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MAY 8, 1835. 'sonal attack, and the same " oath" interposed between the injured party and all redress. In this dilemma Lord ALVANLEY addressed himself to BROOKES'S club, of which he as well as O'CONNELL was .a member. He presented a requisition signed by twenty-five members of the club, namely, the Duke of NORFOLK, the Duke of ARGYLE, Lord DE Roos, Lord JERSEY, Lord SEFTON, Lord TANKER VILLE, Lord STAN LEY, Lord WILLOUG HBY DE E RES BY, Lord VILLIERS, Lord LITCHFILD, Lord ALV ANLEY, and thirteen others, requesting the management to call a meeting to consider the conduct O ne member towards another. The manage ent refuse, and why do they refuse? Let their names answer the question. They are as follow : DUNCANNON —a member of the government. ALBEMARLE—dit 10. EDWARD ELLICE--di 110. R. C. FERGUSON—ditto. JOHN BYNG—a poor old whig. EDWARD BLotvr—a Roman catholic. Four of these six are members of the government, or at least hold place under the present administration . and supposing BYNG and BLOUNT to be unconnected and independent, still the voice of two is nothing against four. _ . This accidental fact, taking it . to be so, lets in a little more light upon the mysterious though repudiated con nection between the Irish Callban and the MELBOURNE administration. The Past says that two cabinet councils were held in order to extricate O'CONNELL from the scrape. We believe this; because we believe that, as the ministry exists only by O'CONNELL's fiat, they had no choice but to. extricate him or perish. If we take into consideration the Irish appointments nominated by O'QoNNELL, - the fact that a joint of the tail is a lord of. the treasury, that O'CONNELL now hugs Lord PLUN KETT, that Lord BROUGHAM is thrown overboard, that LITTLETON'S services are dispensed with, that Sir WT M . COSSET was removed from Dublin castle, that Sir HOWARD DOUGLAS is re`called, that the mission of Lord AMHERST is suspended, and that Lord Htrrtsitun - r - does - Trot pro ceed to Iridia—When in addition to all this we take into account that the public offices in England and Ireland. are to be purged of their working officers, no matter who they are, to be replaced by Irish papists and ultra levellers, and that Ireland is'to be every thing in all the contemplated measures of the government and England nothing—not worthy of the slightest consideration—we may then, without fear of being too ardent or hasty, come to the conclusion, that the present is a ministry under the arbitrary dictatorship of DANIEL O'CONNELL, who called the whigs " brutal and base," and whom the king do rthunced from his throne not many months ago. Far the present, sad necessity compels us to submit to the indignity; but there is a time coming ; it is fast ap proaching; and terrible will be the revulsion—instructive the just retaliation. We wait and fear not. But let us retrace our steps to BROOKES'S club, in St. James's-street. The management of that club r composed, as we have shown, of parties intimately connected with the-present administration, have recognised a principle 'which must lead to serious results. Let us imagine a probable case. One member accuses another of swindling —of cheating on a race course—of picking . pockets—of robbing poor people of their treasured sixpences in Ire land—of using false dice in the gaming room, or of any other fraud, at the name or bare mention of which a man of honour recoils with horror. This is bad enough say the whig directors of the club—we cannot interfere . -with personal quarrels, or private accusations—.the thief may steal; the swindler may defraud, the bully may slander, but we, Lord DUNCANNON, Lord ALBEMARLE, Mr. EDWARD ELLICE, and Mr. R. .C.. FERGUSON, cannot interfere! In other words, we have no power to expel any ruffian ; no matter how great a ruffian no matter bow much or how often he bring disgrace upon the name and character ora gentleman—we cannot interfere. Be it so. The admission carries with it a foregone conclu sion. It amounts to this, that the whig club can contain and must.recognise as a gentleman a person who has no claim to the tjtl. .This, in our humble apprehension, intimates an end to clubs. If the noble lords whom we have named choose to sanction this novel doctrine, We beg to tell theni that they are conniving at a principle ♦which ought, and'inust; and will make very short work of their order. Even in a common pot-house club, called a free and easy, some regard is had to character. The very Lumber Troop' would discountenance the priticiple recognised at BROOKES'S.' The Gagers in St. Bride's lane would feel indignant at such a violation of, and inroad upon, the rules of decency and social order. Are the members-of the Luniber Droop or of the Cogers_ club more respectable, or more alive to decorum titan the members of the whig Club in St. James's? For the sake of the Duke Of NORFOLK, MACCALLUMORE, Lord STAN LEY, and Sir JAMES GRAHAM, we hope not. There must be a secession, or there is no honour remaining in the breast of a whig, "!l, good old English gentleman, all of the ancient time." If they succumb to this insult offered them by mem- bets of the administration for the sake of O'CoNNELL, we shall be compelled under grave and disheartening lieling,s to take sweet counsel of POPE— • What can ennoble fools, or sots, or cowards? Alas! nut all the blood of all the Howards ! 'Now, reader, be pleased to turn back with us to the " oath" with Which we set out. A short reviewal of the circumstances connected with it may possibly throw some light upon the mental turnings and windings, the shifts, falsehoods, and subterfuges, of modern popery, the same we contend at this day as it ever was since fraud took refuge under the cloak of the christian religion. 'The Irish Caliban, it would appear, has . taken two oaths. By the one, under the most solemn, formal, and legal sanctions, he swears never as a member of parlia ment to . interfere ►with the property, rights, or privi leges of the ,church of England, as by law established, at the time he took the oath. By the other, which is sims ply a vow, for it can hardly be called an oath, for it is cot an oath in law, he has sworn before the image of some saint, or some piece of wood representing a saint, or some piece of stone or plaster of Paris called a saint that he will give no satisfaction to any man whom he may insult; or, in other words, having committed a motal murder, he will not take the risk, as under the law,- of being !lain by the next of blood—the avenger of the slain: That these two oaths have been taken by O'CoNNELL wilt not be denied. The one we have established in evi dence ; the other is confessed. Now which of these oaths does O'CONNELL think the most binding? We must infer this from his conduct. The one which pro tectshis worthless carcass he observes with the strictest rigour. The other which imposes upon him a solemn duty to the public helisregards. He will not violate that which he has made voluntarily before some stock or stone, because were he to relax in obeying the self im posed restraint, he would have to answer for innumera ble,,deliberate, ft.nd unpardonable insults offered to par ties a million times more respectable than himself. No, he keeps that pagan self-prctecting vow most holy. But the other, which relates to the duties he owes to society, the obligations he is under to his King, the en gagements he has made with Protestants and with the people of England, he treats lightly as if it were not at all binding upon his conscience. To protect O'CONNELL he will swear lustily and keep his oath sacredly. To protect the, protestant church he will swear still more. positively, but:the keeping of the same is quite another question. In short, he observes the voluntary oath, and violates the legal one. How Tong, protestants of England ! will it be before your eyes are opened to the ;perfidy, the baseness, the fraud, and the sacrilege of conduct like this? ' How long will 'you sleep as if you - were in your graves ? M. DUPIN, when ,he travelled through England, bearing vvith'him letters of royal introduction from CHARLES X. paid particular attention to the duties which an Eng fish juryman felt imposed upon him under the religious 'sanction of an Oath. He was astonished at perceiving how strictly English farmers and tradesmen dispensed justice. Our trial by jury excited his amazement; he had seen no such popular courts in any country in the World.; he never encountered any where facts, or where truth was so duly and truly weighed, and where . the verdict was so uniformly consonant with the evidence. He was asked why could not such courts be established in France. His reply was—the French people are not sufficiently intelligent—they are not - competent to form jurymen on a trial of life or death—they are not suffi-. ciently conversant with the obligations of an oath. What a compliment from a learned foreigner and a Frenchman to our father land ! It was a compliment wrung from a candid mind in support of a notorious fact, which grated against the prejudices of foreigners but particularly Roman Catholic communities. The French are either papists or infidels, the majo t rity being the lat ter. An accursed system, called religion, taking the name of christianity, has reduced France to ignorance in the multitude, to mental reservation in the few. Are we then to concede that Ireland is more enlightened than France ? No, she is an hundred years behind her, as she is two hundred years behind England. O'CONNELL is a fair specimen of the low Roman Catholic of Ireland. SHELL is another—all the tail are the same. Why, then, should we be surprised at the reckless contempt of oaths, which we foolishly supposed were to bind Roman Catho lics towards the institutions of protestantism in this and the sister island ? The delusion was forced upon the nation by the whigs. They contended that Roman catholics paid the highest regard to an oath, inasmuch as they had only to violate one in order to sit in the House of Commons 7 -a violation of which there is no instance upon record. But those who employed this argument forgot that it is oaths -relative to and in favour of the church of Rome, which they are not allowed to violate. For in stance, before a Roman catholic could have been admitted to parliament, he must have sworn that the doctrines of the church of Rome are " idolatrous and damnable." This would have been an unpardonable sin against the church, and therefore no sincere papist could swallow it. But to swear that they will do nothing to injure the pro testant religion is quite another thing. The Roman catholic is enjoined by his church to violate all such oaths. In her eyes they are not oaths, but perjuries! This shoves-toe impertzurt-distilictiorr which tho Roman catho lics took care to conceal, and some of them to deny, and which the whigs would not recognise. The last topic connected with this subject is the duel affair. Lord ALVANLEY was not bound to recognise the message of MORGAN O'CONNELL. This shooting by proxy is not constitutional. The shooting, or attempt to shoot, by mistake ; is worse—it is exclusively Irish. We remember an Englishman being shot 'in tlas manner at Calais—murdered by mistake—by 'an Irish connexion of the tail. It is a fortunate thing that no harm was done, particularly at the first fire, otherwise, and had death en sued, Mr: MORGAN O'CONNELL would have had the honour of being hanged in England—and " no mistake." But we are sick of the affair altogether. The electors of Devonshire have nobly responded to our anxious hopes in rejecting Lord JOHN RUSSELL by a triumphant majority. • The minister of the crown, and the intended leader of the house of commons has been signally defeated in a county where his father holds large possessions—defeated by a young gentleman alto gether unknown in the political world, and who had no thing to recommend him but the principles he professed and the cause he espoused. Lord • JOHN RUSSELL has boasted of his principles in the house of commons, but the people of Devonshire have taught him that they also have their. principles, and that while he has abandoned the opinions of his fathers, they have adhered to old at tachments, and will not allow their church to be polluted by papists, nor the king's crown rolled in the dust by in fidel revolutionists. The electors of Devonshire have done themselves im mortal honour ! Blessings on their green hills and their sunny vales, and on all that belongs to them ! They have the thanks of every good man in : England, and we are sure we speak the heartfelt feelings of all, when we wish them the enjoyment of happiness as pre as are the truths of that book Which they revere, and which they have rescued from menaced profanation by a cabinet ruled by a popish diaator, himself the tool of the popish priests of Ireland. The struggle was tremendous—it was desperate on .the part of Lord JonN RUSSELL All that .maney, could. purchase or ,corrupt;--all that ministerial power could effect by promise or by intimidation—nothing was left undone that could be done to .return the leader of the house of commons, BUT ALL: IN VAIN ! So much the more glorious is our victory. It was a battle for prin ciple—it was a. contest in which the strength of our pro testant institutions was tried, and the affection of the• people to the church of:England was put to the testthe result of which is, that principle has triumphed, our in stitutions are invulnerable, the people are still true to themselves! Now that Devonshire hai given the coup de grace to the. pretensions and the movement . principles of Lord JOHN RUSSELL, it is time to inquire what is to be done for the discomfited minister of the Home Department ? He is now once more upon the waters, a patriot gone a begging, a secretary of state without a seat in parlia ment. How would it do to elevate him to the peerage ' like CHARLES GRANT, or Mr. WESTERN ? Not well, for Lord John is supposed to be a famous orator, and a per son of uncommon tact, whose powers of debate cannot be dispensed with in the " House below." Will his lordship try to sneak into parliament through the rotten borough of Tavistock, or the equally pliable borough of Morpeth ? What ! the foster-father of the reform bill— he who had the honour to introduce , that of all men, confess in the face of the world, that no county in England would return him, and that dire ne cessity compels him to beg a corner from his father's te nants in Tavistock•? Impossible ! The very goose quill with which he wrote the reform bill would hiss him ; old Major CARTWRIGHT'S statue in Burton Crescent would point its finger at him ; and that of CHARLES JAMES Fox in Bloomsbury-square would throw its scroll at his head. No, no; Lord JOHN cannot take shelter in Tavistock, or any other borough of equally convenient rottenness. This would be a virtual repeal of the reform bill, by the very man who introduced it. This would be to restore Gatton and Old Sarum. As for Mr. BYNO being raised to the'peerage, in order to make room in Middlesex for Lord JOHN by the side' of JOSEiu HUME, we are not sure if that would serve his purpose. Mr. WOOD is so strong that the noble lord would stand an awkward Chance. He cannot afford' to run the risk of a second defeat. If Middlesex were to throw him hack, Lord JOHN RUSSELL would be floored for ever. The coach would be " upset," never •to rise again ! Now comes the dernier resort. We are told he is to throw himself into the arms of the electors of Manches ter! It is said that Mr. MARK PuntPs has consented to accept the Chiltern Hundreds, in order to make way for Lord JOHN RUSSELL in Manchester. We have heard this asserted in so many quarters that, incredible as it appears, we are bound to believe it. Yes, the important town of Manchester is to be converted into a contemptible nomination borough, to suit the purposes of such wi.:gs as the people of England have rejected elsewhere. So confidently is this asserted, that the friends of Lord JoLtti have actually begun to canvass for him privately, in order that they may begin in earnest as soon as the writ is moved for, which is expected to he done on Tuesday or Wednesday next. Electors of Manchester ! is it come to this? There were no men in England who clamoured more lOudly for the reform bill than you ; but if you submit to be in sulted in this manner by your first representative, of what use can the reform bill be to you? If you 'are to return those whom no other class of electors in the United Kingdom will receive, why you are as degr;ided as the tenants of the Duke of BEDFORD, and you might as well delegate the duties of your trust to an individual, to Lord JOHN RUSSELL, for instance, himself. If- you re turn Lord JOHN, do you think the world will believe that you exercised an independent vote ? No, the world will say that Mr. MARE PHILIPS, the lord of so many slaves in the rotten borough of Manchester, commanded these slaves to return the minister for the home department. Electors of Manchester! 'Remember that a minister of the crown; such as your intended representative is, ha s pa tronage to confei and favours to bestow. Do you know the meaning of this? Are you prepared to be bought and THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. sold ?. Mr. MARK PHILIPS is not - your representaave. He is only a warming-pan, and warming-pans are vend ible. He keeps his seat until he can dispose of it to the best advantage, and who so good a customer as a secretary of state ? Make up your minds to this—if Mr. PHILIPS resigns, you are sold! The weaver sells you to a chap_ man of the house of Bedford, who are sleeping partners in the firm of O'CONNELL, MELBOURNE, and Co. You are treated like a piece . of damaged calico, fit only for • exportation. Many animals are sold and exchanged without being consulted; but it is painful to think that you should be treated in so light a manner. Electors of Manchester! Have you any pride ?—but before you answer we will tell you a story. There was a poor tailor living in the far-up attic of some obscure street in London, who, from a tedious illness, was re duced to extreme want. His laSt penny was spent—his coat and his wife's shawl and other garments were pawn ed and they had hardly an article of furniture or clothing left. His wife proposed, in her extremity, to 'pledge an useful implement in his craft, namely, the tailor's iron. " What !" exclaimed the dying man, " dishonour the goose ? No; I have too much PRIDE to do that!" Electors of Manchester! we ask you if you have as much pride as this Poor forlorn journeyman tailor; for if you have you will. spurn the affiont which is to be of fered you, whistle Mr. MARE PHILIPS to the winds, and reject Lord JohN RUSSELL with disdain. In order that you may be enabled to do this in a mas terly and triumphant manner, it is proper that some can didate of high standing,'of great talents, and of consi derable political experience, should be submitted to your choke. You have twice rejected Mr. BRAIDLEY, simply, we fear, on the ground that a prophet is not respected in his own country. There are too many jealousies amongst you to elect a townsman who mixes frequently with you in the intercourse of trade. For these reasons, there. fore, Mr. BRAIDLEY, we presume ; will not offer himself again. Who then is to face and beat Lord JOHN Rus- SELL ? You all recollect how much your highly favoured town_ s ipAtebtel! to the . late Sir ROBERT PEEL. 7 11 e was one of those who laid the foundations of your prosperity and renown. The daughter of that truly great and ex cellent man is the wife of Mr. GEORGE ROBERT DAW SON, the late candidate for Devonport, and who' contri• buted not a little to defeat Lord JOHN in Devonshire. He has sat in many parliaments. He is a gentleman of liberal and conservative principles, a fluent and even eloquent speaker, of large experience, of good business habits, and is just the man to meet Lord JOHN RUSSELL and call him to a strict reckoning on the hustings of Manchester. There is not a man among you who is not an admirer of the present Sir ROBERT PEEL. You may say what you . please, but in your hearts you are proud that the late prime minister is a native of this county. In his brother in-law, Mr. DAwsoN, you will find a gentleman of corre sponding sentiments and equally sound principles. If he will consent to stand ,the contest you cannot be in better hands. He might be induced perhaps by a requi sition. Try him by all means. If he should accept the invitation, our own opinion is, that his very appearance on the hustings would frighten Lord JOHN into an imme diate resignation. It is singUlar that among the violent whigs, some are so much addicted to misrepresentation that they cannot speak the tiuth,'even when the ti nth would serve their purposes quite as well as falsehood. The speech attri buted to Mr. JOSEPH EWACIT of this town, in presenting a certain address to Lord JOHN RUSSELL in Devonshire, is a case in point. We beg pardon for not noticing the affair sooner, but when we first read the Morning Chro nicle, we imagined that the Mr. EIVART . there spoken of was our own consistent and immaculate representative, for whom we entertain such a particular respect, that we never think of reading any thing that he is reported to have said or done. The gentleman in question, who figured in Devonshire, is, we regret to state, unfortu nately, the brother of our member. This gentleman is reported in the Morning Chronicle to have spoken as follows, in allusion to the address which he presented to Lord JOHN :-- It was adopted at a public meeting and left at the shops of the town for si,gnatures, without any efibri being made to give it pub licity beyond the fact•of its announcement; and that, in the zhe4 -Tux* 4krite. days 444:waived-no less than 10,516 sitna tures (long continued chee7ing) . ; they were obtained without any exertion or solicitation—(Hear !) It was left freely fir the inha bitants to come forward, and the number thus obtained exceed ' ed, by about 4,000, the number obtained, by every effort that could be made by the tories, to en address to Sir Robert Peel, requesting him not to resign. (Great cheering.) We have a great and conservative regard for the cha racter of our townsmen, and therefore we are•unwilling to believe that Mr. JOSEPH EWART spoke the words as cribed to him by the Chronicle. If he did, however, (he has hot contradicted the report in any of the Liver pool papers) all we have.to say is that he is guilty of uttering misstatements, if not downright falsehoods in almost every line of the above extract. Ist. The address was not adopted at "a public meet ing," but on the contrary was got up by unknown per sons in some hole and corner. 2d. Instead of lying only three days for signatures it lay, to our knowledge, from Thursday in one week to Wednesday, inclusive, in the succeeding week, which we calculate gives a space of at least six clear days. It is true that Good Friday and Sunday intervened ; but these were the very days on which the address received the greatest number of marks, signatures, and apolo gies for signatures. It was planted at all the doors of the Roman C a th o li c chapels—signed by all th ose w h o could write, and crossed by those who could nut—the people who did so, for the most part, not knowing what it was about, inasmuch as they were quite as unable to read as to write. 3d. Mr. EWART is made to say that the signatures were " obtained without any exertion or solicitation." The fact that the chapels were resorted to on Good Fri day and Sunday proves the contrary, and we moreover assert that The address, and sometimes sheets without the address, was hawked through all the low open houses of Liverpool for several days. We should like to see the signatures. . The committee took very good care they should not be seen. Why ? because they had good rea son to be ashamed of them—because they knew hun dreds of them to 'be fictitious—and because they know well that the whole of the heavy sheets, which Mr. EWART could not lift, do not contain five hundred genu ine signatures of persons of respectability. We honestly confess that we .are sorry to .see Mr. JOSEPH EWART made the mouthpiece of such unseemly misrepresentations. No wonder Lord Joitx RUSSELL was defeated, when he was supported by such fiauils so repulsive to the people of England. Had Mr. JOSEPH EWART been a joint of the tail instead of a merchant who has a character to lose, and whose word should be his bond, we should not have been surprised. But Mr. EWART is not one of the creatures of O'CONNELL ; he is an Englishman, and we presume independent. He should not therefore mix himself up with such barefaced misstatements; but we still hope that the speech ascribed to him by the Morning Chronicle is a fiction, and a fraud practised upon his good nature. STRAY SLIPS FROM THE LIVERPOOL MERCURY (Read at the Guinea Pig . on Tuesday Evening, as our leading article for our next number.) Notwithstanding the determined efforts of the tories, consist ing of the most barefaced bribery, intimidation, and corruption, Lord John Russell, as we anticipated, has carried his election for- South Devon. We have only time to congratulate our readers on the result of what we hold to be the last contest in which the miserable faction will venture to engage. The enlightened electors of South Devon have nobly done their duty, and. Lord Russell again takes his seat in the House of Commons as member for one of the most-important counties in England; where he will be enabled, as leader of the house, to carry into effect those wise and wholesome measures of re form which can emanate from none- but a master mind like his. If we did not feel -too much contempt, we should really pity the tories for the-signal defeat they have sustained. After all, Tavistock will not be vacated. - ( From the Mercury of this day.) We received by express from Exeter, at a late hour last night, the result of the first day's polling for South Devon. Owing to bribery, corruption, and intimidation, the usual wea pons of the tortes, Lord John Russell was in a minority. - This, however, the address from Liverpqol, when made known to the electors, will neutralise. Should they succeed in their efforts to embarrass the reform administration by rejecting Lord John, the home secretaryship will be offered to ou enlightened towns man, Mr. William Ewart. Indeed, he has already written to the Liverpool reform association on the subject. ci special pri vate meeting of that body wiil be held this day, in order to take Mr. Ewart's letter into consideration. Ttie great length at which we have written on this subject compels us to omit on admirable scientific article on cats' paws, and also an extract from our paper of April Ist, I 830, which we have been requested to reprint. . LONDON LATEST NEWS. City, Wednesday Evening, half-past Seven o'clock. M r. O'Connell and his hopeful progeny have occupied the pub lic attention almost entirely since we last wrote, and the younger chips of the old block seem as much inclined to enact the bravo as their honourable sire does that of bully. The whole tenor of the conduct of these worthies is of a piece with what might have been expected from them, and we believe some.three ar four of them are now under bail to prevent their murdering certain of those of hisMajesty'ssubjects whom the father has spent his life in libelling, he being safe from his merited chastisement by the sham vow in which he has bound himself of not answering for his misrepresentations and inventions. Money has continued scarce with us for the last few days, and the consul market is heavy at 921 for the account. This scarcity has also caused 'a considerable depreciation in both India Bonds and Exchequer Bills, and it is understood that the Bank of England has been selling the latter securities. The • premium on India Bonds has fallen to 12 13, and that on Ex chequer Bills to 31 32. In the foreign market there is also a great degree ofheaviness, and the market closed heavily this afternoon at 19%42 for Bel gian, 811 4 for Brazilian, 491 for Columbian, 77 for Danish, 58i for Dutch 21 per cents, 1021 for the 5 per cents, 481- 49 fur Mexican, 104 a for Portuguese, 70i g for Spanish, and Igt for the scrip. By late accounts from Peru we learn that since the late re_ volt of the troops at Callao the markets had became worse than ever, and confidence had again been destroyed. It was not ex pected, even if everything remained tranquil, that the market would recover for months. By advices from La Guayra to the 4th of March, it is stated that an extraordinary advance had suddenly taken place in coffee, and that sales had been effected at Caraccas at 1l z, 114, and even 12 cents. This sudden rise was owing to many Ger man houses suddenly coming into the market as purchasers. The article was also extremely scarce iu consequence of a short crop. By ad s vices from Nassau we find that his Majesty's brigs Cruizer and Racer had each captured a slaver. The one taken by the former is said to be very large, and had an unusual num ber of slaves on board. Our private accounts from New York announce the arrival of the schooner Oral, in thirty-one days, from Para, having on board the vice-president of that province and three officers of the customs, who, in consequence of the recent disturbances Ihere, haAtfled.for, their lives: - The Oral touched at Barbadoes, at the desire of the British reside n ts a t P a r a , t o desire thut a vessel of wax might be sent for their protection. We have also a file of Boston papers which state, that the house of representatives of Maine had adopted the following re solutions, having reference to the boundary question, by a ma jority of 129 to 7 : Resolved;—That as the recommendation of the King of the Netherlands was an evasion and not a decision of the question submitted to him, we cordially approve its rejection by the pre_ sident of the United States. Resolved,—That as the . final adjustment of our north eastern boundary line is a question involving the future growth and prosperity of this state, the executive of the state be requested to urge upon the executive of the United States the great im portance of a speedy settlement of this exciting question in such a manner as will preserve the territorial rights of Maine, as deicribed by the treaty of 1783. ADDRESS TO WILLIAM EWART ESQ. M.P. The arrival of the Bristol mail on Wednesda . y, with the re sult of the first day's poll for South Devon; created a great sensation here among those whose agent followed Lord John Russell into that county, for the purpose of addressing his lord ship on hii appointment to office. What's this?—they ex claimed—Lord John .in a minority? . Lord Jchn who carried the surplus resolution in the House of Commons minus in Devonshire?—impossible:—there must be some mistake. How ever) the arrival of the same mail yesterday proved that there was no mistake. To remedy so serious an evil as a secretary of state without a seat in either House of Parliament, an ad dress to Mr. Ewart, the popular representative for Liverpool, was agreed to, and laid upon the table of the Exchange News rooms. This document we publish gratuitously, in the hope of furthering its object : "To William Ewart, Esq., one of the Members of Parliament for the Borough of Liverpool. " We, the undersigned electors of the borough of Liverpool, having with the deepest regret heard of the defeat of that illus trious statesman, Lord John Russell, in the southern division of the county of Devon, and feeling, moreover, that the sta bility of the OTONNELL-MELBOLRNE cabinet is thereby very seriously damaged, if not in danger of being entirely destroyed, respectfully take leave to suggest to you the propriety of looking an immediate application for the Chiltern Hundreds, in order to give the ELECTORS OF LIVERPOOL, who lately signed an ad dress to Lord John, an opportunity of returning that nobleman to parliament. Iu calling upon you, sir, to perform this act of self-devotion fir your.cuuntry7s_good, we are aware of the greatuess_of_the sacrifice, and the loss we shall sustain by being deprived of your invaluable services; and, if we were not fully sensible „f your great desire to promote the movement now so happily begun, we should not presume to ask you to abdicate the scat which you so honourably, satisfactorily, and ably fill." This memorial was taken to the Exchange News-rooMs be tween the , hours of four and five yesterday afternoon. We have no doubt that it will be signed as numerously and re 7 spectably as the address to Lord John; indeed we do not see how any one person who signed that address can hesitate to attach his name to the one to which we are alluding. THE DEVONSHIRE ELECTION. (From our own Correspondent.) EXETER, MONDAY, MAT 4.—The city is all bustle and 1, oration this morning, —drums beating, colours flying, Sze. Ms , polling commenced at nine o'clock, at .the Castle, and at tiro'• respective polling places in the division. Sir Thomas Arland came in at half-past eight, with a large train of yeomen, for Parker; and was soon after followed by strong patties froth different parts of the neighbourhood in the same interest. The conservative colours and emblem—pink and blue, and the holly —greatly prevailed throughout the city, and there was an im mense preponderance here of the friends of Mr. Parker, who are in the highest possible spirits. It is understood that consi derable influence and intimidation has been used by the sup porters of Lord John Russell, who have resorted•to all kinds of tactics to win over votes. - Finding themselves irrevocably lost and beaten off the •field if.those who had promised Mr. Parker came to the poll, on Saturday they commenced a new system of generalship by endeaveuring to induce some of Mr. Parker's voters to keep out of the way till the election was over, for which purpose handsome sums, it is pretty well known, have been handed over to pay the expenses of a few recreants who have disappeared. Nevertheless, the friends of the protestant church and constitution, from the beginning, have felt the greatest con fidence in the success of the cause, which is now, I rejoice to say, placed beyond all doubt, notwithstanding the order from the treasury has been to the Russell committee. "Vin the elect tion, cost what it may!" The interest which has been excited, and the strong feeling which has prevailed here as to this 'con test is altogether unprecedented ; it could not have been mote so if the fate of our most valued institutions depended entirely on the result. At nine o'clock this evening the result of the day's polling was announced from the central committee in this city, amidst the moat deafening cheers of a laTge multitude. • STATE 4W THE POLL. Mr. Parker Loid John Russell . 3372 . 27M Majority for Mr. Parker G3I r i n t ESDAY NIGHT. CLOSE OP THE POI I Mr. Parker Lord John Russell 3755 3128 Majority for Mr. Parker 627 We copy the following from the Second Edition of the Times. It will be seen that the majority fur Mr. Parker has been slightly increased on the second day's poll. FINAL CLOSE OF THE POLL. EXETER, TUESDAY EVENING, 9 O'CLOCK. STATEMENT OF MR. PARKER'S COMMITTEE, EXETER, 9 O'CLOCK, TUESDAY EVENING. • Second Day's Poll. Mr. Parker !,6 .. 391 Lord John Russell .. •.. 38L Majority for Mr. Parker Gross Pull. Mr. Parker •• Lord John Russell .. .. •• 3755 ••• .. 3128 Majority for Mr. Parker .. .. 627 District Gross Poll. Parker Russell. Exet e r .. ,• . .. ~ 923 4()7 flouiton . .. • • .. .585 .418 Newton ... • • .. 911 826 Kingsbridge .. •.. .. 596 505 Plymouth • • • • .. . 456 444 Tavistock . • • • • 315 Oakhampton .. • • . • 158 213 Total .. 3755 STATEMENT OF LORD JOHN RUSSELL'S COMMITTEE. SECOND DAY._ . . Gross Numbers. Lord J. Russell. Mr. Parker. Exeter .. .. .. 109 28 81 Honiton .. .. .. 157 72 85 Newton .. .. ... 241 122 119 Oakhauipton....No return, except the majority of 22 for Lord J, Russell on this day's poll. Kingsbridge .. .. 96 48 48 Tavistock .. .. 56 42 14 Plymouth .. .. 77 • 29 38 ' Gross majority on the two days' poll 628 in favour of Mr. Parker. HARD DRINKING.—" The Moors," says Sir Granville Ten-I ple, in his recent excursions in the Mediterranean, "are cer tainly the hardest drinkers I ever heard of, which I think will be proved by the two following instances, both of which occur red during my residence in the country. The Kaed of Jerbeh drank one evening at supper entirely unassisted, four bottles of ruin, which did not prevent his walking about immediately after; and one of the servants of Bash-Madook, after having swat loved. within an hour,,a demijcare of wine, equal to enty-two louttlva, asked for stone. runs'," MEETING OF COMMON' COUNCIL. We have' to apologise for having been obliged to abridge much of the detail of the Common Council proceedings with which we have been favoured; but a pressure of other matter, to which we could not refuse insertion, must, on this occasion, plead our apology. We have, however, preserved the material points and conclusions which occupied the attention of the council.---Eo. L. S. On Wednesday last the Common Council held their monthly meeting. None had occurred in the month of April, conse quently the business had accumulated, which protracted the sitting until an unusually late hour. The period of meeting is eleven, and it was past four before they broke up. The mem bers present were the Mayor; Messrs. Lace and POwnall, Bailiffs; Messrs. Braucker, Bourne, Staniforth, Wright, T. Case; Sir J. Tobin, Sir G. Drinkwater, and Sir T. Brancker; Messrs. Leyland, Lawrence, I'. Bourne, Robinson, - Sandbach, Horsfall, Foster, W. W. Currie, J. 1). Case, Bold, Earle, Leigh, Ripley, Moss, Ewart, Thompson, Houghton, Shaw, Hollinshead,. Ashton, Gladstone, Crosbie, Cockshot, & Wa,ker. • The Maroa rose and said that he was sorry to announce to the council that by the death of one of its members, Alderman Thomas Molyneux, a vacancy had occurred in the council, which would be filled up at their next meeting. The TowN-CLicax proceeded to read the report of the last meeting of council, and likewise of the various committees since the last council day, excepting those of the dock com mittee, which become confirmed by lapse of time, for one month, when no council takes place. The details of these pro ceedings, the perusal of them, and the consideration of various questions, as they occurred, occasioned considerable discus sion; those of the select finance committee, however, were the most important. At the last council it was referred to the select finance commit tee to consider the proposal made by Mr. C. Bowdon, of an offer of a purchase of the laud on the south side of Cook-street, suffi cient to afford the means of widening the street. After various discussions in the committee, it was decided to transfer the sub ject once more to the hands of the Common Council. It was here stated by several gentlemen, members of the finance' com mittee, that the impression on their minds was that there were other improvements called _for in the town which superseded the necessity fur laying out the corporation funds, at the pre sent period, in widening Cook-street., This street was not con sidered by them to be a leading street, -or one of sufficient im portance to justify an expense of such a nature being incurred. It was further stated that the large purchases made in Pool lane were, in their amount, so serious, that the funds of the corporation were not in a state to bear further outlay of this description. On the other hand, it was argued by other gen.: tleinen that, from George's and Prince's Dock, Cook-street was one of very•censiderable importance as a leading street to all the property in the neigbourhood of Temple -court, where ware houses, in particular, to a very great extent existed. Mr. W. Earle, Mr. T. Case, and other gentlemen urged on the notice of the council the propriety of removing the 'archway over Cook-street, and likewise the importance of .widening that street where the obstruction now exists. This subject was entered into very fully, and it was ultimately agreed to refer the matter :back., to the select finance. onntuittee„resnesting them to reconsider the proposal which had been miae to the council by Mr. Rawdon, on behalf of the Liverpool Commer cial Bank, and-to report-accordingly. • .• The next subject for discussi,m was that of granting a new lease to Mrs. Jones, of the King's Arms Hotel, fur seven years, as recoinmeuJed by the select finance committee. - This mat ter, in immediate connexion with the settlement of the one which preceded . it, was agreed fur the present to be postponed. I. The o ws: CLERK read a letter from the surveyor regarding the state of St. Thomas's church tower, which was then under repair, and stating that the walls were so much weakened by the decay of the stone as to lie unable to bear any superstruc ture. Previous to further instructions bein g given, some information was required, which rendered a further report necessary flow the surveyor. A third objection arose to the report of the select finance committee as to their recommendation of the corporation de clining, the application that had been made to them by the trustees of the Cemetery, in Duke-street. The select finance committee considered that the security for the proposed ad vance was not sufficient, end that if the assistance sought for was to be in the shape of a loan, it would be at least eighteen years before any repayment of the capital could take place. Sir GEoitos:DarNk warm( thought the council should not hesitate in acceding to the proposition,•when he felt satisfied that the transfer of burials from the church-yards in the centre of the town to another and more distant situation, was in itself an object well deseiving the Consideration of the council;' besides which, the Cemetery was a public institution, and one which he considered ought to meet with support from the coun cil.—We must here mention, hi justice to Sir George Drink water, that when this subject was discussed at the last council, he did not wish to vote, he being one of the trustees, and an interested party; and the same to Mr.' Thompson, who said that though a considerable proprietor, he should vote against the corporation taking env shares, or being interested in the manner proposed. Several gentlemen expressed their conviction that the secu rity, if snffieient for the other proprietors, was so fur the council, when it was resolved that the corporation should become pro prietors to the extent of 1.:7,100, in shares (the number unap propriated) iu their name, but that the management, as before, should rest with the trustees. At the request of the MAYOR the Town-clerk read a letter from Dr. Rutter, president o f the medical institution, thanking the council for their liberality, but requesting some assistance beyond that, as to the site of their intended building, to enable them to carry their intentions into full execution. Dr. Rutter entered into some detail in connexion with the objects of the institution, •and stated, after dwelling on its importance to the town, that if the corporation would give £l,OOO he would raise 'his own subscription, already £3OO, to £.500. Several members of the council rose to speak on this subject. Mr. SANDBACH stated that he had occasion during the preva fence of the cholera, and being mayor at that period, to witness the exertions made by the medical gentlemen of Liverpool, of which he spoke in the highest terms, and said that though the deaths had once reached fifty a day, that more recoveries took place in Liverpool, proportionately, than elsewhere. lie thought the medical body strongly entitled to the consideration of the corporation. It was then unanimously agreed to vote £lOOO to this institution. The Tow N-CLErt lc_ read. a letter from Mr. J..13._ YAW, p rep& dent of the Literary and Philosophical Society, stating that it was the intention of that body to hold their next meeting in . 1836, in Liverpool, and requesting the countenance and sup 'port of the Common Council.—Referred to the Select Finance Committee. A letter from Mr. Gibbon was real, requesting a further sub scription from the Corporation fur the chaplain of the Infirm ary, owing to the rate of interest on a sum invested having been reduced, a difference had occurred which he wished to have equalized.—lt was unanimously resolved to allow £lO a-year to the chaplain. A memorial from attornies, praying that the plans of the new Court Rooms be raised and alterations made. Referred to the Select. Finance Committee, with full_povvers. A letter from Charles Lawrence, hsq., Chairman of the Li verpool and' Manchester Rail-road Directors, was read, regard ing the front of their new entrance, in the Haymarket. The sum to be advanced by the Corporation was agreed to at the last Council. It was referred to the Select Finance Committee to determine on the architectural design. A memorial from the proprietors of the Botanic Gardens, for a loan of .E. 3,000, on the security of the land, was read, to ena. ble them to erect hot-houses and other buildings, without which they could not proceed; when it was determined not to accede to this request, but that the right of the Corporation to the re versionary interest in the new garden should be given up. A petition from T. Haziehurst, to be one of the constables was read, but rejected. TheTC9wn-clerk laid before the council a letter from Mr. W, 'raPor to erect a tablet in St. George's Church Referred to the Select Finance Committee. The - „lti,t.stpr requested the Town-clerk to !cad a letter from the..B.Cir.4l:Dawson, tendering his resignation, from ill health, as mi,nisier of Michael's Church. This was accepted. The Rev. Mr. Berrv y was,elected to succeed him, and the Rev. Mr. Morro.ll was Eippoidted chaplain. But before these appoint ments were made, it : was contended, ;that the usual notice had not been given; that it was premature to proceed now to the appointments :—that the council were precluding the chance of other applicants, and that in making the selection, some consideration, at least, was due to the congregation. It was admitted, that the gentlemen who were appointed were, doubt less, eligible; but to close the door, another, of at least equal pretensions, was scarcely doing : j us ti ce t o th a t com p e titi on which under such circumstances, is just and proper. A discussion iook place regarding the site of the proposed fish-market, which was referred to the select finance committee. —To report upon. . LOCAL NEWS'. NAMIK PAS If A.—Namik Pasha, Envoy Extraordinary of the Ottoman court, left London on Sunday morning., on a visit to Portsmouth and Plymouth, to inspect the arsenals. Lord Aucland had aleady dispatched the necessary orders tp each of those places, giving instructions for the reception of this amiable and distinguished visitor with all the honours and attentions due to the representative of a power with whom we are united in bonds of friendship, upon a basis reciprocally advantageous. The pasha's departure from our shores may shortly be expected —an event which cannot fail to cast a glOom amidst the circle of friends wiinhave had the Inman to know hint in private life. Nonni Effendi, his successor, the permanent ambassador of the Sublime Porte to our court, although not known to us like his predecessor, is nevertheless spoken of as a man of honourable feelings and of considerable talent, notwithstanding the disad vantage of being conversant only in his own language. The Rev. Dr. M‘Call, of Manchester, will, we are informed preach the anniversary sermon on Sunday next, at the Scotch Secession Church, Mount-pleasant. FRAUDULENT PENSION CERTIFICATES.—Yesterday, one of those.nuisances to society who subsist by petition and letter writing for the poor and illiterate portion of the community, named James Poulton, residing; at N 0.40, Westmorland -street, was brought before Mt. Alderman Sandbach and Sir Thomas Brancker, charged with having forged a certificate fbr the grant of a pension to Daniel Robb, a pauper in the Liverpool Work house, with intent to defraud the Trinity Board in London. It appeared that Robh, who was an old seaman in the Workhouse, procured a certificate from the surgeon to that institution, to the effect that he was disabled from service, the surgeon not knowing the use be intended to put it to. Robb then went to the prisoner, who informed him of the way he might obtain a pension, .. and forged a certificate, purportin to be one from a surgeon, stating that he was a disabled and unfortunate seaman, worthy of the charity of the Trinity HouSe. without men:ioning that he was already provided for in the Liverpool Workhouse. The parties in London wrote to Liverpool on the subject, when the fraud was discovered, and Poulton apprehended. The magistrates, after hearing the case, sentenced the accused to three month's imprisonment and hard labour in the House of Correction. Cases of this description, Where persons and public institutions are duped and defrauded by such swindlers, are of very frequent occurrence, and the magistiates are determined to make an example of them whenever opportunity offers. PROGRESS OF CONSERVATISSI.—Yeeterd4 se'nnight a meet ing was held at the Cross Inn, Kiugswiuford, to establish a district committee of the South Stafford Conservative Associa tion. The meeting wa s att en d e d b y a l arge b o dy o f the neigh bouring gentry and freeholtleis and amongst the number was the Earl of Mountno rr i s , who from having hitherto invariably supported the Whig party, has publicly joined the conserva tive cause, and declared his intention to give it every support in his power. Nearly fifty gentlemen of the highest respectability enrolled themselves as members upon this occasion.—Worces ter Guardian. WASHINGTON IRVING.—This distinguished writer has pur chased a small property of about ten acres, eminently romantic in its location and appendages, on the banks of the Hudson. It is the identical house in which was assembled the memorable tea party, described in the legend of Sleepy Hollow, on that disastrous night when the ill-starred Ichabod was rejected by the fair Katrina, and also encountered the fearful companionship of Brow Bones, in the character of the headless Hessian. Here it is the design of the proprietor to take up his abode as a place of retirement and repose, from the business and bustle of the world. THE LAST WORDS OF LORD RUSSELL ONi. SCAFFOLD. (From the Worcestershire. Guardian.) DID BELIEVE. AND DO STILL, THAT POPERY 18 BREAKA ING IN UPON THIS NATION, AND THOSE WIIO A DVANrEt IT WILL STOP AT NOTHING TO CARRY ON Titoit DE SIGNS; ANIfl AM HEARTILY SORRY THAT NAVY PRO TESTANTS GIVE THEIR HELPING HA` D TO IT." - - - • It is our intention to let the above stand perniatiently in the situation which it here occupies., in every nutnnet of the cestershire Guardian so long ds that journal Orall be kilited, and so long as "this nation" shall he threatened with —111.; breaking in of popery," - and no protection' is afforded by bit laws to shield her against a danger so appalling: :, COURT OF PASSAGE.-YESTF.R DA This day a Court of Passage was held in the New Court= house, South Chapel-street, before Mr. Bailiff Pots - NALL' and Mr. Lawitar4cE as Assessor, fur the purpose of trying two causes brought in the Common Pleas, at Lancaster. The actions were to recover sums under £2O, and they were, there fore, tried by virtue of the new amendm en t ac t o f 3d and Jab Wdliam IV. ROBINSON V. BIRCH. This was an action t(iieeoverthesuna of six pounds softie shillings for work and labour done by the . plaintiff fur the de , fendant, between the month of October, 1833, and the month of April, 1835. Mr. BANDSWELL, the attorney, stated the case for the plain tiff, from which it appeared that the plaintiff was a labouring man emnloyed by the defendant, a farmer at Atiotle, and that he sought to 'recover the above ainonut, being his due for wages. To prove the case, Mary Robinson, the'>tep-another of the plaintiff, was called, who said that the'plaintiff was engaged by the defendant as a labourer, at the rate of :2ti, 6d. per week, his clothes, washing, and lodging;, but she hail heard of no such engagement having been made excepting by way of con versation on one occasion with the defendant's wile. Mr. VENABLES, the barrister, for the defecdant, addressed the jury, and stated that the action was one that should never have been brought, as the plaintiff was half an idiot, and inca pable of taking proper care of himself. He was merely taken into the defendant's house through charity, and for what work he could do he was recompensed with his food, lodging, and washing. Mr. Venables then called several witnesses, who. proved the assertions he had made, and said that the plaintiff had told them he was to have no xtages, arid 'vas willing to go back Mr. Birch' on the same terms. The learned assessor having summed up the evidence, left it to the jury to say whether the evidence bore out the plaintiff's case. jury decided to the contrary, and returned a verdict for the defenuant. nrwntinst r. HOLT. This was an action lirmight to recover the balance of an at.- count for work done by the plaintiff, a plasterer and painter, t o some houses of the defendant. The case did not possess the slightest iute,est, and .a verdict was returned• for the plaintiff, CHSTER.RACES‘ The race this year were highly attractive, the tine weather having drawn together in the ancient city the most crack sportsmen of the day; the hotels and the hdging-horses were thronged throughout the fur days, and the inhabitants gene: rally are likely to reap an abundant harvest. We on 'Tuesday last gave a short account of the first day's sport : the following is a mote detailed report of the four days running, together with the betting on each contest : MONDAY, MAY 4. A Produce Sweepstakes of 50 sins each, h ft. Twn Sir T. bitanley's ch c J a c o b F a ithf u l • (Templeman) 1 Mr Mostyn's ch c by Velocipede Mr Nanuev's b c Fiiar Tuck, by Emilius Maiquis of Westminster's b e Gerard Dow, by Peter Lely ll Sir Bulkelev's br f by Teniers Eleven paid.-6 t o 4 agst L'Hirondelle, 2to 1 attst Jacob Faithful, and 7to 2 agst Friar Tuck. Jacob Faithful took the lead, made strong and steady running, was never headed, and won a fine race by a neck. Friar Tuck was very restive before starting, and played all the antics be was master of. Nothing had a chance beside the first and second • the Friar was about four lengths behind L'Hir o nd e ll e, Bulkeley's fourth; and Ge , rard Dow fifth. The Tradesman's Plate of 100 sovs in specie, added to a Han dicap Sweepstakes of 15 sovs each, sovs ft. Three to accept or no race. To start at the Castle Pole, and run twice round. Second horse to receive 25 sovs. Mr Mostyn's b f Birdlime, 4 yrs, Bst llb (T. Lve 1 Mr G. Cook's br c Red Rover, 4 yrs, 7st 91b..(J . Maudsley ) 2 Mr Nanney's ch h Ratcatcher, 5 yrs, Bst Manchester, Abbas Mirza, Nell Gwvnne, Solon, Lambkin, br f by Longwaist, Buccaneer, and Pearnhurst also started, but were not placed. 'The anxious moment at length arrived that wag to decide a race which had caused greater speculation than was ever before known in this and the adjoining counties, iu consequence of every horse engaged having numerous backers. The Lanca shire gentlemen were very sweet upon Red Rover, and backed him pretty freely; Manchester was also backed for a few hun= dreds by the Hedgford gentlemen ; the Welsh stood heavy upon 13irdiime, Lambkin, and the hold Buccaneer; in fact, every one was anxious to take odds on their respective favourites. 7 to 4 agst Birdlime, 5 to 1 agst. Manchester, 6 to 1 agst Abbas Mirza, 8 and 10 to 1 agst Lucinda, Lambkin, and Solon, and 12 to 1 agst Red Rover.—Manchester took the lead, Lambkin and Rat catcher being well in ; they went on until coming to the two= years-old post, three-quarters of a mile from home, when they began to get together, and changed placei.—Lye, on the mare, waited with great patience, and at the Castle tarn he began to cut up his horses, and finally won the race cleverly. Red Hovel' run a very honestborse. Lucinda got a bad start, never rem , vered her ground, and came in last. Lambkin was fourth.— Run in five minutes and seven seconds. A Maiden Plate of £5O in specie, the gift of the Stand Com mittee, added to a Sweepstakes of 5 sacs each. Heats, twice round ; second horse to receive £2O. Sir G. Pigot's b c Altamont, 3 yrs (Arthur, jun.) 1 1 Mr it J. Mostvn's eb c Miner (W. Jones) 2 '2 Mr Acker's br c Luck's All, 4 yrs Mr Tbotripson:.s.b c....Fitz,Lamxton, 5 4 Mr Ashton's l) mby Tramp, aped Luck's All took the lead; with Altamont close to his heels ; the pace being indifferent from the first. At the Castle Pole The Miner went up and challenged; Altamont was then let out, and won the first heat by a neck and shoulders. The second heat was well contested, but Altamont won by about half a length. TLESDAY, MAY 5. His Majesty's Plate of 100 guineas. Thrice round, more than three miles. Mr Wheeldon's br h Giovanni, aged Mr Fuller's b m Lady Harrington, 6 vrs Sir R. W. Bulkeley's b c Lambkin, 4 'yrs . Mr Watson's b c by Mameluke, 3 yrs .. dis An extraordinary degree of interest was manifested ; the fleetest horses contested for the plates ; gentlemen bet high, odds much as yesterday, and large stints changed owners ; the day vet) , fine and pleasant, and the ladies displayed vast gaiety and grandeur in dress. Eight drawn.-5 to 4on Giovanni, who took the lead, made very severe running, was never heinied, and won in a canter; b c by Mamelnke• pulled up, the second time round, dead beaten, he could not live the pace. ' Fifty Sovereigns, the gift of Mr. George Stratton, of the Royal Hotel, added to a Sweepstakes of 3 sovs each, for all ages. Lord Derby's gr h Faleonbridge. 6 yrs Sir T. Stanley's b c Intriguer, 4 vrs Mr Nanney's br c ymbro, by Banker, 3 yrs • ' 3 Presto, Bridegroom, and \Volfrona were not placed.-4 to I on Intriguer, 4 to 1 ag,st Wolfrona, 6 to 1 agst Falconbridge, and high odds agst any other.—Falconbridge took the lead, made his own running, Wolfrona laying second, and Intriguer third ; at the Castle Pole Cymru and Intriguer came up, and contested the race with Falconbridge, who - defeated them by near a length. Wright's riding was admired.—Ruu in two minutes and 25 seconds. A Free Handicap Stakes of 30 soya each, 10 sovs ft, for three and four years old. Once round and a distance. 4 subs. Lord Grey of Groby's b c Enville, 4 yrs, Est 12th • Sir G. Pigot's ch f Miss Chester, 4 yrs, Est 121 b 2 Mr Tomes's b g by Bedlamite, 4 yrs, Est 1011) 6 to 4 on the field.—Miss Chester headed them to the Castle Pole, where the others challenged her, and Enville soon passed by; b g by Bedlamitc then crept up, and a rare race between gelding and the winner, who came first only a bare neck. Sixty Guineas (clear) the gift of the Members for the City. Heats, once round and a distance. Sir G. Pigot's b c Altamont, 3 yrs Mr Nanney's bl c Sir William, 4 yrs Fearnhuist, Enville, Limner, b g by Bedlamite. and Presto were not placed.—Two drawn.—First heat : Sir William headed ' them at starting, Enville being close with him, and the rest well up ; half a mile from home Limiter looked well; Altamont came up close to home and won cleverly. WEDNESDAY, MAY 6. The Dee Stakes of 50 soya each, half forfeit, for three year olds: Derby weights. Once round and a distance. Second horse to receive back his stalie. 6 subs. Sir I'. Stanley's ch c Peter Simple (Templeman) I • Marquis of Westminster's ch c by Conductor 2 Sir It. W. Bulkeley's b c by Brutandorf 6 to 4on Peter Simple— He took the lead, eh c by Conductor laying second; at the Castle Pole Peter Simple challenged and won cleverly by a length. The Stand Cup, value 100 sons, the gift of the Stand Commit- . , tee, added to a Sweepstakes of 10 sovs each, for all ages. • • Marquis Westminster's hr c Touchstone walked over Five paid. The Annual City Plate of 60 guineas, given by the Corpora tion. heats. twice runty]. Mr Nanney's ch h Ratcatcher, 5 vrs (Wright) 3 1 1 Sir It Bulkeley's bt in Jeinima, Kyrs • t 2 2 Mr F. R. Price's ch g Buccaneer, 4 yrs Mr Newman's eh m Sacharina, 6 yrs Ratcatcher the favourite—He took the lead, but was shortly headed by Sacharina, at the Castle Pole Jetnima was let nut, ani won by a bare head.—Secoud heat: R moocher made all the tunnin.. was headed about fifty yards from borne by the mare, but he won with difficulty by . u. head. Tnurtswiv, MAY 7. A Sweepstakes of 25 silos each, 'for tvroYearg old colts. Three quarters of a mile. Sir T. Stanley's ch f by Battledore—Maid of Lorn 1 Mr P. Turner's b f by Olympus Mr Buckley 's 1, c Salo. by Muley Four others started, but were not placed. A Sweepstakes of 20 sot's each, With 50 gods added by the Stand Ccminittee, for three year old fillies: Once round and <1 subs. Mr Mostyn's ch f Usury, by Banker • • Lord Derby's f.h f Verbena, by Velocipede Mr Nanney's ch f by . thampion A Plate, value £7O, in specie, the gift of the most noble the Marquis of Westminster. Best of heats, twice round the course to a heat. _ _ Mr Wheeldon's br h Giovanni, aged . - 1 1 2 2Mr Acker's bl c Luck's All, , 1 )rs d• Mc Fuller's b m Lady Harlington, 6 yrs .. I . Eight dra.vu. ELECTIVE FII'iNCHISE lIIELANIL —A most itripoitant deci sion upon the construction of a clause in the registry act has been made by the twelve judges; and it is of eonseqw , nee that, previous to the time of serving notices for application at the next quarter sessions, the public should be in possession of the acts. B y the decision it is ruled—"that free baryese, of corpora tions are entitled to be registered." That class of electors as such , not being named in the reform act, It became a question with the assistant barristers whether they could be registered, or, in Other word, whether their right to the elective franchise was saved by the act. The barristers, entertaining• a doubt as to the measuring of the art, declined to reLtister upon the notices of such applicants until the point had been .settled upon appeal. The question came in that forum from Mr. TiCKEr. 1. (one of the barristers,) before the going judge of assize; awl was by his lord- . ship reserved for the consideration of the whole bench. '1 have decided as stated; and henceforth the" YUEN. BURGESSES" of all corporations will have a right to exercise the privilege of the elective franchise, having complied with the forms and pros visions required by the act.—PuVin It'rela;ng Mai ,~sdx"' }fist '"fie ' ------~..1-:4,