Star. — London, England, 1831-10-03 00:00:00

■ it rri • , ,• I.ltl' >;~ ; ,~'~ ' ~~ , ~~~ '~~G. Tip.!. I. I proceedings should take Owe on their part. Upon this, Colonel Ev Alta gave notice of a motion for a Committee, wise made on Tuesday, it being un derstood that no opposition was to be made to the iriotion, seeing that the BARtNos so anxiously de sired the inquiry. On Tuesday night, accord ingly. the *7Sh_ inst. another petition from Mr. and Mrs. D EaCIM . having first been presented (ihmigh not printed in this report), Colonel Eva s wade his motion for the Committee, which was rejected by seventy-eight votes against thirty -one; and, if you read the reasons fur rejecting this mo tion, you will find that every one of them is al reason for the motion. But only look, here is LDMA Y with a petition got tip at Winchester and the neighbourhood. which prays for a Com mittee; here are the BA RINGS, and MunataT himself aski. g for a Committee; here are the Descr.e.s and all that are on their side, and all the people all over the country praying for the Corn mitto, and here is LA ALTIIORP, the patriot Lord EDRINGTON, the ATTORNEY-GENERAL, PEEL, GOULBURN, and precious BURDETT, all opposing the Committee ; and because they think the BA RTNOS innocent ! Mr. O'CONNELL well de scribed them ; beautifully described them. No MD with one ;pain of sense in his skull can fail clearly to understand why this Committee is re fused. Here is a magistrate and a Lord of the Treasury, who is also a relation, by marriage, of Lord GREY : here is BINGH•dt BARING, the son of the great ALEXANDER, I'rother-in-law of the heir of the Marquis of BATH, and brother-in-law, by marriage, of MELLIsti the butcher. Lord • GREY must wish, one would think, to see the. lofty Hood of the order of the GREYS cleared of the hand-cuffing imputation ; and, if he thinks the Lord of the Treasury innocent of this charge, how ,can he be so wanting to his kin, as well as to his " order," as to prevent an inquiry which would make the innocenre of the Lord of the Treasury manifest? Now, I put this question to each of my readers individually : I ask him to view the thing as it lies before him, and then to say, whe ther he really believe that the Lord of the Trea sury does wish fur the inquiry ; and whether he 'There Lord ALTIIORP, in opposing the Cam mitte, pledged his word as a man of honour, as serted " upon his honour, as a gentleman, that he opposed the motion with great unwillingness, be cluse he thought that his opposition might have the effect of preventing, the Member for Ports mouth (FRANCIS T. BRING) from SETTING HIMSELF RIGHT IN THE ESTIMATION OF TIIE PUBLIC. " He declamed this upon his ho nour as a GENTLEMAN ! Being reminded that he voted for a moti n for inquiring into the conduct of the Manchester magistrates, when he was out of office, he said there was no parallel in the cases. In the case of the, petitioners, he said that blame was imputed only to a single magistrate, whereas, in the case of Manchester there were several. This man never could say this. He is not lia r an d fool enough to say this: this is the work of some liar and fool of a reporter, Who was, I dare say, fishing for something that I will not name, and smelling strong of gin when he wrote it. Single magistrate! Why, Mr. and Mrs. Deacle petition against the two Barings and Long, and three are not one ! Oh, no ! Lord Althorp never could say this, and especially as a " man of honour and a gentleman !" However, the rejection of inquiry is only ac cording to the old practice.of the Whip. They did just the same in every case brought before them during the fifteen months that they were in power in 18k,6 and 1807. (211 RON ICLE.—Would to GOD that the Tory Aristocracy of England, now that the &fats Bill has escaped from the buffoonery and cunning of a certain place, could see through the objects of their flatterers stud guides! Would to GOD that they could see their real interest, to be saved from the fangs of men hurrying them into the abyss of revoltrion ! Would to Cilort that the example of France were not lost upon them ! The Minister was sacrificed at the altar of corruption : the guil lotine and revolution followed quickly in his wake! , Let the Aristocracy stand before this mirror of htstory. If Lord Grey falls—can they, the Tories —denying any thing, govern a nation demanding every thing? Are they prepared to cast away the robe of pence—to shot up the temple, and untoof it ? WEI they immolate their order; will they become victims to expiate the of f ences of their tools and parasites ? Will the Lords Spiritual revive the r:• , e reasons why Bishops should not sit in Par liament, 11341 ? And if Lord Grey should nut fall? If supported by a Patriot King—" the King's name a tower of strength"—and a grateful and de termined people, what will the Lords gain by throw ing out or driving out the measure of Parliamen tary Reform? Either the scenes between the Lords and the Commons must pass again with the same probaSle results, and the Lords give way, or ar. ttd.!ition must be made to the number of the Peur-. The tit at Tarquin of Rome made a hun dred st-luatois at once to secure a majority. Sena tots, Livy—factio baud dubia regis, quippe sua ri in Senaturn venerant. In Englane, how ever, Peers have been, and may again be made to avert revolution. The people will not apprehend danger from that course, but will think every addi tion to the number an eventual increase of the ag gregate independence. To prevent reform is im possible ; it is thus reduced to a question of degree. Under the present extraordinary and imminent c min stances, will not the Peers put away their base flatterers : will they not give fully and quickly ? We confess we do not despair. The Peers are deeply interested in its success. Their individual difference of politic a! power will be determined; they will gain iii moral and intellectual influence far more then they u ill lose in boroughs, places, and pensions ; but Le: t.s nu: deceive ourselves. Already the appre . hersi , ns or what is to be expect , d from their lord ships have begun to produce their effects. Already public cre,'it feels the shock. Do not let these lords integine, that if once the funds fall 8 far 10 per cent. which they will assuredly do, they can say, Thus far abaft thou go and no farther. We are all of us on the brink of a precipice. The time is aw fully tinitioue. Several of the gentlemen employed in manufactur.s, well knowing what serious conse-' quences • itl flow from any interruption of confi uence, have waited on the Duke of Wellington and other anti-reforming peers, and plainly told them the consequences they apprehended. 1: remains to be seen whether these warnings have produced .•tre etkct. We confess we have our fears.— ? he Scotsman of Wednesday last gives an elabo rate calculation of the I roportion of Reformers to Anti Reformers in Edinburgh, by which they are as sixty to one. " Yet," observes our contempo rary, " Edinburgh is justly held to be the head quarters of Toryism ; and we sincerely believe that the proportion of Reformers is even higher in the rest of Scotland. We ask if history presents such an example of ao unanimous people ?" Observe only how the people are congregated together in the North of England ! Sy the late census, Lan cashire alone contains 1,335,600 inhabitants. The two hundreds of %Vest Derby and Salford contain a mill;on of inhabitants. These peaceable men may, by one fatal vote, be thrown out of employment. But will the Lords gain by all this misery? We have been favoured with an early copy of The Edin burgh Review for September, in which there is an article on the House of Lords and Reform, well deserving of the attention of their Lordships.— " The position of their Lordships (says the Re viewer) may be summed up in a few words. There is no man of common understanding whn now doubts the Bill must pass. Even its most violent opponents have openly admitted, long ago, that Schedules A and B are their inevitable fate, and that the reign of the rotten boroughs is at an end. Then can human folly go further than to postpone the period for a few months, and prolong the agi tation into which the bare announcement of this delay would fling the community ? Or can any thing be more certain, than that when the people shall regain the mastery, it will no longer be the Bill, and nothing but the Bill, that will suffice. Half a year hence it may be any thing but the Bill." HERALD.—The Ides of March are come, and though we are not alarmists, there is surely enough in the present aspects of the country to induce the most serious reflection. Faithful and zealous ad vocates for reform, from the first moment the question was mooted, we have felt it to be equally our duty to take our stand for constitutional re form in opposition to that unknown and indefinable change which must spring from the movement of physical force. The ultimo ratio Regains ie a suf ficient affliction to mankind ; but the Whew ratio poputorum is infinitely more fearful; and deep is the responsibility of those who are endeavouring to conjure up that appalling curse. It is, indeed, one of the worst signs of the times that the pub lic mind has been poisoned into a familiarity with the ideas of revolution and civil war, in the event of the Reform Bill not immedi ately receiving the concurrence of the House of Lords. How dreadful an alternative to so inade quate a cause! Will the instigators of this fatal doctrine' suffer the multitude to pause but for a few days upon the prospect before them ? Will it tell them to look the horrors of civil war in the face—the prostration of the industry of the coun try—the destruction of its commercial prosperity —the desolation of its fair fields—and the mas sacre of tens of thousands of its people ? These are the results so madly and impiously invoked— every peaceful and happy home violated by brute contention—rivers of blood made to flow, and a great nation ruined. These are contemplated with desire by some, and with indifference by others, as not merely the possible, but the probable, con sequences of a measure—we mean the rejection of the second reading of the Reform Bill—which is likely to ensue within 48 hours of our publishing these remarks. To us it seems almost a dream that, standing upon so awful a precipice, both Peers and people should be *swept onward by an insensate impulse, and no calm and rational voice interposed to allay the fury of debate, and obtain a truce from the stormy passions that have been so dangerously inflamed, till common sense, and the first of all instincts—that of self-preservation, shall have exercised their influence upon the crisis at hand. Frequently hare we addressed ourselves to the property and consideration of our fellow-citi zens ; and again we call upon them to abjure the rage of either faction in the state, and, with the energy of true strength and power, to effect a full and ample reform of the Constitution by the Con stitution, and not by destroying it. Porr. —The Debate, the momentous Debate, big with the fate of Old England's happy Consti tution, and of the Realm itself, commences this day in the House of Lords. It will last two, if not three, days. We look to the result with anxiety, but not with doubt or fear—firmly persuaded as we are that the tem,.erate deliberation and wise decision of the peers will reverse the award of the delegates sent in a moment of excitement to the House of Common , . In a word, our glorious Constitution, at once the envy and the admiration of the Universe, we have not the slightest doubt, is perfectly safe in the protecting hands of the House of Lords. It is at least quite certain that the atrocious Revolutionary Bill will not be suffered by their Lordships to pass in its present form. Of the particular course to be pur sued on this vitally important occasion we cannot accurately speak; bat it is not improbable that the destructive measure will be got rid of by an amend ment, to subs itute, instead of the anomalies, the innovations, and the outrageous injustice oI its pro visions, the plain, intelligible, and rational proposi tions, simply, that the populous towns of Birming ham, Manchester, Leeds, and Sheffield, shall have each two representatives, which plan may be effected without any alteration in the present constituted state of the House of Commons by the disfranchise ment of four of the moat insignificant boroughs. FOREIGN I4VTELLIGENCE. (PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE.) PA ais, OCT. I.—Various reports have bee n afloat for the last two days, respecting a change in the Ministry, that M. Sebastiani had given in his resignation, and that he was to be succeeded by general Guilleminot, the late Ambassador at Con stantinople. There is no truth, howevcr, in any of the rumours. The Aiinistry appears to be as compact as ever, although there are petitions pour ing in from all the departments of France to the Chamber of Deputies, numerously signed, calling upon the Chamber to put the Ministry in accusa tion, and especially the President of the Council, and the Minister for Foreign Affairs, for the shame ful position in which their policy has placed France. , The spirit of the Parisians appears to be spread iog more than ever into the Departments. At Strasburg, very serious troubles have taken place. On the 25th, upwards of 300 of the National Guards left the city armed, for the purpose of fa cilitating the entry of some foreign cattle w;thout its subject to the ordinary tax on entry, amounting to 70 francs per head. The authority having warning of the movement, eight hundred troops of the light infantry, supported with two pieces of cannon, were drawn up before the Bureau of the Customs. Some energetic words addressed to the National Guards, and those who bad joined them, by the commander of the troops, in duced them to retire. But on re-entering the city they had a discussion with the Mayor and the Prifect, upon a variety of questions of political economy, and although they felt convinced that it was not exactly the legal way to procure a reduction of taxation by taking up arms, and the assembly shewing no great disposition to disperse, the Prefect announced, upon his own responsibility, that a moiety of the tariff should be reduced, that very day, and he engaged them all to sign a petition at the Maine to demand the sanc tion of that reduction, and to obtain a greater, if possible: The consequence of this reduction in the tarifovas en immediate meeting of the butchers of Strasbourg, in which they agreed to reduce the .' price of meat from sd. to 44d. a pound. although the reduction of only half of the tax would not permit such a diminution of price, but that they had the certainty that the whole tax would be taken off, and That they should be indemnified for their oases. The butchers have reckoned without their host, for the Prefect has been dismissed for taking upon himself the responsibility of tampering with the mob; the Ilfoniteur of this morning announces that as soon as the Government had knowledge of the events at Strasburg, orders were sent for the whole of the duty to be exacted upon the entrance of cattle: and that a telegraphic despatch, arrived in the evening, announced that these orders bad been put in execution, without the tranquillity haring been disturbed on any point. A day or two will give us more light upon the affair. At Orange, Perpignan, and various other places, armed interference has been opposed to the gather ing the tales of entry, and generally throughout France there seems a disposition to resist the taxes. There has been a g at stir this week respecting the Press. lj has stated that M. Casimir Perier, was much inclined to cite at the bar some of the opposition journals, but was advised against it. Seizures, however, have taken place at a rapid rate ; but it only gives additional point to the papers of the opposition. The Caricature was seized be fore its publication. CIA MBER OF DEPUTIES, Oct. 1. The order of the day was the continuation of the pre. parawry disco/Sion of the project of law for the reomanisa. than of the Peerage, bui. the Deputies not being in num. ber, M. Mallet was stalled upon to present a report of various petitions. TLe most remarkable were those of several litr•llnd inhabitants of Paris, Clermont, and other totms of France, begging of the Chamber to interfere in favour of P..tand ; and another from Lyons, prayinj that the Poles should be admitted in the ranks of the French army, and treated as French Miens. Th e reporter said the those petitions were forwarded before the catastrophe of Warsaw was known; ma that, :ltheugh little hope remains of Poland being .ble to tongues her nationality, yet the comntiesionen considered It ex pe dient to refer the petitions to the President of the Council. Geueral LAFAYLTTC-4 jell) with all my heart in the sentiments expressed by the reporter of your commission. I nevertheless remarked some expressions which induced me to speak at the question. It Is not exact to consider the Polish cause as entirely lost. However deplorable the ca ltastroike of liana, may be, their still remains a nation full of patriotism, sod an amiable army, to which the Nations' Government has rallied. We should then endeavour to en couraste the sympathy still existing in favour of Poland, and to assist in the energeticel efforts which all France ea. pests from the Minister of Foreign Affairs in favour of that country. SITTINO OF SM. 50.—The President of the Council, in rising to make a communication from the government, said, tha, within a few year many foreigners had been ;riven Ity political events to take refuge in France. Their distress (tau excited the munificence of the country. The first Spanish refugees, banished from their country for hay. Ins belonjec: or the French party, received relief from the Minister of I:12 Interior. In 1823, other refugees laving fled to France, r. special grant of 610,0001. was made foe their Thlg grant was renewed in 1820 and 1830. In 1831 he •lumlter had greatly lammed ; and at thismonsent, brdcper , lent of the Foreign Legion, no fewer than 6,300 proscribed Refugees were receiving Hell The Mi- Wiwi then pointed out most distinctly that it was upon the principle of humanity, and not upot that of policy, that succour was afforded to them. He protested before hand asninst any Interpretation that would give a political characte: ;o the measure, rot these foreigners must be pre. vented imagining that they had rights which might lead to consequences Asegreeable to France. FrallCe was the coon.' try of Frenchmen alone; it was not, as had been said, .11.1- glan, Italian, and Spanish, but Freneb—(strong sensation). t had not taken upon itself the wrong of protecting any pro povanda whatever. France was doing for these refugees what every intlivklual Frenchman would be induced to do. The refugees, on their side, ought to respect the rites of tospiadity. This pain. was the more to be insisted on, a% the conduct of some of the refugees had rendered severe pre. cautions necessary. In the recent disturbances at Paris and at Perpignso‘ some oi these refugees had been arrested among the agitators. From the good conduct of these strangers in the mass, and the prompt restoration of order in their country, the gradual redudior of the burden upon France was to le-hod ed for. France would always support them in their desire o; again seeing their homes. As to the refugees front Romagna ; the most happy results bad already been obtained in their favour. An amnesty had been granted them upon the thole condition of their taking an oath of elk_ glance, and promising nut to take part In any plot in future, and to resist every attempt at revolt. Sixty arches* Italians ' had already agreed to these conditions, and twenty had left France. Such as refused to return home, upon complying with conditions so simple and easy, would be excluded from sharing in the succour. The Minister then presented a Bill for a grant of 600,000 francs, to be made to the Minister of the Interior, in ad dition to one million already granted for 1831, to be ap plied to the relief of foreigners who arc refugees from poli. deal causes. The Prussian State Gazette of the 27th re ceived this day by the Dutch Mail, contains a . - aiserablo slavish document, written by some Secretary in the Russian army, extolling the cle mency of the Autocrat; and he did right to em ploy so many words, since there is not a journal bit, or public writer in Europe, who would waste or abuse a single word on the subject. The fel low, among ether things, has the audacity to praise some sneaking Poles, who had forborne to join their army, and who, in his opinion, had great credit for betraying their country to a fo reign :..espot. We forbear to sully tho columns of the STAR with such ignominious trash, and proceed to the little which bears the semblance of being fact. Their is not a word about Romarino's emig ation. It is reported that Prince Adam Czartoryski is at Cracow. M. Dobieski, Po,t-master of the kingdom of Poland, has given notice that the posts and estafettes are restored on all the roads occupied by the imp erial troops. FRONTIERS OF POLAND, SEPT. 14.—Though the Russian cabinet had originally the preject of incorporating the kingdom of Pol an d to the Empire, it is still hoped that the Emperor will leave to the Poles the Constitution which they held from his brother and his predecessors. The Poles had in fallibly preserved their Constitution if they had not pushed resistance to the last extremity, and if they bad accepted the propositions of Field Marshal Paskewitsch. Now things are changed to their disadvantage. It is said that Warsaw offers a sad spectacle: the silence of death reigns in the streets, and there is remarked upon all counts nancee the griefs inspired by deceived hopes and the fears of reactions. However, there has yet, been no arrests.—Gazette d'Aegsbourg. BERLIE, SEPT. 20.—A1l the private letters which arrive from Poland confirm the news that the national army has not surrendered, and has not subscribed to the capitulation concluded with the Russians by General Krukowiecki. That army has retired, on the contrary, on the other side of Plozk, along the Prussian frontier. We are ignorant whether it will cross out frontier, or whether it will throw itself into Lithuania. General Kruko wiecki, after having remitted to the commission in permanence of the Diet the capitulation of War saw, declared to it that he would deposit in its hands all his functions, and that henceforth he would conform to the orders of the Diet. That General having reserved to himself personally the liberty of egress and ingress, proceeded, 24 hours after the entry of the Russians into Warsaw, to the camp of the Polish army, but after having first an interview with the Field-Marshal, and promising that he would use all his efforts to induce the army to subscribe, to the capitulation."—Correspondent d'Hambourg. W A RBA IV, SEPT. 19 —The Universal Gazette, of to-day (lately the Universal State Gazette) contains the following official article : " His Excelleney the Commander-in-Chief, Field-Marshal Count Paskewitsch, has received intelligence that the corps of Romarino, unable to pass over to the left bank of the Vistula, has been totally defeated, and pursued to the frontiers of Gallicia, whither it fled to lay down its arms. The remains of this corps consist of 10,000 men, and 40 pieces of cannon. The particulars of this victory will be published." CRACOW, SEPT. 18.—The Courier give the armistice concluded between Generals Rudiger and Rozyski, in consequence of orders received by them respectively from Field-Marshal Paskewitsch on one hand, and General Malachowski, Commander in-chief of the Polish army, on the other. The line of demarcation extends fiom Sulejow op the Pills* to °poem) (which is neutral), thence to the Kaminna, and along that river to its mouth ; twenty-four hours' notice of the cessation of the armistice to be given on either side, and at the respective head-quarters in Radom and Siedlic. The same paper (the Courier of Cracow) gives an account from the head-quarters of Gen.Rozyzki, on the 16th, received by express, which says the corps of General Romarino of 20,000 men, with 40 pieces of cannon, is just crossing the Vistula at Zawichoet. Yesterday there was fighting the whole day with Rosen's corps, on the line along the Vistula from Kasimierz to Rachow. In the former' Romarino made a detachment of Russian cavalry prisoners. The troops occupying the tete du-pont have retreated to this side, and broken down the bridge behind them. At Josefow the Russians suffered much loss. It is said we lost many sharp•shooters at Rybitroy. Colonel Zalew ski has just arrived ; his corps is coming through the woods to join us. Many soldiers from the hospitals of Warsaw add to our numbers. They say that there has been fighting near Medlin, and that many wounded have been brought to Warsaw. To-day General Rudiger announces the cessation of the armistice. SSPT&unEa 20.—The Courier contains the let ter of General Rudiger to General Rozyzki, sent from Radom to Kiele.e on the 15th, in which be says that Field-Marshal Paskewitsch had informed him, that Genetal Romarino had refused to accede to the armistice signed at Warsaw with General Malachowski, Commander-in-Chief of the Polish army ; that be had attacked part of his (Rudiger s) corps, and intended to occupy Kasimiere and Pulawy. That as Romarino was closely pressed by Generals Rosen and Kaisaroff, he would pro bably attempt to pass to the left bank of the Vis tula. General Rudiger was, therefore, obliged to act against him, and intended to hinder him from crossing the Vistula ; to do this it would be abso lutely necessary to pass the line of demarcation agreed on between them, and be therefore feels it his duty to apprise General Rozyski that he may, if he pleases, recommence hostilities on his part twenty-four hours after receiving this notification; but that if :he General prefers to let the armistice continue, General Rudiger will with the greatest pleasure fulfil the conditions of it. That no mis take may be caused by the delay of the despatch, General Rudiger adds twelve hours, and announc: that he shall not commence hostilities against Gen. Romarino till the expiration of thirty-six hours after it reaches the outposts. He requests General Rozyski to inform him officially of his resolution respecting the armistice. ITALY. —AII the letters from ItAly agree in say ing that a lively agitation continues to reign in Bologna, and in the Legations generally. The Austrians, by furnishing arms to the National Guards of these provinces, have put them in a state to defend the entry of the Papal troops. It is cer tain that the Curt of Austria will see with pies sure their emancipation from the authority of th.: Holy See, not without doubt by interest for the pro vinces, but in the hope of finding at a late period an occasion of succeeding to its Italian possessions, where Austria attempts to fortify her dominion more and more. Already, at the Congress of Vienna, Austria demanded these provinces, but she obtained then but the privilege of holding garrison I at Ferrara.—National. FA ENC• i , Aug. 16.—The following are the pro posals made by the three legations of Bologna. Forli, and Ravenna ; notice thereof has been for warded by the deputies to the holy father. " 1. That no ecclesiastic in the legations shall fill an administrative and judicial situation. 2. That the armed force shall, on all occasions, be taken from the Pontifical troops. 3. The administration of justice shall not be subjected to the supremacy of any individual sitting at Rome. 4. The public re venues shall be appropriated exclusively for the provinces. Should the Government, however, prefer it, the legations will consent to pay every year into the treasury of the Apostolic Chamber, 80,000 Roman crowns, for the expenses of their administration, but which, under the apparent di rection of the Pontifical authorities, shall be ma naged exclusively by agents who are natives and residents of the provinces. Bologna, the capital of the legations, shall have, as formerly, an am bassador at the Pontifical Court." The Pope, however, expressed himself unwilling to enter into any engagement. He wished to have more time before he sent an answer to the demands of the !options. MA Dal D, 8err.22.--The Court still remains at St. Ildefonso, but will speedily be removed to Madrid. An ordinance of Ferdinand has en. joined eight days' mourning for the death of the Grand Duke Constantine. The news of the fall of Warsaw has imparted the greatest joy to the Apostolic*ls. They think it the destruction of the cause of liberty. The greatest activity prevails in arming the middle provinces in Biscay and Na. Terre, so al to have some columns ready to march at a moment's :nodes. At the moment of the revolution of July, the cabinet of the Duke of Wellington and that of Prince Polignac were upon the point of recognising Don Miguel. The glorious days of July caused that project to miscarry, as well as many others. The regency of Terceira, which has laboured in. cessantly to augment its forces, charged at the beginning of this month the Marquis de Palmella, one of its most distinguished members, to go and concert with the English Government at London upon the expedition so long projected against th e usurper of the rights of Donna Maria. In conse quence of these conferences, it has been resolved, between the Cabinets of France and England, that they would offer no obstacle to that expedi tion. The declaration of the Court of Madrid, which threatens to succour Don Miguel in case the partisans of the young Queen should not be left to their own resourses, relaxes in no way the pre parations of the Regency, which has at its die pose! already from 7 to 8,000 regular troops, and well organised; three frigates, and * sufficient number of transports, and all the necessary money. General Saldanha will have the command of these troops, and Don Pedro will take part in person in that expedition, which will immediately post from the Isle of Terceira, and of which the definitive aim is to place Donna Maria 11. upon the throne of Portugal, and re-establish the constitution.—Na. tional. THE EVENING STAR LONDON, MONDAY, OCT. 3. 031 Z O'CLOCK. THIS DAT...-Thertnaneeter, 67. Bit. ranter, 29.72. Weather, fair, and cloudy. Wind S.W.— Rain last night. The protracted debates in the Commons, the dou ble general election, the oft renewed meetings of the people in every part of the kingdom, the news paper discussions, and the solemn importance of the subject itself, have conspired altogether to confer an unparalleled stage-effect on.the denoue ment of the reform bill in the House of Lords...- The suspicion which has always attached to the public spirit of that assembly, and the utter impossibility of determining every indi vidual vote before-hand, render the actual division as interesting as the cast of a die, in a case in which a man's whole fortune is at issue. We do not believe that the moat sagacious po litician in England, in or out of Administration, can anticipate the actual result of the aggregate votes of tour hundred and twenty subatantative persons, in so nicely poised a case. For our parts, we have always been of opinion, that if at the last creation, thirty or forty new Peers had been necessary, instead of twenty, there would have been no difficulty in making a worthy selection ; and we therefore presume, on the good faith and con sistency of the Cabinet, that they made such an estimate as at that time assured a majority.— Nevertheless, the boasting of the adverse faction, and the acknowledged numbers of those who, from pride or prejudice, are disposed to thwart the people, create a painful uncertainty in London, and through the Nation. This morning, as well as on Saturday, the anxiety of the monied interests led to a fall in public securities, in all II per Cent. and on this day at noon of Iths. This depression arises from a confidence in all men of business that the passing of the Bill is essential at once to the public welfare and security. The Constitution itself depends on it ; for the morbid parts have so increased, that a general dissolution of the body-politic has been impending, and the Bill alone has afforded rea sonable hope of recovery. In another column we have taken the pains to collect, from a variety of sources, the rumours which prevail through the town. They place our readers in a Pall-mall or Bond-street position, and enable the distant parts of the empire to discover the feelings in the best informed London circles. We can do no more to-day for their gratification; but we think it proper to state, that whenever the decision takes place, we will, with that celerity which always distinguishes our exertions, forward an extra edition of the STA R by all the first coaches that leave London, to the great towns, and especially to persons who do us the honour to express their wishes. STAR OFFICE, Two o'CLocx. The LORD CHANCELLOR having disposed of all the Scotch Appeals ready for hearing, pro ceeded this morning. assisted by the Marquis of CHOLMONDELEY and Lord HOWARD of EF- Flxosam, to hear arguments in the English Appeal, Wilson v. Lord Kensington, which is altogether a question respecting tithes. Lord MOST YN this morning took the oaths and his 'engin the House of Lords. His Lordship was introduced by Lords Ducts and BELa AV EN. Lord HUNTINGDON, and Lord CLIFFORD and CHUDLIIIGN, also took the oaths and their seats. THRZE O'CLOCK —Few persons are yet :IS' sembled in Palace-yard. Reports continue sofa vourable among official persons. The mails of yesterday and to-day contain va rious advice. from Poland, by which it apprarJ that the Russians are exe r ti ng ever y species of ca jolery, corruption, and t reac h er y, t o divide the Poles, • and reinstate themselves in posseslti"' There are no arrests ; compliments instead of re proaches are bestowed on all Polish (dew, i i :