The Sun.
London, England, 1837-12-29 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

PRESENT STATE OF THE ELEC-

TION PETITIONS.

TORIES WHOSE ELECTIONS ARE ALLEGED TO BE VOID.
Canterbury
Bridgenorth
Huntingdonshire
Evesham

Bridgewater
Berwick

Worcester ...
Oxfordshire .

H. Broadwood, P. Courtenay
R. Hodgson, W. Holmes

J. Bailey
...... G. G. Harcourt, Lord Norreys,
T. A. W. Parker
W. Fielden
H. T. Hope

Blackburn
Gloucester ....

Total l5
REFORMERS WHOSE ELECTIONS ARE ALLEGED TO BE von,.
Roxburghshire
Bridgenorth
London
Pattison
T. H. Davies

Worcester ...

Limerick County... ... Hon. R. Fitzgibbon, W. S
O'Brien
Wicklow County J. Grattan or E. Howard
Leicester .... . . J. Easthope, S: Duckworth

Great Yarmouth ... . .. C. E. Ruinbold, W. Wilshere
Total l3
TORY RETURNS AGAINST WHICH THE SEATS ARE CLAIMED.
Places. Sitting Members. Seats claimed for.
Ipswich T. Gibson R. Wason
Petersfield ........... Sir W. G. H. Jolliffe C. T. Hector
Lanarkshire
Newcastle- under- W. H. Miller ll. Badnall

Lyne
Tralee ...... .......... J. Bateman M. O'Connell
Evesham
G. R. 80w1e5.......
W. Wilberforce .... W. Hutt
Sir W. C. James... B. Wood
Kerry ....... ......
Newry ....
Tamworth E. H. A'Court J. Townshend
Sligo (County) .... A. Pereeval D. Jones
AI aldon ... ... J. Round T. B. Lennard
Carrickfergus ....... P. Kirk.
Dudley T. Hawkes .......... W. M. Turner
Stirlingshire W. F0rbe5........... Hn. G. R. Abercromby
East Norfolk
H. N. Burroughes R. H. Gurney
Flintshire
Woodstock . .. H. Peyton .... Lord C. Churchill
Bedford H. Stuart
Denbigh.............. W. Jones
Norwich

Hull

—the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Prince George, and
Princess Augusta of Cambridge left town, at half-past three
o'clock yesterday afternoon, on a visit to the Queen at Windsor
Castle. Their Royal Highnesses were attended by Miss Kerr
and Colonel Cornwall.

Mr. Stevenson, the American Minister, transacted business
yesterday at the Foreign-office, and, preparatory to a contem-
plated visit to Paris during the holidays, introduced to Lord
Palmerston Mr. Benjamin Rush, the Secretary of Legation,
as Charge, ad interim.
The Commander of the Forces and his Military Secretary,
the Master-General of the Ordnance, Sir George Arthur,
Colonel Craig, and Mr. Hart Davis, had interviews with Lord
Glenelg yesterday at the Colonial-office.

Hon: R. Scarlett W. M. Nurse
Bolton-le-Moor. W. Belling A. Knowles

The Earl and Countess of Warwick are entertain-
ing a large party at Warwick Castle.
The Marquis and Marchioness of Anglesey are
receiving a splendid circle at Beaudesert, including several
distinguished members of the nobility.

Total 25.
REFORM RETURNS AGAINST WHICH SEATS ARE CLAIMED

The Marquis Camden entertained the Earl and
Countess of Brecknock, Viscount and Viscountess Beresford,
Baron and Baroness de Cetto, Mr. Hope, Mr. and Mrs Adrian
Hope, and a large party on Christmas day.
The Earl and Countess of Harewood are dispensing
their hospitalities at Harewood House, Yorkshire.
The Marquis of Northampton is seeing company at
Castle Ashby, Northampton.
The Duke of Portland's party, assembled at Wel-
beck Priory, includes the Marquis and Marchioness of Titch-
field, the Ladies Bentinck, Lady Howard de Walden and
family, &c.

Viscount and Viscountess Clive are entertaining a
select circle at Ludlow Castle, Shropshire.

The Duke and Duchess of Beaufort's grand reunion
at Badminton, where Lord and Lady Fitzroy Somerset, Mar-
quis of Worcester, Lady Augusta Somerset, Hon. Captain
Talbot, Lord and Lady Granville Somerset, Lord Ellenbo-
rough, Mr. Bailey, &c., are partaking of the superior enter-
taiwnt of their Graces.

The Earl and Countess Brownlow gave several
grand dinners at Belton House, Grantham, last week. The
Duke of Rutland and the Manners family were among the
visitors.

BY TORIES.

Places. Sitting Members. Seats claimed for.
Ipswich
Salford
Canterbury
Longford
H. White
Belfast
Earl of Belfast
Sligo
Bristol ...... ........ Han. H. Berkeley W. Fripp
Honiton J. Stewart.
Marylebone ...... ... Sir S. Whalley Lord Teignmouth
Youghal
Taunton .. . E T. Bainbridge R. N. Lee
Queen's County...... J. W. Fitzpatrick Hon. T. Vesey
London
Reading C. F. Palmer
Carlow (Borough) W. H. Maule
Carlow (County)... N. A. Vigors
J. A. Yates T. Bunbury
Wal.all F. Finch
Dublin (City)
R. Hutton
Shaftesbury ... J. S. Poulter ...... G. B. Matthew
Poole

Ponsonby
G. R. Philips
Kinsale P. Mahony Colonel H. Thomas
Wicklow (Co.) ... J. Grattan, or R.
Howard W. Acton
Waterford (City)... H. W. Barron W. Beresford
Westmeath
Sir R. Nagle... .... R. Hardwick
Total ...
RETURNS AGAINST WHICH THE SEATS ARE CLAIMED BY MEN
OF SIMILAR OPINIONS.
Tynemouth
Durham (City) .... W. C. Harland...... T. C. Granger 1

At Holkham Hall, the seat of the venerable Earl
of Leicester, great gaiety prevails from Christmas ave until
Twelfth night. A succession of guests are expected. Lord
Ilchester, Lord Stavordale, Lord and Lady Waterpark, Hon.
and Rev. Thomas and Miss Keppel, Mr. and Lady Louisa
Digby, have arrived, and the Duke of Sussex is expected.
Harewood House, near Northallerton, Lord Hare-
wood's seat, is at present full of visitors. All the Lascelles
family have assembled, except Lord Lascelles, who is abroad.
The Earl completed his seventieth year on Christmas day.
The Lord Chancellor has been staying at Sherborne
Castle, Dorsetshire.
Lord Holland had a dinner party last evening at
Hoiland House, Kensington.
The Marquis and Marchioness of Exeter will give,
according to custom, a juvenile party at Burghley House on
New-year's day.
Lord and Lady Petre are entertaining their friends
at Thorndon Hall, near Brentwood, Essex.
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prin-
cess Augusta and Prince George, left Cholmondeley House
yesterday, for Windsor Castle. His Royal Highness is High
Steward of the borough of Windsor.
Lord and Lady Vernon have a party at their seat in
DerOrshire.
Lail and Lady Rivers are entertaining a party of
friends at Mistley Hall, their seat in Essex.
Viscount Combermere is receiving a succession of
visitors at Nantwich, Cheshire.
The Earl of Fitzwilliam's party at Wentworth
House. includes Lord Milton, Lady Mary Thompson, and the
Ladies Fitz william.
Lord and Lady Francis Egerton have a family
circle at Oatlands.
The Dowager Marchioness of Conyngham has a
large circle assembled at Bifrons, near Canterbury.
Colonel and Countess Pozzo di Borgo arrived at
Achburnham House yesterday evening, from Paris.
Lord and Lady Poltimore have arrived at their seat,
Hardington Hall, near Frome, from Paris. The mansion of
the Noble Lord is full of company.
Count Tolstoy left the Russian embassy in Dover-
street yesterday with despatches for St. Petersburgh.
The Master of the Horse and the Countess of Al-
bemarle left Berkeley-square this morning on a visit to her
Majesty at Windsor Castle.
A considerable portion of the Duke of Sutherland's
magnificent gallery of paintings havo been removed from
Bridgewater House to Stafford House. A very fine collection
still remains at the new house of Lord Francis Egerton.
Five monuments to the memory of the late much
regretted General the Duke of Gordon are erecting in the
,aunties of Aberdeen and Banff. Among the principal
subscribers are the Duke of Richmond, the Marquis of Huntly,
the Earl of Errol, Lord Saltoun, Captain Ferguson, of Pit-
lour, Hon. Captain Gordon, M. P.
THE GREAT SEAL.—During the proceedings in
the Court of Chancery, the Great Seal is always supposed to
be lying on the table before his Lordship. This, however, is
a fiction. The seal itself is never there—it is carefully locked
up in the Lord Chancellor's house. Nothing but the bag,
which contains it on important occasions is on the table. This
bag is made of a peculiar kind of silk, and has the designs of
the seal itself wrought into it.—The Bench and the Bar, by
;the Author of " Random Recollections."
The new church recently consecrated by the Bishop
of Cork at Monkstown, was built entirely by private sub-
scription, and has been endowed by Lord de Vesci and Lord
.Longford.
On Thursday, being St. Thomas's day, the Right
Rev.. Bishop Walker held an Ordination in St. John's Chapel,
Prince's-street, when the Rev. Thomas G. S. Suther, B. A.,
of King's College, Windsor, in Nova Scotia, and the Rev.
John Hunter, Minister of the Episcopal Chapel in Alloa,
Isere admitted into Priests's orders.
The Marquis and Alarchioness of Westminster
lately gave their annual dinner to the children of the Grosve-
nor School (300 in number), in the vicinity of Eaton Hall.
Before dinner the Noble Marquis distributed Bibles and
Prayer Books, as prizes to the emulous young scholars. The
Marquis, Marchioness, Bishop of Chester, Archdeacon Wrang-
ham, the Rev. Chancellor Raikes, and a large circle of the
clergy and gentry were present. This school was established
by the Noble Marquis in 1811.
Tuesday's Gazette affords a pleasing but unusual
instance of not announcing a single bankruptcy in or near the
metropolis.
Amongst the recent arrivals at Worthington's Ship
Hotel, Dover, on their way to the Continent, have been—Lord
and. Lady Granville, Count and Countess de Salis, the Marquis
of Sligo, Lord Lyndhurst, the Duke and Duchess of Mont-
rose, Viscount Canterbury, Lord and Lady Aylmer, Captain
the Hon. Mrs. Ryder Burton, Lord Francis Russell, Lord
Harry Vane, and Mr. Cuninghamc.
The subscription towards the erection of a public
testimonial to the military services of his Grace the Duke of
Wellington is making the most satisfactory progress. Indeed,
it could not fail to do so, with all who look on the Duke as the
first Captain of the age, and consider his achievements as a
-warrior at least equally worthy of commemoration with his
'exertions in effecting the re-building of London Bridge.
Owing to the long continuance of rainy weather,
• nd to the floods caused by the late storm, the roads generally
t hroughout the country are now in a dreadful state of rotten-
It ass, so that for several successive days the mails, particularly
.orn the northern provinces, have been unable to keep their
"ti me, notwithstanding that on several parts of the roads
tl ray were dragged forward by sometimes six, and occasionally
• yen eight horses. The evil was particularly felt during the
mcluding part of last week, when the coaches were most
4 wavily laden with Christmas presents. The guards state that
roads are rotten to their foundations, and the wheels sink
do .wn at places a foot deep in heavy adhesive soil, through
51 iich with difficulty the mails can be dragged forward. On
mday the delays in the arrival of the mails had become so
se 'lions, and the complaints of the guards so general, that in-
n, ectors were sent out by the Post-office on various lines of
Id to make the necessary arrangements for obviating the
flip iculties as far as possible, and getting the roads repaired
Witi t the least possible delay. The effect of the exertions made
are treadyC visible, for yesterday the mails generally arrived
Wit! aor it any great loss of time. •
(,Dn e consequence of closing the Paris gaming houses,
eared, will be an influx of foreign black-legs and
swig idle, "s into this metropolis.

PETITIONS ALREADY DROPPED.

Bury .
Beverley
Frome
Preston
Bodmin
Pontefract
Downpatrick
Portarlington

Total...

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SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

TATTERSALL' S—YEgrartaar.

The room was more fully attended and betting brisker than
could reasonably have been expected in the Christmas week.
It will be seen from the subjoined quotation that the principal
favourites remain as before, the only difference, a very alight
one, being in The Early Bird, about whom offers were made
to take 16 to 1. The colt out of Nonplus's dam is constantly
inquired after, but no definitive price has been named of late.
Bamboo, Cracker, and the colt out of Tranby's dam were seve-
rally backed at 30 to 1, the latter so freely that the layers were
first to cry " Enough." The following is the substance of the
" sayings and doings" of the afternoon :

THE RIDDLESWORTII.
Even money laid on Cobweb colt against the field.
TWO THOYSAND GUINEAS STAKES.
30 to 20 laid on the geld against D'Egvillc and Cobweb.
THE DERBT.
19 to 2 agst Lord G. Bentinck's D'Egville—take 20 to 1
11 to ] agst Lord Jersey's Cobweb colt—take 12 to 1
15 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's Grey Momus—take 16 to 1
15 to 1 agst Mr. E. Peel's The Early bird—take 16 to I
26 to 1 agst Sir J. Mills's Volunteer—take 30 to 1
39 to 1 agst Lord Suffield's Bamboo—taken
30 to 1 agst Mr. A. Smith's Cracker—taken and afterwards
offered
30 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's s. out of Tranby's dam—taken
freely
1500 to 24 agst Sir G. Heathcote's Amato—taken
600 to 500 laid on D'Egville agst Cobweb, and 200 even between
Bamboo and Tranby's dam
?111 OAKS,
12 to 1 agst Lord Suffield's Calisto—taken
12 to 1 agst Lord Albemarle's Barcarolle— taken
(These fillies wore backed in one bet.)

STEEPLE CHASES BETWEEN YORK AND

LEEDS.

On Tuesday last these races came off at Tadcaster, about
nine miles from York. The sport was conducted under the
management of Mr. B. Thompson and Mr. T. Briggs. The
circuit marked out was as follows :—To start at Stutton Cross
Hall, above a mile and a half from Tadcaster, and to run in the
form of a horseshoe, crossing the turnpike, and arriving at the
winning post in a very large swarth field near Tadcaster. The
start took place at two o'clock, and off went the brave and gal-
lant heroes of the chase, " neck or nought. It was for a
Sweepstakes of 10 soya. each for any horse carrying 1 Ist.,
thorough-bred horses to carry 141 b. extra. Three miles
across the country. Gentlemen riders. The second horse
saved his stake. They came in as follows:
Capt. Richardson's b. g. Deceiver, aged... Mr. H. S. Thompson 1
Mr. M'Donnough's ch. h. Sir William Owner 2
Capt. Ibbetson's b. g. Mazeppa Mr. Whitworth 3
Mr. Bentley's br. g. The Unbnown, by Mulatto Mr. Arnold 4
Mr. F. Cholmeley's eh. g. gory O'More Capt. Smith 5
Mr. Pedley's br. m. Parasol Mr. Nicholson 6
Mr. Sykes s ch. g. Daisy Cutter, by Orion
Betting at starting-6 to 4 agst Sir William, and 2to I
agst Deceiver. Others not much mentioned. Mazeppa
cleared the first fence before his competitors, all of which re-
fused, followed by Sir Willian, and in this manner they pro-
ceeded till they came to the road. Sir William and Unknown
then took the lead of the others about 100 yards, but, both of
them obstinately refusing to jump out of the lane, they lost a
great deal of ground. Daisy Cutter was first out, and De-
ceiver next, the former having the decided lead over the re.
maining fences till they came to the last but one—the severest
leap in the race—when Daisy Cutter refused. Sir William
then came up, having made up the lost ground over some
ploughed fields; he hesitated at the last fence, but Young
NPDoneugh cleared it in a beautiful manner. Deceiver then
came out, and took his place alongside Sir William, Daisy
Cutter having bolted through the hedge, refusing to take the
leap. Sir William kept the lead in the last field ; but slack-
ing his pace in going down the hill to the winning-post, a
countryman shouted out, " Go it, Thompson ! thou'lt have
him ; 'tuther's done," and Deceiver sprung forward, and, after
a splendid race, won by about a length. Mr. Arnold fell at
tho last fence, and was dragged a few yards in the stirrup, but
he was not much injured. The pace was very severe the
greater part of the race.
The second race was for a silver cup, value 201., given by
the gentlemen of Tadcaster,for horses the property of farmers,
to run the twe last miles over the same ground. Weight for
age. Out of 10 subscribers the following started, and came in
as under :
Mr. Cook's br g Transport
Mr. J. Sykes's eh g Conservative. Mr. Demaine 2
Mr. Lamplugh's b m Mischief Mr. Roundling 3
Mr. Jackson's ch h Driller Mr. Styan 4
Mr. J. Allenby's ch in Violet Owner 5
Mr. Swale's ch h Elis
Mr. T. Hogg's b m Miss Honey Mr. Peirse 7
Transport led off in beautiful style, and took the fences gal-
lantly ; he had nearly lost the race by going on the wrong
side of the flag. Mischief fell three times, and, after all, ran
strong to the finish. There were three of them down alto-
gether at oue fence, but not much damage was done. Elis
ran against a tree and lamed his shoulder, thus destroying all
chance of his winning.
This closed the day's sport ; and, the country being so well
adapted for steeple chases, another is talked of during the
bunting season.

We undertand that a thousand pounds have been
paid by the publisher for the manuscript of the Diary of the
Times of George IV., just published. It is said that with
the exception of the Pepysian Diary of the Times of Charles
11., nothing has appeared to be compared with it for private
anecdote and curious disclosures.
Baron de Bourqueney, First Secretary of the
French Embassy, arrived yesterday in London with despatches
from his Government.

TII.E SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1837.

PUBLIC MEETING OF THE INHA-

BITANTS OF ST. PANCRAS.

A numerous meeting of the inhabitants of St. Pancras
took place at the Vestry-room, Gordon-street, Gordon-square,
yesterday, at two o'clock in the afternoon, to express their
opinion on the declaration made by Lord John Russell
against Extension of Suffrage, Vote by Ballot, and shorten-
ing the du-ation of Parliaments ; also the enormous Civil
List, and the exclusion of Mr. Harvey's name from the Com-
mittee appointed to revise the Pension List; and to consider
the propriety of petitioning Parliament on those subjects.
Amongst the persons present were Sir S. Whalley, M. P.,
Vigors, Esq., M.P., Mr. Murphy, Dr. Carpue, &c. Mr.
W. Pickman, Senior Churchwarden, was in the chair.
The CHAIRMAN said this was the time in which, if the
people did not exert themselves, they would never obtain
liberty. He thought the declaration of Lord John Russell
was unbecoming the name be bore. The Reform Bill had not
given a real extension of liberty. The motion proposed by
Mr. Walti”y was strongly called for, and; he only regretted it
had not been brought forward much sooner.—(Cheers.)
Mr. MURPHY was one who had never been guilty of placing
confidence in the Whigs since they had been in office. He
believed there were very many who all along, like him, did not
place confidence in them. But the practice had been, if any
man spoke against the Whigs, to raise a cry that that man must
he a Tory. It could not be said he (Mr. Murphy) was the
friend of the Tories. He had been persecuted by them. He
was now entering his twenty-fifth year of his resistance against
them.—( Cheers.) But he would say, it was better to have in
office an open and declared enemy, than an insidious and de-
ceiving party.—( Cheers.) Those who, with him, had sup-
ported in this district the cause of universal franchise, and the
vote by ballot, before the Reform Bill was passed, supported
the Reform Bill, because they expected that, as soon as it was
passed, the advantages which he had named would be con-
ceded.—( Cheers.) Lord John Russell, upon the Ballot, had
said that he would make it an open question ; that he was not
strong enough to carry both it and the Reform Bill through
the Legislature at once, and that he must postpone it,
leaving the country to expect that, whenever he had carried
the Reform Bill, ho would support the Ballot. Now
the Noble Lord declared that he would have no share
in supporting the Ballot, the Extension of the Suffrage, &c. ;
he was nothing but a Tory in disguise.—( Cheers.) All that
the Noble Lord did, however, was pleasing to his Whiggish
House of Commons. The House of Commons was worse now
than formerly. Would the Reform Bill have been passed by
such a House ? He ( Mr. Murphy) considered Mr. Wakley's
motion most called for, and excel@ntly well-timed. What
difference was it, he asked, whether they should have a Peel
receiving 5,000/. a-year of the public money, or a Russell, when
both equally refused relief, and when both had only one object,
namely, providing for their relations.—( Loud cheers.) It by
no means followed that because they expelled the Whigs,
therefore they must have in the Tories. He could make a
Governraent out of those who were in that room. The Mi-
nisters were at this moment surrounded by Tories. The
Ministers had appointed Tories even upon the Civil List.
The two factions were working together against the people.
( Cheers, and a voice exclaimed " Canada.") He regretted
very much that the notice for the meeting had not included
the subject of Canada.--(Deafening cheers.) A year ago he
said at the Crown and Anchor, that he hoped they would
soon meet there to celebrate Canadian independence. He
thought that time was now fast approaching, and he was
glad of it. He denied that this Government had any right to
interfere with the Local Government of Canada. He pro-
ceeded to say that the Civil List and the Pension List both
fell in at the decease of his late Majesty. The Queen as-
cended the Throne without a penny. It was only what credit
she might have with the tradesmen who supplied her prede-
cessors, that formed her resources. The Ministers were quite
free. Their pledges had ceased with the demise of the late
King, and they were perfectly competent to make reductions.
It was at such a time, however, that they proposed a Civil
List more expensive than ever.—( Hear, hear.) They had
heard much about the liberal principles of the Queen. He
should like to know, however, what expression of liberality
could be quoted of the Queen. All he knew was that the
Civil List for the new Sovereign was greater than at any
former period. The Civil List included a vast number of
persons. But her Majesty had 60,0001. for her Privy
Purse • it was 10,000/. more than the last Queen had. It was
true that her Majesty kept up a great state, but it was all paid
by the people, and what could she have done with 60,000/. for
her privy purse ?—( Hear.) The Pension List was 75,0001.
(as we understood.) He was sure four-fifths of the pensioners
had done nothing for their pensions. They had seen lately
three monarchs die, and twice they had seen the Pension-list
renewed, and he was of opinion that the Ministers wanted to
renew it now for the third time. That was their only reason
for rejecting Mr. Harvey.—( Cheers.) They had no wish
that the Pension-list should be cut down. What other opi-
nion could be formed when they excluded the only man who
gave confidence to the public upon the question, and who had
been the great means of forcing the inquiry.—( Cheering.)
It was said, they (the Radicals) were keeping up excitement.
The excitement was consequent on bad Government.—( Loud
cheering.) He concluded by moving Resolutions to the
effect—

" Ist. That cheap and good government could be obtained
only by means of a suffrage so extensive as that all Member's
should be returned by large constituencies, and by means of
the Ballot, and of the shortening of the duration of Parlia-
ments ; and that the meeting condemned tha late declaration
of Lord John Russell, the Ministerial Leader, against those
reforms, and that they considered him a Tory in disguise, and
placed no confidence in him."
" 2d. That the large Civil List proposed was a violation of
the repeated pledges of economy given by Ministers."
" 3d. That the labour devoted by Mr. Harvey to the sub-
ject of the Pension L'st rendered him particularly fit to be
on a Committee of Inquiry into that List, and that his ex-
clusion therefrom showed there was no chance of a reform
in the said List, and that the proposed inquiry was a delusion."
" 4th. That a petition be drawn up, grounded upon these
resolutions, and presented to the House of Commons by Sir S.
Whalley, Bart., and B. Hall, Esq."
"sth. That these resolutions be printed in the public papers."
Mr. H. S. DRUMMOND, in seconding the resolutions, said
the declaration of Lord John Russell had the effect of throw-
ing the people upon themselves, and showing them they must
trust to their own exertions, and he hoped they would make
efforts throughout the country.
Mr. Vtootts, M. P., came forward amidst cheers. He bad
been one of the twenty who voted for Mr. Wakley's motion.—
( Loud cheers.) He confessed he thought it was brought
forward at an unseasonable period.—( No, and hear.) But,
however, it was a motion which at all times he should have
supported. He rejoiced much that it had elicited the de-
claration of Lord John Russell. None could judge of the
strength of manner of speakers from the reports. He
wished they had seen, as he had, the stern countenance
and the clenched hands of Lord John Russell as he de-
clared himself against the reforms in question. It was as
if he had been in conflict. It was that manner which de-
termined him (Mr. Vigors) that he could never look to Lord
John Russell as a Reformer. But there was a doubt whether
the Noble Lord spoke the sentiments of the Cabinet.
It was the determination of the friends of liberty to
wait until there was the opportunity of getting a de-
claration from them. That opportunity would present
itself on the 15th of February, when Mr. Grote brought
forward his motion for the Ballot.—( Hear.) But mean.•
while they ought to get up public meetings to dissolve all
doubts that the Ministry might entertain, and to compel them
to a Liberal course. He could no longer place any hope in
Lord J. Russell, but he believed the rest of the Ministry wanted
only the voice of the people. He considered this meeting
auspicious.—( Cheers.) He had voted for Mr. Harvey's name
being added to the Pension List Committee. He thought
that on that last occasion the Minister had evinced infatuation.
He might raise his voice against the Ministers in defence of
the noble and generous people of Canada, and he hoped they
mould have another meeting expressly upon the subject of the
Canadas.

Dr. CARPUE supported the resolutions.
Sir S. WHALLav agreed that Lord J. Russell's declaration
would prove eventually useful, though he must think that the
motion which had elicited it was brought on at a very im-
proper period. But at the same time his declaration showed
the people what they had to expect. It showed them that they
must not put their faith in statesmen. Hear, hear, hear. )
The people must unite, arid he trusted the declaration of

Lord. Joint Russell would put them on their mettle. He
proceeded to say, that the Reform Bill had done nothing.
England and Scotland were in a minority of Liberal Mem-
bers, and it was only the support of the Irish Members that
enabled them to make head against the Tories. He was in
favour both of the Ballot, and the Extension of the Suffrage ;
but ho would be glad to have the Ballot, even if they got it
before they could obtain other measures of relief. He pro-
ceeded to expatiate on the advantages the Ballot would pro-
duce, especially amongst the country constituencies. Lord
John Russell would have no reason for opposing the Ballot.
Let them wait until the Ballot question came on. lie did not
think the Cabinet participated in the sentiments declared by
Lord Joists Russell. In regard to the Pension List Commit-

tee, there were some good men and true upon it ; but the Mi-
nisters ought not to have excluded Mr. Harvey. It was said
he would have published the evidence. But no good could be
done unless the evidence was published. He supported Trien-
nial Parliaments. There should be less expense also to can-
dates at elections.
Mr. VINCENT moved, as an amendment, that the words
" Universal Suffrage" should be substituted in the first reso-
lution for " Extension of the Suffrage." The Ballot, without
the great Extension of the Suffrage, would be an evil.
Mr. TII'FIN seconded the amendment.
After some conversation between Mr. Murphy, Mr. Vigors,
&c., it was agreed to withdraw the first resolution, and to
move it again in the shape proposed by Mr. Vincent in his
amendment.
'rile first resolution, thus altered, was put and carried una-
nimously, as were all the other resolutions.
Mr. Muaeu/ then came forward, and pledged himself to
propose and carry in vestry a resolution for a public meeting
concerning Canada, to take place about the 12th of January
next.—(Loud cheers.)
It was proposed that three cheers should be given for the
Canadians, which was accordingly done in the mo.t enthusiastic
manner. Cheers were given for the Chairman, and the meet-
ing separated.

Measles are represented as being so prevalent in
Exeter, that there is scarcely a house in whicli the disease
has not appeared.

The largest turkey exhibited this Christmas in Lead-
enhall-market was bred by Mr. Rayner, of Whittlesford, near
Cambridge, and weighed 32 lbs.—the price being 51. ss.
Twelve capons, weighing 120.1b5., bred by Paget and Page,
near Dorking, fetched nine guineas.