The Sun.
London, England, 1837-01-21 00:00:00

PUBLIC DINNER OF THE TRADES-
MEN'S REFORM ASSOCIATION TO WILLIAM
EWART, ESQ., M.P.

(From the Morning Advertiser.)

LIVERPOOL, THURSDAY NIGHT, TWELYR O'CLOCK.
This public demonstration of the esteem in which the
respected representative, Mr. Ewart, is held by the Reform
tradesmen of the town, took place last night at the Royal
Amphitheatre, Great Charlotte-street. The number of
tickets disposed cf amounted to upwards of 1,020, and the
numerous applications made up to a late hour last evening
were necessarily rejected, though large sums were in
some instances offered to the Committee and others, as
an inducement to them to part with a single extra ad-
mission. The Amphitheatre was fitted up with exceeding
taste, and presented an appearance of great elegance.' Im-
mediately beneath the proscenium was placed the principal
table, which extended nearly from wing to wing of
the stage. In the mid-space at this table sat the
Chairman, Joshua Walmsley, Esq., supported on the
right and left by the most distinguished of the guests.
The Chair was taken at half-past six o'clock. The entry.
of the Chairman, Joshua Walmsley, Esq., President of
the Association, accompanied by William Ewart, Esq., and
the principal guests, was greeted with an enthusiastic cheer
followed by clapping of hands, the ladies in the boxes stan-
ding up, and waving scarfs and handkerchiefs, and the band
playing up, " See the conquering hero comes." The Chair-
man was supported on the right by W. Ewart, Esq., M.P.;
Joseph Brotherton, Esq., M.P. for Salford ; Rigby Wason,
Esq., M.P. for Ipswich ; Thomas Potter, Esq., of Binley-
hill, near Manchester, brother to the Member for Wigan ;
Edward Baxter; Esq., of Manchester : Thomas Bolton,
Esq., and James Harvey, Esq. On the left—Thomas
Thornely, Esq., M.P. ; Charles Hindley, Esq. M.P. for
Ashton ; and Thomas Gisborne, Esq., M. P. for Der-
byshire.
The cloth was not drawn until twenty minutes to eight
o'clock.
The following toasts were given from the Chair :
The health of his Majesty, the King, Duke of Lancas-
ter, who has added lustre to the Throne, and strength to
the Constitution by his sanction of Parliamentary and Mu-
nicipal Reform.—(Loud cheers, and three times three.)
Band—" God save the King."
" The Queen, and the other Members of the Royal Fa-
mily."—(Cheering.)
" The Princess Victoria ; may she continue to rally
round her the affections of a free, virtuous, and enlightened
nation"—which was drunk amidst reiterated applause and
cheering.
Band—" Here's a health to all good Lasses."
" The Duke of Sussex, the consistent supporter of the
liberties of the people."—(Loud applause.)
" The People, the only source whence political power can
legitimately emanate."

Band—" Hearts of Oak."
. •
The CHAIRMAN then gave " Lord Melbourne and his
Majesty's Ministers ; may they always feel that the stabi-
lity of their Administration is best secured by the uncom-
promising independence with which they advocate the liber-
ties of the people."--(Loud continued cheering.)
The CHAIRMAN then rose and gave " The health of
William Ewart, Esq.—(Loud and long-continued cheering)
—our able and enlightened Representative, whose Parlia-
mentary career has been charactorised by an undeviating,
and zealous advocacy of the best interests of the country.
—(Tremendous cheering, the whole company rising to do rj
honour to the toast.)
When the applause had subsided—
Mr. EWART rose and, said—Ladies and Gentlemen : the
Tories have had their feasts ; they have had a regular sys"
tem of organized eating—(Cheers and laughter)—which,
with a patriotic spirit, they have been carrying 'into effect
for the good of their country.—(Laughter.) But this,
Gentlemen, is no got-up dinner—(Cheers)—this is a dinner
the simple emanation of public spirit.—(Renewed cheers.)
Our opponents have been going round with their system of
dinner organization ; it may be said of them, in the words,
of the poet, with their ready-made speeches, and their readY
appetites—
" Fire in each eye, and paper's in each hand,
They rave; recite, and :madden round the land."
—(Cheers.) But, Gentlemen, it is our turn now, and the
exposition made last night at Birmingham—which is making
this day at Liverpool—and which is to be made at the great
Middlesex dinner on Monday next, of which I have the
honour to be one of the stewards—these things will frighten
Toryism back to its old haunts, and terrify the Tories, as
they always must be terrified when the voice of freedom
speaks at a public meeting of the people. Gentlemen, we
have, I am sorry to say, too much against us the clergy 0'
the Church of England; L wish I could say otherwise, for
their sakes as well as for our own ; for if ever men stood uP
for the ample remuneration of the democracy of the Church
.—for the proper payment of the poorer portion of the
clergy of the Church of England—it was the liberal part
pf the House of Commons—(Cheers)—for while we tool‘
.the liberty of objecting to Bishops -with 15,0001. a year,
and when we objected to one Bishopric, including London,
Lambeth, and the whole Metropolitan circuit round Lon'
don, I for one took the liberty of declaring that I consi-
tiered it too topographical a description—that the revenues
should be circumscribed, and the surplus appropriated for
the be'nefit of the poorer clergymen of the Church.----'
(Cheers.) Gentlemen, we have too many of these powers
and dominations against us, and in the towns we have still
against us a-power to contend with, and though it it onlY
the spectre of the party's power, still it is a power--
mean the ghosts of the late deceased Corporations.----*
(Laughter.) You will not imagine, when you personify in
your minds the spectre of such a Corporation .A 8 still per'
haps haunts this town,—you will not imagine it either
lessened in its proportions, or 'unsubstantial in its figure'
but fat and of goodly pretence, still swelling with conscious
power, " with its fair round belly with fat turtle linetl."- '
(Much laughter.) I am sorry to say that in our town this
spectral opposition has still too much ascendancy, and will
require the nerve and the courage of Englishmen to lay it
at rest, and effectually to exorcise it. Let us now, Gen.
tlemen, turn to _Scotland, where I am happy to say the
spirit of sound independence takes root and flourisikes
where the people, with their characteristic firmness and'l "
deliberation, are determined to accomplish the triumph °
freedom which has begun, and where 1. am happy to say,
when the next clect;on comes, we shall certainly see a°
increased majority of Liberal representatives returned by
Scotland.—(Loud cheers.) It is true, Gentlemen, that
celebrated metropolitan performer, well known for his per'
formanees in the chapel of St. Stephen's, has been recently
exhibiting himself to astonish the Natives of Scotland
hut unless I have much mistaken, our very neighbours 03
Scotland will already have answered all his p:.ausible sophie
tries. I will not say, gentlemen, in what character he b 1
appeared before the inhabitants of Glasgow, but tlit I vro
say, that it is not the first time that he has appeared in thi!t
character.—(Cheers and laughter.) Sir Robert Peel flo.'
jured the people of Scotland to stand with her army by thee
House of Lords, and he tells them that by the House °
Lords be is resolved to stand or fall ; and yet I think, gentle'
men, it Rot have occurred to many of our skilful and wad
friends in Scotland, that this same declaration of standing Wei
a certain part of the Constitution was made by Sir Robert: Pe
when lie said that nothing would induce him to give up the
principle of Protestant ascendancy in Ireland—(Hear, hear)
—and yet the time came of Catholic emancipation ; the
popular tide rose resistless in its swell, and it swept be:
fore it the obdurate Peel, and the still more obdurat,ur
Wellington.—(Cheers.) 'Before that mighty impulse Sit
Robert Peel was obliged to give way, and even his gone
master, the Duke, turned round ; like the figures on tihr
summit of the weathercock, they both veered round una.cto
the impulse of the popular gale, which by the sway of 3
force they found to be irresistible.—(Cheers.) And the
gentlemen, Sir Robert Peel proceeded to tell the people n,
S that lie was determined to stand by the old COS
stitution, but he did not define what he meant by the 0
Constitution. It is a most equivocal term :we knew 13°f
what period of time he fixes for the date of its existence, wo
to which he refers the date of its mutability.—(Hen
hear.) All we know is, that he has had some hand lip'
self in meddling with it, and has himself set a precedent,
least according to his own account, why others sh°:„o4
meddle with it also.- Gentlemen, let us now turn '„0
land,-,-(Great cheers.) I hope, when the election ceilif;s .
—indeed, I feel confident—that we shall give a good aceeti
of Ireland.—(Cheers.) We, gentlemen, I am sure, in tO.
s,P
town, and in this part of the country—if we had bees 06
poured, as I hoped we should-have been, with t e pro"

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some of our Irish friends—some of the Meshieets represent-
ing the counties and cities of Ireland', 'should have been ra-
t fied to aesere them, that will Ireland we should enter .nto
a solemn league and confederacy, and tell the ira'nghtyLoritlsst,
who would fain ceentinue their oprersinn, that they must
either make Ireland free or nials.e lenglishmen slaves. Tyss
Gentlemeo, we will tell these haughty Lords of tles Philis-
tines, and we will telt the great alien ex.-Chrtteellor Min-
self, " too long have you trampled en and oppressed this
impoverished and unfortunate Country—too long have_ seen
kept this giant of the West in thraldom—tee longhave
you kept this Sampson in durance and in chains—you have
shorn him of his beauty, you have shorn him of his
strength, and now, when you. call him before you, and
would fain have him make you sport, what wonder if he
should shake the temple itself to its foundations, and
threaten to involve you in one common ruin;'--(Loud
cheers.) Such, Gentlemen, is the language which these
alien proclaiming Lords would deserve to meet with where-
ever they meet an Irishman, or wherever they meet
Englishman a friend to Ireland.—(Loud cheers.) Suc _anh, I aver, have been, and ever shall be ; never will Ibe satisfied
until a measure of justice equal to what we have ourselves
received, has been conceded to Ireland,--(Loud cheers.)
With every claim so co-equality with ourselves, they should
(Cheers.)
be put on terms of perfect equality
With us.
God help us. and we will fight, and we will carry the Cause
of Ireland through the House of Commons, and through the
House of Lords.—(Loud cheers.) Gentlemen, with roe
gard to the general policy which, in my opinion, ought to
prevail over the whole of this United Kingdom, I shall most
candidly and firmly state to you in one short phrase what 1
I conceive to be consistent with the growing interests, the
justly growing interest, of the mighty democracy of this
country. Gentlemen, it has been long, it is now, my firm
impression, that the .steady policy which must be pursued
more or less, sooner or later, gradually or more speedily,
is to unfeudalize the too feudal institutions of this etenntry
---(Bear and Cheers)—and to c give scope to the greatly in-
oreased intelligence, and wealth, and power, and freedom
f the democratic body. Seeing and nowing how the
middle classes, and how the producti classes -ofis com-
munity have advanced in intelligenceve and in virtue also, I
demand for them an extension of their rights ; and I say
they are a growing part of the community, for whom room
in the body politic ought.to be made.—(Cheers.) Gentle-
. men, there is no surer index of the popular progression
than the vastly improved character of the conductors of
the public press. Gentlemen, at ten years ago we may
date the time when the long darkness and gloom which
had previously reigned throughout this country began to
give way to a better principle. It was at the breaking up
of that Administration which ended in the formation of the
Canning Ministry, and on his death, that the dawn of free-
dom is to be dated ; and whatever the opinions of indivi-
dual Statesmen may be, we may certainly say of that
Statesman, Mr. Canniug, that he was
" The last star of night
If better, he belonged not to the dawn."
(Cheers.) From that time a new series of events has taken
place, and that was the commencement, the first gradual
breaking in upon the broken twilight which marked the
early rays of restored freedom. Then came the great ques-
tion of Catholic Emancipation, sweeping away in its pro-
gress all minor obstacles to the admission of our fellow men
to equal freedom. Next comes the mighty question, the
great shade of Parliamentary Reform,
when that Bill was
extinguished in the House of Lords, but the cry of mil-
lions 'demanded its enactment, the obstacles which impeded
its passing were overcome—that measure passed too, and
(Canother step was made in the advancement of the people.--
heers.) Next came Municipal Reform—(Loud and
reiterated cheers)—Municipal Reform, which makes. men
good citizens by teaching them how to govern themselves--
which is the best guarantee I know of for good public con-
duct, since it places before the eyes of the inhabitants the
actions of their fellow-townsmen —(Hear.) Next came
the long train of useful reforms, the satellites of the Reform
Bill, which gravitated towards the same centre, and borrowed
their light from that great luminary. - Are the people of
England unworthy of the benefits of these reforms,
had they
all passed ? Are we all to be styled Dantons and Robes-
pierres, as Sir Robert Peel calledlus, when we chose to
ask for Reform in the House of Lords ?--
en (Ld ceers.)
No ; the people of England are the last m ioun theh world
to give countenance to disorder, or endanger the tranquil-
lity of the country. lam convinced, Gentlemen, that we
must give greater room and
_greater scope to the great de-
mocracy of the country.--(Cheers.) It has been advanced
by Sir Robert:Peel; in his learned argument against Peer-
age Reform, that if you reform the Lords, you give the
Whole ascendancy to the Commons. Peel could devise one
plan more certain than another to
to kee Now, if Sir Robert
give up the total ascendancy to the Commons, it would be
p unreformed the present House of Lords.—(Lo,
and continued cheering for some time.) But the time for
action is approaching.—(Hear.) The session is already be-
ginning to impend. The Tories are beginning to put on
their rusty armour. The question then forces itself upon
ON " How are we to meet them ?" formers, Shall we, the Re-
and "God disunited ? cries of " No, no,"
and forbid !") No : G (Lorryod forbid ! They shall find
us standing firmly together, with as unflinching a front as in
the last session {Hear)—impervious to their open hostility,
and not be undermined by their insidious attacks.—(En-
thusiastic cheering.) You will ask me—and you have a
right to ask me—what course I intend to ptirsue ?—( Hear.)
The same course that I have hitherto adopted I shall
continue to follow.—(Much applause, the company rising.)
I will not be guilty of any. insincere friendship towards the
Ministry, nor of any factious opposition.—(Hear.) They
shall find me, as long as they conduct themselves well in
ungenerous d
the eyes of the people of England, no hollow friend, no
opponent.—(Loud applause.) And now, gen-
tlemen, I come to a point which has been
much debated b
the Ministers and by the people—how far certain measures
should be made, in consonance with the
wishes of the com-
munity, what is called open questions—that is, not measures
for Cabinet resistance.—(Hear.) It appears to me, that
as soon as a question is so strongly taken up by the people,
the expression of their opinion is almost indubitable upon it,
and it becomes the duty of Ministers either to carr that
question as a Cabinet question, or to leave the question
open.—(Cheers.) Such appears to me to be the state of
the public mind on the question of the ballot.—( Here the
company again rose, and remained some time cheeri g )
Such I believe to•be the state of the public mind uponnthe
question of triennial Parliaments and certain other ques-
tions ; and it certainly strikes me, if I am correct in
the view I take, and that the public mind is strongly
in their favour, it would be well and wise to leave
such questions open—not to make them
points for Mi..
ppos
it itiinoi❑non I
s
nisterial opposition. I trust, if in this su happen to be correct, that Ministers will consider their
duty to concede something on these
points to the op
of the People. Gentlemen, I feel I
ant detaining you se. lor-g--(No, no.) Honoured as we arc by the presence of
Iten distinguished like my Hon. Friend Mr. Gisborne---
(the company again rose and cheered)--andbythe presence
of many others whom I see standing around me, it would
be unpardonable in me unduly to trespass on your time.
I will conclude with what I have already stated in a re-
ex
vious Part of my observations, that my policy will be to p
tend what I consider to be the just rights and enjoyments
of time great democracy of this country. My object will
le, if I may use the word, gradually to unaristocratise our
institutions.—(Cheers, and a cry of "As soon as you like.")
I am
deeply convinced that this is time wisest policy, not only
for the people, but also for the Crown. The Crown inqet
11, u longer lean against the unstable and somewhat decayed
buttress of the aristocracy. Depend upon it, that if it is
to mote, as I hope it will, in unison and harmony with the
fe,eli"gs of the people, the monarchy of this country, on
keeling
head seever the, Crown may devolve, must no longer
'otlle monarchy of the aristocracy, but Jim() monarchy of the
the heal- (Hoer', and applause.) Gentlemen, I give you
prt,,ilit'h,l, of our excellent Chairman, and prosperity, long-
(ltapteso`" Perpetual prosperity, to this great institution.--
The tou4ast w aPn
slause,
tion s a drunk with the most marlA demonstra-
Ot Cnthtv. The 0,. olasm. At its conclusion,
amid
n.re•-iax:A‘lrtmAis returned thanks in an eloquent. speech,. ...sse er.,(,‘ cheering, and concluded with the following toast
f. eau se to Ireland!—may she continue toeprove the
ireativtesc, very Administration which would withhold her
I.,hea'lltreat her sons as aliens !"
Gisboe, 5/ell:maze then proposed the health of Thomas
brasss,cn--(Louci cheers.)
subject whicreßliN'L returned thanks. He stated' that the
existed between chi fl interested him was the difference which
to the passing
0-
I tare two
branches of time Legislature. Up
was essentialty Arisle R.eform Bill, the English Legislature
done but what was i:hocratic, and although nothing could be
were two parties in tohwn to the public, it. was because there
advantage and to tell tale State, each endeavouring to take
series of revolutions had ttsil-eof one another.—( Hear.) A
st n place, which lasted from the
time of Charles the First
who exercise°dotifial of William the Third.
The last King
William the Third—a kind uncontrolled pTVCI: was
veto of his own ; but before the closesofPll.li'lippe., lahvemsgeaas
compelled to pass measures, even those the ist
rsetigonbnoxious
to him. He asked them, if any person shoild in the pre-
Sent day advise a British King to use his own veto, whether
(Loudsuch a man would not be a fitting inmate for Bedlam.
cheers.) Their ancestors in forteer days had had
an arduous struggle to reduce time Royal power within time
limits coesistent with Jibe: Iy. In their confidence, the
British public had neglected to watch over the till at length, b Aristocracy,
Aristocracy had y a series of petty encroachments, the
obtained for themselves that power they
bad wrested from the Crown.—(Hear.) Such was the
state of things till the passing of the Reform Bill, and that
measure had been passed Without any precautions having
been taken to males the democratic portion of it work well
with the aristocretie part which still remained.—( Hear.) Sir

R. Peel hid 'alwans taid that the Reform Bill would not work
tne remaining elements of the British Constitution.
It must not be imagined that Sir Robert Peel was the only
clear-sighted man in the Hotl9^ of Commons. Many of
supporters Ittio: *old that it wotilci not Work Well Witt
'Alaieditary and irresponsible House df (tihters.l
It would not have been Worth tiny thing if it had worked
well with an irrsspOtiO)le House of Lords.----(Loud cheers )
How liad the eVent turned otit? It had nbt itbtlibd at
al lie vtouid then ciit illittgatibn of its working
from ratio of thoit toasts, " Justice to Ireland." It had
given him great pleasure to witness the enthusiastic man-
ner in which that toast had been received by them.—
(Hear.) He wished to God that Mr. O'Connell had been
Present, not merely for the gratification they would have
experienced in listening to his eloquence, but that he (Mr.
O'Connell) might have been disabused of his error, and
seen that Englishmen were not indifferent to the wrongs
of Ireland.—(Loud cheers.) The House of Lords had
thwarted every measure of relief that had been brought
forward for that country. When the House of Lords re-
jected these measures which had been brought forward to
benefit that nation, it had created a considerable stir in the
country, and men doubted whether hereditary legislators
were as wise or sane as some had supposed. From the mani-
festations that were beginning to be displayed the Lords
took alarm—they had been described as representing no-
body, but they themselves said that they represented the
whole country—that they were the tribunes of the poor.—
(Hear, hear.) He wondered whether they would stand
being elected by the poor.—(Hear, hear.) If so, they might
soon come to terms with them. It suggested a pretty
scheme to him—the scheme• he proposed was, that the
House of Commons should be elected by the present con-
stituency, and the House of Lords by all below that.—
Sir Robert Peel had also made a most notable discovery.
The Peers had hitherto appeared to be the representatives
of nobody, and Sir Robert Peel had said that they were
altogether irresponsible. He had read the report, and could
scarcely bring himself to believe that it was possible for Sir
Robert Peel to have made so stupid an oration. But he was
speaking of the remark as to the responsibility of the Lords.
It had been said that they were irresponsible. Were they
so ?—(Loud cries of " Hear, hear.") They were not !
They were at least responsible to God and their own con-
sciences, as had been averred.—(Hear.) They were re-
sponsible to God and their own consciences! So was Fieschi!
—( Unanimous cries of " Hear, hear," and tumultuous ap-
plause.) But that was but a poor security for Louis Phi-
lippe—(Hear)—it was a poor security for the Due de Ro-
vigo anti, the other unfortunate victims who fell before him.
—(Hear, hear, and applause.) But he was responsible to
the law, as well as to God and his conscience—(Hear)—
and the law took him and executed him, to save the lives of
those who might have been his future victims. Sir Robert
Peel had acknowledged the influence of something which
he did not usually name in the House of Commons.
Public opinion ? No ; for that sort of expression would
be but bald—but it was enlightened public opinion.
This was what the Lords had but tardily understood.
It was only under particular circumstances that the Lords
would allow such an expression as enlightened public opi-
nion. They had heard of a word and a blow, and they
could not allow that enlightened public opinion could be ex-
pressed in words, and would not believe that the word could
be coupled with a blow till they had repeatedly heard the
words, and had learned that the blow would follow.
And the blow did follow. There was one blow struck,
and that blow fell upon the Duke of Newcastle. His
property—his castle was burned down, and then it was
learned that the opinions expressed were very enlightened
opinions. He was now about to ask if the Duke of New-
castle could have any objection to have these demonstra-
tions of public opinion repeated. He had seen it in print, he
did not mean to say it, as from himself, but be had seen it in
print—that a Tory jury—he did not say it was a Tory
Jury, far be it from him to say it was Tory jury—(Laughter)
—bad given the Duke of Newcastle the sum of twenty
thousand pounds compensation—ho did not say this was
the case—for a set of rubbishing old lodging-houses which
were burned down. For the castle of Nottingham was not
a castle of towers, and of turrets, and of battlements, and
drawbridges, fit for a baronial residence ; but looked as if
it had been converted into lodging-houses, and those not of
the most respectable sort. And as be said before, he had
seen it in print, that a Tory jury had given to the Duke of
Newcastle--a jury taken out of the hundred in which it
happened, twenty thousand pounds compensation for the
loss of buildings which were not worth above one-third or
one-fourth part of the sum.—(Hear and cheers.) He had
read this in print, and be believed it, and he thought that
the Duke of Newcastle would not be annoyed at another
mob demonstration of enlightened public opinion. It was
the only mode of convincing the Lords that their opinions
were enlightened, and of showing them that the physical
strength of the country was arrayed in defence of its own
proper rights and' interests. The Crown was the Crown of
Reform.—(Crics of " Hear.") When he alluded to
the Crown as merely a useful pageant, he did not
mean to use the words disrespectfully towards the
Crown, for he knew, and they knew, that their principles
were conducive to its stability, and that they wished, and
were determined to uphold it. Did any man doubt that
their King stood in a more enviable position than any po-
tentate in Europe. He would use a familiar illustration.-
He would suppose the Reformers of Liverpool, or indeed
the Reformers of any other place, if they understood the
matter as well, were offered an annuity of any sum—how-
ever; he would say 1,000/. per annum for perspicuity's sake
—which was to last as long as any monarch then in Europe
lasted—he would ask, would they choose the Emperor of
Russia, the Queen of Portugal, the Grand Turk, the Em-
peror of Austria, the Thrones of Spain or Portugal? No.
Would they not choose the Throne of England? Yesrand
they would choose it with the more perfect confidence if
the Peerage Reform, the Rights of Ireland, and the Bal-
lot, were accorded, and with the same confidence as they
now demanded those, as the best and surest safeguards of
the monarchy. He would propose a toast, which he knew
all present would be ready and willing to respond to. Amid
tumultuous cheering, the Learned Speaker proposed the
following toast :

" Prosperity to the Liverpool Tradesmen's Reform As-
sociation."

Mr. LANGTON, the Chairman of the Exchange Ward,
spoke to the toast.

CHARLES HINDLEY, Esq., M.P. for Ashton-under-
Lyne, said, I am paying no slight compliment to him while
I say that in going into the House of Commons to prayers,
or in retiring early or late, on all occasions I find Mr.
Ew•art there.—(Cheers.) This is no trifling recommenda-
tion to a Member, for if you are aware of the mode in
which business is conducted in the House of Commons, you
will be likewise aware that a constant attendance is neces-
sary. In these times constituents ought to be decided' in
their opinions. Let them be constituents if they wish, but
if they wish well to the Liberal cause, let them give it their
most strenuous support.
Other toasts were then given, after which the company
broke up.

A New Edition of Sir William Wraxall's " Histo-
rical Memoirs of his Own Times" is on the eve of publica-
tion. These " Memoirs" arc rich in anecdotes of distin-
guished personages and remarkable events, from the year
1772 to 1784, at which latter period Sir William's lately
published " Posthumous Memoirs" commence ; so that the
two works present a complete history of the Court and of
domestic life, during more than half a century, not only as
respects England, but the chief nations of the Continent.
Sir William's diplomatic connections at home, and his resi-
dence •at several foreign Courts, placed within his reach fa-
cilities scarcely ever enjoyed by any one individualo and his
unwearied assiduity in chronicling whatever fell under his
Observation, renders him the best and most copious.writer of
modern memoirs.

MELANCHOLY SUICIDE OF A YOUNG FEMALE.
Thursday afternoon an investigation, which lasted up-
wards of five hours, took place in the board-room of Christ-
church work-house, Blackfriars-road, before Mr. Carter, on
view of the body of Eliza Ann Gardner, aged 24, who was
found in the river Thames on Tuesday last. Catherine
Alead lived at No. 10, \Veil-street, Oxford-street ; knew
the deceased, who was a few days back in the service of
Mrs. Cherton, hosier of Oxford-greet, who on Thursday
last discharged her because she refused to clear the snow
which fell during the late storm, from the roof of the house ;
since then she had procured another situation, but Mrs.
Cherton refused to give her a character, and the parties she
had engaged with consequently refused to take her. That
circumstance appeared very much to prey on the deceased's
mind, and she frequently exclaimed that " Mrs. Cherton
might as well take her life as her character." Since then,
she had been in a very desponding state. Isaac Gardner,
brother of the deceased, saw his sister on Thursday night
last, when she appeared very dejected ; from •the conversa-
tion which then took place, he had no doubt but that his
unfortunate sister destroyed herself in consequence of the
disappointment occasioned by Mrs. Chcrton refusing to give
her a character. The Jury returned a verdict of " Tem-
porar3 Insanity."

LADVERTISEMENT.I—THE INFLUENZA PRE-
VENTED.—To prevent an attack of this debilitatinc, dis-
order, Frampton's Pill of Health has been singularly suc-
cessful in some of the most respectable families in London.
Three or four doses of this truly excellent aperient %yin ef-
fectually cleanse the stomach and bowels fromaimy noxious
humours, and fortify the system against an attack ; they
will also prove to be the beg family medicine that can be
used, as they never gripe and annoy the patient in any way,
and can be taken by either sex with the greatest advantage.
QUAKER ADY.—The notorious Joseph Ady has
been writing letters to the inhabitants of this. neighbour-
hood, offering his services in recovering large sums of money
on receipt of is. for his trouble.—Birmingham Advertiser.