The Sun. — London, England, 1831-09-08 00:00:00

fSPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. The country may now be fairly congratulated /hat the Reform Bill has passed the Committee, — the opposition gradually relaxing as the contest was prolonged, and the latter clauses having been carried with something little short of entire and unanimous acquiescence. The report will be received on Tues day next, and there are many reasons for desiring, that on the third reading a majority may show itself in favour of this great national good, hearing som e slight proportion to the out-of-doors majority, bating a due allowance for the rotten-borough Members, who have no connexion nor sympathy of any kind with the people. There are those who ascribe the decay of active bitterness in the Anti-Beform oppo sition of the House of Commons, to certain dreams of redemption for the borough system in a diff e r en t quarter. Dire chimeras these ! and desperate the minds which can engender them ! If there be really a party within this realm which contemplates as 11 matter within the bounds of reasonable probability the rejection of the Reform Bill by the House Of Lords, or any serious modification of even one of its essential clauses, that party must itself be insane, or still more insane the assembly by Nvhich such an expectation would he realized. For let not Tcry Piers indulge the melancholy reverie, that the " people have forgotten the 11;14"—nlready ave warned their Lordships on this subject. We know that. there exists a class of Lords, —ay, and of untitled grandees, chiefly men who have been in office under Tory -Minis ters, a class which never looked for informa tion while the Government was formed by them and by their friends, beyond the purlieus of Down ing -street or Whitehall—who fancied that the people of England were as complete machines as their own clerks and MCSSCIIg,C7S about the Treasury chambers —who never conceived that the Constitution was any thing but a form, that extreme eases were within the range of physical possibility, or that the vehicle of the State could be endangered by any unskilful- ncss of the drivers. hese unfortunate men are now busy according to their peculiar fashion. Charles street is to them, while out of place, what their much-lamented Downing-street used to be. They see nothing but what surrounds them in that their conclave—hear nothing but what is whispered there —believe nothing but what is there accredited— circulate every thing which has the fiat of the old Bureaucracy affixed to it—and are, in point of autho rity for the national spirit and sentiment of Englend, just On a par with the present tenants of Holyrood, for knowledge of what is going on amongst the French people. These men, we say, are habitual aliens to their country. They would drive the House of Lords into a conflict with the people of England. Such a conflict may a merciful Provi dence avert !—Times. At last, thank God, the Reform 13;11 has passed through the Conlmittee. The few words tittered by Lord John Russell were most moving, " I move, Sir, ihat you do report the 13;11 with its amend ments to the House." These few words were re ceived with loud cheers, and on the question that the Chairman do leave the Chair, these cheers were renewed. The report is to be taken into considerwion on Tuesday next. We are now fas; approaching to the great crisis,—the progress through the House of Lords. For all that has taken plnce in the Commons the people were in some measure prepared, though the delay may have somewhat exceeded their anticipations. Respecting the fate of the Bill, however, there could be no anxiety, the elections having determined the result in the House of Commons. But the same certainty does not exist with regard to the House of Lords. Anxiety, intense anxiety, is entertained on that head. Much will depend on the people themselves Let them now prepare to let it be seen that they are worthy of the privileges to which they are abou' to be admitted. Again we say much will depend on the people themselves in the approaching crisis. Our hint, we know, will be understood.—illorning eh en icle Tc-day a Monarch, strong in the affections of his people, goes forth to receive with the solemnities of religion, and amid the honest acclamations of hi , subjects, a crown which is consecrated by that highest and purest historical glory which is azso ciated with the consolidation of a nation's liberties. Happy would it have been for a neighbouring king dom if •the revolution which expelled the Stuarts from R throne which their folly and their vices for feited had taught the Bourbons wisdom. It is be cause the lesson that England gave to ambitious and profligate rulers of nations was read in vain by the descendants of Hugh Capet that France has suffered incalculable miseries, and that the late Sovereign of that fine country is now a crownless exile, who found a secure asylum from the ju , t indignation of his subjects on the shores of England—presenting the instructive spectacle of a tyrant who has fled fir refuge to the sanctuary of freedom. While the Ex-King of France remains a living example of the dreadful force of the recoil of public opinion, when the pressure of porter has become too violent to be borne, the King of England, by yielding to the reasonable desires of his people, and re pairing those criurgiea of a free Constitution which abuses had corrupted, or time impaired, makes the foundation of the throne itself more firm, and draws around his own just prerogatives the impregnable defence of a people's love. — The Coronation of this day will not, indeed, rival that of the late King in gorgeousness of pageantry and brilliancy of spectacle, but it is chastened splendour will be in better taste, and it will have a moral attraction superior to what has invested any similar: ceremonial since the revolution ; for the Monarch who is, on the present occasion, to renew those engagements with the nation which - guarantees the preservation of its rights and liberties, has riot mere promises to offer to the country of the faithful discharge of this great trust :—he has given proofs of the sincerity with which he means to observe the obligations which he incurred on his accession, be fore he subscribed the contract which binds by the most solemn act of religion the conscience of a Bri tish King to the cite ies of a Constitutional Throne. There is another charm which the present Corona tion will possess, that would, of itself, more than compensatate for its diminished scale of scenic splendour, compared with the Coronation which preceded it ;—the glory of the Monarch's Crown will be reflected in softened lustre from the diadem of his illusttious Consort. Tie wisest of Kings has said that " a virtuous wife is above the price of rubies." William the Fourth pos sesses that treasure in having a partner of his throne whose conduct is the source of domestic happiness and public pride to himself, a moral example to the country, and the best ornament of the highest sta tion. Is it not better that the solemnity which is about to be observed should be graced by the pre sence of such a Queen as this, than that sovereignty should display the most costly and cumbrous train of magnificence that ev e r spread its variegated co lours to the sunshine of a Court festival? We ap preciate the good taste of Queen Adelaide, who preferred having her crown composed of her own jewels to hiring others at the public expence, as was done upon a former occasion. We do not like to see English Royalty decorated with borrowed plumes; arid we are sure the Queen's crown will not look the less b eaut if u l i n t h e e y e s of the p eo pl e because the jewels that adorn it, like her virtues, are not assumed.—Morning Herald. We were not disappoint e d i u t h e expectat i on hich we entertained respectin g the patri ot i c feel ings of the citizens of London. They havejustified the character of their ancestors, and h report, nobly redeemed .ch e le which o h c a s the pledge, as wil l be seen from they gave to the country in March o t last. lutions of that month were confirmed in T their fullest extent, and the lie given, i n the broadest terms, to the false assertions of the Anti-Reformers, that_ithe country had become indifferent to Reform.l 07 should it, indeed, become indiff ere nt to Ref orm The Bit may not be as pure now as it was introduced Iry Lo r d John Russell; but itj is a great boon—it is an immense step to the acquisi tion of greater blessings—it is a lever which mint bring back society to its just land-marks, and that, (1, in the most peaceable manner, and without any of those stains which have marked the re storation of freedom to other nations. Eng land passed tirrough the fiery ordeal of revolution daring the time of the ,!Stuarts—her instituticirs have since become corrupt, and the object of the Reform Bill is not to substitute a liew Constitution in their place, but to restore the old one to its ori ginal purity and efficiency. Why, then, should the public be dissati,fied with such a Bill Is it because the people hold no meetings on the subject of Re icrrn, that the Anti-Reformers have imbibed the notion that the country has become inditrx.rent to Reform ? If they do so they will find a ready explanation of the silence of the country in the efforts which it has made—in the certainty that it requires not to make any more. ,, --enat there is no public body wlEch could dare to gainsay its unani mous decision=-and above all, they will find a sati7, factory answer in the following res.dutionn, passed in the city yesterday—and in that city too where the Anti-Reformers hoped to muster a majority in their favour. " rriukt this Court feel highly t graoed at the rrospeet of a speedy and auccessfcl termination to the labours of the House of Cr.innons, in relation to the great end vital que.tion of 'Parliamentary Reform. " Resolve:l, That this Court, having nn unaltered con- vietion of the imperative necessity of such Reform, do petition the House of Lord 7) praying their Lordships to give their assent to tl!is ueat constitutional measure, t'at;t: the same may I.c passed into a ktw, wherehy alon'e a true rind la,tio; union will be preserved of sings, Lords, and Commons, and the House of CoMmons become, in fact, the representatives of the people. liesolved, 'Pita it be ref-rrud to the Committen tive to deform in Parliament, to prepare the draft of a petition to the llonourah't die house of Lords, and report the same to thin Court. In conclusion, We commend the sine-eh of Mr. Charles Pearson, to the attention of our readers. It i 3 a bril:iant effort and ought to promote its awhor to a seat in the House of the " collective wisdom" of the nation.—Aforning Adc , :rriser. The Coronation of their Maiesties the King and Queen of England takes place this day, and we gladly avail ourstives of the occasion to utter, in unison with the great majority of our fellow ,:ubj,,,ets, the expression of on; ardent attachment , o the British Monarch ) and to breathe with them cur fervent a?pintions to that Power by which Kings reip for its perpetuity, its unabated glory, it s continued and increasing , strength as the bul wet k of national freedom and security, its sur passing and progressive abundance as the source of national happiness and welfare. What though this august national solemnity be celebrated with " maimed right"—though we endure the mortifica!ion of beholding our Sovereign shorn of his befitting splendour—though we be com pelled, in the warmth rind impatience of our affectionate loyalty, to ask " What ceremony else ? must there no more be done ?" surely it is not for !his, however we may condemn or despise tl.e spe nous or hypocritical economy which thus diappoints th e feelings of the people, and seeks to place the Monarch under a cloud, that we should pronounce with stinted breath or mitigated ardour the appro priate prayer of the day, " God bless the King !" England could well have afforded to crown her King end the amiable pertner of his throne as his ances !ors have been ci . ownel, and under the adminis.ra rion of any body of Statesmen other than Whigs and economists she would have been allowed the gratification of doing so. We doubt whether now, better than on any former occasion, the Crown of England can afford to loosen those ties of suit and service, hitherto deemed alike honourable to the payers and the receivers, which in so many houses •If the British Nobility and Gentry combine the feelings of loyalty with those of personal and family pride. But - Ministers imagine that to be prodigal tf the dignity and interests of the throne, and parsi monious of the revenues of the State, is the road to popularity, and unless when some sordid and selfish interest of themselves or their connections tempts them to deviate, they are determined to pursue it, regardless alike cf the permanent interest of the , Inone and the people. We enter our protest against !he unseemingly mutilation of the solemnity of this d a y. W e say it is disrespectful and injurious to the Throne, as we have no doubt it is peculiarly offen •ive to the people of England. It must not be drawn into precedent, notwithstanding the re publican a usterity and simplicity by which it has been re commended to our present mob-flat tering rulers. Who ever heard or ever will hear of a nation in a. sound and healthy state which was indifferent or insensible to the ex ternal pageantry even of its political solemnities ? But this affectation of contempt for the visible sym bols of greatness and power, this apparent disregard to every thing which strikes the senses of mankind es a means of affecting their imagination and their feelings, is purely hypocritical ; else why do not our economical Ministers and the silly metaphysicians who support them clothe the British army in drab instead of scarlet, and place upon the head of every soldier a skull-cap in the place of the plumed helmet ? else why does the Duke of Sussex wear upon his breast the dazzling emblems of knightly honour, when he presents to the House of Lords the petition of Jurors boasting of the facility with which they ran violate their oaths ? else why does Earl Grey garter so sedulously that knee which he has to bend to the authority of the rabble ? It is all hypocricy and pretence. The moral influence of pageantry and ceremonial is doubted by no man. The most trans cendental of our political metaphysicians struggle as vehemently as more vulgar statesmen do for stars and garters, and are to the full as cureful to display them when they are obtained. There is no frugality in the expenditure of oil, or gas, or saltpetre, among the most philosophic of our democrats, when they wish to manifest by these external emblems their exultation that the Sovereign has been be trayed into the infatuation of asking his people for a Democratic House of Commons. Alen who are thus inconsistent may be justly suspected of hypocrisy. The " main rites" of the Coronation do not, we firmly believe, proceed from a disregard to the power of pageantry or ceremonial over the minds of men on the part of those who have recom mended the mutilation, hut from their desire to transfer from the throne to the enemies of the throne whatever aid or support that power can afford. The Coronation ought to have been what hitherto it has always been in England, a gorgeous pageant, commemorative in its minutest detail of some past tribute of loyal devotion, and some equivalent return of princely gratitude, and thus impressing upon the minds alike of subject and of Sovereign in a manner the most forcible the nature and paramount import ance of their reciprocal obligations. This unfortu nately it will not be. Of its most essential charac ter, however, the levellers of our day happily had not the power to divest it. It is still a religious solemnity of transcendent importance. It is still the public and formal ratification of the compact be tween the Sovereign and the nation. It is still the occasion upon which, in the face of Heaven, they pledge themselves to the discharge of their recipro cal duties. May the King never be led by evil counsellors to forget the solemn obligations he will this day contract ! May the people, notwithstand ing all the artifices by which wicked men have sought to delude them, be enabled to unite with one heart and voice in the spirit of the supplica tion—" God save the King !—Long lire the King ! May the King live for ever !"—Morning Poat. A large line'-of-battle ship arrived on Thurs day in Leith Roads. She is under jury masts, and will proceed, as soon as the wind permits, to the Hope ; a til-gun frigate passed through the Roads for the Hope on Tuesday. The Duncan, 7-t, was on Thursday afternoon taken in tow by a steamer, to be taken up the Frith.— Caledonian Mercury. Sir ISAAC NEWTON was so small and weakly an infant, that his mother had used to say of him, that " ISAAC, when first born, might have been put into a quart pot." THE CORONATION. The following are abridged notices of the preparations making throughout the country to celebrate the event of their Majesties' Coronation A RU2“,EL. —Public dinners at all the hotels and inns, and the children of the Vree School dine together in the park on roast and boiled-beef, accompanied with plum-pud ding in abundance. AsirroN.—A public meeting was held last week, to make preparatiniaa for celebrating the Coronation in a public manner. BATA.—The Corporation have determined to illuminate all the public buildings in the city. A general illumina tion will also take place. At first it we.s intended to giv e 1001. to the hospital, but the people Wete determined on the general rejoicing. A grand gala will be given at Syd ney-g -rtlens, consisting of the most splendid entertain merits to crurclude with fireworks. Putanater HA M. —Arrangements have been made, though at a late hour, to celebrate the event. There will be a public dinner at the Royal lintel, the High Bailiff in the Chair. There are to be 3 ; 000 at the dinner, including the 'officers of the 7th Hussars. It is rather of a private then a public nature. At most of the other hotels and taverns public dinners will take place. Mr. T. Attwood takes the chair at the Globe, presiding over the Political Union party. The Trustees of tire Public-office have iven directions fur its illumination, and the overseers and guardians have ordered the poor at the work-house to be regaled with roast-beef and plum-pudding, and each a pint of ale. BOROUG HBRIEG E. --The day will be honoured by a dinner at the Crown, and a ball at the Greyhound. Tho mas Duncoralit and A. Lawson, Esqrs., have consented to be the stewards. Borerox.—The children belonging to the different Sun d ,y.sehools in the town and neighbourhood are to assemble to join the procession in honour of the Coronation of their Majesties. In the procession the freemasons, the Magis trates, and Constables, will form part, aed the trades also join, with flaw; and banners, accompanied by the Queen's Bays and the Yeomanry. No flags or banners with poli tical devices will he allowed to attend. Amongst the no velties exhibited will be a balloon, representing the King and Queen seated in two cars, to be launched from the centre of the new market-place. Public dinners are an nounced to take place at the Commercial, the Bridge and Swan Inns, and in various other parts of the town. A subscription, amounting to upwards of 1001., has been sub scribed in the village of Chowbent, to give every poor per son a good dinner and beer. BateurroN.—At a public meeting on S rturday, it was resolved that the town should he illuminated, and that a public dinner should take place at the Old Ship. Active preparations are visible in (livers parts of the town fur lighting up the houses. With the people there appeals to be but one feeling upon the suhject. BHIEG EWATE 11. -The Reform party dine together at the George Hotel, to the number of 300. The Bridgewater and Stowey troops of Yeomanry Cavalry, commanded by Captains Tynte and Fevered, will he out for exercise in the morning, and a feu-de-foie will be fired. Captain Evered, the Mayor, takes the chair at the dinner. BRISTOL. —The Mayor and Corporation invite their fellow-citizens and the public bodies to join them in a pro cession to the cathedral. The trades are to join with their banners and emblems, and Captain Shute's troop of North Somerset Yeomanry Cavalry is to be in attendance. In the evening a general illumination. The Mayor and Cor poration will cause the Mansion-house, Council-house, &e. to be lighted up. CASTLE CARP.-There is to be a general illumination, a public dinner at the Britannia Inn, and a public supper at the Angel Inn. COVENTRY.-There is to be an illumination, and ar rangements are waking for roasting an ox ;Intl some sheep. A procession was projected, but it has been abandomd. DERBY. —There will be a public dinner, the Mayor in the chair. _ . DEVIZE6.—At a public meeting last week it was re- Solved, that the day should be one of festivity to the in habitants, that it should be celebrated by a public dinn,r, at which the gentry and tradesmen of the town and midi- Irurhood be invited to attend, and thit a subscripthm he entered into to give a treat to every poor resident of the borough, and the chapelry of St. James. A Committee has been formed to carry these plans into effect. DEVONPORT.-The mechanics of the Dock-yard, beaded by the Commissioner, with models, flags, &c. go in pro cession through tie town ; the trades al.:o form a proces• sion, with banners, music, &c., and the Freemasons are also to assemble. The public offices are to he The Cororation Gonmittee, and a large party of g entlemen, line in the Town-hall; company assembles at the Royal Hotel for the canoe purpose. Different bands of music will parade the town, and during the evening a grand dis play of fireworks on Mount Wise, with a large bonfire in the brickfield, will conclude the rejoicings. A substantial thinner of beef and plum-pudding will be given to shave :3,000 children, all at one table, extending from the dock land gates, in Fore street, to the arch at the head of the town, and through the whole of St. Aubin-street, &c. 'I he tab'e will exceed 2,000 feet in length, and will he decorated with arches and flags. The Freemasons o f Lodge 339 will join the procession of the Commissioners, &c. The expenses of the processi on, which on the last occasion amounted to upwards of 1,0001. will be borne by the men and their officers. DONCASTER.-There will be great rejoicing and feast ing, a number of gentlemen having purchased 172 stone f beef, 500 gallons of strong ale, 2,800 loaves of bread, 200 plum-puddings of Vb. weight each , 1,000 pint mugs, and 1,000 gill mugs, with W. and A su rmounted b y a crown, on each, the same to be given to the p ersons par taking of the dinner, in the parsonage-yard, at four tabl e s, 50 yards long each. In the morning there is to be a pro ._ cession. DUDLEY.—It is intended to celebrate this day by com bining the commemoration of the 50th year of the esta blishment of Sunday-schools with the Coronation of his Majesty. The different schools of all denominations will go in procession, the children and teachers wearing med a l s , to the Castle Court, where refreshment will be provided for the children. EASTISOUR N E.—A ball and assembly at the public rooms, in honour of the event. EDINBURGIG—The Magistrates have recommended a general illumination of the city. ESSEX.—Preparations are going forward in almost every town for celebrating the Coronation. At Chelmsford a dinner is to be given for 2,000 poor people, and tickets for beer afreiwards, to be carried home to their families. EXETER.—The day will be observed in Exeter as a general holiday. The Mayor invites the members of the chamber, corporation of the poor, incorporated bodies, gentlemen of the county, officers of the army and navy, &c., to repair in procession to the cathedral. There will he a grand dinner at the New London Inn, as well as at the Globe and other inns ; and in the evening displays of firework., &c., and a ball at the Royal public rooms. FALMOUTII.—It has been determined here at a public meeting, the Mayor in the chair, to distribute bread and meat to the poor; to have a display of fireworks at the square in the evening, and a public dinner at the Royal Hotel. GLASGOW. —The whole of the banks have resolved to make Thursday a close-holiday. The authorities are in the evening to give a splendid display of fireworks. GLOUCESTER.—The Corporation, in full robes, attend divine service at the cathedral, and in the afternoon the Mayor will preside at a public dinner at the Bell, at which a very large party of gentlemen is expected to attend. It appears to be the general wish that no illumination should take place; hut, to afford all classes an opportunity of joining in celebrating the day, nearly all the principal tradesmen have resolved upon a general cessation of busi ness, and their shops will, in consequence, be closed. FIE\IF.L HEMPSTED.—The inhabitants regale their poorer neighbours with a plentiful supply of " good old October. HANLEY.—Here, and in all the pottery towns, great preparations for dinner, illuminations, firework, &c. It is in contemplation to provide a substantial entertainment for the widows and poor of Hanley. HERTFOitn.—There will be a grand display of fireworks in the Plough Mead. HUNTINGDON.—A subscription has been raised to give a public dinner to the poor, when it is intended to regale upwards of a thousand with plum-pudding and roast-beefi The gentlemen of the town will dine together at the Foun tain Inn, and there will be a ball at the Assembly-room in the evening. Hufir.—Thursday next is the day appointed for the Coronation of their Majeaiies. We have this week re ceived numerous notes, desiring to know whether any and what steps are likely to be taken in Hull in celebration of that event ; on which we are unable togive any information. LANGPORT.—A liberal subscription has been entered into by the corporation, gentry, and tradesmen of the town, that the poor may be regaled with a dinner—good English fare—roast-beef, plum-pudding, aod plenty of beer. The dinner will take place in Langport Moor, and it is ex pected that from 1,000 to 1,200 will dine there. After getting through the ceremonies of the dinner in the moor, the respectable tradesmen of the town and neighbourhood will have a public dinner at the Dolphin Inn. A band will be in attendance, and a hal will be held in the evening. LE? MINGTON —The hotels, &c. will be illuminated ; the day to be kept as a strict holiday, and a subscription has been raised to give the poor a dinner. There will be a grand ball and supper at the Assembly-rooms in the evening, under the direction of Mr. Heathcote, the Master of the Ceremonies, and a supper will be given to more than 300 persons. Several families of Warwick, Coventry, Stratford, Kt.nilwottli, SoUtham, and adjacent plaCes, have signified their intention to be present. LAUNCESTON.-Where will be a public dinner at the NVhite Hart, and a subscription has been entered into, in order to supply the poor with the means of providing them selves a good dinner on the occasion. LErns.—We are to have processions, religious services, and military exhibitions, accompanied by a juvenile jubi lee, such as has never before been Witnessed in this place. Mr. Itusnum ) a young and enterprising act•ial voyager, an , trounces his intention to ascend in his balloon. In the evening a splendid ball at the Assembly-rooms. The shop keepers intend generally to close their shops. LEwr.s.—There will be public dinners at the several inns in this town. LYME.-The Coronation feast will be on a very exten sive scale. The preparations are going forward with great activity. Mr. Pinney anti Mr. Melville have each given a fat ox, the Hon. Major Fane has given a subscription in money, and :fir. Farnall tea for 2,000 persons. A private gentleman of the town has presented two sheep. MANCHESTER.-The day will be kept as a general holi day, and all business suspended. There will be a public procession, ut which the children of all the schools march in one body, headed by the authorities of the borough and the clergy of all denominations, Protestants, Dissenters, and Itoman Catholics. The procession marches intu Sal lord, where they are to be met and joined by the autho rities there, at ten o'clock. The trades, with their banners, to the number of 29, commencing with the tailors, and ending with the engravers, follow in the train, the whole accompanied at either side by the military. When the head reaches Ardwick-green, the municipal authorities and gentlemen, with the special constables, will take the northern side, in front of the military; and the trades, pre ceded by the firemen and the mail-coaches, the southern. The school children will then sing the national anthem, after which a feu-de joie will be fired by the military in honour of the day. There are to be dinners, balls, &c. in the diff•rent hotels and public places, and a general illumi nation closes all. MxTox.—Mr. M. Stapylten has ordered the fattest ox in Myton Pasture to be killed, and invited every roan and woman in the parish to dine with him on the day, and drink the health of his Mijesty King William the Reformer. NEWCASTLE-UNDER-LYRE.—A public dinner at the Roebuck, the M iy-or in the chair, and a general illumi nation. NOTTINGIIAM.-There kill be a publ , c dinner, at which the Mayor will preside, and the Sunday-school Jubilee will celebrated on that day. PLYMOUTH. —The day will he celebrated here with great spirit. More the n 3001. have been subscribed towards the expenses. Lord Morley and the borough Members have contributed liberally. The rejoicings com mence with divine service, and the performance of appro priate music, amongst which Handel's Coronation An them, at St. Andrew's. After service the Corporation and the inhabitants, with the charity children, trades, &c., will form in procession on the Hoe, and proceed through the town. Afterwards the children partake of an excel lent dinner in the market-place, and also a great number of poor persons admitted by ticket. In the evening there will be a large bonfire on the Hoe, and a splendid display of fireworks. Four triumphal arches are to he erected at the principal entrance of the town. There will be public dinners at the different inns, and a ball in the even ing at the Royal Hotel. The inmates of the Hospital of Poor's Portion, and the parish alms-houses, are to be feasted on the Coronation day with roast-beef, plum-pud ding, and strong ale or beer. Poazveome—A meeting was held here last week, to consider the propriety of having a general illumination ; it was unanimously resolved that the same he carried into effect in the most efficient style possible, and a general fes tival to take place upon the occasion. ROMSEY. —There will be a public dinner at the Town hall, and a general illumination in the evening. The cha rity and Sunday-school children, about 800, will be re galed in the market-place, where a feu -de-joie will be fired in honour of the day by the Romsey troop of Yeomanry Cavalry, under the command of Captain Stant, y. The members of the Lodge of Peace and Harmony of Free masons will dine together at their lodge-rootn in honour of his Majesty, who, on the death of the late King, became patron of the order. SALTASH. —A subser'irion has been entered into by the inhabitants of the borough, to be distributed amongst the sick and indus , rious poor, in meat and beer. SuErrnN-MALLET.—The inhabitants intend to illu minate. The Sunday-school children are to form a pro cession ; also the different clubs, with the pensioners, and attend divine service. Afterwards a dinner will be pro• vided in a large field for the children, about SOO. Sir REWSBU RY. —The Mayor and Corporation, attended by the clergy and inhabitant., and by the children of the various charity-schools, will move in procession to church, and there will afterwards be a public dinner at which the Mayor will preside. STAFFORD.—There will be a dinner at the George, the Mayor in the chair, and the tradesmen, &c. have entered into and published resolutions, declaring their intention to suspend all business on the occasion. An illumination in Mr. Smith's mi-alow at eight, and again at twelve. Srascrfortin On-AVON.—The inhabitants dine together in public, the Mayor, M. W. Smith, in the chair. STALE RIDGE.—A subscription has been entered into for supplying the poor with a good dinner. If the wea ther he favourable, tables will be laid in Stalbridge-park. STONEHOUSE.—A dinner will be given to the children of the Sunday and charity-schools, of poor persons, on the Green at Long Room, by the Rev. Mr. Cox. The sub•criptions up to Friday exceeded 1141., and the most active preparations are making to celebrate the day. The Marine Barracks will be illuminated with transparencies; the children of the privates to the number of 400, will be galed on the barrack-parade. TIVERTON.—There is to be a procession of 17 different societies ; a public dinner in the new market-place, for gentlemen and tradesmen ; and a ball in the evening at the Angel Inn. UTTOXETER. —The shops to be closed, and all business to be suspended. WALSALL —There will be a procession of the different lodges and societies. WlGAN.—Every preparation is making in Wigan to celebrate the Coronation of their Majesties with due splen dour. The Mayor and Committee appointed to arrange the procession have invited the heads of clubs to attend a In dependent no: Oddthe Committee Fellows on are . pArleopnattl.amyg. toT he Lodge of ln makea grand display. There will be several public dinners and a ge neral illumination. WINCHESTER.—The members of the C troop of Hamp shirei Yeomanry Cavalry will dine together n Hursley park, where marquees will be erected. Sir William Heathcute has presented a fat buck for the occasion. Se veral dinners will be given in the city, and an illumina tion takes place in the evening. In the Abbey church, Romney, there will lie a grand musical festival, when Att• wood's Coronation Anthem will be performed, and also Handel's Grand Anthem. The ehorusses will be rein forced from Salisbury and Southampton. WORCESTER.—The Mayor and Corporation, accom panied by the several companies and lodge., will go in pro cession to the cathedral, where a sermon will be preached. Yong. —All the children of the Church and Wesleyan Sunday-schools will have a Coronation-medal given to thew, and in the afternoon will walk in procession throueh the principal streets of the city, after which they will par take of refreshments. After the procession a tirge party of the friends of the schools will partake of tea in the Wesley•place school-room. There will also be a public dinner at Etridge's Hotel, and a splendid ball in the even ing. A Committee of management, with power to add to their numbers, has been formed. At present, the Lord Mayor and most of the Aldermen being absent from York, will prevent any thing being done by the Corporation as a public body on that day. The chief towns of Devon, Dorset, and Cornwall, are making preparations to celebrate their Majesties' Corona tion with extraordinary spit ndour. In manyinstances, in addition to the usual processions to church, &c., banquets are to he prepared for all grades of his Majesty's loyal sub jects. Newton, Kingsb; idge, Torquay, Teignmouth, Ash burton, Totness, and other places, are about to exhibit similar proofs of their loyalty. CORONATION FEASTS TO TIIE F OOL __ The churchwardens and overseers of the united parishes of St. Margaret and St. John, Weetrmnster, basting given directions that at the workhouse, in Dean-tstreet, near Westminster Abbey, all the inmates of the establishment, amounting to near 500 individuals, shall have a good and substantial feast this day, to celebrate the Coronation of their must gracious Majesties, Wir,Linn the Fourth and his Royal Consort, in order that there may not be a heart in the parish in which their MAJESTIES are crowned but shall rejoice. Orders are accordingly given for a plenti ful supply of old English fare, both roast and boiled, sufficient for two days' consumption, with plenty of plum pudding. In addition to which four barrels of porter are ordered, which will be nearly three pints each to the adults, to drink health and long life to King WILLIAM and Queen ADELAIDE. LOSS OF THE BRIG LAUREL, OF SCAR- BOROUGH. St_:ARBOROUGII, SEPT. 2.—A correspondent writes as follows :—" I have the painful intelligence of communicating the unfortunate event of the loss of the ill-fated brig Laurel, of Scarborough, and the death of the Captain, Mr. W. Edmonds, under the following circumstances:—On Saturday, the 20th ult., blowing a strong wind about N. to N.E., when off the North Foreland, bearing W. about 15 miles distant, she sprung a leak, so that it was impossible to keep her. The crew, with the Captain, his wife, and two children, were compelled to take to the boat about ten o'clock, A.M., and after they had left the vessel an hour, the Captain, from fatigue and over exertion, found himself extremely ill, and r, quested to go to the fore part of the boat, which he had scarcely reached b, , fore he expired. After encoun tering a severe day and night, until four o'clock the following ['corning, through the help of Providence they succeeded in reaching a schooner, then riding in Dover Roads, and received from the master every humane attention, and about nine o'clock they were sent on shore, nearly exhausted from fatigue and other privations generally attending those unfortu nate events. Every means for their present temporary comforts have been obtained, and an order has been sent from the Mayor for MN. Edmonds' children and the crew to be made comfortable, until circum s'ances will allow of further assistance. I believe there has scarcely been a vestige either beh,ncrieg to the brig or their own necessaries saved ; there fore Mrs. Edmonds, as well as the crew, are in a most destitute situation, being deprived of every comfort." CORONER' S INQUEST. An inquest was hell yesterday afternoon at No. 2' Amen-corner, Paternoster-row, before Mr. PAYNE' on the body of Mr. Thomas Marshall, brother to Mr. Richard Marshall, of the firm of Simpkin and Marshall, booksellers, Stationers'-court, who com mitted suicide under the following circumstances : Mr. Richard Marshall being sworn, stated that this unfortunate relative, who bound all the books for the firm, lived in the house in which the Jury were assembled. Within the last month he had become quite an altered man, and appeared sullen and dejected ; he did not pay that attention to busi ness which he did formerly, and a number of books were at different times returned to him to he re bound, in consequence of their being badly done. Some books were sent to him on Monday morning last ftir the purpose already stated, when the de ceased flew into a violent rage, and shortly after wards had some high words with a young man in the employment of the firm upon the subject. Witness dined with the deceased as usual on Mon day afternoon, when he took occasion to expostulate with him for quarrelling with the young man alluded to, at which the deceased appeared much incensed, and accused him (witness) of acting partially. Thev, however, afterwards shook hand., and sepa rater.' apparently good friends. About six o'clock in the evening the deceased was missing, when wit ness went in search of him, and on entering his bed room, to his horror and surprise he beheld his un fortunate relation hanging by a silk handkerchief from the bed-post, his knees nearly touching the floor. Witness instantly cut him down, and called in me dical aid, but all to no purpose, life being wholly extinct. . Samuel Horton, the deceased man's foreman, cor roboreted the foregoing statement, as to the irritable state of the deceased's mind prior to his death. Ehzilieth Carse, the forewoman, pve similar testimony, and added, that about a fortnight ago the deceased was driving out in a phaeton with Mrs. Marshall and other ladies, when, in consequence of his coming in collision with a coal-waggon, the whole party were thrown out, and the deceased, who fell o►► his head, was much hurt, and had not, in the opinion of witness, been right in his head since. The CORONER having summed up briefly, the Jury returned a verdict of " Temporary Insanity." POLICE INTELLIGENCE. UNION-HALL. Yesterday a woman named Jeffs, was brought before Mr. CHAMBERS on the following charge : A Mr. Shuter stated, that he let a house to the defendant's husband at Shad Thames, as yearly te nant ; he had recently been arrested and thrown into gaol for arrears of rent. Complainant having been apprised that the interior of his premises were vanishing away fast, went there, and discovered that Mrs. Jeffs hail nearly gutted the house, the whole of the bannisters, the stairs, together with a great portion of the flooring, having been taken away and sold by her. Upon inquiry it was ascertained that the defendant had called upon a man who is in the habit of purchasing building materials, and stated that she wanted to dispose of the whole of the in ternal part of the building she then occupied. The man it appeared, without inquiry, was about to enter into a bargain with her, when the di-covery took place. Mr. Shuter added, that the defendant had already done considerable damage to his house, and no doubt would have left it a complete skele ton, but for the timely notice he received on the subject. It wag stated in the office, that it was become a very common practice now for tenants to strip houses of flooring, stairs, and fixtures, and then decamp. The defendant admitted that she committed the offence, but said that it was to procure bread for her children, their father being locked up in gaol for debt. She was fined 51. under the Wilful Damage Act, and in default of payment was committed for one month to Brixton. Defendant—What are try unfortunate children to do, if I am sent to gaol ; both their father and their mother will be torn from them ? The Magi strate said, that she should have thought of that before she pulled the landlord'S house to pieces. Directions were then given that the children should be taken care of in the won:house. A respectable-looking young man, named Mason, who described himself to have been educated for the profession of surgery, was charged with unlaw fully pledging sonic articles, belonging to a female, to whom he was paying his addresses. fse ,n, A sdaann m t.F : ter:: d hoseetakptieandgw, that iastnh,ert lent without i c d ilioe h ar e kp r to o i r a m m the is e s I d o r as . s - . ned In reply to the Magistrate, she said that the de fendant was paying his addresses to her some time ago, but that she had broken off all intimacy with him, owing to the gay life he was leading. She added, that the cloak was not the only artir le belong ing to her that he had made away with in a similar manner, but she had discovered the pawnbroker at whose shop it was pledged, and he was now present to identify the defendant. Tire defendant acknowledged that he had unlaw fully pledged the articles, and he was awarded to pay the value of the cloak, besides a penalty of 205., and in default of payment he was committed for one month. A man, named John Gill, was charged with threatening the life of a near relative of his own. The complainant—Your 'Worship, Gill is the man who printed the lady Cother day, and threatened to paint the Alderman too, before whom Ire was taken. Mr. CHAMBERS —What lady did be paint, was ;t by her desire that he rouged her, for that was no offence ? Complainant—Your Worship, it was Gill painted the lady in the ci•y. I thought every body knew all about it, because it was in the newspapers ; he laid it on pretty thickly too, not with a hare's foot, but with a good thick bristle brush, and really I thought as how he would have plastered the Alder man too. Defendant—The painting job has nothing to do with what I am brought here for, and it is only defendant m i o d n e e r r i l c o w w as t t o fi l: n . ej a r: emdyof tilia case. e bay ing threatened the life of his s'ster-in-law, and he Was held to bail. MILITARY COLONIES OF RUSS IA ' ste 'l . o ol°' had rr In the Temps of Sunday last there is 3 ment (which will be found in our F tracts), that the French Government to ceived accounts of an insurrection having br ° 4c , out in the military colonies of Russia• is counts to the same effect have been receivesco our Government, though, from what we 0 learn, the insurrection was not so formidableo its character as it might be supposed from dr French statement, and it has been in a gr eet gree suppressed. The first who communicated informati on ol ' l the subject of these colonies in this country' n: Dr. Lyall, in his " Travels in Russia," an ' t y more length in a separate pamphlet. Front 4 following brief but interesting account of sa l by by a gentleman who furnished us with slo t interesting communications on the subjec t war with Poland, which we extract from e n° tide on the Russian army in the United S e .; vice Journal for September, it will be seen tp o , oppression has more than once led the uni lirt nate colonists to revolt : " Amongst all the institutions of the Int' empire, there is none, perhaps, more despot :e that of the Military Colonies. The project of establishment was ccnceived by a General Ofn°e.tre Artillery, CJunt Araktshejew, a wan whose e B pt was once but too notorious throughout Rus sia ' ,4 whose memory is destined to share the distinct; of an unenviable longevity. The Count comtve ll his career as a private soldier, and served till he `',o promoted to the rank of an officer. his ge.ol system of discipline attracted the attention of the First, when that Sovereign, who was then 7 Gland Duke, resided in his chateau of Gatscl• and daily occupied himself in exercising a few y (Fers, who were one day to serve as mode ls for 11, whole army. Count Araktshejew and Baron. hitQch (the father of the late Field-Marshal) at the parades at G rtschina, the companions ti o k of Paul. The gratitude of the Empero r ree le , ! penned the services rendered to the Grand With,urt the sliJnest knowledge of tvar, Ara kt jaw was created General, and was promoted t 0 gal first military dignities, without having faced other foe than the common enemy of every deq°.,rt that love of liberty and justice implanted by wat t in the br,ast of " In the re:go man . of Catherine the Second, the f t l, °) jects of aggrantlisement formed by the Russian 10 yernment assumed a decided shape. In ordcr,e, ob' ain the key to Germany, the heart of fA rl .O it was necessary to conquer Poland. Finland"ro, to be subjugated that S . Petersbu:gh might be f i l i e teeter' against a coup-de-main from the Swerlest's, would thus b e deprived of all inclination to t e.c° o quer the provinces of the Bal ic. The poss osl l , ' ,l on the Black Sea were to be further extended, ot'f,' f: ow North to South a united front might be posed to the Powers of the West of E ur ope which, by advancing both wings, might embrace `O, entire of Europe. The conquests in the Ca ucsl o were to pave the way for that of Asia Mivolf order that the new Greek Throne of the 1 1 ' l r Constantine might be more easily establishel '7.01 stantinople. This long-formed - projEct of Catherilf, was never lost sight of by the Ross!an Gore eo i and the policy of the other Powers had Pe' r e d, crowned it with succesQ. England first introd u the Russian fleets into the ;Mediterranean, arid told them to combat.; Austria and Prussia particie ti ll in the spoil of Poland; France remained a told spectator of the giant's progre.,s. Busily thoroughly persuaded that her ambitious de'' could be thwarted only by England and .Aold and by the influence of both those Powers ?"0, Twice) , arid Sweden. Menrced on these two pe,,j Russia was avvar, that she would be drivery:o i , ,to her ancient limits, along the same route 0 1 r which she had extended her power. The obt her dread was therefore a collition be weep and Sweden, supporti'd by E.;glitnil and Austriaiiret 00 this point of view was her attention fixed she established her Military Colonies. The Coloh°il of the South, whose strength consisted in t",;1 cavalry, were destined to act against Hu n g ary' Turkey ; the Colonies of the North, which `",,i composed of infantry, were to direct their operati°;, against Sweden. In the centre were the reserp Colonies, in the vicinity of the head-quarters of I v first army, from which reinfotcements were t A t3 ; detached, and sent to such places as might starwrt, need of their aid. Having made the flegoing ;I f marks on the political object of this military eih blishment, we now proceed to examine it in ders,) " The colonizaion of regimetes takes place t/. o j in the teriitories apperta;ning to the Crow o f $ f whenever there is a scarcity of timber for or of peasants, the Government purchases the rit trier from different proprietors, or takes the lati cr „? exchange for other lands, which on account of situation are not included in the genetal °ionization. Tile colonies cost the Goveroep`id an annual sum exceeding twenty-eight rubles. The villages are constructed of neor e c terials, on a new and regular plan, and resemb le , tensive barracks surrounded with pleasure-gr ° ":o itud ki chyn-gardens. Straight highways lead one village to another, and in all the satne reol tions are observed, as in time of war, no indit iv i i g r being allowed to pass the barrier without ti ff e going the examination of the Guard. Several , are assigned to every regiment destined to folio of the Military Colonies, the population of the e ' e t he lages being proportioned to the number of men i ll ," regiment, the commanding officer of which bee°ol, the sole head of his district. From that morneotild, the other authorities cease to exerci-e their foncii,°o and no Judges ate recognised except the rgettij:to of the Military Council. A soldier is quartere d ° ill' each peasant, who, with his wife, ciuldren, eet."dle that he po , sesses, is at the disposal of his tintO",,lt, guest. An accurate list is taken of his g, t) ,:ic . e ' horses, and other cattle, anti without the pera"s-iir of the Captain, the unfortunate man dares o tl te pose of a single article. He cannot even ventoteiiit eat an egg, kill a fowl, or bake a loaf withoot eft consent of his new master and instructor in th e o rd of war. He is obliged to shave his hair and D e o? (and for the latter the Russians entertain a soP f er oi' lions predilection ) : he is dressed in a sort 0, f ie form, compelled to perform the most fatiguiog d° ', o and required to exeicise daily, as well as to it',f; o l' to his military guest his own knowledge of 41 0 0 ture. Against acts of oppression such at; w l t , enumerated, it may well be supposed that the he re less peasants at first revolted. Accordingly, poe ever the Military Colonies were established, ' er t he aisurrec•ionary movements broke out ; but Ol e ! th i application of the knout to a few hundred 0' rebels, and the banishment of others to the n l i i? of Siberia, the rest became submissive, and In ° virtue of dire necessit y. 0 1 ni: 9, A tha t e pr m es a e s n s t of tli t e h r ,, e apreeastaion,tosoboemlorginign ttio-iewb' " ,unounts to '280,000." The gentleman (Mr. CARROLL) W ll° /0 0 advertised for in the Chronicle last wee k, wr' drowned nu Saturday last, in the neie.bourhood of , e thorn. He was, tre untler•tand, a distant counel‘i°,fr!' Lord Cot.LlNGwoon, and fought under NEr, , oS t i 0 4' ftlgar ; which time he had been is a sta te of . —Durham Chronicle. "7- .;,, 1;*" BIRTHS. in arAN c° fl On the 6th inst. at Brighton, the wife of Cap ta of On the 7th inst. at Deptford-green, the lady of F. c Barnard, Esq. of a son and heir. • oie .o MARRIED. 1 1 ' r On the 6th inst. at Ramsgate, by the Rev. Itichill-t-Viii Henry Collins, of the Inner Temple, E. Barri. te 2 - 405. '''' Anne Rebecca, youngest daughter of the l a te Rev. -1 of Watton Green, Norfolk. 81' 16 ED. - ,13 0 On the 2d inst. Frances Isabella Kerr GOMM, On l y 6 1 ' of Lord and Lady William Gordon. ..., of l'' '. On the 4th inst. William WolUston Clieveley; ri l l' place, late of Great Pulteney.street. 0 Ar , PRINTED AND PUSIXADED Surf OFFicr, 112, STRAND, LONDON. NE,itno, NOTI rnay *l ' ,1"' Eight •tituPoh 'runnel is li d escent i s 1), W , lbr o 0 THE