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'Ol COUGH OF- SOUTIFIWAIta*

RESIGNATION OF MR. HARVEY.

TO THE ELECTORS OF SOUTHWARK.
G 7 .;NTLEMEN,—True to my resolve, not to hold a seat
whit' h is unsustained by the firm and entire sanction of,
my constituents, I avow my intention to retire from klec
rep resentation of your Borough before the close 'g the
prilsent session. Considerations of a politica-1 q4kl personal
nature, though very unequal in degree, ?we strengthened
my purpose. It has ever been ray opinion that the repre-
sentatives of large constituencies nnght to stand aloof from
'party—the bane of all good government—and, as the he-
ralds of the public voice, frequently and fearlessly to advo-
cate and urge on those political changes, which, however
unpalatable to the " privileged orders," arc justly considered
as essential to the good government of an enlightened
people. Expediency, as you are aware, is the compass of
varty, but I have ever repudiated its guidance, from the
conviction that public men are bound to pursue the dic-
trstes of duty, without regard to partial and incidental
"evils. To act differently is at all times censurable—at the
present moment it is criminal—at least, such is Thy con-
scientious opinion ; and, if I have erred in thi, respect, it
is I alone who pay the penalty, for a greater political sacri-
fice can no man make. But it must be made, for I cannot
consent to be a mere, mute, inerr:oer—a passive numeral—
flattered by a Treasury summons, to swell the ranks of a
division, upon any question which two contending parties
shall so dexterously selerA, that no one is committed, save
their blind adherents. It would be well for mankind if
none others were made the dupes of the game.
The Irish Titie Bill is not the sole measure of the pre-
sent Government from which I dissent. Their entire po-
licy is temporising and timid—disheartening to their friends
—while it inspires their political foes with audacious cou-
rage. A rude and trembling hand is doing something to
everything, and doing nothing well ; and.so matters will re-
main, until firmer and sturdier hearts shall strike out a
course of government, having for its sole objects the safety,
an d happiness, and liberty of the people.
My friends, be not allured from the path of duty by idle
declamations ap;ainst the Lords. There is a mote in the
nation's eye, which must be removed, before you can rightly
discern the seat of the disease. The master vice is in the
structure of the House of Commons ; and it is an object
worthy of all inquiry, whence it is that 300 members
find their way into a reformed House of Commons to oppose
-what is called, by "courtesy, a " Reforming Government ?"
So Icing as the Lords are thus powerfully sustained, the
Ministers will have little else to do than to receive their
salaries, and the people to pay thorn. But though the
111ini.tors nay be content, the public will become dissa-
tisfied. To me the working of the thing, and the mode of
its correction, are manifest. The constituency must be
greatly extended, acting in no place with a smaller number
than one thousand electors, while the duration of Parlia-
ments must be materially shortened, and, when chosen, not
to be dissolved except from the efflux of time or its own
consent. By such means the just influence of the people
may be exerted, and popular control become armed with
the weapons of salutary correction. A Parliament so con-
stituted will faithfully reflect the mind of the nation, and
sillould it fail to make the Lords willing converts to its mea-
sures, at least their Lordships will not fail to perceive that
it is only by a wise disuse of their power that their dignity
can be preserved. Let representatives so chosen firmly
act the part of vigilant masters, and there will soon be an
end to the squaßbles of the servants, whether they fill high
or low places.
The personal part may be shortly told. So long as I
could flatter myself that my humble services were acceptable
to my constituents, or useful to the public, I studiously con-
cealed the manifold privations arising from the rash and
thoughtless expenditure of more than thirty thousand
pounds, in a series of costly contests, and which has been
greatly aggravated through the successful strokes of malice
and oppression by which every successive effort to repair
this inroad upon my fortune has been frustrated. No man
in the llouse of Commons had greater claims upon the in-
dulgen.‘ consideration of his constituents or the country,
than myself ; for, while it has been open to other Mem-
bers to pursue their respective vocations, as is done by the
larger portion of them, to me has been denied the right of
directing my mind to objects for which I am qualified by
education and inclination. I speak with moderation when
I state that during the two Sessions I have had the honour
of being your Representative, my actual loss, occasioned by
the order which prohibits the professional conduct of pri-
vate business by any Member of the House, has not been
so little as 6,0001.

Interdicted by your remonstrance from the expression of
opinions at variance with the measures of what some of
you are pleased to denominate a " liberal government," and
disdaining the anomaly of being a free man in fetters, you
cannot be surprised at my determination to fall back into
the ranks of my fellow-citizens, there to pursue, in tran-
quillity, a branch of my profession from which I am de-
harred.by a Parliamentary order ; and, though it lies not.
in the high and thorny road of public applause, leads to ho-
nourable competence—secures peace of mind—and, above
all, protection from the restless and unreasonable meddlings
of popular discontent.
In thus closing my political career--at least for the pre-
sent—l desire to express my gratitude, which no momen-
tary disquietude can enfeeble, for the spontaneous cheerful-
ness with which you elected me, at a time when the dis-
tinction was of inestimable value ; as, also, the conscious
pride that I derive from the reflection that my inconsiderate
sacrifices have recoiled upon none but myself ; as—upon
looking over my account with the political public—l owe
nothing but goodwill—a debt it is not my intention to cancel.
I am, Gentlemen,
Your obedient servant,
D. W. HARVEY.

7, Great George-street,
Bth July, 1836.

EUPHRATIC EXPEDITION.

[We have the pleasure to lay the following late and parti-
cular account of the expedition before the readers of the
Literary Gazette.—En. t _

River Euphrates, 3:iarch 21, 1836.
My dear —. You will wonder at never having
heard from your friend since the expe'aition, of which he is
an humble member, left the shores OC. Gr eat Britain. The
fact is, * * * *
to avoid contradictions, and, on the other, not to anticipate
the interest the public might be expected to feel in the re-
sults of our journeyings and explorations. But the delays
have so accumulated, that the general character of the ex-
pedition has changed from that of a hurried and bold push
across an almost hostile country, and down flo almost un-
known river, to a slow but steady labour, I..anth as regarded
the transport of the materials and the navigation of the
Euphrates. You are aware that, the difficulties which
occurred to our getting the mafr_;rials of the boats carried
across the country, originated in, the indirect, but not secret,
opposition of the Syrian ruler, Ibrahim Pacha ; but the re-
sources of the country vver;; also extremely slender. The
roads had to be made, .and even the bullocks taught to
draw, but the resolute 'perseverance of our commander, and
the never-failing exertions of the officers and men, triumphed
over all obstacles. The same road that was scorched by
the sun in August, was sheeted with snow in December,
yet, on the 3d of March, 1836, the last waggon, drawn by
100 oxen, entered the gates of the diminutive but busy
enclosure of Port William.* From Amelia depot, at the
mouth of the Orentes, the road was carried across a hilly
country to Ghuzel Bourge (the pretty tower) a village on
the banks of the sem& river, three miles beyond Antioch,
At this station boilers and sections, with all the other vari-
ous items, wz
the re successively put into boats artzl carried up
the K river, anti across tire lake of Antioch ; thee, again, by
Pasha. arason (black water), to the bridgn of Mourad
Here the; land transport 'commenced again, and
there were two stutions, Ghindenes (Gindarus) and Azass,
between the bi%idge and Port 'William, on the Euphrates.
The hilly errantry does not cease till Azass, for, although
the Turcr.man plains of Alamk occupy the neighbourhood
of the sake, hills, pee pled by agricultural and sedentary
Kowa s, extend from El Haman (the baths), by Ghindanes,
to A7,ass ; and behind all is nearly level territory, including
the 'valleys of the Cowick (Obelus) and the Sedgdur, with
Cu) tivated ground, and numerous villages as far as to e Eu-
p 1 irates.The station of Mourad Pasha,where the detentithon was
'chiefly attributable to a young chieftain of the Turkoman, in.
fluenced by higher authority, was among the most unhealthy,
and no one of the officers or men remained:,:nere for a few
days without suffireing from miler of a severe type
Happily tie nmnber of lives lo
station, an'.'.l one subseque;,,tly,s ' very few ; one at te
fromwas illness that originatehd
there. Indeed, it ',an now be
'ape safely affirmed, that the
, so common, to most parts of Syria, is very far from
be'',ng a dangerous disease, and it is only when complicated
''with old standing diseases, and broken constitutions, that
'it may become no longer amenable to the curative art.
With proper care and caution on the part of a new comer,
Syria is as healthy a climate as it is decidedly a fine one.
In some points of view, the scenery and vegetatin can
I:aave few parallels. The malaria of Scanderoon ios the
ot feared by Europeans, but three of our officers, among
wm
hasalso your correspondent, seffered from that malady, and
got rid of it. Many English, travelling and localized,
have tilled since we have been in the country, none without
rsaSons satisfactory to a medical man, that there were cir-
tlttnatances in their deaths-more than' climacteric. Our
whole loss among Toen_of various habits and constitutions,
toilins. at a most laborious enterprise, exposed to mid-day
lon and night, chills, the extremes of summer and winter,
with elan# of' diet, and reckless energies, has been eight
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