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London, England, 1831-10-04 00:00:00

SELECTIONS OF ON DITS.

AAAAA ITZ TO TUt LORDS AND TAZ RITOBX •ILL.
PEERS WHO ATTENDED THE CALL OF THE

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MI Peers present
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14 Absent

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The avenues to the Him, were crowded at an
early hour, and continued crowded until a very
late one, by persona of the highest respectability.
Anxiety was depicted on every countenance, and
as the carriages of the Peers known to be in favour
of Tot BILL, passed along, tbsy were saluted
111th the loudest applause. The scene within the
Sense was equally impressive. The precincts—
** lobby—the Boor--the galleries—were all
crowded either by Peers and their connections, or
by persons anxious to witness the appearance and
proceedings of the House; and so deeply did the
whole scene impress the mind of Lord Grey with
the Importance of the task which be had moder-
ates, and the solemnity of the duty he was about
to discharge, that after rising to address the house,
he was obliged more than once to sit down, until
'he had regained spirits and energy for the enter-
pift. When he did, however, finally succeed in
his endeavour, the tone of his address was befitting
the assembly ; the language impressive ; the ar-
guments employed by him of the most convincing
character. Little that was really new, in fact or
in argument, in inference or conclusion, could rea-
sonably have been expected from any one upon a
topic which bad engaged the attention, and given
rise to nightly discussion in the other house of per-
ils:Dent during the last four months ; yet did Lord
Grey succeed in giving to the whole something of
a new character, as well as of a new manner.

A considerable additional force of the new police
were last night on duty—we had almost raid under
arms—at the West end of the town. Patioles of
small parties perambulated the principal thorough-
fares, and were in constant communication with
the stations, at which a number of men were kept
ready to act at a moment's notice. A few men
were placed in the immediate vicinity of the men-
sions belonging to those Noblemen who are known
to be opposed in opinion tuldhristers.
The Marquis of Londonderry, in leaving the
House of Lords yesterday Vveninfc, was reLognised
by some of the crowd, • wgd exPretard their disap-
probation pretty loudly.- fits kardship, who at first
was leaving at a quick pace; drew up his horse on
the crowd gathering around him, and proceeded at
a slow pace, without any further interruption.
Enough of the feeling of a certain portion of
the House has been evinced to prove to us that
nothing is to be expected from that quarter. The
general opinion is that the Bill will be thrown out !
In the course of the day a variety of reports were
in circulation, and the immediate neighbourhood
of Parliament afforded its full proportion of specu-
lation and uncertain conjecture. The general fm-
premiers, however, was, that the bill would be lost
on the second reading.'
There were mass very discordant noises in Pa-
let?' Yard, *bile the Doke of Cumberland was
Ipmeeeding to the House of Load: yesterday even-
ing, which were distinctly heard, by the Duke of
Gloucester. - -

—ribs City boa been inundated today with all
sorts.ofinmOurs relative to the fits of the Reform
Bill.aowebefore the _Rosa ef lards. These ru
limes are almost istirelyof an adverse eharaetir,
and the.gassral "hide *Olathe Biri will be lest:
There rworinmees; boaivitiOrka Wok ethanol'.
or prefeis to sark.thei my din
Lord Aldus, be. declared, within a very short
time, that Ibis groat Meagre will be carried.

It is said that Lord Hill has resigned, and that
Lord Waldegrave is about to follow his example.—
Both these noble lords, it is added, have determined
to vote against the reform bill.
We could hardly have believed, after the de-
monstrations made in every town, every village,
and hamlet of this country, the moment the chal-
lenge was given—after the waggon loads of' Peti-
tions signed by the whole adult male population
of the respective places—that assurance could be
carried so far. But this poor attempt to question
the reality of the attachment of the people to tl:e
Bill, was, after all, the best thing said by the
Opposition last 'night.
The general impression at the West end of the
town at a late hour last night was that the Reform
Bill would be thrown out, on the second reading,
by a majority varying between 25 and 35.
The Bishop of London, although prevented by a
domestic calamity from attending the House of
Lords during the discussion on the Reform Ques-
, lion, will vote by proxy in favour of the Bill.
It will be seen, by reference to the del•ate, that
some of the Opposition were startled by the nature
of Lord Wharncliffe's amendment, and that an at-
tempt is to be made to effect the acme purpose in
more respectful tone. What the issue may be re-
mains still in the same uncertainty as ever, and ia
likely to do so until the decision shall put an end
to the public suspense.
Lord Grey's impressive appeal to the Bishops
will, we trust, h 'ye a proper effect. The Bishop
of London—perhaps the most able and long-teghied
Prelate of his order, and one who loves the Church
discreetly as well as honestly—gives his proxy in
favour of the second reading.
If the Tories succeed in rejecting this bill, they
reject also the facts and reasonings on the strength
of which it has been passed by the House of Com-
mons, and accepted by the country w,thout a
dissenting voice. They fling aside the fact, that
76 English county members have voted for
the bill, and only six against it ; that of all
those 17 leading counties, and 22 principal
cities and boroughs, which from their import-
ance or the popularity of their election were
taken as a test of the bias of public opi-
nion in the case of the Catholic Bill, and which,
by presenting a bare majority of members in its
favour, satisfied Sir Robert Peel that the measure
ought to be adopted, not one on this occasion has
yielded a single voice in opposition to the Reform
Bill, but are all unanimous in supporting itl
Lord Grey has declared once more, that he will
" stand or fall by the Bill,"—thst he will newer
attempt such a fraud upon the nation, as to
offer it a less complete reform, and that not
until he sees that there is no fair prospect
of carrying this measure, unshorn of any of
its main principles into execu'ion, will he resign
his office. The obvious meaning of which latter
part of the decl tration is, that if the Bill should
I now be lost, he will propose to his Majesty that a
sufficient number of Peers shall be created to carry
this bill in a speedily ensuing session • and that if
such a reasonable request be negative—a supposi-
tion which the manly, firm, and sincere character
of the Sovereign forbids us to entertain for one
moment—then, and not till then, will the Reform-
ing Prime Minister find himself bound in con-
science to retire.

After giving a full analysis of the measure, and
earnestly pressing it on their Lordships, Lord Grey
made the following declaration towards the close of
his speech :—With regard to himself, be bad
said upon a former occasion that by this measure he
would stand or fall. (Cheers, particularly from
the Lord Chancellor)—and from such a declaration
he was not the man to shrink. There could not be
a question of his continuing one hoar in office with-
out a reasonable prospect of carrying a measure to
which he was pledged by every tie of personal ho-
nour, and by every obligation of public duty (cheers )
The following passage is also deserving of notice :
He himself was present at a debate in the House i f
Commons, when the late Mr. Foster was called
to order by the Speaker for stating that the Mem-
bers of the Irish Parliament had been bought by
bribes, that money bad been given and received,
that Peerages had been barteved.—(Loud cheers
here interrupted the Noble Earl for some time.)—
He begged to say that no such means had been re-
sorted to for the purpose of passing this Bill.—
(Cheers.)—There bad been no Peers created for
that purpose.—(Cheers.) Certainly not.
We have seen a letter from a very influential
and respectable inhabitant of Birmingham, in which
the writer fa) s, " Let the Lords th'ow out the Bill
and we pay no more assessed taxes—that has been
decided upon. I have prepared a notice, which
I intend to place over my door—' No taxes paid here,
wax° goods bought distrained for taxes.'—There is
nothing illegal in this—the Government have their
temedy —let them act upon it-1 know." Now, if
this had come horn a wild radical, without money
and without brain., we should have thought little
of it; but it comes from a very different sort of
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LONDON GAZETTE.—THIS EVENING.
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B. Hamer, joiner, York.
J. Williams, builder, Liverpool.
I. W. sad M. Haws, bleachers, Nottingham.
ROYAL EXCMANOK, TN ELVE O'CLOCK.
Consols, which left off yesterday at 8014, for
the account, op- nod at 80 1. went down to 80 I,
but afterwards improved 'to 801, 81, on account
of Lord Akhorp not mentioning ahything about
funding Exchequer Bills. At present Consols are
80 1 i.
THREE O'CLOCK.
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