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212? , the, tha DU. of eat MEXICO. His Majesty's packet-brig Lyra, Lieut. St.: , John, has. just a rrived, bringing the important intelligence that Gen. Santa r .,nna had been joined by a large force under the einnmand of Valentia, and had entered Puebla, the second city in Mexico, where he had been favourably received. -- The country was in a dreadful state, and business entireiy interrupted. Oh the 9th of October Santa Anna's cavalry had advanced eight l eagues towards Mexico, which city it was expected the Gene ral would enter in the course of two or three days. The govern ,lti,eut was totally incapable of opposing his progress, but every 14 itig was tranquil in the city of Mexico on the 10th of Oct. The Lyra sailed from Tampico Oct Gzh, Vera Cruz 25th, and t he Havanna Nov. 12th, having 153,000, dohars on board.-- P alinouth Packet of SuturdaJp LATEST FROM MEXlco.—lly the politeness of Captain Ilarper. of the schr. Two Brother, says the Nevi Orleans Bee, of tine 13th Vistant, we learn that on day . of his sai.inb• from Tampico, , letters were received from Mexico, up, to Oct. 19, in which; General Santa Anna, with 8,00) men strong, was said, to , Within two leagues of the city; that, lie was - besieging it, and; every expectation that' it would soon ; fall into his hands were. e ntertained, although every resistance possible was making,,by, the ministerial pasty, to defend it, having 5,0J0 men under r,'acio, who had command of the strongest height. Letters were Cso received from 5..1 Luis, Which state that. mineral Bustamente, the Vice President, left that city with,a,ll his force, on the 21st ult, for Mekico, and that General Monte !lima was at Tula., with 2,000 men, on his march again fur 8* Facie, at the last accounts, had reached Mexico,' where he , had a:i () army of ,")0 men ; and Santa Anna with..Booo men was: Withi n a league of that capital. It was said he would immedi-:. 4 tely demand a surrender,' on refusal of which, he would boni-, bawl the place. There are strong forts on each side of the town,] 411 in the hands of the government, which it is believed .he wuli hot b e able to take very easily. Bustanicute Mime linely on! receivingnews .of the bathe, took up his line of march for : Mexico. Montezuma hadra - sed an army. of 1.5()0.men, and at the last accounts was in San Luis VotoSi. The State of Yucatan had declared in favor of Santa . Anna, UNITED STATES.' NEW YORK, DEC. I.—UollgteSS meet on Monlay next; and t here is every reason to expe, t that there will be a ruff attend-: iltice•on the last day ofth; session. Alth o ugh the session lutist 'e a short-one, it is • altogether p.ohable it w i ll in some raspet I , rov e t o be inure tban ordinan y interesting mid imlortant. 1 , 1 10 state of things at the sough warrants, this expectatiou. eorgia and Soata Oa: ()him are apparently endeavouring to t er of measures, which in the end mast dee'y affect thp charac of the country, anti the permanency oft Union and Con-- tean atution. In Georgia, the couventon, his recently. ee:si.m, was ctivided nearly in the middle • and a laige B "Tortion of the-state was not represented-at all: The o-ppo-: 46 of nullification in the abstract—that is-nullification as `_;ersto o d in South Carolina, took an early opportuoity to with graw from the convention, protesting against their proceedings, and leaving them-to take their own course, The minority who , eceded, with a f a ir d e legation from the unrepresented counti e s, : Would probably hove hcen a majority. In such a state of things, it is not probable that the convention will venture upon qltia measures at once, but will probably think it expedient.to adopt some general course, and wait for a more propitious time lor further operations. South Carolina, having advanced far ther in their system of nullifying, do not meet with the same ob, s truction at tha outset as the Georgians have had to encounter. lint they probably must have been disappointed at finding their I ,e7ghbouis no b e tt er agree d u p on th e mall question, and there tore may be supposed likely to pause fur a monient, and hesi tate, before they resolve upon_the final and fatal step which a e ouitnittee of the Convention have recommended, and their Politicians have so long threatened to take. It would not be s urprising, .if under the circumstances, South Carolina should Postpone Gaming to extreme measures for awhile, and leave a thon:e at- least tor further consideration and decision before they altempt to seced:: from the Union.—The measures proposed, and the steps taken, by these two states, will probably, occupy a pro m in ent pos i tion in t h e Presideneihiessage at fhe g of the session. The doctrines , advecated in South Carolina are !" only extravagant iu themselves, but they, necessarily tend„ if carried into effect, to the destruction of-the government, and the dissolution of the Union. If our constitution admits of the c onstruction contended for by Georgia, it has no principle 'of 'Altabilitz in it, and is not worth the - labour even of attempting to ;uphold it.—Daily Advertiser. . . lay who leaves no means untried to attain his end. Every kind of seduction haS been employed to induce the soldiers to aban don their duty. Th ese attempt s h ave - hitherto been unsuccess ful'l, but, considering the perversity of sonic members. of the Divan, they might . in the end produce sonic effect. It is said that Mehemet Ali lately caused some overtures to be -11 '-ad' to the Capitau Pacha, the object of which was to iget the Turkish fleet delivered up to hiM; but .which the Capitan Pa eha rejected with contempt, and immediately sent an : account t 0 the Sultan. Ile seems, hOwever r to have thotight it neces faary to send several of his ships to Constantinople,.not trusting 'to their crews. FRONTIERS of SERVIA, Nov. 27.--Several commercial houses - .have letters from Constantinople, stating that a Russian cern.- kissioner had arrived there, who was supposed to come with. e xtraordinary proposals from the Emperor, relative to the war with, Mehemed Ali. It was even reported in Constantinople, .that the commissioner had brought intelligence to the Porte that a Russian corps was hastening to its assistance, and that was commissioned to take measures for its conveyance by - .sea to Asia, and for the . payment to be subsequently made by the Porte for the expedition. This latterpart seems pre kpature, but it is certain that the Porte hAs the protection .of t tussia, and would certainly obtain an auxiliary corps if it ap- Plied - for it. It also seems certain that a Russian General has arrived in Constantinople with. letters from, the Emperor. of ;tussia. It is well known that for sonic time . past there have: 3 :been mOvenients of troops in the sinithern'provnices of Russia, • but the troops there are so numerous, that it cannot.be sup thePosed ey are intended merely fOr an eXpedition in favour of . Porte h .. The Egyptians, it is said, are making greatefferts, and Ibrahim is reported to 440 a regular army of fifty-six , t 'loasaud men, which he threatens to lead against Constanti 4°Ple. The Porte is in a most dangerous Situation,. and it is almost a wonder that the old decayed edifice has not long since f allen down. Nothing, has, been set in order since the last war.. with Russia. The demarkation of 'the frontier districts,' Which, .according to the treaty of Adrianople, were to be incorperatedkith • Servia, has not yet ben regulated, notwithstanding the. 4 iPst positive 'stipulations. This is a point Which the - Sultan„ Gould do well to consider; he is indebted to the peaceable con duct of Servia for the stibj ugation of Bosnia, a service which s hould not haVe remained unrewarded at this critical moment. AFRICA. By accounts just received from. Africa, it appears that a 9uarrel has arisen between the King of Ashantee and Boitteene; Chief of Gwolin, which threatens fresh disturbances to the People of the Gold coast. Theorigin and consequences of this quarrel strongly exemplify the ferocity of the combatants, and Will probably be attended with. disastrous effects to the trade of the country, as Boitteene is endeavouring to excite those tribes iu his tavour in whose recollection the cruelties and op " cession of the King of .Ashantee are still fresh. He has sent kessengers to the water-side, who affirm the quarrel to have • originated in the aversion.of their master to the continuance of the war with the Auglo-Feritees,- but the actual source of the feud is of a more domestic nature. One of the wives of Boitteene had been guilty - Otadultery.with a slave; the injured death,death of the adulterer, hut by. the- slaughter of his whole f amily. To. this.• tho Kilaff of Ashantee objected; au inter , - Chang e of messages ermintenciug in. civility, graduating td s arcasm,. and. terminating in detiaueo, succeeded. The King g s- of Asha n t ee having. warned. strangers-and traders to withdraw ' f rora.the scene. of the appromdaing conflict, as the quarrel wu a " family affair," attacked his:. adversary; whose.. troops, alter an obstinate.. and. , bloody .contest,_ were.. complexly. r ' t outed. Both aides:, at- first , .B supposed , that oitteene had ' slain, and by.rea§Ou of Om Axiiitilit the Piti'§..4i. of .00 languished was -- slackened - A - t - ecromassie; the - capital - of 't a shantee, a messenger from the othattie entered ,the toy 41 presence, and, throwing a-lacerated human .arm. before-the gOldenstool," exclaimed,:." I illting.yem, 0 King, the tlesh.of - 'Your brother.and, your:enemy!" This _mistake,.was ' howereii, fatal to th e faraily t ot Boitteeue, .who, on the report of. his at the place of their retreat, were, immediately put to..deatkbk • their.ti own guards and unuohs to -veveut t he hands of :their , onetnies.. Betteene, eyerwhelmed .wtth.:do- , 'Pair at this fatal catastrophe, threw away his ornaftteuts_and; ',ol(l.dust to disapimint the cupidity of, his pursuers. Ouc of MID - e onipanion. of hts havin' had. his.: mouth til-ed.wilWgiAlit ( lust by.the. s Chief to :prevent his ghost from complaining it TO- - verty, finished his existence hy shooting himselt . wah_litßiowit Utusket. Another miserablefugitive,.belOnging . to Ottp.e.C.stVt, • ow 4 s taken alive into the presence of the King:et:Ashantee„.anti ,after an ineffectual entreaty for mercy, received from .the sentence—"Coora" (kill,) accompanied with the hortren tal, motion. of the. hand, and was immediately slaughtered ,b - 4eatit the.fatal banian.tree at the gate of the:palace, Boitteene has made good his retreat to Alkin, to the north of Accra. lie h aet been joined by his scattered troops; and.is preparing a pre-' &dory warfare, against Ashantee ; he .is busily engaged in e*- citing both natives - and k.:nropeani to render 'him their a;.sist auce.—Tinie.g. COUNTY ELECTION. MEETING AT TIIE GOLDEN LION 4 meeting of the friends of Sir Thomas Hesketh was held at the Golden Lion Hotel, on Saturday last, at 12 o'clock, for the: purpose of adopting proper measures for securing his return as one of the representatives of the southern division of Lanca shire: ' The 'meeting was numerously attended,'aud composed of the most wealthy and influential merchants, &c., in the town. . . , . The Hop. B. WiLoaAliAsi was unanimously called to the chair. Ile thanked them for the honour they •had done him, and briefly opened the proceedin g s, by stating that they had assembled to promote the election of Sir 'l'. llesketh, of whom, having, known hiiii for long time, lie could speak in the. highest terms. Colonel TEAIPEST, in rising to propose the first resolution, : which is given in our advertising coluinns, complimented Sir Thos. Hesketh upon his great services to the county as a magistrate. He assured them they might rely on his principles from the uniform conduct he had always displayed, and from his gentlemanly independence, as well as from the large stake he had in the county, they could not elect a fitter represen tative, or one who would attend more to the interest of his constituents. In addition to which, it would be highly desir.; able, in the Present political state of the country, that a can didate should ibe returned to Parliament on the Conservative, interest, who would support the institutions of Church and State, as by law estab.ashed. The gallant Colonel was re ceived throughout with considerable applause, and concluded, amid continued cheering. Sin TI-losiAs Bit ANCKEit in seconding the resolution said, tha he fully agreed with the remarks of Colonel Tempest, and that it was unnecessary for hies to enter more at large. into the sub ject. The resolution was then put and carried unanimously. JOHN ASHTON CASE, Eso.‘,proposed the second resolution: die had been a school-fellow of Sir Thomas Hesketh, and having known hint for a period of forty . years, could speak highly not only of his conduct as a magistrate, but, also, of his amiable manners and gentlemanly- deportment in private life. JOHN Moss, If.sq. briefly seconded the resolution, remarking that the previous speakers had rendered it useless for him to address them on the qualifications of the worthy baronet, and lie heartily concurred in all they had spoken of him. This re solution was then put from the chair and carried unanimously. Mr. PALMER then came forward, and after apologising for occupying the attention of the meeting, stated that he had. served as an officer under Sir Thos. Hesketh, and bore his testi mony to the universal estimation in which he was held by every man connected with the regiment. Mr. P. spoke at great length and was repeated.yand loudly cheered throughout the delivery of his speech. We regret that a press of other matters necessarily precludes our giving evenan outline of Mr. Pahner's: address. After a few neees,sary arrangements respecting booths, &c. had been mad; thanks being voted to the chairman, and after three hearty cheers for him, the same for Sir T. Ilesketh, the King, - the Conitittition, and Colonel Tempest, the meeting separated. THE NOMINATION On Tuesday, according to appointment, the nominittion of candidates for the representation of the southern division of this county took place at Newton, before the high sheriff and other officers. The - candidates were Lord Molyncux, Sir Thomas Itesketh; Bart., and "Mr. G. W. Wood. The hustings were erected before an unoccupied, house, icarly facing the church, and adjoining-the Horse . and Jockey. Previous to the time of nomination-a few groups of individuals began to. collect in the Vicinity,. and as 'the candidates ,arrived the scene assumed an appearance of greater; . Unimation. Mr. G. - W. Wood's arrival was very imposing, He was accompanied from Manchester by upwardS of a dozen coaches, some of them with four-horses. A very strong and respectable party for Sir Thomas Hesketh came up in a different direction, attended by a band of music, and sundry flagS, inscribed, "Church and .hing," "Agricul ture has one honest friend;" "No . Dutch war," 8:c. The pro cession consisted , of.betvv.en two and three hundred individuals, who halted in the front of -the • hustings, and, faced about in a position, which, in the sequel,,gave them a eonaiderable advan tage. In the course of the proceedings the crowd increased to . about 2,00 J, amongst .whom-were many gentlemen from Liver:- pool, incluling our representative, Mr. Ewart, and several com mon council men. At half-past ten the court was seated, and the customary forms 'having been golie through, Wm. 13LUNDELL a Esq., of Crosby . hall, nominated Lord iscount Molyneux, which was seconded by Arthur. Heywood, Esq. Mr. Wood was then proposed by J.• Lan', Esq, in a long. , speech, the nomination was seconded by, SHAKSpEARE PHIL LIPS, Es_q. HULTON, Esq., 'of Hulton,hall, prOposed.Sir Thos. Dal- ryinple Hesketh, Bart. After dwelling for some time upon the', fitness of Sir Thomas,,aud the state of public atfairi, Mr. Hul ton said he would tell:the noble lord what things he expected hiMnei to do. He called- upon him never in any way publicly to insult a lady, .the highest in her station as she was the most eminentin her virtues. (Tremendous cheering.) • Lord MtiLYNEUX. rose in the greatest warmth, and, with the most open appeal to heaven, denied that he had ever in his life utterett.a single word against her Majesty the Queen. His lordship's interruption set the whole assemblage in a commo tion, and cries of "Shame 1 shame !" "Order 1" and "Off, of were vociferated from all sides, amidst an indescribable uproar. Lord Molyneux continued: in the excitement of his feelings, he might have been hurried to say more than became him. Having heard his reply to the basest accusation ever brought against. man, in the manner they had just done, he now, called upon them , to hear Mr. Hulton's explanation of that accusation. Mr. HU I. TO N said, as they had heard that disclaimer of the noble lo'rd, from his heart and soul he begged to offer him the most sincere apology. ( Hisses, and cries of " Off! off !") There was, however, a printed report of the noble lord's speech which bore him out. With respect to Mr. Wood, he had only one remark to make, that as a member of the established church he could not vote for a person who denied the Godhead of our Saviour._ (Cheers, laughter and hissing.) , • , Colonel P. TENIPEST having seconded the nomination, Lord MOLYNEUX then came forward, and was received with deafening cheers. Ile said he had committed a great error in the . beginning of those proceedings, but he trusted he had already repaired it. ills error was, in coming so late to that lace, when the business was so important, and when he Ought; consideratiOsVof their interest and of the importance of the occasion, to hat=e been one of the first. In some measure, how ever,- he had repaired his error, iu the promptitude with which he had come forward to repel the accusation which had been brolight against him,—(Cheers.) I3efore he. proceeded with the remark - s which would be expected from him, he would en deavour at once to set their minds at rest upon the question to which that accusation referred. When his Majesty's Ministers thought proper to resign their places, a meeting wad ,held in Liverpool;to express the public feeling in that emergency; and of that meeting he had the honour to be elected-chairman:, Ile addressed a speech to the assemblage which composed that' 'meeting, and in the course of his remarks he made certain allusions to thi , C,Aduct of his Majesty, for which he now almost blamed himself,' and for which he had ,been much blamed by others; hut bn that occasion 'no allusion, direct. or indirect, ever. came out of his mouth, either reflecting upon the conduct of her Majesty or any „Other. female in the kiiagdorn (Loud cheers.) '• He had frequently heard that accusation brought. against him; and frequently had he taken the 1341113 to deny it; and he was happy to have that opportunity, before so vast an assemblage of - Englishmen, to repeat that denial. On that day a reporter had come to him, and asked him if he had any notes of the speech which he was going to make. lie replied in the negative; but, as' he should speak slowly and with a loud voice, it might be easily•taken. in a few hours that speech was printed, and he would take that opportunity of' paying the com pliment to the reporter, though he did not know whether he was present or not, that, in his belief, not one word was omitted, and not one word introduced beyond what he had spoken. (Cheers.) lie obtained several copies of the paper; he was not aware that he could refer to them at that time, but when they were pub lished, he had forwarded one to Earl Grey himself. That ques tion, therefore, he considered as settled, and he was sorry that Sir Thomas- Hesketh's supporters could find no ,better ground than misrepresentations of that kind. (Cheers,) He stood there in a situation entirely• new to him ; and therefore he must claim thOir indulgence in , behalf of an individual without experience, for any errors of speech, or any omissions on his part.. Some few niontlis ago he had beeu invited to come forward as a can didate to represent that division• of the• county, of Lancaster; -and,- from the zeal which he felt to serve the interests of that pit vf the eimutry,•llo was induced immediately to accept the invitation. As the tinie drew near ' he became conscious of the importance of the post - to -which he aspired, and he did not mean ; to -flatter either them or .himself when lie said, that he believed the population of that district to be tilt inferior, in agrieultneal industry, to any other portion of the empire. (Ap ptonse.) That particular spot in England was unrivalled-and only unrivalled, bu.t he, might say, stool alone,—the con centrating point, the nucleus the world, for industry, inge nuity, infeiligence,„ And .enterprise. He maintained that that was thk spot ,iipen,the globe in which commerce. and nianufac ,tures had been brought to their highest state of perfection. (lua mense cheering.) If he should be elected to represent such a distriet, he should account it the greatest hondur which he could-attain; hut, at. the Sallie time, tie should feel the deep re. Tt-I E LIVE lIPOOL sTANDAnn. sponsibility of the station. (Cheers, and cries of "No doubt of • it !" ) He had no pledges of past services to offer; he could not boast of experience either in legislation or business : the few occasions in!which he had appearedin . public had been solely to promote the canse of civil and religious liberty, (loud `•ap plause,) and on, those occasions he had lent his humble aid to promote also that great measure, the reform of the represen tation 'of' England. (Cheers.) In the reformed parliament, which they would shortly see assembled, as the representatives of which it was composed would be Selected by the choice of the public at large, there would be no doubt that the measures they would adopt would bq for the public benefit. (Hear, hear.) Hi therto..they had had parliaments: in which any measure might be carried by the nominators to rotten boroughs, and in which the voice of the people could not turn out any ministry, be— cause they could, by their own influence, pack the House of Commons, and carrvi any 'measure, whatever mischief it might. produce to the country. .In the new _parliament they would' have sundry measures brought ,forward for the good of the public; (cheers) and though the exposition of those measures. was now left in feeble hands, he would endeavour to call their] attention to , some of the iniprovernents which might be ex pected frmn them. The first question, and that which he considered of the most vital importance to every subject in the, kingdom was, the qdestion of. the corn laws. In his particular f situation, interested as he was in the landed property of -the. country,-he might be supposed to lean to the continuance of the existing high price of corn ; but he did declare,.that his own advantage he - should not look to, but that of the community. The corn laws at present in force were, he did not doubt, originally established with an idea of benefiting the people; but they all knew that they had done no such thing. He did. not pretend to tell,. them in what way those laws ought to be. revised and improved ; but altered they would be—altered they must be. (Applatise.) He believed the best measure •to be . adopted was, a fixed duty upon corn. (Cheers.) But to those who wished for ; the abolition of the corn-laws, he would say — if they had' Christian feelings—if they had English generosity, they never would wish to starve one half of the community, to fill the mouth i of the other half. (Cheers and laughter.)' - In ; Laneashire they had vast numbers of men who did not de-. pend upon agriculture ; but spread over England there were, multitudes of the ; labouring classes upon whom the manufac turers were, in'a ,great degree, dependent, and to whom they should, .in return, give what they could in the price of•bread.' Another topic, which was in the mouth of every one, and' which would be deeply looked into was, that of reform in the. church. He belonged. to the church of England, and he wished to see-the church standing on its own merits. (Hear,' and cheers.) He' wished to see it elevated above other profes- SOUS of faith by its purity; by its humility ; by its ch.arity ; by its good :works. (Loud cheers.) He wished it not to be upheld as the stepping-stone of ambition. He wished it not to be the path cif separation. (Cheers.) But whilst making. these remarks upon the system of the church, he did not allude to the ministers of that church. (Hear.) Amongst them were most excellent, ,eminent, and able individuals, and such, he was—convinced, he should have with him in the question.— (Applause.) The next subject which created great interest in the country_ at the present moment, was the subject of colo nial slavery. (Hear, hbar.) He had been brought up, from earliest infancy, with a horror for that system of slavery; and since he was twelve years old, and was taken to see, as a strange- sight-as a lion,—one of the slave-ships at the quays of Liverpool, he had entertained the same opinion. He did not, however, desire to injure the property of any Mall—nor yet the interests of the colonie's ; but his first and chief object was, unqualified emancipation for the negro. (Loud applause.) Compensation to the planter would' enhance the justice and _the wisdoin of such a measure; but lie would repeat, that. his sole object was the 'emancipation of The slave. N evertheless, whilst speaking upon this subject, he was not telling them it was the one-rif greateSt moment in his mind. He had given them his opinions, and from them they might calculate in what, way he should' act; but he; could - not carry his eves and his Sympathies over the broad Atlantic, and not look down upon the-sufferingOand the burdens of the poorer classes of England. (" And Ireland !") Not only in England but in Ireland. He looked upon those huidens to arise from excessive taxation. They could not undo the measures adopted by ministers fifty . years ago, but.they could watch, with the strictest eye, the con ductof our presentministers-Land they couldtake care that the. -strictest- economy should be observed, with regard to the public purse, in order to alleviate tile sufferings of the labour• mg population by a' diminution of the taxes. (Loud cheers.) If returned bylthent,he would do his best to support the pre sent ministers,: for sundry reasons. He would support them because he thought them honest men; he would support then because he thought them only desirous to prontote the peace and the proventy of the country; and he would support them to the utmo,st, of his ability, because neither hintscif not7his fellow-countrymen could put confidence in the men-who were ready to step.otto their shoes. (Loud cheers.) There was one question which he had omitted, and that was the question of tree trade, That measure, which was brought forward by the late lamented Mr. fluskisson and his party, and which was found much -fault with by his opponents, had preyed of great. benefit to the country; -formic ot' its most brilliant consequences. was the wonderful improvement in the trade of silk, the manu facture of winch in England had increased one hundred fold, and the exports in proportion. Our neighbours, the French, were preparing to follow our example, and a law was now in preparation, or had been already brought into the chamber of deputies, to allow the admission of cotton twist into France. He did not doubt that, in the course of time, every article of British manufacture would be admitted into foreign countries. (Tremendous•cheering.) On the subject of the ballot, he for his own part,. would rather know his political opponent, when he saw him; from his friend. (Loud cheers.) On that parti- Cular acconnehe had heard with grief that means of intimida tion and exclusive dealing had been resorted to even in that neighbourhood. (Hear.) He 'had' been told that the only means of counteracting those evils was the adoption of the ballot. As to the duration of Parliaments, he certainly did' think seven years too long. He relied on the principles which he had now laid before them, and he spoke sincerely from his heart. Mr. G. W. Wool) then presented himself to the electors • and was also'gO idly cheered. He stood there in the character of a candidate for becoming one of their representatives. Of the 'extreme; importance of this county,' and of its varied in terests, would- be unnecessary for him to say one word, and of the propriety of their having a commercial man to repre- Sent them tu Parliament it Would 'be unbecoming idhim, in ins present. Opacity, to say any thing, he knew he would be told that the-large towns Of that county had now been enfran-, chised; and Were permitted - to send 'representatives of their own to attend to their commercial interests. He was aware such was Ufa , fact, and. lie rejoiced in it. (Cheers.) But there. were large portions - af the - ,sont he rn- - division - of that county extensivety interested in, its commerce, that were not included within the .Inuits of any .of its. boroughs. ( Hear.) Was it too much tltat' those who tesided in those districts should be represented equally with their more favoured neighbours who resided within such limits? ' The whole hundred of Salford, with a small.. eXception, might be considered as one vast and scattered-city, thickly peopled, as a great hive of manufae tining industry. ' There would,' he apprehended, be objects of the greatest commercial importance :to be attended to by the Parliament ,which was Lout to assemble; questions of great intricacy, and ivluiring thg aid of men connected with coin mercial undertakings , and pursuits. He might allude - to the renewal of the East India Company's charter. (" We will have no more it!") Well, the consideration of it, then. He- might also refer to the consideration of the privileges of the Bank of . England, of our whole, colonial system, and our system of taxation. He was happy to hear the observation of Lord Nolyueux, thatthe foundation of commercial intercourse between Great Britain and France, upon more liberal prin ciples, were' already_laid; that those two great, powerful, and free nations, known hitherto by little else but deeds of war and slaughter, were about to have their connexion strengthened by ties of •eoucord, of unity, and mutual interest. (Cheers.) Was it too much, in the discussion of topics of such vast im pOrtance to)the manufacturers of Lancashire, that those of its inliabitautat who were engaged in commerce, and who could not avail themselves of the privileges of its boroughs, should ask for a voicein the legislature through the , medium of one who was. ac,quainte.d with their peculiar concerns? But though it Was in his charaeter as a British merchant that lie appeared there, and that in which he most wished that they should, consider him, the present was a time of great political excitement, and it was proper that they should know his sen timents urn - some of those.great questions which agitated the public mind at that moment. He was, then, a friend to peace, a friend to economy; a friend to reform; and understanding that an allusion had been made to the miscalled 'Dutch war, Ire said, that as a friend to peace, he was an* advocate of his Ma jesty's present ministers.--(Cheers and an exclamation of " So are we ") He believed them to be sincere advocates of peace, and however unfortimlitemight be those peculiar circum- - stances, (pf which so very much was made,) he sincerely be lieved that to have.a desire for peace was the best of all possi . sible courses for maintaniug - the peace of Europe.—(Cheers.) He believed they were disposed to carry a searching, economy into all the great departments of national expenditure, to cor rect en abuses, apply reform to all matters which called for m tud applause.) He was an 'advocate for *the. ad b m us Q e h s t ,. and to o com Mutation of tithes.---(Hear, hear.) On the ground of the welfare of the farmer, the advantage of the landholder, the comfort and - peace of the church, and the advantage of the . . whole communitv.—(Cheers.) Ile was an advocatOor the im provement of the corn laws. He wished to see cheap and prompt justice. administered to the people..of England; to provision made for the-moral, religious, and intellectualof all classes. of his Majesty's subjects ;to s.ae the condition of the working-classes especially occupy the .close attention of par liament to discover it — smile remedies cannot be devised for those circumstances in which, unfoitunately, they happened to be placed. He had been a sincere supporter, and . he was still a deliberate advocate Of the reform act: it was because he was so, that he was deSirous to give to that great measure. a full, an im partial; and a deliberate trial.. On this account he was opposed to any further present changes in the constitution of parda meat, .He .considered it due to a gracioriS'King, to his able and honest Ministers, and to • the great charer of their modeai liberties itself, that it should have such a trial. Bat if, after that, it should he found ineffectual, for the only object, of all sound.policy, cheap_ and good Koverament, then he; tor dire, would, not shrink from making those future alterwiors for. that grdat . aitd desirable end.—(CheerS.) lle was a friend to the , abolition of slavery. He trusted that the time had arrived • -when -nitta-shottld no .longer-bo—considered the .chatteded p.o perty of man, (cheers)—should be no longer sold and bought by his brother man. If in the accomplishment of this act of na tional justice to a long-injured and degraded people, pecuniary injury should be inflicted upon another, he would compensate it. (them's.) The West India planter would not be looked upon as the only offender. They were-all involved in the I):lime,' and he was willing to bear his poition of it; but he-was not on'e of those who wished. to run after the expression of a cheap phi lanthropy. (Loud cheers.) If the - opinions - whiai then ec pressed, and which he had avowed on former occasions, were in accordance with their own, and they should think him fit to give effect to their sentiments in Parliament, and able to serse them' there, lie need not tell them how highly he.should estimate that honour. He should have taken leave of them here if it - Irad-net-been for the-attack which a gentleman-on. his right had thought proper to make upon him. lie was sorry to have occa sion to allude to "that topic in an assembly . of Englishmen, which he felt himself bound to notice, from the maime"r in whkh it had been', introduced. He was one who considered religion too sacred a subject to be lightly intermingled - Jwith.-po.litical discussion: From his cradle. he was bred to the Relief that man was accountable to his Creator alone fur his religious opinions. (Loud applause, and considerable disorder.) Thafin the sight of God all men-were-equal. .othor opinions had - been formerly entertained-by a certainportion of 'the •community, bat late. : y he_thought that no distinction was t o b e ma d e b e t ween English man and Englishman with regard,to.religioas opinions. It-was the sentiment expressed in a speech delivered in the House of 'Commons by an able and'enliglitened 'statesman,' that 'when lie • urged the passing of that great measure of justice, the Catholic relief 'bill ; religion waSto make no distinction in a man's suit ableness for any office. - He alluded to Mr. Peel, a fornier friend, at least, of . the worthyzentleman on his left, and to whose iiit mortal memory he once - thought the honourable gentleman had planted a limb of British oak.. (Yes, yes, cheers, and much laughter.) -- He .confessed he was a I'iotestant dissenter; but he was conscious of no sectarian jealousies, nor of hostility V, the Established Church, or any otTier . bOdY of igigitaiiks. And though, as a tlissenter, delica..y'and his own feeling pi evented his meddling.with that church, yet if any measures were brouOit forward by its friends, which did not appear adverse to.the Lest interests of the British people, he, for one, should wish to see them adopted: (Cheers.) he thanked them for their indit!geuce s,n. -.that _occasion ;• he had stated the grounds upon which ho rested his claims, and into their • hands he willingly resigned them. . • . . 'Mr. Wood then retired, and Sir Thomas Hesketh pree.eded to address the electors. 'He was received. with much' applause by his friendi, mingled with the hisses and clamour of the opposite party. Sir T. HESTETH said, heappearecl before them at the .eleventh hour, called upon by a large, respectable, and influentialbody of 'the electors of that division. lie had yet to learn, that be caliSehis arrival had- been delayed - mitil - the • eleventh hour, that therefore the electors,. as' the noble lord seemed to insinu ate, had no right to fix upon uiiy person to represent,them but the •candidates who were already in the field.—(Cheers.) - A considerable portion' of the freeholders of that county had chosen to honour him with their approval as a propel - candidate to represent their interests .and their prinCipl es .. Those prin ciples embodiedavithin them honour to the Ki ng , subjection to the -reverence and .respect'- to their-holy-nation/11 church.—(Cheers and laughter from the opposition.) The wish most congenial to - his own feelings, and most 'suited to his manner of life, was to have remained in retirement; but when called upon to serve the interests -of those who deemed him capable of, the task, he did not think he had a right to indulge those wishes- which •he would othereise have 'obeyed.—(Loud' cheers, and hisses, and much' up-oar.) On the great political questions which agdatcd the c ountry; , . there might be some shadow of (I,fietence between himself and the candidates who had just addressedthem, but he was happy to find, from the tone of their speeches; that it was more -as' to the mamier an which improvements ought to be effected than any dispute as -to the improvements themselves.—(Cheers, and cries of " Olt! oh !") It had been objected to him, at Manchester, that he declined answering the questions which were put to him. Ile said then, as he did now, that, if they did him the honour to elect hilt', he would go forth to Parliament. a free, unshackled country. gentleman, anxious to serve the best interests of the country, and of the church and state.—(hisses and cheers.) Let _ it not be supposed that, in promoting the cause of his country, he would be the . promoter of any abuses 'which; by lapse of time, had crept in t o it s cons tit u ti on , or th e di v i ne right of its holy national church.—(Groans from the other side, with great contusion.) The present aspect of the tunes must convince them that those abuses ought to he radically cured; but,- in choosing the means by which that was le be accom plished, they must be careful not rashly to touch upon those complicated springs which had sustained Great' Britain upon' the high pinnacle of glory to which she had been raised.-- ,(Cheers.) The ground of opposition on which lie stood was not against the candidates indivicially, but against their aninci ples.—(Cheers.) And he hoped that, whatever the decision of their proceedings might be, it would not make the slightest difference-with respect . to private opinion. —(G rea t a pp l ause. ) There were certain q ue s tions . whka, as they had heard, would be brought under. the consideration of the legislature. If in giVing an' opinion upon therrii he should be. betrayed.. into any - pleige, h e s h ou ld saerifice4ns own honour, his.prin ciple, and his inde.P - endence.—(Clicers;) If he went - to the House of Commons 'fettered by our • 14dges.which would de prive him of his indepennent right of 4:Ong an opinion, as the case might require, when it . was argued .byjhe legislature, he 'should b.e unworthp-nf the confhtetice of a . . wealthy, an 'in telligent, and an hOhourable constituency.--=(Loud cheers.) 'With respect to the corn laws, as well as most of the other points touched upon, he was happy to say that there was not much diverSity of opinion between them. • (Oh! -oh ! )''There was not, he would venture to say,',in - that assemblage a man more desirous to mitigate all the nktresses,of the poor, than the individual who had the honour of addressing' them. (Cheers and laughter.) • There was not a 'than, he was -proud to say; who had lived on his property the whole period - (tfhis life, who was more careful of the interests of-those who were dependent upon hini; - or who had a greater desire to benefit them. (Cheers and hootittg..) With regard 'to the corn laws, he had no other desire thanto do that which shouldlie beSt for the general 'goodof the whole community. • - it-was impossible 'that an absolutely free trade in corn could answer that end. (Cheers.) If landed property sunk in, value, commercial and mannfacturing -pro perty must - sink - in value also: The two interests could never be separated.; they were so intimately blended one with the other, that if one should fall, the other must inevitably follow. On that most sacred of all ..subjects, the tithes, he would ,otily say, that,when any measure should- be brou g ht b e f ore the le gislature of the country, sanctioned by the holy:Ministers of the church, it should have his most &voted attention and support. (Oh ! oli ! laughter, and Cheers.) • lie Weald never go to par liament shackled with pledges. Ile would have education pio moted, and conducted on principles •-areligion— As to slavery, he thought if it.could be put an end to, it ought to be done ; but, in his humble judgment, the slaves 'themselves would be the victims of emancipation. (Cheers:and hisses.) In con clusion, lie called - upon all those who approved of him as their representative, to come forward and support their cause. If the majority - should - decide against him, he - would• retire-te4he bosom of his family Much happier than if he had entered up'on the toils 'of public life. (Cheers and uproar.) Mr., THORNELY . fieXt attempted to address the electors with a view of catechising Sir Thomas, but he was assailed with 'an overwhelmiiag din •of hisses, groans, and cries of " Off! off!" He put a question to Sir Thomas as to whether he would have supported the reform bill in parliament, but as the sense of Sir Thomas's .friends was against the questions . being answered, Mr. Thornely merely enumerated- them - as -follows; if he was favourable to the general principles of the bill, to a fixed mo derate duty upon corn, the speedy abolition of slavery, to the principles of free trade, the removal of trammels -.from:them dustrious labourer, the abolition of, sinecures - Ito ,unmerited pensions,- .and of a . considerable and' immediat e re d uct i on of taxation. After a few further remarks the high sheriff called for a skow of hands, which being in favour of Nrolyneux and Wood, a poll was demanded, and hied for Friday and Saturday next. The high sheriff then dissolved the meeting, announcing that he would attend there at ten o'clock on Monday, to declare the result of the poll.