Star. — London, England, 1830-01-27 00:00:00

BIRMINGHAM TOWNS MEETING. On Monday morning the largest meeting ever assem bled in this kingdom within the walls of a building took place at Mr. Beardsworth's horse and carriage repository, for the purposes set forth In the requisition published in the newspapers, and signed by '2OO respectable inhabitants of the town. There were at least from 12,000 to 15,000 persons present, and although the chair was taken at half-past ten in the morning, and the meeting did not se parate until near five in the evening, the mass of spectators was so immense that hundreds were compelled to retire, in conasquence,of not being able to get sufficiently near to hear the proceedings. The high bailiff having refused to convene the meeting, G. F. Muntz, Esq. was called to the chair. Mr. Mum, in taking the chair, observed, that before reading the requisition be could not bet express his sorrow at being called to the situation, as he felt incompetent to its duties. He was not ashamed of presiding at a meeting, the object of which was the pro-, position of radical reform ; be had been a radical reformer for the lait fifteen years. (Cheers.) He did not mean radical reform in the sense that some did; he was an advocate for abolition of abuses, not for revolution. No honest man could be an ad- 1 vocate for revolution, but no duubt every honest man must be a reformer. (Cheers.) He then read the requisition to the Sheriff, and the refusal of the latter to comply with it; and con cluded with hoping that every gentleman who presented himself, would have a fair and impartial bearing. (Cheers.) Mr. ScHotartmo then rose, and moved the first Resolution, as follows :--- _ _ " 1. That the ruinous depression of the trade of the town of Birmingham has been progressively increasing for the last four years, and has now arrived at an extent never before equalled; and when we look around us, and see that all the great productive in terests of the nation are suffering, and have been suffering, equally with ourselves, we are convinced that the hopes of amelioration which have been so long sod so frequently held out, are altogether fallacious and delusive." Previous to the motion being put. Mr. Witurat Rows= rose, amidst great confusion. He declared all his family reformers—lie was himself an older reformer than Mr. Attwood himself, and the friends who surrounded him. They were never known to enter tain the principles which they now profess. He, therefore, sus pected their zeal and sincerity in bringing forward the present measuses of reform.—(This expression occasioned a sudden burst of disapprobation throughout the whole assembly, which lasted for some minutes.) Mr. Arrwooo entreated a patient hearing fur Mr. Redfern. Mr. Redfern then resumed, and urged his charge of but was finally declared out of order by the Chairman. The first resolution was then put and carried unanimously. Mr. Avewoon then rose, and after some remarks upon the con duct of the High Bailiff in refusing to call a meeting, and also in the conduct of several Members in both Houses relative to the Birmingham petition presented in May last, proceeded to the bu siness of the present meeting. The requisition, he said, attributed the general distress now pervading all interests to the gross mis management of public affairs, and that such distress could only be effectually remedied by a reform of parliament. He had always been an advocate for reform, and he would defy any one to deny it. (Cheers.) When in a state of national prosperity—when there was abundance of trade for the manufacturer and abundance of la bour for the workman—when bumble wages were the reward of bumble labour, he did not come publicly forward as its advocate, be did not run his head against a wall, nor like Don Quixote hunt windmills. He bad,however,always expressed a wish for reform, Gentlemen, however, argued that because twenty years ago they were not public reformers they were Inconsistent in being its ad vocates now. Was he now he had with him at least nine-tenths of all the respectability of the kingdom, and tO out of every 100 of the assembly around him, not to come forward? He should not sleep sound in his bed if, at the present crisis of national affairs, be did not lend his assistance to avert the awful consequences which be anticipated. (Cheering.) The resolutions which they passed in May, 1829, had never been impugned. They stated that within 15 years the rent and taxes bad been doubled. This was the lan guage they now again uttered : nor was this opinion confined to them—the same was acknowledged in every county in England. In their petition they prayed either to be lifted to the level of their burthens, or for their borehole to be reduced to the level of their means. He stated in May that he did not care a rush which mode was preferred, if only that was adopted which would Mull the property of the country. The Duke of Wellington, whose law he was sorry to say was the law of the land, refused to lift us to the level of our burthena. Be it so; but ought not their buthens than to be brought down to the level of their means? He abandoned all thoughts that the Legislature ever would lift them up; but weary and rugged as was the road through which they bad to travel, he (Mr. Attwood.) with the asdatance of his countrymen, would compel the Government to do justice to the people—(lmmense cheers). Government had made their own bed; they had planted thorns in the pillows; and it was but just that they should be compelled to lie in the same bed with the people. 7 (Cheers). It might be thought, that because the national waggon was stuck fat in the ditch, they ought to pray to Jupiter for assist ance he, however, said, now let them all put their shoulders to the wheel, and they should soon be able to relieve it from its diSculties. By the assistance of those whom be was address ing, he hoped they would plant an acorn of British oak, which would one day grew up Into a mighty tree, under whose foliage the poor of the kingdom should find shelter during the pitiless storm. Dr. Henry, In his interest* " History of England," said, that when their Sam ancestors were attacked by the Danes, they slavishly threw themselves with their faces on the ground and prayed aloud, " Loan look how they encompass me," instead of taking the bow. the spear, and battle-axe.—(Laughter and cheers.) He hoped they should not imitate the example of their degraded Saxon ancestors, but that, although they should not use the bow or the spear, they would wield the weapons of truth, rea son, and justice, and by these successfully drive before them the Philistines, the . Pagans, and Jews.-(Loud and embed • Cheers.) Industry sad labour, unless there was gross mismanage ment, would ever receive a proper remuneration. The years 1824 and 1825 were considered years of great prosperity. He would tell the meeting how that prosperity paned away. At that time there was no less than four hundred millions in bills 41 exchange in circulation, payable, when due, in the coin of the realm or Bank of England notes, Now, the course of =changes and the balance of trade carried all the gold out of the country during the year 1825, thus, as it were, streaming out from the right arm of the nation. The Government, at the same time, compelled the Bank of England to confine their circulation of one-pound notes, thus again draining the nation through its left arm. What did they think would be the fate of an individual if be had an artery opened In each arm : might they Dot expect that front exhausion he would naturally die? The consequence of this was, that the four hocked millions of bills were left without itifiledent money in the country wherewith to pay them; they were returned, and every tradesman in the country imagined that the Philistines were upon him. In the midst of this distress government never interfered until they found, according to their own confession, that the nation, if they Pained, would in forty-eight hours be reduced to a state of bar ter ; meaning, by barter, that society would be in a state of chaos, in wbkh those who lived at all must live by blood and plunder. He told the ministers to their face that they were within seven days of such a state of things, when Mr. Huskies= afterwards stated they were within 411 hours. Every ens would allow that this was a most desperate crisis for the industrious loyal people of this peat nation to be brought to. How did government act ? At his M anus be believed the bank, by order armament, loud Mee pound notes ; but be told ministers that the issue of these motes had acted as mere driblets, and did but add fuel to the lease _..A.L;tor aida as it were, but that the country wanted masses of money to meet the masses of debt which were pressing upon the market for payment, and that, . unless these masses of money were Instantly provided by purchases of the national debt. it would not be possible for the Government to esist in England another week. The issue of Bank of England notes, by the pur chases of national debt, was, accordingly, increased from 17 mil lions to 26 millions in the course of ten days, besides du or seven millions more of sovereigns, which were also issued in that pe riod ; and for these sovereigns we were mainly indebted to the favour of the Bank of France. Thus, having saved themselves , from a state of barter or universal plunder, by the assistance of paper money, Lord Liverpool, within a little month: came for ward, and, to the astonishment of all rational minds, proclaimed the abandonment of that very system which, hut a month before. he declared saved them from destruction. He at that time, in Ja nuary, 1826, in a pamphlet, denounced the madness of this measure. It was known, and now acknowledged by all parties, that Mr. Peel's Hill had literally doubled the real weight and the real value of every as, debt, and monied obligation in the kingdom, and that the fall of the prices of labour had been full ten per cent. instead of five per cent. as had been foreto!d. In 1819 the City of London and the merchants of Liverpool rentunetrated against this destruc tive measure. Mr. Cobbett denounced it, and stated that he would be broiled upon a gridiron if it were possible to carry it into full effect, and that in the very attempt, if persevered in, two millions of men must literally die of hunger, unless taxes and obligations were reduced in the same degree as the value of ' money was raised. Wonderful it was to say that this deadly and destructive measure had never been efficiently inquired into, but that a deadly and fatal silence had pervaded the Legislative Councils from the moment adopted until this day. He would not throw aspersion upon any body, but when be reflected upon this wonderful secrecy he could not but call to mind the words of the great painter of nature, who, when be represented a man attempting an object which nature shrink► at, makes him call upon elemental darkness to shelter his designs from his own eyes and from those of Heaven : " Come. then. thick night. and fall thee into dunnest smoke of hell, That my keen knife see not the wound ft makes, Nor heaven peep through the blinker of the datk To cry, ' Hold. hold!' " He did not mean to say that any members of the Ministry, or of the Parliament, were animated by diabolical motives of this kind ; upon his honour he believed not ; but still he would say, if it had not been for this deadly secrecy which had been observed, if due notice had been given of the fatal effects of this fatal , like ' people of England would have broke in upon their deliberations with a voice of thunder, crying " Hold, bold!" He ( Mr. Art wood) was sensible the day was getting very short ; he had an in. finite deal to say in defence of the measure he had the honour to bring forward; but he perceived the Meeting was satisfied already, and therefore be should cut short the business of the day, and immediately propose the plan of the Politic a l Uni on . tHere the plan of the Union and the resolutious founded thereon. for which see another part of our Paper, were read—and listened to with the most profound attention.) Mr. Aerwooe them resumed. He said, I have only one remark further to make.—" I feel it my duty to declare to you, that I know the country to be on the verge of dreadful calamities. It may be thought, because I come forward now, that I shall be ready, ' come weal come wo,' to head you through thick and thin—through the dark and dreary scenes which are now approaching. As far as law will justify me I will go with you. (Tremenduss cheers), When I say I will Ito with you as far as law wiU allow, I declare to you, most solemnly, I will not go further one inch. (Cheers.) I know that a great crisis is approaching. I will do all I can to avoid that crisis • but if the nation is to go through the ordeal of political convulsions, I will not interfere in those convulsions but legally and peaceably ; and I wish you to bear this in mind, when those dreadful circumstances arise. I know you will come to me and say, ' Lead us.' My friends, I will not lead you ; I will go with you as far as the law will justify, but If the elements of law and order are disorganized, I will go with you no further." ( Mr. Mt wood retired amidst loud Ind vehement cheers.) The following motion, previously read by Mr. Attwood, was seconded by Mr. Betts: " That in the opinion of this meeting, the general distress which sow afflicts the country, and which has been so severely felt at clif• forest periods during the last fifteen years, is entirely to be ascribed to the gross mismanagement of public affairs, and that such mis management can only be effectually and permanently remedied by an effectual reform in the Commons' House of Parliament ; and this meeting is also of opinion, that for the legal accomplishment of this great object, and for the further redress of public wrongs and grievances, it is expedient to form a general political salon be tween the lower and middle classes of the puple fir this town." Mr. Josue Norm did not dissent from the *Not of this meet ing, he only objected to the mode by which that o ect was sought to be promoted. He had ever been a sincere and rdent advocate of Parliamentary reform, bat could not conscien ti ously sign thin, l 3 requisition which convened the present meeting, when that re cashless, In such sweeping, and, in his mind, incorrect language, attributed all the distresses of the country for the last fifteen years to the gross mismanagement of public affairs. In the first place, national prosperity was not singly dependent on the government and internal trade of its country ; the foreign rela tions of other states ever bad, and ever would operate materially on our adversity and prosperity. Seasons of commercial distress and revulsion were also inseparable from such vast commercial and trading transactions as those of this country. God forbid that he should slight or deny the pressure and increasing severity of that deep and general distress which now pervaded the commercial and agri- I cultural interest of the kingdom, and in which, unfortunately, Bir mingham so largely suffered. In the second place, be could not agree it the words of a requisition which passed so sweeping and India-, effeminate a censure on the illustrious individual at the bead of His Majesty's Government. He could not review the acts of his short administration without feelings of the deepest gratitude, thee through his wise and uncompromising measures union bad been restored to Ireland; and, u Protestant Dissenter, he limpid be unmanly and base if be did not admit the debt of gratitude thr his enjoyment of equal rights and civil privileges ; and lb. Doke of Wellington had added to his glory as a warrior the far oirpassing glory of having rent in two the veil of the ten= bigotry. Here Mr. Pukes was interrupted with loud and yells which continued a considerable time. Order having boos restored, he proceeded to the more immediate consideration of the resolution, on which he proposed to found an amendment. (Yells and hooting.) He did conscientiously oppose one main object of that resolution. He opposed the formation of a union or club, be cause he did not consider it the legitimate or successful mode of sup porting or advancing reform of Parliament, and should therefore propose the following amendment— " That the great and Increasing distress of the commercial and agriculutural interests of the country demands the urgent and paramount attention of the Government and Legislature, and every possible economy and retrenchment in the national expenditure consistent with the preservation of the national faith to the public creditor. " That the population, Intelligence, and opulence of the town of Birmingham, and the spirit of the British Constitution, entitle Birmingham to send representatives to Parliament. " That the operation of time on the constitution and purity of the Commons House of Parliament requires reform in the amend ment of the representation of the people—to equalise and simplify the elective franchise—to make the body of electors too large for individual corruption, and the period of choice too short for tents:- tattoo; and, by the subdivision of the places of deeds°, to bring chc electors together without confusion, and within every man's reach. " That Petitions embodying these Resolutions be signed by this Meeting, and presented to both Homes of Parliament." Mr. W. Rzornan seconded the amendment. He professed him self an advocate of retrenchment to the uttermost Lathing, coo sigma with national honour and good faith. Mr. Arrwoon replied, and as soon as he concluded, was greeted with loud and continued cheering. Mr. G. Rassonos warned the assembly against voting for the amendment, and concluded by exhorting all present to enrol their names as members of the Woo, at the ogee in Paradise-street ; and as money was the slams of even moral wars, to immediately subscribe to the fonds. _ The nestles was this pot and curled, 10 to 1, amidst the mom designing sheers. Several other rmolodeos for appoint's', esters end for carrying the union into egret were then passed. The censure en the High BAUM was mossenuully vowed by Mr. B. Rooms; hot on marked symyteiss of disapprehmisr being evinced towards the *posher. he precipitately withdrew. Thanks were soled to she Chairman and Ithembe to Mr. Illoarevrorth, for the seam forded to the emsdog when after them cheers posed by Mr. the imeseese assembly thdr newel hddhdess. Ilosh es edillidee of public feeling, nor so losmase • interest threeiheet the whets is the seedbed= et teem NEW POLITICAL UNION. rottmeD AT THE BIRMINGHAM DIMING. The following are the objects of the POLITICAL thc lON. Ist. To obtain, by every just and legal means, such a, REFORM in the COMMONS 110 USE OF PARLIAMENT SR may ensure a renal, and EFFECTUAL REransEwTATlon OF TIDE LOWED. AND MIDDLE CLASSES OF TIDE PEOPLE in that House. 2d. To inquire, consult, consider, and determine, re specting the rights and liberties oflhe industrious classes, and respecting the legal means of securing those which remain and recovering those which are lost. 3d. To prepare petitions, addresses, and remonstrances, to the Crown and the Legislative Bodies, respecting the preservation and restoration of PuaLic RIC.IITS, and respecting the repeal of bad laws, and the enactment of good laws. 4th. To prevent and redress, as far as pras i licable, all LOCAL PUNLiC WRONGS AND orrar.sstMs, and all LOCAL tlNcaosciistexTs upon the rights, interests, and privileges of the community. sth. To obtain the repeal of the MALT and the BEER Tx x is: and, in general, to obtain an alteration in the system of taxation, so as to cause it to press less severely upon the industrious classes of the community, and more equally upon the wealthy classes. 6th. To obtain the reduction of each separate tax and expense of the Government in the same 'degree as the Legislative increase and the value of money has in creased their respective values, and has reduced and is re ducing the general prices of labour throughout the country. 7th. To promote peace, union, and concord among all classes of his Majesty's subjects, and to guide and direct the public mind into unifonn, peaceful, and legitimate operations; instead of leaving it to waste its strength in loose, desultory, and unconnected exertions, or to cause to its own objects, unguided, unassisted, and uncon trolled. Bth. To collect and organise the peaceful expression of the Pun Lic OPINION, so as to bring it to act ti pan the Lezislative functions in a just, legal, and effectual way. 9th. To influence by every legal means the elections of Members of Parliament, so as to promote the return of upright and capable representatives of the people. 10th. To adopt such . measures as may be legal and .necessary for the purpose of obtaining an effectual Par liamentary investigation into the situation of the country, and into the cause of its embarrassments and difficulties; with the vi2w of relieving the NATIONAL DttruEss, of renderin;.t justice to the injured as far as practicable, and of !minting to trial any Member of either House of Par- liatnentwhO may be found to have acted from'criminal or Corrupt :naives. The above are the OBJECTS of the PouricA L UNION. The following are its RULES and REG t•LATIoNs : I. The constitution of this Society is essentially po pular. It admits as equal members all persons whatever whose names shall be registered in the books of the Union, so long a 3 they shall conform to the Rules and Regulations of the Union. 2. The general manag ement of the affairs of the UN lON is committed to aPOLITICAL COU NCI!, chosen annual at the GF.SEItAL MEETINGS of the MEMBERS of the Uttiox, and subject only to the control of such An nun/ or other General Meetings. 3. All persons becoming members of the Union are ex pected to contribute such donations and annually or quar terly subscriptions as they can conveniently afford, the subscriptions not being less than Is. per quarter. 4. A general annual meeting of the members of the ' Union takes place on the first Monday in July. The members of the Union also meet whenever called together by order of the Political Council, or by a requisition signed by the Chairman or Deputy Chairman of the Po litical Council, and countersigned by the Secretary ; or by a requisition sig ned by any seven of the Political Council, or by not lss than 200 members of the Union. No general meeting can be held unless the requisition is advertised in a Birmingham newspaper, cr otherwise is placarded in fifty stnets of the town. The Secretary produces the books for inspection at all general meetings. 5. The general meetings of the members of the Union choose annually, on the first Monday in July, the POLI TICAL CoU NCI Lof not less than 40 individuals ; into whose bands the disposition and expenditure of the funds of the Society, and the general management of its con cerns for the ensuing year, are confided. 6. The Political Council cannot exist more than one year without being re-chosen by the general meetings. At the general meetings each individual is put in nomi nation separately (or in such, way as the general meet ings may direct), and is declared a member of the Council by the majority of members of the Union present. The Chairman decides on which side is the majority ; unless a division is demanded by 50 members present, in which case a division takes place, and tellers are appointed on each side. . _ . 7. The general meetings choose annually three Auditors for the ensuing year, who shall pass the accounts of the Council for such year; and, in case two of such Auditors shall not agree in passing the accounts, the subject of difference shall be submitted to the general meetings. 8. The general meetings choose a Treasztrer and Trustees, into whose hands the funds of the St.cii:ty are deposited. 9. The Political Council meet weekly, or as often as they may deem necessary. At such meetings, five of them are competent 'to act ; they keep a record of their proceedings, and they appoint general meetings of the Society as often as may become expedient. 10. The Political Council appoint a Chairman, a De puty Chairman, a Secretary, Collectors of Contributions, and such other officers, either with or without salaries, as may be found expedient. 11. The Council employ such solicitors and kgsl ad visers as they may approve. 12. The Council employ the funds of the Society solely in effeeting the objects of the Society, to the best of their judgment and discretion ; and no money can be drawn from the Treasurer or Trustees, without an order passed by the Council, and signed by Jive of its members. 13. No part of the funds of the Society can be ex pended in any object in which a member of the Council is personally interested, without the previous consent of two-thirds of the members of the Council present at a meeting specially called for the purpose of considering the subject. 14. The Council pay their own expenses. They hold no secret. meetings. They have power to add to their number, and to dismiss froln their general meetings any persons disturbing the peace, or violating the rules and regulations of the Society. 15. No alteration of or addition to the rules and regu lations of the Society can be adopted without being pre - ' recommended by y.-~tw of the ARISTOCRACY, and to preserve every e. 4.-51 of the frost the con anarchy which threatens all. The following are the Duties of the M Lai or It% of the POLITICAL UNION : 1. To be good, faithful, and kyal subjects of the Kfmr. 2. To obey the laws of the land; and, where they cease to protect the rights, liberties, and interests of the com munity, to eudeavonr to get them changed by jttz.t, legal, and peaceful means only. 3. To present themselves at all General Meetings of the POLITICAL UN tow, as far as they conveniently c3n ; to conduct themselves peaceably and legally at such Meet ings, and to depart to their respective homes as soon as the Chairman shall leave the Chair. 4. To choose only just, upright, and able men, as members of the POLITICAL Cou Nci 1., and to dismiss them, and elect others in their stead, whenever they shall cease to watch over and defend the RIGHTS, Li BERTI es, AND INTERESTS OF THE LOWE:I AND MIDDLE CLAASES OF TILE PEOPLE. 5. To obey strictly all the just and legal directions of the POLITICAL as soon as they shall be made public, end so far as they can lega!ly and conveni ently be obeyed. 6. To bear in mind that the strength of our Society consists in the PRACF., Order, Unity, and Leo SI.: r of our proceedings ; and to consider all persons as enemies who' shall, in any way, invite or promote violence, dis cord, or division, or any illegal or doubtful measures. 7. Never to forget, that by the exercise of the above qualities we shall produce the peaceful display of an im mense organised moral power, which cannot be despised or disregarded ; but that, if we do not keep clear of the innumerable and intricate laws which surround us, the Lawyer and the Sildier will probably break in upon us, and render all our exertions vain. The following are th 3 duties of the Membem of tho Pou•ricAt. COUNCIL: let. To endeavour to the utmost of their pon•er to carry into effect the ORJ EC rs of the POLITICAL UNION by ever• just, legal, and peaceful means. 2d. To use none others than just, legal, and peace!' I means. 3d. To seek no private objects of their own, lital to use the funds of the• Society solely in promoting the ob jects of the Society. 4th. To watch closely the proceedings of the I..tgiii lature, and to present petitions and remonstrances to Oa Crown and Legislative Bodies, whenever the rights, hoer ties, and interests of the lower and middle classes of tl.O community are invaded, or whenever they can be restared or secured. sth. To endeavour to devise the means of preaerving the peace and order of this town and neighbourhood during any political convulsions which may be brought upon the country through the distress occasioned by di, mismanagement of public affairs. 6th. To consider and report upon the legality an I practicability of holding CEWTRICAL MEETINGS DELEGATES from the INDUSTRIOUS CLASSES, in ti,o same manner as similar kinds of MEErtvr. s were late.' held by the DELEGATES of the Agriculturists, assembh:d at Henderson's Hotel. 7th. To consider the means of org anizing a system of PUBL IC PRESS may be in fluenced to act generally in support of the pt. al, lc IN- TEILSTS. Bth. In all their proceedings to look chiefly to the•r.- cevery and preservation of the RIGHTS AND INTEREST OP THE LOWER AND MIDDLE CLASSES OF the PEOPLV, taking care never to sanction any measures which an, calculated to circumscribe or endanger any just rights or immunities of the privileged orders. These, then, are the views and OBJ EC rs, and thew are the RULES, REGULATIONS, and Pu.ovisioNs, tinder which we propose to form the POLITICAL UNION•FOR THE PROTECTION Or PUBLIC RIGHTS. We respect fully submit them to our FELLOW-TOWNSMEN, for their sanction and :support, and for such corrections and im provements as they may suggest. It is rumoured that the Wbigs have exhibited some woful signs of chagrin and apprehension at the report of the Marquis of CHANDOS coming into office. A subscription has been opened at Rouen fur erecting a monument to the memory of CORNEILLE. It is to he a bronze statue ten feet high, on a pedestal of white marl-le. It appears that the number of ships of erewy descrip tion which entered the port of Havre in 1829, exceeded that of 1828, by 1,100, and that the difference in the amount of customs received, was two millions francs in favour of the latter year.—Paris Paper. An original letter of Cit a STOPHER COLVAIB us, dated Seville, 2d April, 1502, has been discovered, from which it appears that this distinguished individual was a native of Genoa. The letter was found in the archives of the Bank of St. George's, in that city. The National, Paris Paper, discredits the report . of the Marquis of HERTFORD having purchased the celebrated statue of Pompey, at Rome, on the ground of the small ness of the alleged price, viz. 127,500 francs, the Em peror NAPOLEON having offered for it 1,100,000 francs in 1812. The bargain was concluded, but relinquished on acconnt of the difficulty experienced to. remove en weighty a mass. The statue is of marble, holding ;n one hand a General's baton, and in the other a g!clu. The Nouvelliste Vaudois announces that the &atrial' Government has prohibited all the Swiss Journals, with the exception of the Gazette Tessinoise, during the p-e -sent year. The following is the number of students at the prin cipal Universities of Germany and the low• countries within the last six months. At Bonn, 978; Tubingen, 874; Giessen, 558; Pest, 1,710; Heidelberg, fO2 ; Hall, 1,291 ; Gottengen, 1,264 ; Wurtsburg,- . 51 - 3 ; Erlangen, 449 ; Berlin, 1,706 ; Breslaw, 1,129 ; Lou. vain, 678 ; Liege, 507 ; Leyden, 588; Utrecht, 498 ; Groningen, 287 ; Presburg, 433. hi the different dis tricts of Hungary, 931. A trial is shortly to take place at Rotten, which has excited great expectation. It is an action of lii ci Lreuitlit by a hawker of chickweed, against an engraver of that city, for exhibiting his portrait without his peistaission. (Gazette de Erases.)—The Baron Picbou, the Cc ra,- missioner to the government of Haiti, left Paris yes terday morning for Brest, where he is to embark in the corvette the Pomona. The Gazette extracts from the German papers, under the head of Odessa, 30th Dec. some details relating to the Turkish embassy in that city. Every body is enchanted. with the politeness and who seem - t 4 rope. The sadors and 1 quite _ Man goverumsot suits iu them to coosammieste Odemm. Wiles they se deteelmeeet elid#ers, the q weeded). aelellihihomit. 11 11 1 1 44 06161 that time exchange realm or 1 and the ba the year 1 of the nat Bank of I thus apt they thin artery 01 from cabs was, that sufficient they wet imagined of this di according Persisted, ter ; meat io orbkb He told tl of such a they were a most de nation W stases be 1 Potted eel acted as pltately wltbdrow. __ Omni? submitted to the Council and recommended by a deer d Mr. Attwood, and momo d a d on be kw t issionty el a General Meeting of the Society. the sere Ise die Nom, bra la.: Xbe subscriptions of Noblemen and Gentlemen are -.7- I b l 7 4 lukter &Permit* invited in i s e zort of the POLITICAL Union, the objects . eve width his excited of Whi'ell _. strictly conservatory, eititakideted tie re- ' smightiresbeed, is sea store me j iii = saih and apeasev hairnets ofthe fitheirrittOtrs • Ciassl UNINAJ.PMITS4*OIII I • At% ,: .. ) lis .4.i 0:811•11•14 i 141.• 4 ,, ~11. 4 ...4,1* ,t .1. , a .'•Z 1 :. . , • . /•••• 4 '.. I` . rt. '1..... ,, lei t-nitetarls /lure ; 1 v4:l w , ~), , .t •,. - 01,A f ---- i;enchanted, say the German papery, and urbanity of the two Ambassadors, alto accustomed to the maims 9f Eu r a government still keep. the Audios. its in fturranthte, and does not alias. Ws with any of the lethal:bank Of lay p out they are accompanied by n :a. i t t by some of the enspipir•f te l i tikkirtTass Div. 4jg OM moil. M. JeeY ....... 404. ed. 411. OIL U. 84 OR 04. 1114. ) ~‘ —Anal