The Sun. — London, England, 1831-11-22 00:00:00

- DAY UG I . I the ,P r l r ther menets,*4 till P StSt!, stin v Csse,l thsa l l i t r ; )10. .,4 11 41. ie )0( 1 °0 dalur ;ion st e on r ngs , ... or 'of few ,„er to owl ieos it. :T e d looser/ )A l9 . ,•e .cI3Y , tt, in to , oo t je e b" t io o oleo ttO Lide r „itti 101. wri"'j to greel, ss a la ,pion BRISTOL. SI C MEETING TO INQUIRE INTO THE CAUSE OF THE LATE RIOTS. (PROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) k e r : b lic meeting of the merchants, bankers, and house °l Bristol, was held yesterday at the Assembly of obtain a full and impartial inquiry into the late riots . I " ta tiotos, Esq., b.ing called to the chair, said, i r ehoi Y forcibly the honour done him, but regretted ' i had not fallen upon a more able person, as he himl.He Incompetent to the task.—(Cries of "N . 0, Itch % would not take up their time in making lin et , t 4 t b at Proceed at once to read the requisition calling w i . lll ' (The Chairman here read the requisition, .ed to sighed by thirty gentlemen.) It having been to w b iro that he possibly might be submitted to ieh 1 1 ; i te a , Chairman, he had made a few remarks, ree l t Would now read :—" Gentlemen, Lord Mel 'altattPlY to your request is, that his Majesty's G o _ s pa trdl b e most anxious to receive every informa it t t he subject of the late riots, end that they would t his Most earnest attention." It is in consequence th, e P n 'Y that we are met toge th er ; f o r it is admitted . 1 14 tr v ernment that it is necessary such an inquiry 'Zhu ha Place. In this I am happy to say that the te k t: .. t a not prejudged any person, condemning no ta t ,;" 4(l . It w a s his earnest desire to do what all ! It n° l lld have in view, namely—that the right At git 4 , ll he do ne i n th e r i g ht manner, adopting the talt : 1 %, of English justice—that every man was in tutntd found guilty. He concluded by thanking he the att ention they had pa i d h i m, an d truste d t h ey T. J . :r with pati e n c e every speaker. 41 6kliCH EE , Esq., said that having so frequently thl t 0 his fellow-citizens lately, he knew they would 6 I,l'l their indulgence, in opening the business of the Pr e ,... 41 a should not have approved of this meeting in 1,71 State of excitement, but he was sure he might tiot the good order of his fellow-citizens, and that ""ld ensue. The necessity of the meeting was be „Even now we were i n the vicinity of the ruins °; t he finest squares i n E ng land ; the cause of 'a t tl y d ed aloud f or i nves ti ga ti on . The object of the lil t , "whether a committee should not be appointed ili a lull i nquiry into the causes of those ru i ns. H e k_P u rsuing this inquiry every thing of party feeling ;avoided. Since the meeting at the Commercial th: Portant documents had been submitted to ''aYor's statement of justification and Major di, er '"'s narratise. It was impossible not to notice I e h Pa tleY of th ose accoun t s ; th e one en ti re ly bl a m e d ase. rre it ta i t °o) the other exculpated him.—(Great tots oaaj or M ac k wort h te ll s us t h at w h en h e fi rs t a yi Mansion• house the civil force was completely I '46' He beg ge d h ere t o observe that in making ss en na upon the Mayor he did it not individually, individ ua l, th e y h a d it th a t he mani c we:a personal courage ; but he was con- If " t h twelve others. He that possessed of t ed t ."tagc, ou g ht he not to have had twelve Ws tee .l 'ers ? Let us read the Mayor's statement, hi tt t o t hrough i t an ev i dent shr i n ki ng f rom g i v i ng an t P t % e ' If ever t h ere was a ti me w h en suc h an at 5 V 4 to have been g iven it was on the Saturday 'Itr::I have it in the Ma or's account that every ,1 11 to Colonel Brereton was obeyed. They cleared but th e Mayor would not give the order to I'4 did no ,. I ;ltti t ., Or. CARPENTER begged to interrupt Mr. 11,111..0r one notet we were come here to appoint 'ht oo l i tt ee, and to decide, be therefore thought we 11,413`et: enter into the investigation now—but calmly B geo n ,,, t t l Y I na Committee. He thought the only so l d to do s h ou ld b e to s h ow th e necess ity o f in -18 "ald be d one i n five words—as our meet '"„e of censure, but of inquiry, he would sub the chair, but be thought Mr. Manchee's •emature. 41 E said it would have given him great plea- Tpenter had undertaken the task he had, but to the best of his ability, which was very thought he ought not to bp stopped from necessity of the resolution he held in his ing was different now to the last meeting, ing published his justification, but Colonel published nothing in his defence. He therefore, they could not be wrong in hearing j'e question. 11 ' ) 'AN said he was much obliged to Dr. Car- remarks, as he must say he felt that Mr. ' uni ents were not relevant, although he must 'old have spoken in a more calm and dignified loped, therefore, Mr. Manchee would confine forming a Committee. ;NTEtt said that the Government had said investigate the affair, but the city must; for that purpose only, and he trusted they •heiniselves to the mode of best pointing out , 'vent the way in which this investigation lusted. He thought they should not ani 'e Mayor's or Major Mackworth's statements. t consider that the inquiry was a most so 41"e, they ought therefore to keep them ,nto the court of inquiry, as they would into ii iees competent witnesses, which they could 'Y stated their opinion here, because they . A /A • to h ave prejudged the matter. r o ld l ' e litE then rose amidst immense applause. n g l itt e , ) ,, t ',ut help thinking that the proceedings were !sito Sr,n‘th so long speak ry ord er never heard any one ,1 11,* He was indeed certain that an in ricz necessary, but he did not know that they he r ite en ? Were ' equally certain, and how could Whi ch t hat Without making the statements to t tii ".e• kr he had intended. The Mayor had published „tuttitir statement. The Magistrates had said what 1 4, 11 ,U0t r h e i aB °o for not giving the under to fire, and he o icr, + 44 not Vine them for being extremely reluctant when h,cwilifer Sodium of . the aftairs at Manche,ter and New the, Pr e4 `top f "etore their eyes, nor could he blame Colonel tiv°lll‘ t 'a °Nei!! being equally reluctant, unless under an rit s ' t , t 4 l, due, but he would ask where were the Maps ,fotitY ieh ' r ig that eventful time the citizens were running Z e _t! , seek them, and they were n . o where to be t it; CUm 43 it not notorious t h at one o f them came into 14: t tle lit er i al-rooms, an d s t a t e d th a t the city was in the %I I th ey 444 , that th e y could do nothing for them ? i ' ) te Rom e of them, fly into the country, and t h, ‘ known wh ere ? W as thi s r i g ht —ought they 1.1" tt 4 e 4 desert e d t h e c i t i zens on suchan occasion ? tt ti he here called Mr. M. to order. He felt th . 04 311 ,Placed in a very difficult situation, but he tetrlt A /Ali gnt that we ought not to accuse . any parties. li nt continued—if the Chairman had not "t+ to "nu he would have shewn that he did not lo p t i vat,, t ick , any individual, for they were y al estimable 4 1 ai ne :t e naracter s , but it was the system which he , t he of, Io i SeZ A I t c , TAN said, if Mr. M. would not hear him, h i t , i tht the would appoint some other Chairman, he 'e 4 1 4 411 t e n 'nly thing to do was to promote a calm and 'ti l li .l°4 l(l l l 4i rY ; if we considered any set of men hs re tid o 'eui y the evidence we might offer, the M s y d not listen to it, because they would say thi °ffe red by partial men, which would be proved it r t . d eli e , ehe ' of - this meeting if such a course was 51 4 41 ; le very ~c tt tE Was very unfortunately situated, and Pop 44 4 . "aficult task to perform but he would bow to ter t he hitl?; of the Chair, and say not another word "4;, Bth leet of the Magistrates—this he would how- Ia N . the • Mitt t/1 e Magistrates he had beard were willing ,wl!;lltratese citizens in the appointment of stipendiary Ira, due l ' II and in the reduction of the Mayor's dues, av ing anefficient police, and all those re "r+tt '° l •I • Ma -144 a ssf, so much desired, and when we la 41 ,toe f i d " Were elected by the people every one would tejer i l t i te p e h n ee e ethen would this c . ity flourish and eret, , nix from her ashes and invite every one to tlr,,, 4 Wa y fr l read of being as a flaming beacon to drive 11 0 ,2 4 e her walls. Mr. Manchee sat down amid atu7,at I t,„,,ePlanse, after reading the first resolution as it i h Ititi'reerfe:tt awful e on nt d nion of this meeting that with a view to t, 4 , t °01Z,?,t awful and r o l i t g ou t s e ev c e i n i t z s e c n a , ii be allowed to ; 0 1 1.1c e if ''!1) Without a ca st a ri m ct investigation of all the causes ht ;4 9f the etticacy of . the means adopted to sup thQ_ taken' , ,JB . _ of the . utmost unportncetbat measures qt r os f acts collecting all T r % e wh o ".,aesare .yet e s o information ypressed ' on the t ho '‘'THILL witnessedthe hit ccur g rence.. itt ought t , rose to atcond the resolution, and . said t hic t i, e , l 'at Dr. Carpenter's interruption was entirely t u, it conceived them to be judges which we e were only individuals who anxiously sought r td I ts Tee. rose to reply, amid considerable i n . had ', a nd . said that when the statement lie had i t of in'ee.o impugned, he must reply that by being a 41t he e u l A u 'rY they were judges. me his aci l t. , 4l tAll, before putting the resolution, must ai° `like n;°wledgments to Mr. Manchee for the gen anter in which, he had bowed to his deci r lit atici e , i _ e g but for his situati on t h ere far i nfer i or to The resolution was then put and passed 6,att t;D? Olt IP DI 0') o it 4i inf c f c :.11 313;0'''.1g l ico ,0 ie9l, vwc.tec,, tre ?,n!rocti:A ) 1 k 11.) iry o'4_ l 1, %ter, . 444i41 °Uel r, i i. v "call., jun. rose to propose the second reso- lotion. He could not but regret that that which had devolved upon hint had not been in the hands of one of more weight and influence. The reasons which induced him to act as he had were, that he felt we were placed in a situation without security, and stigmatised in all quarters. He felt that unless we united in a general union to avert this disgrace, we had a weight hanging over us which would crush us to the earth. He thought this was the moment for action. Memory could not be refreshed, and if we did not act now, the consequences might be most disastrous, and we might too late have to regret that we were not in a situation to have saved lives and preserved property. Now was the time to collet evidence, for if we ne glected it, and a heavy rate was imposed upon the city, it would be too late to complain when the collector came to the door : we must pay it if it was our last shilling. With regard to its being said, if we expressed our opinions we were a party, he would only say we could not be otherwise—every into must be a party in this affair, for every one was deeply interested ; and when he ceased to he a party he ceased to be a citizen. Mr. HARWOOD seconded the resolution, and would do all in his power to support it ; he hoped it would have the effect of establishing a regular system of organization for the security of persons and property, the following re solution was then put and passed, with one hand held up against it :- 2. That, as it is highly important that such information should be taken, if possible, by persons not subject to local prejudices. A further memorial be addressed to the Government, praying that a Commission of Inquiry be sent down, with a view to the restoration of public confidence, in the security of persons and property. Mr. SAatuEr. WARING rose to read a memorial founded upon the last resolution, which he thought would not require anything to be said upon it : he certainly should have liked to have stated to them what he knew of the culpability of certain parties, but he was restrained from doing so, and would therefore at once read the memorial. The Rev. F. EBSWORTII, in seconding the memorial, could not refrain from (under due respect for the chair) observing that his decision had put it out of his power to state to those persons who had. not seen the necessity of enquiring the reasons why he thought it necessary, but he certainly did think it one thing to state events, and another to call upon a meeting to adopt them, for they would see by the resolutions that not one individual was impugned. He, if he had been allowed, should have stated to them not what he had heard but what he had seen. In this, which would have been to him a most painful task, he should have been not only obliged to have stated facts but names, and he 'would have shown that all these dreadful events which we had seen might have been pre vented. We all saw that our first memorial had not met the success we had anticipated, and he thought this me morial would meet with the same success; if it were so, be was not daring enough to say what ought to be the ulte rior course pursued. He was sure that the bitterest enemy of the peace of this city could not, if he were pre sent, say that any gentleman had excited the people ; if there were any one present who would dare to do so he trusted the frown of a public meeting would be fixed upon him and intimidate him from such a course ; he should not have said thus much, but misrepresentations had been occasionally indulged in, he meant the Press ; we ought therefore to make it their interest to speak truth, or we should withhold our countenance from them.— (Cheers.) He hoped that what he had said would put an end to a sort of literary warfare which had been pursued in this city, diverting enough in times of peace, but dreadful in times like these; it was abomi nable that any individual who did his little, however little that may be, towards the preservation of peace, should be accused by one portion of the Press of sedition.—(Cries of " Felix Farley's the liar.") He would, therefore, re peat his observation, that we ought to make it the interest of the whole of the Press to tell the truth.—(lmmense cheers.) He hoped they would pursue every means to assist this inquiry, that they would be energetic in their support of the gentlemen who had begun this undertaking by public meetings to support them—meetings like the present, respectable beyond all precedent. The Reverend Gentleman then sat dawn amid loud cheers. The memorial was then put as follows, and carried unanimously : " TO THE RIGHT HON. VISCOUNT MELBOURNE. We, the merchants, bankers, traders, and other householders of the city of Bristol, deeply lament that your Lordship was un able to return a more favourable answer to the memorial pre sented on the 7th inst. We have no desire to interfere with any legal proceedings that his Majesty's Government or others may deem it proper to institute against either the civil or military authorities, on ac count of their alleged inefficiency in suppressing the recent dis graceful riots in this city, but we are extremely anxious that an investigation should be set on foot free from all local prejudices, that may have the effect of giving that security to property and confidence in personal safety which it is the strong impression on our minds we do not at present enjoy. " We are not unwilling to institute that enquiry among our selves, but it must be evident that no information so acquired could have the same force in producing a conviction of the necessity of ulterior measures, as if collected by parties authorised by Government, unshackled by local connections, and free from all party prejudices. All parties here concur in the propriety of such a course, and although we feel the weight of the objection urged by your Lord ship of the want of precedent—yet those to whom we owe the earliest precedents on any subject must have been in the same situation as your Lordship, and acting on their own wisdom hey created the various precedents that have been the guides to all subsequent ages. " The circumstances under which we call upon your Lordship to act are, fortunately fur the character of the country, them selves unprecedented, and a city whose ruins present so awful a track of incendiarism and such glaring proofs of the incapacity of those whose duty it was to prole t it with one voice, calls upon your Lordship to consider whether the inquiry instituted into the unfortunate transactions at Newtownharry does not form such a precedent as would warrant the proceedings we de sire; and if not, whether these calamitous events are not of suf ficient magnitude to authorize the creating a precedent for suc ceeding generations. " We humbly intreat that your Lordship will induce his Ma jesty's Government to reconsider this case, and grant such an enquiry as the only mean, of preserving the city from the deser tion and ruin with which it is tin eatened." _ CHARLES BOWLES Fitter, Esq., in moving the fourth resolution, for the formation of a Committee, said he thought it would be highly essential to have such a Com mittee in effective operation, so that if his Lordship should not accede to their second memorial, the Committee would be enabled to take ulterior measures, and also to re ceive evidence, although not upon oath, and thus pre pare it for the Commission, which it was prayed might come down to conduct the inquiry. The second part of the resolution merely went to obtain a subscription, which all would see the necessity of contributing to, not largely, but in any sums which might be convenient to them. 4. That a Committee be appointed to forward the memorial, to proceed forthwith in collecting evidence relating to the late disturbances, and to take every measure they may deem expe dient to prosecute the fullest enquiry. That books be opened at the bank of Messrs. Haythorne and Wright, and that the fund be placed at the rtisposal of the Committee. That such Com mittee shall have powers to add to their number, and to form parochial Committees if desirable. And that the following gen tlemen do form the Committee : Joseph Reynolds, Robert Bruce, jun., Samuel Waring, James 'lll(i)coomrea' John Hare, s eltrlVßlloiwarinesTEril„lpi,'saSmaniiiieTlHisalro,rygoaot,ll, Edward Goss, Harman Visger, jun., Mr. C. B. Fripp. Mr. Goss rose, with melancholy satisfaction, to second the resolution. He trusted that a fair and impartial in vestigation would take place, which might call upon the Government to give us that assistance which we re quired. He, for his part, thought that Lord Melbourne and the Government would give us their attention ; for he must say, they had stated that they only wanted ma terials. He could state nothing here of the conduct of the Magistrates, but he would say that the inefficiency of a body in this city was notorious. Mr. T. SANDERS and Mr. ALLIES regretted tli they could not act upon the Committee. The resolution was then put, and passed unanimously. T. J. MANCHEE, Esq., said, as the Chairman of the late Committee of the Commercial-rooms was not pre sent, and as he had been put in the Chair pro tem., he thought lie was not incompetent to move a vote of thanks to our Representatives in Parliament for their excellent conduct upon the n ie sent occasion. The deputation which had been sent 'from the Magistrates to London, for troops, previous to Sir C. Wetherell coming to the city, had acted as no deputation bad ever done before—they had passed the Members' door (accidentally he hoped) ; but Lord Melbourne had retninied them of their duty, by refusing to ans.ver their request until he had sent for the Members. Mr. M. then moved the fifth resolution. 5. That the thanks of this meeting be given to our Repre sentatives in Parliament, J a mes E. Baillie, and E. Prothcroe, jun. Esqrs., for the zealous support they g ave to the late memorial. Mr. H. VY.:iGER, jun., seconded it, and it passed un animously, Mr. HAM rose and said, that he bsgged to infor m th em, that he with several other gentlemen, were deputed from the Council of the Union, to offer their cordial co-opera tion; he would say, they the Union had been maligned ; if gentlemen, therefore, would not unite with them, they would unite with others, and the poisoned arrows of their enemies would drop harmless at their feet. Dr. CARPENTER rose to move a resolution that all would agree with, he was not one of the requisitionists, be had only seen it, and he was assured that it was what it ought to be, and he felt grateful to see it, he rejoiced in the order of the meeting, he felt rejoiced that gentlemen had come forward with the requisition, and would move a vote of thanks to them in acting so nobly, as he was convinced they were following the very course pointed out by Go vernment. He then moved the sixth resolution :- 6. That the thanks of this meeting be given to the gentlemen who signed the notice, calling the meeting and prepared the business for its consideration, regarding them as having dis charged a great public duty and acted in accordance with the course pointed out by Lord Melbourne. Mr. HAM in seconding it considered we should be com pletely emancipated, in consequence of the inquiry which must take place ; it passed unanimously. Mr. WAITE moved, that the resolutions be published under the directions of the Committee.—(Cries of " Not in the Journal, not in Felix Farley.") 7. That the resolutions of this meeting be printed under the direction of the Committee. The CHAIRMAN having vacated the chair, it was taken by Mr. S. Waring, and a vote of thanks to him for his con duct in the chair was carried by acclamation, and the meeting separated at three o'clock. "‘a this C in cr red' ep ('as not one 'atirel • to 14 1 ,"tons p re •e ot ;,0 ttltin& t Dr ef 111k 4 • Carp 14•°‘,Iyit 44 11,1"°ing it 4 011 an d h e t i‘ktki 11 t he n e eiai:oe hla Th e thi s havir ° ali klgi had it o' f ot t h !t, theref he . 1 0 4 tid e , r r- thi suit. it t: - — natrt)] s,OOl. et fo r his ri e ti 4, ith e , ;Mi t t o , I e arg u J ru 'P 4 t4 14, 1 eon rer f° llto i tirn 4 r•• h )neY. m ilt eho all J o 1), r .,tc , th e k that .r. ‘'4IIPZN 'Y '414 not ?.5 co o tv er °121,1 met r ". n ne tl ' flP ut ell l4 qoy 414 1,, eoe,rni sler);,; :4,4 idt !ci to he 4e Y " the isse P- 0 ,0 'At to HO,/ 1, kid a O , O Ol „te a wful ,tit'„ R° int( aii °l ll .‘ ;‘ o if I" ps t th, y t said r. t, DA l') N; Nid I nu c t if ef t ' " t gtti„ 4 1 °'2:cr' ' NATIONAL POLITICAL UNION. Last night a meeting of the Council of the above Union was held at the Crown and Anchor Tavern, Strand, Mr. CHURCHILL in the Chair. Previous to entering upon the business of the day, Mr. WAKEFIELD was anxious to take the earliest op portunity of correcting a mis-statement ,Which had ap peared in some of the newspapers, of a few observations which he bad expressed at the last meeting of the Council. He was reported to have stated that Mr, Kelly and Mr. Austin bad given an opinion as to the legality of the laws of the Union. This certainly was not the case. for no case had been laid before those gentlemen, and they had not consequently given any legal opinion on the subject. On the motion of Mr. PERRY. it was agreed that a Se cretary to the Political Union be engaged, at a salary not greater than three guineas a week. Mr. Roland Detrosier was subsequently appointed se cretary. A deputation was also appointed, to wait upon wealthy Reformers in the city and elsewhere, and solicit subscrip ti tns in support of the Union. Mr PERRY read tl e report of the Business Committee, directed to draw up a declaration of the objects of the Political Union. He said that the Committee had con sidered it necessary to make only a few alterations in the declaration which had been already printed by the Union, and distributed to the number of several thousands. The Committee proposed, that in addition to the object ex pressed in that paper, the National Political Union should declare that they would endeavour " to obtain the abolition of all taxes on knowledge, and to assist in the diffusion of sound moral and political information." The Committee also proposed that the election of officers should be carried on by ballot. After some conversation, thesexegulations were fixed for discussion on Thursday next. Mr. PERRY read a report from the Business Committee recommending the establishment of a reading-room, for the use of the Members of the Political Union. —(Applause. ) One of the objects of the Political Union was to promote the interest of the working classes, and the only way, as it seemed to him, of advancing their interest was to diffuse among them moral and political information.—(Hear.) He concluded by moving that it be referred to a Committee to devise means to establish a reading-room for the use of the Members of the Political Union. The Rev. Mr. Fox seconded the motion. Mr. PLACE said, that if a reading-room should be opened he thought lie could prevail on two or three Members of Plrliament to send their Parliamentary papers to it. Mr. REDMAN was a working man, and in giving his support to the motion only expressed the feeling of thou sands in the metropolis of the same class of society as him self.—(Hear, hear.) I.ike him, they were all anxious to obtain information, but they scarcely knew where to find it. The motion was carried unanimously. Mr. WAKEFIELD rose to call the attention of the meet ing to an important resolution which he intended to sub wit to their consideration. The resolution was founded on intelligence which had arrived that evening of the creation of 36 new Peers by the King of France, for the purpose of securing the sa'ety of a measure which he considered essen tial to the welfare of the country he governed.—(Ap pl After making some further observations of which our limits dO not permit us to give a report, he concluded by moving the following, resolution That the Council view with satisfaction and delight the con stitutional mode resorted to by the King of the French in creating 36 Peers to overcome the factious opposition displayed by one branch of the Legislature to a measure sanctioned by the voice of the people." Mr. GALLOWAY objected to the resolution, because be was afraid that this reference to proceedings in France would have the effect of frightening some timid minds, and making them believe that the members of the Political Union had the same object in view as the French people— the destruction of the hereditary principles of the Peerage. Mr. Fox SMITH, Mr. PLACE, and Mr. Drraoszaa, supported the resolution. Major BEAUCLERK cordially approved of the resolu tion ; but he owned he should have liked it the more if it had contained a recommendation to the King of this country to follow so excellent an example—(Great ap plause)—and in order to make room in the House of Lords for the new Peers, beseeching his Majesty to remove the Bishops from the House.—(Laughter.) The resolution was then agreed to unanimously, and directed to be advertised. A general meeting of the National Political Union was ordered to be summoned for Thursday week. COURT CIRCULAR. His MAJESTY, attended by Sir HERBERT T,tyLoa, ar rived at the Palace at St. James's about half-past one o'clock yesterday afternoon, from Brighton. At half-past two o'clock the KING held a Court, which was attended by the Archbishop of CANTERBURY, the LORD CHANCELLOR, the First Lord of the Treasury, the Secretaries of State for the Home, Foreign, and Colonial Departments, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Chan cellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, the Earl of CARLISLE, Lord JOHN RUSSELL, the Duke of RICHMOND, the Lord Steward, the Master of the Horse, the Lord Chief Justice of England, the Vice-Chamberlain, Sir ROBERT GORDON, the Recorder of London, &c. Sir ROBERT GORDON was presented to his MAJF.srir, by Viscount PALMERSTON, as Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, on his return from his embassy at Con stantinople. His 'MAJESTY held a Privy Council, at which Parlia ment was further prorogued from this day (the 22d inst.) to the 6th of December ; and a proclamation was ordered to be issued summoning Parliament then to meet for the despatch of business. Mr. GREVILLE attended as clerk of the Council. The Recorder of London was afterwards introduced into the presence of the KING in Council, and made his report of the convicts capitally convicted at Justice Hall in the Old Bailey during the last October sessions. His MAJESTY gave audience to the Archbishop of CAN. TERBURY, Earl GREY, Viscount MELBOURNE, Lord HOL LAND, Viscount ALTHORP, the Marquis WELLESLEY, the Earl of ALBEMARLE, the Duke of RICHMOND, Viscount PALMERSTON, and Sir JAMES KEMPT. Viscount FALKLAND was the Lord in Waiting. The KING, attended by Sir H. TAYLOR, left town on his return to Brighton, about li4l-past eight o'clock. BRIGHTON, Nov. 21. The KING, accompanied by Sir HERBERT TAYLOR, left the Pavilion this morning at half-past eight o'clock, in a carnage and four, for St. James's Palace. His Ala- JEST , ' is expected to return to dinner to the Pavilion. The Earl of ALBEJHARLE left the Palace this morning. for London, to attend a Council. Iler MAJESTY has not yet resumed her carriage airing. The Loan CHANCELLOR joined Lady BROUGHAM at Regency-house on Saturday evening. His Lordship re turned this morning to London. At three o'clock yesterday Lis MAJESTY, accompanied by his Royal sisters and the Countess of ERROL, left the Palace in a carriage and four, with two out-riders, pro ceeded through East-street, along the Marine-p irade, to Kemp•town ; from thence to Hove, and returned to the Palace after four o'clock. The whole line of road, from Kemp-town to Brunswick-terrace, presented a most animated appearance, in consequence of the number of splendid equipages; the promenades were crowded with rank and fashion, whole loyal and affectionate salutations Lis MAJESTY returned in the moat condescending manner. Colonel Fox yesterday took leave of their MAJESTIES, and returned to town. The LORD CHANCELLOR, the Earl of ALBEMARLE, HOB. Major and Mrs. EEFPEL, Sir WATHEN WALLER, and Mr. BEDINGFIELD, had the honour of dining with their MAJESTIES last evening. The calls at the Palace included Prince TALLEYRAND, the Duchess DE MN°, the Marquis and Alarcbioness of CARMARTHEN, Lady and Miss TIERNEY, Marehiolicss CoRNWALLis, the Ladies CortNwaws, and Colonel Baron TUYLL. Count and Countess WoitoNzow have been thrown into the greatest affliction, owing to the death of one of their children ; the melancholy event took place last week at Kemp•town. The Count and Countess left their marine residence yesterday morning for Tunbridge-wells, having previously placed their two boys under the care of Mr. M'SwINZY. PRESERVATION OF THE PEACE.—At a special meeting of the Dudley Political Union, held at the Swan Inn, on Friday evening, Nov. 15:— Resolved unanimously,—That this meeting deeply lament the riots which have lately taken place in different parts of the king dom, and pledges itself to the utmost of its power, to preserve the peace, order, and tranquillity of this town and neighbourhood. • SAMUEL COOK, Chairman. JOSEPH PITCHFORK, Secretary. The above resolution was enthusiastically carried with three cheers. - CHOLERA AT SUNDERLAND. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. - SlR,—The official report of Dr. Daun of yesterday, the 19th of November, has just reached Newcastle. As compared with the late returns it is considered favourable : it informs us there is one death and three new cases of malignant cholera. I shall not attempt to shake the opinions of the London Jour nalists, which appear to me to be now as much too decidedly tinctured with levity on the subject of the cholera at Sunder land, as they were at first with gloom and dismay. You may or you may not think that what is denominated malignant cholera by Dr. Dann is Asiatic, under a milder name ; but whatever the disease is designated, suffer me to call your attention for a mo ment to its progress. On the 11th of November there remained only one case of malignant cholera under treatment, on the 12th there remained three, on the 13th two, on the fourteenth five, on the 15th five, on the 16th four, on the 17th six ' on the 18th six, and now on the 19 th there remain eight cases under treatment. The progress of common cholera and diar rhoea is scarcely less worthy of notice. On the 11th of November there remained six cases of common cholera under treatment; on the 19th fifteen. On the Ilth of November there remained fourteen cases of diarrhoea under treatment ; on the 19th the number was thirty.five. Ido not wish to lay greater stress on this than it °, some deserves, personsbut it is worthy conceive, of the observation, diarrhoea and more especially if, common cholera are just shades of the same complaint. Deaths by English cholera no doubt occur now and then, but there have occurred at Sunderland in one week, according to official re ports, twenty deaths from what is called malignant cholera, three from what is called common cholera, and two from diarrhoea. This, it must be admitted, is very far indeed above the usual proportion in a town like Sunderland. A friend of mine, who is just arrived from Sunderland, says that the people there very positively deny that they have the continental cholera amongst them. He says that they allow they have had an unusual number of sudden deaths, and he states that he saw a greater number of funerals there than he ever before witnessed. Still, whether it be the Asiatic or the English cholera, as almost all the medical gentlemen are of opinion that the disease is not contagious, it is very desirable the commercial restrictions which weigh so heavily on the port of Sunderland should be taken off. Nothing can be more pre. posterous than preventing all communication by sea, while you allow it freely by land. I have just heard a report that Dr. Russell is to be sent down by Government, but cannot say whether it is well or ill founded. I am, Sir, your obedient servant, A MEMBER OF THE NEWCASTLE BOARD OF HEALTH. Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Nov. 20, 1831. NEWCASTLE, Nov. 21. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR, —Having, despite the cholera morbus, common and ma lignant, diarrhtea l typhus fever, &c. &c., had the temerity to visit Sunderland, I hasten, regardless of the overwhelming re ports of numerous alarmists, to record my opinion on the subject, an opinion, now I can safely say, founded on observation. I now, Sir, defy any one to prove that the cholera is infectious ; I have this very day been with a gentleman upon whose word I would stake my existence, who, for his own satisfaction has re spired the same air which has just been emitted from the lungs of a person diseased,has slept with the party sffected,and drank from the same cup, and has this day, in the most perfect health, with the best of all possible appetites, eaten the leg and breast of a goose. I myself have visited two persons this day who are afflicted with the cholera, and I feel no worse; I have no cramp nor spasms, no qualmishnesS, no anything, but a decided conviction that the doctors of Sunderland are just now remarkably short of patients. In proof of which I copy the report of the Select Vestry of Sun derland, a meeting of which took place last week. " The Select Vestry for the parish of Sunderland, assembled at a meeting this evening, deem it a duty we owe to the public, in the present excited state of public feeling, to declare, that in their opinion, founded on the reports of forty-eight gentleman who have twice visited every house in the parish within the last three days, that the town of Sunderland is now in a more healthy state than has been usual in the autumnal season, and that the information which appears to have been given to his Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, that the Indian cholera exists in this town, is not justified by the general health of the in habitants. " ROBERT DIXON, Chairman." So much for Sunderland. Now let us look at the state of health at the townships of Bishop. Wearmouth and Panns, the following report of the Select Vestry has been printed and dis tributed through the towns in question : " The gentlemen appointed to visit the several districts of the townships of Bishop- Wearmouth and Panns, delivered in their report, on Tuesday last, by which it appears that all the nui sances have been noticed which have a tendency to promote dis ease, and proper steps taken to have them immediately removed, and particular injunctions given to secure cleanliness, and every means adopted calculated to carry it into effect in the houses of the poor ; and where any inability appeared, people have been sent to clean out those persons' houses. Very few cases of any description of illness have been found in any of the districts ; anti they are most happy to state that not one case of cholera came under their observation. (Signed on behalf of the Select Vestry,) " WILLIAM HILL, Chairman," These reports any reasonable being would consider conclusive, but some of the faculty find it hard to give up the pleasure of at. tending at the Boards of Health (which are mostly composed of doctors), such as riding about in a post-chaise and four, and ether little diversions, added to the benefits they reap by working up the fears of the timid to the profitable height of three powders and a draught ; and therefore think it a pity so soon to relinquish thatwhich appeared likely to produce a golden harvest: they will not, however, do so without a struggle. But as the people, i. e., the generality of them, are aware that nine portions out of ten of a doctor's shop is composed of humbug, they are not so easily frightened, particularly when they know from what source the nonsense of infection and contagion, which is daily dinned in their ears, receives its rise. But, Sir, to satisfy the over-scrupulous, and to set at rest the fears of every contagionist in the kingdom, I insert for their comfort the report of the principal medical men in Sunderland:— "At a numerous meeting of the medical gentlemen residing in Sunderland and its vicinity, resolved—that a disease possess - . ing every symptom of epidemic cholera is now existing in this town ; that it never has appeared on board of ship ; that there is not the slightest ground for imagining it has been imported, nor that it has extended itself by contagion, though the sufferers have been attended by numerous friends and neighbours ; that it appears to have arisen from atmospherical distemperature, act ing, in most cases, upon persons weakened by want of whole some food and clothing, by bad air, intemperance, or previous disease ; and that the mterruption of the commerce of this port seems to offer the most probable means of extending the disease, by depriving the industrious poor of their bread, and thus placing their families in the depths of misery and dsstress. . . . ...... - - . " In conclusion, the gentlemen trust that the above statements may tend to remove many misconstructions and false reports which have arisen out of this unpleasant affair ; and beg to con_ gratulate their fellow-townsmen on the otherwise general good health of the town." Here follows the signatures of upwards of forty medical men, the most eminent of Sunderland and its vicinity. If this be not enough to stifle the croakings of certain interested individuals, why then I will believe the world is gone cholera morbus mad, and I will make my bow, and congratulate the faculty upon their acquisition of patients, and their increased demand for physic. I am, Sir, yours obediently, THOS. C. FLETCHER. CHOLERA MORBUS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Stn,—Whether the disorder that now prevails at Sunderland be the Asiatic cholera or n ot , there can be, I apprehend, tio doubt that a disease of a very malignant and fatal character at Present rages there. Now the question to be decided, in my view oft subject,and port of Sunderland is ssiSmpldy this, Ought any temporal evil to the town erland to be put in comparison with the general health of the kingdom ?" It is a disputed point among medical theorists whether this disease be or be not contagious; but putting theory aside, allow me to call attention to the undis puted fact that the disease has not extended beyond Sunderland. Now, if it were, like the influenza and other disorders, epidemic, would it have been confined to a single town ? Would the adja cent country—would Newcastle have escaped ? As yet the disorder has not extended beyond this one town, and I certainly do think that, at all events, until it makes its ap • Pearance elsewhere, a strict and rigid quarantine should be en forced on Sunderland. By adopting such a measure, even if Sunderland were injured, England might be saved. If, in despite of quarantine, the disease should extend—if it should break out in other places—then the quarantine might be relaxed; but as long as only one solitary spot is afflicted with this visitation, surely it would be good policy to restrict the commu - tication with it. In what I sin now about to say I may lie open to censure, I may be told that I write from interested motives, but, to meet such objections, I shall not object to give my real name and address to any one ; and I may safely say 1 should not derive a farthing from the Staffordshire nor any other collieries ; but I certainly think that if quarantine were enforced at Sunder land, the coals from Staffordshire and other parts of the country ought to be admitted to London without restriction. Two years ago, Sir, in your Paper I advocated the use of rail ways, how fortunate for the nation would it have been if rail ways had been ere this established! We might then have established the most rigid quarantine at Sunderland, yet been free from the most remote inconvenience. . . In one word, let us do all for Sunderland that humanity— that medical aid—that benevolence can effect—but let us not sacrifice England to Sunderland, nor omit to enforce the most rigid quarantine, until its necessity be disproved. I remain, Sir, your obedient servant, ALPHA. BATH, Nov. 21. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. a a journal subj r a by in general o o of S s such n me extensive will c u p ri ,, s r i L , e:c c o i e r n c t r o u e circulation as The f r T e o h e n t, i,, rn g Sun, e s : d i fewn even e r :linesgo the interests of literature. in the spring of ISO 7, that is, above four and twenty years ago, Mr. Carpenter, of Old Bond-street, published a small work of m i n e, with the title of" George the Third," in three volumes : in one of them, I forget which, there was a story, chiefly of my invention, and founded on a tradition relative to a device, visible on an antiquated building in the town of Galway in Ireland. In the year 1820, came from the Dublin press, a History of Galway, in 4t0., a very clever work, by Mr. James Hardiman, who has the reputation of being a truly learned and ingenious writer. In his history, he has given, with alterations, a place to my aforesaid story ; but, like a man of an honourable mind, has assigned the composition, such as it is, to me. In the year 1829, cr 1830, a Mr. Mac - somebody, published " Stories from the history of Ireland," and among them repub lished my luckless legend ; leaving it to the gentle reader, how ever, to conjecture the author, without any allusion to my ob scure name, or to Mr. Hardiman, from whose book it was probably extracted. In the last number of the Literary Gazette, for Saturday the 19th instant, my redoubted fiction once more makes its appear ance, professedly selected from the translated tour of a certain German Prince! It is announced by the Editor of the L. G. as " a Tale of Galway;" and, though indisputably my story is so mended as to stile, by what some, I dare say, may choose to think fine writing, that I can scarcely recognize my own homely and unpretending narrative. I have not, as I conceive, been very handsomely treated by some of the parties concerned, and shall esteem it as an act of kindness if you can afford me an opportunity of vindicating my self in the most public manner possible, namely, in one of your columns. If my story was deileient in merit, it should not have been thus forced upon the world's notice; if not, the lawful proprietor should not be denied his portion of renown by the editor of a paper so influential as the L. G. At all events, the product of labours not his own should not be made over to the German Prince, either through design, inattention, or ignorance. I trust I shall not be suspected of a project for puffing " George the Third," when I add that another edition is not contemplated, and that a copy can now hardly be procured, owing to the flat tering avidity with which the impression was bought up by those best of all publishers in time of need, the pastry-cooks, trunk_ makers, and venders of snuff, " pepper, and frankincense." I am, Sir, &c. EDWARD MANGIN. As a proof that the agriculturists in some districts are e n li g h tene d enough to perceive that Reform will benefit them in common with all classes, on one sheet of the Reform addresses which lay for signature in the hundrzd of Teynbam, out of eighty-four names eighty were farmete...-Kent Herald. SUPPLEMENT to the LONDON GAZETTE Of FRIDAY, dated MONDAY. At the Council Chamber, Whitehall, the 21st day of IStay., 1E331 By the Lords of his Majesty's Most 1-ton. Privy Council. Whereas by an Act of Parliament, passed in the sixth year of the reign of his late Majesty King George the Feurth, entitled " An Act to repeal the several laws relating to the performance of Quarantine, and to make other provisions in lieu thereof," it is, amongst other things, enacted, " that it shall and may be lawful for the Lords and others of his Majesty's Privy Council, or any two or more of them, to make such order as they shall see necessary and expedient upon any unforeseen emergency, or in any particular case or cases with respect to any vessel ar riving and having any infectious disease or distemper on board, or on board of which any infectious disease or distemper may have appeared in the course of the voyage, or arriving under any other alarming or suspicious circumstances as to infection, although such vessels shall not have come from any plaso f rom which his Majesty, his heirs and successors, by and with the advice of his Privy Council, may have adjudged and declared it probable that the plague, or any such infectious disease or dis temper, may be brought ; and also with respect to the persons, goods, wares, and merchandise, and other articles aforesaid, on board the same ; and in case of any infectious disease or dis temper appearing or breaking out in the United Kingdom, or the Islands of Guernsey, Jersey, Alderney, Sark, and Man, to make such orders and give st. directions, in order to cut off all communication between any persons infected with any such disease or distemper and the rest of his Majesty's subjects, as shall appear to the said Lords, or others of his Majesty's Privy Council, or any two or more of them, to be necessary and ex pedient for that purpose :" and whereas the infectious disease or distemper called the spasmodic cholera bath appeared and broken out within the United Kingdom ; and whereas, in order to cut off all communication between any persons infected with the said disease or distemper and the rest of his Majesty's subjects, it doth appear to the Lords and others of his Majesty's Privy Council necessary and expedient that Boards of Health, to be constituted as hereinafter mentioned, should be established within such cities, towns, and other places within the United Kingdom as may be affected with, or as may be in danger of becoming affected with, the said disease, and that proper mea sures be taken for securing the communication to such medical boards of authentic intelligence respecting the actual state of the public health within any such city, town, or place, and the condition of all persons therein labouring under the disease, or any other disease highly dangerous to the health of his Majesty's subjects. Now, therefore, it is hereby ordered by the Lords and others of his Majesty's Privy Council, in pursuance and exercise of the powers so vested in them as aforesaid, by the said Act of Parlia ment, and in pursuance of any other powers enabling them in that belief, that Boards of Health shall forthwith be established in every city, town, or place within the United Kingdom, to which an order for that purpose shall be transmitted by the Lords and others of his Majesty's Privy Council, such order being certified by the signature of one of the Clerks in Ordinary of the Privy Council ; and that such Boards shall be consti tuted in such manner, and shall proceed in the execution of the duties committed to them in such form, and according to such regulations, as shall be directed and described by any order so to be issued and certified as aforesaid ; and it is further ordered that every practitioner of medicine within every city, town, or place, in which every such Board shall be so consti tuted, shall and is hereby commanded and required to make to such Board a daily report, under his hand, containing a full, true, and particular account of the condition of every person at tended by such medical practitioner who may be affected with the said disease, or with any other disease highly dangerous to the health of his Majesty's subjects ; and all medical practi tioners who shall neglect or omit to make any such return by the time, or at the place, or in the manner or form so to be re quired, or who shall in any such return wilfully make any false statement, are hereby warned and admonished that the several penalties consequent upon any such disobedience to the provi sions of the before-mentioned Act of Parliament will forthwith be enforced against them ; and all mayors, magistrates, justices of the peace, and others, his Majesty's officers, civil and mili tary, and subjects whomsoever, are hereby commanded to be aiding and assisting, to the utmost of their several abilities, in enforcing prompt obedience to this present order in punishing by all lawful ways and means any neglect or violation thereof. C. C. GREVILLE. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S. A great desire was evinced yesterday to back ;Hargrave by the majority of those present. The following were the prices at the close of the room " THE DERBY, 1832. 10 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's Beiram 10 to 1 agst Mr. Dilly's Margrave 11 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Non Compos 12 to I agst Lord Exeter's Dulcinea colt 17 to 1 agst Mr. Vansittart's Darioletta colt 20 to 1 agst any other 1000 to 20 that Beiram does not win the Derby and Emit iana the Oaks (taken). OAKS. 7 to 1 agst Mr. Chifney's Emiliana 12 to 1 offered agst either of the Duke of Gratton's lot. In the course of the afternoon Mr. Forth, who is a man in his 75th year, offered to take 50001. to 10001. that he rides 200 miles in eight hours! MR. OSBALDESTON'S MATCH AND NEW CHALLENGE. Mr. Osbaldeston has published a letter, correcting some inac curacies in the statement of his late match. He says he is not 47 by several years, and explains that he threw himself off Ikey Solomons on finding that he showed symptoms of bolting among the trees. Mr. Osbaldeston gives the following new challenge to the sporting world :—I challenge any man:in the world, of any age, weighing or carrying my weight, to ride any distance he prefers, from 200 to 500 miles, for '20,000/. ; but if he will only tide 200 mills or 250 miles, I will ride for 10,00er. Or I will ride against the jockey of 7st. whom they talk of backing to ride '2OO miles in eight hours, receiving thirty minutes for the difference between 7st. and llst. ; or I will take 10,0001. to 3,0001. or 20,000/. t o 6,0001. that I ride 200 miles in eight hours, which, it must be allowed, would be a wonderful performance for list. odd, and I think almost impossible —at least, a single accident would lose the match, and I should scarcely have time to mount and dis mount. I am always to be heard of at Pitsford, near Northampton. Your obedient servant, GEORGE OSBALDESTON. Pitsford, Wednesday, Nov. 16. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS The King has issued his proclamation, and Par liament is to meet for the despatch of business on the Gth of next month. How many throbs of anxiety and volumes of impassioned writing would have been saved to some of our cotemporaries if they could only have peeped behind the curtain, and ascertained this fact a little before it was proclaimed to the world ! But it was not the friends of Reform who, shuddering at the prospect of delay, gave vent to their feelings of anger and suspicion—it was not those who suffered most from the awful silence of Ministers. The enemies of Reform were still more cruelly treated, for the suspense in which they were kept afforded a strong temptation to the prophetic spirit of their party, which accordingly showed itself in predictions they were almost inclined to believe. Now this was, as Lord Liverpool would say, too bad. It was too bad, because the Anti-Reformers had not the same consolation under disappointment which the Reformers had, who, when they found that they had been knocking their heads against a post, would find at the same time time that it was a winning post to them and their adherents. Verily there was something malicious in the taciturnity of Lord Grey. It was a temptation to men of powerful imaginations and little intelligence to run riot in the field of spe culation, where he knew that there was a corner into which he could drive them all, friends and foes together, and laugh at them for their pains. The thing, however, is now done, and those who seemed to be most in the secret a day or two ago at present look more ridiculous than the rest of their neigh bours. But, to be serious, the determination to call Parliament together at so early a period as the 6th of December was, in every view of it, judi cious. In the first place, it gave the most prompt contradiction to the different rumours so industri ously circulated of changes of opinion in high quar ters. Who now shall tell us that the King has been persuaded, not by the arguments of the Lords, but by their obstinacy, to alter his opinion, and take up theirs ? All doubt as to the firmness of his Majesty must now be at an end; and the same ma) be said of his Majesty's Ministers. As for the people, it is evident that, so far as matters have yet gone, they have gone on favourably for them, and for the cause which is identified with their pros is prob a bl e t h at t h e Mi nisters This one indication on t h e part of the Go vernment is worth more than all the Political Unions, me s u i e n ' a te It i i possibl e t h at t h e L or d s —t s w ith or without arms, as a prelude t o t h e success of nrnthis'e'eytexgrsrsteeia‘lvi be o a b s t ttill still be secret—b ut t h ere i s every reason to expect thatthat those who are so ready to meet the struggle are prepared with sufficient energy to make it victorious. There i s every t hi ng to i nsp i re t h em with ardour. Th e Ki ng i s w i t h t h em — t h e peop l e are with them —their own consciences urge them to persevere. All Europe—the whole of the civi lized world —are looking on; and the session, which they have wisely determined to commence so soon, promises to be the most remarkable and the most glorious in the annals of the British Parliament.— Morning Herald. Thank God ! all uncertainty with regard to the meeting of Parliament is now at an end. A Supplement to the Gazette of Friday night fixes the meeting for the despatch of business on Tuesday, the Gth of December. The wisdom of the course adopted by Ministers is so obvious, that we are only astonished how, in the present unsettled state of the country, with bushiess suspended, and Poli tical Unions 'vatting up on every hand for the avowed purpose of placing the success of the Re form BM beyond the power of accident, there should have ever been a moment's hesitation as to the adoption of it, But we will not dwell on what is past, the futtre is quite sufficient to occupy all our attention. Now comes the tug of war.— Tile Bill will soon be re-pn;[luced in its altered and, we trust, improved shape; fi!it how is the Bill to he carried ? And here we mist advert to a friendly endeavour to assist us by the author of a pamphlet now appearing, in the very Oick of time, under the title of " What will be done by the Lords ?" .The question is now, as the vtlriter happily observe, no longer " what will the Lord§ do ?" but, " what will be done with the Lords? ''' The writer passes over the Bishops, as" to waste time or argument upon them or their votes would be superfluous." * * # "By the common consent of all men, their doom seems sealed—at least so far as political power is concerned. How soon they will be bowed out of the House of Lords, no man can say; but that to this complexion they must come at last, appears no longer dubious." We yes terday animadverted on the remark of S;r R. Heron, that a good many Peers would have voted for Re form had it not been for the Press. The writer of the pamphlet seems to think that it is with Peers as with pigs—that they have an universal tendency to go in the direction opposed to that in which it is wished they should go. But we have his own words-1-- ‘• In public, or in private life, there are few animals so little contradicted as British Peers. Hence, they naturally cannot brook contradiction. Other men work their way onward in the world, through crosses of various kirffkl but this is not the case with the English Peer. Born, 101' the most part, to an ample fortune—the hap; of his limit) . —the idol of his parents—nurtured in aristocratic pre judices, and trained in all the foolish vanities of high and ancient blood—and then ushered into that polite ;)tisembly the House of Lords, he passes through life without contra diction—and hence arrives, in his old age, at a degree of obstinacy and inveteracy of prejudice, to which the meaner sons of earth cannot aspire. Unless contradicted by his wife, which, fortunately, sometimes happens, the British Peer sinks into his grave uncrossed and unthwarted." The above is a tolerably clear explanation why the pigs and the Peers have so much in common ; and accounts, at the same time, for much of our legislation of late years. But let that pass. 'What is to be done with the Peers? There they are between us and our hopes. The writer seems inclined to think that they who have thrown the whole country into confusion, because they were afraid of being thought to be afraid, may at last see the evil of their way, now that they see there is really cause for their being afraid. _ . "let them walk warily (he observes) ; another false ,tep would plunge them ' deep into the mire and chiy, where no footing is.' It is undoubtedly our confident ex pectation, as well as our earnest hope, that the Peers— that is, a majority of them, will act in the way we have pointed out. But as it is always possible, We trust not probable, that they may hold a contrary course, it is ne cessary that we should take a view of what would be likely to occur, if they did so. For then would be asked, but in a very different tone from the one in which we ask it—' What will be done with tLe Lords ?' " The pig may be brought to his journey's end, Find so may the Peer; but it is quite clear that all reason would be thrown away on people capable of plung ing a country into confusion to show that they were not afraid. There must be a momentum. Plug reason has been tried, and failed ; pig reason must be tried. Considerations of justice—of hu manity—have been fruitlessly urged. The dis tress of the millions—the danger of coinmotion itt a country in which the people are crowded together in large cities, and liable to calamities unspeakable if any in , erruption should be given to confidence— these are arguments fer men who sympathize with 1 1 their fellow -creatures, not for boroughmongers. But there is one argument, and only one argument, for t hese personages, and it is well stated by this writer:— " If the House of Lords manifest an intention of ayai , rejecting the Reform Bill, it is quite clear that the Minis ters must create a large batch of Peers. The evils of such a proceeding are manifest; but they are as dust i❑ the ba lance, compared with the evils which would result front any further delay in the passing of that great measure. If the Peers, therefore, are obstinate, and show a continued determination to reject it, a creation of Peers is the only method left for the Government, to enable them to carry to a successful conclusion, the Bill, upon which the tran quillity, the happiness, almost the existence of the country depends. " The creation of Peers, then, becomes not only a jus tifiable act, but an imperative duty upon the Govern ment; and if the House of Lords dislike being sluiced with fifty or a hundred new ones, they must re inemb,..r it is their own conduct which has brought it upon them. That such a creation would materially da mage the House of Lords—that it would lower it greatly in public estimation—that it would render it so numerous as, probably, eventually to necessitate the choosing of a representative body out of it, for the purposes of legisla tion, who can doubt? Nay, such a creation might almost occasio❑ the extinction of the House of Lords as one of the estates of the realm. 'But, let it be ever borne in mind, that if such a measure must be resorted to, it is the Peers themselves who are the cause of it. " They ca❑ no longer plead in excuse for their resistance that the feeling of the country in favour of Reform is a passing excitement ; they can no longer, with any pretence, even of firmness, resist the wishes of the nation—such ty ranny agouti be insupportable. For it never could have been intended that one rank of the State should be suffered to domineer over all the rest, and to act against their united wishes. If such a proceeding were endured, there would be an end of the balance and equipoise of the different powers of the realm, of which we hear so much. A small majority of one branch of the Legislature would be enabled, ' for ever and a day,' to defeat the good intentions and the high resolves of the other two. " It becomes, in truth, a question, whether or not the Constitution has not already received a must serious shock. But that it would be utterly at an an end, were the whole country, with their whole present representatives, to yield up their opinions and their wishes, upon the most impor tant of questions, to a narrow majority of the Peers-- not, in fact, to the Aristocracy at large, bet to the Peers made by Mr. Pitt and Lord Liverpool,* is perfectly clear." The Peers must, then, either give in their adhe sion, or consent to be lowered by the creation of Peers in sufficient abundance for the emergency, or we come to the question of their probable annihi lation from the indignation of their countrymen, which might draw along with it the ruin of our Con stitution, and the actual dissolution of the whole frame of society. Between such disproportionate inconveniences and evils, it is impossible to hesi'ate. " This last consideration naturally leads us to the second part of the question—namely, What will be done with the Lords, by the country ? always supposing that they con tinue at issue with them upon the great questio❑ of Re form. 'We answer, the country will endeavour to break their yoke from off their necks. How they will do this, remains in the womb of time; but it may, at least, be permitted to hazard conjectures as to the line they will probably pursue in furtherance of this object. In the first place, they will probably endeavour to upset them col lectively—and in the second, they will undoubtedly elides your to annoy them individually as much as possible," That the issue between the Peers and the people has not hitherto been one of unmixed enjoytnent to the former is shown, in a very edifying manner, by the writer, in his account of the turmoils in which they have been involved. The picture of the Duke of New castle, with 400 yeomanry eating him out of house and home, and videttes all about the park, speaks volumes. The time presses, and we shall soon have the solution of the problem whether the Peers will act or be acted upon. For, as the writer pithily observes, "If the Peers continue to resist the changes which the rest of the nation so loudly de mand, it is quite clear that the people will call to mind the apothegm of Mr. Gibson Craig, that the people can do without the Peers.' " We have only , to observe, in conclusion, that we trust Ministers Of these, 113 divided is the Majority;