The Sun. — London, England, 1831-03-22 00:00:00

tA'OREI4N INTELLIGENCE. FRENCH PAPERS. CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES, MARCH 18. The galleries were completely filled, and even the pee 'ages leading to the Chamber were crowded. The Deputies were very numerous long before the hour of business, and the expected communications from the Ministers was the universal topic of conversation. At a quarter past two o'clock the President of the Council entered, the rest of the Ministers having previously taken their seats. The President announced that the first subject on the order of the day was the continuance of the debate on the grant of 4-12ths; but The President of the Council being called upon by a great many members, rose and said—" Gentlemen, every Bill for granting a supply is a question of policy. In de manding at your hands a grant of the 4-12ths, in the ab sence of the regular supplies legally voted, we required from you a vote of confidence. It is therefore necessary that the newly constituted Cabinet should lay before you the principles upon which it is founded. You ought to be made fully acquainted with this basis, in order that you may be aware of the political system to which you lend your support. cc When the King did me the honour of calling me to form and preside over his Council, I conetiVed that the principles upon which it was to he constituted should he understood and agreed upon by sty several members. The present Ministry is formed Upon constitutional pOiodiples, and receives its stretvgth from its own responsibility. All its propositions, ell its measuree, will be the result of general deliberation and of one common accord. The very day on which this harmony shall cease will be the day of its dissolution. The entirety that will thus subsist among ourselves will warrant our imposing upon the various se condary authorities the same unity, for a perfect concord ought to reign in all the branches of the Administration. The Government must be followed in all its designs, and will expert the 'concurrence of all its agents without eX ception; without which, responsibility would be a Mere barren term, and authority would be deptired of all its force and dignity. " The principles we profess are those of our revolution Wish them to be established without exaggeration and without being weakened. The principle of the revo lution of July, and consequently the principle of the pre sent Government which is derived from it, is not one of insurrection, though a principle of legitimate resistance to the oppressions of power. France was provoked and defied —she defended herself, and her victory was the conquest of right over despotism. This was the principle of the revolution of July, and this is the principle of the Go vernment it has founded. This revolution has net de stroyed social order, but has only changed the political system—it has founded a Government, not inaugurated an anarchy—it has had nothing in view but the establish ment of the just and regular order of things. Thus, vio lence neither is, nor ought to be, the characteristic of the Government, either in its internal affairs or foreign rela tions. In the interior, our duty is plain and simple ; we have no great experiments to try, the nature of our in stitutions has been axed by the charter of 1830. Sere rat great legislative questions have been derided by you in the present session ; the Chamber that will succeed you will have to determine others. Until the new Chamber shall assemble, what will France require from her Government? Activity; that or der be maintained, that the laws be executed, mad that authority be respected. Order is the chief of all our wants. We entreat all well•di•posed citizens not to abandon the Government, for the Government will not abandon them. The maintenance of tranquillity is the maintenance of liberty, Oar ambition is to re-establish public confidence, and we adjure all good citizens to co oper rte with us for that purpose. The Government re peats, that Mr from abandoning them, it will be always ready to place itself at their head.—(Cries of ' tray° !' Very.good !' from the central left, and second section of the left.) Above all, let them trust in our firm resolution not to suffer any attack upon the public tranquillity, any encroach:tient upon the authority of the law. France has conquered her rights. She is free; but she would in reality cease to be so, were disorder permitted. There is no disorder without oppression, and the power which main tains the public peace, assures, in effect, liberty. The dis turbers are known to us; the party of the fallen Govern ment is menacing us in secret, and attempts, but obscurely, *Rs sully our cause, by irritating its defenders ; closely watched, and severely punished, it will be reduced to a sense of its own powerlessness, and from thence atone will it derive its own safety. As it is our intention not to leave any violence unpunished, so we shall leave no pretext for violence. We must prevent in their cause these odious reprisals, which seem to accuse the insufficiency of the latvs, and the feeble ness of power. All sedition is a crime, under whatever flag it is arrayed ; every act of violence is the beginning e( anarchy.—(Central left, Good, very good.') We shall propose to you laws to repress sedition and violence. These guilty disturbances, if renewed with impunity, would one day make enemies to the Government of all these whom they disturb, in the liberty of their industry, in the liberty of worship, which we are bound to protect, as the most precious right which conscience invokes.— ' (M. Royard Collard—' Very good.') Security and tran qui lily are indispensable; they are required by all those interests whose sufferings have severely afflicted us; they are necessary for the re-establishment of public credit, without which the State is destitute of power ; they are requisite for those elections which are about to take place, for they cannot be free in the midst of disturbance. They are, moreover, gentlemen, important to the honour and dignity of France, which cannot but be tarnished when in the eyes of the universe it seems to present a state of society where violence and passion predominate. " Our foreign policy is closely allied with that of the in terior ; in both, the evils and the remedies are the same. It has been attempted to excite in France a mistrust of the rest of Europe, and to spread an idea that Europe had b.en taught to mistrust our revolution. " Were it thus, gentlemen, Europe would have deceived herself, and it would rem tiff for France and her Govern. ment to remove the delusion. Once again, I say, the re volution has not instituted the reign of force. Armed to defend her own rights, France has respected those of other nations. Her policy has been guided by other motives than those arising from the passions. We are desirous of that peace which is so necessary for the welfare of society ; hut we will go to war if the honour and independence of France are placed in danger, and shall then appeal with the fullest confidence to the patrioti-m and courage of the nation. The peaple would rise at the first signal ; and the King has not forgotten that it was in the camp he for the first . time learnt to save his country.—(Hear, hear.) " Gentlemen, the principle of non-intervention has been laid down by the Ministers who have preceded us, and we have adopted it : we maintain that no foreign power has the right to interfere by force of arms in the internal affairs of other nations ; but is this, at the same time, to declare that we will interpose with our arms for this or for that form of government, wherever this principle is not re spected. This would be an interference, though of a different nature ; it would be falling into the system of the Holy Alliance; it would be to raise the chimerical ambition of those who would submit Europe to the yoke of one single idea—that of realizing a universal monarchy. This interpretation of the principle of non-interven tion would serve as a cloak to the spirit of conquest. We will sustain the principle by negotiations—(Murmurs from the left)—but the interest or the dignity of France cnght alone to call upon us to take arms.—(Central left, Very good.')—We do not concede to any people the right to force us to combat in their cause, and the blood of Frenchmen belongs alone to France.—(Applause from the centre, murmurs on the left.)—The Cabinets which have preceded us have repelled any armed intervention in Belgium. This policy shall be ours; this example we adept. In similar questions do not doubt that France will always hold the language which becomes her name. Never eh.ll we forbid a lively sympathy for the progress of European societies ; but their destiny is in their own h an d s , a nd lib er ty oug ht a l wa y s t o b e na ti ona l. Every foreign provocation imp a irs and com p rom i ses i t . rend thee part of private individuals, it is a bad service to r to people ; on the part of Governments, it is a crime. Franc e does not export the world to liberty, but by the pacific examp le of the re g ular d e v e lopm e nt of her institutions, and 1 ; her r e sp ec t f or t h e r i g ht s o f a ll o th er States.—(Different movements, and long agitation.)— But if Europe, who peace, and o f thi s w e have the most positive assuranc e inthe nam e o f a ll th e oth e r Powers, should ever impugn the loyalty o f our po li c y,—if our frontiers should he triened 0 ae ,f Fr —if the least attack should be made upon the dignityannde France,._ be assured, d gentlemen, that she will be instantly de fen de d formidabled signally Marshal, foot ing, avenged. Our army is placed upon ing, under the care o f an illustrious every measure necessary for t he defence of th e pr y country presently give in progress. The M inister o f War will give you explanations calculated to ensure your nticon fidence, and a proposition about to be submitted t o you, will testify our anxiety for the safety of our country. To arrive at the desired end our resources must be adequate. Those we find on coming into office are manifestly ineffi cient.—(Hear.) But although ready to make use of credit granted, we do not wish to remain at its mercy; we would rather at once apply to the nation and you for authority to recur again to those indirect taxes which the Government had given np.--(ilear, hear, in opposite senses.) W e wi s h security for the future, and it is in the name of necessity alone that we call upon the country to make these sacrifices. We require the means of completing our system of defence; we wish for peace Ind guarantees for eUr ind.pendence; we at present limit ourselves to preparatory measures; war has not yet arrived, and neither the cries of passion nor the exigencies of rioters shall drive us to it any more than to a change in our policy. This policy will be understood by all Europe, because it is firm and open. It je the bond of the Cabinet, the condition of its existence. urope anxiously wishes for peace, it is lit nialiifest int e r es t. Wh y s h ould she desire r. In this situation of affairs, we venture to hope that Europe will shortly come to an understanding which may lead to a general diminution of forces, the sup port of which weighs heavily on the several states. Let us by our policy hnten this disarmament. " In fine, let a respect for the laws succeed menaces of violence, which Violate them all. Within, violence is sedi tion; withotit ) it is invasion and .conquest. Within, we wish to have order without sacrifi c es for liberty; without, we Wish for peace when it infringes not our honour. In re-establishiug 'power upon her just rights, we believe we are labot , .ing for the maintenance of peace; hat at the set'oe time we think it right to ito_•ottAa to I'rancc the ie sources for war, for when ',core calm, more united, more rich, she will be mol:e formidable ; and it is only to strong Governmtnts, that history tells us is given the power to actltplish victories.--(Applause in the centre.) It is with this assurance, gentlemen, that I explain these prin ciples ; they are your own; they arb those of that persever ing opposition, in the botnill of which has combatted for fifteen years the Man who, now called to power, has neither abandoned his friends nor his opinions. This is the cause of that opposition, entirely national, which triumphed last July. Will it be permitted to me to say that this cause is also mine ; and that it it to serve it, to assure for the revo lution of July its legitimate consequences, that I have ac cepted the weight of power—a power that I have never coveted,_ as is well known to my political friends, (Prom the centre left, ' Yes, yes, we' knoW it.') But it is not in my own name alone I speaks it is in that also of the Government of the king. Our principles of internal Administration,-- , otir views for peace or wary —are the unanimous expression of our conviction ; each of us ac cepts a common respontibility. Strong in our inten tions, we frankly elk your assistance for some days longer... , ( Movement) We promise you loyalty—devotion—firmness.— Will 3 du refuse us your aid ? For peace, as well as for war ; fee order, as for liberty ; for credo, as for commerce ; for the revolution of July, as for t?'- aiarter of August ; what we ask of the Chamber pp of the country, is concord—is confidence; without wide:: ssothing is possible, but with it every thing easy. ConfidetrCe is communicative,—it should reign amongst us—it shottffil reappear among the defenders of the same came. us seek to honour each other, even in our divitions of sentiments, and resist this tendency to puspicibil and hatred, which enve noms every thing, and whic h often degrades even the noblest characters, even those of the purest renown. Let us not forget that their discoid strengthened their enemies. Shall we for so ntanf faii have fought under the Constitutional banner, only tel bring revolt into our ranks, and to disperse ourselytt at the moment when we have assured a final tritinlith ?--(Applause from the central left and section) Let us suspend, Gentlemen, irritating debates. The Ministry does not aspire to rule opinions, but it demands assistance from all good citizens, to take France out of this Uncertainty which desolates her, to gain in peace the day 'all& public reason, by the voice of the electors, shall judge of its conduct and decide upon its fate. Until then it reckons upon all those who wish peace and liberty for their Country : it calls upon them for it in the name of that country, which is still strong, armed, and gloriotig, though unquiet. It above all, addresses it.elt to you, Gentlemen, for your aid ; it is under the inspiration of the counsels of your 'Fri bune that it hopes to consolidate and maintain, against the wishes and efforts of all enemies, the great revolution which France has achieved, and the' Government which the Charter of 1830 has constituted —(Bravos from the central left.) You know now, Gentlemen, the principles of the Cabinet. But it is necessary that Frante and the Chamber should be fully en. lightened as to the actual state of affairs. We therefore require that the discussion upon the Bill granting provisionally the 4.l2ths be postponed; we require the appointment of a Special Committee to make strict inquiry Into the state of the Treasury, its wants, and its resources; every requisite information shall he laid before its Members, who will examine into all the demands of the Minister of the Finances, and duly appreciate the exact situation of the country, whereby all present alarm will be dissi. pated, an the want of the future provided for." [Here the President Orthe Council explained to the Chamber how far the ' 4-12th we're insufficient], and concluded by saying—. We hope that no Member of the Chamber will absent himself before he has lent us the support we so indispensably need."—(Hear, hear, from the centres. Silence on the gauche.) The Minister of War said—" The President of the Council has laid before you a statement of the situation of the country, and made known to you the principles of the Government and the intentions of Ministers. He has given you the assurance of the unanimity of the views of the Administration, and the con viction of the duties imposedimen it. These assurances, gentle men, I have pleasure in confirming in my turn : animated with the same sentiments, our determination was complete as it can be to settle the execution of the laws—maintain the security of all—repress disorders, if, contrary to our expectation, any should be committed—restore confidence—cause the principles of our glorious revolution of July to fructify—persevere, with the dig nity that becomes France, In the principles of our foreign policy —and, lastly, render ourselves so respectable as to our forces that peace may be the necessary consequence of it ; and if, notwith standing our efffirts, and, I say, even notwithstanding our hopes, war should be indispensable to us, we have the certainty of waging it with success. "' I now come to that part of our task which is more particu larly intrusted to myself. The President of the Council has given you to understand that I should have something to say upon this subject; but the terms he made use of embarrass me exceedingly. Since I have had the honour to sit in the King's Council, as before in the field of battle, I have considered myself as only fulfilling my duty. To serve my country has ever been the sole impulse of my actions, and if I have succeeded, it was because I have almost always had the good fortune to be seconded. I devofe myself with confidence to the obligations that are laid upon me, and with the hope that to fulfil them you will grant us the necessary means. On this subject, you desire, without doubt, to know our situation. Such a desire is naturaL To grant the supplies that are asked of you, you must have it in your power to appreciate our wants. It would be superfluous to dwell upon motives, for they have been long too well known for you not to be impressed with their importance. They have for their object the confirmation of our liberty, the consolation of the Constitutional Throne of Philip 1., rendering ourselves re. spected by all the nations, and securing with them the mainte. nance of peace. " I have the honour therefore to lay upon your table, to be communicated to your Committee, a copy of a report upon my administration which I presented to the King on the 20th of February. It comprises the period of three months. Since that time, a month has elapsed, and I have continued to con duct my administration upon the same principles. Notwith standing the immense details of the war department, I shall always be ready to justify all my acts. You will judge whether the statement deserves your approbation. An extraordinary grant has been asked for, which will adequately provide for every thing, except, perhaps, some trifling augmentation; which it was difficult to estimate at the first moment,—you have granted nothing for the case of war. You must therefore have it put in your power to appreciate the necessities which the Minister of the Finances will lay before you." The Minister of the Finances rose and said—" Upon entering the Administration we considered it our duty to examine the situation of the Treasury. The result of this examination pre sents nothing that is alarming, as it regards the public fortune ; but we find ourselves under the necessity of covering the trea sury for the excess of expenditure for which it has made ad vances. The Treasury has made advances of 240,000,000 for the ordinary service of the country. Of this sum 128,000,000 are an terior to 1814, and the remaining 112,000,00 u proceed from the expenditure of the years from 18..7 to 1830, and the succour af forded to commerce The Treasury might have covered itself for the 128,000,000 anterior to 1814; but the mass of the loans mace by the Treasury will shortly be carried to 300,000,000. This sum would certainly be nothing in a time of confidence, but it is too great under existing circumstances. Means must be found to pay it, and these means are not to be found in the 200,000,000 you recently voted, which are assigned to other expenses." " The Bill, therefore, that we are about to present to you has for its object to levy 55 centimes upon the principle of the land tax and fifty centimes upon the license tax.—(Murmurs and long interruption.) The appeal that we now make to you ought to have been made in the years when the revenue was insufficient but a longer postponement cannot be reconciled with the inten tion of the Government to prepare for war and to repel it, if it should become necessary. The 85 centimes upon the land tax will produce 85,000,000, and the 50 centimes upon the licenses will yield 12,000,000 ; thus the total increase will be 917,000,000; and by adding thereto the expenses of collecting and other charges this sum may amount to 100,000,000. You will, however, remark that since 1819 the land tax has been reduced 50,000,000, and the licenses also have experienced considerable reductions. It will be necessary for this new levy to make new special schedules for this tax, which will be only temporary, and which will be fixed after the basis of the schedules of 1831. "This is a new sacrifice that we ask of the country ; but in entering into the Ministry, it was our duty to ascertairs and make known the wants of the 'treasury, convinced that your patriot ism would not hesitate to afford to the Government the means of fulfilling its engagements." The Minister then read the Bill, which was ordered to be printed. M. Barthe, Minister of Justice—lnternal peace is the principal want of France ; it is the most efficacious means of preserving external peace, the benefits of which we cannot fail to desire. Crowds and commotions are the sources of troubles that Go vernment ought to repress, and against which the present laws are insufficient. For the purpose, therefore, of remedying this defect we now present to the Chamber the following Bill : " All persons forming part of an assemblage in public places, shall be bound to disperse on the first summons made to them to that effect by the Prefect, Mayor, or other authorized agent. If the assembly shall not disperse after three summonses, it shall be lawful to employ force for that purpose. " All persons arrested for having taken part in such assem_ blage, shall be tried before the tribunal of simple police. " If the assembly shall have disturbed the public tranquillity, those who may have taken part in it shall be tried before the Court of Assizes, and may be condemned to three months' im prisonment at most. " If these persons carry arms, whether concealed or not, the imprisonment shall be from three months to two years. If the individuals arrested have not their real domicile in the vicinity of the place in which the disturbance has taken place, the sentence passed shall at the same time ordain them to with draw for a year from the spot where they have been arrested to the distance of ten miriametres. Should they return to that spot before the expiration of the period fixed, they shall be taken before the Correctional Police, and condemned to imprisonment for the remainder of that period." Ordered to be printed. General Lafayette said,—" I perfectly understand, gentlemen, why the question as to the grant of the provisional 4-hlths should be postponed to the other measure of finance; but the political inquiry into which we have entered ought not to be adjourned, since a full examination of Our internal and external situation will prepare us for the discussion on the propriety of granting the new supplies demanded. One of my lion. Friends has stated that I am in possession of documents confirming opinions I have before expressed with regard to the Polish insurrection, that the vanguard had turned in our favour against the main body of the army. I derive this information from papers found among many others which the Grand Duke Constantine leftbehind him on his precipitate flight.—(Laughter.) Is it th e pleasure of the Cham b er that I should read then, ?—(Read, r ead.) Here the Hon. Deputy read two letters, one addressed by M. Turkul, Councillor of State at St. Petersburgh, to Prince L ubecki,Minister of Finances of Poland, and the other, the answer of the latter.—These letters Petersburgh, uhaaeartghit Aug.ames I ut S on , d l informeB r . te appeared in the Measager of the Bth instant, but w e re-insert the former on account of its importance. It i s as follows yo ‘ t ‘ tr Prin Excellencye e —The ih Emperor e rn os t and ri S :K a . n s charged ex isting circumstances, cases might arise in which the Polish army would have to be set in motion, it is his Majesty's wish that you should immediately occupy vo uize lf i n ascertaining the resources • upon which the Imperial VreasLry might reck on ; if necessary,' to meet the expense of setting the army in motion. as well as that of a campaign. I have the honour, &c. " IGNATIUS TURKUL." The General then continued—" This, I conceive, gentlemen, is sufficient to enlighten us as to the genuine intentions of Rus sia." (Tokens of dissent from the centres.) " Is it the wish of the Chamber that I should continue, ?"—(Hear, hear.) — T he Ge neral then read the following extract of a letter addressed to Prince Lubecki by Count Graboivikt, Minister bf the Emperor Ni. cholas : " The offiCial correspondence which, by order of his Majesty, I have had the honour to communicate to you, and which directs that the Polish army should be put Upon the war footing, has affected you, no doubt, more even than it has me. I really suffer severely in seeing all our plans thus stopped. We should have had a most superb budget if it had nit been ruined, by these ex traordinary expences, because, on this occasion,' our geogra_ phical position placed us in the first line.—St. Petersburgh, Oct. 27, 1830." FROM TIIE SAME TO VIZ BASLE. . October 18. " Being just informed by the Aide-de-Camp, General Tscher niche', that an order has been sent to the Grand Duke to put upon the War :Wiling all the troops under his otders, without excepting those of Poland, and that this is to be completed by December '22, I have the honour, in obedience to the command of his Majesty, to require that the necessary funds be furnished without delay to the Mlhister of War. I shall cOnfine myself, therefore,.to requesting that you will place in the hands of his Imperial Highness the Czarowitsch all the sums necessary for placing the Polish army on the war establishment. (Signed) ~ GRABOWSKI." FROM THE SAME TO TIIE SAME. " St. Petersburgh, Nov. 20. " The return of Marshal Diebitsch will decide upon the mea sures to be taken. He has orders to return from Berlin by War. saw in order to confer With the Grand Duke Con stantine u p on all that is necessary for the movements and subsistence of the army. The Emperor desires that you will see the Marshal as soon as he arrives at Warsaw, and confer with him on all these subjects, and that yOu will proceed to carry into , execution all that may be agreed tipon, without waiting for further orders from his Majesty. You will also conform to the wishes of the Grand Duke, The Etnperor further directs me to desire that you will come to St. Petersburgh as soon as the army is set in motion and a general war shall be declared, in orderto receive his f urther orders in person."—(Hear, hear.)—(ln another part.;—" We are now in the month of November ; the distances are great—the armies cannot be prepared to move before the spring—and events follow each other so rapidly that God knows what may happen in the interval.—.(Fresh sensation.)—No courier can equal the rapidity of occurrences up to the present, and this has placed the affairs. of Belgium in a disastrous state.—(The General smiled when he read this paragraph.)—Buttthis is a useless reflection ; for the next courier may bring us different news, which succeed each other in a manner which surpasses all idea." " Would you (continued the Hon. Deputy) be acquaintedwith the conversation between Marshals Diebitsch and Benzendorf, after the short interview which Colonel Wylezynski, the Envoy from the Dictator of Poland, had with the Emperor, and at which, as being both initiated into the state affairs of the empire they had assisted ? Well, gentlemen of Poland, your revolution has not even the merit of being apropos. Your in surrection took place at the very moment when all the forces of the empire were on their march towards your frontiers, in order to bring the revolutionists of France and Belgium to reason..— (General agitation.) And as the Colonel observed, Poland be lieved itself sufficiently powerful to stop the torrent for a time, so as to warn Europe. and to allow her to prepare herself for the contest. But,' replied Marshal Diebitsch, what will you gain by this 7 We reckon upon a c.anpaign on the Rhine, we will make it on the Elbe or the Oder, atter having crushed you. Re flect upon all this.' " I refrain from occupying the time of the Chamber with reading the statement made by the Minister of Foreign Affairs to the Diet of Warsaw. It displays the moat noble sentiments of patriotism and courage, with the confidence with which Po land relied upon France, and her determination to expire in the cause of the liberties of Europe." ' • (For some time the Chamber was very much agitated by oppo site feelings, and some desultory conversation passed between M. Corcelles and his neighbours, particularly the Marquis de Marmier and M. Adam de la Pommeraye, which, however, we could not distinctly hear.) General Lafayette continued—" I will not read another docu ment which might throw some light on the conduct of the French Consul at Warsaw, being but a private letter and conse quently not worthy the notice of the Chamber.—(Hear, hear, trom the centres.) Nevertheless, I am sure that the Grand Duke Constantine had advised the French Consul to take the oath to the New Government, lest he might be replaced by a person of the liberal opinions then prevalent in France, and which might, through him, become contagious in Poland. I could also read another letter written to the Grand Duke Con stantine by Count Nesselrode, which was found in the Chancery at Warsaw." Of this, however, the General read only a few extracts. The diplomatist concludes by communicating to the Grand Duke a secret despatch of Count 3tole, which, he says, he had copied at the post.office.—(Laughter, and hear, hear.) " Now, Gentlemen," continued General Lafayette, " permit me to ask whether or not Russia had hostile intentions against France. You are fully able to judge.--(Murmurs from the centres.) I cannot help adding a few words respecting the conduct of Prussia towards Poland. She arbitrarily arrests all travellers wishing to enter that country, and has seized the money not only of the State, but of individuals. , cannot reconcile vexatious proceedings like these either with the rights of nations or the principle of non-intervention.—(Laughter.) It is not many years ago that the Minister for Foreign Affairs defended with warmth the patriotism of a Piedmontese, who came to seek an asylum in France, and maintained that he ought to be free, and I am well assured that it is not by his orders that persecutions and annoy ances are exercised towards foreigners who have a right to live and move freely in a free country. Nevertheless M. Visconti was arrested at Lyons, on his way back into his own country ; also General Pepe and several others, who were ordered to return to Macon. I think the Government should explain themselves upon these points. When I voted in favour of a grant 2 0,000,000 f. I had no ideal that it was intended to continue the system of Pilnitz and Vienna, which had been ridiculously termed the Holy Alliance. I voted that grant because 1 con. ceived that it was to be used for protecting the principle of non-intervention to its fullest extent. In fact, the Minister declared, and I think he will not contradict me, that if an Austrian soldier set his foot in Italy, France would not con sent, and I thought the Minister was fully impressed with the force of what he said ; and then, when the French nation was made to say I will not consent,' it easasif it had declared, I will not permit.—(Murmurs from the centres.)—l conceive, besides, that on whatever occasion the sovereignty of the people is attacked, it is our duty to defend it.—(Fresh murmurs from the centres—cheers from the left.)—Nor do I hold that the re volution of July was limited to repressing the pretensions of Charles X. to despotism, but went further, and changed the principle of Government from that of the Divine Right,' im_ posed upon the country, to National Sovereignty.' I consi dered the law granting the 4.l2ths the advantage of substituting for the present Chamber, many members of which have my sin cerest regard, a Chamber elected subsequent to the events of July, because, gentlemen, permit me to say, in our patriotic acts,—in that celebrated and eventful address voted by the 221, for example,—we felt ourselves bound to follow principles totally at variance with the fundamental basis of our present consti tution.—(Hear, hear.)—l expect some explanations also from the Government on the subject of Poland; glorious Poland! who had placed all her hopes upon that flag which she had raised in her ranks—on that flag placed at the head of the Tiber. ties of Europe, and which ought to be their protector. — (Cheers from the left, silence at the centres.) I expect that these expla_ nations will prove that we are at least upon a level with the age of Louis XV. I shall not sit down till 1 have made mention of an English General, formerly Governor of Guadeloupe.—(Hear, hear.) Gentlemen, lam about to make an appeal. to your hu manity. This officer, while Governor of Guadeloupe, saved the lives of many Frenchmen, and has been twice recommended to the consideration of the Minister of Marine, by rrts lam the Committee of Petitions, as the two reporters, M. epo aGilloovtearn: M. Daunant, can testify, and yet he is now lying in the prise , of Saint Pelagie, undergoing severer sufferings than t hos e from. which he relieved our fellow-countrymen. I hope th eß ment will not suffer his petition to remain any longer unheeded. , The Minister for Foreign Affairs—" Gentlemen, the Hon. De puty who has just sat down has brought numerous reproaches against Ministers, but at least he ought to have been consistent with himself. On the one hand, he makes it our crime not to have supported Poland, and on the other complains of our not having prevented the Austrians entering Italy. Let him tell us whether he wishes for intervention or non-intervention. — (lroni. cal laughter on the left.) Another Hon. Deputy (M. Satverte) has mentioned Sweden, and referred to alliances that preceded the 30 years' war. Why did he not also say that that country had a Charles X. ?—(A member, Say Charles XII.')--that that country had a Charles XII., and that this warlike King, att er having begged succour in Turkey, placed the nation in question in a state of inferiority from which it has never since recovered. We have been charged with having laid down a principle that we have scarcely respected once. But this time, at least, its application was efficacious. If Belgium has been separated from Holland, and forms an independent nation, it is to France she is indebted for it. What seems to have most at tracted the attention of the Chamber was the reading of th e documents found among the archives. When first these papers I were mentioned, I had no knowledge whatever of them. after wards was able to procure them, and am bound to tell the Chain. ber that if all of them had been communicated, it would have seen a proof that war against France never entered into the views of Russia. Documents, in fact, establish that the Emperor of Russia answered the King of Holland, who applied to him for succour against Belgium, that he would afford him succour, on condition that his allies consented to it : and who were these allies 7 France, Austria, and Prusoia. In the offices of the Chancery of Warsaw, plans and projects, of war have bee n found . If the offices of all the Powers of Lurope were searched, there is not one where some plan of an earlier or a later date, for a war, made or to be made, might not be found. What shall I say of the intercepted letters that have been mentioned ? What Hon. Member can assure us that that they are not intercepted letters of the Hon. Deputy who has spoken ?" General Lafayette—. I will deposit these letters." M. Sebastiani--. I do not allude to any of the Members who have spoken.—(Murmurs.) The Chamber will do me the honour to believe me. I come now to the question of peace and war, for the Hon. Deputies who have demanded the strict observance of the principle of non-intervention have not dissembled that the violation of this principle, wherever it might take place, in Italy as in Belgium, was a question of war. Gentlemen, in laying down a generous principle, France never pretended that this principle was a cases belli—(General laughter)—it never could have entered into the thoughts of rational men that France would thereby deprive herself of the power of considering, before she made war, whether it was for her honour, dignity, and inte rest to declare it, The entrance of the Austrians into Modena is, we are told, a case for war. Gentlemen, we know when war commences, but we know not when it will finish. When we speak of the assurances of peace that are given to us, it is re plied, The Powers deceive you ; you will have war in all its fury. No, Gentlemen, if such was their calculation, they would deceive themselves, for they would be forced to assume the offensive, and all the coalitions would c ome b u t t o e xpire, for the soil Of the country would not be long polluted by their presence. The only war that you would have it in your powe r to make would be a war of invasion; and have you calculated , gentlemen, what it would cost were it necessary for us to cross Piedmont or the Rhine? As to the affairs of Italy, I will merely say, that the Bolognese themselves violated the principle of non intervention, by forcing Modena, which still defended itself, to capitulate. It is not without regret that I bring this reproach against them.—(Sensation.) —l cannot enter into more ample details on this subject, for negociations have been set on foot , from which the veil cannot be drawn aside without danger. ", will make war, gentlemen, when the honour and dignity 0 ' France shall require it ; but when we are told that we are called to defend all the nations who shake off the yoke of oppression ,-- that we are condemned to shed for them the blood of our chil dren, and to waste our treasures,—it is seeking to involve us in an eternal war ; and I hope that this does not enter into the in tentions either of the Chamber or of the country."—(Cheer s from the centres.) General Lafayette—" I thought it was the dignity and inte rest of France to support the principles she had ;aid down. I would ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs whether he has not written that France would never consent to see the Austrian forces enter into Italy." M. Sebastiani made a sign in the affirmative.—(Strong sensa tion.) _ . General Lafayette—" I would then inquire what he under stands by the words, ' France will never consent.' " General Sebastiani—" Not to consent, and to make war, are very different things.—(Laughter on the left.)—Generat La marque shrugged up his shoulders. A Member exclaimed, 4, 'Tis pitiful." M. de Schonen—" 'Tis a word without meaning." General Lafayette—" The words ' I will not cement' sig nified in the eyes of the French people, ' I will prevent you r doing it.' For some time a strange abuse has been made of words. After having confounded the partisans of the popular Throne with Republicans, we are now divided into the partisans of war arid the partisans of peace. This manner of thus accusing one another must be renounced. I would again ask the Minister whether he endeavoured to throne any hindrance into the way of the Austrians entering into Italy ?" M. Sebastiani replied that the negotiations being on foot, the secrets of them could not be revealed. M. Mauguin and General Lamarque rose to speak ; but, on the proposition of M. Dupin, the Chamber decided that the further debate should be postponed, to the discUssioa of the Finance Bill presented to the Chamber. The Chamber the!' resolved itself into a Secret Committee. SATURDAY, MARCH 19. In consequence of the determination taken by the Chamber yesterday, of deferring the continuation of the diplomatic dis cussions, provoked by the new bill for 4-12tha of the taxes, until the deliberations should come on relative to he new financial bill, the deputies were to-day in a very small number at the sit ting, which did not commence till half after two o'clock. M. de Lessen (Vice-president) was in the chair; and the Chamber immediately adopted the order of the day, which was the report of the commission charged with the examination of petitions presented to this House. The few members present were com pletely callous to the reading of these reports, and presented somewhat the appearance of men exhausted by the excitement of a preceding day's extraordinary exertions, and it may be easily conceived that none of the parties composing this house could have retired in composure, or enjoyed much indifferent repose, after the interesting, and indeed important, truths laid before them, relating equally , to the interior and exterior policy of the country. None of the petitions that were read are of sufficient interest to be noticed by us, and we will confine our report to the above remarks upon the outward appearance of the house. PRICES OF STOCKS THIS Bank Stock 3 per Cent. lied 3 per Cent. Cons. 7 644 34 per Cent. shut Ditto Red New 3 1 ,4 per Cent ... 85% N% 3 per Cent Ann. 1726 - 4 per Cent. 1926 Bank Long Ann to expire Jan 5, 1860 shut Oct. 10, 1859 shut Jan. 5, 1860... 1614 Jan. 5, 1880 - April 5, 1880 - Jan. 5, 1870 -, DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. New 5 per Cent ..... — India Stock I Ditto Bonds 3 pm. South Sea Stock 85% Old Annuities shut New Ditto 7614 S per Cent. Ann. 1751 Ex BilLs, Xl,OOO l7 16 pm. Ditt0...... Ditto Small Ditto C0mmercia1.......... pm. Ditto Advertised . . pm. Bank for Account India for Account Cons. for April 12 ... 76 6 PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Austrian Bonds — Neapolitan — Brazilian Bonds — Peruvian Bonds Buenos Ayres Bonds — Portuguese Bonds Chilian Bonds — .Prussian, Old Colombian Bonds — Ditto, New — Ditto, 1824 , — Russian — Vanish Greek Bonds — '-- :823 l4O 15 Ditto, 1825 — French Rentes, sp. c. —i. —C. 0 uatimala — '— Exchange ...... —f. —c. Mexican Bonds .... ......... Ditto, 1825 — '— Exchange —l. —c. DOUBLE SHEET ATLAS. CONTAINING NINETY-SIX DEMY FOLIO COLUMNS, AND PRESENTING A PRINTED SURFACE OF FORTY SQUARE FEET, BEING FOUR TIMES THE SIZE OF " 'fHE TIMES" NEWSPAPER. THE ATLAS of NEXT SUNDAY will he published on a DOUBLE SHEET, to give the FULLES F REPORT that can be accomplished in a Single Newspaper, of the IMPORTANT DEBATE on the SECOND READING of the PARLIAMENTARY REFORM BILL. To prevent disappointment, Orders should be given _ _ Bats-rOL-:Mr. Bingham, Mr. Harding, and Mr. Butcher. BATH—Miss Williams and Mr. Barratt. BIRMINGIIAM—Mr. Cooper and Mr. ManselL MANCHESTER—Mr. Lewis, Mr. Wheeler, and Mr. Andrews. LIVERPOOL—.Mr. Wilmer and Mr. Arnold. EDINBURGH—Mr. Walker and Mr. Sutherland. GLASGOW—Mr. M'Phun. Or to any Bookseller or Newsman in Town or Country. Advertisements for the Double Sheet must be sent to the Office by Thursday evening. Printed and published in the Strand, on Saturday after noon, and forwarded by post so as to be received within 200 miles on the following day. , ra At • LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 22, 1831. The discussion that took place last night in the House of Commons on the subject of the Time: newspaper, can deceive none but the wilfully blind, or the profoundly and incurably bigotted. It was evidently an attempt on the part of the borough. mongers to punish a public spirited Journal for having presumed to expose the humbug anti- Reform petition now lying for signature, we believe, somewhere in the east end of the metropolis, a little west of the Whitechapel shambles. This, we be lieve, was the real—sole motive for the attack made on the Times; . but as it would not be altogether politic to have confessed as much, it was resolved to get up a clamour about the libellous insults offered to the more than virgin purity of the boroughtnon gers, who, headed by Sir R. INGLIS, and tailed by Mr. PERCEVAL, made a stout, but of course, a hopeless, fight on the occasion. Sir FRANCIS BURDETT defended the conduct of the Times in one of the manliest—the most convincing— the most argumentative speeches we have read for some time, and Lord ALTHORP having moved the previous question, the squad—notwithstanding the sanctimonious declamation of Mr. PERCEVAL, and the absurd rhodomontade of the Hon. Member for Boroughbridge—were defeated. In the course of the evening Mr. SHEIL made his maiden speech, which was attentively listened to, and throughout much admired. His arguments in favour of Reform were pertinent and forcibly put. The House did not rise till nearly four o'clock in the morning. In consequence of the factious division on Friday night, a hole and corner meeting was got up at the University of Cambridge, for the purpose of peti tioning again%t Reform. So indecent—so precipi tate was the haste with which the whole affair was conducted—that it was actually brought to a con clusion before many of the heads of colleges had the slightest intimation. How discreditable is the sight of men of learning—grave Professors of public institutions, clubbing together for the pur_ pose of defeating so salutary, so patriotic a measure as the Ministerial plan of Reform The following Parliamentary Paper has been published this morning, and is highly seasonable at the present moment. The number of petitions pre- sented in favour of Reform, frem the sth of November to the 4th of March, is 645; but we have no doubt that ten times that number have been presented since the 4th of March, from which period the Ministerial plan of Reform was fairly before the country : REFORM OF PARLIAMENT PETITIONS. REPORT. The Select Committee appointed to examine the Peti. tions in favour of Reform, distinguishing those praying for Vote by Ballot, and to report the same to the House, have proceeded to examine the subject referred to them, and beg leave to submit to the House the following Clas sification CLASSIFICATION of PETITIONS presented to the Honour able the House of Commons, on the subject of Parliamentary R e f o rm, in Session 1830-I ; distinguishing those praying for Reform, Election by Ballot, and Short Parliaments ; and, eo mplaininf of the exaction o f Ti t h es, o f t h e b ur d en o f Taxes, and of the System of Elections of Royal Burghs in Scotland.- sth November, 1830-4th March, 1831. Reform. Ballo Parliaments. t. Short Tithes. Taxes. Royal Burghs. ----- ---- -........--- - 045 280 182 70 239 179 In the French Chamber of Deputies, on Friday last, the President of the Council, together with many others of the new Administration, entered at length into an exposition of the system on which they were resolved in future to act. They are de termined to persevere in a course of energy arid de cision, and to preserve peace—so long as there re mains the slightest possibility of their being enabled to do so. The doctrine of intervention is to be up held, and all popular tumults are to be repressed with promptitude and severity. M. CASIMIR PERIER, we suspect, will have considerable dif ficulty in carrying his thsigns into execu cution. By the Express, however, which ar rived this morning, we learn that the precautions of the new Government had already had the effect of overawing the disaffected. Fresh troops were continually arriving in the capital and its neighbour hood, on the plea that Louts PstiutrPr would re ♦iew them on Sunday next, " when the Parisians would see the degree of discipline to which the young army had attained." German Papers have been received this morning; they contain nothing of importance. We understand that the cause of his MAJESTY'S deferring his visit to the Opera House this evening, arises from the intelligence just received of the death of the Hon. Captain ERSKINE at Pisa, who married Miss AUGUSTA FITZCLARENCE. SIIIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.) FROM LLOYD'S. DEAL, MARCH 2l.—Wind N.E.—Arrived, and sailed for Chatham, the Redman, Freebody, from Sierra Leone ; and Thames, —, from Jamaica. RAMSGATE, MARCH 2l.—Sailed the Hope transport, for Portsmouth. LIVERPOOL, MARCH 20.—Arrived the Comet, Richardson, from New Orleans. HOLYHEAD, MARCH D . —Arrived the Hope, from Liver pool, with loss of rudder ' having struck on a bank off Wexford, hound to Newfoundland. Extract of a letter from the Agent to Lloyd's, at Rye, dated the '2lst inst. :--" The vessel sunk off Fairlight, as reported by the Trinity House in the notice of the 11th inst., has drifted about four miles to the eastward, with her mast about six feet out of water at spring tides, and lies in four fathom water with no buoy, and in a very dangerous situation for vessels bound up and down channel." The Rose, Hom;e11, from Boston, has arrived in the river. The Triton, Fogwell, from Dartmouth, has arrived at Almeira. The Thames, Brown, from London, and Bermuda, has arrived at Savannah. ELECTION COMMITTEES.-(THIS DAY.) LIVERPOOL. The Committee met again this morning at eleven o'clock. The Committee being all in attendance, the examination of Mr. Francis was resumed—l was a member of the Old Committee Club. I was present at several dinners given by Mr. Swart. The witness here shewed somereluctamtb in giving by evidence. The Chairman (Mr. BENETT) requested the witless to give his answer as quick as possible. Mr. Francis said that it was his wish so to do. He could not recollect the conversation at the dinners which he attended at the time Mr. Ewart was present. The remainder of this witness's evidence was of the same nature, and to the same effect as those examined yesterday. Mr. Forshaw was next called, but before giving his evidence he requested_ to have his expences paid. Mr. ADAMS—We have paid him 101. 'on leaving Liverpool, and any other sum the witness requires that is reasonable shall be paid him. This arrangement satisfied the witness, and he proceeded with his evidence. lam an accountant, residing at Liverpool. I was frequently at the King's Arms during the election. I do not remember that the committee-room was called ‘. the pay committee-room." I took an interest in Mr. Ewart's election ; that interest arose en tirely from friendly motives. I never assisted Mr. Ewart in his can vu, neither did I attend any of the clubs with him. I did not even solicit a vote in his favour, I confined myself entirely to the books. The room No. 16, at the King's Arms, was called the pay-room. I used sometimes to go into that room, this was when the paymasters required some explanation of the lists of freemen that I had certified as having voted. I generally found the same persons in the room. I saw gold and bank notes on the table, it was kept in wooden bowls, the bowls were not always full. I will swear that I never saw any money paid to the Captains or Lieutenants, but on one occasion I saw some paid to the electors, but I cannot say what the payments were, or on what account they were paid. The Bank notes were tied up in bundles, but I do not know, nor can I form any opinion of their amount. I remember a woman, named Barber, bringing me a card to sign, certifying that her husband had polled for Mr. Ewart. Ido not know that it was for the purpose of enabling her to be paid. (The witness here appeared very unwilling to give distinct answers to the questions.) Mr. ADAM—You appear, Sir, to be very unwilling to tell what you signed the card for. Upon your oath, don't you know it was for the woman to receive money ? Mr. Serjeant SPANKIE objected to the question, as it was a leading one. After some discussion between the Committee, strangers were ordered to withdraw, and were not re-admitted when our Re porter left. PETERSFIELD. The Committee this morning decided that Messrs. Jolliffes (the sitting Members) were duly elected, and that the petition of Lord Porchester and Mr. Ogle, was neither frivolous nor vexatious. THE FUNDS.(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. We have been favoured with the following important letter from Konigsburg, of the 11th of March, from a most respectable merchant in the city : " It now appears that the Russians have met.with a more ob stinate resistance from the Poles than they expected ; and, ac cording to our information, it appears that it is the wish of the Emperor of Russia to save Warsaw from destruction. The in formation we have just received states, that an armistice has been concluded between the Poles and the Russians, and we are anxiously waiting the result." THE FUNDS. We have no arrivals this morning, with the exception of the express from Paris, by which it appears that Sunday passed off quiet, although the troops of the line are continuing to march on the capital, by which it is obvious that the Govern ment are not without some fears in regard to disturbances. A. report still prevails that Sebastiani was going to resign : he cer tainly cut but a poor figure in contact with old General Lafayette. The express also states that the Poles had gained some advantages. Should our Konigsburg letter be confirmed of an armistice, there is no doubt that the French Ambassador, and that of the King of Prussia, have prevailed on the humanity of the Emperor of Russia, to prevent the entire destruction of Poland. Consols, which kit off yesterday at 75% for the Account, opened at 76; at present they are 764 to lb, and 764 for money. The debates of last night occupy the whole of the attention of the public this morning, who are anxiously waiting the result. HALF-PAST ONE. The steamers and the French express having arrived we have no further information to expect from the continent this day. Our Funds have remained very steady the whole of the morn ing, fluctuating at 76 1 A, alternately buyers and sellers, with little doing to the present hour, and 76%4, for money; but the money market has not been so brisk as yesterday. In the Foreign Market there is nothing doing as yet; prices nearly the same as yesterday. THREE 0' CL 0 CK. Consols '76i. COURT CIRCULAR. The Princess Augusta honoured Lady Caroline Waldegrave with a visit yesterday, at her residence in Curzon-street. The Landgravine of Hesse Homberg, and a select party, dined with her Royal Highness yesterday. The Prince of Orange left town on Saturday for the Continent. The Cabinet Council held at the Foreign Office on Sunday night was attended by the whole of the Cabinet Ministers, with the exception of Lord Holland. The Ministers remained in deliberation till a quarter past twelve o'clock. Sir Murray Maxwell (the Governor of Prince Edward's Island) had an interview with Viscount Goderich yesterday,-at the Cola nial Office. _ . _ Mr. Justice Halliburton, and Mr. Archibald, the Attorney- General of Nova Scotia, transacted business yesterday at the Co lonial Office. The Prussian Minister visited Viscount Palmerston yesterday, at the Foreign Office. Despatches were sent off by an Italian courier last evening for the Hon. General Ponsonby, the Lieutenant-Governor of Malta COBURG THEATRE.-Mr. A. R. BOWES, the box-book-keeper, has his benefit fixed at this entertain ing and popular theatre for to-morrow (Wednesday) night. A gentleman more deserving of public patronage than this young man we do not know. He is ever attentive to the accommodation of the audience, and is consequently held in general esteem by those who frequent the Coburg. On the present occasion lie puts forth a snore than usually at tractive bill of fare. Talent—experience on the part of the performers, who have kindly come forward to volun teer their services, and variety in the pieces announced for representation—these are the grounds on which Mr. Bowls rests his claim to public patronage. We have little doubt he will be honoured by the attendance of a crowded house. - COVENT-GARDEN.—MiSS F.KENIBLE made her appearance here last night for the first time in the arduous character of Lady Constance, in Ring John. The performance was for her own benefit, and a more crowded audience it was never our fate to see. The character of Constance, though among the most beau tiful on the stage—and one in which Mrs. SIDDONS achieved so much popularity—is remarkable for its bre vity, and presents a singular instance of the part of the heroine enduring only to the third act. The most cele brated speeches are the reproof to Austria, that which she delivers sitting on the ground, and the lamentations for Alfred. In each of these three, however, Miss KEataLz fell short of our expectations, and the reason of her failure was evident. The sentences were too la boured. The tones, whether of grief or indignation, were invariably prolonged to a degree that produced any effect but that contemplated by the actress. We are too limited in space to enter into minute criticism, and must therefore conclude for the present with the hope that Miss Kasrsra's personation of Constance may improve by re petition. With the merits of WARDE'‘ King John and KEMBLE'S Faukonbridge the public is already acquainted. The farces of A Day after the Wedding, and The Om nibus, both admirably acted, and some introduced songs by Miss INYERARITY, Miss HUGHES, WILSON, and KEELEY, enhanced the attraction of the evening. • A Portrait of COOPER, the celebrated No velist, will embellish the April Number of the New Monthly Magazine. Among the distinguished literary men of the present day whose Portraits are now succes sively appearing in the above mentioned popular Periodical, there is not perhaps any one respecting whom public cu riosity is so much excited as to the author of the " Pilo!," " Red Rover," Bcc. EXECUTION.—JOIIN SAMSON and GEORGE WESSON, alias BRISTOL BILL, on Saturday morning un derwent the extreme sentence of the law on the drop at the back of the County Gaol at Winchester, SlNsom was convicted at the late Assizes of setting fire to Mr. Bucictasn's farm and premises at Hound, on the 9th Dec. 1828: and WESSON of an atrocious highway rob bery. REFORM AIEETINOS IN SUPPORT HIS MAJESTY'S MINISTERS• MIDDLESEX. Yesterday, in pursuance of a requisition to the She of London and Middlesex, who instantly and with alaV complied with it, a meeting of the freeholders of hit , “ sex was held at the Mermaid, at Hackney, for the I! r P, of adopting resolutions for the support of bis Mars Minisers in the great measure of Reform. par,ao Sir CHAPMAN MARSHALL and Sir WILLIA. presided on the occasion. r p i eltP Mr. Serjeant PELL rose to move the first of tbe tions. H e was, he said, an entire, absolute, and " ti t is lifted friend of that Bill which Ministers had brouggoo for the correction of the abuses in the Comm loot of Parliam en t. Th ese a b uses th e peo pl e had endur ed tbo and patiently—he would not say toe patiently, b ut . n t ha endured them so log that they could nw enduretbe _ O4 to tak e r lo no d longer.—(Loud ch n eers.) On that night T the ee , reading of th e i m p or t an t Bill wa s a ppointed On the event no man could tell what might baPr u r : fo ice every county, t own , v .ll age , an d eve n cottage,' "' foo l cried al ou d th at R e f orm was necessar y, a nd that it e l the peopl e mus t h ave . —(Ch eers .) It was now 0.11 on Lours sin ce h e was ca ll e d upon to secon d a resalu t lised the subje c t a t a grea t meet i ng a t C am b r id g e. He ( 1 6 , 4 ee , the promoters of th a t m ee ti ng as s ome of the nu"," we ase table men i n th e county — some o f th em men of 0 , Os wealth, others o f th em c l erg y men , !mashers 0100 University, o f th e ver y hi g h es t t a l en ts and l ea r be L e e to Alter some obse rva ti on@ u p on th e reso lutions sho ut _Lf of proposed, which we n t t o cu t d o w n that bitter PP"d profligate times, th e r o tt en b oroug h-system, the Serjeant said he h a d h a d th e good or the bad fort:, A hear, amongst oth e r ge n tlem e n who opposed Re f vf ;sl gentleman named Twiss.—(Loud laughter.) Ai r ' he understood, had, like himself, professionally 3P,Psiityer in Westminster-hall,—where, by-the by, be lum l ro per heard that learned anti-reformer,—and had thoug ht P il the to cast in his place in Parliament reflections or t b e ii middle classes of 'society. (Mr. Byng--- ,4 Aye, I' ll :, oy• now very sorry for it.") H e (S erjean t Pell) 0311- " br in answer to that attack, that if - he had to look f°1:11i0( nest English heart, and could not find it is the. be classes, he could find it nowhere—(Loud clieete).•7 be trusted that when Mr. Twiss next r e ad his it' e ' sbtt would, instead of c isting censure around him Ulf:dr to unexceptionable part of the community, endel t "l 4 learn the great rule of "Da unto others as 011 01 , they should do unto you."—(Cheers.) A mo re ts - ga 01 , state could not be conceived than would 'be th e the country if the Bill should be thrown out on the reading. If that were to take place, it would be -113eir Intel} , necessary for the people to put a curb ur o ula feelings.—(Loud cheers.) God only knows Wh i* - happen if the present Ministers were removed. fl og' 1 ° Sir JOHN SCOTT LILLIE, having been called i; s ostl second the resolution proposed by the Hon. and 800 Serjeant, said the measure introduc e d in the lowe r of Parliament by his Majesty's Ministers, under the peel authority, was such es ou ght to sa ti s fy an d tranqu il L i° oo l classes of his Maj es ty's s ubj ec ts wh ose jud g ments biassed by personal interest or party politics. Mr. FITCH supported the resolution. Mr. C. SHAW LEFEVRE, M.P., moved the sect); It solution. He said, that if the Bill were to pass ;O - 0 # it would br ;her chr -of the sigh' tbe p Ale P Je another charter of the rights o, It would unite the people with the aristocracy , 011 , 0 , a great influence to the middle classes.—(Lood Mr. WHITBREAD seconded the resolution. ...I Or Mr STEVENS, of Bishopsgate, proposed the thy-1' lution. Ks Mr. BYNG then rose to address the m e eting. • o f. deratood, that as late as Saturday last, at a meeting JO opponents of the measure, it was the euggeoti °P l,o Or leading man, that the second reading should 0 1 0 06 posed, hut that the great attack was to be roau . ,„ e i a lb e Committee. He hoped that nothing would laucfo"44 Ministers to resign. It was impossib'e for anY r oe' ment to exist now without a people, who were de tz . g i to have what they were entitled so.—(Loud che er ' Mr. Wilks, Colonel Jones, Mr. Williams' s le, Hall, and Mr. Hume, the Member for the CO P T" addressed the meeting, and the resolutions wets mously agreed to. Aof TO THEEDITOR OF THE SU I Lvs SIR,—A petition concerning the Reform Bill wa s r loig o carried through the Senate of the University of Caln,,bio majority of 48 to 29 in the Senior House, and 43 to Yis is t$ nior House. The irregular and surreptitious mann e f e 4 04 this petition was got up has been already cornmunirabOUlS Times newspaper, and is, I doubt not, by this tiraet public. Of the petition self I have not yet been abl e a copy; but, after hearing it read, it was utterly in' OlStr collect from the words of the precious composition it: e o it t l; 1 11 it was a petition against the Reform or against the pic roc o , sentative system. The principal feature in it is an, , the.suffrage being in the hands of persons of "smal l an objection not very creditable to the feelings of 07 . , Add, duals in the University who, much to their own rre, iltal." nour, have raised themselves from that very class o r4e, of small property" to great University distinction .L ments ; but an objection, whether directed a gainst 1104,00 holders, or against apprenticeship freemen, p9tivw„.Zepa Mr. Horace Twiss, we leave its authors to explain. I ;:ire rosli admitted defects in the representative systemOb e of making changes which time and the altered WOO A. 4 00, society rendered necessary. So far it was for Re i ss e r? prayer it entreated the House to proceed ; so far it A * it SP of the progress of the Bill now before Parliament; .P c b, Ay the Honourable House to proceed with caution, w „b a sevioLOs tainly a delicate way of insinuating that the Learnt'. I se — ,o trusted the discretion of the Hon. House, and solv e a oo2 pressions, scattered here and there throughout th, e co ilo showed a variety of incongruous objections to the Bill. Against this mongrel offspring of an unnattiPronc! tifty.three Members of the Senate red6rded their voteesrp the heads of Caius and Corpus, the Professor of 1 04 0 1 . A le i the great majority of the Fellows of Trinity College% sr• well known and well tried friends of the cause of civ+ . gious liberty. I am, Sir, Your obedient servanti. 55 4 , 4 ‘ A MEMBER OF THE Cambridge, March 21. THE MARKETS.-(THIS OW .0 HAY MARKETS.—(At per Load of SR Tra s A 1 0 ES'S.I Pi CUMBERLAND (LATE ST. JAM 6 to ;0 Coarse he ivy Lowland Meadow Hay 0 0 0 7 1 0 New Meadow Hay " la ' ' a Useful Old Ditto Fine Upland Meadow and R)e-grass Hay A 5 1 4 4 Clover Hay a 0 to.„Pr Oat Straw £1 12 to £1 16 1 What Straw.... or 1 4 ' -o- Meadow Hay ss. to 10s., Clover Hay 55., and Sq. brilX ,0 higher than last quoted. A moderate supply, ana • '0 STHFIEL to ql 1 1 .1 0 Coarse heavy Lowland Mea Ml dew Hay ..... D. .......... — 0 0 0 0 S New Meadow Hay I I, Useful Old Ditto Fine Upland Meadow and Rye-grass Hay A 0 Clover Hiy (extra fine)...£s s... Generally •••• I 14, Oat Straw £1 10 to £1 14 1 Wheat Straw, _, Supply limited, and trade somewhat brisk ; Priw' tb i --_,.--.- i f" PRICE OF BREAD. . 100 The highest price of Bread in the Metropolis 11. 0 i Ilb. Loaf. There are others who sell from ,4d. ' that price. PRICES OF HOPS.—March2l. t 14 h 1, 0 ' 81, 103. el. 47i. 4s. _lo+o Kent Pocket Syntex Ditto - Inez Ditto Bl. Os. 9 i. °s l., tO C °. Farnham Ditto. Fine. . . OF. Os . 151• —to Seconds 01. Os. 81 • :to l -- 41. Os. SI- .7"" to -4 6/. lbs. N ' s. to 91 ' 71. Os. Kent Bags.. Essex Ditto Sussex Dii Oil, brown .0 PRICE OF OIL. .40 0 0 a 0 —4oi. 6s. 110. Linseed Oil _ ....nro. ,. Linseed Oil Cake at the Mill, per thousand Rape Cake, per ton _...--19, _,,.. 041. '--ifircy lip- WHITECHAPEL HAY BIARKIaI_. '5,1. 0 . Hay —....... 50s. Od. to 80s. Od. I ('lover ...,-.0 01 „ A • 5traw...................... 365. Od. to 40s. `-'"' ~,, h 10.,tr - PRICE OF FOTATOES.--laar c- 61 r - Kidneys 3/. lOs. to 31• i n .: clit in ' Scotch Reds 3L 15s. to 4 1 . . v- ttg.... C°. Marsh Champions OL Os, to 41. lv, Oxnobles and Shaves 3j, 56. to 3 1 . ' , (I , , d. S I ° nAw HIDE& n . i I°g tb Per Stone. a. d. to s. d. I Per Sto _ O , 6 6 Rest Heitvrs & Staers2 8 3 0 Ordinary •—•"":17,. Middlings.. 9 4 2 6 Market Caw. — t9 ts• - - Ocl• SHEEP SKINS. 3°. Long Wool ...... ss. Od. to 7s. 6d.1 Short W001,....17 Shearlings.,........ Os. Od. to Os. v. /a L 0 rLEATIIbit• .1/ e I t liiatie 0 Tanned 1-10,16;;,...e' 1,0 Spanish Ditt 9 e n. w rer ( 1 " O 0 4 C a lf Skins 4 JD 9l e Ditto to d Ditto Small Seals ' -• • • LL 110` th e 4 tth e b Y be Reg , tt ki tie t 7 Pc gable d 1 1nri C t k LA ' Y D , S Ms tOR) Lint be fou Print.] IR E exf 41 ker, to be tr E T I TEET] Lt TI, to N i 1.1). 14, be l 'e in 10y, E D `‘ERA / Nell h I lti o4 • 8 '• ' ilthe Si Y 4 th e m any Ast t tAL TE a 'k)I VAT ,1 33 . 14 ' 1 ' ( : ran 14AZ TI] N•B 1) 1 / 71 Sig C~~Na . I Ah »u Ch d ~ew ~OAi~ ey ' Fi g C, pOrcF PRICES OF Per lb. d. to d. to 561 b.... 15 22 to 661 b.... 16 23 Dressing 14 16 Fine Coach Hides i 6 18 Crop Hides, 85 to 401 b. 13 14i Ditt0..........40 to 451 b. 14 16 Ditto J 04 , `4 4 ‘ .. 5 ------"---11• .0" ' COAL Al ARKE 1.-111arch„0„00 „ , '" .5 6 Adair's ..--,-.....-.- 245. Pd. Walls End r.,., 0 0... , 17, „,", 6 Bensham Main .--.-- '2i 0 Ditto Monkse,worri'd ..,T 0 Bishop's Main....-.-- 21 6 W111102:114 l' le ner l3° ''''' 0 Dean's Primrose.. _23 6 Ditto 15i0rt!...,„,:," i 5 0 P er kins 4 0 Kenton West .24 6 Ditto Per , ~i . ,, .: :;0,...',,,,,,.•,, Ord's Redhugh --. '22 9 Ditto llicloor ~„ '5 6 Peiaw ... Shipeote-,.....----.. '23 6 Walls Eultobtui),, 0 I•antield ----,.. 25 6 Walls En. 1 ,00 5- ,, , o u Townley .23 9 Walls k%," d i s ierv., o lo o 0 , i () t e o y l.7:on 8:: 2.4 M Wylain --------. 21 0 W. K 1 ,;:a 1 )00 „ :„.,„ , - 53 -„ Walls End Bell and Co. 25 0 v an es r Tee ....,,,.... , , Ditto Clarke and Co. -. 23 0 \ N v V a a l ll l s si E n rn i i c ß a w e w r 11 0 ' isi--.......... 21) 6096 CNllllVo'i:awitrutilt°plitits:eetV:r.:::L"'ilic,ll:::reaci".".-111,11:0.""':1„,.'1">'el:0. '3 , 2 5 °:° . '11 ; ° O av6 C Walls End Gosforth...- 26 9 Walls End Carr and Co. 23 0 Shipeoteder..<,:cier ,",", C o Tantield -.- , r ,O ',6 Ditto Heaton 26 9 Walls end ~,all ta. I ' 011 '"" v i vo. Walls End Hilda , 24 3 Callert .4.......„ siiips at market '2207.._..._............__..._.-Ships sr" Walls ,,,,,a15 , ,,. 4 , :63 Ditto pe0etn,0_,,,2,66 0 NlDPNl°i'etelbiltßlPrienaNivrit:llinlno ri :2343 ° Li PRP: P En AND _ ÜBLIMIED DY —DO 0 "6" ) : SVN OFFicr, 11 2 , STansv, 1. DIED. On the 14th inst. T J ame s, Esq., 01 leY T. nington, aged 66. ~~ 0 B. F ra n k Ol 11 'Oh