The Sun. — London, England, 1834-11-18 00:00:00

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The piallug flifvoi ; in niclodi°:4o6ll/1 anions antl.s..i. it y, , p si, . nit of origo3:7o P le fugue(' :,,ive ci, ldicate e%te'ipalla? .eedora fro° Isfr. / rformance. ~ 0 toe ter his eSesso bey. e to those Oclifildtlel;,4s envy tOWar ,iii ~,, i's great att"lol# iderable ad" dh' ' °CV r, ecced i ~, al peerforlOrlecoll c;flt but indiffericeAel sirable in g' e ll 4 o *( 61', Lality is oot,!,,oiri ,1,,,,, lers. The r,,e'ao,,, offered coy ~,u7ip,t e fa inflioura j:yol, r . and, inclefutbeavTo ethoven, aocir,o,oge`er4 ;ribution. u je 's r.oi an ~ BelshaiLi. eiell i s performed t'lsref,f;? arcely 1 13% 1 ,01 aid not bale sbob 'kir. Gries.oo, €'4 were sipplica ctil'ocr I imposing tied; ell attel!ocif` was w e bers could oe' SC• LIGEsu tiO e l le• rsiliP t o prEln. i• ou that he 15 bere,p,, kick, for oU' t he ce p f il ; , n to to b e ts"' jo olj i o lanus , 0 0 e there a t tl) ds ma. , 0 1,t) ngelic a icelle c olt 0 §0) Bro. to Ati#oo oletta snit les co lt (talc l' La ar ort, by ;en) ra ; t re after, • e ige erwise SP e ). TUE GREAT CRISIS ! TE OF PUBLIC OPINION AND MOVE MENTS IN THE METROPOLIS. The • • MONDAY NIGHT. agitation, great as it already is, has yet but com menced. The publication of the newspapers this morning and' as a matter of course, the first theme of public interest, , positive announcement that the Duke of Welling- Premier, only confirmed general anticipation, and of the of the preceding evening. The notice of some 21.1.0141 projected arrangements which was given in the I.7l 'ng Chronicle, added considerably to the effect of the t,,tnirm an oouacemerit ; and sh ow ed, w h a t before was matter of tcoupbt, e i t h er that the intention of the new Premier was Administ ra ti on p ure ly Tory, or that the over r said to h ave b een ma d e t o th e S em i-Whigs had rLtbe present, been unsuccessful. The fact that the 8 4 was coming u p t o t own , a t o nce to receive the p rom °I. office, so hi g hly c h arac t er i s ti c of the well-known Putude of " the Duke," added considerably to the mPtes sioo made by a rumour, which extended itself in well-inform. ed circles, that the Parliament would be dis solved this h en very day. Certain it is that such a proposi u, Was most seriously entertained, on the ground that it ": ll uid Prevent the reformers from gaining sufficient time to Y their f • • Ba i a forces ; but it was given up, partly, as it was with a view of taking the opinion of Sir Robert Peel tior e makingso serious a demonstration, but principally, as !enerally believed, because the Tories find more difficul la the way of forming a Cabinet, and much greater tielasistance from, and less division amongst, the reformers bi on n t hey had confidently anticipated. The general opi -4;) "owever, was, that the Tories would find the present th use of Commons far too impracticable to be met by p: i nc and th a t i mme di ate l y on t h e arr i va l of Sir Robert e " should th a t k een - s i g ht e d po liti c i an consen t to j o in the t i' w Cabinet, the House would be dissolved. In expecte- Aof th e event, however, the liberal members have been 5 g extensive preparations, and communications have roade to the constituencies in all parts of the country. r have th e Tories been behind hand. We hear of Tories W abou t to start i n every quarter, and the ensuing struggle c ertainly be a most severe and hardly contested one. o f: hear also of preparations having been largely, though aild "rse hastily, made to call meetings in the large towns this Provincial di s t r i c t s . R e p r ints of the leading articles in 6,. Journal have (we understand) been struck off, and e;t6elY distributed in the country, and we may very shortly tes Pect to h ear o f numerous prov i nc i a l mee ti ngs , an d o f th e Da tong o f the B i rm i ngham an d ot h er powerful political qt ro ° ll s th roug h out the k i ngdom. th ro detail all the various rumours which were circulating it o u gh the m e t ro p o li s were a matter tedious, and almost that ssibl Amongst others of eminent absurdity was one, kake Lord Denman would remove to the Exchequer to way for Sir James Scarlett's elevation to the Chief 118, been of the King's Bench. Sir James Scarlett has th, named as the new Attorney; and Mr. Follett as t o 'w Solicitor-General. Another rumour, with regard l aPpointments, is not so improbable, viz., that Lord 04dburst feels so strongly the uncertainty of the duration cr y Power, that he has refused to take the Chance o!-- 00 1 , at the pri ce o f g i v i ng u p the Exchequer, and that, in to accommodate him, he is to retain the Exchequer, 11 : 1 ,1st th e Great Seal is to be put in commission, of which to eo ls , to be th e h ea d. S uc h i s one o f the first embarrass ttki's of the new Administration. With regard to the ac the p r oceedings o f the day, we refer to an article under title rigi 0 f Court Circular. From the names of those who n ew -c ," his Maj es ty, th e c haracter and composition of the Pearmay be shrewdly guessed it, though it would ‘ - 'r th at , up to the present moment, as f ar as any f orma l 4111Pontinents are concerned, the Duke of Wellington alone th e atit nes the new Administration, of which he is at once rr a i l i plla and omega. end !next great subject of popular interest at the west C oh ,.. ° ` ,tbe town was the speech of the Lord Chancellor in thi r ;' (which we gave in The Sun yesterday.) His Lord ther,,,peared to be much excited by the reports of trca nk;LWllich had been so unfairly attempted to be fixed u im• The declaration, though made in an unusual fors somewhat in defiance of what are considered ordinary tler a i? i nspired great confidence amongst the reformers gF frool Y: and contributed materially to relieve , his Lordship Of thtfiat vague, indefinite suspicion which, in consequence it rail h ed " unmeasured abuse lately heaped upon him, had pre- to a considerable extent in the public mind. Indeed 1 14 1, 8 been easy to perceive lately, especially within the l'o llt e W, days, a strong re-action in Lord Brougham's fa tlit4 n eightened now to a most anxious desire to hear the '„ 4 tip o ' H ers of his eloquence once more fulminated against . the . stLd''erS of that system of corruption, for accomplishing s i wnfal of which he has so long and so energetically Pre v ° ,7 le d• Indeed, whilst it cannot be denied that the irtip r Z i e nt opini on i s that Lord Brougham has, by his own t -e nce, laid himself open to much of the suspicion the hira...yet-the--appearanoa- of—an- equivocal article (4 24 ? Time s t hi s morninct, as it was universally called, has th e : 1411 ed a broad and general expression of opinion, that lito;eeent attempts of that journal to heap abuse on Lord 1 /4 1 1 1 ' 44 M, and sow dissentions in the Ministry, were not t i o ut sinister motives connected with the present change hav e e ,Adrninist ra ti on o f the country. This opinion we tired s "ard expresse d— not b y one or t wo —b u t by bun irt, °f all classes, and in all parts of the metropolis. t ela t i' waY in which the Times cats up its own words, in eve r uu to the Queen, and exonerates that lady from having ktkiinterfered with politics, has also been the subject of Nico ' i tein ark, and has excited the greatest amusement and As e 4 tti v i t th e Tory plot assumes a more. tangible shape, the the 41, of the people greatly increases, and with it extends t he h 'r ter mination not to listen to any blandishments which P r oin' e s may hold out, nor to admit of the slightest coin know4se with the known enemies of all reform. We scarcely t e3p o ,, a , Single parish the reformers of which are not in cor -45t to - ',enee with each other, and in which preparations are ,htl le :King for holding public meetings. Many preliminary g,,Nti h -n gs of reformers took place this morning, but the co nsequence was that of the members of the Court Pere e ° ,',, n i° l l Council, the tone of which, we are happy to ni e C e > entirel • corresponds with that of the meeting her e ouissembled)on Sunday at the Crown and Anchor. We the report, in order that it may not interrupt of our detail. l' e ollst.erday MEETlNG IN TID E o the several members C C / o T u Y rt . .of Common Prietkil met at the Guildhall, in toerdetbretoc Right on cons i der i de r Honourablet h e tilpro bethe q Presenting a requisitio ld n convene a Court upon mr. kb ; L o rd Mayor, that he wou ld k b; of the dismissal of his Majesty's Ministers ; k 1 1 , 8, .)) TAYLOR in the chair. t ile t ' G ALLOWAY said it was q uite bad e t e o e a b s el i o. i n e e N: d e t he e , ll °l't that the death of Ear l Spe ncer tt ti l l i t ;l:s i t tl oit an ce d ; tin fe e r x , p w e b et a e t d p r r e e m te o x v t al b o a f d h t i b s e M K a i j n e g st 's Minis that saying se f t 4 t1e,‘,81.7 could not stand becau s e( Mr.Lord AlthorpkwniaesswNriaipineirsd: ecti °use of Lords ? Galloway) let s 3! well that his Majesty was dissatisfied with h• i l ' 4°t because they had not been m be loatjoeostylibbaedr,alt,bebruetfer.e ig hs th ,eY had done too much. His (14 0rT ectit ated their removal, and was only waiting for an O ar t ll4 \ i v t3; l. ,va ut h A ic m h s he (e fat Watling-street)--You last ati a in w g k . w s t ar r e d e l t y )— seized y ea upon. cannot b e 4beitel\,ei:tiGhto4htilstLfyo7in authority. w A I Y t had been at the head of a new de I)eit'llioation to appoint a rank h i his i u ffourrmsaotmi information time from his ul I e xC Majesty's eti°l l (if tii drninistration. 14 14 r , and it ~ King their re puonsditeinvedkuntyo knowle d g e e e fact • was e h s e po sa k i e d T , fro t o h rYm e bounden the r • 1 y .1 ,, et atc,Cernmon Council to express to t he re do —hi Majesty's removal o f . men who the h it a e d fo c rm ertal i zi l. the ,Liothing., against the of principelesrem premier, p i and those chonat tieq2alte of Wellington, no w . N at "' with him were the dec ided and desperatefoe w s e o r f e that 114 tri, tti d e lStire ; while those whom t hey . succe eded tBll4Yh h:443liaad Mtoincios n tr t y e , nd an w l t , b w , when i acquitted considered them se l what ve s .in for their future ..( Itia„ - ' ni arme r as not to excite any alarm was du ct , The Court of Common Council The s o t u e g p h s t tb t a o t oiii: salutary example to the country. The in the great ea pr had taken; and the e ff ect prod u ced sily be forgotten ; kti th e the Reform Bill, could not tlnder-e . course which the city of the public 110 41 existin • circumstances was one to which h 4 „,,, g . He concluded London eu should adopt t o Y cleti" 4 .`uroly look with much r int t e i r o e n st. , tl i ,, Pri, s 7 that immediate app-'ca iirN, '-or(1. Mayor to call a court for should be made 111,.-nLilis Majesty on the subject. . u ht to act in ac .gpurpose of . ad bt°ll4 • 114.tiots said that the meet i ng o ught .. l iev e . e .i e w ith the general public feeling ; all in favour . of t lie W.that that public feeling was not a the le logs. " of the two evils and he really He admitted that they were DO t 8 ; btlt t • able ti le , he object of the meeting g of ni t h ,_ lormation of any Administration, the member lo nave It was there re abo u t o PPosed the progress should be to op of reform. ::: to ,;il lil er„. e e a s s e u nl r b es ie and not about p articular individuals, as he 'as ec i "" x‘ng's right to appoint . l ''''' ‘'olll4 as ' in Common C s o u u e n h cil m t i o nis tel r i s berate. hi e than there be • could no doubt of its existence, any il l not was of the right .of the p . eople to . t _ Nts o f to select such men as were h?stile to the in e 4 c es the communit He (Mr. Williams) thought it th 4t s tY to mention one Y. report. not °P4 Melbournehad himself lt de v' cl u a g red pu t h ha l t ely itwas, aft er ° E I the A dministration, constructed as he statedcould The edeath of Earl Spencer. 'ver foi.'-'htAlamior said, that there was no ground 441p1 e tt'e rep One great reason for sett ing an ex this oc °it what- N o ° the country by assembling together on _. y th Wa s t fal se 0 prevent the public from being abused b poured titil representationof part o f the press, which Y the 8 34." s'S. the Administration. His Majesty's Ministers, although they failed of giving general satisfaction, had still proceeded onward with great measures of Reform. Mr. WILLIAMS.—What measures of Reforni ? Mr. TAYLOR said, that nobody could deny the importance of the Corporation Reform, and the Irish Church Reform. The Administration had been going on with a determined step towards the accomplishment of those great objects, when they were interrupted by the dying effort of the Court party to put an end to their progress. Was there any per son foolish enough to believe that the King had dismissed his Ministers, to substitute in their place the Radicals ?- -(Laughter.) No such thing. The Duke of Wellington .—the Prince of Tories—was at the head of affairs, and he was determined to put a stop to every project of reform ; and as for the report that Lord Melbourne expressed his inability to carry on the Administration, because Lord Althorp was transferred from the Commons to the Lords, that was as monstrous a fiction as the assertion that Lord Brougham was at variance with the rest of the Members of the Government. He (Mr, Taylor) knew it to be a fact that some of the Radical newspapers had failed in attempts to draw money from that Noble and Learned Lord, and had therefore found reasons for attacking him ; while in other con cerns briefless barristers abused him because he had not pro vided places for their craving relatives. It had been reported that Lord Jeffery had refused to attend a meeting because Lord Brougham was to be there, and it happened that on the very day the paragraph appeared in the papers, those two noble persons actually dined together ; and on Saturday Lord Brougham, notwithstanding the mortal differences between his Lordship and his coadjutors, actually dined with Lord John Russell and Mr. Abercromby, two of the most uncompromising Reformers in the whole Adminis tration. Mr. HEPPEL and Mr. WILLIAM PRITCHARD then drew up and moved a requisition to the Lord Mayor, of which the following is a copy : We, the undersigned members of the Court of Common Council, request your Lordship to call an early Court to consider the propriety of presenting an address to the King, expressing the general alarm of the citizens of London at the unexpected dismissal of an Administration possessing a large share of public confidence ; and praying his Majesty to exclude from his councils all persons who are not pre pared to carry into effect those measures of reform in Church and State which the condition of the country re quires, and for which wise and extensive preparations had been made by his Majesty's late Ministers ; and more par ticularly to exclude all those whose conduct while in office, and subsequently in opposition to the Reform Bill and the measures to which it has led, has justly exposed them to the distrust of the people of the United Kingdom. Mr. WILLIAMS could not conscientiously admit that the late Administration possessed a large share of the public confidence. The public had, in his opinion, manifested that their confidence was not so bestowed. There was another point on which he differed from the requisition. He could not see that the late Ministers had made " wise" prepara tions for carrying into effect measures of Reform in Church and State. He really thought that the preparations were extremely unwise as regarded the corporation reform ; for they had proceeded in their inquiry subject to refusal of in formation upon the part of those who possessed the best means of giving information. As for the Church measure, that was at an end by the decision of the Lords in the last session. _ _ _ Mr. WESTON said that the late Ministry were, in his opinion, deserving the thanks of the public for what they had done ; and that a Tory Government might involve the country in anarchy and confusion. He hoped that, how ever they might differ in some points, they would unite against the influence which now threatened them. To ex pect a liberal policy from the Duke of Wellington and Sir Robert Peel, after such declarations as they had made, would be absurd. Mr. HEPPELL contended that the language in the re quisition was adapted to the conduct of the late Administra tion. He had not said that they were entitled to the fullest confidence ; but he wished to identify the terms of the requisition with the measures of reform which they were introducing. If the matter were left indefinite, the Duke of Wellington might say that he would propose such mea sures of reform as should be required, and introduce a plan upon a very different model. Perhaps the late Ministers had not gone so far as the corporation of London would wish they had gone, but certainly they had done a great deal. Mr. GALLOWAY declared that no man more regretted than he did that Ministers had not done more than they had accomplished ; but he was ready to admit that he was surprised, looking to the vast impediments they had had to encounter, how they had effected so much. They had been dismissed because they had done so much ; and the Duke of Wellington, the victorious captain-general of the Tories of England, the avowed enemy of all that was libe ral, was now the Prime Minister of England. He defied the efforts of a Tory Government if the representatives of the people were assembled, but he knew what mischief the party might accomplish between the present time and Fe bruary. He knew what injury they were doing to the free institutions of other countries. If the King had dismissed his Ministers without making so inauspicious an appoint ment, he (Mr. Galloway) would not sanction the proceed ings of this day ; but they were bound to unite against such an Administration as was preparing for them in the most vigorous manner. Mr. EFFINGHAM WILSON said that no Administration would satisfy the public, except one which was prepared to go to the full extent in carrying the measures of reform in Church and State. A coalition would not do, for a Mi nistry so constructed must soon fall to pieces ; and amongst other evils, a most injurious effect would be produced upon the trade of the kingdom. Mr. WtsToN declared that an additional argument existed in the fact that a great journal which had made itself remarkable by its recent attacks upon the Lord Chan cellor, had that morning exhibited its intention to 'support the Tory party. After some observations from Mr. Pritchard, Mr. Law rence, Mr. Pewtress, and others, the requisition was agreed to, and a deputation was appointed to present it to . the Lord Mayor. The meeting then separated. Now in what way do our readers imagine the Tory Lord Mayor (from whom, on his election, a pledge was exacted to convene a Court whenever required) received the depu tation ? With a ready assent, which he was bound to give ? No, but with stammering and hesitation—with a plea that the meeting proposed an interference with the King's pre rogative ; and that his pledge could scarcely be held to ex tend to such an occasion. Nor could he at length be brought to give any other satisfaction to the deputation than that he would finally give them his answer at eleven o'clock to-morrow. As, in consequence of recent events, and the decided part the Lord Mayor seems inclined to make, much specu lation has been excited as to what led to the revival of the toast of " Church and King" at• his inauguration dinner, we have taken some pains to inquire into the circumstance, and have received from a correspondent, on whom we can fully rely, the following intelligence, which we give in his own words : "We find, upon inquiry, that the toast of Church and King,' which was proposed by the Lord Mayor at the civic banquet, on the day of his inauguration, had been long thrown aside among congenial Tory lumber, until his Lord ship, with his characteristic delicacy of taste, and courteous deference to the feelings and opinions of the distinguished official personages who honoured the city by their presence, dragged this symbol of party and priestly bigotry from its obscurity. We learn further, that the merit of effecting this resuscitation, is attributable solely to his Lordship and his private advisers,; neither the Sheriffs, who jointly pay. a moiety of the expenses of the entertainment, nor the com mittee, who superintend the arrangements, being consulted as to the toasts that should be given." . . . _ So that it does not appear to have that connection with the development of the Tory plot, which was by many at first suspected. TOWER HAMLETS. In other parts of the metropolis, those especially where the working classes are most numerous, and where the ex treme radicals most abound, the same spirit of united de termination against the common foe was most strikingly displayed ; and if the Tories found any hopes on the divi sion of the Reformers, or the support of any section of them, they may depend upon it they will find themselves most egregiously mistaken. No better proof of this can he given, than the spirit evinced in the district of Bethnal-green, in which, perhaps, a greater number of operatives are assembled together than in any other district near London. The requisition for a public meeting, which we noticed yesterday, has not only received an immense number of signatures, but though circulated indiscriminately through the parish; only one person refused to sign it. The requisition was this day presented to Mr. Sofer, the church warden, who most readily and handsomely appointed a public meeting for Wednesday next, the 19th instant, at five for six o'clock in the evening, at the rooms of the com mittee of the workhouse in Hare-street. _ _ An intelligent correspondent in the eastern part of the metropolis, states that in that district the excitement occa sioned by the dismissal from office of Lord Melbourne and his colleagues, increases hourly. The people here, as else where, appeared at first to be stunned by the blow that has been struck ; but they are now fully alive to all its most mischievous consequences, and are to be seen bestirring themselves with an activity and energy in every respect equal to the great emergency. " The universal conviction is, that the Tories are in a state of doleful ignorance of the feeling of the people towards them, and that it is the duty of every man to come forward and assist in one bold and united effort for their enlightenment. The contest, it is evident, will be between the Tories on the one hand, and all the Liberals in the United' Kingdom, of whatsoever degree, on the other. The struggle on the part of the THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1834. Reformers will not be for th:s or that particular opinion, but against ToryiEm—against the party whose principle it has ever been, and whose principle it doubtless ever will be, to sacrifice the interests of the public to their personal aggrandizement. Minor differences have for the present disappeared, we hope not to be renewed as long as the enemy is in the field : men are now either Tories or anti-Tories." care.—(Hisses and cries of " No, no !") With thcse sen timents he should take the liberty of moving a resolution for the adoption of those present. He then read the fol lowing resolution " That it is the opinion of this meeting that the best Ad ministration for the people is that which will advance furthest in the principles of popular representation and retrenchment, and that the conduct of the Melbourne and Brougham Ad ministration in opposing such advance, disentitles them to the regret or confidence of the people." [The resolution was received with the greatest disappro bation : cries of " No Duke !" " No division !" " No coiri promise with the Tories."] Some minutes elapsed before the resolution was seconded, when Mr. BECK came forward, and seconded it without remark. Mr. PowELL came forward to explain. He said that, as the individual who had signed the resolution which had been accidentally the cause of the large meeting now assembled, he felt it his duty to explain to them how their disappoint ment seemed to have occurred.—( Hear, hear.) They all knew of the event which transpired on Saturday last— (Hear, hear)—of that event which came upon them like a thunder clap, no one being in the slightest degree prepared for intelligence of so extraordinary and electrifying a cha racter.—( Cheers.) There was at that time no Reform Committee—no National Political Union in existence ; but some well-known Reformers, who had been members of the Union in former times, would not desert the cause of the people because the Union was defunct.—(Cheers.) They saw the necessity of the people assuming a decided atti tude without loss of time, and the first step they took was, to issue notes to some of the more active and influential of Reformers, requesting them to hold a preparatory meet ing on Sunday last. This was the earliest moment at which it was possible a meeting could be effected. Mr. Rogers and his friends were invited to attend, but they refused to do so.—(Cries of "Oh !" and "No !") At the time they met no course had been adopted except that of dissolving the Ministry, and they could not take any step till they knew what were likely to be the plans of their oppo nents.—(Hear, hear.) But that they might not be taken by surprise, they formed themselves into what might be called a committee of watchfulness, and ad journed till the following day at eight o'clock. After the meeting had broken up they heard of the recall of the Duke of Wellington to power, and the appointment of a pure Tory Administration.—( Long continued hisses and hoot ing.) Was not that an event of sufficient importance to justify him in calling the members of the Committee toge ther, with the view of convening the public before them to submit to them resolutions expressive of their sense of these of these extraordinary events. They, the public, however, anticipated them (the Committee). They came down to meet them to show that on this occasion no paltry dissen sions would prevail amongst reformers—(Cheers) —to show that on this occasion they were united against the Tories. —(Cheering.) If they had read the reports that appeared of the proceedings of the Committee, they would have seen that none of the Committee had praised the Whigs.— (Cries of " No.") On the contrary, the Committee told them that if the Whigs had relied on the people, things would not have been brought to this pass.—(Much cheer ing.) It was because they had not relied on the people that the 'Whigs were out ; but ought the people, who complained of the Whigs for doing little, thereupon to turn round and support the Tories, who were not only prepared to do less, but even to go back ?—(Loud cheers.) Bad as they might deem the Whigs, the Tories would not go so far ; could they, then, think of supporting the Tories ?—were they prepared for that ? (Loud cries of " Hear," and " No.") It had been rumoured that the Tories intended to dissolve Parliament this day ; they probably would dissolve it in less than a fortnight, and they relied with confidence on being able to defeat the Re formers in the counties, and to gull them with illusory pro mises of reform at the very time that they intended its destruction. The people would support neither Whigs nor Tories ; their object was to support themselves.—(Cheers.) The object of the Committee was not privacy, but publicity. They shrunk not from the public, but sought to meet it. Their object, however, was to convene the public in such a a manner, and with such previous deliberation, as would make its power to be felt, and its voice heard, from one end of the kingdom to the other.—(Hear.) It was a greit question whether they ought not to revive the political unions. —(Immense cheering.) They had already uttered a cry, which would soon be re-echoed by the gallant Re formers of Birmingham and Manchester. Scotland and Ireland would swell the shout, and the Reformers, on whose divisions the Tories so mainly depended, would assume the imposing attitude of one united band, strong in their union as a three plied cable, which the fancied giant arm of Tory ism would as vainly attempt to separate as though it pos sessed but an infant's pith.—(Loud cheers.) After this explanation, he trusted they would allow him to move, as an amendment, that the present meeting should adjourn to a future time and place, of which due" notice was to be given by the Committee.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. C. BULLER, M.P., presented himself at the balcony. He was received with loud cheering, but was for a consider able time prevented from speaking by an individual who commenced an address to those assembled in the body of hall under the gallery. The cry for Mr. Buller having be come almost universal, he at last said he was in possession of the meeting and wished to second the amendment that had just been moved to the original resolution. In doing so, he had some observations to address to them, and unless the gentleman below him was particularly desirous of ex hibiting the novelty of two persons speaking at once, he would for a short time speak alone.—(Great laughter.) He begged to offer them an explanation of what had already occurred. The meeting, which was held yesterday had been called a select meeting, and it was charged against those who were parties to that meeting, that they had oc casioned the present assemblage without having given a proper notice, and without providing a proper place.— (Hear, hear.) Now if it had been their intention to call a public meeting on the present occasion, he must say the charge which had been made was just, for he admitted that, considering the importance of the occasion, the notice which had been given was hardly sufficient, and the place in which he now addressed them was far from being convenient. He could not, however, altogether regret the misunderstanding ; on the contrary, he rejoiced to see such numbers of the people so much alive to the present condition of public affairs as to come forward, and take even this irregular opportunity of speaking their sentiments.—(Cheers.) To witness such an assemblage after only a day's notice, to behold them under circumstances the most inconvenient determined to express their feelings, was surely calculated to inspire terror in the ranks of the enemy.—(Much cheering.) He must say he did not know why he or his friends should be accused of having met yesterday clandestinely, and of being ready to-day to fight the battles of the Whigs, or of any other party ; he did not see why this suspicion should be enter tained against men of known public character, and the whole of whose public acts had had a tendency directly the reverse.—( Hear, hear.) For himself he could say, that during the sessions that he had sat in Parliament, he had on many important occasions opposed the Whigs.— (Cheers.) He should not, in this religious and decorous country, have thought of insulting the feelings of the people by announcing a public meeting for the Sunday ; but on that day a number of their old friends—some of those who were connected with the National Political Union, of which he was proud to have been one—(Cheers.) and of the services of which in the cause of reform he was proud to have rendered his share—(Cheer ing)—some of the Members, then, of the Political Union yesterday assembled. Nor did he hesitate to join them ; he did not see why the friends of reform should not meet in a private room to confer on a day on which their enemies were active—(A laugh, and cheers)—the object, too, of the friends of reform, be it recollected, being the performance of far holier works.—(Cheers.) By assembling, they evinced their readiness to take the lead—they showed that they were prepared to organize a resistance that would doubtless be as powerful, and which he trusted would be as successful as that which had defeated their enemies before. —(lmmense cheering.) A notice had been given in the public papers of an intention to hold a meeting this even ing, and the notice had been misunderstood ; but an at tempt had been made by some individuals, whom he would not call the friends of the Ministers who had just come into power, to falsify their late proceedings, and interrupt their present course. Now he must do these parties the justice to confess that he believed the notice was so worded that it might produce a wrong impression.—(Hear, hear.) He rejoiced, however, that this wrong impression had been created, because the effect of it was to show how prompt the public were on the very first occasion that presented itself, to come forward and declare their feelings. They did not want time, at such a crisis, for long deliberation. The ques tion. was one on which, in by-gone days, they had made up their minds, and they were now ready to act up to their conviction. He agreed with those who said that the Whigs had not done enough to satisfy them.—(Cries of " Bravo !" and cheers.) Even last session there were several important measures that they ought to have brought forward. They neglected the opportunity they had of providing some good municipal regulations, which would have strengthened a Government deserving support, but which would have enabled the people to organize an effec tual resistance to any Government that was bad.—(Cheers.) Nor were those. improvements made in the Reform Bill which it demanded, and which could not have failed to increase considerably the popular majority.—(Cheers.) But because the Whigs had their faults, should we place our interests in the hands of those who, besides main taining the evils of which we complained at present, would very shortly be found creating others ?.—(Shouts of " No, no !") Instead of passing a resolution, at such a time as this, which reproached the Melbourne Administration, he would have the meeting declare that, looking at the public and private conduct of the Duke of Wellington, BOROUGH OF LAMBETH. Even whilst we are writing communications pour in upon us from all quarters. From amongst the host our limits only allow us to select the following, from a well-known and influential correspondent in the southern division of this great city. The statement, as to the attempt to bring forward Sir Henry Hardinge for Lambeth, we know to be correct : " The people on this side of the water, more especially in the populous borough of Lambeth, are also preparing, quietly but firmly, to meet whatever contingency may arise. There is no preparation yet made to call a public meeting ; the individuals who usually take the lead in such matters preferring to be guided by the conduct of the gentlemen forming the committee of watchfulness at the Crown and Anchor. But it is evident there will be no want of energy when the time for action properly arrives. Mixed with the dislike of a Tory Government, however, we have found a disbelief in the minds of many, that the Dear Duke,' and his friends can in their hearts hope to retain power for a month. The notion is not simply scouted—it is ridiculed, laughed at. But stronger than any feeling is that mighty and predominant one of indignation at the heartless in jury thus attempted to be inflicted upon the industrious working man. Things were going on better than they have done for many months past, and the families of the industrious population have scarcely ever had so few priva tions at this season of their severest trial ; and all is to be dashed from them, because men of high consideration will it ! If confidence is again broken in upon—if the free cur rent of a prosperous trade is to be again impeded—if our hardy artisans are again to be discharged from their work, we can tell those who cause such calamities, that they will, in the end, have a fearful account to wind up withal. The feeling at the mere expectation, the dread of such an event, is already, in this district, of the most bitter character, and should that event take place, we repeat there will be a fearful retaliation attempted by those who 'are to be its victims. " It is rather a curious fact that, for some weeks past, there has been a private canvass going on in this borough, is favour of Sir Henry Hardinge—not, we believe, with any view to the present state of affairs, but in the convic tion that when the Ministry once introduced the Church Reformation Bill to the House of Commons, they would be immediately ousted by the King, and a dissolution re sorted to. The moving gentlemen in this business are, of course, red-hot Tories ; but we think they must be imbued with even less than the usual small quantity of brains dis pensed to the children of the mist,' to suppose that they could get even such a man as Sir Henry Hardinge in for so so liberal and reforming a borough as this.' " MEETINGS AT ST. PANCRAS AND MARY- LA-BONNE In the northern districts of the metropolis, the animosity to the Tories was as strong as elsewhere. The Vestry of St. Pancras has assembled, and deter mined upon holding a public meeting to address the King upon the subject. The Parochial Committee of St. Mary-la-bonne, con sisting of upwards of 600 members, • rate-payers of the parish, met this evening. Nearly 200 rate-payers were present. The dismissal of the Melbourne administration was considered of such moment by them, that the subject of the Poor Laws Amendment Bill, which has been under discussion by the committee during the last six weeks, was postponed. Mr. WILSON, a vestryman, observed, it became them, forming a parish whose opinions have some weight with the country, to express their feelings upon the dismissal of the Melbourne Administration.—(Hear, hear.) There was no doubt that the calling upon the Duke of Wel lington by the King was not at the spur of the moment, but that there had been an understanding hetween the Crown and the Tories on the subject—(Hear, hear) --and the demise of Earl Spencer was looked upon as the moment for the dismissal of the Whigs, and the return to the old days of Toryism and despotism.—(Hear, hear, hear.) . It was not, however, to be supposed that, because they were disgusted with some of the measures of the late Ministers, they would, therefore, throw themselves into the ranks of their bitter opponents.—(Cheers.) If that party thought it could govern England by the principles of Toryism, they would find themselves bitterly mistaken ; if they desired to hold the reins of Government, he would tell them they must cease to be Tories.—(Cheers.) It could not be for gotten in the animadversions they might pass on the late Administration, that it had reduced taxes to the amount of 5,000,0001., and they were not again to submit to' have measures of restrictive trade, increase of taxation, and long and bloody wars.:—( Applause.) He trusted, notwithStanS ing the differences existing among reformers, that they would now exert themselves, and show that they were ready and determined to lay aside things of minor import ance, for the purpose of preventing a return to that sys tem of profligacy and despotism which, it was to be feared, the possession of power by a Tory Government would oc casion. —(Loud cheers.) Mr. ROBINSON thought there was no one connected with the parish of Marylebone, and he felt convinced there could be no one connected with 'the parochial committee, who was prepared to support a Tory Administration.—(Hear, hear.) They, admitted the errors of the late Government, the greatest of which was the Poor Laws Bill, still it would seem quite impossible, while able reformers remained in the field, that the people could for a moment entertain the idea of throwing themselves into the arms of the Tories.— (Loud cries of " No, no.") If he knew anything of En glishmen, they were not prepared to return to the principles of despotism, by which Lord Castlereagh, and Ministers of his stamp, had borne heavily and most lamentably upon the country.—(Loud cheering.) It appeared to him that the reformers should now put aside the differences existing among them, and in a spirit of unanimity determine to re sist every attempt that the enemies of reform might make to sow dissension among them, for the purpose of forward ing the cause of despotism.—(Cheers.) Mr. RIBBLE could not help expressing his sorrow at the dismissal of the Whig Administration. His sorrow arose from the great good effected by the Whigs while in office, and lie trusted that the people would be more grateful in future than they had been to the Whigs, for the benefits which might be conferred upon them by the Legislature.—( Hear.) The motion was then put, and carried unanimously. SPONTANEOUS PUBLIC MEETING AT THE CROWN AND ANCHOR. The meeting which took place yesterday, and the an nouncement of the formation of a committee, have created the most lively interest throughout the day ; and although the meeting summoned for this evening was only a private preliminary meeting of the committee, . yet such was the great public anxiety on the occasion, that the doors of the Crown and Anchor were besieged during the day ; and long before the hour appointed for the meeting of the com mittee, the hall and every passage of that spacious tavern were choked up with persons anxious to hear the result - of the deliberations of the committee. This, as a necessary consequence, impeded the business of the committee, who, anxious to give some satisfaction to the public, endeavoured, but in vain, to procure the use of the great or the lesser rooms, both being under repair. Shouts were raised from the numbers assembled, that some advantage should be taken of the demonstration made by so large an assembly. A call for a Chairman was raised, and an individual present having nominated Dr. Wade, he was called to the chair, and the parties present in the committee-room adjourned to the hall, the chairman and speakers addressing the meet ing from the balconies, which, together with the hall, were thronged with most respectable auditors. The numbers that could obtain accommodation were probably from 1,000 to 1,200, but thousands tried, and were unable to obtain admittance. The CHAIRMAN having requested the attention of the meeting, Mr. ROGERS stepped forward. He was hailed with loud plaudits. He said he had come there wholly unacquainted with any circumstances attendant upon calling of this meet ing beyond what he had learned from the public press ; and they told him that a public meeting was called for that evening.—(Loud cries of " Hear, hear.") But now it ap pcared there was to be no public meeting—that the adver tisement only meant, that those who caused it to be inserted were to be re-assembled, and were thereby directed to re assemble.—(Confusion.) as semble.—(Confusion.) There was Whig management in these proceedings, and he, for one, had had enough of Whig m anagement.—(Laughter and uproar.) Mr. POWELL, the Secretary pro tem. of the Committee, claimed to be heard in explanation, but The CHAIRMAN decided that he'could not be heard till Mr. Rogers had concluded. Mr. ROGERS resumed. He said they were aware that the Whigs had been turned out of office ; the gentlemen who had assembled there on the previous day had sym pathized with those who had been so turned out ; but he could not by any means join in such sympathy.— (Cheers, laughter, and uproar.) Nay, he for one had long desired that the Whigs should be turned out, and he rejoiced that they had been.—(Cheering and much uproar.) He had no sympathy for those who had got into power by the people, and who had then abandoned the people, and seemed only to think of paying court to the Court and the Aristocracy. He cared nothing for words— he looked to measures, not to men—(lmmense applause)— and if there were good measures, he should be satisfied ; and till they had good measures, he feared he should remain dissatisfied. If the Tories would give us reform, he did not bearing in mind his acts when he was before in office, and his conduct since he had quitted it, they, in their con sciences, believed that less would be done by him than had been done by his predecessors ; that, so far from using his power to promote, he would use it only to thwart, im provement.—(Cheers.) Allusion had been made to the Irish Coercion Bill, and he would say that he considered the carrying of that measure was disgraceful to the two Houses of Parliament—he would add, it was disgraceful to the people of England, who themselves had shown a great deal of apathy with regard to that measure.---(Hear, hear.) He from first to last opposed the Bill, and, having done so, he trusted it was not unbecoming in him to refer to the subject, which he did for the purpose of observing, that whatever might have been the misjudgment exhibited be fore—whatever apathy they manifested when the Coercion Bill was proposed for Ireland—it would be worse than insa nity if the people of this country, by any apathy they evinced now, encouraged an attempt to pass a similar measure for England.—(.Hear.) Were he to propose an amendment, it would be one of such a character, that it would bear unequivocal testimony to the popular feeling. He would introduce nothing that could be made a handle of by their opponents ; he would, for this reason, avoid impugning the late Administration ; and so viewing the question, he was inclined to give a preference to the amendment that had been moved by their Honorary Secretary. By adjourning the present meeting, they would hereafter be able to meet in a proper place ; and, sufficient notice being given, they would doubtless assemble in such numbers, and express their sen timents in such decided terms, as would let the present Administration (or, rather, the Duke of Wellington him self, for he might be called the Administration), know the sort of favour they were likely to experience from the people.—(Cries of " Go for gold !" " Run to the Bank for gold !" and cheers.) It was appealing too lightly to the public feeling, to call for its expression on so short a no tice. When the Crown exercised its undoubted preroga tive—(Shouts of laughter)—of appointing Ministers, the people should use their undoubted privilege of deciding on the Monarch's choice.—(Laughter, and great cheering.) Such occurrences, thank God, were rare ; but when they did befal, the people-ought to lose no opportunity of im proving them, and turning them to the best possible account. (Cheers.) They ought now to establish their freedom on a basis broader than ever.—(Continued cheering.) He for one would not join in the struggle, did he not think that the advance of the popular cause was more their object than an encounter with the individuals of that party who had be come hungry for office, after their four years' fast.—( Cheers.) He united with them, because he believed that they might now gain their constitutional rights, and secure their po litical freedom. The guarantees of the Reform Bill were insufficient, unless they were secured from corruption and oppression by the ballot.—(lmmense cheering.) He was not one who favoured extreme measures. He apprehended no confusion from the acts of the people. If he appre hended confusion at all it was from the apathy of some of the peoples' friends, and the daring of their enemies.— (Loud cheers.) They must exert themselves to wring from the Government the establishment of the constituency on a more liberal footing than heretofore, which might be effected by carrying out to a greater extent the principle of the Reform Bill. Mr. Buller concluded, amidst great cheering, with strongly urging the propriety of an adjourn ment—(Repeated cries of " Adjourn, adjourn,"—which were kept up almost incessantly till the amendment was put and carried.) . Mr. WILLIAMS, of Watling-street, recommended them to act with deliberation, as the surer way of acting with wisdom. He was happy in being able to communicate to them, that the gentleman who had proposed the original resolution, feeling anxious that they should act with unani mity, bad expressed his- readiness to withdraw his motion. —(Cries of " Bravo.") Much confusion ensued in consequence of a Mr. Gough persevering in his attempt to address those who occupied the space under the gallery. Mr. HAYDON said a few words amidst great uproar. Mr. ROGERS said, many of his good friends having told him that they thought he ought to withdraw his resolution, he had determined fo defer to their judgment, but he would do go on only ode condition, which was, that the proposed meeting should be .held in the open air. —(Vehement cries of " No, no !") Well % then, he would consent to the place being a large room ; but he expected that due notice would be given.—( Hear, hear.) The amendment was put as an original motion, and car ried unanimously. Mr. PowELL said that, on the part of the Committee, he pledged himself the - Meeting should be called on the earliest possible moment that a place could be found calcu lated to acconimodate them.—(Cheers.) He then moved a vote of thanks to the Chairman. Dr. WADE returned thanks, and congratulated the meet ing on the gopck.feelin.g that_ had prevailed. He had no doubt the No* would erive great benefit from the pre s-ed: stiriaggre. Of this he felt the fullest confidence, when he considered that there was a Durham in the field.—(The cheering was here most enthusiastic, and lasted several minutes.) There were four things which he considered the four cardinal political virtues ; these should never be lost sight of till obtained : they were—an extension of the suf frage, the shortening of Parliaments, ballot, and an exten sive Church Reform.—(Cheers.) The meeting broke up at half-past ten o'clock. On the conclusion of the public meeting, the Committee retired to their room, where their numbers received a very considerable accession. Amongst those who joined them were Mr. Rogers, Mr. Beck, Mr. Murphy, and several leaders of the extreme Radical party, who took part most cordially in the proceedings and arrangements for a metro politan meeting. At this circumstance we cannot but ex press our sincere delight, as it must now convince the To ries that, however this party may oppose the Whigs, they (the Tories) have nothing to hope for from their support. Sub-committees were appointed to make arrangements for the meeting, and the Committee adjourned till to-morrow (this) evening , at eight o' c l oc k, at Radley's Hotel, Bridge street, Blaciiars. MIDDLESEX. We have just learnt that the most active measures are in progress to set up a county meeting of freeholders, &c., of Middlesex. The Tories, by this rash step, have hastened the drogress of practical reforms at least ten years. QUICK PASSAGE.—The County of Pembroke steamer sailed from this port on the morning of the sth inst., with a strong gale from the S. W., so much so that no sailing vessel could put to sea, and arrived at Milford in 24 hours. The distance is 155 miles..—Bristol Mercury. A steam-engine boiler, on the premises of - Aydon and Co., steam-engine manufacturers, of Humber Dock green, Hull, burst at an early hour on Wednesday morning week, and shattered the engine-house to pieces, and blew part of the machinery into the river Humber, a distance of 200 yards. It was most fortunate that few persons were there at the time, or the consequences might have been very calami tous ; as it was, however, a boy was crushed to death beneath a large piece of iron, weighing upwards of a ton, and two men employed on the premises were seriously injured by the fall of pieces of the machinery. The engine had not been set to work at the time of the accident, and it is supposed that the man employed to light the fire to get up the steam had neglected to put a sufficient quantity of water in the boiler, which in consequence became red hot. PROGRESS OF ROMAN CATHOLICISM.—A map his been published by the Reformation Society, exhibiting the situation of Roman Catholic chapels, colleges, and seminaries in the several counties of England, Scotland, and Wales, up to January, 1833. From this it appears that the total number of Catholic chapels in England and Wales in 1833 was 423, and in Scotland 74, being an increase in England and Wales, since 1824, of 65 ; and in Scotland, since 1829, of 23 Roman Catholic places of worship. The counties in England pos sessing the greatest number of Catholic chapels are : —Lan cashire, 87 ; Yorkshire, 52 ; Staffordshire, 25 ; Northumber land and Middlesex, each 19 • Warwickshire and Durham, each 14; Hampshire, 12 ; and Lincolnshire, li. There is no Catholic chapel in the counties of Rutland and Huntingdon. In Wales, Catholicism seems to have made little progress.-- Bristol Mercury. The magistrates seem to have taken the most effec tual means to put down drunkenness on the Sunday by "stop ping the tap." They have prohibited the opening of public houses till one o'clock in the afternoon ; so that unless a man can keep the liquor taken on the preceding night until that hour, he can have no chance of figuring as a drunkard in the streets on the Sunday forenoon.—Liverpool Albion. TUNEFUL GAOL BIRDS.--When the caravan in which the prisoners convicted at Leeds Sessions are conveyed to Wakefield House of Correction approdches the place of durance so familiar to many of them, they are accustomed to raise their voices in affectionate welcome, by singing in chorus " Home 1 sweet home !" SINGULAR ROBBERY.---It has been said that no thing is too hot or too heavy for a thief, and a curious instance occurred last week in Maidstone, which shows that nothing is too large for one. A man went into the tap-room of the King's Head, called for a pint of beer, and paid for it. Soon afterwards he was missed, and with him the tap-room table, which he must have carried past the bar window. Neither man nor table have since been heard of.—Maidstone Paper. A MISER.—An old man named Harden, died a few days since in an obscure lodging in Scarrol's-lane, New port, Isle of Wight. He had long perambulated the streets of the town as a common beggar, collecting old rags, and liv ing upon the refuse of the streets. He managed some time since to gain admittance to the house of industry, where he was for some time maintained as a pauper, but a knowledge of his property coming to the ears of the directors, he was obliged to vacate. A few minutes before his death he handed over to his landlady a dirty rag, in which was discovered securities for the sum of 3781., bearing interest, in the bank of Messrs. Kirkpatrick ; and amongst the straw upon which he lay a very valuable silver watch was afterwards found, and it has since been discovered that several large sums of money have been lent to different individuals besides.—Bristol Mer. . , „?.K, fif.N.77 ~~ 4i El The country from one end to the c vulsed with the events of yesterday. end. The reformers of England have them the Duke of Wellington, the gre. reform, in characters never before assumed Minister—the First Lord of the Treasury, the L. tars of State for the Home Deprrtment—the onty AO Minister possessing the seals of office—all, yes, all the seals in his possession, and this great country placed under the direction of one great military chief. The whole has been effected with a precipitancy unequalled in our modern history. This is energy and vigour indeed ; but, alas, how is it applied, and for what ends ? A great General, bred in camps, accustomed to conflict and to victory, seizing all on the powers of the State, at the moment when important reforms had be come inevitable, to conduct the struggle against the people. There is no mistaking what is intended, and every person must see the coming storm. There will be but one voice throughout the land, and the opposi tion will be equal to the exigency. Soon will the de luded corps discover that their confidence in their military chief has involved them in a contest in which the great majority of the people of England are their opponents, and from which they must retreat with shame and dishonour. " His Highness" the Great Captain is now the avowed adviser of the King, respon sible for the dismission of the late Ministers, and for all the perilous consequences of thus hastily and impudently assuming all the functions of all the great offices of State. The people of England will ask, Why all this unheard-of precipitancy ? What have the late Ministers done to warrant all this ? We will tell them what they have done, and for which they will never be forgiven by a Tory faction. They have, by reforming the House of Commons, given the People of England the means of controlling the Government of the country—of rooting out the cor ruptions of the Church—improving the administra tion of the law—destroying the corrupt and blight ing influence of old Corporations—and, greatest of all, paving the way to a change by which the House of Lords would be made to conform to the sentiments of the majority of the nation. The foun dation-stone of this great work, the reform of the House of Commons, has been securely laid by the late Go vernment, and the contemplated results which we enu merate were in a very forward state of preparation to be submitted to the consideration of Parliament. These are the offences of Ministers. To stop the progress of these reforms, they are dismissed ; to counteract them, the avowed enemy of Reform is thus hastily invested with all the powers of the State. And who will not consider this more like the attitude of a Dictator, than than that of a constitutional Minister of a free country ? —Morning Chronicle. We may venture to clear up some doubts hinted of Lord Stanley's joining the Government formed .of the bitter opponents of the Reform Bill. There is as much chance of this as of Lord Spencer (Althorp) giving them his assistance. On one point, and on one point only, Lord Stanley may agree with them ; and on that point he was so much at issue with the great majority of the House of Commons, that he was obliged to resign his place in Lord Grey's Administra tion. True it is, that the new Government is to be formed on a decided resistance to an appropriation of any part of the enormous church revenues of Ireland to other purposes than those to which they are now applied ; and it may be possible that on that particular question the Tories may have the benefit of Lord Stanley's, Sir James Graham's, and possibly some half-dozen votes, which, on all other subjects, must be given in favour of measures of reform, to which they are pledged equally with the members of Lord Melbourne's Go vernment. The public will not be deceived by such stories. The AdministratiOn is to be the military one of " His Highness," who has already united in his own person the two offices of First Lord of the Trea sury and Home Secretary, aided by the good reformers who we see, from the Court Circular, formed the council at which his Grace was sworn in yesterday, Lords Lyndhurst, Jersey, Rosslyn, Maryborough, Cowley (the whole family), the Speaker, Messrs. Goulburn, Hardingei &c. &c: Were,• or are not these men the bitterest enemies of reform ? and can it be believed that it is possible for them to carry on the King's Government by any measure short of a virtual repeal of the Reform Bill ? The question, then, for the people to decide is, whether that Bill shall be maintained on the statute-book or not ; and on that point the electors of Great Britain will be called upon to take their stand at the impending disso lution. We believe it is true that the dissolution may be deferred, and some other arrangements post poned, till Sir Robert Peel's arrival, or until it is ascertained how far he will make himself a party to this insane crusade against the liberties of his countrymen. But there cannot 'be the most remote doubt that a dissolution must soon take place ; and we entreat electors and repre sentatives to be equally on their guard against the manoeuvres, the tricks, and the means that will be ap plied with little scruple by these hoary and experienced dealers in corruption. It is their last stake. A large proportion of the wealthy and landed aristocracy, already smarting under the economical reforms of the late Government, and seeing the little hope of pro viding for their hungry families and dependents in future out of the pockets of the people, are willing to make large pecuniary sacrifices in an effort to overthrow the Reform Bill, and will apply their means to oppose popular candidates in the coun ties and cities, where tenants and freemen are supposed to be within the reach of their influence. The struggle will be a severe, but it cannot be a doubtful one. If it is the last stake of the Tories—it will be the last struggle of the people. The Duke, it • appears, selects the office of Home Secretary for his especial protection. The people will probably require keeping in order. That may be the opinion of some Court sycophants and candidates for promotion in time of profound peace at the Horse-guards ; but we mis take much, if any excuse is given for military inter ference. There will be no disturbance of the peace. The people know what advantage the least excess will give to their enemies.—Morning Chronicle. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC• The arrival of his Majesty in town yesterday was the signal for the formal resignation of the Ministers, who assembled at the Palace shortly after half-past two o'clock, and delivered up their seals of office. We need not ..here particularize the different mem bers of the Administration who were present, as they are all enumerated in the Court Circular. After they had retired from his Majesty's presence, the Duke of Wellington, Sir Henry Hardinge, Sir C. Manners Sutton, and some other influential members of that party were admitted. We give elsewhere what we conceive to be the best authenticated list of the new Ministerial arrangements. There is one fact which cannot be too soon or too generally circu lated, connected with this great political change, which our readers will remember was ascribed by some of our Morning and Evening Contemporaries to the Queen. It now appears, by the acknowledg ment of those who propagated the rumour, that the Queen had nothing to do with it. But this is not the only instance in which the name of that illustrious lady has been most improperly dragged before the public. The Court of Chancery is seldom the scene of strong excitement, but yesterday was an exception to that remark. The Court was crowded. Every mind was occupied with the one subject, and all the old Tory Lawyers seemed to have been disinterred, and to have come crowding into their old haunts under the influence of some powerful sympathy. It will be seen from our report in another part of the paper, that the Lord Chancellor thought it necessary to declare his determination of resigning. There were some manifesta tions of party feeling in favour of the Whigs, or rather in opposition to the Tories. The most important of these was a meeting of the Common Council, at which a re quisition to the Lord Mayor was agreed to for calling a meeting on the subject of the dismissal of his Ma jesty's ° Ministers. In the discuSsion which took place one thing was quite apparent, that the members pre sent were as much in the dark as any other class of his Majesty's subjects, though they had not all of them the candour to acknowledge it. Meetings were also held in the borough of Marylebone, and in the parish of St. Pancras, preliminary to other meetings at which addresses to the King are to be moved, Au