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r ~~~ ro schedule B. at to that effect., amendment. n of the horoll vith the parish ° dleague had, MO hes included in t ° I to the populso l ' tion of more tho the jurisdiction ,rough of Itridr lid not extend 111 pool and Alline ° p ,rishes ? B° I. He adnl :ht be considered' 101 l of llradpool Ji t ate. Adding t' 'nigh, you did °' l re than 3,9420 ' ided from the too lan who knen' . ° 3l le parish of Albe idport. Indeed , hat any put oft , dport. He diet tion of the tool ol it was beyond augh fell very 9 11 think that ac t° rted in schedule . the opinion oft hat House. • opinion of the': .y would consent' sk what was jut i and to the cone' Member then CI this borough o the borough repeated argunie ng one rule to I 2.1 as ApplehY 4t upon this po ;ted its itopatil, of laughter. I rn. d round and Danner in which unctions in disfr ither argument rus exhibitions Lo,trs of laughter ,ich be then 11 worst signs of t .s from the OPP• place, he expect led, to see ev e o man would di spe.k sensih) I that be bad laughte,)—but wAs only glie"i —(3h, oh, to lead the II iatuent would es not be carried Opposition-) ed Parliament ' alter every thi n g ke, they would l am reasoning , e.—(Lauehtert Hon. and Le 3r i Hon. Member , isement of that supporting tbis Hon. Membcr ut nough for his p t t it as a means W e i pport to the sill it was very PP.; hout being en ° of it. The cv" id decided, and 1) 1 0 f Bridport. lr r :ing the mann! • T Oppl •te (S ir :S1 the House 0 0 Now he liaPP e that House tbit t) to state, for hi' :uliar in the cone i ch could in an}' rsions. When on,ideration, gen! co nversing withi o presence of the"! ight set his nun:, revolutionarrof, could take cred,,oo t.cussions than of ocations during ease of Britipot as to justify 11 r manner ; but r eil d !ed one day w er o 1 down upon atic t oo be the same A . 41 kness were, 1 1,11 ;i1 lad not heard v —(Laughter.) ind Bridport 'as similarly di I stand part of sermission to the purpose of l ip o be remo vedo inhabitants its d assigned it a al returns w ltie , :segments for , 'retion of the Ily excluded fro ce the appareolo, he submitted, eighbouring b 0 toped that the portunity to O tt ' e of the just P s , table town, far , hear.) 4 to discuss the ~r ught to stand ( 0 to the ease 0 ' !mote. Since , ted as an e xaat ad fact which " • 7.e of the acelle o s , e the exemeo d, in fact, a he 208 of arid 1 4 which would g case of Chip P ei gether contain e 4. fore saw no 3d if t , the schedule ill lam had a p 4 the House, s 9 l j e t ther and faun 1 that evidenceld importance, Friend's rego v i i i i( eh the Chao ce o d n before the lorough of C hr Pf utbited house, co: taken into 04,,1: lady retuarlal",l yt 0. it appeared 0 0' contained 661 0, P if ed a reason' t 4 10, intake in the therefore Prt4 by :j g the HO"' a out his ea' e t ' s tl" lbable in its el f ' e lean) o. e t urn s of It 3 , rd i lower than ° loc h, re t urn s on ` v d i ,0' ) , the numbe r ;HEQUE s lh t e , le number ° be appeared t° eats ld I hey ro vl 1 0 : ttion ? , that hal g i,e o ri i [nittee W" " I' irl Lute some i' l( t, u otfi :,;!•, deb proo f wn out bY 1 otet it would be +O , was only a delusion practised the House. The Nobl• Lord admit•ed that these was a mistake in the returns of 1 821 of 110 houses, but if there was a mistake in the number of houses it was presumable there was also a mis take as to the number of inhabitants. Tne CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER repeated h;8 former argument, and added, that the amount of in crease from 1801 to ISli , and from that to 1821, showed that the number of inhabitants was correctly given in the Th: mistake in the number of houses did riot viti .te this. Sir R. PEEL said, there were 106 houses missing 1 821, which were to be accounted for intome way. also Contended, that uni ss the ... , nrirn_ C ; ttee thought that there was a greater number of inhabtants in ISI I, in a B lnal!er number of houses than in 1821, they must feel sa tisfied that some mistake hal been made in the latter period. On this ground he thought they were bound to institute some inquiry. He did not wish for an examination of witnesses at the bar, but he thought that some inquiry should be instituted, to come at tic tint!' where facts were disputed. Mr. C. W. WYNN denied that it was p , ssib7e to mis take the number of houses and not th, population, an I Contended that the hirough ought not to_itAr from the mistak e of some idle or drunken overseer. Lori MILTON argued, that if an inquiry were gone into in this ease, it would be impossit,le to say where it Would end. Sir 11. HARDINGE knew not on what grettnils the Node Lord could refuse at least inquiry into the rase esta blished by the petitioners from Chippenham. The Chip- Peaham petition stated, that since 1621 not less than 168 houses had been erected in that borough, and that the popu lation returns of 1821 were erroneens. If they refused time to ascertain the truth of these allegations, he thought it a case by which Hon. Members would be warranted in having recourse to extraordinary means of procuring delay. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER could not tee how the present case could provoke such an extreme proceeding as that just mentioned ; the rather, as the ques tion was merely one of fact, as to the amount of population instead of houses. No good could possibly arise from delay, and the inquiry would be endless. Sir R. PEEL, in urging the Noble Lord to assent to the proposition' for delay and inquiry into the discrepancy between the population returns before the House, did not want to throw unnecessary obstacles of delay in the way of the Bill itself. Let them drop Chippenham till inquiry had been made, it being evident there was no authentic data for them to legislate upon yet furnished, and proceed With the next borough on the schedule ; and should it appear that the population did not exceed the line, he for One would vote for retaining it in its present position. Captain BOLDERO thought that the petitioners had esta l tlislied a case that called for inquiry implying delay. Mr. BENETT was sure the discrepancy in the returns leas a typographical error, which might be corrected by r eading 5 for 6.—(Great laughter on the Opposition benches.) Mr. GIS BORNE contended that the advocates for delay Were bound to make out a prima facie case that their pro- Posed inquiry was likely to raise Chippenham above the before it could be assented to by tile House. Sir J. ASTLEY thought that the petitioners front Chipp e nham had ►wade out a case which in itself called for i nquiry. Mr. HARVEY, Lord MILTON, end Mr. MABERLY, were of opinion that Chippenham constituted no exception to t he rule on which schedule B was based ; and therefore that the delay would be wur,e than nugatory. Several Members attempted to address the House, but th eir observations were rendered inaudible by the loud cries of question. The House divided— For the amtndment Against it Majority for Ministers --70 The original question was then put and carried, and ' h iPPenham was accordingly added to the schedule. The other orders of the day being disposed of, the House adjourned at Half-past Two o'clock. We are charged with being premature in cur ret oinmendation to the inhabitants of Sheffield to look about them for the persons whom they may think the kost ptoper to he elected as the representatives of this c t ,rn, in the event of the elective franchise being con ferred upon the class of voters contemplated by the Reform ' il l. To the grave charge of exhorting our townspeople In exercise their understandings on such a subject before th ey are called upon, or even capacitated to vote upon it, ! r e plead guilty, and are quite willing to allow those who . liffee from us to forbear all prec ititions against a probable :",ngee, and likewise to forego all considerations for the at e Tulnent of a promised good, until the one or the other be "we upon them. Other places, it seems, however, are not disposed to hush into present silence every considers. t kul of the privilege which awaits them. Candidates are already in th e fi e ld f or th e re p resentat i on o f M anc h ester , Halifax, Shields, Sunderland, th e ne w sec ti on o f Derby ire, and last of all, Mr. STRICKLAND has announced his i :!tention o f stan di ng f or t h e W est - r idi ng o f t h e county o f Yo rk , W e have no other object in view, in any thing we m ay hint at or recommend on this subject than that Sher. field should elect those persons who may be in every way the h est qual i fied and the most lik e l y to serve t h e t own i n 1, aeham en t. At the same time, we speak from a know ledge of what is concocting in certain quarters, when we warn parties concerned of the intention to effect by stir- Prise, an object which it is apprehended might prove abor tive should it transpire in time to give the town an oppor tunity o f deliberating upon it—the man whose preten sions will not abide the being held up, looked upon, and investigated for a longer period than that which seems to be more than long enough for some persons, is not the in dividual to represent Sheffield. We certainly see no par ticular reason for either delay or delicacy in naming any Person or number of persons who may be thought worthy of consideration, although we do perceive why in some quarters, it may better suit the views of parties to ad. minister soporifics than to say a word that might too ears awaken suspicion or discussion.— Sheffield Iris. THE RUSSIANS IN PLYMOUTH.—A short time before the Russian ships Kyabn and Lionelle went t t ' u t of this port on a cruise, two of the officers belonging 0 t hem, in passing through Bedford-street, were ac inter by a Polish Jew, who prcffered his services as an bil.teflpreter, should they be required. Upon learning the Orating 4 into a fit of indignation, and making use of the ° " t angry gesticulation, instantly ordered him to depart, tening him as a "traitor," with extermination on B P °t . " Slave," was the retort of the Polish Jew, Y o ur master once bad power over my unhappy country *s s i tia so no l onger ; t h en, h a d we b een i n P o l an d, an d Y°tl commanded me to obey, death would have awaited the ; but now we meet in England, where every man t i ; a freem an , an d w h ere a ll ran k s j o i n i n d e t es ti ng th e p i o e s tis t that governs ye." The second officer here inter ,(l, and t aun ti ng ly re ma r k e d th a t P o l an d must evea -1,1,5? become su bj ec t to the vi c torious pow e r of Russia. ev er !" was the reply, "our army has beaten your L O OPS wh en th ey amoun t e d t o double an d t re bl e th e num of our men . I n a mont h or two more , if th e wor k 11 ,14 4 an lung, I h o p e t o b e in Poland myself, and to wit -4,-," with soy own e y e s th e expulsion of the last Russian 4 4 " my country, and should that last one he yourself, I t 4411 then h ave th e sa ti s f a ction of cutting your throat,'" 4 4 r epeating the word "slaves," with the utmost con. tt t :Pt, th e Jew turned on h i s hee l an d procee d e d a l ong t h e t e t -se-Ex e t er Alfred. p e I NQUEST.—On Tuesday, at the house of Mr. in Radford-street, on view of the bodies of ht„ .tk LE , HOWARD, aged 16, spring-knife cutler, and S tt P"lrk BOLDING, aged 18, file-cutter, who on the pi ~:4 5Y morning previous had been taken dead out of a 1 13" Water at the bottom of the Ohl Park-wood. After - IT bad proceeded to view the bodies lying in the 1111 uuurbood, at Neepsend Tavern, the following evidence t i t a 8 heard :--Thomas BErrs, living in Scotland-street, tit eti pt. that on the morning named, a little after six tats „-"' the deceased young men persuaded him to ac to „r 4 nY them in a walk. About eight o'clock they came d amn • h.,in the river Dun, belonging to the Sandford St - '! . ‘vhere they agreed to bathe. CHARLES HOWARD d u Xolped in, and after swimming a few strokes, ke irked and never afterwards gathered his strength." diet):4ll.to stand in the water; but finding it was too co t cried out for help. Upon bearing this cry, his h e; ti ll t ltt ' i ° ll BoLDING, after making some exclamation sav ing him, thr e w his waistcoat, jacket, and hat, on ailiC4c, and swain to the place at which HOWARD had ti th il t ile4r ed. After BOLDING had gone about seven or fl ow Yards into the dam, be (the witness) saw that 4L 'Alt had wrapped his arm round his neck, and was Itiottoi ' r owing his legs over his back. He next saw uppermost, but heard him cry out for help. "qs first sunk, lid HOWARD, after appearing above lt Witt er abr o , once or twice, finally went down. HENRY addedthat When BOLDING leaped into the water to save 4 :11 104t . 3 , he succeeded in making a " click" at him, but sy h o pmediately cried " he has got hold of me," and t'tl a sa nk together. Upon this testimony the Jury ° , 4 tlx t V t hemselves satisfied that the youths had met their ''tord:Y g accideohent an eld Independent. d misfortune, and returned a verdict „ •••--.tfi HIS MAJESTY'S CORONATION. FORMALITIESTO BE OBSERVED ON THIS OCCASION, SUPPLEMENT to the L OND ON GAZETTE, Wednesday, July 27, 1831. Eat I-Marshal's Office, Whitehall-Yard, July 27, 1831. The King's Most Excellent Majesty having been pleased to command me. as Karl-Marshal Of England, forthwith to prepare and countersign letters to be passed under the Royal Sign Ma nual, requiring the attendance of the Peers and Peeres , es of Great Britain at the solemnity of the Coronation of his Majesty, and of her Majesty the Queen ; and the King having been further pleased to command me to prepare such letters also for those Temporal Peers of that part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, called Ireland, who sat and voted in the House of Lords of Ireland before the Union, or whose right to .it and vote therein, or to vote at the e'ection of a representa tive Pecr for Ireland, has, on claim made on their behalf, been admitted by the House of Lords of the United Kingdom, I do hereby re , itlest that all those Peers, who in conformity to the above regulations are entitled to assist at the solemnity of the Royal Coronation of their Majesties, and also the Peeresses aid Dowager Peeresses who may claim to attend at the said Corot'- Lion, will be rleased to transmit their respective addresses to Sir George Naylor, Garter King of Arms, at this Office, in order that their letters of summons may be forwarded without delay. NORFOLK, Earl-Marshal. Earl Mariihal's Office, Whitehall-yard, July 27, 1 Fal . The girl Marshal's Order concerning the Robes, Coronets, &c. which are to he worn by the Peers at the Coronation of their Most Sacred 31,jzsties King William the Fourth and Queen Adelaide. ..... These arc to give notice, to all Peers who attend at the Coro nation of their Majesties, that the robe or mantle of the P eers b e of crimson velvet, edged with miniver, the cape furred with miniver pure, and powdered with bars or rows of ermine, accord ing to theif degree, viz. : Barons, two rows. Viscounts, two rows and a half. Elrls, three rows. Marquises, three rows and a halt: Duke's, fotir rows. The said mantles or robes to he worn over the full Court dress miforrn, or regimentals usually worn at her Majesty' s D raw i ng . Rooms. Their coronets to be of silver gilt ; the caps of crimson velvet, turned up with ermine, with a gold tassel on the top; and no jewels or precious stones are to be set or used in the coronets, or counterfeit pearls instead of silver balls. The coronet of a Baron to have, on the circle or rim, six silver balls at equal distances. The coronet of a Viscount to have, on the circle, sixteen silver balls. The coronet of an Earl to have, on the circle, eight silver bails, raised upon points, with gold strawberry leaves between the points. The coronet of a Marquis to have, on the circle, four gold strawberry leaves and four silver balls alternately, the latter a little raised an points above the rim, 1 he coronet of a Duke to have, on the circle, eight gold straw berry leava" By his Majesty's command, • (Signed) NORFOLK, Earl-Marshal. Earl-Marshal's Office, Whitehall-Yard, July 9:7, 1531 The Earl Marshil's Order concerning the Robes, Coronets, &c. which are to be worn by the Peeresses at the Coronation of their Most Sacred Majesties King William the Fourth and Queen Adelaide. These are to give notice to all Peeresses who attend at the Co ronation of their Majesties, that the robes or mantles appertain ing to their respective ranks are to be worn over the usual full Court dress. That the robe or mantle of a Baroness be of crimson velvet, the cape whereof to be furred with miniver pure, and powdered, with two bars or rows of ermine; the said mantle to be edged round with miniver pure, two inches in breadth, and the train to be three feet on the ground ; the coronet to be accord ing to her degree, viz. a rim or circle with six pearls upon the same, not raised upon points. That the robe or mantle of a Viscountess be like that of a Baroness, only the cape powdered, with two rows and a half of ermine, the edging of the mantle two inches as before, and the train a yard and a quarter; the coronet to be according to her degree, viz. a rim or circle with pearls thereon, sixteen in num ber, and not raised upon points. 'That the robe or mantle of a Countess be as before, only the cape powdered, with three rows of ermine, the edging three inches in breadth, and the train a yard and a half: the coronet to be composed of eight pearls raised upon points or rays, with small strawberry leaves between, above the rim. That the robe or mantle of a Marchioness be as before, only the cape powdered, with three rows and a half of ermine, the edging four inches in breadth, the train a yard and three quar ters; the coronet to be composed of four strawberry leaves and four pearls raised upon points of the same height as the leaves alternat, ly, above the rim. _ That the robe or mantle of a Duchess be as before, only the cape powdered, with four rows of ermine, the edging five inches broad, the train two yards ; the coronet to be composed of eight strawberry leaves, all of equal height above the rim. And that the caps of all the said coronets be of crimson velvet, turned up with ermine, with a tassel of gold on the top. By his Majesty's command, (Signed) NORFOLK, Earl-Marshal. THE KING'S LEVEE. Ye terday, about half-past one o'clock, his Majesty arrived at his Palace in St. James's, in his travelling carriage, from Windsor. Soon after two o'clock the King held a Levee, at which Prince Paul of Wirtemberg was introduced by the Wirtemberg Minister. The Prince had a private audience of his Majesty. The Baron de Cetto, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Pleni potentiary from the King of Bavaria, had an audience of his Majesty. to deliver a letter from his Sovereign. The King gave audiences to— Sir J. Graham, the Marquis of Winchester, Viscount Palmer ston, Lord Hill, Earl Grey, Viscount Althorp, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Sir George Nayler, the Earl of Cassillis, the Earl of Albemarle, the Marquis Wellesley, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Marquis of Hastings, Lord Foley, Lord Anson, and Mr. Grosvenor. Lord Glenlyon and Sir Henry Blackwood were the Lord and Groom in Waiting. There were present at thC ° Entree Levee— The Duke of Sussex; the Russian, Austrian, and French Ambassadors; the Spanish, Prussian, Danish, Bavarian, Sardi nian, Neapolitan, Luchese, Wirtemberg, and Mexican Mini sters; the Brazilian Charge d'Affaires, the Lord President, the Lord Privy Seal, the First Lord of the Treasury, the Secretaries of State for the Home and Foreign Departments, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the First Lord of the Admiralty, the Arch bishop of Canterbury, the Bishop of London, the Secretary of State M ' r Ireland, the Master of the Horse, the Lord Steward, the Groom of the Stole, the Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen Pensioners, the Earl Marshal, the Commander of the Forces, the Vice-Chamberlain, Viscount Combermere (Gold Stick in Waiting), the Master of the Ceremonies, the Attorney- General, the Solicitor-General for Ireland, and Garter King of Arms. At the General Levee there were present— EARLS—Lauderdale, Amherst, Leven. Viscount Bercsford. LORDS—Saltoun, Glenlyon, F. Somerset, J. Russell, Brude nell, Jermyn. HONOURABLES—W. L. Melville, T. L. Melville, Lieut. H. Murray. SIRS. l'. Bulkeley Philipp, Ralph Lopes, G. Nayler. MESSRS.—W. Blackney, M.P., Seymour, G. Hamilton, W. Melville, A. K. Barclay, Dutton, J. Thornton, O'Brien, Port. man, 'M.P. GENERALS—Slade, Sir A. Fitzgerald, Hawker, Eustace, [odgson, Goldie. _ CO . LOELS—Bouchette, Sir A. Dalrymple, Wynyard. MAJORS—Cumming Bruce, M.P., Reid. CA PTAlNS—Plumridge, MN., Yorke, R.N., Haultain, S. Hodgson. LIEUTENANTS--F. W. Crispo, R.N., F. Prangnall, R.N., F. W. Hamilton, Hughes. The following were presented to his Majesty : Earl of Leven, by the Duke of Montrose Sir Ralph Loi;cs,on coining to the title, by the Lord Chancellor Mr. W. Blackney, r. for Carlow County, by Gen. Sir J. Doyle Lieut.-Colonel Bouchette, Surveyor-General of Lower Canada, to present his work on the'British Dominions in North Ame rica to his Majesty • Captain Plumriage; R.N. on appointment to the Magicienne, by Sir J. Graham Mr. Seymour, Deputy Lieutenant for the County of Sussex, by the Duke of Sussex Hon. W. L. Melville, on return from India, by the Earl of Leven Hon. Lieut. Henry Murray, R.N., by the Duke of Sussex Lieut.-General Slade, on appointment to the commandiOlitie sth Dragoon Guards Mr. Arthur Kett Barclay, by Sir Wm. Jolliffe Captain Yorke, R.N., by Lord Caledon Major Cumming Bruce, M.P., by the Hon. Col. Grant of Grant Hon. J. L Melville by the Earl of Leven and Melville. Lieut. F. W. Haniilion, Grenadier Guards, on receiving his commission _ Capt Haultain, R.A., on return from the Mauritius, by Sir A. Dickson leut—General Sir A. Fitzgerald, by Lord Hill Major Reid, •dd Life Guards, on promotion, by Colonel Lydon Lieut. F. Prangnall, R.N., by Sir T. Hardy Lieut. F. W. Crispo, R.N., by Sir T. Hardy Lieut. Hughes, by Lieut—Colonel Hughes After the Le'vee his Majesty held a Privy Council, at which Mr. Greville attended as Clerk. --- The King left town after the conclusion of the Court, on his return to Windsor. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. The Duke de Laval Montmorency, at the Brunswick Hotel, Jermyn-street, from Salisbury ; Lord Northland, at the Royal Hotel, Jermyn-street, from Ireland ; the Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Crewe, at Lord Carrington's Deal park from Wickham Abbey ; Mr. and Mrs. Protheroeiat Warren's Hotel, Regent-street, from their scat in Berks ; J. Albert, Esq., in Mount-street, from the Continent; the Earl and Countess of Caledon, at their new re. sidence, Carlton-terrace; Mr. and Mrs. Platt, at the St. George's Hotel, Albemarle-street, from their seat in Sussex ; Geo. Lane Fox, jun. Esq., at Crawley's Hotel, Albemarle-street, from Eton; the Marquis of Salisbury, in Gratton-street, from his seat, Hat field ; Le Comte Emmanuel de Thuisy, and Lieut..CoL de Huilly and suite, at the St. James's Hotel, Jcrmyn.street, from Paris ; Archdeacon Prohyn, and Colonel and Mrs. Tyler, at Batt's Hotel, Dover-street, from Gloucestershire; the Rev. Geo. Jenyns, at ditto, from Cambridge. DEPARTURES. The Earl of Enniskillen, for Cheltenham ; Lady Thorold, from the St. George's Hotel, Albemarle street, for h er seat, S ' Y ston park, Lincolnshire; Colonel Henry and Mrs. Whit e , from War ren's Hotel, Regent-street, for their seat in Herts ; Mr. and. Mrs. S. White, from ditto, for ditto; Capt. Byng, for Brighton ; 'l'. D. Gurdon, Esq., for his seat in Norfolk • Sir H lialford, BL, for his seat, Wiston Hall, Leicestershire; Sir WM . t e r Burrowes, for his seat in Ireland ; Sir Charl es Ker, Bt., for his seat in Scotland ; the Hon. Mr. Mrs. and Miss Tollemache, from the Brunswick Hotel, Jerrnyn-street, for Huntsmore Lodge; Mr. de Laglandiere, and Miss Vandermarg, from ditto, on a tour, the Very Rev. Principal Macfarlane, from the Royal Hotel, Jermyn-street, for Glasgow; Mr. anti Mrs. de la Torre, from Gloucester -place, for Petersham, Surrey ; Mrs. La Touche and family, from the Lisbon Hotel, Dover-street, f or B ristol ; Miss Boyle, from ditto, for ditto; Mr. and Mrs. Durram, from ditto, for Brighton; Mr. and Mrs. Watkins, from di tto, for Brighton ; John Sadd, Esq., from ditto, for Bath ; Win. Har rison, Esq., from ditto, for B ri g h t on ; Mr. and Mrs. .Grinhill, from ditto, for Ramsgate; Col. Groves,. from ditto, for Ram s . gate; Capt. Wright, from ditto, for Margate; the Earl of Co ventry, for his seat, at Croome,.Worcestershire ; the Earl and Countess of Albemarle, for Hertfordshire. In the new novel by Mr. PAULDING en titled, ' 4 The Dutchman's Fire Side," the English reader is, for the first time, presented with a genuine picture of " Life in America," whether it be regarded as appertain.. ing to the cities, to the remote settlements, or to the tents of the Wildernesses. Every portion of the book is fraught with strange situations, and with characters which fix the attention by their novelty, and by the • peculiar inci. dents in which they are engaged. By those previously ac quainted with the powerful genius of the author it is con sidered that " The Dutchman's Fire Side".will increase his already high reputation. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS, Sir Robert Peel last night opened the opposition to schedule B of the Reform Bill, by attempting to raise upon its present structure a complaint of injury to the agricultural interest. We think that it will be easy to prove the Right lion. Baronet's ohjectious to have sprung from an imperfect view of the measure, comparing its " disfranchising" with it, " qualification" clauses. But we have not now time for that inquiry. In the course of the evening, i\T r •. S ►filer quoted Algernon Sidney as an authority fru ' the corruptions of the representative system. This reminds one of a certain worthy's (potation of Scripture, who by leaving our a wort or two, made an Apostle express a wish to " hang all the pro phets." Eight boroughs, being a fifth part only of the number in schedule 13, were disposed of, but no topic of any strling interest appears in the discus sion. The Bill at its present rate of movement will take a long time to reach its last stage : but M. nisters, of course, take care to have it understood that Parliament mu <t sit even till Christmas, in order to pass this univertally demanded measure.— Times. The same questions in our foreign relations which were asked and discussed in the House of Lords on Tuesday, were brought b e f ore th e Commons l ast night. It appears to us that nothing could be more unjust than the censure cast upon the British Gn vtrnment for its concurrence with the other great Powers of Europe, in the proposition to demolish a number of the Belgic fortresses looking towards the French frontier. We only wished to show that the time of announcing the demolition was badly chosen, and that France, which professed to remain under the treaties of 1815, had no right to interfere. We are happy to perceive, from the speech of Lord Palmerston last night, and from the language of the protocol, that the French Government did not originally suggest the measure, or press, its execution; and, at all events, is not to be judge of the particular fortresses selected for demolition. It appears, indeed, from the report of what took place in Parliament, that the protocol which stipulated for a future negotiation with Belgium upon the expe diency of razing fortresses, or some of them, pro ceeded from Ministers of the four great Powers, of whom the French negotiator was not one; that France had not made her assent to the independence of Belgium conditional upon the destruction of the foitresses ; that in the actual state of Belgium these fortresses cannot be adequately kept up or garrisoned, and therefore, instead of being efficient against France, they must be mere temptations to that power to come and s e i ze t h em at an opportun i ty which may suit her, and thus to convert theta into so many keys of the Belgic ttrritor3. To its it seems, we allow, most absurd, to leave a number of un tenanted strong holds within a day's march of the French line of garrisons, tinder the plea of keeping up an armed frontier against France. How the Belgians, —or how, indeed, the Dutch and Belgians taken togethei—were to be ren dered capable of maintaining these great works in a condition to stand a siege, we have not been able to learn from his Grace the Duke of Wellington, although there be not a man iu Europe so well fitted to furnish the information. The general concurrence of Europe, France included, in the independence of Belgium, is the most dur able and economical defence. All that we stated, and all that we still maintain, is, that the core.ent of Belgium should have been obtained before the fact eves announced, and that France, at all events, ought not to have proclaimed the result as a victory gained over the Allies. On the subject of Portugal we shall merely state (what we have before stated), as an answer to all that has been said upon the failure of this country to protect the Portuguese Government against the measures of France, that no such slavish obligation could ever be imposed upon an independent country, or would ever be en dured by a free people, as that of defending in the gross the iniquitous acts of an unprincipled arid brutal tyrant, against those whom he bad injured, and to whom he had refused redress. France did not interpose between Great Britain and Miguel, when this Governtneat felt itself compelled to de mand satisfaction by her men of war: why should we interfere when France seeks justice through similar means ? The affectation of a sympathy for Miguel is worse than absurd—it is disgusting. The following is a correct account of the French opera. tions against the Portuguese Government :—On the evening of the 10th the French Admiral sent a flag of truce to Lisbon, with the conditions on which he offered to treat. This was rejected. He then informed the Foreign Consuls of his intention of forcing the passage of the Tagus. On the 12th, about mid-day, the French squadron attempted the passage, receiririg for ten minutes the fire of the Portuguese forts before a shot was returned. By half-past four the squadron was moored before Lisbon, and the former offer was repeated, accom panied by a demand of indemnity for those who had suffered. The Port u guese Government then.signe. fled its acceptance of the terms proposed.--Tinges. A correspondent has called our attention to a Bill now before Parliament, under the title of the Bankrupt Act Amendment Bill, of which some of the provisions seem to be at variance with every re-. cognised principle of sound legislation. The amend ments, he says, consist in making depositions taken before Cemmissioners of Bankrupts, with relation to the trading, or acts of bankruptcy of any pe rson against whom a Commission has issued, evidence in any Court of Law or Equity, when entered of re cord, in cases where the party making the same may thereafter have died, departed the realm, or becom e legally incapable of giving evidence, and without any proof of the signature of the deponent. O ur correspondent say s , that three Bills, si▪ milar to the present one, hav e b e en brought into Parliament, and have met with the fate they merit▪ ed—that it is a matter of notoriety their object was a private one, and not the amelioration of the law—and that it is equally notorious that the present Bill will have an ex-post facto operation, and that it is intended to obtain through it what has already been fruitlessly attempted under the existing law. We regret that our limits will not alldw us to enter at present further into this question.—/Iforning Chronicle. We wish we were able to say that Ministers were only thwarted in their views at home, by Tory func tionaries. Tory Lord Lieutenants, Tory Magis trates, and Tory Parsons are not likely to give Very efficacious support to a Whig Administration. But it is no better abroad. In most of the courts of Europe, the creatures of the last Ministry are still to be found, and it would be wonderful if they were to second with much cordiality the views of time present, or to omit seizing every opportunity for in juring the cause of liberty, and for favouring the efforts of tyranny and aristocracy, to rivet the fetters of the nation. Among our Ministers at foreign courts, is the brother of the all-accomplished Earl, who conceives himself, of all living Statesmen, to ap proach the nearest to Metternich. We need hardly say that this great Statesman is the late Foreign Secretary, and that the b r oth er i s Sir Robert Gordon, our Minister at Constantinople. It is said, by the bye, of this Minister, that while at the C tun of Rio Janeiro, imagining Don Pedro did not pay sufficient deference to him as the representative of Great Britain, he told him, with an air of amusing self-consequence, that he was himself descended from the Kings of Scotland ; and it is said, that the Emperor was so much annoyed by the airs of this consequential personage, that oil the departure of the distinguished Minister for Europe, who was the bearer of the Portuguese Con stitution, lie expressed a hope that the next Mini ster would not be a descendant of the Kings of Scotland. There can be no doubt that the present Ministry can have no wish to impede the exertions of the gallant Poles, arid to enable their late cruel task-masters, the Russians, to replace them under the yoke. We learn, however, from an authentic source —a communication from a gentleman de spatched b y t h e P o l es to C onstant i nop l e — t h at Sir Robert Gordon has been exerting himself in favour of the Russians at that capital. The following arc the words of his communication : " I cannot attribute to the English Ministers the un heard-of steps which Sir R. Gordon, the English Ambas sailor at the Sublime Porte, has taken here lately. 11, announced to the Porte, that Polish envoys would arrive at Constantinople, and invited it to give no ear to the com munications which they might wish to make, and to have nothing to do with them. If I had not an incantestible proof of this, I should never have believel in the possibilit ) of such a step on the part of an English Ambassador, who, from the nature of the laws and the institutions of hi' country, ought to be the natural protector of every un' or , run rte and oppressed people, and (speeially of th e P o l es Such a proceeding cannot be the result of the instructions of a Govt., nment composed of men who. with a noble de votAness and a rare per-everance, wish to secure the freedom and to augment the felicity of the English people and who formerly, by their famous letters, not less distin guished for brilliant eloquence than a knowledge of wa authenticated f.cts, had proved to the world the injustice committed towards Poland, and the fatal con'equcnecs to whirls its partition has led. Surely such men can never be suspected of being so much in contradiction to then,- s:dves. I conceive, then, that Sir It •bert Gordon has ot his own accord taken this step. " Has he reflected on the immensity of the responsibi lity which is the natural consequence of it? Did it not occur to him that, in taking a step so dee:dedly hostile against so heroic a people, he was acting the part of a Russian spy and informer—that he was covering Mssel: with infamy? It is with the greatest pain, and a profound indignation, that I introduce this grave circumstance to the knowledge of the English nation, and drag him before the tribunal of public opinion. The nation will punish the guilty, and not permit th it so disgraceful a step should b e eargeable on the Government, anti a blot on the history of England. " Fortunately the Turks have a very correct knowledge of their intere-te. In justice to them, it must be said that they are consistent with themselves. They alone have never consented to the infamous partition of that Poland which, however, did so much injury to them, and so much service to their spoilers, by defending the l fitter with all their re sources against the invasion of the Turks. Now, however, they take the warmest interest in the fate of the Poles ; and if hitherto they have not afforded theta any assistance, it has not certainly been owing to any fault of theirs. ~ CONSTANTINE WOLICKY." The above document speaks for itself. Sir Ro bert Gordon does what he thinks would be accep table to the Duke of Wellington and his brethren. The descendant of the Kings of Scotland is above concerning himself for the people of any country, except in so far as their existence is necessary to the support of Kings and Nobles.—Morning Chronicle. Sir Robert Peel took occasion to go at large into the - question of Reform last night, in moving, as an amendment, that two Members instead of one be given to all the boroughs enumerated in schedule B. He drew a line from the Severn to the Wash, which would separate, pretty accurately, the manu facturing from the agricultural counties. The effect of the changes introduced into the burgh represen. tation, by the present Bill would, he s a id, be as fo!- _ . _ lows :—" The loss of the division south of the line was a hundred and thirty-four Members; that of the division north of the line eighteen; the gain of the division south of the line was seven Members, that of the division north of the line thirty-three." He then affected to entertain great apprehensions that the landed interest would be endangered by the pre ponderance given to the manufacturing interest. Not only, too, would the Squires be in danger from the number, but the quality of the new representa tives. " Let the Committee," he said, " look at the new classes that would be represented under the new Bill. Let them look at the new description of representatives which these classes would send to the House. He was far from saying that those re presentatives would not be men of talent : his ap prehension was, that they might be men of tremend ously active talent ; that they would stimulate to too precipitate proceedings." All this affectation of distinguishing between agricultural and manufac turing interests is supremely absurd. The interests of all the industrious classes are the same. It may happen, indeed, that those engaged in one b.anch of industry may seek to tax their fellow-citizens through a monopoly; that the manufacturers of cloth, of food, of iron, &c., may, through mistaken views of interest, endeavour to protect themselves iespec- . 'tively at the expence of the community. But the real interests of all branches of industry are essen tially the same. The landowners, as a class, may seek to tax the rest of the community ; but this is the interest of landowners,and not of agriculturists; b a y n d, w a h ft it e t r i all, nj u landowners res indu s industry cannot n general. gain I permanently another sense the distinction of the Right Honourable Ba ronet is most absurd. The counties north of the line have an anicultural as well as a manufacturing population. The question is, whether the seven teen counties north of the line have upon the whole, under the new Bill, a share in the representation greater than the counties of the south, taking po pulation and wealth of all sorts as the standard.— Assuredly they have not. The seventeen counties otyet f a t r h e e p r r e e s t e l t n a t l a t o i o f cor respondinglands, north of th e to line their have share " mines, houses, and numbers of people. Liverpool pays one-third of the Customs of all England. The three counties of York, Lincoln, and Lancaster, part of the seventeen, according to the Property Tax returns, have one-fourth of the land-rent of Eng land, and the whole of the seventeen counties had, b y th e se Property Tax returns, upwards of fourteen millions eight hundred thousand pounds land rent ; that is as much as the land rent of the twenty-three southern counties, the whole land rent of England having been twenty-nine mil millions four hundred and seventy-six thousand pounds. The seventeen counties, taking county and town r epresentation, are yet represented much below their proportion of wealth and numbers. Because the North of England was once poor and thinly p eop l e d, while the Smith was comparatively rich and thinly peopled, it does not follow that the bo roughmongers of the South ought to have for ever the power of plundering the people of the North. The amendment was lost by a majority of 182 to 115, or 67. After this division eight boroughs in schedule 13 were disposed of. On one of them there was a division, which gave 251 to 181, or a majo rity of 70. We refer. to some rema r k s a pp en d e d to the list of the majority and minority of the preced ing night. We concur in opmion that Saltash ought riot to have been made a subject for division. Sir Robert Peel observed, on introducing his amend ment last night, that, " from tile honourable conduct pursued by the Government in the case of Saltash last night, he had strong hopes that he might com mand the support of Ministers." This drew a loud laugh from the Opposition.—Morning Chronicle. Such is " the glorious uncertainty," for the most part, of British law, that its interpreters have ample scope, without disparagement to their professional knowledge, for the indulgence of all personal anti pathies and predilections. It is rare that the rule is so clear as to exclude all cavil, chicanery, and so phistry. Now and then, however, this happy case does arise; and regarding, as we have done, with infinite disgust, the perverse ingenuity and paltry jealousies evinced by many who have fastened on the Chancellor's recent vindication of the outraged laws in the case of Mr. Wellesley, with the base hope of proving against his Lordship an excess of a uthority, it is with no little satisfaction we announce that the investigation for some days past continued, ,1.1: a l _ray:cuLtiei oireori isd. complete zolinarst or oouacgnvdheehmrraosi Brougham admission o ilster i n h.oe o tv hefart:h most:c ae j lsa ll meu r syadabibri and allowed which, oloi r o r di itele. i hare n sid a sn t ett e orio s t:evc i eel characterise examples of judicial dignity and decision afforded by In the Morning Chronicle of the 22d instant we made some animadversions on what may be termed the " spiking our own guns," by the Adminis tration quietly allowing the Lord Lieutenants of Counties to add to the Tory Magistracy, and care fully to exclude those country gentlemen and opu lent inhabitants of the large towns whose political opinions are liberal. W e repeat, that our general strictures are true, and notoriously the subject of loud complaint. On a future occasion we may intro duce our readers behind the scene:, and unveil th, (opteries of these municipal creations of honour and power. We verily believe that for one appointment for local convenience and judicial qualities, there are two in payment of political sub:ervi,ticy and sycophancy. We are well infcrin,d that th, Lord Lieutenant have little personal knowledge of the proprie - y of their nominations; aud we question whether the ippointments to the important office of asks Ro /idorinii have much reference to capacity for the ration. In our remarks la , t week, above alluded we hive unintentionally ()Glided the E Ta 1607, Lord Lieutenant of the county of Staff ,rd. .vill , ngly give insertion to the following lever from Lordship : TO THE EDITOR OF TUE MORNING CHRONICLE. SIR.,-1 have seen in an Evening Paper an article pur• porting to be. an extract from your Paper of the 20th inst. In which it is stated, " That it is but recently that Lord Talbot, Custos Rotulorum of Staffordshire, nominated a 'catch of new Magistrates, all of whom had signed the oounty declaration against the Ministerial measures Of Mom." This statement being utterly untrue, and the fact being , hat no one p-rson has been recommended to me by the Lord Chancellor for the office of Magistrate since the sig nature of the declaration to which you have alluded, I have to desire that you will not fail to insert in your Paper this contradiction of an allegation so derogatory to my character as a gent'eman and a servant of the Crown. I remain, Sir, your humble servant, Ingestre, Lichfield, July 21, 1831. TALBOT. We belieVe we must plead guilty to the clerical error or having stated that this new " batch" h a d signed the declaration alluded to; and in this error, we believe, consists the essence, or rather the shadow, of the Noble Earl's defence. We believe that the nominations in question (which Lord Tel hot with official delicacy terms recommendations to the Lord Chancellor), including a batch of Deputy Lieutenants, shortly preceded the Staf f ordshire de claration against the Ministerial measure of Reform. We have not the Stafford Paper at hand to none the precise date of the several additions•to tire Ma. aistracy of that county since the change of Ministry. We can only judge of the pi riod from several qua lifications at, and subsequent to, the Epiphany es sions : and comparing the names of those gentlemen with the signatures to the declaration, our remarks were substantially, though not literally correct. — The Noble Earl, in his chivalry and gallantry, appears to consider our literal allegation against him " derogatory to his character as a gen tleman and a servant of the Crown." We presume by this that he holds it uneentleman-like and disloyal to increase the number of Tory Magistrates so long as his political adversaries, the Whigs, re main in office. We fear that his Lordship would stand alone in this disinterested resolution. But what is the fact of his Lordship's personal conduct subsequent to the change of administration ?—we allude, of course, solely to his public character. The Earl of Talbot, with the majority of the Magistracy at his tail, after a county meeting in favour of Re form (where they did not show their faces, or their reasons), signed and published, in June, the follow ing; hole-and-corner address as a co un t er p o i se to t h e public proceedings of the great body of the free holders : W e are of opinion that no case has been made out to est iblA the necessity for so sudden and extensive a change in the constituency of the country as has been proposed, nor do we believe that such change would be found to ope rate beneficially as regards the varied interests of all classes of his Majesty's subjects ; we cannot, therefore, consider the measure in question as entitled to our approbation and support."' in this declaration his Lordship was joined by five Lord. Spiritual and Temporal, with the usual proportion of the Squirearchy and Parsons ac customed to " follow the leader." We will make no comment beyond this simple record of the fact on the conduct of Lord Talbot as an Officer of the Crown ; we may, however, be allowed to repeat, that so long as the Lord Lieutenants are thus per mitted to run counter to his Majesty's Government, so long will there be formed a growing and powerful country party against Ministers, and o long will the best friends' of the Ministry be prevented from upholding its power and popularity. While Ministers are boldly and honestly attack ing the strong holds of usurped power, it= is strange to see them thus admit intro the places they are be sieging successive reinforcements of the ranks of their enemies. In the county of Warwick, the Lord Lieutenant, Earl Warwick, headed a similar de claration; and we could give a startling evidence, if necessary, of the petty exercise of personal and po litical feeling, which excludes from the Magistracy gentlemen of extensive landed property and high public character and intelligence, while persons are put into the Commission of the Peace, who, it is well known, are necessitated to borrow their quali fications ! But better times are fast approaching. The dispensation of justice cannot long be confined to such agency, nor can the municipal institutions of this country stand on their present rotten and feudal foundations. It has been reported that Lord Harewood intended to convene a meeting of his brethren, to remonstrate with the Lord Chancellor against being subjected to the stocks. If the Lord Lieutenants in gross should tender their resignations, we hope Lord Brougham will accept their Commis sions, and oblige them by appointing Noblemen' anxious and willing to support the Crown, the People, and the Ministers.—Morning Chronicle. In the House of Commons, last night, Sir J. Newport presented a petition from Waterford, rela tive to the necessity of extending to 'lreland some permanent provision for the poor; and the subject again led to an extended and interesting discussion : but though many Members spoke on it, all agreed in the absolute urgency of the question, arid the in disputable policy and justice of adopting some med . sure to that effect. Sir J. Newport and Mr. Geo. Dawson declared that they had no longer doubts on the subject; Sir R. Bateson considered that the connection between the two countries depended on the establishment of some such provision. Mr. Leader deemed it to be a vital question, the severe sufferings of the people having brought them to the verge of anarchy—opinions in which Mr. Sheil concurred ; and Mr. Rice and the Chancellor of the Exchequer thought (Members having pressed the Government to bring it forward)- that the matter could not be satisfactorily discussed, except there were a distinct proposition before the House, adding that Mr. Sadler would have the opportunity, before the close of the Session, of bringing forward his motion. Several questions arising out of the speech of the Kimg* of the French —similar to those proposed in the House of Lords on Tuesday—were renewed, Lord Palmerston being in his place. Mr. Hume inquired whether there would be any objection to lay before the House the documents respecting the present state of Belgium ? Lord Palmerston replied that nego tiations were still pending; but that as soon as they were concluded, and he could with safety and pro priety pursue such a course, he would submit to the House all possible information. Sir Robert Peel then asked whether the Government would produce the convention for dismantling the fortresses, and whether France was a party to the proceeding ? He did not wish, however, to press any question that it might not be convenient or advisable to answer. He regretted the language of the French Speech, and denied that the fortresses were raised to menace France. He also inquired whether there :were any communications respecting the forcing of the Tagus from Portugal—a country which, he cootended, we were bound by treaty to de fend against foreign aggression. Lord Palmerston replied that a Protocol of the four Great Powers agreed that, on the settfement'of Belgium, the de molition of fortresses should be settled by negocia lion. France was not any party to this transaction. His Lordship added that all must admit that Be}4 gium could not support so many fortresses as when Belgium and Holland were united. As to Portu gal, his Lordship admitted that, under certain ch comstances, this country would have been com. pelled to aid in resisting foreign aggression; but the Government considered that the recent forcing the Tagus proceeded on a principle that would not warrant the interference of this country. \Vhcn the proper time arrived he should be prepared to lay before the House the amplest information. Sir It established, 11, ° a lin an , Peel observed that he had heard, w i t h t h e greatest t satisfaction, that France was no p try to the se pro eeedings, and hoped that the demoliti on wou l d without t i ie rce a o n e s s t t il t!' %pence to England of 2,000,0001. In retur n , Holland had ceded many places to this county. t r . i iort whose e p place o t eeotthey were Lord Palmerston replied that this Government vas not in , ensible to the necessity of se airing the independence of Holland ; and that lot only had 2,000,0001. been expended for he fortresses—but that, • in return 'for the cessions of colonic-, &c., 1,000,0001. had been paid , o Sweden, besides charging this country with the I quidation of a portion of Russian debt. Mr. Bar. i.i g considered that the separation of Belgium from Reiland °tight to settle this debt, and that no new ettgaeements should be entered into on the subject. Lord Palmerston, in conclusion, said that the only diflicrulty veus to carry into effect former agreements. tlis Lordship laid on the table the protocol of April 14, and the note of July 17, with which it was forwarded to the French Government. The House having again resolved into Committee On the English Reform Bill, on the motion that the boroughs enumerated in schedule B should in future :eturn " one" Member, Sir R. Peel moved as an amendment that the word " two" be introducedhne stead of one. He neut.() at great length that atter having, by schedule A, cut off fawn the representa tion 56 boroughs and 111 repro-entatives, and seeing how great a preponderance was given to the representation of the mercantile interests of the north, over the agricultural interests of the south, th s preservation was necessary, as a safe counter poise in the arrangement of the representation. The south of England, he said, would lose 131, while the north would be deprived of only 18 Membeis ; and that the south was to gain by this Bill seven, arid the north 32 Members. This he declared to be the " profit and loss" of the measure, and to counteract the copse quenees of such change was the object of his amendment. Lord J. Russell resisted the motion, submitting that the principle of the Bill had been settled, and maintaining that the extension, of the franchise to the manufacturing interests was called for by their increased importance, and to give to the re presentation a safe equilibrium. The Committee eventually divided on it, and the numbers were, for the clause in its original form, 182; for Sir R. Peel's amendment, 115 ; majority against the amendment, 67. The Committee then proceeded with the enu merations in schedule B, and determined, after some desultory conversations, that there were properly inserted in such schedule the following places t Aldborough (Yorkshire), Amersharn, Arundel, Ashlu tort, Bridport, Bodmin, and Buckingham. Chippeuham called forth a good deal of discussion, delay being required to enable the borough to poee that the census of 1821 made mistakes, and but for which the fact would hare appeared of it th e n having upwards of 4,000 inhabitants. The 11otie then divided on the question, when there appeared for the amendment, 181 ; against it, 251; majority in favour of Ministers, 70.—Illorning Herald. The Reform 8.11 is still in progress ; when shall we have to announce that its progress has drawn to a close ? The only symptom we can see of such a consummation is in the spirit now awakening throughout the country, and already d:sp!aving it self .amongst the citizens of London in an effective shape of a requisition to their Chief Magistrate to summon a .Common Hell, for the purpose of peti tioning against delay. What a comment is this upon the weakness of the present Opposition The time has been when the party designated by that name in Parliament, however weak within the walls, used to derive some strength from appeals to the people without. But now the case is reversed. The people are on the other side; they are with the Government hand and heart; while the wretched party at war with both, have no other voice to appeal to, but that of their masters, the boroughmongers. Their only strength is in the House, and that is the strength of artifice and trick, arid double dealing. this motley group, with Sir Robert Ptel a t their head, renewed their practices last night against the people's Bill. We will not fatigue our reaches by entering into particulars, but refer them to our re port for a specimen of the tactics in which the fac• tion still persist. Their hope was to fatigue the attention, but they have irritated the mind of the country. A storm is brewing over their heads. The people are about to come forward again. They will address the Parliament, and support the Government with a power that cannot be resisted. Who are the Opposition—by what common principle are they bound together ? by that of corruption a Yes, cor ruption is the life and soul of their political exist ence. It is that, and that alone, which has tied them into the knot, which they call an Opposition ; but it will fail them before long. Let the people but speak out as they are about to do, and the stoutest of their opponents, who are generally the most stupid, will find it prudent to hold their tongues.—Morn. Herald. It will be seen in our Parliamentary report that Sir Robert Peel renewed the questions, last night, about the dismantling of the fortresses in Belgium, and the chastisement inflicted on Don Miguel by the French. We care not for Ministers nor for Opposi tion, except so far as the measures introduced or combatted by either party are right or wrong. Mea sures, not men, should be the motto of all impartial politicians. But the anxiety of the unbackcd, the broken-backed Opposition, with respect to these topics, can easily be accounted for, independently of any peculiar importance in the topics themselves. Anv thing that may by possibility decay the progress of the Reform Bill is welcome. Now who--we put the question candidly—who Can sympathise either with Sir Robert Peel, or with his superior officer, the Duke of Wellington, in lamenting the de struction of the Belgic fortresses, or the, flagella tion of that most pa l try o f all despots, Dan Miguel ? With respect to the first, it is admitted upon all hands that Belgium is incapable of main taining those fortresses herself. But England, as the Duke of Wellington informs us, ought to give her the power of doing so. How is England to give her that power? Is it by supplying her with money, or with men, who are money's wo r th ; or i s it by enlarging h er territory, upon the model of that ill-arranged piece of patchwork, called the settlement of Europe ? In e ther case we think we may affirm that the process of giving her the strength that would be required to make her military works available to herself in time of need is not within the means, or, if within the means, is not within the scope of any rational policy which should govern the conduct of this country in relation to the general system of Europe. Of what earthly moment can the state of those fortresses be to :us, except as members of the great European, family of Govern. ments— a very quarrelsome family we must allow, but still sufficiently remote from us, their brethren, to be far more interested themselves than we can be in any such arrangement. And yet they, our continental relations, our country cousins, have all agreed to it, and are to be parties in the selection of the fortresses which are doomed to fall. We do not mean to say that England should have no regard to what is called the balance of power; but Eng.- land has been too fond of meddling with that ba lance, and the disposition to do so has often led her into a captious interference with continental matters through the mere pride and folly of dictation, which has cost her oceans of blood and millions of money. The settlement of Belgium, in the present state of Europe, was an affair of such importance as to justify much larger sacrifices than even the military imagi nation of the Duke of Wellington or the diplomatic sagacity of Sir Robert Peel can ascribe to the bricks and mortar upon which they would have Belgium to depend'for-her Security. As for the question of e a ( t ) ._ Portugal, ern pt to give nothing could a j_til li t this country. The case' . Itself,j,too the our own hostile m assifettapuns • 14‘‘m , f . 'similar ill treatment, ith he sarne Power, in consequence o. c e i. e m s t o r t e v flimsy-than - h Jtni peoplenth s and