Star.
London, England, 1831-01-25 00:00:00

PARLIAMENTARY REFORM.

Facts, °Salons, and Public Ezertis s connected with this pea Na-
tional Que,tion. ,

( To he °Missed instil a Plan be brought before Parliamenf)
Sir RICHARD PHILLIPS, in the third part of his late.
Tour through the Kingdom, relates, that in conversations with
the intellectual society of Sheitield, the parties uniformly de-
precated representation, without a reformed and improved
system of election—that is, a shortening of the period, and
voting by ballot. On the present demoralising system of
election, they deprecated the power of returning members, as
the greatest curse that could befell their present united and
happy population, while they considered it a gross insult, that
a wealthy place, with above 50,000 inhabitants, should be
unrepresented.
We have much *astute in announcing, that the petition
for reform, agreed to at the late public meeting of the
householders and traders in Glasgow, has received upwards
of 13,000 signatures; and we have no hesitation in ex-
pressing our belief that the signatures to it will soon out-
number those of the Edinburgh petition.

Motions on this subject in the House of Commons, during
the last 50 years :
1782 By Mr. Pitt .. • • ... negative(' by .. 20
17811 By Mr. Bawbridge .. • • ditto ... HS
1783 Mr. Pitt ... ... ... dit o ... 144
1785 Ditto ... ... . ... darn ... 74
1790 Mr. Flood ... .. withdrawn
1793 Mr. Grey, now the Premier ... ... negatived by .. 241
1797 Ditto
___ ... . ditto .. 165

... --- ...
18011 Dltto .. ... .. ..
1809 Sir F. Burdett ... —• ...
1810 Hon. T. Brand ... ... ...
1812 Ditto .. ...
1812 Harris of Taristoek ... ..
1817 Sir k. Burdett .. .. ...
1818 Ditto ... ... ... ...
1819 Ditto .. ... ... ...
1821 Mr. Larnbton, Dow Lord Durham ...
1821 Lord John Russell . ....
1822 Ditto ... ....

ditto
ditto
ditto
ditto

..1M
.. 59
... 119
.. 10
127,
188
... 95
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1306

1823 Ditto
1823 Ditto

1824 Hon. Mr. Abercrombie
1826 Lord John Russell

1829 Nlarquin of Blai
!ford
1830 Ditto ... ...
1830 Mr. O'Connell ...

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THE TUB?.

TATTE RSA Lil3--YansaDA T.
DEPIT.
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12 to I agst Mr. Beardsworth's Co'wick
14 to 1 Lord Sligo's Bras•de Fer (taken)
IS to 1 Lord Jeraey's Filagree
15 to 1 Lord Exeter's Bohemian
17 to 1 Lord Jersey's Blonder
17 to 1 Mr. Chifney's Caleb
19 to 1 Lord Exeter's Hems,
20 to 1 Mr. Pare's Rattler (taken)
20 to 1 Lord Wiliam's Varennes
23 to 1 -- Lord Jersey's Cobweb
25 to 1 Colonel Udney's Ando,/
2$ to 1 Duke of Grafton's Pastille
30 to 1 Lord Orford (taken)
45 to 1 Incubus (taken)
SO to 1 Brother to Monehe (takes)
1000 to 10 Mirandola (taken)
600 to 500 on Varennes and Cressida and Pastille (taken).
1000 to 6 apt Bokendan, Oxygen, and Zany winning (taken).
14 to i was offered apt Zany for the St. Leger, but nothing was
done on that or the Oaks.

DISTRESSING CASE—LOSS OF THE BRIG QUIXOTE,
Belonging go Jersey.

Last week, Clement Noel, the mate, and a seaman named Philip
Mime, lately belonging to the brig Quixote, BeMachete, master, of
Jasey, were landed here from the smack Three Brothers, front Havre ;
and, being ill and in distress, were, by desire of the Magistrates, taken
into the hospital of the poor's portk and pieced in a ward, where
every attention was shown them. UMastanding that these men kid
been in the most imminent danger of their lives, and had suffered very
great hardships, we last Monday visited them, when Noel, who ap-
an intelligent man, gave us, in presence of his shipmate, the to!.
owing detail :
et They belonged to the Quixote brig, the crew of which consisted of
nine hands, including the roaster. Several months since she sailed Mr
Newfoundland, from thence she proceeded to Cadis, and afterwards to
St. Lucie, in Spain, where they took in a cargo of oil, for Liverpool.
The brig sailed from St. Lucie on the 23d October, and, after being at
sea a few days, experienced very bad weather, the ship labouring greatly. •
The storm continued, with but little intermission, till the 6th Dee. wion
the gale increased almost to a hurricane, and they were obliged to heave -
the vessel to, being then in lat. 48. N. and long. 9. 13. W. After lying_
to some time, they attempted to said under the main-topsail, when, •
about half-past six o'clock in the evening, being very dark, the brig
was struck about midships by a tremendous sea, and thrown on her
beam ends, the cargo shifting se the same moment. The watch (two
men only) being on the deck at the time, cut away the lanyards of
the rigging, and the masts going over the side, the easel righted,
but she was full of water, the hatches having broken up by the
violence of the concussion. When the sea struck bee, four of the
crew were in the face-Buddy, only one of whom was enabled to escape
on deck; the other three poor fellows were unfortunately drowned.
The master and our narrator were in the cabin, and with difficultymashed the deck- The ship was now a complete wreck, the fore
part being entirely buried in the water ; the sea, which was making s
fair sweep from stem to stern, was running mountains high, and con-
tinually breaking over her. The remainder of the crew, expecting every
moment would be their last, with difficulty held on ; the weather was in.
tensely cold, and they were all completely drenched, and meetly a/twisted
with their previous exertions. About two hours alter the accident took
place, the master died, and on the following morning another tithe crew,
worn out with cold and fatigue, after uttering a kw feeble expression,
yielded up his breath into the hands of his Maker. 'lle misery and
deplorable situation of the four unfortunate men who still clung to
life, when the morning dawned, cannot be described; within a ft.er
short hours they had witnessed the loss of five of their companions; the
sea was still tremendously high; they were on a wreck which they
expected every moment " the mighty waters" would overwhelm ; in
addition to which they could procure no food, and their strength was
wasted by the sufferings they had endured. Trusting, however,
that some vessel would descry them, they encouraged each other.
and strained every eye over the wide expanse of horizon, in hopes
of seeing a sail • but their hopes were not soon to be realised.—
On the 9th of December another of the crew died, and the reniainder,
with the little strength they had left, lashed his body to prevent it front
being washed away, in order that they might feed on it ! I—being
nearly famished, as they bad had nothing to eat sines the vessel
had become a wreck. On the following day, being driven to despair,
they gnawed part of the arm of their dad shipmate ; and on the
1 ith, they were again driven to the same dreadful alternative, of
either eating a portion of the body, or perishing with hunger ;—na-
tine could uo longer be sustained without some son of nourishment.
On the 12th, the storm considerably abated, but still no relief was
at hand; they were getting weaker and weaker, and the body
on which they bad sustained themselves was becoine nearly putrid.
When the morning of the 13th opened on them, our Laraine
and another of the remaining three were completely exhausted, and
could use no further exertions. They had indulged in that hope
which still " defend, make* the heart sick,' and they could'
do no more ; they accordingly lay down on the deck, with a humble
resignat:on to the Divine will. Athua, who had yet k little
strength remaining, looking over the side, caught sight of a sail, t.rd, iu •
the best manner he could, made a signal, which providentially etas no.
need by the vessel; she bore down, and proved to be the French brig
Ceres, bound to Harikur. They took of the three men front the
wreck (lat. 48 N. long. 10.30. W.) treated them with great humanity ;
but on the 16th one of them died, leaving the two now in this places
out of all the crew. On landing at Hanker our narrator and his cotn.
psnion being very weak, were plead in the hospital, where they re-
mained 17 days, and at the expiration of that period being somewhat re-
covered, they were scot by a steamer to Hann, and from thence were
sent here by the British Consul from which place they sill sail by the
that ship for Jersey. The poor fellows, though greatly recovered trout
their (=nailed condition, still remain weak. They said in our presence
that they had not wanted foe any thing since they had been under the
care of the Governor and Guardians. Lieutenant Derrinian, Governor, •
Instantly consented to their admiesisn loathe house, and, with the true
characteristic of a British nailer, ordered them to be taken the utmost
care of—commiserating their misfortunes, and endeavouring, by giving
than all the comforts the establishment afforded, to alleviate then dis-
tresses... Plymouth Herald.

The works in Hungerford-market were commenced yea:
torday. Part of the river is to be embanked. It is eipouid
that all the neighbouring wharfs will ultimately be brought
ont to the same extent u the market, so that the property '
of the Duke of Northumberland will be considerably
im-
proved. The City Navigation Improvement Committee have
taken means to set out the line of improvement.