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to could assure them that he would not do a ditty
r unhandsome thing, for all the honours winch
world, or even the people of England could be-
..;,wv on him. It was Mr. Lamb's Letter that sheaved
meant paltfy electioneering trick. He did not wish
t„ 3opear at the Bar of the House ; and .he was
sipoose,.that when he authorized Mr. Ellice to
oatc him to be the author of that pamphlet, he was
be denied the right of appearing at the Bar, to
Mr. Stodart, the printer of the pamphlet, was
Ilea. But ,he understood it was through the kind-
of the Speaker of the House that he was not
re;:ght down to that Temple of Dalton, to make
^rt to the Philistines. It was true, Mr. Lamb had.
voted for his commitment to Ncwgate, nor did he
411 r. Hol)house) know that he approved of it, until
he said so on these hustings, to plea,:e kis Ministerial'
Such conduct was worthy the man, who
talked so much, and knew so little, of the Tem-
ple of Virtue. As to the state of the poll, Mr. Lamb
professed :o be quite joyous and hopeful. For what
reason he (Mr. Hobhouse) really could not imagine,
:dr. Louth seldom acted, spoke, or wrote with
;Iny reason, and to his professed pleasure in this case
he would quote a line of poetry—
" In foll's cup soil float; the bubble joy !"
74r. Lamb had said, that he polled more votes this
eay than on the same day at the last Election, hut it
happened that he had actually polled 26 less. Accu-
racy in numbers, calculation, argument, or assertion,
formed, however, no very prominent features in the
character of the Ilan. Gentleman. The Hon. Gen-
tleman then expatiated on the merits of the great
question of Reform, with regard to which the Elec-
tors of this great City were, in this contest, to deter-
mine, and he hoped their determination would op-
year from the result to be such, as to evioce, beyond
tae shadow of doubt, the decided character of their
opinion.—The Meeting dispersed about six o'clock.

TRICE or STOCKS THIS DAY A r ONE DeCLCCE
:; per Cent. Conzols 68V sys
5 per Cent. Navy 1011/4
Imperial '3 per Cent. Arms. 68
India Bonds 1-ts. I6s. pr.
Exchequer trills (‘2d.) Is. dis. is. pr. 2s. dis.
Consols for Account 68%.
Bank Stock, 3 per Cents. Reduced, 37i per Cents. 4 per
Cm,. India Stock, and Bank Long Anns. are all shut.

The following is a correct statement of the progress
of the General Election up to Saturday evening last :

Members of the late Parliament re-elected - - - 204
Nlembeis of the late Parliament retired, or not re-elected 56

Nsw Members - - - : - - - -
Of the new Members, by Tar the greater proportion
ale in the Independent and Opposition interests.

The Irish Papers, received this morning, contain
some further details of the progress of the Ribbonmen.

The Connaught Journal states, that eight persons
have been committed to the County jail from the
neighbourhood of Ahascragh, charged with tender-
ing unlawful oaths, and assembling by night in arms.
Eight others were committed, charged 'with being
Ribbonnten, breaking into house;, plundering for
arms, money, &c.
A Letter• from Tuam of the 9th March, gives an
account of a rencontre between Mr. BLAKE, of Bel-
3nont, with a party of-nine of the North Mayo Staff,
and a body of Ribbonmen. Mr. BLAKE had taken
one of their Captains, when his followers, being ap-
prised of his situation, instantly determined on res-
cuing him: for this purpose above 200 of them assem-
bled in a field, near which the party and prisoner were
to pass, the most of them being armed with pitchforks,
spades, shovel:, hooks, and scythes. Mr. BLAI:E
rode up to the crowd and remonstrated with them,
hut finding his .intreaties in vain, and fearing his sol-
diers would be surrounded, ordered them to fire,
thinking it would be the means of deterring them ;
the contrary, however, was the case, and the RiktU7l •
97: f 77: seemed determined to close, when Mr. Iltakr:
ordered his little troop to charge and make their way
through them, which they did so effectually, that the
Ribbannica retreated in all directions, leaving one
man dead and five badly wounded. None of Mr.
BLAKE'S party received any in;ury, although stones
♦were thrown at them from all (palters.

The Paris Papers of Sunday arrived this forenoon
The Chamber of Peers had a Sitting on Saturday,
which was wile-11y taken .up with the disposal of a
number of unimportant Petitions, and, the nomina-
tion of a Deputation of Members to attend the fune-
ral of the Duke of BERR'.
Tie Chamber of Deputies met also on Saturday,
to resume the discussion of the Project of Law, re-
specting Individual Liberty.
M. Courtvoisreu was first heard in support of his
Amendments, on Article lof the Project. In this
Article, as proposed by Ministers, power is given to,
zirt.e6t all individuals " accused of plots or machina-
tions against the person of the king, the safety cf the
State, and the persons of the Royal Family," ac.—
The only material Amendment which M.Courvoisier
Toposed was, that the words, "sgfety of the State,"
should he suppressed.
M. BouaranAu opposed the Amendment.
General SEBASTIANI would have thought the Ar-
ticle, as it stood, admissible, had he been able to per-
suade himself that arbitrary power could preserve
thf., reigniog, dynasty from the dangers with which
it is said to be threatened. But he had resided for
come time in a country (Turkey) where arbitrary