The Sun.
London, England, 1831-10-26 00:00:00

In the present extraordinary and unexampled state
of this Country, their are some points connected
with the mode in which the rejection of the Reform
Bill has been received throughout every part of the
country, which it is not only most gratifying to con-
template as proof of advancing intellect and civili-
zation, but of the absolute certainty which they af-
ford that the Reform Bill will, must, and shall be
carried, and that, too, even by that House of Peers
which has dared to set itself in allay against the
King, the Ministers, and the people. These points
consist in the abstinence from disturbance and acts
of violence towards persons and property on the part
of a disappo'nted people—in the unanimity which
pervades all classes, in all their proceedings and re-.
solut:ons for the attainment of the great object for
which they are struggling—and, lastly, in the good
sense manifested by the working classes in repelling
the insidious attempts of their enemies, who, in
their rage against Ministers, and against the Reform
Bill, would persuade them to make war }Ton both,
on the ground that they, the working classes, arc
not included in the enfranchisement provisions of the
Bill, and that they would not be benefited by it.
With regard to the first point, we do not mean to
deny that there have not been some disturbances—
some pelting of Anti-Reform Peers and attorneys—
some damage to windows—and, in one instance, a
lamentable destruction of property by fire ; and we
regret as dceply as the sufferers, if not more so, that
even these solitary instances of a violation of the
law should have occurred; but, after all, how com-
paratively trifling are they when considered in con-
juction with the cause in which they originated ?
What other people in the world but the people of
the three kingdoms, would,—smarting under such
bitter provocation and severe disappointment,—
have exhibited so few instances of violation of the
law ? Even to us, indeed, when we reflect on the
shameful bondage in which they have been held
by a despicable oligarchy—when we think of the
ruinous wars in which they have engaged the
country for the furtherance of their own selfish
objects, and the preservation of their own un-
lawful and unjust dominion—when we call to
mind the immense load of debt with which the
industry of the country is weighed down, the
enormous taxes which press so heavily on the com-
forts of the middle and lower classes—the sums
given away in pensions and sinecures to useless func-
tionaries, court favourites, and mistresses; and con-
template, on the other hand, the deplorable poverty
in which many industrious and hard-working
duals are steeped—we. say, when we think of all
these just causes of provocation, and see superadded
to them the insolent rejections of a measure which, to
steak of in plain terms, is only a half-measure j•of
justice—we feel justified in saying, that tine ds-
turbances that have taken place are scarcely wort h
notice, and that their comparative insignificance isia
subject of national congratulation, as well as high y
creditable to the good sense of the people. Then
again, with regard to the second point, was there
ever exhibited such an example of peaceful and
cordial unanimity throughout a country ? Not a
moment was lost after the fate of the Bill had been
ascertained, in assembling meetings, and in adopting
every resolution which the importance and urgency
of the occasion demanded. The metropolis gave the
signal of alarm, and the whole country not only rose
as one man to denounce the insolent treatment which
it had met with, but to express its determination to
carry its will into effect at whatever cost, hazard, or
sacrifice, and to appoint permanent Committees to
take care of its interests ! What cart ye do, ye 199
Bishops and boroughmongering Peers, against this
manifestation of the will of twenty-two millions of
British subjects ? Lastly, how noble has been the
example set by the working-classes of society in not
only maintaining order and tranquillity during the
present eventful crisis, but in repelling the insidious
attempts of the enemies of Reform to sow division
and disscntion in the Reform camp We applaud
the good sense of the people in this respect, and
augur from it the most happy results, not only as
regards the Reform question, but also as respects all
those beneficial effects which are to be expected
from it. Their enemies have told them, that in so
far as concerns them, the Reform Bill will prove a
nullity; but they have had the good sense to per-
ceive that what benefits the rest of the community,
must prove a concomitant good to them also, and
have rejected the insidious attempts of the real ene-
mies of Reform, to enlist them under the banner of
opposition. With such union—with such peace—
with such concord—such zeal and determination,—
the great cause, in the promotion of which we are
all engaged, insist triumph—the rotten nomination
system perish—and Englishmen once more be free
—Morning Advertiser.

STAFFORDSHIRE MEETING.—Tito requi-
sition tothe High Sheriff, of the" freeholders, land-owners,
and inhabitants of the county," contains thirteen columns
of names, printed in the local Papers; we have counted
one of the columns, and found the number of names to be
one hundred and twenty, thus giving two thousand eight
hundred and sixty names, the greatest number, perhaps,
ever affixed to a requisition. Among the names are thoPe
of the Earls of SHREWSBURY and LICHFIELD, Lord Ux-
BRIDGF, eight or ten Members of Parliament, several
Baronets, and some Clergymen, including a Catholic
l'riest.

The honest uncompromising THONIA s WAL.
LACE was on Thursday unanimously chosen Member for
Drogheda.—Dublin Freeman's Journal.

In consequence of the retiring of Lord MM..
SELL, eldest son of the Marquis of TAVISTOCK, from the
representation of Tayistock, a fresh election will take
place on Tuesday next, th. new candidate heing.Colonel
RUSSELL, eldest son of Lord WILLIAM RUSSELL, and
nephew of the Duke of BEDFORD. The reason assigned
for the secession of Lord Russzta, is ill-health.—Excter
Gazttte.

Mr. Ross Cox's account of his Travels in
America, now on the eve of publication, is to be entitled
Adventures on the Columbia River, comprising the
narrative of a Residence of Six Years on the Western Side
of the Rocky Mountains." During this pet iod the author
explored many remote parts of the American continent,
of which no description has ever been presented to tl e
world. His adventures among various wilds and wander.
ing tribes, hitherto unknown, are said to be of ►lr• most
romantic kind ; and his surprising escape, in particular,
from serpents, wild beasts, and other perils, during fourteen
d ►ys that he was lost in a wilderness--will be regarded as
little short of a miracle.

THE LATE ADMINISTRATION.—The new
Tale of the Sea announced fin• immediate publication under
the title of " Cavendish" is, we are informed, by no means
confined to doings on ship-board; the revelation of certain
transactions connected with the lalc Tory Administration
will also form a prominent feature of the work, and will
take the public not a little by surprise. On the latter
point, in particular, the author, it, is understood, has had
means of information accessible to few.

DOLBY'S NEW SYSTEM OF COOK
The debate on the Reform Bill being for awhile suspended,
our leading men, resting from their fatigue, have turned
from considerations connected with the Constitution of the
country, to those which immediately concern their indi-
vidual constitution ; and accordingly, that their comfort
might be ensured, DOLBY'S all comprehensive pages, full
of instruction as to the science of good livinc, are re-
sorted to in all the principal domestic establishments in
the kingdom.

W. R. Sumerland, Rateliff-highway, publican, Nov. IS, at
twelve, at the Court of Commissioners—l'. G. Thompson, Picca-
dilly, saddler, Nov. 11, at two, at the Court of Commissioners—
R. Neale, Mincing.lane, wholesale grocer, Nov. 29, at ten, at the
Court of Commissioners—W. Booth, Worksop, Nottingham-
shire, inaltster, Nov. 22, at eleven, at the Court of Commissioners
—J. Atkinson, C!oak-lane, West Smithfield, brass-founder, Nov.
18, at one, at the Court of Conniii6sioners—J. Adam, Rood-lane,
Fenchurch-street, furnishing-ironmonger, Nov. 15, at eleven, at
the Court of Commissioners—J. Munro, Liverpool, iron-founder,
Nov. 1.2, at one, at the office of Mr. Holden, Liverpool_). Birks,
Rossington-grange, Yorkshire, cattle-dealer, Nov. 17, at three, at
the Guildhall, Doncaster—J. Cockshott, J. 4reen, and R. Swar-
brick, Warrington, cotton-manufacturers, Nov. 23, at ten, at the
Star Inn, Manchester—W. Higgins, Shiffnal, Salop, drawr, Nov.
18, at eleven, at the Union Hotel, Newport --J. Fletcher, Old-
ham, Lancashire, hatter, Nov. 18, at ten, at the White Bear Inn,
Manchester—J. Kinder, Manchester, manufacturer, Nov. 17, at
twelve, at the Palace Inn, Manchester.
CERTIFICATES, Nov. 15.
IL Goodwin, Milbank-street, Westminster, plaster of Pati -
manufacturer—W. Doubleday, Manchester, tea-dealer—T. B.
Kirk, Lichfield, chemist—W. Rowe, Devonport, cabinet-maker
—J. 1). and C. K. Cooper, Woodcaves, Tassington, Derbyshire,
cotton-spinners—J. Elliott, Holloway, carpenter—G Cromack,
Annley, Leeds, cloth-manufacturer—S. and R. Moody, Ronis,:y,
Hampshire, plumbers—T. C. Fuller, Tooley-street, Southwark,
chandler—it. Jenkins, Newport, Monmouthshire, coal-merchant
—H. N. Philips, Jew's Harp Tavern, Edward-street, Regent's
Park, tavern-keeper—B. Smith, jun., Birmingham, factor.

PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED.
T and W. Milnes, Bradford, Yorkshire, woolstaplers—D.
Richards and T. Cook, Mardol, Shrewsbury, grocers--H. John-
son and W. Gray, Berwick-upon Tweed, seed-merchants—J.
Tunnicliffand W. Gell, Stoke-upon-Trent, Staftbrdshire, brewers
—W. Stretton and Co., Wichnor, Staffordshire, iron-manufac-
turers—J. Fisher and Co., Taunton, Somersetshire, linen-drapers
—R. and W. Wade, Over, Cheshire, salt-proprietors—A. and H.
I. Lee, Regent's-quadrant, music-sellers—R. Hall, jun. and It.
Smith, Burnley, Lancashire, cotton.manufacturers—J. M. Ship_
ton and Co., Wolverhampton, common carriers—H. Criswick
and C. Dale, Andover, auctioneers—J. and F. Vosper, Lyming-
ton, wine-merchants—J. Livesev and Co., Bury, Lancashire,
cotton-spinners—B. and J. Butler, Chertsey, carpenters—M.
Jones and F. J. Davy, Knighton, Devonshire, clay-merchants—
Martin and C. Grafton, Birmingham, printing-ink-manufac-
turers—S. Brown and W. Burbidge, Slioreditch, livery-stable
keepers—J. and S. Ward, Birstall, Yorkshire, grocers—R. Bel-
cher and W. W. Hayward, Birmingham, brass-founders—J.
Ashworth and Co., Turton, Lancashire, cotton-spinners (so far
as relates to J. and E. Ashworth, sen.)

POLICE.

Q UEEN- S QUARE.

Yesterday Mary Ann Campbell the elder, an
ugly old - woman, and .illary Ann Campbell, her
daughter, Wf re placed at the bar, charged with rob-
bing S. Howell, a journeyman shoemaker, of No.
3, King's Head-buildings, James-street, of a pair of
boots and two sovereigns and a half.

The shoemaker, on stepping into the box, ap-
peared quite confounded, and scarcely knew how to
begin his story.
Mr. WHITE asked him what complaint he had to
make against the women at the bar ?
The shoemaker replied, that the elder womiin
stole his boots, and the younger stole his money.
With great difficulty, and after putting various
questions to him, the Magistrate elicited the follow-
ing story :—The shoemaker met the prisoners
about four o'clock in the afternoon, in St. Martin's.
lane, as he was carrying a pair of boots home in a
bag, and of course they went and had something to
drink together.
" Old acquaintance, I suppose ?" inquired Mr.
WHITE—" Oh dear no, your worship," replied the
shoemaker.

Mr. IVLILTE—D'► go on with your- story ; what
happened ?—" Why, your worship," replied the
shoemaker, (in a low tone of voice) " we went to
a brothel together,"
Mr. WHITE—What, with the mother and
daughter?

The shoemaker nodded.
Mr. WHlTE.—aat make signs here, but answer
the questions.
The shoemaker very reluctantly stated, that he
gave. the bag containing the new boots to the mo-
ther, who, as soon as .his back was turned, cut away
with them, and in another room the daughter robbed
him of two sovereigns and a half, which she also cut
away with.

Mr. WHITE—But you must tell us how you were
robbed.

Shoemaker—lteally, Sir, I think I have been
very explicit ; can any thing be plainer ?
Mr. WHITE---.lt is not explicit; and without you
explain how you were robbed, we must discharge
these women.
" Oh I Sir," replied the shoemaker,
becomes every man."
Mr. WHlTE—Delicacy, indeed ! If you do not
tell us how you were robbed, we can do nothing in
the case.

" delicacy

" Yes, Sir, delicacy," replied the shoemake, ;
" it becomes every man, from the highest to the
lowest station in society ; and I thick I have bet n
very plain, and defy any moral man to speak in
plainer terms."

In vain did the Magistrate question the shoe-
maker ; but his delicacy and morality were lin.
pregnable, for no other version of the robbery
could be elicited : consequently the prisoners were
discharged.
The shoemaker left the office in a most discon-
solate mood ; but who should present herself to h.,
view at the outer door but his enraged and much-
injured wife, who had heard the whole history of
the boots. She flew at him like a tigress en her
prey, vowed 44at the greatest pleasure of her 1:tz!
would be to die on the scaffold for ridding the woi id
of such a faithless villain. Happily, however, some
friends interfered, and the shoemaker obtained a
respite until her vengeance cooled.