The Sun.
London, England, 1831-07-20 00:00:00

DIVISIONS ON THE REFORM BILL

'For Against Majority• Decrease Decrease
Mini- Mini- for 'of of
sters. sters. Ministers Majority. Minority.
Second Reading 367 231 136
Sir Robt. Peel's
amendment 290 193 97 117 28
Sir A. Agnew's
amendment 316 203 111 41
On the census
of 1821 instead
of 1831 241 , 169 75 P 23

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DA Y.)

FROM LLOYD'S.

DHAL, JULY 19.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived the Llan,
Rummy, from Van Diemen's Land, and sailed for Chat-
ham; Leslie Ogilby, Lee, from Mexico; Adelaide, Howe,
from Riga, for Hythe, and proceeded to Standgate Creek,
by order of the quarantine officer.
PORTSMOUTH, JULY 17.—Wind S.W., fresh.—Ar-
rived from London, the Duke of Bedford, for Bengal ; and
Margaret, Riddle, for Van Diemen's Land.
FALMOUTH, JULY 18.—Wind W.S.W., fresh breezes
and squally.—Arrived the Bolina, Murdoch, from Terra-
nova. Off port, the George Canning, Basant, from
Rio Janeiro.

Jzastri-, JULY 16.—Arrived the Enterprize, Legros,
from the River Gambia ; Minerva, Le Breton, from
Dantzic ; and Aurora, Williamson, from Norway.
LivutrooL, JULY IB.—Arrived the Charles Eyes,
Chapman, from Bengal—sailed on the 28th February ;
Royal George, Clegg, and May, from Africa ; Clarendon,
, from Jamaica ; Superior and Isabella, from New
York ; William and George, Bryson, from Alexandria ;
Markin, from Philadelphia; Ulysses, Myers, from Bal-
timore; Oglethorpe, James, and Perkins, Cromwell, from
Havannah ; George Canning, M•Leland, front Charles-
ton ; William the Fourth, Vaylan, from Virginia ;
General Putman, &Mown ; Martha, Wilson ; Irton, Gul
skell ; Throdosia, Todd; John, Porter; Clarke, Douglas;
Town, Mitchell; Dependent, Gurlphee; and Montreal,
Leatch, from Quebec ; John Bentley, John and Mary,
Thompson, from New Orleans; Dow, Liddell, from Liver-
pool, N.P. ; Corsair, Jenkinson, from Halifax; Eagle, Da-
vidson; Jessie, Melroy, and Sir George Murray, Beverley,
from Miramichi ; Curlew, Hannah, from Newfoundland ;
Ann Parley; Rolstone, Leaton, and Hebe, Barman, from
Barletta.
NEWPORT, JULY 18.—Arrived the Fawcett, Brown,
from Liverpool, N.P.
CuarsTovv, JULY 19.—Arrived the Union, Taylor,
from Quebec.

MILFORD, JULY 18.—Arrived the Cadmus, Steele, from
St. Peterabursh.

LONDON,
WEDNESDAY EVENING, JULY 20, 1831.

His MAJESTY, escorted by a party of the 9th
Lancers, arrived at St. James's Palace to-day,
at about a quarter before two o'clock. Shortly
after his MAJESTY held a Levee.

A Cabinet Council was held this day at the
Foreign Office, in Downing-street.

We have again to complain—and the country
we perceive is beginning to grumble also—of
the slow progress that the Reform Bill makes
in the House of Commons. If 'Ministers do
not take up a bolder position, assume a more
peremptory tone, and backed by the support of
the people, press the Bill more vigorously
through Committee—aware, as they must be,
that delay, which in itself is half a triumph
to the Opposition, is a serious injury to
them—Christmas will have past and gone be-
fore the Bill has left the House of Commons.
We entreat them then to consider the urgency
of the case. They stand on 'vantage ground,
why do they not make use of their position ?
They may rely on it, that the more they con-
ciliate, the more the Opposition will harass
them ; by a show of courtesy, they will gain no
credit, for it will be styled a consciousness of
weakness, and be treated accordingly. Let but one
more night of delay, such as those the country has
already witnessed with
,disgust, take place, and
Ministers will be fully justified in carrying the
Hon. Member for Westminster's suggestion into
effect. Indeed, some such determination wil
be expected from them, for Englishmen are men
of business and do not like to see matters, to
them of the very last importance, frittered
away night after night in idle unmeaning dis-
cussions. It is perfectly intolerable to
think that a pert chatterer like Mr. CROKER—
a pensioner, without the slightest stake in the
country—should have it in his power to delay
the progress of the Reform Bill ! Yet such is
the case, and so will it be to the end of the
chapter, unless Ministers rouse themselves at once,
and put au end to all superfluous small-talk.
Of one thing they may be certain. Trade will
languish until the Reform question is settled.
People's minds are at present in such a feverish
state ; they are so apprehensive, so distrustful ;
that they will embark in no new commercial
speculations, nor even prosecute those on hand,
but sullenly rest on their oars, until they find
that the country is in a fair way of settling down
into something like a lasting tranquillity. But
not only to the Ministers do we address our-
selves ; the Reformers also merit a word
of remonstrance. Why do they absent themselves
on divisions ? Why keep to the letter, while
they neglect the spirit of their pledges ? They
solemnly promised their constituents to do their
utmost to support Reform. Are they doing so,
when night after night they are absent from the
House, each man striving to shuffle off his
load of responsibility on the shoulders of his
neighbour ? In assiduity, if in nothing else,
they may take a valuable hint from the Opposition.
These men are constantly at their posts. They
neither flinch nor sink into apathy, but strive,
heart and soul, to promote the purposes of their
faction, with a spirit worthy of a better cause.
If the Reformers be not in earnest, the country
at least is so, and at no distant period—for
the people are all eye and ear—will insist
either on being well served, or on serving them-
selves. To revert once again to Ministers.
We would ask them one plain question.
By the passing of the second reading of the Re-
form Bill, was not the necessity for the disfran-
chisement of the rotten boroughs virtually ac-
knowledged ; and if so, is it not a perfect
farce, a scandalous waste of time to de-
bate the question over again in Com-
mittee ? The country, we know, is of this
opinion, and cannot endure to think that
the accomplishment of its dearest wishes should
be from day to day withheld, because Mr.
CROKER chooses to affect the satirist, and think
he is rivalling Junius.

The Belgian question being now for the pre-
sent disposed of, the interference of France and
England in behalf of Poland will, we have good
reason to believe, be as prompt and vigorous as
it will be effectual. We wish, however, it could
have taken place before, as the sacrifice of many
valuable lives would thereby have been saved.
better late than never. From the first
of the question we had no doubt that
tmlhjoe°soseltie:gtewr'o great Powers would interfere on
behalf of the oppressed Poles. France, we
knew, was unanimous in her determination
to befriend them—however it might suit
the mistaken policy of Louts PHILIPPE

to delay the period of succour---and as
for England, it was quite enough to re-
member the early feelings of Earl GREY to-
wards Poland, and her heroic representative,
KosousKo, and the repeated animated apos-
trophes of HNRy BROUGHAM, Esq., to civil
and religious liberty, to become convinced that
these illustrious statesmen would not in the me-
ridian of their fame, belie the promise of their
earlier days.

French Papers state that Austria entertains
an idea of joining France and England, in their
interference with regard to Poland. Probably
the Emperor FRANCIS is quaking for the safety
of Gallicia. The same Journals contain the
gratifying intelligence that the brave Hunga-
rians continue to present their remonstrances
to the METTERNICII Cabinet on behalf of
Poland. They also report that the Emperor
NICHOLAS is wavering in his opinions ; in other
words the bully is relapsing into the coward—a
most natural transition. They add, that it is
calculated there will be a strong majority in the
Chamber of Deputies against the French here-
ditary Peerage.

The following significant anecdote comes via
Berlin ; we think therefore it may be relied on
as authentic :—" Accounts from Vienna Fay,
that the French Ambassador, by order of his
Court, had asked Prince METTERNICH for in-
formation respecting the real object of the con-
tinued armaments of Austria, adding, that
he required a positive answer. The PRINCE,
it is said, referred the Ambassador to the
EMPEROR, to whom he accordingly put
the same question. The EMPEROR is reported
to have answered in the following terms :
Sir,—The whole world knows that France is
arming, as you have yourselves Mated in your
official reports, and as your budget and loans
sufficiently prove. Notwithstanding this, I have
not hitherto inquired the reason of this arming,
but now I plainly ask you, why does France
arm ? When you have answered this question
in a clear and unequivocal manner, I will in.
form you of the motives of my armaments.'—
The Ambassador, it is said, made some excuses,
but withdrew without further insisting on a po-
sitive answer :"
HAGUE, JULY 16.—We hear that the King, the
Prince of Orange, and his three sons, are going shortly to
visit the army.
The Queen is expected from Berlin on the 26th. His
Excellency Baron Wessenburg bad yesterday a very long
conference with the Minister for Foreign Affairs.
JULY 17.—Baron Wessenburg is to set out this even-
ing, to return to London.
We hear that the King of Prussia has sent a letter in the
most flattering terms, with a gold snuff-box, to the author
of the work lately published here, by the title of La Vile
Rebelle, or des Beiges au Tribunal de l'Europe, of
which he has sent a copy to his Majesty. It is said the
work will be printed in Paris.
A letter from Eindhoven of the 11th inst. says that the
artillery men who were going to Maistrecht, but were be-
trayed into the hands of the Belgians and taken to Bice,
have been set at liberty by the Belgians, in consequence of
representations made on our part, and arrived on that day
at Eindhoven. They say they were very well treated.
VIENNA, JULY 7.—According to a report of the Board
of Health of Gallicia, the number of persons attacked by
the cholera in that province, from the first appearance of
the disorder to the end of June was, 37,000, of whom
19,655 had recovered, 13,356 died, and 3,989 still re-
mained ill.

BERLIN, Jute 13.—Accounts from Vienna say, that
the French Arnbasador, by order of his Court, had asked
Prince Metternich for information respecting the real ob-
ject of the continued armaments of Au.tria, adding that
he required a positive answer. The Prince, it is said, re-
ferred the Ambassador to the Emperor, to whom he ac-
cordingly put the same question. The Emperor is reported
to have answered in the following terms Sir, the
whole world knows that France is arming, as you have
yourselves stated in your official reports, and us your budget
and loans sufficiently prove. Notwithstanding this, I
have not hitherto inquired the reasons of this arming, but
'now I plainly ask you, why does France arm? When
you have answered this question in a clear and unequivocal
manner, I will inform you of the motives of my arma-
ments." The Ambassador, it is said, made same excuses,
but withdrew without further insisting on a positive
answer.
BRUSSELS, JULY 16.—The Regent continues to receive
addresses signed by the officers of the civic guard of the
several districts, declaring their submission to the decision
of the Congress.
M. de Sauvage, Minister of the Interior, left Brussels at
eleven o'clock last night, to go to the extreme frontier,
st Furnes, to compliment his Majesty the King of the
Belgians.
General Duvivier set out yesterday, and the Marquis de
Chastella, with his aide-decamp this morning, for Ghent.
The preparations for the platform, destined for the inau-
guration of the King in the Place Royale, were commenced
yesterday ; arrangements are also making at the Royal
Palace for his Majesty's reception.
His Majesty the King, will go to sleep at the Pa-
lace of Lacken on Tuesday, and will not make his
entry into Brussels till Thursday, at ten o'clock. He
will proceed immediately to the Place Royale, where his
oath will be received by the Congress, which will be as-
sembled on the platform. If the weather should he rainy,
the King will take the oath in the Hall of the Congress,
where, by way of precaution, arrangements are already
making for the ceremony. It is said that the Prince has
given orders to take into his service all the old servants of
the late King who have been honourably discharged, and
who have remained at Brussels since the revolution. It
is said that Messrs. Lebrousgart and E. Ducpetiaux, were
interrogated yesterday by the Juge d'lnstruction.

His MAJESTY reviews the First Regiment o f
Life Guards on Saturday next at eleven o'clock, in the
Little Park, and will present the Regiment with a silver
kettle-drum. The Officers will afterwards dine with the
KING at the Castle. This fine regiment parades before
his MAJESTY every Sunday morning. The KING is in
excellent health.

In the county of Worcester the appearance of
the wheat fields is fine beyond almost any thing that is re-
membered ; indeed the crops of every kind of grain are ex-
pected to be very good. The apples and pears are nearly
a total failure; and there is still a good deal of hay out,
much of which has been damaged by the recent thunder
showers.

that ancient
TiE ERECTION OF ST. DUNSTAN'S CLOCK.
—Yesterday the workmen who have been an long engaged
in building a suitable place for the reception of St. Dun-
stan's clock, at the Marquis of HERTFORD'S noble mansion
in the Regent's-park, completed their undertaking, and
piece of workmanship is now re-erected,
under a superb roof of architecture, adjoining the spacious
ball-room. The clock fronts the east, and is raised six-
teen feet from the level of the lawn, and can only be viewed
by passengers at a distance from the mansion ; on a nearer
approach it is obscured by the numerous shrubberies
which surround the Noble Marquis's residence. The
building alone coat nearly 1,000/, and adds another superb
ornament to the noble and extensive mansion.

On Thursday morning LEWIS LEwts, the
huntsman, and RICHARD LEWIS, alias DICK PENDERIN,
were indicted for having, at Merthyr, feloniously wounded
DANIEL BLACK, of the 93d Regiment, with a bayonet,
whilst BLACK was on duty, and also with having riotously
assembled, and destroyed part of the house, furniture,
Ste., of Mr. JOSEPH COFFIN, of Merthyr. After the evi-
dence had been gone through, the Jury returned the fol-
lowing verdict :—RICHARD LEWIs guilty, LXWIS Lzwts
not guilty on the first count, but guilty on the second
count, for encouraging the mob.
NIARCII OF ARISTOCRACY.—Amongst the
insolvents in the Gazette of the 9th of April last is the
following:--" DAVID DAVIES, of Grove.hill-terrace, Cam-
berwell, assistant to a dealer in beer." Query--pot-boy.

GREAT GRIMSBY ELECTION COM-

MITTEE.

The case on the part of the petitioners was closed yes-
terday, and Mr. FOLLETT, on behalf of the sitting Mem-
bers, concluded his speech this morning. He contended
that no act of treating was brought home to the sitting
Members, nor their accredited agents ; that it was necc
sary to do so in order to affect their seats; and that
no case of bribery had been made out. The Learned
Counsel said that he had taken upon himself to dispel°
with the calling of witnesses. The room was then cleared,
and after an hour's delibem ion, Counsel and parties were
called in, when the Chairman (Sir Wat. Guise) said that
the Commi'tee had decided that the sitting Members ha-1
been guilty at the late election of treating by their agents.

Mr. FlAnalsoN then said that they were not in a situv
tion t, attempt to seat Mr. HobhOuse, he being on the
poll 27 below Mr. Shelley, but that Captain Gronox
being only five, he would now offer evidence against some
of Mr. Siielley's voters, in order to seat Captain GronovV.