Star. — London, England, 1831-04-30 00:00:00

I DISSOLUTION OF PARLIAMENT. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY ELECTION. THE Committee for securing the Election of Lord PALMERSTON, as one of the Members for the University C =bridle , have the honour to announce to the Members of it Senate. that the Vice-Chancellor has appointed TUESDAY next, May 3, for the commencement of the Election. The early attendance ti Lord Palmerston'a friends is particularly requested. l'he ( ommittce have reason to fear that, from the imperfection of lists anti changes of residence, some Members of the Eznate may not have received letters which have been addressed to them . The Com mittee, have, therefore, to apologise for any such apparent neglect, and to request an early communication of the intentions of any gentleman who are disposed to support Lord Palmerston. and have not yet an nounced their determination. Arrangements have been made by which any of Lord Palmerston's friends may be sure of the means of conveyance to and from Cambridge, by application at the Committee-room. The Committee pit daily at the Union Hotel. Cockspur-street, where the earliest attention mill be paid to any communication addressed to them. Right Hon. CHARLES GRANT, Chairman. Union Hotel. Coclumur-street, April 28. °AMBRIDGE ELECTlON.—Barouches and four start Ns- , from Lord PALMERSTON'S Committee Room, in Cockspur street, at the following boors: Monday :—Nine—Ten—Eleven—Twelve—Three. Tuesday :—Six—Seven—Eight—Nine—Three- Wednesday :—Six—Seven—Eight—Nine—Three. Thursday :—Six—Seren—Pliglit—th a lf-pait Fight—Nine. The STAR Coach, from the Beth Sauvage, Ludgate-hill, each day at half-past Two. Horses for postinT have been also provided, and arrangements of the same nature have been made for returning from Cambridge. Applications for place., &c. to be made at the Committee Room, Union Hotel, Cockspur-street. April 29, 1831. I'R!CF OJ S KS AT TWO O'CLOCK. , er Ct. entlg. 791 81 14 per Ct. 1826, 931 for - Acc.. 70 G 9i 31 I I tql,Z A1.n..1 , tn. 1860, 16 7-16 1 er Cent. Red. 784 Old Annuitie. —. New. 31, pet Ct. !MR, £lOOO Exch. 11111. 0 4 5 rer It. lied. 86; 4 £5OO Ditto 5 6 3 1 , per Cent. New, 871 8k n £lOO and £2OO Do. 8 0 FOP.F.IO N STOCKS. ~ 1 I ' 'f. f: I ;s. ~. , I °us o'CLocr —l3.irometer, 2D.22; Th 4 Weather. cloudy. LONDON. SATURDAY, APRIL 30. Portuguese, 10. Russian, 90 ; for Aect, —. Spanish, 16 ;* for Account, 161 16. French 5 per et, $7l. Three per Ct, 59f 75c. Exchange, 25110 c. French Scrip, 11 91 prem. r, 64. Wind S.W. THE EVENING STAR. This day despatches were received at the Foreign Office f:•om the Brazils. This day also, despatches were reuived at the Colonial Office from Corfu, dated the 4th March; from Malta, dated the 9th ; from Gibraltar, dated the 18th ; and from Cadiz, the 19th following. The Metropolis has set an EX NIPLE to the whole Na tion. London and Southwark found themselves degraded by a couple of supporters of the Borough Faction, and they have ejected them ; and in their place have substituted men who stand pledged to support the Bill. Of WESTMINSTER there is no doebt—of Minnt.rsßx none—for they are al ready represented by able and pledged men. The Metropo lis. therefore, returns TEN sound representatives without one black. sheep among them. What nu example for the United Kingdom ! what an exciting, inspiring, and glorious ex ample ! and how tame, spiritless, and ignominious will be all free bodies of electors, who do not follow it ! Let the future Parliament represent the nation, as one voice, for its interests ; and the nomination boroughs represent their masters and their interests—and the question will then stand nakedly before the world, and its determination no longer be doubtful. Nor ought the EXAMPLE of London to be difficult of ge neral imitation ; for there is no population more intermingled with those, who thrive by corruption, and none where the whole force of the corrupt system is more efficiently concen trt:te,: dim in the metropolis. Every free and respectable constituency is therefore as competent, if duly managed, by rrt lei F.Y T COM mrcrtrs, and if virtuously inclined, to as sert its will and independence as London. Then, as all the usual influences will come to nothing alto the passing of the bill, and as the power of the Aristocracy will hereafter depend solely on the affection of the people, fear of itijary need not deter any man from doing his duty. An Aristocrat will not be so foolish as to chew his teeth when he can no longer bite ; and he will hereafter, as he ought, be more dependent on the gold-will of his neighbourhood, than the neighbourhood itself, under a vile system, have been dependent on his caprice, or a%arice. We calculate, therefore, that the EXAMPLE OF Lox no tq will be followed by all Counties, and all Free C,oustituencies, provided there is moderately good ma nagement ; and, above all, if the two reforming candi dates coalesce. An affectation of distance, superiority or coynes in either of two popular candidates, ought to be resented by electors ; and any two who will accord, ought to be preferred—because the accession of split votes will generally give an ascendancy to a third candidate, however obnoxious his principles. Elections do not take place to please candidates but electors, and to serve them—not the candidates. It should, therefore, be not only a long pull, and a strong pull—but a PULL ALTOGETHER! It grieved us to see such a man as Mr. RICHARDS yield ing• Worcestershire to the BEAOCHAMPS, owing to the threat of their pti What a low opinion he must have of the spirit, virtue, and intelligence of that fine county ! His ad dress must have animated all men in his cause, and yet on a mere demonstration of the enemy lie has quitted the Field ! In such case, some other Worcestershire Patriot ought to take the lead ; and not leave the people at such a crisis, without a candidate on whom to bestow their prefe rence. In like manner, the GRENVILLES Ist be fought in Buckinghamshire, the SOMERSETS in Glouces tershire, the WTHIIII in Wales, the BAN K ES'S in Dorset shire, the PERCES in Northumberland, the LOWTHERS in aunties, the NEWCASTLES in Notts and Lincoln, and ,lir:ERS'S in Leicestershire. Two candidates must coalition, and trust to the public spirit of the people. THE Lion is roused, and no inference is to be drawn at this time from the unhappy experience of the past. Misgovernment and injustice have reached every domes tic circle. The people require no more than a rallying point, and there are few now so ignorant as to be misled, by any selfish members of the Priesthood, or so base as to truckle to an aristocracy, whose ascendancy has been so grossly and manifestly abused. We hope, therefore, that in the progress of the general election, we shall not have to record the return of a single high tory, or equivocating Re former, for any county, or open constituency ; and that all of them will follow the noble example set them by London and Middlesex. We remember to have seen an old French work entitled " La Dictionaire d'Epithetes," and we could wish such a work, honestly and definitely written, were extant in the English language, for the benefit of the country, at the present juncture. We have just been condensing, from a mass of provincial papers and private letters, as complete a view of what is transacting throughout the empire, in the important business of the General Elec tion, as, we believe, can br.. , offered to the public ; and, in the course of our la! , aur, we have been struck with the numerous amplabologies which characterize the elec tion addresses of certain candidates —particularly of ome whose names were not Wore known to the public . Now,we implore our countrymen to he suspicious and penc trating, nt the present election. We are sure there are wolves coming forth in sheeps' clothing; and we cannot pre scribe a more efficient mode of developing the ravenous cha racter of the animal in disguise, than to ascertain scru pulously, whether what is enunciated by him, has anything of the howl which betolreneth the terror of the fold. As we can refer to no dictionary of Epithets, already extant, we shall endeavour to mention a few very current ones, as applied to reform, which at once may be taken as " a mark of the beast." Were you, Reader, in a vessel with rocks under your lee, and every meteorological symptom around you indicating destruction, if you could not make Port within a limited time, would you be satisfied with a moderate wind, in the right direction ? Were there a leak, in that ship, would you be satisfied with the carpenter, who should tell you he was about to stop it, by a moderate caulking ? Beware, then, of those candidates, who, when the good ship Britannia is in danger, use this unmeaning, insidious word—moderate. Such men are not for your employment at the hour of peril. " Safe' and" Constitutional" are epithets applied to reform, which strike us as equally to be suspected. They are words intro.:need to cover a retreat. To return to our former metaphor,ehen there is a leak, can it be unsafe to stop it—or can it be done too soon ? As to the word Constitutional, its meaning must be that which is consonant to the past practice of this country; and it has always been the practice of Englishmen, at certain periods, to correct the abuses which time produces in the National Legislat;ion. We should not even recommend electors to be satisfied with a candidate, who merely professes himself generally a friend to Reform. Where is the necessity for vague indefinite phraseology, when, thanks to his 111 AJESTY and his Ministers, we have a defined measure of reform before us. Scrutinize, then,tbese genaralizers—penetrate them to their heart's core—and receive their distinct pledges to support Lord JOHN Russ Et. es Bill, or deny them your vote. We are happy to observe the Dissenters in the Metropolis are to have a meeting to pay the expenses of Lord J. RUSSELL'S election for Devonshire. This is a proper tribute towards that truly noble friend of Civil and Religious Liberty. There are no arrivals this morning, from France or Hol land ; and no further particulars have reached us by that channel respecting the operations in Poland. An arrear of German Papers gives a few uninteresting particulars of the recent disturbances in Dresden ; from which it appears, that after five men were killed, and several wounded, tranquillity, in the meantime, was restored. A northern paper —the Caledonian Mercury—received this morning, states that the brig Louisa, of Leith, Captain MACKIE, which arrived on Thursday morning from Dantzic, after an eight days' passage, brought the important intelli gence (which had reached Dantzic just before her sailing) that on the 15th, after some partial skirmishing, another great battle had taken place between the Poles and Russians, which terminated in favour of the Poles. The result was, that no less than 14,000 Russians laid down their arms, and after wards joined the Poles. Captain MACKIE reports that when he passed Copenhagen, he found the same news had already arrived there. We trust that this will prove to be another, and more splendid victory, than we have had yet to describe ; and shall anxiously look for details. CITY, ONE O'CLOCK.; A Malta mail is the only arrival we have this morning; sailed on the 9th of April. We do not hear it brings any news of importance. Our funds are dull this morning—nothing doing. Con sols opened at the same price they left off yesterday, 78f 79 for the account, and are at present 79, alternately buyers and sellers. CITY, HALF-PAST TWO O'CLOCK. Consols hare been steady ; most part of the morning at 79; alternately buyers and sellers. At present they are 78j, sellers.—ln the Foreign Market nothing doing. We have it stated on 'Change, that an express has arrived from Bristol saying that Hart Davis has resigned the contest. COURT CIRCULAR. Their Majesties and the members of the Royal Family went yesterday to view the collection of pictures in the Royal Academy, at Somerset-house, previous to its being opened for exhibition tcrthe peblic. Their Majesties and party ar rived at the Royal Academy in six carriages, a quarter before one o'clock. The King and Queen were accompanied by the Duke, Duchess, and Prince George of Cumberland, the Princess Augusta, the Duke and Duchess of Glouster, Princess Sophia, and Prince Leopold, and were attended by the Lord Chamberlain (to the King), the Matter of the Horse, the Lord Chamberlain (to the Queen), the Duchess of Leeds, and Lady Brownlow. The Earl of Denbigh and General Finch were the Lord and Groom in waiting. Lady Sophia Lennox was the Lady in waiting on tho Duchess of Cum brained. Miss Wyuyarti and Sir Benjamin Stephenson at tended the Princess Augusta. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Kent and the Princess Victoria, attended by the Duchess of Northumber land, Lady Charlotte Sr. Maur, Lady Catherine Jenkinson, Baroness Wizen, and Sir John Conroy, arrived in two car riages directly afterwards. The Princess Sophia Matilda also arrived about tie! same time, in a carriage and four, from her residence on Blackheath. The Duke of Sussex came a few minutes before their Majesties. Sir Martin Archer Shee, the President, Mr. Hilton, R.A. the Keeper, Mr. Wilkie, and others of the Academicians, received their Majesties and the Royal Visitors, and con ducted them through the different schools. /Vier remaining about two hours, the members of tiro Royal Family left the Academy, and returned to their respective residences. The Duke nod Duchess of Newcastle, Countess Howe, Mr. George Cochrane, Mr. Charles Cochrane, Commander Juhn Cole, Colonel Mayne, Mr. Charles Frederic Mayne, and Mr. Tereplemae, wore present at the Queen's Drawing-Room on Thursday. Mr. George Cochrane was presented to her Majesty by Commander Furber, R.N. Commander William John Cole was presented to the Queen by Admiral Sir Thomas Hardy, K.C.B. Their Majesties entertained Prince Leopold and a select party at dinner, on Thursday, at the Palace at St. James's. The King and Queen left town about five o'clock in a carriage-and-four for their palace at Windsor. Prince George of Cambridge and L 6 tutor followed in a second carriage-and-four. Baron Orirptedie, the Hanoverian Minister, paid his res recta yesterday to the Duchess of Cumberland, at the King's Palace, St. James's. Prince Leopold left town yesterday for his residence at Claremont. Her Majesty wore at the state ball, given on Monday night, a rich white satin dress of Spitalliclds manufacture, (manufactured 11 Mr. Bruck) embroidered with rich guld bullion, and relieved with lama in gold of unrivalled splendour. The Landgravine of Hesse Hoinherg honoured the Dow ager Viscountess Hampden with her company at dinner, last evening, at her residence in Green-street, Gresvoior-square. There was a select party to meet her Royal Highnoss. The Duke and Duchess of Glucester will, it is expected, leave town this day, on a visit to their Majesties at the palace at Windsor. rence. fought i tersliire, their cot the Me start in ( COVEN :'.GARDEN THEATRF- A new comedy, called he Err!Wks, we: produced at this theatre last night. It is an attempt—a bale ooc--by a fmeigner, to describe, in a dramatic form. the ht.hits of English society. This circum stance would, in any case, f..irly entitle it to indulgenc.., and more than entitles It to praise, Lavin: ; be. - n successful. It was ex. tremely yell received throughout, and in many passe.es lordly ap plauded. The subject of the drama, and the ineitlents of which It is composed, are not very new ; but the immagcnient of thou displays no mean Jr. matic skill, and, considtring the difecultie, which must lk in tie way of any arm who is not to oar " manner born," greet i...enuity and observation. Looking ; t it with critiuti should be compelkd qty that .he potions of English manners and mode , of ;milli, t hich U tli.pleys •e no, cor rect ; ;but being dn. wn, as th ey must of meessity be, tiren , .lie sources which lie nearest to the aothor e a th_y Lenr a sufikien; to .he common fete m.os of very caiouton society. It is not, however, necessary that, in olds to an ke ao a. tisin ; play, teithor should be perfectly conversant with the war} in , shades and loc.l colouring ct society. It is enough if he ..an catch the more remit: In lineaments, and present titeal in en ettuair.A the aother oi The Laval. sites h as done: he has b, s ide: mixed up a certain dc2,ree 0. interest in his play, s. fowl, if it does not ..ake it equal to Tome of those which tom the of ms country, ht r t least far superior to the bald tramentiena and vampinlo-up the..tre, from time to time, foisted t you the public. The story of the pia) tortest► in the adventures of a citizen laid his famih, he, 1 1 11Vil`ki ;i,r‘A.n rich, are re. solved to melte themselves fashionable, ta.e. the of e Causal Val. moist and a Alia Erchafale, r no turns out to b: ;be sis..t of a Lord Caotkton. The humour,. ut variors Exquisitcs, noble, military, rural, and sporting, are introduced to supply t;:c comic parts, ;310 these are the weakest of the play. The moral is, that tr.-dem:co should keep to their own rank, and that foreign coon. nut be a very hot.:•t man the first poiet helm , ir.diaputablc, and tic hoter beiag, unha m ily for the author's theory, very often contradicted, cs rut only the creditors of the Chevalier de Ilahrilk, but the utemb, - rs of wary a respee.able family, whose disgrace and misery ere nu: A,.;ide public, to th.ir bat , r Cost can testify. The play was very strom. , ,lr cast, imd well played.— We have already said it was applauded, ma the aanotiacement of its repetition on Alond.7 most favourably leveled. Ptrhaps the success of this, his firs: attempt in dramatic writing, may induce the author to turn his attention to the stage, for which has eviaced c o n s ider a bl e capacity. The theatre of his own country is rich in subjects, which, by a skilful hand, might be well transplanted—nut trunslateti—and, among mnny others, El side las Nitta, and La Alogigala, would fur. nish characters and incidents of which he might avail himself very pro fitably. DRURY-LANE THEATRE. Mr. Knowles's new historical play of Alfred was lnst night repeated before a densely-crowded audience, and vas received with lite same unanimity of applause which distinguished its first representation. Miss Phillips, as Ma, again di , pLytd voters, both in thpieting the gentle and the higher and bolder feelin 4 s of the ehatacter, which corn manded, in every scene, the most il.talt2 interest. Mr. elincrevaly en. tared into the feelings of Alf. al, the patc. pate's, with a dignity and an energy worthy of the character. Mr. Cooper sustain• the part of Guthrum : his performance deserves praise. 141 r. Sinclair rnacts thc rut of Edtcy, a 'musical :atendalt of Ajired, in the Danish enro l s. 11: sings two ails. They ma:, for one'. we knell., hr. vcsy cseccllen. har monies. but certainly his anode of executing them lei. a. cooThetly in the dark upon that point. The i•llysions to a patristic Kit crew. as they ongl.t to be, trechad s ith unalloyed taiNlation. It has been said, by tom: et our contemporaries, nest this play was wri.tcn to suit the pe.ssing, occasion—the were effeiresc.nce of the 'moment.— This is not so. 'the play of AGiert Slur years se, scut into Drury-Lane, by Mr. Knock: , , various circumstances h:.ve prevented it from bein,; earlier bronght out. The chief—indeed almost the only--alteration which it has maticrzone, is in the last scene of the third act, which, be it oiwerscrl, is oholly unconnected with politics. After the play, a God save ill: King" was called rise. The call was prompth obeyed, and the anthem was enthusiastically cheered. The applause of thr people on these occasions has ceased to be the mere result of a respectful feeling. There seems to e ,- .er into their rejoicing a fervent spirir, we had clmost said of Devotion. The opera of liqfer followed. Dere again every patriotit sentiment was applendcd to the echo. 11. Phillips and Sinclair exerted "hems:lees •tteatly and successfully in the vocal Capattmcnt, am. Miss Pearson, Who has evidently studied with sedulous attention the music appertain ing to the par of Bertha, sang, not merely with gamut-like correctness, but with fine expression. Accounts from Antwerp state, that within a short period they have raised a great number of batteries, which now mcunt two hundred pieces of cannon, of thirty-six to forty- Query? Why did Mr. Ward decline standing fur the eight pounders, with a proportionate number of mortars, City ? Because all the " Wards" were against him! served by experienced artillerymen, the passag e o f t h e It givas usi nfinite pleasure to announce, on authority, Scheldt is looked upon as to be impassable to ships of war , that the account in an evening paper, last night, of Mr. should they attempt forcing that river. Hume having met with n serious accident, is totally un- We are sorry to state, that a general fear is entertained founded. So far from his fracturing a leg and an arm by of the ultimate success of the brave Poles in their noble a fall from his horse, he was the whole of yesterday canvas cause of liberty. It is well-known, that the Russians are sing the electors of Middlesex, which prevented him from concentrating an overwhelming force; and the report of being present at the Meeting in Marylebone parish. Mr. a gentleman, who has lately arrived from St. Petersburg, Hume returned home last night in excellent health and spi informs us, that not less than one hundred and fifty thousand rite, after a most flattering reception among his late con- Russians are on their march to the Vistula, to join Die- i stituents ; such, indeed, as must be gratifying to the friends bitsch's army ; and from a high quarter at the west end of of Reform, and most galling to the faction which is endea the town, it is reported that the Russians will proceed en rouring to perpetuate its domination and a dangerous ascen masse to the attack of Warsaw, by the 12th of May. 1 dancy in the Commons House of Parliament. SPIRIT OF THE JOURNALS. TINES.—While the corruptionists and borougbmongers arc still la:. Elting in the magnitude of the subscription for the purpose of fent,. * the free expression of feeling in the country, a fresh difficulty t ea , unrested their unpatriotic course. This unforeseen obstacle is no tens dee than the want of candidates I—nut the wain of persons willing to solar Parliament fur the purpose of resisting the wishes of the peopl e , die & there are always an sbundance in the ranks of the Tory party , -bet a want of pen one who are willing to face the election meetings of their jenny incensed countrymen. There is no want of members to sit fer Gatton er Old Sarum, but to mount upon popular hustings, inn On hear their lialnell coupled with curses both loud and deep, and, per. baps, ,o have their per one assailed with those missiles with which Jul e , Roll is apt to .tamp his envie:wire upon those who have betrayed hint We can easily picture to ourselves how grating it must be to the feeling!, mental, as well as physical, efthigh-bon' and hieh-bred yeette Tory, sent from some clubniteti-e in Saint James's -street, with the wages et corruption in his pocket, and travelling luxurimisly to some cont. fortable Corporation Conetnueney, consisting of thirteen or six. teen persons. We ece him, in our mind's eye, present liimsch to the people,—we hetet the groans which at first assail hf r e,.. enee see the first diseharge of mud. dead cat., and rotten eggs, uhicit encircle his bare and devoted head. Then, as the populace becotets more tic. termined and more excited, we sec the pebbles and gravel begin to fly —these arc succeeded by paving stones, bricks, &c. and the Corinthian OR* al of Toryi-in is forced to retire with a broken head, and through the back door of the mayor's private house. Nor do the ycl:a, of which be has been the victim, cease to haunt hint till lie is many nines on hit rend home again. Now, do we approve of such scenes as these? Quite the contrary : we deprecate them beforehand, and shall dept' re them i: they take pit ce. But we think it right to warn the Tories in their headlong coarse, of what is likely to happen if they continue to urge the high-enirii:cl people of England to desperation. POST.— W.; • t me day, ago theught it our duty to forewarn the tout. try, that the nnanstere who insulted ml vilified the two horses of the le. gislature es t' e oely pie:title 'deans of eindin sing their own desperate meat ede o' a eTheenutior, tc c uro s uestierehie prepared us a dernie;. m.o. I, rne er al in relit qt•inh the power t'.cry had so grossly abused, to anempt to carry on the govermectit of the country by means of Royal Ordinance-. Ilia tins was Ao tectiou‘ er untounded conjecture isnot sufficiently avi.l:rt. intend y begin to despair ot obtaining in the new parliament a mejorny favourable to the Revolutionary mss urn, upon which their official existence depends ; and their organs are accordingly itetructed to proclaim the enensity a; diesalvinn else new Parliament the tionient it refuses ob-equious obe. thence to the maedate of the Execulie c Government, and of omitting t o issue wait. for the next election to the boroughs marked out fur dls. franchinniedt. The Tames, the leading Ministerial Journal, expresen says that this ccurse must be adopted of ell risks," if the Nahanni: now about to be elected should prove refractory. Let no man Senn himself thet this is an idle meneco. The Minivan', if they should be disappeinted in the composition of the New Parliament. as they and their adherents evidently anticipate, t ill, na mart can now doubt, in the desperate circumstances in which they stand, do all they can towards reallaing this arbitrary, insolent. and treesunalile threat. It is now clear that the new Parlia• mon will have a question to ditcu. s, anterior to that of Reform in point of order, and superior even to that great question in point ot imporience. The question is no less than this : shall the perfermence of a ace any longer be entrusted to the Executive Govern. m. nt, after the Mini•ters of lee Crown have threatened the nation, that in a e. maid ni °beide contingency they will so perform it as to crush th. national rcpt.-en:Ai in alto .ether. Hnuatin—All the election returns hitherto show that disloyalty and corruption have "ill luck." Hitherto the membets actually returnee' to serve in the new Patliamcne arc all teturniers. Dover nobly led the way ; —the men of Kau, e. %Ilia, in the Commentaries Caear writ, is termed the civileet piece 01 all 'hie isle." laid aside their civility, and kielnnt out diet fast (deed ut the borou e hmotigeting fection, Sir John Rtes ILid. London and Soulto erk fellewen the example, and put Mr. Ward and Sir Robert Wil•.on on the shelf tor even—. Lewee has discarded Sir John Shelly : and several cilia places h e ws &veined with the pr. Mud services ot " the coneervatives," aid elio:ni m.n who or: pledged to &term. Not a single aini-re fentien lase yet been tenoned ; and though, as the matchless Member for Preeton.entl.all.lingliold said, tlie people are " mad," it utast be coat:mid their otanne: • nay method tit it ;—a method which, it is de. veutly to be hoped, will speedily cleanse the Constitution of that pe t nate stuff which ha, so long been depressing its energies, and placing it• very existence in jeopardy. Hitherto, we repeat, not a single anti. reformer hes been reunited :—..we wait skit anxious curiosity to record the neme of that place which shall first distinguish itself by returning an opponent of the King, his Government, and Reform. ERA LD.—We hope,the energetic message of the French government to Don Miguel may no. turn out, like the memorable non-intervention manifesto of the same government, uHa Austria trampled under foot in Laly, to be a mere briaunz 'she country that betrays a nein of spirit to vindicate its own eleekred principles in one cane, pro. yokes insult in another. It may seem strange that the contemptible power of the Portuguese usurper should rather invite than dcpiecate the ho laity of Fiance • bu n this modern Nero has seen the Despotic Governments Fiance; secretly abet and comfort him, act towards France in a manner that showed neither respect foe her wisdom, :or fear of her power, without any other conse quence following than that of the French Ministers " eatirg their own words," and solemnly protesting that their energetic declarations against the infamous invasion of independent States meant eaactly tolling! This has, of course, emboldened the pigmy AU! OCTat of Portugal to ape the insolent conduct of the ntore gigantic despots, who overlook the flaw in his title on account of the kindred vices of cruelty, feud, and oppression which constitute his " legitimate" claims to their eeee cial protection. Similar demonstrations of contempt for revolutionised France have been made by Spain, where preparations for invading that country, and restoring the ex.Kirg, were openly made some time ago, sittothancouidy with the great military (gement:ids of the Chiefs of the " Holy Alliance." It is certain, from the documents found at Walborn welch Lafayette preduced in the chamber of deputies, and from tacte ecich constituted a stroeg chain of circumstantial evidence, that, it it had not been for the unexpected insurrection of the Poles, Fiance would be at this I.:omen' fighting for her existence against boss of invatters on her own soil. It was that insurrection et hiett caused the autocrat of Itursia to recognise the new n're ' , eh dynasty, as he naturally wished Fumee to teivain quiet until he should have performed has threat of erasing Poland irons the map of Ea rope. He could thee easily pretend a cause of quarrel with France, and alone fur his hypo critical recognition cf a " revolutionary government" by sincerely attempting its utter overthrow. Don Miguel, ignorant, perhaps, of the cheeks which the wicks of the autocrat have received icr the walls of Warsaw, coutittues to iueult France with the must audacious pose. verance. The French, thinking, perhaps , that they could earn a cheap reputation for spirit by demanding satie.factien of this petty political culprit, have commissioned their Consul to speak in a higher lone in Lisbon than their Ambassador uarcd to use in Vienna. It it be oue that Don Miguel hoe treated his demand with the most intrepid ccc. tempt, and retused to deliver up two French subject., whom he had most cruelly 'reseed, and wee .bout to transport to Angola, the French government sill ue eternally disgraced it they do not intrantly take the only means that can bring the regal rebel to his senses. It is said a Pop tugueee frigate is to convoy the v:el that takes .he viewers to An gola. There are French vessels of war in the Tagus. A French tr:. gate can settle the question very easily, as far as the prisoners are ein cerned. But France ought not to atop here; she ough‘ ;o hurl the perjured tyrant from the throne which he has usurped, to cuenge the rights of humanity and the law of nations. It was said, not long since. that some English subjects were sh u t up in his dungeons, charged with pretended plots. We should like to know whether our Government have inquired into the subject, and acted in a manner that shows they are not to be trifled with. The account of the brutal executions that re cently took place at Lisbon makes it very necessary that such an inquiry should be made without delay, lest British subjects should suffer the worst sort of assassination—tea: of a Miguelite Court of J us:ice ! . . . The Bank Directors, it is reported, have come to the de tirmination of only discounting through their branch banks at 5 per cent. The opinion appears to prevail that this ii only a preparatory step to the same rate being obtained by the bank in London. An active subscription has been commenced in the Fins 'bury district in aid of the General Reform Election Sub scription, now open at the Crown and Anchor Tavern; and although only a few hours have been devoted to the same, the chairman was enabled to transmit to the General Com mittee a check for 501. on account. An accurate correspondent, who has been counting on the probable result of the Scottish elections, calculates that the cause of reform will gain not fewer than nine votes by the dissolution—more we confess, than the limited nature of the representation in that part of the kingdom would seem to warrant. A mail has arrived from Rio Janeiro, which left on the 13th of February, by which Rio Papers have been received at the North and South American Coffee-house, to the 12th of February. The sale of specie which existed in the ex tinct Bank, still continued. By the brig A nua, arrived on the Bth inst. from Pernambuco, we have received very unplea sant news, and we lament that that fine Province is far from being in a settled state. It appears that M. Jose de Almeida, President of the Province of Rio Grande, and one of the Deputies of the Legislative Assembly, being on a visit to a Dr. Gustavo, was shot on the 22d January, sod killed on the spot ; the Doctor was also wounded. We also learn that the Custom House was twice plundered.