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London, England, 1820-03-14 00:00:00

ITALY.

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PISA, Fen, 16.—Having wriven to you sib
lately I should nut again have taken up my pen,
' were it not to give you some account of an unex-
pected visit with which this city has been honoured
from her Royal Highness the Princesi of WALES.
She arrived at Leghorn on the 9111 or 10th in-
stant, and proposed honouring that place with
her presence for at least a fortnight, but the un-
expected intelligence of the King's lamentea
death, had determined her to recommence her
journey immediately ; Rome was spoken of as
the place of her destination, but on her arrival
here, or rather when she left this place, she took
a northern direction, and, consequently, proceed-
ed through the little State of Locca. Yesterday
morning, at ten o'clock, she alighted at a Palace
on the Arno, which bad been previously engaged
for her. Report acid she osme to breakfast with
Madame Felice, an American Lady, the widow of
a Roman Gentleman; but the latter only gave
up her habitation to the Royal and Illustrious
traveller. A Guard of Honour was placed at
tier door, and the Archbishop sent the state car-
riage to be in attendance, as long as this high
personage remained in the city. She made use of
it to visit the Cathedral, Baptistry, and Campa-
nelli, and passed some time in the Campo Santo,
attended by a fierce; looking man, with enormous
mustachios, and a child. The whole group were
in the deepest mourning. About one o'clock she
again set out in an English barouche, accompa-
nied by three smaller carriages, covered with lug..
gage, and &Heil with attendants. She was to ar-
rive the same night at Massa, and the reason
stated for her taking this route, is the desire she
has of seeing the extensive marble quarries at
Carara and its vicinity.

SCOi'LAND.

RIOT IN ROSS-SHIRE.

Of this distressing circumstance no farther par•
iculars have reached us than are contained in the

annexed letter :

[Extract of a 'Letter front Ross-shire.]
" We have all been agitated by a most unplea-
sant business, which took place yesterday. The
scene took place on a part of Mr. Mow() of No.
var's property, called Cu!rain, near Gladfield.
" The object ..of the Sheriff going was to see
his officers perform their duty of executing the
summons, which was to warn the people irons
-their farms. As they had before resisted, the
Sheriff was obliged to take with him a consider-
able force, in order to carry ;he business into ef-
fect. About fifty specia.l constables were sworn
in, and a party of about twenty...five militiamen
accompanied them.

" this force proved very inadequate, and a
scene took glace truly horrible, in which thirteen
of the Sheriff's party were wounded, and of these
one had his skull fractured by a stone, which hit
him in the forehead. The Sheriff was in immi-
nent danger. lie was hit by three stones, one of
which cut bil hat. He went amongst the people,
thinking to soften them by reasoning, but it was
all in vain. They called out to him, that be used
to be on the side of mercy ; that they thought he
would protect them, but that be now came to op-
press them like the rest. The mob appeared as
if raving mad, and those who first attacked seem-
ed furious, and were chiefly worm's. The men
were drawn up on a height, and had taken quite
military position behind a wall, with their fire-
arms in readiness. There were about two hundred
armed."---(Edinburgh Courant, March 11,)
Chascovi, Almtcn 9. Yesterday, passed
through this town, from Edinburgh, under the
escort of Daniel Hamilton, Esq. Sheriff Substi-
[We of Lanarkshire, and a party of otficays, ‘Vm.
Al`Oheer or M'Ciherr, and Charles Britton or
Li it.in, found guilty before the High Court of
Justiciary, on the 7th ultimo, of soathrief anal
robbery, by breaking into the house of lioreland,
AN rshite, on the 9th of December last. They ore
to be executed at Ayr to-morrow. The party
trout this city went to Westcraigs for the pri-
soners, and conveyed there to Cathcart, where
they w..re delivered over to the Sheriff-Depute of
Rentrewshire.

A match fur lOU guineAs a,ide was run on Thurs-
day last front Thorne to Lung Bintrington, in Yu, k-
shire, and back again, a distance of 100 wiles, be-
tween Mr. En th's mare by Timothy, I I years old,
end Mr.i riming fitly mdre, ridden by the owners,
which was won by the twiner, Mr. J. baying
given up the contest at the 5S mile stone. Mr.
Firth went over the whole of the ground in eleven
trout` and a halt, ioeluding a thrice hour's bait.

WESTMINSTER ELECTION.

FOURTH DAY.

The numbers as exhibited yesterday at the usual

titne, were—
Sir Francis Mir(lett
Mr. Hubbowie
Mr. Lamb

Sir F. BourseTa's appearance on the Hustings
was greeted io an unusually warm manner ; and
as sooti as the ordinary demonstrations of satisfac-
tion at the favourable look of the popular Candi-
dates' cause had subsided, he spoke to the tellowing
effect :—He congratulated them on the state of the
poll for that day ; which, be said, when compared
with its appearance on every day since the com-
mencement, reminded him of a competition on a
rece-course, wherein one horse, very superior to
the rest, took the lead at the beginning, end main-
tained it till the end of the heat,—(Laughter and
applause.)—From the spirit which hed been ma-
nitested on the part of the Electors on the present
occasion, he was convinced they would not only
triumph in the contest they were then engaged in,
but in every other which combo; events might call
on them to exert themselves in.—(Cries of " We
will t")—Under all the circumstances of the pt e-
sent Electio wherein not only the particoler
feelings and inteve,es of the City of Westminster
were at stake, but in which it was looked up to
by the cone ry at large as an example, he should
not be satisfied by their merely obtaining a tri•
umph after a well contested stroegle, unless, io-
dependently of final success, they continued to
poll with such decided 'majorities as they had
hitherto dope ; in order to show how futile
were all those attempts to stem that torrent of
opinioo and sentiment which was engaged in the
support of the cause.—(Applause.)—What be said
oil that subject was principelly because of the
litany odd notions which were ahead, su that,
althotigli one had friends, it was difficult to know
whether they could be depended on for affording
that hind of support which was best calculated
for success. Ou his way to the Hustings !ha'. day,
he had met with an elector, who came up to him
and said, " I have riot voted for you yet ; but I
mean to come (fowl, to-morrow, or next day, for
that purpose." Ile (Si; F. Burdett) recommend-
ed hint to come down that day and vote, observing
'het there was nothing like " to-day." His
friend, however, replied, that there was himself
Bed thirty or forty more, who meant to conic to-
gether to-morrow or next day, when, it their op-
ponent should have got a-head, they would pull
him (fowl) again. These honest people, no doubt,
thooght it very good amusement to let Mr.
Lamb get a-head just for the sake of pulling
hint down again, as they called it ;—(Laugh-
ter)—hut he had represented "to him the mis-
chievous tendency of this mode of proceeding,
which not only tended to make that appear
doubtful to the rest of the na jOll, which they
ad knew to be beyond expression cerosie ; but it
was also unfair towards their opponent, as it
would be the meatis of buoying him up with false
hopes.—(Applause and hiughier.)—His friend
informed him, that he knew of sonic fifty mote
who were actuated by the same vices as himself
in another parish, and parted front him with an
assurance that he would conic up to-morrow and
vote ; and he (Sir F. Burdett) hoped they would
all come up as quick as they possibly could, anti
show bow little they regarded any of those male-
volent attacks and sneers which were attempted to
be cast on that great city.—(Cheers.)—He under-
stood that Mr. Lamb had said, that he wished by
" legal means " only to see the Constitution
reformed. This be thought a very unfair way of
stating the argument, tor, in his opinion, Mr.
Lamb meant by that to say that his opponents
wished to bring about reform by illegal and un-
constitutional means. According to his own de-
claration, however, lie would say that Mr. Lamb
Bras more of a Radical Reformer than he was
himself—(laughter) ;—for lie declared himself to
be an advocate for a reform of the Constitution,
which wifs going a greater length than he (sir F.)
had ever veottited to go. No : all that he asked
for was, the Constitution entire. Ile did not
want any reform of that—he only said, as a fa-
vourite toast expressed it, " Give us the Consti-
tution ; all the Constitution ; and nothing but
the Constitution."—(Cheers and laughter.)—lt
was scarcely possible to mention any uncorrupt
man of talent who did not think there was an
absolute necessity for a Radical Reform of Perlia-
relent, as the only remedy for the unexampled griev-
emcee and oppression of the nation.—(Applause.)
—Mr. Lamb had asked if he (Sir F. Burdett)
could expect, by the force of his eloquence, to per-
suade the House of Commons to reform itself ?
He answered, " No !" No man was so foolish as
to entertain such a delusive expectation. If Mr.
Fox, with all his transcendent eloquence, had de-
clared himselt incapable of making any impression
on the House of Commons, he knew of no one
in whom it would not he presumption to have
such an expectation. In au address which Mr.
Fox had made to the Electors of Westminster,
for which by the way he ought to have had an
ex 'officio information tiled against him—(Laugh-
ter)—he had said that he could not but think
it unfit, inhume'', and unconstitutional, as well
as subversive of the English laws, and of every
principle of religion, to put suspected persons to
the torture for the purpose of extorting confes-
sion —(Applause.)—He thought it was impos-
sible to put Bey thing stronger against the House
/of Commons then that they were willing to coun-
tenance the torture. He did not wish to misre-
preseet filet Assembly any more than any other,
but when they failed to express their disapproba-
tion of a measure, he thought it a fair conclusion
thet they were favourable to it, anti the moving a
pteviotis order—a method which 034 House had
of getting rid of any questiou without discussing
it—he looked upon as a sufficient manifestation
of their sentiments. With respect to Mr.Lernh, he
must observe, that there were 10111 e circumstances
attending his recent situation which were rather
unfortunate ; for, independent of his not meeting
with even tolerable sepport from the Electors,
that Right lion. Gentleman was trot even sup-
ported by himself on this occasion.—(Cries of
Bravo !)—Be gave sometbiog like meaning to
that j iron so frequently used iu the House of
Continuos, viz." be turned his back upon him-
seft." If theme was aoy thiog that could give to

appearance of meaning to such jargon, it was
Nlr. Lamb', condect.—(Cheers.)—Even among
his professed friends, one of those Gentlemen
v'. ho were standing at that moment behind hitn
when he (Sir F. Burdett) NrYAS talking about
Reform in Parliament, had called out " No
Ceto•st reet conspiracies !" (Disapprobation.)
He could not conceive any thing more unfit
to serve the purpose intended than such an
explessiou ; and if the worst of Mr. Lamb's ene-
mies had come froward in order to say that which
he about(' conceive most detrimental to his cause,
he woull have fixed upon precisely what the Gen-
dense() near Mr. Lamb hail said.—(Disapproba-
tion.)—le his opinion it ill became any man, of
any party, when persons were in confinement tin-
der teriotts charges, to make any allusion what-
ever to their case ; and in pluportioa as those
charges were of a grave natore,would a candid and
liberal mind be careful to abstain from allusion.—
He sincerely trusted and hoped, that no tnan, be-
cause he was struck by the atrocity of the charges
would be tempted to say a word either one way
or the other.—(Cheers.)—But what was still
worse than this was to throw out insinuations
against those whom no one dared to charge.-
-He begged leave, in conclusion, to request the
Electors would continue their exertions, and to
be sure and avoid the example of his honest friend,
whom he had met that day in the street—to bring
tip their votes with all possible dispatch, and by
that means make the result ten tidies more desir-
able, and the triumph ten times more perfect.—
The character of tie City of Westminster would.
be tarnished, it for a moment the victory should
be doubtful. He exhorted them, therefore, to
bring their friends to poll as early as possible,
and to impress on their minds, that one vote to-
morrow was worth two given on Wednesday, and
that two on Wednesday were worth four given
on the following day, and so OD, till the close of
the poll.—(Continued cheers.)
Mr. Lame then presented himself, and having
patiently waited for a bearing in the midst of
every species of vocal disapprobation, was at
length permitted to proceed. Oppressed and dis-
heartened as he had been stated to be, it might,
perhaps, appear wonderful that he was. in spirits
sufficient to be able to address them at all—
(" Bravo, Lamb") ;—hit' he could assure them,
as he did tint feel the weight of his misfortunes,
he was as much in spirits as ever he was, as to
the result of the Election.—(Applause.)—He was
inclined to say something conciliatory to his op-
ponents, particularly as it appeared that the exer-
tions they had made to bring voters to the poll
were not, as he had erroneously supposed, from
any hostile intention towards him, but merely to
save him the mortification of being buoyed up
with false hopes. Their kind intentions, how-
ever, bad tint succeeded ; for he was buoyed up
with hopes as much as ever.—(Laughter.)—Ex-
perience ahowed that Monday was always a pros-
perous day for his opponents to poll ; (" Why
then was it the same on Saturday ?")—and looking
at the pi ogress his opponents haul made on the
poll of that day, and knowing what were their
expectations, he knew that they were disappoint-
ed ; foe tie knew that their friends had expected
that they wool(' be at least one thousand a-head.
—(Cries of " No, no !")—lf they were, or if
they should he 1000 a-head to-morrow, his hopes
would he as good as ever.—(Laughter.)—He un-
deretood that many of them had come to the
vomitl that day, in the expectation of hearing
hint make his farewell speech. He was sorry to
disappoint them all, (" Not all," from the crowd.)
—Not all, then, but a great part—certainly, a
majority of them ; but he could assure them,
that he had not vet began to think of his farewell
speech. The Honourable Baronet bad stated one
thing which had astonished bins. He said, that
lie (Mr. Lamb) was a more Radical Reformer
tau himself ; that be (Mr. Lamb) wished to re-
form the Constitution, whilst he entertained no
such wish himself. In reply to this, he should
only say, that his friend and colleague beside him
had the other day declared the seven bills, which
were so mulch the object of their animadversion,
a part of the Constitution, and he did not think
they were prepared to say, they did not wish to
reform that part of the Constitution at least.—
(Applause and disapprobation.)—Mr. Hobboase
said, respecting his pamphlet, that be did not in-
tend to incite the people against the House of
Commons, and therefore, that it was not fair, nor
candid on his part, to repeat on the bustioge
what was the general opinion respecting it. He
did not know to what extent candour might go
in its demands, but he must say, that if a
publication was not to be judged by the words
contained, he did not know by what rule it was
to be judged. He certainly did not think that
that Gentleman could be allowed to put a con-
struction on his words contrary to the opinion
of hundreds, by sitting at home and pointing out
a snug note of interrogation.—(Great clamour )
—They were very noisy, toad, as lie was very
hoarse, he assured them that it was ribt possible
for him to make himself hearth. Ile had butt one
word more to say. Many of them were very
noisy against the Whigs, but, HS soon as Mr.
Hothouse should set his toot in the House of
Commons, from that moment he became a Whig.
(Disapprobation.)—With what party would
he
rote but the Whigs ? Whose measures would he
support but the tVhigs ? The Hon. Baronet
in Parliantent was always a Whig. Front the ex-
perience which lie had had of the worthy Baronet
he had always voted with the Whigs, excepting
on the occasion of the Penryn question —(Here
there was an increased uproar, and some indica-
tions having been sliewn of en intention to inter-
rupt the speaker by personal outrage, Mr. Lamb
observed, that if they should attempt to spit at
hint, or pelt him, he never would make his ap-
pearance on the hustings again during the Elec-
tion.)--It bad been urged against hint that its
some part of his speeches he supported the
Hon. Baronet, whilst in other parts he opposed
hint. What did the Hon. Baronet himself do
with respect to the Whigs ? Did he not always
speak ageitist them, and at the same time always
vote with them i—(Continned uproar ) Ile
wished to make a bargain with them. Mr. Hob•
house was that day a=head of him : the y would
all allow, he hoped, that he bore it good-bit-
mooredly. kVben, therefore, he should leave
Mr. llobhoute behind, which in the course of a

few days he should do---(Never!)—he hoped
they would bear it with equal good humour.—
__..(uproar.)
Mr. LAMB then retired, and Mr. Hoastouse was
proceeding to address the multitude, when the
former Gentleman begged permission to say one
word more. He had forgot to mention, that with
respect to the remarks of the Hon. Baronet, as to
an expression which had been made use of front a
Gentleman behind him, that lie perfectly coincided
with the Hon. Baronet in all lie had said on that
subject—that it was not from any suggestion from
him that it had been uttered, and he was autho-
rised to say, that the Gentleman who had made
use of it, had done so on his own authority.—
(Cries of " Let him come forward," and " No,
no, stop where you are I")
Mr. Host-rouse. then came forward. Mr. Lamb,
he observed, had told them, that being only 300
a-bead of hits on the day's poll, he was disap-
pointed. He hoped he should be disappointed
in that way every day during the contest.—
(Cheering.)—As Mr. Lamb bad told them what
it was had disappointed him (Mr. Hothouse), he
hoped be would permit him to tell them what it
was bad disappointed Mr. Lamb. He was disap-
pointed because public men, who had acted so
meritoriously as he had, should meet with such
small encouragement. In his first speech he had told
them, that it he should not happen to be returned,
it would be pretty encouragement for public men.
He could tell Mr. Lamb, that in his conduct to-
wards him lie did not evince much knowledge of
what encouragement was due to public men—
to men who were ready to vindicate popular rights
an dprivileges, by submitting to unwarrantable pri-
vation and punishment.—(Applause.)—Alt bough
Mr. Lamb spoke fair with regard to him in public,
he used every species of detraction towards hint
in private.—(Disapprobation.)—This was the
species of encouragement Mr. Lamb thought fit
to show towards those who were ready to tome
forward and sacrifice themselves on the shrine
of liberty. He imputed to him as a crime, that
which (if it was not saying too much of himself)
the public at large imputed to hint as a virtue.—
(Applause.)—Mr. Lamb said, he (Mr. Hobbouse)
would become a complete Whig I It was a good
thing to become a complete any thing ; but Mr.
Lamb was not likely to become that thing.—
(Laughter, and " Give it him, Hobhonse.")—
Mr. Lamb applauded in the House of Com-
mons that Act which the Whig Oracle—" The
Morning Chronicle "—admitted to be illegal
and unconstitutional in the case of his im-
prisonment. That Right Honourable Gen-
tleman also not only differed with him on
the subject of Radical Reform, but he differed
with the Whig leader under whose banners he
came forward to fight—Mr. Tierney. With re-
spect to Universal Suffrage, he would like to give
it it trial ; and if it did not answer, why, they
could then try something else.—(Cheers.)—Mr.
Lamb had been idle enough, on Saturday last, to
ask hint, why be wished for a seat in Parliament ?
He world tell him, that because, as he intended
always to speak his sentiments freely, and as be did
not wish to spend his life-time in Newgate, on that
account he wished for a seat in Parliament, so
that, if the worst came to the worst, he might at
all events go to the Tower (laughter and cheer-
ing) ; and also that lie might, for the future, not
be committed to prison without a citation, a hear-
ing, and even without being seen.—(Cheers.)—
As Mr. Lamb had given his opinion that the House
of Commons should continue to exercise its arbi-
trary power, tempered with mercy, he confessed
that he should rather prefer spending his time in
that House even, than in Newgate. It a better
place could be bound between the two, he should
certainly give the preference to it.—(Some one
from the crowd here called out, " Act like a man
—beg his pardon for giving him so much trouble.")
He would now take his leave of them for many
reasons. One of them was, that Mr. Sturch would
address a few words to them. He concluded by
expressing a hope that they would disappoint him
to-morrow in the same manner as they had done
that day.—(Applause )
Mr. STuectt begged permission, as a fellow
Elector, to address them for a few minutes. He
wished simply to explain to them why he had
voted as he had done in the present Election, lest
it should be thought he had been influenced by a
feeling of partiality towards a Representative who
had served the City of Westminster so faithfully
for so great a length of time. He had remained
neutral in the last Election, and he should have
done the same in the present, had it not been from
what had occurred since its commencement. Ra-
dical Reform of Parliament he considered to he
necessary to the political salvation of the country,
and Mr. Lamb, so far front being friendly to that,
appeared to be averse to it. He thought it,
therefore, his duty not ouly not to countenance
hint, but to do all in his power to prevent his
Election —(Applause.)—lie had therefore divided
his votes between Sir F. Burdett and Mr. flub-
house.—(Applause.)
The different Candidates then left the Hustings.

Yesterday, was brought to Bow-street Office,
Martin Merricke, charged with sending a number
of threatening letters to Sir Ledford Harvey, pur-
porting to do him a bodily injury, and even to
mutder hitn. It appeared that the prisoner had
been a servant to Sir Ledford Harvey, in the ca-
pticity of a footman, and on account of his mis-
conduct Sir Ledford discharged him from his ser-
vice.—The prisoner was ordered to tind bail or be
committed.

M UTE RIOUS CT RCUM ITANCE .—Yesterday morn-
ing a bundle was found lying in the area of the
house of Nelson, Eq. of Russel-square. On
the servant's opening it, he found a film male ;n-
-fan!, together with a variety of surgical instru-
ments, necessary tor an accouchement. The
child was quite dead and the circumstance bring
made known to the parish officers, the bony was
cat tied to the workhouse.

Gilbett Macleod, Author of The Spirit of the
Union, was put to the bxr of the Justiciary Court,
Edinburgh, on Wednesday, to receive sentence,
when the LORD JUSTICE CLERK Sentenced him to
five years' transpottation beyond seas, with the
usual certification. The term of his transporta-
tion to commence from that day.