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London, England, 1830-02-20 00:00:00

LON DON.

'EBRUARY 20.
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TO CORRESPONDENTS.
The Second Letter of B. to Lord HOLLAND has been received,
and shall appear on Monday.

The Figaro, a Paris Paper, of the 16th instant, con-
tains the following paragraph :—" A house, it is said,
has been taken at Versailles for the Duke of CUSHIER..
L AN D—who finds himself obliged—in consequence of the
death of Lord GRA V ES—to fly from England."

Although the Morning Post is better known for its
inanities and its drivelling, than for any firmness and
vigour even in its characteristic opinions—still as the
organ of those dines denudes, of whom the leader-
ship may be presumed to inhere ill HORACE
Tw ss, or some other equally insignificant Minis-
terialist—it is good sometimes to hang him upon
the peg of his own productions, as a gazing-stock and
example to his contemporaries. The motion of Lord
BLANDFORD on Thursday night, " to restore the con-
stitutional influence of the Commons in the Parliament
of England," has brought out this vapid skirmisher of
the Peelites, in an article where corruption and effron-
tery are singularly blended together. " The Marquis
of BLANDEORD is mistaken,"- says our contemporary,
" if he thinks it possible for any man to acquire political
importance in England, by advocating general and
sweeping changes in the Constitution." Is the Post,
in reality, the fool that this assertion would seem
to proclaim that he is ? Or does he affect ignorance,
for the sake of the more convenient exposition,
which otherwise would not harmonise with his men-
dacity? What changes—we do not talk of "ge-
neral and sweeping changes"—but what changes at
All did Lord BLANPFORD advocate ? He pro-
,
posed, away, Wet we should fall back upon
some of the good old practices of the Constitution—that
we should return to those purer usages, which through
die venality of corrupted generations had gone into de-
mietade—and that the pristine elements and principles of
our representation should be again called into their original

activity and prevalence. Is this being the " advocate of
innovation ?" Is this the " general and sweeping change,"
which the Post deprecates, as unpalatable to discreet and
sober-minded people? The truth is, that our contem-
porary and his patrons shudder at the bare thought
of a reform of any kind : they entertain an instinctive
abhorrence of every sort of amelioration. And why ?
because they feel that then► would be an end of the
public plunder, in which they have luxuriated for half
a century—because they know that the rotten in society
would be the only losers, by the restoration of a pure
order of things. It is this presentiment, which makes
the Morning Post designate reform only as " not odious,
because he believes it to be chimerical :" it is this
presentiment which makes him foremost in the yelp
and yell, which the CORRUPTIONIOTS-111 a body—will
soon set up, more in dismay, than with any hope of
maintaining longer their detested system.
These considerations bring us back to the doc-
trine of popular interference, on which we have already

spoken, so as not easily to be misunderstood. We mean
that thing which is coming—if the Parliament do not,
avert it, while it may—called by Lord CHATHAM, " Re-
form from without, with a vengeance." It is idle
to suppose that the people will go on perpetually thus.
Have they not already declared, in great numbers, that
their burdens are insupportable—that their grievances
bow them down to the earth ? Are they not forming on
every side POLITICAL Are they not
strengthening into power, by the principle of associa-
tion ? And can these things last, without superinducing
important changes? We say again, that it is unavailing to
attempt longer to keep down the country—if some great
boon be not conceded to the suffering classes. And
who are" the suffering classes ?" Three fourths of the
population of the Empire! The other fourth which
riots in corruption,and plunder, and privilege—is arrayed
against them : one against three : a diminutive chance,
if it come to a physical, instead of a moral settlement !
Will it not, then, be prudent in those who have so much
to lose by violence, and so little to fear if they will but
consent to equitable arrangements, to take counsel while
the season is yet allowed them, and—if not for the sake
of the country, yet for their own sakes—to retrace their
steps, and co-operate to our social redintegration

The debate, on the motion of Lord MELBOURNE, on
Thursday night, was of high interest, and ought to be
read with the utmost attention by all those who feel de-
sirous of becoming acquainted with the real state of the
Portuguese question. The subject could not have fallen
into hands more capable of treating it with ability and
accuracy than those of the Noble Viscount, who proved,
by the various facts and arguments brought forward in
his speech, that he is thoroughly versed in all the bear-
ings of this important question. After having proved to
demonstration the share England had in promul-
gating the Charter of Don PEDRO, and our sub-
sequent interference in the affairs of our old ally,
Lord MELBOURNE was equally happy in his al-
lusions to the conduct of those among the present
Ministry, who are notoriously attached, from personal
motives, to the despot, and those around him. The reply
of Lord ABERDEEN was precisely such as might have
been expected. The old hacknied excuse of its not being
yet time to grant the information required;was resorted
to; and the usual fallacies and predilections of the Noble
Foreign Secretary were prominently put forward. But
the most important part of this reply is, where the recog-
nition of MIGUEL is indicated as a more than probable,
and not remote contingency ! We have already said so
much to prove the injustice and impolicy of the projected
measure, that it would be superfluous to recur to the facts
of the case in this place. We shall merely say, that in
the event of the recognition taking place without the full
consent of Don PEDRO, ministers will be guilty of a fla-
grant breach of international law. The moment has also
arrived for repeating our firm conviction, that the transac-
tions which have marked the whole progress of our re-
lations with Portugal, during the last two years, furnish
strong and unequivocal grounds of impeachment against
the principal actors. It remains to be seen whether
sufficient resolution and public spirit be left in
Parliament to adopt this course, the only one—we
fear—which can save the national character of Eng-
land from utter • destruction. At all events, we
shall proceed, on an early day, to enumerate a
few of the grounds on which our own convic-
tion has been always founded. We cannot conclude,
without offering our warmest thanks not only to the
Noble VISCOUNT, who brought the motion forward, but
to the Marquis of LANSDOWNE, and Lord GODERICH,
whose respective speeches on the occasion, are worthy of
the best periods of parliamentary eloquence, whether u
regards the principle, laid down, or the language in
which they were clothed.

CITY, TWELV IC o'CLocc.
MAILS ARRIVED AND DUE THIS MORNING.

• • a.
Dublin ... 0
1 Waterford ..... 0
0 Gunn. & Jersey 0
0 Leeward Islands 0

a. n.
O France . 0
O Flanders 0
O Holland 0
O Hamborgb

A. D.
O Lisboa ..... 0
0 Jamaica 0
O Swedes 1
O Malta . 0

The whole of the public attention this meaning in the city, was
engrossed on the debates of last night on the retrenchments pro.
jetted by ministers, and various are the opinions on the subject by
some they are thought very insignificant, and of not much good to
the country at large. The Cooed market, which left off yesterday
at 92 I for the account, opened at the same price this morning, and
921 I for nest account, by which it le perceived that the retrench.
meats have had no effect on the market at present. Accounts frets
Brett state, that great preparations are going on there in arming,
several ships for the expedition against Algiers. At Bordeaux also,
they are going to take up shipping as transports.

HALF-PAST ONE.

The Coosa Market4whieh wee tether heavy in the sad; part of
the morning, when Consols were date at 92j sellers, has, within a
abort period, become more &m; and Consols ham been dons at
9n r for the Amount; for Money to 03. It is still the pre.
railing opinion in the City, that the 4 per Cats. wi be redinood.
The Lisbon mail has arrived, but we do nst ben ibis 8 bsbp
any thing of importance. It was expand that the palm weald
bars brought over to the liostugusse Ambassador, the seesistios on

which terms Don Miguel was to be acknowledged the lawful Sove-
reign of Portugal. .

in the Foreign Market nothing doing of any consequence: most
of the prices are the same as yesterday.
At prevent the Foreign market is entirely without the least in-
tacit, prices us nominal as yesterday.
Canton Papas to the 19th June, and Singapore to the 90th Au-
gust, have been received at the North and South American Coffee-
boue.

Press the Cantos Register of the UM June.

Our present moon was ushered in with high tides, which were in-
creasing till the fourth, fifth, and sixth days, to a degree unprece-
dented in the memory of the oldest inhabitant. The streets of Can-
ton were perfectly navigable by boats, the only means of commtuti-
cation, the houses being under water ; a complete stagnation of busi-
ness ran the consequence. Two boats, in conveying some theatri-
cals, were upset, 140 persons lost; also three passage-boats were
sunk, and out of two or three hundred persons only a few have been
heard of. In the adjoining villages the floods were so high, and the
current so rapid, that from two to three thousand persons are sup-
posed to have perished. The destruction of property is very consi-
derable. The sick districts have suffered materially, and in some
places the houses were entirely swept away. The general calamity
has been most distressing.
Much interest has been excited lately amongst the Chinese, by the
arrival of one of the frigates belonging to the King of China, she
being of the European model.

ItZMIARICS.

Our Cotton Market has not yet experienced any further improve.
ment, and no sales since our last.—The stock of old Cotton bas bees 11
considerably reduced. The late inundations, which have proved so
destructive to lives and property. have a most material influence
on trade, and the Opium dealers have been severely checked in their
speculations. About two lam of new dollars have been received
from South America, which soon found purchasers at a premium of
and 1 per cent. according to their description. The quaality of
new Malta opium is very good, butthe demand trifling.
A spirit of speculation has shown itself amongst the dealers in
Petrie, and considerable purchases have been made.
From the Price Current at Singapore.

Opium : a few chests of Petrie have been sold at 926 dr. per
chest.—Saltpetre, of an inferior quality, is in request.
Piece Goods, Europe—Several sales have been made in Cotton
Twist : a few sales have taken place.

To the SPEAKER of the HOCISE‘of COMMONS.

MR. SPEAKER,—I read in the Evening Sear a strange account
of Lord BLarrnroan's amendment not having been moved, after
that of Sir EDWARD KWATCHIULL WY disposed of, AS his Lord.
ship intended, and though I am not a Member of your Honourable
House, and am at present a "resident north of the Tweed,"
yet I am an Englishman born and bred, and have not been an in.
attentive observer of the conduct of Members of the House of Com.
mons for more than forty years, or, in the words of the royal
psalmist, I may truly say, " forty years long have I been plagued
with this generation," and therefore I feel entitled to give you a line
of my mind.
You are, no doubt, or at lost you ought to be, acquainted with
the conduct, on various occasions, of our old uncorrupted lawyers,
judges, and Speakers of the House of Commons; and you may re.
member that when CHARLES the FIRST entered the House of
Commons, and, sitting in your chair, asked whether certain itlem.
ben, whom the King named, were present, we are told, " The
Speaker, from a presence of mind which arose front the genies of
that House, readily answered, that he had neither eyes to are, nor
tongue to speak, but as the House was pleased to direct him.' "
Now, the inference that must be drawn from the account in the
STAR, above-mentioned, Is that though warned publicly, and per.l
haps privately, as I know was formerly the practice, of the intention
of the Noble MARQUIS, you " /rad neither ego to see nor ears
to ear" the Honourable Member, when he was standing up, and
using his utmost efforts to obtain the attention be had bespoke; and
yet I am told his person is good, his voles clear and strong, and his
manner most gentlemanlike and prepossesidng. That he does not
want firmness, courage, and perseverance, beyond the run of otdi.
nary men, we have proof positive from his conduct ; and if he did,
it would strangely belie the blood that flows in his veins.
Are we, Sir, then to conclude from this strange contrast of your
conduct with that of the famous Speaker in the time of CHARLES
the FIRST, that your's arose like his, "frost the geodes of that
House," If so, what chance is there in the great discussions that
are approaching—such I will venture to say as you have never

. .
heard—that the People will derive that benefit they are entitled to
expect from the bold, independent, and patriotic conduct, of those
Members who truly represent their feelings and opinions, if theme
shall happen to be in direct opposition to the feelings and opinions of
" that House."

Believe me, Sir, these matters are at this moment worthy of your
most serious attention. The time is come when it will not do to
have one coat, or one face, or one language for ia-doors, and an-
other for oat-of doors ; and whatever may be your likings or die.
likings of the hot-bed of corruption, you ought to recollect that
though in the time of your Immediate predecessor rest-selling was
avowed and jtutilled upon the notoriety and universality of the
practice, Mr. Speaker AIDOTT declared that " such language
would have made the hairs of our ancestors to stand on end ;" and
another member (Sir FRANCIS BURDETT) ' still more strongly in-
spired with the " genius of the olden time," declared that such lan-
guage would have made "our ancestors' swords to leap from their
scabbards."

AN OLD LAWYER.

Madame CATA LAN I lately gave a concert at Chalons
for the benefit of the poor.
Two concerts recently given at Liege by Mademoiselle
SONTAG, have excited a general enthusiam in that
city.
As ANTONIO BERMACE, a Constitutional Captain,
was lately setting out on exile, Don MIGUEL having
learned that be bad converted part of his property into
money which he had with him, dispatched an officer in
ptirsuit with the following order : " His moat faithful
MAJESTY having learned that BzaarAcE, ex-Captain
Major, who was to be conveyed into exile by the frigate
Principe Dono Pedro, carries with him a large snm of
money, orders you to take this money from that e. ile or
any others, and deliver it into the office of the Secretary of
Stata."—French Paper.
Anecdote of DUDON, recently appointed President of
the Electoral College of Nantes:—Some one having
said—" M. DUDON is going to seek at Nantes the
portfolio which he lost in Germany," and an explanation
of this pleasantry being required, the following answer
was given :—" In 1807 M. DUDON being Auditor of the
Council of State, was charged to carry to the Emperor
NwroLuox, then at Erfurt, the portfolio of the delibera-
tions of the Council. He lost it on the way. You may
judge his embarrassment. The Emperor, justly irrible4
ordered M. Dunox into his presence. " You have lost
the portfolio of the Council of State?"—,-Yes, Sir. " How
could you be so stupid ?"—" The portfolio fell from my
cabriolet." " That, Sir, is not possible • nothing eau
fall from a close cabriolet." " Sir I bed ineened the
portfolio behind the cabriolet and the jolts".---" I
portfolio behind the cabriolet, Sir, and why not within!"
•'The carriage was too narrow."—" Well, Sir, sad why
did you not put the portfolio inside and go younsif be-
hind ?"—lt is unnecessary to odd that puDON was May
to die with fear.—Figaro.
If the petitionagunst the return of Mr. GEEAED
CALLAGHAN should IdOCOeldt Lord DUNGAIYAN and
Mr. MAIL BIRESVOND will, it is said, contest the re-
presentation of Cork.