The Sun.
London, England, 1831-10-03 00:00:00

DAY AT ONK O'CLOCK.

PRICES OF THE STOCKS
Bank Stock
.3 per Cent. Red.
1 per Cent Cons. S N,U
114 per Cent, shut
Ditto Red shut
gew 3}‘per Cent. 88y, 8
i per Cent. Ann. 1726 -
1 per Cent. 1826
Bank Long Ann. to expire
Jan. 5, 1860 shut
Oct. 10, 1859
Jan. 5, 1860 :181/9 9-16
Jan. 5, 1880
April 5, 1880
Jan. 5, 1870

New 5 per Cent.
'lndia Stock
Ditto Bonds
South Sea Stock 91!,„
Old Annuities......
New Ditto ............
3 per Cent. Ann. 1751
Ex. Bills, £1,000...... 7 8 6 pm
Ditto 500 ......... 6 pm,
Ditto Small ............... 10 7 m.
Ditto Commercial .......... pm
Ditto Advertised ......... pm.
Bank for Opening ..- .....
India for Account ....... .
Cons. for Oct. I SON

PRICES OF TORSION FUNDS
kustrian Bonds
Brazilian Bonds
dr nos Ayres Bonds —
Chnian Bonds
..'olombian Bonds
Ditto, 1824
Danish 607,i 1
Greek Bondi
Jitto, 1825
Guatimala
Aexican Bonds —
Jitto, 1825

THIS DAT AT ONI O'CLOCK.
Neapolitan —
Peruvian Bonds —
'Portuguese Bonds.:
'Prussian, Old —
IDitto, New 97
i Russian
Spanish, Is2l
'French Rentes, sp. c. —t —e.
Exchange ...... —t
3 per cent....... —f
Exchange ...... —f

PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, SEPT. 30.
Bank Stock —lSt. Patrick Insur. (per sh.)

Consols, 3 ner cent.
Gov. Stock, 3j.', per cent. 8844 National Ditto
Ditto, New BB% Patriotic Ditto ................. .
I per Cent — Hibernian Bank —
Cov. Deb. 3 per cent.... 84% Provincial Ditto
Royal Canal Stock 374 Royal Irish Mine —
Grand Canal Stock 23 Imperial Mine —
City Deb. 4 per cent. 751,j Mining Co. of Ireland
Ballast Office Deb. 4p. c. —,Commercial Buildings —

HAILS.
Arrived. Due. Arrived. Due.
O America 0 1 Hamburg 0
O Brazil
O Buenos Ayres 0 0 Jamaica 0
O Carthagena 0 0 Leeward Islands ... 0
2 Dublin 0 2 Lisbon 0
1 Flanders 0 0 Malta 0
1 France 0 0 Sweden
1 Guernsey &Jersey.. 0 i 2 Waterford

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW.
Morning ...49 minutes after 0. I Evening...ls minutes after 1.

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LONDON,
MONDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 3, 1831.

The most momentous question that ever en-
gaged the attention of a British Legislature

comes on this day for discussion in the House

of Lords. This day—we will add, this awfu

day—the Peers of the realm are solemnly called
on to decide, whether they will still continue
to deserve the respect and affections of the

people, or whether, by arraying themselves in
sullen, desperate opposition to the popular wishes,
they will let loose all the elements of wrath and
tempest: in a word, they are called on to solve the
great question of Reform or revolution, for
such, we can assure them, are now the sole
points at issue. It is idle at this hour to at-

tempt to deny or conceal the hazards of their
Lordships' position. It is one replete with ex-
treme difficulty and danger. They stand on the
brink of a precipice, with an angry sea beneath,
and a clouded sky above them. May they
become sensible to the hazards of their si-

tuation, and learn, that one cautious step
taken in time is worth a thousand, however
specious, that are made at random, and in the
dark ! Their Lordships can need no better
guides for their conduct, than those afforded by
the records of the first French Revolution. They
will there learn the folly, the madness, first of
procrastination when decision is requisite ; se-
condly, of saying No, when the exigencies of
the season demand that they should say Yes.
The convulsions in France were the necessary ,
consequences of the pride, selfishness, and im-
becility of the Nobles, who instead of taking
time by the forelock and seizing the golden
opportunity of winning back, by seasonable
conciliation, the hearts of those whom their
tyranny had estranged, suffered the sand in
the ,hour-glass to escape, till the very last
atom had run out, the warning hour had
passed, and the AVENGER had come for
his prey. Little did the French Noblesse
dream, in the first moment of popular excite-
ment, that the rivulet would so soon swell to a
torrent destined to sweep all before it : far other-
wise; they thought it was a mere idle party
movement, and slumbered on, even while the
sword of DAMOCLES was visibly suspended above
their heads, till it became too late either to op-
pose or conciliate, to retreat or to move forward.
When STERNE visited France, he found her
nobility at the utmost height of their power,
wielding all the engines of the state, and rashly
observed that their authority seemed founded on
a rock destined to be eternal. Scarcely twenty

years afterwards, this same rock was splintered
shivered into ten thousand atoms ; and those
who had built their edifice upon it, experienced

the same fate as the fool who erected his on the
sand.

Let not the British Peers lay such " flattering
unction to their souls" as that they can
resist the demands of the people with more
safety than did the Noblesse of France. They
can do no such thing. A nation determined to
assert its rights is pretty much the same in all
ages, and sets about the work of retribution in a
very similar spirit. When once the blood is up,
it is idle to appeal to the reason ; the fever will
have its way. Even now an angry, a fearful spirit
is abroad,—the more alarming because its energy
is for the present sullen and repressed. The people,
we know, entertain many dangerous notions re-
specting the non-payment of taxes, and seem
to think that the rejection of the Reform Bill
by the Lords will almost justify their determi-
nation. While with all the energy of which we
arc capable, we deprecate such notions, can we
wonder that they arc entertained by the idle—
the dissolute—the unthinking ? Or can we feel
surprised if the idea, once taken up, should
spread electorically from town to: town—from
county to county ? Let a disposition of this
sort but once seriously take root in the minds of
the lower classes, and it will not long be confined
to them. The moral cholera will spread. One
grade will infect another, till insensibly the
whole social system becomes disorganized.
Most earnestly then— most respectfully do we
entreat their Lordships to weigh well the hazards
of their position. Should they reject the Bill,
the most disastrous consequences will imme-
diately ensue. The metropolis will be the scene
of unexampled uproar ; all trades will be at a
stand-still ; those who espouse, will be in the
same predicament with those who oppose, Re-
form ; for passion never discriminates, and mobs
are no respecters of persons. But in the north,
and above all, in Scotland—gracious Gon, we

shudder while we contemplate the possibility of
the fury to which the people may be there driven
by the intelligence that the Bill has been re-
jected ! Hark, to the savage uproar of the
multitude ! To their hoarse cry fur vengeance !
To their demand of the names of those Peers
who have voted against the Reform Bill ! All,
we fear, will be uproar and confusion, instanta-
neous, possibly universal, agitation throughout
the North.

Lord ASHLEY—the sworn advocate of the
boroughmongers—heads the poll in Dorsetshire !
Freeholders, will you allow this ? At the pre-
sent ominous crisis too, when the eyes of a una-
nimous nation are turned imploringly towards
you ! Quick, one and all, and wipe out this
foul blot on your consistency. Not a moment
is to be lost. You must at once " awake,
arise, or be for ever fallen." Who would not
be a Dorset man, if Dorset does her duty ; who
would not feel it as a degradation, if she proves
apostate to Reform? But there is no cause for
apprehension. The county that threw out a
BANKES will scarcely return an ASHLEY ; her
past conduct vouches for her present.

The Prussian State Gazette contains a hy-
pocritical account of the Polish Revolution, and
asserts that it was altogether partial, and had no
deep root in the hearts of the community.—
The "magnanimous" NICHOLAS is then praised
in the usual fashion, and his clemency particu-
larly insisted upon. The other foreign Papers,
together with the private intelligence from
Brussels, and other parts, contain much
scattered and interesting intelligence, but none
of any particular importance—especially to our
English readers, whose minds at the present
moment are wholly taken up with the important
question of Reform.

WansAw, SEPT. 21.—The Warsaw Universal Ga-
zelle contains the following official article :
" Since the moment that the troops of his Majesty the
Emperor and King entered Warsaw, there has been suffi-
cient opportunity to find the opinion confirmed which was
entertained at the very beginning of the revolution in the
kingdom of Poland, namely, that if a certain number of
ill-disposed persons had the audacity to raise the standard
of insurrection against their lawful sovereign, yet the
greater part of the nation remained passive, and either
took no part in these proceedings, or was only drawn into
them by the most dreadful and cruel terrorism. Without
seeking the proof of this assertion in the death of the se-
ven Generals who were murdered at the very beginning of
the iusurrectisn, and lost their lives only because they re-
mained faithful to their duty, or the danger in which
many others were placed ; without dwelling on the unpa-
ralleled cruelties exercised on the n;ght of the 15th of
August, on four officers of the same rank, and on thirty-
five persons of different classes, some of whom were
accused of imaginary crimes, and others already
acquitted of the charge brought against them; it will be
sufficient to mention that many of the Polish military
have kept entirely away from all revolutionary proceed-
ings during the whole insurrection, and have not
deviated from the principles of legal conduct, even
when they might have joined the army of the in-
surgents. It is sufficient to add that a great number
of those who unwillingly joined the insurgents left their
ranks as soon as they hail an opportunity of doing so.
Lastly, others who left Warsaw with the army have re-
turned to the capital, and having solicited and obtained
their discharge have gone to their homes. Their number
is about 1,000. All of them, in conformity with his
Majesty's proclamation, after they had taken the oath of
allegiance to the Monarch, even those who had need of
indulgence, were convinced that the trying situation in
which they had been placed was considered as a reason
to bury the past in oblivion. Great undoubtedly is the
number of those whose loss is deplored by their families,
or towards whom rigorous prciceedings are apprehended.
" We, therefore, rejoice to be able to make their fami-
lies perfectly easy. The subjoined list contains the names
of those who are either in the capital, or on the way to
the places they have chosen for their abode. Every body
that entertained any doubts on this subject may thus con-
vince himself that if it were necessary to use the sword to
suppress the insurrection, the magnanimous Monarch
gladly embraces every opportunity to exercise clemency,
and that the enlightened justice of the authorities, to whom
he has entrusted the fulfilment of his will, makes it their
duty to execute it in a manner corresponding with the ex-
alted clemency of his Majesty."
The above Paper promises the list of names in its next
cumber. It contains, under the head of official news,
General Krukowiecki's account of his official conduct from
the 15th of August to the Sth of September.
(Want of room obliges us to defer the insertion of this
document till to-morrow.) _ _

General Count Witte, Military Governor of the capital,
has issued several proclamations to the inhabitants. Some
of these proclamations relate to the officers of the Polish
army remaining in Warsaw, who were desired to choose
by the 10th whether they would joi❑ the Polish army on
the right bank of the Vistula, or go to their own homes,
or remain in Warsaw. On the 15th and 16th proclama-
tions were issued, declaring that those who had not made
use of this permission to join the army, and those who had
returned from it, must appear at the War-office to receive
further orders by the 18th, after which they would other-
wise be considered as prisoners of war. Other procla-
mations relate to false reports insidiously spread, such as
that Warsaw was to be given up to pillage for forty-eight
hours, misrepresenting the intention of the Russian
army, or of the force of the insurgents.
It is reported that Prince Adam Czartoryski is at
Cracow.
M. Dubieski, Postmaster of the kingdom of Poland,
has given notice that the posts and estafettes are restored,
on all the roads occupied by the Imperial troops.
A Committee appointed by the Municipal Council is
engaged in estimating the losses suffered by the owners of
the houses burnt on the 7th instant.
The soldiers who return from the Polish army and
arrive in Warsaw receive permission to return to their
homes, and money to defray their expences on the road.
CHOLERA AT BERLIN.
New Cases. Recoveries. Deaths.
19 20
Remain 206.

Sept. '26

ST. PETERSHURGII, SEPT. 16.—This evening at six
o'clock the artillery of the fortress of St. Peter and St.
Paul announced to the inhabitants of the capital the taking
of Warsaw by the victorious Russian troops on the 7th
September. The streets were illuminated in the evening.
CHOLERA.
New Cases. Recoveries. Deaths.
9
3 3
5 3
Remain 16.

Sept. 13
14
15

The Lisbon Gazette of the 21st of September
contains a decree of his MAJESTY, suppressing
the 2d Regiment of Infantry of Lisbon, it being
incompatible with his dignity and with the tried
fidelity of the army, that a Regiment, guilty of
violating its oath as that Regiment did on the
night of the 21st of August, should continue
to make part of the army. His MAJESTY
further orders another Regiment, to be called the
New Regiment of Infantry of Lisbon, to be
formed in its stead.

A Cabinet Council was held this day, at one
o'clock, which was attended by all the Cabinet Ministers.
In the event of the Bill being thrown out, one
of the most curious speculations we have heard is that
Lord GREY would resign, and that an endeavour would
be made to construct a new Cabinet, of which the Duke
of WELLINGTON and the LORD CHANCELLOR should be
the pillars ; and the plan of Reform, originally framed by
the latter, the basis of politics, as regarded this moment-
ous question.—Morning Herald.
New disturbances have broken out in the
Roman and Bolognese legations. Austria is said by late
letters from Italy to be intriguing against the Papal au-
thority. Strong bodies of national guards were again col-
lecting in and near Bologna, many of them armed by
Austrian assistance or connivance.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.)

FROM LLOYD'S.

DEAL, OCT. 2.—Wind S.S.W. fresh.—Arrived from
the river and sailed, the Captain Cook, Steward, for New
South Wales ; arrived and remains, his Majesty's ship Stag,
from Portsmouth ; arrived and remains, the Dryade, Heard,
for New South Wales.
PoRTsMOUTH, OCT. 1 AND 2. —Wind S. S. W.—Arrived
the Cygnet, transport from Chatham, and sailed for
Cowes; sailed his Majesty's ship Stag for Cork ; and Se-
vern, for Bengal.
PLYMOUTH, SEPT. 30 AND OCT. 1.-Wind S.E. fresh.
—Arrived the Kingston, Fleck, from Quebec ; Jane Bul-
lock, and Royal Charlotte, Hay, from Oporto.—Off port,
the Mary, Burnett, from the Havannah ; and Ocean, Da-
vison, from St. John's, N.B.
DOVER, OcT. 2.—Arrived off port, the Africa,
Chambers, from Trinidad de Cuba ; Amethyst, Knight,
from Baltimore; and Angus, Edward, from Philadelphia.
MILroRD, Ocr. I.—Arrived the William, Whiteway,
from Labrador.
LIVERPOOL, OCT. 1.-Arrived the Heighington, from
Jamaica; Sicilian, Langley, from Antigua; York, Burs-
ley, from New York ; Namoni, Susannah, and Alexander,
Carmichael, from Newfoundland.
PALMoUTH, SEPT. 30 AND OCT. 1.-Wind S. to
S.E., strong bre.zes and squally.— Arrived the Magnet
packet, from Lisbon, sailed 18th ult; also the steamer
packet from Lisbon, sailed 25th ult. ; and his Majesty's
ship Diligence, with despatches from the squadron under Sir
E. Codrington. Off port, the Esther, Maustrop, from
Cadiz; and James Lawee, Breen, from St. John's, N.B.
STANDGATE CREEK, SEPT. 2.—Arrived the Jack-o'-
Lanthern, Houton, and Swallow, Arles, from Malaga;
Cadiz packet, Williamson, from Algesiras ; Fraternity,
Leaden, from St. Petersburgh ; Vigilant, and Crosby,
Hunt, from Hamburg.
GREENOCK, SEPT. 30.—Arrived the Penelope, Spencer,
from Trinidad ; and Boston, Upton, from New York.
CORK, SEPT. 30.—Arrived the William, Black, from
Oporto ; and Muscator, Wilson, from Demerara.
DUBLIN, OcT. 1.-Arrived the Euphemia, from St.
Petersburgb.

His Majesty's ships Prince Regent and Asia arrived at
Lisbon, Sept. 22.
The Ulysses, from the Clyde to New Orleans, sunk at
Belize during a heavy gale from N.E. to S.E., on the
17th of August. Much damage was done to the shipping.
The Kitty, 13roderick, from St. Petersburgh to Ply-
mouth, has received damage, having been on shore; she
is bound to Trieste.

The Sea Dog, Pile, from Yarmouth to Newcastle, was
on shore on Yarmouth Beach on Saturday, and it was
feared would not he got off.
The Sarah, 11PKenzie, from Inverness to Riga, is
totally lost on the coast of Courland ; crew saved.

THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.)

CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK.

Quebec Papers to the Ist of September, and Montreal
Papers to the 2d, have been received at the North and
South American Coffee-house.

(From the Quebec Papers.)
UPPER CANADA.—We have learned from undouhted
authority that a communication has been received from
Lord Goderich, stating that his Majesty's Government
have finally determined that they will on no consideration
consent to the appropriation of the clergy's reserves, or
any part of them, to any purpose than that for which they
were originally granted—the support of the Established
Clergy.
QUEBEC, AUGUST 29.—His Majesty's frigate Blanche,
46 guns, arrived here this morning, from Jamaica, with
apices.
It is reported in town, and we believe not without good
foundation, that the Bills for incorporating the cities of
Quebec and Montreal have received the sanction of his
Majesty's Government.
(From the Montreal Papers.)
The works in the Quebec citadel, we learn, which bad
been comparatively neglected for same time past, have
taken a new start since the arrival of the July mail ; but
masons and carpenters are not to be found. The official
appointment of Lieut.-Colonel Craig, as Civil Secretary,
appeared in the Quebec Gazette.
The American Papers received this morning bring a
confirmation from the Consulate of the United States at
St. Pierre, Martinique, of the hurricane at Barbadoes,
stating that that island had been almost destroyed.
Advice. from Bogota, of the 21st of August, state that
strong efforts had been made by the British interest to re-
store the law of 1826, and prevent the operation of the
decrees annulling the exclusive system in favour of Great
Britain.

Accounts from Lisbon state that the executions there
have caused great sensations in that capital, and the popu-
lation on the following night were on the eve of rising,
but the garrison and police prevented them. Arrests con-
tinue without intermis,ion.
Two Lisbon mails have arrived ; sailed on the 18th and
25th of September.