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he for, or against, the Ballot—for, or against, Tricn- ,
nial Parliaments—for, or against. Chtweh
or against, ail these grrat questions which are now en-
grossing public attention. He must satisfy us on
all these great points before we put forth a in his
behalf ; for merely to tell ,is that he is a " Reformer"
is to tell ats nothing more than the Torics have told us
c.;tr since they were out of office. A " Reformer,.'
forsooth ! Why, so is Sir ROBERT PEELSO is Sit
FRANCIS BURDETT—SO is the whole of that precious
squad who—wcre the pover granted to them—would
again visit us with all the tender mercies of unmiti-
gated Toryism.
We respect the man, however we may dislike his
principles, who comes boldly forward and says " I am a
Tory." Language like this we can understand, and
its frankness we can appreciate ; but we have no pa-
tience with your mere " Reformer"—such, for in-
stance as Sir GEORGE MURRAY, who no later than
the last election, found that his Reform principles did
not at all interfere with his thick-and-thin support of
the PEEL, mal-Administration. Vague, hazy, Li-
berals' like the ousted Member for Perth—and the
country abounds in them—must be everywhere
countenanced, and the sooner the better. The lion's
skin must be stripped off them, and the length of their
cars he made manifest to the whole community.
These are times that demand no ordinary energy
and decision on the part of those who would aspire to
represent us in Parliament. Men like FERGUSON of,
Itaith, one of the oldest, most consistent, and most
fearless of Scottish Reformers; who scorn to speak one
way, and act another, but give vouchers for the future,
in a long and well-spent past ; these are the represen-
tatives that we now stand in need of ; and these ac-
cordingly we must make every effort to return.
For our own parts, we shall exert ourselves actively
on this, as we have on every former Election—keeping,
a sharp e3e on the pretensions of every Liberal Can-
didate, and showing no mercy to him who evinces
symptoms of an accommodating conscience. By his
sentiments on the hustings we shall expect every Re-
form Member strictly to abide in Parliament. We
shall revert to this subject at some more leisure oppor-
tunity, and in the meanwhile we invite eltctioncering
correspondence from all quarters.

When a man bears testimony either against himself,
or the party to which he is selfishly attached, we may
be pretty sure the testimony is true. When, there-
fore, we find it stated in the Times, at a moment when
its party stand more in need of something to cheer
their spirits, than ever they did since the Author of
Evil called them into existence, that " the Conserva-
tives are doing nothing—literally nothing at all ;" that
" large constituencies are going a begging, for want of
a decent candidate ;" that " nobody will come forward
—nobody will spend any money—nobody will take any
trouble ;" when we find so discouraging, and even
lamentable a picture as this of the state of party affairs,
drawn and exposed to public view by a confidential
artist, we are well warranted in believing that it is not
overcharged. It may, perhaps, be said that this is a
device intended, by magnifying the danger, to rouse
the energies of the Tories into greater activity. If it
be so, it is at best a dangerous expedient, and would
not have been resorted to but in desperate circumstances.
But the best comment upon this announcement—in-
deed, the best corroboration of the writer's views, may
be found in the change which has taken place in the
aspect of political affairs since the accession of our
gracious QUEEN to the Throne of the United Empire.
Why should the Tories put themselves to unnecessary
trouble ? Why should they spend their money for
" that which is not bread," and their substance for that
which they are sure will not satisfy them ? At the
last election they were all activity. Then they
spent their money freely enough—many of them
indeed so freely, that they had little more to spend ;
but then there was an object in view. Sir ROBERT PEEL
and the Duke were in—the Crown was favourable to
Toryism—at least in a modified form—and the pros-
pects of the party had begun to brighten up. If a
rich Tory spent a sum of money, or a poor one worked
himself off his legs, there was a chance of his being
remunerated in some way or other. There was the
stimulating hope of receiving a quid pro quo. This
state of things is now at an end. With WILLIAM
the FOURTH died all the hopes of the Tory faction.
His successor, our youthful and beloved QUEEN, has
been educated in such principles as must repel from
her presence all who belong to a faction essentially
anti-national. This faction is now prostrate in the dust,
and it feels this prostration in all its ramifications.

The Opposition, though very silent on the subject,
are at the present moment in a very lamentable and
forlorn condition. But six short weeks ago they fan-
cied, from the clamour they had made about Church-
rates, the delay they had caused to public business in
both Houses, and above all, from their favour at
Court, that they were on the very threshold of office,
and Sir ROBERT PEEL, in the intoxication of the
moment, came forward in his place in the Commons_
told the country that the Government was about to
desert the vessel of the St•ati:—and that he and his
party, not from any 'love of power or patronage, but
from pure love of the country, were ready to embark
and steer -her through those shallows and quicksands
among which incompetent rulers had cast her. At the
time there was no foundation for the story, according
even to his own confession, but public rumour, and, we
!nay add, their own heated imaginations. The
change now is so remarkable, that but for the fact,
the public could hardly believe that even the vain-
glorious Tories so few weeks ago would have trumpetted
forth their speedy return to power. They are now si-
lent as the grave. There are no great Ministerial
measures now to be mutilated or destroyed ist the
Lords—no backstair influence—no Court intrigue in
their favour—but, on the contrary, if favour is shown
to any, it is to one who has been the bitterest opponent
of Tory misrule ; and, above all, the country is on the
eve of a General Election, to he conducted under the
influence of a Ministry to whom the new SOVEREIGN,
the hope of the nation, has entrusted the management
of its affairs. If Sir ROBERT PEEL, with all the
Treasury influence—with all the influence of the Court
and of nearly all the great functionaries throughout the
country—could return only a minority at the last elec-
tion, and was destined to be only the nominal Leader
of a House of Commons which never gave ono vote in
his favour, what, under these circumstances, are
his prospects now ? His address to the electors
of Tamworth but too clearly for his party points
' them out. We hear nothing now about the
vessel of the State, or shallows or quicksands.
There is, to be sure, something abouta weak
and inefficient Government, put forth, no doubt, to
cheer his disconsolate crew ; but with that exception
it is all gloom and despair. He does not even venture
to look forward to office, but seems to have made up
his mind to remain on the Opposition bench—not with
any hope of turning out the Ministry, but solely to
show himself the disinterested advocate of Conservative
principles, and the generous defender of a national and
Established Church. It requires no spirit of pro-
phecy, however, to predict, that if this is all he can do
for his party, he will find that there are men, and not
a few too, who have supported him hitherto for some-
thing else than principle, or the Established Church.

The whole of the Paris papers of Tuesday have
been received. The official organs of the Government
contain no recent intelligence from the theatre of -

war

Npai.n; The WC:A ate
less favourable to the Pretender than they lia e been
since the commencement of the reSent
;
report ;
tnat he was procuding in the direc-
tion of Tarragona, with the design of keeping open a
communication by sea, in the event of being reduced
to the extremity of ritiMiiig the t otinti-y; This
fla
scetna ttiinetvini.t InipfdtAlth Don CAlti.os has
no shipping, and must depend for foreign aid
on French smugglers. What he seeks is n com-
munication with Fritlift across the Eastern Pyre-
tteCX—not the possession of a port which might be
blockaded at a moment's notice by Great Britain.
But be his ultimate schemes what they may, he is un-
questionably reduced to great straits for want of money
and provisions, and of the Catalonian peasantry none
can be persuaded to take up arms in his defence.
Some of his Ministers have advised the pillage of the
Churches ; but the more prudent condemn such a pro-
,..ceding, as one which would alienate from him the
support of the monks—now the main prop of his power.
The Constitutionnel, a Journal generally well in-
formed on the subject of Spanish politics, has the
following very important observations on the present
aspect of Carlist events in that country. We invite
general attention to them :
Government is very chary of news from Spain. Scanty
and mutilated despatches beget a great degree of uncertainty
in the public mind, and sometimes even present facts in a
light the most unfavourable to the Christinos. General
Evans complained bitterly during his stay in Paris of the
strange versions which some of our telegrapeic despatches
had given to certain events, and affirmed that their incorrect-
ness had caused the utmost annoyance to the superior officers
of the Queen's army. At the present moment we have reason
to believe that the Ministry has received the most positive ac-
counts of the complete breaking up of the Pretender's army,
and yet in the Ministerial journal we find not a word on the
subject; not even one of those insignificant despatches which
they so well know how to concoct. hi the absence, then, of
official information, we lay before our readers the following
letter, which we have received from Perpignan, and which
strangely contrasts with the announcement of the passage of
ihe Ebro by a Carlist division, given yesterday by the Moni-
teur, and subsequently contradicted by the Charte:—
" PERPIGNAN, JUNE 22.--The reign of Charles V. draws
towards its end. From fresh information we learn that in
consequence of the affair of Guisona his army had lost from
four to fire thousand men iii killed, wounded, and stragglers.
Of the latter, the day after the battle, about twelve hundred
presented themselves at Seu d'Urgel, so great was the disper-
sion. The enemy found tkemsclvcs so completely destitute of
provisions that they were compelled to gather the suckers of
the vines and boil them. Yesterday the Prefect received an
extraordinary courier, announcing that the Carlist army was
at Berga, reduced to 5,000 men, without provi.ions, and, it
was believed, even without ammunition. The junction of
Cabrera with Don Carlos becomes every day more difficult,
not to say impossible, for the latter appears to have no other
chance than to endeavour to make his escape by the moun-
tains into France, and to accomplish this he must make
haste, for all Lower Catalonia is following the example
shown by Upper Arragon, and taking arms to join in
his pursuit. He has only two plans to adopt—to make
for the French frontier by the road of Spanish Cerdania, or to
endeavour to effect an opening towards Ripoll and Olot, to
gain Campredon, and enter France by St. Laurent de Cer-
dans and Prats de Mollo. It was thought that he would have
attempted to descend to Lampourdan, gain the port of Rosas
and fortifying himself there, await the succour of his friends,
from Sardinia, Naples, and the coast of Italy; but the English
have anticipated him there. The two frigates which were
cruising between Rosas and that part of the coast, have landed
some guns and men, in force sufficient to defend the beach
from any coup de maim Thus, then, it appears, that although
fifteen days have not yet elapsed since the entry of Charles V.
into Catalonia, he finds himself already at his last shift. It is
singular enough, however, that the Carlists should think the
contrary, and still live in hopes. The truth is that Don Car-
los finds himself so surrounded in the mountains, that he can-
not retrace his steps. His only safety is to gain France on one
side or the other."

The following arc the only interesting extracts to
be found in the Pat.'s Journals of Tuesday :
His Majesty having yesterday received from the Elector of
Hesse, and the Electoral Prince co-Regent, letters of noti-
fication of the death of his Serene flightless the Landgrave
Frederic of Hesse, and of that of Prince Ferdinand of Hesse
Philippsthal, the King will go into mourning for seven days,
commencing with this day.—_Moniteur.
Extract of a letter, of the 23d inst., from Bayonne :
" The Spanish Commissaries left this place yesterday for St.
Sebastian,' with 1,500,000 reals in specie. The remains of
the French Legion are still at Pampeluna. The Chef-de-
Battaillon Godeau, Lieutenant-Colonel of that corps, with
several other officers, arrived here yesterday on their return
to France.

Extract of a letter from San Sebastian, June 23 :

Yesterday morning, at six o'clock, a hostile meeting took
place between Colonel M'Cabe, of the " Royal Irish," and
Lieut.-Col. Harman, late military secretary to General Evans.
The former was attended by Capt. Feehan of his own regi-
ment, and the latter by Col. Freeitone. now ptincipal aide-de-
camp to General O'Connell, and late of the personal staff of
General Chichester. The parties took their ground at the
usual distance of 12 paces, and Colonel M'Cabe's fire very
nearly proved fatal to his antagonist, the ball entering at the
side of his mouth, inflicting a severe wound there, and carry-
ing away five of the teeth of the lower jaw. Col. M'Cabe, as
the party who had sent the challenge, declined at once to pro-
ceed any further, and expressed his regret that the affair had
turned out so seriously. Col. Harman did not discharge his
pistol, having come to the ground with the determination of
receiving Colonel M'Cabe's fire without returning it. The
cause of quarrel is understood to have been of an entirely per-
sonal nature, and Colonel M'Cabe being advised by his bro-
ther officers to take no hostile measures till after the 10th of
June, forebore to do so accordingly ; but ever since that day
arrived he impatiently waited the return of Colonel Harman
from France, and scarcely had the latter officer arrived here
when he received a communication which has terminated in
the manner I have described.
Two illustrious refugees, Count Ostrnwski, Marshal of the
Polish Diet, residing in Gratz„ and the Generalissimo of the
Polish army, Skryncski, who lived at Prague, have been both
ordered to quit the country by the Austrian Government.
They asked to be furnished with passports for France,
which were granted to them ; and General Skryneski,
whose means arc very limited, was allowed I,ooof. for his
travelling expenses. Their expulsion was demanded by M.
Tatitschef. Prince Metternich had kept those distinguised
individuals in Austria during the last six years in spite
of the insinuations of the Cabinet of St. Pet'rsburgh.
His yielding now to its injunctions shows that Rus-
sia and Austria are drawing closer their bonds of al-
liance. The arrival in France of the head of the repre-
sentatives of Poland and of the General s%ho commanded
her army, and gained over the Russians two brilliant vic-
tories at Dembe and Iganic, will be a remarkable occur-
rence in the history of Polish emigration. The same letter
mentions as positive, that M. Tatitschef has made overtures
to the exiled Royal Family of France for the marriage of
Princess Olga with the Duke of Bordeaux. The latter, as
well as the Duchess of Angouleme and their suite, have been
invited to attend at the manoeuvres of the Russian cavalry at
Vornezensk.—Journaldu Commerce.

PANIPELUNA, JUNE 20.—Espartero, escorted by a strong de-
ta! }intent of cavalry, is going towards Lodoso ; his intention
is to regulate the defence of the Ebro, before attacking Estella.
The movements of the Carlists, which I mentioned in my last,
have suspended the attack, but every thing seems to indicate
that it will take place before the end of this month. Several
skirmishes before Zubiri and in the Vale of Ulzaina, are the
prelude of hostilities, which will soon commence in Navarre.
We know that Espartero has received from Madrid orders to
attack the Carlists in the Vice Royalty, without delay. The
accounts from Catalonia arc favourable to our cause. Letters
from Saragossa say that Oraa is able to beat Cabrera:
Colonel Semilhes has again proposed to the French Legion to
remain in the Queen's service, promising great favours ; but
hitherto without success ; the men and officers express a wish
to return to Algiers. The Polish Lancers will probably re-
enlist, because there is no foreign cavalry in Africa. Espar-
tero has sent an officer to Saragossa to Colonel M. Kraievski,
who remains there seriously wounded, as well as several of-
ficers of the Lancers, to endeavour to employ their influence
over the Polish soldiers. The inhabitants of Pampeluna mani-
fest much sympathy, and even gratitude, to the men belonging
to the Legion. Several Carlist deserters have arrived at
Leria ; they say that Garcia is in great embarrassments ; he
does not know how to avoid the attack on Estella. Orders
have this moment arrived from the General-in-Chief to rein-
force the post of Puente la Reyna by a battalion, which leaves
Pampeluna. This is a proof that the operations will commence
on that line.--Le Commerce.

FRENCH FUNDS.—PaRIS, JUNE 7.
Five per Cents., 109 f. 95c. 110 f. 109 f. 9:c. 9'c.
Four and a Half nor Cents. 10i f. 60c. 55c. We.
!lime per rents. 781 76c. 75c.
Bank Actions, 2.38nf. 2,5,85 f.
Rente ne Naples, Of. 59c. 55c.
Roman Fire per Cents., 101%,
Spanish Actives, 23% 24.
Spanish Differes, S.
Spanish Passives, 5%.
Belgian Loan, Five per Cents., 101 N.
Portuguese Three per Cents. 291,4 29 29%.
EXCHANGE ON LONDON.
One month, paper, —l. —c.; money, 25f. 45e.
Three months, paper, —f. —C.; money. 25f. 25C.
Authentiaue.

LAST PRICES.
Five per Cents..
Three per Cents. 78f.
Rank Actions, 2,3851.
Roman Five per Cents., 1011..
Belgian Loan, 10174.
Portuguese Three per Cents., 293.
panish Actives, 24.
Spanish l'assives s)fi.
New Differes, 8.

Brussels and Gertn --..8.---
this morning. ail
Ti Papers have been received
0
b
.:ie Belgian Court will go into mourns
ing for two months for the death of his late Majesty,
tt,;(ing of ENGLAND. Nothing has yet been de-
cided respecting the time for the meeting of the Cham-