The Sun. — London, England, 1831-04-23 00:00:00

DIRECTIONS ENGRAVED UPON THE COMMON WEATHER GLASS ABSURD. The barometer has been called a weather glass. It'iSes are attempted to be established, by which, from the height of the mercury, the coming etate of the weather may be predicted, and we .accordingly find the words " Rain," " Fair," " Changeable," " Frost," &c., engraved on the scale attached to common domestic barometers, as if, when the mercury stands at the height marked by these words, the weather is always subject to the vicissitudes expressed by them. These marks are, however, entitled to no atten tion ; and it is only surprising to find their use continued in the present times, when knowledge is so widely diffused. They are, in f ac t, to ranked scarcely above the vox stellaruin, or as trological almanack. Two barometers, one near the level of the river Thames, and the other on the heights of Hampstead, will differ by half an inch ; the latter being always half an inch lower than the former. If the words, therefore, engraved upon the plates are to be relied on, similar changes of weather could never happen at these two situations. But what is even more absurd, such a scale would inform us that the weather at the foot of a high building, such as St. Paul's, must always be dif ferent from the weather at the top of it. It is observed that the changes of weather are indicated, not by the actual heat of the mercury, but by its change of height. One of the most general, though not absolutely invariable, rules is, that when the mercury is very low, and there fore the atmosphere very light, high winds and storms may be expected. The following rules may geruerallv be relied upon, at least to a certain extent 1. Generally the risil i g of the mercury indi cates the approach of fair weather ; the falling of it shews the approach of foul weather. 2. In sultry weather the fall of the mercury indicates coming thunder. In winter, the rise of the mercury indicates frost. In frost, its fall indicates thaw; and its rise indicates snow. 8. Whatever change of weather suddenly fol• lows a change in the barometer, may be expected to last but a short time. Thus, if fair weather follow immediately the rise of the mercury, there will be very little of it ; and, in the same way, if foul weather follow the fall of the mercury, it will last but a short time. 4. If fair weather continue for several days, during which the mercury continually falls, a long continuance of foul weather will probably ensue ; and again, if foul weather continue for several days, while mercury continually rises, a long succession of fair weather will Probably succeed. 5. A fluctuating and unsettled state in the !mercurial column indicates changeable weather. The domestic barometer would become a much more useful instrument, if, instead of the words usually engraved on the plate, a short list of the best established rules, such as the above. accompanied it, which might be either engraved on the .plate, or printed on a card. It would be right, however, to express the rules only' with that degree of probability which observation of past phenomena has justified. There is no rule respecting these effects which will hold good with perfect certainty in every case.—Dr . Lardner's Cabinet Cy c l o p ce di a , V o l. XVII Hydrostatics and Pneumatics, by Dr. Lardner' ADVANTAGES OF RAIL-ROADS OVER CANALS. These considerations place in a conspicuous point of view the advantages which transport by steam-engines on rail-roads possesses over the means of carriage furnished by inland navigation. The moving power has in each case to over come the inertia of the load ; but the resistance on the road, instead of increasing as in the canal in a faster proportion than the velocity, does not increase at all. The friction of a carriage on a rail-road moving sixty miles an hour would not be greater than if it moved but one mile an hour, while the resistance in a river or canal, were such a motion possible, would be multiplied 3,600 times. In propelling a carriage on a level rail road the expenditure of power will not be in a greater ratio than that of the increase of speed, and therefore the cost will maintain a proportion with the useful effect ; whereas, in moving a boat on a canal or river, every increase of speed, or of useful effect, entails an enormously increased consumption of the moving principle. But we have here supposed that the same means may be resorted to for propelling boats on a canal and carriages on a rail-road. It does not, however, appear hitherto that this is practi cable. Impediments to the use of steam on anals have hitherto, except in rare instances, impeded its application on them ; and we are forced to resort to animal power to propel the boats. We have here another immense disad vantage to encounter. The expenditure. of animal strength takes place in a far greater pro portion than the increase of speed. Thus, if a horse of a certain strength is barely able to trans port a given load ten miles a day for a continu ance, two horses of the same strength will be altogether insufficient to transportthe same load twenty miles a day. To accomplish that, a much greater number of similar horses would be re quisite. If a still greater speed be attempted, the number of horses necessary to accomplish it would be increased in a prodigiously rapid pro portion. This will be evi'lentif the extreme case be considered, viz. that there is a limit of speed which the horses under no circumstances can ex ceed. The astonishment which has been excited in the public mind, by the extraordinary results recently exhibited in propelling heavy carriages by steam-engines on rail-roads, will subside, if these circumstances be duly considered. The moving power and the resistance are naturally compared with other moving powers and resist ances to which our minds have been familiar. To the power of a steam-engine there is, in fact, no practical limit ; the size of the machine and i the strength of the materials excepted. This is compared with agents to whose powers nature has not only imposed a limit, but a narrow one. The strength of animals is circumscribed, and their Power o f s t i ll speeo more so. Again, the resistance arising from friction on a roa d may be diminished by art without any assignable limit, toe least nor does it sustain of thei increase, to what ever extent the sp ee d o m tio o n tio m n a o y f baeaug nivessel aug mented ; on the contrary, then through a canal has to encounter a resistance by increase of speed, which soon attains an of m amo unt which would defy even th e force steam itself; w ere it applicable, to ov ercome it with any useful effect.—Dr. Lardner's Cabinet Cyclopedia, Vol. XVII. Hydrostatics and Pneumatics, by Dr. Lardner. DEATH OF iVIR. ABERNETHY.—We regret to state that this distinguished surgeon died on Wednesday at his meat at Enfield. We understand he had been long seriously ill, but he died in a state of perfect resignation and tranquillity. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. PROROGATION OF PARLIAMENT, Ariur, 22. His Maje s ty wen t i n s t a t e to_ prorogue the two Houses of Parliament this day. Although a general expectatjor. prevailed th4t Parliament would be prorofkur.i rev per sons were aware that his Majesty prorogue it in person. Among the lower ttass's none could be ac quainted with it till the 'preparation for the ceremony be gan—towards out o'clock. The formation of lines of coo , licernett in 'Parliament -street, soon after that rit&, 'Con veyed to the public an intimation of rAver. Was to happen, and very soon the houses ot, t'irt line of his Majesty's route, and the street*, tWre crowded with spectators. The King was etithst.attically received by the people, who seemed retksible that he had come abroad on a good cause, aft& uttered him all the way down to the House-, anti All t'ne way on his return. No doubt, if more time had been allowed, a much greater crowd would hive been collected. His Majesty was accompanied in his state carriage, drawn by cream-coloured horses, by (we believe) Lord anu preceded by two other stately equipages. Oet his arrival at Old Palace-yard, the crowd to se.: , Majesty became very dense, and the cheers were very enthusiastic. no USE OF LORDS. Their Lordships began to assemble at two o'clock, prin cipally dressed in their robes. Among the earliest in al tendsnce were the Duke of Cumberland, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Lord Durham, Lord Canricari:l*, Grey, and Lord Wharncliffe, whore motion rot an Address to his Majesty not to dissolve Parliament stood for this day. The greater part of their Lordships, however, were unrobed, on account of the suddenness of the announce• meat of the King's intention to come down to the Hots:. The number of Peers in attetldance was v! !.%,y tiftat. A considerable number of Peerease* were st . atca on the Op position Benches-. Prayer*, trek* read at half-past two by the Bisho^ e ot Exeter, he following sentence was taken as B :eplicable passin g events :—" Let the people praise thee; yet, let the whole people praise thee." The LORD CHANCELLOR entered the House at Twenty minutes before Three o'clock, and immediately took his seat. The Duke of GORDON presented a petition from the royal borough of Forres against Reform.—(This ce.tit'ed universal laughter.) A few other petitions were pretent?:: on the same sub ject, and the subject of the &er Bill. - The LORD CHANCELLOR theu left the Woolsack, and withdrew into the room behind, in which he was to receive hie Majesty, Earl SHAF' TESBURY was immediat•ly called to the Chair. On taking the Chair, Lord WHARNCLVITE rose and said he believed there was no duty— The Doke of RICHMOND immediately rose to order, and said that he should move that the Standing Order of the House be read that Noble, Lords should be seated in their proper places•--(Cries of " Hear, hear," and " Order, order")—fot he observed Noble Earls sitting next to one of the benches of junior Barons. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY rose to order. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE rose to order at the same time. The LORD CHIEF BARON also rose, and made use of some expression that was inaudibly heard. The Duke of RICHMOND said that if such language was made use of in that Huse, he should also move that the standing order he read that no off:•nsive language should he used by Noble Lords in that House.—(Hear, beer, hear, end gnat confusion.) Amidst which the Marquis of Londonderry's voice was uppermost, calling not that he rose to order. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY would he glad to know from the Noble Duke opposite what offensive lan guage had been made use of by the Noble Chief Baron. The Marquis of CLANRICARDE called out that the Noble Duke under him had not said the Noble Chief Baro❑ had used offensive language. The Marquis of LONDONDERRY observed that if the ?defile Duke thought he Vitl, to be the only hero in this coup detat, he should find himself very much mistaken. —(Loud tries of " Order of the Day," Lout Wharncliffe standing on the floor.) Something like silence having beets obtained, Lord WHARNCLIFFE said he was in his situation as a Peer of that House, and he should take the liberty of demanding to be heard. He had given notice of a motio❑ which he should not now preface, bnt which be should, according to the notice, tak e leave to read. The terms of the motion were to the gtreet, that an humble address be presented to his Majesty, humbly rTresenting to his Majesty that his loyal subjects the Lords Spiritual and Temporal bad heard with anxiety the report that adissolution of Parliament was about to take place, and imploring his Majesty not to pro rogue or dissolve Parliament at the present juncture, as under thepresent excitement which prevailed in Ireland, and througheot Great Britain, it would be likely to lead to great danger to the Crown, and prevent that calm and deliberate discussion of the subject which its importance demanded. The LORD CHANCELLOR at this moment entered the House, and immediately addressing it said, with great emphasis---" I never yet heard that the Crown ought not to dissolve Parliament whenever it thought fit, parti cularly at a moment when the House of Commons had thought fit to take the extreme and unprecedented step of refu.ing snpplies.—(Loud cries of " hear, hear," and " the King, the King." Immense confusion, and the Lord Chancellor immediately left the House to meet the King before his entering to take his seat on the throne.) The Marquis of LONDONDERRY called lustily again, and his calls were accompanied by those of others, for Lord Shaftesbury to take the Chair. Lord SHAFTESBURY took the Chair amidst cries of " Order, order ; Chair, chair ; Order of the day, order of the day; Shame, shame; the King, the King." It is impsosilde to describ e th e con f us i on , bl us t er i ng , an d impe tuo.ity that prevailed from one end of the House to the other. No election meeting could present a greater scene of confusion short of one in which actual blows were pass ing. At lam Lord MANSFIELD obtained silence, and said that he never, in the whole course of his life, had witnessed such a scene, and he trusted he never would see the like ag tin. He had heard with astonishment that it was incumbent on the King to dissolve Parliament. when the House of Commons had taken the extreme and unprecedented step of refusing supplies. He desired to use no intemperate expression ; but as far as God had given him, perhaps, an imperfect share of understand ing, he felt that the King and the country was now to be placed in a most awful predicament, such as it never had been in before. He would not accuse his Majesty's Ministers with any thing like a want of charity, but he did accuse them of weakness, and of conspiring together against the sa'ety of the State, and of making the Sovereign the instrument of his own destruction.— (Hear and great confusion.) Upon the question of Reform he had not stated his opinions, because the Bill had not been before that House, and because he would not entrust himself upon it, as he thought the probability was that the Bill never would come there—that it must, as it had done, close the last of those inglorious aberrations—those theories—untenable speculations of Ministers who had been merely distinguished for inca pacity, never observed before.—(Cheers from one part of the House.) This was oneof the measures suggested by the factions of a disturbed county. It was the result of the Councils of those who had advised the King to adopt a plan of Reform such as they themselves had never before thought of, such as they had never hoped to carry, and such as when they presented it to Parlia ment, presented it merely to shew that they redeemed their pledge, applying, at the same time, with mendicant inthnidity to their antagonists to suggest a better plan. It was not a dissolution of Parliament, but it was what they themselves candidly confessed they wished to have, namely, a reformed House of Parliament, from which alone they could expect what they desired to have ; and their desire in the first instance was to have a reticle- tion of taxes, which they knew could not take place, with out a previous reduction of the National Debt; next the reduction of sinecures, next the reduction of salaries, and next the appropriation of that species of property, which has hitherto been called Church property, to an entirely different purpose. First of all too, they wanted that every householder in the kingdom, paying scot and lot, should have a vote, and that that vote should be by ballot, which they in their reformed view considered right. Now, he was ready as a Peer to give his advice to the King, and if he were complained of for having interested views, he could not complain, because much more worthy persons than himself had been similarly represented. He had thought it his duty to state to his Majesty, and his Majesty had been roost graciously pleased to hear him, that if he should be unfortunately advised to assist the pro. gives of the measure of Reform that had been introduced in a tot n h t, e House of Commons, by giving his assent to it if i t passed the Houses of Parliament. Should he eves in a considerably amended shape, though he could not predict either the manner or the gradations of the attack, yet that he (Lord Mansfield) was certain an attack would immedi a t e l y afterwards be made upon the credit of t h e country.....upon the National Debt—upon the privilege and upon the existence of that House, and, at last, upon the privileges of the Crown itself—those privileges which the Crowh did not hold for its own benef.ty b t for the happiness and interests tif the people, with which it was hap ily and intimately connected. He had a pleasure in repeating thi s a t a t i me w h en popular ch:-.llo'n'r was at its height, and if, in WS t7armth he had ex pressed any thing t'..e.t.t personally offensive to any individuel.ttere the cries of " The King, the King, the _kini; , ," were heard, and a loud voice sounding out— " God save the King," and at that instant the large doors were thrown open on the ritltt hind side of the Throne, and silence hst•inr , lien . instantly tained, his M a je s ty acninpabiedl. hieatfendants, entered the Holier-, fiis Majesty mounted the Throne with a Alin erep ) steted him3elf, and immediately kWed, to thcxe on the right and fere, sayThg btged their Lord ships to be rated; - !e'eral Bills then obtained the Royld ieeen - , amongst which were the Civil List Bill, t}.e Co':iniy Rates Bill, the River W'ye Navigatio n Bill, the Liverpool and Manchester Railway Bill, the Preston Rail way Bill, and a great number of private Bills. His Majesty wore the uniform of an Admiral, and after the Bills h td received the royal asseht, and the Members of the House of Common) hid been summoned tc-, and appeared tlit the Darr Itis Maj es t y a f ter putting 'On hiS - glasses; reed the following speech in the matsrtii, and audible manner, so as to be hea r d with rtnre ease and ac c uracy than probably a n y spea k er who ever uttered a word in that House:— " My LORDS AND GENTLEMEN!, " I have come to tn'4 . et for the purpose of pro roguing t!ih!parliament, with a view to its immediate qislorUtion. " I have been induced to resort to this measure for the purpose of ascertaining the sense of toy people, in th e way in which it can he most constitutionally and autheo, tically expressed, on the expediency of making such changes in the representation as circumstanced may appear to require, and which, founded upon the acknowledged prin ciples of the Constitution, may tend at once to uphold the just right. and prerogatives of the Crown, and to give tecurity to the liberties of the people. " GENTLEMEN OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS, " I thank ynu for the provision you have made for the maintenance of the honour and dignity of the Crown, and I offer you my special acknowledg ments for the arrangement you have made for the state and comfort of my Royal Consort. I have also to thank you for the supplies you have furnished for the public service. I have observed with sa tisfaction your endeavours to introduce a strict ec , -- nomy into every branch of that service, and I trust that the early attention of a new Parliament, which I shall forthwith direct to be called, will be applied to the prosecution of that itupot tent subject. " MY LORDS AND GENTLEMEN, " I am happy to inform you that the friendly inter. course which exists between myself and Foreign Powers affords the Lest hopes of the continuance of peace, to the preservation of which my most anxious endeavours will he constantly directed. " MY LORDS AND GENTLEMEN, " In resolving to recur to the sense of my people in the present circumstances of the country, I have been influenced only by a paternal anxiety, for the content ment and happiness of my subjects, to promote which I rely with confidence on your continued and z , alous as sistance." Then the LORD CH.& NrzLLoR, by his Majesty's com mand Paid, " My Lords and Gentlemen,—lt is his Majesty's royal will and pleasure that this Parliament be prorogued to Tuesday, the lOth day of May next, to be then here holden, and this Parliament is accordingly prorogued till Tuesday the lOth day of May next." As soon as his Majesty had concluded he descended from his chair, and returned into his room. Earl Grey bore the sword of state, and the Lord Chan cellor stood at the King's right hand holding the purse. A great number of other noblemen attended and surrounded his Majesty while on the Throne. All parties then im mediately left the House, and it is utterly impossible even to attempt to describe the countenances of the Anti-Re formers. Thus ended the sittings of the Parliament which begb., by ousting the Duke of Wellington's Ministry for opposing Reform, and ended by refusing the Supplies to a Ministry that is friendly to Reform. His Majesty immediately proceeded to the Palace, and was again every where greeted on his return with enthu siastic cheers. The people calling out, " Down with Boroughrnongering," "We thank your Majesty," God bless your Majesty for thinking of your people," " Lung live King William." HO USE OF COMMONS, .Arnii 22. The SPEAKER, in full State Robes, entered the House this afternoon shortly after Two o'clock, at which time there must have been between four and five hundred Members present. The body of the House was, in fact, crammed, and there were a great many Members in the side galleries. The Speaker took the Chair pre cisely at Twenty Minutes past Two o'clock, and called on Mr. Hodges. . . _ Mr. HODGES—Sir, I have to present a petition from :he county of Kent in favour of Reform.—(Hear.) Sir 11..STYVYAN rose amid tremendous confusion, which although the Hon. Baronet spoke in a most impas sioned strain, rendered him for some time almost inaudible. We understood him to deprecate in strong tt ruts the dis solution which he understood was about to take place. It is folly, said the Hon. Baronet, in the loudest tone, to disguise from ourselves, that we are on the eve of a revolution.—(Loud cries of hear," from all parts.) Ministers, it appears, have determined to advise his Ma. jesty to dissolve Parliament. They appear to have no reason to assign for such a cause, but acci dent. Ministers came into office, saying they would not rule by patronage.—(Loud cheers.) No, they will not. An lion. and Learned Civilian said last night, that I had attempted to raise the cry of " No Popery !" again ; that I had tried to raise religious agitation. I boldly avow that that is my feeling and my object-- (Loud cries and shouts of "hear, hear")—for, Sir, it can not be denied that w e have lost the balance of power between the English and Irish Members.—(Hear, hear.) I do not, Sir, blame the Roman Catholic priests for the part they have taken in returning Members to this House, I only censure those measures which give them the power. —(llear, hear.) We were told, Sir, the other night that Mr. O'Connell would be brought up for judgment. This must be merely rumour. I will ask, Sir, dare the Administration of this country, contend against the in. fluence of the Hon. Member for Waterford. if they have not made a compact—(Hear)—the repeal of the Union must soon take place, for either Earl Grey or the Right Hon. Member for Waterford must give up the contest.—(Hear, ar, hear.) And can it, Sir, supposed that the Hon. Member for Waterford will give tip the fight, when he is nearly, I was going to say, the sole Governor of Irelard ?—(Hear, and no, no.) If that Honourable Member were now in his place, I would most humbly pray him not to exert his great influ ence in the present agitated state of Ireland. I would pray him, Sir, to be merciful in these days of agi tation, and 1 would pray him, Sir, moreover, to have mercy on the present Whig Adnainiviration. (Tremendous shouting, and cries of " Hear !" from all quarters.) I remember what a Learned Civilian said last night, and it put me in mind of a little circum• stance that occurred since I have been Member for Cornwall. It so occurred that I had to present a petition from three persons who were confined in gaol by a Noble Marquis for some ten or twenty pounds rent. This was in consequence of their voting contrary to the Noble Marquis. He would not mention names, but it was a Whig Lord who now voted for Re form.—(Hear, hear, hear.) For two centuries the constitution of Parliament had remained the same as it was now. A change, however, was about to take place, and, strange to say, the Funds were rising.-- (Hear, bear, hear.) Little, Sir, do the fundholders know of the effects of a Reformed Parliament.-- (Tremendous shouts of hear, hear.) They ought to know that no new Government had much regard for the debts of an old one —( Hear.) Let, Sir, the freeholders not de ' ceive themselves. Let them not lay the flattering unction to their souls, that their property was safe, or that the funds would not be touched. __(Hear.) Why, Sir, the very men now in power, those who have advised the King to dissolve, in order to keep their places, those very men have a lways contended that the money that was to carry on an unnecessary and useless war.—(Loud cries of " Question.") —Sir, the question before the House is, whether we are to he dissolved or not.—(Cries of " no, no, that is no longer a question ;" and laughter.) Well then the ques tion is, are we to be dissolved because we have voted the numbers of the English Members should not be reduced ? Sir FRANCIS BURDETT here rose to order. He submitted that there was ilo question before the Hottqc. An Hon. Member bad presented a petition in favour of Re form, a measure which had his perfect concurrence, and— (Loud cries of " Order," from all parts of the House.) The SPEAKER i4.id qtestion before the House was oh a I ;..tetitlo'n praying for Reform. What the Hon. Baronet had been speaking about was a dissolution of Parliament, which, in his humble opinion, was not at all, or in any way, applicable to the question of Reform.—(Hear, hear.) Several Hon. Members rose at the same moment. The SPEAKER—If Hon. Members appeal to me they must take the la* as f lay it doWn.=-(Heal., hear.) At this moment theft! Were loud tries for Sir R. l'yvyan to proceed..,, Mr. T.ENNICSOfC Coe amidst loud cries of " Order" from tl;e r. pposiLion benches, which continued so long enat it was impossible for any Hon. Member to proceed. At length Sir R. VYVYAN was heard to say, that when he was railed to order by the Speaker the tenor of his speech had reference to the matter of the petition, and— Mr. TENNYSON interrut i lted.- , --(He a'gaili attempted to c'itaqi a hearing, but was totally unable from the loud erieh L t f " Order, order," " Chair, chair.") Mr. TENNYSON—I gay this conduct is disordrrly.— (Chair, chair! order, order.) Mr. TENNYSON—I must be heard, there is no statement in the petition that involves a question relating to the dissolution of Parliament; The crier of " near, 'near ! order, order ! chair, ch:iir"— dened all attempta at description, never was such a scene witnessed in the memory of the oldest inhabitant in the walls of St. Stephen's. Order having been somewhat restored, Sir B. VIVYAN said, Mr. Speaker, I am sorry to say the law you have laid down should be gainsaid.—(Hear.) Lord JOHN RUSSELL rose. We heard hint make use of the words the Hon. Baronet is inistaken,but what followed afterward•, from the confusion that pre vailed, it was impossible to crch.—(Loud cries for Sir Richard Vyvyan to go on.) Sir R. VYVIAN—The Hon. Baronet recommenced ui observing that he could have wished much, when leave e.--a: obtained for him to go on, that some person had re minded him of the topic on which he was speaking.— ( Hear, and a laugh.) All that he had been saying came, however, to this--that Ministers were about to incur a fearful responsibility, and that the consequences must be on their heads.—(Hear.) They had held out an invi tation to every class in the country to support the Reform Bill, as the means of securing them peculiar advantages. —(Loud cheers.) But no change could take place, in this country, in favour of one class, which must not pro duce some injury to another. How was it possible, he could ask, for a change to he made in the condition of one class of the population without materially injuring the other ? Did the farmer think that, by supporting the Reform Bill, he would secure the integrity of the present corn laws ?—(Cheers.) If they did so, they were woe fully mistaken.—(Hear.) He believed, however, they held no such opinion. Did the Ministers think that by the dis solution of Parliament, they could command a majority in the agricultural districts ? If they did, he was sure they would find themselves grossly mistaken. It was but within the last five or six months that the farmers of these districts had their farms laid waste, and their property pillaged. No means had been adopted to prevent the recurrence of these events, and Parliament was about to he (Resolved. A stronger feeling of excitement had not prevailed in the country since the titre of the Administration of Sir Ro bert Walpole. The prevailing opinion sedulously fostered to produce the concurrence of the people wag, that tithes were to be repealed under the influence of a reformed Par liament. The history of every country in the world showed, however, that when tithes were taken from the clergy they were immediately seised by the State ; and in stead of being devoted to the support of religion, they would become a most oppressive land-tax.—(Cheers.) He made no apology to those whom he addressed for having occupied so much of the time of the House ; he had spoken his opinions on the subject of the course they were pursu ing, and he would conclude by avowing it as his decided con viction, that if they were permitted to carry their Bill, all funded property would become unsafe. Tithes would be devoted to confiscation—the House of Lords would be des stroyed—and the Crown itself shaken from the head of the Sovereign.—(Loud cheers.) In Ireland the bonds of society would be loosened, and fathers, and mothers, and children, rue the day that the Ministers, for their own pur poses, resolved to revive all party differences and raise ani mosities at elections. [The Hon. Member continued to address the House for some time longer, but at the con clusion of this sentence the report of the first gun which announced the arrival of his Majesty resounded through the House. It drowned the conclusion of the Hon. Ba ronee's sentence; and the cheers, laughter, and cries of "order ! " which followed the succeeding discharges, com pletely prevented our hearing the purport of the Hon. Ba. ronet's observations. When the discharges of artillery were almost concluded, the Hon. Baronet sat down, and Sir R. PEEL, Lord ALTIIORP, and Sir Fnasicis Butt- DETT rose at the same instant. The scene which followed was the most extraordinary, and the least agreeable, and the most degrading to the character of the House and a great prop.trtion of its Members, that has probably taken place for the last fifty years. Sir R. Peel was received with loud shouts, groans, laughter, and cries of " Bar !" from the Ministeral Benchee, responded to by cries of " Order !" and 1 ° Chair !" from those of the Opposition. All the endeavours of his friends, aided on his part by the most vehement action and gesticulation, having failed to obtain a hearing, or to induce Sir F. Burdett and Lord Althorp, who on their part were not wanting in equal supplicating gestures, to obtain a hearing, The SPEAKER called order, and the whole of the Members rose from their seats, when loud cries of " Shame, shame !" resounded from all parts of the House. After this confusion bad somewhat subsided, The SPEAKER, in a somewhat animated tone, said— This is the exact state in which we are now placed. I was called upon to name what Honourable Member was to proceed. I called upon Sir Robert Peel. - There were loud cries for Sir F. Burdett. If, therefore, Sir F. Burdett is to proceed, it must be by a regular motion to the House, which if made I will put the question. But (continued the Speaker, raising his voice) if Hon. Mem bers appeal to me on a point of law, when I decide they must abide by my decision.—(Loud cries of " Year.") Sir F. BURDETT and Lord ALTMORP gave way, and Sir ROBERT PEEL rose. The Right Honourable Baronet appeared to labour under unusual excitement. As soon as we could collect the substance, we under stood him to say he did not complain of a dissolution, but what he complained of was the manner in which it was done. It was setting aside the honour of that House.—(Hear, hear, hear.) He, however, was not like his Hon. Friend, the Member for Cornwall. H e was not inclined to despair. For if the people united in the great cause of supporting their liberties and their Constitution he had the greatest confidence of the most happy results. He would tell them what they were about to establish by a Reformed Parliament.: If they carried that Bill which the Ministers had proposed to them, they would introduce the very xv.t , rst and vilest species of despotism—the despotism of demagogues.—(Loud cheers, and shouts. of order, order.) They would introduce the despotism of Journalism—(Cheers)—that despotism which had brought neighbouring countries, once happy and flourishing, to the very brink of ruin and despair. But, when he looked to Ireland ; when he saw the state of society in the western counties of that kingdom, when he was told that rebellion had almost hoisted its standard ; and when it was known that landed proprietor!, well affected to the State, were left without the slightest pro tection to their property, and were compelled to move their families into the towns, for the protection of their lives and properties from the marauders, who, in open day, threatened them with pillage and destruction—he con fessed he could not call up words to express his astonish ment and regret at the course adopted by the Govern ment. Instead of coming to Parliament to ask for new powers and new laws, to vindicate the outraged authority of the Government, the King's Ministers, at such a crisis, and under such a state of society in Ire land, had cone to a resolution to dissolve the Parlia ment, in order that they might protect themselves from that loss of power with which they were threatened. (Hear, hear.) If the Crown was to be so easily influenced, if its independence was to be so far extinguished, it was an unthankful office to own a high official situa tion, and yet the present Ministers dissolve for the purpose o f protecting their places. The present Adminstration, during the short period they had been in power, had shewn always the greatest incapacity for business-- (H e ar, hear, hear)—they had shewn the greatest im becility of any Administration in the history of the country. They had been in office for six months, and he t-egged to ask what they had done ? They had tossed upon the table certain Bills—Game Bills for instance— Emigration Bills ; and then, a f ter h av i ng esta bli s h e d re ,petting them what they were pleased to denominate liberal principles, they left them to their fate. At this moment Sir Thomas Tyrwbitt, the Usher of the Black Rod, appeared at the Bar of the House, and said, " I am commanded by his Majesty to command the immediate attendance of this Honourable House in the House of Lords, to hear his Majesty's Royal Assent to se veral Bills ; and also his Majesty's Speech for the Proro gation of Parliament. " M Twenty-five minutes to Four the Stumm returned to the House, and intimated that having been summoned to attend his Majesty in the other flouse, his Majesty yeas pleased to pronounce from the Throne a gracious Speech, declaring the present Parliament prorogued, with a view to an immediate dissolution. The SPEAKER then read the Royal Speech—(a copy of which we have inerrted above)—and the Members thereafter, without the slightest demonstration of feeling, left the House. FROM THE GAZETTE OF LAST NIGHT. Whitehall, April W, The Lord Chancellor has appointed Thomas Warren henip thorne, of Sherborne, in the county of Dorset, Gentleman, to be a Master Extraordinary in the High Court of Chancery. Lord Chamberlain's Office, April 21. The Lord Chamberlain has appointed Charles Heneage, Esq., one of the Gentlemen Ushers of his Majesty's most Honourable Privy Chamber in Ordinary. War Otlice, April 22. 31q 11.elment of Foot;;--General Sir H. Warde, K.C.8., from the 68th i.oot, to, he Colonel, vice General the Earl of Mulgrave, deceased, April 31. . 6th Foot—Lieutenant-General Sir J. Keane, K.C.8., from the 94th Foot, to be Colonel, vice Sir 11. Warde, appointed to the command of the 31st Foot, April 13. 94th Foot—Major-General Sir J. Campbell, K.C.8., to be Co, lonel, vice Sir J. Keane, appointed td the command of the Goth Foot, April 13. General I.4ir George Don, G. C. B. to be GoVermlr of SCar. , borough Castle, vice the Earl of Mulgrave, deceased. April 13. Commissions by the Lord Lieutenant of the County of Staff'ord. The Right Hon. William Earl of Dartmouth to be Vice-Lieu tenant, Jan. 5 ; the Right Hon. Henry Manners Lord Water park to be Deputy-Lieutenant ; Bart:, F, T. Boughey, Bart., to be ditto • Sir T. C. Sheppard, Bart, to be ditto ; Sir T. A. C. Constable, hart., to be ditto; 0. Mosley, 13art. to be ditto; E. Peel, Esq., to be ditto ; J. 11, H. Foley, Esq., to ' be ditto; J. W. Russell; Esq:,, tO lie ditto; J. Fiatemari, E4q., to be ditto; C. Mainwaring, Esq,, to be ditto; J. Atkinson, Esq., to be ditto; C. Arkwright, Esq., to be ditto; F. Eld, jun., Esq., to be ditto; It. J. Harper, Esq., to be ditto; I'. IL Thane, Esq., to be ditto; IL Adderley, Esq., to be ditto ; H. H. Williamson, Esq., to be ditto; T. Hartshorn ' Esq., to be ditto; It. Stone, Esq., to be ditto; A. Hordern, Esq., to be ditto; H. Hordern, Esq., to be ditto; E. Dixon, Esq., to be ditto; R. Fryer, Esq., to be ditto ; J. 0. Oldham, Esq., to be ditto; S. Wightwick, Esq., to be ditto; T. Powys, Esq., to be ditto ; S. S. Briscoe, Esq., to be ditto ; E. Amphbett, Esq., to be ditto ; C. S. Oreaves, Esq., to be ditto ; J. Davenport, jun., Esq., to be ditto; W. I'. Inge, Req., to be ditto; W. Inge, Esq., to be ditto; C. S. Forster,Esq., to be ditto ; 11. C. E. V. Graham, Esq., to be ditto; R. Crockett, Esq., to he ditto; C. Wicksted, Esq., to be ditto; W. Leigh, .E 4.4., April 11), to be ditto, Crown-office, April e 2 MEMBERS RETCRNED TI) SERVE IN THIS PRESENT MRLIAMENT. QUEEN'S COUNTY.—Sir Henry Parnell, Bart, of Rathleague, in said count•. BOROUGH. OF Su.tFTOr, OTHERWISE SITA UTESTlURV.—Lieute nant-Colonel William Leader Moberly, in the room of William Stratford Dugdale, Esq ,who has accepted the Chiltern Hundreds. DECLARATIONS OF INSOLVENCY. EDWARD LENDEN, Tonbridge, victualler. EDWARD HALE, Trowbridge, Wilts, innkeeper. THOMAS BURTON, Bramham, Yorkshire, shoemaker. BANKRUPTCIES SUPERSEDED. JAMES KIDD, B rook-green Terrace, Hammersmith, baker, JOSEPH FARRA lt, Halifax, Yorkshire, carriers. BANKRUPTS. HENRY KERBEY, Tottenham-court-road, poulterer, to sur render May 3, 10, and June 3, at ten, at the Court of Commis sioners. Mayhew, Johnston, and Mayhew, Carey-street, Lin coln's-Inn. ROBERT DANDY, Great Driffield,Yorkshire ' grocer, May'_', at six, 3, and Jun e 3, a t t en , a t th e R e d Li on In n , Great Drittield. Hawkins and Bloxam, New Boswell-court, London ; Jennings and Conyers, Great Driffield. HENRY POCHIN, Cosby, Leicestershire, maltster, May 16, at one, 17, and June 3, at eleven, at the Saracen's Head inn, Leicester. Austen and Hobson, Raymond-buildings, Gray's-Inn ; Freer, Leicester. JOHN WILLI ANIS, sen. and JOHN WILLIAMS, jun. Houndsditch, coppersmiths, May 6, 13, and June 3, at ten, at the Court of Commissioners. Owen and Dixon, Mincing-lane. HENRY HA RG AN, St. John's-street, victualler, April 29, at ten, May 10, at twelve, and June 3, at nine, at the Court of Corn. missioners. Bethell, Lincoln's-Inn-fields. WILLIAM HIERONS, Stretham, Surrey, coach-master, April 29, May 6, and June 3, at one, at the Court of Commis sioners. Stokes and Hollingsworth, C a t ea ton-street. RICHARD_ BIRCH, Oxford-street, pastry-cook, April 29, at. twelve, May 6, at eleven, and June 3, at twelve, at the Court of Commissioners. Carlon, High-street, Marylebone. HENRY RIDEOUT, Woolwich, innkeeper, April 29, at one, May 6, at three, and June 3, at two, at the Court of Commis sioners. Colquhoun, Woolwich. NEVIL SMART, Finehley, Middlesex, brick-maker, May 6, 10, and June 3, at ten, at the Court of Commissioners. Wootton, Tokenhouse-yard, Lothbury. THOMAS BERNARD KIRK, Lichfield, chemist, May 3, 4, and June 3, at twelve, at Wilday's Royal Hotel, Birmingham. Austen and Hobson, Raymond-buildings, Gray's-inn, London ; Palmer, Birmingham. WILLIAM GOULDEN, sen., Leeds, tobacco-manufacturer, May 13, at three, 11, and June 3, at eleven, at the Court-house, Leeds. Rayner, Leeds ; Batty, Fisher, and Sudlow, Chancery lane, London. JOHN LAMBERT, Brough, Westmoreland, carpenter, May 3,4, and June 3, at eleven, at the King's head Inn, Ap pleby. Briggs, Hall, and Heelis, Appleby ; Thompson, Staple li Inn, London. JOSEPH LYNCH, Hison Green, Nottinghamshire, tailor, April 26, 29, and June 3, at eleven, at the Cross Keys Inn, Kingston-upon-Hull. Rosser and Son, Gray's-inn-place, Lon don ,• England and Shackle., Hull. THOMAS MARSDEN, Salford, Lancashire, machine-maker, May 5,9, and June 3, at nine, at the Albion hotel, Manchester. Rogers, Devonshbre,square ; Morris and Owen, M anc h es t er. WILLIAM NEWTON, Philpot.strtet, Commercial-road, builder, May 3, 10, at twelve, and June 3, at three, at the Court of Commissioners. Dickinson and Kine, Gracechurch-street. JOHN LEES R A DLEY, Oldham, Lancashire, dealer, May 9, 14, and June 3, at two, at the White Bear, Manchester. Brun drett and Spinks, Temple, London; Brown, Oldham. EDMUND LLOYD, Redditch ' Worcestershire, needle-ma nufacturer, April 28, 29, and June 3, at twelve, at the Angel Inn, Alcester, Warwickshire. Porter, Coleman-street, London; Browning, Redditch. DIVII)F;NDS. J. Halliday, Castle-street, Holborn, merchant, May 13, at twelve, at the Court of Commissioners—L. Pecqueur, jun., L. Pecquer, and W. Pecqueur, Marylebone, bed-makers, May 13, at two, at the Court of Commissioners—H. Rudd and T. Rye, Star avid Garter-yard, Ratcliffe-highway, colour-makers, May 13, at two, at the Court of Commissioners—C. Hollis, Upper Stam ford-street, Lambeth, engineer, May 13, at two, at the Court of Commissioners—G. Hassell, Hanover-street, Hanover-square, dealer, May 13, at eleven, at the Court of Commissioners—G. Priestnall, - Stockport, Cheshire, silk-spinner, May 3, at three, at the York Hotel, Manchester—A. Blackburn, Preston, linen draper, May 14, at eleven, at the office of Mr. Woodburn, Pres ton—J. Oxley, Barnsley, Yorkshire, butcher, May 19, at ten, at the Public Office, Barnsley—J., T., and S. C. Smith, King-street, Cheapside, hosiers, May 31, at one, at the Court of Commis. sinners—W. Woodburn and E. -Jackson, Ulverston, Lancashire, tallow-chandlers, May 17, at twelve, at the Sun Inn, Ulverston— H. Tickle, Maryport, Cumberland, ironmonger, May 13, at eleven, at the Golden Lion Inn, Maryport--R. Williams, Newton, Montgomeryshire, nurseryman, May 13, at eleven, at the Royal Oak Inn, Welshpool—ll. Warwick, Warwick Hall, Cumber land, banker, May 13, at eleven, at the Crown and Mitre Inn, Carlisle—C. Chaloner, York, wine -merchant, May 13, at twelve, at Etridge's Hotel, Lendall. oilinan—J. Bedwcll, CERTIFICATES, MAY 13. H. Cox, Sheffield, grocer—J. Rice, Great l ' , F o o r r k r , in b g o t o o k n s , el D ic e r on a - . merchant—J. r rn e cc , hh g ae r : oc tt .... Je e r : —. mltz.Dh Percival,i i e l we m s j,:kScne. machine-maker—J. \ v ‘ e j, h i . 1 ist with at op ei T i I, e , n terg a t e , Yorkshire, London-road, St. George's-fields, bedstead-maker—J. Varlev, C. Vickers, Leeds, stationer. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. J. Booth and T. Grundy, S'ockport, Cheshire, painters—G. and W. Herbert, Covently, silk-throwsters—J. Botcherby and W. A. Hartley, Darlington, Durham, iron-merchants—W. and J. H. Crowther, Princes-street, Cavendish-square, saddlers-43. Hutchinson and H. Hunt, Bedford-place, Russell-square, solici tors—J. L. Jones and J. W. Howard, attorneys -at-law—J. D. r e t, art r n c u i . n a g re -la in n a e— nu T fa . Hustler and T. Stevenson, Edgware-road, surgeons—P. M. Brown and C. Shorrock, Manchester, commission-agents—G. Maston and J. Turnbull , Whitby, Yorkshire, linen.drapers—J. Toft and R. May, earthen ware -manufacturers—'f. Webster and Co., Liverpool , brass - founders. Hanley, nstasoafnm Staffordshire, 13 tr e c a, SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET FIRST SPRING MEETING, APRIL 22. Match, 200, h. ft. T.M.M.—Lord Chesterfield's Priam beat Sir M. Wood's Lucetta, Bst. 71b. each. The Rubbish Stakes of 5 sous. each, for two yrs. old colts, 9st. 51h. fillies, fist. 21b. T.Y.C. Mr. Batson's b. f. by Morisco 1 Mr. I'. Carter's bl. f. Mary The Newmarket Stakesof 50 soya. each. (4 Subscribers.) Lord Jersey's Riddlesworth Mr. Cooke's Incubus .„_ Match, 100.—Duke of Rutland's Glansam, Est. 81b. beat Lord Anson's Egbert, Bst. D M. Match, 200, h. ft.—Sir M. Wood's Cetus received from Lord Anson's Zillah. Sweepstakes of 50 sovs. each. T.M. M. Mr. Theakston's Surprise, 3 yrs. 7st. 31U 1 Mr. Grant's Lady Emily, 4 yrs. B.st. Match, 200.—General G rosvenor's Sarpedon beat Lord Exeter's Vagrant, Bst. ilb. each. A.F. LATEST BETTING AT NEWMARKET. THE DERBY. 7 to 4 agst Lord Jersey's Riddlesworth 8 to 1 agst Mr. Beardiworth's Co!wick to 1 agst Lord Jersey's Blunder 15 to 1 apt Colonel Wllson's Black Daphne 17 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's Ircemus (taken) 18 to 1 apt Lord Sligo's Bras de Fer 18 to 1 agst Lord Vernlam's Vestria 33 to 1 agst Mr. Chitney's Pigmy colt 33 to 1 apt Mr. 'l'. Thornhill's Africanus 40 to 1 agst General Grosvenor's Sarpedon OAKS. 2 to 1 agst Mr. Houldsworth's Circassian 10 to 1 agst Mr. Stonehewer's Lioness 10 to 1 agst Duke of Grafton's Oxygen 10 to 1 agst Mr. Sadler's Delight The St. Leger as before. DRURY-LANE THEATRE.—Last night, im mediately after the farce of Nettle-wig Hall, there arose a call from all parts of the house for the National Anthem. The company immediately came forward, and before Mrs. \Val-LEI-1' had concluded the lines " Oh, Lord our God arise, Scatter his enemies, And make them fall," tremendous cheers burst from the audience, which were continued to the end of the anthem.—Times. COLOUR OF THE SEA.—If we look into the sea where the water has considerable depth, we find that Is colour is a peculiar shade of green; but if we take up a glass of the water which thus appears green, we shall and it perfectly limpid and colourlesw. The reason is, that the quantity contained in the glass reflects to the eye too small a quantity of the colour to be perceivable ; whil e the great mass of water, viewed when we look into th e deep sea, throws up the colour in such abundance as to droduce a strong and decided perception of Lardner's Cabinet Cyclopedia, Vol. XVII. I TO HIS GRACE THE DUKE OF NOR- TILUMBERLAND. MAY IT PLEASE YOUR GRACE,-While we yet live in the temporary calm of expectation, let me entreat your at attention for a few minutes. The petition under your auspices, which now lies for signatures in Newcastle, has ob , ainrd in three days fifty.: six names against the Bill of Lord J. Russell, but the first petition from this town in favour of the Bill was signed by, foul. thousand Men in eight houis. Some assert that your petitiOn contaiis such respectable names; in the fashionable sense of the word, a few may ha so, but are they really respectaYe by the possession 4f honesty, intelligence, sobriety, or independkmee ? Of thig the ptiblic shall soon jut! , , for those names must be po6te4 ! If in the north • Jur Grace's ear was occupied, and your conduct influe• ,:ed by an agent, resume the incog. of • your youthful fol'ies; mingle again for a single hour with the people, and hear their deep though half-audible denun ciations ::gainst those who oppose the Bill! You know that the Government of this country cannot be carried on without a Reform at least as extensive as that proposed by Lord J. Russell, unless it becomes at once a government of Force requiring the Press to be shackled and the Army to be remodelled ! Can you, my Lord Duke, and your colleagues do in these realms, that which Polignac could not in France ? The people will protect the Press, and be assured that the Army feels for the people. " I could a tale unfold !" but let me not anticipate the worst ! That revolution may be averted by the adoption of the Bill approved by our King and urged by honest Ministers, is the earnest prayer, My Lord Duke, Of your Grace's obedient Servant, BRUTUS BULL. • APPROACHING DISSOLUTION OF PAR LIAMENT. It would be difficult to give any idea of the effect of the intelligence that his Majesty went in person to prorogue the Parliament upon the members of the Corporation. It happened that when the information reached Guildhall, several of the most influential members of the Corporation were assembled at a Court of Lieutenancy, held in the Old Council Chamber, amongst whom were, besides the Lord Mayor, Aldermen Thompson, Waithman, and Wood, Mr. Routh, Mr. Jones, Mr. Peacock, Mr. Richard Taylor, Mr. Harmer, Mr. Galloway, &c. &c. Several of the Directors of the East India Company and of the Bank of England, and many merchants and bankers, were aloe in the Court during the day. The Representatives of the City Wards immediately drew up a requisitio❑ to the Lord Mayor, of which the following is a copy : " We, the undersigned Members of the Court of Com mon Council, do hereby request your Lordship to convene an early Court, to consid, r the propriety of expressing, in such manner as may be deemed most fit, the grateful feelings of the Court on his Majesty's having manifested to his loyal people his determination to exercise his Royal prerogative for their benefit by dissolving the present Par. liament.' " To this requisition all the Members of the Court of Commo❑ Council present subscribed their names. Soon after this requisition was signed, a requisition was drawn up for the purpose of being presented to the Lord Mayor to the same effect, but more important from the immense multitude comprehended in it. It was as fol lows :-- " We, the undersigned citizens of London, request your Lordship will grant the use of the Royal Exchange ftr the purpose of holding a general meeting, to express our sentiments on the occasion of his Majesty having so promptly and patriotically determined to exercise his Royal prerogative, in dissolving Parliament at this particular pe riod." His Lordship, who expected that the requisitions would • be handed to him, will appoint a very early day for the meeting of each body of the requisitionists. At the last • ' meeting at the Mansion-house on the subject of the Reform Bill, many pet sons expressed their regret that the sugges tion in the Times newspaper, that the meeting of the ,f citizens of London should be held at the Royal Exchange, , i was not adopted. Upon that occasion upwards of 2,000 • attempted to gain admittance in vain. ' • t A great deal of conversation took place amongst the London electors on the subject of the next election. Aldermen Wood, Waithman, and Thompson, are to he supported by the whole weight of the reformers. It has been et iced that Mr. Ward will not attempt a contest. Sonne of the few old Tories who mumble about the Court of Common Council, however, have de- Glared that they are . keeping their plumpers for i., him. He was sworn in at the Court of Lieutenancy yesterday, but nobody could put the awful question to him. Alderman Venables has declared himself a candi date, and the Lord Mayor has been solicited by several of the merchants to present himself for the choice of the Livery. His Lordship, however, has not determined upon the course he should pursue, in the apprehension that an Anti. Reformer might slip in while the electors might be hesitating between the merits of two avowed friends of the great measure. It may be necessary to state here i,, that the application made by several members of the . l Livery to Mr. Ward to resign, upon his refusal to sup- pott the Bill, was ingeniously evaded by the Hon. Member, who said that if the majority of the Members of the Corporation would apply to him to give in his - resignation, he would at once vacate his place in the House of Commons. . The Corporation could not possibly entertain such a question, as they had nothing to de with the return of Members to Parliament, and the matter , dropped. It is the d e termination of the Liv e ry o f Lo n d o n.'; to stifle all the feelings of animosity or pique which might have arisen from circumstances unconnected with politics, and have occasioned a temporary disagreement amongst some of the most worthy, able, and honest men of their body. They are resolved to have reformers, and none but ' 1 . reformers ; and it is calculated that almost every liveryman !' who votes for one will vote f Q r four. The greatest number • of liverymen that voted at ass election for the list thirty years voted in the year 1826, when Alderman Thompson was at the head of the poll. Upon that occasion 8,639 polled, 4,063 of whom were residents and 4,576 were out. voters. If the ensuing election come to a contest, the number of voters will be much greater; but very few ex pect an attempt from the anti-reformers. CITY REPRESENTATION. A requisition, of which the following is a copy, Was numerously signed yesterday afternoon. The noble and disinterested manner in which Mr. John Smith came for ward at a critical period to sacrifice his interest for the good of the country, particularly entitles him to the gra titude of the nation ; and the citizens of London will do themselves honour by offering one of their seats to a man who at all times has been foremost in all works of charity and brotherly love, and who, wheit a vile attempt was lately made by hole-and-corner men to represent the bankers and trailers of London inimical to Reform, took the lead at that important meeting, which produced the memorable petition from nearly 9,000 merchants and bankers of the metropolis in support of the Ministerial. plan of Reform. Mr. John Smith is deserving of every = a honour at the hands of the citizens of London, and be ought . to be brought in at the head of the poll. • The following is the requisition above alluded to :-•-• " TO JOHN SMITH, ESQ. " The crisis having now arrived when England ex pects every man to do his duty,' we deem it of the greatest importance that the Electors of England should r e turn men to Parliament who are well known for their integrity, public spirit, and especially for their devotion to the great cause of Parliamentary Reform, upon the success of which depends the safety of our property and the happi ness of the people of this kingdom. " The recorded acts of your public life having fully proved you deserving of our unreserved confidence, and eminently entitling you to represent this great City in Par liament, " We, the undersigned Bankers, Merchants, Traders, Brokers, and others, Liverymen of the City of London, respectfully request you will be pleased to come forward as a candidate at the ensuing election." There was a very numerous meeting last night, at the Crown and Anchor Tavern, of the electors of Westminster, at which it was unanimously resolved to concert measures for the return of their present repre sentatives, Sir FRANCIS BURDETT, Bart., and J. C. HOZ HOUgr, Esq. , . AERIAL VOYAGE OF A DOG.—The SLID- • jects of the first experiments with the parachute were naturally inferior animals. On the 26th of August, M. BLANCHARD dropped a dog suspended from a parachute, from the altitude of 6,000 feet above the surface of the earth. A whirlwind interrupted its descent, and cat tied it above the clouds. The aeronaut soon after met the parachute again ; the dog recognised its master, and ex pressed his uneasiness and solicitude by barking ; another - ' current of air, however, carried him off, and he was lost I sight of. The parachute with the dog descended soon ' alter the aeronaut in safety.-- „ Dr. Lardner's Cabinet Cyclopedia, Vol. XVII. 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