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edino' from arty. In the worst race; woiild onlg have had Mr. Man- ners Sutton placed, where they have now the shame of having placed h'lm. This modest person voted in the minority agamst himself, after, as the Times took care to having by letter requested Lord and that accommo-

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dating character I I cond him. For a convenient friend to hold the door to a job, there is now no one to match the member for Westminster. Af- ter these solicitations see the .self-d'enying ingenious Speaker voting against his own electiOn; and admire the morals of the House, and the steady cnuntenances with which the members behold these monstrous {meg it * It has been seen that Mr. Cohbett took a part in the debate. His first sentence very aptly embodied the experience of a Member’s first hour inthe House, and the effect would have beengood if he had confined himself to these incontrovertible words:—-‘ It appears to me that since I have been sitting here I have heard agreat deal of vain and unpro- fitable conversation.”~ London Examiner.

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“The new House of Commons has made an inauspicious commencement. An Anti- Relormer of the old Tory stamp, the chos- en champion of that party which struggled to the last in opposition to the wishes of the Nation—a man whose education, fa- mily, and prejudices, are all aristocratical in the most unpopular meaning of the word—has been chosen by the Reforming majority of the House of Commons to preside over their deliberations in the Speaker’s chair Mr. Manners Sutton is the person whom they hold forth to the People of England as the suitable organ and representative of the first freely—elect- ed Parliament which has ever met to watch over the liberties and promote the well- being of the country. Mr. Sutton was brought forward avowedly under Ministe- rial patronage. Prewously to the meeting of Parliament, the while affair was ar- ranged. 'I‘he consent of the Representa- ives of the People was never asked or bought of. The Ministry considered them- series competent to nominate their Spea- ker, and the result has justified their confi- dence in their power. This was preciselythe course which Castlereagh and \Vellington would naturally have adopted; and which their corrupt tools in the Unreformed Par- would have had no right to quar- , This was the way in which Mr. Manners Sutton was originally elected by his political patrons; and we doubt not, that he is amused and gratified in no small degree; to find, that there is so little diffe- rence between the practice of the Reform-

ing Ministry and that of the old dictators of the Tory party. They both arrange out of doors what the majority of the House of Commons shall enact within. The Lords Grey and Althorp have religiously followed the example set them by Liver- pool and Londonderry in their mode of conducting and securing the election of their Speaker. But surely, it will be said, there must have been some weighty, some unanswerable reason for such an unheard- of departure from the rules of common sense and sound policy. The only excuse which is attempted to be offered is, that Mr. Sutton has had more experience in the Chairthan any other candidate. This ex- perience ot' the modes in which busi- ness was carried on in the Unreformed Parliament, was censidered sufficient to outweigh all the considerations which de- manded the election of a Reformer. The Ministry must pray devoutly for the con- tinued life and health of Mr. Sutton; or, according to their own account, they will be in apitiable plight. No one else has experience inthe Chair of the House but Mr. Sutton, and what is to become of the Ministry and their Parliament when he dies? Heaven only knows. For ourselves, however, we are consoled with the reflec- tion, that even Mr, Manners Sutton was once inexperienced, and yet he contrived to get through the amazing labour, and perform the most intricate duties of his office without discredit. \Vhat man has done, man may do again; and we do not despair of finding a worthy successor even to the pesent Speaker. These things have been said. But we understand that the first real cause of Mr. Sutton’s election, after all, was a split in the Cabinet; the members of which had promised their support to different candidates—some being for Mr. Ahercroinbie and others for Mr. Littleton. The most convenient way to reconcile the two parties was for both to concur in electing a third man. So the House of Commons was made a tool for the purpose; the Cabinet divisions were glossed over; and Mr. Sutton was trium- phantly chosen, on what many worthy mem- bers doubtless beleived to be public grounds. Still, however, notwithstanding the clever- ness with which the affair was managed, it is not improbable that the result would have been different, had the Independent party brought forward a candidate in every res- pect unexceptionable, Mr. Littleton seems not to be so regarded. As for the Ministers, their conduct on this occasion affords a proof that it will be necessary to watch them closely---to take nothing from their hands upon trust.”--Londoii Spectator.

Ministers are anxious to drive off some of the great questions which are expected to be brought forward in the New Parliament, and they have written letters to some of their friends who have great influence with the country, requesting them not to agitate. The

points on which they are prepared to make concEssions are the Assessed Taxes and the Tax- es on Knowledge. but on neither of these to the extent generall expected. Lord Althorpsays that the state 0 the revenue will not permit him to repeal more than a portion of the Ag. sessed Taxes, and that at present he does not consider it practicable to reduce the stamp du. ty on newspapers below 2d.

FRANCE.

The Duchess of Berry. PArus, Tuesda , 4 o‘clock, p. m.——lt was reported here on no- day, and very generally believed, that intelli- gence had been received by Government of the death of the Duchess de Berri. Although the state of her health is known to have been much Worse than the Government papers have chosen to acknowledge, it would seem that she is now out ofdanger. Messrs. Orfila and Auvity returned last evening to Paris, having left her convalescent. Negotiations haVe been going on for some time between the Austrian Ambassador and the French Government about the release of the Duchess de Berri. The Am. hassadors of Spain, Piedmont, and Naples have taken partin them. The French Ministers have expressed themselves willing to give up the Duchess, and get rid of her altogether, if either of the Foreign Courts who have taken an interest in her behalf would undertake her custody, so far as to prevent her coming again in person to excite civil war in France. None of the foreign Courts are willing to answer, so far as they are required, for the future good behaviour of the Duchess, and the French Government has not yetconsented to let her go without a sufficient guarantee tothat effect.

PORTUGAL:

Letters and papers from Lisbon and Oporto. to the 90th and 22d instant have been receiv- ed. No change of importance appears to have taken place in the condition of the affairs or fortunes of the bclligerents at Oporto. The Migiielites were still bombarding, and in their usual way. teasing the unfortunate townspeo- ple by cowardly missiles; whilst. the Pedroitos appear to be acting still defensiveiy, but as in— conclusively as ever. Great and immediate ihings were, however expected from the arri- val and activity of the French General Solig- nac, whose military experience inspires gene. ral confidence. An aggressive attempt a- gainst the besiegers was upon the point of being made, and supplies of men, provisions, and ammunition, were coming in to aid the young Queen‘s Cause. A French brig of war had arrived in the Douro, to claim satisfaction of the Miguelites for sinking the Alcyon sloop, and thus imparted a new subject ofdisquiet iii- to the Migiielite Councils. The vessel was re- fused permissmn to pass the batteries, and had threatened to force its way. Jldmiral Sartor'i- us had also arrived with three frigatcs, after being expelled from Vigo and Bayonne bay. These accounts Speak to the resignation, or removal of the Marquis I’almelia from the Lon- don inission. and would represent his secession as popular in ()porto. One of the Lisbon let- iers states that the cholera had broken out at Oporto, {but the letters from that place are si— lent upon the subject. Upon the whole the accounts are satisfactory for the Constitution- al cause.

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