Star. — London, England, 1830-11-08 00:00:00

THE.' ISIT TO THE CITE OFFICIAL NOTICE. " Guildhall, Loudon, Nov. 7, 1830. The Committee appointed to conduct the Entertainment proposed to be given on Lord Mayor's day (next), on the occasion of their Majesties honouring the City of London with their presence, deem it their duty to give publicity to a letter received at 9 o'clook this evening by the Lord Mayor, from tho Right Honourable Sir Robert Peel, Bart. his Ma jesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Home Depart ment, of which the following is a copy : " Whitehall, Nov. 7, 1830. "My Lord—l am commanded by the King to inform your Lordship, that his Majesty's confidential servants have felt it to be thoir duty to advise the King to postpone the visit which their Majesties intended to pay to the City of London on Tuesday next. " From information which has boon recently received, there is reason to apprehend that, notwithstanding the de voted loyalty and affection borne to his Majesty by the Citi zens of London, advantage would be taken of an occasion which must necessarily assemble a vast number of persons by night to create tumult and confusion, and thereby to endanger the properties and the lives of his Majesty's sub jects. " It would be a source of deep and lasting concern to their Majesties wore any calamity to occur on the occasion of their visit to the City of London, and their Majesties have therefore resolved, though not without the greatest re luctance and regret, to forego for the present, the satisfac tion which that visit would have afforded to their Majesties. " I have the honour to be, my Lord, " Your obedient Servant, " ROBERT PEEL " The Right Honourable the Lord Mayor." SPIRIT OF THR JOURNALS. Timis.—The visit of their Majesties to the city has been postponed, SA will be seen by the notice from the Home-office to the Committee ap pointed to conduct the entertainment proposed to be given to them to. morrow. The grounds on which their Majesties have altered their gra cious resolution to honour the city festival with their must endear them still mor e t o th e i r f a i t hf u l su bj ects . Thougt re s a re ence msiy hops that the anticipation of any disturbance was unfounded, yet even the slightest contingency of such an event was sufficient to justify the advice which the Ministers have given to their Royal Muter. POST.-It has long been our duty to apprize the public of the dark and seditious, not to say deeply rebellious projects of the Infamous fee. tion by whom the peace of the country, and the very existence of social order and domestic security, have been so seriously menaced. We have frequently called their attention to the inflammatory harangues of low demagogues, delivered at public meetings, In the open thee of day, ex citing the populace to acts of outrage and rebellion, on the first favour. able opportunity that should occur for the accomplishment of their dia. helical purposes ; nor were we without the most serious apprehensions that their Majesties' intended visit to the City would be considered by them as an occasion auspicious to their infamous designs. That our fearful prognostics in this respect were neither visionary or unfounded, will be sufficiently seen by the official communic a ti o n, whi c h s o f ar bears us out in all our anticipations as to prove the necessity felt by his Majesty's Ministers to advise him to postpone his intended visit to the City. .—...... bloawtwo Anywnrisna.—The King and Queen do not visit the City to-morrow ! !!—What is, or is not, the private information on which the King's Ministers arc acting, we do not pretend to know. The warning letter which we published the other day indicated danger, and we were also aware of a report, that it was intended by certain ruffians to assassinate ourselves, as well as a eotemporary and his colleague 1 but we did not pay much attention to these matters, and thought that the King and his mini s t ers wou ld as li tt l e swerve from their way, as we do from ours, either in going to, or returning from our homes. But it seems we were mistaken, and what is more, that Government is in pos sessionvl of su ffi cient inf orma tion, to warrant it in ad his Majesty to postpone hi s v i s i t . W e f ear t h at t h ey h ave judged and that they are about to bring upon the country the very evils are dreaded. There might have been a tumult on the occasion ; but there could have been nothing to endanger the life of the King, and still lees to form the groundwork o f a revolution ; for there Is no revolutionary spirit in the country, and nine, we are confident, out of every ten, arms, would have been raised, in case of danger, to defend their Major. ries. In a word, we deprecate the unnecessary alarm which will be ex. cited by the postponement of the King's visit, end must beg our repro seotatives to inquire, whether there Is not more of state trick, than of real danger, in the matter ? Hkaatel.—The tumours then, which prevailed foe some days past— rumours too _vague and improbable not to be scouted by all rational men..-have had but too good a foundation. The ministers have ad. vised the King not to visit the city 1 They have advised him to mor. tify the ant commercial body of his empire, by the retraction of a formal pledge which be had given to honour then:, on the occasion of the choice of their chief magistrate, with his presence—they have in. duced him to disappoint, woefully to disappoint, hundreds and thousands of his subjects, whose hearts are beating with unmeasured loyalty to his crown, unbounded devotion to his person, and whose money has been for days lavished, and their ingenuity exhausted, in devising the means of receiving him in his progress with all that attention which affee. tion, strengthened by respect, could bestow. We are told that this sad re. solve on the part of the King is the result of the councils of his ' advisers. There needed noassurance of this sat; such a suggestion could never have found its birth-place in the pure,atout and English breastof our king. The monarch, then, who a week ago could walk, unattended, from one part of his dominions to another, and at any hour of the day or night, is now told that, though the utmost pains have been taken to marshal uround him the whole strength of his police and military power, he cannot safely trust himself amongst his people. Can those squabbles b , :tween the new police and the mob—those disturbances which we were told but a few days ago were the work of pickpockets and thieves, be a reamin for all this? or is it the working of a plot, dark and unknown in import? There is, however, no doubt but that there is felt a serious alarm by ministers. At four o'clock yesterday a council of all the mi nisters was held, which sat in deliberation upwards of two hours; and again at midnight another council of equal duration, was held. To this we may add that, however strange it may appear, on, dm have been given to put the military stations throughout tl:c metropolis in a state of efficient defence. At the Tower, the gates are ordered to be kept closed for the day, and all the troops to be under anus. Sand-bags and other muniments of war proper for sustaining a siege have been sent into that fortress. The place is also provisioned for a considerable time, and every arrangement made as well to put it into a condition to resist a sudden attack, as a lengthened and more se rious blockade. We understand also that reinforcements of troops have been ordered from all quarters towards town. No doubt the public will wait with much anxiety for an explanation of all this in the House of Lords to.night, and perhaps the Duke of Wellington may now a d m i t that some fide inquiry Into the state of the country h necessary. It will be seen by a Court paragraph, in another part of our Paper, that the Lord Steward has issued cards of Invitation for this evening. We hope the popularity of our beloved Monarch is not likely to be can promised upon slight grounds. Cnioniet.r..—The visit of their Majesties to the City is postponed ! W e refer our readers to the official Letter, aped " Robert Peel," to the Lord Mayor, which announces this astounding fact. " His Ma jesty's confidential Servants," says Sir Robert, " have felt it to be their duty to advise the King to post: do te visit which their Majesties In tended to pay t o th e Ci ty of on Tuesday next. And why ? " From information which has been recently received, there Is reason to apprehend, that notwithstanding the devoted loyalty and affection borne to his Majesty by the cidsens of London, advantage would be taken of an occasion which must necessarily assemble a vast number of persora by night to create tumult and confusion, and thereby to endanget the properties and the lives of his Majesty's sub. *ls." Their Majesties have therefore resolved, " though not without the greatest reluctance and regret," to forego the satisfaction which that visit would have afforded to them. We will venture to say that William the Fourth may proceed, by day or by night, without a single attendant, in perfect safety through every street, lane, or alley of the Metropolis. How, then, is tumult a ed t The King's advisers s a y they app re h en d tumult g but King, we are sure, feels the firmest conviction that he has no cause to apprehend any. He knows that there is not an Englishmen who would touch a h a i r of his head ; and that were the attempt made, ten thousand bands would be raised in a moment against the person who should think of iesuldng him by deed or word. So then his Majesty's advisers have not hesitated to proclaim to the kingdom and to all Europe, that the King and Queen are not safe in the metropolis of the British Em pire 1 After their Majesties, on due deliberation of course, had been advised to accept the invitation to a splendid entertainment to be given by his Majesty's loyal subjects o f t h e City of London-aave not hesitated to advise their klajesties, on the ground of apprehension of tamale, to refuse the proffered honour. What has happened since the invitation was accepted, that should make it dangerous for his Ma jesty to proceed through the Metropoli s ? The King's speech has been delivered to Parliament, but the Hines speech isBezteech of his MI , maters ; and though the speech h as g i ven ver y dissatisfaction, the people only say th a t th e y w i s h hi s Majesty been better advised —that they are sorry to and him in such bed company. Still, if any manifestation of displeasure were to have taken place, we are sure that a distinction sufficiently broad would have been made between the King and his Ministers. We regret this ill-advised measure. We regret it be cause we are sure it will lead, in foreign countries, as wallas at a distance in our own,to inferences which:are by no mesas warranted. Is his Majesty, who takes such pleasure in free commun leaden with his subjects,to be made a prisoner of state, because his Ministers make foolish speeches, lind ore in fear of the consequences. Better far that they had frankly told his ida*ty, you may go to the feast, because the loyalty of an English. man will always ensure respect from him to his Sovereign ; but we have strange misgivings with regard to ourselves. What are we to un derstand from this strange measure ? Is the interdict of his Majesty from appearing in public on great occasions to be temporary or perma nent ? Must his Majesty always proceed by stealth through the City Or must he wait till the Ministers make better speeches for him ? Canoxicut.—The general belief is, that the tenure of ministers is insecure. His Majesty, It is supposed, did not wish to withdraw his confidence from ministers whom he believed to be popular with the nation. But the late coquetting of the Duke of Wellington, first with the Reformers, and then with the Ultra-Tories—and the disgust with which the declaration of his (pace respecting Reform has been every. where received—have materially changed the aspect of things. It has been observed too, that a certain Journal has been lately a very luke warm advocate of his Grace. As to coquetting with the Reformers, it is believed that the report of his intention to give a partial Reform, was thrown out to frighten the Tines. Ile may not have committed himself, but it mast have been first thrown out with his cognizance. FOREIGN INTELLIGINCE. (From the Currier Fraisosio of Saturday.) It was stated today upon 'Change that the Government had deter. mined upon removing the prefect of police from his situation. That is, no doubt, true; but it was further stated that the ground for this mem. sure was the political difference with the ministry ; bat this is not cor rect. N. Girod de l'Ain had made up his mind for the last month to give up the painful duties of an office which he had merely accepted through zeal, and which were contrary to his tastes and habits. id. GI. rod de PAin would be a proper choice for the Presidency. His charac ter as a magistrate, and the impartiality which has always distinguished him, offer proofs of the discretion and calmness which he would use in the discussions. It is said that a great number of votes have bean pro. raised in his support. Frees the Game* de France of Senday. It is the system of the Doctrinaires to renew in France the English Constitution of 1688 ; and they have not seen the difference in practice between a change of dynasty by the aristocracy, and a change effected by an armed democracy. The doctrine of Le Temps (Journal) is a theory in France, and the victory of the people is complete; the peo ple possess not a mere nominal sovereignty, but a substantial one; they have the means of making It felt by all those who may doubt the fact. Whatever may be the theory of the Doctrinaire Journal, it is cer tain that the people of Paris are not the slaves of their own act, and that they will revise, from day to day (according to their right of sovereignty), those masses of laws that have been imposed upon them. The theory of the Doctrinaires Is not more defensible in other respects, either in point of logic:or application. The following is the reasoning opposed to this doctrine by the Tribes, (journal) At present this great question (the sovereignty of the people) experiences no amend. meat; persons either deny it, and have recourse to the argument of the right divine, Kings by the grace of GOD, licensed charters—there is even a probable dunce for the old itoorotossi or other persons frankly adopt the conviction that we have entered Into an era of liberty as glo. rious for the governing party as it is advantageous to the governed." From U. Munger des Cheathree 9f Sunday. Those who give a warlike interpretation to the Speech of the King of England, connect their apprehensions to the report of the approaching invasion of Belgium by the Prussian army; and another bruit of a more probable nature, which puts 300,000 Russians in motion for the purpose of entering Germany in the Spring, at the demand of the Ger. manic Confederation. It would be a useless task to combat fears which at present cannot be entertained by any reasonable individuals. —But merely to look upon these terms se probabilities, which fresh events may turn into reality, ft will be found. that their ps i ability is quite uncertain, considering the present state of Europe This state may be summed up in the following few words t.--Whilst an exchange of diplomatic correspondence is going on relative to the affairs of Belgium, the Belgians me on the point of seis ing upon Stanteicht, probably upon Breda and Bois-le-Due ; and Holland presents symptoms of revolution tending to the re-establish ment of the etatkottde►at. Germany tries to effect its interior welfare by means of the representative system; the exigencies of the people have increased the amount of liberty in all the States; the Germans, not finding themselves menaced by France, know well that their real enemies are Austria and Russia. Prussia, which pretends to main ten a proper plan of government for its people, and to be liberal in the true spirit of the word, although absolute in principle, will not hesitate long in oompsomising its existence. They seem to be ignorant that the introduction of a Russian army will be considered a most unpopular measure by the people of Prussia. Austria will not be able to lead its army upon the Rhine without the concurrence of the German Confederation, and the members of the latter are in no way disposed to see their States become the theatre of war. Besides, not one of these States have money. Even England is no longer in a situation to supply that material. It will not incur several millions of debt for a new Pitt system against France, which has no more colonies, no more prey upon which to Si the eye of desire. Russia is the only power which ought to covet alwar, in order to get a pretest to press upon Europe, and to support its armies theta. But this pretension of Russia to inter fere in the policy of Europe, is precisely in our opinion the sole pledge of the preservation of peace, considering that the English Cabi. net, as we repeated yesterday, will always struggle to counteract the am bition of Russia, and that it can only succeed in that object by the friendship of France. This complicated state of things--this neutralisa tion of powers by each other—the strong sentiments of the people, and the majority of the German Sovereigns being inimical to the introdue. tion of Russian troops--the interests of England to prevent the prepon derance of Russia—the impossibility of Prussia's being able to take any step for or against England, with respect to Russia; in fine, the attitude of France, with its compact territory, its vast population, the facility with which it might raise a loan of 200 or 300 millions In ease of war, and the proofs it has given of its energy in that respect—all this brings us to the conclusion that there can be no war at the commencement of the spring, as has been spoken of; and that the different Powers will only endeavour to nurse their self.love by diplomatic notes, and demon stratMns void of effect. '` Front the Journal duCotasseree qf Saturday. The report presented by M. Jaques Lefebvre on the accounts of 1828, has occupied a large part of this day's sitting. Whatever might have been the importance of this work, it could hardly command the atten. tion of the house. The voice of the orator, which was naturally very feeble, has been drowned by the different conversations, so that nothing of the conclusions of the report could be collected. They required the consecration of important principles. For his part, the Minister of Justice had anticipated the wishes of the committee. His report to the King on the scale of the tides proposes reforms, which the amendments of the Committee are to lqallse. We shall return to the report of M. Jaques Lefebvre when it shall be printed. We should wish to find there &severe aiticism of the prodigalities of the late reign ; the hopes of economy, which must endear to France the order founded upon our regeneration. MINA'S ARRIVAL AT ST. JRAN-PIRD-DE-PORT. It was only after three fruition attempts that Mina has succeeded In returning to France. He arrived at St. Jean Pled-de-Poet In a state of great suffering, his farmer wounds having opened spin, in conse quence Olds fatigues. On the lit of November he was at Mendsoode, within five leagues of &ram I _ PARIS STOCK ikKoRILIOK, Nov. 6.—Five per Cents. 90(50e 40e 60e bk 60e 40e 30e Vie !kW Ws Ilk 30e Ste 300 SOe Ilk. Four pa Cents. 82( 60e. Three pie Cleft SW 800 Ik 00( 60( lk be 00( 601 10e 265. Dank Aedsas, 10601 1666 E, Bente de Naples, 63( 631 60e 30e 26e. Reote d'Zspagos, lb 14} Royal Spaolsli Loan, M. Slide Perpst. d'Espagne, 42 411 42iiiii IS 424. Hayden Loan, 300 L FACHAIIeI ox Lormos..—One Month, paper, 2M 22e ; MerreY, 26( 2k. Three Manth% piper, 26t 1k ; Maul, 214 12c• THE KING'S COURT. Yesterday their Majesties, the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester, and Prince George of Cambridge attended Di vine Service at the Chapel Royal, and heard a sermon by the Rev. Mr. ?daddy, from the Bth chapter of St. Luke, and the 24th verse—the Church Service was read by the Rev. Mr. Beckwith, jun.—the Communion Service was read by the Dean (the Bishop of London) and the Sub-Dean—tho Musical Service was sung and cbaunted by Messrs. Evans, Salmon, Goalden, Vaughan, Hewes, Clark, and Sale. The anthem was '• Let thy hand be strengthened, and thy right hand be exalted." Viasount Beresford had an audience of the King on Satur dec.: the Palace, St. James's. Prince of Orange visited the Queen on Saturday. The Prince and Princess Caroluth also ♦isited her Majesty on Saturday. A conference of the Ambassadors and Ministers from the Great Powers was held on Friday evening at the Foreign office. There were present the Austrian, French, and Ne therlands Ambassadors ; the Russian and Prussian Ministers, the Duke of Wellington, and the Earl of Aberdeen. The conforenco lasted about half an hour. Tha American Minister had an interview with Mr. Harries, on Friday, at tho Office of the Beard of Trade. His Excel lency was also in communication on Saturday, with the Right Hon. President. Viscount Beresford and the Chancellor of the Exchequer visited the Duke of Wellington on Saturday, at the Trea sury. The Spanish Minister had a long conference with the Earl of Aberdeen, ou Saturday, at the Foreign Office. The Brazilian Charge d' Affaires transacted business on Saturday, at the Foreign Office. A Cabinet Council was held at four o'clock yesterday af ternoon, at the Foreign Office, which was attended lby the Lord Chancellor, the Duke of Wellington, Earls Bathurst, Rosalyn, and Aberdeen ; Lord Ellenborough, Sir Robert Peel, Sir George Murray, the Chancellor of the Exche quer, and Mr. Harries. The Council sat about two hours in deliberation. Previous to the meeting of the council, se veral of the Ministers had a meeting at the Homo Office, with Sir Robert Peel. Despatches were sent off by a King's messenger on Satur day evening, from the Foreign Office, for Sir Charles Begot, our Ambassador at the Hague. Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial Office, from the Hon. General Ponsonby, the Lieutenant-Governor of Malta, and also from Sir G. Don, the Lieutenant-Governor of Gibraltar. Another Cabinet Council was held at half-put ten o'clock last night at the Foreign Office, which was attended by the Lord Chancellor, the Duke of Wellington, Earls Bathurst, Roselyn, and Aberdeen, Lord Ellenborough, Sir Robert Peel, Sir George Murray, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and Mr. Herne.. The Council sat in deliberation till half-past twelve o'clock. Saturday the Lord Steward of his Majesty's Household issued cards for two grand dinner parties, to be given by command of their Majesties this day end on Thursday next; the latter banquet is expected to be on a most extensive scale —larger than any yet given. KING'S THSATRE. Saturday night their Majesties attended the first public performance of Lord Burghersh's opera, which took place In the great connect-room of this theatre. A Foot Guard of Honour attended en the occasion; but, with this exception, there was neither parade nor osten. laden. Their Majesties came to the theatre in a private manner, with only two carriages in their suite. The King was not in uniform. The Queen wore an elegant and fashionable dress of light-coloured silkorith a black velvet hat and feathers. Both their Majesties, we were happy to observe, looked in remarkably good health. The Dukes of Sussex end Cumberland also honoured the opera with their presence. The ' performance began at between half past eight and nine o'clock. To the merits of the opera we have already alluded generally, in our notice of its rehearsal, and we feel too well satisfied with the efforts of its Noble Author to proceed to Minute, and, perhaps, unavoidably severe aid. elem. It was scarcely judicious in his Lordship to have selected for his theme a subject (the Siege to Belgrade), upon which the musical talents of a professor had already been exercised. By so doing be seemed to court a comparison with the original composition; and in this case, as far as the simple airs are concerned, we rather apprehend that his .ri. 'rally has been unsuccessful. Perhaps his Lordship never contemplated the production of his opera in this country. There is not much originality in any part of it, while in some of its last passages, there is a very close, but doubtless unintentional, imitation of some of our ("teemed masters. We occasionally fancied we heard repetitions or Rossini, more than once, but particularly in the first air by CaMarisse, 2d act, we almost recognised some of blusinghi's tender and melan. choly passages, and the last chorus is strongly tinctured with Auber's characteristic style. His Lordship, no doubt, has been enthusiastically devoted to music ; and his mind, stored with the choicest of its pm ductions, now resembles a vase, in which the blossoms d many flowers nave been deposited, and whisk emits odours of various frags t ince, none of which are its own. Miss Childe, who performed the part of Catherine, is a young lady of a tall and not ungraceful figure. Her countenance, however, is not very prepossessing, and she is rather inanimate. Her voice is of excellent quality and compass; her taste seems pure, and when she becomes mistress of the difficulties of execs don, she will be a considerable acquisition to our Opera. Miss Baommyr, a lively petite personage, who performed La's, poetise s much of the talent of Mrs. KEILZY, with superior personal attractions. Her voice is not very strong as yet, but it is sett and sweet in its tones, and is under good tuition. She will one day be a public favourite. Alio t.►enoune is a modest girl, with a pleasing manner, and of vocal pro mise similar to Miss BIO3IILET. Mr. BENNETT, who performed the Smokier, has a voice of great power and richness, and it is well cul. tivated. His serenade song" The dews of night in silence," A; was sung with admirable purity of taste, and was deservedly and highly applauded. In the bravura in the last act he was more unequal. The composition is indifferent. Mr. BINNIGTT hat a great deal to overcome before he can be a gentlemanly or agreeable actor. Mr. Seguin possesses a bass voice of much mellowness and depth, and he acted the Seraskier's attendant with propriety. Mr. E. Spagnioletti, who ' , trimmed the ra-nenate Leopokl, has a good strong tenor, a fare well calculated for the stage, and, perhaps, some talent for acting ; hut if he don't beware his confider:cc will ruin hint. The selection of the Celery: Coheldwi g was unfortunate. The trios and quartettes in the piece were sung with a Frccision which is creditable to the Academy. The same remark may extend to the choruses—althongh some of those seemed noisy, harsh, and unmu sical—faults which must be divided amongst the singers, orchestra and composer, leaving, we fear, the lion's share to the latter: The accompaniments to some of the soles were too oud ; in other respects the labours of the orchestra were creditable to its young members. On the whole, although there was much in my Lord Burghersh'slippera to give us considerable pleasure and excit e more admiration, we must look upon it as his " Hours of Idleness," the precursor of far better thirty. At the termination of the piece, as at its commencement, "Don save the King," was sung by the whole forte of the Academy, and their Majesties retired amid the salutations of an un. usually select audience...—Among the company present were their Royal Highnesses the Dukes of Cumberland and Sussex, the Breebleklinietees the Dukes of Buckingham and Newcastle, the Marchioness Dowager of Salisbury, Lords Maryborough, Morley, Comberrnere, and F. Somerset; Ladles Curtis, Clark, Maryborough, Clarendon, Flint, D'Urben, and E. Lowther; the Muter of the Rolls, the 800. Mrs. Hope, and Sir F. 'Marg. 1 4 A performance of music, by steam, is announced at Taunton ! EXTENSIVE CHARIT%BI.E BEQUEST. The late Mr. Milliard, of Artillery-:ihce, City-road, apothecary, I.ft by his will the following munificent legacies to diariti.s in and about London :—To the City of London L ing-in Hospital, the Cha rity for the Widows and Orph a ns o f Medical Men, and the Shrine So. ciety. 5,0001. three per cent. stock, cacti ; to St. Luke's Charity) School, the School for the Indigent Blind, and the School for the Deaf and Dumb, 4,0001. three per cent. stock, each : to the Hospitals of Bride well, Bethlem, and St. Luke's, the London Hospital, the Oitthalmie Infirmary, the Margate Sea-bathing Infirmary. the Maternity Society, the Refuge for the Destitute, the Orphan Working School, and the Upper (Upton National School, 3,11001. three per cents. each; to the Samaritan Society, the Finsbury Charity Schools, the Society for the Relief of Persons confined for Small I).hts, the Asthma Infitmary, the British Lying-in Hospital, the London Female Penitentiary, the Philanthropic Society, the Truss Society, the London Disper•ary, the Clapton New Orphan School, the Society for the Relief of Aged and Infirm Protestant Dissenting Ministers, and to the Slagdalt n, 2.0(101. each ; and to the Asylum for Orphan Girls at Lambeth, th. Charity for Sick and Wounded Merchant Seamen, and the NOTI'M Falgate Girls' National School, 1,0001. each. Total, 81,0001. three per units. The residue of his estate, with the exception of between 30,0001. and 40,0001. left in private legacies. goes by a codicil to the London Hospi tal in Mile-end-road. The will was provul last month, and the pro perty sworn under 140,0001. 'ATE OF KEN' (From the Kewtish Gate k.) We understand that the threshing machines of Mr. Cross, firmer, of Whitfield, Mr. Belsey, of Singledge, and Mr. Avery, of Old Palk, were destroyed on Tuesday night last. There have been several meetings of the labourers in different dis tricts during the last few days; and it is said that the representation of their grievances has been met with many promises of increased wages. A troop of horse is stationed at Sittingboume, under the dm etion of the Rev. Dr. Poore, in case of emergency. Six dragoons are also in at tendance at Belmont, the scat of Lord Harris, foe the protection of p:u petty in that neighbourhood. A reward of bOOl. is offered to any person or persons, on wt.use in formation anti evidence the first conviction of the offender or offender; in any ease of arson in East Kent shall take place. It has been ascertained that the rockets which were supposed to have been left by the men after setting fire to the house at Birchinetot., and which arc now in the possession of a gentleman in that parish, were not the peoperty of the incendiaries. At the fire which took place at Lenham, on the farm of Mr. Clifford, no less than seven stacks, with the barns, agricultural implements in fact, excepting the dwelling-house and cattle, the whole property was consumed. The unfortunate sufferers were totally uninsured, and are by it rendered destitute. All the farming premise in the neighbourhood of Faversham are strictly watched, night and day. Three men are also nightly placed on the tower of Faversham church, on the look-out ; and upwards of 109 spesial constables were sworn in on Saturday, before the Alagistmtes in and for the town. Mr. Pyr, fanner, of Wouldham, was alarmed on Monday night by the barking of his dogs, when he got up and went into his :tack-yard. perceiving a smoke at one of the stacks, he immediately proceeded to the place, and pulled out a ball composed of pitch, rosin, and tow, and thus fortunately saved his property from conflagration. VULGAR ERRORN. Frost the Legal Observer. That leases are made for 990 years, because a lease fur 1,000 yeas would create a freehold. That deeds executed on a Sunday arc void. That in order to disinherit an heirat.law, it is necessary to give hint a shilling by the will, for that otherwise he would be entitled to the whole property. That a funeral passing over any place makes it a public highway. That the body of a debtor may be taken in execution after his death. That a man marrying a woman who is in debt, if he take ha hen' the hands of the priest clothed only In her shift, will rot be liable for her engagements. LORD BLANTYRE. We are assured that the following account of the death of Lord Blantyre is the result of an inquiry instituted into the circumstance by a relative, and may be relied on : " It has been generally said, that Lord Blantyre was killed by a random shot. The fact wan otherwise. The shot which killed him was discharged by a Dutch soldier, in the wantonness of power, and without (for, at that time, as eye witnesses can abundantlyi testify, there was no firing from any house in the Rue Royale, nor re. sistance offered by the few citizens who were falling back in front of than)—not with the aim, it may be, of killing Lord Blantyre, but most certainly with the situ of killing the individual who was seen looking out of a window in his house. And, in this respect. the act was quite eta piece with the whole conduct of the Dutch officers and soldiers during their attack on Brussels. No sooner did they enter the Rue Royale, than they seemed to consider every person who sat not in their awn ranks, and who presumed to look at them from a door, window, or round the corner of a street, as a rebel. and levelled at him accordingly ; and when they had reached the Park, in stead of boldly attempting, like the Garde Royale at Paris, with Mammal at their head, though engaged in a bad cause, to penetrate Into the city and scour the streets at all hazards, they hid themselves behind trees, and in the vast excavations or hollows on the south side of it; and there, like true cowards, they continued to fire under shelter for four days upon the only part of Brussels that lay directly within their reach,withoot compromising their personal safety; and that_tras ,pre clsely the finest part of it,and the part, too, inhabited bythe best Mends of the Government, the most respectable English and Belgian fami. lies. And when, at length, they were forced out of their lurking-places into a disgraceful retreat, they wreaked the vengeance of their disap pointment on every thing that came in their way. A glance of the eye or the least inquiry might have satisfied them, that Lord Blantyre's house was j u iced by some family of note ; but to this they paid no at tention. On the contrary, being a corner house, in the street opposite the great gate in the middle of the Park, it was mere open to their attack than. mast others; and, of mune, they directed their fire particularly towards that quarter, and continued it through the whole day, after be was killed; while his poor lady, now a desolate widow, ab sorbed in the depths of her grief, and heedless of every sort of danger, was sitting by the body, from which she could not be removed, within reachtof their shot. Not was this all ; for next morning, after a trtend (whose house, on the aide of the Park, had been turned into a sort of head-quarters) had proceeded under an escort, which he had procured front the Dutch officers, and with the permission of the ekizenseto Lord Blantyre's place of residence, to ascertain the state of his family, and had on his return reported that the husband and father, a no. Menton and a soldier, was lying a corpse, and his poor family in the deepest affliction, they renewed their fi re upon it, and co ttinued to fire for four hours, til l the family, by the kind exertions of one of the citizens, were taken through a back window, by a laddtr, a cannon-ball having penetrated the apartments just as the Lun was escaping), and conveyed to the cellars of a neighbouring houst.. And let it be remembered, that, during all this time, the citi. tens offered no provocation to the Dutch, by either mitring or firing from Lord Blantyre's house. On the contrary, they respected his family, and knowing what had happened, they considered th4t abode of affliction to be sacred; and no one ever attempted to enter it un :I me family were removed. lf, therefore, William the First has lot: his claim to the fait provinces of Belgium we doubt not be has for ever,) we must add that he moat richly ' deserved it ; for a more h:ghly impolitic, barbarous, and cowardly attack than that made on the City of Brussels, under his auspices, is not in the records of modern watarr.— Spectaier. LOSS OF ANOTHER WHALER. We have to add to the melancholy loss of property at Davie's Straits that of the ship John, of theenock, which took place on the 24th of September. The following particulars of this event are given by part of the crew of the John, landed at Peterhead, on Monday, front the ship Hannibal:— On the 12th June, the vowel was beset wi.h ice, and continued ►o until the 25th, when she was raised out of the water by the severe Freest:re which occurred on that day, and caused the loss of so many vessels. By great exertions the ship was again got afloat, and put into dock. On the _6th of August the muter wan taken suddenly ill, rod he. died on the following day. On the 16th of September the mate calhd all hands, and told them he intended leaving the ship, as he saw no ap pearance of her getting out before neat season, and intended to make the best of his way to the Danish settlement Litely, then at a great distance. He also stated that the ship that tio.e was in 77. 30. north lailtude, and on the east side of Davis' Straits. 'Oa the afternoon of the 16th. the mate left the vessel, with one boat and twelve men, and as much provision as the boat could carry. On the morning of the 17th the ice opened, and the John got clear, but the mate was gone and there was no person left on board who could navigate the ship. The water continued clear of ice, and toe weather was moderate. The crew lett on board proceeded with the ship along the eastern shore, and the wind changed from south to north-east. They then steered to the west. ward to make the land on that style, and afterwards they steered on vs. riots MUM'S until the 24th of September, and at half-put eirie •. N. when the ship struck on a sandy beach, and stuck fast. At daylight the ships Swan and Duncombc, both of I i oil , hove insight, and a boat was sent from the former, to intimate, that if the crew intended to go on board that ship, they behoved to do o instantly, as she would not be detained for them a moment. The crew of the John then left her on the beach, with live feet water In her hold, and they got on board the Swan, and were landed at Lerwick. Both ships, after getting the crew on board, lay.to the whole of next day, and saved aU they could of the provisions and stores. The crew have heard nothing of the mate and the twelve men who accompanied him, hut they have sonsiderable hopes of hie reaching land.—Ediaburea Paper. 7 v ~ • 4