Star.
London, England, 1829-09-25 00:00:00

'of that party. We are therein told, honestly and truly
told, that " The Journals in both Houses betray thcir
deplorable insignificance, whenever they array themselves
against the Minister on any point of important difference :
look at the case of East Retford, and see their strength
on questions of Reform. Look, also, at the motion of
Lord BLANDFORD on the 2d of June—it will become
memorable hereafter—on this momentous subject. See
how it was treated by those very men who had hound
themselves, over and over again.—per fas ct nefas—to
champion it under every modification! Ho r. usE alone
excepted, not an individual in all the ranks of the Re-
formers had either the courage or the virtue to stand
up ; and even Ms support was given with an air of aristo-
cratic jealousy, and costive and uncandid reservation,
alike indecent in a professed regenerator like him, and
ominous of the fate of the question. Where was his
tried Colleague—' the man of the people'—Bu REIM' r ?
And Lord Jolt N RUSSELL—the new Agonistes of the
measure—where was he? Where B ito uu tt A:, the
mouth-piece of liberal opinion--

Corim quo pavidos °inlet patter. tyranny?
In sulky silence they heard, unassisting, a proposition
for parliamentary reform ; and because it originated ex-
trinsically to their own body, they left it to be put down
by the dictum of its natural enemy, PEEL. He carried
it with a high hand, no doubt as much to their catisfat.-
(ion as to their shame : and yet these men will go back
to the hustings, and prate about political integrity, with
cheeks as unblushing as if they hod done their duty.
Alas ! alas ! for the Whigs— how are they &Hen from
their own boasted standard, and become a bye-word and
an opprobium in the senate !" These are facts—
bitter ::cad humiliating facts, that cannot too often be
held up to the contemplation of the People, till they be-
come convinced that PARTY—in the limited sense in
which it is comprehended by them—or, at lmz,
" PARTY-SPIRIT," is, indeed, but " the madness of
many for the gain of a few."—Who, that knows
the trickery to which the very name is rendered
subservient, would not • indignantly exclaim with
Pope —" A curse on the word Party ! I wish the
present reign may put an end to the distinction, that
there may be no other for the future than that of honest
and knave, fool and man of sense." Who that values
his country can repress the wish to see its Monarch
" not a King of Whig,s, or a King of Tories, but a King
of England ?" Even now--let us look to the public
acts of some of the chimerical fame-hunters and specn-
latiug demagogues, by whom the people have so long
suffered themselves to be deluded :—let us look to the
boasted stedfastness of some of the very men who were
the loudest in their vociferations of Reform :—have thcy
not, within the last ten years, become apostates from their
own principles—if principles they ever possessed ;—filse
to their own friendships; and traitors to the c muse itself ?
Which of them—and they are known too well to need
enumeration—has not fallen off from his public pledge of
independence ? Which of them has maintained his con-
sistency ? Which of them, though once the affianced
friend of his partisans, is not now at the dagger's point
with him who was then " his heart's best brother ? "
There is neither union, nor sincerity, nor stability,
amongst the " Associated Reformers ; " and from them
the people have, not only nothing to hope—but every
thing to dread. The recent schism amongst the
LEADERS (!) of the " Radical Reform Society," may
have at least one salutary effect, by deterring the great
body of Constitutional Reformers from " pinning their
faith upon the sleeves " of such political empirics.

London. Sept. 23.

VERAX.

Sunday last, several of the celebrated race horses ar-
rived at the Castle and Falcon, among which were Mr.
'Forth's Exquisite, sold to Mr. Theobnld for 3,000
guineas ; Lord Chesterfield's favourite, Zinganee, Tyke,
Clotilde, Blacklock, winner of all ages. Their condition
was excellent. Zinganee was considered to have a little
cold upon her. In addition to the sale of Exquisite, Mr.
Forth has sold Bud for 2,8001. They stopped all night,
and proceeded on their way to Newmarket.—Newmarket
Times.

GRAND INVENTION.—ACCELERATION OF CAR-
RIAGE.—Since the last notice which appeared in this
paper, we have had the pleasure of witnessing the model
of the new Suspension Rail Road and Carriage, invented
by Mr. Dick of Irvine, the patentee—an invention that,
in our opinion, will be of the greatest importance to the
country, and lead to the most beneficial results. This
contrivance, so fraught with interest to the public, has
been the result of several years' experiments, in which
Mr. Dick has been engaged, and, in the opinion of
several scientific Gentlemen with whom we conversed,
Mr. D. has produced a method of speedy conveyance,
which, if adopted, will render his name and his memory
as precious to his country as the name of Watt or Bell.
About six weeks ago, Mr. Dick fitted up above five hun-
dred yards of a temporary rail-road, on the farm of Gales,
belonging to the Duke of Portland, upon which rail-road
he placed his carriage, and running it upon wheels of
only 2i inches in diameter, the velocity gained was at the
rate of 20 miles an hour—a rate which may be considered
as the maximum of speed, beyond which a wheel of such
diameter cannot be made to revolve. Of late we have
seen many accounts of steam-boats, with improved paddle-
wheels, going at the rate of 100 miles an hour ! and of air-
tight vacuum tubes, through which carriages are hurried
with amazing velocity ! The first of these any man, with
the most limited comprehension, must know to be all fudge ;
the next, if not otherwise impracticable, is rendered so by
its enormous expense ; but of Mr. Dick's invention, we have
no hesitation in saying, that fifty or sixty miles an hour,
provided the day were moderate, could be performed
with the greatest ease and safety possible ; and from a
rough calculation, we are persuaded that the expense of
erection would not cost more than what is generally paid
for surface ground upon a common rail road. We have
learned that Mr. Dicx is at present finishing two small
models, slightly differing in the arrangement of their
rails, and that he intends exhibiting them in the prin-
cipal commercial towns.—The invention of machinery
as a substitute for horses in land carriage, should it
take place, must produce such a great revolution in
the modes of travelling, and in our national and do-.
mestic economy, that the progress of every attempt
to obtain this object, must be watched with intense
interest in every enlightened mind.—Correspondent is
Paisley Advertiser.