Star.
London, England, 1831-06-06 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE JOURNALS.

TIMES--Though the Belgians have now elected their
King, they have not yet decided on the limits of his domi.
nions. They have, in fact, left the arrangement of the boun-
daries, and the distribution of the debt, open to future dii.
cussion ; and we have more than once mentioned that Prince
Leopold cannot accept of the crown till these points are
settled. It would, indeed, indicate an imprudence little
short of insanity to place himself in a situation where he
must encounter dangers and difficulties without a chance of
overcoming them, where,if he agrees to any concession to Hol.
land for the sake f peace he will be resisted by his new subjects,
and where, if he does not, he will be attacked by the united
forces of the Germanic Confederation, and abandoned by the
other Powers of Europe. As the present Goverment is,
however, authorized to attempt the arrangement of the Lux-
emburg question by treaty, the negotiations may have ar-
rived at such a point before His Royal Highness will be
obliged to gives definitive answer, that he may be enabled to
accept of the crown with the certainty of pleasing all par.
ties. Though the deputation when in London will have
no mission to settle the limits of their country, and
though the Prince will not acquire the power of
acting in the name of the Belgic people till ne has
sworn to the constitution, their presence here, represent-
ing as they do the Congress, combined with the influence
of his exertions as presumptive sovereign, may go far to
facilitate an amicable adjustment of the points in dis.
pute between the conferences and the new state. If the
question of Luxemburg were settled, as it may easily be,
the possession of blaestricht is the only other point on
which any real difficulties will occur, as the Belgians
themselves seem not to be very confident in their right to
the left bank of the Scheldt, which, unlike Luxemburg
and Limburg, has never joined the insurrection. It will
be fortunate for Belgium if Prince Leopold should yield
to the invitation of the Congress on this critical occasion.
HERALD.—We have seldom had to record, among din-
ner speeches, any thing half so much to the purpose, or more
creditable to the speaker, than the few words in which Sir
Chapman Marshall, one of the Sheriffs of London, returned
thanks on his health being drunk at the late dinner of the
patrons and governors of the different charity schools of the me.
tropolis. The Sheriff's words were few, and worth repeating:
On the health of the Sheriffs being proposed, Sir Chapman
Marshall addressed the company in these terms, amidst
loud and reiterated acclamations—" My Lord Mayor and
Gentlemen, I want words to express the emotions of my
heart. You now see before you a humble individual who'
has been educated in a parochial school. I came to London
in 1803 without a shilling, without a friend. I have not
had the advantage of a classical education, therefore you will
excuse my defects of language— (cheers.) But this I will
say, my Lord Mayor and Gentlemen, that you witness in me
what may be done by the earnest application of honest indus.
try ; and I trust that my example may induce others to
I aspire, by the same means, to the distinguished situation
which I have now the honour to fill."—(Repeated plaudits.)
To call this eloquence would probably offend some of our
high-flown, frothy, figurative orators. We will, therefore,
content ourselves with designating it as the language of good
sense ; and especially as bringing forcibly back to mind that
national characteristic of this country, by which men in for.
mer times used oftener than they have of late years, to rise
by means of honest industry from the lowest to the highest
stations. We rejoice to see, that in this age of mischievous
speculation, when commerce and gaming have become too
nearly allied, there are still instances of the way in which
our merchants of old rose from obscurity to rank, and from
poverty to opulence. And we rejoice the more at such in-
stances when we see them, as in the case before us, unac-
companied by that false pride which too often leads men who
have been fortunate in life, to forget both the origin and the
means from which their success has sprung.
POST.—Mr. O'Connel has directed his peculiar or rather
his exclusive attention to the Irish Bill, or he would not
have failed to perceive that many of the same iniquities and
absurdities of which he complains, ate also to be found in
the Reform Bills for England and Scotland. lf, for in.
stance, a ten-pound rent in Ireland and a ten-pound rent
in England are two very different things, are they not also
' very different things in Devonshire and in Middlesex ?
If Waterford and Limerick, and Galway are to have an addi-
tional Member each from regard to the influence of Sir J.
Newport, Mr. Spring Rice, and " the Remembrancer," is it
forgotten that similar things are to be done in England;
Arc the President of his Council and his Grace of Bedford
to be blotted from our memory ? Will not the Honour.
able and Learned Member for Kerry be consoled when
he recollects that disfranchisement is to be effected in
England to the extent of 168 Members of the House
of Commons, the places selected for disfranchisement
having heretofore returned 34 Whip, and 34 also,
but with the addition of an even hundred, of Tory Mem.
hers? The demands of Mr. O'Connell on behalf of Ireland
—demands which it is easy to foresee, will prove ex-
ceedingly troublesome, may serve as a lesson to his Majesty.
Ministers, of the danger of laying down principles which it is
either unfit or disagreeable, or impracticable to pursue to their
legitimate results. The claim preferred by this Gentleman of
230 Members for Ireland in the reformed House of Com-
mons, may be viewed in reference to the whole Reform nits. I
sure f Government a a reduetio ad absurdum. If the prin.,
ciple of that measure be just and wise, it follows of strict
necessity that the claim of 250 members for Ireland Is per.
fectly consistent with-justice and wisdom. In England and
Scotland the scale of population is every thing It deter-
mines the boroughs from which the right of sending
Members to Parliament shall be taken away—it determines
the towns to which the right of sending Members to Perlis.
ment shall be given—it determines the counties that are to
have additional representatives—it gives sixteen Blernbers to
London, and three to Edinburgh. Why, in the name of
common justice and common sense, is this principle of po-
pulation, which, if it be good for any thing, must be of uni-
-1 versal application, abandoned by our consistent Reformer.
the moment they cross St. George's Channel ?
HERA LD.—Onr paper of Friday last contained a letter
from a Governor of the Fever Hospital, which is entitled to
more than ordinary attention. In that letter the writer states
that " the London Fever Hospital can at present accommo-
, date only 62 patients;' and that, though it gives admit-
tame during the year to between 500 and 600 cases, they bear
no proportion to the claims which it is obliged to reject ; and
that of objects, be it remembered, who or the most part carry
about them disease mortal to themselves, if unattended to, and
spreading contagion among others. This gentleman after.
' wards goes on to s.y (what we deem most important) that
" the expense necessary to enable the present hospital to
, accommodate 3110 persons (five times as many as it does at
present) would be extremely trifling." Surely this is a
subject which demands immediate attention, and only re-
, quires to be taken up lit a few right-minded influential indi-
, viduals,with a zeal equal to its importance,to ensure its speedy 1
execution. But while we urge the exercise of private bene-
volence to rescue a metropolis like this from so serious a
• danger as that-of having no adequate receptacle for fever, we
! must be permitted to ask whether there are nut funds already
in existence more than adequate, Weaned forth, to meet this,
and a much larger, &mend ? We allude to the splendid
estates and incomes of the City Hospitals, the value and
amount of which arc, we believe, but little known. We have
heard (though we do not vouch for the fact) that there is one
of the City Hospitals alone which could bear a diminution of
its income to the extent of 10,0001. per ann. and still be as
full and as useful as it is ; and there is, as we all know,
another to which an enormous property was lately left,
which there has been found some difficulty in deciding in
what way to make the best use of. Now, whether such be
or be not the cam, where would be the halm of the Gover-
nors of the City Hospitals laying their heads together, and
seeing whether they have it not in their power to supply the
defect so feelingly and strongly pointed nut by our Corres-
pondent ? The object of such persons ought to be, and we
have no doubt is, to do the greatest possible good with the
means intrusted to their management. But managers of
hospitals should never take the anodynes prescribed for their
patients ; fur though skip may be the best possible auxiliary
of me.licine in most cases of disease, it would be well if the
persons we allude to were to keep themselves a title mom
awake than they appear to do.

COBBETT, in his last Register but one, has ex-
posed, with the happiest sarcasm, the follies of the
surplus population gentry in a pleasant little drama.
The heroes are a Squire Thimble, one of the Ben-
tham school, " a tailor and a swarthy complexioned
man," and Sir Gripe Grindum, who professes to be
one of the same school, as a mere cloak to his over-
reaching avarice, and his lust. Who Sir Gripe
typifies does not so clearly appear ; but he is de-
scribed as a Baronet who keeps no table, entertains
no one, and, having forty thousand a-year in land,
expects a coronet. It may be an imaginary pic-
ture, but it is wrought up with great dramatic ef-
fect.

ALARMING RIOTS IN WALES.

SIXTY-TWO PERSONS KILLED
AND WOUNDED.
:max TAILIVII JOURNAL OFIFICE•

Saturday Afternoon, Five o'Clock.
The most alarming accounts have just reached
this city, of a riot at Merthyr Tidvil, accompanied
with serious loss of life. From what we can col
lect from the Coachman, Guard, and passengers of
the Welsh mail, we deeply regret to announce that
the state of disorganization at Merthyr at this mo-
ment threatens the most appalling consequences.
A large body of workmen out of employ, having
proceeded to acts of outrage, a party of the 93d
regiment of Highlanders were sent for, and arrived
from Brecon by a forced march. This show of re-
sistance only rendered the mob more desperate ;
they attacked the military, who were compelled in
self-defence to fire on them, and it is said that
twelve of the populace were killed, and forty-seven
desperately wounded. Of the soldiery two were
killed, and the Major dangerously wounded.
When the Mail passed through Merthyr this
morning, the mob had seized several pieces of can-
non, with which they kept the military in check,
who were too small a body (only about 150) to
make an effectual resistance.

The Marquis of Bute, the Lord Lieutenant of
the county, was on the spot, and has sent off dis-
patches to Government by the Mail, which arc to
be immediately forwarded from this city.
The Merthyr mail was detained there an hour,
in order to receive the dispatches for the Secretary
of State,
It seems that the rioters provided themselves
with the cannon from a foundry in the neighbour-
hood. The number of rioters is said to amount
to nine thousand ; and while the mail-coach was
on its road large bodies of men, with flags and
banners, were seen on the hills, coming from Tre-
degar and other parts to join the rioters.

Two of the ringleaders, who had been taken into
custody, were examined this mornir°r before the
Magistrates at Cardiff; and so far from endea-
vouring to exculpate themselves, they boldly as-
serted that the insurrection would not be con-
fined to Vales, but that arrangements had been
made for a simultaneous rising in other manu-
facturing and mining districts of the kingdom. A
very few days will serve to prove the truth or false-
hood of this assertion. If it should be corroborated
by the threatened events, the country will be placed
in a most alarming situation ; but we hope and trust
that the object of these men was merely to intimi-
date the magistrates from the execution of their
duty.

The baneful operation of the Truck System is
stated to be the ostensible cause of the riotous
proceedings.
We write without arranging circumstances ; nor
can we vouch for the correctness of all the particu-
lars we have stated. Happy indeed shall we be
to find that the reports are exaggerated ; but that a
most alarming and sanguinary conflict has taken
place is beyond a doubt.
ANOTHER ACCOUNT.
CAMBRIAN OFFICE,
Nine o'Clock Saturday Evening, June 4.
RIOTSAT MERTHYR—FOURTEEN LIVES LOST.

We have to notice the riotous attack of the work-
ing population of Merthyr-Tydfil, on the premises
of the Chief Officer of the Court of Requests at that
place. We regret to add that FOURTEEN LIVES
HAVE SINCE BEEN LOST IN THE RIOTOUS PRO-
CEEDINGS! The following extracts from private
letters afford the only positive information we can
vouch for :

" FRIDAY, JUNE 3.
" About eight o'clock last night, the mob at-
tacked Mr. Coffin's house (the Court of Requests),
and after demanding the books, they commenced
their depredations, broke the windows and de-
stroyed every article in the house, except in one
room, and attempted to set it on fire—but the wind
being in an unfavourable direction, they failed to do
so. About 70 men of the 93d Regiment arrived
at the Castle Inn, from Brecon, at eleven o'clock
this morning, where there were some thousands of
men assembled, to parley, as they said, with Mr.
Guest, Mr. Crawshay, and others, respecting an
increase of wages, but evidently for the sake of
mischief alone. After being exhorted for sonic
time by Mr. Guest to disperse peaceably, end get-
ting more riotous, the soldiers were ordered to 6re,
and shocking to say, fourteen persons were killed!
The men fought desperately for about ten minutes,
and then fled.

" There we some hundred soldiers arrived here
ince the affray, and I think you may now rest easy
as to any more mischief being done to night, and
I hope the worst is over. Indeed, the mob from
the first appeared to have had no animosity against
the trade ; their sole object seemed to be an in-
crease of wages and todestroy the Court of Request 4.
A note, dated this merning (Saturday) says
" Nothing has occurred since last night, and I
think we need be under no apprehension of a fresh
attack on the military. I had only left the crowd a
few minutes yesterday before the soldiers fired, and
I find that not more than eleven men and the (le
women have been killed."

Two detachments of the Swansea Cavalry left
here this rooming for Merthyr ; and by expross
we learn, that the first was met on llirwain Com-
mon by a body of the rioters, and was completely
surrounded and disarmed ; but no contest took
place betwclton them. A further supply of arms
and ammunition has been forwarded to the cavalry,
but we trust all occasion for the supply has ere this
subsided.

We understand that before the Gring commenced,
the mob rescued from the detachment of the 93d
thirty stand of arms, and thrt the Major and se-
veral of the men were severely wounded.

That excellent Sunday !met, the United King-
dom, of yetterday, mentions a fact to which it
would be unbecoming iu us to have alluded, viz.—
that Tit r. STA It is a paper which has always been
partially favoured in the Royal Pumily ; and also
alludes to a circumstance which we consider a pe-
culiar compliment, that it is honoured by the coun-
tenance of the most popular Monarch that ever
sate on the British Throne. If such is the cane,l
our readers will perceive that we have arrived at
this distinction, by none of that obsequiousnr•ss
which is the general passport to Court favour ; and
therefore that truth is not shunned at the modern
British Court, whatever may, in past ages, have
been the practice. Without indelicacy we may
venture, however, to assert, that no London paper
moves in higher circles, at home and abroad, owing
partly to long establishment, and partly to sobriety-
of character and priority of intelligence,

COURT CIRCULiR.
Yesterday was the birth-day of the Duke of
Cumberland, when his Re3al Highness attaintd his 80th
year His Royal Highness received the congratulations of
the I....mbers of the Royal Family, why, came to Kew kap
their respective residences to felicitate the R iyal Duke on the
happy event.
Prince Leopold left town on Saturday fur his re-
sidence at Clsrern3nt.

The Landgravine of Hesse Homherz and the
Princess Augusta, attended by the Bar.T.ess Sine, BEss
Wynward, and Sir Benjamin Stephenson, honoured the per-
formance of Napoleon nuonalcvle, at Covent-garden
Theatre, with their presence on Satutday evening.
A Cabinet Council n as held tesicrdiy afternoon
at the Foreign-office, which was attetitl.d by the Lord Chan-
cellor, Earl Grey, the Marquis of Lan.downe, Lord Dur-
ham, Viscount Palmerston, Viscount (::'dcrich, the Earl of
Carlisle, the Chancellor of the Exchiqmr, Sir James Ora•
ham, Lotd Holland, and the Duke of It ielia.ond.
Viscount Melbourne was prevented by indisposi-
tion from attending the Council.
The Council sat in deliberation ;'.nee hours.
The Spanish Minister visited Viscount Palmer-
ston on Saturday, at the Fortign-rffic;.
Despatches were sent off on Siturday evening
front the Colonial-office for the Earl of 11011:orr, :he Go-
vernor of Jansties, and the mita Gover:icra of the West
India Llands.

Despatches were brought by a King's Me.4seng•vr
on Saluda', of ertioon to the Foreign-office, from Bi owls.
Earl Grey returned to town on Saturday aftet-
n,on from a visit to their Majesties at the Palau at Wind.
sor. Lord Hound had an interview with the noble Earl at
the Trtasury after his arrival.

TilE TURF.
BEVERLEY RACES, JIIN E 1.
Sweepstakes of 20 save. each, h. ft. for colts, dm. then two
yrs old; colts Bst slb, fillies fist 21b. Y.C.
Sir E. Dodsworties b. c. by Brutando:f
:kir. Ellis's ch. 1. by Figaia
Lord Searbareugh's b. 1. by B.utandorf
Mr. Carat's b. c. Fanatic
Won easy.
The MaitLn Fire of 501. fcr horses. &c. of all ages ; 3 yrs.
7st ; four, Bst slb ; five, Hat 101 b; Aix and aged, fist ;
mares' Sze. allowed 31b. Heat once round and a distance.
Mr. H. Bower's, Jun. b. h. ClLmcellor. 3 yrs. - 0 1 1
Mr. Bmomhead's b. c, by Cation, 3 yrs. - 3 0 2
Mr. Bell's br. g. Walter, 3 yrs. - - 1 2 dr
Mr. Bowser's b. e. by Minos, 2 yrs. - - 2 0 0
Two others ratted, one drawn—won easy.
NEWTON RACES—liar:. DAY.
T::e Produce Stakes were won by Caraztacus beating
Conrad.

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A Sweepstakes for two-year olds was won by Lady
Stafford beating b. c. by Figaro and four others.
The Gold Cup was won by Fplde beating Hatton and •ix
others.

IIOWTII RACES —WEDN ESDAV.
The llowth Whip, value 501. added to a Sweepstakes of
10 ovs.
P.P. Weight for age. Four miles.
Mr. Maeartney's br. h. Reginald—walked over.
Sweepstakes of 20 soy. 40 sov. added for half-bred horses.
Weight ler age. Twt -mile heats.
Mr, J. Mitchell's b. h. Adonis, by Recordon, 5 ye, - 1 1
Mr. nowth's b. m. by Norfolk, aged . . .It
Lord Howth's br. h. Lancet, aged - 2 3
100 to 10 rgainst Adonis, who won cleverly in both heats.
Sweepstakes of 5 aov. PP. 20 'ova. added for half.hred

horses-
Weight for age. Two miles. The winner to be sold fur 60sov.
Mr. Williams's b. m. Polly Hopkins, 5 fn
Mr. Knaresborough's ch. c. Minstr.l Boy, 4 yrs .. 2
Lord Howth's br. c. Gondolier, 4 yrs .. 3
Cminth!an Stakes [of 10 soy. 5 ft ; 30 soy. added for all

Mises... One mile beats.
Mr. GarJnees ch. g. Rembrardt, 4 yrs, lOst 2 0 1 1
Mr. W. A. Sweetmsn's b. c. Fop, 4 yes, lOst 0 I 2 2
Mr. S:. George's b. h. Adonis, 5 yrs, list 411, 3 2 3 0
Mr. Battersby's ch. h. Fair Play, aged, 12st 131 b 1 3 0 0