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SHAKSPERI; HuUSI. ---...„„_.,..,Zy.......... S 7' 0 THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. fl ecifi ll Archaeological i--While the suggestion to the Archaeological As tre'sn to b ecome the guardian-p tret.thers.of Shake. house Was b e i ng printed by th- Times, on the-21st ,f re t , an a dverti,e.ment for that ieflaentill journal was f rot :llY paid for, calling a public meeting, and %%Web no t „ til e crowded state of the onlamni of that Riper did, li e ,„" . .ar that orting ,although it did in the' Chronicle, “<, and Poet. It • at 13 tuore than a month since I commenced taking t o 1 , to conven e a successful public meeting; for on the u s i ' of July inst ant I kibtaind the g-aterous consent ot r . e ree proprietor of the ilanover,squara Rooms for their i1t1136 Upon the interesting occasion. Thereupon I i cA k e letters to her Alajesty the Queen, and hie Royal jp,„. 4n eSS the Prince Albert, and others, upon the sub .'ll cog; f -- .. - h=,7h. are herewith enclosed for 3 our tcourtesy of insertien es they unfold the intent of the il blie meetin g as to the parties in whom the Shakspere et °ll3 ° or property should be vested, and also the disposi• eo n c 8 „ i 'r) anY surplus funds arising from the national sub- t fP t "ln, which, being a tribute to Shakspere, should be e/oted to his tame and honour. the'f he Royal Shaksperian Club of Stratford-upon-Avon which I 291 an honorary member) was wended for so ak` press purpose of preserving the true relics o . f hiea"'Pere, and to render an annual tribute of honour to 1 ever livin g memory. As early as November last my 1-111'1"(1 Alorpetn was addressed by that Association upon S letter to 110 0 12 4b *„t of the Government purchasing Shakspere ,s Hi Lordship's answer is incorporated in my . lais Royal Highness the Prince Albert. . tzt , !4e Ax chm.dozicel Association shall not receive the 10 , 1 1. 1 3 of rescuiug Shakspere's house from destruction, 4,:2 ough they wit p ro b a bl y c l a i m it, through the suer for..bor.of the i un of the nol)e leading article from the pen of the Times . . I reject all claia! to merit prai,E 1 l'ln the first to make a substantial movement te ire Shakspere'a house; any more I did in 1835 and 4 36 ' w herl 1 was. -the tirat to render my seatices . t i o ci pe the poet's grave or tomb from injury. Bath h ii - 8 •,,,1ts emanate from the same feeling, viz , an ent u -1e1,71e devotion and gratitude to an intellect—divine. at Cambridge B t , in its Mission His Royal Highness the Duke 0, but h. would Lave presided at the public meeting. _ e is departure for the Continent on Friday last pre ! nts that result, which circumstance, as his Royal High writes, &le s . 1 4 is a subject of regret. accordance with.these feelugs, and to prevent achy () f nati n ex , unPl dlsgrace (as will be the 16th of September ii ie tit the S hakspere house is insulted by a public auc solie ' i t s ady ' rl ised), I offered, on Wednesday last, to the the sckof the sale the burn ~f two thousand pounds fur Puted ot:spere house and Property, provided it is dis for its forward at private sale previous to the day advertised Your powerful to you the eorr, ad , I,l,l:letice. u digP°B4l . When I receive the reply I will meeting for the C not be sought in ;aixtun v ' c 't".Y. which rendered the public Memoriel so triumphant, witl oftitgiletin.d torMS aloeterial rema. but w b, n ' t ,:i "'hen not only Shakepere c is h the of tsg u raee oc thehe subject re p t uta matter Midd ' le l t il ,f t" T ied tie ust, sting, t‘lieehsitont will ak t e place about the every city, ' I hope that there will be one in I have .' p n the ~ aine (fay. and town tin ' I.olle honou r to remain, Sir, Your obliged and ob• client servant, uox-street, Hanover•sciiGialreO, 15, m ad , GEORGE JONES. July 26, 1847. (COPIES.) _ . ( May it please your Majesty, London, July 9, 1847. approach your 1 1 :•I Ist humbly I solicit permis.ion to . a nci •J e ,'tY ,apon a theme i❑ which . every lover try ot , put' .., Lttlel:ect. every loy a l 8 pp.,rte r or England a tame, moat lee] a inertferv-andgeneuriLs sYmPathY. The house Which'Shakspt • re was born—the while ; e in 11 sheltered the-tender intalicy'd the poet' tiring_ house pla P° ' in uPon the maternal bosom—from the de A so voman s oi g ti e eri ragi ng t ako lit whi .l. ' •tieei 'and the Pe Pt " both h • at Stratfordthe humble ..o ~ , o t i sovereigns, and prt . their enaisplieres have stood uncover , how htleautual th ,,,„ homag e to an almost divine iiitell :. t may it ruthless ' ed to render h ißd of —"'""d. removed. or destroyed by the avaii e i As I , atm sp« culation. prespryiii , hest to render my and which Ine l d en , R the grave and tomb ot titsaksl•ere. mi.e„,a Illi the public services towards eond " "rew item the late beloved King his !ti J t Pron"e"lding eouttaiy—and the first person invite b d in to i rot n , ul l eq a Public oration upon the poet, and w 1 hot ' thee ft n r , ctl°4 (with Inv historical work,), having been °-- bred b• th - m •esty—deem me ent~ushnae•,3 e seceptatice of your . ay threatened re enti.,,. ettire Pre-timptuous if I employ the , is thretrutsrS now to rescue the poet's , house frt m it a foal or des . ruction, as I did upon tilind e. birthplace and onuineot. for irtrh°ec,lsiou restor e his grave ur . hat Mecca of the 130_ ---sheuld betdealt of Shakspere—t we r of ree • ..a • 1 , -p t et from the yed, ur e.eit removed from the figure p il g r i ms et% ig the ......votiona r. s from into• will ~, Po•te a l min , d i which no tin, . .meel••••_wid, -t., r. pr..a t ~ . will receive itlacti fits be cha-ge.d wish the manly T e ll, which .t O „‘„, . , ~. PX(.13.1, Cali Pa lliate. • proposed it c elle a public al. etitg of criminal to oriv ' on these humiliating probabiliti,•s it is • °°4l, (the • lit ri.0.1) th wi . f lee use of wbich has heen ge z... at the Ilmover-square . t al i i in iirtler to form a committee and organt ~ Ilithlifirtuirseutshoriphttmn,u(rrtit. ll in tar the hurpose o; por'llaslog its charact,r, le Sh are house . and thvrebv transmit it to future list ~pr•hasing VP°sn's as an heir li 01- 'f F I Id and her gloiy•. I als o v Vat th e • . 11 e . 'e l . 4 1; be vcst-d joititty in th e : fOpel iy r.l ... c I'd htiak.,p.,riat, CI t d the Corporation .tivd. • ' ir IRR of Strut M , u Pon- Avon 10 former of which your 4.ivs i s r eti%•r, this et En Its the patron, as were also the last two Sovereigns the heti g l , 4 licl ; and any surplus funds arising from . stat"hat sutHeription to be devoted to erecting a public C 1 1 1 ,1 1! at tStratford and to the tounciin of a Shsksp-re infirm w, itution for the protectittn of the per and 41 , ; of the poet's native town, or u Shakspere Scholar -1 at one (A the Universities. uthorited ttbd in • ~- by the subjeet matter of this memorial, hu eiteu t by a respecaul duty to the Sovereign, most 41151. Yeti]i s Majesty the -Guelp h . . e rveri , y, tore, is h e r . and tl meeting Icteria solicited C h er. ermit the public patronage of Yourle general Subscription to be under the of ' ‘ ltlit'sty, as it, will be under that of the people Enswhich the intended 4,4; flis llov 1 1 ' , f has been All ah, a lignness the Duke of Oniiihr.a_ge meeting. „p nt'13..11 the A stihject of presiding at the week) •• ut - installation at the Carnh„.d us -ayesty • ut the late "Re Universt, tr 1 these memorable words, Itild which sh ' 'Y at e e' " er , , (mitt be inscribed In letters of gold upon ) nationa. temple " I have always felt it to be one of the fir -1 ' extend f..,._ur rat outies of a British Soveraivn to . 7:: Enid proteelion to inst tutions intend, for the ad - 1p tf religion and learuing." Most on ) of rtlti• ' t'e v ' l uttle of Shakspere is an institution Istoll and learning with in , t. ! It t„ c h e .. to shun Vice and tollim vir - I -8e . . . pro s per ity and em u% ue—t., be humble in prosper • goons in adversity; lo l o y aits• , pathiotisin, and re- Jvetio of a tyranny, are trir ) Iso ' taug ht; white every bate tee with id are ire ea: kind to repose tructing mai: 3' their present taiethasi he romised rae • • and futur e hop iii t P re) ot a God and Sati n .6 favour and pro / The kttion" of your M tje.t3 Ll' . t his huinble cottage of st leb a public in-1 7.' "" to hia ught in vain • • tut:tur as Snakspere, wil not be I have th e honour (in all humility) to subscribe my sett, most 14 -raci"as Qtven. your Majesty's most I,} al kid dutiful subject, &c. &c., GEORGE JONES, Author of "The rn ...stor of Ani.ient A in,l.ica." To "P its( Put lic Oratiorup in Shahs ere," &c. -vatTer Most Excellent M jet... 4 the Qt ',, en P . S‘c ,h,: Maty.it please your Royal 11 1, : g it l it e nt , , s, J u ly 9, 1847 or''"V to Pt emit toe to solicit th, tavour, at the hands Your R uyo Highness. of presenting the enclosed Zieienorial letter to her Most Gracious Maje , ty the n.en. Ito is believed that the subj' et-matter will bar re n i th it its wn apology for this approach to ihe Sove b:ilivgn• The contents ot the letter are, also, respectitilly ;*"3l. lld ed . ftir the perusal and grucious reception of our 11.1iLhness, that the pairon.,g. 10 the Prince•Con i°rt nifty be joined with that ot the Queen's in a subj. et "° Peeaarly national in its charawei ; and one in wnich " : ery loyal subject or the Crown would at one- recog -111:8ett separation of those acts 01 putrinti-na and benevo . ' l ee which, by their tanitinual instil eslation, have 'tendered the people's love itii:,lthe,.Priaee•Consert, so ter s i o at :c e ez in ab . l n e i t f o s of the in2allation at Cam- Ini g dg m e i , amid t- all the brilliancy of the audience had, or ilit gravity ot the Senate, orie incident occurred in that Univ e rsity town, tram the spoiatam ous teelinr ik s eot in nyoititri Itoyal Highness, which stands out, meteor- . . the blitightnesi and dignity. I allude to the visit of 4,-rinc Chancellor to the rperhap.) death-chambi rof the learned man ,Ilrfessor of modern history. Ma *that . ire Intl- and record that noble appreciation of learning , hc,,intellect. To preserve the na al chamber of Eng tilt: '' 8 Poet from destruction are the motives authorising --* addr es , t o your Royal Hghness. ta l l .lY Lord Morpeth has writt e n, in answer to an appli ho„l4ll f rom Stratford, "that the purchase of u, in. Shakspere's ver. -lie belongs ra .h er to the People than to the meat ot England." Be it so. ih a W hn, then so wortby of being first approached for th.. ,nittion alconsumnrition as the beloved Sovereign of 0 ''' eohle? and f fur purpose, Conjointly o - "lhortf - the Prince Jil l t h tan Do efulfilment of an i m p erat i ve an d pleasing duty ke et ino.forme as the or i g i nator of the intended public ts the national object in qiiesti.in, I have the honour, to remain, your Royal Highnesses most truly obliged and most hatable servant, G Toh is Royal Hi g h ness the Prince EORG E JONES. Albert, &c., &c., &c. —......_—_,_... bi g , Ato ‘ a t SsING CALA M ITY . — SALISBURY , tiu li ' 16--Thi n ...,ALISBURY, SUNDAY, I 8 rnornincr, soon after ten o'el,.ck, a tnea occurrence took place inof Mr. William ;#e family .. 114.1,8111_, living in SL Ann -stree t, in this city. It_i.liPs, Ch kr r roin what we collected on the spot, that IJtte: Raskin, who Was in her 14th year, at times he r Freiscl under aberration of intellect. This morning elitl:itluer EXpected that she was gone to prepare for th e :h, ' a nd wit* up stair s, as he thought, to dress tor th e rurti o ,-,. . She b • l than was her custom, Ih re _ . eing onger hasten her, %en h at went to her sleeping room to i'eall. e found the door locked, a very unusual custom e3ll 14 ' he w as not answered_h.oking through . the b rolt eit '' he discovered the room in flames—he instantly de a open the covered • ltd. en._ • nor, Mad the poor girl was found quite eeiv t , h the distressed parent is quite at a loss to con- Th ow the fire originated. th,, tarl to f Dalhousie will, it is stated, proceed _ litrd• "ernroekt ot I ndia at the exp ragon of Lord services l' otti: l n V 3 4. G u il e PT will a - Ma iras; and s Governor-General. Sir Henry is,- „„ s 'ssuine the Government of . 1 i r ba ‘gy h_.. (anent of tn. , Ctpe o,Hope wil . • ,L" 144147.11ae reward conferred upon the gallant *lr Harry TIT E SUN, IA ONO (1 l'd ON LI-A.-wir lIE GENERAL ELECTION BANBLRY. Tirirred ••• Maegreger Majority • •• ••• BOSTON. COS.E.. OFT.HE Sir J. Duke .. B. B. Cabbell ••• Wltr ••• ••• ••• ••• 226 164 -62 BETTWORT. CLOSE OF THE POLL. Cochrane ..• • • Mac! ell ••• ••• ••• ••• Petra ••• Montgomery Martin ••• ••• BURY ST, EDMUND'S. CLOSE OF THE POLL. Earl Jercayn Banbury ... Twiss ••• •. ••• ••• CARDIFF. £Dr. J. Nichol! elected. CARNARVON BURGHS. Hughes elect d. N., opposition. CHICHESTER. 590 466 239 276 267 £22 390 327 204 IMPORTANT DECLARATION OF THE SON OF TIIE DUKE OF RICHMOND. The election of two burgesses, to represent the city of Chichester in Parliament in the next session, took place 'n Saturday, when the two former Members—J. A. Smith, Esq., and Lord Henry Lennox—were elected .sithout opposition. In the course of the proceedings Lord Henry Lennox stitt d that he wished the principles of free trade to have a it'll and fair trial; and, in answer !o a question from the Rev. Mr. Malden, en Inch-pen. lent, who complained loudly of Lord John Russell's 'ducation scheme, as involving an injustice on Dis senters, and wished the candidates, therefore, to pledge themselves to, oppose the present Government, his Lord 'hip stated further, that, when first elected, he had not heen sent to support Lord John Russell, but that his Lordship's conduct had been so praiseworthy that he was inclined to give him his support. DERBY. CLOSE OF THE POLL. Strutt Gower ... 852 Radus 800 M'Grath ... 216 FLINT (BOROUGHS). Sir John Hamner, the late Member for Hull, has been returned without opposition. GLASGOW—FRIDAY. POLLING AT ONE O'CLOCK. Macgregor ... 1,714 Hastie 1,672 Dennistoun ... 1.351 Dixon. 1,379 FINAL CLOSE. Macgregor ... 2,193 Lord Provost ... 2,081 Dixon ... 1,814 Deonistoua ... 1,745 G RAN THAM. G. E. Welby, ENT, and the lion. F. J. Tollemache were returned without opposi:ion. GREENOCK. CLOSE OF THE POLL. Lord Melgund ... 456 Mr. Dunlop ... 315 GREAT HARLOW. Williams Knox ... 239 ... 179 ... 161 GRIMSBY. Heneage returned with.ut, oppi sition. BAVERFORDWES I. CL) ton The election, tor this borough. and the tributary towns ut Fishguard and Nat both, took place ou Saturday, and. lerwinated in the un•Tposed reiurn of Mr. Jotn.k.: vans, ,he enunetit (betas counsel. LIER EFO RD. Sir R. Price and Colourel Clifford returned without opposition. HUDDERSFIELD. CLOSE OF THE POLL. Stansficld 524 Cheetham 487 HYTHE, The poll at this place closed on Saturday afternoon at lur o'clock, when the numbers stood— Mr. Brockman (14) ... 220 Barob Meyer de Rothschild (L) 198 KILMARNOCK. This election came off on Friday last. The Hon. P. Bouverie was reiurnedwithnutnpposition. KN ARES BOROUG ti. Lased ..• Westhetic' ••• •. • ••• Lawson LAUNCESTON. Admiral Bowles elected LEITH. The Lord Advocate returned without opposition. LIrKEAHD. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) %tr. Charles Buller was r..turned by a mujqrity of 55 votes— the hutubers being 172 to 11 7, his opponent every WWI ; arid, we having a rk.setve of men, whom we did nut wish to compromise with their em ployer,; or landlords. This victory hai been won in spite of intimidation, as usual, in such stritbil constituencies ; and more than that, in spite or the most open bribery that will be attempted thri,ughout this general ekeoion. The majority for Mr. Buller, at the last contest, was only 16. LUDLOW. CLOSE OF THE POLL. Clive ... ... 207 Sa.l N ay 206 Bot E.eld ... MALDON. Waddington ... 461 L 443 Dick ... ... 427 The Li' eral emid date, Mr. Lennard, has beat the Protectionist, Mr. Quintin Dlck, by a majority of 16. MaCCLESFIE.Lb. Brockleshurst ... ... Williams 004 ... ... Griuu.ditch 591 500 428 MIDEIURST. The election for thi, borough took place on Friday, and the re being no other candidate, Mr. Spencer Horatio Walpole vva , re elected. MONTGOMERY ( BOROUGHS). ONE O'CLOCK, FRIDAY. _ _ Pugh ... Choimondeley ... 293 ... 190 MORPET.H. • Hon. E. Hovrard returned. NEw PUR l', ISLE OF WIGHT. Since the :it:stemma of the. poll published on Saturday. le offiei announcement has been made by the return- ing officer. Although the numbers slightly differ, the respective positions of the several candidates remain the same : P•owden (Conservative) At ir vo :onservative) Bake (Liberal) Crompton (I.,beral) NORTH ALLERTON. W. B. Wrightson, Esq. eketed ; TIO opposition. NOR l'H LANCASHIRE. ... ... 262 ... ... 252 ... ... 250 ... 238 James Heywood, E-q., of Manchester, has come for ward on the Litii-ral side. OXFORD UNIVERSITY. SATURDAY NIGHT. MR. ROUND'S COMMITTEE. Inglis It“und -. 1.607 -. 767 GlAstone Al.ljority fnr Giasistono ... -188 But. GLADSTONE'S COMMITTEE. Loglis Gl.idstone Round PE1N11111:."N•tv AND;I:F1111710Ifil-17193 The polloig took place ttiii day at the u-ual p!aues, and ut its cose, at I..ur o'cLock, the numbers stood: — G vv ) n (Consi-rvative) 548 Mo.att (Lit*r4l) .•• 377 Borthwi c k (Y r ,, teciionist) ••. 87 The tortn..r two were cl 4 elareo duly elect* d ; and Mr. in Bortimiek will proeri-d to St. Ives, where he was put nousivation to- day, in ord , r to g o to the pull WI Monday. lle had a requi,itiort sent him, said to be nu tnerously blgru; d. . 1.600 950 . 757 PERTH. The ItmouraVe Fox Maole, el-cted. PE Sir FERsFIELI). W. Jo elew e d ;on oppo.ition. PONTEFRAUT CLOSE OF THE POLL. Milt tin ••• bitlnt , s ••• ••• ..• 41 5 365 Pry efts •••• ••• P RESTON. 346 CLOSE OF THE POLL. Strickland ••• ••• ••• ••• 1 1 :3 3 5 80 1 Grentell ,402 Parker . . ROC H ESt Ea. The po lli ng commenced on Satur:my. At t wo o ' clock the Lumbers were— Berne' (L) ..• ... 637 Hodges (1.) ••• ••• ••• 617 Bodkin ('_;) Douglas (C) .9* ••• •• • •• • 462 The CouservatLve Meabera then retired trom the 43.11:1tt St. RYE. Mr. Cartfii wal elected. He was opposed by Mr. Benjamin Bacon Williams. ST. ANDRE 'S, DISTRICT OF BURGHS. EdAard Ell 4, E-q., plecre SANDWICH. Thy: poll at tYs place closed on Saturday afternoon at four o'c ock. in the return of Lori Clarence Paget and 34:•. Gr.life,l, t .e numb: rs beine2,— Lord Clarence Paget (L) 459 Mr. Grentell (L) 437 Lord Charles Ciinton (0) ... ..• 39 2 SHAFTESBURY. The nomination took place on Friday, when Mr. Richard B. insley Sheridan was proposed by Mr. It obert Graves, and seconded by the Rev. Anthony Huxtable; and Mr. Richard Bethel!, Queen's Counsel, was pro posed by Mr. Philip Matthews Chitty, and seconded by Mr. Charle= Roberts. The Mayor, Mr. William Hinnen, declared the show of hands to be in favour of Mr. Richard Bethel!, whereupon Mr. Sheridan demanded a poll. FINAL POLL. Shetidan Beth e l! '•' 213 ." "' 176 SOUTH SHIELD-. CLOSE OF THE POLL „„ 179 _ Wawn Whately ••• ••• ••• ••• ••• STAMFORD. STANFORD, SATURDAY NIGHT. CLOSE OF TIIE POLL. ••• ••• 359 ••• ••• 290 ••• ••• ••• 234 Granby Berries Rol' droClEPoltt SATTEDAY.—The poll commenced here this morning at eight o'clock, and at the close the num bers were for— Cobden (Free Trades) 673 Heald (Conserv a tive Free Trader) 570 Kershaw (Radical Free Trader)... 537 West (Chartist) 14 Messis. Cobden and Heald were this evening declared du y elected. STIRLING BURGHS. STIRLING, FRIDAY.—The nomination of candidates for these burghs took place this day, in the market place, Stirling, when the following gentlemen were brought forward, viz.:—Mr. A. Alison, Mr. J. B. Smith, and Mr. A. G. Maitland. The proceedings n ere ez ceedingly tame and common place, so that a lengthened notice would be anything but interesting. The show of hands was declared by the Sheriff to be in favour of Mr. Alison, and a poll was demanded. The polling takes place to-day. TIVERTON. Lord Palmerston and Mr. Ileathcote have been re turned, Mr. G. Julian Harney, the Chartist candidate, having declined to go othepollt TOTN . ESS. Lord Soymour ... ... Barry Baldwin ... .. ... S. Ricardo ... ... ... 280 154 153 TRURO John E. Vivian, Esq., Edmund Turner, Esq. ; eleeted. THIKSK. John Bell, EN , elected; - WALLINGFORD. CLOSE OF THE POLL. B'ackstolle ... ... ... 166 ... ... ... 144 ... ... ... -12 Alsjority WAREHAM. J. S. Drax, Esq. elected ; no opposition. WEYMOUTH. _CLOSE OF THE POLL. W. D. - Christie, Eq. Colonel Free,tun G. M. Butt, Eg. lion. F. Villiers . . R. Stephenson returned without opposition. WILTON. 280 280 270 272 Lord Somerton, eldest son of the Earl of Normanton, was returned on Saturday for this borough, there being no other candidate. WORCESTERSHIRE (EAST). DROITWICH, SATURDAY.— To-day it has been cur rently rumoured here that after all there will certainly be a-contest for East Worcestershire, and that the" third wan" is no other than Mr. Spooner, who was yesterday rejected at Birmingham. A good deal of eimtement prevails here and at Worcester on the subject; the Con servative party being in exstacies at the prospect of an opposition to the Liberal candidate, Mr. Foley, and the Lib..r.ils 'declaring that, after the "agreement , " made last Christmas on the occasion of the election of Captain Rushour, the nomination of a second Conservative can• didate will be a breach of faith. Mr. Spooner his a re sidence near Worcester, and possesses considerable pto• party and ►ome per , onal influence in the county. YORKSHIRE. There is still no. opposition expected at the election fOr either of the Ridings—on Thursday at Beverley (East Riding), on Friday at York (North Riding), or on Saturday at aketidd (West Ridrsig). -It was thought that Mr. B. Deason's seat would be contested, but the Yuri:shire .Liberals are at present too..sorely divided Up. n the subj , et of Government aid tot the education, of the children of the poor. TOWER HAMLETS. OFFICIAL DECLARATION OF THE POLL. The poll was declared on Saturday at one o'clock, from the hustings on Stepney-green, by the returning officer, Mr. Child. The er-wd was not quite so great as on the day of the nomination. The appearance of Mr. George Thompson on the hustings was the signal for one loud burst of enthusiastic cheering, and the waving of thousands of hats, both being repeated again and again for several minutes. The Hon. Gent!. man re peatedly and warmly acknowledged the plaudits of the crowd. He introduced Mrs. Thompson anti his family, two daughters and a boy, to the assemblage, who applauded thcm warmly. The reception of Sir William Clay pre sented a marked contrast, for the cheers were few, and the marks of ditapprohation many. General Fox did not app. ar. Size, ce having been proclaimed, The RETURNING OFFICER then Caine forward, and declared the numbers for the respective candidates to be as follow: 'Thompson „, 6,268 Clay ... 3,839 F , x ... 2,622 He consequently declared that Mr. George Thompson and Sir . v 1 ilhum Clay had been duly elected to repre sent the "Power Hamlets in the next Parliament. He cotnplimented than on their good humour, and trusted that all animosity woulct ei.d with the contest. It will be *Fen that Mr. Thompson has a inajority . of 2,429 over Sir William Clay, and of :1,646 over General Fox, and that the Hun. Ilirotiet polled but 1,217 wore than the Gallant General. The atimiunc(ment was received with cheers. The announcement or the numbers polled by General Fox wa, received with partial laughter, and cries of "Shame, shame." Mr. Oeuiroei - Thomes se then preeeed , d to ad dress the electors. After begging for silence on account of a partial hoarseness, he proceeded to say that he felt no difficutty in centending with his opponents, but he must plead a total w;int of ability to give utterance to the sentiments re his heart towards those who had sup p d hem, whether elector, or non-electors.—((sheers.) He said he felt the Utmost respect for his opponents. lie telt truly'.hat he was a Member of Parliament for the Tower Hamlets because has was elected at a numerous meeting of the electors held at the Eastern Insteut.on, Hackney, or. the 301. bi of June and on the iiay of th e nomination ul o, when measly all the hands of in his behalf.—(Cheers.) [A the as,ernhlage were heid up partial infeiruptiou took place owieg to the arrivul of lion. Gentleman proceeded to stly, that his priueiples aUs*;inc. rah F r x ce ; e t ( h ) 7 i re de w riig were hi but few fe r'at' wa s wltis nth t,s*.iTushie e were well known, hut in Pi:abr.:tweet he sheuld endea vour to magnify the duties o, hi 6 office, as he should pro mete commercial, ecclesiastical, :and civil anti religious liberty. He had his own views of Conservatism. Although he called lonvell a man of no party, he considered him self as good a guardian of the throne of our Lady the Queen as any Conservative. He did not consider a man a true Conservative it he failed to plant the name of the Queen deep in the minds of the people, so that she might not merely be enthrone din Westminster Abbey, nut in the affections of the people—that she might feed and clothe the needy, and wear no higher robe than one of righteousness. The majesty of the people o'ertopped the domination of the State. lie was not an tichs cate for vicious laws, but for conserving all that was good. Why, ie a woman of 80 had a cancer in her cheek, with what truth could Conservatism say "it was one of the ancient institutions"—(Laughter)—and push away the doctor, and, perhaps, send him - to the Tower. There was a doctor once—Sir Robert Peel—who provided a nostrum, but he was obliged to throw it down the sink. and to give the peopl , the measure required.—(Cheers.) He could conserve all that was good ; he would extract all that was good from the evil)--(Cheers)—because he believed sound Radicalism was good Conservatism. There were many flies in the House; some bad been uttseated already, showing that th:• Government must put their House in order, as the people were dissatisfied with their proceedings. He had beer. invited to contest twelve err fifteen different places. He was elected one of Vls burgesses of Edinburgh, and his name was placed after that of Lord John Russell; and he could prom7se them the earnest sympathy of Plymouth Leicester, and of Lainheth, where be would, no doubt, have been elected to the place now occupied by Mr. Pearson. ' Did not the number he had polled show that the prin eipl.•s he supported were making w a y ? • H e w i s h e d to get the numoere by 'heart. 6,268, according to Cocker.— (Laughter.) Some of teem might not he great aritlonetteitins, but ws re not the numbers polled by his adversaries ;nest neldieholy ? He would nor say more, on the numbers, us " cemparisons were odious." Thos: who had voted f r him had votes for the county, at d the rwould do their duty.—(" We will have Osborne.") Westminster was all right.—(Cheers.) " The minstrel boy to the wars has gone, In the ranks of death you'll find h —(Laugl•ter and cheers). He hop. (I also that the Noble Lord (Lord Gresvenor) who was recently elected for Middlesex, would be re-elected. lie hoped they would not have " wooden" men in the H• use of Cowmen* for Middlesex. He trust, d that Mr. Osborne would be elected, because he had stated that he would t v thh o ee te rni t d e a ir oi the stopping of the supplies until the claims of Raja for of Mr. o, Sahara bu r were w h r a e t d t r h e e s y s redressed.—(Cheers.) a . I s r .) 11 him—' l come up to the pelt. Three cheers for J i s Co b ih :t e r e n et . lr e.—(The three cheers were given with hearty , 00dw II an irtilepsedent man, not as a faction, give flee GoV,riime:it at measures were Just t o l a th; the flou,e of Commons a, Pledged himself t o .., Ili fliutisliiipgfeitilinlztiobnesingweren iisasik)::ingsnutppoitrit w hy hen their s one. tie wool - for he confessed support all but he would N in o otnhee k_En',r/o,:ibuthrgar, Party was the gain of t i h )t e h Aster some that Parties must ever f ir w s Much had b e g e : d re m e b e er E u l u y : 2hit il ialirte l i t : y n ; the Government. a further observations Westnin,ter fieviews to the. said continue to be formed. a b i n ) , the better ii rh)a' of t o h u e . " 111 ) Yr. Thompson concluded an address, which was listened to with the greatemanthonoauarstitnegation throughout,aonldd had conferred the cheering'. thanking them tit hr.emtirefdoramtihdrs) amidst icurl .uneetine. He d i e Gene_ S , r WieLiasi CLAY next addreti:n«lnidlthh..ieffic}heh'clirhetn. tanlurrdniaza thanked the eleotors for again returning attri buted the smallness of the numbers rah Fex had rolled to the want of with his Honour tion. He frankly confessed that he had that confide nce poll —Meer. and in the el•eitors which he believed would have led to ' his le th sc e ed cheers.)being N o returned doubta at tbhee had dp coalesced able Opponent he might have polled a greater number of votes, but he had abstained from tieing so—in tact, placards had; been issued by both Mr. Thompson and General Fox, calling upon the elector s to plump for each of them. He had abstained from oltermg ai.y suggt stious as to second votes, and his inde pendence had caused bin' to lose some votes. He con fessed, also, that the state of the poll had caused him to feel some mortification and surpriee—(Cheere sad laughter)—becualse he thought that the electors would not have pl ce a eevi candidate over Those who had served them tai.hfully in P.irlattnent. He had also thought that some of the Nonconformists who had voted for MS friend Mr. Thiqnpson would have also voted for, him. — (Cries of " Oh," and cheers.) Still he did not think that the state of the poll could.he looked urn as a Con demnation of him.—(Cries of " Yes" and " No.") As had been well said by his Hen. Oppeneitt, the result of the poll was a sufficient sign or the times—of that great en thusiasm for which the Nonconformists had been ever so remarkable, and which had led them in dark and doubt ful times to strenuously uphold their cause—it was a sign of the thaws which 110 Legislature could afford to disregard. fie had now to thank them for the filth time for re turning him to Parliament; that they had first afforded him the gratification of his earliest ambition—of giving him their unbought and earnest suffrages. If he had thought that he could not serve them for the future, be would n, it have come forward ; but he fi it that he could discharge his duty to th. m. He should go bask to the House of C anmons to follow his feriner course.—(Cries of " No, no; be a better boy, or else sou won't get in again; go forward!")— but he would be both independent and liberal. 111. 11011. Friend had laid tough stress on his being a good Cotiversative ; he might differ with him on some peites, but they generally agreed, and he prided himself on being a thereugh Reformer.—(Hear.) fie wished to pr..ceed cautiously —(Oh!:-h!)--but do not let them underrate the advantages which they had de rived from the Parliament during the fifteen years he had represented them. Ills friends might think that he proceeded slowly—(Yes) --but the progress of reform had bet n onward, and in the right direction. He would advance by cautious and well-considered steps; he would not forget the object for which their institutions were established, but he would never peril the right of a man to enjoy the fruits of has toil, for which all Governments were fer.ned. His Hen. Friend would be, no doubt, a good working Member of the House of Commons —he would be a great acquisition to the talent of the House. and he believed they would seldom sit on separate benches or be found in different lobbies. Even the m..st industrious Members sometimes required relaxation. Not long ago. when the House was in Committee on the Sunday Trading Bill, two Members were wilting in the lobby ; the divisive bells rang, when, as they had not beard a word of the discussion, or what the subject was betere the House, they agreed to vote in the diffe rent lobbies, as they could do no harm ; a nd on inquiring the subject on which they had voted they found it had reference to the insertion of the wor d "pp" in one of the clauses, with tespect to the selling of " imperial." The lion. Baronet conclieled by thanking the electors for the honour they had conferred upon him. General Fox next came forward, and was received with loud cheers. He begged to thank his supporters west cordially, and from the bottom of his heart. He had never desert. d his principles, and be could only re• Bret the day when the Dissenters, whom for sev.n years he had served most faithfully, eould desert a Russell or a Fox after the great si rvrees they had rendered them. —(Cheers, and cries of " Oh, oh.") He was satisfied to l'se his election, rather than desert the great principles he had ever supported. He believed the opposition he had met with arose from the part he had taken with re spect to the Government system of education—(Yes, yes)—though he believed trot that treasure was not inteeded to interfere with religicus Opinions on the part of the State.—(Hear, hear. and cheers.) lie, however, left i,tiem in perfect good hunfour—almost in as good hu mour as if he had been ea-teed—and trusted that he should deserve the rodivill of all amongst them.— (Leud cheers.) Mr. SCOBEL, a Dissenter, congratulated the electors on the result of the election. A vote of thanks having been given to the returning offi,e-r, Mr. Child, the meeting separated, at three o'el , •ek. Mr. OsaenetE sub-equently addressed the electors from the balcony of the troy at Oak. MARYLEBONE. OFFICIAL DECLARATION OF THE POLL. The _Hemming Officer of this borutih, IjAVLD SALOMONS, Esq.. at hali-past two o'clock on Saturd a y, an _ flounced the official state of the poll to lx - • as follows: Sir B. Hall •.• ... 5.343 Lord DurLey Stuart ••• ••• 5.367 Sir James Hamilton ••• ... 3,677 Mr. Sergeant Shee . ••• ••• 662 Mr. Robert Owen ..• ••• •• • 1 The Returning Officer, therefore, drclared the two first gents men to be duly elected Members to serve iu Par liament for the borough of Maryleboae, amid the greatest cheering. Lord Dudley Stuart and Sir B. Hall arrived at the hustings ou horseback, accompanied by their supporters, in procession, shortly before half-past one o'clock, and were loudly cheered. Mr. Sergeant Shee, Sir James Hamilton, and Mr. Owen took their places on the hustings shortly before that hour. After the declaration of the state of the poll, Lord 11upLEY STUART came forward to return thanks for the honour tile .1. etots of Marylebone had dune him in placing him at the head of the pill.—(Cheers.) He considered that he had obtained a glorious victory, and had had the honour of securing to the electors of Mary lebone the it rights. Of his Tory friend he had only to say, that he bel.eved all that had been told of him—ti.at he was beloved by all who knew him. Mr. Sergeant Snee, he believA, had opposed from mistaken m-tives. Mat)lebwie hail shown that she aas Geier mined to be r pre.lented by none but Liberals —(Cheers.) No tieetion, with the xc ption of the cit) oh London, would create more inter, st than Marylebune through the whole of Europe. It would be heard and considered of Irian Pole to Pole.—(Cheer:.) It a ould be heard of at Warsaw and Siberia with pleasure, but with very different feelings at St. Petersburgh and Vienna.— (Great cheering.) He was sure that his lion. Friend and himself R tiuld work well together in the cause of the people.—(Great cheering.) Sir B. HALL was most enthusiastically received on coming forward to address the electors. The present Arts the third time he had had the honour of addressing the electors of Marylebune as their representative. — (Cheers. in the midst of which some p e rs.!' on the hus tings put on the Hon. Baronet's head a wreath of . laurels, which created great merriment.) The Hun. Baronet conelu,ted a moi,t excellent speech, b) tnatiking: the elector s for the hon our t h ey h a d d on e him. Sir J. HAMILTON and Mr. Sergeant SHER having addressed the electors, the meeting separated, and thus terminated the triumphant conte,t for Mar) lebone. THE LATE 'CITY CONTEST. RE I'URN OE MR. MASI - ERNIAN. We hear that in the cow so of Friday the committeP of di the Liberal candidates ePloyed themselves in a careful examination of the returns made to them by their (meek clerks at the resp. etive p.,iling b oot hs, with a view to account for the surpti-e which the declaration of the She. iffs, placing Mr. Mastertnan above Sir George Lat.- pent on the poll, had cr. ate.' amongst them. The result of this investigation. we learn, has been to " I ' vw e j th"n that an error ha* crept into the return made by the Sheriffs, and that Sir George Larpent has a clear inaji.riy of nln. teen over Mr. Masterman—i gentleman to who's chartic:er, honour, liberality, and ability we are quite willi ng perbict iinmit.gated r..,speet. to pay the tri bute of our It is stud, that tr ( 'M "e Sheriff's poll books two sheets are missing, and hence the error which ha', given that gentleman an ascendancy—unexpected by him, as his absence from the hustings at the commencement of the proceedings at Guildhall on Friday indicates —over his competitor, the HAI. Baronet already named, Confident in the accuracy of their own check-books, the Liberal coautnittee contemplate. it is said, the presvntat.on of a• petition to the new Parliament, on its a ssembling, to have the return amended by the substitution of Sir George Larpent's name for that of Mr. Masterman Thus pro:iedure would incur a 1: ngthentd ,inquiry and . an enormous expen.e. We give these on dits as they have reached us, even though Sir George Larp,nt's Carew' l address to the electors is silent on the subject, and does n..t. indicate any such movement as that al - 11M rumour has suggested. _.....,e.. _,....,..---....~ THE CITY ELECTION. 7'O 771 E Llll7'oll OF 11Th SUN. na, to sa), that not only were several lltsz,enters active clnva,sers of the Liberal committee ot the ward ot Lengoourne and Lime street, but, to my certain knowledge, man) of them vote d I,r L .rti J..bn . livael and th.• ~thi.r L'iiientlN. It would, thrretore, be ...Wan- to stigin.ilise all with full ..ill4 - the views of the Noncon:urtutst4.—l atu, Sir, )(ir ohs dint servant, THOMAS SMI Deputy Chairman. July 31, 1847, ELECTION. BOLTON EL CONDUCT OF THE AYOtt AT THE Flys riNGS. t,efote th- time appointel for declaring the Friday morning, just• poll at t h e hustings, a meeting of the friend, of Dr. Bowring and Mr. B.oolts was held in the ws room, Reform N Fold street , re la t ive to the conduct , - of the Mayor, at the hustings, on the day of nomination. Mr. PARKINSON read the following aragraph from a leading article of The Sun. on the Tamworth eiection:— Matters are not, un fortunately, mana g ed so com fortably elsewhere. Whi!e the Right lion. B arone t i s quietly rein:called as th e representative of Tainworth, ace ugly trick is being performed up R the h ustings of 110:ton. A word In rho:ear if the May o r of B ol;on ! A. e.O .1 in your cur. Mr J. Se..werolt! Y ou h ave branded yourself on y our foreh. ad, and the b ran d can ;.ever be onlitirated or torgotten ; it wits doi e in the race of the whule land; toe people of England will hencefor , h estimste your characte r us it deserves to be estimated. Whnt mi ya De. Bowring? , I have i.!' TE e circum stances are sim . seen, ' he, asys, 6 in illY tiv , howutrillle atio disgra ce f u l nominations, but none , _ vet to ti pie eirriugti. A forest of hands is h e ld up for Dr. Bowring , a similar number for Mr. John Brooks, and , a ~,m p arative few (so s a y s t h e re porter) tor Mr. William Bolling. The reporter, in deed, goes further, caiculating the number of hands held up ill 'emir of Dr. Bowrin,! and Mr. Brook s as ` not less than t e n to one whoa compared al t o t h e num ber held up for Mr. Bollirg. Yet, in defi a „ ce e t th i s, and amidst a storm of iedignatit disapp ro b at i on, the Mayor proclaims Mr. Boling and Mr. Biooks to b e th e successful candidates , the tot mer gentleman being a Conservative. T he disgrace of this transaction c anno t speedily be eras , d from the character of Mr. J. Scow croft, the conscientious Mayor of Bolton." The CHAIRMAN observed that he hail been much sur prisedof the Mayor on Wednesda y, a t taw c o nduct and thought it would be better not to go the hustings, but leave the business altegetber in his hands, Tn Batas , exprebsfd a similar opinion. jouNli oL s ( A : N, LE N E,4.. ha , knwn the mayor for many ears and was, to a, certain extent, acqua,nted wi , h his conduct b ut vta 7 s d that, he t,hould so previously; tar have committed hinaselt in the eyes of the publ u t as to act in the manner he had done. He, therefore, thQUIAI it advisable avt to go near him at all, • , Mr. T. W. lIEATos- mcommentled that a note be tent to the Mayor, al Dr. Bow ring had expressed a disincli nation lo go to the hu s ti ngs , i n consequence of the 1‘14%. or's conduct on Wednesday. • Toe CHAIRMAN said he had had a conversation ‘rith m4ny gentlemen, including a number of Mr. Bolling's respecting the nomination, and all expressed their surprise at the conduct of the Mayor. ' • 11 PARKINSON Sligil,reqed that a resolution, eunbAy ing the , ;pinion of this meting in reference to the conduct of the Mayor, should be passed, and p u bli s h e d i n t h e Free Press. After some further conversation. in which several gentlemen present agreed with what had been advanced by previous speakers, Mr. DEAN moved a ri'solution, which Kill he found ad vertised in the first page. It was seconded by Mr. JAMES KNOWLES, and carried unanimously, The CHAIRMAN said that it remained fir the meeting to deckle npot, some plan for giving publicity to it, on which Mr. CHNLIFFE moved that it he advertised in the Morning t, hronicle. Sun, Times, Manchester Examiner, Manchester Guardian, and the too Bolton papers. Mr. CULLEN Seconded-01C motion, which was put and carried. Mr. ITASLAII then moved, arid Mr. CHARLES SKELTON seconded, to voie of tharloi to the Chaii man, which raa carried unanimously.—Biaton Free Press. 7,2 4 4. Otriti ItOYSTON AND IIIT: HIN RAIL WAY.-(T1116 DAY.) 1 The third half-yearly meeting •of the proprietors of this company was this day held at Radii-) 's Hotel, Bridge street, Blackfriars. Toe chair was-taken at one o'clock precisely 1y W. Willshere, Esq. The CHAIRMAN having stated the object of the meet ing, called upon the Secretary to read the notice con vening the meeting, which having been done, the com pany's seal was ordered to be affixed to the register. and the minutes w the last Meeting were read and confirtned Th.. SECRETARY then procei ded to read the report, from which it appeared that since the directors had last met the proprietors, the two Bills which, in accordance with the agreement with the Great Northern Railway Compahy , were prepared, and which wore then laid be fore the meeting for approval, had been prosecuted in Parliament ; but the directors regretted to say that u partial success only had attended their applications. The Bill authorising the extension of the line from Royston to Cambridge was, after a severe contest, rejected by a Committee of the House of Commons, in favour of a project of the Eastern Counties Company, for construct ing a railway from CambricLe by Royston to Ware. The direct. rs anticipated, with much coefidence, that success would attend the opposition which they were pre pared to offer to the Eastern Counties Company a project in the House of Lords ; but the promoters of that line had availed themselves of the privilege afforded by the re solutions of the Houses of Parliament of the 10th of June last, and suvended the Bill until the next session. The second Bill, which was approv.-d by the proprietors at the meeting in February last, and which was promoted to enable this company to lease or sell their line, and to enter into contracts and complete arrangements with the Great Northern Company, was also strongly opposed by the Eastern Counties Company ; but the directors have much satisfaction in stating that the opposition proved fu ile, and that the Bill received the approval of the Le gislature,—a Committee of the House of Lords specially reporting that the restrictions proposed by the resolu tions of the 10th June last, as regarded the po s tpone m e n t of the powers to lease until the entire line of the Great Northern Company should be opened for traffic, ought to be dispensed -with ;. so that no obstacle had been interposed to carrying out the agreement made between this company and the Great Northern Railway Company. When the original line promoted by -the commitee was curtall;ciby a Committee of the House of Lords, the capital of the company, being 800,0001., remained um altered; but, in accordance with the suggestions of the Railway Commissioners, it had been now reduced, by the Act giving power to lease, &c., to one-third, viz., to the sum of 266,666/. 13s. 4d., divided into shares of the amount of 81. 6s. Bd. each, with powers to borrow a sum not exceeding 88,8001. This reduced capital ex .Teded (independently of the borrowing powers) by 66,6661 13s. 4d. the sum required to be called up for the purpose of carrying into effect the agreement with the Great Northern Compiny. The directors were not now prepared to offer any advice to the shareholders as to the propriety of prosecuting any further proceedings in Parliament, but they proposed to ask at their hands powers to take such preliminary steps (if any) as, upon further consideration, might appear to them beneficial to the company. The members of the-board who retire in accordance with the provisions of the Acts regulating the Company, were the Lord Deere, William Wieshere, Esq., John Chevalier . Cobb 1 ~ Esq., M P., Captain Laws, R.N.. Francis Parker. E%q., Francis Pym, Esq., whom their colleagues cordially recommended for re-election. The fellowing abstract of receipts and payments for the halt-year ending 16th July, 1847, was laid before the meeting : To cash, balance in hand as per last half yearly statement ..• ....£2.768 16 11 „ Exchequer-bilis ditto--Cost ... 16,109 4 8 „ Interest received on the ah ,, ve, and premium and interest on 5,0001. ditto— Sold „. ... 387 1 8 £19,265 3 3 By payments on account of engineering, surve)ing land valuations and agree ment for purchase of land .. Ditto Varliamentary agents and counsels' fees ... Ditto local agents and witnesses... ... Ditto law expenses ••• ... ... Ditto • ffice expenses, consisting of rent of .iffiees, direction, auditors. secretary, clerks, stationery, printing, advertise meats, postage*, and incAlental charges 588 7 11 Balance at bankers, cash ... 1,492 12 4 Ditto Exchequer-bills, 11,0001— Cost ... 11.075 2 0 1,881 7 0 1,900 0 0 227 14 0 2,100 0 0 X 19,265 3 3 The report having been received and adopted, a s,rie.= cif resotution-, in ticc , rdance with the recommendations of the 11 , p.m were agreed to. A vote of thanks was ten given to the chairman, and the meeting broke tip. MIDDLESEX ELECTION.—On Saturday Lord Ro bc-rt Grosven.:r visited the B itfoiit and Stains districts of the. county, and was every where most cordially re ceived by the electors. He attended at his local com mittee-room at Brentford in the afternoon, where he replic d to many questions put to him by the constituents, and appeared to give great .sati, action to all; except one Dissenter, who wished to obtain a pledge from him upon the subj. ct of church -rates. His Lordship promised to give earnest attention to the matter, but declined to letter his conduct by taking any pledges whatsoever. AUGUSI 2, 1847. E V F. 1 4 1•14 T-G," AN ADVENTURE AMONG THE MOUNTAINS. On Tuesday week a foreigrer residing in Ambleside bad a most miraculous escape from being dashed to atoms while taking a mountain excursion with some friends. lialt-a-ilez'a friends left Ambleside about noon, to take a pedestrian excursion to Langdale, and, if possible, to ascend the well-known pikes. When they came to the foot of that precipitous mountain they partook of some refr. shment at a farm house there ; and three of them, thinking they would be unable to undertake the task, returned- homeward; while the other three, after taking directions from the people at the farm house, wended their way up the leaser pike. From a misapprehension of the length of the proposed journey, they had left Ambleside, without dining, taking wily a few sand wich, s, and these, with milk and bread at the farm, was all they had. The these continued their ascent for about thr.-e.quarters ot an hour when one of them (about 30 years of age). beginning to feel fatigued, thought he would stop to rest himself, and await the return of his friends. He sat down, and after contiau ing to enjoy the sc. ne ter some time, bathought himself that the ) might p ssibly have miscul , uleted their return, and that if.the clouds which he saw touching the tops of some ot the higher (Se 4 F,.11 and B .w Fell) . should come towards him, lie might have a ditfivulty in finding his wa}, there being eo road or ftiotpaile and he rind trusted to his friends t. r guidance, he being a foreigner, and not understanding or beetling the di rectums given at the farm. He therefore began to re trace his steps. and after half-en-hour's walk in what he thcueht the right direction, he was in error. In the hope ot reaching the dale at the toot, he still con tinued his course; it became se eper and steeper, and apparently would be snore daeu.t to retrace his steps than proceed. He came suddenly to the brink of a precipic which, as near as he could judge, seemed to be tibuut thirty or forty yards high. He still thou2,ht it might be possible to descend gradually by the help of a tree growing out of the rock, and to aid in his descent, he stripped, took off his shirt, cut it up into shreds, which he ti. d together, fastened to the tree, and after weighing the chances of danger as to going down or up, he deliberately chose the former, as the safer ot the two courses. and hovered himself down to a ledge a good number of feet below the edge! But eh. n there, he saw the impossibi lity of further progress either way. It was now abou t sr von o'clock. the clouds w , -re descending on the moun tains, n. tains, and his si;uation became most alarming. wavingll en deavoured to atir,ct attelitkll b y shouting and house nor his vest and handkerchief. though person was - in sight. His strength neit g radually gave excite- under the exertion and long - continued way merit. His footing Most pro from his situation, incapable of moving .. the vale w a s as nothing , a nd he was, After a long interval below, and his signs observed. vilentielly, his alarm had been heard in ruing,at a great distance unspeakable pleasure of o of dread suspense, and dire foreboding, he had the g heir way up a distant htlow him, six figures . I, p )- seem, d directed towards him, and soon he became sure this, as he observed they sh , ulder ot the 1011. The w ir en st ( of rope. One of the six this turned out to be a large co . carried something which he could not at first make out; almost sinking wanderer, * his fellows, the the rope round his body. Ho aos fastenedletd o safety, and up in and he was immediately hoisted f wn a b n y end round con ducted by his deliverers to the arm-house, where the greatest than of a thr house") was h " aitention (" even as ) was paid him by the good pe o p le there. He states that matron of this hospitable the good t ea rs w h e n she saw him safe within their thresh o ld. Af t er a short rest , and p artakii gof , cuch refreshm en t as be could, be got a cart to convey . him back to the place of his depariure,--Preston chronicle, THE EDINBURGH ELECTION, The Edinburgh election has unexpectedly ternimated in the' defeat of Mr. Macauitty by Mr. Charles Cowan, a gentleman amiable, it is believed, in all the relations of private life, and a respectable man of business, but one who has hitherto been wieldy unheard of in the political .world, .and but p&nialy known even iu his native city. - This ex , .....rdinary result has been..., achieved, not by any one party fighting for .the — maintensOece of a great Public principle against another; but by a ogersieous combination of parties, ii. , cluding the bulk of the old Dissenters, and Free Churchmen, the Radicals, the Tories, and the excise traders, whose bond of union was not so much the superior admiration of any .other candidate as a determination to get rid of M. Macaulay by what eier means. One very general objection entertained to the latter gentleman was, that be was haughty and contemptuous in .hi* bearing towards the electors, and had no sympathy with th,ir local interests and feelings. The Veluniaries, who are a numerous and powerful body, telt that he had i.Ot been in the habit of paying sufficient. deference to thcir views and opinions, while they, as well as the Free Church , men mei mall) of the fortes were Jealous of his lotell tloll6 as regards the entl , ..ini , nt ,d the Ca tholics. Toe Excise also, who are understood to have commanded about tour or five 'natured %otes alone, and who have been anitig of late with singular vigour and detertutiattion, with a view to throw off 'lit vexatious restrictions to which tee)! are subjected, thought that neither Mr. Craig cur he wt•re inclined to go tar enough to 'serve their interests ; and the re sult of all this a. (mai ulw td and combined oppo,ition has been the defeat of the See etsry at War, a ud that by a majority which has suprised even the victors themselve*. It was nut imagined teat they woutd do m ire than run Mr. Macaulay pretty close, or at most detcaz him by a small majurit) ; wnereas they have ()Mani -d their object by a imaidliy amounting to 586. Mr. Blail• burn may d 9SU In alt, having come into the field at too lute a period to have any chance even it his parry had been stronger than it is in Edin burgh. and he a more suitable candidate. Ihe Excise traders in most instances split their votes between 4 Mr. Cowan and Mr. ilkickhurn; the Dissenters and Free Churchmen, among whom Mr. Cowau's strenAta chiefly lay, generally p.utuped for that gentleman ; and tar torieituicotonecti-d with the Excise Association either plumped tur Mr Blackburn, or split their votes between tam and Mr. Macaulay. A considerable number of this party, however, did no; vitae at all. Tne W big au - engin was reserv, d tor Mr. Macaula j and Mr. Craig, for whom also the Catholics vuted ia a body. There was a great exciteinem in town all day, and crowd, continued to surround the doors of the different pAiing places, watching the progress of the election stow the com ment:canon to its close.— Times STATE OF TRADE LEEDS.---Thitre wEIS a full ater..ge (papacy of low priced g )(ids sold at the Cioth•halis, outurday, but a very binned quantity tit fine and mid ,le cloilis Were taken out, but on Tuesday the market was dull for all sorts. Prices continue shady, awl tne suit k in the Um nut.eturerci hands retimu less than usual at this period of the year. eLious keep town anti country nu) era at homa. and, in cous4 quencL., dame has laten ltitle tiLue iu the warehouses tins uch k. BRADFORD MARKET, THURSDAY.—There were very few rules ctftcted in combing %ouls, in a great measure owing to the high prices asked, which the spinners are unable to give.- The supply ut wool is also very scanty. There is no alteration in the yarn market. At present prices the spinners have no inducement to bring their unemployed machinery into use. Owing to the nomi nation day for 13radtord election being on Thursday, there was comparatively little done in the piece market. MANCHESTER, THURSDAY EVENING.—We have had less doing this week in all descriptions of c:oth, and the market is scared) so firm as on this day w th. ugh prices are not quotably lower; and to-day, o gto the election for this borough, no report on which reliance can be ba . well obtained. Yarns are steady in demand and price. ACCIDENT TO THE STEAMER CARDIFF CASTLE.-BURSTING OF THE BOILER. On Tuesday evening last, about balf-past six o'clock, an alsrosing accident occurred on board the steamer Cardiff Castle, at Kilmun, the consequence of which, it is to be feared, will prove falai in the cases of one or two individuals. Just as the vessel was about to bail for Glasgow, the passengers were startled by a tremendous explosien,_ evidently caused by the bursting of the boiler. As is usual in such cases, the danger was greatly magnified in imagination by the fears of the passengers; and the actual risk to which those on board were ex posed, was much increased •by the precipitancy with which many of them strove to make their escape. The utmost confusion followed upon the report, and the screams of the women and ()ivories of the men were dreadful. Many ot the passengers attempted to make their escape by leaping over the stern of the vessel. A woman, a Berman; - named Rudolf h, in the excite ment of the motnrnt, threw tau, if not three, children --either her own or under her care—into the water. By prompt exertion on the part of the captain and crew, aided by those of the passengers who had retained their sett possession, all the people who leap &overboard were rescued, but all more or less injured-either by scalding or immersion in the water. Tile principal sufferers were a Mrs. Cullen, 'who of a sai!maker at the Broomielaw, aild her child, who were both 'severely scalded. We understand that the recovery of the 'child is hopeless, and that of Mrs. Cullen doubtful. Dr. Lyon and the Rev. Mr. M•llounall exerted themselves vigorously, and aWI great pies: nce of mind rushed into tlie water to aid the macre' s, while their exa.nple and exttortationw to , the people not to jump overboard tended much io allay the contusion and alarm that prevailed. Mr. Black, iurgeon, Calton, who had gone down in the forenooti.to Strowau Point, was ;Tomptly at the scene of the accident, and, aking with Dr. L) on, did all that skill and inneatifty could suggest for the relief of the sufferers. The Rev. br. Black, of the Barony Parish, was thrown with some violence to one side of the vessel, but escaped without material injury ; and his lady, who was also on board, di- played admirable presence ut mind. In mentioning these parties, we may also rater is one of two ii.cideutal circumstances of a rather impressive character with which the disaster was accompanied It appears that the wife of Dr. L:, on havilig died at Minion, toe coffin containing deceased's body was being conveyed on board, and had just been placed on a couplk ot small vessels near the verael's stern when the acci. dent occurred.. The Rev. Dr. Black was standing along' With Di. Reid beside the coffin, and the former had just" prongm-timed the words " in the midst of life we are. in d4th,'" ; as appropriate to the circumstances, when thpi explosion was heard. Amongst the persons who exerted themselves iu re-cuing or alleviating the sufferings of the passengers. we may mention the landlord of the inn, Mrs. Sinclair, the wife of Mr. Sinclair, of the firm of Fraser and Sinclair, clothiers in Glasgow, the Rev. Mr. Anderson, of ilelensburgh; Rev. Mr. PAtersori, of Hut chesontown, &e. The captain of the vessel also exerted himself very much for the comfort of the sufferers. The passengers were all taken on board the Pilot steam r, and conveyed to Glasgow, where they arrived about half-past ten o'clock. We understand the accident was of such, a nature that no blame can properly attach to any one on account of it. The explosion was caused by a tear or tent having taken place iu a certain part of the boiler, probably caused by some unsoundness in one of the plates, which had previously escaped detection, as there was no unusual or extreme pressure upon the boiler to account for its bursting; and the machinery and fit tings-up of the steam-vessels belong, rig to the same com pany are celebrated for their substanial and durable character.— Glasgow Courier. . COLONIAL Paobuca. — Very numerous arrivals have taken place, within these few days, from the Ca nadian ports, and form an important item in the supplies of grain and provisions from North America. The fol lowing are the latest which have taken place:—the Con rad. from Quebec, brought 2,923 barrels of fl , ur and 100 barrels of oatmeal; the Douglas, from Montreal, 2,765 barrels of flour and 9.671 Dumas of wheat ; the Hubert Stride, from Qat b c, 2.259 barrels of fl , ur, and ocher productions ; the Adelaide, from Montreal, 7.525 ae.hels of barley and 1,383 barrels of flour; the Chap- Man, from Montreal, 1,353 barrels of flour and 9 000 bushels of wheat; ,the Jane, f.om Montt eal, 1,510 qra. of w heat, 772 barrels of flour, and 500 barrels of Indian corn meal ; the thulium, trout Clut bee and Montreal, 6,438 barrels of flour and 7,983 bushels of wheat ; the ' Mout. mutt, from Montreal, 2,637 barrels of Baur, 560 barrels of oatmeal, 9.525 bushels and 345 bags of whi-at, 63 kegs of butter, and 55 of hams ; the Cave, tr.:al Quebec, 4,490 barrels of flour, 79 barrels of oatmeal, 189 kegs of lard, and 262 barrel: and 12 half barrels of pork; th. Celeste, from Montreal, 501 melts of pork' and 2,778 barrels of flour ; the Char!, s Jones, from Montreal, 1,509 barrels of floor, 162 kegs of butter, 1,300 quarters of wheat, and 168 b‘areis oatm ea l ofr th e the Isabella, fr o m Montreal, 3.215 barrels ()I 0 fl b ' u arr:ls of Eliza Pith-, from Montreal and Quebe c, 7 flour, and 391 bags of wheat; the Lea,r4ll;:i of 4lu Sour; the Hebe, from Quebec, 4;566 barrels NI, at r real, 12,425 bushels of wheat, andblre9ois6Bol beflalautr,r, the whole the 25 barrels of oatmeal, and 23 barrels of Indian 1n h produce of Canada, and most ot large t e vessels had, ot in w ood ad. quantaies dition to these supplies of food, tl. ep.•ra fr rata% as, goods of various kind., including t h e production of that inch province of North Ameriyca. 13 VATAL ACCIDENT. —On Saturday afterno on an ~ _.t, the Loudon Hospital, ou the body of was /It" 4 . k a ged four years, who was run of William H. wine , On Thurs day afternoon, deceased, over by a cart. whose mother is a laundress living in Wentworth-strect, Whirechapel, was swinging behind a waggon m Osborn. street, when a man exeutimed, .. Oh, y km 3 °ling ra.,cal." D e ceased let go of the waggon and attempted to run awa y, in thsact of doing Whin he was knotAted down The man pulled up,but the w . he . e n l b o y a horse in a cart. of the cart Went over the child' s h ead. He was t a k en t o Mr. Profit's surgery, who fou n d an extensive fracture at the base of the skull, and he died in a few minutes. Ver dict—Accidental death. Tall POTATO DIS2ASE—ALAum. A week or two ago, a gentl e m an i n the north. rti part of the country. w hilt searching amongst his potatoes , found one at each diseased, root which h e considered ea:ed hem l h i e e h m u e rri nt Lid en or c i to thea neighbourin g gentleman, to circumstance, who immediately called his gardener, and a similar appearance was found. The gardener, how ever, soon explained that the cause of their fears was only the set, a circumstance which in their theoretical knowledge of gardening the two gentleman had over looked, and their 'alarm quickly subsided. —Ipswich Express. COUNTY OF Lon Tn.--In this and the surrounding dis tricts the crops of all descriptions aro truly luxuriant. As yet, the potato in vigour and bloom discredits the vaticinations of the panic mongers. Some few fields of white wheat about Dundalk have been attacked with red gum—but they constitute mere exceptions to the general evidences cf a bountiful harvests-rNewry Examiner, THE 2NEstV PARLIAMENT. The followin a List 0,/ the Returns received up to- ' the time of our paper going to piess:— tte-7 Li berals. • Peeßies. t r e , Prnist. BIN Sir 1. Thesiger ANDOVER W. Cubitt lel ARUNDEL *Earl of Arundel and Surrey ASHBURTON Colonel Matheson ... Asxro::-UNDER LYRE Charlfs 'Lindley AYLESBURY Lord Nuent J. P. Doering _ _ _ ,; o ... o . . o . ... o ~. 0 0 .• BANBURY H. W. Twycred BARNSTAPLE Hon. P. W. Fortescue Bretnridg u BATH ... 0 ... 0 ••• 1 L-ird A shl,-y Lird DuNesti BERWICK M. For -ter ~. J. C. R•nton ••• BEVERLEY J. To•vri!ey S. Lame Fox ... BE W DLEY Ireland BLACKBURN - -- r. ..• T. Piikington ••• BIRMINGHAM. G. F. Muntz J. Seholefivld... BODNIIN 'James Wylsl 604 L icy „. „. BOLTON B 4 Ing ,„ Dr. &wring BOSTON Sir .1 Duke ..„ B. B BRA OF' MI) G. W. BuiVld Colon,-I P. Thompson BRIDGNOR rii T. C , whitrnore Sir R. tlgot BRIDPO ,iT T. A. Mitchell ... A. B. Cochrane ... BRISTOL - F. H. Betk•ley P. W. S. MIN .„ BRIDGEWATER Broad Wood Tynte , BRIGHTON Captain Pecholl Lord A. Hervey BUCKINGHAM (BORO') MArquis of Cbsndos Colonel Hail •• BURY (LANCASHIRE) R. Walter ••• BURY ST. EDMUNDS Earl-j-rmyttLsw Horace Twiss .•• tALNE Sheri - Ns:me CAMBRIDGE A. S. ArLit Hon. W. Campbell ... CANTERBURY Lord A. Conyngham G. A. F. P. S. bnlythe CARDIFF Dr. , J. Nieholl CARLISLE W. N. Hodgson ... J. Dixon CARMARTHEN Dr. Morris „. CARNARVON W. B. Hughes ... CHA VI A M • - • - Right Hen. G. S. Byng CFIELTENHAM; Sir Willoughby Jones CIIESTF:R Sr .1 Jervis ... „, Earl Grosvenor CHICIIESTER Lord H. Gordon Lennox John Abel Smith ... CHI PP EN IAM J.-N• t 14.G.A3oldero CHRISTCHURCH E. A. 4. Harris CIRENCESTER 1P• ° ••0 C ••e ° ~. 0 ... 0 ... 1 .. 1 ... 1 ... 0 ... 0 •• 0 ~. 0 ... o ... 1 ... o ... 0 ... I ~, 0 ... 0 W. Cripps Lord Villiers CLIT'HEROE M. Wats;►n COCKERMOUTH Mr. HorMuJz ••• ••• COLCHMER • J.. A. Hardt:estle ... Sir G. U. SwytLe COVENTRY lit. lion. E. Ellice ... Tu. - n-r CRICK LADE J. N* eld A; Go Marti DARTMOUTH G. Moffatt DENK(III (DISTRICT) • F: West ... • ... DERBY Right Hon. E. Strutt Hon. F. L. Gower ... DEVIZES G. 11. W. Heneage W. li. L. Bruges ... DEVON PORT H. Taffuell J. Rmaiilly DORCHESTER Colonel Dawson Darner H. G. Stunt DOVER E. R,.Rice Sir George Clerk DROIT WIC II Sir J. Paekington DUDLEY J. Benbow Sir J. T. Duckworth... DURHAM (CITY) T. C. Granger R. J. Spearman ~. EDINBURG!' . W. G. Craig... C. Cowan ... EV ERli M Lord M. ilill ... Sir 11. Willoughby ..... EXETER E. Divett SirJ. J. B. Dackw4 , rtb EYE Sir E. Kerrison FINSBURY T. w,,b1,•3r ••• T. S. Ihoiscombe ..• FLINT' (E3)MUGHS) Sir .1. , 11n Ilsunaer FROME Major Boyle GATESHEAD W. Hutt „. GLASGOW Nlicgregor ••• GLOUCESTER ..• R. T. H ope M. F. F. Berkeley ". GRANTUAM F. Tollemsche G. E W e ib v GREENOCK L td Muloind GREEN WIC Admiral I)undu ••• E. J. Barnard GRIMSBY. GREAT E. lie-upage ..• GUILFORD 11. Currie H. D. Matigles ••• HALIFAX Sir C. Wii . od . 11. Edwards ... •. • HARWICH —l3agsbaw „• J..Attwood ••• HASTINGS Holland ,•• Briscoe •• • ••• TISLTON Sir R. If yv3 an „. HEREFORD . Sir R. Riga . -- Clifford HERTFORD Hon. W. F. Cowper... Lord Mahon .„ lIONITON Jo‘epb Locks Sir J. W. Hogg lIORMIA4I J. Jervis ..S t•• 1 . ... 1 . . 1 . 1 . . ... , . PO. 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