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London, England, 1834-12-16 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1834:

COURT CIRCULAR.

the .Borough of Hertford, and his services to Reform in that
quarter. The health of Mr. Duncombe was then given with
all the honours.
Mr. DuNcoams returned thanks. He duly appreciated the
honour conferred on him, because he knew that they had been
at all times the staunch advocates of popular rights. If there
were any who congratulated themselves on the domination of
the corrupt faction, the list of which had been read by their
Hen. and Gallant Chairman, they deceived themselves very
much. They had been just informed that Sir Robert Peel
was the Premier of England, but from what he (Mr. D . )
knew of him, and from his votes during the last Session, he
did not think he would lend himself to do the dirty work of
such persons. Lord Stanley had declared that be would not
march through Coventry " with such a set of ragamuffians.—
( Cheers.) It was for themselves to decide whether they
would allow a set of pensioned conformers (not reformers) to
rule the destinies of the country.—(Cheers.) Those who
had been the stanch supporters of all reform, and they were
the great majority of the country, would not, he trusted allow
these Wellington puppets' whom his Majesty in his caprice
had selected to rule over them. He trusted that all those
wir o differed with him would give him credit for that sincerity
which he was ready to concede to them, and begged leave, in
cmlclusion, to drink all their healths.—( Loud cheering.)
Mr. Cons; begged to propose the health of two gentlemen
who had on a former occasion come forward and sought the
honour of representing them on the popular interest--Messrs.
Thomas Walley and Moore.—( Cheers.) Although their
political opinions might go something further than many of
tho,,e around him, he felt that they were those of a large uurn-

The King held a Court and Privy Council at two o'clock
yesterday afternoon, at St. James's Palace.
The Council was attended by the Lord Chancellor, Sir
Robert Peel, the Duke of Wellington, the Marquis Camden ;
Earls of Aberdeen, Rosslyn, Jersey, and Amherst ; Lords
Ellenborough, Maryborough, and Cowley ; Sir C. M.
Sutton, Sir George Murray, Sir John Beckett, Sir Henry
ilardirge ; Messrs. Goulburu arid Herries.
Viscount Combermere, Lord Wharncliffe, Sir James Scar-
lett, Sir Edward Sugden, Sir Edward Knatchbull, and Mr.
Alexander Baring, were introduced, and were respectively
sworn in Members of his Majesty's most Honourable Privy

Council.
The Earl of Rosslyn was declared by the King to be ap-
pointed the Lord President of the Council.
Mr. Alexander Baring, M.P., was declared by his Majesty
to be the President of the Committee of Council appointed
for consideration of all matters relating to Trade and Foreign
Plantations.
Lord Wharßeliffo TIM sworn into office as Keeper of the
Privy Seal.
Mr. Goulburn was sworn inta office as one of his Majesty's
principal Secretaries of State for the Home Department.
Mr. Greville was the clerk of the council in waiting.
Sir Robert Peel had an audience of his Majesty, and
kissed hands on being appointed First Lord of the Treasury.
Sir Edward Knatchbull kissed hands on being appointed
Paymaster of the Forces.
Earl Jersey had an audience of his Majesty, and kissed
hands on being appointed the Lord Chamberlain of the King's
Household. His Lordship received the ensign of his oilfce
from his Majesty.
Earl Amherst had an audience, and received the honour of
knighthood from his Majesty on receiving the ensigns of a
Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Hanoverian Guelphic Order.
Lord Hill assisted at the ceremony.
His Majesty gave audiences to the Lord Chancellor, the
Marquis Camden, and the Duke of Wellington.
Tlie Court was attended by the Marquis of Winchester
(groom of the stole), Lord Hill (gold stick in waiting), the
Master of the Robes, Lord Byron and Sir Charles Rowley
(the lord and groom in waiting), the Clerk Marshal, Sir
-Philip Sidney (the equerry), Sir William Gomm (the field
officer), Master Graves (page of honour), and Mr. Charles
Hancock (eaon of the yeomen of the guard in waiting.)
After the council the Duke of Wellington went to the
Foreign-office, and transacted business as his Majesty's prin-
cipal secretary of state for foreign affairs.
Goalburn also attended at the Home-office, as the
principal secretary of state for that department.
gig Majesty went last evening to honour the performance
of Terence's " Eunuch," by the Westminster scholars, with
his presence. The King, attended by Lord Byron and Earl
Amherst, and accompanied by Prince George of Cambridge,
left St. James's-palace at a quarter befor seven o'clock. Sir
Henry Wheatley, Sir Andrew Barnard, Sir Charles Rowley,
Sir Philip Sidney, the Rev. Mr. Wood, Mr. Hudson, and
Mr. Shiffuer, followed in two other carriages.
Lord Stanley was expected to leave Moulsey yesterday for
G':asgow.

bt-r of the people of England.—(Cheers.)
The healtbs of Messrs. Wakley and Moore were then drank

with three times three.
Mr. WA;LEY returned thanks. He was aware that the
political opinions he entertained were of a particular stamp.
All political opinions must he of some stamp, and the great
question was to ascertain t►:e exact stamp or die. He never
had concealed those opinions on coming forward to seek the
vo.es of the people, and if he knew his heart he never would.
Cheers.) He was not happy enough to be in the situation
of the gentleman on the other side, who could boast of the
nuo cr of Parliaments they had sat in, but if they would hut
give him the chanee—(Great laughter and cheers)—he
would endeavour to deserve the great trust. If he was
so henoured, he should endeavour to-imitate the conduct of their
representative ( Alderman Wood), who from all he (Mr. W.)
had seen and knew cf him was a true friend to the people.
Cheers.)—The people must exert themselves, or reform
would never be accomplished—the placemen, those who bene-
fited by corruption, would never be its advocates if the people
did not compel them. The object of Ministers in dissolving
Parliament at present was to obtain, if possible, a majority of
anti-reforrner•L Mr. Duncombe was a candidate for Finsbury

King's

in that event, so also was he ; but he was not an opponent o
M.% Duncombe, but of a man who had insulted the whole
constituency of England,' Mr. Sergeant Spankie. ( Hear. )
That gentleman he had endeavoured to meet, but he was too
cunning a fox to attend public meetings, where he would be
at once put down. His conduct in his attacks on the electors
of Finsbury was so disgraceful, that if the electors returned
VIII, Mr. Duncombe ought no: to sit for it. ( Cheers. )—But
Sergeant Spankie should not sit for it. ( Laughter and cheers. )
Let the Reformers be but unanimous, and they had nothing
to fear. If they should tell him ( Mr. W.) that he was
an obstacle, he would at once retire—if on the other band
they told him that he should stand, no earthly power
would prevent him from coming forward.—( Loud cheers.) If
the Duke of Wellington or Sir Joseph Surface offered really
beneficial measures to the people, he for one would accept
of them. —( No, no.) He said, say yes, and he would net
countenance an outcry against them until they had refused the
just demands of the people. He was no advocate for violence
or for the destruction of property, although he had been de-
nounced as a man of violence.--( Cheers.) He wished to see
all the rotten parts of the Constitution lopped away at once,
although the Tories would not admit that there was any part
of it diseased, and called those who gave such advice
Destructives.
Mr. \VARLET here mentioned an anecdote of a Scotcbman
who came to consult him, when labouring_ under a complica-
fon of diseases, but who observed at every inquiry of Mr. W.
that he had the soundest constitution in the world. He would
c include by asking if th 3 people only thought of their power,
here would the Duke of Wellington he.—( Cheers. )
Mr. MooRE returned thanks for the hononr that had been
conferred on him. There was no doebt that the late Adminis-
tration had displeased the people, and advantage had been
taken of that circumstance to induce his Majesty to turn them
out, on the ground that it would be well received by the peo-
ple cf England. If the present Administration conceded mea-
sures of reform, be was satisfied that they would only do SO for
Ole purpose of retaining their own places.—( Cheers.)
Moia:e proceeded to declare his political sentiments, which
were, he observed, favourable to Reform in its most extentive
,rise, and vote by ballot.
Mr. WEIR said the present was an important crisis, for now
or never were the liberties of England to he secured. It now
became their duty as Englishmen, by a firm determination and
union when the opportunity was afforded them, to secure the
return of those men only who were favourable to reform. He
begged to propose to them the health of Alderman Harmer,
and the Common Council of Farringdon Without.—( Cheer's.)
The toast was drunk with great applause.
Mr. TAYLOR, as the oldest Common Councilman present,
returned. thanks, and assured the meeting that the best wishes
of Alderman Harmer were with them on the present occasion.
He trusted the time would shortly arrive when their municipal
and county magistrates would be annually elected, for until
that was effected, Reform would not be complete, nor would
the people be relieved from the tyranny that oppressed them.
—( Cheers.) Mr. Tallor here alluded to the dismissal of the
late Ministry, which, Tre"Contencled, had been -oceasionea
tile extensive reforms they had meditated.--(Cheers.)
Alderman WOOD was sure their thanks were due to their
Hon. and Gallant Colonel, for his exertions to make them all
happy and comfortable during the evening. He was satisfied
they would drink his health with all due honours.
The health of the Chairman was then drunk with three
times three, and continued cheering.
The CHAIRMAN returned thanks in a very handsome and ap-
propriate manner.
Mr. GROTE said a very important toast had been confided to
hirn-44 The independent electors of Great Britain and Ire-
laria."—( Cheers.) To obtain 'for the people the power of
exercising their votes independently, had been his greatest
wish and hope, and this was wh:. he had so strenuously &Ivo_
cated the vote by ballot and triennial Parliaments.—( Cheers.)
Every thing depended upon them, and he felt confident that,
in the event of a general election, the men they would return
would be worthy the confidence of the people.
The toast was drank with great applause.
Mr. CRAWFORD offered the next toast to the meeting with all
the sincerity add importance which was due to it as so deeply
connected with the interests and liberties of their country.
He could add nothing to what they had so frequently heard
upon the subject, and without further comment be would give
them—" The Liberty of the Press." Drank with loud cheers.
Some other toasts were afterwards given, and several ex-
cellent songs sung, which added much to the harmony of the
evening, and the compony did not separate till an advanced
hour.

LUX REDUX.

A SACRED SONG FOR ADVENT.
And aro you sure the news is true ?
And are ye sure 'twas Peel?
Is this a time to make ado ?

Go, Copley bag the seal.
Is this a time to fast and pray,
While Robin's at the door ?
Go call my cads, I'll to the quay,
And see him come ashore.
For there's nae getting into place,
There's naa luck at a' ;
There's little jobbing in the case,
When our good Rab's awa'.
Bring out my mitred coach-and-four,
My glitering lackeys all ;
I' Beall and tell Lord If
•
That Robin's at Whitehall.
And let him don his furry gown,
And clank his gowden chain
For joy, that, in this happy town,
The Duke is Lord again.
For there's nae luck, &c.
Let Philpotts preach a homily,
Let Southey string his rhymes,
Let B- compose a solemn Ice,
And put it in the Times.
He'll paint the Tories milky white,
The Whigs as black's the dcil ;
'Tis a' to serve Reformers right,
And please Sir Robin Peel.
For there's nae getting ony thing, &c.
There's honest Scarlctt at the bar,

Been out o' place fu' Lang,
Gie him commission for a war
Against the letter'd gang.
Gude faith, he'll curb the saucy press,
And gar the varlets feel
That scribbling's quite anither-guess
Adventure under Peel.
For 'tis past bearing a' they write,
They must not print at a',
Or else they'll put the Duke to flight,
And send our Rab area'.
Our Rab's demure as ony saint ;

His speech sae passing fair ;
The very, hand has gospel in't
Wi' wnich he saws the air.
And will he face the people's House ?
And can he stand his ground ?
Auld Sarum now to reproduce
Were worth ten thousand pound.
For there's nae joking wi' that House,
There's nae trust at 55
There's little comfort in the House
Since Sarum's done awa'.
If Robin's in, and like to stay,
My fears are 3.7 dispers'd ;
And gin the Duke shall keep him sae
Reform may do its warst.
What care I though he change the laws,
And little things reduce ;
He daurna lay unoly paws
On ony rank abuse.
For 'twere ill living by the Church,
And nae gude at a'
Should flab intrude beyond the porch,
And prune Laith great and sma'.
ESPERANCE.

ADELPHI THEATRE.

A new piece called The Last Days of Pompeii, by Buck-
stone, from Mr. Bulwer's last Novel, was introduced at this
Theatre last night. The piece opens with the banqueting
scene in the house of Glaucus, the Athenian (Mr. Hemming),
where we are introduced to that hero of the story and his
epicurean companion Sallust ( Buckstone). Here also Nydia
( Mrs. Keeley), the blind girl, appears, with her song and
flowers, to contribute to the enjoyment of the young volup-
tuares : her love for Glaucus is apparent ir, her demeanour.
Afterwards the scene shifts to the "flash house" in Pompeii,
where the same party come to inspect the gladiators, and make
up their betting books. Stab°, the host, and Stratonice, his
virago figure amongst these worthies,the latter with appro-
pria wife,teeffec, as she is represented by John Reeve (! ! !) Nydia is
here bought from her mistress, Stratonice, by Glaucus, and im-
mediately afterwards presented by him to lone (Mrs. Honey),on
their first interview, when he discovers in the famed beauty of
Pompeii his own beloved Grecian maid. Next we have a grand
scene in the palace of the Magician Arbaces (Yates), where he
banquets lone, his ward, and, by a display of magnificence and
the blandishments of (lancing girls, endeavours to excite her
passions, and win her consent to become his wife. He also, by
way of opening to her view, by magic power, her future lot,
presents her with an optical illusion, rendered more impressive
by surrounding- darkness, wherein their union is shadowed
forth. Her love for Glaucus and repugnance to the Magician
being too great to yield even to this potent conjuration, Ar.
baces is about to offer violence to her, when Glaucus and an
earthquake at the same time opportunely interfere ; the colos-
sal head of Isis is upset and upsets the Magician, lone is rescued
by Glaucus, and, on a scene of very striking confusion and
supernatural effect, the curtain drops. In the second act the
street of tombs at Pompeii appears, and with it Julia, the rich
heiress, and the rival of lone for the love of Glaucus. This
lady reveals her jealous troubles to Nydia, and by her advice
proceeds to the abode of Arbaces, in order to obtain a love
philtre from him ; she is, however, made the instrument
of his vengeance, by being brought to the Witch of
Vesuvius, who, instead of a long potion for Glaucus, gives her
a draught which is to render him insane. This act concludes
with the scene in the sacred grove, where Arbaces stabs
the brother of lone, just as the maddened Glaucus ap-
proaches the spot, and then has the latter seized as the mur-
derer, Calcnus, the Priest of Isis, having, however, witnessed
the deed unobserved. In the third act we find Glaucus con-

ELECTION MOVEMENTS. NAVAL AND
MILITARY CANDIDATES.

- (From the Naval and Military Gazette.)
Arbuthnot, Hon. General ...... : Kincardineshire.
Arthur, Captain, 3d Drag. Gds. Ennis.
Berkeley, Captain Frederick, R.N....• Gloucester.
Boyle, Adm. Sir Charles Frome.
Bvng, Captain Chatham. • •
Christie, Col, Sir Archibald
Cockburn, Vice Adm. Sir George Plymouth.
Codrington' Vice Adm. Sir Ed.
Daubenev, Colonel Bath.
Davies, Colonel
Donkin, Lieut.-Gen. Sir R. S Berwick.
Douglas, Major-Gen. Sir Howard Liverpool.
Douro, Major the Marquis of Colchester. •
Fox, Lieut.-Colonel Tavistock.
Gordon, Hon. Captain , Aberdeen.
Gregory, Captain
Grev, Hon. Colonel
Ball, Major
,
Handley, Major Boston. •
ilar,rner, Colonel Aylesbury..
Langton, Colonel Gore
Lindsay, Colonel - Fifeshire.
Lygon, Hon. Colonel - E. Div. of Worcester.
Martin, Captain . Bridgewater.
Parker, Rear Admiral Devonport.
Pechell,.Captain,, R.N.
Phipps, Captain
P Jib ill, Captain - Bedford.
Thomson, Colonel P.
Vivian, Major
Wellesley, Major Lord C.
Werayz,s, Captain Fifeshire.
Wilinington, Captain

denmed, and jCistined to the amphitheatre. Arbaces, finding
that Nydia is aware of the cause of the madness of Glacus,
oas her sent into the good keeping of one of his creatures,
Burbo, the wine-seller, and he also consigns to a dungeon
the Priest of Isis, who had been privy to his villany. The
former, however, induces Burbo to convey a note to Sallust,
informing him of the innocence of Glaucus, just in time to
save the latter from the lion in the amphitheatre. The scene
in the latter is pretty fairly represented, by means of well-
painted scenery, representing the vast circle, with its crowds
of spectators, while the stage is the arena. Gladiatorial
combats between six opponents, as described in the novel,
take place. As the innocence of Glaucus is announced,
toe eruption commences, and a veil, representing the cloud
of palpable dust which accompanied it, falls at the front
of the stage, and conceals every part of the scene. The
last scene in the temple brings the chief parties in the plot
together again, and Arbaces is about to seize lone, and revenge
Limselt on Glaucus, when he is crushed by a mass of ruins,
which tumble in chaos about him, and lay open a view of Vesu-
vius in full eruption—the sea lit up with fiery reflection--and
the atmosphere all dust and darkness. As the curtain falls,
the lovers arc seen escaping. The last scene is exceedingly
striking. We have not seen anything; of the sort better don.e.
on any stage in the metropolis. The Last Dates of Pompeii
has been got up at the Adelphi with a spirit which deserves
success, and with a degree of good taste which honourably dis-
tinguishes it from the generality of novelties which so redun-
dantly appear in the same quarter.

There are at present a great number of base crowns
and half-crowns in circulation, badly executed and easily dis-
e,overed on being examined. Some of the utterers are well-
messed fellows, which throw the retailers off their guard.
They generally offer them in shops where there are only
WOITICII, from whom, if detected, they could more easily make
their escape. Several have been passed at shops where cigars
are sold.