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LONDON,
WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 18. 1837.

Not less than forty-six Reform dinners took place
on Monday last at Birmingham, which, we suppose,
are to be considered as just so many proofs of the re-
action which the Tories still sedulously assert has taken
place throughout the country ! At the most important
of these numerous gatherings—that, we mean, at which
Mr. MuNTz presided, and a full report of which will
be found in another part of The Sun—it gives us
sincere satisfaction to state, that the spirit manifested
throughout was on the whole favourable to Ministers,
though at the same time there was nothing like blind
confidence or sycophantic subserviency. No—the
speakers were only in favour of the existing Govern-
ment, a+ being the acknowledged heads of the constitu-
tional movement party: They entertained a well-grounded
conviction that they would press on, and were deter-
mined therefore to throw no obstacles in its way.
Such were the sentiments expressed by Mr. A TT-
wow), the experienced leader of the Birmingham
Reformers, who, while he did not shrink from the
manly avowal " that the people had been trifled with
too long," yet frankly expressed his opinion "that they
should give every support to the Ministry so long as
they continued to do justice to both countries." This
is just our own language. We have uniformly said,
" Give Ministers fair play. They have not as yet
deceived you, though they may not have acted up to
your expectatiols ; but place this to their account,
that they are the hest you ever had ; that
they have many inducements to befriend your inte-
rests, few or none to injure them ; and that the very
hostility expressed towards them by the Tories, is the
best proof that can be urged in favour of their sincerity.
Give them, then, fair play—by all means give them
fair play ; and if, after a seasonable trial, you find them
unqualified for their posts, get rid of them, but not
till then. They are no worse now than they were at
the close of the session ; why, then, should the vials of
Radical wrath be poured on them just at this cri-
sis, when, in order to become an efficient Administra-
tion, they need Radical support more than ever ?"

Such, we repeat, has been, and will be—
'till circumstances require othnwise—our advice to
all Reformers ; and, whatever a few pedantic grumblers
may say to the contrary, it is advice that has been re-
sponded to by the great bulk of the community. There
is now no other disposition on the part of really honest
Reformers than to give free scope to the energies of
Ministers. The language lately held by Colonel
NAPIER, Sir W. Mot.eswoßTH, and Messrs. ROE-
BUCK, ATTWOOD, and SCHOLEFIELD, by no means
disproves this assertion ; for the stern and vigorous
sentiments enunciated by these gentlemen were not
those of hostility to Government, but of friendly and
impassioned remonstrance. They had confidence in it,
but not a blind one. They would support it by every
means in their power, provided only it would act up to the
just expectations formed of it. They did not look fur im-
possibilities ; all they required way, that the progress of
Reform should be brisk and right-onward. Their sole
objection was to a crab-like mode of peripateticism, such
as Sir ROBERT PEEL adopted, during the few months.
he shuffled to and. fro on the Treasury Bench. Now
there is nothing in these opinions inimical to Minis-
ters ; hut, on the contrary, much that is favourable to
them. The Birmingham Reformers, it is plain, confide
iii them ; and this is not the less apparent because
they express an anxiety that Ministers should make
the Ballot, and some other measures of improvement,
open questions. Why should they not do so ?
Thl,,y have abundant precedent for such a course ;
and need not fear the anger of the Tories, for they are
already as much hated by them as they ever can be.
On this subject Sir WILLIAM MOLESWORTH
well observed, " first, and above all things, it
is necessary that we should obtain the Ballot.
That question is one almost of life or death to the
Liberal party, for the majority of the electors in
En4land are men in dependent circumstances. We

ought therefore to assemble, to agitate, and to petition,
till one universal cry in favour of the Ballot is raised
throughout the nation, and the table of the House of
Commons be laden with the prayers and commands of
the people, demanding vote by ballot." Equally ener-
getic was Mr. SCHOLEFIELD on the subject of Peer-
age Reform ; which will as surely come—however the
mock-Liberals may deny the fact—as tit:A to-morrow's
sun will rise. The old English prejudice in favour of
an irresponsible system of legislation is fast wearing out ;
opinion is making head-way ; and the Lords, unless
they turn from the error of their ways, and look for-
ward to the future, rather than back to the past, are
most assuredly a doomed body. A year hence, and this
which may now appear but a random hypothcsis, will
assume the aspect of a grave matter-of-let—so con-
vinced are we that throughout the next -Session their
Lordships—to adopt the metaphor of the poetic CAS-
TLEREAGH—wiII fairly " turn their backs on them-
selves," and give to the question of Peerage Reform,
the only arguments wanting to insure its success.

On the same day that the Reform dinners took
place at Birmingham, a meeting of the South Devon
Reformers was held at Totnes, at which but one feel-
ing prevailed—namely, that of confidence in the inte-
grity of Ministers. " The present Government," said
Sir R. NEWMAN, " so worthy of their confidence,
could continue in power only by the suppert of Re-
formers—by that support contemplated by the pre-
sent meeting. It was, therefore, the duty of Re-
formers to send men to Parliament who would assist
his MAJESTY'S present Ministers, as it would be
impossible for them to stand, unless backed by a ma-
jority in the House of Commons." This is just the sort
of language that should be held everywhere at the pre-
sent crisis ; and much indeed shall we be mistaken, if it
do not infuse into the Cabinet that unflinching moral
courage, in which, it is not to be denied, they have at
times shown themselves deficient. For our own part, we
are by no means the unconditional supporters of Go-
vernment. Our confidence in them is not unleavened,
hut mingled with a wholesome distrust ; still, on the
whole, our faith in their sincerity predominates. We
are also staunch advocates for the good old English
principle of fair play, and, acting on this principle, we
say to all Reformers—" Do not anticipate disappoint-
ments, but wait and see what Ministers will do, before
you resolve on drawing off your forces."

We have abridged from the Slugield Iris of Tues-
day last, the report of an important public meeting held
in that great commercial town on the preceding day, for
the purpose of petitioning both Houses of iParliatnent,
and memorializing the King's Ministers for the
total abolition of Church-rates. The impost against
which the reformers of Sheffield have set their faces,
cannot long withstand the decided and conscientious
opposition now made to it in every part of the kingdom.
The really honest and conscientious members of the esta-
blished Church are as much opposed to the compul-
sory collection of rates, from:persons not belonging to
their communion, as the Dissenters themselves. They
are not a party to the scandal which is given, by
compelling the professors of one faith to support
another, in the purity of which they do not
believe. They know that the basis of the Church of
GOD in this world is not money, but truth ; they feel
that, as members of what they believe to be that
Church, they ought rather to imitate the primitive
Christians, by voluntarily despoiling themselves of their
goods to support its poor and its ministers, than to join
in the robbery of those who reject its tenets ; and they
repudiate on Gospel grounds the cant which would claim
for their religion a political supremacy. The advocates
for Church-rates are men who, for the most part, have
the same interest in supporting the Church Establish-
ment, that the silversmiths of Ephesus had in main-
taining the worship of DIANA. . Generally speaking
they will be found 'to derive their actual support, or
their social or political influence, from the secular
abuses of our ecclesiastical institutions. They may
disclaim all interested motives in their harangues to
the public; but could we strew with ashes every
avenue to ecclesiastical plunder, we should be
be very apt, like the prophet DANIEL, in the
case of the idol Bel's priests, to detect some curious
foot-prints, now and then, in the direction of the
sacred deposits.

We congratulate the country on the spirited efforts
now making to abolish Church-rates. They are evi-
dences of real liberality of feeling—of true liberty of
conscience. To compel any man to support a form
of worship, in the truth of which he does not be-
lieve, is tyranny of the worst kind. If the object
be to maintain one creed at the expense of an-
other, it is religious persecution—if to keep up a con-
nection between a party in religion and a party in the
State, it is downright political oppression. This
is no longer a mystery to the people of Eng-
land ; consequently there is hardly a district in
the kingdom in which they are not as strongly op-
posed to Church rates as are the honest Reformers of
Bungay and Sheffield. The sincere piety and intelli-
gence of the Empire is opposed to the maintenance of
any religion by compulsory assessments, made upon
the goods of men professing a different faith. The
system is rotten, and cannot be longer defended.

We have just received intelligence, from a respecta-
ble correspondent at Leeds, to the effect, that the
tickets for the Great Reform Dinner, which will be
held there this week, and which our Tory Contempo-
raries asserted, were being given away by wholesale,
are eagerly sought after, and purchased both at Leeds
and Sheffield at two pounds a piece, though the origi-
nal price of each was only seven shillings and six-
pence. All are now disposed of, and hundreds of
Reformers will in consequence be disappointed.

The letter lately addressed to the electcrs of the
county of Limerick by Mr. O'CONNELL, arraigning
the public conduct of the Hon. Member for that
county, in reference to the Ballot, and to the pro-
priety of making a state provision for the Roman Ca-
tholic clergy, has called forth a counter-address to the
men of Limerick by their representative, Mr. O'BRIEN.
We cannot find room for this recriminatory communi-
cation to-day ; but to-morrow we shall give the letter
itself, or such extracts from it as will enable our readers
to form a judgment on the merits of the question which
forms its subject.
The Hon. Member for Dundalk too has commu-
nicated to Mr. O'CONNELL his intention to attend
the meeting of the Association to-morrow, for the pur-
pose of replying to the strictures which the Hon. and
Learned Member for Kilkenny made in the Associa-
tion last Friday, o❑ his political principles and conduct.
We are greatly grieved to perceive exceptions to that
perfect compactness of union which it is absolutely in-
dispensable for Irishmen to preserve, if they would
promptly and efficiently wrest from the corruptionists,
that full measure of justice for their long-oppressed
and insulted country, which every good and wise man
must desire to see bestowed on the sister country.

The Paris Papers of Monday are filled with com-
ments upon the first part of the debate on the Address
in the Chamber of Deputies. The speech of M.
THIERS is particularly dwelt upon, as one of the
most straightforward ever delivered by an ex-Minister
of the Crown. He has completely upset the whole
policy of the present Administration by his revelations
of the mysteries of office. The KING is said to be
quite furious; and so convinced is the ex-Premier of the
extent of his MAJESTY'S hostility, that he has ad-
mitted to his friends that no conceivable support by
the Chamber could restore him to office. We were,

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDN

therefore, not wrong when we stated, that however
both might endeavour to save appearances, the KING
and THIERS were at heart objects of decided aversion
to each other. THIERS is well aware of the KING'S
dislike ; but he is in a position to bid defiance to the
SOVEREIGN, and he does so, knowing that a different
course of' conduct would not better his fortunes, while
it would ruin him in the opinion of his countrymen
and of Europe. lie therefore in this affair acts
with great wisdom as regards himself, and with
consummate policy as regards France. No legal fic-
tion can henceforth deceive the people with respect to
the part taken by Louts PHILIPPE in the conduct
of the administration. The Journal des Debals indeed
may talk about the indecency of bringing the KING'S
name so prominently before his people ; but we would
prefer to hear a defence of his most Christian MA-
JESTY'S conduct in the affair of CONSEIL the spy.
In that business the KING made a tool of M.
TulEßS—actually employed him to effect his own dis-
grace as a minister.

The debate on Monday was very animated. MM.
ISAMBERT and PASSY both denounced the present
policy of France with regard to Spain, and defended
M. TillEns' interpretatio❑ of the articles of the
Quadruple Treaty. The following extract from the
report of the speech of Al. IsAMBERT w.ll be found
to embody his views upon the subject :
I France bad not merely recognised the Queen of Spain,
but promised succour. Had she kept her word ? That
she intended to keep her word up to a certain period is evi-
dent from the Due de Broglie's language. The conduct of
the present Government was neutrality—a false neutrality
—which sent provisions to the Carlist camp, but not to the
Christino. 7'he treaty meant co-operation, or it meant a
lie. But you insist that something called intervention
is de:randed, which really neither Spain nor any rea-
sonable man recommended. This was merely a poor so-
phism to turn the question. Had the French Government
taken the secret resolution to abandon Spain, it could
have taken no 'other steps than what it has, nor could it
have used any other argument. The country would not
have borne more frankness on the part of Ministers ;
they could not have held any other language. The
orator then commented on and refuted M. Calatrava's
definition of the Quadruple Alliance Treaty. That Mi-
nister had not the right to free France front her obligations.
The Address at present in discussion passed a covert cen-
sure on events which took place in Madrid and in Lis-
bon—a censure that Francc had no right to pass. The
French Government affected friendship towards these Go-
vernments, whilst it wanted to stigmatise the source
whence they sprung. This was a Janus-like and double-
faced policy."

The speech of M. PASSY was still more decided
in its opposition to the present policy of the French
Government. The ex-Minister affected no absurd
delicacy in submitting his opinion to the Chamber.
He took the position occupied by M. TRIERS, and
maintained boldly that France could adopt no other,
if she desired to support the ORLEANS dynasty upon
the throne. Ministers, by disbanding the Foreign
Legion at Pau, had mocked the Queen of SPAIN,
and kicked the English alliance overboard—a most
fatal policy for Constitutional France. England,
however, had done her duty, without regard to French
duplicity. The orator then proceeded to make the
following remarkable observations, with which we shall
close our notice of his speech :
" If constitutional monarchy is overturned or jeopardized
in Spain, an incessant aliment will be subministered to fac-
tion and party in France ; new hopes would arise for the
disaffected ; they would derive strength and encouragement
from the intrigues of the neighbouring States. Should
Don Carlos establish his sway in Madrid the Legitimatists of
France would place no bounds to their hardihood and en-
terprizes. These men, whose illusions are incurable, wotAld
see in the Spanish counter-revolution a prelude to the
overturn of the Throne of July. Thus encouraged, from
being a despicable party they might become really formi-
dable. Let it not be said that, should Don Carlos become
King, he would carefully avoid quarrelling with France.
Who is Don Carlos ? Is he not much more properly speak-
ing, the tool, the mere instrument, of the absolutists rather
than their chieftain and leader. It will not depend on him
(in the hypothesis thus made) to refuse assistance to the
French Pretender. It is from the Pyrenees that this Pre-
tender would start to carry the war into the centre of our
country. In Spain he who is called Henry V. would or-
ganize his forces. Until victory declares for Isabella our
domestic firctions will never be cifictually calmed."
The King of the FRENCH will here find food for
reflection. All that M. PASSY here insists upon has
been repeated again and again by the liberal Journals
of England and France. The debate was not closed
when the mails left Paris.

The Charte publishes the following despatch from
Bayonne :

" 'The following telegraphic despatch has been received
by Government :

" BAYONNE, JAN. 14, 4 Erro has rriven in his
resignation. The Bishop of Leon is appointed President
of the Council and Minister of Justice. The other Minis-
ters arc chosen from the Pretender's Under-Secretaries of
State.'

Thus all is wrong with the Carlists at head-quarters.
The resignation of M. ERRo will accelerate the down-
fall, by ruining the credit of the Pretender. To make
the matter still worse, the Paris police seized 5,000
swords on Sunday last, destined for the service of Don
CA alms. The Prince himself is in a state of de-
spondency. His followers see that he has no chance
of obtaining a Crown—so they are all now bent upon
shifting for themselves.

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-(THIS DAY.)

DEAL, JAS. 17.—Wind fog has prevailed during
the day, with calms and light variable airs.—Arrived the
Nautilus, from Pugwash.
DOVER, JAN. 17.—Arrived off, the 'row Maria, Noorbeek,
from Batavia ; Poultney, Mooat, from Angostura ; Zephyr,
NPLeod, from Quebec.

MARGATE, JAN. 17.—Arrived off, the Toyle packet, Brown,
from Seville ; Henrietta, Sherris, from ditto.
PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 17.—Wind N.N. E., very light airs,
with a dense fog.--Arrived the Claudine, Kemp, from London
for for Madras. Sailed the Express, Barteles, for New York.
PLYMOUTH, JAN. 16.—Wind N.N. E.—Arrived the Hereu-
les,Spy, from Cork ; Shannon, from London.

FAI.;10UTII, JAN. .16.—Wind N. N. E., moderate breezes,
and cloudy.

GVERNiEY, JAN. M.—Arrived the Apollo, from Messina.
JERSEY, JAN. 15.—Arrived the Iris, Watts, Newfoundland.
LIVERPOOL, J. 15.—Arrived the Virginian, Watson, from
New York ; Castlereagh, from St. Michael's. Sailed the
Thomas Carty, Kelly, for Demerara ; Dean, Dean, for Con..
-.lantinople ; Alcide, Meale, for Naples ; Frcuartha, Tompkin,
for Leghorn.
DUBLIN, JAN. 15.—Arrived the City of Limerick steamer,
from London ; and Elbana, Small, from Smyrna.
CORK, JAN. 15.—Arrived the Margaret, —, from Dublin,
for New South Wales ; and St. Antonio Felix, —, from
St. libes.

BOS FON, JAN. 16.—The Three Brothers, Hargrave, from
Goold to this port, foundered on the 14th instant—crew
drowned.

ARDROSSAN, JAN. 10.—The Jane and Peggy, Brown, from
Girvan, is wrecked near this port, and all on board drowned.

VESSELS FPOKEN wmt.--The Gazelle, from Liverpool to
Newfoundland, the 3d instant, lat. 50, long. 35, by the Earl
of Selkirk, arrived at Poole. The Elizabeth, from Ham-
burg to Newfoundland, the 4th instant, lat. 47, long. 39, by
the Trinity, Robins, arrived at Poole. The Ajax, from Lon-
don to Malta, Hebe, from Liverpool to Gibraltar, and Union,
from Beaumaris, with loss of main boom and gaff, the 3d in-
stant, off Cape de Galt. The Poland, bound to Havre, the
12th instant, lat. 50, long. 11, by the Virginian, arrived at
Liverpool.

The Great Reform Festival to be held in this town
on Wednesday next will be one of the most splendid as-
semblages of electors ever held in this or any ether county
on a festive occasion. Upwards of a thousand persons are
expected to sit down to dinner in one room. All the tickets
have already been disposed of, and we fear hundreds of
applicants will be disappointed.—Leeds
DEATH OF THE MASTER OF TIIE ROLLS.—
The Dublin Evening Mail of Monday announces the death
of Sir William M'Mahon, which took place, at 7 o'clock
that morning, at his chambers. Mr. Baron O'Loughlen
will, it is believed, be appointed to the Mastership of the
Rolls. Mr. Richards, the Attorney-General, has been
spoken of as the successor to Sir William ; and the Mail,
on authority which we may be permitted to question, says
there are some who assert that Mr. O'Connell will be the
man. The late Master of the Rolls, it is acknowledged
by all parties, discharged his judicial duties with credit to
himself, and advantage to the country.
Li VERPOOL COTTON-MARKET, JAN. 16.---Our
Cotton-Market has been rather inanimate to-day, but we
do not observe any change in prices. The sales amount to
2,500 bags.

ESDA Y, JANUARY 18, 1837.

CHANCERY COURT.-(THIS DAY)

EWING V. OSBALDISTON.-(JUDGMENT.)

SITRREY THEATRE.

The object of this bill was to establish a partnership
with the defendant in the performances and profits incident
to such performances at the Surrey Theatre, from the
10th Dec. 1821, to have partnership articles executed for
that purpose, to remove the defendant from the manage-
ment of the theatre, and to appoint a manager in his place ;
or that the partnership might he dissolved, and the affairs
of it wound up. Certain letters set out in the bill,
which passed between the plaintiff and defendant in Dec.
1831, were alleged by the plaintiff to constitute a partnership
between them ; and on the faith of an arrangement therein
contained the plaintiff remitted to the defendant the sum
of 5001. The defendant opened the theatre ; carried on
the performances ; for a time treated the plaintiff as a
partner ; and in April, 1832, paid him 150/. on account of
the profits. The plaintiff about this time came to London ;
a quarrel ensued upon the provisions to be inserted in the
partnership articles, when the defendant procured an as-
signment to be made to himself of the existing lease, and
refused to recognise the plaintiff as a partner.
The Lone) CHANCELLOR this morning gave judgment.
The case came before him upon appeal from the decision
of the Vice-Chancellor, who dismissed the hill with
costs. His Lordsnip observed that two questions
arose for the consideration of the Court ; first, were the
performances at the Surrey Theatre. the profits of which
were the subject of the contract, contrary to law ; and se-
condly, if they were, would the plaintiff be entitled to any
decree ? The result of the evidence showed that the con-
tract between the parties was for an illegal purpose. His
Lordship then referred at great length to the different Acts
of Parliament relating to theatrical performances, and to
authorities which bore upon the law of the case, and was of
opinion that to decree a specific performance of the con-
tract in question, would be inconsistent with all principle,
and contrary to the decided cases. It had been contended that
the plaintiff ought at least to recover the money he advanced
and it had been said he had a lien for it on the property
purchased. If the plaintiff was entitled to recover back his
money, the Court of Chancery was not the tribunal in
which such a demand could be enforced ; and as to the al-
leged lien, no such case was made on the bill. His Lord-
ship, in conclusion, observed that it was certainly a great
misfortune to the plaintiff to have parted with his money
and not to receive any consideration for it ; but this hard-
ship was common to all other cases in which an illegal con-
tract could not be enforced. It had been stated at the bar,
that the defendant had offered to return the money. This
was no more than what a conscientious and honest man
would consider it his duty to do ; but his Lordship had no
power to enforce it. The judgment of the Vice-Chancel-
lor was correct in principle and authority, and therefore the
appeal must be dismissed with costs.

Sir W. HORNE—I suppose you make the same offer now
Mr. KNIGHT--I am not authorised to say anything.

VICE-CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.)

His HONOUR was engaged the whole morning with hear.
ing a case in his private room.

ROLLS' COURT.-(THIS DAY.)

FIELDER V. FUGGLE.

The question in this case related ton right of road over
certain lands in the parishes of Talden, Brenchley, and
Mereton, in Kent. The case possessed no feature of public
interest.