The Sun. — London, England, 1830-12-18 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF TUE PUBLIC JOURNALS. It was truly stated, in the resolutions passed at the' meeting of the freeholders of Middlesex, that " the distress among all the productive classes of, the community hue been for some time past gradu ally increasing, and has, at length, arrived at such an extreme as can be no longer borne." To the ac curacy of this statement, Mr. Hume, the represen tative of that county, gave his tospialified assent, and emphatically declared that he " hailed the de monstration of public feeling that day." What, we Kelt, made that demonstration of public feeling ne cessary ? It was tlos falsification—the utter, com plete, and most deplorable faleitication—of those statements of national prosperity which the Duke of Wellington, his parasites in Parliament, and the London newspapers, repeated, ad zususeam, last year ;—aye, and even during a greet part of the present year, until they were silenced, not by any penitent feeling of shame for having prae• ti-rd so gross a system of delusion on the public, but by the irrepressible ru'hing of the distress, whose eeistence they denied, over the barriers of all law and order. Nor should it be forgotten that Mr. Joseph Hume hithself supported the Duke of Wellington in his view of this very subject, so recently as the commencement of the Session of Parliament last Spring, when. he, with 27 Members of the Opposition, voted against the amendment to the Address, and thereby denied that the distress was general or progressive. We do not impeach the patriotism or honesty of Mr. Hume in giving his vote on that memorable occasion to the military Premier, hut we do impeach his sagacity. Bad it not been for the Members of Opposition -28 in all, who bore the tiame of Whig,, who then voted with Ministers the Duke's Government would have been at that time in a minority, and meet have resigned. Great calamities would have been thereby spared to this country and Europe. The peasantry of time counties which are now in a state of fearful insubordination and outrage would not have been driven, by a despair of peaceable re dress, to acts of violence and terror. We do not mean to say that edi who take a part in those die turbancee are distressed. There are turbulent spirits whose instigation to disorder is a restless desire of change, who are to be always found ready to take advantage of a crisis like the present, and to fan the flames of civil fury, with the hopes of profiting by the coufuion. But we do contend that such disturbers of the public peace would not have found the materiel to work upon, if it had not been for the hopele-a misery to which the labouring classes were driven by the refusal of the late Government either to remedy their distress, or even to inquire into it. When the Duke of Wellington and Sit Robert Peel were going about on their shooting parties, and eliewing how easy a thing it was to direct the affeira of a great empire, the vol canic tnetter was collecting, beneath the surface of a fallacious prosperity, for that eruption which has suddenly terrified those sporting statesmen from their high places, lint which could not have oaten them by surprise if their incapacity as Ministers had not been equal to their conceit. We must heat observe that the resolutions of the Middlesex freeholders, when they came to speak of the causes of the distress, do not mention all the causes— for instance, not a word is said of that destructive system recommended by the " political economist," which caused landlords to believe their individual interests would lie promoted by disconnterrancir q small terms, and taking away from the labouring population their cottage garden, and little patches of land, which gave them the means of comparative comfort anti itidependence. They also speak of the " excessive amount of taxation for the maintenance of enormous and useless establishments, and for the payment of townerited.pensions and sinecures ;" but tog a word is said of far the greater portion of that taxation---namely, about 30 millions out of about .L . .io—ewhielt goes to pay the mutual interest of the debt, which is the price of military glory l—and /wetly one-half of which debt was contracted in it depreciated, and roust be twirl in an enhanced, cur reticy.—elfiffning Herald. The subject of tithes comes so frequently before Parlinment and the country, that in the midst even of political matters of more pressing urgency we are inclined to interpose a few words on the subject• Lord King attacked the whole system on Tuesday evening in the Howie of Lords, ridding divers coo eiderietiong also en deaneries and prebendaries, though not connected with the principel matter, or touched on in the petition which his Lordship then pretented. There is always a vivacity Lord King's manner which amuses, even when his logo ments, though always urged with ability, ere not altogether conclusive, and is therefore parboiled) , agreeable when diffused over opinions which coin eide with the popular taste. Tithes, it is wait!, are injurious to agricultural improvements; they press heavily upon the face ofthe earth—they prevent the enthathing of capital in farming speculations--- they impede the bringing of more land into cultiva- tion, end they even driver sonic elready under the plough out of cultivation. Now the fact, strange es it may seem, is, that the operation of tithes putt the land is metier of very easy proof, for it is ' absolutely " oculis suldecta fidelibus." There are plenty of tithe-free farms in the country. Are ouch films in a better state of celtivation than others close to them, which arc eobject to pay tithes either by composition or in kind is the tonna more disposed to lay out money upon the former than the latter, itt improvements that make a slow return, much as trenching, hollow-ditching, fac.? We have • a large tract of country Within our tnind'e view itt this moment, would give a decided and very painful negative to the question; and we know also another case in which three tithe-free farms were thrown upon the hands of the landlord (one land lord !) at the beginning of these difficult times, while the farms around them, subject to tithes, were retained, and are still retained, in a good state of cul tivation. We will heir further, also, in the late (we fear we may call them still, the present) distresses tit . the lehourieg poor, has it appeared, or does it ap petite that the holder' of tithe-free farms have em ployed a greeter nutnber.of Mowers, or . paid them nigher wages, than their neighbours who had taken lands *object to tithea ? If it does, this is an moment against • tithes. Again, whatever has been 'aid reepteting titheetree fetus will apply also to land' subject to a modus, rim a fixed sum in lieu of tithes. Are such lends better cultivated ? It is trizeel Matter of fact, yea or no. Are more hands employed upon them ? Anti are those heeds 'better paid ? fill all these question* cast be answered in the affirmative, argumentritien is 1101111 ,, C against tithes, at least. Bach gumenta tioti as is derived either from the condition of the land or its capacity to employ and pay a greater number of labourers. The truth, however, still is, that ;t4 tithes give occasion to endless squabbling be tween the pastors and their flocks; it would certainly be better, as the Bishop of London observed irr his judicious and candid speech, that. some commutation shotild take place—some arrangement be devised. The so t hien relitiquislunerit of tithes would, no donbt bine fi cier, so long as existing leases run; :hot ttflerwards :the ease afforded would ho heavily visited by increase of rent—that is, if rents conti nued ; but there can be no reason whatever why rents should remain, if tithes be abolished without com pensation; for, however neglected a parish may be, the clergyman does perform something for his tenth bart of the produce; the landlord nothing whatever, ut more fieeuently commits every kind of oppres sieti upon `own end all surrounding tenants for the preservation of his game. tenths score of mo -4'',4000, 14100 0 'kW, the 44fourit of demand between tithe tool rent, the lictullOrd may fix his sum, and re fuse the 1114,11 altogether who offers less; and much of the diffieulty *Nib the farmers now experience frig resulted font their awn eagerners in bidding t h lu ing the piusperous tunes over eseh other's heads; bet the tithe 7 ,:ttiner must take such tenant an he and agree with him es he can If he even lets his tithe, there to an: intermediery p e r son tq live or make a gain out of them at his expense; The landlord may require more than the land is worth; the incumbent, or his lessee, can but have their tenth ; the land is let upon the principle that Mat tenth is required,and wherever less is paid (and where is the ease where less is not paid ?) it is so much saved to the farmer from the grasp of the landlord. We know exactly what is meant. There is, in these difficult times, a just cry that rents and tithes should come down. Let them come down ! we say; but let not the rent-owner, who has not a better right to his property, throw the whole burden of the crisis upon the tithe-owner, and so deprive the country of proper religious instruction. Or if tithes are to be abolished, let the beginning be made with lay impropriations, in which whatever there is of mischievous or odious in the tithing system exists in a tenfold degree, and no gum! whatever rendered to people, no duty whatever discharged to compen sate for the wrong ! In fact, in the halcyon days of high prices, and the cruel rage for enclosures, so many compositions, either by addi tional glebe or corn -rents, were made for clerical tithes, that but a small portion now remains in the hands of the clergy; and Lord Bute in the House of Peers, its the debate which gave occasion to these remarks, " declared as a land owner, that tithes were collected from him by the clergy with much less rigour than by corporate bodies and lay-impropriators ?" We wish some Noble Lord, or [kn. Member of the other House, would move for a return of all the lands or parishes rendering tithe to the clergy, with cure of souls; and those rendering tithe to the laity, with no cure ' whatever, except that of game, and of their own bodies and estates; we believe the preponderance would be greatly on the side of the latter. This ►em it be the first step towards the commutation of tithes, and the sooner it is taken the better. 1... et it be ascertained what quantity of clerical tithes re main, and what quantity of tithes paid to laies,and let both be dealt with as the exigencies of the state require. To conclude, we reprat that we should be glad to see as arrangetnent which would remove Unmerited odium from the clerical body, and which would, therefore, serve the cause of religion. But let the subject be fairly investigated, and, instead of a mere partial statement, let the whole truth be ho neatly made manifest.— Times. Some of the French Papers of Wednesday ring with the praises of Marshal Stink for throwing his energy, talent, and activity into the business of the War Department. All the languor which used to evsil in the bureaux and corridors of the War. office is said to have disuppeared. There is now touch less writing, but more decision, than in any former Ministry. The Papers prepared by clerks are not so voluminous, but the highways are covered with recruit s, and the garrisons are filling- with de fenders and provisions. The young conscripts are not now led along the roads by gendarmes, but pro ceed to their respective depots, singing the Marseil lois Hymn. To trim)) , of the corps volunteers offer themselves in such abundance, that choice is the only difficulty. In the country so great is the en , thusiasm of the people for warlike exercises under such a Minister, that the peasants make the manage ment of arms, and the discipline of a march, their common pastimes. In short, every where is seen a preparation fur war, and an ambition for military glory. This disposition of the nation is encouraged by that part of the Press which desires to see it t. 111.. ploy ed in foreign aggression. It is no longer pre tended that the Russians are coming to attack Frailty, but there are Journalists who now urge the French Government to go and attack Russia. They forget that they could only pass the Rhine and the Elbe on a principle of political prose lytism or military dictation, which rouses all their indignation what applied to an invasion of their own country. Russia has as good right to maintain by force of arms the possession of her present terri tories, as France has to keep Algiers; and probably a somewhat better. We shall not stop to inquire how the predecessors of the Russian Emperor came by his Polish States. It is sufficient to say that his tight to the crown of Poland was not disputed by the French till the Poles themselves objected to their subjection. Even those chempioes of the ,Journals, in it similar ease, did not object to the un assisted efforts of the King of Holland to regain his Belgic provinces. The same argument applies to Prussia and Austria for the portion which they respectively hold of the infamous plunder of a gallant but unfortunate nation. Suppose they should remain quietly within the limits of their acquired Polish territory, nobody but Li political knight-errant of national rights--a Quixotic redressor of national wrong,—would propose to traverse Europe, and incur all the frightful hazards of war, to dispossess them. And is there any prospect of their assistance being required to support Russia ? But even though they were to make common cause to pre serve un order of things which Europe has several times sanctioned, would their compact warrant France, or any of the Southern nations of Europe, in sending troops to the Vistula to drive the Russian and Prussian eagles from the prey which was given up to them by ell indifference nearly as culpable as their own cruelties and outrages ? No, certainly not. It was One thing to prevent the partition of Poland by a war for its defence, and another thing to commence a war to restore its union and hide rendenee after forty or fifty years of subjection. France has too extensive an idea of her duty, if she imagines herself called upon to prevent intervention in every part of the world as well as in Belgium. The new state of Belgium borders upon her terri tory, mid an aggression on her neighbour to put down principles of government which were common to both, would have been an aggressio n on France. But Poland is not in the some prediva ment. It lies at a distance of several hundred toilets from France, with the barrier of Ger muny interposed. To send an army to Warsaw would, therefore, necessarily kindle the flames of war over a whole continent. If Don Quixote had re dressed only the wrongs of his own village, he night not have been a hero—but he would have avoided the commission of mischief and the charge of madness in his erratic excursions to find and re dress them. We have been induced to make these remarks, not so much in answer to the proposals of the chivalrous and coxcombical youth who direct a great portion of the Paris press, and are continually urging their Government to become the armed apostles of freedom, as to express our dissent from the doctrine preached on this subject by the amiable Lafayette, in his speech in the Chamber on Tuesday. The Minister of Foreign Affairs was silent; but we hope, for the peace of Europe, that his c'silence was not consent." ---r.llmea. We know not whether it is painful, or the reverse, to observe in how unsettled a state Europe is at the present moment. The young, who are ardent and full of hope, may view the crisis with pleasure as one out of which freer institutions and happier days may emerge; the more aged will inevitably be pos sexsed by fears, jealousies, and suspicions. The Poland business is not well understood yet in the west of Europe : the storm rages at a distance, and its murmurings are low and indistinct. But what hes occurred shows us beyond contradiction how rashly Buonaperte's northern expedition was pro jected, and how lamentably he failed of availing himself of the means which wore ready prepared to his hand for the annoyance of the Russian Emperor and the agitation (to use a very gentle word) of his empire. Had the present disturbances in Poland also taken place before or at the time of the Russian expedition across the Balkan, very different might have been the fate of Turkey. Of that coun try and of Greece we hear nothing at presents and the Belgic troubles are lulled for awhile, But the north of Italy is in a feverish state ; Swit zerland disturbed, and swelling to insurrection ; and France, like a drunken man in a fair, is determined to fight, without. well knowing wherefore, or with whom. Beware of attacking her independence ! Nobody thinks of it,—no one strikes her ! But they ' meant it, and tospere them the trouble of aggression, she will arm herself and give the first blow. There is a nearer and dearer country than France, where matters are not in the most assuring state—the turbulent spirits far from composed or tranquil. To this country we would give the advice to wait in patience ; it will not be long till the Reform mea sure is brought forth. Let it be observed, that this is the first reforming Ministry we have ever had. Should its project succeed, other benefits will follow in the train : should it fail, it will not have been worth the while to coniend for objects of lesser importance, for that failure, as every one sees, will be the signal for a grand movement—the revolu• ion in England will be begun. It is totally impossible that Peers and others should beany longer suffered to nominate mock representatives to Parliament. We would only advise moderation in the Reform. We should say, let no new theory be tried: this is not the time for experiments. The correction of glaring abuses, and a return to the principles of the Consti tution, according to which property and persons are to be represented, may and will suffice. One of the greatest incitements to personal industry, and consequently one of the main springs of national wealth and power, will be lost if clamour ons indi gence may assume first-rate importance and weight in the political scale. As to the present moment, there are a variety of subjects that press upon us which it might, perhaps, be as well to treat in the same manner that Buonaparte's private secretary, Bourienne, (who, by the way, has written the only Life of Napoleon the Grand worth reading,) was wont to treat a great part of his master's correspond ence : he neglected it entirely for u day or two, by which method it was found that many letters had answered themselves; ninny needed no answering at ell; and the subject-matter of many passed over in the way that was wished, without any directions being given. Mr. Hunt has been elected for Pres ton, and Cobbett says that he will, in consequence, forgive the new Member all the injuries which he has done to him, the old periodical miter—that is, he will pass them over for the present ; but along with this, he hints that Mr. Hunt's power of in juring him was not equal to his malice (" all the things intended to be injurious to me shall be blotted out of my mind ;") and likewise utters a ievous threat that he will watch and way-lay Hunt for the future. This is something like one of the King of Portugal's acts of indem nity. It is a much more serious affair to state that the new Commission opens at Winchester this day, and that the trial of the incendiaries and rioters then begins. We do not regret this on the score of hu manity, for we are sure that of the hundreds now confined, not one in ten can be found guilty ; and how cruel to keep all the rest in prison till the Lent Assizes, during the inclement season of winter ! To be sure, poor creatures, the gaol and gaol allow ance is no bad change for their ordinary lodgment and fare ; but still they are parted from their wives and families, and we heard what tears and heart rending the separation occasioned. On their trial it is certain that no intermediate sentence can be pro nounced between guilty or not guilty ; but still we hope it will be ascertained during the process, and marked in the sentence, whether the party were sutTering under the severe infliction of want from inadequate wages ; and we press this the more, be cause we fear that there is a spirit of menace, an unbounded revolutionary rage springing up, which will have a greater tendency to provoke repressive measures, then to intimidate either Judges or Juries. there is the vote by ballot. A foolish man has sent us a most pedantically foolish article on the subject, which, niter a brief perusal, we conveyed to its proper place. We know not what is expected on this subject, but we suppose Lord Grey, in the plan of Reform which he is now concocting, has no idea of election by ballot, and the propositions to that effect eau therefore have no other meaning than to provide a plea for expressing dissatisfaction with the forthcoming measure, whatever that may he ! Timer. It is a curious fact, as indicative of the influence of long confinement to study and practice, exclu sively professional, on the minds of certainlawyers, that Mr. Campbell's valuable and most praiseworthy proposition for the establishment of a general re gistry throughout Englund should have been op posed in liminc by two such me►► as Sir E. Sugden and Sir C. Wetherell, as mischievous innovations upon the law. At the same time it is satisfactory to add, that the former Solicitor-General did not think proper to hint, even by anticipation, at the shadow of a reason for his threat of future hostility to the measure; and that the objection of Sir Charles Wetherell was not of a legal, but wholly of an architectural nature. " Who," lie asked, was to build that immense parchment mausoleum ?" Now to this we may answer, that Scotland possesses a register-office for all transactions affecting real property ; and Ireland also, and almost evary coon try in Europe, with the exception of this in which we live. The consequence, moreover, of this bar barous and disgraceful defect in the institutions of England, is characteristice of a country where civili zation was unknown, or where chicane and fraud were considered essential to the well-being of society. No man—save only in the register counties, as York and Middlesex--can tell what sort of thing he be comes possessed of when he buys what is offered to him as an estate, or can be sure of the security on which he lays out his money when he lends it on mortgage of an estate in land, unless it be a first mortgage, which enables him to lay hold of the title-deeds. Nor even then can he bu deemed alto gether safe. Old incunibrances pop out from divers holes and corners—adverse titles present themselves which were before unthought of—an infinity of risks and embarrassments arise out of the want of a pub lic record of all transfers, actual or contingent, of real property, which would be one and all got rid of if such an official register were ►nade neces sary towards giving those transactions validity and effect. Is it found that the registry of sales or mortgages works ill in Yorkshire, or in this metro politan county ? In Scotland, or in Ireland ? Then why refuse it throughout the entire kingdom ? Timer. Lord King presented last night some petitions from Scotland, and among others one from the county of Renfrew, worded in a manner not very complimentary to the House, which he was pre. veiled on to withdraw. " In one passage," said his Lordship, " the petitioners entreated their Lord ships to counsel the people (' and that,' said he, is what your Lordships do not very often do') not to submit longer to the exaction of unconstitutional and oppressive taxes." "The petitioners," he said, " further prayed their Lordships to c ounsel the other branch of the Legislature not to impose taxes o n the people for the purpose of supporting the fami lies of the Aristocracy, whereby their Lordship s h a d been brought into great discredit with the people; arid the petitioners further prayed their Lordship* each to counsel his neighbour to refrain from ac• cepting the public money, unle ss in retu rn f or ade quate public services." This is petitioning with a vengeance! Lord Haddington took the opp or t un i t y ' to enlighten their Lordships with respect to the state of opinion in Scotland. " There h a d o f l ate been growing in the manufacturing districts of Scot- land," he said, " a strong feeling in favour of Reform in the representation ; but he believed that the feel ing was confined for the most part to these districts. Men's minds had of late been violently turned to that subject. But he thought that the descrip tion of that feeling was somewhat ov erc h arge d i n the petition, if his Noble Prie.rel (Lo r d Ki ng ) wou l d allow him to say so. He d id not think the feeling even in the manufacturing di stricts of Scotl an d s o strong as that which unhappily prevail s on the sal,. feet in England." Unhappily prevails 1 He added, "that the mode of repre sentat i on i n Scot land worked well, in spite of the anomalies, or he might say, in consequenee of the ano ma li es w hi c h were said to characterise it. Lord King, in reply, observed, that " it worked well for those who had it all to themselves—to those. money; but it did not upon whom i t b estowe d t w h o e rk p : l v r e ti l t l i f o oc ' the of p e ople. the publ i c 1 he people of England are mor interested in the Reform of the Scotch representation than the Scotch th emse l ves are . The Scotch representation belongs as much to the Ministers for the day as the Treasury boroughs ; but the Scotch share in the protection which the empire derives from the British Parliament. They are as much under the protection of Parliament as the English. But they have all the benefit of Par liament without the tlisativantages attendant on the state of the franchise in England. The people in Scotland have nothing to do with the representation. But in England, in order to enable powerful families to compass indirectly what they cannot compass di rectly, crops of paupers aro maintained in decayed bo roughs, exhibiting in the most hideous manner the spectacle of corruption and prostitution of mind. The tenantry of large estates are kept in a state of de grading vassalage, forced at every election to per jure themselves for the sake of their landlords, or expose themselves and their families to beggary. Corruption and prostitution meet you in England at every turn. If a man wishes to see all that is base and dishonourable---all that exhibits our nature in the most loathsome points of view—let him proceed through England at a general election, and witness the orgies to which it everywhere gives rise. In Scotland the corruption is monopolized by a body of electors not so numerous by one-half as the freemen of Liverpool, who have lately made themselves no conspicuous. The plague does not in Scotland reach the farmer or the artisan. But England and Scot land together have a common interest in improving the representation of Scotland, because both the English and Scotch suffer in their properties, from the facility which the baseness of the Scotch repre sentation gives them in carrying bad measures. It is is mistake, however, to suppose that the English are not as deeply interested as the Scotch, in im proving the Scotch representation; nay, more deeply interested ; seeing, as we have observed, that the Scotch have, at present, all the benefits of the Eng lish representation, w idiom the degradation at tendant on 4.-3:fuming Chronicle. At the Reform meeting of Liverpool, on Tuesday last, resolutions were passed, in one of which it is de clared, that "The town and immediate vicinity of Liverpool (they i state) comprise a population of about 180,000 souls. The number of burgesses who polled at the late election, in cluding out-voters, was 4,401, consisting principally of persons dependent for their support on their daily wages, and therefore, front their station in life, liable to he actuated by every variety of undue influence ; while nine-tenths of the substantial householders have no voice in the election of their Representatives." They state, also, that about 100,000/. was spent by the partisans of the two candidates. We may see from this example, that if the extremes of wealth and poverty be allowed to come into contact, a number of voters corresponding to the whole male population of age in a town of 20,000 inhabitants would be no security against corruption. The Liver pool meeting agrees with every other meeting, that without ballot the exercise of the franchise would be illusory. On other points there may be diverity of opinion—On this all ere agreed. To an honest Man, without the protection of the ballot, the franchise would be the heaviest of all curses. It is well observed by a contemporary (the Globe) that— " The friends and opponents of the ballot have put themselves upon the country, and a verdict has been given in its favour. There never was a question decided under circumstances less likely to sway people in favour of the ballot, unless the common sense and experience of man kind afforded irresistible proof* in its favour. For many years past a great pat t of the oratorical talent of Parlia ment, a great majority of the aristocratical and fashiosab!e part of the friends of the people, have been hostile to it, — all sorts of clap-trap arguments on the manhood, frankness, and openness of Englishmen have been arrayed against it, —but the people have decided .una vote in its favour. it has been sweetened by flattery—it has been frothed up by oratory—it has been perfumed by the reputation of the ut terer. ; but the proposition that the mode of voting which exposes men to threats, and solicitations, and Inibery, is best suited to the freedom and virtue of the nation, will not go down ; the gorge of popular sense heaves against it with more convulsive violence on account, perhaps, of the disguises under which it has been attempted to induce the nation to swallow it."—Afornin9 Chronicle. The state of Europe at the present moment is a question of the ut must importance, to which it is no exaggeration to observe, that all eyes are turned ; but that of our own country is of infinitely more im portance, and its present state one, par excellence on which no one, who is anxious for its welfare, can look with indifference. it is, indeed, a strange state 1 The tables have been turned—the Adminis tration, now almost forgotten, which lately ruled the country, has been dismissed, and another appointed in its stead, which goes even more strongly along with the people than, previously to its appointment to office, could have been expected from it—the people and the Government appear to be united in feeling, and the only dissentients, or opponents, are the borouglimongers—the place-bunters---the pen sion-holders—and the tithe and tax-eaters. Let the latter beware of interposing objections to the march of Reform in Church and State. Their interest was once opposed to it ; but the times are now diffe rent, and the sooner they make a merit of necessary concession the better for them. Even delay in the matter, us was justly observed in The Sun of Thurs. day, is dangerous ; for " it is," and we join cordially in all its observations, " at variance with the temper of the age, and injurious to the cause it pro fesses to serve." " If ever there was a time," continues it, " when the utmost determination and unanimity on the part of the people were requisite, the present is that time. The enemies of Reform—of retrenchment—of the best interests of the country, have but just quitted the helm they are naturally exasperated with their d efeat, thought for a time they may keep up a show of moderation, and will as na turally make every exertion, and put in practice every manoeuvre, to ensure them a return to office. Just as naturally will the boroughmongers join them, and thus we shall have a new Holy Alliance, combining toge ther heart and hand to depose the present Ministry.— What then have these last to trust to bet the support of the people, and how is this support to be obtained, if one district, at the instigation of a few influential, but ti morous individuals, hangs bark ; another refuses as sistance ; a third declares in favour of delay. The very word delay' is ominous at the present crisis. It implies that Reform is not imperative, and that its discussion may be postponed with advantage. Once for all, we protest against such tame, lethargic, and injurious conduct. Day after day—week after week—month after month—the grand paramount question should be the sub ject of agitation among all classes. Is it a reason for delay when the country, from one end to the other, is an Etna of volcanic matter—when the labourers, the operatives, and even the farmers, and the smaller manufacturers, are all equally discontented, and all equally bent on having justice clone them—when fires are blazing in upwards of sixteen counties--when millions of the public money are places and pensions —when the tith e swallowed lup in system is at its last extremity—and the Constitution i tse lf is i f , jeopardy ? Is it, we repeat the question, a time for delay, when the spirit of wholesale innovation is every where abroad—when the signs of the times are developing themselves with unparalleled rapidity—when in Suffolk the farmers refuse to he sworn in as special constable*, and in Kent to be enrolled among the yeomanry --when at Preston a stranger, with no claims to support hut the extreme energy of his hatred to all aristocratical iolluence, is enabled not only to beard, but (as we antici pdtej even to overthrow the most powerful family in the country? Above all, is this the proper season to delay the discussion of Reform, when the ballot—though, as a great public question, it has been known only within the last few months to the people—has spread among them with the swiftness of wildfire, is now uppermost in their minds, and is even sanctioned by some of the Ministers themselves? • We have no patience with such absurd, mipardonable l et h arg y. If the country really desires Reform, it must I itself put its shoulder to the wheel, and come forth to a man to demand it. Half measures will never do. The time is gone fir dallying with the question. Agitation— daily, weekly, constitutional agitation—this, henceforth must be the order of the day. Government has much to contend against. It has false friends and open enemies, equally leagued to its destruction ; and if the people do not now come publicly, resolutely, and, above all, unani mously forward in its support, they will have only therm selves to blame." -- To these observations it is only necessary to add another, and that is, that the views of Ministers are not only accordant with the public feeling, but that the Ministers are supported by it —nay, that meet ings of the must independent character are held for the express purpose of supporting it. And what more need we say ? Such a thing was never known in the times of the Duke of 'Wellington and his military Cabinet ; and why ? Because the Go vernment was at variance in all its pol!cy with the feelings of the country, and no one who did not form part of the brazen pension and sinecure list would raise his voice in its favour.—Morning Advertiser. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL. The collector of the tithes for the. Rector of St. John Zachary, in Aldersgate-ward, applied yesterday for a war rant of distress against un inhabitant who had refused to pay a sum of 1/. 11s. Mr. Alderman FAKILBROTHEM asked upon what ground he required this?—lbe collector replied,:beeause two sum monses had been served upon the party, which had been treated with contempt. The Alderman would not grant awarrant on such ground only, without knowing the consequences. "if I sign the warrant, will you piy the money?" continued the Magis trate.—" Me !" cried the astounded collector. " No, Sir, I come to you because the party will not pay me." " I understand that," observed the Alderman, " but perhaps the party is already in distress, which would he greatly aggravated by granting thin warrant."—Oh, Sir, the consequences would not be very ruinnus, for the amount is only 11. 11 e. Besides, the house is, I know, in good circumstances, but refuse to pay because the demand is so large. I was offered 1/. 50. Alderman—l do not know the money has not bee• paid. Collector—l collect the tithes, and can swear that it has not been paid. Alderman—lt may have been paid to the Rector. Ile ought to be here to prove that it has not been so paid. Collector—There was never such a thing known as that the clergyman should personally collect his tithes, If yon d o not grant this warrant, all the other inhubitants, will refuse to pay me. Alderman—Well, perhaps he bad better discharge you, and by collecting the tithes himself, he would save the per centage he now pays to you. Collector—Then he must starve. Alderman—Who ?—Collector—The Hutchins. Alderman—No, Sir, but a clergyman is as much bound to come here and prove his title, as any other party. The amount might have been received by him. Collector—l am ready to swear the sum is unpaid. Do ycu discredit my oath ? Alderman—(:6ll nn the next ease. And so the application was di‘missed. 14 A ItI.BOROUG 11-STREET. Yesterday two men named 117//innt Newman and Thomas Lyons, who have been some days in cu.tody, charged with obtaining money from various noblemen and gentlemen under filae pretences, were brought before Mr. line, the Sitting Magistrate, for final examination. It appeared that the prisoners had been for some weeks past going round through the west end of the town will a petition, purporting to be the humble petition of " Jobn Spring," late box-keeper at Drury-lane Theatre, repre senting that the petitioner was in a state of great indigence, and begging for some pecuniary assistance. Amongst other houses to which the prisoner Newman went, was that of Sir Thomas Mostyn, in Park-place, St. James's, and Sir Thomas, on inspecting the petition, im mediately suspected a fraud: he had a sovereign given to the prisoner, and then had him given iuto the custody of a policeman, when, on being questioned, he said that he had been Pent round with the petition by Mr. Spring, although, when he received the sovereign just before, he represented himself to be the person named in the petition. The prisoner Lyons was given into custody by Colonel Keith, one of the aides•de-camp of his Royal Highne►s the Duke of Cambridge, at Cambridge-house, Piccadilly. where he presented a similar petition, also i❑ the name of " John Spring, late box book-keeper at Drury-lane theatre." The prisoner, however, not having received any money at the Duke of Cambridge's, it was necessary to go into another case against hint; and he was therefore charged by the Mendicity Society, one of whose officers attended, with having obtained a sovereign from a lady residing in Grosvenor -street, n here he presented a peti• tion, not of " John Spring," as in the present case, but one purporting to he the petition of Mr. Brandon, for merly box book-keeper at Covent-garden theatre, but who is long since dead. Sir Thomas Mostyn, and his servant, who paid the money to the prisoner Newman, attended, as did also one of his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge's servants, and the servant of the lady who paid the money to Lyons; and the charge having been clearly established against both prisoners they were committed for three months each to the house of correction. Mr. Samuel Spring, the late box book-keeper at Drury lone theatre, who, although his christian name was not nerd in the petition, was yet clearly the person intended to lie represented, attended at the eximination, and, of course, disclaimed all connexion with or knowledge of the pro ceedings of the prisoners, but after approaching very near to the bar where the prisoners stool, and looking at them very closely (for Mr. Spring's sight seems to be greatly impaired), he recognized the prisoner Lyons as having been employed by him at Drury-lane theatre, as a seat keeper, about fourteen years ago, hot was dismissed from his situation before he (Mr. Spring) quitted the theatre. There was also, Mr. Spring said, in the theatre, at the same time, employed in the same capacity as seat-keeper, a man named John Spring, but no relation whatever of his, nor does he know whether sir not he be alive. Lyons admitted that he had been employed by Mr. Spiing at the theatre, as stated ; but said that it was the man named John Spring, spoken of, that engaged him to go round with the petition. There was is long list of names of noblemen and others attached to the petition found on the prisoners, with vari ous sums placed opposite as subscriptions, and it is under stood that the prisoners have collected large sums by these fraudulent means. QUEEN.SQU ARE. Yesterday .Tames Butcher, Frederick hunt, and Joseph Cooke, were placed at the bar before Mr. WHIT,, charged with stealing from the dwelling-house of William Fuller Pocock, Esq., of No. 10, Trevor -terrace, Kensing ton, two India bonds for 100/. each, a promissory note for tool., a gold watch, a valuable diamond-ring, and ►arious other articles of jewellery, together with a quantity of gold and silver coins to a considerable amount. The prisoners were all dressed in shooting-jacksts, and tli,l not appear to be much more than 20 years of age. After hearing the evidence of several witnesses, they were fully conunitted for trial. MARKET INTELLIGENCE. LONDON MARKET'S. (From the London New Price current of yesterday.) SUGAR,—The demand for Sugar has been general and extensive all the week, bat the market has not been well supplied with good qualities, otherwise the sales would have been more considerable; they are estimated at 3,500 hhds. and tie. for the week • the prices art about is. per cwt. higher. In Refined doods there is more firmness. At the close of the day nearly all the parcels of lumps and small lumps that were offering in the market at low rates have been taken off, and there are now scarcely any on hand that could be purchased under former quotations. although at the end of last and beginning of this week several parcels were sold 6d. to Is. under those prices; for crashed the inquiries have been very limited, and only a few small parcels have been sold ; flee goods entitled to the double refined bounty are very little in demand, and purehases could he made without difficulty at the former quotations. Molasses dulls Fortino), SUGAL—The only purchase of Vor•isn Sugar is another parcel of Yellow Havannab, 245. a 255. The hundred chests Brown Bahia at public sale were al taken in Ms. 6d. a 16e. 6d. EAST INDIA SusAns.—The parcels at public sales have been resold at an advance of Is. a Is. 6d. Covrxx.—The public sales are very limited, only small parcels Berbice, Demerara, and a few lots of Jamaica, have been offered this week; the prices are without Tanis tion.—There were no public sales of Coffee this day. By private contract, about 1,700 bags Brasil have been sold, fair quality, Us. a 34a. The inquiries for Foreign con tinue general and extensive. A parcel St. Domingo sold at SU 6d., and Cheribon at the same price. Rust, BRANDY, AND TIOLLANDS.—Ths request for Rum has again been extensive ; the sales for the week are estimated at nearly 1,600 puncheons, all Leeward., prin cipally under proofs, proofs to five over, Is. sp. to ; the prices may he considered id. to Id. per gallon higher, and purchases difficult to be made at the improved quotations. Brandy is held firmly. In Geneva there is no alteration. Hew, Flax, ♦wn TALLOW.-..The Tallow Market is again advancing, and very firm at the improvement ; the rise on the announcement of very extensive arrival. has given great confidence to the holders. In Hemp or Flax there is little alteration. _ _ Otte.--LinseedL to 3/. higher. In Fi s h Oil s R the purchases reported are quite inconsiderable, the quota tions are nearly nominal. Tea..-. There Is some inquiry for a few breaks of Congon at a little premium en the isle prices. BAIN* in large chests command their cost now, though they were offend at a little discount last week. Corrox.—There is no alteration. Thipurehasesforths week are 780 Pernams, Sil.; 20 Bengal, 41,1.; 1,560 Saila, 40. a sfd. ; 850 public sale, 40. to 6d. PRICES OF HOPS.--Ds4l . Kent Pockets 8! Os. St.rsex I)itto 91, Os. 1114! 14s. Si. to 81.151 ul. to 101. 0 0+. . 81. N. a N. W. N. 31. N. 0!. N. liffrX Ditto stal.nm Ditto, Seconds 010. .... IN. Os. to2OL • 91. Or tolsl. 011, Kent Ltag 1i....* $l. Bs. to 111. Or (4. Ecrex Ditto... - GI. Or. to 01. . , SIIS/16`X Ditto Old Duty on last year's growth annou nced to be 488,047 8 1 PRICE OF SUGAR. The average price of Brown or Muscovado Sups, coulritti, from the Returns made in the week endin g Dee. 14, is 2X 1 per cwt., exclusive of the duties of custom s p aid or payable tbtreaq on the importation thereof into Great Britain. -. PRICE OF OIL. iko 0 Rape Oil, brown 0 Refined .... Linseed Oil 3 0 I Linseed Oil C3ko at the Mill, per thousan 0 d 0 W H ITECH A PEL HAY MA RK I IOU 04. . HEy 454.0 1 . to 804. Gd. It. lover 3 o 01 to Od • t . 2.6 ;e, per PRICE Of PO 12 3 , n. Scotch 06. to Oi. 'Cr ov ft IDES. P t A o 2 :71 1 10 mui,et y stone. 1 6 . -st Ileilqrs Staer,3 3 4 Ordinar 90 . SHEEP SKINS, Long Wools.. 2.. 61. to 4 Od. Short Woo 11.6/ t 025.0 PRICES OF LEATHY.R. d. toa ; Per lb. d. to d.Per lb. II tttp---...50 to 561 b..... 15 2`l Tanned Horse IWO.. IS ll D I t 0... --00 to C 10... 15 22 Swinish Ditto 0............ 18 94 Dregging Va1et.......... 16 1$ Pet dosyn. Fne coach Li idt4 .......... 14 16 Calf Skint.% to Rib. lb 18 Clop Hide, :15 to 401 b. 13 141 I)itto ............5 0 to Vib' 21 . 91 7 Ditto -----.40 to 451 b. 141 161 Ditto ...........70 to 8(11b. 18 • Ditto l6l 81 Small Seals, Greenland:l I' HICE OF It A W FAT, per atone 01 811). —Dec. „,, Price of Tallow stated by the fallow PRICE OF TALLOW, SO Town Tallow —............-- .50s. Od. Yellow Russia. _ 4 7 g. Od. White —........................--. 47t. 01. Soap I)itto . 445. Oil. Melted Stuff' 365. O. I)itto Itough--......,.......2•24. Od. PRICE OF The price of Store Candles. in Candles, per dos. 7s. 041. to hi. Od AY, Jtc. per 11V10.—dx...., od. Yellow o d, Mottled 04, jee. Graves Od. F.T.ee. 17. Walls tind Ntrnesych... Va, 9d. [Mao. 11eat0n........... 69 Ditto Ililda .......--#".. Ditto Htur............... 60 Ditto Noorttiouroberleid 37 36 Di t to rettiPS SAIL 1.1.0. 1.1.0. Ditto 11144.11's .......... t M.. W a lls End Russell's... tto Walker ............ Z.' V a lle EWA Ilettou ........ 42 Ditto Norwood's Ditto 37 W. E.. C1eve1and............ 35 %Valls Old 'rees......'"' 37 liangeonech Coal ..... 41 Pernbetton Ilangennech3l Wattle's Ilanelly ....... 36 Wall's End Elifia...."', OR Newcastle arnai1....... 29 011 Etherley 5ma11.... 18 W a lls End small ......... 17 teCallerton 11.........., 17 Dav i so n 5ina11........... 13 .;" i Gosfortb 11M05......... 1 8 ....,' ipe sold, 87%.---011191d KETS DURINO 11l 75 -- A 7-1 01 ' follows retail 001 4 . II le ,fid. . I Moulds, per COAL NARK Adair's Bensham Main 33 0 Bishop's 311 6 Dean' Prinrorc.......— at 0 tletileurn Main 36 9 36 0 Killingworth ....—..—.—. a 7 6 Ord's litsdhugh ..,......,..:N 0 Pelaw Percy Bensharn 36 3 35 6 \%'c-st Hartley 37) 0 11'illington 1V lam . 35 3 WallsEndllcwicke&t:o. 3!) U Ditto Bell Itolison & Co. 37 6 %Valls End Boundary .. 34 6 Walls End Brown's 36 6 Ditto Callerton 3 Walls End Carr and Co. 35 Ditto rlarke and Co. Ditto cramlington....... 33 d Walls End Gosforth..... 30 0 +1,11.a at market, B:N..+3h ___—__ -IE- - 17 1 '61.1.4" CO O UNTRY C NTi -----. ' , law:: masac.. •,... ). • CU ;N; . m -*--- - z: -- ---- ARKErs__._ o u -,: _ -- fu ::- Derby Per Quarter. !------- ------.... An 0 Ashburn !657940 44 *777,4, A O 44 :381 : 31 iiaihn fT ---.4".ge 1 : ---.......... t:tkee:*"'.--"'"' I , i ! 554:1:11 6. 7;'2j' 301 3 43420) V 222 24 ;1 )% 26 4 . 4 , --:441.A.- : 4 1 1 _____,...........1-Wheat. Barley. 1 Oats. ..........44,4, Cliester6cla -........, 1 64 72 34 49 21 vu.„, 1; 0 72 74 44 46 26 1 : 1 ni " 0 Devizes ....-..--,... '66 70 14 41 21 . 52 "" A s 4 1 Doncaster ...,---..... 60 68 30 44 21 33 r, 46 I)orchester.....-...... 51 60 35 39 10 54 " 44 Excter-............---... 72 74 03 32 14 2 0 Oloucester----...... 60 71 35 7k) 22 , ,) 0 Hunger ford --.. i 56 72 30 40 21 34 „, , "" 0 L1ice5t.....•................ i ..- 75 .... 44 -.. "' ri P Newbury .......-..... 146 78 12 39 10 3 4 ''' A Romsey ................... i 46 64 31 37 r. 3 V 1 She .......... I •-• 60 -- 37 -- '.4. - 0 Shepton Mallet ... 56 '7O 34 41 IS 24 4 ., 46 Sherhorne.......-.... 58 64 02 11 18 26 4 "„. 4/I l'aiinton -......-..... 48 76 22 40 21 30 .", 'Al Yeovil ..----...... 50 86 31 4 , 1 20 24 4 "A. A , 4. Per ItuOiel. 1 s•'l. s. tt. s. d. LA. s. d. 0.0. L 7 a 0 Shic"HITY .......... 110 9 11 5 0 6 4 6 0 72, 0 u .-.:.-..-.-,-...-.-..-..,_-..:-•-=-------- --- SCOTCH MARKETS. ED114311.711G11 MEAL MA lIKET.--Dett. 1 .4 ,„,,,v,g,, We had a middling supply of Oatmeal at this 1141 . ! ",itie which met with a very gnod pale, at a reduction of no c .,7,itte sack. Barley mad Peasenural alto fell Is. on the sack. 1 1 ,'" same as formerly. Per Sack of TWIN Imp. Per Stone ol 1410. I,TP, 0 First Oatmeal ......... LI IS o First oatmeal ... ....... .g 1 ,, Second ditto ............. 1 Id 0 Second ditto ...... ...... 4. ; g Barleytneal.„ ............ 1 10 0 11ar1eymi5a1............. 1. 4 1 . i 6 PviliouttAl ..... , ......... 1 10 0 Pessetrival ....... ........ 0 last week. a a 4 et `260 ) . t". ' Wheat, pet :1401b. 1. d. 4 . d. . °l" ' P ~ .1101 0 6 Withal, old ... ; ..... 330 to 35 0 Irish ....... ... ........ 444 4 , N -nee ...... 27 0 32 0 Ilritish ....... . .... .....,:zb wu 6 Canada, fr ........ 3' 2 0 54 0 . Bern', it' ''''' 'OO g 0 PAotllfikairni°drYlL-o;so.6.r°al:l:lVVeiriCte:sntLcWaltl4:l4l.:AtidaKl indt4:44."-t litseca' 1.9 y ;151;e fiti:°( Iri,.ti ............ ... 30 0 310 Lngltsh . ............ „, „ Bailey, per ....... Scottiah ...... ! ....... ,' spit English ............... SI 0 36 0 Pow, Scottish ... :,!!,;', 0 S, - :sittisli ............... 26 0 30 0 Oatmeal, perl4olb.. nil 0 0 Irish... ................ 1.5 0 .1_() f10t...!!:.:240113.. gu !"-—____......--... s„. week , _- - hinted lap. moo Vittg' Refonn In-e—eil—mze,a-;w---ebinted .}, are brcorning more and more the order of the day' , - , f , ° i: the r Lands' End to John O'Groats, the ptoV ad I ofni_eret" to borrow a phrase from the proi ° I s a s d lifting I . iI)rood, are courting the open combat like htrotlfbot what w has been done in Castle -Doug ting up their voices like men. Every w here /be e "Pirit Pr,vad'• The movements in Pornfriervidiirebed been followed by simil.ir movements in GalowaY; rat Crdl prove the signal for similar doings in t itt in n , r. ' _ntritown, Wigtovrn, Whithorn, Glenluce, An d J P : t n .- m ( l:st I . Ssnquhar the lieges are about to COPYttif, a nd 'f..-„ of ,11.1nt to Latigliuttli in one direction, end from tha to 0 nM(o.fEte to Portpatrick in another, we caret If re td ,.„, I. )etlres of mee tings, and petitions in favour a 11,60:0', of .course of a very few daye. With the single eautbP;:os e, the city of Edinburgh, the Magistrates of 11 ' 4 , , o d eryviiere ssrictioning the conduit o f the Pee 1_,.,1., though Me. ALLAN should • • h thiek, ter , awe as , , paint an ine . _ „..„i it ~, fir ,fi, and admitted to be, so this cosnro .0 will come at List, that he and his friend Dir. g10.1;:i ii movements aod girkcdf.llo approaching, DAS will discover, int their cost, that the 1,) 0.1 will he erected faster than they suppose, when billtiglii, ill. fi e, e r of the chosen thirty-three who have 0 t_tuerreeeted at the Cross of Edinburgh to the b y dt 1 ; ° 010 , I oast in the metropolis of 5c01114.'..1) _...."-- looogoill,o Courier. P AI N T ED AND PUILISNID Mintp w" TUN Bus 011101, 1113 SISAIrD, C0uri5t ...... _;....... - , ~, BIRTHS. ; o i l of 0" On the 16th inst. at B r ighton, the ' ' Sli st Dighy, Esq. of a son and heir. the '"-•, ig a.lof g ' On the 16th inst. at Ric hmond, ° mer, Esq., of a daughter. h ag fO. BIY. On the 16th inst. in Eaton-pliscar the ' ° T. Fuller, of a son. he 1 di .f IV* Oa the 14th inst. in Groeirenoratreet, t-- . d Peters, Esq. of a daughter. h i the itaal of the 17th icst. in Jahn-street , AMP - / J. R. Todd, Esq., of a von. BIARRIED• a eiroglirit, On the 18th inst. at Si. George i l l i " 11/I .Ad Y.. ,c . ' Colonel Sir Alexander Dickson, X.C• D ' 7 - disisn" v Aide-de•Carap to his Majesty, and Deputi..--, f % for neral Royal Artillery, to Mrs. Medows, reli ef of cow Medows, Esq. of Couholt Park, Han* $ et street, Berkeley-square. if " ' di On the 16th i s at Richmond, F. Mort / A of . Doughty-street, blecklenburgloquare, th i "P ..1 f i aa e r late J. Murphy, Esq. of Calif, to Lon., .4 ..., of W. Smith, Esq. of Richmond • ii,..6 i•-# 4l :ii On the 16th inst. at Si. Gearge/s. 1"""/":010,_hi Captain A. Wathen, of the Ibth or KiPlg i the Po„'-f eon of Major Wathen, of Csilops-pinear takdiL,ltt' lion. Lady Elisabeth Jane Leslie, yonoll/11t,"mi."'"P" George William, late Earl, and of Cbsrlosti ."`— ten of Rothee. 1 .... 10 10 01/ On the 16th inst. at Bath, CaFt. VII la n' • Jur' - R.N., to Sophia Janet, daughter of 'halal. ''',/ d lon, Esq., Physician and Inspector to tits For 0 , r:, On the 16th inst. at Taignrnouth, ne‘ollsbigiot: Tobin. Esq., of the 2ii Regiment of Pric°°' a go r a ; Queen's Bays, only son of Captain l'ollin' SO' man ding his Majesty's yacht Prince Re00 111 ,...„,, W dili r Christian, daughter of the late J. Cobhanitzeri badoes. t L i DIED. t o , On the lit July, year Calcutta , Lite. W ol —, al '''' ' the 18th Regiment, Native Infantry, 1 4 °" - _ sa e, Rev. A. Platt, of Bushey, Herts. Oa the 13th inst. E. W ilbraham, E.+ 440° Gloncestershire. IV" On the 16th inst. at her house in also r g, Mrs. Ford. wOl ' On the 17th inst. in ICenton-strectr -1111° .1 o f ir ° J. Twigg, Eig.,formerly Lieut.-0)100.1$11e u Light Infantry Volunteers, an d the 8d Pi" . „ i f,. Of Battalion. 1) '- On the 16th inst. at Wa lwortb, Mary Ml/11 W. W. human, Esq. aged 32. —..,.>' slot` bl'