Star.
London, England, 1831-03-23 00:00:00

SPIRIT OP THE JOURNALS.

Trants.--The majority was only 1 in favour of the Reform Bill ;
bat, considering the immense exertions made to defeat it by thou▪ whose Cal existence it passes an eternal donut, even this
jerky is h hly satisfactory. If Ministers should now think h ad-
visable to ve Parliament immediately, their present number
along with the votes of their friends who will then come in in, the
Treasury will give them a triumphant majority.
have Lad John Russell, that, though thepTl,3
not resist trifling tahinn:enents in the details of the bill, oh=in em.
white, they will either not accept of any essential change, or um
not rest satisfied till its original provisions are restored. The infer.
enee of course is infallible that the House will be immediately dis.
solved, if any material alteration should be carried in she committee.
The report of the King being opposed to a dissolution is indueret.
ously spread, but is not worthy et any credit. The King wW sup.
port the Ministers, and his and their bill.
Par.—The adjourned Debate was resumed last night, and hated
till half-past three o'clock, when the house divided, and the nurnhere
proved to be—for the seeood reading of the bill 302; against it 301
being, thus far, a majority of ens in favour of Ministers. They have
little reason, however, to congratulate themselves on the result, for this
apparent victory is, in effect, a signal and decisive overthrow for then,
and the enemies of the Constitution. The lovers of order, the true
friends of the Monarchy and their country, so far from feeling dis,
heartened, will raise a shout of joyful triumph for the ascendancy of
those principles which alone can secure the stability of the one or the
happiness and honour of the other. It is scarcely necessary to observe,
that from twenty to thirty who have voted for the second reading of the
Bill have thereby recorded simply their approval of the principle of Re.form, having openly expressed themselves hostile to ihie monstrous pro.
ject iw foto. As many more, who are likewise ready to support a safe
and rational plan of modified Reform, have allowed the bill to pass this
stage with the view of introducing very material amendments into the
details. Whether the odious expedient of dissolving Parliament, and
thus risking the public tranquillity by affording an opportunity for
brute violence and intimidation on the part of a rabble whose base pas.
slons have been iniquitously excited,—whether, we say, this shameful
expedient be contemplated, seeing that the fate of the bill car it :lands
is decided, we know not. But should it be possible, it will still remain
to be seen what course his Majesty will pursue on the occasion ; and
upon this most important point we have the happiness to say, that there
is every reason to hope the generous-hearted Monarch will not suffer
himself to be misled.
Trans.—All the French popular journals, as we had anticipated,
have declared against the new ministry, since the delivery of their mud.
festo in the Chamber of Deputies on Friday. They are only supported
with firmness by two or three prints, which me accused of advocating
the principles of the restoration, instead of the revolution. From the
ministerial statement, which we gave yesterday, the country will learn
useful truths, In addition to information on me sentiments and views of
the cabinet. The taxes, which for the last eight or ten years have
never exceeded a or 40,000,0001. sterling, are thn year to
be 1,200,000,000 of francs, or about 48,000,0001. sterling. This
fact was stated by the last ministry, and the enormity of the
expense was defended by M. Lsfitte. But the additional sum
of 8,000,0001. was ascribed to the necessity of preparing for
war. Marshal Soult, the Minister of War, on the contrary, declared,
on Friday, that nothing had yet been done to place the army on a foot-
ing of war, and that die immense now demanded was necessary
to carry on the peace. The country, learn how expensive a
luxury war would now be fn France, when even eight miWou pounds, or
ten million pounds sterling of additionsl resources are necessary to place
It on a peace footing. War cannot now be made to feed itself
and enrich its heroes as in the glorious times of Napoleon
Buonaparte. The land tax is to be doubled, to place the
army on a footing to make France respected in peace ; the
increase of expenses in war would require the doubling of several ether
imposts. These considerations ought not, of course, to affect the con.
duct of the French Government where its honour er essential Interests
are at stake, but deserve the consideration of the partywho call out foe
war from mere wantonness, or to gratify some pada' predllecdon. It
will be a curious consequence of this augmentation of the tax on real
property and trading licenses, that it will nearly double the number
of persons who are to enjoy the elective franchise. By the new
electoral bill which has passed the Chamber of Deputies, and is now
about to receive the sanction or the Peers, every man becomes an
elector who pays two hundred francs, or 81. sterling, in direct taxes.
An additional 65 centimes are to be levied on the land-tax, and 50 on
the patent.taz, by which the amount of the latter is doubled, and of the
former more than doubled. Thus a new class of electors will come upon
the list, as those who formerly paid 100 francs will now have to pay
more than 200 hams, and so gain admission to the electoral colleges.
It may be calculated that the electoral body will thus be more than dos.
bled, and thus rise to nearly 500,000 instead of 200,000. This is a re.
suit which probably the Minister of Finance did not intend to produce

Two owocs

FUN DS.—Consols, which were looking up in the early
part of the morning, and were done at 761 for the Account,
have not maintained their price, but have since receded to
761 g, which, no doubt, is owing to the general supposition
that Parliament will be dissolved in a few days. In the
Foreign Market little or nothing doing.
THE'RIiFoRMICD HOUSE.

The attendance of Members in the House of Commons
last night exceeded any thingon record. The largest attend-
ance on any former occasion, as known by a division, was in
a Committee, when there were present 558 Members. Last
night's attendance was as follows :
The numbers announced on the division make 60$
The Tellers were 4
The Speaker
Six pair retired ... 12
Invalid Members who did not vote, in consequence, it was said,
of the Ministers' confidence is their numbers, bat who were in
attendance in an adjoining room
Member locked out (we believe)

Total number present ... 698
Thus, of the House, consisting of 658 Members, there were,
according to the above statement and calculation, six hundred
and twenty-eight Members actually in and about the House,
and only thirty Members absent ; and, if the largest known
number present on any former occasion were 558, there were
last night present seventy Members more than on any former
event ! The Noes went into the Lobby last night ; the Ayes
remained in the House. Mr. CA LC RAFT had the credit of
having decided the question, and was greeted accordingly
by the " Ayes."—Herald.

The King and Queen arrived in town a few minutes
before two o'clock yesterday afternoon, in a carriage and
four, escorted by a party of Lancers, from Windsor Palace. •
Prince George of Cambridge, accompanied by his tutor,
followed soon afterwards in another carriage and four.
The Duchess of Gloucester, the Princess Sophia, and the
Princess Sophia Matilda, visited their Majesties after their
arrival.

The Landgravine of Hesse Homburg dined with the King
and Queen in the evening.
The Lord Chamberlain left town yesterday for Derby.
Sir Henry Halford and Mr. Brodie hold daily consulta-
tions respecting the Mate of Lord Holland. His Lordship
is rather better.

The Earl of Harrington left his residence in Stable-yard,
St. James's. yesterday, for his seat in Derbyshire.
The Duke of Cumberland was under the gallery of the
House of Commons last night during the debate.
The first Number of a Series of the most popular produc-
tion of our eminent HteToarears, PalLosoPiteas, Ac. will be pub-
lished on the lint of &pill. imitled " Ax itriroxx or EMOLISH
LITZRATURE I^ the Editors of which intend to prune luxuriance, and
remove blemishes, by the rejection of what is superfluous in matter or
quaint in style, while they retain all that is useful and interesting by a
system of CONCENTRATION. To the plan of this novel undertaking,
which cannot fail to prove a new are in tifevedurs, our attention ha%
been forcibly drawn by the perusal of Palsy', NNW and PoJllkel Phi-
losophy, which forms the first volume of the Philosophical Series. nib
has been condensed within about haft the cadent of the original; and
as all the arguments are nevertheless preserved, and even the very words
of the author when they best convey hie Ideas, we congratuist,
our readers and especially the youth of both eases, on the facility with
which they may thus becomeacquainted with authors repulsive from
their bulk alone, at a p little cod of tine as well as Om

On the 6th inst. at Pisa, in the Hon. John Kainedp Nislane.
emend son of the Earl of Cadets, who was married to Was Augusta
Fit= arena, fourth daughter of his Majesty.
We lament to announce the death of General the Earl of Chatham.
Knight of the Garter, Governor of Gibraltar, and Colonel of the 41"
Regiment of Foot. We have also to announce that the swami Pm'
duped by the death of Sir Wm. P. Galway, in the 3d Dragoon Ward",
is to be filled up by Major... General the Hon. Frederick Pensonby, 00'
revisor of Malta—Another ostsela of the Noble Premier.

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