The Sun.
London, England, 1831-05-13 00:00:00

LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 13, 1831.

with considerahle eloquence, ou the duties of the society
Lod drew a very affecting picture of the diflieadties whirl
freatened, and the misfortunes which frequently assailed.
he aspirants after literary fame.

The CHAIRMAN then. proposed the health of " Th.
fluke of Somerset, the patron of the society," which wa•
!rank with much fervour. •

The Duke of SOMERSET returned thanks in a very few
words.

-The CHAT MAN then ploposed " Prosperity to th.
Roy tl Society."
The next toast was " Mr. Sotheby, and the Poets o!
Great Britain."
Mr. SOTHEBY returned thanks.

In proposing the health of Sir M. A. Shee, the Pres--
lent of the Royal Academy, the Chairman passed a vet-)
high compliment on the attainments of that gentleman.
Sir M. A. Suer, in returning thanks, expressed tin
great pleasure which he felt at seeing in the chair, advo-
•ating the cause of literature and of charity, an individual
whose large and comprehensive powers placed him in dm
very first rank of men as a philosopher, a statesman, al,
orator, and a lawyer.—(Cheers.)
The PRESIDENT next gave the health of the Judge Advo-
cate-General, the Right Hon. Robert Grant, and the Uni-
versity of Oxford, which was drank with much applause.`,
Mr. R. GRANT, in returning thanks, observed, that his
Noble and Learned Friend had made a mistake, as he (Mr.
Grant) was educated at Camhridge.—(Laughter.) How-
ever, it mattered little, for the distinctions between the two
Universities were growing fainter and fainter every day.
The CHAIRMAN said, he had been reminded by his
Right Hon. Friend that he had just made an unintentional
blunder, and, in order to set himself right, he would,
therefore, make a blunder, with malice aforethought.—
His Right Honourable Friend hail very truly ob-
served, that the differences between those two illustrious
rivals, Oxford and Cambridge, were hourly becoming more
and more faint. He should, therefore, propose—•" The
Rev. Mr. Millman, and the University of Cambridge."--
(Cheers and laughter.)

Mr. Ithwtart briefly returned thanks.
The CHAtamms then proposed the health of the Attor-
nev-Genenil, which was loudly applauded.
The ATfORNEr• GENERAL returned thanks, and called
on the comp iny to do honour to the health of their Noble
and Learned Chairman.

The toast was drunk with enthusiasm.
The CHAIR-MAX, in a very short address, returned
thanks for the honour which had been conferred on him
by so highly respectable an assembly. He soon afterwards
vacated the chair, and the company separated.

MODERATE REFORM-CORNISH PLAN.

Nc quid foci fiat.
'strut NIIS.-Scrupulously to respect all vested rights,
save only those which have fallen into desuetude, such as
the rights conferred of old by _Magna Charta, which
being cointuon to seventeen millions of people, the viola-
tion thereof can in no sort be regarded as a spoliation or
invasion of private property. This is to be the "principle"
of our Bill.

Secondly—To ex.ilt half-a-dozen of the large manufac-
turing towns (Birmingham, and such like) to an equality
with Gatton, by giving them a right to send representatives
to Parliament. Said towns to be previously indulged with
a Charter and a Corporation, in the Members of which
the privilege of electing burgesses shall reside.
Thirdly—Old Sarum, and all other old boroughs, to be
enlarged with the growing intelligence of the age, so that
in future no Hon. Gentleman shall have to boast of fewer
than four-and-twenty constituents. The additional voters
to be appoimed in such wise as not to infringe on any
existing or inchoate right real or supposed.

Fourthly—Any borough to be hereafter found guilty of
gross bribery and corruption shall take in a hundred ad-
ditional voters from the neighbourhood, with whom the
plunder of all succeeding elections must be divided, share
and shire alike.

Fifthly—No King to dissolve any future Parliament
without its own consent until it shall have attained the full
age of five years.
S xthly—To save the time of the House, and avoid un-
profitable and iri hating discussion, any question once fairly
got rid of must not be brought forward again, in any shape,
during the continu-ince of the then existing Parliament.
Seventhly—This arrangement to be final ; and any
g..ntleinan, after the passing of the same, who shall presume
to insinuate that tie constitution of the House is cor-
rupt or imperfect, shall be deemed guilty of a gross breach
of order, and suffer a reprimand at the foot of the Chair.
Eighthly—Nothing in the above provision to prevent
any Hon. Gentleman from proposing additional Members
for the Universities of Oxierd, Cambridge, and Dublin,
the constituency being conserved inviolate.

Ninthly—lreland and Scotland—as you Were; and
thank God it is no worse.

Given in the first year of Conservation aforesaid, at
the sign of the Triple Bob Alajor, in Charles-street.
(Signed) ROBERT PEEL
ROBERT VYVYAN.
ROBERT INGLIS.
(Countersigned) ROBERT WILSON.

PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE.

TURIN, APRIL 30.

Half an hour had scarcely elapsed after I had nu-
.ny last to you of the 27. h nit. in the post-offict.
,vhen the King departed this life. The breath ha,
lardlv time to escatre, when a proclamation w;,,
mated up at the different public streets from the
Governor of Turin. The whole garrison was iv
pdekly assembled at the Great Square of the Pa-
ace; the whole of the Senators and public flint,
iorraries had met at the late, King's Palace, ;It
whole of whom took the oaths of allegiance t,
Charles Albert ; aft: • which Charles Albert, wit)
the heads of departments, sat down to a supeil
dinner in the same Palace. All this was execute,
with a despatch the most remarkable, the excuse to
for which is, that the times demanded it. Be thi
rs it may, nothing could excuse the Governor (01
.rather, I should stty.more properly„ Charles Albert)
fur inserting in the Proclamation a eel-lain passag,,
which has given universal disgust here, and serve.
out as a had omen for the future; the least the
sa_obe.said-of it is, that it i 3 in extreme bad taste.
I give you the translation :

" PROCLAMATION.

" After a long and painful illness, endured unto th,
last moment with the most religious and heroic fortitud,,
Divine Providence called to himself his Majesty the Kim
Charles Felix, and leaves to his Majesty Charles Alberi
the example of his virtues and paternal affection for hi
people. Let us bless that Divine Providence that give,
us a successor, a King in the vigour of his age, whoa,
talents, thoughts, and occupations were always devoted to
that which one day was to make the happiness of his sub-
jects. To our tears for the most excellent King, we ought
to add our most grateful thanks for the King that God ha,
destined to reign over these countries. whose national
valour shone so brilliantly in Spain. We ask the aid of
his omnipotent arm, as all his subjects when required
would sacrifice their lives for the defence of his throne.
" The Governor and Field-Marshal

" Turin, April 27. " TEIAON-REVEL."
It was hoped that Charles Albert would have
issued a Proclamation of general amnesty in favour
of ?he exiles, but these " maledetti paroli de cui
natio vulorespecco brilliantissimi in hpagna," ha' e
destroyed all hope. Universal gloom pervades the
public mind, and the death of the late King is uni-
versally deplored: even the Liberals exclaim, " Ve-
ramente era tat buon diovolo." His corpse was
yesterday conveyed to the Palazzo di Madona in
the great square of the Palace. I have just seen
the coffin at this moment lying in state. It was the
particular wish of the late King that his body
should net be embalmed and exposed, and that it
should be conveyed to Altacomba, in Savoy, to be
buried in the cemetery of his ancestors. It will lie
here until Monday next, when it will be removed
for that place..
It is not a little remarkable, that all the particular
events of -his life should have occurred in the month
of April. He was born on the 6th of April, mar-
ried on the 6th of April, ascended the throne on
the 19th of April, and died on the 27th of April.
The new King is intensely occupied in public
afftirs, which he commences at five o'clock in the
morning. The widowed Queen Maria Teresa leaves
Genoa on Monday next, for her country Palace,
near Turin. Afrer the departure of the remains of
the late King, a Proclamation will be issued by the
new one. The public anxiety is great on this sub-
ject. You shall hear from me the moment this Pro.
clamation is issuel

SIERRA LEONE.
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( Fbreoemo thefavt•,Bo
favoured
withto n Gltaeztetetrea.
sfrom
VSierra
Leone,
which makes the blood curdle
in our veins. In the name of Heaven, we empha-
tically
Ne ttivee perusal of
ask, why is the establishment of this Gol-
gotha permitted to exist a year, a month, a day
longer? We feel it our bounden duty, with these
letters before us, to call the attention of the repre-
senta'ives of this county to the facts which we shall
lay before them : and we tell the public that unles.
they also raise their voice against the continuance of
this hecatomb of British subjects, their hands are
not clean from the blood of the sufferers.
In December last, his Majesty's brig, Plumper,
sent her boats up the river Pongas, in search of
slavers which infe.t that river. They returned with
a schooner and 35 slaves; but dearly did the brave
fellows suffer for their humanity. Soon after the
return of the Plumper to Sierra Leone, sickness
broke out among her crew. At first it was confined
to those who had been up the river; but, ultimately,
liittte ore than spreadl among
the whole ship's crew; and in a
three weeks, twenty-eight indivi-
duals, (including two officers) out of thirty-fire,
perished. The remainder continue very ill; but it
is hoped they will survive.
The barrack-master, Mr. Lynch, died in three
months
after his arrival, leaving a wife and six
children, whom he had taken out with him, to
deplore his loss. A fine young man, named Fuite,
more
shied in less than a month after his arrival. The
letters go on to mention others, and then add that the
master, ma's, and every man forming the crew of
the Shakespeare, a merchant vessel, died in two
months after their arrival, the second mare being
the only survivor out of twenty persons who left
England! The Shakespeare left this Golgotha on
the 3d of January last, with an entirely new crew.
In the Nallacourie river, close to the colony, there
was another vessel lying, with every man on board
dead or dYing• `Meat will Zachary Macaulay say
in answer to these facts, which we defy him to deny ?
The colony, from first to last, is a humbug on the
public, got up by knaves and hypocrites to serve
their own selfish ends; and it adds to our loathing
their we find the names of religion and humanity
pr ostituted in such a cause. We say, without fear
of contradit:tiori, that, despite the exertions of the
authorities in this place of death,
slave-dealing is
carried on to a great extent by
the colonists them-
selves, four-and-twenty of whom have this very
year
been tried for the off ence ; three of that num-
ber being merchants of wealth,
and , before their de-
tection, of apparent respectability,
In consequence
of the charge of the Chief Jt istice last year, the sub-
stance of which we then published in the Brighton
Gazette, a Commission, we are happy to learn, has
been sent out by the Secretary of State to inquire
into the prevalence of the slave trade in the colony;
and when the report of that Commission is made
public, we hope and believe
our countrymen will
have their eyes opened
ston this subject.
The followingdependatement, of which the accuracy
may be fully
light upon the ed upon, will throw considerable
infamous practices carried on in the
colony, with regard to the colonists themselves kid-
napping negroes whose freedom has been bought
with British money,
The Chief Justice' of Sierra Leone holds the same
office for Gambia Ott the • 11th December last he
had embarked in t$
Conflict gun-brig at Siena Leone, with the hue" ntion
of proceeding thither.—
After beating about in
calms for three days, on the
fourth morning at dawn
with which, after chasing a strange sail was decribed,
came
up,
when
it sing it for four hours, they
amine her papers.A was resolved to board and ex-
boat being accordingly
lowered, the
commander
of the Conflict and the
Chief Justice himself
went into it, and, after rowing
for nearly six hours under a burning sun, came
within a short distance of the vessel, in the midships
of which they
observed
Cap-
tain standing over .t a long brass gun, the i
, with a lighted match, appa-
rently ready to pour. a discharge into the boat.—
This, however, he did not think