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i • / Qiiire/a 'Jig- S 7-- FINE ARTS. SHAKSPEARE We have C. K n i g ht, L on d en, 1 835. just been favoured with a sight of an en graving from the well known portrait of Shakspeare in the possession of the Duke of Buckingham at Stowe. It is admirably ex2mted by Striven, and as a likeness is, we believe, considered by the cognoscenti to be the most authenti c of any in existence. LITERATURE. TALES OF THE RAMAD'HAN, Author oj EY .1. A. ST. JOAN." Egypt and Mohammed Ali," 6-c. In 3 Vols. -London. Richard Bentley. 1835. The atit'aor of these elegant transcripts of Oriental cust°nls, manners, and modes of expression, bids fttir to attain a high rank among the distinguished illustra tors of Eastern history. He is not deficient in fancy jand i magination, chastened and corrected by a sober udgment and a good taste. His style is flowing lan g u age b e i ng i nflated ; and in his use of the figurative "gunge of the Orientalists he evinces a regard for Precision and appropriateness rather uncommon even among writers of no mean pretension to literary ability. I lia present work consists of a series of 'Ales, recited du 'ing the Ramad'han, or Mohammedan Lent—a season which the founder of Moslemism ordered to be 'et apart for spiritual exercises, but which the more enlightened classes among the Osmanlis of the pre sent day devote to the indulgence of the more animal , P is assi( ins• As the Prophet only enjoined fasting from rising till the setting of the sun, his followers take Car e to crowd into the hours of the night the enjoyment oh every pleasure allowed t o th e most pr i v il ege d o f te worshippers of Allah. Among these the recital of tales claims a first place, the story-tellers being not °llly fellows of infinite wit and humour, but moreover the most learned and intelligent class of persons in the East,. Several of these Tales arc full of striking incident, although we must confess that they remind us rather frequently of the " Arabian Nights." That they are e qual to these celebrated fictions in a delineation of the Oriental character, is a degree of praise which we cannot concede to them ; and perhaps the frequency Iv - hi' whichh the author reca l l th e memory o f h eroes an d er°i nes, whose adventures are familiar to every school -37' w ill, in many cases, operate powerfully to his ° ' s advanta ge. O ne of h i s greatest oversights is giving lig descriptions of scenery in the half-poetic, half- Cr azy style of a sentimental Novelist. Now, hi the ,‘ -Arabian Nights," the description of a country and inhabitants is given in three lines, the author never P ea ring to apprehend that th ere can b e anyt hi ng c derful a b out i t. T he soil is arid or humid, moun t' ain °us or level, covered with woods, or " bleak, bar te;ll) a nd bare" as a desert, and there ends the descrip :Le Part of the story. Every particular cave, tree, t i cat4ce, or other locality which happens to be men .", ed, is as necessary to the developement of the fiction , 8 i ts hero or heroine. There is another discrepancy "etween the Tales of Mr. St. John and the Arabian nights," which struck us very forcibly, after we found ; Itirse lves compelled, by occasional resemblances in the ' L ad ing incidents, to in s tit u t e compar i sons b etween th e In reading hi s fi ct i ons we never lose sight of fact that they are designed to make us acquainted w ith th e customs of the Orientalists. This never oc curs, even to persons of mature age, who read the Arabian Nights" for the first time. They know arid feel the genuineness of a fiction unequalled in cold s t ateline ss , an d t h at a b sence of all personal sympa y which c h aracter i ses soc i ety i n the East. A d oubt is never apprehended, nor is the least effort eve r made to meet the objections of incredulity. nlgeh We might make many extracts from these Tales more interesting than the one annexed to this t noti ce, were th e y not too l ong f or i nsert i on in our co htnna. The Plague Doctor, the Pearl Merchant, e Shater Mansoor and the Princess Sitara, the kabyle Chief —all contain passages rich in whatever Is most attractive in Oriental scenery, customs, and as sociations. The scenes of blood and treason in Cairo nreot full of h uman interest and passion, even did they rni relat e to occurrences which actually took place du t'g.the Vic e -R oya l ty o f M e h emet Ali . The follow in 1 S trom the Tale of the Bisharein and the Derwish ;, ) g, the first of the series :- 4, at hammed at on ce di scovere d t h e a d van t ages o ff ere d b y th e datel ure of th e ground, where, owing to the narrowness of C,..„e, a small band might defend itself against an enemy. s t -- Tmg ePo fo his l ance firmly, and commanding the brave Bisb- ee llow, he descended towards the foe, and encountered thie rn i o at f the steepest and narrowest part of the ravine. The Insnhth the Sheyghia, a man of a thl e tic form, in the prime of hish e 3 " , eager t o a dd i nsu l t to aggress i on, a d vanced b efore cr, °l ) . l e, and cr i e d aloud to Mohammed— blood Uield thee, stripling ! I would not have thy unripe my spear. In the camp, thou mightest aid th the . ccup,! ll sPinning our tents, in drawing water, an . in o . er "ast %Zs beconAing the effeminate nature of a Bisharem. entrusttil fa`..ner, or dares he not come forth, that thou art thytribe, befor e th y b ear d b e grown , with the command of 1 1 484 replied Mohammed, ' wilt thou suffer me to S ' e 'LlidtV" c e? Our tribes have no hereditary feud. Why InY"tribSir e be blood between us?' iritless boy !' answered the Sheyghia chief, are not t ell i t i e h r asreil t he natural lords of this desert, upon which whoever n- or enemy ? I tell thee, no blood but that of the th ou ,,, k will this day be shed. Ye are the persevering off 8 1" 'leak rivals of my power. Lately I fell upon and cut turb: n e i d,ad, Your sheikh ; and behold his heron-plume in my A l i t , ' if ting up his eyes, Mohammed indeed saw his father's kif_ com uPon the Slieyghia's brow ; but with that unparalleled 'repr ess ' d ' l ,_ ai .let Pfiuired by the constant presence of danger, lio r fiery indignation and said— areat ! My father —may his soul rest in peace ! s;" •b e But tureiv fallen lighting, I doubt not, as became the rav _ t. blood' th e Sheygliia did not pollute their hands with he , 12 if my mother and sisters? Where are they, sheikh ? t he solemnln y camp, young mail,' replied the chief, moved by earnestness of his manner. 7'' No w G od judge between thee and me !' said Moham . fled My fath er ' s bl oo d i s on thy sword. Mine also shall nlge brightness, or I will ride forth from this glen with thy Lead upon my saddle-bow.' " Sayin g th ese words, he put spurs to his barb, and rushing on tail enemy with extended lance, their horses met ; their spears grazing each other's shoulders, missed their aim ; but the 'hock was 5..0 viole n t, t h at both ' steeds and riders came to the ground. At this moment the fray also commenced in the rear, and several Bisharein, passing their unhorsed chief, en gaged the assailing Sheyghia, endeavouring to force them . .' ll o o ,v . vn the glen. Without observinn , the movements of their !lowers, the two chiefs disentangled themselves from the yips, leaped leaped upon their feet, and recommenced the combat * lsi j o th__ theirs scimitars. All around, carnage was going on. l h_7,heeded them, except the merchants and slaves ; but h ad been looked on with the most intense interest. Selyma, who Peen for greater safety placed in the centre of the line, " too far removed to know more than that the caravan was ittt aeked. pith 11 Sheyghia, a t a ll , powerful man, handled his weapon strew gular : and mo re th an once hi s superior bodily f ew gth and greater skill compelled Mohammed to recoil a ak : aces, which he aga i n recovered by desperate efforts of each ahem . They pressed u p on eac h other with the fury of tigers, pting to cleave his adversary asunder—the rushed th r .st wt!rd—they retreated. At length Mohammed wo y unding 'was Nieyghia in th e arm , t h e savage seeing his blood flow, enraged to madness, and making a furious stroke, his sword met Mohamm e d' s bl a d e, an d fell shivered in pieces 1.0 " 1 his grasp. F or an i nstant, of which the youth omitted ?tie blo w t ake advantaoe, he stood unarme d an d d e f ence l ess, when would terminated the struggle. Next moment ; 1 1 drew his d agger, and throwing himslf deserately uon s ene rnY, closed w i t h hi m before he had e time to p make use of onceadvantage ; and in . the deadly contest which ensued both 1.-7 b.. more rolled to the earth, the Sheyghia endeavouring to ~a i lk , e use of his dagger, and Mohammed, who had grasped his 0 6 41 , L a arrn, trying to draw his own poinard to terminate the loos : t. In this attempt they rolled together in the dust and forth sto nes, where the blood of the wounded chief oozing cor and coverin g b ot h , they appeared like two blood-stained Pses, animated by infernal agency. At length Mohammed Illvi)ePre_ared to be losing strength, and the efforts of the Sheyghia L4ee every moment becoming more successful, when a sudden grwT,_Y•ement rendered the youth master of his enemy's dagger, F s. at the same moment he freed himself partly from his hsworked round, and gradually gaining the ascendancy, sowtotitu..enerny completely under him, and pressing his knee breast, said_ ritirsiaGytho t d i : o u thou s eest, i s great, sheikh ; and the stripling ou contemnedst, h e h as ren d ered master o f t h y l i f e. hast ngt slain my father, and I will even now )AY•) :lay Th e Brougham, ills, Lord tiding that to the ba resent that to consider r his Noble le case was rocce dcd _Arrived te, Kraal- Arrived • Li- Canton; e. Teneriffe ; Linburn, for e of Go°4 for iinson, E., fine.' 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' ..°' o0;'• r ceit 0t .;.,0". ; • ' 5 ll • • •' fir. pc, .. s. r~ spare thee. fly hand never thirsted for any man's blood. Mast thou shin him ? Speak !' 1004 " Instead of replying, the chief foatt.;littl ht the dagger, and grasped it I.y the blatit so that in withdrawing it for cibly, Itfoharnmoe. Mai-ly severed the fingers from his hind. Epeak, iran 1' exclaimed the .yo‘Ntb;: hiSt thou slain by father?' " Shall I utter a WO' ;spited the Sheyghia I have slain him.' " quart thou subdue him bravely in the ficld-..--5.% he ceAlt overcame his enemies—fighting fit:r.n YiN r# 11 !:, 9- t!):=66:ille the fearless and the fres?,--J , t• hjtl:eating like the tiger upon his peaceful tent; 'rbY'..Sieu by the shroud of midnight ?' " Whtt boots it to inquire how the victory was achieved ? A.VI, 'not thou a Bedoin? But no, I perceive in thee some thing nobler than eves' before met my eye in the shape of man. Revenge can have no harbour in such tt " Sheikh,' replied 11ohe.mrtie4 tea not revenge, and therefore, while my folluvrets are falling around me, have I paused to question thee for some circumstance of palliation, some redeeming quality in the act, which might t illstify my sparing thy life. But I find none. God condemns thee as a murderer, and with own dagger will I execute his sentence I' " And with the word he plunged the weapon in his breast; and cutting off and fastening the head by ite tong hair on his saddle-bow, he vaulted upon his barb, to resume the command of the battle." As these elegant fictions must necessarily reach a second edition in a very short time, we hdvise the author by all means to cancel the introductory lines om English Poets which precede the commencement of every chapter. They are a blot upon the work, and by destroying the illusion which steals over the mind in the perusal of the fiction, jar most disagreeably upon the feelings. THE RURAL MUSE. London. lithiacher, Ave Maria-lane. 1835. A pleasing collection of poems from the pen of John Clare the Northamptonshire peasant, possessing more vigor than the pastorals of Bloomfield, and characterized by an equal relish for the beauties of nature. The engravings affixed to the volume arc re markably beautiful. THE PARTERRE, PART XIV. With Four Engravings. London. Effingham Wilson, Royal Exchange. We are pleased to mark the success of this unpre tending little periodical. Its editors are industrious, persevering, ingenious, and amenable to good counsel. Our previous suggestions we find have been carefully attended to, which to us, of course is exceedingly gra tifying. THURLSTON TALES, 3 VoLs. J. Macrone, London, 1835. This is a collection of tales, seven in number, pre faced by a very adroit and pertinent introduction, ex plaining the how, and the where they were written. One of the tales is of a supernatural character, and is somewhat clumsily written, but the one entitled the " Bachelor and his Bride" is far above the ordinary level of fiction. Altogether the volumes form very light and agreeable reading. THE QUARTERLY JOURNAL OF AGRICUL- TURE, No. XXX. Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh: Cadell, London. This is a very practical Number of a very useful and meritorious work. The Irish gentry, who are not absentees, will find in it an article on the agriculture of the county of Wicklow well deserving their serious attention. The article on the advantages of small farms by Mr. William Blacker of Armagh is likewise worthy of a careful perusal. Many of the suggestions contained in it are exceedingly valuable. The review of Graham's work on the amelioration of India is a capital paper. We cannot recommend this work too cordially to agriculturists in every part of the British Empire. THE BRITISH CONSTITUTION, ITS ORIGIN AND HISTORY. BY TWO MEMBERS OF GRAY'S INN. London : Orr and Smith, 1835. We have here within the compass of a small duode cimo more useful information respecting the origin of the British Constitution, than could be gleaned from some of our most voluminous English historians. The history of Parliament with the many changes that have taken place in its constitution, and its invasions from time to time of the ancient prerogatives of the crown, is a portion of it with which every school-boy ought to be made familiar. It is an extremely useful little work, which we should be happy to see in the hands of every body. WESTMINSTER REVIEW, No. XLV. London. _Marone, St. James's-square. We regret that circumstances over which we could exercise no controul, prevented us from noticing the leading articles in this number of the Westminster Review immediately after its publication. To do so now could serve no purpose, as it has already been a month before the public. Many of the reviews are of most stirring character—indeed more so than any that hare appeared for some ten or twelve months past. One article we must refer to as particularly able in its general reasoning, and copious in its details. It is called " Russian Demands on France," being a review of articles which appeared in Le Polonnais, a monthly periodical, published in Paris, by a member of the Polish Diet. Want of space alone prevents us from copying it into The Sun. THE SACRED CLASSICS, OR CABINET LI BRARY OF DIVINITY, VoL. XXI. Sacred Poetry of the 17th Century, _ _ "Vol. 1., with an introductory Essay and Critical Remarks. BY THE REV. B. CATTERMOLE, London : Hatchard and Son, Piccadilly. 1835. By fathers of pious families, and guardians of youth generally, the publication of this selection from the writings of our early . English poets, will be hailed as a most acceptable service to the cause of re ligion and virtue. A spirit of devotion breathes throughout every line in this volume, which besides the whole of Giles Fletcher's " Christ's Victory and Triumph," includes copious selections from Spenser, Davies, Phincas Fletcher, Sandys, Bishop King, Wither, Quarles, Herbert, and Milton, a galaxy of bright and illustrious Christian poets, whose fame is as imperishable as the language in which they wrote. The introductory essay is written in a manner well becoming the sacred character and purpose of its Rev. Author. To doubt the popularity of such a work, so conducted, would be to doubt the existence of a love of virtue, and a desire to cultivate filial piety, among the parents and guardians of the rising gene ration. LIFE AND WORKS OF WILLIAM COWPER. BY THE REP F. S. ORIMSHAWE. Vol. JUL Saunders and Utley, 1835. The embellishments of this volume of the life and writings of England's most Christian poet, are a portrait of Cowper's mother, and a view of East Dere ham, both by Finden. The paintin; from which the engraved portrait is taken must have been executed while the lady was yet in the bloom of youth, as it re presents a young and handsome countenance, with eves radiant with intelligence, shown to great advantage by a profusion of long hair falling negligently down the back, and partially covering the shoulders. The ex pression of the mouth is great firmness, tempered with a naturally amiable disposition. No one who believes that men of genius are more beholden to their mothers than to their fathers for the natural faculties which they possess, could feel surprise that such a mother gave birth to such a son. Cowper's " Task," the most generally interesting of his long poems is concluded in this volume. It moreover contains a number of his minor pieces, with an account of his treatment of his hares, written by the poet himself, and inserted by him in the Gentleman's Magazine, a curious and interesting paper, with which the public ought to be mere familiar. This work, one of the most elegant reprints of the dav, will be con cluded in another month!? volume. T: PAGET, Esq., was called to the Chair, and took his seat amidst loud and continued cheers. The Chairman proceeded to contrast the Reform Bill of then. Commons with that of the Lords, and said that, altered as it was—the freemen perpe tuated, the choice of the electors restricted, the aldermen to hold office for life, a portion of the present aldermen thrust upon the people, and the magistrates and town clerks pre served in their offices—the measure was not worth the accep tance of the nation. This of itself was enough to justify the people in saying, " We will have nothing to do with this Bill." —( Cheers.) What then (said Mr. Paget) can we and must we do ? We can protest, and that we will do. We can sug gest, and that we will do. Our petition has been kicked out by the House of Lords, and henceforth we have nothing more to do with their Right Hon. Lordships. Mr. BREWIN, in proposing the first resolution, said that it was impossible, in the present state of things, for the people to be quiescent. It had come to this point—that the House of Lords, in the exercise of its privileges, had set fast the State machine; and the question now was, not which was the pro per Bill, but how were tho affairs of the nation to move on with such a House of Lords ?—( Hear, hear.) It was clear that the two Houses of Parliament were at direct variance, and that one of the two must give way. Which was the most likely ?—( Cries of " The Lords, the Lords.") The Peers had forced upon the people the consideration of what was the most proper thing to be done in such a crisis. _ Mr: IfurcniNsos, after seconding the resolution, said__ The Bill for the Reform of Corporations, in my humble opi nion, is no longer worthy of your acceptance. I would rather wait the march of events, in the hope of obtaining a better Bill ; in no event do I think we shall have a worse ; but I had rather have no Bill at all, than accept such a mockery of Re form.—( Cheers.) The resolution was carried unanimously. Mr. WINKS proposed the second resolution. He said, if the Peers provoke a collision—if they trust in the brute force which they persuade themselves they have at their command—they may be assured that their own coronets will be the first orna ments of the social fabric that will go ; and it may happen (as it has been observed by an•eloquent writer) that through their folly the adornment which crowns the edifice may perish like a garland in the grasp of popular fury.—( Hear, hear.) Th e people of England will not be deterred from perfecting their rights and privileges. Liberty, substantial liberty, is what we crave, and what we will have.—( Cheers. ) Mr. J. Moose seconded the resolution. The Rev. J. P. MURSELL moved the third resolution amidst loud cheers. He confessed that he was far from observing the conduct of their Lordships with regret. He was glad on the people's account, as a problem, which might puzzle Archimedes himself, would be circulated all through the land, and its so lution tried, namely, " Of what use was the House of Lords ?" —(Cheers and laughter.) And should is turn to their Lord ships' disadvantage, they had none to thank but themselves, for, in his opinion, their behaviour was suited to strengthen that disgust which, unfortunately for them, had long existed in the public breast.—( Cheers.) • The day had arrived when it must be seen whether the representative or the hereditary principle was to prevail. The Lords themselves had hastened on the crisis and thrown down the gauntlet—and the people would have been idiots indeed if they had not taken it up._ ( Loud cheers.) Mr. J. FIELDING, in seconding the resolution, trusted that the question which the Lords had raised would never be dropped until their House had been reformed.— (Cheers.) A petition, embodying the resolutions, was moved by Mr. JOHN COLTMAN, and seconded by Mr. S. HILL. Mr. Hill re marked, that the people of England. who had paid 20,000,000/. to free their coloured brethren of the West Indies, would never consent to be slaves themselves.—( Cheers. ) Mr. HODGSON moved a vote of thanks to the minority of the House of Lords, and especially to Lord Brougham. Mr. S. KIRBY seconded the resolution. The Rev. J. TAYLOR rose to propose the fifth. Either the people should quietly permit the Lords to' exert their powers, or they ought to abolish them.—(Cheers.) The Rev. E. MIALL seconded the resolution, and said, who was to give way ? Was reform in the Lower House to be ren dered useless, because reform had not reached the Upper? They had heard that " the schoolmaster was abroad." The prying eyes of a newly awakened intelligence were closely examining the merits of every national institution. With candle in hand, the people were searching into every hole and corner of that fabric denominated the Constitution. They were trying every thing by the test of common sense and uti lity. They had heard much of a collision between the two branches of the Legislature—let it come—the sooner the bet ter.—(Loud cheers.) There might be on the one side no bility and wealth, rooted enmity to popular rights, and dogged determination ; but there was on the other side, mind—a mighty nation's mind—and who could doubt the issue of the conflict?—(Renewed cheers.) The business of the meeting being over, a voice exclaimed, " Three cheers for the Ministers," which being heartily given, " Three groans for the Lords" were next called for, arid as readily bestowed. The meeting then separated. HULL. ( Abridged from the Hull Advertiser.) On Wednesday, a public meeting, convened by the Hull Reform Association, was held in the Old Gaol Yard, to take into consideration what treasures should be adopted with re ference to the proceedings of the House of Lords, on the Municipal Reform Bill. Although the weather was most un propitious—the rain descending in torrents shortly after the business commenced—the attendance was most numerous and respectable, the numbers being about 2,000. J. C. PARKER, Esq., a Magistrate for the East Riding of Yorkshire, was called to the chair. The CHAIRMAN, on coming forward to open the business of the meeting, was loudly cheered. The Corporation Bill has already passed the House of Commons by a very large ma jority. It has been sent to the Upper House, where it has been mangled and torn to pieces. I trust and hope that when it is sent back to the place of its nativity, the Me fibers who gave it birth will not adopt it—(Cheers)—but r_turr► it to the Lords with this laconic answer, " We'll no le on't"— ( Cheers)—" we'll not submit to a single change yo 1 propose." —( Cheers.) The Ministers have boldly, nobly done their duty, but the people must stand by them.—( Shout i of " We will !") Mr. JOHN SMITH (of Kirk Ella) Froposed the first re solution. Mr. Woougy, on rising to second the resolution, said,— The Lords have re-organized did sion—s--they have again set Birmingham in motion, itnd God alotid Jt±ots. how the approaching agitation will end. For some time fißf; teriona efforts have been made by the working classes to inutit;s4 the Council to resume its labours, but without effect. The Coutt cil were unwilling to agitate unnecessarily, knowing the great sacrifice of time that would be required from themselves and the people. They were also in hope that the Lords would not trespass too far upon the patience of the people, nor outrage their feelings. Their hopes, however, have been blasted—the last few posts which have arrived here have contained 'one con tinued detail of insult and mockery of legislation, and the re sult has been a universal demand upon the Council again to place themselves at the head of the people, The call has been responded to, and the people of Birmingham has again taken the field of agitation, and the men will never quit it until they suceeed In wringing from their Lordships the fruits of that Re form Bill, to obtain which they heretofore all but took the field of battle. Newhall-hill will again resound with the shout of " Liberty." Yes, a Reform of the Hereditary Peerage will be demanded, and must be conceded. The more than useless ness of this body is now freely discussed, and the idea of allow ing it to continue unreformed is laughed at as ridiculous in the extreme. On Friday evening, the Council of the Union met in the committee-room of the Town-hall, for the purpose of making arrangements for the reorganization of the Union. The meeting wag ntitticrously attended, scarcely any of the mem bers being absent. Shortly after seven o'clock, Mr. P. H. Muntz having been called to the chair, Mr. Boultbee rose and said, they had met on that occasion to take into consi deration the propriety of re-establishing the Political Union.— (Cheers.) During the last few days he had met several of the most retpectable, wealthy, and influential gentlemen in the town, who expressed a strong desire that the Union should be again set in motion.—(Cheers.) These gentlemen were not only anxious to have the Union revived, but they were willing and ready to come forward with their money. One gentleman had told him he would give him 30/. towards de fraying the expense of the first meeting, and ethers were ready to contribute.—(Renewed cheers.) Under these cir cumstances, he applied to Mr. Edmonds, the secretary, and the result was the numerous meeting then assembled. The CHAIRMAN most fully concurred in the step which had been taken. It was now evident that the Union must be re established.—( Cheers. ) Mr. EDMONDS said, there must now be a grand effort made. Nothing short of a thorough union of all classes of Reformers could enable the Ministry to carry the Corporate, or any other measure of Reform. It was here proposed, as the first step to be taken, that a deputation from that meeting be appointed to rocecd to the house of the High Bailiff, and ascertain from t .at gentleman, whether or not he would convene a town's meeting, in the event of a requisition being presented to him. The Chairman, and Mr. Edmonds were then appointed, and having left the meeting, returned in a short time, and that they were unable to ace the High Bailiff, as he was t hn absent from borne. It. was then arranged that the deputation should wait on the High Bailiff in the morning ( Saturday). Mr. PARE moved a resolution to the effect that the Council now agree to a declaration of principles upon which the Union were to act. This he considered necessary, in order that the people might fully understand the objects for which the Union was again revived. Mr. SALT was of opinion that Mr. Attwood ought to be re quested to draw up a declaration. There was no man more co mpetent to do so, and lie was sure he would be willing to comy d with the wishes of the Council. — ( Cheers.) He con sider there was no time to be lost.—( Loud cries of " Call the meeting on Monday.") Mr. HADLEY, in reference to the declaration, told, the first and great object of the Union should be the attainttletit tit a . good Municipal Corporation Bill. He contended, that if they could get, and he wished to know what a united and determined people could not get, in the way of Legis lation, a good Corporation Reform Bill ; they would then have a permanent Political Union in every town in the kingdom, which would eventually enable the rot:de to obtain all Pat rind necessary Reforms.—(Cheers.) He concluded by moving the first resolution. Mr. EDMONDS most cordially seconded the resolution, and agreed in all that had been said by Mr. Hadley. His object was to combine all parties of Reformers together at the pre sent crisis. It was now admitted, by all the great men in the kingdom, that if the Corporation Bill, as passed by the House of Commons, was put in operation, it would for ever break up Tory domination. —( Cheers.) He seconded the resolution, which was put by the Chairman, and carried un animously. Mr. SALT said the Ministers were now driving a great wedge into the strongholds of corruptian, and the question was, would the people help them to drive it home.—( Cheers, and cries of " Yes.") Then, if such was their determina tion, there must be no division. If they were but united, it was impossible that the Lords, however obstinate and appa rently determined, could prevent them from obtaining a good system of local government.--(Cheers.) Mr. PARE was now perfectly satisfied, inasmuch as the ob ject of the Union was clearly specified, The meeting was then addressed by Mr. Giles, Mr. Blax. ladd, and others, whose observations we regret want of room prevents us from giving ; suffice it to say the utmost un animity prevailed, and the meeting adjourned until Saturday evening. ROMSEY.--A numerous and highly respectable meeting of the inhabitants of this town, convened by the Mayor, G. Sharp, Esq., in compliance with a requisition substantially signed, (many subscribers to it being members of the Corpo ration) was held in the Town Hall on Thursday. The Mayor was unanimously called to the chair. A petition to the Commons begging them not to accept the Bill in its pre sent shape, was afterwards put to the meeting and adopted unanimously. RoctiEsTra.—A nttlf3t,:i; and respectable meeting of the inhabitants of IN'Aester, Chatham, Strood, and Brompton, was held OA Friday last, at five o'clock, on the Military_Road, Chatham, " to take into considerati o n thir ?,4ii the political affairs of thi, ~ , , t9milfy,tisoauced by the mutilation of the Municipal Vorptlration Reform Bill, and the annihila tion of the trCah Church Bill, by the House of Lords ; and to pctitien the House of Commons to continne 3.011 fiii prt to Lord Melbourne and hls tolleagues." Thomas Bettley, Esq. was called to the Chair. Several strong re • solutions were rtsseil, expressive of indignation at the conduct of the Lords, and of a hope that. the Commons would with hold their consent from the Municipal Reform Bill in its pivsent mutilated state. COLNRROOK.—The Reformers of Colebrook and its vi cinity have been up and stirring. A petition to the Lords and another to the Commons have been agreed to in favour of the Municipal Corporation Bill. That to the Lords im plores their Lordships to " pass the Bill without mutilation, and with as little delay as possible."— Windsor Express. BARNSTAPLE.—A public meeting of the inhabitants of this town having been convened by the Mayor, was held at the Guildhall on Thursday last, for the purpose of taking into consideration the amendments or mutilations made by the Lords in the . Municipal Reform Bill. A petition to the I - louse of Commons was adopted, calling upon them to in sist upon the passing of the Bill in its original shape. , An accid en t o f a mos t ser i o u s aescription occurred about half-past 9 o'clock on Friday morning, to a young female named Margaret Rawlinson, in the service of Mr. 11. Ber ringer, of Lisson-grove- north, St. Marylebone, owing to the very reprehensible and indecent practice of suffering females to clean windows. It appears that the unfortunate young girl was employed in cleaning the outside of Mr. Berringe r's bed- MOM window, on the second floor, when she was .'Suddenly seized with a dizziness in the head, and,:letting go he: hold, she was precipitated from the window into the area below, a. height•of upwards of 40 feet. On-being taken up, awl surgical assistance procured, it was ascertained that both he ; Jegs WVI,I broken, and also her left arm, THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, AUGUST 31, 1535. DUBLIN, 01_ Or, qrst, coaripeop, . 6nit . • At was the stan ri4- oast of the Orangemen; as long as tlie3 thought that Reform was mere children's play, that they weed alone the Loyalists a tole epreuve of Ireland. No change of law or government could shake their allegiance, which wii " not at all conditional," like that which they condemned in the Cathelics• fl..ut,s iheir orators and poets on all fitting ocea . sloiboth §6,l,dstn. suit 4 , Their loyalty was still the same, Whether it won or lost the game ; True as the dial to the sty- Altbo' it be not shone upon." ' They had the assuranc to repettt these asset ions in the teeth ofOtitihtiitt tie WO, abuntlan prods the Sedition§ nn `d ibstiboidinate spirit by WhiCh they were UP to the very opening of this Parliaineht. sity the ; . rigilanbb and deci sion of the pi•eSeiti thhy hOiiilBl hoP;. to elude . 61- betiqwitivh by such professions, have been too much ibr their patience. The disclosures made before the Orange Committee have added to their desperation. There is no longer any motive for keeping the bulldog chained up. There l'ore) they have let him loose, and removed the muzzle which concealed his teeth, so as to leave him at liberty to bite or bay as opportunity may allow, The appearaneC of ti pamphlet published at Belfast under thk titlb tit " ORANGEMEN TO ARMS, or d Voicefrom the North," ' and by its contents fully establishing its right to such a title, has created a great sensation in all parts of Ireland: It will, no doubt, have been noticed in Parliament before this letter appears in The Sun. It may therefore be superfluous to call your attention to it t nor shall I trouble you or your readers by quoting largely from its pages. The following brief sample is enough to declare the species of loyalty it breathes " 1 tell both his illajcsty and his advisers that when they contemplate the possibility of yoking Irish Protestants to the triumphal car of the Scarlet Abomination,' and of dividing the legal support of the Established Clergy with the petipiert enemies, the priests, they are much mistaken : for sooner than submit to such degradation, we will hoist the Orange banner with the spirit-stirring inscription— ' For the Throne, the Altar, and the Constitution!' Yes—l tell these cowardly experimentalists that if they be determined to saddle tint eengelences with the feeogilition of Popery, in the 19th century, they must prepare to do it at the point of the bayonet. " There was a time when no man, at least no Orangeman, refused to respect the law. But we boldly declare that the Government have no right to expect obedience from us, unless they pay us the fair and legitimate price of our obedience,— that is, our protection. " Orangemen ! The day of vengeance is arrived. The day of retribution draws nigh. * "' Of course I forbid you to break the law, even though it were a law passed against eating plum-pudding at Christmas ; hut I will remind you of a fact, and place before you the example of the meekest of men,' and leaving it to yourselves to say whether his example is worthy of imitation or not. When Moses, the man of God, beheld the children of Israel in the act of Idolatry, he dashed the tables of the law to pieces l" The gentlemen, whose press has produced this delectable specimen of " still-the-same" loyalty, are James Stuart, Esq., L. L. D., a Barrister-at-law, and Mr. Gregg, a Justice of the Peace for the counties of Down and Antrim, the joint proprie tors of the Guardian, a Church and State Journal, published in Belfast. The former is so much regarded by his party, that its magnates, including my Lord Londonderry, and his bright son Castlereagh, Sir Robert Bateson, and many other names of noted - loyalty, some time ago purchased an annuity of 50/., which they presented to the Learned Doctor, as a reward for his bold advocacy of Conservative principles I The excuse of these gentlemen is that they published the treason unknown to themselves. In this year of blessed ignorance, such a defence has been more than once set up and accepted. " Nescire Paratus" seems to be the motto of the whole tribe from the Grand Master down. MUNICIPAL REFORM BILL. (Abridged from the Leicester Chronicle.) LEICESTER. On Thursday evening last, a crowded meeting was held in the New Hall, Wellington-street, (in consequence of a requi sition published on the same day), to take into consideration the course proper to be pursued, with regard to the mutila tions of the Municipal Reform Bill in the House of Lords. On the motion of Mr. J. COLTMAN, seconded by Mr. JoHN RYLEY— Gentlemen, I do not hesitate to say, that I think, before we have done, ytni will agree with me that this Bill from the Lcircls, Whieh I hold lii my bind, is one of the most impudent in§ttliS.ei , er offered to a free people,--( Great cheering.) But W lll Shobtsnever will I") e will stand by die tjti . !lit! Alinistry ;. I hope and trust to God they will stand by tired cheering.) , having been put by dal CitAttoins, was car - The re!oluttow • ried unattimontl, • -- , Aution. ditt:Eqi:4Si• 1 1M •ktt4 i f VP fide wrm ne people of Lt giark: t' to InO4l I .iir,,OTe - h' o n4o; . efts , assist Ministers iv ho had so nobly done their dut:. -IPcNt (vtiVcir;•) Mr. WILLIAM KENNEDY seconded the resolution, and a * :t!'e:.: expatiating at some length upon the recent procceedings of the Tory Peers, said—" I greatly mistake the temper of the tines if these perhoto, who seem to glory in opposing the sen fimentg and Outragitig the feelings of their fellow-countrymen, ere king disCoVer t nit they 59 urge their experi niend iquf 07eile, , i foci fatr.:( Ulcers.) It will be asked, Who are these Peery, rind' tihat ore these Prelates, that they should presume to interfere between to and the attainment of sound local government ? '—( Cheers.) Is it not notorious, that many of the two hundred aristocrats who range themselves against us are beggars alike in character and in fortune_( Great eheering)and that most of them are more or less pensioned upon the taxes—( Cheers) —wrung from the hard-working people of England, whom they would exclude from the management of their own affairs? But free-born Pinglishmen will not submit in silence to the in solent usurpations of your Neivcastles, your Winchilseas, your Londonderrys, nor of your apostate Lyndhursts.—( Cheers. ) Let us hope that our :•epresentatives will not abate one jot or tittle of our rightful demands--( Loud cheers)—that they will form no compromise with the iniquity of a faction—that they will fling back the, Corporation Bill, with its treacherous anicntirtients—( Continued cheering)—to the quarter whence it came, and then—should the Lords persist in perverse hosti lity to the interests of the country—then let them be admo nishod hi the words used by an undaunted and inffcxible pa triot of the time of Charles the First ( Pym), who, when ad dressing the peerage of that day, on behalf of the popular and better branch of the Legislature, said—' The Commons will be glad to have your help end concurrence for the saving of the kingdom; but if tbey should fail of obtaining it, it should them. from doing their duty." The resoltitlOn wits then put and carried. The Rev. E. HIGGINSON read the next resolution. • Mr. Jous PECK seconded the resolution, which was put and carried unanimously. The petition to the House of Commons, calling upon them to reject the Bill as =Witted by the Lords, hating been read and seconded, was unanimatilly Adopted. A vote of thanks having been mdl'ed to the Chairman, the meeting separated. BIRMINGHAM POLITICAL UNION. <- COURT CIRCULAR. The ceremony of an investiture of the Most Hon. Military Order of the Bath was held by His Majesty, as Sovereign of the Order, at Windsor Castle, on Saturday afternoon, at which his Serene Highness Prince Ernest of Hesse Philipps thal was invested with the ensigns of Honorary Knight Grand Cross of the Order, and Lord Auckland with those of a Civil Knight Grand Cross. The Knights Grand Crosses began to arrive at half-past ri o'clock at the Royal entrance, and was robed in their (trim _ mantles, * by Messrs. Hunter and Ede, in the Guard --S of the order over the mantles. The 7-h'ale' 0,6 f? " - the officers of the order in their eiMotle4 by mantles, chains, zi:.'d names of the Bath King of Arms hai - 7i1,, 41 t.'43144 nye? .-_ George's- Knights, they proceeded to the Royal' pft4e.46l in ht. - n _ hall, in the following order :—George F. ikitA, F. 441, t.,- tleman Usher of the Order, their Royal flighria§c4 the Dukes of Cumberland and Cambridge, the Duke of Welling ton, Viscount Strangford, Viscount Beresford, Lord Hill, Lord Cowley, Sir Edward Paget, Viscount Combermere, Marquis of Londonderry, Sir William Clinton, Sir George Murray, Sir Charles Colville, Sir James Kempt, Sir George Walker, Sir Thomas Lord Howard of Effingham, Earl of Rosslyn, Lord Farnborough, Sir Charles Bagot, Sir George Martin, Sir Harry Neale, Sir B. Martin, Sir Edward Barnes, Lord Stratfoad, 'Sir William Houston, Sir Stratford Canning, Sir Robert Stopford, Sir William Lumley, Sir Willoughby Gordon, Sir Thomas Hardy, Viscount Palmer ston, Sir Thomas Dallas, Viscount Canterbury, Sir Herbert Taylor, Sir George Anson, the Earl of Minto, Sir J. Wells, Lord Edward Somerset, Sir Edward Stopford, and Lord Amelius Beauclerk ; Algernon Greville, Esq., Bath King of Arms; Sir William Woods (Clarenceux King of Arms), Deputy Register and Secretary. The procession advanced up the hall, one side of which was lined by Sergeants of the Foot Guards, and the other by Ser geants of the Life Guards, and of the Royal Regiment of Horse Guards. His Majesty received the Knights in front of the Throne of purple and gold at the end of the Hall, sur rounded by the Lord Chamberlain, the Master of the Horse, the Master of the King's Buck Hounds, the Vice-Chamber lain, the Master of the Robes, the Treasurer, and the Comp troller, and other Officers of the Household, in their official costumes, and carrying their wands of office. Then, by his Majesty's command, Prince Ernest of Hesse Philippsthal was introduced, preceded by the Gentleman Usher and Bath King of Arms, and was conducted to the right hand of the Sovereign. His Serene Highness knelt, and the Sword of State, borne by Mr. Mash, the Gentleman Usher in Waiting, having been delivered to the King by the Senior Knight Grand Cross, his Majesty conferred on the Prince the honour of Knighthood, after which his Serene Highness had the honour to kiss the Sovereign's hand and retired. By his Majesty's command Prince Ernest was received at the entrance to the Hall by Sir Edward Stopford and Lord Amelius Beauclerk, the two junior Knights Grand Crosses, and was conducted between them, preceded by the Gentleman Usher of the Order and by Bath King of Arms (bearing the Ensign* of the Order upon a crimson velvet cushion), to the Sovereign, ri -ce Ernest then knelt, and the senior Knight Grand L.. Cmg h av ;„ t : received from Bath King of Arms the riband and badge, rrefieh:ed them to the Sovereign, who placed the same over the' fight sh ,:ulder of the new Knight Cross, who 11!!yinF received from the ;.5.:-_ereign the star of a Military Knigtit Grand Cross of the Order, gain kissed his Majesty's hand. Lord Auckland was introduced, and teceive..! the honour and se of Knighthood from the King with the Sword of stat: - afterivartia invested with the ensigns of a Civil lityigilt "`T Cross of the Most Honourable Military Order of the Bagli3 with the like ceremonies. At the conclusion the Knights Grand Crosses were again called over, and with the officers of the Order retired from the presence of the Sovereign with the usual reverences. A magnificent banquet was afterwards served in the Painted Chamber, where the Knights and Officers of the Order, the principal Officers of the Household, &c., had the honour to dine with the King. The chamber was illuminated with a number of splendid candelabra and ormolu chandeliers, and at the sides of the room were placed the regimental colours of the Foot Guards, and of the Royal Regiment of Horse Guards. On dinner being announced, the King (who wore a naval uniform, with the collar of the Order of the Bath), preceded by the Controller and the Treasurer of his Household, led the way through St. George's Hall to the Painted Chamber, followed by his distinguished guests, the Knights of the Bath, including the two new Knights Grand Crosses, appearing in the handsome collars of the Order. The space between St. George's Hall and the Painted Chamber was lined by the Guards, and the bands played " God save the King" as his Majesty and party passed to the banquet. After dinner several toasts were given, and salutes were fired after each by the artillery on the terrace of the Castle. Amongst the company were their Royal Highnesses the Dukes of Cumberland and Cambridge, and Prince George of Cambridge, Prince Ernest of Hesse Philippsthal, the Duke of Wellington; Marquises Conyngham and Londonderry; Earls Jersey, Errol, Howe, Albemarle, Denbigh, Rosslyn, Minto ; Viscounts Ashbrook, Strangford, Canterbury, Beresford, Pal merston, Combermere ; Lords Maryborough F. Fitzclarence, A. Fitzclarence, Elphinstone, C. Fitzroy, J. O'Brien, Hill, A. Beauclerk, Howard, Cowley, E. Somerset, Farnborough, Strafford ; Right Hon. Sir W. Fremantle, Sir G. Murray, Sir S. Canning, Sir J. Kemp`, Sir C. Bagot, Hon. G. S. Byng, Sir C. E. Nugetit, Admiral and Commander-in-Chief of his Majesty's fleet; Sir James Reynett, George Seymour, John Macdonald, Herbert Taylor, Henry Wheatley, Andrew Barnard, Charles Rowley, E. Paget, W. Clinton, C. Colville, G. Anson, E. Stopford, J. Wells, T. Hislop, G. Walker, George Martin, R. Stopford, T. Dallas, W. Woods, H. Neale, E. Barnes, W. Houstoun, W. Gordon, T. Hardy, W. Lumley, B. Martin, Messeurs A. Greville, C. de Ibell, Lich tenberg, and Bletz. In the evening a numerous party assembled in the Castle. The Duke of Cumberland left town on Saturday for Wind sor Castle. His Royal Highness arrived at his residence at Kew yesterday morning, and in the evening entertained a se lect party at dinner. A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday afternoon at the Foreign-office, which was attended by most of the Ministers. The Council sat two hours. WINDSOR-SUNDAY. The troops were inspected this morning in the Quadrangle Ify his Majesty, accompanied by the Duke and Prince George of Cambridge, Lord Hill, and Colonel H. Lygon. The Rel. Mr. Gossett performed divine service in the Castle to their Majesties and household this morning. In the evening the Queen, attended by the Countess Howe, Lord Hill, Earl Howe, Sir H. C. Seymour, ard the Dean of Hereford, attended divine service at St. George's Chapel. The flev. Mr. I3utterfield officiated. The service was King's in F. The anthem, " Hear, 0 Lord," Weldon, was sung b y two of the choristers, and Messrs. Jarman, Harris, Mitchell, an..l French. On Saturday to : Queen rode out on horseback, accom of Hesse Philippsthal and the two P artied by Prince Ernest . Princes of Saxe-Weimar, and :tended by Lady Clinton, and also drove out in his Earls Denbigh and Howe. The h. - .1"g pony Phaeton in the morning. The Duke and Prince George of Cambridge : rived at the to their Castle from town on Friday afternoon, on st visit . Majesties. The Duke will, it is expected , leave t0,m0r.7 and return to town. FASHIONS FOR SEPTEMBER. TOILETTE NEGLIGEE DU MATIN.—LOW dress of jaconot muslin, the corsage fitting tight to the bust ; the skirt and sleeves excessively full : pelerine of sprigged India muslin, trimmed with narrow lace, put on with some degree of ful. ness. The pelerine has two falls and a collar; it is plain at back, rounded off at the shoulders, and crosses beneath the ceinture in front, in the style of a half handkerchief. Cap of tulle tiro"; the crown has a small round piece put in at the top of the head, and the head-piece, or caul, is rather deeper at the rialit than at the left side ; the borders , w hich are guiffres, are - made to stand back from the face ; a large I j bow of sarsnet ribbon is placed at the left side ; iu the temples nre a few small boas, or puffs of ribbon ; the hair is in ban deaux ; a very stanfl chain crosses the brow, in guise of a fertimire tyaiasol of poux de sole ; black shoes of drap de sole, silk etociings, and white silk gloves. ToiLETTE VigiTEC--.DreSS of white embroidered mus llrt I# mantelet to match. The sleeves of the dress are all the Way down, and finisted at the wrist with a narrow poigflef, skirt is ornamented at bottom with a deep flounce. The iatticlot 14 large, reaching with the trimming 'which, - is tolerably deep, as low as tile vtai g d t• 1 , 30 cl it la , ti rj uope , on the shoulders, and is sloped of gradually towardsfront, i t passes '-aloes T aeatit t beinttir; tild4 rent as fat' as the 1 .... PrilAtA 17 h tttatitelet at the neck ; trimming of lace or embroidered muslin put en full. Cha peau d Angtaise ; tile crown and front perfectly on a line. The hat is of straw, and ornamented with a garniture de paille, a roll of straw put on at the edge. The trimming consists of ri sittple mrstiot ribbon pat across the hat. Another is of paille de riz ; it is likewise of the coal-skuttle form, but more trimmed, having a large bow of sarsnet ribbon placed at the right side, from whence spring a branch of moss ro.:es. A veil of. tulle illusion ornaments the front of the hat. The dress is of pow► de soic. Brown shoes of satin Turc, white or straw-coloured gloves, fan, hair in ringlets or bandeaux. POLIGNAC AND Ifig rgri•LOW•VmsoNEits.--- The National, a Republican Journal, proclaim; lb , new la " on the Press to be the mos t f orma l mcicmtptioti o f the ne . volution- of July. It is impossible, aster having voter! L... laws, to lea ve th e Mi n i sters of Chalet X. any longer at Ham. In fact, the liberty of the Press is to be brought below that which existed under the Ministry that the Ordonnances pre paratory to the Revolution. Those Ordonnances were to re tiree the Press nearly to the same point as is to be effected by the present Bill. is then admitted that the Ministry of Charles X. wer e right in net tolerating a Press opposed to the prineiplea of the Government. How, then, can they be retained confinement at Ham ? It is an iniquity not to re store t:nem to society, which has every p,ossible excuse to make for having for five years past misunderstood the necessi ties under which they were placed. In a cause tried last week in the Nisi Prius Court an Amazon, dressed in a riding co: / and hat, appeared in the witness.box. " Take off your hat, . 71411!" cried Lord Abinger. " I'm not a man," re j o i ne d t h e indig !pant heroine. " T hen,' saidjhis Lordship, , 'Trn no Judge. ; 's" A strange delusion is said to exist in the minds of some people respecting the dominion of the House of Commons in now granting, or withholding, or modify ins the Supplies w.hich were voted in last April. It is said that the Money Bill, which when passed into a law is called the Appropriation Act, is a mere matter of form, giving legislative sanction to the votes upon the Estimatei ; that the money was, in fact, granted when the Estimates were voted ; and that the resolu tions of the House, made upon these Estimates, are irreversible fiats, binding, whether for welfare or for -uin, upon the Commons of England. Doctrine more sus than this seas never ;opounded. It is as moms,. . perit of falsehood. It may suit the purpose full of But it shall not be broached of the passing without meeting prvtnpti and emphatic denial. It will receive no sanction from !Ile direct, plain-thinking sagacity of the British people. .The consequences to which it would lead are as frightful fdr their danger, as they are revolting for their absurdity. Enousce this doc trine in plain English, and it amounts to this---4bat if in the interval between the voting of the Supplies and tile passing of the Act (which, observe, is necessary to make the resolution law) circumstances shall occur totally changing the state of things in the nation, and pregnant with peril to the constitutional monarchy of England—for instance, if there shall happen a demise of the Crown—if a popular Ministry shalt be dis missed by a new Monarch—if their places shall be supplied by traitors who shall abet the infatuated holder of the sceptre in designs raj on free institutions, whether with or without the aid of ati:!iated and secret societies, corrupting and denationalizing the army of the State—in such state of things, the Cosimons of England—the guardians of the nation's purse. And of the nation's safety—shall be still bound to give to the detected traitors the sinews of a war in which they are to achieve the extinction of British liberty I We state the proposition thus, because to this extent it must be carried. The most effectual mode of testing such a doctrine is to apply it to a state of fact, extreme, not probable, but which no man in his senses will say is wholly impossible. So applied, it is not merely a dangerous theory, it is stark-naked nonsense. The Act of Appropriation is, in point of form, founded on resolutions of the House of Commons ; but these resolutions are but the expression of the intentions of the House, entertained upon a view of existing facts, and of the actual 'policy of the Crown and its Ministers. To say that these resolu tions cannot be modified, according as new circum stan,,Ts shall induce new necessities, or suggest wiser . to deny to the Senate which passes them c ourses, re the character oi" a deliberative assembly. It is, more over,conduct of Parliament in a vast analagous and daily occur to condemn the. variety of matters, striett) . ,they become laws. In - ring. Resolutions in both h: uses are, in matters of detail, constantly modified before matters of principle, the departure s eom them occurs more rarely, because these form the sub)ects of graver deliberation, and they are not often liable to affected by change of circumstances. Every one remsmbers the memorable instance in which, in Lord Althnsn's time, the House of Commons, after an interval of ri few days, reversed, on reconsideration, a solemn vote respecting a tax then the subject of great anxiety and excitement. The resolution for inquiry into the conduct of Baron Smith, and its sudden reversal, is in the recollection of us all. Whosoever else may urge this submissive doctrine, the Tories, at least, are robbed of any argument grounded on the supposed inability of the House of Commons to reverse their own vote in legislating upon . the subject of it ; for they are now preparing—and in the case of a money bill, too—to send back to that House a piece of legis lation, changed in the very point of contradicting the vote upon which the Tories resigned office, namely, the resolution for appropriating to the purposes of general education the surplus Church revenues of Ireland. They strike the clause of appropriation out of the Irish Church Bill : they ask the Commons to pass it ; and, in passing it, to pronounce legislative condemnation on their own resolution. And yet these same Tories are now loud in exclaiming, << What modify the Supplies ? You can't ; .you have stated your intention to accept a certain bill of exchange ; and though we shall strive, and we hope successfully, to -get at the proceeds, and apply them as we like, and against your wishes, and in order to se cure and extend our power—ay, and to ruin yours — your expressed intention is an irreversible senteoee ; and, whether you like it or not, you must not only ac cept the bill, but pall it.'' We should like to hear this kind of language addressed to an English merchant by some rival trader whom he had thought his frieod, whom, in an hour of too confiding generosity, he had expressed an intention of accommodating with an advance of money, but who, as he afterwards found good reason to know, intended to employ this very money in swamping the donor's trade. We should like to hear the plain Englishman's answer, when told, '' Sir, you must give me your money—ay, must, that's the word—you must give it, though you know I will try to ruin you by the use of it ; for you know also, that the last April you kindly said you resolved to afford me this ac conunodation." "'We should like to hear the English man's reply ; but we certainly should not he ambitious to be the owner of any, not even the dullest, part of the applicant's person. When the voting of the Supplies is in performance of a national contract, or constitutes a new pledge of the faith of the nation, then, indeed, i t .„ , and . ought to be, irreversible. Why ?—Not be calm-it a resolution of the House ; not upon any grounds of sse know not what absurd and unintelligible technicality ; btu, because right policy, and what is the best policy, common honesty, demand its fulfilment. An Englishman's word be as good as his bond ; amid though the word is spoken only in the shape of ex pressed intention, no innocent par:v should suffer. by dibappointinent in a feather's weight or a farthing value. Every public creditor must be paid. Every public con tract must be performed. But we hold it to be a propo sition too plain for dispute, that the House of Commons, until they become parties to an Act of Parliament grant ing and allocating the public revenues, remain the arb.iters of the time, and the manner, and the proportions, in which these revenues arc to be applied—bound only by engagements or which prudence and honesty require • the fulfilment so hound only because prudence and honesty impose the obligation, but wholly unfet tered by any technical clams created by the expres sions of opinions and intentions of which new events may have taught the folly, and the fulfilment of which may involve ,the grossest breach of public trust, and the -Milt of treason against the nation. We trust we j " ,e , l no professed friend of the Ministry, or of the shall peop l e , liffios up his voice in the House of Commons ' in utterance of threw crude absurdities. If the post business can be genre without resorting to their greatest and surest engine of redtsss, well and good. Bu t let no tamed coward make the vain a ttem p t to. hide his white feather behind the m iserable gauze of the topic—for we will not condescend to call it argu ment—which we have been here denouncing. There is, at the present moment, and its order to achieve every public object, not the least necessity for what is called, by a strange blunder, " Stopping the Supplies." The portion of the public revenue destined for the public creditor, and applicable to sus - - the public credit of the country, is in no manner tan.. -ny case of the purse-strings of the nation, involved iii s • necessary for the Commons to re to which it may tn. • • House of Peers from being, sort in order to prevent the • • 'sies of the empire. in effect, the arbiters of the des'... wEveryle even t a l s t t i r l r e e , o a f m p b r e d r t s m nptrheecaution maJ - public i • d b s e s st L e :d u l are th ll Lords refusing to pass a qualified left no fluctuating chances to trade with. thin tho to that notion, which we read somewhere wt e ]writer some last day or two—the invention of som as corner of the Press, which occurred to sins half Approprittstiofotir awake, half in sleep, he yawned over the of his lampsess‘ve shall only apply the 4;;c14 1 ". 9,7 11?) -6' , • SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. 1111 _ E •