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thfoe was another instance of it. He (Lord Brougham)
vi as then sitting in the company of a High Sheriff,
whose official duties commenced in the present year, and
who was of the Jewish persuasion.—(Hear, hear.) But I
feel assured that he is not on that account held in less re-
spect by his fellow-citizens, as conscientous Christians, than
he, as a Jew, held them as members of the Christian_
Church.—(Hear, hear.) Before he sat down he mould
say one word more in respect of the school, the institution
of ,which they hod met o:i that day to celebrate, and he
lui,ded and trusted, nay, he felt confident, that the rules,
established regarding the choice of professors and masters,
vested as it was by the Act of Parliament in the Professors
of the London U nive rsi ty, and of the Kings College, were
such as would be found equally beneficial and useful.
He could not take his leave of those who were assembled
there, without once more expressing his high sense of the
very munificent conduct of the Corporation of London, who
had covered themselves with glory by the surrender of the
funds 'devoted to the establishment of the schools, the insti-
tutkm of which they had met on that day to celebrate, and
he had no doubt that not only there but far distant, the
merit of the sacrifice would be acknowledged, and the chaise
of gratitude be rendered to the City of London.---(Cheers.)
The CHAIRMAN, in proposing the next toast, said that
they were all aware the City of London returned four
Members to Parliament, and they had then the honour of
the presence of three of them.—(Cheers.) He (the Chair-
man) had been a witness to their conduct during the last
Session of Parliament, and during previous Sessions, and he
considered that the City of Londc,n was highly favoured
and honoured in having four such• able representatives as it
has at present.—(Cheers.) He hoped that all present would
join in wishing them health 'to prosecute the arduous duties
that were entrusted to th'em.—(Loud cheers.)
Mr. GROTE returned thanks.
The CHAIRMAN than proposed the health of Dr. Birk-
beck.—(Loud applf.Ause.)
Dr. BIRKBECk expressed his acknowledgments for the
honour thus conferred on him. There would now be afforded
to the citizi.mi of London means of procuring education,
liberal education, at no great distance from their homes,
for tbr.:ir sons—education at what he doubted not must
beco:ne a flourishing institution—and education that would
not merely embrace the languages, but the sciences, and
in the hall of which he hoped the parents, as well as the
pupils, would assemble to participate in the experimental in-
struction and lectures that would there take place.—(Hear.)
The CHAIRMAN then gave " The Health of the She-
riffs."—(Loud applause.)
Mr. Sheriff SALOMONS saird, that to a certain extent he
was a stranger among th•an ; but, if being born among
them, and having passed 'ilis life among them went for any
thing, perhaps he was -no such great stranger. And yet
perhaps he was a stranger among them, for till within the
last year or two th.e laws made him a stranger.—( Hear,
hear.) The. lays had proscribed him, but he was still
worse proscribed by the prejudices of the community—pre-
judices confirmed, perhaps, by the education that had prr..
vailed.--(IIcAr.) Then how grateful must he feel for the
peculiar occasion on which they had assembled--to cele-
brate t).ie commencement of an establishment 'hat would
tend to remove unjust prejudices by advancing knowledge.
—(blear.) lie believed that the noblest work in which
man could be engaged, was the promotion of education.
The Chairman quitted the chair, and was followed by
Lord Brougham and the other compauy at the upper table.

AMEIIICA.

Sketch of the public career of the three principal
candidates for the Presidency of the United States :
NEW YORK, SEPT. 14.
As the Presidential election is already an interesting
question here, and has become the chief topic of conversa-
tion, I have thought that a sketch of the three principal
characters who are aspirants to the Chief Magistracy,
would be acceptable to your readers ; and I will commence
by Mr. Van Buren, who seems to stand first in the estima-
tion of the public, and will probably be the successful can-
didate. Mr. Van Buren is a native of Columbia county.
The period when he began to take an active part in politics
was in 140.1, when he joined the democratic party, an --A
appeared as an elector in support of Morga:a Lewis, as Go-
vernor of New York. In 1808, he was appointe'l Surro-
gate of his county, and in 1812, was elected State Senator
Dior the then middle district, which &lice he held till 1813,
'when the ascendancy of the Federal party occasioned his
removal. In 1815, he was atypointed Attorney-General,
and the following year was re-.elected to the Senate. In
1821, he was appointed a Stator in Congress of the United
States, and was re-elected in 1827. He contributed mainly
to the election of GenerP:t Jackson ; for next to the General
he was then, as he' is 'aow, the most influential and popular
man in the country., In 1829, he entered upon the office of
Governor of New York, but he soon after resigned, in conse-
quence of his ap-dointment as Secretary of State of the United
States. This office he resigned in 1831, and was soon after
appointed IV‘inister to England; but his appointment was not
confirmed 'by the Senate, and accordingly Mr. Van Buren
was recalled. He was subsequently nominated to the Vice-
Presickncy, the station he now holds. Of his personal
appearance, or of his manner and ad.dress, it is unnecessary
to speak, as his residence in England will have afforded
opportunities for appreciating there his character and
talents. As a ready and successful debater, he has few
superiors. Several of 11;s speeches, particularly those in
favour of the Bill aboliihing imprisonment for debt, and in
support of the law for making provision for the officers and
soldiers of the revolution, are regarded as the best speci-
mens of eloquence ever heard in the Senate of the United
States. Those on the Panama mission, on the organisation
of the judiciary, and on the right of the Vice-President to
control the freedom of debate, are also highly creditable to
his talents as an orator and a statesman.—Hugh L. White
is a native of South Carolina, and is of Irish descent. He
studied law in Philadelphia, and settled •arly in life in
Tennessee. From the assiduity with which he devoted
himself to the duties of his profession, he rose rapidly to
high and honourable distinction at the Bar. At the age
of 28 he was selected from a body of experienced lawyers
to fill the office of the Judge of the superior Court. This
seat he held till 1807, w'nen he resigned ; but he was im-
mediately after appointed District Attorney of the United
States, and in the course of the same year was elected a
Senator to the State Legislature. In this station he ren-
dered essential services, and was author of the new system
of American land law. In 1809 he ryas appointed Judge
of the Supreme Court, or highest appelate tribunal of his
State, which office he held fol. six years. During the
Greek campaign, when Gene-fal Jackson was surrounded
by difficulties, he was of tl'.o greatest service to that Com-
mander, by sending him recruits raised by his influence in
Tenessee, and by the ~applies which he procured for his dis-
tressed and famishing army. In 1817 he was again elected
Senator, and served with distinction the period for which
he had been elected. He was one of the Commissioners
under the Spanish treaty in 1820, and continued in that
office tit t the expiration of' his commission in 1824. The
follow;_og year, General Jackson having resigned his seat in
the F.;enate of the United States, Judge White was unani-
mo'asly elected to fill out the term, and in 1827 he was
again elected to serve the next six years. During the pe-
riod of his public career, more weighty subjects have been
discussed, more doubtful points settled, and more difficulties
removed, than in any other period of American history of
the same length. He has borne a part in al.nost every mo-
mentous question that has arisen, and is accordingly believed
to be in no want of at least that experience which would fit
him for any office in the Government. During Adams's
Administration he was strongly opposed to the Panama
mission, and equally so to the tariff. He has declared b;7,1..
self an enemy to extensive executive patronage ; tin inter-
nal improvement by the general P.,•)
Government ver met his
approbation. The last ofice held 'by him was that of Pre-
sident of the Senate. He nr,v; aspires to the highest in his
country, and perhaps the tr.ast honourable in the world.—
Daniel Webster was ho' n in the state of New Hampshire,
and is about fifty-tlyeee years of age. His first entrance
on public life was in 1812, soon after the declaration of
war, when, at tliAe early age of thirty, he was chosen
one of the Re'dresentatives of his native State, to the 13th
Congress. Ike was opposed to the policy of the war, and voted
against Mr. Munroe 's Bill, for a sort of military conscription ;
hut he was strongly in favour of augmenting the navy, ruld
of treating an adequate naval defence. It was 0:1 these
subjects, and in some debates an financial matters, that he
save the first proofs of his talents as an orator and states-
man. In 1820 he was a I`.,letnher of a Convention of De-
legates, assembled in Br.ston, to revise the Constitution of
Massachusetts, whe:f he delivered an address, which bears
the strong impre-A of a superior genius, and may be consi-
dered as the 'ground work of his reputation. His second
appearance '.n the national Councils was in 1823 to 1827,
when in various discussions on the tariff, on internal im-
proveme-ats, the Panama mission, and other subjects, he
exhibited those remarkable powers and vast intellect, which
have raised him so high in the estimation of his countrymen.
HGtv he has borne himself' in the Senate is well known to
every one who is acquainted with the affairs of this country.
In 1832, when the question for re-chartering the Bank
came up, Mr. Webster sustained it with his usual eloquence
and skill, though his efforts were not crowned with success.
But there are two occasions on which he attracted particu-
larly the notice and applause of the public—namely, the
two great debates of 1830 and 1833, when he overthrew the
doctrine of nullification. To enumerate the speeches of
Mr. Webster, and the triumphs he has obtained in both
Houses, would exceed the limits of the sketch which it is
here intended to give. Suffice it to say, that he is a man
who stands in the first rank among the distinguished men
of America, and who is particularly popular in the Northern
States. Ills pretensions, therefore, to preside over the
Tieftinies of his country are not without a good foundation.