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11:ey will only go to &urges when compelled by violence, and escorted by gendarmes. Last night the Spanish Junta, who are in this tovn,sent to General Mina the protest they have drawn up, for liixt to add his signature." BRUSSELS PAPERS. BRUSSELS, Nov. 16. NATIONAL CONGRESS. A letter from M. Van de Weyer was read, announcing that he per fatly agreed in the declaration of the members of the Provisional Go vernment resigning their authority, which he could not sign because he was gone on a mission to London, an account of which he then desired permission to give, which he did nearly in the following terms : •• lixxxxxtasx,—lf I could have expected that I should have to-day the honour of laying before you the result of my mission, I should have made a circumstantial report. I hope you will hear me with indul gence. Arriving on the 4th of this month in England, I became ac quainted with the speech from the throne, which :made me abstain from all proceedings for 48 hours, till the manifestation of public opinion :a England. " 1 gave to several members of parliament an exact account of all tint had passed in Belgium from the commencement of the revolution, and soon perceived thut all the facts of it that were known in Eng land bad been misrepresented. Public opinion manifested itself after ' my arrival. Mr. Hobliouse, a member of the opposition, who had spoken with warmth against some passages in the King's Speech, re l.:veil me from the ordinary fomialities, and I was able to speak to Lord Aberdeen. After having laid before that Minister an accurate :eport of the situation of Belgium, I positively asked him If there would be any intervention' in our affairs? He replied, that no reso lution had been taken on the subject ; that the treaties would be re spected ; that the stability of Europe would be maintained ; and he declared on his honour that there would be no intervention unless that stability was in danger. " I observed to Lord Aberdeen, that to declare that the stability of Europe would be maintained, was declaring that there would be an in tervention ; and I intimated to him, according to my instructions, that any intervention whatever, whether armed or diplomatic, would be re jected by Belgium; that it was resolved to defend its independence against every hostile attempt of any Power whatever. lie then spoke to me of the mission of M. Gendebien to Paris. I thought it necessary to speak to him with that frankness which is the principal feature of our national character. I told him plainly that my secret instructions were the same as those of M. Gendebien. lie replied that we contradicted ,ach other ; that M. Gendebien was gone to offer the crown of Belgium to the Doke of Nemours. I observed to him that this could not be the real object of the mission of M. Gendebien, because it was not yet de. &led what form of government would be adopted in Belgium • that the Provisional Govenament, anticipating all hypotheses, had th ought it reecssary to ascertain the opinions of France on this subject, and I formally denied the intention which he ascribed to us. This conference la.ted above three hours. “Nly secret mission was accomplished, and 1 thought of returning, when ore of my countrymen, who was in London, called upon me, and told me that the Prince of Orange, who had arrived 24 hours before, desired to see me. I answered that, as Charge d'Affaires of the Pro. visional:Government, I could not accede to his request ; but, as a mere citizen of Belgium, I was received the next day. I had a long con versation with him on the internal situation of Belgium from the day 111 I•hich he made his entry into Brussels. He justified all that he had done. I told him all that was thought of his conduct. On his asking me if he had any chance of obtaining the crown of Belgium, I answered that, in my opinion, he had none remaining. He asked me if our con ference would be made public. I answered, that my character of charge d'affaires obliged me to be silent in England, but that I was inclined to acquaint my fellow-citizens with it. That if my proceeding had need of justification, it would be sufficient, in my opinion, to allege that dil. licacy commanded me to take it—first, because he had been Prince in Belgium, and that I ought not to refuse his request in his painful si. tuation. This was the only conference I had with the Prince. I made no further application to the English Ministry ; it would have been contrary to the dignity of the Provisional Government, and of the nation, to solicit favours; but the day after my conference midi the Prince of Orange, the same person who had aeked me to Walt on him, came to inform me that the Duke of Wellington de. sired to consult me on the affairs of our country. I wrote to the minister that I would accede to his invitation. I received an answer in the most flattering terms. I roceived from him more precise and more categorical information respecting the question of intervention, than I had obtained from Lord Aber deen. It is to be observed that since my interview with Lord Aberdeen, five days had elapsed, du ring which the English people had manifested their opinion, and Mr. liobhouse had promised to bring forward, the following week, a motion to obtain the intention of the Government respecting Belgium. ” The Duke of Wellington declared upon his honour that it had never been the intention of England to intervene in any manner in the affairs of a pacific nation ; that it would not in any manner influence Belgium in the choice of any government whatever; that it hoped, not. withstanding, that which would be adopted would be calculated to maintain peace and tranquillity. He concluded by sa& gre t s l o ut , t he highly approved the choice of several members of the who induced him to hope moderation and wisdom. " I then waited en Mr. Hobhouse to induce him not to withdraw his motion. Notwithstanding the asaurance which the Minister had given me, I desired to obtain a public declaration from him. The several explanations which I had with members of Parliament, the sympathy with which they listened to my detailed statement of our grievances, have proved to me that we have ardent defenders in Eng land, and that our revolution is no longer calumniated there. This report was received with loud applause. M. Constantine Rodenhack proposed a vote of thanks to M. Van de Weyer, which was passed by acclamation. M. Werbroek Peeters.—Nothing has been said of the port of Ant werp, or the navigation of the Scheldt. M. Van de Weyer.—Agents from different cabinets had already gone to Brussels, to consider of measures relative to the port of Antwerp. I am certain they would also consider the navigation of the Scheldt; the tree navigation of the Scheldt cannot now be called Into question. I ex pressed this opinion as an individual to the ministers of England. who appeared to me not to consider the matter in another point of view. I forgot to mention, in the report I have just made to you, that a hint was given to me to know whether I would attend the diplo matic confennces, and that I resolved not to attend them, because :t would have been conceding to foreign powers a right to sanction proceedings against which I should have the right of protesting in the sequel. (Applause.) M. Jottrand asked M. Van de Weyer to state the grounds on which the Prince of Orange rested his justification 1 M. do Stassart—As we have nothing to do here with the justification 1 the Prince of Orange, I propose the order of the day. M. Van de Weyer—To justify, means to attempt to justify his eon ,iitet ; the situation of the Prince with respect to me made it a matter of !cheacy, on my part, not to go at length into his justification. 1. Jottrand—This explanation is satisfactory. I only wanted to k: - ..av, whether the allegations of the Prince were conclusive in the opi : a,:, of M. Van de Weyer. tl. Nothomb, as deputy of the province of Luxemburg, desired to show of M. Van de Weyer ' whether Lord Aberdeen an d L or d W e l- I thigton knew that the Grant Duchy had been taken possession of in the Nine of the Provisional Government ; and what opinion those ministers expressed on the subject ? M. Van tie Weyer—They, doubtless, knew of it, but I could not i at any questions to them on the subject ' • but Lord Aberdeen having ';token incidentally of the province of Luxemburg, I observed that it ! sd been taken possession of under the responsibility of the treaties. ..t.,i•R bich he replied by shaking his head. NI. de Robaux—M. Van de Weyer, in his report, says nothing of the armistice by which Antwerp and Alaestricht were to be evacuated. Antwerp is still under the gnns of the enemy, who keep that position to awe the National Congress. Al. Van de Weyer....l could not mention this subject, which was toreign to my mission. Knowing that the Powers had sent agents to brussels I supposed that the Provincial Government would confer with vio l : besides, as I had resolved not to be present at the conferences, I could not speak of the armistice. I suppose the hon. member knows !nom about it than I do, as he has been in a situation to know what hmk passed. M. Destouvilles desired that the report should be drawn up and !lintel M. de Weyer said he would submit a report to the Congress. (Ap- I'ause.) 'Die President announced that the order of the day was the motion A' NI. Werbrook Peeters, respecting the inviolability of the deputies; but that gentleman declared, that on considering the opinions of the sections, he thought his proposal would be rejected, and therefore with drew it. A motion of NI. de lilies was reed, to the effect that the Congress declares the independence of the Belgian nation, and will not separate till it shall have consolidated it by liberal institutions. M. the Cell( s—The independence of Belgium is a fact, but I think .t not useless to declare it. 1 conceive this independence, with regard to the dependence in which we seem to be on the great Powers of Eu 'ilk% When lielgiuni was secured to Holland in 1814, it was said that Rolland received an increase of territory ; we have derived nothing. 'file Autocrat of Russia, while invoking liberty did not invite us to tail ourselves o f i t; nor was it for the i nterest o f H o ll an d an d t h e 1 D tch, but front apprehensions of danger, from France, that this anion took place. My principal object in making m_Y proposal is to 'aye it de c l are d t h at we will not be a province of France, or of any e ther country. Before the F renc h revolution, we had enjoyed, from t.rnt immemorial, the independence of our rights, though subject to it erem dynasties. We were afterwards dazzled by the glory of the /tench armies. We have not since found a second Buoimparte. It kould be strange if it should he attenipted again to subject us to a nester, If Europe s h ou ld aga i n l eague for this purpose, it wou l d b e !Made to see that if th e l ast argument of kings is the cannon, the last gument of the people is the barricades......( Bravo.) `'3, proposal of M. Constantine Rod e nb ac h, i n t h e follow i ng terms , h. el read :—" I desire that the Congress shall declare King William I. • 3:1 his descendants, excluded from all power in Belgium." Another was read of M. Pirson, or which the following is the sub stance :—" The National Congress, considering the oath of King Wil liam to the fundamental law, that his reign ever since his accession is • deception of that law—(the mover enumerates all the infractions of the fundamental law)—considering that by the message of the I Ith of De cember, he attempted to establish despotism; considering the horrors committed by his troops during the revolution; declares the exclusion (dichitance) of all the members of the house of Nassau." The mover wished to have this resolution placed at the head of the fundamental law : he added, that if the accusation was not just, a de fence would be permitted. The proposal was seconded and sent to the sections. A debate then arose on the question whether the motion as to the ex clusion of the house of Nassau, or that relative to the form of govern ment, should have the priority. Al. de Stassart was very desirous that the proposal to exclude the' house of Nassau should be first discussed, but several members thought, that the agitation of this question, while the citadels of Blaestricht and Antwerp were in the hands of the Dutch, might be productive of great disasters to the inhabitants of those cities. It was resolved by 98 to 77 that the question of the exclusion of the house of Nassau should be dis cussed after that of the form of government. BRUSSELS, Nov. 19. NATIONAL CONGRESS. M. Ch. de Brouckere makes a report on the proposal of M. de Celles, which consists of two parts; lst, to declare the independence of Bel. glum ; 2d, to declare that the Congress will not separate before it has secured the liberty of Belgium. Some of the members of the first section desire that the question of the union with France shall be first discussed. A great majority of all the sections and the central section think the second part of M, Celles' proposal useless. The central section proposes to adopt the first part, which does not prejudge the question relative to Luxemburg. M. Ellison has never desired the union with France, but is resolved not to vote till the exclusion of the house of Nassau is resolved upon, as he will rather sacrifice the Independence of the country to belong to another sovereign, than submit to the house of Nassau. M. Destriveaux proposes to ask the Government to communicate all the documents which it may possess relatively to the Grand Duchy of Luxemburg, and to suspend till then the debate on the proposal of M. de Celles. _ _ M. Roboulx proposed to add to the first paragraph of the proposal of M. de Cella, "saving its relations with the German Diet." After a debate of some hours, M. Destriveaux withdrew his motion. The President proposed to put the first paragraph of M. de Cellee proposal to the vote, the second part having been withdrawn ; but Messrs. Van de Weyer and Jottrand observed that nothing had been said on the principal question. In consequence, the question of the declaration of the independence of Belgium is to be discussed to-morrow. SITTING OT NOV. 18- M. C. Rodenbach proposed that the members of the Congress should attend a funeral service to be performed on Saturday, in the church of St. Gudule, for the repose of the soul of Count Frederick de Merode, who lost his life in defence of the people and of liberty. It was resolved that the members should attend in a body at this so lemn ceremony. The discussion on the proposal of M. do Celle', proclaiming the in. dependence of the Belgic nation, then commenced. M. Le Hon said that the Belgic people was, in fact, independent ; but this declaration would serve to show to Europe the position which we mean to assume with respect to foreign Powers. He concluded with an apostrophe to England, calling upon it to sympathize with us.— (Applause.) The President—lf the persons in the galleries allow themselves to give marks of approbation or disapprobation, I shall be obliged to read the regulations, and to act accordingly. Some members thought the declaration of our independence super. fluous, while others considered it necessary, as tending to prove that we do not desire to be united to France. M. Lardenois is convinced that all our interests call for our union with France. We have no time to lose, otherwise we shall see 100,000 workmen demanding bread, with the arms in their hands, which they hadjfint employed against our tyrants. M. ds Brouckere thinks the union with France impossible, it would excite a general war, of which we should unquestionably be the victims. The war could not take place if it concerned only the Kings, but this war would affect the real interests of nations, and would rekindle the ancient enmity between France and England. No intervention is to be feared so long as Belgium remains independent, because it would be impossible to foresee the duration of the occupation which in that case would take place. Ws need not throw ourselves into the arms of France; we have resources enough, and it is probable that if we are independent, the barriers of the customs be tween us and France will disappear, because we have different pro. ductions,and reciprocal wants to satisfy. Let us remain Belgians. (Bravo.) After some further discussion, the President put the proposal to the vote, which, with the amendment of Roboulx, is in these terms:— " The National Congress proclaims the independence of the Belgian people, saving the relation' of Luxemburg with the Germanic Diet." It was unanimously adopted by the 188 members present. Monsieur Boucquieau de Villerace proposed that • manifesto should be drawn up, explaining in plain and temperate language the grievances of the nation, and the causes of the revolution. The pro posal was approved, but it was resolved to defer the drawing up this manifesto till other more important matters had been decided. The President announced that the Sections would meet to-morrow at nine, and the Congress meet at twelve, to hear the reports of tho Central Section on the form of government and the exclusion of the House of Nassau. These two subjects are to be discussed successively. SPIRIT OF THE JOURNALS. THE NEW MINISTRY. Tat Traits.—The following list is correct, as far as it goes:— Earl Grey, First Lord of the Treasury. Mr. Brougham, Lord Chancellor. Lord Althorp, Chancellor of the Exchequer. Lord Melbourne, Home Secretary. Lord Palmerston, Foreign Secretary. Lord Goderich, Colonial Secretary. Sir/James Graham, First Lord of the Admitalty. Marquis of Larisdown, President of the Council. Lord Durham, Lord Privy Seal. Marquis of Anglesey, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. Mr. Stanley, Chief Secretary for Ireland. Mr. Denman, Attorney-General. Mr. Horne, Solicitor-General. Lord Hill, Commander-In-Chief. Lord Auckland, President of the Board of Trade. Mr. C. Grant, President of the Board of Control. Lord Holland, Duchy of Lancaster. The Duke of Devonshire, Lord Chamberlain. Lord Plunkett, Lord Chancellor of Ireland Mr. Pennefather, Attorney. General of Ireland. Mr. Edward Ellice and Mr. Spring Rice arc to be joint Secretaries of the Treasury. The Duke of Richmond is certainly to be in the Cabinet, but has as yet declined to accept of any place. His reluctance to office arises from an extreme and delicate feeling of disinterestedness. It is supposed, however, that his colleugucs will insist on his accepting some office, deeming it wrong, on general grounds, to have more non. official members in the Cabinet. Lord Carlisle is in this predicament. His Lordship is a member of the Cabinet, without accepting an office. It is expected, therefore, that his Grace will take some place, such as that of the Paymaster-General, which is still unoccupied.— Mr. Poulett Thomson, though he has two places, that of the Treasurer of the Navy and Vice-President of the Board of Trade, is only to draw the salary of one of them. The same arrangement as to salary is ob. served in respect to Lord Auckland, who is President of the Board of Trade and Master of the Mint; and Mr. Ponsonby, who is a Lord of the Treasury and Irish Vice-Treasurer. Lord John Russell, we under. stand, Is to be Paymaster of the Army. The Secretary at War, it is understood, will be Mr. Hobert Grant; and Sir James Macintosh, Judge Advocate. The Ministers kiss hands to-day at half-past 2 o'clock, and the Lord Chancellor takes his seat in the Lords at 5. Centonrcr.x..—Several of the Ministers went to their offices yesterday for the last time. The new Ministers receive the Seals of Office this forenoon. They will appear in their places in the two Houses this day The long tenure of popularity of Mr. Brougham in the House of Com mons, may have produced in him a reluctance to leave It for a station which is coveted by every lawyer. Perhaps he is the only man who ever hesitated one second u to the acceptance of the Chancellorship. The highest judicial elevation, no doubt, brings with it cares and die. comforts ; but how few there are, who, contemplating a Peer age, and the Immense patronage connected with the Chan cellorship, would for one moment fix their regards on the reverse of the picture ? The Duke of Richmond is not to be Master-General of the Ordnance. He is, however, to take office, and it is thought that he will most likely be Muter of the Horse. Sir James Mackintosh is to be Judge Advocate, and not Mr. Robert Grant. The latter gentle man, we believe, will be Under Secretary for the Colonies.— Other ap pointments are not yet de fi nitively settled.—The list which we gave on Saturday requires some other amendments. Lord Auckland is the President of the Board of Trade, Mr. Charles Grant is President of the Board of Controul, and Sir H. Parnell Is Vice Treasurer for Ire- land.—We omitted to mention that Lord Duncannon is Secretary at War, and Mr. Poukt Thomson Vice President of the Board of Trade. The new men enter on office under circumstan ces, which, in one sense may be considered favourable, and in another unfavourable. T heir predecessors (with a single exception, perhaps,) are little respected, sad they have nothing to fear in the way of comparison. But then the Journal state of the country is one of pa culler embarrassment. The expectations of the people are high ; and much, consequently , will be expected from a popular Administration. Repeals of taxes and retrenchment will be expected; and, above all, Parliamentary Reform. The Aristocracy suffer greatly in popular es timation, on account of their possessing what is deemed an improper controul over the Representation. As Landwholden, no man in this country objects to them ; it is In their capacity of owners of Bo roughs. But the question is—will they renounce that power over the representation which is the cause of so .nuch discontent throughout the country 1 Alinisters have, however, agreed to make the attempt. Pru. dence demands, on the part of those who possess great borough irfluence. great moderation at this conjuncture; because, if they should succeed in throwing difficulties in the way of Ministers, they would only accelerate their own ruin. The Treasury boroughs will, of course, be against ]I misters in all their plans of economy and reform. It may be a ques- tion whether a dissolution should not precede the discussion of the ques tion of reform, that it may be supported by the influence which natu rally belongs to the Government. THE Ttsexs.—We do not attach high importance to the fact, that the lists of new Ministers in circulation embrace not merely the larger portion of the yet ascertained parliamentary talent now existing in the country, with the two exceptions of Lord Lyndhurst and Mr. Peel, but the whole of it. Wants which have more than once betrayed them. selves among men of considerable ability as public speakers, may we hope not be chargeable upon the infant Government ; we mean those of sagacity in council, promptitude in action, and steadiness and diligence In the conduct of daily though subordinate matters of administration. It is, perhaps, upon the last of these points, even if apparently the least momentous, that the most serious apprehensions might now with some reason be entertained. The Tories have,for almost half a century, filled all the office* under Government ; so that amongst many monopolies front which the public interest has suffered, by no means the least injurious has been the monopoly of official experience, tact, and readiness, by a single party in the State, to the exclusion of a fair share of it by any and every other nor is the operation of such a circum. stance upon the course of public business under a Whig Administration confined to the mere slowness or imperfection with which the machine of State, through the rawness of its conductors moves on. Besides in. experience in the Whig who supersedes the Tory subaltern, there may be, from many years of close connection a ith Tory patrons, something not far short of treachery in the Tory underling who, from generosity or indifference, is left in place, and trusted when he ought in prudence to be superseded. This we would recommend a newly-appointed ministry to consider. lor working heads of departments we feel a delicacy about prejudging any man. Lord Althorp is, we believe, a man of steady industry, as well as sound good sense. Lord Palmerston has had long petiole.: at the head of a difficult department, and, if we may judge by his public speeches, is a man of liberal politics with regard to to. reign nations. Lord Godcrich has had before now sufficient acquaint ar.ce with colonial affairs to save him the labour of elementary enquiry upon the subject, and, though totslly unfit to lead and govern, it would be unfair to withhold from him the praise of industry as well as good temper. Of Lord Melbourne, as Home Secretary, little mote need be said than that as Secretary for Ireland he was not looked up to for supe. rim energy or efficiency, and yet his present office requires indefatigs. Me industry and vigour. Mr. Charles Grant is accused of indolence, of want of ability never. Of the remaining members we may just observe that Lord Grey and Mr. Brougham, are both known to the country more as opposition leaders than as prac tical statesmen, but that they both come into power at this moment, pledged in the most solemn manner to their Sovereign and the country. as advocates of the most unflinching retrenchment, and of a principle of reform adopted without reference to its operation on political friend or foe. The new Lord Chancellor stands more peculiarly bound before the world, not only to Parliamentary reform, but to execute on a broad and mighty scale, a plan of reform in the jurisprudence of the empire. of which, when lie shall have overcome the difficulty, we shall be the first to ascribe to him the full and abundant honour. But the first and last subject of solicitude for the new Ministers must be, that they accede to office by capiledution with the people—they must redress our grim antes, orbe for ever mined. PosT.—The public are waiting with intense anxiety to see what scheme of Parliamentary Reform Earl Grey's Administration have to propose. This is the great point—in comparison with which the apti. tudc of particular individuals for the offices to which they are severally nominated—in comparison with which every question, however impor tant, of mere administrative policy, shrinks into ineignificamx. Every man of ordinary sense and reflection is aware that the next fortnight must determine the question whether the new Premier will consent to stand before the country In the light of a hypocrite and a jug gler, or, on the other hand, • change will be attempted, by the authority and with the support of the King's ministers, in the structure and spirit of the British Government, amount. ing, in effect, to revolution. The dilemma is awful for Earl Grey and his Colleagues. The crisis is appalling to the country. Let not the new ministry deceive itself. The removal of small anomalies, the correction merely of insignificant defects in the constitution of the House of Commons, will not appease the spirit which some of its leading members--throughout their political lives--have laboured to excite, or satisfy the expectations which the Reformers of England natural ly and fairly indulge on their accession to political power, in the peculiar circumstances which have attended that occurrence.— This is no time for throwing a tub to the whale. No dexterity, no evasion, no subtlety can avail Earl Grey and his col leagues. They mutt prepare themselves to stand or fall by the attempt, sincerely, boldly, and vigorously undertaken, to change the constitution of the House of Commons to such an extent as will impart to that as. sembly a character entirely new. Any thing short of this would be justly considered by the great body of the reformers out of doors as a contemptible prevarication, and they would not fail to exercise the pri. vilege they had thus acquired of denouncing the sham reformers of the administration in the words of the poet— " Accursed Sends, Who palter with us in a double sense, And keep the word of promise to the ear, But break it to the hope." STATE OP THE COUNTRY. FIRE AT HOLYPORT. Proms the Wiittlsor Repress. Last night the servant of Mr. Winkworth of Holyport, who had been upon the watch occasicnutlly during the evening, upon leaving the house to take another survey round the premises, observed some straw which was placed in a shed between the barns, to be on lire. The man instantly alarmed the inmates of the house, and then threw some water over the flames thiLking he should be able to extinguish them, but in this he was disappointed, and in an instant the whole shed was in a blaze; seeing every prospect of the whole of the premises being consumed, the labourers removed the horses from the stables, and drove them with the whole of the live stock in the yard, into an adjoin ing mead ow. Mr. Winkworth was from home at the time of the fire first being discovered, and was met near his house by one of his men going in search of him. Mr. Wink worth had been to Blaidenhead, and he observed the flames as he was riding home, but did not know they were his own premises burning until he met his man. Mr. Winkworth sent an express to Maidenhead for the engine, and proceeded home, by which time the whole premises appeared to be on fire. In a very short period the Maidenhead engine arrived, and soon after its arrival another engine also was brought to the premises, the List is the property of Lord Kirkwall, his Lordship heating of the calamity instantly despatched his engine, and was himself very soon afterwards on the spot, and used every exertion in his power with the multitude of people present to extinguish the flame, but all the exertions were of no avail, for the premises kept burning the whole vi the night, but towards the morning the fire was in some degree got under, when it was observed that three barns, filled with corn, • shed, and seven corn ticks, were entirely consumed. The farm is so arranged, that it is quite a miracle that the dwelling-house, stabling, and the remainder of the ricks were not also burnt. We believe there are as many as ten ricks saved. As the flames still continued to emanate from the ruins of the corn ricks, considerable fear was mani fested by many persons this morning lest the remaining ricks should take fire, and in consequence the Windsor engine, and another from Warfield • were sent for. The shed which was set on tire, is at tached to the barn which contains the thrashing machine. At the time of our going to press, we heard the flames had communicated to the adjoining ricks. BEAKS AND II A N TS. The state of the country becomes every day more alarming, ar.d un. less the magistrates adopt the most active measures for the preservation of the peace, and the protection of property, by exerting all the legal means within their power, the most disastrous results will ensue. Maui' hitherto secluded from popular commotion have been visited by incen diaries, and there is too much reason to believe, that there are agents of some vile conspiracy travelling through the country to effect the work of destruction, and to incite the labouring classes to meet and commit depre dations on all descriptions of property. I am happy to announce an in stance of successful resistance to a band of lawless ruffians by a magistrate (a clergyman,) aided by his son and his parishioners, winch terminated in the capture of the ringleader and ten of his associates, and the com plete dispersion of the rest. A few such examples of promptness and decision would put down the spirit of mischief and devastation that is abroad, sooner, and more effectually, than any other means. It had been reported that during the last week • stranger, armed with pistols, and having in his possession some combustible apparatus for setting fire to ricks and buildings, had been in the vicinity of Newbury, and that another stranger on horseback had paid for the refreshments which had been supplied to some disorderly characters who had met at a public house near there. It is impossible to ascertain the accuracy of these re ports in consequence of the excitement that prevails amongst those who have anything to lose; but on Friday last a gang of about 150 ruffians as sembled in the neighbourhood of Newbury, and _proceeded from house to house, extorting money, or whatever they could obtain, breaking ma chinery, and threatening to burn and destroy the property of every one who opposed them. At Aldermaston they broke the windows of the clergyman's house; at Woolhampton they entered the cottages, and, carried away all they could find, and from thence proceeded to the farm of William Mount, Esq. of Wasinrplace. where they destroyed the thutshing-machines, converting the hos knobs from the spina into most formidable weapons, by fixing them ma the ends of their sticks. The Rev. C. Cove, of Orimpton, having heard of their approach, swore in as ;11h constables u many of his parishlot and the people in their em. en ploy he could muster, and, accompanied by them, went out to meet the riotors. They met near the entrance of Brimpton. and Mr. Cove attemptt-d toipersuade them to disperse ; but finding remmistrancesuseless 'he read the Riot Act. The rioters rushed on hint, but did not strike him; both parties were armed with sticks, and a general fight took place, which ended in the apprehension of the ringleader and ten of his com panions, who. it is said, made a env-t desperate resistance. The rest, finding their leader was taken, ran off in all directiAns, many passing through a small brook in order to effect their escape. With con.ider. able difficulty the prisoners were secured by cart chains, and the few handcuffs which the parish constables possessed, and conveyed to Mr. Cove's house until post.chaises were procured to convey them to New. bury. On their arrival at Newbut y, a considembie mob Levitt,: as sembled, and some apprehensions being enterained of a rescue, the pri. toners were sent off in three post-chaises and four, and safely lodged in Reading gaol. The prisoners are all men of indifferert epees teens, well known in the neighbourhood, and chiefly unmarried mei, and. therefore, not suffering those privations which press so sev-ie:y who have families to support. The ringleader is an 0:11 cir.;.Jet, a desperate fellow, a kind of half-gipsey. Mr. Mount's bailiff is said to have been severely beaten about the head, and sevetal ol.ers are but' fering from the hard knocks they me, ivied during the contest, but fortu nately no ore is dangerously hurt. It is impossible to speak too highly of the spirited conduct of Mr. Cove and his son, and the fart.ers 6:1,1 men who so ably supported him. Titry deserve the thanks of the neighbourhood, and of the county ger. rally, for dispersing a dangerous mob by means of the civil power, which is at the disposal of may magistrate. The labourers who have a-aisted their employers so faith fully in this attack should not be forgotten. Many of them continued watching the village of Brimpton, and the houses in the neigh. bourhood, all Friday night, and, indeed, almost every where, the farmers are employing their men to guard their stack-yards and build. loge at night, though even this precaution, it appears, is sometimes un availing. At Holypar: near :Maidenhead, elate barns, a shed, ten ricks of corn, and two t hrashing machines, the property of Mr. Wittle worth, were entirely consumed on Friday night, though it is said the. premises were watched by three men. The tire was seen for many niiie,. Another was observed in the direction of Overton, in Hampshire, and the guard of one of the n Ails reported teat on use same right, as l ie passed near Marlborough, ore of the largest farms in Wiltshire was burning. It was said to be between 31aelbotouiih and Post). The vq:!gistrates met at Newbury last week, and determined In future, on all applications respecting wages, to allow 105. e-eveek to single men and to every married man with two children ; and for every child beyond that number, the price of a loaf a week.—Correspondent of a Ilforniny Paper. HOTHERFIELD, N0v.19. Yesterday was the day fixed by the earain of the mob for a genera meeting of the labourers and farmers of the parish, when it was expected that the captain who headed the mob when they went round to the dif ferent farmers, to make them sign a paper, W01:11 have been present, and the labourers considered it all but settled that they were to have whatever wages' they chose to demand—that all threshing-machines were to be destroyed—that all the taxes were to be taken off ius , anter—and that the farmers were to be relieved from tithes, and this: milks were to be settled by them (the labourers), with the noble captain at their head, in about two hours, when they were to retire quietly to the innumerable beer shops established since the duty on that beverage has been taken off, to get' drunk, and consult about what other changes they would make, and perhaps name one of their own body as eligible to fill the throne, instead of kis present Majesty. But unfortunately for tiur new la w.malers,we have for our magistrates bold man,enc who is not to be intimidated by a mob. Lord Liverpool was also present, and he is of the same description. The first step taken by our Magistrate was, to ti. deavour to find out and take up the noble captain, but he was not to be found—consequently the mob, who had collected by about one, to the number of about one thousand, found themselves without a leader, and appeared rather at a nonplus ; from eleven to one o'clock the Magistrates were swearing in special constables having summoned all the farmers and respectable inhabitants of the parish for that purpose, and a detachment of soldiers was ready, if wanted, but such was not the case. At about two, the Magistrates, accompanied by Lord Liverpool and the special constables entered into the middle of the mob (who had until then remained perfectly quiet,) when, after listening patiently to any one who had .any complaint to make, re quested them to disperse and go home ; but that advice did not appear to satisfy them, and after a few murmurs there commenced a general row, in which the mob came worst off; and, after a severe strug. gle of about half an hour, three of the ringleaders were secured and handcuffed, when they appeared to have had enough of it —a few bloody noses was the consequence—but did not disperse. The magis tmte then mounted his horse and addressed the mob, telling them dim, if they had any complaints to make, he was the person appointed and ready to redress their grievances, bat that they must not think that they could intimidate by mobbing; that he would give them halt' an hour to disperse, and go home ; that if at the expiration of that time they did not disperse, he would read the Riot Act, and then they must take the consequence. This had the desired effect—tbe mob dispersed, and each one went home to lament his folly. Lord Liverpool was most .c -tire, and, being a powerful man, severely punished one who bad .h 2 audacity to strike him. NAVAL INTELLIGENCI;. Maus Amoy) Tu■ Day—Dublin, ; Waterford, 2; Guernsey and Jersey, 1 ; Holland, 1; Flanders, 1; France, 1 ; Lisbon, 1. The Milford, Taylor, from Mogadore, has arrived in the Creek. Off Penzance, the Olive Branch, French, from Gijon, and Speci,l.- don, Welland, from Lisbon. At Milford, the Helena, from Bahiz— lost sails, and anchor and cable, bound to Bremen. At Newry, the Malys", Bull, from Bremen. At Belfast, the Dispatch, Goodwin, from Oporto. The Theresa, of Ghent, from London to Ostend, was taken on tbr 20th inst. by a Dutch gun-brig, and sent to Flushing. Drat, Nov. 21.—Wind &W. by S. fresh.—Arrived and salad for the River, the Feejee, M'Gowan, from Singapore—sailed 23c1 July; and Kingston, —, from Quebec PORTSMOUTH, Nov. SO and 21.—Wind W.B. W.—Arrived the Hero of hlalown, Williams, from London for Bengal; Harmony, Arm strong. from Archangel; and Halcyon, Gardner, from MemeL PLTMOUTN Nov. 20.—Wind S.W. fresh . — Arrived tie Mary, For. ger, from it. Petersburgh ; &entor transport, from Landon, with damage, bound to Fernando Po. Put back, the Marshal Bennett, linker, for Barbadoes. Ltvssroos, Nov. 20.—Arrived the Pandora, Forshaw, from Ari. cad ; Ewes, Ware, from Maranbam ; Cabotia, Smith, from P. I oam buco ; Archer, Argher; Campobello, Corner; aad Sir FI. D.,uglas, Davis, front Quebec ; Enterprise, Cole, from Oporto ; and Duke of Athol Dawson, from Bourdeaus. Off the port, the Scipio, from Pernambuco; Niagara, Murray, from Qwbee; and the Belem Castle, —, from Lisbon. Bassein, Nov. 21.—Arrived the Pearl, from Bilbao, and Liberty, from Rouen. TUMMY, Nov. _c.—Arrived Ids Majesty's ship Galatea, from Potts. nouth for St. Vincent's. Famousn, Nov. 19 and 20.—N0 letter, received. KING'S BENCH--(Tats Dem.) (Before Mr. Justice LITTI.EDALE.) IN THE MATTER OF THE MASTER AND WARDENS OF IHE MERCHANT TAILORS' COMPANY. Mr. F. Pott.oci moved, at the instance of several of the members of this Company, for a rule calling upon the Master and Wardens To permit the members to bare access to and inspection, and eoi.!ts of toe books and muniments of the society. The Learned Counsel stated that he had affidavits of members or the conir.all. that they bad applied for and been refused inspection of their books and muniments—that they had aems to some copies found in (Wier places. and had reason to believe that the elections in the Corporation had gone wrong. Mr. Justice LITTLEDALE.—Do the affidavits state what is the object for wishing to inspect the hooks ? Mr. F. PoLLock.—Yes, my lord, to reelect specific gtieucces that arc set out. Ruse to shew cause granted. DESTRUCT' Vk; Flit ES. DESTRUCTION Or THE "SHIP A4IIIOUND - AT DOCK-HE/In.—. About four o'clock this morning this house, formerly the t cent where many a hardy tar forgot past troubles while dancing away cart. was dis. covered to be on fire. The inmates, consisting of the family t.t Mr. Its. vidson sod the servants, were not aroused to theirdanger until their were placed in the most imminent peril, and they escaped in a state of en o. dity. The house is situated close by the Folly.bridge, and a plentiful supply of water being obtained. the fire was confined to the house to question, which is completely dcstroytti. The loss to Mr. Davidson is Very severe. VIRE IN THE AIILL.END-ROAD.—Abost nine o'clock last night, the neighbourhood of Mile-cod-road was thrown into great confusion by the discovery that the premises of Mr. Cunningham, the bookseller, were on fire. The premises war immediately broken open, but SO ra pid did the 8/111101 progress that all attempts to stop them weroln vain. In a short time, the house of Mr. Veldham, tobacconist, adjoining, also became ignited, and burnt with equal rapidity. The imams of the ad. joining houses, dreading the extension of the flames, removed their goods into the road, in doing which, we regret to stale, they sullikreel very severe loss, not only in the breaking of their hankers, beat by the depredations of thieves. The police arrived earg a o e n e the spot, at 4 proved of very tonsiderable use. The Assurance engines Write d !shortly after the house of Mr. Veldhans took Hr sad, by rest ens , . lions, stopped the farther extension of the calamity, by a coo. tinned supply of water on the adjoining houses. ForUinfy, no lives were lost on the occasion, but the loss of property most be ses7 greet to the P t .; 1 II ►+ 4 1