The Sun. — London, England, 1831-04-08 00:00:00

THE NEW LONDON BRIDGE. The works at this splendid structure are rapidly advancing to completion, but the bridge will not, as has been asserted, be opened for public use so early as either June or July. It is fully expected, how ever, that very shortly before Christmas next, the ce remony of opening the bridge to the public will take place, in which their Majesties, many of the Ministers, and other distinguished personages, will take a prominent part. The works on the bridge are carried on with great activity. Three-fourths of the parapet on either side has been completed, and nearly the same quantity of the footway is finished. All the stairs are completed. On the Surrey side the water is approached by a descent of about sixty five steps, which has a very noble appearance, and are of very easy ascent, owing to their width and slight acclivity. O❑ the city side there are about eighty steps, the ground here being higher than on the other side of the river. The roadway upon the bridge is about forty feet broad, and the pavement on each side about nine feet. The carriage-road will be much deeper than the foot-pavements ; but the many complaints now made as to the insecurity of the passage over Blackfriars-bridge will not exist in the new London-bridge, as there are two steps formed, in order that an easy a‘sent from the road way to the pavement may be effected. The para pets are about four feet high, and on looking over them a fine view is obtained of the Custom-house and shipping below, and of St. Paul's, and other public buildings above bridge. The approaches to the bridge on the Southwatk side are nearly completed. The pavement on the western side is finished, and is not less than eleven feet wide. The formation of the roadway has been a work of great care and attention, as the traffic over the bridge by heavy-laden waggons, &c., added to the descent which exists, will put to a severe test the strength and durability of this portion of the structure. An immense iron roller, of great weight, has been drawn over the road, to make it firm. On the City side a great deal has yet to be done before the approaches will be complete. The de molition of St. Michael's church, which was began . a few days ago, is going on with rapidity. The whole fabric was purchased for 7301., and all avail able parts of it are to be employed, as is under stood, in the erection of a new church near town. The materials are in an excellent state of preserva tion. The foundations, as far as they have been ex posed, are as solid as a rock, though laid down so long back as 1300, and having borne the old church, which was destroyed by the fire of London. The removal of the coffins, with the remains of the dead, has been going on for some days. A great number of the relatives and friends of deceased persons in terred in the vaults and ground, have had the re mains enclosed in fresh coffins, and laid in the neigh• bouring churchyard.; or vaults —sextons and grave diggers are, consequently, in great activity in the City. Some of the coffins and their contents are in a wonderful state of preservation. The formation of the sewers on the City side has proved a work of great labour; they are exceedingly deep. Th houses in the line of road over the bridge have been taken down as far as Cannon -street. About twenty feet below the foundation of St. Michael's church a spring was tapped, from which is now flowing a stream of the purest water. It is said that the old bridge will be demolished by means of coffer darns, to be formed round the piers. The patronage of St. Michael's was anciently in the Prior and Con vent of Canterbury, in whom it continued till 1408, since which time it has been in the Archbishops of that See, and is one of the 13 peculiars within the City belonging to that Archbishop. Among the ancient monuments preserved in this church is that of Sir m. Walworth, who slew Wat Tyler in Smithfield ; one to the memory of Queen Elizabeth; and the fol lowing concise epitaph on the tomb of a parishioner : Here lyeth, wraps in clay, The body of William Wiay, I have no more to say. A Russian soldier, who was made prisoner in the affair at Wawry, begged hard for quarter. When asked by one of the Pole 3 what made him fight against them ? "It is not my fault," he replied ; " I received a rouble, and was told that I was about to fight the French." When questioned as to what country he was in, he an awered that he believed himself to be in Belgium. —Lc Tenips. FEMALE POLITICIAN.—III a village not so far south as the Nith, the male inhabitants of which lately got up an able petition to both Houses of Parliament, and subscribed, almost to a man, against the China monopoly, the feelings of joy were equally unanimous on the arrival of the tidings of the Reform Bill having passed a second reading. That the surrounding country mignt be en lightened by their rejoicings, the men agreed to have a bonfire on the top of a neighbouring hill, arsd each en gaged to carry a piece ca coal thither, although the height was considerable; while the women, having caught the more elevated flame of their domestic lords, determined to have a blaze on a more accessible position. Around the latter many sage matrons were assembled, and politics were discussed with great volubility, and, no doubt, with all the skill which such patriotic heroines might be ex pected to possess. Among the many good things to result from the present measure, it was remarked, that 44 Re form wad put an en' to Cheenia Tuniplies, an' th ey wa d then get tea at ninepence the pun. Giassow Chronicle. lug, Ar ina. 5 in 1p is eady )01 4 ote, Bri. )hia, iker, from {eon, redo, :hur, and and tatia, St. Fane, 111a— !fast, nded and near Wien aged ling )art- other tion, ex ►iaea, iding hitt: the 7C he ; six dl9- ,her- shirt led." them r of that i not con y to Dorn, the le at man the told , the erely It for I the vhen raper, 3 be He cane, pre .t be I the lsthe u by gold were icing at it we ►n to wing [nen not a large n to actor men, s in_ ling.. 13th perty sling pro. x the the did arlia t mcd, fond 16th lard, ?erty turn ruits orts to a rCBI4. THE LORD CHANCELLOR. (From the York Chronicle of Thursday.) Yesterday, soon after two o'clock, the Right Hon. Lord Brougham and Vacs, Lord High Chan cellor of Great Britain, arrived in this city, to re ceive the freedom of York, which was voted to him on the 15th of January last, at a meeting of the Corporation.—A procession consisting of a band of music, banners, flags, &c. met the Learned Lord xin the Mount, without Micklegate Bar; a large concourse of people were waiting for him, and re ceived him with enthusiastic cheering. His Lord ship was accompanied in his carriage by the lion. E. R. Petre, (late Lord Mayor.) The procession, among which was a number of highly respectable gentlemen of the town and neighbourhood, having been formed, it set off towards the city, in creasing in number every moment. Amongst the flags displayed were a handsome green silk one, inscribed " Peace ;" another, n dark blue one, ornamented w;th orange rosettes, )aith the in scription " Long Live King William IV. ;" third, pale blue, inscribed " We will persevere and conquer" ; another, pale blue, inscribed " The Cause of Liberty and Independence ;" one flag was inscribed, " Brougham, the Fi iend of Re form ;" &c. &c. The cavalcade proceeded down Micklegate, across the bridge, though Spurriergate and Coney-street, towards the Guildhall. The windows throughout the line of procession were filled with elegantly dressed females, waving hand kerchiefs, Sz.c. The bells of the cathedral and other churches were rung, and the day being fine, gave an animation to the scene truly imposing. The Noble Lord was received by the Lord Mayor, Al dermen, &c. in their scarlet robes and the members of the Common Council in their gowns. In a few moments the body of the Hall was completely filled; and the business of the presentation then com menced, and was not concluded when our paper was put to press. The box, in which was inclosed the. admission to the freedom, is made of wood from the celebrated oak tree at Cowthorpe, new Wetherhy, the property of the Hon. E. R. Metre. It is a square box, five inches by three and a half, and two inches deep, beautifully mounted with silver gilt, both inside arid out, and the oak wood is brilliantly polished. In the centre of the lid is a large square shield, with the following inscription upon it : " The Freedom of the City of York, presented to the Right Honourable Henry Lord Brougham and Vaux, ' Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain, in testimony of the feelings of admiration and respect entertained by the Corporation of York, for the unrivalled talents and 1114. deviating patriotism of that eminent Statesman,—April, 1831. " The Right Honourable Lord Dundasi, " (Third time) Lord Mayor." The copy of the admission, inclosed in the box, is elegantly executed, by the Town Clerk, on vellum. COURT CIRCULAR. The Duke of GLOUCESTER has been indisposed, and confined to his room for some days past. His Royal Highness experienced the first attack on the night of Wednesday se'nnight. Sir HENRY HALronn was sent for at an early hour the following morning, and immedi ately attended upon his Royal Highness. Sir HENRl rronounced the indisposition to have arisen from a bad cold, which was accompanied with fever. The Royal Duke has been kept very quiet, and latterly has been re covering front the attack. The following favourable bul letin was issued %esterday:— " April 7. " His Royal Highness the Duke of GLOUCESTER is going on very well." Signed) " HENRY HALFORD." The Duchess of Giouce3ter has received visits from the Dukes of CUMBERLAND and Sussex. Their MA JESTIES and the other meinb:n - s of the Royal family have constantly sent to make their affectionate inquiries after his Royal Highness. Great numbers of the nobility and .;entry have called daily to learn - the state of the Royal Duke and left their names. The Neapolitan and Brazilian Ministers transacted busi ness yesterday, at the office of the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. Despatches were sent off last evening front the Colonial Office for the Earl of BELMORE, the Governor of Jamaica, and the other Governors of the Vt't.st India Islands. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. The Earl of Chesterfield, at Chesterfield-house, South Audley street, from Newmarket; J. Calvert, Esq., M.P., in Old Bond street, from his seat, Albury Hall, Bishop's Stortford, Hcrts ; the Hon. T. Ashburnhai.n, at Hounslow, from Paris; Captain and Mrs. Hughes, in Grosvenor-street, from Hastings ; Mr. and Mrs. J. Cooper, in Regent-street, from Ireland ; Sir George Crewe, Bart., at the Berners Hotel, Berners-street, from his Feat, Calke Abbey, Derbyshire; Charles Crewe, Esq., at ditto, from ditto; the Rev. J. Hunt Barber, and Lady Millicent Barber, at ditto, from Brighton; G. Daniell, Esq., Mrs. ; and Miss Daniell, at ditto, from their seat, Westhumble, Surrey ; E. Lam prey, Esq., and Mrs. Lamprey, at ditto, from Southampton ; C. 0. Thornton, Esq., at ditto, from his seat, Morden_hill, Ilert tbrd ; C. E. Gipps, Esq., at ditto; the Right Hon. John Calcraft, M.P., in St. James's-place, from DorsetsKire ; Sir John Burke, Bart., Mrs., and Lady Burke, in Grafton-street, from Leaming ton; Major-General Sir Colin and Lady Campbell, in Regent street, from Portsmouth ; William Stirling Graham, Esq., of Duntrume, at the City of London Tavern, Bishopsgate-street Within. DEPARTURES. The Earl and Countess of Arran, from Dover-street, for their seat, Arran Lodge, Bognor, Sussex ; the Marquis and Marchio_ ness of Bristol, from St. James's-square, for their seat, Putney_ heath ; Lord Nugent, for his seat in Bucks; Mr. and Mrs. Pearson, from Albemarle.strect, for their seat in Norfolk ; Mr. and Mrs. Davey, from Crawley's Hotel, Albemarle-street, for their seat in Oxfordshire; Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Parkins, from the Brunswick Hotel, Jermyn-street, for their seat, Penreith, Wales; Captain Moore, from the British Hotel, Jermyn-street, for Brighton ; William Kennedy, Esq. from ditto, for ditto ; Mr. and Mrs. W. Stanley, from Piccadilly, for Bath • Captain Maude, from Brook-street, f or Wi n d sor; th e Marchioness of Cleveland, from the Bedford Hotel, Brighton, for town ; the Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Phillpot, from ditto, for ditto ; Lady Olivia Sparrow, from the Hyde-park Hotel, Hyde-park-place, for her seat Brampton-park ; y Sir J. and 1 adv pollen, from ditto, for Redenham, Hants; Lord and Lady Donerailc, from ditto, for Colebrook; R. Price, Esq., M.P., from ditto, for Presteign, Rad norshire ; W. Green, Esq., from ditto, for Hants ; harles Shakerley, Esq., from litto, for Park-place, Windsor. DRURY-LANE THEATRE. A new f tree, entitled Nettloci!' Hall, or Ten to One, was last night brought out at this theatre ; the plot is as follows :—Sir John Julius Nettlewig (Mr. FARREN) has been appointed by his deceased friend Colonel Con stant the guardian of his daughter Emily (Mrs. WA Y LETT), with strict injunctions that he shall prevent the lady from having any intercourse with the male sex until she is twenty-one years of age. Sir John is exceedingly anxious to act strictly in compliance with his friend's will, and with that view turns out all his male servants, but re tains ten female domestics, whom he keeps in a state of strict surveillance. Hence the second title of Ten to One. His nephew, Frederick Ramble (Mr. VIKING), a young Oxonian, arrives at Nettlewig Hall for the pur pose of passing his vacation there ; but he and his in triguing servant, Tim Transit (Mr. HARLEY), share the fate of all the other male creatures, and arc refused admittance. Frederick soon discovers, from Emily's soubrette (Mrs. ORGER), what the reason of his exclusion is; and he also learns that the lady who is thus watch fully guarded is the very identical fair one whom he had casually met at Oxford, and with whom he had fallen desperately in love. He immediately enters into a plot with Sir John's discarded servants, aided by Patrick O'Doyherty (Mr. H. WALLACO, the Irish servant of _Emily, to carry her off from Nettlewig Hall. The stra tagems which he uses to effect this object form the action of the farce. He ultimately succeeds, scion les reyles, in rescuing his mistress, is foreiven by his uncle, and master and man are united to mistress and maid. There is much sprightly dialogue and comic incident in this piece, which has the additional recommendation of being wholly free front those verbal nuisances—puns. Altogether, it deserved a better reception than it met with, for it was both well written and well acted. When one or two j trifling curtailments have been made, we think we may jpredict it will have a run. The fashionable world has been much occu pied by a report that a certain Noble Earl is about to be married to an actress, once the protegee of a Gailant Colonel. From the high and honourable character of the Nobleman in question, it is generally known that this ru mour is without foundation, as it is pretty well understood that his Lordship's attentions have been directed to the lovely and amiable daughter of an old brother officer, for merly in the 10th Hussars.—Morning Paper.—(The Nobleman alluded to is Lord HARRINGTON.) It is curious to compare the language of the Duke of WELLINGTON and the other Ex-Ministers on the Reform Bill, as to its being a measure approved by the KING, with their conduct on the Roman Catholic Relief Bill. On the present occasion they reproach the Go vernment with an unparliamentary use of the KING'S name. Surely they forget the use they made of GEORGE the FOURTH'S name. They made the Catholic Relief Bill part of the KING'S speech, and indeed they refused to allow Mr. PEEL to bring the Bill into the House of Com mons, until GEORGE the FOURTH had pledged himself to support it, and it is said that they even insisted upon that approbation being communicated in an autograph letter._ Brighton Gazette. As a paragraph has gone the round of the papers, calcuated to excite uneasiness respecting the situ ation of Mr. CHARLES KEMBLE'S eldest son, we think it right to state that, knowing as we do, a part of it to be unfounded, we are led to hope the remainder may be equally so, The visit of Mr. KEMBLE to France is purely professional ; indeed, the absurdity of a person going to Paris to intercede for the life of another, sentenced to execution at Cadiz, is manifest. Mrs. KEMBLE, too, we were glad to see in her private box, on Tuesday, listening to SroHa's beautiful music, at the very time when the paragraph in question had been 24 hours in circulation.— The last accounts received from the young gentleman to his family were, we believe, dated Gibraltar. The Marquis of EXETER a few days ago made a journey from Stamford to Northampton with such ex traordinary speed, that two of the post-horses died in consequence—one the property of Mr. WHINCUP of Stamford, for which the Marquis has paid 201. ; the other the property of an innkeeper at Kettering, for which, we understand, his Lordship has paid 251.—Lincoln Mercury. An anonymous correspondent informs us that a meeting took place yesterday, near Richmond, between Captain ll c_ and Colonel S-, when, after exchanging one shot, in which the shoulder of the latter was slightly grazed, the parties separated, and left the ground with their respective friends. The dud originated In the Colonel having addressed uncivil reproaches to a young lady with whom, at the time, the Captain was :lancing - , but whom the Colonel had considered was pre viously engaged to himself. MATRIMONY.—On Easter Monday no less than twenty-three couples were married in this town, being c onsiderably more than were ev er b e f ore united here in one day; and on Sunday last the Rev. WILLIAM GRAY, Minister of Haslingden, christened at his church 26 chil dren!—Blackburn Gazette. MATRIMONY. — TIie following advertisement appeared in the Constitutionne/ in the course of the last week.—"AlAn.alAGE—Madaine Houdard has succeeded' by zell and discretion, in causing the torch of Hymen t o be lighted, and in matching with promptness those who have addressed themselves to her.—Rue Ste. Appoline, No. 4." This morning the wife of a tradesman pur chased some oatmeal in a victualler's shop in High-street, with which she was about ►o make some porridge for breakfast, wher. it was discovered that there were mixed up with the meal immense numbers of vermin, resembling fleas. The disgusting sight almost disappetized the whole family, and the unwholesome article was handed over to the authorities. The shop-boy, when questioned as to the fact, did not deny that he was aware of the putrid nature of the provision ; and the garner from which it was taken, on being examined, was found in a similar state.— Glavow Chronicle. REFORM MEETING IN SUPPORT OF HIS MAJESTY'S MINISTERS. (From the Dublin Morning Register of Tuesddy.) THE DUBLIN UNIVERSITY. Yesterday a meeting of graduates of the Dublin University was held in the hall of the guild of mer chants, to receive the report of a Committee ap pointed to consider the propriety of petitioning Par liament for an extension of the elective franchise in college, under the proposed Reform Bill. It was very numerously attended. Mr. CASII, barrister, was called to the chair. Mr. NAPIER was appointed secretary, and pro ceeded to read the report of the Committee, which ecommended a petition to Parliament to assimilate !l;e University of Dublin to the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge in its elective privileges. He concluded by a few explanatory observations, and moved its adoption, which was seconded. Mr. J. A. CURRAN moved an amendment, re commending a further extension of the franchise, ..Lich was afterwards withdrawn. Mr. LAVELLE then moved another amendment, which recommended the extension of the franchise to such masters only as had obtained collegiate honours, which was seconded by Mr. M. Costello. A long and rather stormy debate .ensued, in which great number of gentlemen took part, and it ter minated by the rejection of Mr. Lavelle's motion, in very tumultuous manner, by a large majority of the Members present. Mr. CURRAN then moved a third amendment, which was likewise lost, and the original report was then adopted. Afterwards several resolutions of course were passed, a petition to Le pesented to Parliament was approved of, and the meeting separated. FR AN CE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE MORNING CHRONICLE. Paris, April 5, 1831. SIR,—We are about commencing a controversy with the Chamber of Peers. It is the Chamber itself which has provoked this measure. Let me explain to you in a few words the nature of the conflict which must now take place. You are aware that by the new Elector►! Law, adopted by the Chamber of Deputies, all Frenchmen of twenty-five years of age are electors, provided they pay the sum of two hundred francs taxes per annum. You are also aware that by the same ne ,v law all Frenchmen of thirty years of age are eligible to be Deputies, pro vided they pay five hundred francs taxes per annum. Young and regenerated France is by no means satis fied with this limitation, and this is one of these" Re- publican Institutions" which is made much too Mo narchical to please the millions who made and re- • joiced at the revolution. But although it he nut I sufficiently Republican to please the millions:, it is not sufficiently Monarchical to please the Aristocracy ; and accordingly, the Chamber of ' Peers has, in its " wisdom," though fit to render ' the law more in accordance with what it understands ' to be the principles of the July revolution. The Peers are, in fact, fighting for their own existence ! as a corporate and hereditary body. They say that if the law, as passed by the Chamber of Deputies, should be adopted by them, the new Chamber ►would ' be completely democratic; and that inasmuch as the new Charter reserved the quest•on of an here- ' ditary Peerage to the discussion and decision of the three Powers of the State in the Session of 1831, I that, consequently, should the new Chamber of De- ' puties be democratical, it would pronounce against 1 an hereditary Peerage, and the Chamber of Peers must consent to the measure, or witness, as the re sult of its refusal, a national movement, which would overthrow the Peerage entirely, and appoint a " Senate" in its place ! ! For these reasons, say the " long heads" and " grey beards" of the Cham ber of Peers, we must take care not to have a demo mocratical Chamber of Deputies, and not to pass a law which shall encourage the election of men who will vote our dis-incorporation ! This is the reason ing of the Peers. And before I proceed a step further with this important matter, allow me to call your attention to an important deduction to be drawn from these facts, and which, doubtless, you have even already made. The deduction is the following :—lt ap pears, therefore, that France is democratical—th a t the millions are favourable to republican institu tions—for the Peers are opposed to any great exten sion of the elective franchise, lest democratical depu ties should be returned, who would overthrow the remnants of the old fabric of legitimacy, divine right, and the proud and dominating aristocracy. So, then, according to these men, a trick is to be re sorted to now to prevent France from being truly and honestly represented, in order that an hereditary peerage might not be endangered, and that some portion of the old system of family interest, l or dl y patronage, and an injurious monopoly may be pre served ! Yet there are boobies who will tell us that the revolution has terminated, and that France has even more liberty than is desirable for her to possess ! Now, then, let us look at the way in :Which the Chamber of Peers proposes to carry its object into effect. Whilst an aristocratical Commission in the Chamber of Deputies proposes that no additional taxes shall be imposed upon small shopkeepers for their patents or right to carry on trade, lest by such additional taxes the number of electors should be in creased (since, by such additional taxes those who now pay but 193 francs, and therefore are not elec tors, may then pay 200 francs, and thus become electors)—the Chamber of Peers, on the other hand, has thought of a plan by which a vast many of these shopkeepers ! whom the Aristocracy so much abhor, shall cease to be electors—and by which those who pay taxes on property shall alone have the power of voting. Let me explain to you this matter in a few words. For instance, in France there are a great' many thousands, nay, millions of individuals, who pay very few taxes except those of a personal nature, and among the principal of which is the tax on patents, or on the right of carrying on trades. It is a great pity and a great shame that such a sort of tax should exist ; but, as it falls principally on the middling and lower orders, let those individuals enjoy the benefits which may arise from the payment, as well as sustain the charge thus imposed on them. Accordingly, all direct taxes of all descriptions, whether personal or on property, were to be counted up in the total amount paid by each cit'zen, and all males who were 25 years of age, and who paid in the whole 200 francs of taxes, were, by the new law of elections, as passed by the Chamber of Depu- ' ties, to enjoy the right of being electors. The Chamber of Peers has, however, thought fit I to propose and adopt another system. It proposes to exclude altogether the tax paid for patents out of the calculation, and has decided that the payments • of the taxes which shall entitle a man to vote, shall be exclusively taxes on property !! This decision has been received by France with hisses and scorn• , If it should be assented to by the Chamber of De puties, and become the law of the land, thousands and thousands of individuals in the middling classes of society, who pay the necessary amount of taxes; including the tax on their patents (but not exclud : ing it), would cease to be, and be prevented from, t becoming electors; and the middling and lower classes, which constitote nine-tenths of the pqini l3 " Lion of France, would be unrepresented ! ! For, tit order that you may understand completely the na ture of this resolution of the Chamber of Peers, I should state to you that the tax on patents varies in amount from 35 to 350 francs ; and that all those who just pay enough direct taxes, including the tax on their patents, to become electors, would be for ever prevented from enjoying one of the dearest rights purchased by the Revolution of July. But here this system of fraud and aristocratical arrogance does not terminate. I have not yet com pleted the expose. Well, then—the Chamber of Peers, fully aware of the outcry which would be raised against it in consequence of this alteration, has attempted to juggle France into the belief that it would be " as boat] as it was long," by reducing 04e amount of qualification from 200 francs to 1.50 f ants for electors, and from 500 to 400 francs for Deputies. " Thus (say they), although we take away the right. which the Chamber of Deputies would confer on the middling classes, by adding their tax oa patents to their taxes on property, and thus making up a total payment of two hundred f rancs — we do the same thing by diminish ing the sum to one hundred and fifty francs on property, and leave the patents out of the questiwn !! But France is not so easily cajoled ! If it be really "as broad as it is long," then why did the Peers proposed this change ? No—no—it is quite otherwise, as I will show you in two words. oftieP e whoeer Peers, a vast many persons are under their , eil l3 l admitted v be thesystem to s i, ot in fluence, and will vote as they direct—but who could not vote at all under the system of the Deputies ! Since the Peers have all their influence in the de partments, where small farmers —small leaseholder, —small renters, depend on the will and patronage of these Lords of the soil—and who not being in trade—and having no patent tax to pay, would not have the right of voting if 200 francs' worth of taxes were necessary to be paid by them—but who pay 150 francs' worth of property taxes, and thus would have the right of voting as their great pro prietors required them to do. Thus the Chamber of Peers, by its plan,Vould create a vest many new electors, who would be 'under their influence; and who would in return support only those candidates who were disposed to vote for an hereditary Peerage and Monarchical institutions. By this system of the Peers also a vast many in dependent tradesmen—l mean independent in their opinions and principles—would be excluded from voting, and thus the inhabitants of the country would have an advantage over the inhabitants of towns and cities—and the sleeping, inactive, un thinking part of the population would be sending to the Chamber old rich proprietors and friends of legitimacy and divine right—whilst the active, thinking, talented portion of the people would not have the right of voting at all in consequence of their not paving 150 francs' worth of taxes over and above the tax on their patents. Finally, this system of Peers is not only intended to attack the Electors, but also the Deputies. For, by declaring that a Deputy cannot count his tax on patents, though often it amounts alone to 300 francs—but that he must pay 400 francs of other taxes independent of his patent—the Peers would prevent hundreds of talented and patriotic merchants and manufacturers from becoming candidates—and would, in fact, thereby oblige the electors to select their Deputies from the agricultural interests—from the mere vegetating part of the higher classes in France, and not from that description of persons of which the extreme gauche in the Chamber of De puties is this day almost wholly composed ! You will perceive, then, that here is a double manoeuvre ! First of all, the Peers wish to secure aristocratical electors !—and, next, ill-informed, fearful, and even aristocratical Deputies ! They have a vast horror of young France ! This electoral law, so disfigured, mutilated, and spoiled, is now in the hands of the Government ! It must come hack to the Chamber of Deputies ! With what will it be accompanied ? With a re commendation on the part of the Government that as it is altered, so it should be accepted ? No, this cannot be; and even should this be the case, the Chamber of Deputies would not dare to arrive at such a conclusion ! Well, then, the amendments must be rejected—the old principle of the Deputies' law re-established—and the assent of the Peers again repaired to the original measure. But will this assent be again refused ? It is possible ; and then—why farewell to an hereditary Peerage ! France will never forget or forgive such an injury, and in that case the Session of 1831 will do her ample justice. The Ministerial explanations in the Chamber of Deputies, which were yesterday made by the Mini ster of Foreign Affairs, are to-day the subject of general conversation. If M. Sebastiani were to be believed, France has armed only against htrself—has incurred millions of debt only because she was I lfrightened by a phantom ; as Russia, Austria, and IPrussia are the sworn friends of the Revolution of July. But no one is deceived by such assurances— no one is calmed by such statements. The Minister did not reply to either Lamarque or Mauguin. lie dealt in generalities, whilst they descended into particulars—and when he could not meet a charge he betook himself to the general shelter of that " Mini sterial reserve," which he knows so well how to pre serve when it suits the purpose of the hour. The declarations as to Luxembourg were not, however, satisfactory. It appears that Belgium is to be unaided and unprotected against troops of Prussia or troops of the Germanic Confederation—but as to Limbourg and Maestricht, as negociations are pending, n othing is announced—and Talleyrand signs Protocols at London, whilst Sebastiani chatters his " nothings" from the Tribune. The progress of the Patriotic or National Asso ciation isi tr uly astonishing. I n th e most o b scure d villages of France those asso c i a ti ons are Notwithstanding destituti on a f ter desti tution the funct i o naries g iv e i n their adhesion to the towns forming.at principle of these Institutions —and the Minister is compelled to arrest the progress of his system of destitution. Th e y are all found ed on the principle pose the fact o f a f ore i gn policy, m a y b e una bl e io the hour that a Govern ment which does not cause France to be respected in forei g n countries b y a plain, manly, honourable to foreign o p invasion. Th is want of confidence—thi s doubt— fear—is the fun damental p rinci p l e of these associa tions ; and wh ilst this want of confi dence continues. systemfll O need, people will continue to ass oc i ate . I t appears, Cd o , f indeed, that the Minister has himself felt the impos sibility of following up his own system of force and destitution, anti has already retracted the decisions which were formed not forty-eight hours ago. So much the better ! It is never too late to mend. • The Revolution in the Pays Bas again invites our attention. The new Belgian Ministers have spoken. Th e y have made th e i r pro f ess i on o f fa i th, and although it is not very talented, it has a good deal of honest nationality about it. The Ministers have a ssured us that the new French Government has professed the most unbou n d e d a ff ect i on f or Bel „.i„rn, and has r. cognised the September revolution as the sister or the child of that of July. But he ap pears to have reckoned somewhat too much on that fr i en dship, for already NI. Sebastiani h as announce d that King William of Holland has the right to c laim, es his private property, the Duchy of Luxem bourg. Of the policy of the British Government there no complaint. The Minister replied to the taunts and s neers of those who affect to believe that the Belgian Envoy is treated with contempt atLondon,by observ ing that no such fact had come to his knowledge, and that, if the Belgian Envoy should not be treated with respect, he would be recalled. The o •ofthe Scheldt Scheldt by a British fleet • was denied ! The adopt ing of any farther Protocols was not believed in ; and the Minister added, that France only considered Protocols to be in the light of propositions, which , Belgian a n d H o l land, or ' t Jec At this rate there has been a great deal of time lost, and a great deal of gold-edge paper spoilt. I recommend the indefati ga bl e Mr. Ilume to look to these Stationary charges ! In the r •newt time Holland has armed 120,000 men. Prussia has 120,000 more between Erfurth ' and the frontiers of Belgium ; and this month of April will probably explain to us the finale of at these military armaments and expences. Your obedient servant, 0. P. Q. -ARCI-I OF INTELLECT.—During the early part of this week, when Chief Commissioner Ital. - won:6, in the Insolvent Court, was interrogating a person then before the Court, as to whether he was a shoemaker? He replied, " No, I am a cordwainer." Upon which the Commissioner desired him to explain the difference between the two terms; which he did in the following laconic man ner : --A cor d wainer is a person wbo makes shoes for ladies and gentlemen; but a shoemaker is one who makes shoes for horses 1 "--Lancaster Gazette. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET CRAVEN MEETING. WEDNESDAY NIGHT. The Co'urrtn Stakes, which was run for tads afternoon wis but an indifferent race ; Bohemian, Vestris (as the Varennes colt is called), and Rush's went in front at starting, Bohemian having the lead as far as the hill, where Vestris drew upon him, and immediately after the latter failed ; Vestris then assumed a decided lead, and finally won by a length without much difficulty. If we are to suppose that the running of Mr. flush's colt on Monday was correct, we cannot think that Vestris is likely to have much chance widi Forester. Lord Exeter's two were beat ;1i a style that must conclude them for Derby and Oaks. The odds were 2 to 1 on Lord Exeter, 3 to 1 against Vestris (taken), and 10 to 1 against Rush. Conelly rode the winner. Sweepstakes of 20 soya. each, Nine Subscribers. 7 to 4 on Cantilla.—Vagrant (Ada colt), and White boy, kept in front till near home, the former leading. Chifncy on Camilla kept on the waiting order till within a f ew l eng ths of home, when he came up and won by half a length without any difficulty. Sweepstakes of 100 sots. each, Eight Subscribers. 7 to 2 on Circassian, who won in a cantor, rode by uling ; Titania, by Conelly. Lord Lowther's f. by Partisan, out of Pasta, walked over for a sweepstakes of 100 each, four subscribers. The races this afternoon were not by any means well conte,ted, and but for their relative influenc e would have created little interest. Amongst the departures are the Dowager Lady Anson, Sir John Shelley, and Lord Fitzharris. Ptiam is stated to have been soil yesterday to Lord Chesterfield for 3,000 guineas, but not to be delivered till after the Port. A new match for 200 sovereizns each is made for to-mornsw between Lord Chesterfield's Carthu sian and Lord Tavistock's Taurus, Sst. 51h. each. Last half of Ab. M. We subjoin this day's races : Match-1000 sovs. each, h. ft. A. F. Sir M. Wood's f , by Muly, Eliza, agst. Mr. .Stonehewer's c. by Morisco, The Witch. Off. match, 200 sovs., 11. ft. D. M. Lord Orford's c., by St. Patrick, Lisette, received 75 sovereigns from the Duke of Grafton's c., by Merlin, Tontine. Sweelstakes of 100 . sous. each, h. ft., colt., Sst. 71b. ; Hits, Sst. 41b. R. M. Five Subscribers. General Grosvenor's Sarpedon, (Robinson) Lord Grosvenor's Metheglin, by Filho 2 Duke of Grafton's Scipio, by Emilius, Parapluie.... Von by a length. The Claret Stakes of 200, sous. each, h. fr. ; colts, Bst. 71b. ; fillies, Sit. 21b. D. I. The owner of the second horse to save his stake. Eight Subscribers. Mr. Richardson's St. Nicholas (H. Edwards) 1 Duke of Portland's Amphiaraus 2 Won by a head. Sweepstakes of 100 sous. each, h. ft. ; colts, Set. 71b. ; fillies, Sit. 41b. D. M. Four Subscribers. Duke of Richmond's c. by Emilius, (Boyce)... Lord Exeter's f, by Sultan 2 Duke of Gratton's Scipio 3 Won cleverly by a length. No second placed. The Dinner Stakes of 300 sovs. each, h. ft., colts Bst. 71b. fillies Sst. 41b. R.M. Seven Subscribers. Lord Jersey's c. ltiddlesworth, (late Forester) Lord Verulam's Vestris \Von easy by two lengths. Robinson rode the winner. Match-200, la. ft. Last half of Ab. M. Lord Tavistock's Taurus, Bst. 7th., beat Sir S. Graham's Villager, Sst. 211. Easy. Handicap Stakes of 10 sot's. each. Six Subscribers. A. F. Duke of Rutland's Oppidan ',Robinson) Lord Grosvenor's Ebury Mr. Thornhill's Hindostan 1 Mr. Houldsworth's Terror 4 Mr. Rogers's Victorine 5 Won by two lengths. Forfeit Class of the Oatlands Stakes of 10 sous. each. D.I. Mr. Stonehewer's Variation Mr. Perrin's Donegani Won easy. The Claret.—This race is disputed, on the ground that St. Nicholas ran against Little 'led II o er. KINGSTON, HOUSE ROOMS, THURSDAY NIGHT. The Derby betting has again undergone some important changes, as may be collected from the following quotation : THE DERBY. 2 to 1 agst Lord Jersey's Itiddlesworth (Filagree) 11 to 1 agst Mr. Beardsworth's Colw•ick 11 to 1 agst Lord Verulasn's Vestris 14 to 1 agst Lord Jersey's Blunder 17 to 1 agst Lord Sligo's Bras de Fer IS to 1 agst Lord Exeter's llcetnus 25 to 1 agst Rattler 30 to I agst Caleb 35 to 1 agst Spaniel OAKS. 3 to 1 agst Mr. Houldsworth's Circassian 6 to 1 agst Duke of Grafton's Oxygen 11 to 1 agst Mr. Sadler's Delight 12 to 1 agst Mr. Stonehewer's Lioness 18 to 1 agst His Majesty's Posthuma 20 to 1 agst Dulcinea ST. LEGER. 10 to 1 agst Lord Jersey's Riddlesworth (taken) 13 to I agst Circassian 14 to 1 agst Camilla 15 to 1 agst Zany The following horses have been entered for the 50/ Plate to-morrow:— -- - - Juryman, Brambilla, Ebury, Gas, Mariner, Elcctress colt, Tranby, Dandizettecolt,Vercatility, Mirandola, and ltalphina colt. The Claret Stakes are awarded to the Duke of Portland. Sir HENRY HAWLEY, Bart. who died on Monday last, was well known and respected at Dover, and had, a short time since, taken two houses, the repair of which was going on, but was detained in London by her Ladyship's illness. He was in perfect health, and had, in she: morning, sat for his portrait, and, in the evening played cribbage for some time. Upon retiring to rest, he was suddenly attacked with gout in the stomach, sod died shortly after. No man acquainted with the habitual profli gacy and venality of Liverpool, as a body, can feel regret that the power of bringing disgrace on the character of this great community will be wrested for ever from their hands. Should the new Reform Bill pass into a law, those men would, were the Bill not accompanied by another for disfranchising Ps corrupt a body, have possessed the power of influencing our elections for years to come ; and, in all probability, of re-acting the scenes of bribery and corruption which have cast such a stigma on the name of Live:pool. But their own profligacy has worked its own rare; and the town will not, we trust, be much longer vexed by the preponderance of the lower classes in elec tions for representatives in Parliament. None of them will be perpetually excluded from acquiring the right to vote at such elections ; but they will no:., by the mere ac cident of birth or of servitude, be allowed to enjoy a inn nopoly of the elective franchise. Every man who occu pies a house of the annual rent of ten pounds will, under the new system, possess the right of voting. So that though partially deprived of the right they possess under the charter, all the disfranchised burgesses may become elec tors under the provisions of the Reform Bill, should that measure receive, as we trust and believe it will, the sanc tion of the Legislature.—Liverpool Albion. AN UNPRONOUNCEABLE NAME.—The fol lowing Austrian title, we beg leave to assure the mere English reader, is only one word, whatever they may think from its length : Oherkriegsversammlugsrathsverhandlungspapieraufheberge. hulfe. The nearest approximation which it occurs to us we can make to this gigantic word in English, is the following : Presidentoftheboardofcontroulandoneofthecommissioners forthe affairsofindia. e., President of the - Bo and of Controul, and one of the Commissioners for the Affairs of India.—Royal Ladies' Magazine. SPIRITED CONDUCT OF A YOUNG WOMAN. —Between two and three o'clock on Wednesday last, as Mrs. WINTER, a laundress, residing in Caniden-town, was in the back part of her house, she observed a young fellow walk in; and having inquired what he wanted, he replied that he came to see a Mr. Satiric, who, he was given to understand, lived there. Mrs. WINTER told him she knew no such person, whereupon the fellow retired, followed by Mrs. WINTER and her daughter, they suspect. ing that he came in quest of their linen, and not of Mr. SMITH. When they reached the door of the front parlour they found it open, and on looking in perceived a tall athletic young man inside. The young woman imme diately sprang in and seized him, desiring her mother to run for an officer—which the old lady did. A desperate struggle then ensued between the ruffian and the young woman, during which he inflicted several severe blows upon her ; still she held him, until, exhausted by his vio lence and brutality, she fell, and he ran out of the house. She recovered herself instantly, and pursued him with such vigour that she again came up with him, fastened her arms round his waist, and, notwithstanding all his efforts to extricate himself, held him until a constsble arrived, who took him into custody. He was brought before Mr. RAWLINSON the same evening, at the Police-office, Marylebone, where he stated his name to he DavtnsoN, and was recognised as a well-known character. Mr. RAWLINSON highly complimented the young woman on her courage in preventing the escape of so powerful a looking fellow as the prisoner, and committed him for three months, to be kept to bard labour. ROYAL RUSTICITIES. The palace of Buen Retiro, where the Coot lived before the completion of the new palace, is at the eastern extremity of Madrid, overlooking the Prado. "' , " 4 *. The garden of the RetirZ is of great extent, but its situation is high and exposed, and the walks arc far from agreeable. The present family has directed the different im provements—if, indeed, they may be so called —which are in progress here, and, perhaps, no where has there been so much labour expended and so little produced. In one place is an ar tificial mound, with a Chinese temple perched upon it ; in another a little, cottage, with an old woman of wood sitting by a painted fire, and rocking her baby in a cradle ; overhead are wooden hams and leathern sausages ; in an adjoining room, the good man of the house is ill and in bed, with a pot of soup beside him, and he rises by machinery when strangers enter. In another part is an oblong lake, enclosed with a wall of cut stone, and a rich railing of iron..On one side of it is a small building surmounted by naval emblems, and a flagstaff, and beneath it is a dock or cove for the Royal gallery. Tile ele vation of the Retiro is an obstacle to the bring ing of water in pipes:to fill the lake, and the object is therefore effected by the labour of a mule, who turns a wheel hard by, and is hidden under a rustic shed adorned with Egyptian pagods. Sometimes the Royal Family take a water excursion upon the lake. The basin is then filled, the gilded barge, which is truly classic in its construction, is floated to the stairs of the navy yard, and the august individuals enter and put forth with an air of perfect con tentment and unaffected complacency, to the great admiration of the beholders, which is evinced by waving of hats and handkerchiefs.-- If you happen to be near the wheel-house, the creaking of the machinery, the Arre ! of the mu leteer, and the grunting of the mule, furnish a suitable musical accompaniment to this raree show.—A Year in Spain. ERUDITE COACHMAN, The march of intellect having made such rapid progress in the understanding of the present generation, our surprise would scarcely be ex cited were we to meet with a coachman equally versed in the dead languages with the book , learned student from either Oxford or Cam bridge. A gentleman of polished mind as well as manners, being about to share with the coachman the driving seat of a coach running on the Brighton road, and having heard that besides being a " good whip" the man was deep in reas classic ota n lore, ci a fl o promised . i t , ie l m a s his learned companion. After a few common placelef tea-a:t efteca with t o h l - observations, the usual preliminaries to a better acquaintance, had paved the way for re search, the gentleman began his interrogatorica with "Do you know Homer ?" " Homer ! Monter !" replied the man with a significant look, not usually to be traced in the coun tenance of a person who would fain wish to refresh his memory with a recollection of that which he never knew—" Homer ! Homer ! no, Sir, pray what coach do he drive ?" Here was a death-blow to the anxious expectations of our traveller, which, on his side, ended the subject ; not so on the part of unsus• pecting Jehu, who, willing no doubt to remove from the mind of the disappointed gentleman the hateful title of " ignoramus," with which he might be branded, had no sooner reached the place where the first relay of cattle was to be fur nished, than, stepping from his seat of com tnand, he imparted to an assistant at the inn, a shrewd dog yelept the " horsekeeper," his igno rance respecting Homer. Mike, with open stare of surprise at Coachee's want of knowledge, blended with the smile , of satisfaction in being able, as he supposed, to repair the deficiency, thus remarked with laudable asperity, " Not know Homer ! why a man as travels the road as you does ought to know everybody," and, tri umphing over, to him the unpardonable igno rance of such a traveller, exultingly repeated, " Not know Homer !" emphatically adding, " for my part I knows the man well ; he keeps • an ironmonger's shop opposite St. George's church in the borough, and his pardner's name's Pratt !" NEAT WINES. Lord Marchmont, the friend of Pope, lived to the age of eighty-six, preserving his strength and faculties to the last. lie rode out only five days before he died. Sir John Sinclair, who knew him, wished to ascertain the system he pursued, and he received for answer, that his Lordship always lived as other people did, but he had laid down when young one maxim, to which he rigidly adhered, and to which he attri. buted much of his good health, namely—now reader, what do you think this maxim was ? Never to exceed in his eating? Never to be late in bed ? No. Never to neglect exercise ? Never to take much physic ? Never to be rakish, to be litigious, to be ill-tempered, to give way to passion ? No, none of these. It was, never to mix wines. What luxurious phi losophies these Lords have ! My Lord March-, moat was resolved to be a loog-lived, virtuous, venerable man ; and therefore he laid it down as an austere maxim, rigidly to be adhered to, never to mix his wines. To get one glass of wine in his extreme weakness, is what certain human beings, bent double with - age, toil, and rheumatism, can seldom hope for ; while another certain human being, having no thing to bend him and nothing to do, shall be come a glorious example of the beauty of this aristocratical maxim—never to mix your wines. Lord Marchmont did accordingly, for many yens, generously restrict himself' to the use of claret ; his physicians having forbidden him to take that wine on account of its acidity, he re solved, with equal self-denial, "to confine himself to Burgundy ;" and accordingly, with a perseverance that cannot be sufficiently coin mended, " took a bottle of it every day for 15 years." The noble Lord was a good man, how ever, and we do not grudge him his " neat as imported." All we lament is that thousands as good as he have not an atom either of his plea sure or his leisure. His acquaintance with Pope reminds us of another of the poet's long living and wine-drinking Lords, Lord Bathurst, who also took his bottle every day, and made a point of taking his ride before it. It is be of whom the pleasant anecdote is related, that living to see his son Lord Chancellor , and cou , white leis ly c C o me, now the t ts il n en n ; wa n t g at se t rg o ree b t tt e ii rneygdo old he pw c po oas d t i i t ( u ic t i o o s i su old gentleman's g one to bed, we h i I i