The Sun.
London, England, 1831-07-30 00:00:00

(FROM A CORRESPONDENT.)

It will relieve the minds of many of our fair readers to
know that the ladies who have been invited to attend the
ceremony of opening the bridge are expected toappear with
bonnets, and in morning dresses, just as they would attire
themselves to go to a morning concert or to church. It
has been determined that as his Majesty's visit is to the
London Bridge Committee, and not to the Corporation, the
Aldermen and other cot.' orate officers ought not to appear
in their official costume, and therefore, the Aldermen, in-
stead of wearing their robes, will (with one or two excep-
tions) be dressed like the Committeemen, in blue coats
(with the King's head on the button) and white waistcoats
and trousers. It is because it is not a Corporation eater-
tainment that the Lord Mayor misses the honour of
standing behind his Majesty's chair during the repast. The
last occasion on which the Lord Mayor tendered the sword
to the King was when his Majesty passed through London
to the Tower.

Medals to commemorate the opening of London Bridge
are, it is said, to be struck in gold and bronze. The front
side is to represent the joint effigies of their Majesties, as
on the coins of William and. Mary, and on the obverse a
w,ll- executed view of the bridge, with a suitable inscrip-
tion in Latin. Around the rim there is to be the date
and the name of the Lord Mayor.
We extract the following description of the new Lon-
don-bridge from a pamphlet just published by Mr. Elmeq,
the architect and surveyor :
"The elevation of the bridge consists of five very beau-
tifully-formed elliptical arches, the central one of which is
one hundred and fifty-two feet in span (the largest ellip-
tical stone arch in existence), and twenty-nine feet six
inches in height. The piers on each side of this magni-
ficent granite arch are twenty-four feet in width. The
arches on each side of the centre arch are one hundred
and forty feet spin, and twenty-seven feet six inches rise.
The piers between these and the land arches are twenty-
two feet each. The extreme arches nearest to the shores
are one hundred and thirty feet each, and twenty-four
feet six inches rise. Tue abutments of the bridge are
seventy-three feet each at the base. These five arches are
separated by plain granite piers, with massive plinths and
pointed cut-waters ; they are covered by a bold projecting
block Cornice, which describes the sweep of the roadway,
and are surmounted by a plain double blocking course, re-
ceding in two heights like the scamilli of the ancients ;
which give the bridge a grand and beautiful antique air,
totally unlike the petty perforations and fillagree work of
the balusters of Westminster, Waterloo, and Blackfriars'
bridges."

ELECTION COMMITTEES.-(THIS DAY),

DUBLIN COUNTY.

This morning the Committee (Robert Gordon, Esq.,
Chairman,) met to try the merits of the petition of Messrs.
Shaw and Moore, the unsuccessful candidates at the Dub-
lin e;ection, against the return of the Lord Mayor of Dublik
and Mr. Perrin, on the ground of undue influence being
used to compel persons to vote for the sitting Members,
by bribery and treating.

THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.)

CITY, TTVELVE O'CLOCK.

According to accounts from Berlin, it appears that the
cholera morbus threatens that city, and most energetic mea-
sures have been adopted by the Government, some of
which have already been put into execution. Sixteen
hundred families of the most popular quarter of the city,
are to quit their habitations and take up their residence in
the part of the commission sanitaire; the garrison has also
received orders to be ready to bivouac in the plains of
Charlottenburg; the Casernes and the Theatres of Exercise
are going to be made into hospitals. The King is gone to
Toplitz to bathe ; his departure has caused some sensation.
The above information was brought to Brussels by M.
Behr, Belgian Agent at Berlin, on the 22d of July. -
Madras Papers to the 20th of March have been received
at the North and South American Coffee-house. They are
void of interest.
(From the Paper of March 19.)
" Five months have now elapsed since the date of our
latest London Newspapers. What important events, in-
volving the fate of States and individuals, may have taken
place in that interval !,,
LIVERPOOL, JULY 28.-There has been a good steady
demand for Cotton
ttoshidslaexyrvsef, without
o buatgs; n bu
The
asa lyespteyr theceset t eprrilia:lye demand is
freelyre
we
2. bOOsu bags,
supported sellers,
.1
diffe-
rence in the price. The expectation of the new duty be-
ingput on leads some holders to expect, almost immedi-
ately, better Pic".
THE FUNDS.

Saturdaygenerally I. :.;s interesting for information
than
anyis other day in the week, as no steamers or foreign
t
expected; nor do we expect the French prices
[nails
is u are
from Paris, as yesterday and the day beiko e were holidays
in the above capital. Our Funds 'lre looking up this
morning in the face of the reported Prussian declaration
against the Poles, of which nothing official ha; ta yet come
to light, Consols, which left off y sterday at 82i a for
the Account, opened at the same pr. !,and at present they
are 83, with a firm market.

- Nothing doing as yet in the Fo gn Market.
HA _F-PAST ONE..
Up to the present time we are Ny itligu any political
news, and mat 4nziety is Law feit for the next informa-
tion from Poland, as both armies are in such a situation
that they cannot remain long without a decisive blow.
The Stock Exchange Cornmit.;:o .re at this moment de-
liberating whether Monday should be ,:hole holiday, or
the Stock Exchange to be closed after ten o'clock. Con-
sols have been Eluting the most part of the Inovning at tßii,
83 for the accciunt, with little doing.
The Foreign Market is in a state of stagnation.
We have just heard that the Stock Exchange Committee
decided that there will be no holiday on Monday, which is
rather singular.
Consols, S 2 83.

THREE O'CLOCK

We would recommend such of our readers
41 are fond of the delightful exercise of " Swimming," to
pay an early visit to the Albion Tepid Swimmijlg Bath,
o r
it , Stamford-street, where for cleanliness and at-
tention
ill he found to have no rival in the Alctrepolis.
a
and stairs at Hungerford market proceeding
with all imaginable rapidity.
The wheat harvest is by no organs general in
this part of the country yvt, but on Monday nest, we
l,ellev, almost every farmer will be Ole to set 411 hja Banda
pa. The late heavy rains, and high whale from the north,
bave, very much injured the thin wheat on the clays and
poor soils. The turnips grow every where, but the graziers
complain of a great want of grass.—Brighton Gazette.

DUMFRIES 11A
s.d.
Wheat, Imp. Bush 7 6to 8 0
Barley 4 6 5 0
Oats 0 7 3 3
Flour, 141 b.
Oatmeal
Potatoes. . 1 8 2 0

RKEI S.—July ‘-'O.
s. d. o. d.
Butter, 16oz Otoo
Eggs, dozen 0 0 0 0
Beef, per lb.
Mutton
Veal O4 n 6
Quarteru Loaf 0 7 0 9

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

KNUTSFORD MEETING,

WEDNESDAY, JULY 27.—The Peover Stakes of 10 sovs. each,

Once round and a distance.
Mr. Clifton's Guido

Mr. Beardsvvorth's Birmingham 2
Sir J. Gerard's Rex, by Figaro 3
A Sweepstakes of 5 soca. each with 40 sous. added. Heats one

mile and a half:
Mr. Nannev's Wedlock 0 1 1
Mr. Cooke's b. t by Calton
Mr. Hoyle's br. E by Wanderer 0 0 3
Mr. G. Ogden's Sarah, by Tramp 2 0 dr
A Silver Cup, value 501. given by Lord Grey of Groby.—Two-
mile heats.
Mr. Chandler's Needless, by Banker 0 1 1
Mr. Shuttleworth's Flora 1 0 2
Mr. Wood's Brinnington 0 2 3
Mr. Nester's Oliver 2 0 dr
Mr. Roscoe's Paul 0 dr
Mr. Massey's Fusee 0 dr
THURSDAY.—Sixty Pounds for all ages—Beats two miles and

OMMI I TAT, OF MR. LONG W Lu:SLEY
TO THE FLEE F.

It will be recollected by our readers, that after the deei
si .0 of the Lord Chancellor on Thursday-, in the case of
Bi..eanurdfosrhtipti.saNitNir,elleley,"
upon reading
the Court
a of
is affidavit
davCi
tha,mf
-iley relative to Ida being indisposed, that he would, before
he rising of the Court, decide opal is hat measini,
hould be adopted relative to the case. In the course of
Chursday evening a physician was sent by the orders of the
Lord Chancellor to Mr. Wellesley's residence, Dover-street,
or the purpose of ascertaining the real state and character of
he disease under which the lion. Member laboured.
after the interview which took place the medic tl gentle-
Tian yesterday morning reported to the Lord Chancellor,
that Mr. Wellesley's indispositioa was not of such a na-
are as to make it a matter of danger to remove that gen-
tleman from his residence. Accordingly, an Gfficer belong-
ing to the Court was despatched from the Court of Chancery
•0 Dover-street, to convey Mr. Wellesley to the Fief t
prison, without a moment's delay. Up ,n the arrival of
the officer in Dover-street he found Mr. Wellesley in bed,
to whom he communicated the order fir his removal.
!Ir. Wellesley, upon hearing the decision which the Lord
Chancellor had come to, inquired if he could not be allowed
few hours to make some arrangements preparatory to
cis going to prison. The Serjeant-at-Arms replied, that
lie order which had been tent to him from the Lord
Chancellor was peremptory, and must be instantly obeyed.
Upon hearing this Mr. Wallealey hastily arose, and a
nessenuer was immediately despatched to Mr. Rowley,
Sir. W, llesley's solicitor. Upon the arrival of that gentle-
man a lengthened discussion took place, relative to deliver-
ing Miss Wellesley into the hands of her guardians.
A previous communication to this was made on Thurs-
lay night to the Lord Chancellor, by Mr. Wellesley, about
restoring his daughter, provided he could lie allowed to
amain at liberty. The Lord Chancellor's answer was,
that the indignity which Mr. Wellesley hail offered to the
Court of Chancery was of so serious a nature, that were
'ie even to restore his daughter to her guardians the judg-
ment of the Court must be carried into exicution. It was
also stated that Miss Wellesley was within a short distance
of her father's residence, and that if his terms were com-
plied with she could be replaced under the protection of
her guardians in the course of a very few hours. At
length, upon Mr. Wellesley being urged to return his
daughter to her legal protectors, he said it could not be
done before next Wednesday, as she was out of England.
We, however, have considerable doubt as to whether Mr.
Wellesley will be able to carry that intention into eft; ct; a
upon last Saturday an officer was despatched to the Conti-
nent along with the servant who attended Miss Wellesley,
fur the purpose of recovering her, our Government havit'ise
previously applied to the French Government for its aid;
which has been granted. The officer alluded to instantly
proceeded to Dover, and from thence to Calais; not finding-
the object of their search in the latter place, they pro-.
ceeded to Boulogne-sur-Nee, with orders to proceed for,
ward to Brussels. It is quite certain that the young lady
did not leave England until some days after she was
moved from the residence of the Misses .Long ; for upon
the morning she left Dover-street the carriage was only
gone two hours, anti the place where Miss. Wellesley was
set down has since been ascertained. The instant Sir
F.
Sugden made an application to the Court for her recovery,
orders were sent to remove her, which was accordingly
done. From the information which the party who are in
pursuit of the young lady are in possession of, it is very
doubtful as to the probability of Mr. Wellesley mterin;r
his daughter to the Court of Chancery. As no decisive
arrangement could be entered into, the Hon. Member left
Ida residence at fuor o'clock in his own carriaee,
accompanied by Mr. Rowley, and Mr. Bull, the Sojeaat-
it-Arms to the Fleet. Mr. Wellesley appeared in exceed-
ingly good spirits ; for, on stepping into his cart bige, he
said to his second s in—" James, do you be the man of
the house until I return." At five o'clock Mr. Wyntah.,,,
took up his abode in the Fleet prison for the contempt
which he has committed.

TIIE (ASTLEPOLLARD AFFAIR.- -AG
QUITTAL OF ALL THE PRISONERS

(From the Dublin Morning Post.)
MULLINGAR ASSIZES, cur ,)7.
Ills Lordship, who had left the Court at the protracted
hour of eight this morning, after a most fatiguing night-
of business, returned at a quarter to three o'clock in the
afternoon, and almost immediately after taking his s, at on
the bench, sent in for the Jury, who had, by this time,
been locked up nearly nine hours, having retired shortly
after six o'clock the same morning. On coming in, the
Jury intimated to his Lordship that they had no d fficulty
1 whatever in agreeing as to their finding (for acquittal) in
the case of Richard Meares ; hut there existed a very ma-
terial difference of opinion in all the other eases.
His Lordship then made a few observations, after which
The Jury withdrew, and at twenty minutes to t.ix re-
turned with a verdict of acquittal for all the prisoners given
them in charge. The following were then put ibrivard :
James ATMs and Peter Blake were indicted for ibe
manslaughter of Patrick. Duignan. The prisoners pleaded
Not Guilty.
John Todd and Peter _Make were then indicted for
the manslaughter of Mary Kiernan. The prisoners pl,ad
Net Guilty.
Peter Blake, James Mills, Robert Gardiner, mu] Joh),
Cumpbel/, for the manslaughter of Mary Nat., The pri-
soners pleaded Not Guilty.
Peter Blake, James Mills, and Robert Gardiner, 1
the manslaughter of Patrick M`Cormack. The prisoners
pleaded Not Guilty.
Richard Meares and Pedar Blake for the manslaughter
of John Sleavin. The prisoners pleaded Not Guilty.
Samuel Hull was indicted for the manslaughter of
Peter Ledwith. The prisoner pleaded Not Guilty, and
stated that he was ready for his trial.
Mr. Serjeant PENNEFATHER said that the Crown, in
regard to the case of Hall, did not desire to bring it on a
present, but postpone it to the next Assizea. As there
was no charge cf murder, but of manslaughter only, the
Crown wonld not oppose the prisoner being admitted to hail.
The CovaT—That is a matter of cours;‘, and now the
only question I: as to the amount of the, bail.
The hail was then arranged at two sureties in each 201.
and the prineip,l 401.
In the case of the other poisoners indicted as above, the
Jury was informed that there was no evidence against the
prisoners—a ‘er4ct of acquittal was accordingly te,nrned,
and the prisoners discharged by proclamation, which con-
cluded rho business of the present Assizes.
The most prevalent opinion litre as to the feelings
amongst the Jury is, that nine wore for the acquittal, and
three on the other side. The town is thin and tranquil.

It may be ill the recollection of the readers of
the Fre;m:A:n's Journal, that of a sum of 13,000/. vested
in IS2, in a Board of Trustees, for itoproving the con-
dition of the poor of Ireland, 4,0004 was, by a resolu-
tion of a public meeting of the original subscribers, hell
at the Mansion-hoose ma the 9th ot June last, allocated to
the relief of qua Oistressed poor in the \Vest of Ireland.
The olfiect of that resolution was not earried into effect.
The. iiind so sought to be allocated had been vested in
Government Stock in the of thrt.e trustees, one,
being the Governor Ow. Bank of Ireland. My, Lo,.
NELL, the present tloyern,or, having been applted to, to
join in the .t,':,7taisi.tte tvansier, the terms of the original trust,
werl duo performance of his duty previou,ly
ferred to, and it being therein stated—that the priwapal
was to be preserved entire and the interest aray dispos-
able, Mr. Lutatr. felt Iti;oself unable to comply with the
resolution ; at the state time declaritv his regret at a,
restriction ttr.,lex which he con.oeived himself hour,.!, A
full stfatoarent of the case Itas since been laid Leiotre
ATTo,IttcT-GEN,r;oit,i, by the Board of Trusteea, and his
published opinion fully confirms Mr. LAINELL's view of:
' the luestion. We feel it our duty to advert to this sub..
jeot, and give this explanation the- tnore distinctly, localise
a paragraph in the Fre4r;;,on.of the 18th June, announcing
the disappointme*, wiitten in the absence of the proprie
for under the, !of ttence of very excited feelings, commented
most cr.lmeously on Mr. Lt:Nrt,l,',. share in the tronsac-
firm; and we regret to leas,), that that gentleman cross.
dered the paragraph as, conveying imputnti.eris on his cha-,
racter and opir,,i(44, and, a reflectitan on the Bank of 'ln,
land. Tit on)y an act of justico to remove, as Sae us
ue lies, any unfavourablie impressions arising oat of that,
paragraph. We aro ;low satisfied that Mr. LuNitt.t. acted
ri in this matter :iisely and with proper discretion, and that
fully sympathising with the distressed peasantry, he was
`desirous of contributina to their relief by joining in the
proposed allocati,o*, rrt that a sense of duty and an opi-
mon, in wittiopi 4,e has been confirmed by that of the AT-
I' TcIaNEX.-QErfrtAl, that the proposed allocation would fro
contrary to law, obliged him reluctantly to decline taking
I sny part in the proceeding. For Mr. LuNELL personally
sve entertain in comtnon with our fellow-citizens no feel-
ing but tme of respect, and we sincerely regret that, from
inadvertence am', misconception of the facts, any eXpre4-
to give pain or offence to that mo.-t respectable gentleman,
or in any manner ceflgct on the ntatvewAfe:Litnfit:in
.ions aily,..ared in the paragraph alluded to at all calcala•ed
•
over which 14, piesitles;, sod. we 11.1"D,ey
five
and correctiona et city to this statement
rt.rotf facts
l'recetan's Jourhal.
into which we
poraries who nay have copied the att:A. will
of

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS.

There can be no more painful necessity than that
of praising our enemies and censuring our friends ;
yet such is our position. We see that, in spite of
our own earnest and repeated expostulations—in
spite of every regard to public convenience at this
period, which, as respects both home affairs and fo-
reign, bids fair to be the most critical in the history
of England,—in spite of the national outcry of com-
mon sense—we might almost add of public shame,--
the Bill does not proceed but at a funeral pace
through the House of Commons. We do not as-
sert that it is with the good will of the King's n-
nisters, much less with their connivance,—God for-
bid ; bur, some how or other, " it does so happen,"
(as Mr. Canning used to say when he meant to em-
ploy the mildest of all possible sarcasms),—it does
so happen, that notwithstanding all the zeal and ar-
dour and cordial eagerness of Ministers for the speedy
success of the Bill, the Bill " does not happen"
to go on as the people of England have a right
to expect that it should. Let any man of decent
faculties, provided he be of a patient constitution,
just try to make his way through the heaps of in-
effable rubbish, shot out nightly by trained Members
of the Opposition, and then ask himself how it be
possible for such opponents in such a cause, so far
effectually to obstruct a measure, by mere dint of
mere impenetrable doggedness, as not more than five
or six boroughs should have been disfranchised on
Thursday night, although the House sat until two
o'clock yesterday morning. There are forty boroughs
in schedule B. Sir Robert Peel had made a motion
the previous evening, on the success of which he
pledged himself should depend the fate of all the
remaining boroughs. He moved that, instead of one
Member, each borough in schedule B should have
two, giving it clearly to be understood, that if he
should be beaten on that point, he would offer no
trouble in the case of individual boroughs. What
has happened since ? Why, that there is scarcely a
borough yet named in the list which has not brought
up two or three orators, on the most stale and
frivolous pretences (with one or two exceptions)
for inducing Parliament to do that very thing
seriatim, which, on Sir Robert Peel's motion, it had
within forty-eight hours refused to do in the
bulk—namely, expunge the name of this and that
specific nuisance from the schedule, by perpetuating
its to e representatives. The Opposition evidently
take for their favourite watch-words—delay, and the
chapter of accidents. They are besides, we grieve
to admit it, entitled to the praise of perfect union—
of admirable discipline—of alertness, diligence, per-
tinacity, and boldness, in their general conduct of
the war. The habit of service and the consequent
promptness of obedience goes for much, and, how-
ever lamentable, it is curious at least to find the vo-
lunteer camp of Sir Robert Peel more adroit in ma-
nceusre and more resolute in battle than that of the
regular and royal force opposed to it. There is no
parallel for such subordination in circumstances thus
untoward, but that which Milton has described so
powerfully in the first book of his great poem, where
the defeated army of a certain chief are pictured as
maintaining, in the depths of irretrievable ruin,
that same spirit of combined though desperate ac-
tion which had encouraged him and them to the
prosecution of their bad enterprise. For these
qualities, then, the boroughmongers are far more
conspicuous than their opponents. But what of
that ? How often have we been forced to remind
the Minister that he has all England at his back !
And how deplorable will it be if the people of
England, instead of being content to follow the
King's Minister, shall find themselves compelled to
take the advance of hint ! There was nothing more
true than the statement which we gave a few weeks
ago of the perfect organization which reigned, and
still exists, throughout what may be justly called
the insurgent force of the boroughmongers. The
head-quarters may have been transferred from Buck-
ingham-house, Pall-mall, and the oligarch standard
planted on some less elevated station, but the com-
mittee still exists and acts. The morning plot is
developed by the evening execution; the 14 mem-
bers of the committee, with Sir R Peel for the
chairman, the fourteen squads of nightly combatants,
each instructed by its own drill-serjeaut from the
committee, who is responsible for the muster, and
for the manmuvres of hie men ;—all these prepare-
lives bespeak an organization as complete as
that of our old friends the United Irishmen,
and for a purpose almost as praiseworthy as
theirs. To the committee belongs the task
of fixing on topics for the night's perfor-
mance—what point of the Bill shall be carped at,
arid by whom---when matters shall be pushed to a
division, on what ground, and so forth. We wish
it could be confidently added, that the Government
were equally well equipped, in any thing but
numbers, for the contest. It must, however, be
confessed that Lord Althorp's unfortunate, though
possibly very amiable, habit of suffering the shrewd
old hands on the opposite bench to soap him by
extolling his Lordship's candour, his good temper,
his liberality, &c. &c., eppears more than once to
have distracted his Lordship's attention from the
one thing needful—" the Bill, aed nothing but the
Bill." The country witnesses with contempt these
combings-down across the table ; should it find them
invariably followed by a grant of some further delay,
contempt would be swallowed up ie indignation.
We are satisfied that the best friends of the Admi-
nistration look with sorrow at these complaisaueea of
the leader of the House of Commons, whose own
good sense and uprightness should teach him that
whatever concession he makes is at the expense of
the people, who watch with jealousy such inroads
on their right. To be defeated fairly would be bad
enough, but to be duped is insupportable. Two
hours—two precious hours—were spent at the be-
ginning last night in talking about the right or
wrong of adjourning over to Tuesday ! But as the
evening advanced, business moved with accele-
rated velocity : and we with great pleasure have to
record that not only eleven more boroughs are dis-
posed of, but that Lord Althorp, after a long and
vexations badgering, firmly adhered to his resolu-
tion to have a Saturday sitting. In truth, the Noble
Lord is proof against the assaults of abuse and vio-
lence : we trust he will be equally proof against the
insidious attacks of soft speeches and deius:see
praises. The enemies of the Rill are evidently
skilled in both kinds of warfare.—Tieres,

The Paris Papers of Wednesday, which we re-
ceived yesterday, are chiefly filled with discussions
on the merits of the candidates for the chair of the
Deputies, with reports of the preliminary proceed-
ings of the Chambers, and with account-a of the pre-
parations for celebrating the anniversary of the late
revolution. The mad seheme formed by the Duchess
of Berry, before she left this country, of attempting
an entrance into the south of France, see= to have
been defeated in the first instance by the want of
encouragement on the part of the French Cinlizts
in the south, and in the second b' the good sense
of the King of Sardinia, who refused to allow his
territory to Le made the scene of intrigues and eon-
spitacies against his more powerful neighbour.
The Duchess herself has gone to Tuscany, and her
hand of followers have been dispersed from Nice.
The fortune of M. Lafitte, if ever it was so ii64ssal
as it was represented, seems to hive vanished into
smokein the furnace of the revolut ion. Thereappears,
among his enemies or his friends at Paris, soip-,e doubt
whether he could nowrnalte good 3 debt of a few thou,
sand pounds. The Hon. Deputy, who in the course of
one short year has been reckoned one of tile richest

. . .
and has become one of the plionorinedst. bankers in Fr4ll,Cll
. _.
.--who was considered as able actor in
expelling one dynasty and estaNbrlietsTiiilinf.;hancther—
who was at one time President of
Deputies and a Cabinet Minister, then President Gr
the Council of Ministers, cr Prime MinisteerntaroCfl
Peptity, and then again President of the Deputies,:
will find, unless we greatly misunderstwid the good
people of Paris, reputed wealth constituted a great
part of his political influence, and that he will never
again stand so high without his golden pedestal.
We yesterday alluded to the ridiculous exhibit-imon.!
in the Chamber of Peers on )I,nday, which

have no doubt was rehearsed often in the Palais
Royal, to give the young Royal debutant facility
and grace in the performance of his part. We shall
make no farther reflections or criticisms on the
good taste of the piece, or the dexterity of
its representation ; but it may not appear a di-
gression from our usual employment of critics and
Journalists to state a few facts respecting the
chief actor in the scene, and a part of the stolen
property with which he decorated his legislative
stage. It will be recollected, that since these stan-
dards were seized, in 1805, at Ulm, their original
proprietors came twice to Paris to reclaim them.
The French capital has therefore been twice in the
occupancy of the Allies, and twice had the Aus-
trians a right to recover the spolia opisna of Ulm.
The ultimate victors had not only the right in ques-
tion, but their right was acknowledged by the van-
quished, and was only eluded by a robbery and a
falsehood. The same Grand Referendary, whose
patriotism has now outrun his morality, swore, in
1815, as Grand Referendary of the Senate, that
those standards, which he had hid in the Luxem-
burg, had been burnt at the Invalids, and could
riot of course be restored. At that time he pro-
fessed the utmost desire to restore them, and
showed himself as devoted an admirer of the Bour-
bons as he now professes himself to be of Louis
Philip. He is now all old man, and is not likely
to be Grand Referendary to any Chamber under
a future dynasty, or perhaps he might, in a year or
two, if Henry V, were restored, give the friends of
the restoration an agreeable surprise in producing
the standards taken at the Trocadero or at Algiers.
The recent changes of M. de Semonville are even
more rapid than we have above supposed, as will
appear from the following anecdote, which entitles
him to great pre-eminence in the Dictionnaire des
Gironettes, and shows that he has never been diffi-
cult to turn by the wind of power, whether it blows
from the Tuileries or the Palais Royal—from the
restoration or the revolution. The anecdote may
be relied upon with more confidence than any thing
said by the Grand Referendary about the conceal-
ment, the custody, and the resurrection of the impe-
rial spoils, as it comes from a person of honour who
took an active part in the transactions of the last
reign. " On the 15th of July, 1830, (says our in-
formant,) at the termination of a visit which I paid
him, M. de Semonville accompanied me to his ante-
chamber, and after having looked about to see if
nobody was present to hear us, he said to me,
Well, what do you mean to do ?' I replied, Our
position is known to all France. Nobody can judge
of it better than yourself.' I understand it,' replied
he, ' as regards an attack, but not as regards a de-
fence. You do nothing, and your inaction loses
the monarchy, France and Europe. Required to
act, you remain stationary. You do not under-
stand your part. Time—opportunity—you allow
to escape you.' To this I answered,—' But the
Deputies, the Peers, the Press.' Ah ! with your
buts, said he, we can do nothing. The Deputies,
the Peers ! I know not what they will do. That
depends on the course which yourselves pursue.
Make your arrangements so as to have force on
your side. Make an end of the press, and laugh at
the rest. In politics, when the piece is played the
audience only hisses the unsuccessful actor.' He
pressed my hand in a knowing manner, and, repeat-
ing his last words, left me. On the 29th I was at
St. Cloud. He made some observations on the con-
duct of the Government, to which I put an end by
recalling to him our conversation of the 15th." We
have been informed (we know not with what truth)
by persons well acquainted with the transactions of
the last forty years in France, that this Grand Refer-
endary, if he were in good earnest to continue the
work of restitution, could restore something more
valuable than a set of old colours. It is said that
at an era of great disasters he put aside --. We
say no more, in order that we may leave to the
Great Referendary the merit, and to France the
pleasure of a new surprise.—Tinzes.
The Countiy Papers in the Tory interest have
omitted no opportunity of dwelling on the reliance
which may be placed on the yeomanry, should cir-
cumstances call on them to act in opposition to the
people. Thus, for instance, we are told by the
Kent Herald, that
" The Clerical Editor of the Kentish Gazette while
recounting the sayings and doings at the Eastwell Review
of the Yeomanry Cavalry, dwells evidently with great de-
light on every passage which tends towards the probabi-
lity of a hostile collision between the people and this armed
force of the Aristocracy ; be observes, with manifest
exultation, that on this occasion, no secret was made of
the determination of this tine body of men to do their duty
against both foreign and domestic enemies, should cir-
cumstances unfortunately compel them to act in opposition
to either. We shall not soon forget the enthusiastic cheer-
ing which interrupted Major Deedcs, when, returning
thanks to Lord Camden, in the name of the regiment, he
took occasion to observe, that let happen what would, the
East Kent were prepared to peril life and limb in the main-
tenance of order ; and we are quite sure that there is not
a man in the corps who, if the dark hour come, will seek
to xs ithdraw the pledge thus freely given."
That the yeomanry throughout the country will
aid in the preservation of order, if necessary, can
hardly be doubted. But this is not what is meant
by the readiness of the yeomanry to peril life and
limb. The meaning intended to be conveyed is that
the yeomanry have no community of feeling with their
fellow-citieens, but would be ready instruments in the
hands of the Tory Aristocracy arid Parsons to de-
feat the attempts of the people to obtain their just
rights. They are in this mightily mistaken. No
man in England contemplates recourse to violence,
for the people are united, and whom are they to
fight with ? They know their strength, and they
are riot alarmed at the idea of a boroughinonger re-
bellion. If the boroughinongers, however, imagine
that the yeomanry would join them in any Quixotic
attempt to throw the country into confusion, in
order that the pillage of the people may continue,
they will find themselves woefully mistaken. In
this intelligent age the people will be at no loss for
means to Ling the borouginnongers to their senses,
should it ever be necessary. The people are riot to
be intimidated by threats like those to which we
haste alluded.—illorning Chronicle.
On the cenclusion of the Committee on the Bill
at midnight, a vehement debate, with much frac-
tious discussion, arose on the motion of Lord Al-
thorp that the Speaker might take thts Chair at two
this day, and that the House then proceed with the
Reform Bill. We are glad to see Ministers at
length adopt a course NOIIZII will convince and again
assure the nation of their honesty and ability to ac-
complish shie great measure, and to save the Com-
monwealth froea confusion and revolution. Sir It.
Peel, with that singulese amalgamation of smooth
Lvice and loss of temper;whicis occasionally marks
his taesiess, attempted to seduce Lord sis-Ithorp from
his purpose is/ a sort of fleecy-hosier) discourse,
part compounded of silky persuasion and insinuat-
ing compliment, in which the night Hon. Gentle-
man is so experienced and well-known an adept. On
lie failure of this device, Sir R. Peel, lacking-self-
command, exclaimed, " Well, then, I wont attend
tomorrow if the Noble Loud persists!" This direful
resotv:t would, indeed, injure no party, for the
Honourable Pseeonet (perhaps jealous of :sir.
Croker) now occupies .7. position of observation re,
mote from the contending pasties; and from which
he seibm, and only cunningly descends, but we do
wish that some representative of the people would
have informed the ;lon. Gentleman how well his
p,:esar.nre could be spared. As, violent debate then
followed, is; which all the sharpshooter; of the Op-
position fired their rendoin shots, and beguiled away
thkee hours of the morning. Sir Charles Wetherell
proscribed the Press in the style of ,Poliguac, and
probably with %h€ same chance of success; and, in
answer to Mr. Perceval—who declared himself worn
cut in body and spirit—Sir
Char
was in his prime (bordeti .....1--s vaunted that he
ng, we presume, on a se-
cond childhood).; and, for the information of his
friends
corp ore and enemies,
sans,
o . vain the
te proprietormilitary of a n
ad
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cam p in
of
the Ex-Pretnier, Sir G. 'Murray and Sir Henry
Ilardinge, manceu vied and declaimed ; the unlucky
threat of Sir Robert Peel obliged Ministers to be

firm. Several Opposition speakers openly declared,
that if the motion was persisted in, they would re-
sort to every species of opposition allowed by the
forms of the House. We shall now see whether they
will throw off the mask and imprint their cloven feet
on the body of the Bill, or whether they will be the
Lion and the Ass in the Fable. If their reckless
and infuriated threats are realised, we shall at least
see the eventful trial between the people and the
boroughmongers brought to issue. We warn them
of the precipice on which they stand. But we must
now plainly say that one-Mird of the representatives
of the people by non-attendance violate their trust,
and neglect their sacred duty at this most momen-
tous time. There are 400 'Members real or pre-
tended friends of the Ministerial Reform. Neai ly
half of these " half and half" persons fail to attend
He who is now not for us is against us ; and we
trust that a plan has been devised to record daily
the names of those Members who may be appro-
priately designated and prescribed under the appel-
lation of absentees. LI vain may Ministers strive
to accomplish their holiest and patriotic plans, if the
representatives delegated at this great crisis to sup-
port them, fail to uphold them with votes. On the
other hand, we trust that Ministers will lash them-
selves to the mast when they must ride out the
storm. By a determined spirit and resolution they
will obtain adequate support, and when the Bill is
once launched from the Commons, some device or
other will be found to pass it through the Lords.—
Morning Chronicle.

The public have been so long promised come im-
provement in the public vehicles of the metropolis,
that we shall refrain from again congratulating them
upon the subject till something effectual is really
done. With a public Board, well paid for looking
after such matters, it is somewhat extraordinary
that they should have fallen into such a state of
abuse as we have lung witnessed; and still more
extraordinary is it that self-preservation, the first
law of nature, should not have had its influence in
Essex-street, and that, when the Board we allude
to was threatened with extinction for its apparent
inefficiency, it had not exerted itself both to serve
the public and to save itself. However, there seems
to have been (if we may apply the term to such a
subject) a Dens vat perdere hanging over this use-
less establishment, which, we suppose, is to be Con-
signed to the Pension List, in return for having al-
ready slept away a life of utter inutility at the public
expense. Let any one look at the state of one half, at
least, of the hackneycoaches, their horses and drivers
—let him witness the daily and hourly imposi-
tions, insults, and robberies, to which the public are
exposed through this channel—and then say whe-
ther the terms we use are too strong for the occa-
sion, or whether any regret can exist at the passage
of the Board, and all its paraphernalia, to the tomb
of all the Capnlets. We are glad to see that the
remedy proposed does not consist in throwing the
trade open, in the literal sense of the word, which
would, be the case if every costermonger who could
muster enough to purchase a rip on its way to the
knacker's yard could, by putting it into some crazy
vehicle of the same valve, set up the trade of public
breaker of the limbs of his Majesty's subjects.
The public in general would, we believe, have been
very well satisfied if, instead of a new system, the
old one had been properly looked after, and made to
work as those who had the superintendence of it
had the power of doing; and if, as a help
to the hackney-coach owners, the cabriolet
numbers had been fairly distributed among
them, instead of being extended, is the
shape of Treasury patronage, to a class of persons,
many of whom the Treasury ought to be ashamed
to patronise. However, according to the plan of
the Chancellor of the Exchequer, this system will
be at an end. Every man who chooses to embark
in the trade will be at liberty to do so, on paying 5/.
for an annual license, and subject, we presume, to
inspections and regulations which will not be al-
lowed to be, as heretofore, a mere dead letter. We
do not see, for instance, why the whole of the
vehicles thus licensed should not be inspected by 50
or 100 at a time, on some given spot, every morn-
ing, and a certificate of fitness given, without which
no one should be allowed to ply for hire. At any
rate, the change, owing to the cause we have
alluded to, must be for the better ; nor have we
any fear, as some people have, of the streets being
thronged or otherwise incommoded by it—the
supply, according to the political economists, having
a natural tendency to accommodate itself to the de-
mand.—]horning Herald.

It is painful for us to repeat again and again the
same, or nearly the same, observations which we
have made on any subject; but we should really
fail in our duty to our readers—we should fail in
doing justice to the feelings of the country, and to
those by which we are ourselves animated, were
we not again to call the attention of our readers to
the continued attempts of the Anti-Reform faction
to delay the progress of the Reform Bill, and, by
delay, to weary the enthusiasm of the public in its
favour We thought that we and our eotempo-
raries had said enough, and that the country had
done enough on this subject, to prevent i repetition
of the scenes which have, night after night, been
exhibited in a certain Honourable Assembly; but
we were wrong In our estimate of the public prin-
ciple of public men—we were wrong in our estimate
of the portion of common sense which had fallen to
their lot—we were wrong in our estimate of their
" regard for their own selves." In all this we con-
fess we have erred. We thought too well of the
Opposition, and we placed too much confidence in .
the influence which the expression of public opinion
would exercise on men who were certain to lose by
a factious opposition, but might, in some measure,
redeem their character by submission to the voice
of the country: but the debate of this week, and
of last night especially, have disabused us, and we
trust we are not likely in future to fall into a
similar error. Neither, we think, will the country
place reliance any more upon the submission of
the Opposition to its voice. No other country,
no other people, indeed, but Englishmen, would
have submitted so long to the factious delays of
about two hundred individuals, of a measure which
it had unanimously determined should pass: Physi-
cal force would, ere now, have usurped the place
of argument, and daring commands that of humble
petitions. Thank God, the people of this country
have had more patience and more sense; but will it
always be so with them ? Is the discussion of last
night, extending to upwards of two hours, of the
question whether the House is to sit to-day or not,
for the purpose of forwarding the Reform Bill, cal-
culated to augment the confidence of the country in
the House of Commons, or to increase its patience
and good temper? The Anti-Reformers delude
themselves with the idea that after the Bill has
passed, to which they are now offering every
possible opposition, they will be received by the
people as they were some years ago, and that
the contests between them and the Reformers
will be one carried on on equal terms. Reformers
delusion ! only to be equalled by their folly
in endeavouring to stifle the voice of the country,
which daily marks their conduct, and has set them
down for proscription. They may consider them-
selves well off, if they are even permitted to chew
their faces at the hustings, where we are glad to
learn their votes will be found recorded, and their
oppoaition displayed in manner which may not be
gratifying to their feelings. In the mean time let
the country rouse itself, and press for a decision.
Let it again sound in the ears of Parliament—and
sound it in a voice of thunder—that it will have the
Bill, the whole Bill, and nothing but the Bill
and all may yet bp welL—sthe convulsion which we
dread may be avoided, and the Bill carried without
being stained with those unfortunate accompani-
ments which have marked the progress of Reform
and revolution in other States.—Morn. Advertiser.
The insolent threats of a set of revolutionists,
calling themselves the Birmingham political Pnion,
and of certain radicals in the city of London,, that
they would denounce what they are pleased to style
the dilatory proceedings of the 'Rouse of Commons,

and dictate to Parliament greater expedition with
the Reform Bill under pain of their high displea-
sure—these insolent threats have had an effect upon
his Majesty's Ministers, lamentably illustrative of
the servile obedience which they are ready to pay
to the commands, nay to the mere indication of a
coming command, from those radical allies whom
they feel and thus acknowledge to be their main
support in the country. No sooner is it inti-
mated by the radical Press that the " Union"
is about to bestir itself, and, more awful still,
that a Common Hall is about to be convened,
than the Ministers suddenly discover that the
Bill is far too important to admit of an ad-
journment from Friday till Tuesday, though such
has beets the arrangement ever since its introduction ;
and that so extremely urgent is the occasion so ne-
cessary is it to expedite the Bill, that the House must
meet on Saturday, however contrary such a course
may be to established and recognised usage. We
say that Ministers made these discoveries very sud-
denly, for no notice whatever was given till yester-
day evening of their intention of sitting to-day.
Whatever may be the opinions of the Ministerialtsts
and their Allies as to the necessity for deliberation
upon a proposed change of the Constitution, their
opponents feel that they have a duty to perform
to their constituents and to the country, and
that duty they are anxious and, we may add,
determined to fulfil. What then can be more
tyrannically unjust than the course adopted
by Ministers, with a subservient majority at
their disposal, of compelling the House to proceed
with the Bill on Saturday, when many of the Op-
position, relying on a regular agreement, and not
anticipating any breach of faith, have formed en-
gagements which must prevent their attendance,
and when many more are not even aware at this
moment that any deviation from the settled arrange-
ment is contemplated ? Can the minority, repre-
senting as it does so many important interests, and
so large a proportion of the intelligence and respec-
tability of the kingdom--can the minority, we say,
submit to treatment so unjustifiable, unreasonable,
and dishonest ? Will not its Members be driven,
however reluctantly, to the only expedient that re-
main'', that expedient which on a former occasion
brought the majority to listen to reason, and will
not the country applaud their resolution and
their firm adherence to their duty ? We are
convinced the country will see this business in
its proper light. In their haste to propitiate the
Radical Associations of Birmingham and London,
Ministers lost more time in discussing this questio❑
than they could gain by sitting to-day. We may
safely say that nearly five hours were wasted upon
it. But where is the justice of this outcry about
delay ? The House has been eleven days in Com-
mittee, and no less than eighty-four ancient boroughs
have been either destroyed or mutilated ;—not an
hour on the average to each of those constituencies,
many of whom have possessed their privileges four
hundred years ! Is this delay ? If it be still so
called, let one unnecessary discussion, let one super-
fluous observation emanating from the constitutional
party, be pointed out. Never was there a
measure submitted to Parliament which so
imperiously demanded a cautious and deli-
berate consideration ; never was there one
more fertile in absurdities and inconsistencies ;
yet this is the very measure which certain noisy
Radicals would frighten the Legislature into adopt-
ing all at once, without further examination. We
agree with them that too much examination has
been al►eady given to it than suits their purposes.
It is rumoured that Ministers intend so far to comply
with the demands of their Ridical friends as to pro-
pose that the House should meet every morning at
twelve; but we can scarcely credit such a report.—
Morning Post.

Another day has passed, and eleven more boroughs
in schedule B are disposed of. Fifteen still remain.
The Opposition are indefatigable. The object being
to kill time, they have this constantly present to
them. They buoy themselves up with the hope that
some event, foreign or domestic, may throw Reform
into the shade, and hence delay is all in all to them.
Even if in this they should be disappointed, they
calculate on the people becoming wearied with the
subject, and at last indifferent to the fate of the
Bill. They have heard that fervour is seldom of
long duration, and that extremes follow each other.
Every day, therefore, will, they think, diminish the
force opposed to them. It is no doubt true, that
where the people are to act, the favourable moment
must not be allowed to pass by. In Mr. Moore's
interesting " Life of Lord Edward Fitzgerald," just
published, we have an instance of the danger of tem-
porising when the people are ready for the execution
of a great design.
" Notwithstanding (says Mr. Moore) the dissent of their
Dublin brethren, some of the more sanguine leaders of the
North still persisted in their endeavours to force a general
rising, and Lowry, 'feeling, and others proceeded to
Dublin to concert measures for that purpose. A plan of
insurrection—in drawing up which, it is said, some Irish
Officers, who had been in the Austrian service, assisted—
had already been agreed upon ; and, what was far more
important, some of the regiments then on duty in Dublin
having received intimation of the intended design, a depu-
tation of serjeants from the Clare, Kilkenny, and Kildare
militias, waited upon the Provisional Committee of Dublin
with an offer to seize, in the name of the Union, the
Royal Barrack and the Castle, without requiring the aid or
presence of a single citizen.
" This proposal was immediately laid before the Exe-
cutive ; and Lord Edward most strenuously urged, as
might be expected, their acceptance of it. But after a
long and anxious discussion, their decision was to decline
,the offer as involving a risk which the present state of
their preparations would not justify them, they thought, in
encountering. The whole design was, therefore, aban-
doned, and its ckief instigators, Messrs. Lowry, 'feeling,
and Tenant, the first a member of the Executive Com-
mittee of Ulster, were forced to fly to Hamburg.
" To popular ardour, when at its height, the pos'pone-
meat of action is a check seldom recovered from ; and it
is the opinion of those most conversant with the history of
thee nt e cr op
iesspi ran
decisionth
that the
aLte itnhsis moment, te r leaders,tent lbe yt
passtheir
aw want
crisiso f
far more pregnant with chances of success than any ever
presented to them. The people of the north, who had
been induced to curb their first impulse by an assurance
of the speedy arrival of the French, when they now saw
weeks pass away without any appearance of the promised
succours, began natur..lly to abate in their zeal, and even to
suspect that they had been deceived. From having been
taught thus to look for aid to others, they lost confidence
in themselves," Ice.

We have quoted this passage, because it is evi-
dently on some such calculation that the people will
in time abate their zeal, that the Opposition pro-
ceed. The gist of several of Mr. Croker's speeches
has been, that for many years the people have been
petitioning for any thing rather than Reform ; that
Reform has been forced on them ; and that if the
demand be resisted, they will settle for years into
their former indifference. Sir Robert Peel and
other speakers have been constantly too repeating,
in order to convince us that this is but a passing in-
clination of the people—interpose a delay of a few
months—if the people are really as bent on Reform
as you say, their zeal will not evaporate in that in-
terval—if their zeal shall have evaporated, that
proves that they were not in earnest about Reform.
But a slight mistake is committed by those who
count with so much confidence on the effect of time
in cooling the public. The people here have not
wrought themselves up to a readiness for re-
bellion. They have done their part. The
time for profiting by their zeal was the time
of the general election, and it was then turned
to good account. Having done their part, they
are watching with calm compssure the result of
their exertions. They have returned a majority of
men who must support Ministers throughout the
different stages of the Bill. The Bill muss pass the
Commons ; and should it be thrown out in the
House of Lords, the embarrassment would then be
for those who had brought about that result, and
not for the people. The Opposition would not then
assuredly find themselves on a bed of roses. The
people have not only hands but pockets ; and ad-
mitting them to be as tame and patient as the bo-
roughmongers might wish them to be, there may be,
notwithstanding, a strong indisposition to part with

the contents of their pockets to their enemies. The
boroughmongers will find themselves grievously out
in their calculations on this subject. Men may not
always be in the humour to fight or make love;
but they are generally in a humour to be averse to
parting with their money; and as borouglanongery
hinges upon the pillage of the people, the desire
for Reform must be constantly kept alive by the tax
and the tithe gatherer. The attention of the people
may be drawn aside for a moment, but the res on-
gusice dou►i, caused by the pressure of the public
burthens, will never allow the desire of Reform to
become extinct.—lllorning Chronicle.

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