The Sun. — London, England, 1832-05-22 00:00:00

APIIIIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS." The auccess of the Reform Bill, which was very probable before, .is now more certain than ever, as the perusal of last night's debate in the House of Lords will fully establish. Indeed the debates in both Houses speak but one language so far as that question is concerned. But the House of Lords being the place in which the great resistance was to he made, all eyes are naturally turned to that guar- ' ter for those symptoms by which the fate of the measure can be best ascertained, Without entering into any review of the debate, which our readers will, no doubt, peruse with great satisfaction, we may say of it that its tone was just what the friends of Reform had a right to expect—firmness and mo deration on the part of Ministers—garrulousness, and now and then a little hectic anger, on the part of the Opposition, who, according to their own ac count, have already seen the hest of their days. It now seems pretty clear that the Duke of Wellington and his immediate friends will secede from the House tiering the progress of the Reform Bill, though to keep up appearances, a sufficient number of the Opposition will probably attend for the purpose of making some show of annoyance when their power of doing mischief has been destroyed. Amongst other fine prospects held out to us, the Duke of Newcastle bas promised the country a treat, by giv ing notice of a motion to question the King's prero gative of making Peers—for that, or something like that, is what his Grace intends, so far as the obscu rity of his language can be interpreted. The vene rable Earl of Eldon, who was present, made a few remarks to the same effect with his Grace, and cer tainly not much beyond him in respect of perspi cuity. His Lordship could not deny the existence of such a prerogative, but he vehemently protested that it was vested in the Crown for the benefit of tile people—a qualification which nobody will refuse his assent to, either as regards that or any other pre rogative. The question, therefore, comes to this, whether this country was not placed in such a state by the Anti-Reform Lords as to render the exercise 'if the prerogative beneficial to the people. No, says Lord Eldon, because the Bill is a bad Bill. Yes, exclaim the King, the Ministers, and the people themselves, because the Bill is a good Bill, and the whole nation has set its heart upon it, and will have it in spite of the few Noble persons who prefer their own patronage to the wishes and interests of millions. But we need not argue with the public on a question which the people have carried by the recommendation which their unanimous verdict carried to the Royal breast. Returning, therefore, to the tone and complexion of the House, we con gratulate the country on the issue of the great struggle in which it has been so long engaged, and out of which the country has so triumphantly come. With respect to the part his Majesty has acted, the Anti-reformers themselves cannot refuse their ap probation now. It is evident, so far as their opinion is concerned, that his Majesty did wish to spare them the increase which they considered so much to their disadvantage. But what is of much greater importance than any opinion they may form, we think that the great mass of the people themselves -we are sure that all the moderate and reflect ing part of them—will not feel the less affec tion towards his Majesty for the part which he has acted on this occasion. His reluctance to exercise a strong prerogative has nothing in it of an odious or a repulsive character; and those who judge of that reluctance decide upon the proceeding by the result. Has it not accomplished what the people wished, in the way best calculated to recon cile the feelings of all parties eventually—that is, without the exercise of any violent stretch of power, which, whether authorized by the constitution or nor, ought to have been avoided if it were possible, without the sacrifice of the great measure of Reform ? Lord Ellenborough, it would appear, is to take the lead in the sort of hopeless warfare which is to be carried on against the Bill. His Lordship is, no doubt, qualified to be a very good leader in a case where victory is out of the question. As for those who fight tinder his banners, it is enough that they follow such a leader, and in such a cause, to insure those against whom their efforts are to be directed that ail is safe.- The Bill and the public are equally be• fond the roach of those who have already done their worst. We would impress upon the people, whose temper has been well tried throughout the eventful history of this measure—we would impress upon them to persist in the same career to the end. When there was real danger that their hopes might suffer a temporary disappointment from the contri vances of artful, designing, and selfish men, it re quired an effort—and a great moral effort it was— t, restrain their indignation within bounds. But :iow the scene aff4irds little else than amusement. The Bill is safe, and the fight, which is still con tinued. resembles a dramatic fight, in which no one is to he killed or hurt—in which nothing is to be de stroyed or injured—though an agreeable delusion is kept up, the enjoyment of which arises chiefly from a comparison of the sham with a real engagement. It was quite ludicrous to hear Noble Lords vecife rously objecting to different points last night, but not venturing to risk a division upon any. " The better part of valour is discretion," says Falstaff; and so it is, especially when exercised by a doubtful spirit, or in a bad cause.— Morning Herald. It is now understood that the Tory Peers will die hard. After all hope of victory has vanished, they will fight upon their stumps, in pure desperation. Disregarding the personal solicitations of the Sove reign, whose helpless solitude they made a text for hypocritical discourses about loyal attachment and devotion, they refuse to act upon the request sub mitted to them through Sir Herbert Taylor, and, behind the mask of commentary upon Sir Herbert's letter, they treat the King, at whose command that letter was written, with the coarsest and most scur rilous contempt. The country may reckon, there tore, upon a resistance " to the knife" against every future stage of that great measure, of which the ob ;vet is to prevent the House of Commons from be ing nominated by certain individuals of the Lords instead of elected by the people, and to re ;tore, while it restricts, each branch of the legis lature to its proper attributes and functions. But will these infuriated oligarchs succeed ? Never ! —never, except on the impossible accident of the grossest treachery on the part of the country to its own interests, backed by a combination of perfidy and weakness in the Ministers who have taken it upon themselves to represent both King and people. It rejoices us inexpress : bly that such an opposition has been menaced, and that it is likely to be realix-d. If there be an error ascribable to Earl Grey, it is his want of promptitude in anticipating the schemes of the anti-Reformers, and of energy in adopting his precautions. Had he met the necessities of the case and demanded pledges from the Court some three or four months sooner, the counteraction of the Tories would have been less matured and formi duble; there needed to have beet. no resigmtion by Lord Grey, and the agony of the crisis might have been much earlier ended. The frenzy of the anti-Reformers has become so extravagant, since this last discomfiture, that the Ministers are left no choice. Ptisans and anodynes mast give way to stronger treatment. Lord Grey, in a former stage of the contest, might have mistaken the in terests of the Reform question ; instructed as he has been, if he trifles he betrays them now. But we rely upon his firmness and decision. It is said, and we believe the assertion, that the old Court faction, — the Lords and Ladies, heir-looms of the Palace, — are still following up the foul proceedings by which they have long contrived to tlivart the King' s Ministers, and to perplex the Sovereign. If this be true, Lord Grey must be aware of it, and the path of his duty lies straight and broad before him. The Palace, and its purlieus, must be completely cleansed. The Royal Housetiolcrmust no longer be a weapon ..% for w oun d n g the responsible servants of the Crown. It is true, and ought to-be remembered, that the Tory doctrine of 1812 V " the independence of the King's tiutili )1. upon the liwg's Govern merit," and n "Tient creation of an interest in the bemiltv . alace hostile to the movements frl ve of the state 'itse . The Tories of that day con- , tended, and the Whigs denied, that the nomi nation to a number of offices, giving daily ac oesi to the presence of the Prince, and de riving liberal emoluments from the public money, should be placed above the control of the Government, and be convertible against it. Why did the Tories so contend ? Because the Court favourites of the time were Tories. Had George, Prince Regent, surrounded himself with a Whig Household, it is more than probable that parties might have changed sides,—that the Liver pools and Castlereaghs would have stickled for the dependence of the King's menials upon h;s respon sible advisers, and Lords Grey and Grenville for the reverse. But what is the present conduct of the Noble Earl ? He seems, by his practice, to have adopted the Liverpool doctrine, and to have turned it against the interests and existence of his own Nlin'stry. Lord Grey's tone towards the Court appears to have been lowered since 1812. He pro pounds the Reform Bill to the country as a measure plainly indispensable, yet he deprives himself of the means within his power for enforcing that indis pensable policy. We are not among those who would censure Lord Grey for dishonesty, or even lukewarmness to the cause, upon such evidence, however striking; but we must state freely our per suasion, that if the game of the last few months be played much longer, the Noble Lord will effect that which the Anti-Reform faction might labour for ages without accomplishing in their own be half,—he will redeem for them the consequences of their recent stupidity and trickery, and raise them once more to the rank from which otherwise they have irretrievably fallen—that of candidates for the Government of the people of England. But we trust to better things from Lord Grey. If he bas shown, in the preceding stages of his measure, an abundance of misdirected caution,—if he has feared that which he might have despised,—and under valued what he ought, in common prudence, to have dreaded.—his Lordship has now been taught a lesson which no man can forget with impunity. He has, when in the act of sinking, been borne up by the arm of the nation : he has found that against a una nimous people no faction can stand, were it but for an hour,—that with their support no Minister can fail of success,—that the oligarchy are impotent when resisted by public resolution, and the sceptre itself a bulrush, unsupported by the general will. Lord Grey could not have known how strong he was, before he gave way to the Court, and threw himself upon the national sym pathy. The Anti-Reformers drove him to the developement of a truth, to Lord Grey, in this instance, as invaluable as it was fatal to themselves—viz., that all power in this country dwells with the people; and that party, and policy, and law, and institution, possess no force intrinsically —none but such as is derived to them from that ex haustless and unfathomable source. But if Lord Grey has at times seemed weak, the Tories have been throughout infatuated. How miserably (thank Heaven) have they played their game! Ignorance of the people of England first, and next their own uncontrollable cupidity, has destroyed them. Had the Duke of Wellington and his satellites looked for information beyond the bounds of Charles-street and Mayfair, they could not have failed to see that the Bill must be carried. Had they known the eon• daion of the Whig Cabinet, and how small a share of tact and skill the Ministers had evinced towards the individuals who supported them, or from whom they might have looked for support, the Conserva tive party would have suffered the Bill to pass with but a decent show of opposition. A little time, and various difficulties, inevitable in the situation occupied by a Reform Cabinet, with the Court, the oligarchy, and the whole army of jobbers for its enemies, /mist have swamped the Grey administratien. A few months— it needs no ghost to tell us—would have sufficed for such a catastrophe ; and then, to what might not a prudent and temperate Tory chieftain have aspired? He would have stepped into office at once, without trouble, without reproach, with little risk of unpo pularity amongst a nation not satisfied with the real benefits of Reform, but disappointed of its visionary goods. What a fortune might then have been Sir Robert Peel's; What that of the Duke of Wel lington! But his Grace could not wait. He was impatient to employ the sap, the mine, the escalade. They have all failed—miserably, disgracefully. The object was odious,—the shallowness and muddiness of the whole project have made its authors despica ble in the eyes of the country. There never was a man or party that could hold out against public ha tred when mingled with contempt : nevertheless, to that dismal ending have the Duke of Wellington and his faction brought themselves within the last fortnight. They have been their own destroyers; and if the Grey Ministry but act with common sense, they may now rivet the exclusion of the Conserva tive hypocrites from the British Government for ever.— Times. The genus of the Tories will soon become extinct. Their curious fossil remains will, at no distant day, form matters of illustration by political naturalists in lectures on our Constitution. They will be ranged in the British Mtis,.um as animals that chewed the cud of corruption, " whereof no man knoweth their place." Sir Robert Peel will be truly styled " the last man." The Right Hon. Baronet is " called to his fathers," he will be soon interred in the mauso leum of the boroughmongers. Posterity will wonder that such a miserable oligarchy could main rain itself against a mighty nation thus long, that the specious mind and Conventional Parliamentary phrases of the Right Han. Baronet could juggle the British people in the nineteenth century. sir It. Peel has been great among little men : his mediocre understanding, thoroughbred in the Irish school of Orangeism, and tinctured with cowardice, has been hitherto the floodgate which regulated and stayed the stream of Reform. Swept away in the rapid current of the present times, we verily believe that he will nes er again be heard of as " a leading character." Brought out as a star on the political stage, in a period of singu lar dearth of senatorial talent, he has shone his day —other and first-rate actors will step into his place ; he must henceforth play subordinate parts, or be come a new man. Sir R. Peel ever held out against the popular voice, till stunned by its echo. When the ebb tide of public opinion became irristible, he made a merit of giving way when he could no longer avoid being sucked into the current. The history of his political life is a singular illustration of the dying hiccups of the Boroughmongers. His vicious and obstinate resistance to the Catholic Claims yielded to necessity alone. He still conti nued to oppose the repeal of the Test Acts, and the civil di-abilities against the Jews. He opposed every principle of the Philanthropist. The severity of our Criminal Code was upheld and justified by this " enlightened Statesman." Corporate mono pole, of whatever kind, possessed in him an uncom promising champion. He originated no Reform, he opposed every Reform on its first proposition. Con fessedly ignorant of Finance and Currency, he set him self up as the regulating standard of the fortunes of the whole country ; and when injustice unexampled had been perpetrated, he blindly refused not only all practical remedy, but all inquiry. A few Con solidation Acts—of the Statute Law of Juries arid Turnpikes—are the extent of his legislative re forms ; and the police of the metropolis is his ut most range of municipal legislation But Sir Ro bert Peel was an experienced hack. Apprenticed to office, he was an industrious official turnspit. He was par excellence the father of 6 ' the red tape school of politicians and placemen ;" and perfectly acquainted with the political anatomy of a close and corrupt House of Commons, he could dissect a de bate and demonstrate his subject in exact accord ance with the low character and understanding of that Honourable House. He " led the House," as the phrase is, not only literally but really. Can such a man cope with the rude and ster ling composition of a reformed House of Com mons Impossible. On the anti-revolutionary principles of Sir Robert Peel, he is far ever ex cluded from office and influence. If he regain office (and he vainly attempted on Friday to lay a bridge for hie return) he will be driven from it in ;' inonth, or metamorphosed, so that he will scarcely cognise himself. His stately commonplaces—his rn anufacturing of words—his shuttle-wove fallacies, his pompous, saintly, and insincere manner, will no longer carry their sway; they will not impose on the next House of Commons. He will enter that House as a false prophet, or find it what he predicts—to him an " unmanageable Legislature." No more power-loom orations—no speeches of two hours' duration, let off at the last hour, will keep the English people from the benefits of cheap Govern ment and reformed Legislation. We speak this ad visedly. We have long foreseen the " coming e vents," and he nce f or th Sir Robert Peel has to taste the cup of political affliction. His last cards have been misdealt, arid wretchedly played. We yesterday remarked on the craft which had distin guished his political maneauvres the last month, and he has fairly thrown overboard the Duke of Wel lington, who, he saw, would otherwise sink his ship. On reviewing Sir Robert Peel's conduct, in Lord Lyndhurst's tricks, we see no distinction be tween his political responsibility and that of the Duke of Wellington. Cowardice alone prevented his open Junction with his Grace. But unquestionably the same excuse will not serve both. One of the two, in the argument of Sir Robert, must be a political knave: it is presumed that he did riot mean himself. The East Retford case and Lord John Russell's motion in 1831, were an incubus he could not get rid of; they were branded on his forehead. Always intend ing to bring forward, at the last hour, his own nice little spick-and-span plan of Reform, he was para lysed by events, and mortified by the boldness of the 'Ministerial measure. On the first night of its proposition, it was observed to strike him as with a harpoon; he never recovered the stroke, and his spirit was broken. Always distrusted by his party, and always distrusting his party, they worked ill together. The athletic representa tives of schedules C and D will throw him on his hark; henceforth he will he " a respectable debater," and his talents will be half disfranchised or placed in schedule B. His qualification will be lower ; he will have to contend in a far different arena He will be more qualified for Holy Orders than a R-- formed House of Commons. The Duke of Wel lington and Sir Robert Peel were both reared in the Dublin school of politics : the former was a Cattle page, the latter an Iri.h clerk. This species of po litical edccation will become extinct. We will to morrow trace the outlines of his Grace's character. Sufficient for the day is the evil thereof...—Morning Chronicle. SIR HERBERT TAYLOR'S LETTER. " St. James's Palace, May 17, 1832. "MY DEAR LORD,—I am honoured with his Majesty's commands to acquaint your Lordship, that all difficulties to the arrangements in progress will he obviated by a de claration in the House to-night from a sufficient number of Peers, that, in consequence of the present state of affairs, they have come to the resolution of dropping their further opposition to the Reform Bill, an that it may pass without delay, and as nearly as possible in its present shape. " I have the honour to IT, }ours sincerely, " HERBERT TAYLOR." Twelve Peers, we have good reason for be lieving, will be created without any further delay, not for the purpose of swamping the House of Peers, but as a matter of justice to the parties themselves. The father of the present House of Commons, and an Hon. Member who represents the western portion of the metropolis, are the first on the list, and, instead of detracting from the dignity of the Peerage, will give it additional lustre by their wealth, their talents, and their unstained consis tency. Of the others we shall only observe that they are in every respect meet to enter the House of Lords in com pany with the Hon. Baronet and his venerable colleague; and in consequence that those who are now so much in the humour to brand as " lacquey Lords" those Peers whom his MAJESTY may be inclined to make at the pre. sent crisis, bad better refrain in time from applying such epithets to them. It is not very complimentary to the KING thus to denominate those whom it may please him to bonour ; and it may as readily be taken for granted that those whom he may so honour will not bear the affront. Let any one denominate the Westminster Mem ber a " lacquey Peer," and we will give him a warrant for his next day's breakfast.—Morning Advertiser. EARL GREY AND EARL CARNARVON.— Few circumstances have lately called forth more surprise and observation than the extreme bitterness of the opposi tion evinced by the latter of these Noble Persons towards the Administration of the former, remembering, as the : w m o il d t d h adtoethe their r l o N n g o b m l e a E i n a t r e l n , an withce o a f s t p h e e c e s s a o m f e opinion, chivalrous self.devotion, generally threw himself into the forlorn hope on behalf of his party. No small surprise, too, existed that the Noble Earl, so devoted to his party, should have been overlooked by the Noble Premier when forming his Go vernment. For Lord GREY, however, there is an ample apology, which, we believe, is not very generally known—namely, that Lord GREY had not the most distant reason to suppose that Lord CARNARVON, if alive, was in a state to take office. The truth is, that for some time previous to the sudden breaking up of the Duke of WEL LINGTON'S Administration, Lord CARNARYON had been lost to his political friends, being in such a state of health as left scarcely any hopes of his recovery : as a proof of which, it may be mentioned that the Noble Earl himself used every endeavour to deter his friends from putting his son, Lord PORCHESTER, in nomination for a county, al leging as a reason, the apparent certainty of his own speedy demise. The Noble Earl has since, to the great joy of his family, given ample proofs of his recovery ; whether be will have added to his political reputation by the course which he has taken towards Earl GREY'S Government, is for posterity to decide.—Morning Herald. PUBLIC FEELING.—On Thursday a great crowd again assembled at the Post-office, in melancholy anticipation that the news would be confirmed of the " Cold Iron Captain" having formed a Government.—. When the mail curricle arrived, and the driver had time to reply to the question put by a thousand voices, "Any news ?" he bawled aloud, " Earl GREY is restored !" The electric effect of this short sentence it is impossible to describe. The multitude rent the air with acclama tions, loud and long continued. Immediately thereafter, a harrying to and fro commenced, to spread the joyful intelligence, and the shaking of hands and exchanging of congratulations knew no hounds. So uttiversil a feeling of heartfelt satisfaction and delight we have never before seen publicly expressed. In the course of the afternoon, a number of the staunchest supporters of Earl GREY'S Ministry, and of the rights and liberties of mankind, met at CORK'S, to express their sentiments upon the receipt of such glorious intelligence. The health of Eatl GREY, and other prominent champions of Reform, were toasted with great enthusiasm, and the meeting did not separate till a late hour. Numerous other parties spent the evening in a similar happy manner. We have received a great number of communications expressing the unbounded joy diffused through the country by the intelligence of Earl GREY having again been recalled to the Councils of the KING, but we cannot overtake them this publication.— Scotsman. THE BISHOP OF CARLISLE AT HACKNEY. —The reception of the Bishop of LICHFIELD and CO VENTRY at St. Bride's hail by no means the effect of inti midating the Hon. and Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of CARLISLE from preaching a charity sermon last Sunday, in the New Church, at Hackney, for the support of the charity schools of that parish. The congregation was anything but numerous, and clearly evinced the discount ' to which Bishops are reduced, as the principal part was chiefly comprised of elegantly-dressed females, the children of the charity, and the parochial authoritirs. After the Bishop had ascended the pulpit, and commenced the ser mon, a considerable number of gentlemen (a s was ex pected from that Reforming parish), from different parts of the church, took up their hats and left the sacred edifice. YEOMANRY RESIGNATIONS. --W e last week (says the Bucks Gazette) published the resignations of two of the Hertfordshire Yeomanry. Mr. VARNEY gave, as his reason fur retiring, that he never, if ordered, could raise his hand against his fellow -countrymen, who are seek ing their " just rights and privileges." His Lordship re plied as follows: " London, May 12, 183.2. S ic ,--1 am extremely glad that you wish to leave the Cashio troop of Yeomanry, as it appears that you never intended to per form your duty, if called upon. I have written to Mr. NS arwick, of the Woolpack, to receive tour arms and accoutre ments . " Mr. Varney, St Alban's. " GRIMSTON." be it observed, Lord GIMISTON assumes that Mr. V A RNEY never inten d e d to do his duty! What does his Lordship mean b y this ? 01, probabl y h e i ntends to as sert that it is the duty cf the Yeomanry to cut down men seeking their liberties. And he may make a special ex ception against improper means. But pray what means would be improper after every other resource had failed? And how are the Yeomanry to act then? Can his Lordship wriggle out of this—he, and his yeoman-awry , =WA. , LONDON, TUESDAY EVENTNO. MAY 22, 1832. The BILL went last night into Committee in the Lords, and some progress was made in the Enfranchising clause of Schedule C. The public are not, however, to infer from this that the Bill is yet safe ; no, it will never be safe till it has escaped out of the clutches of those who lose no opportunity to strangle it by fair and by foul means. The conduct of a portion of the Ultras, last night, is clearly in dicative of what the main body would do—or yet may do. We therefore say to the people— watch but fear not. It is solely owing to the noble stand which the people united have made, that the Ministry of Earl GREY is now in power, and the Bill in progress through the fiery ordeal of the House of Lords. The reported speeches of certain Noble Lords give no idea of the tone and angry manner in which the base idea of going into Committee was viewed by the Opposition speakers. Lord ELLENUOROUGH, with a vast assurance of moderation, expressed his deter mination to mutilate the Bill or amend it, which, according to his notions of amendment, would be the unkindest cut of all which the Bill would undergo by way of improvement. Nor was Lord WINCHILSEA mure disposed to let the Bill pass into a law than his friend Lord ELLEN'BOROUGH. The Duke of NEWCASTLE, too, considered the " obnoxious" measure as fraught with evil consequences as Pandora's box, and doubted—if such a sage ever doubts—whe ther the KING'S prerogative could be exercised to create Peers for carrying the Bill. Indeed much virtuous indignation was altogether thrown away upon the subject by those Noble Lords who can see no good in any measure which does not minister to their particular interests or party purposes. All that the people of England have to do is still to be on their guard, for while they do so the Bill must pass, and pass the more speedily too, because the Opposition will see that there is no hope of a reaction or indifference on the part of the people, to the great measure of Reform, which by purifying the House of Com mons will, in its consequences, not only benefit the present generation, but be a source of wealth happiness, and glory, to the latest posterity. The Committee, last night, granted Members to Manchester, Birmingham, Leeds, Green wich, Sheffield, Sunderland, Devonport, and Wolverthampton. This evening there will be a sharp discussion on the metropolitan sections, which stand next in order. To the enfranchisement of these Lord WIIARN cLirFE expressed his utter abhorrence, on the sage plea that the Members would not be sufficiently removed from the control of their constituents ! Such arguments are worthy of the " tame elephant," who introduced an enfran chising scheme of his own last night, by way of amendment, but his courage failed at the cries of " Question." He did not venture on a Several opponents of the Bill absented themselves last night,—and others expressed their readiness to offer no further opposition, provided there be no creation of Peers. But this contrition, we apprehend, comes too late now. The suggestion of the Duke of NEW CASTLE to pass the Bill at once, is we think the best plan their Lordships could adopt. It would save themselves much useless labour and the country much anxiety. It would almost redeem the memorable vote of thirty-five. The House of Lords last night resolved itself into Committee on the Reform Bill, but not be fore the usual demonstration of violence had been made against it. Earls RODEN, MALMES BURY, and WiNcHiLsEA, particularly distin guished themselves by the warmth of their hos tility. But Lord ELDON, too, entered the field of opposition—Lord ELDON, who, beyond all other Ultras must, we conceive, be thunder struck at the immeasurable distance at which he has been left behind by the age in which he lives. Th e venerable Earl maintained that to create new Peers for the purpose of passing the Reform Bill, " would not only be a de parture from the proper exercise of the Prerogative, but a most abominable exercise of it, to create Peers for a purpose adverse to the interests qf the people. Indeed ! For what purpose then have Tory Peers been created for the last forty years and upwards ? Have the interests of the people been consulted in any one creation that has taken place during that period ? The ques tion needs no reply ; it suggests one for itself. After some further desultory discussion, Lord ELLENBOROUGH moved an Amendment for the enfranchisement of a distinct number of bo roughs, giving to each two Members, and en tered into some prosing details of his shallow plan of Reform, The amendment, however, was not pressed to a division, and schedule C was proceeded with. The Committee will re clime its labours this evening. The Poor Press ! The Tories were at it again, tooth and nail, last night in the House of Commons. Sir ROBERT, as usual, overflowed with excessive candour, and Sir CHARLES, with excessive wrath. Sir ROBERT was not with out his apprehensions that the Press was a nuisance—Sir CHARLES had no apprehen sions at all about the matter, for he was positively and unalterably convinced that it was a nuisance, and of the worst description. The characters of the two speakers were abun dantly exemplified in their remarks on this tempting topic. Both came to the same con clusion, but ili how different a manner ! The Ex-Attorney-General went straight-for ward to the point in the honest enthu siasm of what Dr. JOHNSON calls " a good hater the Ex-Home Secretary doubled and twisted and wriggled, now this way now that; vacillating, perplexed and distrustful, as if fearful of reaching his journey's end too soon, or ra ther as if he would have been right glad, had the opportunity presented itself, of sailing on a different tack altogether. The blunt integrity of Sir CHARLES has something redeeming about it, something that even the stanchest Reformers can afford to admire ; but the jesuitical special pleading, the shilly-shallying diatribe of Sir ROBERT can challenge the respect of none, whether friends or foes. The " licentiousness of the Press." Of all stale outcries, this, we verily believe, is, beyond a question, the stalest and most hopeless. It is the last resource of statesmen driven to their commonest common places for refuge. Finding themselves ousted from office, with scarce a possibility of return, and all through their own bigotry and profound ignorance of the necessities of the age for which they professed to legislate, the Tories, in this their last last agony, lay the ponderous load of their own blunders on the shoulders of the Press. It is the Press, say they, that has done every thing. It is the base, the profligate Press that has poisoned the public mind, and disabled it from discriminating between its friends and ene mies. But for this Press, we patriots should have been still in office. It is not our incompetency, ' but the dishonesty of others that has driven us from power and place. We are the victims of an unprincipled, jacobinical, atheistical Press. This language might have answered the purpose ten years since, but it will not do now. The Tories have been driven from office, not by the intrigues of the Press, but by the indignant voice of a united people, of which it is nothing more than the mere echo. German Papers, received this morning, con tain no news of interest : %wax, MAT B.—General Von Nutzmer, Corn mander-in-Chief in Russia, has not yet left Berlin, because he desires to be provided, before he goes to his province, with the most precise instructions for his conduct towards the Poles. The Government seems disposed to act in a very decided manner with respect to those guests. We are told France is tired of them, because so many falsehoods are circulated in Germany respecting the treatment which they meet with, and we often hear the wish expressed that some other German state might be blessed for only four weeks with the quartering, clothing, and subsistence of 5,000 Poles, that a notion might be for med of what it costs the Government to support this bur den for sia or eight months. But very lately there have again been serious affrays between the Poles and the ptasants in a village ; the gendarmes arrested the ring leaders, which would not have been done without resist ance, but for a detachment of infantry, consisting of 40 men in the vicinity, against whom the Poles have shown no opposition since the affair at Fischau. It is fully re solved here to give the remaining Poles something to do, and on no account to tolerate their idleness, which is the cause of many irregularities. This resolution will be car ried into effect, even at the risk of hearing the complaint re-echoed through Germany th it Prussia treats the Poles like criminals condemned to hard labour. VIENNA, MAY Il.—Five per Cents. SS ; Four per Cents. 77i; Bank Shares, I,l4s.—Al lgemeine Zeitung, May 16. CHOLERA MORBUS, OFFICIAL REPORT. PRICES OF STOCKS THIS Sank Stock I ter Cent. Red. 54 1 0% 1 rer Cent. Cons. 8 0 % 14% It s ; per Cent. 9174 Ditto Red 92% 1 c ew:3 34 per Cent. 93%4 3 3 I,er Cent Ann. 1726 .... t per Cent. 182 E 100,4% Rink Long Ann. to expire Jan. 5, 1868 16% Oct. 10, 1859 16% 9-16 Jan. 5, 1860 163 Jan. 5, 1880 — April 5, 1880 — Jan. 5,187 n.... .. - PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS Austrian Bonds 91'4 Belgian Bonds 75;i% Ditto Account 75% Brazilian Bonds Ditto Account 49% Buenos Ayres Bonds Bonds Ditto Account Chilian Bonds Ditto Account l6 Columbian Bonds Ditto Account Ditto Bonds, 1824 DAC° Account Danish Bonds 6734 Ditto Account Greek Bonds 25% Ditto Bonds, !825 Ditto Account 39 2 Mexican Bonds, 5 per cent 27 Ditto Account Ditto, 6 per cent — Ditto Account 32 N 3 Neapolitan DAY AT OWE O'CLOCK. New 5 per Cent. ...... India Stock Ditto Bonds par 'South Sea Stock Old Annuities 95 New Ditto... ...... per Cent. Ann a 175! .el,OOO n to pill. 12 11 pm. Ditto Small Ditto Commercial —pm. Ditto Advertised — pm. Bank for Account India for Account. Cons. t' , Nr May '2.3 BjViil,l THIS DAY AT ONE O ' CLOCK. Peruvian Bonds Ditto Account Portuguese Bonds Ditto Account 5(11.4 Regency Scrip 11% Ditto Account O dis. (Prussian Bonds 99 Ditto Account — Ditto Bonds, 1892 Russian Bonds, 1822 987;4 Ditto Account New Loan `BP; ,Spanish Bonds, 1821 .........14 1 4 Ditto Account 11 1 ,4% Ditto Bonds, Igl3 Ditto Accou - nt 'French Renter, 5 p. c. —f —c. —Exchange —f. —c. per cent. Exchange '2sf 70c. Dutch Scrip 4V4 I 4 Ditto Account 44% French Scrip CENTRAL BOARD OF HEALTH. COUNCIL OFFICE, WHITEHALL.—(THIS DAY.) DAILY REPORT of CHOLERA CASES. COUNTRY. Remaining at last Report, 174—New Cases, 13—Deaths, P 2— Recovered, 16—Remaining, 159. Total Cases since the com mencement, 10,093—Deaths, 3,786. (Signed) WM. MACLEAN, Secretary ____ Mr. PARKER'S benefit takes place this even ing at Drury-lane Theatre, and as the performances an nounced for representation are singularly attractive, we doubt not the house will he a crowded one. Mr. BucKE, we understand, takes his benefit at Drury-lane on Thursday, on which occasion the night's performances are likely to be unusually attractive. Madame VISTRIB lends the aid of her versatile talents, and the Duchess of Krzsx has kindly consented to give up her private box for the night. Upwards of 150/. extra expense will be incurred in order to make the performances as complete as possible. DUNDEE.—The arrival of the mail, betwixt twelve and one o'clock at night, has been waited on with breathless anxiety by large multitudes every night since Saturday, and their numbers, as well as the intensity of their feelings, have been nightly increasing. So soon as any newspaper can be got from the post-office, lights are procured in the street, and the papers are read aloud to a portion of the anxious multitude, while other portions of them inundate the Caledonian Hall, and other public rooms, and appoint readers. It is scarcely possible to convey too strong an idea of the excitement which pre vails on these occasions of the fierce determination not to be balked of their rights, either by the KING or the oligarchy —to hazard every thing rather than submit to the un principled and detestable domination of the Duke of WEL LINGTON and his gang. Truly, the tax-gatherer may shut up his shop in Dundee it the Reform Bill be not passed entire. At some of these assemblages, a cry of " To arms !" has been pretty general; but this mad pro ject has been always readily abandoned on the suegestions of the more judicious, although not the least firm and de termined. Let the people trust to the pledged House of Commons. Should they desert the people, of which we have no fear, then let the people trust to their own power of stopping the sources and channels of the Treasury. It is utterly inconceivable that both these expedients can fail of producing the desired effect. Our best position is a de fensive one. WO to those who shall dare to attack it so as to compel us to change its character.—Dundee Ad vertiser. " FRASER'S MAGAZINE. An impression having got abroad that many of the early Numbers of this periodical are not to be procured, the Publisher begs leave to state, that the reprints have been always made when required, and though it has occurred that the stock on hand has ofte❑ run very low, yet there never has been any difficulty in obtaining from him a complete set either in numbers or in vols. In all, there are tw•enty.eight num bers, which may be bad %ewed, 24. 6,1. each, or in volumes (six numbers to a volume), neatly bound in green cloth and lettered, 16s. 6J. each. JAMES FRASER, 215, Regent street, London, or by order of any bookseller or newsman in England, Ireland, or Scotland. COURT CIRCULAR. Hifi MAJESTY, accompanied by the Viscountess FAL LAND, took an airing in a carriage, on Sunday afternoon, to Richmond, and visited the Marquess of Airs♦ and the Earl of ERROL. Their AIA3 ESTI ES partook of a dejeune with the Prince's AUGUSTA on Sunday. The Hon. and Rev. E. GREY, the Bishop of Hereford, had an audience of his MAJESTY yesterday, at the Palace of St. James's, in the Royal closet, and did homage before the KING, on his appointment to the Bishoprick of Here ford. Viscount MELBOURNE, as Secretary of State for the Home Department, and the Bishop of WORCESTER, as Clerk of the Closet, assisted at the ceremony. The Duchess of GLOUCESTER, the Princess AUGUSTA, ind the Princess SOPHIA, partook of a dejeune with their NIAJESTIES yesterday. The Duke of CUMBERLAND also visited the KING and QUEEN. His MAJESTY gave audiences yesterday to the Duke of BUCKINGHAM, the Marquess of CLANRICARDE, the Earl of ALBEMARLE, Lord FOLEY, Lord ROBERT GROSVENOR, and Sir NV. GoßnoN. The KING took an airing in the afternoon in a carriage, 4nd visited Colonel and Lady MARY Fox, at their resi dence, Addison-lodge. Her MAJESTY honoured the performance of BERTHO• VE N's opera of Fidelio, at the King's Theatre, last evening, with her presence. The Duchess of KENT and the Princess VICTORIA drove and walked for some time in Hyde-park yesterday. A Cabinet Council was held at ten o'clock on Sunday night at the Foreign office, at which nearly all the Minis ters were present. The Council sat in deliberation upwards of two hours. A Deputation from Cripplegate Ward, headed by Mr. Alderman Wenn, had an interview with Earl GREY yes terday at the Treasury. De4patches fur the Governors of Jamaica, Barbados, and the other West India islands, were sent off from the Colonial-office on Saturday night. The Loan MAYOR had an interview with Earl Gary on Saturday at the Treasury. The Loan CHANCELLOR visited the Noble Earl on Sunday. Omission at the last Levee.—Alderma n Woon presented two addresses to the KING, one from Cripplegate Within, the other from Cripp'egate Without. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.) FROM LLOYD'S PORTSMOUTH, MAr 21.—Wind variable.—Arrived from London, the Hindostan, for Bengal ; and Lord Hun gerford, Farquharson, for Madras and Beng 1. CORY, MAY 19.—Arrived the Thomas Booth, Levitt, from New Orleans : and Dorris, Grieve, from Mobile. DUNDEE, MAT 19.—Arrived the Spring, Scott, from Riga ; and George, Brown, from Neustadt. PENZANCE, MAY 20.—Arrived the Leglean, Cleland, from Demerara ; Elizabeth, from Havannab ; Mordica, from New Orleans ; Concords, from New York ; Duke of Clarence, Blair, from Charleston ; and Pleiades, of Bath, with loss of mainmast. HOLYHEAD, Mar 20.—Arrived off port, the Gleniffer, Dunlop, from Mobile. LIVERPOOL, MAY 20.—Arrived the Clansman, from Mobile; and Paquite de Cadiz, from Lisbon. Off port, the Intrepid, Morrison, from Demarara ; Margaret, Johnson, from Mobile; Yirmouth, from Savannah; Mary Ann, from Halifax, and Kingston from Africa. GRLENOCK, MAY 19.—Arrived the James, Ewing, from Jamaica. MONTROSE, MAY 19.—Arrived the Alexander, Brand, Prosperity, Pilkellry, and Planter, from Riga. ABERDEEN, MAY 19.—Arrived the Earl of Errol, Ritchie, from Riga. HULL, MAY 20.—Arrived the Sykes, Braithwaite, from Stockholm. WATER} ORD, MAT 19.-Arrived the Laburman, Brown, from St. Domingo; Asia, not Ann Reed, from Newcastle to Lubeck, is un shore near Warnemunde. ELSINORE, MAY 15.—Twe small sloops, one supposed to be Prussian, were wrecked on the Scaw on the 9th inst., and the crews drowned. About 125 biles of cot ton, part of the Alert's cargo, have been washed on shore. The Calypso, arrived in the Clyde, fell in, on the 25th ult., in lat. 39, long. 42, with a schooner, water-logged and abandoned, and only her foremast and bowsprit left standing. The late gale has not been much felt in the Baltic. OLD BAILLY.---(THIS DAY.) OLD COURT. John Driscoll, Andrew Morgan, -.Dalton, Robert Tye, and Elizabeth Peacock, were indicted for forging the will of an old man, named Robert Lionel Friend, with intent to defraud the next of kin of the sum of 500/. Three of the prisoners, Peacock, alias Paternoster, Driscoll, and Dalton, were tried yesterday, on a similar charge, and found Guilty ; and Peacock and Dalton were found Guilty upon a second indictment. Mr. ADOLPHUS stated the case in this the third indict ment, and then proceeded to call his witnesses. The trial is not expected to conclude until late in the afternoon. We understand that Morgan and Dalton were convicted about five years ago of a similar silence. THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, T WEL VE O'CLOCK. We have no arrival of consequence, not even a single ship letter; and the following news received by the French mail this morning, from Paris, states that frequent audiences have taken place between M. Lepen and the King of France, relating to the marriage of Prince Leopold and the eldest daughter of the King of France, which is finally fixed to take place the beginning of next month, at Compeigne, where the King And Royal family will proceed to receive King Leopold. It is stated that troops have been sent to the isle of St. Marguerite, owing to a plot being detected to take the garrison by surprise, and to release the state prisoners. Letters from Bordeaux mention that the Spanish Go vernment have negotiated there a loan of four millions of francs with the house of Spoleta, on the security of the quicksilver mines of Almaden. Accounts from St. Petersburgh state that the French Ambassador there celebrated the day of Saint Philippe, and gave a grand entertainment to all the diplomatic corps, ~t which Count Nesse!rode attended, ant drank the health of the King of France and Royal Family. THE FUNDS. The debates in the House of Lords last night were not of that interesting nature as was generally anticipated yes terday by the public, and little opposition was experienced by the Alinisters; but this night's debate will be of more importance, as the first of the inetropolitin clauses will be discussed, in consequence of which a division is expected. The Funds, to the present time, remain stationary at the prices they left off yesterday, 854 for the account, with little or nothing doing. RALF-PAST ONE. We hear that Don Miguel has solicited our commander in the Taf,us to withdraw our men-of•war from that liver, in the event of the appearance of Den Pedro's expedition, which has been complied with, and the two first.ratee of the line, which lately sailed for that desti nation, are to take their station with the others off the Tagus, as well as all the English merchantmen. This denotes that we shall 50011 bear of some important events from that quarter. We have a general report that some new Peers are to be created—some say 12, others 20. Consols have continued the whole of the morning at 85k, alternately buyers and sellers. To-morrow being settling-day in Consols, the chief business doing is making up their accounts. Consols for next Account, 85i buyers. Not a bargain doing i❑ the Foreign Market. 7 lIREE O' CL 0 CK. Consols for Account 85i. Some of the London Newspapers having de clared it to be the intention of our City Member, Mr. Alderman HUGHE S HUGIIKS, to offer himself as a candidate to represent the city of London in the next Parliament, we have authority to state that he has not, nor ever had, any such intention ; but that, on occasion of a dissolution, he will (as intimated in our Paper of the sth instant) aspire to the distinguished honour of a third time repre senting this city in Parliament.— Oxford Herald. BIRTHS. On the 21st inst. the lady of Thomas Bland, Esq. of Ely-place, of a daughter. On the 19th inst. at Little Boston House, the lady of Henri Seymour, Esq., of a daughter. DIED. On the 17th inst. in New Bridge-street, the Rev. J. M. Jones, for more than 20 years the punctual, zealous, and faithful minis ter of St. Bride's Church, Fleet-street. On the 16th inst. at Lynn, in Norfolk, Robert Green, Esq., an Alderman of that borough On the 18th inst. Mr. Benjamin Willats, druggist, Fore-street , Cripplegate, in the 47th year of his age. PRINTED AND PUBLISWED BY MURDO YOUNG, AT 7 11 SUN OFFICE, 112, STRAND, LONDON. PRICKS OF SHARKS THIS DAT •T ONZ O'CLOCK. Paid. Per Share. Anzio Mex. Min. Co. (iss. at 5/. pm.) £lOO 8 Bolanos Mining Company £l5O 160 Brazilian Imp. Min. Co. (its. at 5/. pm.) £2O 44% Real del Monte Mining Cu. .—, 25% 26 United Mex Min. Co. (iss. at 21. pm.) 40 5 Australian Co. Canada Company ...... 17 50