Star.
London, England, 1831-02-28 00:00:00

EAST ANGLIAN, FEB. 22.

A concert (the first of six to be given during the year) was held
the Old Concert Room, at Yarmouth, on Friday last, by the members
of the Philharmonic Society. The orchestra was admirably milsorml
by the " old stager," Mr. J. Eager, seconded by Mr. Deetres, a pinig
man of peat ability and promise.
At a special meeting of the commissioners of taxes for Cambridge,
on Monday last, it was agreed, that a memorial should be addressed to
the Board of Taxes, the Lords of the Treasury, and the rttt
the Exchequer, calling their serious attention to the oppressive nature
of some of the charges made upon the inhabitants of the town, and the
lmpolky of straining the letter of the tax Acts to their utmost extent at
the present time.
The Syndicate, reappointed for the purpose of considering and re.
porting to the Senate how the funds may be raised to defray the expense
of erecting a new Library, &c. have reported as follows
That it appears to thou expedient to wake proposition for raising
the sun: of 30,0001. in o, tier to defray the expenses of erecting that
pen of the intended buildings which it is proposed to execute at present.
That from an examination of the University accounts, and reports of
Synd:cates appoint .d to enqaire into the finances of the University, they
consider that the University chest may without inconvenience furnish
the sum of 8,0001. towards the above object. That the Master
and Fellows of Catharine Hall having agreed to purchase " The Old
Printing house for the sum of 7,0001. this sum will also be applicable
to the above purposes as soon as this property can be transferred.
That in their opinion the remaining 16,0001. may be raised by granting
an annuity for 30 yarn' not exceeding 9001. to meet abich annual pay
ment, they conceive that the Univasity may safely engage to appro.
priate thereto the sum of 4001. from its surplus t,venue ; and that the
remAning 6001. may be charged upon the " Library Fund," in eon.
sideration of the great expense of fittings, &e. 16,000.."
PII.OXL—It is truly said that when you once begin to reform, you
will never know where to stop. Certainly : never till you reach perfee.
don which you never will do. Reform once uncorked in the House
of Commons will permeate the walls of the House of Lords; for
where is the sense of allowing Peers of the realm to vote by proxies 1—
If there is any, where is the sense of consistency in witholding the same
privilege from commoners ? Can any thing be more preposterously ab-
surd than allowing men to be absent at the argument and to be present
by their proxies, at the decision? As there is no "royal," it must be
presumed that there is no "noble road" to knowledge. Peers of the
realm learn not truth by inspiration, and see it not by intuition. Their
proxies, therefore are not sufficiently extensive: in the personal cob.
sane of the principal, the proxy should be personally present in his
stead; and his delegation should extend to partaking in the debate as
well as in the division.

l'aimotrrad—The ship owners of this place have been thrown into
peat consternation by the bill, now intended to be brought before Par-
liament for levying an additional duty of 10s. a load on Canada timber;
this duty will amount nearly to a prohibitor, as from the immense dia.
tans from this country, the freight is necessarily high, therefore this
duty will fall very heavily. This trade fa of immense consequence to
the ship owners from the great number of ships engaged in it; and the
length of time required to perform the voyages employs a great number
of seamen who will now be thrown out of employ as well as the ships ;
since two or three Baltic voyages can be performed to one voyage to
Canada, as we shall now be compelled to bring our timber to the
Baltic.

Fifty pounds reward la offered for the discovery of the perpetrators
of a most diabolical attempt upon the life of Mr. Neale, of Tbemil.
thorpe. Mr. Neale had cut a rope which was stretched across the road
and made fast to opposite trees, and by which he was thrown back in
his cart,he taw a man crawling along by the side of the hedge, and im-
mediately after a gun was discharged at him.
DIED.—At Great Yarmouth, Mary, the wife of John Fisher Cos.
tartar, Esq.—Mr. James Crawforth, surgeon, of Lynn.—Mr. Wm.
Betts, lieutenant and quarter-master of the West Norfolk militia —\lr.
C. Simpson, of Din.
BLACKBURN GAZETTE, FEB 23.
The petition which was agreed upon at the public meeting, held in
this town on Friday last, has already received about 3,000 signatures.
The petition which we mentioned a fortnight ago, was got up by the
" Political Union," in this town; it was by upwards of six thousand
persons.
On Monday week, 31r. Thelwall commenced his eloquent and in.
wresting cJurse of six lectures in the Theatre, Preston, upon the Ora-
tory of the Bench, the Bar, the Pulpit, and the Senate. The audience
particularly in the boxes, was numerous and respectable. On his first
appearance he was greeted very warmly, and having acknowledged the
flattering reception, he entered upon his subject with that grace and
energy of which he is so perfect a master.
The Council have skpointed Mr. R. Barton, Chemist and Curator of
the Blackburn Scientific Institution, to deliver three Family Lectures,
in the Music Hall, on the Atmosphere and its Composition, Respire-1
tioo, &c. illustrated by many interesting experiments.
Mr. Highant commenced a MAIM of four lectures, on Antiquities and
Architectural Remains, in the Assembly Room, in this town, on Thure. I
day evening last.
An Inquest was held in Lisburn yesterday, before Mr. Allen. coro-
ner, on the body of Wm. 111•Coe, which was found in the kitchen chim-
ney of Mr. Wm. Thomson, publican, Bow-street. It appeared that
M'Cue had been drinking in Sir. Thomson's, on Tuesday night last,
along with some others, and that he left the house about ten o'clock, and
returned at eleven, but could gain no admittance. Shortly afterwards,
Mr. Thompson heard the dog barking in the yard, and his wife
got up, but could not see any person ; the barking continued, and
Thomson got up and went out, but he could discover nothing;
Next morning the servant put on the fire, but the chimney would not
draw, and the fire had to be removed into the parlour. Yesterday ,
morning, Mrs. Thompson employed a chimney-sweep, who went up, ,
but immediately returned, exclaiming, " There is a man in the flue !"
M'Cue was a very stout man, about twenty-four years of age, and
it is supposed that be had adopted the method above described of ,
getting into the house and opening the doors for his companions in
ceder to rob it. -

Levzsroor.—The import of Cotton this week is 19,567 bags, and
the sales are also extensive, reaching 24,780 bags, at an advance in
the early part of the week of id. told. and at the close of about! d. per
lb. in consequence of the proposed increase of duty, vis. 180 Sea Islands
at 1114 to 19d ;70 Stained ditto, ati N. to 90-12,520 Bowed*, at
51d4. to 71d ; 3,030 Orleans, at Gad. to 8d ; 2,740 Alabamas, dm at
4 d. to tied ; 2,200 Pentanes, at 7d. to lied ; 1,480 Babies, at 81d. to
7 : 1,700 blarenbanes at 60. to 7d ; 30 Barbados, at 10t1. to IBd ;
30 West bulbs, at fle to 813; 530 Egyptians, et Se to 94d; and 270
Surats, at 4sd. to bid. per lb.-...Advioes from New York of Jan. 29th,
quote prices of Uplands at 9d to 101 d ; and premium of Exchange at
ft to 01d, which, on let January, given In our last, had been quoted
at 91. to Ild. and 60. to fled. respectively.
On Friday last, a meeting of the Inhabitants of Blackburn was con.
weed In the Sessions Room, by C. Hindle, Esq. the High Constable.
The meeting was attended by many of the most respectable inhabitants
of the tows; sad in a few minutes after tea o'clock, the room was filled
inewory part. John Hargreaves, Esq. was unanimously voted to the
&sir, and opened the hotheads by reading the requisition, and the notice
by which the meeting was called. It was soon discovered, however,'

that the room was much too small to contain the numbers who wer
seeking admission, and an adjournment was therefore proposed ; and it
was agreed that Mr. Hornby should be requested to grant the use of
the Assembly Room. Two gentlemen accordingly applied to Mr
I lornby for permission, which he immediately granted, and the meetin
adjourned to that spadous room. g
The Chairman then said,—He had to regret that his friend, the We,
Constable, had declined to take the chair; and that the situation had
devolved on a person so incompetent as himself to perform the duties
of it. The question on which the meeting had been brought together
was one of considerable importance; and which, although it had been
agitated for a number of years, had never, until lately, assumed such a
shape as was likely to ensure its success. That time, however, bad now
arrived,—the question had now assumed a tangible form,—and the
meeting had been called together to express their opinions on the sub.
ject. That the representation of the people in the Commons Hoak of
Parliament was defective, there could be no question ; neither could it
be doubted that the representation ought to be and must be amended ;
or, at least, that strenuous efforts would be made to affect that object.
(Cheers.) The want of a riper representation in large and populous
places should be supplied, and the mockery of representation, at present
existing in other places, and in the d.cayed boroughs, should be done
away. (Cheers.)
The Rev. Dr. Whittaker, vicar, then stood forward and asid,—it was
with feelings of considerable diffidence that he attempted to address the
meeting, which arose, not so much from the nature of the subject, as
the difficulties of its parts. Individuals amongst the higher atilt°.
asey had become patrons of many of the boroughs, whereby they had
obtained a power over the House of Commons which was never con.
templatetl by the British Constitution. He trusted he might be in.
dulged for a few moments, whilst he made a few observations on what
had,been said respecting the vote by ballot. He hardly knew a subject on
which greater difference of opinion existed than on this; but it appeared to
him that the vote by ballot was gaining ground every day. He had
often heard gentlemen express themselves very warmly against it;
but he had never yet met with any argument which sa.
tisfied his mind that it would have an injurious tendency. So
far, therefore, u his judgment went, he was decidedly favourable to
the vote by ballot. It was becaust the people were not repro.
vented that injudicious taxes were laid on,—that useless places and
unearned pensions were kept up. To this cause the wasteful expendi-
ture was attributed in the petition, With respect to universal suffrage,
be should be glad if tknowledge had spread so far as to admit it with
safety ; and he was glad to think, from institutions that were goingfor-
womil in this town and elsewhere that knowledge was advancing in
sub a manner as to render it probable that the time was not far distant
when the elective franchise might be safely entrusted to all claws—
but he was sorry to confess his belief that this period had not arrived.
His Majesty's Ministers were calling for support to carry the measures
of Reform which they bad in contemplation ; and it was the duty of
the country, and of all who loved their country, to support than in
their endeavours to improve the present elective system. In briny.
lug forward a measure of this description, the iliniateril wete-sure to
meet with strong opposition from two parties—one of which was nor_.
posed of individuals who had obtained power through the deranged and
unnatural state of the decayed boroughs, mad who were always ready
to stand forward as the advocates of any piece of coeruption that might
be going forward—(feud ekeersi—and the other was those innovators
on the state, who would make the British Constitution very different
from what it ever was, and what it ever ought to be. ( Hear.) He
considered that between these two pasties the Ministry deserved sup.
port from the right-thinking people of Ragland ; and he was one of those
who thought they would not be disappointed.
The other Resolutions were ably and eloquently moved and sup.
ported by Messrs. B. and W. Recta; J. FORSTER, G. Dew.
HURST.

Mr. Browne, Mr. Mickle, the Rev. J. Sharp led ; Mr. J. Sparrov,
Mr. Alexander, Mr. R. Hammond, Mr. Neville, and Mr. Fielder fol-
lowed Dr. W. The petition, in which were the following paragraphs,
was carried unanimously :
That your petitioners, though thus impressed with the paramount ex.
(silence of the British Constitution, are aware, that during the lapse of
ages, many serious enaoachments have been made upon that portion of
it which relates to popular representation. From the insensible decay of
many places formerly possessed of great population, wealth, and consi-
deration' which occasioned their acquisition of the elective franchise, in.
dividuala have obtained a formidable power in the Commons' House of
Parliament, which is contrary to the spirit of the Constitution.
That your petitioners humbly represent it as their opinion, that much
evil has arisen from the growth and continuance of this artificial and
unnatural system. A power has thus been exerted over the nominal
representatives of the people, which they conceive to have been &lease
to the prosperity of the country, by encouraging wasteful expenditure,
useless places and pensions, injudicious taxes, and a disposal of pre-
ferment in Church and State, not warranted by the services of those
promoted.
That your petitioners, therefore, respectfully represent to your ho-
noureble house their conviction that, under these circumstances, there
exists a necessity for abolishing the elective franchise, in all boroughs
where that privilege is now exercised by a few, or by only nominal
electors. In the present state of public feeling on this subject, your
petitioners believe that the course which they have recommended is the
safest and wisest measure a bids the legislature can adopt.
That your Petitioners further represent to your honourable House,
that many places have arisen into importance, wealth, and consequence,
which are not distinguished by this privilege, the inhabitants of which,
by their information, services, and contributions to the state, are rea.
sonably entitled to the elective franchise. Your petitioner therefore
humbly express their desire that the elective franchise may be extended
to all classes who are qualified to exercise it for the benefit of the United
Kingdom ; and that the Vote by Ballot may be adopted, for the purpose
of securing order and propriety in all elections.
DIED.—At Wigan, Amelia, daughter of the late John Startifant,
Esq. of Preston, aged 26.—1 n Lever-street, Manchester, Mr. Thomas
Brooks, of Sunnyside, son of William Brooks, Esq. of Whalley.
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Within about two months, upwards of 238,0001. worth
of coin and bullion has left this country by the Post-Office
packets from Harwich alone.
The East India Company's chartered ship, Bengal Mer-
chant, arrived in Madras roads on the 18th October last.
The rector of Cranfield, Beds. last week gave spades to
120 labourers, to enable them to cultivate about 16 acres of
land, which had been allotted to them by the farmers adjoin.
ing the village.
EIGHT PERSONS POISON ED.—During the past week,
the inhabitants of the little village of Putney and its vicinity
have been in a state of great excitement, in consequence of
the family of Mr. Theophilus Clarke, residing near the eight
milestone on the Richmond road, together with four other per-
sons, having been more or Itssaffected by partaking of a bat-
ter pudding, in which poison had been infused. Various
reports were circulated through the village, but many, on in-
quiry, proved as unfounded as they were unjust. The cir-
cumstance is involved in great mystery, but the chief fact,
on which much stress is laid, is, that part of the poisoned
pudding that was left was buried in the garden, and afterwards
dug up and analyzed. In the mean while, the parish autho-
rities a ere made acquainted with the mysterious affair, and on
Thursday Mr. Carttar, coroner, and a jury composed of highly
respectable individuals, met at the house of Mr. Cl irke,
and held an inquest upon the body. After an inquiry, which
lasted from two till six o'clock, the inquest was adjourned
till this day. A post mortem examination of the body took
place on Thursday evening, the particulars respecting which
will be given in evidence to-day. Shortly after the inquest
was adjourned, information reached the Coroner and Jury that
the pudding had been analyzed, and a portion of arsenic was
discovered to have been mixed with it. The flour from which
the pudding was made, and which had been taken away by
the beadle, we are given to understand, was found to be quite
free from poisonous ingredient.

HARRIED. •
At Rainy Cottage, near Lange, N. B. Capt. W. G. C. Kent, R. M.
to Susannah Elizabeth, third daughter of the late J. Rankin, Rsq. of
Greenock—By special license, at ;Roils House, Gibraltar, InDeember
last, Commander C. Smith, H. N. to Eliza, the eldest daughter of John
Slight, Esq. Naval Officer and Agent Victualler at that place—Tues-
day, by spesial license, in the Chapel at Belvoir Castle, the Hon. C. S.
Wortley, second son of Lord Wamclife, to Lady Emmeline Charlotte
Elizabeth Manners, second daughter of John Henry, Duke of Rutland
—At Kirkcudbright, on the 26th ult. P. C. Jeger, Esq. of Elsinore. to
Catherine, second daughter of D. lit'Lellan, Esq. of Marks.

DIED.
Yesterday minim, George Blotavis, Esq. at his residence in Hen.
rietta-street, Brunswick-square, aged 81.
The 16th inst. Frederick, the infant son, and on the 21st inst. Tho•
mu, aged 17 months, eldest son of T.-43. Kende, Esq. of Skinners'.
hall Lately, at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, (U. 8.) Mr. Ashwe.k. for
many years master of the band of the Plymouth Division of Royal
Marines—At Pallaveram, Madras, on the 16th of September list.
Capt. W. D. Barclay, 23d regiment Madras native infantry, fifth son
of the Rev. Dr. Barclay, minister of Heals, Fife—At Trichinopoly.
Madras, on the 29th June, Lieut. G. M. Mac Lean, of his Majesty's
69th regiment.
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