The Sun.
London, England, 1830-07-16 00:00:00

TATTERSALL'S.

Owing to the funeral of his late 111p:evy, w„,
public betting yesterday; but u sCvrrrl eni a};ernent 1,4,5 e
been made in town since the Nowuunket Bates, we
join the present average pt ices

17 to
to
t 5 to
.15 to

rtirRAV.

I aght Washington 2i, to 1 agst Cobweb
1 agat Antiore 26 to 1 *gat Plunder
II t4Bgostt Iciriv.tiosittingsnes tts to I ogst Miss Can,
tIY
a
40 to I eget Caleb.
Thu tittld agst text,
OAKii,
IA to I agst Oxygen.
tT. Lanett.
2A to I *gat LadyMowbrav
30 to I *gat Redstart
SO to 1 ikabt The Cardin.ll
30 to I 4g4t The Ilarber
34 to I 'get Splendour
35 to 1 opt Laurie Tenn
40 to 1 apt Reginald.

2 to I
10 to I
10 to I
11 to 9
17 to 1
10 to I
12 to I
12 to 1

art Priam
apt Muss Rasa
eget Brunswitler
agst
apt St. Nit:lailas
ag I t ilassan(taken)
Agit Latlynnutyliaa
apt Emancipation

GOOD WOOD STAKE&
6to 1 apt Whisk (taken) 10 to 1 apt Coufederae)(a)
6 to 1 apt Aaron 10 to 1 opt Miss Crave')
oto 1 apt Refugee (tk) 12 to 1 apt DOlUelli.
tOtIOUTON sutra.
8 to 1 ugiit Aaron.
GLOUCINTXDBIIIrit WAILES,
to 1 agtt Villager.
Tho

Antory of the ~surttti
ae proclamation of 'nig preitent MAJ/sll' on AV,
ast, at Exeter, i,, totnewhat curious. Mr. ItA rot, Pt.!
ir."l/10Uge1 in the )figh.strect of that elty, liatvi,sg Ittlr,
linnn in A iOt Of (ad ittlO ity Wrigli mu)
et pound, anti, on their~ beinq I•u the u VII
"hey proved to L. A ittir iiwitttititi kitigits°. *ia,r.i' ~.
attiti with a
.111DUr de 14, unit °hi s,IINAIrdS nt

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC jOURNALS.

with the vindication of their insulted honour,
with a confession of defeat, and stipulations l 9 /
of rediess or indemnity, have left the bar-
barians in possession of their old means of
annoyance, their power of interrupting the com-
merce of the Mediterranean, and affording mul-
tiplied repetitions of their Panic faith. The
political question which now arises, therefore,
if not new in itself, is to be discussed in entirely
new circumstances. The French have not only nal
tionel insults to avenge, sand injuries to redress, but
they are, in consequence of legitimate warfare, and
with the general sympathy of mankind on their side,,
in possession of the formerly debated territory, and
have contracted pledges to humanity which they
,have now the ability to redeem : for it will be re-
membered that his most Christian Majesty, in his'
speech from the Throne at the opening of the late
itbortive Session, told the Chambers that the expe-
dition *was to redound not only to the honour of
France, but "-to the benefit of Christendom." We
take for granted, then, that the French, unfettered
as they are by any engagements to the Algerines,
and in full possession of the means of executing any
ulterior object of policy or humanity on the north
, coast of Africa, will make it a point to destroy,
once and for ever, the system of l3arbaresque piracy
which has prevailed fur centuries, and the necessity
of paying tribute as the purchase of protection,--
that the Mediterranean, in time of pence, will be,
made as free to the ships of the weakest as of the
most poweiful states ;—that no passes will be re-
', quired on the high-way of nations; and that hence-
forward no Christian captives will be placed in c
situation to share the hardships or to verify the de-
scription of Itegnard and Cervantes. The barbarians
have before been repeatedly summoned to surrender
these terms in favour of the interests of commerce
i and the rights of human nature; and though they
have promised them at the threat of a hostile
visit from the great maritime powers of Europe,
I they have never kept their engagements. Even so
`late as the year 1819, a naval mission of this kind,
from England and France, sent in consequence of a
resolution taken at die Congress of Aix-la-Chapelle
proved entirely without effect. Now, of course,
' ,'ranee will take securities for the execution of any
plan which she may form, or the fulfilment of any
stipulation which she may impose. Of the means
intended to be employed for accomplishing her put-:
~ poses,—whether by a long military occupation or a
permanent garrison at the expense of the van-
quished,---or by forming the Algerine territory into
a French colony,—er by destroying the fortifica-
tions and blocking up the ports of the Regency,—
or by transferring 'the right of dominion to some
state, Mahometan or Christian, able to afford a gm-
, sante° of regular government and good neighbour.
hood,—we can at present say nothing. This must
be a subject of negotiation between France end her
Allies, particularly between France and England.
For our own part, us we mentioned on Wednesday,
we cannot perceive the vast dangers which
would result to England from the permanent oc-
cupation of Algiers by the French. They have
had already, for more than three hundred years,
minor establishments in the Algerine Regency, and
we have never beard any complaints of their
abusing their rights. To a politician, the most
jealous of French aggrandizement, it must appear
that the additional power which France would
derive from the settlement of some of her subjects
in the north of Africa, would be owing to the ex-
tension of improved institutions and increased civi-
lization in that quarter. The rights of property
would be respected, and if Frenchmen flocked to
Algiers to plant sugar-canes, or to rear other kind
if colonial produce, it must be by purchasing the
lands, and directing the industry of the natives.
Cultivation and commerce would thus be increased.
In such a case, the benefit would not he confined to
France alone : new channels of trade would bi
opened to other maritime nations; the interior o
Africa would be explored, -and the southern shores
of the Mediterranean rival the opposite coasts n.
Italy and France. On the other bend, great diffi-
culties will be encountered in fulfilling the just ex•
pectations of France and Europe by any other
means. The mere destruction of the port of Algiers
would not give us a sufficient guarantee against the
renewal of African piracy ; and all the treasures of
the Dey, together with all the brass guns on :his
fortresses, would not be enough to pay half the ex-
penses of the expedition. Such indemnity will or
course be required, otherwise the French Ratio',
would have u right to complain that their Govern.
inent had paid too much for the fan-blow of the
French . Consul, by incurring an expenditure of
.5,000,0001. or 8,000,000/. sterling, and the loss of
2,000 or 3,000 mere—Tiince.
Our Parisian Correspondent, in his comtnunica,
tion in the Chronicle of this day, contrasts the elec
dons of Paris with those of England. " Let me
note speak (he says) of the elections of Paris. They
are so different to anything of the kind in your
country that you could scarcely believe, if you were
in Paris to-day, that the elections for Deputies were
proceeding. Yet such is the fact. There are no
mobs—no hustings—no placards—no speeches—no
professions of faith—no addresses to ' the free and
independent electors'—no music or dancing, balls or
squibs—no treating—no public-house feasting—no
waving of flags, or cockades in the hats—no appeal,
in short, is made to either ' the passions of the mot
or the feelings of the electors. At eight o'clock is
the morning of this day (12th) the electors met ie
their different Arrondissements, at the different
places appointed by the Government in the different
sections. In Paris there are eight Arrondissement
Colleges, and those Arrondissements are divided
into twenty-three sections. Each section meets at
tome suitable building, where these is a large room
in which the electors must assemble; of course each
elector proceeds to the place appointed for the meet.
ing of the electors in that section in which he may
reside. When so assembled, the President ap-
pointed by the King retitle the Ordonnance, convoking
the Colleges—the Proclamation made by his Majesty
—and if lie thirrks fir, lie closes by an Address to the
Electors. The number of the electors in the district
entitled to vote is then counted, and it is ne-
cessary that the successful candidates for the posts of
Scrutineers and Secretary, siWuld have ape more
than the half of the number of votes present. Thus,
for example, if 200 electors are entitled to vote, the
successful candidates must have 101 votes, or a new
ballot must be commenced. The Scrutineers and
Secretary appointed provisionally are of course ap-
pointed by the Government, and the first day is oc-
cupied by the question of, whether the Ministerial
nomination shall be confirmed or rejected? In case
no opposition be made to the Scrutineers or Secre-
tary, provisionally appointed, their election is of
course soon over, and the question of the election of
Deputies is proceeded with." Our Correspondent
alludes to a Liberal Committee of the Society Aide
toi et le Cid t'aidera, which has sent round to each
elector the names of the Scrutineers and Secretary
44 well as of the Candidate for the Chamber, for
whom, if a Liberal, be shall vote; and the Govern
merit, in like manner, has sent round a list of the
Government Candidates, &c. This is all very dif-
ferent from what takes place in England; it is un-
English—the term used when an appeal is made to
national prejudice or national vanity. But which is
must rational? 'Which exhibits the electors in the
most respectable light ? There cannot, we should
suppose, be two opinions on this point. The French
act as men naturally act, when they commit to an-
other a trust in which they ore deeply concerned,
They look around them, and name a Deputy hs whose
hands they imaiue their interests will be secure.
That man, in private life, would be)hought to pos-
sess a singularly constituted mine!, who, requiring
• the assistance of an agent, should expect that agent
to put himself to an expense on his account. Ti.
English eleetiona indicate deep degradation on the
fairetofltDiepetty
electoralinote body. The electors do note
choose a
to attend to their satire. They
! ore shiver let loose every saves~The e
years.ell
cajoling t o
ecfh otohsee e beul
,wean different masters,.

The remains of what once was George IV. have
now undergone the process of interment. We have
been charged with two offences, diametrically oppo-
site, in our behaviour towards the late King. One
Set of 'accusere ' will have it that we persecute his
memory, with the same hostile spirit in which we
assailed his living reputation. Another party re-
proach us with mean sycophancy to the living, and
still meaner malignity . towards the defunct Prince.
It might be sufficient for us to state these in-
consistent calumnies, and leave them to neu-
tralize each other; but we disdain to shelter our-
selves by such an evasion, and we give the flattest
contradiction to them both. That we feared not to
censure George IV. broadly and emphatioally, der-
ing his whole reign, in the face of Attorneys-Gene-
ral and of official informutions, proves itself by the
fact, that a certain class of newspapers, mole ant
. desperadoes in the Court circle (not of the Govern,
meat) loaded the atmosphere, week after week
from the year 1820 downwards, with exclamations
against the supineness of the Crown lawyers, for
not putting in motion against us every engine of
tortures that the magazines of the libel law could
supply. It is not unsuitable for us, so slandered,
to state what was the undaunted bearing of this
journal, when an oppressed lady, whose ill-starred
. marriage with George IV. was at once the disgrace
' and misery of her existence, had fallen under the
ban of his revengeful spirit. When banished, be-
trayed, and threatened, and assaulted,—when Main-
. cloned universally by the miscreants of fashion,---
-when the bribery and perjury of her own domestics
were resorted to as instrumeuts for destroying her,-
. when courtly rank, and official power, and factitious
force of all descriptions, were ranged in battery
1 against one, unaided, woman,—what, let us demand
in the true pride of justice, victory, and truth, what
. was the conduct of the Time: newspaper ? Did we
' join the foul-mouthed hue and cry ? Did we
mingle in the base-minded throng ? Did we float
contentedly along the putrid current ? Nn; be
history our judge. The Times stood forth the
' champion of the destitute—the unbought Thee:
it was that round the noble spirit of its fel-
' low-citizens—the 'limes appealed to its pa-
-1 triot an independent countrymen of the middle
" ranks, wet ‘• Ilettered" the King IA Cour-
tiers in their castle. " Alone we did it," syie)-
' pliant:! and tyranny was trampled in the dust.
Need we add to this, the innumerable efforts made
by our journal to stem the course of profligate ex-
travagance pursued by George IV., at the cost and
• in contempt of the people ? Was there a new pa-
lace projected, or an old one spoiled, or any fresh
half mink:wry gewgaw undertaken, which did pot
call forth from us the loudest expressions of dislike,
;,- indignation, and complaint on behalf of the public,
and this up to the last days of the deceased W-
S narch ? And were not all such puerile but unfeel-
ing mischiefs as vehemently upheld, nay, applauded,
by the corrupt reptiles of the press, en the uncon-
stitutional and despicable ground, that it was irre
l'.
,f.: tweed to oppose the " pleasure of our most gra-
'l
' does Sovereign" in the choice of his own ,
: resi-
dences, awl in their decorations ? We affirm, there-
fore, that it is absurd as well as Ethic, to call us
sycophants. But is it more true, that we are
,' per-
secutors of the memory of George IV.? We defy
any human being to lay his hand on a solitary
allusion employed in this journal, with regard to
George IV., or to his character, which was not
. founded in fret. Without one particle of malice,
. or personal (how could we, in our humble station
? .01 members of private society, have personal?)
feelings towards a pompous and secluded LW-
i !larch we have felt it to be a paramount, and
..• indeed most painful duty, to speak of his vices,
I:: ,is lessons and wai pings : we should have had
Ss Infinitely more gratification in extolling his virtues,
had they been equally discoverable. The truth is,
s.`. I,owever—and it speaks volumes about the mates-
that there never was an individual less regretted'hy
his follow-creatures than this deceased King. What
„' ..ye has wept for him ? What heart has heaved one
`.:,, throb of immercenary sorrow ? Was there at
*. thy time a . gorgeous pageant on the stage
inore completely forgotten than he has been, even
from the day on which the heralds proclaimed his
,3‹ successor ? Has not that successor gained more
3 upon the English tastes and prepossessions of his
subjects, by the blunt and unaffected-s-even should
' it be to grotesque--cordiality of his demeanour,
. within a few short weeks, than George I.V.—that
, Leviathan of the haul lon—ever did during the 68
years of his existence? If George IV. ever had u
li friend—a devoted friend—in any rank of life, we
', protest that the name of him or her has not yet
.4*,, reached us. An inveterate voluptuary, especially
if he be an artificial person, is of all known beings
the most selfish. Selfishness is the true repellant of
human sympathy. Selfishness feels no attachment,
s..y and invites none; it is the charnel-house of the offer-
-1.. dons; Nothing more remains to be said or done
',, about George 1V.,, but to pay—us pay we must—
.; foe his profusion ; and to tern his bad example, to
aome account, by tying up the hands of those who
... come after him, in what concerns the public money.
At all events we shall always to the utmost of our
krb!
t 1 paver do our duty, and we think we aro trot likely
to do it flinchingly.-71mes.
it.
By the official despatches of General Bourmont,
twhich we published yesterday, it appears that the
Dey is a prisoner in the hands or under the protec-
' don of the French, and that the victors have. stipu-
lated for nothing more but his personal safety, the
• ii! protection of his family, and preservation of his pro
l,' petty. The same promise extends to all the troops
1 ,of his Highness. They are to enjoy the liberty of
t 0;,.. going where they please; and, while in Algiers, are
t: •to be free from molestation. A solemn engagement
,
; is likewise taken by the French General towards all
the other inhabitants of the town, that their reli-
trim shall not be interfered with,—and that no at-
tempt shall be made to violate their personal liberty—
no plunder their property—to interrupt their com-
:;,,' coerce--or to deprive them of the fruits of their in-
:.. dustry. These stipulations have been made, notir
consequence of any formal negociatiort, nor do they
~,.. form articles in any regular convention, but are re.
~.i• presented as proceeding from the spontaneous hie
"ohy, prudence, or justice of the conqueror. i
r:,,, ~ Tuohy,
importance to recollect this circumstance, ant
no observe how the inference to which it leads i
„ ~tre„gthelle,l by the rejection of the terms offered ii
,I the vanquished. The Dry, seeing et last that he
nhad no hopes of safety from the sea, winds, or tem-
pests,--from "plague, pestilence, or famine,"—
[.. from the cannon of . his fertilisations or the valour
~-
2 of . his troops, offered to submit to the French,
and to purchase further impunity by paying the
Alt immense expenses of their armament. This con-
( fessjon of defeat and tender of redress be-
,', big instantly rejected, the victors are left in full
, possession of all the rights of conquest. Though the
, Dey had been a rebel against his liege Lord,
i'., r Charles ,
e is..., and had submitted on the promise of
r'., only life and protection to himself and his harem he
mould not have been more completely stripped (for
the time) of every vestige of sovereign power. Thus,
~ 4 in obedience to the instructions of his Government,
i, gar from the dexterous suggestions of his own talent,
1 General Bourmont has left every political question
i
I:.
~ lespec!ing his conquest open for future discussion
!.; tat atijusttnent, without prejudice or embarrassment
'•
10 the Court of the Tuileries' 0 the present capi.
tulation, the •
towards
the
etteihinii,tiewsaheo any breach of faith.
towards
the people of Algiers,
may either declare it a French colony—or restore it
,to the barbarous despotism of i late master---or
z' 1 hand it over to the Paulus of E its
, the Knights of St. John of Jeggsphtt : confer it on
s. St. Peter's patrimony, ate best suits etheir or
1111)d "ty'
,tr their understanding with their elliiisaw'r ()lie'
• nit 300 years this important portion of'skrei(sira htitim:
i. lever boot in a similar situation with respect to Poy
'• (Thristion Power. It has, indeed, been often co '
!tiered, but was never before occupied by the vietorn;
1, l l'he successful lama has always hitherto been made,
,1 with a naval force, and the conquerors satisfied

didates, the treating, the flags, the cockades, all,
these indicate, in a manner not to be misturdersteo 1,1
the abject position of the electors. It is a sort ofi
new edition of feudal chiefs and their retainers. Ai
contemporary (the Globe) observed last night— •
" The freeholders of counties and the vot,rs of populousi
towns are very much at the mercy of the candidates who"!
please to present themselves at the moment of the election.
Up to that time, commonly, no ene knows who, as it is
expressively termed, ' will start.' Sometimes a man is i
elected solely because it is discovered at the twelfth hour
that no one else will offer himself; sometimes because ~
there is a compromise between two candidates, by whicl,
it often happens that the most unworthy even among un-
worthy
claimants succeeds. If there is a Committee fur
securing Mr. So-and-So's return, it is the Committee
which is the creature and tool of the individual, and not
the candidate who is the servant of the body of electors;
and as these Committees are concocted in fraud or private
- intrigue, their object is not to scrutinize the character in
good time, or to exact pledges from the intended repre-
sentative, but to cover his defecti, to hold out false hopes,
. to create an excitement about an unworthy object, to de-
ceive and to be deceived.
4, They manage these things apparently better in France.
The candidates are returned without espence and without
solicit ition. The Deputies are really selected and chosen—
not token merely because they offer themselves. Thei
Deputies are thus the representatives of the opinions of the
electors. Nothing seems to depend on mere chance. Theli
French system, indeed, if a real representation is desirable,
is too far superior to our medley aggregate of irregularities
to guide us to a conclusion as to what is practicable in
England. But still much is due, by the confession of the 4
friends as well as the accusation of the enemies of the 4"
liberal patty, to the combinations which have existed for di- it appears from documents still extant, the
recting the elections. It is to be recollected, too, that in ..,
abo t twelve
Parliaments, of which knights, citi-
France, though the electoral bodies are in general superior :1 u
in composition to our own, they have had an immense body j zeris, and burgesses, were competent members,
of influence, most vigorously directed, to overcome—and 4 were 61(101 by Edward, who, in spite of his
they have completely overcome it. i
r prejudices against De Montfort's innovations,,
We are tempted, by an observation of what is done in .c
France, and what is miserably neglected in England (at the ; discovered the policy of employing them to ren-'
risk of adding to the quantity of good advice which is con :F der his ambitious projects acceptable to the
tinually thrown away), to urge the formation of electoral people, and to involve his nobility in the odium
issociations or clubs in all counties and open places—not
.; of his political crimes. One was assembled at
temporary Committees to secure the return of this or that .
•
candidate, but permanent bodies, to prepare fur and secure Shrewsbury to sanction the murder of Prince
the choice of fit members at all time,," David of Wales. They succeeded each other
In towns in which the electoral body is sufficiently •• with unwonted rapidity during the period of his
costly and tthconscientious enterprises against
large to be independent, much may certainly be
.
done by an union of the most respectable inhabitants. Scotland. The power of Parliament was thus
But throughout the far greater number of the enlarged by this Monarch as by his successors,
boroughs, the electors look to candidates merely ..
' not only to facilitate grants of money, but to
with a view to the money they may spend. I! any .r,
share harsh acts of government, and to introduce
one wishes to improve himself in misanthropy he'.
imiovations too daring to be hazarded by the
cannot do better than apply to some gentleman of .
known wealth, who is supposed desirous of entering • single arm of a wary tyrant. The compliance
Parliament, for the inspection of the various over.. of Parliaments, perhaps as much as their inde-
lures made to him on the eve of an election, lie pendence, multiplied precedents favourable to
will see so much of all that is base, all that is de- , their right of interposition in all public affairs.
grading to our nature in the various schemes of ~ It is very uncertain when the regular division
bodies of " free and independent electors" for pluck-. oof two houses occurred. At first it seem, from
ing their candidates, that his wonder will be, how -
i.s the various proportions of a subsidy contributed
with such n base constituency the representation is
different orders, that each of the three estates
not worse than it is. Were. representation it new ..- l'Y
thing among us, even the lowest and poorest amongst '-taxed their orders separately. In France the
lis would be greatly shocked ut the prevailing else-. ..,... orders appear to have generally acted distinctly
rion practice,. But the practices date from times •1 from each other. In Sweden and the Tyrol,
when Englishmen were little better than slaves. A 4 where there seems to have been a fourth estate
landlord led his tenants to Cie hustings as ke would i of three boors, each was distinct from the others..
drive his cattle to a fair. All that the electors cared ln Scotland the Parliament voted as one body ;
for was, that they should be well treated, and re.
.•
in which it may be doubted whether the corn-
ceive a douceur for their vote. For these two
inissioners for shires were not considered, in
hundred years, Bills have been brought against -
~, rank at least, as a species of fourth estate.. 'lt
.4 giving of entertainments of meat or drink, or
giving money, or bargaining for elections to' Prah was not a- till the next reign that the knights of the
.vent," and all to little purpose. The French, on shire began regularly to form one body with the
the other hand, were not habituated to any such de- citizens and burgesses, sitting in a separate
trading practices when they commenced their con- i imuse from that which was jointly occupied by
.titutional career, and from the self-respect which'* the spiritual and temporal lords.
many circumstances tend to foster among them,
stances which probably produced this arrange-
there is little danger of their ever imitating what re. ';
11
ent have already been hinted as. much as the
fleets so little honour on the people of England.— ~ ~1 .
taints of an historical compend will-allow. The
, %luch may be done, no doubt, by respectable people,
sprung from it may be nuM-
.
to shame the electors out of these practices, and to 'consequences which sun
~tiftise higher principles among them. In Counties tiered among the most important and beneficial
',ea have our doubts whether much can be done by in the annals of mankind, and are almost equally
Independent Committees. There are few Coun- ' observable as the . decisive example bow little
ties, it is true, in which more of the landed remote consequences are placed beyond the
and . reach of human foresight. It seems probable
property does not belong to the middling
smaller proprietors than to the large proprietors. But that all those who held land by military service
so great is the deference of the smeller proprietors -from the crown, were distinguished from other
and yeomanry, in England, to the great land molders. .
but it will always be difficult to induce them to aci freemen ; and the charter of John requires them
independently of the latter. Ou the other heeds we' to be summoned to the great council with as
doubt if a sufficient number of great landholders can . much regularity, though not with so stately a
be obtained, to unite in order to return Member. courtesy, as the great barons. In process of time
..vho would support measures of rigid economy and they were collected into a body, which in some
retrenchment. it the country
~ measure corresponded with the inferior nobility
rauesirjames
Gniiulmfor t gentlemen
be
ir
pattern,
scoomu
el could
tit:
os , tn
e continental countries. The charters, and '
might be done.—/Iforning Chronicle. :, Another ancient statute, by prohibiting guardians
-The grave bas closed over the mortal remains of 1 from disparaging their wards by wedlock with
George the Fourth. We give in our columns to-day iiersons of inferior condition, seem to imply the
existence of a body of freemen in England, with
Ample details of the melancholy but splendid care-
which consigned the ashes of our lute awl whom the military tenants could no more inter-
lamented Monarch to the tomb of Isis father'-. marry without degradation than the earls and
•
Never has a more interesting and mournfid spectaeli barons themselves. But when the burgesses,
intermingled with the regal pride and antique glorie. : 'hut severed as a lower caste by the prohibition
of Windsor its gloomy magnificence. There flu ,of marriage, were long united in the same cliam-
ereat arid illustrious of the land bad assembled to her with the progenitors of our modern gentry,
'tray the last tribute of regret to the memory of a
1 Prince who, but a few days since, ruled the demi- , engaged like them in taxation, and with them
,iies of an empire on which "the sun never Roe, ~ , .
deriving. power: from representation, they re•
down;" a Prince under whose auspices the peril. cane(' a lustre and vigour from these more ex-
ited associates, which corresponding bodies in
that threatened the very existence of that empire
had been converted into the proudest triumphs . iso other country had the like means of attain-
that British valour and wisdom ever achieved, ing. The influence of this junction, at first in
or that time history of it great nation ever re- promoting the power of the Commons, and of
corded for the admiration of posterity, Endeared terwards in contributing to the cautious exercise
as the House of Brunswick is to the people
of this country, by the elevations of that family ' structure and spirit to the whole frame of the
!o the Throne of these realms being identified
with the cause of its independence and freedom, ' entitles it to be regarded as a sin• community,
we ere riot surprised that the day which opened the gukarly important occurrence. The sons of
tomb to one of the bravest and most fortunate Save- earls and barons sought an elective seat by the
reigns of that race should be observed as a day of ' side of those lesser nobility, since called gentry,
universal mourning, and hallowed with peculiar some of whom had before touched them closely li,
'sorrow. Such was yesterday—the bustle of busi- • importance. The highestlostl, whose wedlock with
nese had ceased in our streets—a decent stillness e: die daughter of a military tenant was not deemed '
and solemnity pervaded all public placee—the sliop
were closed—the muffled bells pealed sit intervals 'i
r disaragement, continued to contract such
'Alliancpes. On the other hand, the- knights must
the impressive requiem—every where the nth,/
~nergies of worldly pursuits were suspended—every , have.or the industrious classes, whose representatives
gradually
.felt an abatement of their contempt
where the signs of holy affliction met the eye, antt t
touched the heart with a sense of mortality, and s shared, equally with themselves, the exercise of
feeling of national bereavement, Gratifying indeed time highest functions of the state. That co-
mmit it be to a King who mourned over time bier of operation and equality slowly effaced the broach
his departed brother and Sovereign to know that In- ' distinction between the two bodies, whose June-
mingled his tears with the affectionate sorrows of a tion raised up a formidable ['louse of Commons,
whole nation. Proud insist he be of the people he is
receiving dignity
from upon to govern,wimo, bearing as they do an in- . from the ties which bound one
van of' them to its former exclusive possessors,
vincible hatred to all despotic controul, thus acknow. •
and d •
!edged, by the expression of their manly and gene-
elections, which that institution, even in its in-
.
roue sensibilities, the virtues of a constitutionnl. deriving a spirit and energy from popular
Monarch. If William the Fourth required any hi l'"neYl
could alone bestow. Such a House of
dueetnent beyond what WO own heart suggests to Commons were strong, not only by their legal
cultivate those popular qualities which are the best power, but by their moral influence. It would
ornament of a crown, the conduct of Ilse people of' have been but little to possess the power of the
poor is the adulation which a tyrant compels from a •,' to
England on this occasion would supply it. II .:
°" purse, if their arms bad not been strong enough
nation of slaves, compared with then pontaneouslir
ulftetion which honours the hearse of a King grasp
grasp and .to hold it. The third estate in
'
some other countries bad the like authority at
subjects were freemen I When we had thei- painful ~ en earlier period; but being composed solely of
duty of announcing the death of out late Monarch, :'the the immature and slighted representatives oft the
we touched upon those features of his character on industrious interests, they had too low a place in
which Englishmen can with most satisfaction dwell. • general estimation to wield their privileges with
or their subjects we leave to that assiduousr
The failings of private life, whether in the case 01 effect. The whole of the class hitherto dis-
Kingscountries, in-,
dying bed, and invades the sanctuary of 'lie grave.
and insatiable malevolence which hovers over the '-tinguished, were in the continental '
separably mingled with their own immediate'
Where there is much to admire we may be easily 'superiors, the barons, and kept asunder from the
forgiven if we are not prone to condemns. The vie,
boundaries of' caste as impassible
times of George the Fourth will be remembered when' as if the latter body had not been called to all
the names of those who heaped detraction on his
memory, ere his remains were cold, share of political power. If we may use an ex-
third estate by
are covered pression in speaking of the thirteenth century,
with the charitable silence of oblivion, princes which is more applicable to later times, the third
are from their earliest youth liable to peculiar temp- estate on the Continent was without any sprink-
tations. We deny not the errors and failings Iling of gentlemen.
which we lament--but thoset will errors and failings / . be afterwards seen that this accession
were accompanied by great and generous rialitiee, •
calculated to reflect lustre on a diadem.
and brightest memorials of pia reign q'he hest
;,of dignity moderated the policy of the English
are
wiseeiatedtJcommons in recent times, as it had in the be-
'with the arts that refine and embellish life and thut :ginning raised their place in public estimation to
'found in him a munificent patron---Wth'charitiesthe level of their legal privileges.
1 the
'found
which he was the liberal promoter—and with Its operation on the whole order of society

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'those brilliant achievethenti which, under the nus-
pices of his mild and splendid sceptre, rivalled the
greatest exploits of ancient prowess, and, in such
'fields as those of Vittoria and Waterloo, more than
revived the martial glories of Cressy and Agincourt.
But though fortunate in war, beyond any Prince
lof the House of Hanover, fifteen years of peace
oattest that he preferred the tranquillity of his people,
land the benignant influence of commerce and the;
liars, to all the trophies of ensanguined renown.-
1 Morning Herald.
iThe daily results of the French elections are 'mitt
ns we anticipated eight days ago. The Opposition
already muster 187 votes against 128 Maisterial ;
and what cannot possibly fail to produce a great
leffect on the remaining elections, all the bureaux in
Paris have been overthrown by an immense majo-
lirity. At Pontoir the bureau was overthrown by
1140 votes out of 185 ; at Versailles the constitu-
tional majority was 300 votes out of 399: at Meitm
261 out of 346; and at Meaux 229 Out of 322. The
P grand object of the Polignac Cabinet, therefore,
tin the expedition against Algiers has completely
failed. The elections have not been, in the slightest
itlegree, influenced by it,. and the Cabinet must,
Therefore, look out for new grounds of popularity
before the meeting of the Chambers, or consent to
ggive way to one less suspected, and less odious, to
dthe Fr ei.ch people.—Morning, Advertiser.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.