The Sun.
London, England, 1831-04-15 00:00:00

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LONDON,
FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 15, 1831.

One of the most striking features in the oratory
of the anti-Reformers, is the lofty and determined
scorn in which they hold all matters of fact. Truth,
if it militates against their view of the question, is
instantly pronounced falsehood ; and falsehood, if it
can be so disguised as to suit their purpose!, is as
readily pronounced truth. In the Upper House last
night, Lord CARNARVON—despite the infinity of
Reform meetings that hare been held in every nook
and corner of the kingdom; despite the hundreds
upon hundreds of petitions and addresses that for
the last three months have been pouring in on both
Houses of Parliament; despite the solemn, recorded
declaration of the great monied interests of the
first capital in the Empire, that the Mini-
sterial measure is the one of all others best
adapted to ensure the salvation of the
country; despite the liberal public subscriptions
that have been set afloat in Birmingham, Manches-
ter, Leeds, Liverpool, and other places, for the ex-
press purpose of supporting it at all risks;—despite
these multitudinous, overwhelming proofs of the
enthusiasm with which the Reform Bill has been
welcomed by men of all parties, of all ranks, of all
professions ;—Lord CARNARVON had actually the
assurance to declare that it was by no means a po-
pular measure, "that the more men looked into its
details, the more they disliked it, and that doubts
as to its eligibility and expediency were rising
up in the mind of every liberal and thinking
man in the country !" If by " liberal and think-
ing men" his Lordship implies boroughmongers,
placemen, pensioners, sinecurists, together with
their long muster-roll of slaves and mistresses; or if
he imply the almost interminable squad of commer-
cial and political jobbers ; or that desperate, unblush-
ing faction who see in the triumph of Reform their
own exclusion from office ;—if these be the liberal
and thinking men to whom his Lordship alludes, as
being wholly averse to the Ministerial Bill, we grant
there is some truth in his assertion. It is an ill wind
that blows nobody any good, but it is a still worse
one that blows nobody any ill. The very fact of all
interested monopolists being inimical to the measure)
is with us the most conclusive argument in its fa-
vour. It convinces us that it has hit the right mark ;
that it has cut to the very root of the evil ; that it
has achieved precisely its intended object. But
mark how dexterously, without absolutely swerving
from it, his Lordship has perverted fact ! Finding
that all those—and how frightfully long is the cata-
logue !—who thrive, and have thriven for years, by
the corrupt state of the representation, are decidedly
opposed to Reform, he perverts their selfish hosti-
lity into that of the community at large; declares
that in the clamour of the few, the voice of the many
breaks forth; that, in short, the boroughmongers speak
the sense of the country from one extremity to the
other. How disengenuous is such a line of argu-
ment ! How unworthy the faculties of one who

would desire to be thought a Statesman ! Yet,
shallow as it is in logic, incorrect in fact, untenable
in principle, it is actually the sole prop of his Lord-
ship's speech. He has nothing else to stand on.
He must either prove, beyond the power of con-
tradiction, that the boroughmongers and the people
have one and the same interest ; that the voice of
the one is the voice of the other; or he must plead
guilty to the charge of having fulminated one of the
most absurd, illogical Philippics ever heard within
the walls of Parliament. On one or other of the
horns of this dilemma he must be content to stick.
We leave him his choice.

The Bishop of BRISTOL followed his Lordship
in a speech every way worthy of him. He approved
of- Reform, but not the Ministerial measure ; and
trusted that if Birmingham and Manchester desired
to be represented in Parliament, they would corn-
pens site the decayed—his Lordship was far too re-
fined to say rotten—boroughs which they would
thereby deprive of the elective franchise. Excellent
proposal! Most equitable Statesman! So upon this
principle, if the second commercial town in all
England desires to have its interests properly
secured and represented in Parliament, it is to pay
a round sum to the proprietor of the pig-stye at
Garton, or the earth-mound at Sarum, by way of
penalty for its arrogance in demanding such an
unreasonable privilege ! Really, my Lord Bishop,
we scarcely know which most to admits., the
bril-
liancy which conceived, or the modesty which put
forth, this proposition.
Lord BROUGHAM replied to the Earl of CARNARYON
with even more than his usual felicity. Sarcasm—
irony—argument----graceful metaphor—and energefc
declamation ;—all these multifarious weapons he
wielded with the hand of a master. What an
astonishing Statesman is this! Ever ready at at-
tack or defence, no matter what be the subject, or
who be the opponent, he is sure to come off con-
queror. Nothing comes amiss to him. His intel-
lect is truly Protean in its versatility ; sports alike
with the most lofty and the most familiar forms of
eloquence; and in both is omnipotent. Lords
STANHOPE, ELLENBOROUGH, Mud CARNARVON,
will long have reason to remember him.

All the latest arrivals from the Continent confirm
the cheering rumours respecting Poland, and those
relative to the deplorable condition of the Russian
troops. By the Paris papers we learn that the re-
mainder of the POLIGNAC conspirators have met,
like him, with their deserts. They have been
punished with fine, deprivation of all civil and mi-
litary honours, and imprisonment for life.

The following are extracts from the Dutch Papers
received this morning :

WARSAW, APRIL 4. —The State Gazette of Warsaw con-
tains among the official articles two reports from General Skzry-
necki, one dated from the field of battle at Dembe Wielki, the
other the Ist of April, ten o'clock, P.M. (These have been al-
ready published from other journals.)
The same paper contains also the following accounts :
MARCH 31.—Last night the Russians attempted to burn the
bridge from Warsaw to Praga. They launched at Karczew three
boats tilled with combustibles, one of which had also several shells
on board, the bursting of which, it was supposed, would prevent
any persons from attempting to save the bridge when it should
be set on tire. Several boats with Cossacks on board followed at
a distance in order to set the tire-ships afloat if they should hap-
pen to run aground. The plan failed, for the fire-ships ran
aground, and the shells beginning to burst killed some of the
Cossacks, and obliged the others to put back. Two of the tire-
ships burnt, the third remained aground. The explosion of the
shells was heard for five hours, and hence it was reported that a
heavy cannonade had been heard in the direction of Willanow.
If the fire-ships had not run aground the object would still have
failed, as every precaution had been taken.
APRIL I.—The success of yesterday is wholly owing to the
bold and skilful manoeuvres of the General-in-Chiet; which
were executed with such rapidity and secrecy, that even the in-
habitants of the capital, though all passed under their walls,
heard at the same time of the beginning of the action and its
success. The bridge of Praga hail been covered with straw,
that the rumbling of the heavy cannon passing over it might not
be heard. The prisoners brought to Warsaw are of the '24th and
25th divisions. Almost the whole of the 95th regiment were
taken prisoners. The Polish regiment called the " Sons of War-
saw," which was under the command of the French Colonel
Romarine, who was in the battle as Brigadier-General, was en-
gaged for the first time. Field-Marshal Diebitsch did not wit..
ness this battle, beingjust then engaged in reviewing the Guards,
who had lately arrived. General Skrzynecki had a horse wounded
under him. The members of the Government, Czartoryski,
Barzykowski, and Count Gustavus Malachowski, Minister for
Foreign Affairs, were in the hottest of the fire. The day before
yesterday the dead bodies near and in Bialomka were buried;
500 men, provided with spades, were sent for that purpose.
According to further accounts, of the 2d of April, in the
same Journal, M. Plichta, Secretary-General to the Govern-
mont, who was commissioned to deliver to the General-in-Chief
the Cross of a Knight Commander, conferred it on him just
as he had gained a further advantage over the Prussian troops.
Captain Leski, Aide-de-Camp to the Commander-in-Chief, has
brought to Warsaw tho standard taken on the lst. He lett the
General-in-Chief at Katuszyn. Up to twelve o'clock at noon, on
the 2d, 7,000 prisoners had been brought into Warsaw, and more
continue to arrive. Eleven cannon taken in the battle have also
been brought in, and 11 more are expected.
Among the prisoners are 20 officers of different ranks. A very
great number of the prisoners are from the provinces formerly
belonging to Poland.
The Warsaw Gazette has the following article :
" In the night of the 29th the Russians attempted to pass the
Vistula at Siekierki, near Czerniakow, but their design was frus-
trated by our troops. Along the bank of the Vistula, occupied
by them, they have erected alarms posts, probably to effect, by
lighting beacons, the passage over the river at the same moment
along the whole line. According to the statements of prisoners,
the passage was to be attempted at five points."
FRONTIERS OF POLAND, APRIL s.—According to the
latest accounts, the several Russian corps had collected in great
force between Kaluszyn and Siedlec, and a decisive battle might
be shortly expected.
The Warsaw Journals contain many regulations and procla-
mations of the Governor-General. He reminds the inhabitants
that the city is still in a state of siege, and that now more than
ever all depends on the punctual performance of their duties by
their respective Guards. Every one must be ready to take the field
at the first signal, and the smallest disobedience will be severely
punished. The Governor having convinced himself that in spite
of all preceding prohibitions several persons still keep arms con-
cealed, orders them to be delivered up by to-morrow, otherwise
such persons shall be shot, in conformity with an article which
he has himself added to the military code. He also requires a
large quantity of straw for the army in Warsaw, and in the
held. The Vice-Governor orders all Polish officers and soldiers
belonging to the camp in the field, who cannot justify their re-
maining in Warsaw by a written permission of the Governor
General, immediately to join their regiments, on pain of being
treated as marauders.
BERLIN, APRIL 8.
St. Schuld Sch. 4 per cent.
Prussian English Loan, 1818, 5 percent..
Ditto Ditto 18.2.2, 5 percent.
Ditto Ditto 1830, 4 per cent.
THE HAGUE, Avail. 10.—Among other reports of the day
is the following :—According to a new partition of the national
debt, 15431 are assigned to Holland, 15-31 to Belgium, and 1-31
to Luxemburg.
APRIL 12._ The First 'Chamber of the States General has
agreed to the loan of 42 millions.
General Clock has inspected the positions in Dutch Flanders.
The troops and the inhabitants are all animated with the best
spirit in favour of the King and country. The greatest exertions
are making in the dock-yards at Flushing. The Zeeuco, Korte-
rtaar, and Waterloo, of the line, are fitting out for sea with all
speed. The Is'ehellenia and Stelder corvettes are ordered to take
up a position off Cattoo.

♦MSTERDAM, ♦PRIL I.
Actual Debt, 9.% per cent 39 to 40?4
Amort Syndic, 4% per, cent.
Ditto, ditto, 3% per cent 5l to 52
Exchange on London ll 90 to 11 87 5.10
Two months ll 82% to 11 80
No Petersburgh Journals have arrived by the Dutch mail.

The letters from Dantzic, obtained by the Dutch
mail this morning, contain very interesting news
from Warsaw. Information had been received by
a mercantile house in Dantzic from Warsaw, that
the 95th Regiment of Russian troops, with some
other soldiers, had deserted and joined the Poles.
The correspondent of the commercial house at
Dantzic, states that he saw the Russian troops arrive
in Warsaw, they having marched from Grotia :
when challenged, they grounded their arms,
and were in the course of exercise when
the latter were despatched to join the Polish army ;
the number of Russian troops who had thus de-
serted amounted, it is stated, to 4,000 men.
There are no letters from S.. Petershurgh this
morning, the communication having been cut off.
On the road from Memel to Riga great
numbers of persons had risen against the Russian
troops. Jt was reported that the army under Gene-
ral DIEBITSCH was suffering severely from the want
of provisions.

POPULAR FEELING.—We had some con-
versation the other day with a gentleman who has just
come from the north of Scotland, and has visited every
•own in it, and many of the villages. He found the
people of all classes, and without exception, not simply
pleased, but delighted with the Beform Bill. lie says it
is scarcely possible to speak in adequate terms of the en-
thusiasm with which the measure is hailed every where.—
Scotsman.

LAW INTILLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY).

VICE- CHANCELL OR' S CO UR T.

In consequence of this being the first day of Easter Term, his
Honour the VICE-CHANCELLOR did not take his seat at
Westminster till nearly Two o'clock.
LORD PORTMORE v. TAYLOR.
Immediately on taking his seat his HONOUR proceeded to
give judgment in this case, into the facts of which his Honour
entered in detail, and had not concluded his judgment when our
reporter left.