The Express.
London, England, 1852-03-25 00:00:00

vbe court.

THE LEVEE.
The Queen held a Levee (the third this season)
yesterday afternoon in St. James's Palace. her 1114jette
and Prince Albert, attended by the royal suite, arrives
from Buckingham Palace shortly after two o'clock, escorted
by a detachment of the Life Guards, and war received by
the great officers of state. The Queen's honourable corps
of gentlemen-at:arms was on duty in the state saloons.
The yeoman pant was on duty under the command
Cajotain Ikllun, ezon in waiting.
Before the Levee, Major AVallert K. 11., hod an au 1.. nee
of her Majesty, and delivered the insitrnia of ti rand Crop
of the Order of the Bath, worn by the late Gen.,ral Sig
Frederick l'hilips Robinson. The field officer is ‘‘.utiefg
had an audience of the Queen.

Ills Serene Highness Prince Nicholas of Nassau attendt4
the Levee.
The Queen wore a white silk train brocaded with silver
and trimmed with silver blonde and pink satin ribbons,
The petticoat was of white satin and tulle, trimness{
with pink satin ribbons and silver. Her Majesty's
head-dress was formed of diamonds, with a green wreath.
The Queen and Prince Albert were attended by the Duchess
of Atholl, Mistress of the Robes; the Countess of Mount
Edgcumbe, Lady in Waiting; the Duke of Montr.a.e,
Lord Steward ; the Marquis of Exeter, Lord Chands rlata;
the Earl of Jersey, Master of the Horse ; Lord Claud Ilara.
ilton, Treasurer of the Household; Viscount Newport,
Vice-Chamberlain; the Hight Hun. Cecil Forester, Comp.
troller of the Household ; the Earl of Morton, Lord in
Waiting; Lord George Lennox, Lord in Waiting to Ili
Royal Highness; Captain the lion. J. Denman,
Groom in Waiting; Colonel Wylde, Groom to lt'aititg
His Royal Highness; Major-General Buckley, Equerry in
Waiting; Lieut.-Colonel the Hon. Alexander irordos.
Equerry in Waiting to His Royal Highness; and Mt sus,
Gordon and Cameron, Pages of Honour in Waiting.
Thu foreign ministers were introduced, when the follow-
ing presentations to her Majesty and His Royal Highness
the Prince Albert took place in the diplomatic circle
By the Spanish Minister, Don l'cdro Sortie, .tenon Secretary of Legation ; Don Ilenri T. de Andrade, Attethe
to her Catholic 'Majesty's Legation.
Ily the Austrian Minister, M. le Baron Bereldinges,
Capitainc au Cavallerie; Lieutenant Ilicss, ()dicier de
Cavallerie.

The following noblemen and gentlemen had the boom
of bring presented to her Majesty :
Major Adamson, on promotion, by Lieut. General his.
Hugh Arbuthnot.
Thu Lord Advocate of Scotland, by Mr. Sucrrtary
Walpole.
Lieutenant Applegatb, on return front Indio, by the
Marquis of Tweedilale.
Major Ventral Arbuthnot, on promotion, by tb, ILik of
Wellington.
Lieutenant A. I'. Arkwrigbt, by the !hike of
Northumberland.

Lieutenant Armytage, by the Earl of Strathr.l.
Ensign 11. 11. Austen, by the Earl of Lovelace.
Sir Charles Barry, upon having received the honour of
Knighthood, by the Earl of Carlisle.
Mr. Bateman, M.P., on appointment as one of Bin
Lords of her Majesty's Treasury, by the Earl of Derby.
Lieutenant A. G. Bex, by the Right lion. J. C. Henries,
Mr. Wentworth B. Beaumont, by Sir George Grey,
But, M.P.
Mr. A. E. Benson, on appointment, 10th Hussars, by
Lieut.-Gen. Hon. 11. B. Lygon.
Major A. C. Bentinck, by the Duke of Wellington.
Brevet Major J. J. Bisset, on the grant of a pension fen
wound* received in the Katlir war, by the Dukc of Wel-
lington.
Captain Borrow, by Lord Fitzroy Somerset.
Archdeacon Bouvene, by the Bishop of Norwich.
Lord Bolton, by the Duke of Ueda.
Lieutenant lion. Edward Boyle, by Lieut.-Col. ILL
Robert Boyle.
lion. Thomas Bruce, by the Right Hon. It. A. Chris.
to her.
Major Lord Burghenh, on return from India, by the
Duke of Wellington.
Mr. Charles Salisbury Butler, by Lord Robert Grosvenor,
Mr. Cumming Bruce, by the President of the Board of
Control.

Sir Robert Buxton, Bart., by the Earl of Sandwiili
Mr. E. M. 'trowel', Secretary to the Bond of biutt
Cloth, by his Grace the Lord Steward.
Ensign John Byron, on appointment 31th Regiment, by
General Sir T. M. Brisbane, Bart.
Commander R. T. Bedford, R.N., on return from Foreign
Service, by Lord Adolphus Fitrclarence.
Clitain G. E. Bryn, by General Sir Gordon Met.
mond.
Mr. Bramwell, Q.C., on appointment as one of her Ma-
jesty's counsel, by Lord Truro.
Rear-Admiral Ilion. George Campbell, on promotion, by
the Duke of Northumberland.

Mr. James Gordon Campbell, by Sir Robert Campbell,
Dart.

Lieutenant Charles R. Carter, R.N., on appointment by
her Majesty's yacht, by Lord Adolphus Fitulatenee.
Captain Chester, by Lord Alfred Hervey.
Lieutenant Cheyne, R.N., on appointment to Arctic Ex-
pedition, b' the Duke of Northumberland.
Ensign Clay, by the Right. Hon. J. C. Retries.
Rev. Lord Alwyne Compton, by the Marquis of North-
ampton.
Lieut.-Colonel Cotton, on appointment u Brigade Major
of Cavalry, by Lieut.-General Sir Willoughby Cotton.
1)r. Adolphus Collings, by Sir W. Collings.
Ensign I. raneis Connell, by Mr. Connell.
Colonel Co ton, It.M., on promotion and appointment
to command the Plymouth division, by the Duke of North-
umberland._

Commander Cracroft, R.N., on his marriage, by th•
Duke of Northumberland.

lieu. Dr Colle, by Viscount Pulmenton.
Lieutenant J. P. Crutcr, on promotion, by Lieut.-Gem
11 lion. Hugh Arbuthnott.
Captain Cornwall, RN., on promotion, by the Duke of
Northumberland.
Mr. Walter Coulson, on being appointed one of her Ma-
jesty's counsel, by Mr. Secretary IV
Rev. W. Hayward Cox, on appointment to the Rectory
of Tenby, by Lord J. RuuelL
Sir W. Cubitt, on having rewired the honour of knight-
hood, by Earl Granville.
Ensign Godfrey Clerk, on appointment Seth It egiment,
by Sir Geo. R. Clerk.
First Lieutenant G. R. Connolly, R.M., on return from
foreign service, by Celowel Menzies.
Major Caney, by the Deputy Adjutant-General.
Colonel I)aneey, on appointment to command the Royal
Artillery at Gibraltar, by the Bfaster•Lieneral of the
Ordnance.

Lieut.-Colonel Wm. Lewis Dawes, R.M., on promotion,
by the Duke of Northumberland.
Cornet Harris St. John Dick, by Lieut.-General Lord
Fitzroy Somerset.
Lieutenant John Dinsdale, by the Right lion. J. C.
Harries.

Lieutenant Wm. Deedea, on appointment to the Ride
Brigade, by his father, Mr. Deedes, M.P.
Sub-Lieutenant Walter de Winton, on appointment tal
lit Life Guards, by Colonel J. Hall, M.P.
Colonel Dixon, It. E.,on being appointed to command Roy(
Engineers in Canada, by the Inapector-Oeneral of Fortin-
eattons.

Major T. Donnelly, on appointment to the staff at Addis.
combo, by Lieut.-General Sir Willoughby Cotton.
Captain Drew, Elder Brother of Trinity-house, by the
Duke of Wellington.
Hon. Captain Duncombe, R.N., M.P., on appointment
u one of the Lords of the Admiralty, by the fluke of
Northumberland.
Sir Junes Alexander Dunbar, on succeeding to the
baronetcy, and being appointed Flag-officer to thi. Naval
Commander-in-Chief at Devonport, by Admiral Sir John
A. Ommanncy.
Captain Hon. R. S. Dundee, R.N., on appointment to be
Naval Aide-dc-camp to her Majesty, by the Duke of
Northumberland.

Captain Dundas, on promotion, by the Right Hon. R. A.
Christopher.
Ensign Owen Gwynn S. Davies, by Major-General Ar-
buthnot.
Lieut.-General Duffy, on promotion, by the Duke of
Wellington.
Ensign Compton &rase Diekins, by Lieut.-General lion.
Hugh Arbuthnott.
Lieut.-General D'Oyly, on promotion, by the Duke of
Wellington.
Ensign W. H. Edgeombe, by. Colonel Harry D. Jones.
Lieutenant Egerton, on appointment to Rifle Brigade, by
his f►ther, Sir Philip Grey Egerton, Bart.
Captain Lord Eliot, lit Life Guards, on promotion, by
Colonel Hall, M.P.
Mr. Every, Deputy-Lieutenant for Derbyshire, by Sir
George Cooper, Bart.
Ensign Louis W. Fisher, on appointment 67th regiment
by Lieut.-General Clitherow.
Sir Charles Fox, by Earl Granville.
Ensign Henry 11. Foord, by the Right Honourable 3. C.
Retries.
Captain Fraser, R.A., on return from Canada, by the
Master-Generalof the Ordnance. _ . _

Lieutenant Edward Fraser, by Lieut.•Oencral Demean

DACLAVtI.
Captain Frith, on return from foreign service, by Lieut.-
General Hon. Hugh Arbuthnott.
Ensign Garde, by General Fraser.
Assistant-Surgeon 0. W. George, on appointment lst
Life Guards, by Colonel J. Hall, M.P.
Ensign V. W. Goodfellow, by Colonel Harm P. Jour,.
Captain Goodfellow, by Licut.-General Gooatiilow.
Lieutenant G-rald Littlehalca Gooillake, on appointment
to the Coldstream Guards, by his father, Mr. Thomas Mills
Goodlake.

Captain k. Grant, by Lieut.-General Goodfellow.
Lieutenant Grantham, by Lieut.-General Sir Willoughby
Cotton.
Ensign Sheffield Grace, by his uncle, Lieut.-Colonel Sir
James John Hamilton, Bart.
Lieutenant Charles U. Opole, R.N., by the Duke of
Northumberland.
Colonel Ilankey, ou promotion, by the Duke of
Dr. Harding, her Majeaty's Advocate-General, On OP'
pointment, and to receive the honour of knighthood, by the
Earl of Derby.
Lieutenant Hill, R.A., on return from Canada, by the
Master-General of the Ordnance.
Mr. J. Kinnersley Hooper, on appointment b, the
Lieutenancy of the City of London, by his father, Mr. Al-
derman !trooper.
Rear-Admiral P. Hontby, on appointment as one of the
Lords of the Admiralty, by the Duke of Northumberland.
Lieutenant Ilughti, by Major-General Sir Ilichri
Puberty.

Lieutenant Hume, on raters tom Amiss merrier, by
! meat tea. Arbatkaatt.
Major Ctxarleb Irvine, cm pros
sad sad Mum ham fis-
yrriee, by Lieut.-Oescral Hon, Hugh Arbisthaott.
mAjor.lien. Jacky's, on promotion, by the Duke of Wel.
liazton.
ev. John Jackson, on appointment to a canonry at Brix'
la. thc Lord t'hancellor.
Commander Oliver J. Jones, R.N., by the Duke et
Northumberland.
Li•ter Kaye, by his father, Sir John L. Kaye, Bart.
colour' on promotion, by the Adjutant-Clenersl.
Nr. Wyaa knight, on his marriage, by Geseral Lygon.
Mr. John C. K. delegate from the colony of Victoria'
as the bearer of In address to her 'Majesty from the Mho.
jawp of the eulogy of Victoria, expreasire of their deviled
leys:t, and attachment to their sovereigo, and of their lea.
tree to her Maji-ty for the erection of their pro.
rime .nto a separate colony of the British empire, under
the vocal nanu. of " Vt.:tuna, ' by the Hight Ron. Sir John
Tabliateu.
Lieutenant J. Llerder. by Colonel Dunne.
Major lien, rot on promotion, by Field Marshal
the ;
Leigh, by the Duke of Northumberland.
Mr 11. L. Lewis, by Mr. ALlermau Wilson.
Lieut. Frown Lean, by Cul. %limes.
Lents-Col. Chas. R. 1%. Lane, on return boa lad* by
thr Lai of Demnighniorc.
Luta. Loeb. 11._N by Rear-Admiral Loch.
Lent-Coloiscl Login. by the Duke of Ilismiltas.
yes Jis L
I Lang, chaplain, ha Majesty's .hip Anngant,
the Duke of Northimiberlatid.
Mr. Join Strike Lumley, hint Attachi to bee Majesty's
legatioe at t. l'etenburgh, by the Hari of Malowshery.
Mr. Munotiririe, on appointment as DcputpLirutimant
for Shropshire, by the Vice-Chamberlain the Right Hun.
Vicuna N. sport.
Captain 11. J. NlA..appointment to command
ler Marty's ship Ilightly,r, by the Duke of Northum-
brrlau.l.
Li, nt. an-I Adjutant Wm. Mansell Mansell, R.N., on
srroutan lit a. Adjutant of the Chatham Division of
!lava' %atm., by hi. lather, Rear-Admiral Sir Fhonias
Mau-.11.
Mr. M Vtw, I;th Regiment, by Major-Oen. Sir
Thom.. M K .0 D.
It. ..qpr y. on return from foreign scr-
toc,, raj
C,mmanihr F. L. Nl•Cltntock, It. M. S. Intrepid, on
uniotien and uturn trona Arctic service, by Capt. Alex.
MiMc.
Cattnn Milne. I: N .en reappointment to the Admi-
re...l. PM, Northumberland.
1: m•N by Colonel Charles Wyndham.
Li. ut, Laid t•gt. I Nlyvtutil, R.N. 11. M. S. Resolute,
en ail.. mtin, nt to .tr, tic capedition, by Captain Sir B. W.
r.
K. unnant.lii-orral Mercer, on promotion, by the Duke
of Wi'..ington.
Mr %Limo Crofton Morrison, by Sir Geo. Staunton.
Li, •it. uant•Colonel Mont-Cooper, on promotion, by
11. wd Comb. nuere.
Colouel Mundy, an ha marriage and return
frwil rm., in Australia, by Lieut.-General Lord Fitzroy
.ht lloaourable Joseph Napier, on appointment as
At. •r,.. lirn.vat fur Ireland, by the Earl of Derby.
I. ut. mint Ili my Nason, H SI., by Major General Sir
Mr Neuman, on appointment to Royal Devon Yeo-
Malt k. by Vi.count Courtenay.
i .44.4 Nicholson, by Lieutenant Colonel Lord De
Ts', V.
Captain Nott, be Lord Mere*.
111.p4 Deneral gir Charin O'Donnell, on promotion, by
S. Dome of Wellington.
Mr. L. Oliphant, by Fir Frederick Pollock.
I °glissader Richard A. Oliver, R.N., on return front
ferii;n service. by the Doke of Northumberland.
Mr. Lionel Oliver, by Licut..Gen. Goodfellow.
Admiral Sir John Ocumanney, on appointment so Com-
maadar.int:hief at Devonport, by the Duke of Northum-
krbad.
Li.utenant Shersol Osborn, on return from Aretic see.
v:re. gal re-appointment, by the Fast Lord of the Ad-
miralty.
Commander Robert Jocelyn Otway, R.N., on • t-
aunt a Deputy Lieutenant, County Tipperary, by
Fir Loftus W. Otway.
llonoarable F-ancis Pakenham, on appointment to her
Mausty's Mission at Lisbon, by the Earl of Longford.
Mr. Arthur J. G. l'earse„ by Sir Richard Bulkeley.
Licut -Colonel Paschal, on promotion, by General Sir
Cohn Batten.
Lieut..Colosel Prosy, en promotion, by Lord George
Lemnos. _ .

Captain Sir George Brooke Pechell, R.N., on appoint
meat so a Naval Aide-de-amp to the Queen, by Viscount
Palmerston.
Lint-General Sir George Pollock, 0.C.8., on promp-
t:on, by General Viscount Harding*.
Mr. Edw. Porter, We her Majesty's Consul at Bahia, on
return from foreign service, by the Earl of Malmeabury.
Sir John Potter, on his appointment as a Deputy Lieu-
tenant eaunty Lancaster, by the Earl of Sefton.
Mr. Thomas Bayley Potter, by Lord John Russell.
Major-General Wm. O. Power, on receiving the testi-
monial for good service, by the Minion of Anglesey.
Commander Pa 11... Itlq.„ on re-appointment to Arctic
Espeilitioo, by the Duae of Northumberland.
Captain Herbert Patton, by the Master General of the
Ordnance.
Liiiitenant Chas- B. Payne, R.N. H.M.S. Herald, on
appnatment to the South Sea Expedition, by the Duke of
itathuniberland.
Soh-Lieut. A. W. Peyton, on appointment to let Lit.
Gentle, by Col. J. Hall.
Mr. lieu. H. ruing, on appointment to 87th Regiment,
by Major-Gen. Sir John Holt.
Captain W. H. Deem, on promotion, by General the Bari
of Strafford.
Eniign J. L. Reynolds, on rotors from India, by Right
800. J. C. Berries.
Captain Peter Richards, R.N., on nomination to good
service peones, by the Duke of Northumberland.
Commander G. H. Richards, on return from foreign ser-
vice and appointment to H.M.S. Assistance, by the First
Lord of the Admiralty.
Mr. Esehard lister Hooch, on appointment to the Hon.
Caps of Gentlemen at Arms, by the Bart of Sandwich.
51or-General Sir John Bolt on being appointed to the
maraud of the Western District, by the Duke of Wet-
bacon.
Lutit. Rolt, Coldstream Guards on appointment, Staff
Western District, by his Father, Major-General Sir John
Rolt.

---CaptMa Rom, by Admiral Sir George flartoriar.
Captain J. C. &Likeld, by Right Has. 3. C. Remo.
Mr J. Boyd Bounden, by the Prosldeal of the Board of I
Caatrol. _ _ .

Fe-ymes— ter Scott, os appointment, 381 k Reit., by Lieut.-
Onern Hon. thigh Arbuthnot,.
Inut.-Geonsl Shubnck, on promotion, by Admiral
ktUy.
C.,ptaio Charles Schonberg, It.N , on promotke, by
the Earl of Dsodoond.
14r llooyouod D'Owyos Into Scott, by the Date of
Richmond. - _ _

Mr reprice Sbubrick, es return from India, by Lieut.-
General Thomas Sbobeiek.
Lent. Aleieeder J. Smith, R.N., ea return from H.M.
Reenetic Observatory Hobert Tows, by the Duke of

Mr Solomon, Ilastseatie Cassel at St. Helms, briatat.,
Co'..ithosa, Ain't god Caral•Choserml far the
itarea
•

--iaTor•Grorral &lapses, eiTtztatmest ONEMSad 8.
% District, by dm Earl of
Mr. Alderman R. J. Spiess, &serif of tire city of Oscord,
by Right Ilse. S. H. Walpole.
Elmira J. H. M. Stewart, by Rear-Admiral Hoist=
Stream.

--I.;;iit,itant Charles Sallivan, kir liejesty's skip St.
Geom.'. by hi. father, Rear-Admiral Sir Charlie Sullivan.
sir George Gnat fiattie, Bart., by the Duke of Yon-
taw.

TAe
%liciter•General for Scotland, by Yr. Secretary
Walpok.
NCaptain Herbert Slade, by Lient.-Celenel Lord George
et.
Mr. Deane Shute. Deputy Lieutenant of Hann, by the
Duke of Wellington.
Lieutenant J. J. Smith, on appointment to Royal Ar-
tillery, by the Muter-General et the Orderer:el.
Leutealuit Frederick R. Stack, by Lieut.-Colonel Mat
Dow

Talbot, on appointment as ime et het liajostrs loads
in waiting, by the Lord Ohreahmintm
Surgeon Tanlrew, gad L* Guards, es primetise,
Celan! Sl'Dotuill.
Lieut. Richard Williams Thomas, 7th Royal Pusateri, by
his father, Viewiltdialral Theme.
Lieut.-Generat Themesn. C. 8., 74th Righlanden, by
Lord Plumy eemorost.
Dr. Todd, by Lord eland &Nathan.
Colonel 1 re= Coldstream Guards, on promotion, by
the Earl of 8
Lieut. Harvey Tower, Coldstream Guards, on appoint-
ment, by the Earl of SUdined.
Lieut. 8. D. Turner, 21st Benpl Native Infantry, by the
Right Hon. J. C. Worries.
Eivign Rorer D. Upton, Ist West India Regt., on op-
Pownnient, by Lierst.-General Merosr.
Hon. !leery P. Vereker, her Britannic Majesty's Nand
at Rio Grande do by Bari Grenville.
Mr. Maisel Vines, tier Modesty's consul M Pars, on ap-
pointment, by the Earl of Italmosbory.
Commander F. P. Worsen, on promotion, by the Duo
of Northumberland.

ii;;;:i7;;;;;i1F:ni., by the Doke of Northarabentand.
Mr. W. Walter Wells, Bengal medial service, on nem
front India, by Lieut.-Colonel Lane, C.B.
hurmon A. C. Webster, Hill Highlanders, by Lord
Fitzroy Somerset.
Captain T. Nantinore Were, Elder Brother of the Tri.
li/.•bonee, by the Duke of W
tar. Wbelefe, by the Warquistara. lanrieardir.
Colonel R. W. Wilson, C. 8., Bssgal Arsay,ost return
to India, by Viscount Gosgb.
Mr. Sydney Whiting, by Lord William Lesson.
Lieutenant Edward Andr4e Wykle, R.N., oa Minn
Goa foreign service, by Sir J. Owen.
Mr. M. Dighy Wyatt, by Bit William Cabin.
Mr Edward IVyntlhanz, by Sir J. Law Lashingtos.
Captain George K. Wilson, R.N., by Lewd Bemire
P.ietain Frederick Orem Wilkinson, 42ad Royal High-
lakd, is, on promotion, by Biz Jobs Belt.
1 he following noblemen end pinworm were almi parent
at the levee
Bea no —Leeds, Athol!.
I•lAßertseas—Northaasptoa, Both, Lasselowse, CUM.
den, Nesmanby.

Bata—SesSeld, Lovelace, Mount Chula, Romney,
Shelburne, Dusky, Cawdor, Clareadcm.
Viscount's—Galeria, Maack, Maynard, Palmerston,
Cranky, Barrington.
Blegors—Roehester, Chichester, Norwich.
Lotus—Templemore, Walsingham, Blandford, Chula
Townshind, Tringestown Alfred Churchill, Vivian,WWiam
Lennox, Ribblesdale, Risdney De Tabley, Alfred Hervey,
Mulgnite, Sondes, Charles P. Pelham Clinton, Paget,
Bateman, De Manley, Cokheater, R. Grosvenor, John
Rumen, Marcus HiU, eminently, Berner, Lilford.
MONT Ilogovusetne—Sir David Dundee, C. Tenny-
son D'Eyneourt, M.P., T. Milner Gibson, M.P.
Humus stastrs—Charles Cavendish, John Elliot, George
Stuart, H. Manners Sutton, William Grey, W. P. Talbot,
&r Edward Butler, Gustavus Hamilton Russell, Spencer
Ponsonby, George Henry Cavendish, M.P., Pown,
C. I'. Villiers, W. Bathurst,Oetavius Duneomhe,
M.P., Vice-Admiral Elliot, C. 8., Edward S. Russell, the
Dean of Ripen, Francis Scott, M.l'., Fraheis Charkris, L.
Parsons, Edward Twialeton, James Pierce Maxwell, M.P.
BA ILUM STS —John Stewart Richardson, Richard Bulke-
ky, John Yonne, M P., Norton Knatatull, William Moles-
worth, Edward C. Denies, John Duckworth, M.P., George
Nugent, Hugh Hums Campbell, St. Vincent Hawkins
Whitshed, William Codrington, John Thorold, John F.
Davis, Thomas l'hillippe, James Buller East, M.P., Henry
Ferguson Dash., M.l'., John Heron Maxwell, William A.
Vetoer, Charles Des Vueux, Philip Grey Egerton, M•C.,
Arthur Brooke, Edward N. Butane, M.P., George Staun-
ton, M.P., Henry W. Barron, M.P., John lister Kaye,
Henn, Lambert, Edward Colebrook., Ml'.
Stns—W. C. 'has, Melvin! Wertmacott, Charles Tee-
velyan, K.C.8., George Hoilgkinson, Percy Nugent,
M.P., Brook Bridges, Raymund Jarvis, James Meek, C.D.
BARON —K nesebeek.
Cut NT —Baptiste hletaxA.
Dr V( —Of Winchester.

RIVILMID DOCTollol—Cartmell, Irwin, Parish, Bloom-
field.
HIV ERTN t.—Edward Reptnn, George Jepson, Thome'
Gamier, John Barlow, Lord Wriotbesley RUSICII, Stephen
Reid Cattley, Viscount Hereford, William Slowman Rowe,
Charles Whitworth Pitt, The Master or the Temple, Lord
John Thyme..
Stu ra,Ts—Bellaais, Goulburn.
ALur.nnem—Mnon, Hooper.
Dot-ruas—Ashley, Faraday, Bushmen, Forbes Winslow,
Tweedie.

?tie O'Gorman Mahon, M.P.
MlOlSlV.l:lol—Edwords, Chandos Pole, Philip
M.l'., J. ILVivian, M.P., Dod, Deedes, M.P.,
P. Somerset Butler, M.P., Bax, Halsey, M.P., Henry
Berkeley, Thornton, Robert Palmer, M.P., Mervyn Arch-
doll. F. Pigot, M.P., J. C. Cobbold, M.l link,
l'., John Townley, M.l'., S.will Onley, James Prior, IL.
B. Sheridan, M.P., Saunders Davies, M.P., R. C. Mellish,
Hutchins, M.P., L. Smithett, Turnbull, Christy, M.P.,
Edwin Saunders, W. Wilberforce Bird, Charles Bu-
*ask, Husiphry St. John Mildmay, A. J. Macrory,
Gwyn, 11. P., Grogan, M.P., Milnes Gaskell, N.
Percy Burrell, Laurte. Frederick William Laxton, Dng•
dale 0 Clavering Redman, William Barber, Charles
Dinh', Robert Clive, T. IL Cloodlake, John Bidwell, Law,
William Ltwrence, G. Cavendish Bentinck, Holford,
Cheri, a Jolliffe, Hardeastle, Hiders, Edward Buck-
nall Estneart, Seckville Lane Fox, Henry Frampton,
Given, M.P., Alexander Matheson, M.P., Tenon Eger-
ton, Archibald, Nouaille Budge, Antrobus, Beckett, M.P.,
Styleman La Strange, li. Meynell Ingram, Granville Ilse-
court Vernon, Alexander Wood, l'ole Carew, M.P.,
Ilorritt, Perfect, M.P., Alexander Hastie, M.P., J. B.
Marshall, G. Sanders, M.P., John Villiers Shelley,
White Cooper, W. Jackson. M.P., Caulfield, M.P.,
Phillips, Conolly, Long, M.P., Edward Mujoribanks,
Edward Thomas Hooper, KN., Gerard Stun, M.l'.,
Elliot Granett, Hamilton Aide Evelyn Denison, M.P.,
Dudley Marjoribanks, Welby, M.P., George Arbuthnot,
T. Percival Ileywood, S. Chandee Pole, Jeremiah Dyson,
Alexander, Necld, M.P., Henry Boucherett, Some.,
Wilson Patten, M.l'., Robert J. Bagshaw, Frederick
Goulburn, G. Lenox Conyngharn, Stewart Hobbouse,
Herbert, M.P., Bramatoo, 11. P., Malcolm, of Poltalloch,
Edward Berkeley, Charles Manly, (Commissioner) Pane,
Kerrison, William Law, Tomas lil'Ciallagh, /4.1'., James
Ferrer, M.l'., J. li. H. Foley, M.P., Gordon, Frederic
Hamilton, H. S. Illingworth, St. Leger Glyn, Addle,
Wells, Edward Bligh, Sharman Crawford, M.P., David
Morin., W. Turner, Stephenson, Manners Sutton, George
W. Hope, Garde° Rehow.
'NILE/ MAISN•L—Disks of Wellington.
Gazzazi.a—Ban, Sir T. Willshire, Ban., K.C.8., Sir
J. Law Lushington, G.C.8., Sir Thos. M'Mahon, Ban.,
K.C.8., Sir Alexander Woodford, Shame, Sir Willoughby
Cotton, 0.C.8., Sir John Denton, K.C.8., Walton, Sir
H Colin eiken, Sir Robert Arbuthnot, K.C.8., Caulfield,
C.B , Dela Motte, Harding, Lord Charles Manners, Lord
Fitzroy Somerset.
CoLon Shewell, Dixon, Hall, M.P., Gas-
coigne, Bundling, Hay, W. L. Freeston, K.C.8.,
Sir W. Venter, Bart., M.P., J. G. W. Curtis, C. 8., A. Per-
ceval, Sullivan, Charles Dixon, Sir Michael Creagb, Enoch,
Marten, Sir James John Hamilton, Bart., Lovell, P. P.
Nevill, Bucknall F.stcourt, Powuey, the Hon. Robert
Boyle, Augentein, Robert Mercer, Lewis, U. Parker, St.
V. Ricketts.
MAJONS-11alkett, Turner, Cooke, Chambre, C. Irvine,
Sotheby, C.B.
Cements—Jack H. Murray, Cannon, lion. H. Neville,
Hon. K. Charteris, Lord George Manners, W. A. Fyne,
Longman. Crichton Stuart, Robert Wardlay, Earl of Long-
ford, Portal, Gowan, Storer, W. Wood, Oreenway, Brand-
ling, Mark Wood, Northey, Shrapnel, Ormsby Gore, M.P.,
Edward Pakenbam, C. W. Thompson, Henry Green Wil-
knees, Williams Wynn.
LINUTINANTS—Watford, O. Chetwode, C. J. Bourchier,
Sapte, Sidney CONSPOS, George Campbell, W. G. Steven.
son, Charles Parley, lion. Ashley Ponsonhy, F. B. Buck-
ley, 8. Clithrow, J. Lewis Shepherd, J. Montagu Bur-
goyne, Sir James Ferguson', Bart.
Connuv—Ralph A. Benne.
Ensures—Henry Hope Cresloek, H. N Faithful.
ADNINALS—Sir Graham Hamond, Richard .Thom s,
Loeb, Meynell, Sir Thomas Cochrane, Hon. John Gordon,
Prescott, Sir Charles Sullivan, But., Sotheby.
CAPTAINS (Royal Navy)—St. Vincent King, Fremantle,
Bosaaquet, Hon. E. A. I. Harris, M.P., James Soon, C. 8.,
George Manse!, Hon. Henry Koppel, Richard Henry Stop-
ford, Sir Edward Parry, George Evans, Robert Gordon,
O'Callaghan, Edward Stanley, Anson, Drinkwater Bethune,
Pellew -Halsted, Collier, Berkeley Maxwell, Robert Fitz-
Roy, F.A.S., Castling, Sir George Back.
CAPTAIN (Trinity.hourie)—Henry Bonham Bax.
COSINANDISIS—Beaumont, Fordyce, J. T. Paulson.
List (Royal Navy)—Cbarles Dulles, Freestun.
Her Majesty and Prince Albert returned to Buckingham
Palace after the levee.

The Orford University Cosunimion had a meeting yes-
terday, at the official residence of the First Lord of the
Tressory, in Downing-street Present—The Bishop of
Norwich, the Dean of Carlisle, the Muter of Pembroke,
the Rev. H. 0. Liddell, J. L Dampier, Esq., the Rev.
Professor Powell, the Rev. 0. R. 8. Johnson, rind the
Rev. A. P. Stanley (secretary).

The Due of /414

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LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S ORICE, MARCIE 2L-
Notice is hereby gives, that the presentation to the Qum
at the Levee on Thursday, the 26th of Febenary lest, Mar
Way Reverend Monsignors &rub, is caneelled, that title
hada, been assumed without the required authority.

WINDeOI C in.. ID ERB PRIMER TIME—The
above title has been given to o giolneit of the roysl family
by Sir Edwin lammer, olden le am gum* el her Ida-
"es the Qom, sad *alai es a gropendes work to
Bohan Abby In Mee thee." TM =4l mew
on view et Kam Oeswasheer. et and
smy pm* with the toed suoitenfol of So mien par-
kegs gesses„ Wag as strikingty ilen enonggeneof owl
so in the no less bnportant isseistrines
Mid.Thengh Sir Edwin Los/ism bee gild* his owe-
tgraln o terrower thr woe UMW to Mew
the enardy Or RIM holly, DO
tb raw
teem in the present MO* mpg lest be Om dkpeshisa
loviorlirt the donate neespelia EfISERMiTS WOW
et eneneser_, end la the wesisetel anhesrehnee tithe peed
to both. The what pheare has resently bees owed
by J. L. Aida =is a toner whew of the Ilmege. The
teature of the satin sod ether nines seeinees eo. en& es
the fruit ot the date, shown ansad,
.sire aighsvillan
of a careful end able beaks. The maantive ewe of the
labliag up to Ike goes of the Quint the
deed brilliant aim h already el
anualimigyphineat little episode ia Oserred
grim skilfa4 khan the ereepedline
whisk sight wgirise have bane a denwiled appear.
mop. The hassasay, perhaps samewhat sobered skin the
fear yome it was sunned, hes all tlie ripeness
in win te M beaked for is works fresh tam the easel,
even of thie saute. The picture is only on view be a
limited pedal.
DMZ OF me How. FRED. Weer.—We regret
to sanwanse the death of this ensemble pntletuan_,_ at his
=Winn Liam, Berkshire. The Hen. Fred. West was
es Os lest Bari Delawarr, end was for as.; pan
Osage DLL
periknatat he Deabighshire, and shoat the court of
geld IV. By this demise the families of Dela.
www,cirmarlaid, Radnor, Fox, Lane, Nerthoich,
Bldihdpik, Buliseley, Ike. will 'us placed *mourn-
*Lis ..nnotmunken ImoonTART BILL TO SHORTEN
• DISSOLUTION.—Yesterday Laid 2111.10111115.11 NW bill to
shorten a diasekation of parliamest wee *Wed, by mar of
the His,. el Lade. The bill lea short ear, mad is intithd
As Act is arils the ties_ seqpiseil for assembliog par-
liesesat after a aledneka therear." It states : "whereas,
ea anew of the Inweeesd bellies of eossamilation
whisk new onto, the tlme eapiked by law to lateness be.
twine the deg yeasiemaies far ameabliag
mat lad the vista he the
meatieg thereof ntey be
be it thieehre ended (is the meal
sigainulllrtirs7rtea es hie Megratp shsY b 0 bar lora
preakmation appoint a time At the tret reeeWse et the
t of the Voila M Orost Maki and
f rela"rd :Rer a dissolution lionte4 lbw so to be ap-
painted nay be say time his then Thy Age after the date
of each prosier/Mesh the est of the Mb Wien Anne, sap.
0, article 22, sr way ether law sr rep to the
aetwftheiendleg, welded that the lime me appshited".=
ail he Oft II eye after the dale of Mb predates.
1 lies."

THE ELECTIONS.

Last night a meeting of the electors of the pa-
rishes of St. Clement Danes, St. Paul's (Covent-garden), St.
Mary-le-Straud, and the Savoy, was held at St. Martin's
Hall Long-acre, for the purpose of hearing from John
VUlins Shelley, Esq., a declaration of his political opinions,
and to take such steps thereon as might be considered ad-
visable. Mr. PHOU rin the chair.
The CH/JIMMY said that the present meeting was called
for the pus rare of considering the fitness of Mr. Shelley to
represeut the city of Westminster in parliament, the cir-
cumstance of ill health having determined their excellent
representative (Mr. Lushington) nut to present himself to
the electors at the next election. One of the must impor-
tant public duties which they could be called on to dis-
charge was to elect a representative, the more especially in
these times, when the very principle of representative go-
vernment was either suppressed, or in danger of being sup-
pressed, throughout Europe. (Hear, hear.) Mr. Shelley
was, he supposed, pretty well known to them by this time,
but be was there blanch to declare his opinions. (Hear,
hear.)
Mr. SHELLEY then addressed the meeting.—lle felt that
the recommendation of the chairman, who was so well
known for the put ho took in Westminster elections, was
like the preface to a good book, and when they turned over
the pages of the book, he hoped they would not be disap-
pointed with its contents. (Hear, bear.) He believed that
his political principles were in accordance with thew of
the majority of the electors of Westminster. lie was a
friend of progress, political and social. lie was a friend of
civil and religious liberty, and to the fullest extent. (Hear,
hear.) Ile believed that no country could prosper without
reforms taking place is its institutions,from time to time; he
w "therefore,* refurmer,and particularly so in respect to that
most important part of reform—the ballot. (lieu, bear.)
He believed that with the exception of free trade, nu ques-
tion was more dear to the people of this country than the
ballot. (Cheers.) There could be no doubt that the ballot
was requisite to protect the poor voter. lie did not believe
that any reform would bo satisfactory without the ballot,
and no reform bill would be quite acceptiblo without it.
It was said that the ballot would destroy the influence
of property. Now two sorts of influence attached to pro-
perty, an evil and a good influence. The ballot would cer-
tainly destroy the former species of influence, but it would
leave untouched the latter. (Hear.) lie was of opinion
that there should be a great increase in the electoral body,
and that a seven years' tenure of parliamentary trust was
too long. (Hear, hear.) lie thought that both the repre-
sentatives and the represented would be benefited by
shortening the duration of parliaments. He would also
support a change in the present distribution of electoral
districts, for there could be no greater anomaly than that
the voice of large and popular constituencies should be
drowned by that of pocket and corrupt boroughs. (Hear.)
Ile would support retrenchment in the public expenditure
—(hear, hear)—and the abolition of church rates, which
he thought a great disgrace to their rich church
establishment. (Cheers.) lie would not consent to
have the church rates paid from the consolidated
fund, for that would be merely to take the dissenter's money
from his right instead of his left pocket. (Hear, hear.) He
would promote the education of the people, but would op-
pose any grants of public money for other than secular pur-
pose.. Ile was therefore opposed, of course, to the May-
'tooth grant. (Hear, hear.) He was of opinion that the
principles of centralisation bad been carried too far, and
that it would be unwise to depart from the plinciple of local
government. (Hear, hear.) Passing from these topics to
the great subject of the day—be came to the question of
free trade and protection. (Hear, hear. Ho had already con-
tested East Sussex on free-trade principles. (Hear, hear.)
He recollected the various prophecies which had been made
respecting the evils which would be brought upon the
country by free trade. They were told that land would go out
of cultivation ; that the poorhouses and gaols would be filled;
that rents would not be paid, and agriculture would be rained
The very contrary of all these prophecies had turned out
to be true. (Hear, hear.) The tenant farmer did not want
protection. The people who wanted protection, or rather
who thought they wanted it, were the landlords, because
they were afraid their rents would be permanently reduced.
(Hear, hear.) He did not believe that the government
really desired protection. They were looking out for a
flag. They were ready for any dodge. (Hear, hear, and
laughter.) They were likely to become a tory free trade
government, if they could understand that. It was some-
thing which was neither fish nor flesh,sor good red herrings.
(Hear, hear, and laughter.) Lord Derby wu a bold states-
man, and his Man kriday in the House of Commons, was
ready for any dodgery. (lieu, hear.) The people of this
country should be cautious before they supported a ministry
of that kind. (Hear, hear.) If he became their repre-
sentative, ho would devote two days in every week during
the sitting of parliament to receiving thus persons who
wished to see him on matters connected with the city of
Westminster, and would be always found at his post when
the interests of the country required him. (Cheers.)
In answer to questions put to him by electors,
Mr. SHELLEY said that he would, of course, oppose any
encroachments on the protestant religion, but he would not
interfere with the religion of any man. (Cheers.) He was
of opinion that the interests of religion would be promoted,
if the bishops had not seats In the House of Lords. (Hear.) '
With regard to the separation of church and state, he had
to observe that the Puseyites and the Bishop of Exeter
were in favour of such • separation, and that being the
case, he should hesitate to support a proposition of that
nature without due consideration. (Hear, hear.) He
would, however, be found an earnest supporter of Sir B.
Hall in his inquiry into the expenditure of ecclesiastical
property. (lieu, bear.)
Mr. Lewis proposed, sect Mr. Barre Be-eluded a motion,
declaring Mr. Shelley to be a fit and proper person to
represent the city of Westminster in parliament, and pro-
main Mu their support and co-operation.
The miss was carried unanimously, and Mr. Shelley
retuned Saga.

A vote of &mks was passed to tho chairntee, and the
teeetieg emersted.

Baisroi.—Up to the present time tho conserva-
tives have bssa unable to prevail on any candidate to come
forward fu ask Inderest. Confident hopes had been enter-
tained by ISM a them that Mr. Richard Poole King, of
the African mercantile firm of King Brothers, would in
the crisis of affairs allow himself to be pot in nomination,
bat that gentleman, acting, it is understood, on the ad.
vice of his friends, has declined embarking in so hopeless
a contest. A meeting of the large committee, appointed
gathering • the public getheng on Monday last, wiui held yesterday
(Wednesday) at the counting-house of Messrs. Fuidge, at
i which Mr. liege definitive refusal was communicated.
The last of the local conservatives applied to having thus
reflood to cams forward, the committee were deputed to
try farther afield.
CRICKIADL—It is much to be regretted (says a
• al—t) that a mead free trade candidate does not
elms baadreds—that is to say, Cricklarle
Sedmiesss awl leshwealL Mauch a one was to come with
Me deammgansgausdhusi,
sea the poll, his success is certain,
m Yr. A. Osilsst less as to understand that he will
wait mmisalt the sad if another candidate offers
ha Ida sedan Ids sett. . _

;11:worrespon dent tip : Mr. Ben-
dlM, whit MA doliesainod to oppose Mr. Mobutu, a free
Waded, Os to tuber for the eastern division of this
twenty, dimmed that Mr. Carew has abandoned
protasis% www IM•ka it inosavosient to disturb the pre-
sent rMwr wad Mr. Carew end Mr. Robertas will retain
their mai& t I quits caviling that Mr. Carew's agent at
liibised hod was onaminiMod with hie master's old
Mss, RMa would not have demo* hr. Carew with as,
almost dem* ease yelept praMollowites. If Mr. Carew
bed awl womMilad proem**, a meamd Ass trader would
have haws trwasit Ibrward to • mitiaty.

Lt afoot..—We are authorised to state (says the
lifererry) upra
iseThaw lira Imeetreeload; sad ailer
the sem. et spites lie twee emellisled st
the mean stilled deems ea interim mad sielmed
by the ISM ambit of signatures speedy attached Is ths
requisition, to bin sad Kr. Cardwell, we feel mink that
he will respond W the call el hie team temoscasa Is steed
SW MIN et free trade, eel eacithcas W peewee these
*wee hem whisk he has aim dem&

Moeda, 'maw Mr. /Hackett
west Ile liberal electors of tiro borovelt at the Lactate-
salfahma-strost, and alined am at emeliessble
lazinallas at the ONION "pm whisk be had
Ite mewed himself in tweet of
reee.enete, ralliOglannetberty, and pregisedve selbra. On
the meths of Mr. Crawehay, a reashilla we asashassaly
siopted, to the enact that Mr. Blookatt wee a At eril prefer
perms M represeat the town in parliament.

Win thavammormazz.—A requisition is in
senses at sloslsse, is the neighltendised st Wetness-
seliwatipu maw ea Mr. Oreennis Dedaday to .Semi
In w vopensalslfen et this divides. It it generegy b►
awed he nil .mind. Shedd the ssenterstives persist
le Mink helm Ineties le being howswil two ter ton-
Mane. in Sunk will_leiou hewer& wittier in
anijuestion with Mr. Grenelis Itotkokor; meal ruses
rNabaerbeneeateneiYprelmilie emission et that
gindooss. onen.l whom ere Mr. neck s hips boded
pirepristor hi Ile musty, Philip Dasasey, lisq, anal&
tem, and Mr. Wit. the eminent ohror hensiner. sash
eletedliq.yysiosinr in thcir reepestinebseabenk The
liberals boos &sided nudoelty no the reghter,lisd, with
due
doubemotes, the return of their 'maidens I. plena beyond

Wigwam .—Mr. Mom Lopes, ths Mist sou at
thr Isljpii Loges, ths pussesi maim fsr en& Dom,
ono isetremi ait candidate tor gas ripprosslaillsa et this
psultsad imosinses his Intention, if shismil, to sup-
iewsrommt. Mr. Wawa stands mak.

DISTURBANCES AT TIIE GREAT WESTERN COTTON
Wommi.—Yeeterday • ease which lasted the entire day,
wee heard in the Bristol Gouty Court, ua4sUt out of a
tumultuous riot which orenned at the Oreat Western Cot-
ten Works at the 28th of Pehmery lut, and Ms perticelan
of white bars alreadyersci In the li
aernse. Mr.
Nadi agrassid for the , and Mr. we, of the
winters ala, for the The subs was brought
to recover damages for as sera WM& Ma battery.
The pleas fee fibs defence were Not guilty awl pacifica-
tion." After bassiag • gnat Mai of visy IMMalieth eel.
essiso, tbs_jouy ulltmetaly solawead a iodise /sr the de-
Issolsat. 'TMs saw crusted a past Aid of bassist, as. had
this maw hem derided In favour of the 'mimeo*, about
fifty otkee eildeue would have been hoeught against the
staastres. Mr. Ashworth, on his irsy buss, was mobbed
his: usr, sad convened to take tssoltliaby Wogs la •

MR. HUME, THE MALT TAX, AND THE

FARMERS.

The following letter from Mr. Hume will be gladly
read by ad who take interest in the Malt Tag question.

Leaden, 20th March, 1852.
To Mr. Frederick Was, teenage, Chasfleld, Suffolk.
Sin,—l have received and presented to the House of
Commons the petitions transmitted by you from twenty-five
parishes in the county of Suffolk, praying "that immediate
assumes may be adopted for the speedy and entire neura-
-1 sion of the excise duty upon malt.'
I have, on every occasion that the repeal of the excise
duty upon malt has been proposed in the house during the
last thirty years, voted for its repeal ; and I shall, on every
opportunity, support the prayer of the petitioners—being
opposed to the tax as a had tax, whether it be considered
as violating the rules of political sonomyand of commercial
halicy, or es being injurious to the morality and social
ppiness of the industrious classes of the community.
This tax injures a great branch of native industry, and
limits the eonsuniption of its agricultural produce, by
raising the price of the wholesome beverage of beer, an
important necessary of life, to an extent that deprives
millions of the people of the enjoyment of it.
Tho legislature has of late years, after great opposition,
freed bread and melt, the chief articles of food, from taxa-1
tion, and by their free importation from other countries has
greatly improved the condition of tho industrious clines. I
desire, in like manner, to free malt from taxation, and
thereby to add the cheap beverage of beer to the comforts
of the people.
The malt tax was imposed, and has been continued by
parliaments, consisting chiefly of landlords, who have had
the power, if they bad thought fit to exercise it, of repeal.
ing the tax. There is now a government in power whose
members have for the last six years been loud in their advo-
cacy of protection to native industry, and especially of the
welfare of the agricultural cleans ; and it behoves the
farmers to test the sincerity of Earl Derby and his fol-
lowers in their long-continued professions, by demanding
the repeal of the duty upon malt, which is mere oppres-
sive to the farmers and to all the other industrious classes,
than any other tax levied fur the public service.
It is submitted that the formers must now he convinced,
by the late debates in the House of Commons, that
there remains little chance of any duty being re-imposed
on the importation of agricultural produce, which could
raise the price of their corn and cattle, the two ob-
jects for which they have been contending in any
appreciable degree ; and it is to be hoped they will
nut be any longer deluded by empty promises, or persuade
themselves that by any mere shifting of taxation from the
shoulders of one party to those of another, any permanent
relief can be afforded to the farmer. The protectionist
cabinet does not promise the farmers any relief by • reduc-
tion of taxation ; but, on the contrary, one of the present
Secretaries of State has for the last three years successfully
opposed the reforms in the levying and expenditure of
the county rates, which would give to the farmers the pro-
per constitutional control over those rates, which in WOW
counties are not inconsiderable.

I wish the farmers would consider themselves—as they in
reality are—as m inufecturers of agricultural produce, and
believe that cheap food turd low taxes are as necessary to
enable them to compete with foreigners, and as requisite to
the comfort of their labourers, as these products of free
trade have proved to the general manufacturing interest of
the country.
The workintelasses were for many years under the de-
lusion that the amount of their wages depended upon the
price of food ; but that delusion has passed away ; and
the rate of wages is now found to depend upon the
supply and demand of labour, and not on the price of food.
Farmers have been under a delusion of the same kind with
respect to the rent of their farms, which must depend upon
supply and demand, upon the number of farms to be let,
and the number of farmers desirous to hire.
The price of produce, therefore, affects the permanent
interests of landlords more than those of tenants; and
farmers, as well as manufacturers, should advocate cheap
food, en. sap drink, and economy and retrenchment in every
department of the state.
To obtain these benefits, the House of Commons must be
made a full and fair representist;on of the people at large,
and then the interests of the farmers and all other indite•
trious classes will be duly considered and attended to ; for
the House of Commons, as at present constituted, does not
fairly represent either the people or the property of the
country and therefore reform of parliament is one of the
first objects which should occupy the attention of all the
industrious classes of the community.
With estenaion of the suffrage, protection ensured to the
voter by ballot, and a more equal distribution of repre-
sentatives to electors, the constitutional balance of poser
will be established in the Commons House of Parliament;
and then, and not till then, may the agricultural as well as
all other industrious classes, hope to have full and equal
justice done them.
I remain, your obedient servant,
JOSEPH HUME.