Star. — London, England, 1830-09-21 00:00:00

~.~ PRIVR OP STON:it A' 84.1% Stock. *hut :3 per rent. Red. phut. :4 per Ct. Cons. PRI eiej :it per Ct. 1818, shat. 1.1 rt. lied. shut. 35 per rtnr. New 4 per rt. l 846, Lun t ; A n. shut D. 30Yr.. Ap1.00.. shut. :31 Years, do. July Jan. 181 FOREIGN: FUND; lirazil Rd, ('t. Acct 70 • - Do. Acc. 69) Colon,. IP , . 0; per Cc. Do. liae.P2-1. 32 Creek tinn,i•. 5 p Ct. 1825 Pd. , . 5 per (7t. Do. Rh 1112:). 6 2 Cc. fit , . Acct. 37 S. TWO O'CLOCK. 1 Peruvian Bonds, 6 per Ct. 18 Dn. Ace. 181 Russ. Bits. 1822 5 per Ct. Ditto Ace. 1011 Do. 111. 101 Sp. Bds. 5 per ( t. 241 Ditto Ace. 24/ Sp. Bds. 1823, 5 per Ct. 181 filtlTlsD AND v• , I:EIGN sfiAltES, TWo O'CLOCK. 4HARE. PAM PIM SHALL 160 150 200 13.1 anus Nrazilianlmp. XS pm.) St. John del Rey Hibernian 20 69 70 5 30 32 9 4i __. __ United itletiean (hi. at At pm) 40 391 Palladium 11. 15s. 'FARRINGDON MARKET, Serr.2l. Prices per lb. to the consumer. Bur—Finestßoasting, 61d. and 7d Ditto Boiling, 4d. and 4id. Equal quantity of each, od. and 6d. Rump Steaks. 10d. Rump of Beef. 6d. and 60. Beef Steaks, 6d. Wrnics. and 7d. Haunch, 6id. and 7d. Loin, 6d. and 60. Loin Chops, Bd. Saddle, 6d. and sia Shoulder, sd. and 6d. Neck, Scl. Breast, 4d. VIAL—Leg, 6d. and 631. Fillet, 70 and Bd. Breast, Id. Loin, 7d. Neck, 6id. Shoulder, U. and 5341. Pews, 7d. to 90. Lams, 6d. to 71d. per lb. ST. JAMES'S HAY-MARKET. Sm. 21. Coarse Heavy Lowland Meadow Hay, £2 is. to .12 103 New Ditto, £2 4s. to #3 6s. Useful Old, £2 10a. to £3 ss. Fine Upland Meadow and Rye Grass Hay, £3 15s. to £5 Os. Clover Hay. £2 15s. to £3 13s. Old ditto, £3 3s. to £.5 Ss. Wheat Straw, £2 Os. to £2 45. Oat Straw, £1 163. to £2 Os. per load of 36 trusses. PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE. TO THE EDI ME OF THE STAR. PAUL Barr. 19. Last. Monday, the Minister of the Interior produced the so long wished for statement, upon the situation of France, and his Excellency obtained numerous plaudits, because he ac commodated himself to the majority of the Chamber. But those plaudits were far from meeting with an echo in the nation; nor has the statement answered the general expecta tion and opinion entertained of the merit of M. Guizot. In truth, his discourse has only been a concise summary of the acts of the Ministers ; but has not taken the least no tice of the moral, agricultural, financial, and political state of France. The only phrase that escaped, as if by force, from the reserve of the Minister, has un veiled the embarrassment of Government. Ho felt obliged to own at the Tribune, that if the facts were en couraging for the future, he could not conceal the appear ances of uneasiness in the minds of the people. There cer tainly exists uneasiness, and the sole cause is the presence of some Ministers. The steps which they have adopted, or rather the system they follow, is not in harmony with the be nefit expected from the revolution of 1830 ; it tends to keep the national public spirit stationary, if it does not, to make a retrogade movement ; in fact, the Chamber and the Ministry have been overtaken by Consti tutional opinion. We only reckon in the French Government, two Ministers who have well understood the situation and inclination of the public mind—these are the Minister of Justice and Marshal Gerard ; the others have points in their past history which are far from being tokens of security and firmness, in regard to political principles.— M. Guizot cannot make us forget (nor has he attempted it,) his voyage to Ghent in 1315, nor that ho has been censor under the Bourbons : every one is astonished, and asks each other, who could have elevated him to the Ministry—be who was not seen in the three days ? M. Dupin and M. Guizot, understanding that being out of the provisional state in which we were, France would not want them : so they hurried to create friends in the Chamber of Deputies, and they have adopted a corrupt plan, which has detached from them tile , c. two honourable colleagues, and those who are the m.e t sincere patriots in France. The highest places have been given to those Members of the Chambers who have asked for them, ;:nd then to all their friends, rela tives, and creatures. No attention has been paid to rights and titles, but to number and influence. The merit of being adherent; and deputies was appreciated above all others ! Gratitude, and the hope cf new favours, has given to the Ministry a number of partisans, who only made themselves known on Monday last. When M. Gui zot, in dexterously flattering the Chamber, has imitated the audacity of M. Dupin, in daring to speak of the danger which it had run, his falsehood, is the face of the na tion, has not met with any approbation in Paris, but has stiengthened with material force the majority which alarms the Constitutionalists. Before this declaration, the people in vain wished for a dissolution of the Chamber; and now the Ministry, who had not dared a fortnight ago to replace the vacant seats in the Chamber, assemble the Colleges of Electors! This displays the opinion of the Minister; he is actually certain cf a majority in the Chambers, and being aided by it, and his new creatures, ho is convinced that the great majority to elect will also be devoted to his views ; for that object he relics upon the gratitude, and the system of fear, which he has put forward. He pretends that the uneasiness which prevails i in the peoples minds, is caused only by anarchists, or heads too young for business. He prepossesses the lukewarm, against that which is the will of regenerated France. Opinion in the provinces is formed upon the private correspondence of the actual ma jority of the Chamber, which dreads, above all, the election of young men, ardent with patriotism, and brilliant with ta lent, in the face of whom that majority would tremble, soon to yield. Another means of corruption has been employed : it is the purchase of the Press: The editors of the most influential and liberal Journals have obtained good places : those Journals are now quiet—if they do not sound the praises of those of whom they should be ashamed. A few of the new papers, conducted in a good and patriotic spirit, feel the danger of their situation, and hesitate on the means to be employed, to get out of it. If they attack individuals, they will be accused of discontent, or disappointment of fallen ambition ; if they should attack their acts, they will be capitally accused of wishing for anarchy ; and the concurrence of the indifferent, the fearful, and the stupidly ignorant, will combine closer together, in order to make a bulwark in opposition to the power of public spirit. In these circumstances they have only to adopt moderation, repetition 'I even to satiety of their views, and ministerial influence ; they have their safety to expect from time, which unveils false 1 , friends ; but in the meanwhile much evil might take place, and the majority of ministers be strengthened. A schism has already manifested itself in, the council. M. Dupont (de I'Eure), and M. Gerard, wanted, to retire and separate themselves from the course followed by M. M. Guizot, Dupin, and associates ; but an august will has kept them in office till now. The nation value them by their acts, and it is not them who are the cause of the present fer mentation which exists. Several popular clubs have been formed in Paris : Ministers who begin to dread light, have taken the alarm and commenced prosecutions. In my next, I will treat on the subjects of these clubs. P. B.••••Y. FRENCH INTELLIGENCE, RECEIVED THIS DAY. PARIS, SEPT. 19. We have read in a private correspondence from Dresden : —" The Government of Saxony have formally refused to Charles X. the demand which the Ex-King has made, to establish himself in that country."—Messager des Cham bres. A private letter from Darmstadt announces that a po pular commotion had taken place in that city.—Messager des Chambres. Le Tempt says, that the Count de Paez has arrived from Spain by extraordinary conveyance. He is the bearer of the Act of Recognition of Louis Philip I. by the Court of Madrid. A report is in circulation, which we consider as the most malevolent absurdity that it is possible to imagine,l against the actual Government. It pretends that M. de Talleyrand is charged with a negociation, which tends to le gitimise Louis Philip I. Our Constitutional King is legiti mate King by the grace of the people. To seek other tides for him would be an act of folly and of treason: for from the moment those rights bear any analogy with those of the fallen family, the great question of national sovereignty would be compromised ; and, beware the consequences ! Notwith standing the extravagance of the rumour, an official contra diction, it appears, would be useful in the present state of moral agitation in which France finds herself, even after the report of M. the Minister of the Interior.—Constilutionnel. The club, Amin du People, is preparing a statement on the situation of France, in contradiction to that of the Mi nister of the Interior. It organises at this moment an elec toral directing committee, in concurrence with the club Aide toi le ciel Caldera. The friends of the peopla so. SMITHFIELDHAY-MARKET, Sam 21. Coarse Heavy Lowland Meadow Hay, ,E 2 101. to £3 Os. New Meadow Hey, A'S 101. to £3 1511. Useful Old, £3 Ss. to £4 Sr._ Fine Upland Meadow and Rye Grass Hay, £4 41 to s£3 Os. New Clover Hay, £2 us. to £3 10s. Old ditto, £3 Ss. to £5 IS.. Oat' Straw, £1 161 to£l 185. Wheat &raw, £1 88r. to £2 es. per load of 36 trusses. I MAILS ARM A D. 1 Dub1in_......... 0 Waterford . 0 O Duren. Sc Jersey— 0 O Buenos Ayres..... 0 O America.-- .... 0 'ED AND DUE TH ♦. D. I Prance ... . 0 O Flanders.. .. 0 O Holland O Hamburgh O Leeward Islands, 0 rS MORNING. •. D 1 Lisbon ... 0 0 Jamaica 0 O Sweden— 0 o Buenos Ayres 0 O Mexico .. T. F EVENING STAR. LONDON. TursnA Y, SEPTEMBER '2l. Pr is ate Letters received by the Lisbon Mail this morning, confirm the accounts which we published a few days ago, of confusion and insubordination prevailing in every depart ment. MIGU EL has become totally regardless of tho demands of his people ; and the workmen in the arsenal have fairly struck. In the meantime, he secures, for his own purposes, 41i the money and valuables within his avaricious reach ; all which lie deposits on board a packet lying off his palace, by which he can start off at his pleasure, when he can no longer tarry—an event daily, and anxiously looked for by all classes in his capital. The accounts received from Brussels continue to be of a gloomy character. The greatest disunion prevails amongst all classes; and the KING'S speech to the States-General was publicly burnt before the Hotel de Ville. Well grounded app eliensions are now entertained, of violent measures being resorted to, between the Dutch and the Belgians. The non arrival of the steam-packets, however, precludes the possi bility of our giving accurate details, with respect to fresh , listurbances which we hear of—and which have excited an unus•ial sensation. The discrepant views of our contemporary Journalists, on the present prospects of the internal affairs of France, "annot be more clearly seen, than by the perusal of that article of • our Paper which we entitle the Spirit of the Journals ; and in which, to-day, our readers will be able to perceive the sentiments of the Morning Herald and Morning Post, as diametri cally- opposite to each other, as it is possible for them to be, 115 to what the medical world would term their prognosis of French politics. We are generally of a sceptical tendency. We think truth can seldom be de clared by a " Yes," or a " No." We detest positive bold , assertion, although we know its success with the world; and are inclined, however unprofitable to our fame, to acknowledge, that we only conjecture, when our knowledge incomplete. Our duty is, we conceive, as pretty well abridged in our motto—to display facts and opinions, and to indicate, es far as we can, truth. Acting up, therefore, to our motto, we have made the ex t racts above alluded to, and likewise we have taken the liberty to extract from the columns of our cotemporary, the I/bra iny Post, a curious account of one of the New Political Pari sian Clubs. In addition to all these facts and opinions,which we have to-day afforded our Readers, to enable them to form a judgment for themselves on the future of French his tory, we have, what we consider, the peculiar felicity of presenting them with a letter addressed to us by an eminent literary character in France —one, the pi ech.ctiens of whose genius are admired, cot only in his own country, but throughout Europe; and whose general acuteness of intellect, and capability for accurate observa tion, on the affairs of his own nation, all must ac knowledge who have enjoyed an opportunity of his ac quaintance. We are promised from this gentleman a series of litters on the present state of France. We are fearful his composition may suffer by translation ; and we hope our readcis will attribute any Anglieisais, or awkwardness of ex press ion, to the haste with which we areebliged to accomplish our task, and our anxiety to convey close interpretation of the original. Our own conjectures and wishes on the important subject we gave in our last Paper, and shall recur to them on a future day. - • •,„i'•,1•• • t , 1 141 . r s ,„ ,••• 4 ku, AT • - . ) 67' TWO 0 CLf 'CK. India Stock, India Bond* 61 Old Annuities Three per Cent. 1751, ;1000 Rich. Rills 65 67 £5OO ditto 615 67 1110 and 1200 Do. 65 68 Advertised Rink for Acct. 218 Cons. for Ace. 881 cuss this last of moderation, because they have adopted the motto of M. Guizot. " All those who are not against us are for us." But then the Amis du Peuple turn the phrase and write on their banners—" All those who are for us are against us." So then the club help me—Heaven will help thee, which has rendered such great services to the cause, would find itself already unpopu lar and compromised. " Sic transit gloria mundi." Popu larity is the lint which was burnt up, at the accession of the Holy Father, as the emblem of human vanity; or, in - ather words, a brittle glass, which breaks at the least shock, as was poetically said by tho Prefect de la Haute Loire. Behold, M. Mauguin ! does it not already make us forget General Lafayette ? What is popularity ? We have seen that of M. Dupin disappear. We may tremble for that of M. Marchais.—Quatidienne. There still exists rumours of a change of Ministers; M. Lafitte would be at the Finance ; M. Casimir Perrier at the Interior. It is also said that notwithstanding the great em ployment in the affairs of the Duke of Roiechtadt, which the will of St. Helena gives him, the Duke de Bassano would re-assume the portfolio of Foreign Affairs, to the great satis faction of M. de Talleyrand, who said, at a former period, "I only know one man superior to M. Maret—it is the Duke de Bassano."—Quotidicmic. Disunion has arisen among the Portuguese refugees who hurried to Paris from all parts of Franco and Europe. It had at first been exclusively the question of Donna Maria ; but that fit of love for legitimacy, and hatred for usurpation, has soon made room for more rational sentiments, and it ap pears that they want nothing less, than to unite the Princes of the House of Braganza, "in lacing them so out of the question."—Quotidienne. What ought most particularly to characterise a new Go vernment, is action, for all interests aro for one moment contused and suspended, when waiting for Government and its first proceedings, for the measure of its own security. The activity of power is besides a security of its opinion; fur the state of things which political men love with since rity, ought to serve it with promptitude. Under this head, all impartial men will see with pleasure the sitting of the Chamber of Deputies of to•day, where the Mini.:ters of the Interior and Finance have brought a project of law upon subjects of known necessity, and which aims at subsistence and the state of trade. Without going into the examination of these projects, which will occupy us by and by, we will signalise it under the point of view of political action which they revere. The credit of 60,000,000 open for commerce, will give to the Paris market its former attitude of security; and its moral effect will, besides, double the advantage of its material in fluence.—Alessayer des Chambres. Letters from Italy confirm that 80,000 Austrians will oc cupy the Lombard Venetian territory, to be distributed in tw•o grand corps d'armee. One of these corps will occupy Milan, and the western frontiers, to hold in check the side of Piedmont, and the other will encamp at Ravenna, where it will be ready to suppress any insurrectionary movements at Rome or Naples, should such break out. A family congress is announced at Vienna, at which will be the Duke of Modena and the Grand Duke of Tuscany. The Italian Sovereign will be invited to furnish to Aus tria a certain number of troops, which will garrison dif ferent places in Bohemia and H•ingary, weakened by the departure of the troops destined for Italy. They demand of the Grand Duke of Tuscany to deliver up the Police and the Commissariat of his States to the Austrians. This last mea sure has already been opposed by the Tuscan Minister at Vienna, and it is hoped will be positively rejected by the Grand Duke, who will refuse, it is expected, all intervention with his prospering country. NAPLES, AUG. 28.—a a TE LETTER.OUIr position has become more embarrassed than can well be believed. In place of re-assuring the,interior, we have adopted amilitary attitude, which has only been done with a bad grace for sonic time in this country. In despite of the new regulations and remonstrances made by the Minister at War, M. Far dilla, the order has been given to put the army upon the war footing, and to repair and provision the fortified castles. Most ridiculous proposals are agitated at the same time in the high circles, where it is hinted at sabreing and imprisoning the Liberals. The Council of State has met every day for the last fortnight at Castellamari The Ministers of Police, M. Intanti, MM. Amati, and Pietmcatilla, speak of nothing but rigour. This M. de Pietracatilla, the Minister of State, without a portefeuille, is a creature of M. de Blacas. The Prince d'lrchetelli, ancient aide-do camp to Murat, has taken passports for Paris. It has been stated to him that he will not be permitted to re-enter his country if he once sets his foot in France. He has subscribed to the condition made him without hesitation. If a firm and able Ambassador does not arrive to break up this Cabinet, we fear the country will be thrown into the horrors of anarchy. The health of the King becomes every day more alarming. ALGIERS, SEPT. 4.—(Private Correspondence.)—The arrival of General Clausal has re-assured all. The: name of Philip the First is hailed with the loyal and free acclamation of 30,000 Frenchmen under arms. The number of sick at tacked by dysentery is now 1,800. The Commission of In quiry into the reported spoliation of the public property, has commenced its operations under the Presidency of General Raymond Deloy. Nothing has yet transpired ; but the re sult of this curious inquiry is wished for with great interest. SYSTEM Or TRZASON.—When at the beginning of the revolution, the Bourbons fled from France to beg the support of foreign powers, they engaged those friends who could not follow them, to apply for employment from the 'government sprung out of the revolution, so as to be better able to betray it. That tactic was specially employed under the Consulate. Napoleon having granted an amnesty to the emigrants, a great number of them were, by the order of Louis XVIII. or Count d'Artois, to solicit places, which would give them the means to prepare the restoration. We have seen in 1814 and 1815, several of these men boast of the services they had rendered to the restored family, in be traying the Government to which they had taken the oath of fidelity. We see at the present period the same system, not clandestinely, but in an ostensible manner. A counter i revolutionary journal begs of the men devoted to Charles X. Ito keep the places which they had received of him, and to take the oath of fidelity to the usurper Philip the First. According to this jesuitical Journal, that oath does not bind them to anything, because the Government to which it has been taken, is but a Government de facto, to which compliance is due, only as long as the means to over throw it are insufficient. "In our opinion," it says, " the oath engages him who takes it as long as the Power DE FACTO, who has received it, shall exist ; but as soon as the legitimate Sovereign can make his rights be respected, the oath which had been taken for legitimacy will still be valid, although transgressed by another, because that can no t be altered." After having thus shown the way he under stands It, that an oath taken to a Prime de facto is not binding, the same Journal continues in the following man ner : " It is from these considerations that we would engage those Magistrates who shall read them, to take the oath which is required of them. We dare venture to say, that it is the will of Chalks X ; the words which he transmitted to M. d• Flte-Jomes are proofs of the real truth." Can we be astonished that tho Magistrates, and various functiona l its chosen under the influence of the congregation, hurry to take an oath of fidelity to Louis Philip ? Tits BunoET.—EccusoxY.—The first care of a doveru mout, who wishes the well-being of the people, is, to prepare and spread economy in the state. It is said that the Budget occupies the greatest part of the time of the Minister of Finance : but, if we are well informed, the savings and suppressions in the next service will b e almost imperceptible.—We know well that the actual state of the country has brought on extraordinary ex penses ; but how many sinecures might be suppressed— of how many useless places is our immense adminis tration composed ! France, as a great nation, must not be parsimonious ; hut let hose who prepare the Budget bear in mind this truth, that often a place of lux urv, consumes uselessly the revenue of a parish or a district. It is already something to lay ou a better ' base the taxes ; but it would be still better to lighten them ; and that object cannot be attained without suppression and strict economy. It is not suffi cient to see the Moniteur fill its columns with the names of new public functionaries : but again those useless places must be suppressed in all the hierarchy of public services ; they are numerous. Shall all the general direction bo kept up—would not simple division be suffi cient ? Shall the parish cashier be maintained, and the secretary-general of prefecture ? Would it not be easy to suppress the under prefects, and replace them with the great corporations of districts ? Wo quote these example:: from amongst thousands of others taken in th" diNerellt branches of the administration. Can it be well to have an extended government ? We think that it is essential to (1,; away with the idea. Pray—trust a little to this generous nation; and give her as much as possible a participation in the government• of the country ! —Lc Constitutionuel. QUESTION Ow Batolum.—The Messayer des Chumbres. in commenting on the opening of the States-General, in the presence of the King of the Low Countries, says "The debate will solemnly begin upon the question of the separation betweet Holland and Belgium. We are already persuaded that that question will not be solved—because it is really insoluble. The King of the Low Countries, the Dutch Nation, the English and Berlin Cabinet, will employ all imaginable means against such a result. It is not because we think of an armed intervention on the putt of England and Prussia ; we are, on thu contrary, persuaded that those Powers will follow the ir.tpartial neutrality of France ; but the means of intrigue, the rage of tiip:oieatic efforts, will Is put in mo tion against a separation. " The King of the Low Countries, very stubborn in Ins ideas, and very conscientiously persuaded that his will has always been for the good of the subjects of th? two uations, will not willingly change his power and his rights, as a King, against that species of nominal power offered to him by the Belgians. There is besides no example in the history of the world, of a Sovereign making concessions otherwise than by force, or for his own interest. As to the Dutch, the submission of Belgium to a King of their nation, is for them at all times an affair of self-love and interest. Their pride and avaricious disposition (as the Belgians say) leads them to look on the rights of the House of Orange as their own rights, and the sovereignty of Belgium as their own. As such the indignation of the Dutch is unanimous. The Belgians are left to themselves, and yet they are not united in a defensive mass, for Liege and Brus sels are the only two beat cities where insurrection is complete. The others are kept under by garrisons and citadels. An armed force is even encamped between Liege and Brussels, to intercept military communi cations between one town and another. The cities of Ant werp and Ghent, not less important by their riches and po pulation, have not expressed themselves in favour of the event : either they have not the power, or do not find it to their interest. If the Government succeeds in reducing Liege and Brussels, all will be finished. It will certainly attain it by artifice and dilatory means. The sittings of the States-General will creep along. It will be shown, as ha_ already been done in the Dutch papers, that the separation is net even iu the interest well understood of Belgium. Th. National Guard will be wearied—popular commotion will be stirred up against machinery and other property. By degrete, those cities will ho brought under the authorities of the Mr'. gistrates of Royal Institutions : they will be even brought to ask for garrisons to maintain their internal security ; and, at last, at the end of some months, and with the redressing of some insignificant grievances, and strong pro mises for the future, then will be established what the Dutch call order and calm--that is to say, their dominion. "If things go on this way, Europe ought to believe that the Belgians had no real motive to complain and ask for the separation. la fact, if they again take the yoke, that yoke then cannot be so intolerable as it is pretended. But if the Belgians persist with courage, if they are seen devoted by energetic personal sacrifices in favour of their national inde pendence, then they will evidently be in the right, and they will obtain the separation because they were determined to have it. We nevertheless fear the want of firmness and vigour. We wait for the result to admire or pity them." PARIS EXCHANGE, SATURDAY, 5 O'CLOCK.—On Fri day the 5 per cants. shut at 92f. 50c. ; on Saturday the 5 per cents. opened at 95f. 25c. ; shut at 95f. 60c. On Fri , day the 3 per cents. opened at 63f. 50c. ; on Saturday the 3 per cents. opened at 37f. ; shut at 57f. 15c. All the monied men asked each other,how it was that they did not buy rental at the price which it had fallen to yester day—and, in fact, even those who like better to leave their funds in their Bureaux than to take tho 3 per cents, at 64, and 5 per cents. at 92, hurried to buy at 68, 50, and 96, 50. Was the situation of the country, or that of the finances, i more alarming yesterday than to-day ? Not the least in the world; but fear was there, and that fear has disappared, and confidence taken the place of it, and all spectators bought, as if falling of prices was not to come again. CITY, TWELVZ O'CLOCK. The Dutch and Hamburgh steamers are not yet arrived consequently there is a great dearth of intelligence. This morning a Lisbon Mail has arrived, sailed on the 12th inst. Consols which left off yesterday at 881 for the Account, opened at the same price, with very little business doing at present. Quebec Papers to the 19th of August, and Montreal to the 20th of August, have been received at the North and South American Coffee House. The following from Saint John's, New Brunswick :—The Pictou Patriot of the 23d ult, states, that on the previous evening, two ships arrived at that port from the Baltic, with timber, which, of course, must be re-shipped to Britain, these being the first vessels engaged in that circuitous mute. From the Montreal Papers.—West India Trade.—The St. Audrey?: Herald has the following, relative to the West India Trade :—" Private letters have been received here, from a gentleman holding an official situation under the British Government, in the United States, stating that the writer had received positive information that the West India trade question was now settled, and that the ports will not be opened to the Americans. atr, HALF-PitT ON& Consols continue steady at 88i for the Account, for Money 88t. The steam boats have not yet arrived. In the Foreign Market nothing doing to the present tires. .!~ ~ ,