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spirit attaching to the part he had acted—(A laugh)—or the least con..
sciou,e,
-s of delinquency in his memory, weed he base accepted that
place in the Committee? Ile could not have been hosen ifthe sitting Mem.
. bee had not considered him eligible. But there were 11 other persons on
the Committee more objecti enable than himself, and not objected to,
either by the sitting Member or the petitioner. The Right Hon. Gen-
tleman stated that he did not attack the vote of the Roxburgh Corn-
rnittee, but he said it in such a way as insinuated that any other person
Might attack it if he pleased. But he (the Lord Advocate) defied him
of aeybody to impugn it ju,tly.--(Hear, hear.) He had also argued
there
although there was no violence on the second day of the election
ere
was a moral objection t, the proceedings that day on account of
the
riot on the first—and had deduced therefrom that the election
should be void! This was the height of logical absurdity. He trusted
that the Punishment now indicted would have a good effect, for he as-
sured,the House that no delinquent could be prosecuted with more zeal,
energy. and success, than those in question had.
vindicated Himself
said that the Noble Lord had with great ability
from charges which had never been made against
to(Hear,
hear)—and had with still greater ability abstained from
aching
upon the real points at issue.—'(Cheers.) He had also, very
Ireditably to himself, abstained from touching upon the elections of
837; 1835, and 1832, the peculiar circumstances of which had been
so well brought forward by his Right Hon. Friend last night ; and had
M
Priee•
ally dwelt on the points of his own ease as a law officer of the
° Courts of Scotland. tie appelred to have supposed that his (Lord
t_4:o.adnuleeYt'hn o
a,)Ritght Hon. Friend had charged hint with preventing the in
the military into Hawick ; but this was an error. His
Right Honourable Friend had never expressed any opinion on the
subject of the remonstrance of the 26th or 27th of July. Once
launched into this erroneous tide of argument, the Noble
Lord naturally directed his attention (and endeavoured to
us, re the attention of the House also) from the Hawick
ection in 1837 to those at Carlisle and Appleby in—he did
t
,° know when ?—(A laugh.) The Noble Lord further seemed
.oustinately to resist conceding any attention to the fact that the military
tod never been called into the town of Hawick till after the poll had
been called over on the second day of the election.—(Hear.) The
Xebl
the e Lord had quoted the opinion of his Right Hon. Friend respecting
introduction of the troops at Carlisle, and had very much misrepre-
sentu r
taking
ns g
ed the point of so doing. He as well as his Hon. Friend had a
t eart
respecta.,ry in
vafor the Lord Advocate—(Oh, oh l)--but lie heartily con. o tar the charge against him that he should not have aided
n aek
the authority from the Sheriff, who was invested by
• .raW with the responsibility.—(Cheers ) As to the Committee, the
4441 Advocate said truly that there required some new law to ills_
ralifY him front sitting on it.—(Hear:) He would excuse him (Lord
• his
for saying that it was a question of feeling, and that in
ts. ewn ease, if similarly situated, he should have tendered to the
etouse the fact of his authority and his interference in bar of his at-
tendance.—(Loud cheers.) Ile thought that the baill:es had palpably
usurped an authority to which they had no manner of claim,
hand when such wits the question before the House he thought if he
ad been in the place of the Lord Advocate he should have felt in-
, clined— (Oh, oh)—to throw himself on the indulgence of the House
ter permission to retire front the Committee—(Ch, oh)—toking into
consideration all the peculiar circumstances of the case.—(Cheers.)
With respect to the polling places, the Noble Lord appeared to forget
thN the intention of the Reform Bill in introducing various places of
polling was to diffuse the disturbance and so to get quit of it ? Magis-
trate
w' re therefore, given the power to abolish old 4* places
a"
establish new, on sufficient cause. The Lord A te had
• quoted the case of Nottingham.
The LORD ADVOCATE—No.
Mr. STANLEY—Well, the Judge Advocate had quoted; he merely
Made a verbal mistake. Of what use was Nottingham with relation to
the
Present case? The election to which, the Hon. and Learned
Member had alluded took place at Nottingham. in 1802. Mr. Scarlett
wasthen counsel for Mr. Byrne, the successful candidate. What were
the proceedings at that election ? The election continued for fifteen
cla• js, and during the first three days there was considerable rioting,
an extent, that after the third day one of the candidates left
"4", from a conviction that it was impossible to bring his elec.
tors unintiroidated to the poll. As soon as he had made that de-
claration ,_
ne, all the rioting was discontinued ; no apparent obstacle was
that
to the electors, the poll was kept open for three days, and during
at Period 'set a single elector was brought up to vote. Well, there
,-,"
as a Petition, and what was the decision of the Committee ? Did they
say shat the riots were of no consequence, because they had terminated
hint the third day ? No, they decided that the usual obstruction produced
intimidation arising from the proceedings of the first three days was
Of
- such a nature as prevented the electors from freely exercising their
tlgetive franchise and, therefore, declared the election null and void.
This
casettes rather an unfortunate one to be quoted by those who
tatntained that the rioting at Harwick was trivial and of no effect.
• Zitness after witness had deposed that they had been beaten and other-
-I'e abused with such violence that they would retain the marks to the
'erniination of their lives. One man proved that his band lied been
mutilated, that his fingers had become contracted to such a degree
that he was confident he would never recover their use. Another had
Proved that he had been grievously maimed by what lie termed a shod-
' denshce ; which was, he (Lord Stanley) presumed a shoe thickened
With;!„ iron, and that this had inflicted an injury which he would carry
Himto his grave. Another said that he saw an elector dragged
(2.4 t bleeding and exhausted. That he saw him lying in that state upon
ie Rround, and heard him begging of the mob for God's sake, to desist
one of them cried out, " He's gone, he's gone," meaning
thereby that life was extinct, and that their brutality could affect him no
lon
ger.
An Hon. Gentleman, the Member for Cockermouth, who had
spoken twice last night, and this night—(Laughter)—had said that
• buss riots were of no consequence—that its effect or ex,ttentstiteidey
how_were
Byer,
no
serious matter. The House of Commons would,
that it was a h
be of a different opinion. ere was no doubt
pre-
meditated riot. It was long delibTrated upon, arranged for the pur..
Pose
nf intimidation, and should have been prevented by the local
leathoriting e
the riots.] The progress
sof Hawick. [The Noble Lord here again went into details
resPecti of riot was steady and continuous
Ce,h liawick. At every election since the Reform. Bill there had
- riots, and each was of a more serious description than its
Predecessor. In 1832 in 1835, in 1837, there had been riots
't the el rse. Was that system to
elections, as a matter of cou
cletieee
Aide He should remark that at Hawick all the riots were at one
the three elections he had named,
te,.a There was no toleration. A
leeo Line Party had beets the rioters. M the case of Lord John Scott, a
eto 'lad riled from the injuries he had received at that riot. Some,
bet°t°nrable Members had said that when the people of Scotland were
Thee"tsed to elections they would not be so much inclined to riot.
000 contrary had been proved, for they increased its violence at every
-stien• One Hon. Member hail described the disturbances as of no
Itinrequence, He said that the Sheriff' had been called out to read the
for-es Act; he had read it, and a necessary consequence, some of the
le made a cockshy at him.—(Laughter.) In conclusion the Noble
had called upon the House to choose another polling place in lieu of
wick. The Noble Lord resumed his seat amidst deafening cheers.
enough Lord J. RUSSELL thought they had heard a debate, queittiealprolonged
question.
to enable them to decide upon tthritsaigbraenndclaiensd)
Imperial
respect to
the charges
and cheers from the Ministerial iHniostn: and Learned Friend (the Lord
Advocate),llharges made against his
fully'auswered in his speech; but if any doubt
I_ai, they
hheaedn
ts'eeetnat rest by the speech of the Noble Lord who
Zind teds,aittdhoawd
down, and who admitted that lie fully exonerated the Right
jlorj.uasntd.Learned Gentleman from all blame in his connection with the
'subject before the House: He said that he did not think the Right
'Non. and Learned Gentleman's conduct had been anything bid strictly
impartial, and he went on to say in another sentence that if he (Lord
Stanley) had been in the place of the petitioner he should have been re.
)(Aced to have the Right Hon. and Learned Gentleman on the Commit-
tee, from Isis confidence in that gentleman's knowledge of the circum.
'lances connected with the case, combined with his great legal
acquirements, and the delicacy with which he would necessarily ap-
proach it. Hen. Members could not forget that there were eleven
41Lthers before the Committee that had been reduced, any one of whom
',eight be placed upon the Committee by the petitioners in lieu of the
oight Hon. and Learned Gentleman, if he thought fit, or saw any rea-
-4n to doubt him. The object of the Grenville Act in allowing so large
number to select front was its order to give the petitioner this
wer; whic in this case had not been The Noble Lord
adhinit that it would be rather used.
a novel entry upon the (Jour-
e' nals
the House to the effect that, seeing the peculiar fitness from
stEtati acquirements and high character and knowledge of the circum-
, thou'es which characterised the Right Gentleman, the House
fght fit to excuse his attendance upon the Committee.—(Laughter.)
oee:r as the Lord Advocate was concerned there was no shadow of
hoe ',ion remaining, and he would dismiss that part of the case. They
tleorheard very affecting pictures of the riots at Hawick, but the only
ate "inn he would take was that of the judges in Scotland, whose
horit
-Y teas the true one. He would read some passages for
.e to
t The and he would commence where the Noble Lord had left off.
tilos °Pinions of Lords Mackenzie, Cockburn, and Clarke, agreed upon
t, [Her
Points; but lie would read a passage from Lord Mackenzie.—
eeptre the Noble Lord read a passage from the Learned Judge's address,
the effecte a confident hope that the punishment inflicted would have
Pretee, of teaching persons its Scotland that an election afforded no
for riots, and that it would check those " disgusting outrages."
dense ad otheran passage from Lord Cockburn of nearly a similar ten-
otd. and a froenelfustice Clarke, having also the effect of
cases iiNlackenzie's address, as to the efficacy of time ordinary law in those
thee.-1 The Noble Lord continued—These three judges agreeing in
tally .°Pinions that those riots which had been described as so politi-
t:: tra important co easecked by the adinis-
lion' et' the law uld .
Abe judgeily ins a Court of justice wasordinary
lessliable
look,rin a prejudiced or partial judgment of those riots than a person
to me at them politically. The judges were the most fitting persons
brought them, of them, and he (Lord John Russell) was sorry to see them
lienugilit forward for party purposes.—(Cheers from the Ministerial
steeic tea) He could not conclude without alluding to a charge made
hse nst
his Noble Friend Lerd :,!into, who never headed a procession as
se , been skid, and who appeared at Hawick became he thought Isis pre-
: to,' Would restore peace :met order, as one of the witnesses not very
IL3ble to the Noble Lord, had said he had been successful in doing.
ble Lord concludedby again expressing his opinion that Lord
We, ct's Presence had the effect of restoring peace, and stating that it
leotithr the sole purpose of accomplishing that desirable object the
Sir Lord went to Hawick.
thre.',.',ll, R. PEEL then ruse and said—Sir, I shall trespass but for a very
test 07ra. e upon an impatient House. Ido not exactly know a hat the
ate, Imperial measure is in the mind of the Noble Lord.—(Laughter
`lilt,"t'ers.) I suppe,se it is the length of the debate. Who was it
drotracted this debate ? To whom tre we indebted for its proton.
?,:—(Hear hear.) We were ready to close the debate last night—
its Hear)—but the Noble Lord, seeing himself in a minority, after
eigheltscession for several hours, was unwilling to come to a division last
re, and he thought proper to prolong the discussion for those cogent
-sons ,
: ThCheers.) If undue importance be attached to this question
the it has been meted out too largely—the imperial standard belongs to
thee, °hie Lord himself.—(Laughtere The Noble Lord appears to
caoa-ts' that the Judges in Scotland who tried the rioters were perfectly
1‘ tea 'le9f dealing with this subject, and in support of this opinion he
J Lod Scn,
e Passages fl om Lord Mackenzie, commencing where r
the Noblet
bar, (Stanley) who preceded him had left off. Here the Right on.
Ile act read the following extract from the address of Lord Mackenzie :
for this
who come forward to exercise the elective franchiSe are
‘l,es s reason to be delivered up
edto the hands of a rude and law-
', ho 4'lloo thereis an end to the freedom of election, and it is idle to
att-t of a '44 Constitution founded upon the representative system if this be
• wot,cised by the strong arm of the law. Such conduct, if permitted,
See lid have the effect of destroying the Constitution altogether." Have
the eti no right to interfere in this case ? Are we not the guardians of
daogeonstitution ?—(Hear, hear.) If the representative system be en-
tioug„red by those proceedings the Noble Lord contended, that the
th` Of Commons has no jurisdiction. Suppose that the evidence
e ' roue: "se -of the individuals who were tried for this riot had been
heuadefective—suppose that upon some technical point the Judges felt
•Of
Ito reject some of what had occuried, as not accordant with the rules
and suppose they had been acquitted, was the matter to
, age teg.ntten, and would not the House of Commons exercise its privi-,
„k, inquire into occurrences so vitally affecting its existence ? How,
riot tai would the Noble Lord act in this case? Suppose that instead of a
tain,de,r,e had been bribery proved, would it be eufficient that they ob-
ee,„ti the conviction of one or two individuals before a Court of law,
Weithi e have taken no ulterior steps to secure the representation ?
deeieetWe lake no steps to protect the franchise ? And when a case of
' Moral obstruction is proved, are we to be satisfied with the de-
4ite,ci °t a Court of law against those connected in producing it ? Is it
'riott.i:nt satisfaction to our Ministry that where the franchise is so se_
vieoat;:o vitally interfered with, the conviction of to or three indi-
coethtuai:ell be obtained ?—(Loud cheers.) Here is evidence not of a
- to taee riots but of a systematic course of intimidation ; and are we
kee2,e '.o,seps to prevent its recurrence ? Now what dues Lord Mac-
' ties " It is said that in a neighcouring country great fiber-
. p, law a
zrmitted at elections. Many things may occur there contrary
fell", d good manners which it may not be deemed expedient to
have t ; but that anything like this should be tolerated in England I
''lector et the most distant coneePtion."_(Hear, hear.) Was ever an'
buffeted and maimed at the hustings in Westminster? Did we

ever hear ()fan elector, after having given his vote, being taken prisoner
by a mob P—(" Hear, hear," from both sides of the House.) Perhaps
(said the Hon. Baronet, addressing himself to the Ministerial side) you
mean to set yourselves as examples of it.—(Cheers.) If this be the
case, if the ordinary law be not sufficiently powerful to put an end to
it, you prove that it requires our interference. The Noble Lord (Lord
John Russell) says that the ordinary law is perfectly efficient, that it
will be quite effective in putting an end to this system of intimidation,

and that nothing more is required. I must deny this. There is no
proof before us that the ordinary law has put an end to it, or that it is
capable of doing so. I must say that; bad as the conduct of those per.
sons in Hawick has been, the encouragement which they have received
during the course of this debate has been worse.—(Loud and protracted
cheering.) The tone in which those outrages at Hawick have been
defended is ten times snore alarming than the outrages them-
selves. it appears to be assumed as a matter of course that the pro
fession of Conservative opinions at Hawick is a positive offence against
the law.—(Hear, hear.) Speaking of the election of 1835, the Hon.
Gentleman who represents Roxburghshire, who embodies the sentiments
of the people of Hawick, and, as far as I see, he is a worthy representa-
tive of the people—(Laughter)—speaking of that election', he said the
Sheriff read the Riot Act ; but there was snow on the ground, and flesh
anti blood cannot resist a cockshy when there is snow on the ground --
(Laughter.) The Honourable Member's fingers appeared to itch,
though it was summer, at the period when he thought of the snow
and the Sheriff —(Continued laughter.) Some boys began to throw,
and it presently extended to the men. But the Hounourable
Member says that nothing was more natural than that they should have
a cockshy at the Sheriff whilst he was reading the Riot Act.--(Renewed
laughter.) The Hon. Member's defence was an excellent one. They
had been charged with robbery. This was an erroneous charge.
They limited their purpose to intimidation. They did not want to rob.
They wanted to intimidate.—(Hear, hear.) When money had been
taken it was returned. Why, this has been the defence set up for every
unlicensed mob in every country. During the French revolution, when
they murdered the Magistrate—(Here the cheers were so vehement the
Right Hon. Baronet, was interrupted).—when they murdered the
Magistrate they did not take his money. The principle in
both cases was decidedly the same. In France they brought the
watch of the murdered man to the Hotel de Ville, that they were
lauded as a signal instance of heroic virtue, amidst the vengeance which
their purpose called.—(Hear, hear, and loud cheers) They would not
soil their hands with pillage, though they did not shrink at blood. But
the charge of my Right Hon Friend is not robbery—it is intimidation.
But-it had been said t hat the river into which the man had been thrown
was not deep—that it was a mere mountain torrent. Is not this, I will
ask, enough to justify, the motion of my Right Hon. Friend, even grant-
ing that it was a mountain torrent ? What right had they to abuse him
in such a manner, whether the river was deep or not.—(Loud cries of
" Hear, hear.") It is too monstrous to think that such a palliation
should be offered. The case lies in a nut-shell, but in the course of this
debate we have been treated with discussions on everything but the
matter within the-nut-shell. Everything has been done, every device
has been adopted, to divert the attention of the House from the real sub-
ject of deliberation. Sir, I said in the commencement that I should not
trespass at any length upon the House, and I shall endeavour to keep my
promise; but this I must say, recollecting other times, that were a
Conservative Government in authority, I mean official authority—(Great
eheering)—and had the whole of this transaction, from beginning to
end, occurred in the case of a IVhig candidate; had a Peer and a First
Lord of the Admiralty been present in town on the day of nomination ;
11 ;d he taken part in the procedings, no matter what his good intentions,
for the maintenance of peace, his brother being the candidate; and had
the Conservative candidate represented an insult offered to a Whig
Sheriff as the natural result of the disposition inherent in man-
kind to make cockshies of Sheriffs, especially in snow time—
(Loud cheering and laughter)—had the freeman of a Conservative
family offered themselves to vote, and were told " You may go to the
Tower Inn, so mercifully are we disposed towards you; had a Con-
servative magistrate offered such protection to another as was offered
by Lord Minto to Colonel Macpherson; were it considered at such a
time a positive crime to change opinions ; if I had, I must say—not
doubting for a moment the perfect integrity with which the Right
Hon. and Learned Gentleman opposite performed his part—an
Honourable Friend near me who happened to be Chairman of the
Committee—the Conservative Lord Advocate, and had he made
a report then, notwithstanding all these outrages—notwithstanding
the expressed opinions of all the Judges, the riots were
not on the whole sufficient to justify the charge of intimidation--
I say that if in the time of a Conservative Government this series
of facts had presented themselves, then would the roof of this House
ring with the echoes of constitutional indignation—with appeals to the
state of representa. ion in the most palmy times, and with horror that the
rights of English and Scotch electors should be held at the will and
pleasure of two Conservative magistrates.—(Cheers.) Then should we
hear from the opposite side shouts of indignation at public opinion (as
in the case of the Hawk]: Conservatives) being overruled by popular
violence,.and of the free exercise of the elective franchise being practi.
cally suspended, because its practical exercise had happened to be en-
trusted to Conservatives.--(Loud cheers.)
Mr. DUNCOMBE rose amidst loud cries of " Question." He said
that the solemnity with which the Right Hon. Baronet had seconded
the motion of the Right Hon. Member for Pembroke had certainly
overcome his gravity, more particularly when he arrived at Westmin-
ster. He could assure the Right Hon. Baronet that he could get dozens
of cases of riots in Westminster much worse than that now under
consideration. If the House acceded to the motion of his Right
Ilonourable Friend the Member for Pembroke it would be perfectly
competent in him to move that the polling booths for Westminster
should be removed from Covent-garden to Drury.lane.—(Great
laughter, and cries of " Question, question.") He had always heard
that Hon. Gentlemen opposite insisted on the Reform Bill being a final
measure; but now, if the proposition of the Hon. Member were acceded
to, it would Le a direct inroad into the Reform Bill.—(" Hear, hear,"
and continued cries of " Question.") It was very unfair that two or
three leaders should have the privilege of making statements, and
that no independent Member should be permitted afterwards to refute
them.—(Laughter and uproar.) If the Gentlemen opposite wished for
some further light conversation on this subject, which had already oc-
cupied two nights, he could easily move an adjournment.—(Cries--of
" Question.") He hoped the House would resist this attempt to invade
the privileges of electors, and they might rest assured that they would
be supported by all the intelligence of the country.—(Hear.)
Sir J. GRAHAM rejoiced to say that, throughout that long debate,
nothing had occurred to shake his original statements or opinion, except
in one minute point. He he stated in his original statement that Lord
Minto had headed a procession, but be had ascertained since that his
information on that subject was erroneous. His Lordship did not head
a procession, but- attended the election in a conspicuous place. He
would now conclude by hoping that every Member would record his
vote in favour of this Bill, the purport of which was to put an end to
contumely and insult, which was worse to an Englishman than danger.
Whatever might be the result he should never regret the step be had
taken on the present occasion.—(Hear, hear.)

The House then divided—
For leave to bring in a Bill 250
Against it 272
Majority against it

MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS (IRELAND).
Lord JOHN RUSSELL stated his intention to move that this
question take precedence of motions on Monday next.
IRISH MUNICIPAL BILL,
Lord J. RUSSELL then gave notice that he should move that the
Irish Municipal Bill take precedence of the other Orders of the Day on
Monday. _

The other Orders of the Day were then disposed of and the House ad-
journed at Half-past One.

NEGRO EMANCIPATION.

MEETING AT EXETER HALL-YESTERDAY,

Having published the whole proceedings of this important Meeting in
our First and Second Editions of yesterday, we feel it necessary only to
state this day, that after a powetful address from Mr. O'Connell, followed
by Mr. Mills, Mr. Ewart, Mr. Scholefield, the Rev. Mr. Macdonell, &c.
the Meeting adjourned.

NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

( FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

PORTSMOUTH, MAY 25.—1 n Harbour.—Britannia, 120, flagship;
Victory, 104, ordinary guard-ship; Excellent, gunnery-ship; Dublin,
50; Rainbow, 28 ; Childers, 18 ; Pantaloon, 10 ; , Arrow cutter, Fanny
and Gossamer tenders, arid the Numa transport.

In the Basin.—Not any thing in commission.
In Dock.—The Royal George yacht, and Termagant gun brig.
At Spithead.—The Modeste, 16, and Sovereign and Hotspur
:iansports.

Arrivals, Sailings, &c., during the Week.—On Saturday the 19th,
arrived the Rainbow, 28, from the West Indies ; the Childers, 18, from
Ascension; the Thalia, 46, from the Cape station, and the Columbia
steam-vessel from the eastward. Came into harbour to be paid off,
the Dublin, Rainbow, and Childers. On Monday the 21st, sailed the
Thalia, for Sheerness. On Wednesday the 23d, arrived the Netley
tender, with supernumeraries, and the Plymouth yacht, both from
Plymouth ; also the Sovereign transport, from Bermuda; the Numa
ft ansport, from Jamaica, with the remainder of the 84th Regiment on
board, and the Hotspur transport from the Mediterranean, with invalids,
&c. On Thursday the 24th, sailed the Columbia steam.vessel, for the
North Coast of Spain, having embarked a party of marines at this port ;
also the Netley tender and Plymouth yacht for Plymouth, and the Eme-
rald tender for a cruize.

The Dublin, Rainbow, and Childers, will be paid off during the com-
ing week. The Winchester, 52, from the East Indies, with the Flag
of Vice-Admiral the Hon. Sir T. B. Capel, K.C.8., is hourly expected,
and will proceed at once to the eastward, without anchoring at Spit-
head. The Termagant has had her mast shifted, and is now in dock,
for the purpose of getting some additional false keel on her. The
waterman shot by one of the sentries of the Rainbow on Sunday last is
still alive. The Commander-in-Chief will strike his flag on Sunday
next, as he is about to be absent on six week's leave, when the duties
of the port will be carried on by Rear-Admiral the Hon. D. Bouverie.
The Herald, 2S, only awaits the paying off of the ships in harbour,
to be put in commission. The Act Ton, 28, and Orestes, IS, are also
in a state of.forwardness for commissioning.

THE CORONATION,
AND ITS EXPECTED EFFECTS ON BRITISH
MANUFACTURES AND THE TRADES OF

LONDON.

It is now understood that her Majesty the Queen will adopt a course,
on the occarion of her Coronation, which will produce every result that
can reasonably be desired by the trading interests, without incurring
the necessity of any expenditure of ptlblic money beyond that which
her responsible advisers have proposed in Parliament. A series of
Royal entertainments will be given until the middle of August, and the
most splendid of these will be either two or three Fancy Dress Ball.
This latter kind of Nete is best calculated for the display of beauty and
taste, and will have the subttantial advantage of encouraging our silk
trade in all its branches. The example given from the highest place is
likely to be followed by associations of the nobility and the different
clubs severally to give bats costumes on a very grand scale, to the Court
and the Foreign Representatives. It seems probable that there will be
a good deal of emulation between political sections, and that the fetes of
White's and Watier's to the Allied Sovereigns will, as far as splendour
and extant go, be quite driven from the memory of such fashionables as
were in society a quarter of a century ago. This will be in every sense
a noble and a national use of wealth. As to the expected apprehension
that certain individuals possessing the power will not encourage trade,
by causing an extraordinary outlay, lest profit should accrue to some
persons who vote against their creed, we believe it will he found that
only a few bigots of both extremes will punish their supporters for fear of
their enemies coming in for a share of benefit. Should the event prove
different, it will be rather amusing if the Ambassadors extraordinary
go back to their respoctive Courts and say, All the magnifis!ence we
saw in London was at the expellee of the Liberals!" The Schah of
Persia will assuredly exclaim, " What news are these; what ashes
have fallen on the Tories' heads, and how voraciously they must eat
dirt when they showed such mean prejudices!"

The following letter has been received by Mr. Hawes, M.P., in an.
swer to the application for her Majesty's permission to hold a two day's
fair in Hyde Park on the occasion of the Coronation :
Whitehall, 22d May, MS.
Sir—l am directed by Lord John Russell to inform you that he did
not fail to lay before the Queen the petition which you enclosed to
him, praying that permission may be granted to hold a fair in Hyde
Park on the occasion of the Coronation, and that Lord John Russell
has now much pleasure in communicating to you that her Majesty has
seen graciously pleased to comply with the request of this petition.
I have the honour to be, Sir,
Your most obedient Servant,
S. M. PHILLIPS.
Benjamin Hawes, Esq., M.P., &c. &c.