Star.
London, England, 1831-09-06 00:00:00

RIFORM BILL.

Lord ALTIIORP then moved that the house resolve it•
self Into s Committee on the Reform Bill.

Mr. B. WALL put a question to the Noble Lord (Al.
thorp) regarding the Parliamentary Commissioners, in con.
sequence of a letter that he bad received, stating, that on the
24th of August, 31enrs. Dawson, Drinkwater, and Satin.
den, had applied for information regarding the division of
counties, under the authority of the Secretary of State, and
signed by G. Phillips. He contended, that his Majesty's
Government was not warranted In sanctioning that expend!.
Lure, or furnishing that authority.
After a long conversation, the house went into committee
on the clause that the Commissioners of the Treasury be em-
powered to defray the expenses of banisters in making out
the returns of the list of voters, which was agreed to.
Sir CHARLES WETHERELL gate notice that be
should move to.mortow for a copy of the circular to the

The CHAIRMAN having read part of clause WS, enact-
ing that the overseers shall prepare lists of persons entitled to
vote in boroughs.
Mr. WHAM said, the expense of the lists should not de-
volve exclusively on the parishes returning the members.—
The expense would be too heavy a burden fur the parishes.
In the Tower Hamlets, it would amount to 1,0001. or
2.0001. annually.
Alderman WOOD said, u there were 40,000 inhabi-
tants in the Tower Hamlets, the expense to individuals
would not exceed one shilling, suppuMng £2,000 to be the
correct estimate. But the expense would be nothing like
that sum.

Mr. WARBURTON thought It would be tint, to con.
eider the point, when the Tower Hamlets complained of
their newly-acquired privilege.—(Hear).
Colonel 818/HORPE was of the same opinion as Mr.
Walks.

Lord ALTHORP said, it was just that the places en-
joying the benefit should pay the expense.—( Hear). Be-
sides, the expense being under the cancroid of the parish,
would be less liable to accumulate than if made a public
burden.
31r. HUNT observed, that the power lodged in the hands
of the overseers, was perhaps too considerable. It would be
well to preclude them from canvas=ing.
Dlr. MILKS suggested the association of the Church.
wardens with the overseers.
Six C. WETHERELL considerel the registers contain:
log the conuibutions of the Inhabitants to the poor rates,
&c. to supersede the necessity of the present clause.
Lord ALTHORP said a few words which were not
heard.
• On the motion of Mr. WILKS, words directing that
copies of the list should be delivered to individuals on pay.
meut of Is. were inserted in the clause.

The clause was then agreed to.
Schedule K (annexed to clause 33) was declared part of
the bill.

Clause 34, enacting that town clerks shall furnish the over.
seers with lists of the freemen, wee agreed to.
Clause 36, enacting that precittete, extra parochial or
otherwise, baying no overseers of the poor, shalL for the poe.
pose of making out the list of voters, be deemed to be within
the smallest pariah or township adjoining, was then put.
Mr. J. CAMPBELL proposed that "lent populous"
should be substituted for " smallest."

The amendment was agreed to, and the clause as amended
was declared part of the bilL
Clause MI, ipsting the judges who are to name the
barristers who shall revise the list of borough voters, was
agreed to
37, directing that returning officers are to revise
lists of borough voters ; and clause 31, enacting that over.
seers shall have the power of inspecting tax assessments and
rate-books, were also declared part of the Bill.
Clause SU, enacting that Returning Officers and Barristers,
in revising the lists, shall have the power of administering
oaths, and that they shall settle and sign the lists in open
Court, was then put.
After a few words from C. WETIIIIIILL and the AT.
voamar.Girtsaat, the nuvalext was agreed to.
The CHAIRMAN mad clause 40, requiring the Sherif
to keep a list of the electors.

Colonel WOOD said it would be found impossible fur tl.e
sheriff' to keep such a list.
Lard ALTHORP defended the clause, which wa,
agreed to
The CHAIRMAN read clause 41, prohibiting any
quiry at the time of polling respecting the right 0: vu:in.,
except as to the identity of the person, that he has the -.tn..
qualification as when he registered, and his not hoeing pre-
viously voted at said election, of which the oath, or affirma.
tion, of the elector shall be coaclusive evidence. Agreed eu,
Clause 42, directing the returning officer to take all vo4:i
that were in the registry, was agreed to.
Clause 43, directing sheriffs to make proclamation t.f the
times and places of election, was read and agreed to.
Ciaose 44, providing that the polling should comment.:
at nine o'clock and continue two days, being read,
Mr. Strickland, Sir E. Sugden, and Sir C. Wetherell oh.
jetted to the time as too short.
Lord ALTHORP thought there could be no difficulty
in taking the poll in two days, as thcre could be tiftmu
places for taking the poll, and the booths at eacl.l
might be divided as much as at present.
Mr. WILKS suggested, that there should be an ini..rval
of more than one day between the day of nomination and
thecornmencement of the poll, to give time for non.resident
freeholders to come to the poll.
Lord ALTIIORP considered two days sufficient thic,
counties being divided.
After a few words from Mr. Sraical.sarn,
_Mr. 1101-nt.
woant, and Mr. PRARD, clause 44 wa- agreed to.
The House then resumed, the Chairman spored pregro4
and obtained leave to sit again to-morrow.
The Reform of Ireland Bill was pcstponed to llonoay
next.

The Wine Duties 13:11 wu postponed to Wednesday next.
Lord ALTHORP moved that the committal of the Si.
gar Refinery Bill be postponed to Monday next.
Mr. K. DOUGLAS complained of the frequent postpone.
meta of the bill, which greatly interested the colonies.
Mr. ROBINSON complained, that peat fiscal questions
should be brought forward pending the reform bill, wittn
they could not receive due consideration.
Lord ALTHORP said, the Sugar Refinery Bill had been
originated two years since ; its principle had been agreed to,
and it stru now considered a motion, of course. The little
discussion it now required might well be disposed of, titer:.
fore, pending the reform bill.
Mr..HORDON would prefer postponirg the " wicketl"
last bill—(a laugh)_ to that day six months. (Rear, and a
gh
The.) motion was agreed to.
The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the
house adjourned at Two o'Clock.

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

OUR EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

The Army of the North is returning to France.
A division, commanded by General Barrels, about
12,000 strong, will remain in the Belgian terri-
tory, at the disposal of King Leopold. The head-
quarters of Marshal Gerard and the Duke of Or-
leans will be transferred to Maubeuge, where a
camp is forming near that town.—Moniteur.
A terrible revolt has broken out in the Russian
military colonies. Frightful massacres of Gene-
rals and officers are described. This intelligence
leached the Government yesterday evening by a
courier from the Duke de Mortemart, and may
have a gloat influence upon affairs in Poland.—
Le Temps.
Cascow, Aug. 19.—0 n the 14th, the Polish
Prince Radziwell was sent from Warsaw to the
head-quarters of the Russian Count Paskewitsch ;
but when this mission was known on the following
day by the patriotic party in Poland, on some sus-
picion of treason the excesses of the 15th and 16th
took place.—Austrian Observer.
Minds are far from being calmed in Switzerland;
it is stated that a party exists, having for their aim
the dispersion of the Diet, and the establishment
of a central government fur all the Cantons.—

Bias, Awe. 27.—(Private Correspondence.)
—The inhabitants of the country have not obeyed
the injunctions which had been given to them by
the four deputies sent by the Diet. The number
of their partisans increases daily. There arrive
from the neighbouring cantons armed men, ready
to serve the cause of liberty. Liestall resembles
now a place of war. Barricades are raised, Louses
are fortified ; all is prepared for a vigorous resist-
ance. The provisionary government proceeds with
regularity. On the receipt of this last intelligence,
the Diet ordained to General Guigues to bear upon
Liestall with 4,000 men : but what troops can be
sent against the Swiss who do not wish to obtain
in the like manner as those of the other cantons,
a just repartition of political rights ? Blood enough
has been shed for the aristocracy. Is it now, is it
in 1831, that there will be found in Swiss soldiers
instruments of oppression.
Scit w Tz.—The fermentation in the Canton of
Schwitz augments more and more. On the 17th,
the council of exterior districts made an appeal to
arms. On the 21st, the two contingents were un-
der arms, and the landsturm was inspected. An
attack was expected from the troops of the ancient
country : all the positions of the frontiers are gar-
nished by carabiniers. The same day the landsge-
meinde of the ancient country of Schwits assem-
bled, conformably to the invitation of the diet.—
After five hours' deliberation, it rejected all accom-
modation with the exterior districts, as well as the
conciliatory propositions of the Diet. It is to be
feared that civil war will burst out, if the Diet does
not interfere more energetically.—Sentinelle Ge-
nevoise.

TOULON, A uo. 28.—The frigate Bellona has
returned from Algiers ; she brings 150 sick be-
longing to the various corps of the army of occu-
pation. Our soldiers experience again the effects
of the climate of Africa. Nearly all the hospitals
of Algiers are crowded, and several vessels are
trancporting the sick to France.—National.
The members of the Chamber of Deputies as-
sembled at noon yesterday, in the committees, to
continue the examination of the Budgets for 1831
and 1832. The discussions were equally long and
warm as the preceding. M. Cabanon proposes to
move the following amendment, as a substitute for
the bill presented by the Government to form Art.
23 of the Charter :—The Peerage ceases to be
hereditary : and is not transmissible to heirs. The
King appoints the Peers out of a list of candidates
elected by the arrondissement Electoral Colleges,
in number equal to that of the Deputies ; the age
of eligibility is 35 years years accomplished. This
list shall always be kept complete. The nomina-
tion of Peers cannot be less than one-third of the
number, nor exceed the total number of the Cham-
ber of Deputies."
The defenders of the hereditary Peerage quote
documents to prove that there are not in all France
more than 107 persons who possess 100,000 fr. a
year in land, and that those who pay 5,000 fr. a
year and udwards to the land tax do not exceed
574 Courtier Francais.
The responsible editor of the Gazette du Lan-
guedoc was condemned a few days ago by the
Court of Assizes for the Haute Garonne to eis
months' imprisonment and a fine of 1,000 fr. for
insult towards the King's person, by the insertion
of a fable, entitled " Le Bone et le Renard, ou
Maitre Dupla et son Compere."

CA it I.SItiIUE, Aug. 20.—The bill on the liberty
•,t the press has just been unanimously adopted by
the two Chambers, as has that for the abolition of
?vibes. Our government is making progress, to
tbe •great displeasure of Austria and Prussia. No-
thing can arrest the march of the public mind.
Woe kill attend those who have not employed their
..forts to save Poland, when the news shall arrive
that IVarsaw has fallen. The sympathy of all
el.tses in Germany is very great, and cries of in-
ifignatiOn are already uttered against the Sove-
'Tips, whose obstinacy and partiality have con-
nibuted to the propagation of the cholera morbus.
PARIS, SEPT. 2.—There was a report on
'Change of a now revolution said to have broken
r in Brazil, in which the Europeans were mas-
Ac: ed. The accounts from London of the day
'nitre yesterday mention nothing of the kind; nor
,!ti the letters from our sea ports. It must be sap-
posed that the news was brought to Brest by a man
of e.ar, and transmitted to the telegraph. It is,
nevertheless, true, that the state of Brazil is such
as to excite apprehension. M. da Rocha, envoy
extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary from the
r!ew Brazilian Government, arrived at Paris ou
,he 31st August, accompanied by his BOA, who is
A:ached to the legation.
The Brazilian Consulate-General, at Paris, has
..st been delivered to M. D'Amrin, a chief clerk
in the Department of Foreign Affairs at Rio de
.1311eiro.

The Dey of Algiers has been, to-day, to pay a
visit to Marshal Clause!. We do not know whe-
ther this visit has any connection with the projects,
which his Highness is supposed to entertain respect-
ing his former dominions.
Tho. members of the diplomatic body have been
ebierved to be ail in motion to-day. Several were'
to have taken part to-day in a hunting excursion,
•cl..ich has been put off in consequence of the re-
cent, of dispatches by several legations.
A Journal has announced that 30,000 men of
the French army, on leaving the territory of Bel-
gian), will take up their position in an entrenched
camp before Arras. The Courrier du Pas de Ca-
Fs says it has no knowledge of this fact. Much,
it thinks, has been stated on the authority of very
%agile rumours.
The Milan Gazette of the 25th gives an account
of a riot in the the theatre ou the 23d. The peo-
ple, on pretext of disapproving of the performance,
epctily resisted the armed force. The Austrian
Soldiers came from all parts of the city to the scene
of the disorders. The soldiers at first fired in the
air. but finding that the tumult was not allayed, and
that the affair was becoming serious, they at length
fired on the mob ; several persons were killed and
Iyounded , and it was with great difficulty that order
was restored. At eleven e'clock at night the streets
were still full of troops. Numerous patrols were on
foot all night.

POLAND.
Cancow, Au°. 25.—The day before yesterday
;:le news was spread here that Gen. Rozicki had
.•ained a brilliant victory over the corps of Gen.
tudiger near Sziedlow, and had taken eight pieces
cannon, and 4,000 prisoners.
They speak also of a great victory of our main
army, but the source of this news is not known.

This moment we have received news from Lem-
-1 erg of the 27th int. Gen. Rudiger has been
I eaten by the Poles, and forced over into the Aus-
trian territory.
After the arrival here the day before yesterday
of Estafette, two regiments of infantry, and two of
cavalry, and batteries of artillery have been des-
atched to the frontiers to disarm the Russians,
;.ho have sought protection in Austria.
BERLIN, Ara. 30.—The retreat of Field-Mar-
,hal Paskewitsch from Warsaw has been caused by
defeat sustained by General Rudiger, who was
I eaten by the Commander-in-Chief Skryznecki at
the head of 16,000 men, on the 20th inst. So un-
expectedly did the Polish Field-Marshal attack the
corps of Gen. Rudiger, that after considerable loss,
he had scarcely time to retreat across the Vistula.
According to the same news, the report of Skry-
znecki recall, and the murders comMitted in War-
were the fabrications of the Poles, for the purpose
of drawing off the attention of the enemy from their
movements in the south.

BRESLAL, At: a. 24.—The following intel-
ligence was received by a merchant of the first
respectability in Breslau, from Poland yesterday.
—General Skrzynecki had entered into a negoti-
ation with Field Marshal Paskewitech for a cessa-
tion of hostilities, in order to enter into a treaty
10 be negotiated in conjunction with the Five
Great Powers ; which, it was hoped, would lead to
a happy termination. But General Skrzynecki
displaced, it was not known whether his suc-
cescr, General Dembinski, would pursue the same
course as his predecessor. It was, however, con-
::dered likely that he would do so.