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GLOUCESTERSHIRE E LECIIO.V.

Thur,day last.. respectable meeting of the Fr e
holders of the county of Gloucester •liiied at 1..
Bush T•Vetit in Bristol, the Rev. Sir A. Eton,
Bart. in the elisir.—The meeting was atiei.de by
several of the i umrdiate lei .ida of Sir B. WI hint
Guise; amongst whom were Major Paul, dike,
_ Esq. Colonel Bedlie, Colonel Webb, T.
Tindall, Esq. &c. &c. After several usual tussle.
•• the health S6l. Alo4l'lll' Elton" being prop s
Sir Asaautst addressed the meeting by ...yin ,
he was buituf Ana to Morn thanks for the hoot r
dime hint. u a debt due to the co up ;heal o
felt three was a debt slue to himself, which was an
explanation-of-the reasous which had determined hint
to till that chair at the present time. A coital,
Election was an era which cieied every n a i to his
post ; bit he thought it proper in the. g• :d ibz
proceedings to declare, that .all eithi, a sew days
he had not the honour of I. clef; rated omit% be
acquaintance of the worthy B ..onet who now of-
fered himself a Candidde fur their sulfrag-a.--4
lota which lie bad perominii) to lament. 0. But I
feel," sail Mir Abraham, .0 these ure no common
titues; they are times fur r•ficetion. The cause of
the county of Gloucester is toe c •use of the country
at h.rge. I desire not to be nai.onderstood; I have •
no wish to decry great and nebie fluidity. Ido
not hlaine them fir following the principles winch
actuate inauliind in geueral-..the priamples of ho-
nourable ainlntiois. It is natural its men of strong
ininds to end •sviiiir to draw those around them no.-
der tin it own contral. But h will tell you, Gen.
denten, who I lo.hleine: I blame the Freefw.dais
of the county of Gioecester, if they should *LIST
themselves to be thrown off their guard—if try
should suffer thiqnselves to be deprived, by Buy
combination, of their elective franchises. If your
enemy be active to an ./,41 wrong, be you active to
oppose bilis. (in a subject so inter eting, it is iliffie
cult to express the feelings. The present situ tit .0
of the country had a claim on the v.gilaiice of every
man ; but of all evils to be dreaded, the spirit of
iunovation wax its fearful as any. He, for one, cold
not be found to sop, art the worthy B.rli.et, if he
believed him adverse to the civil and rtlip,miis ewe..
blishments of the country. There were those,
wham he highly respected. who saw a oecessity fur
.a temperate Reform of Parlunctit; but for his part
he should forbear giving any positive opinion; only
observing, that a system tender which we had en-
joyed so much practical liberty, and sequin d so
much glory, should lie touched with a very careful
and tender band. The worhy Cosiness then rt.
capitulated the res,oos which prompted him to ace
cede to the high honour of filling that chair, and
concluded his speech, amidst the acelain.itioos of
the meeting. by proposteg Tire bola iof Sir B.
W. Guise."

Sir WILLIAM Grose expressed himself gratified
the enthusiasm which so numerous and r. spact•
able a Meetkog had sheen' on the subject. He was
delighted to ssy. that in every pert of ih- county he
met with the most flattering encouragement; rod
even in that part more insole •iotely under' the in.
flueoce of his opponelits, he fouud a spirit of good
will an I ail:lour desire fur the blleCtee of their in.
dependence.
• Mr. Wit. Coates said, he was happy in the op.
portunity of attending %Meeting if this description.
The elective franchise was a dear and valuable right,
which the Coustitution had much respecfed, mid he
hoped always would. Re highly approved of the
worthy Baronet, the Chairman'a, speech, and Irani.
cufarly his allusion toe Parliatnentary,Re!orm. He
augured well of such a canoe, when a Gentleman in
his elevated station it as to be found arming its odrow
cates: when such roen were its promni ers. the goodly
work could never get into the hands 'tithe populace.
At the same time he was greatly mortified 'that time
worthy Baronet (the candidate) had taken no notice
of that question, npon which it appeared to hint of
infinite importance to come to some onderstandiiik,.
Every day and hour that he live I. he was more cud
more confirmed in his opinion of its necessity ; and
he therefore hoped that Sir Witham was not °lily
favourable to it, hut that oil the powers and ener-
gies of his mind. if he should obtain a seat for the
county, would be applied for the attainment of
that object. Mr. C. said, that Retinas was of mote
importance titan he had {impinge to describe--
without it, could great public defaulters be brought
to punishment ?—would the pre-ent protracted woe.
fare eitive?—.voulif the influence of the Crown,
which a former Parliament had resolved was in.
creased, r icreasiog, and oogli, to be diminished,
ever know its boundaries? Uuder those isupres.
'ions, he should ail down, anxiously waiting a reply
from the woithy Baronet.
Sir A. Et. Toe here rose to explain, end stated
that he had not given any opinion on the subject of
Parliamentary Reform.
Sir B. W. Guise said. that he had not given a
pledge hastily, because he found that many who
were ready to give pledges, were slow to perform&
them; but a. he had been called on, he did not
hesitate to say that he was friendly to uliamentary
Reform, and should consider it his dory to support
it, %believer brought forward iu the House r f Coin-
mons. At the same time he begged to be under.
stood, that should he have the honour to become
their Representative. he wished to go into Par:64o
went in all respects unfettered ; and he now gate
the Comity his solemn pledge, that it should have
the means placed is Ica power to return an iodepen.
dent member. as he would give every Freeholder an
opportunity to declare his sentiments by his tote.
Mr. Coates said. he was willing to give the
worthy Baronet credit for the- best Intentions; at
the saute time he would accept the declaration jut&.
wade av sino-re, and ell that he denied.

Mr. Munittoug said. that from long intimacy
with the worthy Baronet, he eould speak of him with
• perfect knowledge of his excellent intentions, and
of his desire to promote • Parliamentary Reform.
He complimented Mr. C. upon the manner in which
he brought that question forward. and declared that
he himaelf sincerely and from his heart hosted that
a &lota would take place without it he was
couvineed the country would he lost. He ct•ultl not
bnt 'met his protest against the opinion dept from
the worthy Chairman. that the Peers were not
to blinse for interfering in the electina. It was an
interference which was as detrimental to the Coasti.
lotion as it was illegal ; and t s only effects would be
confit.ion and anarchy.—Mr. M. here commented
on several advertiteuienti of Mr. Dutton's, which

• "'-d
0,1 •
1011110 Itifeeisoce with each other. One he could not
1;.;, MOO finely Marty Wit*, which Mated' tlibt the
leaded Warm possessed mhos the right of election.
;letlii.?•,lVbilt" sari Mr. blogridge, " is then tote-
ease *sow commercial sad nemitfacturiug inte-
rest Is this a doctrine to be borne in &large, wall-
, thy, end commercial city?" He trusted that the
votes of
,Use -freeholders of this part of the county
would estevistoa their oppooeuto of the folly of such
. idiom
Me. wasTrAusie (to • speech of considerable
issimoion,• but under en apparent oppression of
the cheat) remolded the meeting that they hat
ibees emerged with a conibiaatiou..-•" it is a cow-
bastion. said Mr. W. " that no honest man tie, d
be ash.,nied of--a couthivatiou of Freeholders to
preserve their dearest rights trout being violated by
• cousimiation of Peers." 'The present was nut a
petty struggle for paltry blue or yellow ; it was the
spasm of tine country at large. He felt no bents.
ties to declaring, thct every Freeholder was bound
to give his time and Attendance gratis. He intend-
ed. for one, to forward as many a, whaled ii, fro u
his neighbourhood. free of expense to Sir
end he slid not doubt but Oise in an opulent city
like this, a great number would do the same.
Dr. HatillttO could not refrain front stating, that
be considered that Sir W. Guise was not tnuebted
tether freeholders, but the freeholders to hint. He
had Math forward its • spirited mariner, and given
them so opportunity of shaking off the manacles with
which they hod long been fettered ; for it was note-
Vielnithist they were placed on the Red Book os a
Betengb in the harlots of the Beaufort mod Berkeley
fan sties • sod if they lost this opportunity of en-
felfzeiiiimir rights, they must he transferred front one
party to the other, as it suited the convenience of
tbeirehiels. Something like this was the case in that
part of the county ceder the coutroil of the
onposite-paety—for iscavassing it they found roarly
voters who %assented their inability to follow the
dictates of their eosociettees, avid who &el 'red that
whew they shoed be obliged tcorote, they would be
led like sheep to the slaughter. 6, But we will not
iodulge • the ides a Itteintilt-•-10, our opponents
themselves feel that their cause is.bad—they de.
'vied to beerrilityw-they god themselves galled, or
why east a star stai as respectable a body of Free-
holders as the Dissenters ?" He, As a Minister of
• • the Chinch of Ragland. could not pros over +heir
conduct without iniying it you highly relirebnolile.
On arthisets of this, nature it was desirable always
A avoid the dieeessiee of religious topics-- • fbr
religisto, like ail, is smooth sod ,on of itwlf, but
• throws into the ire, produeta the hottest and the
• Anent deese." The Doctor e•incluiled• a speech
replete with ability. by Ovine a. a r,..ai-...
Nay the meadmin of the Fatahliatd north and the
Iftwiesevo be lute* w the beads of boutherbutml sad 'relit
lire
• The worth, Chairman having retired amid, a
restiaged_ pea of applause, his sear was taken by
Tiodiall. Neg. sad the evening passed is the high-
' mit hilarity sod good humour. assisted by some es-
:einem songs from Messrs. Gatiie. Benson, fitc.
The following were aiiiesig the touts given from
the Cbeir a--
?be Elop-easiss 0r.4 sassily—The Nee, of llegland—
The intik erar'r—usjor Pam, and ILO North owl loath
-I=ll ILeemon--nr corkeasoo--„,,,mg
Nig% leeward of Bristui—The Clhorithiossis
sod seat., se by Law ortablieliedi-.The todepeedret
• dere ef the Cosedyediiieseester—ldayer rd Cerro-
er . .

FORT PeRICIER.

The fidlioairtg •is a description of the retreating
lare which Christephe. the fisytian Chief. Lis
pleXpxred for Wawa, to case of soy decisive and
•• 10/operable misfettmas:—
. 4' Fort Ferrier is so exteusive fortification, with
upwatalsof owe huodred apt seventy peers of coo-
Sat, oaf cldiarriit calibre. Tue wall is built with
lbs hoodlime•asone of the country ; sod encircles
Ike pesky! Usual MO., the highest is die vii iatty
• of Calm Freeman. 'This fortress, which exhibits
•fo 104goispas piece• of military architecture. was
pleased. end die fitundetion laid. by
MOO& E errier. so Officer of the French engineers,
• shoot the year 1799 $ Pace which times it ties been
• continued uoilerthe direction of Christopho. The
mountain is eery difficult to ascend, Irons the. greit-
uess of the acclovity. io the distance of a stile of en-
even rocky ground, from ;be summit. Wiikuis the
iaclasure is 0 sohterrinienos space, of sufficient ex-
teat to contain sits aboussiod men ; aid a repository
of provisions for the support of that ninolter for Is
ninths. This circumstance is attended, by a pre-
: caution which evinces this sagacity of the Haitian
Monarch; that of having this supply regale rly
distributed, to prevent its dicey, mid replacing it
with a fresh stock. A precipice, tereihle beyond
description, present* itself at the base of ous of the
angles of the great surrounding wall : down which
Orli those. who usfurtnnetely displease the Sable
Tylmot at., hailed. The knowledge of this hands
dresd into she minds of his subjects, oud readers
them more as.illuisiis in the CXCCOIiIOO of his COlll.
tharieht. The summit of the f 0000401111615 a Preps.
bit' appearance frimaCispe Fraucniii. it much resern-
hies O crow's nest, and is so termed by the Tesident
Fmglirhmen; that is, amongst themselves only, for
such a precaution is necessary. (ruin the suspicious
tustper of the President. who wonld, if it reached
conclude that they meant to observe so s (mitt
between himself and the crow—her nest Dull his
retreat. The consequence of any sarcastic ob-
serrations of such a nature, would be a Leap flout
' hie sarroot. Fort Ferrier is distant about four-
. Pro • miles from the Cape; it rises from a vale of
tke tame male. laid may be sees fifteen leagues
Ar.”

SADO 41111.1121calttlla.—At Lit kerbie, on Senility
Log week, a Ilene mid cert. kidded with gunv, lish-
kierodel and fmr.ritts packag, a and implements of
sport. and Wish-vim- game dug,. attended by tan
trltraatoy returning t.:nits the north to the moth,
drove throush that village. The people came out
et chervia. justly oenided at tits wanton act of in-
,teeeuey. to the f Ise'of the law of God awl of the
country, iprt the roaatables to apprehend the Jri-
ver4, and take them before the sleet Magistrate,
wh.:, upon I.V111$11):ItiOn of the tenant% fined each
of the,a its ten itnltuda Stott. for behoof of the poor
•,f the pari-h, to trrtna of the Acta of Parliament
IGO sews 11672.—The fovea were paid awl applied
/MA. -pit Ronal.; (:ogrees.)

mour.okr, ILLUS7II.477VE or Ammo); *D
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Men La Mk deseisiles.)

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In Seethed, in particLlar, until within the ‘lest
century, when commerce and manufactures Olive
created a new nice of men, the distiactrona of fa-

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mill were most religiously preserved, and carried
to an antiquity. perhaps, slot strictly
.warranted by
written evidences. In the ruder stages of society.

the history of families, and the records of genealogy,
are necessarily dependant upon tradition and in
all countries, bof ancient and modern time,
they have constituted the favourite themes, and
.1)-en considered as the peculiar province of the
bards. In this manner were they, for ages, pre-
_

served iu the Highlands of Scotland ; but, oo the
introduction of letters, a more permanent, mode of
recording their documents was adopted by the
Chieftains. For this purpose Ai Leaver Dierig,
or, .‘ the Red Book," was • formed in each dis-
trict, and handed about the baronial mansions, in

winch every Chieftain entered such family occur-
rences, as he thought worthy of notice. or wished
to transmit to his posterity ; a document of un-
doubted authentirity, and without danger of im-
.

positioni as each individual stood in fear of the
whole body of no'aility, who were always too jea-
lous of their own diaisity, to suffer a falsehood in
favour of any one family, to he handed down to
pAterity. The preservation of families was atso as-
4ssed by the laws and customs of Scotland ; for it
appears that e•stares become hereditary in that
kingdom. even before the reign of Malcolm 11.
who ascended the throne in 1004 ; and from teat

very remote period unitl the present dry, many
families have held their hinds in uninterrupted suc-

cesasion. and can now produce their title deeds and
giocalogies without the smallest chasm, or the loss

of a aitti:le ;:eneration.
It must. however, he observed, that in Scotland,
there were two dortinet classes of nobility ; the
greeter and the lesser Baron*: the greater, ..were
the titled nohles ; and the lesser were an order of

gentry, between the nobility sod the people, whose
privileges, as well es their number sod estetes, ren-
dered three ten Duly a respectable, but elm a
powerful order in the state... The lesser Berens were
so distinguished, because, although their rank was
• inferior to that of the titled nobility, yet they still
possessed the privilege of attending the great coun-
cil, of the nation, and of sitting there in person:
Many of the Scottish families are of that ►igh
mitquay, that the ancestor who Oro obtained pos-
semoo of the paternal estate, is hid in the oboes-
rity of toe earliest ages : others, as we are told by
Sir George Mackenzie, the Scottish genealogist,
got their lands as reeards for public 'leans.; but
surnames tame not into colonial' use, moil the
reign of Malcolm CaIIItIOTP, who obliged all his
nobles to assume these hereditary di,tioctious.
In consequence of this regulation, many took
their names Item the hied' which they possesses'
tad on the amotuptiou °fames, adopted snail/01r-
ings as suited Sae Dame; this proving that they were
the tree Berrien of their estates ; from whence his
arisen the custom of desigoatiog any particular fa-
mily as "Mal ilk that ie. where the names of the
•tats sad oweetvare the awe. Some individuals
istebbetted became it their torus the foam-
deMof new ones, and in many instances assumed
o imes awl arms totally &Meant from the original
stock : thus a second sae elate Robertson, or Miro-
an, being on as hunting-party with one of the early
tnow.rchs, end having killed a wild boar in the fo-
rest of titmice, with his dirk cosily, se ection•at-
trnded by some cimuninasce, of personal bravery,
he, in realetsitinince of the deed, received the stir.
name of Slane, which sigeilles clerk, in the Erse
language; and a'so bore three dirk points hi pole,
for his arms.

From the PM), alliance and intercourse between
Scoqaud sod Framer, many settlers from the letter
csatitry arrives! among them ; these, their names
being unknown, received from their new friends
such is bore a resemblance to their coats of arms ;
so that the foratmer are said to have been on celled
from the leaves (females) which they bore upon their
shields; and the Herrisesor Herrinons (not Harrison)
froma warlike imminent, the Porcupine or Heriswa
in French, which they bore as sjoutor litanchot. the
House of Vendosnie.
As lo England, the leading and most powerful
chiefs in etch 16,06,1 gave part of their own beer-
ier to their military tenants; so in Scotland the
superior on each estate gave his name to his de-
pendants: we are nut, therefore, to suppose that
all the Campbells, Murray., or Ulluglaswo are de-
scended fro.n him who lirst assumed the name ; ryt
more than that the families of Cheshire and Lrices.
teeshire, who hear the garb and the cinquefoil. are
descended from the houses of Mesehines or of
Mclleat.
la many instances in Scotism', the junior loancl ies
who dropt the old family names. Full preserved the
original arms, ray some part of than; this. Majori-
Ihnn ks bears a cushion, to shew that th. it stork wag
originally that of Johnston; the %Ventral.* anal
Fiefa are known to he cadets of the ancient
duff; the Cohmhoon. anal Macfarlane, to be cadets
of the family of Lenoc ; anal the Sliaws of the north
are distinguished by their anus as descended (tom
the Mackintoshes: this similarity of arms being
considered by Sir George Nlackforie as a starer
mark of consanguinity than the mere coincidence of
surname. Latterly, however, iu Scotland, much
confusion has arise. from men suddenly rising into
'isqulence. and assuming to themselves the coats of
arms of thaw families whose names they bear, and
that without env regard whatever to the armorial
differences of -the various brooches; for instance,
there are no less than nine or ten families of
Hamilton, all descended from the original stock.
but all bearing coats of arms different not only iii
the tinctures, but having also hordares and other
marks of cadency melded to the original cinquefoil:
bat these nese men, if of that amens. look no farther
than the Peerage, and give the arrant of the Duke of
Hamilton to some ignorant coach-pain ter or engraver
to furbish up a coat for them. Nothing indeed
can be more ridiculous than to set men of that very
name, carrying the arms as their corvisges quar-
tered math ti the ship," which has aotbiag to do
with the mum olistever, but is in fact the mats of
.the Earldom of Arran, and ought not to ba borne,
even by a joiner braoch, hut merely by the press
lessor of the Earldoms solely. The Herald's Col-
lege of Scotland, however, hare taken up the

UT seriously, threatening to
„confiscate all opitifog
on which mum are wrongfully- borne—a proteeding
indeed highly necessary there; as in puny instances
the proof of arms having been borne by a man's
ancestors, has been taken to be a sufficient kvidenes
lare, for the inheritance of titles and estates ; of
course all errors iu heraldry, or ishpudent •
600 of heraldic bearings, are in Scotland nothing
batty than a species of forgery !
In Ireland, as iu all'otherliations in the first vit.
diments of society, the custom prevailed of taking
the name from the father, with the prefix of 0,
and sometimes of Mae, both of theta signifying
son. It appears, however, that at a very early
period, those patronymics became the names of
numerous clans which inhabited particular dis-
tricts.
The English blood being introduced into Ire-
land by the invasion of Earl Strungliow, in the
reign of Henry IL we find a great nuinher of that
descent resident there at the present day. ;Adieu-
larly in the.south-eastern parts of the island.
Previous to the 13th century-, there were doubt-
less many families established by the Ostoten. or
Danes; of these, however, we have no particular
, traces, except in one single instance, the family of
Plunket, which is proved by autiumtie documents
1 to he of Dauish.origin. •
After thp anarchy and confusion within the En-
glish pale, consequent upon the murder of De
burgo, Earl of Ulster, in 13;13, many of the LA-
settlers formed a closer conneet,on with the
liish, by ihihpliiig their manners and customs,
and assuming Irish surnames in lieu of their owl,. I
In the north, there tire few of the ancient fami-
lies, the lands being priucipally in the heads of
English and Scottish settlers ; the former inhabit-
-104 the comities of Louth and Down ; the latter,
Antrim. Derry, Tyrone, arid Donegal.
The English families of longest continuance in
the myth, possess the properties of their ancestors,
acquired under Juhn de Courcie. who conquered,
and became Earl of Ulster ; the Scottish families
are principally these who received grants in Ulster
from James I. and who brought over with them
great numbers of their friends aiid dependants.
As for the native Irish, it appears that they had
an extreme dislike to the English suroansev. until
the reign of Edward IV. when they were obliged to
adopt names of English formation, which in many
instances, however, were nothing more than tiansla-
tiring of the it Irish opprFations, th .t bad torn assum-
ed in cousequenci:olan d 41_,Einctious.
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