The Sun. — London, England, 1831-05-09 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS On Friday, Yorkshire returned four reformers. The anti-reformers in all parts of that great county bear no proportion to the reformers. Warwickshire, which used to be the focus of Toryism, returns six reformers—the county, Warwick, and Coventry. " To the eternal disgrace of the county of War wick," says the John Bull, " its six Members will be radicals ! !" In Northamptonshire, Lord Althorp and Milton head the Tory candidates considerably, and ore sure of success. In Cumberland, Sir James Graham and Mr. 131amire are greatly ahead of the Anti-Iteform candidate, and success is certain. In Essex, Colonel Tyrell has not the slightest chance; on Saturday he was far below Mr. Wellesley. It, some of the small counties the anti-reformers will be able to return one Member. Westmorland, which weed to be altogether Tory, return; one reformer. In Huntingdonshire one reformer only has been started; he is sure to succeed. But if two Reform candidates had been started, they would have been returned. In Dorsetshire, we understand that M r . Calcraft has obtained promises from more than two thirds of the freeholders. In spite of all the intimi dation resorted to by the supporters of his opponent, be is sure to succeed. We understand, at Cerne Abbas, the steward and attorney of Lord Rivers threatened to remove the, tenants of his Lordship who bad pledged themselves to vote for Mr. Cal craft. In Leicester-hire Mews. Paget and Phillips have driven Lord Manners and Mr. Keck from the field. Everywhere, in short, we have either con. quered, or are conquerisig. We trust that W,rces tershire will not prove an exception. The \Voices tershire freeholders in Birmingham are exerting themselves strenuously in support of the Reform candidates, Foley and Spencer. There are not u few Worcestershire freeholders in the metropolis. They will not, we hope, be found insensible to the claims upon them at this crisis. We regret to perceive that the Marquis of Chatoloa is still high on the poll in Buckinghamshire. It is said that the Marquis of Chandos is personally popular. Surely a re on like this will not weigh with the 'men of Buckinghamshire. All the other Home Coun ties have returned, or will return, reformers, and it would be strange if I3uckinghamshre obtain the bad distinction of neutraliz'ng its representation, by returning a Reformer and Anti-Reformer. Thus in all the large and rich counties, the Reformers have returned both Members, in all the great marts of commerce, and manufacturing towns, Reform can didates have been returned. In a few counties only, the Ant-Reformers have succeeded in return ing one Member; and if all these circumstances do not prove that the sense of the nation is decidedly in favour of Reform, we know not the meaning of evidence. Our cotemporary (the Standard) seems to think what is taking place in Worcestershire, a proof of the unpopularity of the Reform Bill. "In Worcestershire the Lion. Captain Spencer, brother to the Noble Chancellor of the Exchequer, is re ceiving a lesson on the unpopularity of the Revolu tion Bill." Notwithstanding the wealth at the command of the Anti-Reformers in that county, the victory, we trust, will be to the Reformers. This boast ought to stimulate every Reformer to wipe away from Worcestershire the foul reproach of the Reform Bill being unpopular in it.-3lorning Chronicle. It is curious to observe how the small part of the public press, that is under the influence of the cor ruptioniats, endeavours to soften the defeat of its patrons. Thus a Sunday paper, notoriously sup ported by the countenance of the clergy, labours to persuade its readers that the " Ministerial Radicals (meaning his Majesty's Government) ire enjoying their triumph by means of brute force." It has been observed, that although, in one or two in stances, that are to be deeply regretted, disturbances have existed, yet, upon the whole, no general elec tion can be remembered during which there has been so little disorder. The populace understand the importance of the appeal, made by the King to the natio n , an d h ave v i ewe d t h e proceedings with the serious interest that is due to it. The Paper in question furnishes in its own columns, in the adver tisement of the candidate who stands as the op ponent of the Bill, a complete refutation of this in jurious insinuation. Colonel Tyrell's Committee, after importuning the electors to come to the poll, add, by way of inducement, that there is " no truth in the report that the voters are exposed to per sonal injury or annoyance." Notwithstanding, how ever, this assurance, the freeholders of Essex came up in such numbers on Saturday, in favour of the principle of Reform, that no doubt can be entertained of that county fully participating in the general sen timent that is prevalent throughout the kingdom ; and the return of Mr. Western and Mr. Wellesley may be considered as secured.—Morning Chronicle We proceed with the all-absorbing subject of the elections. Our predictions of decisive success will, WA have no doubt, be realized. Even the Scotch elections are not without promise, and the Irish elec tions go on well. Wales is coming forward with a readiness which will disappoint those who mistook the via inertia of that ancient and firm-minded people for mere stupid obstinacy. The Ancient Britons will now, as ever, resist any attempt or, their rights and liberties, and with that sound judg ment which belongs to them they see that the men who are now ranting about revolution are in fact the real revolutionists; for what can more certainly pro duce revolution than the blind and ferocious oppo sition which the Anti-reformers exhibit against the benevolent and constitutional project for purifying our repre4entation and cutting away the frightful ulcers w hi c h are de s t ro yi ng t h e mora l an d poll tical health of the nation ? In addition to the places which we have before mentioned, where the Welsh h ave s h own goo d fi g h t, we have to notice the county of Pembroke, where a Reformer has started in the person of an excellent descendant of the house of Greville. The Hon. R. Fulke Gre vine, whose very name is associated with generou and enlightened principles, recalling, as it does, the noble friendship between his ancestor and Sir Philip Sidney, comes into the field with pretensions worthy of his origin. He is a Reformer. He is opposed. By whom ? By Sir John Owen, a gentleman of whose personal character we have nothing to say, but whose public pretensions we should be puzzle , ' to discover. He was formerly Mr. Lord, the Tub man of the Exchequer : and by an accident not worth describing, he succeeded to property confer ring an influence which neither his origin nor his talents could have created for him. The question is, will the high-minded Welshmen select for their repre•entative this " new man," who shows his love Of ancestry merely by the support of ancient abuses, when they have the opportunity of choosing a mat. whose birth is as high as his spirit,—whose prin ciples are as pure as his blood ? In the English counties all is going on well. Lord Robert Man ners has resigned the contest for Leicestershire, and Lord Charles Manners for the county of Cambridge, leaving to the Reformers the undisputed posses sion of two counties which, from their situation for the l ast fif ty years, h a d a l most prec l u d e d every hope of our seeing them represented by indepen dent gentl emen. The Duke of Rutland has hither to enjoy e d such full dominion over the Leicester shire and Cambridgeshire vot ers , as to afford his Grace' s nominees a complete assurance of being returned to Parliament at hibidclig. He exer cised therein a power no les ß s e u a s n u resti b oned than that of his cousin the Duke of Beaufort throughout the greater portion of the wide district Gloucester shire to the bay of Swanse a . In one respect the downfall of the house of Man ners is less e t s ir t e and immediate than that of the house of Somerset, be cause the former Tory family retai ns its influencence in close corporate towns of Scarborou g h and Cam bridge whereas the Sornersets have been defeated as well in their boroughs as their cou n ti es . It n o doubt a subject of just personal concern with many individuals, and we do not deny that it may be so pretty extens ivel y in the neighbourhoods of the noble persons thus sent without cereTony . to the wall, that such disapp ointment and mortification should hare befallen them. The Somersets and Mannerses are for the most part good landlords, as we have been informed, and, with the exception here and there, the greater number of them ippear to be esteemed as members of society.— The force, therefore, with which the Reform spirit acts throughout the country may be the better appreciated, from its not suspending its relent less power even on behalf of those who might at other times have been objects of just partiality with large classes of electors. It will be no bad lesson to these grandees, when they come to reflect upon the circumstances which have dealt so rudely with their Ipride, that they henceforth have different accom plishments to cultivate from those which recommend I and assist the fortunes of a courtier. If they here ' after seek to revive their influence in the c o un t r y, - they must do so by a steady pursuit of the public welfare, to the utter disdain and exclusion of those mere personal and sordid ends to which the efforts of the English oligarchy have been hitherto in a great degree perverted, and the constant connivance at and preference of which, over the most conspi cuous merits and mo't solid services of unconnected men, has been the shameful price exacted by this same oligarchy from the Minister of the day for whatever aid or countenance it afforded him. In truth, one clear consequence of the reform of Parlia ment will be, the ttecessary improvement of the higher orders of the aristocracy ; that they may be eiribled, by their individual talents and characters, to meet that competition of the inferiorranks, from which the sleepy monopoly of corporate privileges, added to the active power or distributing Ministerial patronage, cannot any longer protect them. In Dorsetshire, it will be seen that Mr. Bankes's position is vigorously assaulted by the liberal Members, Mes-rs. Portman ant' Calcraft. It would be no small satis- 'action to the friends of real public spirit, and advo cates of popular right, to see the hollow pretendor to both, well rebuked by the intelligence of an af fluent and important county. The scandalous out rages which were perpetrated at the nomination of candidates for Dorsetshire, and of which we have given elsewhere a brief report, are alluded to in Mr. Calcraft's letter, which we also publish. Such brutal expedients for covering the humiliation of a certain defeat, cannot, of course, be ascribed to the direct suggestions of Mr. Bankes or his immediate family, or to those of any person bearing the name and attr,butes of a gentleman. But let the employ ment of those bludgeoned bravoes be the work of this or that individual, it indicates the presence of a ruined cause ; and as such it will mingle no small degree of gratification with the anger and disgust which it inspires into a civilized community. In Oxford. shire, Major Weyland will be at the head of the poll, but the Harcourt-party must act cordially with him, in order to secure a speedy as well as decisive triumph. Warwickshire, we are happy to say, is moving onward, as all hearty patriots would desire. We mention, only to treat with utter scorn, a report which we are aware has been eagerly circulated for some days past by the Tories,—that Ministers mean to delay the introduction of the Reform Bill into the new Parliament until late in the autumn ! Very likely, to be sure, that Lord Grey would expose himself to the slanderous suspicion of having hurried the rricasure into a hostile Parliament for the sake of having it thrown out, and withheld it from a friendly Parliament for fear it should be carried I No, gentlemen, no : this will not deceive even the dullest member of Boodle's.-7'inaes. The scandalous exhortations to violence and murder that have appeared in the " Reform" Jour nals are producing their effect. To the eternal dis grace and utter condemnation of the cause, savage ferocity and the most cowardly violence are the means adopted to promote its success, in almost every district where the opportunity presents itself. These we are told are the days of knowledge and reason ; "Reform," as it is called, must be conceded to the intelligence and enlightened spirit of the present age. Then, we say, let the trial be made; appeal to this intelligence, this enlightenment, and we will abide by its decision. The intelligence of this nation is such as to appreciate at their true value the shallow sophistry and vain conceits which the philosophers, the doctrinaires, presume to hold forth as the perfection of wisdom ; the nation will have none of them. A consciousness of this is the stimulus of the revolutionists, who hope to turn the modern philosophy to good account. The experiments it suggests offers an opportunity not to be neglected for the promotion of their own ends, and in the attempt to act upon the new philo sophical theory, they see the ultimate attainment of them. The most brutal passions of which human nature is capable are therefore everywhere excited, to ensure, if possible, in the first place, the success of " the Bill, the whole Bill, and nothing but the Bill." That step gained, the way to the utter sub version of every existing institution in the country will be comparatively clear and open. That such would be the case, all experience, and mere expe cially the present example of France, conclusively demonstrates. The doctrinaires have in that country accomplished the utmost extent of their wishes; but will any man presume to as'ert that they can maintain themselves at that point to which they have advanced ? Was there ever a political sys tem so unstable as that of France at the pre sent moment ? The popular cry now is, "We accomplished the revolution, we shed our blood, not for Louis Philippe, not for his Ministers or his sys tem, but for ourselves, and for the general welfare." Such is the language of the popular Journals of last Thursday and Friday ; language now held with more earnestness than ever ; language which will infallibly be re-echoed by the revolutionists here. " Our terrors, our violence, carried the electious ; to us you owe your existence as Mi nisters; we have gained the victory, and have the right to dictate the use that shall be made of it." In addition to the accounts that have already appeared from various parts, we now direct atten 6on to the scenes that have been exhibited at Wigan and Dorchester; let any honest patriot look ro these atrocities in connection with those perpe trated at Boston, Plymouth, Banbury, &c. and say what is to be expected as the result of a measure brought forward under such auspices and supported by such means. Besides the full accounts given in another column, we have received a letter from Dor chester, which says : " 1 write in great haste merely to say that the nomina tion meeting has been dissolved by the High Sheriff on ac v ount of riot,' without coming to any decision. The fight was in truth a severe one. A whole troop of Yeo manry was brought against Mr. Banker's friends, who were all on foot. This has naturally excited great indignation." We entreat the attention of the freeholders of the county to this disgraceful proceeding, and trust that, as they value the freedom of election, they will, whatever may be their political opinions indi vidually, at least be unanimous in resisting a repe tition of such intimidation. Notwithstanding this impediment thrown in the way of the High Sheriff in the performance of his duty, by a cowardly attack on the peaceful supporters of Mr. Bankes, we are happy to find, that though unprepared to resist the organised force of an armed band, they formed a large majority of the freeholders present ; and that notwithstanding the adherents of Mr. Calcraft may succeed in disturbing the peace of the county, his attempt to turn out this old representative will be as futile as it is audacious.—Morning Post. We stated yesterday (Friday) that our present exellent Lord Chancellor had, in more than one in stance, preferred clergymen holding high Tory po litics, while scarcely a single Whig had been ad ,aticed in the Church. In making this remark we did not intend to blame Lord Brougham, being sa tisfied that he was actuated by the desire of show ing to the world what is in reality the fact—namely, that he is utterly incapable of dispensing the pa tronage placed at his disposal in the selfish spirit of a mere sectarian or partisan. Lord Brougham and his colleagues, no doubt, gave those political op ponents, whom they have preferred both in Church and State, credit for virtues which, by this time, they have found they do not possess. They ima kned that they would be actuated by something like gratitude, and, at an y rate, th at t h ose who hare been allowed to retain office, as well as those who have been promoted to it, would not employ the influence of that office, whether lay or clerical, in the destruction of their patrons' power, and in the protection of tyranny and corruption. In act ing as the Ministers have hitherto done we do not blame them ; they have given their political oppe !rents, both in Church and State, a fair trial, and they have found them wanting. Henceforward, we have no doubt, they will keep no terms with theirs and the people's enemies—the partisans and adhe rents of the boroughmongers must be taught to feel that they are powerless. It is impossible to conci liate them with kindness. They have been so long the habit of domination that it is become a part of their very nature. It is force, and force alone, by Nhich they can be subdued. To be rendered harm. less, they must be deprived of the possession of all power. The Carlists of France are not more bitter, more inveterate enemies of the people, titan the boroughmongers of England, and it is impossible for the friends of liberty in either country to keep terms with them without endangering, if not destroying, their cause. An Evening Paper, the Standard, pro fesses to take the field, for the purpose of defending the Chancellor against the charge, which, says our contemporary, the likening Herald has brought against him. We need scarcely say, that we utterly disdain the idea of bringing any charge against Lord Brougham. The Standard does not deny, however, that the Lord Chancellor has preferred Tory Clergy men, but asserts that they alone " possess learning, piety, diligence, and attachment to the interests of the Church ;" an assertion which is entitled to just as much credit as the following statement, which we extract as a curious specimen of newspaper in- FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRENCH PAPERS. (From the Messager des Chambres of Saturday.) PARIS, MAY 6. - --We find the following in the Ptecurseur de Lyons : We have reason to men don with doubt the reports that were spread re specting the accession of the Prince of Carignan to the throne of Sardinia. They are wholly at variance with a letter from Turin of April 30, of which the following are the contents : " APRIL, 30, 1831.—The accession of Charles Albert to the throne has been effected im mediately, and without the least commotion. It appears that Austria reckoned on some troubles, for it has placed along our frontiers a numerous army. The King has taken up his residence is the great Palace. His time is wholly taken up in giving audiences, and in the most serious occupations. " (Front the Moniteur of Friday.) PARIS, MAY s.—The capitulation 3 of the Swiss regiments in the service of France, abolished by the revolution of July, left behind them matters to be regulated, a liquidation to be made, and engage ments to be arranged. This was one of the prin cipal objects of the mission of M. Baron de St. Aignaud to the Swiss Confederation. These capitulations, in which the Government of the Restoration had engaged with the Cantons, se cured, as is well known, such advantages to th Swiss regiments, that the expense which they caused to the War Department would have sufficed for the support of almost double the number of national troops. The first object of the negociation therefore was, to reduce to more moderate rates the pensions to which the disbanded regiments might be entitled, which had in their ranks soldiers of our ancient army. A point no less essential was to maintain the good understanding which has for many centuries united Switzerland to France, and not to lessen the sym pathy between the two people, which is always ne cessity. A spirit of strict, but liberal, justice was necessary in this whole negociation. This was the intention of the King, because it was the interest of the country. We have the satisfaction of learning that the Baron de St. Aignaud has worthily accom plished the mission which was so well suited to his frank and conciliating character. A treaty was concluded on the 22d of April last, at J.ucern, between the Plenipotentiary of the King of the French and the Commissioners of the Helvetic Federal Diet—a treaty by which the capitulations of 1816 are revoked, legal rights recognised, and consecrated according to the regulations and military tariffs of France—a treaty, in short, which recon ciles all the respective interests. Such acts but too often show in some of their arrangements the inequality of the strength of the contracting parties. The Swiss Commissioners, after the signing of the present treaty, had, on the contrary, only to acknowledge without reserve the perfect equity which has directed all the conditions. (From the illessa§er des Chambres of yesterday.) TOULON, APRIL 30.—(Correspondence of the Messager.)—Orders have just been received for discontinuing the armament of the ship Superbe and the frigate Bellone. The reason assigned for this decision is the spe cial state of affairs in Great Britain, and the positive intention of the Government of that country to place itself at the head of Reform, the inevitable result of new ideas, which gain ground notwith standing the numerous obstacles which have been opposed to their progress. England adopting, even in a more open manner than ourselves, the broad principles of our revolution, there can be no possi bility of any maritime war taking place; and France and England marching under the same banners, all the Potentates of the earth must lower their flag before ours, which will henceforth be a signal for the emancipation of nations. vention : " We have heard a gwid anecdote of the Lord Chan.. cellor upon this subject, which, as it tells to the honour of both his judguseut and impartiality, we hope to be true. It will be remembered that he was called somewhat unex ' pectedly to his high station, and the third day after his accession to the Woolsack the vacancy of some donative Church livings being announced, his Lordship is said to have addressed a Right Rev. Prelate in the following terms : My Lord, pray you give tne a list of such of your Clergy, and of such Clergymen generally, as you think best de serving of promotion—piety, holiness of life, learning, and long service, are of course the recommendations to which we look; but I would wish particularly to be acquainted with the claims of those whom you consider the Tory Clergy. As for the Whigs, though not now 72 hours in office, I had yesterday laid before me the pretensions of every Whig, lay and cleric, within the four seas.' "--Morning Herald. The anti-Reformers have fled, or are flying, in all directions—they are either defeated in almost every quarter from which they confidently expected sup port, or in progress of beimg defeated. There is no abode for them any where—no resting place to be found for them as a body—no dry land on which they can set their feet; and to add to the misery of the present, they sec the storm gathering around them which is to sweep them for ever from the face of the country, and purify it from the corruptions which, by ages of mismanagement, they have inflicted upon it. The analytical table, which we publish in ano ther part of this day's paper, shows by its results a clear majority to the cause of Reform of no fewer than 50 votes, and a clear gain, comparing the new with the old Parliament, of 94 ! These important facts are confessed in grief and indignation by the anti-Reform Press ;—and loudly as we and others may have denounced the return of anti-Reformers, our voice has been "still, small," and gentle, corn pared with the howlings set up, and the execrations vented, by the boroughmongers against those of their tribe who have found themselves under the necessity of resigning a hopeless contest, and withdrawing rom a scene where they had no supporters. " It is useless," says a Sunday paper, " to attempt to conceal what all the world knows, and all the world must know—that the Tories have been beaten in almost every contest. At Carlisle, Colonel Luahington—in Newark, Sir Roger Greal,y—in Colchester, Sanderson, the Bill broker, by Mayhew, the Vintner—in Sandwich, Glove Price—in Maidstone, Alderman Winchester—in Liver pool, General Gascoyne—iss Monmouth, the Marquis of Worcester—in Warwick, Greville--in Norwich, Weth erell. Every where almost the Anti-Reform men and Anti-Reform interests hare been beaten. This, however, is not the worst. If two people fight, one must get a beating, but he has the satisfaction of showing that he thought well of his party—that he did not despair of the cause in which he had embarked. But what shall we say of the flight and the desertion of those who do not try__ who yield without a blow ? What shall we say of Sir Edward Knatelibull's yielding of Kent—Hart Davis's flight from Bristol—William Duncombe from Yorkshire —Patten Bold from Lancashire—Sir John R. Reid from Dover—Lord Villiers from Rochester—Matthew Bell from Northumberland—Heathcote and Fleming from Hampshire—Ward from London—what shall we siy of it, we repeat? Why that rank cowardice has taken pos session of one party, and that the reign of terror is tri umphant." Now we must do the anti-reform candidates the justice of observing, that we do not consider them amenable to the charge of " cowardice," here put forth against them, and that cowardice had nothing to do with the matter. It was dire necessity that compelled their flight—it was the distinct and well ascertained feeling by their Committees that they had no chance, and not any fear for their persons, nor yet much for their purses. They measured the ground—they mustered their forces, arid finding that an encounter was hopelees,they wisely considered " discretion to be the better part of valour, and retired from a field from which they would have irretrievably been beaten. In Ireland the cause of Reform is equally triumphant as in this country; and we doubt not that, in the course of a week, we shall have to report to our readers not a majority of fifty, but of more nearly 150 ! From Scotland, which may be not unfairly set down as one great close borough, the accounts are not so favourable; nor c ou ld an y o ne have anti cipated them to be favourable who knows the real state of the representation of that part of the king dom, and the very little—the less than nothing in deed—which the people have to do with it. .Even . there, however, difficult as the ta s k is, a spirit is abroad which cannot fail to produc e a beneficialin fluence on the elections; and where no successful opposition can be got up for the present, prepara tions are making to oust the Anti-Reformers at the next election, and return in their stead men pledged to the reform of abuses and to retrenchment. Thus then has another week commenced as auspiciously as the last closed for the cause of Reform. The King called upon his people to fulfil their pledges to support the Reform Bill ; and nobly have they re deemed them !—Morning Advertiser. (From the Quolidienne of Saturday.) There have been received to-day, by the way of Vienna, the most circumstantial details relative to the affair at Dubno on the 18th ultimo,between the Polish division under Dwernicki, the same that en tered Volhynia, and the corps under General Rudi ger. The Poles who had crossed the Styr, have been driven beyond that river, so that their position must be rather critical, as it seems to be the general opinion that Dwernicki has no other chance of escape on the Austrian frontier but to cur his way through the principalities, and place himself under the pro tection of the Porte. Whatever may be his deter mination, one fact is clearly proved—namely, that he found new partizans in Volhynia, and that every attempt at insurrection must fail in that province. (From the National.) The Consul of France, at Lisbon, arrived on Tuesday morning in Paris. (From the Courier Francais of Saturday.) The persons to whom the cross of July were awarded met to-day at eleven o'clock, to the number of upwards of a thousand, in the hall of the Grande Chaumiere, in the Passage du Saumon. M. Etienne Arago, the Secretary, submitted the following act, drawn up by the Commission, for the approbation of the Assembly That to recog nize the right o f G ove rnment to impose any obliga tion whatsover, not sanctioned by the law of De cember 13, 1830, would be a recognition of its right to modify the law in an arbitrary manner. That these words, " given by the King," would alter the nature of the decoration, which would cease to be a national recompense, and become a Royal favour." (From Gaiignani's Messenger of S.►turday.) A. letter of the 14th ult., from St. Petersburgh, after mentioning the strong sensations produced in that capital by the insurrection in Lithuania, and the popularity of the war against the Poles, adds that the army of Marshal Diebitsch will be trebled ere long. the Minister of War is charged by the Emperor to organize in person an army of reserve of 150,000 men, and lead it into Poland. The Messager des C'hambres contains the follow ing extract of a letter, of the Ist instant, from Forbach :--" The Mentz Gazette announces, it is said, a revolt at Treves. The tri-coloured flag has been hoisted, and 6,000 Prussians had thrown down their arms, shouting Liberty for ever !' You will easily conceive that such intelligence needs con firmation, and that in transmitting it I am only re peating the rumours of the neighbourhood." We learn from Bologna that the first Report of the Military and Counter-Revolutionary Commis mission was presented to Cardinal Appizzoni on the 25th ult., from which it appears that 185 persons are condemned to death ; 238 to perpetual impri sonment and confiscation; 105 to banishment and confiscation, and upwards of 300 to imprisonment. Letters from Madrid represent the Spanish Mi nistry, and particularly M. Ballasteros, to have been disconcerted by the resolution of the French Cham ber of Deputies on the petition presented by the holders of the Cortes Bonds. We are requested to state that the Harrow speeches will henceforth take place on the first Wednesday in hle, and the first Wednesday in July, which will fall this year on the Ist of June and the 6th of July. The Harrow dinner will always take place on the first Satur day after the first speech day. The Harrow dinner this year will be on Saturday, the 4th of June. A private letter from Geneva, of the 30th ult. says—According to reports in circulation to-day the cause of the Prince de Carignan is far from being triumphant. The new King confines himself to the citadel, surrounded by a numerous and faithful guard. It is at Rivoli, and not at Genoa, that the Queen Dowager is detained. The statements that the Commandant of the fortress of Alexandria bad oined the Duke of Modena are confirmed. The Foudrollant, 80, was commissioned at Plymouth on Wednesday by Captain CURRIE; and Cap tain CURZON joined the Caledonia►. DR. PARIS'S LIFE OF SIR 1 - 1174IPHEY DAVY.—Of this valuable work, of which a second and much cheaper edition in octavo has just appeared, a con temporary very justly observes that " as a record of the illustrious philosopher's progress in science, and of the many glorious discoveries which, for the benefit of his fel low creatures, were, from time to time, made by him, the present work is inestimable. Of individuals to whom sye are so lar ge ly i n d e bt e d as we are to Davy—whose investi gations have not only thrown light into the hidden recesses of science , b u t ren d ere d even our familar comforts more enjoyable and perfect, we desire to know every,—nay even the smallest particul ar — to watc h them step by step in their glorious, but noble toil,—and to see how they bear themselves in those private moments of careless life whe n they descend from their " heaven of invention" and mix in the ordinary pursuits an d recreat i ons of common men . This most interesting picture of DAVY in his various moods, is admirably drawn by Dr. Penis, whose un doubted fitness for the task is r en d ere d more complete b y the a i d o f t h e ph ilosopher's correspondence and other paper', confided to his use by Lady Wont," It is reported that all the French officers belong ing to the corps stationed on the Northern frontiers, now at Paris, on leave of absence, have received the mo st imperative orders to join their regiments im mediately, and many of them have already set out. --Constitutionnel. The Swabian Mercury announces that the Court martial appointed to try the individuals who took part in the recent disturbances at Dresden, have pro nounced judgment, by which one of them, an advo cate, is condemned to imprisonment for life; two advocates, two merchants, and a coffee-house keeper, severally to twelve years ; and a tinman, a gilder, a haberdasher, and a distiller, to ten years. COURT OF ASSIZES. -- s ITTING OF MAY 6. M. Roqueplan appeared to take his trial, as editor of the .?Vgaro, for an article inserted on the 21st ult., intitled " Chambre des Deputes—Seance quasi Royale," which was prosecuted as an insult to the King and the Royal Family. The proceedings opened with the usual interroga tories of the accused, who admitted himself to be the editor of the Figaro—declared that he was not the writer of the article, but declined naming the real author, and took upon himself all the responsibility of its publication. In the course of the examination the following series of questions and answers passed between the President and H. Rogneplan :—Q. What riband is that you wear at your button-hole ? A. It is that of the Cross of July.—Q. Have you taken the oath ? A. No, Sir ; but my name is upon the list published in the .3foniteur, and I conceived I was warranted in taking it before I had taken the oath. I am also held out in this by precedeni—the Members of the Legion of Honour are accustomed to put on the riband before they have taken the oath, and I did not expect greater rigour would be shown with regard to the Cross of July than to that of the Legion of Honour.—Q. I do not mean to be more strict with regard to the Cross of July ; but th.• law enjoins that no functions shall be exercised, nor any insignia worn, before the oath is taken. A. I had not the slightest intention of infringing the law, and if my wearing the riband of July can in any degree be imputed to me us an offence, I will imme diately take it off. Upon this M. Dupont, Counsel for the prisoner, rose and said—lf my client is to be reproached for having worn the riband of July, without having taken the oath, I will instantly attach mine to my button-hole, because I cannot believe that any insignia granted by the nation has need of the sanction of an oath to the King. M. Persil, the Procureur-General then interfered, and said—Without entering al/ further into the question whether M. Roqueplan has or has not the right to wear his riband, without having taken the oath to the King, I require that what has passed on the subject may be entered upon the minutes of the proceedings. - The Jury returned a verdict of Not Guilty. M. Roqueplan was immediately discharged. PARIS, MAY 7.—BOURSE, FOUR O'CLOCK.—T he Funds have fallen one franc to-day, in consequence, as is said, of the meeting held yesterday by the Decorcs of July. A report prevailed on 'Change of a victory gained by the Poles over the Russians on the 28th April. The French elections were expee*d to commerce in the first week of June. The King of France had retired for the season to St. Cloud, where he was employed reviewing the National Guards of the neighbourhood. He has had the ill-luck to involve himself in a controversy about the motto of the star for the heroes of July, which will add a little to the party excitement of which Paris is always the focus. At a fully attended meeting on Friday, the persons to whom the decorations of the Order of July have been accorded, were unanimous in re fusing to accept them in the form and manner di rected by the King. The Warsaw Gazelle of the 26th of April, states, in a postscript, the following important news : " Yesterday we received the news that General Dwernicki had obtained a victory over the corps of General Rudiger at Luck, on the river S!yr, in Volhynia. In this brilliant affair he took 12 pieces of cannon, and d large number of prisoners, among whom it is said is the Russian Commander. A whole pulk of Cossacks were drowned in the river, and the remainder of this Russian corps was cut to pieces, or put to flight; so that Rudiger's corps may be said to be annihilated. The details of this brilliant affair are hourly expected." The Journal assigns as a reason for their not having arrived earlier, the interruption of the Polish line of com munication on the right bank of the Vistula, owing to the defeat of the other division of the Polish corps of observation under General Sierawski, near Wron ow. " Respecting Dwernicki's movement•, however, our letters from Vienna by this despatch, which are to the 29th ult., give us further intelligence. Offi cial reports of his operations had been received there on the previous day from Delemberg. After tie check which this hardy partisan had received on the 18th, he repassed the right bank of the Styr, at Berestecks, on the 21st nit., and entered Radzillow on the urns day with 4,000 men ; he proceeded on that evening on the road towards Krzemenie, and occupied that town with his advanced guard. From the Vienna ne.vs, therefore, it is highly probable that Dwernieki bad fought a battle with General Rudiger upon the 22d or 23d of April, on the fron tiers of Gallicia. " The lVarsuw State Gazette announces the re ceipt of favourable news from the province of Augustow. Major Pussett had delivered three dis tricts of that province, and embodied a corps of near 5,000 men. Gabriel Oginaki was marching against the Russian Guards, at the head of a levy of 15,000 men. The Russian Guards, or a part of them, had left Lomza for Lithuania on the 121 h. Some French officers had arrived and joined the Polish army. "By accounts from Milan, we learn that the head quarters of General Frimont are again established in t hat city. Parma is restored to perfect t ranquillity; yet the last hulf-yearly dividend of the public debt has not been paid, though due in the middle of March, notwithstanding the large sums received from the fines and extraordinary contributions that have been levied by the agents of the Duchess. " We learn from Bologna that ' the first report of the military and counter-revolutionary commission was presented to Cardinal Appizzoni on the 25th ult., from which it appears that 185 persons were condemned to death ; 238 to perpetual imprison ment and confiscation ; 105 to banishment and con fiscation; and upwards of 300 to imprisonment for periods between 5 and 10 years, and to heavy fines. As Cardinal Mattei is in urgent want of money, and the faithful subjects of the Pope are disinclined to supply him, the abettors of the rebellion are com- pelled to pay in advance the taxes due up to No vember next. This measure has occasioned great discontent, and if carried into execution, even the presence of the Austrians will not prevent a new insurrection of the Bolognese.' " FRENCH FUNDS.-PARIS, MAY 6.-Five per Cents. 691 s(k; 75c. 80c. 90f. 89f. 75c. 85c. 90f. 89f. 80c. 90f. 90f. lec. 891 90c. 9ufl 89f. 90c. 89f. 95c. 90f. 891 90c. 95c. 90c. 80c. 70c. 60c. ; Loan of 1831, 90f. 90f. 10c. 901. ; Four and a Half per Cents. 79f. 791. 50c. 80c.; Four per Cents. 73f. 74f. 50c. ; Three per Cents. 631.25 c. 63f. 63f. sc. 63f. 63r. 30c. 40c. 50c. 631 60c. 65c. 60c. 75c. 50c. 30c. 40c. 25c. 40c. 63f. 50c.; Bank Actions, 1,530 f. ; Neapolitan Rentes, 70f. 69f. 90c. 701. 70f. 30c. 70f. 50c. 40c. 50c. 60c. 50c. 70f. 50c. ; Spanish Rentes, 14; Royal Spanish Loan, 6554 66 66 14 66 65 s 65 S i 65 ; Spanish Perpetuelle Annuities, 5436 55 55 , ki 56 50, 57 57% 58 58}i 1 4 57% S i 57 5 61 a 5655% S. 56 ; Haitian Loan, 1 1 751. Exchange on London-One Month, money, 2.5 f. 15c. ; Three Months, money, .5f.-fours Authentique. LAW INTELLIGENCE. Co URT OF KING'S BENCH, MAY 7. CRIMINAL INFORDIATION.-EX-PARTS TIM DUNE Or FRENCH FUNDS-PARIS, ALLY 7.-Five per Cents., 891. 20c. 10c. 891. 68f. 95c. 89f. 88f. 90c. 89f. eBf. 90c. 891. 881 90c. 891. Stit 9 0 c. 801 - 881 . 95 c. 80 c. 90 c. 6 0c. 50c. ; Loan of 1831, 891. 89c lOc. 881. 50c. ; Four-and-a-Half per Cents, 79f ; Four per Cents., 741 10c. ; Three per Cents, 62f. 70c. 45e. 40c. 35c. 40c. 30c. 40c. 60c. 75c. 62f. 70c. 55c. 60c. 70c. 75c. 50c. 60c. 40c. 45c. 62f. 30c. 45c. 35c. ; Bank Stock, 1, 15401., 1,545 f., 1,540 f. ; Rente de Naples 69f. 50c. 70c. 90c. 70,. 25c. ; Rente d'Espagne, 14 .1:36 14; Royal Spanish Loan, 65% 65; Rente Perpetuelle d'Espagne, 55 54 34 3s 3s i 55 554 55 54 1 ,i 55 5414 %55 541( % m 54 53 , 4 y ; Haytian Loan, 2750 ; Exchange on London, one month, money, 25f. 15c. ; three months, ditto, 251.-Cours Au. thentique. BEAUFORT. Sir JAMES SCARLETT applied, on behalf of the Duke of Beaufort, for a rule to show cause why a criminal infer.' ination should not be filed against the printer and pub' fishers of a weekly newspaper, called the Spectator, for libel on the Duke of Beaufort, inserted in that paper of the 30th of April last. Before he stated the nature and purport of the lib e l, h e wou ld b r i e fl y l ay b e f ore their Lordships the substance of the affidavit made by the Duke of Beaofort in support of his application. The late Doke of Beaufort, by his will, directed that two of his younger sons should be brought up to the Church ; and as he had the ailvowson of several livings in Monmouthshire, and other counties in Wales, he directed that they should be presented to some of these livings, as they became vacant, when the sons should be capable of undertaking the duties. This was not very material; but he added that which had been considered as somewhat questionable; he had by his will given an annuity of 600/., charged on his estates, to each of his younger sons, but with directions that, schen the two sons brought up to the Church should be pro vided for by means of these livings, the annuities should, as to them, cease pro tanto. One of the sons only was, in fact, brought up to the Church, and he had been presented to two or three of these livings; hut a bad been executed by the present Duke of Beaufort, and his eldest son, the Marquis of Worcester, securing the continuance of the annuity, notwithstanding the present it ion to the livings ; and these, and a small living to which he had been presented by the Lord Chancellor for the time being, were all that this son held. The Duke of Beaufort, by his affidavit, denied that he, or any of his fa mily, held any sinecure place or pension, or that they re• ceived any of the public money, except for active service, and also except the pension enjoyed by Lord Fitzroy Semen set, for the loss of an arm at the battle of Waterloo, which pension was no more than what was allowed by the regula tions of the army to officers of his rank who bad lost a limb in battle. flaying stated this, be would now proceed to read the paragraph of which the Duke of Beaufort complained; and from another publication, founded on this, their Lord ships would perceive what mischief a statement of this kind was calculated to do. The paragraph was as follows :—" In the way of taking counsel, let every reformer commune only with himself—What can I by myself do to promote the good cause ? The question answered, let him rush to do that which strikes him as the best to be done at the moment; and that thing finished, let him begin another instantly. The subscription of the great boroughmongers is the must barefaced piece of profligacy to he found in the whole history of boroughmongering. Why, the money subscribed is rightfully the nation's—at least if that still belongs to a man which has been wrongfully taken from him ; and it is clear that these .borough Lords would not have had the money to subscribe unless they had quartered their brothers and sisters, and mothers, and , aunts, on tl.e public, as well as, not a f e w o f th em , their mistresses and illegitimate children. Who forgets the history of the late Duke of Beaufort's will, which may be seen at Doctors' Commons on payment of a shilling— and which charges the estates of the present Duke with annuities to his brothers, until they shall be better pro vided for by Government ? The amount of public money received by the Somersets, since the late Duke of Beaufort came of age far exceeds the value of the estates which he bequeathed to the present Duke." The Duke of Beaufort stated that all the public money which the Somersets re ceived since the late Duke came of a:, , e did not amount to one year's value of the estates in question.. When such statements were made in a respectable Newspaper it was not surprising that it should be followed ny other publica tions with more extravagant exaggeration, and accordingly au address had been published to the freeholders of the county, with which the Duke was more particularly con nected, in which it was stated that the Somersets were quartered on the taxes to the amount of 43,000/. a year, and that the public money received by them since the late Duke came of age, amounted to 720,0001., and that this was the cause of the present unp iralleled distress. Lord TEISTERDEN-Take a rule to show cause. COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Mar 7. LIBEL-FRENCH F. LAY•"SON. Mr. HurcHiNsoN opened the pleadings. Mr. CAMPBELL observed that this was an action brought against the printer of the Times newspaper, to recover damages for the injury which the plaintiff's cha racter sustained in consequence of a libel published respect ing him in that journal. The plaintiff had served twenty years as an officer in his Majesty's service. He had been at the bade of 'Waterloo, and was stationed after wards in the Army of Occupation at Park In conse quence of his regiment being reduced he was put on half pay, and about the year 1820 he was elected Master of the Ceremonies at Margate, which office he filled to the satis faction of all those who frequented the balls at that place. A few years ago he took the Tivoli Gardens, at Margate, from Mr. Sinclair, a performer, at Drury-lane Theatre, where he gave entertainments for the public. In the ma nagement of these gardens he also gave much satisfaction until last April, when he felt much surprise on perceiving that his acquaintances, on meeting him, passed him by with scornful looks. He at length discovered that this proceeded from a paragraph which had appeared in the Times newspaper, stating that the Middlesex Grand Jury had found a true bill against a gentleman named Martin French, for sending a letter to Mr. Trot ter, the brother-in-law of Mr. Sinclair, the singer, threatening him with assassination, and the destruction of their jo , nt property, the Tivoli Gardens, by fire. The paragraph did not state in what manner the letter had been traced to Mr. French ; but it added that Mr. Trotter had been pestered for some time with letters of the same description, and that they were in a disguised hand. The Learned Couneet, having read the paragraph at length, proceeded to say that as no such bill had been found, and as the defendant had admitted that the statement was un founded by pleading the general issue, he hoped the Jury would give ample damages for the injury which his client's character had sustained. Mr. PLATT addressed the Jury for the defendant. After which, Mr. Baron BATLEY summed up ; the Jury retired, and, having deliberated for half an hour, brought in a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages 40s. COUNTRY CORN MARKETS. DURING LAST WEEK. Wheat. Barley. Oats. Beans. Per Quarter. Carlisle Carmarthen Hexharn. Murpeth Penrith Sheffield Winchester S. to S. ai Per Bushel. Coventry --.... Newcastle (Staff.) Nortliallerton Statibrd Swansea Warwick s. to S. 33 31 36 40 36 39 43 e. d. s. d. 48 54 60 66 36 46 59 62 46 50 46 50 s. to s. 22 29 22 28 ,38 27 23 30 s. d. s. d. 36S 40 46 50 33 40 36 40 26 30 22 26 Per 8011. BArnardeastle Durham Richmond Stockton 10 6 11 0 90 106 100 106 90 100 s. to 5. -.- 36 -- 50 52 36 42 -- 42 46 s. d. s. sr) 6 0 59 6 0 59 6 72 S b 00 0 0 73 76 86 96 56 79 76 9 64 74 00 110 10 0 11 6 106 120 00 00 WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET.-May 6. Wheat, Red, Norfolk and Suflblk 58s. 655. to 71s. fine 745. Lin. and Cam. sBs. 655. to 695. fine 725. -- Yorkshire 58s. 638. to 665. fine We. - White 62s. 68s. to 73e. fine 775. ----- Foreign, Red 58s. 648. to 70s. fine 7:35. White 625. 03s. to 725. fine 768. Barley, Norfolk and Suffolk ---- Lincolnshire o9s. to 345. fine 380. --- Yorkshire Wold Foreign Beans, --- New 355. to 395. fine 41s, Oats, Potato 27s. to 31s. fine 336. -- Poland -s. 265. to 295. fine 31.. Friezland and Small -s. 245. to 28s. fine 291. -- Healing l6d. to 15d. per Stone. Shelling 3ss. to 365. Od. per Load. Malt 44s. 475. fine 50s. per Load. Rapeseed On the 7th inst. the lady B o l f BIRTHS. I S v . SCOTCH MARKETS. - Wheat. Barley Oats. I Beans. Oatmeal. - ... land-terrace, Regent's-park, of a daughter. ---- --- -----• On the • Aberdeen ..... 50 66 28 34 23 27 I 38 40 6th inst. at Gower-street, Bedford-square, the lady of Berwick—... 40 50 26 .7 19 21 130 32 40 44 D. S. Bockett, Esq., of a daughter. oodgate, F.sq., of Cumber. Coldstream - 44 47 27 30 19 22 29 30 • On the sth inst. at Gaywood Rectory, the lady of the Rev. T. Cupar .............._ 50 80 29 34 28 33 40 42 -.. • Hulton, of a son. Dundee,,,,,,,,,,. 48 61 32 34 '25 28 38 40 ..* On the 6th inst. the lady of G. R. l'aul, Esq., of a son. E1gin....,,,,.,., 58 63 32 35 'lO 26 19 21 ..... .-• MARRIED. Inverness...-. 56 60 32 34 21 24 34 35 48 ••••• On the 3d inst. at Childwall, near Liverpool, the Rev. P. Kelso ........—. 45 48 '2B 30 '2l 23 320 36 _ ... Ewart, M. A. Rector of Kirklington, in the North Riding of Kirkaldy........ 42 70 27 39 25 32 45 48 43 44 Yorkshire, to Maria Margaret Lister, only child of N. Salisbury, Perth 50 60 21 24 19 22 28 34 .- • Esq. of Aigbarth, near Liverpool. 0.,.„,- The size of the measure varies throughout the countrf. On the 3d inst. Henry Jackson, Esq. of Leicester, to Frances, ,...... eldest daughter of Abraham Hoskins, Esq. of Newton Park, in GLASGOW CORN MARKET.—May 4. the county of Derby. Wheat, per 2401 b. s. d. s. d. Oats, per 2641 b, 8. d. is. d. On the 7th inst. at Newington, G. Passenger , Esq. , of Union. British, old 34 0t036 0 Irish 2O 0.t0'..1.3 6 street, Southwark, to Harriett, eldest daughter of T. F. Smith, new 30 0 32 0 British 2l 0 24 0 Esq., of Stones'-end, Borough. Canada, free 32 0 34 0 Beans, per 2601 b. On the 7th inst. at St. George's, Hanover - square , Wm. Hand- Irish Barley, ley, E sq . o f B ar f or d, near Warwick. to Emma, youngest daugh- . per 3201 b. S co t t i s h ter of the late 'l'. Cartwriht,_ Esq.. , of Lower Grosvenor-street. English --0 0 Pease, Scottish .. 20 0 2 2 o g Scottish 933 A ruin IN-•.- -• ___,.,,.1 " nr. el ~ , n new 300 320 Canada, free 32 0 34 0 Irish Barley, per 3201 b. English 0 Scottish 2B 0 30 0 Irish Beans, per 2601 b. English Scottish ,' Pease, Scottish Oatmeal, per 1401 b 2O 0 2 2 ~, Flour, per 2801 b 53 0 55 0 DIED. At Calcutta, on the 4th of January, of inflammation, Mrs. Pratt, wife of the Rev. H. Pratt, Chaplain to the Hon. East Company, and the eldest daughter of Mr. Hall, of New Boswell court, London. On the 6th inst. aged 36, William, the only ►surviving son of W. Minshull, Esq. of Kentish Town. On the sth inst. at Stoke Newington, Miss Crompton, late of Clapham, aged 59. On the 4th inst. aged 53. Colonel J. Nicol, of the East India. Company's Service. MINING INTELLIGI-3NCB. Tons. Cwt. Quantity of Copper Ore sold at Redruth last Thursday 4,460 0 Average Produce 8 0 Quantity of fine Conner 356 12 Amouut of Sale,22, 11. 10s. Od.—Average Stamiard, 961.8 e. PRINTED AND PuntsllED AY MURDO YOUNG, AT Turn Sv? OFFICE, 112, STRAND, LONDON 52 72 tiO 70 48 73 s. d. s. d. 70 90 11 0 11 6 70 93 90 94 86 90 90 100 IS 6 20 0 15 6 18 0 176 20 6 16 9 17'9 ( / ,-. - L°' Mr. James Reform. By a Youn farthin g ! Mr. Ford. Tailors at 71, St. Jo A few Pers on 0( Herald... The first I‘ Gention ing Mr. Crown al Tavern, street-ro, The Holy the BILL Lant-str, A subscri' Grandch ings at s of pence pence) h Reforn future 11 NV. East 1 Learning Lichfield Through James's A few Cat and liplic to Gros enemies mongers tion Rem J. H. Hew , Anonymou to Refer! W. S. For my King, and Gr Faction, Peels, a Masaniel G. H. Han Mr. R. We James Lim T. Brettell, S. Ward, S. Ward, jt A nienct t 'Messrs. Gr( Sprague, worth J. Porter, 4 Various sm H. Willian Ryder-sti W. E. F. I Three Fri, From a fc men Tail Mr. Sams . Dennis Cht From Ten are react) their liv country's Mr. Itich, Niew-roai Young men Yorick J. It E. Scott, E Berkeley. Thomas Pr John P. Bu Gower-st B. C A Reforme ing a vet( of Louth) ther forty cannot vo tion with( the certai family, in ed by the Through Newspapi A few Fri Paul's He Subscriptio Reform, Meeting way Hou street, So Mr. C. A A Friend b From a few friendly meeting a Snow's Degee Dover Cast Washi den-lane, made the the thirty chester tried in I: Not Guili of sutticic to convict Dirty Han( Twelve me by J. W. 1 per-plate per Stainl From the I. the emp Thornhill Holborn-1 makers, tc Patriotic. King agai mies of hi D. N. Daniel San Noyes, 'I Workmen Printing Subscript] J. S. P J. A.. Gardr A Small 1: Borouglin From one o' rant bein keeper, w know how Sums