The Sun.
London, England, 1831-04-13 00:00:00

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LONDON,
WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 13, 1831.

From the very first moment of the introduc-
tion of the Reform Bill into Parliament, we

have been constantly and earnestly exhorting
the people to watch its progress with the most

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scrupulous, the most unwearied jealousy ; not
to allow a single point connected with it to
escape the severest comment ; to take nothing for
granted ; to distrust rather than to confide ; but
where confidence was really shown to be de-
served, to bestow it with readiness and liberality.

We regret to state that our exhortation is now
become more necessary than ever. Symptoms
of vacillation and timidity are abroad. The
Ministers are doubtful of their power, and
evince a disposition to parley. The loud
wolfish yell of the desperate boroughmongering
faction, if it has not actually affrighted them,
has at least had the effect of taming their high
spirit, and rendering them more obsequious than
is in accordance with the lofty nature of the
duties they are called on to perform. We do
not desire, by these remarks, to raise unnecessary
alarm, or insinuate that Ministers have betrayed
the cause of Reform ; far from it, we merely
hazard them by way of warning to the public ;
by way of convincing them that, if the utmost

vigilance has been necessary hitherto, it has now,

from circumstances, become a thousand times more
imperative than ever. In the House of Com-
mons last night, in the course of a brief discus-
sion on the great question, Lord J. RUSSELL
announced, that if Parliament insisted on it, he
should have no objection to give up the propo-
6tion for reducing the number of Members,
but that at the same time he would allow of not

the slightest alteration in what was considered
the essential principle of the Bill. The latter
part. of this announcement is manly and encou-
raging enough, and would leave nothing to be
wished for, were it not at variance with the
former. Surely the great object of all Reform,
without which it is powerless as a cypher, is the de-
spatch of business, the furtherance of the public
interests, and the overthrow of every obstacle that
may in the slightest degree impede or thwart their
progress ! How then does Lord J. RUSSELL
reconcile the continuance of the present inju-
rious number of Members, with the preservation,
whole and entire, of the essential principle of the
Bill ? Looking at his observations even in
the most favourable light, we must confess we
cannot but see in them a departure from the
system on which Ministers set out ; and
by which they unanimously declared they
V ould stand or fall. We see in them also
an indirect confession of weakness ; a dispo-
sition—if concession must be made, if alte-
rations must be adopted—to lean rather to the
side of the boroughmongers than to that of the
people ; to prefer, in short, the vile petty interests
of a faction to the more enlarged ones of a com-
munity. We regret—we deeply regret—this
vacillation. It is painful to witness, and
still more painful to comment upon. But fiat
justitia, ruat caurn. The cause of the people
must be supported at all hazards, let who will
come in, or who will go out of, office.
By his unwise concession last night, Lord J.
RUSSELL gave a handle to thefaction, of which
it instantly availed itself. He got no thanks for
it. His obsequiousness was converted into ap-
prehension, Ministers were supposed to be
frightened because they showed a desire—far
too courteous for the occasion—to carry their
point graciously, rather than by boldness and in-
vincible determination. Even Mr. HUNT availed
himself of the opportunity to fan the embers of
discord ; and wreaked as much mischief on the
head of Reform as lay within the compass of
his very limited ability.
We hope—but with a feeling of discouragement
—that this will be the last concession Ministers
will make. Their course is plain ; there can
be no possibility of mistaking it. Their duty
is to carry THE BILL, AND NOTHING BUT
THE BILL. For this they were called to office ;
for this they have been continued in it ; and by
this they must stand or fall, One fact at any
rate is evident. The people are resolved on
Reform, coute qui coute. The concession of last
night will make them more determined than
ever. They will watch more narrowly. They
will canvass more unsparingly. They will con-
fide more cautiously. In a word, they will look
out for themselves. And can we wonder at
such jealous scrutiny ? Have not the people,
under the conviction that the Bill, and no-
thing but the Bill, would be carried, agreed
to threw overboard the Ballot ; to be silent
on the subject of the Budget • to refrain
from canvassing the Pension List ? Have
they not conceded point after point to Minis-
not
ters ? Have they said to them, not once but
a thousand times, " Rely on us, as we rely on
you, award the same measure of justice to us
that we will award to you ; and let what will be
the consequence—let who will
be your oppo-
nents—we will stand by you to a man ;
your cause shall be ours, and if justice,
and energy, and unanimity be not bye-words for

imbecility and disunion, you shall triumph over
all your difficulties." Has not this for months
past been invariably the language of the people ;
and if so, is it not a discourteous act—to adopt
no harsher term—on the part of the Ministers,
to doubt the sincerity of such language, for
surely, in this instance, vacillation implies doubt ?
But no matter ; a few weeks, we doubt not, will
set every thing to rights.

Our City Correspondent says, " Letters re-
ceived to-day announce that the enthusiasm of
the Poles is so great for the cause of liberty,
that all the Nobles in the Duchy of Posen,
able to bear arms, although with the
risk of the confiscation of their property
by the Prussian Government, have aban-
doned their property to go into Poland.
Lately a new regiment has been formed
at Warsaw of cavalry of 1,200 men, com-
posed of volunteers of the Duchy of Po-
sen. The Polish army consists at present
of 90,000 men, well armed, of which 25,000
are superb cavalry, with a great number
of scythe-bearers, and with so fine an army the
cause of Poland must triumph."

Our readers will remember the last note of the
conference of London on the political relations
of the Duchy of Luxembourg, as resulting from
the treaties of 1815. It was published in this
and other Journals, and the continued uncer-
tainty of the state of Belgium induces us to
examine it somewhat more closely than we did at
that time. The arguments contained in it have
been frequently refuted, to the satisfaction of
many, by the French and Belgic Journals, but
there still appears much misapprehension on the
subject in this country. The note in question
says, that " by virtue of the 67th article of the
" treaty of Vienna, the Grand Duchy of Lux-
" embourg forms one of the States of the
" Germanic Confederation." Now, the same
treaty of Vienna established the kingdom of the
Netherlands (article 65), and the Grand Duchy
of Luxembourg (article 67). If the Great
Powers, therefore, had said that they wished
both to maintain the kingdom of the Nether-
lands and the Grand Duchy of Luxetnbourg,

they would be consistent ; but it is difficult to
reconcile their recognition of the 67th, and their
neglect of the 65th article cited,—the more so,
as they have recognised in express terms the dis-
solution of the union between Holland and
Belgium, brought about by themselves in 1815.
The note continues—" As a compensation
" for the countries which the House of ORANGE-
" NASSAU possessed in Germany, the Grand
" Duchy has been declared to be the reversion
" of the branch of NAsSAU.BRIBERICII in the
" event of failure of the ORANGE line. The
" Grand Duchy, being the property of the
House of NASSAU, and not of the King of
" the NETHERLANDS, could never have been
" part of the kingdom of the Netherlands. The
,6 KING could not, and cannot dispose of it.''
Thus, it is considered that the state of things
which has existed from 1815 to 1830 was a
violation of the treaty, but in that case why was
it not sooner interfered with by the Great
Powers ? The Grand Duchy has in fact
formed part of the kingdom, though the Allies
now discover that it could never form part of it,
and we have in a former article enumerated suffi-
cient facts to remove all reasonable doubt on that
head. Besides which the Allies have quite
overlooked the double exchange which has been
made with regard to Luxembourg, as detailed in
The Sun of the Ist of April, whereby th e
reversionary rights to the Duchy were purchased
and given up to the nation.
According to the present views of the Allies,
the King of the NETHERLANDS had no right
to do what l►e did for the benefit of his people.
But another more important question arises with
regard to the reversionary interest spoken of. If
the whole of Belgium had been declared to be
the reversion of the line of NASSAU-BRIBERICII,
would the Belgians in no case have been justified
in throwing off the yoke ? If so, it would follow
as a corollary that all the BOURBONS of the elder
line, those of France, Naples, and Spain, having
by virtue of their family compact established the
same principle of reversion among themselves,
FERDINAND the Seventh would possess the
right of opposing the elevation of Louts
PHILIP to the throne of France. Much more
might be said on the subject, but this one re-
mark will illustrate the fallacy which pervades
he arguments of the note in question.

We have received a Quebec Gazette of the
24th of February, which contains the following
important document, brought down to the
House of Assembly on the 23d, from the Go-

vernor :

"AYLMER, GOVERNOR-IN-CHIEF.

" The Governor-in-Chief bas received from the Secre-
tary for the Colonial Department his Majesty's commands
to make the following communication to the House of
Assembly, with a view to the final adjustment of the ques-
tion of finance, which has so long engaged the attention
of the Legislature of this province :
" His Majesty, taking into consideration the best mode
of contributing to the prosperity and contentment of his
faithful subjects-of the province of Lower Canada, places
at the disposal of the Legislature all his Majesty's interests
in those taxes which are now levied in the province' by
virtue of different Acts of the British Parliament, and
which are appropriated by the Treasury under his Ma-
jesty's commands, together with all fines and forfeitures
levied under the authority of such Acts. His Majesty,
relying an the liberality and justice of the Legislature of
Lower Canada, invites them to consider the propriety of
making some settled provision for such portion of time ex-
penses of the Civil Government of the province as may,
upon examination, appear to require an arrangement
of a more permanent nature than those supplies which
belong to the Legislature to determine by annual votes.
" His Majesty has directed to be prepared and laid before
the House of Assembly an estimate of the sums required
for that purpose, and in directing the preparation of that
estimate his Majesty has been guided by a wish, never
aben frome
i his heart,as may appear to be required for the
du
those services whirls it is proposed to
se execution
eition of
charge upon the Civil List.
"His Majesty concedes the disposal of these revenues with
ardent good will, and cannot doubt that it will be met
with a reciprocity of feeling by the representatives of an
attached and loyal people.
" The revenue to he given up, taken upon the average of
amount to 38,125/. currency, and the
the last two years,
amount of the Civil List, according to the estimate here-
with transmitted, amounts to 19,500/. It is not, how-
ever, necessary to call upon the Legislature to grant the
whole sum of 19,500/., inasmuch as by the Provincial
Act of 35th George the Third, the sum of 5,0001. is
permanently granted towards the maintenance of the Civil

(ilovernnient, the moderate sum cf 14,500/. is therefore all
that is deemed necessary to ask for the completion of the
proposed arrangement.
" It is proposed that the duration of the Civil List should
he for the life of his Majesty. •
" It is hoped that the arrangements thus detailed will be
received in the spirit in Which they are dictated, a spirit of
conciliation and confidence.
"His Majesty is prepared to surrender a large and in-
creasing revenue ; he asks on return for a fixed and mo-
derate Civil List, much less in amount than the revenue
given up, and the settlement of the long agitated question
will be deemed by his Majesty one of the happiest events of
his reign—the glory of which (the people of Canada may
he assured) will be the promotion of the happiness and
content of all classes of his subjects in every quarter of the
globe.
" The Governor-in-Chief having thus obeyed the com-
mands he has received in making the foregoing communi-
cation to the House of Assembly, desires to add that if in
the course of proceedings on this important question, they
,hould deem it expedient to require explanations from him
irn the subject of it, he will at all times be ready to afford
4uch explanations, and he will moreover most willingly
supply any farther information they may desire to have, to
the utmost extent compatible with his duty to hie sove-
reign.

" Castle of St: Lewis, Quebec, Feb. 23, 1831."
LOWER CANADA—PROPOSED CIVIL LIST.
Class No. I.—Governor's Salary £4,500
Civil Secretary 5OO
Contingencies
5,300
Class No. 2.—Chief Justice 1,500
Ditto Montreal 1,200
Six Puisne Judges, 9001. each 5,400
Resident Judge at Three Rivers 9OO
Two Permanent Judges l,OOO
Judge of Vice-Admiralty 2CO
Attorney-General
Solicitor-General 2OO
Allowance for Judges for Circuits 275
Contingencies „.. 475
--. 11,450
Class Wo.3.—Pensions l,OOO
Miscellaneous 1,750
2,750

Total of the three Classes, sterling £19,500

Statement of the average net produce of the Revenues
under the following heads, founded on the receipts of the
two last years, after deducting the proportion for Upper
Canada :