The Sun.
London, England, 1831-05-04 00:00:00

plainest dictates of public duty, the citizens are
under no obligation to help them out of their self-
created difficulties"—Morning Herald.
The King of England must now be gratified in-
,leed ! or rather,. his position must be " the envy
And admiration" of all but those who hate the King

`and hate the people. Never was an act performed by
any S ivere;gn in these realms more wise in con-
ception, or more just in execution, or more success-
.ful in result, than the dissolution of the late Par-
liament; and never, in accordance with the Royal
will, did a people more loyally and zealously exe-
cute the wishes of a King, than the people of Eng-
land now execute those of William IV. The num-
bers in favour of the Royal Bill,—for it is no im-
propriety so to designate it,—increase daily, every
post adds to the gain in iis favour, and though
it would be most impolitic, on the part of the
people, to discontinue their exertions, we have
no doubt of a most successful issue. In
Coventry,—in Yarmouth, as we stated yesterday,—
iti the city of Oxford,—in Banbury,—in
Warwick, the cause of Reform has been unexpect-
edly triumphant; and, to add still more to the grati-
fication which such returns must inspire, the nominee
of the Duke of Northumberland,—the Matthew
Bell, who was said to have expended on his last
election no less a sum than seventy-five thousand
pounds,—has been obliged, from the absolute want
of support, to give up a contest with the Reformers !
Nor is this all ; for, although we have no more
triumphs of any magnitude to record, there are many
in prospect, of which little doubt need be appre-
hended. At Stamford every thing looks well for
Tennyson,—in Derbyshire, Reform is equally pros-
perous,
the counties of Kent, Dorset, and Essex, are
decidedly against the Anti-Reform candidates; and
even the great Cadwallader,—the man of ys and
vs,—Vyvyan himself, the leader of the anti-Re-
formers, is likely to he routed on his own dunghill !
Mr. C. Wynn—and really we can neither write or
think of him, without bethinking ourselves at the
same time of the all but antelope speed, and greater
than antelope fear, with which he crossed from the
eastern to the western side of Parliament-street, not
many years ago, on hearing accidentally that the
King's rat-catcher was close on his heels—yes—
Mr. C. Wynn, the late Secretary at War, who had
the conscience to retain office tinder a Reform IV&
nistry, and at the same time to make a speech
against the Reform Bill—is likely also to have a hard
struggle in Montgomeryshire ; and, in a word, look
to what quarter we may, we find the cause of the
King and his people successful—the Reform Bill
triumphant—and the dissolution by the King most
amply justified.—Morning Advertiser.
The struggle has begun—the rescue of the Con-
stitution from the fangs of the destroyers may yet
be effected. Cambridge, the seat of learning and
the nurse of genuine liberality, is vindicating itself
from the attacks of its malicious and illiterate ene-
mies, and seems determined to fling back the asper-
sions of its slanderers with threefold fotce. The
question of Reform is now subjected to the opinion
and examination of the most influential and well-in-
formed body of men, comprising no less the ecclesias-
tical than the enlightened and professional intelligence
of the country; the influence of authority, the in-
trigues of party, and the threatenings of power are all
ranked on the side of the hitherto losing candidates :
against these are arraigned the zeal of patriotism, the
independence of birth, and the intelligence of edu-
cation. Mr. Goulburn and Mr. Peel, by the result of
the day's poll, are foremost in the battle; but the
gallant leaders of a contest, more eventful than any
which the cellar), affords, can alone retain their
ground by the unflinching activity and assistance of
their friends. The fortune which has hitherto at-

tended the contest, to ensure success, should be but
an incentive to every relaxing heart to hurry with
alacrity to its instant support. The victvry is in
the hands of the supporter's of Mr. Goulburn and
Mr. Peel, but to obtain that victory there must be
no relaxation of zeal. Every member of the Senate,
anxious to enrol his name on the records of public
opinion, must " take then the instant path" to the
poll ; and, whether lay or clerical, no less for his

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own honour than for the preservation of the interests
he has at stake, hasten to declare himself to the
world as ready to sacrifice all selfish considerations
at the shrine of his country's aaod.—.2llorn. Post.

DRESDEN, APRIL 21.—Since the melancholy events on
the night of the 18th (the date of the 19th in the previous
accounts from Leipsic_ was erroneous) public tranquillity
has not been again disturbed. Considerable detachments
of cavalry have arrived. During the last two days the
military and communal guard occupy together the prin-
cipal posts, and patrol the city morning and night. Great
fermentation exists, and it is no wonder various opinions are
expressed respecting the events of those days. The acts
of violence committed by part of the people are universally
disapproved, but some persons affirm that the military
fired with ball on the 18th, without sufficient provocation,
and without previous warning, and that this first in-
censed the people who attacked the new post-office, and
threw up barricades against the troops, awl did not give
way till after au obstinate resistance. It will appear from
future investigation how far this is true. Several more
members of the Burgher Union were arrested yesterday
with the aid of the military. Treasonable intentions were
spoken of, but only vague reports are in circulation, which
deserve the less confidence as many respectable persons
are mentioned as implicated.
The Comet, Captain WEBSTER, arrived in
the harbour of Dundee on Thursday, after a short passage
of eight days from Memel, and brings a confirmation of
the defeat of the Russian.; by the Poles on the 15th of i
April. It had been reported and believed in Memel, that
a general engagement between the Russians under
DIERITSCH, and the Poles under SKRZYNECKI, had taken
place on the 15th of April, at the distance of about forty
miles from Memel; that in the course of the action 16,000
Lithuanians had gore over from the Russians to the Poles,
that the Russians had been completely routed—that vast
numbers of them bad been killed, wounded, and taken
prisoners—and that they had lost nearly the whole materiel
of their army, including the military chest, full of money.
This news was shortly afterwards confirmed by the appear-
ance of detachments of Russians passing in full retreat
through Memel. Captain WuasTEn. himself saw 1,200
of them in the most miserable condition, scarcely able to
lift their muskets, besides numbers of wounded soldiers in
waggons. He conversed with several Russian officers, who
acknowledged that they bad been worsted, and seemed to
be very much distressed at the inglorious and disagreeable
nature of their task. One of them, pointing to his brow,
said, that the Polei had too good heads forDIEBITSCH
that the war with them was a very different affair from
the war with the Turks, who had not good heads:—
Dundee Advertiser.

HORRID MURDER IN CLARE.—On 'Mrs-
diy morning, about ten o'clock, shortly before the Ennis
caravan for Limerick arrived at Cratloe-cross, three as-
sassing, dressed in women's clothes, and armed with a
blunderbuss and two muskets, went to the house of a man
named Mor.ortv, herdsman to Mr. Taos. DoNoUGIIUE,
a comfortable farmer, holding lands between the Cross
and Shannon, and placing him on his knees, desired him
to say his prayers. One of the party fired at him, on
which the unfortunate man, though severely wounded, ran
out of the house, but was instantly followed, and, as he
was crossing a stream, he received a second shot in the
back part of the head, which deprived him of life. His cold-
blooded murderers then fired several balls through his head
and breast, and this in the presence of a number of country-
men at work in the adjacent fields, but who saw these
fellows enter the unfortunate man's house, and were wit-
nesses to the fatal issue, without venturing or showing
the least disposition to render him any assistance. In
a few minutes after, an officer passed by, when these
fellows fired a feu de joie from hchind a wall, adjoining
the wood, either in defiance, or to celebrate their sangui-
nary triumph. Poor MoLowfs only offence was not having
driven his,master's cattle off the farm, according to no,
tice, in which he was apprised of his fate in the event of
disobedience. Major RYAN, of the 50th Regiment, with
a party of the 17th Lancers, were, in about thirty minutes
after the foul deed took place, upon the spot, and conti-
nued all yesterday to scour the woods, but we apprehend
without tracing the murderers. Shortly after committing
the above murder these assassins went to the house of a
respectable farmer, living at the Cross, on the high road
between Limerick and Ennis, threatening him with a si-
milar fate, if be did not sell potatoes on their terms.
This, indeed, is a horrid state of society, and- must be
suppressed, not only by the power of the Government, but
by an armed array, embodied in district and parochial
corps, of the moral and intellectual energies of the county.
--Clare Sentinel.