The Sun.
London, England, 1839-07-25 00:00:00

THE. SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, JULY 25, 1839.

BtriictUre. Many noxious systems, we are well
aware, have had no better origin than a temporary
event shattering the nefves of eritiiihal Politicians
\
but such a general fact is rather a warning than an
encouragement to pursue the same course.
If it be affirmed that there are many other cir-
cumstances, in the present condition of the people,
such as the prevalence of Chartism, which justify
these new measures, independently of the Birming-
ham outbreak, we answer that Most of them were
well knoWn three months ago, and that nothing has
lately happened, except it, to give such a sudden im-
pulse to coercive legislation. If these circum-
stances make the measures necessary they ought to
have been brought forward before ; and it at once
throws suspicion on the motives of their authors,
that they profit by a moment of terror -to procure
the passing of laws which ought to he calmly de-
bated, and can only be justified, if founded on cir-
cumstances as permanent as the laws themselves.
The best weighed legislation is very imperfect ;
laws made in a hurry must be mischievous. A
sonnet thrown off at a heat may be excellent, but a
law so manufactured makes the short-sighted evil
passion of a moment the rule of an empire for
many years.
Shallow men, who are caught by words, and
whose reasoning consists in ill understood analo-
gies, exclaim Would you stand reasoning when the
house is on fire ? First of all put out the fire, and
then deliberate on what else you shall do. The an-
swer to them is, that the fire is out—Birmingham is
secure—the ebullition, the row, is at an end. But
do these gentlemen ever reflect on what caused the
fire ? Large armies, burdensome police, heavy
national, county, and parochial debts, are the
sources of the national difficulties and the national
discontent. Men hate to be coerced even for their
presumed benefit. To be plundered, though in the
name of the public good, excites their anger. All
the measures proposed are additions to the causes of
the evil. Those who bawl out arc, in fact, adding
fuel to the flame. They may heap such a quantity
on as to extinguish it, but the greater probability is,
that the air will blow through, that the storm will
arise, and the conflagration be extended. Gentle-
men who reason from analogy should examine all
the circumstances, or when they handle fire they
may burn themselves.
The particular measure of the three, on which
we shall say a few words more, is that for esta-
blishing a police in Birmingham. It is plain that
this town is torn by factions. There are Tories as
well as Whigs and Chartists in Birmingham. The
Tories hate the Corporation, as is plain by what
has been said in Parliament. They say, in their
Address to her NIAJEsTY—

" The Incorporation of the town has not promoted the
good order, or conduced to the prosperity of the inhabi-
tants; but, on the contrary, local agitation has been in-
creased, and local feuds engendered, offices of honour and
emolument have been monopolized, general dissatisfaction
prevails, and the inhabitant. of this populous and impor-
tant borough are threatened with heavy rates to support a
Municipal Government which is entirely destitute of their
confidence."

The Corporation party, however, is anxious
for the police and the rates ; and the Ministers
seem desirous to serve them. The consequence
will be, that the police so obtained will be regarded
as a party force, and noc have that respect and con-
• fidence which a force intended for the preservation of
order ought to have. Established as an
opponent of Chartism, the Chartists, many of
whom are respectable citizens, though misled poli-
ticians, will hate the instrument of their protection,
and the police will be inefficient. Its main and
permanent object is to repress crimes, to prevent
thefts, murders, and outrages ; such a force should
have the cordial support of all honest men ; and the
inevitable tendency of forming it on the spur of the
moment, on the demands of the Whig Mayor, and
out of dread of Chartism, is to enlist against this
useful instrument of order, all the Tories and all the
Chartists. Such will be the consequence of legis-
lating in a hurry and from fright.

If the object which the Marquis of LONDON-
DERRY had in view in bringing the state of Spain
under the consideration of the House of Lords on
Tuesday evening, was to create a public diversion
in favour of Don CARLOS—as was intimated
without contradiction by the Earl of CLARENDON
—the result has been such as the country is always
prepared to expect from any measure primarily
supported by the Noble Marquis. Despite
of all that the subtlest metaphysicians
have advanced to the contrary, there are some
men, who, with the best intentions in the world,
can never stir in the service of their friends without
adding to their embarrassments. They are conti-
nually making bad worse ; and yet from a restlessness
of disposition, and no doubt front motives in them-
selves highly praiseworthy, those whom they once
cumber with their inauspicious aid, can never again
hope to get rid of them. In political affairs, and
particularly as regards the Peninsular policy of this
neof
tcloi ousnet ry
meddling,the
regards
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luckyis
individuals. Perhaps in no instance was
partisans,
the Noble Marquis ever more so than on
Tuesday evening, when his sessional discharge
of Spanish bile provoked an answer from
the Earl of CLARENDON which will ring the
death knell of the regal pretensions of Don CARLOS
throughout Europe. For the first time since the
commencement of the civil war in Spain,
was the real state of this question clearly,
forcibly, and unreservedly placed before Par.
liament. Lord CLARENDON took no du-
bious, water-tinted view of the subject, as if he
trembled to violate diplomatic etiquette, or feared
to compromise the Government. " The Spaniards
of the present day," boldly averred his Lordship,
" have rendered any return to the despotism of
former times impossible. Were DON CARLOS on
the throne, lie could not restore it. He
would try. The bloody and fanatical party
in whose hands he must always be a blind
and wretched, though not unwilling instru-
ment, would try it ; they would confiscate, and
banish, and gibbet, but they would fail ; and I am
c3nviced that if Don CARLO 3 were upon the
throne he would, in the course of one twelvemonth,
do more to injure the Monarchical system, and to
render Monarchy abominable, than all the revolu-
tions that can be conceived would do in a cen-
tury." What effect such a striking statement
as this may have upon the Peerage, we cannot
pretend to determine ; but sure we are that it
will make a profound impression upon the public
mind generally. The detestable spirit of To-
ryism which has laboured incessantly for seven
years to inflict this dreadful curse on the
brave people of Spain, is here exposed in
all its deformity. Thank Heaven, however, for
the welcome assurance that the sceptre of des-
potism is for ever broken in Spain—that the
accession of such a monster as CARLOS—such
a base compound of perfidy, bigotry, and cruelty,
is rendered an impossibility f But the Tories, in
transports of well-feigned horror, have filled the
country with wailings about Spain being a prey
to revolutionary anarchy. Now, upon this subject
the testimony of Lord CLARENDON must be consi-
dered conclusive. As British Minister in Spain he
possessed the very best opportunities of making
himself acquainted with the real state of that
country, and the papers already laid before Par-
liament, prove that he turned these opportunities
to excellent account. Now mark the statement of
the Noble Earl upon this so fertile a source of
Tory clamour and invective :
Let any man compare the system the brutal,
barbarous system which existed under Ferdinand,
when the priests exercised their tyranny and their
vengeance without control—when correspondence with
a relation exiled for his political opinions was punish.
able by death—when every domestic tie was loosened by
the vilest system of espionage—when knowledge was cri-
mina, and the universities were close 1, and colleges for
bull-fighters opened—let any one compare such a system
with the one which prevails now, imperfect as it is in
many points. But it has produced popular representation,
free discussion, and a free press. They have produced
what was impossible lodine—public opinion ; and that has
in agreat measure corrected what was inevitable under the
government of Ferdinand—corruption. The consequences
of these are, that life and property (except in those parts
afflicted by the civil war) are more secure, that the reve-
nues of Spain are more than one half greater than they
were ever known to be before—that an enormous class of
proprietors has been created by the sale of national pro-
perty—that capital flows into more wholesale and useful
channels—that education makes rapid advances, and agri-
culture is advancing—and, notwithstanding all the horrors
soovlea America, at the taim
nde
of war, Spain is at this moment laying a foundation for
when,future
for prosperityher in calcula
misfortune,b
lost all stimulus to future exertion.
And, to prevent all " disingenuous cavil " about
the extent of the exception here made, his Lordship
in another place says :
I beg your Lordships to remember that the whole of Gal-
licia, the Asturias, Leon, Estremadura, Andalusia, Upper
Arragon, and the two Castiles, are as peaceable as they ever
were at any period of Spanish history, and as corn-

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pietely attached to, their lawful Sovereign ; £nd that
the civil war only exists, where it has so long
been coOned, in the „Basque Proyinees; in a portion of
Lower Arragon and Valencia, and in S'ritall district of
Catalonia, the whole of which is mountainous and of
difficult aoeois. _

This is all exceedingly satisfactory, and cannot but
stimulate the people of this country to further ex-
ertions in the promotion of the triumph of the
Constitutional cause. We entirely agree with
Lord CLARENDON that in the tritimph of
that cause we have the greatest moral,
commercial, and political interest ; first, because
without it Spain can never know repose ; next,
because without peace Spain cannot long continue
to be a consumer of our manufactures ; and again,
because without a Constitutional Government
we would henceforth find in Spain not an
ally, but a jealous rival, and an enemy.
We further agree with the Noble Earl in the opi-
nion that there can be no compromise with Don
CARLOs and his family; that the peace of Spain
cannot be effected by a Congress of Sovereigns,
but by Spain herself, assisted by her allies,
so far only as she may voluntarily demand
such assistance ; and that the contest, though
not decided in act and deed, as regards bloodshed,
is nevertheless, virtually so as regards the ultimate
result. The iron sceptre of despotism is broken ;
the throne of popular oppression is overthrown in the
Penin6ula. We arc rejoiced, notwithstanding the
Tory wailings, that England has had some share
in producing so glorious a revolution ; and we
trust she will not now shrink from extending to
Spain that protection which may be necessary in
the infancy of her new-born free institutions.
[lt may interest our readers and the public gene-
rally, to state here, t,s hat the only correct Report of
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speech,
appeared exclusively
inof The Sun of yesterday.]
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Letters from Constantinople, of the 3d inst., state
that nothing could exceed the grief manifested by the
people of that capital during the mournful ceremony of
the interment of the body of the late SULTAN. Though
the Koran commands true believers to abstain from
external symptoms of affliction for the dead, the air was
filled with the sobs and shrieks of thousands of spec-
tators. It is a curious fact that the late SULTAN
chose the place of his own sepulture, which is in
the centre of the Divanlou—the principal street of
the city. The religion of the Turks forbids the erection
of any statue, or likeness of the late Emperor, as a
tribute to his memory, but a magnificent mausoleum will
be raised over the grave. The same letters bring a
list of the new Ministry appointed by ABDULMEDJID,
but this part of their intelligence has been anticipated
by the Vienna Correspondent of the Temps, as will be
seen by a reference to The Sun of yesterday,
which contains the programme of the Turkish
Cabinet. On the 3d inst. a meeting of the re-
presentatives of the Great Powers at Constanti-
nople was to take place at the Divan to deliberate
about the final adjustment of the quarrel between
the Ottoman Government, and MENEMET ALI. It was
rumoured that the new SULTAN and his ministers were
as anxious for peace as the late SULTAN was for war—a
rumour which, if correct, would render the solution of
the question a matter of very little difficulty. There is
but one other fact which remains to be noticed, of im-
portance to Western Europe, in the mass of correspon-
dence received this morning from the Turkish capital,
and that is, the reforms introduced by the late
SULTAN were in danger of being all swept
away by his successor. This announcement will delight
our venerable Contemporary of Shoe-lane, who would
have opposed the preaching of the Gospel as an inno-
vation, had her Grandmammaship flourished in the days
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of the Apostles, but we believe there are few enlight-
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grounds. In announcing the death of Sultan MAH•
MOUD, the Alorning herald drew the following cha-
racter of his Highness :
" The late Sultan was a man of weak intellect—and
afflicted with vanity in its worst form—the vanity of libe-
ralism.' All his movements were full of peril to the in-
stitutions committed to his care. He was a 'reformer'
after the modern fashion of reform ; and he, accordingly,
contrived to reform' away all the bulwarks of the Otto-
man empire. In all his efforts to consolidate his power
on new principles, he was unsuccessful. In his various
wars, he lost province after province ; and whether at
war, or at peace, his hold on the affections of his subjects
was perpetually lessening. He tampered with their in-
stitutions ; he violated their customs ; he outraged their
prejudices. All true Alahometan hearts were chilled to-
wards him."

The Sultan MAIIMOUD certainly attempted many
Reforms, which the Priests of Islam called
bulwarks of the Ottoman Empire. He forbad
true believers to hurl imprecations upon the heads
of Christians—to call them " dogs"—or to regard any
place as contaminated by their presence or touch. For
so favouring the Christians, the priests denounced him
as no better than an infidel, and employed enthusiasts
and idiots, regarded as saints by the lower order of
Moslems, to assail him in his rides with curses. He
likewise attempted the establishment of quarantine re-
gulations, and the adoption of precautionary measures
against the plague ; and for these Reforms the priests
denounced him as an enemy to the Koran, which declares
everything to be pre-ordained from all eternity, and all
precautions against disease impious attempts to resist
the decrees of Gon. He moreover sought to establish
schools, but as he dared to promulgate the opinion that
the getting the Koran by heart did not comprise al!
that was necessary to be learned by a good Mussulman,
he was again assailed by the Priests as an infidel inno-
vator. But it appears that the Priests are henceforth
to recover their lost influence in Turkey, and of course
the bulwarks of the Ottoman Empire, no less than of
the Established Church in this country—ignorance and
superstition—will again assume their old position, unless
Western Europe adopt the young SULTAN, and unmind-
ful of the grave remonstrance! of Granny of Shoe-lane,
direct his steps in the reforming foot-prints of his fa-
ther, who, with all his misfortunes, was the greatest
and most enlightened Prince of the Osmanlis dynasty.

The Eastern question alone occupies the attention of
the French Journals of Tuesday, but as the substance
of what they contain is embodied in an article on the
correspondence received from Turkey, which will be
found elsewhere ; we shall notice it no further here,
than to remark that, with the exception of the Journal
des Debats, they all regard the late victory gained over
the Turks as the establishment of the independence of
NIEIIEMET ALI in Egypt.

- .
The King came to Paris yesterday about noon. Soon
after Marshal Soult and M. Duehatel came to transact
business with his Majesty.
Letters from Monte Video, dated April 25, has the
following intelligence :—" For some days we had flattered
ourselves that an arrangement would be made by the in-
tervention of the American Commodore. The hopes that
might have been entertained are vanished. Rosas, far
from making any concession, seems now to demand an in-
demnity for the injury the blockade has done him. You
see that we are further than ever from a recon-
ciliation. If you consider the inflexible character
of this man, the success which he has just ob-
tained over all the enemies that the policy of the
country had raised up against him, we must expect that
the contest will still continue for a long time. The agent
whom he has sent to France will perhaps take with him
the basis of a negociation, but you may be sure that we
have employment for a long time to come, and that the
affair will not be settled except by arms, to do which
France must send a respectable force.
" A letter from L'Orient informs us that on the 17th of

this month, during the whole night after 10 o'clock, the
report of several guns at sea rumoured that some ship was
in danger. A violent south-west wind increased the ge-
neral anxiety. It was not till the morning of the 28th
that the sky clearing up a vessel was seen to be stranded
on the chain of rocks called Les Chats, and proved to be
his Majesty's brig the Alcebade. The crew, except
three men, as well as great part of the provisions and
stores were saved. It is hoped that the vessel may be got
afloat.—Commerce.

BOURSE.—PARIS, TUESDAY, JULY 23.
HALF-PAST TlDlER.—Business has been very meagre
to-day. For the Account the Three per Cents. opened
at 79f. 70c., declined to 79f. (35c., and closed at 79f. 70c.
as yesterday. The Five per Cents. from 111 f. 90c., de-
clined to 11 If. 75c., and closed at 1 1 80c., a fall cf sc.
For Money the Three per Cents. have not varied, but the
Five per Cents. have declined 20c. The Bank of France
Shares have not varied, neither have the I,ooof. Shares of
the Laffitte Bank ; those of 5,000 f. have advanced 10f.
The Belgian Five per Cents. arc unaltered. The Three
per Cents, have not been quoted, either for money or for
time. Nothing done in Belgian Bank share-. The Ver-
sailles Right Bank Railway Shares have advanced 5f.,
and the Versailles Left Bank declined sf. The Havre arc
a shade better.

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Price Price. Price. Price
Bank of4Frp: ill ao
... Hi so ... 111 71... 1 1 70
4 per Cents 10, 60... h 3 ... 102 60 ... 103
3 per Cents..• t". ^ 79 70 ... 79 65 ... 79 70
10.5 75 ... 10.5 75 ... 105 75 ... 105 75
Laffitte Bank I.lx)(i.f. sh 1050
...1950 ...1050 ...1050
5,00()f. Sh 5215 _5220 ...5215 ...5250
Belgian 5 per Cents ..,,,• 102/1
... 102 li ... 1024 ... 102%
275703 4°
•....2750 ...2750 -.2750
Coupons 4- ... 45 ••• 45 ... 45
Spanish Ac.ive
... jyy,4 ... IN ... 1104
Neat olitan
Rorrian IQ,
•.. 102 ... HU ... 102
Versailles, R. B
LB, l-0 _ 362 50 ... :532 50
:170 ••• • " -
Havre RAILWAY
(8, SII.A6IF.OS.
...
680
...
680
077 50 ... 077 50 ••• 977 J 0 ••• 977 50
Orleans
Strasburg to Bale 335 ... 337 50 ... 335 ... 337 50

We are glad to communicate some agreeable in-
formation to travellers going to Hamburgh. The imposi-
tion of duties on the luggage of passengers in the Elbe has
ceased. Orders have been given by the Hanoverian Go-
vernment to its Custom-house officers at Stade, that the
charges hitherto made there by them on passengers' lug-
gage are not to be levied. Morning paper. [The pub-
lic are doubtless indebted for this improvement to the
patriotic exertions of Mr. Hutt, M.P.—En. Sun.)

TOTNES ELECTION,

(FROM OUR OWN CORREStONVENT.)
TOTNES, JULY 24.
All thp wqrld knows that Mr. Joseph Passot, the Libe-
ral Member for Old IThreagh ever since the Reform Bill,
has resigned the representation off' tni. borough. It is said
he returns into private life. Go where he will he will carry
with him the respect of all grades of Liberals as a consistent
supporter through bad and good report,of reformingmeasures,
together with the advocacy of economy and retrenchment,
some add almost to parsimony, in the general legislation, and
in that sitsaller parliamen t the quarter sessions of the county.
Thus much is due to a man who has especially been one of
the few representatives of the people's voice.
To supply the vacancy two gentlemen have offered them.
selves to the constituency, Mr. Blount, the Catholic
steward and new son-in-law of the Duke of Somerset, a
Liberal, and Mr. Balwin a thorough going Tory, who, in
olden times, represented, not the town, but the snug cor-
poration of Totnes.
The preparations and excitement on both sides previous
to the contest were very great, and such a trial of strength,
such a warring of political elements, has never before been
witnessed in this town. Without the Ballot nothing but
the countervailing influence of the Duke would enable the
towns-people to act on their conscientious views in the
face of the influence, the threats, the cozening of the small
resident squirearchy, most of them as to wealth, creatures
of the by-gone times of contracts and lottery commis.
sionerships and receiverships, and foreign appointments,
the well-understood price which the Treasury paid for the
seats for the borough. The compact attack of this body on
the townspeople has had considerable effect, and the aid of
the Church has not a little added to the weight of this
Tory phalanx. Where influence has not effected its
object, bribery has completed the work, on all who were
to be bought. Fifty pounds for a vote has been no un-
common price. One Tory went and ordered of a res-
pectable tradesman ten pounds worth of rope; having
looked it out, he directed the trader to bring it to him on
the day of election (‘‘ of course you vote for my friend, Mr.
Baldwin," was added), and promised to pay him thirty
pounds for it. A dealer in the staff of life up to last night
was in the Radical Committee-room, and after midnight
he walked to the Tory house, and a sudden conversion took
place. A Chartist had two wonderful pigs for sale, which
Le valued at 1001. each to Whig or Tory, with the slight
make-weight of his vote ; and this morning his vote is for
Baldwin.

Yesterday was the day of nomination. Sir Geoege
Adams) a grandson of a Dissenting Minister, who bas
basked in Royal favour, and glorying in Toryism, has be-
come Sir George, the rejected of Totnes, (a hard-hearted
man, however) proposed, and Mr. Charles Michilmore, an
attorney (whose politics have been of true cameleon or
lawyerlike variety of hue), seconded Mr. Baldwin.
Mr. Fabyan Windeath, an attorney of very .unlawyer-
like consistency of politics, proposed, and Mr. Fogwell
seconded Mr. Blaint.

Mr. Blount addressed the electors, and did not spare
the trimmers (among whom is a young attorney, recently
honoured by the ecclesiastical boon of the appointment of
Proctor), and give indications of truly Liberal opinions ;
he announced himself an advocate for the Ballot and Short
Parliaments.

Notwithstanding the fen hunters for miles round came
into the town, and were present at the hustings, the show
of hands was vastly in favour of Mr. Blount. The rest of
the day was spent, as is usual, in drinking, carousing,
swearing, fighting, and breaking glass, by the vulgar,
and by their betters in their tricks and attempts to obtain
votes, which become the night and shrink from the day,
And yet the enemies of the Ballot talk of manly open
voting—do they not glory in their success, and themselves
boast of their election feats in the dark?

This morning the excitement ;;;. very great ; bands
playing, colours flying, shops shut, and the suspension of
all business, shows the interest felt in the contest. The
Tories, as usual were on the alert first, they knew the
advantage of being at the polling booths first—they were
soon, however, followed by the Reformers, nothing daunted,
and the aspect of affairs to the writer was, that the Re-
formers felt themselves safe in honest promises. The
Tories appeared care-worn and sad. What the result may
be, is yet uncertain. The polling is, however, going on
against the Liberal interest.
The poll now made up is—
STATE OF THE POLL AT 10 O'CLOCK.

Baldwin
Blount

The Liberals are deceiving themselves if they do not
get up this and• out-top the Tory. But whoever beats it
matters little, compared with the argument this election
gives in favour of the Ballot.

HALF-PAST TWELVE O'CLOCK,

In my last I left Baldwin in a majority. The Liberals
brought up their numbers, and soon got to be equal with
their opponents; then they polled on, and had a majority
of five. This was followtillay equal numbers, which con-
tinued for some time ; anal half-past eleven the Tories
put out a state of the poll, Baldwin 122, Blunt 111 ;
whether this be correct is uncertain ; but Baldwin was
ahead. Just as lam now writing the Liberals are pressing
on in numbers to the poll, and Blount will probably again
get ahead. His Committee are in good heart, and speak
with certainty of success. The Tories complain gene-
rally that the Whig's bribe freely. We do not know if this
be false or not, but (if it be so) they do fn self-defence,
mad here at least one and-all-advocate the 13allot, and say,
Put an end to bribery and intimidation by the Bal-
lot. Complaints are loud against the influence
of the Duke of Somerset, whose property in the
borough is very great. His son-in-law replies,-Destroy
all, but the legitimate influence which intelligence and
property always ought and must have, by the Ballot. Tho
Tories know how to complain—theyknow the remedy, but
they prefer the evil, and sneer at the Ballot We hope
a very strong case will be made out on both sides : this
will help on the measures—the Ballot, short Parliaments,
and all other salutary Reforms—which Mr. Blount so ably
advocates, and is here exerting his best efforts to promote.
The event of this contest—in your eyes, perhaps, a
small one, to the inhabitants all important—must be as yet
uncertain ; but be that as it may, Totnes will not bo
neutralized for any length of time: the independence of
the townspeople will secure the independence of its re-
presentation ; and though influence, and a spirit of Tory
exclusive dealing is driving some of its most industrious
inhabitants to seek in distant lands a happier lot, there
will remain enough to assert the independence of the
borough, and return Representatives to the Commons'
House of Parliament who shall vindicate the rights of
Englishmen.
The number of the electors is about 350. The latest
state of the poll we can obtain is as follows :

129
119

Baldwin
Blount..
Majority for Baldwin ..... -10

AYLESBURY ELECTION.

Lord Nugent announced himself candidate for Ayles-
bury in opposition to Mr. Cavendish, the Reformers' man,
and pledged himself to go to the poll, if any other Liberal
did. Upon this Mr. Cavendish withdrew from the contest.
Lord Nugent has since announced his intention of not
going to the poll, and thus, at present, Captain Hamilton,
Lady Wenman's man, has the undisputed possession of the
field. We have authority, however, for stating that the
Liberals of Aylesbury are so disgusted with Lord Nugent's
conduct that they intend putting his Lordship's pledge to
the test, by compelling him to go to the poll on his own
condition. A third candidate, a Reformer, will certainly
be nominated on Tuesday next (the day fixed for the elec-
tion), and then the estimation in which Lord Nugent is
held by his former Committee and supporters will be made
apparent. It is expected that Lord Nugent will not poll a
buadi ei votes.
DRURY-LANE THEATRE.

Yesterday afternoon a meeting of the Proprietors of
Drury-lane Theatre was held in the Saloon, to receive the
report of the General Committee, and to elect a Sub-Com-
mitten, &c., the Earl of GLENIIIALL in the chair. There
were also present Sir E. Codrington, Mr. Arden, Mr.
G. Robins, &c.

Mr. DUNN, the Secretary, read the report.
Mr. WELLS said that a more meagre report he had never
listened to in his life.

Mr. T. WELCH complained that the proprietors were
treated more like dependents than proprietors by the Ge-
neral Committee.

After some discussion relative to the suppression of a
pamphlet,
The CHAIRMAN admitted that the affairs of the theatre
were not in a satisfactory state ; yet he could assure the
proprietors that the Committee had done every thing that
laid in their power for the benefit of the theatre and all
persons connected with it. The Noble Earl concluded by
impressing upon the proprietors the absolute necessity for
an amalgamation of the interests of all parties connected
with the theatre, and forming a new constitution, as the
only means of saving any portion of it from the general
wreck that was otherwise inevitable.
Mr. GEORGE ROBINS begged to ask what rent Mr. Bunn
had paid during the last three years for the theatre, and
how much be was now in arrear ; He believed that all he
had paid towards the rent of last season was 1,3501.
The CHAIRMAN said that was the fact.
Major NAYLOR said the rent Mr. Bunn agreed to pay
was 6,000/. a year. He now owed the proprietors 12,0001.,
he having during the last three years paid altogether only
6,0001.
Mr. GEORGE ROBINS said that during the last season the
theatre had been disgraced beyond all power of redemption
by its having been opened for the admission of
persons at one shilling a head.—( Hear, hear.) It
was kept open until the attraction of both horses and
asses failed to draw an augence—( Loud laughter)—
and then the classic boards of Drury-lane Theatre were
still further disgraced by persons being admitted at
one shilling each. He was of opinion that the Com-
mittee had not made proper exertions to let the theatre.
Covent Garden had been let for 7,0001. a year to Mr. Os-
baldiston, and the money had been duly paid. It was
afterwards let to Mr. Macready, who had paid the whole
of the rent he had agreed to. Why, then, was not Drury..
Lane Theatre let to the same advantage ? Seeing how
the affairs of the theatre had been mismanaged by the
committee, and the manner in which the theatre itself had
been recently disgraced, he must own that he for one had
lost all confidence in the committee, and was not prepared
to adopt the report which had been just read.
A PROPRIETOR said he rose to defend Mr. Bunn from
the unwarrantable attack that had just been made upom
him. Mr. Bunn had got together the best company he
could ; he had engaged the most distinguished performers;
and if brutes were afterwards introduced upon the stage,
that was the fault of the public, who chose to encourage
such exhibitions.
Mr. Wau.s wished to know the state of the accounts.
Mr. GEORGE Roams said the debts were 17,706/. ; to
meet which there was 17,7041. ; which latter amount con-
sisted of 5,0001. due from Captain Polhill, and 12,0001.
from Mr. Bunn. —( Hear, hear," and loud laughter.)
Mr. WELLS moved as an amendment that the resolu-
tion directing the Pamphlet of Captain Spencer to be
printed and circulated be forthwith carried into effect.
After a long discussion the motion was negatived by a
majority of 13 to 6.

Mr. WELLS, on the result being :nnounced from the
intention to
Chair, beg to give notice of m;
apply to the Court of Queen's Bench for a writ o: man:
damns to compel the proprietors to carry into effect that
resolution.—(A laugh. )
The Report was then received, and the Committee,
Sul-Committee, &c., elected.
Thanks were then voted to the Chairman, after which
the meeting adjourned.