The Sun.
London, England, 1833-01-17 00:00:00

ANOTHER ACCOUNT.

I regret exceedingly to state that ten individuals have
died from accidents received at the fire. Some of them
were spectators, and others employed in various ways in
rescuing property, &e.
It was reported during the day that Colonel Jordan
(who had his leg broken at the fire, and who has since
undergone amputation) was dead, but I have great pleasure
in stating that he is still living, and likely to recover. The
amount of property destroyed exceeds 200,0001. consider-
ably, and we annex a list of what is insured, and by which
Companies—viz.
Plicenix £34,000
Sun
Protector
Globe 1,500
Imperial
Royal Exchange 4,000
West of England
51anebester
Atlas 4,000
Norwich
Guardian
Leeds and Yorkshire 3,000
Alliance

A:121,200
and we think the amount uninsured will exceed the above-
mentioned aunt.

The property destroyed consists of a great variety of
produce—viz., cotton (about 10,000 bags), rum, sugar,
saltpetre (2,000 bags), rice, &c. The ruins are still
smoking, with an occasional outbreak of flame.

VANITY CHECKED.—The following is an
instance of his manner of checking inordinate vanity. A
preacher of this character having delivered a sermon in
Mr. HALL'S hearing, pressed him with a disgusting union
of' self-complacency and indelicacy, to state what he
thought of the sermon. Mr. HALL remained silent for
some time, hoping that his silence would be rightly inter-
preted; but this only caused the question to be pres:ed
with greater earnestness. Mr. HALL, at length, said,
" There was one very fine passage, Sir." "I am re-
joiced to hear you say so. Piay, Sir, which was it ?"
" Why, Sir, it was the passage from the pulpit to the
vestry."—Dr. Gregory's Memoir of Robert Hull.

FLATTERERS OF NAPOLEON.--After NA-
POLEON'S return from Austerlitz, DENON presented him
with silver medals illustrative of his victories. The first
represented a French eagle tearing an English leopard,
" What's this ?" asked the Emperor. DENON explained.
" Thou rascally flatterer, you say that French eagle
crushes the English leopard ; yet I cannot put a fishing-
boat to sea that is not taken ; I tell you it is the leopard
that strangles the eagle. Melt down the medal and never
bring me such another." He found similar fault with
the medal of Austerlitz. " Put Battle of Austerlitz on
one side, with the date ; the French, Russian, and Aus-
trian eagles, on the other, without distinction.--Poste-
rity will distinguish the vanquished."—Dr. Lurdner's
Cabinet Cyclovedia.

NIEETING OF THE NEW CONSTITUENCY

OF THE CITY OF LONDON.

Yesterday Mr. Williams, of Watling-street, Mr. Nichol-
iol3, Mr. Newell, Mr. Saul, and other gentlemen of the
city, waited upon the Lord Mayor, and presented to his
Lordship the following requisition :

" TO THE RIGHT HON. THE LORD MAYOR OF THE
CITY OF LONDON.

" We, the undersigned electors of the city of London, re.
quest that your Lordship will be pleased to call a meeting of
the whole constituency of the city of London, at the Guildhall,
for the purpose of their deliberating upon the propriety of
petitioning the House of Commons on the three following im-
portant subjects .

" 1. The repeal of the Septennial Act.
" 2. The voting at elections by ballot.
" 3. The repeal of assessed taxes.
" And also that your Lordship will have the goodness to
make the appointment at the earliest possible period."
The requisition was signed by nearly 1,000 citizens of
London, and amongst them many of the most respectable
now in the metropolis.
The LORD MA volt stated that, without a moment's he-
sitation, he should comply with the requisition. The Re-
form Bill had caused such an alteration in the constituency
of London, that the meetings of the electors no longer
could be designated as meetings of the Livery, and he
should preside without observing any of the forms
which were formerly indispensable when the electors as-
sembled together. He should consider it to be his duty to
consult the city solicitor upon the subject, but he did not
mean to cause the slightest delay, and should most pose
tively take the chair on Monday next, at 12 for one
o'clock. He, of course, was to be considered as merely a
Chairman appointed to preside with impartiality over the
new constituency of his fellow-citizens, without any re.
ference to the questions which they might think proper to
discuss.

The deputation expressed the highest gratification at
the very candid and honourable manner in which the
Chief Magistrate had expressed and stated that,
no doubt, the deliberations of the new constituency would
be conducted with the strictest propriety upon subjects of
such deep interest as those which were to be discussed.
It was the anxious wish of the gentlemen who signed the
requisition that a most full discussion should take place
upon the merits of the respective questions. There never
vet had been seen a requisition so numerously and respect-
ably signed. An additional importance was attached to
the requisition that it was the first call the new consi-
tuency made upon Parliament.—The deputation then re-
tired.

An immense meeting of the citiz.ns is expected, and the
requisitionists calculate that the metropolitan districts will
meet immediately afterwards, for the purpose of discussing
the same questions.

We understand that it is the intention of another party
in the City to wait upon the Lord Mayor with a requisi-
tion of another description immediately. His Lordship,
in the course of the conversation which be had with the
deputation, repeated his long-since expressed determination
to grant meetings upon every application from his fellow-
citizens, without the remotest idea of mingling in the
politics of any individuals or bodies of men.

REPEAL OF THE UNION.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Sift,—Having perused two letters in The Sun of the
7th and 10th inst., written by " Daleth," wherein he
comments on the mistaken line of policy adopted by the
Government towards Ireland, and the mischiefs arising
therefrom, but deprecates in strong terms any attempt at
a repeal of the legislative Union of the two countries as
fraught with danger to the empire, and entertaining a dif-
ferent opinion on this important subject with your able
correspondent, I would feel much obliged if he, through
the medium of your valuable journal, would point out the
particular dangers, and also his reasons for apprehending
such results from a repeal. This explanation from "
leth's" pen might in the present feverish state of people's
mind be of infinite service.
Every one who is in the least conversant with Irish
affairs must know that the principal cause of the great
poverty and distress that exist in Ireland is the ruinous
system of absenteeism, when the wealth of that rich and
fertile country is drawn from it to be spent abroad by the
land proprietors and other absentees, and when the best
part of its produce is exported to enable the poor labour-
ing farmer to remit his rent to his alien landlord, scarcely
leaving to himself enough of the coarsest food to support a
miserable existence. Can anything be expected but po-
verty and discontent ? and this,with a want of employment,
invariably produces turbulence and crime, aggravated in
Ireland by a want of the good example, advice, and pro-
tection, naturally due from the Lords of the Soil.
If a Parliament—a Reformed Parliament—were held
i❑ Dublin, it would be a means of enabling the Members
of both Houses, as well as many of their connexions, who
follow them, to spend their fortune among those poor men
who labour for them. This Local Parliament would have
more leisure, and would c..rtainly be more competent
(from their knowledge of the country and the people's
wants), to reform and enact new laws suitable to the
times, than the Imperial Parliament, which, front the
great pressure of foreign business, cannot possibly attend
to all the local wants of the empire. During each recess
of the Dublin Parliament its Members would return to
their homes in the country, spending their money among
their tenantry, giving employment to the labouring poor,
counselling them to industrious habits, protecting, and, if
necessary, coercing them. When the people were satisfied
(as they soon would be) that justice was done to them,
that they at last enjoyed equal laws and privileges with their
English brethren, the country would become tranquillised,
and the people happy and contented.
Whe❑ peace and quietness were thus restored, the CA-
PITALISTS of this country, in room of venturing to fo-
reign climes, would carry their money to the more conge-
nial soil of Ireland. Manufactories would rise up in every
part of the country, giving employment to the thousands,
the hundreds of thousands, of the poor Irish, who now
swarm all over this country, taking the bread out of the
poor English labourer's mouth, and thereby adding to the
housekeeper's poor rate, who is already borne down by
taxation.

These are the results I would anticipate from a Repeal
of the Legislative Union.
It is to be hoped that our Liberal Government will do
justice immediately to Ireland. The people of that nation
have too much regard for their own interests to contem-
plate a separation from England, but they are now (acting
legally as they are), too formidable for any Ministry to
treat with neglect, or to refuse listening to their just de-
mands. I am, Sir,

A LOVER OF PEACE AND JUSTICE.
Portsmouth, Jan. 11, 1833.

BERKSHIRE ELECTION.

Ile triumph of liberal principles in Berkshire was ce-
lebrated on Tuesday list at Newbury lay a public dinner
to which the two liberal Members, Mr. Throckmorton
and Mr. Walter, were invited by their friends and consti-
tuents in the Newbury district. The dinner was held at
the Mansion-house, and was attended by more than 200
pers,ns. Captain Deans Mirada, the Member for Green-
wich, was in the chair, and was supported on the right
and left by Mr. Throckmorton and Mr. Walter. Among
the company we observed Mr. F. Palmer, M.P., Mr.
Bowles, Mr. Eyston, Mr. H. Marsh, Mr. Blandy, Dr.
Tomkins, and various other gentlemen of rank and respec-
tability in the county.

After the cloth was removed, the Chairman gave The
King," which was drank with three times three, and loud
cheers.

The next toasts, of " The Queen and the Royal Fa •
roily," "The Army and Navy," Cc., were drank with the
usual honours.

The CHAIRMAN said he had to propose a toast, to which
he expected the company would do honour by a bumper :
he would give " His Majesty's Ministers."—(Cheers.)
The health of his Majesty's 'Ministers was then drank
with loud cheers.

The CHAIRMAN next gave his two Hon. Friends on his
right and left—Mr. Throckmorton and Mr. Walter, the
representatives of the county.—(Cheers.)
Mr. THROCKMORTON, i❑ returning thanks, said that
on that day fortnight he would take his seat in the Re-
formed Parliament, prepared to give his vote for the re-
medy of any abuses which might still be found to exist in
our system, and to render that system as perfect as hu-
man means could make it. In saying this, let him also
add that he was disposed to give his support to the pre-
sent Ministers, for he looked upon them as the men to
whom the country was most indebted. It h.fd been very
truly said of the late Government, that their history was
one of recantation.—(Cheers.) That of the present
Ministry was quite different : they had nothing to retract.
They went on fairly and honestly with the purposes which
they had avowed on coming into office ; they looked to
the country for support, and they were not disappointed.
Mr. WALTER said that of all the contests which had
been carried on in this kingdom, on the choice of the first
Reformed Pa, liament, there had been none which had
created an equal interest with that of Berkshire—none
which would hereafter in history so strongly indicate the
spirit of a high-minded people to insist upon their rights.
When he considered the difficulties they had had to encoun-
ter from the very commencement, he was really still appalled

at the fierceness of the engagement, though they now held
in their hands the palm of victory.—(Cheers.) He re-
peated, that he was positively appalled when he looked
back at the struggle. When he yielded to the first sug-
gestion made to him that he should stand, it was only a
conditional assent, and that condition, he would candidly
confess to them, he really thought would never have been
fulfilled ; it was, that a certain number of names, not less
than 500, should be attached to the requisition. The con-
tinuance of so many candidates in the field, for there were
then five offering, created obstacles. On the day before his
final determination was to be made known, few, owing to
the divided interest, few more than 300 had signed. On the
very day, therefore, of starting, he went into Reading in
doubt whether he should not put forth an address announc-
ing his retirement, rather than one pledging himself to the
contest. But in that short interval the town of Newbury
had nobly stepped forward—(Cheers)—the condition was
fulfilled on the part of the people, and retirement was ma
longer possible. On the evening of that day his address
went forth. The meeting would now observe him as en-
gaged in the contest, of which they celebrated to-day the
issue. Almost every one of the great landed interests was
pledged against him, of in doubt through prior engage-
ments; almost every professional agent,—with only two
exceptions, all the magistrates' clerks in the county—
(Cheers)—were forestalled by his adversaries. Zeal,
however, in the cause supplied other deficiencies. lle
thanked them sincerely for the attention with which they
had heard him, and he did hope that their sentiments,
through his voice and that of his Hon. Colleague, would
he equally attended to in the House of Commons.—(Great
cheering.)

Mr. WALTER again rose and said, " I have hardly left
myself words to make a Laiteamble, but with every senti-
ment of respect I beg to propose to you, as a toast, ' Those
nobleminded men who, unseduced by hope, and unawed
by menace, supported the cause of Reform at the late
election for Berkshire.'"—(Cheers.) Drank with en-
thusiasm.

Mr. THROCKMORTON then proposed the health of their
Hon. and Gallant Friend in the chair, and also of those
worthy electors of Greenwich who had done themselves
honour by placing him at the head of the poll.—(Drank
with three times three and loud applause.)
The CHAIRMAN returned thanks, and gave the health
•,f their tried and stanch friend Fyshe Palmer.—(Loud
cheers.)

Mr. F. PALMER returned thanks. In adverting to
this first Parliament under the new Bill, he could not but
express his regret that that measure had not been made as
perfect as it might have been in the last Parliament, so
that it might have enabled every honest man to give his
vote without coercion, and freely according to his con-
science. In that case his two Hon. Friends near him
would have secured their election with much less trouble
and inconvenience ; hut that defect in the Bill might yet
he remedied. He had once thought that the Reform Bill
would be a final measure; but when he found the threats
and menaces held out against honest poor men, to deter
them from voting as they wished, he owned he could not
but admit that something more remained to be done to
complete the measure of Reform.--(Cheers, and cries of
Yos, the ballot.") The Hon. Member then adverted to
the result of the elections in Scotland, and observed that
they were such as any Scotchman might well be proud of.
The CHAIRMAN next would give a toast, which he was
sure they would all heartily drink in a bumper. He
would give them the health of Harry Marsh. The toast
was drank with loud and continued cheering.
Mr. H. Ala asta then rose, and after the enthusiastic
cheering with which he was received had subsided, spoke
nearly as forows:—l know that this is not a time for
parish business; but when I look around me, and see a
number of Members of Parliament, who are going to
rake, as we say in the country, a long ful journey fiir us,—
a septennial trip, for aught we know, and when a steward
goes away for seven years, and does not give in his ac-
counts till the end of that time, a great many mistakes
may creep into them,—l am inclined, not indeed to give
them advice, but to give them a little hint. Now, the
great question for their consideration, and indeed for ours,
is, what is to be done ? We are told that a great many
reforms are necessary, and, among others, that Church
Reform is necessary. In that opinion I fully coincide.
We have here among us some clergymen, who are second
to none in their love of freedom ; but still it cannot be
denied that, as a body, the clergy were rather Conserva-
tive in the late election. With regard to tithes, I think
that, as property, they ought not to exist in a well-regu-
lated country. In promulgating that opinion lam not
seeking the spoliation of the Church, for my object is to
obtain a commutation of tithes.--(Cheers.) There is also
another subject in which Reform is much wanted—l mean
our criminal code, of which the severity is a disgrace to us
as a Christian nation.—(Cheers.) There is also Ballot
Reform, and many other Reforms, which are all necessary
to be effected ; but, in my opinion, the Reform which
ought to come first and foremost is the Reform of Johnßull's
pocket and ofJohn Bull'sbelly. Therefore it is that I would not
have you deceive yourselves by any fallacious representa-
tions of prosperity. The press has told us that money
will come out of the lockers in which it has been confined
now that the people have confidence in Parliament and
Ministers. Ido not deny that the present Ministers have
done much for the people, but this I must say, in justice
to the people, that the people have done much for the
Ministers.—(Cheers.) It is their duty now to look to
themselves, and I shall not be satisfied with any Reform
which does not produce them great practical benefit. The
question which I would now ask is this—what is the
reason why the great bulk of the population of this coun-
try, possessing more capital, more industry, and more skill
than any other country under Heaven, should be reduced
to great embarrassment, privation, and distress, and in
many instances to ruin itself ? This is a tender question
with many, and a delicate and a difficult question with all,
and one of which Ministers, if it were possible,would gladly
wash their hands. For, when we are told that it is a
proof of the security of proper ty that Consols have risen
from 83 to 87, I ask what consolation is that to the
farmer, who has travelled 5, or 10, or 15 miles to this
market, and who, after selling his corn at a less price than
that at which he buys it, finds hitnself disturbed on his
return home by poor-rate collectors, amid tithe collectors,
anti tax collectors, and highways and byways collectors,
all open-mouthed and open handed, not only for what he
has brought from the market, but for something more.—
(Cheers.) What consolation is it to him to be told by
his neighbour Scrip, or by Deputy 0 innium, that he
bought in a fe.v weeks ago at 83, and that he bad just
sold out at 87 ?—(Cheers.) It may be interesting to the
Bulls and Bears, the Jews and Jobbers of 'Change•alley,
by the turn of the tnarket or by settling time bargains, to
make 1 or even a A- per cent. ; but it is a still more inte-
resting question, in my mind, whether the industrious
people of England are to make a whole dinner or half a
dinner.—(Cheers.) It is nothing to me that Consols are
brought to par ; what I wish to see is John Bull's stomach
and John Bull's food brought to par together.— (Cheers
and laughter.) At present I can do no more; but be-
fore I sit down I will give you a toast, and a female toast.
In the words of the old song I say,

" Drink to the las,.
" Let the toast pass,
" I warrant 'twill prove an excuse for the glass. "
The lass I give you is " The mountain nymph, sweet Li-
berty, and ere long may the whole world partake of her
chaste and refreshing embraces."—(Cheers.)
This toast was drank with enthusiasm.

The CHAIRMAN would give them the health of an up-
right Judge—" The Right Hon. Sir T. Denman"—
' (Cheers)—and kvith it he would couple the name of an
Honourable and Learned Friend present—" Mr. Salmon."
(Cheers.)
Mr. SALMON returned thanks.
The CHAIR3IAN next gave " The Clergy of every de-
nomination," and he would couple with it the name of a
good straightforward man—" the Rev. Mr. Sloper."—
(Cheers. )
'rite Rev. Mr. SLOPER returned thanks.
The CHAIRMAN would give the name of a venerable
Magistrate present—" Dr. Mitford," with nine times nine.
The toast was drank with immense cheering.
Dr. MITFORD said that he had been a Reformer for
nearly 50 years, and had been a Magistrate of the county
also for a very long period, and during that time it was a
satisfaction to him that, iu the discharge of his duties as a
Magistrate, he had on every occasion received such effi-
cient support from his brother Magistrates of Berkshire.
The CHAIRMAN than proposed " The Press," to which
the cause of Reform was so much indebted.—(Drank with
loud cheers.)
At this period of the evening Captain Dundas left the
chair, which was supplied by Mr. Henry Maish. Seve-
ral toasts were given and many songs sung, and the con-
viviality of the meeting was kept up till a late hour.

APING JOIINSoN.—ROBERT HALL was,
but only for a short time, an imitator of Dr. JOHNSON.
Some years afterwards, when reminded of this, he replied,
" Yes, Sir, I aped Johnson, and I preached Johnson ; and,
I am afraid, with little more evangelical sentiment than is
to be found in his Essays ; but it was youthful folly, and
it was very great fohy. I might as well have attempted
to dance a hornpipe in the cumbrous costume of Gog and
Magog. My puny thoughts could not sustain the load of
words in which I tried to clothe them,"—Dr, Gregory's
Memoir of Robert Hall.

ELECTION OF SCOTS PEERS.

(From the Edinburgh Observer of Tuesday.)

Yesterday the election of the sixteen Peers t ) represent
the Scottish nobility in the ensuing Parliament took place
in the Palace of Holyrood. The election, as usual, took
place in the Picture Gallery, where their Lordships were
attended by Thomas Thomson, Esq., and George Joseph
Bell, Esq., two of the Principal Clerks of Session, in
virtue of a commission from the Lard Clerk Register of
Scotland ; by the Rev. Dr. Grant and the Rev. Dr.
Lee, and by other official persons. The Lord Provost and
Magistrates were also present, and a large assemblage of
ladies and gentlemen. The proceedings of the day were
opened by an appropriate prayer by Dr. Grans, after
which the oaths were administered to their Lordships.

A protest was entered on behalf of the Earl of Mar
against the place assigned to him on the poll, his Lordship
claiming to have precedence of all the other Earls.
The Eirl of LAUDERDALE objected to the proxy votes
of Lord Sempil, on account of informality in his certificate
of qualification, the qualificatio❑ being to vote for Peers
to sit in the " Parliament of Great Britain," instead of
the " Parliament of Great Britain and Ireland."
The Duke of BUCCLEUCH said, if he recollected right,
Parliament was styled in the act of Union the "Parliament
of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland."

The Earl of 11osvuEnv held th-at the " Parliament of
Great Britain" was sufficient, and as the informality was
purely of a technical nature,lit was not such as would war-
rant the clerks in rejecting the votes, but must be decided
upon hereafter.
The Earl of LAUDERDALE thereupon protested against
the votes of Lord Sempil, to which the Duke of Buccleuch
adhered : and a similar protest was taken by the same
Noble Lords against the proxy for the Earl of Torphichen
on the like grounds ; and another against the votes of the
Earl of Caithness, as being struck at by the resolution of
the House of Peers, passed in 1822, and also as being in-
formal in the certificates of qualification. The Earl of
Rosebery protested against the votes of the Earl of Bal-
carres, on the ground that he had not qualified according
to law.

The Union Roll of the Scots Parliament having been
called over by Mr. Thomson, there appeared

PRESENT.

Duke of Buccleuch, Viscounts Falkland,
Marquises of Queensberry, Arbuthnot,
Tweeddale, Strathallan,
Lothian, Lords Forbes,
Earls of Rothes, Saltoun,
Morton, Sinclair,
Home, Elphinstone,
Strathmore, Colville,
Lauderdale, Cranstoun,
Airly, Napier,
Carnwath, Reay,
Selkirk, Elibank,
Dundonald, Belhaven,
Orkney, Rollo,
Rosebery, Ruthven.
Hopetoun, (31.)
The following voted by Proxies :
Duke of Lennox by Lord Belhaven
Duke of Argyll
Earl of Errol
Earl of Buchan
Earl of Cassillis
Earl of Abercorn
Earl of Kintore
Earl of Breadalbane
Earl of Aberdeen
Earl of Dunmore
Earl of Stair
Earl of Glasgow
Earl of Portmore by Earl of Rothes

Lord Gray

Lord Sempell
Lord Torph ich en by Lord Elphinstone
Lord Nairne

Lord Kinnaird

The following Noblemen sent signed lists :

Dukes of Hamilton, Earls of Dalhousie
Gordon, Leven,
Montrose, Balcarras,
Earls of Mar, Aboyne,
Craufurd, Newburgh,
Caithness, Viscounts Stormont,
Haddington, Kenmure,
Kinnoull, Dumblane,
Dumfries, Lords Somerville,
Elgin, Forrester.
Wemyss, (21.)
The votes having been counted, the following were returned
as duly elected :

No. of Votes

Marquis of Tweeddale
Earl of Morton
Earl of Home
Earl of Elgin
Earl of Airlcy
Earl of Leven
Earl of Selkirk
Earl of Orkney
Viscount Arbuthnot
Viscount Strathallan
Ford Forbes
Lord Gray
Lord Saltoun
Lord Sinclair
Lord Elphinstone
Lord Colville

Votes were also given for the following Peers :
Marquis of Queensberry
Earl of Rothes
Earl of Buchan
Earl of Carnwath
Lord Cranston
Lord Napier
Lord Reay
Lord Elibank

While the clerks were engaged in summing up the votes,
it was stated by the Earl of Rosebery that a doubt had been
expressed by some Noble Lords, whether Lord Elphinstone
had been at the table during the whole of the time the
oaths were administered to their Lordships, and, to set the
matter at rest, he proposed that the oaths should be again
administered, and his votes taken. This proceeding was
objected to by the Eal of Lauderdale ; it was now near
4 o'clock, and, as the proclamation commanded their
Lordships to meet between the hours of 12 and 2, Lord
Elphinstone must be held as not having met within the
time appointed, and his votes could not now be taken.
Lord Elphinstone stated that he had been at the table before
the oaths had begun to be administered, and had only gone
to; hand a card nut' at the door, but had never left the
room, and on his return the clerks had just begun the so-
lemnities. Mr. Thompson said he was bound to take the
votes of any Noble Lord should he enter the room now or
at any time before the return was made up, and he again
administered the oaths to Lord Elphinstone, and took both
his Lordship's own votes of new, and those of the Earl of
Dunmore and Lord Torphichen, for whom he appeared as
proxy. A protest was taken against the return, on the
ground that some of the Noble Lords who had not been
returned had a greater number of legal votes than some of
those who were returned.