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of each branch union to be a member of the council
so soon as he should became a member of the
National Political Union."
Mr. MURPHY seconded this resolution.

Mr. HUME said, that general association was the
only way to convince the faction, who declaimed
night after night to prove that the people of England
were not anxious for Reform—it was the only way
to convince them of their strength, and that it was
hopeless longer to withheld the restitution of their
rights.—(Cheers.) The Hon. Gentleman concluded
by proposing the thanks of the meeting to the
gentleman who had kindly granted them the accom-
modation of his house.

The motion was received with hearty cheers.
Thanks were then voted to Sir F. Burdett, for
his conduct in the chair, and the meeting broke up
about five o'clock.

SECUN 1) EDITION.
SUN OFFICE, Seven o'clock,

rHE LONDON GAZETTE

OF THIS EVENING.

DECLARATIONS OF INSOLVENCY.

ROBERT OWEN, Wood street, Cheapside, reel-cotton-ma-
nufacturer.

JESTER GU IVER, Enfield highway, Middlesex, stage master,
JAMES WISE, King's-road, Chelsea, cow-keeper.
WILLIAM BRYANT, Biahopshull, Somersetshire, baker.

BANKRUPTCIES ENLARGED.

JAMES WARD, Upper Ground-street, Christ-church, Sur-
rey, iron-founder, from Oct. 18 to Dec. 6, at twelve, at the
Court of Commissioners.

GEORGE CROFTS, Wells-next-the-sea, Norfolk, merchant,
from Nov. 1 to 8, at eleven, at the Fleece Inn, Wells.
EDMUND GIBBS PLOW RIGH and WILLIAM PLOW_
RIGHT, Wells next the Sea, Norfolk, wine-merchants, from
Nov. 1 to 8, at eleven, at the Fleece Inn, Wells next the Sea.

BANKRUPTCY SUPERSEDED.
ALEXANDER SYMONS, Falmouth, wine.merchant.
BANKRUPTS.

JOHN GAPP, Seymour-mews, hackneyman, to' surrender
Nov. 4, stt one, 11, at eleven, and Dec. 13, at twelve, at. the Court
of Commissioners. Friswell, Wimpole-street, Cavendish-square.
WILLIAM MORSE, Fartingdon-street` glass-dealer, Nov. 4,
11, and Dec. 13, at twelve, at the Court of Commissioners. Tay-
lor, Great James.street, Bedford-row.
THOMAS and BENJAMIN CAPPER, Besufort-buildings,
Strand, coal-merchants, Nov. 4, at twelve, 8, and Dec. 13, at
eleven, at the Court of Commissioners. Jordeson, Fenchurch-
street.

WILLIAM SCOTT, Newbottle, Durham, miller, Nov. 10,
11, and Dec. 13, at eleven, at the George Inn, Pilgrim-street,
Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Swain, Stevens, Maples, Pearse, and
Hunt, Frederick's-place, Old Jewry; Redhead, Newcastle-upon-
Tyne.

SAMUEL MARK LAZARUS, Bath, soap-maker, Nov. 11,
15, and Dec. 13, at eleven, at the Castle Inn, Bath. Nichols,
Cook's-court, Lincoln's Inn; Hellings, Bath.
JEREMIAH BRETFELL, Bristol, cheese-factor, Nov. 12, 14,
and Dec. 13, at one, at the office of Gregory and Smith, Bristol.
Blower, Lincoln's inn ; Gregory and Smith, Bristol.
JOHN HODKINSON and RICHARD DYSON, George.
street, Hanover-square, tailors, Nov. 4, 11, and Dec. 15, at
twelve, at the Court of Commissioners. Wells, Great James-
street,Bedford-row.
EDWARD FOARD, Brighton, wine-merchant, Nov. 11, at
half_past nine, 25, and Dec. 13, at ten, at the Court of Commis-
sioners. Dods, Northumberland-street, Strand.
JAMES SMITH, George-place, Camden-town, silversmith,
Nov. 4, 11, at eleven, and Dec. 13, at twelve, at the Court of
Commissioners. Cooke, Gray's-inn-square.
ABRAHAM TURNER, Luddenden Foot, York, carpet-
manufacturer, Nov. J, at six, 8, and Dec. 13, at ten, at the
White Lion Inn, Halifax. Wiglesworth and Ridsdale, Gray's-
inn-sqoare; Stansfeld, Halifax.
JOSEPH OLDLAND, Wotton-under-edge, Gioucester,
clothier, Nov. 15, 16, and Dec. 13, at eleven, at the White Lion
Inn, llristof. Holls, Gloucester; Beetham, Chatham place,
Blackfriars.

EDMUND LEES, Manchester, bread-baker, Nov. 17. 19,
and Dec. 13, at nine, at the Palace Inn, Manchester. Hamp-
son, Manchester ; Adlington, Gregory, and Faulkner, Bedford.
row, London,
WILLIAM OUINTON, Walsall, Staffordshire, victualler,
Nov. 15, at eleven, '2l, at twelve, and Dec. 13, at eleven, at the
Court of Commissioners. Frehern, Cornhill, London.
THOMAS PRATT, Exeter, druggist, Nov. lt2, 17, and Dec.
13, at eleven, at the Devon and Exeter Royal Subscription_
rooms, Exeter. Brutton and Clipperton, New Broad-street,
London ; Ford, Exeter. .
WILLIAM HENRY KEMPSTER, Kingston-on-Thames,
Surrey, wine-merchant, Nov. 5, at nine, 15, at ten, and Dec. 13,
at eleven, at the Court of Commissioners. Basendale, and Co.,
King's Arms-yard, Coleman-street.

CAMBRIDGESHIRE ELECTION.

FOURTH DAY.-CAMBAIDOE, MONDAY NIGHT.

The polling commenced this morning at the usual
hour, but by no means with the same spirit as on tht.
preceding days. The electors on both sides con-
sisted for the most part of out-voters, and arrived,
at occasional intervals, in stage coaches and private
vehicles. At twelve o'clock the state of the gross
poll was as follows
For Mr. Townley 1,774
Captain Yorke
Majority -447

This shows an increase of only 19 on the day's poll,
up to the hour of twelve, in favour of the popular
candidate ; but afterwards the freeholders in his in-
terest continued to present themselves in compara-
tively large numbers, preceded as usual by banners
and bands of music.

Shortly before the poll closed for the day, a large
number of persons belonging to Captain Yorke's
party approached the hustings with their banners,
and appeared evidently intent on mischief. On seeing
them the Gallant Officer, with a feeling that did him
high honour, motioned to them with his hand, sig-
nifying at the same time his earnest wish that they
should retire, and they did so accordingly. Upon
this, the great majority of the meeting, consisting of
Mr. Townley's supporters, burst forth into loud ex-
clamation of " Bravo I Yorke, you act like a man."
FOUR O'OCLOCK.

At this hour it was stated privately on the hust-
ings, by several of Captain Yorke's friends, that that
gentleman meant to resign, without prolonging the
contest for another day, and the result proved their
information to have been correct.

The HIGH SHERIFF announced the state of the
gross poll as follows :

- - ,I,ownley 1 9Bl
Yorke 1,445
Majority 5,36
The shouts of triumph from the multitude were, as
usual, long and loud, and, after they had subsided,
Mr. TowNLFx addressed the meeting in these
terms :—" Gentlemen, the Gallant Captain opposed
to me has from some information with which I am
not acquainted, told you that I had pledged myself
to the whole of the late Bill.—(Cries of " No, no,"
from Captain Yorke.) Now much as I deplored the
rejection of that Bill, and anxious as I was to see it
carried into a law, yet I had nothing whatever to do
with it, and I most certainly did not approve of all
its details. I can now only say that I shall most cor.
dially support a full and efficient measure of Reform,
should you return me to Parliament.—(Cheers.)
rapt. YORKE then said—" Gentlemen, it is only
left fi-4 me pow to congratulate my opponent on his
victory,-,—(Loud cheers.) I have been defeated but
not beaten—l have fought fairly and expect that
you will honourably return me my sword.—(Cheers.)
Gentlemen, I have only to request that, as I am a
defeated man, you will treat me tenderly, and give
me all possible good wishes for any undertaking
which may venture upon in this life.
The Hiust SHERIFF then said that Captain Yorke
haying dpclined further cuntest,it now bepame his
duty to declare that 4ipkurq graves Towt4Y,Ean.
was duly elected as a Knight to serge the `hire in
Parliament, in the room of Lord Francis dodolphin
Osborne.—(Cheers.)
Mr. TOWNLEY then again
presented himself, and
%VHS loudly cheered. He said—" Gentlemen, I trust
sh::1; do nothing by which your confidence in me
will 'belietrayvl.----(Cheers.) Gentlemen, I again
thank you
u hyeaorßtiKly: begged i
to a
Ore'gthe lonosttri a feivou have done me."
words in
planation. He said I have not the honour of
,knowing ?,Tr. Prime, but that gentlemaa has made
use of sortie expression; which I presume had a per-
sonal allusion to irle. I-Ic has said something with
expect to taking the Lord's nam2 in gain. I
beg disin.'4l;/ to say? that I am no supportr of the
common swearer, atal his personal allusion to me--. 4
say in the face of this meeting—must reflect upon
himself, for Ido not think that I can be justly charged
with any thing of the sort.
The Hum SIIERIFF then declared the meeting
dissolved; and he was greeted with three cheers, for'
which he made his apknowledgments.
A gentleman proposed three groans for the Bill,
and was joined in them by a portion of the assembly.
The multitude then retired from the gtound, each
party following their favourite banners.
The friends of the successful candidate intend to
celebrate their triumph to-morrow with a splendid
public banquet, at which many eloquent speeches are
expected to be delivered.

RIOTS AT BRISTOL.

(From Keenes Bath Journal of Mouddy. )

SECOND EDITION.-FURTHER PARTIC ULAIZS.

At nine o'clock Saturday evening, on Sir Charles,
dreading the result of his continuing in the city, left
the Mansion-house, in disguise, at the back-door,
and made his way through several streets, fortu-
nately without being recognized, until he arrived at
u place where a chaise was appointed to await him,
in which he was speedily driven on his road to New-
port, Monmouthshire. After the arrival of the 14th
Dragoons, the mob increased considerably. They
soon gained complete possession of the Mansion-
house, tore up the rails before it, and armed
themselves with the spikes of the rails ; they then
broke in the doors, and were about to tire it, when
the soldiers drove them out. After several skir-
mishes, in which many persons %, ere severely
wounded, the people, about twelve o'clock began
to disperse, but not before they had broken all the
windows of the Council-house, which is situated in
Corn-street. The soldiers, shortly after twelve,
were ordered to gallop through all the principal
streets of the city, and to disperse the groups that
were assembled. At one o'clock they ordered two
men in \Vine-street to go home, they refused to do
so, and used insolent language. One of them, a
man of the name of Bush, an ostler to Mr. Burgess,
stable-keeper, threw a stone at one of the soldiers,
who immediately fired his carbine at him, and after
the poor fellow had run a few steps he fell dead.
Thus ended the night's tragedy.
Sunday morning the mob assembled in great
numbers in Queen-square, their execrations now
were particularly directed towards the 14th Light
Dragoons, in consequence of one of them having
killed a man on the previous night, as above stated.
Several volleys of stones were thrown at them ; at
half-past eight they were obliged to leave the square.
The people then entered the Mansion-house, and
destroyed the ban icadoes which had been put up
during the night to defend the broken windows;
they then entered the wine-cellar, which was well
stocked, and what they could not drink they spilled
on the floor. The 14th Dragoons were retiring to
their quarters while the,e proceedings were going
on, and were saluted with many volleys of stones.
They levelled their pieces to intimidate the mob,
but it had not the slightest effect. Ultimately they
were ordered to fire; our reporter was not many
yards from them at the time. One man was shot
through the breast, and died shortly after. Several
others were dangerously wounded. The soldier,
fired from just before Sr. Augustine's Church, and
a sailor standing on the Quay was shot through the
shoulder.

The people continued to increase in numbers ;
but after the depredations at the Mansion-house,
nothing more of an unpeaceful character occurred,
until about one o'clock, when a large body of them
moved towards the Bridewell, where those who
had taken part in the riot of the preceding evening
were confined. They speedily broke the doors open
and liberated all the prisoners. With this they
were not satisfied : in ten minutes after the Bride-
well was fired, and soon burnt to the ground. The
mob then proceeded to break open several smiths'
shops, to arm themselves with the sledge-hammers,
&c., after which orders were given to direct their
movement toward the new gaol, situated on the
Cut. They then proceeded thither, and in less
than an hour the doors were broken open, and every
prisoner set at liberty, several of whom were under
sentence of transportation for life. The prison,
which was a very strong building—the materials
employed in its erection being chiefly iron and
stone,—was, in a few minutes after releasing the
prisoners, consigned to the flames, which, though
by day-light, were so intense as to burst forth with
awful grandeur: every part of it was in a short
time a ruin. The flames were still raging when our
report left. Contiguous to the gaol is the Prince's-
street Bridge, where a toll of a halfpenny is de-
manded from every passenger, although the original
cost of its erection must have been long since paid.
The mob directed their destructive mania towards
the toll-houses, and very shortly after they, were in
flames, and the gates destroyed. Up to she latest
hour on Sunday night the riots were unabated, and
the most serious consequences were dreaded.
A second report, received last evening, states,
that the Mansion-house was fired, and that it was
expected the Bishop's Palace would share the same
fate. The mob bud proceeded to Lawford's Gate,
and had set tire to the County Gaol, and continued
to the latest hour to evince that determination
which no legal force could withstand. Several lives
have been lost, which we cannot yet particularize.
The mob appeared determinedly bent on the destruc-
tion of the Bishop's Palace. We have not any
positive account that the Palace is destroyed, but
the fires must have continued after our report
left, as from the hills near this city the flames could
be distinctly seen, and the horizon, as seers from
many parts of this city, the old bridge, Norfolk
Crescetv, seemed illuminated with almost equal
grandeur to the setting sun, when its burning influ-
ence appears to kindle the dark collecting clouds.

EIGHT O'CLOCK.

We deeply lament to have just received additional
intelligence, stating that the Bishop's Palace is
burnt to the ground, and several houses in Queen-
square have shared the same fate.

We have put to press a second time to detail
events which are disgraceful to Englishmen under
any circumstances, and destructive of the cause they
are too blindly zealous to support.
Had there been any cause for the riots at Bristol,
it would have been u sort of an excuse, though but
a very indifferent apology for the destruction of pro-
perty. How disparaging a comparison to England
is the conduct of the Parisians and the Bristolians!
The former, with zeal, with enthusiasm, united firm-
ness, judgment, and discretion—the latter go preci-
pitately to woi k, heedless of nothing but plunder and
the extent of mischief they can effect.
In Paris nothing was destroyed that could be
spared; in Bristol what wine they could not swal-
low, they wasted, and then set fire to the premises,
heedless of the danger threatened to a whole city.
.Ataid what is it about ? and what is its cause
Why, the arrival of Bir Charles Wetherell .a poor,
weak, but honest champion of Totyism, who, though
the best of the crew, is a mere cipher, when op-
posed to the talent and virtue leagued on the side
of the people ? For hint it is that the people—no,
we hope not the people, but the lowest of the low,
who love disorder enabled Sir Charles to escape
from the danger? to fly to Newport, to chuckle at
tha almost pert4in prospet that the Fiotera are en:
tirely destroying the influence of their own friends,
Contrary to the advice of the Press, and all lovers
of order, who are stanch advocates of Reform, the
people are acting as their own enemies. They %sill
alarm ell who are respectable and intelligent ; they
will cause them to forsake the standard of Reform,
and rally round any Government for the sake of
order, and the preservation of property, We hope
we shall hear'no more of these dreadful works. But
how does the argumeni affect Sir Charles ? He
cannot stand at all excused. Had he really desired
all that had occurred, he could not have pursued
more effectual means to accomplish it. We should
hove be'en clelight,ed if Sir Charles Wetherell, from
his mere nothingness, excepting empty talk and
tiresome delay, had found his way to the Hall sub-
ject to the mor.ification of magnanimous silence.
But this was not the temper of the people; Sir
Charles knew it—all Bristol knew it—the enemies
of the people have dared the danger to their teeth,
and they are responsible for it.
Sir Charles has aided the 199, who pretend to
the legal power of dictating to the whole people.
As their champion, his whole time has been de-
voted to the nonsensical speeches in Parliament,
full of nothing but irritation ; and when he knows
a resistless people is full to the brim of anger
he comes to dare them—to insult and mock them,