Star.
London, England, 1831-03-26 00:00:00

SPIRIT UP TILE JOURNALS.

Tuoga.—The question was but a few days ego debated, whether
Ministers might resign, or whether there would be a dissolution of
RAl:mean ? Miuisteas resign ! Ministers resign The question of a
dissolutino is o. more anthignotia one. but it cat only be solved in a
manner agreeable to the public wish, and beneficial to the geese state
question. The King. we know, is ready to stamp the nno.osition
e Dissolution with his Royal hat. on the instant that it is made
to hint lit his responsible adviser. : and nothing has blare excited
his i,dioutioo and contempt, than the false insbmetione. that he
Vial capable of flinching on this point„—that he was unstable and
indecisive. The King is altogether, with his people, la Reformer.
We shall for a while relieve the intensity of our thoughts,
by relating an amusing little anecdote connected with our
principal reasonings. The occurrence which it describes took plaice
within the hearing of several aersons. The Chancelloi was pram:ming
petition after petition to hie, Majesty, at .he Drawing-room on Thurs-
day last, in favour of reform. The duty became almost fatiguing. His
Lordship bad presented more than 30 such addresses, when " I am
really ashanneal," was ire heginning to say, "of being obliged to'
trouble your Majesty with so many petitions from this purse (meaniaig
the huge Chancellor 'I bag, so culled), but"—" My Lord Chaucellor,"
interrupted the Ring, smiling, I will take any thing from your
purse but the seals." To the people we again appeal, and we know we
shall not appeal in vain. tie ready for tin approaching dissolotioat
Watch your enemies ! have vuur candidates ready—awn of strict moral
worth, as well as noble and liberal principles: nay, we see out oda:en:-
don is almost superfluous—.
•
" For there is none of you so mean and base,
That hath not noble lustre In your eyes ;
We see you stand like grayhounds on the slips,
Straining upon the start : gatae's afoot,
Follow your spitit ; and upon the charge
Cry God for William, England, and Reform." •

POST.—The Whigs may well exclaim, as A certain General in an-
cient tinies--44 Such another victory will be our ruin." The numbers
which have swelled their list arc in fact composed of renegades and
cowards, as heartily ashamed of their new cause as all genuine Re-
formers are of them.

Base neuters, in their double way of steering,
Are neither fish nor flesh, nor good red herring— ;
A twilight income?. troe to neither cause,
With Tory wines and il'higgish teeth and claws.
Wings, that is, to fly aw.ty from old professions ; and claws, to snatch
the good things of °Mee when tbey can go. them. Let not toe') men.
however, lay to their souls the fluttering unction, that a vote, of which
their consciences disapprove, will propitiate the public. The reform-
ing whigs, who act upon decided principles, may be respected at the
same dine that we denounce them a% open enemies ; but the shuffling
time-serving Tory Reformer, who steaks one way an 3 votes another—
who raises his parricidal hand 11;4:1111.i the system which liar nurtured
hint—thc man who ptomises and dares not perform, and who is bold
only to betray—
Bic niger lame to Mullane caveto.
Totes.—We refer our readers to the debates in the House of Lords
for the conduct of a certain pra.le. The transactions of this person
have been so often before parliament end the country, that we are Amos.
sick of repeating than, or obtruding them on observation. As, by sun-
porting, lie ruined a certain interest in the county of Cambridge, so, by
his practices in tote church, lie has •lone more to ups:. Oat venerable
tstahlishment tsars all the mitt evils, real or imaginary, of oppressed
curates met lion-resident inettrobets. We think. in relation to the

matter now before the house, that though Lord Brouithatm mislit
not he to blame, Lord Chitin certainly woe, for amtsting the
knave in his vordid projects of nepotist.' and family aggrandisement.
Jr the flishoit he become doting, is there not >ome orocesv of appoitt -
ing Vicur-general for the atlmittistration of hi. diocese ? If ha no•-'
sethieq his faculties, ha ought to he brought to the has of the House of
Lords for the mid-administration of his diocese. The last prc•ent.uior
is the more irremediable, because it has bten made by the Chancellor
Had it heen made by the bishop, the parishioners might have refused
tithes (and so brought the validity o; the 'lncantation to the test) on
account of the incompetent state of mind of the bishop to perform ec-
clesiastical functions. In any ease, we hope some ground will be
started for ejecting the present over-loadad incnmbent.

The loan which the French Government are negociating,
has excited much interest among the capitalists, both of
France and England ; and the Paris papers impugn some
of them, but bestow high praises on the Rothschild family.
The Austrians, for the 1000th time, delude themselves
by supposing they have destroyed principles by the sword.
At a meeting of the inhabitants of the Ward of Portsoken,
it has been resolved to support, by legal measures, their elec-
tion of the worthy and independent Alderman, Mr. SCALES,
and to rebut the vexatious attempts to depreciate so public
spirited a character.
We understand that a late Bank Director has failed this
morning in his speculations in the Funds, and left several
Brokers in the lurch to pay his differences. No doubt his
differences must be to a great amount.

COURT IIfOURNING.

Orders are given fur the Court gait into mourning, on stir.dg
nest, the 27th imt. for hi. late Serene Highness the Duke of Silkse telt
Holstein Senderbourg Uluekabourg, brother in law of his Dmisil

Majesty.
.fird on Sunday, the 3d of April next, the Court to go ott 0;
mounting.

LON.-llti]

Boom, SlAacH 21. The election for this county commeor.tl
day. Sir Edward O'Brien was proposed by Sir Augustine Fitzgerald,
atom seconded by T. Crowe, Req. Mr. Maurice O'Connell was pro.
istseti by T. Steele Esquire, and Hewitt Bridgeman, Esquire, se.
winded the nomination. He proposed several questions to Mr. M.
O'Connell, when he (Mr. O'Connell). pledged himself to support
reform, to vote for a repeal of the Union, for the total abolition
of the Grand Jury system, and the Vestry and Subletting Actt
The same questions were put to Mr. O'Brien, when be pledged fa
his father that he would support them all, except a repeal at' the Unioa.
Mr. William Mahon then addressed the people .tt great length, in
reply to whom Mr. William Smith O'Brien spoke, and gave, in ti,
course of his speech, the lie direct to Mr. Malmo. Mr. Maori,-
O'Connell Lilco spoke of great length. The Sheriff' then demo:idol
shsw. of hands, which were in favour of Mr. O'Connell, and a poll tr.-.;
U.:molded on the part of Sir E:dwari O'Briet.
It' enosecitience of what occurred in the court house, between W
Smith O'Brien, Esq. ILI'. and William Richard Mahon, Ss+ hostil.
inecting4lllr. Alniton her, s.:ltt a message, took place yesterday even.
at live o'clock, between .item. the former attended by John M`Don.
:tell, Esq. of Newhall, al,tt .he latter by Jatttas Butler, Esq. of Glen.
ralino,„ Ott the word being given. Mr. Mahon fired, and Mr. O'Brien
tout.tl titn• iris tsistol was orcocked, and he could not therefore fire.
Tit, IteC4llllll Navin, cousultetl, Mr. Boller said,—" It is our joint opi.
ohm that both getidemen here scu.tl as men of honour—under the ex.
trnordinary and onfimeaceo eiremostance that has occurred, we arc of
opinion that both gentlemen should advance and shake hands." Thee
the affair bappih terminated.—Clare &Wide.

NAVAL lATECEN LLICE.
MAILS ARRIVED TDB DAT—Dublin, 1 ; W21E1101(1, I ; Sweden, I ,
liamburgh, I.

DIAL MA acu2s —Wind E. .moderate..

POIII.MOUTII. MA neff 45.—Wind E. fresh
jetty's ship Iloyaliat, for Plymouth.
blizronn, blmscu 24.—A bale of cotton, marked a triangle, No.
124, was picket! up off St. Davit's Dead 21st instant ; and two bales,
marked S Woulon, No. 323-35, and S. Knight, 12, were picked up
the acme day, about three miles front tha Smalls. Arrived the Maria
Eliza, Phillips, from St. Amlero.
l'zrstoul .5, Maven 24.—Wind P.—Arrived the Charlotte.
Weppell, from Pernambuco ; and Flora, Mauhion, from St. Anders.
Sailed his Majesty's ship Canna, fur Itermuda ; and the Exmouth,
Warren. for Van Diemen's Land.

his Ma.

PENZANCE, MARCH 24.—Wind —A r rived the Andromache, Irv:.
Bengal--salled 20th Nov. and front St. Helena 2d ult.
GREENOCK, MARCH 23.- Sailed the Fortune, Crawford, for Bombay.
HoLvnano, Munn 24.—Arrived the Sarah itolstene, Winslow,
from New Orleans; and Pope, Dalrymple, frog Terceira. Off the
port, the Carricks, from Demerara.
I.tveuroot., 'Mauer' C4.—A vessel has been lately lost near Wyre
Water. flour. butter, and lard, have been picked up— one cask of
lard is nt.rked I'. M. Murphy.
RAMSAY, ISLE OF Maw, Mamas 22.—There is no doubt that the
vessel 10.. under Manghold Head is the Arrow, of Preston.
HAMIUKOH, Marten 22.—The Jonge Jacob, Het .'beck, bound to
Neecastle, was. run foul of yesterday by the Monarch (Hull steamer),
and was with difficulty towed o'. shore. The cargo has been di,.
charged into fighters, in a vet y damaged rtate.
Gorrauaunow, Airmen 21.-11te roa.ls and the river are open, but
the entrance to the barbou. is still blocked up with ice.
The James Bathe, Jackson, from Charleston, is arrived off Crook.
haven.
The Mary Ann, Woolcuck, from Bridgewater, put into Penzance
OD the 23d inst. with bow stove, bowsprit, &c. carried away. having
been in contact with the Providence, Bates, front Newport. The latter
has been assisted into tb: Mount Pier, wit the stern and starboard
quarter cut down to the water's edge.

Their Majet.tiea left ton n at a quarter before five o'cicelt
yesterday afternoon in a carriage and four, escorted by a
detachment of lancers, for their palace at Windsor. Prince
Geor:4e of Ca.-abridge, accompanied by his Tutor, followed
in another carriage.
Prince Leopold gave a grand dinner last evening at Marl-
borough-house, to a numerous part• of nobility and gentry.
The Princess Augusta paid visits yesterday to the Du-
chess of Kent and the Duchess of Cumberland. _ .

Te Duchess of Gloucester and the Princess Sophia vi-
sited the Queen yesterday.
Count and Countess Muubter visited their Majesties yes.
terday, and took leave. The Count had a long audience of
the King. The Count and Countess also took leave of the
Duchess of Cumberland at her residence in the King's Pa-
lace, St. James's. The Duke of Cumberland took leave of
the Coent and Countess yesterday morning.
Their Majesties entertained a select party at dinner ou
Thursday evening, to ieeet Count and Countess Munster,
previous to their leaving England. The Duke and Duchess
of Gloucester, the Landgravine of Hesse Romberg,
Princess Augusta, and Prince Leopold, were of the party.
After dinner, there was a private concert, which commenced
about nine o'clock. Miss Cramer sang several airs in the
course of the evening. Mrs. Anderson performed a concerto
on the piano-forte. The Queen's private band was led by
Mr. F. Cramer ; Sir George Smart presided at the piano-
forte. The concert concluded at eleven o'clock.
Sir James Scarlett has resigned his seat for Melton : he
will be succeeded by a member who will support the Reform
Bill.
Sea w sit Bo s ns.—lt is reported that a meeting is about
to be called of the Spanish Bondholders, for the purpose of
taking into consideration the propriety of rejecting the pro-
posals of Ferdinand, relative to the securities. It is said
that, if a meeting be called at au early period, a Spanish
gentleman recently arrived front Madrid will attend, and
give his reasons to the bondholders why it is their interest
not to accept the proposals of Ferdinand. —Herald.
His Majesty's brig Shamrock, and cutter Swallow, ar-
rived in Derry last week, flow Dublin, with 3,000 stand of
arms and accoutrements, to be landed there, to replace the
condemned and unserviceable arms and accoutrements of
the yeomanry in that county and the county of Donegal.
There were also on board sixty Nunds of ball cartridge for
each stand of anus. The weather bad been so severe that
those vessels had not been able to get to the quay.
The Committee of the City of London Lying-in-Hospital,
City-road, have received 24.000 penny-pieces, which have
been collected by Mrs. M. and the Hon. Mrs. F. and their
friends, on account of a wager of 5001. said to have been
made by a lady of rank, that she would collect 1,0001. in
penny-pieces in a year and a day, for the benefit of that
hospital. The novelty and utility of this supposed wage:
hos caused many persons to enroll themselves as collectors to
make up the amount. We are not aware how the report of
the wager originated, but are gratified to find that this ex-
cellent Institution has derived the above advantage, and we
hope will be further benefitted. The gift to the Charity is
at this period the more acceptable, as the Committee bas
been compelled to sell part of its permanent capital to meet
the extra expense incurred in the two past years in reno-
vating and improving the hospital. We shall be happy to
learn that further collections are forwarded to this useful
establishment.

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AFARMING FIRES.—We have a letter this morning from
a friend in Colchester, describing an alarming fire which broke out nt
Writtle, near that town, on Thursday evening. Little doubt seems to
exist, that it was the work of an incendiary ; but, we are pkased
to add, that robbery—not any discontented political feeling--
appears to have been the aim of the person suspected.
his possession was found a quantity of silver plate battered, all les'Y
for the crucible. On his person were found a dint and steel, and in
tobacco.box, a quantit of tinda. This man was seta near the re'
miles immediately before the fire breaking out. He is committed for
examination. Our correspondent adds, that on Friday, at two o'clock.
the flames were subdued ; but the fire had been awfully destructive.—
and being the third on nearly the same spot, the inhabitants are filled
with dismay. A resolution has been taken, to recommend all the
Insurers, to nail the Insurance marks on their buildings and houses;
as where this is done, the wicked incendiaries seeing that the °Mc!
the; owner will be the sulker, may perhaps desist from the dia_....law"
cal work of destruction. Another lire but we hope of a ""(
nature, was discovered yestesday, on the ;remises of Mr. Barka,
Nonhampton where property, to the amount of three hundred pea''
was destroyed.

IMPERIAL PARLIAM F::T.

HOUSE OF LORDS, MARcH 25.

The Duke 14 GRAFTON presented a petition front a parish In
in :upport of the refotm
The FAH of CARLISLE a petition from the seamen of Poole,
:,raying to he relieved float payment of money to the Greenwich Ms.
,ital Fund.
L Ma Duke of DEVt INSH IRE presented petitions from the county
Derby, M'althani, Yougball, and Clapham, in the county of Sur.
rey, in fivnur of Parliamentary reform.
Mr. Mundy, ant other Members from the Commons, brought up
;.;veral private bills.