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superb apartment in the palace of the government. This policy . will not seduce us ; they would have us to remain tr anquil, in the hope that we shall one day be governed by the son of the great Captain. But they will not deceive us; we must submit to force, but we endeavour, and ever will endeavour, to deliver ourselves from the chains of foreign ers. Let war break out, and let our masters bo obliged to quit their great cities, and they will see whether the faithful inhabitants of Lombardy will permit them to re-enter. The intelligence from central Italy is good up to the present ; the Ecclesiastics of Romagna, of the Legations and the Marche, have endeavoured to make a counter-revo lution, but they have not succeeded. Now seeing that they were in danger of being discovered, they have all taken the national cockade. We are assured even that the Preachers of Lent have preached in favour of the new state of things. ITALY, ROME, MA RCII 2.—The Pope gave on the 28th of February, the Cardinals hats to the Archbishops of To- Ledo, of Seville, and Besangon. The two first were named Cardinals by Leon XII. in the Consistories of the 20th of December, 1824, and the 13th March, 1826 ; the third by Pius VIII. in the Consistory of the sth of July, 1830. The Ambassador of his Catholic Majesty at the holy see, has remitted to the Pope letters of credit from the Duke of Lucques, which names him Minister Plenipotentiary to his Holiness. The Prince of Montfort and the Duchess of Saint Leu have, it is said, endeavoured all in their power, but sithout effect, to recall to them the two Princes of the Bonaparte family, who are with the insurgents. BELGIUM. _ _ In a long article of thCourrie . ; des Pays Bas, we find the following reflections upon the occasion of the proclama tion of the Regent to the inhabitants of Luxembourg. The proclamation of the Regent to the inhabitants of the pro vince of Luxembourg, and the measures which will follow, are a good augury for the political conduct of our Ministry, at least in that which regards the maintaining the integrity of the territory. Here are the compilers of protocols in presence of the Belgian revolution. We shall now see how they will support their principles of 1814 and 1815. If our statesmen continue to understand the nation, our revolution will not be lost. Perhaps even we may still be saved with- 1 out war ; for diplomacy will draw back and leave open all which liberty demands from it. Diplomacy at this day re sembles the Scapin of Moliere, who becomes insolent when Leander addresses some excuses to him, but lowers his tone instantly when Leander retakes the dignity which becomes him in quality of master.—Messager des Chambres. SPAIN. Correspondence of the Indicalear de Bordeaux. BAYONNE, MAics 11. We learn this moment, by an extraordinary courier, which kit Madrid on the Bth, that at two o'clock on that day, the schools of the Marine Guards and Veterinary School of the Isle of Leon have turned out, and proclaimed the constitu tion. Some corps of troops sent against them had been obliged to retreat. Cadiz has made also a movement, and the Governor, Oliveira, had been killed by the people ; and the refugee General Torrijos,who had repaired from the bay of Gibraltar to Cadiz, had been proclaimed General-in-Chief at Cadiz. A marine corps was the first to give in its submission to him. At Madrid, on the departure of this Cabinet courier, it was said that the Government had heard of au insurrection in Valencia, and in the province of La Mancha. The Delegate of the Police at bun has in part confirmed this news. Long live the Schools,—honour to our brave men—eter nal glory to the Isle of Leon, which wishes to become now for the third time the cradle of Spanish liberty. The Spanish Consul at Bayonne has received despatches, which confirm in a great part the preceding news ; but he adds, that all will be put down by the troops of General Quesada. He wishes, no doubt, to speak of the first com motion at Cadiz on the 3d of March, but which does not destroy the result of the second, that took place on the day and hour where the constitution of the Cortes was proclaimed at the Isle of Leon. The English Ambassador slept at Bayonne on the night of the 10th or 11th ; he was on his way from Madrid to London. Every where on the frontier the news of the in surrection had been received with the most lively joy. This last passage only we have in common with a Morning Paper. The contents of the Brussels and German Papers, received this day by the mail, are altogether void of interest, when compared with the accounts which we communicate to our readers in our previous columns. Such as they are, how ever, we give in the following extracts : BRUSSELS, ALtami 13. It is affirmed that the decisive protocol, of which we lately spoke, was received yesterday by our Government. Hitherto nothing has transpired of the contents of this protocol, except that it positively re quires an answer within 10 days. This document will soon he made known to us by the London and Paris Journals ; and the whole result of the combinations of the Belgic diplomacy will be to have concealed it, for two or three days, front the country, the fate of which it determines. It is reported in the city, (says Lc Courier,) that the Government has revived a protocol, dated the 2d of this month, containing the Ultimatum of the five powers, with orders to accept the Prince of ClaaxttE. We have gone to the source of this report ; it came to Brussels, in commercial letters from Antwerp; and it is probably just as true, as the news of the taking of Warsaw, which came to us by the same channel! Some jobbers of Antwerp take their wishes for truth. From what transpires of the discussions of the Council of 31inistera, these gentlemen find it difficult to agree on the resolutions to be adopted. The day before, yesterday, out of 5 questions, 2 were decided, and 3 ad. )(ruined.— The Emancipation. It has been reported that General Daine was at Brussels, and that to prevent a meeting between him and General Mellinet, he had been put under arrest. K e are authorised to contradict this news. General Urine is with his corps, which he has not left since the Gth December; and in the latest letters of General Alellinet to him, there not a word tending to excite resentment. There is every reason to believe that the two Generals will no longer give to the army a acne of dispute which afflicted all good citizens.—lbid. We learn from an authentic source, and we are able to affirm, that General Elaine has just accused 51ellinet before the supreme tribunal of war on four capital points. It is added, he intends to require a more direct and personal satisfaction.—Le Politique. The official journal of Holland contains the protocol of the confer. vice. at London, dated 111th February, which states that the Kin g o f Holland has a dh e red: to the protocols of the 20th and 27th January. Tne official journal of Holland also announces the formal assent of the King to the protocol of the 19th February. We regret to learn that the health of M. de Gerlaehe is so shattered tLst he cannot take on himself the important functions confided to him by the Regent. The motive of his retirement is real, we know Courier de la Meuse. We have no news from Warsaw, later than the 3d instant. —netts:etc Papers, March 14. VIEVNA7III7ricn 6. The Austrian Observer of to-day sayi--" Letters from Cracow, of the 2d March, give accounts of the extreme consternation that prevailed at Warsaw, in consequence of the battle before Prega on the 25tli of February. This feeling is much increased by the conjecture that the city may soon be exposed to a bombardment ; for it is observed, by means of telescopes, that the Russians are erecting batteries on the right hank of the Vistula." His Majesty the Ring of Hungary gives to-day a grand entertainment to the deputation of the kingdom, which has come to congratulate him on his marriage. The Archduke Maximilian, of Rote, arrived this morning, from his isit to Italy. It is supposed that the Austrians destined to restore order in Modena, would enter the duchy yesterday or to-day, from San Benedetto. CONSTANTINOPLE, FEE. 10. The continuance of public tranquillity enables the Government to tmploy the state of peace and amity with foreign powers, to make Im. provememe in the internal administration, to encourage commerce and manufactures, and especially to better the condition of the Rayas : by this it hopes to check their emigration, which has been gaining ground since the last war, and evert to induce many of them to return, in which it hss really been successful, both in Asia and Europe. It wu doubt less a calculation of this Mad that induced the Sultan to grant to the Patriarch of Jerusalem half a million of piastres to enable him to pay outstanding debts, ite. to have this sum deposited with a degree of so. lemnity in the Greek Patriarchal residence. Much larger sums, to the amount of four or five millions, have been sent to Rumells and Bulgaria, to be distributed among the Reyes who suffered the most by the ravages of the late war, to enable them to rebuild their cottages, to procure cattle, and purchase seed for eon. 31orc important measures for the encouragement of eons. meree and navigation, among which is said to be a reduction of the duties of Customs for the support of the Porte have already been discussed in the Divan, but not yet carried into effect, on account of the apprehended di m i nu ti on o f the revenue. Sulieman Pasha, late Governor of Candle, having given up the island to the Vice Roy of Egypt, has arrived at Constantinople, the Egyptian tilthaving taken possession. Greek Patriarch has been ordered to propose persons duly qua lified for the office of Archbishops, and other Bishops of Candia. The Island becomes more and more tranquil, but no news has been received of the evacuation of Fort embus', by the allies ; and of its occupa tion by the Egyptian troops--Athens and Negropont were not yet eva cuata at the end of January.—Allyerneine Zeitung, March 11. By the following article, received this day from Italy, we find that the two nephews of BOUNAPARTE are still in arms. There is no doubt now that the Austrians are in motion : ROME, Mown 11. We are here waging a bloodless war. The Romans are still in Civita Casteliana, the provincialists in °trimii. It is said the only object of the insurgents in advancing was the deliverance of the in. dividuals Imprisoned in Civita Castellano, for their political opinions, and that as these prisoners have already been released by the Popes orders their object is attained. Many think they will not come to Rome, especially as the report of the approach of the Austrians gains ground, and has in fact a ban official character as it comes from persons of the highest rank. VIENNA. Blaitcst 5. Four per Cent. Metalliques 69. Bank Stock 946. Allgeaseine Zeitung, March 10. SPIRIT OF THE JOURNALS. Meas.—Sir Charles Wetherell surprised the house to which he belongs last night, by an insinuation that the members of munici pal bodies in Scotland might not petition for an extension of the elective franchise, because they had sworn to maintain the rights of their several corporations ! Plain common sense revolts at the quibble ! Sir Charles Wetherell is a man catching $ lion in a cobweb I By the way, is he quite sure that he ever sat in the chair of the God dess of Reason, It must have been some other chair. Csaowier.r..—The opponents of Reform, who calculate upon the co-operation of those whose personal interests may be affected by the proposed measure, will find, if we be not much mistaken, that they reckon without their host. Several of the principal Borough Propri etors in the Upper House, the Dukes of Norfolk, Bedford, Devon. shire, the Marquisses of Lansdown and Cleveland, Earls Grosvenor, Thanet, fices have already evinced their resolution to be guided solely by considerations of public advantage, tranquillity, and happiness. In the House of Commons there are parallel eases of magnanimity and patriotism. Not to mention the names,there is the eameof Mr. Buller,the representative for West Loe, who has written one of the best pamphlets iecrisis has produced in favour of reform. There are, to be sure, in. stances of • contrary disposition ' • Mr. 'Villiers Stuart, the former popular candidate for Waterford, and both the Representatives for the county of Down, of whom one (Lord Castlereagh) is loud in his declara tions of hostility to the plan of Ministers. But he is very similarly circumstanced to the persons we some days since noticed as having the strongest personal inducements to oppose Reform. This young Lordling was lately a I.ord of the Admiralty, with a house, and a thousand pounds per annum to keep It—no contemptible addition to his allowance, whatever it be. But it is clear enough that no reformed Parliament would tolerate the purchase of such services as he is capable of rendering at so high a price. He, therefore, and all like him, have the deepest possible interest in resisting the proposed salutary change— and they may be assured, the country will estimate their opinions and votes at the proper value. Tutus.—An Essex county meeting is a proceeding very far from devoid of interest. We have heard that a measure hostile to reform is in contemplation in this county, and in the strength of that information we do most earnestly recommend to the friends of the great measure to congregate in such numbers, and to evince then such temper, mixed with seal and resolution, as may show to their adversaries themselves, that their plottings against reform are futile and absurd. What would the enemies of reform have ? Rotten boroughs still ? The thing is im possible. They are destroyed now already. Ruinous expenses at elec tions ? We should have thought Essex had had enough of these already. They prevent the people, too, from having the object of their choice. They prevent honourable men of moderate fortune, whatever their talents or ca pacity may be, from offering themselves as candidates. They prevent even the aristocracy—that body in which the only opponents of the present measure are to be found...from coming forward to serve their friends, their neighbours, and their country, and leave the field clear for strangers and adventurers. The bill, therefore, must pass, unless reason and common sense, as well as a just estimate of public rights, be lost in England. We now find out, however, the kind of opposition which is to be got up to the approaching reform meeting at Chelmsford. There is advertised a future meeting at no fixed time, though the second reading of the Reform Bill takes place on Monday next. And this second meeting is to consist of the nobility, gentry, and clergy only ! Where are they to meet? In a milliner's shop. the counter perfumed with bergamot, and each one wearing kid gloves? Dear Jemmy Jes. %omits ! Nobles, gentlemen, and clergymen, of that soft county of Essex ! We hope no rain will fall as you go to and fto, and are not under shelter ! CHRONICLE. —Can there be a better proof of the necessity for a reform, which shall rescue the property and population of the country from a certain number of families who make the wealth and Industry of the nation subservient to their separate interests, than the spectacle which has been afforded us at a conjuncture like the present? Here we have the whole trading world petitioning for the measure which Lord Brougham has proposed (alluding to the Bankrupt Reform Bill). There is not a merchant, a banker, or vender in the city, whose name is worth any thing, who has not expressed himself in favour of the measure. Yet with a measure fot reform introduced by the Go vernment, founded on the necessity for administering the af fairs of the country, without regard to any other consider. ation than the public interests—with the eyes of the public, in consequence, critically turned to the conduct of the Oligarchy, who may be said to have every motive for hypocrisy, at least as a substitute for the virtue which they cannot be expected to have—the nation has been outraged by the degrading spectacle of a body of Peers, in. different to the wants of the people, and alive only to selfish interests, clinging to these seventy places, like so many hungry wolves clinging to their prey. They know that there is not one good reason for the retaining the commissionerships, but they view them as so many good livings which their sons, brothers, and young nephews, are to hold. Let us benefit the higher ranks in spite of themselves ; let us with. draw from them the means by which they may be induced to de price themselves of the respect of an enlightened nation ; let us se cure our pockets from their fingers, and compel them to provide for their dependents out of their own estates There are many honour- I able men among them, who, like Lord Suffield, are anxious to be freed flan the obloquy the selfish conduct of • part of the body throws on the whole. Thew are not times in which a nation will patiently tolerate such base abuses of power to the furtherance of base and selfish ends. Pose.—As we predicted with regard to the affairs of Belgium, so it has precisely turned out. The Regent, encouraged by circumstances to disregard all that has been done in London, has been induced boldly and unegnivocally to reject the Protocols; and as if similar considerations influenced the conduct of the French Government, this same Regent, In a Proclamation issued by him to the inhabitants of Luxemburg, un reservedly states, that the Protocols are considered by a " Great Power" (meaning of course France) to be only proposals, and that the Belgians, regardless of all Treaties, will finish the revolution in spite of the Protocol.; of London." We never for a moment doubted that the unwise and ruinous course pursued by the present precious Mi. Many of Britain would be taken advantage of by our natural enemies, whose real aim and object, whatever may be their specious professions, ore nothing short of the infliction of a deadly wound, at the first con venient opportunity, upon the hitherto transcendent gtratneas of their successful rivals in councils as well as in arms; alas I the unex ampled imbecility and fatal error of our existing Ministry offer to them the most alluring temptations for daring enterprise in this regard. We think that the outrageous Belgians, regardless even as they may be of solemn treaties, of which they do not pretend to plead would not have dared to proclaim, through their Regent, reprehensible sentiments as they have now ventured to broach, did they not coosder themselves countenanced in their unprinciped views by the insidious Councils of France And to this complexion of affairs are we at last brought by the lamentable incapacity and egregious errors, as well as regards our internal as our external policy, by the most weak and dan gerous Administration that has ever presided over the affairs of Britain. The Thames tunnel' is, it seems, not abandoned. As a show it yielded £1,400 last year. A Committee has been appointed to discover ways and means. We were sorry the vestries' bill was postponed on Thurs day. We regard select vestries as emblems of the corrupt House of Commons, and really wonder such arbitrary jobbing institutions have been borne with so long. Four hundred acres of marsh land, near Tilbury Fort. let on a 19 years lease at 4001. clear, were sold at the Mart on Tuesday for 5,640 guineas. SECOND EDITION. STAR OFFICE, SEvtx o'CLocK. HOUSE OF LORDS—Tars DAY. The LORD CHANCELLOR this day gave judgment inlhe ap peal respecting the elective franchise of the Royal Borough of Dundee, afErming the sentence of the Lords of Session, depriving Dundee of its franchise, thus rendering the return of the Lord Advocate illegal. Mr. Ogilvie will therefore be heard on his petition, before a Commit. tee of the House of Commons, for the purpose of setting aside the return of the Lord Advocate on Tuesday next. Petitions for reform were presented by Lord Ramon, from York shire; the Duke of RICHKOND and Lord CALTRORPE. The latter noble lord presented a petition for greater facilities under the Church Building Act. The Bishop of BRISTOL said the bill being read • third time that night In the house, would answer all the purposes of the Noble Lord's petition. Lord LONDONDERRY presented a petition from the ship owners of London, complaining of misapplication of the funds for building London Bridge. BREACH or PRIVILEGE. Thomas Woodcock, the person to whom Lord Farnham alluded, some evenings back, as having sent his lordship a threatening letter, was brought to the bar, in custody of the officers of the house. Being interrogated by the Loan CHANCELLOR, Thos. Woodcock: admitted that he had written the letter to the noble lord (Farnham) in a moment of irritation, and in ignorance of the true state of the facts, and expressed his contrition accordingly. He was therefore ordered to withdraw. Lord FARNHAM expressnd himself satisfied with the apology and explanation given. Earl GREY was of opinion that the noble lord (Farnham) had acted in a very proper manner, and suggested that the said Thomas Wood. cock be reprimanded and discharged. Thomas Woodcock was therefore brought again to the bar and repri. minded by the Lord Chancellor and discharged out of custody. HOUSE OF COMMONS—TuIa DAY The house was rather late in opening, on account of the Election Committees of Colchester, Galway, and Liverpool, which occupied the attention of Members till past Six o'Clock. TUE KING'S LEVEE. Yesterday morning, a little before eleven o'clock, his Ma jesty loft his Palace at Windsor for London, escorted by a party of the 2d regiment of Life Guards, who were relieved on the way by two changes of Lancers. The King arrived at St. James s about one o clock, and held a Court. Sir George Nayler, Genealogist and Blanc Coursier He rald, in his full robes, introduced Admiral Digby to the pre sence of the King in the Royal Closet, when his Majesty was graciously pleased to invest the gallant Admiral with the Order of a Knight Commander of the Bath. The Duke of Norfolk had an audience of his Majesty in the Royal Closet, and presented addressee from the master cutlers of Sheffield and the city of Chester, in favour of reform. Mr. Samuel Wilson was introduced to the King, and kissed hands on his being appointed Gentleman Harbinger to his Majesty, and had the honour of receiving from the King the silver stick of office. The Earl of Gosford was introduced to the King, and kissed hands on his being appointed a Lord of the King's Bedchamber. Mr. Grosvenor kissed hands upon his being re-appointed Comptroller of the King's Household. Count Moltke, the Danish Minister, had an audience of the King, when his Excellency delivered a letter to his Ma jesty from his Sovereign. The King then held a Levee. At the Entree Levee were the Dukes of Cumber!and and Sus sex; Prince Leopold, the Prince of Orange, the Russian, Austrian, French, Netherlands, and Brazilian Ambassadors; the Prussian Swedish, Danish, Spanish, American, Neapolitan, Sardinian, and Wirtemberg Ministers, Monsieur C. Bourke, Secretary to the Danish Embassy ; the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Lord Chan cellor, the Lord President, the Lord Privy Seal, the First Lord of the Treasury, the First Lord of the Admiralty, the Secretaries of State for the Home and Foreign Departments, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the President of the Board of Controul, the Secretary of State for Ireland, the Judge Advocate General, the Lord Chamberlain, the Groom of the Stole, the Master of the Horse, the Captain of the Yeoman Guard, the Captain of the Gentleman Pensioners, the Vice- Chamberlain, the Treasurer of the Household, the Master General of the Ordnance, Lord Hill, Gold Stick in waiting. Colonel Cavendish, Silver Stick, the Lord Mayor, and the Master of the Ceremonies. The King gave audiences to the Field Officer in waiting, and the Colonel of the Guard. and received the report of the effective state of the three regiments of Foot Guards. His Majesty gave the military pass word for the day. His Majesty also gave audiences to the Marquis of Winchester, Lord Foley, Sir G. Nayler, the Duke of Devonshire, Earl Grey, Viscount Althorp, the Marquis of Clanricarde, Viscount Palmerston. the Prince of Orange,. the Right Honourable C. Grant, Lord Hill, Sir J. Kemp'. Sir J. Graham, Sir W. Freemantle, Viscount Strangfoed, and Lord J. O'Brien. Lord Amherst and Sir Henry Blackwood were the Lord and Groom in waiting. Soon after five o'clock his Majesty left the palace in his travelling carriage on his return to Windsor. The King has issued orders of invitation for a numerous dinner party on the 23d inst. to the members of the Hano verian Order. Dlt URY; ItICAL FUND. Tuesday morning Mr. Harley, the Treasurer and Master of Drury lane Fund, had the honour of an audience with his Royal Highness the Duke of Sus-ex ' at his mansion in Hyde Park-place, for the pur pose of receiving his Royal Highness a commands in the arrange ments to be made for the celebration of the Fund Festival on Fri day next. The Royal Duke received Mr. Harley with the greatest affability and kindness entered at great length and warmth of feeling into the merits of the Institution, and stated that on the present, as well as on future occasions, he should interest himself in every way likely to be conducive to the success and prosperity of the Charity. His Royal Highness further intimated that, sith the view of preventing iOCOIIVC. Plena or disappointment to the numerous company likely to be assem bled on Friday, it was his intention to be at the Tavern precisely at six o'clock. Mr. Harley returned his most grateful acknowledgments to his royal and illustrious patron fnr his condescension ; and at the close of an Interesting interview, which lasted nearly an hour,tnok leis ! ra re, for the purpose of communinsting the gratifying result to the Fund Cern. mince then sitting at I)rury-lane Theatre. Yesterday a numerous meeting of the membets of the committee took place at the Fund Office, in Great Russell-street, Covent-garden, for the purpose of making final arrangements for the celebration of the Fes tivals to-morrow. Mr. T. Cooke attended as Master of the Musical Department, and intimated that he felt much pleasure in being authorised to state that he had received generous promises of assistance from Mrs. WAylett, ' Mr. Brehm, Sig. Lablache, Dc Begnis, Mr. H. Phillips, Nir. Sinclair, Mr. Horn, Mr. Seguin. Mr. Bennett, Mr. Fitzwilliam Mr. Bedford, Mr. floulding, Mr. Collier, big. nev ° es. Mr. rattan Cooke, (solo Oboe), and Mr. Nicholson (solo Flute) [hear ! and applause]. COVENT GARDEN THE VITCti AL FUND. The Committee of this Fund are indefatigable in their exertions to secure a full attendance of their illustrious and distinguished patrons at the forthcoming Festival. Mr. Bartley yesterday stated at the Committee that on Monday week, when his Majesty was returning from the theatre, he earnestly addressed hinoclf to Mr. Charles Kemble in these words : " Kenible, when is your Fund Dinner ?" Mr. Kemble, not tecolleeting at the moment the precise day fixed for that purpose, appealed to him (Mr. Bartley), who having informed his Majesty of the appointed day, the King observed, emphatically, "Communicate to the Committee that I shall tot forget them—l shall not forget them." Mr. Banky regrette d to state, that by a letter he had received from 0. Colman, Esq. be was apprised that in consequence of the death of a near relative of Mrs. Gibbs, that lady would be prevented from sp. peering this evening in I. Pelriek's Day. - - 4 At Lancaster Assiz e s, a t rave lli ng man and woman were committed for having in their possession 1,192 counterfeit half-crowns, and 20 shillings, and 50 sove reigns. SUPPORT OF MINISTERS. A reference to Panorama in our last page proves that meetings prevail every where in counties, towns, corporations, rotten boroughs, and single parishes, to address the titre, estates in behalf of the reform bill. Perhaps the people of England have not been eqnally unanimous and so zealous in declaring their unanimity for several centuries. Yesterday a numerous and respectable meeting of the ire habitants of the Ward of Aldgate took place in the Coin mittee-room, in Mitre -street, Mr. Alderman Thorp in th., chair, at which a petition was agreed to, to be present.•d to the Houses of Lords and Commons, in favour of the mea • sure of reform, and that the Lord High Chancellor should present it to the House of Lords, and Mr. Alderman Wood in the Commons. Yesterday a meeting, numerously and respectahlv attended, was convened at the City of London Tavern of tl,e inhabitants of St. Sepulchre, at which Mr. Bedford, thi churchwarden, presided, to petition Parliament in support of Lord John Russell's bill of reform, and it was agreed that hie Grace the Duke of Norfolk should attend to it in the House of Lords, and Mr. Alderman Waithman in tho Commons. A similar meeting took place yesterday of the inhabitant 4 of the Ward of Billingsgate, in the vestry room in Botolpli lane, Mr. Alderman Brown in the chair. Petitions Ivor/. agreed to, in support of the important measure of reform and it was resolved that the Lord Cliancell.ar should present it to the House of Lords, and Mr. Alderman Thompson to the Commons. The inhabitants of St. Giles, Camberwell, will meet tbi. evening at six o'clock, at the Grove-House, to petition parliament upon the present subject of reform. The ancient and honourable Lumber Troop met yesterday evening at their suttling-house, in Great New-street, Sho..- lane, for the same purpose. The inhabitants of St. James, Westminster, meet to morrow, when Sir F. Burdett will preside. A numerous meeting has been held at Woodbridge, agree ably to a requisition addressed to the magistrates, to petition both Houses of Parliament for a reform in the represent•t tion of the people. A meeting of the inhabitants of Bungay and neighbour hood was held at the Tuna Inn, for the purpose of signing a petition to the House of Commons, in support of the mea sure brought forward by his Majesty's linisters for a re form in Parliament. Several towns in Suffolk are upon the alert—lpswich (•. requisition is on foot), Bury, Beccles, Bungay, Haleswortb. Mildenhall, Woodbridge—these have already declared their cordial approval of, and anxious determination to uphold and bring into operation, the principle of the grand measure of reform submitted to the approval of the country. A meeting of the inhabitants of Old and New Brentford and Ealing, unanimously resolved to present an address to his Majesty, and petitions to both Houses of Parliament, praying that the measure now pending, for a reform in the election of members to serve in the House of Commons, may be passed into a law. At Walsall on Friday, a meeting of the inhabitants was held at the Guildhall, for the purpose of petitioning parlia ment in favour of the reform measure proposed to the House of Commons by Lord John Russell. Resolutions in support of the ministry were unanimously agreed to at a public meeting held in the Town-hall, Fal mouth, on Monday, at which J. Cornish, Esq. presided. The public meeting to petition parliament in favour of Lord John Russell's bill for reform, held at Evesham on Sa turday, 12th instant, was of a highly interesting nature. After a fruitless attempt to excite opposition. the origins resolutions were carried by an overwhelming majority. The Bar petition in favour of Lord John Russell's bill has been signed by all the banisters on the Western Circuit, ex cept fire. Accounts from the other Circuits are expected immediately. A requisition, signed by upwards of 100 respectable in habitant householders of the parish of Kensington, was on Saturday last presented to the churchwardens, (Messrs. Chesterton and Lambourn), for the purpose of calling a meeting, to express their gratitude to His Most Gracious Majesty and his Ministers, for the boon proposed to be ex tended to the country, by Lord J. Russell's plan of Reform. Tuesday a highly respectable meeting of the inhabitants of St. Dunstan's, Fleet -street, was held in the large room, at No. 110, Chancery-lane, to take into consideration the propriety of presenting an address to His Majesty, con gratulating him on the measure of reform proposed by his Ministers.—Resolutions were then put seriatim, and carried unanimously amidst loud appla►►se. The congratulatory address to His ►Majesty was read, and after an amendment in which the gratitude of the meeting was also expressed, was unanimously agreed to. Monday evening the inhabitants of the large and populous parish of Islington met at Canonbury Tavern, to consider the propriety of supporting his Majesty's ministers in the proposed measure of reform now before parliament; it was one of the largest meetings ever assembled in this parish, i►► fact, great numbers were unable to obtain admittance, the throng was so dense—at the same time the greatest unani mity prevailed. Moreover, it was composed of individuals of the first respectability in the place, consisting of bankers, merchants actively engaged in commerce, as well as opulent retired merchants, master manufacture's, traders, and oche-s ; when resolutions, expressive of approbation of the measure. were put and carried unanimously. Petitions were prepared to both houses of parliament, and which, no doubt, will have considerable weight, when it is known that the parish enn tains upwards of forty thousand inhabitants. Also an ad diess to his majesty, expressive of loyalty and attachment. A public meeting of the gentry, clergy, and freeholders of Berkshire, was held yesterday at ALingdon, pursuant to a requisition addressed to the High Sheriff, C. Eyston, Esq. —The meeting was very numerously and most respectably attended. At a little after 12 o'clock, the High Sheriff, ac companied by several gentlemen of the county, entered the Shire-hall, Mill was received with loud cheers. He was soon after followed by R. Palmer, Esq. (one of the county members.) At this period, the attendance was not very numerous, but in the progress of the proceedings the hall became filled. 'there were many ladies present. At half past 12 the meeting was addressed by the High Sheriff, and Mr. Hallett, who pro posed an address to his Majesty, and petitions to Parlia ment, praying that the Reform Bill may Le allowed to pass into a law ; after which speeches were eloquently delivered by Mr. Allnutt, Mr. Pallmer, Mr. Monck, and several other Gentlemen. At the conclusion, Mr. Hallett moved that the thanks of the meeting be given to the High Sheriff, for the readiness with which he had called them together, and for his impartiality in the chair. Mr. R. Palmer had much pleasure in seconding the motion. The motion was carried by acclamation. The High Sheriff returned thanks. — He said that he would willingly perform what had been re quested of him ; and that in presenting the address, be should like to tell his Majesty, if it were consistent with etiquette, that there was not only not one of his loyal subjects in Berk s who would rob him of one jewel in his crown, but that there was not one who would not readily peril his life in defence of his Majesty's crown and dignity. (Loud cheering.) The meet ing was then declared to be dissolved ; hut there was a general cry of " Three cheers for the King and his Ministers !" The cheers were given very heartily and lustily, and the meeting separated.