The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1831-04-20
FOR E'IGN NE VS..
LITE ER0M EUROPE.

Our English dates are to March "a. Elk
tracts follow.
ENGLAND.
The most important intelligence from Eng
land is that of The plan of Parliamentary Re-
form, which was brought forward in the House
of Commons BY Lord John Russell, on the LIST
of March, in conform nifty with tho previous no.
tice. The following are the provisions of the
bill;
Utterly to dsfraDchise sixty boroughs now
sending one hundred and nineteen members to
the House of Commons.
To deprive AZ beroughs of the right of send
ing more than one member each to Parliament
To give the right of voting in boroughs to
inhabitant householders of houses rated at El0
per annum, whether proprietors or occupiers ;
but the present resident voters (though not go
qualified to retain also their right of voting
during their lives; nonresident voters to be
disfran chised.
To extend the right of voting in counties, TO
copy holders, having copyhold property of the
annual value of Gl0, and to leaseholders of
lands or premises of the value of ESQ per an
mum, such leases being not for less than 81
years. and not having been renewed within two
years previous to the election.
To give the privilege to seven large towns of
returning two members each to the House Of
Commons.
To confer on twenty towns the right of re-
turning one member each to the House Of Com.
mons.
To give eight members to four divisions Of
the metropolis.
To give two additional members to 81 of The
largest counties
To have register of voters, in towns and
counties, and in the latter to have poll booths
erected in different places and thus diminish
the expenses@of elections, and shorten the du
ration of polls, limiting them TO two days in
towns, and in counties not exceeding SIX days.
Lists of voters to be made out in parishes by
the churchwardens and overseers.
In Scotland, ireland, and Wales, the privileg-
es are extended in the same manner as in Eng
land. BY the new bill the whole number of the
House of Commons will be 500. Five hundred
thousand voters will be added to the present
number.
AS far as we are able to learn the Plan of Min
listers has considerably exceeded expectation. 1t
has given great JOY to the most honorable and dis
Interested of their adherents in the House. On the
other hand, Sir Robert Peel and his adherents
seemed to be struck by the announcement of the
plan with absolute dsmay.
The plan of reform appears to have been very
faVorably received in England by sill parties who
are in favor of the general principles of reform 1t
however met with q vigorous opposition in the
House of Commons, and both parties appear to
have been surprised at the extent of the proposed
new constitution.
In the House of Commons on 9Th March.
Mr.. o Cornell, in defence of the. Ministerial
measure OF Reform, made a long and powerful
speech, the report of which occupies nearly
four long columns of the London Journals
The bill, he said, deserved the support Of the
House and of the country, because ii was large
wise, and liberal. Although himself radical
reformer, he thankfully accepted the proffered
In NJ n'ConaalI 4
the House, in the name of that God of charity
who had 80 often warmed the bosoms of Eng
lishnen, to secure to that country the bless
ing OF good government, and to give to them
selves and to Scotland the only security against
revolution.
On Monday, the 2lst, the debate on the reform
bill was resumed on a motion for the second read
ing, and on Wednesday morning the question was
taken and the the bill passed to second reading
by majority Of cote for it 302 against it sol
Il was ordered to be read in committee April IA.
The decision was receired within and without the
house, with the most enthusiastic acclamations.
FRANcE-cHANeE OF MINISTRY
Another change has taken place in the
French Ministry, the former having retired it
is said, in consequence of disagreement OF
opinion with the king, on the question of Aus.
trian Intervention in Italy, in which his inten.
tons were more pacific than those of his adyis.
ers. The following is list of the new cabinet
Paris, March a. The official part of the
Moniteur contains six Royal ordinances, ap
pointing the new Ministers -
l. M. Casimlr Perrier, Secretary of State
for the Interior, and President of the Council
of Ministers.
g. Baron Louis, to be Minister of France, ir
the room of NJ. Lafitte, whose resignation is &C
cepted.
8. M. Barthe, to be keeper of the Seals. Min
listers of Justice, and President of the Council
Of State.
a. Count de Montalivet, to be Minister O
Public Instruction and Ecclesiastical Affairs
in the room of M. Barthe.
s. Count d'Argont to be Minister, of Com
merce and Public Works.
6. Vice Admiral de Rigny, to be Minister O.
Marine, in the room of Count d'Argont.
There was mob in Paris OH the 9th, which
attacked the hotel of the Russian Ambassador
amid cries Of Down with the Russians y apc
" The Poles for eVerr' broke his windows,
and then bent their steps towards the Chamber
oil Deputies, the Members of which they assail.
cd with Insulting and seditious denunciations.
An almost general war in Europe, however,
appears now inevitable, and there is too much
reason to fear that England will be involved in
the vurte y.-------.-s-s
Austria is determined to put down the revo.
luton in Italy, and Metternich ia said Ia have
threatened that if France interposes. The Ans.
TRAN Cabinet will support the claim of vonng
Napolson to the throne of his father But the
war party in France gathers strength everv
day. The new administration, it is true, is
even more amicable than the last, but its ner.
manency is doubted. Louis Philin will be com.
PEELED to accede to the wishes of his people
and interpose ia behalf of the nations that are
struggling for freedom.
Travellers in France say that regiments
either exercising or mareHtn1 80 - T.. -,
with in every direction, and that the sniIitar,
mania of the days of Napolean has coippetely
revived. An army of 10000 men is jbont tc
be organized on the frontiers, under t& title O
The army of Italy; and Marshal Ger%d is al
ready on his way to assume the com9knd of it
DISPUTE BETWEEN FRANCE AND Al erRIA.
a letter dated Paris, March II, Cd ains the
following lin despatch received Pa,is an
the 5th inst. from the Marshal Mais&, Ambas.
sador at the Court Of Vienna, the Mlfshal gIyes
an account Of an interview which a. had ina,