The Sun. — London, England, 1831-05-21 00:00:00

FRANCE. CASIMIR PERIER-TOUR OF LOUIS PHILIP-CIVIL WAR IN LA VENDEE--UNHAPPY POLAND-STATE ()VITAL Y-PIEDMONT-MODENA-PAPAL STATES -BELGIAN AFFAIRS! To the EDITOR of the MORNING CHRONICLE. PAR I S , MAY 18, 1831. SlR,—The King has set out on a tour to the Northern Departments. This is a wise and prudent step. It is said that he is to con verse with the people—to visit the manufac tories—to talk to the farmer —to investigate the state of public feeling, and to learn for him self what people think between Paris and Havre, and from Beauvais to St. Cloud. If this be so, the journey will be a good one—and some very important results may arise from the visit. We learn that his Majesty has been received with smiles—with a cclamations, and with ev en enthusiasm. This is as it should be. Louis Philip was the Mon arch of the people's ch o i ce , and although he does not seem thoroughly to understand why he was elected, yet he is a young beginner as a King, and experience will, we hope, teach him the rest. If not—why the nex t journey he takes may not be quite so po pular a one ; and the third may resemble those of some of his illustrious predecessors ! But whilst the King is in Normandy there are troubles in La Vendee. How is this ? Let me tell you. La Vendee, as you may well know, was always Royalist. Her Chouan Chiefs are distinguished in the page of history, and loyalty in France only exists in this large and important province. Ever since the Revolution of July, La Vendee has been in a state of insurrection, except for a short time, after a visit paid by Ge neral Lamarque, who has much influence there, and whose destitution has tended to increase the dissatisfaction of the liberal party, and to ei►- courage the hopes and double the insolence of the Carlists. For months past the state of La Vendee has been known to the friends of liberty at Paris. The white flag has been hoisted on many a steeple, and been even exhibited at many a Mairie. The Government has been urged to change the Royalist Mayors, communal, and other officers, and to appoint those who were not merely willing to walk with the revolution, but anxious to render it popular and beloved. If the Government had done this, many a robbery would have been prevented, many a murder avoided, and La Vendee would not have been what it is to-day, in a state of civil war. The Government has proceeded on the principle of conciliating the Carlists. If the Carlists had merely cried " Vive Charles X." they might have been let alone; but when armed mobs assemble to attack private citizens, then it is the duty of a Government to take decisive steps and repressive measures. I will go the greatest length in allowing men to entertain, and even propagate by writings and speeches their opinions, though opposed to the majority ; but I will never so disgrace the word " Liberty" as to suppose she requires the aid of guns, and mobs and brick-bats, to assist the cause in a country where the millions love her. It is not because the mobs in La Vendee are Carlist and Royalist mobs, that I am for suppressing them, hut it is because the mobs are of a very different character in La Vendee to those of which we have so often spoken in Paris. In La Vendee they poison cattle, burn rick-yards, destroy houses, turn up fields, attack private persons, and do all this to create civil war, and thus, as they hope, overturn the throne of Louis Philip, and restore to the " arms" of an adoring country the much-expected and desired Duke of Bor deaux ! ! The situation of La Vendee to-day is very serious. Bands have been long organizing. A system of ruffianly attack has been long practised ; and now it will take thousands of troops to put down dis turbances which, if the Government had acted with wisdom, would never have commenced, or would have been instantly suppressed. I hate the argument of cannon balls and prisons as much as any one can do ; but if a thief will break into my house and rob me, it is of no use my looking on and applauding him from the window. I must take my rifle and shoot him. At length the forces have been sent ; a commander has been appointed ; and in a few days we shall learn whether the modern Ven deitns are as bold as the ancient ones ; and whe ther they will be disposed to shiver a lance for the son of the Duchess de Berri. Some letters from La Vendee state, that the troops sent are not sufficiently numerous, and that their defeat will encourage the aggressors. If this be the case, let us hope that the Government will take warning, and that at any rate it will know how to put down civil war. I must not omit to add, that in La Vendee the friends of liberty have been discouraged by the destitution of Lafayette, and by the continuance in office of men who have served in the departments all the Ministers from 1814 to 1830. Poland ! unhappy Poland ! demands from us to-day more than a passing sigh, or the notice of a postscript. Left unaided and alone to contend with the open opposition of Prussia and the miserable treachery of Austria, as well as against the troops of the Emperor Nicholas, Poland is in a position of unusual difficulty, and even of increasing danger. The revolution in Lithu • ania, though by no means stifled, is considerably weakened ; and although nearly all the accounts which we receive from that quarter come from Berlin, where the Court is engaged in oppress ing and ruining the cause of the Poles, yet it is, alas, too evident that the millions had not suffi cient confidence in the Lithuanian Nobles who had so long oppressed them ; and the Lithu anians thought they perceived that it was only a change from servitude to the Emperor to servitude to their local oppressors. Although, therefore, we are not without hope as to the cause of liberty in Lithuania, yet certainly that hope is less brilliant, and every day some event transpires which tends to prove that at all risks and all hazards, the Russian Govern ment is resolved on putting down the spirit of freedom in the ancient provinces of Poland. Bus if th e news from Lithuania be discouraging, how much so is the intelligence from From Vol hynia. thence the news, to which I ad verted in a recent letter, is but too sadly con firmed ; and Dwernicki, the gay, the brave, the bold, is now a disarmed prisoner in tl e Austrian t e rritory. When the Cossacks were defeatd in Lithuania, and fled withto the frontiersit of Prussia, del they were receivedthen sent ho floured, and re-equipped, anl h on a u ilan hands, andatchk a g ain to fight for the cause or despotism legitimacy. But when p resse d Polish troops, to the number of f our thousand, e entered the Austrian territory, soldiers and o ffi. cers were disarmed—the arms were given up to the Russian conqueror. Dwernicki and his Etat-Major sent to Laybach and Gratz ; and it is said that the soldiers are distributed in various parts of the Austrian dominions ! Yet this is called the principle of non-intervention !—and it was to obtain this state of things that the Revo lution of July and all its fruitewere abandoned to the party of the Restoration, and to the Royalism of Louis the Eighteenth. It is true that' Diebitsch is said to be retreating from the Vis tula—but what then ? Does he not remain sur rounded by more than 100,000 troops ? Have not large reinforcements been sent, or com manded to proceed to him ? Has not the Em peror expressed his resolution to exterminate the Poles, and not to allow the interference of either France or England ? And will both France and England submit to this insult, and acquiesce in this policy ? It is true that the Poles are brave—are valiant beyond praise, and patriotic beyond comparison—but yet the Poles are but men—the population of Poland is but small—if unaided by Lithuania and Volhynia, it cannot continue the contest without resigning its existence ; and although it is resolved on doing so even to the last, yet are England and France to leave to their fate such heroes, such patriots, and such freemen ? It is true that the second campaign of Russia may be as unsuc cessful as the first. But does not the Emperor even count on this? Has he not declared, that if two are not sufficient, then three must be tried, and so on ? And is it not evident, that if Poland by degrees shall lose her officers, her Generals, and her soldiers, that at length she must be ruined and overwhelmed ? Well, then. this is the policy of the Emperor ! He is no generous foe! For his first campaign, or at least for the first steps of that campaign, he might have been pardoned ! He was told that a handful of brigands had made an insurrection, and that the mass of the people did not acquiesce in the revolt. He sent an army to try this, and what was the reply ? The whole population rose, and Diebitsch re tired. Now, then, the Emperor can plead igno rance no longer ! The national feeling is clearly expressed ; and if he were a noble and generous foe—if his heart were capable of feeling, and if he were not dead to all the charities of life, he would command his army to retreat, and be the first to acknowledge the independence of Poland ! But no; be requires submission—unqualified submission—refuses intervention—refuses con ferences and negociations—refuses a Constitu tion to Poland, and is resolved on exterminating the whole population, or on obtaining the un - - conditional submission of the Poles ! This is the state of the question. Do not, I pray you, shut your eyes to the fate of this glorious, but unfor tunate people. Rather urge on the British Go vernment the duty of sending an Envoy to War saw to represent British interests—to recognize the Revolution—to negotiate for peace—and to prevent the commencement of a yet more savage and murderous campaign against the liberties of the Poles From Italy also the news is by no means sa tisfactory. Of the new King of Sardinia I can scarcely yet dare to speak. It is true that his path is difficult, and that he is surrounded by bad advisers ; but the Prince de Carignan pos sesses more than that small portion of sense which falls to the lot of Princes—he knows the misery and degradation of his subjects—he knows that for them liberty would be happiness and wealth and glory—and, above all, he knows that he has solemnly vowed, on more than one occasion, that if ever he should be King of Piedmont, his subjects should be free, educated, and happy. The news, which to this moment we have received, is not favourable to this im proved state of things. From Modena we hear of nothing but trials, condemnations, confiscations, and cruelties How could it be otherwise ? France declared that the Austrians should not enter the Duchy ; but they entered, and France submitted to this act of injustice and outrage. And now what avail the letters of the French Ambassador, or the despatches of the Palais Royal, or the visits of M. Perier's son ? The Duke will not be lieve in the word, or the honour of France, and he believes that he may trample on both with impunity. From the Papal States we have an amnesty ! An amnesty, indeed ! But for whom ? For those who made the Revolution? No. For those who dethroned the Pope, established a popular Government, and aided the patriots of Italy ? No. An amnesty has been granted, but it is an insult to call it so, since the ex- ceptions to the amnesty are more numerous than the rules. Even the Journal des Debats; the steady and zealous defender of the Casimir Perier Administration, admits that it is no amnesty at all ; that France has not yet ob tained either the evacuation of the Roman States, or the " pardon" of the insurgents ; and yet it was to be thus insulted and betrayed that we were asked to abandon the true prin ciples of the July Revolution, and to abandon ourselves to confidence and peace. From Belgium we have by no means satisfac tory or encouraging intelligence. The object of the revolution has for a while been defeated by intrigue, by fear, and by imprudence. The enemies to the union of Belgium and France have sought for another plan, but hitherto in vain, and at length they have been obliged to re turn to the question of war with Holland ! M. Lebeau.has, it is true, proposed to the King of the Dykes the appointment of Commissioners. But for what object ? To decide that Belgium will be independent ? No; that has been de cided by the millions already. To decide that Belgium shall consist of Luxembourg and Lim bourg ? No ; for that has been decided by the Congress. Well, then, what is the use of ap pointing Commissioners ? To settle the amount of debt ? Why so—when the Dutch army has done more injury to Brussels, to Antwerp, and to all the provinces they have devastated, than all the debt of Holland could pay for. No, no ; let Holland pay all the debt of the Pays Bas, both ancient and modern, and both principal and interest ; and let not the Belgians consent to bear a farthing. War, then, must at length decide the controversy. But for the protocols of Lon don it would have decided all long ago. Hol land cannot make a successful war on Belgium, and the Belgian army can now chase with ease the Dutch troops from the Belgian provinces. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, 0. P. Q. We regret to state, that an explosion from fire-damp took place on Tuesday in a coal-pit belonging to Mr. BROMILAW, near St. Helen's, attended with dread. ful loss of life. Sixteen persons were in the pit at the time. Six bodies have already been taken out, and great fear is entertained respecting the fate of the other suf ferers.—Liverpool Courier. An extensive wood, near Boughton, was last week,,hy means not yet ascertained, set on fire, and as the wind blew strong at the time, between 30 and 40 acres of wood were destroyed in about four hours. The proper t y belonged.& to G. Gires, nnight, a wood Esq., of Howlett'. On Monday t ,, w. 0 HAminoli in , the same neighbourhood, belonging formed that anoth er fire occurred" w , Esq., accidently caught fire, but no mat ai i a l d amage sustained. We have been in. yesterday, in a wood of G. Girrs, Esq , but h av enlars. —Kent Herald. been unable to l earn the parti- NEW PARLIAMENT. MEMBERS RETURNED. ABERDEENSHIRE—Hon. Captain W. Gordon. AYnsnlßE—William Blair, Esq. CAITHNESS-SHIRE AND BUTESIIIRD.-G. Sinelair,jun., Esq. ROXBURCHISHIRE—H. F. Scott, jun., ESQ. APPLEBY—Lord Viscount Maitlan; Hon. H. Tufton. Bossistry—Hon. J. S. Wortley ; E. R. Tunno, Esq. STATE OF THE POLLS. NORTHAMPTONSHIRE. PRNIBROKESITIRR. • Lord Althorp ... 2433 Sir John Owen 1664 Lord Mi1t0n....... 0 096 Mr. Greville 1610 Cartwright 1973 Knightley 1393 POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.) BOW-STREET. James Jackson was brought before Mr. HALLS, ac cused of stealing a pair of ear-rings out of the room where his mother was lying dead. He was taken into custody while in company with a young girl, to whom he had given the earrings; his father appeared against him, but Mr. HALLS would not entertain the charge, as be thought the father muck to blame in his conduct to his son. The girl was called and received a severe reprimand from the worthy Magistrate, along with some good advice he told her she was yet young enough to mend, being only lb, and would advise her to go home and attend to her parents, and never again be seen in company with such a character. The prisoner was remanded to Wednesday, to give time to make inquiries about some duplicates for handkerchiefs which were found upon him. Young was committed for passing bad money. He is well known as one of a gang who go about buying a pennyworth of gin, or any small article, and tendering bad money. There were several charges against him, only one of which was entered into, upon which he was fully committed, and the parties bound over to prosecute. A person applied to Mr. HALLS for advice under the following circumstances :—He stated that he had been in the new Police, but was discharged about a year ago, since that time he has been working at his business as a soap boiler, but his master's business falling off he was turned off, with a very excellent character for honesty and sobriety. Wishing again to get into the Police, he sent in the cha racter to the Commissioners, and yesterday had it re turned with a red stamp across it, saying "Dismissed the Police Force." He applied to Mr. Halls for advice, as he could not go any where to seek for such a character. Mr. HALLS thought it a most unwarrantable and cruel proceeding. He said, if it had been a character of their own granting, the case would have been different, but to stamp another person's in such a manner, was what he could not think was at all just or proper. He was very sorry that be could not interfere, but would recommend that application should be made to the Commissioners, as he could not believe that it was done by their order or privity though under their authority. The applicant thanked the Magistrate and withdrew. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning... 4 minutes after 11. I Evening... 32 minutes after 11, TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. beg leave, through the medium of your Paper, to remind the public authorities of the necessity of their issuing some coercive mandates with regard to dogs. A multitude of filthy curs, with their tongues lolling out, are running about the streets, to the imminent danger of the public ; this requires marked attention and the im• mediate interference of the police. I am, Sir, &c. THE REFORM BILL. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,-1 am happy to find by the Caledonian Mercury that the Lord Advocate of Scotland has satisfactorily ex, plained those parts of his speech, in the Council Chamber, which furnished the enemies of Reform with some new grounds of clamour. Indeed, from the manner in which that learned person spoke of his connection with the Ministry, but very little weight is to be placed upon his st ements , in as far as they relate to the ulterior in tenth. ot the Cabinet with regard to the great measure of Reform. My object in now addressing you is first to thank you for the patriotic use made of your Paper on this occasion, and next to suggest the necessity of both Earl Grey and Lord John Russell stating, without any shade of reserve, their sentiments upon the charges brought against them as to their contemplated changes in the details of the Re form Bill. These illustrious men will please to remember that they are the Alinistry of a people's choice and support, and that they are pledged to the Bill, the whole Bill, and nothing but the Bill; and that any material departure from it will overthrow their whole pretensions to the re spect and favour of Britons. The melodious Rogers has said that Columbus " Left a world his monument ;" our magnanimous Sovereign will leave a still nobler memento of hispatriotism and wisdom— he will leave till Britons exist no more, and till the spirit of freedom has fled from our happy isle, the warm and grate ful remembrance of an unparalleled benefit bestowed by him upon us—a benefit enhanced in value by the difficulties which opposed its bestowal. I am, Sir, yours, faithfully, A BRITON. PRICES Or IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, MAY 17. ank Stock —lSt. Patrick lnsur. (per sh.) Consols, 3 oer cent. Gov. Stock, 3% per cent 90 National Ditto... ......... ..... Ditto, New 904 Patriotic Ditto I% t per Cent — Hibernian Bank 187,, Gov. Deb. 3% percent.... 57 1 ,1 'Provincial Ditto — Royal Canal Stocx 4O ..Royal Irish Mine — Grand Canal Stock 24% Imperial Mine — City Deb. 4 per cent ...... Mining Co. of Ireland Ballast Office Deb. 4p. c. ;Commercial Buildings — NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. PORTSMOUTH, MAY 20.—Arrived this afternoon, his Majesty's ship Blonde, 46, Capt. Sir T. Pasley, Bart., from the Mediterranean, but the wind being foul she has not yet arrived at the quarantine ground, and consequently no news from her up to post hour. His Majesty's ship Mersey, 26, Capt. G. W. C. Cour enay, was passed by the Brunswick, Plymouth, and Portsmouth steamer this morning, and may be expected with a freight of dollars every minute. Sailed this morning his Majesty's ship St. Vin cent, 120, Capt. Senhouse, with Vice-Admiral Sir H. Hotham's flag flying, destined to take command of the Mediterranean squadron. Immediately on her arrival at Malta, the Britannia, 120, Vice-Admiral Sir P. Malcolm, will return to this port and be fitted for the Commander-in-Chief's flag. The departure of so large a ship from this port, drew toge'llir a large assemblage of families of distinction, and amongst them we may reckon—Earl Northesk, Sir R. Stopford, Sir G. C. Hammond, Sir H. Burrard, Sir E. Tucker, Sir J. Wilshed, Lord Hotham, Sir T. Rowley, Colonel Dyke, Admiral Hill, &c. &c. Above a thousand souls sailed in her, and a finer or better disciplined ship never left England for any foreign station. At six o'clock, P.M. it was thought that the St. Vincent would return to the anchorage the wind getting round to the south-west. The Flying Fish, Dutch brig of war, Captain Tuning, has been cruising its the Channel for the protection of the Dutch flag. She arrived here yes terday, and sailed again this day. Of the squadron assembling at Spithead the fol lowing have arrived :—His Majesty's ship Donegal, 76, Captain J. Dick, a remarkably fine ship; and the Wellesley, 76, Captain Rowley. The Cale donia, 120, and Revenge, 76, are expected from Plymouth every moment. Besides the Prince Re gent, Talavera, and Asia line•of-battle ships, the frigates Barham, Alfred, and Curacoa will also join the squadron. His Majesty's ship Pallas goes out of harbour to morrow direct for Plymouth. His Majesty's schooner arrived from Plymouth on Thursday. The Noble owner of the favourite for the late Derby is said to be a loser to the tune of upwards of 20,0001. by the " untoward event." DEATH OF THE EARL OF LISBURNE. — This Noble Earl expired on Wedni sday, in the 63d year of his age. His Lordship was advanced to the rank of Colonel in the army, January 1, 1800, and succeeded his brother in the family honours, May 6, 1820. The Earl married, August 2, 1798, the lion. Lucy COURTENAir , fifth daughter of WILLIAM, second Viscount COURTENAY , and sister to the Noble Lord who has recently established his claim to the Earldom of Devon. By the Countess, whose dissolution occurred, December, 1821, his Lordship has left a surviving family of five children, viz. EarrzsY, Lord VAUGHAN, born October, 1900 (now Earl of Lts nuasz) ; 2. lion. GEORGE VAUGHAN, born February, 1802, Captain in the Bill. Brigade; 3. Hon. JOHN SHAFT° VAUGHAN, born October, 1803 ; 4. Hon. WIL LIAM MALET VAUGHAN, Lieutenant 4th Dragoon Guards, born 1807 ; 5. Lady Lucy HARRIET VAUGHAN, bo rn February, 1809, unmarried. His Lordship's sister, Lady DOROTHY ELIZABETH VAUGHAN, married the late Sir LAURENCE PALE. Lady MALET VAUGHAN, his Lord• ship's other sister, is unmarried. Lord LISBURNE was little known by the part he took in politics ; indee I the Earldom, being an Irish title, did not entitle him to a seat in the House of Lords WHITE CONDUIT HOUSE AND GARDENS. THESE Splendid GARDENS OPEN on AIONDAY EVENING, for the SUMMER Season. Great improvements have been made, and the Pro prietor flatters himself that the Entertainments will be un rivalled—he will at least assure the Public, that compe tition shall only tend to increased exertion to please—to merit that preference of which it is his pride to boast. The ENTERTAINMENTS on MONDAY, and during the WEEK, will be ENTIRELY NEW. Some of the First Professional Characters have been engaged, and there will be a continued variety of amusement. On MONDAY there will be a GRAND GALA, con. sisting of a Concert of Vocal and Instrumental Music, Ballet, Performance on the Slack Rope, by the inimitable Mr. BLAaKIIIORE, a grand display of Fire Works, and other Entertain ments.—The Gardens will be opened at Seven o'clock. Refreshments of every description, and the most mode rate charges. 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'---- Exchange —f. —c. 1 ...--- 2 per cent. Exchange PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCE. Paid. Per Share. Brazilian Imp. Min. Co. (ss. at 5/. pm.) £2O Ditto St. John Del Rey lO 71 4 Ditto Cocacs 5 5 COURSE OF XXcx, Amsterdam C.F.12 2 Ditto, at sight. '1 19 Rotterdam 2 U 12 2 Antwerp 12 Hamburg M.B. 13 12 Altona l3 121 Paris, 3 days' sight 25 20 Ditto 2 U. 25 50 Bordeaux 25 55 Berlin Frankfort on Maine, Ex. M. 1501 Petersburgh, ruble, 3 Us. 10 0 Vienna, effective 2. 2M. 10 4 Trieste d 0...... 10 5 Madrid 3 7 14 Cadiz 374 Bilboa 37 Barcelona 2 614 Seville 3654 Gibraltar 474 ,NCE YESTERDAY. Leghorn 48 Genoa 25 55 Venice 46 IMalta 46 Naples 394 Melillo per oz. 119 Lisbon Oporto 46% Rio .laneiro Bahia 25 Buenos Ayres Dublin, 21 days' sight l% Cork l% BULLION, PER OZ. X. 6. d. Portugal Gold, coin 0 0 0 Foreign Gold, in bars 3 17 101 New Doubloons 0 0 0 New Dollars Silver bars, standard 0 4 111 .• • Tibr LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 21, 1831. News—great news for the Reformers ! Sir R. PEEL is corning round ! Yes, the denouncer of the French revolution—the sworn foe of Journalism—the rabid Ultra Reformer, and then the " bit by bit " Reformer--the Ex-Minister who asserted that " it had ceased to be an object of fair ambition with any man of equal and consistent mind to enter into the service of the Crown "—the Statesman who became frantic when he first learned the tidings of the dissolution of Parliament, which he well knew must ensure the success of the great measure ; this most pliable politician is at length coming round ! He has discovered that the people are in the right, and that he has been in the wrong ; and that the best thing he can now do, is to swim with the stream, instead of longer attempting to make head against it. He is now all for tolera tion. " Gentlemen," said he, " the chief lesson I have learned in public life is toleration." And I a most excellent lesson too. But what a pity the Right Hon. Member has been so long learning it ! We suspect he has not been a willing student. The schoolmaster's birch, we conceive, has been mainly instrumental in his conversion. He has been flogged into wis dom. However, better late than never; and if Sir ROBERT really see the necessity of walking side by side with the age, instead of lagging sulkily in the rear ; if he really be convinced of the propriety of throwing overboard his old heresies, and becoming a Re former with the rest of the world; if he really be the tolerant Statesman he would lead us to suppos e ;—we shall respect his prudence, though as a politician of sagacious and enlarged reach of mind, he will doubtless lose considerably in public estimation. The Right Hon. Baronet went on to observe that he " had never been the decided supporter of any band of partisans ; but had always thought it much bitter to look steadily at the political circumstances of the times in which we lived ; and V necessities were so pressing as to demand it, there was no dishonour or discredit in relinquishing opinions or measures, and adopting others more suited to the altered circumstances of the country." These remarks are curious in more points than one. In the first place, Sir ROBERT labours under an hallucination—" toto ccelo errat"—when he as serts that he has always looked steadily at the po litical circumstances of the times in which he lived. He has never done any such thing. His great fault is that he has always looked unsteadily at the character of the age; that every concession he has made to it, has been wrung from him ; that he has yielded nothing to reason, but every thing to necessity. Look at his conduct with regard to Catholic Emancipation, submitted to cnly at the eleventh hour, when Ireland from one end to the other was one vast volcano, threatening destruction to the whole • empire. Again, look at his present hints about toleration, &c. Are these the results of a steady survey of the temper of the times ? Far from it. They are the offsprings of doubt and vacil lation ; of a mind which wants confidence in itself; which would fain, but cannot, rely on its own energies. Had Sir It. PEEL looked steadily at the age, which he imagined he could controul, he v ould have been a Reformer months since ; he would have been converted by the French revolution, and the spi rit that it has set in motion throughout Europe. But he has become convinced only when con viction ceases to be a merit. He avows himself a Reformer only when the question has been carried without him ; only when other and more laborious hands have sowed the seed of which he now hopes to reap the harvest. When the Reform question is all but settled ; when the toil—the anxiety—necessary to bring it to a successful close are ended ;—then, and not till then, in steps Sir ROBERT PEEL with, I too am a Reformer. " Call you this backing your friends? A plague on such backing." But e have another complaint to urge against the Right Hon. Ex-Secretary. He hints that the necessity for Reform has now become apparent. Of course by this he means that the elections have decided the question beyond the power of refutation. If this be the case, pray why was Sir ROBERT so averse to a dissolution of Parliament, by which alone the sense of the community could be ascer tained ? Surely he should have exulted in the idea of making himself acquainted with the public feeling on a subject so momen tous as Reform, for thus only could he form a correct judgment ! But the night Hon. Baronet is in this, as in many other instances, wholly indefensible. All that we can say in his praise is, that he has evinced a disposition to come round, and this, ob serve, not to moderate Reform, but to the sweeping measure projected by Ministers. Sir ROBERT well knows that all mock Reform is idle now. He must be a sincere and ardent con vert, or what becomes of his toleration towards the people ? The Northamptonshire election still goes on prosperously for the Reform candidates, Lords MILTON and A LTHORP. We have received by express from Paris the Journal des Debals of Thursday : The Auysburg Gazette of the 14th states that letters from Belgrade, of the 10th of May, announce that the Grand Vizier had been obliged to capitulate, owing to the want of provisions. We learn with pleasure that forces have been sent to La Vendee. The National Guards of Tours have taken up arms to advance before two regiments of the line pro ceeding to the above destination. A dozen bands, each of them from thirty to fifty men, are on the t.vo sides of the river Loire ; they are composed of vagabonds and con demned persons set at liberty ; they are armed with mus kets of various descriptions, and amongst them are several Vendeans on the pension list of Charles X. Each man receives thirty sous per day, regularly paid. Few troops are at present in that country. (From the Courrier Francais of Thursday.) CONSTANTINOPLE, APRIL 25.—We learn that there have arrived here two Polish emissaries, who have had a secret interview with the Dragoman of the Porte. At the finish of this conference the Divan is to as semble. It is reported that the French Ambassador has made an important communication to the Reis Effendi on the part of his Government, previously communicating it to the English Ambassador, who went to the Russian Am bassador, and told him the substance. Immediately a courier was despatched to St. Petersburgh to inform Nicholas of the intentions of the French Cabinet to aid the Poles in their emancipation, and to revolutionise Prussia and Austria. We do not find in the French Morning Papers of Thurs day any fresh news from Poland. We have been favoured with the following letter from Carthagena, dated March 16 : " We addressed you on the 4th current that an attempt at revolution had been made in this department, which had been at once crushed ; it is now our painful duty to state that General Lague, who commanded the battalions, has taken the side of the Insurgents, by whom he has been declared Chief of the Civil and Military Departments, and is in full march with 1,000 men to attack the city ; he is now within four leagues of our gates. The municipality have residved to defend the place, and we are in expec tation of all the horrors of a siege. Santa Martha has adopted Lague's principles, so that our whole department is in a civil war. The troops sent by the Government have passed over to him. The very capital is in danger ; the militia has been put under arms for its defence." THE FUNDS.—(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE 0' CL 0 CK. A Lisbon mail has arrived by the Magnet, sailed the Sth May; also a mail from Vera Cruz, by the Eclipse, sailed on the 7th April. She landed the mail in Ireland owing to the strong easterly winds, consequently we have no papers or letters as yet. The American packet has arrived off Liverpool, but as yet we have no intelligence from her. THE EUNDS. Consols opened this morning at.the same price they left off at on Saturday, 83 * for the account, but on its being known that an express had arrived from Paris, Consols im mediately receded per cent., and were done at S 2-1, on the report that the French Rentes bad come considerably lower, since which a re-action has taken place, and Con sols are at present 82a Reports are in circulation, but until we can ascertain the truth of them they are not worth giving. In the Foreign Market there is nothing doing. BRITISH FUNDS. Bank Stock, M% 9% 3% per Cent. Red. 89% % India ditto, 203 4 Ditto, New, 9114 % 3 per Cent. Cons. 82% % , Four per Cent. (1826) 98% % Ditto, for the Acct. 82% ,f, India Bonds, par 1 prem. 3 per Cent. Red. 81% % Exchequer Bills, 8 9 3% per Cent. —. FOREIGN FUNDS. Greek, 21 23 Mexican, 39 34 Peruvian, 13 14 Portuguese, 46 7 Prussian, Russian, 94 5 Spanish, 16 1 ,4 HALF-PAST T WEL VE. Consols are now 82 for the account. French Three per Cents. 64f. 10c. Brazilian, 61N 62 Buenos Ayres, Chilian, 190 2034 Colombian, 14 15 Danish, 62 34 French 5 per Cent. Ditto 3 per Cent. ONE O'CLOCK. We are sorry to have to announce a failure in the Stock Exchange of considerable importance, one of the oldest houses has been declared this forenoon, previous to which Consols were 82k, but the moment it was known they went up to 83k, owing to his account being bought in. It has caused a great sensation in the City, but it is not a Hebrew house. In the Foreign Market nothing doing. THREE O'CLOCK. Consols, 828 83 ; ditto, fur opening, It is a curious fact that at the very moment Lord EDWARD SOMERSET was writing a letter, announc ing that he should not contest the county of Gloucester, Sir WILLIAM GUISE was writing a letter to inform Lord EDWARD that lie (Sir WELLIAm) should withdraw! 01 the Members returned for Gloucestershire, six are Re formers, and two Anti.Reforiners.— Worcester Journal. BARNSTAPLE PATRIOTISM. -111 the past week two infants have been baptised in this town, whose parents have expressed their admiration of the Noble Lords to whom we are indebted for the provisions of the Reform Bill by giving their offspring the illustrious names of " GREY" and '6 Russar.L." WESTMINSTER SE SSIONS -(THIS DAY): This morning these Sessions were held pursuant to ad journment,at the Sessions-house in Westminster, before F. Coxsr, Esq., Chairman, and a bench of Magistrates, when the following traversers from the last sitting of the Court were put upon their trial. Richard Brayley and Luke Brayley, brothers, young men of very respectable appearance, surrendered to take their trials upon an indictment for a joint assault upon' Thos. William Anthony, whilst in the execution of his duty in the avenues of Drury lane theatre, on the night of the 27th ult. The defendants were, in another count, charged with a common assault. They also stood in dicted for an assault on Samuel Giles. The Clerk of the Peace having charged the Jury. the Tosecutors were called in Court, but did not amwer. The defendants were then called upon to produce an affidavit that notice of trial bad been regularly served upon the plaintiffs. Mr. CLARKSON, for the defendants, said that unfor tunitely the attorney for his clients, who happened to be a brother, and who bad served the notice, was not then present, and consequently he was not prepared to prove the fact according to the usual form. The CHAIR:NIA; said that he could not listen to the case until the usual course had been complied with, the defen— dants were now in the hands and custody of the Court, at the instance of the prosecutors, and therefore it could not allow the defendants to depart until an affidavit was sworn to Court that they (the prosecutors) had been apprised of their intention to surrender. Mr. CLARKSON said the attorney was a highly respec table man, and had breakfasted with his brothers that morning, and observed he would be at the Court by ten o'clock. The CHAIRMAN said however he might be inclined to take his (Mr. Cla►kson's) word that notice had been served, he could not do it in Court, he acted on a matter of form. The Court hail no objection to allow the case to stand over till its rising. Mr. CLARKSON then applied to the Court to respite the recognizances until the next session. The COURT refused to do so ; it would allow fresh bail to be given. Mr. CLARKSON said he only knew that his clients, be cause they refused to pull their hats off in the theatre, and huzza for Reform, they were knocked off into the pit, and that created the disturbance. The CHAIRMAN said he could not listen to any thing in the present stage of the business. - At this moment the attorney entered the Court with an affidavit, which, upon being read, merely averred that notice had been served only on Mr. James Isaacs, the at torney, he, the deponent, believing him to be the attorney for the plaintiffs. The COURT held that the affidavit did not go far enough, inasmuch as the attorney for the defendants had no proof that Isaacs was engaged by the plaintiffs. Under these circumstances, the Court allowed the recognizance. to be respited until next sessions, the attorney undertaking to give sufficient notice of trial to the plaintiffs. The defendants then left the court with their friends. The sessions were then adjourned to the 23d June. SIIIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.) FROM LLOYD'S. DEAL, MAY light breeze.—H:s Majesty's ship Orestes, for Shields, and his Majesty's ship Chanticleer, for Woolwich, passed by this morning. PORTSMOUTH, MAY 20.—Wind E.S.E.—Arrived his Majesty's ship Blonde, from the Mediterranean. Sailed his Majesty's ship Vincent, for the Mediterranean. PLYMOUTH, MAY 19.—Wind E. blowing hard...—. Arrived the Resolution, Reed, from Charente. Sailed the James Pattison, Grote, for Madras and Bengal. FAL➢IOUTH, MAY 19.—Wind E. to fresh breezes.—Arrived the Cygnet packet, from Lisbon, sailed the Sth inst. ; and Albion, Roebuck, from Aux Cayes. PENZANCE, MAY J 9.—Arrived the Ata!anta, Bell, from Demerara. SCILLY, MAY 17.—Arrived the Mary Stewart, Stockes, from Havannah ; and Chichester, Hellyer, from RiqMjada. BRISTOL, May 20.—Arrived the Jane, from St. Andero. HOLYHEAD, MAY 19.—Arrived the At& .hi, from Jamaica; Britannia, from New York; Aurora, Forsyth, from St. John's, N. B. ; and Liverpool, Ross, from Marseilles. NEWBURY, MAr 18.—Arrived the Pere de FAmille, from Bordeaux. LIMERICK, Mar 18.--The Duchess of Portland, Miller, from St. Domingo to Cork, put into the Shannon the sth of May by contrary winds ; between the Sth and 12th, and from lat. 50. to 51. long. 17, fell in with from 300 to 400 homeward-bound vessels. The Winchelsea, bound to China, put into Cove of Cork, has been surveyed, and found unfit to proceed on her voyage. The Eclipse packet, from Vera Cruz, sailed the ith ult. and Havannah the 20th ult., has arrived off Ireland. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) COVENT-GARDEN MARKET. here was a moderate supply at this morning's market, and the trade was somewhat brisk. Greens and Cabbages were dearer; Asparagus, Green Pease, Cucumbers, Strawberries, Green Gooseberries, and Young Turnips, cheaper than on this day se'nnight ; prices otherwise stationary. Old Onions have appeared again to a limited extent. Cherries, as will be seen below, are 18s. to 245. per lb. ! s. d. s. d . Potatoes (cwt.) 3 Oto 6 0 New ditto (Ih.) Cabbages (12 heads) 1 3 2 6 Ditto Red 3 0 6 0 Horse Itadish(bundle) 5 0 10 0 1 Rhubarb .... Brocoli 1 0 2 0 Celery 0 9 1 61 Carrots ,12 bunches) 6 0 10 0 'Turnip Radishes 1 0 1 0 Coleworts or Greet, s 2 6 5 0 Young Onions Leeks Sweet Oranges (100) 5 0 10 0 Seville Oranges 8 0 12 0 Lemons 8 0 14 0 Asparagus French Beans 1 0 2 0 Cos Lettuces (score) l6 2 0 Cabbage ditto 1) 4 0 9 Cucumbers (brace) Il 6 2 0 YotingTrrinps(Lunch)9 0 2 0 The inclement weather of the half of the present week is repre to have severely nipped, conseql getative progress of their crops, them, by cutting off the bloom z s.d. s.d. Spinage (half-sieve) 0 4 too 6 Apples 6 0 10 0 Old Onions 2 0 4 U Gooseberries 2 0 4 0 'Span. Chesnuts (peck) 6 0 10 0 French ditto 4 0 6 0 Spanish Ilazlcnuts 6 0 10 0 'French Walnuts 6010 0 Brazilian Nuts 2 0 4 0 Eng. Grapes (per lb.) 1 0 3 0 Foreign 0 8 1 0 Cherries 18 0 24 0 Pine Apples (lb.) lO 0 14 0 iea-kait (pullout) 0 9 1 6 Endive 0 0 0 9 Small Sallad Green Pease 4 0 (1 0 Radishes (12 hands) 0 9 1 6 Apricots (pottle) 0 8 1 0 Currants 0 8 1 0 Strawberries (ounce) 0 6 ti 9 e latter end of the last and first e' , ented by the market gardeners mealy greatly retarded, the ye ;, and to have seriously injured and young fruit from their trees. HAY at A lIK ETS.---( At per Load 01'36 Trusses.) CUMBERLAND (LATE ST. JAMES'S.) Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay £2 10 to £2 15 New Meadow Hay 0 0 0 0 Useful Old Ditto 2 10 3 15 Fine Upland Meadow and Rye-grass Hay 4 5 4 10 Clover Hay 3 10 5 5 Oat Straw £1 14 to £1 16 I Wheat Straw... 118 2 2 SMITHFIELD. Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay £2 10 to £2 15 New Meadow Hay 0 0 0 0 Useful Old Ditto 3 0 3 15 • __ Fine Upland Meadow and Rye-grass Hay 3 15 4 0 Clover Hay (extra fine)....£s s... Generally Oat Straw £1 Sto £1 12 I Wheat Straw 1 12 1 16 " A Reformer" mentions, that the spire of the village church of Stockbury was adorned with the blue flag of Reform on Wednesday last. We observed it, and also heard the cheers given on the occasion by dd . - ferent parties of Reformers who were passing. The Church of England would not have suffered in the esti mation of the public, if a few more such emblems were hoisted. As it is, the Clergy generally have taken special care to show how opposed they are to the wishes and feel ings of the people. And tin re will come a time when the people will remember it.—Kent Herald. A sharp drought, easterly winds, and frosty nights have affected the young barley plant in many places, and checked any tendency towards a decline in prices, which barley might have experienced in common with all other grain, during the last few weeks. The wheats do not look so healthy on the land as they did a month ago, the blade being rusty at the tip, while the plant is dis po,ed to spindle; it should be observed, that this is not an unusual appearance in the month of May. The arrivals of foreign wheat and flour have been larger than was anti• cipated ; and although the quality is, generally speaking, of a very inferior description, still the supply is so gr eat as to have had considerable effect in depressing the p r ice of the best article. Beans are in good request, froth a prevailing opinion that the grain is getting fast exhauSted in Essex and Kent, the two counties mainly depended on for supplies at the London market. Peas are a very dull sale; and the very large arrivals of foreign oats have thrown a gloom over the trade. Good, handsome, and dry oats, however, are tolerably firm in the market, though the importations, particularly from Ireland, are very large. A Liverpool Correspondent writes that the imports since whet is of from secondary the Bl e quality.dit e rra n e a Severalnar'd the Ist of April have b een a lik e l arge of every artic l e i n t he trade, exceeding, i n t h e aggregate, those of any previous month since ha rves t . Th e greater proportion of the foreign consists thousand chiefly quartersof Odessa, have also ar r i ve d f rom France and the North of Spain, to gether with two or three cargoes from the United States; and within the last few days a number of vessels with this grain have been reported from the Baltic—the quality ge nerally inferior, and in very indifferent condition.—Nor folk Herald T( your Pap one for al va:ebabtoollgih i lcoe cf ! dare t 'unal ‘7 a ßiettnl:i n eldh:aseldßrf t latton IbB(°:':dirrt; p ßeabccal f d awning a Wigan, i Among have reef) c l u i b oa e nc r ik t t i ei e tt s ut ,t o i too much Tipperary one in suj people' s Alonfla wind to t close bor bers, tho Eyre Co Ilagwells a flour-fa, one of the farce wa crew goin was echo strange tc supporter rently car Thursc " the wh sition,-1 the fiist a General Eq., the have thrc Repeal co Could the Many ha , ford bu have thoi mercurial all lion. quarrels I B ce. 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