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London, England, 1831-03-09 00:00:00

15,000 pertions were present. Tlimpas Attwood, Esq. was
called to the chair. Tire p.oceedim..4 co:z•mented by the
hand p:aying •• Gun save the King." w! the petition,
which lei]: be found in another part of our Pap..i, car-
ried by acelaniati.m, the band again playing ‘• (;on save
the King," and fir. immense multitude einp;ing tl;u entire
anthem in chorus.

On Monday alsl the inhabitants of Sheffield were con-
vened i,y a :equisition to the Master Cutler, to meet at the
'fov.n-hall, for the pa Nose of expressing their approbation
of the plan of reform submitted to Parliament by Lord
Jol:a Hassell, and to p-:- that the Bill may pass into a law.
At tire. sour apnoin“d the hall was crov.-ded to excess, and,
on the :%iastcr-Cutler ttking the Chair, the meeting was
adimrned to Paradise-agorae. I'hi.3 large open space,
u Licit rises in the form of an amphitheatre, and is capable
of containing many thousand persons, was soon nearly
tilled, and pres2uted as animating an appearance as when
Lord Brougham addressed the inhabitants of in
July last, as a candidate for the representation of YorkAire,
Ofiiey Shore. Esq. (banker) and many other gentlemen ad-
dressed the assembly, and an Address to his M:.jestv, and
petitions to both flouses, were carried amidst shouts of
applause.

- The parishioners of St. Margaret, Westminster, St. Pau!,
Covent•garden, and St. Leonard, Shorediteh, met to-day
express their entire confidence in his Majesty's Governmmt
and petition parliament in favour of the proposed
of reform.

A requisition is handing about the City, addressed to the
Lord Mayor, to call a meeting of the merchants and I,aniters
in support of the reform question now before parliament. \V
understand that the Lord Mayor is ready to grant the use of
the Egyptian Hall, and will feel the highest gratification in
presiding at the meeting.
The Lord Mayor has called a meeting of the Ward of
Langbourn, of which his Lordship is Alderman, for Friday
next, to petition both Houses of Parliament to support the
reform measure introduced by Ministers.
The Lord Mayor is about to call upon all the parishes :
the City to meet for the support of his Majesty's Ministe:
The enthusiasm with which the reform measure has b►e:.
met in the City is beyond all former pre:eleut.
Mr. William Theobald, Mr. Byles, and Mr. Shaw, waited
on the Lord Chancellor yesterday afternoon, as the depart •
tion, to request his lordship to present the petition of tb..!
students of the four inns of court to the House of Lords,
which his lordship kindly consented to do. Mr. Theobald
stated, that many of the law students were desirous of ad-
dressing the King ; but a doubt was entertained of its pro-
priety, and he wished to know front his lordship, whether
there was any insuperable objection to such a step. To
which his lordship briefly replied there was none ; and, in
answer to a further inquiry as to the opportunity of present-
ing it, it was understoo►l. there would be an opportunity oh,
Thursday. An address to the King was therefore intn►e-
diately prefixed for signature.
The great measure of reform is at last before the public.
How will it be received ? Beyond all doubt with admiration,
gratitude, and unbounded satisfaction, by the people. It is
based on principle; it is comprehensive, safe, equitable ; and
liberal and popular beyond expectation ! The Ministers de-
serve the highest credit for their courage, as well as their
sense of justice. In bringing forward such a measure they
have bearded the oligarchy, to which all their predecessors
have been compelled to bow. They have perilled place and
character as statesmen ; they have thrown themselves fear-
lessly on the confidence of the people ; and if the people
do not unite as one man, and rally round them with heart
and hand, they will be traitors to their own cause, and de-
serve to be trodden under the feet of tax-eaters and borough-
mongers for ever.—Scotsman.

The fi:et striking feature of the Ministerial plan, is the at-
tempt, for the first time since the foundation of the monarchy,
to connect the Parliament in strict and intimate union with
the great mass of the intelligence and property of the king-
dom—to give stability to the Constitution, not by a mere
widening of the bases on which it rests, but by substituting
for the rotten and unequal piles by which it has hitherto been
propped rather than supported, the good sound heart of oak
' of Old England—the man of sense and substance, from the
decent, thrifty shopkeeper and fanner, up to the merchant
and landowner, of a hundred thousand a year. It is a plan
which must succeed. The second striking feature of the
plan is its simplicity. Instead of the thousand confused,
unintelligible, often unknown, always undetermined fran-
chises at present existing, it offers an easily understood test
for the voters iu towns and in counties respectively, all over
the kingdom. The consequences will be, the reduction of
expense, the abolition of vexatious and harassing disputes,
the removal of riots, drunkenness, and tumults, the intro-
duci►:g into the election of a member of the Legislature ad
that decency and deliberation, which are so fitting in au act
of so high importance.—Speet.ttor.

The contents of the German and Italian Journals received
yesterday, being of far less interest than what we had ex-
clusively presented to cur readers, we delayed the pub-
lication of them till this day. Th9y are as follow :

FRONTIERS OF ITALY, PLR. 24.
According to letters from Rome of the filth, tile city WAS still ran.quil ; but the news of the taking of A ncon.t, and of the spreading of the
triunes-don in Unde, Perugia, Spoleto, Foligno, Ferni, and Narhi, had
already given cause of great consternation. An attempt to r:to7.r
Spoleto, by sending a detachment of troops, had tailed. Tee Pope
reduced, by one half, the unpopular tax on flour. and that on salt, ..id
had also greatly modifiod the tariff: At the date of the latest accuents
from Naples, tranquillity also prevailed there ; but Al. lneua,i, or.: of
the Ministers of: tote, was gone on a mission to Viluna. On the 22d, ('Sr.
dinal Benvenuti was brought to Bologna as a prisoner. The insurgents
had seized him at Ostmo, of which place hc is bishop, and accurcil him
of having been sent from lloine with large sums of money, and insta.c.
lions to organise a counter revolution in the insurgent provinces.

FRONTIERS OF ITALY, FEs. 25.
Travellers who conic boas Rome say that the Van Guard of the
surgeries, commanded by a Farrell ex• General, was at the tinit of
their departure only 15 leagues from tie capital. Great consternat
prevailed there, and titre was a report of Cie departure of Pope, and of
the sacred college: ntnamaiute complaints were made that the public
treasury was empty. T.:e new Government at Bologna is said to have
sent deputations w Paris and London (snore a.:tl to Vienna ahoy.
Austrian army in Italy reedves a rcinforcem•:a. of forty thousand inert.

VIENNA, FEB. 24.
Since the insurrection in Modena, Mete is a general fermentation in
emtral Italy, and clubs tile every where busy in exciting the people,—
It is affirmed that the Government of .3loolona Eta rec• ived very impo.t.
ant information on this subject, and is in possession of documents which.
if duty should be publishod, would cause an extraordinify semation,
and opt n the eyes of all Gavtrtintents, witdout exception, to the
dangers which dire. ten them, should certain vans Le carried
into t :roc:. In Podnient, the most sui•abte measures arc
adopted. and the Government thinks it may depend on itswolfrorganistrd military force. It is conjectured that Austrian
mops will shortly enter dlnt7ena and at Last, Baron
Fri:tient. the Cominar.der.in.Chit.f, has ordsrs to r.fferd assistance of
every kind in the two Duchies, if he is asktst foe it.
It has beta reported for some days on 'Charg:, that the Government
is negotiating a loan of 80 millions with the prinelpol houses here ; ant'
it :is supposed that it will be oft'ected. In the clam of the Auli:
Council of War, as well as in all branches of' the Military Department.
the greatest activity prevails, and the army is to be placed on
the War Establishment. It is said to be inter.ded to
convert the town of Lens into an impottant military position, and
to strengthen it by the erection of towers at suitable pLeer, according to
a plan proposed by the Archduke

TU ?trans.
Fag. 23-4 pee tent. Metalliquta, 72. Bank Shares, 967.
24. Ditto 71a. Ditto 961.
25. Ditto 691. Ditto 948.
Ationsteitte Zeiluny March 3.
GENOA, Feb. 19.
Her Majesty Queen Maria Thetas returned to this city on Thun.
M, with the Pnneess Mafia Christina, bet daughttr.—Gassena di
ano, Feb. 22.

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