The Sun. — London, England, 1831-12-08 00:00:00

THE CHOLERA MORBUS. t tw, , 7 ' o THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. 4 ---Since Jordan's suspicious case occurred in New days have elapsed, and yet no other case, having (test resemblance to Asiatic or spasmodic cholera, al read) ny yearf► its appearance. To the majority of men this a sufficient proof that we have not been at all by that destructive malady. night the Chamber of Commerce of this town a memorial to Government, praying that the •3' be relieved from the quarantine restrictions We already been so injurious to our trade ; I hope ie the desired effect. been publicly stated, that from Monday, Nov. 28, ;, Dec. 3, 259 ships, 40,452 tons register, coastwise from this port, with an average quaran ion of eight days. This, at the minimum, will ship-owners 6,464/. Ships cleared foreign, register, without bills of health, detained forty to the ship-owner 1,000/., being a loss to; the alone of 7,461/. in one week, in consequence ial communication of the Mayor of Newcastle. undoubtedly deserving serious consideration. God I should recommend the restrictions to be re as to endanger other parts of the kingdom ; but belief I assure you is that we have never had the cholera here at all, and the flora-appearance, for of any suspicious case, affords, I conceive, an which admits of no answer. Under these cir can any thing be more impolitic or unjust Place us, where an isolated case of suspicion only , on the same footing as Sunderland, where cases of India cholera present themselves daily? . of Sunderland, it would seem, intended a few to have sent off a deputation to Government, to to get their restrictions taken off or lessened ; learnt that the Sunderland and Newcastle is future alike to be placed under ten :antine, they were satisfied. They cease to as long as their neighbouring port is as much as their own ; but have we any reason to be sa ith this? I know that some persons in London, ..-eply interested, got up a cry that the stories olera at Sunderland were merely fabricated through trading jealousy on the part of some individuals at Experience has proved the falsehood of this The Sun has, I believe, had more cornmunica the subject than any London Journal : several of ated from me, under the signature of "A Member 'castle Board of Health." I defy any one to point trace in them of misrepresentation. I have never exulted in the affliction of Sunderland, for felt that Newcastle might experience a similar Thank God, she has so far escaped. But, !tilt this topic, allow me to call your attention to production from Sunderland, which has just to the Subscription News-rooms here. It is as " Custom-house, Sunderland, Dec. 5. have to acknowledge the receipt of your the 3d inst., and we beg to state that we act authority of the Order in Council of the 29th 1831, directing all vessels arriving from the /castle tube placed under quarantine restrictions. " We are, your obedient servants, " C. SHARP, Collector. " C. J. HILL, Comptroller. Hedley, Esq." f rom Sunderland, where the Asiatic cholera has Six weeks, to Newcastle, where it has not been at ' the report from Sunderland, of Dec. 5, we learn fiv e new cases, six recoveries, and two deaths. they returned in their report to the common Which has been discoatinued some days ; they put all under the head malignant again. What l eaning of all this ? I am, your obedient servant, " tl e . upon-Tyne, Dec. 6. PHILALETHES. BIRMINGHAM, DEC. 7. (11031. A CORRESPONDENT.) Ith the reports of the doings of our neighbours , and the marching in and out of the troops, I You we have quite enough to think about. Two of horse, quartered in our barracks, left early this ' for the disturbed places, leaving only one troop these, however, will be sufficient for us, as every 'is as quiet as ustril. This morning about one of the 91st Regiment of Foot marched in; 'e scarcely billetted and dined before the bugle . them to fall in, to start immediately for Dudley. is about three o'clock, and the men are now as ', as fast as they can be collected. It is with diffi sergeants and corporalscan find their men, the time short, and the men unacquainted with the town. ke sergeants, in my hearing, has just reported to his at h e can only find six towards his complement of ° len. I learn they were ordered to march this from Henley very early, bind not even allowed before they left. The men appear in a very and dirty condition—wet to the skin; many so that they can scarcely walk, yet, poer fellows, still ten miles to go to Dudley. Informed yesterday by a creditable eye-witness, in the neighbourhood of Dudley on Wednesday, country is in a dreadful situation. The colliers, th e stone-getters, from Rowley and the adjacent ar e assembled in bodies of three or four hundred :fly armed with sticks, but, I am sorry to add, t n guns. They tell the soldiers that, if they inter ' will fight to the last, and really, as men inured , this is no trifling threat. My informant pieces of cannon in different places. The col • to be assisted by men from Newcastle, who, Its others, have promised to join them, and God 2°W the matter will end. Report speaks of a 11 one of the yeomanry being killed. How this, o ccurred, I cannot tell, for I have not heard of collision having taken place. Viers are spreading about the country within five tt begging of every one they meet, and if not th e parties get pretty well buffeted. The soldiers °elt completely at defiance. Several coal-pits were e again, but they were soon visited, and the ' 4, alter ordering the men up, who were at on their landing upon terra firma were Come with a good bumping, others with a dip Here the rioters have a great advantage over as on one side of the canal the soldiers cannot The colliers are determined not to work their grievances are redressed. a terrible state of things, but I hope in my next . news. We have ten pieces of cannon in our and expect the Scotch Greys every hour. I might ad ded that last week we hadmany colliers begging t 'tcn in parties of two or three. I walked myself Bromwich on Saturday last, and could scarcely ty yards without being stopped by colliers, but icted themselves very civilly and peaceably. It • , ted, instead of fresh disturbances, all the pits h ave be e n at work this week. I will send you , "th the best information I can procure. 1 am, dear Sir, (in haste) yours truly, J. S. S. t "••Those unacquainted with machinery, &e. at tli: coal-pits, may form some idea of the serious in "4l proprietors sustain, when I say that the pit 't from 401. to 601. each, arid there are generally t hree rut in each pit. The soldiers have been on from early yesterday morning till middle of ' Without being relieved. NEELD attended on Tuesday morning gar lIICHARD BIRNIE and Mr. MINSHULL, to an : one filed against him on the . oath of Dr. ke his In ° 111 th eof Lady CAROLINE NEELD'S Counsel, in place, b' Learned Gentleman stated that, from certain of pa 5 ; 3 71 , 7 4 4 . 7, 8 c' h 0rt he had received, and which he believed to be groom F ed with s aftgit ' tw ah out a t d o reason to suspect that a breach of the peace be committed, by a duel about to be fought efore the erl 1 11 4.1. °SEM NEELD, Esq., and the Hon. WILLIAM on. ill e l i k Li t ' Mr. NEELD was introduced to the Bench, and th e '4" by the side of the Magistrates, and he entered l into Eng t o ti , teeogniz an ces required by them for keeping the eof my of 4 \i", l4 .rds all his MAJESTY'S subjects, and towards the se of the dlil 11.44.a15t ASHLEY in particular.—Morning Paper. the fried G.Hl t isTMAs PRESENTS.—Of all the tokens who are I f ' ett ' L "(11,1 1 ' 014 about 11) or affection which it is customary to pre y rich) , thi s season of the year, perhaps it would be e not eage : .,Nt t seek to "I'l,ll bei tat ? find a cheaper or more elegant one than any of teo ifui fictions published in the " Standard Novels." whose I , ‘" - :044 „-y ers are l'ellht" `` The of the productions of COOPER, (" The eir of e Pilot," and " The Last of the Mohicans,") 4 c 3 1. PORTER, (" Thaddeus of Warsaw," and " The nd adorer °h ictest intess , u e Gh o "thi") " Frankenstein," by Mr s. SHELLEY, EngligliPAo'he glee Seer," by SCHILLER, and " Edgar Huntly, play an 0 1) 94 0 )1. - lided P Walker," by BitocanEN BROWN, have been the 4tltif ah j! . the Series. All these popular Novels are one Y illustrated ; each of the four first, complete in r m rog an a i w opti;j, "lu tne, may be obtained at half the cost of the f fashion ) eft ,, W e , uch i Ptkti unuerstand that some Italians will be en - Ter to fall phi taking casts of Brsiror's face, for the instruction by it thoo, be p aor i l en le .‘ gists and physiognomists. We have no doubt leaders 0 , ema will per f orm their task con gusto e amore. t two e t ' u THE mess, fe:: 4 " - -Since J louse of r tin d ays hi the Lortthglitest rese of the 'de its am b a suffi epartme , • . idmiraltt db cii 1r Ireland' y that de Nlaster 5t night th, ptroller ottaitted a me 11 111 1, 2 ‘1' be re in tW i li i have drew Purse 11. 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Th; Lon of th e k r quit thi, his Mai 4 t te "s pro, 4e the of Are , • s••• DRFOLgt with th e n i ., 1 ).---1% 7 e ed the °f the the 3d in his aP li o c'e °nth° er the h : t c \r en lber , 1 BIG LA Si' i ' ; "tvcasti ; present" " Iv, tent. „, 1 I by the l', / t o I', and 1 ' L lh h • tn as liedl 4f; from S if Nonro l '1! -1,,, it wet :m.int as '''cl e -. 1 the r, t ttr "e fire r CruNct fi It t 4 Y th e y , Lord l li t t a r ; Which Wit.ictiO i tikt i ,"‘ v put ; ity visite d m eaning ( es's. 4ita,,,, harm 0. , . (] ` partot ° telli;:tha th d 4.stissUAl ? ; yo, We 1 11, 11 : of horse pleasu r e 'l l d 4 C for the ER i s pi , th . these, tend; nv, ,I se, ere is a s w ' t Part of scar e birth of 11 4.44:e ed ther F,x_Empell . ° ,ltq l .Na abot es the for? 1,11 11;1 a. fas great 0 1 i ° ' Y b he serge. )E0 had P il lt ^ so short, k o °l th„ erg ) PA GO hetctl'at he ;(tar the ‘` ei5,, 41 7. eon of P e eat bel ! 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The Y iN tIVe °I 1 110 et C my a ~aug I, uq ue Minister 01 Pe X1:1 t( , li 0 1,e'd tete( he two 0 tki hav e the affliet i° l 11 Wi t h ti a twelve' i , it Mr& 6 i, la 'dings, and ° cOktS,,,i, h f Gram, Oki;' l to e e Legistiter` t th e °a I, e rual ‘' S tk Nit f ' l'El tl tt ti r° TUCSda) i i th.%. I ree 'OUgh GO i V '‘ 4, - I t4 fr hunter, ''', " Wit 'ation had j ) , I\l , pipts, 0 oat, In te r' N, familiariteN:Si, lit had fright`iht; al l i f ke his poP;Apooll,ufoi p l ace , bltdijllll,llql th e L on of passegrti„ tlNti II °n_ 110 USE OF COMMONS. Mcrcurii, 7° die Decembris, 1831. Resolved,—That this Home will not receive any peti tion for Private Bills after Friday, the 17th day of February next. Resolved,—That no Private Bill be read the first time after Monday, the 26th day of March next. Resolved,—That this Howie will not receive any Report of such Private Bill after Monday, the 28th day of May next. Ordered,—That the said Resolutions be printed. J. H. LEY, Cl. Dom. Com. BRIGHTON, DEC. 6.—Some sensation has been excited at Brighton by a circumstance relative to PAGANINI. Mr. GUTTERIDGE, it appears, had engaged „.. the Signor to play at the theatre for one night, at the mo derate E 111 of 200 guineas. As the theatre, however, when crammed almost to suffocation, would only produce about 2001., and after paying PAGANINI and other ex penses he would have had to disburse nearly 3001., Mr. GUTIERIDGE was of course compelled to raise the prices. It was therefore announced that the prices of the boxes and pit would be doubled, and the admission to the gallery in creased to 4s. The announcement of the intended increase of prices caused considerable dissatisfaction in Brighton, and placards were yesterday posted on the Steine, calling upon the public to resist the extortion, and threatening, if the prices were raised, to make of Brighton another Bristol. Mr. GUTTERIDGE having obtained one of the placards, went to the Magistrates to ask for protection against the threatened outrage, and a promise was of course made to him of the assistance of the police. Although, as far as PAGANINI is concerned, I should be glad to see a stop put to his shameful system of extortion, yet for the sake of Mr. GUTTERIDGE, I am glad to say that there is every prospect of a full house to-morrow, as the applications for tickets have been numerous in the extreme. Few travellers have explored the North of Europe with such care and acuteness of observation as has been manifested by Mr. ELLIOTT, of the Bengal Civil Service, in his just published volume. From Holland to the furthest point of Russia, his attention to external nature and society was everywhere alive; especially as regards the capital cities of the different countries through which he passed, as the lime, Amsterdam, Hamburgh, Copen hagen, Elsineur, Go ' thenborg, Christiana, Stockholm, St. Petersburgh, Moscow, Berlin, Dresden, &c. of which Mr. ELLIOTT has given the most lively and interesting acconnie, accompanied by abundant personal anecdotes. ANECDOTE OF DR.. ARNE.--The writer of this article having, many years ago, accompanied the Doctor to Cannons, the seat of the late Duke of CIIANDOS, to assist at the performance of an oratorio in the Chapel of Whitechurch, such was the throng of company that no provisions were to be procured at the Duke's house. On going to the Chandos Arms, in the town of Edgware, we made our way into the kitchen, where we found nothing but a solitary leg of mutton on the spit. This, the waiter informed us, was bespoke by a party of gentlemen. The Doctor, rubbing his elbows—his usual manner—says to me, " I'll have that mutton—give me a fiddle-string." He took the fiddle-string, cut it in pieces, and privately sprink ling it over the mutton, walked out of the kitchen. Then waiting very patiently till the waiter had served it up, he heard one of the gentlemen exclaim :—" Waiter, this meat is full of maggots, take it away." This was what the Doctor expected, who was on the watch. " Here, give it me." "0, Sir," says the waiter, " you can't cat it— 'tis full of maggots." " 0, never mind," cried the Doctor, " fiddlers have strong stomachs." So bearing it away and scraping off the fiddle-strings, we made a hearty dinner on the apparently maggoty mutton.—Stafford Mer. EXPEDIENT TO PROCURE A SUBSTITUTE tint I3ooKs.—l have often been amused with the inge nuity and perseverance manifested by the natives in their endeavours to obtain a substitute for books. The bark of the paper mulberry was frequently beaten to a pulp, spread out on a board, and wrought and dried with great care, till it resembled a coarse sort of card. This was sometimes cut into pieces about the size of the leaves of a book ; and upon these, with a reed cut in the shape of a pen, and immersed in rcd or purple vegetable dye, the alphabet, syllable, and reading lessons of the spelling book, and the scripture extracts usually read in the school, have been neatly and correctly copied. Sometimes the whole was accurately written on one broad sheet of paper, like native cloth, and, after the manner of the ancients, carefully rolled up, except when used. This was often the only kind of book that the natives in re mote districts possessed; and many families have, without any other lessons, acquired a proficiency that has enabled them to read at once a printed copy of the scriptures. It has also gratified us as indicative of the estimation in which the people held every portion of the word of God, and their desire to possess it, to behold them anxiously preserving, even the smallest piece of paper, and writing on it texts of the scripture, which they had heard in the place of worship."—Elas's Polynesian Researches. GOSSAMER SPIDER.—There is a substance called gossamer, which at some seasons, particularly in autumn, is seen floating in the air in long threads, some times attached to a branch or blade of grass by one end, and sometimes entangled in long skeins through the branches. It was doubted what bad produced these light and beautiful films, but now it is known that they are the production of a spider. He is a most ingenious artist, and not only makes a habitation to reside in and supply himself with provisions, but he also forms for himself a flying chariot, by which, though he has no wings, he can transport himself through the air, and obtain a living in the higher regions when he cannot on the earth. When the spider, either from choice or necessity, wishes to change his place, he projects forward a number of these detached films, which are so light that they are freely borne along by the wind; and attaching himself to an ex tremity, he is carried along as easily as Mr. GREEN in his balloon, which, in fact, he guides with more safety than that unfortunate voyager, for there he sits secure ; and he has been compared to a sculler on the Thames, looking one way and rowing another. These flying spiders are sometimes seen above the spires of steeples, moving along with their filmy chariots, and when the sun glances upon them they look no less beautiful than curious, resembling so many tiny comets moving through the blue sky, with shining trains blazing around them.—Juvenile Forget .Me Not. FEMALE HEROISM.--" One day," said MassENA, " being at Buezenghen, I perceived a young soldier belonging to the light artillery, whose horse had just been wounded by a lance. The young man, who ap peared quite a child, defended himself desperately, as seve ral bodies of the enemy lying around him could testify.— I immediately despatched an officer with some men to his assistance; but they arrived too late. Although this action had taken place on the borders of the wood, and in front of the bridge, this artilleryman had alone withstood the attack of the small troop of Cossacks and Bavarians, whom the officers and men I had despatched had imme diately put to flight. His body was covered with wounds inflicted by shot, lances, and swords; there were at least 30. And do you know, Madame, what this young officer was ?" said Massed a, turning to me. " A woman ! yes, a woman ! and a handsome woman, too ! although she was so covered with blood that it was difficult to judge of her beauty. She had followed her lover to the army. The latter was a Captain of Artillery ; she never left him ; and when he was killed, defended him like a lioness, the remains of him whom she so atdently loved. She was a native of Paris; her name was Louisa BELLET, and she was the dtzighter of a fringe-maker in the rue du Petit Liot:."—Memoirs of the Duchess of Abranies, in the Athenceum. MURDER.—On Tuesday forenoon last, a person of the name of LINDSAY was lodged in the gaol here, under a charge of having, on the Monday evening preceding, murdered a ma❑ in the village of Shotts. It is stated they had been drinking together in a public-house ; but a quarrel happening to ensue betwixt them, they were ousted by the itaterference of the landlord, when LINDSAY, it is said, draw from his pocket a large knife, and stabbed his opponent so severely in several parts of the body that he only survived a few minutes. A judicial investigation into the circumstances of the case is at present going on before the proper authorities.—Scots Times. ANOTIIER SUPPOSED MURDER.—On Tues day afternoon, about four o'clock, a person residing a t Brighton, who had gone out to shoot sea-gulls, discovered upon the full of the beach beyond Hove, the body of a female, without head or arms. The bone from each shoulder to the elbow was bare of flesh ; but the body did not appear otherwise mutilated. No marks of violence were discernible ; nor had the body any appearance of having been the prey of fish. There were upon it a pair of stays and chemise, with black cotton stockings and white tape garters on the legs, which were not at all bruised or mutilated. Some days previous to the disco very of the body hand-bills were issued, announcing that a female, about 18 years of age, was missing. She was sister to Mr. Horths, tinman, of Union-street, and from the appearance of the remains there is every reason to believe they are those of the unfortunate young woman in question. The inquest was held yesterday at the Crown, Copperas-gap, and is adjourned till three o'clock this day. —Brighton Gazette. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, DEF. 7. Their Lordships met to-day at One o'clock for the pur pose of going up with the address, after which their Lord ships adjourned till to-morrow. HOUSE OF COMMONS, DEC. 7. At Four o'clock the SPEAKER. took his scat, when he _ . read the usual sessional orders, which were agreed to. Mr. WARBURTON gave notice that on Thursday he would move for the production of returns; relative to the cholera morbus. Petitions were presented complaining of undue elec tions for the county of Dorset, for Forfar, and for the town of Drogheda. They were ordered to be taken into consideration on Monday, Dec. 26. THE YORKSHIRE PETITION. (The above petition, which was of an enormous bulk, was carried into the blou•e by two messengers.) Lord ALTHORP said he had been entrusted with a petition from the county of York in favour of Radiomen • tary Reform, and he felt much honoured by this mark of the confidence reposed in him by the petitioners. From the magnitude of the petition, the House must be aware of the great difficulty he would have in the ordinary mode of presenting it. There were between 140,000 and 150,000 signatures attached to it, and the petitioners prayed that in any Reform Bill which might be brought forward during the present Parliament, the House would not depart from the main principles of the Bill brought forward in the last session, and they prayed for its speedy despatch. In presenting it to the House, the Noble Lord said he most cordially concurred in its prayer. He should be exceedingly sorry- if any Bill should be presented or proposed to the House which should de part from the principles of the last Bill, and whatever improvements might he made in the detail, he hoped and trusted that when it was introduced, it would be found that Ministers bad redeemed their pledge.—(Cheers.) It was not desirable that be should at present enter at greater length into the subject, and be concluded by ex pressing the satisfaction and gratification he experienced in being intrusted by such a great and important county with a petition expressive of their sentiments.—(Hear.) Lord MORPETH said it was unnecessary for him to say much relative to the petition, after what had been said by his Noble Friend. The very form and bulk of the petition were the weightiest arguments in its favour. That petition was the answer which the county of York had given to the imputation of a re-action in the country. --(Cheers.) In addition to what had fallen from the Noble Lord (Althorp), lie had only to say that be attended the meeting at which the petition was adopted, and from which it was circulated throughout the county for signature, with the particular request that the name of no person whatever should be affixed to it who was not of full age, and could not write his name—the number of signatures, therefore, not only showed the great ardour for Reform, but the extended sway of the school master.—(Hear.) The meeting had been held on the first rejection of the Bill, and when disgraceful outrages were taking place in some other Farts of the country, but no assembly of men could evince more firmness or temperance than did the freeholders of Yorkshire at that great meeting.—(Hear, hear, hear.) The number of signatures, as stated by his Noble Friend, exceeded 140,000, and they were all obtained within the narrow space of six days. There was one request of the peti tioners, in which be (Lord Morpeth) felt strong sym• pathy, although it was not very complimentary to those gentlemen who had delivered long speeches ; it was the prayer that not only the Bill, containing all the essentials of the last Bill, be introduced, but that it may be passed with the least possible delay. Although be knew that no man had a right to interfere with the free latitude and the free discussion of Members in this House, yet he begged to remind the House that it was from the delay caused by those long speeches that there had resulted a great stagnation of business, a great decrease of employ ment, awl much individual suffering, which was now on the increase ; much greater delay, he feared, would but augment those evils. Mr. CROKER would not have made a single observa tion on the presentation of this petition, but for the latter observation of the Noble Lord who spoke last. That Noble Lord attributed all the delay, and all the stagnation of business, to the long speeches which had been deli vered last session. He could tell the Noble Lord that he was mistaken in his facts, and mistaken also in his deduc tions. The delay in the Committee did not arise from the opponents of the Bill.—(Loud cries of " Hear" from the Opposition.) It arose in a considerable degree, and he would say also in a meritorious•degree, on the part of many of the Reformers, who thought it necessary to intro duce some amendments in the Bill. During the debates, he (Mr. Croker) introduced a proposition for which the Noble Lord himself voted—a proposition that went to prevent a most gross act of injustice being com mitted. So it had (lectured with many other errors. It was well for the Noble Lord to complain of Mem bers making long speeches, when on the very night of last session it was not the fault of the Noble Lord that he did not himself treat the House with a long speech.—(Laughter.) He (Mr. Croker) now repeated what he had said last night, and be did not mean any reproach when he said so, that it was the first agitation of the Reform Bill that occasioned the stagnation of trade. —(Hear.) Whether or no the Reform Bill be the cause of the stagnation, or whether it be caused by the delay, he would prophecy that, should the Bill be carried, there would not only he a greater stagnation of trade, but also a great convulsion of all the old established institutions of the country. Mr. STRICKLAND could not let the present oppor tunity pass without bearing testimony to the respectability of the meeting at which the petition was agreed to. He thought it would be the means of convincing any person who would be convinced,of the fallacious notion that any re-action had taken place in the country with respect to the Reform Bill. In his opinion the greatest advantages were likely to result from that question being brought to a speedy ter mination, for when a question occupied the public mind as this had done, the sooner it was concluded the better. He had no doubt that the measure intended to be proposed by his Majesty's Ministers would go a great way in effecting the happiness and prosperity of the country.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. HUNT denied that he had ever stated there was a re-action in the minds of the people of England with re spect to Refocus. What he had stated was that a re action had taken place as to his Majesty's Ministers' plan of Reform. He had been to several public meetings, and should wish very much to know by bow many signatures the petition from Leeds was signed ? Mr. EVANS stated 22,000 p:,rsons.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. HUNT would take upon himself to say that every person signing the petition wanted much more than the petition prayed for. He thought it an extremely erro neous notion to suppose that such petitions as had been presented front York were proofs that no re-action had taker place in the minds of the people with reference to the plan of his Majesty's Ministers. He had attended a meeting at Huddersfield, and with but two ex ceptions they disapproved of the measure of Mini sters. They wished, however, for more than that measure gave them ; in fact they wished for something for themselves.—(Cheers.) He did nut mean to say for a moment that the public were not in favour of Reform, and he had hoped the Honourable Gentlemen sitting on the aide of the House be did, would have been the advocates of a much greater Reform than that introduced by his Majesty's Ministers—(Loud cheer ing)--and he thought he was justified in that hope by what had been stated by the Honourable Member for Tamworth, who bad observed that he would rather advocate the extended measure proposed by the Hon. Member for Presten than the one brought for ward by Ministers. He had no doubt that nineteen out of twenty who had signed that petition had signed it merely because it was in favour of Reform, without understanding what the plan of Reform was. The petition was then read, and ordered to be printed. Mr. HUNT presented a petition from the inhabitants of Failsworth, near Manchester, praying that the Rev. Robert Taylor's confinement might be mitigated. Mr. G. VERNON presented a petition from a parish in Nottingham in favour of the proposed plan of Reform. Lord MORPETII presented is petition from Wakefield, agreed to at a most numerous and respectable meeting, to the same effect as the one from Yorkshire. Mr. CROKER wished to know the number of signa tures to that petition? Lord MORPETH observed, 2,700. Mr. CROKER said lie thought there must be very few of the rural inhabitants left to sign when the numbers were considered that had signed the York petition, the 22,000 who had signed the Leeds one, the 2,700 from Wakefield, and other places. Lord ALTHORP observed that the Hon. Member had forgotten that Northallerton could furnish 1,700 sig natures. Mr. CROKER felt surprised that the new borough of Northallerton, than which there never was a greater job, the extent of which was to b seventeen miles, could not furnish more than 1,700 signatures.—(Cheers.) Lord ALTHORP observed that it was no job on the part of those who then sat on that side of the House. Sir J. C. HOBHOUSE moved for certain returns re- lative to the number of inhabitant householders in St. James's, Westminster. Mr. HUME presented a petition from the Western Po litical Union, praying the House to adopt measures for the diffusion of knowledge, by the removal of the many taxes that prevented its extension. He (Mr. Hume) con curred most cordially with the prayer of the petition, wishing to see all taxes removed from paper and printing, as a great means of accomplishing the object, which the petitioners had in view. He thought those who had kept the country in the state of ignorance in which it was, would do well to consider what they had to answer for, and he trusted his Majesty's Ministers would not de lay the removal of those taxes he had referred to. Mr. A. TREVOR was satisfied that the many evils that existed in the country arose from the poorer classes of society having had an opportunity of perusing the disre putable and diabolical papers and periodicals that were in circulation. He seas not hostile to the poorer classes being properly educat, d, but be was satisfied their condition would never be bettered by removing the tax upon newspapers and other periodical papers of that description, which had a sufficient circulation throughout the country to enable them to pay a much larger tax than that which they did, and he kne.v of no better source of revenue than such a tax. Colonel TORRENS considered the salvation of the country essentially bound up in the diffusion of sound po litical knowledge.—(Applause.) Imperfect knowledge might lead the people to disturbance—might lead them to conceive that the rights of property were irreconcileable with the rights of the working classes; but convinced, as be was, that the rights of property perfectly secured the rights of the working classes; convinced of the soundness of the principle of distri • buting knowledge among them, be should not think he performed his duty if he did not raise his voice in favour of the people being instructed, as by this means they would be taught the first principles of right, of Go vernment, of profits of labour, and of profits of stock. With these impressions, he should support every proposition which might be brought forward in Parliament • for the purpose of rendering knowledge cheap.—(Ap plause.) lam convinced, said the Gallant Colonel, that our only safety in the present excitement, is perfect knowledge. Knowledge is power. The people half in• strutted have half power; half power may be exercised in somewhat an injudicious way; but if you give the people perfect knowledge, thereby conferring on them perfect power, they will exercise that power soundly, and for the best interests of the country at large. In ignorance you will have danger—in knowledge you will have safety ; therefore, it is of the highest import ance that the utmost diffusion of knowledge should take place.—The petition was then ordered to be drawn up. Mr. HUME, in moving that the petition might be printed, desired to snake a few observations in reply to what had fallen from the Hon. Member, in opposition to the taking the taxes off publications. That Hon. Member had attributed to the Press every thing that was base and mischievous. He (Mr. Hume) wished to know whether that Hon. Gentleman desired such a state should continue to exist. Part of the Press was in the complete possession of persons whole whole aim was to circul ite that which seas evil and mischievous, and it was utterly impossible for any person who had property, or a character to maintain, to attempt to repel or answer the base charges which per sons ventured to send forth. His (Mr. Hume's) desire was, that some measure might be adopted which would enable good men to send forth a proper antidote against the poison of these dangerous publications which were so much complained of. This could only be done by the removal of all taxes from Newspapers and publica tions of every description. A complete and indiscrimi nate publication ought to be permitted ; and he (Mr. H.) wished to ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he had any intention to bring forward an Act for the purpose of repealing duties upon publications? Mr. TREVOR explained. Lord ALTHORP said, I must protest against questions being put to me at this period of the year, as to what I may be inclined to do with respect to the removal of taxation, because, to give satisfactory answers to such questions, would be to pledge myself at a period at which I should be extremely sorry to give any pledge whatever. Sir F. BURDETT thought that if these mischievous publications were to be allowed to go on, it would be but a'r to allow the opportunity to others of answering them on an equal footing—that is, without being under the re striction of that heavy taxation which the respectable part of the Press was under at present. Mr. HUME moved for a return of the persons who had been convicted of selling unstamped publications, the Ma gistrates by whom they had been convicted, and the respec tive periods of imprisonments. He understood there were at this moment no less than twenty-nine persons under sentence of imprisonment for selling unstamped publica tions. Colonel TORRENS had great pleasure in seconding the motion for this return. It was only by the free pro nunciation of opinions that truth could be arrived at; and if the truth were to be permitted to be promulgated with out taxation there could be no doubt that truth would thepre v s ai u p l , p a r v e i s t s h i o o t u l t a f n t yh stepthe eing mischievous of t t e be Press.ta ke for n ADDRESS TO HIS MAJESTY. Lord CAVENDISH brought up the report on the ad dress. On the motion that it he read a second time, Mr. HUME said he wished to make a few observations before the report was agreed to, not only on what the ad dress to the speech contained, but on what the speech itself was silent. He felt it necessary thus to explain, from the opinions he entertained, and which he had before ex pressed. In the first part of the speech he entirely con curred, and he believed Ministers were entitled to the gra titude of the country for having so soon re-assembled Par liament, in order satisfactorily to settle the Reform ques tion. Much too of the present dissatisfacion which pre vailed in many Places would, no doubt, be removed by that adjustment. There was one part, however, speech with which be did not agree ; he allud e d to os th aft e tishfeatry eo interference of this country with regard to Belgium. Neither party would thank them; both had expressed dissatisfaction, and the ostensible ob ject of preventing a general war would be attained no longer than the parties had time to prepare for a re commencement of hostilities. As well might France and the other Powers interfere and dictate the separation of Ireland from England, as this country dictate the separation of Belgium from Holland. The British Par liament had thus committed themselves in that inter ference, and had acted on the principles of the Holy Alliance, most injurious to all States.—(Hear, bear.) The increase in our establishments last year and at pre sent, was evidently necessitated by the posture of affairs in relation to Belgium. But there was no allusion in his Majesty's speech to any contemplated reduction in this department. Why oidnli s g ho rc ul i d th th o e th p e e r o n p a le t , ion s s o , d t i o st i r n e , s o se lv d e , be called upon, by m themselves in renewed difficulties, and to force measures on a Government which they d,d not want. The speech admitted that distress actually existed : no doubt distress had arisen from want of employment, but was there in the speech or in the address one word suggesting a remedy for it ? Could a man, casting his eyes over the country, hesi tate to declare that excessive taxation was the cause of the evil? He was most sincerely of opinion that the pre sent interference of this country with Belgium and Holland was inconsiderate in principle, and involved no small expenditure of the character of the nation. He did expect that some attempt should have been made to relieve the people by a reduction of the establishments, and he would state that so long as Government persevered in straining by large establishments every shilling that could be wrung from the people, no expectation could be enter tained that efficient relief should be administered. He had been blamed last year for quietly submitting to so large an increase of public establishments, but under the peculiar circumstances in which the present Government had been placed by the Administration, increase of expense was to have been expected. He did, however, expect that after a year they would have been prepared to make some ex tensive reductions. He could not see why such establish ments should now be kept up, larger than for many years, and at so heavy an expense. The time no doubt would come, when it would be necessary to enlarge on these subjects, but he could not allow this opportunity to pass without these observations. He objected to the interference alluded to, and to the fact, that while distress was admitted, no specific remedy had been propounded. Lord PALMERSTON could not let the observations made by his Hon. Friend pass without some remark. The Hon. Gentleman had expressed disapprobation of the course pursued by Government in interfering between Belgium and Holland, representing that that Government had abandoned all their former principles and professions, and adopting those of the Holy Alliance, had im posed on Belgium a Government which was adverse to its wishes. He should be prepared, when the pro per season presented itself, to contend that the interference which this country bad exercised between Holland and Belgium rested on principles acted on by Governments of England, in the best seasons and best times, upon principles which, if Government was not prepared to act, they should consent to abandon the interests of England itself. He should like the llon. Member to point out in what respect they had forced on Belgium a Government con trary to their wishes. The Belgians had chosen their own Government, their own Sovereign, and the Government of England had in no respect interfered to dictate to them, either as to the form of their Government, or the choke of their Sovereign• Meanwhile Holland and Belgium were mutually anxious to be separated. It waa impossible for these countries to wee ou the tertns of separat:on, if they were left entirely to decide them by mutual com munication ; and the unavoidable consequence of allowing .....____ , them to pursue their own claims, would have involved all Europe in war. It was therefore with due regard to the interests of peace, not less than to the independence of nations, that this country had interfered. That inter fer. rice had saved Europe from a general war, a war of principle which might, therefore, in a short time, have involved England ; the result of our timely interference had been to place the kingdom of Ifolhm-1 i❑ a better situation than she before occupied in any period of her his tory ; and to secure to Belgium that form of Government and that sovereign whom the Belgians Wished to have. Mr. G. DAWSON designated his Majesty's speech as the most unmeaning one he had ever heard. The chief topics of it were those relating to Reform, and a probable change in tithes. As to Reform he would say nothing at present, but as regarded a change in the lass , of tithes, he thought that from the manner in which they had been mentioned, a great alarm was created in the minds of all who were possessed of tithe proporty. Ex cepting those two subjects, every thing else had been left in confusion and doubt. the state of the country was such that it was impossible but every person could see it was becoming more dangerous ; conflagrations were taking place in every part of the country, and no steps had been taken to put an end to them. The country was almost in a state of civil war. Look at Bristol, at Nottingham, and at Derby, at which places property to an immense amount, and hundreds of lives, had been de.troyed, and yet Ministers seemed to have not the least notion beyond stating those facts, and leaving their remedy entirely out of the ques tion. Trade was paralysed, industry at a stand, and yet nothing was stated in the speech to lead us to suppose that Ministers intended to bring forward any remedy: But there was one subject which was in every body's mouth, he meant with respect to those societies which in the speech were called combinations. The words of the speech on this subject were as vague and unsatisfactory as possible. The proclamation that had been issued, instead of suppressing those Unions, by threatening to enforce the rigour of the law, was merely of that milk and water nature, that it seemed but as a kind of advice to persons to abstain from uniting; in fact it was vague and undefined. The sentence in the speech relating to these Unions did not state whether it was the intention of Government to propose any law to put them down, or whether there was any law in existence which they intended to put into execution. The Attorney-General seemed to have been slumber ing at his post ever since be was appo'nted to it, and if he bad been advised respect ing a speech, he had certainly put together a vast number of words as undefined as possible. Should those Unions be persevered in it would be satisfactory to know whether Ministers intended to put them down, for there seemed to be no law to effect that object. Why were not steps taken to put down the existing Association in Ireland, which consisted only of the dregs of the Catholic Association, all the names of respectability having been withdrawn ? To this body the whole Government of Ireland had been delegated, and tithes was only one of many subjects of agitation. He believed that on this very day a meeting was held in Dublin, for the purpose of form ing a Prote,tant Association, to oppose the proceedings .f the Catholic Association ; and he would ask whether it was fit that such a state of things should continue ? On this and other points the House was entitled to explanation ; that it would be satisfactory he did not expect, for he was sorry to confess that both England and Ireland were ruled by an irresponsible Government. It was the Government of the mob and the Government of the press, and the Mi nisters of the Crown were but the servants of the mob and the press. He was sorry to see the manner in which Mi nisters had allowed the ante-rooms of their offices to be filled by the would-be representatives of the mob and the press. Lord Grey had admitted be did not know bow many tailors to an interview ; and Lord Melbourne, from whose character and generosity of mind he had expected something better, had allowed a radical apothecary to in trude upon his privacy. Mr. R. C. FERGUSSON referred to the reception the Right Hon. Gentleman who preceded him had experienced at a late public meeting in the county of Sussex, as a proof that the Anti-Reformers were in no danger from express ing their sentiments in the presence of a popular assembly met to discuss the question of Reform. In reference to the disturbances at Bristol, his Hon. and Learned Friend (Sir C. Wetherell) had completely justified himself in his (Mr. Fergusson's) opinion as to the charge of his being the cause of the riots. While he distinctly pronounced him absolved of all blame on that score, he could not, however, agree with bins in thinking it was incumbent upon Government to place his name in the Commission.— (Hear.) He agreed with what bad fallen from a Right Hon. Gentleman (Mr. Dawson) on the subject of Political Associations; and he approved of the proclamation for their suppression. These Unions were petty republics, with whirls no regular Government could be co-existent. In saying this, he would be far from countenancing any interruption to the freedom of discussion. But the Leeds Union had been established with a declaration against he• rtilitary distinctions; a London Union bad been similarly established ; and without mooting the question, whether the principle of that declaration were right or wrong, he must declare it was such a principle as no monarchical Government could suffer to exist.—(Cheers.) At the same time he must admit he had not learned that the As sociations, since their meeting, had been guilty of any illegal act. In reference to that part of the address re specting Reform, he begged to state, that his opinions were unchanged. He would continue to support his Ma jesty's Ministers on the principle of the late Bill, which did not necessarily draw with it an adherence to all its details. He thought that in many particulars it had been changed for the worse in its progress through that House. The Hon. Member then adverted to the line of policy pursued its the adjustment of the difference between Belgium and Holland, and stated that he could not form a proper judg ment as to the propriety of the mode of interference, until the various explanatory documents, which be admitted had been hitherto properly withheld, were laid before the House. The policy adopted in the national relations to France appeared to him wise, liberal, and conciliatory, and he hoped to see it ripen into a cordial and lasting amity, as the means of averting fu one Europe the dangers of a general war, with which it was threatened by the designs of less enlighted Powers. He could not refrain from touching upon another and a melancholy theme.— He feared that the silence of the address respecting unfor tunate Poland must be considered as si!ence over the dead. —(Hear.) Never, he feared, would that country again arise, struck down as it was at the feet of Russia, and the slave of the conqueror. Still he could not permit himself to put entire faith in the assertions of a Parisian publica tion, which stated that Poland bad not been subdued by the Russian arms, but by the promises of England and France.—(Hear.) France had deceived her by promises of aid, but he entertained the conviction that Britain was free from this foul stigma. Lord SANDON rose to address the House, but, partly Irons the frequent depression of his Lordship'srvoice and partly from his position under the gallery, we were unable to catch more than disjointed fragments of his speech. We understood his Lordship to say, that lie thought a Bill, conformable in principle to the last, was called for; but be was of opinion, that if they gained the concurrence of a majority of the other House to the leading principles of that Bill, they ought not to attempt to overcome the resist ance to particular details.—(Hear.) There was a general conviction of the necessity of a measure of Reform —a measure that would abolish nomination boroughs, and afford a liberal extension of the elective franchise ; but there was no necessity to attempt to force down the throats of the country a Bill precisely, or very nearly similar to the last.—( Hear, from the Ministerial side, from which the Noble Lord spoke, and cheers from the Opposition benches.) They ought not to estimate the general feeling with respect to the late Bill by what had occurred at public meetings.—(Hear.) If Hon. Members examined the sentiments of their constituents individually as regarded that Bill, and struck a balance, they would, he was per suaded, find that the great majority were against it.— (Cheers from the Opposition.) He trusted, that if they could but agree on two or three great principles, the country would be content to leave the settlement of the question in their bands without endeavouring to overawe them by Political Unions.—(Hear.),ln the House of Lord. he believed they would meet a disposition to abandon the system of n omination boroughs—(Hear) —a system which at one time had its use. His Lordship apologized for trespassing on the time of the House, and concluded by expressing his approbation of the pacific line of foreign policy adopted by Ministers. Mr. HUNT said, that the Hon. Member for Kirkcud bright (Mr. Fergusson) had denounced Political Unions, and called on Government to suppress them, forgetting that his Majesty's Ministers had corresponded with Unions,— had encouraged the formation of Unions,—had sanctioned and supported them, and had kept their places by them. Mr. FERGUSSON denied having said either that Ministers existed, or that Ministers were supported, by means of the Political Unions. Indeed, he believed that many of those Unions were opposed to the Mini.try in most of the leading points of their - - - Sir F. BURDETT expres4ed himself so indistinctly, that we cannot pretend to vouch for the accuracy of the sentiments which we are going to attribute to him. To the best of our belief, however, he spoke to the following effect : —He concurred in most of the opinions which bad been expressed by his Hon. and Learned Friend below him respecting the foreign policy of the present Administration. He objected to the course pursued by the Hon. Member for Preston, for he found that Hon. Membei. regularly .mpporting the Bill within, and opposing it without the House, upo❑ all occasions.—(Great cheering.) He con tended that the Political Unions had never infringed the law. How any man could bring himself to state that Ministers derived not only their support but also their existence from the Political Unions, was a matter far b yond his comprehension. He admitted that the chief aim, the main object of these Associations, was to support the honest measure which the Ministry had introduced for the purpose of reforming the Commons House of Parliament, and that it was their fixed and settled purpose not to do any thing which could impede the views or thwart the designs of the present Admini- ~tration. Belonging, as he did, to these Unions, lie de fied any man to prove the chlrge which bad been so fre quently btooght against them, of being contrary to law. Their operations might be contrary to the opinion which his Hon. and Learned Friend had just promulgated, but he defied his Hon. and Learned Friend, with alt his in- genttity, to prove that they were in any, the slightest re spect, illegal. Some of these Union!, it appeared, had stated that the distinction of ranks in society was mina. tural. Weil : who pretended to say that the distinction of ranks was natural ?—(Hear, hear.) But supposing that such a statement had been made, was it sufficient to show that — peril either had or would arise out of such societies ? He believed that his Hon. and Learned Friend below him (Mr. Fergusson) had himself in early life be longed to such societies.—(Mr. FERGussoN—" Never.") Well ; he had given his Hon. and Learned Friend credit for belonging to such societies—a credit which it now turned out that his lion. and Learned Friend did not dc- ees . e .--(A laugh.) The fact, however, was immaterial, for all that he was now contending for was, to deny that there was any illegality in the formatin of these Unions, or that there was any bad spirit pervading them.— " I believe," continued Sir Francis, " that the wish of his Majesty will be sufficient to dissolve them ; for, inde pendently of his authority as Sovereign, such is the in fluence which he has derived from his wise and patriotic conduct since his accession to the throw., that lam con vinced that a mere breath of his will do more to dissolve them than all the arbitrary mandates of any Ministry."— (Hear, hear.) lie that, however, as it might, all these Unions would be dissolved, as certainly as the fogs of night were dissolved by the 3a n of the morning, when ever the people of England should receive that just and constitutional Reform to which they were entitled. Then they would be satisfied ; but if they did not ob tain such a measure of Reform, nothing would satisfy them.—(Hear, hear.) What they would have to do, were the Reform Bill again refused, he would not venture to predict. Long forbearing, as the people of England were, they were not forbearing from want of courage..—(hear, hear.) If, therefore, there should still he any men who persisted in advising Ministers not to press this Bill on the country, they were advising Ministers to civil war as obviously as any thing could be.—(Hear, bear.) The Hon. and Learned Member for Boroughbridge, whose talents and integrity he justly admired—(Hear) —had last night praised him for having withdrawn his name from the Political Union. Now lie %a ould enter into a very brief statement to give that Hon. and Learned Gentleftism an opportunity of judging whether the praise bestow(' upon him was deserved or not. He had read in the public papers, that the Council of that society had come to certain resoldtions, to which at its first formation he had objected, and objected successfully. One of the reso lutions to which he had objected, was a resolution by which they voted themselves a permanent body. On see ing the resolution, he had struck the word " permanent" out with his own hand. From the public prints he saw that this society was going on, as if it intended to make itself permanent. He also saw it stated that it had passed a resolution, condemning the King of France for the late creation of Peers in that country. This resolution ap peared to him so irrational, so inconsistent with the usual prudent character of Englishmen, that he thought the so ciety not dangerous, but ridiculous. He therefore made a communication to the Council, desiring that his name, for the reasons which he had just stated, should be withdrawn from the society. He received in , reply a communication, stating that no such reso lutions hail been proposed, much less passed by the society. Such being the case, he was asked whether lie still p e rsisted in his determination to withdraw hie name. His answer to this question was conditional : he told the Council that it was incumbent upon them to re lieve the public mind from the impression which the state ment of these resolutions having been passed by them had created in the public mind ; and so the matter stood for the present. From the confidence which he reposed in the Government, in the King, and in the people, he wished that this matter should be left altogether in the hands of the Ministers. The Hon. Member for Preston said, that he could not agree with him in that wish, for he had, he said, no confidence in the Government. Whether there were others, who, like the Hon. Member, would not grant their confidence to Ministers on this point, he did not know ; perhaps there might be such persons, for he had heard it whispered even in that House that Ministers pushed their principles too far on the side of liberty. This was the great fault of this administration,—this was its glorious distinction,—that the faults attributed to it arose not from any intention to widen its prerogatives and to extend its dominion over the people, but from the anxiety which it displayed to keep open the communication and intercourse which existed at present between the King and his subjects. It had been stated that it was disgraceful for a Minister of the Crown to give any answer to the communications which he received from such assemblies. He could scarcely believe that lie was in the House of Com mons when such sounds assailed his ears.—(llear, hear.) The speech horn the throne had been described as feeble and delusive in speeches which far better deserved that character. For what had been the objections taken to it ? The Right Hon. Baronet opposite had objected to the circumstance of only fourteen days' notice having ken given of the intended meeting of Parliament, and in an argument more distinguished for its prolixity than for its strength, had said that the notice ought to have been twenty-three days, and not merely fourteen. This was a cavil really not worth notice.—(Cries of " Hear.") Who ever looked at the agitated state of the public mind must see that every day's delay in calling Parliament together was injurious not only to the character of the Govern ment, but also to the peace of the country. He did not mean to say that all the evils which now afflicted the va rious interests of society were attributable to this source, or that even a quarter of them arose from the non-assem bling of Parliament. He was certain, however, that there was no person connected with the manufacturing or agri cultural classes of the country, who did not attribute all the pressure which they now felt to the delay which had taken place in the passing the Reform Bill. To say that the passing of the Reform Bill would get rid of all the ills to which they were exposed at present, was an assertion upon which he would not venture ; but he would say, that to tranquillize the mind, and to pacify the anxiety of the empire, it was absolutely necessary that the Home should meet. It might have been answered to the objec tions of the Right Hon. Baronet, that with all the improvements which had taken place since 1797 is the making of roads, and in the conveyance of passen gers from one place to another, fourteen days' notice now is equal to twenty-three days' notice in 1797. The Right Hon. Baronet bad likewise said, that the speech was not distinct enough—that it was vague and general —and that it descended to no particulars. It omitted, forsooth, all notice of the renewal of the charters of the Bank and of the East India Company. He (Sir F. Bur dett) thought that one subject, the subject of Reform, was quite sufficient for a King's speech at the present moment. was t a all m i the k errors mistake, of of the e r present ; e s and u t Administration arose from their honest intentions, and from their mistake in supposing that they could effect de sirable objects in Parliament as it was now constituted. He was of opinion, that even if the speech had said no thing about Reform in Parliament, or about the improve ment of the tithe system in Ireland, it would not have deserved the character of a meagre and feeble speech. The improve ment of the Irish tithe system was a measure of first rate necessity and importance. He recollected well, that when the subject of Catholic emancipation was most warmly de bated in that House, he had beard it said by a most com petent authority, " This is all well enough, but you are all mad about Catholic emancipation,—the real evil of Ire land is the arrangement about tithes."—(lleac, hear.) The remodelling of that arrangement is in itself " a pretty' considerable subject."—(A laugh.) The next point in the speech on which he wished to say a word, was the con vention made with the Drench Government about that infamous traffic, fur the aboli!ion of which we had made' such sacrifices. That was a point on which he thought That hie Majesty had a just right to congratulate his sub. t