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London, England, 1830-06-25 00:00:00

by multitudinous placemen, and dependants upon the Go-
vernment, but by sixty-four mechanical votes in the shape
of proxies—of course at the will of the Minister ?" If this
long straggling, ill-composed, sentence be meant as an
attack on the " practical constitution of the two Houses
of Parliament," it may have some force ; but we hope it
is a libel, and we think ono which the Honourable House
should notice: for we ask our readers, whether it does
not infer it to be a matter of course, that the Members
of the Honourable House are called upon, in the discharge
of their duty, to relinquish all adherence to principle,
and to act under an abandonment of all integrity ?
Innate depravity in reasoners is always marked by an at-
tempt to smooth away the deformities of vice ; and for
this purpose they generally adopt a verbiage of their own.
Never was this more strikingly displayed than in the
sentence before us. A corrupt change of opinion is
termed, " a modifying of individual crotchets—and a
compromise of slight shades of difference."—The
representatives of the people acting together, with-
out reference to any principle of union, except that
of a resolve to oppose the existing Ministry,
is termed the adoption " of a common centre of action
and organization." Now, we must ask our reader, what-
ever be his side in politics, whether he be inclined to at-
tribute such a base abandonment of all public honour, to
any of the political characters of the present day, who by
their talent have made themselves prominent in
the Senate ; or who are likely to have influ-
ence with the KING or people ?—and whether,
when we argued that such an avowedly factious coalition
as this writer has advocated, was highly improbable—
and if possible, would be powerless—because deprived of
all public confidence, without which we are con-
vinced, at this day, no administration can long
confine in place—we were betraying our " foolish-
ness and ignorance of the world ?" We know we are ig-
norant of the world—that is, if the Editor mean the world
of JONATHAN WlLD—and suspect strongly, from the
odour of his morality, the Editor of the Brighton Ga-
zette has a world of his own too, to which we hope we
shall always continue a stranger.
We have heard that the EDITOR has a cousin who is
butler to the Duke of RICHMOND ; and that it is with his
assistance he hatches up these new administrations of his
Cousin's Master, and Lord GREY, forsooth ! If this be
true, we really would advise the Noble Duke to
prevent in future such doings in his pantry. The
EDITOR, we observe, is one of the vituperative
school; and we therefore find it expedient to
act towards him as we would towards analogous stu-
dents, in a similar school at Billingsgate—or as
we would oz avoid a scavenger's cart in the street—
get past him as soon as possible. We must
indeed beg our reader's excuse, for detaining him so long
on such a miserable theme ; and as to the individual
himself, we now dismiss him, once for all, as Uncle Toby
dismissed a similar reptile—," go thy ways poor crea-
ture, there is room eno ugh in the world for me and thee
I too."

CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK.
The Funds which opened this morning at 92i 11 for
the Account, have experienced a sudden fall, and are at
present 92j I. This is supposed to be owing to some
information from Paris by the Estafette, as some large
sales have been effected. Nothing yet doing in the Fo-
reign Market.
A Jamaica Mail has arrived by the Eclipse, sailed on
the 11th May ; from Carthagena 2d May. We have
also a mail from Malta, sailed on the 2d June, brought
by the Meteor.
Extract of a letter from Carthagena, 2d May :—" Po-
litics here are not taking a good course, you will see by
General Cacceda's message to the Congress, recommend-
ing a dissolution of that body, to what an ungrateful
wretch Bolivar trusted. No sooner was he in office, than
he turns against the Liberator. He has a strong party
in Bogota, who wish the separation from Venezuela, and
the dismemberment of tho Republic. The Congress is
rather awed by the Ministers of Great Britain, Brazil,
and of the United States, who gave notice of their im-
mediate departure in case of the dissolution of Congress.
Accounts from St. Jags de Cuba, Ist May, state that
an American ship had arrived there from Cadiz, and re-
port brings intelligence that between seven and eight
thousand men were ready to be embarked for the Ha-
vannah, intended to remain there until sufficient strength
should be mustered to make a dead set upon Columbia.
Accounts from Leghorn state that the Dey of Algiers,
believing that the French would land at Matefon, di-
rected on that side the best of his troops. The heights
which command the capital, and the fort of the Emperor,
are well fortified, and it is said that a mine is prepared
under the rampart on the east. The Arabs and Mame-
lukes of Bonne are to manesuvre in the rear of the
French; but, with all their precautions, it is thought that
the Dey will be obliged to surrender.
The following is from a Paris paper, received this
morning:—" The effect of the royal ordinance, the
substance of which we gave, is to delay until the 12th
and 29th July next, the election of 109 deputies. It
affords a remarkable evidence of the spirit which per-
vades the capital and the department in its immediate
neighbourhood. That of the 34 deputies returned by
the four departments of the Seine, not one voted against
the address. Thus, in that part of the country, in
which the influence of the Court and the Government
might be supposed to be the strongest, the ministerial
party did not succeed in returning one solitary member.
The deplorable situation of his Majesty causes a gloom
in the City. It is this that has effected the Funds ; and
not the information from Paris. Rentes 3 per Cent. and
the Estafette, 78-10.

CITY, HALF-PAST ONE.

Consols remain at the same price u in the early part
of the morning, 921 Sellers for the Account. Great
anxiety prevails for the publication of the bulletin with
his Majesty's health.
In the Foreign Market Greek Bonds have receded one
and a half per Cent. owing to the speech of Lord Aber-
deen in the House last night. In other Foreign Securi-
ties nothing doing.
In the Share Market little doing. South Metropolitan
Gas 21 prem.

An eruption of Mount Etna, which took place on the
16th instant, destroyed eight villages, which neither ages
nor lava bad reached at any previous period. Man of
the inhabitants were buried under the ruins of their
houses. The ashes thrown out of the new craters WWII
carried as far as the mountains of Calabria.