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London, England, 1831-09-08 00:00:00

vernment alledges that this charge is only the price ro`l'
afety of Brussels and of the evacuation of our territory 14
She Dutch. The expenses of the French army durigt
c
time that we have mentioned are estimated at the gil'er;
one million two hundred thousand pounds. We „les
anxious to learn under what head of his budget M. Cog"-

will place this sum.
wh

lose arrival at Luxemburg as .
ministration we have announced, had in his pocket-'" his
decree of King William, by which he cedes and transfers
rights over the Grand Duchy his son Prince Fretiertcir
A proclamation is to be drawn up, and shortly to bell
lished, to announce to the inhabitants of Luxemburg tbi'
cisior. of their legitimate Sovereign. Prince Fredericitilli
then come ininudiately with the title of Grand Dube
Luxemburg, and t ike possession of the country.
The Gazette of the province of West Flanderso;
under the head of Bruges, of the sth of September, t
following accoont of the inundation of the Clara Polder;:i
" The Dutch had cut the dike of the Clara Polder, lea"Of
a moss of earth, two ells thick, that they might in We.;
need cut it quite through. In consequence of the otrt7:
from the north, and the high tides that we had for
days, the dike gave way on Saturday, and the Polder 'l5
intindred to the extent of 1,500 acres.

head of the Ad'

M. Stir

LENISFAIG, AUGUST 23. —The cholera has nearlyeev;
here, but. it is said to rage violently in Hungary, espeeis"
in the town of Debreczyn, which is very near Gallicis'
Front the theatre of war in Poland, we hear that
soon as the troops of General Kreutz shall have ads
along the left bmk of the Vistula to Warsaw, the Ott
sians will exert every means to take that city. in
saw, however, great preparations for defence have
tea 'e, which may long delay the taking of the city
conquest. The magazines are said to be amply'
with every thing necessary, so that if the individual'
Aul
can be of no service in the defence of the city are Po
of it (which measure is said to be in contemplation) ie
resist a besieging army for a couple of months. The :!
weather might then come to the aid of the besiege, 15
bO,
before, in a manner, saved Poland. Zamosc °0
banded by General Kaisaroff. The town has been to
times on fire. The Polish garrison has made a 5311 P -
was repulsed with loss. 21.
VIENNA AUGUST 26. Avon
Five per Cents 78%
Four per Cent.
Bank Shares 9'l 9,25

The closing seal, thank GOD, was put to
Reform Bill in the House of Commons

night, when the great restorative measure fiesl',l)
passed through Committee. The report is erciel;
to be brought up on Tuesday next. Iu ,
course of the evening, Colonel EvAss Fret,
sented a petition from the inhabitants of 1"0,
minster, complaining of the injury done 10
commerce by the war in Poland. On the Flobs
and Gallant Member moving that it be hro4o,
up, Sir FRANCIS BURDETT seconded the /11
tion, but Ministers did not enter into al
e°o
of explanation on the subject.

The day when the House of Commons s"i
have passed a Bill for the Reformation of itseoj
will be a truly remarkable one in the annalsd
this country. For an assembly not really elect
by the people to declare its readiness to give Plse
0,
to another wherein the people will be sub
tially represented, is a striking proof of the e,d,
of public opinion, and of the triumph ‘''lll(ef
reason and common sense have achieved °

the sinister influence of personal interest anti ce;
ruption. The Reform Bill, with all its
fections, gives effect to the convictions with
the mass of thinking persons have been imprell
for the last forty years, and prepares the voYo,
the period when no institution will be perri'lltici
to exist in this country, which cannot be defe''ie,
upon some reasonable and intelligible prin4
Our anxiety for the success of the Bill
ci
deterred us from laying much stress on thed,
jections to which it is open. It undoubt
contains clauses which are anomalous in refere'll:
to its general spirit, but there will be abunt
opportunity for remedying such defects ‘llro
the clamour of the Anti-Reformers shall 13
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subsided, and they themselves shall have bee)
lu
removed front their seats in Parliament
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reformed House, there will, at all events, be
fairer field for reasonable discussion, than
sembly like the present can be supposed to aill'r‘cl
A writer, in the North American Re v(
on the prospect of Reform in Europe, has cc'l
re,
tended with great ability, that, in regard to
presentation, no other principle but that of
Rule of Three, applied to population, can 11%
Is it not preposterous, he asks, that a borougv
with four thousand inhabitants, should still
allowed as many representatives as the grtil
town of Birmingham ? Why, he says/
not the country been geographically
into electioneering districts, and why is Ujj'(
laid down, once for all, that England shalliis,,
or every so many thousands of her populsti;
one representative ? To which, and many t°
jl
of a similar kind, the best answer is, that
0
Ministers had brought forward any such pl°
that of the Rule of Three, they would lot b.r,
had the slightest chance of carrying it. aV
measure must be in some way suited to the t's'r,f
and capacity of the Assembly in which it is Pit`
posed, If it is not so suited—if it outragegi
notions of the great majority of the Assentbbiii
it assumes a revolutionary character, hell?
excellent in itself'. Every constitutional ch''Cir
must depend for success on time, place, 01,J
cumstance. The best form of government
no doubt, eventually be adopted in every eetillo
in the world, but it only delays the adveill
perfection to attempt to introduce it with 'lce'
mature violence. Whether, therefore, °
o),
presentation is, or not, soon des.ined to be 6 it
blished according to the Rule of Three pri'lcil;44
we are quite satisfied that the country would
cried out loudly against the egregious folly 0f
aµ
Minister who had, in 1831, attempted s')
settle it.
There is one remark of the Americanttpt
v`c
which deserves the special consideration eV
Lords Spiritual and Temporal. The resott
alleged for the disfranchisement of Old 6ar,i4l
go, says he the whole length of disfraneb°oo
the House of Lords, for A rotten borough°