Star.
London, England, 1831-07-22 00:00:00

SPIRIT OP THE JOURNALS.

HERALD—The Bill—we need not say what Bill, for
who talks or thinks of any but one?—the Bill will now
have some chance of passing through the House of Corn
mons in something like a reasonable time. We draw this
inference from the arrangement entered into last night
between the Ministers and the Opposition—an arrange-
ment by which the Howe stands pledged to resume the
great and good work of reform as early as five o'clock every
day. By such an arrangement the orators of she old sys-
tem will have eight hours out of every four-and-twenty to
devote to the discussion of the one question ; far, twist a,•cl
turn it as they may, it comes to this, after all—whether the
rotten boroughs shall be disfranchised ? and a whole one
representation substituted in their place. We would sag-
' pat, however, to those who arc now ab, at to enter on a
new era in the history of the measure, th it they should, in
mercy to their friends in the other House, leave a small
portion of the pubic patience unexhatisted for the use of
' their Lordships. How c.n the Duke of Newcastle contrive,
for instance,to attest theattention of Jae public (forwhose salts
be would save all his boroughs from destruction,if the public
patience be worn out before he has an opportunity of rising ?
But the crisis is now come a hen the bill mast go iorwaid.
1 Ile its march long or short, on it must go. There can be r •
diversions, no interludes now. One ben:fit arising from the
presernt arrangement will be this, that the public will be able
to see in one uninterrupted line the progress of the bill, and
the contluot of all those whom they sent into Parliament to
support it. By this means the whole mind of the country
will become more and more concentrated, and we may look
forw.trd with greater confidence than ever to the successful
Issue of the contest in which we are engaged.
POST.—It is amusing to observe the strange shifts t
which, for lack of argument, the Government party is driven
in order to find topics of abuse against the Oprontion.—
The bitterest complaints are now urged against them for
their seal and se:WIT ; to be bold, watchful, and vigi.
lant in the defence of their cause, is, accorAng to tht. new
I light of the 3dini.terial Journals, to be exceedingly
I worthy ; while, on the other baud, the Chance for of
the Exchequer is schooleed in rather severe terms for
conduct of an exactly opposite nature. If the easiness of
Lord Althorp, so much complained of, be a fault—if he
has not enough of devil in him to satisfy the helter-skelter
pell-mell reformers—why should they be so angry with
spirit and determination in others? Is it natural that in the
present aspect of affairs the Ministeriediets should be angry,
but why should they be so absurd ? If they have no serious
argument to bring forward, surely they might refrain from
making themselves ridiculous by censuring their leaders for
faults which, according to their own doctrine, would be
virtues is the opposition.
TI M ES.—The work of cleansing the House of Com-
mons proceeded last night with steady, though rot with
rapid motion. Downton, which at the suggestion of its
I disinterested owner, Lord Radnor, had, contrary to the in-
tentions of ministers, been transferred from schedule U to
schedule A. was disfranchised by a majority of only 30.
Dunwich and Eye fell unheeded, like a lucre bantliti of
their own sprats and bone-lace. The " princely" Bo-
rough of Fuwey was allowed the honour of • somewhat
mor ceremonious proem before it was filially consigned to
annihilation. Gatton vanish,d in a ment, amidst a roar of
laughter ; and Hasleanere, whose representative history is
one of the blackest in the annals of election committees,
will never again be invaded by free colliers from Westmore.
land, and may quietly send poultry to market instead of
Parliament. In the House of Lords last night there was
nothing worthy of particular remark.

AMSTYRDAm, JULY 19.—Accounts from Arch-
angel of 26th Juno say that the cholera had con-
siderably abated, and it was hoped that it would
soon disappear; but another account sacs the
mortality had been very great.
At Riga the mortality was abating ; at Pornau
all was well on the 29th. An official account
from Stockholm says that the cholera had ap
rpeared in Bornhden.
The provincial papers are treating us with cho-
lera in London, and we in London return the com-
pliment, by reportitig it of them.—Rumour on this
subject is, as usual, a lying jade !