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London, England, 1831-04-02 00:00:00

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Unman —The inhabitants of the village of Larkhall and neigh-
bourhood had flags displayed on almost every house top, and four bon-
fires kindled in different parts of the village, and not less than four
friendly bands joined together all the music of the place, and joyously
paraded the streets, to the amount of more than 1000 people.
STRATNAVEN.—The Deacons, with the Members of their respective
bodies in this town, clothed with their badges and insignia of office,
met, and, with the Strathaven instrumental band walked in on
through the town, with music playing, colours flying, guns Cr' and
bonfires blaring, and at intervals were regaled with mountain dew by
several respectable inhabitants, friends to the cause. After walking
through the town, the procession returned to the Assembly Room,
where a public dinner was held, and, in the meantime, the town was'
I brilliantly illuminated. .
GREENOCK.—This town also, with its accustomed patriotism and
spirit, was splendidly illuminated on Monday evening. Greenock has
done her part like others, and that, too, in a most enthusiastic and bril-
liant manner.
EDINBURGH ILLUMINATION AND RIOT.
The City was illuminated last night, in commemoration of the
triumph of the Reform Bill, and we are ashamed to say that it ended
in a wanton and general demolition of window.glasa in the more re.
spectable quarters. The Magistracy hesitated at first to give any en.
couragement to the proposition, but in the afternoon they issued a hand-
bill stating, that as a great number of the inhabitants bad determined
to illuminate, it would be advisable that the illumination should be ge-
neral. This bill, however, from being issued at the eleventh hour, was
of less use than it might have been, had it appeared somewhat earlier,
—and partly from that reason, and partly because many of the better
orders either thought the jubilee premature, or altogether uncalled for
' many houses in the wealthier parts of the New Town were unlighted
In the Old Town, where the population is humbler and more dense,
almost every window had its due number of candles, and from several
points the view was highly picturesque and effective. Early in the
evening, a mob of blackguard lads, many of them carrying torches,
collected in grouper, an commenced a regular circuit of the New
Town—huzzaing and hooting with all their might, and smashing all the
dark windows in their course, as they rushed onward. Prince's-street,
Queen-street, Heriot-row, the fine streets adjoining Moray-place, Mel-
ville-street, Athol-creseent, Shandsrick-place, and Charlotte-square, all
suffered from this wanton and destructive visitation. In Melville
Street and Athol Crescent, where the panes are extremely large and ex-
pensive, whole sashes are dashed out with a single volley. The inces-
sant chittering of the stones there bores close resemblance to a regular
tiraillade, and the damage must have been immense. A thick fog came
on about ten o'clock, and by twelve all the lights were extinguished,
and the town restored to peace.
FREEMAN'S JOURNAL, MARCU 30.
Mr. Fox of London, and Mr. Montgomery of Belfast, have an-
nounced sermons on Easter Sunday and Monday to the Unitarian
Christians of Dublin a sect who appear to be as numerous, as much on
the increase in Dublin as in other parts of the united kingdom. Mr.
Montgomery has caught the mantle of the Reverend R. Hall, and
is not less popular than Dr. Chalmers or Mr. Irving as a preacher,
though he lately became very unpopular in Ireland by his volunteer op-
position to the anti-union party. lie and Mr. Fox are men calculated
to increase a sect.

The Marquis of Anglesey leaves this city, on Saturday next, on a
Tour through the West of Ireland. His Excellency will visit Lord
Dunally on his route, and enter Clare by Sunday next. Then= he
wilf proceed to Galway, Mayo, and along the coast to Donegal. It is
said that Mr. Serjeant O'Loughlin will :accompany his Excellency in
part of his route.
Mrs. Armstrong, wbo has been charged by Col. R. Armstrong, her
husband, with forging his name to a bill of exchange for 251. appeared
before the magistrates of Henry-street police office yesterday. The office
was densely crowded by persons interested as to the result of the proceed-
ings which were conducted by Counsellor Creighton, on the part of 31r.
Perrin, the prosecutor, from whom the amount of the bill was obtained;
and on the part of Mrs. Armstrong, by Mr. Bloomfield. The investi-
gation continued for a considerable time, and terminated by the with.
drawal of the charge on the part of Mr. Perrin's counsel. Mrs. Arm-
strong and her friends then retired from the office.

W; have heard, and we were from Mr. Lefroy's language in perils.
ment, disposed to give some credit to it, that the proposal of extending
the elective franchise to scholars in Trinity College for life, or rather
restoring it to them, has been received with dissatisfaction by the
Fellows. The only conceivable ground on which they could ob.
ject is, that it tended to destroy their influence at elections, and
diminish their chances of promotion to the episcopal bench by
destroying in College the value of political partizanship.
The secretary of the bank of Ireland this day (Tuesday) informed
the gentlemen of the Stock Exchange, that on and after to-morrow the
rate of discount would be five, instead of four per cent. as at present.
From the intimate connexion subsisting between the two great national
money establishments, we consider it by no means improbable that a
similar resolve has been entered into by the bank of the sister country,
and that the next packet will bring an account of the change in the
great metropolis.
The following elegant Address from the pen of Mr. Byrne, to hls
Most Gracious Majesty was adopted at the meeting of the County of
Galway :
We, the undersigned clergy, gentry, freeholders, and inhabitants at
large of the Barony of Dunmore, in the county of Galway, Ireland,
humbly solicit your Majesty's acceptation of our warmest assurances
of sincere affection and devoted attachment to your Majesty's throne and
person. It is not with hollow words and formal professions we would
approach your Majesty on any occasion, but, Site, when a crisis has ar.
rived—when unworthy and sinister motives are attributed to, and menaces
uttered against your Majesty's Government, for the introduction of a
measure which the nation hails with gratitude and delight—we, there.
fore, feel that we cannot better illustrate the sincerity of our attachment
than by solemnly assuring your Majesty that our property and our lives
we are ready to forfeit in support of Government, should any foul and
disloyal attempt be made to obstruct the success of that glorious mea.
sure, which we hope to see conducted to a happy consummation under
your Majesty's most gracious auspices. For your Majesty has
been reserved the enviable work of for ever crushing the over-
grown monster of corruption—of prostrating those whom their paid
delinquency had elevated to an unmerited height of grandeur—of en-
abling the voice of the people to reach the throne through the medium
of a just representation—of giving tone and vigour to a Constitution
that had been hastening to decay ; for acts like these shall history assign
to your Majesty a distinguished page, and Reform shall cast a light
around the name of William IV. as it floats down the dark stream of
futurity to nations yet unborn. That Heaven may crown with success
the glorious work thus happily begun, and grant your Majesty a happy
life and a long prosperous reign, is the sincere and ardent prayer of
your Majesty's most dutiful, most loyal and affectionate subjects.

The state of intellect must be somewhat of the most ab-
ject in Russia, where it is necessary to issue official injunc-
tions for the observance of a law enacting, that " no persons
who cannot read or write, shall be appointed to civil offices."
Such injunctions were positively promulgated at Petersburgh
on the 2d inst.

Your real gourmand always has his wits about him. One
of the right class being invited to dine with a lady, who
piqued herself greatly upon etiquette, offered to cut up a
couple of partridges. Instead of proceeding to the dissec-
tion thereof on the dish, he put them on his own plate.
" Pray, Sir, who is to eat your leavings ?" enquired the
stiff dowager. " Madam," was the reply, "I do not intend
to leave and•."

The militia ballot has been a sore trial of temper for our
northern neighbours, and sundry skirmishes are recorded in
the Scotch papers as having occurred between the authorities
and the people on the subject. At Dundee, thee. who
were enrolled having been called on to giva in their
grounds of exemption, the persons who attended at the
church were so numerous (all the male population of the
town being, for the nonce, either crippled, short, blind,
deaf, or in bad health), that it was found impossible to
get through them in one day ; and, about six o clock, the
officials resolved on an adjournment. Hereupon the appel-
lants waxed wroth, and Mr. Walker, the clerk, who brought
up the rear of the retiring party, was " knocked over"
(A nglice, we presume, knocked down), made prisoner,
and compelled to return to his seat. He afterwards took
refuge iu the pulpit, and ultimately, favoured by the dark-
ness of the night, escaped by a side door. A scene of ex-
traordinary confusion and noise followed, in which cries of
"We want remuneration," " Away with the militia," re-
sounded from all sides, and which terminated in the mal-
contents resolving themselves into a " meeting." One of
the party was called to the chair, their grievances w ere ex-
patiated upon at great length by various speakers, and at
last a Committee was appointed to prepare a petition against
the conduct of the individuals engaged in the ballot. At
Arbroath the population bad experienced a similar visitation
of deformity and disease, and an adjournment having been
rendered necessary by the quantity of business, the authori-
ties were besieged, and were finally compelled to make a
precipitate retreat by the back doors of the place where they
had assembled.
Yesterday se'nnight, about eleven o'clock, a large oat-
stack, at Bexhill, the property of Mr. Arthur Brook, was
discovered to be on fire, and was entirely consumed. The
fire is believed lb have been the work of an incendiary.