Places. Sunderland Surry (East) Surry (West) Sussex (E) Sussex (West) Swansea Taunton Tamworth Tavistock Tewkesbury Thetford Thirsk Tiverton Totness Tower Hamlets Truro Tynemouth Wakefield Wallingford Wallsall Warrington Warwickshire (South) Wareham Warwick Warwick (N) Wenlock Wells Names. Hon. E. C. Cavendish Lord J. G. Lennox Earl of Surrey Mr J. H. Vivian Mr H. Labouchere Mr. E. T. Bainbridge Lord C. V. Townsend Sir R. Peel Colonel Fex Lord W. Russell Mr H. Tracy Lord T. Fitzroy Sir R. Frankland Mr Heathcote Sir H. Vivian Mr G. F. Young Mr Gaskill Mr Blackstone Mr Hornby Mr S. Dugdale Mr Gaskill Mr Lamont Lord Lowther Mr Barham Sir R. F. Lopez Mr R. Simeon Mr Potter Mr Penruddocke Mr J. Benett Honourable S. Herbert Wiltshire (North) Mr Methuen Wycombe Yarmouth Sir G. Rumbold York Mr Petre 1 Dundalk Dungannon 1 Ennis Enniskillen Fermanagh County Galway Kerry County 1 Kildare County Kilkenny Kinsale Limerick County Lisburn Louth County Mallow Meath County Monaghan County New Ross 1 Roscommon P. B. Thomson Mr L. Dobbyn Lord Acheson Colonel H. Vernon Mr Talbot Hon. Captain Bernard Mr E. Tennant Mr Blackney Mr Maxwell Mr D. O'Connell Mr Ruthven Mr Fitzimon Mr Evans Mr Shaw Mr Lefroy Mr W. O'Reilly Colonel Knox Mr Lamb Lieutenant F. Macnamara Hon. A. Cole General Archdall Lord Cole Mr M'Loughlin Mr Lynch Mr C. O'Connell Mr Mullins Mr E. Ruthven Mr M. O'Ferrall Mr R. Sullivan Honourable P. Butler Mr W. Finn Mr Stawell The United Associate Congregation in Edenste have given an unanimous call to Mr. Charles Ma preacher of the gospel, to be their minister. M On Thursday the 13th instant, Mr. Alexander Ta ner, preacher of the gospel, Falkirk, was elected miMnister of the Chapel of Ease, Gartmore. M R The Scotch Members we have marked with a C designating the Conservatives, and an L the Liberals. L We understand that Graham Speirs, Esq. advocate, has been appointed third Advocate-Depute in room of M. P. Brown, Esq. deceased; and that George Napier, Esq advocate, has been appointed fourth Advocate-Depute. The King has been pleased to appoint Colonel Sir E J. Murray Macgregor, Bart., to be Governor and Co I mander-in-chief of the Islands of Antigua, Montserrat, and Barbuda, St. Cristopher, Nevis, Anguilla and the L Virgin Islands, and Dominica.-London Gazette. L The Gazette of Friday contains the appointment ef C Mr. Stewart Mackenzie to the seat at the Board of ConLtrol, vacated by Mr. Macaulay's acceptance of the SecreCtaryship. L Colonel Grant, of Grant, M.P. has appointed the R1 verend Ludovic William Grant, A. M. to the church and parish of Ordiquhill, Presbytery of Fordyce, vacant by the translation of the Reverend J Innes to Fordyce. L L L Edinburgh-The Lord Advocate and the Honourable James Elgin burghs-Colonel Leith Hay. Elgin and Nairn (United Counties)-W. F. Grant Forfarsbire-Hon. D. G. Haliburton Glasgow-Mr James Ewing and Mr Oswald Haddington Burghs-Mr Stewart of Alderston Inverness Burghs-Colonel Baillie Kincardineshire-General Arbuthnott Kirkaldy-Mr Robert Ferguson Kirkcudbright-Mr R. C. Ferguson Lanarkshire-Mr Maxwell Leith Burghs Mr J. A. Murray Linlithgow (Burghs)-Mr Gillon Linlithgowshire-Sir Alexander Hope Mid-Lothian County-Sir John Dalrymple Northern do Mr Loch L L L OBITUARY. On the 10th November, at Boston, United States of Americs, L We still want Orkney, but the Liberal Member is confidently expected. Spurzheim's head is one of the finest that could possibly be selected to sustain the doctrine to which he had devoted his whole life." His wife died two years ago, and he had no children, Dr S. was simple in his tastes, eminently kind, cheerful and liberal in his dispositions, capable of warm and enduring attachments, and in his habits temperate, active, and laborious. THE BELL ROCK PILOT.-JAMES SPINK died at Arbroath on the 9th currrent, aged 85. He is prominently noticed in the account of the Bell Rock Lighthouse, connected with the operations on the 2d September, 1807, when he providentially arrived at the rock with letters from the shore, and was the means of saving the lives of the Engineer and 31 Artificers,-at a time when the Tender had drifte l, and the tide was fast rising upon them! For this service he was allowed a small pension from the Lighthouse Board. Spink was a very trusty pilot, and a fine example of a tall robust fisherman, whose figure in his pilot's dress and large bonnet, has been well preserved by Howe, in a full length, leaning upon his boat, with the Bell Rock Lighthouse in the distance. The pilot's jacket and badge were laid upon the mort-cloth at his funeral, which was attended by several of the principal merchants and shipmasters of Arbroath, and by the master and crew of the Pharos Bell Rock Tender. MR. CARROLL, the last remaining of the greatest and most glorious band of patriots that ever appeared in history-men who established liberty in the New World by their acts, and restored it in the Old by their example-the signers of the great charter of American freedom, the Declaration of Independence -has at length followed his illustrious brethren. Mr Carroll departed at the ripe age of ninety-six. The death of this most venerable man is thus announced by the President : "The last survivor of the signers of the Declaration of Independence he who for many years has been the precious relic of the band of July 4th 1776—is no more! The death of Charles Carroll, of Carrollton, is announced to us. "As a mark of respect due to the occasion, the offices of the United States Government in this city will be closed to-morrow, the 16th instant. "Washington, November 15. "ANDREW JACKSON." It is worthy of note, that nearly all the signers of this famous act lived to a very advanced age. But they were not politicians by profession; they did not engage in the great struggle with England in order to gratify any private feelings. They were plain, simple-minded men, as much above personal vanity and ambition as they were above deceit. It is the selfish passions that wear men away before their time. It is commonly said of the eminently good, that they are short-lived, and that the world is unworthy of them. The dreamy, speculatively good, are sometimes short-lived; but active and principled honesty is wonderfully conducive to sound health. Dyspepsia has no enemy so great as the mens conscia recti. It is worth a thousand Abernethies. BIRTHS. At 11, Monteith Row, Glasgow, on the 28th ultimo, Mrs. Andrew Robertson, of a son. At Baravunich, on 13th ultimo, Mrs. Watters, of a son, At Barbuie, on the 23d ultimo, Mrs. Alex. Moffat, of a daughter. At Sanquhar, on the 16th ultimo, Mrs. Alex. Hamilton, of Carcoside, of a daughter. At 7, Abercromby Place, on the 1st instant, Mrs. Alexander Robertson, of a daughter, At the Governor's House, Edinburgh Castle, on the 29th ultimo, Mrs. Campbell, wife of James Archibald Campbell, younger of Inverneil, Esq, of a daughter. At 28, Queen Street, Edinburgh, on the 29th ultimo, Mrs. Borthwick of Crookston, of a son. At Prestonpans, on the 1st instant, Mrs. Hislop, of a daughter. At 8, Anslie Place, on the 3d instant, Mrs. Snodgrass Buchanan of Cunninghamhead, of a daughter. Here, on the 4th current, Mrs. Bowie, Albyn Place, of a son. At Moxpopple, near Melrose, on the 17th ultimo, the Lady of G. P. R. James, Esq., of a son. On the 5th current, at No. 107, Hope Street, Glasgow, Mrs. Robert Kerr, of a son. At Glasgow, on the 27th ultimo, Mrs. William Forsyth, of a daugh. ter. At Aberdona, on the 9th instant, the Honourable Mrs. Murray of a son. Here, on the 12th instant, Mrs. Welsh, 60, Northumberland Street of a son. At Haddington, on the 7th instant, Mrs. Dr. Lorimer, junior of a son. At Lugton, near Dalkeith, on the 5th instant, the Lady of Captain Tait, R. N. of H.M.S. Spartiate, of a son. At Wormistone House, on the 4th instant, Mrs. Lindesay of Lochton, of a daughter. At Allan Park, Stirling, on the 2d instant, the Lady of John Fraser, Esq., advocate, of a daughter. At 1, Charlotte Square, on the 15th instant, Mrs. Watson of a son. At 39, Great King Street, on the 16th instant, Mrs. C. C. Stewart, of a daughter. At Wells, on the 13th instant, the Lady of Sir William F. Elliott, of Stobs and Wells, Bart, of a son. At Taplow Court, on the 7th instant, the Countess of Orkney of a daughter. At Crawfordsdyke, Greenock, on the 14th instant, Mrs. John Crawford, of a daughter. At 12, Northumberland Street, on the 19th instant, Mrs. Laurence Davidson, of a daughter. At 43, Claremont Street, on the 20th instant, the lady of William M'Dowall, Esq., late of the Madras medical establishment, of a daughter, still-born. At Rosemount, Easter Duddingston, on the 18th instant, Mrs. Robert Christie, of a son. At Kenmuir, on the 21st instant, the Lady of Charles Stirling, Esq., of a son. At Powfoulis, on the 21st instant, Mrs. Bruce of Powfoulis, of twin sons. At Scotstown, on the 21st instant, Mrs. William Wyld, of a son. At Mauldslie Castle, on the 24th instant, Mrs. Archibald Douglas, of a daughter, who survived only one hour. At Newton Green, Ayr, on the 21st instant, Mrs. Captain Bowman, of a son. At Cupar-Fife, on the 23d instant, Mrs. Pagan, of a daughter. MARRIAGES. At Aberdeen, on the 27th instant, Miss Eliza Milne, daughter of the deceased Rev. Alexander Milne, late minister of Boyndie, to John Humphrey, Esq. solicitor in Stonehaven. At Hamilton Palace, on Tuesday, the 27th ultimo, the Earl of Lincoln, to Lady Susan Hamilton. At Bellevue House, Gadshill, on the 29th November, the Rev. Thomas Finlay, West Kilbride, to Isabella, daughter of John Smith of Bellevue, hosier in Glasgow. At Swanston House, on the 26th ultimo, by the Rev. Lewis Balfour, Charles M Dowall, Esq. W.S., to Jane Margaret, daughter of John Finnie, Esq. Here, on the 5th instant, John Lloyd, Esq., merchant in Leith, to Christian, daughter of the late Captain John Balfour, of the Forfarshire militia. At Ballater, on the 4th current, James Fraser, merchant, Aberdeen, to Jessy, daughter of the late Lieutenant James Middleton, R.N. pier, Esq., Latham, to Janet, third daughter of John Struthers, Esq. At Dalkeith, on the 30th ultimo, Mr. Alexander M'Intosh, hatmanufacturer, Dalkeith, to Jane, daughter of the late Mr. Thomas Hislop, hat-manufacturer there. At Baldemund, Perthshire, on the 26th ultimo, Mr. J. McLeod, sur geon, Edinburgh, to Helen, fifth daughter of the late Alexander Fer gusson, Esq., of Baldemund. At 2, Nelson Street, Edinburgh, on the 27th ultimo, John Fleming Wardlaw, Esq., to Anne Macnab, eldest daughter of the late Mr. Andrew Stevens, S.S.C. At Bellevue House, Gadshill, on the 29th ultimo, the Reverend Thomas Findlay, West Kilbride, to Isabella, daughter of John Smith, of Bellevue, hosier in Glasgow. At Kirkaldy, on the 10th instant, by the Reverend John Thomson, Mr. Alexander Beveridge, shipowner, to Grace, youngest daughter of John Black, Esq., shipowner, Kirkaldy, late of Tory. Here, on the 12th instant, Adam Luke, Esq, to Miss Jessie Gow. On the 11th instant, at 1, Moray Street, the Reverend Thomas Neilson, Rothsay, to Margaret, eldest daughter of Thomas Brown, Esq., Customs, Leith. On the 4th instant, at Ditton Park, Lord Dunglas, son of the Earl of Home, to the Honourable Lucy Elizabeth Montagu, eldest daughter of Lord Montagu. At Dundee, on the 7th instant, C. W. Boase, Esq., banker, to Helen, daughter of William Lindsay, Esq., Carolina Port. At Dundee, on the 7th instant, George Lindsay, Bengal civil service, to Catherine Jemima, duughter of William Lindsay, Esq., Caro lina Port. At Raemoir House, Kincardineshire, on the 4th instant, Arthur Duff, Esq., second son of Robert William Duff, Esq., of Fetteresso, to Elizabeth, daughter of the late John Innes, Esq., of Cowie. On the 7th instant, David Johnstone, Esq., of Langsdale, Lanarkshire, to Isabella Malcolm, youngest daughter of the late Mr. Johnston of Maryfield, Fifeshire. At 5, Darnaway Street, on the 24th instant, Alexander Thomson, Esq. W.S., to Elíza, daughter of the late Robert Burn, Esq., archi tect. At Castlemilk, on the 25th instant, John Hotchkis, Esq., of Lanwick Villa, in the county of Brecknock, to Anne, eldest daughter of Thomas Hart, Esq., of Castlemilk. On the 21st instant, Robert Mason, Esq., of Heriots Hall, to Betsey, daughter of Mr. Robert Anderson, New Channelkirk, Berwickshire, At Ennerdale Church, on the 17th instant, James Gordon, Esq., writer, Dumfries, to Mary, eldest daughter of John Brocklebank, Esq., of Hazleholm, near Whitehaven. At Guernsey, on the 11th instant, John Graham Campbell, Esq., of Shirvan, Argyllshire, to Maria Zelima Mansell, daughter of Henry Arlot Mansell, Esq., of that island. At Leith, on the 18th instant, Mr. William Wilson, Bannockburn, to Eliza, second daughter of the late Mr. Evan Liddel, Leith. At 101, Lauriston Place, on the 20th instant, Mr. James M'Dowall, wine merchant, Leith, to Margaret, daughter of the late Mr. Scott, Craiglockhart. At Prestonfield, on the 18th instant, the Reverend David Horne, of Yester, to Caroline, youngest daughter of the late Edward Cooke, Esq., Honourable East India Company's service, Bengal Establish. ment. At London, on the 20th instant, Cluny Macpherson, Esq. of Cluny Macpherson, Chief of that ancient Highland Clan, to Sarah Justina, youngest daughter of the late Henry Davidson, Esq., of Tulloch. At 50, Claremont Place, Glasgow, on the 27th instant, Hugh Lang, Esq. M.D., late of St. Croix, to Cleland, eldest daughter of the late James Dunlop, Esq. At Camelon, near Falkirk, on the 18th instant, the Reverend John Watson, minister of Cumbernauld, to Miss Elizabeth Dougal of Camelon." At Halleraig House, Airdrie, on the 24th instant, Mr. James Wilkie, of the Airdrie Distillery, to Isabella, fourth daughter of the late Mr. James Shanks, farmer, Starlaw, near Bathgate. DEATHS. At Dumbarton, on the 17th ultimo, Mr. William Watt, late officer of excise. At Cincinnati, State of Ohio, North America, or the 15th October last, Mr. William Bogie, formerly of Kirkaldy, Fifeshire. At Dremisdale, on the 5th ultimo, the Rev. George Muuro, minister of South Uist, in the ninety-second year of his age, and sixty-first of his ministry. Here, on the 19th ultimo, John Paterson, Esq. architect, in his 81st year. At the Manse of Snizort, Isle of Skye, on the 17th ultimo, the Rev. Malcolm Macleod, minister of that parish. At Oporto, on the 10th ultimo, John Hall, second son of Mr. Hugh M Corquodale, of Liverpool, in his 22d year. At Oat Bank, of inflammatory fever, on the 16th ultimo, the Right Hon. Catharine Anne, Countess of Aboyne. At London, on the 10th ultimo, Edward Hanson, youngest son of Frederick Colquhoun, Esq. Here, on the 18th ultimo, Mungo Ponton Brown, Esq. Advo. cate. At Tranent, on the 16th ultimo, Miss Jane Mercer, daughter of the deceased James Mercer, Esq. merchant in Edinburgh, At St Mungo Street, Glasgow, on the 23d ultimo, Janet, daughter of the Rev. Archibald Lawson, late minister of Kirkinahoe. Here, on the 22d ultimo, Mr. Andrew Miller, keeper of the imperlal standard weights and measures for the comnty of Edin. burgh. On the 2d ultimo, at Naples, Lord Berwick, of Attingham House, Shropshire. At Leith, on the 1st ultimo, Mrs. Catherine Hildreth, aged 77, relict of Captain William Nesbitt, who, it will be recollected, when commander of the smack Queen Charlotte, so gallantly beat off a large French privateer. Also, on the 16th instant, John Selby Nesbitt, their youngest son, late of the Sir William Wallace, aged thirty seven. On the 15th ultimo, in Carnarvonshire, Lord Newborough. On Monday, in Lambeth Workhouse, Mrs. E. Beverley, an actress of some celebrity at Covent Garden and Drury Lane Theatres. Died, at Drumsheugh House, on the 26th ultimo, Mrs Walker, of Coates. At Nelson Street, on the 22d ultimo, Lady Fairfax, in the 85th year of her age, relict of the late Vice- Admiral Sir William George Fair. fax, who commanded His Majesty's Ship Venerable, the flag ship of Admiral Lord Duncan, in the memorable battle off Camperdown. In Moray Place, Edinburgh, on the 22d ultimo, aged 7 years and 8 months, Richard Brooke Riddell, second son of Sir James Milies Riddell, Bart. At Tranent, on the 25th ultimo, Mr. James Murray, baker. At Old Aberdeen, on the 17th ultimo, Jane, daughter to the late Dr. Alexander Gerard, Professor of Divinity in the King's College and University of Aberdeen. On the 18th ultimo, of ossification of the heart, Mr. James Douglas, surgeon, Brechin. At Balnakilly House, Atholl, on the 17th ultimo, Alexander Stewart, Esq, of Balnakilly, in the 83d year of his age. At Muckledale, on the 28th ultimo, Mrs. Beattie, relict of Thomas Beattie, Esq., of Creive. At Tranent, on the 2d instant, Mr. John Allan, in the eighty-second year of his age At Blandfield House, Edinburgh, on the 24th ultimo, James Blyth, Esq., formerly of Pilrig Street. On the 28th ultimo, Mr. William Hunter, late of Lochrin Distillery. At St. Andrews, on the 28th ultimo, Isabella, eldest daughter of Alexander Binny, Esq. At Aberdeen, on the 21st ultimo, Alexander Crombie, Esq., of Phesdo, aged 66. At Dumfries, on the 26th ultimo, Mrs. Maxwell, the lady of Wellwood Maxwell, Esq., of Barncleuch. At Maxwelltown, Dumfries, on the 27th ultimo, Agnes Glendinning, spouse of Mr. Hunter, writer there, in the 31st year of her age. At Glasgow, on the 3d instant, Fleming Pinkstan, Esq., of Pinkstan, aged eighty-seven years. At Larkfield, near Glasgow, William Angus, Esq., merchant.On the 3d instant, at Hardeston, Kinross-shire, Adam Pearson, Esq., Glasgow. At Glasgow, on the 29th ultimo, at Fife Place, Mr. James Samuel, late of Stirling. At Stranraer, on the 28th November last, Mr. Gilbert Nish, writer there. At Haddington, on the 21st November, Mr. Francis Peffers, merchant, much regretted. Here, on the 6th instant, the Reverend Dr. Walter Buchanan, one of the ministers of Canongate, in the 77th year of his age and the id of his ministry. On the 4th instant, in her 17th year, at the Governor's House, Fea. burgh Castle, the residence of her father, Lieutenant-Colonel Harvey, Sophia Amelia Alexandrina, wife of James Archibald Campbell, your ger of Inverneil, Esq. At 7, Melville Street, Edinburgh, on the 4th instant, Elizabet Agnes, infant daughter of David Campbell, Esq., W.S. Here, on the 6th instant, Mrs. Mary Broadfoot, relict of Capta Graham. At Limekilns, on the 2d instant, Mrs. Jane C. Macdonald, relict e Captain George Hutchison. At Arden, Lanarkshire, on the 7th instant, Robert Jamieson, serint, Esq., W.S. On the 2d instant, at Torquay, Devon shire, Adam Paterson, F4 advocate. ston. At 28, Queen Street, on the 3d instant, Mrs. Borthwick of Crook At Green Park, on the 4th instant, Mr. Francis Marshall, jeweller, Edinburgh, in the seventy-eight year of his age. At 25, James' Square, on the 4th instant, Peter Hewat, Eq. W.S. At Linlithgow, onthe 20th ultimo, George Cunningham, Esq., write, in the 81st year of his age, At 28, Castle Street,on the 6th instant, Charlotte, eldest daughter of Major Alexander Fraser, of the 20th regiment of foot. At Arniston Place, on the 4th instant, Mr. John Lang, eldest son of George Lang, Esq., of Broomhill, aged 22 years. At Auchtermarnie, on the 30th ultimo, Richard Lundin, Esq., of Auchtermairnie, On the 7th instant, at 5, Manor Place, Norman Horatia, second son of Francis Grant, Esq. At Seabank, Rothesay, on the 7th instant. Mary Young, youngest daughter of the late Samuel Allen, surgeon, Royal Navy. At 9, Salisbury Road, Edinburgh, on the 13th instant, Mrs. Helen Wauchope, relict of the late John Wauchope, Esq., Belhaven, Dunbar. On the 7th instant, at 51, Clerk Street, Mr. Hector Swanson, late Examiner of Excise. At Portobello, on the 7th instant, Miss Janet Carmichael, daughter of the late John Carmichael, Esq., merchant in Edinburgh. At Balibiddy, county Down, on the 13 h instant, Admiral Sir Henry Blackwood, K.C B. G.C.H, Groom of the Bedchamber to the King. On the 29th September last, Lieutenant-Colonel Glass of Abbey Park, late of the Bengal artillery. At Peterhead, on the 2d instant, Robert Robertson, Esq., of Boddan, in the 72d year of his age. At Fernyflat, on the 3d instant, Mr. James Hector, aged 79. At Old Aberdeen, on the 4th instant, Elizabeth, daughter of the late John Duncan, Esq., of Mosstown and Drumside, At Bellary, Madras, on the 2d June last, Brevet-Captain Neil Morison, of his Majesty's 55th regiment of foot, and formerly of the royal Perthshire militia. At East Lodge, Enfield, the seat of the Honourable William Full-T ton Elphinstone, on the 6th instant, the Honourable Ann Stuart El; husstone, eldest daughter of John, 11th Lord Elphinstone, Here, on the 4th instant, Mrs. Mary Swanson, aged 81, widow of the deceased Mr. Donald M 1.eod, fate farmer in Tister, Caithness, On the 9th instant, the Rev. George Dickson, minister of the Scres. sion Church at North Sunderland. At Inverkeithing, on the 7th instant, Robert Stewart, son of Mr. James Peddie, architect, On the 5th instant, at Portobello, William Beresford Tait, aged eight years, son of the late James Tait, Esq., R. N. On the 17th instant, aged nineteen months, Robert, only son of Mr. J. F. Macfarlane, 25, York Place. At Upper Wooden, near Kelso, on the 18th instant, Madalina Gordon Wishart, youngest daughter of the la'e Captain Alexander Wishart, of the 78th regiment. At Edinburgh, on the 17th instant, Mr. John Syme, of the Courant Office. At Hamilton, on the 14th instant, Lieutenant Robert Riddle, halfpay, 12th royal lancers. At Edinburgh, on the 12th instant, Miss Agnes Campbell, daughter of the late William Campbell, Esq., of Queenshill At 7, India Street, on the 19th instant, after long illness, Mrs. Bar. clay Dun. At London, on the 20th instant, the Right Honourable Lady Ten. terden. At his house, 5, Bonnington Place, on the 18th instant, James For rest, Esq., merchant, Leith. At Barnstaple, Devonshire, on the 20th instant, Mrs Colonel M'Lean. Here, on the 13th instant, John Harvey, Esq., W.S. At 5, Buccleuch Place, on the 19th instant, Mr. George Veitch. At Mauldslie Castle, on the 24th instant, Harriet, wife of Archi. bald Douglas, Esq., and daughter of Lieutenant-General Sir James Hay. EDINBURGH: Printed by and for JoHN JOHNSTONE, 19, St. James's Square. Published by JOHN ANDERSON, Jun., Bookseller, 55, North Bridge Street, Edinburgh; by JOHN MACLEOD, and ATKINSON & Co, Booksellers, Glasgow; and sold by all Booksellers and Venders of Cheap Periodicals. 1 POLITICAL REGISTER, AND MONTHLY CHRONICLE OF PUBLIC EVENTS, No. 6.-VOL. I. THURSDAY, JANUARY 31, 1833. PRICE THREE-HALFPENCE. NEWS OF THE MONTH. The city of London has already moved in this momentous question, and the country throughout is ripe to follow the good example. A declaration, most gratuitously made by Mr Stanley, against Ballot, and indeed all farther Constitutional Reform, has had the happy effect of rousing the spirit of reformers. The London City Meeting adopted three petitions, which are to be presented to Parliament; one for the repealing of the Septennial Act, another for the repeal of the Assessed Taxes, and a third for Ballot. They are to be presented by three of the city members. Mr Grote, one of them, is also pledged to originate a motion in the Commons for Vote by Ballot; and we cannot doubt but that he will be powerfully supported. The secret history of the elections in the Scottish counties alone, furnish an irrestible array of arguments for the adoption of a mode of voting, in use in France and America, and sanctioned, moreover, by the usage of all Conservative and fashionable clubs. PUBLIC expectation is already on the stretch for the meeting of the new Parliament, which was to take place on Tuesday (yesterday) the 29th. The first week will be occupied with formalities and matters of routine, and upon the 5th or 6th February, it is expected that the King will open the Parliament in person, if his health permit. With the exact interpretation of this diplomatic phrase, we do not interfere. The Ministers are, however, said to have risen in favour at Court, since the result of the election has demonstrated the high estimation in which they are held by the country. At the date of our last Register, only one election was undecided in Scotland, that of Orkney. Both candidates were understood to be liberal men, but Mr. Traill, the former member, has carried his election. There was some slight rioting produced by the friends of Mr. Laing, the unsuccessful candidate, and exaggerated by rumour into a mighty affair. We shall not again, this month, sing Te Deum over the downfal of the Tories; defeated horse and foot from Maiden Kirk to John o' Groats, though the victory has not been obtained without struggle and sacrifice, which, we rejoice to say, is improved to the proper use. The people are every where put upon their guard by the Tory manoeuvres, and convinced by the events of the late election of the absolute and immediate necessity of defending the blessings they have conquered, by returning to the constitutional practice of Triennial Parliaments, and securing the free exercise of the franchise they have gained, by the adoption of the ballot while it is yet time, and before the Conservative influen. ces, and the great Tory land proprietors, through a new-created host of £50 vassal electors obtain BOROUGH REFORM.-This question is actively their former hold over the House of Commons. occupying the attention of the people of Scotland. While the elections were in progress, several of The Lord Advocate is, it appears, drawing up an the members of the Government appeared favoura- emancipation bill, of a general character; but the ble to the Ballot, though events, not principles, citizens of Edinburgh, and, we believe, those of have since changed their views. The spirit and other towns, consider that any bill which does not excitement of the People have, at an expense of provide for peculiar and local cases of grievance, individual interests which cannot be looked for a as the Annuity Tax of Edinburgh, and the exsecond time, returned an independent set of repre-emption of members of the legal profession from sentatives, and it now remains to fix, without delay, the representation on an independent basis, by short Parliaments, and entire protection to electors in voting. December was the month of Elections; January has been that of Dinners. The Whigs and Reformers have celebrated their victories, the Tories and Conservatives their defeats, by dinners, in the usual form, and with the customary speeches, compliments, promises, and toasts. February and March must be the months of business; when economical reforms must follow hard upon such constitutional reforms as shall, at once and for ever, place the people in the undisturbed possession of the instrument of all future good-a House of Commons which shall really be the representative of the public mind, and the guardian of the public interests. many local taxes, cannot be suitable or efficient. Nor can the adoption of any general plan of Burgh Reform, be contemplated, till the details, as well as general principles, are fully and leisurely |