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W oon , i n La Cenerento/a, at the t) ! 4 Opera House, with her presenc-a on Saturday evening k, ft ilie service was performed yesterday before the "f KENYand the Princess VicTsRIA, and theit ' 1 , 1: H ighnesses' Household, by the Rev. Mr. PITTMAN. kt m e KING, within these few days, has granted his fi l 'age to a te Ch ora l F us d. Landgravine of HessE HoMBERG, Lot.] St. HE- C ts :' a select p irtv, dined with the Princes. AU ." Y ' ,Saturd a at ler residence iii the King's Palace, v tr A a. P. • • uinet Council was held at four o'clock yesterday lit °a, at th e F ore i gn Office, which was attended by 4)4 ° i) CitAtscßra.oß,. ESTI GREY, the Marquis of t .. :„ 11)OW NR) Lord DuitriAot, Viscount MELBOURNE, /B 1,:::" PALMERSTON, Viscount GODERICH, Viscount 1114; 641 ', the Eal of CARLISLE, the Right Honour- Ja lt •- • GRANT, the Duke of RICHMOND, and Sir 41. 1 1 1 GRAHAM.. The Council broke up at half-past five th e ;,'" Lord HOLLAND was pri vented from attending tord' l ' l lnril by indisposition. Earl GREY visited his 1,, %hi 1) after the Council. e:44l*;:ocreeigLll:v"' the Russian Ambassador, had a long re nce with Viscount PALMERSTON on Saturday, at Office. Prin ESTERHAZY, the Austrian )a "'der, SHo visited the Noble Viscount on Saturday. er n „, namerous deputation of proprietors of steam-boats eia git ,lj eC on the coasts of Scotland and Ireland, including it AW STEWART, M.P., Mr. CALLAGHAN, M.P., Ain, Hon. C. DOUGLAS, M.P., Mr. !I ° P 1111)%11M.P., Mr. CAMPBELL, M.P., Mr. IVEmvss, Jr."-t HOM E DRU3IMOND, M.P., MrSarS. WILLIAMS, Ql ll l ' RUTcHINSON MACIcENZIE, 'ROBERTS, BELL, Cli4 l G insON, RAN;EN, MAHONEY, STEVENSON, MlT tOrt of SMITH, WATSON, GRAHAM, and the LORD PRo hid h Gla sgow, atten d e d at th e Treasury on Saturday, A , 44 a long conference with Viscount ALTHORP. 1 41 "'Patation from the parish of Greenwich, accompa ‘lB4 E. KNATCHEULL, and Mr. LAW HoDGEs, the ti,4 IN for the county of Kent, had an interview on Sa td; With the Lo t ds of the Admiralty, at the Admiralty t ote ne MY appointed Bishop of N.:VA SCOTIA had an o"v (for the first time) on Saturday with Viscount at the Colonial Office. 1, ' " 41 ") CHANCELLOR visited Eat( GREY and the ••ett.t,oa, of the EXCHEQUER on Saturday. at„l'Vatchen w er e sent off from the Colonial Office on ti l l night, for the Hon. Genera: Postsosurr, the bts " 'at -Governor of Malta; and also for Sir PREDR ssie.. 144 n 4 4. - k An am s the Lord Commissioner of the lonian )4 RLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. S . DAY•) f 0 0 0 kinds 0 060 4 , 'Englis h so die the n10! ' of Eng g oiV ned last r • 0 pt quite 30 formss Barley 0 g o i s are 2s. P r oo 4° !ats 3 Ai t, nday se meetnnn folO r. s are roue , 4 6 ' 'lf'. all (new)•'..o. (ola) •••:565 k (near). , (ow) ...; ;if rrow (no l l ............... ..... „,„4, ....... .............. 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X 59 • 00 ce F 111 : r > 4 0 11 0. (ir ogla j o ter e o bliP , S to t he P 00 , 0 : me(' to w ho, t borl i ol of t hes ,:bitpil l ryaf „Os o t a - es f rall▪ ee d ti e 0 1" • t oae ivtdootioa. USE F CMMONS. C P 4 o M O OT IONS AE O D ORDERS O OF THE DAY WMICII 414 I N THE ORDER-BOOR FOR THE PRESENT WEER, ,1: b „.„ 1/ sioNnav, MARCII 7, ORDERS OF TIIE DAT. tt l ii,'! a 'n Disfranchisement Bill—Witnesses to attend. h CaT` l ng Act Amendment Bill—Committee. t v --, oe M a d ness Bill—Comm i ttee. , / .V I e6 hain Disfranchisement Bill—Second reading. • / tl, h!stries Bill —Further consideration of Report. ...„.../sco 7, itrikruvt Act Amendment Bill—Committee. o ° ' 6"'eY Parinent of Wages Bill—Committee. 9 / i 4 e Bill —c o It ;( 4,, a t u.tY Lan ni Zrg e llill—Further consideration of Report. ••• jnY Bill —Third reading. jt:,"fle Mutiny Bill—Third reading. 10 / A e,`: e ttl of Parliament—Adjourned Debate thereupon. ec)nial Trade Bill—Committee. fe cin;'',gliori Bill—Second reading. /q. D ion Repeal Bill—Committee. PI)1 Y - -Committc. ,„l's and Mean' Committee. °I 5. Malt Duties R epe al Bill—Second reading. 1 97 / ah Distillation (Ireland) Bill—Second reading. It, coNOTICES OF MOTIONS. tt ornoy-General—Bill for continuing the powers- of ""ftrnissioners appointed to inquire into Public Charities . ; nil to revive the powers of Act 59 Geo. 3, c. 91, for lamb ' dons to Courts of Equity respecting Cha tt ritabi e Rl p mr l tl V arpurton— s. Resolution, That it is eipedient that at all a b ections for Members to serve in Parliament the Votes , • :}t r. e taken by way of Ballot. A lderman Thompson—To present Petition from Mer t t er a ehntts and Ship-owners of . London, against proposed al.. /uion in the Timber Duties. 5 1 , 4- 43 he s Hughes—Address for Return of Grants made or d Commissioners for Building New Churches / ee / last Reportposa ; and amount of unappropriated balance at their disl. / "It T "SD", MARCHES, NOTICES . OF MOTIONS. ••• , tb-13111 respecting Vestries in Ireland. e ..r.ooadrleori.—Bill for bettering the condition of the Labouring , i g ec la:d connected with certain improvements in 4,.`4e ad ministration of the Poor Laws. 4cc o Committee, to whom shall be referred the /. a unto all Pensions payable out of the Civil List, with h a ' ew to the continuance of such Pensions only as shall t' " been granted for services performed, or for which sa ,' Is factory spec i al grounds shall be stated. - - IIIdertaTIIAMES TUNN E L —At the Annua l Meeting Assembly of the Proprietors of Shares i n tM kin hld last week a report of the co . ridi . tion of rks was g labl e before the ' meeting, in wh . ich it was t k ,,,, tisi ti t o la . t the Tunnel remain ed in the most solid and firm I a ..The visitors cont inue . to be exceedingly nume ,lool in the year ending the . first instant, upwards of It • Were received or admissions to view the works. 41 „ 4 4e 4 b,.' a tated to the ( meeting that application had been 4 "le Prtilt_ektatty in Fra nce . to undertake the completion of 4 4p 1. 4 1 . Som e discussion arose upon the subject of 'No! ' c ation to the Lords of the Treasury, or to Parlia ,tll"l' by the loan of money, or a Bill to allow D 4i :' n t of money by lottery. Ultimately, a resolution 'Y"erls authorising the Directors to take what steps Nisid • 11 Seed most likely to answer the object intended. t ttiy il "Es, Mr. BUCKLE, and Mr. BROWN, were 4 'rector& ,itite r li' d P4 ',lit OF HONOUR IN HIGH LrFE.— ‘ ,",it i t lavY In formatio n was received at Henry-street office, Of'srs4,4 p totter 1/4 ''Ll rob l bl e a d uel would ta k e place b etween L or d 1 ART and C a pt a i n B AT HU RST , in consequence U4 RT• written lately by Cap ta in l a t _ATHU b ß o S t T h lo in L di o v r i d . ---Marrants for the apprehension of 41411.411:er' immediately issued by Mr. Cote, the sitting ~aoar and in a short time afterwards Lord STUART at i n 1), k • treet by Chief Constable PAYNE. C a CFrs IC.Zin ic s van,l POLLOCK' were sent in search s' -e" 4 " 13ATii.u.asT • he was not at his barracks in "", where they first went to look for him—but th t h ;;sl,tiu th n a nn liPrelienm a l at a hotel in Sackville-street. were obliged to enter into sceurities, avil two sureties in 1001. each. It tj tint ;(I that th e difference between them arose on lady, a hoar connexion to both parties.— I?eyi s t f.r of Friday. T h . - "RD N OVELS AND R OMANCES .— ) fl,,4l.'noTilier of this interesting work, consisting of complete in one volume, is now before the b y will be followed by GODWIN'S " Caleb n ' o " 0 complete in one volume; to be succeeded 4' 4 4 t; ler rflodern work s of fiction as have taken their %Pist e , irglish Classics. Every volume will be embellished 4t s * 'w i Qtli designs by eminent art i st', in the . . style of fol,;,i4ar,rl,7oYvNiovels, to which celebrated o p f ub t l h i e ca s t g io e i: w th il e l . 4 d e n sby the other great spirits A T Tr Rk qui. companion. E JP. ON EDMUND LENIGAN,--SQ• • ta 4 ' e a ' .-- -111-r e Was a rumour in town yesterday , h. to 4 a great deal of alarm and apprehension ;. it k 4 te effect, that EDMUND LENIGAN, Esq. a Magts tt,,hstt?Lcounty Tipperary, and agent to Lord LLAN tk .I tt t l a ""D attacked in the day time near Thurles, on th:gelat,. ) :i ' 4 ' l brutally murdered, Knowing . that very osgh the r umour s are generally circulated at this moment t 1 1 41 0 at ti ,'" country, w e made the most strict enquiries o ()Ni ue source from which such a report as this cou ld ! Bete kiie ert eli• In the enquiries that we have made, si d e O t h 4 alned that the real circumstances that occurred t:l da: • LENIGAN had been engaged during , 1. 1,4111 Tuesday, in collecting rents in the neighbo.ur ,,a Joni ktt re s i d "town. H e was on Wednesday, returning I t 't:E, 'nee in a the County Tipperary , when he was last nt ar t i „ ll 4' e kvicvv, , a glace - between Cashe l and Golden, des~iat~l a nd . e'en, They l ea p e d across a ditch upon the p ' r ed hint to deli ver . M r . L ENIGAN UnMe ci f f t 'td firr'se"ted a loaded pocket pistol at them which jhe ruffians then fired at him, and knock ed t t ,„'d linger of his left band, while some l arge s h ot . m tt ". 1, left cheek ; they then beat him with their I,..olrillie.ted several serious, but not dangerous, t, t ' i 1 44, f , 4 his head. After breaking open his gig-lrax, 4 Af r ° 4 l him 3i • in cash, his watch and pistol, they 4 stch •r• LtNi c 1 , 1 t• to Tbomastown, •AN Ni • th at ' Lie, extremely ill, but not in so dangerous . a Li e , hopes are not entertained of his ultu s,, 3• IL ? lett ers t h at we have seen state, that "lade upon Air Lrszi c t N %r as evidently not for I ). , t k l ) l' t th at of " n g rents, and it was expected that a consi hi Y would be e h Procured front his robbery—if the 11 " , wh"10 was assailed were disposed to take file tv aa e Y e,ould have easily have done so, as Mr. Late 4te deprived of the aof d ef ending himselc. 4t4 Li apn , me PSI of able to sta t e, that there is 1 .1 "ver • R • l Ali n „f t report of th e murder o f t el. f Aloyaliffe Glebe, which was so Re current in " V dayl ;0.. Morning gister of THE SUN NEWSPAPER EXPRESS AND MINISTERIAL REFORM BILL. -(From the Chester Chronicie:) We cannot omit this opportunity of expressing bur obligations and those of the public generally, to the spirited conductors of The Sun London Evening Paper, not only for its talented and uncompromising advocacy of a full and substantial Reform, but for the extraordinary exertions they have repeatedly male to convey to the most remote corners of the United Kingdom, im portant intelligence upwards of twenty-four hours earlier than it could have arrived in the ordinary course. A memorable in stance of this occurred in the case of the Reform Bill on Tues day night. The Sun of that evening contained in six closely printed columns, besides the London Gazette, an excellent report not only Of Ford John, Russell'sgpeech, (whiCh wag not com nienced until ',aft six o'clOck) but it.great portien of the wordy nonsense let off in opposition to it by the Hon. Baronet the representative of the University of Oxford. An express des patched front The Sun Office .nearly three hours after the depar ture of the mail, arrived at Liverpool and all parts of the north about two hours before the mail. By this means the papers were forwarded from Liverpool by the Dublin packet at five o'clock on Wednesday evening, and the glad tidings of Reform thus pro claimed throughout the greater part of Ireland the next day. By this means, too, we are this day enabled (being favoured with an express copy) to lay before our readers the particulars of the Ministerial plan of Reform, which would not reach us, in the ordinary course of the London Evening Journals, until an hum an Thursday evening when the (lira/acre had been already nearly an hour at press. (From the Manchester Guardian.) The reception which the Ministerial plan for Reform has ex perienced in this town, has, we are happy to state, been one of the most cordial, we might almost say of the most enthusiastic and unanimous kind. All parties, to whatever political sect they may have been accustomed to attach themse:ves, seem pleased with it to a degree that we could hardly have conceived pos sible. Even many of those who are usually designated radicals profess to be quite satisfied with what Ministers propose. Highly gratified as we have been by the plan itself, and the mode el its being brought befi:re Parliament, we have also been much pleased at seeing the way in which p and the persons by whom, it has been resisted. As yet not one single Member of the House of Com mons, whose opinions on any subject we.have been accustomed to regard with deference, has expressed himself hostile to it. The black-letter pedantry of Sir Robert Inglis, the solemn insolent dulness of Mr. Horace Twiss, and the strangely eccentric oratory of Sir Char:es Wetherell will utterly fail to convince the people of England that the Constitution of the House of Commons is what it ought to be, or that the danger to be apprehended from such a Reform as Ministers propose, is at all to be compared with what may be anticipated if Reform be obstinately denied. (Flom the Newcastle Chronicle.) It is with feelings of no ordinary exultation and gratification that we commit this week's Paper to the hands of our readers. We have lived in eventful times, but great as have been many of the events which it has been onr fortune to record, they sink into co:nparative insignificance with the great measure which will be found detailed in our subsequent columns. By the extra.. ordinary exertions of The Sun Newspaper, we are enabled to lin.- nish our readers with a very faithful report of the speech of Lord John Russell, in the House of Commons, on Tuesday night last, giving s detail of the measure of Reform proposed by the present Ministers. The perusal of this speech will most clearly show that it is one of the most extensive and beneficial nature. It is indeed a most triumphant disapproval of the ca lumnies and taunts of insincerity with which so many have been pleased to assail the Whigs; and to it we appeal as a full justifi cation of the confidence we haw c reposed not only in the party. but in the Noble Premier who is now its acknowledged head, and of whom our county has so much reason to be proud. And to us it is not the least recommendation that it is the measure of Earl Grey himself, who, we are convinced it will be acknowledged by all, has most fully entitled himself to the title which, a few weeks ago we said must ever be attached to his name, of the Father of Reform. We have not, however, room to give free utterance to the feelings of gratification which the announce ment has given us ; but happily it is not necessary. The public, as far as it has been known, have most unequivocally pro nounced their satisfaction anti approval of the measure, and this feeling, we arc sure, will find an echo in every quarter that the details may reach. (Fro the Cambrian The spirited Proprietors m of The Sun, an xious to supply the readers of that Paper with the latest information on the all-en grossing subject of Parliamentary Reform, inserted in a late edi tion of their Tuesday's publication the whole of Lord John Rus sell's speech (five columns), and forwarded the same, by express, to various parts of the kingdom. The express reached Bristol just before the mail started for Wales, and we were fortunate enough to procure a copy from a friend, who purchased it at the moment he was entering the coach. Thus, the Noble Lord's admirable speech was read at Swansea, a distance of O 5 miles from the metropolis, within 25 hours after its delivery in the House of Commons! (From the Caledonian Mercury.) It was to the extraordinary exertions made by the proprietors of The Sun newspaper, that we were indebted for the means of publishing in a third edition of our Thursday's paper, a full report of Lord John Russell's speech on Tuesday evening. The Sun sent off' two expresses with the report of the debate up to eleven o'clock, one by York, which reached Morpeth in time for the curricle mail, the other by Carlisle, which were both duly received at The Sun office here, by Mr. Sommerville, the active agent for that paper in Edinburgh. We think it only fair to give that tribute of commendation to our active and spirited contemporary which he is fairly entitled to from the public and ourselves. And now to the measure itself. We know no terms strong enough to express the feelings of unmingled delight and satisfaction which we have experienced on reading the expose of the Ministerial plan. It is complete in all its parts ; equally efficient in rooting out and sweeping off the rotten and unsound parts of the representation ; in the principles (population and property) winch have dictated the selection of the new classes to whom the franchise is ex tended: and the improved mode of election. (From the Berwick Advertiser.) The spirited proprietors of that excellent Journal The Sun, con tinue their indefatigable exertions, and spare no expense in pro curing and communicating the earliest intelligence on all sub. jects of national importance.. On Tuesday evening, three hours atter the departure of the mail, they despatched expresses in all directions, conveying, in six closely printed columns, Lord John Russell's opening speech on the interesting subject of Reform. The express sent to this quarter came up to the mail yesterday morning at Belford, and thence proceeded to the north by the west road. Such liberal efforts have indubitably a strong claim to the gratitude of the public, and will certainly not be allowed to pass unrewarded, and without a corresponding encouragement. This grand question, to the solution of which the country has been looking with the most intense anxiety for the last three months, and for which myriads, nay, waggon loads, of petitions from the most wealthy and the most intelligent among all ranks have been presented to both houses of Parliament, from every corner of the united empire, has as at last been developed. On Tuesday evening, Lord John Russell, the warm advocate of Re. form, in the House of Commons explained at great length, and with his usual eloquence and vigour, the plan of Reform agreed to by Ministers; and candour obliges us to say that it it fully snore liberal than was generally expected. (From the Glasgow Journal.) It is owing to an express sent by the public spirited Proprietor of The Sun, that a full report of Lord John Russell's scheme of Reform was received this evening. • (From the Glasgow Herald.) As. on former occasions, we have to express our gratitude to the proprietors of The Sun newspaper for their great liberality in forwarding copies of their paper, with nearly six columns of re port of Tuesday's debate. They did not overtake the Glasgow mail till it had reached Carlisle. (From the Glasgow Chronicle.) At the hour of the London mail's arrival yesterday, both the Exchanges were thronged with people anxiously wailing for the intelligence re3pecting Parliamentary Reform. In the Royal Exchange, Mr. Bell, the Secretary, mounted a table properly situated for the purpose, and read the principal parts of Lord John Russell's speech, from The Sun Newspaper, surrounded by a large crowd of gentlemen, who repeatedly cheered the annouce ments made in the speech, particularly those regarding Scotland, and especially the extension of representation to Glasgow. Mr. Alison, who took the trouble of counting them, found the num ber present to be about 900. In the Tontine Coffee-room, the principal parts of the speech were also read by Mr. Thomas At. kinson, jun. Intense interest was excited in Greenock last night on the ar rival' of the mail, bringing the express of The Sun, containing the Ministerial plan of deform. The two Coffee-rooms were crowded, and groups of people were assembled in the streets, anxiously waiting to hear the details of Lord John Russell's speech. By an error in reporting Greenock was omitted among the towns to be disfranchised. In one of the rooms (the Old Coffee-room) the plan was received with three cheers ; while in the New Coffee-room much dissatisfaction was expressed at the absurdity of proposing to give a Member to Leith and none to Greenock, the first sea-port in Scotland, and the third in the empire. A requisition was drawn out, and signed by a number of the most influential and respectable inhabitants, and presented to the Magistrates, calling on them to convene a meeting of the inhabitants of Greenock, to take into consideration the propriety of petitioning for leave to return a Member for Greenock and its vicinity ; and in less than two hours after the arrival of the mail the Magistrates complied with the requisition. The meet ing was to have been held on Monday next, but will happily now be useless. (From the Scots Times.) Satisfied as we are that public attention is,_ and indeed ought to be, engrossed by this great measure, we have devoted a large portion of our sheet to the discussions which have taken place upon it in the House of Commons, to the exclusion of all other l'arliamentary intelligence. The speech of Lord John Russell we have given entire from The Sun—to whose conductors we are bound, in common with the provincial Press, to return our warmest thanks for the great, though with them not uncommon zeal, to put their readers in early possession of its interesting details—and we have done so, not merely on account of its in trinsic merits, its perspicuity, candour, and judgment, but be cause we think it due to the authors of the measure to present it as nearly as poSsible in their own words. In reference to the measure itself, though it may not be all thata thorough Reformer wishes, though it is scarcely what we ourselves conceive the country to be entitled to, particularly as it affects Scotland, we arc bound to state that it goes farther than we expected the Mi nisters to venture with the present House of Commons. Nay, snore, we state fearlessly that so far deer this measure go, that we think every Reformer in the country is now bound to support the Administration that has proposed it. (From the Edinburgh Eveni , g Courant.) The public of Scotland are deeply indebted to the spirit and en terprise of the proprietors of The Sun Newspaper. By their exer tions copies of their paper containing a full report of Lord John Russell's speech on the Reform Question, were re dived here at two o'clock on Thursday afternoo n , only Lout forty hours after it was delivered. (From the Warwick Advertiser.) The highly-important measure of Reform, brought into the House of Commons, on Tuesday night, by Lord John Russell, and which we have given at length in our preceding pages, was looked for in this, as well as every other place in the united king doin, with the most intense anxiety. The great Catholic ques tion itself did not raise the public mind to so high and ardent a state of excitation. The news first reached this borough, from Birmingham, about eleven o'clock on Wednesday morning, in The Sun Paper. This is not the first time we have thus publicly contributed our small meed of praise to the proprietary of The Sun, for their zeal and activity, regardless of trouble and ex pense, in communicating the earliest news of important events to the whole of the British public ; and whilst we do that, we do not by any means intend to confine our approbation solely to the proprietors of that Paper, but most willingly extend it to every effective individual of that most respectable establishment. (From the Glasgow Free Press.) We should be very ungrateful were we not (mished for room as we are) to notice in this place the extraordinary exertions of The Sun Newspaper, to supply the countr y with the earliest de tails of the RefOrm questions, by means ot' repeated editions and expresses despatched to every quarter of the kingdom. Such ex traordinary promptitude and disreg ard :of expense • entitle this spirited Journal to universal suppo rt. We have been most agreeably disa pp ointed! We expected little from the present Ministry, and have obtained much T heir measure of Reform is, under all the circumstances, more liberal and manly than the public had almost any cause to anticipate; and it therefore will be hailed by every real friend of his country and to public order, with sincere delight. It is b y no m eans all we could have wished ' ; yet it is so much beyond what we •had reason to hope for, that we are bound in candour to assume, that, had Ministers been able to give us inure, they would have done it iand hence we regard it as the bounden duty of the people at tins critical moment, to come frankly forward in their support, and, throwing all particular prejudices and individual wishes to the winds, to declare to them their gratitude, and their resolution to support them against all opposition. And why ought they to . do this ? Because the present measure will give to us the power of ultimately obtaining all that we want I Reform needs only a favourable beginning, in order to be Aniahed with Complete stle. cess at last; and that the beginning thus proposed is a favour. able one, none but the most factious and unreasonable will deny. As a proof of the immense anxiety felt here on Thursday toascer. thin the nature Of the, Ministerial Measure of, Reform, we may mention that; at the time the mail arrived.: the New Exchange Was crowded with atomic nine infinite(' gentlemen ; an 1, when it was learned by them that Cie:VW *Vas to tare two Member::; an enthusiastic shout spontanously burst from them All, indit'ative of their high satisfaction at that particular fact—and indeed at the details of the measure generally. (From the Carlisle Journal.) At length we have the satisfaction of laying before our readers the Ministerial plan of Reform ; and before we go farther we must say we have been most disagreeably disappointed by it. When the present Ministry took office we said we had no confidence in them. The titil Lilt an the treyfates Pitliteed ni to stv3pect them tif double dealing, Or 8f a f. - :ant of the Oiergy necessary fOr carrying them through a great trisis TI Refpo question Was, however, the grand test ; and we do most sineerely rejoice that they have stood it nobly. (From the Western Times.) On Tuesday evening Lord John Russell laid before the House of Commons the anxiously expected plan of Parliamentary Re form. Although eve do not find in it some measures which we, as well as many other warm friends of Reform may have wished and even considered as very Important, yet we cannot regard the proposed plan otherwise than as that Which calls for the full and unqualified support of the people. (From the Manchester Courier.) • The exprea9 cont'exing The Sun Newspaper, With a full report of Lord John Russell's speech On Parliamentary Reform, which left London at half-past eleven o'clock on Tuesday night, arriVed at Manchester at two o'clock on Wednesday; thus travelling the distance in the unprecedentedly short space of fourteen hours and a half ! The time occupied by the mail in performing th e same journey (ISO miles), is nineteen hours and a half. (N. B. Th e journey performed by The Sun express was 196 miles in fourteen hours and a half.—En. Sux.) The Ministerial project for the Reform el Parliament is now before the country. So far as our representative sysilem is con- Cerned, the plan is not one of Refortn, IPat of revolution. It will affect not only the nuniber of electors and the qiialifiestion of voters, but the very constitution of the House Of Commons. The aches e does not, indeed, include annual Parliaments and vote by ballot, but it verges as nearly as possible upon universal suf frage. It is, in fact, so radical, as to please the radicals them. selves, for though it does not give them all they want, they can easily perceive that it will greatly facilitate the accomplishment of their ultimate designs. (From the Coventry Herald.) An express arrived in this city on Wednesday morning, by nine o'clock, with an edition of The Sun, containing the debate to twelve o'clock of the previous night. The industry and enterprise of. the conductors of this journal are unrivalled. - (From the Leeds Intelligencer.) By the great and expensive exertions of the proprietors of The Sun newspaper, a second edition of that journal, containing a full report of Lord John Russell's Reform Speech, arrived in Leeds, at Mr. Mann's, by express, at five o'clock this morning. We have to tender our thanks for a copy most promptly sent to the Intelligence?. office. (From the Birmingham Journal.) The Ministerial expose of Lord John Russell on Reform, ar rived in this town on Wednesday morning, in a second edition of The Sun, soon atter eight o'clock. Mr. Young, the proprietor of this paper, in order to overtake the various mails with his ex press edition, actually sent an express before him to have relays of horses ready. He lett London about half-past eleven o'clock, three hours after the Liveiyool and Holyhead mails, the former of which he caught just as it was leaving the post-office in this town ; the latter he overtook at Coleshill. In consequence of the glorious news received this week, a re quisition is in course of signature to the High Bailiff, to call a public meeting for the purpose of expressing the determination of the town to supp or t th e Ki ng an d his Ministers in their plan of Parliamentary Reform. The meeting is expected to be held some day next week. The requisition is already very numerously signed by leading men 61 all parties. should the motion of Lord John Russell pass, a general illu mination in this town is contemplated on Monday night. (From the Gloucester Journal.) At length the great Ministerial measure of Parliamentary Re form has been divulged, and we hesitate not to express our opi nion, that it will be in the highest degree satisfactory to the great majority of the country. It is bold, extensive, and efficient, and we earnestly hope it may be carried into full and early effect. The Ministers have nobly redeemed the pledge they gave the country on entering into office, and whether they succeed or not in this project, they have undoubtedly entitled themselves to the gratitude of the people for bringing it forward. The report of the speech of Lord John Russell was eagerly looked for in this city on Wednesday, and was first conveyed here through the medium of an express edition of The Sun * Newspaper, to the pro prietors of which eve have to acknowledge our obligations for their considerate attention. (From the Kent Herald.) By the indefatigable exertions of the spirited conductors of The Sun London Evening Newspaper, we received an Express Edition of that Journal early on Wednesday morning, contain ing the whole of Lord John. Russell's speech on the Reform question, delivered on Tuesday night in the House of Commons, thus reported, printed, and conveyed to a distance of more than s'i miles, in the incredibly short space of I 0 or 12 hours. (From the Salopian Journal.) By the great kindness of the Proprietors of The Sun News paper, we are enabled to lay before our readers the following out line of the plan of Reform brought forward in the House of Commons last night, by Lord John Russell; which we copy from an Edition of The Sun forwarded to us by express. (From the Stamford Bee.) We cannot withhold our wannest meed of praise from the Pro prietors of The Sun Newspaper, through whose enterprize and extraordinary despatch we were furnished with a full and very able report of Lord John Russell's speech upwards of 21 hours before the usual arrival of the mail. (From the Bristol Gazette.). For the report we have given, we have to acknowledge our obligations to the very great exertions of the Proprietors of The Sun London ewspaper, copies of which, containing the whole of Lord John Russell's speech, and forwarded by express, reached this city this morning about half-past ten o'clock. (From the Dublin Morning Register.) The Ministerial plan of Reform has been laid before Parlia ment, and we are free to confess that there is a great deal in it which merits the warmest approbation. (From the Berkshire Chronicle.) We feel it our duty to return, publicly, our thanks to the pro prietors of The Sun islewspaper for their liberality in forwarding us a copy (by express) of their Journal, containing the first inteL ligence of Lord John Russell's Reform Bill. Disagreeing totally with the political principles of our talented cotemporary, we have great pleasure in acknowledging his abilities and public spirit.— Our readers will scarcely credit that nearly six columns of the debate on Tuesday evening were printed in the express edition of The Sun, which we received before eight o'clock on Wednesday morning. . • (From the York Chronicle.) We received an express edition of The Sun Evening Paper last night, soon after six o'clock, containing the whole of Lord John Russell's speech, in the House of Commons on Tuesday evening, and the subsequent proceedings up to eleven o'clock, three hours after the mail left London. (From the Leamington Spa Courier.) An express arrived in Coventry on Wednesday morning, by nine o'clock, with an edition of The Sun, containing the debate up to twelve o'clock of the previous night. The industry and enterprise of the conductors of this Journal arc unrivalled. (From the Sheffield Mercury.) The intentions of his Majesty's Ministers respecting the all-ab sorbing question of Parliamentary Reform, are now before the public. Lord John Russell introduced the measure in the House of Commons on Tuesday evening, and with that measure the people of England will be abundantly satisfied. The borough proprietors may rage and tremble, but Ministers have acted wisely in discarding those gentry, and in casting themselves for support upon popular opinion. As a whole, the plan of Reform proposed by Government is highly satisfactory. It is bold, sweeping, and efficient. It attacks corruption in its high places; destroys that injurious power which has been so long and so shamefully abused by the landed aristocracy—takes away the vested interests or those who have so long sneered at the rightful interests of the productive classes—indeed it disappoints us only in that it is more efficient, more likely to benefit the country than we were prepared to hope or expect. (From the Lincoln herald,) The Editor of this Journal has to express his best thanks for the polite attention of the Editor of The Sun Newspaper, in air warding by the express from The Sun Office, a copy of the Se cond Edition of The Sun of Tuesday, containing the entire re port of Lord John Russell's speech on his Reform Bill. The ex press we understand left The Sun Office as late as one o'clock in the morning of Wednesday, and reached Grantham about ten minutes before ten. The parcel containing the Second Edition for the Editor of this Journal : arid two cOpies ter the Mayor of Lincoln, was then given to the Grantham coach, and reached this city at half-pait one o'clock ; thus (including the allowance for the difference of the coach rate'from Grantham) traversing the distance in little better than twelve hours. It was calculated that the express from The Sun Office would overtake the north . mail about Doncaster. (From the Nett Briton.) From the brief statements that have been received of the corn inencetnent of the speech of Lord John Russell, on introducing this most important question , we are truly gratified to find that Ministers have kept faith with the country. If the outline of the measure that we have been favoured with be correct, as we believe it to be, its adoption will do away the printipal evils of the detested and demoralizing borough system, and we shall hare House of Commons which will truly represent the people. phis great end once secured, the means of attaining every fair and honourable object; of obtaining the redress of every public grievance; as far as human measures can do so, will be placed within our reach; and this is the greatest good that legislation can supply. • (Frosts the Dublin Morning Register.) Every honest man must be a supporter of reforming Whigs against boroughmongering and plundering' Tories; and if there be a general election, Ireland must put forth her strength, as she had done when the last battle was to be fought for Catholic freedom. We "sincerely trust Ministers are sure of an easy victory, but whatever success may attend their effbrts at the out set, no means should be left untried of proving to them, and to the world, that they have on the present occasion the sympathy of every being deserving the name of Irishmen. It has been suggested that a public meetiag on the Reform question should be got up forthwith in Dublin. The suggestion is an exceedingly good one, and we hope it will be followed up suitably in the high quarter in which it originated. It should be remembered that the voice of Dublin has not yet spoken out on the great and momentous question of Reform. (From the Manchester Times.) Our readers know that we are advocates of the broadest possi ble suffrage, of the annual exercise of the elective right, and of the protection aflbrded to the electors by secret voting, and that consequently no scheme of Reform which does not embrace all these points can receive our unqualified approbation. But we never allowed our wishes so far to get the better of our judg ment as to suppose that we should have a perfect system of repre sentation all at once. We have looked forward to a prolonged contest in which we should gain a little now and a little then, and thus be enabled to take fresh ground and to press forward till complete victory was obtained. %\ did not of course expect that even the most zealously reforming Administration, considering the strength of adverse interests which would have to be encountered, would venture to propose anything like a perfect scheme of representation. We have now the scheme before us, and though it falls far short of what we demand, and which we believe we shall ultimately and at no distant period obtain, it is a great deal better than we ex pected, and Ministers have our most hearty thanks for it, and they shall have our most strenuous support to carry it into effect, should the boroughowners, as it is probable they will, force them to appeal to the country. (From the Stqffordshire Mercury.) The pleasure which Lord John Russell's speech has (lift - Wed throughout the. kingdom, is not unmixed with apprehension lest the marshalled forces of theboroughmongers should pot only de feat the measure of Reform, but bear down the Government from which it emanates. This must not be. The most patriotic Monarch that ever swayed the sceptre of this empire, must not e o s i v t o ul with dash wormwood t hecup o a f joy gall.nd tro the Minis ters lips the energy, and, above all, rule by patronage and corruption must t tt b he i tle unanimity sin e lfGoveri a nn s r ,a n m t tight e be tefrsh th ,,is w ,h v i ai , t i) e ,pa c l l e, l , : e y asie t l h r o ri s ,e e epd w lat l eo s e will attach be supported by the firmness, the name of Englishman, which no after effort of patriotism will have power to wash away. But we anticipate nothing of this sort. Already public meetings are taking place for the purpose l a )e j le unsupported, of conveying the thanks of the country to Ministers, and offer ing them the unqualified oupport of the people. This count) , lioatndtlefwl has set an example of Teal and promptitude which cannot be too much.commended. A numerous meeting was held at Wolver hampton yesterd.,y ; and we now pitblish the most respectable requisition ever presented to the Chief Bailiff of this town, for a meeting to be held on Monday. We hope our neighbours, to a man, will show that they are not insensible to the impolitance of the measure. The. rights for which Ministers, on behalf of the people, are now contending, should be withheld from the inha: 14 - ints of that city, town, or county, which refuses to speak out on this momentous occasion. . . - (Fran i.ne .SlockpOrt Aduertiler.) The Sun of I,.`tiesday last, a,t4ee"T IA rd Johh Russell had not commenced his proposition of neforn: t..• 011 six, o'clock, contained' six columns of it, published in a se.e11 1 1: edi r tion, dated eleven o'clock ; and with the zeal and alacrity which has ever distinguished that journal, whenever any great national question has been brought before Parliament, rfag gin the .better part of the evening's debate, dispatch ing eXpresscs to the drftanCe of :200 miles, and putting that pa. iflt6 the hands of tlie tiub ie be.forf other I.onden Even rAg Papers had.arriv&l, whieh.r.t the time ci'.l f.`ol#.ain even a line of the debate., To this journal We are indebted IV:. Mt . !. portitin which we havC given; teethed by express at four o'clock on Wednesday Afternoon. , • - The fbllowing are extracts of letters ilde.?'47 , ssed to the EDITOR of The Sun : ti ,„; DOVER, MARC Sir.,—Your express copies of The Sun were the only Papers in /Joliet giving Lord John ItuFselPs speech. The subscribers at cacti library vtcre much gratified. CHELMSFORD, MARCO 2. Stg,-4 thank you for The Suns reOlved la-It night ; they gave me the pridrity of information, and I hope You will think of me for the future. Should you send by the same conveyanee if you think of it, add DeliVer immediatelif In bed, to be knoclzed up." PERTH, Mißtit 4. SlR,—.Your expresses arrived here on horseback; Mid preceded the mail five hours. It gave the greatest satislitetiont IPSWICH, MA act' 2. Sta,—l am greatly obliged to you 'for those Sans. I son as much at a loss as the rest of the town to know how that was done, I had them by eleven in the forenoon. I wish there had been fifty. CHICHESTER, Mallen 3. A petition has been Presented fromthe city of Chichester to the House of Commons; expressing gratitude to his Majestfg Ministers for the noble and efficient way in which they have re deemed their pledge. A requisition for a pub& meeting has alsti been numerously signed. The following is an extract from a letter to the Editor The Sun, dated Lincoln, March 6, 1831 : Sta,—You justly anticipated, and laudably gratified the in tense anxiety with which the people in this city awaited the pro duction of Lord Russell's plan of Reform ; but, Sir, if it be pos sible for a still greater degree of excitement to exist in the hu man mind, it certainly does prevail in this part of the kingdom as to the result of the division. I am, Six', your obedient servant, • WILLIAM SQUIRE TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Stn,—ln my two-fold capacity, as Mayor of this city and joint proprietor and editor of the Gloucester Journal, I beg to offer you my best thanks for your transmission of four copies of the express edition of The Sun. At this interesting crisis they were in the highest degree acceptable, particularly as none of the Morning Papers of yesterday were published in time for the coaches to bring down. I shall be happy to take the first oppor tunity of personally expressing the obligation. I remain, Sir, your much obliged servant, D. M. WALKER, Gloucester, March 3. Mayor of Gloucester. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. am requested by the Subscribers of the Hanover News' Room, Manchester, to present their united tharks for your extraordinary exertions and despatch in fonvarding gene rally the latest information, but especially the proceedings of Tuesday evening in the House of Commons on the subject of Reform, which information we received at the early hour of two o'clock this afternoon. • I remain, Sir, your obedient servant, Manchester, March 2, 1831. G. H. WINDER, See, TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. • Slll,—i am directed by the Committee to convey to you the thanks of the members, in pursuance ora requisition numerously signed, for the intelligence received from you, by express, this morning at three o'clock, of the satisfactory and important speech of Lord John Russell, on Parliamentary Reforn ; and also to thank you for the information afforded, in a similar way, upon the Catholic Emancipation Bill. I am likewise directed to say, that, in compliance with the re quest of the members, I have ordered the News-agent to forward three copies of your Newspaper, in addition to the four already taken. I am, Gentlemen, your moat obedient servant, J. ORD, Secretary. Exchange Rooms, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Special Committee Meeting, March 3, 1831. LINCOLN. TO THE WORSHIPFUL THE MAYOR OF LINCOLN. " We the undersigned inhabitants of the City, Bail, or Close of Lincoln, do request your Worship will be pleased to convene, on as early a day as possible, a Public Meeting of the inhabitants of Lincoln, to take into consideration the propriety and necessity of adopting measures expressive of their earnest desire to support by every constitutional and legal means, the wise and patriotic plan of Reform in the legislative representation of the country, submitted by his Majesty's Ministers to the House of Commons on the first day of March instant. Lincoln, March 5, 1831." (The requisition was signed by a great number of respectable inhabitant householders of Lincoln.) " In pursuance of the above requisition, I appoint a meeting of the inhabitants of Lincoln, for the purposes therein mentioned, at the Guildhall of the said city, on Tuesday the Bth day of March instant, at twelve o'clock. " Lincoln, March 5, 1831. " THOMAS WINN, Mayor." BIRMINGHAM. TO THE Mall BAILIFF OF NIRMINCII (11, We, the undersigned, respecttully request you to convene an early public meeting of the inhabitant householders of this town and its vicinity, for the purpose of expressing our cordial and grateful satisfaction at the measure proposed by his Majesty's Ministers for amending the Representation of the people in the Commons' House of Parliament, and of entreating that Honour able House, by its adoption of the same, to promote and secure the best interests of the British °Constitution. In compliance with the above highly respectable requisition, I do hereby convene a Public Meeting of the Inhabitant House holders of Birmingham and its vicinity, to be holden at the Pub lic Office, at eleven o'clock in the forenoon of Friday next, the 11th of March. The Chair will be taken at twelve o'clock precisely. OLIVER MASON, High Bailiff: IKing Grove, March 5, 1831. e requisition was signed by a great number of respectable householders. REFORM MEETING. PARISH OF MARYLEBONE. A meeting of the inhabitants of the large and populous parish of Marylebone was held this day, at one o'clock, at the Auction Department of the Horse Bazaar, King-street, Portman-square, for the purpose of considering the best means to be adopted for aiding and supporting Ministers in carrying the grand measure of Reform. The galleries were thronged with most respectable persons, and the large area below was well filled. Mr. Hume, accompanied by Wm. Smith, Esq., late Member for Norwich, arrived shortly after one o'clock, and was received with loud cheers. Mr. HUME, in proposing that Mr. W. Smith do take the Chair, observed that he was an old friend to Reform, and was a member of that society which drew up the petition for Reform that was presented by Earl (then Mr.) Grey, on the 30th of May, 1795, and on which he founded his memorable observations upon the state of the representation. He felt sure the meeting would deem it a great honour to have so old a friend of Reform as their Chairman. WILLIAM SMITH, Esq. then took the chair amid loud ac clamations. The Hon. Gentleman entered into a retrospect of his political life, from the early period in which he belonged to the society of which the Duke of Richmond was the head, and Mr. Tierney, Major Cartwright, and other eminent persons, now no more, Mentbett It was with th e s i ncerest pleasute he ac cepted the post of Chairman. He had no conception that he should ct, ih JONES addressed the me e ti ng at great length, and ble energy. He was co nv i nced, he sa i d, that o the base boroughmonger s s h ou l d succeed in defeat _ live present.to see so happy, he might say so glorious, a pe as o oiwilconsiderable ontetneihsl ever aoh in er Tug the patriotic intentions of the King and his Ministers, the people would readily sacrifice their lives.—.(Loud applause.) (The Gallant Colonel was speaking when otr reporter left.) There could not have been at that time less than 1,000 persons assembled. The foll ow ing placard was affix e d on t h e hustings imme diately, below the Chairman :—" Englishmen who love your King, demand Reform of Parlianient, and support his Ministers." ST. LEONARD'S, BROMLEY. On Saturday a numerous meeting of the inhabitants of St. took place in the Vestry Room for the eur 'finisters in carrying Reform. Th e chair was taken by THOMAS DRAKE, Esq. Gentlemen addressed the meeting, and in the result a Sever , of resolutions were agreed to, to the effect that the long series of i abuses in the representation had occasioned general aitti greatex distress, and consequent discontent. That the. c abuses called for Reform, as the only means of averting from the country great and lamentable disorder. o i rse n o a f r s d i ' i s p , That the Bill now brought in appeared well adapted to correct p n O r rt ° i ln ng le these abuses, and that the gratitude of the nation is due to our beloved anti gracious Sovereign for sanctioning, and to his Mi nisters for bringiifg' forward, a measure so necessary, and so calculated to uphold alike the Throne and the Constitution. Under this conviction they pledge themselves to support the proposed Bill to the utmost of their power, and to cordially join their fel low -countrymen in all constitutional means for obtaining its be ing passed into a law. . . That the assertion made by the opponents of the measure that t h e people do not require Reform, is wholly untrue, .and this meettnq appeal to their countrymen at large to prove its falsity, by coming forward promptly, and recording to a man their opi nion by petitions to both Houses of Parliament and, if necessary, W the Throne. — The petition to the Lords it was agreed should be entrusted to earl Grey, and that to the Commons to Lord John Russell. The meeting then separated. BETHNAL-GREEN. A requisition from the inhabitants of Bethnal-green was on Sunday morning forwarded to the churchwardens, to convene a meeting tbr Wednesday next, to consider the propriety of ad dressing his Majesty on the Reform Bill, now about to be intro duced in the House of Commons by his Majesty's Ministers. — Though the requisition was not thought of until ten o'clock on Saturday evening, early the next morning it had received the signatures of sixty o f t h e most respec t a ble inhabitants of the parish. A meetin g is to be held on Wednesday.next , at four in Me afternoon, in th e par i s h c h urc h. I s end this at the request of several of th e Requisitionists. LAMBETH. The following pl acar d h as b een posted up all over the Me tropolis REFORM! !-An Address to his Majesty from the inhabi tants of the parish of Lambeth, in favour of theproposed measure for. Reform in Parliament, will lie for signatures, on Tuesday, March Bth, at the School-house, Lambeth-green ; and as a mark of entire approbation of the plan, a General Illumination will take place throughout the parish on the evening of Thursday, March 10." WINDSOR, MARCH 6.--Their MAJESTIES, accompanied by Prince GEORGE of Cambridge and a nu merous suite, attended divine service this morning in St. George's Chapel. The sermon was preached by the Rev. Mr. Com The service, HALE and HtNy, and the An them from RODGERS, with HANDEL'S chorus. " The Horse and his Rider" (Israel in Egypt). It is said that Mr. HOBHOUSE is likely to be appointed Secrettty of War, in lieu of Mr. WyNt4.--- Morning Chroialcle. PUBLIC PEELING IN VAVOR Of THE REFORM BILL. (PROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.) Sheffield, March 5, IS:31. IYour eloquent appeal to the provinces, and the variotig political union's in the 4'lln of Thurp,davi - lias not been without its effect. On the sanmevening, the subjci4. of a public declaration in fa ' , Your of the 66 Royal Reform Nil," wag i rc aglit before the mem bers et !he politidar, thlien in this town, Itti9n it was Unani mously resolVell that a re,!nisition should be signed immediately, and a meeting of tne .I'nhabitants called on an early da*, There was no difficulty in procuri;'4! signatures—all classes (rods the burble mechanic to the we a lthy f:laoufactureri are alike alive td ,J 4 f., importance of the measure. Indred„ since Wednesday afternoo,,, f'terc?Aas been nothing but congrafuYetions, rejoicing, and a general We for, its success. And, Item Ult.; f , scjt.rnent which prevails, we feel aftlfed that the meeting, which is; to be held on Monday, wig! be the i s :: numerous—the most unaill , mous—and the most respectable that :las ever been held in Shef field. To those who had any doubts as to - lA , , tility of Political we beff to say that but for this association, W. svery pre bar;f; .knipaTriPhire would, as has been too long ?.ha case, again have f,h6 jas4 its the field. Sheffield, however, - roused from her slinii'?s , f,ar!tl will, we believe, be the first town in Yorkshire that has sotttidell f tie alarm against the borough mongers, which lye trust will not si a , Pdt. tkil every village and hamlet in the county has sent ffirth its (let:life:l'cm or petition in ta vo :lr I,! , ,lpiso•ell,'s Purge," the woe eifeetudl :CA.-741 for ex tirpating nr.,::27/cf - lrruption, and extravagance in scuak*.ing the public money, ti.a! Sig ever been introduced into the BriflTh House of Commons. We L';;' Only add, we wish it with all our heart, God-speed. . PETITION IN FAVOUR OF 'Olt MINI- STERIAL PLAN OF REFORM. To the honourable the cdniMon7of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, ki Pai•.tinment assembled, the pc // tit* of the friends of Beforsn Id Pev.eastle-upon-Tyne, ?'head, and their vicinities, SnEwE're,-aTtiat, ; ,your petitioners have read with fmlings of great satisfaction, ti.e mulines of the Reform Bill, proposeTt try his Majesty's Ministers, par 4 ,irnlarly the equalization of the re- - presentation, the extension of I r 'e elective franchise, and :he non-compensation of the holders of rot} boroughs,—as such a compensation would be acknowledging theifvfamous principle, that. vie man has a right in the injury of anothef. a hat your pptitwoners hail the moasure as the commtnent of a new and happy ern, calculated to impart stability ia ThrOne, respect to your fltVkirahle Flou,e, and to avert the im pending horrors of internal strife nisei confusion. TIT* while your petitioners regret the omission of voting by ball6t, thee dye, so deeply convinced of the Wisdom, justice, and necessity of the iSrl'ealure in general, now before your Honourable House, that they tliirfully use every exertion, and encounter every danger in supporting and they do earnestly pray yaw Honourable House to adopt a plati ei essential to the peace and contentment of the cot.ntry ; as all oed' i,operfect institutions would, by a Reformed House of Parliament, tleprudently, gra dually/ and safely ameliorated. This petit.P. 4 n was signed by about 3,1X0 Radical Refistirlera in six hours. TO THE EDITOJI OP THE SUN. SF 11,-.4. write to inform you ofthe great joy whin s *l'4uprested by all ranks of persons in this town, at the measure of ft#fortri,. which has been proposed by his Majesty's Ministers. The peOti.tf, arc so full of expeCtatibtt .the good which will result from the Bill passing into a law, that 1 drf , ad the consequences which may ensue should the House be so mad al tH reject lt. 't he working classes have met in large numbers at the pUblic , liou , es every night since the measure has been introduced intd Parliarmilt, in order to discuss its merits ' and read the debates of the Members ; and, although they regret th at the, suffrage is limited, itbdi,ahbve all, that the vote by ballot is not introduced, still, seein g , cessity for unanintity, In order to overcome the vile oligarchy which grinds them into the dust, they are willing to accept the measure with gratitude as it is. In the mean time, the wealthy and influential portion of the inhabitants art , bestirring them selves in right earnest. The Political Council met this morning, and have decided on calling a meeting of the members and friends of the Union, on Monday next, to support the King and his Mi.: nisters. The liveliest excitement prevails, and it is expected that the meeting will be attended by an overwhelming number. Even the Ultra-Whigs and Tories are moving. A requisition to the High-Bailiff or the town is in progress of signature, and was numerously signed before it was known that the Council of the Union intended to call a meeting. It is intended to have a general illumination should the Bill pass the first reading. A meeting was yesterday held at Wolverhampton of the most respectable inhabitants ' to support the Ministers. Birmingham, March 5, 1831. PORTSI4OUTH, MARCH 6.—The Reforti: measure introduced to the House by Lord J. RUSSELL, was first announced to the inhabitants of this towel through the spirited exertions of the Proprietors of The Sun Paper, which arrived here about eleven o'clock by ,n express from London. It was most eagerly sought after, agd when the substance became known it gave the most general satisfaction; it even exceeded the wishes of our most ardent Reformists and they appealed to be ex travagant, till this noble and effectise measure was made ' public. Already meetings have been held in many places, and are to be held during the week, in different parts of the county, praying that the ptoposed measure may pass into a law, and expressing the peti tioner& determination to support the Govetument at this crisis. WHAT OUGHT THE COUNTRY TO DO ? The Ministerial plan of Reform is in danger—how shall it be supported ? In the metropolis numerous public meet ings are already announced, and one was held on Thursday to wipport Ministers and their measures by petitions. We have heard of similar meetings being summoned in other parts of the country.. Ought not Leeds and the towns of the West Riding immediately to meet for ae s one pur pose ? The necessity is urgent ; the Duke of WELLING - TON declares that the Ministerial measure will destroy the Monarchy, and Lord WHAIINCLIFTE calls it " a new Constitution ;" tae tocsin of alarm is sounded by the boroughmongers, and doubtless the KING will be In-set to induce him to turn out the Ministry. If it is more fitting that the four thousand 10/. householders of Leeds should have the elective franchise, than that it should be exer c:sed by the forty-two voters of Boroughbridge, at the command of the Duke of NEWCASTLE—nay, more, if the country is to be saved and settled, instead of being plunged into revolution—the people of Leeds ought, heart and hand, to support the Ministry. We throw out these sug gestions for the immediate consideration of the reformers of Leeds and Yorkshire.—Leeds Mercury. By some strange oversight the town of De vonport, with its forty thousand inhabitants, the seat of the most important arsenal in the kingdom, and of the nano and military commands in the west, is omitted in the list of towns to which Ministers propose to extend the franchise, on account of their population and national importance. The surprise which this circumstance has excited is general among all (mien of men here. Either undue influence has been exerted to prevent the rightful claims of this town from being considered in the proper quarter, or a real ignorance exists in that quarter of its relative position and political wants. The latter may pos sibly be the case, as we perceive by Lord JOHN Russzee's speech that the scheme now introduced is based upen the census of 1821, when Devonport was unknown by its present name, though it had long existed as a separate town, perfectly independent of Plymouth, and governed by its own Act of Parliament. The importance of Devonport is not confined to its bein; the depositary of many millions of Government property, but it is a place of commerce, and carries on a foreign and colonial trade, which requires only a fostering hand to make it consi derable, as from its situation at the mouth of a navigable river, anti on the borders of a rich agricultural district, it possesses many advantages and facilities for supporting an extensive internal trade. But setting aside these evident claims to attention, we need only dwell upon the nature and extent of its population, as it is by population only that the plan for the improvement of the representation• is regulated. In this respect Devonport stands far above four-fifths of the twenty-seven towns which are to have representatives, and is doubly entitled to possess Members of its orrnias from the peauliar tenure of the great bulk of the landed property in the parish, the inhabitants have begin hitherto unrepresented even as a part of the county. It is just possible, that the near neighbourhood of the borough of Plymouth, may have had some influence in withholding the rights to which Devonport is unquestion ably entitled, but the interests of Plymouth are numerous, important, and complicated enough, to occupy the un divided attention of its members, and experience has proved that so far from such a position being advantageous to the people of Devonport, it is in many cases just the reverse; for though in general the interests of both towns go hand in hand together, yet in such large communities occasions must arise in which they will clash, and then the weakest invariably goes to the wall. The inhabitants of Plymouth are far too liberal, too enlightened to allow any paltry jealousies to thwart the course of political jus tice, in respect to its neighbour. Little more need be said on the matter: here we merely stand out for our. rights, as subjects of this great empire, entitled to common, privileges upon the faith of being the sixth unrepresented' town in the kingdom in point of population, and in the' value and iinpOrt,ince of our public possessions unequalled, by any other vwhateVeri—Devonport Telegraph. Nothing is now talked of but political Re form, a measure which some declare to be of doubtful; good ; but the Reform in which all human beings must take an interest, is the Reform in the British tOnstittition,, lately brought about by Dour—a Reform connected with the science of the table, wherein health is made for the first time to go hand in hand with Epicurean indulgence.. The great result is achieved in the numerous original co-! linary receipts embodied in this successful Dictionary of Cookery, lately published by Mr. DOLBY, head-cook of, the Thatched House Tavern. A peculiar source of interest is involved in the recently published work entitled " The English. Army in France." We - allude to that Onion of the volumes whicl describes the day after the battle of Waterloo. The authos .. is a medical officer, and it was his duty to inspect. the wounded lying on the field of battle; during which toelani choly task many incidents of the deepest interest are de.l `veloped. Scenes such as these transcend , all the inven4 tione of romance. REFOR NT. MANCHESTER, TlA,7cii 5. et I never on any occasion saw such imanimitvi a n ,c :h o is f town, as prevails on the subject of the illini,tedal solo ra-, 0 0 0rne f Ref n o : m j . ain A i l n l r c a o ri m ka rn , e a v n ( d iatio pf ix •rso o n f s thhiedicrlincgonadlu. Lastl ar night it was determined to send forth a legoi,iti on to call a public meetiog, to express approbation of their c on d uct . It was sent on 'Change to-day at elercu o'clock, and by /ne o'clock bad received 2io signatures of the first re. spect4ility. The Borougtr...eve and e.onstabizs have this afternoon consented to cal a meeting on Wednesday, and I believe it will be snob a one as never was witnessed in Alanebetter before. MEETING AT LIVERPOOL, MARCH .5. (Abridged from the Liverpool Journal) An advertisement, signed by upwards of 200 of the most rev:lll43e merchants an go:ale:nen of the town, having appealed day's paper,. inviting the inhabitants to attend a public meeting to past a vote of thanks to his ;Westy, for having been graciously pleased to sanction, with his royal approbation, the Reform Bill now before ParliamsnS, a meeting took place at the Music Hall, at two o'cloc4 this afttsnoon. Notwithstanding the shortness of the notice, we have seldom seen a more numerous or re spectable amlience than was assembled on this occasion. WALLACE CURRIE, Esq. took the chair. Mr. Cunnuz said that the occasion on which they were met together Waa one of momentous consequence—it was amst glorious, and all felt the enthusiasm that was associ ated with it. They had all been taken by surprise as to ths extent of the plan proposed by Ministers—they did not expect it was to be a plan of such signal merit; and al though it con'sd not be expected that in the discussion of its details al would agree, there was sufficient leason to be. have that our earnest wishes would he gratified. Colonel WILLIAMS said under all the circumstances, he was satisfied. 11r. CI:011'EP. said, that every friend of peace and of got.d order should come forward and support the Govern- :neat. Mr. S. YATES moved an amendment; expressive of the thanks of the meeting to his Majesty, for the liberal sentiments he had always entertained and fre quently expressed in favour of Reform. Mr. OTTIWELL WOOD seconded the amendment. Ver. Mr. SHEPHERD said it gave him great pain to differ from the gentlemen who fad brought forward the amendment, hut he did differ with them tot° ccelo. Air. Yates will have it that the original resolution intimates that the King has interfered with the rigl.ts of Parlia ment, Now, in his opinion, it did no such thing.— (Cheers.) -1t only thanked him for what he is known to have done, and acknowledged the obligation under which he has laid all his suhjects.—(Cheers.)—He (Mr. Shep herd) was perfectly satisfied with the constitutional pro priety of the resolution. He entertained doubts list n ight, but he had since yeceived a communication from a high constitutional authority,—for such he considered him, —acknowledging the high constitutional -propriety of the. resolution, and advising its adoption as a mea sure likely to:, be of vast benefit.—(Loud cheers.)_ He gave the gentlemen who opposed it credit for good motives, beeatu•e he /tad last niht entertained doubt§ himself. ..... The amendment being pot. only three hands were held up for it, al&rlst great laughter. The original resolution was then carried amidst great plaudits. Mr. THEAKSTONE considered himself entitled to the indulgence of the meeting, for it was not. many minutes since the resolution he was about to propose had been put into his hands. In taking a review of the important sut,.. ject relative to which they had as it met his entire. approbation'; and why? becanie it was founded on the basis of property and intelligence. The resolution was then put, and carried unanimousi.. The Rev. Mr. SnErnEno arose arnid,t loud cheer.. The resell of Reform now yes on with the wind and tidt'r in her favour ; but when she berran she was surrounded with shrralsand rocks, end beset with storms and tempests. Tie first difficulty was to bring the subject before the people. It required no small degree of caution and cou rage; their opponents then had a trick of putting them down by popular clamour, for at this time the people were aphid them. (Here Mr. Thomas Smith, of Lord-street, rose in the holly of the room, with the seeming purpose of addressing the Chair, bat the cries of " Down, Sir," were so loud, that after an effort to speak he sat flown. After the interruption lia4 ceased, Mr. Shepherd con ' tinued) At the time of which he was speaking, if they • the (Reformers) ventured to name Old Sarum, the an swer was, " You are an enemy to the country." If they alluded to any of the rotten boroughs, they were accused of wanting to participate in the spoil of the country, and of giving encouragement to revolution. Government spies attended public meetings, and affixed the name of " Ja cobin" to their backs. It was said also, that the system worked well. Aye, for whom, though, did it work well ? For all the proprietors of boroughs—for those individuals, who, by virtue of Parliamentary influence, fixed themselves like leeches on the body politic, and infested the army, navy, &c.. The cry of Reform is now raised from John o'Grt at's House to the Land's End. For even' Scotland itself arouses for freedom. His Majesty's Ministers have done their duty, in coming forward to grapple with the bo roughmongers, and have marked them to be put down ; and it remains for the country to do theirs. Mr. Shep herd then proceeded to say, that if asked whether he were content with the present Bill, be would, as a private indi vidual, say he would give a right of franchise to every individual who is liable to serve in the militia. But we must be content to have this measure with the present Ministers, or the Duke of Wellington with " no Reform" at all.--(Applause.)—Let it be recollected, that Minis ters have a powerful enemy to contend with—a culprit who is sitting in judgment on himself.—(Applause and langhter.)—That culprit is a section of the House of Commons. But if the people will raise their voice, that) , must swallow the pill whether they will or not. Should either of our present county Members, continued the Rev: Gentleman, vote against the measure, I will mount my horse, ride to Lancaster, and vote against him whenever a dissolution takes place.—(lt is impossible to express the degree of applause which this assertion called forth.)--If Constitutional measures be taken, a very different scene of things will ensue. By speaking our sentiments, we shall bring on a general expression of tie voice of the people. The R•-v. Gentleman concluded amidst the greatest applause, by reading a petition to the House of Commons, embodying the sense of the meeting in favour of the measure. Mr. Tnoraimv, in a very able speech, seconded the resolution. He observed that in the, event of the measure being carried, the inhabitants of Liverpool, he had no doubt, would erect a monument to William IV., in com memoration of the glorious event, Thanks having been voted to the Chairman, the meet ing separated. • • In consequence of a requisition most numerously signed, having been addressed to the High Sheriff fir Surrey (Harvey Coombe, Esq.), calling upon him to convene a county meeting, for the purpose of taking into considera tion the best means of supporting Ministers in carrying the tnessure of Reform, that gentleman has appointed a meeting to be held at Epsom, on Saturday next, at noon. On Saturday a numerous meeting of the inhabitants of Bishopsgate took pl zee at the school-house, in Sun-street, to adopt resolutions expressive of its approbation of the celebrated ministerial plan of Reform, and to move an address to his Majesty on the subject. Alderman Cope land, who was in the chair, designated the plan of Reform introduced by Ministers as tone of the most extraordinary and unexpected magnitude. He highly approved of the outline of the plan ; but he believed that there were parts which would be capable of much improvement. Mr. Stevens, Mr. Peacock, and Mr. Charles Pearson, also ex pressed themselves in energetic language in support of Reform, after which the resolutions were agreed to, and an address voted to his Majesty on - the subject. Mr. Peacock then said, that be had heard from a gentleman in the confidence of Ministers, that Isis Majesty had not only declared himself, by word of mouth, in favour of Reform, but actually committed to writing his sentiments on it at considerable length. The meeting adjourned after a vote of thanks had been passed to the Chairman. T HE REFORM QUESTION.—There are two remarkable features in the present debates on Lord JOHN' RussaLes motion, which, in the progress of so important a question, should not be suffered to escape observation— these are, that not a siagle county Member, from any part of the three portions of the United Kingdom, has ven ture&to raise his voice against the Ministerial proposition ; and that the Members returned at the last general election, for what are usually termed the Government boroughs, have expressed an opinion against the measures of his MAJ EST Y'S Ministers. MR. COOPER.—This gentleman's last pro duction, "The Water Witch," has procured for hint the appellation of the "Wizard of the Sea." In all that relates to a sailor's chequered life he is indeed unrivalled. 7 Virdhiett•oe shall we find descriptions at all comparte ft n ir ter t , r ,s u r, CO nature, forcible delineation , and inren:i.?; eugage. ent those- given in the above-narned o the between the Cogst ‘t t e *nd a Ferrlcl: f r i ga t . r, and of the destruction of th e formic by fir