The Sun. — London, England, 1832-03-13 00:00:00

3PIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS, Much despicable twaddle continues to be poured forth by certain professed advocates of the " wait upon-Providence" party, respecting the meat whereby the Reform Bill is to be carried through the House of Lords. We are gravely desired to remark how much the cause of Reform has gained in the House of Commons since the original Bill nme fiist received there, and since, also, the divisions em the second reading of that Bill, and on General Gascoyne's amendment. We are further treated whh a hint, that all this good conaeluence has re sulted from the "patience and perseverance of the advocates" of the Bill. What a ludicrous perversion of all fact and common sense is here The progress of the Bill in the House of Common?, eihce the oc currences referred to, has arisen f - "orri no such vague cause as " patience rie perseverance" in its advo eates; it has been effected mainly by their plucking up courage enough to dissolve the Gascoyrre Parlia went, and to let the people act fee themselves, by returning a more liberal House of Commons. It was decision, not resignation to circumstances, that ens /Act-1 Ministers to earry the Bill through the House of Commons. Had the same unhappy spirit of tame iudeeision governed the Cabinet in its conduct to words the House of Commons as has since been too !dearly visible in whatever relates to the Lords, Reform wonid at this moment have held no higher ground than it did about twelve months ago. It was the re-organization of the House of Commons which carried the Bill through that assembly. When the Lords threw it out, they were regarded by the country in pretty much the same tight as the last House of Commons had been, after passing General Giscoyne's amendment ; and their Lordshiren can Lever be brought into decent harmony with the nation, but by an analogous process—that is, until, through means inherent in tie constitution of England, they shall have been reconstructed by the Crown, as the Commons were by the people, After -.he events which have obtained a grievous notoriety, it is pure silliness to ask (and indeed it is something worse to ask with a grave countenance), " What reason have we to think that a different result awaits the Bill in the House of Lords from that which it has experienced in the other House of Parliament ?" Our answer is, that the old House of Commons un derwent the purgation of an appeal to the people, and thence acquired a much ameliorated . spirit. Whereas the old House of Lords has: received no accession whatsoever to its virtue, but remains, to a man, the same assembly which negatived the second reading of the Bid. The 'text answer is, the noto tiety of the fact, that an acquiescence by the Lords in the second reading is designed to serve but as the auxiliary to an avowed scheme for destroying the whole usefulness of the measure, and leaving the country in no better condition than if the former noroughmongering system had renetined altogether untouched. There is scarcely a man in the streets 'c London who does not 4 . 11011) that the House of Lords, as at present constituted, will nonsupport the most valuable provisions of the Mirristerial Bill. To aasume the contrary, as, we are ashamed to say, has been done by a portion of the contemporary press, betrays gross ignorance, or wilful deceit. Even some of the Bishops, whose penitent succour; has been counted on by the good easy nobleman in office, whom we need not name, do not feel it worth while to make secret of their intentions to mutilate the Bill after it shall have passed the second reading. What, then, means the paltering with words, wide has been resorted to during the last week by those who manifestly but repeat the lesson appointed for their daily service ? They do not believe one sylla ble of what they represent to be the favourable dis position of the House of Peers. Their employers —albeit in no merry mood—would laugh those to scorn who gave it ered:t. What, then, must we conclude, but that fhe defence is not an honest one ? And that notions are entertained in certain quarters very different from those which have been acknow ledged. The strange phrenzies may visit men's betels we have not now to learn, nor how open are even gifted and highly reputable persons to acci dental influences whi c h at first sight would appear but little likely to disturb them. There is no denying that the same phrase repeated incessantly by any mi serable parrot, not capable of attaching sense or value to the sounds of which its organs are the channel, will impress the ear, and may rest upon the me mory, of rational beings, and thus be wrought, im perceptibly but inextricably, into the main texture of their thoughts. The babblers of Toryiern, from the first hour when this great BA for purifying the representation of the people was brought forward, have been reiterating the stale monotonous absur dity, that to reform Parliament was to revolutionize the State. They have harangued about confisca tion, and anarchy, and bloodshed, and of gulphs that swallowed up Kings, and political volcanos vomiting forth republics, and the Lord knows what other rigmarole. This nonsense having male some way among the dandies of either sex who flutter about Courts and great men's dwellings, a higher note ha. been sounded, and harped upon with unmerciful perseverance. It was not enough to call a re, form of Parliament by the ominous name of revolu tion, but sort or sorts of revolution which the present measure was chargeable with prepa ring must be placed before the susceptible imagination of Lord Grey. To be sure the alarmists have not been over particular in their choice when they hit upon the revolutions of the 17th century in England, and of the 18th in France, for parallels to this assault of the reform boroughs. Be cause Charles attempted for 16 years to bear down all constitutional opposition, to reign first without Parliaments, then to reign over them,—to levy taxes by prerogative,—to inflict punishments against law,—to violate his own most solemn obligations with as little regard to truth or honour as the tyrant DOW at Lisbon,—then set up his standard in defence of his usurpations, and, afer the unnatural warfare (unlawfully, we admit, but not unhappily for Eng land), perished as a criminal,—because he did and suffered thus, we, the British nation, in the year 183'2, are to bear submissively whatever grievances, the King, but a fierce aad despotic corporation of usurping boroughmongers chose to inflict upon us: lest, because Charles 1., the blind and infatuated despot, was beheaded, King William, who has been the first to see and remedy the wrongs under which 4.is subjects suffered, should share the fate of Charles. The struggles of our great patriots of 16-10 were directed against the tyranny of the Crown. The efforts of King and people at this mo ment arc to shake off the yoke of a faction. So in France were there 110 evils endured by the nation before 1788 ? Were there no lettres de cachet ? No Bastile ? No Gabelle ? No privi leged exemptions- from taxes and other obligations ? Did not the people of England reap the revolution of 1688 from the seed of 1648 ? Have not the French gained their charter, and the unnumbered liheiainga arising out of the overthrow of feudal pd. v:lege-, as well as of kingly despotisms, from that much-abused revolution of 1788 ? But we have nothin g to do with those revolutions. There were revolution s in Rome; there have been some in Prussia ; a few in China ; there was one, a mighty revolution, in North America. Revolutions brought about by nations are invariably for rights withheld. The timely redress of wrongs is the natural pre ventive of revolutions. • Let Lord Grey turn with the disgust which ought to be felt by a Whig statesman from these- wretched perversions of his torical truth and political reasoning by -his- enemies. Let him be just to himself and " fear not."—l'intes. Our intelligent and able weekly contemporary (the Spectator) alluded on Sunday last to the ex istence of " Two little Bills," the monstrous pro duction of the Anti-Reformers! In another column we have given these moral curiosities—these politi cal Siamese twins. A more ludicrous deformity-was never before exhibited to the public. The Anti-Re formers throughout the national struggle for the last eighteen months, have maintained apse position. Driven from the government by - their blind and in fatuated refusal of any Reform of the Representation of the People, they would now fain persuade the public mind that they are willing to concida a mod?!. /plc Reform. Sir Robert Peel, hampered by the pre judices and influence of the Duke of Wellington, has struggled hard with his " half-way" propensities, end with difficulty abstained from the revelation of a candid plan of Parliamentary Reform. Acutely perceiving that the Ultra-Tories would never forgive a first—much less a second—political backsliding, the wily Baronet has opposed the Ministerial mea :ore without comelizaing himself to any scheme; vet well lenowing that he could never regain the seals of office without being prepared for s-cute con cessions. Encompassed with the difficulties of " bit-by-bit" Reform, and knowing that if the mortar in the wd!s or the horoughmengera' citadel was once shaken the battlements would ultimately fall, he has made a choice of evils, and kept his pace as to what he would fain do on this momentous question. We have no doubt that the operation of " chewing the cud" hart bren painful and hard to bear ; but servi lity to the Commander-in-Chief, and political incom- I have tongue-tied the Right Hon. Baronet. He has repelled with affected indignation the impu tation of opposition to the principle of Reform ; but white abusing his neighbour's child, he has sedu lously concealed his own political offspring. Now " the murder is out ;" and the public cannot fail to discern the hollow and hypocritical affectations of thesepseado Reformer , . The two Bills are printed in the regular, official, and parliamvntary style. They bear date on the endorsement, " February, 1832," and may, therefore, be presumed to be one month old. They purport "to he moved in the Upper House, so that the rights of the Com mons of the realm are to originate in the House of Lords, and to be determined by the price sanction of the majority of fort .one Peers, who in October last refused even not to entertain the question of an amendment of the representation! From such an impure source could any decent mea sure issue ? Could any good come out of Galilee ? The first monster is entitled No. I.—" A Bill to make provision for the Extension of Representation to populous and wealthy Counties, Districts, and Towns." And what do our readers imagine is the nature of the " provision ?" That the returning officers of the present represented boroughs and cities should, under the warrant of the Speaker of the House of Commons, convene a public meeting of voters, and if three fourths of- the number enti tled to vote voluntarily resign d their electoral rights, that thenceforth such places end boroughs should be disfranchised—otherwise that they should continue to enjoy their scendalott: monopoly ! The borough proprietors, the degraded trafficking voters, to have the option of restoring stolen goods! We conclude, that if the Anti-Reformers again obtain power, they will repeal all penal statutes for the punishment and prevention of felony ; and substi tute a declaratory law, that thenceforth house-break ing and pocket-picking are legal and moral ; and that such culprits as may feel the stings of con science, or be surfeited with plunder, may partially restore stolen property by calling in at Bow-street. Alter this notable contrivance for getting rid of the inconvenience of schedules A and B, the imposters attach a note to the end of their first-horn, that, "it is the province of a separate Act to appropriate the seats to the, hereby surrendered, and to determine what shall constitute the qualification of an elector." We now come to the second " lit tle Bill," which is endorsed No. 2, " To be laid on the table of the House when the first /3•11 is moved. The second monster is entitled, " A Bil to adapt the Representation of the People in Eng land and Wales to the altered circumstances of the Country." This precious twin-child, the offspring • two parents—lgnorance and Corruption—was also born in " February, 1832 ;" having, we pre sume, been nursed in swaddling clothes by the Charles-street clique since that dark and foggy month. This Bill confirms the franchise of the Forty-shilling Freeholder; and Extends the county franchise to copyholders and tenants for life ; to 20/. leaseholders, holding for a term of 21 years, and to annual tenants of 50/. per annum. The only good feature of the Bill is its retaining the existing sim ple and constitutional franchise of , cot and lot (li mited, however, to inhabitant householders) but this is made up to the Tories by limiting the electoral • rights in new boroughs to inhabitant householders rated for three successive years, on a yearly value of 15/. ; that is to say, 5/. more than the Ministerial franchise, and restr cted to one take. The county freeholders of represented towns or cities are then partially exterminated. There is no registration, no disfranchisement, no decided enfranchisement ; and the two Bills, occupying altogether only eight p4ges (and long enough) terminate in a note at the tale of No. 2, with this consolatory lure,—that " it is proposed, in separate Acts, to fix the limits of boroughs, to shorten the duration of elections, to appoint the several districts in which the poll at county elections shall he taken, and generally to revise those regulations which are only incidental to the exercise of the elective franchise." Such are the stop-gaps which these infatuated " Conser vatives" think they can successfully employ to keep John Bull from breaking down the fences of the Boroughmoneers; such the quack medicine which they fancy they can persuade him to take for renovation of his shattered constitution. A more rank humbug (and plain English can alone charac terise the imposture) was never sought to be prac tised on a nation. how little do these misguided 1 men know of public opinion—how short-sighted is their view of a desperate situation. A bill-sticker, who pastes tip the quack advertisements of cmpirics, would draw up . more creditable and attractive paper. These abominable ducuracats remind us of the placard of a celebrated Doctor during - tile last con tested Westminster Election, " Vote for Dr. Eadv, the real friend of the Constitution !" We sincerely advise the Anti-Reformers not to set up in a business to which they were not bi . ed. The people will never accept political emancipation at the hands of the Tories ; they will never be prevented by the ‘, Conservatives," from now obtaining freedom. Are the authors or friends of these notable " Re form Bills" the Peers whom Lord Grey seeks to appease, and to gain over to his measures ? Far better that the Premier should rely on sound friends than on cutting off the wings of his enemies. We shall watch for the next edition of the Tory and moderate Reform Bills.—Morning Chronicle. SECOND EDITION. SUN OFFICE, Seven o'clock. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT OF THIS EVENING. HOUSE OF COMMONS. The Sunderland Dock 4 BAI was read a second time. Mr. TREVOR presentesi a petition from a person named Gray, of Hartlepool, in the county of Durham, praying to be heard by Counsel in the Committee of the Hartlepool Harbour and Wet Docks Bill, and complaining that the standing orders had not been complied with. A long discussion ensued between the Hon. Member, Mr. Clayton, Mr. Hodgson, Mr. Littleton, and the Speaker, as to whether, in the first instance, the peti tioner had an actual interest. in land proposed to be affected by the intended Bill, arid also whether the Committee had exa:oined as to whether the stand ing orders had been complied with or not. It appeared that the Committee had reported that the standing orders had been complied with. The result of the discussion was the withdrawal of the petition. Lord STANLEY moved for, and obtained leave to bring in, a Bill to enable the Company of the proprietors of the Bolton, Bury, and Manchester Canal, to make col lateral banches of the canal. On the motion of Sir EDWARD VAUGHAN, leave was given to bring in a Bill to light the town of Wells with gas. Mr: EVANS brought up the report of the Committee on the St. Margaret's (Westminster) Poor Bill. Mr. Alderman WOOD brought up the report of the Committee on the London -bridge Approaches Bill. Mr. PAGET presented a petition against the Upper East Smithfield Road Bill. Mr. WYSE presented several petitions from various places in Queen's county, complaining of distress a❑d the tithe system. 'The petitioners represented that in their original institution, idles were intended, not solely for the benefit of the clergy, but as a provision in part for the ,rel'ef of the poor, The Hos. MEmßea also presented several petitions re lative to the Galway franchise. Mr. LAMBERT presented a petition from a place in Cornwall, against the tithe system. Mr. H. GRATTAN and Mr. J. GRATTAN supported the prayer of the petition, Lord KILLEEN knew most of the petitioners to be men of the highest respectability in the county. Mr. BLACKNEY said that Ireland and its future peace rested very much on the abolition of the tithes, and if not put down by the Legislature, the tithe system would he annihilated by the united efforts of an oppressed, iin poveriehed, and insulted nation. Lord STANLEY presented a petition front the free holders, leaseholders, and householilers, of Chorlton, in the neiehbourhood of Manchester, against the general Registry Bill. The petitioners suggested that if any registry was adopted, a local registry would he infinitely more advantageous than that proposed by the Hon. and Learned Gentleman (Mr. Campbell.) The SPEAKER then addressed the House, and said the time having arrived for the commencement of public busi nese, it would Ire more convenient, he thought, that by some means, according to the pleasure of the House the dropped Orders should be now disposed of, and it was impossible for him to revert to the circuinstance of there being no House yesterday, without eeprrssing the the sincerest gratitude he entertained for the kindness and consideration the House had sheren .him, not only upon that occasion, but upon many others since he had the honour of occupying that Chair.--(Hear, hear.) Lord ALTHORP then moved that the dropped orders of yesterday be read. Sir R. VYVYAN said it had been his intention yesterday to ask some questions of the Noble Lord opposite, relative to a subject which lie considered of im portance, namely, the French expeditiun to Ancona and the affairs of Belgium, and be thought he could not do better than embrace the present opportunity of asking a few questions upon that particular subject. The other day when he put the question relative to the landing of the French troops at Ancona, his Majesty's Govern mere stated that they were not enabled to give any definite answer to the questions proposed. On a previous occasion, when he asked his Noble Friend whether he were aware of any expedition being prepared, or having sailed, the Nrible Lord stated he was not then aware whether any expedition hail sailed. Now it was impio tent to refer to debates on that occasion. The questions were proposed February 23, and it was discovered that the French troops had landed at Ancona before Government was aware that any expedition had sailed. Shortly afterwards a protest, said to lie that of the Pope, had appeared against the invasion of his States by the French. This protest was too long to read, but he believed every Member had bad an opportunity of reading it. There were some passages, however, in that document which showed, if it were correct, that there had been an invasiiie of the Papal territory, and that: the French had landed at Ancona without the permisSion of the Pope, and in defiance of his expostulations. When the treope landed, the Pap a troops still being in possession of Ancona, it ap peared that their commander was told lie was a French prisoner, until he surrendered the fort of which he was resessed, and which he commanded. Hail there, he asked, ever happened such a thing:eince the days of Napoleon? And although it was perhaps a poetical expression, yet nothing of the kind had happi ned since the days of the Saraeene. On the 7th March, after the news of the event had reached Paris, speeches were made by many menitiers of the oppo sition, and M. C. Perier delivered a speech, to a few extracts of which he would call the attention of the House.—(Hear, hear.) The Honourable Baronet tl.en proceeded to read extracts, the purpoi of which was that the French Government had interfered in this case on the sane principle that they had interfered with Belgium. The Austri ius having occupied Bologna, the French Government thought itself ()Waged to take this step as a continental power. lie would a k, supposing the same principle were acted on as to this country, what would be the consequence ? lie did not stand there to defend the Papal Govern ment; but there were passages in the speech that affected English interests. It was not for them to set themselves up as judges of what mode of government a sovereign should deal out to his people, or what a people should expect from its legitimate sovereign. But what if the French were to declare that the legitimate mode of trial in this _country was not sufficient, and that the periodical repressions of provincial disturbances were neither just nor adequate; and if a Congress were to sit to consider this questioning the power of the British Parliament to decide the question?—(Hear, bear, hear.) On another occasion, C. Perrier explained more fuliy the intentions of Government, but these explanations were like Cromwell's, when he did not wish his Parlia ment to understand him. It was evident, however, that the interference of the French in this instance had origi nated in their own interests e contrary to the wish of the Pope. His object, therefore, was to know from the Noble Lord whether the Protest was an official document, —whether he had received such official inlsrisation, as a Minister of the Crown, so as to say the document had been officially issued, protesting against the ocitupation of Ancona by a Foreign Power, with which Foreign Power this country was in alliance ? It was far from his desire to say any thing which might give the appearance of any thing calculated to involve thts country in a war. He wished for peace. He believed it to be for the interest of both 'countries that peace should be maintained— He believed the majority of Members of both Houses of Parliament, as well as the majority of the people of this country, wished for peace; but if there was any thing like French honour, it was to be recollected there was British honour also—(Cheers)—and he could not but sup pose that his Majesty's Government had done their best to preserve that honour. He was willing to suppose this—he was willing to suppose that the French troops might yet have to retire from Ancona, and that the French Government might yet have, in re spect of what had teen done, to make an apology. He was willing to suppose all this, and to abstain from putting a question to the Noble Lord upon it, con tenting himself on the present occasion sirnplylby asking (anal which deserved most serious attention)—(Hear, hear)—whether the Noble Lord had official information that this protest was an authentic document? Lord PALMERSTON said, sir, it affords me satisfac tion on this occasion to be able to give an answer to my Right lion. Friend's question ;—the more so as it has frequently occurred that to questions proposed lay him I have either felt it unfit to answer them, or been unable to reply to them from the want of means. Sir, I have received from one of our Foreign Ministers I believe a copy of the protest my Right lion. Friend has adverted t a in such a way as to leave no doubt on my mind that such protest was issued by the Roman Government ; therefore, the Right Hon. Baronet may conclude, that the protests be has seen in the Newspapers (little errors of translation ex cepted) is a correct copy of the protest issued by the Pope.—(Hear, hear, hear.) Sir, I might content myself by simply snaking that answer to the question that has been put to me; but there were one or two remarks accompanying the question that I think call for an observation or two from me. I think I am entitled in the outset to complain a little of my Right Honourable Friend. I will riot say he has misrepre sented, but he has given a little colouring to an answer which lie states I gave to a question of his. He states that wheal he first asked me ,on the 23i of February, whether the Government was aware that such an expedition had sailed from France my reply simply was that the Governtnent were not aware such an expedition had sailed. (Hear, hear.) Nuw, any person hearing that .version of my answer, would very naturally conclude that the answer implied that his Majesty's Government was wholly. ignorant that such an expedition was about ever to b taken. Sir, my allsWtr was two-fold. I stated that his Majesty's Government had reason to know that such an expedition was in preparation, but that they bad received no official information at that time that the expedition had actually sailed; and whatever impatience my Right Hon. Friend may attach to a comparison of dates that was the fact. 'foe Right Hon. Baronet stated that the mode in which this French expedition landed at Ancona was inconsistent with the duties which one independent State owes to another.-- I alb certainly not disposed, nor do I intend at the present period, to controvert that statement.—(Loud cheers fteai the Opposition side) but of France itself, who, the Mo ment they heard how the landing was effected, commu nicated it to the Friendly Powers ins France, that the commanding officer of the 'expedition had disobeyed his orders, and that in consequence he had been called home to submit to an inquiry into his conduct..—(lleac, hear, tear.) Now, Sir, that is all that has taken place, and which has given the Right Hon. Baronet, as lie con tends, a ground fur comparing it to the proceedings of Buonaparte.—(Louti cheers.) When any thiug about foreign affairs are brought before the House, the lion.: Baronet has always been extremely careful to state in the mo s t explicit terms t hat he is a lover of peace, and that there is nothing which ; h e wishes fur more than to * see peace and good will pre va il among all, and all idea of war done away with—(Hear ; hear)-- but I must say he takes the strangett mode of of carrying that idea into effect I could possibly imagine. (Loud cheers.) He.says, keep peace with France—it is for the interest of England that you should maintain peace with her; but still don't you think the honour of England must be maintained.—(Hear, hear.) Can you tamely brook what has passed ? Is it not for the dignity of England to demand eatiefaction ? (Hear, hear.) At the very time he is proclaiming his love for peace he is endevouring to persuade the House to goad his Majesty's Government into a proceed ing which must be of a nature to excite:unfriendly commu nications between that government and the French. The Hon. Baronet says, the honour of England is pecu liarly concerned in protecting the territories of the Pope. For my own part I am at a loss to know why it is more poculiarly concerned in protecting the territories of the Pope than in protecting any other part. At the same time I am perfectly ready to sate that no transaction which has a tendency to interfere with independent States can be a matter of indifference. The Hon. Baronet says—" Make the case your own, and just suppose how you would feel if the great powers were to interfere' respecting the dis turbances in England, and to say as you have been obliged again to have recourse to measures of repression, we will take the management into our own hands. Now it is impossible to suppose two things more totally indifferent than these. There is this plain and essential difference between them—that in the case of the Pope, that Sovereign has unfortunately' thought it ne cessity to call in the aid of foreign troops for the purpose of maintaining peace. Now, I have no difficulty in saying, that if ever the day should arise, when the King of this country shall be compelled to call in tha did of foreign troops to maintain the peace and tranquillity of his empire, I, for one, should then certainly feel that the indepondence of this country was at an end, and that then such a proposition might not be very improperly addressed to this House, or to his Majesty. An HON. MEMBER, whose name we could not learn, declared that the statement just made by the Noble Lord was the most extraordinary that he had ever heard in that House. The French Government had, with a view of exciting Collision, had despatched an ex pedition to AIICOLIa, and under false pretences, they had 'fleeted a landing, and taken possession of the fortresses. The Noble Lord, it was true, stated that he had been informed the French Government dis ap proved of the mariner in which their officer acted, but it did not appear that the fortresses had been been given up. —(Hear. hear,) This was the sixth expedition sent by France since the aithority of the Bourbons hatl ceased, to ee bad acted contrary to the law of nations. The Hon. Memder was of opinion that the House was under great obligations to the Right Hon. Baronet (Sir R. Vy cyan) for the opportunity he had taken of ascertaining the the conduct of the French Government, and he added that if the principle on which such an aggression was viewed was allowed to prevail, great danger would result from it. Colonel EVANS, iu reference to- the several instances in which the French had sent expeditions referred to by the lion. Member, observed that it must be recollected that, in some of them, his Majesty's Government and the House had concurred. In reference to the particular instance more under discussion, although that interference may not be in consonance with the law of nations, yet as the policy of Austria had .teen to keep Italy in sub jection, should the interference by the French G , vernment restore the Papal States to liberty, every liberal mind would rejoice at it. Sir PJYVVYAN in reply observed that he was glad he afforded the Noble Lord the opportunity of giving an explanation of some part of the conduct of the French Government ; but he was of opinion that the mere removal of the officer in command of the expedi tion,—and while Ancona was still occupied—was no satisfaction for the aggression. MESSAGE DORM THE LORDS. A Mes,ige from the House of Lords informed the House that their Lordships had agreed to several Private B Ds. On the motion that the dropped Orders of the Day be proceuded in, some discussion ensued between Sir R. VYVYAN, Mr. HOME, and the SPEAKER. After which the Coroner's election regulation Bill was read s second time and ordered to be conanitted next Tuesday SCOTCH REFORM BILL. The Reform in Parliament (Scotland) Bill was post poned until Friday se'nnight. On the Clerk reading the motion for a Committee on Tithes in Ireland, Mr. STANLEY moved that the Si,eaker do now leave the Chair. An Hos. MemnEa wished that other motions which stood for this evening, might he fixed fur .some day otherwise great confusion would arise in bringing on the the question, and postponing the others until some inde finite period. Lord ALTHORP hoped the House would allow the tithe question to come on immediately, as it Was one of great importance. (LEFT SITTING.) HOUSE OF LORDS. The Loo CHANCELLOR took his heat on the Wool sack at Five o'clock. The Earl of ELDON presented a petition against the new system of education in Ireland. The Bishop of LONDON presented a petition from Bishopsgate-street, in favour of the Factories Bill. The Right Reverend Prelate said he had heard of a case which would show the absolute necessity of legislating upon this subject. He was informed there was a ;.erson who had made a large fortune by a factory, and employed in it upwards of 1200 children, who not only worked fourteen hours a day for six days in the week, but two days, out of the .ix, had to work both day and night. Lord SUFFIELD presented a petition from Paisley to the same effect. Lird ELLENBOROUGH presented a petition from the Directors of the East India Gonpany, praying to be heard by Counsel at the Bar against the Zmindar of No zeal Bill. _ . After a discussion on the subject between the Noble Lord and Earl Grey, it was settled that the prayer of the peti tion be taken into eon%ideration on Friday next. THE FRENCH EXPEDITION TO ANCONA. The Earl of ABERDEEN, in putting his promised ques tions to Ministets, relative to the expediion to Ancona, protested against the irregularity of proceedings introduced by the Noble Earl (Grey) into that House, as he had yet to learn that Noble Lord had net a right to call upon Mi nisters to give explanations to any important transactions. It was but tecewly that be had endeavoured to obtain from Government some explanations relative to an expedition which had sailed from the port of Franbe.— (Heae, hear.) At that time the Noble Lord was not very explicit, but he accompanied the state ment he then made by his customary eulogy of the French Government, by which the House was led to suppose, that the communications which had had been received from that State was of a satisfactory na ture. He would not, however, do the Noble Earl the in jestice of supposing it possible that he felt satisfied with what had taken place in Italy, and the capture of Ancona. It had ever been the established policy of this coun try to watch the external proceedings of the French Court, with a view to prevent any extention of its dominions; but he saw nothing in the present condition of France that would induce this country to deviate from that established principle. In hie opinion what had lately taken pl ice there was a strong at gument for the House more perseveringly to adhere to it, as it was his firm conviction the course which had been pursued by the Noble Lord would endanger the peace of Europe, and the measures he had adope ted were likely to lead to those crlamities which he was sure it was his object to avert. He believed that he was himself about the first public functionary in Europe who had received the commands of his Save reign to acknowledge the Duke of Orleans as the King of the French. The motives that had induced Government to adopt that plan had been fully communicated to the allies of this country, and to the whole of Europe. No man was more desirous to preserve the peace of Europe and the friendly relations of this country with anther, than himself. But be never could forget chat it was the duty of a British Minister to use every endeavour to prevent the Commission of acts, which would be injurious to the honour of his country, and it was equally the duty of every Alenwer of that House, not being a minister, to stigmatise and repudiate such acts. (Hear, hear.) As far as he could form any opinion of the expedition to Ancona, it was worthy of the time of the rebellion ; and looking at what had taken place, he could not but think it it founded on trickery, perfidy, and deceit. (Hear, hear) He held in his hand a translation of the letter from the Italian Minister of State to the French Ambassador, from which it plainly appeared, that on the 22d. February a French squadron was in the port of Ancona. The captain of the fort went on board to the French Ambassador, and offered, in the name of his Holiness the Pope, all the assistance he stood in need of. The ceremony of etiquette was dispensed with, and it was settled that the French squadron should be allowed to entsr the port the next morning, In the middle of the night, however the French troops forcibly entered the town, proceeded to the residence of the corn mandant, disarmed the garrison, made them prisoners of war ind insisted on the surrender of the city. To pre-. vent the shedding of blood the place was surrendereds (The Earl of Aberdeen, when first he read thi statement could hardly give it credence, but subse quent facts bad freely established the truth of itu However fir the Austrians might be ju.titiei - the course they had pursued, he could see nothing what i ever to warrant the conduct that bad been pursued by the French, According to M. Perier, the expedition had been undertaken for the interest of the Catholic religion awl that of the Holy See, and for the purpose of preserving peace. M. Perier made that statement having in his possession of the letter he h adverted to, and also hav ing the protest of his Holiness, in which he demanded the departure of the French troops from territories. The sesult therefore would be a scene of unparalled warfare and an effusion of blood. The present transaction had been unparalleled in the history of civilized nations—it was an outrage of all good faith, and hr hoped when all the transactions were brought to light, the French Govern ment would be found not responsible for such conduc.. He trusted therefore the Noble Earl would give him some explanation with reference to the transaction. Earl GREY had heard with surprise the state ments of the Noble Eerl. Ile had expected that what he had to state would not have occupied the House many minutes. He denied objecting to answer questions put to him by Noble Lords, or that he bad introduced a new discipline into that Honse, he had only enforced its orders when he had deprecated in the form of a question the pretexts of asking explanations on affairs still in progress. He could not consistently countenance such proceedings. He would not be pro voked by the Noble Earl into discusssions inconsistent with his public duty. BELGIAN AFFAIRS. The Duke of WELLINGTON gave notice that on Friday he would move for a copy of the correspondence that passed between the Secretary of State fin- foreign affairs and our Ambassador in Paris relating to Belgium, from the breaking out of the revolution of the first meeting of the Conference in London. (I.F.FT FATTING.) THE LONDON GAZETTE THIS EVENING. BANKRUPTCIES ENLARGED. JOSEPH ARMITAGE, Queen's Head, Clayton, Yorkshire, and JAMES GREENWOOD, Swamp, Northowram, stuff-ma nufacturers, from March 27 to Hpril 11, at twelve, at the Obi Cock Inn, Halifax. JOHN and JOSEPH WA RING, Lepton, Kirkheaton, York shire, cloth-manufacturs, April 12, at ten, at the Pack-horse Inn, Huddersfield. EDWARD CHANDLER PARKINSON, Eccleshall, Brad ford, Yorkshire, apothecary, from March 20 to April 10, at one, at the Talbot Inn, Bradford. BANKRUPTCIES SUPERSEDED. EDWARD JONES, Canterbury , grocer. u✓YV JOSEPH SKIDMORE, Nottingham, bobbin and carriage maker. HENRY WILSON, Sun-street, woollen-draper. DECLARATIONS OF INSOLVENCY. JAMES MERCER, Trapston, Northamptonshire, innholder. GEORGE LEWIS, Vere-street, Oxford-street, broker. BANKRUPTS. • JACOB FRANCIS, 13iightWelmYoi, Sussex, mercer. JONAH FOSSITT DEAN, Drakelow-mill Farm, Derby shire, miller. JOIIN ALLEN, Tiverton, Devonshire, druggist. THOMAS TODD, sen., and THOMAS TODD, jun., Bir mingham, factors. JOHN RINGSLEY, Biggleswade, Bedfordshire, corn-factor. JOHN SMITH and CHARLES SMITH, Bath, grocers. GEORGE BAY LEY, Bristol, silk-mercer. WILLIAM ROBINSON, Rukby Stephen, Westmorland. \VILLE AM THOMAS BINCKES, Great Newport.street, leather-cutter. JOSEPH TOMSEY, Little Marylebone-street, victualler. ANTHONY THOMPSON', St. Helen's-place, London, mer chant. WILLIAM FRANCIS CA M PBE L, Hatton-garden, jeweller EDMUND MARKS and WM. CHARRINGTON, Mark lane, malt-factors. JAMES OSBORNE, Bishopsgate-streel-within, cheese. monger. JOSEPH CARRINGTON, Seething-lane, bricklayer. WILLIAM PEARCE, Lostwithiel, Cornwall, timber-mer chant. JOHN WILKINSON, Sheffield, tavern-keeper. WILLIAM VERITY, jun., Birstal, Yorkshire, worsted-ma nufacturcr. RICHARD BROSTER, Stockport, Cheshire, grocer. JOSEPH MILLICAN, Maryport, Cumberland, ironmonger. HENRY FIANDER, Chelsea, plumber. ELIZABETH EMERY, Great Bell-alley, London, painter. JOSEPH BARTHOLOMEW, Saint diary's-gate, Derby, cabinet-maker. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-ROUSE. Mrs. Brown, who appeared in the character of com plainant against her right hand next-door neighbour last week, came forward yesterday with a similar charge against her neighbour on her left hand. Mrs. Brown after opening the matter, handed in the following paper, which she said contained a statement of her- case : PRICE OF SEEDS.—March 12. New I , :nglish Red Clover Seed (per Cwt.) —s. 50s. fine --s. 80s. Old Ditto Ditto. _ .., —s. —g. fine —s. —s. Sew Foreign Ditto _____ .50s. 66s fine —s. SOs. Old Ditto _ _ . . .... —s. —s. fine —s. —s. Now White Clover— . . , . 50s. SO;. fine —s. ROs. Old Ditto Ditto. ------- —s. —s. fine --s. —s. Tew Trefoil —s. 10s. fine 48s. 50s. J!d Ditto , - —s. —s. fine —5 —s. Rib Grass --, . S. 335. tine —s. 40s. English Carraway Seed.. —s. —B. 585. fine 635. Foreign Ditto ------... . —s. —s. —s. fine —s. f;oriander ..------- St. Fain (per Quarter)--- —s. —s. fine —s. 70s. Rye Grass ........ - . —s. —s. new '2os. 235. Pacey Ditto --____ 403. 565. new —s. —s. Linseed, for feeding —s. 40s. tine —s. 445. Ditto, for crushing......—,---... ~,... 365. 40s. —6. fine—s. Canary . Seed, New - —s. 70s. 7'2s tine—s. ... I . 1 at) —s. fine —a. White Niubt:ad Seed—(per Bushel)--- —e. 78. Bs. fine. —s. Brown Ditto-- Turnip Seed,:, Rounds.— -- ----........... —s. —s. tis. fine 12s. Green and Ited Ditto . --s. —s. Bs. tine 125. Tares, Old —s. .ss. fit fine 66. Ditto New —s. —s. fine --el. —s. Ita?eSeed, English, tine (per Last) 23/. TU,.... Foreign 20/. 24e. TO THE lIONREL: TURD MARI.: FOR TILE CITY OFLONDEN. " A ginuine statmen of the crule tretement of me Mrs Brown, whose sperits has hen much affected—and who gos in Bodily fear of her life. Mrs. Brown have once snore agin to apply to the Lord Mare for the City for 'pertekshon as I am so malicious anoyad, the anoyance i hay met Is men singin round my house, poetry made by Bill Townes, wich I take the liberty in presentin to your Lordship. My lord a parson can be brot forrard to swear as those men ware employ'd by Mrs. Wayman for to sing the poetry—and ware to have monument of live shilling from her for so doing." Whit is your charge against Mrs. Wayman, said his Lordship? Mrs Brown—l charge her with enciting conquest of more than 300 people about my door on Saturday, and obstructing my passage in sitch a way— that my husband cant get in and out as he used to do_. the people relit all day lestneng to two men as shed pail to sing a song, which shed got wrote on me. Here's a copy, your Lordship (viz. some foolish dogrel, respecting her former appearance at the Mansion-house) : What is the reason, Mrs. Brown, inquired his Lord ship, that you have these disturbances with your neigh bours ?—Why, please your Lordship, I must tell you the truth : —When I had a little property left me a few months ago, me and my husband told our neighbours we should have no more acquaintance with low people, because we considered ourselves in quite another different sort of speck. And ever rince they have acted this way, because I can't make 'em my equal? A little charity-boy was here brought forward, and pointed out as the author of the verses above. Ills Loanstur inquired of •he boy if it were true ?—The young bantling of Apollo, who was dressed in leathern breeches, and was hiding his face in his muffin-cap, ac knotvledged that he hod perpetrated the poetry in ques tion at the request of the defendant. His LORDII-11 then asked if he had employed himself before in making verses ?—The boy acknowledged with some reluctance, that it was not his first offence : he added that he was nearly fourteen, and that he was in the charity-school of Sir John Cassey. Mr. Nobler recommended the boy not to employ his ta lent in future in matters which might prove mischievous. After a good deal of talk between the complainant and the defendant, which had any other effect than that of elucidating the matter, the LORD Mitvoit dismissed the charge, observing, as the complainant bad not proved her case, she must lose the costs. _ GUIDLHALL. - • William Dorking and William Davis were brought up for reexamination, on suspicion of having stolen a corpse of an elderly man. Davis was carrying the body in a hamper to St Bartho lomew's hospital, and when he was stopped Dorkin inter fered in a way that showed he was a companion. Earl, the constable, reported, that an owner had not been found for the corpse, which had therfore been opened by two surgeons, and the examination satisfying them the death had not been caused by any unfair means, and they basing certified that it was from a natural cause, the body had been interred. . . - Dorkin knew nothing about the matter, and asked if any one could say he had carried the hamper. The constable allowed that he did not interfere with the hamper, but after Davis was stopped, Durkin urged him to let the subject pass, as !they were poor men, and he swore it had not been burked, so help him God. Barker, a watchman, said Dorkin followed the hamper some time before it was stopped. Dorkin declared this wa;false. Davis had mere'y acted as porter. He was hired at the Bull-inn, Aldgate, by a man who ran away when the body was stopped. Mr. Arnold, of Smithfield, begged to be permitted to deny that he had knowledge of the affair, although the resurrection man had taken the liberty of tacking his ad dress on the hamper. This had been done to lull suspicion, and to account fur going towards the hospital, his house being next door to the gates. Mr. Alderman ANSLEY did not think there was suffi • cient ground to hold Dorkiu to bail, and he therefore dis charged him, but he remanded the other prisoner, to make some further inquiry. BOW STREET. Information was forwarded to this office a few days ago respecting a gang of swindlers residing in Lambeth, who carried on a profitable trade by means of begging letters. A gentleman, from whom the information pro ceeded, produced a letter which he had received from a nobleman residing in the country, enclosing a memorial stating that a Mrs. Mary Upf old, residin g in Lambeth walk, was in a state of the deepest distress, having three BIRTHS. On the 11th inst. at Brentford, the lady of R. T. Fletcher, Esq., of a daughter. On the 10th inst. at Clapton, Mrs. Samuel P. Child, of a son. childten and herself to support on a pittance of 7s. or Ss. per week, derived from a school which she kept. That her husband, who was the driver of a stage-coach, had un fortunately broken his leg, and was lying ill at Ginter-- bury, the horses of the coach which he was driving at the time having taken fright, in consequence of which he was thrown from the box. ro certify the truth of this state ment reference was made to Mr. Charles Spenc-r, of the Saracen's Head, Snow-hill, whose name appeared to the petition, with a donation, of 5/. ; and the signatures of se veral other respectable innkeepers were attached to it. It also bore the signature of a noble duke, who had given 5/. towards the relief of the supposed distressed object ; and another noble lord had given 21. Upon inquiry at the address given in Lam beth-walk, it was found mat no Mrs. Upfold lived there; and upon further inquiry at the Saracen's Head, it was discovered that the name of Mr. Spencer had been forged to the petition ; and that he knew nothing whatever of the circumstance or of the parties named. On Stevens, the cheer, following up his inquiries, he learned that an elderly-looking man, of respectable appearance, who called himself " the R"v. Mr. Radford," was in the habit of calling at the house in Lambeth-walk, where the supposed Mrs. Upfold resided, for letters or paekagee addressed to that person, several of which he received from time to time. Stevens made every possible exertion to dissever the Rev. Gentleman and his associates, but hitherto with out effect. In consequence, however, of that officer's exertions, and the exposure which he gave to the circum stances in the neighbourhood, the gang, it is supposed, have taken flight to commence operations in another part of the town. It ought to he noticed that the gentleman who applied for the assistance of the police endeavoured to detect the parties, by sending for the supposed Mrs. Upfold, saying that a sum of money was waiting for her at his residence. A man made his appearance at the gentleman's house, but he pretended to know nothing of the parties, further than that he had been sent by Mrs. Upfold. BATTON-GARDEN. Yesterday, William Fry, the man charged with hav ing feloniously embezzled several sums of money which he had reci•ived in the capacity of clerk to James Harmer, Esq., solicitor, of Hatton-garden, was placed at the bar for re-examination. He was fully committed to Newgate for trial. 111ARY-LA-B 0 NNE. ye,teed l y, the Rev. Samuel Bradshaw , stated to be a member of the Established Church, was charged under the following circumstances :—On Sunday evening, the defendant caught hold of the arm of a respectably-dressed female in the New-road, and insisted on her accompany ing him. She refused—a mob collected, and on a police man coming up, he threatened to stab any one who touched him. In answer to the Magistrates, the defendant said he bad given up orders. The AIAGISTRATES regretted that a man of his rank should have so conducted himself on the Sabbath, and or dered him to find bail. LONDON MAR KETS. PRICE OF BREAD. l'he highest mice of Bread in the Metropolis is 10d. fot the 4.b. Loat. There are others who sell from 34d. to lkel. below that price. PRICES OF HOPS.—March 12. dent Pocket, Ste sex Ditto 41 15s. 6/. Os. to B'. th. 41 MA. W. ss. to W. 14s. Fedex Ditto-. , 41. 10s. 5/. Lis. to 61. 15!: Farliam Ditto, Fine _ 9l. Os. 121. Os. to 01 Os. Seconds - OZ. Os. 71. Os. to 9/ es. Kent kags 41. Os. 5/. 10s. to 6/. lOs. Sto,stkx Ditto E,sex 41. 4s. 41. 156. to Si.. O. 3/. 153 51. Os. to 51. 12s. PRICE OF OIL. Rip: Oil, brown tis. Refined ....,.g37 6 Linseed Oil Lin,eed Oil Cake at the Min, per thousand 12 0 ►tape Cake, per ton 6 0 PRICES OF LEATHER. Per lb, d. to cl. Per Ib. d. to et. Botts, English 16 21 I English Horse Hides.. 12 15 Ditto, Foreign 14 18 I Spanish I)itto 14 16 Dressing 13 15; Per dozen. Ditto 16 IS Calf Skins... 36 to 401 b. 15 23 Ditto ' light ----.— Ditto 50 to 70th. 17 21 Crop Hides, light...„ 12 13 Ditto 70 to fifftb. to 451 b. 13j 15 Sin all Seals, Greenland 1% 19 Ditto l5 160 Large ditto l2 15 WHITECIIAPEL HAY 51ARKE'f.—March 10. Hay 50, Od. to 846. Od. l Clover.-- 65s (Al. to 12Js Od. 28i. Od. to 40i. Od. PRIER OF POTATOES.—March 12. 2/. 54. to 3/. Os. pr ton. ---0!. O&. to 31. 10s. ditto. 2!. 15c. to 3/. Os. ditto. Kidneys scotch Reis UAW HIDES. Per Stone. 8.4. to s. d. i Per Stone. 8. d. to /..d. gest Heifers& Staers2 2 2 6 Ordinary 1 6 1 8 10 2 0 I Market C,ilt 6 0 each. Polled SHEEP SKINS. . ss. thl. to 7s. Od. I Downs 3s. Od. to 4s. tid. Shearlingsn,.......... Os. o,t. to Os. Bd. PRICE OF RAW FAT, per stone of 81b. Price of Tallow (as stated by the Tallow Melters). os. Bd, - PRICE OF TALLOV Town Tallow 48s. Od, Yellow 45.5. Cl 445. 6d, Soap Ditto 435. Oct. Melted 355. (Id. Ditto hough 245. Od. , SOAP, &c. per 1121 b. Yellow Ws. Od. Mottled 6Ss Od. White 7ls. Od. Graves Good Graves ss. Od. PRICE OF CANDLES. The price of Store Candles, in the retail shops, is as follows : Candles, per doz. 7s. OIL to Bs. Od. I Moulds, per dozen—...9s. 6d. COAL MARE Per Ton.. Adair's 19s. Od 11 caum t 16 6 Benshain Main -- 16 6 Dean's Primrose-- 13 6 East Burcy.------ 17 6 liolywell l9 0 Kenton Went 17 6 St. Lawrence Main 19 6 l'anfield —2l 0 Townley l7 0 Weft Hartley 19 0 Wylana l7 0 \Vans End Bell & Co. 20 6 Ditto Bell,Robson,&Co. 19 0 Ditto Bewicke and Co. 21 6 NValls End Boundary— 18 6 Walls End Brown's--.. 18 6 Walls End Callerton ..—.. 16 0 Walls End Carr and Co. 18 3 Ditto Clarke and Co. 18 6 Walls End G05f0rth....... 21 0 Ships arrived since .ET.—March Per Ton. Walls End Hilda 20s. Od. Walls End Hotspur...., 19 0 Ditto Killingworth 20 0 Walls End Newntarett... 20 3 Ditto Northumberland 19 6 Ditto Perkins and C 0... 20 0 Walls End Riddell's.... 20 9 Walls End Wa1ker..,..,, 21 0 Walls End Helton 22 6 Walls End Lyons ....... 20 6 Walls End Lambton—. 22 6 W. E. Russell's Hetton 22 6 Walls End Stewart's 72 6 Walls End Adelaide.... 19 6 Walls End 22 0 Cowpen 19 0 Bart ley 21 0 Merl byr ............--...... 24 0 Silkstone Field and Co. 18 6 Thorpe's Gaw•ber Hall 17 6 . Trimsaram Stone...—. 24 0 last market-day, 93. BRUTAL DEPRAVITY.—Some wretches in human shape in the village of Carlton thought fit to celebrate the holyday of Shrove Tuesday by an act of wanton babarity. A fowl was turned out into an open field, and pursued by a number of boys, from seven to ten years old, with their hands tied behind them. The poor bird had then to run for his life : several of the lads fell down upon it at the same time, holding it with their mouth by the legs and other parts of its body. lii the struggle for the fowl one of its legs was actually bitten off, and the persecuted creature died apparently in the mostexcru elating pain. So disgusting an act of cruelty is an eternal disgrace to all who were concerned, and deserves to be visited by the penalty of the law.—Nottinghant Journal. MARRIED. On the Bth inst. at the Chapel of the British Embassy, Paris. George Laurence, Esq.,. of Bury-court, London, to E u ph c mia, y ou ngest daughter of Edward Hayes, Esq., of Smyrna. On the 10th inst. at Cheltenham, Captain William Jull, late of the 04th Regiment, to Elizabeth, widow of the late Rev. J. T. Grant. — On the 17th of Aug. last, at Agra, in the East Indies, Captain Henry Walter Bellew, 56th Regiment Native Infantry, to Anna, third daughter of the late Captain Jeremie, assistant opium agent at Patna. On the 12th inst. at St. Mary's, Islington, John, only son of Francis Turrill, Esq. of Long-acre, to Isabella Hester, eldest daughter of Edward Cohen, Esq., of Suftblk.place, Islington. DIED. On the 10th inst. at her house in Gloucester-place, Portman. square, aged 75, Mary Manners Sutton, widow and relict of the late Most Rev. Charles Manners Sutton, D.D., Lord Archbishop of Canterbury. On the Ist but, at Bedford, Elizabeth. eldest daughter of Cap tain Christopher Bell, R.N. Jgctl 17. 011 the 2(1 inst. in Golden-square, aged 77, Mrs. Barker, relict of the late Richard Barker, formerly of the Life Guards. On the 3(1 inst. at Canonteign, Devon, after a short illness of three days, Caroline Emma, the beloved and affectionate child of the lion. Captain and Mrs. Pellew, aged seven years. On the 10th inst. at her house at Balham, Upper Tooting, Mary, relict of George Field, Esq., late ofcroydon, Surrey, aged 74. On the 10th inst. at shard's-place, Peckham, Elizabeth Fre derica, youngtest uoughter of Mr. Gef,rge Browne, aged 12 years, On the 11th inst. at 13ediord-street, Covent-garden, in the 55th year of his age, Mr. Edward Gerrard Shaw. ParkiTED AND PUIILISIDED BY MURDO YOUNO, AT THE SUN OFTICE, 112, STFIAND,' LONDON. •