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EARTHQUAKE NEAR SWANSEA. 0.
EARTHQUAKE NEAR SWANSEA. 0. Six miles west of Swansea, Dec. 30. As the shock of earthquake which occurred this morn. ing, by far the most violent remembered in this country, must have been very extensively felt, I lose no time in com- municating my remarks on so unusual a phenomenon. I was in my garden, and at 20 minutes past eight o'clock I heard a noise like the distant firing of heavy artillery, which came booming from S.W. by W.; in about two or three seconds it was succeeded by about four violent vibratory motions, which continued altogether from a second to a second and a half, and passed on in a direction N.E. by E., the sound apparently preceding the shock. As there was no obstacle for several miles, it was dis- tinctly heard passing in that direction for several seconds after the shock had ceased. The motion seemed to be that of a wave extending in a N.W. and S.E. direction, and passing from S.W. by W. to N.E. by E. Its effects were very considerable; I felt myself shaken to and fro several times. Some trellis-work near me was much agitated, and in the house glasses clattered, and the furniture was moved. The inmates eagerly inquired of each other the cause of the commotion, and the neigh- bouring cottagers ran into the street, and could not com- prehend what was the matter, but all were much alarmed. Four or five bricks were shaken from the top of an old glasshouse, about 90 feet high, 400 yards eastward of me. The building must have suffered a violent concussion, as many other bricks are displaced. The morning was cloudy and calm, but unusually fine and mild for the season. Barometer 30 inches, thermometer out of doors 42 deg. It is remarkable that, though no alteration has taken place in the appearance of the weather, which still continues cloudy and mild, the thermometer now, at two o'clock, stands at 40 deg. "I have been thus particular, that if you think this worth inserting, your numerous readers may have an op- portunity of comparing their own observations with those made in this remote place, and which may tend to throw light on to interesting a phenomenon."
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CORRESPONDENCE. We have made room at great inconvenience for some of various communications which have been addressed to us. Neither the tone nor the language are alto- gether to our taste but we insert them to show that if, on any future occasions, we should reject lettersof a similar description, it is not from over-fastidiousness of taste.
THE BELGIC-DUTCH WAR.
THE BELGIC-DUTCH WAR. TO THE EDITOR OF THE MERTHYR GUARDIAN. SIR: As I do not think you will compromise your impartiality by refusing to msert the remarks of a political opponent, I need not, I feel assured, apologize to the Editor of the Merthyr Guar- dsam for offering a few remarks on the present Belgic.Dutch war. I read with pain your observations of last week on this subject. I say with pain, because I did not believe that one who assumes to advocate the cause of justice could have written that which, in my opinion, is a heartless and unfeeling sentence. I allude to the following sentence relative to the present siege of Antwerp.— The defence of the Citadel of Antwerp has already lasted suffi- ciently long to secure General Chasse a conspicuous place amongst the military worthies of the age. Were the place to fall tomorrow, none could refuse him the praise of having baffled the calculations of the besiegers, and compelled them to make much greater sacrifices of men and stores, than they had originally an- ticipated. According to the computation of their most skilful officers, nine or ten days of open trenches would suffice to effect the reduction of the place. But nearly twice that number have already elapsed and we hope and trust that the time of its fall, should the destinies have decreed it, is not yet near at hand." Is this language the result of unbiassed judgment, or of enraged and bitter (eelings arising from the disappointment of your wishes for, that you wish the Dutch to conquer is evident by your writings, but that they will be defeated, all men who judge dispassionately now believe. There appears to me a fiendlike malignity-a sys- tematic love of human slaughter, in the expression of your hope. Had you said that, as your feelings were adverse to the reduction of the citadel of Antwerp, you hoped and trusted that the time of its fall was not near at hand, the expression might have found a palliative in the difference of opinion respecting the justice of this war, and in the expectation of a successful remittance of the enemy; but when you express niet have decretd its fall," wh that the expression had been fa of mercy and humanity; bee attached to those words, but sacrifice the lives of hundreds r ing a place whence all hope of You seem to glory in the fac reduced but is its reduction iould tht dttii- « from it, but f every feeling eaning can be Uy and cruelly rten, in defend- e had fled? i not yet been !rely because it nas provea to De tne worK ot a longer time than was anticipated? You acknowledge that" the stoutest fortifications, and even the stoutest hearts, must yield to unrelenting attscki fnom superior numbers at last,and the citadel, notwithstanding thesignal courage and resolution with which it has been hitherto defended, must in- evitably yield to the law of the stronger, unless it be succoured from without." This naturally leads to an enquiry whether such succour be at hand or not. You believe it is, in the shape of a Dutch army, "formidable both for its numerical and moral strength." Admitting this to be true,(which I believe is not), are you such a tyro in the art of war, as to believe that an equal, if not superior force, will not be brought forward to oppose it? Lay not that flattering unction to your soul." What hope, therefore, can there be for the effectual repulsion of the besiegers ? Does the King of Holland really believe that he can bring any effectual assistance to General Chasse? If faith can be reposed in Monarchs' words, the King of Prussia has endeavoured to dis. suade him from the course which he now pursues; a course which must eventually bring an awful responsibility on his head. From that quarter, therefore, you cannot ground your hopes of succour. Will Austria or Russia succour him? Then there is no faith in negociation; but even on these powers you cannot rely for assistance, without believing them base enough to sa. crifice their national honour and faith. Where then is this assistance to be sought ?; In no where but in the Dutch army, and a slight examination of that power must convince you, of its total inability to effect any successful results. What, then, are we to believe, is the motive which impels the King of Holland to carry on this ruinous and bloody war, and which induces you to advocate it ? Is it not, in the first instance, an obstinate will to withhold the rights of the Belgians, and, in the other, a per- verse determination to support indiscriminately a cause which you have set up as one of your political idcols but which cause, I cannot believe you think in your heart to be a just one. It is horrible to think that any one who professes to be a Christian,— one who lays down the maxim of "doing unto others as you would be done by," as the foundation of justice and morality, should exult in the slaughter of his fellow-creatures, because, by protracting this dreadful war, the consequence must be fatal to the lives of perhaps thousands of human beings. I offer my observations more in sorrowthan in anger; and I sincerely hope that you wlU soon see the injustice of your present attachment, and will exert yourself, with your colleagues of the British Press, to prevent the continuance of a war, which, if not soon terminated, must inevitably injure the interests of Holland, and sacrifice thousands of the poor fellows who are forced to obey the cruel maudates of their obstinate Monarch. Merthyr Tydvil, RADIX. fThe tender sympathies are all with the French and Belgians. He is so blinded by party spirit as not to see that Holland is the aggrieved and invaded party she defends herself, but does not attack others. Would RADIX have the Dutch to stand still whilst invasion ar.d plunder is going on?—EDITOR OF GAZETTE AND GUARDIAN.]
_------_--_-----MISCELLANEOUS…
MISCELLANEOUS GLEANINGS- 40 MORE WHIG ECONOMY."—The Right Hon. James Abercromby, the Whig candidate for Edin. burgh, after holding the office of LOFP Chief flaron of Scotland only for a short period, has R^IRED upon a pen ion of 2,0001. per annum. Previously to his accepting office he was M.P. for Calne. in Wiltshire, and auditor to the Duke of Devonshire. Sir S. Shepherd, who retired from the Scotch Exchequer to make room for inir. Aber- cromby, also receives a superannuation allowance of 3,0001. per annum. The office of Lord Chief Baron was bestowed on Mr. Abercromby, by the Duke of Welling- ton. Mr. Ralph Abercromby, son of the Right Hon. Gentleman, is Secretary of Legation to the Earl of Minto's mission at Berlin, with a salary of 5501.—Newcastle Journal. WEST INDIES.—From an official account just published, we extract the following statement of British shipping, seamen, and the value of imports to our West India Colonies, in the year ending the 5th of January, 1832 I Ships 907 Tonnage 249,051 Seamen 14,108 Official value of Exports £ 3,749,798 Is the country, we would ask, prepared to sacrifice all these manifest advantages to our shipping and commerce, by abandoning the \Vest India Colonies to destruction for the sake of a Quixotic experiment ? It is reported in the City, that the Govern- ment of the United States has ordered the blockade of the port of Charleston by an armed force of five ships, to carry into effect the tariff law, which the state of South Carolina has lately protested against, and is-ued an official document that the law shall not be carried into ef- fect in that state. THE COMET.-The comet is now visible to the naked eye at half-past eight in the evening, a little above the horizon, almost due east. It is n ear two small stars in theconstellation Cancer, and forms a triangle with the large stars Pollux in Gemini and Procyon in Canis Minor, About ten o'clock it is in aline with, and almost midway between, Regulus in Leo, and Pollux, hut rather nearest the latter star. At half-past two in the morning the comet is almost due south. The above observations were made on the nights of the 19th, 23d, and 26th inst., a few miles off Stirling.—Caledonian Mercury. The Neufchatel Gazette gives the following from Coire. in the Grisons, dated December 12: For some time in the evenings, after sunset, very brilliant meteors have been observed traversing the sky, and shed- ding a light very similar to the aurora boreaiis or the zodiaeal light, continuing sometimes till two o'clock in the morning. Similar phenomena were seen in the west two years ago, immediately previous to the remarkable aurora borealis which was apparent throughout Europe and even in Africa." CHOLERA.—Our BrufF Correspondent gives an alarm- ing report of the fatal reappearance of this dreadful ca- lamity in that town and we must feel equally alarmed at some very bad cases having taken place in this city within the last week. The destitute situation of Bruff should induce our Board of Health to bestir themselves in time-it is not when the disease spreads, should Provi- dence so permit it, that precautionary measures would be useful—Our officers of health have been spared to us, they nobly braved every danger when cholera raged amongst us —and they are ready to do so again. Apropos; why has not the expression of public gratitude intended for Messrs. Goulding and Magrath by St. John's Parish been carried into effect F WE understand the subscription list is at Mr. P. W. Creaghe's office, therefore every citizen, anxious to encourage others to follow in the footsteps of these eminent labourers in the cause of suffering humanity will affix his name without further delay, so as to prove that public gratitude is not merely a sound. The Guild of Coach Builders, an intelligent body of men, have given the freedom of their Guild to Mr. Magrath, as a compliment for the services we speak of. This we hope to see followed up by the other trades to both Mr. Ma- grath and Mr. Goulding.-Limerick Post. The population of the United States, accord- ing to the last census, is over twelve millions and the increase in 1831,including the negroes and the emigrants, exceeded 500,000 souls so that at the same rale the country might hive, in twenty-five years, a population of twenty-five millions. The emigration this year to the ports of the Atlantic has not been so great as the last, but thousands of emigrants have spread from Canada through the States of New York and Ohio, and particu- larly through the territory of Michigan, which is to be incorporated as a state next year. Died, last week, at Slindon, Mrs. Wilcox, irt the hundred and third year of her age. She has, through the long period of her existence practised the art of a midwife; and it is calculated, that SHE has attended the birth of more than five thousand fellow- creatures. She retained her faculties, but slightly im- paired. to the last.-Bi-igliton Herald. The Madras accounts announce that Mr. Wolff, the Missionary, was still at Simla, and was giving lectures descriptive of his travels and sufferings. At Calcutta, a Mr. Samuels, a converted Jew, had beeti residing some time, who had, like Mr. VVoiff, goiie to India in search of the lost tribes, and was about to pro- ceed to Malacca and China, in the further prosecution of his mission.
FROM TUESDAY'S LONDON GAZETTE.,
FROM TUESDAY'S LONDON GAZETTE. INSOLVENT. B. J. Winbolt, Poultry, City, stationer. BANKRUPTS. J.. Irvine, London, master mariner and merchant. C. T. Athow, Wood street, Cheapsidc, wholesale haberdasher. T. Weaver, South street, Spitnlfields, cheesemonger. P. Maddocks, Liverpool, timber merchant. T. Frith, High Hoi born, iroi:F Eer. C. Howard, Mile End road, -.tiler. 1. Worley, jun., Bow lane, tailor. DIVIDENDS. Jan 29, R. J. Fayrer, London, mariner-Jan l, C. G. Beet. Stamford street, Blackfriars, bill broker-Jan 23, S. Teuton, Nelson street, Greenwich, upholsterer-Jan 24, G. W.Atkinson, Fenchurch street, and Leman street, Goodman's fields, grocer— Jan 23, W.J.Davis, Bristol, music seller—Jan'J3, J. Biddle, London road, oilman-Ja n 23. W, N Bewslier, Bi ightoii, brewer -Jan 22, J. Hudson. Oxford street, tob-iceonist-Jan 23, D. Scott. Mansellgrrtet, Goodman's fields, Whitechapel, dealer in Scotch ale-Jan 23, R. J. Cronneis and J. W. Ward, Maldon. Kssex, butchers-Jan 24, I. and R. Brightweu, Coggersliall, Essex, brewers—Jan 23, J. Wilde, St. Alban's, Hertfordshire, maltater-Jan 23, W. Lunn, St. Mary at hill, slopseller-Jrll1 28, J. Potts and A. Beioe, Lad lane, silk warehousemen—Jan 24, W. Mason, Margaret street, Cavtndish street, Cavendish quare, and Doddington, Oxfordshire, axletrte niaiiuficturer- Jan 21, T. Laws, Chancery lane, yictualler-Jan 24, J. Christie, South Sea chambers, Threadneedle street, and Tunbri'ige, Kent, coal merchanl-Jan 28, T. Geary and D. Home, Manchester, woollen drapere-jan 25. H. Calverly, Scotton, Yorkshire, tanner —Jan 22, W. T. Howgate, Knaresborough, Yorkshirs, clijmist— Feb 18, R. Baker and J. Harlvy, Southampton, stone m.isons— Jan 26, J. Watheii, RodborougW Glocestershire clothier-Jan 24, G. R. Keer, sen., Framlngtoi), Suffolk, common brewer- Feb 8, W. Heughan, and W. Mlur. Newcastle upon Tyne, drapers—Jan 2t5, XV. Hiacock, SouthalUpton, taiJor-Jan 23, W. Sedgwick, Manchester. linen merchant—Jan 23, R. Kay, Heap, near Bury, Lancashire, paper manufacturer—Jan 24, J. and W. Young, Bristol, corn factors. CERTIFICATES—.JAWUARV 22. W. Harris, lIfancbelte, mercha. it— G. King, Lndgate street, jeweller--H. Baker and J. Harley Southampton, stone masons —S. D. Norton, Watney street, Commercial road, licensed vic- tualler-T. Giller, Charles town,, Pendleton, near Manchester, publican— W. Bristow, Old Brotfipton. nurseryman—J. Bagley, es Liverpool* haberdasher-J. W. a"d J. H. West, Turner's square, Hoxton, brewers.
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. RECEIVED IN LONDON, UP TO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. PARIS, SATURDAY, DEC. 29. The French Government has learnt today the refusal of the King of the Low Countries to ratify the capitulation of the citadel, consequently the forts will not be given up; how anyone could have ever expected that they would have been surrendered is to me inconceivable, after what had passed at Antwerp. The prisoners of war, I hear, are to be set at libei ty, because, as it has been clearly defined by Lord Palmersion, that non-interven- tion means in reality interference in the affairs of other, nations, so it is to be understood in the new school di- plomatic, that when two hostile forces meet, and baiter one another for 23 days, more or less, it is not war, nor even fighting moreover, that the killed are to be reported living, and the prisoners free; although a quantum, sufficit of diplomatic agents shall have given it as their decided opinion that the operations of the said hostile forces really constitute war, that the dead are really dead, and the men taken really prisoners. BELGIUM. REGENCY OF THE CITY OF ANTWERP. PROCLAMATION. Hotel de la Regence, Dec. 24. '• Citizens,—Amongst all civilized nations prisoners are held as sacred. A disarmed enemy is no longer an enemy. Some mibled persons, however, have today insulted the prisoners. Let us beware of giving reason to believe that the sentiments which have actuated them are the sentiments of the inhabitants of a city so eminently distinguished for its humanity. i. Fellow Citizens, Let the epoch of our deliverance I be an epoch of forgetfulness, even for those RpAong6t us who have been touched the most sensibly ,n their interest. Let there exist amongst us g only of order, and let eff "^utW.efForJ&.tend consolidate the happiness of the country. TheBtrgomnter, u GERARD DE GRELLE. •4 Par Ordonnance, Le Secretaire WELLENS." BERCHEM, Headquarters of Marshal Gerard, One o'clock, r.M., Dec. 27. I have two pieces of news of great importance to com- municate—the one is the reply of the King of Holland to the demand of Marshal Gerard, the other a despatch re- ceived by the Marshal from France. The King of Holland positively refuses giving up forts Lillo and Liefkenshoek otherwise than by force, and rejects the terms of the capitulation." It is reported at the Hague, that for the purpose of showing the firm resolution of William not to give up voluntarily one inch of ground, Chass6 should be tried by a Court martial for giving up the citadel before the breach was practicable. William also protests against the different garrisons being considered prisoners of war. The despatch from Paris is signed by Marshal Soult, as President of the Council. It is a positive order to Marshal Gerard to quit with all possible expedition the Belgian territory, and to form a junction with the army of the Moselle. The last phrase of the despatch is almost ver- batim in the following terms The re,iting of the Army of the North is a satisfaction that France thinks due to England." The citadel and the different forts will be given up to the Belgians in two or three days, and it is expected the French will march to the right about the beginning of next week. It is said that the Dutch prisoners will be sent to Lille and Valenciennes by 1,000 at a time, and that the first detachment is to march this afternoon. The French do not intend attacking Lillo and Lief- kenshoek, but will keep their prisoners until these forts are given up. Half-past One o'clock. I have just been informed at headquarters that the whole of the Army of the North are to have recrossed the frontiers by the 4th of January, 1833. Orders have already been given for transporting the wounded to France. The miners are occupied this afternoon in dismounting the artillery from the batteries. HOLLAND. The Stoats Courant publishes the following docu. ments DESPATCH FROM GENERAL CHASSE TO THE MINISTER OF WAR. Head-quarters. Citadel of Antwerp, Dec. ».>! ->. j TO HIS RXEEIKEWCY- ETC. ) Tlie uifRculneti, which daily increase, longer to preserve! -with honour the post whiah is confideo me, h com- j pt..au lie id k -ii+'-r.. r terd«y. j The fatigues asd privations which my troop- Lne undergone for tu.-«?e weeks are not to be dejcribcu. d I have entirely exhausted the strength of the garrison. To this I must add, that in consequence of the dra ing off of the water from the moat of the citadel, the fresh water in the wells has so sunk that it is with the i greatest difficulty that we have been able to get as much as was absolutely necessary, and,to add to the misfortune, our two last wells were ruined last night by the enemy's bombs. All the places that were bomb proof are ruined so that the soldiers in the midst of the most terrible bombardment are so crowded in the posterns, the communications and the galleries, that they have scarcely a moment's repose The bomb-proof hospital, in which are all the wounded and amputated soldiers who are not in a condition to be removed, threatens every moment to fall down, and bury the unfortunate inmates in its ruins. In the left glacis of the bastion 2, the enemy has opened a breaeh of 80 or 100 metres, which has already nearly half filled up the ditch. The descent to the ditch has been effected, and the enemy has only to spring his mine. and blow the counterscarf into the ditch to mount to the assault. For all these reasons, seeing it to be impossible to repel an assault, and that by rashly waiting for it all the glory hitherto gained might be totally lost, I made overtures to Marshal Gerard to grant me a free retreat, and declared myself ready to evacuate the place,as we demanded on the 30th November. The Marshal having refused, I have, after negotiating the whole day, concluded, in concert with the Council of Defence, the capitulation, of which I have the honour te send a copy. I offered myself and some of my officers as prisoners of war, on condition that the remainder of the garrison should be allowed to return to the Northern Provinces,—but all in vain. Your Excellency will see by the additional article that the flotilla before the citadel is not included in the capi- tulation. This article was inserted by the desire of Captain Koopman, of the navy. In consequence of this arrangement I agreed with him that six of the best gun boats should go down the Scheldt during the night, and the others be destroyed. It seems that the urst plan could not be effected, for I just learn that only one gun boat sailed, and that the 11 others were burnt or sunk by the crews. This then is the unhappiest day of my life. I would have wished to end it by a glorious death, but I was not permitted. By the first opportunity I will mention to your Excel. lency those wlwhaiA most 4i>Ucgaiahad tboaiselves iji the unhappy siege, that their names may be laid before his Majesty otlr august Sovereign. The General Commander in Chief of the Citadel of Antwerp, of the Forts dependent on it, and of his Majesty's Naval Forces on the Scheldt. (Signed) Baron CHASSE. The following Address has been sent to the King The city of Antwerp has been this day relieved from a painful agony of 26 months. •♦One ot our worthy Magistrates^whom circumstances has deprived us of, has left us a pledge of his lively M- lichnde in obtaining from the Provisionary Government an edict, which authorises the demolition o' the citadel of Antwerp immtdiately after its evacuation. We beg leave respectfully, Sire, to solicit from your Majesty 'he prompt execution of a meisure, which will for ever guatariee the tranquillity and happiness of a city, to which. Sire, you have deigned to show so lively an interest, and whose gratitude will equal the lore it has already shown to you. We are, with profound respect, &c." R1 10 HIS EKIUBSCR THE 4JESERAL or INTAiTTftY, BAROX CHASSE, A W I)ER I* CHIEF OF THE CITADEL or AXTWGJTR. The Hague, Dec. 26 Yesterday amrnlngj;! received your Excellency's letter ^f the 24th inst., N<x. containing intimation of the iegotiatlon into whieiV you had entered with the enemy, knJ of the reasons which induced you to adopt that course, ir)t 1. in also, smong ether documents, a transcr o. the cspituio-vioa concluded by your Excellency with ihe French"Marsfeai, Gerard I aabraiucd withoutcklay these important dofumects to Jhi* Majesty Kii>g, and, in consequence, I am com- mMtded by&M Uajecy to make- the following communi- not coneur in the capitulation as sucii. Majesty has now jagain assigned ta ,sc j?^JfS °* repeating to your Excelle-icy oo a^e'Tin assurance, that the conduce of of (he brave garrison of the citadul o' «Wenee of ?h it fortress, far jPuftf W be desired by the King, has 1; tion of his JWajcs'y that this ? -? "<' defence has entirely fulfilled his Majesty's just expecta- tions that during the whole period of the siege his Ma. jesty never ceased to contemplate with the most lively sym- pathy. the fate of the brave men who were shedding their b ood for the country and also that he has with emo- tion learned from your last report, how great have been the privations and efforts patiently submitted to by the gallant garrison. Wishing at once to give a proof of his Majesty's appro- bation, as well to your Excellency personally as through your person to the whole garrison of the citadel, our vene- rated King has been pleased to appoint you, Mynheer General, a Grand Knight Cross of the Military Order of William. This appointment is made by the decree No. •3 of yesterday's date, a copy of which I have the plea- sure of transmitting to you enclosed. The value of this high distinction must doubtless be greatly augmented to your Excellency by the circumstance which I now have the honour to make known to you,— namely, that his Majesty, in my presence, took from his person his own decoration of this Order, and delivered it to me, with the riband and jewel worn by him on the last solemn occasion, in order that these insignias might be presented to your Excellency in the name of his Majesty at the same time that you receive this letter. I have besides the satisfaction to inform your Excel- lency, that his Majesty has been pleased to give his im- mediate sanction to all the provisional appointments made by your Excellency of Knights of the 4th Class of the said Order, as mentioned in your despatch of the 16th inst., No. 1776 AR,D that his J^FCJESTY will hereafter decide respecting the other recommendations contained in that letter-; moreover his Majesty will receive witfyjlea silre such propositions for farther rewards as circutWBnces may require your Excellency to make. I have farther to observe, that it will be particularly gratifying to his Majesty if your Excellency can succeed in causing the wounded to be conveyed hither. To conclude, I have the honour to inform your Excel- lency, that I have this moment sent my Adjutant, CAptain Verhorst, to the advanced posts at Groot Zundert, in order to confer with the French officer and the Secretary of Legation, who accompanied Lieutenant Adjutant Heshusiui to tha. place, 111 order to learn from them what the propositions are which they are directed to make. In the mean time I can previously assure your Excellency that if their propositions relate to nothing else than to the evacuation of the forts of Lillo and Lietkenshoek, they will by no means be acceded to. Your Excellency will be pleased on this important oc- casion to accept my sincere good wishes. DE KERENS, Director General of the War Department. MERLIN, DEC. 18. For some days past a new loan has been talked of, for which the land tax would be the security. The amount of this in Prussia is 10 millions, and on such security 100 millions, if necessary, might easily be obtained by way of loan. It is certain that the possibility of war is more seriously contemplated than ever. At Thorn the Landwehr has been called out, and the men are exhorted in warlike speeches to fidelity, bravery, and perseverance. Similar orders are said to have been already given in both Edt and TEST Prussia, and Dantzig to be the rendezvous of the regiments. Whatever people's opinions may be the fact is evident, that the peace of Europe is preserved wholly by the system of moderation and justice which characterises the foreign policy of Prussia. Placed be. tween the excited passions of France and the ambition of Russia, Prussia has need of the power of elasticity to keep these two conflicting elements apart from each other, while it must also have in itself a centripetal force, that its widely extending members may not in this effort bedetached from THE body of the state. Whatever imperfec- tions there may be in our internal political institutions, our foreign policy, in a season of passionate excitement, of obstinate selfwill and unbridled violence, will perhaps remain the only point which posterity will view with approbation. The telegraph has been for some days at work by way of trial. It is a new siglit for us, and the gaping crowd look with wonder at the mysterious signals. It is now positively affirmed, that the use of the telegraphs for private communications will be allowed.- Nu i-em- burgh Correspondent, Dec. 24. VIENNA, DEC. 21. Yesterday, in the forenoon, the Hungarian Diet was opened with the usual solemnities, by his Majesty the Emperor and King, who arrived at Presburg on the 19th, accompanied by the Empress. The Speech delivered from the throne on this occasion by his Majesty, as well as the Royal propositions which were delivered to the Assembly of the Estates, were RCTEIVED with extraordinary enthusiasm. Their Majesties M? expected back at Vienna tomorrow. Accounts from Alexandria have been received at or j iute, which hold out a favourable prospect of a SPEEDY H: I amicable adjustment of the differences between the Sll!tan and Meheiuet Ali, which have led toawuriiiut »!TF?'ATED» liie EXISTENCE of the Porte. DkC. 81. Five per Cents. 851 Four per Cent* 74 Bank Shares Ill I —AUgemcin* Zeilung, Dec. 26. ALGIERS, Nov. 24. The negotiations commenced with the envoys from Blida not having brought about any result, the Ge- neral in Chief resolved on the 20th to send troops to punish that tebel town. Warned by the experience of the Generals, his predecessors, who had momentarily occupied Blida with small detachments, and had always been forced to evacuate it with precipitation, the Duke of Rovigo organized a strong column of attack, con- sisting of two battalions of the 4th of the Line, two of the 10th Light Infantry, one of Zouaves, 450 Afri- can Chasseurs, and of 6 pieces of artillery. General Fodoas was intrusted with the command, and was ac- companied by General Trezel, head of the general staff, who, 08 his return, was to make a reconnaissance. The troops assembled at Berkhadem left it on the 21st, at four A.M., and twelve hoursafter they were encamped in perfect order before Blida. The Arabians, informed on the evening before of the intended march of our troops, had fled for the greatest part; the inhabitants of any note had all evacuated the town still our soldiers found plenty of booty. Nevertheless, it was discovered that the baggage of the enemy had been conveyed to a small village situated in the narrow pass of the mountain it was immediately invested, and our troops seized what was there, without meeting with any resistance. On descending the mountain, our soldiers interchanged a few shots with the Arabs, two of whom were killed on our side five men were slightly wounded. Gen. Fodoas, before he left Blida, informed its inhabitants that if one shot was fired at his troops, he would return immediately and set fire to the town they promised to remain tran- quil, and our troops on their return did not perceive a single enemy: they entered Algiers yesterday evening at eight, after having met with a great deal of rain, and without leaving a man behind. This expedition is a fresh proof of the terror inspired by the combat at Boufarick to this population, so constantly hostile to the French, since their entry into Africa, and which, on every preceding occasion, had always harassed our soldiers in their retreat, and which this time, through the mere prohibition of a French General, did not dare show itelf. In a few months the rich country of Blida will become the centre of our military operations.
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MEXICO.—Much excitement has been pro- duced in Mexico by the murder of a British subject in SEPTEMBER LATT, who had been a prisoner in the A cord ad a for the last two years, owing to some law proceedings with which he was concerned. The circumstances which led to the murder are the followingOn the afiernoon of Tuesday, the 25th of September, the prisoners in the Acordada (where from 1,200 to 1,300 of the most atro- cious wretches existing are confined,) made an ill.concert. ed effort to escape. Some of them struck down two of the sentinels, but did not kill (hem. The iron gates were closed upon them. They fired a few shots at the guard through the bars, who returned the fire from without, and a party of soldiers from a barrack near at hand were quickly stationed in the gallery which surrounds the court, on the first door, and on the roof, from whence they killed 17 or 18, and wounded about 46 more, many of whom are since dead. The riot was thus quelled in a few minutes. No ill consequence resulted from this disturbance,, except that it afforded a pretext for the murder of Mr. Arthur Short, a lieutenant on half-pay in the British navy, who had been a prisoner in the Acordada more than two years He had a room which opened on the gallery upstairs. The manner of his death is variously related; but it appears that the soldiery forced open the door of his room, broke an earthenware bath which he had placed against the door full of water, struck him repeatedly on the right arm, the shoulders, and back of the head, with the but-ends of their muskets, thrust him out of his room into the corridor, where, being again knocked down, the officer with them gave him, as be lay, the wound which caused his death. On the following morning he was removed from the prison to the house of a friend, where he lingered till tne afternoon. Notwithstanding the horror with which this atrocious murder has tilled every British subject, no steps have been taken by the Mexican authorities for a judicial investigation. Letters from Stockholm, of the 11th ult. state, that a Royal Rescript of the 5th ordains the convucation of the States in the course of next spring, chiefly with a view to deliberate on measures calculated to introduce more f order into the Cut rency itystem, and to set bounds to the discredit of bank notes. The affair of the conspiracy of Barons Vegesack and Duben is compared to the late pistol-shot attempt upon King Louis Philippe. As no real charge BE made out, nothing now is heard on the I subject.
ALPHABETICAL LIST OF THE MEM…
ALPHABETICAL LIST OF THE MEM BE its t FOR ENGLAND AND WALES, IN THE NEW PARLIAMENT. [We believe this list to be a correct one, as we have taken some pains to examine and compare it with some that have been published by our contem- poraries.] Adams, E. H .-Carin at thns. Aglionby, H. A.—Cocker- mouth Althorp, Vic.-S. North. amptonshire Andover, Vis.Il almesb'ry Anson, Sir G.-Lichfield Anson, Hon.(i.-Yarmouth Apsley, Lord—Cirencester Ashley, Lord-Dorsetshire Asliley,Hon-ii.-Dorcliest. Astley, Sir J. D.-N. Wilts Astley, Sir J.-W-Norfolk Atherley, A.-Southampton Att wood, T.—Birmingham Attwood, M—Whitehaven Baillie, J.E.—Bristol Baring, Alex.-Essex Baring, H. B.-l\hrlbro' Baring, F. T.-Portsmouth Baring, W. B.-W inchester Barrington, Hon. Capt.— Sunderland Barnard, G.E.—Greenwich Barnett, C..J.-Maidstonc Bainbridge, E.T.—Taunton Batikes, W. J.—Dorsetshire Bayntun, S. A.—York Berkeley, Hon. C. F.- Cheltenham Berkeley, Hon. G.—West Gloucestershire Berkeley, Capt.-G loucester Bentinck, LordG.—King's Lynn Bell, IVI.-S. Northumberl. Beaumont, T.W.—Ditto Bewes, T.-Plymouth Bernal, R-Rochester Bcauclerk, A. W,-E. Surrey Briscoe, J. Ivati-Ditto Benett, John-South Wilts Bethell, R.—E. Yorkshire Biddulpli, R.M.-Denbighs. Bidtlulph, R.—Hereford Boiling, W.—Bolton Bowes, John—S. Durham Boss, G.-Northallerton Blake, Sir Francis-Berwick Blamire,W. -E.Cumberland Blunt, Sir C. R.-Iewes Blacks tone, W. S Wal- lingford Bland ford, Marq. Woodstk. Brougham, J.—Kendal Bish, T.—Leominster Brocklehurst, J Macclesfi. Brotherton, J.-S.Iford Brodie, W. 8 Salisbury Brigstock W. P._ E.Somerset Brougham, W.-Southwark Bruce, liù. E,Marlborongh Brudenell,1 ,ord-N. North- amptonshire Bulkeley, Sir R.—Anglesey Burton. H.P.-Beverley Bulwer, H. L.-Coventry Bulteel, J.South Devon Buller, J.W.—Exeter Briggs, R. Jun.-Ifalifax Bulwer, E. L.—Lincoln Buller, C., jun Liskeard Byng, George-Middlesex Byng, Sir John-Poole Buckingham, J.-Sheffield Butler, ——North Staf. fordshire Baring, Francis-Thetford Burdett, Sir F.—Westmin- minster Buxton, T.F.—Weymouth B u rrell, SirC. M —Shoreh am Caley, Sir G.-Scarboro' Calev, E. S N. Yorkshire Citlcraf;, J. H Shoreham Campbe.i, Sir J., Solicitor General-Dudley Calvert N.—Hertfordshire Cartwrigfai, W. R.—South Northamptonshire Carter, J. B—Portsmouth Cavendish, Hon. C. Comp- ton.—.EAST Sussex Cavendish, Ld.—Derbysh. Calley, r.-Cricklade Chandos, Marquess of.- Bucks Chichester, J. P. B.—Barn- staple Childers, J. W .-Cal- bridgeshire Chaytor, W. Richard Carter—Durham, City Cavendish, Hon. H. F. C.- Derby Chetwynd, Capt.-Stafford Chaplin, Col. T.—Stamford Chaytor, Sir W.-Sunder. land Chapman A —Whitby Clive, E. B.—Hereford Clayton, Colonel—Marlow Clive, Hon. R. H.—South Shropshire Clay, W.—Tower Hamlets Clive, Lord-Ludlow Codrii)gton, Sir F,Devon. port cockerell, Sir C.-Evesham Cubbett, Willhm-Oldham Collier, J.-PIVIDouth Cotes, North Shropsh. Cookes, T. H.-Hast Wor. cestershire Cornish, J.-Totness Crawley, Sainuel-Bedford Cripps, J Cirencester Crompton, J.-Rippon Curteis, Ed. Barrett-Rye Curteis, H. B.- EllIOt Sussex Dare.RH.H.—SouthEssex Dawson, E.—South Leices- tershire Davenport, Sir J.—Stoke Darlington, Earl of-South Shropshire Davies, Col. T. H.-Wor. cester Denison, J. Evelyn-South Nottinghamshire Denisen, W. J. West Surrey Donkin, Sir R. S. L.-Ber. wick Dick, Quintin-Maldon Duffield, V. J. Abingdon Dykes, F. L. B.-Cocker. mouth Divett, Edward—Exeter Duncannon, Lord Viscount Nottingham Dundas, Hon. Sir R.- Richmoud Dundas, Hon. J. C.-Ditto Dundas, J. W. D.—Green- wich Dugdale, W. S. — West Warwickshire Duncombe, Hon. W.- North Yorkshire Dillwyn, L. W.-Glamor- galishi re Eastnor, Ld.Visc.—Reigate Ebrington, Viscount— N. Devon Egerton, W.-N. Ciieshire Ellice, Edward-Coventry Ellis, Wynn -Leicesler Evans, Willia.m-Ditto Estcourt, T. G. B.-Oxford University Elwall, Ralph-Andover Ewart, W.-Liverpool Faithful], G.—Brighton Fancourt,Maj.—Barnstaple Fazakerly, J. N.-Peter. borough Fellowes, H. A. W.-Ao- dover Fielding, W.-Blackburii Fellowes, Hon. N.-North Devon Fenton, Capt.-Ifudders- field Fielding, J. Oldham Kenton, J.—Rochdale Ferguson, Sir R. C—Crau- ford Finch, G Stamford Fitzroy, Lord J Thetford Fordwich, Lord-Canter. bury Fort, J.-Clitheroe Foley, J. Hodgetts Hodg- etts-Droitwich Foley, E.—Herefordshire Koikes, Sir WM. J. H. I B.—West Norfolk Fox, S. L.—Helstone Fox, Col.-Tavistock Forster, C Walsall Foley, Hon. T. H.—West Worcestershire Forester, Hn.C Wenlork Fleetwood, H.—Preston Fitzwilliam, Hon. W Malton Fitzroy, Lord Charles— Bury St. Edmunds Freemantle, Sir T.— Buck. ingham Frankland, Sir R—Tliirsk Gaskell, D.-Wakefiel(I Gaskell, M. J-Wenlock Gladstone, William Ewart —Newark Glynne,Sir Stephen Richard -Flint borough Goulburn, Right Hon. H —Cambridge University Gordon, ltobert-Cricklade Gisbornc, Thomas—North Derbyshire Gore, Montague—Devizes Godson, R—Kidderminster Goring, H. D.-Sliorcham Grosvenor, Earl-S. Chesh Grosvenor,Lord R—Chester Graham, Right Hon. Sir James Robert George— E. Cumberland Grey, Sir G.—Devon port Grant, Right Hon. Robert —Finsbury Guise, Sir W.—East Glou- cester Grimston, Viscount-Hert. fordshire Greene, T.—Lancaster Grote, George—London Guest, Josiah John Mer. thyr Tydvil Gully, J.-Pontefract Gronow, Captair.-StatTord Greville, Afajor General Hon. Sir Charles John- Warwick Grey, Colonel -W),com b Handley, Benj—Boston Hardy, J.—Ditto Hardy, J.—Bradford Harvey, Daniel Whittle- Colchester Halse, James-St. Ives Halford, Henry-S. Leices- tershire Hanley, Henry—Kesteven, ( Lincolnshire) Hawes, Benjamin, jun.- Lambeth Hardinge, Major-General Sir Henry-Launccston Hall, Benj -Aleiimouth Hanley, William Farn. worth-Newark Hawkins, John Heywood- Newport (I. Wight) Harcourt, G. V.-Oxfordsh. H anroer, Sir J —Shrewsby. Heneage, G. F.-Lincoln, City Heron, Sir Robert-Peter. borough Hanmer, Col—Aylesbury Harland, William Charles —Durham. City Heathcote, Sir Oilberc- Rutland Henniker, Ld -E.Suffolk Heathcote, G.-Therton Herries, Right Hon. John Charles—Harwich Heathcote, Gilbert John- Kesteven (Lincolnshire) Hill, Sir R.—N. Shropsh. Hill, Matthew Davenport -Hull Herbert, Hon. S.-S. Wilts Howard, P. ii.-Carlisic Hoskins, K.-Hereforish. Hodges, Thomas Law-W. Kent H otham, Lord-Leomills ter Ilorne, Sir W., Attorney- General— Mary lehone Howard, Hon. F. George- Morpeth Howick, Lord Viscoant- N. Northumberland Houldsworth, Thomas—N. Nottinghamshire Hoy, James Barlow- Southampton. Hoinby, B.-Warrington Hurst, R. H.-Horsham Hodgson, J ohn-Newciwtle upon Tyne. Hudson, T.—Evesham Hume, Joseph—Middlesex Humphery, J.—Southwark Hyatt, W.—Stroud Hobhouse, Rt. Hon. Sir J. Cam- Westminster Hurt, William-Hull James, W.-Carlisle Jermyn, Earl-Bury St. Edmunds Jervis, John—Chester Jerningham, Hon. V.- Pontefract Ingestrie, Vis.-Hertford Inglis, Sir R-Oxford U. Ingham, R.—South Shields Ingleby, Sir W. AmcottE- Lindsey (Lincolnshire) Johnstone, Sir W.—Scar- borough Johnstone, Sir F.-Wey. mouth Kerry, Earl of—Calne Kerrison, Gen. Sir E. Eye Kemp, T. Read-Lewes Key, Sir John—London Keppel, Hon. G._g, Nor- folk Kennedy, J.-Tiverton King, E. B.-Warwick Knatchbull, Sir Edw.—E. Kent Labouchere, H.—Taunton Lambton, H —N. Durham Langdale, Hon. C. Be. verley Langston, J. H.—Oxford City Langton, Wm. Gore-E. Somerset Lamont, Norman- Wells Lemon, Sir C.—W. Corn- wall Lennard, Sir T. Barratt— S. Essex Lennox, Lord W.—King's Lynn Lennard, T. B Maldon Lefevre, John Geo. Shaw— Patersfield Lister, E. Bradford Lennox, Lord Arthur- Chichester Lefevre, C. S.—N. Hants Lester, B. Icster-Poole Lewis, Right Hon. T. F.- Radnorshire Leech, John-W. Surrey Lennox, Lord John Geo.— W. Sussex Lee, John Lee- Wells Lincoln, Earl of—S. Not- tinghamshire Littleton, E. J.-S. Stat. fordshire I Lloyd, J. H.—Stockport Lowther, Lord Vis. W.- Cumberland, Westmorld. Locke, Wadham.Devizes Lowther, Col U'estmcrl Lopcl, Sir R. — Westbury Lumley, Lord—North Not- tinghamshire Lushington, Dr. Stephen- Tower Hamlets Lygon, Hon. Henry B.- West Worcestershire Maberly, W. L.-Chathain Maddocks, J Denbigh Maxfield, Wal.-Grimaby Mangles, J.-Guildford Mandeville,| Liird Viscount H uotingdonshire Mahon, Vis.-Ulertford Majoribanks, S Hythe Marshall, J.-Leeds Macauley, T. B. —ditto Manners, Lord Robert- West Leicestershire Marland, T.—Stockport Martin, J. — Tewkesbury Marryatt, Joi.-Sandwich Methuen, Paul-No Wilts Molesworth, Sir William East Cornwall Mostyn, Hon. Idward M. Lloyd-Flintshire Morel on, Hon. H.—East Gloucestershire Miller, W. H.—Newcastle, Staffordshire Milton, Lord Viscount- North Northamptshire Mildmay, Paulet St. John —Winchester Morrison. Jaia)es-lpswich Molyneux, Lord—South -Lancashire Moreton, Hon. A West Gloucestershire Mills, John-Rochester Moaeley Sir O.-Nortli STAFFORDSHIRE Morpeth, Lord-West Yorkshire Neale, Admiral Sir Harry I ymington N'ieid, Jos -Ciiippeptiam Newark, Viscount—Retford Nicholl, Dr. John, jun.— Cardiff Noel, Sir Gerard NQcI- Rutland Norreys, Lord— Oxford- shire North, Fred.—Hastings Ord, William Henry-New- port, Isle of Wight Owen, Sir John-Pem. brokeshir4 Owen, Hugh Owen-Pet-o. broke Ossulston, Lord North Northumberland PIGET, Fred—Beaumaris Paget, Sir C.—Carnarvon Palmer, Gen. C.—Bath Palmer, R.-Berkshire Palmer, C. F.-Reading Paiker, J.-Stieffield Parker, Sir Hyde West Suffolk Parott, G—Totness Palmerston. Lord Viscount —South Hants Patten, W. J.—North Lancashire Peier, Williani-Bodmin Pendarves, Edward Wm. Wynne—West Cornwall Pechel, SirJ. P.-Windsor Petre, Hon. E. R.—York Pease, J., jun,-S.Durham Peel, Col. -J.-Huiitingdon Pelhaui, Hon. P. A. W Lindsey (Lincolnshire) Pepys, C. C.-Malton Penruddock. J. H.-Wilion Philips, Sir G.—South Warwickshire Phillpots, J.—Gloucester Philipps, Sir R. B. P.- Haverfordwest Philips, M.—Manchester Price, Sir R.-Ilerefordsh. Phillips, C. M.—North Leicestershire Plumptre, J. P.—E. Kent Finney, W.- Lvme Regia Poyntz, W. S.-Ashbutton Pigott, R.-B:-idgnorth Powell, W. E-Cardigan. shire Ponsonby, Hon. W. F.- Dorset Poulter, J.—Shaftesbury Peel, Rt. Hon. Sir R.- Tamworth Potter, R.-Wigan Pollock, F.—Huntingdon Portman, E. B.-Alaryle. bone Pryme.G.—Cambridge bo. Pryse, Pryse—Cardigan Pugh, D.Nlontgomery bo. Price, R.-Itadnor Ramsbottom, I.-Windsor Reid, Sir J. Hae-Dover Russell, W.C.-East Wor- cestershire Rice, Rt. Hon. T. Spring- Cambridge Borough Rippon.Cuthb.- Gateshead Rickards, J.—Knaresbro'. Ricardo, D Stroud Rickford, W Aylesbury Ridley, Sir AI. W -New. castle-on-Tyne Roebuck, John A-B3th Romilly, W—Bridport Rooper, J. B.-Hunting. donshire Rotch, B -Knaresborough Romilly, E.-Ludlow Uobarts,A. W.-Maidstolle Rolfe. R. M.—Penryn Robiason,G-li.-Worcester Ross, C.—Northampton Russell, LordC.-B,.dfoyds. Russell, Right Hon. Lord J. —South Devon Russell, Lord-Tavistock Ryle, J.-Macclesfield Russell, C.-Reading Rider, T. -West Kent Russell, C.-East Worces- tershire Rumbold,C.E.-Yarmouth Sandon, Lord-Liverpool Sanford, E. A. West Somerset Scarlett, Sir J.—Norwich Seale, Colonel—Dartmouth Scott, J. W.-liorth Hants Sebright, Sir J.-Herefordsh. Scholefield, J.-Birining. Shawe, R. N—E. Suffolk Smith, J.—Bucks Smith. T. A—Cainarvonsli. Smith, .I. A.-Chiclit!ster Shepherd, Thomas—Frome Simeon, Sir it. G.-Isle of Wight Smith, R. J.—Wycombe Skipwith, Sir G. South Warwickshire Somerset, Lord G. C. H.- Monmouthshire Spencer, Hon. F Mid- hurst Saanderson, R.-Coletiester Spry, S. Thos.—Bodmin Slaney, R.A.-Shrewsbtiry Smith, R. V.-Northamp. ton Stanley, Hon. H. Presron Staveley, J. K.-Preton Strickland,G.- \V. Y orksh. Stuart, Ld. D.C.-Arundel Stuart, Wm.—Bedfordshire Stanley. E—N. Cheshire Strutt, Edward—Derby Spankie, Sergeant Robert- Finsbury Staunton, Sir G. Thos. South Hants Stanley, Rt. Hon. E. G.- North Lancashire Stewart, P. M Lancaster Scott. Sir E. D.-Lichfield Stewart, John—Lymington Stormont, Lord -Norwich Stonor, T.—Oxford City Sutton, Rt Hon Charles M. —Cambridge University Surrey, Earl of—W.Sussex Stanley, Edward—West Cumberland Talbot, W. H.-Civippenhm Talbot, C. R.ill.-Glainor- ganshire Tancied, II. U.—Banbury Taylor,RightHon. M. A.— Sudbury Tayleure, IV.-Bridgwater Tapp s, G. W.-C lirist ch. Tennyson,Right Hon. C.- Lambeth Tower, C. T.—Harwich Todd, E. R.—Honiton Townssnd, Lord C.-Tam. worth Tooke, W.-Truro Thicknesse, R—Wigan Thomson, P. B. East Yorkshire Throckmorton, R. G.- Berkshire Thomson, Rt. Hon. C. P. —Manchester—Dover Torrens, Col.—Bolton Talmarsh, A.G.-Grintliam Trevor, Hon. G. R—Car- marthenshire Trelawny, W. L. S—East Cornwall Trowbridge, Sir E. T.— Sandwich Tracy, C. H.—Tevkesbury Turner, NV.-Bliickburn Tynte, C. K. K.-Bridg. water Townley, H. f.Cam. bridgeshire Tyrell, Sir J. T.-N.Essex Tullamore, Lord—Penryn Tynte, C. J. K.— W. So- merset Tyrell, C.-N. Suffolk Vzughan, Sir R.—Meri- oneth Verney, Sir [I.-Buck. ingham Vernon, G. H.—Retford Vernon, Hon. J. G. V.—S. Derbyshire Vincent, Sir F._ St.Alban's Villiers, Lord-Honiton Vivian, J. II.—Swansea Vivian, Sir R. H.—Truro Vyvyan, Sir R. R.-Bristol Walsh, Sir J. B.—Sudbury Wall, C. B.-Guildford Waithman, Robt., Aid.— London Walker. R.-Burv (Lan- cashire) Walter, J.—Berkshire Ward, H. G.—St. Alban's Watkins, J. L. V.—Brecon Borough. Warburton, H Bridport Watson, Honourable R.— Canterbury Warre, J. A.—Hastings Wason, Rigby-Ipswich Weyland,Maj Oxfordsh. Whitmore, J. C.-Bridg- north Whitbread, W. H.-Bed. ford Whitmore, W. Wolver- hampton Williams, Col.-Ashton Winnington, Sir T. E.— Bewdley Wilks, John-Boston Wigney, 1. N.—Brighton Wilbraham, G.-South Cheshire Wood, Col. T. Breconsh. Waterpark, Lord—South Derbyshire. Williams, R.—Dorchester Welby, Grantham Williamson, Sir H.—North Durham Wood, C.—Halifax Wood, G.—S. Lancashire Wood, M. Aid.—London Williams, J. P.-iviarlow Williams, William Ad- dams—Monmouthshire Willow by. Sir H New- castle (Staffordshire) Wedgwood, J.—Stoke Wilmot, Sir J. E. E— North Warwickshire Wynn, Sir W. W.-Den, bighshire Wynn, Right Hon. C. W. W.-Montgomeryehire Wyndham, William Howe —East Norfolk Wyndham, W.—Salisbury Wrottesley, Sir J.—South Staffordshire Yorke, Captain Charles Fredeiick—Caaibridgesh Yelverton. Hon. W. H.— Caermarthen Young, George Frederick —Tynemouth
THE HEREFORD CONSERVATOR.
THE HEREFORD CONSERVATOR. TO THE EDITOR OF THE MERTHYR GUARDIAN. S I Lt In your paper of Saturday last, I perceive that" A Conservator" has travelled a long way from Hereford to get his misrepresentations printed aitd published. Had his real object been to speak the truth, the whole truth, aDd nothing but the truth, he knows that .neans are affordad him in the columns of the two newspapers published in this city. "AContervator" must have marvellously calculated upon your gullibility, or your ignorance of the election proceedings in ftereft,r I. Allow me to meet your veracious correspondent by couiiter-statements. Mr. Blakemore did not offer himst-if under the most lfuttering promises of support, but under the hope that his friends would induce, by fair means or otherwise, the electors to break their p.rOiiiises to Air. Clive and Mr. Biddulph. Out of 000 electois, uot twenty If weie nmile drun:, and In that 'St!ê "tvere conveyed out of the cityl" if there were nineteen, the majority were voters pledged for Mr. Clive and Mr. Biddulpli, and by the respectable B'akemorites made drunk and conveyed out oj' the city. Mr. Blakemore was beaten by a majority of 136, which wotiM have been increased on the second day's poll to 190 he never had the remotest chance—nine-tenths of the respectability of the citizens were against him. In the Hereford Times of Saturday last Is an admirable analysis of Mr. Blakemore's voles. I copy it. as therein the assertions of A Conservator" are completely destroyed. By analyzing the final state of the poll for our city election, it appears that the defeated candidate started under advantages, ordinary and extraordinary, not likely to unite again in favour of himself or any other individual. Votes He |had by (the Corporation (from the mayor to the beadle), in round numbers, about 30 By inmates of almshouses at their disposal, and at pi-esent allowed to vote 30 By expectants of those situations, about 30 And by Carpenter's treachery, at least SO 120 Now, without particularizing or calculating the votes from the precincts of the Cathedral, the tavern -keepers licensed by the Corporation, the freedoms sold or presented within the last few years, the resignations of Mr. Poole and Mr. Powell, in favour of Mr. Blakemore, and the many Reformers disfranchised pro tempore,through irregular entries on the parish ratebooks, it ap. pears that tfr. Blakemore had 120 voters to commence with, and that all the exertion (honourable or dishonourable,) afterwards made, could only add 125 to that number!" This p:aln statement amply demonstrates the continued zeal and steadiness of the inhabitants of Hereford in favour of Reform and a liberal Government; whilst it renders at least doubtful the policy ofliaving a meniber of the body corporate, as BOW com- posed. to nominate or eeconrf a candidate and in modern phra- seology, it completely disabuses the minds of corporators them- selves from the fanciful Illutiun that they possess any power or influence whatever beyond the walls of the almshouses, and the dwelling of their dependants. CAOS i ic." So much for Mr. Blakemore's most flattering prumise of sup- port. Respecting the cap of liberty and tricoloured flag- Nir. Clive and Air. Biddulph never saw either until they came in itie pro- cession—any man was at liberty to bring a Bag and walk with it in that procession. But the cap which has scared your modest correspondent, if an emblem of confusion in France, iM II symhol of American independence—but the time is gone by when the people are to be frightened or triisled by gewga,,vs. The tricoloured flag deserves the respect of every hater of tyranny, but Mr. Clive and Mr. Biddulph need no emblems carried before them to secure the respect of the electors of Hereford. The election of Hereford was marked by the most diabolical proceedings, but under whose shield were they performed I who was the "guardian angel," Mr. Biddulph, or Sir. Blakemore I In future your correspondent should subscribe himself" Men. dax," at least, if his communications tee'n with falsehoods as did hit last. Mr. George Williams, of Merthyr. designated your print as an impartial Paper; I need not, therefore, request your Inser- tion of this letter. Hereford, 21th Dec. ISS2. VERAX. [VERAX seems to suppose that the votes of members of a corporation are not as respectable as those of other electors. To be in an office of trust and dignity, ac. cording to the logic of such as him, constitutes a sen. tence of disfranchisement. We think differently. Mr. Blakemore ought to glory in the quality of his sup- porters.—ED. GAZETTE AND GUARDIAN.]
TO J. J. GUEST, ESQ, M.P.
TO J. J. GUEST, ESQ, M.P. SIR,—As one person not possessing the elective franchise, I claim to reply to the following observations you are reported to have made at the election dinner With respect to universal suffrage, he had no wish to conceal his opinion. He was not an advocate for it, and he believed that if he was, he would be an advocate for universal ruin. He wished the wealth, property, and intelligence of the country to be represented; and that every man should be allowe l to have an opinion of his own, but lie would never be an advocate for government by mob law. Whether these observations were made to please the persons present (by drawing a line of dlstinction, I know not; certain I am, more sweeping assertions, and more devoid of truth, never were spoken. In any and every thing, In which the oppression of the people forms a prominent part, men high in station are not diffident of expressing their sentiments. nor have any wish to conceal their opinions. But when any thing for the benefit of the people is broached, there is a very marked difference. They say, there must be a canvass of opintonj—one mast hold frequent conferences with his ovii mind-there is so much to be saiu for and against-it is not right just at preseiit-tbat the abstract justice of the act is bllt of little account. I cite but one fact in support of what I say, and thar. is the v^te by ballot." I ask what do you mean by universal ruin, for the latitude 01 the tel m is not less extensive than the fashion of using it. For aught I know, old women, and men but one deeree in intelligence above them, may believe that if universal suffrage were to take place, Heaven and earth would come together. I answer you, Sir, by one fact-the Government of the United States, and place our Whig-jaste.inilien Government alongside as a parallel. There Is smething laughable In the toleration you are pleased to allow, that every man should have an opinion of his own." It is not unlike the Inquisition, which cares uot a whit about what opinions its most Catholic subjects may hold I it is only watchful about Ihe expre-sion of those opinions. There is an Aristocracy of birth and landed propel ty, and this has been long enough the oppressor of its fellow-men. There is another of the worshippers of Mammon (not less hateful;, and from allsymp- toms yet shown, bids fair to follow in the same track. I marvel not at the ingratitude shewn towards the people, for in pro. portion as the services have been arduons, aie the thauks scanty. So long as their services were iieeded-so long as they were the steps of the ladder to the ambitiwus 101. voters Then were they intelligent working classes." The steps have not only bt en dis- carded, but deritled even language itself has been calktl In aid, and they who now cl..im the same right are honoured willi the new term Destructives, You, Sir, the organ of the electors of Merthyr, now turn round on the people, and ask what do they desire t You, Sir, to keep the electors in countenance, call a Universal Suffrage Government a Mob Government, (harsh term, and the people may have tenacious 1IIC:I:iOrH>"). ami tile eltctur. following the example of tileir superiors, woul.1 si.eak to the mob, as they are called, something after the followinsj; manner You an- i«tHirant and poor: We represent the pro^iiy and intel- l tftnce of ilie place, therefore we will lake care of your liberties, and leturn men to'Parliament to represent you and us. We are much better judges of their fitness than you are, for we possess ire ilth. Clamour not for universal Miffrage, then, for you are not tit to use it." And sentiments of this sort are rife amongst men, base and narrow-minded, to whom wealth is an accident, and who employ it to heap reproach on those who live by the toil of their hands, and the sweat of their brow. There is a long account to be settled when the day comes; such an account that alt lovers of their fellow-men, as they view with prophetic eye its probable, effect, will turn aside and regret its necessity. Merthyr Tydvil, Dec. 21;, 1832. Z. TO TUb: EDITOR OF THE MERTHYR GUARDIAN. The writer of the above letter cares not much about its inser- tion, for the sentiments contained in it are of too liberal a cml for your columns. He is only anxious to show that these tilings are known, and will be remembered. Beware the tirst blot. Z. [We insert this letter as a specimen of rant unique in its kind. To judge from the concluding threat, we pre- sume Z. must be some obscure "dominie," with the copy-book ever in his mitid.-ED. GAZETTE AND GUAR- I)IAN.]
FROM FRIDAY'S LOiVDON GAZSTTE.
FROM FRIDAY'S LOiVDON GAZSTTE. BANKRUPTCIES ANNULLED. J. Ditchfield, Warrington, Lancashire, victualler. J. C. Reiffenstein, Langport place, Camberwell, mer- chant. BANKRUPTS. T. Perry, Knightsbridge, victualler. T. B. Loader, Hart street, Blooinsbury, map publisher W. H. Ladd. Liverpool street, London, merchant. J. Jackson, Bedford row, Middlesex, tailor. W. Butler, Bilston, Staffordshire, miller. W. Armstrong, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, timber mer- chant. S Levy, Exeter, silversmith. G. Graves, Skitiburnets, Cumberhind, innkeeper W. White, Great Bridge, Stafford, grocer, DIVIDENDS. Feb 5, R. Collier, Warminster, Wilts, victualler-Jan II, T Wilkinson, Shrewsbury, Salop, iioninonger-jan 25, W. Mas. cord, Oxford, grocer. CERTIFICATES—JAN. 18. J. Stewart, Blackmanstreet, Borough. hat manufacturer.—J. Stanton, Northampton, lIIercer-J. RobsoO, St. Martin's iaue, organ builder—R. Collier, Warminster, Wilts, victualler-C. Loekington, John street, Oxford street, oilman-B. Bewley, Wrongliton, \V i its, dealer in corn-Nil. Reeves, Ladgate street, jeweller-A. S. Correck, Briatol, timber mercbant-J. Marshall Dartford, Kent, paper mould maker-P. Smith, Bexhill, Sussex, wine merchant-M. U. Sears, Charter bouse square, engraver.