• ever held in the island took place at Newport

during the late interreg- num ; C. Day, Esq., in the chair. Sir Richard Simeon, a candidate

for the representation of the island, first addressed the meeting. He

MS followed by Mr. William Hutt, who is a candidate for Newport ; which borough, being enfranchised by the Bill,. will no more return

such honourable and enlightened members as Messrs. Twiss and Per- ceval. Mr. Hutt informed the meeting, that " whilst the Duke of Wellington was trying to form a Ministry, a deputation from Birming- ham, consisting of wealthy Tories, waited on his Grace, and assured him that the great body of their fellow-townsmen had resolved to for- tify the houses, to barricade the streets, and to call upon every town and union in the empire to follow their example, as soon as they should receive intelligence of what they called 'a Polignac Administration' being formed." The cheers which followed were tremendous, and in- terrupted the speaker for several minutes. " Gentlemen," said Mr. Hutt, " I entreat you not to applaud such proceedings. To any mind, they arc very appalling. We were sure to stop the Duke by peaceable and constitutional means. Appeals to force are always the worst expe- dients, and they should certainly be the last." The next public meet- ing at Newport will probably be held for the purpose of choosing representatives for the island and borough. Sir Richard Simeon and Mr.. Hutt are opposed by two Anti-Reformers,—Mr. Campbell, of Gatcombe Park, and Admiral Sir Graham Hamond. We are assured that the latter gentlemen have about the same chance of being returned as the late sham-representatives of Newport, Pension Perces-al and Horatio Miss.

A meeting of the county of Devon was held on Friday, in the Castle Park, Exeter; the High Sheriff ( T. M. Woolcombe, Esq.) in the Chair. It was most numerously attended. The Honourable Newton Fellowes proposed the address to the King, expressing the joy and gratification of Devonshire at the restoration of Earl Grey and his colleagues to his Majesty's councils. The address was seconded by Mr. C. P. Hamlyn, and carried by acclamation. Mr. Jasper Parrott proposed a petition to the House of Commons, which was also carried by acclamation, praying the House not to agree to any mutilation by the House of Lords of the Reform Bill. Thanks were voted to his Majesty's Ministers, and to Lord Ebrington and Lord John Russell. The number of persons present was computed at 7,000.

Mr. Attwood's return to Birmingham, on Monday, was celebrated in a way that did equal credit to the people and their excellent friend. " Almost every house," says a correspondent of the Times, " exhibited a banner, and numerous triumphal banners emblazoned with appropriate devices and mottoes extended across the streets. In the course of the day a carriage and four went out to meet Mr. Attwood at Coventry; but the people of that city met him a mile before reaching Coventry. Thousands had gone out for that purpose. The horses were taken from his carriage, and he was dragged in triumph through the city. On leaving Coventry, Mr. Attwood, accompanied by W. Boultbee, De Boscoe Attwood, and W. G. Lewis, Esquires, members of the de- putation, proceeded at a rapid rate towards Birmingham. At Stone- bridge they were met by numerous horsemen and carriage company from Birmingham ; and at Yardley, four miles from town, the crowd so thickened upon them, that it was found difficult to proceed at more than a walking pace. Between here and Birmingham the cavalcade was immense. At Smallheath, a triumphal banner extended across the road, on which was inscribed .Attwood and Liberty.' The cheer- ing at this point was deafening. Mr. Attwood alighted at the house of Thomas Potts, Esq., where the deputation was joined by Joshua Scholefield, Esq., G. T. Muntz, Esq., and numerous other gentlemen of influence from Birmingham. The procession, unexampled in point of splendour, proceeded on its way to Birmingham amidst the cheers of countless thousands. The windows and the tops of houses were crowded with enthusiastic spectators. The procession moved through Deritend, Digbeth, the Bull Ring, and High Street, into New Street. On reaching the bank of Messrs. Attwood and Spooner, Mr. Attwood alighted, and addressed the multitude from the balcony of the Hen and Chickens. He said, that owing to the lateness of the evening (nearly nine o'clock), he could not proceed further in procession, and advised the whole of. his friends to separate quietly to their several homes. After repeated cheers, the populace complied."

A committee has been appointed at Reading, to receive penny sub- scriptions from Reading and its vicinity, for the purpose of presenting Mr. Hurtle with apiece of plate, for his manly and upright conduct as a member of Parliament, and more particularly for his admirable speech delivered in. the Commons, 10th May 1832. More than two thousand persons in Reading and its vicinity have already subscribed.

Some time ago, a petition was presented to the House of Lords from certain of the electors of St. Mama, praying that the borough might be disfranchised l in order to relieve it from the Injury as well as degradation of a mock election. The petitioners complained at the same time, that several of tlietil lied been turned out of their houses, in consequence of attempting to exercise the franchise, with which they were said to be invested. The Duke .of Buckingham, as is always done, denied this in toto, and with great indignation. Since that time, the petitioners have made a declaration of their case. They say, that had not Mr. Spry built houses for them in a part of the town not belonging to the Duke, they must have been without shelter. They add- s Hit should meanly be attempted to take refuge from this disgraceful proceeding' under the paltry subterfuge that his Grace did not turn them oat, but it was done by ltis lessees, it is only necessary to say, that some of the holders of these sham leases, when warning them out declared they were sorry fur it, and did it under orders; and the Duke of Bitekingliam's agent has declared to au individual, that he did it under specific orders from his Grace!'

The declaration is dated St. Mares, 17th May, and signed by four- teen individuals who were warned out.

Very great accessions bare been made to the number of members of, the Nottingham Political Union this week. Deputations have been received from Stapleford, Bramcote, Sutton-in-Ashfield, Edwinstowe, and other places, requesting that meetings may be held in those places for organizing them, and receiving members into the Union.—Notting- ham Mercury.

The Liverpool Reform Association has determined, that, on the day on which the Royal assent is given to the Reform Bill, it will cease to exist as a political society.—Liverpool The seamen of the Tyne have resumed their employment, having obtained the addition they wished. These men formerly received 41. per coal voyage during the winter, and 31. during the summer months; they now receive 51. and 41. per voyage.—Tyne ?Mercury.

Between time hours of twelve and one o'clock on the morning of Sun- day, the i.diabitants of Great Yarmouth were alarmed by the cries of tire at the silk-manufactory of Messrs. Grout and Co., situated on the Denies. The fire commenced in a part of the factory where there had been no fire or candle for some time past. By the prompt attendance of the inhabitants, with the town engines, the north part of the factory, with the engine-house, was saved. The fire has been reported to be the work of incendiarism, but of the truth of this report there is no evidence. The damages are estimated at about 15,0001.; the property was An extensive fire took plaice at Crediton on Friday. It broke out at a baker's shop near the White Swan, just above the shambles, about two o'clock, and we are informed that Irmo twelve to fourteen houses were destroyed. We are unable, at present, to state any cause for the calamity, which, we fear, must involve many families in great distress. —Exeter News.

Early on Wednesday morninn. last, -Mr. Carr, the proprietor of the Weaponess and Mere Tea-gardens, left his home, as was supposed by the family, for the. purpose of looking after his stock. After some hours, one of his men heard a dog barking in the plantation at some dis- tance ; he went in the direction of the sound, and discovered the unfor- tunate man suspended from the branch of a fir-tree quite dead, and the dog harking at the remains of his late master.—York Herald.

A lad named Lee, an apprentice to Mr. Elworthy, boot and shoe- maker, St. Aubyn Street, Devonport, committed suicide on Monday last, bv cutting his throat. The lad was the son of the hate hangman • of the county ; his father, grandfather, and uncle, all terminated their existence by self-destruction.

On Saturday night last, a wretched creature terminated his existence at a lodging-house in Trosnant, near Pontypool, by deliberately cutting two inches Off his tongue. Every means were resorted to to arrest the excessive hemorrhage, but in vain ; it brought on such exhaustion that .' on the following morning death put an end to his sufferings.—Mon- mouthshire A murder of a very atrocious kind took place at South Lynn, on - Monday night. At ten in the evening, while the Reverend A. Iveson was sitting in his room,' his son, the Reverend T. Iveson, hastily en- tered, and after a few desultory remarks, drew from his pocket a pistol, which lie pointed at his father, and the contents were lodged in the right auricle of the heart. After this, he went to the next house, oc- cupied by Captain Lake, and informed him of what had taken place, conjuring him at the same time to enter and take possession. The Captain proceeded to the room, where he found the venerable main gasping for breath : he died in less than twenty minutes. Whilst this was going on, the son had placed himself in time kitchen, where be was found by the officers of justice ; into whose hands he re signed Limself voluntarily, having first taken the opportunity to swallow a large gum-- tity of laudanum, but from the effects of which he was relieved by Mr. Mifflin, a surgeon. The prisoner was conveyed to gaol in a post- chaise. He is a gentlemanly person, of thirty-four years of age. Of late, much eccentricity has marked his conduct, bordering, it is said, on insanity. The deceased was about sixty-five ; and has long resided in Lynn, where be was generally esteemed for his benevolence. He was Rector of East Bradenham, Norfolk.—Cambridge Chronicle.

On Monday last, a labouring man named Gosby was fully committed to Dover Gaol, charged with cruelty to his daughter, a girl about four- teen years of age. He kept her upon a very short allowance of bread and water, chained by the leg to an old bedstead, upwards of nine weeks, till she was discovered on Saturday last in a most emaciated state.- Pre- vious to his being taken into custody, a number of women took the un- natural parent to the sea, and gave him a severe ducking.—Maidstone Gazette.

George Heath, the apothecary's assistant at Brighton, against whom a verdict of manslaughter. was recently given by the Jury at an inquest held last week on the body of Captain Burdett, has been apprehended and committed to Horsham Gaol.

At Leominster, during the storm of yesterday sennight, the lightning struck one of. the pinnacles of the borough church, and, gliding down to the organ, materially damaged it. Several trees in the same neigh- bourhood were demolished ; and at Stockton, about two miles from the town, a man named Price was killed. He was peeling hop-poles at the time, and it is supposed that the hacker he was using attracted the sub- file matter. Every vestige of the poor fellow's clothes was burnt from his person, excepting the part on which he lay.- Worcester Herald.