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No. 12,130

LONDON, THURSDAY E

VENING, JULY 28, 1831.

PORTRAIT OF R. P. WARD, Esq.
THE NEW MONTHLY MAGAZINE,
for AUGUST Ist, comprise, among a variety
of other interestine Papers—
!. Living Literary Characters, 9. Wishes, by Thomas Haynes
No. VIII. the Author of Bayley.
" Tremaine," with a fine Por- 10. Sketch of the Character of
trait. Lord Grey.
:2. If the Lords Reject the Bill— I I. The Rhyme of the Fugitive.
What will follow ? 10. A Scene in the Wilderness,
3. A Story of the Plague at by Mrs. Hemans.
Constantinople, by C. Mac- 13. Pitt's Bon Mot, by Horace
fa rlan e. Smith.
4. Mr. Stanley in Ireland 14. The Aristocracy in France.
a. The proceedings of Parlia- 15. My Aunt's Bequest.
meat the New Members, 16. Monthly Commentary :
and the New Reform Bill. Mr. Bingham thring—Male-
6. Sketches of the English Bar, volence Extraordinary—Page_
No.V.--Sir CharlesWetherall. nini at Cheltenham—Adver-
7. Scenes n:ar the Five Waters tisements Extraordinary—the
(Punjaub.) London University and i's
S. The First and Second HIIS- Professors, &c. &c,
band.
Henry Colburn and Rich
street.

PARLIAMENTARY PAPER.

GLASGOW ELECTION.

PROTOCOL OF A CONFERENCE HELD AT TIIE
FOREIGN OFFICE THE 17TH APRIL, 1831.
PRESENT.
THE PLENIPOTENTIARIES OF AUSTRIA, GREAT
BRITAIN, PRUSSIA, AND RUSSIA.

On Tuesday the Committee appointed to try the
alcrits of the petition of %Ir. Finlay (the unsuccessful
candidate) against the return of Mr. Joseph Dixon, the
+itting Member for the Glasgow district of burghs, on the
ground of treating the voters, resumed their inquiry.
-Mr. Serjeant SPANKIE appeared as Counsel for the
petitioner, and Mr. Serjeant IIEATrr for the sitting
Member.

presen%

The Plenipotentiaries of Austria, of Great Britain, of
Prussia, and of Rus.ia, having met, have directed their at-
tention to the fortresses con,trm7ted since the year 1815
in the kingdom of the Netherlands, at the expense of the
four Courts ; and to the determinations which it would
become necessary to t .ke with respect to these fortresscs,
when the separation of Belgium from Holhind shah have
been definitively effected.

Mr. Harvey, a baiilie and member of the Town Council
of Rutherglen, (one of the Glasgow district of burghs)
was examined by Mr. Serjeant SPA NKIE. He stated that
he was also landlord of the Eagle Inn at Rutherglen ; o❑
the 27th of April Mr. Dixon came to his house and stated
that he was a candidate to represent the burghs; he sent for
Mr. Jack another Councillor, upon whosearrivalllr. Dixon
said he bad Provo .t Gray's authority to assemble a Council ;
the Council assembled and were in deliberation some time,
after which they adjourned to witness's house, witness
being desired by Mr. Mitchell (in Mr. Dixon's interest)
to " treat them well." -Witness 'lid so, and the party re-
mained until an early hour in the morning, partaking
of wine, whisky, London porter, and every thing
they wished fur. On the following Saturday, Mr.
Dixon and Mr. Mitchell came to witness's house,
and had some refreshment. Baillie Reid went and
sat in the kitchen with them ; they. had brandy toddy,
:nd 4mssitad a bottle of porter. Witness refused to
give his interest to Mr. Dixon, having determined in fa-
vour of his opponent. The town of Rutherglen con-
tained 5,000 inhabitants. Many of the Town Council
went away from the town until the 20th of May,. the day
of electing the delegate to send to Glasgow.

Having c ueful'y examined this question, the Pleoipo-
tentiarit s of the four Courts were unanimously of opinion ;
—that the new situation in which B lgium would be
• placed, with her neutrality acknowledged and guaranteed
by France, ought to change the system of toPitary defence
which had been adopted for the kingdom of the Nether-
lands ;—that the fortresses in question would he too nume-
rous not to make it difficult fur tie Belgians to provide for
their maintenance and defence; that, moreover, the una-
nimously admitted inviolability of the Belgian territory
offered a security which did not previously exist ; finally,
that a part of these fortresses, constructed under different
circumstances, might at present be razed.
In consequence the Plenipotentiaries have finally de-
cidel, that as soon as a Government. shall exist in Bel-
gium, recognized by the Powers taking part in the Con-
ferences of London, a negociation shall be set on foot be-
tween the four Powers and that Government, for the pur-
pose of selecting such of the fortresses as should be
demolished.

The House then adjourned.

d Bentley, New Burlington.

(Signed) ESTEIIHA ZY, WESSENBERG,
• PALMERSTON,
BULOW,
LIEVEN, MATUSZ EW IC.

Cross-examined by Mr. Serjeant lie was not
paid for what the party had ate and drank. lie had an
open house for Mr. Finlay at the election before last, and
his bill, about 381., was paid by Mr. Finlay's friend, the
Town Clerk. At this election also he kept open house
for Mr. Finlay, and his account was something under
1001., but he had not yet been paid ; he expected, how-
ever, that he should be paid by Mr. Finlay's friends.

FOREIGN-OFFIE, JULY 14, 1831.
The undersigned, Plenipotentiaries of the Courts of
Austria, of Great Britain, of Prussia, and of Russia, be-
ing desirous to give a further proof of the reliance which
they place on the disposition shown by the Government of
his Majesty the King of the French for the maintenance
of the general peace, think it their duty to communicate
to the Prince de Talley rand the annexed copy of a proto-
col which they have issued upon the sulject of the for-
tresses erected since the year 1615, in the kingdom of the
Netherlands.

Mr. John Jackson, also a member of the Town
Council, and a voter for Mr. Dixon, stated that he had a
conversation with Mr. A. Dixon (a relative of Mr. Dixon,
the sitting Member) about taking the Town Council away
from the town, in consequence of their being annoyed by
the importunities of Mr. Finlay and his friends. They
did go away, and returned on the 20th May in time to
elect a delegate. The witness named some public-houses
in which he had refreshments, none of which he paid for.
Mr. John Jack, another member of the Town Council,
cave a history of a very pleasant ten days' excursion that
he and the other councillors in Mr. Dixon's interest had, in
company with Mr. Macaulay and Mr. Mahon, two gentle-
men connected with Mr Dixon's family. They started
on the 10th of May on board the Bangor Castle steam
boat, to Dumbarton ; and front thence to Loch Lo-
mond, Balloch, Cardrosa, Ardencaple, Arrochar, Turbot,
.Ben Lomond and various other places during ten days, and
Just arrived back at Rutherglen in time for the election of
the delegate. The witness said they had plenty of refresh-
ments in eating and drinking, none of which did the party
pay for. They frequently landed at various places, and
stayed on shore all night, returning on board again in the
morning. The whole party ascended Ben Lomond, taking
plenty of whiskey with them (the snow tying on that stupen-
dorm mountain), and when at the summit drank the King's
health, accompanied with cheers, and then the health of
Mr. Dixon with similar honours ; they then held a council
and drew up a paper to this effect :—" At the top of Ben
Lomond, May 14, 1831, four o'clock, convened a meeting
of the electors of Rutherglen, viz.—(ht re were all the
names of the party being Town Councillors)—and we
pledge ourselves to return Mr. Dixon as our representa-
tive in Parliament on the 20th instant." Similar cheers
followed the drawing up of this " Minute of Council."
Several other witnesses having been examined,
Mr. HARmsoN addressed the Committee in behalf of
the sitting Member. He said that this was one of the
most singular eases that ever came before a Committee of
the House of Commons. The case bad been stated on the
part of the petitioners to be one of treating, almost with-
out a parallel ; but he hoped to show the Committee that
it was in fact no case, fur not a single person mentioned had
been proved to be Mr. Dixon's agent, in the Parliamentary
sense of the word. It was argued on the other side that,
if there were any treating at all, the sitting Member must
lose his seat; that was not the dictum of law that bad been
laid down in any case, even is the case of the great Liver-
pool election ; for, if the indiscretion of friends, the inter-
position of third parties, were to defeat an election ; if the
money spent by other people, over which the Member
had no controul, were to unseat hint, where was the
principle to stop ? Some false friend might, if that
were law, always invalidate an election. It had
therefore always been held that it must either prove that
the sitting Member bad paid money for treating, or that
it was paid by his direct and approved agent fur the pur-
poses of the election, which would leave the only inference
--that of the knowledge of the candidate—to be drawn
from it. In the case of the Chester election in 1818, when
Lord Belgrave and General Grosvenor were returned, it
was proved that a gentleman named Fletcher had
expended 6,0001. or 7,000/. in treat ng the electors,
even in the same house in which the candidates
lodged during the election ; it was insisted that the only
inference was that the money came from the candidates,
upon which Mr. Fletcher was put into the box, and he
swore that be expended that money entirely front his own
free will, and without any communication whatever with
the candidates ; the result was that General Grosvenor
and Lord Belgrave were permitted to retain their seats.
That case had been considered as decisive of the
principle of agency. Now how did the principle
of agency WI)" to this case? It had not been
insisted upon that the Statute of 7th and Bth of Wil-
liam 111. bad been violated in regard to treating, except
in the case of the tour on board the steam-boat, and the
description of that tour had been given so romantically by
the Counsel on the other side that it would not have dis-
graced the talents of Sir Walter Scott ; indeed it would
afford a fit subject for a dramatist, and no doubt it would
be published, and the proceeds applied towards the expenses
of this contest.—(Laughter.) It was said that Mr. Dixon
gained his election through the treat he thus gave to
the town councillors of Rutherglen : this could not be
true, for it was clear he had a majority of the councillors
in his favour; his election was sure, and therefore there
was no necessity for him to run the risk of his seat by
violating the statute. He, Mr. Harrison, defied however
the production of any one tittle of proof that Mr. Dixon
eo rttnreueet edt
hwith thisat me
of romanticMr.Deixxcounr.-8
sf"icliaenndis.naltacnoin''ipg'aviinat)ried the councillors, but riot one who was
proved to be an approved agent ; and if any of his friends
choose to give the electors a treat at their own
expense, and of their own free will, there was no harm in
it, The Committee were not to draw inferences that
would unseat the Member from such very meagre evidence
jshe viuorsn.ut
iieDfidaegi
cd:(o,einnnfir,r,l('
leaeaslnivetiiinty‘g%trrothehulayeltd h(cme:
as(tei
11:1 leaers:.
otl:tifeesantroocrfoei
stood
toht;no: would almost
be
that ra-hich had been produced on the other side, and then
bCruellb,mutitnnipjttuaersetticioneto f
confirmation of the election. The Learned Counsel then
called several witnesses.

The undersigned see no objec!ion to giving the same
publicity to this protocol as may be given to the other
Acts of the negociations which have taken place since die
month of November, 1830, on the affairs of Belgium.
They take this opportunity to renew, &c.
(Signed) ESTER HAZY,
PALMERSTON,
BULO NV,
LIEVEN, MAT USZE W

FIRST REGIMENT OF LIFE GUARDS.

The following is a summary of his Majesty's Speech,
which he addressed to the Officers of the First Regiment
of Life Guares, on presenting them with the silver kettle
drums:—

" I need not state to you the occasion upon which we
are assembled, which is for the purpose of presenting your
Regiment with these silver drums. The Royal Horse
Guards Blue received a like testimony of regard from the
hands of George the Third, and I am aware it was his
wish and intention to have presented similar tokens of re-
spect to both Regiments of Life Guards ; but surrounded
as he was at that period with the multiplicity of State
affairs, and engaged as he was with a sanguinary war, it
was deferred, and ultimately forgotten. Circumstances
probably of a similar nature was the cause of its escaping
George the Fourth.

" I have lately presented the 2d Regiment of Life
Guards a similar pair of kettle drums to those about to be
presented to you, and I feel confident it is equally gratify-
ing to the Officers of this highly distinguished corps to
receive this token of their Monarch's approbation as it is
for me to bestow it. At all periods, I believe, the
Kings of England had Guards round their persons,
although the history of the distant ages are almost
silent on the subject ; nor have we any certain in.
formation respecting this subject till the James's.—
But to bring it nearer to our own times, we are aware
that George the Second had regular mounted Guards for
the protection of his person, and it is presumed that
those Guards were with him in the field at the battle of
Dettingen, gained in favour of the Queen of Hungary;
but even of this circumstance very little mention is made
in the history of those wars. But we remember what has
taken place immediately under our own observation, and
proud am I to say that in every part where you have had
an opportunity of shelving your courage in the field it has
been with honour and glory to your King and C. ountry.

"To you, Lord Combermere, I most particularly ad-
dress myself, as commanding this honourable and distin-
guished regiment. I Pay they are commanded by an
officer of the most distinguished merit in your Lordship's
person, one who has served his King and country most
successfully and gloriously in every quarter of the world,
excepting North America, and hut lately returned from
on honourable and successful command in the East Indies.
I have now but little more to add, confident as I am that
should circumstances again render it necessary for this
country to be engaged in a foreign war, that the same
steady loyalty, courage, and military discipline will be
shewn again as resplendent as that which in our late wars
so dazzled the eyes of all Europe."

The examination of witnesses concluded yesterday after-
noon, upon which the room was cleared, and upon our
!(ring re-admitted the Chairman gave the opinion of the
Committee, that Joseph Dixon, Esq. was duly elected,
and that the petition was not frivolous or vexatious.

Last week a case of decided cholera oc-
curred on hoard the Edward, Capt. DIXON, while laying
under quarantine, in White Booth Roads. This vessel
arrived in the Humber, and was placed under quarantine
on Tuesday the 12th inst. On the crew being mustered
by the Superintendent of Quarantine, they all appeared in
health. A day or two after that, one of them complained
of head-ache, and shortly afterwards was attacked with
cramp in his arms and legs, which is one of the most cer-
tain signs of cholera. Mr. FIELDING, the surgeon on the
Quarantine Department, upon visiting the Edward, imme-
diately perceived the real character of the disorder, but
the styinptoms were slight, and, by a judicious course of
m C., the man was soon convalescent. As,
hoeldvek%''ie
enr,, &c.,
the disorder was decidedly cholera, the vessel
their
lot irs, -
duty,
ulatyy be fully satisfied that all the officers
was ordered to Standgate Creek. Our readers, especially
those in the country, who have been alarmed by so many
false un
of his Majesty's Customs here are most anxiously alive to
important
and no exertions on their part are
wanting to ward off this dreadful scourge.—Hull Advert.

PRICE 7D.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS, Juir 27.

E SHAFTESBURY took I.li seat on the Woqlsack at
'en minutcs before Five o'clock, the Lord Chance, 1. not

The Marquis WELLESLEY appeared in the fu'l
Hou:ehold uniform, with an answer to an address of
tae House to his Alajegy, *tiling that he had ordered
s ,me p.ipers.to,be laid on their table.

The several Billy on the table were then advanced a
.tac,,e, among others the Oaths before the Lord Steward's
Bill was passed.

HO USE OF COMMONS, JCLY 27.

At about Three o'clock the SrEAKEittook his seat.

. Sir R. BATESON presented a petition from 13elrast,
signed by 3,500 persons, in favour of the grant to the
Kildare-street Society ; also a petition from Lisburn, in
Ireland, to the same purport.
Mr. H. ROSS presented a petition from Dundee against
the use of molasses in distilleries, which was ordered to lie
upon the table.
The same Hot/. MEMBER also presented a petition from the
principal woollen manufacturers in and near AbcrtJect-,,
against extending to Scotland the operation of the Bill to
limit the hours. -of the labours of children employed in
manufactories.

Mr. HOBHOUSE said, that having been the individual
who introduced the Bill in question, he could only Pay
that if necessary it could be passed without including
Scotland, and made applicable only to England. He was
however enabled to add, that he had several petitions from
Scotland intrusted to him, praying that the Bill might in-
clude that country; but he was not yet decided whether
he should propose that the Bill include that country or riot.
An HON. MEMBER thought it a very dangerous prac-
tice to interfere between the masters and those they em-
ployed.

Mr. HUNT said he could st ite that from his own ob-
servation children of five, six, and seven years of age,
were in manufacturing districts, Lancashire and Cheshire
in particular, treated with great cruelty, being compelled
to stand several hours at a time in such a position as made
many of them cripples for the remainder of their lives.—
He hoped, therefore, the Hon. Member for Westminster
would persevere in his Bill.
Sir JAMES JOHNSTONE said that he knew the
manufacturers of Yorkshire were generally most humane ;
but if the Bill were to pa,s, he did not see why it should not
be equally applicable to Scotland as to England.

Mr. 11013110 USE had no intention whatever of aban-
doning the Bill as respected England, and if he left out
Scotland it should only be for the sake of having its good
effects produced in England—it was only to secure
the passing of the Bill for England. He had never
yet braid of anytpposition to the Bill, except from some
parts of Scotland.

Mr. E. PEEL said if Hon. Members supposed that this
Bill would afford more time for the recreation or education
of children they were much mistaken.
The petition was read and ordered to lie on the table.

Mr. A. DAWSON presented a petition from Gu rickma.
cross fora Reform in Parliament, and also a petition from
several pro-collectors of Excise in Ireland, for an inquiry
into the small amount of their superannuated allowances.
Mr. HUNT presented a petition from some of the in-
habitants of Macclesfield employed in the silk trade, for a
repeal of the corn laws ; also a petition from John
Mitchell, of Bolton, praying that all notices to country
insolvent debtors, examined before the Insolvent Court
in London, might be allowed to be transmitted free of
postage.

Sir JOHN NEWPORT presented a petition from Wa-
terford, praying for an inquiry into the state of the poor
in Ireland, with a view to a provision for their support.
Several HON. 3lxatitEfts spoke in favour of the esta-
blishment of a system of Poor Laws in Ireland, and also
explaining the ill effects derived by that country from the
conduct of absentees.

Mr. DAWSON said the more he saw of the system of
Government in Ireland, the more he saw the necessity of a
system of Poor Laws : the rich must in such a case consent
to be taxed to a small extent for the benefit of their suffer-
ing fellow countrymen.—(Hear, hear.) Their present
distress arose from the very great want of employment.
He was aware of the good and honest intentions of
Government in favour of the Irish poor ; but the
grant of 500,0001. in Exchequer-hills would not relieve
the evil. if a system of Poer Laws were established, lie
was sure that many of the present absentees would re-
side there, and see that those funds were properly adminis-
tered. He hoped the Government would look at the
question, and adopt some measure that would satisfy not
only the English gentlemen but the Irish also.—( Hear.)
Mr. LEADER complained that notwithstanding the
number of hours the House was occupied at night, and
the Members being kept from their homes ten months in
the year, no time was allowed for discussing important
Irish questions.—(Hear.) In the present condition of
Ireland it was imperative on Government to produce some
measure for the relief of that country.
Mr. S. RICE said, as two notices of motions had been
given upon this subject, it was irrelevant to discuss it
upon the presentation of a petition. Assuming that all
the benefits that had been stated would arise from the in-
troduction of Poor Laws into Ireland, it was a very great
question bow they could be effectually applied. He was
free to confess that something ought to be done, but it re-
quired great consideration as to the adoption of any parti-
cular measiae.

Mr. HUME strongly contended that a proposition for
the benefit of the poor of Inland should emanate, not
from individual Members, who by doing so laboured un-
der very disadvantageous circumstances, but from the Go-
vernment.—( lie Jr.)

Mr. SEli. was Surprised that although the Committee
appointed in 1830 to enquire into the state of Ireland
had reported upon almost every subject, they had stupidly
avoided this question. The sooner this subject was brought
before the House the better, but ❑ot in the shape of a de-
sultory conversation, for it was not a matter for Parlia-
mentary dialogue, but for Parliamentary legislation. The
petition was laid on the table, and ordered to be printed.