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Caine; and con:, :Aled that if C.:lnc, en infatmus nomina• Lion borough. hml a member. on every principle of justice- Guildford ought to !rive at least six members. (Cheers and laugh.) He should not oppose the present motion ; but hen the propel in, arrived, be should propose to introduce :he eternal Caine i ,to schc.ittle A. ?Ir. PUSEY thought the noble lord would not be depart. anc iron the pri-rinle of the bill by excluding this borough frm o n i.rheduk U. tbvre bring upwards of three hundred 101. 11Jose., though ill^ pop:dation was under 4.000. Thr r. al. cleurcil for a eivilion. The numbers were, For lb.! rrmion 253 Against it 186 313jority for it ... .. Ilelstnne" was next . pat and carried. '.l . !e CHAIRMAN next named " Honiton." (Cheers and laughter.' , Sir GEOII GE WA RR F.NDER irnmediVely rose. He 40 tinikti w ith continued. loud. ard long rounds of cheer•. and vollies of lattgater. lie said. be regretted that he c"tld not participtte in t!:e hilarity of those around him, for lie rose to pronounce a fu-eral merino over Monitors. He did not intend to divide the Co:nu:it:re on the questic", :Are the d.cisions that had been eeme to. (War ) He cur 'deleted that these were acts of injustice, end there were is co . .sequence of them great chances taking place in the pub lic tt.ind, and in tile opinions of members of that hnase. )lanv members who had voted in the mal , wities respecting Appl,hy, D.iwnton, Chipp.mhant, and Dorchester. after flan!. i.ad admitted to hitn that they acre " hard" ca-es. Ile repeated, that he should not divide the Comntittee, he should be a party to registering this edict of injustice but It:: relied on " another place," which in the cases of till ewe Bills had frequently corrected private injuries. tint it would prevent the publie injustice now threatened. (Cheers.) It schedule 11. were pressed, it would be the death of the bill. Mr. GI SBORNE (alto spoke from the gallery) denied ilt.tt they were registering the edicts of irjustice or the wiil t•t the ministers ; but they were obeying the public voice. Hear.) He complained of conversation attributed vaguely different members ; it was a %t`f t of insinuaticm that he thought was not warranted. Jud2i.ig from himself and trim ell those he knew, the votes had been given from the L-mvietion that the disfranchisements were just and requisite to carry the bill, and properly to correct and amend the representation. Mr. I'EACEVAL said the hon. member had admitted tl:;.t they did not follow the ministers, but the popular cla mour. He believed that was the fact, and the moment they ii:itsed blindly to follow that popular feeling, the little iv, i.t h t they had would soon melt away. (Hear.) The motion was then carried amidst considerable cheering. Huntingdon was next named. Mr. J. PSEI, oppposed the motion. It was unjust, but he relied on the justice of another tribunal. Mr. JAMES said the real question here was whether they should take away two members from Lord Sandwich and give one to the town of Huntingdon. (Hear.) • Motion agreed to. _ ilythe was next put, and agreed to without comment. Launceston wan next r.ame(L Sir J. 31Al•COLBI observed that the borough was in reality situated in five parishes ; and to limit the borough to one parish was refl.ming an injustice on it. It ought not to deprivtd of the privilege of sending two members. The inh,thitanta in reality numbered 5,400. But it was useless to enumerate facts—they were not listened to, county-towns were disregarded, and places where assizes had been held. He had txpretetl justice ; but found none. The justice was efthe 6' Jedburgh ' kind—such as they had on the borders - hang first, and try afterwards." (Hear.) There appeared to be now no other principle than that of novelty. Let this measure be carried, and no one could say where the applica. tc.n of the principle of novelty would end. Ile, however, !:.r what had passed, did riot think he should the motittee on the subject. sir H. HARD! adviu,l his hon. friend not to divide ti.e Committee. Where was the use ? Repeated divisions riy produced about the same results, so that It was in fact ti.eless to divide ; they had only to divide against pledged wajorities.—(that, hear.) An arbitrary line had been erta.n. but when it suited the noble lord it was found to be an elastic principle. The motion was agreed to. Liskeard was then ',anted. lord ELLIOT said, he should not divide the Com mittee, bte.tuse the population of Liskeanl was now above 4,t0); that aas not the cam when the census was taken In Motion agreed to. Lyme Itegi4 was then named,—and motion carried. Lymington was neat put. Mr. CHOKER said be deemed the cue similar to Ccekermouth—but after the decision on that occasion, he would not oppose the question further in the Committee. Mr. BURKA RD spoke to the like effect, and contended tLac the cae.e was severe upon this borough.-3lotion c4rtied. 31.thlon was then named. Sir. Q. DICK was understood to speak in defence of the borough, but he was very imperfectly heard in the gallery. Mr. LEN NA RD said his constituents were such decided friends to the great measure of Reform, that they were de sirous to support it even at the loss of a part of their own franchise. (Hear, hear.) Mr. WESTERN said he had represented Malden twenty years, and would be exceedingly glad if he could vote for taking it out of the schedule, but according to the rule laid down it was impossible, th ough Nlaldon was not &amine. tim! borough ; on the contrary it was most fruitful in conten. tion ; and he believed the hon. gentleman, from the other tile of the channel, spent not less than twenty thousand pounds in his first attempt to get possession of blaldon, which after all for that time proved abortive, tho' ha had since been more successful. Colonel SIBTHORP said he bad been called on to stand candidate for the repreaentation, and from what he had now heard was very glad he had not obeyed the call—(a lAugh); still he would support the right of Maldon to have (en reprksentatives. Sir 'CHARLES WETHERELL, opposed the die f•inchisement of Msldon. Mr. Alderman WAI rn MAN said, it was lamentable to sei. the time of the house taken up by such a discussion. Mahlon WAS notoriously corrupt ; they cared cot who re prerente,i them so be spent sufEnent money. Mr. HARVEY said he was a burgess of Maldon, and never knew any corruption in it. Mr. WESTERN said, his contests had been very ex y*craive front bringing voters from a distance, but he never lanyw any corruption. Mr. I.;F.NNA RD said, the eipessc of the contests for Malden arose from bringing its great number of voters from a di-ranee ' • he never knew of ail corruption. The resolution was agreed to. 'I he CH AIRMAN put the question that he should re rent progress, and ask leave to sit agair. r;.ir R. PEEL asked, was it the noble lord's intention ii t the House should sit to-morrow. He thought it would l.e infinitely better to sit later than such an arrangement, as sitting- to-morrow would be unjust. He only heard of the imen.ion at nine e.lock that morning; arid as no novice was raver. many had trade arrangements to go to the country for Saturday and Sunday. Many also wino were cn Election Committees could not be prepared to state die case of their constituents. when the boroughs which they tepresen cd were about to he disfranchised. (Hear.) Lcrd ALTA Olt P said, he was pressed by many support ers of the Bill to sit on Saturdav ; and as it would be expe dient to adjourt: over Monday, he should persevere in mov. ing that the )inure meet at two o'clock this day. (Hear.) — lle was confirmed in this deternitration by the loss of time that had taken place this evening in discussions on the Dub -1.11 1-..l..ctinti Committee. _ _ . Mr. ATTW Of said. he should not object to sitting on ir'zturday, the Reform Bill was not brought forward. He was satisfied the minority would Men to the constitutional means of protecting itself. The house The CH.I IR MAN reported progress, and asked leave to sit again 'his day. Air. SPENCER PERCEVAL implored the noble lord not to press hie pro ition to sit again that day. The CHA NC ELL pos OR of the EXCHEQUER adhered to biA determination. S,r R. I'EEL said that speed ought always to be con sistent a ith fairness. He could not attend on Saturday, and he would tot. It would be perfectly fair for the noble lord to propose that the house sit on the same question on Satur. d iy week, it' he wished an additional day. After a tew words from Mr. G. Lomas, Mr. Doxox, end Sir H. Hammier, Sir C. WETHERELL contended that the press had as st.m.d an ascendancy over ministers, who by their haste in, g to sit again that day, were evidently giving way to it. Alta a conversation between Mr. T. P. Courtenay, Sir It. Price, 31r. Ewan, Sir G. Murray, and several others, the house diVidtd on the questlon that the committee sit again this day, when there appeared That the committee sit again this day .. 216 Against it ... 143 Majority in favour of ministers 73 The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the house adjourned at three o'clock. BIECTION. W I: tsp.% YEv ENING.—The majority against Mr. Prendergast, the reform candidate, at the close of this day's poll, was 210. The total for Mr. Baring Wall being 298, and for Mr. Prendergast 88. The election has been virtually decided by a single decision of the Mayor's, on one of the votes who polled as the grantee under the property of the late Mr. Weston. By deciding against this vote, the Mayor swept away at one fell swoop 240 of Mr. Prendergast's votes, urn wheat he had re !ied for success, and whose support can alone be recovered by a parliamentary petition against the re turn. What makes this decision the more extraor dinary is the fact, that the returning officer acknow ledged that he had prejudged the question, and the cnly argument he heard previous to his decision was noon another vote connected with the same property, ! , ut most materially differing in its character and legal bearings. Mr. Prendergast has been tin , questionably the popular candidate within the town, hut Mr. Baring Wall was strongly supported from the vicini;v, each voter from the contiguous vil lages being paid, it is said, ss. per (lay for loss of time, and sumptuously entertained in addition, whilst the reform candidate relied for support solely upon his principles, and had not a single hired supporter. The system of electioneering at Wey mouth is most notoriously corrupt, and there is not probably a place in the kingdom where the Reform Bill will have a more efficacious application. Nine tenths of the freeholds are entirely fictitious, and some of their stated value does not exceed the 20th part of a penny a year. Yet the anti-reformers profess to approve this system, and to be anxious for its preservation. It is expected that Mr. l'rendergast will retire from the contest to-morrow morning. REFORM BILL AND SIR ROBERT PEEL. The anxiety in the public mind in every part of the country, as to the progress of this Bill, would appear to be unknown by the members who, " night after night," play with the public feelings by numerous flimsy and often-repeated objections to the progress of the bill, and wo fear that the exemplary patience of the people, under the most procrastinating proceedings that were ever carried on against any important public measure, will be exhausted. We were quite prepared to expect the most fac tious opposition from such men as Sir Charles Wetherell, Sir James Searlett, Mr. Knight, Mr. Praed, Lord Stormont, and Mr. Croker, " et ed omne genus," as it will perhaps be the last time, if the bill should pass, that these gentlemen will ever sit in a British House of Commons as popular members ; but wo are not prepared to expect that Sir Robert Peel, Mr. Goulburn, Sir George Mur ray, and other gentlemen who have a character to support before a British public, and who have been, and still are, Privy Councillors of his Majesty, would follow that reckless course which night after night they pursue. They may talk of their desire and of their duty to preserve the constitution, and the " conservative principle" in the constitution ; and, if there was the smallest hope that the pre sent measure of reform was not a national mea sure, called for by 99 in every 100 of the entire population of the country (the pensioned and paid parties who profit by the existing sys tern excepted), we should think they did their duty manfully, and even with pertinacity, to resist such innovation, of the result only of the day's excite ment. Such was their cry and their defence in the last Parliament ; and they all and often pros, phesied that the people would soon return from " (lie delusion" under which they acted, and that they (the Opposition) would be hailed as the friends of the sovereign and of the people, by the assistance they gave. Against such revolutionary doctrines and measures the King appealed to the People to test these opinions of Sir Robert Peel and Co. and does there exist one individual infatuated enough to assert, that these opinions have not been ell falsified ; and that, instead of the nation acting under delusion, the whole coun try have risen as if by one accord, and on mature consideration, and, on their best judgment and reason, have affirmed that the ministerial plan of reform is one of a conservative, and not of a re volutionary and destructive principle. With one accord every county, except 11, have affirmed the mature wisdom of the King and his ministers in introducing the reform bill now under considera tion. We, therefore, again ask what can Sir Robert Pecl expect from the course he pursues? What can he hope, if, by delay, he could frustrate the bill by such vexatious conduct ? We would bring to his recollection what he stated in his place in the House of Commons when minister, " that he and the Duke of Wellington would not retain power one day if their measures did net meet the public opinion." We now put the same test to him, if he has a particle of consistency or of re- , spect for the voice of a nation—aye, of an undi- 1 1 aided nation—for the paternal anxiety of the King, or for the peace of the country, to recon cile his present factious and persevering opposition to the bill. We will tell him, and those who support him (many of whom we can excuse, as the struggles of desperate and expiring men), that the murmurs from every part of the country against such pro ceedings are loud and deep—and that, ere long, they nioy reach his ear in a voice of thunder. We have respected the business-like talents of the right hon, baronet, not for their extent or greater superiority, but because, coming after ministers who, for fifty years past, had acted regularly and perseveringly against the people's and the nation's just rights and interests, he did a little in accord ance with what he had discrimination to see were the people's wishes. For that little (and GOD knows when we look back on what has been done, it is but a little, compared to what, as a statesman and man of talent, ought to have been done) we were thank ful to the right hon. hart. NS'e gave him praise, we will freely admit, beyond his deserts; and we now caution him, and all those who have ever had a desire to secure toy public approbation for ' their acts, or to whom the public eye has even been favourably directed, to pause before they prolong their mischievous career. We consider it unworthy of the independent character which Sir R. has claimed to believe the reports in circulation, that he and his coadjutors are acting in unison with a body of Peers, long distinguished as the pro moters of their own advantage, at the expense of the public—nor can we think that a " union of Tories," to resist the reform measure of the King and his ministers, although Sir Robert Peel may be at the head of that junto, a bit more deserving the public sympathy than the " Cato-street junto or union" experienced when their plans were bared to the public view. We are friends of our country—we admire the I spirit and principle of many of her institutions; and it is because we see the existing state of repre sentation at variance with that spirit and principle, and with the future peace, happiness, and pros perity of the nation, that we are most anxious to see the abuses (which have been introduced in the working of our establishments, so as to affect the almost entire change of many of them) corrected peaceably, constitutionally, with the sanction of our patriotic Monarch, with the applause of a loyal, generous, and patriot people; and we wish to see these changes,which the Reform Bill will effect, carried, and carried quickly, whilst yet there is time to make the amendments that are called for in the popular or democratic branch of our Conati tution. We would offer a concluding, and to us a very important argument, to Sir R. Peel, not to delay the present reform too long, lest the changes now going on in France may direct the attention of an irritated people (as the British and Irish peo ple soon will be) to ask for more than the nation would be now fully satisfied with. To Sir Robert Peel—if he is acting with his Noble and Very Re- vererul Friends in another House—we would say, "Reflect on all this,and act wisely and prudently." FOREIGN INTELLIG E NCE. FRANCE. The mouvement party wish M. Laffite President, in order to overthrow the Ministry of M. Casimir Perier, and prepare the way for the Ministry of Odilon Barrot and Lafayette. For it cannot be disguised, the Ministry of Lafitte is only demanded as the stepping-stone to Odillon Barret. It may be remarked, that Odillon Barrot, who, in the elec tions of the National Guard of Paris, was only named Captain, has been named Deputy in five Departments. If all the National Guards of the kingdom had nominated the Chamber, the men of , the opinions of Odilon Barrot would have been named nowhere. From this fact may be drawn this other consequence, that the Chamber will necessa rily be in the spirit of its election, and consequently in a spirit different from the National Guard.- -What matters, in fact, to France, whether M. Casimir Perier or M. Lafitte be President of the Council ? M. Casimir Perier is prime minister for these four months and a half, and the evils of France appear aggravated. M. Lafitte was prime minister also, and it was he who presented a civil list of 18 millions, who left us in tumults, and without a budget. It is not, then, such changes of men that can save us. One measure alone would accomplish the salvation of France : it is the admission of all the National Guards to the enjoy ment of the electoral rights; for the National Guards wish, independent of the opinions of indi viduals, all that which can preserve us from terror and from invasion,_ and render to us public order and prosperity . — Gazette de France. ais, JULY 27.—The Courrier Francais, after referring to the opposition offered by M. Casimir Perier to the election of M. Lafitte to the Presidency of the Chamber of Deputies, and the advantage taken of his pecuniary 'misfortunes to exclude him from public affairs, adds, a report has been spread that the finances of M. Lafitte are in such a low state, that he is unable to pay into the Treasury a sum of 5000 f. of Rentes which be owes as a guarantee for the fulfilment of contracts with the Hotel des Invalides. Every body knows full well that M. Lafitte embarked himself and the whole of his fortune in the revolution ; upwards of 500 families owe the salvation of their honour and their existence to him. One of the first houses in Paris was on the brink of ruin. In order to save it the house of M. Lafitte made advances to the amount of 100,000 f. and gave guarantees to the amount of 15,000 f. of rentes for the performance of contracts for the Invalids. M. Lafitte was never inclined to enter into any such contracts, and, hav ing become minister, he considered such engage ments as the more inconsistent, and requested Mar shal Soult to make fresh contracts, he, M. Lafitte, engaging to indemnify the Government if it sus tained any loss. The Marshal agreed to take the subject into consideration, and M. Lafitte con ceived that the affair was thus concluded. No man in France can be ignorant that M. Lafitte gave up all the advantages he derived from his establish-' ment to devote himself to the cares of the Presi dency of the council, which he was forced to under take against his wishes. A trustee was appointed for the settlement of his private affairs, and he no longer interfered in the business of his house. What was his surprise when last evening he received a letter from the Minister of War, giving him notice that DO part of the advances he made in the mouth of June would be repaid him until he had made the deposit of 5,000 f. of Rentes. This letter threw a light upon the rumours that had been circulated with respect to his situation. He also received, in the course of the day, confidential communi cations from his colleagues in the Chamber. He did not lose a moment, but immediately wrote to Marshal Soult a letter called for by the circum stances. We applied for a copy of this letter, but were at first refused it, though a readiness was expressed to give the purport of it. We persisted, and M. Latitte. on learning that the occurrence with regard to the 5,000 f. of Rentes had been no ticed by a journal; consented to our having and pub lishing a copy of it. It is as follows : PARIS, JULY 26. " MARSHAL—I bare this moment received your letter of the 24th instant, in answer, you say, to mine of the 21st. Not having had the honour of writing to you on the 21st, 1 was completely ignorant that my trustees had done it in my stead. It grieves me, Marshal, that they could have supposed that a litigious point would be explained in my favour by the Administration. As soon as I heard of the matter in question, I ordered the payment you demanded, without examining whether the claim was well-founded or not. Unfortunately for my enemies, I am not so low in circumstances as not to be able to furnish five thousand francs in Reines. Your letter, Marshal, greatly surprised me. The sacrifice I have made of my house was too well known in your office, for the signature of my true tee to be taken for my own. My house, Marshal, lent to the commercial interest above 211 millions of boon s with a view to carry it through the difficulties wetted by the Rem. lotion of July. Were I to We all that has not yet been repaid to me, I should, thank God, not be reduced to the necessity of impiorlng the pity of any person. You know, Marshal, that I never would seek to compromise the respon• sibility of any one. At present you will consider it but just that I should seek to remove every pretext for ca lumny. It has been spread every where, in the Chamber, on the Exchange, and in the Journals. I accuse no one, but I fear no Investigation. I shall always be ready to present myself with my conscience to the judgment of my country. Believe me, &e. "J. LAFITTE." On obtaining this letter we learnt that the de mand of the 5,000 f. of rentes was made in conse quence of an interpretation of a clause in the con tract, that the deposit by way of guarantee should be 15,000 f. of rentes in the three per cents. and the administration chose to determine that the stock should be taken at 75 per cent. which re quired the investment of a further sum of 5,000 f. in rentes. The trustees of the house, without the knowledge of M. Lafitte, disputed this demand, as being evidently not founded in justice. This, in fact, is the whole of the transaction.— Galig nani's Messager. LITTER FROM PARIS, JULY 27.—The ides of March, or rather the three days, are come. Those three days that were to have been, according to the alarmists, celebrated by another revolution. They will pass off without disturbance of any kind ; fetes are too agreeable to he abused ; we shall, therefore, abandon ourselves to pleasure. Nothing can ex ceed the brilliancy of Paris to-day, notwithstanding that every man—and most of the women you meet— (and all Paris is out of doors)— wear a crape in me mory of the dead. The royal procession to the Place de la Bastille was truly splendid. The king had at his right Don Pedro (the model of resignation, as one of the Farceens terms him); the Duc d'Orleans on his left. Marshals Soult, Mortier, Gerard, M'Donald, Molitor, and I believe Jourdan, and nearly a legion of Generals and Colonels,with their respective aides de-camp, followed, and presented a spectacle of the most superb description. The ceremonies at the Place de la Bastille and at the Pantheon will be ill posing, no doubt, but not more delightful than the homage every moment rendered bybodies of citizens, and by individuals at the several depositories of the glorious dead. At the Place du Louvre, Champs de Mars, Rue Froidmanteau, Marche des Inno cens, &c. parties arrived every instant, laden with flags, banners, garlands, chaplets of living and dead flowers, and other offerings to the manes of the men of July, while the churches of every re ligion celebrate their anniversary with unusual pomp and circumstance. The preparations for the day* orrejoicing (to morrow and Friday) are on a magnificent scale— those for the illuminations and fireworks exceed any thing seen hero since the birth of the ci-devant Ring of Rome. In these matters the French excel you in a degree which those who have not witnessed both would hardly credit. Conceive, with respect to the illuminations, every public building in Paris lighted up with magnificence equal to that of the re sidence of the French envoy in London (M. Otto, I believe) on the occasion of the peace of Amiens, and you will not arrive at the reality. A bracket bearing an earthen burner filled with tallow and a wick, is nailed to every tree in the Champs Elysees—those fronting the grand avenue have two ; while from tree to tree on each side throughout the whole ex tent of that avenue, from the Place de la Revolt'. tiou to the triumphal arch at the Barriere de l'Etoile, is suspended a festoon of lamps. The whole distance, immediately within the first path way in the left of the avenue, is occupied by booths of every description that is to be seen at Conti nental fairs. The grand square is reserved for theatres, orchestras, the Mats de Cocagne, &c.— but, as a description of the entertainments by anti ciption would be necessarily cold and incomplete, I reserve it for my next.—Herald. GERMAN PAPERS-RECEIVED THIS DAY. Vnww*, JULY 18.—Since the news lately communicated, which was said to have been brought by an express from Jassy, we have received several letters from persons worthy of credit in that city up to the 12th inst. by which the re- port of the total ruin of that city is shown to be entirely &he. The plague does not prevail there; not the slightest mention is made of a fire; and even with respect to the cholera, the latest accounts are more favourable. The dis order had rapidly abated for some days, scarcely 20 persons had died in a day : in the country the disorder continua as before. From Pestb we have received the melancholy infor. mation, that symptoms of cholera have appeared in the populous capital of Hungary. We again have, from a source that may be depended on, that his . Majesty the Emperor is resolved, in no case to leave his capital. We have received no mail from Belgrade for this week past: it is supposed that it has been detained in consequence of the measures adopted in Hungary against the Cholera. BERLIN, JULY la—Though reports of war are still in circulation, they are refuted by the fact that his Majesty the Kinrhas left Berlin, on his usual annual visit to the baths at Toplin ; that his Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and the Minister of War, are also absent ; and that a Minister for Foreign Affairs is not yet appointed. Gurzya, July B.—l had occasion to refer to the unau. thentic accounts of the French newspapers respecting Greece. They still continue in the same strain, which appears rational enough wbenwe know that the President, Count Capo d' htrias employs great pains to observe all emissaries coming from France, and to prevent them doing mischief, which according to the system of those gentlemen, is a plain proof that he is in Ike pay of Russia. Accordingly their journals have again news from Greece to the 23d of May, which say that some provinces are in open rebellion, the President is en. tirely despised, and nothing is spoken of but a plan to de pose him and pot another in his place, and, in fine, com plete anarchy prevails in the country. Now we have letters from Napoli di Romania, of the 28th,t4ith, and 29th May, written by well-informed persons, which do not any a word of the supposed troubles. They affirm in the country that in the Government and Administration every thing is advancing, that daily improvements are making in agriculture and the public education, and that hopes are en. tertained in the country that every thing will soon be placed on a solid foundation. VIZMIL, JILT l&—Four per Cents. ?detains:pea, 68i. Bank Shares, 1004.—Allpeateine &Uwe', July 23. Surawa, Jun 30—From a Commercial Letter.—You may perhaps read in the German Papers that the plague has broken out in Smyrna ; but I can give you entire satisfaction on this point. A fever, very prevalent among the Greeks, which is accompanied with many characteristics of the plague even boils, but which is not contagious from the tint occasion to this report, which even here tilled us all with fear and terror fora whole week ; and being encouraged by some person with a view to pe cuniary interests, was the more believed. Happily it was a groundless alarm, foe in 11 days which have elapsed sines the report only eleven persons have died, and those eel o r te , immediately about the tick are at present all eal. Besides dila, the Jew who is so celebrated for h , ledge of the plague, affirms tharthe fever is of quite a 41, ent nature.—Nurennierg Correspondent, July 21. EVENING STA I?: LONDON. SATURDAY. JULY 30. This day the Coronation Court of Clair., ... sembled at the Council Chamber, Whitil.:,ll •. tended by the following members, pawl. t, Royal Highness the Duke of SUSSEX, biz the Archbishop of CANTERBURY, the Duk e ; c , NORFOLK and RICHMOND, Earls GREY ALBEMARLE, the Marquis Of LANDSDOWNE, MELBOURNE, Lord HALFORD, Lord Duk:l;‘,, Lord PL MNEETT, &e. &c. The Court mn, again on Tuesday next. The Protocol relative to the Belgian Fortres•:, which we gave yesterdv, is as to the Bel3ia t. sufficiently obtrusive and impertinent; and palp,m r treats that country as a mere Province of the Ti o l, Alliance ! But the Belgians view the ffrittc. truly; and it will be their own questio❑ ,\!:. ther they raze their own fortresses, or not, man must take the consequences of ing ou another man's land. We venture s. ; assert, that no government can exist a week i!! Belgium, which, by foreign interference, eunser.t to remove a single stone. It is not in the • between LEOPOLD and the Belgic people. At length we have advice' direct from Wr.rsa to the 17th and 18th. It appears that while body: of the Russians, 6y means supplied 1. Prussia, were enabled to cross the Vistula, 11!:- ' DIOER to distract the Poles, advanced on the cthc: side, within a few miles of Praga, and at or ne:. MINSK, a severe contest took place on the 140, between him and CHRAZWOWSLI, which ter- minated in the total defeat of RUDIGER, a loss of three thousand In killed and wounded, above 1,000 prisoners, and 11 pieces of cannon. The latter were brought into Warsaw on the I(.ith, and there were rumours that RUDIGER had beer. killed. Such a victory is very opportune, as it relieves the Poles from anxiety on that side, and leaves them at liberty to destroy the party which has crossed the Vistula. The Polish Landwehr, or Posse Comitatis, sra assembling at Sochazew, and other points of Bresc, Rana, and Leuczyca, left of the Vistd., while SCHRZ TN ECKI is pressing PASKEWITtC on the right bank, and occupying all the Rut elan positions in Plock and Mazovia. In deed, one account alleges that PASKEWITSCI: with 12,000 Russians, has fled to Thorn ; for the co-operation of Prussia is no longer dissemble. In truth, this new victory of the Poles raises tilt.: cause immeasurably, and we may expect that is will lead to others by SK RZ Y NECK!, whenever h can encounter these pestiferous propagators of cholera * whether on the right or left of the Vistula. The fate of the brave and active Girton') i; fully recorded. He was shot by an enraged officer of his own staff, and his corps entrapped by Prus sia. It is stated that Cn Laeowsm is also in a desperate position, and that A MINSKY, with some fugitive corps, alone remains in Samogitia; a!1 which gives a fearful ascendancy to Totsroi% army of reserve. The Bank of Poland has put forth a spirited tip peal to the people of England, relative to a 1037: but alas ; the people here are as poor ns the Poe , , except a few capitalists who lend only on undoubted security ! We are concerned that the present enlightened CHANCELLOR should have judged it proper to en force against Mr. WELLESLEY the fiat of (phi ELDON, which deprived a father, under some al leged circumstances, of the care of his own children, and the children of the natural affection of this fa ther. Whatever might have been the supposed weight of the circumstances which led to the decision at the time, they were of a nature liable to change ; and as a preliminary question ought now to be raised las to this change of circumstances, it does not tend to increase the public respect for a tribunal often useful, but whose powers are frequently in the teeth of our free Constitution. It is one thing to protect orphans, and another to interfere between parent and child, when both deprecate the interference ; and it is also a different thing to protect wards as to the precise objects of guardianship, and another to assume that general controul which is always vexatious, and often very oppressive. The line of demarcation never to be passed by a Chancellor, should be, not to exert the coercive powers of his court, except when the offence charged is such as might be indicted at Common Law. This would include all the wholesome power of summary authority, which this or any court ought to be allowed to possess. Then as to this case, we doubt whether any Grand Jury in England would find a criminal bill against Mr. EW LLEBLEY for receiving his child, who sought his protection, even though Lord ELDON had di- I rated the separation. The subject, however, very opportunely brings the powers of this comparatively new jurisdiction under the review and criticism of the nation. Its prerogatives have encreased, are increasing, and ought to be diminished ; and if this, as We 1 1 expect, should be the result of this commitment, good will come out of evil. The powers of such a • so ad Awl whi tv.e Pre and rel and and will stilt con to I TCCf the ties that V:01 had whir WM Bill to tl G u ben pla4 mei WA Mr. war mee it, a Mo tia All vole ~./ inq ent ga nea nut tinc whi also pre the W 4 Bat