Star.
London, England, 1830-11-22 00:00:00

LONDON.

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 22.

This day the KIN C. held a Court at St. James's, which
the old and now Ministers attended,—the old to deliver
up the seals of office, and tho new to receive them.

We have just heard that one of the incendiaries is caught
and is now in custody in town. He travelled in his gig,
and had 8001. on him when taken.

A Lisbon mail has arrived this day ; but it publicly does
not convey any news of importance.

Later accounts from Brussels and Antwerp, than appear
in our subsequent columns, as common to all our contempo-
raries, state, that the Congress refuses to have the Prince
of ORANGE as a member in the new order of things. Great
fears prevailed, in consequence, that hostilities would break
out afresh. The blockade of the West Flanders coast, is
now ascribed to the circumstance, of the Belgians having
ordered a vast quantity of Congreve rockets, to be shipped
from England, on their account.

On the leading subject of the day—the appointment
of the new Administration—we refer our readers to
the Spirit of the Journals, where will be found the best
authenticated list yet uvaile public. We observe that there
still exists doubt about some of the appointments ; but the
important names and offices, are all, we believe, correctly
given. The positive accession of Mr. BROUGHAM as
Chancellor, is, perhaps, the appointment which is deemed of
the most public importance ; as his late decided advocacy of
Reform, and his long equally decided opinion as to
alterations in the general jurisprudence of the country, with
the certainty that he would not have taken office on the com-
promise of his whole present popularity and future fame,
place beyond all doubt, the bold line of domestic policy
which the new Ministry have made up their minds to in-
troduce.

We believe the New Administration commence their
labours, with the public voice much in their favour; and
none can doubt, but that there is talent and public principle
in the list before us, to devise and execute what will improve
the situation of the country, in many respects ; but we are
unfortunately obliged to avow our appprehonsions on
two points—first, that the public will demand of them, in
constitutional alterations what they cannot practicably or
securely accomplish ;—and, secondly, that nothing which
they can possibly accomplish to relieve the pressure
on the humbler orders, will be found in any short
period, perceptibly efficient. We are therefore anxious
that the public should view temperately, and with an en-
lightened circumspection, the task the new Ministers are
preparing to undertake; and not give way to the formation
of ignorant expectations, which must, in the nature of cir-
cumstances, terminate in disappointment.
We have given our views already, esseme of the difficul-
ties which involve the subject of Reform, and shall have
frequent occasion to explain them. We have now no doubt
a measure of Reform will be proposed, which will go to the
extent considered practicable, even by the most sanguine,
without the destruction of the present social edifice. We
hope sincerely, the Ministers will not go beyond that
point, difficult, we fear, to ascertain, and still more
difficult to stop at. We believe it is not a terror at mo-
derate reform, but the terror of the stopping point, which
has made the Duke of WELLINGTON withdraw; and time
may prove that his Grace has not been deficient of sagacity: