The Welshman

————-— ——— ? ? 300me NrtD. THE HousES OF PARLIAMENT.—The Throne of the House of Lords, which is exceedingly handsome, was placed on Friday on the platform in the House. The Speaker's chair is also very elegant, and both Houses will be finished in the course of a few days. The apartments for the accommodation of the Mem- bers to dine and take refreshments, extend partly over the Courts of Law. From a speech delivered by Mr. Gordon to his constituents at Cricklade, it appears that it was the intention of the Melbourne Administration to have taken off a considerable portion of the Malt Tax. The Tory leaders have long been considered in a state of derangement. They are now known to be quite beside themselves, at the prospect of being beaten by a weapon with which they intended to beat others. The high ecclesiastical authorities of the party entertain doubts of the infallibility of the ortho- dox dogma. that a joyful rcsnn'ecdon Mlo\vs dis- solution." It will be necessary that all Members of the House of Commons should attend in their places on the day the writs are made returnable—the 19th of February. At two o'clock they will be caDed to the House of Lords to hear the Kind's Commission read. Imme- diately after they return to their own house, and, as the Act of 1832 abolished the taking of oaths before the Lord Steward, proceed at once to the question of appointing a Speaker. Fhe liberal Members will see the necessity of being at their posts ear/f/ the first day of the session. We need only state this fact to ensure attendance.—CoMrtcr. It is currently reported in political circles, likely to be aware of the fact, that the immediate d spatch of Lord Fitzroy Somerset on a mission, having for its object the termination of the civil contest in Spain, has been nnaHy and fully resoh-ed on. Among other propositions, it is said that an annual grant of 50.000/. per annum will be offered to Don Carlos, if he will waive his claim to the throne, with a reser- vation in favour of his family, should the young Queen not leave issue behind lic-,r.-Cliro?iicle. During the Edinburgh City Election, Ramsay and Learmouth's gorgeous standard waved from a win- dow in Prince's-street, and whimsically enough, im- mediately below a ticket intimated-" Two Hats to let for seven years, or such other term as may be agreed upon." Amongst the many facts which have been noticed as so singularly characterizing the vegetable world at the present season, it may not be undeserving of mention that a most luxuriant and abundant crop of vetches is now being gathered in a field in the Lon- don road. adjacent to this cit),Ti,-orcester I-Ieral(l. Count Pozzo di Borgo has been' appointed by the Court of Peter.sburgh to take up his residence as Plenipotentiary at the Court of St. James's, for a short time. His Excellency's stay will be tempo- rary; and he will be succeeded by Count Woronzow, late Governor of Odessa, whom the Emperor has ap- pointed as the permanent Representative of the Im- perial Court of Russia in London. During the stay of Count Pozzo di Borgo at St. James's, the func- tions of Russian Envoy at Paris will be committed to the management ot a Charge d' A naires. Roberts, his Majesty's coachman, died on Thurs- day evening, after a short illness. The deceased was formerly coachman to his late Majesty when Prince of Wales, and is supposed to have amassed a consi- derable fortune by the Royal patronage. On the marriage of one of his daughters he gave her a portion of 5,01)01. ECONOMY.—The Bishop of Peterborough, during the late suspension of the privilege of franking, cau- sed an advertisement to he inserted in the ivoriliaml)- /o?t 3/ercMn/, addressed to the clergy of his diocese, requesting them to abstain from writing to him till the privilege was restored, except in urgent cases; and desiring them in such cases to write on a single sheet, without enclosures. ViscouxT ERRiNGTON's VASR.—A very elegant vase, value 80/ is now exhibiting in the shop of Mr. Damerel, ironmonger, Exeter, bearing the following inscription A tribute of respect for private worth and political integrity, presented to Lord Viscount Ebrington, Member of Parliament for the Northern Division of the County of Devon, being purchased by a subscription of one penny each from more than 18,000 inhabitants of that county, 10 order to return their grateful sense of his Lordship's firm conduct in the House of Commons in procuring the passing of the Reform Bill, thereby securing to the people the right of choosing their Representatives." The piece of plate is accompanied by a volume contain- ing the names of all the subscribers, with a title-page printed in gold on purple, and elegantly bound. THE MINISTERIAL CHURCH REFORM MEA- SURE.—Some doubts have been thrown upon the authenticity of the outline of this measure as pub- lished in the Standard. A Kentish paper and some of the Conservative papers in London have intima- ted that the greater part of the outline must be con- sidered as conjectural. The Standard of last night, however, says—" We again assert that the outline is strictly faithful, aud upon that assertion we stake the character of this journal." PRINCE TALLEYRAND.—Prince Talleyrand is now no longer able to move about on his legs; his only means of locomotion are effected by the assis tance of two valets, who lift him into his carriage and out of it. When M. de Talleyrand attends tht King, his two servants, who constantly accompany him, are obliged to take him in their arms, and carry him into the Royal cabinet. M. de TaHcyrand wi!! complete his 81st year on the 22d of Feb. instant. Our readers may have seen a paragraph describing ludicrously the various preferments of the present rector of Wrotham, in Kent, when he came up to the poll at Canterbury. He is a grandson, we believe, of Moore, the Archbishop of the province, and by that Archbishop this mass of property must have been diverted from deserving claimants in the church and heaped upon his offspring. Modgson, whose various revenn-; we have described before, is some connexion of late Bishop Porteus. The Prety- mans or Tomlii, s, no matter which they are called, in the diocese cf Lincoln, and the Sparkeses in that of Ely, are disgracefully proverbial for their accumu- lation of bencnccs. We really ars astonished ho.v thoss men can have the hardihood to exhibit their persons to preach before their several congregat'ons. The Goodenoughs are loaded with benences, and yet none of these various dignitaries are, as far as we have ever Iieard. in any way distinguished or known in the annals of literature or science The jobbing among the superior grades of the clergy, exceed, credibility; for it must be observed, that in order to get various preferments, each differing fro.n the other in kind and character, into the hands of one individual, there must have been exchanges, negoc'a- tions, bargaim, everything, in short, constituting si- mony in spirit, though avoiding it in the letter. There are at this moment four Bishops with each a stall in Westminster Abbey. Every one of them I may be said to undermine a pillar in the vene- rable establishmert. The revenues of the bishoprics should undoubtedly be made to maintain the whole body, by commodious transfers of property. But it may be said that the estates of one see are remote from another. This is not wholly so; but if such were the fact, they are not so far apart as the Dean- ery of Carlisle is from St. George's, Hanover-square, or the Deanery of Wells from Carlisle. We hope and believe that Sir R. Peel's Bill will put an end to these iniquities, at least after ths demise of the pre- sent incumbents; and the practice being once de- clared illegal, as it is at all times morally unjust and grossly oU'ensive, it will then be seen whether such incumbents will have the conndeuce to perse- vere in it even to the end of their lives. With re- spect to the lay impropriations, undoubtedly they were plundered from the Church; we do not, how- ever, demand such an unreasonable alienation of property which has been the object of bonafide trans- fers into the hands of innocent holders, as must be the consequence of its total restoration to ecclesiasti- cal purposes, but they ought to be made to contri- bute in a fair proportion to the improvement of the poor vicarages, of which they retain the property. It will he seen from the accounts received yester- day by the Mangles, from Canton, and which were published in a second edition of TAe Times, that the British trade with China has been temporarily sus- pended, in consequence of Lord Napier and three other devils," as the Chinese Custom-house omcers call them, having proceeded atcnce to Canton, without waiting at Macao for the usual permission. The proceedings which followed this outrage on the dig- nity of the Celestial Empire are detailed at length in the Canton Itegister, and from these it appears that Lord Napier entertained a contident expectation that the whf)Ie affair would terminate amicably, the more particularly a-; he had determined, if necessary, to assist his diplomacy with the presence of his Majes- ty's ships Andromache and Imogene, anchored under the walls of Canton. His Lordship had already es- tablished a Chamber of Commerce among the British merchants, and was adopting other judicious mea- sures for gi\"íng effect to the n°v-' system. 'VEST WORCESTERSHIRE.—Little notice has been taken of the struggle for independence in \V8t Wor- cestershire, brought to so glorious a termination under so many disadvantages. In division of the county the property of three Tory Earls, Coven- try, Bcauchamp, and Somers, is situated; these treat- ing the tenantry as vassals, formed a coalition for the return of t'.vo who would give Sir R. Peel a fair trial," professing K'foi'mers nevertheless of every admitted abuse but the Liberal Candidate, Capt. Winnington, has been returned by a majority of 17:j, his majority at the last contest being only OL So perish a!I conspiracies against the independence of the people! The triumphant result is in a great measure owing to the high public and private cha- ,C a!lt l li- i x,,ite c b a- racter of Mr. Winnington no other man could have so completely united or so en'cctualiy drawn out the independent interest of an old and respected family; he had no aristocratic feelings to conciliate, and his opinions being of the most disinterested and liberal description renders him the idol of the people. QfICKSiLVER VERSUS STEAM Po\VER.—The E-irl of Dundonald (better known as Lord Cochrane) was examined, last Session, before the Commons' Committee, on steam navigation to India. His Lord- ship, among other matters, said he had projected "a substitute for steam;" as well as a new mode of propelling vessels." The substitute for steam is quicksilver; and he employs it "to produce power by exhausting one vessel and compressing air in another, thus forming an åtmospheric plenum and a MCMMM, which will produce the same effect as the plenum and vacuum formed by the generation of steam and its condensation." This plan (superse- ding the necessity of carrying coals), he added, is peculiarly adapted to agitated water, like the sea. The plan may be wholly worked without fuel. The evidence and papers are too long for extract, but his Lordship concludes this part of his evidence with stating, that "vessels filled w:th quicksilver appara- tus might be provided with sails of the usual kind there \vould be no smoke noranynre, and there need be no indication from their external appearance that they are equipped in any other manner than as sail- ing vessels. As to the method of propelling without paddle-wlieels (his Lordship says), I should be happy to lay it before the Committee, were my patent ri rht secured." AssAssiNATlox AT SEA.-The ship Boston, Cap- tain Michael, has arrived at this port from New York. Captain Michael reports that at half-past seven p.m., on the 21st of November, one of his seamen, named James Hardy, who had been com- plaining of the eifects of intemperance the two days they had been at sea, went into the fore-castle, armed with along sheath-knife, which he had sharpened in the afternoon, and stabbed two men who were sleep- ing in their berths, one named John Lewin, (on whose chest was painted "John Lewin Douglas,") said to be from Liverpool, and Charles Pendleton, said to he from Stonington, Connecticut. Both were stabbed near the navel—only a single blow being given each. Both expired in the course of twenty minutes. At the time the bloody deed was committed two of the crew were reading on the opposite side of the fore- castle, and on hearing exclamations from the woun- ded men, they looked up, and discovered the assassin making towards them with the knife in his hand. One of them drew his sheath-knife, and brandishing it at the assassin, caused him to run up the ladder on the deck, the two men following in pursuit, and hallooing to those on deck, for the purpose of warn- ing them of their danger. The chief omcer hearing the disturbance, was in the act of going forward, tvhen he observed Hardy running aft and attempted to stop him, when the wretch stabbed him in the side, but fortunately the knife did not penetrate his body, as it struck him upon one of his ribs. The mate then seized a h&ndspike, and running aft met Harry, who had chased the man from the wheel, and a passenger from off the quarter-deck, and knocked him down, and in attempting to secure him received another very bad wound in the side of the face. At this time all on deck were a)armed the second omcer came out of his room on deck, secured the murderer, and took the knife from him, after which he was ironed and put into the lower hold. When asked his reasons for thus killing two innocent men who had never ottended him, he answered he did not know—never knew them before he came on boird the ship, to his knowledge—had seived in British men-of-war, and had never killed or wounded any ( m before, except in battle Pendistc'n was about 10, and Lewin 24 years of age. Hardy is about 29 yean of age.-( har,'esiloti Cozirier. JUDICIAL CuiM. Cox.—This description of ac- tions has lost much of its eclat of late years, as it i" understood that the fj-hionable circles determined on displaying forbearance towards each other from the time that green-grocers and publicans began to erJer the lists. A remarkable exception, however, is c<mMently taked of. An eminent Judge now or' the bench, distinguished as much for his gallantry is his splendid talents, has not, it seems, been fortuna'e as to hnd the forbearance which he himseli would have shown in a similar case, for lawyers have actually been feed upon a crim. con. on account or an alleged intimacy with a lady living separate from her husband in Paris.Iloriiing Chronicle. THE MrRDER Bv Two NEGROES.—It appears by further intelligence that the two negroes who murdered Capt. Ell's, of the Amelia, on'the coast of Africa, were probably induced to commit the crime from an ignorant fear that the Captain would carry into effect what he had often threatened in jest, namely, to take them to England rnd seT them for slaves. This brutal murder, and subsequent at. tempt to escape in an f'?n OlJclt, can only be ac- counted for by supposing them under the dread of undergoing the torments of slavery. DEATH FROM THU RiTE OF A RAT.—Last Week, the infant son of Mr. Passmore, saddler, of Truro, died in consequence of having been bitten by a rat. The poor babe, which lay asleep in a cradle in an adjoining room, was heard by its father to crv, and on his going to look after it, a large rat escaped from the cradle. On examination it was found that the rat had severely bitten two of the nngers. Every attention was paid to the case, but in vain a severe inflammation took place, and mortincation at length terminated the life of the innocent suSerer. PROJECTED ALTERATION IX THE LiCEXSING SvsTEM.—In consequence of a recent order from the Treasury, the Commissioners of Excise have em- ployed several of their omcers in the work of ascer- taining the amount of rate of each Licensed Victu- aller's :prernises in the Metropolis, and directions have also been issued requiring that an account should be given pf the various permits made out, specifying the quantity of spirits seat to each indivi- dual during the last twelve months, from which pro- ceeding it is inferred that the intention of the Go- vernment is to regulate the sum to be charged for licences in future by the annual consumption of the house; the Marylebone district was visited yeste" day, and the probability of the above alteration i:- king place is spoken of by the trade in terms ofti.e greatest satisfaction. This is the result of the Ex- cise Commission Inquiry instituted by the late Go- vernment, and with which the present has nothing whatever to ,Advertiser. SiR J.M. DOYLE AXD GENERAL BACOX.—Sir J. M. Doyle has had another unpleasant adventure. Admiral Sartorius some time since wrote to Sir John, that he might consider himself horse-whipped. Ge- neral Bacon, a few months ago, threatened to admin- ister a severe castigation, but was prevailed upon by Don Pedroto forego his intention. These threats have at length been carried into effect in good ear- nest. It appears that on the 16th of January, Col. Dacon heard that Sir John had petitioned the Cortes to bold a Com't Martial upon him, and meeting with Sir John, who was riding by the Arssnal of Lisbon, he reminded him that he had long ago given him n&'ice, that if he dared to make use of his name on any occasion he would bestow upon him a public Hugging. General Bacon, without waiting for an answer, belaboured the Major-General with a formi- dable Brazil wood stick, and having satisfied his vengeance turned upon his heel. Sir J. M. Doyle has petitioned for his arrest. ATTENDANCE OF MEDICAL MEN AT INCHESTS. —At the cloe of an inquest held on Thursday, be- fore Mr. Stirling, at the Plough, Kensington Gravel Pits, on the body of Mrs. Thompson, Mr. Herd, sur- geon, of Nutting-bill, said he had long felt it, in com- ;non with the majority of the medical profession, a great evil that they should 'be called upon at all times and hours to give attendance at Inquests, for the purpose of giving evidence, or performing y)M/ Mortem, examinations, without receiving any remu- neration for their lost time. A meeting of the pro- fession would shortly be called for the purpose of petitioning the Legislature on the subject. An elector of Ashburton, a Reformer, who voted for Mr. Lushmgton, has published the following:— "A few davs s ince, I was at Chudleigh, and passing the house of Mr. Robert Reed, I believe a Lieutenant in the Navy, I was accosted by him Wilson, I know how you voted; you would have done well to have voted on the other side; let me know what I owe you, and I will pay you off, and never deal with you again.' This is in consequence of my having so voted, and I consider it but justice to myself, as a tnclesman, that this should be made known, that as a tradesman, and having voted conscientiously, I ought not to suffer for it. I was offered 30/. by one of Mr. Palmer's party the day before the election, if I would take a letter to London [i.e. be out of the way], which I refused." It is reported, in and about Ahinger, near Dorking, but we hope without foundBtion, that on application, some time ago, to Sir James Scarlett, now Lord Abinger, by the churchwardens, on behalf of the in- habitants, requesting him to contribute to the build- ing uf a school, much wanted in the place, the le&rned gentleman absolutely refused to subscribe one farthing. This is the more singular, inasmuch as he is reputed to be the largest landholder in the parish; whilst Mr. Innis, another proprietor, not only offered to give 50/. for the praiseworthy object, hut, it is said, would have made a present of the land necessary. /i'he want of instruction in this unfortu- nate parish may be conceived, if it be true, as as- serted, that none of the parishioners can either read or write. Even the churchwardens are stated to la- bour under this melancholy disqualification.—Afor?t- !Hf CArOHtC/P. INH MAN FROLIC.—A correspondent, who vou- ches for its correctness, has furnished us with the following :-On Thursday last, a party of jolly ma- riners, several of whom were capta.ins, set out from this port to enjoy a "spree" at Hessfe, and ordered a coach to be in attendance at a public-house, at ele- vp3 o'clock. Coachee attended accordingly, but the party did not choose to leave the house until three o'clock on the following morning, when some of them preferring to walk, the remainder were stowed in the coach, but insisted upon riding with both dears open, and the steps down. When half way between Hessle and Hull the brave" tars got out, unyoked the horse, wheeled the carriage into a ditch, gave the driver a smart horsewhipping for refusing to drink, and be social, and then left him.—HM.7 Ob- sertc,r. f SixGULAR Sc-icfDE.—About half-past 7 o'clock on the evening of yesterday week, a girl, twelve years of age, named Eliza Lax, who was employed as zL reeler in the milt of Mr. Hewitt, Lower Moseley Street, while standing at the door of the mi! told one of the workmen who was going up stairs, that she should not go into the mill again that night. As Lax was without her bonnet, he thought this was a singular expression, and he told her sister, who, being alarmed, acquainted her father, all of them working in the mill. They found that she had gone out leax,in" her bonnet, shawl, and cloak in the reel- ing room and they sought for her some time with- out success. At length becoming apprehensive that she had thrown herself into the canal, over a wall about two feet high, her father and brother dragged the canal, and shortly before seven o'clock the same night they found the body near the place. An in- quest was held before Mr. Rutter on Saturday last, when it appeared that the whole family were of pious habits; and that the deceased appeared to have ailo\ved gloomy thoughts as to the future to prey upon her mind till she became quite depressed. She was particularly so on the evening preceding that u: her death, asked her father and si-ter to join her (which they did) in singing her favourite hymn, commencing, 0 could I read my title clear to man- sions in the skies." A verdict was returned of Found drowneù.lItlncJ¿esler Paper. Mr. Sergeant Coleridge, who has been elevated to .he vacant Judgeship in the room of the lale Mr. Justice Taunton, is the son of Colonel Coleridge, of :)tery, Devon, and brother of Mr. Coleridge, one of die tutors of Eton School. Sir Charles Manners Sutton's retiring' pension is 4,0001. a-year. But Mr. Ahercromhy is now in re- ceipt of a pension, as ex-Lord Chief Baron of Scot- iand, of 2.000/. a-year, which will, of course, merge in his salary as Speaker, so that all the L-rince incurred hy laying Sir Charles Manners but- ton on the shelf \vill be onIN, 2,0001. a-year. A mi- .erahie trine of this sort shou!d no', and cannot, have the least influence in determining the vot' of any reasonable man on a question of such conx'.L'uttona! importance as the choice of Speaker of the House of Com -nons.- Courier. At the close of the proceeding of Friday at the Cork election, Mr. Fear-,us O'Connor, as usual throughout the contest, addressed the electors. He alluded to the members of his own fam"y voting against h'm for the Conservatives, and &aid he owed his triumph over the aristocrat; of the county to the honest frieze-coated men of Cork." Whv, I say (quoth Feargu-), did r. .-r' [8:1111y vote for me ?" A person in the gallery—"I'll tell you, Fearus; because you're going to marry Mrs. -Nisl)elt. Is she an Irishwoman ?" She is, and a Repealer.—(Tre- mendous cheering.)-Cork Paper.

A FAIR TRIAL. of tl-iine own mouth do I condemn tliee." Sir Robert Fee!, hold up your hand ii,iint, ?n,,itepar cOllhillllce! Are you ashamed of the capital T, with Which it is branded into the ver)-bone? Nay. but you w i)] say, that is an obsolete barbarism. The woridisnow more just thantoa'oback"i'.ixty years since."—"To take in the whole course of a man's life." said the constitutional Jud.r(' Jen't'ri;'s, "is very hard." "sodoubthefounditso. "Sah! pariezmo!d'Adamet said the fair partiznn ofXapo)eon, when Watter Scott twitted her with the murder of D'Ens-hien. Take ma as am. Ju,Ige me by what sha') do uom this day forth, and bury the past in obH'L'n. This is due to can- d.iii- Softh',soft!y, Sir Robe. t. You tatfe frre't credit to yourseff for the reform of the Criminal Law and d" you not recoHect the new principle whict) you introduced into that? tsnotyour' by ancmphasis of ownership, that pti)idp!e, a!dn to throwing water on a drowning forward to the prejudice of an arraign- cd cutprit the record of a former conviction ? Did not y 'ur hand. that branded hand, interpose the plet of OM- trtj;)is atteiiit betwixt the wretch and mercy? Snre)v, therefore.in the face of that damning fact, you are the last man in this rea)m w ))o should cry out for what you <;c.7 a fair triai."—" With the same measure that you mete witha!, shail it be measured unto you again." ESPERAXCE.

?mt of tile Vul!lit 1!ournalø. [FROM THE MORXIXG ADVERTISER.j I We learn, from a source onwhich we can place im- plicit reiiance, that however much Mit.isters may affect to be pleased with the result of the etections. i)is Ma- jesty makes no secret of his disappoiutment with it. He was made to believe, before the disso'ution of the )atePar!iament,that so great was t'icexttnt to which I a re-action had taken 'piace, that the return of a very !arge Conservative majority might he Itmked on as a matter of absolute certainty. If report speaks correctly, he has expressed bimseif iu no very nattering terms on the subject, to those who deceived him. His nrst sus- pK'ionthat matters won!dtR)t turn out a" he itad been taught to expect, was occasiuned hy the resuU of the rnetroVo1ita¡¡ elections. For thi& fact we can vouch— that when the elections for the mctropo!is were con- ciuded, he sent for one of his leading Ministers, and tohi him that this was a very awkward and unpromising commencement, and that Conservatism did not appear to be so nourishing in the country as had been repre- sented to him. The answer of the Minister was to this en"ect, if not in the precise words Sire, the elections it) the metropolis afford no fair indication of the feelings and pri:tcip!es of the nation, as inteMigence, property. and loyalty are there overpowered bv the tow class of voters crcatedinaH targe towns by ttie 101. clause but your Majesty wH) see how dinerentfv the respectable con- stituency of Middiesexwi!] act." t'twasadded.thatthe metrop«!itan county wouhi have far more innuence on the e]ections throughout the cou';trv<han the city and boroughs of London. His Majesty observed, in repty to this, in a very signincaiit manner, t am glad to heat- it we shaH see." From this moment, it is unnecessary to say. the issue of the Middiesex ejection became a mat- ter of the very highest importance to Ministers; hence the extraordinary exertions which the T"ries made to oustMr.Hume. Whatthemortincationofgovernment must have been when so signally we may safety leave to the imagination of our readers. Of th¡ we are assured, by an authority which we cannot donbt, it v ,,)1 i(-Ii we cannot doubt, that the Uuke of 'Vt'i!ing-tun' woutd much ra.her that forty Tory Candidates had been urn uccessfut in other Counties, than that Mr. Hume should have triumphed in Middlesex. e exceedinly rejoicp to hear that Mr. Ahercromby has permitted himsetf to be put into nomination as SpeakerofthenewPartiament. When we consider the high professional character, the i!egrity, judgment. and fairness of this gentteman, it is impos-ihie to with- hold our confident expectation that he win be found ad- mirably suited to sustain the dignity, and to perform the duties of the important oiRce for which i)e wiH be nominated. It might have been better if the Reformers had resolved to a triai of strength with the Tory Minis- ters on some other question not that we suppose it an unimportant matter that the Spea'.f'r of the House of Commons shou!d maintain those principles which are !ike!y to advance the interests of the country at !arge but the gaunttet has been thrown down, and the country wi!! wait in the ca)m expectation that the Heformers will in this matter act upon principle. The votes of members on this question wiit be closely watched let every man do his duty, unintimidated hy the cu)ogiums that wiH be passed upon Sir Charles Manners Sutton by his poHticai friends. We could once have added or.r testimony in his favour, but his character as an arbitra- tor hasbefn tarnished, and it is abso)ute)y necessary that he shou)d be superseded by a more elective, moderate, and impartial man. Mr. Abercromby is such aman,andwecannotspeaktoohightyofhispubHc spirit in permitting himsetf to be nominated for the )aborious and frequently unpleasant ofRce. The Torieg are now using all their 'innuence to induce the Members to vote for the former Speaker. We have not, however, the least fear as to the result of the question: but It is at the same time most important and necessary that Whigs and R'furmers shou)d join together in good earnest to secure the election of Mr. Abercromby, and defeat the wistiesof the Ministers. Wecannot.incon- crusion, do better than quote an admirabtf passage on the subject from the last number of Mr. Fox's UfJllthly Rt,pository Devoutly is it to be hoped that no fahse delicacy, no footish fear of being called factious, no vain expectations of future opportunity, wiH interfere with that immediate decision of the great question between the Ministry and pei.p]e, which is so aptty provided for by the forms of Parliament. The batt!e can never be so we)! fought aa on the nrst two topics that must ne- cessariiy engage the attention of the House, viz., the choice of a Speaker, and the Address. The nrst is not a mere matter of form nor, now that the transition has been accomplished from a nomination Parliament to a representative one, can it be again treated as onlv a question of convenience for the dispatch of business. There is nothing, henceforth, to interfere with the ap- pointment'of a man who, while qualified by his experience and attainments for the routine duties o. the omce, shall also he quatined. by his principles and character, to re- present the Reformed House of Commons who sha)' be in sympathy with the majority of that House; and who may, therefore, without the incongruity which was temporarily submitted to, be presented to the King in the face of the country and the wortd,asthenr:st com- moner of Croat Britain. To endure, now, the elevation of a member of 'the party,' the one party which a)onc disturbs and confronts the nation, to so conspicuous and honourable an omce, would show an indin'erence and insensibility as cutpabte as they woutd be extraordinary. But while *he strength or weakness of the new Adminis- tration will, in all probabijity, be exhibited by this question, it is that of the address by which their fate wit) be decided. And here we trust that the Reformers in ParHament wiH rise to the full sense of the resdoiisi- bitity and dignity of their position. The occasion is a magnincent one. It is for them now to give an eie\ted tone to the poputar feeiing, a denied aim to the nationa) desire for improvement, a distinct expression to the gre.,tt principies of Reform. The amendment on the .H inisteria¡ Address ou!.{ht to be a national manifesto. embodying the desires and determiTltions of the peopte on the mode and agents of H,'vei'lImcnt. Tuere should be nil: of the Httte tik-s ofttie oid party co-iHicts. 'Jll(' of the ambiguiti,s by which rartiamentarv tacti- 'ia is Ied to c.:t)'n votes. Ctrr:t'd or !o'-t, i! :)st it can l)l, it should tdJ \vity the co.Uitry \viil never r again voluntarily endure the misrule of party. It should denounce those who, after the lapse of so many genera- tions. have revived the exercise of an irresponsible pre- rogadve, the obsolete and fatal claim of the Stuart 1 dynasty. Fur royal interpositions it should demand ac- countable advisers. It should proclaim, that, when a public act is imputed to the K!ng peraonaHy, as in the dbmisal of the late Administration.. there is a gross violation of all that, by courtesy, is called the Constitu- tion. It should indicate the absurdity of calling for public confidence in the hitherto systematM; opponents ofpibHc right. It abosld declare that the national Re- formers tenaciously uphold the sacredness of property, and the obligation of applying public endowments to pubHc purposes; and that, therefore, they claim for th<! people the benefit of educational and religious funds. which are grossly abased in their monopoly by a sectarian and politics! hierarchy. It should assert 'full and entire civil equality for the holders of alt the diver- sities of theological op, nion. It should announce their determination to correct the abuses, to extend the ad- vantages, and to liberalise the spirit, of municipal insti- tutions. It should pledge them to apply the now re- cognized principles of Reform to aU political, civic, legal, or religions establishments, that may require revision. And in the respectful, but man!y language of free men, speaking with the yotce, and armed with the authority of a free people, it -%imlll remind the Sjvereis'n that he holds his crown but. by common H.'quiesceace for com- mon good: that it bents not his station to lend his au- thority to the sflnsh purposes of a party that in these sentiments he hears his reply to his appeal to the peo- ple: and that should he, by renewing that appeal, allow the accursed enginery of electioneerin:! demoralization again to bear upon their weaknes", their dependence., and then- fears, they wi!l arouse the popular spirit to "ueh a iiiianifestation of determined priuciple and re- sistless power, as shall make faction, corruption, and oligarchic pride call on rocks and mountains to screen them from the awful judgment. Let the majority, as majority, we think, and a large one too they must be let them but thus speak, and the hearts of the mere men of omce wiH quail within them, whUe the grumblings and vituperation of their subordinates wi)), in spire of their angry loudness, be drowned in the roar from with- out of the thunders that wi]! utter their voices respon- sively. If the Reform Members of the House of Com- mons will take their stand on such ground as this, they win do mo!e for their country than has ever before been accomplished, even by the' noblest patriots of the most trying ppriod; more than by the l'arliamentarians of 1641, for they will head the people in the warfare, not of brute force, but of enlightened opinion more than by the revolutionists of 1683, for they will establish, nut the 'reign ofiuSuence' but that of repri'smtatioa." [tBOM THE Hy the res')It of the elections there is not, In all Britain, a man in the possession of his common reason, who does not see that the Torics are dt'ad beaten, and none than themselves are more certainly aware of the defeat. The battle has been fought between conscience and bribery; but. prevaHing as crime is in the human heart, public virtue has for once again signally triumphed over private shame. Had there been no temptations in the way of personal interest; no money arguments lurlngly displayed in the distance had force met force on equal and equitable terms had the Tories come to the neld as came the Reformers, without Joint.stock funds to defray certain current expenses" of the elect- ors-a very legal term employed to designate a very flagitious intent;—had no threats, intimidation, or coercion, been held in Orroro-m over the heads of im- poverished dependents; no shadow of could linger in the mind. that in point of 111tmbfrS the Tories had not told one where now they count ten. Hut even as it is, with all their gold, and their apptiances to boot, they have been beaten and yet tb"y have not the maniy honour to deliver up the sword I It was one of the apophthegms of King SoLOMON that though you bray a a foot in a mortar, yet wi!) not his foolishness depart from him. Haj there been Toriea in his days. how would have run the phrase? Though beaten in the fight of forces, they stH! beHeve that they may recover thtir losses by strategy. At this, the last moment, they have bethought them of a means to aHay the rancour of their enemies' hnstitity. Announcements h:.ve st been put forth in the newspapers of certain measures which it is the intention of Sir ROBERT PEEL to propound on the behalf of the Dissenters, and of the Bench of Bishops for the purification of the Church. 0' for a note of admiration to ctose the sentence becomingly. Now that no mistake" can any longer dim the Tory vision, these shadowy sugar-piums are hcid forth temptingly as a decoy to the Reformers they are tickled in the arm-pits that the last blow about to fal! may be struck with less severity. How cunning wouM these Tory tricksters be, but how dolt-headed are they in reality. ts it possible to suppose that the Reformers can be gulled by so hoHow an artifice ? Had there been a Tory victory, where then had been the good intentions of Sir ROBERT and his Right Reverend Coadjutors' "What a sweet voice is thine" said the Fox tAp the Raven, and he gained the pri/e sne dropped by opening her hiH. WHi the electors a)Iow themst'tves to be cajofed into a similar act of biockheadism to the fabied io!!y of the Raven ? A few w ecks ago, the Church of England was the most perfect institution on the face of the earth. No age or country could ever boast of a Church so \veU adapted to the p .rposefor which it was Intended—so admirably cal- culated or communicating to the people the greatest of all biessings—the Messing of religious instruction. It was not only perfect as a who!e, but each particular portion was an epitome of perfection. All the subordi- nate parts of the sacred edince were contrived with the greatest wisdom, and adjusted to each other with the most consummate skill. Defect or redundancy there was none—not so much as a rose or a mu)iion too many or too few—every thing was right, and in its right place. And a.s to time, so far from producing decay, as in other things, time had only conferred additionai strength and beauty on the master-piece of human ingcnu'ty—ii human such ingenuity cou!d without impiety be called. Woe to to the unfortunate wight who dared to hint a fault or hesitate distike," who had the audacity to remark that any of the parts were out of proportion—that some of the pi!!ars. for instance, were of far too !arge a girth for their leng-th, while others were too slender for the weight they had to support; that the stained giass in the win- dows prevented the entrance of a sutficient quantity of light; or even that it would be desirable to scrape on a Uttteof the venerable dirt and moos which neglect had allowed to accumulate ;—he wa.s instanUv assayed with fvery epithet of abuse that cou!d be f(;m;d 'u) a vocabulary supcr)ative!y rich in vitup<'ra!ive tonis. Croth' Vanda)'' Destructive: Inndel: Atheist' and similar n,)wers of speech were showered in ctusters on his devoted head. But !o' it is discovered all at once. that the so much vaunted structure is tamcntahiy dfncient both ir) beauty and utility—that the style is out of date—that the "frame work must be enhuged," and the whole internal plan re-modelled and adapted to the altered circum- stances of the occupants. In former times, so sudden a revohttionof opinion would ha"e been regarded as little less thlI miraculous, but this is the age of instantaneous conversions, and that which a Httle white ago would have made nMn stand aghast, excites, at present, no surprise. It is not our intention to speculate on the causes of this highly interesting phenomenon, but we cannot help re- marking that we think there is some virtue in a general Section. The confession of the necessity of radically changing that which has hitherto heci declared abso'- lutcly unchangeable—of entirety re-constructing that which even to touch lJa" been denounced as sacrilege is a point griliel, and. in our opinion, one of no slight importance as it disarms the enemies of Church Re- form. whether knaves or bigors, of n weapon which they have used both with skill and effect. Whether the changes proposed are such as ought to satisfy the people of England is the question we have now to consider. The plan of Church Reform which has been submitted to the public, through one of the dai!y organs of the Ministry, comprises—L The abolition of pluralities and non-resi- dence. 2. The equalization of livings, in so far at least as to render the t':nolnment r.-ceivt'd as nearfy as possi- ble commensurate with the dutv p:-rformed, necessarily involving, as it appears to ns, the division of large and the consoUdauon of small parishes. 3. A similar equa- lization of the revenues and duties of the Bishops, and consequei.th' a more equal division of the dioceses. This, it wi!! readity be acknowiedged, is but a meagre outHne ofChur(hKefo)'ni;butweares.'rrytosayitisatlthat we can 6i)d io the Aiinisteria! ptart, to which the terni Reform can be applied. The improvements included under these heads arc :?ood as f;:r as thev g!); and they have our entire approbatioit, not the }ess cordiaHv con- ceded, certainty, because they formed a part of the mea- sure which the late Ministry were prepared to submit to Par!iament. There is a fourt;. branch of the Ministerial p!an, which wedodbt Ildt wi!! rind more favour in the sight of the Church-arid Kina: met) t!i3n all the rest put together, or, we should rather say, which witi help to reconcite them to the other parts', It is rather darkly shadowed forth, than Ctinfidentty broug'tt forward but w<* are in no a!arm as to its adoption. When we find it stated, in one ptace, that the object of the scheme is *'the providing of a resident, accessiMo, and efncient reUgious teacher, for every famity in Ettsdand and Wa)es," and in another, "that the revenue provided for the Church of 4,UiJO,OOO or ;Ouu,OUU inadequate to the Church of 15,OOO,-U\.IO, we can be at no loss to under- stand what is meant. The rule of proportion toils us, that if 5,000,000 require a certain number of religious in- structors. 1.5,000.000 win require exactiy three times as many. But as this part of the ptan—thts enlargement of the frame-work"—is not intended to be carried into effect, until the other parts shall be in complete ope- ration and as that conr.ot ta!.e });n<'e before the present :re¡¡pration have been gathered to their fathers, we may -aiely ieave h.- sublet to ue discussed by our successors