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- /C THE FOREIGN QUARTERLY VIEW, No. XIV. Will be published in a few days. PARLIAMENT. THE important DEBATES of this V will be given on a larger Scale than can be at by any other Newspaper, in the ATLAS of S 1 DAY NEXT. The EDITION for the COUNTRY be ready by Three o'clock To-morrow Afternoon. Orders received by the Newsmen. Published at the Office in Fleanfort-huildings, Strand. THE QUARTERLY REVIEW,. No. LXXXIX. No. 12.047 LONDON, FRIDAY EV ENING, APRIL 22, 1831. • Will be published on TUESDAY NEXT. It will contain Articles : —I. On the West India Ques tion—ll. On the Reform Question—lll. On Mr. Mal thus And Mr. Sadler's Views of Population and Emigra tion—lV. Captain Beechey's recent Vsyage round the World-- V. On Sanscrit Poetry, and the Hindu Drama— VL Captain Basil Hall's Life and Professional Adventure., just publishe Herschell's Essay on Physical Science—Vlll. Jones on Rent—lX. Buonarroti's account of the Con.piracies of Robespierre and Egalite. • is* A few copies of the extra Number published in February, containing the Article on Reform, may still be purchased. • SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. dissolution of this day, to be prePared to petition the Ring t fo s r vhich we are now t: We do not think it likely' that our call upo a n the nation pester. unpopular Parliament, produced the ac for the that we antici. performance of announce pted the Royal it d i e s s i a r t e cf . g t h ra a t t i fsg the • ln aFt to , o ffer his Majesty its support, ha , which we urged the country to been in truth resolved on by the king , in the just confidene that he was doing that which was pleasing to his people, as wel' as most advantageous to the State. The Parliament is (to be; dissolved!- And those Members who, neither in this nor the preceding Parliament,.ever acted a manly or consistent part os the subject of Reform,—who began by resisting all, even the slightest measure of that nature, the extinction of one rotter borough, or the extension of the elective franchise to ont populous town, —but more recently, when they saw the tide of common sense setting full against them, and universe' indignation ready to burst• their absurdities,. began tc , whine nut, in hypocritical and insidious cant, some such trash as this—that " they did not mean to say that some Reform might not be expedient or necessary ; that one rotten borough might be struck off, one Peer's nominee dim. missed"—those Members are now to be sent back to their con stituents ' • and we have only th ere f ore to say, that all that zeal and spirit which we endeavoured to call forth for procuring the dissolution, will, we hope, be exerted in the choice of Member: for the new Parliament. Shame, eternal shame upon the county, upon the city or borough, where the least freedom of election remains, if any Member be returned for it who has voted either openly or treacherously against the Reform Bill,—ifany Member be returned for it, who will not readily vote for some effectual measure of Reform similar to the present. As to the nominee gcntry, the Sarumites, the Gattonites, the Boroughbridgians, let them sneak back into Parliament as they may,—the miserable tools or a haughty faction about to expire: the nation will marl , them, but dreads them not. And who will buy a seat now? The market must be low,—the object of traffic as cheap "as mackerel at Midsummer." And now let the boroughnuingers mark their past career, in order to direct their future course. There was a time, shameful as it may seem, when they might have been paid—when a price was offered to them—to induce them to relinquish their unholy usurpation and possession of the public rights. They would not consent. It is believed on all hands, that if, during the last few years, Parliament would have allowed .the elective franchise to be transferred to one or two of the great towns, as any minor borough might be convicted of corruption, the. people would have been satisfied, at least for the present : this salutary course was rejected with disdain. Even the single removal of the elective franchise from the corrupt borough of East Retford to Manchester or Birmingham instead of its stupid extension to the hundred of Bassetlaw, would have for a while stayed the appetite for Reform. This useful proposition was eluded; and what has been the consequence? Why, a general Reform Bill of very sweeping enactments has been introduced under the sanction of the Crown, and by the King's Ministers. This has been defeated, and a dissolution of Parliament follows. It is not likely that a weaker measure should be offered to the more free Parliament when it shall meet ; protracted opposi tion will but carry the demands for Reform further ; and we should not wonder, if still, with no desire to go beyond the ne cessary correction of abuses, the people weredriven at last by the obstinate adherents of the present corrupt system to seek for re fuge in the ballot, in annual Parliaments, and universal suffrage. A word more as to the strength of the present Ministry. It has, undoubtedly, only carried the main project by one vote ; and has been beaten_ by a majority of eight upon a subsequent division. But yet the Ministry has a strength, which does not appear upon divisions. It is that principle which protected the Duke of Wel lington's Administration so long, —namely, the difficulty of forming another. What are the Tories now ? A scattered host, without fixed object or leader. They cannot be brought to agree on any two points.- And let but a•House of Commons bechosen more identi tied with the people than the present, and the influence of a popular Ministry with suc h an assembly will be deeiiiVe. To end, therefore, as w.e begun People of England, exert yourselves to secure the return of th efriends of rteform. Overw helm th e adherents of corruption with your scorn and reproaches. This will, we trust, be the last call upon your persons or your purses in such a cause, for the expenses of elections are from henceforth to be reduced, and facilities afforded for taking the poll without trouble and without tumult —ln addition to the statement, mingled with ar gument, in the preceding article, we have not the slightest doubt the Parliament will be prorogued this day, preparatory to its dissolution. ' How justly are the base anti-reformers punished! How are they caught in their own net! 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Japanned book shelves 0 6 0 Rosewood ditto 0 10 6 LOO tables (upwards)... 6 0 0 AU featherbeds warranted free from dust and smell. *. s Old Furniture taken in exchange. Whatever fair grounds of difference of opinion may exist be tween the honest friends of Reform and its honest opponents (of which latter, by the bye, the timid and irresolute form by far the 1 larger number) there can be no doubt but that the real strug gl e upon the occasion lies between the people of England and those who have for years been quartered upon the very vitals of the country. The cry of " Revolution," like that of " wolf," has be come too stale a trick to be in the Slightest degree regarded.' 'lf there really were any danger of revolution, it would be owing to the denial, hot to the granting of Reform—though we believe that there is what may be called a conservative good sense in the country, sufficient to protect us from any thing like actual con vulsion, even in the former case The truth, however, is, the question of Reform may be said to have virtually passed. Public opinion has pronounced its unerring and unequivocal fiat upon it. It has now become a mere question of detail. This its opponents must well know : and all that they case hope to gain by their harassing and vexatious propeedings is a respite, not a permanent reprieve; while the result of any temporary success which they may acquire, as in the case of General Gascoyne's motion, seems likely to combine the happy inconsistency of mak ing a measure, which must and will pass, rather snore objection able to them, perhaps, than it would have been, had it not been obstructed by their own " amendments." But what, we would ask, can the enemies of the Reform Bill hope for by ass appeal to the people ? is there a man among them who stands the smalleSt chance of being returned to a new Parliament in any place where any thing like freedom of election exists? Will Sir Ro, bert Peel venture to try his strength in Middlesex, or Sir Charles Wetherell in Westminster ? Does the Duke of Wellington expect again to return Isis hopeful nominees for Hampshire ? Will even the virtuous and uncorrupt freemen of Liverpool again send General Gascoyne as their re presentative ? Or will Sir Robert Wilson and Mr. Hunt have it again in their power to ruin the cause they were pledged to sup port by a species of shilly-shally vacillation, which we might:de spise as puerile, were it not too adultly mischievous ?. \o—ail appeal to the people must, at all events, set the question at rest. lids the anti-reformers know 'full well; and knowing it would not, their more prudent cour se wou ld h ave b een to h ave !node a virtue of necessity, and, finding any further contest againstlthe principle unavailing, to have yielded to the force of public opi nion, and lent their aid in perfecting, and no longer thwarting, a result which their efforts may have the effect of, for a short time, postponing, but which they can never hope to defeat. By this course they might have prolonged their own P ar li amen t ar y existence—might in -some instances, at least, have continued to reconcile themselves to their own injured amt insulted consti. tuents, and the nation might have been spared the inconvenience of a dissolution at this particular period. For, after all, if a ge neral election must be r esor t e d t o , i t can only .be complained of as an inconvenience; and that principally on the ground of the interruption it will occasion to public business, at a season when so much of urgency calls for des?atch. The country, however, and the new Parliam en t, if we must h ave one, will know at whose door to lay the whole fault; while the ultimate triumphant success of the Reform Bill in a new Parliament, will of itself tend greatly to diminish the mass of difficulty in which public business finds itself involved by the se lfi s h an d conflicting interests which now, more or less, impede every measure which has for its object that which ought to be the sole object of the Legislature— the benefit of the whole community.—Meraing Herald. A dissolution being noiitive, by the exercise of the prerOga tive of the King, on the recommend a ti on o f hi s Mi nisters, i t now remains with N t v h e e n wl a e to l contribute their part to the. ua tio rned e ,i3itlt a o ipe tai e a l to the nation, national salvation. UnitedT h dissolution Kingdom exercise ii a most responsible and e e v iec en t t og l o t f r t u h s e t. gAr:einevobeusrsp who ecuihtiaavrye p sn u i n po ish rt n ex ien t t he on mi th is o t s e e ria h l on m e e s as t w hen Parliamentary tiseonsider l et te l f t c h ir a in t sacrifice the more serious and heavy new Parliament will probably last but aidnyrienrnaredinpdyaruilnit.iotelinii,etaill—t:bneager w b i y ll a h n a o y t e he h r ee a n nd e a le l e t t e e o to n w th n e s t p w a r o T l "A a t rs Corrupt and cities, indepen, and where a ihnheer:setei yearicur incurring Parliamentsreglaacl thei cost contingent the contest against will nf e n . ti e r fo s en be . broughtlnthese f i n o r s , t v a a n r d c d e l l i , infamous system. In many counties , with colleague s dent Members have the misfortune to be Lie n the old and honest representative will suffer in ‘ t v h h ii ? d h :a ‘ ri e d Y ida ot t ed e , contest ne cessary to eject the evit.doer. It is then a m os t • s• acrei. obli-ation, which Ave solemnly, impress on every elector of the k'' J .. - within the influence this Journal, to aid the cause of freedom.inrd'in by the disinterest contribution of their gratuitous, professional and personal aid. The duty of every voter, of county, city, l borough, is to come early to the poll, at his own expence, and ant solicited. Every gentleman of thebar, every country attorney, every poll clerk, who calls himself a Reformer, should in this momentous crisis in the liberties of his fellow -countrymen, sup_ port every Old arid new 'candidate pledged to the on e great (pie; nom By this disinterestedness and patriotism only can th e i n - _ terests of the people be secured. Ulm county contests, with freeholders spread over a Wide extent of cottony, and -protracted polls, in their terrific expence . , tan only be successfully main_ tamed by a united determination of the electors to return. their representatiies without robbing be-`l3l' of money. . The . moral effect of such - . generous union will repaid by the vital interest of the people in iti success: Thui only can the people meet the profligate and reckless expenditnre which the desperate borough inongigs will resort to as the last chance of upholding their usurpations and corrupt interest. We call on your coniempa, raries, in town and country, to i-npress these sacred obligations on the nation. We would ejaculate to our countryinen— , . E l k_ land expects every man to do his dut y !" —Morning Chronicle. . . .. . ~ must , . . , The people admit of no false pretences or Pharasalcal excuses i--.. , Ile who is not for us is against us:" They must catechise, and sift, and probe. 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I l' PRICE 70. inexpeeted events should perchance ultimately cheat the people f Reform in the forthcoming Parliament, would oppose the reform Bills to seat themselves for seven years. Such men are solves in cheeps' clothing, untrusty servants, and should be die barged. Some Members omitted to vote on the first division, see which way the wind blew, and voted with Ministers on he second division. Some vice versa. All these men of doubt_ ul character should be accurately weighed. One instance, if •orrectly reported in . the Division List, peculiarly strikes us. ir; Dugdale, the Member for the county of Warwick, our eaders will remember, pledged himself, on the searching int er .. ogatories of Mr. Parkes, at the recent Warwickshire County sleeting, to vote for the Bill and the Schedules A. and E. It is low enough explanation that this Honourahle Member disap mroved of the reduction in number. General Gascoyne's motion :as a cunningly-devised ambush for the destruction ofthe Bill—a set notorious to every Member of the House of Commons. All ,Lemberg who, in this vote, changed from the support of the Bill n the second reading, to the motley grout, who enlisted under he banners of the General, should be cashiered, as having dis ;raced the public service. Mr. Dugdale was in the Commons, :nd neither voted nor paired off! Can a large and populous *minty, about to receive two additional county Members, and wo representatives for' , Birmingham, silently return Mr. Dug late ? No excuse can justify this a , ,sence without leave." 'f returned in the new Parliament, such persons, be it remern hered, will again absent themselves when Ministers revive their ills ; ill-health will not justify the evil doers and absentees ; it my ailbrds additional proofs of inconmetency for the trust. Many other instances of similar back-sliding may be named. Svery voter throughout the kingdom should post the division lists in his hall, and in ". the high-ways and bye-places." Ca "echisms should becomposed and read to recusant Members. 1. Did you vote? 2. Howalid you vote ? a Why did you vote against us? 4. Why did you not vote? 5. Why should you not be dismissed from your trust ? Where local men cannot be found of moral and intellectual aptitude to succeed these sham representatives, men of high public character should be invited by requisition. County voters of every parish should immediately, at the instance of the most active and public spirited, meet and associate and arrange to marshal their opposition. A few short weeks and the sacrifice of time and private interests will be ended. The struggle is for po litical life to avoid revolution. Above all things union must be the watchword of all reformers throughout the empire. Personal ambition, petty jealousies, old feuds, political differences of opi. akin on other subjects, must all be merged in support of the com mon cause. Let the county imitate the noble example of its ca pital town, where the influence of Lord Warwick will be success.. Why opposed by the subStittition of Mr. Bolton King for Sir C. Greville. and re-cue itself from the shameful bonds of political degradation.—Morning Chronicle. In both Houses last night Ministers were asked, whether they intended to dissolve Parliament? Lord Wharncliffe put the question in the Lords. Earl Grey declined giving an answer; on which Lord Wharncliffe gave notice that he would to-mor row (this day) move an ..humble address to his Majesty, not to exercise his undoubted prerogative in dissolving the Parliament. Another Noble Lord (Carnarvon), on presenting a petition from Newbury, stated some objections to the Reform Bill, observing that " this might still be amended, as he supposed they would be allowed to exist for twenty-four hours more.—(Earl Grey, or ' some one on the Ministerial Bench, shook his head.) That ap. ',eared to be doubted. Why then (he said) he who would advise his Majesty to sign an order for dissolution, under such cir cuniStances, would have a fool's head on his shoulders, and a traitor's heart in his bosom. It would be like advising the King to abdicate his throne." Lord Grey treated this tirade as it deserved to be treated—he took no notice of it. His Lordship does not seem to be aware that strong opinions are apt to be ridiculous when the pretensions of the utterer are. not supported by the estimation in which his judgment is held. In the House of Commons the question was put by Sir Richard Vivian. After a little preluding on the subject of the Liverpool election, a resolution respecting which was the question before the House, Sir Richard, impatient of farther delay, struck at once into the more attractive matter of the Reform Bill and tile dissolution. "By their conduct," he said, " they (Ministers) had thrown the people of England into a state of great excite ment, and he trusted that what they had donewould fall on the heads of only a few Members, and that they and their gracious Sovereign would not, at some future period, look back upon the present step as the first that led to the destruction of the Mo narchy.—•.(Hear, hear, hear.) The question which he wished to put to the Noble Lord was, Is it the intention of his Majesty's Ministers to proceed with the Bill, or to advise the King to dis solve Parliament, because the House of Commous has not con sented to reduce the number of English representatives r' " The answer of Lord Althorp was, " I have no hesitation in stating, in answer to the first part of the Honourable Baronet's question, that having taken into consideration the necessary effect and consequences of the vote of the House the other night, it is not the intention of his Majesty's Go vernment to proceed with the Bill.—[The dead silence which had prevailed during the Noble Lord's statement was here in terrupted by the loudest cries of bear, hear,' from all parts of the House. When they had sobsided, the Noble Lord proceeded.] —lt wouldbe inconsistent with my duty to give any answer to the latter part of the Hon. Baronet's question."—(Hear.) The meaning of destruction of the Monarchy, and the other combi nations of words repeated ad nauseain, mean destruction to boroughmongering, and exclusion from Parliament of those who are hostile to the people. " The project (said Lord V,alletort) for dissolving Parliament at the present moment he considered highly criminal. He compared it to the design of putting a deadly weapon into the hands of a madman." Aye, aye, Lord Valietort, you have your reasons, no doubt, for wishing the feverish excite ment of the people would subside. The people are mad, and you are wise, exceedingly Wise, and you will soon .reap the benefit of your wisdom. The Judas Iscariots were numerous in the House last night. Mr. Maurice Fitzgerald stretched out the hand of fellowship to Mr. Hunt, who has become an immense favourite with the Tories. "He (Mr. Fitzgerald) agreed with the Hon. Member for Preston, that the effect of the Bill was to exclude the lower classes of this country from their share in the representa tion. Ile was opposed to such a change, and he should take his stand - as detsidedly against the disfranchisement of the consti tuency of Preston because they were s poor, as he should against the other part of the measure, which went to deprive property of its just influence in this country." No doubt, you would rather have things to remain as they are ; and provided you are allowed to retain the rotten boroughs, and thereby put your hands into the public purse you would consent to the existence of two or three constituencies like that of Preston, which could have no perceptible influence in the votes. And do you really think the people are so stupid as not to see that you are laughing at them ? The Scotch Members, the everlasting jobbers, would have no more objecti on th an : yourse lf t o th e franchise being eon_ tinued to constituencies like that of Preston. Ali no, Mr. Maurice Fitzgerald, you are better known than you suppose you ' ate ; and your constituents of Kerry will require no ghost to tell them your motives for voting in favour of General Gascoyne's motion. Sir. R. Peel, too, good honest man, " deeply lamented that Government had determined to dissolve the Parliament, on account of the hazard to which he feared they would sukect the country." Hazard to whom ? Ministers, Sir Robert, tive the people with them. There would have been hazard, indeed had the people seen themselves deceived in their well-founded expectations, by the intriguing and caballing of a set of public plunderers. . One would suppose that the bad success of all the former attempts of Sir Robert and his party to mislead time people with regard to this . question—after the display of unanimity throughout the nation, of which there has hitherto been no ex. ample—after the spirit of forbearance which men of all shades of opinion have manifested towards each other, for the sake of fur thering this grand• healing measure—the aspect of the pe op l e more than ever united in their approbation of the Reform mi l, would have had the effect of damping the eagerness of the cant ers in the House. To Produce an iinpression on the country by their speeches of-last night, was out of the question. Yet faction seemed feohave new life infused into it. Without having spoken a word on the Liverpool case, all those who succeeded Sir Ridhard Vivian, latmched out into declamations connected with the-general question of Reform, and the policy of a di s _ solution in the present state of the country. Having spent 'the night in debating—not the question, but all sorts of que s _ lions—Mr. ei illiam Bankes moved the adjournment of the House at one o'clock. There is a reason for everything.__ The object of the adjournment was solely to prevent the bring_ fug tip the Report of the Ordnance Estimates from the Com mittee of Supply, and by this means the Opposition conceive they Shall be able to prevent .the dissolution with which they have been threatened. We wish our readers to attend to the vote on this motion' f Mr. Wm. Bankes. The adjournment was carried by a majority of 154 to 142. Can 'there, we ask, be a stronger instance of factious orsition than that which has been manifested in this case? ere there no other justification of the dissolution, the conduct of the Opposition, List night, would furnish an unexceptionable one. It is obvious that ined, who can one day propose resolutions for an alteration of timber duties, aid the next oppose the same resolutions, when proposed by their successors, Who regard no • principle, and think only of throwing the country into confusion, reckless as to the means by which they may an»oy their opponents, because Ministers are determined to redeem their pledges to the nation, ought to be sent, with as little delay as possible, to account for their conduct to their constituents. a : au l s h et aenschseiqvureests supportersi u o c n successful the Minister sti ache cut of t fu i e l w m eLp a i ,tr.ssevatyms:Tioltasetxnpiegcltiitn, expecting e t c , verpool case; whilst the Opposition, having in view the step they took, kept their iliends in the Ho use, an d t h us obtained a majority. These tridks, however, cannot be repeated. They will not avail much those who resort to them. The nation not to be cheated out of Reform by this sort of sharp-practising. —Morning ('hrOilicle: • - • It would be useless either to give an analysis of the debates last night in the House of Commons, or to make any comments upoil the procegdings; The dying sp^eches were made —the dissolu tion is on the eve of accomplishment, if, indeed, the Pr°' elamation for that purpose, has not already been actually printed, , -t-and•weinay add,' that one and all of those who opposed the -Voltam Bill y are.bethinking themselves how they can best 'ex plain their votes ! The times are wondrous strange, and we Won der not, therefore, at the caution of the anti-Reform Members in taking time by the forelock, and endeavouring to whisper a kind word into the ear, and a kinder feeling int o th e h ear ts, of their former electors than has hitherto prevailed. The attempt 3. 1 ; 17 potent and useless. The people will have none but these wh o have vo,ed either for " The Bill—the whole. Bill—au” nothing but the Bill," or who will pledge . theinselVes to do 0 : To conclude—the mantreuvre resorted to in the House of Coro. mons last night—that of adjournnient on a question Wtlie li not discussed,,and which only furnished a peg on which to /)"g an attack. on the Ring's Ministers—will not escape the attention of - our readers. Hew the anti-Reformers expose ,themselves' and how applicable to them is the c l ass i ca l ph rase , quens cult perdere pries dementat ! It is even said that in their rage several anti-Reforming Peers have got up an humble Address to his Majesty, prayi ng hi m to di sm i ss L or d B roug h a m from V h w office of Speaker of.the House of Lords ! A mok-hill raisin, itself against a mountain—a Satyr kicking at Hvoertop; , " 2 o /74 . ing advertiser. Now or nrhiril3sillthheaTbommnengyveiyuppabllyfrhieinsd3suojfesßtyelfrivi,ni janis.(l co - ter., as a lost cause in the House of Commons as at preset'' , stituted—they have tendered their resignation in proof of their patriothan--and their patriotism demands a similar devotion on your part, not to their int eres t s , tut t o -our ovit I The ' . "1: been firm mid fcstvadfast in the goo d ca u se , per d c v er ing even the end ;" and shall it . he said that' tho se f or wh o m they have sacrificed their 'east and peace ofroilid;atict for whom they hal!. offered foslictiflceplaCe and iithirer, are less eriergetieandz i l l°l.l !. lan those who have the least stake in the matter P 1 11 t'a ee t: which haVe been held in favdur of Reforit OMY ` l4 ,yTh"" city, town, bortiitgh, iin4 p a tio) the tinr l " 4 ,ll fOrbid us to - thirE eye'n 'for a raoieent. The peep e f lie trite to themselves...they will appreciate the necessity_ o decided exertion-__and they will exert themselves im mediately in order that their unanimous wishes may be speedily accomp li s h e d . S out h war k has already o ff er ed a g! 0- riotui example by calling on one of its representatives to res_;gtre and who has resigned,-,Westminster has folloived eVen 4 in re d ecided course, by praying for i ns t an t di ss blution Of a House „ o , l l ) l l:o r s t ed he to ex l a t in efo p rm ie o : t. -- vv in ,es th tm e i e n it s y te a r lo cal committee has been pointed, and and this day, we have no doubt, there will be a meeting example be universally followed ThPee°liPlieng°thEasngtlahleitelievt`ylrthli:: dissolve Parliament—it is 'constitutional to pray him to dissolve it—and nothing but a dissolution will ensure Reform !- All men :oust be sensible of this truth, and all friends of Reform must therefore be " instant in season and nut of season," —early and late—by day and by night,— in pressing the only prelimi nary measure which can save the country. Let every ea.rish in the metropolis therefore meet immediately, to pray the King to dissolve Parliament,—let their example be followed in 'he towns, cities, boroughs, and counties,—and, aboire ill, in those districts and towns to which the elective franchise was meant to have been extended by the Bill. To the people of Ire land and Scotland we say nothing.• A deadly blow,—a gross in sult,—has been aimed at them by the vote of Tuesday last ; and we know their gallant spirit too well, to doubt for a moment, that they will not exhibit 'a splendid example of the support which they have already tendered ta the Reform Bill and its authors. There is, also, another duty, tot which every one must be prepared,—the duty of electing fit and proper persons to serve in the ensuing Parliament. This is the great point—the only one to which all others must yield precedence. The King's Ministers have declared to his Majesty, that dissolution is the only remedy, and from all that we can learn, that dissolution will take place, if not this elay, at least in a few slays hence. it is, in fact, inevitable. Oa his. Majesty's resolves, we say nothing. His palace is daily besieged by the Anti-Reformers, —by the creatures who look in at WindoWs,—peep through key holes, and make use of pettic sets for envelopes to their anti-na. national desires,—the Peel and Cumberland party is hard at work, and a co-alit ion is understood to have been formed, or all but formed, between the Tories who opposed the Catholic Bill and the Tories who votedefoe it, in order to defeat the Reform Bill. There is, therefore, danger of change; but we, neverthe. less, still rely with unabated confidence on the patriotism and firmness ofthe King, as well as on that of his Ministers. The " better part of valour is, , however, prudence," and we, there fore, again say, " Men of the United Kingdom, be up and doing, and be prepared for the worst." Morning Advertiser. The Revolutionary Bill is for the present abandoned, and an immediate dissolution of Parliament is expected. Ministers, de spairing of being able to recover the ground they have lost in respect to it, have resolved to oppose the full power of office to the' sense and reasoning of Parliament ; when interrogated, however, upon the subject in both Houses last night, they shrunk from the inquiry, and refused to answer the necessary questions. In the House of Comosons, Lord Althorp, in reply to Sir R. Vyvyan, contented himself with saying that Ministers did not intend to proceed any further with the Bill, refusing to say a word upon the subject of the menaced dissolution ; and in the Lords Earl Grey also declined giving any answer to Lord Wharnelifte : in consequence of which the latter Noble Lord gave notice that he would this day move an Address to his Ma jesty, praying that he would be graciously pleased not to exert his undoubtea prerogative by dissolving the present Parliament in the existing circumstances of, the country. This notice was received with lou and general cheers. It is impossible that any men of common intelligence can disguise from themselves the danger with which a dissolution of Parliament at the present moment threatens the peace of the country. In Ireland, more especially, consequences are to be apprehended, both in a physi cal and moral point of view, whit,' every patriotic and virtuous mind must grieve to contemplate. All the power and fraud of priestcraft will be set in action to send forth supporters of that " Reform" measure, ivhich, among the Roman Catholic con spirators in that country, is identical with the destruction of the Protestant Church. Through this most ill-omened project do they look for the acomplishment of O'Connell's denun ciation, openly made in the House of Commons a few nights ago, en lie proclaimed that the. Established Church in Ireland ought to be stript of a large portion of its revenues, and that he supported the Bill because it would inevitably lead to that desirable consummation. Such will be, incontrover tibly, the remote tendency of an election in Ireland at this time —buethe more immediate resiats are equally to be dreaded. The neglect of those who have forptten both duty and honour in for sakini her, has already reduced Ireland to a state bordering on open insurrection; yet acute as is the wretchedness and formid able as is the disorder to which it has given birth, the condition of Ireland is not irremediable, and strenuous though tardy exer tioas to relieve her might be successful. Great, however, will be the responsibility of any set of men who at such a moment would deliberately afford an opportunity for the bursting forth into full action of all that turbulence and fury which, without any adscititious excitement, i now barely kept under. We say a General Election in Ireland would be equivalent to a suggestion to the unhappy thousands who are ttstracted with their misfortunes and their wrongs, and who with eitliculty and for a time only are restrained within some bounds—it would be a suggestion to them to avenge themselves at once, by the exertion of their physical power, in general re bellion and the attempted destruction of all above them. But to leave this painful subject and recur to the political results antici pated by Ministers as regards their Reform Bill. Aware that the cool and sober judgment of the public mind would unequivocally pronounce against them and their scheme, they rest their hopes on the excitement which they trust will continue to exist for a short time longer, and, to use a common expression, hasten to strike the iron while it is:hot. We have nevertheless no fears for the result of a general election, and are in the full expectation of witnessing the return of a'Hotise of Commons more decidedly op posed to revolution th an the present The noble sentiments uttered by Sir T. Acland are those of the gre A majority of Englishmen,and public-spirited gentlemen and honest electors will not be wanting to compose such a House of Commons as shall ensure the safety of the Constitution. "The Bill" being gone forever, the opinions of intel ligent and sound. principled men will now be looked for on the sub ject of" moderate Reform :" and we cannot better commence on the point than by citing the following passage from a pamphlet by Mr. Pusey, Member for Chippenham, decidedly one of the best written and most argumentative exposes that have appeared, of the Ministerial project : Moderate Retbrin must now be consi tiered step by step, and two main principles must govern its con ! duct. Reform cannot be moderate, unless it be gradual in in ' quiry, in enactment, in execution. Reform cannot be sound unless it be constitutional: The House, gradually restored, must not be borne along the airy lines of a theory, nor poised upon the unstable pivot of a single class, though that class be the cett tral one; it must be drawn out and based according to the an cient analogy of our representation, on the collateral levels of higher, of middle, of more extended constituencies, balanc ing and supporting each othe r. From this Bill time and eon. s tit u ti ona l analogy are excluded alike. The Bill, there fore, must be rejected. . It must be rejected, because de spising these two obvious counsellors, it granted far inure beCanse it involves a degree of change which must .shake-idl• our institutions ; because it canna be final, but inust e sink: deeper into ballot and than the occasion requ ited ; 1 1 • -ti - unlimitet r l e ; .becausee , diminishing gratuitously hasty and self-contradictory psuaffrtiatigoen Of frant; because it must spread wider into a general set ; ecause its provisions are the articles of Union between the two countries ; contrary to because it abolishes the graduated scale of the numbers rs rre o n f d t e l r ie s ti e me lo b u o s i e .. ,: g g h i r v e e p s r t e o se l n r t e a la t i o i rro a f p l r r e e po la i n id d e t r o a o n n ce e because surrenders ° sill u a. c6 tle ; r constituencies,, placing all power in the l o a r r nterest • because, while it removes, at once, hands of a single • fluence, it is afraid to touch the lower power, which superior in ' is no longer balances.' ; bemuse, an this great and not deliberate change, its empiric instruments are laid, not on one wheel, but on the prime mover; not on a foot, or a hand, but on the heart; would bring together in the House of Commons notgtPlaidt'llliemoagyfestry. of a -parish, but on a governing power of the State; because, in changing the constitution of that power, it because, by sweeping away the old conser, would also chianntgede, ,svuitdhdein)ubly,liethaeffaiinras,fearniadlstioiefrweflofircehdtelsiieropousweorf it would, like the famous measure of a former Whig Ministry, take from the King the constitutional choice of his servants ; because,. by establishing a party, bent on the de struction of the Peers, the Church, and the Crown, this Bill would go far to convert a free monarchy into a despotic republic." f y ims r a t . ec s t s t :lc u e i ricn a , a cc o t r q v c t u innovations ; —Morning Post. No. HUNT AND THE BIRMINGHAM POLITICAL UNION. m i ,day last the attendance at the meeting of the Po liticalicry smcroimn Hunt'sence r d ec w e i n t with o a ec d i e 4 s r u a l : On W----- • 1 "at the Globe Tavern, in Temple-street, was un- Comae' , tory conversationi state of public opinion in I 3 irminghatn on th e mi., [ion as to the measure of Reforrn. The Chairman (Mr. Attwood), nisterial 1 the speakers, stigmatised Mr. Hunt's statement in l ee d al and int. Parliament, so far as regards this part. of the country, as a gross on The t e. i s )r u ° b e j eed ec t ouncil were about to proceed with the appointed versation, of the evening, when • ari h a e nta c ble misrepresentation. At the close of this con. n HADLEY. rose and said that he considered it abso- Mr. r y that the Reformers of Ilinningharn should con lutely neces umnies uttered by 11r, HUnt.—(Lond cheers.) To tradict theca,earect, after the deputation they had sent to Earl hi m it ai r! ' their numerous declarations in favour of his great Grey,n nf Reform,. they would be co:npromising their own usually nuinerous. me ure consistency, and acting unjustly towards the . Governmentt if ot at once step tOrWard and vindicate thernselve's from they, did n tations and falsehoods attributed 41 Mf: Hunt. —(Loud the imputations had held three publiC Meothigs in Binning_ cheers.) on each occasion by thousands, at which the „ approved and received ham, attendedNo proposed by Ministers was . . fictbrill acclamation. Ii any thing could show the feelings of the with f i„ Birmili,ghani; these meetings unquestionably diii.— b ai u 'd sin u e l ' s ' s ‘. a people ° klaving, therethre, „pledged themselves to support (Cheers.) Government in their magnificent plan„.having never ex 6"he slightest distrust of their motives or intentions--it P"' " t only not fair,but it was grossly unjust, for Mr. Hunt was no to come sa that the Tle. of Birmin ham Hunt forward and y, .pe h ), i g , ~ , .. t dissatisfied with the proposed Bill.—_( eers, ri c l it n ,c so se Tarliam • ent right, and show what little Con6t enCe ought to , . be Praceo in the *statements- 0 -tith - IVtember fir Preston, lie sootil a propose that a petition be presented from the Council praying tbr 'the adoption of the Bill, and contradictory of Mr. Hunt's "falsehoods.---(Louil cheers.) What had already been the effect of his conduct ? '1 hQ whole Press of the.kindoin viewed him as an associate and supportor of ttic, Tery anti reformers. The Examiher, of Sunday, dement - iced . hint as their ~ hope and oracle." -In lils (air. B.'s) opinion Mr. Hunt had done more injtiry to the catise of Bethnal in ' Parliament t within these few' days, than any' open opponent, how,cV2r .i. l , tented or` influential,. fOr the last fitly - years. ' 11 * ,, 07.4-Aining these views, he held it to be the'duty ef ttil 4tefortners whose opinions had been' so shainefillly Wii:4l, te• manfully protest tlrie...,ed t against the strange and ‘itiaccepritable conduct of the man by whom tlie sla,iithir , 4- 48 ii b oviiig the thi l o wlnk resolution:--" The Newspaper s h av i ng Uttered. He should, th ere f ore conclude by reported that Henry Hunt, E.,q. had represented to the T , ,,c.list of Commons th at the working men in Warw icksb s iw and Stsf fordsliire had very generally expressed their discontent with the measures of P arliamentary Reform, bronglit forward by his Ma jesty's Ministers, this Cooncil deeply' regret these staternel44 of fir. Hunt, k nowing that they are altogether Unfotilfdad• It is, therefore, recolvcd by'this 'Co nne ll , that the Chairman, together s, th Nea:.rt:' Satt, Etllminlis, Botta, Hipkiss,' blunts, and T. ilr-. HEDlpAKlOisN'sDeSosneAnstdedtthheeirliebstloctlttittlit %Stet`, bi re , Mested to draw up a petition to the House of Com mons, from this Council, contradicting the statements of Mr. flunt, and that such petition be forthwith signed by the ci.nsicti; and presented bY D. O'Connell, Esq."--(Load c4crs.) . ' cretary , of 44e greateit iniportance at the present juncture, and Se be hoped the resolution' -prdposed would pasS unanimougly. ' He. (M HiPkiss) did' not dispute Mr. 1 - lunt's right to Ave CS f 4 ,0 and unbiassed, opinion on any subieo, Viliguced by their c.aine hefere the House of Commons ; ' but' V a 'in 'the, discliarge of what he con sidered hiS dttty,site had' tltettemeAty to tell lies, the people he 1 i1 ,,, 4 ,1 1 1 P e4 t ',9'sl- 4 , 1 14 ' 4.i . igt4 to tot him he did not speak the ici:eeortwetiasyrubll believed, i , t Y .- 1 ti .7 1 44*1.4 .1 iN repleesenting to Parliament that the work ing tnaSs 5 of Birmingham and its neighbourho were discern twh e as t. e t their not t t yo one t m el n i n hi ut sa t i o Ht a l / 4„ Ajr, '“ whethers'i' tonted with the Reform Bill, Mr. Hunt had said thet wle,t w i r4 . - represented the feelings and interests of the peoptc, was not satisfied ri; as not attached to the moil ill. tl 4 niveisal s'uti'l.age, that e measure of Rethrm proposed by Govern ment. If tire Bill Opened the doors of Parliament to men who. tceuvr a A id the con sequence of th e i r exerticns was the dillbsion of cettifort and happiness to all c l asses of their constituents, the working classes of England would rest satisfied witiCthe Glavernrnent under which they li ved. If the'propt*.d' Referm dal 'Mt work this exerted good, 'Which he b e li ev e d it would—there was no iieces ..t7 forthetU stundints s till, b ut it wouldbe their duty to seek • still further concessions at the hands of Parliament.—(Cheers.` The present, however,. was not the time to annoy a we ll.i n t en . tinned Ministry, by the discussion of abstract theories, and upor this point the great body of the people thought with him. Si far from being dis , atisfied with the Bill, the experience of every day convinced him that the working population of Birininghan were daily becoming more and more attached to its provisions ;Cheers.) For these reasons, he should most cordially support Ihe motion, as a mutual act of justice to the people of these dis- : tricts, and the Government of the country.—(Cheers.) Mr. T. C. SALT said lie should support the resolution brought, forward by Mr. Hadley, not so much with the intention of cen suring Mr. Hunt, as expressing his regret that he had fallen int, uch glaring error. Mr. .ATTWOOD commenced by stating that, no doubt, Mr. Hunt's statements, respecting the dissatisfaction of the working men of Warwickshire anti Staffordshire, with the Bill of Reform now before Parliament, had given the greatest displeasure, and ;sere altogether unfounded.—(Cheers )--dt was certainly pos sible that some of them might think that the Bill would have been better if the franchise had been more extended, and perhaps if it had embraced universal suffrage; but it did not, therefore, follow that they were not deeply grateful for the present Bill, and disposed to be highly gratified with it. Hi himself was quite convinced that the working men of these counties would never express or feel any dissatisfaction with the great measure of Reform now hi progress, provided it hat: the effect which he trusted it would have, of bringing into Par liament so many able and upright men as would be competent to restore abundant employment and abundant maintenance, it: exchange for honest labour.—(Cheers.) This, of course, was at. solutely necessary. It was not to be endured that the labourers of Ireland, for instance, should any longer be allowed to perish by inches, under the pressure of famine and distress, arising from mismanagement, nor that the labourers and working classes of England should any longer be exposed to the privations, injuries, and degradation which they now endure. If the present Bill should not produce these great and necessary effects, of course they must push forward. The wrongs and injuries of the nation must be remedied, and then there was no danger of discontent among the working classes. To pretend that these men would not be better protected by a repressntation of 1,000,000 of their next door neighbours, living under the same wants, infirmities, and necessities, as themselves, and acquainted and identified with all their feelings and interests, than they are now by a representa tion of 151 individuals born in the clouds, living in the clouds, and dying in the clouds, and knowing nothing and feeling nothing of their wants, interests, and necessities—was little better than mad ness to suppcse.—(Cheers.) He was perfectly convinced that of the working classes in Birmingham and its neighbourhood, there did not exist one in a hundred who could be prevailed upon by anything short of force or bribery, to sign a petition against the present Bill.—(Loud cheers.) He fully agreed, therefore, with Mr. Hadley, in thinking that the Council ought to petition, it: order to explain this truth, and to counteract the influence which the erroneous statements might possibly have. He attributed these statements to the excitement produced in an ardent and enthusiastic mind, at meeting crowds of friends to whom he must have been tempted to put leading questions, which might pro bably draw answers in the heat of the moment which no working man would give, upon having time for reflection.—(Cheers.) He, therefore, blamed Mr. Hunt for great indiscretion, and be had written to him, urging him to explain that what he had said must mean, that the working men would many of them have been better satisfied if the Bill had given them naives.- al suf frage; but that they were none of them hostile to the present Bill.—(Chee.s.) It was stated in The Sun Paper, that Mr. Littleton, the Member for Staffordshire, had made mention of their Political Union, and then apologised for such an allusion, as if the House had been contoodnated thereby. He trusted this gentleman's pride would be humbled one of those days, and that he would be glad to take refuge in the Political Union, front the storms which his own measures were raising. The working classes of England had, at all times, and particularly of late years, exhibited the greatest patience, loyalty, and forbearance, under privations and sufferings of many kinds, and under a state of re presentation in which they might be said to have no interest whatever. He doubted not that these meritorious classes of inen, the real strength and wealth ofthe nation, would exhibit the same loyalty to their gracious Sovereign, and the same attachment to the laws and institutions of their country, when the natural and healthy reward of their industry should be restored, as they had exhibited under periods of extreme adversity and privation. Fully believing himself that the Reform now in progress would have the effect of restoring the prosperity of both the work ingelasses and their employers—and knowing that the working classes in this neighbourhoogl were impressed with the same be lief—he fully concurred in Mr. tfailley's motion, Ile had always however, in expressing this opinion, taken ease to guard him self, by stating that he did not expect these results to arise from the mere abstract work of reform, but front the great measures which would necessarily be effected by the introduction of real re presentatives into the House of Commons, acquainted and idea. tified with the wants, feelings, and interests of the community. He thought it proper also to say, that, unless the return o f suc h men ha Parliament were duly attended to by the people, under the action of the Reform Bill, the Reform itself would but, in fact, increase thegeneral embrrassment and distress of the nation. It would break up still further the great machinery upon which the welfare and existence of the nation depended ; and, instead of relieving its difficulties, it would add to its embarrassments-, that was to say, provided the present fatal measures of the Legislature were persevered in. he could not better explain this view of the subject than I.w stating to them the con sequences which had been produced in France by the great and vital, and most necessary political changes of July last. He ( Mr. A.) had lately been infornied by Mr. Jacob, whose authority could not be disputed, that 31,000 bankrupt& s had been declared in France, since the revolution of July ; and still the Freneti vernment were blundering on in their old way. None of these mischiefs could have occurred in France., if the French House of Commons had been composed of proper and efficient represen. tatives. Therefore, it was of the greatest importance that Eng land should take warning by their example, and in working the great Reform in Parliament now in progress, it was most im. portant that they should take care to send representative's Who were both able and willing to restore the prosperity of sh e country. To men of business there conlit bJ ito difficulty in ac complishing this in England, and even in Ireland, however difficult such accomplishment might appear to the present Mem bers of the Homo of Commons. lie would undertake to assert that with men of business in Parliament, and men of integrity, there could be no possible difficulty in quickly produeina state of things which would ensure to every honest vsoaing man in England, and even in Ireland, too, an atairdanee of bread and beef and beer, for the maintenanee cthimself and family, in ex change for his lionest.lAnur. Apologising for these digressions, Mr. A. concluded by expressing his cordial approbation of the motion.-.(Cheers.) Mr. EDMONDS said, he considered that Mr, Uuut had used his present elevated position, to do great mischief to the great question of general Reform, and fur no other reason that he could conjecture, but to the pot.walloppers of Preston. He knew that Ips with r h a i rlia s d ment depended altogether stcorist:atiioig by lkolitte(r)srhealnd, ro n l i k iz rd lo Xe l y l , le h w e s wTs determined e (Cheers.) A professed advocate for univegal suffl'age, the Member for Preston was absolutely oppoaing a measure, by means of which, if his theory ever wero'adopted, he could alone expect it to be obtained, -1 - sur his (Mr. Edmonds') part, even if he were an advoeato for the most extended suffrage, he should pot consider that the present was the time when it should be brought into practice. It gave him sincere pleasure to reject, that, although the false sentiments of Mr, Hunt had afforded the enemies of Reform strong arguments against the Bill, the authority of the Political onion upon the points to which he alluded, was a thonsalid times more important and influential. Supposing they were certain that the Bill would pass, would gny but a tbol or a traitor oppose its progress by the diACtission of abstract principles of doubtful applicabilityb The Bill proposed to enfranchise the most hone t and trustworthy of their fellow-countrymen —the fathers and heads of families—and. at one fell swoop to destroy the factio,nary nature and character of the representative brooch of this Legislature. He felt nothing but the deepest disgust for men who, in order to defeat such a beneficial mea-nre, demeaned themselves by the utter a nce of the most direct acid self-evident falsehoods. Such conduct could be the result only of gross folly or gross wickedness,-.(cheers.) He heartily concurred in th e propriety of petitlAning the House of Commons, and thought they were in duty hound to express themselves strongly on the gross inisroliresentations made by Mr. Hunt.—(Cheers.) Mr. MUNTZ ylwod the conduct of Mr. Hunt with tho ut most indignation ; nor was he inclined to give hi m cre dit f or any i+! these worthy motives by which some speakers who pre. veiled him thought he might have been actuated. He had done more mischief to the cause of Refer% than any of its professed opponents, of whom he wal l'u;sw hailed as the champion. He quite agreed with Mr. E,loionds, that the state of society in this country was not 4A/ed for the establishment of universal suffrage. He cordia'W*fifircivod of the petition.—(Cheers,) Me. WESTON said, having been much It; Mr. Hunt's com pany, while in Birai ngliam, he fat v,,,aarid to otThr a few words in his justification. In his op :,,skin, Mr. Hunt had shown ill. dependence and honesty:, tCough not his prudence, by the ()cause he had pursued. He ?fad always been an advocate tor the snot extended sima•age, on the ground that the middle, classes, or shop kecile.;4,'Were either depexclent upon tlit# superiors in society, Cr' Oppressed by their inferiors. Hc, therefore, honestly told Par ham nt that the people wc,nld pot be satisfied unless they went step farther than tikfa proposed. He, (Mr. W.) howe ver , eX tremely regiti;c4 the rough manner in which Mr. Unlit had c.onkt.etgi himself, and the er roneous statements lie had i - pade, with regard to the sentiments and feelleO4 of the working classes in this part of the country. lie should not oppose the motion.—(Cheers.) Mr. 8188 addresseJ tUA meeting in a short speech, in support of the motion. Mr. THOMAS WESTON p er f ec tly cmiciared in the obj ec t of 'i.llo motion. Although Mr. Hunt had, as the representative Of his constituents, a right tct state their sentiments in Parlia. ment, He had no riglit gcosply to misrepresent the opinions of the people of WuWivitshire.—(Cheers.) One gentleman had said , ttic!..MWther for Preston had not violated his prin c ipl es; i n ,31:r , W.'s) opinion, he had, at any rate, with regard t o t h em, VlS•dated the truth.—(Cheers.) Mr. W. NVESTON again rum He had just had a statement put into his hands, purporting to have been made by• Mr. Hunt, in the House of Cow,mons on Monday night, containing, he was sorry to say,. several untruths, if not direct falsehoods. Mr. Hunt was, nut invited to Warwick, but itivitoil bY him (Mr. W.) and Mr. Pearse, to accompany they to Darlaston, where a dinner was to be given for the. express purpose of supporting the Mini.. sterial measure: or Refonn.—(Cheers.) Mr. Hunt stly,tos that thrcllkundred were present at the dinner, and only about fifty Would have attended had he not honoured the party with his company. Now this was false, for alive. two hundred had pre— mised to dine; and - there was no doubt as many would have attended had Mr. Hunt issuer appeared in the town or neighbur .hood. It was, •doutiticsi, true, that Mr. Ilunt addrmwit a large conceAse of people ; 'hut it was equallyy, true, he was not so w e ll .:eceisied a s litinself and others who . asitc4 , ited the meeting in sup. port 'of the Ministerial ineasure:4- Ileform.—(Cheers.) He ( Mr. V.) really could not tell wl4a* was Mr. Hunt's object in making these. e rror t.taternents ; but this he knew, the peor,lie, o f these as far as he could judge, were without TP-I:e4.tatiOn c.1036: , 6Xiy in favour of Lord Russell's BilL—(Loud clieors.) HADLEY then proposed that the petiwu s sitould be trans. witted to Mr. O'Connell for presentatVA, Mr. HIPKISS, Mr. BlBB,riti4 othorS, obj e cted, and suggested that it ought to bo izip, i a;il n other hands. The petition, being submitted to Mr WOOltnell, might lead to a revived quarrel be tween I?.W,lakid * Mr. Hunt, „_... i‘.Ir.:IIILINTZ wished to know what w.c,s the ground of the last quarrel. Did it not arise from tho,mts-statements on th e part of Mr. Hunt, of which th . ey. I,iow domplained ?—(Cheers.) Thsl had nothing to do Niiin'theprivate quarrels of the parti‘s. Mr. O'Connell wi.s, In his oPinion, the proper pCI.:DA to present the Ntir4on.- I .(Chetri.) ETWONDS said, 14. O'Connell was the first man to con traditt the tnis..statements 'of Mr. Hunt, and it was to Li n, therefore, they Were bound to transmit their corroborative testi. moiiy, in support of what he advanced. With the feelings of Mr. Hunt they had nothing to do. Whose feelings had he ever con sulted ? After a few more observations, the motion was !c irrieil unani mously, and the meeting shortly afterwards separated. ITFitsD'\Y.) e ? e.—Arrived front tor the South Seas. ork, and Waterloo, Sailed his Majesty's Niaria, from Rio ja. lahiz, from St.Ube , s. Joseph and 'Fanny, din Lutch, Mackay, t close to the town, t was got off to-day the roads, and will lence,'Comyns, from rock last night, but is morning. .adloff, grounded at Lmburg, was lost off id Constantinople to ult. near Mazzar?, HIS DAY). FRY. Westmeath to the we capiendo might it hay ing been made. Ild do no such thing .which he should not r than he was abr.°. Peer of the realm ccted from personal )rd Westmeath Iva, emise of the Crown vas in contempt for ates, but it had not nt out of office, and was, whether a new !alternative was in. lamed to have the .ORDSHIP desired•. hemselves what day rgued. s s s s s Fie said he should. COURT. NCTION. Df the Court for an ding in the Lord hese—The plaintiff; and some years ago from him the whole on their going out t in the American n however thought tead of that of the sold out part of remittance of the in the city, Messrs. 'being informed that it. The money was dies being given for .ng to the practice :.fendant proceeded a declaration from he defendant then that the cause re the plaintiff' was F circumstances the r, and the Learned .mary nature of the our would grant the endant from taking scssion c f the money. S, was occupied the heard case of Hall e. rest. 3ENCH. n- new trials, no case ruing. Court, and disposed owever, all devoid of •ose. ;)UER. L.cted to the Bishop , o livings in his dio. Hind, against whom theissuing of the the Court of King's iropshire, to hold in ty Mr. Hind had in sere were no goo.ls, estion. The writ of this Court, in order es of the churches, lue of the issues and would be assigned to that the writ of se of the Treasurer's t was necessary, di ll a day when that PLEAS. v. LIDDELL. n this case, which tice, at Guildhall, d against the defen ared from the state. —The defendants had irantee for a running of a Mr. Mayo, a dra. solvent. The plain. the preceding De. hue to them from his creditors, and the in the pound on the I upon the defendant ant paid into Court he dividend of Bs. 7d. 'ring himself entitled rgeaut contended at to deduct the sum count of their claim the defendant, and cans be construed as irther than 400/. but K 1 that the plaintiff§ the 4001. when they 'ing done so was not 'Wends which Mayo's oint one of extreme it judgment. HIS DAY.) 'all, for the dispatch , neance, as some dis ,et of addressing the totices of motions on ommittee to consider friarket is opened for ittee appointed to en. for improper conduct . Michael's Church.. an that the charge of riety of discontinuing the Lord Mayor and spoke in favour of v what doctrines the :rmon was ordered to DAY.) O'CLOCK. msequence, not eves ers from Paris by the ating that the French isequence of a general ny by the Poles; con •est, the French loan Ministers did not ap 84. A dissolution of , which no doubt will • ; Consols, which left trice, and went up to loing. PAST ONE. Jesday state that the ins and water being Lre also erecting new e least opposition on sitive information in ussians, although it Ily supposed that the g on their magazines or the account, with nvn in the city in re onsequence of which ols for money 79!!, west. Nothing doing. ) O'CLOCK that the French loan e Minister's price. E O'CLOCK. .ady henry gent'e.park, the Hon. at a few hours. _ ', IYemel Hempstead, nnington, the lady of Keellency the Minister 1. M. de °reuse, Esq., &air, Esq., of Chester.. Church, 11. E. Arm. k, to Miss Clark, late• E. liovrden, vicar of eldest daughter of the , in the same county. J. Avderson, lisq. of Tond daugliter of J. ged :!lieral Sir W. P. Gall. . _ YOUNG, AT TH* [,oNriox. :ATII. EXPRESS FROM PARIS. (From the Times.) We have just received, by express, all the Paris Papers (morning and evening) of Wednesday, and the Gazdte de France and the Messager des C'hambres date.l Tilers day ; together with • a packet of ktters and papers from various parts of the Continent. PROROGATION OF THE FRENCH CHAMBERS. The King on Wednesday set out from the Pakis Royal on horseback at half•past twelve o'clock ; he was draised in a splendid military uniform, aryl surrounded by a large cortege of Marshals. His Majesty reached . the biarnb,r of Deputies at cue o'clock, where he was received by the Ministers, and deputations from the Peers and Deputies., The King. soon after took his place in the frect of t! e throne, which was erected where the Presideves char stands, and then delivered his speech as follows.. - Dukes of Orleans and Nemours stood at each site , )f . e throne: His Majesty retnainvl nearly an hour the f:bamber. The President then read the proro;!:atinn, vlich was t. ntil the 15th of June next. The Kin?, both in Lis way to the Chamber, and on his retarn, was loudly cheered by the people. THE KING'S SPEECH. " Gentlumen, Peers, and Deputie. , ,—Eight runnels 'owe passed since in this assembly, audio your presence, accepted 6e throne, to which the national will of which •ou were the organs called me, and since I swore to. ob erve faithful . ) , the constitution el charter, with the mo difications expressed in the declaration of the 7th of lugust, .1920, not to govern except hy the laws, and ac... .ording to the laws, to cause good and exact justice to be. .endered to very man according to his right, and to act every thing with the sole oliect of the interest, the bap_ tines., and the gory of the French people. I then tolal .ou, that, profoundly impressed u ith the full extent of the lefties which this great act imposed upon me, I was eon rions that I should fulfil them, and that it was with tVa conviction I accepted the compact prepostel to me. " I like to repeat those solemn words which I p,o flounced on the 9th of August, because they are at once the invariable rule. of my conduct, rend the expreaton of the principle. upon which I aspire to be judged by France and by posterity. " tour session opened in. tilt midst of t rent dangers. The terrible contest in which the nation had Just defended it• laws, it rights, and its liberties, agait.st sn ttojrst a g . gression, and hroken.in pieces the r , sunrces of :Intim. hy ; and it was necessary to secnre the m lintenance ororder by the re-establishment of public power. France was instantly c vered with National Guards, formed spontaneously by thee ,atriotic zeal of' all the citizens, and otganzt..l by the 40- hority of the Government. That of Paris appeared titter and more numerous than tVcr, and C.ia admirable in stitution offered at once the means of stang snare',y in the interior, and of rep-lling nz . gres•-ion front v:ifbaut, to which our nation .1 independence have lien ex posed. At the - same time with the National Guard cot brave army of the line was recomposed, tutl Fringe may now look upon it with pride. Never was the levy of oar young soldiers effected with so much pro:nptitmle mei fa -ility ; and such is the p iotic ardour with which they are :minuted, t! at, scare: ly • rangel mider our standards, ,chose glorious vshours recall so many recollections tb:ar'm he country, they SIC no longer distinguisttable - from our veterans, and in no time were the French tro pa finer, better disciplined and, I say it .with confidence, animat .vith a Vetter spirit than they are now. .6 The labours of this great organization have not re tarded the ~e complishment of the promises of the Chart e-. Alteatly the grea'er part has been rearzcd • by thti 'arcs which you have voted, sad which I have a inetioacel. I have followed with anxiety, Eentlernen, the c,ouse of Your important labours, the whb!e of which exhibit ta lents, z sl, and oonrage, uhich will make the epoch re markable in history. France wi 1 not forget your devo tion to the country in the zronnent of danger ; and I shall always preserve the memory of the assistance which- I have found in you, when the necessities of the State imposed me the duty of requiring it. The -next Session will, I am confident, but have to cont'nue your tvotk, by com pleting it, and by preserving always the character of that great event of July, which guarant, es for tote. future, by legal means, all the improvements which ti a conntry has a right to expect, and which separates fire ever the tlc tinies of France from 1. dynasty excluded from the na tion's will. " After the shock wh i ch the social holy Utilerwent, it was difficult not to extrrienee same new crisis, end we have passed through some painful ores duting this ses sion ; but, thanks to the constant ifferts wh_irb you i are made to second ntine,—thanks to the cnerea•tie devoted ness of the people, to it. patriotism, and to the ind.fati gahle rid of the National Guat4 and of the troops of the line, we have passed through them successfully ; and if n e have had to regret lamentable disc,rilrts, at least the con sent of the country has approved the intentions',.; the au thorities. The internal peace of the kingdom is gradually re-establish e d, and the strength fat' Governmrtat has pro gressively increased in proportion as the rc.ign of the law has resumud its empire, and public safky has been eon soiidatcd. My. Government will 6intintm to 11,1 low with firm steps this course in which you have so wor.hily sup ported it. " Ministers 'have constantly attqw t ioNd you with the state of ffer diplomatic relafions, 110(1 you have hcen informed of the circumstances which have determined 1110 ta make extraordinary mmtutents ; dike me yoa have re cognized the necessity of them, awl you will also partici pate in my sincere desire to see them speedily rease. The assurances which I receive irons tt . 11 quarters of the pae;lie dispositions of foreign Powf , rs, give me the hope that their armies and ours may soon be reduced to f prop; the state -of peace; tint till the negotiations which are on foot have acquired the development necessary to rends this reduction possible, the attitude of Franee must be strong, and we must persevere in the me sores which we have taken to make her respected, for pe:fee is safe on'} with honour. ions 61 "Our support, and the concurrence of the Grua Powers of Entope, have secured the independence of lie'lgium, and its separation from Holland. If I have 1 - t•fused to yield to the wishes of the Belgic people, who offered me the crown for my second son, it is because I believed that this refusal was dictated by the interests. of France,• as. Well as by those of Belgutn itself. But this people Las pecu liar rights to our interests, and it is of importance to us that it should be happy and free. the Clt aro :appeal to , un fore y .9 o 7 r n cirCu l n f :sta li t u t c r e in s oblige g ili t t i l e ld abse nee of me.again patriotic seal, I shall do it with entire confidence. Always devoted to my country, no sacrifice will be too great in my eyes to maintain its honour or.to defend its independence ; but I have reason to hope that our state of peace will be consolidated, and that, far from my Government requir ing new resources, we shall see credit, manufactures, t,rol commerce, soon restore to us the prosperity which the country desired to reconquer with liberty, and cthicb liberty cannot produce but With the aid of a power that is strong , generous, and alway s n a tion a l. " This speech, delivered in a firm voice, with an ex pression which warmly excited the sympathy of the as sembly, was followed by cries of Vice le Rai front all the benches of the Deputies before their departure." FRENCH FUNDS, PARIS, APRIL -19.-Five per Cents., S7E 50c. 80e. 88f. 88f. 25c. 50x.891. 88f. 50c. 89f. 8:811. 75c. :inc. 25c. 50c.•88E 88f. 50c. 40c. 50c. 40e. 50c. 40c. 30c. 25c. Kq. 87f. 75c. 87f. 60c. 50c. 88E 87E 75c. 50c. 80c. ; Four per Cents. Reutes, 711. 50c. 721. ; Three per Cents., 581 25c. 40c. 50c. Mc. 50c. 75c. SOc. 591. 59E10c. 25c. 3, : te,601. 591. 75c. 60c. 59E 59f.'25e. 50c, 58f. 5 0 e. 40c. 80;1. 60c. 82;,, Mt 40c. 30c. 59c. 80c. 58E 60c. ' 85e:• ' Bank Stock, 1,490 E 1,485 f. • Rente de Naples, 64f. 50c 65t 64f. 75c. 50c. 64E ; Royal Spanish Loan, 65 64% ; Rente Perpetuelle d'Espagne, 45% 46% 46 46% 46 46 , A, 48 45% 4 ; Haytian Loan, 259 f. Ex change on London, one month, paper, 25f. 10e. ' • money, 25f. 10c. ; three months, paper, 241 95c. ; money, 24f. Me. • FRENCH FUNDS.-PARIS, APRIL 20.-Five per Cents., FS E 50c. 25c. 60c. 50c. 40c. 2.5 c. Rif. 87f. 75C.. 87f. 60c. 50c. 60c. s'c. 23c. 10c. 87f. 87f. 80c, &7f 25c. !tic. 87f. 87C 258. 10c. 80c. 10e ; Loan of 1831, tiff. 50e. 25c. ; Four per Cents, 721' ; Three per Cents., 841.50 x. 40e. 50c. 40c. 25c. 60f. 59f, Rt. 75c. Let 90 GOC 59f. 90c. 95c, 80, . 75c. 60c. 20c. 69f. 69C stie. f , sc 40e. 10c. 20c. 891. • Rank Stock, 1,490 f. ; Rente de Naples, 51f. 64f. 25e. 64f. 64f. 258. 64E 64E 10c. SOc.; Royal Spanish Loan, 64% ; R ente • Feroetudle d'Espagne, 46 45 4 1 4 46 45 44 45 %, EXchange en L an d on , one month, paw, 25E 10c., money, 9„.5e. 10c..; three months, pa- • per, 941, 95a.-Coors Authentique,., The Life of Sir THOMAS LAWRENCE, wilivb iy just proceetliug from the Press, is the wodc of Mr. D. Z. 11"twAms, to witntn, with the con•eut of the trim& and family Of the 'deceased, Mr. THOMAS' CAMPBELL transferred the private papc:,4 of Sir THoaSAS LAWRENCE, whm other literary eng3gemen . s prevented Mr. CAmaxLes proceeding with the biograpky, accord ing to his ori;inal design. COURT OF CHANCERY, THIS DAY.—The Lord Chancellor's Court was shut up to-day in conse quence of his Lorthhip having to attend •elsewitt ; re, with the nest of his Majesty's Ministers, in cJtnpleting• their arraniernents for the Dissolution of Parliament. The Artists' Fund . Dinner takes ,place L to , at the Freemasons" Lord 'Tavern, —YNDIIIIIIST t O the C w hair. We have no doubt that it will be fully and respectably attended, • Mr. LYTTON BULWER did not vote ogait st the second reading of the Reform Bill, ai was stared . in The Sun of yesterday, but was absent at th.a DISSOLUTION OF PAIZLIAMENT.--The " Silent Member's Letter to t h e King," pu blished vest by HATCHARD, is et this import ant . crisis intet•estinm , if H a lmost necessary to every Elector of the United Niog- • dual, even to those Who are opposed in opinion. , rd y