The Sun.
London, England, 1831-05-25 00:00:00

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LONDON,
WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 25, 1831.

The celebration of the triumph of the Re-
formers at Northampton, full particulars of
Which will be found in another column, will be
Perused with interest by our readers. The
speeches in particular of Lord ALTHORP and
that promising young gentleman, Mr. WENT-.
WORTH FITZWILLIAM, are deserving of every
attention. The latter speaker accurately defined
the nature of the contest at Northampton, when 1
he asserted that it was " a triumph of free and
independent yeomen over Tory despotism, and a
Tory aristocracy,—it was a triumph of liberality
over narrow-mindedness,—it was a triumph of
freedom over usurpation,—it was a triumph of
good sense and good feeling over bigotry and super-
-Btition." Lord ALTHORP also spoke in the most
encouraging and satisfactory manner. Alluding to
the moderate Reformers, this most manly and
straight-forward Statesman, in whose integrity
the whole empire feels the most unbounded con-
fidence, shrewdly said, some might think that
the Ministerial measure " did not go far enough,
and others might think it went too far. With
regard to the latter,—to those who said that the
measure went too far,—they were persons who
lo`their hearts did not wish for any Reform at
all---(Cheers)—they were persons who wished
t° stave off the evil day as they thought it, when
corruption would be at an end, and when the con-
ltitutional power of the House of Commons
should enforce those measures in which they be-
held the destruction of a system which they were
too much interested in to part with easily."—
more faithful or pertinent sketch than this,
of the moderate Reformers, we never yet met
with, his true to the life. His Lordship pro-
ceeded to comment on the character of the
Iteform Bill, and added, that Ministers had
`` been as moderate as possible in the change
the, had effected, and it was perhaps, in con-
sequence of the moderation and care they had
eXercised, that some anomalies remained which
ought to have been removed. But they had
been of opinion that the less change they made
the better, provided only that this great end, a
free and fair representation of the people, was
obtained. Upon one thing," continued the
Noble Lord, " vpu may depend. You may
defend upon it that the main principles of this
measure are what we are determined to stand by.
(I.oud cheering.) We brought it forward after
due consideration : after due consideration do I
say' ? After the consideration of our whole lives,
fortile principles of this measure are the principles
11" we have entertained, which we have
supported, which we have contended for, and
which we have defended, during the whole of our
fives." This declaration puts an end at once to all
the calumnies of the Anti-Reformers and their
worthy allies the advocates of moderate change.
11 encefortim neither the one nor the other will
have a leg to stand on. They had better, there-
quietly give in their adhesion to that mo-
il Magna Charta, time Reform 13ill.

It Is impossible to read of the proceedings of
Austria towards General DWERNICKI and his
brave, but unfortunate companions, without the
strongest feelings of disgust. The Messager
de
Chambres reports, on what it considers corn-
lt eten•
authority, that the Austrian Government
aair it in contemplation to detain DWERNICKI
11`11iS troops prisoners, but to give them the
Privilece of exchanging for an_equal number of

Russians. If this be really the case, it is a'
glaring violation of the neutrality so loudly pro-
fessed by the IVIETTEnNtux Cabinet, and should
form the substance of remonstrance by the great
European Powers. It is high time indeed, that
England and France should interfere on behalf
of the oppressed Poles, who have been more
than once, unless history be all a fiction, the
saviours of Christendom when threatened by
the -all-powerful Saracens. If Austria think
it expedient to throw off' the mask of neutrality,
and Prussia betray an evident disposition to
throw the weight of its influence into the scale
of the R ussians, why should France and Eng-
land remain passive spectators of such jug-
glery? The cause of Poland is the cause of
freedom throughout Europe ; indeed NICHOLAS
himself has made it so by identifying it with
what he calls the " revolutionary principles"
which now infect the majority of civilized
States ; if despotism, then, wins the day in
Poland, its effects will not be confined to that
country alone, they will be felt elsewhere.
Let the CZAR once have Poland again within
his grasp, and the stay of his Ambassador will
not be long in Paris. His IMPERIAL MA-
JESTY will make a point of withdrawing him
at the very earliest opportunity, for Louts
PHILLIPPE is a usurper on the same principle
that the Poles are rebels. This must of neces-
sity be the CZAR'S view of the case. We
hope then that both France and England will
interfere in behalf of the Poles, and not dis-
grace their high national character in the eyes of
posterity, by tamely looking on while a whole
nation is butchered for its struggles in the cause
of rational freedom.

In another part of The Sun will be found
some heart-rending details respecting the distress
of the peasantry in Ireland. These details are
from the best authority. We hope Ministers
will not think them beneath their attention.
Surely something should be done, and that
promptly, for Ireland.

The following are extracts from Brussels Pa-
pers received this morning :

ANTWERP, MAY 20.—Notwithstanding the tranquil-
lity which prevails in the city some emigrations have
taken place.
The works of the trench have been carried -to within
100 metres of the Lunette. General Chasse yesterday
sent a flag of truce into the city to announce, that unless
the works were stopped, he should be obliged to bombard,
because the terms of the agreement were violated. Orders
were immediately given to call in the workmen. The
Regent's order of the day was read to the troops to put
them in mind of the terms of the agreement. There is
every reason to hope that things will go no farther.
The works about the citadel were yesterday suspended
for a moment, but it is affirmed that they were resumed
very late in the evening.
Four or five mortars, with their carriages, were yester-
day sent out of the Malines gate.
BRUSSELS, MAY 21.—The secret Committee of the
Congress sat yesterday from one o'clock till half-past five :
170 Members were present. Nothing of what passed has
transpired.
Lord Ponsonby is not expected in Brussels till late to-
day or to-morrow.
A Cabinet messsenger arrived yesterday afternoon at six
o'clock from London, with despatches for Mr. Aber-
cromby. Immediately after his arrival all the English le-
gation was set to work to draw up despatches to be sent to
London, and the messenger received orders to wait. We
are ignorant of the contents of the despatches brought to
Mr. Abercromby, but the delay in the return of Lord
Ponsonby to Brussels is attributed to the arrival of M.
Van Zuyler Van Nyevelt at London. He is said to have
full powers from the King of Holland, and Lord Ponsonby
has doubtless been desirous of knowing what M. Van
Zuyler brought.
The messenger above mentioned is Mr. Littlewood ; he
says he gave orders at Dover for the packet which is to
bring Lord Ponsonby.
ANTWERP, MAY 20.—The Dutch evacuated the Lu-
nette of St. Laurent on the 18th, but they have not de-
stroyed the works they had raised there. Our batteries
continue to rise as if by enchantment : the works were
much advanced last night. All will be finished on the 20th,
and the guns for rocket firing may be placed on the bat-
teries.

HAMBURG, MAY 18.—In the night of the 11th of
this month, a report was circulated in the town of Orlon,
that the garrison of Luxemburg had marched out in order
to disarm the Civic Guard. It was a false alarm, how-
ever every body was on foot in a few moments. The
Belgian troops retired to the heights round the town,
while the public functionaries hastily locked up their
most valuable effects and their papers. But the sccuts
who were sent towards Luxemburg, having brought word
that no Prussian troops were to be seen, every body re-
tnrned to his post.
The Emancipator says, " The Duke of Saxe Weimar
has just given notice that he was going to carry into
effect the military occupation of the Communes within
four leagues of Luxemburg. According to pretended
conventions of the Confederation, :many communes,
alarmed at their threats, and wishing to avoid the
execution of them, send to Luxemburg, to offer their
submission. The inhabitants obey the summons they
have received to surrender what arms they may
have in their possession ; they carry them in themselves,
and give unequivocal proofs of their despondency." The
Emancipator is mistaken—nothing of the kind has
been announced ; and if the Civic Guards for four leagues
were to be disarmed, the measure, of which the public
knows nothing, would not be contrary to treaties, and
might, perhaps, be called for by the ordinary rules, for
the preservation of all fortresses. It is true, that the in-
habitants of many villages within a circle of several
leagues from Luxemburg have voluntarily brought to
their Burgomasters and the Officers of the Civic Guard
the muskets which they had lately received. These inha-
bitants do not in this obey any summons ; they look
on these arms as a source of misfortune to themselves
and their villages, they wish to leave to the agents of the
revolution the care of defending interests of which they
understand nothing. They wish to see an end without
their taking any part of a contest from which they have
hitherto derived only distress, exorbitant taxes, inendi-
nay, and all kinds of disorders. These inhabitants are
not discouraged, but fatigued, harrassed under the most
heavy arbitrary yoke; the day when order shall return
will be a festival, anll they evidently call for it, by refus-
ing to second the chiefs of the insurrection in their ideas
of defending the territory against the Confederation.

At a late hour this afternoon we received the
Rotterdam to the 24th instant
c
contains the following Protocol of the Congress
, whichss
of London, as respects the disputes between
Belgium and Holland :
RorrErtnAm, MAY 23.—The following is the
22d
protocol of the Congress of London :—The Pleniten.
trades of the five great Powers have met to deliberate
n
the resolutions which, accelerating the accomplishment on
the objects of the protocols of the 20th and 27th January,
1831, may best contribute to effect the desirable state of
peace between Belgium and Holland, which is the object
of the care of the five Courts, and of their constant exer-
dons. Being unable to find the principal haes of such a
desirable rebult, otherwise than in the principles which
are to regulate the separation between Belgium and Hol-
land, principles laid down in the protocol of 27th January,
1831, to which his Majesty the King of the Nether-
lands has entirely acceded, the Plenipotentiaries
have agreed that their Commissioner in Bt ussels
.hall be instructed to Communicate the said bases without
delay to the Belgian Government, to make it sensible of
the advantages which, they hold out to Belgium, and to
advise the acceptance of them.
It is farther resolved by the Plenipotentiaries that their
Commissioner shall call the attention of the Belgic Go-
vernment to then essential difference between the above
principles relative to the arrangements concerning the ter-
ritory, which are considered as fundamental and int-

vocable, and these which concern the division of the debt
and the trade with the Dutch colonies. That with respect
to the debt, Lord Ponsonby shall observe to the Belgian
Government, that as a part of the debt of the king-
dom of the Netherlands was supported by the Grand
Duchy of Luxemburg, a just share of this burden
must still be borne by the Grand Duchy, which
will so far lessen the burden of Belgium; lastly, that if
the Belgian iorernment assents to the above-mentioned
principles, the consequences of this assent must be—
The speedy withdrawing of all the Belgian troops that
may be in the Grand Duchy of Luxemburg.
The entire cessation of all interference on the part of
the Belgic Government in the affairs of that country; and
The immediate sending to the Hague of Commissioners
for determining the boundaries, and of Commissioners for
making the pecuniary arrangements.
The experience of the preceding negociations commenced
at Brussels has nevertheless obliged the Plenipotentiaries
to take into consideration the contingency, in case the
basis fixed for the separation between Belgium and Hol-
land should be rejected by the Belgic Government, or if
that Government should persevere in its preceding eager-
ness for war and conquest.
To provide against such contingencies, the Plenipoten-
tiaries have resolved formally to declare to the Belgic Go-
vernment :-
1. That the dispositions called fundamental, and which
are included in the first nine articles of the said basis are,
in the eyes of the Five Powers, irrevocable, according to
the protocols of 20th of January and 19th of February,
1831.
2 That according to section 2 of the protocol of the
19th of February, the independence of Belgium shall not
be recognised by the Powers except upon the conditions
and within the limits which result from the protocol of
the 20th of January.
3. That if the representations which Lord Ponsonby,
by the present protocol is instructed to make should not be
acceded to, all relations between the Five Powers and the
Belgian Government shall immediately cease ; that Lord
Ponsonby shall instantly leave Brussels, and that the Bel-
gian Ambassador, who is at Paris, shall be requested to
depart without delay.
4. That in case of the rejection of the above-mentioned
proposals, the Powers injured in their possessions by the
Belgian Government should be obliged to take the ne-
cessary measures to cause their legal authority to be re-
spected, or to restore it in all countries belonging to them
which are out of the Belgian territory which is declared
neutral ; the Five Powers, according to the 6th section of
the protocol of the 19th of February, can do no other
than respect the right of the Power by which the measures
shall be taken.

5. That, in the same case, all the attempts of the Bel-
gian Government, or of its troops against the territory,
which by the protocol of the 20th of January is declared
to be Dutch, and every violation of the armistice as
regulated by the protocol of 17th November, 1830, and
the letter of the Provisional Government of Belgium,
dated 21st of November of the same year, which is an-
nexed to the Protocol, No. IX., shall be considered as
acts of hostility against the Five Powers, and as such be
followed by all those measures which they may, after com-
mon deliberation, consider as the best calculated to
maintain the integrity of the States threatened, and to at-
tain the objects which are laid down in the fundamental
protocol of the 20th January, 1831.

NEW PA RLIAM E NT.

MEMBERS RETURNED.
ANTRIM—Major-Gen. Hon. J. B. O'Neill; Earl of Belfast.
BELFAST—Sir A. Chichester, Barb
CROMARTY—D. Davidson, Esq., by a majority of one.
DONEGAL (CouNTy)—Sir E. Hayes; Colonel Conolly.

STATE OF THE POLLS.

PEMBROKESHIRE.

Sir John Owen lBl
Mr. Greville 1'725

FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.)

FROM LLOYD'S.
DEAL, MAY 24.—Wind N.N.E.—Arrived and re-
main, the Sir David Scott, Ward, from China. Arrived
from the river and sailed, the Vesper, Brown, for Bombay.
PORTSMOUTH, MAY 24.—Wind N.E. to N.W.—Ar-
rived, the William, Glyn, and Anderson, Smith, from Lon-
don, for Van Dieman's Land.
PLYMOUTH, MAY 3.—Wind S.—Arrived, the Knight,
Wright, from Riquejada. Off port, the Ruth, Hone,
from Jamaica.
FALMOUTH, MAY 23.—Wind variable.—Arrived, the
Nuova, Raffaele, from Gallipoli. Off port, the Scotia,
from ditto.
TORBAY, MAY 23.—Arrived., the Perseverance, Cor-
nish, from Zara. Off port, the Queen, Fox, from St
Michael's.
PENZANCE, MAY 23,—Arrived off port, the Fortuna,
Peterson, from St. Thomas's, and Enigheden, Urbye, from
Leghorn.
HOLYHEAD, MAY 23.—Arrived off port, the Planta-
tion, from Demerara.

LIVERPOOL, MAY 23.—Arrived, the Harmony, White,
from Mobile ; Canova, Whitney, from New Orleans ;
and Nymph, Fitsley, from Leghorn. Off port, the
Hannah, from Bahia.

DUBLIN, MAY 23.—Arrived, the Admiral Colpoys,
APKenna, from Barbadoes.
ABERDEEN, MAY 22.—Arrived, the Mary, Sinclair,
from Memel.

HULL, APRIL 24.—Arrived, the Thetis, Richmond ;
Anne, Hunter; and Elizabeth and Sarah, from Memel ;
Rhine, Malson, and Bellerophon, from Pillau ; and Wil-
liam, Garbett, from Windati.

The Alexander, Errington, from St. Jago de Cuba, has
arrived at Llannelly.
The Ruth, Hore, from Jamaica, Las arrived off Plymouth.
The following vessels have arrived at Berbice :--The
Abeone, Russell ; and the Fenwiek, Hurry, from London;
the Diana, Soper, from Whitehaven.
The Forest, Bates, from London, has arrived at New York,
The Pocahontas, Smith, from the Clyde, has arrived at
Virginia.

The Caroline, Jones, from Bristol, has arrived at Jamaica.
The Brothers, Tweedie, from Liverpool, has arrived at
Mobile.

Theßival, from Newfoundland, has arrived at Rio Janeiro.

LAW INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY).

ROLLS COURT.
POWLES V. JOPLING.

In this case the testator was possessed of large property
in Liverpool, which, by his will, be gave to trustees for
the benefit of his natural daughter in fee ; but in the event
of her dying before attaining the age of 21, the testator
gave the property to a person of the name of Elizabeth
Jopling, not using in that gift words of inheritance, and
the question for the decision of the Court was, whether,
under such circumstances, Elizabeth Jopling took an estate
for life only, or an estate in fee.
The Corner, after hearing Counsel at considerable length
on both sides, considered itself bound to declare, looking at
the whole will, that the testator had given Elizabeth Jop-
ling an estate in fee. It was clear the gift to Elizabeth
Jopling was a substitution of her in the place of the natu-
ral daughter of the testator, to whom he had given an es-
tate in fee, and although no words of inheritance had been
used in the gift to Elizabeth Jopling, there could not be the
slightest doubt that the manifest inheritance of the testator
was such as the Court had stated.