The Sun.
London, England, 1834-05-20 00:00:00

THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.)

CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK.
This day being a close holiday, both at the Bank and
Stock Exchange, some of the brokers met on 'Change this
morning, but little business is doing either in Foreign or
English Securities.
Consols, which closed yesterday at 92%, opened this
morning at the same price.
The only foreign arrivals announced this morning are
French and Hamburg mails. The former states, that the
joint loan of Don Miguel and Don Carlos for a million
sterling, which early in the course of last week was said to
be in contemplation, had been contracted ; but this is not
credited.
HALF-PAST ONE.
Spanish Stock has been done at 361%, owing to the an-
nouncement in a Morning Journal of the convocation of
the Cortes, to assemble at Madrid the 24th July. The
price has since declined to 36 sellers. Portuguese Bonds
have been 791,4,'n0w 7914 ; Mexican 433/4 44 ; Consols
92%%, and 731,E for July.
We are still without any arrivals from Lisbon.

Consols, 92% %

THREE O'CLOCK

Mr. John Bates has been appointed Secre-
tary to the Royal Yacht Squadron, in the room of Mr.
Richard Stephens, appointed Collector of Customs at
St. Ives.

NEW COMET. Professor Schumacher,
Astronomer Royal of Denmark, announces in his
Astronomische Nachrichten of the 7th instant, the
discovery of a new comet on the Bth ultimo, by Pro-
fessor Gambart, of the Marseilles Observatory. Al-
though it disappeared on the 13th, and from the state
of the weather, and the temporary imperfection of his
micrometer, his observations were interrupted and im-
perfect, Professor Gambart assigns its place, on the
10th, at 16h. 32m. 455. of sideral time, to be 20h.
gm. 7s. of right ascension, and 22 deg. 33 min. of
south declination. When first seen it was near the
horizon, having a nebulous appearance, and situated
in the constellation Sagittarius, very near the nebula
.2,064 of Sir John Herschel. The comet was of a pale
light colour, of a very round form, and with a diameter
of about four or five minutes.—Atheneum.

OLD BAILEY SESSIONS.-(THIS DAY.)

OLD COURT.
SENTENCES UPON THE PRISONERS.

This day at noon, the RECORDER, attended by the She-
riffs, and Aldermen Venables and Copeland, entered the
Court in order to pronounce judgment upon the prisoners
convicted during the session.
For the first time during the last 150 years, two convicts
appeared to receive sentence of death,---viz., Henry
Quick, for maliciously stabbing and cutting a person, with
intent to do him some grievous bodily harm ; and Wm.
Francis, for burglary.
The following were ordered to be transported for the
term of their natural lives—William Henry Jones alias
Bascall, John Hudson, Alexander Watkins, Henry Ed-
wards, James Best, James Taylor, Robert Byfield, John
Steele, Thomas Keith, Joseph Seal, William Richardson.
FOR FOURTEEN YEARS—Charles Duff alias Tubbs,
William Dolley, Benjamin Gawthorne, Samuel Gaw-
thorne, Samuel Westbrook, William Dillon, John John-
son, John Davis, Jemima Davis, William Smith, Charles
Berwick.

FOR SEVEN YFA Rs. —Thomas Wedders, Thos. Knight,
Amelia Anne Richardson, alias Brockbank, Sarah Anne
Trail, James-Foley, Mary Pearce, Catherine Lee, Francis
Mayne, William Brown, James Stockman, Wm. Goodge,
Abraham Dupree, John Currie, Thomas Flint, Henry
Grig, John Jones, John Smith, Samuel James Hodgson,
Peter Thomas, William Taylor, Samuel Clarke, Amos
Barrett, Johanna Coleman, Charles Misson, John Hatton,
Samuel Hubbuck, Thomas Williams, George Robinson,
John Finletter, George Freather, Thomas Burleigh,
William Lavender, Anne Deane, John Christmas Hobbs,
John Smith, Cornelius Mahoney, John William Miens,
Anne Wilks, William Wright, William Hitchcock, George
Dixon, T. Lewis, Geo. Green, Jane Vrent, J. Sheffield,
Samuel Levy, Daniel Bryant, Martin Alfred Lindsey, D.
Brown, A. Nottage, T. Browning, J. E. Richardson, C.
Beaumont, and Capt. H. C. Kirkwood.
A great number of prisoners were sentenced to various
terms of imprisonment and hard labour for periods varying
from two years to seven days, and several juvenile offenders
were ordered to be whipped during their confinement.
The court then adjourned to Thursday the 3d of July.

By the Nightingale Mexican packet, which
arrived at Falmouth on Saturday, advices have been
received from Mexico (city) to the 22d, and from
Vera Cruz to the 27th March. Bravo and Canalizo
had been driven out of Oaxaca, where they had for
some time maintained a strong footing. Canalizo was
in the neighbourhood of Mexico, with about 500 troops,
cavalry and infantry. A letter from the city of Oaxaca,
dated the 14th. March, says :—" Tranquillity is per-
fectly maintained in our state, and measures have been
taken to prevent Canalizo, and the insurgents under
him, from again visiting us."—Times. _

There is a spot-in the Green Park, near
Rosamond's Pond, about twelve feet in circumference,
where, if a person stand and look in any direction
whatever, he cannot see house, chimney, nor any part
of a building, and nothing but the verdure of the park,
trees, and water, and the whole prospect appears as
rural as though he were in an inland county at a con-
siderable distance from the metropolis.
The Liberal Journals have lately recalled to
the memory of Louis Philippe his declaration to the
republicans of 1830, that " a crown of gold is too cold
to wear in winter, too oppressive to wear in summer ;
a sceptre too heavy for a weapon, too short for a sup-
port • and that a good beaver hat and stout umbrella
are fairly worth them both."—Court Journal.
The Caledonian Mercury states that one of
the first subjects which will occupy the attention of the
ensuing General Assembly is the question—whether
those who have declared themselves opposed to the
alliance of Church and State can be permitted to take
their seats as members of the Supreme Court of the
National Establishment of Scotland ?

So numerous are the omnibuses which now
run in and about London, that the mileage duty alone
amounts, it is said, to nearly 200,0001. per annum.
FELINE PHENOMENON.—A poor woman,
named Workman, living in Rutland-street, in this
town, has a favourite cat that lately brought forth four
kittens, three of which were immediately taken from
her and destroyed, and she has ever since suckled two
young weasels, and her remaining kitten, with equal
care.—Cheltenham Chronicle. _

The reigning Pacha of Tripoli is at this
time negotiating a loan with one of the great capi-
ta'ists of Paris, under the influence of the Porte and
Russia. _ _ _

The East India Company's ship Prince Re-
gent arrived off the Start the 15th instant : she left
China the 26th of January, cal St. Helena the 31st of
March.
LIFE OF A SOLDIER.—Few officers in his
Majesty's service have seen so much of military life as
the field-officer to whom the public are indebted for
the striking and varied contents of the work desig-
nated as above. His career brought him in contact,
not only with many foreign generals, but with most of
the illustrious chiefs and nobles of his native land, of
whom he has told a series of characteristic and origi-
nal anecdotes. Among these will be found traits of
Sir R. Abercrombie, Lord Cloncurry, Duke of Lein-
ster, Duke of Wellington, Lord Collingwood, Gen.
Spencer, Sir John Doyle, Lord Hill, and Marshal
Beresford.

SAVINGS BANK IN PARIS.—The receipts
and prosperity of this useful institution continue to in-
crease. On the 11th and 12th of May there were
2,519 deposits made, of which 448 were new accounts.
The total amount was 322,054 francs. The demands
on the bank for the week amounted to 125,500 francs.

CURIOUS CHRISTENING.—The Rev. Dr.
Young, P.P. of Baldoyle, administered the sacrament
of baptism on Thursday under circumstances not a
little singular. There were present, first, Mary, the
infant, christened; next, Elizabeth, its mother; next,
its grandmother ; next, its great grandmother ; and
next, its great great grandmother. The latter is still
an active and healthy woman, though she is supposed
to be very nearly in the hundredth year of her age. '
—Dublin Morning Register.
The Journal cf Anvers contains the following
news :—" A letter from Holland announces that the
natives of Sumatra having risen against the Dutch
government at Batavia, have chosen a native King,
and expelled the Dutch from their posse s ;ions in that
great island."
THE NAVAL AND MILITARY LIBRARX
OF ENTERTAINMENT. —This work, so highly inte-
resting
to every class of readers, will be completed on
the Ist of June, by the publication of the " Night
Watch, or Tales of the Sea," in two vols. ; contain-
ing the Captain's Story, the Master's Story, the Boat-
swain, a Forecastle Yarn, and the Prisoner of War's
Story. Independently of this work, the collection
contains " The Naval Officer," by Captain Marryat,
three vols. ; " Sailors and Saints," by Captain Glas-
cock, three vols ; " The Chelsea Pensioners," by the
Author of " The Subaltern," three vols. ; " Tales of
Military Life," by the Author of " The Military
Sketch Book," three vols.; and " The Tales of a
Voyager to the Arctic Ocean," first and second series,
each in three vols. Either of the sets in the collec-
tion may be had separately, at only 4s. per volume,
bound. The price of the whole being 4/.
RETALIATION.—A pig on board the ship
Curler having taken a fancy to the jacket of one of
the seamen, ate it up sans eeremonie, which being
observed by the owner, he, with as little ceremony,
drew out his knife and decapitated the pig on the
spot. The Captain being on the poop, and witnessing
the transaction, gave the seaman into custody, and he
was committed to the Quarter Sessions for the offence.
—Sydney Herald.

LYNN, MAY 14.—0 n Friday afternoon, as
some boys were fishing in the mill-pond, they drew to
shore a handkerchief that was floating on the surface
of the water, which was found to contain the body of
an infant. It was in a state of nudity, and the features
had been much bent to compress it into the package.
From its size we should suppose it to have been de-
stroyed almost as soon as born. How long it had
been in the water would be difficult to say, the body
beginning to be much decomposed. At a Coroner's
Inquest held the same evening, the jury returned a
verdict of " Wilful murder against some person un-
known."
COLBURN'S MODERN NOVELISTS.—The
Mmy Number of this cheap New Monthly Library of
Entertainment contains the last series of Mr. Theodore
Hook's." Sayings and Doings," comprising his stories
of " Cousin William," and " Gervase Skinner." The
purchasers of the former series have, therefore, an op..
portunity of completing their sets at a very trifling
cost, the volumes being published at -only 4s. per vo-
lume, bound. This collection, which must not be
confounded with other advertised libraries, already
comprises the complete works of Mr. Ward, three of
Mr. Bulwer's, and the principal productions of Lord
Mulgrave, Mr. Theodore Hook, Mr. Horace Smith,
Mr. Lister Mr. D'lsraeli, Mr. Grattan, Mr. Gleig,
Lady Charlotte Bury, &c. ; and the public tire re-
quested to observe that, the copywrights of these works
being the sole property of Mr. Colbura, they cannot
appear in any other collection.

EDINBURGH ELECTION.

(From a Third Edition of the Caledonian Mercury',
dated Saturday, six p.m.)

CITY REPRESENTATION-SIR J. CAMPBELL.

MEETING IN WATERLOO ROOMS.

This day, at one o'clock, Sir John Campbell, his
Majesty's Attorney-General, met as numerous a body
of the electors of Edinburgh as the large Waterloo
Room could contain. Sir John was introduced by the
Lord Provost and Sir T. D. Lauder, and his appear-
ance was hailed with the greatest enthusiasm.
The Lord Provost, on the motion of Sir Thomas
D. Lauder, was called to the chair, and shortly con-
gratulated the meeting on the object for which it was
assembled.

Mr. SKENE, advocate, then rose, and in an eloquent
t
whichanswered ehree dh:lth heardmuch
stated humo ur
aagainst
and
and amusing speech, pointed out the qualifications of
Sir John Campbell to represent the metropolis of his
nativect every
the learned Attorney-General for England, and
then most humourously contrasted his preten-
sions with those of the two honourable gentle-
men by whom he was opposed, namely, Mr.
Learmouth and Mr. Aytoun. Towards both these
gentlemen he professed the highest respect in their
in-
dividual character ; and for Mr. Aytoun he expressed
the greatest friendship as an individual ; but in respect
to their talents, business habits, experience, and poli-
tical character, he begged the electors of Edinburgh
to consider if they could for a moment be put in compe-
tition with those of Sir John Campbell as fitted to re-
present and defend the wishes and feelings of the in-
habitants of Edinburgh in Parliament ? He concluded
by moving that Sir John Campbell was a fit and pro-
per person to represent the citizens in Parliament.
The learned gentleman's speech will be reported at
full length in our paper of Monday.
Bailie TuomsoN shortly seconded the motion. Sir
John Campbell was a native of Scotland, and the son
of a Scottish clergyman, and he was delighted to see
him, and to welcome him here. (Cheers.)
Sir JOHN CAMPBELL then rose, and was received
with loud and long cheering, waving of hats, &c., and
proceeded to address the meeting as follows :___Fellow
countrymen, I know that I shall have a patient
hearing from you. Whether you approve or not of
the sentiments I shall utter, this I know, that I shall
have the satisfaction of being listened to. Gentlemen,
in the arduous struggle for reform in the representa-
tion, I had the honour to bear a part. I heard the
calumnies then uttered by those who opposed it against
my countrymen. They said Scotsmen were incapable
of freedom—that if the Reform Bill passed, Scotland
would become a scene of riot, confusion, and blood-
shed—for, said the enemies of reform, Scots-
men can never meet in large numbers, on
any political occasion, without not and confusion,
ending in bloodshed. Gentlemen, Scotland has al-
ready given the lie to this calumny. (Cheers.) We
observed, in the southern part of this island, with de-
light, the manner in which you exercised your privi-
leges as freemen. The manner in which the new-
born liberties of Scotland were exercised did credit to
our native land, and put to shame all those who
doubted of your qualifications to act as freemen.
(Cheers.) Gentlemen, I, without the slightest hesi-
tation, accept of the invitation offered to me of be-
coming a candidate for the representation of the me-
tropolis of my native country ; nor do I feel in the
slightest degree mortified, because I was not the first
choice of a leading portion of the citizens of Edin-
burgh. ( Hear, hear.) I am not mortified, for this
reason, that what has happened has shown that I
and
now brought forward as your voluntary choice, n
not as suggested to you by the government of the
country. (Cheers.) Thank God, the days are gone
by when a man was suggested by the treasury, an
when thirty-three individuals of Edinburgh had,n°
choice but to return the nominee of the ministry.
asg°_`
would now despise and scorn any such dictation, ,enw..
the person who is to represent you. (Cheers.)
maes-
tlemen, although certainly connected with his I
lain
ty's government, I present myself here as
pwho
John Campbell—as one of your countrymen,
od
has done the best he could to earn your g0..i113
opinion. I may say I was born and bred in
country, and I glory in the name of Scotsman.
(Cheers.) I have ever boasted of my coun-
try ; and I have ever striven that my country-
men should not be ashamed of me. ( Loud cheer-
ing.) As has been stated by two of my kind friends,
I have risen from humble life to a situation of great
eminence ( Hear), and I will venture to say, that I
have done so without any sacrifice of principle or con-
sistency. I had many disadvantages to struggle
against. I had no party to support me—no patron to
advance my interests. But with these disadvantages,
I had the advantage of Scottish education—l had the
advantage of early habits of application and industry.
By the use of these I have attained independence ; I
may say eminence ; as I am now at the head of the
English bar, to which several of my countrymen, by
the same means, attained before me. Need I men-
tion the name of Erskine (Cheers), and may we
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also fairly boast of a countryman, in naming Broug_h
(Greet cheering), a man who was born and bred in
this city—who has reflected honour not on this coon?
; h he belongs
try only, but on the species to wh-e- a most
(Loud cheering.) Gentlemen, it would
forbe
all my
distinguished honour and high reward
arepre-
struggles and all my labours, to be chosen as
Cheers.) I
sentative of the city of Edinburgh. (
T say.
without
would disdain to flatter you; but this - themost
flattery, that you are the most independent,
the Bri-
intellectual, and the best educated society in
e with-
, tish empire. And I may say of myself, I hop
ithout
out presumption, that I am not altogether w
will
pretensions to the honour to which
asp
ire•
efer you
not deal in promises or professions ; but I rd
to my past life, if I have not always been Ir.„,
to be the devoted friend of the religion 01 "*.'
for
I country. (Cheers.) I am the son of oue who,
ongrega
fifty-four years was a pastor of the same c
ntle-
tion in Scotland ; and I hope (said the learned g
les-
man with great feeling) I shall never forget the,.,o the
sons which he instilled into my youth. I bealiebuis-
Church of Scotland to Le the purest, the most ever
tian, and the most useful establishment
wir,,,av not
appeared upon earth. I will not say that she
ot have
be capable of improvement ; that she
nlaYcl;ilegious
I errors to be corrected ; but I say, let no
fsaScotland.
hand touch the fabric of the Church 0- d, how-
(Great cheering.) Let it be well understoo
ever, that I would wish to see removed all the g
antes of those who conscientiously dissent frosts o,!e
doctrines. I would not act like those of the aa'„
party to which my opponent, Mr. Learmonth,belonpai
His friends in the southern part of the island sat,
the
the dissenters have already too much liberty—that
ought to be restricted—that they ought not to he. ~,s;
lowed to marry according to their own forms-'•
they should not be allowed to register their marriage%
or baptisms, but according to the rules of the char..,
—that they should not be allowed to take degrees_";
the universities,—in short, that all their grievalltre-
should be fixed permanently upon them. These, gen
men, are not my sentiments. I would have ervo'fi
practical grievance removed from the dissenters. Loud
agora
cheering.) But I maintain that it is the duty
t
0
state to afford religious instruction—
a'd
choose to
education to all classes in the country,
and who
soute hisses.)
avail themselves of it. (Cheers_e boast of Sept-
Whai, gentlemen, has been al ,
Source OI its prosperity?
land—what has been the great
an_
d that not left to
Has it not been educ atio
f individuals, but to a na-
merely voluntary efforts o
all have been instructed and
tional system, by which
.1 With regard to politics,
enlightened ? ( Cheers.) from my earliest youth the
, gentlemen, I have been
friend of every free institution. ,
steady and devoted.ments. I fought the battle of
have sat in three
Par la
lf to the utmost to Sea the
reform. I exerted myse
se
native country. Ihave del
shackles struck off my
ht to a successful termination, an f
this struggle brought
do, that history' °
all must
reioice, as we
like it, Where
the world does not afford an example
tsre
revolution has been effected without s d tin
vulsion. What was the state of SaP'—it Fos-
within the last three years ? Till thelunicipal
sessed education and intelligence, but 110 ILL,d the
freedom. You now possess the liberty eat.l.:bed Of
franchises of freemen, and all the old h
( Cheers. 3
corruption is removed from thecountry.
he best I c°lll,le
In my individual capacity I have done
fit !Ti-
to improve the laws of roY
country. Placed
law of Engia"
head of a commission for rseelf 4fa t
others s ,
we
pond
by great exertions of
tms y -and these have been 'coo%
out many improvem
%ernment. More hAs been dor,'
into effect by the, gn
the • three h had bee°
last ree years, titan
in this way, wit
period which had intervened shie
done in the long
F" r' irst. Cheers ) ea ;
days of Edwar
the
r imrovements are still in contemplatiour
for greate
ofthese It trustbe great'.
and g, one
fitted • I mean in the improvement of the 1p
bene
ab °'
debtor and creditor, with a View to olitiPt'
imprisonment for debt.
•( Cheers.) This,
• of Ow

ti

Mill
not be thought of without providing to the credi-
tor a more certain way of obtaining satisfaction from
• ilia-debtor : but I hope, ere long, to see the measure
extended to every part of the empire. I have heard
41ected to me, that I am a defeated candidate for
f... representation. . I confess the circumstance
/Lu grve me great mortification at the time k becauvese
tvas thereby stopped short in the course of impro -
'neat of the laws in which I was engaged. But, gen-
tlemen, that circumstance was not occasioned by any
personal objections to myself, but by a temporary
misunderstanding between the electors of Dudley
171 his -Majesty's government. The electors thought,
tiet erroneously, that government was minded to con-
tinue church rates; that they would not mitigate the
grievances of Dissenters ; that they would not allow
them to register their own marriages ; that they would
even,, go as far as the Duke of Wellington himself, and
not allow them to take degrees at the Universities.
this misunderstanding, I for a moment lost the ciii-
j'edenee
,of the electors of Dudley ; but I have since
end tnat they now regret that circumstance. as deeply
themselves as I did. I have had addresses from some
ra.-4
the electors, assuring me that many of those who
voted against me, or who declined vote, to now deeply
regret either their hostility or their neutrality. They
have since learned that government have taken mea-
Litres for abolishing church rates, and for removing
-'erY grievance of which any rational Dissenter can
„„__ ;1931_ lain • and if they had known this at the time, I
the Constituency.
not for a moment have lost the confidence of
Constituency. Misfortune, however, is some-
es the harbinger of joy, and the mortification of
ng sat defeated at Dudley will be more than compen-•
ed
p t am returned by you as your representative to
iirl•
lament. (Cheers.) The greatest objection, as
maul informed, is that I am a member of the govern-
but if such an objection is to be listened to,
b.,..;._.lPraY you, is a public man to be introduced into
uanaent ? There is now no Old Sarum, or Gatton,
Y which to enter, and an officer of the crown can only
hikellth,„_ Ilia, seat in the House of Commons by throwing
f upon a public, independent, and enlightened
h°ayse 11titueney—such a constituency, gentlemen, as I
remained
honour of addressing. (Cheers.) Had I
to plain plain John Campbell, I might have aspired
Ine your representative ; and now, because I am,
addition, the Attorney-General, am I not to be per-
ted compete for this distinction ? I do not urge
jholdin the office of his Majesty's Attorney-Gene-
an yg recommendation. It is not upon that I
oin_d• anlappear as a simple
eem citizen. But surely my
though not a iT mendation, ought not to be
)7lted upon as a disqualification. (Cries of " No,
Lc'," and loud cheers.) Some objections, I under-
"Lnd, go farther, and are taken, not only against a
didate connected with the government, but against
tbe government itself. Far be it from me to say that
eY have made no blunders ; when they first came
CiCieTories
office they were inexperienced, but long before
Tories come back, I hope they will have acquired
e,,Perience enough. Besides, in scanning the measures
a 1 he present administration, it' ought to be considered
°fin the state of affairs was when they came into
a.ee) and what it is now. Three years and a half
or, the fires raised by incendiaries were blazing all
Wel; di England. Reform was not to be thought of.
we
engton had declared that the old system of elec-
11. Was the beau ideal of perfection ; and that Ike
fed lotion of the rotten burghs was a blessing cOn-
*hoed upon the nation by Providence. Sir R. Peel,
sc'tnewhat more liberal than the Duke of Wel-
' cm, admitted that the Scotch system was bad, but t.
thbr, thought it should be kept up ; because as the
required
system was marked by too much freedom, it
non ed to be counterbalanced by Scotland having
lotions there was too much republicanism in the inst..
tera°,,ll.B of the South, he said, and the defect was coun-
fetCed by a system of shackles in the North. These
wileerg the present Government have dissolved; and
Prot,l:eas before, Scotland had been administered like a
by 'nee, it is the present Government alone, which,
hod kliting reform, has erected Scotland into a na-
zi*, , to considering the conduct of the Ministry, I
Grove opened the ports of China? The present
tLe.erntnent, I believe; and soon I hope to see, in
kg rrt of Leith, your own East Indiamen bring•
704 °me to you Gunpowder and Twankay, without
k 'requiring to send for it to the cheesemgers•
slk'eadenhall-street. Who was it that abolished
toh,_erY? Where is the person now present who
Zeltiplated, three years ago, that at the time
g 7117 speak to you the sun should not rise upon
al)
in the British dominions ? ( Immense cheer-
te-r.„) This event I look upon as an epoch in the his-
other (4 man, for it gives birth to the expectation that
Spain nations will follow our example. America,
before will feel ashamed to remain long behind, and
be i"l'oWn mortal career is ended, there may not
effect
stave
on the face of the earth. (Cheers.) Who
ata:„Tl the commutation of tithes ? and endeavour to
ill:" the poor laws? Here you don't know what
Brie: Poor's rates are, but in England these are
irr, -ells burdens, the poor's rate acts as a bar to all
ti,ftrovement of the land ; and is the reason why agri-
ore has not attained the same perfection in Eug-
I 11. cl that it has here. In England a man cannot milk
partc'w without accounting to the parsons for the tenth
inf it ; the same is the case with his.onions and
E":nes, and the peach he raises in his green-house.
We`rY body has heard of these grievances. Tories
oeN.-e in power for more than fifty years, and yet they
QPON. thought of bringing forward any remedy.
' rates are not merely an oppressive tax, they
thi, to demoralize the peasantry to an extent which in
adian°,untry you have no conception of. The present
4 billlStr,atiOrl, to do away these evils, have brought in
°
h leh will effect a radical cure, and which will,
411ene "'l'd.„' 'llse the standard of morality. ( A voice here
" Leave England, and come to the annuity
*lll I am unwilling to touch on local matters, but
tise
°rot flinch from them. I am left to the free exer-
Pro, own reason ; and if the present government
rese se measures which I cannot coincide with, I will
11151'1.4_1,11Y office. At present highly approve of
%op, linociples, and am their zealous though humble
,Ire,rter. With reference to the local interests of
if 4Qurgh, I will devote hours, and days, and weeks,
he,reeessary, to understand them, and I am happy to
Nat
fr,)m such high authority (Mr. Skene) that no
aec, space of time is needed. One subject I have
grioted myself with already, and that is the irre-
P 1 l'itY of the annuity tax. I was astonished to hear,
ore: Y arrival,
rthwehn Pay no taxes to church or poor, somewhat
all, a , noidesse under the old French regime. I, too,
both:a jer: and stand up for my order, but I pay
Nild these impositions were personal services, I
gaged understand why those who are otherwise en-
Asl
" in °,.,ught to be exempted; but not even in this
eolnEngland is there any privileged order of the
AlaerunltY, and I may mention that my friend Baron
on son of the Exchequer, who serves his Majesty
11,0 "e bench, is obliged to serve also in the militia,
4111,1°111e does it by deputy. He was drawn the
tlilitla.
clay, and now serves by deputy in the Middlesex
In my opinion, on this as on many other
kg,; St both ends of the island may borrow from one
19:tner ; and though I don't give pledges, yet no rule
h,,,Y,qu know, without exception, and I now pledge
41i'rief to do my utmost to make the lawyers pay the
patio tax. I come now to a graver subject, church
Mii,?l,4age. If, as to this, the general assembly,
klri," I believe sits shortly, think correctives neces-
kn el to these I will attend ; but that there should be
Cara eneti°ll and a poll for a clergyman—to that I never
and e;ll,sent. I have seen much of popular elections,
fills me with horror to think of nomination,
14 ,polling-booths, and bribery for a minister.
taken 's'and I know where such things have actually
Nit 1 place. They are not fancied evils, and such
would willingly avert from my native land. It
4peqf, ill suit this place were Ito say any thing disre-
aiv ,u 1 of my opponents Mr. Learmouth I never
.
I and have no doubts of his capacity and integrity.
1,511N2k only at the cause of which he is the organ. He
eN.lPught forward by the Tory party, who, if they are
ni-:ll4sent, would deprive you of your votes, and for
I,t Part I deprecate the return to power of,
a party
o
otli. hold such principles as they hay, acted on ; not
tVrtvould Old Sarum and Gatton be restored, but
11.1_14tip policy would be changed. We should
fi enry V. on the throne of France ; Carlos and
tek7„ would reign in the Peninsula ; and these
absolutism would become the pets of the
government. I deem it the glory of the pre_
ff'uroi,,rninistration to have preserved tranquillity with
i°llr ttlijONhereby they have been enabled to repeal
cam kn'as of taxes ( Cheers.) Were the Tories
4104 e '4/4, *
utioris there would be war waged against free
Av, ' and fresh loads of taxes. I now turn to
al the testimony borne to his private
I)l.;it;etrteenr;_!treadily concur ; and I believe I say with-
is i •`' that he is the representative of the Ultra-
,7tod „„:ntereSt. The Radical's schemes are calcu-
Inns inr imPro3;ing but fort estroying the institu-
:foriaer church and -state. always have been a
,Q
rk hittitat°l abuses, and ever rill be a reformer on
asrcnoi Principles, but I would not go to
a colony had suddenly landed on a savage
"ere each would struggle for what he thought

would suit hid own fancy best. I have no doubt of the
sincerity and good intentions of that party ; but their
principles lead in my opinion, to revolution and to
political convulsion. ( Considerable confusion.) My
humble opinion is, that these principles would lead to
despotism, and terminate in the overthrow of liberal
institutions. It is only by a regard to law that free-
dom can be preserved. Every new-fangled notion, if
followed, would endanger the stability of the constitu-
tion. I have now, gentlemen, explained fully, sin-
cerely, and honestly, the principles on which I offer
myself to your suffrages. On these principles I have
ever acted, and to these prineilt!es I ever will adhere.
If upon them you think me worthy of your support, it
will be the proudest day of my life to be returned to
parliament by the metropolis of my native country,
where it will be my endeavour to serve you truly,
honestly, and faithfully. I will give no political
pledge. What I said a little ago about pledging my-
self to equalise the annuity tax was, as you understood
it, a joke ; but I will answer any questions you wish
I
to ask, as think there ought to be the fullest under-
standing betwixt the candidate and the constituents.
I now tifrow myself sincerely on your choice. If re-
turned, I joyously receive that honour ; if not, I go
back to private life without regret. But I feel that in
a public sphere I could still be of service to my coun-
try, and should rejoice exceedingly to enter it again
as your representative. (Loud cheering. )
Sir John Campbell sat down amidst great cheering.
The LORD PROVOST then rose and said that Sir
John Campbell had entered very largely into his views
both on public and local matters. The electors would
have an opportunity of meeting with him again ; but
the Attorney-General was now waiting to answer any
questions which might be suggested by so large and
respectable a meeting.
The Hon. D. EKSKINE—My Lord Provost, I avail
myself of this permission. I wish to hear the opinions
of Sir John Campbell on the subject of capitalpunish-
ment.
Sir JOHN CAMPBELL—I will make my reply with all
liberty. The old code of England was the most
bloody and barbarous that was ever heard of in a civi-
lised country. I believe I may boast of having softened
its ferocity. I supported in parliament several bills
for lessening the number of capital punishments. For-
gery ceased to be a capital crime. Stealing property
to the value of as., a sheep, an ox, or a horse, from a
common, which formerly were capital, were struck out
of the statute-book, by bills which I warmly and ac-
tively supported ; but if the question is put, should all
capital punishment be abrogated ? I say, no.
2. On Septennial Parliaments ? Thought they
should be shortened.
3. Corn Laws ? I am a friend to free trade in
every commodity. Not to repeal the Corn Laws just
now might be beneficial, as the agricultural distress
was great.

4. What do you think of the Pension List? I
think it a reproach to the Tories ; while they were in
power all the objectionable pensions were granted.
5. How would you have voted on Mr. Whittle
Harvey's motion ? As I was not then in Parliament,
I cannot pretend to talk of possibilities as to what
might have happened or might not have happened.
The LORD PROVOST then put the question, " That
Sir J. Campbell was a fit and proper person to repre-
sent the city of Edinburgh." ( Tremendous cheering.)
The LORD PROVOST declared the motion carried.
( A fuller report will appear in our next. )