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OCTOBER 8, 1831
THERE is a report current, to which we hesitate to give implicit belief, that the King, annoyed beyond endurance by the persecution of those about him, is disinclined to such a creation of Peers as will suffice to overcome the large majority who have declared against the Reform Bill; and that the Ministers have scrupled to urge their creation, until the issue of Lord EBRINOTON'S motion on Monday be known, and until it be seen with what feelings the country will receive the vote of the Lords. In the mean time, the Ministers have no inten- tion of resigning office. Indeed, it is feared that their resignation would be followed by a convulsion, whose consequences might en- danger the empire. While they remain in power, there is every assurance that the people will be quiet.
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