michael Seymour, Bart., K. C. B. and Captain Thomas Briggs, of the Royal Navy, were promoted to be Rear-Admirals of the Blue; the former taking rank next below Rear-Admiral Nor borne Thompson, and the latter next below Rear-Admiral James Carthew. WAR-OFFICE,JUNE 29. MEMORANDUM —His Majesty has been pleased to approve of the 28th Regiment of Foot bearing on its colours and ap pointments, the word " Corunna," in commemoration of the gallantry displayed by the Regiment in the action at Corunna, on the 16th Jan. 1809. WAR OFFICE, JUNE 29. 10th Regiment of Light Dragoons—John Gloag, Gent. to be Veterinary Surgeon, vice Sanneman, deceased, June 29. 16th Light Dragoons—Lieutenant Edward Guest, to be Capt. by purchase, vice Macau, promoted„- Cornet G. Crofton, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Guest ; C. W. Reynolds, Gent. to be Cornet, vice Crofton, June 29. 13th Regiment of Foot—Lieut.-Col. William Eton, from half pay unattached, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice ir Michael M'Creagh, who exchanges, June 29. 37th Foot—Ensign William Arthur Smelt, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Macleod, who retires ; Henry Edw. Manners, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Smelt, June 29. 53d Foot.—Lieut. W. G. Gold to be Captain, by purchase, vice Widdrington, who retires; Ensign A. F. Bond to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, v i ce Gold; Hon. St. G. G. Foley to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Bond, June 29. 65th Foot—Lieut A. H. L. Wyatt to be Captain, by purchase, vice Morshead, who retires ; Ensign G. F. Murray to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Wyatt; F. Wise, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Murray, June 29. 69th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon R. Williams, M.D., to be Surgeon, vice Reid, deceased, Jun .29. 70th Foot—Ens gn W. Green to he Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Swan, who retires; E D. Murray, Gent. to be Ensign, by by purchase, vice Green, June 29. 74th Foot -W. Warde, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Pattison, promoted in the Ist W..st India Regiment, June 29. Ist West India Regiment, Lieut. A. Caddy to be Captain, by purchase, vice Richardson, who retires; Ensign A. H. Pat tison, from the 74th Foot, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Caddy, June 29. UNATTACHED.—Captain T. Macan, from the 16th Light Dragoons, to be Major of Infantry, by purchase, June 29. HOSPITAL STAFF.—W. Renny, M.D. to be Staff-As. sistant-Surgeon, vice Fagg, deceased, June 29. ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE.—Assistant-Surgeon J. Pickering, M. D. to be Surgeon, vice Bruce, deceased, June 29. MEMORANDA.—Brevet Colonel N. Ramsay, Inspecting Field Officer of a Recruiting District, has been allowed to retire from the service, by the sale of an Unattached commission, June 29 '1 he Christian names of Ensign Murray, of the 92d Foot, are " Samuel Hood," and not " Samuel Wood," as stated in the Grizft/J of the 22d instant. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of the North Riding of the County of York. F. Cholmeley, Esq. to be Deputy Lieutenant, May 3d. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Stafford. King's Own Staffordshire Militia. H. J. C. Talbot, Viscount Ingestrie, to be LieLitenant-Colonel, vice H. Lord Waterpark, resigned, June 2. DECLARATION OF INSOLVENCY. ItOBERT SAXBY, Petworth, Sussex, grocer. BANKRUPTS. CHARLES INGRAKI;SiiNay,iVilts, currier, to surren. der July 7, at two, and August 10, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Kitchener, Lothbury. THOMAS POMEROY, Exeter, brewer, July 10, and Au. gust 10, at eleven, at the Old London Inn, Exeter. Horton and Son, Furniva 's Inn, London ; Geare and Mountford, Exeter. JOSEPH DEVEY, Bishopwearmouth, shipowner, July 18, and August 10, at eleven, at the Bridge Inn, Bishopwearmouth. Brown, Bishopwearmouth ; Moss, Ironmonger-lane, Cheapside, London. JOHN SWAIN, Manchester, woollen-draper, July M, 24, and August 1 , ., at nine, at the Palace Inn, Manchester. Clarke. Richards, and Medcalf, Lincoln's-inn-fields, London; Leafs, Manchester. THOMAS ARUNDEL VENABLES, Birmingham, grocer, July 11, 12, and August 10, at eleven, at the Royal Hotel, Bir. mingham. Hawkins and Richards, Birmingham; Norton and Chaplin, Gray's-inn-square, London. PHILIP EVANS, Monty-pool, Monmouthshire, grocer, July I I, and August 10, at eleven, at the Commercial Rooms, Bris tol. Smith, Son, and Merriman, Red Lion-square, London ; Franklyn, Bristol. DIVIDENDS. W. Jackson, Maidstone, jeweller, July 20, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy—S. Keyte, Minoiies, oilman, July 21, at half-past ten, at the Court of Bankruptcy—T. Bott, Hart-street, Covent-garden, farrier, July 21, at two, at the Court of Bank ruptcy—C. Mosley, Tower-street, victualler, July 23, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy—Sir G. Duckett, Bart., Sir F. B. Mor land, Bart., and T. 'l'. Bernard, Pall-mall, bankers, July 23, at ten, a the Court of Bankruptcy—A. Massar, Gwynnes-buildings, City-road, merchant, July 2 , i, at eleven, at the Court of Bank ruptcy—J. Boast, Trinity-square, Southwark, apothecary, July 26, a one, at the Court of Bankruptcy—J. Hiron, Banbury, grocer, July 26, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy—J. Free man, Bristol, silk-mercer, July 24, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy —J. Jackson, Tooley-street, oil and colourman, July 23, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy—J. White, Ratclifle Highway, bookseller, July 23, at twelve, at the Cout of Bank ruptcy—T. Palmer, Wood-street, Cheapside, silk. manufacturer, July 24, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy—F. Fisher, jun., and W. J. Fisher, Bristol, sail-makers, July 23, at three, at the Office of Mr. B. Smith Bristol—J. S. Akers, Birmingham, vic tualler, July 21, a t twelve, at Dee's Royal Hotel, Birmingham— J. Meeks and T. Gummery, Warwick, upholsterers, July 0, at twelve, at the Swan Hotel, Warwick—J. Wilks, Birmingham, linen-draper, July 3, at eleven, at I lee's Hotel, Birmingham. CERTIFICATES—JULY 20. R Kaland J. Mathews, Bolton-le-Moors, money.scriveners— B. Young, Downham-Market, Norfolk, brewer—J. Cross, Bris tol, provision -merchant—T. Jackson, Old George-street, 80. rough, fruit-salesman—E. H. Baily, Percy-street, Tottenham Court-road, sculptor—T. and T. Todd, sen. and jun., Birming ham, factors—J. Langley, Tottenham-street, Tottenham Court road, druggist—J. Bawden, Chard, Somersetshire, scrivener— L. Ellison, Knaresborough, flax-spinner—J. Routledge, Man chester, stone-mason. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. C. King and T. Leanbitter, Little Union-street, Borough-road, Windsor chair-makers—W. Gould and G. Kieckhoefer, jun. Old Montague-street, Whitechapel, brewers—J. Moore and Co., Bahia, Brazil, so far as regards S. T. Dickinson—E. L. Lumley and W. P. Lasbury, Chancery-lane, booksellers—E. Timms and S Mallory, Warwick, grocers--S. and S. L Hopkins Leighton, Cheshire, schoolmistres s es--J. Brown and H. G. L. Long, Shef field, merchants—T. M. Hawley and E. M. Martin, Birmingham, druggists—T. Hill and J. Brady, Fenchurch-street, bootmakers —C A. Jaquin and J. Carey, St. Alban's-court, Wood-street, button-manufacturers —W. Jones and T. Bland, Great Maryle bone-street, attorneys--T. W. and J. Barker, Gracechurch_ street—R. Hillman' and F. W. Kingdon, Cloyton, Devonshire, attorneys—J. Read - and J. B. Read, jun., Worcester, wine-mer chants—E. and R. Jackson, Regent-street, milliners—F. Horton and W. Peters, Spur Inn-yard, Borough, hop-factors—J. Ste phens and J. Furness, Hatton-garden, jewellers—C. White_ church and W. W. Ireland, St. Martin's-court, St. Martin's. lane, woollen-drapers—J. Woodley and S. Willoughby, Swan_ street, Dever.road, dealers in beech, &c. THE QUEEN—When the stone which was thrown at the KING fell in the R , .yal Stand, her MAJESTY immediately picked it up, and said, with great feeling and agitation, " This was intended for me; I am the unpo pular person ; but I know not why." The massive gold box, intended to contain the freedom of the City, to be presented to Lord ALTHORT at the proposed celebration of the passing of the Reform Bill, has the arms of the City splendidly chased on the lid, and those of his Lordship on the bottom ; both are surrounded by an elegant border, chased in_gold of dif ferent colours, in which the rose, thistle, and shamrock, are beautifully and tastefully interwoven. The interior of the lid displays an inscription, containing the resolutions of the Common Council, expressing their admiration of his Lordship's conduct during the tedious and harassing progress of the Belo , m Bi 1 through the House of Com mons, and the sides of the box exhibit, in rich chasing, the cap of maintenance and other civic emblems, mingled with scroll work. GOVERNOR GENERALSHIP OF INDIA.- (From the India Gazette of January last.)—We are enabled to Etat-, on very good private authority, that the ,ppointment of the Earl of MUNSTER to the Governor- Generalship of India may be regarded as certain. Previous accounts from England stated positively, as a fact, the offer of that high office to that Nobleman, and his reins it of it, on the ground of his Royal father's age and preca rious state of health, and his reluctance to be absent from Isis MAJESTY in these precarious times. Our readers will attach to these considerations the value th e y may deserve ; but if our information is correct, and we have the strongest reason to believe that it is, further r, flection must have suggested other considerations of paramount influence. Letters, we know, have been received from England in a highly respectable iiu irter in this country, stating that one of the friends of the writer had applied to Lord MUNSTER for the Military Secretaryship, hut was told that an offi cer had been already appointed to that office. It is very unlikely that his Lordship would expose himself to the idicule of appointing any One to that office before he was himself certain of the office to which it is auxiliary and subordinate, and had determined to accept the offer of it. HAY MA lIKETS.—(At per Load of 30 Trusses.) CUMBERLAND (LATEST. JAMES'S.) Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay £2 lb to £3 0 Vew Meadow Hay 2 10 3 11 , Useful Old Ditto Fine Upland Meadow and Rye-grass Hay 4 0 5 0 Glover Hay 5 0 6 10 Oat Straw £1 14 to £1 16 I Wheat Straw ... 1 18 2 0 SMITHFIELD. Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay .£3 0 to £3 5 New Meadow Hay 3 0 3 10 Useful Old Uitto 3 5 3 :5 Fine Upland Meadow and ttye-grass Hay 4 0 5 0 Clover Hay (extra fine)...X6 10 ..Generally Ott Straw ... £1 16 to .£1 16—Wheat Straw 2 2 2 5 jr ,ONDON and BIRMINGHAM RAIL WAY, 1832. —Bo ,n 1 of Management. DIRECTORS. LONDON. ISAAC SOLLY, Esq., Chairman. GEORGE PEARKES BARCLAY, Esq., Deputy Chairman. Edmond Calvert, Esq. Sir John W. Lubbock, Bart. Wm. Taylor Copeland, Esq. George Lyall, Esq. Aid., M.P. John Lewis Prevost, Esq. James Gibson, Esq. Henry Rowles, Esq. George Carr Glyn, Esq. Thomas Tooke, Esq. Pascoe St. Leger Grenfell, Esq. Henry Warre, Esq. George G. Larpent, Esq. Alexander Wilson, Esq. John George Shaw Lefevre, Esq. ':!cretary.-office, 69, Cornhill. 'GHA M. :sq., M.P., Chairman. lt.S., Deputy Chairman. Theodore Price, Esq. Charles Shaw, Esq. Timothy Smith, Esq. William Hanbury Sparrow, Esq. John Sturge, Esq. John Turner, Esq. Joseph Walker, Esq. RICHARD CREED, Esq., S, BIR MIN EDMUND PEEL. E JOHN CORRIE, Esq., F George Bacchus, Esq. William Francis, Esq. William Hawkes, Esq. Archibald Kenrick, Esq. Joseph Frederick Ledsam, Esq. Daniel Ledsam, Esq. James Pearson, Esq. William Phipson, Esq. Capt. CONS I'ANTINE RICH. MOORSOM, R.N., Secretary Office, Birmingham. _BANKERS. London Messrs. Glyn,liafaX, Mills, and Co. 0, Birmingham fitssz. M i o n i g lin n Sw a i n tt; (l. P g eaj o so m il, ,a a n n y d M Met. SOLICITORS. London Messrs. Tooke and Parker, 39, Bedford-row. Birmingham iMesars. 1 (. 3 : oarrrkieeraanndd Carter. Engineers—Messrs. George Stephenson and Son. The continued success of the Liverpool and Manchester railway decisively proves, that railways with loco-motive trt am engines furnish a mode of internal communication superior to all others in safety, expedition and economy. In safety—as since the opening of that railway in Sep teniber, 1830, upwards of 700,000 persons have been conveted along it without a single serious accident which could be fairly ascribed to this mode of conveyance. In expedition—as the ordinary rate of travelling upon it is 20 miles an hour, and frequently mole. In economy—as the charge for passenger sin the first class of carriages is less than half of what was formerly paid in the stage coaches, and the charge for merchandise only two-thirds of what was formerly paid to the canals. A line from Liverpool and Manchester Riilway at Newton, to London, by way of Birmingham, will unite the two great seaports of the kingdom. It will connect them with all the principal manufactur ing districts, viz :—the iron manufactories and potteries of Staffordshire, the cotton and silk manufactories of Cheshire, Lancashire, and Derbyshire, the woollen manu factories of the West Riding of Yorkshire. It will connect the metropolis with the great provincial towns of Birmingham, Manchester, Leeds, and Liverpool, and consequently with Dublin, Belfast, ants Glasgow. It will aff,rd improved means of intercourse, for all purposes of private or public business, for at least 5,000,000 of people. There is no other line in the kingdom on which both public and private interests so imperatively require the establishment of the best possible mode of communication. The proposed railway from London to Birmingham forms part of this gnat nationil line. - Its length will be 1121 miles ; the inclinations will in no case exceed 16 feet in any one mite, or one in 330. The cost will be 2,500,0001., and the sufficiency of this estimate has en ascertained by the Committee of the House of Commons, upon the testimony of Mr. Robert S'ephenson, suppiirted by two other eminent engineers. The Railway will probably not be used to convey coals, line, and other heavy articles which compose the chief traffic of canals ; and will therefore very little, if at all, interfere with the interest of canal proprietors; but the returns for passengers, light merchandise, agricultura produce, &c will be such as to insure, at low railway! prices, an income of above 700,0001. per annum ; so that should the annual expenses amount even to half the in come, there will still be ample remuneration to the sub. scribers. Ic has been said, and with truth, that the cost of the Liverpool and Manchester railway greatly exceeded the estimate; yet that railway is now paying nime per cent. per annum on the whole expenditure. The calculations of the London and Birmingham railway have been founded, not on the estimates, but the actual cost of that and other railways. There can be no question that all the great interests of the kingdom must be promoted by any improvement in the means of internal cotnniunication. This has been abundantly proved by the effect of our turnpike roads and canals, and all the benefits they have effected will be pro duced in a much higher degree by the mote powerful and more perfect machinery of the railway. The reduction of time and expense, in travelling and in the conveyance of merchandise, mu•t immediately be felt as highly beneficial to the mercantile and manufacturing interests. By Irish families visiting London, and especially by the Irish Members of both Houses of Parliament, the facility which this railway, when completed to Liverpool, will afford of passing from Dublin to London in about 24 hours, cannot fail to be generally appreciated. The same advantages, in a degree proportionate to the distance from London, will be afforded to English families similarly circu►nstanced. The Landed Interest will be benefited— Firstly—By the grertly increased facility of conveying produce to the principal markets of the kingdom. Ve getables, butchers' meat, &e., may be sent from North. ampton in three or tour hours to the London or Stafford shire mat kets. Secondly—By the expenditure of upwards of two mil lions of the capital of the Company on labour. Thirdly—By the constant employment of from 1,000 to 2 000 persons on the railway, when completed. Fourthly—By the parochial rates paid by it throughout the whole line. Fifthly—By the enhanced value of every estate on or near to it. The engines will burn only coke and cause no smoke; the carriages going at the rate of a mile in three minutes will remain only a part of that time in sight or hearing from any one place. The railway does not intersect any park or pleasure ground, or approach so near as to be an annoyance to any considerable mansion. By order, RICHARD CREED. C. R. MOORSOM. The London and Birmingham Railway Bill has now passed the House of Commons in a mariner which clearly indicates the feeling entertained of its great importance to the public. _ . The second reading took place on the 28th of February, on which occasion the opponents thought fit to divide, when the numbers were—For the second reading, 125; against, 46—Majority, 79. The 8111 has since been most carefully examined and discussed, in all its details, by a Committee which sat a‘si duously and patiently twenty-one days. The smallest number of Members present, on any one day, was 16; the largest number was 38 ; but the average of the whole number of days was 28. The Committee closed its labours by declaring the pre amble proved, and testimony has since been borne by some of the opponents of the measure, possessing great Parlia. mentary experience, to the invariable feeling of lupin tiality exhibited throughout the investigation. On bringing up the Report a motion was made by the opponents for a Committee of Appeal, and it w as a l so pro. posed to insert some objectionable clauses, but the sense of the House being against both these propositions, they were withdrawn, and the Report was adopted without any di vision in a House of 200 Members. PRICKS OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONt O'CLocK. Paid. Per Share. Anglo Mex. Min. Co. (ies. at 5/. pm.) XlOO 117% Bolanos Mining Company £l5O 195 190 Brazilian Imp. Min. Co. (us. at 5/. pin.) £2O 48Y6 British Iron Mining Company £5O 7% Columbian Mining Co. (iss. at 5/. pin.) 48 5% English Mining Company l2l 22% General Mining Association £l2) 20 Real dcl Monte Mining Co. ..., — United Mex. Min. Co. (isa. at 21. pm.) 40 Ditto New Sciip 2 Alliance Fire Insurance Comp lO Protector Insurance Comp Australian Co. Canada Company l7 Provincial Bank of I reland 25 8% £1 7 6 634 47 FRENCH FuNns, PARTS,JUNE 27.-Five percents., 97f. 40c. 50C. 45c. 40c 50c. 45c 50c. 45c. 50c 35c. 4 0 c. 45c. ; Four per Cents., 81f.. ; Three per Cents., 67f. 95c. 68f. !Sc. 68f. 67f. 90c. 85e. 90c. 68f. ; Bank Actions, 2,662 f. 50c. ; Rente de Naples, 79f. 70c. 75c. 70c. ; Rente de l'Etat Romain, 79; Royal Spanish Loan, 7 ° . 78 1 ,49 , 4 ),,jl43i ; Rente Perpetuelle d'Espagne, ?ytA Belgian Loan, 761 76 75%. Exchange on London, one im ,, ,,t) , f paper, 25f. 85c. ; money, 25f. ; three months, paper. 25 f. 70 c. , money, 25f. 65c.-Cours Authriztique. FOREIGN KXCHA NOES ON LONDON. HAMI3URG, JUNE :8.-13. 14; two months, 13 IN. CHRISTIANIA, JUNK 18.—Three months, 6 at BERLIN, JUNE 19 —Three months, 629. BREMEN, JUNE 19.—Two months, 619 620. STOCKHOLM, JUNE 15—Ninety days, u. 3. CHOLERA MORBUS, OFFICIAL REPORT. CENTRAL BOARD OF HEALTH. COUNCIL OFFICE, WHITEHALL.—(THIS DAY.) DAILY REPORT of CHOLERA CASES. COUNTRY. Remaining at last Report, 605—New Casos,(229—Deaths, S 2— Recovered. 107—Remaining, t 45. Total Cases since the corn. mencement, 13,925—Deaths, 5,141. (Signed) WM. MACLEAN, Secretary. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY). COVENT-GAR There was a great supply at th trade was very dull. Prices of English Fruits lower than on th s.d. s.d Potatoes (cwt.) Ca' bages (12 heads) 0 6 to 1 0 Cauliflowers 0 9 1 0 i4orse ttadish(bundle) 4 0 (t 0 Rhubarb 0 S 1 0 Celery 0 8 1 6 Carrots 12 bunches) 3 0 6 0 Turnips Coleworts or Greens 0 6 1 Leeks 1 0 1 2 Young Onions 0 6 1 0 Turnip Radishes Long Radishes 0 9 1 f For. Grapes (per lb.) 0 8 2 6 English, Forced 3 0 5 0 Pine Apples (lb.) Cos Lettuces (per score)o 9 1 6 Cabbage ditto 0 6 1 0 Cucumbers (brace) 0 3 1 0 DEN MARKET. his morning's market, but the most kinds of Vegetables and !is day se'nnight. _ _ , - - s d. s. d. Spinach (half-sieve) 0 4 to 0 S Green Pease 0 9 ) ( Broad Beans 3 0 4(I Apples 4 0 86 Gooseberries Currants 2 0 3 6 ..praenn.clC, i' d e i ' t n to uts (peck) r, i 0 0 1 ) Spanish ilazlenuts French Walnuts 4 0 6 0 Brazilian Nuts 2 0 4 0 Sweet Oranges (I 00) 5 0 14 0 Seville Oranges 8 0 14 0 Lemons 8 0 14 0 French Beans 0 6 1 0 SmallSallad (pummet) 0 1 0 2 Sea Kail Strawberries (pottle):. 0 3.' 0 9 Asparagus (bundle)... 0,9 1 6 BOROUGH OF LAMBETH. ITH E INHABITANT' HOUSE HOLDERS, ELEC . ! ORS of this BOROUGH, ,'e respectfully informed, that a PUBLIC MEETING of their body will take place at the Horns Tavyrn, Kenning ton, on WEDNESDA Y Afternoon next, the 4th of July, at fix preci,ely, to take into consideration the best means of ,ecuring the return of the Right Hon. CHARLES rENNYSON, M.P., as a Representative for Lambeth in •he en•uing Parliament. HENRY WARBURTON, Eq., Al. P., will take the Chair, and Mr. TENNYSON will attend the Meeting. l'O THE ELECTORS OF THE METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF LAMBETH. GENTLEMEN, ICAN no longer withhold my acq uiesc e n c e in the flittering wish, conveyed to me from so many A narters, that I should become a CANDIDATE for the iwimiir of representing yen in the first Reformed Parlia ment. My hesitation has arisen from a reluctance to pronounce hat separation from my patriotic constituents at Stamford which a cruel anomaly has forced upon me; but a Re formed Legislature will do them justice, and I wish to assist in cbt-iining it. To appear in that assembly on behalf of your extensive, wealthy, and enlightened district of the metropolis would not only give me this opportunity, but would at the same ime be a proud reward, tar surpassing my humble efforts o obtain for such communities as your own the just pri vilece you now enjoy. Unconnected, as I am, with the borough of Lanreth, my public conduct, which can alone have recommended me to your notice, is the security I would offer for the course I shall hereafter pursue, if I should attain the high distinction to which lam thus taught to aspire. But we are entering upon a new era. It may, therefore, be right to explain my view of the duties which would devolve upon me now that the means of effectually discharging them are at length provided for us. Although we have obtained a Reform of the House of Commons, Reform, in its more extended and substantial sense, is yet to be effected. We have, so far, merely se cured the machinery for operating changes which are to invigorate powers and develops energies which a long course of misrule has repressed and paralyzed. The frame of our Constitution is restored ; but subordinate institu tions, either impaired by time or human frailty, or be come inapplicable to the present condition of society, must now be revised with a determined hand. Thus the new Parliament must anxiously devote itself to remove all evils arid abuses wi.ich neglect or corruption may have engendered in the Lay, the Church, or the executive Go vernment, and those which encumber our commercial and monetary systems. It will be expected to review all laws and imposts, whether affecting the subsistence, the health, or the intel ectual advancement of the poorer classes, and to secure for the people a pure Government, cheap law, and prompt justice. Its earliest efforts must be directed to accomplish the abolition of slavery through out the British dominions, by means as prompt as may be consistent with the well being of the slaves themselves; to effect a fair commut.tion of tithes, a reform of corpora tions, an alleviation of the severities of the criminal law, and of that military punishment which dishonours the so dier and degradt s the nation. To these oC;jects. 1 may add my hope that the duration of Parliament will be shortened, and that in the great measures by which the representation of the people has ben amended, all defects will be supplied, all anamolies removed, and that no , hing will be withheld which may appear necessary to give efficiency to the objects of those measures, by enabling every man really to exercise the franchise with which he is invested. It is to you, and similar communities, now for the first time endowed with the elective right, that the nation chiefly looks with anxiety for the means of performing this great work of regeneration, for the men by whom it is to be accomplished. It you should consider me fit to cooperate in the execution of those high purposes for which the reformed Parliament is to assemble, it will be my pride, and the chief bj ct of my life, to justify your choice. But while I shall boldly lend my aid to extermi nate abuses, whether in our civil or ecclesiastical establish ments,you will derive equal satisfaction from the assurance that I shall be no less careful to maintain the integrity of that magnificent fabric,—the Constitution of England,—.. under which this country has attained a glory only to be exceeded by that which it will hereafter acquire. I can not be deceived in predicting that the renovated system to which our hopes may now be directed will exalt the moral and intellectual character, exp Ind the civil and religious freedom, and advance the domestic condition and happiness of the people. Thus it will increase the power and ex tend the beneficial and humanizing influence of the British nation. I have the honour to be, Gentlemen, with great respect, Your most obedient and humble servant, CHAS. TENNYSON. 4 Park-street, Westminster, June 29. PRICES OF STOCKS THIS Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Red 93.11 3 net Cent. Cons. 3% per Cent. alto Red 91 1 0( New 3% per Cent. 3 per Cent Ann. 1726 I per Cent. 1826 Rink Long Ann. to expire Jan. 5, 186 0 16% 7-16 Oct. 10, 1859 Jan 5, 1860 Jan. 5, 1880.— ....... -- April 5, 1880 Jan. 5. 1870 PRICES or FOREIGN FUNDS Austrian Bonds 9lSt, Belgian Bonds 73 Ditto Account Brazilian Bonds 45 1 4% Ditto Account 45 3 4 Buenos Ayres Bonds .24 3 Ditto Account Chilian Bonds l6 Ditto Account Columbian Bonds ll Ditto Account Ditto Bonds, 1824 12!4 Ditto Account Danish Bonds 67 Ditto Account Greek Bonds 22 Ditto Bonds, !825 `ION Ditto Account '3ol' Mexican Bonds, 5 per cent. 26 Ditto Account 1 Ditto, 6 per cent. 3l Ditto Account 32 Neapolitan — DAY AT ONK O'CLOCK. New 5 per Cent. l lndia Stock Ditto Bonds South Sea Stock 9sl‘ Old Annuities New Ditto... ..... -- 3 per Cent. Ann. 1'751 Ex. Bills, £1,000...... 11 12 pm. Ditt0............500 ll 12 pro. Ditto Small Ditto Commercial. pm. Ditto Advertised — Bank for Account India for Account. Cons. for July 18 85 S THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Peruvian Bonds _ Ditto Account 134 Portuguese Bonds 53564 3 4 Ditto Account. 53 ' , i Regency Scrip O%pm. Ditto Account Ofipm. Prussian Bonds 99 Ditto Account -- Ditto Bonds, 1822 lOO% Russian Bonds, 1822 994 8 Ditto Account 9956 New Loan 41% Spanish Bonds, 1821 144 4 Ditto Account 14% Ditto Bonds, 1823 ...... 1354 Ditto Account -- French Rentes, sp. c. —f —c. Exchange —f. —c. —percent —f. --c. --- Exchange Dutch Scrip -43 Ditto Account 43g French Scrip — n it . * n u. ' „ LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JUNE 30, 1892. e We o r f efer with p l easure to a letter from Lor d il n lo: e rIPEnr, whi c h w ill b e f oun d i n anot h er co lumn, in a nswer to some o b servations which our s : 0 17 1 b i hi c s L d o uu r y d shiit)l,us c e l a d u d u a s t rtyo speech on the Emperor of R usstA. Our strictures were intended only to apply to that part of his Lordship' s speech in which, as it seemed to us, he meant indirectly to defend the Emperor of RUSSIA, in consequence of his personal ac quaintance with him. i‘ On this hint we spake ;" thinking that the question before the House regarded not the EMPEROR in his private, but in his public, capacity. He may be an angel in the one, but we are quite sure he is no cherub in the other. Lord MORPFTH is a young nobleman of talent, and much public spirit, and it i s always with reluctance