The Statesman.
London, England, 1824-02-13 00:00:00

I KISH ELEC I'l UN S.

(FROM TIIE DUBLIN EVENING POST OF TUESDAY.)
WESTMEATH.-- Smith, E•q. of Brunieree, will be re-
turned for this County, through the interest of Lords Long-
ford and Castlemain. Col. Itochfort, the son of the late
member, would have been preferred, but be has declared
his sentiments in fivor of Catholic Emancipation, which
was sufficient to bar his claim on the present occasion.
The other Candidates for the future representation of this
County are, FL Trite, Esq. of Sanna, a gentleman univer-
sally liked and esteemed in the county, and who takes his
stand upon the Independent Interest, with the good wishes
of a very large portion of the !;le.•tors of the County. Sir
Thomas Clispinati, his rival Candidate, roes on the Ascen-
dancy Interest ; but neither of these gentlemen are willing
to try their strength oil the present occasion, as there are
Many rumours afloat of the near approach of a General
Election.
lAA: TH.—J. L. Foster, Esq. will be returned for this
County.
CAVAN.—A high Ascendancy Nlember will be returned
for this County.
PORTARLINcToN.—A high Government Member will be
returned for this Borough. A London Paper says—" An
Irish Earl, hitherto in opposition, is mentioned as likely
to succeed to the Colonelcy of an Irish Regiment of Mili-
tia, and the present vacancy in his Borough is, we under-
stand, to be filled up by a Ministerial Member !"

RETAIL BREWERIES.

READING, Friday, Feb. 6.—This day was appointed for
bearing informations preferred against Mr. Adams, and
Mr. Tilley, retail-brewers, in this town, under 35 Geo. 111.
c. 113, for beer by retail, not being duly licensed
so to do. At I I o'clock, %V. ANDREI/8, Esq. the Mayor,
and AusTwteN, Esq. one of the aldermen of the bo-
rough, took their seats in the Council Chamber, which
soon afterwards became crowded to excess. Mr. PLATT
appeared for the prosecutions, and Mr. Tatvoutto fur the
defendants.
The information against Mr. Adams was first called on,
and argued at considerable length ; but the Mayor post-
poned judgment till Wednesday week, in the hope that the
special case in the King's Bench may be in the mean time
decided. That case differs from this, however, inasmuch
as there the defendants had no license to retail from the
Excise.
The information against Mr. Tilley was gone through
pro forina, and the decision postponed.

The election of a member for Eye, in the room of the
late Attorney-General, will take place on Friday. Mr. Wells,
we believe, perseveres in his intention to offer himself.—
(Bury Post.)
BELGIC EDUCATION.—The following is an account of
the number of students in the six Universities of the king-
dom of the Netherlands : —At Louvain, 326: Liege, 446 ;
Ghent, 266 ; Leyden, 402 ; Utrecht, 377 ; Groningen, 290;
Total, 2,127. While in France every effort is made to
check the progress of general education, in the Netherlands
the Government fosters and encourages it by building and
endowing schools of all kinds. In the last year no less a
sum than 242,246 florins had been devoted to these ob-
jects out of a revenue by no means over-abundant. This
amount is entirely independent of provincial and local ex-
penditure for the same purposes.
The Theatre at Cremona was totally destroyed by fire on the
18th ult.
The Select Vestry of Chippenham have determined not to In reference to the New Columbian Loan, Mersrs. B
relieve a pauper that keeps a dog. ley, and Mr. I. L. Goldsmid, yesterday posted the following
The parish of Aglis, in the west of the County of Water- notice on the Foreign Stock Exc
hange. :
ford, was on Tuesday visited by a thunder-storm, in which " Messrs. F. and A. Bailey, IL. Goldsmid, beg
a young woman was struck dead by the lightning, and leave to inform the Gentlemen of the Stock Exchange. tea
two children dreadfully scorched. Th. particulars of they understand a confidential agent is about to arrive in
this melancholy event were kindly communicated to us England from Columbia, for the purpose of negotiating a
yesterday, but too late for present insertion,—(Waterford Loan for the Government of that ootintry, and that they
Chronicle of Tuesday. bare forming alaist for such Loan."