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teas a vast majority of represesttatiVes in favour of a sat of •p o wng, whose aggregate population was twenty thousand, aver a body of seventeen great towns, whose egate ' population anuntnted to 176,000.--(Hear, heate.)oi ite re minded tire Noble Lord of the vigorous opposition once given by him to a pl an o f R e f o rm proposed hyas ael lHon. ' lßoronet, which certainly was not more violent tag tenprac ticable than his own, and poseested 'ever: St the float ad. saotage of being firm and intelligible, and lefv.no door open to improper patronage,--(Hear.) It was simply to Jet every 23,000 men have their representative in that House.—(Cheers.) And touching the comparative merits of the plans, he asked the Noble Lord if he were not throwing the apple of discord into Yorkshire. Would Huddersfield, Halifax, and Bolton be contesettkl with one representative, when the same wee thnted to Maldon, Northallerton, and 'lhirske ? Nothing so monstrous was ever heard of as the plan of the Noble Lord ; and were he (Mr. Croker) ever so favourable to the general principle of Reform, he should feel it hisduty to resist what he must mill so blind and injurious a disproportion. The house WIN told, too, that it was to du all this to satisfy the people, but the measure proposed was not what the people asked—nothing like it ; " They ask for bread, and you give them a stone ;" and whenever the scheme became known and understood, petitions would be presented from all the towns so unjustly deprived of their r i ghts, claiming to be placed on the same footing as Halton or Tavistock. The Duke of Bedford, as every body knew, had paid the most peculiar a ttention to the borough o f Tavistock ; lie had enriched it by his wealth, and adorned it by his taste, and it was not to b e wondered, an d f ar from being to be regretted , that i ts inhabitants should be influenced by gratitude for the benefits they had received. Yet the son of that Noble Duke, bearing a name illlus trious in the history of the country, had not scrupled to state that his father would never again allow one of his family to canvass Tavistock. What ! was it indeed come to this—that a Russell should never again present himself for the suffrages of a borough which owed so much to that great family ?---(The Marquis of Tavistock and several other Members indicated across the House that the Right Hoti. Gentleman was misrepresenting what he had said.) He could not pretend to give the elegant slang phraseology employed ; but he had understood the Noble Marquis to say, that on receiving one crown, he would give twenty in return if ever his noble father sent a member of his family to canvass the borough of Tavistock. God forbid, he (Mr. Croker) would say, that the should ever arrive when a beneficent lautilbrd like the Duke of Bedford should have no influence over his tenants. But what he (Mr. Croker) eisr„pi s j ee d o f was, that while such a great town as BolNeseee s allowed but a single Member, the small bortang4.4lf 'Tavistock was permitted to return two. tie would ;shit say a word or two on the general proposition of thif Noble Lord. The Noble Lord avowed that he meant twice-model and re construct the Constitution. In what sense did he mean to re-model and re-construct it? It was a matter of complaint on the other side that the measure had been called revolutionary. He (Mr. Croke) did not assert that it was meant to be so, nor that it was so in a legal tense ; but he insisted upon it that it had a revolu tionary tendency.—(tlear.)—The design of the Noble Lord might be just, but human nattire and circumstances - would be too strong for him ; and Mien once lie had set this mighty globe in motion, it would descend like an avalanche with increasing weight and rapidity, and all efforts to stop its progress would partake of its ruin. In former times the House of Commons had shown a suffi cient disposition to encroach upon the other branch of the Legislature. He did not allude to the bad times when the Peers of the Realm wire voted needless nuisances; but to a more modern instante—in the year 1742, when a Bill of Inikmnity for certain witnesses was sent to the Lords, and which they thought fit to reject. At that date a Noble Lord was found in the House of Commons to propose a vote of ten rare upon the House of Lords, for exercising its indisput able right : the form of the proposition was, " that the conduct of the House of Lords was an ab.olute obstruc tion of justice." Such a state of things would soon again occur if this measure received the sanction of Par liament. Such must be the result of human infir mity influenced by human pas-ion, He (Mr. Croker) had never been more surprised, than when this night he load heard the Noble and Learned Lord, through a great part of his able speech, employ himself in showing, that the Influence of the House of Lords in this House was not only wrong in theory, but injurious in practice. I hold in my hand a publication, of which the Noble and Learned Lord may know something. lam not entitled to say, that the Noble and Learned Lord wrote the very article ; but, at least, he gave it his sanction 1 and, ac cording to report, the authorship belongs to the Noble Lord at present on the Woolsack. Let it be written by whomsoever it might, it would only be mentioned with praise ; for sounder sense, or closer argument, were, perhaps, never penned.—(Cries of read, read,)— He had not yet mentioned the name of the per- son who, in 1742, had moved the House of Commons against the obstruction of justice by the Lords; he would, therefore, now say, that the Noble Lord who made that factious and dangerous motion was Lord Strange, the el dest son of the then Earl of Derby.—(Read, read.) The article was contained in the Edinburgh Review, for July [The Right Hon. Gentleman stated the date of the year in which the .R,view was published, but it could only have been heard by the few Member who sat near him, and he spoke at too late en hour to allow us time to search through the whole series, from 1803 to 1831, for a single pas sage. The general purport of it was to show the advan tage of having " a certain proportion of the influence of the Crown and of the great families of the lend mingled with the proper representation of the people ; and it con cluded by asserting that, were such not the case, "it would infallibly convert Government into a mere demo cracy, sweeping away the humble edifices of King and Lords."] In answer to his argument of to-night, there fore, he (Mr. C.) referred the Noble and Learned Lord to the Edinburgh Reefers.. The Noble and Learned Lord, in another part of his speech, had drawn a metaphorical and frightful picture of the consequences of refusing this concession. He had said that the times were ripe for it, and had talked of the rising waters—of the deluge of opi nion, and had invited all who chose to venture to embark with him upon his frail and slippery raft. He (Mr. Croker) would reply, " Trust not that fatal and perfidious bark, Built in the 'clipse, and rigged with curses dark." Remain where you are, and wait until the threatening waters subside. What you hear is not only a fictitious but a factitious clamour. Be patient. and the people will recover, and become sensible of tie value of what they would lose, and of the uselessness of what they would gain. In the Constitution of this country there might be a better theoretical arrangement; but he did in his heart firmly believe that no human ingenuity could, a priori, have conceived so admirable a practical system, promoting the wealth, happiness, and liberties of the community— '. Where jarring interests of themselves create Th' according music of a well-mix'd State; * Where small and great, where weak and mighty made To serve, not sufltr—strengthen, not invade; More powerful each, as needful to the rest, And in proportion as it blesses, blest." That perfect Government this country possessed, and long might it continue to enjoy it unchanged. Among its advantages was one with which he begged to conclude, that however popular clamour might be raised, however popular delusion might extend, in point of fact the nation was always attentive to the voice of the House of Com mons : in the long-run the people always obeyed i's deci sions. Government could not exist if it were otherwise, and all history attested the fact. Even in times of the utmost distress and excitement, let the House of Commons but do its duty, and the people would return to theirs. Colonel SIBTHORPE moved the adjournment of the delra..e until Illorlay, end it was carried instantly. The other Orders of the Day were disposed of, and the House adjourned at a Quarter-past One. COURT CIRCULAR. The Baron DE ZUTLEN DE NYEVELT, on a special mis sion from the King of the NETHERLANDS, transacted bu siness yesterday at the office of the Secretary of St ite for Foreign Affairs. Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial Offic e from General MAepe, the Governor of St. Lucia. Despatches were sent off on Thursday evening from the Colonial Office, for the Earl of BELMORE, the Governor of Jamaica ; an,l also for the Governors of the whole of the Leeward Islands. The Landgravine of HEssa HOMBERG, and a select party of the Nobility and Gentry, dined with the Princess AUGUSTA on Wednesday, at her residence in the King's Palace, St. James's. The Duchess of CUMBERLAND and the Princess SorniA 'visited her Royal Highness on Thursday. Prince LtzvEN, the Russian Ambassador, and Count us MourKE, the Danish Minister, transacted lapine" Thursday at the office of t he Secretary of State f e r Forei g n Affairs. The Hon. B. HALLIBIJATON, one of the Judges of the Supreme , Court _Nova SCOtia , and Mr. ARCHIBALD, the at Attorney-General in that colony, bad an interview with Viscount_Goaratos on Thursday at - the Colonial-office. Despatches were received on . Thursday at the Foreign office fro* Yiecount-GRANeILLS, our Ambassador at Paris. M. SPIRIT or TIT tlittSC a of the rittion at large now become as interest ingiCaliSe'ttole°;lln;grilarnent on the subjects of the Reform Bill. The petitiqnsfroM the city of London, as with propriety they may, pre cede all others in support of the measure. That from the Common Council was presented last night „,:with Usual formalities, by the Sheriff• and the Meeting', Tor the same purpose, of the Li very take., ?ace o'n mcnclay next. The whole nation, i n f act, i s in rnmets.le .t,—not factiously or turbulently, but peaceably and co nlititutionally,—for the sake of petitioning Parhatnint to pass the Bill. What, ye enemies of Reform, can not le get Up one pe tition in support of your wretched cause? not one I Not even a little one? No not,* little O t It is, beyond all question, the most prodigious th!.ng that ever occurred Parliamentary history, that upon the most important question that ever has occurred since tile Revolution—a question upon which myriads and my riads—(we hope that all our readers understand that a myriad is ten thousand)—when myriads upon myriads, we say, are pouring in petitions, anti the people are free to make their wiettt known on either side, not one pctition i signature, comes from any one quarter, soring ti Parliament—" Do not reform yourselves: do . net ICp Oft your rotten boroughs; suffer Peers to nominate that* Vassals as the representatives of our rights, and dealers in boroughs tosell seats among you!" What can the House of Commons mean, then, by hesitating? It does not hesitate! The debate on the Bill goes fotWard as it fthoUiddo. It succeeds, and will and must succeed. Petition, then," we say to the people,petitiozi," - -against the Bill, iithere be a man in Eng land out of: the two Houses who is hostile to it, which we have not yet discovered • but, at all events petition ! Sir Robert Peel's speech on Thursday night was a trimming and shifty one. He did not dare to say that he was an enyny.to: a 5 l Reform : in deed he could not; his honest .natUre r.)rbad him—(he was no partner in the Duke of Nyeli!Vi:;ton s foolish declaration to that effect, which ftvevStiV; - ,* their joint Ministry) ; and therefore he nibbled frttfuoy at the proposition to Reform now before the House. He expatiated on other subjects, on which we join him cheerfully. What have we to do with tri-coloured flags ? Ours, as he justly said, is the union jack— . The flag that's braved a thousand year~ " The battle and the bfeeze l !,'. . Our emblems are three s intle.Al:; ,b , st t are the Shamrock, the Rose, and the Phistle,; add tbpstitution is, in like manner, a tripartite kt..ltig, Lords, and Commons. We have nothing to 40 With revolutionary badges and c 0191.48 we only want to litinove gross and flagrant abuses. But the present mes. sure, it is said, is revolution. Gracious poWers ! flow ? It meddles with but one branCh of the l'...gislature—that of the people ; and it onlyTreventS r.A.!!'r.ii who are not of the people, and have rights of their own which we do not want to touch, from interferiq With our rights ; and beyond this it merely facilitates our manner of exercising those rights which are acknOWledged to he ours. What harm or danger can come of this ? The Bill does not teach of prerogative or _pri vilege of the Crown or of ,the Peers. It leaves to. the King his army, his na,. 014 all the appointments ,in them; and in the state : to the i"eblet, their House. an., the legillatiVe power, as one of the the of the realm: to the kingdom, its church. In fact We delY,the racist scrutinitiug sagacity to point out one single thing *Mat it Mteri, Cept merely bringing the House of CommOni More O ,, atly to that state which is represented as its naturaan'd rant state in all well-written books on the Constitu tion. i this be revolutionary, in what is it that constitutional taW Consists ? But it may lead to a revolution! Why" Proper warmth is one gradation towards,rxt'rehte heat, but there is no reason why a matt that tial bzi a flannel waistcoat should therefore th - roW hinsselt . hitt) the fire to be roasted alive. Of what chara'cter are the hew electors to be? Certainly not such lofty 'one wi those who now sell our rights and pocket the Money, mid then tell us we are a free and happy people, because they make very free with us. But the truth is, that the elective franchise, wherever it is now conferred afresh, will be conferred on those who have Mort to lose than to gain by a revolution, The Bill, therefore, every where inspires contentment, and We hail with satisfaction its progress. Neither ought We to pellet the respectful mention of those who, in the morevhain'eht stations of life, are ready, not only to pro mote the 13111 by word and vote, but to make considerable sacri fices for its success. Such, particularly, is the Duke of Norfolk, in the House of Lords, whose speech of last night we recotit, mend to grateful notice ; and Mr. John Smith, we believe, in the House of Commons; ar.i. other's of both houses. The speech of Mr. Baring has, We Confess, disgusted us. It is Cal lington thrbightilft t the voice Of the litirough Monger; not Of the independent legislator. It would be ,vain to inquire about the motives of a gentleman who has said hiniself oh a former occa sion, that he is accustomed to support one side of his argument and another with his vote. Perhaps he may act so on the present oteasion, We hope so : he will thus do something towards put ting down the scandal that he is divided between disappoint ment of a peerage from one Ministry, and hopes of it from an. other.—Times. In the House of Lords, last nlglit, the puke of Norfolk fol lowed the example sit tin a Mimes evening by the Marquis of Cleveland, " I iii.l:self," said his Grace, " have always been a NOV Reform. I have been so from an early period of my lift, as is well known to my Noble Friend at the head of the Administration. lam one of those who will suffer some loss from the adoption of the plan of Reform now under considerss tion ; but still I rejoice that such a ineasore.hal beOs brought forward—(Hear, hear/—atil will fejOice still more if it should be passed into a tai.. I 'Would gladly sacrifice ten times as much —(lfear. htar)for the sake of a measure which will form so Isii:table a safeguard for the liberties of the subject, and is so well calculated to promote in every way the best interests of the nation."—(Hear, hear.) Men of rank and property may be as, sured, that rank and property are never so safe as When their existence demands no sacrifice cf tlle rights and properties of others.—Morni..g C.trcglide. The Reform Debate is adjourned to Monday. The people seem td Make very light of the great privileges, the loss of which Sir Robert Peel lamented so much on Thursday night. " All classes of the community (quoth the Right Hon. Baronet) are now en-. titled to vote, and will not men consider it h ttpkoadh and a stigma, if by this Bill of thelgohle Lord they are disfranchised?" It will be thought; ‘Ne suppose, by the Right Hon. Baronet, that the milith of the people are oddly constituted; for they are much inOre alive to another consideration than to the loss of the ho nour they derive from seeing a few miserable pot-walloppers, selling themselves every six years to the highest bidder, and in. dulging in the most beastly intoxication, or at miserable tools prostituting themselves to serve the 'DUI-poses of some rich in dividual. " All elaSstSt of the community (say the people) are now liable to be plundered ; and ought we not to consider it as an insult to our understanding to be told that the degrading spectacle alluded to is deemed of more consequence to us than the securing the liberty and property of all classes against cor rupt and interested jobbers, who wish to compel the Government to be carried on in subseaviency to their views ?" Every where the people are rallying round his Majesty's Ministers. On the presentation of a petition from the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Cohimon Council of London, in favour of the present mea sure of Reform, Mr. Alderman Wood said, " He could assure the House that the support was not only sincerely and cordially, but almost unanimously given ; for out of a most numerous meeting of the members of the Corporation, only one was found to hold up his hand against the measure—Hear, hear)—and that gentleman was known to be one who would oppose, not only this measure of Reform, but all Reform whatever." Lord Mor pcth said, at this season of the year there were a great number of Yorkshiremen in town on business, and they cordially approved of the measure. Lord George Lennox said lie should soon have a petition to present from Chichester in support of the Bill, " and he begged leave now to thank his 'Majesty's Ministers in his name for the Bill they had thus Introduced ; and he, in the name of the Corporation of Chichester and his own, expressed his sincere hope that the Government would fearlessly pur sue their course." Mr. John Smith confirmed the state ment of his Noble Colleague, and said " he believed that the whole population of England, from Sutherland to the Land's end, entertained but one opinion on the subject." Mr. Sykes said, in a few days he should lay on the table a proof that the population of the part of Yorkshire with which he was con nected, were, to a man, in favour of the measure. Mr. Calvert made a similar statement with regard to Southwark. Mr. D. W. Harvey said, that from his own constituents of Colchester, who would suffer by the measure as much as any body of men, he had obtained the most general testimonies of approbation. With breathless haste the people have everywhere rushed to their post. Yesterday Westminster met as well as the City. Sir Robert Peel might have heard at the Crown and Anchor the cheering which Sir Francis Burdett received, when he paid a deserved tribute to the merits of Ministers, and ridiculed the miserable cant of the Right Honourable Baronet. " An Honourable Baronet, whom he would not name, had op_ posed the measure, on the ground that it would be the means of disfranchising some voters in a few particular parts of the country—at least not present voters, but their successors. A measure that enfranchised half a million of Englishmen, and took away the right of voting from the de scendants of a few voters—o right which had as yet been exer cised with no benefit to themselves, but with great disadvantage to the country at large, was in these enlightened times called a measure of disfranchisement." This conventional sympathy of Hon. Members has not produced the anticipated effect. Mr. John Smith said, " he was one of those persons who had an in terest in boroughs ; but at all times he entertained a perfect conviction that such power in his hands was improperly placed," and declared " that when lie first heard the provisions of the Bill propounded by the Noble Lord, it almost took away his breath, so much was he delighted with it." What a contrast to Mr. Alexander Baring. Several excellent speeches were de livered last night. The Lord Advocate spoke for the first time. His speech was, as might have been expected, highly eloquent and argumentative. Theopponents of the measure are pursuing a dan. gerous course. When one hears men like Mr. Calcraft assuming a right of controul over the people of Englanditelling them thatt" one of his first duties was never to give way to any wishes or de mands of the people, the concession of which might be prejudi cial to the people themselves," one cannot help being surprised that a few individuals should so far forget their helplessness, when not supported by the people, as to arrogate a right of con trout like this—two or three hundred individuals, who, without the aid of the people, cannot even tie their own shoes, are to be sole judges of what a whole nation shall or shall not have—the will of the people is to pass for nothing. However, the people, for their own sakes, will save you in spite of your selves. Your swaggering language, like all silly menaces, will only excite a feeling of contempt. The debate is expected to continue three or four nights longer. It is thought no division will take place on the introduction of the Bill ; and that the trial of strength will arise on the second reading, in about a week or ten days. Both parties express themselves equally sanguine as to the result. The people have the casting voice ; and we shall soon see the effect of their demonstrations.—Morning Chronicle. We ventured yesterday to address a word of advice to Sir Ro bert Peel, and we anticipate, from his speech of Thursday, that he will not be insensible either to the interests of his country or to the value of his own representation. The:qualities as a States man for which he is most distinguished are, caution in express ing his opinions on great questions of national policy, and ex treme moderation in maintaining his own views thereupon. Sir Robert Peel says himself that he has never taken "a decided vio lent part against Reform," and he adds, " After, indeed, he had lost the confidence of the House, and thence office—if Ministers had felt it necessary to propose a safe and moderate measure of Reform of some branches of our representation, he would most probably have acted on the views taken by the Honourable Member for Calne of the overwhelming danger to be appre hended from all resistance to change, and have given it his support, as a private individual, though he might not have thought fit to originate it in an official capacity." We are anxious to call the attention of our readers to this important and characteristic declaration. It establishes two points—first, that Sir Robert Peel has given up, on deliberate conviction, the argu ment that the present system works so well, notwithstanding its anomalies and peculiarities, that no change is required. This was Mr. Canning's view of the case, and that great man, in per fect consistency, denied the existence of any 'grievance. Not so Sir Robert Peel : he admits the necessity of Reform ; he feels the danger of inexorable resistance, and therefore he does not deny the grievance. He does not, therefore, succeed as the champion of anti-reformation to Mr. Canning. Another Sir Robert (Inglis) has got the inheritance; but as Sir n Robert Inglis is only the heir -a t -law to Mr. Canning, we eed not be surprised to find so little moral or intellectual resem blance between them. Sir Robert Peel is, by his own show_ ing, a Reformer—the difference between him and the Mi nisters is as to the mode and extent of the alterations. The second point established by Sir Robert's declaration is, that al though he is as intimately convinced of the necessity of moderate as of the danger of extensive Reform, he would not, had he re mained in office, have laboured to prevent the danger, by intro ducing the remedy; or, in other words, that he would not have ventured to be attentive to the wishes of the people, when per sonal responsibility was attached to concession; but lie has no hesitation to do so, when others are to answer for the measure. There is great prudence and self-preservation in this rule of con duct. We, however, rejoice that Lord Grey has been less cau tious, and that he has thought so much more of the interests of his country than of his own convenience as a Minister. In office Lord Grey has done that boldly which, as an individual legislator, he has never ceased to declare to have been indispensable to the future tranquillity and welfare of the country. It is rather curious to remark that Sir Robert Peel attributes the perfection of the present composition to the House of Commons to the two most opposite modes of returning Members—namely, to universal a ' uffka ge, and to absolut e nom i nat i on b y an i n di v id ua L Preston and Old Sarum are, according to him, the balancing weights of the Constitution ; or, rather, they are antagonist but conserva tive principles ; and, so they,inight be if there were only one Pres. ton and one Sarum; llnt,the relativ,es of Sarum arc, numerous, while Preston exists in sin& bicisedness, and there is no ag pearance of any addition to the family. We must now notice the appearance of Mr. Baring amongst the opponents of Reform. He calls the proposed measure a change in the Constitution, which is now composed of King, Lords, and Commons; but will, should the Bill pass, become Commons, Lords, and King. The phrase is cer tainly not amiss; but we would ask Mr. Url n ts if tie mers tospeak like a plain rni‘n ,ofbusinesc; Witeth* ffe .tieiiivereior. of orders in the ttat't, as to the practical manipulation of State affairs, does not take place at present ? And why is it so ? Simply because all Money Bills originate in the House of Commons. Surely Mr. Baring will not deny that the command of money confers, in these degenerate days, political power, whether on nations or individuals. We believe that Mr. Baring is originally indebted for his introduction and familiar 4 with the freeholders and resident beneficial leaseholder:, being rated, of Callington— in number fifty-two—to money. We do not in the least doubt that Mr. Baring returns himself, and Mr. William Bingham Baring, in a manner most cheap and, most secure; for we feel assured, Whether Me. Baring had to contract for a loan with a, foreign povernment, cr to purchase a proprietary borough, that the *Mile affair would be managed so as to make Mr. Baring quite safe. We once heard a story told of one of those well-known personages, called blacklegs, or in more modern language, legs. This person, on hearing that an unfortunate gentleman standing largely indebted to him ; in his book, on the Derby, had, from being unable to meet Oat and other engagements shot himself", .declared that; if gentleinen took to shoutin g 'ther.sc!i. - cr; there was an end of all Confi dence, as weir as of himself and his brother blacklegs. So it is with the borough salesmen. They say, if the Reform plan be adopted, there is an end of Callington et hoc genus ontne, and of the certain, though illegal, influence of mere money. But if the plan be sanctioned by Parliament, we again repeat, that the legitimate influence of rank and property will remain undimi. nished, and, to soothe Mr. Baring;, we Will add,out perfect con viction, that be tke t -1. Binghamßaring will find no dittiCuity in continuing to be, what they now are; most respected and useful Members of the House of Comm Ons— . Herald. _ btIINIA.N PAPERS. WARSAW, FEB. 17.—Warsaw daily assumes a more warlike appearance ; the streets present a most animated scene ; many thousand recruits daily arrive from the waiwodeships occupied by the enemy; and we are here clothed, and armed and exercised, Numerous families of this city and the country move with all their effects to the left banks Of the Vistula; The inHabitants are enjoined to ffirnish theMselVes with prtivisions; which are; therefore already difficult to be Prdcured; though the Gdverp: ment has afforded Many fiCilities by taking off the duties. The magazines threatened by the Russians are moving with all dili gence to Warsaw, and the Municipal Council purchases every thing it can obtain. The streets are barricaded with dry alder wood, to form a second entrenchment . behind the walls, which are defended by cannon. Loopholes are made in the houses, nume rous hospitals are prepared, and the whole rriale ppptilation able to bear arms are registered. Sonic of our Journals already intis mate that a See'enn Saragossa, Carthage, or Saguntunt, will be seen on the Vistula; and the Government, in a proclamation of the 15th, calls on the citizens to prepare for the combat. The latest accounts from the army, which are to the 15th, intimate that since February 12 the Russians have acted on the offensive, and the Poles will perhaps fight a battle, in the neighbourhood of Warsaw, as the head-quarters were yesterday removed from Ja blonna to Grachow, half a mile (two and a half English miles) from Warsaw; accdrding td these accounts the Russian vangitard, after some inconsiderableskirrnishing of t he advanced posts, had occupied a line which extends from Ostrtolutta down the Narew to Wyszkow on the Bug, then froth ladoW Up the Liewiee, LukoW, Zelechow, Macieiowi, upon the left bank of the Vistula, as far as Radowi, the capital of the waiwodeship, and as far as the Piliza, all the bridges over which are, however, broken down. This occupa tion, almost without opposition, of half the kingdom, where the waiwodeships are, already called bOvernments, and the Rus sian artias every where fixed tip and the approach of the Russians, have induced the Diet to adept energetic measures, and to introduce the revolutionary tribunals in Warsaw and the pro vinces, as long since proposed by the patriotic clubs at Warsaw, in order to ascertain the revolutidnary spirit, No decision has yet been made on this head, and the Diet is at present engaged in legislating on the administration of justice, on which our journals make bitter remarks. They say, that to encourage the soldiers, to pass a law for military honour and rewards would be much more to the purpose, now that the sound of the cannon has been for some days heard at Warsaw. The accounts which were Made public yesterday leave, however ; some hdpe; that the ice tin the Vistula has already begun to break up at Cracow ; and two divisions of the Russians, infantry and cavalry, which are on the left bank of the Vistula, will thus be probably cut off from the main army, and as a nume rous corps, under General Scerewski, is advancing against them, will be perhaps defeated. 'The day before yesterday General Dwernicki attacked near Stoczek ten (fifty) miles from 'War saw and Lukow, General Geismar, or as some others say, Duke Adam of Wurtethburg, took from him six cannon, rendered the remainder unserviceable, killed 500 men, and took 251 prisoners. A Colonel Novoslitzoff was among the killed, and General Dwernicki is in pursuit of General Geismar, whose only chance of safety was a speedy flight. On the other hand a l'olish picquet of 45 men is said to have been taken, with their horses. At length the it usion that prevailed here has vanished, since it is posi tively known that We have no foreign aid to expect, but at the most a mediation for the restoration of the statu quo ante bed. lam. But this afflicting state of things, instead of depressing the courage of the people, serves only to inflame it; without arms in the arsenal, without establishments to manufacture them, with out any stock of ammunition, penned in on all sides, with ex tremely scanty resources of procuring means, as the bank has deposited all its Hinds in foreign countries, and is wholly unable to realise the sums advanced here, under the burden of enor mous taxes, the Polish nation exerts its utmost strength, to be either for ever annihilated at one blow, or to be raised to new life, and to demand an account for the past, but in every case to disturb the balance of Europe, and perhaps produce consequences like those of another Mamertine war. For if the Poles are victo. rious, the vassal peasantry in all Russian-Poland will revolt, and the landowners inclined to Russia will be punished for the lukewarm. ness which they shewed in 1812 to the assistance of Napoleon. A new army will be formed here by vigorous measures, armed with the arms made in the new established manufactory at War. saw. The spirit of insurrection will be propagated beyond the Dura and the Dnieper, and in this manner an attempt will be made to reunite the disjointed members of Poland. Such at least are the reverses of our revolutionists, who rely on the assertion that all the Poles are united, that the present kingdom contains, according to official accounts, '230,000 conscripts, from the ages of 20 to 33, without reckoning those who are amicably dis charged, and from whom the third and fourth battalions and squadrons might now be so easily formed. Poland is now to stand an insuperable barrier against the power of the north, an eternal ally of the great nation which will be able to develope with, success its spirit of conquest. But if the Poles are over come, what a dreadful prospect lies before them ! The country is exhausted, and almost reduced to famine by the failure of the harvest, and by the total stoppage of importation the richest families, nay, every individual will be ruined and endangered. Russian Governors and office rs will in troduce into the country the Russian mode of Administration, military or prevotal tribunals, will carry off the the few energetic men yet remaining. In the place of the villages and towns deso. lated by friends and enemies, military colonies will arise on the fertile plains of Poland, and, on the other hand, the uninhabited Steppes of Nogay Tartary be cultivated by Poles, &c. All these considerations, however, will not make the Poles deviate from the course on which they have entered, especially as great stress is laid on certain changes expected at Paris, which are considered as certain, on the credit of communications said to have been re ceived from that city. But this illusion is likewise dispelled, and the people are prepared for a mortal conflict. I'.S. The bakers' shops are empty, neither meat nor bread are to be had. The sound of cannon is continually heard from the side of Praga, and the barricades in the streets are made more and more formidable. VIENNA, DEC. 21.—Four per Cents, 73; Bank Shares, 963. - - PARLIAMENTARY REFORM• COMMON CO UIKCIL. Yesterday, pursuant to a requisition, a Court was held for the purpose of agreeing to a petition to Parliament, expressive of the approbation of the Common Council of London of the plan of Reform brought forward by Government, and praying that the same might pass into a law. The Court was not so fully attended as was expected, owing to a mistake, as the hour of meeting being fixed for one o'clock, whereas it was publicly stated that the Lord Mayor would take the chair at twelve o'clock. The LORD MAYOR took the chair soon after twelve o'clock, and explained the mistake. Some general business was disposed of. A discussion arose on the abuses in Christ's Hospital, on the nomination of the Governor to that charity. Mr. TAYLOR said many abuses had occurred in the adminis tration of that charity. The nomination of Mr. Lamb to the office of governor was negatived. REFORM IN PARLIAMENT. The requisition having been read, Mr. SLADE rose and said, as he was the oldest reformer in the Court, he had been allowed the honour of introducing this subject. The motion, he considered, ought to be supported by the energy of youth. , It was upwards of 25 years ago that he had brought forward a motion for petitioning for Reform; with respect to the question of Reform brought forward by Ministers, he might say that it had met with the almost universal sanction of the country. The Ministry had thrown themselves upon the people, and he felt confident they would stand by the Go vern. ment. It was his firm opinion that if Reform was carried, it would be the harbinger of peace, happiness, and prosperity. After some other observations, he concluded by proposing, that an Address should be agreed to expressive of the satisfaction of the Court at the proposed Reform. He concluded by moving a resolution to the effect, that this Court having long considered a Reform in the Commons House of Parliament necessary, hail looked with anxiety to the measures to be introduced, and that this Court think it their duty to express their great satisfaction at the measure proposed by Ministers.—(Hear, hear.) This he (Mr. Slade), said, would prepare the way for an Address to the King upon the subject. Mr. LEDGER expressed great satisfaction at having liyed to see the day when a measure for Reform had been proposed by Government ; and he regretted exceedingly that a late Ho nourable Member (Mr. Favell) had not lived to see that day. The Reform plan was a measure of great expediency and necessity.—(Hear, hear, hear.) It might be as well to al lude to the circumstances which led to the dissolution of the late Ministry. It was on the 3d of November that the Duke of Wellington stated that he had no plan of Re form, and it was only till the 16th of the same month that the Noble Duke remained in office. Such was the powerful force of public opinion. The late Ministry had been succeeded by a Ministry pledged to Reform. He was happy to live to see the time when our Monarch had evinced a desire to prevent ex penditure, and a Ministry resolved to retrench. He felt confi dent that Reform plan would give security to the country, and Ministers deserved the thanks of the country. After some further remarks, he concluded by seconding the resolution. The COMMON SERGEA NT then read the second resolution, which stated that his Majesty's Ministers having taken office on the pledge of Reform, this Court now felt called upon to state that the plan of Reform would tend to advance the interests of the country. Mr. Alderman WINCHESTER wished to know how the Court could come to any decision upon the question, as the Bill had not yet been brought into the House of Commons. He was a reformer of abuses, but would suspend his observations and opinion until he knew the contents of the Bill. Mr. Alderman WOOD observed, that when the proper time arrived, he would do his duty in his place in Parliament. He approved of the plan proposed by Ministers. Mr. Alderman THOMPSON said, he had felt for some time that some change in the system of representation was necessary, and was anxious that the true principles of the Constitution should be acted up to.—(Hear.) After some further discussion, the address to his Majesty was unanimously agreed to. WESTMINSTER MEETING. Yesterday, at one o'clock, an extremely numerous meeting of the inhabitants and electors of Westminster took place at the Crown and Anchor, for the purpose of considering the plan of Reform which had been introduced into the House of Commons by Lord John Russell. Sir FRANCIS BURDEN' having been called unanimously to the Chair, proceeded to say that the meeting was convened in order to address the King and petition the House of Commons; the object of which was, to obtain at length that grand measure for which the people of the country, and the electors of West minster in particular, had been trying for half a century. He was happy to stand before them, and congratulate them on having upon the throne a patriotic King—(Cheers)—a brave, magnani mous, and benevolent Sovereign —who was untainted by the false and hypocritical notions espoused by the boroughmongers ; by that base timidity of others, (and Englishmen too), who, although • perfectV coimitant of the,traflic carried oh in their rights and liberties, would not demand that which wad hOth equitable _and just, from false apprelienhons instilled intd their Credulous ...Ands by hypocrites and knaves. They had a king who despised such notions as these—who reigned for the good of the people— and called upon them to support him.—(Cheers. )—He was, indeed, the father of his country, and the greatest Monarch that had reigned since the days of Alfred—the restorer of the liberties of Englishmen.. He,, for one, owed William IV. his allegiance as a sul;dc•ct l oil ,he ns, new ready to lay down before him the al- legiance and the gratitUde Of hit Overflowing heart. They alsogasa now upon the Treasury benches a Government Whose. prineiples and whose actions were such as to make it hardly possible for them to believe such a Ministry could be in existence—a Mi nistry which had no object in taking place but the go d of the country, and a determination to cut away the corruption that had hitherto prevailed. Sir Francis then entered into a long and warm eulogium of the Noble Premier. If, after such exertions, the boroUghitiongers opposed bins; it was the duty of the people to step forward and aid him to the best of their power, The people would teach these traffickers in their rights—these men who had been for so lOng a thee h the commission of acts injurious to the public=-or, he should rather Say, acts.of delinquetiey , -, how they put their theta in opposition to the will of the King; tie Governs ment, and the People. They were now doomed to witness the various tricks of the worthy Oppositionists—tricks which would almost disgrace those men who pretended to fall down in the streets in epileptic fits.—(Laughter.) A great Chancery lawyer had been put forth, And he, when advocating the boroughs, had thought fit to say that it was his dying speech: He for one hoped that it was so, And that the thing speeches of the other boroughs would soon folithv. They were;However; told that they were going to make a revolution. Revolve Meant " tti turn," and he believed that they were now turning round to those rights from which they had been so long held. There was a great outcry and lamentation raised by the Boroughmongers,—those harpies, those unclean birds, that were now cuffed down by the King and his people from that unseemly situation which they had so long retained; and,roade the occasion of profit to them selves at the el-, peritt of the liberties of Englislinten. An Hon: Baronet, whom he would not name, had opposed the measure on the ground that it would be the means of disfranchising some voters in a few particular parts of the country,- - at least, not pre sent 'Otero but their successors. A measure that enfranchise d half a inillioii of Englishrden, and took away the right of voting from the descendarite of a few voters—a right which had as yet been eiterCised With nti benefit ttt themselves, but with great dia. advantage to the country at large, was, in these enlightened times, called a measure of disfranchisement. He would, if it were necessary, meet the Oppositionists, on the ground that there would be no danger in allowing universal suffrage ; and he was backed in that opinion by that great and learned man, Je. remy Bentham. Colonel EVANS, late Member for Rye, then rose, and said that he should trespass upon the attention of the meeting for a shdrt tirdei as he participated in all their feelings, having lately been a sufferer by that corruption, the abolition of which they had met to support. The Gallant Colonel proceeded to remark upon the importance of the debate now in the House of Com mons, and said that every public man would, by the vote which he should give, mark his future character in life. He then read a few extracts from Sir Robert Peel's speech on Thursday night, and proceeded to argue upon them. It had been said that the Constitution, as it ntiw stood, had stood for one hun. dred and fifty years, during all the shocks of distress and war and yet the country increased in wealth. But there was a great difference in the wealth of the nation on the whole, and the wealth of individuals. Wealth was likewise not a criterion of happiness—a thing most essentially proved in France, where the people were happier, although poorer, than their neighbours in ngland. He had that meaning come from the coast of Sussex, where two Reform meetings had taken place, and where he knew ten thousand persons were ready to march up to London if the Ministers were defeated: As to the nonsense about revolution and disorder, it was quite clear that the middle classes would never prothote ahY thing of the kind, when it would most as suredly tend to their own prejudice. The Gallant Colonel con cluded by moving a resolution, to the effect that themeeting, composed of the electors of Westminster, had been greatly gra tified at the measure introduced by Lord John Russell. Mr: ROEBUCK having seconded the resolution, it was put from the Chair, and unanimously passed. Mr. STEPHENSON Implored the meeting to cast petty dif ferences in opinion aside, and be unanimous in calling for the measure of Reform introduced by his Majesty's Ministers. He advised the meeting to place no confidence in Sir Robert Peel, who had not been consistent in his opinions, especially on the Catholic question. He moved that the address to his Majesty, and the petition to the House of Commons, which had been pre pared and read, should be presented to the King and the House of Commons by Sir Francis Burdett and Mr. llobliouse. Colonel JONES congratulated the meeting on having King William upon the Throne, who had a real affection for his people. He had an opportunity of knowing many little anec dotes about the King, and should select two of them by the per mission of the meeting. When his Majesty, at the commence ment of his reign, came so frequently before the people, and even walked the streets without attendants, he was rebuked by many, and advised to desist. One celebrated courtier had addressed his Majesty—" Why, Sire, this is really lowering your re spect ; it is making yourself too common." The King replied to this pretended Solomon, who, however, was an abject fool— " Going before the people! Oh! Why would you keep the chamber-pot under the bed."—(Peals of laughter.)—On another occasion his Majesty was looking over some valuable pictures, among which was a picture of Charles the First, by Vandyke. A courtier, standing by the King observed the King looking very attentively at this, when he thought he should say something, and he said, "That is a very tine picture, your Majesty." " Yes it is," said the King, " but I was thinking of the subject of it. What a fool he must have been to have died for such absurd prejudices, and what a fool I should be to do the same."—(Cheers and laughter.) The Gallant Colonel then read the Address to his Majesty, declaratory of his thanks to him, and the petition to the House of Commons, praying for the passing of the measures introduced by Lord Russell. These were adopted, and agreed to be presented by the Members for Westminster. A resolution was then moved by Mr. EVANS, to the effect, that the meeting considered the House of Commons should pass a law limiting the duration of Parliament to three years, and the voting at elections to be by ballot. Mr. HOBHOUSE was loudly called for. He alluded to the middle classes being taunted as Revolutionists, but he should think no such idle detractions as that would prevent them from persevering and urging the passing of the measure. It was not for him to say anything about the resolution just passed, but he should think it would be better to make those topics a considera- lion after the present great measure had been passed. Mr. PITT implored the meeting to act with unanimity, and not to be led away by any little differences in opinion, which had not all been met in the plan of Reform. Sir F. BURDETT should think it would be better to take the advice of the last speaker, to act with unanimity, and not to hamper Government with further petitions, nor give an oppor tunity to their enemies to say that they were disunited. The Hon. Chairman then put it to the meeting whether the resolu tion should be withdrawn or passed. The show of hands was then unanimously in favour of its withdrawal. . Loud cries for Mr. Wakley were then made, on which Mr. M A HON got up and implored the meeting not to be led away by any topics which the talented gentleman who was about to follow him might urge. After this, a great uproar prevailed, from several persons being adverse to Mr. Wakley addressing the meeting, as they thought he would introduce a resolution about vote by ballot and annual Parliaments. After some time Mr. Wakley obtained a hearing, when he created some surprise by stating he was favourable to the ballot, but he was determined to support the Ministers in their present plan, as he was convinced they intended benefit for their country. A vote of thanks was then passed to Sir Francis Burdett, with three cheers, in acknowledgment of his independent conduct. In returning thanks, he said that to-day was one of the happiest in his life, but he expected a happier when he should meet them with the knowledge that Reform, instead of being near at hand, was in their possession. Three cheers were given in honour of Mr. Hobhouse, and the meeting adjourned. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.) FROM LLOYD'S. DOVER, MARCH 3.—Wind the Elizabeth and Cornelia, Jusen, from Rotterdam, with damage, and loss of mizen mast,'&c., having been run foul of, bound to Belfast. DARTMOUTH, MARCH 2.—Arrived the Jemima, Follett, from Oporto. FALMOUTH, MARCH a—Wind W. to W.S.W.—Arrived from Lisbon the Sandwich packet, sailed the 22d ult., when the Magnet packet was going into Lisbon. LIVERPOOL, MARCH 2.—Arrived the William Pitt, Ogilvie, from St. John's, N. B. SHEERNESS, MARCH 3.--Sailed the Exmouth, Warren, for New South Wales. DEAL, MARCH 4.—Wind K—The outward-bound sailed this morning, but it becoming calm, most of them put back. Ar rived from Sheerness and sailed, the Exmouth, Graham, for New South Wales. Arrived the Eliza Killeck, Waugh, from St. Domingo. PORTSMOUTH, MARCH 4.—Arrived his Majesty's ship Gloucester, f ro m Gibraltar • and his Majesty's ship Ariadne, from Plymo u th. Sailed the Hope transport for Deptford. PLYMOUTH, MARCH 3.—Arrived the St. Aubin, Carroll, from Cadiz. BRISTOL, MARCH 3.—Arrived the Bideford, Millard, and Hurrell, Cave, from St. Michael's. STA NDGATE CREEK, MARCH 2.—Arrived the Mary, Pat terface, from Alexandria. BORDEAUX, FEB. 26.—The Bonne Magdelaine, Lavaud, from Cayenne, arrived here the 22d inst. ; spoke on the 13th, the Ellen, Paterson, hence to the Mauritius, and took on board the mate of the Albion, Lillers, of Poole, which vessel was run foul of by the Ellen on the night of the Bth. The Ellen received some slight damage in her rigging, but it is feared the Albion upset The Betsey, Lake, from Newport to Barnstaple, was driven on shore near Bideford the 2d inst., during a heavy gale ; crew saved. THE MINISTERIAL REFORM BILL. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—I cannot refrain from expressing to you, who are one of the most ardent and able advocates for Reform, the exuberance of joy and triumph with which the project of Reform, as pro. pounded by Ministers, was received in this city—not only in the common, but also in the middling and best informed circles.— Our ancient city is not very pre-eminent in its political character; but such was the excitement produced here this evening, that a requisition was instantly drawn up and numerously signad ; and to-morrow, no doubt, it will be very generally so, to our Chief Magistrate, requesting him to call an early meetin g o f th e inha bitants to thank his Majesty and his Ministers for their patriotic and noble conduct in this great cause, and expressive of entire confidence in the latter; and further, to petition both Houses of Parliament that the proposed measure may pass into a law. I trust our exa.nple will be followed in our present proceed ing, and that the voice of this mighty nation ( w hi c h was never ra ised in vain) will be again and again exalted in the most stre nuous efforts, to strengthen the hands of our Gracious Monarch and his heroic Ministers in achieving the battle now about to be fought between the friends of freedom and the boroughinongers. Chester, March 3. A CONSTANT READER. REFORM BILLL.—The following is an ex tract of a letter from Liverpool, received last night : " Liverpool, Wednesday. There never was, on any former occasion, so much heartfelt satisfaction experienced in this town, as there was this day, on the announcement of the Ministers' intended measures of Re form. The information reached here at half-past two o'clock, by express, and was publicly read aloud in the mercantile room of the Exchange, to a large assemblage, and was received with a cclamation—long and hearty and reiterated cheers. Indeed it appears to have given us all new faces, for we see nothing but smiling and shaking of hands in congratulation, on the prospects of the happy change that our country will experience from this wise measure of our beloved Monarch's Ministers. With a po pular and beloved King sanctioning the liberal measures of a pa triotic and enlightened Ministry, granting freedom and extend ing privileges to his loyal s u bj ec t s, we h ave no thing to fear, and we may henceforward look for comfort and satisfaction at home, and respect abroad, for this will be a united nation, that will in. terfcre with none, nor will suffer any to interfere with it."— Morning Paper. LEICESTER, MARCH 44.—But one feeling here pervades society—a feeling of gratitude to his Ma jesty's Ministers fur the open, manly, and direct course they have adopted. They have gained the confidence of a ll thinking and reasonable men, and deserve the eternal thanks of the country and posterity. The intelligence and moral strength of the community are now their own. We shall hold a public meeting here in a few days. , 4-1411. "&‘,4 14 ,-1 1 . , "."+ ...IF , • ••• LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 5, 1831. It is currently stated at the \Vest-end of the town that Mr. C. W. WYNN this morning resigned office, as Secretary at War, and that the resigna tion has been accepted by Earl GREY. After a lengthened debate last night, the House of Commons adjourned over to Monday. Mr. STANLEY made a vigorous effort in favour of Reform, and put forth abundant evidence that his sagacity is in no respect inferior to his energy. The Lord Advocate too (the Right Hon. F. JEFFREY) defended the measure in a speech replete with sterling argument and manly eloquence. He observed that there were two discontented parties in the kingdom, both of which were in their way influen tial. The one consisted of industrious—intel ligent—well-disposed persons, who, notwithstand ing their respectability, were denied their just share in the representation ; the other, of poor, distressed, unreflecting creatures, whose passions, stimulated by the artful appeals of political adventurers, prompted them to tumult and disaffec tion. Between these two parties, though in the origin there could not be the slightest possible cot - nection, still, in the end, there would arise a certain degree of sympathy, springing up from the convic tion that both were debarred their constitutional rights. The consequence would be, that as both these parties professed to seek the same end— namely, the attainment of justice, each would have a natural tendency to coalesce with the other, and thus a spirit of opposition would be formed and ma tured which no Minister could stand against. It was the object then of Government, by acceding in time to the moderate demands of the more respectable party, to attach it to the Con stitution, and thereby neutralize the malign influence of the more vagabond portion of the community. Such is a faint outline of the LORD ADVOCATE'S chief argu ment, which no one who is in the slightest degree acquainted with the political temper of the day can hope to answer. But one short week ago—we will not conceal the fact—an immense mass of discontent, " not loud but deep," existed throughout the country. This discontent was not confined alone to the poor—the ignorant—the unprincipled; it was shared equally by the enlightened, and the respec table, who complained that they were unjustly represented, or rather not represented at all ; that in fact they had no more share in the Constitution than a Paris or a Hottentot. The Ministerial plan of Reform has already wrought wonders with this list class. It has restored confidence among them ; it has bid them look t►p and hope; it has separated their interests from those of the jesuitical and unprincipled; it has convinced them that now, for the first time, a British Government is really sincere, is really reso lute in its efforts to promote the public good. To preserve the support of this numerous and influ ential class—of this class whose voice has already spoken in thunder through every quarter of the kingdom—'t is necessary that the Ministers should be firm. To cripple their Bill is to peril their po pularity ; to yield to the wolfish howl of the bo roughmongers, is to destroy it in lobo. As to com pensation to such harpies, the thing is wholly out of the question. If compensation is to be made, it should be made by the boroughmongers to the people, not by the people to the boroughtnongers. In the House of Lords, last night, the Duke cf NORFOLK—the first Peer in the Realm —announced his intention of supporting Ministers to the utmost, in their patriotic measure for Reform. His Grace added, that though he should be a personal loser by such support, still he would not permit his private interest to interfere for an instant with his sense of public duty. This noble conduct has already, we understand, produced a great sensation. The Boroughmongers are much cut up by it, and feel themselves, like their champion, Sir C. WETHERELL, at the last extremity. They are all in articulo mortis. Requiescant in pace ! Letters are pouring in on us from all quarters, stating the unqualified satisfaction of the countly with Lord Jolts RUSSELL's Reform Bill. From went of space we are unable to insert thee. One or two of the earliest received will be found in another column. We give in another column a list of the rotten boroughs proposed to be disfranchised by Lord JOHN RUSSELL, with the names of thelr respective patrons, and the present Members. Many of these boroughs are without inhabitants —none have a population exceeding 2,000 persons, but whatever the population, the Members are in fact nominated solely by the patrons, and being so nominated, know no interest but that of their patrons and their own. The public have already perceived how some of the Members for these boroughs have spoken on the subject of Reform, and will soon see how many more will vote. There is one case of apostacy which we deeply lament, more for the man than the cause (for that he cannot injure), we me-►n that of ALEXANDER BARING, the proprietor of Callington, and half pro prietor of Thetford. Alas ! alas ! Luckless was the day he purchased Callington. We ask, did he not give little more than 30,0001. for the purchase of that borough ? Was he not so well satisfied with the purchase that he voluntarily gave 1,0001. to a person who gave him information of t , opportunity can the publicrtutririlt):topurchaseexpectfr o mhim ? Aird if this be li it trek true that the opportunity of purchasing 8 relit% borough is an object deserving such lavish gen a t E , rosily, the public will judge whether a rotten WOO ;I t t's must not be a valuable possession, and in sale waftl t, I ; tiE!, turtle.' to good account. What moral right have the patrons of thee Iti ltsl Pr h eY boroughs to nominate 119 Members of the C°ll : l 7 l 6 l4, :ee'f mons House of Parliament, and then in m ockelf es K t "infl i r y them the representatives of the people ? ifl s : ch tec it Itid i C system be continued, the future may be Pie wc. A - ; L' a es en , a t -el from the past ;—look to the pension list, —the P r° " l - ,;il!, el i'nst d e gate public expenditure,—the navy accorintfi W t. !! li" 'eat! ) . exposed by Sir JAMES GRAIIAM,—the etiornint4rtedi debt,—overwhelming taxation,—Corn Laws, -- P i °°r in A rlii' Laws,—Game Laws,—and behold the !colitis! ' f, LVllti Lord JOHN RUSSELL'S statement on bringing ': A ir nrs e i s _ ward the question of Reform remains unansoter's hir s ter;isr and is unanswerable--the King's Ministers bale l'li t Za,z 'f flo; l; nobly redeemed their pledges, and deserve the 11 5 4,,v e e r ing gratitude of their country, which their Coon", h l t i 'ej?,7ftr most cheerfully accords them. Let every tna ls : 1 1;, C ° :,,'" ) ; ' has a stake to lose, every lover of peace, tranqu'' t o 'f Pro m ( e and good order, promptly stand forth in supe do S - l a - I the King's Government and Reform—let add re ; 14;9: % f v l and petitions flow in from every county, city' ' he Ne r e n rough, and hamlet—let every man consider the %s r :" `"ei 14. . bi e P sh i cause, as it unquestionably is, his own. Reform cannot retrograde,—it was, in effect , c a : 5 r ," 5 4 1 :41 1 4 i i i ried when the question was moved by. Lord JO IP I , i iiB . l°°r * , RUSSELL, let the Boroughmongers and their ° te m ' L s Pe . 4 - ( NI 1 rev vote as they may. Such of them as cirio °t :, l- ,, sh e S fr e e influenced by any better feeling, whose patrio t ' s- ' tiassor dwells on their lips, but is a stranger to their hearth " L ti ty l a b r:] who have hitherto displayed matchless shredalf r a 0 ,,Y,!ti .. , 0 1 in pursuit of personal interest,—the idol of L e. : " t ' o ll worship, and to which they are at once high P', l Rp t , ....._...„.. and votaries,—all such we implore, for their °" b il f • i'''''' sakes, to pause, before they vainly endeavOo r f 7,1 144 Y1 * - LI their votes, to impede the irres.stible mura ls is Oh -." Reform, —and reflect, before it be too late, 00 "Its o " f a lu nevitable consequences of such conduct. l i t a lte l . i7 e lo bo or h a , tl/414, , 1. t hi te ti l t : er ms Y size e ii i. at 4 v _ ' ) 1 ;:kt 4 tri N t h, a re e; 4 n q F, 4 1 : 1 11 1 h4o ti wi, A4 L the ' The l' E r ol 1 , 4 ) 5 , 14 I l ig ni Xtb„ t V It) Witt l itt 4)", rin, 9 11 ill / , 1' iir li rl tr ‘ rt Alt, a 1 'l4l n) . };) Y . . will 4' 4 to 4,, ° tre e re rn P t k. ,, wi l h 'ul l , es ti , str Itt'-E .lA/. ,E Our rsaders will peruse with pleasure the bit speech of Sir F. BURDETT at the Westnlin s . t d meeting held yesterday, for the purpose oft enderl; support to Government. They will a 16° , 0 much gratfied by the temperate and judicial ; duct of Mr. WAKLEY at the same meeting. ; ge l remark, too, of Colonel EvANs must not be P e i, without comment. The Gallant Colonel obse rv o that he had just come from Sussex, where two form meetings had already taken place, and ° be ef he knew that ten thousand persons were re:l to march up to London if Ministers were defe. We can add to this statement, that if '" le d r defeat unhappily take place, it is reported that ;1 wards of two hundred thousand men are ready moment's warning to march up from the 0,0.'0 the metropolis ! We conjure the boroughtned to take th s hint in sea,on. By German Papers received this morning have some interesting accounts respecting V" 1 b' The Russians we almost close under the walls of t o ci y, which is resolved on holding out to the Il i.. The streets a-e barricaded—loop-holes maile. b io the houses—cannon posted at every acce s9l jo point—hospitals prepared—and the whole ' lO4 l population, who are capable of hearing 1 0 , 1 registered and drilled for service. The oil glans, meantime, neglect no means of to victory sure. A few partial skirmishes have ° lre ' taken place between the two Powers; and, so fart s can collect from the very contradictory a ccoull t6 t io the subject, the alvantage hitherto has been 011 h et side of the Poles. This gallant nation-101 t o to prosper as the'r cause is just !_though Oat they have little or nothing to expect Pt;•• fo-eign aid, are determined to die, each o f at his post, with his wounds in front. till nately Warsaw is badly provisioned, and the fences of the city are insecure. Its best, ind e .o l only bulwarks, are the heroism and determina tl pe el its inhabitants. By Monday we may lotV to hear of a sanguinary and decisive c if!' having been fought under the walls of Or o t its " Already," says the Allgemeine Zeitungt ado sound of cannon is continually heard from th e , of Praga." THE FUNDS.—(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE 0' CL . no rfs, We have very little to communicate - as yet, there b nit rivals. The French mail due yesterday, and the estaf e LeoU have been delivered this morning, but they do not s.idtso information of importance. We perceive by the Xo e , isTsP - 0 1 Gazette that the Russian army is within a few miles°.ted;,4o l ,' and that every day a great and decisive battle is exP numbers on both sides are estimated at '200,000 men. ted,pr mation from Warsaw states that the Polish army ie „ miles south-east of Praga, and the Poles will give ,e! the walls of Warsaw. • • • Information from Lisbon states that negociatio ns opened there by the English Consul between Don,':oe elll two diplomatic agents of Donna Maria, which is to / basis the sacrifice of the constitutional charter. 0 ,01, THE FUNDS. terOf fO r d The public and speculators were again hoaxed ye , - oie, stock-jobbing report that an express had arrived f e etth Cr bringing the rentes two per cent, higher, which h...ds th e 4 getting up Consols to 76% for the account ; but tow 3 ,4tionj o to of the market it was ascertained to be void of foUns'. n otm - 10 sequently Consols receded to 7N, and opened this 76% i,4, went up to 76%, and at present they are "ium o ff; little doing as yet. ntio ri fit The debates of last night still occu th e atte. public, and which is for the present adjo urn ed untkiti; day. Various opinions are still formed in the city the ultimate success of this most important measure, BRITISH FUNDS. Bask Stock, Ditto, Reduced,l, India ditto, 202 4 Ditto, Nov, 8 5 fe,A) 3 Der Cent. Cons. 764% Four per Cent. Ditto, for the Acct. 56 1 ,4 % India Bonds, 3 5 ig 4 0 3 per Cent. Red. -_Exchequer Bills, • 4, , 3% per Cent:— 04 " 4STS to • ' HALF-P. e iir ii With regard to political information, we have 1 10 fr i gii present hour, nor do we know of any express from t io;li c e 7 Consols, which, in the early part of the day, w ere.. .0 for the account, are at present 76% to 76M, at whi" ge r amain steady. trib u t es maintaining in M i n ot g le o y f t M he ar i k )r e i t ce is of ve c r o y ns re, which contOrri TWO 0' C- - f 0 .1 We have this morning received the Courrier,,A(Vor Thursday, by express. In the sitting of the 2d of d slimPipi tiani said, " I thank my Noble Friend, who is the ", t? o r Commission, for having, with as much prudence t i , yi, ment, given his comments upon the communicatlelol 10 0 1 Government has made to the two Chambers. Il e it er oit e o6 served that, as long as negociations are pent:RT. ' , . 00 15 imprudent to communicatethepapera to which tho.._rlii;" refer. A groat principle has been consecrated by the S'l'oo , _? tion of July last. The independence of nations , a k roo , : 40 formerly was proclaimed in England. The Frene" n eir will not follow, and has not allowed that the e i ll i nation under the pretence of intervention, shoul d ne ,;er eo. but, on the other side, the Government has , r d r.,to v ip itself of the right to examine the case in poi 1f a i e 10 re application as the state of things requires. I. t c saLo ir our country favour that principle the GovernMen„retS4' . j port it by the force of arms, but we have never ` be a • '" to support that principle we ought to march to _ world." dist?lral 6 They write from Hesse Cassel that some, oi. -- ~ taken place amongst the lower classes, but the , r, had established order. 0 1,114 The French Funds are 54f. 80c. 111 0 0 4 epr It appears there was some agitation in Paris the 00;0 4 ing. A number of poor workmen assembled in o de . .it Palais Royal, claiming bread. The National (It; t ow" 4, out and re-established order, but not before t " 01/ come serious. n ,C.k THREE''' ,4 . a. Consols, 76+ I. ihnolL''' / 1,... if FOUR O'CLOCK.—CLOSINL. .. „.. / Consols 7sf i Danish' '' 6 ••• / Ditto for Account 75 4 i II 1 p „," Brazilian'Bond4 — Buenos Ayres — Chilian Ditto Columbian, 1824 — 1 sßPfpeeuar Grp s s xn n i i k : e. c 3 i la o h n7 : : : : . ''''''''''''''''''''' /11 .1 PRINTED AND PUBLISHED ar MVILDO ;go* SUN-Oprics, 112, STIRANDs tif lf 7 b -Zll. PRICES OE STOCKS THIS hank StbCl: A shut 3 per Cent. Red 9 per Cont. Cons. 7t5 1 ,4% %%IA % 354 per Cent- Ditto Red. ihnt New 3%/Ser Cent 85%1%% 3 per Cent Ann. 1726 4 pq Cent. 1629 . shut Baia LbngAiiii to expire ...tali 5, 1850 shUt Oct. 10, 1859 shut Jan. 5, 1660 Jan. 5, 1980 April 5, 1830 Jan. 5, 1870 DAY AT ONI O'CLOCK. New 5 per Cent. — India Stock Ditto Bonds ... ........... — pm. South Sea Stock 85% Old Annuities...... New Ditto ............ - 76 3 per Cent. Ann. 1751 Ex. Bills, £l,OOO l4 20 pro Ditt0...... ... 50' — IS Pm. Ditto Small 2O pry. Ditto Commercial Ditto Advertised Bank fbr Account 9 134 India for Account Cms. fir Aprll 12 76 1 ,4 14 IA 9i % NGE YESTERDAY. COURSE OF EXCIIJ Amsterdam C.F 12 II Ditto, at sight ;' ..... 11 181 Rotterdam .ll 12 1,1 Antwerp 0 0 HaMt+urs M.B. 13 111 Aitona ..i ...... ~, .te,...13 111 Paris, 3 days' sight .......25 20 Ditto 2 U. 25 50 Bordoaux 25 55 Berlin Frankfort on Maine, Ex. M. 351 PetetsbUrgh, ruble, 3 Us. 10 0 Vienna, effective 3. 2 M. 10 10 Trieste do 1010 Madrid 37 Cadiz 17 Bilboa Barcelona 36 I Seville 36 %', Gibraltar 4714 (Leghorn 47.; Genoa 25 60 Venice 46 Malta 46 Naples 3814 Palermo per oz. 118 Lisbon Oporto ....... ............ Rio Janeiro Bahia 25 Buenos Ayres Dublin, 21 days' sight 154 Cork 1:;a BULLION, PER OZ. X. s. d. Portugal Gold, coin 0 0 0 Foreign Gold, in bars 3 17 101 'slew Doubloons 0 0 0 New Dollars Silver bars, standard 0 0 0 THE ATHEN IE U M of this day contains REVIEWS of Crochet Castle —The Marehmont Papers, (with copious Extracts)— Howitt's Seasons—History of Venice, (with illustrative Engraving,)—and, (EXCLUSIVELY), an extract from Captain Beechey's forthcoming Voyage to the North Pole, &c. Published, price Sd., by J. Section, 7. Catherine-street. Columbian, 1824 I S" } "":_ orlv _ __--- , re et,,, P' M ARMED. r ju dd-,' L lir• ' A SAt St. Pancras Church, S. Haines, Esq• ot,„ r og ' 0 1 .r o( wick-square, to Marian, the youngest daub "'" ton, of Jeflery-street, Kentisown. t, op 1)1 ED. T „. 0 01c-If1 0/ _,it!, On the it.li ult. at Dr. Chambers's, in " 0 , al' 1 5 1 ' 0 Elizabeth, wile of the Rev. Francis Stainfor 5• 011° :$ t ''' the late Dr. Fraser. „ Itc• • eld On the 4th of March, in his 27th year, the ~s b ire, e i A.M., Rector of Dry Drayton, in Cando, g' I f the Dean of Christ Church, Oxford. /114°'