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At the close of the meeting held yesterday at the
Common Hall for the election of a Chamberlain for
the City, the mimes were put up, and the Sheriffs declared
that the hinds were in favour of Alderman Waithman._.
A poll was then demanded for Sir James Shaw, and the
polling commenced. At the end of the day the numbers
were— . .

For Sl*" l5O 1 For litaithman... 127

STATE OF NEWGATE IN 1830.

Statement of the Number of Persons in custody on the Ist of Ja-
nuary, 1830, and committed to his Majesty's Gaol of Newgate
in the year 1800, and how they have been disposed of:—
Males. Females. 'Total.
In custody on Ist Jan. 18:10 196 158 354
Committed to3lst Dec. inclusive,
under 17 years of age 349 t,51
alb
Above that age 1766 536 j

3070
Of whom there have been executed
Died 4

Removed to the Hulks at Gosport
Ditto Portsmouth 224
Ditto Sheerness 173
Ditto Chatham •275
Ditto Woolwich 3•22
Ditto Devonport 25
Ditto Penitentiary, Blillbank. 3l
Ditto Refuge for the Destitute l7
Ditto, by habeas, for trial at the Assizes 2O
Ditto, to the House of Correction for London 95
Ditto,
Discharged, having received his Majesty's pardon—, 14
Ditto, haring been acquitted at the Old Bailey Ses-
__

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sions _
606
Ditto, bills of indictment not having been found 217
Ditto, not having been prosecuted l4
Ditto, having been imprisoned pursuant to sentences 7t;
Ditto, ......... ........ whipped 49
Ditto, ......... ........ fined is Si
Ditto, ditto 250/ 1
Ditto, upon bail and for other causes lB
Removed to Lunatic Asylums 2
Ditto, Clerkenwell and Tower Sessions for trial 2.5
-. 2841

Remaining in custody the Ist of January, 1831;
males, 168; females, 61

• 30'70
271 ofwhom have been in Newgate before. Committals decreased
this year 252.

Statement of the Number of Persons committed to his Majesty's
Gaol of Nes*feate, and convicted in the year 18.30, and the
nature of their Offences, together with the number acquitted,
discharged, sentenced, &c. during the same period :
Murder 1
Burglary
Housebreaking 45
Highway robbery 9
Returning from Transportation
• Horse-stealing
Cattle-stealing 1
Sheep-stealing 4
Forgery 5
Uttering Counterfeit Coin, having been before convicted t:
1 - sitting and Maiming 4
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Stealing n a Divellit7g-house above the value of 5/.
Slave-dealing 3
Manslaughter 4
Bigamy 1
Selling Counterfeit Coin 4
Concealing the birth of an Infant
Receiving stolen Goods 26
Larcenies 1592
Misdemeanours '27
Poaching 3
Assault 9
Piracy , 4

Of whom there were sentenced—
To Death 132
Transportation for Life . l3O
Ditto Fourteen years
Ditto Seven years 673
Imprisonment in Newgate and the House of Correction, viz.
For Two years l7
Eighteen months 3
One year
Nine months
Eight months 3
Six months
Four months l4
Three months 132
Two months 24
Six weeks 4B
One month and under 156
Fined Is. and discharged lO4
Ditto, 250/ 1
Whipped and discharged 4B
Received his Majesty's free pardon 4
Those whose judgment remains respited 3

Acquitted 606
Ditto, on the ground of insanity 3
Discharged—Bills of Indictment not having been
found 217
Ditto, not having been prosecuted l4
Died before trial 3

Six of whom have been executed for the following offences:Viz.
Murder, I—Housebreaking, 2—Highway Robbery, I—Piracy, 2.
JOHN WONTNER, Keeper.

REFORM IN PARLIAMENT.

CORNWALL COUNTY MEETING.

Wednesday, the 19al—i;stant, having been fixed
upon for the holding of a meeting of the county of
Cornwall, to petition the Legislature for a Reform
of Parliament, an unusual bustle and stir pervaded
the town of Bodmin from an early hour of that
morning. From nine o'clock until noon, successive
groups of horsemen approached the town through its
various avenues, and gave indications of a most nu-
merous assemblage. The spirit of Reform seemed
to have animated the whole of the farmers and yeo-
manry throughout the county : to this fact the
crowds of well-mounted and well-dressed persons
who arrived bore strong testimony. At about half-
past eleven o'clock one body, amounting to five hun-
dred in number, entered the town, and, in addition
to the numbers already congregated, such a body of
cavalry, though not moving in the most exact order
of discipline, gave a very animated appearance.
At twelve o'clock the Magis• rates who had called
the meeting went to the County-hall, which not be-
ing adequate to the accommodation of the numbers
assembled, a sort of temporary hustings was erected,
which, with some carts and waggons, were fixed
outside the Hall. At this time there could not be
less than three thousand persons assembled, and the
proceedings commenced.
J. T. P. TREVANION, Esq., was called to the chair.
The CHAIRMAN said he should best consult his
own duty, and the convenience of the meeting, by
reading the requisition, and stating the authority
under which he and his hearers were then assem-
bled. That was - the requisition which had been
handed to the High Sheriff by his Hon. Friend Mr.
Petre, whose answer he then read.

It was to the effect, that it was with great re-
luctance he declined acceding to the respectable
requisition presented; but he doubted the prudence
of assembling large masses of people at a time of
public excitement like the present, nor could he
conceive the necessity of a county meeting, as Go-
vernment had expressed their intention to bring the
subject_forward in the House of Commons, the
only proper place for the discuvsion, as it contained
all the discretion and temper of the country.
In consequence of this refusal on the part of the
Sheriff, the following was the authority under which
the meeting was convened :

,t The above requisition, signed by seventeen Magis-
trates, several Clergymen, and upwards of seven hundred
gentlemen, merchants, farmers, and inhabitant house-
holders, having been this day presented to the High
Sheriff, and he having refused to comply with the wishes
of the requisitionists, we, the undersigned, acting Ma-
gistrates of Cornwall, do het eby convene a meeting of the
county, to be held at Bodmin, on Wednesday, the 19th
instant, at twelve o'clock at noon, for the purpose in the
said requisition stated.
" January 11.
" ROBERT WALKER. " THOMAS DANIELL.
4d J. T. P. TREVANION. " DAVID HOWELL.

at J. C. RASULEIGH.

" Z. J. CLARICE.

" It. G. BENNET.

" WILLIAM PETER..

‘• N. JOHNS. " JOHN PAYNTER.
The non. Gentleman proceeded to say how much

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more desiiable would it have been if the• Sheriff hat]
not suffered his apprehension to prevail over hi•
judgment, . and been pres•ent to preside over the
highly respectable meet ing, the proceedings of which
he was then selected to superintend.—(Cheers.)
J. CoLmAs RAsnLEIGn, Esq. then came forward,
amidst enthusiastic cheering. He said he once more
presented himself before the gentry and freeholders
of Corn Wall as the advocate of the great cause of
Parli:tmentary Reform,—a cause to which he had
devoted thirty-five years of his life,a--whiCh had been
the dream of his youth,—which was, the deliberite
convictioli,of his manhood,—and the sense Of the
•
importance of 'which would accompany him to hi,
grave.—(Cheers.)— was. impossible that those
about him who had so long fought the battles of
• the people, and who had borne the banner of Ifee
form through every storm, should not feel delighted
at seeing that banner planted in triumph on the citaa
del of the Constitution.. But God forbid, 'when
they witnessed, as now they did, the conversion of
the people, that every bad feeling should not die
within them. When they saw one class arrayed
against another, the manufacturer against the agri-
cultUrist, the farmer against the landlord, And the
labouring poor not only hewersof Wood and drawers
of water, but little better than the beasts that perish,
and when they contrasted this with the picture
which Lord Sinners drew of the population of Eng-
land and France, as an instance of the effects of
free and arbitrary Government—when also they
looked to the predictions of Mr. Fox in 1797, when
he warned the Legislature that if the system of mis-
► ule was continued, to the state of Ireland must Eng-
land come—when, therefore, they now saw that
prophecy fulfilled, and Irish Rock emulated by.
English Swing, and disaffection rising into revolt,
with all the circumstances of a servile and a social
war, these were not matters to fill them with
triumph, but with commisseration and shame. How-
ever, it -did not become them to despair. A glimpse
was apparent through the gloom, for the people and
the Government were at length united against the
borough factitni, to which all these evils were
owing.—(Loud cheers.) Ministers had promised
effectual Reform, but they should- .recollect that,
however strong their confidence in this union, the
party to which they were opposed was powerful,—
he- meant the borough-faction, who had so long:
usurped the rights and privileges of all orders of the
State.—(Cheers.) Their ramifications spread wide
and deep throughout .the land, and they must be
perseveringly and steadily combati:d. -The Govern.
ment themselves said as much, and would not the
people stand by them ?—(Cheers.) As to leaving
these subjects to the discretion of Government, be
had lived too long to be caught by such chaff—
(Cheers and laughter)—and as to their imprudence
in calling on those whom he saw a,sembled that day,
the respectable yeomanry and middle orders of
the people of England, he should acquiesce in
the charge when any one instance in the pages
of our history was shown of any evil being
remedied by Government without being called
upon by the people. They were . told to wait
for a time of peace and tranquillity ; but their
ancestors did not wait for the halcyon days of
peace to achieve their liberties, and the Constitution
was gained in the throes and struggles of convulsion,
and they who gained it were content to purchase
its blessings at the expense of disorder and confusion
fer a time, for they well-and wisely judged that it
was better to hazard even a turbulent liberty than
sink- into the deadly repose of despotism.—(Lend
cheers.)—Let the evils of the people be put an end
to by timely and peaceable cession; but if the nui-
sance could not otherwise be abated, at all events let
it be abated. There were many borough-proprietors,
no doubt, respectable men, but there were others
who possessed little beside their boroughs, and yet
these held high stations, and quartered their family
and friends upon the public. Now, as to the work-
ing of the system, he should confine himself to the
words of the requisition, which asked for " that
temperate and constitutional, but, at the same time,
really effective Reform, which alone can protect the
people from the tyranny and corruption of bad mi-
nisters, or allow even good ministers to accomplish
those measures of retrenchment, economy, and good
government, which the necessities of the country,
no less than the opinions of the age, so imperiously
demand." On this he should make but one remark,
that these words were not their own ;—they had
been uttered by Mr. Pitt when he was a reformer,
on witnessing the conduct of the House of Commons
at the end of the American war; —of that Mr. Pitt,
who, by his own subsequent acts, had given that pro-
phecy a most disastrous fulfilment.—(Loud cheers.)
After him Mr. Burke had proposed what he called
an economical Reform, but which, he ultimately
admitted, was intended to prevent Reform of Par-
liament. Mr. Burke's object, as he said, was to
prevent corruption; but as to the result of his mea-
sure, let them take but this one instance. One
measure introduced was to effect a better adminis-
tration of the public money placed under discre-
tionary trusts. This was introduced by Mr. Dundas,
afterwards Lord Melville, and directed that the
Treasurer of the Navy, instead of keeping the ba-
lances in his own hands, should be compelled to pay
them into the Bank of England. Yet many present
were old enough to remember, that in this county-
hall, they had called on the House of Commons to
do justice on that Lord Melville, for violating his
own act, and conniving at his servant (Mr. Trotter)
retaining those very balances in his own hand. So
much for the efficacy of Mr. Burke's Reform, so far
as money was concerned. As to the Civil List, the
debts upon it had been since that time repeatedly
paid off'; arid as to the appropriation of it to na-
tional purposes, he would merely refer to the di
closures lately made, and to the names so gracefully
appearing on that list.—(Loud applause.) The Hon.
Gentleman then went into the history of Mr. Pitt's
India Bill; and, alluding to the fact of Lord Castle-
reagh having trucked a writership for a seat in Parlia-
ment, said that he was not only not punished, but not
even censured. And what was the reaSon ?—be-
cause it was declared that seats were. sold as openly
as the sun at noon-day.--( Hear.) If it were neces-
sary for him to show what had been the effect of
the union between Government and 164 Members '
returned by borough proprietors, they would find
them in the divisions, at various times, on questions
of vital importance to the Constitution. They were
to be found not merely in these, but even when the
House of Commons was at variance with itself.
Mr. Dunning had carried a resolution that the in-
fluence of the Crown had increased, and ought to
be diminished; but the next day, when he proposed
another vote, by which alone that could be rendered
effective, it was at once negatived. Then let them
look to the Catholic question : of that he bad been
always a supporter, but with respect to its oppo•
nents, must there not have been something more
than pure love towards the country, to effect in them
the sudden and miraculous conversion that had
taken place ?—(Cheers and laughter.)—So much
fur the working well of the system, which the ene-
mies of Reform had always given as an answer to
those who thought with him, whom they called
theoretical. The borough party also urged that this
system, by giving Peers the influence they possessed,
cteonnttlreadry, preservedtothisverysystem
the balance of the Constitution.
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But where could they find proof of that, for, on the
Commons destroyed
were
all that
swallowed balance,
and King, Lords,
up by this fourth estate—the borough faction ?
(Loud cheers.) Then as to the influence of the
WWII) suppose there Wlts a question of peace or

war, the decision of which might depend on eight or
nine votes, and suppose a ministerial proprietor of
;ioroughs gave those votes to strengthen the Lanes
of Government. Then suppose that this proprie•
tor was to die and lie socceeded by an Opposition
son. According to the fides Parliamentaria, that
these eight or nine Members took the Chiltern bun-
,iteds, and others were returned according to the
principles of the new proprietor, then the same goes-
tion would be decided in e different way, and a great
constitutional question, or perhaps the existence of
an excellent Administration, be destroyed, according
to the caprice of this borough proprietor. It was
Ilso said that the present mode brought forward
men of talent who would- otherwise be unknown,
for thus it was that Pitt, and Fox, and Burke, and
Nlarkiotosh, and Canning, and Brougham, all poi.-
ricel adventurers of great celebrity, had been brought
forward. But to this he would oppose the names
of Mills and Atkinson, of Rowland Stephenson, of
Wilksohe unsuccessful speculator in joint stock
companies, and of Welsh the bankrupt stock-broker.
To these let there he added the agents of Mahomed
Ali Cawn, a Mahomeden prince, who had more in-
fluence in the British douse of Commons than the
representatives of London, Middlesex, and York.—
(Loud cheers.)—Also, let them add to these" the
celebrated black footman of Lord Camelford, who
would have taken his seat but for•an unlucky acci-
dent.—(Laughter.)—He would now read it petition
to them which he was about to propose. The Hon.
Gentleman then read the petition, which embodied
the leading points of the speech.
W. PETER, Esq. then rose—He begged to second
the adoption of this petition. He believed the Go-
vernment to be sincere, and the people should not
shut their eyes to the embarrassments Ministers
were liable to from the enemies of Reform on the
one hand, and the enemies of all establishments on
the other. He would not, on that occasion, have
said one one word about the borough system, but
for what had fallen from the Duke of Wellington,
who described it as perfection. It had been said •
that the system worked well; and so it did, accord
ing to what the Grave-digger in Hamlet, said of
the gallows,—" It works well for those who work
ill."—(Laughter.)—lt worked well no doubt for the
Honourables and Right Honourables who did not
work at all. -For let them look to Church and
State, and what did they see through this system ?
Pluralists who could not translate three verses of
the Greek Testiment, and colonels and captains who
• never saw a shot fired except as a salute:—(Cheers
and laughter.)—Look at Lord Collingwood's life,
and what would they see ? Why, that he had
recommended the best and most deserving officers
for promotion, but he could get nothing dune
for them, as borough interest had swallowed
up every thing. Then, as another proof of its ef-
fects, let them go through the kingdoM, and if they
found a town where trade languished, and industry
was dead, ten to one but they would find it was a
rotten borough. The people .in such places relied
on some pecuniary reward, the price, perhaps, of
their vote at the next electotiluood,aoensb,zettilodonfttfldoacerliob,tithr:sequently
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first French war, which increased that debt to
800,000,0001. To is they also owed Gagging
Bills, Habeas Corpus Suspension Acts, and all that
which would render for ever infamous the domina-
tion of Castlereagh.—(Loud cheers.)—He need
not, however, dwell on these points in that hind of
rotten boroughs; for when they looked to the num-
ber of Members returned by Peers and petty cor-
porations, who drove a thriving trade in such re-
turns, there was enough said to any man of Corn-
wall. As to Reform, he thought that the number
of electors should be such as almost to preclude the
power of corrupting. lie was not, however, for
universal suffrage, as he did not wish to see regi-
ments marched up to the poll, nor a manufacturer
order all his workmen to vote one way or another—
•perhaps bringing up '2,000 or 3,000 miners to do as
he directed them. But what he did wish for was, that
which Mr. Fox had described—namely, as many in-
dependent voters as possible. Lease and copyholders,
if independent, ought to have the power to vote, for
now, in most instances, they had as great, if not
greater interests than the great body of free-
holders. In boroughs formerly all who paid scot and
lot--.-that is, those on whom public burdens fell,
—were entitled to vote; but he would not then
enter at length Into the subject. His Hon. Friend
.vho preceded him had said, that he believed Minis-
ters were sincere, and he hoped so too. He could
not, indeed, believe that such a man as Lord Grey,
who had ever preserved his consistency, notwith-
standing the desertion of apostate Whigs and the
opposition of grasping Tories—he could not believe
that Lord Brougham, the advocate of education—
he could not believe that Lord Althorp, the true
model of a gentleman, who never said what he did
not think—he could not believe that the King, who.
was himself a Reformer—he could never believe
that these men could be traitors to their word.-----
(llear, hear.) Believing this; the people ought to
support them, for they say they can do nothing
without our support. The Hon. Gentleman retired
amidst loud .cheering.
The Rev. R. WALKER joined his friends w'ho had
addressed the meeting in all their sentiments, and
was most anxious for Retrenchment and Reform.
Peers degraded themselves by their borough inter-
ference, and what was the effect on the Commons ?
Most of the Members entered the House under a
bargain express or implied; and what must the sys.
tem be, when a .Member would say to his friend in
the House, or write to his friend in the country, "I
agree with you perfectly as to this question, but I
must vote with my patron, my honour is pledged
on the other side ?" The poet had well said "an
honest man's the noblest work of God;" but what
was religion without honesty, and if religious men
put honour instead of honesty, what was to be ex-
pected ?
JOHN RUNDLE, Esq. then came forward and said,
the question had been asked, of some of the
speakers, who they were; and as he was unknown,
in order to save inquiry he would tell them who he
was,—namely, John Rundle, of Tavistock, and one
of the seventeen voters of that borough, who had
petitioned for an extension of the franchise to their
townsmen. That example had been followed in
Bodmin, at a late meeting over which an Alderman
had presided; and he hoped other places would act
in the same manner. It had been tusked, what was
to be got by Reform ? but he would say what was
to be got without it ?—(Cheers,)—lf they had had
it fifty years ago, they would not have had to pay
Is. where they now paid 7s. Taxation would never
be reduced with Reform, but with a reformed House
of Commons it must take place. It had been said
I,y somebody, that on the present occasion the sub-
ject of tithes ought-to be introduced : but he would
say no : first let us have Reform, and then redress
and relief would follow. He had intended to have
proposed a question as to vote by ballot, but he
would not do so at present as he had no wish to
embarrass those gentlemen who had acted so well in
calling the county together. He had seen two or
three county elections for Devon, and he had
known freeholders canvassed by parties who haddis-
tress warrants in their pockets against them in case
of refusal. That was very bad, as it would be better
to take away a, franchise than thus make it the in-
strument of tyranny.
R. R. PETER, Esq. supported the petition, al-
though it did not mention a vote by -ballet • but

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Reform went to this extent, nothing effective would
be done.e4Greatapplause.)
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GEORGE CAL,;, Esq. begged to teangratulate the
meeting on himself and hie brother refortnerxbeing
!tow as much in the fashion its they had been here-
tofore out of it.--(Hear, hear.) Ae some public
officers had been talked of, there teal one Of their'; -
present,---he meant one of their repre:ertrativcs,
Ir. Pendarves; but where was the other 01 film
Was he sick and in bed, or had he married a wife
and could not come i—(Cheers and laughter,)
There might come a time when their other member
should captain his absence, and he hoped that they
would require it. (" We will mind him," from the
crowd.) Ile had often giver; those around him
some advice, and now he wonid give a small do.:e
of it to the Ministers. It was said that they felt
great difficulty in treating the question of R.t.form,
especially on the point of making compensation for
vested interests. Now, if a pickpocket took a
hantiktrehief or a puree, he got no compensation,
ftl'C a tour at the expense of Government ; and
if the boronghmongers wanted compensation for
having so long picked the pockets of the people,
why he would recommend Government to treat.
them in the same w:,y with their light-fingered
brethren.—(Cheers and laughter.)
The resolution for the adoption of the petition
oraq put, and carried unanimously.
DAVID HOWELL, Esq., then nitivol, that the pc-
rition be presented to the House of Peers by Lord
Brougham, and that to the House of Commons by
Mr. Pendarves.

This vote was seconded by J. T. Nunes, Esq.,
atid carried unanimously.
Mr. PF.NDAnvEs, M.P., then came forward, and
was received with enthusiastic cheers. Since he
had settled in the county a• a married man, he had
attended every meeting for Reform; and he had
ever advocated that which now, indeed, was the
paramount cause to be supported. The first meet-
ing for that purpose took place 26 years age, and
although they had, until lately but fen► supporters,
now they were no longer a poor deluded crew, but
the whole population of the county had become re-
formers.—(Loud. cheers.)—There was no one
among the middle classes now who was not a re-
former, and they all felt that the great, weight of
taxation originated from the present system. God
knew they had in that part of the country too much
of what Burke called the disgraceful part of the
Constitution. Now it was true, we had an enlight-
ened Government, but they had undertaken a diffi-
cult tank, and would require the support of the
people to enable them to do anything. That, he
hoped, they would receive from the freeholders of
Cornwall, as he was sure they would from every in-
telligent man in the kingdom.

The lion. Gentleman retired amidst the most
deafening cheers.
On the motion of Mr. RUNDLE, thanks ware
voted to the Magistrates who had called the meeting.
Mr. RASHLEIGR was then called to the chair,
and thanks were voted to Mr. Trevanion for his
conduct as Chairman, as well as for his steady ad-
vocacy of Reform.
Mr. TREVANION could riot suffer the meeting to
disperse without expressing his gratitude to them
for their most orderry and decorous conduct. That
proved how unfounded were the fears of their
honest, though timid Sheriff.—(A voice from the
crowd, "Lord Falmouth, Sir, and not the Sheriff.")
The meeting then dispersed, and there were din-
ners at the two principal inns, at each of which up-
wards of 100 persons sat dotvn.