The Sun.
London, England, 1834-12-31 00:00:00

BRIGHTON, DEC. 30.

In the forenoon of yesterday the King, accompanied by the
Duke of Richmond and Lord Western, drove to the Park for
the purpose of visiting the German Sea, and examining the
properties of its various waters. His Majesty was much pleased
with the interior of the building, as well as the beauty of the
grounds, which were laid out in a most tasteful manner. His
Majesty returned to the Palaee before one o'clock, for the pur-
pos3 of meeting the Ministers.
The Queen did not leave the Palace during the day.
Their Majesties gave a grand dinner yesterday evening at
the Palace, to which the following distinguished personages
had the honour of being invited :—The Princess Augusta, the
Landgravine of Hesse Homburg, Prince George, Duke of
Wellington, Duke of Richmond, Marquis of Bute, Earl de
Grey, Earl of Rosslyn, Earl of Haddington, Earl of Mayo,
Lord Wharncliffe, Sir Robert Peel, Mr.' Secretary Goulburn,
Viscount Lake, Lord Lyndhurst, Lord Byron, Mrs. George
Dawson, Miss Hope Johnstone, Lieut.-Colonel Somerset,
Miss d'Este, Sir Herbert Taylor, Colonel Sir James Hope,
Major Martin, Lieut.-Colonel Hornby, Sir Robert Otway, Sir
James Whitshed, and the Royal suite. The dinner was served
up in the Banqueting-room, adjoining to which the band of
the First Royal Dragoons was stationed, and played during
the evening, as did also the gentlemen composing her Majesty's
band.

Mr. Bathurst attended as Clerk of the Council, yesterday ;
Lord Byron was the Lord in Waiting, and Sir Robert Otway
the Equerry in Waiting.
The Duke of Richmond continues on a visit to their Ma-
j,sties, as does the Bishop of Worcester.
The Earl of Chesterfield arrived here yesterday, in a car-
rap;e and four, from town, immediately after the Ministers.

FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE.

ARRIVALS.

The Countess of Mu;grave, at the Clarendon Hotel, New
Bond-street, from Ravensworth Castle, Durham ; Right Hon.
Sir Robert Gordon, at ditto, from Haddo, N.B. ; Sir Joseph
Hanley, Bart., at ditto; from Kent ; E. H. Green, Esq., at
ditto, from the Continent; the Hon. Mr. and Mrs. C. Ab-
L6tt, at their new residence, in Dean-street, Park-lane ; Sir
Thomas and Lady Baring, in Devonshire-place, from Brighton;
Right Hon. C. W. Wynn, in Grafton-street, from ditto;
Vice-Admiral Lambert, from ditto; Sir Charles and Lady
Mary Monck, at Belsay Castle, from a tour ; the Countess of
Ilarrowby and Lady Harriet Ryder, at Sandon Hall, from a
visit to the Hon. G. M. and Lady Mary Fortescue, at Wear
Gifford, Devon ; Lieutenant-General Sir Charles and Lady
Egerton, in Albemare-street, from a tour; Sir Michael and
Lady Stewart, in King-street, St. James's, from the Conti-
nent ; Lord and Lady Muncaster and family, in Hamilton-
place, from Yorkshire ; Colonel Sir Octavius Carey, in Jer-
rayn-street, from a tour; Colonel Wood, in Stratton-street,
from Littleton, near Staines.

WILL OF THE LATE W. THWAYTES, ESQ.,

OF FENCHURCH-STREET.

The following is an abstract of the will of the above gentleman:—
To three executors (10,0001. each) £30,000
To seven nephews and nieces (10,000/ each)
To one nephew
To the Clothworkers' Company - 20,000
..-

To the Blind of the said Company 20,000
To Mrs. Thoyts
TO Mr. Webb
To the Magdalen Hospital
To the London Hospital
To the Mendicity Society 5OO
To the School in Westmoreland, where he was educated... 500
To Mr. Tibbets (at the tea counter)
To Mr. Mawley (ditto)
To twenty shopmcn and clerks (1001. each)
To Thomas, his footboy
...,.._

To twelve porters (5/. each) 6O
To seven of his wife's nephews and nieces (1,0001. each) 7,000
The freehold goes to his nephew, the heir-at-law, in con-

sequence of will not tieing witnessed 24,000

Total £209,260
The residue is left to his' widow, and is stated to be about 500,000

£700,260

MAJOR-GENERAL SIR ROBERT TRAVERS.

Major- General Sir Robert Travers, who lost his life by
being thrown from his horse in Cork a few days back, was an
officer of distinguished merit and talent. He entered the ser-
vice in 1794, obtained a company in the following year, and
was reduced on half-pay in 1796. In 1798, being still on half-
pay, he volunteered his services with the Sligo regiment of
Militia, during the Rebellion of that year in Ireland, and he
was wounded while doing duty with that corps.
Sir Robert Travers was placed on full pay as Captain in the
79th regiment in 1799, and served with it on the Expedition
to Holland in that year. In 1800 he was engaged in the at-
tack on Ferrol, on which occasion he was again severely
wounded, and on his return to England he joined the Rifle
Brigade at that time forming. He was promoted to a ma-
jority in that gallant corps in 1814, without purchase, and ac-
companied it in the succeeding year to Germany, under Lord
Cathcart. Sir Robert embarked with a detachment of the
Rifle Brigade for South America, in 1807, and was a third
time severely wounded, during the attack on Buenos Ayres.
la I SOS he commanded the Rifle Brigade at the battles of
Roleia and Vimiera, was with it on the retreat of Sir John
Meore's army to Corunna, and was immediately after appointed
to a Lieut.- Colonelcy, without purchase, at the request of the
Duke of Wellington. He was nominated to the command of
the 10th Foot in 1810, and served with it in Sicily, and on the
east coast of Spain. Sir Robert commanded the advanced
guard_ in the attack on Genoa in 1814, under Lord William
Bentinck. Upon the restoration of peace, he was appointed to
the situation of President at Cephalonia, and in 1823 he re-
turned to England, and was promoted to the rank of Major
General in 1825.
Sir Robert Travers was a Companion of the Order of the
Bath,l Knight Commander of the British Order of St. M.
and St.. George, a Knight Commander of St. Ferdinand, and
he also wore medals for his services in the Peninsula.

The melancholy and distressing accident which deprived Sir
Robert Travers of life, will be deeply and sincerely lamented
by all who knew him, whether in the capacity of a brave and
zealous officer, an active and impartial magistrate, or a sin-
cere friend.

This day Sir Robert Peel will attend at the Trea-
sury to hear the New Commission read, when the newly-
appointed Lords will be sworn in, and take their seats ac-
cordingly.
The Duke of Cumberland is on his way from Berlin
to England. A Government steamer has been ordered to be
in readiness at Calais to-morrow to bring over 113 Royal
Highness and suite.
The Duke of Northumberland arrived at Alnwick
Castle on Wednesday, and Lord Prudhoe, his Grace's bro-
ther, on the preceding day. Their arrival was hailed by a
salute from the guns of the Castle.—Newcastle Chronicle.
The Earl of Haddington is expected to arrive in
Dublin towards the close of this week. The Earl of Had-
dington was married on the 13th of November, 1802, to Lady
Maria Parker, the only daughter of George, fourth Earl of
Macclesfield. Her Ladyship is to accompany the Viceroy to
Ireland.

Wynn and several of the Ministers left town
yesterday for the purpose of canvassing their constituents.
Barons Court, Ireland, is now very gay, it being
full of visitants. The Marquis and Marchioness of Abercorn
intend remaining there until February.
The Duke of Argyll has returned from his Con-
tinental trip.
The venerable Earl of Eldon will be in town on
Monday next. The mansion house in Hamilton-place is com-
pletely finished.
The Earl of Rosslyn returned to town yesterday
afternoon from Brighton.
The Marquis of Ely takes possession of his new
mansion in Eaton-square next month. The Noble Marquis
tenented Bifrons-park, near Canterbury, before it was pur-
chased by the late Marquis Conyngham.
The Marquis of Camden has been entertaining Sir
Henry Hardiuge and a small party at the Wilderness, Kent.
The lady of the gallant General is niece to his Lordship.
The Earl of Lincoln arrived at the residence of the
Duke of 'Hamilton, on Monday, to take his seat as one of the
new Lords Commissioners of the Treasury. His Lordship
leaves this day again for Clumber Park, to canvass for South
Notts.
Lord Spencer died much less wealthy than had
been supposed, and since his demise the greatest economy
prevails at Althorp. All the servants have been discharged,
much of the park has been ploughed up, and the present Peer
contents himself with a single servant. The library is to be
preserved from the hammer.
The address to his Majesty of the merchants,
bankers, shipowners, traders, and others, bearing 5,730 signa-
tures, was yesterday placed in the hands of Sir Robert Peel
by a deputation from the Committee which had superintended
the proceedings, consisting of Mr. Ward, Mr. Lyall, M. P.,
Alderman Lucas, Alderman Brown, and Mr. Fowles. Sir
Robert Peel stated to the deputation that this address was a
document which he was persuaded his Majesty would receive
with the highest satisfaction, and that he would take the
earliest opportunity of laying it before his Majesty.—Morning
Post. _

LEAMINGTON SPA, DEC. 27.—0 n Friday night
General O'Halloran gave a fancy dress ball at the Regent
Hotel to nearly 200 of our principal residents, including the
Earl of Fingal, Lord William Lennox, the Hon. Mrs. Cad-
dell, Sir Charles Chad, Sir Henry and Lady Cumming, Sir
Philip Durham, Lady Theresa Dease, Sir George Hudson,
Mr. Russon, M. P., Lady Mostyn, Mrs. Chandos Leigh, &c.
The Misses Manners Sutton will give a splendid party on
Wednesday next at the Upper Assembly Rooms. Weippert's
band from London is engaged, and there is little doubt but it
will prove one of the most fashionable assemblies of the season.
The will of Don Pedro was to be opened on Mon-
day by the President of the Tribunal de Premiere Instance of
tha Seine. The will, written in Portuguese, being obscurely
worded, the notary with whom it was -deposited, and the six
witnesses present when it was signed, have been called upon
to be present on the occasion-0w interpreter will also attend.
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LITERATURE.

THE LITERARY SOUVENIR.

EDITED BY ALARIC A. WATTS.
London: Whittaker ik Co. Ave Maria Lane. 1834.

The " Literary Souvenir," hitherto among the first
and fairest of the Annuals, has this season doffed their
gorgeous livery, and very gravely and for ever re-
nounced their companionship. We are not quite
satisfied with the reasons which the Editor assigns for
this necessary separation from the society of early and
respectable acquaintances—not that we accuse him of
acting unwisely in so separating—but we think he
might have ventured to tell us his real motive, instead
of putting us off with secondary ones. Nevertheless,
if excessive modesty be sometimes a fault, it
is one so seldom committed, and has so little
influence in the way of example upon the
world, that we readily forgive it in the present
instance ; for, modesty it assuredly was, which
prevented the Editor from telling us the principal cause
of his donning a Spanish habit—looking as serious in
his dress as if he were a student of Salamanca—and
assuring us that, although he would continue to pay
us an annual visit, yet would he not be classed with
the run of annual visitors• Now all persons of mature
years can tell the reason why, at a certain age, they
began to think it indecorous to go a birds'-nesting with
little masters Bob, and Thomas, and Harry ; preferred
hats to tasselled bonnets ; and would rather have their
pockets filled with indifferent sonnets, than stuffed with
whistles, tops, taws, tee-totums, and the like. Very
venerable people told them that they ought to think
of more important things than toys, and children's
sports, and they will remember that so flatter-
ing an admonition was not lost upon them. An-
other word is unnecessary to explain the real cause
of the " Literary Souvenir's" separation from the
companionship of the " Annuals." If the explana-
tion we have given be thought a reflection on the
merit of the " Annuals," properly so denominated,
we are not answerable for it ; and, moreover, we have
the 'greatest respect for this most beautiful class of
periodical literature. We simply state the Editor's
roal views, and certainly the changes which he con-
templates, so far as they are apparent in the present
volume, are a decided improvement. The engravings
are of surpassing beauty, both in design and execu-
tion ; their number is increased from ten to twenty-
five ; and the whole work is greatly improved in all
that gives value to a book—subject, size, and embel-
lishment.

But our opinion of the merits of the engravings
which enrich this volume, is already before the public;
and it only now remains that we say a few words on
the letter press. Among the contributors we observe
many of the most elegant writers of the day :—Sir
Aubrey de Vere, Mary Howitt, Henry F. Chorley,
Mrs. Gore, Miss Montagu, Aliss Landon, the Rev. Mr.
Dale, J. A. St. John, the Editor, and several others—all
well known and appreciated by the reading public.
The work is, however, rather addressed to artists than
any other class of readers, and we think ought to be
entitled the Artists' Annual. The best article is the
opening one—the " Painters Dream," by the Editor—
the Notes to which are extremely valuable, and very
well written. " Poetry and Painting " by Sir Martin
Archer Shee, " Bhds in Summer " by Mary Howitt,
" The Spirit of Poetry" by the same author, " An
Hour of Song" by H. F. Chorley, and " Where is
your 'lame, my Bonnie Bird " by Miss Montague,
are all papers of great merit. The " Bishop's Island"
by the author of the " Collegians," and " Ishmael's
Despair" by Mrs. Gore, arc the only articles in
the volume which we think unworthy of it. The
former is an an absurd version of an old legend
connected with the Sept of Mac Sweeney or Mae
Swine, owners of a castle on the coast of Donegal ;
and in the latter the Son of Hagar is made to confound
dates and circumstances, with the most sovereign con-
tempt of probabilities and possibilities. The mistakes
are the more inexcusable, as they might have been
corrected by a momentary reference to the Book of
Genesis. The other articles are all very well written,
and the subjects of most of them are particularly inte-
resting. As we said before, this work is particularly
addressed to artists, and deserves to be warmly patro-
nized by the lovers of poetry, painting, and engraving.
It is surpassed neither in elegance nor cheapness—the
first article alone is worth a guinea, and the engravings
double that sum.

SKETCHES IN PORTUGAL DURING THE
CIVIL WAR OF 1834.
BY JAPES EDWARD ALEXANDER, r.L.S., CIPTAIN 42d

ROTAL HIGHLANDERS.
Cochrane and Co., Waterloo-place, 1835.
_ _

Th!s work is what it purports to be and nothing
more. It is neither a history of the state of Portugal
during the war, nor of the war itself ; but simply
sketches by an intelligent officer during a casual resi-
dence in the country, of what fell under his own obser-
vation, and what he learned from persons of rank and
opportunities of correct information, to whom he had
access. Mr. Alexander having obtained the notice of
the Royal Geographical Society, he was applied to by
the Members of that most excellent Institution, in 1833,t0
" explore and report on certain portions of South-East
Africa; with a view to the extension of geographicalknow-
ledge and commerce." Having obtained permission
from the authorities at the Horse Guards to absent
himself from his corps, the author went to Portugal,
with a view to obtain from the Government there, au-
thority to visit the Portuguese settlements in Africa.
He left London in the Spring of 1834, and landed in
Lisbon after that city had been in the possession of the
Constitutional army. From that he went to Santarem,
where he joined the Queen's troops under Count Sal-
danha, and was present at the engagement near that
town. At Cartaxo he saw the Emperor, to whom he
was introduced, and who conferred on him the rank of
Lieutenant-Colonel. His stay in the country was not
longer than was required to obtain the necessary papers
and instructions for visiting the Portuguese colonies
in Africa, and being provided with these, he returned
to London, visiting Oporto on his way homewards.

Such is the outline of Mr. Alexander's travels in
Portugal. In the course of his rambles he found the
people generally quiet, inoffensive, and obliging to a
remarkable degree. He was surprised at the few out-
rages which were committed in a country where justice
was completely suspended, and where every opportu-
nity was afforded for the gratification of evil passions.
Murders were unfrequent, and no systematic scheme
of plunder prevailed even among the most depraved
characters. He visited several convents and nunneries,
in which he witnessed more rigid austerity than in any
other establishments of the same kind which he
had seen in the course of his travels through any
other country. He was particularly struck with
the nuns of La Trappe, who are only allowed
to speak for fifteen hours in the year, and in that
time must be included the moments spent in the
confessional I The author thinks the wretched crea-
tures who are thus, as it were, buried alive, and whose
daily amusement consists in digging a part of their
own graves, must be very unhappy. We grant there
may be instances in which they are so, but speaking
from an experience much greater than any which could
be obtained by an officer in the army, the contrary
is the case. Wretched as are the lives of cloistered re-
cluses, and vain and absurd as are the motives which
leo 0 What they call thus dyin to the world? the ob-

.ects of such general commiseration are really happy,
and contented under all their privations. As we
said before, there may be, and there are instances to the
contrary ; but they are the exception and not the rule.
None can tell but the victims of superstition, how dark,
yet how powerful, is the hold which it takes on the
Vuinan Mind. To judge of them by outward appear-
ances is most erroneous : spiritual pride is a splendid
equipage, with which the sandaled monk can pity the
idle parade of an Emperor. We may smile at the
foolery of those who believe they appease the wrath of
Heaven by self-inflicted torments ; but we would say
less about their regrets, did we know that they se-
cretly regarded themselves as the select few, for whose
sakes God withheld the fire and brimstone with which
he intended to destroy all the nations in the earth.
In Portugal Mr. Alexander found little or no
trade—the lower orders of the people very poor—ver-
min, particularly fleas, very abundant—streets very
filthy—and roads abominable. He saw besides much
to encourage a hope that the country would soon eman-
cipate itself from the evils which oppressed it. Schools
on the Lancasterian system, were not unfrequent, and
the Court was setting an example to the people of
checking the power of Priesthood. He speaks in
high terms of most of the members of the Portuguese
Government, whom he found influenced solely by a
regard for the true interests of the Portuguese people.
His observations on the trade and commerce of the coun-
try are particularly valuable, and his opinions much more
correct than we were prepared to expect coining from such
a quarter. Our great fault with the work is the style,
which is very crude, and unequal throughout. The
author is much too fond of quoting poetry, and here
and there has descended to the use of slang, which is
certainly anything but a proof of a refined taste. In
every other respect his work is a very agreeable pro-
duction, and is highly creditable to the talents of a
veteran officer in the British Army.

THE RESOURCES AND STATISTICS OF
NATIONS,
Exhibiting the Geographical Position and Natural Resources ;
the Area and Population ; the Political Statistics, including
the Government, Revenue, Expenditure, the Civil, Military,
and Naval Affairs; the Moral Statistics, including Religion
and Education ; the Medical Statistics, including compa-
rative Mortality, 6-c. ; and the Economical Statistics, in-
cluding Agriculture, Manufactures, Navigation, and Trade,
6-c., of all Countries, by John Mac Gregor, Esq., F. S. S.
of London and Paris, Member of the Acadirinie de L'in-
dustrie Agricole, cc., and Author of British America.—
London, A. H. Baily, and Co., 83, Cornhill, 1834.

The peculiar excellence of all works of this kind
depends entirely upon the correctness of statistical
tables. General observations are •f small account,
inasmuch as they-may be obtained from the perusal of
a Geography or a Gazetteer, or the writings of intelli-
gent travellers. It would be unreasonable to expect
from us a decided opinion of the merits of a work of
which only the first part is yet published ; but
having compared Rome of the tables with others
equally recent, and of the correctness of which we are
well assured we are able to assert, that if the parts un-
published equal the one before us, the work will prove
an invaluable acquisition to the library of the legisla-
tor, the politician, the political economist, the mer-
chant, and every man who would amass general infor-
mation. The tables are well arranged, and the obser-
vations brief, and to the purpose. The work is to be
completed in eight or nine monthly parts, at four shil-
lings and sixpence each—an astonishing low price for
a work of such immense statistical labour. The other
parts shall have from us a more regular notice.

OBSERVATIONS, &c.
Hurst, St. Paul's Church-yard. 1835.

This is a collection of moral sentences from well-
known authors, each containing in itself some opinion,
sentiment, or witticism. The Editor has added bere
and there some of his own, which can only be dis-
tinguished from the rest by persons sufficiently ac-
quainted with the literature of the country to be able
to mark any addition to it. The " Observations," as
they are called, are by no means of equal merit, and
would certainly have been better had the mere puns
been omitted. Punning is a poor attempt at wit, and
a disposition to perpetrate puns is seldom met with in
conjunction with talents of a high order. The public
will best judge of the merits of this little work by the
following sample of its contents :

" Death has one blessing mixed with all its bitterness ; it
makes saints of all its victims. Tip world destroys Romulus;
but, dead, it makes him a god."
Our arguers all strike their heads, like Jupiter ; but not
with like success, for no Minerva comes forth."
The glutton is the lowest souled of all animals : the
butcher's boy is to him an Atlas bearing heaven on his
shoulders."

You may ridicule the fop upon his ignorance, he cares
not; but not a word on his dancing. Our Achilles is vulne-
rable only in his heel."

,g A genteel young man, i. e., be snuffs the candles."
We kneel to man, but we lounge to God."
"We all agree that 'in Church we should feel all as
equals yet, we add, our grooms should bear in their re-
membrance, that at ten minutes to one they are to go for our
cabs."

" The humane man of the present day takes the fish out of
the damp water."
" Ho who breathes into woman's car aught unfit for her to
hear, is guilty of sacrilege, in impiously defiling the fairest
temple of the God of purity."
" Alas, we need no hour-glass I our mirror is a sufficient
one to show us how time passes."
" Your greatest villains are those fellows who mean well:'
on retiring from life they will find a man cannot live upon his
means. Ways and means are not at all united."
" Martyrs stand as if they were nonconducted en an elec-
trical machine : they can take the chain in their hands, they
can see the wheel about to work ; but they remain firm ; their
nature is proof against the shock."

,6 The sweet light of friendship is like the light of phos-
phorus,—seen plainly only when all around is dark."
The bantering of fools will at last make wise men answer ;
as throwing stones into the well will at last make the water
rise : though truly they have not much reason to rejoice, as it
rises at their expense, and mounts by their assistance,
leaving them at the bottom."
" 'he talent with which Gibbon denies that there is a
God, is a most convincing proof there is one."
" A man may have twelve houses, and have no home."
" I have three reasons for forbearing to say aught against
women ;—the mother who cherished me, the sisters who
played with me, and the wife who loved me."
" Only on Sunday, and then only in the morning, do men
pray. The reproach of Pharaoh might be applied with truth
to Christians, Ye are idle, ye are idle; and therefore you
say, Let us go and worship the Lord our God.' "
" The aristocrat is like the rompo, he lives upon the ashes
of the dead."

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SOUTH DEVON COUNTY ELECTION.

PUBLIC MEETING OF THE FRIENDS AND SUP-
PORTERS OF LORD JOHN RUSSELL.
(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

On Monday last, the 29th day of December inst., a public
meeting of the freeholders and electors, resident in Plymouth,
Devonport, and Stonehouse and the vicinity, was held, pur-
suant to public advertisement, at the Mechanics' Institute, in
Princess-square, Plymouth. The meeting was both nume-
rously and highly respectably attended, nearly one thousand
persons being present on the occasion. About one o'clock,
(the hour appointed for the commencement of the meeting),
Lord John Russell, M. P., accompanied by Vice-Admiral Sir
Edward Codrington and Sir George Grey, Bart., M. P.'s for
Devonport; and Thomas Bewes and John Collier, Esqrs.'
M. P.'s for Plymouth, entered the meeting, amidst loud and
continued plaudits.
RICIIARD BAYLEY, Esq., was called to the Chair. He then
addressed the meeting to the following effect :—My Lords and
Gentlemen—l have much pleasure in congratulating you on
the very satisfactory result of the canvass in this district,
which, although it is not quite completed in the country pa-
rishes, shows, in a manner that cannot be misunderstood, that
the re-action which has been so much talked of, has not taken
place in this neighbourhood. The electors are decidedly of
opinion that the reformation of abuses can not be expected
from the present Ministry—composed of a set of men who
have constantly resisted all Reform—ant; whose nominal head
(but who is, in fact, the mere nominee of the Great Cap-
tain,) has lately declared that he will not be an apostate from
the principles on which he has heretofore acted. These prin-
ciples, which the whole party have heretofore exhibited since
the passing of the Reform Act, are well known to the electors,
who can place no confidence in the sudden conversion of such
men from their former principles, to the specious professions
they now make. The electors act like prudent men, and pre-
fer supporting those whose political conduct has uniformly been
in favour of civil and religious liberty, and who had success-
fully carried into effect many improvements in our political in-
stitutions, as the fruits of the Reform Act, and we know they
had prepared others with the intention of proposing them at
the next meeting of Parliament. The late unexpected dis-
missal of Lord Melbourne's Administration from office, may
prevent those being adopted for a time, but, ere lone, they
must be triumphantly carried—when the Tories shall have
displayed their utter weakness and inability to go-
vern, through the Reformed House of Commons, as soon
they must, we may again expect to see the Noble Lord and
his Colleagues called upon by their Sovereign tq resume their
great and good labours, for the benefit of his people ; and we
may then expect to see those measures, which have heretofore
been so violently opposed in the House of Lords, pass like the
Reform Bill, with scarcely any opposition. For what the
Noble Lord and his Colleagues have already effected, the na-
tion is deeply indebted to them. Our grateful thanks are espe-
cially due to our Noble Representative, whose consistent con-
duct secured for him the head of the poll at the last election,
and will, I have no doubt, again place him there, as repre-
sentative for the Southern Division of this county.—(The
worthy Chairman resumed his seat, amidst the cheers of the
assembly. )
GEORGE SOLTAN, Esq., then rose to move the first Resolu-
tion. He said it was a matter of no small gratification for him
to see so large a body of freeholders assembled on the present
occasion. It had pleased his Majesty to dismiss his late Mi-
nisters, and to call to his councils men of a different descrip-
tion,
the Reform Bill as that which would subvert all that was good
and valuable in the Constitution, and, therefore, as conscien-
tious men, they were bound to subvert the very Bill itself.
They will do so if you will allow them, said he.—(" No,
never," was heard from every part of the room.) I shall not
enter into the various reasons which were given for the late
change of Ministry, but refer to that given by Sir Robt. Peel.
It was, that the country was in a state of agitation. Surely,
the Church had no reason for agitation, for his Majesty's late
Ministers had intended to introduce a measure for the Reform
of the abuses in the Church. There was no reason for excite-
ment by the Dissenters, because they well knew that the late
Government intended to introduce a measure for the redress
of their grievances. The Corporations, too, in the different
towns of the kingdom, had no occasion for agitation, for they
were convinced that the late Ministry would have produced
measures for Corporation Reform ; but if agitation existed, it
was in Ireland, the result of ages of Tory misrule. In con-
clusion, the worthy Speaker called on all present to sink
minor differences, and support the comn:on cause—that of
Reform _ _

DAVID DENY, Esq., then rose to second the resolution.
After apologizing to the meeting for his appearance before
them, he said, that had he refused to take part in the meeting
when called on, he could not have justified his doing so. He
said, that he considered it to be the duty of every Reformer,
at the present crisis, to stand forward and support such mea-
sures as might tend to return to Parliament those men only
who would further the principles of Reform. After referring
to the resolution, the Speaker said, that in Sir Robert Peel's
speech at the Mansion-house, the other day, he spoke of the
nation being in a state of quiescence and repose, and which
the Premier attributed to the confidence of the people in the
present Administration. I rather apprehend that this quiescence
had arose from this principally—not confidence in his Ma-
jesty's Ministers, but the confidence of the people in their Own
strength.—{Cheers.) The Reform Act is irresistibly fixed—
the people know that—and that they have now nothing to do
but send the same sort of men to Parliament that had hitherto
perfornied their duties so well. The people now have the
House of Commons in their hands, and they will keep it.

Sir EDWARD CODRINOTON, M. P., then rose to support th e
Resolution, and was received with long and continued cheers,
amidst cries of " Trafalgar" and " Navarino," He then said—
Gentlemen and Brother Reformers, I come among you, not as
the friend of Lord John Russell, or of Mr. Collier, or any other
person, but I am here as a staunch and zealous Reformer. lam
sure I may say as much for my colleague. We came here to serve
no particular or individual interest, but as Reformers, to pro-
pagate Reform principles. With reference to the present
Administration, I can only call it an omnium gutherum. I
perceive but one principle among them—to get places. As to
the so-called Premier, he is but the so-called Punchinello. The
gentleman who plays the part is the Duke. The Duke (or
Sir Robert for him) has boasted of having had the sole Admi-
nistration of the State for some weeks. Could anything be
more disgraceful than this ? The Duke of Wellington, and
he a military character I With regard to Whig and Tory,
there are but two parties that I recognize—viz. Reformers
and Anti-Reformers. The shadow of Sir Robert Peel (Mr.
Dawson) has this morning, I have the pleasure to inform you,
stated to me that his principles are directly opposite to mine.
( Cheers.) This arose from a sort of turn-up that happened
this morning : we heard that he had been in the Plymouth
Dock-yard influencing the officers. We took the liberty of
seeing what he was about face to face. He then let out that
his principles were of the same description as mine—mine are
Reform.—( Cries of " Won't do.") Well aware it won't.
For the purpose of deception the faction have thrown a tub
to the whale. We hear nothing now of the name of Tories,
for they are all Conservatives. Conservatives—of what I
would ask ? Of what precceded reform ? I am a Conser-
vative—but of the Constitution in its purity. It has glad-
dened my heart to see that, amidst King and Lords, there is
a House of Commons to represent the interests of the people
—without it we should be under nothing less than an oli-
garchy. Upon what ground do the present Ministers claim
support, but on a declaration that they have abandoned their
principles or forfeited their honour and faith ? The King has
been deceived—and God knows he has been deceived. The
King can do no wrong—because his advisers are responsible.
I do not think that worse advice ever was given than in this
instance. The Duke is responsible for the whole. Now, upon
what ground were the late Ministers dismissed ? So long
as there were understood to be differences of opinion,
it was left to itself— its enemies calculating on its
natural destruction; but the moment we had a Ministry per-
fectly unanimous they were dismissed.—( Cries of " the people
will put them in again.") I would ask you if there can be
unanimity in the present Ministry—.l would refer you to the
Duke's protest against the Reform Bill. It stated it was revo-
lutionary and subsersive in its character, and injurious both to
rich and•poor. Can any man come in upon any principle of
honour and support this Bill, and act upon it with Reform
Bills after such a protest? If they continue in, they must do
so at the sacrifice of all principles and honour. Sir Robert
Peel's manifesto is deception from one end to the other. No
one pledge in it there I can perceive. Impelled by a princi-
ple which I can't help pursuing to the utmost in my power, I
have appeared before you on the present occasion, and made
the statements I have.—( The Gallant and worthy Admiral
here sat down amidst the applause of the meetina-.)
The CHAIRMAN then said he rose to put the Resolution which
had been moved and seconded, and so ably supported, by the
Gallant Admiral.

" 1. That this meeting participates in the 'general disappoint-
ment excited by the selection of the Members of the present Ad-
ministration, from a party that had unceasingly and vexatiously op-
posed the passing of the Reform Act—that has continually and
pertinaciously supported every existing abuse in Church and State
:--that has placed every possible obstacle in the way of the redress
of the grievances of Dissenters--men who, by their votes and pro-
fessions recorded up to a recent period, have declared their con-
tinued attachment to the illiberal principles by which their poli-
tical career has been hitherto distinguished—and that the vague
and unsatisfactory developement made by the present Premier of
the principles on which he intends to conduct his Government,
have aggravated the national disappointment"
It was carried unanimously by acclamation.
JOHN NORMAN, EN., of Devonport, rose to move the second
Resolution, and was received with cheers. He said he thanked
them for the manner in which they received him. He stood
before them as a Reformer—as a man of Devonport. He knew
that the people of Devonport felt a debt of gratitude to the
Noble Lord present. After what had been said it was unne-
cessary he should say a word more. He would, however,
make one observation—which was that though the late Mi-
nistil did not come up to their wishes they should not find
fault with them, for if they looked into the circumstances in
which they were placed, they would find they were prevented
from bringing forward those measures which they otherwise
would 'have done.—( Cheers.)
GEORGE ALDRAM, Esq„ seconded the Resolution. lie
thought that one reason only was necessary to be given to cause
them to support the Resolution. As they (the present Mi-
nistry) had heretofore, distrusted them, they should now mis-
trust them also. He concluded with calling on them, in case
a dissolution should occur, to place Lord John Russell at the
bead of the poll, and thereby show that lie oould be returned
by independent and unpaid voters.
Sir GEORGE GREY, Bart, M, P„ then rose, amidst the hearty
cheers of the meeting, and spoke to the following effect
The perfect unanimity of sentiment which has been expressed
here, and the way in which you have received me, renders it
unnecessary I should say a word in the shape of apology. You
have all heard the reasons assigned through the papers for the
dismissal of Lord Melbourne's Administration. They have

tended to throw it on the Noble Lord himself. But the real
cause was that it was united in one principle of Reform. It
is said that we are interfering with the King's prerogative.
He is the best judge as to its exercise—and you as to the ex-
ercise of your prerogative in the choice of your representa-
tives. Let the motto be practice, and not profession. lam
proud of the occasion which has proved the noble spirit
of independence existing against the most extraordinary in-
fluence that has been used by the Anti-Reformers--an inde-
pendence that reflects the highest honour on the men of
Devon.

THOMAS BEWES, M.P., shortly addressed the meeting,
stating his entire concurrence in all the sentiments of Reform
that had been expressed,
Lord JOHN Remise. (whose reception was of such a de-
scription as to leave not a doubt on the subject of the feeling
of the freeholders in favour of a Reform Government), after
the applause of the meeting had subsided, said, I think it my
duty, before the resolution is put which is now in the Chair-
man's hands, to explain not only what I have done as a member
of the House and as a Minister of the Crown, but under the
new and altered circumstances of the country, to avow what
my sentiments are. The change is immense since I last ad-
dressed you. But before I advert to those changes, I will say
a word with reference to an epithet used by the Gallant Ad-
miral Sir Edward Codrington—the -epithet unceremonious,
as applied to the dismissal of Lord Melbourne's Administration.
Now, whether it was or was not a prudent or politic measure,
it was kind and considerate on the part of his Majesty to an-
nounce it to Lord Melbourne at once. If the King had
allowed Lord Melbourne to fill up the vacancy which occurred
on the demise of Earl Spencer, and then to have dismissed
him, it would not have been kind and considerate. He well
knew the kindness which his Majesty had at all times shown
to his Ministers, with regard to the Ministry that had
been dismissed, and those Ministers who have taken places.
When I said, on a former occasion, I looked to measures,
far was I from wishing that any set of men
.should enjoy a mo-
nopoly of power. It was possible to have found men well known
as Reformers. But any hope or expectation which I enter-
tained is now at an end. Let us, therefore, completely aban-
don the idea of adopting measures, and not men. I ask of
those who now profess to come forward to support the King's
prerogative, if the case had been the reverse, would they have
been satisfied? If his Majesty had said that if Lord Mel-
bourne would not grant very extensive measures of Reform, he
would send for Lord Durham, and he should choose a Minis-
try, I ask if these gentlemen would have been satisfied? No
We all know that they would not—for men imply measures.
With regard to the present question, had no manifesto—no
declaration been made, the names of the very men who now
compose the Ministry would have been quite sufficient. When
you have men of certain principles, measures will follow; but
when you have men of no principles at all, what are you to ex-
pect ? Who does not know the politics of the Duke of New-
castle, Lord Mansfield, and the Earl Roden ? Can we sup-
pose that any Ministers now existing, if they would propose
measures of reform, would insult those Noblemen by asking
them to join therein ? They look at every stage of Reform as
a step to a Democratic Republic. Gentlemen, these Ministers
comprehend every shade of colour, from the blood-red or
orange of the Tory, to the delicate violet of the waverer.
These gentlemen will, however, be so condescending as not to
repeal the Reform Act ! They would if they could, but they
will not, because they can't.—(Loud cheers.) With reference
to a dissolution, the Noble Lord remarked that it would be
both uncalled for, and as little justified; as.any measure which
was ever proposed. The late House of Commons was tem-
perate in Reform,—ready to wait sometimes,_ apparently too
long,—ready to abstain sometimes too much,—but, as some
persons thought, too scrupulous—but ready to vote the Sup-
plies of the Crown with a spirit of loyalty never surpassed.
The ground of dissolution was, in fact, that the Tories never
could muster in the Reformed Parliament more than 140 or
150 out of 650 votes.—( Hear, hear.) Here the Noble
Lord referred to an address of Mr. Burke's in the year
1784, in which were used words so applicable to the
present character of the late House, as only to be re-
peated by the emphatic phrase of " an incorrupt, independent,
and reforming Parliament." This reforming Parliament is
dissolved for the purpose of obtaining an anti-Reform House of
Commons. The solution of the question depends on the people.
My belief is, that the desires of the people are not yet nearly
satisfied, nor will they be so longas abuses exist. We are told
that the present Ministers have taken office in a very difficult
crisis, and they tell us, that if we do not support them the King
and Lords will be overthrown. But if look back to the 14th
September we shall see that no one but themselves thought
the King in danger; his Majesty, in his speech, then congra-
tulated his people on the tranquillity of the country. If, then,
there be danger, it is of their own making ; and their position
reminds me of the Paris boot-cleaner, and the poodle, that had
learned to smear the_ passengers boots, that his master might
earn an honest penny by cleaning them again. His Lordship
then referred to the present condition of Ireland, and to the
attempt of the late Government to settle the question of tithes
in that unhappy country, and after commenting upon the im-
possibility of the present Ministry conducting the affairs of the
Government, concluded by saying that his sentiments on gene-
ral subjects were known to them, and his conduct before them,
and was such as to convince them that he should adhere to the
course he had pursued.
Sir EDWARD CODRINGTON then explained with reference
to the use of the term' unceremonious' as applied to the change
of the Ministry, saying he did not mean it with regard to the
individual or personal conduct of the King, but to the dismisal
of the Ministry as such.
The CHAIRMAN then put the second Resolution, which was
carried nem. con. amidst applause.
" 2. That in the opinion of this meeting the late Administration
was in a prominent degree supported by pnblie opinion, and en-
joyed the public confidence—that among the illustrious individuals
of which it was composed our present representative, the Right
llon. Lord J. Russell, was one of the most distinguished orna-
ments, and that his whole Parliamentary conduct having been dis-
guished by an enlightened, zealous, and consistent advocacy of the
principles of civil and religious liberty, entitle him to our continued
exertions again to secure his return to Parliament for the southern
division of this county."
JOHN COLLIER, Esq., M.P., addressed the meeting for a
short time concuring in the sentiments expressed by the pre-
vious speaker.
The CHAIRMAN then declared the meeting closed, after
which the thanks thereof were voted to him. Three cheers
for the Reformers was then given, which was followed by groans
for the Tories.

The elections for the four scholarships recently
founded in the Royal Academy of Music took place on Mon-
day. The examiners were Sir G. Smart, Mr. Cipriani, Mr.
Attwood, Mr. Elliott, Mr. Gaps, and Mr. Lucas ; and the
successful candidates were—for the two female scholarships,
Miss Catherine Hall and Miss Louisa Hopkins ; for the two
male scholarships, Master G. Halls and Master H. B. Richards.
The contracts for the Sunderland and Durham
Railway have been this week completed, and the works will
proceed forthwith. The line is expected to be finished in ten
months.—Newcastle Chronicle.

RICHMOND, DEC. 30.—A delightful ball was
given at the Castle Assembly Rooms last night by Mr. Ken-
don, and although not so numerously attended as upon former
occasions, on account of the dissolution of Parliament, had to
boast of the presence of all the leading families in the neigh-
bourhood. The dancing commenced at half-past ten o'clock
to Weippert's band, and was kept up until a late hour. It is
said that the next ball of Mr. Kendon's, oia the 16th of Febru-
ary, will be graced by all the nobility and fashionables from
miles around.

ROME, DEC. 11.—It is reported that Don Miguel
will again quit us, to take up his residence at Genoa or at
Nice, bo,cause the climate of Rome does not agree with him.
Others believe that it is a mere pretext to take a journey to
the north. We are inundated with foreign coins, especially
from France and Germany, sent here by speculators for the
new coin of good alloy just issued by the Papal Government.
For this reason the Treasurer, M. Tosti, has just published a
tariff relative to foreign coin. The cold of winter has set in.
We have recently experienced a slight shock of an earthquake,
which was more sensibly felt in the neighbouring mountains of
Albano.—Augsburg Gazette.
JAUNT DOWN A PATIENT'S TIIROAT.—Sir
Isaac Pennington and Sir Busick Harwood were contemporary
at Cambridge. The first as regius professor of physic and
senior fellow of St. John's College, the other was professor of
anatomy and fellow of Downing College. Both were emi-
nent in their way, but seldom agreed, and held each other's
abilities pretty cheap, some say in sovereign contempt. Sir
Busick was once called in by the friends of a patient that had
been under Sir Isaac's care, but had obtained small relief;
anxious to hear his opinion of the malady. Not approving of
the t.•eatment pursued, he inquired " who was the physician in
attendance," and on being told exclaimed "He I If he were
to descend into a patient's stomach with a candle and lantern,
he would not have been able to name the complaint !"—Nuts
to Coach.

A scheme has been lately formed for working the
lend and tin mines on Dartmoor, in many parts of which it is
calculated large quantities of these metals might be found.—
Western Luminary.

POETICAL FOWL STEALERS.--We lately noticed
the wholesale depredations committed on the fowl-yards in
this neighbourhood. The thieves have again been round in
the early part of this week, and the yards of farmers and gen-
tlemen have been pretty well cleared, preparatory no doubt to
the Christmas festivities of the depredators and their friends.
The success of one gang seems to have put them in a right
merry humour, for at the yard of Mr. George Wright, of
Walton, they stole six geese, and appended the following lines
together with a sixpence, round the neck of the gander:--
Mr. George Wright
We have come to-night
No longer here to wander,
We bought your geese
At pence a-piece!
And left it witt the gander ! ! !
—Liverpool Chronicle,

A crime last 'week came to light at Workington, at
the recit''l of which all the better feelings of nature, and which,
fT: the sake of outraged humanity, we trust will be found to
have originated in the moments of wandering reason. It ap-
pears that the remains of a new-born infant were discovered in
the grate of a set-pot in the poor-house near the above town,
and under circumstances which favoured the suspicion that the
mother of the child was not guiltless. A rigid inquiry was
immediately commenced among the inmates of the house, and
it was discovered that one of the paupers named Brin, who had
been washing clothes in the buildings where the remains of
the child had been found, had given birth to a child in secrecy,
and, it is said, threw the body of her offspring on the fire I An
inquest was held upon the body on Wednesday, before W.
Bragg, Esq., coroner, and after a diligent investigation, a ver-
dict was returned which empowered the coroner to commit the
unhappy woman to Carlisle gaol, to take her trial at the next
assizes.—Carlisle Journal.

II

Ake

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS.

To the ELECTORS of the UNITED KINGDOM.

THE DIE IS CAST I THE PARLIAMENT IS DIS-
SOLVED. The Stormont-Knatchbull Administration
has destroyed the first Reformed House of Commons,
and appeals to you for your verdict upon itself ; and
this is its first great public- act. The Parliament has
been dissolved, AVOWEDLY, because the Representa-
tives of the People were too liberal—too eager to re-
medy abuses—too desirous of supporting Reforms—
too anxious to work out the spirit of the Great Bill
to which they were indebted for their existence, and
you for your right of choice. That right, that
power, you STILL retain ; but for how long, depends
now upon your own exertions. The appeal is now
made, and no thanks to the Peels, the Welling-
tons, and Knatchbulls that it is so ; but it is (thanks
to the impotence of their efforts to prevent it) now
made to you whilst you are still in the plentitude of
your power—while y ou can still exercise the privileges
conferred upon you by the Reform Bill—whilst you
have still the right of selection. It may be the last
time that you will ever enjoy the same advantage. If
now you arc careless, if now you are neglectful, if de-
luded by the sophistry of the first Minister, or cajoled
by the promises of his mercenaries, you should unhap-
pily give him and his Government a majority, your fate
is sealed. Never again will the same arms be placed in
your hands. A Tory majority, under its seven years'
lease of power, will effectually prevent the fruits of your
tardy repentance ; or if the people of this peat Empire,
resisting the attempt to repeal the Reform Bill,
are driven to open resistance, you will reach your pre-
sent situation only through years •of confusion and
anarchy, of which no man can foresee the consequences,
though every one must feel them. Electors, be then
upon your guard I Remember that upon your conduct
depends the fate of yourselves--of your children—of
your country. Look to the names of those who now
hold the reins of power—who have now surprised the
confidence of the King. Study the list, and ask your-
selves whether you would entrust, for one hour, your
lives, your properties, your liberties, to such as they
are—the unrelenting enemies of all freedom ; and re-
member well that you are now called upon to say,
whether you will entrust that power for seven long
years .I—AN ELECTOR.—Morning Chronicle.
Mr. Hobhouse has published a second address to
the electors of Finsbury, in which he states in much
greater detail than in his first, his views on most of
the questions which now occupy the public mind. We
observe that he advocates the Triennial Parliaments,
the Ballot, the repeal of the rate-paying clauses in the
Reform Act, the commutation of Tithes, the gradual
hut early and certain repeal of the Corn Laws, the
Parliamentary disposal of the surplus revenues of the
Irish Church, after supplying the wants of the Pro-
testant population, the removal of all civil distinc-
tions on account of religious opinions, and more
particularly the removal of the exclusion of Dis-
senters from the Universities, and of their liability
to Church-rates in any shape, the doing away
with flogging in the Army and Navy, the reform
of Corporations, and the giving the people the pe •
riodical election of municipal officers, the revision of
the Pension List, &c., &c. We understand that Mr.
Hobhouse is supported by the Reformers generally,
and by the Dissenters nearly to a man, and that Mr.
Duncombe and himself are certain of their return.
Mr. Wakley has, we know, a considerable number of
adherents ; but as far as our information goes, it is im-
possible that he should be returned. We hope, there-
fore, that that gentleman will not persist in going to
the poll. Mr. Hobhouse has strong claims to the
electors of Finsbury, on account of the handsome man-
ner in which he quitted Bath, from an unwillingness to
contest it with a Reformer. If Mr. Wakley should
persist in going to the poll, and the consequence be
the return of Sergeant Spankie, the blame of letting
in a Tory would fall on him. We assume that he has
no chance of polling a sufficient number to secure his
return ; and from the sources whence we are assured of
this, we think we can place implicit reliance on the in-
formation.—Morning Chronicle.
The Gazette of last night, as will be seen in an-
other column, contained the Proclamation for dissolv-
ing the Parliament, and summoning a new one. The
Whig and Tory parties will, of course, assign—in-
deed they have over and over assigned, from the first
moment that the probability of such a proceeding was
suggested —very different motives for its adoption.
But one consideration, and it is an important one, is
perfectly plain, that the Proclamation is in its essence
an appeal to the people. Those who complain of it
as an injustice, as a trick of state, or as an expedient
for subverting the rights of the people, pay but a bad
compliment to those whom they most pretend to flatter.
For, after all, what is it but an appeal to the people
themselves ? There is nothing very arbitrary in this.
On the contrary, there is enough to satisfy a plain and
honest mind that fair play is intended, when a direct
appeal to the nation is the first step of the Government,
which has been represented by the Whig press as the
enemy of the nation. The people are told by the or-
gans of the late Ministry—the fag end, be it remem-
bered, of the Whig party—that the Parliament was
dissolved because it was too good. But arc the people
of that opinion ? Did they believe in the super-excel-
lence of the defunct Parliament, when they petitioned
in vain for the repeal of the window tax, for the repeal
of the malt tax, and for the rejection of the Poor Laws
Amendment Bill—or the Pauper Starvation Bill, as it
has been appropriately called. This super-excellence
of the defunct Parliament is a new light. Even the
vision of Mr. Hume has been but lately clarified to
the perception of such a discovery. How often has he
taunted the House of Commons with a subserviency
to Ministers, with a want of consideration for the
people, with a want of, economy—in short, with every
want but a want of care for themselves ; and yet he
conies forward now with a plea of excellence in their
behalf. He, and those who think with him, would
fain persuade the people, that the fate of the
nation depends on the restoration of the late
Ministers, or, perhaps, if the truth were told, on the
scramble for Ministerial office, which would be likely
to follow from the rejection' of the present Cabinet.
The leaders of the Movement in Parliament, is is true,
supported the Whigs, when they were in extremity.
They condescended to give them a helping hand when
they were about to be ejected from office. Then "black
was white." But, in the ordinary course of affairs, all
was black with the Whig Ministers, according to the
estimate of those very men who are at present their
most vehement supporters. It is not too much to as-
sume, therefore, that the present step resolved upon—
we mean the dissolution of Parliament—was produced
by some other consideration than its own extraordinary
merits and popularity. But the question is now before
the public ; it will be for them to determine between
two parties, the one promising everything, yet disposed
to grant as little as possible ; the other promising not as
much, but even if disposed to observe the same pro-
portion between their promises and their performances,
influenced by as quick a perception of what is ne-
cessary and right to be done. The day is gone by
when either party could pretend to govern the country
without the support of public opinion. An appeal to
that opinion is now made, and we, and all those who
agree with us in the dislike of party, which has been
the bane of this country, look forward to a decision
formed in a different spirit, and founded upon different
principles from those which mere party feeling would
suggest. In whatever light the recent change of Ad-
ministration may be viewed by unprejudiced minds,
they must concur in regarding the dissolution of Par-
liament (which, however designated by faction, means
only an appeal to the people) as another of those bold
and patriotic msasures by which the reign of the pre-
sent Sovereign has been distinguished. Upon the
issue it would be presumptuous to offer a confident
opinion. To try the present men is not an unreason-
able request, when it is considered that a new state of
things has arisen to which any Ministry must conform,
and to which the ablest Ministry will be the most will-
ing to conform, because it must be the most prompt to
acknowledge the inefficacy of resistance.—Morning
Herald.
Parliament is dissolved—the Sovereign has been
advised to make an appeal to his loyal people. How
will that appeal be answered? Let us, with a view
to the consideration of this most important question,

recal to the attention of our readers a few of the most
important topics connected with the existing state of
affairs—a. state fraught with matter for deep and dis-
passionate reflection. In the first place, then, the
outrageous conduct of certain metropolitan Members,
who employed. language, the only antidote to whose
mischief was its folly, and published on the breaking
down of the Melbourne Omnibus a manifesto, the
whole tone and tenour of which we severely reproba-
ted at the instant, is, of course, fresh in the memories
of all who interest themselves in the smallest degree
in public affairs. Our opinion of the conduct
of these political desperadoes was re-echoed by
the great majority of the intellect, wealth, and re-
spectability of . the nation. The tocsin of discontent
had, however, been sounded—the standard raised,
around which the profligate and factious of all classes
might rally. Proceeding moreover, from the metropolis
this precious document would mislead many who look to
the capital for information on momentous and import-
ant topics, and who might probably be ignorant of the
utter worthlessness of the quarter whence the paper in
question proceeded. Here, then, was one reason, and
a very strong one, proceeding from the conduct of
those who now complain most bitterly of that step for
direct appeal to the nation. Again, the late Parlia-
ment was elected under circumstances of considerable
excitement. The English people, who never fail to
arrive at last to a right conclusion, arc apt to be occa-
sionally and for a while misled by those who follow the
trade of political delusion, as if it were an honest oc-
cupation, and who acquire, consequently, considerable
experience in their profligate business. The remark is
peculiarly applicable to the last election. The people had
been led to believe that all who conscientiously opposed
the enactment of the great measure of Parliamentary
Reform were their bitter enemies, all who supported
it their staunch friends. The bad and disloyal circu-
lated, as their interest and their nature prompted, this
calumnious falsehood far and wide ; the good and loyal
remained pas4ive under the imputation, convinced that
time and circumstances would, ere long, expose the
flagitious absurdity. Before, however, that period
could arrive, the dissolution took place. Pledges were
demanded with vehemence and given with alacrity.
Men without the idea of the duties of legislation, and
puffed up by pride and self-conceit 2 found their way
into the new House of Commons. The most absurd
theories were gravely propounded, the most impracti-
cable plans were seriously brought forward, the public
business was thus mischievously impeded, and the pro-
gress of those useful Reforms which the institutions
of the country might require, were obstructed by the
very persons who called themselves advocates and friends
of Reform. Men without skill, judgment, or character
occupied many seats in the Senate ; men whose expec-
tations of retaining the confidence and support of their
constituents were based upon the hope of some fortu-
nate chance which might at the moment of an elec-
tion procure for them popular favour, in the idea,
moreover, that before the dreaded day of reckoning
arrived, they -might snugly repose on the downy chair
of some of those Commissionerships which an econo-
mical Ministry provided for their supporters and de-
pendants. Again, the late House of Commons had
given great and serious disgust to the people of Eng-
land, by its gross inconsistency and versatility upon the
most important subjects—its pitiful truckling to honest
Lord Althorp on every occasion when that wise states-
man and eminent financier required obedience and
servility—its total disregard of the real interests and
wishes of the people—in a word, its numberless of-
fences against reason and common sense had rendered
it generally and de'servedly odious, while its incapacity
for business, coupled with its other bad qualities,
positive and negative, made it a bye-word and jest
among reasonable people of all political opinions.
These then were the principal reasons which .we
presume, induced the advisers of the Crown to re-
commend an appeal to the country. Most wisely,
in our opinion, was that advice tendered and followed.
If the question be now put, " What kind of a House
of Commons do you expect ?" Our answer is briefly
this :—A House of Commons which will be in word
and spirit the representatives of the people ; a House
which will give a fair trial to the Minister of the
King's choice, and not condemn him before trial ;
body which will apply itself carefully and anxiously to
the removal of real abuses and the work of useful re-
form ; an assembly which will alleviate, as far as it is
practicable, the distresses, and lighten the burdens of
the people ; a House whose time will not be wasted in
unprofitable discussions, but passed in effecting im-
provements—not talking of changes ; in a word, a
House of Commons as dissimilar as possible from
its predecessor in respect of the talent, worth, integrity,
and station of the majority of its Members.—Morn-
ing Post.

The " die is cast," as an evening contemporary bath
it,—the proclamation for dissolving the Parliament
has been issued, and appears in this day's paper, with
the Royal stamp—the writs were forwarded last night
in great numbers to different parts of the empire, and
they are returnable on Thursday, the 19th of Feb-
ruary, 1835. Now, therefore, there is a fair field—
and ground for a fair fight. Reformers, be at your
posts. Never was there such occasion for your exer-
tions—never was there such a fair opportunity of dis-
playing your power and your numbers. Be active—
be firm—be prudent—be united—and not a present,
but a final victory is yours. Be careless—be impru-
dent—be deficient in zeal and in union, and you will
have another battle—God grant it may not be a
bloody one—to fight with your enemies. But our
confidence.is strong in you. The men who carried the
Reform Bill will not assuredly allow themselves to be
cheated out of its fruits.—Morning Advertiser.

All suspense is now at an end, and the first reformed
Parliament was yesterday dissolved by Royal procla-
mation. The new Parliament is to meet on the 19th
of February, for the " despatch of business;" which,
however, can hardly be proceeded with before the Ist
of March. On the composition of this new Parlia-
ment will depend, in a great degree, the peace and
well-being of the United Kingdom for many years to
come, because it is obvious that an amount of mis-
chief may be perpetrated in its very first session which
the period allotted to the whole average life of man may
not suffice to remedy. Our earnest exhortation upon
the fit choice of representatives has more than once
within the last month been addressed to the people of
England. We have warned our countrymen against
Revolutionists—we have warned them against anti-Re-
formers; the sense and virtue of the nation spread and
flourish between those noxious extremes. While the
Parliament was constructed on the old oligarch prin-
ciple, there was no instrument for governing the State so
easy or convenient as party. The movers of the con-
stituency were few, and were classed and parted off
with proportionate facility. The field was narrow ; the
relations of individuals and their pretensions, as re-
garded each other, were fixed and disposed of by a
word from a party chief. Each faction was a hierar-
chy in itself ; subordination and discipline constituted
the secrets of its power. The portion of the House of
Commons which lay beyond the dominion of party
was comparatively siinall and feeble ; and an appeal to
the country could, in ordinary times, have but a very
partial operation upon the elective body. But those
times are past. The Reform Bill, as Sir Francis Bur-
dett said of it more than once, has released both King
and people from the bondage of party. It has enabledt'
the people to choose representatives on national, in-
dependent of party, views. It has enabled the
King to select, his Ministers with reference to the
support they are likely to meet with from the bulk of
defiance of any opposition they the people, and in
may be threatened with from political coteries. It
makes a Minister, for the carrying of a particular mea-
sure which may be desired by the country, independent
of the caprices or sordid machinations of those who
generally_ adhere to him. In short, it qualifies the
Minister of the Crown to turn to the joint benefit of
King and people the services of all members of Parlia-
ment who are sent there by free constituencies—that is
to say, of 9-10ths of the entire House of Commons,
while it protects, on the other hand, all really public.,
interests from the assaults of factious combination, no
matter how skilfully or powerfully managed. Why,
then, it is upon this view of the natural operation of
the Reform Bill that the electors of England ought to
proceed in their choice of representatives. They ought
to be cautious of voting for men who have no other
virtue to recommend them, than their having worn all

their lives the livery and trammels of some one political
chief. Such persons can but awkwardly adapt
themselves to the genius and influence of a sys-
tern of reform, which compels members of Par-
liament to seek a sanction and countenance to
their political conduct, not from a party chief
within doors, but from a body of free elec-
tors without. Captain Napier, who fought so bravely
the battles of the Queen of Portugal, and though in
a foreign service added so richly to the renown of that
in which from childhood he had been trained, has
addressed the electors of Portsmouth, and though he
speaks without ill-nature of the opposing candidates,
contrives to place his own pretensions on a footing
which, according to the sentiments we have been ex-
, pressing, entitle the Gallant Officer to respectful con-
sideration from the people of that important maritime
town and vicinage. Captain Napier, with a frank and
somewhat jocular, though not quite disinterested,
bluntness, thus compares the claims of his adversaries,
a Gallant Admiral and Mr. Bonham Carter, with
those which he himself brings forward. He pleads
his independence of all party as on the ground on
which he would rest his claims to support :
" Should you choose the two Whigs, you must make up
your minds to be represented by men who will oppose the
present Government through thick and thin, in the same man-
ner they supported their party when in office.
" If you choose a Lord of the Admiralty, he, of course,
must support the Government through good report and bad,
as your late Secretary of the Treasury was obliged to do, and
as your worthy alderman was not obliged to do, but did.
" I am not at all acquainted with the gallant Admiral, and
therefore cannot say whether he would resign his seat at the
Admiralty, should Sir Robert Peel's Administration fight shy
of the Reform Bill ; I understand in his canvass he has de-
clared he would not remain in office one moment if such were
the case.

" If this is true, I should say that the interests of your
town will be served by choosing a Lord of the Admiralty ; but
you ought also to elect a sailor, who is totally independent of
all -parties, and who is neither ashamed to support a good
Government, nor afraid to oppose a bad one.
" Many people expect great things from a Lord of the Ad-
miralty, but you must remember he is only a sixth part of the
Board ; and though he may be well disposed towards you, he
must do what the majority of that Board directs ; he cannot
stand up in the House of Commons and protect your interests
in defiance of the Government ; he cannot in the House de-
fend the interests of that valuable class of men the artisans of
the dockyard, who have never yet had a friend to speak in their
behalf. Who then, is proper to do it—a sailor who is per-
fectly independent, and who is intimately acquainted with your
interests ; or one of two Whigs, who will sacrifice everything
to party ? This country has for many years been torn to pieces
by parties ; they are now much split and divided, and nothing
will save us from ruin but the electors of the United Kingdom
sending independent men to Parliament.
" The parties of Whig and Tory hate each other so cor-
dially, that nothing coming from a Tory can be acceptable to
a Whig, and nothing from a Whig acceptable to a Tory. I
pride myself on being an independent man ; I was so when
comparatively poor, I am not likely to depart from it now."
It is this very quality of " independence of all party"
which ought to be looked to by electors as one of the
most valuable of which any candidate can henceforth
boast, because it is one which assorts most thoroughly
with the spirit and principle of the bill by which Par-
liament has been reformed. To this independence of
sentiment and profession it would be well if in most
cases independent fortune could be added : there have
been too many paupers and adventurers in the present
Parliament—men of that description who will stop the
public business and bawl until Doomsday, unless they be,
in some shape or through some manoeuvre, bought off.
Such men cannot be "independent." It is, moreover,
perfectly true that pure Whigism or pure Toryism, if
such attributes have at this day any definite force, are
no prima facie proofs of the "independence" which
we have been requiring. Men attached to the re-
form principle, but not less attached to the mainte-
nance of those institutions upon which that principle
is to operate—men who, when a grievance is re-
cognized, will not hesitate to remove it—men who
can see in accumulated defects and disorders the
incidents to all human workmanship, but not its
essence,—such are the persons to whom it would be
desirable that the trust of legislation should be now
committed in this country. From all that has been
said, let not our readers suspect that we reprobate the
principle or the instrumentality of party, in so far as
it means a general spirit of co-operation for carrying
on affairs of State in a numerous deliberative assembly..
We believe party in that sense to be unavoidable ; but
then it is a means of which the public service is the
end ; whereas, the by-gone spirit of party had the
public service for a pretext, and party predominance
for the end. That species of party rule is now, thank
Heaven, impracticable. Our correspondent, " ONE
OF THE PEOPLE," will find his letter in this clay's
Times. The difference between us is one, not of
feeling, but opinion. He says, " we support Toryism,"
an assertion which we solemnly deny. We think that
s. liberal system of Government may be carried on
through those agents whom he denominates Tories.
He thinks otherwise, and a few months probably will
decide the question.—Times.

PRIVY COUNCIL, WHITEHALL.

IN THE MATTER OF LE COUTEUR'S BANKRUPTCY.

Dr. LUSIIINGTON said that this was a petition filed on
behalf of the London creditors of the above-named bank-
rupt, demanding an appeal against the decision of one of
the lower Courts of Guernsey. All he wanted to prove
was, that there were sufficient facts to engage their Lord-
ships to entertain the question. Le Couteur was a na-
tive of Jersey, established in business in Guernsey. Early
in the month of May last Le Couteur purchased in Lon-
don goods to the value of 1,0001. On the 10th of the
same month he was arrested for debt, and no bail having
come forward in his behalf, he remained in prison for the
space of 21 days. The custom in Guernsey in proceedings
of this sort is to have the bankrupt's property immediately
attached ; and in consequence of the act of bankruptcy be-
ing admitted by Le Couteur, he was declared a bankrupt
in this country. Previously to writing to Guernsey upon
what had taken place, Le Couteur was advised to have the
attachment in the island of Guernsey made for the general
body of creditors. Le Couteur's son was charged with
this mission ; bid on his arrival in Guernsey he neglected
to make the attachment for the general body of his father's
creditors. The son, therefore, acted badly, as he did not
perform the powers intrusted to him ; and the consequence
of this was that the Guernsey creditors attached the pro-
perty before the attachment had been made for the London
creditors. On the 19th of July a gentleman of the name
of Faircloth appeared before the Royal Court, and claimed
the property on behalf of the creditors and assignees in
London. The petition then went on to state, that under
the present Bankruptcy Act, the bankrupt's property was
vested in the assignees, and that, as the Guernsey credi-
tors had not proved their debts, the law of attachment
and sale of goods could not hold good in that island. The
Guernsey creditors proceeded to a sale of the property,,
and in September the matter was brought before the Guern-
sey Court. There were only present the bailiff and two
other persons, and the Court directed a sale of the property
so seized. The petitioner for the London creditors then
asked for an appeal to the full Court, but his request was
refused. The petitioner complained of this, and in conse-
quence notice was given that the sale would not take place
till the 15th of September. The petitioner therefore prayed
for leave to appeal to a full Court in Guernsey, and if that
Court should decide in the same way that the former ono
had done, then he prayed to appeal to their Lordships in
Privy Council to stay the same. The learned Doctor then
said that the only question to be determined was, whether
this was a fit and proper case to be heard by their Lord-
ships. It was to be seen whether Le Couteur, the son,
was not only guilty of a fraud upon his father, but upon
the London creditors, in the behalf of whom he was sent
to Guernsey, in giving private notice of his father's bank-
ruptcy to the Guernsey creditors.
Their Lordships thought that evidence ought to be pro-
duced to show whether Le Couteur the father and Le Cou-
teur the son acted in conjunction, and whether collusion
on the part of either was intended. In order to have this
evidence produced, they consented to delay their decision,
that the petition might be amended.

SHERIFFS COURT.—DEc. N.

WHITTAKER V. BISSAKER.

This was an action to recover damages for trespass. The
defendant had suffered- judgment to go by default. The
case was stated by Mr. C. PHILLIPS.
Edward Young, a bead-maker, on Sunday, the 13th of
July last, was passing Brick-lane, when he listened to the
plaintiff and defendant, who were quarrelling. Plaintiff
said, " Why did you come to my house, and trample over
my wife ? Why not come like a man and reject me out ? "
The defendant replied, " If you do not go by this day week
I will pull the house down and smother your family in the
ruins." On Monday, the 21st of the same month, he saw
men erecting a kind of fence round the house, and scaffold-
ing poles were put up, in consequence of which he went to
Alderman Harmer's office, in Hatton.-Carden, to inform
them of the fact. On the following day, Tuesday, be
found the upper and under door; completely pulled down

over the head of the plaintiff, who was lying in bed, and his
tools and the furniture buried in the ruins.
The Learned SHERIFF having summed up, the Jury, after
some consultation, returned a verdict with 151. damages.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

Q UEEN-SQ UARE.

William Piccini, a wretched looking object, was brought
up in custody, charged before Mr. BURRELL, with having wil-
fully broken one of the parochial lamps in Tower-street,
Westminster-road, under the following circumstances :
A police sergeant of the L division stated that on the
previous night, when on duty, he observed the prisoner in,
the Waterloo-road busily employed in endeavouring to break
the lamps. He told him to desist, but the prisoner said
that he was determined to be taken to the station-house.
When taken there he told the inspector on duty that he was
in a dreadful state of starvation, and would repeat the
offence immediately. Upon being discharged by the in-
spector he immediately carried his promise into effect,
by breaking the first lamp he met with, the value of
which was 2s. Gd., and he was a, second time taken to the
station-house.

Mr. BURRELL—What have you got to say in answer to
the charge ? Prisoner—Nothing, but that the witness has
spoken the truth. I have been out of work for seven
months, and have applied to my own parish (Bermondsey),
but have been passed over from one parish to another with-
out receiving a shilling to relieve me. No parish will
take notice of me, and having been two days without
breaking my fast, I was compelled to do what I did to
get relief of some sort.
Mr. BURRELL—You must be committed for five days.
Prisoner—Thank you, Sir.
The prisoner left the bar apparently very grateful.
A vast number of prisoners have lately been charged at
this Office with coining and uttering base coin, and have
been remanded from time to time for witnesses to attend.
This morning was fixed for hearing several of them, and
Messrs. Powell and Field, of the Mint, were in attendance
to conduct the prosecution.
John Beck, a lad, was first placed at the bar.
Police Constable Ford, of the B division stated, that on
Saturday afternoon he met the prisoner, with two others, in
the Westminster-road, and suspecting them to be smashers,
he went up to them. Two of them ran away, but he se-
cured the prisoner, on whom he found three counterfeit
shillings.
Police Constable Underhill corroborated this testimony.
The prisoner was fully committed for trial.

J. Ashford was next Charged with a similar offence.
Police Constable Ford met the prisoner in Tothill-street,
on Wednesday evening last, in company with two others.
He had something in his hand which he was showing to his
companions. He took him into custody, and found five
shillings upon him, all counterfeit. The other two escaped.
The prisoner was full) committed for trial.
Chas. Parr was brought up on re-examination, charged
with having passed a gilt sixpence as a half sovereign at
the shop of Mr. Robinson, a baker, in Blackfriars-road.--
Remanded.