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help referring to the sentiments which the opposition to the Bill in the Lords had had the effect of calling forth. Nothing at - all rated to be said about the Bishops ; but now people began' to think that they might he better employed in their dioceses in aiding the cause of religion, than in the House of- Lords opp sing the canoe of freedom.— (Cheers, and cries of Hang 'ern !) With respect t'. hereditary peerage, he never used to hear any , hing against it ; but now the pleople began to talk about having Peer , for life.—(Cheers.) Mr. Thornelv concluded hy proposing the address to bis Majesty, which . would he presented a , the Levee on Thursday. The address was lead by Mr Thornelv, which was a mere echo of the resolution.. Mr. T. Roscor (ton of the lite Wiltiani Roscoe,) in seconding the resolution, said that in eonsidei in. the eon duct of the majority of the House of Peers againt tht 11-form Bill, he felt more than indienation—he WIS in spired with abhorrence and disgust.—(Loud cheers.) Firit and foremost came Lord Lyndhurst—a man who had all the craft and chicanery of hi• pr,fession, but none of its nberality. tt was not in their power to serve him as they had served the " mild General".—(cheers and laughter) by turning him out of Parliament ; hut they could teach the puke of Newcastle, the Mirques. of Exeter, and other h , toughmongers who had declared that 11 , ey had a r'ght to do what they would with their own, that the per* would also come to a determination to do wh a t they would with their own.—(Loud cheers.) He ad vised them to do what they liked with their own, by re- ostng to pay the Government taxes until they knew that ti:e money would be placed in good hands.—(lmmense e !leering.) He feared that the accession of the Duke of Wet!ingot) and his party to place and power, would not only be prejudicial to the interests of the people of Eng lord, but also to those of the world at large ; for from it he could calculate on nothing but warm awl tumults. Toey Ira", when out of office, avowed their jealousy of France.—their sympathy with those wretches, the tyrants of Portug el and Spain, and if they acted on those prin ciples, the result would probably he a genet *,l war. Ile therefore fervently hoped that the rumour of their acces sion to office was not true, and that Earl Grey and his colleagues would he restored to that station in which they had done so much good to the country and to the world at fxrze.—(Tremendous cheering.) The Address to his Majesty, informing Mill of the steps ta%oto Itv the met ting, was then read, and agree! to una nimously. Air. JOHN TAYLOR, seconded by Dr. CROMPTON, then Toopteed an additional resolution, calling upon the King to co are a sufficient number of Peers to insure the passing of the Reform 13.11; but this was oppod by Lieutenant Morrison, Mr. W. Rathhone, and other gentlemen, on the ground that as the Duke of Wdl'ogton either bad or was shout to come into office, if any creation of Peers took place, the batch would certainly consist of anti-reformers and enemies of t'-e people ; and after mom discossion, it appeared that the s'nse of the meeting was dt.cidedly against coping for any creation of Peers under present circumstances, and the resolution was withdrawn. Mr. W. RATHISONE, in proposing toe next resolution, said that he was only so far a leveller as to wish to take the rights of the people out r.l the }mods of iniquity, whether it were clothed in lawn sleeves or ermine, and to bring down the Lyndhurst. and the Phillpott, , , who wished to till their pot. out of the pockets of the people. (Laughter.) The resolution was seconded by Mr. GEO. ROBINSON, and carried unanittou-ly. The meeting was afterwards addressed by Mr. 7,gertt.ti Smith. Mr. Francis Jordan, Dr. Blackburn, L ,utenant Morrison, Dr. Collins, Mr. Falvey, and Mr. o.nwell Wood (father of the Member for Preston). The thanks of the meeting were voted by ac clamation to the Noble Chairman, and several rounds of deafening cheers were given for Lord Grey, Lord Brougham, Lord Alihorp, and other Members of the late Ministry. The meeting separated at a late hour, and very peaceably. following is a copy of the resolutions and petition, 111) nimously adopted : 1 That this meeting has learned, with indignation and alarm. the preamt position of the Reform Bill in the House of Lords ; a Bill which this meeting considers, in all its main provisions of disflatichisement, enfranchisement, and qualification, to be ala t,olittely essential to the good government of the country, and not Tess so to the prerogatives of the Crown, the best interests of the Aristocracy, and the rights of the people 2. That the warmest thanks of thisaneeting, and the grateful acknowledgements of the British nation, are due to Earl Grey and to his late colleagues in office, as well as to those Members of both Houses of Parliament, who, by their zeal in the cause of Reform, have twice carried the Reform Bill through the House of Corn;, one, and to a second reading in the House of Lords; and that this meeting most deeply laments that such obstacles should have arisen to the completion of the Reform Bill, as to compel the resignation of his Majesty's Ministers. 3 That, in the present alarming criss, this meeting feels itself called upon to petition the House of Commons, and to represent is 'hat House its total want of confidence in the Government of Of the country, until a Reform in the representation of the people ,nail be accomplished, at least as efficient as that provideu ior uy the Bill now before Parliament, and also to pray that Honour able House to withhold any further supplies. until such Reform shall become the law of the land, and that the petition now read be adopted by this meeting. 4. That an humble Address 'se presented to his Majesty, stat ing to his Majesty, that it is tne opinion of the inhabitants of Liverpool, in public meeting assembled, that no bill for the amendment of the representation of the people will satisfy the British nation which shall fall short, iu any of its essential pro visions, of the Bill lately introduced to Parliament, and that whilst this Meeting feels entire confidence in Earl Grey and his late colleagues, it feels the utmost distrust of those counsellors t - tio have heretofore ranked as the enemies of Reform, and the notorious opponents of liberal and pacific policy, foreign and do. mestic. And, further, to state to his Majesty, that such is its sense of the alarming crisis in which the country is placed, that it has petitioned the House of Commons to withhold all supplies until an efficient Reform is granted, and an Admi nistration appointed, which shall deserve the confidence of the people, and that the Address now read be adopted by this Meet. ing, and be signed by the Chairman on behalf of the meeting. 5. That after the events which have recently occurred in the House of Lords, this Meeting considers it entirely useless to ad. dress that Asiembly. ti. That the Address to his Majesty be transmitted to the Right Honorable the Earls of Derby and Sefton, with a request that they will take the earliest opportunity of laying the same before his Majesty, and that the Peti'ion to his House of Com mons be transmitted to the Members for the Borough for im mediate presentation. TO THE HONOURABLE THE COMMONS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND IN PARLIAMENT ASSEMBLED. THE HUMBLE PETITION OF THE INHABITANTS OF LIVERPOOL AND ITS VICINITY, IN PUBI IC MEETING ASSEMBLED, 'Plat your ?etitioners have heard, with indescribable alarm and indignation, of the temporary defeat of tne Reform Rill, and the consequent resignation of Earl Grey and his colleagues. That, In the midst of the consternation produced by these events, they have, however, derived confidence and consolation from the patriotic and constitutional course of proceeding so promptly adopted by your Honourable House. Your Petitioners, therefore, most earnestly pray your Ho nourable House to persevere in withholding your confidence from any Admininistration which will not pledge itself to sup port a measure of Reform quite as efficient as that which has already twice received the sanctioss of your Honourable House. And they further call upon your Honourable House to refuse ell supplies until this pledge has not only been given but eftbc tually redeemed. And your Petitioners shall every pray. STATE OF PUBLIC FEELING IN BOSTON Having received the earliest inteliigence of the defeat of Ministers on Monday night, we published a second edition of the 8031091 Gazette on Tues‘'ay evening the news came like a thunderbolt. Scarcely any person could first credit that the Tories could be mad enough to dv in the face of the country. However, later intelligence confirmed our statement; and the consequence was, that a strong feeling of indignation against the Torie<, and bitter disappointment respecting the King, became prevalent. It Was felt that this was no time for dubious policy : every lover of the liberties of his country was c::11ed upon to act decidedly, and on Thursday morning a requisition to the Mayor for a public meeting was signed by more than two hundred merchants, tradesmen, &c. The Mayor declined calling a meeting; but granted the use of the Hall, in which a public meeting (the largest ever known in Boston) was held, when various stirring resolutions were proposed and agreed to. REFORM MEETING IN NEWCASTLE.-It is difficult to describe the sensation produced in Newcastle by the defeat of Ministers and the events which followed it. It was such as to remove all doubt from the minds of the most sceptical as to the feelings of all classes of the inhabitants on the great question of Reform in Parliament. Soon after it was known in this town on Friday morning last that his Majesty had re fused to create Peers, and the Ministers had in consequence resigned, a requisition was addressed to the Chief Magistrate (Archd. Reed, Esq.,: , to convene a meeting of the inhabitants of Newcastle and the neighbourhood " to take into consideration and adopt such measures as may be deemed expedient in the present evegtful state of public affairs." The requisition was in the course of an hour or two very numerously and most re spectably signed. The Mayor has fixed the meeting for this day (,Tuesday, May 15,) at one o'clock, in the Spital. The mem 'term of the Northern Political Union have resolved to attend. A meeting of the requisitionists was held yesterday at the Turk's Head Inn, when the resolutions to be proposed were agreed ;• , on, together with au Address to his Majesty, and a petition to :e House of Commons. The Address to the King expresses the great disappointment of the people at the way in which the object of their most anxious desire has been thwarted in the llouse of Lords, and implores his Majesty to call back Earl Grey and his colleagues to his councils : the petition to the House of Commons prays that the supplies may be stopped, or the Mutiny Bill refused, till the Reform Bill be passed, or any other course adopted which the House may deem advisable. It is most im portant that at thi, crisis there should be no division among Reformers. While we trust, therefore, that the proceedings will be suitable to the occasion and creditable to Newcastle, we sincerely hope they will be conducted with perfect order, not withstanding the immense multitude of persons who are ex pected to be present. We shall publish a report of the meeting in a second edition of the Tyne Mercury. A certain Tory Journal has discovered that the direct taxes are not at all necessary for the public service, Which can be carried on as well without them. This must be rare news for the people ; and if, in addition to Reform, which ;s inevitable, they obtain the abolition of direct taxes, such happy results will go far to reconcile them to the disreputable i way n which they will have been brcught about.— 21.forn;ng Arse% SOUTH SHIELDS REFORM MEETING. (Fron the Northumberland Advertiser.) In consequence of the resignation of Earl Grey, with the rest of the Ministers, and the rejection of the Reform Bill, a meeting can convened to address his Majesty, and to petitioss the Hous if Commons, on the present crisis of affairs. The Town Hal 'wing insufficient to hold thenumbersiossembled, which amounted 'o nearly 2,000 persons, the speakers addressed the crowd in the Marketplace, from the front of the Hall. C. WA WN, Esq. was called to the chair, who said, he re. ';retied that the Reform Bill had been deferred, and that the Mi. sisters were obliged to retire through a principle of honour tc which they were pledged; but he hoped that whatever set of men came into power, the people would not fail to pour in petition upon actition until they obtained the Reform they sought for, and established the Constitution upon a purer and more permanent basis.—'Cheers.) Mr. I'ELL moved the first resolution, to the effect, that an address to the King be presented, praying him to reinstate the Ministers, and toadopt such measures as would reform the House if Lords. Mr Fell was repeatedly cheered during his speech. The resolution was seconded by Mr. MATTERSON, and car ried with great applause. Mr. WOOD moved the next resolution, to present a petition to the House of Commons to reject any modification of the Re form Bill as passed by them, and until they get a better under standing, to have recourse to the stopping of the supplies. Mr. T. GLOVER seconded the resotution. He thought the time wa, come when every man in every town and village should become a Hampden in the defence of his country, and tell the House ot' Lords that they shall no longer be rulers over us—that we will not endure to be trampled under foot, and made the slaves °fa base aristocracy. We will not petition the Lends who have insulted the nation, and whose representations of the feel ings and condition of the country are either fceinded in gross mistikes, or in the more glaring medium of lies and untruths. — ;Cheers.) We petition the Commons, our own House, to which we can trust, and which, by proper representatives, we can make snag not to be shaken by corruption, to secure our rights as En glishmen, and give us a due share il) the making of the laws. Mr. PRINGLE moved the thirst resolution, that as the Peers have refused to attend to the wishes of the people, it becomes their duty to refrain from making any petitions to them in future. After all, he said, these 201 Lords, who kept thekingclom in such agitation, were but men ; and justly might the people say, .‘ Who made you rulers over us?" Our fathers made your fathers ; but we, their sons, will not acknowledge your power to rule over us. Mr. BELL •econded the resolution, which was carried unani mously with great applause. Mr. MATHER then read the address to the King, and the petition to the Commons founded on the resolutions. He hoped that the occasion would never arise, when it would be necessary to have recourse to a trial of strength—the issue would be com plete annihilation to the Lords ; twenty millions of people would never submit to place their necks beneath the yoke of two hundred of a contemptible faction—, boroughmongering aristo rr:sev.—(Cheers.) The Ministry had been ousted by a mean low trick, the Lords lulling the Cabinet into a peaceful repose, had taken an unexpected opportunity to eat' in their words, and the faction had contrived to coax the King to their purposes ; but the times are seriotu and demand more than a simple demon stration of feeling. It behoves every man to lay hisofferings on the altar of his country's freedom, and crush the monster of cor. ruption—the power of an overgrown oligarchy—l myself rather than submit to ow my head to the power of such corruption will lament the degradation of my country in a foreign land, to which many a free soul, tired of oppression, is at present emigra ting ; but, let us rather than yield supinely and take up our ,:boilCii in other climes, first manfully eject our oppressors and snake them to leave that country whose burdens they have so much increased.—(Great applause.) The address to the King was ordered to be presented by the Marquess of Cleveland, and the petition to the Commons by Vis count How ick. Thanks were then voted to Earl Grey, and the rest of his pa triotie colleagues, after which Mr. Mather moved that the thanks of the meeting be given to the Chairman, which was carried by acclamation. The meeting separated, with giving three times three for the people and the Reform Bill " A petition to the Lords, on the subject of Irish education, and also a petition agreed upon at the late meeting, praying their Lordships to pass the Bill unmutilated, were burnt during the evening, amidst the execrations of the people, in order to evince their opinion of the late proceedings of the Lords. BIRMINGHAM, MAY 16. ;FROM OUR SPECIAL REPORTER,) This ;mining all is again excitement. ThousandS are round the news venders' shops to receive the papers. The night has been somewhat noisy ; two hundred persons with music have paraded the streets until three o'clock this morning, but no disturbance has occurred. Yesterday (Monday) the Savings_ bank was all day in misery, 10,0001. was drawn out of it. NOON. The Council of the Union is sitting. Two thousand new Members of the Union were yesterday enrolled. This morning 50 others have come up from one public-house in Lancaster ,treet ; the workmen of several large factories have also enrolled themselves. Money is still coming in. Behind the Chair was posted the following solemn eeclaration, which was agreed to at a meeting of the Comic ., l held yesterday afternoon : " SOLEMN DECLARATION! "Birmingham, May 14, IS3'2. " We, the undersigned, think it necessary, in this awfu crisis of our country's fate, to make known to our fellow-coun, tryinen the alarm and horror with which we are impressed by the report of the Duke of Wellington's having been placed al the head of his Majesty's Councils. We entertain this alarm and horror on the following grounds:— " First—The Duke of Wellington's general avowal of arbi trary principles. " Second—His speech against all Reform, made only about a year and half ago. " Third—His protest against the Reform Bill, as entered on the Jounials of the House of Lords, on the 17th of April last. " Fourth—His reported expressions in the late Parliament, amounting to those of regret that the Irish people would not' break the law. " Fifth—His being a pensioner of foreign despots, and, as such, exposed to their influeuce, and unlit to govern a free people. " Sixth—His conduct to Marshal Ney, who was murdered by the Bourbon Government, in violation of the Convention of Paris, notwithstanding his appeal to the Duke of Wellington, who had signed that Convention. '• Seventh—His general support of arbitrary power on the Continent of Europe, and the certainty that his policy, if he be true to his principles, will necessarily involve the nation in un- just and ruinous wars against the liberties of Europe. " Eighth—His utter incompetency to govern England by any other means than by the sword, which has never yet been, and never will be submitted to by the British people, " For these and various other reasons, we hereby solemnly declare our fixed detetmination to use all the means which the constitution and the law have placed at our disposal, to induce his Majesty to reject from his Councils that faction, at the head of which is the Duke of Wellington, who have, by their arbi trary principles, excited the distrust and abhorrence of the whole population of the United Kingdom; and we declare our firm conviction that the public excitement and agitation can never be allayed until the great Bill of Reform shall be carried into law by that Administration by whose wisdom and virtue it was first introduced. " These are our fixed and unalterable sentiments ; and we hereby appeal to all our fellow-countrymen throughout Eng. land, Scotland, and Ireland, and we confidently call on them to unite with us, and to sign this our solemn declaration in sup. port of the liberty and the happiness of our country." The Chairman (T. Attwood, Esq.) urged the propriety of immediately sending copies of the declararation to every large town in the United Kingdom. It was at first proposed every town, and as far as practicable every village, should sign the declaration and return it with the signatnres to the Council. That all the supporters of Earl Grey in both Houses should be requested to sign it, and that when so signed, it should be presented by the Duke of Norfolk to his Majesty as a great national document. Mr. Hadley, and several other gentlemen, expressed their anxiety that every publicity should be given to the solemn declaration which would, they believed, receive the signatures of four mil lions. Copies of it have already been sent to several of the papers, and to Dudley, Liverpool, Wolyerharniton, Manchester, and Nottingham. Expresses are at this moment going off with it to all parts of the kingdom. It was desired also that the document should he fully identified with the Council of the Birmingham Political Union,and, therefore, it was signed first by all the mem bers of the Council. The following is the form of a letter which was read, as proper to he addressed to the different Reform Mem bers of both Houses of Parliament Ste.—l am instructed by the Council of the Birmingham Po litical Union to request that you will do us the honour to allow your name to be affixed to the solemn declaration (of which the inclosed is a copy) which we have just adopted and signed respect ing the public conduct of the Duke of Wellington, and his unfit ness to be placed at the head of the Executive Government of a free people—l am, Sir, &c." Atter some discussion the original plan of procedure as to signing the declaration was partially abandoned, and resolutions were proposed to the effect, that it should be signed in every town by as many as possible • that the number of signatures in each town should be sent with a certificate to the llirmingham Journal, or to any of the London Papers, and that an authen ticated copy of all signatures should be sent to the Council of the Union at Birmingham. Betbre these resolutions passed, the solicitors of the Union were consulted upon the legality of the proceeding, and they, having'decided that no law-would be infringed by the adoption of them, they were adopted accordingly. Mr. Edmond's in speak ing of the peculiar circumstances of the times, expressed his conviction that the Council would be true to the people and to themselves ; if any one were otherwise inclined he should im mediately resign. Upon this, the Council unanimously declared their determination tot to shrink tiom the good cause. A letter was read from the Rev. T. East, declaring his hatred of any Administration which the Duke might form, and giving his name as a member of the Union, and recommending that a hind should be immediately raised to cortend against the bo roughmongers a: the election which may speedily take place. Another letter from an unknown .person was. also read, recom mending that a fund for the same 'purpose should be raised upon the plan of the Catholic rent, and that Mr. Attwood, as repre sentative of England, Mr. O'Conhel, as representative of Ireland, and Mr. Hume, as r,preseptative of. Scotland,. should be the treasurers to that fund. The, further consideration of this sub- ject was postponed. An account of the meetings at Liverpool anti Scotland was read, and much sensation was created by the description of the thirty black banners, with strange inscriptions, which were used at the Glasgow meeting. The Council then atnournetLtill seven o'clock. 13 IR 31 ING HA 3f JOURNAL, TUE SDAY, TWO o'CLOci. We stop the Press for the purpose of attempting to give our distant friends some idea 7df the state of this town anti neigh ! hour hond. We have no fear of any disturbance ; nevertheless, the state of things here is terrific. There is nothing doing. Many of the manufactories are shut up, and all the principal streets are consequently literally crowded with workpeople. Men, women, and children, nnw.all wear a piece of blue ribbon, or the Union Jack riution, as an emblem of their being Reformers. The windows of the shoprOvith scarcely any exception, arc, in some way or other, decorated with blue. In one word, blue is as fashionable here asthe tri-colour was is Paris immediately after the three days. More thali 1 . 0,000 men have joined the anion . since the resignation of .Lord Grey. Upwards of 2,000 enrolled their names yesterday. The proprietors of the larger manu factories send their men up in bodies of fifties and hundreds, marching to music with banners flying. The low people in the streets at night utter the most horrid imprecations against the King, the Queen, and the Duke of Wellington. The cry, how ever, of all classes is, " Lord Grey, Attwootl, and Reform ; but with - or without the 8i11,.n0 V% ellington !" .TUESDAY EVENING, Six o'CLocx. The declaration against "the Duke" is posted throughout the town • every man is signing it. At the Union office three clerks ,ire fully employed in entering the names of the new members. The tax-gatherer has applied to one of the leading members of the Council for his taxes, and the payment of them in money has been refused. The tax-gatherers office is already a sinecure. The walls are covered with inflammatory sentences expressive of every ill feeling towards the Duke, the duped and the dupers. petition is generally spoken of to a certain High Persenagt•, calling upon her to restore her hu.band's breeches, and another, recommending her, for the benefit of her health, to go and drink the German waters. Every person we meet wears blue ribbon or the Union Jack. Some mount the tri-colour. Sonic thou. sands have been waiting all day in expectation of an express ;with intelligence respecting Mr. Hume's motion on Monday night. It has not yet arrived. It is impossible to conceive the odium which all men attach to the name of Wellington. Spent ing the words of honesty and truth, art alteration must take ilace. Birmingham is the metropolis of a vast densely 2opu'ated district : the whole population of that immense dis trict is at this moment balanced between quiet and riot. At the sari e time, it is looking with anxiety to Birmingham, and .Ine movement there, though it were but the movement of a small, intoxicated rabble, would instantaneously fling the whole district, and perhaps the whole kingdom into confusion. The preservers of order,—the Political Unions--have a great work to perform, and hitherto they have seen their efforts crowned with success. But no society can legislate for hungry men. Three more d. ys and we must have a change ; whether it will be for the better or the worse, time must disclose. The restoration of Lord Grey to office would immediately be followed with peace and confidence. That illustrious statesman still has the love ind the faith of the people ; in him their hopes are placed. Will the King recall him to his councils ? Ther's the rub." All the above accounts are of course much exaggerated, but at this momentous crisis it is not possible strictly to adhere to facts. MEETING OF THE INHABITANTS OF PAISLEY. Abridged from the Glasgow Evening Post of Saturday.) This day, a numerous meeting of the inhabitants of Paisley took place in the square on the race course, in front of Pattison's mound. There were comparatively few flags present, but there was one appropriate banner with the motto--" Trust not in Princes, We'll Die, our Rights Maintaining ;" which was nailed to the flag-staff on the top of the mound. The meeting consisted almost exclusively of men, and continued to gather till the proceedings were far advanced. Most of the parties, as they entered the ground, were accompanied with bands of music. On themotion of Mr. BARR, Mr. SIMPSON was called to chair. On taking his place he stated he felt highly honoured by the confidence reposed in him; but he thought it better for them to proceed at once to business, than to take up time with idle compliment. Lord Grey had been obliged to resign the seals of office, or give up the Reform Bill. And it re mained to be seen what would be done, but he had no expecta tion that either a Wellington or a Harrowby would be able to form an Administration, but that Earl Grey would be again borne back to office within a few days by the influence of public opinion.--(Great applause.) Mr. JOHN KENNEDY rose to move the address to Earl Grey. They were met at a time when they must act with energy ; they should not lose a moment even in deliberation. Mr. HENDRY then read the address, after which, he said, he had no doubt but their own minds would furnish them with reasons for its adoption. Earl Grey's well-earned fame was too well known to need any eulogium, None could charge him with having on any point, during the long struggle for Reform, of having yielded one iota of the principles he had introduced into his first Bill. He (Mr. H.) did not say the Bill was per. fect, but if its edge was not the keenest that could have teen put upon steel, it was keen enough to cut down the thistles of corruption ; and if after trial it had been found too blunt, it could easily have been sharpened.—(Great applause.) Earl Grey, by all the wiles that could be thought of, had been tempted to give up the principlei of his Bill, but he stood firm by the people. His conduct had long been an enigma ;he was blamed for being tardy, but it was now proved that it was not the illustrious Premier that caused the delay. Now the secret was out, it was now known who had kept back the vessel of Reform freighted with the people's hopes. Mr. M`FARLANE seconded the address to Earl Grey. Their brave Captain had fallen, but why ?—the Governor of the Castle had betrayed him. The truth must be told. The King had deceiyed them.—(Applause') There was no use in mincing matters now. Reform, however, was not lost. Civil and Religious Liberty would march triumphant Over the world in spite of all opposition.—(Great applause.) The address to Earl Grey was then carried amidst great cheering. Mr. GARDNER said they were met on an important ques tion, which was this—would they submit to have one of the most popular branches of the legislation lopped off ?—(Cries of " Never !" Look at the motto.) He (Mr. Gardner) had looked at the motto, and he could assure them he never had trusted in Princes, and he could assure them likewise, he would trust less in our little German Princes.—(Applause.) Mr. Gardner concluded by reading the address to the House of Com mons, praying them to stop the supplies (which will be found below), and concluded by saying that if the House of Commons did not adopt what was prayed for, he should take care they should get little from him to put into the Exchequer.—(Cheers.) Mr. HENNING, in seconding the petition to the Commons, said they had now been baffled for nearly two years ; the King seemed to be with the people, but he, contrary to the conduct of a true British sailor, had deserted his helmsman.—(Cheers.) He trusted they would adopt the constituional course of petitioning for the stopping of supplies ; he had no doubt they would ob tain their rights. A Speaker in the crowd urged the meeting of the inhabitants of every county in the three kingdoms to meet in one day, and come to the same resolution. Mr. BALLASTINE moved the thanks of the meeting to a gentleman and his two sons, who was one of the oldest and stanchest Reformers in the country, he alluded to Mr. Speirs of Elderslie.—;Great Applause.) Mr. SPEIRS, in returning thanks, said, he had no expecta. tion of meeting them that day ; it was one of the most painful days he had ever experienced. He was a friend of Lord Grey. —(Great cheering.) He had never trusted in Princes, and he would trußt no man who was under a petticoat Government.— (Great applause.) They had been thwarted in their wishes by the minions of that curse of his country, Billy Pitt, who was worse than any bad king they had ever had. As for the Duke of Wellington, he was no General compared with Buonaparte, or General Moore, and when he spoke in the House of Peers was no more worthy of attention, than the gabble of a turkey cock on a leaping-on stone. He would urge obedience to the laws; but he could assure them, if they did not get Reform he would be the first to pay his taxes at the Cross of Renfrew. Mr. RITCHIE moved the tanks of the meeting to Mr. Patison for the use of his property. He trusted they would take the course pursued by their forefathers of joining in a solemn league and covenant, not of oaths, but for giving up the use of taxed articles. Mr. BARR moved a vote of thanks to Mr. Simpson, and hoped that the conduct of the King, the Queen and all the boroughmongers put together, would not prevent them from obtaining the 10/. franchise, if not household suffrage. TO THE RIGHT HON. EARL GREY. THE HUMBLE ADDRESS OF THE INHABITANTS OF PAISLEY IN PUBLIC MEETING ASSEMBLED IN AN OPEN FIELD THIS DAY. My LORD,—We beg leave at this most critical juncture of public affhirs to express our increasing admiration of your Lord ship's high character as a patriot and a statesman, and an honest man—lamenting as we do, in common with all who value the peace and prosperity of these kingdoms, that calamitous event which has imposed upon your Lordship, and your enlightened colleagues, the necessity of either abandoning office or compro. miring your principles, we deem it incumbent upon us to testify how highly we appreciate the virtue and consistency which have characterised your Lordship's brilliant political career. Your Lordship's title to an imperishable fame is already secured by your unbending adherence to the cause of civil and religious liberty, and your noble exertions to procure for the people those rights and privileges in the choice of their represen tatives which so justly belong to them; but of which they have been so long and so unfairly deprived, and we devoutly pray, that the nation may speedily be enabled to celebrate another triumph of public opinion in your Lordship's return to that high station in his Majesty's Government, which your great attainments and patriotic virtues so eminently qualify y( ur Lordship to occupy and adorn. . . . (Signed in name and by authority of the Meeting, consisting of about 6,04'0 persons.) Paisley, May 12, 1832. A. H. SIMPSON, Chairman. To the HONOURABLE the COMMONS of GREAT BRI TAIN and IRELAND in PARLIAMENT assembled. The PETITION of the INHABITANTS of the TOWN of PAISLEY, convened at a PUBLIC MEETING, in an open field this Day, Hi:MOLY SHOWICTII, That your Petitioners unite in the universal feeling of regret, astonishment, and alarm, at the event which has just led to the resignation of Earl Grey and the ether en. lightened and upright Ministers of the Crown And deploring as they do that the interests and settled hopes of the country should have been so mysteriously blasted, after heirs so long trifled with, they do not see it possible that any successors can be found at this moment who would be able to give any satisfaction to the country, unless these were prepared to offer even a more efficient measure of Reform than that to which the late Ministry succeeded so admirably in reconciling all classes of the people That your Petitioners recognise, in the votes of the House of Peers on the Reform Bill, the strongest possible proof that their Lordships still eagerly desire to exercise the most cortupt and unconstitutional control over the representation of the people; and feel convinced that it is chiefly to thepromptitude and patriot ism of your Honourable House, that the country must now look for deliverance from this political thraldom. That, deeply impressed with the ominous excitement of feeling which has manifested itself through the country at this crisis, and the almo t total stagnation of trade which has instantly occurred, your Petitioners beseech your Honourable House to exercise your Constitutional light, in at once resolving to With hold all supplies from the Public Money, till measures are adopted for securing the Reform so long desired by the tyy.on. May it therefore please your Honourable Roue... ;o withhold all Supplies from the Public Money, till measures are adopted for securing either the Reform Bills in all their efficiency, or a more extensive measure of the same kind,—which we earnestly submit ought to be ehected by the recal of Earl Grey and his colleagues to office, of which they have proved themselves so highly worthy. And we shall, as in duty bound, ever pray, &c. In name and by authority of the Meeting, Paisley. May 12, 1832. A. H. SIMPSON, Chairman. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.) FROM LLOYD'S DEAL, May I4.—Wind N. W., variable and squally.—Arrived the Inez, Pike, from Virginia. Arrived and remain; the indus try, Sanderson, from Mauritius. FALMOUTH, MAY 13.—Wind N. fresh br eezcs.—Arr i ve d the Frolic packet, from Bermuda —sailed lit ult., and from Ha lifax 24th ; and Flora, Birchwood, from Port-au-Piince. COWES, MAY 14.—Arrived the Crawford Davison, Sandford, from Savannah ; Paris, Lymins, and Franklin, Howland, from New York. I'ENZANCE, May I3.—Arrived the Endymian, Gloster, leaky, bound to Quebec. LIVERPOOL, MAY la—Arrived the Mary and Wymrss, from Grenada; and Lucilla, Norman, from New Orleans. 03 port the Nimrod, from Charleston; aid New York, from New York. SOUTHAMPTON, MAY 14.—Arrived the Hope, Davy, from Koningsberg. DOVER, MAY 14.—Arrived off port the Sterling, Sealander, from Cape Coast Castle. YARMOUTH, N. S., APRIL 4.—. The Martina, Rundberg, from Havanna]] to Gothenburg, having received damage, put into Shilburne, hut was ready to proceed on her voyage on Om 11Sth ult. : part of her cargo has been sold to defray expenses. HAMBURG, MAY 11.—We have not yet any accounts from the Bth cod t 9211 of Jutland, as W to the effects of the v i o l ent gale on the ins.,rom W, The Louisa, Hume , from Gree nock to St. John's, N ew Bruns wick, was driven o n shore near Ba rrington, previous t o the 4th ult., and full of wate r. ° o s r s e lhieeTgi Richman, from L on d on to Rostock, wa' 'varneinunde on the 9th inst., during a gale h ef e nr o E mo r n b s g svi r . N. "THE FAIR OF MAY FAlR. qu ested to state that "The Fair of M a y F air " is publisher: t h i s day by Messrs. Colburn and Bentley, N ew Burlington street," — We are re and may be had of all book.selleri in town and country. PKICES OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONF o'cLocX. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Red - ..... 201 14 31 , 4 3 per Cent. Cons. 8414 % % Ditto Bonds 2 dis 114 per Cent. — South Sea Stock Ditto Red 9014 1 1 4 Old Annuities .... New 314 per Cent. 014 214 New Ditt0........ -- 3 per Cent Ann. 17.26 .... 3 per Cent Ann. 1751 ... ......- I per Cent. IPi2F 100% 99N, 14)J Ex. Bills, .£l,OOO 7 9 Bon . Runk Long Ann. to expire Ditt0...... ..51W 1 7 9 pin. Jan. 5, 186 0 16% 7-16 Ditto Small ....... ....... 8 9 ~rr . Oct. 10, 1859 16 N % Ditto Commercial Bom Jan. 5, 1660 — 'Ditto Advertised Jan. 5, 1880 ......... ...... 'Bank for Account — April 5, 1880 - India for Account . Jan. 5. 1870 I Cons. for May 23 84 7.14% PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Austrian Bonds _914, Peruvian Bonds Belgian Bonds 7440 Ditto Account — Ditto Account 74 , 4 5 Portuguese Bonds — Brazilian Bonds 47% Ditto Account 51 za 1 ' Ditto Account 47%N ! Regency Scrip ...... ...0% 3 ,4 dis. Buenos Ayres Bonds .. Ditto Account 0% dig. Ditto Account 23 434 I Prussian Bonds 99 Chilian Bonds . Ditto Account — Ditto Account l6 i Ditto Bonds, 182' Colinsebian Bonds Ditto Account — • Ditto Account 97 Ditto Bonds, 18'24 IIN New Loan 94% Ditto Account — ; Spanish Bonds, IS:21 Danish Bonds 65 3 4 Ditto Account Ditto Account — I Ditto Bonds, iM'_ti 14 3 4 13 Greek Bonds Ditto Bonds, !R'S 3l :French Renter, sp. c. —1 —c. Ditto Account 3O ;-- Exchange —f c. Mexican Bonds, 5 per cent. 3 - per cent. --1 --c. Ditto Account — ' • --- Exchange...... --f —c. Ditto, 6 per cent — Dutch Scrip 3 4 1 4 1,6 Ditto Account 323 Ditto Account ~4-1 !ii Neapolitan [ French Scrip ........... ......... AREFORM MEETING of the parishes of ST. GEORGE BLOOMSBURY and ST. GILES in the FIELDS, ST. ANDREWS and ST. GEORGE the MARTYR, ST. LUKE, ST. SEPUL CHRE, ST. JAMES, CLERKENWELL, and ST. MARY. ISLINGTON, with the LIBERTIES forming th e FINSHURY DIVISION, will be held en THURSDAY, May 17, at ONE o'clock, at White Conduit-house. GEORGE BYNG, Esq., M.P. in the Chair. CITY OF COVENTRY. AT a MEETING of the INHABITANTS of the COUNTY and CITY of COVENTRY, convened by the AIAYOR of COVENTRY, attended by upwards of 10,000 Pe-ple, assembled on Grey Friars' Gre , 'n, on the 14th day of May, 18:32, and at which the greatest order and unanimity prevailed, the following Re solutions were agreed to. Resolved--That this Meeting, in common with an immense portion of the people of England, entertained the most confident hopes that a Bill which had received the sanction of a vast ma jority of the House of Commons, and earnestly desired by the almost unanimous voice of the Nation, would have been passed through the Upper House of Parliament by means familiar to and sanctioned by, the Constitution of England. That this Meeting has learnt with mortification, regret, and disappointment that his Majesty has refused to Earl Grev the only mode of forwarding the just wishes of the people of 'Eng land through a House of Peers, the majority of which is com posed of recent creations by Governments opposed to the resti tution of the inalienable rights of the people of England. That this disappointment is rendered still more acute by the hope uni. versally entertained that his Majesty's motive for dissolving the late and assembling the present House of Commons was to take the sense of the nation as far as it could be gathered under a sys tem of representation that leaves so little choice to the people. That at the present crisis this Meeting considers the House of Commons as the great remaining link in the chain of social or der, and the surest defence against anarchy on one hand, and the establishment of tyranny by a Government determined to rule by the sword on the other. That an Address be presented to the House of Commons, ex pressing our gratitude for their exertions in the cause of liberty, and our confidence in their future proceedings, should they be allowed to remain together, and assuring them of our determina tion to stand by them with our lives and our properties so long as them continue to advocate the cause of liberty and retrench ment against tyranny and corruption. That the cordial and g•ateful thanks of this Meeting be given to Earl Grey and his Majesty's late Ministers for having intro. duced into Parliament a comprehensive and efficient measure of Reform ; for their persevering endeavours to carry the same into effect ; and for their consistency in resigning office when they found their eflbrts unavailing for carrying the Reform Bill with out mutilation and curtailment. _ • 1 hat the thanks of this Meeting be given to our worthy and zealous Representatives, Edward Ellice and Henry Lytton Bul. wer, Esqrs. for their firm, constant and persevering support to the great measure of Reform. T. MORRIS, Mayor, Chairman. The MAyf‘r having left t', Resolved-LThat the thanks of this Meeting he given to the Mayor for his promptitude in calling the Meeting, and for his conduct in the Chair. BATH.—PARISH OF ST. MICHAEL. MAY 14, 1g32. - AT a very numerou s an d hi g hly res p ecta bl e IMEETINGIif the Owners and Occupiers of Houses within the Parish, Mr. HENRY GODWIN in the Chair. The follfmine Resolutions Were unanimously adopted : 1. That this Meeting has heard, with the deepest regret that the Reform Bill, which has received the cordial and almost unanimous support of the people of England, and has twice been passed by large majorities of their representatives in the House of Commons, has been again virtually defeated in the House of Lords, and that the upright and patriotic administration of Earl trey, who had the full confidence of the nation, had in conse quence teen compelled to retire from office, thus leaving the great measure of Reform so essential to the maintenance of the rights and interests of the nation, and to the preservation of public tranquillity, at the mercy of those who are interested in upholding the present system of corruption and misgovernment. 2. That in the danger which now threatens the country, of the total loss or the very gre t curtailment of the Reform Bill, and of the appointment of a Ministry, dependent on the support of the borough faction, and destitute of public confidence, it is highly expedient to petition the House of Commons, as the guardians of. the rights of the people, not to grant any further Supplies until that hill, without any mutilation in its grand principles, shall have received the Royal assent. . . 3. That the gratitude of this Meeting is due in a pre-eminent degree to the Right Hon. Earl Grey and his colleagues for their noble conduct in refusing to sacrifice the great measure of Par liamentary Reform, and that this Meeting admires the consistency and dignity which led them to resign their official station, rather than abandon their personal honour or disappoint the just hopes of the nation. 4. That the thanks of this Meeting be presented to Colonel Gore Langton and Edward Ayshford Sanford, Esq., and General Palmer, for their support of Lord Ebrington's motion on the loth instant, expressive of confidence in the Administration of Earl Gray, and praying that his Majesty would not call to his Coun cils any persons who were not The known friends to the great measure of Reform now before the House of Lords. 5. That the petition now read be adopted by this meeting, and that it be sent to General Palmer for presentation. 6. That the thanks of this meeting be given to Mr. Norrison, for the use of his large room on this and on previous occasions. H. GODWIN, Chairman. That this meeting do most gratefully present their thanks to Mr. H. Godwin, for his judicious conduct in the chair. THE PETITION TO THE HONOURABLE THE COMMONS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRE LAND, IN PARLIAMENT ASSEMBLED. THE PETITION OF THE OWNERS AND OCCU PIERS OF HOUSES WITHIN THE PARISH OF ST. MICHAEL, IN THE CITY OF BATH, litmacv SIIEWETII,—That your petitioners approach your Honourable House at this appalling crisis to give vent to that in dignation which cruelly blighted hopes in the virtual rejection of the Reform Bill are calculated to excite. The House of Lords having defied the united voices of the people, and daringly re jected the salutary measure of Reform which was tw ce sanc tioned by large majorities in your Honourable House; your pe titioners feel it their imperative duty to call on your Honourable House to make a decided and uncompromising stand against the inroads of that flag tious Borough-oligarchy which has so long swayed the destinies of this distracted country, and battened on the toils of an impoverished people. Your petitioners considering the proceedings of the House of Lords (in the rejection of the Reform Bill) of an extreme nature, respectfully but tinily call on your Honourable House to pursue measures suited to the extreme occasion ; and therefore implore your Honourable House to vote no further supplies, or permit any portion of the public money to be expended, and use every other constitutional means, till the Reform Bill in all its essential provisions be passed unmutilated, into law. 4 t‘ r A li It. ry e cl,l l , ..10.41wP c • '''" LONDON, WEDNESDAY EvENING, MAY 16, 1882. EHII GREY is once again in office, and the tri umph of Reform and the people is secured. There nerd be no further apprehensions entertained for eithtr. Both henceforth are placed beyond reach of the machinations of even their subtlest and most in defatigable enemies. Our readers will do us the justice to bear in mind that we confidently predicted this result. While we warned them of the desperate, the frantic intrigues that were going forward to patch up a Cabinet, compared to which, in the variety of its hues and colours, the motley garb of Harlequin was 3 suit of sober quaker drab, we assured them at the same time, that the thing would never do ; that the moral sense of the country was against it ; and that from ore extremity of the empire to the other a spirit would come forth that should shiver the power of WELLINGTON and his satellites to atoms. Our prediction was a confident one, but experi ,nce has proved its truth. We appealed to the moral principles of our countrymen, and the appeal has been electrically replied to. Strong, holiest feeling often goes right home and to the point, ,when cold, tame calculation is staggered and sticks Lord LYNDHURST'S motion was evidently the last dying struggle of the Tories to regain their old un controlled possession of place and plunder. It was • he resul . , not of sound, healthy strength, but of sud den, desperate convulsion. The lamp of Tory life was j ust flickering and going out; it flashed forth in one last energetic blaze,and is now extinguished for ever. Yes, that voracious shark—to which the faction bears the closest possible resemblance—which ks so long been the terror of the ship's crew, now • lies helpless and bleeding upon deck. The last flourish of its tail is over ; its last sob is drawn ; death, its only tamer, has at length quenched its insatiable appetite for prey. The Teries thus extinguished, the people, we trust, will promptly resume their old habits of oc de! and sobriety. Their friends—their vigilant, un wearied friends—again preside at the helm, and warned by the experience of the last week, wil• never again permit themselves to be caught, like PALINURUS, fast asleep at the mid. watch of night. No, they will remember what is due to a great, patriotic, a determined nation, and have all thel eyes and wits about them. In the first place, Earl GREY will carry the Reform Bill through the House of Lards with more speed, more zeal, more determi nation than ever ; and in the next, he will bear in mind that it is not delicacy, but stark-staring moon-struck madness to tamper longer with those who have behaved to him with such unexampled perfidy. He will repay the faction in its own coin. He will treat it as it deserves to be treated, and thus in the end the country, so far from having been injured, will even have gained by the events of las! week. And great indeed is this gain. It has taught the people two great lessons of which they stood much in need, and which they will never forget. It has taught them the secret of their own strength ; that, though helpless in a bad, they are irresistible in a good cause; that unity—perseverance—unflinching moral courage, may bid defiance to all the physical force that despo.istn may array against them. A tr,tion unanimous in its resolution to be free, never yet failed. The triumph is achieved the in,tant the determination is taken. The next invaluable lesson that the people have learned by the events of last week, is how to dis tinguish their friends from their foes. Hitherto they have indulged in the delusion, so honourable to human nature, that the Tory faction might possibly relent ; might possibly warm in sym pathy towards them; might possibly have some lingering spark of humanity left; but now, the ma.k is stripped off, the curtain is raised, the veil is rent asunder, and behold —a Franken skin From such a monver, which could de lude only while its hideousness was v&lrd from human eye, what have the people to hope Nothing, positively nothing ! How grateful then ought they tobe that the faction has exposed itself in just sufficient time to enable them to coun teract its power ! • Henceforth no man will place corifidence in the oaths and pledges of a Tory. The monster stands exposed, beneath a glaring meridian sun, in all his naked deformity. And this suicidal exposure he has himself brought about ! Yes, the Tory him self, ravenous for place and plunder, and unable longer to restrain himself, or even to preserve the ordinary decencies of nature, has been the prime, indeed the sole, mover of his own ruin. Thus guilt ever defeats its own ends, and, by some strange, but fortunate, fatality, is compelled to be the mini ter of its own destruction. The triumph of Reform is now, we repeat, as complete as the downfall of the Tories. Such being the case, we entreat—we conjure the country, to return forthwith to its good old habits of di,ci pline and decorum. Let us hear of no more black flags in the West—no more Republican standards in the North. Let the mighty heart of Birmingham heave and throb no longer. The people have now only to be peaceable, but vigilant, to secure the full accomplishment of all their just demands. But they must not forget the Bishops. No, no. This were black ingratitude. They must insist on these military Barons being reduced to their fitting level, and compelled henceforth to confine them selves to their clerical duties. In a word, they must insist on having no more spiritual politicians in the House of Lords. The House of GOD is the only fitting house for the display of episcopal abilities. We observe that Mr. TENNYSON had an audi ence of his MAJESTY yesterday. However this in. terview might have been occasioned, the uniform and consistent conduct of the Right Honour able Gentleman as a public man, gives us so perfect a confidence in hie principles, that we are persuaded his only effort would he to promote the grand object of a full and efficient Re form. This impression is confirmed by his subs(- quent speech in the House of Commons, where he expresses his conviction, that without a creation of Peers, his MAJESTY would find the means of se curing the Bill, or one at least as beneficial to the country. If so, of course we can have no objection to avoid the nece , sity for so strong a measure as that which the Government were driven to recommend ; but we have yet to see whether it may not become necessary. Mr. TENNYSON says, that in the last extremity he would not object to it, and we confess our fears that other means will fail to produce the only result with which either he or the country would be satisfied. If, however, they can be found, we shall not regret the . events of the last few days, which have formed one of the most anxious and alarming epochs of British history. Next to the exultation on the glorious termination of the struggle is our detestation of those men and those women who have by wicked advice and by foul means brought about a crisis which has cast a shade on the name of our KING, and which 'say embitter his days for life. But ten days ago, WILLIAM IV. was the most popular Sovereign on earth, and need we ask what change these ten days have produced? The feelings expressed in the metropolis—in the whole of England—and, above all, in Scotland—but too sadly show that the people are only loyal to a patriotic and virtuous King. But ten days more, Leith a Wellington Administration in power, no human being can say where royalty might have been. And such a crisis is the more to he regretted, because most of the blame attached to his conduct we believe to be totally undeserved. We believe the KING was most anxious for Reform, and the Reform too of Earl GRLY, and we believe that he has hitherto been actuated by the purest feelings of love and attach ment to his people; but he was deceived, he was told that all the property, all the learning of the country was against it, and if he refused his consent to create Peers, a few days would put the question beyond doubt ; and beyond doubt it has been pu. No sooner did the rejection of the Bill reach the ears of the people, than they assembled in thousand. and tens of thousands ; they arose from their peaceful repose like a giant refreshed by wine, and spoke a language which has rung in the ears of their Sove reign, and which will be heard to the uttermost parts of the earth. There never was such a noble, such an unanimous, such a patriotic burst of manly and free feeling as that displayed by the people of this, great country, and its effects are as consoling as the manne r in which it - has been displayed, is honourable to the name of Briton. It hall preserved the peace not of England but of the whole world ; our joy is only alloyed by the bitter reflection that the name of the SOVEREIGN, which had hitherto been coupled with the Bill, should run the risk of being dissociated from it by his own enemies and the enemies of the people. Let the people however reflect, that it was the KING'S name which influenecd more than any thing else the general election—that it was the KING's name in fact which has brought the Bill to its present stage, and that the ICING's name will yet bring it to a glorious consummation. There have been faults on both sides. The KING has been deceived, and the people unnecessarily irritated. Let there be mutual forgiveness, and we despair not of seeing WILLIAM IV. again the idol of a free, a br►ve, and a generous people. Let the day on which his MAJESTY goes down to Parliament to pass the Bill, arid crown a nation's hopes, be observed as a holyday, a day of feasting and rejoicing throughout the country, and let the toasts be, " forgiveness, loyalty, and liberty." We this day publish sotne further testimonials to our exertions in diffusing by express the earliest news of the alarming division in the House of Lords on Lord LYNDHURST'S motion, and the consolatory one in the Comtnons in favour of Ministers. This day we, k the ominous majority of thirty-five w•is known throughout the three kingdoms, and now ►he happy restoration of Lord GREY'S Mi nistry is spreading joy and confidence throughout the land The Bristol Mercury, edited by Mr. SOMERTON, has, with its usual spirit, given an Extraordinary Edition, containing a full report of the great Reform meeting just held in that city, which we have not spce to give to-day :it will appear in The Sun to m )1-row. SUN OFFICE, Half- past Three. We have just received the following. What next ? " ilyformPrs, relax not in your efforts —your enemies are only paralized, not dewroyed. " Lord GREY is called upon, hut not yet accepted." " Stand firm, be watchful." St. James's, Wednesday, Half-past Three, p.m. COURT CIRCULAR. 'heir Majesties entertained the Duchess of Cumberland, the Princess Augusta, Lord Hill, and the Earl and Countess of Errol, and a select party at dinner on Monday erening, at the Palace at St. James's. The King gave audience yesterday to the Duke of Welling ton and Lord Lyndhurst. Their Majesties gave a grand dinner last evening at the Pa lace at St. James's, to a large party, principally consisting of the Foreign Ambassadors and Ministers, and their Ladies. The company assembled in the ball-room, and at half-past seven o'clock passed through the Portrait Gallery, which was lined by the Yeoman Guard, to the Banquetting-room, where the dinner was served. The regimental band, who were stationed in the ante-room, played " God save the King," as the party passed. Among the Company were the Duchess of Cumber. land, the Princess Augusta, the Russian Ambassador and Prin. cess Lieven, the Netherlands Ambassador, the French Ambas sador and the Duchess de Dino, the Neapolitan Minister and Countess ludolf, the Bavarian Minister and Baroness Cetto, the Prussian Minister and the Secretary to the Prussian Embassy, the Spanish Minister and Madame Bermudez, the Wurtemburg Minister, the Mexican Minister and Madame Gorostiza, the Hanoverian and Saxon Ministers, the Brazilian Minister, the Danish, S wedi sh,lSardin ian, Austrian, and United States Charges des Affaires, the Baron de Wessenburg, the Austrian Minister on a special mission; Count Mastuschevitz, the Russian Mi nister on a special mission ; Baron Zuylen de Nyevelt, the Minister from the Netherlands, on a special mission ; Count Under Secretary Backhouse, Lord Hill, th e D uc h ess of Leeds, Michael Woronzow, the Treasurer of the H ouse h old, Mr. Marquess and Marchioness of Ely, Lord Adolphus Fitzclarence, Sir Herbert Taylor. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Kent and the Princess Victoria rode at Mr. Fozard's riding school for some time yesterday. The Duchess of Cumberland, accompanied by Prince George, visited Baron and Baroness Ompteda yesterday, at their resi dence in Grosvenor place. The Cabinet Ministers held a meeting at Earl Grey's yeetcr day afternoon at the Treasury, which lasted about two hours. The Noble Earl received a communication yesterday from his Majesty. The Duke of Buckingham, the Marquess of Chandos, Sir Robert Peel, the Earl of Rosslyn, Lord Ellenborough, Mr. Baring, •Mr. Goulburn, and Mr. }ferries, visited the Duke of Wellington yesterday, at Apsley House. The Right Hon, Charles Tennyson bad an audience of his Majesty yesterday. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. The fresh arrivals of Grain this week consist chiefly of Oats, other de , .criptions of Corn having come only in small quantities. The Wheat trade is dull to-day, at Monday's prices. Barley, Beans, and Pease, are unaltered. Good fresh Oats fully sup port the terms of Mondey, other kinds meet a dull sale. In Flour no alteration from Monday's report. CIIOLERA AIORBUS, OFFICIAL REPORT. CENTRAL BOARD OF HEALTH. COUNCIL OFFICE, WHITEHALL.—(THIS DAY.) DAILY REPORT of CHOLERA CASES. COUNTY. Remaining at la s t Report, 148—N R ew Cases, 46—Deaths, ••"i•-- Recovered, 27—Remaining, 141. Total Cases since the com mencement, 9 ,9l3—Deaths, 3,715. (Signed) WM. MACLEAN, Secretary THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The following private and important information has been received at the North and South American Coffee-house, iron ) Vera Cruz, by the packet-ship York, arrived at Liverpool No business was doing at Vera Cruz. Exportation of specie prohibited by General Santa Anna. The Government army was in sight of the walls of Vera Cruz, where they had been for, several days, and an att ac k was expected, but it was doubtful whether the besiegers intended to assault the city. The Go; vernment army was estimated at from two to three thousand , men. Santa Anna's total force, including the militia, from two to twenty-five thousand men, who were desirous of an attaeh from their enemies. It was thought by some that the Goverl r anent troops were waiting for their heavy artillery from the castle of Perote. Santa Anna had purchased the American brig Maria Louisa, which was expected, with some guns on board, to be used along the coast. Santa Anna lost in the late engagement —killed 175; prisoners about 28v. The Government army lost, in killed and wounded, about 450 men. Desertions from the Government camp have taken place, at some periods, twentl a day. Two launches, on the night of the 23rd of March, anchored near the beach opposite the head-quarters of the Go' vernment troops, and opened afire which compelled them to re tire further into the interior ; the next night, trial was to be made with shells to be thrown into their camp. bi u M t nt o hr n ee c t i r re e c lso THE FUNDS. td a i n ns d r i 2 t u h e b A e t r i t i n l c 0 10 h Il e a . v h e o - u a dut Papersn t t s tahtroee North t l e l r 3a e sn, On the second editions of the Evening Papers being received in the City and at the respective Cotree.houses last night, with an account of the failure of the Duke of Wellington In forming a new Administration, the greatest sensation was caused, and A general expression of joy was manifested. Soon afterwards Con sols were privately done at 841 i, and they opened this morning at 547 f,, and iS!R for the next account: at present they mai be quoted at S-14. The public are now anxiously waiting to heal; the final result of the negotiations between his Majesty and Earl Grey. In the Foreign Market nothing doing as yet.—We have n 0 arrivals of importance. HALF-PAST ORE. An express has arrived from Paris, bringing Fren c h ren t s con siderably lower, 67_75, owing t o our ange in the administrattosa but no doubt ere this they have received by the telegraph the; counter information that Earl Grey has been again restored t° oltice, which will cause a reaction in the funds, and by the nest express they will come higher. We have a general report that all is arranged, and the old Ministry are again in office, in consequence of which Consols maintain their price, and may be quoted 8414 for the Account. In the Foreign Market the Dutch Funds have improved. Two Dutch Mails have arrived, but the letters are not Ye t delivered. 7 RREE O' CL 0 CK. Consoh, ft,r Account Slii. FOUR O'CLOCK CLOSING PRICES. Consols . ..... 84i I- Danish Ditto for Acc , ,unt 841 Greek, 1825 — Brazilian Bonds 48 Mexican, 1825 — Buenos A 3 r , 5... [Wiwi in .. ..... Ch il inn Di r to. ... Russian...... 9B t rohluibiar, 1 6 y t Spanifth ..... Soon after the news had reached Nesi castle, of the King's having refused to create Peers, a full.size tue of his Majesty, which Mr. Dunbar, the sculptor, was engaged with, was broke to pieces by a party who went to Li, apartments thus to evince their sense of his Majesty's conduct- CONDUCT OF THE Q UEEN .—Th e C ou r, Journal of Saturday will contain, among a variety of interest' ing matter connected w i t h the passing events of the day in th Court circle, a Lette r on the reported conduct of the Queen . eference to recent poli t i cal events. This Number of the Con' Journal will include e i g h t additional pages without extra charge'