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LONDON,
FRIDAY EVENING, JULY 31, 1835.

We have been infinitely diverted by the perusal of
Sir C. WETHERELL'S speech last night, in the House
of Lords, on the subject of the Municipal Reform Bill.
In his most inspired and enthusiastic moments, the
Learned Gentleman- has a habit of enforcing his elo-
quence by taking a leap in mid-air, on which occa-
sion—to quote the words of a Sunday Contemporary—
" about a quarter of a yard of vagrant linen, takes
the opportunity of appearing before an admiring au-
dience." For this edifying exhibition we were, of
course, fully prepared last night ; we had even antici-

pated—knowing well the gymnastic propensities of the
Learned Gentleman—that he would have thrown a
summerset, by way of a lively peroration to his speech;
but whether the presence of the Episcopal Bench subdued
him into an unusual state of quiescence, dr the weather
made him languid, or advancing years made him feeble,
we know not ; but certain it is that he disappointed us
of the favourite aerial vault, preferring instead, to chal-
lenge our wonder and admiration by the very peculiar
beauties of his oratory. And these, it must be con-
fessed, were of a nature to justify the utmost excess of
astonishment. At no time remarkable for the austerity
of his logical faculties, Sir CHARLES was less so last
night than ever. He could not keep for an instant to
the point, but was perpetually mystifying himself and
his audience, by the latitude he gave his imagination.
From first to last—though he held forth upwards of three

hours—his speech had about as much to do with the

Municipal Reform Bill, as if it had been a dissertation
on the doctrine of the Trinity. It was an Omnium
Gatherum of irrelevant humour and intolerance ; an
attack on ISAAC TOMKINS and PETER JENKINS ;
on Tom JONES and Watering-places ; on Saffron-hill
and Downing-street ; mixed up with, here, a quaint
conceit, and there, a pedantic allusion, for the sole
purpose of moving those to laughter whom the
orator must have felt himself inconipetept to convince
by sober and discreet argument. In the name of the
people, we return Lord BROUGHAM our hearty
thanks for his retommendation of Sir C. WETHE-
RELL. Had he recommended a more expert sophist
to oppose the Corporation Bill, he might have
bcen the means of doing that Bill much detriment ; but,
from the noblest patriotic motives, he adroitly proposed
the very man whorri he knew, from long experience, to
be the one, of all others, least calculated, by the ex-
travagant and absurd nature of his opposition, to be-
friend it. By the bye, his Lordship defended himself
very successfully last night, from the charge brought
against him by a weather-cock evening contemporary,
that he had advised the hearing of Counsel, for the
sole purpose of creating delay in the passing of the
Corporation Bill. So far from causing any such de-
lay, his Lordship proved beyond a doubt, that his prc-
posal would have the contrary effect, of accelerating
the progress of that measure.

To a question put last night to the ATTORNEY-
GENERAL by Mr. TooKE, respecting the Charter of
the London Univers.:ty, the Learned Gentleman re-
plied, that he had, in compliance with the instructions
of his MAJESTY'S Government, prepared two Charier-
deeds. One of these constituted the Institution in
question, a College, to be designated " The London
University College," but gave it no power of con-
ferring academic degrees. The other created a
Metropolitan University, in which was to be lodged
the power of conferring degrees on students from the
various Institutions in the metropolis "and elsewhere,"
who should be found qualified for such honours.
Mr. TooKE stated that the reply of the ATTOR-
NEY-GENERAL was " extremely unsatisfactory" to
him, and that he should not postpone his motion on
this subject beyond next week.
If the words spoken by the ATTORNEY-GENERAL
on this occasion have been correctly reported, we do
not participate in the dissatisfaction expressed by Mr.
TooKE. On the contrary, it appears to us that the
plan announced by the Hon. and Learned Gentleman
will be much more beneficial to the interests of Science,
whatever it may be to the shareholders of the London
'University, than if a Charter were granted to that
Institution on the exclusive terms which its advocates
seem inclined to contend for. A " degree" is, or
ought to be, nothing more than a certificate, by a

compe:e;it authority, that- the person on whom it is
conferred has acquired a certain quantity of know-
ledge. Can it matter how orr-ivhere he gained
this knowledge ? Surely not. The great point in
which the public ate interested is whether he actually
posses's it or not ; and thiS can be ascertained in no
way so effectually as by examination. Let the aspi-
rant for academical distinctions be subjected to the
ordeal of an inquiry into his pretensions by men whose
attainments are undisputed, and who shall have no
motives to act unfairly, either towards the public or
the candidate ; and what can it matter whether he be
a native of this or that country—whether he acquired
his stock of knowledge at this or that seminary —or
how many years he has taken to accumulate it ?
Science—we use the word in its unrestricted sense—
is of no country, sect, party, nor colour. Her vota
ries should be indiscriminately admitted to a participa.
tion in all the privileges and honours which she be-
stows, whenever they have given satisfactory proof
that they have worshipped at her shrine. A Univer-
sity founded on this truly Catholic principle, would
21) leed deserve the name.

The case Z.,; Governor DARLING, which has been
before the public for gC:;...l'nv years, was again brought
under the consichration of the rouse of Commons
last night. Mr. M. O'CoNNELL ;fir a Select
Committee, to inquire into the conduct of this .2fficial,
who was lately Governor of New South Wales ; ant;
in the course of the speech with which he pre-
faced his motion, 'moved incontestably (as we
think) the necessity of such an investigation
as that which he proposed. The charges brought
against General DARLING are malversation" in office,
by a partial and unjust preference of his own connec-
tions in his allotment of the Crown lands in the colony;
tyrannical conduct towards the press ; and cruelty and
oppression exercised towards Captain ItonrsoN, an
officer who, it is alleged, had incurred his displeasure
by prying too keenly into abuses.
Without entering into the merits of a question
which will soon come under the cognizance of a
tribunal competent to decide it on better evidence.
than that which is afforded by the speeches of
Honourable Members, we must say that the con-
Gigct of the Governor calls for inquiry ; and if what
is laid to his charge be true, for something more than
that. His persecution of the press is not denied ; and
we look with great suspicion on the motives of
a roan who vindicates his character by bringing
an action for libel against another, in that form
which precludes the truth from being pleaded as a jus-
tification. A criminal indictment, in such cases, is
tantamount to an acknowledgment of the charge.
The motion was opposed by the Government, and, on
division, was carried by a majority of eight. We think
the covrse pursued on this occasion was injudicious.
There are men who require to be
more closely
watched than the Governors of distant colonies.
They are far removed from the only power that
can control them ; and this circu:nstance, together with
the almost insurmountable difficulties 7.,hich they can
throw in the way of any individual whom they have
wronged, when he seeks redress at home, invests them
with a species of irresponsibility, which leads, and na-
turally enough, to arbitrary and oppressive acts. A
jealous supervision ought therefore to be maintained
over them by those who are entrusted with the guar-
dianship of our liberties ; nor should the door of in-
quiry be shut against any one who can show that he
has reasonable ground of complaint. We think Mi-
nisters the more inexcusable in this instance, because
they might have been sure they were taking a wrong
course, when such men as Mr. HORACE TWISS o
fered them his assistance !

The Paris papers of 'Wednesday, received this
morning, are filled with details of. the infernal. attempt
to assassinate LOUIS PIIILIPPE. The various re-
ports published in the different Parisian journals will
be found in another part of The Sun, and to them we
refer our readers for all the facts connected with this
murderous transaction. It will be seen that the loss
of life is even greater than appeared from the account
published yesterday ; while all that we stated respect-
ing the extraordinary presence of mind displayed by
the KING and the Princes of the blood is fully con-
firmed.

Unhappily for France, the dreadful warning which

[le ICING has rcceived will not deter him from the

pursuit of that line of policy to which may be traced
the original cause of this conspiracy against his life.
Already is he engaged in projects for restricting the
liberties of Frenchmen. The Press is to be gagged,

the army increased, and the country filled with
spies and informers. The panic which now seizes
upon the public mind, will be made subservi-
ent to the despotic views of the Government ; and
the generous feelings of a chivalrous people in behalf of
a SOVEREIGN whose life was attempted by a cowardly
base assassin, will be employed as an instrument for
the utter prostration of their liberties. The KING
knows that this is the time to strike an effectual blow.
Drunk with excitement, the nation neither will nor
can examine any measure proposed to it ; especially
if it have for its avowed object the protection of
the Royal Family and the several Members of
the Administration. But is his Majesty prepared

for the terrible re-action which will assuredly fol-
low the passing of any laws, during the present ex-
citement of the public mind, which shall in any way
affect the constitutional rights of Frenchmen ? Is he
prepared to stem the tide of popular indignation which
will eventually assail him should he so far betray the
nation as to take advantage of its generous feelings, for
the base purpose of enslaving it ? LOUIS PHILIPPE
little knows the dread:lll precipice towards which he
is fast reeling, if he really proposes to make this
infernal attempt upon his life an instrument where-
with to extinguish civil liberty in France. We
abominate 'treasons ; but we maintain that they
are the natural offspring of despotism. Every
fresh restraint on civil liberty is regarded by free-
men as an additional justification of any means by
which a country can rid itself of oppression. When
there remains but one way of setting aside a tyranny,
that one will be resorted to by every man who consi-
ders himself the victim of it. A principle un-
known to man under other circumstances will then
actuate his conduct. The only means to be resorted
to must involve an almost absolute certainty of
self-destruction ; and, terrible indeed is the vengeance
of the man who has once reconciled' himself to the '
sacrifice of his cm n life, either to gratify his deep feel-
ings of revenge, or to effect the deliverance of his

country. The man who
.has brought himself to this,
is capal,le of any effort—he moves in silence—and,
denied the right of complaining, he strikes, too often,
with a fatal certainty so unerring, as to leave him no
reason to desire a repetition of the blow.

Tule fatal infatuation of the CITIZEN KING is the
more monstrous, as he must know that the existence
of a despotism in France is rendered impossible by
the proximity of that country to Great Britain. We
are content to assume what we know can never hap-
pen, namely—the establishment of such a despotism
in the first instance, and that its preservation is all
that is to be taken into consideration. Suppose that,
taking advantage of the alarm in the Capital, he were
to abrogate the National Charter, put down the Press,
and abolish the Chamber of Deputies; and suppose,

moreover, that all this was effected without a:i attempt
at insurrection ; yet does the KING, or any of his Mi-
nisters, believe that the countenance and support of all
the military Governments in Europe could support
such a state of affairs for a single month ? oTo ! not
even for a day. The very hour which sees Louts
PHILIPPE absolute in France, will see him fal a sa-
crifice to the liberties of France, and of mankind.
The throne of civil liberty is the people's heart; on it
is engraven those rights which can only be abrogated
with its destruction. Louts PIIILIPPE may abolish
the charter, but can he destroy the power which called
it into existence—a power of which it is bat the
breath.? He can stifle the Press ; but can he extin-
guish the fire by which it is fed, and break
down the' energies by which it is supported ? Sup-
pose him powerful enough to abolish the Cham-
ber of Deputies ; but can he, without the assist-
ance of the Deputies, command the suffrages of
his subjects ? - Our answer to all these questions is.
—he cannot. Popular institutions are but shadows
of the popular will ; their suppression but accelerates
the growth and energy of the power from whence they
derived existence. When such institutions are the
consequences of education among all classes of 'the
people, to assail them is to justify rebellion in every
subject in the State. Whosoever attempts to esta-
blish' a despotism in a free state, by the suppression of
liberal institutions is, by the very act, a monster, vhose
being is alike dangerous and disgraceful to his species.
Did we hope that any sentiments of ours were likely
to reach the ear of the King of the FRENCH, we would
implore his Majesty to pause in his mad career of am-
bition, and to bethink him whether the peace of France,
and the protection of the dynasty of which he is the
head, would not be effectually and permanently secured
by adopting a line of policy consonant with the habits,
the feelings, and the convictions of his people. We
would remind him, that having placed himself OUP
all law by dispensing with the charter; in order to
wreak his vengeance upon the prisoners (4
he had thereby offered a justification . for all at-
tempts to satiate revenge, without the formality of au
appeal to any legal tribunal. We would apprise him
of the important fact that the lives of all men are of
the highest possible importance in their own estimation ;
and that if Princes sanction the practice of wrest.
ing the sword from justice when they happen to fancy
their prerogatives in jeopardy, will have their example
followed by all those.who regard such Princes as the
enslavers of their country. We would pray the KING to
reflect upon the barbarities practised upon the prisoners
of St. Pelagic—many of whom have endured incarcera-
tion for sixteen months, without being convicted of
the shadow of a crime—and, having well weighed
their sufferings and privations, we would put it to him-
self to determine whether the Government would not
have acted more humanely, had it employed an infer-
nal machine for the destruction of these poor fellows
at once, than it has done in thus prolonging their lives
in a state of unheard-of torture ? We cannot pretend
to say what would be his MAJESTY'S feelings if the
truth was thus represented to him ; but we feel confi-
dent that he would no longer express surprise at the
existence of conspiracies for the overthrow of the Or-
leans dynasty.

The following important information relative to the
proceedings of the French Government against the Press,
is from the columns of the plessager, just received :

PARIS, Jun' 29.—Yesterday evening, at ten o'clock, a
Commissary of Police, with several officers, went to search
the office of the Charivari. Orders had been given to arrest
the principal editors; the only one present was M. Caron,
who writes the articles on the fashions : he was taken under
arrest to the Prefecture of the Police. About four o'clock in
the morning the police-officers returned, but this time their
object was to arrest the editors of the National, none of whom
were in the house.

Meantime the police arrested M. Armand Carrel, at hii
residence, in the Rue Grange Bateliere, where they at the
same time made a search. The police had been there at six
o'clock the evening before.

M. A. Carrel was taken to the Prefecture of the police ; and
lodged in the bureau of the municipal police till the Prefect
should be up. All that he has been able to learn is that he
was arrested by a general measure.
The police also visited the office of the Reformateur yes_
terday evening with orders to arrest M. Paspail, and " to
seek for all articles susceptible of examination, which aro to be
seized."

M. Raspail being on a journey, the police could perform
only the second part of their task. There being no other
papers they carried away the account-books, which have been
restored by order of the Judge.
About eleven o'clock, the Police returned. The order to
arrest M. Raspail, the chief Editor, had been exchanged to
arrest his nephew, one of the Sub-Editors. He was arrested
accordingly, and conveyed to the Prefecture of the Police,
where he now remains.

The Journal de Paris was not published till after mid-
night: Eight prisoners, one of whom is Madame Hilaire, a
milliner, have been arrested and brought in hackney-coaches to
the Prefecture of Police.

Brussels and German Papers have been received, they-
contain no news of any importance. The advices re-
ceived from the north of Spain are equally uninteresting.

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BELGI AN FUNDS.—BaussEcs, Jtax 0.
Actual Debt, 2% per Cent ,
Rothschild's Loan, Five per Cent lOOl4
Loan of City, 1832, Four per Cent 99%
Society of Commerce, Four and a Half per Cent 120,2
Bank of Belgium, Five per C.
—Brussels Papers, July 30.
DUTCH FUNDS—AMSTERDAM, JULY 29.
Money. 1111$.
Actual Debt, 2'4 per Cent. 55!4 55i
A ,:.rn t Svnilie, 4% percent. 91% 94.4
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Ditto, ditto, 3% per cent 79% 791 i
Loan (1830) 5 per cent.
Ditto (182 and 1883) 5 per cent.
Commercial Company, 4si per c. ut ioN 108%
New ditto
Exchange on London, One month l2 22!..
Two months
SPANISH FUNDS
Cortes at Amsterdam, 5 per Cent 40% to 40%
Ditto, ditto, 3 per Cent ',5% to 26
Loan. London (1.83'2 5 per Cent.
Cortes Coupons
Cortes Deferred Debt
Dutch Papers, July :i9.
PRUSSIAN FUNDS.—BERuN, JULY 24.
Bills. Money.
St. Schuld. Sch., 41 per cent ... 101% 101 w
Prussian English Loan, !RIO, 4 per cent 9916 98%
Exchange on London, Two months 6 26%
Prussian State Gazette, July 2.1

VIENNA, JULY 21. Five per Cents., log ; Four per
Cents., 98; Bank Shares, I,327.—Allgemeine Zeitung,
July 26.

PARLIAMENTARY PAPER.

ORANGE SOCIETIES.

It appears from the Returns recently ordered by the House
of Commons, that two Circulars, dated Ist July, 1822, were
issued by the Commander-in-Chief, prohibiting the formation
of Orange Lodges in the Army. In reference to these official
intimations, Colonel Chatterton makes the following commu-
nication to the Adjutant-General :

" Letter from Lieutenant-Colonel Chatterton to the Adju-
tant-General, dated Ist June, 1835.
• " Brighton, Ist June, 1835.
" Sir,—l have the honour to acknowledge your letter of
the 26th ultimo and its enclosure, and beg in reply to state,
that as I conceived the circular letter of Ist June, 1822,
alluded more particularly to the establishment of Orange
Lodges in regiments,' and as I was persuaded such never
existed in the regiment under my command, the circular in
question was not promulgated generally amongst the men.
" As regards the communication made to me on the sth
September last, it related to an assembly held about that time
of Orangemen in Cork. I then made every inquiry, and as-
certained none of the 4th Dragoon Guards attended the meet-
ing in-question.
" I certainly was not aware there were so many Orangemen
in the 4th Dragood Guards, as has since been ascertained ;
but measures have now been taken to prevent any of the
dragoons attending meetings which have any tendency to
party. I have, &c.
(Signed) " J. C. CHATTERTON."
" Lieutenant Colonel 4th Dragoon Guards."

We are sorry to hear that an accident happened this
morning, which very nearly proved fatal, to Mr. Pritchard of
the Common Council. That gentleman put off inn boat from
Greenhithe, with the intention of going on board the Pearl,
Gravesend steamer, as that vessel was passing up the river,
and had come along side, when a boy, who accompanied him,
in stepping out of the boat. missed his footing and fell into
the water. Mr. Pritchard attempted to catch hold of the
boy, but over-reaching himself fell also into the water. The
engine was immediately reversed, but the tide was running
strong downwards, and it was not till Mr. Pritchard, still
,holding the boy in his grasp, had been carried more that fifty
yards down the stream that he was picked up by his own
boat, without any other injury to either than the wetting of
their clothes. A more providential escape can hardly be
imagined, for Mr. Pritchard and the youth he saved from a
watery grave are both entirely ignorant cf the art of swimming.
A gentleman who was on board the steamer at the time the
accident occurred assures us that not the least blame is to be
imputed to the Captain or crew of the Pearl, of whose promp-
titude in stopping the vessel, and rendering all the assistance
in their power, he speaks in the highest terms.