The Sun. — London, England, 1834-11-19 00:00:00

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NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE. q' o veor•be r ' 1634' Council& Soble the A l°4 • car i a jests 3 1 1,.? ? 11 15 f Sti t bY 0 ieCret3ri be P alie d )30 n t tO itso IV J Grea t 131. aiS t GeP eal' Ota er l Jilita r Y dew o ia bY ald. 15. fA' to t arker, rick bO ti fln t L e : 3 ol tbe Canoei ,i ry r • A rt aPP ° I t l, ofil ITO') ° to • 1 4 ' 4- C. aarl. .t. .NC Y. Gene' ;ort-stree" DUBLIN, Nov. 17. TWIGREAT CRISIS! ( 1) ROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) jt ig pis Newcastle, Monday, Nov. 17 , 1834 . ulacult to describe the sensation which the , Ai rn .g en ce of the breaking up of Lord Melbourne s The Inistration produced in Newcastle this morning. ta Ns Prev alling impression on the minds of the inhabi i4 generally appeared to be astonishment, amount ge.nal.r°93t to incredulity. The reputation which the ler had acquired for good temper and sound sense li eoht ued most men t o hope that the just rights of the lefo r e would have been regarded ; that an efficient of p rill i w csuld h ave b een ma d e , i n the ensuing Session tutt t a b r4 e ,7 l ent, in the Municipal Corporations through the Kingdom ; an d 'that the:reasonable claims of Pr oi ', iss enters w ou ld have been cheerfully and 1) 04 , - P tt Y Conced e d. Th e dismissal of Lord Mel the - s -le and his colleagues appears intended to blast ill expectations. The opposite effect will be pro ced. ~„ th e i r d 'no people will not be content to go without rateen'ands• Instead of being satisfied with mode -40,,-°'icessions, granted with a good grace, they will 100 require larg e an d sweeping changes. They will W e i l fa 'ensures more than to men. If the Duke of he m n gton hopes to retain the reins of government , qik n l c hange his opinions, or act as if they were °):'': lie must support that which he has hitherto i Nt: ' t (l l ,_' He must emancipate the people of England , grai ltei ' Same principle of expediency on which he 64 1 , ( Catholic emancipation. The change must be Yield b. Works not words, or he had better‘ at once thei 4 °Mee to one who is able and willing to fulfil ' t e xpectations of the people. This unlooked - for ai be . 'n th e Ministry has in an extraordinary degree the i n t eres t o f the inhabitants in the dinner of 1; 11 iS t t ° be oiven here two days hence to the Earl hs ec i tir : a rn• All the tickets had been already (Es 's °L ; twice the number might have been sold. It ev entful crisis. 11 1 FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) detti Startled of your readers in this city wer e in. thi s 7 rt ied at the intelligence brought by the p acket t hk ti : ti ' in g. Though anticipating so me . im p ortan we e l in consequence of the death of Earl Spencer, , -ere qit r hot °L. al l u prepared to hear that his Maj est y had dti4l the formation of a new Cabinet to t he Duke ptiellington. An event of less moment would, at p e r ' l e , produce great excitement in Ireland—among op], Pktti t of warm temperament on every subject, and N ert u ,,, a rly mercurial in politics. But it may be safely th e just just now, that, since your announcement of to r liK e ' S attempt in 1831, to form a Ministry hostile illt kr 'lr in, no public event has excited such intense 1 4 4 1 N 48 the news of this day. On the occasion al tileanat°' Your expresses were among the most efficient 1 4i 48 - t ° f evoking public opinion, and array i ng it "is Grace's attempt to carry on the Govern- Sii lte l l 7i thout complying with the wishes of the people. th at period, however, a mighty revolution has til te r a e ; and if you do not again call upon the Kingdom to proclaim the impracticability of you h r : tit Captain's line of proceeding , it is because e good grounds for believing that he now feels Pr o ,, e ' u n dersta n d s t h e " s pirit of the age," and will hi mself the great tactitian he is reputed to be, by Yi t t is n(lo i ts dictates. In fact, putting aside the ho p es "ere j, tl iif the mere factions, the general expectation I nQ May t his the Duke f Wellington, no matter who be hi a s colleagues, o " must willingly, or unwil blY tarry forward the great principles of Reform." kli k d e t3 the opinion of the majority of those of every Ao lie Clid colour, who have the candour to express the I t i "d unbiassed convictions of their own minds. tr to ttost not, however, be concealed, that there are 4 1 : allie s in Ireland—the Radicals, and the Ascen ey n Or Oran ge party—greatly exhilirated at, what ik azi a d , the downfall of the Whigs. The former t ic n r e , B that no Wellington Ministry can be suffici - Itil ithiberal t o sat i s fy the country, by the extent to 4 04 the y will carry Reform. The latter fancies the he te le of monopoly ascendancy and intolerance will ti ; and they are already chuckling in the an- S, -I°ll of enjoying their ancient and exclusive pri- Before this meets the public eye, a Cabinet 1 5 ei t ; t 1 l e expect, have been formed, which will disap- Yop view s of both. Should it prove otherwise, /tell tt Y rest assured there is a third party here, as 1 ) : l i n England, who, properly speaking, are the - ,,, , P ; i n e , " the representatives of public opinion, and tlre -44 frustrate the efforts of any Government not 'lNf ea to carry into effect the principles avowed and em i by Earl Grey on his taking the reins of Go- Vo,. Th ent • Why should not the Duke have the glory of It i - , 41 g as he has of emancipating his count r y ? t 1 (1 ) 4 . - t hought that the Chancellor, Lord Plunket t, o ve ' r • Littl e t on , will be the only part of the Irish ‘ 4l til tn ent likely t o be changed: Both these changes , 111 4' d nci th eY take place, will be regretted by the liberal Nl ot ° Pend en t portion of the community--the Chan if4itlikais a tale n t e d man , a consistent Whig, and a %c oil an d abl e a d voca t e of the rights of his Catho tp I rei tl a tr Ytnen— an d Mr. Littleton as a sincere friend tromp i d , whose peace and good order he has been It ° l l -1 g very considerably during the sho rt time he I h • - ed 41 11 t o hardly say your next Number is looked for w ith intense curiosity and interest. A _TR Or PUBLIC OPINION AND- MOVE MENTS IN THE METROPOLIS. At TUESDAY NIGHT. - Nt Predict e d, th e exc itement of the public mind is Nry —t * far and wide, and preparations are making in N et lt l f tla rter to gi ve f u ll th oug h not hasty effect to the pre- i tl %l on the subject. The Tories shrewdly enough on the e ff ec t s o f th e sur prise on the people ; 01 ) . 1 'olat e d on finding, them without leaders, without 4:4eb4,ati". So far they were right. But combinations !ict , "o rganized, and are now organizing, with amazing t tlingti the fact of a variety of requisitions for pu - heinn• in repeated instances started in the same t 4 "Y Partie s who were unaware of each others inten ::4lli„PerilaPs a more convincing proof of the unanimity . 'tri birati t 'get Which exists than even the most extensive p e w ttla st gratifying feature in the day's occurrence was "ale,ceet unanimity of all classes and sections of - 1 44 4 :: against either the threats or bribes of a ToryGo try whey Radicals, Ultra-Radicals, and Whigs, were d e : i :'ere to be seen acting together, and wisely casting t ° th:" minor dissentions, in order to oppose a united front y ir 4,,,,e'rpnion enemy.l l - 57 tti ,b - o ; a t 4 th a e y w ast t nu n m d b of flying rumours were circu eorfthe town, to which, however, a s 'lightestecsreedit can be attached. That which k ob- r t e greatest credence was, that the present Spea M. M l '' ad° a Peer, and that M Goulburn should st., t i ) h e e % t o b r e re e s ity th e CITY. greatest possible intere 3i st ia w yo a r s a ta u k d en th in e 4, l4l tati o _ P° ''denee between the Lord .. V.A.l st iled t l . o f the Common Council. It was well utlx,ie c„'tke uat the Lord Mayor wanted to get ._ _ l i d doto.convene a Common Council, if he pessib!y i ti , 4 til e ~ 6of 'olltse o f deputation from a mee.t kat sev e ,, , the morning t o tl qilq .`" waited upon the Members of the C a ou d r e t P o u f Common Council, Arerd A A In the morning at the Guildhall, ay 4 liti t ,; ° ' at the Mansion -House, for the purpose of ili t4 v tl, a - e t° l 'is Lordship a second requisition to convene . a % Lottourse rendered necessary by the answer given by 11„, "'P to the first. ''' 441 ver, ' which was handed at 11 o'clock to the deputation by the Lord Mayor, who was attended by the Recorder at the Mansion-House, was as follows Mansion-house, 18th Nov., 1834. " Gentlemen, —Having given my best and very anxious de liberation to the Requisition presented to me by certain Mem bers of the Court of Common Council, and in the terms fol lowing [here follows the Requisition] : I beg most respectfully to state, that I shall be at all times willing to afford every fa cility to the Corporation and Citizens of London to discuss publicly matters of public import, in which their interests, and those of the empire at large, are concerned ; but I regret to add that, in the present instance, the terms of the Requisition are such as directly to involve the principle of dictation to the King with reference to one of his Majesty's most important prerogatives—the free choice of his Ministers, the constitu tional and responsible advisers of the Crown. I cannot, there fore, as the King's representative in this City, be a party to a measure which appears to me •to trench upon the first legal right of the Sovereign. At the same time, Gentlemen, I have every disposition to entertain any further application di vested of the objections to which I have pointed your atten tion.—l am, Gentlemen, your faithful servant, " HENRY WINCHESTER. " To the Gentlemen of the Court of Common Council whose signatures are attached to the Requisition." Immediately upon receiving the reply of his Lordship, the members of the Court repaired to Guildhall and drew up the following requisition : " We, the undersigned members of the Court of Common Council, request your Lordship to call an immediate Court to take such measures as the Court may think right in the pre sent state of public affairs, and to address his Majesty thereon if the Court shall think fit." Mr. Richard Taylor, Mr. Pritchard, Mr. David Wire, Mr. Stevens, and Mr. Ashurst, were of the deputation who waited upon the Lord Mayor with this requisition ; upon reading which, His LORDSHIP said that he saw nothing objectionable in the terms, and would give an answer in the course of the day, after a due consideration of the subject. Mr. WIRE hoped that his Lordship would, with as little delay as possible, return an answer to the deputation upon an occasion of so important a nature. Mr. STEVENS hoped that the requisition would not be negatived by his Lordship, because of the limited number of signatures. If that were an objection, a little exertion would soon procure the signatures of a very large body of the Common Councilmen. The LORD MAYOR said, that be thought of no objection of the kind. The question of a limited or unlimited num ber of signatures, was one of no importance ; but it struck him that there might be a question as to the legality of calling together a Court of Common Council, before a Court of Aldermen was convened, at the commencement of the Mayoralty. He should, however, consult the proper authorities upon the subject. At two o'clock the deputation again waited on his Lord ship, who received them very courteously, and said that he should comply with the requisition, by convening a Court, but it was impossible for him to call it immediately. It was a custom from which he could not at all consider him self at liberty to deviate, for the Lord Mayor to go in state to the first Court of Aldermen before he went to any other Court, and it would be quite impossible to hold a Court of Aldermen at a moment's warning, for most of the Mem bers of that Court were out of town. To summon them, therefore, under such circumstances, would be an insult to the whole body. He was, therefore, constrained to wait the regular time for holding the Court of Aldermen (Tues day next), but instead of appointing the Thursday following, which was the regular time for holding the Court of Com mon Council, he should appoint the Wednesday, on which day the matter of the requisition should stand first on the paper.. Mr. RICHARD TAYLOR-Why not call a Court of Al dermen at once if it be a point of such etiquette ? The matter which we are anxious to discuss is far from being a matter of form, and ought not to give place to a mere form ; for I suppose your Lordship has altogether given up the objection that it might be illegal to call a Court of Common Council. The LORD MAYOR admitted that his objection to call an immediate Court of Common Council was that of a viola tion of courtesy to the Court of Aldermen, for which, he must say, he entertained due respect, as well as for the former assembly. He had to inform the deputation, that he also had a great deal of business to attend to in the pre sent week. The new Central Criminal Courts Bill came into operation, and as he was at the head of the Com mission, he should be occupied in preparing for the occa sion. There were other duties, too, which he should have to perform. Mr. PRITCHARD-But are the rights of the Court of Common Council to be encroached upon for a mere point of etiquette ? Your Lordship admits that there can exist no legal objection to granting our request to be called together upon an emergency ;—why, then, do you hesitate ? The LORD MAYOR—I see no emergency. I have been upon 'Change, and in many very many public places ; and I don't find any symptoms of the alarm which some people • speak of. Mr. WlRE—Suppose your Lordship received intelligence of the demise of the Crown to-morrow, would you not call a Court of Aldermen at the moment ? The LORD MAYOR—No doubt of it ; that would be an emergency indeed. Mr. STEVENS—We consider the present a far greater emergency ; and we are, it seems, to be sacrificed to a mere matter of etiquette. • Mr. TAYLOR—A mere sword-bearer's business ! The Loan MAvoR—I do not wish to see contempt cast upon the forms which it has been long thought necessary to observe. I have no personal feeling to gratify in the course I am pursuing, and do nothing but my duty. Mr. ASHURST—If the Queen died to-morrow, you would hold a Court in an instant, to condole with his Majesty ; and how can you reconcile it to yourself to postpone an ap plication until the time at which it may be rendered of uti lity may have passed away ? The LORD MAYOR--I cannot possibly bold a Court un til Wednesday week ; and I shall, after that, hold.as many Courts as you please. The Deputation then retired, evidently much dissatisfied. In addition to this, requisitions have been framed, and are in course of signature in the City, for convening a meeting of the constituency ; and another amongst the livery for convening a Common-hall. Some delay must, however, occur in obtaining this, in consequence of the Guildhall being fitted up for the ball for the Poles. The conduct of his Lordship has met with the most severe and unusual censure ; and it is not a little singular that the Duke of Wellington was in the City to-day incognito, and was understood to have been in consultation with the chief magistrate on the subject. The following is the requisition of the livery : " TO THE RIGHT HON. THE LORD MAYOR. " MY Loan—We, the undersigned Liverymen of the city of London, do hereby request your Lordship will convene a meeting of the Livery on an early day, t o consider the pro priety of presenting an address to his Majesty, to express to his Majesty the deep concern with which the Livery and Citizens of London view the step his Majesty has been ad vised to take in dismissing his late Ministers—men who were pledged to the country to effect those salutary reforms in every department of the State, which the present situation of the country so loudly demands ; and to express to his Majesty the dismay the Livery feel at witnessing the Government of the country passing into the hands of men whose whole lives have proved them to be enemies to those amendments and improvements in the institutions of the country, which alone can secure to his Majesty's subjects good and economical Government, contentment, and peace ; and to implore his Majesty not to disappoint the just expectations of his faithful subjects, who have so long suffered severely from corrupt and bad Government, but to call around his Majesty men only who will enjoy and deserve the confidence of the country." THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1834. King or otherwise, as may appear necessary under the ex isting state of the country, in consequence of the dismissal of his Majesty's Ministers. The churchwardens, in pur suance of this requisition have appointed to-day, and printed hand bills to that effect are widely circulated. The follow ing is a copy :- "To Mr. William Wood and Mr. T. Gunr Churchwardens of the parish of St. Luke, Middlesex. " We, whose names are hereunto inscribed, being inhabitant householders of this parish, hereby request you to convene a public meeting of the rate-payers, on an early day, for the pur pose of taking into consideration the propriety of adopting such measures by petitioning the King or otherwise, as may ap pear necessary under the existing state of the country in con sequence of the dismissal of his Majesty's Ministers :- Wm. Davies, Chiswell-street William Martin , 9, Ch i swe ll- st. Jos. Jay, Whitecross-street T. Jones, 9, Finsbury - place Edward Keat, Banner-street E. D. Shirtliff, 90, Chiswell-st. Joseph Smith, 10, Union-place, Jos. Harradence, 75, ditto City-road G. J. Haselden, 72, ditto E. Archer, Banner-street John Horlor, ditto J. C. Salisbury, surgeon, 9, A. Cresswell, 59, ditto Union-place, City-road T. Robinson, Bunhill-row Richard Pugh, 52, Bath-street Henry Pritchard, ditto H. W. Brooks, 49, Bath-street Thomas Feather, 113, ditto Robt. Summers, 28, Bath-street Leonard C. Matthews, 104, S. H. Leah, 29, Bath-street Whitecross-street Thos. Goodson, 94, Old-street T. W. Crowe, 1, Helmet-row Samuel Corr.ey, 24, Old-street E. Cornell, 105, Whitecross-st. Thomas Neave, 144, Whitecross T. Wilson, 102, Old-street street E. Miles, 72, Whitecross-street Edmund Wiginton, 147, ditto J. Taverner, Golden-lane W. May Lander, - 149, ditto John Baddely, 105, ditto Benjamin Neave, 133, ditto George Sinclair, 4, Finsbury- Thomas Brook, 130, ditto terrace, City-road Richd. Savage, Chiswell-street H. E. Cooms, 9, Twister's-alley Thomas Stone, 1, Upper Foun- Edm. Sinclair, 172, Whitecross tain-place, City-road street James Uric., 10, Chiswell-street M. Noddinr, 33, Banner-street " Notice is hereby given, that in compliance with the fore going requisition, a public meeting of the inhabitant house holders of this parish will be held in the Church, on Wednes day evening, the 19th inst., at six o'clock, precisely, for the purpose mentioned in such requisition. WM. WOOD and THOS. GUNN, Churchwardens. " Nov. 18, 1834." A committee met this evening at the Belvidere tavern, Pentonville, with a view to originating a meetinc , of the electors of Finsbury for Thursday next at Clerkenwoll green, fin- the purpose of addressing his Majesty, as the re quisition says, "at the present fearful crisis in support of the principles of Reform in Church and State." At ten o'clock the chair was taken by Mr. HEWITT, who said it was unnecessary to state why the meeting was called. It had at first been the intention of the requisitionists to hold a public meeting of the Fins bury division at Clerkenwell-green ; but on re-consideration, it had been thought better first to hold parochial meetings, and then, if necessary, to have the parishes unite for a ge neral meeting. His object and the object of those who co-operated with him was to support not men, but mea sures—to carry into full and effective operation the great principle of Reform. They were not bigotted in favour of the Whigs, who had, it - must be admitted, effected some good ; but they were actuated by strong antipathy against the Tories, who had inflicted many injuries upon the co untry.—(Cheers.) It was therefore their duty, when the country was threatened with the return to office of these men, to adopt the promptest means of averting the calamity. Mr. GARLAND, the churchwarden, said that there was another committee then sitting for the same purpose, com posed of the parishioners of Clerkenwell, which was desi rous of co-operating with that now held. ' It further appeared that five or six similar requisitions had been simultaneously ; started in the parish. In consequence of the information furnished by Mr. Gar land, a committee was appointed to meet those who intended to assemble at White Conduit House this day, and a reso lution was passed for holding a meeting—not of the Fins bury electors, as had been at first resolved upon, but—of the inhabitants of Clerkenwekat the Crown, Clerkenwell green, on Friday next, the chair to be taken at six o'clock. Mr. COPPOCK, who acted as secretary, stated that even in the very short time during which the several requisitions which had gone through the parish had been in circulation, the signatures to them had been very numerous ; but had time been allowed, the 'signatures, from tens, would have swelled to thousands. Thanks were then moved to the Chairman, and the meeting separated. At Bethnal-green there is to be a public meeting at the committee-room of the . workhouse to-morrow night ; and the committee which was formed at the Crown and Anchor made their arrangements this evening for a public meeting to be held at the London Tavern on Friday, at which Mr. Grote, Mr. Duncombe, Mr. Clay, and other Metropolitan Members, are expected to attend. COMMITTEE OF WATCHFULNESS. Last night the Committee named at thg Crown and An chor Tavern Sunday evening meeting, to watch the progress of events on the removal of the Melbourne and Brougham Ad ministration, and if the parties named for the new Adminis tration should render such a step requisite, to adopt measures for the convening of a public meeting to deliberate on what ought to be done, or what sentiments avowed, in such a crisis. An advertisement that appeared in our journal, as well as elsewhere, summoned that Committee to meet at the Crown and Anchor Tavern, on Monday evening at eight o'clock ; but the advertisement was " so worded as to lead to a misunderstanding of it," as Mr. Buller expressed it, and to collect not the Committee only, but an immense num ber of people. What took place thereupon was fully re ported in yesterday's Sun ; that meeting was adjourned and the Committee met last night at Radley's Hote - Bridge-street.—There was a full attendance of members !mbers. Mr. 'WAKEFIELD (the barrister) was unanimously called to the chair. The minutes of the last meeting liming been read and adopted, and some other routine business disposed of, The CHAIRMAN addressed the meeting, stating that they had assembled chiefly for two purposes : first, to consider what resolutions should be adopted to be submitted to the public meeting, the convening of which had been deter mine i upon ; and second, when and where the said puble meeting should be held. Either might be considered first —the order was of little consequence, though he suggested that perhaps the better course would be to consider the re solutions first, in order to ascertain whether they had reso lutions which they could propose and ought to propose ; -end then determine when and where they would convene the public meeting.—(Hear, hear.) It appearing to be the opinion of the meeting that the resolutions should be first read, he would adopt that course, and forthwith pro• ceed to read them ; he must premise, however, that they had been prepared by a sub-Committee on the preceding evening. He should read them through, and then take the opinions of the Committee on them. The Chairman was proceeding to read the proposed Resolutions accor dingly, I when— The Rev. Mr. Fox interposed. He said, he rose not for the purpose of throwing any impediment in the way of their proceedings, nor of complaining of the presence of any Par ticular parties ; but to remind them that this was a preli minary meeting, and a meeting of the Committee only ; in order that they might determine whether it was their wish that accounts of these preliminary proceedings, and of the resolutions to be proposed at the public meetings, should ge before the public. He mentioned the circumstance thus early, because he perceived that there were gentlemen con nected with the public press present, and who, of course, would give some report, perhaps, full reports of all that took place—resolutions and all—unless some intimation were given that such preliminary was not desired. Was that the wish of the Committee ? He thought it would have a curious appearance to see the resolutions in all the public papers previously to their being proposed to the pub lic meeting ; besides the discussion of them, and, perhaps, on resolutions that it might be decided on not to propose to the public meeting. Without meaning to dictate, be thought it right to call the attention of the Committee to the circumstance.—( Hear.) Mr. Meanly said that he could not see any objection to the presence of the reporters, and to their remaining ; nor to their giving some account of the proceedings, as he thought they might safely rely on the good sense of the re porters not to publish the resolutions previously to their proposal at the public meeting. A good deal of conversation followed, which it is unne cessary to detail. Mr. WAKEFIELD eventually submitted that the best course to pursue would perhaps be, to declare the fact that the meeting was a private one, and that it was a meeting of the Committee only.—(Hear.) A partial publication of the proceedings would be very unsatisfactory ; and again, though some might promise not to publish the resolutions, others might give accounts of them, in order to render the report full and intelligible. It, therefore, might be most satisfactory to all parties, and the best way of extricating themselves from the difficulty, as it would undoubtedly have a very awkward appearance to see the resolutions in all the papers previously to their being proposed to the meeting to be con vened, to declare this meeting a private one, and a meeting of the Committee only for the arrangement of preliminary business.—(Hear, hear.) This, he collected, was the sense of the Committee.—( Hear, hear.) Such being the deci sion of the Committee, he hoped that no offence would be taken by those gentlemen of the press who were present and ready to give publicity to the proceedings—no offence was meant—(Hear, hear)—indeed, he trusted that they would promptly admit the propriety of the decision.—( Hear.) The Reporters then immediately retired, on the intimation that the meeting was a meeting of 4. the Committee only," and that they considered it a " private" meeting for the consideration of preliminary matters, &c. The Committee then forthwith resumed the consideration of the resolu- tions. [lt was mentioned in conversation that the public niec ing will be fixed for Friday; but notice of that fact will be duly announced in advertisements.] TO THE REFORMERS OF GREAT BRITAIN. REFORMERS OF GREAT BRITAIN ! Your work is but half accomplish ed. Ere a liberal Ad ministration could, through innumerable impediments, effect a thorough renovation of your institutions, the powers of Government have been snatched from their hands. A Mi litar3, Chieftain is again set over you. This man, though mighty in the field of battle, is mean iri capacity as a states man. While formerly directing the Councils of his Sove reign, he was chiefly eminent for acting in the very teeth of principles which he had all his life professed. Is such a man fit to govern a nation like this ? or is there an honest individual who can trust him ? The whole energies of the British people should rouse themseh , es to hurl him from the seat which he now so unworthily occupies. No one disputes his talents for military command. But what have these to do with civil government, or sway ing the domestic affairs of such a country as ours ? In this eventful crisis you must rouse yourselves. Do not expect to accomplish your ends by half measures. Promptitude and resolution are required of all. Your ene mies are vigilant and powerful, and. there are some who, under the mask of friendship to you, are evidently prepared to join them for their own base purposes. That most corrupt of public journals, the Times, already announces its intention. It not only does this, but in its arti cles of this day, it presumes to lecture the people for as sembling at such an important moment to deliberate on the steps to be taken to avert the impending danger. This is the same profligate writer who, when it suited his own interests, raised a ferment from one end of the country to the other against the Duke of Wellington and the Tories, and actually instigated the people to the use of brickbats and bludgeons in their election col 'tests. He now, at the very outset, sneers at your efforts to overthrow the attempt of the same faction to regain their power. You must be silent and motionless at the bidding of the Times. Will you patiently bear to be thbs schooled into submission by such a profligate newspaper as this ? Now, mark me, fellow Reformers, that paper will prove your most formida ble and vindictive antagonist, unleEs you combine with one determined effort to crush its power ? Be kut firm and united, and you may accomplish the task. My advice to you is this. Let not a single meeting be held in this great metropolis on the subject that now engrosses all minds, without a resolution being proposed to the effect, that every individual present shall solemnly pledge himself rigidly to abstain from reading The Times. If the Reformers are true to themselves, they will not separate without such a pledge, nor will they in a single instance violate it. The same feeling will spread throughout 4very town and village in the country, and the journalist shall soon be made to feel that the British people are more powerful than the The Times. You have the remedy in your own hands and may soon extract the fangs of this vicious monster. It is a simple one, too, which may be easily used by all, and which a mo ment's reflection will show you the value of. Let the propo sition be once made, and it will spread like wildfire through the land. This will show a determination on your part which the Tory faction will tremble to encounter. Let it be done. I am your faithful friend, A BROTHER REFORMER, AND A HATER OF TORYISM. Lambeth, November 18. To the EDITOR of the MORNING ADVERTISER. SIR,—You say you have nailed your flag to the mast— it is the mast of Reform. Thank God the people have one friend left—one honest advocate. The Tories are at their old game—deluding, deceiving, bribing, for the purpose of preventing the true expression Of public sentiment. If the people are now quiescent, it will be said the Whigs, and consequently all liberal feelings, are extinct. If they are divided amongst themselves, and we see Whig opposed to Radical, what has the Duke to fear ? If they are united, up, awake, stirring,—making known their sentiments by resolutions, meetings, addresses, and unanimous sentiments, they must conquer. The dismissal of the Ministers is an insult to the nation, from whatever quarter it may have come. It is a procla mation that liberal principles, and reform in Church and State, is obnoxious to the Tories and to the Court. It calls for the strongest, the most marked, the most de cided, the most continued reprobation, from every Whig and every Radical, every friend to his country and to Reform. . Will the country submit to military domination ? Are the people prepared to see Reform blighted—the Church, and its corruptions continued—corporations and their bane ful influence preserved ; or are they anxious to see the nation in the full enjoyment of political rights, and reform effected in law, church, and state ? But it is said, and mark the delusion ! the Duke will ex tend Reform ! will give Vote by Ballot ! will shorten the duration of Parliament ! will purge the Corporations ! will purify the Church ! will abolish Church rates ! will give ad mission to the Dissenters to the national Universities ! and will effect an economical arrangement in all departments of the State ! credal judTus. And why is this said ? Simply because he proposed and carried Catholic emancipation in opposition to his former sentiments. Let it be observed, he has opposed all the former mea sures. He cannot grant them without being guilty of the foulest apostacy. if he is prepared to do so—to say he will—u hat confidence can be placed in him upon any other matter ? A few flattering words and Court promises will be given. and Reform, in all its branches, will be forgotten. It will be the Duke and Military government—the Duke and Toryism--the Duke and no concession to just claims—the Duke and absolute power—the Duke and no Reform. Up, then, people of England, in an honest and constitu tional manner—be active—be awake and stirring—for if your liberties are not gone, they are at least in danger. Nov. 18, 1834. A RADICAL WHIG. " A NY. 'rative of a Voyage to the Southern A lantic Ocean, performed in his Majesty's sloop Chanticleer, by Command of the Lcrds Commissioners of the Admiralty," is just published. The results of this voyage, which occupied more than three years, are of a highly important description, not only to geograplical science, but to our general knowledge of the wonders of nature and the state of man, in little known and uncivilized lands. The adventurous voyagers traversed the most boisterous seas, and sojourned in every clime, from the Equator to the Pole, having made a series of excessively interesting pendulum experiments to ascertain the true figure of the earth, and determined the longitudes by chronometrical observations. But the researches of Captain Foster and his officers were not confined to mere science ; their enterprise led them into wild and unknown regions, and, while it involved them in striking adventures (now vividly pourtrayed), enabled the writer to enrich his work with new and remarkable facts in natural history. The • volumes present one of the most varied and amusing narratives ever givers to the curiosity of the public. CHINA AND ITS TRADE.—The superficial area of China is about 1,298,000 square miles. The defensive military resources of this vast empire have generally been supposed to be proportioned to its population and extent, but the great wall on the Tartar frontier, about which we have been always hear ing so much, is wholly inadequate to resist modern tactics. On the east its ports are open to any petty maritime power. and the country through many of its rivers perfectly defenceless. China is intersected by an infinity of canals, all of which are con nected with navigable rivers, so that the natural advantages in some measure compensate for the absence of an improving spirit. So extensive a kingdom must possess almost every possible variety of climate ; but it is on the whole much colder than any western territory in the same degree of latitude. The produce of its soil in variety and quality is inferior to that of Europe. Rice is the principal article of cultivation ; fruit and vegetables are not numerous, and are all indigenous, owing to the jealousy of adopting anything foreign. The potatoe is un known to the native, as is also our bread, though wheat is par tially g rown . T ea i s not common to all provinces, though cultivated in many. —Monthly Magazine. " VILLAGE REMINISCENCES. " —Much amuse ment might natarally have been anticipated from the relation of an " Old Maid's " experience. On arriving at a certain age the lady who obtains this distinction, in nine cases out of ten, busies herself with the affairs of her neighbours. Is any elopement likely to take place within twenty miles round, the old maid is sure to know something about it ; have certain glances been exchanged between Mr. Brown and Amelia Tomkins, the old maid predicts it to be the fore runner of a tender connexion ; have any disagreements occur red in such a family, the old maid alone knows the occasion of them. We can imagine nothing more entertaining than to listen to the gossip and the thousand and one anecdotes re lated by an " Old Maid," and are not surprised that so ad mirable a subject for the delineation of the comic and the hu morous, should have been chosen by the present lively writer. We predict, therefore, that these " Village Reminiscences" will be extensively read. They complete the picture of " Our Village," by Miss Mitford. PERSIAN GEOGRAPHY.—The following curious extract has been sent us by a friend. It is translated from a Persian work, entitled " Jamaattowarikh," or Universal His tory, by Rashid-ad-din, who commenced it in the year of the Hijrah 714 ( A.D. 1314.) " Ireland (Irlanda) is an island in the middle of the ocean. From the excellence of its soil, poisonous reptiles and rats are not produced upon it. The people are long-lived, red-haired, tall, strong, and brave. There is a fountain of water there, into which if a piece of wood is thrown, in the course of one week its surface becomes stone. The larger island is called England (Ingleterra). In it is a mountain which has numerous mines of gold, silver, copper, lead, and iron. Fruit trees are abundant. Amongst the wonders of that land is a tree which produces birds. It is thus : at the time of blossom a sort of bag appears upon the tree ; within this the bird is attached by its beak. When the fruit is ripe, the bird makes a hole with its beak and comes out. They keep it two years, by which time it grows to the size of a goose or a duck. It is the common meat of the peo ple of that country. In both these islands there are sheep, from the wool of which they make cyprus and scarlet cloths. The king of both these islands is called Scotland. "—Athenaeum. FIRE AT THE BENEDICTINE CONVENT AT HAMMERSMITH, AND LOSS OF LIFE. About a quarter before five o'clock yesterday morning an alarming fire broke out in the above nunnery, in King street, near the Broadway, Hammersmith. It was discovered by some of the sisters, whose sleeping rooms were on the second floor, who on rising felt their apartments very hot, and on going into the gallery perceived a strong smell of fire. They immediately gave an alarm, and ran over to the house of Mr. Gomme, an auctioneer, residing opposite, who instantly got up and with others of the neighbours, who had also been alarmed, proceeded to their assistance. On entering the yard of the building they discovered the smoke issuing from a large wash-house on the ground floor, and on opening the door found a number of clothes-horses and a large quantity of linen in flames. They also found that the room above, which was occupied by Miss Margaret Bosville, an aged lady, who had resided there for years as a boarder, was on fire. On going up stairs to her room, the furniture and :flooring of which was blazing furiously; the beat was so great the were at first compelled to retreat, but there happily being a plentiful supply of water, the fire was, after much exertion, sufficiently subdued to allow them to enter the room, when a melancholy spectacle presented itself, the body of the old lady being found, burnt in a most shocking manner, nothing remaining of her but the head, the upper part of her body from the chest, and the bone of her left leg, from the knee downward, the foot, with the stocking and shoe, being untouched. The other parts of the body, which were burnt to a cinder, had fallen with the flooring, &c., into the washhouse beneath. It is supposed Miss Bosville, who was 84 years of age, had got out of bed and gone to a chest of drawers which stood between the windows, and the flame from her candle had either communicated to her night dress, or to the contents of the drawers, which, in her en deavours to extinguish the flames, she had pulled over her. The Hammersmith engine was shortly in attendance, but owing to the praiseworthy exertions of the neighbours, aided by a large party of police of the T division, its services were not required. Throughout yesterday the Convent was visited by a large number of persons from town, &c., who had beard of the melancholy occurrence. An inquest will be held on the remains this day. We understand the premises arc insured in the Royal Exchange Fire Office. The following particulars of the Convent may not prove uninteresting to some of our readers : " The Convent of English Benedictines is said by tradi tion to have existed before the Reformation, and escaped the general destruction of religious houses from its want of endowment ; it was re-established in the reign of Charles 11., and took its rise from the following circumstance : In the year 1669, Mrs. Bedingfield, a relation of the first Baronet of that family, in conjunction with another lady, set up a boarding-school at Hammersmith. for young ladies of the Roman Catholic persuasion. This school had been previously established in St. Martin's-lane, and was removed to Hammersmith on account of the retired situation and salubrity of the air. There are forty young ladies educated there. Soon after its institution, the governesses and teachers having voluntarily obliged themselves to the observance of monastic rules, it ob tained the name of a nunnery, which it still keeps up, many devotees having from time to time taken the veil, and doomed themselves to voluntary seclusion. The convent is of considerable magnitude, and is approached from the en trance by an arcade, in imitation of cloisters. In a small room are portraits of Mrs. Bedingfield and a lady, the first foundresses. At the eastern extremity is the chapel, which was rebuilt in the year 1811, at the expense of 1,600/., which was defrayed by voluntary subscriptions. It is a handsome edifice, about 50 feet long and 24 feet wide ; there are eight windows bordered with stained glass, which produce a good effect. There is a large garden behind, the upper part of which is parted off for a burial-ground, the stones of which are laid fiat on the turf. At the east end of the burial-ground stands an ancient wooden cross, about five feet high, on which is represented, in 24 compartments, the passion of our Saviour. This relic was brought from France, and is held in great veneration by the inmates. ST. P.ANCRAS. -- - A numerous meeting of the Southampton District Pa rochial Committee of St. Pancras, comprising one-fourth of the parish, was held last at the Committee-room, Albany street, Regent's-park. Mr. Vince was called to the chair. Upon the reading of a communication from the South western Parochial Committee, relative to a deputation from the latter to the St. Mary-la-bonne Parochial Com mittee, as to the Poor Laws Amendment Bill, Mr. DOUGLAS, one of the vestrymen of St. Pancras, ob served to the meeting that the subject of the Poor Laws Amendment Bill had been postponed by the Committee of the neighbouring parish, for the purpose of giving their consideration to the present important state of political affairs.—(Hear, bear.) He felt highly pleased that their neighbours bad evinced so lively a feeling upon passing events. Mr. Douglas referred at some length to the pro ceedings at the Crown and Anchor, on the preceding even ing, and concluded his observations by moving the following resolution :—" That the Vestry be requested to call a public meeting of the inhabitant householders, to consider the best means to be adopted in th e p resen t s ituation of public af fairs." This was seconded and carried unanimously. - _ Several members expressed their opinions in strong lan guage upon the probable results of the dismissal of the Whig Administration ; and a resolution was passed, " That this meeting, on its rising, adjourn to Thursday next, for the purpose of receiving the report of the proceedings of the Vestry to be held on that day." Very little fear was entertained that the Vestry would refuse to convene a public meeting. FINSBURY , The Finsbury di‘isionof the city is doini , its duty. The several parishes are up and stirring. Already a requisition most numerously and respectably signed by the inhabitants of St. Luke's, Middlesex, has been addressed to Messrs. Wood and Gunn, the c hurchwardens, requesting them to call a meeting of the rate-payers for as early a day as possible, for the purpose of taking into consideration the propriety of adopting such measures, by petitioning the MELANCHOLY EVENT AT LIVERPOOL. UPWARDS of THIRTY PERSONS DROWNED. LIVERPOOL, Nov. 17.—1 t appears that on Monday morning, the 17th inst., a pugilistic combat was appointed to take place between two men, named M'Fee and Robin son, near New Ferry, on the Cheshire side of the River Mersey, and opposite to the port of Liverpool. There not being any regular steam-boat plying to the Ferry nearest to the field, several parties of the working classes hired boats on this side of the river to take them across and back again. The fight being over, the crowd of spectators proceeded about three o'clock in the afternoon to enter their respective boats. The liability to accident was increased by the state of intoxication in which a great part of the passengers in all the ferryboats returned to their homes. When about mid way across the river, one of the -boats, having been from the first greatly overloaded, and containing about forty or fifty passengers, chiefly anchor-smiths and chain-cable makers, began to fill, and the directions of the boatmen, to enable them to avoid the consequences, being in a great degree neglected, soon afterwards swamped and overset. At this cri tical juncture, the boatman who held the foresheet let it fly, careless beyond his own immediate preservation, and sprang over the' stern of the boat so as to get clear of the strug gling individuals who were thus in a moment precipitated on their fate. The other boatman unfortunately became entangled in the flying foresheet of . the already filled boat, and was further encumbered by the drowning persons who in the vain hope of thereby protracting their inevitable fate, grappled with him so as to render it difficult for him to get clear of them. He succeeded, however, in effecting this, and swam towards the Liverpool side. In a short time, but not before he was nearly exhausted, he was picked up by one of the boats which, on observing the accident, imme diately put off to render assistance. Another almost equally crowded boat made up to the scene with the humane in tention of preserving some of the unfortunate sufferers. This dangerous attempt was attended with the most un happy results. The victims of the previous accident having lost all presence of mind, and the passengers in the other boat having scarcely more command of reason at the mo ment, the very means most likely to involve the whole in a common ruin were resorted to, and the event was that the second boat overset likewise. The party whose sense of humanity had thus put their own lives in the most imminent peril, were however more fortunate than those whose rash ness had originated the distressful calamity ; the greater number (about twenty) of the passengers in the second boat having been rescued from a watery grave. At the present moment we are unable to ascertain the precise number of the individuals who have thus been drowned. Crowds of females hurried in every direction towards the docks in the hope of gaining some intelligence that might either dispel their sorrow or convert it into that certainty which, however horrible, is still more endurable than suspense. At every step they were encountered by a corpse borne by those who had rescued it from the retiring waves that had thrown it on the strand. MONDAY EVENING, SIX O'CLOCK.—Up to this time we believe only thirteen of the bodies have been picked up on the Liverpool side of the river ; but we understand that several have drifted to the Cheshire shore, and have there been deposited in a place of safety. It is probable that a L great number of the bodies will be carried a considerable . way down the river, as the tide was setting out with rapi= dity at the time of the accident. The boatman who was saved from the first boat, and whose name is Rodrigues (a Portuguese), now lies in a very precarious state at his own r house. The Episcopal Palace, at Wells, displayed, on Wednesday last, a scene of considerable animation and interest. A semicircular range of tables, spread before the entrance of the edifice, and fronting the lawn, laden with beef, pudding, and their proper accompaniments of vegetables, ale, and cider, accommodated 250 poor tenants of the Bishop of Bath and Wells, who enjoy, under that kind-hearted Prelate, the ad vantage of so many allotments of land in the immediate vicinity of the Palace. Nothing, perhaps, could speak more power fully of the good effects of these allotments, in meliorating the condition and improving the habits of the labouring poor, than the decency in garb, and cleanliness in person, which marked the appearance of the assembled multitude, and the universal civility, decorum, and sobriety, exhibited in their behaviour. It was, in truth, a scene which the Christian philanthropist could n ot con t e mplate but with unalloyed satisfaction ; and from which the honest and enlightened Statesman (and let us hope that we have still such characters among us) might have derived a highly useful lesson of practical legislative wisdom. —Bath Journal. THE SCHOOLMASTER IN CHlNA.—Literature and science in the celestial dominions are unacquainted with the visits of the schoolmaster, is and are cons equent l y no t parti cularly flourishingly. Physicians treat all dis eases on th e sup position that the body composed of five elements —water, fire, metal, wood, and earth ; success, it may be reasonably supposed, is not a constant attendant on their prescriptions. In religious matters the Chinese are strangely remiss ; it is not well known what they believe or what they deny. Con fucius, their great theologian, did not question the existence of one Supreme, but he did not inculcate his worship, nor the immorality of the soul. In the ceremonies that are observed in China the most absurd superstitions are practised, but the performers therein do not seem to be cognisant of their meaning. Christianity is, however, gaining ground ; and Mr. Gutzlaff anticipates the happiest results from its adoption. For historical details relative to innumerably dynas ties we are referred to the Ming-she, in 63 volumes I EXTENSIVE BURGLARY NEAR WIGAN.—Early on Friday morning week, two ruffians broke into Miss Clegg's house, about a mile and a half from Wigan, and took away plate and money to the value of 2501. One of them presented a pistol at Miss Clegg, and threatened to shoot her if she did not give up her keys, or if she made any noise. They made both ladies go into a room, where they locked them up, and then decamped.—She f field Mercury. SPIRIT OF T JOURNALS. " The Duke of Wellington will be gazetted this evening, as one his Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State. His Grace will superintend generally the affairs of Government until the return of Sir Robert Peel." So says the Standard of yesterday. We are also told that Sir Robert Peel cannot return to England in less than three weeks. The great Dictator will, therefore, have time to show the people of England his new method of governing. We hear that he will, in a few days, be also sworn into office as First Lord of the Admiralty (pro tenzpore, of course). We shall then have this " great personage"—it is difficult to give him a name to suit his new position—we shall then have him avow edly at the head of the Finances, of our domestic Government, the Army and the Navy. Whether we may hear of his summoning Councils of War, we know not. Cabinet Councils, we suppose, will be out of fashion, as he will- be a moving Cabinet, and need take counsel only from himself. How long this ambitious Chief is to enjoy his delusion, or how far he is to be permitted to insult the country, we know not. Neither can we know what means he will employ to retain his power; but this we know, that the people of England will not consent to be cheated out of the advantages of the great measure of Reform, either by the deceit and cajolery of his emissaries, or by the menacing attitudes of " his Highness" himself. The flame of resistance is lighting up. The effort of the people will speedily dispel the illusion under which the insolent Tory faction appear now to labour. The storm is coining, which will certainly overwhelm the enemies of Reform. The people begin with a steadiness which shows that they see their object, are confident in their strength, and know how to put it forth. The Reform Bill has happily given them the power to obtain the redress of grievances without tumult. It is not needful to enjoin tranquillity : there arc no indications of a contrary description. Meetings are convened in every direction. The constituency of England will do their duty: the struggle may be severe—it will be directed against a proud and corrupt faction making a last effort to enslave us. If we prove true to ourselves, we must succeed. But the united energies of all the friends of liberal opinions and of good government will be required. If we deserve success, we may command it ; for in that case the issue is certain. We shall now conclude by an extract from the Times of the 23d of June last, in which our contemporary then gave its opinion of the Great Dictator—an opinion from which few persons will now dissent, except those who are embarked with him in his desperate undertaking, or interested in continuing abuses in Church and State:— " The Duke of Weilington was celebrated (says the Times)as a Minister, for his ignorance of public opinion. He was honestly and profoundly in the dark as to al most everything that men thought and felt throughout the larger portion of society ; and he took the right method to keep himself irretrievably misinformed, never looking for intelligence beyond the circuit of Downing-street and the Court, or listening to any sug gestions but those of flatterers among coteries of fa shion." Has the darkness of a whole political life been at once dispelled ? Or has he not afforded another illustration of the truth of the position of our contem porary, that he is utterly ignorant of public opinion ? He will soon receive a lesson on this subject—a striking lesson.—Morning Chronicle. We call attention to the resolutions in our adver tising columns, agreed on at a meeting of the United Committee of Dissenters, held yesterday at Williams's Library, in Redcross-street. The Committee regret the sudden dismissal from his Majesty's councils of his late confidential advisers, approving generally of their measures, and attributing the delay on the part of the late Government, with regard to the just claims of Protestant Dissenters, chiefly to the obstruc tion to which they were subject both from eccle siastical and political opponents. In the probable, event of a general electionohe Committee anticipate from the Protestant Dissenters throughout the empire. the most decided and uncompromising opposition to that political party who have avowed themselves the itylinching opponents of their interests, and whose speeches and votes on the Bill for the admission of Dissenters to the Universities ought never to be for gotten. The Dissenters, in these resolutions, show their practical wisdom. They ask the simple question —Why did the Tories procure the dismissal of the Whia b s ? There is but one answer—That the Whigs were disposed to reform abuses in Church and State. Then would it not be the height of madness to expect reforms from those whose hostility to the Whigs was, because they were reformers ? Men do not gather figs from thorns, or grapes from thistles. The united Committee do not content themselves with mere declarations of approbation of the conduct of the late Ministers, and of distrust of the present Dictator, but they recommend to all classes of Dissenters throughout th e coun tr y , " the immediate adoption of measures best calcu lated to ensure the return, as representatives to Parliament, of men liberal and enlightened in their views, the tried friends of religious liberty, national im provement, and universal freedom." This is a recom mendation deserving of universal imitation. 'What chiefly insured the success of the Reform Bill, was the organization which was everywhere adopted. Com mittees ought to be formed without loss of time, to communicate with the metropolis on points connected with the election, and to devise the means best calcu lated to secure Reformers heartily devoted to the good cause. A Committee will be formed in London, as during the reform struggle, to assist and advise local committees ; and the best results may be hoped from this state of preparation in town and country. We cannot for a moment doubt of the result. The confi dence everywhere manifested by the people is anything, but symptomatic of weakness. Let but the occasion ar rive for putting forth their strength, and the Conser vatives will be signally routed. One more struggle, and the enemy is crushed for ever.—Morn. Chronicle. We heartily agree with the Times of yesterday, that " one course and one alone is possible ; it is to sup port, under all changes of men and circumstances, the practical reform of every definite and accessible abuse. On this point there can be no retrogression, there can be no stagnation. Every grievance unredressed, every source of corruption unpurified, every unsound speck in any one of her national institutions, is a depository of the seeds, and an assurance of the return, of that malady which the Reform Bill itself was destined to extinguish—the pestilence of unjust government." The Reform Bill was, no doubt, destined to extin guish the pestilence of unjust government, but it can only secure to the people good government if they return good men. The people must not sup pose that if they return bad men, these bad men will give them good measures. Let people, then, return good men, and they may then count on the Reform Bill producing the results which the Times specifies. But who are the good men, who, if returned to Parliament, will redress every grievance—purify every source of corruption ? The men who opposed Reform precisely because it would enable the people to return representatives disposed to protect the inte rest of the many instead of sacrificing them to the few? The men who, even since the Reform Bill became law, have by their majorities in the Lords thrown out every measure which promised to benefit the people The men who stood up for every abuse in the Irish Church, and threw out the Irish Tithe Bill, in order to involve Ireland in tumult and blood shed ? It is clear that these men never can do any good for the people—that if they were to be returned, their only , object would be to abuse the confidence reposed in them. The Whigs have not. done enough, it is true ; but who prevented the Whig:: from doing more ? Would it not then be the most stupid of . all infatuations were the people to allow themselves for one moment to indulge in the belief, that they who hated the Whigs because they carried a Reiorm Bill, because they wished to reform the Church, to purify Corporations, to admit the Dissenters to the Univer • sities, and to remove the various grievances under which they laboured, will, if entrusted with power, make a better use of it than the Whigs did ? Nay, would not the people deserve their fate, if, by re turning Conservatives, they enabled them to destroy the efficiency of the Reform Bill ? _ It is not, then, a matter of indifference who is Minister. or who are representatives of the people. Thy