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SPIRIT OF THE JOURNALS. Cuaowicmc.—We are assured by a Gentleman who is acquainted the sentiments of some of the leading Belgians, that they really ~Itemplate nothing more than the separation of Belgium from Hol ,nd. The Belgians conceive the Bing to have made a very improper l‘e of the unlimited power he has over the resources of the nation' lucre is no accountability, and his Majesty is supposed to have made Ile most of his accounting only to himself. Some of the more honour tble Belgians are not a little indignant, too, after what has happened be een the Prince of Orange and the Princess respecting her jewels, that he should have been put prominently forward at present. CHRONICLE.—We learn from a source on which we can fully rely, What though the reception of the late special Minister from the King of :he French was exceedingly hearty on the part of King William, it was exceedingly cool on the part of the Ministers. It is, we may say, no longer a matter of doubt that the Duke of Wellington and Lord Stuart de Ftothsay, the Ambassador at Paris, were taken by surprise by the Ordonnances, and the English Ministers arc not deemed by those in die secret a Paris to have been in any way accessary to the violent course on which Charles entered. They 'could not, of course, have failed to see, from the course the vessel of the State was taking, that something violent was contemplated. But more is attributed to the late King George the Fourth. We have heard, and on authority on which we can rely, strange things of his proceeding.. We cannot further allude to them than by observing that we firmly believe that if he had been now alive, it would have been no easy matter to have prevented war. TIMEII—The address from the members of the States-General, at Brussels, explains, so as not to be at all misunderstood, the full extent of the separation demanded by the Flemish people. This is expressed to be " a complete separation between the southern and northern pro vinces—writhout any other point of contact than the reigning dynasty." Such language is sufficiently explicit. The parallels found for such an .irrangement, by the Editor of a Brussels newspaper, are Sweden and Norway—Russia and Poland—Austria and Hungary. The Editor might hive added England and Ireland, or England and Scotland before the union of theserespectivecrowns. Must we remark that the tie of a com mon sovereign was found by the experience of the British empire too feeble to bind together its three grand divisions ? Every man of the least saga. city having foreseen that, constructed on its former principles, the federal state would ere long dissolve itself, the identity being but ficti tious, the distraction real. The example of Norway and Sweden is an unsafe one, the alliance between them being yet so recent. Those of Austria with Hungary, and Russia with Poland, are scarcely applicable, seeing that both sovereigns being all but absolute,—one will, and one mandate, rule their respective realms. It is the distinction of provinces which in arbitrary governments must be considered nominal, and the in. corporation real, so far as policy and power are concerned. Feeling that it would lie beyond our province to discuss for the people of Holland and the Netherlands the practicability of their remaining under one Prince, with distinct and independent legislatures, we are nevertheless bound to state undisguisedly, that as the kingdom of the Netherlands itself was made by the treaty of London in 1814, to which treaty four great Eu ropean powers were parties, and as the " complete union" of the two countries was the very foundation and indeed essence of that treaty, there are other parties, besides the King and the Flemings, to that compact, who may be visited by some aarm, on learning that instead of " a complete union, " complete separation is henceforth to characterise the relations of Holland and the Netherlands. POST.—Prince Talleyrand, we learn from the French Papers, is ap. pointed by the new French Government Ambassador Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Court of his Britannic Majesty. In this appointment there is a singular and conspicuous propriety. The representative and therepresented are in all respects worthy of each other. Who, indeed, could so judiciously have been chosen to act in the nameand in the behalf of an authority, itself the express creation and the ready slave of brute force, as one who is distinguished above every other pub. lic man in Europe for the steady determination and the unvaried felicity which in all vicissitudes and emergencies have constantly kept him on the strongest side ? It was a crime, we recollect, in Charles the Tenth to bestow his favour and bis confidence upon De Bourmont ; it will be considered meritorious, we sup. pose, in King Philip to confer a distinguished mark of honour and esteem "on Talleyrand. To tall this inconsistent would perhaps be rash, although to us it appears so; but this perhaps may arise from the circumstance that we are not revolutionists, and therefore cannot Comprehend the mysterious principles upon which a nation in the revolu tionary state awards its censure or applause. Great Britain has, how. ever, no right to complain of this appointment. It is a due return for the promptitude with which the French Revolutionary Government has been acknowledged, and manifests the determination of the new Court of France not to interfere in the internal policy, or seek to gain influence among any of the domestic parties of this country. The mission of Monsieur Talleyrand ought properly to be viewed as an effective and friendly antidote, administered by France herself, to the progress of a French interest with any one of our political parties, since we think we may be sure that neither Tory, Whig, Liberal, nor Radical in England, will permit mole however brilliant, cunning however refined, or address however polished, to ob. taro over them an ascendancy which they have been accustomed only to yield to the national and manly virtues of sense, spirit, and integrity.' This mission of Prince Talleyrand to the Court of St. James's is an in considerable event in the march of revolution—one of the " fantastic tricks," which, as we are told by a high authority, " men dressed in a little brief authority" are prone to exhibit. The revolutionists of the good and peaceable city of Hamburgh have been playing, we perceive, some tricks equally fantastic, although of a nature wholly dissimilar. The progress of Liberalism,tbe triumph of revolutionary enterprises elsowhese, the successful assertion of the sovereignty of the people, have led the populace of Hamburgh to seek distinction in the good cause, by assail. ing and maltreating all the Jews who were to be found in that active and money-getting seat of commerce. Yet our Liberals affect to een. sure this manifestation of popular sovereignty at Hamburgh—why, we confess we cannot conjecture. For if the sovereignty of the people be so very good a thing at Paris, where it is displayed in the destruction of machinery, in the forcible interruption of industry, and the suspen sion of all useful and honourable enterprise, in the ruin of property, the prostration of hope, the deprivation even of bread to thousands of innocent and meritorious persons, why in the name of reason should it be deemed a bad thing at Hamburgh, where it has only exercised itself in barbarous outrage against a few unfortunate Jews ? HZIALD.—A dinner was given at York, In honour of the Honour. able E. PZTRE, the Lord Mayor of that city, and High Sheriff of the county. As a mere convivial meeting, however respectably at. tended, we should not thus have particularly alluded to it ; but it receives no ordinary degree of political interest from a speech de livered by Lord Milton on the occasion of the health of the Duke of Wellington being proposed. That speech conveys the explicit and unreserved opinion of this distinguished Nobleman on the con duct and policy of the Premier. His Lordship has not drawn a V, Ty flattering picture--nor will those " fawning parasites " to whom Mr. Brougham alluded, acknowledge the accuracy of the por trait. But his Grace will, no doubt, be consoled for the severe strictures of this ungracious commentator on his political achieve. :rents,—by the complimentary effusions which await him at 'tie approaching symposium of the Manchester Rail-toad Cont. 1 any, who, by their luxurious entertainment, will furnish him with new proof of the increasing prosperity of the country, to be used In answer to the petitions of the distressed agriculturists and manu. tecturers in the ensuing Session of Parliament. Lord Stilton separated the military from the political character of his Grace—and with good reason. In the former capacity he was one of the most successful Ge. neesi s that ever led the English armies to victory. In the latter he has been one of the most unsuccessful Statesmen that ever took the helm of our civil affairs. In his military capacity he had obtained fame enough to satisfy the ambition of any man. In his civil career he has tarnished the brightness of his laurels, and lost his reputation for that united energy, foresight, and wisdom which led to his triumphs in the field. AB 0 ener g y we must, however, qualify what we say. He displayed tt,at quality in his persecutions of the Press, and his prompt and contemptuous dismissal of Mr. Huskisson (once so admired y his Manchester friends) from the Council of the Sovereign. And for shat did he so dismiss the Statesman whose political alliance he sought -is an inestimable acquisition to his Cabinet ? Not for any imputed rrors of policy —not for any dangerous attachment to theories injurious o the solid interests of British trade and manufactures; but on account 't a hasty letter trespassing upon Ministerial etiquette, and in some de. 'ree off!nsive to his personal dignity. But did be display any of this ..iergetic quality in the vindication of the national dignity and honour !4heri Russia, after solemn assurances to the contrary, blockaded the pudardlea ? Did he show any of the wisdom o f t h e S tatesman i n a l. the Turki s h E mp i re to be overthrown, and our Eastern posses s,ons to be thus uncovered to the future aggression of the colossal power and inordinate ambition of Muscovy? Did be act with the inoniptitude of a British Statesman in protecting the honour ° I the British flag from the gross and repasted insults of the usurper of the throne of Portugal, whose defrauded niece had been received at the Court of our Sovereign as the rightful Queen of that country ? It is true that now, after his latest and most flagrant outrages, Don Miguel fare the growing dangers of anarchy, which, In several di Weiss roe"' has been compelled to disgorge the plunder of British subjects, anti to itself under the most hideous forms, and which, if it be not prevented, promise reparation for the wrong ;—but we can easily account for this or reprnsed by the means which the fundamental law places at the dia. by knowing that a King at present wields the sceptre of Great Britain pawl of the Government, joined to those furnished by the zeal of the who had been the companion and patron of Nelson, and had always been citizens, will strike irreparable blows at individual welfare and the na sensitively alive to every thing touching the honour of that flag under tional prosperity. Let the good citizens every where separate their cause which our naval heroes won and mantained, against all rival nations, the from that of the agitators, and let theirgenerous Worts for the reestablish. supremacy of the saes. There was energy, indeed, in the attack upon mentor the public tranquillity in those places where it is still menaced, at the fugitives from the tyranny of Don Miguel in the waters of Terceira, lan put a period to evils so great, so that every trace of them may be but perhaps even his Grace's most devoted friends would not now effaced. The present shall be generally published and posted up, and wish to obtain for that affair a prominent place in the history of inserted in the official jotting]. the " Wellington Administration ^ Then, as to our domestic " Done at the Hague the sth of September, of the year 1830, and policy, well might Lord Milton draw a contrast between the the 17th of our reign. promises made in the Speech from the Throne, at the opening (By the King) " WILLIAM. of the last Session, and the acts performed. What became ".1. G. DR MEY DE STREEFBERK." of the pledges respecting the reforms in the administration of justice ! What of the promised retrenchment and economy ? Was the sanguinary Forgery Bill, which causes the forger of a one-pound promissory note to perish on the same scaffold with him who has deliberately imbued his hands in the blood of kis fellow man, a specimen of the promised im. provement of our criminal jurisprudence? Was the Beer Bill. for the encouragement of universal tippling, a proof of regard for the morals of the people, only next in importance to the establishment of an un- English gentionnarie under the name of a preventive police! No doubt, in what he did, and in what he omitted to do, the Duke of Wellington was actuated with the best intentions in the world ; but in the same proportion that we exonerate him from base intentions must we impeach his capacity as a statesman. Rower!, &LP?. 5 —Half the departments in France are in a state of excitement—in a perfect fever. I have told you over and over again, although you, no doubt, thought I had only drawn the dark s ide of th e picture, that the Revolution which has taken place, has taken place in Paris, and the provinces have not been consulted upon the occasion. I tell you again that the greatest discontent prevails. It is not my busi. I ness to give opinions, but it i s my d u ty to s t ate f acts ; from these you may draw this concl u sion, th a t o il i s no t over , ne i t h e r in Fr a n ce , n or . in other parts of the Continent of Europe. Every man possessed of the smallest portion of sense must wish what you so well express in the Morninglieratd, but, unfortunately, wishes are not reslities. Were they I so, this town would feel particularly thankful for your kind feelings.— At the hour I am writing the whole of the National Guard are marching under my window to quell a disturbance of the most se rious nature. The workmen of the manufactories of Bapaume, Hor nets!, and other districts, have arrived at the entrance of the town. They demand an increase of wages, a reduction in the price of bread, • diminution of the hours of labour, and the non-use of machinery. I have just returned from the place where the operatives (4,000 or 5,000) were assembled. The National Guard have experienced the greatest difficulty in dispersing them. Several of the former have been severely wounded with stones and other missiles ; one person was stabbed with a knife. Hitherto the National Guard have judiciously refrained from firing, but this forbearance cannot last. On Tuesday, it is expected, these misguided people will assemble in ereater numbers and great apprehensions are entertained that they wal set fire to the ' manufactories out of town. The number of Guards does not exceed seven or eight thousand men—the 38th Regiment of Infantry has st arrived—but the enraged populace exceed forty thousand. The National Guards are worn out with fatigue; many to whom I have spoken have been on duty forty-eight hours. They are determined should the people throw stones at them on Monday, to make use of their arms. The whole town, as you may suppose, is in the great est agitation. As a precautionary measure, a part of the bridge of boats which connects the town with the populous and manufacturing district of Saint Sever, has been removed : the mob, most to be feared, will therefore be divided into two parties. The stone bridge is well guarded. Another cause of uneasiness, is the state of Paris. The printers having determined that mechanical presses should not be used, and the compositors being unwilling to work, several Patio papers have not reached us to.day. Two thirds of the manufacturers here are supplied with machinery moved my steam-engines: the operatives have already intimated their intention to destroy them : should such a resolution be carried into effect, half the town would be ruined. The people of Paris, they who effected the revolution of July, have been justly extolled t but the populace of the provinces is of a totally different character; and if they obtain the upper band, most dreadful scenes must ensue. Three o'clock Sunday afternoon.—The drums ere beating to arms, and the National Guard are marching in every direction ; it is not, how. ever, anticipated that a conflict will take place until Tuesday. In order to show you that the Press is not to be depended upon, the paper published hers merely says :—" Some meetings of workmen took place yesterday ; a few of them were arrested, and tranquillity was restored." No mention is made of the wounded National Guard, of the formidable and determined appearance of the working-peolple, nor of the agitatated state of the town. If another revolution takes place, there will be a civil war between those who possess something, and those who have nothing to lose. Business is in an absolute state of stagnation, and the Paris post of to-day brings an awful list of bankruptcies : se veral hundred bills drawn from this town on Paris have beta returned protested. The following extracts from letters addressed to one of the first houses here have been communicated to me; you will see that the flame is spreading with fearful rapidity : µ META, SEPT. 3.—1 am afraid we shall soon witness the effects of the revolution. Could things have terminated in the departments in three days, as they did in Paris, all would have been well; but this is unfortunately not the case. The military here have set a dreadful ex ample of insubordination; the result of the principles now recognised—the sovereignty of th e e ce p s eo sar lp e. With such principles, at least, as they are understood in the provinces, the soldiers may, if they think proper, choose or dismiss their officer.. Only let what has hap. pened here spread through the land, and instead of demoaatical anarchy, we shall become the slaves of military despotism. The regiment of dragoons quartered in this town were disutisfied with their officers, andl in a state of mutiny they have compelled those who commanded them to leave the town. The Bth regiment of artillery have followed the example; 150 men marched in arms to the residence of their Colonel, i whont they fortunately did not find at home I they carried away the colours and the military chest. The 2d regiment of cavalry have acted in a similar manner at Pont a Mousson Befort and Sarreguemines." Memos, SEPT. I..—We are in an extremely agitated state, and I fear before many days elapse blood will be spilt. The greatest hatred exists between the Protestants and Catholics ; the former are the Li berals, and belong to the present order of things ; the latter are Ultras, and demand Henry V. or a Republic. I hear from the very best autho rity that a Contatissaire estraordinaire is to be sent immediately into this department, and others are to leave Paris for the provinces ; this ought to have taken place three weeks ago ; if they do not soon arrive they will be too late to quell the disturbances. "Awns., SEPT. 3.—Lest night a serious disturbance took place, and we are dreadfully alarmed lest it should recommence. The labour. ing classes have had several meetings; they exclaim that they also must derive some advantage from the revolution. Hitherto none but the fol lowers of Napoleon, or the friends of the Deputies, have pro fi ted by the change. Bread must be sold at two sous a pound instead of five sous, at which price it is now sold. In accordance with this democratic notion, they proceeded to the houses of the bakers, mealnien, and cornfactors, vociferating, A bas la Magaziniers.' They broke the windows of I several houses, and destroyed a great quantity of furniture. Several far- I men, who were returning to their homes, were pelted by the mob, and a number of persons were severely wounded. The National Guard had much difficulty in driving the rioters away. The congregation are the instigators, and supply money to those who are at the licul of these tumultuous meetings. They intend to assemble in greater numbers In a few days—these men come principally from the Faubourg de Hem. The nobility, and there are manylherc, in great dread, and already an. ticipate a second emigration." Rewrite, Sept. 2.—We had entertained hopes that all woe settled— it may be so, for aught we know in Paris, but this department is in the most dreadful state of agitation. Public confidence is destroyed. We blame not the Government of the King ; yet they show not the energy necessary at such a juncture. It Is the people whom we fear. The Sovereignty of the people is a terrific word in the provinces ; the prin. ciple may be just and necessary in Paris; the population is enlightened, but in our province liberty is mistaken far licentiousness, and equality means that the poor must share with the rich. lam afraid that my next letters will give you an account of dreadful riots in the departments of La Somme and Du Gard, where tumultuous meetings have already taken place." BonDtaux, Sept. 1.--It is with sorrow we inform you that affairs have assumed a serious aspect. The canaille are injuring our excellent cause. A vast number repaired on Friday last to the chateau of M. de (lombaut, 31arFehal de Camp at Beyte. Be had been previously in. formed of their intention, and had left his house. His portrait, regi mentals, and some furniture, were burnt by the mob. His crime was that of belonging to the Noblerte. The same miscreants then pro. ceeded to Telenet, where Count hlaxime de Puyaegur resides. This nobleman was also absent ; his life would probably have been sa aitleed. Sorssows, Aug. 30.—There was a riot here to-day ; the working classes have assembled, and are determined, they say, that the price of bread shall be seduced. The municipal authorities, wishing to avoid a disturbance, sent forth a proclamation, stating that the lost of 10 lbs. shall be reduced 10 centimes (one pznny); this did not satisfy them; they made an attack upon the National Guard, and, having succeeded in driving them away, they proceeded to the corn warehouse, and carried away all that it contained. Sicoae,:flept. I.—The peasantry have a notion that bread is to be sold for almost nothing, and that the Tholes Reunis (the Excise) is to be suppressed; they have already destroyed the principal Bureau, and re fuse to pay any taxes. We are in the very centre of La Vendee, and you know what sort of people the inhabitants of Britany are. ST. Oracle s(Arriege) Sept. I.—This town ;is in a terrible state of excitement. There is a law, not generally kaolin to this effect :—• If any person sustains a loss by pular tumult — bo u rse , property, &e. be. Mg destroyed, the commun e ( par ish) shall make good the loss.'_ Some time last month a great number of individuals assembled and proceeded to the Chateau of Count Saint Jean de Poniti, and de molished it, setting fire to the barns and out-houses. The Count es. aped and took refuge in the woods ; he repaired to Part, and when tranquillity was restored, he commenced proceedings *surest the parish of Unto°, where his property lay. The trial took place the 20th of August, and the law b e i ng positive, the said parish was sentenced to pay the expensee-36,000 franca. The Protium do Rol was, in con sequence, assailed by the mob of this town, and narrowly esceped. Had he been caught, he would most certainly haveended his:days on the lantern post. Roozx Sept. I, Taro &Clock, a.m.—The National Guard are still bivouacked out of the piss, and are washing the rimers. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. PROCLAMATION TO THE INHABITANTS OF BRUSSELS. From the Brussels Papers received last raga. His Royal Highness the Prince of Orange has just offered us to go immediately to the Hague, to lay before his Majesty our demands ; he will second them with all his influence, and there is reason to hope they will be granted us. Immediately after his departure the troops will leave Brussels. The Burgher Guard engages on its honour nut to suffer any change of the dynasty, and to protect the city, and especially the palaces. Brussels, September 3. (Here follow a number of signatures.) We, the Prince of Orange, declare that the commission appointed by us in the King's name, is dissolved. WILLIAM, Prince of Orange. Brussels, Sept. 3. PROCLAMATION BY THE BELGIC DEPUTIES. Dear Fellow-countrymen—We, the undersigned deputies to the States General now at Brussels, have been summoned to an interview with the Prince of Orange. We have had the honour conscientiously to lay be fore him the state of things, and of the public feeling. We thought our selves authorised to represent to the Prince Royal, that the most ardent desire of Belgium was the complete separation between the Southern and Northern provinces, without any other point of contact than the reigning dynasty. We represented to his Royal Highness, that in the agitation of the public mind the dynasty of the Prince of Nassau has not foe a mo ment ceased to be the unanimous wish of the Belgians—that the difficulties of its situation, the impossibility or conciliating ineompa. tible opinions, manners, and interests ceasing, the house of Orange, henceforth free to associate itself in our wishes, might depend on the attachment and fidelity of all. Our remarks were favourably received, as well as those of several special commissioners, and the Prince Royal was already gone to carry in person the expression of our wishes to his august father. Persuaded, dear countrymen, that we have been the interpreters of your sentiments, that we have acted as good and loyal Belgians, we inform you of our proceedings. It is here in your capital that we await with confidence the result of your eforts and ours. (Here follow the signatures.) Barnum., Sept. 5. Tranquillity continues to prevail at Brussels, thanks to the seal of the Burgher Guard ; all good citizens anxiously await the result of the journey of the Prince of Orange to the Hague. Let us hope that the moment is not far off when, united under the same banner, we shall all rally round a constitutional throne, at the call of a King who le a pat. tern of all public and private virtues ; a King so worthy of our attach. merit and our love. BIIIIIIIIIELS, SZPT. 6.—The Deputies of the Southern Provinces now at Brunel' said on the 3d of this month," The house of Orange may depend on the attachment and fidelity of aIL" It is after having re. ceived this declaration that the Prince set out for the Hague, promising to represent in person to his Majesty the wishes expressed to him, and especially that of a complete separation between the 'southern and northern provinces of the kingdom, all of them remaining under the pro. tendon of the same Crown. BRUSSELS, SEPT. 4.—The proposal foe a division of the kingdom into two parts, with distinct administrations under the same sceptre, made the most favourable impression yesterday. This new organisa tion would not be at all contrary to the principle of integrity and unity, the only conditions of the treaty of London, to which the erection of the Netherlands into a kingdom is subject. There would be no more dif ficulty In practice than is seen in the relations between Sweden and Norway, Austria and Hungary, Russia and Poland. In our country it would have the advantage of removing all the ground of irritation between the Belgians and the Dutch. --Journal de is Belgique, September 6. PROCLAMATION. We, William, by the Grace of GOD, King of the Netherlands, Prince of Orange Nasmu, Grand Duke of Luxemburg, otc. to all whom these presents shall come, greeting : Divine Providence, which has deigned to accord to this kingdom fifteen years of peace with the whole of Europe, internal tranquillity and increasing prosperity, has just visited the two provinces with numberless calamities, and the quiet of many adjoining provinces has been either troubled or menaced. At the first news of these disasters we hasten to convoke an extraordinary meeting of th a States-General, which, according to the terms of the fundamental law, represent the whole people of Belgium, in order to concert with the Nobles the measures which the state of the nation and the present circumstances require. At the same time our two beloved sons the Prince of Orange, and Prince Frederick of the Netherlands, were charged by us to proceed to those provinces, as well to protect, by the forces placed at their disposition, persons and property, as to assure them. selves of the real state of things, and to propose to us the mea sures the best calculated to calm the public mind. This mis- Sioll, executed with a humanity and a generosity of sentiment which the nation will appreciate, has confirmed to us the &entrance that even when it is the most agitated it will preserve and proclaim its attachment to our dynasty, and to the national in. dependence; and however our heart may be afflicted by the circum stances that have come to our knowledge, we do not abandon the hope that, with the assistance of DIVINE PROVIDENCI (whose succour we invoke upon this important and lamentable occasion) and the co operation of every well-disposed man, and the good citizens, in the different parts of the kingdom, we shall succeed in restoring order, and re-establishing the agency of the legal powers and the dominion of the laws. With this view, we calculate on the assistance of the States-General. We invite them to examine whe ther the evils of 'which the ecuntry so loudly complains arise from any defect in the national institutions; and if it is possible. to modify them ; and particularly if the relations established by treaties, and the funda mental law, between the two grand divisions of the kingdom, should, with a view to the common interest, be changed or modified. We desire that these important questions should be examined with care and perfect freedom, and we shall think no sacrifice too great, when we have in view the fulfilment of the desires, and to insure the happiness of the people, whose welfare has been the constant and assiduous object of our care. But, disposed to concur with frankness and fidelity, and, by the most comprehensive and decisive measures, we are nevertheless, re solved to maintain with firmness the legitimate rights of all the parts of the kingdom,without distinction, and only to proceed by regular methods, and conformably with the oaths which we have taken and received.-- Belgians ! Inhabitants of the different divisions of this beautiful country —more than onee rescued by Divine favour and the union of the citizens, from the calamities to which it was delivered up—wait with calmness and confidence for the solution of the important questions which circumstances have raised—second the efforts of legs/ authority, to maintain internal tranquillity and the execution of the laws when they have not been disturbed, and to re-establish them where they have suffered any obstruction lend your aid to the law, so that in turn the law may protect your property, your in dustry, sad your pinata safety. Let dielffences of opinion vanish be. REVENUE OP THE cumasNr QUANTE& In the portion of the current quarter that has elapsed, there is, coin. pared with the corresponding period of the year 18:19, a very consider able deficit, and there seems to be good reason to suppose that deficit will go on increasing to the end of the current quarter, which will be on the 10th of October. The present deficit amounts to rather more than 700,0001. and the deficit on the entire quarter will probably amount to 1,009,0001.—The decrease has been principally confined to the three heads of Deer, Mal:, and Hops, and can, in etch 'of the three articles specified, be satisfactorily accounted for, without giving any reason for gloomy anticipations. On the contrary, we h.ive every indication of a sound and prosperous state of the great and hail ing branches of national and commercial industry. Ist, Brea.—By the act which repeals the beer tax, the brewer Is permitted to make bets without payment of duty, provided it is warehoused under the Excise lock, and not sold for consumption until after October 10. The brewers have of course availed themselves of this privilege, and in fact there is not at this moment any revenue derived from the manufacture of beer. 2d. Mar.r.—The revenue from malt is payable upon manufacture, and not upon consumption. Now the barley harvest of the last year was t.o. toriously deficient, and the whole produce was manufactured into malt before the commencement of the current quarter ; and the produce of the present harvest (which is a late harvest) has not yet been tnanu. factured by the masters. The brewers, therefore, are using out the stock of malt on hand, on which duty bad been previously paid. The obvious and necessary Inference, therefore, is, that there must be a considerable deficit in the present Quarter under the head of malt duty. 3d, Hors.—The duty on Hops depends entirely on the productiveness of the hop-gathering. This is defective, and the amount of duty of course shows a corrnpontling deficiency. There are two other heads in which there is a fsllir.g off—Tea and Foreign Corn. It will he sufficient to remark, that the first (Tea) is an ad adore., duty, and that in the present year the consumption has increased, but the prices at the India sales (which prices regulate the amount of duty) were lower. In Corn the comparative prices of this year and the last, and the consequent difference in the duty, explain the deficit. The revenue of the current quarter exhibits an increase under the important heads of_ Soap, candles, starch, printed cottons, and spirits. It will be obvious that each of these articles is one of general consumption, and (unless, perhaps, in the case of spirits) of prime necessity. The increase, therefore, shows an aug. mentation in the general diffusion of comforts in society at large. It is important co remark, that the Customs generally exhibit a slow, gra dual, and therefore probably permanent tendency to improvement —not a violent overflow upon any particular mercantile commodity, which only indicates an unsafe and unnatural burst of ill-judged speculation, but too commonly followed by a disastrous re-action.-7lntes. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. Vaszts 'worn wrns.—Tke I.larragheld, on the 2d uk. in the St. Lawrence. Robert Donald, of Liverpool, on the 19th ult. in lat 46. long. 44. Champlain, on the Ist instant. in lat. 49. long. 12. Mira. michi, in lat. 42. long. 59. Southampton, Bragg, from Liverpool to Valparaiso, on the lith June, in lat. 50. S. long. 80. Albion, of Aber deen, out n days, in lat. 4s. long. 58 ; and the Lowther, of Carlis'e. bound to Halifax, on the In instant, in lat. 48. long. 34. The following arrivals are posted at Lloyd's :—The Can ton, Lyall, from St. Petersburgh, at Hull ; Zephyr, Turnely, and Leipzig, Roberts, from St. Petersburgh, in the Humber; Lovely Nay, ..--, from Memel, at Lynn ; Jackson, Jackson, from St. Kin's, and Globe, Dixon, from Lima, in the Downs; and Alexander, Thompson, from bliramichi, at Grangemouth. The Alice, Greatzback, from London to Pinata, was abandoned at sea Seth ult. being waterlogged. Crew saved. The Sirs, bound to New 'fork, has put back to Liverpool, leaky, and must discharge. The Sir George Murray,bound to St. Andrew's, N.B. has put back to Liverpool, leaky.. . . , Dem., Sure. 1.--Arrived the Ocean, from Pdiramichl ; Aan, from North America; and Funchal, Hart, from California and Rio Janeiro. Poalssourn, Say. S.—Arrived his Majesty's ship Pallas, from Hants:. Off the Wight, the Magnet, Patsy, from Havannah. PLTNOTITII• Sere. 6.—Arrived the Henrietta, Peake, from Prince Edward's Island. Baurot., Barr. L—Arrived the Henry Carter, Roberts, from To. bago, and Betsey, Johns, from Lanzarotte. Lrrearooc, Sam 7.—Arrived the Emma, M'Donald, from Val. para h o ; British Q ueen , .--., from Quebec; and the Miramiehi, Hutchinson, from iiiirandebi. CORONER FOR MIDDLESEX. This day the election of Coroner for the County of Middlesex took place opposite the Sessions House, Clerkenwell,on a temporary hustings erected for the purpose. A little after nine o'clock, the Under Sheriffs arrived, and opened the business. Mr. WHITBaKAD, late M.P. for Middlesex, proposed Mr. Baker u a fit and proper person to hold the high office of Coroner. He then adverted to his good qualities to fill the office, and that if elected he would fill the situation with credit to hitmelf and justice to his constituents. Mr. HODGSON seconded the nomination—and in a witty speech, declared that medical men were unfit for the situation. He asked what would people think if a doctor ass nominated to be a judge of the King's Bench ?—(A laugh.) Sir J. LILLY proposed Mr. Wakky as a proper person for the high situation, and contended that none but a medical gentleman ought es be elected to. fill the office. Dr. Evans seconded the nomination, and also contended that lawyers had no business with the office—doctors alone ought to be elected. Colonel Jones made a long speech in favour of Mr. Wakley. He insisted that lawyers were not adapted for the situation ;—medical gentlemen ought to fill the office. What did a lawyer know about the diseases of the human frame ? he would ask.—. 1 Why , nothing ; must be the reply. The gallant Colonel concluded a long and animated speech, in which he was patiently heard, and loudly sheered. )lr. BAILER made a short, but modest, address to the electors; and said, if elected, he would do his duty.—Mr. WALLET then came for ward to the fiont of the hustings, and claimed a patient hearing. He commenced by ridiculing the idea of electing lawyers to 611 the office of Coroner. It was not their sphere. It was their business to attend to the living—the doctors to the dying. A lawyer Coroner might be ap pointed, but then he must have a doctor Coroner to assist him, for which the county must raj , . He then stated a cue when an inquest was held on a woman three urr.t ‘, where a lawyer Coroner presided. Oft the first inquest site raised her head and laughed ; on the second she groaned ; but on the third inquest, the lawyer Coroner was right—the woman was really dead. Mr. Wakley proceeded, in an animated manner, to ridi cule the wish of appointing lawyer Coroners, and cited's number of eases much to the point, during which he was repeatedly cheered by the people. He concluded s long and ingenious address to the electors, sad declared that, if elected, he would do his duty to the utmost—he was certain of victory. Mr. SCALES, butcher, of WiliteChApel. next came forward, in the in. terest of Mr. Wakley, and made a very humotous speech respecting Coroners• Inquests, s number of which came under his own eye. Ile alluded to the ignorant persons who were frequently appointed as jury. men—men taken from the workhouse. and paid for their decisions. He concluded a lung address to the electors, amidst thunders of applause. A show of hands then took place whether Mr. Baker or Mr. Wakley should be Coroner, where there appeared a large majority in favour of Mr. Wakley. A poll was demanded for Mr. Baker. The most estta 'ordinary exertions are making by the friends of the Candidates; coaches are in requisition from all quuter.:; and, notwithstanding the wetness of the day, Clerkenwell-green is crowded with people. OPPOSITION To BARTHOLOMEW FAIL—The oppo.•i. sition to the continuance of Bartholomew Fall will, it is caleulatid by the leading members of the Corporation, be attended with a successkil result. The Fair has been gradually declining for the last five or RN years. The Fair that has just concluded presented a miserable pie. lure. The owners of the Revere] booths were losers by the speculation. Richardson had calculate d upon receiving 1501. on Alonday ; but he experienced the most painful disappointment. The public-houses in the neighbourhood reaped all the benefit of the crowd. It is impossible to describe the daring outrages committed against decency on Monday evening. Wherever any decent women were to be seem, a mob of well-dressed vagabonds rushed over to them, and stripped ' the lower part of their persons. The Police sac► several Installers of this indecency, and were obliged to rush upon the assailants, and to use their staves. This alone had the effect of checking the practice which has of late years been so much the fashion in Bartholomew Fair. The business of clearing the publie.bouses was generally one of great tail and difficulty. So great is the excitement amongst females on the et , casion of Bartholomew Fair. that there is scarcely any sacrifice that the sex would not make to visit it. Ledbetter, the Marshallese, In clearing one public.house, saw a woman with a very swan child in her arms—" It is time for you to be at home, my good woman," said be. " with your baby." " Oh, ne, Sir," said she. "we are able to stay tin the lam —'tin only eleven o'clock." " Pray;" said Ledbetter, " how old say the child be r Why," said do • tomorrow it will be three weeks