The Sun.
London, England, 1831-08-03 00:00:00

THE REFORM BILL.

A numerous and respectable meeting of the in-
tuthitant householders of Chatham arid Strood was
held at the Sun Tavern, Chatham, on Saturday
.verting last, to adopt such measures as might be
deemed expedient to counteract any attempt made
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Mr. ROBER'nON regretted that the Corporation of
Rochester had attempted to throw the apple of dis-
cord on a measure calculated to unite the thee
towns of Chatham, Rochester, and Strood in one
bond of union, harmony, and interest. He then
idverted to a memorial °presented by them to Earl
G ey, in which they stated that the city was very
ancient ; so (said Mr. R.) are Old Sarum and
G itton, and yet in those places that plea did not
operate to prevent improvement ; they further
stated that the influence of the citizens of Rochester
would be extinguished by the overwhelming majority
of votes in the parish of Chatham ; but, he would
ask, of what do we want to deprive Rochester ? Not,
surely, of its franchise ; but we wish, by increasing
the number of votes, to create independence, and to
make it impossible t hat the Corporation can any longer
say to a tradesman of Rochester, " You shall not
prosper in your business without being one of us."
Further, these Corporators say, that by the annexa-
tion of the three towns, they will be disgraced and
degraded with corrupt boroughs. Now, they did
not feel any disgrace in reeeivingltaxes from Chat-
ham, and returning them as coming from the port
of Rochester ! They talked, toe, of corrupt bo-
roughs ; he Nv otild ask, did not the last contested
s'iction for Rochester cost 12,000/. ?—(Cheers)—
and did not the Sheerness voters cost Mr. Bernal
20/. and Lord Villiers 18/. per man ? Therefore,
instead of schedule B, Rochester ought to have
been placed in schedule A.—(Cheers.) In conclu-
sion, Mr. Robertson said, that the parishes of Chat-
ham and Strood, containing more than double the
population of Rochester, paying a much greater
amount of taxation, and having the same interest at
heart, had decidedly a right to share with that city
in the elective franchise. He then proposed a reso-
lution to the effect that it was necessary to present
a petition to the House of Commons on the subject,
which was seconded by Mr. ATIoNsoN.
Mr. NEwsoN, as a freeman of Rochester, dis-
claimed any connection with the self-elected, self-
chosen, self-constituted Corporation—(Cheers)—
and reprobated them as notoriously corrupt. Within
the last two years they had spent 2,000/. in repair-
ing estates of which they were trustees ; that they
did the work themselves, and got one of their own
body to survey it, and report their charges as cor-
rect.--(Hu was proceeding in a similar strain when
the Chairman requested him to confine himself to,
the question before the meeting.) He only said
this to prove that the chief motive the Corporation
had to keep Chatham out was to keep themselves
in.—(Cheers.) They at first opposed Reform alto-
gether ; and now that their efforts in that respect
were unavailing, they were trying to nibble off as
much as they could from the Bill of the people.
Mr. PR ENTIS next rose, and attempted to show
that the plan of annexation of the three towns arose
at first from an erroneous idea that Rochester had
not sufficient 10/. houses to create a constituency
according to the Bill. lie stated, that in the case
of Plymouth and Devonport, Plymouth retained its
two .Members, and Devonport was allowed one ;
and he thought Rochester and Chadians might be
dealt with in the same way.—(Confusion.)
Mr. DADD stated that the principles of Reform
were—extension of the elective franchise, and to
obtain an independent constituency ; that principle
was clearly applicable to the junction of Chatham
and Stroud with Rochester ; for, as Rochester did
not contain 1,000 ten-pound houses, when the old
freemen died off there would riot be so many voters
as there are now; and as the out-voters are to be
disfranchised, Rochester would become more cor-
rupt than hitherto—(Cheers)---and could that cor-
ruption be better prevented than by annexing to it
Chatham (which alone contained between 3,000 and
4,000 ten-pound houses) and Strood ?—(Cheers.)
The resolution was then carried unanimously.
Mr. Horn, after some able remarks, proposed a
petition founded on the resolutions; which being
seconded by Mr. B.TRIBE, was unanimously adopted.
It was then resolved that Mr. Hodges should be
requested to present and Mr. Rider to support the
petition to the House of Commons on Tuesday
(last) evening. It was sighed by about 400 per-
sons (many being freemen of Rochester), a great
number having left the room from inability to get to
the tables. Thanks being voted to the Chairman,
the meeting dispersed.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MAR YLEB ONE.

Yesterday Master Daniel Campbell, an .unwashed
chimney-sweeper, and Miss Anne 11/aters, a pretty
dark-eyed girl, about 18, into whose affections Mas-
ter Daniel Campbell had swept his way successfully,
were charged before Mr. Gm:Erni, with stealing a
" golden sovereign" and a " silver half-crown," the
money and chattels of Mrs. Wright, a lady wot keeps
a " sweeping 'stablishment" in Lisson-grove.
Mrs. Wright, after having dropt an introductory
curtsey, stated that poor Mr. Wright having been
taken away from her by that " dunnest of all duns,"
death, she carried on business on her own account,
and Master Daniel Campbell was her own right-
hand man, and even slept in the house. Oa Mon-
day, as all the world knows (or at least the news-
papers will tell those at a distance in due time),
his Majesty—" God bless him !" ejaculated Mrs.
Wright, with a fervency which could leave no
doubt of her loyalty, went to open the new London
Bridge ; 'twas a sight Mrs. Wright may never see
again, had never seen before, and was determined
she should see it at this time. Accordingly she set off
early to secure a seat, leaving Master Daniel Camp-
bell to take care of the soot and premises. Mrs. Wright
got a peep at the King and returned betimes—indeed
she was home so early as six o'clock in the evening,
and found Master Daniel on duty on her return.
Master Daniel begged leave to have the evening to
himself, which Mrs. Wright could not find it in her
heart to object to, but pressed him to remain for
tea, promising therein a drop of " real cream," for
his attention during the day. Master Daniel, how-
ever, had resolution enough to withstand the temp-
tation of the " real cream," and set off; but as
soon as he departed Mrs. Wright went to her box,
in which were deposited two sovereigns and fotir
half-crowns " in gold and silver," of which " one
golden sovereign and a silver half-crown" were gone;
the box had been broken open. Mrs. Wright
thought it wrong to lose her money, and having
made some inquiries, she learned that her " right-
hand man" was going to be married next Sunday
to Miss Waters; so she made search after Master
Daniel, and having found him, she sent him to the
station-house, and directed a person to go to Miss
Waters " for the money which Campbell had given
her." This threw the young lady off her guard,
arid she immediately produced a sovereign ; and
being questioned respecting the half crown, she said
it had been spent. The sovereign was given her to
pay the expenses of the forthcoming ceremony on
Sunday next.
Mr. GRIFFITH then ordered the sovereign to Mrs.
Wright, strongly recommending her, the next time
she went to see the King, to carry out all her money
with her. The prisoners were discharged.
QUEEN-SQUARE.

Richard Blw;t, an itinerant dealer in earthenware,
was charged with being very drunk and very disor-
derly in the streets.
In reply the defendant said " Your Worship, I
could not sell my crocks, so thinks I to myself I'll
see the King; so 1 gets into a public-house sear
Westminster-bridge, and then had one pint, and that
brought on another, and then you see I became quite
queer like, and that is how it was."
Mr. WHITE asked him bow much oney he spent

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let drink, and how much he could earn in a (lay ?
q Defendant spent Is. 6d. and could earn 2s. 6d. a day.
Mr. WHITE reminded him that he had lost two
days' work, which was 55., besides the Is, 6d. he
'had spent, and he had now ss. more to pay for get-
-lU3'. ling drunk.
The defendant owned that the arithmetical calcu-
lation was right, but he never thought of that before ;
he, however, hoped that his loyalty to the King,
and the occasion, would be taken into consideration,
as every gulp he took he drank the King's health,
and also the Queen's.
The Magistrate could not resist the loyal appeal,
and the crockery-man was let off nithout paying
the accustomed fine.

ROYAL ASSENT.

His Majesty yesterday gave the Royal Assent to the fol
lowing Bills :

Queen's Dower 13i11, Dean Forest Boundaries Bill,
Lincoln County Buildings Bill, Rothesay Harbour, &c.
Bill, Rutherglen Railway Bill, Went (York) Drainag.,
Bill, Wakefield and Austerlands Road Bill, Stirlinvshire
Roads Bill, Wendover Road Bill, Huddersfield and Wood-
head Road Bill, Cirencester and Wootton Bassett Road
Bill, Dean Forest Roads Bill, Wisbech and Thorney Road
Bill, Ludlow Road Bill, Brown's Estate Bill, Tuckfield's
Charity Estate Bill.

The following Bills also rceeired the Royal Assent on
Saturday last :

Oaths before Lord Steward Bill, Master of the Mint
Salary Bill, Assessed Taxes Composition Bill, Militia
lilaßots Suspension Bill, Customs and Excise Oaths Bill,
Duchy of Cornwall Leases Bill, Turnpike Acts Continu-
ance Bill, Writers to the Signet Widows' Fund Bill,
Langton's Act Amendment Bill, Gorhals Statute Labour
Bill, Glasgow Improvement Bill, Yorkshire Fire and
Life Insurance Company Bill, Belfast Bridge Rill, Bolton
and Leigh Railway Bill, Avon and Gloucestershire Rail-
way Bill, Ashton-under-Lyne Tithes Bill, Southampton
Pier Bill ; Grosvenor Chapel Bill, Leven (Fife) Drainage
Bill, Darlington and Barton Lane End Road Bill, Aylshatn
and Cromer Road Bill, Doncaster and Tadcaster Road
Bill, Cheltenham Roads Bill, Thornset and Stockport
Road Bill, Monmouth Roads Bill, Barton and Brandon
Road Bill, Lynn (South Gate) Road Bill, Lynn (East
Gate) Road Bill, Durham and Shotley Bridge Road Bill,
Wooler and Brcamish Roads Bill, Handsworth Road Bill,
Wolverhampton Roads Bill, Abergavenny Roads Bill,Wake-
feld logs Road Bill, Teignmouth and Dawlish Roads
Bill, Liverpool and Prescot Road Bill, Blackmoor Vale
Roads Bill, Crediton and Chudleigh Road Bill, Langport
Road Bill, Beattie's Estate Bill, Edwards's Estate Bill,
Duke of Hamilton's Estate Bill, Preece's Estate Bill,
Lord Sinclair's Estate Bill, Langley (Warwick) Inclosure
Bill, Hatton (Warwick) Inclosure Bill, Rothbury (North-
umberland) Inclosure Bill, Kirkby-in-Kendal (Westmor-
land) Inclosure Bill, Ferrybridge (York) Inclosure Bill,
Trower's Divorce Bill, Ackerley's Name Bill, Goodlake's
Name Bill, Desvignes' Naturalization Bill, Hebeler's Na-
turalization Bill, Carvalho's Naturalization Bill.

Signor I,ANzA, who has for years been de-
voting himself to the laudable purpose of establishing a
Dramatic School, for the cultivation of native talent in
England, intends giving a ❑ovel musical entertainment to-
night, which, we understand, is likely to be well and fa-
shionably attended.

HAYMARKET THEATRE:A new comedy,
translated, at least in all the important parts of it, from
the French, entitled Maclaine du Barry, or a Glance at
a Court, was produced here last night. It was received
without any marks of disapprobation; but also without
much marked approbation, until the end, when the an-
nouncement of its repetition was applauded.

It was Mr,. MACKINNON, and not Mr. Bun.-
IRAILD, as rcported by mistake in The Sun of Saturday
last, who. spoke in the debate on the question of placing
the bo•--ough of Lymington out of schedule B.

Mr. GREEN'S balloon descended at five
minutes past five on Monday afternoon, in the parish of
Charlwood, twenty-nine miles from London, on a field
called the Eight Acres, in the occupation of Mr. MORLEY.
Mr. GREEN and his companion were received in the most
hospitable manner by the worthy rector of the parish,
the Rev. S. PORTER, who kindly furnished horses to con-
vey Mr. GREEN and his companion, Mr. RICHARD CRAW-
SHAY, who, Mr. GREEN states, showed greater confidence
and self possession than any of his previous companions,
to the King's Head, at Horley, on the Brighton road,
from whence the aeronauts proceeded yesterday morning
for London.

LORD NORBURY'S L.IST.--Died, on Wed-
nesday, the 27th of July, at his house in this city, Dublin,
Joint TOLER, Earl of Norhury and Norwood, in the 86th
year of his age. He was a venerable relic of those good
old times, the shadow of whose glory, now about to he
extinguished for ever, he could not be expected to survive.
As a punster he was unrivalled ; as a Judge it may be a
consolation to his friends, as well as to the public, to know
that he has not left his match upon the Bench. Long
may his memory reign here without a compeer ! Mercy
droops not beside his tomb, nor will Justice, Eloquence,
or Learning, stretch themselves in his grave. He leaves
no " insuppliable interstice in the science of British juris-
prudence," and the country takes comfort in his fall, from
the recovery of a good round pension. His title and
estates descend, in gavel kind, to his sons, one of whom is
Lord NORWOOD and NORBURY ; the other Earl NORDURY
and Viscount GLANDINE. PETER HENCHY and ISAAC
BETHEL will have to cast lots for his paronomastic mantle.
Morning Herald.

A report was yesterday current in the City,
that the Emperor of RUSSIA had fallen a victim to the
cholera. The report is alluded to in the communication
of our City Correspondent, who states, that on enquiry it
proved to be destitute of fotindation, it appearing that no
later information had been received from the Russian capi-
tal than that of Monday, either by express or otherwise.
We suspect that later information than that of Monday has
been received. The report was traced to a quarter pos•
sessed of the best information on matters connected with
the Baltic, and we have reason to know that importance
was attached to it by several influential men in the city.
It would be absurd in us to affirm a matter of this kind
on less than direct evidence, which we certainly have not;
but, from a variety of circumstances derived from our own
private sources of information, we should pause before we
set down the report as utterly destitute of foundation. The
state of suspense cannot, however, be of long duration, for
the truth must soon be known. It will be borne in mind,
that the report of CoNsTANTINE's death preceded some
days the authentic information. —Mornivg Chronicle.
DYSART.—An officer of Lord RossLYN s
regiment, the 9th Lancers, is at present attempting to raise
a yeomanry corps in this neighbourhood, and busy rumour
is attributing it to a design of the aristocrats to apply it,
with others, to serious use in the event of the Reform Bill
being defeated in the House of Lords. We can scarcely
believe they will be so infatuated as to make the attempt.
Lord ROSSLYN may be assured that, with the exception of
the Toryfted Town Council, alias his dependents, and a
few half-pay officers and penaioneta, the whole dense popu-
lation of the town and surrotmding country applaud
the liberal line of policy pursued by his Majesty's Mi-
nisters.— Scotsman.

AMUSEMENTS OF LOUIS XV.—To indulge
the perverted imagination of Louts XV., a body of men,
skilfully organised, composed of several thousand agents
of all grades, worked night and, day to supply him with
Information respecting the secret actions of his subjects.
They presented to the KING various reports; some every
morning, others every Sunday. These reports may be
divided into five different classes. The first class was
composed of extracts of letters opened at the post-office.
T",,lacenc,s,econdd, of all that concerned the conduct of the
Ito 'the great Lords of the Court. The third related
morals of the Bishops and other Prelates. The
fourth, to those of the inferior clergy ; the Archbishop of
Paris received duplicates of the reports of this class. The
of
fifth class consisted the numerous reports made daily to
the Lieutenant of Policed
thy all the women who kept at
Paris des maisens de
was daily violated at tbe"auche. The secrecy of letters
of which excited aP°s'utc:siifficiaoclen: All those the ad-
dressesthat they contained
the exposure of any intrigues atmitriyi or politics were
dexterously unsealed ; extracts wereg e from
ff them, and
after having been re-sealed, they were senta Thet Post-
master-General -t
the
master-General came every Sunday and roe
KING the amount of his weekly villanies.pnTsanehinsetseenext
passed sometimes from the KING to the
often led away by the pleasure of telling scandalous oanec-
dotes, divulged the secrets of families. The administra-
tion, paid by the public for transmitting its correspon-
dence, abused both the money of the public and the con-
fidence of individuals. It was not under the reign of
Louts XV. that this criminal practice commenced; it
existed under Louts XIV. ; and it is to the Minister
Loovots, of odious memory, that the invention of this
signal perfidy belongs.—Dr. Lardner's Cabinet Library,
Vol. TII.

LONDON,
WEDNESDAY EVENING. AUGUST 3, 1831.

The discussion on the Reform Bill was re-
sumed last night in the House of Commons ;
when schedule B was wholly disposed of, and
the great towns of Birmingham, Manchester,
and Leeds enfranchised, as they should have been
years since. Sir R. PEEL did not object to this
part of the Bill ; indeed, he was considerate
and condescending enough to allow that the
towns above-mentioned were each entitled to
its representative, though there were points in
the enfranchising portion of the measure to
which he could not give his consent. He
thought it was carried too far, particularly as re-
spected the metropolitan districts, whose claims
to elect a representative of their own he should
in consequence oppose.

We really cannot understand the meaning or
the motives of Sir R. PEEL'S behaviour. It is
as perplexing to us, as we have little doubt it is
to him. The Right Honourable Baronet seems
to be wholly made up of contradiction and in-
congruity. He will, and he will not, be a Re-
former. One night he ogles the Ministry, an-
other the Opposition. Now he is all for conci-
liation, and now for ultraism. One moment he
throws a languishing glance at the Treasury
Benches, the next he is all scorn and phrenzy
and Wetheralism. The secret of this incon-
sistency may be explained, we think, in one
sentence—want of firmness of purpose. Sir
ROBERT holds no decided opinion on the
subject of Reform. Prejudice, the force of
old habit, and old connections would incline
him one way, expediency and ambition the other. '
Between these two he is perpetually oscillating,
without making sufficient approach to either.
The people who cannot understand this sort of
infirmity of purpose, who admire single-heart-
edness in politics, and have no idea of having the
game of fast-and-loose played with them, are, in
consequence, rapidly and unequivocally making
up their minds on the subject of the Right
Hon. Baronet's Statesmanship. They are be-
ginning to find out that he is a tolerably efficient
pilot in sunny weather, but that he has neither

vigour nor sagacity to struggle with storm and
tempest. Hence he is sinki►►g fast to his fitting
level.

A meeting of the Livery took place yesterday,
at the Guildhall Coffee-house, on the subject of
the delays in the Reform Bill, when after some
discussion it was resolved that the Livery-
men assembled should form themselves into
a Committee, with power to add to their num-
bers, for the express and sole purpose of watch-
ing the future progress of the Bill. This will
give as much satisfaction to the country as it will
strike dismay into the hearts of the Opposi-
tion. The people throughout the kingdom I
will, we doubt not, be equally on the alert, so
that henceforth there will be a probability of the
Bill progressing, as it should do, in right earnest.
Indeed Mr. FEARON, the Chairman, stated
that it was the opinion of many Hon. Members
that it would pass the House of Commons within
three weeks—a prediction which, though at
present it appear somewhat problematical, we
shall be delighted to find realized. There is
one thing at any rate in favour of an accelerated
progress of the Bill, and that is the assertion
of Lord ALTITORP, at a meeting held yesterday
at the Foreign Office, that the Opposition
might originate discussions from dt1.37 to day,
and throw obstacles in the way of the Bill, but
of this they might all rest assured, that rather
than abandon the Bill, Parliament would be kept
sitting until next December, or next December
twelvemonth, if necessary.

We have no further news from Poland, nor is
it likely any will now arrive for two or three days
of a decisive character. In the meantime we
think that France is to blame for her timid, he-
sitating, and unnational conduct. On this most in-
teresting and most important subject we cordially
agree with the patriotic Correspondent
ing Chronicle, O.P. Q. who thus expresses him-
self :—" I cannot, in justice to myself, or this im-
portant subject, refrain from noticing the present
position of the Polish affairs. And I am
bound to state, that nothing can be less cheering
or less hopeful. What signifies the small though
brilliant victory by the General CREJANOWSKI
at Minsk and Traluzim ? What signifies the
small encounters which occasionally take place,
and in which the Poles are generally successful,
making their ten, twenty, or fifty prisoners? What
signifies the fact that Gen. PASKEWITSCH did not
cross the Vistula at once with all his forces, but
effected his passage by degrees ? What signifies
the sympathy of the French people at Paris, and
the cries of Vivent les Polonais,' whilst the
French Government replies that Poland is too
far,' and that France cannot make war on
Prussia and against the Germanic Confedera-
tion ? The following are the facts of the
case, and exemplify in a striking point of view
the position of Poland. In Lithuania the
Poles have been overpowered by most immense
forces. In Podolia, Volnynia, and Kiew, the same
result has attended the efforts of the patriots !
In Lithuania, GIELGUD has been defeated, and
compelled to seek an asylum even in Prussia !
InVolhynia the same result has taken place ; the
same defeat, and the same disarming of DWER-
NICKI in Austria. PASKEWITSCH is marching
with a large army on the right bank of the
Vistula, towards Warsaw, and General TOLL
on the left bank, also with immense forces.
If Warsaw cannot be reduced by a siege,
it is to be reduced by famine ; and Prus-
sia has pledged herself that the Russian
army shall not want for provisions, ammu.
nition, arms, or forage, whilst carrying on this
war of extermination. Let us not then exag-
gerate the strength of the Polish resources or
rely too much on even the unexampled bravery
of the bravest men in Christendom. I told you
this weeks and months ago. When others cried
Victory !' I predicted defeat—and I have
urged, and re-urged on the British and French
Governments the duty and necessity for interfer-
ence. But this they have refused, and now Poland
can only be saved by a Continental war. And will
this war be prevented by even the extermination
of the Poles ? I tell you no ? The Emperor of
RUSSIA has a faithful Ally in the King of
HOLLAND. The KING will not consent to the
last Protocol—nor to the separation of Luxem-
bourg and Limburg from his dominions. This
question is to be kept undecided, until after the
affairs of Poland shall have been arranged' by
a bloody and exterminating war ; and then, the
same Autocrat, who now professes peace, will
advance with a Prussian and Russian army,
flushed with conquest, to the plains of Belgium,
and from thence will begin his avowed and direct
attacks on the Revolution of July. It is not,
therefore, a question of peace or war; but of war
with Poland crushed, or of war with Poland free."

LIMERICK, JULY 30.—The Mary and the
New Hope, from Liverpool, have arrived at Galway, with
cargoes of oatmeal for the distressed population. What a
monstrous anomaly—they are shipping corn at the very
port for England!
THOMAS SHIPLEY, the confidential traveller
of Mr. OVERTON, of this place, hosier, who some time
ago absconded with a sum of money belonging to Mr.
OVERTON, has been arrested in America, and compelled to
restore the greater part of the property. Proceedings were
commenced by Messrs. HARMS and PAYNE JoarssoN, of
this place, solicitors, and an individual named HICKLING
was despatched to America, to identify SHIPLEY, who,
through the medium of the American Consul, was
brought to justice. SHIPLEY was arrested at the house
of WESTBURY HILL, in Philadelphia, who decamped from
Countesthorpe some months ago, leaving his creditors in the
lurch. More than 700/. have been remitted by the agent
at Philadelphia, employed to proceed against Sint.
LEY, some of which money he had placed in
the savings bank. He said that dreading detec-
tion after he had set sail, he had thrown 1001. in
local notes overboard. There are between 30 and 40
similar worthies, natives of this town and neighbourhood,
now residing in and near Philadelphia, among whom are
POOLE and JONES, late of the West Bridge, and a per-
son named Ross, who lately went from or near
Shareby. POOLE carries on business at Philadel-
delphia, and JoNEs and Ross at a place called German
Town within seven miles of that city. It may be
useful to persons who have been plundered by such cha-
racters, thus to learn that, by pursuing proper means,
they may be made to give up the money or property of
which they have cheated their creditors. In America, an
application made to a Court like our Chancery Court,
setting forth that the runaway has either put his money
in a bank, or invested it in trade, building, &c., will
cause an injunction to issue, to seize and held such money
or property, till he had made satisfactory arrangements
with his creditors,—Leicester Chronicle.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY).

FROM LLOYD'S.

DEAL, Auc. 2.—Wind variable.—Arrived from the
river and remainQ, the Sir Edward Paget, Boureber, for
Bombay.
PORTSMOUTH, AUG, 2.—Wind variable.—Sailed his
Majesty's ship Lightning, for London.
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FALMOUTH, AUG. I.—Wind E. fresh breezes.—Ar-
rived the Ashburton, Bennett, from Sicily. Off port, the
Rupel, Dutch frigate, from Batavia, sai!ed the 15th of
March, and St. Helena the 10th of June; Cecilia, Lnfgren,
from Bahia ; and William Maitland, Tait, from Honduras.
STANDGATE CREEK, AUG. 2.—Arrived the Louisa,
Mackee, and Danube, Allen, from St. Petersburgh ;
Good Czar, Murray, from Riga; and Bee, Nichols, from
Hamburg.
COWES, AUG. 2.—Arrived the Thomas Scattergood,
Philips, from China ; Eagle, Knight, from Georgetown ;
and Calliope, Morris, from New York.
HOLYHEAD, Ata:. I.—Arrived the Lord Byron, from
Monte Video; and Theodosia, Simpson, from Jamaica.
LivzarooL, Ana. I.—Arrived the Diana, from Bar-
badoes ; Delos, Williams, from New Orleans ; and Nestor,
Yall, from Quebec.
SLIGO, JULY 31.—Arrived the Speculator, from Quebec.
ABERDEEN, JULY 30.—Arrived the Richard, —,
and Thames, from Archangel.

In announcing the failure of Messrs. MAN-
NING and Co., the large West India firm, some of our
contemporaries have stated, that in consequence of that
event, one of our most eminent banking-houses was likely
to sustai❑ very serious losses. This statement was cal-
culated to do a double injury, in conveying a reflection
alike on the credit and on the judgment of the parties.
We have made some inquiries, therefore, on the subject, and
can venture to affirm that, with respect to the banking-
house to which the statement has been generally applied in
the city, it is wholly untrue.— Times.

There are two principles at work in Europe
—the one is the alleged right of a few families to divide
the soil into districts—to apportion out men as the shep-
herd divides his sheep—and to rule without responsibility
over their subjects, and to oppress, injure, and insult them,
when and to what extent they may deem fit. The other
principle is the sovereignty of the people, or the greatest
possible happiness of the greatest number for the
greatest period of time. These two principles cannot
be good neighbours. One must destroy the other.
The quarrel may be suspended for a moment, but the cause
will still remain, and at length, when the train is all laid, and
the ramifications are completed, we shall have an explosion
which will terminate either in the triumph of the KING, in
which case Europe will be again governed by absolutism—
the Holy Alliance—and the Inquisition ; or else the people
will triumph—and then Europe will commence a new age
of virtue, civilization, and human happiness. M. PEMER
hopes to bring about a third state of things, in which
France shall be free and Poland enslaved—Belgium free
Italy enslaved—Britain free and Spain enslaved. This
proves him to be a bad politician—a miserable philo-
sopher—and a wretched philanthropist. 0. P. Q.

EXTENSIVE FlRE.—Yesterday evening, as
early as half-past five o'clock, the upper part of tlie pre.
tnisea of Messrs. STEWART and SNIBBEN, sugar-bakers,
Dock-street, East Smithfiefd, were discovered to be on
fire. A great number of persons employed in the exten-
sive building, immediately rendered every assistance to
stop its progress, but without effect, for so rapid were
the flames, that the entire of the upper story was in
less than half an hour in one body of fire. From the
density of the neighbourhood great consternation pre-
vailed, fears being entertained that the opposite as well as
the adjoining buildings would fall a prey to the flames.
It being found impossible to stop the progress of the fire,
a number of men were set to work to save as much of the
property as possible. For this purpose about six indivi-
duals entered the counting-house, which led to the build-
ing on fire. While thus employed, the gable end of the
immense pile gave way, and fell with a tremendous crash
on the roof of the counting-house. Notwithstanding
every individual was at the time in the counting-house,
and more or less buried in the ruins, with the exception of
one, a fireman of the name of GARDNER, the whole
escaped with only a few slight bruises. GARDNER, who
belongs to the Atlas, was severely injured on the head, and
was conveyed to the Hospital. The Phoenix engine was the
first to arrive on the spot, and being shortly joined by
two others, their hoses were conveyed to the upper part
of the building, and the branches brought to bear imme-
diately on the body of the fire. The men, however, had
not long been placed in their respective positions before
a portion of the building gave way, and they were obliged
to make a precipitate retreat, leaving their branches be-
hind them. The flames rapidly extended downwards,
and the extensive premises were in about an hour and a
half one mass of fire. By great perseverance on the part
of the firemen, the conflagration was confined to Messrs.
STEWART and Co.'s premises; but at a late hour last
night the flames were not entirely subdued. The loss of
property must have been immense. The Phoenix Office,
it is said, will suffer greatly, the majority of the property
being insured therein.

The Tory prints are half frantic with rage at
the hearty and glorious reception which his MAJESTY re-
ceived yesterday from his loyal, confiding, and patriotic
subjects. The Standard, with reference to a paragraph
which appeared in the columns of a morning cotemporary,
and which stated " that Sir ROEERT PEEL, having been
recognized on the river, was hissed so heartily, that he evi-
dently felt his situation most uncomforahle, and seemed
greatly chagrined, and Lady Peirr. seemed to he much
alarmed, and that at the close of the entertainment a number
of his friends surrounded him, and he was loudly cheered
by them, while he was hissed by the people on the banks"
—answers very laconically " not true,"—and most justly
does it ao answer in one respect, for although Sir R. PEEL
was very heartily hissed, not only in proceeding towards
the river, but on the river itself,lhe had not the satisfaction
of being hailed during the procession on the bridge by even
one cheer ! The answer of the Standard, however,is nothing
in the scale compared with the assertion of its morning co-
tempory and coadjutor, the Morning Post, which positively
asserts that the manner (we quote the words from memory)
in which Peel was received on leaving the entertainment
" must have been gall and worm wood to the advocates of
Reform." We adopt the language of the Standard in an-
swer to the paragraph in the columns of our morning
cotemporary, and we say not only " not true," but that
we are ready to prove by innumerable witnesses that not
only was PEEL not cheered, but that as soon as he appeared
in the procession, the cheers, which were so heartily
given to others were withheld from him ! Let our evening
or morning cotemporaries contradict this if they can. The
truth of the matter is, that PEEL, with a tact for which
he deserves credit, and from a motive which cannot be
mistaken, followed in the wake of the Duke of SUSSEX,
and in consequence, but for a cry of " That's Peel, that's
Peel," would have come in for a share of the loud cheer-
ing which was immediately set upon the appearance of
his Royal Highness; but on the name being mentioned,
the clappings of hands were at an end—and PEEL passed
with a silence around him that could not have been
mistaken by him. We give this statement now that the
Tory prints have attempted to falsify the matter, in justice
to his Royal Highness the Duke of SUSSEX, whose liberal
principles are as unquestionable as his popularity, and who,
if he was not aware of the company behind him, must
have considered the sudden interruption of the cheering
with which be was received as equally unaccountable and
perplexing.—Morning Advertiser.
A SPLIT IN THE CABINET.—THE REFORM
BILL IN DANGER.-At a Petty Sessions, held at Ashton-
nnder-Lyne, on Wednesday last, two beer-sellers, one
keeping the sign of the " Lord Brougham," and the ether
that of the " Lord John Russell," appeared as complainant
and defendant, in a case of assault. Mr. Four.Kas ap-
peared for the latter, and caused considerable mirth in
Court, by designating each party by the sign he kept.
From the statement of Lord Brougham, who, by the
bye, bore a considerable resemblance to the real Lord
BROUGHAM, it appeared that he and his friend, Lord John
Russell, visited Staleybridge, on Sunday last, during the
wakes, and went into a beer shop there, and whilst en-
gaged in conversation with some of the operatives of the
place, over a pot of " heavy wet" and tobacco, some beer
was spilled by Lord Brougham on Lord John Russell's un-
mentionables. Lord John, in order not to be behind with
his friend, spilled some upon him; Lord Brougham again
returned the compliment, at the same time declaring that
if Lord John spilled any more, he would throw the re-
mainder of the half gallon upon him. Lord John was
so unfortunate as again to spill some of the beer on
Lord Brougham ; on which the latter snatched up the
pitcher, and dashed the remaining liquor in Lord
John Russell's face, whereby his eyes and mouth were
filled, and his holiday clothes spoiled. " Joke or not
• joke," said Lord Brougham, " he threw a quart upon
me, and gave the first offence." He denied having " in-
suited Lord John Russell at Ashton," or having " 'eked
Ic
at his door," or having called Lady Russell names. The
Magistrates, after the mirth had subsided, dismissed the
complaint. The parties were cotton-spinners ; and
Lord Brougham was a most energetic speaker, and
determined actor, during the late turn-out.

LAW INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.)

VICE-CHANCELLOR'S COURT.

His Honour the VICE-CHANCELLOR took cause peti-
tions to-day, upwards of 200 of which were set down for
hearing before his Honour.

IN RE WILLOUGHBY CHARITY.

The Court was occupied the whole of the morning
with this case, which was the petition of William Wilkin-
son, who, in ISIS, was appointed master of the Wil-
loughby Free School, praying to be reinstated in that
office, from which be had been forcibly ejected by part of
the trustees of the charity.
Sir E. StIGDEN was Counsel on behalf of the petitioner,
from whose statement it appeared that the present
trustees took a dislike to the petitioner in consequence of
some evidence he had given before a bench of Magistrates
in the neighbourhood in which the school was situated.
From that period every thing was done by them that
could be imagined to the disparagement of 11Ir.
Wilkinson, whom they forcibly ejected from the school
in the month of February of the present year, stating as
their grounds for doing so—first, that he was incom-
petent in consequence of being an extremely illiterate
man ; secondly, that he had connived at an adulterous in
tercourse carried on between his son and it married
woman ; and thirdly, that he had allowed time school-
house to be contaminated by the prayer meeting of a com-
pany of ranting preachers, by the means of which the
morals of the children had been corrupted. All these
facts were most positively denied by the petitioner, who,
in addition to seeking to be reinstated prayed that the ti u .
tees might be ordered to pay him the arrears of his salary.

The case was not concluded when our reporter left.
In the course of the morning Mr. Butler, the great con-
veyancer, was called within the bar, on his appointment as
one of his Majesty's counsel. After the Learned Gentle-
man had bowed to the Bench and Bar, and taken his seat.
His HONOUR said, Mr. Butler have you any thing to
move ?

Mr. BUTLER-(bowing) " No, your honour, nor evkr
*hall hare."

TIIE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.)

CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK.

The following was posted at the North and South Ame-
rican Coffee-house, Liverpool, on the Ist of August :
" The Belem Castle is arrived from Lisbon : sailed on
the 17th ult., in company with the packet for Falmouth.
The French squadron had taken eight sail of the Portu-
guese fleet, and sent the crews on shore."
The Canton Register, of the 19th of Februat y, has
also been received at the above Coffee-house, which con-
tains the following :
" MAcAo.—The President and Select Committee hav-
ing had formal intimation made to them by his Excellency
the Portuguese Governor of Macao, that he had received
orders from the existing Government of Portugal to pro-
hibit the future residence of all individuals, foreign (includ-
ing British) merchants, who have not the previous 9411C-
tion of the Council of Lisbon, in Macao, have lost no
time in communicating this information to his Excellency
the Governor-General of India, as well as to the autho-
rities in England.
" British Factory, Macao, February 14."
COMMERCIAL REMARK-S.—The celebration of the
Chinese new year produces a perfect stagnation in busi-
ness, and since our last very few transactions have occurred
in any branch of commerce. We omit the publication of
a price current. as the prices would be merely nominal.
CorroN.—The stock is now 93,634 bales, which ex-
ceeds the stock last year at the same period by 15,000 bales.
OPlUM.—Since our last publication there has been
very little alteration in our market. The scarcity of cash,
usual at the new year, has occasioned a decline in the
price ; the arrival of the Red Rover has not produced
any effect. No sales of new Opium have been made.

The accounts from Warsaw by the Dutch steamer to
July 22, state, that on the 17th the Russians had only
completed half of the bridge at Nieszawa, and 4,000 of
them had passed over on that day ; owing to the heavy
rains which had fallen for several days, nothing decisive
had taken place, but it was assumed that the Russians had
abandoned the redoubts which they had raised at the head
of the bridge, and retired to the right side of the Vistula.
It was also stated, that General Golow in had re-passed the
Bug, and the remains of his corps were at Biula.
The Warsaw Gazette says, we have no further news
of the movement of our army than those already pub-
lished. In regard to the operations of the grand Russian
army, it does not as yet appear that they have entirely
passed to the left side of the Vistula.
We have no arrivals this morning, not even a ship letter.