Star.
London, England, 1831-04-21 00:00:00

SPIRIT OP THE JOURNALS.

CH•orl lc LE.—After the vote of Tuesday, ministers had no longer*
choice whether or not Parliament should be dissolved. We knew the
course they would pursue. We knew that they would nobly redeem their
pledges. We have now the satisfaction of being able to announce, that
• dissolution has been determined on, and we can confidently assure
our readers, that an immediate dissolution may be counted on.
Posy.—No event within our recollection has ever affonied more
general and unqualified satisfaction to the public than the vote of the
House of Commons on Tuesday night upon the subject of the alarm.
ing Revolutionary measure introduced by our present hopeful Ministry
—a measure which if not met by the wise and spirited opposition it has
experienced, would not have failed ultimately to bring destruc-
tion on our most sacred institutions and ruin upon the country. Its
discomfited authors could not conceal their dismay. In their hopeless
state they all early assembled in Downing-street, to deliberate on what
was best to be done. Resignation of office, without a last desperate
struggle, was out of the question with men who avail themselves so
extensively of the advantages of official situation ; and it was there.
for, determined that they should proceed in a body to &. James's,
for the purpose of using their utmost endeavours to per-
suade the King to consent to a dissolution of the Parliament, as the
only means of enabling them to retain for some time longer that mi-
nisterial power, of the possession of which they have on all occasions
proved themselves so utterly unworthy. It is undentood that they so
far succeeded in Ike object of their visit, as to induce his Majesty to
give a conditional assent to this their last ezpedient, and so far to

countenance their forlorn hope, as to agree toefissolt the Pa: home t, itt
the event of the failure of the neat despers'e effott to be made bythem this
day In the Brute of Commons. Thus, h.r.lcad of supporting their
master, do these incemrtent men look to him for tir,,port, and for 11. e
purpose ef remaining in office, care not how much his sacred char:wer
is abused.—We fearlessly repeat that the fate of the atrocious bill in.ty
alr, nay be looked upon as virtually decided. The motion of Gtueral
Gascoyne aimed, it is true, at ore principle only of the ineahure ; ht.: it
was previously announced by the members of his Majesty's govern : ..!•t
in the House of Commons, that the fate of the whole bill rtst
the decision of the House in regard to the single point then to:d, r
cushion.

TIMES..—We now call upon England to unite as one man.
crisis is arrived ! It is clear to demonoteation that no Ref. r 7,. Bill v :;I
be passed by the present House of Comment ! It is an cr,cmy o
form. At first we were sorry that a majority should have been ob:sined
against ;Ministers upon a point which seemed, though com:ng from tie •
friends of boroughmoogerage, to propose an addition to the roptlir
repreeentation : but it is obvious that this was all trick, and
else. It is, therefore, clear, that Parliament means to resist rolirty,
and must be dissolved, or there is an end of all hopes of idiom !
The cup is dashed from our parched lips ; and use side of scats in the
House of Commons, like bullock-stands in Smithfield : and 11-se nomi.
nation of members to act as our representatives ; an:i t e aggrandte t-
ment of great families front their Parliamentary itaflUvrlre, at the
pence of the people, and in defiance of inodeat nterit--all, all west co. •
I tinue, till the state, and Its noblest institutions, sink into one cu.:rt nn
ruin. A dissolution only can stay the evil, and &dissolution is now c Illed
for and determined on unanimously by ministers. This house is an et.tnty
to reform ! It is worse than a rancorous enemy—it is a subtle one.
It has shuffled off the question of reform by a stratagem. What, then.
are the people of England to do to regain a glimpse of their helot
reform, otherwise lost—lost perhaps for ever? Let them rime prepare
themselves to petition for a dissolution, unless, indeed, which is most
probable, the dissolution shall be immediate. Tne Ktwo, it is retrain,
will not hesitate to take this decisive step ; still the people. oil! thry
know the dissolution is decided on, should call meetings and comb;ne
in resolutions and peti.ions to the Throne for a dissoluti,
of PeriLment. lu fuct, we see England in merion at this tnemen,,
and every thing that we have hitherto observed of county, and boi
and parish meetings, for reform is the stillness of ptivate life u
compared to the fervid bustle now excited fur the dissolution of th t
House of Commons which has put its veto on reform. " If," we N 4)
to cur countrymen, "you have ever grieved over the scandal oi
muck representation,—tf you have ever sighed for your just rig its,
and a voice in your own House of Parliament,—if you nay:
ever met sod resolved, and re.resolvcd, a, d strewed up your
courage to the sticking point, that your -veal:hies:
noblest towns should have representatives, and the mere nemirlee,
of l'eers be banished from the Commons House of Parliament—then
Garton and St. blawes. and Boroughbridge, and Old Sarum, and se .r.s
of other depopulated ruins, should be erased from the list of Peelle.
mentary boroughs—.now is the time to follow up the blow, and to call
for the immediate dissolution of that body which says, in more than
words, that these abominations shall exist in spite of you." If a new
Parliament sanctions them, then will we become anti-reformers too !

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HERALD—Though it is quite clear that tle object of the mover
and principal supporters of the motion, on which the House divids d
yesterday morning, was to defeat the Reform bill, and that its
carrying that motion they may imagine their object to have bees
attained, yet it by no means follows that such either seed, or
will be the case. The only real effect of the motion thud clt.
ried is to restore the number of English members to that of *Welt
the present House of Coalitions is constituted; which, we believe, is a
proposition quite in accordance with the sentiments of many of the
wannest and most intelligent of the supporters of the bill. both in and
out of Parliament. Instead therefore of taking this decision in dud n,
or even lookin., upon it in the shape of defeat, ministers, we think,
may with perfect consistency, readily adopt it; and then the only
question is, how the new members, which it provides for, shall be en.
grafted on he bill ? Some members of the Government have said that
should the motion be carried, the result must be that the
addition would be made, by extending the franchise to other
large towns. This, though a very fit argument to be held its ter-
rorcna towards the enemies of the bill, is by no means conclusive ;
and we should think that the difficulty may be met in a m.sch simpler
way, and the amendment engrafted in both the letter and spirit of the
bill, by restoring to the remaining boroughs, in schedule B, the one
member each of which it deprives them.

CITY. ONE O'CLOCK.
There are no arrivals this morning of consequence not
even a single ship letter ; but w•e have seen letters from
Paris, by the Express this morning, dated 4 o'tlock,
stating that the French 3 per Cents. had got up to 59f. 20c.
in consequence of a report of the total defeat of the licssiats
army by the Poles.
Contrary to the expectation of the monied interest_heru.
the Freuch loan has not been contracted for, the French
Ministers did not approve of the offer of 82-2 sous, they
demand 84.

A dissolution of Parliament is generally talked of as
certain, which no doubt will render his Majesty more popu-
lar than ever.

Consols, which left off yesterday at 791 opened at the r::me
price, and went up to 791; at present they are 791 I.
In the Foreign Market little or nothing doing.
CITY. TWO O'CLOCK.

The accounts from Antwerp, of last Tuesday, state that
the Belgians were trying to prevent provisions and water
being brought into the citadel, where they are erecting new
batteries : it was thought there, that the least opposition ou
either side would bring on hostilities.
Up to the present time we have no positive informaticn in
regard to the Polish victory over the Russians, although it
comes from various quarters ; it is generally supposed that
the main army of the Russians are retreating on their m
gazines and reinforcements.
Consols continue very steady at 79i for the Account,
with little doing. Nothing positive is as yet known in the
City in regard to the dissolution of Parliament, in conse-
quence of which the speculators are afraid to operate. Con-
sols for Money 79i. The Foreign Market is void of the
least interest : nothing doing.
An Express has arrived with an account that the French
loan has been taken by the same party at 84, the Ministers'
price.

Yesterday her MAJESTY, with that gracious condescen-
sion which marks all her actions, paid a long visit to the
truly wonderful Gallery of Miss Lixwoon in Lei e.tti-
square. The ingenious lady happened to be in town, and
was therefore able to attend her Royal Visitor, from whom
she received all the compliments which are due to her trans-
cendant merit. Her MAJESTY'S surprise was as great as
that of all visitors, to witness so extensive a collection, the
work of one pair of hands, and every piece a chef-d'ceu: Sc
of art.

By letters from Constantinople, of the date of Match 11,
state, that the general report of that capital is, that the
Sultan is about to found a University.—Journal de Paris.
ZOLIECHOW, near which the last Polish Outcry, w%4
gained, is about 50 miles south-east of Warsaw, and nearly
the centre of the large Plain enclosed by the Vistula and the
Bug. As the enterprizing youth of Europe are flocking to
he standards of the Poles, and the greater part of the R
sian prisoners gladly enter, their army must boon Le en over-
match, in ail respects, frr any disposable force of Russia.
Their most dangerous enemy DOW is the crafty mediation of
Courts, which kept aloof a-hile they appeared to be the easy
prey of Russia. Poland must be independent, and have
ports on the Baltic and Euxine.
We beard It asserted yesterday, and in a cp::.:ter deserv-
ing of credit, if what was asserted did not appear, from its
improbability, to impugn that credit, that a coinage to a cer-
tain amount had issued front the Miut on Ica and
gone to the Continent, bearing the impress of the Due re
Bourdeaux. We state this as we receive it ; at the same
time deeming it all but impossible, unless the coinage al-
luded to was intended as counters for the card-table of
Charles the Tenth and his party.
If there is a dissolution, Sir RICHARD PHILLIPS'S
Golden Rules for Electors will be if I request, and they e:e
exactly applicable to the times. He advises electors to
choose known men, neighbours of worth and sound ptih-
ciplee, and to reject political adventurers, lawyers, sobs
and dependants of noble houses, placetnen, officeis in the
navy and army, and men who having been memberc La'.r
done no public service, or have opposed the inte.ebt4 of
the people.

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