The Sun.
London, England, 1832-04-07 00:00:00

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LONDON,
SATURDAY EVENING. APRIL 7, 1832.

A Cabinet Council was held at half past one
O'clock this day at the Foreign Office, at which
Were present the LORD CHANCELLOR, Earl
GREY, Lord ALTHoRP, Lord MELBOURNE,
Lord GODERICIT, the Duke of RICHMOND,
Lord HOLLAND, Lord JOHN RUSSEI.L, Sir
JAMES GRAHAM, the Right Hon. C. GRANT,
and Mr. STANLEY.

The second reading of the Irish Reform Bill
is Postponed till after the Easter Holidays—
Friday, 4th May.
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It is with deep regret that we must refer our
readers to our foreign intelligence for a procla-
mation, by which the Despot of Russia treats
Poland as a conquered province, and annexes it
as a part of the Russian Empire. The whole
proclamation is a revolting instance of the man-
lier in which sacred terms and holy pro-
fessions can be prostituted to cloak the
most detestable of motives and conduct.
The unhappy Pules have fallen a sacrifice to
their confidence in British honour and good
faith. Five sail of the line in the Baltic, and
a few frigates before Odessa, would have secured
the independence of Poland, and bound the peo-
ple of Europe to us in gratitude and admiration.

A very curious discussion took plaCe in the
Lords last night, upon a motion of the Marquis
of WEsTmEATH. Whigs, Tories, and neutrals,
saints and sinners, all concurred in one, and but
one fact—that the disorganization of society in
Ireland was horrible, almost beyond description.
Lord PLUNK ET was confident that the Govern-
ment by coercion and conciliation could remedy
the evil—" but what," said his Lordship, "could
be done, if at every step the Government was
opposed by persons hostile to the Adminis-
tration ?" This was germane to the matter, and
therefore up rose the old Tory leaven—the cry
of additional power, additional magistrates, more
police, a larger force,—in short the whole Orange
gamut was run through, the diapason closing full in
blood. Earl GREY reminded these disciples of the
school of exclusive piety and virtue that "the army
in Ireland was already 25,000 men, with a great
additional police force, &c. &c. but, if wanted,
an additional force would be sent." What must
foreigners think of this ? An army greater than
the whole force of the United Kingdom after the
campaigns of MARLnottouGH—an army larger
than almost any with which WELLINGTON won
his battles in Spain and Portugal—an army greater
than any military power of Europe, with four
exceptions, can maintain, is employed by England
at a period of profound peace, merely to keep a
portion of our subjects in a state of order which
the most barbarous nation on earth would con-
sider a state of revolt. The Cory cry is to carry
the Bible at the point of the bayonet, and to
persevere in the system which has produced all
the misery. The cry of the other party is to de-
fend the right of opinion at the sable's edge, and
Lord GREY declares that " in steering a middle
course, Ministers had dratvn upon themselves
the enmity of both parties,"—,. Alois it ne faut
pas raisonner, it faint travailler,"—and we

trist that Lord GREY will work—daspi6ing both
parties, and seeking the tranquillity:of the country.

An account of exports and imports fro►n and
into Great Britain, for the years ending January
5, 1831, and January 5, 1832.