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2 ELECTION OF 061INCILLORS. VAUXHALL 'WARD. • TO THE BURGESSES OF VAUXHALL IVAIa.). GENTLE MEN , HAVING been revested by a numerous body of the Bur gesses of your Ward to allow myself to be nominated as a CANDIDATh.: for the representation of it in the New Town Council, permit me to return yon my best thanks for this mark of your coutidence,.and to assure you that I must cheerfully accede to your wisbea. I might, Gentlemen, make many professions of what it is my intention to do for your W i Ward in the ev tof my being elected one of your Councillors; but, being f Jly convinced a man is better known by his acts than by his pr mises. I fearlessly refer you to the last twenty-three years of my life, which have been .spebt in the public service of my native town, and during the whole of that time I can with truth declare no vote, no action of mine has ever been dictated by private interest or personal aggrandise rent. If I ant fortunate enough to be returned one of your Councillors, I will still act as I have ever yet done, honestly, independently, and conscientiously, having for my objects the particular interests of your Ward, the general pros perity of the good old Town and the welfare of its Inhabitants. 1 have the honour, Gentleman, to be Your faithful Friend, J, WRIGHT. Egerton-crescent, 28th Nov., 1835. TO THE BURGOSES OF' VAUXHALL WARD. GENTLIOCIN, I -I A VING bee-o called upon by a large and respectable Body of the Municipal Electors of the Ward to become a C A N DIDATE for the honour of represeoting you in the Town Council, I have great pleasure in responding to the call. Ido so in the full Confidence of thy determination, should I have the. honour to be elected, to maintain u er all circumstances a perfect independence of principle a conduct; and I assure , you that my only object will be to p mote the prosperity and . welfare of this Ward and the Town at large.. I have the honour be, Gentlemen, Your devoted servant, JOSEPH M.:KERS. Vauxhall.road, 27th Nov., 1835. TO THE BURGESSES OF VAUXHALL WARD. IHAVE very great pleasure in acceding to the request of a tnost numerous and respectable Meetiug of the Burgesses of this Ward, that I wou:d permit myself to be nominated as a CANDIDATE for the important Office of one of yuur Repre sentatives in the new Council. I will not conceal from you that I aint gratified by.this unso licited approval of my principles and chiyracter, and pot the less so because it comes from those to many of whom, front my long connexion with your neighbourhood, 1 am intimately known. Gentlemen, no pledges have been required from me in the event of my being elected, and none do I think it right to offer: I am satisfied that no individual can faithfully pe rt - irm the duties of a Councillor who is fettered in his judgment, or tied down by instructions from others as to the course he shall pursue. If I shall have the houour to be elected, I shall enter upon the arduous and responsible Office with a fixed determination to perform my duty to the best of my ability, and with a sincere desire to promote your local interests and the general prosperity of the Towo. _ _ Gentlemen, I most sincerely thank you for this mark of your confidence, and have the honour to be, Your mustobedient servant, HENRY COPELAN D. Maryhone,2Sth November, 1835. TO Tits ELECTORS OF WEST DERBY WARD. GENTI.FiMEN, APING received a communication informing me that I had been nominated, by a numerous and respectable as sembly of the Electors, as one of the Candidates for the repre sentation of your Ward in the new Council of Liverpool, I beg to express im,self sensible of the confidence placed in me, and the honour conferred, and to assure y . (til that, if elected, my best efforts shall be employed to carry itlfo effect the full spirit and operation of the Act of Parliament under which you are constituted, with reference to the interest of your Ward and that of the entire Borough, And have the honour to be, Your very obedient Servant, Edge-lane, Nov. 21, 1835. J. S. LEIGH. 7 WARD TO THE ELECTORS OF WEST DE GENT LEM EN, IFIND myself in nomination as a fit per , 1 Representative •in the new Council. I' less for being unsolicited. The determin 7 elected, is a compromise of personal con myself impelled to make. Such hurobl bestow are yours. I will pledge myself to no man—to no party. I will be go verned in all my votes, on local subjects, by a sense of what is due to this Constituency; and on all public questions, by what I conceive to be the interest of the whole community. Should the Council be converted into an aces for party po litics—should it be used for such purposes, as an engine to bear on the deliberations of Parliament, as I know it /atty . /city may be, there are some subjects on which I shalt be prepared to vote. I iil support the Established Church, purified of pluralities and non-residence, and strengthened by a more just'distribution of its revenues. Any sinister or open attack on the integrity and independence of the House of Lords I will manfully resist. From this determination no instructions nor solicitations of yours can ever divert. me. - Every measure of well-considered economy, and all useful Reforms, whether pertaining to local or . pnblic!questions, shall have my most uuflinching support. If, after this brief declaration of my sentiments, you should elect me. I trust you will find' in we a fdithful Steward, keeping due " Watch and Ward" at the Council House. I remain, Gentlemen, Your most obedient Servant, Mount Vernon-place, Noy. 24, 1835. JOS. SANDATIS. n to become your honour is not - the EiOn to serve you, if ienience, which I feel 'services a 3 I have to TO TUE ELECTORS OF WEST DERBY WARD. GFiNTL MEN, • IN compliance with the numb er o f .t h e Elect.r.e, I am induced to allow myself to be put in nomin:ition at the ensuing Election as one of the Councillors for your Ward. Iu soliciting the honour of your sutirages, I wish it to be un derstood that I am actuated solely by a sincere desire to pro mote, to the utmost of my power, the interests and welfare of the community. If elected my best exertions shall alway e used to promote your particular and local interests, so fa they are consistent with the general welfare of the Borough I am, Gentlemen, Your obedient humble Servant, Liveipool,2lo , November, 1835. W. P. BUSIIBY: TO THE ELECTORS OF SOUTH TOXTETH WARD. No. 15. GENTLEMEN, T the request of a numerous and respectable portion of the Electors, we have been induced to become ANDI DATES for the honour of representing you in t new Coun cil. In the event of being chosen, we pledg ourselves that our best exertions shall be used to prom( le general inte rests of the town, without reference to pa y or political con siderations. We are, Gentlemen, Your obedient Servants, N. ROBINSON, ALEXANDER SMITH, 3011 N FLETCHER. Liverpool; Nor. 24, 183,5, TO THE ELECTORS OF NORTH TWA RD. GENTLEMEN, WAD. No. 16. GENTLEMEN, HAVING been requested by a hi , zbly respec to body of Electors to permit ourselves to be kilt omination as CANDIDATES to serve in the . Council f your Ward, we consider it our duty to comply with their r Pst. If your choice should upon us, it slo Ibe our endeavour, uninfluenced by party, to prove ourselves useful Members of the Corporate Body, by a vigilant attention to your local inte rests, and by seeking to promote the general welfare of the town. We are, with great respect, Gentlemen, Your very obedient and obliged servants, JOHN TROUGHTON, • JAM ES DEM PSI 4.; Y, JOSEPH GIBBONS. Liverpool, Nor. 27, 1835. TO THE BURGESSES OF THE EXCHANGE W. D. GENTLEMEN, TTAVING had the honour to receive from aco iderable number of your body an invitation to come f -aril at the approaching Municipal Election as one of the C. didates to re present your Ward in the Council, I deem it y duty to com ply with this request; and I beg to assure y that, if I should he elected a Member of it, I will diligentl ndeavour to justify the confidence reposed in me by discha in g the duties con nected with the office, faithfully and independently. I have the honour to be, Gentlemen, Your humble and obedient Servant, Liverpool, Nov. 30, 183. JOHN BENT. TO THE ELECTORS OF THE EXCHANGE W. GSNT EM FrAVING been nominated by a large portion o gesses as a Candidate fur the representation in the new Council, I beg to assure you that your confidence, and that if 1 ant elected I promote in every possible way the general int mitt - otthis Wa-rft-tn-pastictilar. . , Being known to many of 1 - nn, I need hardly enter into any explanation of my general views, further than to state that I am and always have been a decided supporter of ttrose enlightened principles of commercial policy, by which this great and flou rishing town has attained its present eminence ;—that whilst I am anxious to maintain the Civil and Ecclesiastical institutions of the country, I ant, nevertheless, desirous to promote all inea• sores - of safe and useful reform, and I shall ever be found an advocate fur reducing as much as possible the pressure of local taxation by the strictest economy in the expenditure of the Cor porate funds. I have the honour to be,,Gentlemen, Your obedient Servant, THOMAS SANDS, Liverpool, December 1, 1835. Le Bur 'your Ward gratified by 1 endeavour to eats of the Town, - TO THE ELECTORS OF THE EXCHANGE W GENTLEMEN, 111 - A V IN G been nominated by a numerous body of 11. body of Burgesses in your Ward as a proper - present your interests in the new Town Council, IP you I am g ratified by the kind 'feeling thus e me. If el ected I will endeavour to do my du .and independently. I have the honour to be, Gentlemen, Your most obedient Servant, GEORGE B. IRLAM. Sandon-place, Upper Duke-street, Dee. 1, 183.5. rgesses rson to re- leg to assure 'essed towards conscientiously TO THE .131.31WESSES OF SCOFLAND WARD, GFNTLEMEN, Ito r e N p - tar vonente consented tot t hlei,e4eu‘tv in Council,nom n nomina t ion ea: g r Ca p e e l; t l ; to state, that should you honour us by your choice e will en deavour faithfully to discharge the duties whic will devolve upon us by such appointments. It would be resumption on our part to urge any claims or pretension s the ground on which we solicit your support. In the lode ndent exercise of your newly-acquired right, your own judgments will best direct you to the choice of competent representatives; and we hope the result of the election will show that you have consulted the interests of this great community. Although we cannot com mend ourselves to your approval, we are bound by every respect we owe to you, and by - a regard to what is . due to ourselves, to declare in the most candid manne r, that we cannot offer you any pledges. or give you any promises beyond a general assur ance, that if elected, our anxious solicitude shall be directed to promote without fear or favour, and consequently with the strict est impartiality, such nie4sures as we may deem best calculated to advance your interests and the prosperity of the town gene rally. In order that we. may not interfere with the freedom and independence of your suffrages, and thereby become guilty of a want of proper and delicate propriety to you and ourselves, we abstain from a per , onal canvass, simply declaring, that if you confer on us the honour of representing you, we will en deavour to preserve it free from tarnish. RICHD. HOUGHTON, JAMES HEYWORTH, WM. FOSTER. TO THE ELECTORS OF ABERCROMBY WARD. GENTLIIMEN, I . N obedience to the Resolution passed at a num iMs and highly-respectable Meeting of the Electors of our Ward, inviting us to come forward as CANDIDATES or the repre sentation of your interests in the new Council o Liverpool, we beg leave to express our readiness to comply ith that Resolu tion, and respectfully to thank you for this oluntary mark of your confidence and good opinion. It is only necessary for us to assure u, that, if elected, we shall studiously devote ourselves to the faithful and impartial dischar'e,, of the various duties which must naturally devolve on us; and, at the sante time, endeavour to secure to you the full benefit of such privileges as the Municipal Reform Act is cal culated to confer on this great and important community. We have the honour to be, Your most obedient and faithful Servants, ROBERTSON GLADSTONE, WILLIAM RIPLEY, THOMAS KAYE. Liverpool, 30th November, 1835. TO THE BURGE t kiSES OF THE RODNEY-STREET WARD, OF THE BOROUGH OF LIVERPOOL. GENTLEMEN, HAVING been considered, at a numerous meeting of the Burgesses of the Rodney-street Ward, as fit personsAo represent . you in Council, we are induced to solicit yo sup port. . We cannot but feel highly gratified by the confi' nce thus placed in us, and are the more sensible of it, from be• g entirely indebted to our past conduct for this mark of you steem, and that no pledges of our fnture conduct have been coifed of us. We come forward' uninfluenced by any private motives, and unfettered by any restrictions, which world be inconsistent with the deliberative faculty of your represehlatives, and which would betray a want of confidence on the, part of .those im posing them. We have always been supporters of civil and religious liberty, of retrenchment and-rational reform, but we profess, at the same time, our undiminished attachment to that constitution which, till the present era, has always been considered the glory of our country, and to those Institutions under which our liberty and prosperty have been so long secured. . Should we, by your exertions, have the honour of being re turned as your representatives t.o the council, we will, in the words of the declaration required of each Councillor, duly•and faithfully fulfil the duties of the office, according to the best of our judgment and ability, and we will, unbiassed by party or political opinions, use our best endeavours to support such measures as, in our humble judgment, may be conducive to the prosperity and credit of this great community, and of the coun try at large. We are, Gentlemen, Your obedient and faithful servatits, - J. P. BRANDRETH, HENRY LAWRENCE, J. H. TURNER. Rodney-street, Nov.lB, 1835. TO THE BURGESSES OF sr. ANNE'S W ARD. GENTLEMEN, s AT a numerous and respectable MEETING o the BUR GESSES of this WARD, we were unaniru sly selected for nomination as Councillors to represent thi and in the Council at the ensuing election. We are fully aware of the labour and respons . ility which will be entailed on us by the acceptance of t rust; but at the same time, we feel gratified by the bonout ntended us, and therefore cannot hesitate to undertake the duties which woald be imposed upon us, should you think proper to elect us. We respectfully solicit your support on the day of Election ; and, if successful, beg to assure you that we shall do our duty -to the best of our ability, with every attention to the interest of the Borough, and of this Ward in particular. •We have the honour to remain, Gentlemen, Your obliged and humble Servants. EDWARD GIBBON, RICHARD JONES, 16th November, 1833. JOHN DAVIES. TO THE BURGESSES OF ST. PETER'S WARD. GENTLEMEN, TjAVING been requested by a large and in(fl ential class of .1.1... our Fellow-townsmen, to become CAND AYES for the honour of representing this Ward in the new' wn Council, we beg to say. that we consent to place ourselves at your disposal. We abstain from anv professions, ben' known to you all, and will only add, that it we are - Elected,. ) r best services shall be given to the general interests of the \ rd and the Tnwn at large. We have the honour to remain, Gentlemen, Your faithful and obedient .Servants, THOMAS TOBIN. - . ~. .. NATE - lAN LITEIMILAND, EDMUND B. LYON. Liverpool, 25th November, 1833. . ... --, TO THE BURGESSES OF ST. PETER'S. WARD. GENTLEMEN, IN Declining to become a CANDIDATE for epresenting your Interests in the Council of my nat,iv town, 'having undertaken duties in Charitable Institution's wpich engross the l e whole of the time I can possibly devote to niPublic Service, I should consider myself chargeable with in r titudc were I not to return my gratefuhacknowledgments to t se Burgesses who were pleased to Nominate me, unsolicited, at the Public Meeting called for that purpose. I beg, at the same time, to return my warmest thanks to those Gentlemen who undertook to Canvass in my behalf, and also to those Burgesses Ivho kindly promised me their support, and respectfully request them to transfer their kind offices to the Gentleman who has been Nominated in my stead. I remain, Brother Burgesses, Your obliged and faithful Servant, Fleet-street, 30th Nov., 1K35. JAMES IRVING, TO THE BURGESSES OF PITT-STREET WARD. mas, IN having, at your request, consented to allow my Name to be put in Nomination as one of your Representatives in the Common Council of Liverpool, under the provision ,of the new Municipal Act, I have yielded more to the ,wishes of my Friends than to any desire of gratifying feelings of personal ambition. . . I present myself before you as a Ship-owner, trading to most parts of the Globe. as an extensive Exp ter .of the Staple Ma nufactures of this Couutry,—as an Ii i rof Foreign Produce, and as having been actively engage other Commercial and Mechanical pursuits for the past th ty years, and I therefore trust that these. circumstances jnstify my presuming to possess an intimate knowledge of the true interests of this great com munity. I be g to sac, that if I am honoured b y . a IVajerity of your Votes, I shall endeavour to discharge myduties to the best of my abilities in advancing the interests and promoting the wel fare of the good old Town of Liverpool, in a true spirit of per fect independence. I have the honour to be, Gentlemen, Your faithful and obedient Servant, Duke's Dock, Nov. 20;1835. JOHN 811313.17. TO THE BURGESSES OF PITT-STREET WARD. GLNTLEMEN, WE find that by the unsolicited Votes at a Pubis Meet ing of the Electors of this Ward. we have b thought worthy of representing your interests in... the uncil, to be elected under the provisions of the Municipa orporation Act. We delayed addressing you, until we certained whether others better qualified than ourselves sai the Nominated, but do not now hesitate to respond to the . which you have made on us. In coming forwa t rd entirely unshackled by any pledges, we rely on your kinclne i ss and support at the ensuing 'Election, and assure you that in tb,e event of a successful issue of the contest, our utmost exertions shall he used in the support of such mea sures as shall be best calculated to increase the prosperity and trade of this groat Commercial Town, with a due regard to the interests of this Ward. 'We are, Gentlemen, Your most obedient Servants, PETER BOURNE, Tablev-street, THOMAS C. MOLYNEU:X., Orford-street' NEW iluZitirationo. 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There are at the present moment the following vessels armed or in commission, viz,:—ln the Mediterranean—• One first- rate (a three-decker of 120 guns) the Monte bello; twosecond-rates (two-deckers of 90 and 80 guns,) the Sliffren and the Duquesne; five third-rates (two deckers -,of 74 guns;) the Nestor, the Ville de Marseille, the 'Scipiou, the Triton, and the Breslaw ; in all eight ships of the ?iv. One-first-class frigate of 60 guns, the Iphigenie ; one, second-class of 50 guns, the Arternise ; four third-class bt:Al guns, the Viaoi re, the Galatee, the Bellone, and the Circe; total six frigates. One corvette of guns, the the "Circe; four smaller corvettes of 18 guns, the Diligente, the Cornelis, the Egle, - • and the . Perle; total five corvettes of war. Ten brigs of 20 guns, the. Alacrity, the Palinure, the Cvgne, the Alerte, the Ducouedie, the Voltigeur, the Meleagre, the Dupetit, Thous, the Grenadier,. and Bougainville; eight smaller brigs of 10 guns; the Surprise, the Fleche, the Alcyone, the - Coinete, the Eclipse, -the Sylphe, the Malouine, and the VolaEze ; total 18 brigs. Five gailiots of 6 guns, the Iris, the Dauphinoise, the Mesange, the Legere, and the Estafette; one cutter, the Furet; one gun-boat, the Lia mono; in all seven light vessels. Six corvettesde charge, the Rhone, - the 'Bonite, the Marne, the Caravane, the Egathe, and the Fortune; eight gahares, the Finisterre, the Durance, the Lionne, the - Emulation, the Lampoire, the Loiret, the Menagere, and the Expeditive; in all four- . teen transports. Eleven steam vessels, the Sphinx, thii Croeddile, the Fulton, the Clihnere, the Salatirandre., the -Castor, the Brazier, the Coureur, the Styx, the Vatitour; and the Ramier; total number of vessels armed, or in commission, in ie Mediterranean, 68.—0 n the seas, two third rates, the Algesiras and the Jupiter; two first clasS , frigates, the Dixon and the Terpsichore ; two second class, the Syrene and the Atalante ; three third class, the Flore, the Constance, and the Hermione—total, seven ft igates. Five corvettes of war,, the Ariaue, the 'Thisbe, the-Heroine, the Sapho, and the Blonde; one corvette aviso, the Ceres—total, six corvettes. Two brigs of 20 guns, the Bisson and the d'Apas; three-of 18, the En dymion, the Inconstant, and the Cuirassier; one brig aviso,. the Lutin—total, six brigs. - One galliot, the Hirondelle, and kyr other craft—total five. Three cor vettes de charge, the Abondance, the Allier, and the Dor dogne. Four gabarres, the Loire, the Charente, the Recherche, and the Saumcn, five transports—total twelves transport vessels. Twelve steam boats, amongst which are the Ardent, the Meteore; the Africain, &c. Total number of vessels armed or in commission on the seas, 50 —general total, 119 vessels. - Other ships are being built or are . about to be so; for instance, at Cherbourg, the Genereux; two at 13rest, the Jena and the Santi I'etre, of 90 guns each. JOHN BULL IN YANKEE TOWN. From the Pictou (Nova Scotia) Observer. • We learn by the public papers that the Republicans of New York, have been lately favoured with a rare oppor tunity of displazing their vulgar plebevianism. It seems that the Marqurs . al Waterford and several gentlemen of noble descent, had done that city the honor of a visit; and as of course the New Yorkers are as fond of LIONS as others, their head magistrate wished to establish his own fame by entertaining such an. anamalous assemblage in the States, as a 'small party of British noblemen. The feast seems to have done credit to the worthy mayor's hospitality, especially as we are led to suspect, that he was chairman of the last New York Grand Temperance Convention. However, the noble marquis and his lion. associates, fancying themselves in the land of liberty, de spite of the known existence of Lynch-law, and brutal Negro Slavery, took the unpardom.ble liberty of return ing to their lodgings without requiring of their enter tainer the protection of a posse comitatus. This they were led to do from the custom of their own land; but had they known the rancourous hatred of - Yankees to all aristocratical rank, they would have asked of the myth that guard which he knew they required, to insure them against insult. It is quite obvious, from the chuckling and gasconading of the American editors, that. the party was designedly way-led:and attacked. The glare of the gaslight of free dom !!) was too inefible to fall upon such unhallowed eves; and the'opportunity was too good - to be lost, to pour upon the aristocrats of Britain, who by their pre sence- had honoured - their shores, the ugly slime of de: , mocratic insolence. The worthy Functionary, forgetful of-the duty which is owing to a stranger of•rank, arraigned' the whole party in the common room, and in common with the basest culprits. In Bow-street, where the strict est justice is observed, the persons presiding, being gen tlemen, treat peculiar cases with delicacy and respect; but here, instead of so acting, - we find a studied plan of exposure; and, as we have said before, occasion taken to throW the dirt of republicanism on the'bearers of honour able names. We by no means advocate impropriety of conduct in, or from any quarter; but when we find the use that has been made of John . Bull's unsuspiciousness, we cannot but enter our protest against the low advan tage which has been taken of what must be called an in considerately wild - proceeding. It is possible that our noble and right honourable country may have been try ing a slight experiment upon the American frolicking system, but it might have been expected from any gen tlemanly executive, that a very different course of con duct should have been pursued towards them. The police magistrate, however, may he one of the highly gifted ranters with whom the Union abounds, and, no doubt, being in season, expectorated his loathing of monarchy and its appendages. •It sickens us, and fills us with the most contemptuous contempt, to find this street brawl referred to in connection with the little matter that ere while occurred at New Orleans. The people that make hickory nutmegs al e surely capable of making a hero of the murderer of Arbuthnot and Ambister ; and calling his name in question in relation to a gutter affray, is fully worthy of' a canaille, populace. The accounts given of the slight row which may have occurred at New YOrk, bears absurdity and falsehood upon the very face of it; and affords an additional evidence of the indwelling - hostility which the people of that country bear to our institutions. We thank our stars that we have nothing to do with their stars and stripes : for were it so, we should have to surrender the candour and gentlemanli... ness of Britons, for the blustering insolence and low braggadocying of illiberal republicans. In any other country a fair and manl : - allowance would be made for the extravagances or. excitement of youthful wayward ness; but in - Yankee-town no such feeling seem - to exist, and a battle with the police affords a ground for crowing out the national glory. The State which needs such a mode of trumpeting, is deplorably low; and we are strongly inclined to think, that those who are most conscious of all want of title to respect, are those who will dkresped others, Contemn the courtesies of society, and become the braggart proclaimers of their own superior excellence. hIAKING THE MOST OF A COUNCILLORSHIP. The public are aware that at the recent municipal elections, several gentlemen, members of the council, acted as sheriffs at the different polling stations. At the time, we confess that we - felt somewhat surprised to Jbserve indiViduals - in — theif Situation taking partin the. election of their colleagues ; at the best, we could not help considering such conduct very indelicate. Still we were willing to pass over so anomalous and unprece dented a proCeeding, upon the ground that the parties to whom we refer had undertaken the duties of sheriff with a view to economy, and our impression was that they had acted gratuitously. Why we had entertained an im pression so contrary to the usual practice of Whigs and radicals, we can only explain by referring—with all hu mility —to our, well-know benevolence in construing the conduct of even our bitterest and most suspicious oppo nents. We regret however to find that our charitable in terpretation of the proceedings to which we are adverting has been wholly misplaced. The councillor sheriffs were hired for the occasion—and each of them was paid at the rate of three guineas per diem ! In point of fact, they employed themseres; and a nice day's work they had of it. Mr. Crooks and his worthy coadjutors could hot have been more profitably engaged; but, seriously, we are sorry that any respectable person should have so com mitted himself. But besides the indecency of such con duct, we must remind the liberal Town Council that it actually involves the violation of their own rules and re gulations. IlaYo they forgotten the self-denying ordi. nance, by which every member of the council— Mr. C. and his friends among the rest—became hound neither to seek nor to accept any pecuniary employment at the hands of the Town Council ? In seeking and acceptin g , as the refo r m councillors did, the office of she ri ff, and af terwards- receiving payment fur the performance of its duties—all directly from the council—surely it will not be denied thatlhey have broken their own voluntary en gagements with the public. The resolution emanated from Mr. Black, and we therefore call upon him to cen sure •the delinquents; and not the less severely because the pecuniary gain to them is of trifling amount. The treasurer is bound to defend the principle which he in troduced into the council, in the hey-day of his patriot ism—and to show that "even in its ashes live its wonted fires." A reformer ought to require nothing more than this jog on the ,elbow ; but, at all events, we beg the public to obServe and admire the equally disinterested and delicate conduct of the self-denying patriots on this occasion. It is quite clear that they know the value' of that most soveriegn power—his majesty's picture in gold. Alas! for the weakness of human nature. Frailty thy name is whiggery I—Edinburgh Evening Post. FOREIGN JLVTELLIGEcVCE. FRANCE. PARIS, Nov. 31.—A telegraphic dispatch, dated Toulon, Nov. 28, aud Orin, ,Noy. .aunounees that the.•l.3oke of Orleans had arr i ve d on th e 21 s t, a t O ran , and was in the best possible health. The army was to march against Abel-Kader on the 24th or 25th instant. The maritime preparations in the Mediterranean occupy a good deal of public attention. It seems to be very generally thought that the time is not far distant, when some of the great questions which have for so7long a time been dividing Europe will be fought out in the Mediterranean. I do not by any means record this as my own opinion, but as that - of the leaders of politics in Paris; and, above. all, of the French journalists. It is said that M. de Rayneval has once more demanded his recal. The Tempe tells us that he is charged by the trench government, to endeavour, by all possible means, to stand well with M. M en di za b a l, an d to th row no o b s tacles in the way of his administration. • , Letters . from Algiers state that Abdel-Kader has divided his forces into three corps, but very unequal, and of which we do' not yet know the composition. One of these corps is placed before Mascara, on a line parallel with Arzew; the second is on the mountains; and the third, Which is on a moveable column, is on th e roa d o f Oran. It is said that the town of Tremecen has sent tini - frOM 70t) to BDO soldiers, and that a corps of cavalry has ar r i ve d f rom M orocco a t Ocichda. But the tribes have not sent him as many men its he expected. T hose of Oriel, of rat, and of Sidi A!v, have withdrawn a portion of their men. The cannon which 7 Abdel-Kader has procured are not of much use to him, - in consequence of the unwillingness of the Arabs to make use of them, as well as in consequence of their awkward ness. The Ectaireur of Toulon of the 25th instant announces that the Maritime Prefect had received ordeis by telegraph for equip ping and arming the Algesira, of 81 gnus, the Scipion, of 82, and the Artemese frigate, of 52 guns, for the purpose of forming part of the squadron - of observation. The Eclairear, upon this, observes that, according to all appearance, this squadron will assemble in the ocean; and hold itself iu 'readiness to act against the Americans. • • The Hamburgh Correspondent of the 24th instant has the fol lowing of the 20th troin Copenhagen:—" A conspiracy among the troops of the garrison of Fort Christiansted, at Sainte Croix, his just been-discovered • it was to have' taken effect at the moment. of a bainVlct , to which the governor had invited the officers. It was intended to pillage. al the regimental chests, and then seize a sloop and sail fir. Columbia. A serge - - ant, who was himself one of the conspirators, revealed the fact a quarter of an hour before it was to be put into execution. The conspirators.wwe immediately disarmed and arrested." BOCIISE AND FUNDS. The trouble( which are said to have taken place in three Cantons of Swit)krlaud have excited some uneasiness. .„-_ French Five per Cents. are at 108 f. 25e. cash, 108 f. sc. in liquidation ; French Three per Cents. have fallen to - 80 f. 50c cash, 80f. 35c. in liquidation ; Spanish Active, 45i; ditto Passive, 13; ditto Ditrere, 163 ; ditto - Coupon, 22. SPAIN. (From the French papers.:. NEW EI.fiETOR AL LAW OF SPAIN.—We have received the Madrid journals of the 22d ult. They contain the new election bill, as settled by the, majority of the committee, acceded to by the government, ankread to the Chamber of Procuradores on the 21st, and of whir % She following is an analysis There shall be one deputy for every 50,000 souls,, according to a table annexed to the bill, Every Spaniard is to be an elector,at 23 Years of age, if he_ possesses the following.. qualifications 1. He must be horn within the kingdom, of Spanish parents, or of a Spanish father if born abroad.- 7 -2. He must be one of the inhabitants of the province who pay, the highest amount of taxes, at the rate of 100 for each deputy. The list of 100 princi .pal tax-payers being formed there shall be added to it all those who pay taxes equal to the amount of those paid by the lowest upon the first list, and they also shall be electors.-3. All persons exercising the following professions and em ployments—namely, advoa-des, assessors, fiscal officers, doctors in.inedieine,.surgeons, and apotheCariei in full practice, doctors iu law, licentiates, and registrars of the royal courts, those of the economical societies of the friends of the country, professors in the sciences, literature, and the humanities; with the exception of the professors of foreign languages and elementary teachers. 4. All persons enjoying a retired 'pension, or half-pay of any public employmint, amounting to 10,000 reels, or 2500f.-5. Retired officers of the army, navy, or militia.-6. Officers of the ,National Guard, of the,rank of captain and upwards.—The lists of electors are to be made out by provincial deputations, who are to consult thereupon the municipal bodies. These lists are to be annually exposed to the public in the month of July. All Complaints are to be laid before the provincial deputations, from whom there is to be an appeal to the council of state. The pro vincial deputations are to divide each province into as many electoral distriJs as may be necessary, without being confined to the administrative or judicial divisions. The electoral as semblies are, is the first instance, to have for their president the alcalde o f the and are afterwards to elect a president and four secretaries as scrutators, by a relative majority. Each elector is to write or cause his bulletin to he written, 'containing as many namei as there are to he deputies for the province, with an equal number of supplementary names, and further, the name of the commissary for the district. The election being con cluded, the commissary of the district is to proceed td the capi tal of the province with the minutes of the election, and there the votes for the liarvincial deputation and the commissaries are to be examined. To • be• elected a deputy the candidate must have a moiety - plus cne of the whole number of votes. There is to'he a second ballot for' all those who dO not obtain this majority. -To be elected a d e p u ty, or su ppl emen t ary deputry, on a second ballot, a simple majority of votes over the other candidates will suffice. The qualifications for being - a deputy are as follow : —1: To be a free Spaniard, and of the secular order.-2. To be twenty-five years of age.-3. To be the head of a family, and keep a domestic establishment. 4. To possess an annual income of 6(100 seals (15001.), or a capital of 210,(X)0 seals (60,000 f,), in landed estate, in stock in the Spanish g overnment funds, or placed in c o mmerce or i n -- dustiy to live honourably and independently, by the exercise of the profession of au advocate, or doctor in medicine, or in law or in letters, or to be a professor in the sciences or fine arts, provided the annual income derived from these professions can be estimated at 10,000 seals (2500 f,); or finally, be receiving from the Royal Treasury a sum of 14,000 teats (3.5,000 f.) per . annum, either as a s a lary or as a retired pensi o n. Th e functions of a deputy to the Cortes are gratuitous and voluntary. Every deputy upon whom the government shall confer any employment with a salary from the state is to be subjected to re-election. '['he supplementer" , deputies are to have the same qualifications as the deputies. They are to enter into the exercise of their functions—first:in cases where one deputy is elected for several places, and has made his option to sit for one of them ; secondly, in case of the decease of the ' 4 eputy; and, thirdly, in case of his resigning, or otherwise vacating his seat. In censeqence of the present state of the Basque provinces, they are not to be immediately divided into electoral districts, and the election of deputies is to take place in the four capital towns of these pro vinces in which the electors are to assemble." The'Armoricain of the 24th ult. contains the following details of the movements in the port of Brest :—" Tho frigates Didon and Terpischore have been put upon the war establishment by the completing of their crews. Yesterday the s,lth permanent company embarked on board the ship of the line Jupiter, whose crew will be increased to 800. The 90-gun ship Jena, and the Santi Petri, are being rapidly fitted out. The ships Didon, Al her, Loire, and Recherche will sail on the first favourable wind. Great numbers of seamen daily arrive at Brest." SKETCH OF A RUSSIAN MERCHANT. We see here the Russian merchant in all his glory. He still belongs, indeed, to a caste separate from that of the nobility, but he is no longer ashamed of it. He does not live in a city of the nobles, where he must find himself the slave of their wants and wishes; for the number at Moscow is comparatively small, aid they are in general invested with so much historical dignity that the reverence they demand involves no degradation. This idea assumes no form in the merchant's brain, but he is con scious of it notwithstanding. He begins to talk of "his order." On great occasions he walks majestically through the streets iu a uniform covered with gold lace; for the emperor, with a fair sighted policy worthy of Peter the Great himself, has offered a premium upon pride. The merchant's wife is rarely seen in the streets; but when she is, you make room for her with involuntary respect. She is dressed in a rote of silk or satiu so rich in the materials, and so exquisitely delicate, or so gorgeously bright in the col o ur, that it might serve for a queen. Her face is beautiful, for the is painted with such art that one requires to approach very close indeed to discover the counterfeit—and ber dark bright eves wander about, or rest upon yours. with all the curiosity which is natural in a recluse. In order that yon should not mistake her for a noblewoman, she wears upon her head a little sad coloured silk handkerchief, put on with such artful simplicity that the very ties are concealed. The merchant's son is a tall good-humoured - looking fellow, sometimes with a little beard that offers a compromise between his own modern taste and his sire's - antique prejuc!ices. He wears no sash, and his caftan begins to streak stealthily into the European frock. The merchant's daughter is a little girl with a French bon net, a muslin gown, and bishop's sleeves. You can see with one eye, that she reads French novels and plays the piano. She does not walk beside her papa and mamma, but either after or before them. Neither does she take her brother's arm. She has a pensive air, like one who thinks much; and sometimes In - a fit of abstraction, will allow her eye to rest upon yours for half a minute at a time. I 'egret that I am unable to give all the information I could wish with regard to the customs of the merchants—lndeed, I found almost as great a difficulty . in getting an introduction in to the family of a real Russian as into the harem of a Turk. The highest class of merchants have entirely laid aside their national peculiarities, and in fact are very little, if at all, dis tinguished from the nobles. It is the lower ass—they who still rejoice in a beard and a caftan, who are the true Russians. They frequently purchase, from ostentation, the house of a no bleman ; but theylinhabit only the worst corner of it, retaining the rest for show; On the occasion cif a grand dinner, the guests are received in the hall by several bearded servants, and conducted into the an teroom, where cloaks and shawls are to be deposited. These ser vants, together with the lacqueys who wait at table, are hired for the occasion. The next room you enter is probably the dining-room, where you see the table spread out for the expected repast. Through this, and probably one or two more, you are conducted into the drawing-room. It is painted a deep and brignt blue colour — for this is a favourite colour with the Russians. The walls are covered with family portaits, for the merchant has begun to pique himself upon his family, and with other large pictures, original in one sense of the word. In a corner is the house hold god, decorated with ribbons, Easter-eggs, and artificial flowers, mingled with the faded palms of the preceding Easter tide. Before the image hangs alighted lamp of many-coloured glass suspended by a brass chain. Hare are seated a party of ladies in the nervous silence o expectation. The gentlemen as, yet arrived do not muster strong enough to attack this citadel of beauty—we have left them v.likitling io onnii groups in the dining-room and inter mediate romus, Being strangers we bow profoundly; the lady of the honse grAciousiy—but one of us, who has the good for tune to be on more intimate terms, steps up to where she is sitting. He salutes ,her ,hand, and while raising his head she kisses him on the brow; and the little ceremony strikes us as being at once the must kindly and graceful we have ever seen. Reassured by this transaction, and feeling a sort of confidence that the meetingis not fur the purpose of an execution, we turn .roand,.apti hewing several times to the fair circle, the indivi duals of which _all bow several times too, we stand aside to watch the progress of events. The company now conic rapidly in, and the malcontents in the other rooms take the opportunity of slinking in under con voy. .The ladies kiss . each other vociferously,. and the gentle men inter-hug also atid.probably kiss too,. elth e ugh . the sound is lost in their ,wilderpf§§ of beard. The ladies are in general fashionably dressed, but somewhat overdone. 'This is the distinction between them and the nubi lity.—Leitch Ritchie. Germany annually takes and consumes a full half of all the tobacco that the Uutted States exports. —German paper. THE LIVERPOOL CHURCHES, ROLLS' COURT.—TuEsDA Y THE ATTORNEY-GENFnAL V. THE CORPORATIoN OF LIVERPOOL The Master of the Rolls, having to sit as commissioner in chancery to-day, gave his judgment in this case at Lincoln's Inn U all, instead of his own court. His honoire said that this case had come before him in order to have an injunction dissolved which had been obtained on an ex-parte application. The state of the property involved in the proceeding was alone sufficient to induce a judiee in equity to entertain the case. The Corporation of Liverp o el.was entitled. to very large possessions, a nd the town itself having been ori ginally brought within the limits of a single parish, the provision which had then been made for the support of its clergy had been found inadequate to that purpose upuu the increase in latter times of its population. Several chapels had been built, the ministers of which had been provided for in various ways. Amongst others the corporation out of its own funds had found means to contribute to their remuneration by arrangements, many of which, having been made more than seven years previ ous to the passing of the municipal. reform bill, had been pro tected by one of the clauses of that act, while others, which Caine within the seven years, had been rendered nriavailing. it appeared that strenuous attempts had been made before. the passing of that bill to effect arrangements between the corpora tion and the parishioners of Liverpool for the permanent endow ment of their ministers out of the funds of the former, but that, having been defeated, the property of the corporation remained in the same state. that it had been in for many years before. The question then was, whether, under the provisions of the municipal reform bill, the court was called upon to interfere and hinder a proceeding which for the same object the corporation was about to carry into effect? His purpose was theutrather to state the difficulties of the case suggested on the stateinerits of both parties, add elso.to show the grounds fur the conclusion to which be had come, than to give a decided opinion upon the question of. facts. The first clause in the act rendered void all laws, statutes, end usages relating to the old corporations which . should be found inconsistent with or contrary to the provisions of the new act. It did not appear to him that this clause af fected the subject matter of the question in the case, but could only be conaidered important in giving the court a jurisdiction. 'At the sameThrie he considered it was not necessary even for that purpose, inasmuch as there could be no doubt of the inde pendent jurisdiction of the court to restrain any proceeding which was iu contravention of the provisions of that act. By the 25th clause of the act it was provided, that on the 9th' of November in this year the aldermen and council of the new corporation were to he elected, and after that time the functions of the old corporation were to cease. 131 Y the 58th a treasurer was to be appointed, .and.then came the 92d dense, the enaet ! ments of which were highly important in reference to this case, and deserVing of peculiar consideration, as they provided that all fuuds arising from the corporate property were to be applied to the discharge of all necessary borough expenses, and that the surplus thereof, if any such remained, should be laid out for the benefit:of the inhabitants of the borough; while any defi ciency in its requisite amount' should be raised by a general rate. Taking- this clause alone into consideration, it gave the court a jurisdiction to interfere in such a transaction as that which was the subject of the injunction. It had been asserted at the bar, that the court had no jurisdiction. to interfere with corporations in the disposal of their property. But if corporations held property, they had public duties to per form in its distribution, and they were, therefore, trustees. In the case of " The Attorney-General,v. the Corporation of Dub lin," the latter were considered trustees for particular purpoSes, and the court interfered to see that their duties' were done. Un der this act, Also; what the court had to consider was whether the corporate "prorie'rty was held for the performance of certain du ties and if it were, the court would certainly but act in the exe cution of its duties in restraining any breach of the trust so created. But it was said that there was au interval between the date Of the passing of the act and its coming into operation, and that during that time the old corporation was left. in Possession of all its powers. The result of that state of things was, that the corporation should be considered to have held property as trustees for the . purposes pointed out by the new act, and that, therefore, they should have no power to deal with it, except in conformity with the provisions of the act. Upon that ground the court had the right to interfere. Whether it would be dis creet in the court to exercise the power which it thus undoubt edly possessed was another and a distinct question. By the 68th clause, all stipends and allowances, which, during seven years before the said stli of June, 1835, had been aunually paid to the minister of any church or chapel, should be secured as soon as conveniently after the passing of the act. By that clause all stipends allowed by the corporation of Liverpool, prior to the year 1828, were 'secured. Again, the 96th clause, which was prohibitory, protected all corporate property in the mean time between the acts, passing and coining into operation from 41 such contracts of' sale, mortgage, &c., as bad not been made previous to the month of June in this year. Then came the 97th clause, which was the most pregnant of any connected with this case, and which might hereafter give rise to questions of the highest importance and difficulty. By it the new corpora tions were empowered to call in•question any disposition of the corporate property made on contract between the sth of June and the time, of the acts coming into operation, and also ,to the King in council the power on petition, to hinder the new col.- , Orations from taking any measures in pursuance of that 'provi sion: It was said that this clause only related to the subject matter of the preceding clause which regarded leases alone, hilt it went beyond that, and included all contracts made subsequent to the sth' of Juno. He would say no more respecting that clause than that it was framed iu words which left its intention 'uncertain and open to discussion. It was not necessary, thee. to give: any opinion on it—it remained a subject of serious mat ter for future consideration, The 139th clause of the net pro vided for the sale of corporation advowsons, &c., the proceeds whereof were to go the augmentation of the borough - funds. Under this state of circumstances, what the corporation proposed to do was, to'secure a permanent endowment of the clergy who had come within its nomination, with adequate stipends, greater in amount than had hitherto fallen on the corporate funds alone. There could be no doubt that this object was just and creditable, but the question was whether the corporation hair the power to carry it into effect ° No one had ever disputed the former point, and it was even obvious, on the face of the act, that such a measure as that taken by the old corporation might be expe dient. By the 97th clause the corporate funds were first to be applied to borough purposes, and any surplus was to be laid out for the benefit of the inhabitants at large. Now, although no public benefit could be considered more unequivocal than the adeqtate endowment of the clergy who ministered to the pub lic, and although the new councils might concur in the expe diency of such a measure, yet it should necessarily be secondary and contingent on the incident of a surplus, and even they might not be able to effect it. After having considered the dif ferent bearing of the question somewhat further, his honour expressed himself-thus-conclusively, that, independent. of-rho difficult questions of the construction of the act and the inteution -of the parties, he had come to this decision, that if he continued the injunction he would by that proceeding, put a bar to the possibility of the question being ever again raised, contrary, perhaps, to the feelings of the future council of Liverpool, while, in case he dissolied it, the parties who might consider them ,selves wronged would still have an opportunity of re-opening the case, setting aside what had been done, or submitting it to the consideration of the highest tribilealthe King in Council. He should therefore dissolve the injunction. In regard to costs, as the question at issue was one of great importance, upon which there might reasonably be a difference of opinion between the parties interested in its ultimate settlement, and as the relators had not unnecessarily, in the first instance, applied ex-parte to the court, or after any unnecessary delay, he should not burden them with costs. The order, therefore, simply was to dissolve his injunction. THE LIVERPOOL CORPORATION Mr. BoOth, at the rising of the court, g ave notice.of a motion before the Master of the Rolls, on Friday nest, to restrain the corporation from lending to the rally: ay company the money respecting which his honour gave judgment this morning. After the intimation of his honour's opinion, he could not, of course, ask that the order should be staid. The Master of the Rolls said that of course he would not stay the order; but the counsel might give notice of the motion. COURT OF. COMMON COUNCIL, LONDON. Tuesday a court was held for the despatch of business, the Lord Mayor having expressed his determination not to, allow the. public to be incommoded by any delay. ANCIENT VOTE OF THE SILVEK CRADLE. Mr. Wire rose to give notice of a motion which he antici pated the court would. allow him to bring on before any other business was transacted. It was for the appointment of a com mittee to inquire into, and ascertain, the most advisable course of testifying their satisfaction at the birth of a sou to the Lord Mayor on Saturday last. (Laughter and loud cheers.) Alderman Scholey infoN.Red the court in a very solemn manner, that it was formerly the practice of the corporation to vote a silver cradle for the fortunate baby. (Laughter.) Mr, Wire rose to move for the appointment o f th e comm ittee, and all the aldermen, and all the deputies, and a member for each ward were appointed immediately, and entered with alacrity upon the delightful task. , THE STATE OF PARTIES The majority for Lord John Russell's band on the speaker ship was 10; on the address, 7. Since those divisions took place, the following changes in the representation have oc curred 1. In Windsor Sir J. Elley, on petition, has succeeded Sir J. D. Beauvoir. _ In Canterbury Mr. S. Lushingtuu, conservative, has suc ceeded Mr. Villiers, uhig. 3. In Devonshire Mr. Parker, conservative, has succeeded Lord J. Russell, whig. 4. In Staffordshire Sir F. Goodricke, conservative, has suc ceeded Mr. Littleton, whig. 5. In Invernesshire Mr. Chisholm, conservative, has suc ceeded Mr. : Charles Giant, whig. 6. In Nottinghamshire Mr. Gaily Knight, conservative, has succeeded Lord Lumley, whig. 7. In Drogheda the Hon. Randal Plunkett, conservative, succeeded Mr. O'Dwyer, whig. 8. In Cork county Mr. Longfield, conservative, succeeded Mr. F. O'Connor, whig.. 9. In Belfast Mr. - Dunbar, conservative, succeeded Mr. M.Cause, whig, 10. In Oldham 111 r. Lees has succeeded Mr. Cobbett. _ _ 11. In Devizes 'l4lr. Es:court has succeeded Mr. Lucke, In the three following instances changes have taken place favourable to the ministry:- 2. In Ipswich Messrs. Morrison and Wason, whigs, have un seated Messrs. Dundas• and Kelly. 4. In Cork city Messrs. CaHagan and Baldwin have unseated Messrs. Chatterton and Leicester. _ _ 5. In Hull Colonel Thompson has succeeded Mr. Carruthers. Now eleven changes in favour of the conservatives are equal to a difference of twenty-two in a division, and live changes in favour of the whigs make a difference of ten in a division: deducting ten front twenty-two, we find a lialonce of twelve in fa vour of the oppoOion. But this is. nut all; Lord Milton's death causes a vacancy in the representation, which the conser vative, Mr. Maunsel, will supply. Let it be remembered that Colonel Thompson was returned for Hull by a majority most insignificant in number, and against• a candidate totally un known to the electors; that Captain Byng was returned by a small majority for Poole against a candidate (Sir Colquhoun Grant) whose domestic misfortunes rendered his absence neces sary; and that the Solicitor-General was returned for Pernhyn by a majority also insignificant in number, and was only saved from ejectment by the tender mercies of a whig committee, who could see no cause for inquiring into bribery, and resolved most valiantly to hear no evidence of persons' acts until agency was first established, when it is well known that the acts of a party are frequently and generally the only evidence which can prove the connexion between him and the canditate Mr. Stanley, the member for Cheshire, was by some unaccountable accident placed in a situation which did not render re-election necessary. By whom, then, is a dissolution to be feared; and what party has most reason to tremble at the approaching meeting of par liament? Is it the party which has gained by popular elections an increase of force during the present year, whose ranks have lately been increased in strength by the adhesion of many mo derate members disgusted at the alliance between the govern ment and the Irish mendicant? No! indeed the conservative party have no fear of beil:g overwhelmed even in the present parliament, and are ready to meet a dissolution.—Manchester Courier. EC, J.-. O'CONNELL AND BROOKES'S CLUB. "We," says the Times, "refer our readers to an emphatic, letter from an eminent member of Brookes's club, who espies ses the same sentiments respecting O'Connell's conduct which • Sir Francis Burdett has so manfully promulgated, and which will find en echo in the bosom of every man of honour through out civilized Europe. Even' faction, though it may. shut its eyes and ear s f or a w hil e, will soon find its inmost chords Vi brate to an appeal founded On the fist principles of moral duty and social intercourse." We subjoin the letter thus referred to. It is addressed to the editor of the Times : "Sir,-1 read a few days ago in the Morning Chronicle a very long article, the obj.3ct of which was to vindicate atr. O'Con nell, by showing that many years ago Sir Francis Burdett be haved very ill to the late Mr. Perry. I confess my inability to discover the connexion between the hon. baronet's differences in former times with that gentleman and the general demeanour and language of O'Connell at the present day; nor do I see the force of the argument which would urge the intemperance of Sir Francis I3urdett as affording a valid excuse for the outrages against decency which are daily and systematically perpretrated by O'Connell. But, whatever may h ave b een t h e f ee li ngs of Mr. Perry toward s Sir Francis Burdett, of this I am certain; that had he been now alive and in the management of that journal, he would have cut his rigid hand off rather than lend it to the defence of a ruffian, from the disgrace of whose advo cacy he would have shrunk with the instinctive loathing of an honourable mind; and any causes of alienation between Sir F. Burdett and him would have been merged in a common senti ment of indignation and disgust against this violator of all the sanctities of social life. But is the Morning Chronicle so blinded or so stupified as nut to perceive that its argument is' worth ab solutely nothing ? Supposing all its facts to be true, there is one grand point of difference which upsets its whole case. :What ever may have been the intemperance of Sir F. Burdett, how ever insolent or even scurrilous or abusive he may have been, he was always prepared to tight, and to risk his life, &necessary, either in defence of his own honour or in atonement for that ol another; any man who was injured by Sir Francis would ob tain_that hauourable. redress. that satisfaction as it is called - rill i which consists not only th e v i n di ca ti on o f the ndividual, but the protection of society itself. He never blustered about in the security of-a self-conferred irresponsibility, and rioted in in vective and insult With a scornful and ostentatious exhibition of cowardice, behind which he was piutected, as by an impenetra ble shield, from the vengeance of his victims. O'Connell is the first moan who has teen permitted to emancipate himself from the restraints - and penalties of those social laws whose authority has been uuiversajly acknowledged as indispensable to the pre servation of social harineny and decorum; and , his connexion with the whigs, discreditable and lamentable as it is, in all Ivey') appears to me inure seriously to be regretted, and pregnant - with more important consequences upon social - than tipnu political grounds. Lord Melbourne and his colleagues will strut their hour upon the stage, and give way_ to other interests and better men. 1 he solid fabric of the commonwealth may not suffer irreparable damage in their bands, but w h a t can - heal the wounds they have inflicted upon the houour.aucl character of society ? It is the first time that a great body of English gentlemen has agreed to barter the sentiment of honour for the purposes of a party • to grant a dispensation from it s exigencies and obligations, and only endure but court an individual whose conduct not one of them but would rather die a thousand deaths than imitate in his own ; the English whigs haJe announced to the world that blackguard language and cowardlY behiviour, the offer of in sults, and the refusal of redress, shall be no ground Of exclusion from their society. O'Connell is a civilian What Vile were a soldier ? it is indisputable that if he wore the King s uniform, his epaulettes would be torn from his Shoulders, and he would be dismissed from the profession which he disgraced. Would he in that case be deemed fit company for the noblest and the bravest in the land ? How, then, is the case altered, and what are the obligations of honour which are binding on the soldier, but from. which the mere gentleman is free ? Or is it the pu nishment, and not - the crime; which would draw dbwn the stigma of public reprobation ?. 'j'he moralist wilLnot.reeommend the practice of duelling, but we have the authority of the greatestof all moralists, of Johnson, fur the case in which the practice is consistent 'Kith moral duty, and it is remarkable how exactly it applies to the present argument. He says, "As then become in a high degree-refined, various causes of offence arife, which are considered to bd'of such importance that life must be staked to atone for them, though in reality they are not so. A: hody that has received a fine polish is easily hurt ; but before men arrive at this artificial refinement, if one tells his neighbour he - ties, his neighbour tells.him he lies also; if one gives his neighbour a blow, his neighbour gives him a blow; -but in a state of highly polished society an affront is held to be a serious injury ; it must therefore be resented, or rather a duel must be fought upon it s ' as men have agreed to banish horn their society one who puts up with an affront without fighting a duel. New, it is never, unlawful to fight in self-defence. He that will fight a duel does not fight from passion against his antagonist, but from self defence, to avert the stigma of the world, and to prevent himself from being driven out of society." Boswell very justly adds — "Let it be remembered that this justification is applicable 00Y to the person who receives the affroht, all Mankind must con demn the a7gressor." When Mr. O'Connell announced that he had registered a vow in Heaven never more to risk the shed ding of human brood—if he had accompanied that art of moral emasculation with a corresponding forbearance of tongue and endurance of temper, he would have been invested with tho safety and impunity of a priest or a woman ; but having sur rounded himself with all the immunities of invulnerability, put of the reach of danger he is bold —out of the reach of shame be is confident ; this; then, is the case with which society has to deal—a case desetving exemption from all ordinary rele-sje casuse completely eccentric in itself, and unparalleled in the records of social usage. It is the character of society itself, of the nationalcharacter, which is at stake.. Ate English gentle men mutuallY,hound :3y that unwritten code of honour which regulates social intercourse in every other part of the civilized world ?or shall - it be proclaimed that in the Whig[ clubs of Lon don the blackguard and the coward may rear his unblushing head without fear of shame ? A MEMBER OF BROOKES'S. THE LATE MELANCHOLY OCCURRENCE AT'FIAT FIELD-HOUSI4.-OFFICIA ItEPORT- , • The following are the particulars of the abeve melancholy oc currence as collected by the Rev. Mr. Poole, chaplain to the Marquis of Salisbury. They may be relied on as an authentic statement of facts.. - Between four and five o'clock, the female attendant of the late lamented lady left her averment. The Marchioness was at the time occupied in writing a note at a table, upon which were three lighted candles. Whether the flame came in contact with any part of her &cis, or whether a spark from the fire ignited it, cannot now be ascertained: Soon after five, the alarm that the Dowager Marchioness's chamber was in flames, was communicated by the housekeeper to his lordship, who, with the Marchioness of Salisbury, were in their private apartment. They both immediately ran in the direction of the chamber of their aged relative. On arriving at the foot of the stairs, the smoke was so dense that Lady .Salisbury could pro ceed no further. Lord S. rushed along the passage to his mother's room, and was in the act of entering it when he was" met by one of the men servants, who had succeeded in opening the door, but was immediately driven back by the smoke and flame. Lord S. pushed past this domestic, who attempted to hold him back,'and, with the utmost intrepedity and determination, per sisted in making every effort to rescue her from the flantes. Foiled in this attempt, he ran round to another staircase, but, unhappily, every eflort was in vain, middle was obliged to than don all hope of entering the, flaming chamber. Lady Salisbury meanwhile was left in a state of the most anxious suspense, not knoWing whether he had succeeded or perished in the attempt. The fire soon made rapid progress. The adjoining apartments became one sheet of flame, which burst through the windows and the ceiling to the room above. The wind was blowing to wards the house, and one apartment after another fell before the destructive element, and the greatest apprehension was felt for the safety of the whole-of the magnificent . pile. -A party.wall, of very great thickness, divided the burning ruins from the chapel, and every effort was directed, to preient the flames from finding an ingress to it. The chapel being placed at the extre mity of,the.western wing, adjoining the gallery, which _forms with it a right-angle, nothing, humanly speaking, could have saved the remainder of the building had the. flames ever found an entrance into this wainscoted apartment. Fortunately, the progress of the flames was checked. Nothing but a mass of blackened smoking ruins is, however, now to be seen to the south of the chapel. This part presents a melancholy contrast to the east wing, which still remains in all its for Mer massive grandeur. A deep feeling of horror is connected with the deso late appearance of the ruins arising from the certainty th a t the remains of her who for more than - half a century reigned mis tress here, have found a tomb amidst the ruins of the palaee over which she presided. The scene around the house during . the progress of the fire was terrific. Pictures, books, furniture lying : about, engines galloping 'in every di rec ti on , th e a l a i um bell ringing,, and leadpouting from the roof in torrents. The flumes were also bursting forth from every window from the ground floor to the roofer the building. Inquiries meanwhile were eager ly made among the crowd, whether the Dowager Lady Salisbury had been seen since the fire began, and when it was certainly known t hat she had perished, the scene of terror, confusion and dis may was beyond the power of description. 'lt was not until twelve o'clock that -the flames were entirely subdued. Every gentle man in the neighbourhood was present, and his lordship's numerous tenantry also rendered all the:assistance in their power. A deep feeling of sorrow and gloom now pervades all ranks, who unite in deploring this awfully sudden termination to the long protracted life of one who for so many years had on all occasions proved a friend, to whom the poorest might ap peal in their distress with the certainty of meeting not only prompt relief, but with the kindest sympathy...---Ifeeo/d. • EVASIONS OF THE REFORM ACT. It may he hoped that as the inefficieecY of the provisions of the reform act becomes apparent, care will be taken to collate the instances of failure, and to devise the necessary correction. We may mention, as one instance, that any person may try to qualify a host of unqualified neighbours to vote, and with some chance of success. He may send claims to be registered to the overseers, in the names, but without the privity of his friends, alleging that they have qualifications which they do not possess; and if no busy body should happen to oppose those claims, which may often happen, the power of giving a colourable vote is acquired by the party, without his being aware of the fact. When the election comes he is told he is on the register, and that he may vote, without the fear of being sworn to his qualifi cation. When he goes to the poll, he is asked, "Are you the Person described in this register as residing at —?" y es ," says the voter. "Do you hold the same qualification now that you did then?" "Yes," says the voter, who thinks it a 'fair quibble that, as he held no qualification before, he is as well qualified now as he was then. The trouble and expense of purging the poll-book before a committee of the House of Coin mous ought, if possible, to be prevented. Again, a person may send his shilling and his claim to be registered to the overseer, without having shadow of a qualification ; and though his claim be ultimately struck off, he remains qualified to object to and harass the bona fide voters of the place. The following names appeared 00 the church doors at Beck enham, in July : *Ruseell, James, Croydon, freehold, Beckenham. su usse ll„fonies, New pent-road, freehold, ditto: I;Russell, Robert, Sanderstead, 1-7th freehold, ditto. Russell, Robert, Coulsden, 1-7th ditto, ditto. 'Russell, Edward, Croydon, 1-7th ditto, ditto. Russell, Thomas, Croydon, 1-7th ditto, ditt o . . [Russell, John, Hampton Wick, 1-7th ditto, ditto. Russell, Wilson, Croydon, 1-7th ditto, ditto. tßussoll, John, Couliden, I.7th ditto, ditto. Russell, Robert, Croydon, 1-7th ditto, ditto, • Russell, James, Croydon, freehold, ditto. Miller, James, Surrey-square, 1-7th ditto, ditto. The revision came, and the three Jaintses. marked thus,* being the seine person, two were masked out. The two marked thus 4i-, being the same person, one was struck out. The , two marked thus t being the same person, the first only was al lowed to stand. The four marked with italics were, therefore, struck off. The property divided into 1-7ths, consists of two pauper-houses, let out in separate rooms to washerwomen, who pay their rents weekly, "1 hey were left to James Russell, of Croydon, and to prove to the barrister that the parties let in were entitled to vote, be produced a conveyance from .himself to seven of his relations of these two tenements for £l9. The repairs are done by James Russell, and the houses pay neither rates nor taxes. We leave it to others to judge whether these seven 40s. freeholders possess such a e s ualification as the legis lature intended.--Morning Herald.