The Sun.
London, England, 1832-05-23 00:00:00

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LONDON,
WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 23, 1832.

The Reform Bill last night made very satis-
factory progress through the House of Lords.
The whole of schedule C was despatched, and
some progress made even in schedule D. On
the subject of the Tower Hamlets a division took
place, which terminated in a majority for Mi-
nisters of fifty-five. This intelligence will give
great satisfaction to the people, but they must
not on that account be induced to sleep on their
posts, or divest themselves altogether of distrust.
No, they must still keep watch and ward, for
they have to deal with men skilled in every spe-
cies of intrigue, and who have it even yet in their
power to trip up Ministers, by throwing out the
Reform Bill on the third reading. We do not
say that they will do thi,, because in the first
place they will be stultifying all their former pro-
ceedings ; and, secondly, because they
will be
degrading their character beyond all possibility
of recovery ; still, warned by the experience of
the past, the people cannot be too much on their
guard.
On the whole, the debate last night was of a
cheering complexion. There was, to be surer
,such intemperance, much rancour, much special-
pleading, but we forgive all this, in consideration

the progress that the Bill made. We do not
xpect men who, in point of influence, are all in
chedule A, to be patterns of meekness and for-
)carancc. We do not expect Lord KENYON

-0 be other (vise than in a passion, or
Lord NVlNctur.sEA's temper to be below
blood-heat, when they are compelled to be eye-
witnesses of the triumph of that " atrocious"
Bill, which they both so firmly believe will an-
nihilate the House of Lords, and revolutionize

the empire. We expect, we say, such men to
be in a rage. It cannot be otherwise. Still,
for their own sakes, we would recommend them
to cultivate the gentilities a little more. It is
not fitting—it is not even ordinarily decorous,
that the highest Court of Legislature in the
kingdom should, night after night, give such proofs
of folly and intemperance as Billingsgate alone
can equal. But, after all, the language of passion
is the same throughout all grades of society, nor
do we see the slightest difference in point of
gentility between the anger of St. James's, and
that of St. Giles's. A Peer in a towering pas-
sion is quite as vulgar as an Irish hodman in the
same predicament. Should our readers doubt
this assertion, let them peruse the philippics of
Lords KENYON and WINCHILSEA, the latter of
which illustrious Legislators evinced a strong
inclination to settle the question of Reform by
the fist.

The speech of Lord DURHAM on the pro-
priety of giving representatives to the metro-
politan districts, left nothing to be wished for,
whether on the score of knowledge or argu-
ment. In both respects it was unanswerable,
and as such was considered by the House, who

listened to it with most marked attention.
After a long and desultory discussion on
other parts of the Bill, their Lordships separated
at past twelve o'clock.

A report will be found in another part of The
Sun of the last great Reform meeting which
took place at Aberdeen. Fortunately the
question is already settled, or we should consider
the three great assemblies at Birmingham, Edin-
burgh, and Aberdeen as quite decisive of Re-
form. Equally fortunate is it that the Tories have
given way in time—almost the only glimmer of
intelligence they have ever exhibited—for there
is no denying the fact that a spirit was fast
spreading, daily gathering strength, throughout
the kingdom which would have extinguished the
power of the Anti-Reformers at a blow, and per-
haps have paved the way for consequences,
which every sincere lover of peace must
shudder even to think of. Had the Tories
not yielded in time, that which was first
merely a moral demonstration of strength
on the part of the people, might have ended in
a wholesale insurrection, and the sun of the aris-
tocracy set in the midst of such scenes of car-
nage and anarchy as England has not witnessed
for centuries. •

The French Papers contain no news of im-
portance, with the exception of the great delight
manifested in Paris at the triumph of the Reform
Question here, and the return of Earl GREY'S
Administration to power. The good feeling
which has hitherto subsisted between France and
England will henceforth be more cordial than ever.

The return of Earl GREY and his colleagues,
to office, has diffused joy and confidence through-
out Belgium—the surest test of which is, a sud-
den rise in the Funds. The Brussels and Ger-
man papers contai❑ no other news of importance.

His Majesty's ships Caledonia, 120 guns, at
Plymouth, Britannia, 120 guns, Talavera, 76
guns, and Briton, 42 guns, at Portsmouth, are
ordered for immediate active service. Orders
were sent to Portsmouth on Monday for the
immediate embarkation of 200 of the Royal
Marines, under the command of Captain CLE-
MEN TS, First Lieutenant GRIFFIN, and Second
Lieutenant REA, on board the ships at Spithead.
Orders were also sent for the Royal Marine
Artillery attached to the Portsmouth division,
amounting to 100 men, with five field-pieces,
rockets, &c., under the command of Major
LAWRENCE and four subalterns; 200 men will
also embark on board the Caledonia at Ply-
mouth, with three Captains and a proportionate
number of subalterns. The whole of the Marines
and Artillery will be under the immediate com-
mand of Colonel ADAIR ; 100 Marines and the
Artillery will embark on Thursday in the Talavera,
and proceed to Plymouth, to be placed on board
the Romney troop-ship at that port. The re-
maining 100 men will proceed in the Britannia
to Plymouth, where the expedition will assemble.
Orders were sent to the Ordnance Department
at Portsmouth, on Monday, relative to the above
expedition, but of what nature has not transpired.
Major PARKE, of the Royal Marine Artillery,
was to superintend the shipping of the Royal
Marine Artillery at Portsmouth.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY

FROM LLOYD'S

DEAL, MAY 22 -2-Arrived and sailed for the river, the
Lowther Castle, Scaleby Castle, and Warren Hastings,
from China ; and Mary Ann, Hornblow, from Madras.
Arrived from the river and remain, the Achilles, Duncan,
for Ceylon.
PLYMOUTH, MAY 20 AND 21, S.W. light.—Arrived
off Port, the Hitthbury, Cook, from Berhice; sailed his
Majesty's ship Pike, for Ireland.
PENZANCE, MAY 21.—Arrived off Port, the Neptune,
Helot, from Buenos Ayres; Doris, —, from Bahia ;
Grand Navigateur, from Pernambuco ; and Atlantic,
Stentor (transport) from Gibraltar.
BRISTOL, MAY 22.—Arrived the Ada, Cook, from
Leghorn.
FALMOUTH, MAY 21.—Wind W. to W.N.W., light
tweezes.—Arrived the Benjamin, Ilindwell, from Ha-
vannah ; sailed the Etnulous packet, for Madeira, Rio
Janeiro, and Buenos Ayres; Skylark packet, for Jamaica,
Mexico, &c. ; Reynard packet, for the Leeward Islands;
►nd Magnet packet, for Lisbon.
Sclux, MAY 20.—Arrived the Sarah, from Aleiandria.

LIVERPOOL, MONDAY EVENlNG.—Ar-
rived the Dale, the Royal Adelaide, and the Robert
Isaac, from Savannah ; the Ellen Jenhinson, from Civita
Vecchia; the St. Vincent, from Berhice; the Silvanus
Jenkins, from New York ; the Bland, from Calcutta;
the Resolution, from Charleston; the Margaret Johnson,
film Mobile; the Intrepid, from Democrats ; the Rapid,
;row Smyrna; the Liverpool, from London; the Xing-
slon, from Africa. Off the Port, six ships, six barks, 18
;wigs, and 11 snows. Among them are the Doris, from
Mobile; the Yarmouth, from Savannah; and a number
of vessels from Ireland and coastwise. Several vessels,
names unknown, have passed Holyhead, iaward.bound,

HOUSE OF LORDS.-(THIS DAY.)

The House sat to-day to hear Scotch appeals. The
,orda present were the LORD CHANCELLOR and Lords
,)ORMER. and HawKE.

BA 11:13 V. ROSS.

This was an appeal from the decision of the Court

~f Session, the question in which, it appeared, was,
Nether the appellant was sole proprietor of a
!ertain area, or whether he was only jointly entitled
to it with the respondent. The Court of Session were of
opinion that the appellant wan entitled to the properly
jointly with the respondent, and from that decision the
present appeal was brought.
The Loan CHANCELLOIif after he firing the LORD ADVO-
cate, for the appellant, and Dr. LUSIIINGTON, for the
respondent, said, that he should certainly take time to con-
sider the case on the grounds on which it had been argued,
but he should be unwilling to adopt any course that would
rend to increase that litigation which bad already taken place
to so great an extent. He should most strenuously advise
the parties in the meantime to endeavour to come to some
arrangement.