The Sun.
London, England, 1831-05-21 00:00:00

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LONDON,
SATURDAY EVENING, MAY 21, 1831.

News—great news for the Reformers ! Sir
R. PEEL is corning round ! Yes, the denouncer
of the French revolution—the sworn foe of
Journalism—the rabid Ultra Reformer, and then
the " bit by bit " Reformer--the Ex-Minister
who asserted that " it had ceased to be an object
of fair ambition with any man of equal and
consistent mind to enter into the service of
the Crown "—the Statesman who became
frantic when he first learned the tidings of the
dissolution of Parliament, which he well knew
must ensure the success of the great measure ;
this most pliable politician is at length coming
round ! He has discovered that the people are
in the right, and that he has been in the wrong ;
and that the best thing he can now do, is to swim
with the stream, instead of longer attempting to
make head against it. He is now all for tolera-
tion. " Gentlemen," said he, " the chief lesson

I have learned in public life is toleration." And I
a most excellent lesson too. But what a pity
the Right Hon. Member has been so long
learning it ! We suspect he has not been a
willing student. The schoolmaster's birch, we
conceive, has been mainly instrumental in his
conversion. He has been flogged into wis-
dom. However, better late than never; and
if Sir ROBERT really see the necessity of
walking side by side with the age, instead
of lagging sulkily in the rear ; if he really
be convinced of the propriety of throwing
overboard his old heresies, and becoming a Re-
former with the rest of the world; if he really
be the tolerant Statesman he would lead us to
suppose ;—we shall respect his prudence, though
as a politician of sagacious and enlarged reach
of mind, he will doubtless lose considerably
in public estimation. The Right Hon. Baronet
went on to observe that he " had never been
the decided supporter of any band of partisans ;
but had always thought it much bitter to look
steadily at the political circumstances of the
times in which we lived ; and V necessities
were so pressing as to demand it, there was no
dishonour or discredit in relinquishing opinions
or measures, and adopting others more suited
to the altered circumstances of the country."
These remarks are curious in more points than
one. In the first place, Sir ROBERT labours under
an hallucination—" toto ccelo errat"—when he as-
serts that he has always looked steadily at the po-
litical circumstances of the times in which he lived.
He has never done any such thing. His great
fault is that he has always looked unsteadily at
the character of the age; that every concession he
has made to it, has been wrung from him ; that
he has yielded nothing to reason, but every
thing to necessity. Look at his conduct with
regard to Catholic Emancipation, submitted
to cnly at the eleventh hour, when Ireland
from one end to the other was one vast
volcano, threatening destruction to the whole
• empire. Again, look at his present hints about
toleration, &c. Are these the results of a steady
survey of the temper of the times ? Far from
it. They are the offsprings of doubt and vacil-

lation ; of a mind which wants confidence in
itself; which would fain, but cannot, rely on its
own energies. Had Sir It. PEEL looked
steadily at the age, which he imagined
he could controul, he v ould have been a
Reformer months since ; he would have been
converted by the French revolution, and the spi-
rit that it has set in motion throughout Europe.
But he has become convinced only when con-
viction ceases to be a merit. He avows himself
a Reformer only when the question has been
carried without him ; only when other and more
laborious hands have sowed the seed of which
he now hopes to reap the harvest. When
the Reform question is all but settled ; when
the toil—the anxiety—necessary to bring it to
a successful close are ended ;—then, and not
till then, in steps Sir ROBERT PEEL with, I too
am a Reformer. " Call you this backing your
friends? A plague on such backing." But e
have another complaint to urge against the Right
Hon. Ex-Secretary. He hints that the necessity
for Reform has now become apparent. Of course
by this he means that the elections have decided
the question beyond the power of refutation. If
this be the case, pray why was Sir ROBERT so
averse to a dissolution of Parliament, by which
alone the sense of the community could be ascer-
tained ? Surely he should have exulted in
the idea of making himself acquainted with
the public feeling on a subject so momen-
tous as Reform, for thus only could he form a
correct judgment ! But the night Hon.
Baronet is in this, as in many other instances,
wholly indefensible. All that we can say
in his praise is, that he has evinced a
disposition to come round, and this, ob-
serve, not to moderate Reform, but to the
sweeping measure projected by Ministers. Sir
ROBERT well knows that all mock Reform is
idle now. He must be a sincere and ardent con-
vert, or what becomes of his toleration towards
the people ?

The Northamptonshire election still goes on
prosperously for the Reform candidates, Lords
MILTON and A LTHORP.

We have received by express from Paris the
Journal des Debals of Thursday :
The Auysburg Gazette of the 14th states that letters
from Belgrade, of the 10th of May, announce that the
Grand Vizier had been obliged to capitulate, owing to the
want of provisions.
We learn with pleasure that forces have been sent to
La Vendee. The National Guards of Tours have taken
up arms to advance before two regiments of the line pro-
ceeding to the above destination. A dozen bands, each
of them from thirty to fifty men, are on the t.vo sides of
the river Loire ; they are composed of vagabonds and con-
demned persons set at liberty ; they are armed with mus-
kets of various descriptions, and amongst them are several
Vendeans on the pension list of Charles X. Each man
receives thirty sous per day, regularly paid. Few troops
are at present in that country.
(From the Courrier Francais of Thursday.)
CONSTANTINOPLE, APRIL 25.—We learn that there
have arrived here two Polish emissaries, who have
had a secret interview with the Dragoman of the Porte.
At the finish of this conference the Divan is to as-
semble. It is reported that the French Ambassador has
made an important communication to the Reis Effendi on
the part of his Government, previously communicating it
to the English Ambassador, who went to the Russian Am-
bassador, and told him the substance. Immediately a
courier was despatched to St. Petersburgh to inform
Nicholas of the intentions of the French Cabinet to aid
the Poles in their emancipation, and to revolutionise
Prussia and Austria.

We do not find in the French Morning Papers of Thurs-
day any fresh news from Poland.

We have been favoured with the following
letter from Carthagena, dated March 16 :

" We addressed you on the 4th current that an attempt
at revolution had been made in this department, which
had been at once crushed ; it is now our painful duty to
state that General Lague, who commanded the battalions,
has taken the side of the Insurgents, by whom he has been
declared Chief of the Civil and Military Departments, and
is in full march with 1,000 men to attack the city ; he is
now within four leagues of our gates. The municipality
have residved to defend the place, and we are in expec-
tation of all the horrors of a siege. Santa Martha has
adopted Lague's principles, so that our whole department
is in a civil war. The troops sent by the Government
have passed over to him. The very capital is in danger ;
the militia has been put under arms for its defence."

THE FUNDS.—(THIS DAY.)
CITY, TWELVE 0' CL 0 CK.
A Lisbon mail has arrived by the Magnet, sailed the
Sth May; also a mail from Vera Cruz, by the Eclipse,
sailed on the 7th April. She landed the mail in Ireland
owing to the strong easterly winds, consequently we have
no papers or letters as yet.
The American packet has arrived off Liverpool, but
as yet we have no intelligence from her.
THE EUNDS.
Consols opened this morning at.the same price they left
off at on Saturday, 83 * for the account, but on its being
known that an express had arrived from Paris, Consols im-
mediately receded per cent., and were done at S 2-1, on
the report that the French Rentes bad come considerably
lower, since which a re-action has taken place, and Con-
sols are at present 82a
Reports are in circulation, but until we can ascertain
the truth of them they are not worth giving.
In the Foreign Market there is nothing doing.
BRITISH FUNDS.

Bank Stock, M% 9% 3% per Cent. Red. 89% %
India ditto, 203 4 Ditto, New, 9114 %
3 per Cent. Cons. 82% % , Four per Cent. (1826) 98% %
Ditto, for the Acct. 82% ,f, India Bonds, par 1 prem.
3 per Cent. Red. 81% % Exchequer Bills, 8 9
3% per Cent. —.

FOREIGN FUNDS.
Greek, 21 23
Mexican, 39 34
Peruvian, 13 14
Portuguese, 46 7
Prussian,
Russian, 94 5
Spanish, 16 1,4
HALF-PAST T WEL VE.
Consols are now 82 for the account.
French Three per Cents. 64f. 10c.

Brazilian, 61N 62
Buenos Ayres,
Chilian, 190 2034
Colombian, 14 15
Danish, 62 34
French 5 per Cent.
Ditto 3 per Cent.

ONE O'CLOCK.

We are sorry to have to announce a failure in the
Stock Exchange of considerable importance, one of the
oldest houses has been declared this forenoon, previous to
which Consols were 82k, but the moment it was known
they went up to 83k, owing to his account being bought
in. It has caused a great sensation in the City, but it is
not a Hebrew house.
In the Foreign Market nothing doing.
THREE O'CLOCK.
Consols, 828 83 ; ditto, fur opening,

It is a curious fact that at the very moment
Lord EDWARD SOMERSET was writing a letter, announc-
ing that he should not contest the county of Gloucester,
Sir WILLIAM GUISE was writing a letter to inform Lord
EDWARD that lie (Sir WELLIAm) should withdraw! 01
the Members returned for Gloucestershire, six are Re-
formers, and two Anti.Reforiners.— Worcester Journal.
BARNSTAPLE PATRIOTISM.-111 the past
week two infants have been baptised in this town, whose
parents have expressed their admiration of the Noble Lords
to whom we are indebted for the provisions of the Reform
Bill by giving their offspring the illustrious names of
" GREY" and '6 Russar.L."