The Sun.
London, England, 1831-06-07 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

The Duke of SUSSEX, the Landgravine of HEssE HOM
BURG, the Princess AUGUSTA. the Duke and Duchess
GLOUCESTER, and Prince LEOPOLD, arriv d at the res •
knee of the Duke and Duchess of CUMBERLAND on Sun
lay morning, to congratulate the Royal Duke on the re•
urn of his natal day. The Russian Ambassador an.:
Princess LIEVEN came from their rvsidence at Richmond
-0 pay their respects to the Royal Dake. The Duke an,
Duchess entertained the members of the Royal Famil,
vith an early dinner, which was served at three o'clock ir,
tent on the lawn ; the band of the Royal Horse Guard-
vas in att,ndance, and performed several instrumen►tl
iieees of sacred music. After dinner, the whole of Or
'loyal party, including the Duke, Duehe•s, and Prince
GEORGE of CUMBERLAND, went in nine carriaces (pot))
lizietons) for an airing in the Royal' Gardens. The Pru--
im and Hanoverian Ministers had theshonour of din;nr
vith the Royal parry, and of accompanying them throw!,
the gardens. About sir o'clock, the Royal and dis-
tinguished guests left Kew, and returned to their respec
ive residences.

Her Royal Highness the Duchess of KENT entertained
large and distinguished party at dinner yesterday.
The Duke of SUSSEX visited the Princess AUGUSTA yes-
terday, at her residence in the King's Palace, St. James's
Prince LEOPOLD came to town yesterday from his seat
at Claremont.

Despatches from Brussels were brought to the Foreign
office at an early hour yesterday morning. About three
t'clock yesterday morning a messenger arrived in town,
with despatches from Brussels for Prince LEOPOLD. A
second messenger with desp ►tches for the P► ince arrived
-hortly afterwards from Brussels ; both messengers, on
finding the Prince out of town, continued on their route
to Claremont. The Ministers of the Five Great Powers
►ssembled yesterday afternoon at the Foreign Office, and
were occupied in the conference during five hours ; there
were present the Russian, Austrian, and French Ambassa-
dors, the Prussian Minister, Count MATousHEwm, on a
special rni-sio❑ from Russia; the B►ron de WESSENEURG,
on a special mission from Austria; and Viscount PAL-
MERSTON.

During the time that the Ministers were engaged at the
Foreign• office, the Prussian Minister went to the Trea-
4ury, and had an interview with Earl GREY. Viscount
PALMERSTON also visited the Noble Earl, and was in con-
stant communication with his Lordship during the con-
ference. The meetinz broke up about seven o'clock.

Despatches were forwarded to the KING in the after-
noon, at his Palace, at Windsor.
The Minister from Buenos Ayres transacted business
yesterday morning at the office of the Secretary of State
for Foreign Affiirs.
The Duke of RICHMOND yisitel the CHANCELLOR of
the EXCHEQUER yesterday, at the Treasury.

On Saturday last, the LORD CHANCELLOR,
the Duke of RICHMOND, Lord GREY, the Marquis of
CLEVELAND, Lord SHAFTESBURY, Lord HOWICK. Lard
DURHAM, Lord SEFTON, Lord DUNCANNON, General
ALAVA, Dr. LUSHINGTON, Mr. SPRING RICE, Mr. Wsi.
BROUGHAM, and several other gentlemen, inspected Tau-
atax,llaNnuay, and BUXTON'S brewery, in Spitalfields, and
afterwards dined on beef-steaks dressed at the stoke-hole.

THE REFORM BILL,—The following circu-
lar has been transmitted to the overseers of all the parishes
to be affected by the operation of the Reform measure :
" Whitehall, May 30. 1831.
' _ _'

" Gentlemen,—l am directed by Viscount Melbourne
to request that you will, with the least possible delay,
transmit to me, for his Lordship's information, a return of
the number of houses, or houses and land held together, in
the parish of rated to the poor-rate at lilt and
warAs ; stating whether the rate is made on the full rack-
rent, or on what portion of it.—l am, gentlemen, your
obedient servant, " S. M. PHILLIPS."

The Rajah RHAMoUN ROY has accepted an
invitation from the proprietors of Vauxhall-gardens for
Wednesday evening next.

We regret to mention the death of that excel-
lent artist JACKSON, the Royal Academician.

The Rev. Mr. BENSON is seriously indis-
posed at his residence in the Temple.

A writer in the John Bull says « we are very
sick of hearing about Lord MILTON." We do not the least
doubt the truth of this, Lord MILTON having given the
Tories a sickener, which they will long remember.

At a naval review by his late Majesty,
GEORGE 111., during a particular period the Admirals
stood uncovered around his MAJESTY, the KING himself
hiving his hat on. " Why does he keep his hat on," in-
quired a blunt tar, " while their Honours have theirs off?"
" Why?" rejoined another, " how should be know
manners? He never was at sea."

Letters have been addressed to the Collector
and Comptroller of the Re of Hull, ordering that all ves-
sels coming from the ports of Russia, Prus44, and the
Hanseatic Towns, containing rags, dried hides, &c., shall
perform quarantine for such periods as may be deemed ne-
cessary for their purification.

•
STENOGRAPHY.--The Roman poet ERMIUS
is reported to have invented a method of short-hand
writing, by which the notarii were enabled to transcribe
the identical speeches of the most rapid orator.— Olio.
On the first appearance of the cholera in
Russia, the Medical Council of Petersburgh issued quaran-
tine orders, under which every patient was to be strictly
prohibited from holding personal intercourse with persons
in health; and so strictly was this observed, that the
Emperor Nu: HOLASt who, to. encourage the inhabitants,
visited Moscow during the prevalence of the cholera,
underwent, before his return to Petersburgb, the required
purifying.
The high Tory advocate is exceedingly in-
dignant at a tallow-chandler having been elected a Member
of the new Parliament, and launches a string of wich-ed
puns upon the old joke of the history of grease, tcc. But
will the writer in question seriously tell us that the bo-
roughmongers have not, during their reign, done dirtier
work than can ever fall to the lot of a maker of candles?

This morning, an aged couple in Dovehill,
each of them seventy years of age, who had lived about
half a century as man and wife, died within a few mi-
nutes of each other. The husband expired at. two o'clock,
and his aged partner followed in less than a quarter of an
hour.— Glasgow Chronicle.

__..
STREET SNWKING.—We never see a per-
son indulging in this very unpolite practice on the public
street hut our bowels yearn within us fur the lamentable
state of his intellect. There are only two classes amongst
street smokers—namely, puppies and blackguards. You
will know the former by their bushy hair, goggle eyes,
and emaciated jaws; they generally appear in crowdi.4
thoroughfares,
with a cigar in their teeth, through which
smoke and impiety issue without intermission. The second
classnd keep
very light slippers, smoke fearfully black cutties
a
the one eye on your fob, while the other is re-
clining on your breast-pocket.. There is no doubt, how.
ever, that some respectable persona may be found who take
wear
show their dthrence to public opinion, And that they
a cigar on the street, but these being so few in number,
sense of their own honour and character, by de-
compared with the class we have described, they should
practice in which so many of the opposite
from a
.liarr.,,ter indulge. Bakers and sweeps—greatly superior
to most of the street smokers —are
men re obliged, by the
P°lice regulations, to kee at a distance fro h dm t ronge
.hr
jeasatvlielnyga
nte and we think the '
paveme • , . . police would do well to miti-
gate the public nuisance complained of, by
every person with a cigar in his mouth to take his
place
among the beastial on the causeway.—Scotsman.

yesterday evening an inquest was held at the
old George public-house, Snow-hill, before We. PAYNE,
Fsq,, the City Coroner, touching the death of JOHN
pANNELL, aged 15, son of Mr. MICHAEL PANNELL, lea-
ther-dresser, Bermondsey. It appeared in evidence that
the deceased had, during the last fortnight, been employed
at the house of his brother, No. 2, Snow-hill, to attend to
where he became acquainted with a young girl
in the house, and of Cue same age as himself.
•:::iieislilhuaipter, it appeared, had accused him of paying atten-
tion to another girl, which accusation made a strong ins-
his on his mind, and on Saturday evening he was
pres.
f . •
liund in his bed -room, suspended from the bed.post, a
corp se, hung himself. In his waistcoat pocket
e se,
was a paper, in his hand-writing, on which was written—
. Repent what you have done. You have charged me wrong-
fully _you v., 11 never see me more..
.. June 4, 1831.
" G. 15. PANNELL—Death!"
The father of the deceased stated, that on Saturday morn-
ing he called at Snow-hill, and found his son running out
of the kitchen into the shop. Witness lectured him se-
verely on his intimacy with Miss both being of so
tender an age; and, on proceeding into the kitchen him-
self, found the latter Lid in the coal-cellar. Witness told
his son that he should certainly inform the young lady's
father of his conduct. Witness added, that a short time
ago the deceased had been confined to his bed by &fever,
which had impaired his intellect. Verdiet—" Temporary
insanity.

REFORM MEETING, EDMONTON, • MID-

DLESEX.

In consequence of the churchwardens having de-
lined to call a meeting of the inhabitant househol, •
rir, to vote an address of .tlianks to his most gra-
aous agreeably to a requisition presenter
o them for that purpose, a public meeting was held
in Tuesday, the 24 h ult., at the Assembly-room
ingel Inn, Edmonton (in accordance with tht
iiixious desire of i'most.,nspectible body of at
iarishioners of this parish and its vicinity), whirl:
vas very numeroudy attended.

JOSEPIi HUME, Esq., M P., was unanimously
'ailed to the char, supported by Geo. Bynz, Esq
\'LP., 'rhos". Gibson, Esq., of Tottenham, Mr. Ser-
cant Wilde, M.P., Joseph ll.rffam, Esq., Edwii•
and Rowland Hill, Esq., of Bruce C.istle, arid by
nany other freeholders and gentlemen of the county
Mr. HUME (amidst unbounded applause) pro-
!eerled to explain, in a clear and concise manner,
the intent of the Bill now before the country, which,
tie assured the meeting, he would still most ardent!)
support.

of Hangers-lane, Tot-
teCti.nO
hanl3Lts
,propGoisßesd°tNhie Esq.,
following resolution
That the Commons House of Parliament, being the
representative of the people, ought at all times to be guided
by the public opinion, when that opinion has been tine-
quivoc,illy expressed. And that it is the duty and tin
privilege of British subjects to assemble together, for the
purpose of discussing the Acts of the Legislature, and of
recording publicly the opinions they have formed."
Seconded by. Jost!. lIUFFAN, Esq. and carried
unanimously. •
Mr. Serjeant WILDE rose, amid loud cheering.
He was happy to see that spirit abroad which would
eventually destroy the rot'en borough system, and
extend the elective franchise to large communities
where intelligence and wealth required it ; and would
support the Bill with his best endeavours. I know,
said the Learned Serjeant, that our profession, us i
lawyers, induces many to suspect the purity of our
motives, and adopt the adage that " Lawyers will
take either side which will suit them best." He had
experienced this himself; for he had four times can-
vassed Newark against power, wealth, and interest ;
but thanks to the good cause and independent spirit
of the people, he had at last driven the Duke of
Newcastle from his strong hold. Indeed, the en-
thusiasm
of the people there beggared description
—parents solicited their children—wives implored
their husbands to vote for the great and glorious
cause, and with tears in their eyes left their homes
to aid the country in recovering its rights, and to
leave to posterity a happy assurance of prosperity
and peace; but he had, as he Was before about to
observe, been told at Newark, that he had ap-
peared there on a previous occasion as the sup-
porter of the Wellington Administration ; and
now, lawyer-like, he sided with the Whigs.
True, he answered, he contended for the Duke
when he was an advocate for religious liberty ;
but when, in reply to the call of nine-tenths of
the nation for the removal of civil restraint, his
Grace turned upon his heels, and said that no Re-
form was wanted—nay, that all worked well, he left
him, and joined those men who honesty desired to
give the people a fair representation. Yes, Sir, they
say the present system works well, but by long ex-
perience we know that it has net worked well for
the people—it has brought on air distresses and en-
croachments; and though our opponents contend
that borough interest has brought a large portion of
talent into the House, he would ask the Hon. Mem-
ber (Mr. Byng), who had sat as long in that House
as he (the Learned Serjeant) had lived, 'if the pro-
proportion thus brought in was equal to the talent
they kept out of the House? And he thought the
result would be that they were worse off than the
parsons, for that they had not a tithe.--(Laughter.)
Sir (continued the Learned Serjeant), I know cor-
rupt matter assists vegetation ; but how a corrupt
House of Commons can benefit the country I have
yet to learn. The Learned Serjeant concluded a very
elogneHt and able speech, and the first resolution was
carried unanimously.
Mr. Serjeant WILDS, in a few words on the im-
portance of the measure, then proposed the second
resolution :

" That the subject of Parliamentary Reform especially
demands an expression of public opinion, by its superior
importance to all other questions whatever, which in our
time have been proposed as subjects for legis!ation."

Seconded by Mr. Joioi CROUCH, and carried
urinnimousiy.

EDWIN HILL, Esq.,of Bruce Castle, proposed the
third resolution, which he introduced by an appro-
priate address.
" That the system upon which the House of Commons
is new chosen, though displaying some wisdom and sound
principles, is yet so disfigured by glaring absurdity, disgust-
ing anomaly, false pretensions, and gross injustice, that it
is quite unworthy of a people acquainted with the true ob.
jects of Government,and with the means of their attainment."

Seconded by THOMAS GIBSON, Esq. and carr►ed
unanimously.
ROWLAND HILL, Esq. proposed the fourth reso-
lution, which he introduced in a manner which was
loudly a•id deservedly applauded.

" That the iiitelligence,4activity, and public virtue dis-
played in the recent elections, are a triumphant proof, it
any were required, that the proposed extension of the elec-
tive franchise will be the most effectual means of securing
the return to Parliament of honest, enlightened, and effi-
cient representatives."

Seconded by PIKE, Esq., and carried
timnimoitsly,
EDWIN HILL, Esq proposed the fifth resolution.

" That this meeting views with gr..titude the determina-
tion of lis M .jesty's Ministers to place the representative
system of this country upon a footing worthy of the prin-
ciples of our excellent Constitution, and of the age in which
we live ; and we, therefore, deem them to be entitled to our
stedfast support." •
Seconded by J. HurFitsf, Esq. and carried unani-
mously.

ALEXANDER MAY, E.g., proposed the sixth re-
solution—

" That his Majesty's gracious support of his Ministers,
under the trying circumstances in which they were placed
while contending for the highest interest of their country,
has excited our liveliest admiration and gratitude, and de-
mands our warmest acknowledgements."_

Seconded by GRANTHAM MEAD, Esq. and carried
unanimously.
WM. KING, Esq. then stepped forward with the
Address, which he read with considerable emphasis
and effect.

Mr. KING having concluded the address, intro-
duced some very appropriate remarks, and proposed
the seventh resolution—

" That the Address now read be approved of, and pre.
sented to the King; and that the County Members, with
Mr. Serjeant Wilde, M.P. for 'Newark, be earnestly
solicited to undertake the same."

Seconded by Mr. E. HILL, and carried unani-
mously, with the warmest shouts of applause.
The County Members and Mr. Serjeant Wilde
were then requested to present the address to his
Majesty, which they politely promised to do at the
earliest Levee.

The Members then left the room, and as they
entered their carriages, they were greeted by the
populace with the loudest and most enthusiastic
applause.
•

EDITORIAL DILEMMA.—The Editor of a
Demerara Paper, in announcing the non-arrival of intelli-
gence, bewails his misfortune in the following original
manner :—" It is really a hard fate, in an Editor to be ex-
pected to give news when there are none. Were we in
England now, the thing is easily done. But so it is ; and
unless some vessel will come in, to let us know what our
fe!low mortals are a•doing on the other sid.- of the herring-
pond—we cannot give, as we dare not make, news."
The former annals of France have furnished
an abundant harvest for the historical novelist, witness the
p Tularity of that series of romances commencing with
" Richelieu," and of which the recently published
" Philip Augustus" forms a portion. But the modern
events of France are infinitely more striking than those
which occurred in the olden time ; an assertion the truth
of which is proved by the increasing celebrity of Mrs.
GORE'S story of " The Tuileries," which may be at
once designated as a tale, of the Court and of the Republic
of France..

POLITICAL COUNCIL.

(Fem., the Birmingham Journal.)
The: plan for the future election of the Courses,
if the Birmingham. Po!hied Union, was again
'irought ender discussion at the-usual weekly meet•
as of that body, on Tuesday everting last. It was
yr, however, pas'ed into a law, it. -being deemed .
idvi,able that a measure. of such material conic-
pience should have the most
.extended deliheretlese
tssed upon it, and adopted only upon a general,
c inviction of its proper adaration to the important
,ierpose to which it was intended to be applied
During the deliberatione much diversity of opinion.
.vas expressed, some Members contending that the
eau proposed savoured too much of that which may.
called the in-and in ,ystern—others that it did not.
Soule thought the new plan to be imprac,icable,
and one individual, Mr. C. Jones, we believe, de-
eied that a change in the present mode of election
eras at . all necessary. This opinion was,
however,
ufficiently refuted by the admission on all other
wands, that the ore:ent method was faulty, that the
Members of the Union were much dissatisfied wth
t, and that they wished for a ehange. It was a.so
argued that as the adoption of the system of ballot,
in the election of the national representatives, en-,
tered into the principles of the Birmingham Polie
tic& Union, that that system should be introduced
Iwo the plan for the election of the Members of
their own Council ; which introduction would not
only improve the proposed plan, but also, as there
was no fear of its success, tend to disprove the a,-
serted futility of the ballot. Upon an amendmet
therefore, to a motion brought forward, th :t ti p"--Te--se5T
plan under discussion should be adopted, it was.
postponed for further deliberation until Tuesday
evening next.
was
sheTldhufirda
fir
the
a lepSuprpeocasiel
ol‘fleceotring of the
i,ideriilgtheCncco.,ueoilt
Mr. Charles Andrew Thomson, a rtleinb-r of the
Union, who had claimed the interference of the
Council in endeavouring to obtain redress for the
great public wrongs of which he had been the vice
tim. Mr. Thomson gave an affecting history of his
injuries, which he affected to carry off with an ape
parent gaiety of spirits, and which seemed to dis-
guise the bitterness of his feelings. He stated that
he and his father had possessed in the year 1791
the sum of 300,0001. Consols, besides other latge
personal property. That finding the price of his
Consols had fallen from 90 to 60, in the year 1810,
and that the value of the money in which the 60
was measured was at that time reduced one-half, he
had decided upon investing his personal property in
land. He accordingly made some large purchases,
having the cash in hand to pay for the whole ; but
some years elapsed before the laisyers•could com-
plete a satisfactory title, and during those years he
experienced losses of 100,0001. in his trade as
wine-merchant, in the city of London. When the
title was completed, these losses rendered. it neees,
nary for him to take up the sum of 60,0001. on morte
gage, for the purpose of enabling him to complete
the purchases. He had • bought one estate for
72,0001., and another for 60,0001., and having paid
the whole of the 72,000/e he granted a mortgage
upon the estates fur the sum of 60,0001. In this
way his purchases were completed in the
year 1810. His property was etill„very large, and
he considered that in having it invested in land he
had taken the best possible security for preserving
it. He had been deprivedhe imeasures
rhOheafigsdoC more h
reduced
.oitiisltoel as
Gt. 'tato;n
evt
eie)rehaf l
valuems same
emfof
ho,
etf
his, ni sd
moneypropertythe
ii ba
tyt
hu
etr Legislature,
price
which
d
time. But he still retained a yery large prop:-rtys •
Unhappily for him, however, in the year 1819, the
Government of this country adopted other measute•
for again restoring the value of the currency, and of •
beating down the prices of property to the ancient
level which existed in the year 1791. But they
adopted no measure for reducing his mortgage of
60,0001. The consequence was, that the monied
price of his two estates fell one half, and the mort-
gagee produced his mortgage and took possession of
both of his estates, under the form of law and the
mask of insulted justice. In addition to this he
had paid the sum of 60,0001. for interest and ex-
pensei, and having sustained some further losses by
4 similar depression in the price of his stock of
wine, he was compelled to become a bankrupt in the
year 1821, and reduced to the necessity of seeing
his creditors receive only seven shillings in the
pound, when if justice had been aorta -.to him he
could readily have paid them twenty shillings in the
pound seven times over. Mr. Thomson- here gave
some distressing details of the suffeiings of himself
and his father, whom he declared to have died of a
broken heart. He stated that he had appealed to
the Courts of Law and Equity, and to the Houses
of Parliament in vain. He made some large quo-
twions from the rules and regulations of the Union,
showing that bis case fell clearly within their pro-
tection, and strongly claimed their support. Mr. T.
protested he would see every Political Union in the
kingdom, and never rest till he had obtained -redress:
He stated that he had presented a petition to the
Lord Chancellor Eldon in person, and that hiS
Lordship had actually shed tears in perusing it.
Lord Eldon had told him that lie could give him no
redress, and that he must apply to the House of
Commons, which was in truth the real source of all
his injuries and wrongs. He had appealed to the
House of Commons and to the House of Lords, but
he might as well have appealed to the winds of
heaven as to the representatives of the people under
the corrupt boroughmongering system which existed.
" In this extreme condition," continued Mr. Thom-
son, " I come to you, Gentlemen, for redress. You
have been foremost in the work of liberty. Your
country has rallied round the sacred standard which
you have been the first to rear. Be foremost now,
in the great work of redressing the wrongs of millions,
of whum I am the representative and persnn•ficatioie
We have appealed to the laws aad the Legislature of
our country, and we have appealed in vain. We now
appeal to our cowry itself, and to you as a greatg7;:....":--w,
organ of the country's will, and we demand
your hands the expression of abhorrence of thcrevi.:t,,,f
guilt amid fraud of which we have been ma 'Vee. eAese.
the victims. Of what cse is liberty t 0.4
tion if the gates of justice are to be close'er .se etesel•fe
upon the oppressed ? Gentlemen, there is a Goof es;:e.
in Heaven, and I will never believe that he wi:
permit a nation to prosper in which wrongs like
mine are suffered to be unredi.eised." Mr. Thornso” -.l'
having closed his statement, Mr.. Muntz addiessee
the Council and stated, that lie was perfectly cone
vinced that the measures of which Mr. Thoteset.
had been the victim—he meant Peel's Bill of 1811: .
—had created more misery in England, and more
wrong, robbery, and injustice than ever was occae
skirled in any country on the face of the earth be-
fore. He said lie was convinced that thousands had
died by suicide, and that tens of thousands had died
Of broken hearts, under the pressure of that wicked
arid destructive-measure. Millions upon millions had
been made wretched by the same cause, and he was
perfectly convinced that it would not be possible
for the Government to persevere in it much longer.
Entertaining these views he thought, however, that
any interference by the Union at the present time
would be' inexpedient. Mr. C. Jones and Mr. Att
wood concurred in these views. After a long dis-
cussion, the following resolution was carried unani-
mously- :—" That as the country is about to receive
the benefit of a Reformed Legislature, it is not ex-
pedient for this Council to adopt any measures what-
ever respecting Mr. Thomson's case."

The funeral of the late Admiral Earl of
NORTHESK takes place at St. Paul's Cathedral to morrow
morning. The service will be performed by the Dean,
assisted by a full choir. The coffin, which is now at By-
v.' ATER and GOODBARNE'S, the undertakers, in Grosvenor -
street, is made of English oak, highly polished, and hand-
somely finished with gilt milk and a polished brass plate,
with the arms emblazoned. On the lid is a square piece
of oak, taken from his Majesty's ship the _Britannia,
which his Lordship commanded at the memorable battle
of ta,;(i de,j,nitcedoinLesatzrotll;oe
re-
,i'nf.raoffallgbaer.i..ThoretmcioisiftizuLswoi:sti,

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