Star. — London, England, 1831-03-07 00:00:00

c lis oxicr.E.—We may confidently guest, that no measure ever ,nitol so extensively the suffrages of all classes of the population as the Itni,terial plan of Reform. That among Reformers there are some :,0 think that the Reform ought to be more extensive, can surprise one; for it was known, before this measure was proposed, that Reformers, however much . they agreed in dis a pp rov in g o f th e exist ng gate of the represents', ion, were by no means agreed as to the extent reform ought to be carried. But toe conscientiously be lieve that the Reformers, with few exceptions, are quite sails * w ith the present measure. It was well ob serve d b y t h e L or d Advocate on Friday night, that " reasonable Reform will not satisfy dte unreasonable, but it will satisfy the reasonable. And who will jay, that if you satisfy the reasonable, and induce them to unite with Too , you will not be better able to deal with the unreasonable ?" Mi. hissers h-tee only to be true to themselves, and the measure must be sue ' A hand will not be raised against th e measure t h roug h out t h e , tun tv. Even Sir Robert Peel, though he carps at the plan, and cant. I,lllcnts the disfranchisement of f u t ure generat i ons o f potwa l lop . ers,r.lottou•ly keeps aloof from the anti-r e f ormers , who are loud in their , : xecrlti,r ,, against h i m. In the present disposition of the nation, no mi n i gr y hostile to reform could stand their ground a s i ng l e d ay . • Tastes. —We receive daily communications from correspondents, calling for a general illumination ; some recommending it this evening, %hen Their Majesties go to Covent Garden Theatre; others, on the ?vr.ting subsequent to leave being obtained to bring the Reform Bill eta Parliament. We see no impropriety, still less any cause of alarm, .a this public expression of rational joy at a measure which we look : pan a+ certain to produce a great moral, as well as political, regene ; Hon among the people of Great Britain. There are, however, some persons who a re frightened out of their wits a t any d emonstrat i on o f nopular feel ing; and there are also mischievous wretches who tvould gladly avail themselves of any little disturbance inci ental to the most harmless assemblages of the multitude, in 'tiler to convert it into an atguntent of the danger of a general tumult. fa take away all pretence of alarm from one party, or mischief-making limn the other, it may, perhaps, be expedient to delay the illumination after the second reading of the bill. This time cannot be very dia tom; for we scout with contempt the calumnious report that ministers to postpone the second reading of the bill till after Easter ! The ,ople of England ought not to be kept for Aix webs in a state of anxious aspense ; and we are quite sure that the Government has too cordial a .vnipathy with the popular wish to daily with their feelings and to make heir hearts sick with deferred hopes. We know that what has been ‘vi.ely begun will be vigorously carried on. Corruption has been roused Croat its lair: promptly and energetically will it be hunted down, for the whole nation is eager to join in one chorus of triumph a; the mon fu..r's death. POST. When the heads of the plan which the Government calls a Plan of Reform were first made known, it was momentarily supposed that they would meet with the opposition of the Radicals, because the noposed provisions would take away from the very lowest of the peo ple the elective power which in some places they now possess; and because they did not include the Ballot, nor any clause for curtailing the duration of Parliaments. A very little consideration, however, ...reed to show the Radicals that the plan, which afileted them •i t hut a moment, was calculated to work out for them far more exceeding weight of power than they could have v, :oared to anticipate, and therefore all the force of their party, vhich naturally consists of threats and violence, is employed in sup. nori of the ministers. The most skilful of the Sunday Journals ad. testing Radical principles, in which we are generally accustomed to •4:e argumentative ability of no common order most grievously mis -olicd, her, we arc sorry to observe at the present crisis, aban. ticd the arms of the dialection, and taken up those of the vulgar -triorist. With a copious variety of illustration, he shows us that this Ministerial measure is regarded with favour, because is is considered as the first step towards the great end of Radical aspi rations. The Government who have intrigued with such a person as Mr. C. Pearson to promote their ends, who are intriguing with the blustering O'Connell to obtain his disreputable assistance, ought to be resisted by every independent gentleman, whether he be a refininer or be not ; for such a Government is not to be trusted by any one who is not ready to plunge headlnng into the wildest extremes which Radi. drunk with partial success, can imagine. H E RALD.—The course of each night's debate convinces us that the use of reform is advancing, and must finally triumph. All those Members who arc not prepared to encounter the shame of useless and 'envicted selfishness, or who do not aspire to the honours of stultification `or conscience sake, admit the necessity of moderate reform. In which Liss will the ex. Secretary of the Admiralty choose that we should place ? Truth and courtesy to the Right Hon. Gentleman compel us to include hint in the first : he is cunning, rather than wise, in his ge. iteration ; he perfectly knows the value of the " custom of 80 at Al. leburgh," and of the general proprietary borough interests of his patron ; lie is most critical, arithmetical, and personal. No one can say that he deals unfairly by others, for he judges of them by himself. Had it been his task, as the member of a Government that had pledged itself to reform, to contrive the plan, and to adopt the principle, he would at once have said, before he gave his assent, or lent his ingenious hand to the completion. "It Is all very well, but how will this plan affect the patron of Aldeburgh ?" It is not surprising, there. fore, he should firmly believe that the application of the two ereat principles of population and property, upon which the plan of re. %In) now under discussion rests, was fettered and regulated by contd. !ail:ion for the interests of the Marquis of Lansdowne and Lord Fitz. but so does not any sensible and impartial person in England. file iqcctions made by Mr. Croker to the arithmetic of the bill are of Li tici;hi. It was quite necessary, when once the principles of pro. and population had been assumed as the basis of qualification for :,vers. that some sum should be taken to regulate the one, and some iier to determine the other ; but certainly it was impossible to fix •ei ilte one or the other with equal fitness for all localities. THE KING'S COURT. WINDSOR, Almten R. Their Majesties, accompanied by Prince George of Cam -sritk-e and a numerous suite, attended divine service this naming in St. George's Chapel. The sermon was preached by the Rev. Mr. Cust. The Service, Hale and Hine, and the Anthem front Rodgers, with Handel's chorus, " The Horse and his Rider," (Israel in Egypt). The Duchess of Cumberland, accompanied by Prince I:.orge of Cumberland, and attended by the Baron de Lin ,ingen and Lady Sophia Lennox, honoured the first perform- ' nee of Mrs. Wood, in '• La Cenerentola," at the Italian opera h ouse, with her presence on Saturday evening. Divine service was performed yesterday before the Duchess 1 Kent and the Princess Victoria, and their Royal High nesses household, by the Rev. Mr. Pitttnan. The King, within these few days, has granted his patron -go to the Choral Fund The Landgravine of Hesse Homberrr, Lord St. Helens, and a select party, dined with the Princess Augusta on Saturday, at her residence in the King's Palace, St. James's. A Cabinet Council was held at four o'clock yesterday 7 ifternoon, at the Foreign Office, which was attended by the Lord Chancellor, Earl Grey, the Marquis of Lansdown, Lord Durham, Viscount Melbourne, Viscount Palmerston, Viscount Gcalcrich, Viscount Althorp, the Earl of Carlisle, the Right honourable C. Grant, the Duke of Richmond, and Sir James Graham. The Council broke up at half-past five o'clock. Lord Holland was prevented from attending the Council by indisposition. Earl Grey visited his Lord ship after the Council. Prince Lieven, the Russian Ambassador, bad a long con ference with Viscount Palmerston on Saturday, at the Fo r,i!rn Office. Prince Esterhazy, the Austrian Ambassador, also visited the Noble Viscount on Saturday. A numerous deputation of proprietors of steam-}oats em ployed on the coasts of Scotland and Ireland, including Sir 31. Shaw Stewart, M.P. Mr. Callaghan, M.P. Mr. O'Bryen, M.P. Hon. C. Douglas, M.P. Mr. Baldwin, MP. Mr. Campbell, M.P. Mr. Wemvss, M.P. Mr. Home Drum round, M.P. Messrs. Williams, Jones, Hutchinson, Macken lie, Roberts, Bell, Gibbs, Gibson, Ranken, Mahoney, Ste venson, Mitchell, Smith, Watson, Graham, and the Lord Provost of Glasgow, attended at the Treasury on Saturday, Aid had a long conference with Viscount Althorp. deputation from the parish of Greenwich, accompanied Uy Sir E. Knatchbull and Mr. Law Hodges, the member the county of Kent, had an interview on Saturday with Lards of the Admiralty, at the Admiralty Board. The flea ly appointed Bishop of Nova Scotia had an inter '". (for the first time) on Saturday with Viscount Gode •.!l. at the Colonial Office. !lc Lord Chancellor visited Earl Grey and the Chau -7 of th e Exchequer on Saturday. Dispatches were sent off from the Colonial-office on Satur 11y night, f ront t h e H onourable General Ponsonby, the Liti:(-cant-Governor of Malta ; and also for Sir Frederick 'dairy, the Lord Commissioner of the lonian Islands. i The Princess Augusta entertained the Landgravine of ilomberg, the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester, and : l 'elr•er party o f t h e no bilit y an d gentry, at dinner yesterday ' e 'ing, at her residence in the King's-palace, St. James's. LITERATURE. Fraser's Alagastine, No. XIV. This Number, with an extra quantity of matter, is not inferior in quality to its predecessors. The two most valuable articles in the Num ber, are "Letters on the History,, Laws, and Constitution of Engfind," and the Paper oa Mr. Sadler's Controversy with the Etlinburgli It& view. " Ars Ridendi ;or Honk and Hood," is an amusing article' The Article on the " Siamese Twins," is too much about a very titmle cessful attempt at satire. We seldom agree entirely with the political results of this Magazine ; but in the details of its reasoning we seldom differ, and are often male converts. The Reply to the Quarterly Re view, on Reform, is a sound article; but, of the political artiela, the most important is the third, on the Ballot, which we earnestly recommend to the perusal of ell who are advocates for that mode of election. We think the arguments adduced in this Essay against the Ballot are deserving of much attention. The Ballot would destroy all anociation in support o. any candidate; and it is justly observed, that when people act together, they generally are more apt to set right, than In their individual capacity. As we think a unanimous support of the plan of reform, now before Parliament, is most desirable, we . read:with satisfaction any essay which has a tendency to reason us out of attach. ment to the Ballot; and as such we recommend the essay we now men tion t which, with the former Number on the Ballot, treats the subject I better than we have seen it before done. This Number has a most pleasing sketch of the Hon. Mrs. Norton, one of the most original of , female poets. The United Service Journal. This valuable national miscellany, as usual, contains a great store of truly instructive and practically useful matter. Every one possessing a spark of amor patio must feel himself interested in the many heroic acts of his countrymen, which unostentatiously, and, as if by accident, come forth to notice, in the pages of this Magazine. What can be MOM vital to the national glory and security, than the subjects we here see treated ? The first paper, "On the condition and prospects of the Navy," deserves well the attention of our Statesmen. The " Fragments from a Portfolio of a Field Officer," arc too much en militaire in senti ment to please our citizen taste—which prompts us to view war, and particularly civil war, with horror. " Rough Weather" contains some fine traits of our brave seamen. The " Defence of Captain Cook," Is occasioned by a charge of severity brought against him in a report made to the Geographical Society of Paris. The " Memoir on the military events in Paris, of July, 1830," is the most minute detail of that lin portant passage in recent history which we have seen. The "Memoir of 31. Mannont" must be read with interest ; but falls in removing :he stigma which must always remain attached to that able General. Thc paper on the " National Emblems of the French" surprises us a little, by informing us that the tri-eoloured banner is not new to the French; but, on the contrary, derived from the early period of French history, and that it had an ecclesiastical or religious origin. It seems the most ancient French banner was called the Mantle of St. Martin, which saint was the first apostle in Gaul—it was Llue. Some Ulna after St. Moly sius or Denys became the national patron, and the banner of Cie Abbey of_St. Denys, the celebrated ortilannue, which was red, becam: the na. tional colour. It appears that white was the English colour, when red was the French; but in course of time the English relinquished the while, and the French, from attachment to the Virgin Mary, took the while, the emblem of purity, as the national colour. It appears doubtful at what time these three colours (the blue, rA, and white) were united: they arc well ascertained to have been united in the national banner of France, hundreds of years before the Finch IL7volution. At the first revolution, it was'adopted by a kind of accident ; the first cockade was the colours of the city of Paris, the old &bre and red, to which was added the white, CA the colour which had been used by the National Guard. The " Gallic Cock" is said in this paper to have been entirely a mo dern revolutionary emblem. Before we dismiss this number, we must notice a paper on the "Application of Steam Vessels in IVar." It is well known that N. Illauoulx, in the French Chamber of Deputies, threw out some threats of the danger which En,4l.ied had to thread from the application of steatn-vessels for the invasion of Ireland. We think it is justly remarked here, that with a little precaution. England may not only secure her own shores from attack ; but completely close up the ports of France by an application of the very invention which the French politician trusts to for her humiliation. We certainly have more steam. vessels, and may build more than any other nation in Europe. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. Mara ARSIVID Ten Day—Dublin, 1; Waterford, 1; Holland, 1 ; Flanders, 1 ; Leeward Islands, I. FROM 001 COSSEITONDINT. Rumor's, Matzen 5. Arrived Tut evening (Wind S.W.) his Majesty's packet Opossum, Lieut. Peter, from the Leeward Islands— sailed from Barbadoes Jan. 16th, Antigua 21st, Tortola 24th, and St. Thomas's Feb. Ist, with mails. Left at Barbadoes his Majesty's ships Shannon, Mersey, and schooner Fire Fly. Dec. 25th, on her out. ward voyage, in lat. 54. 10. N. long. 11. 20. W. spoke the ship Au rora, nine days from Portsmouth for Calcutta. Feb. 20th, in lat. 57. IL N. long. 40. 12. W. spoke the bark Charlotte, of Bristol, 16 days from St. John's, N.B. with loss of boats and bulwarks, and sup plied her with water. Sailed yesterday, the Lady Mary Pelham packet, Carey, for Rio de Janeiro, and ,llarlbro's packet, Bull, for Lisbon, with mails of the Ist instant; the Falmouth, Nicholls, and Thames steamer, Downs, for London. Arrived to-day (Wind W.S.W. a gale) the Home. Reay, from Newcastle for Charleston, America ; and his Majesty's brig Leveret, front a cruise. His Majesty's packet Baracouta, James, for Jamaica and Cartha. gena, with mails of the 2d, received orders this morning for sea, and only waits a fair wind to proceed. His Majesty's Reamer Echo, Lieut. Otway, for the Mediterranean, and his Majesty's packet Briseis, Lieut. Downie, for Halifax, have re. ceived orders of detention till 3londay. DIAL, Mescal 6.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived the Dominica, from the Mediterranean, and Jcune Aimee, from Nantes, after being on shore. Posysmoons, Macs 5 and 6.—Wind S.S.W. to W.— Arrived his Majesty's ship Druid, front Rio Janeiro, with about 20,000 dollars on board,and the officers and crew of his Majesty's ship Thetis. DUBLIN, MmtcH 4. •!P•I1 or HONOUR IN HIGH LIFE. Yesterday information was received at the Henry-street Office, that it was probable a duel would take place between Lord Viscount Stuart and Captain Bathurst, in consequence of a letter written lately by Cap tain Bathurst to Lord Stuart. `Wanrants for the apprehension of both individuals were immediately issued by Mr. Cole, the sitting magi.trate, and in a short time afterwards Lord Stuart was arrested in Dominick street, by Chief Constable Payne. Peace Officers Kelly and Pollock were sent in search of Captain Bathurst; he we not at his Barracks in George's.street, where th,y first went to look for him, but was at length apprehended at an hotel in Sackvillc.strect. Bosh gentlemen were obliged to enter into securities, themselves in 5001., and tao sureties in 1001. each. It is rumoured that the difference between them arose on account of a lady, a near connexion to both parties. TOWER HAMLETS MILITIA....The Duke of Welling ton, as Lord Lieutenant of the Tower, has issued notices for calling out the two regiments of militia for training for 28 days, to commence on the 21st instant. The first regiment to assemble on Stoke Newington Common; the second at Bethnal-green. The magistrates of the Tower Hamlets division on Satur day entertained the Duke of Wellington, as High Constable of the Tower, to dinner, at the Court-house, in Wellclose square. The Governor and the Chaplain of the Tower, about 30 magistrates, and several persons of rank were pre sent. BREACII OF PRIVILEGE.—In the House of Lords, on Thursday, Lord Farnham complained that a letter had been written to him by Lieutenant Thomas Woodcock, animadvert ing on a speech made by him in that house. Lieutenant Woodcock was ordered to attend the house on the 17th, to answer the complaint. A French journal, adverting to the fact that, in conse quence of the duty, Newcastle coals are sold at a cheaper rate iu Egypt than in London, says, that Champagne, from a similar cause, is sold at a cheaper rate in South America (a distance of 4,500 leagues) than at Paris. SUPPORT OF MINISTERS. I Sir FRANCIS B URDETT , as M em b er f or W estm i nster , and Chairman of the AV EsrmINSTEE MEETING, hell on Friday at the Great Room at the Crown and Anchor, iu a speech fraught with patriotic sentiments, stated that Our present Sovereign fully deserved the title of" FAT LI FIR or TILE PEOPLE. " lie was the greatest Monarch who had sat upon the throne of England since the time of Alfred. This declaration was followed by immense cheering, and a greater truism was never spoken, for in bestowing his vo luntary approbation on the Reform Bill, King William in the first year of his reign has conferred a greater bona oa his People than the Groat Charter obtained by Arms from King John ; and far more than was obtained by the people when they had a throne to bestow on William the Third. In a word it is a boon not merely equal to that of Trial by Jury established by Alfred, but oa BEATER because an honest par liament has more power for good or for evil than a Jury. The escape of Britain, and even of the world, for we now consider it as certain, is in truth to be regarded as a fit Isubject for thanksgivings to HEAVEN ; How the resources —ingenuity and industry—of a great people, have been misdirected and abused ! Whether we look to the wars abroad, or the complicated miseries at home, the whole are to be referred to the wickedness of that rapacious oligarchy which, for above a century, have tyrannized alike over the Ministers of the Crown, and over the people. Nor has it been the capricious and mortal tyranny of a Nadir Shah, or a Muley Ismael ; but it has been a cold blooded, re lentless, irresponsible, and never-dying tyranny, the history of which will hereafter fill the world with astonishment, that it was borne so long, and with horror at the catalogue of its crimes ! We therefore heartily concur with Sir Fitzxcis, and in proportion to our gratitude to THE KING, we call with zeal on the nation to support his Ministers, with HAN 0, Namur, and voter, in carrying their benign plan into the force of law, with nll th e s p ee d compatible with the usages of Parliament. It will render Britons what ALFRED said the' ought to be, as fiee as the air they breathe—it will allay all discontents—it will inspire general confidence—it will increase security—end it will establish the Throne, the Altar, and the various orders of the State, on the firm basis of the affections, choice, and loyalty of the People. Besides the meeting of the Common Council and the city of Westminster on Friday, opportune meetings took place at the great metropolitan parishes of Stratford, and St. Mary, Newington, Butts. In the last, the petition lay in one part of the parish only from nine till three, and was signed by 1,037 inhabitants. The following is its lan ringe : " That your petitioners are anxious to embrace the earliest possible moment to approach your honourable house, for the purpose of ex pressing their most entire and unqualified approbation of the plan of reform brought forward in your honourable house, under the sanction and with the approbation of his Majesty's 3linisters. " That your petitioners, in common with their fellow countrymen, have long felt that the present unequal system in the representation of the people in the Commons House of Parliament, is a great national grievance, and such as ought not to exist in England. " That your petitioners view, therefore, the conduct of his Majesty's servants on this national subject with th e liveliest feelings of gratitude. and are persuaded that If your honourable house will pass the proposed measure of reform into a law it will tend greatly to conciliate all classes in the country, and create that union and confidence amongst the people that is so essential to the peace and prosperity of every state. That your petitioners, therefore, most earnestly implore your honour. able house to facilitate by every possible means the passing of the pro posed reform, and thereby allow thousands of taxed but unrepresented Englishmen a voice in the expenditure of their country. " That your petitioners cannot forbear expressing their most im plicit confidence in his Majesty's present government, and are satisfied this measure will insure the approbation of all men who are not interested in supporting a system that has brought the country to its present die. trawl and alarming state. The Brighton Herald of Saturday states, that it is im possible to describe the joy which the Ministerial plan of Parliamentary Reform has occasioned there, and, indeed, throughout the county. Letters from various parts of Sussex are now lying before us, in which the writers de scribe the delight and enamel= with which the measure has been hailed by the people. Yet, a measure embracing so much public good can but be au object of fierce and un mitigable hatred to those, who live idly and luxuriously upon the public funds ; to those, whale sole object for obtaining scats in parliament is the gratification of personal views ; and to those, whose voices arc never heard, and whose votes are never giver, but in accordance with selfish principles. People of this stamp will raise a mighty clamour—they will be impudent, hold, and bullying—plausible, ingenious, and eloquent,--any thing brit honest, upright, and resigned.— The public must, therefore, expect to hear them grossly miscal things; what we know and feel to be venal and cor rupt, they will swear to he pore and proper. The p u tting them and their abuses aside, they will declare to be demo lishing the constitution ; And the sacred act and duty of restoring to the nation its rights (which these persons have, alas ; too long been permitted to usurp) they will, with af fected horror and alarm, affirm to be Revolution ! The Editor then gives the following list of the chief speakers in opposition :—Mr. 11. Twiss, M.P. for Newport, Isle of Wight (which is to lose one of its members); Lord F. L Goner, M.P. for Sutherland ; Mr. C. B. Wall, M.P. for Guildfoed (which is to lose one of its members); the Earl of Darlington, M.P. for Saltash (which is to be disfranchised) ; Lord Stormont, M.P. for Aldborough (which is to be disfranchised); Sir J. Walsh, M.P. for Sudbury (which is to lose one of its members) ; Lord Mahon, M.P. for Wootton Basset (which is to be disfranchised); Sir C. Wethevell, M. P. for Boroughbridge (which is to be disfranchised) Mr. G. Banker, M. P. for Corfe Castle— (which is to be disfranchised) Mr. A. Baring, M. P. for Callington (which is to be disfranchised); Sir Robert Peel, M. P. for Tam worth (which is to lose one of its members) and Mr. J. V. Shelley, sou of Sir John Shelley, of Mares field park, late a candidate for this County, and M. P. for Gatton, which important borough is also to be disfian chised. He then speaks of the excitement, and of our exertions in these terms :--" Expresses from the Sun, Star and other Loudon Daily Newspapers, have arrived in town, this week, to rapid succession, bringing details of the debates on the all-engrossing subject of Parliamentary Reform. On the arrival of the London coaches, the offices have been literally besieged with clamorous customers, and it has been with extreme difficulty that papers could be obtained, unless pre ♦iously ordered." Other provincial papers contain similar tributes to our ex ertions ; and we do not consider it au improper egotism to declare that as we have not been outdone by any contempo rary on this occasion, so we never will, when any extraor dinary circumstances call for special exertion. The inhabitants of Chichester, greatly to the credit of that elegant city, on receiving Lord John Russell's measure of Reform, immediately agreed to a petition to the House of Commons, which received upwards of 400 signatures in less than three hours. The following is a copy sent to the House on Thursday evening: " Sheweth—That you' petitioners view, with feelings of the greatest satisfaction, the plan of reform submitted to your Honourable House by his Majesty's Government. That your petitioners verily believe the !same to be in accordance with the wishes and necessi.ies of the people —calculated to unite all classes of his Majesty's subjects, and promote the future welfare and prosperity of 11 , 1: kingdom. That your petiiinmrs °wept debt of gratitude to his Alsjehty's !Mounts, fur havi!g 1•0 nob y and efficiently redeemed the pledge which they gave to the country, on their corning into office -that they place the utmost reliance in t:wir firmi en, integrity, and patriotisni-- 2 arrl whilst Mey promo, them their zealous and uncompromising support, they humbly prey yot.r Honoarabic House nut to allow any drall l / 1 of party 110 th, hopes and expectations of the people : but that your Hon. noose will heartily cu-oper.ve with the tiortonment in promoting a metpuire si‘ich promises such happy and bermic:el results to the country." Under this we shill continue similar notices ft inn day to day, till site Bill has p issed, convinced that we cannot render a more acceptable seryice than by distinguishing. the patriotism of the country. The people are everyY.Le,e ideeting, to express their gra titude to Ministers, and determination to support The livery of London meet this day. There is zils.) Meeting of the Parish of Mary-la-bowie. Several other parishes are moving. In short, the movement in the Me tropolis is universal, and extends to all classes of the popu lation. A petition from the Law Students will Le pies:well this evening. Gosport has already met, and the Add:es-. from that place will be presented this day. It i:: expeck.il that the example will be followed without delay in Porta mouth. We learn from Birmingham that all reties Tories, Whigs, and Union members—are cordially uniting, to convene a Meeting of the Town and its vicious, for the purpose of expressing their cordial and grate:'ol faction at the measures proposed by his Mair.syy's Ministers." The Requisition is already signed by 10(1 lead;ng Inhabitants, Bankers, Merchants, etc. and the Meeting will probably be held on Wednesday. Bit t.trr, NVolverhampion, Dudley, &c. &c. are also moving. 1 Yorkshire the feeling is the saute. The Leeds Mercury, of Saturday, says—" The Refornie , s in this part of the kingdom are both surprised and delir.lited with the plan— it meets their most cordial apprchation—and they t= ill support, by every constitutional oxeicise of their influence both the measure itself and the Administration by them it is brought forward." Tim same paper adds, We trust that the Reformers will, as one man, support the only reforming Administration that England has ever had." WHY AND BECAUSE.-111. IN IMITATION OP THE NEV. D. ',LAIR. - - --- WHY does the Ministerial plan of reform merit support ? BECAUSE it duly regards the rate of population, and con fers the elective franchise on all heads of families, including the whole of the middling classes. WHY is it described as a new constitution and revolu tionary ? BECAUSE those who have profited by abases seek to enlist prejudices against this plan, and many small thinkers entertain strong prejudices against innovation and revolution. Wife are corporations said to be destroyed by it ? BECAUSE, though the return of Members is no municipal privilege, and quite distinct from the duties of corporations, yet as the right of voting is now chiefly confined to mem bers of corporate bodies, so at every general election they make a profitable harvest of their power. The corporations, as to all corporate purposes, will remain as at present after the franchise has been extended to all £lO housekeepers. Wit Y is the clamour against it so great in Parliament ? BECAUSE 168 seats usually sold for money or subser viency will be done away, and many of the members being mere political adventurers, anti without public character, are not likely to be returned by bodies of honest housekeepers, who desire to have their interests, and the public interest promoted, and not alone that of their representative. WHY are many Peers so bitter against it ? BECAUSE they are interested in Borough property, and in the sale and filling of seats, by which they and their families enjoy undue influence with the government, so as to direct its practices and monopolize its patronage. Wu I' should not the system of ballot be insisted on ? BECAUSE it is not approved of by the Cabinet, and if we obtain an efficient reform in the constituency, we are in debted to them for it. The people could never have gained so much as they concede, except through civil war. WitY is not universal suffrage insisted on ? Because it would be impracticable without voting by ballot ; and without this the basis of the franchise is wide enough in 101. householders, in 40s. freeholders, 101. copy holders, and 501. leaseholders. These bodies are too nu merous to be corrupted, and they include the average intelli gence of the nation. WHY arc 27 large counties to have four Members ? Because their extremities are usually different com munities, and as they now c;:ntain thousands of 40s. free holders, the extension of the franchise to copy holders and le;:se holders would inconveniently enlarge the nuts' ers. WHY are non-residents not to vote ? . BECAUSL they usually have a vote where they reside, and the pa) ing their expeoces operates as a bribe, and often is made use of as means of extortion, attending too in behalf of those who r ay them, they often nullify the hcm•st exer tions of local patriotism. WIIY is it very import.int to diminish the expends of candidates BECAUSE if a seat is obtained at great cost, the mcmbeir is justified in repaying himself by selling his constituents, and reimbursing himself by his corrupt votes in Parliament ? Wit r is it alleged that Government cannot be carried on without the corrupt influence of Members ? BECAUSE, hitherto to satisfy this very corruption many measures of Government are jobs, only to be car: ied by undue influence, and hence a vicious circle has been created, from which there was no escape but by reform. WHY is it pretended that an efficient representation incompatible with monarchy ? BECAUSE it is falsely assumed that monarchs and etude require concessions inconsistent with public reason. Of course, if they do, they ought to be restrained ; and if they do not, an independent Parliament will be more manageable by reasonable appeals to love of country, than a greedy as sembly whose demands arc unremitting and insatiable, and whose votes thereby embarrass every measure of government Will- is it alledged that Britain has specially prospered under a corrupt system ? BECAUSE the parties profiting by the system think only of its advantages to themselves, and they overlook the mil lions whose under-pay, plivations, and abstractions are the immediate causes of their aggrandizement. It works well for those ; but for those only who get thousands per annum by jobs, appointments, and tho sale of patronage. Wit Y has it not rendered representation uniformly ac cordant with population ? BECAUSE this would have required new divisions of the country, and an entire re-modelling of its jurisdictions , An intermediate measure has, therefore, been adopted, po pulation has to a certain extent been respected, whilc ancient rights and land-marks have not been disturbed where they c mbine with sufficient population. TIIE ROYAL LONDON MILITIA.—Orders have beet' issued, by the Commissioners of the Lord Lieutenancy, fin the attested men of the Royal London Militia, to assemble for twenty-eight day's training, on Tuesday the 3d of Nlay next, at head quarters in the Artillery Ground, commanded by the Colonel of the Regiment, Alderman Sir Claudius Stephen Hunter. 1.1 1 II •