THE IN TOWN, OUT OF TOWN— ALL THE WORLD OYER.' Ho. fcl. illlDAY, MAY SO, 1832. Price T HEATRE ROYAL, DRURY- LANE.- morrow Evening, The Opera of THE DEVIL'S BRtDGE. After which, THE RENT DAY. The whole to Conclude with THE WATERMAN. Being for the benefit of Mr. Harley. To- T Just published, price 6s., FOREIGN QUARTERLY REVIEW, No. XVIII. Contents :— I. The Reciprocity System— IX. Letters of a Ger- man Prince— III. Foscolo and his Times— IV. Recent French Literature ; The Hundred and One Hugo's Poems; Balzac's Tales and Romances— V. Theodosian Code— VI. Russian Poetry — VII. Quintana's Spanish Biography— VIII. Penal Colonies— IX. The Northern Runes— X. Minor French Theatre— Scribe and his Coadjutors— XI. Prussian Commercial Policy— XII. Me Biolrs of Louis XVIII— XIII. to XIX. 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THE MIRROR OF PARLIAMENT It is presumed that, with reference to the unexampled inte rest and excitement which have already been created, and are likely to be ca'Hed into action for many years to come, not only with re gard to the great question of Reform, but to those questions of Ec clesiastical and Mercantile Polity, which, besides tbe affairs of the Established Church, and the East and West India Interests, involve, morcor less, the well- being of every community in the Kingdom ;— the anxiety of tlie British Public has been universally aroused to the necessity of securing a permanent Record, without curtailment, favour, or bias, of all the discussions of their Legislature, both on private and on public business. 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The most valuable and extensive Collection of Coins and Medals ever offered for public sale.— To be SOLD BY AUCTION by Mr. SOTHEBY and SON, Wellington street, Strand, on Wed- nesday, May 30, and nine following days; on Monday, June 18, aud eight following days; and on Wednesday, July 4, and eight following days, Sundays excepted, THE unique Collection of Coins and Medals, in gold, silver, and copper, ofthe late highly- distinguished and well- known collector, Marniaduke Trattle, Esq., which may be classed under the following heads:— 1. A fine and select collection of Greek medals. 2. A most superb series of Roman gold and silver coins, combining tbe united cabinets of Lord Northwick and the late Sir Richard Sullivan, as also the various acquisitions made by the late proprietor from public and private sales. 3. The truly select and choice series of Roman large, middle, and small brass, in which is included the fine collection of large Roman brass, formed by the late Philip Neve, Esq., so well known for his classical and refined taste. 4. A most choice and unique collection of English coins and medals. ' The works of Briot, the Simons, Rawlins, the Roettiers. The patterns and proofs of the time of Charles I., the Common- wealth, Oliver Cromwell, and Charles II., are most numerous and choice. 5. Foreign coins of every European state, in fine preserva- tion. 6. Medals of all nations, combining the works of the most celebrated foreign artists, particularly those of Hedlinger, the Ha- meranis, St. Urban, Varin, Droz, Andrieu, Loos, & c. This col- lection contains more choice and unique specimens than has ever before been offered for public sale in this country. To be viewed with catalogues only, from 10 till 4 o'clock, on the three days pre ceding each sale. Catalogues, just published, price 4s. may be had of Mr. Parker, Oxford ; Mr. Deighton, Cambridge; Mr. Lair. g, Edinburgh; Messrs. Hodges and Co., Dublin; Messrs. Robinson and Co., Manchester; and at the place of sale. Popular Works published by W. R. M'Phun, - Glasgow, and Simpkin and Marshall, London. THE REFORMERS OF SCOTLAND. In Two large Volumes, 8vo., price 22s. boards, BTOGRAPH1A SCOTICANA; or, a brief His- torical Account of the most eminent Scots Worthies, Noble- men, Gentlemen, Ministers, and others, w ho testified or suffered fur the cause of Reformation in Scotland, from the beginning of the sixteenth century- to t- he year 1688; originally collected by John Howie, of Lochgoin; now revised, corrected, and enlarged, by a Clergyman of the Church of Scotland, and enriched with a preface and notes, by W. M'Gavin, Esq., Author of" The Protestant," & c. Volume I. contains Memoirs of the Lives of Ihe Worthies. Volume II. contains the " Last Words and Dying Testimonies," •• Cloud of Witnesses," " Naphtali," & c. & c.— To those who are already ill possession of tbe first volume of this work, - tlic second - will be found an indispensable requisite, as without it tiie book is incomplete, and is deficient iu by far the most important and in- teresting portion of the biography of the Scottish Reformers. 41 We i » iil with pleasure this new and greaily improved edition. The external appearance is very creditable to the publisher, and we have no doubt his well- meant zeal in publishing an improved edition of a work that must ever be dear to pi « us minds, will meet with the encouragement it unquestionably deserves."— Edinburgh Christian Instructor. II. In One Volume, price 4s. boards, A BRIEF HISTORY of ihe PROTESTANT REFORMA- TION, in a serieB of letters addressed to William Cobbett, in con- sequence of tbe misrepresentations aud aspersions contained in his " History of the Protestant Reformation iu Britain and Ireland." By W. M'Gavin, Esq., Author of " The Protestant," & c. '' Those who wish to see Mr. Cobbett more than matched, should possess themselves of this valuable publication. It is not saying too mucH of Mr. M'Gavin to assert that he is one ofthe most enlightened Protestants in Christendom. The whole controversy stands before his mind in the order of perfect arrangement, aud Mr. Cobbett ap- pears like a child in the hands of a giant. Posterity will gratefully acknow ledge its obligation to this incomparable advocate."— Evan- gelical Magazine. FASHION. NEW SLEEVES, Trimmings, full length and small size French Paper Dresses, Bonnets, Caps, & c. & c., in immense variety, formed with exquisite taste and novelty in the colours in which they are worn, have just been forwarded by Madame FOLLETT at Paris, to Mrs. FOLLETT, No. 13, Hau- way- street, Oxford- street ^ removed from No. 1.), and are received by no other Establishment whatever. Ladies' own materials made up from the above patterns by most experienced hands, equal to any house in London or Paris, without extra charges, as follows : Bonnets, Dresses, and Pelisses, 5s. 6d. each, full trimmed and Ball Dresses, 7s. 6d., Caps, Is. 6d., Turbans, 2s Country Milli- ners and Dress Makers supplied with the above patterns at 10s. per set.— Foreign and Mourning Orders, including every article of Dress and Outfit, executed with despatch,— Manufacturers of the Patent Instantaneous Closing Cutsets. T HE ALFRED, an Independent Weekly Paper, of large dimensions, price Seven- pence, conducted on Constitutions! principles, by the ablest writers, advocating the cause of the People, and Ihe General Welfare of < tll Classes, par- ticularly the Agricultural, Commercial, Manufacturing, and Trading Interests. The political- disquisitions of the Alfred are distinguished by a bold and uncompromising tone— a fearless exposure of public de- linquencies— and a warm, and ardent attachment to the acknow- ledged principles of the British Constitution. The Satiric*! Poetry, which gives a racy piquancy to its varied columns, is not unworthy to associate with the ^ bright Parnassian corruscations, which in better days flashed from the pages of the Anti- Jacobin Review. Mirth aud good humour are the watch- word of the Editors ; and in no instance is the eye of modesty offended, or the veil of privacy soiled by tancorous or ill- na- tured personalities. Ill compliance with the wishes of many friends, the Proprietors are selecting intelligent Agents in the populous districts surround- ing the metropolis, who will supply the Alfred either on Saturday evening, or in time for the breakfast table on Sunday morning. The latter Edition contains the latest Irish and Foreign News, from private Correspondents, Saturday's Police Intelligence, Markets, & c. & c. The Alfred Office, 336, Strand, opposite Somerset House. Unique Pictures of the highest Class. MR. EDWARD FOSTER respectlully announces he will SELL by AUCTION, at his Gallery, 54, Pall- mall, on Saturday, June 2, at 10 o'clock, the CABINET of PICTURES of WILLIAM EWING, Esq.; consisting of several ot the finest Works from the celebrated Danoot Collection, particularly the Bowl Players, by D. Teniers, and a Vase of Flowers, by Van Huysura ; also other brilliant Specimens of the Italian and Flemish Schools, purchased from various Galleries with a good taste and a liberality, seldom excelled. Catalogues are preparing. ARMY CONTRACTS. Commissariat Department, Treasury Chambers, 1st May, 1832. NOTICE is hereby given to all Persons desirous of contracting to supply the following articles for the use of the Army, viz.:— BREAD— To his Majesty's Land Forces in Cantonments, Quar- ters, and Barracks, iu the undermentioned Counties — Chester, Devon, Dorset, Durham, Lancaster, Leicester, Norfolk, Oxford, Sussex, Warwick, York ; and the several Counties in North Britain. OATS— To his Majesty's Cavalry and Artillery Horses in Can- tonments, and Quarters, iu the undermentioned Counties :— Bed- ford, Chester, Cornwall, Cumberland, Durham, Essex, Hants, Lancaster, Norfolk, Northumberland, Oxford, York. FORAGE, viz.— Oats, Hay, and Straw, to his Majesty's Cavalry and Artillery Horses in Barracks, in the undermentioned Coun- ties in South Britain :— Berks, Essex, Lancaster, Norfolk, North- thampton, Nottingham, Suffolk. That the deliveries are to commence on and for the first day of uly next ; that proposals in writing, sealed up and marked Tender for Army Supplies," will be received at this Office on or before Thursday the seventh day of June next; but none will be received after eleven o'clock on that day. Proposals must be made separately for each county, except for the several, counties in North Britain, all of which must be included in one Telder ; and each proposal must have the letter which is annexed to the Tender properly filled up by two persons of known property engaging to become bound with the party tendering in the amount stated in the printed particulars, for the due performance of the contract ; and 110 proposal will be noticed unless made on a printed Tender, and the prices expressed in words at length ; and should it so happen, that during the continuance of the contract no Troops should be supplied by virtue of the same, the amount of the stamps on the contract and bond, paid in the first instance by the contractor, will be refunded to him. N. B.— It is particularly desired that persons wishing to Tender, will not make use uf any Forms but those recently printed, which may be had upon application at this office, between the hours of ten and four. Chingford, Essex.— Stallions, Brood Mares and Foals, Carriages, Twenty useful Horses for saddle or harness, Dairy of Fancy Cows, 100 load of capital Meadow Haj, Farming Implements & c.— By Mr. EDWARD FOSTER, on the Premises, Low. street, Chingford, Essex, on Thursday, May 24, at Twelve, by direction of Mr. J. Humphries, THE Valuable BREEDING STOCK; consisting of jet black Arabian stallion ofbeautiful symmetry, four well bred bay and chesnut stallions from three to four years old, seven clever mares and foals, six strong yearling colts and fillies, ten mares and geldings, well bred and all young, a pair of powerful carriage horses, in good condition; also a dairy of ten cows, forward in calf, all selected for their beauty, and several of which are sheet cows, two handsome young bulls, fatting and bull calves, pigs, two modern- built barouches in good preservation harness, saddles, & c.; and about 100 load of prime meadow hay. The implements include a harvest waggon, four hay carts, two light carts, two sets of hay poles and pulli ys, water cart, cast iron land roller, rick- cloth, ploughs, & c. May be viewed two days before the sale ; catalogues had on the Premises; at the White Hart, Woodford ; Bell, Edmonton , Com mercial Inn, Romford; and at Mr. Foster's Offices, 14, Greek- street, and 54, Pali- Mall. Edited by the HON. MRS. NORTON, author of tbe " Undying One," See. New and improved series, including the PORTRAIT GALLERY OF THE FEMALE NOBILITY. LA BELLE ASSEMBLEE, AND COURT MA- GAZINE. Edited by the Hon. Mrs. Norton. From July 1, which commences the New Volume. Price 3s 6d. This work, which addresses itself in a peculiar degree to the rank, fashion, aud beauty of England, has already atlained a high celebrity through its graphic embellishments, which, besides their acknowledged in- dividual excellence, present the advantage of uniting to form a brilliant Collection of Portraits, representing the flower ofthe En- glish Female Nobility. The success established through this fea- ture of the work, has led to the intention now announced, of carry- ing the claims of " La Belle Assemble" yet considerably furtlier, by means of such improvements in the nature and style of its lite- rature, as may place this essential department on an equality,— in grace, spirit, and general attraction,— with the decoralive portion of its contents. In order to give complete effect to this design, the most active exertions have been made, aud the most liberal arrange- ments formed, so as to ensure contributions of a high order of talent; and it is with great satisfaction the Proprietors have to state, that the Hon. Mrs. Norton has consented to undertake the superintendence uf the Work. This intimation will be doubtless received as the fullest guarantee in favour of the future tone and character which will mark the literary contents of " La Belle As- semble. " The same care and diligence will be devoted to the object of furnishing the best illustrations of English and Foreign Female Costumes. A Critical History of the Literature of the Month, Music, and Drama, and the Arts, will also be given ; and a Register of Events. As some of these features are entirely new, it is intended to give an extra half sheet with each number, which will add nearly 100 pages to the yearly volume. The Proprietors, therefore, need scaacely add that they are confident of being thus enabled lo present to the Ladies of Great Britain, a Monthly Offering in ALL RESPECTS worthy of their acceptance ; a Work that may satisfy their intelligence equally with their taste, and may be entitled to a permanent place in the library, as well as form an ornament to the boudoir, or the drawing- room table. The engraved Portraits already produced, are from Pictures by Law- rence, Jackson, Sliee, Pickersgill, Clialon, Mrs. Robertson, Mrs. Carpenter, & c. COMPLETE SETS OF LA BELLE ASSEMBLEE. In order lo afford New Subscribers an opportunity of obtaining, at a very moderate cost, tfce whole of the Engravings of La Belle Assemble, which form the Portrait Gallery of the Female Nobi- lity, Ihe Proprietors have come to the resolution of offering a few complete sets of the work at Half Price ; and any former subscribers who may be induced to continue the work uuder the new manage- ment, are allowed ihe privilege of purchasing separate volumes to perfect their copies upon the same terms : it is necessary, how- ever, that the earliest advantage should be taken of the present offer, to prevent disappointment. Each Volume, beautifully printed on royal octavo, containing between thirty and forty Engravings of English and Foreign Costumes, finely coloured, and not less than Six Portraits, by ( he most celebrated Painters and Engravers, is now offered at ONLY HALF- A- GUINEA. London : Published by Edward Bull, 26, Holies Street; Bell and Bradfute, Edinburgh; and Gumming, Dublin. Ancient and Modern Pictures of a high class. MR. EDWARD FOSTER respectfully acquaints the Nobility and Connoisseurs he will SELL by AUCTION, at his Gallery, 54, Pall- mall, on Wednesday, May 23, at One pre- cisely, a truly valuable COLLECTION of PICTURES, of the Italian, French, Flemish, Dutch, and English schools, among which are many precious and rare examples of the ancient an< modern Masters, particularly the Marriage of St. Catherine, by Titian, which for brilliancy of colour is scarcely to be equalled ; Head of Gerini, by Correggio ; the Embarkation of ot. Ursula, by Claude, a splendid picture, engraved in the Liber Veritatis; 1 Seaport, with architecture and figures, also by Claude ; an In terior, with four figures, by Jan Stein, of his finest time ; an In terior, with several figures, and a Lady dressed in white satin, by Terburg, and also a Lady at her Toilet, by the same great Master; a gallery picture of Vessels off' Rotterdam, by Back- huysen ; a Calm, by W. Van de Velde ; a Landsc ipe and Cattle, by Karel du Jardin ; a Pair of Boar Hunts, by Snyders; Ecce Homo, by Carlo Dolci; the Siege of Antwerp, a work of extra- ordinary merit, by Wouvermans and Linglebach. Among the modern pictures are a series of Hunting Pieces, by George Morland, and several fancy subjects by the same hand ; a capi- tal Landscape, by De Loutherbourg; others by Naysmith O'Connor, & c. May be publicly viewed three days prior, and Catalogues had at the Gallery. Pictures by R. Westall, Esq., R. A. MR. EDWARD FOSTER respectfully acquaints the Nobility and Patrons of British Art he will submit by PUBLIC AUCTION, at his Gallery, 54, Pall- mall, on Wednes- day, May 23, at One o'clock, the Property of a Gentleman, Eight beautiful Original PICTURES, painted by R. Westall, Esq., R. A., consisting of fancy subjects, historical pieces, and landscapes, displayingthe fertile genius and ready pencil of this admired master. May be viewed three days prior to the sale, and catalogues had at Mr. Foster's Offices, 14, Greek- street, and 54, Pall- mall. CONTRACTS FOR COALS AND CANDLES. Commissariat Department, Treasury Chambers,. 8th May, 1832. THOSE Persons who may be desirous of contract- ing with the Agent for Commissariat Supplies, to furnish, from the 1st J uly next to the 30th June, 1833, such quantities of Coals and Candles as may from time to time be required, for Barracks and Ordnance Stations iu the undermentioned Counties and Islands, can receive particulars of the Contracts 011 applying at this Office betweea the hours of ten and four ; and to the respective Barrack Masters itt the islands of Guernsey, Jersey, and Alderney ; and deliver their Tenders at this Office, as follows, viz. : — Tenders for supplying Coals, sealed up and marked " Tender for Coals," until twelve o'clock on Tuesday, the oth June. Tenders for supplying Candles, sealed up and marked " Tender for Candles," until twelve o'clock on Thursday, the 7th June ; but no proposal, either for Coals or Candles, will be noticed, unless made on, or annexed to, a printed particular, and the prices inserted iu words at length ; nor unless a letter be subjoined to such pro- posals from two persons of known property, engaging to become bound with the party tendering, in the sum expressed in the par- ticulars, for the due performance of the Contract. Tenders to be made for the several Counties, and separate Bar- racks and Stations, as specified in the particulars of contracts. COUNTIES, & c.= Berks, Brecknock, Chester, Cornwall, Cum- berland, Devon, Dorset, Durham, Essex, Hants, Isle of Man, Isle of Wight. Kent, Lancaster, Middlesex, Norfolk, Northumberland, Northampton, Nottingham, Pembroke, Suffolk, Somerset, Surrey, Sussex, Warwick, York, North Britain, Islands of Guernsey, Jer- sey, and Alderney. TONGUES of SUPERIOR QUALITY.— Small Tongues for side dishes, or breakfast, 3s. 6d. each ; largo smoked, or pickled tongues, 5s. to 6s. 6d. ; Russia ox tongues, 2s. each ; prime Yorkshire hung beef, 16d. per lb. German sau- sages, honeycomb pariuesan and ripe Stilton cheese ; anchovy paste very fine anchovy fish for sandwiches, 2s. 6d. per lb. jar - and every other article of the first quality, connected with tho Italian and Grocery Trade, at HOW and CHEVERTON'S, the London Western Mart, No. 21, corner of Charlotte and Goodge streets, Fitzroy square. BEAVER HATS, the best in London, at 21s.. To the Economist and the Man of Fashion.— The above Hats are manufaclured upon the best principles, free from the complaints common to other made Hats. In variety of shape they are unrivalled : Ihe best in London, at 2ts.; second qualities, ditto 16s. and 18s.; the best double- edged Silk Hats, 12s.; second qua- lities, 8s. 6d. Youth's superfine Cloth Caps, 6s. 6d. Travelling Caps in every variety, from 8s. Drab and Brown Hats, the bestt 21s. Summer Cap, three ounces weight, 8s. 6d. Hats, ditto, 12s* At PERRING'S, 85, Strand, corner of Cecil- street. No'con- nexion with any other house. Berkeley- square.— Grand Collection of Pictures. MR. EDWARD FOSTER respectfully acquaints the Nobility and Connoisseurs, he has received directions from W. H. Trant, Esq., of Berkeley square, to SUBMIT by PUBLIC AUCTION, at the Gallery, 54, Pail- mall, on Thurs- day, June 7, and two following days, the entire and very valuable COLLECTION of PICTURES, of the Italian, Flemish, Dutch, French, and English Schools, formed by that Gentleman at a vast expense. A considerable portion of this collection has been procured from private sources, which, while they display the taste of the collector, have the additional charm of novelty to recommend them. It is impossible in this limited space to enu- merate all the distinguished Works in this Gallery ; the public, however, may be assured it contains true specimens of Raphael Guido Teniers R. Wilson L. da Vinci Dominichino Isaac Ostade Sir. T. Lawrence Titian Rubens N. Maas Bonninpton Schidone Vandyke Grenze Naysmith Holbein Rembrandt Sir J. Reynolds E. Landseer C. Dolci Berghem West Glover. May be viewed at the Mansion on the 30th May and 1st June. Splendid Pictures. MR. EDWARD FOSTER has ihe honour to anounce to the Nobility and Amateuts of Art generally, that he will SUBMIT by AUCTION, on the Premises, early in June, a Col- lection of rare and valuable PICTURES, which have been chosen with taste and judgment from among the Italian and other schools by an Artistof eminence, who is about to leave his present re- sidence. Due notice will be given with further particulars of the ap- pointed time of sale. DOUBLE- PATENT PERRYIAN PEN.— The flexibility of this entirely new instrument is so absolutely na- tural, that the action of the pen " in metal" can now no longer be distinguised from that of the goosequill. Nor does this pen possess the properly of durability in a less eminent degree than that of flexi- bility. Its construction, also, is such, that it accommodates itself to writers and writing of all descriptions. The packets are of two sizes— the larger containing nine pens, price 3s. ; the smaller, four, price Is. 6d. To be had of all booksellers, stationers, and dealers in Metallic Pens, as also at the Perryian Pen Manufactory, No. 37, Red Lion square.— All the other kinds ofthe Patent Perryian Pens* namely, the Office, the Classed, and the Varnished, at the usual prices. IMPORTANT DISCOVERY 11 HUNTLEY'S PATENT METALLIC ^ rr A • nrsniTTir, *• - » - » M . _ SHARPENER for Razors, Surgical Instruments, Penknives & c. Invented by T. A. Knight, Esq., President of the Horticul- tural Society, and, by his permission, manufactured by R. HUNT- LEY, Optician, to be had only at his Huuse, 259, Regent Circus, Oxford Stieet; and at W. Harris's, Optician, Cornhill, opposite the Royal Exchange ; Price 2s. 6d. This Instrument, for porta- bility , durability, and simplicity in its use, is far superior to any- thing heretofore offered to the Public. To Gentlemen Travelling, Officers in the Army and Navy, it will be found invaluable, as it will supersede the necessity of carrying a multiplicity of Razors, one only being necessary, which will last 100 years, and never re- quire either grinding, setting, or stropping, but will maintain a beau, tiful keen edge not to be equalled by any other Sharpener. When Mr. Knight mentioned his Invention at the Society, he declared he had used his Razor two years and a half, without the least diminu- tion of the Razor, and never took more than a few seconds to sharpen it. Those selling by til- Cutlers are not to be depended Oil ; what is to become of their Stock of Razors, Hones, Strops, Paste, & c. & c. if their Is. 6d. Sharpeners are to do all the work? Readers, judge for yourselves. R. H. has also had some neat Razors made for his Sharpener, which he will sell at 2s. and 2s, 6d. each, warranted. Merchants and Captains supplied. 1 6 3 T H E T O W U f. May 20. PARLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS. HOUSE OF LORDS, MONDAY, May 14. On the motion of the Earl of CARNARVON, the order for the re- commitment of the reform bill was postponed till Thursday. After several petitions in favour of reform had been presented, the House adjourned to Tuesday. TUESDAY, May 15. After some petitions bad been presented, Earl GREY rose and said, as there is no other important business before'your lordships, I move that this House do adjourn over till Thursday. I do so in consequence of a communication which I have this day from his Majesty. Of course their lordships understood that that commu- nication could only refer to the affairs of the state, so far as they were aifected by the resignation of himself and his colleagues. It had, besides, been made to him so recently, that it would be impossible to say more than this, tbat nothing decisive had ensued, and that it was not in his power to state, that it was decided tbat tbe present Government should retain office. He was not then au- thorised to state more, and therefore proposed that they should ad- journ over to- morrow in order to afford time for the completion of some arrangements.— After a few words to the same effect from the LORD CHANCELLOR, the House adjourned till Thursday. THURSDAY, May 17. THE MINISTRY.— The Duke of WELLINGTON rose in his usual place on the opposition side of the House, and spoke to the following effect:—" As this is the first time, my lords, that I have had occasion to address your lordships since I was charged by his Majesty with a most important commission, I conceive that some of you may be desirous that I should avail myself of this, or some other early opportunity to explain the nature of the transactions in which I was consequently engaged. I confess that I am the more anxious to do so, because the commission with which I was honoured by my Sovereign has led to the most extreme misrepresentations of my conduct —( Hear, hear)— not only in the public prints, with respect to my part in those transactions, but by persons in the other House of Parliament, filling high stations there, and otherwise re- spectable, on Wednesday last. His Majesty was graciously pleased, when he felt himself left alone— I say most unexpect- edly left alone— by his entire Government—( Hear, hear)— to send for my noble and learned friend ( Lord Lyndhurst), for the purpose of inquiring from my noble friend whether in his opi- nion means existed of forming an Administration on the prin- ciple of carrying into execution an extensive reform of the re- presentation of the people. Well, my noble and learned friend having attended the bidding of his Sovereign, communicated to me the difficulties in which his Majesty was placed, in order to ascertain how far it was in my power to assist in extricating him from them. With this view I thought it my duty to institute similar inquiries of others, the rather as I was myself as unpre- pared as his Majesty for the advice which his ministers had tendered, and for the consequences which had ensued from its being rejected. On inquiry I found that there was a large number of most influential persons not indisposed to support a government formed to aid his Majesty in resisting the ad- vice tendered to him by his late ministers. Under this con- viction I attended his Majesty, and my advice to him was, not that he should appoint me his minister, but certain members of the other House of Parliament—( Opposition cheering)— adding, Uiat for my own part, whether I was in office or out of office, he and those persons might depend upon my most strenuous support. ( Continued cheering.) The object, I repeat, of this kdvice and tender of assistance was to enable liis Majesty to ( form an administration upon the principle of resisting the ad- Vice which he had just rejected. And here I beg your lord- Ships to examine a little the nature of the advice which his Majesty had rejected, and which amounted to neither more nor less than this— that in order to carry a measure through this House, to which a majority of its members is strongly opposed, Jlis Majesty should forcibly overcome their opposition by peation of peers. ( Hear.) If any man will maintain that this is a legal and constitutional line of proceeding, I can only say that my notions of what i3 legal and what is constitutional are, and I trust always will be, very different; and that if the advice were to be adopted, it would place it in the power of a minister to carry any measure he pleased, and by what means he pleased, with impunity—( Hear, hear)— and that from that moment the constitution of this country and this House would be at an end. ( Cheers.) Feeling this as I did, and do, it was my duty to afford a ready and zealous aid to my Sovereign to enable him to resist a counsel fraught with such danger- ous consequences to this House and to the constitution But two courses, then, were open to me in advising the King a; to the best means of forming a Government based, as I have already stated, on the principle of rejecting the advice of his late ministers, the first of which brings me to that part of the transaction in which 1 feel it necessary to explain the ground on which I proceeded. His Majesty insisted that whoever should undertake the management of affairs should do so on an under- Standing of carrying an " extensive reform" ( I quote His Ma- jesty's own words) " in the representation of the people in Par- liament." ( Cheers from the ministerial benches.) Now I al- ways have been and still am of opinion that no measure of re- form is necessary, and that the measure before the house was calculated to injure, if not destroy, the monarchical institutions of this country. But that was not the question between me and my Sovereign. I was called upon by His Majesty not to act • upon my own particular views of reform, but to assist him in resisting the adoption of an advice which would overthrow the House of Lords and the Monarchy. ( Loud Cheers). I was, in fact, called upon to assist His Majesty in carrying an extensive measure of Parliamentary Reform through this house, without having recourse to the unconstitutional exercise of the preroga- tive suggested by his late advisers. It therefore became a ques- tion, what parts of the bill might be safely retained, and which this house might adopt, and which- it might rationally he ex- pected would, when sent down to the House of Commons, re- ceive the sanction of that branch of the legislature. The ques- tion I had then to deter ". nine was one of degree, or rather a choice of ills ; and in this case, there can be no doubt a selec- tion might be made from its provisions which would not be so that of the veriest enemy of the bill. I endeavoured to assist His Majesty in the distressing circumstances in which he was pleased to call upon me for my advice and assistance. ( Cheers.) It was, then, to enable the Crown to resist such an unconstitu- tional exercise of its prerogative, that I consented to assist in forming an administration on the principles I have stated, and, under the embarrassing circumstances in which His . Majesty was placed, I should feel myself unworthy of a seat in this house, if considerations merely turning on personal consistency withheld my assistance. ( Hear, hear.) When, however, I found, from the tone and result of the discussion which took place in the other house of Parliament in consequence of the resignation of the noble earl and his colleagues, and that I found also that though many leading men of that house entertained a strong opinion that peers should not be created, that no Government could hope to secure the confidence of the House of Commons and the country at large, which did not undertake to carry a measure of reform as extensive and efficient as that now on the table of this house, I felt it my duty to inform His Majesty that it was not in my power to fulfil the important commission with which he honoured me. ( Cheers from the Ministerial benches, echoed by the Opposition.) His Majesty, in consequence of this statement, felt himself bound to renew his communications with his former Ministers. This is my statement. ( Cheers.)— Lord LYNDHURST said, that he owed it to his Sovereign, to the public, to that house, and to himself, to briefly state his share in the transaction just referred to by the noble duke. On the day on which the noble earl ( Grey) and his colleagues thought it fitting to tender their resignation to His Majesty, and that it had been accepted, His Majesty was graciously pleased to com- mand his attendance. On waiting on the King, His Majesty told him that he had sent for him as his former Chancellor, to consult him under the embarrassing circumstances in which he had been placed by the unprecedented conduct of his ministers. ( Hear, hear.) His Majesty was desirous that he should inform himself of the nature of the feeling of the country at large, and of the state of parties with respect to the advice whieh he had rejected, and he gave him permission to communicate with those persons whom he might consider most competent to advise under the circumstances of the country, commanding him on his depar- ture to attend him next evening at Windsor. He accepted, as he was in duty bound to do, the mission with which he was thus honoured. In consequence of the commission intrusted to him, he waited on the noble duke ( Wellington), who, on being made acquainted with what had passed between him and his Majesty, with a gallantry and chivalrous devotion of spirit worthy of his illustrious reputation, told him that there was no sacrifice that he was not ready to make, no obloquy that he was not ready to incur, no misrepresentation that he was not prepared to disre- gard, in order to rescue his Sovereign from the embarrassing and somewhat humiliating situation in which he was placed by those upon whom he had lavished favour and confidence. ( Loud cheers.) This took place on Wednesday, the day of the resigna- tion. He next communicated the nature of his commission to other influential public men, in all about sbc persons. The re- sult of all this was, that his Majesty desired, through him, the noble duke, to call on him the subsequent Saturday., " And here," continued the noble and learned lord, " my mission ended. This is the ' head and front of my offending.' ( Hear, hear.) And for this have I been traduced and calumniated, not merely in the highways by the ignorant, but in the other House of Parliament, by persons whom the noble duke has rightly described as of high station, and filling the situation and po- sition of gentlemen. ( Loud cries of ' Hear.') For this have I been slandered throughout the country by the periodical press, which now reigns it paramount over the legislature and the coun- try ( cheers); and, in defiance, if not with connivance of the public authorities, flings its calumnies without respect for age, sex, or station. ( Continued cheers.) I should be ashamed to belong to a Government which permitted the article in The Times journal of this day to pass unproseeuted and unpunished; and if I were the Attorney- General, I should consider myself guilty of misprision of treason, if I neglected to prosecute such an article as that, which I have no hesitation in pronouncing revolution- ary, treasonable, and subversive of the monarchy of the state." So far as he was himself concerned, he despised those calumnies. They, however, might wound the feelings of those allied to him by the dearest ties, and so far they were a source of pain to him- self ; but apart from the feelings of others, he held them in the utmost scorn. ( Cheers.) Not so, however, could he overlook the charge which is reported to have been brought against him in another place by an hon. bart. ( Sir F. Burdett.) That hon.. baronet was reported to have declared that he, in obeying the commands of his Sovereign in the maimer in which he had just stated, had been " guilty of gross dereliction of his duty as a judge."— The Earl of SUFFOLK here rose to order."— Lord LYNDHURST maintained that he was in perfect order He did not reply to what the hon. baronet might have said in his place in the House of Commons, he only replied to what was put in his mouth by a calumniating press. According to that, he was represented by the hon. baronet as having been guilty of conduct inconsistent with his duty as a judge. He denied the assertion. ( Hear, hear.) The hon. baronet ought to know that, as a judge, he was a member of the King's Privy Council, and that by his oath as a privy councillor, he was bound to not only tender to his Majesty his best advice upon matters of public interest when called upon, but to volunteer it when he saw the safety of the throne or the welfare of the country in peril. ( Cheers.)— There was another attack also reported to have been directed against him by a member of the House of Commons, It was made matter of censure that, though a judge of the land and as such the occupant of a bench which should ever be kept free from political or party contagion, he was the leader of a virulent faction in that house. The fact was, that such a station as that assigned to him was foreign from his habits and inclina. tions— was contrary to his temperament and very leisure. So far from aspiring to a leadership, he had not, since the accession of the noble earl to office, been a frequent attendant upon their discussions, and had not, in a single instance, taken a part in a political discussion. So much, then, for his conduct, and the calumnies that had been aimed at it. " Reform, my lords," said the learned baron in conclusion, " has triumphed; the bar- to the monarchy. Before I enter liito a m. ore particular consi- deration of the charge implied by this assertion, permit me to remind the noble baron and your lordships, that there are dangers, not imaginary or hypothetical, but substantial and im- minent, to this House and the monarchy, to be apprehended from proceedings at all tending to risk a collision between the hereditary and representative branches of our constitution. ( Hear, hear.) The circumstances that have occurred this night, and the course taken by noble lords on a former occasion, have proved that the fact of this House getting into a conflict with the House of Commons and the general sense of the country on im- portant subjects, would alone be sufficient to expose it to dangers more imminent and greater far than to be apprehended from the coursewhich hisMajesty's ministers thought it their duty topursue. With regard to the general question of reform, and the par- ticular measure which we introduced to your lordships' notice, I have long been convinced, and it is no new opinion of mine, as every body knows, of the necessity of a reform in the repre- sentation, in order to place the constitution of this country on a sound, permanent, and safe foundation. ( Hear.) There- fore, my lords, when the late administration was broken up, when ( according to the new construction of ministerial resignations which we have heard to- night) the Sovereign was left alone, ( Hear, hear), and I was called on by his Majesty to form a new administration, impressed with the opinion which I had all along stated when out of office, and which for the sake of obtaining office, I was not disposed to abandon, ( Hear, hear, hear), I required of his Majesty the liberty of proposing a measure of parliamentary reform as a condition of my accession to his Ma- jesty's councils. On that condition my services having been graciously accepted by his Majesty, it then became my duty to consider the extent of the measure of reform to be brought for- ward ; and I now repeat, what I stated on a former occasion, that on looking at the question, it seemed to me, if any thing was to be proposed in the way of reform, the best course was to produce a measure of such an extent as would afford satisfaction to the public, and which should not only be consistent with, but might conduce to the safety and permanence of, our institutions. On this principle, my lords, I proposed that bill whieh the noble and learned lord states to be revolutionary, at the same time declaring that he thought it his duty to oppose the measure. Now I do not quarrel with the noble and learned lord for his opinion, although mine differs from it as widely as possible. I did not complain, nor do I complain, of the noble and learned lord's opposition . to the measure, but I complain, and perhaps your lordships will think I have reason to complain, of the manner of his opposition. ( Hear, hear.) For, my lords, not confining himself to objections to the measure, the noble and learned lord made a direct personal attack on me, imputing to me motives of conduct which I feel I have a right to disclaim as fully and indignantly as the noble and learned lord has disclaimed I dangerous to the constitution of this house as the measure as a i riers of the constitution are broken down; the waters of de whole ( hear) ; and accordingly the question was the amount and " ' ' " ' ^ ~ " '" J 4 character of the parts which might be thus retained. ( Hear.) It was under these circumstances and upon this understanding that I consented to give my assistance to His Majesty to form ah administration. 1 know there are many of opinion that I should have acted a more prudent part, and one more worthy of a man who leoked at ultra considerations, and who, mindful of his- former opinions and pledges against reform, was desirous to preserve a character of consistency in his public career,— it would, I say, have been more prudent for me, were I, under such circumstances, only influenced by mere personal consider- ations, to have refused any compromise of my opinions and noble baron who have just addressed the House, withheld my support from any Government that undertook an extensive measure of reform. ( Hear, hear.) I do not mean to detract from the merits of those who would have recommended such a line of proceeding ; but I put to them, and to your lord- ships in general, whether our positions are precisely similar ? ( Hear.) They were, and are at liberty to act unbiassedly, and responsible only to themselves, and for themselves ; I was called upon to rescue my Sovereign from the embarrassment in which he was placed by his own servants. ( Loud cheers.) I confess I should feel deep regret were I, when His Majesty did me the honour of commanding my aid to enable him to resist a most pernicious counsel, were I to turn round on his Majesty and say, " I see the difficulty of your Majesty's situation, hut I cannot afford you any assistance, because I have in my place in Parliament expressed strong opinions against a measure to which your Majesty is understood to be friendly." I declare that if it were possible for me to address such language to my Sovereign, I Should be ashamed to show my face in the streets. ( Loud cheers.) No, I adopted that course which I am sure would be struction have burst the gates of the temple, and the tempest begins to howl. ( Loud cheering.) Who can say where its course shall stop ? Who can stay its speed ? For my own part, I earnestly hope that my predictions may not be ful- filled, and that my country will not be ruined by the measure which the noble earl and his colleagues have sanctioned." ( Cheers.) — Earl GREY. Nothing is farther from my intention than to do or say anything on this occasion that can at all add to the irritation which so unfortunately prevails among noble lords op- posite. I shall therefore carefully abstain from any personal observation on what has fallen from the noble duke and the It is for them to judge what they may deem to be their duty. It is for them only to determine what sacrifices of former opinions— of reite- rated declarations— of recent pledges— they are prepared to make from a sense of duty. It is not for me to lay down any standard of duty, or to impose any rule of political consistency, of political good faith. ( Cheers.) But I cannot help express- ing my surprise, that on an occasion like the present, when the House and the public expected a temperate explanation of the proceedings in which the noble duke and learned baron have been for some days engaged, they should have indulged in violent party invective against the reform bill and ministers. ( Hear, hear.) Again the trite common- place assertions of the bill being ! a revolutionary measure— that it tended to destroy the constitu- tion,— were broached with all the violence of party rancour and disappointment. ( Hear, hear.) And again were their ears dinned with denunciations of the advice which we felt it to be our duty to offer to his Majesty; and again were they told by the noble and learned baron, that that advice, if followed, would prove fatal to the independence of the House of Lords as well as imputations cast upon him in other quarters. ( Hear, hear.) say, it is not necessary for me to go further into the question of parliamentary reform ; but I should like to know, if that mea, sure has not had some effect in conciliating and quieting men's minds by its reasonableness and necessity, how happens it that we have had, even from the greatest enemies of reform in your lordships' House, an admission, first, that some reform was neces sary, and at lastthat the reform must be very extensive? ( Cheers.) It was then to be considered by ministers what'course they must adopt, and but two alternatives presented themselves,— either at once to abandon the bill, or to recommend the Sovereign to enable the Government to take such steps as would put them in a situation to carry it. We adopted the latter course, and did offer to his Majesty that advice which we deemed the exigency of the case to require,— advice which the noble duke has this, night arraigned so strongly. The noble duke not only censures the advice, but complains that the making of peers was used and acted on by us as a threat. My lords, I am not aware that I am liable to that imputation ( hear), nor am I aware that when pressed and goaded ( hear) for a declaration on the subject, I ever uttered a single syllable relative to it except once, and that was to the effect that I felt as much opposed to such a measure as any man, except in a case of necessity which might justify the exercise of the Royal prerogative with a view to prevent a col- lision between this and the other House of Parliament. In my mind such a case has arisen ; and the situation in which minis- ters were placed was this,— we must either abandon the bill at once, at the risk of the consequence alluded to, or give advice to the Crown in order to prevent a collision, in which I openly declare if this house shall at any time be unwise enough to com- mit itself, the issue will hardly be satisfactory to your lordships. ( Hear.) My lords, but for the existence of this prerogative, your proceedings would be without control, while upon all other branches of the legislature salutary checks are imposed. ( Hear.) The Commons possess a check upon misconduct in the Crown, in its power of stopping the supplies : a check upon factious conduct in the Commons was placed in the King's power to dis- solve the house. Were the lords alone to he exempted from controul ? My lords,— should this house combine, in some pur- pose adverse to the Crown and House of Commons, and should it be able to hold out in its determination, no power existing to check its proceedings, then is this no longer a government of King, Lords, and Commons, but an oligarehy ruling the country. ( Loud cheering.) On the grounds stated, we gave the advice which we conceived we were bound in duty to offer, and pre- pared to take the consequence of its rejection by resigning office. Was there any tMng extraordinary in this ? Yes, says the noble duke, " it was leaving the King alone." ( A laugh.) How did our resignation differ from any other resignation of ministers ? My lords, I think the noble duke, on reflection, will see that there was nothing improper or inconsistent in Mi- nisters offering their resignation, and that they cannot be justly reproached with a dereliction of duty because they did so. ( Hear.) If I could be guilty of such an abandonment of the interests of my Sovereign as the noble duke spoke of, I should be the most ungrateful man alive, for never did subject owe more to Sovereign than do I to His Majesty,, for his extraordi- nary and gracious kindness and candour during the whole time I have had the honour to be in the service of the Crown. ( Hear, hear.) I have received, as I formerly stated, a communica- tion from His Majesty since the resignation of the commission held by the noble duke for forming a new Administration, but I am not prepared at this moment to state the result of that com- munication. All I can state— and I owe it to myself, to the country, and to your lordships, to declare it ( because there ought to be no concealment by an individual, situated as I am,, as to his motives of conduct, and views of action, in accepting or refusing office)— all I can state is, that my continuance in office must depend on my conviction of my ability to carry into full effect the bill on your lordships' table, unimpaired in prin- ciple and in all its essential details. ( This declaration of the noble earl was received with enthusiasm. The cheering conti- nued for some time after he had resumed his seat.)— The Earl of MANSFIELD. It had been, said that the Duke of Wellington invited him to accept office, and that he ( Earl Mansfield) had indignantly refused the offer : it was also stated by a leading member of the public press, that he had obtained an audience of His Majesty, at which the King invited him to support an Administration to be formed by the Duke of Wellington -. and he ( the Earl of Mansfield) was supposed to have replied, " No, Sir, I have had enough of the Duke of Wellington and his con- duct." Now he had only simply to state, that this was incorrect from beginning to end. [ Here the noble earl stated, at great length, the oft- repeated objections to a creation of Peers, and entered upon an elaborate defence of the Duke of Wellington; i and concluded by saying]— He felt no personal hostility to Minis- | ters, however strongly he might disapprove of their measures. He had much rather that they should remain in office than have the successors which the success of their measures would bring into office. If they succeeded in carrying them into effect in their full extent, their successors would be taken— to bor- row a phrase from our neighbours— from the extreme gauche.— Such persons must inevitably succeed, and then consider whether the consequences would not be revolutionary. — The Earl of WINCH1LSEA said, he must express his warm- est feelings of gratitude to his Majesty for having spurned with the utmost scorn the advice which, if it had been followed, must have led to the destruction of the independence of their Lord- ships' House; and to this he must add, that he looked on the conduct of ministers, in giving that advice, with the utmost scorn and indignation. He must say, that he felt the most lively joy at the conduct of one minister who was said to have dissented from the proposition to tender such pernicious advice. He re- garded the conduct of the noble duke ( Wellington) with the highest admiration, and there was no sacrifice consistent with a due respect to his own character and honour, that he himself would not have made, if he had been called upon by his Majesty as the noble duke had been. He called upon those who va- lued their characters more than they did their lives, to treat with scorn and contempt the motives held out to- them to sacrifice the former.— The Marquis of LONDONDERRY, after adverting to the Address to his Majesty from the town of Belfast, begged to ask the noble earl opposite, if their Lordships were to address him as minister.— Earl GREY repeated, that the eomrnitnieatiou which he had received from his Majesty, had not yet led to any conclusive result. More than that he did not feel himself called upon to say.— The Earl of HADDINGTON said, the conduct of the noble duke on that side of the House had been called in question. In his ( Lord Haddington's) opinion, the manner in which that noble duke had obeyed the voice of his Sovereign did him the highest honour.— The Earl of CARNARVON did not rise to praise tbe noble duke ; for his conduct was above all praise. The noble lords opposite had assumed that the object of their administration was external tranquillity. Now the result proved that no ministers ever were more lamentably deficient in obtaining the object at phich they aimed. The fact was, that they had been poking the fire of public discontent, and putting on fresh coals, and now they exclaimed that it was too hot. ( A laugh.) The noble earl then proceeded to condemn the advice given to his Majesty to create peers. He did not impute to the noble earl any wish to deceive the Sovereign ; but, in the whole history of the country, could any other minister be found who' would have made such a proposition as that which had been made by the noble earl? When his Majesty, himself a Re- former, wished, probably, to modify the measure, and- to try what conciliation would do, before, by the exereise of his Royal prerogative, Ee violated the independence of one of the houses of Parliament, he was abandoned by his ministers; and then the noble earl complained that their lordships had received his com- munication with irritation ! He begged to ask the noble earl, who was once a Whig ( Hear, hear !) whether such a cool, delibe- rate insult had ever been offered by a British minister to either House of Legislature, since the time when Cromwell ordered '' that bauble" tobetakenfromthe tableof theHouse of Commons ( Hear I) If the noble earl had succeeded in depriving the House of Lords of their ancient prerogatives, it was evident that he aould not have dared to stop there. Having quitted the path of right for that of error, he must have proceeded to crime. There was no halting. The end must have been revolution. The noble earl must in his career have resembled Robespierre, ( A laugh.) The noble earl concluded by moving that the order for taking into consideration the reform bill in committee be discharged.— Earl MULGRAVE expressed his astonishment at the observations which had fallen from the noble earl, who certainly had thrown out a most injudicious sarcasm against his noble friend, in ob- serving that he had once been a Whig. If the noble duke oppo- site had resumed the reins of government, and had, notorious anti- reformer as he was, proposed the adoption of the reform bill, he ( Lord M.) would never have shrunk from the duty of expressing, day after day, his opinion of such indefensible con- duct. He was happy, however, to observe, from the state ofthe benches on the other side of the House, that noble lords did not see much probability of such an occurrence.— The Marquis of SALISBURY could not sufficiently admire the address of the noble earl ( Mulgrave), who had waited till the noble duke ( Wellington) left the House—( Cries of " No" from minis- terialsts and cheers from the opposition)— who had waited, he repeated, till the noble duke left the House before he commenced an attack which he ( Lord Salisbury) had no hesitation in pro- nouncing one of the most unfair, unjust, and uncourteous ever made by one peer against another in that House.-— The statement that noble duke had made reflected as much ho- nour on him as it did disgrace on those pretended friends 6f the Monarchy who had dared to insult their Sovereign ( hear, hear| and order,) by offering him advice which he did not scruple to pronounce highly treasonable, and which, in other and better times, would have been instantly followed by the impeach- ment of those who tendered it. ( Hear.)— The Earl of MUL- GRAVE denied that he had spoken of the noble duke in the manner described by the noble marquis. He had, in truth, cau- tiously abstained from doing so, for two reasons •,— one, be- cause the noble duke was not in his place j and the other, because the noble duke had not succeeded in his attempts to form a Ministry.— Earl DE LA WARRE expressed his appro- bation of the Duke of Wellington's conduct.— Earl RODEN said, to the bill he would give all the opposition in his power, and he would never believe that a son of George the Third could be brought to consent to a measure which would swamp the House of Pears at the request of any Minister, no matter by whom supported. ( Hear.) The Order of the Day for the further consideration of the bill in committee was then dis- charged, and their lordships adjourned at half- past eight o'clock. FRIDAY, May 18. REFORM THE MINISTRY. The Archbishop of YORK said,, that it was his intention last niglit to have submitted to their lordships a statement, partly personal, and partly in reference to the reform bill; but the violent excitement which unfortunately prevailed in the course of the debate, if debate it could be called—( Cheers from the Treasury benches)— which followed the explanation of the Duke of Wellington, had deprived him of the power of addressing them. He felt it necessary to say a few words in explanation of his views of the reform hill, and of the course he intended to pursue in its further stages. When the reform bill sf last session was before the House, had he been present, he would most certainly have voted for the second reading, simply because he considered the measure one decidedly and especially affecting the House af Commons, which had sent it up to them for sanc- tion, with the approbation of a large majority of the members,, and because it was one which won the willing suffrage of pub- lic opinion, and which the Crown had avowedly sanctioned.. For the same reason he had voted for the second reading of the bill then on their table, with the firm and sincere purpose of supporting in committee its essential principles,— namely, en- franchisement, disfranchisement, and the extent of the right of suffrage. They percieved he did not specify those principles in. the order in which they stood in the hill,— that he took enfran- chisement before disfranchisement. He did so, not for the pur- pose of doing away with the necessity of disfranchising, but be- cause, in his view, enfranchisement should precede disfranchise- ment, as a cause should precede its effect. ( Hear, from the opposition.) It was under this conviction that he voted the other night in favour of Lord Lyndhurst's motion. He had every confidence in the noble earl ( Grey), and would be the less disposed to oppose him in the future stages of the bill, as he conceived that that nohle earl only could conduct the measure through its remaining stages under the critical circumstances of the country. ( Cheers.) The Dnke of RUTLAND said, that he had attended with anxious interest to the declarations made in that House last night by the Duke of Wellington and Lords Mansfield and Lyndhust, and the result was a two- fold impression on his mind, which no time could efface. The first was one of deep- felt gra « titude to the illustrious Prince on the Thone, who, in a moment of perhaps the most trying difficulties to which an English mtw nsrch was exposed, conducted himself with a firmness and deci- sion of character, which proved him to be a thorough- bred « Ht May - 20. THE TO WW. 163 of George HI., and a trtte descendant of the House of Bruns- wick. ( Cheers.) The next impression which he derived from the declaration of last night was one of great admiration of the conduct of the noble duke ( Wellington), in the very embarrass- ing situation in which he was placed. In conclusion, he ear- nestly hoped that he and those who held his opinions would prove false prophets as to the consequences of the reform bill, and that, so far from its proving destructive to the time- hal- lowed institutions under which the country had for ages flour- ished, it would, on the contrary, realize the expectations of its most sanguine supporters, and prove a new source of wealth, prosperity, and happiness. To a question put by the Earl of Harewood Lord GREY re- plied, if the noble earl had not put his question, he ( Earl Grey) should have been prepared to state to the House the result of the communications which, since his Grace the Duke of Wellington gave up his commission for forming a new administration, had passed between, his Majesty and him ( Earl Grey.) He had now the satisfaction to inform the House, that these communications had been attended with this result,— that in consequence of his Majesty's desire, graciously expressed to that effect, and in con- sequence of his seeing now those grounds of confident expec- tation of ability to enable him to edeem his pledge of yesterday, not to continue in office unless possessing an authority which might afford security for passing the reform bill unimpaired in principle, and in all its essential details. He had now to announce that ministers were to continue in office. ( Long, loud, and continued cheering.) The noble earl trusted the discussion of the bill would in future be conducted • with calmness and temper, and that they might thus avoid ex- citing those materials of irritation which unfortunately existed pretty generally. Further, he hoped their lordships would see • the urgent necessity, in order that this measure might lead to quiet and prosperity, that it should be brought to a speedy con- clusion. ( Hear.) This was the sole object of all his efforts, prosecuted in the same spirit and with the same feelings which had ever actuated him ; and he trusted we might look forward to the period, when the question being satisfactorily settled, heats and animosities would subside, and we should perceive increased contentment among the people, and a renewal and augmentation of prosperity, to effect which repose was all that was necessary. ( Hear, hear.) He should propose "" That this house do resolve itself into a committee on the reform bill on Monday next."— ( Cheering.) The Earl of HAREWOOD said, he had been given to under- stand, that the continuance in office of Earl Grey would depend on the power which he might obtain to carry the reform bill— a power that could be conferred in two ways— by a creation of peers, or by the act and will of individual lords in ceceding from their opposition to the bill. Lamenting, as he did, the existence ef the alternative, because in it he saw an end to the indepen- dence of the House, he still, however, found it his duty, in a choice of evils, to select the lesser. Was he to pass the reform bill, or assist in the completion of a still greater calamity ? He thought the wiser course would be, to withhold further oppo- sition to the bill rather than render that calamity unavoidable. The Earl of WINCHELSEA declared it to be his firm deter- mination to offer every possible opposition to the bill. The Duke of NEWCASTLE deprecated the course proposed to be taken, as highly dangerous to the state ; and declared his opinion, that the exercise of such a power as that now threat- ened was net to be tolerated. He said the King had no power to create peers for such a purpose under the circumstances of the case. ( Laughter.) Let the Lords do their duty, and the country would support them. ( Laughter.) So soon as an ad- ministration was really formed, he should feel it his duty to trouble their lordships with a motion upon the subject. ( Hear from the opposition.) To questions pot by Lord WHARNCLIFFE relative to the creation of peers, and the intentions of Ministers, The Earl of RADNOR replied at some length, and concluded by saying, that it was the duty « f Ministers to create peers if the measure could not be carried otherwise, and he hoped and trusted that Ministers would do their duty, and he had no doubt but that tbe best consequences wsuld follow. Earl GREY.— He had already stated that he had reasonable hopes of being able to carry the object for which he had taken Office, and to which he had pledged himself, and he did not think that the noble lord had a right to expect that he would at present give any further answer. Lord WHARNCLIFF, after animadverting on the speech of the Earl of Radnor, proceeded to say he maintained that tire advice given to the Crown was a mere pretext for some other purpose than to pass the bill. There was no intention to get rid of die bill, and the charge to that effect against the noble lords who acted with him, was a calumny for which there was not the least foundation. He fairly confessed that he had fallen into a mistake when lie agreed to support the motion for taking the clauses out of the order in which they stood in the bill. He had only to say, in conclusion, that he certainly would not decide upon what line of conduct he should follow until he should have ascertained on what footing the House stood. He must first ksow in what position the House stood, and then he would act accordingly. The Earl of CARNARVON repeated the same questions as those put by Lord Wharncbffe, and met with a similar reply as that already give ® from Earl Grey. In the course of his speech the Earl of Carnarvon thus expressed himself. He would tell the noble earl that he ( Lord Carnarvon) would never sit in that House with the noble earl's fifty or sixty liveried lacqueys. ( Hear, hear.) If those were the last words he should utter there, they were the expiring language of English honour. And where were these persons to be found ? He had not yet heard that the beUman had gone round to offer a reward for volunteers. One favour he would ask the noble earl, that in justice to him and his friends, before he overpowered their lordships with the me- naced inundation, he would bring in a bill to rescue them from the degradation of the association ; and by a clause in that bill restore him ( Lord Carnarvon) to the rank of an English Com- moner, of which he should be the more proud, as he might then, perhaps, be enabled to exercise the privilege of a legislator. He hoped the noble eurl would grant this request, which he made in perfect seriousness. The Bishop of BRISTOL said he was convinced that there • was a strong feeling growing in the country against the bill. The motion for going into committee on Monday next was put and agreed to, and the house adjourned to that day. HOUSE OF COMMONS, MONDAY, MAY 14. MINISTERIAL CHANGES.— Mr. Alderman WOOD rose to present a petition in favour of the teform bill from one of the Httist important meetings in the kingdom— he meant the petition agreed to at the Common Hall, on Friday, which was more nume- rously and respectably attended than any he had ever seen.— Oil the question tbat the petition he read, Lord EBRINGTON rose and said, that be was anxious, after the report which had gained such general ground, and which also bad excited such general con- sternation— he meant the repoitthathis Grace tbe Duikeof Welling- ton had received his Majesty's commands to form an Administration •— lie was anxious, he repealed, for some accurate information ; and if there were any gentlemen in the House who were able to satisfy it upon this subject, he would implore theiu to make an explicit communication. It was alto well known that the report to which be alluded went furdier, and was to the effect, that the Duke of Welliugton had accepted office on the terms of, he was going lo say, bringing in tlie reform bill ; but at all events of carrying into effect those beads of a bill which had been propounded by Lord Ellen- borough after the defeat in the House of Lords, of the reform bili of the late administration. He must say it was impossible for him to give any support to any government that could, under present cir- cumstances, be formed by the Duke of Wellington ( loud and con- tinued cheers), for there was no pledge that he could give to carry tbe reform bill that could be stronger than those repeated pledges he had recorded in opposition to it. ( Loud cheers.) Was it possible tbat the Duke of Wellington could come down to the House of Peers with the reform bill in one hand, and his protest. in the other? And was it possible that the noble duke could call un their lordships to pass that measure, or to pass any thing analogous to any part of that measure, with any thing like satisfaction to that House ? Was it possible also for any of the noble lords who had signed tbat protest to be the noble duke's associates in such a line of conduct ? Was it possible for any among them, especially a noble lord ( we believe, Carnarvon) who had called down tbe ven- geance of Heaven, and who had denounced the measure in the : strongest manner— was it possible, lie wouid ask, that any w ho had beard him could believe tbat that noble lord could support the noble duke in introducing such a measure ? He hoped and trusted that he knew the noble lords too well to suppose that they could act in any such way. ( Cheers from tbe Opposition, re- echoed by cheers and laughter from the Ministerial side.) He hoped that if political principle still exercised the slightest sway amongst gentlemen— if any thing like public morality still existed in the country ( loud cheers) he trusted that neither in this, nor ill any other House, could there be found any one calling himself a gentleman, and who had described the bill as a bill of spoliation and robbery— he would re- peat, he. trusted there could be no such man found who would now, at the bidding of any one, so turn his back upon all he had before said, as for place to give his assent to it. Wilh respect to this new bill of Lord Ellenborougb's, it was idle to imagine ihat however extensive it might be, it would give equal satisfaction as if it had come from the old and tried friends of the people. He should then sit down imploring any gentleman acquainted with the fact, dis- tinctly to state whether the Duke of Wellington had taken office, and whether he had taken it with the pledge to carry the measure propounded by Lord Ellenborough on the occasion towhkh he had alluded.— Sir II. HARDINGE said, when he heard the words of tbe noble lord, which implied that the acceptance of office by the Duke of Wellington would be an act of public immorality, he could not but protest against any such charge. ( Loudcheers from the opposition, overcheered from the ministerial side.) He, as a friend of the Duke of Wellington, would boldly say that there was no act of the noble duke's life which would justify any Iron, member either in making such a charge, or in throwing out even an imputation of the kind. ( Opposition cheers, again re- choed. from the other side.) With respect to the question ot consistency or inconsistency, he was perfectly aware that the Duke of Wellington had expressed himself repeatedly, and protested strongly, against the reform bill. He had himself also, in that House, expressed himself with equal force ; he retained the same sentiments, and he still thought the bill a dange- rous one. Nevertheless, if a bill such as had been proposed by Lord Ellenborough, including enfranchisement, disfranchisement, and extension of franchise— if such a bill came down, he could not see what there was for hon. gentlemen to oppose. However, on these points he was not called on to give an opinion— he only rose in his place to protest against the noble lord's charging the Duke of Wellington with public immorality.— Lord MILTON said the hon. and gallant officer had made a mistake, inasmuch as be had assumed that the noble member for Devonshire had accused the Duke of Wellington of having committed an act of public immorality. His noble friend had done no sncli thing. What he had said was, that if the Duke of Wellington, after the speeches he had made, and the protest he had written, should consent to accept office on the condition of carrying a bill which he had characterised as revolu- tionary, and which the hon. and gallant officer himself had to- night called dangerous, and that if the noble duke should agree to form an administration on the ground of carrying that revolutionary bili, then the noble duke would have been guilty of public immorality.— ( Loud cheers.) His noble friend had not charged the noble duke wilh its commission, and it remained for the Duke of Wellington himself or those who were aware of the circumstances, to declare whether he had acted so as to subject himself to such a charge.— Mr. A. BARING was desirous of addressing a few words to the House. It could not, he said, be denied that the country stood at present in a most critical and extraordinary position. What then, lie asked, was the - position of tbe country ? It was not that his Ma- jesty had dismissed hi « ministers ( loud laughter), but that his minis- ters had renounced the service of his Majesty. ( Continued laughter, and cries of " Hear.") That was the state of the question, and upon that there undoubtedly arose another question— whether the resignation of ministers was their own fault or that of his Majesty. ( Hear, hear.) It would, however, be more conformable with the practice of that House, aud the principles of the constitution, not to speak of his Majesty as having committed a fault, but to attribute tbe fault, if fault it be, to the influence which some phantom ad- viser might be supposed to have over bis Majesty's mind. ( Loud cries of " Hear" from tbe ministerial benches.) It would be only fair for the country to wait, and the country would be disposed to wait, if it was not agitated and excited by observations made, more especially in that House, to know whether the King had, in point of fact, committed what might be called a breach of faith with the country. ( Hear, hear-) For he admitted that, whatever might be his own opinion, or the opinion of others, wilh respect to the merits of the particular bill of reform introduced by the Government, the crown had undoubtedly given a pledge to the country of a desire to eflect a very extensive measure of reform ( cheers from the minis- terial benches), and no person could approach the King, and advise him so far to sacrifice his own character, and to sacrifice the mo- narchy of the country ( loud cheers from the ministerial benches), as to break faith with the people. ( Repeated cheers.) But what was the position of the crown? Had tlie ministry been broken up because the King had turned round and refused to allow the reform bill to be passed into a law? If that were the case, that would un- doubtedly be a very serious matter, and the Crown must have been advised so to act by somebody. ( Loud cries of " hear" from the ministerial benches.) He was perfecUy ready to admit that advice of such a description was of a most pernicious kind, and deserving the reprobation of that House and the country. ( Cheers.) But as far as he could understand this question— and his information was mainly derived from what the noble lord ( Althorp) had com- municated to the House— the grouud on which ministers had re- signed was very different. He understood that the King had been called on not only to deal with the constitution of the House of Commons, but also to deal with the House of Lords, and to esta- blish this most dangerous and most atrocious principle ( loud cheers), that every time there was any great subject on which the two houses of Parliament differed, the ministers were entitled to call on ihe Crown to force the Peers to agree with the Commons, by send- ing into the Upper House an immense number of new peers ; and that, upon the Crown refusing to do so, the ministers were justified in throwing up their commissions in the face of their master; and then the country was to be told, not that Ihe King had conscientious scruples which made hiui hesitate to overpower one branch of the legislature, but that, forsooth, he had acted falsely and perfidiously. That was his view of the subject; but he did not call upon the House to adopt it. All he wished was that the House and the country should wait until the Crown was in a position to tell its own story ( cheers), so that the Crown might receive that measure of justiee which was dealt out even to criminals on their trial. When a charge of immorality was brought against individuals for changing their conduct with respect to the reform bill, he thought it right to admit that he was one of those who were liable to that accusation. He bad undoubtedly voted, and expressed his opinion, against the reform bili. He still maintained his opinion unaltered, and believed that that measure would not improve the institutions of this country. He had, for no sinister purpose, but even before the meeting of the present Parliament, stated, in the presence of several members of that house, at a meeting in the London- tavern, tfiat though his opinion with respect to the bill remained unaltered in the slightest degree, yet lie did think at that time tbat such was the feeling in the country in favour of reform, that unless a very large portion of that bill was conceded, there would be no perma- nent peace in the country. ( Hear, hear.) This was a species of public immorality of which he was perfectly ready to admit that he was guilty.— Lord ALTHORP said he was anxious to take the earliest opportunity of stating, that he did not recollect to have heard any members of that House speak of the conduct of his Ma- jesty in the language which had been imputed to them by the lion, gentleman. ( Hear, hear.) That lion, gentleman had called upon the country to suspend its judgment until his Majesty possessed a servant' in that House to make whatever explanations might be necessary. In that recommendation he ( Lord Althorp) cordially joined ; and he trusted that it would be followed, and that the House would not be led away by any feelings respecting his Majesty to an unfair and improper conclusion. ( Hear, hear.) But what his noble friends had alluded to was, not the conduct of his Majesty ( hear, hear), but what might be the conduct of those individuals who, having always opposed the reform bill, not only in its prin- ciples but in its details also, should now accept office with the view of carrying it. ( Cheers.) ll was to that state of things that the observations of his noble friends were applied ; and he must say that he did not think that they expressed themselves in stronger lan- guage than they ought to use under such circumstances. ( Loud cheers.) He was glad to hear that the tone in which the hon. gentleman now spoke of the reform bill was very different from that which he bad formerly used, when he had described it as being revolutionary and inconsistent with the good government of this country. The hort. gentleman now admitted the necessity of it, though he was still of opinion that it was no improvement. This was at any rate a great improvement in die hon. gentleman's mode of thinking; and he hoped the improvement would be carried still further, and that the whole reform bill would be soon passed into a law. ( Cheers and laughter).— Mr. T. DUNCOMBE said, they knew that the Duke of Wellington had been appointed minister on Saturday last, and they also knew that his first act as minister was to insult the people of Birmingham ( cries of " no" from the oppo- sition, and " hear" from the ministerial benches), by sending back their petition, which was laid at the . foot of the throne, and by making his Majesty declare that he knew not such a body of his loyal subjects. The reform bill was fixed for Thursday next. If the Duke of Wellington had discharged the order altogether, he would have acted with much greater consistency, after the solemn protest which he bad made against the bili. But perhaps the noble duke considered principle, consistency, and integrity in publicmen, to be, like public meetings, a mere farce. ( Cheers). Though the Duke of Wellington w'as Premier, where he was to find a ministry, he ( Mr. Duncombe) could not tell. They all knew who the learned and noble individual was who fust commenced to form this admi- nistration— an administration which, he supposed, was to adopt tbat very bill which they had before so strongly denounced as being re- volutionary. He must say that the formation of such a ministry could not have fallen into the hands of an individual more worthy of the task, for tbe noble and learned lord's whole political career had been one scene of political prostitution and tergiversation. He must say, tbat if the new administration should now adopt that bill, their principles and consciences must be, like crane- neck car- riages, able to turn round ill the shortest possible space. ( Cheers and laughter.) In such a carriage must the Duke of Wellington go down to the House of Lords, but he ( Mr. Duncombe) knew not what charioteer would conduct him, nor what pensioned and pam- pered lacquies would stand behind hiiu. But were the consciences of the temporal lords alone concerned? What was to become of the consciences of the spiritual lords? Were they also to go on crane- neck principles ? ( Loud cheers, and laughter.) Would the bishops be seen holding up their mitres, and bawling for the bill, and the whole bill? ( Loud cheers, and laughter.) The hon. member tor Thetford had talked of a creation of peers degrading the House of Lords ; but in his ( Mr. Duncombe's) opinion, by this one act— by this base violation of public principle— they would do more than airy thing else could to degrade that House. ( Loud cheers.)— Sir II. HARDINGE here interrupted the hon member. He said, that before he proceeded to notice the language made use of by the lion, member, he begged to ask whether the hon. member meant to say that the Duke of Wellington—( Here SirH. Hardinge was prevented from proceeding further by loud cries of " Order," and *' Chair."; — The SPEAKER put it to the hon. gentleman whether he had not said quite sufficient to give an opportunity lo tbe hon. mem- ber for Hertford to explain, if he had any explanation to offer.— Sir H. HARDINGE rose and made a few observations, but his voice was drowned by tlie calls of " Chair," and " Order."— Lord MILTON rose to order. He said that the interruption of the hon. and gall- nt officer appeared to hi in to be contrary to order. ( Hear.)— Sir H. HARDINGE again attempted to address the house, but finding it impossible to be heard, he resumed his seat in a few minutes.— Mr. T. DUNCOMBE then continued his obser- vations amidst loud cheering. He repeated, that if those noble lords who had opposed tbe reform bill should now be guilty of such a base violation of public principle as to form an administration to supportit, they would do more to lower themselves in the estima- tion of the people, than if 50 or 100 new peersbad been introduced into Ihe upper house. ( Cheers.) But the hon. member for Thet- ford bad found out an excuse for these persons changing their prin- ciples and conduct— namely, that the cry of tbe people for reform was so loud as not to be resisted, and that, therefore, the Duke of Wellington might, with'perfect consistency, propose a measure of reform. Reform from the Duke of Wellington I ( Hear, hear.) Reform from tbe Tories ! ( Hear, hear.) The people were to learn reform from them I This must be done, then, in somewhat the same way as the ancients, according to Dean Swift, learned the art of pruning vines, by observing, that whenever asses browsed on them, they thrived and became prolific. ( Laughter.) But he could not believe that reform would come from them,— it was too polluted a source. ( Hear, hear.) But if this new Administration should be formed, what would they do with the House of Commons 1 Would they dissolve the Parliament, which was called together for the purpose of expressing the sense of the people with respect to reform? ( Hear.) " But," said the hon. member for Thetford, " you have made use of the King's name in conjunction with re- form 1" Well, then, let them dissolve the Parliament, and sepa- rate the King's name from reform. Let them proclaim the King as the enemy of reform ; and let there be joined to his Majesty's other branches of ihe Royal family— the illustrious Cumberland— the wise and sapient Gloucester. ( Laughter, and cries of order.)— The SPEAKER put it to the lion, member, whether the course he was pursuing was consistent with the rules of the House 1— Mr. T. DUNCOMBE apologised for having done any thing that was dis- orderly ; but, he continued, let the new administration dissolve the Parliament, and defeat, disgrace, and dishonour would be their lot. He would not detain the house longer, but he thought it right to state what line of conduct he should pursue towards the new administration. He was determined to offer every obstruction to it, of which the forms of the House would allow. He would adopt every constitutional mode of opposing it by agitation in doors and out of doors, until he saw those who were the prime movers in this base intrigue hurled from their situations, and biting tbe very dust of reform amidst the execrations of an insulted and indignant people.— Mr. BEAUMONT said, that the conduct of those per sons who were now ready to promote the reform bill, after having signed a solemn protest against it, was calculated to shake the con- fidence of the public in the integrity and honesty of public men. He gave his most cordial assent to the prayer of the petition, that all supplies should be refused until tbe reform bill passed, and expressed his determination to agitate both within and without doors for the purpose of effecting the one thing needful— the removal of the Duke of Wellington aud the destruction of the Tory party in England and throughout Europe. ( Hear.) Mr. MACAULEY said the present state of affairs was calculated to create great alarm and apprehension. On the one hand there was the danger of losing the reform bill ; and on the other there was the danger of a most severe injury being inflicted on the cha- racter of public men, and particularly on one public man, for w hom be entertained such feelings of veneration, that he would far more willingly have seen a similar degradation fall on almost any other person. ( Hear, hear.) But if, after signing a protest on the lfnh of April, in which he declared that the disfranchisement clauses of the bill were shocking to all notions of justice, and cal- culated to destroy tbe monarchy, he should now support any mea- sure of disfranchisement, he ( Mr. Macauley) could form only one opinion of his conduct. ( Hear.) If when the Duke of Wel- lington signed his protest, he did not believe that the bill was shocking to all notions of justice; that it was destructive to the monarchy and all our valuable institutions; and that whatever might be the danger of rejecting the bill, there was greater danger in passing it; if the Duke of Wellington did not believe all this when he signed bis protest, then he was guilty of an act of public immorality. ( Cheers.) But if, having entertained these sentiments on the 16th April, the noble duke should now support the bill, then waa he again guilty of an act of public immorality. ( Hear.) Fo what was the difference between the state of things in April and in May, excepting only that the Duke of Welliugton was out of office at the former period, and that he was Minister at the latter 1 ( Hear.) He would not give his confidence to any Administra- tion which should come into office in the manner iu which report said that the new ministry was coming in. ( Hear.) He would continue to support the bill, and on the day after it should be: passed, he would be ready to vote for any motion in order to drive from power an administration in which it was impossible to place any confidence whatever. ( Cheers.) In taking that course he believed that the House would best consult their own credit and character, and he believed that tliey would also be acting for their own interests, for the time was at hand when character would be synonymous with power. ( Cheers.) " For the present, there- fore," said the hon. member, " I am perfectly willing lo allow other persons to have infamy and place—( Enthusiastic cheering renewed again and again)— I am willing, I say, to let others have infamy and place ; let us have honour and tlie reform bill.'' ( Cheers.)— Sir H. HARDINGE rose and addressed himself to Mr. Macauley with much wannth, but the sound of liis voice was drowned by loud cries of spoke." Tiie right hon. gentleman still persisting—' the SPEAKER told him lie could not then speak, unless it were strictly in explanation.— Mr. MACAULEY said, that it perhaps might not be unfit for him to say a few words. The right hon. gentleman must be aware that the use of swagger- ing expressions in that place was a very unequivocal proof of spirit as well as of sense. He would never iudulge in that practice. The words which he uttered, as well as he could recollect them, were these—" that he would not object to others having infamy and place." Was ll. ere any thing in tliuse words which justified any one in finding fault with them?— Sir G. MURRAY said that the- hon. and learned member had certainly made use of strong lan- guage ; but in that particular he would not imitate him. Refer- ence had been made to political morality ; he thought that the true political morality of a public man was, to do at all times what, under the peculiar circumstances of the country, he conceived to be the best fur the public interest. A great deal had been said, also, about inconsistency, but he would ask had there been no in- consistency until tiie present time ? Had not the noble Paymaster of the Forces been inconsistent 1 He did not wish to say anything offensive to the noble lord, but it could not be denied that the noble lord hail, both verbally and in various publications, advocated doctrines directly opposed to those which he now espoused. On former occasions, too, other members of the late Administration had declared themselves hostile, not only to the details of such a measure as the reform bill, but even to its principle. He recollected that the late noble Secretary for Foreign Affairs, when ac- cused of inconsistency for supporting the bill, said that it was childish to impute inconsistency to a public man for changes of opinion, produced by alteration of circumstances.— Captain BERKELEY ( as we understood) said, that he had en- tertained doubts as to tile propriety of creating peers, but the oc- currences of the last week bad completely removed his scruples. He never could place confidence in an administration formed from amongst those who. had signed the protest in the other House.— Lord J. RUSSELL said, that he felt himself called upon to state to the House both what had been his own conduct and what was his view of the conduct of those gentlemen— whoever they might be— who were about to join the new administration. He had been re- proached wilh having changed his opinion on the question of re- form. Tbe only change which could be brought home to him was, that in the course of about 12 years, from being a reformer— not a very moderate one, having gone to the extent of proposing to take 100 members from close boroughs, aud give them to large towns— from being a reformer of that kind, he had become a reformer to a greater extent, and proposed tbat which he had for a long time been anxi- ous to avoid doing, namely, the total disfranchisement, instead of partial disfranchisement, of the nomination boroughs. This change was effected in him by the opinions of various men, by the circum- stances of various years, and lastly, by an event which was to him a final and conclusive reason for a change of opinion— namely, the the declaration of the Duke of Wellington, that Parliament ought not to be reformed at all— that the existing system was as perfect a one as the wit of man could devise— and that he would never, as minister, lend himself to any change whatever. At the present great crisis there were two questions in which tbe country was deeply interested : the one was the fate of the reform bill, and the other was the administration by which tbe country was to be go- verned, as involving the character of public men. With respect to the bill, he said, with the hon. and learned member for Calne, that he was was willing to secure that which would be a great benefit to the country, come from whose hands it might. When he spoke thus, be meant the bill iu all its principles and essential details. He, however, looked with great apprehension to the future pros- pects of die country, when he considered the circumstances under which the new administration was about to accept office. It was difficult to understand why a single week ago the new ministers had not professed themselves willing to carry the bill. ( Loud cheers.) Why did they not say—" We do not object to the bill: give us your offices, and we will carry it." ( Continued cheers.) If that proposition had been made to him and his colleagues, they would have been ready to resign their power. ( Hear.) If, however, no change of opinion had taken place, the bill would be mutilated, its provisions w ould be changed, and it would no longer be the measure which was passed by the House of Com- mons. Another question came after. He would suppose that the bill was safe,— that the Lords sent it down to them with some trifling alterations,— he could not think that they would be improve- ments— hut in such a shape as would render it necessary for the hou> e to reject it. Another question would then arise of infinite importance to the country— namely, the character of public men. When lie said that, he was uttering a sentiment to which the Duke of Wellington was no stranger, because, on the question of Mr. Huskisson's retirement from office, when Mr. Huskisson made it the condition of his continuing to form part of the administration that he should be asked by the Duke of Wellington to remain, the noble duke refused to consent to solicitation, which he thought beneath his high station, and made this reply to Mr. Huskisson " I am fully sensible of the loss which 1 shall sustain ( meaning the loss of Mr. Huskisson's services), but I am convinced that in these times any loss is better than that of character ( loud cheering) it is tbe foundation of public confidence." ( Cheers.) Those being the sentiments of the noble duke, lie could not believe even to that hour that lie would place himself in a situation which would enable any man to say to him, " you have belied yonr pledge and falsified your opinions, and no man hereafter, when you express an opinion, however solemnly you may declare it, even should you place it on the recurds of Parliament, will have any sort of confidence or security that you may not sweep away the whole of your pledges in a single day." ( Loud and long- continued cheering.) He would now say a few words relative to the right hon. hart., the member for Tamworth, with respect to whom also reports were in circulation. The right hon. bart. had stated that lie had not accepted office, and he did not hesitate to give cre- dence to that statement. He would repeat what he said on com- mencing— that whether the bill should be passed by Whig, Tory, or Radical— come from what party soever it might— it would be a great and permanent blessing to the country, by securing to the people good government; but after having passed the bill, he de- clared now once and for all, that never for a single moment would lie give his confidence to men who he thought would stand pub- licly dishonoured to the latest posterity. ( Great cheering.)— Sir E. SUGDEN disclaimed, for his part, any idea of accepting office, of which, he said, there was not the shadow of a shade of proba- bility. He thought that Earl Grey had not sufficient ground for leaving office. He heard the noble earl say, that after the bill should be read a second time, it would be taken out of his hands, and placed in those of the bquse, for them to deal with as they thought proper. When he said that, did he mean that they were to make no amendments in it ? The late Government altered tbe bi| I as they pleased, but they would allow nobody else to do so. N ow he would enter at once into the consideration of the question, " Was the Duke of Wellington justified in the face of the wo( Jd in taking office at this crisis?" It appeared to him that the Duke of Wellington was justified in the course which be had recently taken. Tbe Duke of Wellington knew well that when the late adipinistra- [ For the remainder of debate see 7th page.] O/ . , „ 164 THE TOWUf. May 20. TO CORRESPONDENTS. The press of political matter must excuse us to many Corres- pondents. Next week, " a Parliamentary Drawing'" of Lord Lyndhurst. Continuation of " Necessity and Plan of Reform in the House of Lords," postponed to next week. " the T ® wi LONDON: SUNDAY, MAY 20, 1832. On Friday afternoon it was announced by flic Ministers, in bothHouses, that their continuance in office was decided, by their " having obtained sufficient security for the pass- ing of the Reform Bill." Without wishing to appear wiserthan our Contemporaries, upon a point which is, cer- tainly, a state secret, and intended to be kept as such, we shall proceed to tell all we actually know of circum- stances in relation with the actual arrangement that has led to this happy result. The unwillingness of the King to consent to a creation of Peers is so well known, that we scarcely need dilate upon it, except fo remark that, in Iho whole of these transactions, it has been admitted by all parties, that his Majesty declared, as the basis of all negotiation, that " he • was himself pledged to an extensive, and substantial measure of reform." When Lord GREY was again sent for by the King on the Duke of WELLINGTON'S declaration of his inability to form an administration, bis MAJESTY replied, to all ap- plications on the part of the Whigs for the discretionary power of adding to the Peerage, " that there could be no question of such a measure, as the Duke had consented to permit the passing of the Reform Bill, unmutilated, when his party were about to take office, and that he could not do less as matters then stood." In consequence of this ex- planation, it was expected that the Duke, or one of his ad- herents, would make a straightforward declaration to this effect on Thursday. No such assurance, however, was given I The policy of the place hunters in thus keeping back, • was to induce Sir ROBERT PEEL to alter his resolution of not joining their ranks, by calling upon the Right Hon. Gentleman to stand forward and save his Sovereign from the domination of the Whigs, and the country from a violent coup d'etat,— they failed in this manoeuvre,— and the knowledge that the House of Commons, which had remained for a whole week in a state of respectful non- interference, was about to act, (" resolutions on the stale of the country were to be proposed by Lord MILTON,") brought affairs to a crisis on Friday afternoon, and the important declarations we have mentioned above were made. From all we can collect of the circumstances, wo are inclined to believe that " the no- principle party" gave in without any direct assurance from the Minister himself,— that they made a virtue of necessity, toiled, beaten, and exposed to the scorn of all honest men. Whether it was intimated to them by the King that lie had no alternative, but to bid them make room as well as give place to honest men, is of itself immaterial. Those seers who read in the signs of the limes their only rule of action, could not be insensible to the fact, that for them there was no other course than this which has been wrung from tliein by a people who heartily despises them, but whom, even yet, when some few days arc passed and gone, they hope again to rule over Will Englishmen be so insulted? immovably re- the satisfactory course which matters have taken during the adjournment, calmed anxiety, but tho formal an- nouncement of the settlement of the Ministry, and the security of the Reform Bill, has not wholly restored con- fidence. The intrigues and audacity of the Tories have, it is true, laid them in the dust, but they have seriously shaken the confidence which should subsist, and the cordiality which had subsisted between the People and the Crown. We do not despair of seeing this salutary relation restored. The people aro enlightened, and will be indulgent. Let the KING place himself once more at the head of the Reformers— that is, of the nation— let liim impose silence upon the folly and presumption of those whose intrigues and chattering have compromised him with the country, and he will be again the most popular Sove- reign ofhis House. We have received the Paris papers of Thursday, and the Nouvelliste and Messager des Chambres, dated Fri- day, by express. Their contents, if not of great import- ance, are at least interesting. The Moniteur, in an article on the death of M. CASIMIR PERIER, states, that whatever Minister may succeed him, there will be no al- teration in the policy of the Cabinet. This announcement lias given great satisfaction to the peace party, and the funds are steady. On Thursday, the Five per cents, were done at 96f. 60c., and the Three per eents. at 69f. 80c. It appears that an application has been made by the King of the Belgians for the aid of French troops. No answer, of a positive natnre, had been returned. On Thursday last orders had been forwarded to the army of the North, to hold itself in readiness ; and it was generally believed that assistance would be given if circumstances should render it necessary. The Lyons paper of the 13th inst. states, that 150 Piedmontese soldiers, who had deserted from Piedmont, had arrived in that city in a body. liberties of Europe shall mature, and the cause of order shall no longer be separated from that of freedom, without which no order is valuable, no possession secure. The Ministers are re- seated firmly, seated, and the Reform Bill is beyond the reach of in- trigue, faction, power, we had almost said fate, itself. The events ofthc week have been most important. They are to be estimated not by actual occurrences, but by the perils, the awful contingencies which have been balanced in the scale, and which have happily passed by. We do not exaggerate when we say, that during the greater part of the week this country was on the brink of a civil war— a • war not of rival parties, but of the people on the one side, against a faction which caught in its toils the depository of the Executive Power, and placed the Crown in direct collision with the nation. There could be no doubt of the result of the contest, but the conscquences to the country would not have been the less deplorable. Our last publication left the Duke of WELLINGTON commissioned to make a government of which he should be the head. The Tories set no hounds to their exulta- tion. A meeting of Members of the House of Com- mons took place at BROOKES'S on Sunday evening, and a disposition was manifested which augured ill for the consistency and character of that house. There were strong symptoms of a disposition to desert. A re- solution of *' want of confidence in the Duke of WEL- LINGTON" was either negatived or evaded. " Why," it was asked, " refuse confidence to the Duke of WELLING- TON if he adopts Reform?" We have heard that this shifting, shallow pretence, was met and exposed by Mr. STANLEY with surpassing force and eloquence, and that his speech, had he made it in the House of Commons, would be pronounced one of the ablest made for years in par- liament. During Monday morning those who had cognizance of what took place at BROOKES'S were alarmed for the result. It was apprehended that a schism would manifest itself in favour of the Duke. But a better spirit prevailed. BROOKES'S is a close court. The House of Commons deliberates under the public eye. The deserters in petto were kept to their post, and the majority was again disheartening to the Tories. The movements of the peo- ple in the metropolis and in the country— the formidable tranquillity and order with which extreme means of resist- ance were proclaimed— the system oforganization by which it was known that popular ebullitions were prevented in Xiondon— the incipient run upon the Bank— paralyzed the most desperate champions of oligarchy, and the most eager aspirants for office, and the Duke of WELLINGTON found, to his surprise, that he could not construct a Go- * vernment. It was easy to see the hopeless state of the party from its rage. Lord LYNDHURST lost his temper, and his prudence, so far as to talk of his character. , Still, the party did not abandon its tactics. It was trumpeted that the Duke of WELLINGTON declared he would answer for " restoring tranquillity, and extinguishing Re- r :— r— » If IMO' « invincible rennsrnancc Tiie death of M. CASIMIR PERIER will be followed with some consequences to the cause of liberty, of more impor- tance than may generally he supposed. It is a well known fact, that but for the anxiety of that Minister to maintain peace, a strong demonstration would have been made by France in favour of the Poles. Fearful of involvin the country in foreign war, and attaching mor weight to the menaces of the Holy Ailiance than they really deserve, he depressed the cnergie: of his own nation, in order to prevent those mani festations of sympathy in favour of Poland, which, if followed up, would, iu his opinion, have caused an attack upon France. It was with this policy that he discouraged the increase of the National Guard, lest it should give the liberal party an influence which he would he unable to controul; and it is an undoubted fact, that every means were used by his representatives at Foreign Courts, to conciliate other Powers by assurances that France would not adopt the question of general liberty in Europe as her own. Highly as we respect tbe motives of this respectable minister, and sorry as we should be to throw a shade around his memory which it docs not deserve, we cannot re- frain from indulging in pleasing anticipations of the course which his successor is likely to pursue. The bullyings of Foreign Powers are now appreciated as they ought to be; and France, under a popular government, will be able to dictate with success, where she formerly entreated in vain. Strengthened by the sympathy which a reformed parliament in this country will necessarily create, the French government may demand from the Autocrat of Russia the emancipation of a people, whom he has subdued and despoiled, without, however, being able to degrade; and the sons of freedom, throughout the civi- lized world, having some rallying point to look to, may raise their now prostrate heads. It is utterly impossible, we think, that a liberal ministry in France, and a reformed parliament in England, can refrain from calling upon the Emperor of Russia to disgorge the plunder, and undo the fetters which tho advocates of corruption aud despotism in France and England assisted him to forge. As long as M. PERIER lived, there was no prospect of such a result as this; his death, therefore, however it maybe regretted by those who appreciated popular commotion in France, opces the way to a career of honourable ambition for a new minister, and of successful sympathy on the part of the nation for the abused and plundered Poles. It had been said, indeed, previous to the death of M. PERIER, that the governments of France and England, ashamed of their pusillanimity, and sensible of the error which they have committed in allowing the Emperorof Russia to trample upon the liberties of Poland, had resolved to claim from him the fulfilment of the pledge which he had made, to respect the nationality of the Poles. Whether this statement was true or false, we know not ; wc should tear, however, that it is a mere attempt to parry off the effects of public indignation; and that nothing serious was intended in favour of a people who have been abandoned to their own weak resources, in defiance of the honour of England, which was tarnished by submission to the will of a despot, against humanity and public faith. A better security for an honourable course of conduct than the mere promise of the Conservatives now presents itself. The government of France w ill become more liberal; and, therefore, more capable of appreciating the cause of liberty at home, as well as abroad. In a lew weeks, perhaps in a few days, the people of Great Britain will be in the enjoy . - i —. i : n. ne , lw. form in a fortnight." The KINO'S invincible repugnance - was asserted and re- asserted, and pending the renewed communications between the KING and Lord GREY, the nation may be said to stand, to its arms, on the alert. The announcement by Lords GREY and ALTHORF of merit of their due weight iu Ihc councils of the country and able to dictate to their servants, now miscalled the servants of theThrone— as if the interests of the people and of the Throne were not the same— a line of conduct, not only as respects Poland, but as to Portugal, Greece, and even Spain, more worthy of thp character of the country and the dignity of the Crown. Altogether the events of the last few days appear to hav been the workings of Providence for a righteous end. If war were to be the only alternative for the attainment of this end, much as we value the cause of liberty, we should be sorry to embark in so perilous an enterprize; hut there is no danger of war. The absolute powers of the Continent cannot and dare not interfere when France and England united in the cause of humanity and freedom, presume to command. We require no overturnings of States, no casting down ofThrones, no settings up of mob- rule and tyranny, against established laws, which may he for the people's good ; but for our own security, as well as for the sake ofhumanity, we have a right to insist that the fangs of despotism shall not be suffered to grow, in order that they may include us within their grip. Without, therefore, b » ing revolutionists or anaichists, we may safely congratulate the lovers of freedom in this country and in France on the prospect that lies before them. Despotism hits had its death- blow. The nascent JOHN BULL'S PROTEST AGAINST A TORY ADMI- NISTRATION. DISSENTIENT. 1. Because ' tis clear " As two stars keep not one sphere ;" No one land can cherish, mark ye, FREEDOM and an Oligarchy. With Old Sarum be its sway Now consigned to Schedule A! Here corruption thrives no more ; Here the Tory triumph's o'er, 2. What though Tory leaders, Soldiers, statesmen, special- pleaders, Peers— aye, proud Peers— who would fain Be deemed " All honourable men j " Patriots pure as e'er the sun, " In his splendour shone upon ; " Free, in their august condition, " From vile place- hunting ambition; " From all party- rancour free— " Models of consistency I"— What though these transcendent Tories Now would tarnish all their glories, And for short- lived power and place Welcome ages of disgrace,— Winning with their worthless aim An immortality of shame 1 Lost, indeed, the land, must be ; Sunk the spirit of the free ; All forgot that's wise or just, Ere such recreants we trust: Raise to party— false to those On whose strength to power they rose ; And only— base and crafty crew!— To their own sordid interests true. 3. Because, when factious feud, By public censure unsubdued, Would pour, without remorse or fear, Its venom in the monarch's ear, And with pestiferous breath destroy The Sovereign's pride— the husband's joy ;— Sever the bonds affection wove ; Or turn to dread a people's love ; Then should the Patriot boldly dare To snatch the victim from the snare— From evil counsels guard THE GUELPH, And save the MONARCH—- from himself! 4. The memory of the past Is with dark shadows overcast. When commerce languished— trade declined— And woe and wail swelled every wind; The artisan— his last hope o'er— Sunk by the loom he worked no more ; Whilst e'en his " Country's Pride" of yore, The ox's yoke the peasant bore :— In that dire season, when the heart Of Misanthrope himself might smart, The Tory, " in his pride of place," No sign of suffering could trace; Or, if perchance, a plaint he heard, " ' Twas by some Radical preferred— " Some malcontent— whose only aim " Was the mob- mania to inflame :" The Minister, intent alone On some state maxims of his own, In that wild waste of misery, " Partial distress" alone could see I Short- sighted statesmen I soon the realm Were lost, should ye resume the helm 1 5. The spirit furious waxes To think upon the Tory taxes ; Turn where we will, before us set, Glares that grim, gaunt, and ghastly DEBT— That " thing of shreds and patches" made, But by the juggler's art displayed, It seems a mountain, huge and high, Suspended ' twixt the earth and sky; And threatening, in its awful fall, To crush state, people, land, and all I Ne'er be it said, in weal or woe, We nothing to the Tories owe— What grateful heart could e'er forget Such an eternal load of debt ? 6. Know, Metternich I no Tory tool Of thy state- satanic- school, Acting " Viceroy o'er the Sovereign," Britain's destinies shall govern. 7. and lastly. Be it known To all, from cottage to the throne, For sundry reasons of my own, The Tories never more shall gull Their once too- trusting dupe,— JOHN BULL. The Reformers of Devonshire have subscribed 20,0001, to re- turn Lord John Russell. There is a proof of re- action against Reform. Lord Munster has continued to the very last day of the week, even after the settlement was formally announced, to declare in clubs, and it may be said on the highway, that rather than create Peers to pass the reform bill, " the King, his father, would go to Hanover and dine on mutton chops." This is both an indis- cretion and an impertinence. Does Lord Murister know what Lord Thurlow said to George III. when that Sovereign threat- ened the English people with retiring to Hanover ? We have been requested to correct the following inaccuracies in our list of the division on Lord Ebrington's motion, on Thursday, the 10th of May, which we published last Sunday. Mr. Bayntun, the member for York, and Mr. Harcourt the member for Oxfordshire, voted in the majority, that is, in favour of reform, on that important occasion, both of whose names were omitted. Mr. Bernal paired off in favour of the motion, having been suddenly summoned from the House of Commons in consequence of a domestic affliction. G. A. Hill. Esq. Lord Cavendish, and Frederick Spencer, Esq., also voted in favour of the motion. Colonel Clayton, the member fft? Marlow, was prevented from voting by the illness of his son, Mr. Whitbread paired off ttith Mr, D. Lyon, the member fgr BeeraJston. PARLIAMENTA RY DRA WINGS. ROUGH SKETCH of ARTHUR, DUKE of WELLINGTON. " Expende Annibalem, quot libras in summo duce Invenies ?" The Duke of Wellington has been the most fortunate and the most flattered of mankind. He commenced his military reputation in India. The brother of the governor- general, he had every advantage— opportunities of signal- himself— rapid advancement— a conspicuous posi- tion— and an auxiliary to his fame even in the striving ambition of his brother officers, who made their court to power by their homage to liim. The defeat of a barbarous horde without efficient discipline, arms, or even courage, and a battle sung in really stirring strains by the lyrist of the admiralty, obtained for him renown for achievements, which in any other than Colonel Wellcsley would sink into obscurity or have passed without notice. His next appearance on what may be called the historic sccne, and the first great step in his career, was in Por- tugal. Here he had the good fortune to succeed British officers, unpatronized at home, ill provided by an incom- petent jobbing ministry, and unsuccessful. He succeeded with a well appointed force, nearly double the enemy, beat the French general Junot at Vimiera, and by his own unscrupulous tactics and the effrontery of his parti- sans, shifted upon others his proper share in the memo- rably disgraceful convention ofCintra. The Peninsular and French campaigns of the Duke of Wellington, from his rescue of Portugal and rout ofSouIt, which justly placed him among living generals of the first rank, to the battles ofthc Pyrenees, Toulouse, and Waterloo, which obtained him the supremacy, include some of the noblest incidents in British military history ; but he came upon the scene with singular advantages, and at the most for- tunate sera ; it was in the last stage of the great contest between feudalism and revolution, w hen the latter was waning and subdued— when the former had the ascen- dant— when the right arm of the Frcnch empire was engaged with another distant gigantic enemy— when Na- poleon was distracted and overpowered by numbers, and France was exhausted of her martial as well as revolu- tionary elan. It is true he placed brave men in a position which allowed their courage and steadiness fair play ; he displayed energy, sagacity, and personal contempt of danger. But that lie committed errors and provoked dis- aster— that he fell into the opposite extremes of rash, per- verse obstinacy, and questionable circumspection— that he brought himself into difficult situations through which he forced his way by brute energy { and reckless sacrifice, where another would have extricated himself by one of those traits of the war of inspiration, which constitute or characterize military genius of the first rank— that he has never given the slightest sign of that touching humanity on the one side, or of that chivalrous personal gallantry on the other, which exalts the soldier to a hero:— this, we say, is equally notorious. The victory of Waterloo, and the fall of Napoleon, made the Duke of Wellington the most prominent figure in Europe for his hour. Loaded with honours and adulation by Emperors, Kings, Princes, and Courtiers abroad— with substantial wealth and titles by the Parliament, and Sove- reign at home— surfeited with gross incense, and rabble shouts, he affected, or conceived, a rude disregard for po- pularity, and the courtesies of life, and conducted himself as a sort of " chartered libertine" in every sense. He had brought Louis XVIII. from the Belgic frontier to Paris in his baggage train ; but it was not the less bad taste to come late to dinner at the Tuileries, in his frock coat and riding- boots; and give the nonchalant excuse, that he had been riding iu the Bois de Boulogne. " I shall be happy to meet you there when you take your next airing," said Marshal Macdonald, and the Duke took no notice of the remark. It was not, assuredly, because he was not personally as brave as the Marshal, but because he has a certain constitutional dullness of organization— because he wants chivalry and sensibility. He is yet one of the most jealously little- minded of men. He so envied the late Lord Hastings, that he slouched his hat over his face to conceal its workings, whilst Lord Liverpool was prefacing, by a eulogy, the vote of thanks to that nobleman, for his Indian campaign, and seconded the motion, in a style of hollow effort and exaggeration. Whilst present at the bier, and even holding the pall at a public funeral, he has been seen to laugh, like Vull'ennius— " Continuo crassum ridet Vulfennius ingens," in order to manifest his military contempt of the crowd ; but yet was evidently cut to the quick when tho crowd manifested its disgust. On the continent, he paraded the gross gallantries of the camp, in vulgar imitation ot the barbarian Blucher. In England, this licence would pro- voke cries of shame; and he gratified the same vulgar- minded, and vulgar- mannered ostentation, by parading in public, women of dubious reputation, and known intri- gantes. The high station to which lie was raised by the battle of Waterloo, not only swelled his pride, and distorted his pettier passions, but waked in him a new ambition, and corrupted his heart. He mistook foreign homage to British power, for personal homage to himself. His head was turned— his perceptions were disturbed by his eleva- tion— he resolved to be the first politician, as well as the first warrior— he abandoned himself to the maxims and communion of Fouche and Talleyrand, the one a veteran in political immorality, the other in political crime; and he made his debut by coupling his name with the sacri- fice of Ney, as Nelson coupled his name with the sacrifice of Carraccioli, without, on the Duke's side, even the melancholy excuse of acting under the sorcery of two profligate, and artful women. Ney appealed to the Duke ofWellington from his dungeon. That marshal played a disreputable part, but who can read, without disgust, the Duke of Wellington's hard- hearted, and vulgar- miuded reply It is short, and we will introduce it here,— M. le Marechal,—" I have had the honour of receiving the note which you addressed to me on the 13th instant, relative to the operation of the capitulation of Paris in your case. The ca- pitulation of Paris of the 3d July last was made between the commander- in- chief of the allied and Prussian armies, on the one part, and the Prince d'Eckmuhl, commander- in- chief of the French army, on the other, and related exclusively to the mili- tary occupation of Paris. The object of the 12th article was to prevent any measure of severity, under the military authority of those who made it, towards any persons in Paris, on account of any offices they had filled, or any conduct or political opinion of theirs ; but it never was intended, and never could be Intended, to prevent either the existing French government, under whose authority the French commander- in- chief must have acted, or any French government which might succeed to it, from acting, in this respect, as it might seem fit," ( Signed) WELLINGTON. The wife of Ney threw herself at bis feet, and he re- mained unmoved. It would appear from a note on behalf of Ney in the name of his wife, and relating what passed during this interview, that the Duke of Wellington argued diplomacy with a woman in despair, Hq affected the same disdain of the conventions of May 20. THE TOWH. 16$ manity and language. Aflcr subjecting British officers and soldiers to the gratuitous odium of heing the instru- ments of the King of Holland in despoiling tbe Louvre, and of the Emperor of Austria in despoiling tbe arch of tbe Carousel, he manifested his contempt ol language ami the arts by describing paintings and sculpture as " pictures and other things in the museum." Relumed from his post of generalissimo abroad to be- come a politician at home, he manifested the same rude disregard of opinion and feeling— the same despotic con- tempt of the free spirit and institutions of bis country. With his characteristic or constitutional du! ness to the grace of generous emotion, he outraged the Catholics of Ireland by leaving his proxy, when he was absent, and giving bis vole, when present, for continuing the civil de- gradation of thousands of officers and soldiers who had shed their blood to make him what be was ; and with an excess of tyrannical pretension, fit only for Austria and Russia, be pronounced county meetings a fatce'. After intriguing against Mr. CANNING, with a strange mix- ture of hardihood and duplicity— after pronouncing upon himself the ominous judgment of" madness, or something • worse," if he should become Prime Minister, be yet be- came Prime Minister, dragooned bis satellites into subser- viency by introducing the discipline of the guard- house into the Cabinet, and getting rid of the only man of inde- pendent talent— and by adopting in politics tbe direct energy and unscrupulous stratagems of a campaigner, he dragooned a portion ofthe public mind, and tbe whole mind of the Sovereign, into a great measure which required only to be carried by tbe congenial means of reason, eloquence, and opinion, to do honour to tbe nation and its author. Tbe success with which the Duke of Wellington thus dragooned and drilled the King and the Tories; the adroitness with which he wrested the palm of religious liberty from tbe Wings; the magic of his achievements, and his name, inspired him with the notion, that he might set opinion at defiance ; he issued his memorable order of tbe day against reform; the man who thought himself all powerful, was put down from his height of self- confi- dence and power, by a mere breath; and whatever the efforts and intrigues of party and faction in bis favour— • whatever his own overawing hopes— he is put down, never more to rise. Great men, long pampered by adulation and success, mistake the imbecile vanity of age for the ambition and energy of vigorous manhood, and sometimes outlive both their faculties and reputations. The Duke of Wellington knows that Pitt broke down, prematurely, both in mind and body, and that his last Ministry was a series ofhumiliating failures. He litis seen the late Lord Liverpool suddenly crumbled into the ruin of a man. " Would it not be wise in the Duke of Wellington, now in his 65lh year, to pause before he rushes, or attempts to rush into a position of far more fearful pressure than that in which Lord Liverpool was crushed in his 55th, and in which Mr. Pitt broke down in his 45th year ? Lord Grey, it is true, is some few years older— but be is a trained politician, his mind is more vi- gorous, has faculties and feelings stronger, and his stamina unworn. What uninterested well- judging person can hear the Duke of Wellington one half- hour oil the floor of tbe House ol Lords, or one hour any where else, without being struck by the unsteady march of his ideas, tbe feeble- ness of bis organs and faculties, his failing vocabulary, bis imperfectapprehension— without remarking that bis physical infirmity amounts to one of the fabled warnings— and that he has reached intellectual incapacitation for a great crisis. The oligarchs, the parasites, the ambitious intriguers and the intrigantes, who are putting him forward, as the Atlas of borough tyranny and Toryism, well know, andeven openly declare, that lie is no longer the man he was. For our- selves, we regard him as politically defunct; and devoutly pray, not only for the sake of humanity, but to prevent the humiliating compromise of a great name, that he may never have occasion even for his sword. TOWN TALK. . POLITICAL PASTIME. " How is this ?" •" How now, ye secret, black, and midnight hags, what is't ye do ?"— SHAKSPEARE. How has this inauspicious change been wrought ? How has the BILL of BILLS been perilled now > How has the nation thus been set at nought ? How is all this ?— and Echo answers, How ? REFORM RIDDLE. " The marshal doth protest too much methinks." SHAKSPEARE. The fiery Duke's a riddle still, His Protest thus to make a jest on't; But Phillpotts says, the Catholic Bill Proved him an insincere Protest- ant. SOUR GRAPES. ' Tis all a mistake 1 I ' 11 protest, while I'm able, I have not the least wish for place or for pow'r." • Alas I my Lord Duke, like the fox in the fable, You can't reach the grapes— so the grapes must be sour. ROYAL AND NOBLE AUTHORS. Considerable sensation has been excited at the West- end by the appearance of the subjoined list of new publications from the pens of the several distinguished individuals whose names are thereunto respectively attached :— Cabinet Making made Easy The Duke of Wellington. The History of Gravesend The Duke of Life and death of the Duke Lord Munster. Monmouth J Metternich's Maxims Lord Aberdeen. Gooseberry Fool, a Simple Story.. The Duke of Gloucester. The Charms of Consistency, a~ Romance. CONSERVATIVE, OR CARLTON CLUB.— This precious asso- ciation of ambitious oligarchs and Noble noodles, had a grand muster in the early part of the week. They have changed their title to that of the Carlton Club. That of " Conservative" had become a by- word of derision, and the more cunning and hypo- critical thought it prudent to lay it aside. My Lord Salisbury took the chair, and the mysterious conclave was composed as follows :— The Dukes of Cumberland, Gloucester, Buccleugh, and Wellington; the Marquisses of Abercorn, Salisbury, Lon- donderry, Lothian; the Earls of Winchelsea, Jersey, Rosslyn, Wieklow; Lords Stormont, Elliott, Granville Somerset; Sir John Shelley and Sir James Scarlett. The Duke of Gordon, the Earl of Aberdeen, the Earl of Mansfield, and Lord Mahon, were expected, but could not attend. There is many a slip ' Twixt the cup and the lip— A trite truism, humorously exemplified during the last few eventful days. How many expectants, nay, supposed possessors of good things, awoke on Wednesday, the 9th of May, to find the hopes and plans of Tuesday, the 8th, but as pleasant dreams, rendering the sober realities of changed circumstances less sup- portable— ambassadors and ministers, waiting to vote ere they went to their embassies, ambassadors and ministers now no more— newly appointed governors, only remaining to leave one longing lingering vote behind, ere they embarked their precious persons, their chattels being already embarked, to seek the El Dorado that was to repair their shattered fortunes— governors now, alas I no more; with prancing steeds to be disembarked, and got rid of at half the original cost, and all the trappings of official greatness to be transferred to some other candidate, or else, dernier resource, to be condemned to adorn some future private theatre, where the would- be governor may shine in mimic splendour as a dramatic liero by lamplight, instead of bearing his blushing honours thick upon him beneath the rays of a tropical sun. Hard is the task to sink into privacy, while yet the newly conned lessons of official dignity are paramount in the mind. The air of protection, to encourage the timid— the look of conscious power, to check the formal— the " neat and appropriate speeches," already cut and dried for each anticipated occasion, all, all now useless, and the governor's, like " Othello occupation gone." There is something truly melancholy in all this, and we, albeit unused to the melting mood, could find it in our heart to play the woman, and weep over the disappointment of our friends ; but even now, while we prepare the insignia of grief, we hear it announced that public opinion has triumphed— Lord Grey is reinstated; his empire, built on the only sure and solid basis, public confidence, is now insured, and our friends may again embark their steeds, rehearse their speeches, on faire une repetition de tous leurs roles, en grand costume, with the certainty of not being again disappointed, and of having the power to enact their favourite characters of ambassadors, minis- ters, and governors, for an indefinite period. Mr. J. W. C r has authorised a friend of his to state, that he has refused place, but has said nothing of refusing pension. Extract from the diary of a Tory:— Monday, the 7th.— San- guine hopes of defeating the Whigs, who are totally unsuspicious of the plot we have arranged against them ; henceforth, as stupid and unsuspecting as a Whig, will be a received simile. L st may well be considered the prince of plotters. Tuesday :— We are victorious— they must go out. L st is running round the town to try who we can depend upon. Wednesday:— They are out— the K g has funked— and now we shall have it all our own way. I wonder how much L st will touch for arranging the new ministry ? We had great trouble in frighten- ing the K g into accepting Lord Grey's resignation. We must try and keep him in the dark. Thursday:— The clubs are full of happy Tory faces. The Whigs look proud, which is pro- voking. The Premiership is going a begging, which looks ill; THE STATESMAN'S REST. Where shall the statesman rest, Stout and firm hearted, Truth from whose manly breast Never has parted ? By good men's wishes blest, All shall revere him ; Thus shall he take his rest, Thus shall he bear him. CHORUS.— Elen Loro, & c. Thus shall he bear him. " Where'er liberty's name Is honoured and known,— Where'er burns bright the flame That is liberty's own, There shall he take his rest; Time shall not sever One plume from his free- horn crest: Never, O never. CHORUS.— Elen Loro, & c. Never, 0 never. Where shall the Tory rest, He the deceiver, Who in his crafty breast Hugs falsehood ever ? Hurled from his place and state, His sins unrepented, Meeting his dreary fate Unwept, unlamented. CHORUS.— Elen Loro, & c. There shall be be fallen. Howls, shouts, execration, Mark his appearing; An unfettered nation His victor is cheering. Fall'n from his place!— and then Fallen for ever I Shall he come in again ? Never, O never 1 I CHORUS.— Elen Loro, & c. Never, O never. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TOWN. f- Lord Wharncliffe. The Choleric Man, a Memoir Lord Wynford. r Lord Winchelsea. The Battle of Battersea, a Bur- 1 j lesque Ballad J The Earwig, an Extemporaneous' 1 Lord Howe- Effusion J The Turn Coat, a True Tale Lord Carnarvon. Nursery Nuisances, an Ode Lord Londonderry. The Apostate, a Sketch from Real 1 Lord Lauderdale. Life J The Doubledealer, a Farce Lord Harrowby. Precepts and Practises of Tito"! Dr phillpotts. uates •••••• j The True Briton, a Dolorous Ditty. Lord Kenyon. The Prodigal Son, a Poem The Duke of Beaufort. The Apothecary, an Allegory Lord Sidmouth. The Natural Son, a Tale Lord Beresford. The Lying Lacquey, a Portuguese " 1 Lord St ford. Pasquinade J Chip of the Old Block, a Comedy.. Lord Jersey. The Plurality of Pensions defended. Lord Batliurst. Saints and Sinners, a Psalm Lord Bexley. ROYAL REMONSTRANCE. - Lord Eldon. Doubts and Fears, an Old Woman's " 1 . Tale J The Whig Block, a Whim Lord Tenterden. The Husband's Horn Book Lord Ellenborough. The Feudal System ,,, The Duke of Newcastle, and it is said, but surely can't be true, that it has been offered by L st to the old S— k— r ; if this be the case we must be in a devil of a scrape. Friday :— Something must be wrong, the Whigs seem so contented. I don't half like the appearance of things. The D of W looks cold and decided, and P 1 still more so. All the efficient men seem shy, and the second rate frightened. Saturday :— They now say that not only has the S— k— r refused the Premiership, but C— k— r and H ce T ss also ; this is surely bringing the office into disgrace, and henceforth to be Premier must be considered as being infra dig. Sunday:— I begin to think that we are not so sure of taking office, which is too bad, after having, in antici- pation, shared all the loaves and fishes between us, and having boasted our power. Our party seem to funk devilishly. Mon- day :— Things seem as unsettled as ever. The K g begins to find us out. L st plots fail— the people seem outrageous— and we are in a scrape. Tuesday:— W n seems to be in- fluenced by public opinion. Who the devil would have supposed that he, of all men, would ever have condescended to mind the people, that many- headed monster, and bugbear of the Whigs. They ought to be all gagged. Wednesday :— We are done. Who could have dreamt that the Whigs, who have not in all their stupid ranks a single plotter, could have defeated all of us, and outwitted L st, who now says that he only offered the Premiership to the S— k— r, C— k— r, and H— r— ce T ss in order to make the s ituation too contemptible for Lord Grey to accept again. The effects of a nobleman of fashionable notoriety were brought to the hammer last week, by an obdurate creditor, and disposed of at an enormous loss to their late owner. Never was there a more miscellaneous collection offered to the public ; and the extent and variety of the objects prove that Lord had the organ of acquisitiveness unusually developed. The catalogue was in itself a curiosity, offering, from the diminutive watch of Brequet, to the plaster cast of the leg of Madame V— t— s, all that could be imagined by the connoisseur in bijoutry, or amateur des beaux arts. Sorry are we to add, that these choice articles of vertu found but poor prices. The Brequet watch was sold for less than its key originally cost; and, O blush, ye amateurs of legs, when it is recorded that the symmetrical leg of V— t— s was knocked down for three shillings I A portrait of an admired actress, by one of the first artists, was sold for half a guinea ; and here we might moralize, tracing effects to cause— but we are carried away by the indignation we feel, at being compelled to state, that we saw that noble and distinguishing badge of a So- vereign's favour, the insignia of the Royal Guelphic Order, given to the highest bidder for the paltry sum of a few shillings I At witnessing this profanation, we were unable to remain, and left the auction overcome by the wounds inflicted on our aristo- cratical feelings. The latest French Papers arrived announce the death of M. Casimir Perier, as also the death of Baron Cuyierj the great na-. turalist i) i the preceding day. SIR,— In your " Parliamentary Drawing" of last week, spirited and graphic as it is, I cannot but think that you have done in- justice to the character of Mr. Stanley. You represent him indeed, as a man valuable, and almost necessary to the party with which he acts; as a parliamentary debater already con spicuous, if not unrivalled, for ready and effective eloquence ; and generally, as a rising statesman, full of the energy, talent, and knowledge most requisite for a public career. On these points there can be no shadow of doubt. You describe Mr Stanley as an ambitious man. Here, again, I shall not dispute your opinion. I take it for granted that Mr. Stanley is am- bitious. I do not suspect him of that poverty of spirit which could lead a man to engage in any line of life, without aspiring to be foremost in that line. Mr. Stanley, I have no question, looks to the premiership of England, as an object which may be eventually within his grasp. I would only say to him, " Made virtute I" But, Sir, you praise Mr. Stanley's intellectual, at the expense of his moral qualities. You depict him as haughty, supercilious, and morose in his habits, unattractive in his demeanour, pos sessed of an unfortunate facility in creating enemies, but either careless or unsuccessful in attaching friends. My disposition is not to flatter either him or any man ; but I could say, without hesitation, that he does not deserve to be exhibited under so unamiable an aspect. You assert, that he passed through school and college without making a single friend. Now I was myself at college with Mr. Stanley ; and although my personal acquaint- ance with him was very slight, I know enough to assure you that your statement is incorrect. It is true that Mr. Stanley, always a reader and a thinker, was not one of those gay and flashy persons who are most likely to gain a popular notoriety in youth— a notoriety, by the way, fleeting and superficial, and altogether worthless. But in his own set he was not merely ad- mired for his abilities, but beloved for his social, as well as re- spected for his moral qualifications. In fact, your account con- tains its own refutation in itself. " Not carry away from college one friendship 1" Then how happened Mr. Stanley to go to America with Mr. Labouchere and Mr. Denison ? Is an ex- pedition to America like a walk before breakfast ? Is it a mere trip, likely to be undertaken with a common acquaintance, or a cold, proud, unsocial being, such as you would make of tbe late secretary for Ireland ? I might mention many other names, but the two with which you have supplied me are quite sufficient for my purpose ; and I could ask you, in particular, whether the intimate friendship of the member for Nottinghamshire— a man who entirely merits to be the universal favourite which he is— is not a proof that your delineation of Mr. Stanley's personal manners and deportment is too darkly coloured, and whether that intimacy was not begun, or at least cemented, at Christ- church ? But I stop ; as I have already said more than Mr. Stanley would perhaps thank me for saying. He is a public man, and I am confident that he has too much sense and manliness to complain that, in his pubUc capacity, his portrait should be drawn; although, upon looking into his own heart, he may not unreasonably doubt the exact fidelity of the likeness. For the rest, I consider it a matter of congratulation, that, as when Mr. Stanley was yet in power, you objected to some parts of his conduct with independence, but without hostility, it has fallen to my lot, when he is out of office, to defend them with earnest- ness, but without adulation, I am, Sir, your very obedient servant, May 10, 1832. MERUN, [ We willingly insert the foregoing letter. The writer does not estimate Mr, Stanley more highly than we do ; and we think his remarks on our " Parliamentary Drawing," either sensiti- vely over- strained, or absolutely mistaken,— For an instance of the latter the writer seems to think that Mr. Stanley's " moral qualities" were brought in question, when the only reference was to manner and demeanour. Mr, Stanley made one friend at Christ Church, and travelled with him and another to Ame-. I' ric » i hut he might riot he. the less reserved and gelf, concen- trated.] " " FROM OLIVE, PRINCESS OF CUMBERLAND, DUCHESS OF LAN- CASTER, AND QUEEN OF POLAND, TO LORD VAIN. My trusty and right- entirely beloved Lord— By the aid and advice of my elegant bosom- friend and accomplished Privy Counsellor, Sir Charles Wetherell, and my Chamberlain, Henry Hunt, Esq., blackiugman, and M. P., I do hereby give you warning how you and the rest of your potwalloping partisans dares to break off the officious negociations you was employed by the Duke to open with me at nine o'clock on Monday evening, the 14th instanter, as the last dying chance of making any sort of a Ministry— which you solemnly protested, ' by order of the Duke, in black and white ( as I can produce proofs upon my affi- davit), he could only fulfil the same by securing my powerful patronage, co- operation, and support— for them there is the very words rited down, under your own hand and seals, which I may hereafter produce to the public in the next addition of my Life and Adventures. The terms whereupon I pledged my countenance to you and the Tories, and the use of my literary talon, and personal in- fluence, was the righteous recognition of my royal rights and hereditaments, to which you cheerfully succeeded, after first sa- tisfying yourself by personal inspection of my affidavits and vouchers, aud duplicate documents, as well as the fruit- mark on my right side, and the mole on my other side, which is, as you and all the world well knows, the indubious tokens of my per- sonal perspicuity. Experience is a good school- master— a great deal better a teacher than that there Lord Brougham, though I was once gra- ciously pleased to condescend to have a flattering opinion of the man, till he had the audaciousness not to do his bounden duty to the King and the nation by releasing me from the indignation and the inconvenience of incarceration, as he was obligated in honour and conscience to do, as becoming a Lord Chancellor and a gentleman, by recognising my rights and affidavits, confi- dently submitted to him under my Royal Sign manual. But as I was a- saying, experience is a good school- master : so I'll just give you a leaf out of my book as fair warning to you and your collogues, just to show shew you what happened to other Minis- ters before you, only because they wouldn't do simple justice upon me, and treat me according to my deserts, byrecognisaucing my rights, which is, as you must all of you know, the funda- mental foundation of the laws of the land. There was that there Lord Sidmouth, and Lord Castlereagh, and Lord Liverpool, I could not get none of ' em to do nothing for me, lone woman as I was ; and what becomed of ' em ? Why they all went to pot to be sure, one after another. Then there was that flash man of the fancy, George Canning— though I must say he was no fancy man of mine : he put my pipe out complete. He never an- swered none of my letters ; nor took no more notice of me than if I was a dog, or, saving favour, the daughter of a dog, instead of being, as I am, the daughter of a Duke, a thoroughbred Brnnswir. li . Npvpr mind T Kim MIF T NIT-.. 1,,' ™ 1. „ Brunswick. Never mind— I served him out. I rote him " such a letter— Junius never done nothing like it— it stuck in his gizzard. He never lifted up his head after that. And though some said Wellington bewitched him, and Peel plagued him, and the press crushed him to death, you may depend upon it as a gospel truth, that nothing but the virtuous indignation and royal resentment of Olive, Princess of Cumberland, brought on that fit of black bile, which ended fatuitously for him. Your great fugleman, the Duke, is another living instance of my influence. Brougham and theWhigs flatter themselves that it was the fear of the reform bill that first drove him out of office. Pooh 1 No such thing. He was left in a minority on the civil list, and rightly served thereby, because, contrary to his repeated promises in a certain quarter, he had most scandalously neglected to make a proper provision for— as a certain royal relation was pleased to style me—" his dear cousin, Olive, Princess of Cum- berland." All confidence was gone from that hour ; and the Duke thought it better to resign than to risk such an exposure of his want of duty to me and the House of Brunswick. In Lord Grey's case, many were my wrongs and injuries ; but I gave my royal word of honour, at the earnest entreaty of one near and dear in blood to me, to " keep silence, even from good words," till the reform bill was passed ; but, like the Psalmist, " it was grief and pain to me." However, as I begged Lord Brougham to stick as a rider to that bill, a clause for enfran- chising my royal person, and he did not choose to do that for me which would have secured a unanimous majority of the whole House of Lords, and was one of the conditions on which the new Peers were, in case of emergency, to be created, I am no longer bound in conscience to support the Whigs, who never did nothing for me, and was, therefore, quite ready and willing to receive the proposals you were ordered to make to me from your party. Now having pointed out the consequences of trifling with my important interests, or any longer delaying the ratification of the treaty, offensive and defensive, entered into at our last confer- ence, I leave it to your own discretion to take such steps as the crisis imperiously calls for. Without my assistance and support the Duke never can form an Administration, after his conduct to me. I must, however, insist upon it that you will, directly and indirectly, satisfy my beloved people of England that I am not the lady what advises the King not to have no reform, of whom the Times says such cutting things. As I am looking for- ward to a pension adequate to my royal parentage and educa- tion ; and as the lady aforesaid, as I have reason to know from my confidential correspondents at Court, has secured a very pretty little income for herself, she can afford to bear all the blame ; and it is only right and proper that " the saddle should be put on the right horse"— or " the Grey mare," as the Times calls her. Being, as you know, a Princess of extraordinary feminine habits, I wish to stand neuter on this emergency. By the bye, do you know, my dear Lord, I am quite charmed with that dear darling fellow, George Munster— and so delight- fully intoxicated with the spirited aud legitimate way he has protested against any infusion of plebeian blood that might cor- rupt the members of the House of Peers, that though I was once very disappointed to find him made a Lord and I not made 8 Princess, I think I shall graciously condescend to acknowledge the relationship one of these days. As I means to indict a new addition of my eventful Life and Times, I will be obliged to you to recomraend me to the gent, what did your " Life and Adventures" for you, which you palmed off upon Colburn and Company as your own. Entre noose: Lord Eldon owes me eighteen- pence for the last game of oribbage I won of him. I wish you'd remind him of the same-; but I suppose he has some doubts about offending the dignity of a Princess of the Blood by offering to. pay his debts of honour; for he can't have none about fair play. I'll make my affidavit it was all as right as a suit in Chancery. My terms for patronizing your political party is the following, as drawn up by my privy councillor, Sir Charles Wetherell, as aforesaid, who is to be made a Knight of the Garter for his imminent services to me on every occasion, hy day and by night:— 1. Complete restitution of my Royal honours, style, title, agd dignity as Princess of Cumberland. 2. Confirmation of my revered legitimate uncle's " trifling; grant" of the additional title of Duchess of Lancaster. 3. Re- establishment of my kingdom of Poland, and restoration o( my regal rights as Queen regnant thereof. 4. Prompt payment of the sum of 15,000/. bequeathed to me by my paternal uncle, George the Third, of blessed memory, with legal interest thereon for twelve yety, s, from the date of his de- mise, 4,800/. To make it rouati llumbers, say 20,0001. 5. Full and entire restitutio jf my right to act as lole 166 TH£ TOWH. May 20. guardian and director of my nccond cousm, the Princess Alex- andriaVictoria:; a post usurped hy the u- i- royal Duchess of Nor- thumberland, in opposition to the wriltm command < ® f my ever adored cousin, Prince Edward, with full salary attached thereunto of 2,000/. per annum at least, and all arrears, with payment of 10,000/. and interest, secured to me on his estates real and per- sonal. 6. A pension, chargeable on the Civil List, of 13,000/. per annum, with arrears of ditto, and interest on the same for twelve years, agreeable ta the Royal will aforesaid, and such sum as a Royal outfit as to his Majesty, in his parental feelings to so illustrious a member of his august house may seem just and proper. Sir Charles and Hunt both says, you ; have only to bring m a • Reform Bill under my patronage to satisfy the world and turn out the Whigs. I have a particular and personal dislike to any disfranchisement; but bring in my measure, and then, like the dove, I shall descend upon the ark of aristocracy, to tell you that the storm is past and the waters subsided, and bearing in • my BILL the Olive branch ' of peace. With best regards and condescending compliments to Lady ' Vain, I have the honour to " be your illustrious correspondent, OLIVE, PRINCESS OF CUMBERLAND, & C. & C. & C. P. S. A woman's postscript, you know they say, is the cream of her letter ; and if it is so in the case of a common woman, • why shouldn't it be so in mine, though I am a Princess. In reply to your entreaty, in the event of your retiring from the Upper House, and taking to a coal- shed, I am hereby graciously pleased to comply with your request, and allow you to have your sign board painted, " Coal Merchant to my Royal Highness Prmcess Olive of Cumberland." EXHIBITION OF THE SOCIETY OF PAINTERS IN WATER COLOURS. We were prevented by accident from noticing, in our Number of last Sunday, the private view of this exhibition, at which we lad attended on the preceding Saturday. Amongst the nume- rous and varied attractions dispersed throughout this vast metro- polis, no exhibition- room can, ( we may venture to assert), pre- sent a more interesting display of the efforts of native genius and talent, than the one helonging to the society in question. This year forms the twenty- eighth since its original establishment, a clear proof of the favour and pat on- ge it has deserved and re- ceived from the public. In other Euro > ean capitals, we may be gratified by the sight of . collection^ ric i in the rarest gems of every school of the old masters in oil painting ; and by the ex- position of the works of many very clever modern artists in the srme branch of the art.; but, no where, except in London, is there to be found a perennial gallery, ( as it were) of the brilliant and dazzling beauties, produced by the comparatively modern art of Painting in Water Colours. Painting in Water Colours is a technical expression, the accuracy of which might have been questioned some fifty years back; or may, perhaps, even now he disputed in the more pretending and aristocratic school of the Royal Academy. Nevertheless, painting, it now, undoubt- edly is, whatever the tinting art might have been in the days of Paul, Sandby, Rooker, Day, and even Girtin; though we • would not be suspected of lightly mentioning the name of Girtin, • who was a great and skilful artist, and, perhaps, the founder of a new school of the art. We will, however, proceed to notice some of the drawings in the present exhibition which attracted cur attention ; at the same time observing, that want of space - will prevent us from including in our remarks all we should have desired. No. 63. " A Gipsy Camp," by De Wint, is a splendid production of this truly English artist. We regret that the oblique lines, which, from the nature of the subject chosen, namely, sloping banks, strike unpleasantly upon the eye. No. 121. " Loading Hay," by the same artist, is an ex- cellent drawing, freely and broadly treated, and not frittered or spotted by the effect of too much finishing. No. 77. " Mill Bay, Isle of Wight," by W. Evans, is a very Iright and clear drawing, evincing the great progress made by this deserving artist. No. 268. " Loch Achray," by Robson, is a fine specimen of this artist's power in delineating lake and mountain scenery. We may be disposed, at times, to object somewhat to the preva- lence of peculiar tints in Mr. Robson's drawings, but we are generally gratified by a poetry of feeling which he throws over them. 224. " A scene from the Spectator," by Miss L. Sharpe, is, perhaps, the most glowing and inviting ( we have hitherto seen) of this lady's efforts. We may not be such admirers of the ttflra- miniature style of finishing, as many other amateurs cer- tainly are, but we should be most unjust were we not readily to acknowledge the beautiful effects produced by this lady's skill and attention to colouring, and her meritorious care. 329. Shakspeare before Justice Shallow,"— and 359. " James the First and Heriot," by Chishohn, display powers of composi- tion, and commendable industry, and induce us to think that this artist only requires encouragement to render him very suc- cessfuL Our - eld and constant favourites, Sam Prout and Davy Cox, for we must name them thus familiarly, have as usual several most excellent drawings. We prefer the former's smaller pieces this year, particularly No. 10. and No. 211, " Views in Venice," very bright and true ; and two of the drawings of Cox which es- pecially attracted us, were No. 277. " A Rocky Coast Scene, and a little clear bit of sea and sky." No. 325.. " Boats off Fort Rouge." John Lewis . has exhibited a very capital and effective, drawing, which will, we are sure, add to his reputation, 192. " Highland Hospitality." J. W. Wright has, in a pleasing and clever draw- ing, No. 409.. ". Confidential Communication," displayed great vi- gour of colouring and a good artistical feeling. Copley Field- ing, Hunt, Cattermole, & c. have several most desirable speci- mens of their well established and esteemed talents and powers, and we have only to regret our inability to do justice to all those who deserve it. Before we conclude, we must confess, that .- as a whole, the ex- hibition of the past year, 1831, pleased us more than the pre sent ; it may be we are in error, but we do not conceive the landscape department to be equal to what we have formerly wit- nessed. As to figure, compositions, aud subjects, we do hope that our artists will be, persuaded to devote considerable time and attention, as well to the rigid study of drawing, as to that of the more attractive effects of. colouring, and net to expose themselves to the disadvantage of comparison with the artists of the French school, as to the correct development of the human figure. And we anxiously trust all oar artists will remember, that al- though genius may accomplish much, yet ths/ t the proper direc tion of industry and labour may effect great things ; and that if injudicious and trifling finishing of the details of a drawing be not desirable, still that the . hasty dashing of colour, the mere blurring over paper, and the leaving too much to fancy and ima- gination, are equally bad. Want of care and attention does not necessarily imply genius and talent, or that the artist treads in the paths of Ronington ; it may, on tbe contrary, prove that lie is really incapable of going beyond what he has performed. We fear, from some matters we have heard, fchat a practice prevails, which must prove unfair generally to the patrons of this delight- ful art, and eventually injurious in its tendency to the permanent interests of the professors themselves,— we mean the encourage- ment by some artists of an intermediate class . of dealers, ( as they a# e ^ termed), who purchasing up before the exhibition many of the drawings, seek to obtain a considerable profit by reselling tli^ fti again on the first opportunity. If the public find that the same drawing which might h « ve been obtained from an artist at Sbrgtiineas, cannot be purchased from the dealer but at the iu-, creased price of eight or nine guineas, a feeling of coolness and Tlfttl- ust will be engendered, which cannot lead to any advanta- geous result or consequence, and the raising of the price of draw ings beyond a fair and proper standard must, sooner or later, end in their certain and general depression in value. KING'S THEATRM— GERMAN OPERA. OK Friday night Beethoven's opera of Fidelia was represented at this theatre, for the delmt of Madame Schroeder Devrient.— The plot, to which the composer has married his immortal strains, is of the simplest structure, and may he told in a very few words :— Florestan, a Spanish noble, is, through the ven- geance - of his enemy Pizarro, cast into a dungeon. His wife; under the habit and name of a youth called Fidelio, becomes servant to Rocquo, the gaoler, and in that capacity is taken by him into the dungeon where her husband is confined, for the pur- pose of assisting him ( the gaoler) in digging a grave for Florestan, whose death has been resolved upon by Pizarro. Whilst engaged in the sad task, Pizarro enters to execute his purpose, but is frus- trated by Fidelio rushing between his uplifted dagger and Flores- ian. She theRdeclares herself, and deters Pizarro from any further use of his dagger by drawing a pistol from her vest, and pointing it at him at the moment a trumpet is heard, which announces the arrival of the Minister, who turns out to be the friend of Florestan, who is consequently restored to liberty and happiness, at the same time that the remorseless Pizarro is placed in con- finement to await the reward of his crimes. There is an at- tempt to Telieve this somewhat lugubrious story by the passion which Marcellina the jailor's daughter conceives for Fidelio, and the consequent jealousy of her lover Jaquino. Madame Schroeder, the debutante, has a good figure and a comely German face. Her voice is a soprano of considerable compass, clearness of tone, and capable of much and touching expression in impassioned passages. Her acting is not only good, hut at times of a very high order, and truly and energetically expressive of the character she represents. It was not until the second act that the audi- ence seemed to become fully aware of her merits, the first act being rather tame in its situations, and its music more remark- able for the beauty of the accompaniments and its orchestral effects, than for striking melodies or dramatic passages. The triumph of the actress and the singer was in the dungeon scene, the music of which is of the highest dramatic order. It was sung by Made. Schroeder in the most effective manner, and her ex ertions were ably seconded by Hartzinger as Flortstan, in which character he appears to more advantage than in that of Gaspar in der Freischutz; the tremulous quality of his voice, which in other instances is a blemish, being here in keeping with the situation. Made. Schneider, in Marcellina, was lively and naive, and sung prettily. Jacquino, her lover, may not be heartless, but he was certainly voiceless. He opened his mouth wide enough, but nothing seemed to issue therefrom. The chorusses of this opera are of the highest order, and were sung with excellent precision and true musical feeling. The finale is a magnificent composi- tion, and may be named the same day with Mozart's finale to the first act of Don Giovanni. These chorusses, a not frequent occurrence, were encored, as also the overture, a splendid com- position, and which was played with sufficing skill and taste. On the whole, the representation of this opera, though in the first act, with regard to interest of action and brilliancy of singing, it hung fire, yet was a satisfactory one, and its very favourable re- ception augurs well for the musical taste and feeling of an English audience. At the fall of the curtain Made. Schroeder was loudly called for, and re- appeared amidst the general plaudits of the house, which was a full one. NEW MUSIC. The Mariner's Song. Composed, and, by gracious permission, dedicated to the King, by Macdonald Harris. One of the most striking lyrical productions that have ap- peared since the revival of genuine poetry. The composer has evinced his good taste by the selection of this ballad, and has evidently been actuated by a desire to do justice to its varied beauties. Like the former compositions of Mr. Macdonald Harris, " The Mariner's Song" is distinguished by the beauty and originality of its melody, as well as by the perfect know- ledge and skilful adaptation of the resources of musical science which it displays. THE MARINER'S SONG. Sing joy 1— sing joy ! as in canvass'flight, We skim the mountain seas ; Blithe o'er the clouds as the birds of light, When they chant their morning glees. The waves spring away from the breeze's lash, Like shades of the summer sky, And wantonly frolic, and gaily plash, In their sportive ecstacy 1 On the snow- white steeds of the deep we ride, That so lightly, lightly prance— That tread along with a conscious pride, And in glittering ranks advance. To the sound of music speed we on— To the ocean's mighty band— To the breeze's time keep unison, As though to a master's hand. Huzza 1 huzza 1 for the seaman's life 1 How bold ! how brave ! how free ! The path of danger— but, huzza 1 The path of Liberty I The storm may the web of his hopes disperse— But he dwells not on griefs to come ; Nor heeds though his vessel may prove a hearse To bear to the ocean tomb 1 MARINE RAILWAYS.— A contributor to the United Service Journal has put forth in that publication a curious speculation on the power of what he calls Railways; an extension ( he sa of that invention which is destined to change the commercial and political condition of every nation on the globe. The projector commences by observing, that there is neither difficultynor novelty in raising vessels from the water by means of the common patent slip ; and that, when so raised, it is apparent any weight may be drawn on a railway. Bystationary steam- engines, and the patent slip, vessels of any tonnage may, it is known, be raised from the water ; and the track of the railway being formed, it only remains to attach the locomotive engine, and proceed with the vessel and cradle. In cases where the patent slip cannot be used, the screw dock may be advantageously substituted. This machine is as yet very imperfect; but, as an instance of its capability, it may be mentioned, that a vessel of 250 tons burthen lately arrived in the port of New York, in distress and leaky, and being placed on the screwdock, without disturbing the cargo, she was raised, repaired, and again dispatched to sea, in a single tide. The projector pro- poses, therefore, to form a connected line of Marine Railways, from aorth to south, and east to west, throughout the kingdom. From Doverto London is to be the first division of the work, with the object of saving the expensive and circuitous navigation of the Downs and the Thames. It is calculated that on a marine rail- way a vessel of 200 tons may be conveyed by a steam- engine over the seventy- two miles in about six hours, at an expence of thirty pounds back and forward, the toll heing a farthing a ton, while the present expence for a vessel of the same burthen, without cal- culating the time, is about three hundred pounds. The difference of victualling, wages, ajid interest on the value of the vessel and cargo for a period of seven days, usually occupied in sailing and returning from Dover to London, being estimated at a further sum of fifty pounds, it is apparent that the railway will save more than It 10s. a ton, which, upon 20,000 vessels of 200 tons, would make three millions annually saved to the shipping interest, and therefore, in the consequent diminution of the prices of corn, jcoal, and all articles of trade. After showing that the revenue jto be expected from the railway would be more than a mil- lion per anuum, the projector goes on to show how his plan may be extended throughout England and the Continent of Europe. * . TOWN MISCELLANEA. An association has been formed by several members of the three professions and other gentlemen of the middle classes, for the purpose of taking such measures as the exigency of the times may require for the success of the Reform Bill. In a few hours after its announcement, a very large number of persons enrolled themselves. A General Meeting was held on Wednesday morning in Lincoln's Inn, when ( under the present circumstances of pub- lic affairs) a Provisional Committee was appointed, and a resolu- tion passed that the Association should instantly meet for the election of a permanent Chairman, and the prosecution of vigo- rous means to insure the success of the Bill, on the first indica- tion of any disposition on the part of the House of Lords, or in any other quarter, to impede Earl Grey and his colleagues in ef- fecting their great measure without any mutilation. The Asso- ciation is hourly increasing. It is reported that the Duke of Wellington is going to Spa— some persons say in the hope that the steel waters may give a new colour to the white feather. The Wellington Administration seems never to have consisted of more than his Grace and the half of Mr. Baring. It is not, we believe, true that all the daughters of George the Third have exerted themselves against the Reform Bill. The Princess Sophia, for instance, we are told, holds similar opinions with those of her illustrious brother, the Duke of Sussex.— Globe. The Corporation of London have determined to give a grand entertainment, at the Guildhall, to Lords Grey and Althorp, on the occasion of the presentation of the freedom of the City to their Lordships. Every thing will be arranged in the most magnificent style. The Guildhall has been appointed for the occasion, in order to mark the sense entertained by the citizens of London of the judicious and resolute conduct of the two Ministers with regard to the Reform Bill. The largest of the Egyptian pyramids, built by Cheops or Chemnis, forms a square, the base of which is six hundred feet, or an area the size of Lincoln's Inn- fields, which was formed of these specific dimensions by Inigo Jones, for the purpose of illustration, and its apex nearly a third higher than the cross of St. Paul's. Between 1760 and 1805, Hadyn composed 115 symphonies, 83 quartets, 24 trios, 19 operas, 5 oratorios, 163 pieces for the tenor, 24 concertos for various instruments, 15 masses, 10 smaller pieces of church music, 44 sonatas for the piano, 42 German and Italian songs, 39 canons, 13 vocal pieces for more than one voice, 365 Scottish songs, and a host of miscellaneous compositions. Lord Wodehouse is the most aged member of the House of Lords, having attained his 90th year. The noble and venerable Peer has not taken the oaths or his seat during the present reign. The first book printed in England was in 1469, at Oxford, by Corseilles, who had come to this country from Haarlem ; it was an edition of Ruffinus on the Creed, on a large paper octavo. One of the main causes of the explosions of boilers in ships propelled by steam power is the deposition of salt at the bottom of the boiler ; but this always gives warning by the fact, that it diminishes the power of the steam- engine as it accumulates. In all these cases the only plan is to let the boiler cool and " blow it out," as the technical phrase runs. VALDE OF THE MONEY BONDS OF A TORY DUKE.— Thurs- day, at the Mart, in the City, a post obit bond for 1,000/., granted by the present Duke of Marlborough, when Marquis of Blandford, in 1816, payable one year after the decease of his father the late Duke of Marlborough, who died in January 1817, from which time the bond became due with interest, amounting together to 1,750/., was, after difficulty in procuring a purchaser, knocked down for 310/. A ditto for 4,000/., and with the ac- cumulation of interest amounting to 7,200/., sold for 1,000/. ; and a ditto for 1,800/., with interest amounting to 3,150/., produced 700/. THE DEMON DUKE.— The Observer says the Duke of Wel- lington bought a book of the Hunchback at Covent- garden Theatre, for which he gave a pound in gold, refusing to receive the difference. His Grace seems very ready to sacrifice a Sove- reign, which he probably will do if he will take no change. CRITICAL POSITION OF THE BISHOP OF LICHFIELD.— It is not without pain and regret we have just learned what took place on Sunday last, at the parish church of St. Bride, Fleet- street. It seems that an annual sermon is preached in support of the charities of the parish, and the Lord Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry ( Dr. Ryder, the brother of Lord Harrowby) had offered his services, which were accepted. The nomination of the Bishop to preach the sermon did not give general satisfaction to the parishioners, and numerous placards of an unpleasant nature, were put in circulation, and, indeed, several were exhi- bited containing advice to send the Bishop to Coventry, and inviting the parishioners to quit the church as soon as the Bishop ascended the pulpit. A large crowd assembled in Fleet- street, and the avenues leading to the church, between ten and eleven o'clock; the pious Prelate's carriage making its appearance, the most horrid yells were uttered, and some mud thrown at the carriage. It was with great difficulty the Bishop succeeded in reaching the vestry- room, from whence he was escorted by the parish functionaries and a large body of police, to his seat in the church, which was filled with a dense mass of persons, while the crowd outside greatly increased. The Bishop was evidently much agitated when he entered the pulpit. In the course of the sermon he appeared much recovered, until a tre- mendous shout from the mob outside, and an evident movement from the side aisle within the church, again appeared to affect the Bishop's nerves. At the conclusion of the sermon, after waiting some short time, the Bishop with some difficulty, owing to the pressure of the crowd, joined the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress, and proceeded under their protection and the great activity of the police, down the middle aisle of the church; but as soon as he reached the outer part, the crowd, which was very great, began to applaud the Lord and Lady Mayoress, until perceiving the Bishop, they set up most tre- mendous groans and shouts, and immediately a rush was made to seize the Bishop, and his life was certainly in no little peril from the angry and vindictive conduct of the mob, both within and w ithout the church. The Lord Mayor seized the Bishop by the arm, and placed him before him, while Cope, the mar- shal, and the City police, formed a side guard, by which means the Bishop was enabled to escape into the vestry- room. He appeared dreadfully agitated. Word being brought that the crowd had somewhat dispersed, the Lord Mayor's carriage was ordered to be drawn up, and the Bishop's to follow quite close. Considerable apprehension was felt for the safety of the Bishop, but the blinds of the carriage being up, doubts arose if he had left the church, and the coachman using considerable dexterity in forcing the horses through the crowd, and Cope, the City COUNTRY MISCELLANEA. • Charles, the late Earl of Thanet, was buried a few days ago in the family fault, at Rainham, in Kent. His remains were at- tended to the grave with very little pomp. His death was ex- tremely sudden; on his return from church he fell down in a fit, and expired in some hours after. We heard upon the spot that a considerable sum, in ready money, was found in the house, and that a short time ago his Lordship remitted a considerable amount to his bankers in London. This highly honourable and independent nobleman had acquired a penuriousness of habit, originating at first from necessity and a narrow income, and quite incompatible with the large fortune which he inherited with his title ; but his habits of life being naturally indolent, he had not the resolution to change when he became the Earl of Thanet. His Lordship's estate in Kent has been estimated at 8,000/. a- year, and his estate in Westmoreland quite as much ; whilst the Yorkshire property has been calculated to produce 30,000/. annually. Amidst this vast wealth, his Lordship permitted the mansion at Hothfield, in which he lived and died, to fall into ruins— the rain beat in from the roof, and the neighbouring rooks, in consequence of dilapidations and neglect, had free ac- cess to many of the formerly grand and magnificent apartments.. His Lordship never received any visitors, with the exception of one or two of his nephews, and James Brougham, Esq., the- brother of his illustrious friend the Lord Chancellor, for whom he likewise entertained a sincere respect. Henry, the present Earl, has already commenced the repairs of Hothfield- house upon a large scale, so that in a short time this once princely and hos- pitable mansion will resume a splendour of establishment com- mensurate with the noble income of its owner. PLYMOUTH AND DEVONPORT.— The feeling of indignation evinced on the receipt of the intelligence of the defeat of Minis- ters and the rejection of the Reform Bill is increased rather than allayed in these towns, and all business is at a stand. Imme- diately on the sad intelligence being known the shops were par- tially closed, and the bells tolled a funeral knell— every emblem of loyalty was covered with crape, and the walls placarded in all directions. CANTERBURY.— A cutler in this city ( Skinner) was applied to by an officer of the Dragoon Regiment ( lst Royals) stationed here, to sharpen the swords of the men, who were under orders to march for the metropolis. The honest cutler, though a very poor man, declined the order, declaring that he could not sharpen weapons which might be used against his countrymen. SERIOUS RUN ON THE MANCHESTER SAVINGS' BANK.— Six hundred and twenty depositors, possessing 16,000/. have given notice to withdraw, chiefly on Friday and Saturday. The largest previous panic was after the Bristol riots, when two hundred and fourteen gave notice to withdraw 4,593/. The latter drain so alarmed the Directors last year, that they thought it right to communicate to Government. The letter says, " I know not what the Tory Directors will say on Monday when they will he summoned to give notice to Government for 20,000/."— The Sun. MILITARY INVESTIGATION AT NOTTINGHAM.— On Thursday week a sort of preliminary Court- Martial was held, to investi- gate the conduct of Lieutenant Thomas Close, of the South Not- tinghamshire Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry, Major Rolleston, President. The inquiry arises out of language said. to be used by Lieutenant Close at the mess relative to the Reform Bill, and the possibilities of civil disturbances ; aud allusion was made to the dictum of Lord Chief Justice Tindall, at Bristol, who de- clared that a military man was empowered to act even in the ab- sence of a Magistrate. Mr. Close is said to have doubted whe- ther such was the law of England, and said he would not draw his own sword, or command those under him so to do ; upon which warm language ensued ; and Mr. Close was requested to resign his Lieutenancy, but refused, and requested the present inquiry. It is understood to be preliminary to a regular Court- Martial. Mr. Close is a highly- respectable gentleman, residing in Nottingham, and was on duty during the late disturbances there. TRIAL OF THE FAST DAY RIOTERS. Wm. Benbow, Wm. Lovett, James Watson, James Evans, Thomas Piatt, and Charles Griffiths, were indicted at the Mid- dlesex Sessions, on Wednesday, for riotously assembling toge- ther on the 21st March last ( the Fast Day). Mr. Alley having stated the case for the prosecution, John Lawrence M'Donnell, an Inspector of Police, deposed that on the morning of the Fast Day, several thousand persons assembled in Finsbury- square, some of whom in the course of the day pelted the Police, and also Mr. Bennett, one of the Magistrates of Worship- street, with brickbats, stones, broken bottles, & c. Several of the Police were severely injured in the conflict. Two other Policemen deposed to the same effect. Mr. Bennett, the Magistrate, who had received some severe blows while in the discharge of his duty in the square, deposed to all the occurrences which took place there. A witness deposed that he saw a man's hat knocked off in the procession, which was found to contain some ball- cartridges in a handkerchief. In cross- examination, he was asked if the in- dividual who found the hat was not a policeman ? but he seemed to be ignorant of the circumstance. The defendants, who conducted the proceedings in their own behalf, severally addressed the Court in very distinct and appro- priate speeches. Messrs. Benbow and Lovett avowed themselves at once to have been leaders of the procession. They declared their intentions on the day of the Fast were perfectly peaceable ; and that when the peace was disturbed, the breach of it was oc- casioned by the police force, which opposed their progress.— They called numerous witnesses for the defence, amongst them Mr. Richard Taylor, a Member of the Common Council of the City of London, who all deposed to the peaceable and orderly conduct of the procession, as far as they had an oppor- tunity of observing. The Jury retired, and, after an absence of more than half an hour, returned into Court, and pronounced all the defendants. " Not Guilty." The announcement of the acquittal was received by the im- mense mass of people, who awaited the result outside the Court, with tremendous cheering, which was kept up for a considerable time. The defendants were received by their friends on quitting; the Court, and conducted home in triumph. The trial occupied the whole of the day, until ten o'clock. LORD WYNFORD IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS.— The judgment of this noble person, sitting in the House of Lords on appeals, seems to be equal to that which he evinces as a member of the legislature, if the following, which we take from Mr. Price's ( the barrister) New Reports, vol. 1, p. 128, he a fair sample of marshal, being outside tbe carriage, the Bishop escaped amidst the former. In reporting the judgments of the House in tbe the horrid yells and imprecations of the crowd, who followed the | case of " The King v. Winstantley," it is there said:—" Lord carriage as far as Temple Bar. We make no comments upon Wynford followed, adding nothing on the point of law, but simply this singular scene, but to express our satisfaction it has ended; excusing and recanting at much length his former erroneous in so quiet and peaceable a manner ; but we are informed by our Correspondent, who was an eye- witness to the whole transaction, that the Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry is under obligation to the Lord Mayor for averting consequences which might have been of the most fatal import. The crowd quietly dispersed after the departure of the Lord Mayor and the Bishop.— Chronicle. Lord Frederick Fitzclarence returned to town unexpectedly on Saturday last, in consequence, it is said, of the unfavourable state of the weather, which prevented his lordship from pro- ceeding on his route to Berlin, whither he had been appointed, in company with Captain Lord A. Fitzclarence, to convey the Royal Louisa model frigate. To RESTORE FADED ROSES.— Throw some sulphur on a chafing dish of hot coals, hold a faded rose over the fumes of the sulphur, and it will become quite white; in this state dip it in water ; put it into a box or drawer for three or four hours ; when taken out it will be quite red again.— Girl's Own Book. opinion, and mainly attributing his arrival at a right conclusion to the information derived from the argument of the Solicitor- General and Mr. M'Arthur." This is highly to the credit of this noble baron, as it showed that he is not ashamed to acknow- ledge that he has formed an erroneous opinion; and we should not be surprised if he should find, under the new state of affairs, that he has been hitherto in error on the subject of reform, aad arrive at the right conclusion, that reform is necessary — though he has in this respect not been influenced by the Solicitor- General. On the subject of newspaper advertisements and their compa- rative number and costs in England and the United States, The Albany Advertiser makes the following curious calculation: —' Twelve leading papers of New York contain more advertise- ments than all the newspapers of England and Ireland. The charge for advertisements in England, compared with Ame- rica, is as 17 to 1. An annual advertisement which would cost 32 dollars in America, would be subject to a charge of 900 dollars in England I' May 20. THE TOWJV. 167 HOUSE OF COMMONS. [ Continued from our third page.'] fion brought in this bill, which they now said was essential to the safety of the country to pass, it was pregnant with dangers to all its best interests. Since the introduction of the bill, another and a new danger had sprung up, and that affected the House of Lords. Now if the duke could pass this reform bill, even though it were against his own opinion, or if he could pass a mitigated reform bill in a shape satisfactory to the public, he would avoid that which Earl Grey could not— the necessity of swamping the House of Lords, which, as he had before stated, was one of the principal • estates of the realm. Ministers had, he contended, placed the countiy in tins position. There were two evils much to be dreaded. If the late administration remained in office, they would have de- stroyed the independence of the House of Lords, and passed the reform bill with all its strongest features. ( Hear, hear.) Now if the Duke of Wellington took power, a less evil would take place, for he would prevent this attack upon the independence of the House of Lords, and would diminish, as far as he could, the evils of the reform bill. ( Loud cheers from the Opposition.) Now if this were a correct view of the case— if the house be- lieved, as he sincerely did, that the Duke of Wellington was superior to all desire of place ( roars of continued laughter)— if the house believed that the high character of bis grace placed him above all suspicion of unworthy motives— then they must admit that what his Grace was now doing was one of the greatest sacrifices of private feeling to public duty tliat the world ever heard of. ( Opposition cheers and ministerial laughter.) The conduct of the Duke of Wellington admitted of no middle phrase— it was either ihe basest act that man was ever guilty of ( loud cries of " hear" for some minutes from the ministerial benches)— or it was an act of the greatest public devotion ( loud laughter), which, though it might not be admired now in the fury of party contest, would in the page of history eclipse all the former glories which his Grace had won, and would be considered by future ages as the best and most heroic act of his life— he meant the acceptance of office by the noble duke to preserve the constitution of his country, • now involved in circumstances of difficulty sufficient to deter all seekers of place, for the mere sake of place, from taking it. ( Laughter from the ministerial benches, and cheers from the opposition.)— Lord PALMERSTON observed, that he should not have risen upon the present occasion had it not been for some personal allusions made to himself by the right hon. and gallant member for Perth- shire, who had accuscd him of having changed his opinions on seve- ral great and important questions. He felt that the changes which his opinions had undergone on the questions to which the right hon. gentleman more particularly alluded required on this occasion no defence whatever. Indeed they were now to himself the subject of joy and exultation, for he fell that his alteration of opinion had arishn from no other cause than from his having grown wiser as he grew older. As to the public conduct of others, he would only say one word— he would only entreat tbe right . hon. aiut gallant officer not to drive him to express as to the conduct of others, opinions which, however strong might be his personal regard for, and how- ever great his private admiration of the public services of that right hoT). gentleman, would be no less painful for one of them to hear than it would be for the other to express. With regard to himself ( Lord Palmerston) it was well known to the House and to the public that he had twice sacrified office for his opinions. It might also be known to the right hon. and gallant gentleman, that it had also happened that he had declined office, when out of office, be- cause he felt that he could not accept it and act upon his own prin- ciples and his own conviction. The hon. and learned gentleman who had last addressed the House, imputed blame to his Majesty's ministers for abandoning their posts, but he did so without the slightest foundation. They abandoned their posts under circum- stances which rendered it utterly impossible for any men of honour to continue in office.— Sir G. MURRAY explained. He had not accused the noble lord of inconsistency. As to the threat of being attacked, for his own part he did not dread it. His conduct had always been open and candid.— Sir T. DENMAN was perfectly ready to give his honourable and learned friend credit for the state- ment that he himself in taking office was making a sacrifice— cer- tainly a large sacrifice of income; but he confessed it did not appear " to him thatsimilar sacrifices were to be made by others taking office, though the contrar}- was announced by one who in some sort ap- peared to represent the phantom Administration existing, or now supposed to exist— who came amongst them like the White Lady of Avenel, to make oracular and mysterious announcements.— Mr. A. BARING said that he had not spoken from authority.— Sir T. DENMAN resumed, and after replying to ome animadversions made upon him by the boil, member for T etford, proceeded to say, the sooner the present most painful state of things was put an end to the better. He concurred with all the real friends of the country in strenuously exhorting the people not to disgrace them- selves by outrage. Let tliein give no excuse for the exhibition of the sword, which, if. once exhibited, would not be so soon replaced as might be supposed. If he were to die this very moment, liis last words to the House of Commons would be, " Let men take care of themselves, but do you take care of the country and pass the reform bill."— Mr. Alderman WAITHMAN could not imagine a greater degree of political apostacy than for the avowed opponents of reform to come into office under circumstances like the present Sir R. INGLIS was understood to say that the highest attribute of all public men was character. That would prove to be their best patronage. The hon. bart. proceeded in a tone which was very inaudible, to say, as wc understood, that if public rumour was to be relied upon, great concessions were about to be made by the persons opposed to the reform bill in Ihe other House of Parlia- ment ; and, recollecting those concessions, he did not think it well that those persons should accept office. No consideration, in his opinion, could justify the change of conduct which it was stated some noble lords had determined upon. It was impossible to en- tertain any doubt, he thought, as to the Duke of Wellington's ' feelings, after the protest and speeches he had made. ( Hear.) No'one in that House had stated that the noble duke was now re- solved to support the reform bill, and he ( Sir R. Inglis) could not therefore believe the rumour which imputed such a conduct ( o his Grace. The right hon. and gallant member ( Sir H. Ilardinge) had spoken of the loyalty and devotion of the noble duke, and no one was less disposed to question the noble duke's devotion and loyalty than lie ( Sir R. Inglis); but, to use the language of a noble lord opposite ( Lord Milton) he should like to see the noble duke's loyalty and devotion apjilied to the country, and not subject to the caprice of any individual. ( Cheers.) — Sit R. PEEL, after some preliminary observations, said, there was no one in that House, it appeared, authorised to speak for the • Crown, or to represent a new administration. Supposing then, that no administration was yet formed, he put it to the House of Com- mons whether, in a case between the King and his Ministers, it was proper for the members of that House to make declarations of hostility upon mere hypotheticalcases ? He did not mean to tres- pass on the House with more than one or two further remarks. The noble lord opposite ( Lord John Ilussell) had made some observa- tions in reference to bim ( Sir Robert Peel) to which if they re- quired any reply, the present was not an occasion which he ( Sir Robert Peel) would choose for making that reply. If the obser- vations were made, however, in reference lo his acceptance of office under the new administration, he could assure the noble lord that his remarks were entirely uncalled for. He had said when office was out ef his reach, that with his taste and habits, office wns to him a matter of little importance, and he took 110 credit to himself now for repeating that sentiment when office was within his reach. If the noble lord's inference - was correct, that from his ( Sir R. Peel's) sentiments on the reform bill, he was incapa • citated from serving tbe Crown, he begged to say that in the pre- sent position of affairs he bitterly regretted that he was not able to enter into the service of the Crown. He might add that the greatest sacrifice which attended his refusal to accept office was ihat, contrasting his conduct with theirs, a sarcasm might be pointed against those whoftit that, consistently wilh their principles, they were enabled to enter into the service of the Crown on the present emergency. Whatever course his noble friend ( the Duke of Wel- lington) might pursue, whither he ( Sir Robert Peel) was enabled to pursue a similar course or not, he never felt a more full and perfect confidence on any point than he did on this— that his noble friend, the Duke of Wellington, would act on a high sense of public duty, awl with as pure a sense of honour, as ever influenced the conduct of any public man, in refusing or in accepting any office whatever. ( Loud cheers.) Mr. HUME wished to ask the Speaker whether be could give any information as to the Address fo his Majesty, agreed to by that house four days ago.— The SPEAKER said the only information he could give was, that the Address had been placed in the hands of the proper Officer of his Majesty's Household for presentation, and that his Majesty had been apprised of it. Tbe petition was then brought up, and ordered to be read.— Lord EBRIiN'GTON said, an lion, and gallant officer ( Sir Henry Hardinge), who he was sorry not now to see in his place, had charged him with hav- ing made an attack on the Duke of Wellington by accusing bim of a breach of public morality. Now he had done no such thing. He had merely put an hypothetical case, and said that in his opinion, if the case he had put was true, he could apply 110 milder term to the Duke of Wellington. Notwithstanding what had fallen from the lion, member for Thetford ( Mr. Baring) on his parliamentary conduct, he trusted that he was not in the habit of making charges against any political opponents except in such language as w as be- coming a gentleman. The hon. member for Thetford had thought proper to read him a lesson on his supposed " want of common decencv" in what he had stated. He would not bandy backwards and forwards such language, even with the hon. member for Thet- ford ; but if there was anyone to whom he would be more dis- posed than another to apply such language, it was to the hon. member for Thetford, who had that night come forward with a tardy defence of p litical inconsistency for himself and others — Quitting these personal topics, he might now be permitted to say a few words on the general question. Might not the bill have been carried without rendering any party liable to ttie imputation to which the noble duke and his party must now be liable upon ac- cepting office and passing the bill, if the noble duke had himself stood up and declared that he felt it was impossible any longer advantageously to oppose the bill, and had used his influence, and set the example of withdrawing any further opposition to it ?—( Loud cries of " Hear, hear, hear.")— He did not say that such a course was now open to the noble duke and his party— he feared that things had now gone too far to render such a concession availing; but, if the noble duke bad taken such a course even forty- eight hours ago, it would have saved the country from much peril, entitled the Duke of Wellington to lasting gratitude, and preserved the House of Lords from being subject to lasting execration.—( Loud and continued cheers.) Mr. BARING hoped that he might be permitted to make a few observations in consequence of the pointed allusions made to him by tbe noble lord who had just sat down. What was imputed to him was wholly out of his recollection ; and if it was intended to convey that he had ever used any expressions in that House which disentitled liitii to the usual considerations of courtesy, he could only say that he heard such insinuations with perfect contempt. As to what had been said on the score of his own inconsistency, and, what was much more important, that of the great man to whom the country owed such a debt of gratitude, he begged to say that they had not altered their views. He used the word they, though he was not authorised to speak for the Duke of Wellington. He believed, however, that the noble duke, any more than himself, did not say that the reform bill had been a bad measure, and was now a good measure. Their minds had undergone no such change, their opinion was not altered ; but how did the case stand with respect to that opinion? The Crown was forced by the late mi- nisters on a point on which his Majesty had scruples. The King refused to comply with the demand made on him to create Peers, and his ministers resigned. Under these circumstances the Crown was left without responsible advisers, and under great difficulties. Now, supposing, for be merely put a suppositious case, that under such circumstances the King had called upon the Duke of Wel- lington, or any other person hitherto opposed to the reform bill, and said, " I will not give up the bill. 1 feel I am pledged to my people to pass tbe bill; but I do not admit that it is a constitu- tional mode which has been recommended to me, to force the other branch of the legislature into passing the measure." If such lan- guage had been addressed by his Majesty to the Duke of Wei lington, would the noble duke have done his duty if he had replied " I am very sorry for the predicament in which your Majesty is placed ; but I must leave your Majesty to help yourself, for under no circumstances can 1 pass that bill?" To pursue a different course, and to stand by the Crown in such an emergency, he ( Mr. B.) contended was perfectly consistent with a high sense of honour and duty, though he admitted that it required a great deal of that courage, of which he believed Ihe Duke of Wellington possessed as much as any man. It had been usual, and ever deemed constitutional, that in a case in which the Crown was concerned with the Ministers, or the other House, the landed gentlemen and persons of weight in that House, should interfere as mediators, or in some shape, in order to bring about an accommodation He did not see why some such course should not now be adopted, if any thing approaching to a reason able probability existed that ministers might be induced to relax in their demands. He did not see that an accommodation was altogether impracticable. If Earl Grey would go back to the King, and state that he was unwilling to apply the measure which he had previously Tecommended, unless in a case of positive and ascertained necessity, and that he understood a greater probability now existed of carrying the bill, without resorting to any such measure, what was then to prevent ministers from again taking those places which they had so lately held? He did not believe that if the late ministers adopted such a course they would find the least interference from any party to prevent them from regaining office. So help him God, there was nothing at this peiiod which he should desire more than such an arrangement if it could be ef- fected. He did not hesitate to admit Ihat the permanence of the present Administration was desirable for the good of the country— lie said for the good of the country, and it was now pretty clear that the bill must pass. For the sake of the country he repealed that it was most desirable that the division between the Crown and its late advisers should be healed.— Lord EBR1NGTON said a few words in explanation— Sir FRANCIS BURDETT said, although his Majesty might feel himself placed ill circum- stances which were extremely difficult, and very much to be deplored, at tbe same time he had 110 doubt that the Royal mind felt that, under the circumstances which had arisen, he was bound in duty to the Constitution to pursue the course which he had done. Still, however, he had no doubt that his Majesty felt that, under existing circumstances, his Ministers, by resigning, had not done any act of which he had reason to com- plain. The hon. gentleman who had just sat down, in what he stated with respect to the Duke of Wellington, seemed to consider that be was now brought in at the risk of the sacrifice of his high character, in the present dilemma in which the country was placed, to save it from what be considered might be a still greater misfor- tune. He ( Sir F. Burdett) must say it appeared to him that the whole of this difficulty might easily have been avoided, unless there were other persons, of low, factious, intriguing natures, who interrupted the natural course of things. Were it not for such persons these difficulties would never have arisen. He was far from imputing unworthy motives to the Duke of Wellington; but he must say that a want of foresight was exhibited which could not entitle an individual to assume the direction of the country under the difficult circumstances in which the county was placed. But, amongst the intrigues which are carried on, one tiling very much struck his mind. It was an extraordinary circumstance that a Judge of the land— a person filling a high judicial situation in the country— a criminal judge— should mix himself up in political matters. A Judge ought, by the nature and character of his office, to be to- tally removed from the sphere of politics ; and yet this noble lord, sitting upon the bench of justice in the morning, did not consider it inconsistent to engage in the strife of political projects in the eve- ning. Supposing that a stranger were to come to England, and see the noble lord administering justice in the morning, he would probably admire the dignity with which he filled his office, the calmness and freedom from passion with which he discharged bis functions— but how much would he be surprised, on going to the House of Lords in the evening, to find the same noble lord trans- formed to a violent political partisan, and heading a virulent fac- tion.—< Laud cries of '* order.")— Lord STORMONT rose to order.— The SPEAKER said, the hon. baronet had" put the case hypotbctically- If he meant rt strictly, and did not mean merely to draw a picture to illustrate bis argument, he was sore he would see that it was not strictly regular.— Sir F. BURDETT trusted he was not trenching on the privileges of tbe House of Lords, if he said that there might be factious motives there as well as in the House of Commons.— The SPEAKER again rose and said the' hon. bart. must be aware that to impute personal motives was disorderly. Sir F. BURDETT said he had put an hypothetical case, with re- gard to the functions of one of the branches of the Constitution being impeded by another. He was speaking of the conduct of a Judge filling a high situation. He was observing that amongst tire other misfortunes brought about by intrigues, it was a misfortune that a person, who ought to be free fiotn such transactions, and, in short, from politics altogether— a person who was a Criminal Judge, wlto filled a high situation, was the leader— he might not say of a faction, but of an opposition to the Government of the country— was the maker and oil maker of administrations— a person whom one saw everywhere— who, under his Judge's robes, seemed to wear a Harlequin's habit—( a laugh)— one who acted so many different parts, not in seven ages, but in seven hours— who seemed to be not one man, but all mankind's epitome.—( a laugh)— who was doing everything, and who, it was said, expected the highest judi- cial situation in the country. That he said was a misfortune, and was to be deplored. There seemed lo be a rumour of some mis- created thing being half formed, bat in that House he looked for information in vain. If anything were to happen, he did not know any one to whom tbe King could look to preserve the peace or to give orders. The unreasonable Opposition Peers were now, he believed, frightened at the condition in which they saw the country placed, in consequence of their vote. The undcrminers found them- selves undermined. 4f It is sport," said a writer, " to see the miner hoisted 011 his own petard." He knew that a spirit was roused in England, which he assured the House it would be im- possible to allay without satisfying the just and reasonable demands of the people. He saw no other way for that House to proceed than to adopt an Address to his Majesty, praying him to restore to his confidence and to public situations those persons who, without any fault of theirs, were separated, but, he trusted, not disunited, from the country— who had been removed without fault or com- plaint on any side, but, at all events, without any fault on their part; and he trusted and hoped that the country would be again placed in a situation in which it could look to a speet'y and happy termination of its present difficulties.— Mr. HUME said he was glad to perceive a dawn or chance of reconciliation. He therefore hoped that what had fallen from the hon. member for Thetford to- night would not be lost sight of; and he declared, for his own part, that no phrase which could possibly produce irritation should fall from him while there was a gleam of hope of bringing back affairs lo a state in which they might be productive of peace, satisfaction, and contentment to the country. ( Hear, hear, hear.) After what had passed, he hoped the House might adjourn.— Lord MORPETH said he rose to second most earnestly what had fallen from the hon. member for Middlesex. He was never more pleased than at the present moment, in seeing something like a hope of the country being restored to that state of comparative peace and order and confidence which we enjoyed a week ago.— Mr. LABOUCIIERE said he most cordially joined in the recom- mendation of his noble friend, and the lion, member for Middle- sex— The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said that lie wished to recall the attention of hon. gentlemen who seemed to indulge in anticipations of some undefined good to come, to the improbability of the proposition which they seemed to think might be so easily reduced to practice. Let gentlemen clearly recollect the present state of the affairs of tbe country. At that moment an Administration was, as they had been told in the course of the debate, actually formed. Then the proposition was, that in con- sequence of the discussion which had taken place, and of some arrangement to be made, it was to be expected that the opposition of the House of Lords to the carrying of the reform bill by the late Government would be withdrawn. He really thought this as unlikely a speculation as any one had ever heard of—( Cries of " No, 110.") He believed that the reform bill would be carried. He was satisfied that it would be carried. He believed it would pass the House of Lords, but he did not believe that in tbe present feeling of the House of Lords it would he possible for the late Government to carry it Lord SANDON said that the opinion just expressed by the noble lord did not deter him from indulging a similar hope to that which had been expressed by many honourable gentlemen.— Mr. HUNT said thutnone hut the late Ministers, in his opinion, could produce a measure of reform which would subserve the great object of tran- quillizing and satisfying the people of this country. He regretted to say that there was c. « nj reason to dread that some frightful result would be the consequence of the coming into power; he was therefore determined to do nothing which should prevent, that desirable result— the return of the late Ministers to their station in his Majesty's Councils.— Mr. O'CONNELL said he was in great hopes Ihat a reconciliation would be effected between his Majesty and the late advisers of the Crown. There really was a revolutionary spirit abroad, and it was most desirable it should be stopped in its devastating fury early. If there were a chance of danger in this country from the effects of a change of " Ministers, how iniich greater was that chance in Ireland? With these views he was very desirous that some gentleman of influence would move that as soon as they had done with the petition before them the House should adjourn. He must say, though he loved reform, he dreaded revolution ; and whilst he wished the people to enjoy their undeniable rights, he would contribute always his share to support and render stable the just prerogative of the Crown.— Mr. WILLIAMS WYNN, though he was doubtful whether the bill for amending the representation would or could have the effects attributed by its advocates on the peace, welfare, and happiness of society at large, yet he was desirous that the Administration which had introduced it should be suffered to reap all the glory of its success, or abide by the consequence of its failing to content the people.— Mr. LONG WELLESLEY could not look npon the Duke of Wellington as the head of the Government supposed to be in formation. From his respect for him, and the relationship that subsisted between him atd the noble duke, he was sincere in his wish that the noble duke would pause before fie again undertook the government of the country at this crisis. Indeed 110 man who had the blood of the noble duke in his veins could refrain from dis- suading his noble and high mind from fixing such a stain upon, his character as the reception of office under such circumstances.— Mr. Fyshe Palmer, Mr. Alderman Venables, Mr. Davies Gilbert, Lord Ingestrie, Mr. Lennard, Colonel Sibthorp, Mr. Alderman Thompson, and other members, said a few words.— The orders of the day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at half- past eleven o'clock. TUESDAY, MAY 15. After the presentation of a petition from the parish of St. Bride, in full vestry assembled, praying that until the reform bill were passed into a law the House would refuse to vote any supplies, Mr. Alderman WAITHMAN presented the Liverpool petition, which prayed tbe House not to grant any supplies to any Admi- nistration not pledged to carry the reform bill.— Mr. EWART ex- pressed his gratitude to the hon. alderman for presenting this pe- tition, which had been agreed to at a reform meeting three times more numerous than had ever before been held in Liverpool.— Mr. HUME slated that he understood Earl Grey had been sent for by his Majesty ; that Earl Grey had had an audience of the King ; and that, with the view of avoiding any angry debate, or of throw- ing obstacles in the- way of conciliatory arrangement, he proposed that the House should again abstain from all further proceeding with business. He had 14 petitions to p » esent, but to avoid the risk of increasing irritation, he would take un himself the respon- sibility of abstaining, for the present, from presenting them. Sir E. SUGDEN made a few observations, after which Mr. BARING rose and stated that the commission given to the Duke of Wellington for the formation of an administration was - entirely at an end. ( Loud and continued cheers.) He must also make an observation with respect to » misapprehension which pervaded the debate of last night, namely, the idea that the Duke of Welling- ton had actually accepted office. The noble duke had done no such thing, as he had only received the commands of his Majesty to form an administration, and that commission was now at an end. ( Cheers.)— Lord ALTHORP said that he rose fo inform the House that Earl Grey had that day received a communication from his Majesty—( Cheers)— arid he now gave notice, that as s ion as the petition under discussion should be disposed of, he should move that the House at its- rising adjourn to Thursday next. Sir H. HARDING- E said that he saw, in the report of the pro- ceedings of that House, inserted in Ihe Time) newspaper, the fol- lowing words attribB- ted to the hon. and learned member for Calne : —" The right hon. gent', must be aware that the use of swaggering expressions in that place was- a very equivocal proof of spirit as well as of sense." ' Ihe inference he and others would naturally draw ftwQ these words was,, that the hon. and learned member ap- plied them to him ; though,, at the time they were spoken, he had not viewed them in that light. He therefore begged to know from the lion, and learned member whether he intended to impute the swaggering expressions" to l> im ( Sir H. Hardinge.):— Mr. MACAULEY said, that he certainly bad no intention of imputing to the lion, and gallant member the use of " swaggering expres- As far as lie recollected, he had made use of those words ill this way :— Seeing the lion, and gallant member rise, apparently under great excitement, and being apprehensive that he had, in the heat of debate, said something that might be considered offensive, he at once disclaimed any intention or desire on his part tn use swaggering language" in that House. He believed that every person present at the time would acknowledge that this was the way in which he had applied these words Sir R. PEEL was pre- sent at the time the expressions alluded to had been used, and he considered them lo have been applied in Ihe manner just staled by the lion- and learned member— Sir H. HARDINGE said, that the explanation of the hon. and learned member was perfectly satisfac- tory to him.. The juries [ India} bill went through a committee ; and the report was ordered to be received on Thursday next. A new writ was moved for the borough of Appleby, in the room of Ihe Hon. Henry Tufton, now Earl ofThanet. On the motion of Lord ALTHORP, the House adjourned at a quarter to six o'clock to Thursday. THURSDAY, MAY ITT. Various petitions from places in England and Scotland in favour of reform, and praying the Ilhuse to slop the supplies until the bil should be passed,, were presented.— Mr. HUNT, in presenting a similar petition from Preston, said he believed that cheap govern- ment was incompatible with monarchy, and unless he saw something farther than he had already seen from that form of government, he must acknowledge that he was a republican. ( Laughter.)— To a question put by Mr. Paget Lord ALTHORP replied— I will an- swer, as far as I can, the question of the hon.- gentleman. On a former evening I stated to the house that my noble friend, Ear Grey, had received a communication from bis Majesty, and it was on that ground that' I suggested that it would be a convenient course for the House lo adjourn over to this day. ( Hear, hear.) Now, Sir, I am not prepared at this moment tnsay thai any arrangements consequent upon that communication have been completed ; but I hope that I may go so far as lo state, that there is a probability that a satisfactory arrangement will take place. ( Hear, hear.) In tbe meantime, 1 trust that the house and the country will place this much confidence in the late administration— not to suppose that we would return to office if we should not perfectly know that we would be able to carry the reform bill through without any alteration in its essential and main principles. ( Cheers )— Lord EBRINGTON was happy to hear what had fallen from tbe noble lord, and he was sure thai Ihe House and the country had the fullest confidence that the noble lord and his colleagues would be parties to no arrange- ment which should not secure the carrying of the reform bill, un touched in nil its principles, and in al! its essential provisions.— ( Hear, hear.)— Several members stated that they had petitions in favour of the reform, bill en'rusted to ihem, but that they would defer presenting them lest Ihey should in any way interfere wilh the arrangements which were in progress.— Mr. O'CON NELL pre- sented a petition from Atby, against the punishment of death for forgery, which led toa conversation in which Ihe Attorney- General, Sir 11. Peel, and other members joined.— Lord MILTON gave notice of his intention lo postpone his motion upon the subject of the corn laws till Thursday, the 30th of the present month.— Mr. HUNT gave notice that upon Wednesday, the 22d instant, be should move that the punishment of flogging in the army be suspended for the period of one year..— The other orders of the day were Ihen disposed of, and the House adjourned at a quarter- past seven. FRIDAY, MAY 18. Mr. HUME put a question relative to the negociations which had been carried on between his Majesty and his Ministers, when the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said, it was his intention to have taken the earliest opportunity of stating to the house, that his Majesty's Ministers had now the security which they considered amply sufficient to carry the Reform Bill, •—( great cheering, which continued for some time)— and that they, therefore, oontinui- d to hold the offices which they for- merly filled. ( Loud and continued chcro.) Lord MILTON— Under the circumstances which had just. b « en communicated, he should not consider it any longer necessary in moving the Address which he had intended to move that evening- Mr. HUME moved that the order for the call of, the House be discharged. Sir R. PEEL addressed the House,, at great length, in ex- planation of the part taken by him at a crisis so momentous to the country; which, in substance, was, that he had been offered by his Majesty, through the medium of Lord Lyndhurst, the Premiership, on condition of carrying through an. extensive measure of Reform ; but which offer he had most respectfully declined, because he could not be a- party to any proceeding in favour of that to which he had before been in hostility ; and he therefore had declared that he could not come into the ministry at the present moment. Mr. A. BARING then rose, but in consequence of a general rush of members from the House, it was some time before he could obtain a hearing. He repeated his former statements re- lative to the formation of a Ministry— the Duke of Wel- lington, & c. After some observations from Sir R. Vyvyan,. Capt.. Gordon, Mr. Hume, Mr. Bankes, Lord Althorp, Mr. Lamb, Mr. Trevor, Mr. Shaw,. Col. Sibthorp, Lords Newark and W. Lennox, Mr. Campbell, Mr. Hunt, and Alderman Wood, the remaining orders of the day having been disposed of, petitions were presented from a few places, praying that the supplies be stopped until after the passing of the reform bill.— Adjourned to Monday. His Majesty gave on Wednesday evening his annual grand dinner to the Jockey Club, which was served up in the Ban- quetting Room, at St.. James's Palace- The company assem- bled in the Ball Room. The Yeomen Guard formed an avenue in the Guard Room, through which the Noblemen and Gentlemen passed. On dinner being announced, the King, pre- ceded by the Duke of Devonshire, Sir William Fremantle, and Lord Robert Grossenor, left the Ball Room, and proceeded through the Stat ® Rooms, to the Banquetting Room, the Band of the First Regiaiemt of Foot Guards playing " God siwe the King." His Majesty was followed by the Dukes of Grafton, Richmond, Rutland, Portland, and Dorset; Count Matusche- witz, the Miwquis of Cleveland, Lord Orford, the Hon. Ed ward Petre, Lord Lowther, the Earl of Munster, and other no- blemen and gentlemen. The dinner was served on. three tables ( one long table and two cross.) In the middle of each were cen- tre peices, interspersed with candelabra, with ose of larger di- mensions than the rest, in the centre of each table. The buffet of gold plate was arranged in a similar manner to the dinner of the Knights of the Bath. After dinner the Hoof of the celebratettV-'- racer, Eclipse, elegantly mounted in a gold salver, was prodiiced, and presented by the King to the Club. The top of the Hoof had a covering of gold, on which was. engraved the figure of Eclipse. In front of the Hoof were the Royal Arms, raised in gold. The Hoof was supported by a pedestal of gold, on one Of the sides of which is the following inscription " This piece * t Plate, with the Hoof of Eclipse, was presented by his Most Gra- cious Majesty WilUam IV., to the Jockey Club, May, 1832." The salver itself was very chastely and elegantly ornamented. The handles are formed by wreaths of laurel. 16 § THE TOWHT, May 20. PUBLIC MEETINGS. COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL.— OU Monday a very full Court of Common Council was held at Guildhall, to take into consideration the propriety of exercising the constitutional privi- lege of the Corporation of London, by addressing his Majesty on the throne upon the alarming state of the nation. The Lord Mayor in the chair. Mr. C. Pearson and other members of the Council addressed the meeting. The resolutions and address being adopted, it was then agreed unanimously, " that the ad- dress be presented to his Majesty by the whole Court, and that the Sheriffs, with the City Remembrancer, do wait forthwith on his Majesty, to learn when it is his pleasure to receive it." DISTRICT MEETING OF MARYLEBONE, ST. PANCRAS, AND PADDINGTON.— Monday a public meeting of the inhabitants of the " Parliamentary district" of St. Marylebone, St. Pancras, and Paddington, was held on ground contiguous to the Eyre Arms Tavern, Wellington- road, St. John's Wood, to take into consideration " the steps necessary to be adopted at this alarm- ing crisis." Ground to the extent of six acres was occupied by a mass of spectators amounting to above 20,000 persons ; a long range of walls also bore their proportion. Between twelve and one o'clock the reformers of the three parishes had arrived be- fore the hustings, bearing banners of white, blue, and crimson silk, inscribed with the following mottoes .—" The People of Paddington ;" " The People of Marylebone ;" " Britons! free- dom is our cause;" " Be firm, be true, respect the laws ;" " For ourselves and our children." There was also the flag of the " Hampstead Branch Union;" a banner, borne by children, bearing the inscription of " Think of your children, our hopes are fixed on you ;" a banner with the device of a bee- hive, and the motto " Equal rights ;" and a pole with a bundle of faggots, the emblem of union. Mr. Hume, M. P. was called to the chair, and addressed the meeting. Colonel Jones proposed the first resolution, and in the course of his speech said, after alluding to the report of great numbers of troops having been ordered towards the capital— Let the people, then, be prepared for war. He would tell them what was requisite : first, sobriety ; secondly, obedience to those whom they selected as leaders. Let only some of them determine to die, and away would go all the sol- diers. ( Bravo.) He would tell them that if the whole brigade of household cavalry came, they had only to stand firm aDd lock their arms together, and no cavalry man could come near them. If the artillery were brought against them, he would place him- self at their head, and show them how to take every great gun. ( Cheers.) In one or two instances of his life he had led men in some of the most dangerous attacks j and if the horrid neces- sity arrived, he would lead his countrymen on again. ( Immense cheering.) The gallant Colonel afterwards, however, observed that they would be best able to put down their enemies by quiet- ness, for all they wanted was an opportunity to butcher them if they could. It was better for the people to put their hands on their pockets, and let no man force them to pay the taxes. Let them only determine not to pay— they had the power in their hands, and they should use it. For himself no money should come out of his pocket till the reform bill was passed. ( Cheers.) He was one of the commissioners of the assessed taxes and the land revenue, and by the living God he vowed not to sign his name to any paper for a distress on the goods of those who re- fused to pay the taxes. ( Cheers.) Let them observe peace and quietness, until driven to arms.— Several other gentlemen ad- dressed the meeting. An address to the King, praying his Ma jesty to recall Lord Grey and his colleagues to power, and ano- ther to the House of Commons, praying that Hon. House to stop all supplies until the reform bill should become law, were carried by acclamation. Mr. Somers proposed nine groans for the Queen, whose return for the grant of 100,000/. per annum on the demise of her consort, was to turn round upon the peo- ple. It is impossible to describe the yells and groans which here ensued. Three groans were again given for the Bishops and the Duke of Wellington, and after three times three hearty cheers had been given for Earl Grey and his colleagues, the meeting separated soon after five o'clock. MEETING AT KENSINGTON.— On Tuesday a numerous meet- ing in favour of reform was held in the garden at the rear of the King's Arms Tavern. At one o'clock Lord Teynham was called to the chair. Captain Williams, who proposed the first resolu tion, thus concluded his speech :— The House of Commons will ( top the supplies. ( Loud cheers.) We are told of a dissolution of Parliament; let it come to that, and it will be seen what a grand blow there will be struck throughout the em- pire. It is recommended to pay no taxes ; let every man adopt that expedient; he for one would pay none. ( Hear, hear.) If Wellington and his minions should get into power, then the only course left to the people would be to hoist the rose, the shamrock, and the thistle, and raise one universal cry, " To your tents O Israel " ( Loug and tremendous cheering.) Mr. Hume M. p', Mr. G. Byng, M. P., Sir W. Brabazon, and other gentle- men, addressed the meeting. After some pointed resolutions were passed, the meeting broke up at a late hour. GREAT REFORM MEETING AT MANCHESTER ON MONDAY, The people of Manchester, wishing to strengthen the petition which they agreed to last week, gave notice of a second reform meeting to be held on Monday. At twelve o'clock, the time appointed for the meeting, there were assembled on the plain of Peterloo and its approaches, from 60 to 70,000 individuals. Charles Walker, Esq., the son of the late eminent reformer of that name, took the chair amidst tremendous cheering, the hust- ings being surrounded by bands of music and emblematical flags Resolutions declaratory of the object for which the meeting as- sembled were carried by acclamation. Amongst these was one praying the House of Commons to grant no supplies until the bill, or a measure in every particular at least equally favourable to the rights of the people, shall have been passed into a law. Before the meeting separated three tremendous groans were given for the Duke of Wellington, three for the Bishops, and one groan more for the Duke of Wellington ; three groans for the petticoat government, and three cheers for radical reform. After which, the immense multitude separated. As one step towards the pro motion of the great object, we may mention, that in the office of the Advertiser newspaper is placed a document, pledging the signers not to purchase the goods of any person distrained for taxes, and which is being rapidly signed. Silk handkerchiefs have also been printed, bearing the inscription, " Pay no taxes until the reform bill is passed," with a star in the centre, sur- rounded by the motto, " Vox populi— vox Dei," and which are selling rapidly. GRAND SPONTANEOUS MEETINGS IN BIRMINGHAM AND MIDLAND DISTRICTS.— Wednesday Mr. Joseph Parkes reached Birmingham at six o'clock in the morning, with the intelligence of the retreat of the Duke of Wellington, and the probable recall of Lord Grey. Expresses were immediately sent to all the large towns within twenty miles connected with the great political district. The glorious information spread like wildfire through Birmingham, and the whole body of inhabitants were speedily roused, and in the streets, by the clanging of bells and other demonstrations of joy. The bells of all the Birmingham churches ( which had been before tolled and rung backwards for the resignation of Lord Grey) were immediately set in motion and clammed. The royal standard was hoisted on the steeple of St. Philip's, and blue ribbons adorned all the public vehicles, and the great majority of the inhabitants. There was never wit- nessed on any previous occasion so universal or extravagant display of enthusiasm. We saw many floods of tears— tears of joy, and the heartiest interchange of gratulation. Printed pla- cards instantly appeared, calling on the people to meet and rally round the standard of the Premier. About one o'clock the im- mense concourse of people centred on the now celebrated and consecrated spot— New Hall Hill. The carriage being drawn lip to the side of the waggons, Mr. Attwood and his friends, Mr, Scholefield, & c. were received with deafening shouts and echoes Of cheering.— Mr. Attwood advanced to the front of the hustings amidst the most enthusiastic cheering. " My dear friends, I feel so much gratitude to Almighty God for the escape which the nation has had from a most tremendous revolution, that I cannot help wishing that our Rev. Friend near me would pub- licly return thanks to our merciful and beneficent Creator for the success of our righteous cause." ( No sooner was this intima- tion made by the Chairman than all hats were taken off, and the most death- like silence pervaded the immense assembly.) The Rev. Hugh Hutton, in a most impressive manner, offered up the following extemporaneous thanksgiving:— O Lord God Al- mighty, who orderest the affairs of all men, behold thy people before thee with grateful and rejoicing hearts. Looking up to thee as the author of every blessing, we thank thee for the great deliverance thou has wrought out for us, and the great and blood- less victory which thou hast conferred. We thank thee, the God of all blessings, for delivering us from the bonds of our op- pressors and the designs of designing and bloody- minded men. Imbue, we beseech thee, the hearts of all now assembled, with a spirit of Christian benevolence, so that in the hour of our tri- umph we may cheerfully forgive all our enemies and oppressors. Grant that we may so use and improve the great privileges thou hast conferred upon us, that we may secure them to us and our children, for thy glory, and for the universal benefit of the fa- mily of man. Accept, we beseech thee, through our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, the thanksgivings and petitions of thy humble creatures, and to thy name he ascribed all the glory. May thy blessing rest on the proceedings of this day, and more especially on him called to preside at this glorious meeting of emancipated and exulting freemen. May the feeling of all hearts he more united in the glorious cause in which we have engaged, and through thy blessing enjoy a more abundant victory. Amen, Amen." Thousands of voices re- echoed Amen, Amen. The immense assemblage was then addressed by Mr. Attwood, Mr. Joshua Scholefield, Mr. Edmonds, Mr. Joseph Parkes, Mr. Bettlewood, and Mr. Hadley. Resolutions and addresses to the King and Earl Grey were then unanimously adopted. The prin- cipal topics dwelt upon in these documents were as follows:— 1st. " That this meeting will hail, with heartfelt gratitude, the complete emancipation ofhis Majesty from the snares and wicked devices of base, evil- minded, and desperate counsellors."— 2d. " That this meeting records with deep- felt gratitude the obliga- tion due to the great majority of the present House of Com- mons, for its prompt and efficient support of the measure of Reform, and the Administration of Lord Grey.— 3d. " That this meeting is deeply impressed with the liveliest gratitude to those upright and illustrious members of the Aristocracy who, shrinking from no sacrifice, have so nobly and patriotically supported the great Bill of Reform in the House of Lords." The following passages occurred in the address to Earl Grey :- " That your memorialists, impressed with a sense of the frightful dangers which the country has escaped, arising from the influ- ence of an odious and tyrannical faction undermining the throne, and pervading and degrading the most responsible situations of the country, do most earnestly and respectfully entreat your lordship instantly to advise his Majesty to adopt the most deci- sive measures to ensure the immediate passing of the bill of re- form, and to dismiss without delay the enemies of the people from every post of power and of authority throughout the country. Your memorialists would further beg leave respect- fully to suggest to your lordship the propriety of considering whether a further extension of the great measure of reform may not be justly and safely granted to the people, in reward for the unparalleled patience, fortitude, and moral courage which they have displayed in this awful and eventful crisis." One feeling seemed to animate the breasts of the whole meeting— extreme in- dignation against the Duke of Wellington, towards whom the most undisguised epithets were used, and a determination that under any circumstances they would never submit to his govern, ment. The numerous banners which accompanied the proces- sion all bore the most apposite mottos, and the King's emblems, hung in crape on Tuesday, were uncovered and reproduced on the occasion. Upon the most accurate calculation we think that not less than fifty thousand persons were assembled on New Hall Hill and doublethat number at different periods of the procession. GREAT MEETING AT LIVERPOOL.— On the arrival of the news of Earl Grey's resignation in this town, the standing com- mittee of reform, composed of gentlemen of the greatest re- spectability, announced a meeting of the inhabitants for Monday. Long before twelve o'clock, the time appointed for holding the meeting, Clayton- square was filled by a serious and anxious multitude of the more respectable part of the inhabitants of this great and prosperous town. The shops in the immediate neigh- bourhood were closed, and from every quarter a large accession of spectators kept pouring in. Some were exhibited, but the people evidently a; a nut require any adscititious means of sti- mulating their zeal. There was about them a fixed determina- tion, but at the same time an appearance of perfect confidence in their own resources. At twelve o'clock Lord Viscount Moly- neux appeared on the balcony of the Bull Inn, surrounded by the principal merchants and public men of Liverpool. Lord Moly- neux was received with loud cheers; and the meeting at this moment filled the whole of Clayton- square. There could not have been less present than 15,000 persons, some say 20,000. But one feeling pervaded them, and all the resolutions were carried unanimously. The meeting was addressed by Lord Molyneux, ( the Chairman), Mr. T. B. Barclay, Captain Col- quitt, Mr. John Ewart, Mr. W. N. Currie, Mr. Roscoe, Col. Williams, and other gentlemen. Resolutions, and an address, similar to those passed at Manchester and Birmingham, were adopted by acclamation. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. We are enabled to state from a positive source that the Ambas- sadors of Louis Philippe, at the different Foreign Courts, have received instructions to announce that the policy of the French Cabinet will be preserved as much as possible in the state in which it was under M. Casimir Perier. The Duke of Wellington and his party are not idle. They have had rather a numerous meeting since the arrangement be- tween the King and Lord Grey, and boast that they may jockey the Minister even yet on the question of reform. At any rate, say they, " we will turn him out as soon as the reform bill shall be passed." Lord Grey, however, may be too keen for them.— As soon as the reform bill shall have become law, he will proba- bly prorogue theParliament, and thus cheat them of the opportu- nity of annoying him for some time in the House of Lords. The Duke is in high spirits, and was walking yesterday in Parlia- ment- street as quietly and confidently as if he were the most po- pular man in existence. The Belgian question is to be one of the first subjects of dis- cussion in the Cabinet next week. The demand made by King Leopold for French troops renders some immediate step neces- sary. Instructions have already been sent to our Ambassador at the Hague to inform the Dutch Minister for Foreign Affairs, that if any attempt should be made to break the armistice, immediate measures will be adopted by the Conference to compel obedience to the conditions of the treaty. It was not known on Friday by the Ministers, until after the visit of Earl Grey and Lord Brougham to the King, that his Majesty was willing to comply with the conditions which tliey had felt themselves bound to propose. It appears, however, that some person connected with the Court was better acquainted with the intentions of the King than his Ministers, and that a com- munication was made to the city early in the day, on which two or three capitalists were enabled to operate largely on the funds. The impropriety of such a proceeding has been the topic of con- versation. The Stock Exchange is, indeed, an improper channel for the promulgation of state secrets before they are known to the Constitutional advisers of the King. Two ships of the line, which were destined for Lisbon, but de- tained in consequence of the expected change of Ministry, have now received orders to sail ( if indeed they have not set sail ere this). The English ships now in Lisbon will come out to join them, and the whole squadron will remain this side the bar, in order, whilst they maintain a strict neutrality, to be ready to assist Don Pedro in the event of Spain's violating that neutrality which she also stands pledged to maintain. His Majesty had a ball on Friday night, which was very fully attended. The Duke of Wellington, and most of his party were present. His Grace seemed to be the object of the particular attentions of the King. Earl Grey was absent from indisposi- tion. Lord Brougham was also absent, but Lords Althorp and Goderich, Sir James Graham, and other leading persons of the Ministerial party were present. The company was exceedingly numerous, but the preponderance of the Anti- reform party was strongly perceptible. M?„ NTGOMER Y'S NEW POEM. t he Public are respectfullly Informed, that " THE MES- SIAH," a Poem, in Six Books, by the Author of " The Omnipre- sence of the Deity," ( dedicated, by permission, to Her Majesty,) will appear at the end of the present montii ; and may be ordered of all Booksellers in town and country. London : John Turrill, 250, Regent- street, ARTIFICIAL TEETH PLACED BY Mr. E. BYRNE, 20, Bernard- street, on the most scientific princi- ples, have given universal satisfaction since his commencement in business. Mr. E. B. unceasingly labours to maintain the increasing confi- dence of the public. Every operation performed by him, and every artificial piece put out of his hands, will bear comparison with the works of the first men in the profession, whilst his prices have been fixed on a scale so moderate that he cannot be under- sold by the most humble. Mr. Byrne has a Vacancy for an Out- door Apprentice. CORN EXCHANGE, MAY 18. The arrivals of grain from tbe home department and from Ireland have been immense, which, combined wiih the favourable state of tbe weather, has produced an extremely dull market; in fact, there is nothing doing. Average Price of Corn, for the week ending May 10. Imperial Weekly Average Six Weeks' Average, which regu- ) lates duty Duly on Foreign Corn [ From the Gazette of Tuesday, May 15.] BANKRUPTS. T. Miller, Croydon, Surrey, grocer— W. H. Halsey, Bermond- sey- street, Southw ark, grocer— J. H. Mann, Charles- st.. St James's scrivener— D. Burgess, Old Cavendish- street, Cavendish- square, Jeweller— A. T. Salmon, Oxford- street, wax- chandler-— S. Shirley, Basinghall- street, Blackwell- hall- factor— S. Copland, Cornhill, baker— S. Warren, Burton- upon- Treot, chemist— C. Parker, Kelm- sham, Bredon, Worcestershire, horse- dealer— J. Vickery, Bristol, corn- dealer— F. Burgin, Stafford, tanner— J. Atkinson, Cocker- mouth. Cumberland, slate- manufacturer— B. Colborne, Walcot, Somersetshire, carver— J. Pearson, Wigginton, Yorkshire, tanner — T. Fuller and Co. Lewes, curriers— T. J. Phillips. Newport, Mon- mouthshire, scrivener— S. Wyer, Kidderminster, Worcestershire, plumber— E. Hulme, Piccadilly, hatter. [ From the Gazette of Friday, May 18.] James Taylor, High Holborn, stationer— Joseph Griffin, Holborn, laceman— James Rose, Didsbury, Lancashire, victualler— Thomas Williams, Inchbrook Mills, Avening, Gloucestershire, clothier— John Meers, Birmingham, gun- maker— Richard Kay and John Nuttall, Heap, Lancashire, paper- manufacturers— John Morrell, Boroughbridge, Yorkshire, victualler— Elizabeth Summers, Bangor, woollen- draper— Robert Ashburner, Liverpool, haberdasher— S. John Cowlen, Bradwell, Essex, beer- seller— William Dunbor, late of Crutched Friars, London, hemp- merchant— Eugene Devin, Liverpool, music- seller— John Calvert, Liverpool, slate- merchant— William Moid, Walsall, Staffordshire, saddlers'- ironinonger— T. Brookes, Hereford, hotel- keeper. FINE PICTURES.— We have paid a visit to Foster's Auction- room, in Pall Mall, to see a collection of pictures, which are for sale on Wednesday next. Some of them are of a very high class, and in fine condition. The " Marriage of St. Catherine," by Titian—" A Monk," described in the catalogue as by Velasquez, but which we consider to be an extraordinary specimen by Spagnoletto—" Head of David," by Giorgione, from the Orleans Gallery—" Portrait of an Italian Nobleman," by Peruzzi, who was the friend and fellow- labourer of Raffaelle— and a picture of four figures, by Jan Steen, in his most skilful manner. These are worthy of a place in any collection. There are also many fine productions of the English school. Those who have leisure will be gratified by spending half an hour in seeing this collection. REPORT OF CHOLERA CASES IN THE COUNTRY.— New cases, 29. Died, 20. Recovered, 21. Remaining, 136. Totalcases, 10,024. Deaths, 3,754. 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MORISON, the President, and Mr. MOAT, The Vi c President, in conjunction with all tbe Honorary Members, and Couutry Agents of the British College of Health, being now fully borne out with the conviction, approbation, and indubitable proofs, of upwards of 200,000 individuals ( who had betn thrown aside by the Faculty, and out of the Hospitals, as in- curable) having been restored to sound health by the " Universal Medicines ;"'— with all this incontrovertible ma- s of exidence iu sup- port of the Hygeian Theory and Practice, which challenges the con- troversy of ihe whole body of Medicists, under the old system to subvert, they, ihe heads of ihe College, hesitate not lo declare, in the face of the Faculty, that this new light must completely change the whole course of the Materia Medica, and introduce a new era in the science uf physic: that, iu fact, mankind will lie taught, in future, a new and certain mode of investigating the nature and cause of Diseases in general, aud of possessing a ceriain and harmless mode of cure, making every individual his own efficient doctor. In confirmation of w hat is here asserted, tbe heads of the College mean to insert, in this Paper, a continued series of new cases, from indi viduals giving their names, residences, and dates of time of cure, all of which have been voluntarily given, and ascertainable as to the facts by inquiry. Gentlemen,— Being in the Coast Guard Service, about twelve months ago I caught a severe cold, which settled on my lungs, pro- ducing shortness of breath, pains in the side, wasting of ( lie whole system, and exhibiting in appearance all the marks of a deep con- sumption : all means of relief tried having proved fruitless, I was induced to try tbe effect of the " Universal Medicines," on the re commendation of Mr. Robeits, of Copper- House, whose wife had been cured after the doctors bad given ber up for death, and am happy lo publicly attest that two small boxes of your inestimable pills most completely removed all iny complaints, and restored me to full healih four monilis ago, during which time I have gained upwards of 301b. in weight, and am now in the full vigour of life. Graieful to tbe Almighty, and you, ihe happy instruments of this universal good, I am, gentlemen, your devoted humble servant, Gwitbian Church- town, Cornwall, Oct. 25. JOHN WHITE. 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