The Sun.
London, England, 1832-05-14 00:00:00

SOLEMN LEAGUE AND COVENANT.*

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(Front the Second Edition ,d the Birmivitant Journal.)
We atop the press to announce tl•at the Council of the

Rilitical Union are now debating upon the propriety of
-ecommending the people of the United Kingdom to sign
SOLEMN LEAGUE AND COVEN INT,
pledging themse!ves by all that a sacred, that if the Re- •
arm Bill b? rejected or mutilated, never to cca,e mor
irenunusly exerting therns.Aves till they have produe.d a
Reform of Parliament founded upon the principles of
SCOT and LOT voting. This is as it should he. " ENG-
,AND EXPECTS EVERY MAN TO DO ND: DUTY !" and her
•xpectations will not he disappointed.
We regret to :Idd there is tr,rs much reason to beli-ve
-}.at the DUKE OF WELLINGTON will he appointed
PREMIER, and that the PARLIAMENT will be DIS-
SOLVED! ! !

CRITICAL POSITION OF THE BISHOP OF
LICHFIELD.-OMINOUS OCCURRENCE.

It is not without pain and regret we have just learned
what took place yesterday morning at the palish church
,f St Bride's, Fleet-street. It seems that an annual
-ermon is preached in support of the charities of 'he
pirish, and the Lord Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry
( Dr. Ryder, the brother Ol Lord Herrowtiy) had offered
his services, which were accepted. We should state, it is
always customary for the Lard Mayor to attend in state.
The nomination of the Bishop to preach the sermon did
not give general satisfaction to the parishioners, and
numerous placards of an unpleasant nature were yesterday
n circulation ; and indeed, several were exhibited con-
taining advice to send the Bishop to Coventry. and in-
viting the parishioners to quit the church as soon as the
Bishop ascended the pulpit Perhaps, however, it would
have been prudent, in the present excited state of the
public mind, if the authorities had postponed the sermon
611 a more quiet period. A large crowd assemaled in
Fleet-street, and the avenues leading to the church, be-
tween ten and eleven o'clock, and was su.,sequetirly much
increased—no much so that the respectable inh ibitants,
particularly the females. found much slificalty in enter-
ing the Church. Upon the arrival of the Lord Mayor,
hie Lordship was received with loud and continued plau-
dits. He was accompanied by the Larly Mayoress, but
upon the pious Prelate's carriage enakin its app.:stance,
the most horrid ye'ls were uttered. and some mud was
thrown at the carriage. It was with great difficulty the
Bishop succeeded in reaching the vestry-room, from
whence he was escorted by the parish functionaries, and a
large body of police to his seat in the cl.urch, which was
now filled with a dense mass of persons, while thv crowd
outside greatly increased. Much alarm was painted in
the countenances of the fair sex, several of whom quitted
the church long before the conclusion of the sermon.
The Bishop was evidently much agitated when he en-
tered the pulpit. In the course of the sermon he ap-
peared much recovered, until a tremendous shout from
the mob outside, and an evident movement frool the side
aisle within the church, again appeared to affect the Bishop's
nerves. At the conclusion of the sermon, after waiting
some short time, the Bishop with some difficulty, owing
to the pressure of the crowd, joined the Lord Mayor
and Lady Mayoress, and proceeded under their protection
and the great activity of the police, down the middle
aisle of the church ; but as soon as he reached the outer
part, the crowd, which was very great, began to applaud
the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress, until perceiving the
Bishop made part of the cortege they set up most tre-
mendous groans and shouts, and immediately a rush was
made to seize the Biehop,and his life was certainly in no little
peril from the angry and vindictive conduct of the mob,
both within and withontside the church. The Lord Mayor
with great quickness and dexterity, and we may add with
touch humanity, seized the Bishop by the arm, and placed
him before him, while Cope, the Marshal, and the City
Police formed a side guard, by which meana the Bishop
was enabled to escape into the vestry-room. He appeared
dreadfully agitated, and, after some time, requested to ac-
company the Lord Mayor in his state carriage, but the
Lady Mayoress being present, anti it never being cus-
tomary for any other person but officers attached to his
suite to ride with his Lordship, the offer was politely de-
clined. Word being brought that the crowd bad some-
what dispersed, the Lord Mayor's carriage was ordered
to be drawn up, and the Bishop's to follow quite close.
His Lordship and the Lady Mayoress were loudly greeted
by the thousands who had now assembled, and great appre-
hension was felt for the safety of the Bishop, but the blinds
of the carriage being up, doubts arose if he had left the
church, and the coachman using considerable dexterity in
forcing the horses through the crowd, and Cope, the
City Marshal, being outside the carriage, the Bishop
escaped amidst the horrid yells and imprecations of the
crowd, who followed the carriage as far as Temple-bar.
We make no comments upon this singular scene, but to
express our satisfaction it has ended in so quiet and peace-
ble a manner ; but we are informed by our correspondent,
who was an eye-witness to the whole transaction, that the
Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry is under obligation to
the Lord Mayor for averting consequences which might
have been of the most fatal import. The crowd quietly die.
pease(' after the departure of the Lord Mayor and the
Bishop.

CITY, SATURDAY EVENING.

(From the Morning Chronicle.)

The City has been in a state of extraordinary excite-
ment throughout the day ; but not greater than yesterday.
The manifestation of public feeling on the great question
of reform has been so strong and unequivocal, that the con-
fidence of the citizens in the certainty of the Bill passing
is somewhat revived, and in proportion as their alarm on
that subject abates, their hope of improving business in-
creases. The effect of the sudden change of the Go.
vernment upon sales of goods is very remarkable. Many
buyers were in the market to purchase Manchester and
Glasgow goods, as well as woollen cloths. These were so
struck with apprehension that many of them returned
home to consult their partners and friends before they
could muster courage to lay nut a shilling ; and others
brought only a sixth or a fourth of the cuseotnary quantity.
The general expectation of a convnlsion in the manufac-
turing districts, which would create alarm throughout the
country, has had the effect of suspending business its
lighter and costly fabrics, as well as in the more bulky.
This is nut a day on which much business is usually done
in the Colonial Market. In that nierket, however, as well
as in all other channels of commerce, the shock has been
felt, and little is talked of besides the change of adminis-
tration. On the Stock Exchange there hive bees rumours
of all kinds. The prevalent opinion amongst well-informed
men is, that the late Ministers, with some changes and
modifications, well be reinstated. There has been a very
unuusal pressure in the new office up stairs in the Bank,
where notes are marked preparatory to be paid in gold.
Persons coming for that object were obliged to wait a
long time for their turn to be served ; the tallest endea-
voured to gain a priority by reaching over the dense mass
of three or four deep. Nor was the demand confined to
small sums. Many individuals we know, carried borne
sums amounting to upwards of ten thousand sovereigns.
The private bankers, too, must have expenenc d demands
in some degree corresponding with that on the B ink of
England ; for there was an unusnal activity amongst their
clerks, running to get gold. The alarm of the public,
which drove the timid to the Bauk for sovereigns, did nut
show itself in any extraordinary manner before Thursday.
The demand began on Thursday, increased yesterday, and
a further increase has taken place today. There have
been large sales made of Stock to-day, and the orders from
the country to sell out increase; each succeeding post
brings fresh evidence of the disposition of the holders of
Sock to convert it into money. This disposition, however,
does not extend far—looking et the great number of fund-
holders, and the amount that might be brought to market
if the panic created by political events were to become
general. Money has been very scarce.

POPULAR FEELING.—Several black flags
have been displayed during the afternoon. In one of the shop
windows, a portrait of his Majesty was exhibited surrounded
with crape, and in a public room, a print of the Queen has been
obliterated by the paint.brush.—Skffield Courant.

RESIGNATION OF MINISTERS —The report
of this lamented event was received in this city with feelings
of excitement and indignation against those who were the cause
of it, which it would not be prudent fully to describe. We
expect that a requisition for a public meeting will be prepared
without delay, in order that York may show itself as prompt as
other places to join in such measures as arc requisite to
strengthen the House of Commons, and to show to the King
that the enemies of the Reform Bill are the enemies of the
people, of the nation, and of the throne itself —York Herald.

All is not lost, there yet remains the uncon-
querable will of the great body of the people ; the Whigs may
be defeated, and administrations broken up, but the people re.
main calling for, and insisting upon, a Reform in that House,
the necessity for which has been acknow:edged by the recorded
votes of both Houses of Parliament. Meetings will be held all
over the country—resolutions will be passed for resisting the
payment of taxes—addresses will be sent to the House of Com-
mons, to stop all further supplies until an ample Reform is con_
ceded; and we hold that it is impossible any Minister can
retain office for a mouth, without conceding Reform. In the
perilous crisis in which we are placed, it behoves every man to
be at his post, and to use every effort, and make every sac, itice,
for the salvation of his country. The evil is pressing, the danger
is urgent, and " noto or never" is the time for every patrio!
to exert hinuclt.—NotHoglvri Review.