The Sun.
London, England, 1831-05-02 00:00:00

(Prom the Scots Times.)

The London Gazette Extraordinary issued on Satur-
day, contains Proclamations dissolving the Parliament, and
for the election of Scots Peers. So touch for what is to
come —shall we revert to what is pat? Shall we say one
word on the disgusting exhibition in the House of Lords?
Shall we say cne word on the similar exhibition in the
House, of Commons ?—Yes—but one word only—and
that word is, that an assembly of porters would have con-
ducted themselves more like gentlemen. This language is
strong—we admit that it is—hut what has provoked it?
Read the account in preceding columns, which has b.•en
stript of its most outrageous fea'ures, and then answer the
question. The miserable Tory faction complained only of
a Dissolution. Now, in the name of ail that is honest, if
their motives were honest, why did they or could they he-
sitate to meet their constituents ? But we turn from this
disgusting topic to one full of nobleness and of virtue—to
the glorious stand made by our glorious King, and to the
firmness of his Ministers. Never did Sovereign better de-
serve a nation's gratitude, than did William IV., when on
the throne of Britain he told the Council of the nation, that
he had been induced to resort to a dissolution, for the pur-
pose of ascertaining the sense of his people, in the way in
which it can be mt st constitutionally and authentically
expressed, on the expediency of making such changes in
the representation as circumstances may appear to require,
and which, :bonded upon the acknowledged principles of
the Constitution, may tend at once to uphold the rights and
prerogatives of the Crown, and to give security to the
liberties of the people. And if our King deserves so well
of us, how well do those Ministers deserve who advised
and seconded his efforts? Let our appeal to our fellow
citizens in the preceding column be received as our answer
to the question.
(From the Glasgow chronicle.)

The Parliament is dissolved. The King went to the
House of Lords and delivered the speech liar the proroga-
tion in person. This demonstration of the King's staunch
support of the Ministers who possess the confidence of the
nation, will secure to his Mai sty a far greater degree of
popularity than has been acquired by any Sovereign since
William HI. His Majesty not only willingly, but gladly,
agreed to the dissolution ; and has thus given a noble re•
futation to the stories which were circulated respecting his
indispo4tion to adopt a measure so essential to the success
of Reform.

(From the Glasgow Free Press.)

All doubt is now over ! The King has nobly done his
duty ! Will the people do theirs ? Every thing now de.-
pends upon them. The cause of Reform has been put
into their own bands; and according to the extent to
which they exert themselves will he the certainty of their
final triumph. Few of our readers, we feel assured, will
he aide to pet use, without disgust, the account of the pro-
ceedings in both Houses of Parliament en Friday list,
when his Majesty, in person, came down to prorogue the
Legislature, preparatory to its immediate dissolution. The
violence and gross indecency of the astonished and frantic
faction, who saw in this measure the certainty of their
utter political extinetion, was, we venture to assert, never
surpassed by even the most disorderly assemblage of those
they have so long been in the habit of insolently calling
the " mob." the " herd," and other such con'emptuous
appellations. On that memorable occasion, the Anti-
Reformers shone out in their true colours. In the Com-
mons, the respect due to the Speaker was wholly disre-
garded; and in the Lords, not even Majesty itself escaped
the rudeness and coarse brutality there exhibited. Can
the people contemplate the resolute &nits, 93 and calm
magnanimity shown in their behalf by his Majesty on that
trying occasion, and not feel their hearts touched with
gratitude, and their minds nerved with resolution, most
faithfully to imitate him, in the immortal struggle, the
issue of which is now placed entirely in their own power ?
They cannot. They would deserve to be slaves to the
boroughroongers for ever were it possible they could,
(From the Caledonian Mercury.) •
Thank Heaven,! tie blow is struck—Parliament is disc
solved ! From the manifestations of feeling with regard
to the great Reform measure which the House of Com-
mons has exhibited tvithin the last few days, nothing else
could he anticipa!ed ; and the measure of its offences was
Leaped on Thursday evening, when, on the question being
put by Sir Richard Vyvyan to Lord Althorp, whether they
meant to abandon the Bill, and being answered in the af-
firmative, a singular discussion arose, apparently with no
other object but to gratify the mere love of talk, prolonged
t,ll one in the morning, to the postponement of the regular
business of voting the supplies of the Ordnance estimates ;
and, finally, an adjournment of this irregular debate was
actually carried against Ministers by a majority of twenty-
two. It was useless to palter with such dispositions any
longer ; but from the scenes which took piece both in the
Lords and Commons en Friday, just previous to the pro-
rogation (for which see our Parliamentary report, which
in the present instance is wholly derived from our active
contemporary The sun) it is abundantly evident that the
Opposition had really flattered themselves that the Minis-
try would not ,ttempt a dissolution ; and that the Trea•
sury Benches were once more ready to receive them. Vain
hopes !—Little do they seem to know how to appreciate
TV. and the Grey Ministry, Poor Lord Mans-
field ! We really pity him for his ineffectual attempt to
convert the Sovereign from the error of his ways. But
what is the matter with the Chief Baron (Lyndhurst ?)
Which way does the wind sit now? Surely 'he is not
about to turn round on his new friends. And the attempt
of so respectable a Nobleman as Lord Wharncl:ffe to hurry
no a motion to address the Sovereign not to exercise his
prerogatiye, almost at the very moment when that Sove-
reign was abget to enter the House, exhibits, we are afraid,
small proof of the sincerity of his Lordship's good wishes
even to the moderate Reform which he recently professed
himself so willing to concede. In the Commons. besides
Sir R. Vyvyan, who for a " statestnanlke speaker," ut-
tered a most pitiful, unst itestnan-like and passionate ha-
rangue, Sir R. Pc 1 made an exhibition. We are sadly
afraid that sir Robert Peel's chances of return to office are
•hy this most injudicious speech adjourned sine die.
(From the Kilkenny Journal.)
How important to the empire are the political occur-
rences of which accounts have reached us, since the publi-
cation of our last. On the 19th inst. General Gascoyne's
m that it w 4., the opinion of the House that no al-
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made in the present number of represen-
setives for England and Wales, was carried against the

Ministers by a majority of eight ; and this defeat proved
to Ministers what we dreaded for the last fortnight, that
without a dissolution the Reform Bill could not he carried.
It was evident that the majority of the House of Commons
consisted of men actuated solely by self, and who, to fur-
ther their own interests, were eager to sacrifice those of the
empire, and cast overboard the wishes and opinions of their
constituents. In this predicament, Ministets had but one
of two courses to pursue—they should resign, or dissolve
the Parliament. By doing the first, the country would
have been given over to the Tory faction, and it is vain to
deny, that the probable result would he a civil war-
From this we have been saved by the firmness of the GO-
virnment, and the patrio'ism of the King. (BO
strangely the words Patriot and King combined sound t°
the ears of English subjects.) The Parliament has ceased
to exist. In this manner have the enemies of the country'
been defeated, and it now rests with the people whether
they shall peaceably achieve the triumph of Reform, by re-
turning proper representatives or, like France and B-1-
gium, he driven to revolution try measurea to recover
their constitutional privileges. Notwithstanding the fear 4
entertained, his Majesty has nobly performed his duty. He
has stood by and supported his poople.
(From the Belfast News-Letter.)
DISSOLUTION or PA P.LIANIF.NT.—OU Friday Parlia.•
molt was prorogued by his Majesty in person, anti
do Saturday an Extraordinary Gazette was to be
issued, announcing its formal dissolution. The cir-
cumstance of his Majesty's personal attendance on this mo-
mentous occasion, is directly calculated to reassure the
country, by a dissipation of those fears, to which.. the ru-
mours of the last few weeks had naturally given rise. It
proves that the wishes of the S.wereigo are, in regard to
the Reform question, fully coincident with those of his
people, whose exertions for a redress of their hereditary
grievances may, in the coming struggle, be animated by,.
the refle..tien that they will be avowedly sustained by the
patronage of the throne itself.