The Sun.
London, England, 1831-09-02 00:00:00

die appointment of Parlia-
mentary Commissioners, instead of the Priv)
Council, to proceed through the t ountry, and make
the neccssary induiri With regard to the division•
of eountie-r) and the arranging the boundaries of bo- '
roughs, gzc, and to report to Parli*ment. The re-
port to be subtnitted ge'neally to the House, to
avoid a repetiiin'i of the endless diseussions on
schedulizg A and 13--Between the r,ssing of ibe
Reform Bill and the corisfirrnat;',m of the R.-vrt b.
Parliament, no near election could take place, as the
old election jaws would be repealed, and the labour
of the Commissioners neec,sar: to the election of
the new Parl'ament—the number of the Commi,-
sioneri to !r a few only to go in one direction,
by ‘vi;lelt division of labour the period occupied will
be considerably shortened, No decision, howevt r,
to be taken unless cot,tirtned by a majority of thr
Commissioners, that is by !Gat least. The follow-
irro is li•t of the Commi,,sioners:—.

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'I he light Him. J. Abercrombie, IL Drummotitlf .I'sil.
Chief Baron of Scotland. J. E. I,),:io.o.`fattYr, t.isq.
E J. Littleton, Esq. p. v. !,.,,lis, Esq.
Davies Gilbert, Eq. A Carr, Esq.
W. Courteiof 1,.5f,i,, T. B. Leonard, Esq.
H. Martif 1 Masters iii W. Ord, jun., Esq.
W. IN'i'ngtield, Chancery. J. Romilev„Fsg,
Sir J. W. Gordon, Bart. Rs. ,L.l.aW..oers, Esq.
H. Hallam, Esq. . Irle Rev. It. Sheepshanks.
F. Beaufort, Esq. R,Y. W. E. Talents, Esq.
Launcelot Baonh Allan, Esq. H. Tancred, Esq.
H. Gawky, Esq. J. Wrottesley, Eso,
T. Birch, Esq. W. Wild, I> I;.
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W. Leake, Esq. F., Mifflin, Esq., Royal Et_
Benjamin Annesley, Esq. lfeers.
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J. J. Chapman, Esq, IL Scott, Esq., lloyAl Staff:
R. Dawson, F.
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It is undei:stood that the leboties of the Commis-
sioners will be compl-ted in three months. The
plan seemed to be generallf acceptable. Sir Charlet
Wethere, indeed, had a great deal to cay, but his
observations are hardly deserving of serious con-
sideration. Mr. Hughes ghes made some obser-
vations, which may .serve as a key to those who still
fail to tter!erstand the object of the former motives.
Mr, Ilinit, of course, agreed with him, Like draws
to like.— MorningChronicleo
That treason is t?t work, and deeply arid exten-
sively at we'A, in Poland, to ruin by sap, and under•
mine the great cause of that heroic nation, which
the colossal power of Russia has been unable to
crush in the field of open warfare, there can be no
loubt. The rettaii of Dembinski to Warsaw, with
his little corps of heroes, after cutting their way
through masses of the enemy with a gallantry that
has never been surpassed, has confirmed the accounts
of the treason of Generals Gielgud and Chrapowski,
who, it now appears, destroyed by their infamous
conduct the brightest prospects in Lithuania, and
endered abortive the valour of the devoted troops
who were under their fatal command. Though we
should be extremely reluctant to entertain any doubt
of the patriotic firmness of the Generalissimo, who in
the commencement of the war gave such decisive
woofs of courage, skill, and energy, yet it does ap-
pear to tie strange that since the battle of Ostroletika
he had not signalised himself by striking a single
plow of any moment against the enemy. lie did not
teen take advantage of the consternation which pre-
vailed in rite Russian army on the sudden loss of its
General, Diebitsch—though shortly after that event
we were told that the Polish army, having recovered
From its fatigues and repaired its losses, was about
to march, and take advantage of- the dismay into
which the enemy were thrown by the death of their
thief, and the mortality arid privations which about
hat time had dreadfully thinned their ranks. Day
rfter day, and week after week, passed away, and
nothing was done. In the mean time a new Ge-
neral arrived, the Russian army was re-organized,
And fresh masses of barbarians poured in without
molestation to join the main body of the savage ban-
ditti that ravened for the blood of Warsaw. It is
true General Skrzyneeki may be able to account most
satisfactorily for his conduct during all this time.
Ile may be able to show that his apparent quies-
cence was but part of a well-conceived arid compre-
hensive plan for the eventual deliverance of his
country. We are aware that Fabius, surnamed
Cunctotor, baffled all the prowess of the incom-
parable Hannibal, an saved Rome by delay.
But then Skizynecki has not had a Hannib d
'o contend with. Beside=, the delay of Fabius
tended to make the army of the Carthagenian
warrior continually weaker, while the force of his
owu was augmented ; but the dilatory tactics of the
Polish Generalissimo have not produced that rela-
tive effect, or rather the effect has been directly the
everse. The Polish army has been weakened, as
several detachments have been cut off in detail,
while the Russian force has been considerably in-
creased by the accession of numerous reinforcements.
Still the scanty intelligence which arrives from the
seat of war is not sufficient on which to form a de-
cided opinion, one way or the other, as to the con-
duct of the chief to whom Poland intrusted, in an
awful crisis, the sword of her most righteous cause.
It does seem to us that the salvation of Poland
rather depended upon the heroism of her troops
than upon the cautious tactics of her Generals,
and that the true policy of such a war was
not to allow the moral confidence of the Poles to
decline, or the enemy to recover from the terror
and dismay which the first great success of the
Polish arms inspired ; but we admit that this opinion
may be the result of not being in possession of all
the circumstances which may have guided the con-
duct of a man whose fame we should be glad to see
cleared from the doubts that obscure it, and restored
once more to the confidence of his country. In the
mean time deplorable consequences have followed
in Warsaw the distrust and suspicion which recent
events have inspired. Traitors have been taken in
fiagrantc delicto, and attempted to be screened from
justice. The results have ensued which are always
he consequence of a brave population being ren-
dered desperate—such as would happen in London
itself if beleaguered by barbarian foes, raging for its
blood and spoil, and traitors in high places were de-
tected holding coeamunication with the enemy—
revealing every plan of their brave countrymen in
arms, and waiting the opportunity to open the gates
of the doomed city to those who brought the
" abomination of desolation" with pestilence and
the sword. Humanity laments all such excesses;
but where is the humanity of the civilized nations
of Europe, who allow the extermination of a whole
people to be the pastime of a tyrant.—Morning
Herold.

AN INCIDENT IN THEHOUSEOF COMMONS.
--On Wednesday night, during the time that Mr. Hostas
was uttering one of his many indignant philippics against
the waste of the public money, the Hon. Member was in-
terrupted by a peculiar noise from the side gallery, which
was so strange, that for the moment the Hon. Member
and those around him seemed puzzled to account for it.
The lion. Member, after a moment's pause, was again
proceeding—" I say, Sir, that this is nothing but em-
bezzlement," when a not-to-lie mistaken snore from the
side gallery, and laughter all through the House, including
the strangers' gallery, made the Hon. Member pause again.
The Chairman called " Order, order!" obviously direct-
ing his admonition to the unconscious cause of the dis-
turbance. After a pause Mr. HUME : " The House, Sir,
will sleep at its post."----(Loud snot e and convulsions of
laughter throughout the House, in which the Chairman
appeared to join, while his half-stifled emotion broke out
into a tittering, " or-or-der, or-or-der !") The snorer
paused, the laughter ceased, and Mr. HUME proceeded :
" After what has been said, Sir, it is indispensable neces-
sary that this strange matter should be investigated."—
(A noise, almost as loud as the braying of a jack-ass, fol-
lowed by irresistible laughter, put a complete stop to the
lion. Gentleman's harangue, till one of the doorkeepers
had roused the sleeping Member from his uncomfortable
siesta. This attentive Legislator, a well-dressed gentle-
man, who was stretched out his whole length in the side
gallery, was no sooner made aware of the interruption he
had occasioned, than lie assumed a more comfortable posi-
tion, and again compused himself to sleep, while the busi-
ness of the House proceeded as usual.)

On Saturday morning, about ten o'clock, the
neighbourhood of Bureham was greatly alarmed by the
cries of fire. In a few minutes it was discovered to be a
large barn, filled with wheat and oats, belonging to Mr.
BELLINGHAM. Every exertion was made to extinguish
the flames, but in vain. Mr. 13cLuNotram bad only
finished harvest the night preceding ; and a waggon loaded
with oats was placed in the barn, which, with a bog, were
totally consumed. It is supposed to be the work of an in-
cendiary• --Brighton Guardiffn.