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X 5 pm.) 35 20 64 Gnardian 100 20 26ê iti,h 411 15 141 Pro/stela; Bank of Ireland 100 25 263 SMITHFIELD HAY-MARKET, Ocr. 19. Co..rse Heavy Lowland Meadow Hay, £2 Ss. to AV 15a. New Motdow Hay. £2 Ss. to £3 13s. Useful Old, £3 Os. to £1 File Upland Meadow and Rye Grass Hay, £4 5s to £4 ISt. New t'...vtr Hay, £2 ss. to £3 lss. Old ditto, £3 10s. to .£5 ss. Oat Straw. £1 Its to LI 141. Wheat Straw, £1 161. to £2 Os. per load of SG trusses. ST. JAMES'S HAY-MARKRT, Ors. 19. Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay, £2 Os. to £5l 10s New flute, .. 6 :2 ss. to £3 ss. Useful Old, £2 103. to £3 ss. Fine Upland Meadow and Rye Grass Hay, £4 ss. to 1.5 Os. New Clover • Hay. £2 15s. to £3 15s. Old ditto, .C 3 Os. to £3 Ss Oat Straw, £llos. to £1 143. Wheat Straw, £1 ids. to .1:20s. per load of 36 tresses. FARRINGDON MARKET, OCT. 19. Prices the same as on Saturday. AIAIES ARRIVED AND DUE THIS MORNING. A D. a. D. A. a. 1 Otiblin IVaterford.—.... 0 0 Flanders.. 0 0 Jamaica o Guern.& Jersey— 0 0 Holland I u Buenos Ayres..... 0 0 Hamburgh —.. . 0 0 Buenos Ayres 0 o America-- .... 0 0 Leeward Islands.. 0 0 Leeward Islands 1 T H E EVENING STAR. •erpt- H t. TT / %. ?:t*W M t r r4 l r, Al' • , ,--- • LONDON. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 19. This afternoon, despatches were received at the Foreign Ofiire from his Excellency Lord HEYTESBURY, our Ambassador at St. Peteraburgb. The despatches were IA ought by a Gentleman who embarked at Hamburgh in a atenuer, from which he landed this day at Greenwich. morning, the Earl orA But D EF.N arrived in Town, hat the Priory, where his Lordship gave a grand !inner yesterday to a number of friends, and is to re : sa:t thither this afternoon for a similar purpose. With reference to the details which we have extracted orn the Morning Herald, giving au account of the entry of ti.e Constitutionalists into Spain, we have merely to observe, that there exist great doubts of their triumph at Treient, on account of their well known want of co-operation rtr.d unanimity, on one band; and the fact of a strong Roy aliNt force being in readiness to oppose them, on the other. While we write, great confusion and mistrust prevail upon ChAnge. Consols have receded to 551 for Account. Various rumours are afloat to aeccrint for this decline. It is said by some, to be sufficiently accounted for, by some failures in the arrangement of transactions, which have been carried over the last settling day. It has further been remarked that a great deal Money Stock has come to market. But there are not a few politicians, who attribute it to the in ternal state of the country, and the present condition of Ire land ; to support which, it is rumoured that Government are assembling several steamers and small craft, to be in readi rw,th for the dispatch of troops. We have private letters before us, received this day, by the Dutch steamer, from Amsterdam, of Saturday's date. Th. briefly, but decidedly, state, what to us was not at all unlikely nor unexpected—that a counter-revolution had been formed at Brussels agaiust the Provisional Govern ment and M. POTTER, and that the Clergy were the most active in promoting it. The belief was strong in that country, that Antwerp would be formed into a separate duchy. The Prince of ORANGE and Prince FREDERICK were expected to be present at the opening of the States-General. An insurrection had broken out during the night of the 2nd inst. at Mayence; which, however, was readily quelled, and order restored. Mean time, we are given to understand, that four hundred Prussian artillery had entered Mayence on the Gth instant ; and some Austrian troops were expected on the 23d. The fortifica tions of the place v:ere undergoing repairs; and the en gineers work without ceasing. i.e Patri.)te, Paris paper, received this day, repeats that " an insurrection of the Ukraine is spoken of, and in seve ral parts of Russia, Lithuania, Livonia, and Poland. The peasants are said to have taken arms against the feudal system, and the Russian Government had ordered troops to be marched in all haste towards these districts." We have no further particulars, and cannot guarantee the truth of this intelligence. Again we have to be the communicants of unsatisfactory accounts of the state of the Parisian populace. We yes terday made some remarks on the subject, suggested by the opinions of our intelligent correspondent at Paris; who ap pears to us to sanguine as to tie moral change which the last forty 3 (-sib are supposed to have effected in the character of the Parisians. We ventured to say, that we feared the present state of the French, rendered tranquil government almost impacticable ; and we said we were induced to make this remark more particularly, when reflecting on the existence and peculiar character of the National Guards. We there fore think it necessary to state, that we are assured the friends to orderly Covernasent in France, look to the Na tional Guard, on the contrary, at this juncture, as the only means by which the progress of revolution has any chance of being checked ; and in a postscript to the very• interest ing letter from our correspondent, which we publish to-day,ws are furni s hed with a recent anecdote, which certainly rather :supports this favourable view of their probable political influence. Our fr icrid says—" Last night (the 16th) there was n great crowd assembled before the Palais Royal, with r!ags and other revolutionary emblems, crying vociferously ' Death to the Ministers ! ' The gates of the Palais Royal were closed, and strong patrols paraded the streets; but the crowd were quite regardless of the National Guard, who, however, seemed faithful to their duty. A Captain of the Na tional Guards, made an attempt to wrest ono of the flags from the bands of him who held it ; but the bearer was too warmly supported,and he bore it ae.-ay in triumph,at the expense of half his coat; and along with tho whole procession, marched up the Rue Richelieu. This took place about 11 last night -1 witnessed it; and as far as I could judge, I thought the National Guard very adverse to the proceedings of the mob." So far our Correspondent : another account, descriptive of the same incident, will be found in an extract from the Alorn:ng Ilcrrtld ; but the above is the most distinct and important; a 3 our correspondent's attention appears to have been directed to the most interesting point—the conduct of the National Guards. We cannot bring such facts as the above before our Readers, without accompanying them by the reflection, how very terrific a state of society does it present to our view ! We see a newly formed Government—one not prescribed by a military conqueror, but just newly formed and fashioned according to popular taste--so weak in its energies, as not able to check the palpably abandoned destroyers of the public peace. We see a band of desperate agitators suf fered to parade the streets, to the terror of all the well-doing, tranquilly-disposed inhabitants, and no power which dare ven ture to check its progre,:s by placing the ringleaders in their proper place—a prison ; and this band make no pretence that its object is to redress gi ievanco—nor to resist oppression ; but merely to express a horrid inhuman determination to overawe the calm deliberation of men, about to assemble for the most sacred of all duties—adjudging to life or death their accusal fellow creatures. Let our reader reflect on such a state of things: let him ask himself—could his property under such a state of things be secure? Could he be secure in the exertion of his industry ? Could he have a hezne that he could call his Castle ? If not, let him ever be cautious in releasing mankind from the supremacy of exist ing law. Government is but the corporealised sagacity of so ciety, ruling itself. We do not say—be intimidated from all reform—far from it; we say on the contrary, that necessity for constant amelioration and gradual alteration, is our des tiny ; but never 1:. , t our impatience for reform destroy the supremacy of Law. FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT. AZCZIVED THIS DAY. PARIS, OCTOBER 17. Sta—A correspondent who undertakes to depict the pre sent situation, and the existing political feelings of France, must not omit Religion, the fulcrum on which the lever of Go vernment depends, more or less, in every civilized country. France was formerly the brightest jewel in the Roman Tiara, her King had the flattering title of " The oldest Son of the Church ;" and the thunders of the Vatican shook even her Monarchs with dread. For some centuries past, however, the Gallican Church has governed itself, it has become inde pendent, and although' acknowledging the Pope, as the spi ritual bead, it has denied his power of interference in the internal regulation of her ecclesiastical affairs. Various disputes have arisen upon these topics, until the defined limits between spiritual and secular power were fixed by a con cordat. The canonisation of that excellent man, St. Vizi• cent de Paul, gave rise to further difliculties, and from the refusal of the French Parliament of those days to register a decree of the King, arose a dispute, which was at last terminated by the Revolution of 1789. From the height of superstition to the depths of infidelity seems to be a very common transition iu the human mind ; and, in the present in stance, this was the case with France. The words Priest, and Aristocrat, wore deemed synonimous; and death or flight emancipated the kingdom, or rather the republic of a vast mass of superstition, occasionally interspersed by soma men of charitable and liberal feeling. I do not take any notice of the fantastical tricks played in Paris by Anacharsis Cloots, and his visionary cotemporaries ; they wore the foole ries of a few, and did not infect the mass of the population. When, however, that fiery spirit, the offspring of the Re volution, assumed the helm, he was aware of the political influence which religion would yield, and thought to conci liate all parties byre-establishing the Roman Catholic worship in its former splendour. This, indeed, was impossible; the immense estates belonging to the Church had become national property, and had passed into other hands ; still Bishops were appointed, the Altars consecrated, and the Church once more began to hope for her pristine dominion. The restoration flattered those hopes still more, and many of the returned ecclesiastics entertained the romantic idea, that all church lands should revert to their original possessors ; and the more sanguine held out, that only by this restoration could the stain of infidelity be removed from the kingdom. The age was too enlightened, however, to cause this ge neral confusion of property to gratify an ambitious priest hood, and Louis the Eighteenth was too sensible of the fra gile tenure by which be held his crown, to listen for one mo ment to such an absurdity. Charles the Tenth succeeded him in 1824, and from his known fanaticism, and subjec tion to his spiritual guides, the most brilliant prospects were augured to the bierachy, every Priest and Priestling held up his head, and religion became the fashion of the day. All who were struggling in the hope of promotion, found that a strict attention to the ordinances of the Catholic religion was the first requisite, and the municipal officer's certificate of good conduct, was superseded by that of the cure, testi fying that the individual had duly confessed and received the sacrament at the appointed times, as commanded by the Rubric. It has been stated of Marshal Sault, the Duke of Dalmatia, that the only symptoms of religion he was ever known to display, were evinced during his campaign in the Peninsula, when his affection for relics, if set in the precious metals, and his regard for altar pieces, especially those of Murillo, were truly edifying. His splendid collec tion in Paris attests his zeal as an amateur, but the plun dered churches, and monasteries, hold him in execration. When religion was in favour at Court, he also became pious, and I have seen him going in the morning to the Church of St. Germain, opposite to the Louvre, followed by a ser vant carrying a splendidly-bound book of devotion. The ex-King had passed both the days of his youth, and those of his maturity in a state of Libertinism, and his Confessor constantly inculcated, that the only mode to obtain pardon hereafter, was by heaping benefits upon the Gallican Church. To what length this might have gone, had it not been checked by the growing good sense of the people, it is irorce , ible to say. Cl.wlcs '.v .s a aenerc',s. and 1 I* u..ethiLll4tiuniing what has taken place, a kind-hearted man; but, unhappily of a very confined intellect, and that mere wax, which took the impression from those by whom he was sur rounded. Shortly after his accession a deputation from the Protestants of Augsburgh waited upon him to congratulate him, and to seek his protection as usual.— Charles received them with kindness, assured them of the enjoyment of their privileges as heretofore, but added, " It is my duty to tell yen, that professing such opinions, you cannot be saved." During the lase severe winter, the King, from his private purse, sent 72,000 francs for the poor of Paris. This was distributed by the Mayors of the city, under the inspection of the Archbishop, who ordered that none but attendants at their parish churches should be partakers. The King, on hearing this, sent 4,000 francs to the Protestant church, and the same sum to the Jewish synagogue, for their poor—not only doing good, but tacitly reproving the bigotry of Hyacinthe do --, the Arch bishop. At a ball given by the English residents, for the benefit of their countrymen in distress, the King furnished the hangings and ornaments from the Garde Menble, and also wax candles and refreshments from the Royal kitchen in the most liberal manner. Let us not for get these things in his hour of trouble, and lament his de plorable imbecility and ignorance, without impeaching the few virtues allotted to him. Since religion has once more held up her head in France, she has been so miserably shorn of her beams that no young men of good family are now destined to the Church. For merly it contained fat Abbeys, many Bishopricks, and prizes worth a younger brother's attention. This is no longer the case; the prizes are few, and many claimants. A very severe course of study and discipline are necessary to qualify the hierophant, and he has before him, after serving as a di:servant, or inferior, for some years, merely to obtain the cure of a parish at lest, the salary being but 1,000 francs (401. sterling), and most probably placed in some miserable village, deprived of any congenial society. The residences of the clergy throughout the country aro wretched, and , the idea of a parsonage, and society of a country commune' hero, is widely different from the comfort and respectability of an English village. Notwithstanding the poverty and privations of those who undergo the heat, and the burthen of the day, still a very largo sum is annually voted for the sup port of the Clergy ; but, as in other countries, a few engross that which would make all respectable and happy. The Buda for this year demands 36 millions of francs, nearly a million and a half sterling ; but I have little doubt but this sum will be reduced. The Concordat settled the ranks and emoluments of the Galilean Church ; but during the late reign considerable encroachments were made. Any one op posing these, was suspected of infidelity, and many abuses gradually crept in, which the economical axe must lop away. Among many I will specify a few. Cardinals were not re cognised by the Concordat : there are five who, being also Archbishops, receive 55,000 f. in addition t s their other emoluments. But ten Archbishops are allowed by the treaty above-mentioned ; fourteen is the present num ber—fifteen thousand francs was the allotted salary, twenty five thousand is actually paid. Forty Bishops have been multiplied into sixty-six, and their stipend increased from ten thousand to fifteen thousand francs. The Canons and Grend Vicars, in addition to their other preferments, cost the country fifteen millions of francs. There is a most expensive chapter at the Cathedral of St. Denis, and the seminaries of the future priesthood demand three millions per annum. It is thus, as in England and other countries, that the Staff consumes the greatest part, and the really labo rious are in the want of the necessaries of life. With regard to the state of religious feeling throughout the whole of this kingdom, it is at a very low ebb. Of the mon I consider the most part infidels, or, if nominally Catholics, not caring to show it, except in articulo mortis. From the conduct of the clergy at the former Revolution, and I am concerned to add their present bearing, the people feel convinced that they will uphold, all in their power, the abuses of superstition and tyranny. They seem to have entwined themselves with the old and decaying system of abuses, and have not resolution to advance with the rapidly increasing light of human knowledge. There appear in the country to be two extremes of these spiritual guides. SOCIO revel in the most gross licentiousness, and others aro wrapped in a gloomy fanaticism, which denounces the innocent en joyments of life. The names of three of these Priests, are known to the public not only as criminals of the most disgusting and degrading brutality,but also for 'hewing a degree of hypocrisy, malignity, and revenge, of which it could scarcely be believed that human nature was capable. The tribunals bear witness weekly at least, to extreme liber tinism among the clergy, although not distinguished by such revolting features as the above alluded to. It is to be hoped that the increasing good sense of mankind will discover that a moral hierarchy is incompatible with celibacy. Outrage Nature, and she will have her re venge. To no other cause can I attribute the dreadful crimes at which all Europe has shuddered. The other class of the priesthood have declared war against dancing, and that in France, the most lively of all countries. In some instances, l an admission to the sacrament of the mass has been denied to those who have confessed themselves guilty of dancing. For merly, in a French village, the Sunday afternoon, after ves pers, was devoted to this amusement. But many of the young ecclesiastics of the present day grow furious at the sound of, the village fiddle, drum, or bagpipe. Zeal has so far outrun knowledge and discretion, that, in several instances, the priest has assaulted the musician, destroyed his instrument, and has had, of course, to answer for his conduct before the Tribunals. A few months siuco throe priests held a consultation upon the conduct of a woman, who had not confessed at Easter, and a sound flogging was prescribed; that all might be done in ecclesiastical order, the bell-rope was detached from the belfry, the most athletic was chosen boatswain's mate, and in her own cottage, in the presence of her husband and children, she was regularly started, and afterwards compelled to beg pardon in the public street, for the scandal she had brought upon the village!— It is but justice to add, that these reverend fustigators' were fined for their excess of zeal. Many of the priests to this day omit in the service " Domine fat salvers Philippine," but a hint from the different Prefects, pro posing to omit in their turn a necessary certificate, without which they cannot receive their quarterly stipend, has ren dered the majority more loyal. I must now quit this sub ject ; would that it afforded a brighter prospect ; but on the veracity of what I have stated you may rely. The censorship being taken from the theatres, they have commenced by dramatizing different scenes from the life of Napoleon ; these appear to be very popular. At the Vaude ville, the Nouveautis, and the Ambign Comique, that wen• derful man furnishes now the amusement of thousands. One represents his school-days, his command at Toulon, and his coronation ; another gives him as victor over Europe— as abdicating his empire, and finishes by an sa -1 ticipation of the demand made in the Chamber a few days since the entombment of his ashes at the foot of the column in the Place Vendome. The Queen has added, if possible, to the general estimation in which she is held, by sending a sum of money to many brave, men who fought in July, to clothe them for the national, guard, their finances being unequal to their wish. The ad-' ourned trials of the Editors and Printers of the following repent, •.rt , pxoceedi. 6, fur having circulated them v.... out conforming to the law requiring notice and security ; Pattiote, Le Tocsin National, L'Aigle, La Revolution. Of the result of these trials I will Inf.)! ~ you in my next. I. I. Letters from Madrid, of the 7th, which have been municated to us, contain the following news :—" The 'of the ex-French Government were only taken down 5,.. terday, (Oct. 6,) from the hotel of the French emlei,sy M. de St. Priest, ambassador of Charles X. has jest I)/ appointed by Ferdinand grandee of Spain of the fir.it CE 'ti with the title of Marquis, and has received the gift of a cTit mandery of 60,000 reels of rent. It is also said that M. de Bourmont, who has just ar:ivt..l at Madrid, is appointed General-in-Chief of. the Spani.il, troops assembled on tho frontiers of France. Thi.i nomie a . tion is very likely to be true, when we take into con,ide:a tion that already Catalonia and the Basque Province, have for Lieutenant-Generals two French refugees. nis new.. will perhaps at last open the eyes of our Ministers upon tlie intentions and projects of the Spanish Government. Willi can be the will of a Cabinet who has not yet acknowledged Louis Philip I. and which surrounds itself with the mo:t devoted servants of Charles X ? However absurd prospect: may appear, may not Ferdinand dream of drawing from Lit:- worth, those who drew him from Cadiz? Shall we alwav: continue to have that pusillanimous discretion for a Cabinet, where the discontented of Franco find so much sympatLy, and upon which so much hope is feuded ?"—Le We have repeated from most of the papers, that Genera; Mina had returned from Bayonne to Bordeaux upon impor tant business ; and that the Quotidieme even added that duel was on the tapir between that General and another Spa nish chief. This news is quite unfounded, and we lime alremly traced its source and object. We have under our eyes a letter from Mina himself, written from Bayonne, and dated tiro 12th instant, in which he in forms his friends, that in a meeting of all the principal Spanish refugees, at which he abstained from appearing, ho was unanimously elected General-in-Chief of the ex pedition. The act is signed by General Lopez-Bang_, Espinosa, Plasencia, Butron, Sancho, and twenty-one supe rior oilic3rz. Another meeting, composed of about sixtv ollicers,::iTned at the same time an unanimous assent to the principa: :Let.—Le Globe. PA Es, OCT. 16.—Stock Exchange, 5 o'Clock.—'ll., news of the acknowledgment of our Government by Russia was ofiidtily announced at the Bourse before the opening of the market ; and has not a little contributed to estallisli confidence amongst the speculators: this caused firmness e. our funds. The 3 per cents. have improved 45c. upon the closing price of yesterday ; the 5 per cents. 40c ; and tho ducats 60c. Theuncertainty which exists upon the re sult of events ready to burst in Spain, keeps busintvs still in a languid stnt:: respecting the funds cf that country. There have been, nevertheless, pretty numerous of:ers to-day, and in consequence the Rentcs Perpetuelles fell three-quarter:, and the Piastres Cortes one-half per cent. Till half-past three all tho pikes got up; a slight re-action downwards was then pretty general, but it only affected the 3 per cants., and must be attributed to the roali zatiou of profits. A telegraphic despatch from the Prefect of Strasbnrg transmitted to Government yesterday, announced that M. le Baron Athalin had arrived in that city, carrying the format recognisance of the French Government and Louis Philip I. The same despatch stated, Clat M. le Baron Athaliu had set out immediately on his route to Paris. At the moment cr:• write, he is, without doubt, arrived.—Messager des Chart bens, Sunday, Oct. 17. The Quebec papers state that a copy of the Canada Civil Government Bill has been received. It is said to be of the following substance ...-41,500 of the revenues of Lower Canada, naming the officers, are appropriated. £5,000 of the Upper •Canada revenue are similarly appropriated. Accounts from Carthagena, of the 7th August state, that the President Mosquera has sent a friendly letter to Bolivar, counselling Lim to leave the country ; but it appears he i 3 still desirous to exercise the command. Three frigates hay, bee► offered to take him to any part of the ward be my wish to proceed to. • Information from Berlin states, that the Government l:ay. given orders that in the towns where any troubles should take place, a Committee of Safety should be imoic,:i.itely ap pointed of the Bourgeois, who are to arm thernse:vos ac I watch over the safety of the inhabitants. THE KING'S COURT. BRIGHTON, OcT. 18. Yesterday the Prince and Princess CattoLuTn, GenLra: DaLaYmPLE, Captain WOOLMER, Baron WANGENIIEIM, the Countess MENG DIN, the Princess Lttv EN, the Count and Countess MUNSTER, Lord HILL, Capt. HILL, Count KEILMANSIGGE, the LORD CIIANCELLOR, Lady LYN D imas*, and Lord A. BEAUCLEUE dined with their MA• JESTIES. This day the Earl and Countess of Ennoti. and Capt . FITZCLARENCE took their departure from the Pavilion. Mr. WALKER delivered his ninth lecture this morning, before the Qur EN, Prince Gto%oE of Cambridge, &c. &c. after which the Duke of CAMBRIDGE and Prince Groan r walked out. Among the calls and inquiries this day at the Pavilion wore those of Rear-Admiral and Mrs. HANDYMAN, Capt. MINGAYE, Lieut.-Colonel ALLEN, the Countess Mr.no- DEN, Mrs. and the Misses Bisnor, Sir R. and Lady WI GRAM, Colonel Sir G. and Lady BERKELEY, Major W. S. and Lady SARAH TAYLOR, Lady Louisa CADOGAN, Lady SELINA BRIDGEMAN, Admiral Sir T. WILLIAMS, and Captain AUGLES. CITY, 11,4LF.P4ST TIVSLIII. Consols, which left off yesterday at 86# for the Account, opened at the same price, but the market appears heavy, and Consols may be quoted at ptesent 861, and for money 86 to 6. In the Foreign market the information from Spain has not had any effect on Spanish Bonds, which have a little improved. _ _ _ _ CITY, HALF-PAST TWO. Consols are at present 85f to 86 for the Account, and for Money 85i. In the Foreign Market little doing. Viscount Bereeford visited Sir George Murray yesterclAy, at the Colonial Once. The Duke of Brunswick had an audience of his Majesty on Saturday, at his Palms at Brighton, and was cl osete d w i t h the King na ry four hours. Previous to his Serene Highness heir,; introduced to his Slajesty, the Earl of Aberdeen had an audience of the King. His Majesty was engaged on business during the day on Satur day, and did not leave the Palace. Her Royal Highness the Duchessof Kent and the Princess Victoria, after paying a short visit to Bath, are expected to arrive in town about the same time as their Majesties. It is now said that Mr. Davies Gilbert will certainly re tire from the Presidency of the Royal Society, ,to make way for the Duke of Ilassex, and that, with the good taste of a man of real science, instead el leaving the Society, he will resume the daces of Treasurer and Via-President. There is, at present, a vacancy among the poor Knights et Whim, ender the will et the late Samuel Travers, Iraq. To cane while tie meseig dew_ 1011, applicants must be `• eepeesnnuated a &AM Livateeems leap& men-of-war, single men, without chil. &en, Whoa Is lead a virtues, studious, and devout life." I 1, i