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primly that the charges ih schedules 2,3, and 8, and no ethers, should he chargeable upon the Civil List. Big. T. 'COURTENAY proposed a short amendment, the Pert of ii , hich we could not catch. Ittlr. D. W. HARVEY said his principal object in rising was, however, that it might not be supposed by his .silence that he concurred in the arrangement made in the Bill regarding the Duchies of Cornwall and Lancaster. Colonel DAVIES expressed his fears that, under this new Bill, part of the sum of 510,000/. a-year might be applied to swell the salaries of the great Officers of State, instead of being devoted, as it was intended, to support the dignity and provide for the comfort of the Crown. He also complained of the diwespectful mode in which Mini sters had treated the Report of the Select Committee on the Civil List; they bad, in fact, thrown it in the face of the Members, and had declared that they would not be bound by say of its recommendations. Lord ALTHORP explained. Mr. BRISCOE also regretted that Ministers had not attended to the recommendation of retrenchment contained in the Report of the Select Committee. The country had a right to expect that every practicable saving, however small, should /be made. Nevertheless, he supported the measure, for the reason stated by the Hon. Member for Abingdon (Mr. Moberly), that Ministers deserved well of their country for the great improvement they were about to effect in the representation. The amendment of Mr. T. COURTENAY was then agreed to, and ordered to be inserted in the Bill. Mr. HUME ruse for the purpose of proposing his amendment, tht effect of which would be to take from .510,0001., the whole proposed amount of the Civil List, the sum of 75,000/. allowed for pensions. This deduction would leave 435,0001. per annum net, at the disposal of the King, and wredd relieve him from a degree of painful responsibility in the distribution of the Royal bounty. lie held in his hand a paper 'hewing the individuals to whom George IV. had granted pensions, and hence it appeared that many had been given to persons whose services had deserved no reward. Did Hon. Members consider how much the pensions had increased the national debt? In the late reign the amount of the sums granted in the way of pensions in England was 890,0001., in Ireland 194,0001., and in Scotland . 349,oool. ; making altogether 1,939,0001. paid ill pensions, not one in ten of which was merited. Notwithstanding all the pledges which various Administrations bad made of economy, here was nearly two millions of the public money thrown to the dogs. Although he was unwilling to do what was probably against his Majesty's wishes, his duty compelled him to oppose the present proposition. He was convinced that the whole system of granting pensions ought to be done away with. Instead of securing the just performance of official duties, he was s ttisfied that when that inquiry came to be made upon the subject, which be hoped would be made, he should be able to prove that they had a directly contrary tendency. Why were not men in the public service to act as persons in private life, and lay by from their incomes what would support them when they became unable to labour ? In 1792 each department of the public service provided its own pension list. In America there were no pensions, yet public servants there performed their duties much better than public servants in this country. Under all these considerations, he begged to move as an amend ment to leave out the words " 510,0001." for the purpose of substituting the words "435,000/. ;" meaning thereby to get rid of the sum of 75,0001. for pensions. Mr. HUNT seconded the motion, and the more readily as he had presented to the House above sixty petitions praying for a reduction of the public expenditure. The petitioners did not wish to abolish all pensions ; but they wished to abolish such as were not merited. He would divide the House upon the amendment, for out of doors it was considered to be a sham proceeding in the House when no division took place. He bad been asked if he wished the suns granted to encourage horse-racing to be withdrawn ? His answer was, that at least the place he represented partook of the sport which that grant occa sioned. He hoped the time would come when the cases of pensions would be looked into ; for nothing could be more disgraceful than they should be granted merely for purposes of patronage. Lord ALTHORP obset wed, that the subject had, on a former occasion, been so extensively argue d, that he would not trespass upon the attention of the House. He would merely remind them that the 75,0001. now proposed for pensions was only half the sum formerly granted ; and that the reduction was as great as his Majesty's Ministers thought could, with propriety, be made. Mr. Alderman WOOD expressed his regret that he must be compelled to vote against Government on this question. During the last fortnight, above three hundred persons had been summoned before him as a Magistrate to compel them to pay their taxes ; but so unable were they to do so, that be was under the necessity of allowing at least two hundred of them the indulgence of a fortnight or three weeks to pay those taxes, or else he must have sent them to piton. While so much distress existed he could not vote a large sum of public money, a considerable portion t,f which was to he paid to those by whom it was not merited. Mr. HOY said, if he understood the Hon. Member for Limerick, that Hon. Gentleman would have no objection to take the power of granting pensions entirely from the Crown, and submit the consideration of every pension to the House of Commons. From such a proposition he must altogether dissent. He was persuaded that if it were adopted, it would be the source, not of economy, but of increased expenditure. If the merits of every indi vidual whom it was proposed to pension were to be sub mitted to that House, the result would be a system of can vassing and party struggle without limit. Although, there fore, he did not repose any confidence in his Majesty's Go vernment with respect to that question which at present ahsorbed so much public attention, he must oppose an amendment, the tendency of which was to strip the Crown of the power of rewarding important public services. It was competent for any Member to call for a statement of the manner in which the suns applied to pensions was dis tributed. He bad thought it necessary to make these ob servations, because he knew how sensitive the public, and his constituents among them were on questions of public economy ; and that it he had given a s►lent vote against the amendment, his conduct might have been liable to misconstruction. _ WARBIJRTON said, that the observations of the lion. Member for Southampton were applicable to Parlia ment as it was, rather than to Parliament as he hoped it soon would be. Parliament ought to be the guardian of the public purse. If they looked at the Pension List they would find that only one-tenth of the money was paid for actual public service, while nine- tenths of it were paid for purposes of patronage. Now was there ever such a libel uttered against Parliament as to say, that if those pensions were submitted to their consideration they would not put an end to most of them ? Why was there any Parliament at all ? It might be true that Parliament as at present constituted was but an imperfect guardian of the public purse; but it should be recollected that the Bill under consideration was to last during the life of his present Ma j. sty. Now all the friends of Reform hoped that in a year there would be a new Parliament, constituted differently from the present ; and they hoped and prayed that the life of their Sovereign might be protracted much beyond that period. In that case, therefore, if the Bill were passed in its present shape, the means would be denied to a re formed Parliament of investigating the nature of the pro posed pensions, and of taking care that they should not be granted except for actual service. Colonel SIBTHORPE supported the amendment. He was sure, that if individual claims for pensions came be. fore Parliament the greatest liberality would be shown, while, at the same time, proper care would be taken of the public money. He concurred, therefore, ir, the pro position of the Hon. Member for Middlesex, convinced as he was, that, if that proposition was adopted, a great re straint would be imposed upon that profuse and unwar rantable expenditure of the public money, which, under the present system, had been so long carried on. The House then divided— For the Amendment Against it Majority .55 Mr. lIU\IE called the attention of the House to the al. ' , minces to three Princes of the Bleod Royal—the Dukes of Cumberland, Suarez, and Cambridge. Three times had the Ilou:eLesevre: high.lt to 'educe salaries to what they were before pieeTen44, hadln 1806 an addition of 6,0001. a year hod been made the allowances of the Princes of the Blood. 12,0001. a year before, so that the increase made their allowance 18,000/. a year. In 1822 hi ti , the House addressed Majesty, p ra yi ng t h a t a ll sa l ar i es of public officers should be Last , brought b ac k t o w h at th e y were befor 1806. reduce thee salaries of higrar apledee had been given to been made on the subj est hyp: Committee ; a report bad and, in consequence, a numberofof that House, lace e asked, tereore, if ti, P ' redu c ti ons h ad taken by a sense of justice, h as f well as ofey public d were not called up on the salaries of the Ro y al Dukes, raise d a, u: c e , , to r e d uce under the circum stances which he had clescribedh , ad b een bee n ought not those R o y al Dukes to be dealt with as all other by dividuals of high public rank had been ? He should propose, therefore, to reduce their allowance by 5,000/. that was, to make them 13,000/.. not 12,0001., as they bad been before their augmentation. If his proposition were acceded to, the result would be, not only a saving of the public money, but the setting of an example, with re spect to persons of high station, which might be very ser viceable. In conclusion, he proposed that in the clause 10,000/. should be substituted for 15,000/. In this his object was to reduce the salaries of the three Royal Dukes by 5,0001., which would leave the Dukes of Cumberland and Sussex 13,0001, a year each. The Duke of Cam bridge (who was Viceroy of Hanover) had a still larger al lowance-22,0001.; and he did not consider any objec tion could be urged in his case. It might be said, indeed, that the House had no right to consider the emoluments the Royal Duke enjoyed from his Government, but this he could not admit. Lord ALTHORP explained that it was 'not in the power of the House to carry the Hon. Member's propo sition into effect. The grant to these Royal Dukes was made by an Act of Parliament in the 18th George 111., by which it was provided that a sum of sixty thousand pounds should be laid aside as a provision for his Ma jesty's younger children. But this was not to take effect until his death, and the sum was charged upon the here ditary revenues of the Crown, which it was not in the power of his present Majesty to give up. Sir G. WARRENDER supported the statement of the Noble Lord, declaring it was not possible to accede to the Hon. Member's desire without repealing an Act of Par- liament ; and said, that for his own part, he did not cost eider the allowances of the Royal Dukes too large, and he was not disposed to take away any part of it. He farther thought that Government had redeemed all the pledges it had given to the country ; and he had the greatest con fidence in them respecting their promised measures of economy. Colonel SIBTHORPE declared he would vote against the measure, not considering the sums as by any means too great. Mr. HUNIE withdrew his amendment. Colonel D,AVIES proposed an amendment to the sche dules, namely, that the sum of 11,300/ should be de ducted from the amount of expence of the second class 130,3001., and added to the amount on the third class. which would make that 183,829/., and reduce the first class to 118,770/. He complained of the conduct of the present Government in doing, in spite of the recommenda tion of the Committee, the very thing for which the last Government lost their places. By the amendment which he proposed, nothing would be taken from the gross sum voted by his Majesty ; and therefore nothing would be taken from the comfort of his Majesty, nor anything from the fitting splendour of the throne. It merely deprived the High Officers of the Household of an emolument which they ought to despise, and transferred it to those departments by which the personal comfort and splendour of the King could I.e most promoted. Lord ALTHORP said, that as there was no change in the amount and no saving promoted, the object of the motion was to prevent his Majesty from giving certain salaries to the high officers of the household, which at pre sent he was not compelled to give. In reply to the remark respecting the present Government, he would only say, that he would not pledge himself that these salaries would or would not be reduced. He wished to leave it entirely to his Majesty. Sir M. W. RIDLEY considered that it would be un becoming of the House, and insulting to his Majesty, to adopt the Hon. Member's proposition. He hoped that, on reflection, the Hon. Member would withdraw it. Sir R. BATESON considered that the late Govern ment had been put out for doing that which the present Administration now proposed ; and being a person who looked to measures and not men, would propose as an amendment, that 11,5001. be taken from the second class, and net given to any other class. He trusted Hon. Mem bers would not be deterred from dividing on this motion, because the Reform Bill was to be discussed next week.— The Hon. Member then submitted his amendment to the House. Mr. HUNT said that, although the reduction was small, it would be great in the eyes of the country. Mr. FYLER said the resolution proposed by the Hon. and Gallant Memberwould be of no benefit to the country. It only transferred the expence from one class to ano ther, and was doing an ungracious thing to his Majesty. Mr. C. DOUGLAS, notwithstanding the recommen dation of the Committee, would support the original motion. Mr. HUME declared he would vote for the amendment of the Hon. Member for Londonderry. The SPEAKER called the attention of the House to the exact question which they would have to decide. The original proposition was that a sum of 130,3001. be granted ; since which, an amendment had been moved to the effect, that that sum be reduced to the extent of 11,529/. 10s., and there had been a suggestion that that reduction be made with the view of transferring the sum in question from the second to the third class. The House would remember that it had already agreed to the gross sum, of which this was only one of the items_ The question was then put, that instead of 130,300/., the sum to be 118,770/. 10s. _ . Mr. RUTHVEN declared his intention of voting for .he amendment. Mr. ROBINSON saw no reason why the proposition of the Committee should be departed from. On every ground he thought that the reduction ought to be made. The gallery was then cleared for a division, but none took place. It was understood that the amendments were withdrawn, and the Bill passed. On our re-admission, the question wa• being put, that the House do then resolve itself into a Committee on the Corporate Funds' Bill. Mr. FYLER objected to the Bill altogether. The House, however, did resolve itself into the proposed Corn. mittee, and the Hon. Member moved an alteration, to the effect that the Bill be extended to all corporate bodies. After a few words from Mr. Evans, Mr. S. Rice, Mr. H. Gurney, and Mr. T. P. Courtenay, the House re sumed, and the report was ordered to be received to morrow. On the motion of Colonel TRENCH, the Irish Elec tion Bill went through a Committee, and some verbal amendments were agreed to. The House resumed, and the report was ordered to be received this day. The Irish Tobacco Bill was read a third tim e and pissed. Lord EASTNOR presented a petition from the Mayor, Aldermen, and corporation of the city of Hereford, against the Reform Bill, so far as it went to affect their corpora tion privileges. Mr. F. PALMER presented a petition from the inba. bitants of Maidenhead, in favour of the measure. Several petitions were presented against negro slavery. Mr. BENETT gave notice that on Thursday, the 21st of April, he should move certain resolutions with respect to the corruption proved to have taken place in the Liver pool election ; and that on the same day he should move for a further suspension of the writ for that place. The House adjourned at One o'clock. We are informed that it is intended to bring in an Act of Parliament, for the purpose of changing the name of the Princess VICTORIA to " CHARLOTTE." This will be a very proper compliance with what we are sure is a national wish, and will be received with joy by the whole people. The Duchess of KENT and the young Princess have been staying several days at Busted Park, on a visit to the Earl of LIVF.RPOOL ; and we are happy to state positively, in contradiction to the numerous stories which have been lately floating through the papers, that the Princess is in excellent—or (to use the word of our informant) in " rude health." The Royal party left Bux ted Park on Monday, having been there since the previous Wednesday.—Brighton Gazette. In the course of a discussion last night in the House of Lords on the presentation of petitions for Reform, Lord GREY took occasion to say, in the most distinct terms, that Ministers would stand or fall by the principle of their Bill. Let this determination be firmly acted upon and fully understood, and we will undertake to say that they will not fall. Lord GARNARTON poured forth a stream of invective against the Bill, in a style worthy neither of his great talents, nor of his candid character: but the Loßn CHANCELLOR rolled back the tide upon him with the vigour and impetuosity of a whirlwind. Independently of the essential merits of the scheme of Re form, how can victory be doubtful when the cause is up held by such a mighty champion ? Times. The Earl of ERROL, Mr. WORDSWORTH, and Mr. LOCKHART, are at present sitting to Mr. L. MACDONALD for their busts. The very first application to the managers of the Mayo relief fund was, we understand, from the agent of an absentee Nobleman, who was not a contributor to that fund himself ! !—Dublin Morning Register. We are delighted to learn, from authentic sources of information, from various parts of the county of Clare, that crime and outrage are considerably on the decline, and that the proceedings of the people had greatly abated of their character of lawless violence. We regret to be obliged to state that some parts of the county Gal way are in a most disturbed state. Captain. WARBURTON was obliged to leave Ennis on Saturday, at a moment's troop of dragoons eetyi warning, for Loughrea, taking with him a company of the 2:atrhadieleel Regiment. them. th a t threatened d e c n o t u . n le was to be met in Loughrea by a from Gort. Large masses of people n a t r o m e e v d ery with on e v w a h ri o o uws was obnoxious u s and o We have seen a letter from Nenah, which states rea W t fears are entertained there of disturbances taking place.—Dub/irt Tint's. PRICES OF STOCKS THIS Bank Stock "200 201 2CO 3 per Cent. Red 78 % 1A 3 per Cent-Cons. ..... 795.; 16 3Y per Cent. BT4 Ditto Red 8714% New 33% per Cent 88%U 3 per Cent Ann. 1726 .... - 4 per Cent. 1826 9 5 14% Bank Long Ann to expire Jan 5, 1860 16%% Oct. 10, 1859 Jan. 5, 1860 Jan. 5, 1880 April 5, 1880 Jan. 5, 1870 EXPRESS FROM PARIS. We have received the Paris Journals of Wednesday, and the 3lessager des Chambers, Revolution, and Gazette de Francs, dated yesterday. They contain no news from Poland. The Elec. toral law was carried by Ministers in the Chamber of Deputies on Tuesday, by a majority of 301 to 51" The King of Prussia has just granted municipal franchises already enjoyed by Old Prussia. A letter from Vienna, dated the let inst., states that the Duchess of Parma has taken two regiments of Austrian infantry into her pay ; and that 10,000 men of the same army will be maintained by the Pope for a limited period. The Russian Government has just invited the Nobles of Cour. land and Esthonia, as well as all others who have the right to bear arms and do not belong to any association, to enter into military service. The Hamburg Correspondent of the 6th instant contains the following article :—" Events in Lithuania assume increasing im_ portance. It is evident that the insurrection had been long hatch ing, and for it to burst forth they only waited for the moment when the Imperial Guard came to traverse these provinces, al ready exhausted by repeated requisitions of men and provisions. The cry "To arms" issued at once from every mouth. A Pro_ visional Government was immediately installed, and guided the insurrection. The cossacks of the frontiers sought their safety in flight. Tilsit and Memel are filled with re_ fugees, who are withdrawing towards the Prussian frontiers. Judging from the coincidence we should conclude that the Polish Commander-in-Chief had expressly combined his attack with the insurrection. 'I heir simultaneous occurrence gives to each a double effect. The Hanau Gazette contains' the following of the 29th ult. from Memel We learnei yesterday that serious disturbances had broken out throughout the whole of Samogitia, that is to say, in the ancient Polish provinces, now placed under the do minion of Russia, and which are situated on the left bank of the Niemen. The insurrection has already extended three miles from hence along the Prussian frontiers, from Georgenbourg to Garsden. There arrived here to-day, at places contiguous to the frontiers several persons employed by the Russian Government, and two parties of frontier Guards, one of 50, the other of 70 men, who have been driven out by the Samogitians. They hope to be able to gain Russia by Polangen, which they will find very difficult, for it is said that about 200 Samogitians arrived to-day at Gars den, advanced to Kolbringen, and intend to proceed from thence to Polangen, where they would then intercept the road to Russia. There are very few Russian troops in this country, the insurgents will therefore meet with but little resistance, and to-morow perhaps we should seethe frontier guards of the adjacent countries tak e refuge here. Among those who have arrived, there are some who have been very roughly handled. We have nothing to all_ prehend here, for although we have no garrison, it is n ot to be supposed that' the insurgents will set foot on the Prussian terri tory. They have seized the arms of the depots at Rosienna. This is a diversion very prejudicial to the Russians, because fall ing upon their rear, they will be obliged to divide their forces." A very serious insurrection, if credit is to be given to letters from the frontiers of Servia, inserted in the Augsburgh Gazette, has broken out in Albania, Bosnia, and a part of Macedonia. The insurgents, who are commanded by the Pacha of Scutaria, talk of nothing less than marching to Constantinople. It is said that there is every reason to believe that these movements have been. excited by a certain foreign Power, with a view to find the Sultan occupation at home. A very angry discussion arose in the Chamber of Deputies on Wednesday, on the discussion of the vote of extraordinary credit of 100 millions, in the course of which General Lamarque said, in reference to the pacific neutral of France, that " thence forward French faith and Punic faith would be synonimous." This induced a Monsieur Tilly to call the General " an insolent fellow." The President interfered ; but a duel, it was believed, would be the result. Marshal Soult strongly condemned the lan guage of General Lamarque, who, it was reported, had acceded to the request of the Belgic Government to take the command of the Belgian army. On Monday the Chamber of Peers brought to a conclusion the trial (par contunsace) of the Barons d'Haussez, Capelle, and de Montbel, the ex-Ministers, who have escaped from France. The sentence was as follows:—The Court . 1 Declares the Barons d'Haussez, Capelle, and de Montbel guilty of the crime of treason ; " Condemns the said Barons d'Haussez, Capelle, and de Mont bel to perpetual imprisonment; " Decrees that they shall be deprived of civil rights, in con formity with the 28th and 29th Articles of the Penal Code; " Declares them also degraded from their titles and orders ; " Condemns them jointly and generally to defray the costs, of the proceedings." The Funds had been improving, when some seditious papers were thrown from the gallery of the Bourse, and caused a fall. The Second Edition of the evolution states, that 100 battalions of the National Guards were about to be organised on the eastern frontier, under the command of Generals Semele and Bachelieu. FRENCR FUNDS.—PARIS, APRIL 13.—Eive per Cents, 85f. 25c. 50c. 25c. 86f. 86f. 25c. 30c. 86f. 86f. 10c. 25c. 15c. 40c. 30c. 40c. 50c. 60c. 50c. 87f. 86f. 75c. 60c. 50c. 60c. 10c. ; Three per Cents. 57f. 57f. 10c. 57f. 56f. 75c. 90c. 85c. 75c. 90c. 75c'. 57f. 56E 90e. 57f. 57f 10c. 27f. 56f. 90c. 57E 57f. sc. 15c. 10c. 50c. 55c. s°c. 60c. 70c. 5Sf. 57E 90c. 60c. 90c. 75c. 50c.; Rente de Naptes, 63f. 63f. 40c. 50c. 64E 25c. 10c. 64f.; Rente d'Espagne, 12% ; Royal Spanish Loan, 64; Rente Perpetuelle d'Esp. 45; Haytian Loan, 265 f. 270 f. Exchange on London, one month, paper, 25f. 10c., three months, paper, 21f. 90c. DAY AT 014 K O'CLOCK. New 5 per Cent. India Stock Ditto Bonds 3;llpm. South Sea Stock Old Annuities New Ditto 3 per Cent. Ann. 1751 Ex. Bills, £1,000...18 14 16 pm. Ditto 5(X...18 14 16 pm. Ditto Small 20 14 pm. Ditto Commercial pm. I)itto Advertised — pm. Bank for Account India for Account Cons. for May 26 79 % 874 PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAT AT ONE O'CLOCK. Austrian Bonds — Neapolitan — Brazilian Bonds 51N Peruvian Bonds Buenos Ayres Bonds ...... ... Portuguese Bonds Chilian Bonds — Prussian, Old — Colombian Bonds Ditto, New Ditto, 1824 14% Russian S9 Danish .57k Spanish, MI 15% . %ii Greek Bonds 18:23 14% Ditto, 1825 Guatimala. — ''— Exchange —l. —c. Mexican Bonds 2 per cent......• —f. —c. Ditto, 1825 36%'— Exchange...... —t. —c. • .44,14 ette ; 44444 LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 15, 1831. One of the most striking features in the oratory of the anti-Reformers, is the lofty and determined scorn in which they hold all matters of fact. Truth, if it militates against their view of the question, is instantly pronounced falsehood ; and falsehood, if it can be so disguised as to suit their purpose!, is as readily pronounced truth. In the Upper House last night, Lord CARNARVON—despite the infinity of Reform meetings that hare been held in every nook and corner of the kingdom; despite the hundreds upon hundreds of petitions and addresses that fo r the last three months have been pouring in on both Houses of Parliament; despite the solemn, recorded declaration of the great monied interests of the first capital in the Empire, that the Mini sterial measure is the one of all others best adapted to ensure the salvation of the country; despite the liberal public subscriptions that have been set afloat in Birmingham, Manches ter, Leeds, Liverpool, and other places, for the ex press purpose of supporting it at all risks; —despite these multitudinous, overwhelming proofs of the enthusiasm with which the Reform Bill has been welcomed by men of all parties, of all ranks, of all professions ;—Lord CARNARVON had actually the assurance to declare that it was by no means a po pular measure, "that the more men looked into its details, the more they disliked it, and that doubts as to its eligibility and expediency were rising up in the mind of every liberal and thinking man in the country !" If by " liberal and think ing men" his Lordship implies boroughmongers, placemen, pensioners, sinecurists, together with their long muster-roll of slaves and mistresses; or if he imply the almost interminable squad of commer cial and political jobbers ; or that desperate, unblush ing faction who see in the triumph of Reform their own exclusion from office ;—if these be the liberal and thinking men to whom his Lordship alludes, as being wholly averse to the Ministerial Bill, we grant there is some truth in his assertion. It is an ill wind that blows nobody any good, but it is a still worse one that blows nobody any ill. The very fact of all interested monopolists being inimical to the measure) is with us the most conclusive argument in its fa vour. It convinces us that it has hit the right mark ; that it has cut to the very root of the evil ; that it has achieved precisely its intended object. But mark how dexterously, without absolutely swerving from it, his Lordship has perverted fact ! Finding that all those—and how frightfully long is the cata logue !—who thrive, and have thriven for years, by the corrupt state of the representation, are decidedly opposed to Reform, he perverts their selfish hosti lity into that of the community at large; declares that in the clamour of the few, the voice of the many breaks forth; that, in short, the boroughmongers speak the sense of the country from one extremity to the other. How disengenuous is such a line of argu ment ! How unworthy the faculties of one who would desire to be thought a Statesman ! Yet, shallow as it is in logic, incorrect in fact, untenable in principle, it is actually the sole prop of his Lord ship's speech. He has nothing else to stand on. He must either prove, beyond the power of con tradiction, that the boroughmongers and the people have one and the same interest ; that the voice of the one is the voice of the other; or he must plead guilty to the charge of having fulminated one of the most absurd, illogical Philippics ever heard within the walls of Parliament. On one or other of the horns of this dilemma he must be content to stick. We leave him his choice. The Bishop of BRISTOL followed his Lordship in a speech every way worthy of him. He approved of - Reform, but not the Ministerial measure ; and trusted that if Birmingham and Manchester desired to be represented in Parliament, they would corn pens site the decayed—his Lordship was far too re fined to say rotten—boroughs which they would thereby deprive of the elective franchise. Excellent proposal! Most equitable Statesman! So upon this principle, if the second commercial town in all England desires to have its interests properly secured and represented in Parliament, it is to pay a round sum to the proprietor of the pig-stye at Garton, or the earth-mound at Sarum, by way of penalty for its arrogance in demanding such an unreasonable privilege ! Really, my Lord Bishop, we scarcely know which most to admits., the bril liancy which conceived, or the modesty which put forth, this proposition. Lord BROUGHAM replied to the Earl of CARNARYON with even more than his usual felicity. Sarcasm — irony—argument----graceful metaphor—and energefc declamation ;—all these multifarious weapons he wielded with the hand of a master. What an astonishing Statesman is this! Ever ready at at tack or defence, no matter what be the subject, or who be the opponent, he is sure to come off con queror. Nothing comes amiss to him. His intel lect is truly Protean in its versatility ; sports alike with the most lofty and the most familiar forms of eloquence; and in both is omnipotent. Lords STANHOPE, ELLENBOROUGH, Mud CARNARVON, will long have reason to remember him. All the latest arrivals from the Continent confirm the cheering rumours respecting Poland, and those relative to the deplorable condition of the Russian troops. By the Paris papers we learn that the re mainder of the POLIGNAC conspirators have met, like him, with their deserts. They have been punished with fine, deprivation of all civil and mi litary honours, and imprisonment for life. The following are extracts from the Dutch Paper s received this morning : WARSAW, APRIL 4. —The State Gazette of Warsaw con tains among the official articles two reports from General Skzry necki, one dated from the field of battle at Dembe Wielki, the other the Ist of April, ten o'clock, P.M. (These have been al ready published from other journals.) The same paper contains also the following accounts : MARCH 31.—Last night the Russians attempted to burn the bridge from Warsaw to Praga. They launched at Karczew three boats tilled with combustibles, one of which had also several shells on board, the bursting of which, it was supposed, would prevent any persons from attempting to save the bridge when it should be set on tire. Several boats with Cossacks on board followed at a distance in order to set the tire-ships afloat if they should hap pen to run aground. The plan failed, for the fire-ships ran aground, and the shells beginning to burst killed some of the Cossacks, and obliged the others to put back. Two of the tire ships burnt, the third remained aground. The explosion of the shells was heard for five hours, and hence it was reported that a heavy cannonade had been heard in the direction of Willanow. If the fire-ships had not run aground the object would still have failed, as every precaution had been taken. APRIL I.—The success of yesterday is wholly owing to the bold and skilful manoeuvres of the General-in-Chiet; which were executed with such rapidity and secrecy, that even the in habitants of the capital, though all passed under their walls, heard at the same time of the beginning of the action and its success. The bridge of Praga hail been covered with straw, that the rumbling of the heavy cannon passing over it might not be heard. The prisoners brought to Warsaw are of the '24th and 25th divisions. Almost the whole of the 95th regiment were taken prisoners. The Polish regiment called the " Sons of War saw," which was under the command of the French Colonel Romarine, who was in the battle as Brigadier-General, was en gaged for the first time. Field-Marshal Diebitsch did not wit.. ness this battle, beingjust then engaged in reviewing the Guards, who had lately arrived. General Skrzynecki had a horse wounded under him. The members of the Government, Czartoryski, Barzykowski, and Count Gustavus Malachowski, Minister for Foreign Affairs, were in the hottest of the fire. The day before yesterday the dead bodies near and in Bialomka were buried; 500 men, provided with spades, were sent for that purpose. According to further accounts, of the 2d of April, in the same Journal, M. Plichta, Secretary-General to the Govern mont, who was commissioned to deliver to the General-in-Chief the Cross of a Knight Commander, conferred it on him just as he had gained a further advantage over the Prussian troops. Captain Leski, Aide-de-Camp to the Commander-in-Chief, has brought to Warsaw tho standard taken on the lst. He lett the General-in-Chief at Katuszyn. Up to twelve o'clock at noon, on the 2d, 7,000 prisoners had been brought into Warsaw, and more continue to arrive. Eleven cannon taken in the battle have also been brought in, and 11 more are expected. Among the prisoners are 20 officers of different ranks. A very great number of the prisoners are from the provinces formerly belonging to Poland. The Warsaw Gazette has the following article : " In the night of the 29th the Russians attempted to pass the Vistula at Siekierki, near Czerniakow, but their design was frus trated by our troops. Along the bank of the Vistula, occupied by them, they have erected alarms posts, probably to effect, by lighting beacons, the passage over the river at the same moment along the whole line. According to the statements of prisoners, the passage was to be attempted at five points." FRONTIERS OF POLAND, APRIL s.—According to the latest accounts, the several Russian corps had collected in great force between Kaluszyn and Siedlec, and a decisive battle might be shortly expected. The Warsaw Journals contain many regulations and procla mations of the Governor-General. He reminds the inhabitants that the city is still in a state of siege, and that now more than ever all depends on the punctual performance of their duties by their respective Guards. Every one must be ready to take the field at the first signal, and the smallest disobedience will be severely punished. The Governor having convinced himself that in spite of all preceding prohibitions several persons still keep arms con cealed, orders them to be delivered up by to-morrow, otherwise such persons shall be shot, in conformity with an article which he has himself added to the military code. He also requires a large quantity of straw for the army in Warsaw, and in the held. The Vice-Governor orders all Polish officers and soldiers belonging to the camp in the field, who cannot justify their re maining in Warsaw by a written permission of the Governor General, immediately to join their regiments, on pain of being treated as marauders. BERLIN, APRIL 8. St. Schuld Sch. 4 per cent. Prussian English Loan, 1818, 5 percent.. Ditto Ditto 18.2.2, 5 percent. Ditto Ditto 1830, 4 per cent. THE HAGUE, Avail. 10.—Among other reports of the day is the following :—According to a new partition of the national debt, 15431 are assigned to Holland, 15-31 to Belgium, and 1-31 to Luxemburg. APRIL 12._ The First 'Chamber of the States General has agreed to the loan of 42 millions. General Clock has inspected the positions in Dutch Flanders. The troops and the inhabitants are all animated with the best spirit in favour of the King and country. The greatest exertions are making in the dock-yards at Flushing. The Zeeuco, Korte rtaar, and Waterloo, of the line, are fitting out for sea with all speed. The Is'ehellenia and Stelder corvettes are ordered to take up a position off Cattoo. ♦MSTERDAM, ♦PRIL I. Actual Debt, 9.% per cent 39 to 40?4 Amort Syndic, 4% per, cent. Ditto, ditto, 3% per cent 5l to 52 Exchange on London ll 90 to 11 87 5.10 Two months ll 82% to 11 80 No Petersburgh Journals have arrived by the Dutch mail. The letters from Dantzic, obtained by the Dutch mail this morning, contain very interesting news from Warsaw. Information had been received by a mercantile house in Dantzic from Warsaw, that the 95th Regiment of Russian troops, with some other soldiers, had deserted and joined the Poles. The correspondent of the commercial house at Dantzic, states that he saw the Russian troops arrive i n Warsaw, they having marched from Grotia : w h en challenged, they grounded their arms, and were in the course of exercise when the latter were despatched to join the Polish army ; t h e number of Russian troops who had thus de serted amounted, it is stated, to 4,000 men. There are no letters from S.. Petershurgh this morning, the communication having been cut off. On the road from Memel to Riga great numbers of persons had risen against the Russian troops. Jt was reported that the army under Gene ral DIEBITSCH was suffering severely from the want of provisions. POPULAR FEELING.—We had some con versation the other day with a gentleman who has just come from the north of Scotland, and has visited every •own in it, and many of the villages. He found the people of all classes, and without exception, not simply pleased, but delighted with the Beform Bill. lie says it is scarcely possible to speak in adequate terms of the en thusiasm with which the measure is hailed every where.— Scotsman. LAW INTILLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY). VICE- CHANCELL OR' S CO UR T. In consequence of this being the first day of Easter Term, his Honour the VICE-CHANCELLOR did not take his seat at Westminster till nearly Two o'clock. LORD PORTMORE v. TAYLOR. Immediately on taking his seat his HONOUR proceeded to give judgment in this case, into the facts of which his Honour entered in detail, and had not concluded his judgment when our reporter left. COURT OF KING'S BENGH. This being the first day of Easter Term, the Judges and King's Counsel, according to ancient custom, breakfasted with the Lord Chancellor, and afterwards proceeded in state to open their re spective Courts. Their Lordships did not take their seats in this Court until half-past one. CRIMINAL INFORMATION—THE KING v. PONTON. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL moved for a rule calling upon the defendant, a bookseller at Boston, to shew cause why a cri minal information should not be filed against him for a series of libels published by him in a weekly publication, reflecting on the character of the Rev. Matthew Robin son. It appeared from the affidavits that ever since the last election at Boston the most angry political feelin ,, had ex isted, and from the part the Rev. Mr. Robinson took he had in curred the ire of the defendant, who, week after week, continued to pour forth, in a weekly publication, the most scurrilous abuse. The defendant designated Mr. Robinson by the name of "Squib"—a name which it was supposed he had signed to an electieheering paper. Mr. Robinson, however, denied that he was the author of that paper. The Learned Counsel then said, him conduct i c a t l a y n d a that his client was a married man, with a family, about thirty years practices of age, that andwou would thosedisgrace libels attributedindividual, to r e co m married man. The first he would read began by saying that he hoped all Squib's family would be quite restored to health in less than a month or so, as he understood that gentleman had taken lodgings at Fresh Bank, the peculiar salubrity of which was well known, the interesting female on whose account it was in parti cularly taken was understood to be very well. Now Fresh Bank was a spot celebrated as a place where females resorted whose accouchements it was necessary to conceal The first libel was, that Mr. Robinsoa pleaded minority to defraud his creditors. This was also positively denied. The next that he would trouble the Court with was to the following effect :—lt stated that Mr. Robinson, whom they styled St. Matthew, was out one day enjoying the sports of the field, when about to shoot at some birds they were frightened away by a labouring man, and that the Rev. Gentleman, instead of giving him any severe rebuke, or inflicting upon him his just wrath, with all that Christian charity for which he was justly dis tinguished, contented himself by gently admonishing him for his insolence by turning himself round, pointing his gun to wards the offender, and shooting him in the thigh. The Learned Counsel then read other libels, both in prose and verse, which want of time prevent us giving. Lord TENTERDEN—I suppose all the charges are denied upon affidavit. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL—Every one of them, my Lord. Lord TENTERDEN—Take a rule to show cause. Rule granted. THE MARKETS.--(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. There are small arrivals of English Grain, but a very large supply of foreign Wheat. The duty on foreign Wheat having advanced to 6s. 8d , the factors in consequence asked more money for good parcels to-day; but as business was done merely to a limited extent, the terms of Monday last are unaltered. Barley is firm at former rates. Beans and Pease are unaltered. Oats fully maintain the prices of the beginning of the week. Flour unaltered. ARRIVALS. Wheat. Barley. Oats. I Flour. English Irish - - 4,415 Foreign 3,42 J - brig, SNIITUFIELD MARKET. This day's supply of Beasts and Mulch Cows was rather great ; of Sheep, Lambs, Calves, and I'orkers, moderately good. The trade was very dull throughout—with Beef at a depression of full 2d. per stone; with other kinds of meat at barely Monday's prices. Milch Cows, which also partook of the dullness, looked a little downwards, it being but in few instances that an use ful short-horns, with her small calf, obtained 20/. PRICES PER STONE OF HMIS. TO SINK THE OFFALS. s. d. toe. d. s. d. to s. d. Inferior Beasts 2 4 2 8 Large Lambs 0 0 0 0 vecond quality ditto 2 8 3 0 Prime small ditto 5 6 7 0 ('rime largo Oxen... 3 8 4 0 Large coarse Calves 4 2 4 8 Prime Scots, 4 0 4 4 Prime small ditto 5 8 6 2 Inferior 5heep....... 2 8 210 Large Hogs 3 6 310 Second quality ditto 3 0 3 6 Small Porkers 4 6 410 Coarse-woolled ditto 4 0 4 6 Suckling Calves 12s t0324. each. ioutlidownWethers 4 6 410 QuarteroldPigs 12s to 18s. each. SUPPLY, AS rzR Beasts. 'Sheep and Lamb: 668 6;29.0 ERIC ' S STATEMENT. s.I Calves .los 150 EVIGATE AND LEADENHALL MARKETS. At per stone, by the Carcass. s. d. to s. d. a. d. to s. d. Beef 2 6 3 8I Veal Mutton 0 8 4 2 Pork Lamb . ss. Od. to 6s. Bd. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY FROM LLOYD'S. HULL, APRIL 14.—Arrived the Andromache, Hunter, from Charleston. PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 14.—Wind N.E. to N.—Arrived the Delaford, Clayton, from the Mauritius Off port the Anacreon, Smith, from Sierra Leone. S .ilcd the Mount Stewart, Elphin stone, for Madras and Bengal; and the Proteus, Brown, for Van Dieman's Land. BRISTOL, APRIL 14.—Arrived the Industry, Evelyn, from Nantes. GREENOCK, APRIL I2.—Arrived the Eagle, Scott, from Charente. HASTINGS, APRIL 14.—Arrived off port the Wellington, Thompson, from Bordeaux. DUNDEE, APRIL 13.—Arrived the Elspeth, Wooler, and the Margaret, Barron, from Memel. CORK, APRIL 13.—Arrived the Dove, Mullins, from the Canaries. Arrived off Beachey Head the Bienstock, Hellesoe, from St' Thomaes ; the Earl Edmond, Peters, from Laguayra ; and the Adler, from Havannah. The Lucretia, Marshall, from Demerara, is supposed to be arrived off Dover. The African, Stewart, from London to Tobago, was spoken with on the 28th ult. in lat. 43 long. 14. Extract of a letter from the Agent at Havre, dated April 11 : " The Quartre Fures arrived to-day from Martinique, sailed the 21st of February, and brings advices that tranquillity was then restored, and that the Governor had raised the siege. Letters from Gaudaloupe, of the 24th of February, by the St. Jaques, mention serious disturbances on that island." THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. Montreal Papers to the 6th of March, and Quebec Papers to the 4th, have been received at the North and South American Cof fee-house. (From the Montreal Papers.) " To his Excellency Sir John Colborne, " May it please your Excellency,—We, his Majesty's most du tiful and loyal subjects, the Commons of Upper Canada, in Provincial Parliament assembled, most respectfully beg leave to represent to your Excellency that the distressed state of the tim ber trade of this province renders it exceedingly inconvenient for the persons engaged in it to pay the duty which is collected from them for timber cut in the waste • lands of the Crown ; we therefore intreat your Excellency to take their case into consi deration, and allow them to cut timber on his Majesty's waste lands free from duty." p IB .. EXCELLENCVS ANSWER. Gentlemen,—l will forward your address to his Majesty's Government." From Upper Canada, we learn that the Bill to appoint Com missions in the upper province, to meet with those from this province, has been returned to the House of the Legislative Coun cil, with the names of the Commissioners expunged, and a clause inserted, leaving the appointment to the Lieutenant-Governer. (From the Quebec Papers.) We publish to-day in a separate sheet the exports and imports at Quebec during the last year, the tonnage employed appears to be about the same as that of the preceding year. THE FUNDS. The most important arrival this morning is the Express from Paris, which brings a great improvement in the French Rentes, the last price the Three per Cents. were done at was 58; it also brings information that the French Ministry had gained a great ascendancy in the House of Deputies by carrying the Electoral Law Bill, by a majority of 300. 'Phis great success on their part will render them firm in their situations, and by which it is expected that a general war on the Continent will be evaded, although the editor of the Revolution states that 100 battalions of the National Guard were about to be organised on the eastern frontiers. 'We learn by the private letters received by the express, that it was positively asserted at Paris by the well inf orme d , t h at t h e fate of Belgium has at length been decided upon by the five Allied Powers, but the particulars bad not tr ansp i re d . Thi s point, with that of the success of the Ministers, caused the great rise in the French funds, and in consequence of which Consols have improved this morning; they left off yesterday a t 78N % for the account, and opened at 79!,i this morning; at present they are 79% 14, for money 79%. In the foreign market little or nothing doing as yet. HALF-PASS ONE. There is at this moment a general report both on 'Change and at the Stock Exchange, that General Diebitsch has been totally defeated by the Poles, and taken prisoner; but this information does not, as yet, come from any source that can be depended on. We have received by express private letters from Frankfort, stating that the Funds had got up there 5 per cent., owing to the answer of the Cabinet of Vienna to the French Government. The Austrian Government states that it is not their intention to make any aggrandizement on Italy, but wish to be on friend ship w ith trance ; and the moment the revol u tio ns are a t an en d in Italy they will withdraw their troops, but till that is accom plished they will be compelled to keep possession of some of the fortresses Accounts from Antwerp state that the garrison there consists of P 2,000 men, well armed and equipped, and it is to have a fur ther reinforcement of from 8,000 to le,ooo, infantry and cavalry. They write from Brussels, that in case the German troops in. vale the Duchy of Luxemburg, the command of the Belgian army will be given to General Lamarque. Orders have been given for the artillery to proceed towards Luxemburg. The Funds have rather given way since the early part of the morning, when Consols were 79M ; at present they are 78% 79 for the account, for money 79 to In the Foreign Market little or nothing doing. THREE 0' CL 0 CK.' Consols 781 g i e m from agi n t g h , e a I K , plaNreGn. thWhenthat th t e l r i e e STIR IN THE HOUSE. — Lord ALTHORP appeared with on any subject except that of Parli a • SPEAKER read the words the House was obviou s l y t a k en g e o r e u a l d t y b by e a s prise , n one n: " a In nientary Reform, or something touching a " dissolution." The Metnjters having taken off their hats, to which they were induced with considerable difficulty —so absorbed were many Members with the word " message," th at they heard not that of " tats"—the message was read by the SPEAKER, and it turned out to be a message from the KING, calling on the House_ to make provi s i on f or t h e M QUEEN, in the event o f his AJESTY'S demise. EMIGRATION.—Three hundred and sixty persons, principally labourers and mechanics, among whom were many entire families, sailed from Bridgewater last week, in two vessels, the Friends and the Euphrosyne, as emigrants for Ca nada. Nearl y 100 of the above were sent out, it is s tated, at the expense of the Marquis of BATH. Bath Chronicle. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTE.RSALL'S. The following is the state of the odds at the close of the room yesterday afternoon : MATCH. 5 to 4 on Priam agst Lucetta (takers at 11 to 8) TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES. 2 to 1 offered agst Blunder, and 6 to 1 agst Sarpedon, p.p. ONE THOUSAND GUINEAS STAKES. 6 to 5 agst Duke of Gra fton's' Oxygen, p. p. 2 to 1 agst Mr. Stonehewer's Lioness, p. p. THE DERBY. 2 to I agst Lord Jersey's Riddlesworth (9 to 4 taken) 7 to 1 agst Mr. Beardsworth's Colwick 8 to 1 agst Lord Jersey's Blunder (taken) 14 to 1 agst Lord Verulam's Vestris (taken) 14 to 1 agst Lord Sligo's Bras de Ferl(taken) 30 to 1 agst Mr. Rush's Roadster (Rhoda) 30 to 1 agst Mr. W. Chifney's Caleb 30 to 1 agst Mr. J. Rogers's Spaniel 40 to 1 agst Mr. T. Thornhill's Africanus 40 to 1 agst Mr. Cook's Incubus 51 to 1 agst Mr. Petre's Rattler 50 to 1 agst General Grosvenor's Sarpedon 50 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Cuidad Rodrigo 50 to 1 agst Mr. C hift4ey's Pigmy colt (taken) 40 to 1 agst Duke r.f Richmond's lot 40 to 1 agst His Majesty's lot SGO even on Ridplesworth. Colwick, and Bras de Fer, agst the 'field (taken) OAKS. 5 to 9. agst Mr. Houldsworth's Circassian (taken) 11 to 2 agst Duke of Grafton's Oxygen 9 to 1 agst Mr. Sadler's Delight 10 to 1 agst Mr. Stonehewer's Lioness DONCASTER ST. LEGER. 7 to 1 agst Lord Jersey'i Riddlesworth 12 to 1 agst Mr. Hottldsworth's Circassian 13 to 1 agst Mr. Stonehewer's Zany 15 to 1 agst Marcus 17 to 1 agst Mr. Beardsworth's Colwick 25 to 1 agst Lord Jersey's Blunder colt Dit. PARIS'S LIFE OF SIR HUMHPHRY Devi.—The public will be glad to find that a new and cheaper edition, in octavo, of this valuable work is just pub fished. The Literary Gazette has pronounced it "a work th-stined to occupy a prominent place in every select library in the kingdom." "The name of DAVY," observes the Editor, " will remain tw;ociated with a bright era of Eng lish history so long as science shall maintain her empire among civilized nations ; and it would perhaps be difficult to find any living individual better qualified to transmit down to posterity a faithful picture of the personal and scientific career of the late Sir HUMPHRT DAVY." Lord LIMERICK has put his name to the Berkshire declaration against Reform. We could not expect better from an absentee Irish proprietor, who sys tematically opposes every kind of poor rate. He is natu rally en'ugh joined in his efforts to prolong the existence of the present system by a ci-devant Irish Under Secretary, who arranged the Dublin jury panels in the " days of jus tice."—Dublin Morning Register. The health of the King of PIEDMONT is 1111.. proving ; his kingdom is no bettor than it was.—Figaro. ROSCOMMON—R EFORM.—A requisition has been numerously and respectably signed, directed to Canis• TOPHER D. J. GRACE, Esq., High Sheriff of Roscommon, to call a meeting of the county to petition in favour of Reform. FALL OF BROUGHTON SUSPENSION BRIDG E. —Yesterday a most frightful accident occurred to. a party of the 60th Rifles, consisting of about 70 officers and men, who were returning from exercising on Kemal moor, by the Broughton-road, to their quarters in Regent road barracks. About a quarter-past twelve at noon the party reached the Chain-bridge, at Broughton, and com mencing filing across it. Scarcely had the leading file, preceeded by three of their officers, touched terra firma on the Pendleton side, when a tremendous noise, resem bling an irregular valley of musketry, arrested the atten tion of the party. In an instant after, the bridge separated at the end next the toll-house, and, with a large quantity of the stone pier was precipitated into the river. The situation of the soldiers at this moment was most frightful —about 40 of the party, encumbered with their arms and accoutrements, were entangled with the railing of the bridge, or overwhelmed in the river. Most providentially the river was low, and thus no lives were lost. But we are concerned to state that six are now in the hospital with fractured limbs, some of whom, it is feared, will be disabled for life; and fourteen have been injured more or less by cuts, contusions, &c.—Manchester Herald. Great apprehensions are entertained in the City, among the more ardent Reformers, that the Bill will, after all, not be carried. They say, but, we suspect, upon no direct authority, that the KING has given way ; and that, in case the Ministers should be left in a mino rity, his MAJESTY wi:l not dissolve the Parliament. There certainly does appear to be a vast deal of fiddle-faddling about the proceedings of Ministers with regard to this great question. The language held by Lord Avnioar last night (Thursday) is not of that decided charav:er which has been heretofore put forth ; and we think it in some degree justifies the remark of General GASCOYNE, th it "Ministers seems afraid of finding themselves in a minority." As for the proposed alterations, we still are of opinion that they are decided improvements ; but what we complain of is the indecision of Ministers. They really appear not to know what to be about. Lord Aurktoriat is reported to have said last night that " when he men tioned populous towns all he meant was, that in case of the Government being compelled, by a division, to make the number of representatives as great as at pre sent, after they had fixed on what they considered a fit number, it would be their intention to give these addi tional Alemllisrs to populous towns and counties. It was not their intention, however, to do this without being compelled by a vote of the House." Now, really, all this appears to us to be calculated to shake the confidence of the people in the Ministry. If the ins asure for the re duction of the number of Members be considered desirable, why should not the Ministers make it a sine qua non? But it, upon nflection, they do not think it worth re tainiug,whv not give it up at once ? Why talk about being compelled by a vote of the House ? There cAI be no doubt that a new Parliament would enable them to carry the pre sent Bill, and wl,en Ministers talk about being compelled by the House, it would really seem that the KING has refused to allow them to resort to a new Parliament. We do not mean to say that such is the case, but we do think that the thing looks suspicious, particularly when the Windsor business is taken into consideration, about which there is a great deal of mystery that certainly calls for an explanation. It is a fact, which no one attempts to deny, that two requisitions have been presented to the Mayor of Windsor on the subject of a Reform meeting, and that his Worship, with all that courtesy so becoming in the Chief Magistrate of a Royal borough, took the proper course to ascertain whether the meeting would be agreeable in s certain quarter, and was given to understand that it would not. Under these circumstances people ask, firstly, whether any one has dared to make an un authorised us.t. of the Royal name, or whether there be a power behind the throne of King WILLIAM greater than King WILLIAM himself ? and, secondly, if such be the case, what is the nature of that power, and by whom is it exercised ? Such, however, is the confidence which the nation has in the KING— , o thoroughly con vinced are the people that, if left to himself, neither wa vering nor shadow of change, would be found in his MA... JESTY—that if, unhappily, the Ministers should be de prived of their great bulwark, the power to dissolve Par liament, no one would be brought to believe that this con summation has been brought about by any but the most foul and treacherous means. But we hope and trust that the sinister surmises which we have alluded to have no foundation, and that all will yet go right : but serious fears and apprehensions are abroad, and we have felt it our duty to state them openly.—Moruiny Herald City Article. A CAPACIOUS HEAD.—At Arona, on the " Lago Al Iggiore" in the Milanese, there is a colossal statue of ST. CHARLES BORROM/ELIS, which measures between 65 and 66 feet in height, including the pedestal. The head of this statue is spacious enough for four persons to sit down at table ! BIRTHS. On the 14th inst. at the Vicarage, Croydon, the lady of the Rev. H. Lindsay, of a son. On the 12th inst. in Hans-place, Mrs. Bruce, of a daughter. On the 1 lth inst. in Finsbury-square, the lady of A.M. Ran. dad, Esq., of a daughter. MARRIED. n the 14th inst. at Brighton, by the Rev. W. W. Holland, K A., Richard Merricks, of Runkton House, near Chichester, Esq. to Charlotte, youngest daughter of the late Admiral Sir James Collins. ..... On the hth inst. at the hotel of the British Ambassador at the Hague, Lambert Ouckama, Esq. of Demerara, to Julia, fourth daughter of the late H. Ileathcote, Esq., of London. On the 14th inst. at Richmond, Captain H. Jelf, third son of Sir James Jelf, to Miss Clarisssa Amelia Sharp, of Kincarrochy, in the shire of Perth, daughter of the late Major Sharp, of that place. On the 14th inst. at St. John's, Hackney, James C. Somer. ville, M.D., to Albinia, fourth daughter of T. Hankey, Esq., of Dalston DIED. On the 11th inst. in Ebury-stTeeT, Chelsea, Mrs. Hope aged 83. On the 11th inst. Col. R. M. Macgregor, late of the Hon. East India Company's service. On the 14th inst. in Pall-mall, Mary, wife of J. B. Toussaint, Esq., aged 27. On the 12th inst. at Paddington-green, the Rev. Basil Woodd, 38 years Minister of Bentinck Chapel, On the 14th inst. at his residence, Cloudesley.terrace , Islington, M. Thomas Godson. On the 13th inst. at Hampstead, Mrs. Gregg, relict of the late T. Gregg, Esq. of Wood-house, Sidbury, Devonshire. St. Marylebone. PRINTED AND PUBLIMIED BY MURDO YOUNG, AT T H* SUN OFFICE, 11", STRAND, Lor4DON. F