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to Kent by the Reform Bill, has gone a good way to remove
this liability. In extinguishing the franchise of Queens
berough, the government of 1832 may be said to have volun-
tsrily sacrificed one pocket member, or indeed, two. Fee
although between 1825 and 1827, the independence of
Queenborough of the ordnance bread was twice vindicated
by the spirited literality of the late Mr. Capel, who, ou one
occasion, signally defeated the Master General's two no-
minee, Lord Downes; yet was it, generally !peaking, a close
" stall" of the minister, who maiaiged to evoke from it two
supporters. If Hythe still retain one member, in place of
two, it has been made to abandon New Romney, with its
tere—both pledged good men and true to every government.
The pomible influence from the same quarter, which may
shape the return of one member out of the two for Sand-
wich, and even that of the one for Chatham is at least
neutralized by the accession which the popular cause is
sure at all times to realise on the two members to be returned
on the new franchise at Greenwich. But we will not be
tempted to any further notice of the borough representation
for this county beyond this glance at their action on that of
the shire.

If Kent may vie with the oldest of our counties or
boroughs in the antiquity of its representation in parliament,
it would appear, as we have remarked, to have well merited
the honour by the way in which its has exercised its fran-
chise. Down to a still recent period, the Journals of the
House of Commons are almost one unbroken blank as to
any entries of disputed returns fir this noble county. In
1796, the return of Sit William Geary, Bart., wee peti-
tioned against by certain freeholders, but the committi e to
whom this petition was referred found that Sir William was
duly elected. The same gentleman sat for Kent in that
parliament, and in those of 1802 and 1812. His son, the
present Sir W. Geary, R.N., unsucessisfully onitheed the
same seat at the general election of 1832, but succeeded
in that of 1836. But government internee, sat that et its
partizans, sided by the whole power of the church in pore&
bus, and a large majority of the nobility of the county, has
seldom been more strenuously exerted or signally defeated,
than in the four triumphant returns, to as many successive
parliaments, of the popular candidate of the day—Mr. Filmier
lioneywoed. When, in a future paper, we shall give a
succinct summary of some of these contests, our readers will
appreciate the nature of the battle which the constituency
are to fight in a country where they have to meet, and too
often to contend, with such great landowners and landlords
as the noble houses of Dorset, Abergavenny, Plymouth,
Camden, Amherst, Ayleeford, Darnley, Cornwallis, Sydney,
Ashburten,Carrington, Cowper, Harris, Granville, Romney,
Says and Sete, Stanhope, Winchilsea, and Wynford. Be-
sides these there are Bridges, Dyke, Daring, Croft, Har-
ding., Colobrooke, Fulmer, Antrobus, (all baronets).
And in addition to the ecclesiastical landlords, there are
commoners whose efforts ere powerful to return a candidate,
in such families as those of Austen, Baring, Deedes, Hodges,
Wells, Plemptre, &c., lie. We are disposed to think, for the
mamas.e have hinted at above, that the framers of the Re-
form Act dealt liberally with the principles of popular
election in adapting their scheme for the representation of
Kent to the wants of a constituency, large bodies of whom,
it was to be assumed beforehand, must be considerably in-
fluenced by the wishes of the government of the atty. Bu.
if there be little reason to apprehend the revival of that
inordinate power which the minister of the crown could
ens exercise over the expression of public opinion at elections
for this county, great vigilance must be exereis, d to prevent its
resuscitation under another form. The interested sad venal
votes whichDowning-stre et orWhitehall might once command,
by reason of the patronage an official favours to be distri-
buted from those quarters, Wily by possibility be largely
practised on by a less tangible and less suspected machinery.
Railroad directions, among which anything like unanimity in
favour of, or opposition to, certain candidates tor a county
through which their lines run and their own private proper-
ties are situate, may a. ud up or withb.sld whole centenaries
of voters by a little clever =tenement and that adroit
freemasonry which makes the wishes of employers so easily
patent to the employed. Contractors for works, or sup lie,,
or labour in these vast undertakings may be as efficiently
appealed to, and made to understand the short alter.
native which would the only middle part remaining
to them beteften compliance and refusal, as favoured ship-
builders, timber-dealers, hemp-importers, equipment-manu-
facturers, &c., under the old regime of official or government
ri tampeng. The danger, such as it is, of this direct idle-
ence, must be largely left to those on whom it nay be at.
tempted to deal with. They mast themselves maintain what
they should feel it so proud a privilege to possess. The only
chance of success that seems to attach to any sort of appeal
(and it will really be derogatory to their rights to make one)
lies, not so much in the means of bringing their case before
large proprietary meetings—which assemble at remote periods,
end would be indisposed to entertain any other but their
own practical business—as in the peril under which any one
director must feel that would take the initiative in a pro-
ceeding that, once made public, would surely provoke the
indignant protest of every other railway board in the king-
dom. We may thus hope to escape, through the mutual
jealousies that such bodies would feel of one another, an
• abuse of a patronage that all men whe posse,* it arc but too
prone to indulge is. But the evil itself, if it be even im-
probable, is sufficiently possible to claim a timely and pre-
cautionary consideration.
The population of Kent was, in the following years, re-
spectively as follows t —ln 1801, it was 307,683; in 1811,
373,046; in 1821, it had grown to 426,016. In the he-
ginning of 1845 it was 548,161. In 1841, the amount of
its rate to poor relief was 272,5071., levied on real property,
, tithes, Are. This rate, in 1806, at se. 21d. in the pound,
, amounted to 255,452/. ; an enormous sum, when the whole
assessment under the property-tax fur the county was but
3,164,6451., with land at its maximum value. Estimated by
the same criterion, the present assessment, under a similar
property-tax, would be increased by only seven and-a-half
, per cent. But this is highly improbable. At the last gene-
, ral election, in 1841, Sir E. Knatchbuil, Bart., and Mr.
Plumptre were returned for the east division without a con-
, test. In February, 1845, on Sir E. Knatchbub's aeeepting
• the Chiltern Hundreds, Mr. Deedes was elected in kis room
without opposition. At the same general election, Viscount
Marsham and Sir Edmund Filmer, Bert., were returned for
. the west division without contest. But Lord Marsham suc-
ceeding to his father's peerage, as Earl of Romney, in April,
1845, Col. Austen was elected in his stead, without opposi-
tion. Registered voters for East Kent, in 1841, were 7,344 ;
in 1846, 7,251. In West Kent they were, in the former year,
8,651 ; in the latter, 9,271.

OA. S. of England, 2321
Grad Welters. 1231 3
Do. Halves 721 1
Do. New,6y 1
Leeds & Bro rd, 60 74
Undo &Wish Prof., 6 per Ct„4l
Lir., Credo, & Southampton, 41
Lon. & ilieekwall, el
LOU, 8.1.0 &S. 53 61
London & N. Western, 1664 6
Qoarters, New, 141
Do. Fifths, 184
DO. (re. at 101.),H.& (8},,111
Do. do. (C
Lon., Word, and Challis., 7
London & S. Weetmo New, 231
Lan. ood York Ea. eerie, 21 1
Man., Box., & Matlock, 1 p
Mane/meter & louthamptoo, 14
Midland, 122 3

Them wee rath—cV 7lett:r
and Ism elf the quotations we
Ctoslor Birk., (20/. sh.), I d
E. Lisseabtrs, New. 24 p
De.llw letlp, II p
Loa. &N. Western, 1694 90
Ds. (Or. Ja. sh.), 201 p
Ds. St I.seds 5j p
D& Halesehiv. & Bury), 5 p
1~a4&&elk d
Doialij."*.sh.), 54
Da New. p
itemmella ime Chollpide, 1124
74.21** Dow,
Pessll4teals Wye& (A). p
reek =ID. Mid., mot, lO p
Iladdoesisla R. & p C., (30 pd.) 22
, 44
Leeds sod Think,2 d
111
The market warn animated, I
advanced rlghtly.
Amber., Not., and Bag. E. J„ I p
ine., Lan. & Cheshire J., 4 p
k OIL la., 1091 p
Laacashire, 24 4 p
Do. New (Sc.), 1 7-16
Linwlnehire, 11-16 p
Fleet., Pres., &W. R. J., 11.16 I p
Gt. N. (Direct N. Reg.), 4
p
Do. (Lon. & York Reg.), I p
/Judder.. & Man. B. & C., 44 4 p
Leeds, Dora,* Mao., 8} p
/Dn., Bus., Mat, & p

[3d.

E. E. & Dover, 31f 8f
Do. New lie. IN.), N 0.4, di
Souris Wake, 74
South York., Dne., & Goole, 2f
York & Negostle, 364
Do. New, 11l
Do. :ref., 81
TM* & N. ItkUand, 37
Do. Ex, 37
Do. Fret., 124 12
Do. E.* W. Riding Es., 224
Boulogne end Angels+, 14f
Great Western Bengul,
Madrid k Vsketia,
Northers a Prance, 134
Wane and Bordeaux, 74
Tails and Lyons, 71
lame & Havre, 27
Santee and Meuse, Of
Wert Flanders, 3
AM, To. 18.
!wand for shares yesterday,
re noised.
I Melo & hiralc, Prof., If p
4M11& Central, 7 p
Bleh.,Aabite. rata Jo., IluSip
lamb& Oxhrd Jana-, f p
East Lieralesidre, P
TIM., Prot, & W. IL, p
Gt. lecollseas (la arks), 1 p
Do. (lislaeiro), I p
Leaks sal Talr, p
North INikedidre, 31 p
Mrop. Vase t & C., 13e 96. d
Tr. Val. Ss MM. Gr. Jo., I p
War 14 365. 3d. p
Liver. , & South., 24 p
N. Stat. a re. Val. J., 31s. &Lp
S. York, Don-, &Goole, Bs. Sd. p

The improvement noticed
was continued yesterday : pri
was firmer.

p
8tr.,W01..& Stour Val, 430.93.24 p
North Stabrdohire, 31 p

ISAIAS, Fen 18.
sad the prices of several stocks
Man. ta Leeds (32/. sh.). p
Ilan. and Grimehr. sh.), 11 d
Do., Ike t., and Lineolnit, I d
Man. &Southampton, j d
Midland (SOL stub 4j p
Stadordidure 3 9-10 p
N. Stat. & Char. Val. in., lj p
N. Gewalt, Union, 14 d
Oldham Anilines., j p
& Wyre, Halves (A), 4l p
West Riding Eaten, tj p
Wharfdale (late N. Eastern), 1 d
I SALES, F.. 18.
in the market on Wednesday
ices were better, and the market

Shrevro. & Bin (B), I Bs. 9d. p
Shropshire toxin. Meg., 13d. ed. d

The Share market was m.
rale, were effected, prices ir
alight advance taking place In
Ambergates 1•. &1. p
E. Lancashire, Scrip, 275. 6d. p
Do. New, 21 p
DI. Nrthn. (Low & 3s. Is. p
Last Lincolnshire, 21 p
find & Mace., Thirds, Ms. P
Leeds & Thirek, 24 d
Do. New, 13c d
Do. Pref., 248. fd. 21a. p •
Leeds, Wake., and Mid., 10s. d
Iluddendeld do SheL, 4 p

Fs,. IS.

The Bristol marce: showed i
although no material advance
an evident indisposition to fort
Gt. Western Gamins, 30
Do. Fifths, 211
London and York Resat., 31.0 d. p
Man. & South., d

na active, and a good many
nerd!) being firmer, with •
mime of the lines.
Man. and Inds Et. (321.), 21 p
Midland, Pref., si p
Carbide Ext., Its.6d. 136. p
North Staffordabire, 31 p
N. British, Qrs., 43a. 43a. 6d. p
Mallon and Driff 235. p
N. Western, ins.
West Wiling Union, 23a. p
Wharfdale Junction, 6s. d
Liv., Man., & Near. Jn., 12s. 6d. d

HULL BAI

N. Brithh, _
th. 97. 9d.
no. Es., Scrip, 15,- 15a. bd. p
Btekbrn., Clith., & N. W., I d

E. Inneashire, New &rip,
Gt. Northern &Nett Beg.),
2/. 16.6,1. 21. Ifis.
Man., Buz., Mat, & Mid., x 1.16.
North 13ntleh, Thirds, 31. 13.
DUBLIN

New., War., & Rostre;;, 124
Unit & Waterford, 3. 45.
Wat.,Wea., Wk.& Do., W. 6d
EDINDUItGI2
tu.artd,Callowaa4.l6a. 6d. 18.
Dondee Jr AN 15 18
Do. New, No. 2, 30
Do. New, No. 3, 3
Dundee & Peru, 324 331
Do. New 134
Eut of Fife, 63. 86a.
Y Latham Central, IL. Bd. 4k.
Mao. ad Bethpage, 31
Mtn. & Nor., New, 73.
Do. Newport, 51 4
Do. do. fuer, 50.

LE4, Fee. 18.
ymptoms of improvement, for,
took place in prices, there was
T sales at Late prices.
MldhindNew (401. sh.), 311
Do. (50L sham), 31 p
Fitrop. Polon, 1 d
York and N. Midland Pref., 10s. p
£B, Pas. 18.
E. Laneashhe New Be., Me. 3d. p
Gt. NoethernDlltwd. & York), 21
Melton & in., 11 p
£B, Pa. 18.
N. British Quarters, 41. Bs.
Do. Extemeloo, If IL lc.
York and Newcastle Pref., 811
lia* and N. Mid., Eat., 161

GLASGOW S
Ayr and Galloway, Vs. 47, Gd.
Dueut Not. (Scrip), 34e. SL. ed.
Dundee & Arbiwatti, 44
I. New, No. 2, 32
Do. New, No. 3. 3
Dunk, & Perth, 33
Dwildene, Doune, & 30n
East of Yffe, 395. 9d. 63e.
East Indian Railway, 6s. 9d.9..

ALPS, Pan. 17.
11., Car., & Dub. Jn., 10e.
Bandon Si Bantry, 6a. Bd.
SALES. Fas. 17.
&lin., Leith, &Gran.Qrs.,l6a. 3d.
Gt. Nor., late Dirrtt Nor., 73.. 6d.
N. Brilkib, 331
lb. Ualvea, 161
Do. Qr... 07.. ed.
Do. New Qrs. scrip, 275. 6d. Ma
Do. 711irda, 734.
Do. Fifth., 7
• Scottish Midland, 221
Stirling and Dunfermline, 73e.
Meet Bobby & Madna, b. Sd.
Era loth= Railway, U. 6d.
!ALE& Prs. 17.
East Lothian Central, 42a. id,
Edln. and Perth New, 14a.
Glasgow. Ell, and Ayr Rahn,
No. 2, W. L.
Glasgow and Dunkirk, 39
Mil., and Air Direct, 42a. 6d.
Scottish Coital, 211. 16a, Ga. 211
York &New,. Fret., W. Ire. &L

PRODUCE.—MINCING-LANs, Half-past Two.—
The point of interest in the Sugar market to-day has been a
further sale of two cargoes of strong fine Java, at 335. per
cwt. afloat, equal to 545. 6d. duty paid landed ; the qualities
are strong and fine, suitable for refining purposes; they were
sold for the Netherland Trading Company, being their fint
operations in this market and of course not popular with
the Dutch merchants in Rolland, as hitherto they were sold
there.—The public sale of 10,000 bags Mauritius went off
with spirit, at an advance of Bd. to le—Refined continues
very dull, standard quality quoted 665. to 665. 6d.—Coffee :
This article has been quiet ; no pubic sales to-day.
Indigo: The sale closes with the same firm appearance that
it commenced. Rice remains firm. Bengal White sold at
235. ; Java, cleaned, 255. Nitrate Soda: 12,300 bags sold in
public sate, 16s. to 17c, chiefly at the latter price. Cotton
remains dull. Rum : Out of demand.

PRICES CURRENT.

8110.414 per ewe. DUTY Po D.
W. 1ndia,8.P.0wn.4.46 dC.a3O Od
Yellow &Grey SO 0..33
Fin...
Muirititio, brown 59 0.. 47
Yellow 49 0...32
Fine 33 0..37
Baigalhldadron, b 3B 0...46
Yellow 4B 0..31
White 32 Q St
Foreign, brown...-. 38 0. .47
Yellow 49 0..30
Grey sad white- 53 0.. G 0
Relined, Hambro' 6B 0...73
Lumps 64 0..66
Corns, in Bond.
West Indio, oral-

35 O.

40 0

nary
Good.
Pine 7O 0...125 0
Ceylon. sosd ordi-
. 41 0... 42 6
Flap gidisuu7 45 0... 46 0
54 0. 70 0
Mo:nunlialcl.o.o.l6.6 1•03,543
002..
6865
(10
Onnoils Tn

24 0.. 26 •
lai.at pot IL
0:0166.64matia. 0 ... 0 9
ltuo, at par wt.
Devi VIM 22 •... 24 0
OW. 20 0... 21 •
... lB 0... 2! 0
Pair 27 0 28 0
Ciodlos.., SO 0.. 38 0
Bnans.

Pigs, No I. Z3 0 5 1
Hoops ll 6...111
Cargo atCarddf bar 6 13.. 9
Swedish .41 11 13... 0
Lean, at per ton.
Hp, beet l9 0... 0
Mtlled, sheet 29 0... 0
Bars 22 0 . 0
Patent shot 2l 0... 0
red or mini®
Speller
One, per 252 Emp. gal. d.p.
Fish. BM, pale 37 0...29
straw 23 0...34
brown k yellow 25 0.. 32
Spero B9 0...90
gHodm attar 92 0... 0
21 10...27 1

Sum at yen pit
Lomond land
mot 3 10 ... 4 0
Daum, 14 to
36 re cent
. 4 9...5 4
Janel 4;, vs 36
re cent. O.T. 5
.1 ... 8

Fervuti a math i 113 ... • 6
Brandy, let brands 3 3 ... 8 0
British write, d.p. 0 0 ... 0 0
Scotch 0 0 ... 0 0
Lida 0 0 ... 0 0
!tie. P.T.B. ; x£47 0...34 0
Bt. Petersborg, 9
bead 0 9... 0 0
Dutch end Flemish 55 0...63 0
Friealand
Hum, at per ton.
St.Petersbarg,eleani.37 10...36 •
sandlot .......
half clean
Rigs. Rhine ..
sunhat 35 0...0
paes
Manilla
F.aat Inds Swin l5 0 _IS
' Bombay l6 0...95
Jute
TIM, at per cwt.
Buses 101 0..102
Straits
Com la Moths AS o_. 0
Low, at per ton.
Bars SI 13 ElO

South Res 2ll 10...30 10
0117e,Ciallipoll,p.toe 53 0..31 0
Cocos Not 44 0...43 10
deed, Rope, We,
per tea 37 0... 0 0
Limed 25 10 .25 15
PZOTINOMIN per tort
Butter—Cork, lot 92 0...94 0
Sod 0 0 0 0
_ 3rd 0 0... 0 0

Nall., id 0 0.. 0
Macre* do BO 0-80
Carlow, ht B2 0...98
wNe.wryterfor, ....
800
00....880
Beef, 10494 Per
tierce
Prime Mew 0 0... 0
Pork, prune roes— 80 0...82
Bitece-Pork,Latzk 17e 0..80
Do., Defeat-.
paeoa„ Waterford,
:*t
Lard.Belfed.Pr" 36 0...60 0
Waterford. do.-
Ditto Bladder
America
.0...59 0

Musa, Ox and Co., at per lb.
B. A. and M. Video,
Zed 0
e.O Mine a7l
4 .
Brazil, dry 0 3 . 0 0 4 6
[hymned 0 4f 0 5
Mo. dry 0 4/ 0 6
Lima &Yelp. dry 0 5 ...0 6
Wen India, dry OO 1...0 6
Salted
East India .....
Kips, B.Ayrea,dty 0 7 ..0 8
Rosen, dry 0 64 ...0 9
S. Atner.Hone, per
Ws:
Rush, ditto 6 0...10 6
Lora WOW., at per tan.
14gr'IL"'' C 1
55
..1
11
Cam :smelly 6lO 7 1
Buena, Jamaica 5 10... 6
Nktaragua, large and
solid 14 0...10
Sma11.
Lbna 10 0,..16
Input 100,171
Bed Sanders. 5 0 , 3 I
Brazil 50 0...f0

CORN.—MARK-LANG.—Engliah Wheat sold on
quite so good terms as on Monday last. Foreign Wheat
was in demand for shipment to Ireland, and some purchases
were also reported to have been made for French
account. During the week several sales have been
made of Lincolnshire Wheat for export to that country:
Barley sold slowly at late rates. The trade in Oats was
quite aretail one, and the dealers and consumers were enabled
to supply their wants on fully as good terms as was prac-
ticable on Monday. Beans and Peas without alteration.
The following are Monday's quotations:
BRITISH. 0,610ne ree Q•avter.
Waxer, PaieziutAltent 76 to 60 82 .....Whita..7B to 82 to 86
Norfolk and Suffolk 72 to 78 SO do 76 to 80 to 81
Talavera (Eon or Suffolk) B6 to 88
CamWdrleLlaooln Red7B to SO to 82 Whits so to 82 to 64
Northumberland & foot& do. —to do —to— to
Irleh do —to do —to—to --
an SS to 60