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RURAL POLICE.—On Saturday, at the Surrey
t Police Act.
s i n those
partsmetropolitant
Quarter Sessions, the Committee appointed to consider
the
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police district, uave in their report, which
effect that the Committee did not think it advisableo the
present to recommend the adoption of the Rural Police
t
'INFIRMARY for the CURE of STRIC- Act. Mr,. Crawford,
..\l_.P., moved the adoption of the
IL TURES of the URETHRA, SYPHILIS, CIONOR. ' report, which was carried by a large majority.
' d all DISEASES of the GENEItAa
RIICEA, MEETS, and RECH EMILIE IN DRESS.—rtiehard I. had
4
TIVE and URINARY ORGANS. cloak n,atio, at enormous cost, with precious and shining
Notwithstanding the above Institute iscyiseg, Patients i,..a.y , metals inlaid in imitation of the heavenly bodies
the GRATUITOUS ADVICE of the Sur- 1 ; and
continue to receive .hi V. a very inemPrable
2 Great Marlborough-street,) byaap„. . enry wore, on ,• , occasion, when
gene (Mr. Courtena, 4 , Prince el Wales, a mantle or gown of rich blue satin, full
plying at his own hose instead of the Charity.
from Eight t• Ten in the Mornings of small eyelct,boles, as L Iliad). as they could be put, and
Hours of Attendance,
and from Seven to Nine in the Evenings. 011 Sundays in the a needle hanging by a silk thread from every hole.— The
Morning, but dot in a. Evening, 4rt of Needlework, by the Countess of Wilton.

The pictures and banners, R ith their mottos and in-
scriptions, seem touts to have been unusually appropri..
ate. One banner: bat stretched entirely across the
street, was covereeivith figures illustrating in a pointed
manner recent incidents in our history. The first re-
presented Swartwout with a bag of the people's money
on his back, making hasty strides out of the country,
and exclaiming as he went, " I leave this people pros-
perous and happy." The second represented another
eloping Sub-Treasurer, with a bag, singing out at the
top of his voice, " I follow in the footsteps." The third
figure was the heaven-born Amos, seated astride
the " Globe," with the " Extra" in his hand, grit-
ting his teeth, at its new motto, " Our Main
chance is over." Behind him was the Vice-Presi-
dent, holding on to his coat-tail, and exclaiming furiously
" I told Martin we'd be hard run." In the rear of
this dignitary was the President himself, in most
awful plight, fearing every moment the the would
be crushed by an ominous Ball, which came roll-
ing towards him, showing that it was made up of
well united sections by the inscriptions it bore of
" Virginia," " North Carolina," " Louisiana," " In-
diana," " Kentucky," " Vermont," and " Maine," all
clustering about the people's candidates. " Stop that
hail, Benton," exclaims Matty in a tone of despair, to
a wo-begone figure behind it, who is endeavouring to
stay it with a rope whinl he has succeeded in throwing
over it. " Stop that ball, Benton." " I can't, Martin,"
shouts hack the man Friday, and the ball rolls on. Just
here Mr. Editor Blair appears, flat upon his back,
throttled by a Cuba blood-hound, while a voice whis-
pers tauntingly in his ear, " No pressure of which any
honest man need complain." After this, and towards
the close of this pregnant history, a chop-fallen Fox,
with a well-known countenance, is seen creeping out of
the little end of a born, which is labelled " At last." In
the distance, General Harrison and Commodore Ferry
are seen. The latter, after calmly surveying the route,
oxelaitru, " We have met the enemy, and they are
ours !"

During the organization of the procession, which
occupied from eight to ten o'clock, the city pre-
sented a scene of excitement and enthusiasm that
was never before witnessed in its streets. Dele-
gations were present from every county in
the State, and from all the neighbouring States.
The Convention was called to order by Samuel
W. D.svies, Mayor of Cincinnati, who acted as Pry si-
dent of the day. Its proceedings were opened by
prayer, offered by the Rev. Dr. Beecher. Resolutions
were then adopted, responding- to the Bunker Hill
declaration of the 10th September, adopting its senti-
ments, and recommending it as a document containing.
the true republican creed of our fathers, exhibiting the
fatal errors of the Van Buren administration, and the
results to which they must inevitably leld, unless a
Radical change of men and measures be speedily
effected.

Robert Wickliffe, Esquire, of Lexington, [Ky.] was
introduced to the convention by Colonel Davis, and
addressed it at considerable length with much effect.
He was followed by General Harrison, who was even
more than usually felicitous, in' a style of eloquence
in which he is unsurpassed by any of our orators.
His remarks were received with repeated and long-
continued shouts. In the course of his speech, Gene-
ral Harrison alluded to the opinions that had been
falsely attributed to him in regard to the naturaliza-
tion laws.

He pronounced, in the most emphatic manner, that
the charge against him, of opposition to the interests of
foreigners, who sought an asylum in this country from
tne oppressions of foreign despots, was an unmitigated
falsehood. He referred to his whole course in the
councils of the nation for a proof of the sympathy
which he had always entertained for the people of other
climes invited by the Constitution and laws to conic
among us and partake of our political rights. It was,
to stand by the Constitution, a
tionf,l
says the General, favourite principle
aptrincieliaprlteerwioth him
our
liberties made no distinction between naturalised and
native-born citizens. Admitted to the rights of citizen-
ship, every man, no matter whence he came, was equal
enthl
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whole
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n
Cineim-zati Gazette," which I took in the Kosciusko
question, has procured from the Poles at Chillicothe
,he presentation of this beautiful cross. (Here the
General showed a handsome cross of Alderwood, tipped
and secured by silver.) This is made or the Alder-
wood from the mount near Warsaw, the scene of three
desperate battles in the last Polish revolution. It is a
precious wood, for after the last contest, the Russians
ordered the hill to be stript of its Alder growth, that
not a relic might be left of that desperate fight. This
wood, fellow-citizens, Was bathed in the best blood of
the brave Poles, who sold their lives for their country.
It is a memento which I shall ever cherish. It proves

On Monday morning, the farmers and landholders of
Virginia came into Richmond by thousands from every
district, with beautiful new silk banners, bordered with
gold fringe and tassels, and emblazoned with appropriate
devices, which we have described elsewhere. The se-
veral delegations from the various parts of Virginia and
the Union, drew up in regular order in the several
streets branching out from Main-street. About nine
o'clock they entered Main-street by detachments, in fine
style, with a dozen binds of music playing, and a hun-
dred flags flying, among which were the flag nailed by
Decatur to the mast in the action with the Intrepid.
and Paul Jones's flag in the action with the Serapis,
and the flag used at the battle of the Thames.
At this time Main-street presented a splendid sight.
The shops were all closed, and no other business was
atteneei to but that of the Convention. Every window
in every respectable house was filled with lovely female
faces, and hundreds and hundreds of handsome white
female children, elegantly dressed, were parading the
streets. Enthusiasm and pleasure sat upon every set of
features. The ladies waved white handkerchiefs, the
meal hurraed, the boys threw up their caps, and old and
young partook of the general joy. Thore were loun-
gers, and farmers, and doctors, and mechanics, and
young men, and old men, and young women, and old
women, and boys, and girls, and revolutionary soldiers,
and modern soldiers, and all sorts and sizes, and all
seemed happy.
We verily believe that in the procession, as it passed
down Main-street, consisting of 87 different delega-
tions, each with a banner, there were a total of 8,000
persons. Tice Marshal of the day brought the mighty
procession into the square before the capitol in beautiful
order, and ranged their banners and all in front of the
portico. On each side, right and left, were two large
stagings, with scats for 1,200 ladies, which were filled
with the most lovely women we ever saw. The portico
platform was full of the officers of the day, and ladies
who had worked for the Convention ; and it was a sight
worth 'Mb,* for, to look from that portico upon the sea
of heads and intelligent, beautiful faces in front of it,
the town of Richmond behind and around them, and the
glorious view up and down beyond James River, for a
hundred miles in every direction.
Refreshments of the choicest kind were spread out
on tables all round the capitol. The houses of many
citizens displayed white flags, with the word " welcome"
on them, and whoever chose to do so, walked in and
helped themselves plentifully. In short, the people
thought they could not do enough for the strangers
who came there.

Mr. Webster spoke about two and a half hours in
the morning, and the meeting adjourned. He also spoke
in the evening for a few minutes. Mr. Rives spoke
the next day, and Mr. Webster the same night, at the
Log Cabin, and this closed the Convention.
It was never surpassed in Virginia, and will never
be forgotten by any of the 15,000 persons who formed
part of it.

(From the Journal of Commerce, Oct. 10.)
STATE OF ALABAMA.

No member of the Union has fulfilled her engage-
ments with greater punctuality than the State of Ala-
bama. The only debt she owes, is that invested in the
capital stock of her banks. The first half million of
her bonds became due in London the present year, and
although the State reserved its right to extend the
period of their redemption, the whole sum due was
anticipated and paid by the Banks for which it was
Issued.

The interest upon another portion of the debt, pay-
able at New York and New Orleans in November
and December, is already provided. A part of that
due in London in January next, has gone forward, and
• the Great Western carries with her to-day, remittances
to cover the residue. Indeed all the payments of the
State prior to April 1841, are thus anticipated.
The Legislature of Alabama, at its 12,st Session, passed
an Act recalling the whole of the State Bonds issued
and still unsold. These have all been accordingly re
turned and cancelled, thus leaving the State debt
$10,860,000. The Governor also in his last Message
to the Legislature recommended the establishment of
sinking fund for the gradual extinguishment of this
debt, and this judicious measure will, in all probability,
Le adopted the ensuing Session.
With an annual export of cotton, worth, at its pre-
sent low price, twenty million dollars ; with a very
trifling amount of imports during the past and present
year ; and with a faithful and economical policy in the
management of her finances, the State of Alabama
ought to rank amongst the highest in credit, as she is in
her resources.

to me that I have not violated by my votes, my princi-
ples and feelings in favour of the generous Pole, and I
can put my hand to my heart and say, that my republican
sympathy for the people of Germany, Ireland, England,
or any other land, has been and is warmed into
tetive existence by the remembrance that liberty is
equally dear to all of us, and that it is our greatest
boast that this is the land to which the persecwed of
despotism can always fly with the certainty of being
received by brethren in freedom.
The General was followed by ex-Governor Metcalfe
of Kentucky, and Mr. Bebb of Hamilton, and at a
little before sunset the Convention adjourned.
In the evening there were speeches making in every
quarter of the city, and with these closed one of the
most numerous and imposing Conventions ever as-
sembled in the United States Well may the organ of
Federal Executive proclaim that the " SPIRIT OP THE
PEOPLE IS ROUSED!"
ELECTION NEWs.—The gt atifying news
we now
daily receive of the elections in progress in our sister
States, and which comes from the South, will be
always
found under the postcript head. It is too good, that
oitilerreNfVorheigwrecamdak
readers should stlhioeurldemlsorske.
BACKED OFF.—..STRONG SIGNS.--
it for one moment, and
t
It is well known
throughout the Union that the most incorrigible betters
sanguine Whiggery,
at
in the State of New York. Thousands
or tens of thousands, it was all one with Mr. Cros-
well and the E
evca tinons in
Buren,times
onir elections past have been the partizans of
1-itegeneffir;e d by they
would always find
means to take the bets o : .
when their calculations told them that
they were safe.
Times change,
however' and though Mr. Croswell and
as ,
his friends brag is loud and crow formidably,
't
when it comes to the d eposi e of stakes Loco Focoism
shows the white festhebr• s
of
Co mentioned the other day
that Loco Poo Meril e 7 ngres% who bet largely
at Washington last winter, have recently written to the
effect that. they cannot pay UP, and must withdraw.
This course has been pursued in more than one in
by individuals s'ho. were amongst the most
confident, and the heaviest betters of the last Session.
The Evening Journal i b
has published, three days in
succession, an offer to bet the Van
d d Buren State Central
Committee one thousan oilers that the majority
for the Harrison clectorial ticket in seven counties of
this State will be greater than the majorities for the
Van Buren electorial ticket in all the counties of the
State. This bet has not beeritalcen. The omission to

the Van Buren Central Con;take it is an admission by

mitten that seven Whig counties will extinguish their
major ties in all the
admission,. other counties of the State. In the
face of such anthey pretend to claim the
" native " State for Van Buren !

(From the New York Herald.)
THE GREAT CONVENTION AT RICH

NIOND:

lChas recently taken place in the coun-
tryconvention at Bunker-hill) has come
p
(exceptnhg thate te
magnificence of the recent affair at Bich
the
m( nd, Virginia. It Was a most brilliant scene, and
tnot present cannot form ihe least idea
i of
()is: who w
, opiendeoruer.