Star.
London, England, 1831-03-30 00:00:00

SPIRIT OP THE JOURNALS.

Timm—The Gene= paper mention the important fact of the op.
pointrcent of a Proviaknal Government for Poland. A Provisional
Government for Poland established at St. Peteribmegh I Has the Rm.
paw, then, failed in establishing a Government is any an. portion of
Poland P Could he not have got one in Lithuania ? Gold he Pot have
sent to Wilna, to ask some of the Lithuomies Pons to how the kind-
ness to personate a Government. Nothing could mesa kindly contra.
diet all the other accounts of Ruler success whisk ban bean recr-
eated than this auttonneement.
TIIIIIM—In the Taw of Sunday we hod a letter from Ireeskiert.
dated March 22, giving an account a the preparations making he the
invasion of Luxemburg by the troops of the Germanic Confederation—
The Diet shows that it is in earnest, and unless the Belgians are assisted
by France (of which there does not seem the alighten possibility), they
will show their wisdom in not trying to fight Germany and Holland at
the same time. The distractions of Belgium are great enough already,
without aggravating them by the calamities of war. That unhappy
emery, torn by faetione—tukd by ignorant, selfish, sod mischievous
ma—ruined in its trade—dilappidated. in its Inaness—unable to
levy tan adequate to the demaoda of its establishments, and
as unable to borrow mosey from ha want of credit—the prey of po.
Ihical lead's and knavish agitators, with in best chines proscribed,
and its manufacineing population unemployed,—cursed with a *obis
preas..balying Room and pandering to the lowest passion of the
de,—and now about to be plunged into a war without regular
Imps or reemploy resources, inset leery day lament the none of

its unreasonable rebellion, and the fatal gift of its independence. On
the present emergency the National Congress is again convoked to
give its advice. This precious body, whose only mission was to form
a Constitution and a Government, is nowso be convened into an onli-
nary legislative assembly. If it shows only the same wisdom which it
exhibited before its prorogation, the Repot will be little better of its
assistance.

Healin.—Direct nomination by borough-proprietors to seats in the
Lower House, appears to the Duke of Wellington to be the wonder-
working principle of the British Constitution. How it got there, he
does not trouble himself to inquire • but he believes it to be the key of
our civil position, and if that be carried by lie esteeming enemy, be
considers the bottle lost—for It is strange MAO that the Duke &Wel-
lington, and all the opponents to Reform, trlll ems view the people
but u the natural enemy of all rational gamma; that is to say, they
confound authority and despotism, and therein. soodude that the one,
like the other, ha no security but in the hers mei want of combination
among the governed. The Duke Matters himself that the people of
England will submit to the rejection of the Raises Bill without a
" murmur." _ _

" Rusdeus menet dam transit at s."
The Duke is not speaking to dismotented sod mossaseradag soldiers—
their duty is to place unlimited maidens in the justice awl taints of
their commander—civil life mod fres Wunder know so sari moil-
deuce, and no such submission—poems' tights, and palled lienchises,
transcend the claims of authority however sottisnt, Of t e newt due to
names however illustrious. The petition Owatiolna of Great Britain
will calmly, but certainly, attain disk objest,_ond k wails for the Duke
of Wellington and his anti-reforesiog friends to wheels an effectual
change and improvement in our representative Tie=srlffswf a murmur.
Pollll%—it has been ascertained that upwards of 6 those Mem-
bers who voted for the second reading of the Rehm bill are determined
to destroy its character in the Committee. Miniseme will therefore be
left in a woful minority when the first clause oases to the vote. No
wonder their Journals urge a Monied's, but the King positively re-
fuses to grant one; so bete again Mks= ais impeded in their revolu-
tionary course. It is quite true that the Duke of Gloucester is deeply
impressed with a sense of the danger whist the country would incur by
adopting Earl Grey's Benthamite C.enstitudon. The Queen is also known
to entertain a very natural antipathy to it ; and a noble Earl, whose lady is
attached to her Majesty's Household, has expressed in dutiful but ener-
getic teems his apprehensions of the dangerous consequences which
must result from the establishment of a democratic legislature. To the
appal of these able councilion his Majesty has, we are assured, lis-
tened with characteristic kindness, and the baneful, of
of a person whose weakness is only equalled by that of his fris=
Gotkrich is, we believe, beginning to be appreciated by his royal nor
to. To that gentleman we sincerely recommend a reference to the mod-
, meats and opinions of those in the sunshine of whose Royal favour he
so long basked, by the breath of whose nostrils he once lived and had
his being. That their familiar Mend and servant whom they trusted
should mark his respect for their memory by acting the part of a go.
between with Whig Reformers and Revolutionists against the political
supporters of a Wellington,—that he of all men should throw discredit
upon their patronage, is indeed a fearful sign of the times. We have
already once warned him against the course be is pursuing, and we now
repeat that warning.
Texas.—We recollect no instance in which any Important public
measure was not attended with a vibration and a tendency downwards
of the funds, as tempests always shake and depress the mercury in
the barometer ; yet, in violation of this rule, the funds are now said to
have advanced, only, or chiefly, because the encase of the bill which
is to produce ro important a change in the state of our re-
presentation is becoming more certain. This should occasion
serious reflection on the part of those who oppose the
bill, and induce them to adopt it, as we have before urged,
on the principle that its adoption is the securest course : for if
the funds rise because the success of the bill is suppose. to be certain,
of what nature is that danger which would result from its rejection ?
It is not the danger springing from a mere Ministerial defeat within
the walls of Parliament: it is the danger which would be occasioned
by the very great and general dissatisfaction of the people, if their fa-
vourite mature were frustrated. The bill, therefore, ought to be
adopted as a peace-maker. And let it not be supposed that the present
is so more than a temporary or capricious feeling of the le of
England. Their seal, ardour, and passion are, no doubt, y in.
flamed by the apparent proximity of the object which they opt to ob.
Lain; but the necessity of a reform is the settled conviction of their
souls, which nothing can shake. It is a conviction, not of yesterday,
but of the last half century.

THE FROLIC STEAM PACKET.
Proem the Bristol Journal.

The most melancholy uncertainty continues to prevail as to the num-
ber and names of the passengers on board this easel, and the
circumstances which occasioned the wreck. It is supposed, but on what
grounds we know not, that she bad an unusually large number of pa&
angers on board ; and among those who have been ascertained to have
perished area General APCleod and suite, Colonel Gordon, (formerly
of the Queen's Be ) and servant, Major and Mrs. Boyd and see.
ranee, Miss Richardson (Miss Boyd's niece) and Mr. Anderson, of the
dock-yard, Pater. with his only son and daughter. The body of the
Captain was picked up yesterday sennipt, and brought to this port on
Saturday ; sixteen other bodies, Including that of a woman with a child
in her arms, and Miss Andersen, have been already washed on shore.—
The Captain was found lashed to a spar, and his watch had stopped a
few minutes before four, about which time on Thursday morning it is
supposed the accident hippmed.
A letter from Haverfadwest, dated the 91st inst. esys-14 It is p.
nerally believed that between seventy and eighty have perished. Below
I give you the names, as far as I can ascertain, without attempting to
pledge myself to its correctness:—From Tenhy—General M'Cleod and
four servants ; Major Boyd, his wife, and three servants ; two chil-
dren, and seven others unknown. From Milford—Eighteen sailors
going to join South Sea whalers; three savants from Castle Hall;
one servant from Boulstooe ; one arrant from Pietas Castle;
three runaway apprentices of Mr. J. Matthise's ; a son of Mr.
Griffiths, the currier, of Prendergast; a Colonel in the army, whose
name I forget'; his bat-boa was washed one oboes with his name on it,
and his servant ; a Mr. George, of Pater; Mr. Anderson, of the dock.
yard, his only son, and eldest daughta—ber body is found; and the
entire crew of Aileen or seventeen. One of the Captain's children was
buried on Saturday ; he has left eight slim, and Mrs. Jenkins large
in the family way. The steward has left his wife in the same way,
and four small children.

It was rumoured in Bristol on Friday that a bottle had been found
at sea, containing a letter, purportinf to have been written by a person
on board the Frolic when she was sa setrawis, stating that the long
boat, containing nine persons, bad jest been swamped—that the Cap-
tain had lashed himself to the mast—and that a brig was then in sight.
This letter tea palpable forgery—a despicableand cruel hoax.
• Supposed to be Colonel Gordon, mentioned above.
From a Correspondent.
There is no doubt the vessel was lost in consequence of the conduct
of the captain. He was ignorant of the coast, yet quarrelled with his
pilot, and put him ashore at Haverfordwest. It is supposed he was
standing offend on until day-licht, and not calculating for the force of
wind and tide, which drove bun to the shore, he came right on the
Sandbank, and instantly went to pieces. Grievously as many have
suffered, the captain's case is most melancholy. His wife was in
the family wry of her tenth child. The intelligence brought on pre-
mature labour, and she died leaving nine young orphans destitute. She
had been lately left 1,5001. which was all invested in the ill-fated
Frolic. Every shop in Haverfordwest was closed, and it was one scene
of mourning ; 14 of the most respectable tradesmen of this little town
have perished, and 10 of the lower class.

Cobbett, in his last Register, has printed Lord Grey's
speech on Reform in 1797, and it appears that be then de-
veloped the very plan now before the Legislature. The seed
has been thirty-four years in arriving at maturity. The pro-
pagators of truth ought never to despair.
Exrrza HALL, in the Strand, built for the public meet-
ings of associations, was opened yesterday by a religious
society. Sir T. Baring was in the chair, and speeches were
made by various professional divines, one of whom (the
Rev. Dr. Cox) stated, that there were 336 institutions in
London, most of which required such a place of assembly.
The floor accommodates 5,000 persons, and the platform
about 400.

The general distress and privations of the community are
kept in abeyance by the Reform Bill. It is conceived, and
justly, that a reformed Parliament emanating from the bosom
of the community, will sympathise with their fellow-citizens,
and duly correct the errors of folly and ignorance. One of
the first acts of a reformed Legislature will beto repeal Peel's
Bill ; and the next to pass laws for the relief, if not the in-
demnity, of persons ruined by the false legislation of 1826.
Commerce and industry are not to be trampled under foot
with impunity ; and, if this is not done, and done
quickly, the new Parliament would soon be as Aims as the
last. The robbery, spoliation, and destruction of the thou-
sands, whose enterprise was the basis of our national pros-
perity, are circumstances not to be lightly passed over,
whatever may be the conceit of theorists. The injured will
rim as from the dead, and exhibit their wrongs in a thousand
Protean shapes. In one word, we must have small notes,
or we must go on in unjust spoliation, and extinguish the
debt I The interest can only be collected in the currency
in which the debt was created. We must also have laws to
favour equitable adjustments, between parties who have been
or may be affected. This alone will be the reign of justice.