The Sun.
London, England, 1831-10-21 00:00:00

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LONDON,
FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 21, 1831.

His MAJESTY'S most gracious Speech at the pro-
rogation of Parliament yesterday, has been produc-
tive of general satisfaction. He assures the people
that he is unalterable in his determination to obtain
for them. Reform ; but adds, that if they hope to
attain the desirable end, they must practise the les-
sons of patience and moderation. The Speech, in
fact, is worthy of the great and enlightened and
patriotic MONARCH who deliver it, and of the
people to whom it is addressed.

In another part of our Paper will be found re-
ports of Reform meetings that have lately taken
place in Hull, Newcastle, and. the populous and in-

fluential county of Surrey. We have also given a
lengthened account of the great Birmingham meet-
ing, which took place yesterday, and which con-
sisted not of the mere rabble, but of all the respect-
able merchants, bankers, and tradesmen who repre-

sent the wealth and influence of that commercial and

highly important district. To-morrow we shall
give full reports of the Ayrshire and Northumber-
land meetings, which in their way are equally im-

portant—equally significant, expressing, as they do,
the sentiments of the community at large, in the
language not of defiance, not of desperation, but of
confidence, and indomitable determination.

In all these meeting,, it is remarkable that one
spirit is uppermost—a spirit of settled, decided re-
pugnance to the Episcopal Bench for its late
inadvertent" vote on the Refcrm question. The
men of Birmingham hold the same language as the
men of Newcastle; the men of the South vie
with those of tile North ; Ireland keeps pace
with Scotland; all classes, in short, through-
out the three kingdoms are equally strenu-
ous in their reprobation of the officious—we
might almost add, the unwarrantable—conduct of
the Bishops.
Is this spirit to be wondered at ? Far from it.
It is the natural consequence of circumstances. The
Reverend Prelates having thrown down the gauntlet
of defiance to the people, the latter have naturally
enough taken it up. The two parties are conse-
quently at issue with each other, and the question
between them now is, ought Bishops to sit in the
House of Lords or not ? The Reverend Prelates
say Yes; the People say No. We shall see, by and
bye, which party will be right in its opinions.
In one respect, the votes of the Episcopal Bench,

however mischievously intended, have done good.
They have attracted the attention of the whole
kingdom, to the glaring inconsistency of Spiritual
Peers being allowed to decide upon all temporal
matters, with the majority of which they have no
more to do than Mr. LISTON or Mr. GRIMALDI with

the tithe question. What connection, for instance,
or what interest can the Reverend Bench possibly
have in beer shops ? Yet we do not forget that
some of the ghostly fraternity set themselves strongly
against the institution of these houses of accommo-
dation for the poor, while they were discreetly ;
silent on the subject of the constant profanation of
the Sabbath by the card parties and dinner parties
of the higher classes. This is one only, out of
numberless instances, in which the Episcopal Bench
has quietly, but steadfastly, opposed itself to the
wants and wishes of the community. But indeed
it was for years the sworn, unflinching supporter of
the arbitrary Government of the Ultra Tories; no
measure, provided, it told against the people, was
too despotic for its approval—too tough for its
digestion; and so much was this the case, that Lord
CASTLEREAGH, in the prosecution of his insidious
designs against the liberties of three kingdoms,
always reckoned on the concurrence of the Episcopal
Bench. Temporal Peers might waver, but Spiritual
Peers were always sure to be on the side of despotism.
The people do not—how is it possible they
should ?—forget these things. They have longer
memories than the Bishops and the Borough.
mongers suppose. They see that the former, .in
spite of the solemn, kindly warnings held out to
them by those who well knew their position with
the country, and had their interests strongly at
heart, refused to " set their houses in order," and
are now resolved to do it for them. The
question of the propriety of Bishops having votes in
the House of Lords, the Reverend Prelates having
themselves challenged the question, being once fairly
mooted by the people, will not soon be set at rest.
It will be urged in favour of their expulsion, that
with a bad Government they are dangerous, anti
with a good one useless; that by being allowed to
interfere in temporal matters, they cannot but neglect
the Church, for that a Bishop who really and truly
attends to his episcopal duties, who makes a
point of enquiring into the character and ,con-
duct of the various Prebendaries, and Rectors,
and Curates of his diocese, encouraging the
worthy, and discountenancing the silly, the idle,
and the profligate, can hae no time for interfering
with law or politics. Should it be observed, in re-
ply
to these objections, that it is requisite that
Bishops should have , seats in the House of Lords,
for the, purpose of protecting the interests of the
Church, our rejoinder is, Spiritual Peers can do
nothing for that establishment that temporal ones
cannot do equally well. 'Sure are we that if Lord
ELDON, and those who act with him, cannot
sufficiently protect the Church, such Prelate,
as the Bishop of EXETER can be of little service.
Reverting to the question of Reform, of which the
one just glanced at forms a branch, we cannot too
strenuously urge our countrymen to form themselves
every where into Political Unions and Associations;
first, for the purpose of increasing their mora►
strength; secondly, for the sake of preserving good
order. Let them never forget that it was the Catholic
Association that emancipated Ireland. So long as
the Papist's were divided and distracted by the
feuds and jealousies of party, Ireland was a slave to
the Protestant Ascendancy faction; but the moment
they flung disunion to the winds", and became unani-

mous and organized, that instant they recovered their
independence.

We refer to another column for extracts from
the Paris Papers. The French Ministers, in their
infatuated endeavours to perpetuate the Hereditary
Peerage, only provoke more certain defeat. On
Monday they made another, and we hope a
fast attempt, to carry the question by a motion
to get rid of all the amendments proposed by the
Opposition. This was attempted in a manner si-
milar to that by which, in our House of Commons,
the Report of the Committee on a Bill is sometimes
sought to be rejected. The failure was a new proof
that, on the great principle of the measure, a vast ma-
jority of the Deputies sympathises with the public.
This had been made apparent in the division on M.
DELESSERT'S motion on Saturday it is true; but M.
Dugs, and others of the Ministerial partisans,
imagined that the impression made to the preju-
dice of the Peerage, by the conduct of our House of
Lords, began to fade away,and therefore determined
to make another effort in favour of the heredile—•but
with signal and merited discomfiture.

The following are extracts from the Allgenteine
Zeitung of the 14th inst., received this morning:—

FRONTIERS OF RUSSIA, SEPT. 30. —The news of the
taking of Warsaw has excited the greatest joy at St. Peters-
burgh, not only at Court but in the whole city, which celebrated
the event by a general illumination. With respect to the fate
which awaits the Poles, opinions are by no means agreed ; some
eminent and influential persons speak of exemplary satisfaction
and severe chastisement of the rebels. The Emperor, however,
seems averse to every feeling of rigour, and the Poles may hope
for pardon if they endeavour to obtain it. It is said that till the
final regulation of the affairs of Poland there will be a Lieuten-
ant-General of the kingdom, and this dignity is intended to be
conferred on Prince Paskewitsch : but some think that the
Government of the kingdom will be given to the Grand Duke
Michael, with extreme powers. But if dear-bought experience
has shown that it is not always advisable to place a Prince
of the blood in so important and highly responsible a
post, it is nevertheless probable that the Grand Duke
Michael will remain for a time at Warsaw ; and till
it shall be seen what turn the affairs of Europe will take.
For it is the general opinion in St. Petersburgh that all is not
finished with the subjection of Poland, and that the active ser-
vices of the Russian army may be farther required. The lan-
guage hitherto held by the French has been too bitter, too
arrogant, to expect moderation from them after the disasters
that have befallen their Polish brethren, as they style them, and
the continuance in favour of the pacific Perier Administration
seems by no means certain. It is therefore necessary to be pre-
pared against every contingency. The Russian army accor-
dingly receives reinforcements. The loan guaranteed by
the Russian Government to the kingdom of Poland

is still recognised, and a Commission -is appointed at
Warsaw to regulate the arrears. The Russian Councillor of
State, M. Fuhrman, to whom the direction of the Polish
finances is at present entrusted, has positive directions to de-
-

termine in the first place the means that are necessary to meet
the payments arising from the loan. Negociations will also be
immediately entered upon with Austria and Prussia respecting
the sums expended in support of the Polish troops who have
taken refuge in the territory of those two Allied States. These
troops will now be summoned to return to the kingdom of Po-
land, and to renew the oath of allegiance to their legitimate
authority.

Despatches were received this morning at the Fo-
reign office in Downing-street, from our Ambas-
sador at Paris.

Despatches were also received at the Colonial
office, from Bermuda and Halifax.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-('THIS DAY

FROM LLOYD'S.

PORTSMOUTH, OCT. 20.—Wind S.—Arrived his Majesty's
ships Galatea and Stag, from Jersey.
PENZANCE, OcT. 19. Arrived the Claudine, Heathorne,
from Madras, sailed the 19th of June, and from St. Helena the
18th of August.
PORTLAND, OCT. 19.—Arrived the. Euphemie, Gardop,
from Rio Janeiro.
LIVERPOOL, Ocr. 19.—Arrived the Isabella, Dunlop, from
St. John's, N. B.
BELFAST, OCT. 18.—Arrived the Sarah, Kenny, from St.
John's, N. B.
LIMERICK, OCT. 18.—Arrived the Terrento, Little, from
Quebec.
HULL, Ocr. 19 —The Acasta, from Archangel to Plymouth,
water.logged and abandoned, was fallen in with the sth inst.,
twelve leagues to the northward of the Island of Shetland ; and
on the 7th boarded by the Fidelity, Suglish, arrived in the
Humber.
FALMOUTH, Ocr. 19.—The Othello, Scott, from Newport
to New York, which put into this port the 16th, with damage
and leaky, has commenced discharging.

The Huntcliffe, Clark, from Hamburg to Liverpool, was
stranded at Lochsell the 7th inst.
The Planter, Morrison, from Newcastle to Riga, ran on a reef
of rocks, on Bornholm, the 2d inst., but was got off, after throwing
part of her cargo overboard.