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'would not be Uitogether cleared up till the ena of the year. Now if the amount of taxes was taken at 9011. with the Cimmissioner's list of houses, this again would take Dart- mor.th just wit of the schedule 1 - 3 list ; hut if, as he contended, the true amount of taxes and the true amount of houses were taken, Dartmouth would be taken as high up the list as No. 95, which would place it far beyond schedule. B, which stopped short at No. Bti. Taking all 'these things, conjoined with the shipping importance of the borough ) into consideration, he would venture to say, that not fiom the very first day on which there had been a House of Commons in England—not from the 49th of Heury up to the present moment, hid there been an %nitance of a town, so situated as Dartmouth, being disfranchised— (Cheers)—and be would further add, that if the House was determined, in spite of all these things, to disfranchise that borough, it must be on some other printipie than that laid down by the Noble Lord—(Cheers)—but if there was one thing more important than another in this very importint Bill, it was that they should clearly keep to some intelligible rule of conduct.—(Loud cheers,) He had heard it said that it was a matter of very little im portance whether Dartmouth had one or two Members. That might be the case with respect to the community at large, but it was of the last importance for the Honse to take care that it did not-deprive any town of its franchise without some distinct and undeniable rca ,, on—(flear)— and such a reason appeared to him to be entirely wanting in this cage.--(Cheers.) Lord JOHN RUSSELL said that here was only one observation of the Hon. Member which he thought deserv ing of attention, and that 'related to the assessed taxes. There was one difference between hint anti tire Hon. _ _ Member. The Hon. Member said that the collector of the assessed taxes had made the assessment 2JOI more than it was stated in the list of Lieut. Drummond. He understood from the tax-office that the assessment !!ad been made by the surveyor of the taxes, and that his esti mate as to the town of Dartmouth was the same '.a that in the list. He also said that the future taxes would be the same as the taxes of the past year. There was, however, a question of fact at issue between "ellen), and that was a suf ficient reason for postponing itie question of Dartmouth till the assertions were reconciled and the fact clearly esta blished by further information.—(Hear hear.) Sir HENRY WILLOUGHI3Y explained. Mr. HOULDSWORTH denied that there had been any decrease in Dartmouth, except in relation to New foundland, and that was owing to a change in the policy of the Government. Dartmouth had still a great trade. The coasting trade bad not decreased, as had been stated, but it had increased. The Hon. Member entered into some statistical statement to show that Dartmouth was a thriv ing and a flourishing place. Captain BASTARD said a few words, which were in audible in the gallery. A short conversation ensued betwer_‘n Mr. COURTENAY, Mr. HouLnswoarn, and Lot.; ItniN RussELL, which the noise in the House prevented the persons in the gallery from catching. Mr. CROKER w,uld take that opportunity of repeat ing a statement which be had previously made in It thinner House, and which would show that Dartmouth did not deserve to be disfranchised so well , as Tavistock. In fact, according to that statement, Dartmouth, which was 67 in the list, ought to be placed higher than Tavistock, which was 84. He would take the four elements of re presentation which bad been assumed by the framers of the Bill—namely, population, 101. houses, and the amount of assessed taxes. Dartmouth then had 4,566 inhabitants, 411 101. houses, 634 houses, and paid I'6B/ in assessed taxes—making a total of 6,379. Now Tavi stock, which it should be remembered, was not next to Dartmouth in the list, contained 4336 inhabitants, and 269 101. houses. He begged leave to call attention particu larly to this circumstance, because it was the important element. The 10/. houses were the very element of the new Bill. In Dartmouth there were 411 10/. houses, and in Tavistock only 269. In Tavistock there were 624 houses, and it paid 11241. of assessed taxes, making a total of 6355.—( Loud cheers). Lord ALTHORP made a brief statement, in reply to the Right Hon. Gentleman, which was totally lost in the gallery, owing to the noise in the Mouse. Lord JOHN RUSSELL had heard some calculations of the same kind before, and they were certainly the most curious he had ever heard. The Right Hon. 'Gentleman added together the four elements of representation, but he added some of them twice. He took, first of all, the 101. houses, and then he took all the houses, including the 10/, houses, which he had previously added. To that he added the population and the assessed taxes, and that the result should excite the astonishment of the House was not ex traordinary. He saw that the Right Hon. Gentleman had taken his advice, and had studied Cocker, but he was afraid, with such perverse ingenuity, that the Right Hon. Gentleman bad not profited by his studies, or had not un terstood his teacher.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. CROKER said, that that was the second time that night, and the fortieth time since the Reform Bill had been before the House, that the Noble Lord had un dertaken to be his schoolmaster; but he had not profited much by his lessons, though he did not know whether that arose from incompetency in the teacher or dullness in the scholar.—(Hear, hear.) He would strike out the element of the houses, and confine himself to the three elements of the 10/. houses, the population, and the as sessed taxes, and then he would say, that the sum was greater at Dartmouth than at Tavistock. He was able to show that there were not less than six or seven towns which had been favoured in regard to Dartmouth. A conversation then ensued about sonic discrepancies in the returns, and about Totness and Appleby, in which Mr. Courtenay, Mr. Stanley, Lord Althorp, and Mr. Praed took part, but which the noise and confusion in the House rendered unintelligible in the gallery ; and then the question as to Dartmouth was postponed. St. lye's, Cornwall—after a few words from Mr. MAC.. KINNON-Rye, Sussex, and Clitheroe, Lancashire, were ordered to stand part of schedule B. On the question that Morpeth stand part of schedule 11, Mr. CROKER said, if Appleby had been treated like Morpeth, there would have been no reason to complain. To Morpeth two places had been added, by drawing two yellow lines, which places were said to be the property of William Ord, Esq. He wished that William Ord, jun. Eqs. had made similar additions'to Appleby.—(Hear.) Lord MILTON—It was not Wiliam Ord, jun. Esq. who was the Commissioner. Mr. CROKER—We wish he bad been, and then the work might have been done for Appleby al for Mot peth. Question agreed to. The next question was that Heston (Cornwall) be placed in schedule B. Mr. CROKER reminded the Committee that they were then sitting in a judicial character, not deciding a question of policy but of right. Ile was not going to enter into arguments as to the principle of Reform ; he was not going to enter into any arguments as to the mode of carrying that principle into effect ; he was going to ask them calmly to consider the cause of Helston, and decide whether lielston should or should not be disfranchised. The case lay within a very narrow compass, and he be lieved that he should not delay them five minutes in com ing to a decision. There were two elements of disfran chisement—houses and as ess,d taxes With regard to houses, he made no claim for Heston ; the return cor rectly stated the number. The Committee however, aware that, in some of the boroughs, a part of the amount of the assessed taxes was omitted-. Helston was one of those. The assessed taxes amounted to 411., and the ef- feet of adding the assessed taxes to the houses, would be to raise Helston from 84 to 86. He had understood front a communication he had had with the Noble Lord, that the Noble Lord admitted that fact. Lord JOHN RUSSELL—It would raise the borough one. Mr. CROKER--It was agreed that supplying the 411. of assessed taxes omitted must raise it, though that would nut take it out of schedule B. But there was another circumstance. The assessed taxes of Helston were stahtd short 75/. In the paper in the posses • sion of the Noble Lord, and which had been laid on the table, the sum was 57/. ; but this was a clerical error ; 571. having, by a change of the figures, been written for 73/. But taking 571. as the sum, which was the amount of the exemption allowed for yeomanry ca valry, he contended that that exemption for the horses of the yeomanry ought to be added to the assessed taxes. In estimating the taxes paid by any town, nothing was more unfair than to exclude the exemptions. Helston was, he believed, the only town where this exemption took place. This was the case for that borough—by including the amount of the exemption for the yeomanry horses in the return of the assessed taxes, Helston would be entitled to be removed from schedule B. In his opinio❑ it had a just claim to that removal. Lord J. RUSSELL said, if the suggestion of the Right Hon. Gentleman were adopted, it would introduce an en tirely new principle. It was impossible that the exemp tions should be included in the returns of the assessed taxes. If they included exemptions for yeomanry cavalry, they might include exemptions for farm homes, and for farm servants. With respect to the yeomanry exemp tion, he believed it was well known that many persons en tered the yeomanry i❑ order that they might keep horses without paying the taxes. Mr. C. W. WYNN said the yeomanry were a patrioti corps, and it was too bait t; wake that which gave th town of gelsteri a claim on public favour, a ground for inflicting oh it a permanent injury. Lord 3. RUSSELL had no intehtioh or iMptting blame to the yeomanry, and his flight Hon. Friend Might as well have said that he *isheil to ruin agriculture when he objected to the o'Nthiption for farm servants; Sir R. VITVYAN thought that in relation to otltef towns, had no right to keep two Members ; but ill relation to the elements of representation, as laid down by the Noble Lotus, it had. After a few words from Mr. WY 3% Mr. HUNT could not agree in the objections stated by the Right Hon. Gent!Wain (Mr. Wynn), for be saw no reason why ileiston should have an additional Member, because it had a yeomanry corps. He knew it to be a fact that many of the members oldie - iebiitailry corps were in the habit of enrolling thettselves, Merely for the pur pose of saving the bot;e tax ; and that, on rekiew days, they were it the habit of sending the horses out with butchers' boys OA apprentics on their backs to do the duty.—(Cries No," and laughter.) It was a fact. and he knew it.—(Laughter.) Mr. ARTHUR TREVOR bad I - Ye honour to be a member of a yeomanry raps . ; and he, on their part, re pelled the insintiftioits of the Hon. Member for Preston, with an indignation which could be only exceeded b.y his eentetnpt.—(Laughter.) The members of the rentoatiry corps were taken from a class of men to Whom the payment of the horse tax was a matter of very little consequence. Aft2r a few words from Mr. PIGOTT, which did not reach the gallery, Mt HUNT said, the Horn Member for Durham (Mr. Trevor) boasted that lee belorged to the yeomanry; but really if he (Hunt) had not heard it from the Hon. Member's own !flout!), he could not believe it.— (Laughter and cheers.) He was sure ) hotvever, that the Hon. Member must be an ollicer; for if he had been e, private, he could net have got out of the awkvv:trti squad. —(Continued laughter.) He knew nothing of the yeo tnanry or of the Hon. Akentber, but this he would say, that if the Hob Member was a sample of the yeomanry, he hoped the Lord would keep him out of their way. -.. Mr. TREVOR would only put it to the good taste and feeling of the Committee whether the course pursued by the Member for Preston was not quite unparliamentary. After a few words from Mr. Piut ED, recalling tho Com , mittee to the question really at issue, Mr. CROKlift said that the Noble Lord, when re plying to the objections of the Hon. Baronet (Sir H. Willoughby), with resrect to Dartmouth, had declared he would not Irok to the amount of taxation paid, but to the amownt of the books of assessment.—(Hear, hear.) Its the case of Helston, however, the Noble Lord, still adopting the principle of taxation, took a different course, for be declared now that he would not at Helston look to the assessment, but to the amount actually paid.—(Cheers.) if the Government intended to deprive the borough of nekton of its rights by a proceeding of this kind, they should have given the members of the yeomanry corps fair notice, and he was confident that under such circum stances they would at once have dissolved themselves rather than by continuing their services lose the privilege to which they were entitled. Sir H. ST, PAUL having made a few observa.ions from beneath the gallery amid loud calls of " `Question !" Lord JOHN RUSSELL denied that he had intended to cast the slightest imputation on the yeomanry, for no man held their services higher than he did. The question at issue was distinct from that of their service. It was, whether the exemptions from taxation were to be included, and he was by no means certain, if there was no yeomanry corps at Helston, that the same number of horses would be kept.—(Hear.) • Lord VALLETORT said, that the yeomanry of Hols ton were the corps to which the whole of an important district owed the protection of its property during the in cendiary riots of last summer ; and could it be possible that a British House of Commons would now turn round on those who had enrolled themselves for such a laudable purpose, and say, because you have done so, we will de prive you of your franchise?—(Hear.) After an observation from Sir JOHN BR V DOES, Mr. CROKER was not, certainly, prepared with cal culations to show the effect which would be produced on the taxation of Helsten by adding the duty payable on yeo manry horses ; and he would, therefore, move that the further consideration of that borough be postponed. Lord ALTHORP contended that the question for the Committee to decide was simply this : if they were pre pared to allow the exemptions on the score of horse duty, as part of the taxation of Helston, there was a reason for postponement. If they were not prepared to allow it, then they could decide at once. He was not disposed to say it would be safe to admit the principle contended for by the Right Hon. Gentleman, and therefore he must press the question to a division. Mr. C. WYNN said that the horse duty of the yeo many was not extinguished, it was merely postponed ; and if the corps were to dissolve themselves, they would in stantly become liable.—(Hear.) The Committee (after a delay of three quarters of an hour, during which they debated with closed doors), di vided— Ayes 256 Noes Majority The House then resumed, and the CHAIRMAN obtained leave to sit agsin on Tuesday next. Mr. BERNAL brought up the report of the Committee of Supply on the Ordnance Estimates. The report was read, and the resolutions agreed to. Mr. GOULBURN asked the Noble Lord opposite whether it was the intention of the Government to bring in a Bill for the consolidation of the laws relating to the assessed taxes, and for continuing the law for the composi tion of assessed taxes? Lord ALTHORP should bring in a Bill for both pur poses. On the motion of Lord ALTHORP, it was ordered that the House, at its rising, should adjourn to Monday next. Lord NUGENT moved that the Speaker do issue his warrant for the election of a capital burgess for Great Marlow, in the room of Owen Williams, Esq. deceased. Mr. R. TREVOR gave notice that he should move that the county Members of England and Wales be added to the Committee now sitting on the divisions of counties. The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at a Quarter to One o'clock. It is disagreeable to observe the position in which Lord PLUNKETT appears to have been placed, or to have placed himself, before the House of Common•, with regard to the Secretaryship to the Master of the Rolls. If his Lordship assented to the introduction of a legislative measure, for the sake of enabling Sir 'WILLIAM 11I'MArtots to try his legal right, then, undoubtedly, in point of high feeling, he ought not to have qualified that assent, by sti pulating to save the pocket of an individual whom lie had himself appointed from the results, whatever they might be•, of a decision upon the luestion of right. The MASTER of the ROLLS must estahlish the right, or have it given against him. In the latter c ,se, the Loan CHANCELLOR ' S nominee would have nothing to fear, and he had no need of any prelirninaty protection : in time former case,—namely, that of the question being determined against the CHAN CELLOR,-he ought not to make any condition which would deprive the MASTER of the forts of his present right, and transfer it pro hoc vire, and in defiance of law, to himself. The taste of the House of Commons, on this occasion, evidently revolted against the Irish CHANCELLOR. We repeat it is a disagreeable business.—. Times. " The Adventures of a Younger Son," about which so much curiosity has been excited, are said to con sist in a great measure of a narration of remarkable events in the Indian seas, in which an English gentleman of family was deeply concerned. The publication of this book is expected to be a valuable addition to our national tales of the sea. The absence of Lord ALTH-CRP and Lord JOAN RUSSELL from the dinner given by the LORD MAYOR, on Saturday last, originated in recent delicate health, and the consequent necessity -of being abstemious in respect to the pleasures of the table. instructions have been received at this Cus tom. house that all vessels, the crews of which are in good health, are to be immediately released from quarantine.— Plymouth Journal. • • ST. ANDREW'S, HOLBORN.--Yesterday a meeting of pirishioners took place upon the subject of a Board of Health. It was proposed to raise a sum of money on the poor rates, but this proposition was rejected. In the course of a desultory discussion which took place it was observed by several of the speakers that the late alarm of cholera originated with a certain portion of the public Press. _ The late Viscount DowNE, whose dissolution at his seat, Colwick-hall, in Yorkshire, we announced yesterday. was a Nobleman of most retired habits, gene rally residing upon his highly.cultivated estates in the North. His Lordship was Colonel-Commandant of the 2d West York Militia, and by his marriage, in 1815, with Louisa MARIA, daughter of the late GEORGE WEL• STEAD, Esq., he has left no successor to the title, and the family .honours therefore devolve on his next brother, the lion, and Rev. WILLIAM HENRY DAWNAY. Lord ' Dow:ix sat in the House of Lords as Baron DAWNAV, in tl.e Peerage of Great Britain, and judging by his vote in favour of the second reading of the Reform Bill, he was a Nobleman of liberal politics. THE REFORM BILL. The Committee got through all .the toro,Ughi .in Schedule 0., except Dartmouth, which was postponed. And e..eie was only one division, whether the borough of Ilelston should remain in the Schedule, which was carried by :236 to 179. The following list of the Majority : Price, Sir R.—Herefordshire Rainsbottom, J.—Windsnr, Kanasden, Rickfor , l, W.—Aylesbury itider, T.—Kent Ridley, Sir M. W,—Newcastle. ENGLAND. Althorp, Vis.-Northamptonsh Anson, Hon G.-GLYarmouth Astley, Sir J. D.-.-Wiltshire Atherler„ A.-SoqtYlaitpton 19P‘.inl , rldg - :,, T. E.-Taunton baring, Sir T. 8.-Chipping. Wycomb Baring, F. T.-Portsmouth Barnett, C. J.-Maidstone llaynturi, iorx, frelltinek, , Ld. G.-King's Lynn Blildulph, R. M.-Denbigh Blake; Sir F.-BerWiek Blamire. W.... Cumberland Bl'ount, E.-Steyning Blunt, Sir 11. C.-Lewes Bouverie, D. P.-New Sarum Brougham, J,-WiAcbilseft Brougham, . 7 . -Southwark 1,10IT:eleV :Sir R. W.-Beaumaris Buller, J. W.-Exeter Bulwer, E. L.-St. Ives Burton, Henry-Beverley Byng, Sir John-Poole livng, Calcraft .G ~H. Wareham . talky, T.-Cricklade Calrrt, N.-Hertfordshire Carter, J. B.Portsmouth Cavendish, 1.. d. G.-Derlashire Cavendish, H. F. 17.,._rY,1,-„y Chaytt , ll fl'ir W. IL-Durham Chichester, J. P. 8.-Barnstaple Cockerell,Sir C.-Evesham Celborne, N. W. R.-Horsham Crampton,P. C.-31 ilbournePC rt Creevey, T.--Downton conlille ' (Ailey-Chester DaVies, Colonel-Worcester Denison, W..L-Surrey Denman, Sir T.-Nottingham Dkuicombe, T. S.-Hertford Dundas, Sir R. L.-Richmond Dundas, J. C.-Richmond Dundas, T.-York F,asthope, J..-Banbury Ebrington, Vise,-Devonshire Ellice, E.-Coventry Ellis, W.-Leicester EVans, W.-Leicester Evans, W. 8.-Leominster Ewart, W.-Liverpool Fazakerley, J. N.-Teterboro' Fellowts, H. A. W.-Andover Fergusson, Sir R.-Nottingham Foley, T. H.-Worcestershire Folkes, Sir W.-Norfolk Fordwich, Lord-Canterbury Fox, Lieut.-Col.-Caine Gisborne, T.-Stafford Graham, Sir J. It. G.-Cumberl. Grant, Rt. Hon. R.-Norwich Greene, T. 0.-Lancaster Grosvenor, Lord R.-Chester Handley, W. F.-Newark Hawkins, J. H.-Tavistock Heathcote, 0. J.-Boston Heneage, G. F.-Lincoln Heron, Sir IL-Peterborough Heywood, 8.-Lancashire Hodges, T. L.-Kent Hodgson, J.-Newcastle-on -Ty. Horne, Sir W.-Newtown Hoskins, K.-Herefordshire Howard, W.-Morpeth Howard, P. H.-Carlisle Howick, lA.-Northumberland Hudson, T.-Evesham Hume, Joseph-Middlesex Hunt, Henry-Preston James, W.-Carlisle Jerningham, It. V.-Pontefract Johnstone, Sir J.V.-Yorkshire Jones, J.-Carmarthen Kemp, 'l'. R.-Lewes King, E. 8.-Warwick Knight, H. G.-Malton Knight, R.-Wallingferd Labouchere, H.-Taunton Langston, J. H.-Oxford Lawley, F.-Visltrwiekshire Lee, J. L.-Wells - Lefevre, C. S.-Hampshire Leigh, T. C.-Wallingford Lemon, Sir C.-Cornwall Lennard, T. 8.-Maldon Lennox, Lord W.-King'sLynn ',ester, B. L.-Poole Littleton, E. J.-Staffordshire Lumley, J. S.-Nottinghamsh. Lushington Dr.-Ilchester Maberly, W. L. -Shaftesbury Macdonald, Sir J.-Hampshire Mangles, J.-Guildford Marjoribanks, S.-Hythe Marshall, W.-Beverley Mayhew, \V.-Colchester Milbank, M.-Camelford Mills, J.-Rochester Milton, Vi s c.-Northamptonsh. Morpeth, Viscount-Yorkshire. Morison, J.- Ipswich Mostyn, K M. L.-Flintshire Noel, Sir G.-Rutlandshire Nowell, A.-Westmoreland Nugent, Lord-Aylesbury Ord, W.—Morpeth Owen, Sir J. 8.-Pembrokesh. Paget, Sir C.-Caernarvon Paget, T.-Leicestershire Palmer, C. F.-Reading Palmerston, Vis.-Bletchinglei Pelham, C. A.-Lincolnshire Pendarves, E. W.-Cornwall Penleaze, J. S.--Southampton Penrhyn, F,.-Shaftesbury Petit, L. H.-Ripon Petre, E.-Ilehester Phillips„Sir It. 8.-Haverfordw. Phillips, C. M.-Leicestershire Philips, G. R.-Steyning Ponsonby, Hon. J.-Higham Ferrers Poyntz, W. S.-Ashburton u poi i-Ty n e Robarts, A. W,—Maidstone Robln9oo, Sir G.— ~orthaii~pttin ftOblntOn, ll.—Wbrcester. hooper, J B.—Huntiogdolishire Rumbold; C. E.—G. Yarinotith Russell, Lord -T.—Devonshire Lieut.-Col.—Tav istock Russell, C.—lieadttlg Russell; NV.—Durliam County Sanford, E. A.—Sonainsetsbit , _ , "1. Scott, Sir E. D.—Lichfield Sebright, Sir J.—Hertfordshire Skipwith, Sir G.—Warwicksh. Smith, Hon. R.—Wycombe Smith, G. R.—Midhurst Smith, J. A... - .Chlchetter Smith; V.LLNei-thaniptoh Spbieer, Hon. E.—Worcestersh. Stanhope, It. H.—Dover Stanley, Right Hon. E. G. b.-- Windsor Stanley, E. j,—HindonWestbury Stephenson, IL E.— ' Stewart, P. M.—Lancaster Strickland, G.—Yorkshire Strutt, E.—Derby Stuart, Lord D. C.—Arundel Stuart, Lord P. J.—Cardiff Talbot, C. W—Glamorganshire Thi c knesse,B„.—Wigan Th Unison, It t. Hon. C. h.—Dover Thenit,sOh, P. B.—Wenlock Thompson, Alderman—Lonn o n Throckmorton, IL—Berkshire Tomes, J.—Warwick Torrens, IL—Ashburton Townley, It. G.—Cambridgesh Tracy, Charles —Tewkesbury Troubridge, Sir E.T.—Sandwich Tynte, C. K. K.—Bridgewater Tyrrell, Charles--Sutiblk Venables, A Id.—London "%rare, J. H.—Newport, I. of W. Vernon, G. J.—Derbyshire Vernon, G. H.—East Retlbrd Villiers, T. H.—Bletchingly Vincent, Sir F.—St Alban's ' Waithman, Ald.—London Walrond, 13.—Saltash Warburton, H.—Bridport Warre, J. A.—Hastings Waterpark, Lord—Knaresbro' Watson, Hon. B.—Canterbury. Webb, E.—Gloucester Wellesley, W. T. L.—Essex NVestern, C. C.—Essex Weyland, Major R.—Oxfordsh. Whitmore, W.—Bridgenorth Williams, Sir J. IL—Carmarth. Williams, J.—Winchilsea Williams, W.—Monmouthshire Williamson, Sir H —Durham Wood, C.—Wareham Wood, J.—Ps eston Wood, Alderman—London Wrightson, W. B.—Hull SCOTLAND. Adam, C.—Kinross, &c. Dixon, J.—Glasgow, &c. Fergusson, R. C.—Kircudbright Gillon, W. D.—Selkirk, &c. Grant, Itt. Hon. C.—lnverness- shire Haliburton, Hon.—Forfarshire. Jeffrey, Rt. Hon. F.—Perth, &c. Johnston, J.—llunfermlin, &c. Loch, 1-I'ain, &c. Mackenzie, J. A. S.—Ross-shire M'Leod, R.—Sutherlandshire Ross, H.—Aberdeen, &c. ECnclair, G., jun.—Caithness-AL Stewart, Sir M. S.—Renfrewsk. IRELAND. Acheson, Lord—Co. of Armagh Belfast, Earl of—Co. of Antrim Bellew, Sir l'.—Louth County Blackney, W.—Co. of Carlow Bodkin, J. J.—Galway Boyle, Hon. J.—Cork, City of Browne, J.—Co. of Mayo Browne, I).—Co. of Mayo Burke, Sir J.—Galway Co. Callaghan,.D.—Cork, City of Carew, R. S.—Wexford Chapman, M.—Westmeath Co. French, A.—Roscommon - Co. Grattan, J.—Co. of Wicklow Hill, Lord G. A.—Carrickfergus Ilort, Sir J. W.—Co. of Kildare Howard, R.—Co. of Wicklow Jephson, C. D. o.—Mallow Killeen, Lord—Co. of Meath King, R.—County of Cork Lamb, G.—Dungarvon Lambert, H.—Wexford Co. Lambert, J. S.—Galway Leader, N. P. —Kilkenny Macnamara, W. N.—Clare Co. Mullins, F. W.—Co. of Kerry Musgrave, Sir R.—Waterford Co. O'Connell, M. D.—Co. of Clare O'Connor Don—Roscom. Co. O'Ferrall, R. M.—Co. of Kildare Fonsonby, G.—Youghall Power, R.—Waterford County Rice, Rt. Hon. T. S.—Limerick Ruthven, E. S.--Downpatrick Sheil, R. L.—Co. of Louth Walker, C. A.—Wexford Wallace, T.—Drogheda White, S.—Co. of Leitrim White, H —Co. of Dublin TELLER. Duncannon,Vis.—Kilkenny Co. The following Members voted against Ministers last night, on a suggestion of Sir C. Burrell and Mr. Briscoe, the Member for Surrey, that the omission of the tax on the Yeomanry Cavalry in the amount of assessed taxes adopted in the calculation of the Commissioners for the borough of Helston was an imputation upon the yeomanry of England : Agnew, Sir A.—Wigtonshire Hughes, W. IL—Oxford Adeane, H. J.—Cambridgesh. Johnstone, J. J. H.—Dumfries- Bouverie, P. P.—llownton shire Briscoe, J. I.—Surrey Langton, W. G.—Somcrsetshire Burrell, Sir C.—Shoreham Townshend, Ld. C._Tamworth Copeland, Alderman—Coleraine Willoughby, Sir H.—Yarmouth, Grosvenor, Earl—Cheshire, Isle of Wight - - PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS. NEWSPAPERS AND FOREIGN BOOKS. A RETU RN of the Number of NEWSPAPERS, and STA Al PED PUBLI C A TI N S transmitted through the General Post-office to various places in the United Kingdom during the year 1830, so far as the same can be made out. 1'1,962,000. The Account can only be furnished as regards Newspapers sent from London. A RETURN of the Number of NEWSPAPERS and other STAMPED PUBLICATIONS transmitted through the Ge neial Post-office to the British Colonies during the Year 1830, so far as the same can be made out. • 185,448. A RETURN of the different NEWSPAPERS received from the British Colonies and transmitted to any parts of the United King dom during the Year 1830, so far as the same can be made out. 12,420. A RETURN of the Number of ENGLISH NEWSPAPERS and STAMPED PUBLICATIONS transmitted through the General Post-office to Foreign Parts during the Year 1830; dis tinguishing the Numbers of the several descriptions of News papers or other Publications transmitted, whether daily or Weekly Papers, or otherwise. Daily, IThree Days a Week. 'Twice a Week iWeckly. vo,-no 17,628 I 208 I 185 The Newspapers to Mexico and Colombia amounted to 6,004, but cannot be distinguished. An ACCOUNT of any and all Charges made for the transmis. sion of NEWSPAPERS or STAMPED PUBLICATIONS through the General Post-office, or any Department thereof, to and from any Parts of the United Kingdom, the British Colo nies, and other Parts beyond the Seas; and of Total Amount of Moneyi derived from each of these Charges during the Year 18.;0; specifying -Ist. The Charges made by the Post-office and received as Revenue. The authorised Charges made by any Officers, whether Clerks of the Roads in the General Post-office, in their capacity of News-agents on their respective Roads, or Officers in the Foreign Post-office. RI. The Date and the Description of the Authority, if any, under which such Charges have been made. 4th. The Total Amounts of the Revenue or EmoluMents derived therefrom. CHARGES MADE BY THE POST-OFFICE AND RECEIVED AS REVENUE. One Penny Halfpenny for each Newspaper published in Great Britain, and forwarded to the British Colonibs by Packet. yl the BV ClerksC ERK of t r h T e 1 1 4: a o d a g o l.e upon the Threepence for each Newspaper printed in the British Colo. flies brought into Great Britain by Packet. The Charges cH m "'G a E d S e same principle which has been acted upon by the Newsvenders since the Trade has been thrown open to them, and in no case exceeds the printed price of the Newspaper. CHARGES MADE BY OFFICERS IN THE FOREIGN POST-OFFICE. English Papers to Foreign Parts (including the Cost of the Paper). Daily IThree Daysrwo Days Paper. a Week. a Week. I Weekly. Per Ann. s. d. 8 0 0 Per Ann.. Per Ann. s. d. £ S. S. 6 8 0 13 14 to 5 7 Per Ann. To Brazil, Buenos s. d. Ayres & Madeira 14 19 01 To Germany, the North of Europe, and Lisbon l3 19 0 To France, Hol land, Rc Handers 13 5 0 FOREIGN PAPERS R. ,Moniteur, per annum Minor French Papers, ditto Minor French Papers published es Day, ditto 4 4 0 Newspapers from other Countries than France, from Four Guineas to Eight Guineas per annum, according to the Cost of the Paper. DATE AND DESCRIPTION OF AUTHORITY FOR CIRCULATION OF NEWS PAPERS BY OFFICERS OF THE POST-OFFICE. Acts of Parliament 4 Geo. 111., c. 24, and 42 Geo. 111., c. 63. TOTAL AMOUNT OF REVENUE OR EMOLUMENTS DERIVED THEREFROM, Reventie . ......... . ........... . ..... : . ......... £1,937 3 9 EMOLUMENTS. Clerks of Roads (183.... £4,030 0 0 Clerks in Foreign Office (16) ............... 2,749 4 6 F. I : REELING, Secretary. General Post-office, Feb. 10,1&32. 7 10 0 6 0 0 1 3 14 to 5 7 I 618 0 .ECEIVED IN 1 5 12 0 13 14 to 5 7 Tills COUNTRY. £lO 1 0 6 18 0 ,•ery Fifth AN ACCOUNT of the Amount of DUTY paid Yearly upon the FOREIGN 800 KS imported info the United Kingdom during each of the last Ten Years. Year 1821 ............. £12,997 8 9 Year 1826 1:10,755 3 8 1827 ......... 11,13n 2 5 18.3............ 15, 139 I S 113` ~ , ,1 . 1 1 88 1 , 89 ; : : : ii l 'il , I1:77 1 3 n ::.02 : 330 p '575 ec 11 t 877 0 r i - 63 : ene r 1 P 3°F*2‘ o i f Impo r t s a 1 1 :846°05 I,l6PectOr-General's-office, Custom Hot, e, London, Dec, 21, 18,31. .- LITERAT&E. - *t4% TO tilt OF A GERMAN PRINCE. FOUR VOLUMES. LONDON, 1832. Having been furnished. with an early copy of Prince Puckler Muskati's concludin volumes of travels, we take the opportunity of offering a few cursory observations on them. They are penned in the same free, reckless, off-hand spirit as the two former ones, and exhibit the same iniXtiire of acute observation anti droll carita ture. In one respect, however, they are mate rially different from their predecessors, inas Much as they deal less in exuberant scenic de scriptions, and more in sketches (for they are seldom any thing else) of men and mariners. The Prince is nti blind ) obtuse traveller lie Is, what his portrait in the frontispiece betokens him to be, a shrewd, caustic observer, fond of novelty and enterprise ) and sufficiently a man of the world to make himself at home in whatever country, or among whatever class of people - he may chance to find himself. In his politics he Is a Liberal on a broad scale ; though every now and then we detect an aristocratic bias, which almost induces us to suspect that in ad vocating liberal principles, Prince Puckler Mus kau is consulting rather fashion than inclination. Another of his hobbies is the profession of a perfect freedom from all the frivolities of cant and 'dandyism : he perpetually apes the philosopher ; yet has chosen to have his portrait taken in full military uniform, emblazoned with a gorgeous profusion of stars, medals, ribbons, epaulets, &c. distinctions which he would fain have us believe he looks down on as being. beneath the notice of a philosopher ! As a touch of character this is very amusing. One of the chief faults we find with these volumes, is the repeated sneers that the author indulges in against our English habits and society. No doubt many of our peculiarities (arising for the most part from our secluded and insular po sition) must appear deserving of ridicule in the eyes of a foreigner, still we may safely assert, that there are more serviceable hints to be de rived by foreigners from Englishmen, than Eng lishmen are ever likely to derive from foreigners. We do not, however, lay any very great stress on the Prince's prejudices in this respect, for though an active and sagacious traveller, he is evidently one of those whose lively fancy is apt to get the better of their discretion. His mind is ever on the wing, hopping from subject to subject, like a swallow from spray to spray, without ever dreaming of, or even seeming to require, halt or rest. The consequence of this excursive, desultory habit, is a want of sobriety of thought, and strict attention to facts, without which no professed volumes of travels, however amusing they may be, can possess a permanent, settled interest with the public. With cooler habits of reflection, with less haste, and less zealous adherence to first impressions, the author would have made a more valuable, though per haps a less entertaining, work. However, even as it is, we are well off; having been much gratified by the perusal of volumes, which would deserve approbation, were it only for the masterly analytical spirit in which they pourtray the park scenery of England. We subjoin an extract re lative to the well-known Lady Hester Stanhope : " In the evening, after wandering to four or five places in search of something interesting, I at last fixed myself at Lady —'s, where I was riveted by the conversation of a Captain --, a half-German who is just returned from the East, and gave a very interesting account of his travels. Among other things he told me the following strange anecdotes of Lady !hater Stanhope, a niece of Pitt's, who left England many years ago, turned Arab, and has established herself in Syria. " She is now honoured by the Arabs as a prophet, lives with all the state of a native Princess, and seldom allows Europeans to see her. " After a great deal of trouble Captain gained ac cess to her. The first thing she required was his promise that he would not write anything about her. This vow being made (luckily I am bound by none such), she was cheerful and conversable, and talked with equal ease and cleverness. She made it no secret that she had renounced the Christian faith, and at the same that she still looked for the appearing of the true Son of God, before whom she was appointed to prepare the way. Hereupon she shewed the Captain a noble Arab mare, which had a curious bony excrescence on the back, exactly in the form of a saddle. This horse,' said she,—with a look of which Captain declared he was still in doubt whether to a'crihe to madness or to a desire to hoax him,—' This horse God has saddled for his own Son, and woe to the man who shall dare to mount it ! Under my protection it awaits its true master.' " She afterwards assured him, en passant,' that Adam was still living, and that she knew perfectly the place of his concealment, but would not reveal it. " The lady of the house listened to his narration, and assured him that Lady Hester had been only quizzing him; for that she had known her well, and that never had woman a clearer, more determined, and at the same time more astute mind. For a person of such a character, she has made a good exchange in renouncing Western for Eastern life. She rules; she is free as bird in air; while in the centre of civilization she would never have been able to subtract herself from the slavery which must ever re main, mote or less, the dark side of civilized life." HINTON'S HISTORY AND TOPOGRA PHYOF THE UNITED STATES OF NORTH AMERICA. PLATES'. PARTS 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31. LONDON. 1832. If there is one country in the world. that should above all others more especially awaken the curiosity, stimulate the enquiry, and interest the sympathies of Englishmen, that country — from its original and present and peculiar re lationship with Great Britain—its manners, its language, its literature, its laws, and its probable future destinies—that country is the United • States of North America ; and yet, unaccount able and incredible as it may seem, almost every thing relating to that wonderful country and its enterprising people, is received by the majority of English readers in every class of life with in difference at least, if not with absolute apathy. The paltry intrigues and movements of the most petty Courts of Europe are daily translated for the columns of our newspapers, while the gigantic undertakings and the increasing grandeur of a mighty nation, bound to us by every tie of similarity and relationship, are scarcely deemed worthy of remark. Indeed, the comparative igno rance of otherwise well-informed people in this country, with . regard to th e U n i te d S tates, i s b e yond belief ; and we have often times been highly a mused, as well as as t on i s h e d, at o b serva • tions and questions on the subject, which would have made the authors themselves blush did they refer to any European State. These remarks were suggested on glancing over the new numbers of the work of Mrs. Hinton, which h a v e just issued fivm the press ; ' S., '4: • 44.4„:\ ,16., MR. LEIGH HUNT. A lisiblication 'which, from the condensed and Valnahle history Of the politics and social cha racter of the people, and the topographical de scriptions of the country, with spirited and ele gant illUstrationS of the roost remarkable scenery, cities, pLiblie atid local iniproVeinents, we can confidently recommend as highly calcu lated to supply that general want of information on the subject which we have lamented. By the ‘vay, we would particularly call the attention of our Metnbers of Parliament to an admirable sketch of the interior of the House of itepresentatiVes At Washington, in the 28th Number, from which some useful hints might be taken for the proposed alterations its St. Stephen's, Those of our readers who have seen with astonishment the inconvenient place allotted to reporters in the gallery of the Ilouse of Commons, will no doubt be gratified on learning that the reporters of the American Lower House have desks on each side of the Speaker's chair—as may be seen on reference to the plate—and that, with the exception of voting, speaking, and franking, they are allowed all the privileges of Members. We just have seen a proposal to publish by subscription, in one handsome octavo volume, price a guinea, the poetical works of Mr. Leigh Hunt, to which we Reed not say we give our hearty approbation. Mr. Hunt is a man of talent—of great undoubted talent, remarkable for sprightly fancy, quick, social feeling, and, in his poetic character, for a disposition always to look on the sunny, in preference to the shaded, side of things, and help out the great cause of humanity, with all the zeal and ability of which he is master. We have little doubt therefore that a selection from his numerous detached poems, made under his own auspices, and at a period of life when his judgment must be ma tured, to the benefit, not the detriment of his imagination, will be eagerly received by the public, who will be still more inclined to en courage the speculation, when they learn that by so doing they will be enriching their own libra ries, and c ontributing to the support of a de serving but unfortunate man of genius, whose heart has always rectified the errors of his head, and who now finds himself, " in the sere and yellow leaf" of life, a prey to ill-health and anxiety, with a numerous family solely depending on his literary exertions for support. In making this, we fear but too correct, statement, we have no desire to appeal to the mere charity of the community ; far from it, we put the case on higher ground ; Mr. Leigh Hunt is a gentleman, who for a series of years has contributed as much to public gratification and instruction as any writer now in existence, and those who feel inclined to befriend him in this, his hour of need—and to how few of us does not that warning hour at one time or other come !—will be less honouring him than them selves, less evidencing their charity than their gratitude. The Editor of the Examiner, at a period when that Journal was fighting almost single-handed the battle of Reform, against the united phalanxes of the boroughmongers, has surely some claim on the just consideration of his countrymen ! They are now about to reap the fruits of that seed which he contributed to sow, and water, and bring to healthful maturity, and should not suffer this fact to escape their recollections at the merry-making of the harvest home. If the Reformers of the present day deserve praise, those of the past deserve a ten fold meed of approbation, for theirs was the dif ficulty and the danger, ours the safety and the triumph. We have King and Government and people with us ; they had King and Govern ment against them, and people indifferent. Mr. Leigh liunt was always an undaunted Re former; he avowed his principles at a season when they were unfashionable at Court, and mis understood by the country ; and is now entitled to a full measure of justice for such consistency, and we may add, disinterestedness. That his proposed volume, independently of other consi derations, will bear republishing from its own intrinsic merits, we have not a shadow of doubt. Many of his poems are eminently beautiful, such as Rimini, for instance, which needs only a little pruning to render it a general favourite ; while his Feast of the Poets is as graceful and sprightly a nzorccazt of wit and invention as any of which modern times can boast. With all our heart and soul we wish Mr. Hunt success in his new speculation. He isZa man of worth and ability ; and these, as times go, are rarities not to be lightly dealt with. Had he chosen to turn his coat, and wear the livery of a toad•eater or a Court sycophant, he might long ere this have sported his carriage, and established him self as a wit with the Whig party ; but he pre ferred to trudge on foot in a homely garb, and preserve his integrity,' even though he lost the sunshine of Court favour. We subjoin his book seller's prospectus. Though the publication of books by subscription is no longer the mode, as it was in the days of Pope and Dryden, when those eminent men resorted to it, and when Prior, r v a i v l e e g es, now a n a d n dc converted who had been art Ambassador, did not scruple to let it be turned to his account by his friends,—and though there is, as in other instances, delicacy v e e n r t e e c d c u w r h r a e:l, w P a when s i isn penmanship,— yet are many reasons why the revival of the custom is not has vindicated the d de sirable, especially in these days of universal en nan , l y i e e t ate c o ca ; i i 'i ts n' p most objection ablede- licate in ordinary to a means of chewing its sense of claims out of the common path. The uninterrupted literary labour of many years, with the exhaustion it is calculated to produce,—exertion, still continu, d, in a state of health always too much drawn upon, and sometimes threatening to be fatal,—domestic difficulties with which every man of spirit and feeling may sympathize, and the common cause of the world of let ters, (for it is the particular wish, both of those who differ, and of those who agree with them, that all other consi derations connected with his literary efforts, should be left out of the question),—all these reasons, and all which they can imply to delicate understandings, hare induced some of the friends of Mr. Leigh Hunt, to take upon them on e of the justest of offices, and endeavour to ex pedite for him what it might take many more anxious months, and many another illness, to accomplish. In a word, they would put him in advance of his difficulties. It is proposed, for this purpose, that the Poetical Works of Leigh Ilunt, now first brought together, and selected by himself (with corrections and emenda tions, the result of his experience), and accompanied by notes, and a new genet al preface, should be printed in one very handsome volume, octavo, prism a guinea, and pub- • • 31 1 16 N;," 4 fished 6y Outlectiption. A selection from his Prone Writings would have accompanied them, but these are in the hands of a bookseller, who will not give up the copy.: right, and who is about to bring them forth. in this edition will be printed a New Poem "by the • Author, in Two Cantos, the first of any length he has written for many years. The names of those who, friendly to letters, are dis posed to a•iiist the present undertaking, Will be received by Mr. Edward Moiteti l l 44, New Bond -street; Mr. Marled Tilt, 86, Fleet-street ; and Mt; Effingham Wilson, Royal Exchange. Several of the friends of literature, havit:g Ibtien made acquainted with the passing difficulties under which it Histi of genius is unhappily sinking, are anxious to unite in one common purpme of justice and benevolence towards him, tbitt they may testify their respect for intellectual exertion, and rescue the cause of letters from an unworthy re proach. 'they approve of the annexed plan, proposed with a view to a general buliscription. They invite every friend of genius in the community to join with them in promoting its success ; so as to secure, by their united ex ertions, a solid testimony to Mr. Leigh Hunt, of their de , 3ite to .ee a man of letters, of his standing and reputation, net only rescued from the immediate danger of necessity, hut put in possession of such a security of means, as would no longer leave him to the chance of repeated ill ness, and ail the anxieties they produce, in a man of sen sibility arid a father. Dover James Hogg F. Leveson Gower Thomas Hood Vassall Holland J: D. Israeli Mulgrave Joseph Jekyll John Russell William Jordan John Edward Swinburne James Sheridan Knowles Edward Lytton Bulwer Charles Lamb John H. Hawins Walter Savage Landor Thomas Babington Macaulay Henry Luttrell Richard L. Shell Frederick Morryatt Thomas Barnes Thomas Pringle John Bowring Bryan Waller Proctor Thomas Campbell Leitch Ritchie Samuel Taylor Coleridge Samuel itogers Walter Coulson Thomas Ittlecoe Allan Cunningham Horatio Smith Charles Wentworth Dilke Robert Southey Wiliam Godwin Sharon Turner Joseph Hine William Wordsworth. BRISTOL, FEB. 23. (raom OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) This being the day to which the Sessions stood ad- journed, for the purpose of deciding upon a county rate,. a measure of no light importance in the estimation of the citizens, their worships assembled in the Guildhall this morning at ten o'clock. The bench presented a good array of the well-fed unpaid, the whole of the Magistrates being present. Their worships remained in consultation for about two hours, when they entered the Court, and without venturing to make any allusion to the important subject which it may be said call them together, the town clerk adjourned the sessions once more, till the 14th of March next. One or two trifling matters of local inte rest were disposed of, and thus ended the important la bours of the day. It was generally understood yesterday evening that the Corporation would not venture, under the peculiar circum stances of a proceeding having been determined on by Government, to go on with their contemplated impost of a county rate—a thing which has never been hitherto at tempted in this city, and which it was supposed they would not endeavour to levy till some measure had been nought forward in Parliament authorising it. It is evident that in the present instance the Magistrates hare found it necessary to consult public feeling, and as this is rather a novel and unusual feature in corpot ate proceedings, it has unquestionably been a thing with their Worships of much doubt and difficulty. It is, however, a subject of con gratulation with the citizens that the measure has not been proceeded with, and they view it in the present instance as strong presumptive proof that the termination of the Bristol Corporation rapidly approaches. It is understood that several of the Magistracy are threatening to leave the city, and some days ago it was earnestly rumoured that the Mayor contemplated emigrating to America. I believe this gentleman, who has been long considered a Whig, and who presided at a dinner given on the celebration here of the three days in Paris, would have been better pleased had he kept himself unconnected with the Corporation. The wonder is that any man of sense, and particularly of reforming principles, should ever have had anything to do with such a contemptible body. We have occasionally rumours of the decision of the Court-martial on Captain Warrington,—some favourable, and others the reverse; but as yet nothing has been offi cially communicated. The people wonder at the delay. Much agitation prevails here on the subject of the West Indian outrages, and the Gazette account, in your second edition of yesterday received to-day, has been read with great anxiety and attention. In addition, private letters have reached several mercantile houses, but little additional information is contained in them. No city will suffer so severely, in proportion to its trade and extent, as Bristol, for the principal foreign trade carried on is . . with the colonies, and much of the property of several of the most eminent inhabitants is vested in the islands. Further details are therefore earnestly looked for. In the meantime the causes are warmly dis _ cussed, and it need not be observed that the 21/u -sionaries, in the estimation of the Bristol tradesmen, are blamed for all. It is not convenient for theta to cast a glance at the prime mover of the evil—slavery. They oppose the emancipation of the negroes, and, there fore, such a view would not square with their humane ideas. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.! CAIIBRInGE, JAN. 23.—At a congregation on Wednes day last the following degrees were conferred : HONORARY MASTERS OF ARTS. Hon. John Grey, Trinity College, son of Earl Grey. Stafford Augustus O'Brien, Trinity College. DOCTOR IN PHYSIC. John Staunton, Caius College. MASTERS OF ARTS. _ Rev. Samuel Nicholson Kingdon, Trinity College. Rev. John Thomas Hinde, Trinity College. Rev. Richard Henry Wace, Trinity College. Rev. Thomas Griffith, St. John's College. Rev. Benj. Elliott Nicholls, Queens' College. BACHELOR OF ARTS. William Aleyrick, Trinity College. The Rev. E. C. Cumberbatch, of Trinity College, has b en elected Master of the Free School at Hitchin, Herts, in the room of the Rev. Wm. Hopwood. On Saturday last, the Rev. Thomas Hutton, M.A. of Caius College, was licensed to the Perpetual Curacy of Ashmenhatigh, Norfolk, on the nomination of Lady Jane Preston, of Beeston St. Lawrence. The Rev. W. Fletcher, of St. John's College, Head master of the Woodbridge Grammar School, has been in stituted to the vicarage of Stone, Buckinghamshire, patron, Dr. Lee, on the nomination of the Council of the Royal Astronomical Society. The gentlemen who have offered themselves as candi dates for the Head-mastership of the Grammar School, Ipswich, are—the Rev. J. C. Ebden, late Fellow and Tutor of Trinity Hall; the Rev. 11. L. Jones, Fellow of Magdalen ; the Rev. Edward Baines, Fellow of Christ's ; and the Rev. Wm. Foster of Trinity College, Cambridge; the Rev. W. Church Totton, Head Usher of Westminster School ; the Rev. Dr. Rogers ; the Rev. W. Harbur, Perpetual Curate of St. Mary Quay, Ipswich ; the Rev. W. B. Clarke, late Master of East Bergholt School; the Rev. Niel]. Wood, Vicar of Kenton ; the Rev. C. Wood ward ; the Rev. W. J. Russell; and the Rev. T. Gurney. On Wednesday, the 15th inst., information was given to H. J. NICHOLD, Esq., of one of the most heart-rending scenes that have taken place 11161'60' hourhood. A woman of the name of HAYTHORrE and her husband were on the road the evening previously near dd, when four bankers came up, and two of them seized the woman, the other two standing by. They violated her person, and ill-used both of them, threatening their lives. On Friday a warrant was put into the hands of H. W. Mo RAISON, police-officer, of Wisbeach, and in two hours afterwards he succeeded in taking two of the bankers, and brought them to Wisbeach. On Saturday they underwent an examination before H. J. NICHOLD, Esq., who com mitted them to Ely to take their trials. The other two have absconded.—Stamford News. SELLING A WIFE AT SMITHFIELD.—A Most disgusting and disgraceful scene happened in Smith field-market on Monday last, which, at the present day, is of very rare occurrence. About two o'clock in the after noon a fellow came into the market, leading his wife by a halter, and gave her to a drover, desiring him to tie her up to the pens and sell ber to the best bidder. The wo man, who did not appear to be above 25 years of age, and not bad-looking, suffered herself to be tied up very quietly. A crowd of persons soon gathered round, and a man of rather a respectable appearance entered into a ne gociation with the drover for the purchase of the wife, and, after some higgling, she was finally knocked down to him for the sum of 10s. The money was paid, but the drover refused to release her except on the payment of 2s. as his commission for the sale which he had effected. Some confusion took place about the demand, but it was eventually paid, and she was released from the pens oppo site the Ilalf-Moon public-house, and delivered to her pur chaser, who appeared highly pleased with his bargain- The parties adjourned to a neighbouring public-house, where the late husband spent the greater part of the money in brandy and water.