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PRICE 01.* Slt t 10: AT TWO O'CLOCK. 3 per Ct. Cons. 781 1 a i ..*er Ct. 1826, osi 6 Cons. for Ace. 78} 1 a 4 1 , ttg Ann, Jan. 1860,1614 ex die 3 per Cent. lied. 77s 874 Old Annuities New, 3 pet Ct. 18Is, abut 1 £l l lOO Exch. Bills 24 '2.8 3 per O. Red. 881 4717 ex div .2510 Ditto 3 per Cent. New, 881 14 £lOO and £9OO Do. FOREIGN STOCKS. Brazilian, 57 61. Columbian, 1824, 141. Prussian, 2711- Spa nish, 16. Spankb 1823, 141 15. French 5 per et, 7132 50e ; Three per 0,4 V 50c. Rschange, 25f 30e PUBLIC Bank Stock, 188 9} hsdta Stock, —. Bonds, 5 7 London Docks £59 100 St. Catherine's, £7B 10s City Gas, £l9O Bank of Scotland, £167 British Linen, £250 Grand Junction, £243 Leeds, £395 Regent's, £lB 101 o‘lP A N IRS. Irish Grand Canal, 734 Forth and Clyde, £645 & Man.Railvray4ls6 tosel9o Cromford, £45 Guardian, Albion Fire, £75 Alliance, £8 ss, County, £4O Boland, Mines, £lBO Steam Navigation, di& £6 15s MISR COMMERCE. STAPLES OF Bill' Corrox (Liv.)—Georgia, Bowed, CArz—(B2g.) .E 9 to £lB. Hion—Butts,4od to 25d; Buenos sfd to 7d ; Pcrnams, Td to Ild ; N. °rico'', 6.1 to led. Woof (Lon.) —Sizony prima, 3s to ss; Austrian prima,2s to 4s; Segovia, 2s od to 2s ed ; South Down, 12 to 15 ; Blanket, 7 to 9. Satz, thrown—Pkdmout White, 27s to 45s ; yellow slack, 24s to 27s ; Modena raw, 14s to 16s ; Bengal, los o 1 to 15.; China, Ayres (A.) . 9d to Wed. Cosine—Jam. middling, AV 14s to A'S 31; Dem. and Derbies, £2 Ss to £4 its; Mocha, £3 Ss to se6 10s. Tg&—Bohea, Is I Id to es Od ; Coogon, m id. 2s ed to Ss 9d ; Hyseo, mid. 4s 3d to es 6d. Berres—Cmk,./4 14$ to £4 16s; 151 id to 17s. Bum—Riga, £52; Ant. £5O £65. X 4 10$ 04 to £4 15s; Bars, £6 5. Od to £6 10s Od; Dutch, £4 10.. Cozen—Cheshire, old, £3 lOs to £3 18s; S.Glo,Wag to £2 Bs. TALlOW—Russia yel. AV 7s 34 ; White, ,C 2 7s 6d. Raci—Carollnas 14. 04 to 19s; Bengal, 13. 6d to 171 6d. Saous-416s 8d per Cwt. SMITHFIELD MA ause.—Berf, 48 Od to 49 8d ; Mutton, 4s 4d to _ Swedish, £l3 to £l5 10s. Corrsit—XB7 to £BB Os; South Amer. £74 to .02 10s. - LBAD—Ban. £l5 15e to 414. Tam—Blocks, £5 15.. Bocsa--Lutnps, large, 23 3s Od to £3 4s Od ; Powder, fine, 23 16s to £4 6s Od ;Bengal, 5. Od; Veal, 55 Od to 65 Od; Pork, 4. 4d to 55 £d. Maas-t•xs, Aram 6.—Wbeat, £1 2s Od to 1.1 4s ; Jamaica, fine, .62 16s to £3 Os. TOIACCO— 1 I aryland, 3id to Sid; Virginia, 5 to 6 ; Cuba, 15 to 18. 011.—Flor. £1 is Od half chest; 66s to 801 . ; Barley, 541 to 481; Oat., 224 to 31$. GAZETTE ATRIUMS, AWL Wheat, 72s 2d; Barley , 42s 341 ; Oats, 2 6$ I Id ; Beans, 58s I id. Hor MARLIT, BOROUGH.— Kent. Linseed, 4:51 Os Od per ewt ; Pale Rape, X 2 10s. Baasne—..Bordrauz, 3s to 35 64. Rum—Jam. (14) 2s 3d to 2s 54 ; Dem (10 a 20) 21 to 2s 2d. WHISKY, 10s 9d to 11% Gamma. 2s 64 to 2s 9d. lsh, £8 $1 to £l4 Os; Fara. ham, £l5 Os to £l7 Os. COAL hICNANOS, APRIL 6.—Best Wall's End, 26s 6d to 291 od ; other sorts, 21s Od to 25i Od. Satteanno HAT MARKET, APRIL 4...—Hay, £2 15s to £4 Os. Straw, £1 16. to £2 Os. Potty—Good, £35 to £4O. SHERRY—Good, X 25 to .e4O. AlAosna—Lun . . P. £3O W £4O. Chlgo'CLocc—Barometer, 29.49 ; Thermometer, 58. Wind S.W. Weather, mild and fair. THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER has received " Fifty Shillings due to the Government, by A. B." Downing-street, April 4, 1831. TH E EVENING STAR. LONDON. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6. TO FOREIGN CORRESPONDENTS. ••• In the Political Department of the STAR, its Readers are aware that due attention has been paid to the importance of the events pro gressing on the CONTINENT. This Paper not only presents the' spirit of the best French Journals; but the original observations of an intelligent Correspondent in Paris. The Revolutions in Bit.. 0113 M, POLAND, ITALY, and SWITZERLAND, are events which have so rapidly succeeded each other, that a Journalist has found it difficult to make his arrangements keep pace, with his desire to gratify his readers„with the earliest information. These arrangements will not be neglected ; but, itt the mean time, the conductors of the STAR invite PUBLIC MEN, in all countries, who desire that interesting facts and statements should, in an UNGARILED MANNER, be laid before the British nation, to transmit the same to the STAR Office, London. They are particularly anxious to receive original communications from Poland; and also from Italy, Belgium, Spain, Portugal, Prussia, and Austria, whether from English travellers or residents, or public-spirited natives. Hitherto the world has been hood-winked by Journals and Gazettes, published under arbitrary surveillance; but *genuine British Journal ought to derive its information, as far as possible, from less suspicious sources ; and this it is the determination, of the conductors if the STAR, to effect as far as possible. ••• We beg leave to inkrin our Friends in Nortluunptonshire, that Mr. James Ratnett, Bookseller, Northampton, has obligingly under. taken to receive Orders, Advertisements, and Intelligence for the STAR, in regard to that Town and Vicinity. Every arrival from France affords us evidence that nothing but a war will insure the tranquil rule of the pre sent Government of France ; and perhaps it is because nothing but a war will give " ample room and verge enough,"—to adopt GRAY'S tautological expression—for the difficultly restrained energies of that extraordinary people. Wars have often been commenced, and lasted for years, at the volition of Kings and Ministers, which had their origin in mere fictitiously magnified causes. In the well-known work, sometimes erroneously attributed to VOLTAIRE, en titled, " Great Events from little Causes," there are some amusing accounts of 'such frivolously commenced wars ; hut in the present posture of affairs on the Continent, the causes for a wur, between France and Austria, require no tificial augmentation, tolrender them such as any statesman recd not blush to advance, as ; dequate for its vindication. probability of Austria retracing its recent steps is small indeed ; and with all the people of France in arms, or imbued with nothing but martial aspirations, it appears to be equally improbable that any Government, however pacific in disposition, will be able further to restrain them from taking the field. It has been sup posed, that financial deficiency has principally been the cause of the hesitation of the present and preceding Ministries, from pursuing policy so popular; and there may ba truth in the conjecture. It is well known, in other parts Europe,or that nations cannot go to war as formerly, with out endangering the existence of the authorities in which it 0: iginates. From POLAND the intelligence continues to gratify the lovers of Ecedorn. The Russians have now, it seems, to encounter the inundations of the Vistula ; and the utter de struction of their army, either for offence or defence, seems inevitable. The head-quarters may shift ; but their mighty host will have found graves or prisons in Poland. Never did proscription and arbitrary power receive a more striking lesson. In ITALY, the Austrians march over the protocols and their principles, with such rapidity, as to afford an excuse to the PER lER Ministry, that the interference of France will now be useless ! By the last accounts, an Austrian division was in full march upon ROME ! The Nurembergh Correspondent, of the 29th March, received this day, states that, "by the last post, orders were received to organize a corps of 20,000 Landwehr, in the Tyrol, of which 5,000 are to be ready for active service. The Government has all at once suspended all public works of every kind, which have no connection with military ar maments." On Saturday we published exclusively the returns of re venue, as made up to that day in the three departments, and to-day we give the general returns, which, we are happy to observe, confirm the authenticity of our summary. It appears that the decrease on the quarter, in comparison with the same quarter last year, is £740,000, and that the de crease on the year is a million and a third. The revenue to April 5, 1830, was £46,894.061, and to April 5, 1831, was but £45,759,114. Now, on this subject we shall not condole with some of our contemporaries, nor lament with some such Chancellors of the Exchequer as we have bad within the last forty years; but we will sincerely congratulate the public, on the dimi nution of taxation, and thank the present Chancellor of the Exchequer, for having so agreeably diminished the public burthens. Our readers will agree with us, that it will be a greater blessing if the same diminution takes place annually. Heavy taxation—which means a large public revenue—is truly regarded as the curse of the country, and a sign of its degradation, not of its prosperity ; therefore, to congratulate the public on its amount, as has been the usage of Journa lists, is to taunt the people on the pressure of their burthens. Nevertheless, it is plain that low taxes produce more in proportion than high ones ; and while this great principle ought to be felt by all financiers, if acted upon by the British Treasury, the revenue would be equal and the pressure less. In fact the taxes taken off, were nearly three and one-half millions, and in half a year the reduction has been but one and one-third million ; hence it is plain that consumption has increased generally, and consequently the comforts of the people. If the diminished Revenue render further retrenchments necessary,—if it diminish the Pension and Sinecure List, — if it reduce the Standing Army, and the public establish ments--this is a further subject of congratulation. And let it be remembered, that a large Revenue, and expanded esta blishments, have heretofore been necessary to a Minister for the purpose of satisfying those hungry cormorants—the Bo rough-mongers—from whose selfish support, for the future, we are likely to be relieved. The very interesting article winch we copied on Monday from the Caledonian Mercury, relative to the WEYMOUTH BOROUGHS, has been followed by explanations in the sub sequent publication of that paper, to which we gave place yesterday, and to a letter of Lord GODERICH, which we pub lish to-day. The sensation created, will doubtless lead to further explanations, and to other details from Mr. FRAZER ; and from parties at Weymouth and Melcombe Regis, to all which we shall be duly attentive. Nothing could be more d propos than such a development at such a crisis, when many unbelievers were calling for evidence. To what extent personal culpability may ultimately attach, we do not anticipate ; but however that may be, the whole affair lifts the curtain, and most usefully enlightens the public, if day-light required any illumination. We have received Brussels papers this day to the 3d inst. from which we make the subjoined extracts, giving further accounts of the recent disturbances in Belgium : BRUSSELS, APRIL 2. Proceedings are commenced In the affair of General Nypels; and those in the affair of Colonel Bowman, continue. Both of them have been in solitary confinement since yesterday. According to what we have been able to learn, respecting General Nypels, that officer had some weeks ago, before the conspiracy at Antwerp, recommended the Government to have a watchful eye on General Vandersmissen. This fact is favourable to General Nypels. There ate strong reasons for believing, that General Vandersmiuen has taken refuge in the citadel of Antwerp. Count Vilain XIIII, Mem ber of the Congress, has arrived at Pails, as it is said on a mission from the Government. Does M. Le Eon no longer enjoy the entire confi dence of the new ministry ? It is said, that the officers of the regiment of Lancers had, on their arrival at Melina, violent al tercations, and that in consequence of them, Lieutenant-Col. Edeline is under arrest. M. Felix de Merode has returned to this city. Some journals have announced, that Count D'Aerschot had been twice received by Lord Palmerston ; and that he had each time a long interview with him ; according to . the Independent, these interviews were not official. A decree of the Regent, dated 31st March, orders that as the com. mutter appointed.to class the officers of the army, according to their se niority, has hitherto been unable to act, in consequence of the frequent absences of Gen. Nypels, Col. Borremana, and Lieut.-Colonel Hamesse, their discharge is granted to these officers, and others are appointed members of the committee in their room. The Emancipation (Brussels paper) gives the particulars of the riots at Antwerp yesterday ; and the day before. The city his been declared, by General Beaulieu, in a state of seige. The Dutch, to the number of three hundred, have just landed, (April 1, two o'clock), at Calloo, a Belgian port, three leagues off towards the; sea. They have cut all the roads leading to it On the news of the troubles at Brussels and Liege, great apprehensions were felt at Verviers, and all necessary precautions were taken ; which seemed the more necessary, as a letter was received from the Burgo master of Liege, announcing that a person of consequence had left Liege, with a large sum of mosey, intending to excite a reaction at Ver. viers,:in favour of the dethroned family. The Civil guards were immedi ately called out. Happily, this maim e was not necessary, and the guards were soon allowed to retire, as there was no danger ibr the moment. The Regiment of Liege has published an order of the day to the civic guard, expressing, in strong terms, the indignation and grief of the magistrates at the deplorable excesses of the2Bth and 29th March, and exhorting the guard to be firm and prompt in suppressing any future excesses.-- The Burgomiuiter announces, that the principal instigators, u well as many of the wretches who were guilty of pillage, were in the hands of justice, and will be severely punished. Tranquillity is restored at Liege, and on Holy Thursday the people crowded the Chambers as usual.—Brassels Papers, April 3. The gold medal, annually gifted by the Society of Writers to his Majesty's Signet in Edinburgh, to the beat Latin scholar in the Senior Humanity Class in this University, was awarded for this session to Count Leon Lubienski, son of the nobleman of that name who now commands the right wing of the Polish army. It was delivered to the Count in the class-room, last Monday, by the deputy-keeper. On Friday' night, Maurice O'Connell, Esq. M.P. for Clare, accompanied by J. Staunton Cahill, Esq. left Dublin for Ennis. The honourable member has proceeded to Ennis, at the request of a great number of his constituents, for the purpose of presenting an address from the inhabitants of the county to his Excellency the Lord Lieutenant, on his visit to Clare. CITY, ONR O'CLOCK. Consols, which left off yesterday at 781 for the Account, opened at 781 ; but on the report of an express from Paris, with an idea in the Stock Exchange that the Rented came higher, Consols went up to 78 :at present they are 781 buyers. In the Foreign Market little or nothing doing as yet. It is stated that a Prussian Loan is on the tapis, of 11 millions sterling ; and the old Prussian Loan, of which there is about four millions on hand, is to be included in the above loan, which will make the new loan about seven millions sterling. The new foreign loans, which are about to be contracted for,will no doubt be severely felt in this country, by causing the money to go out; and we hear that large shipments of the precious metal is in preparation to be sent to Hambro.' Accounts from Brussels state, that some commotion' took place at Malines ; a numerous assemblage of persons went to the house of the Government Commissary, demanding from him an order for the release of all persons in prison. When the Dutch retreated, he was obliged to comply with their request, and the prisoners were set at liberty, after which the mob dispersed. LivEarooL, APRIL 4.—There has been a considerable improvement in the demand of Plantation Sugar. Upwards of 800 hhds. have been sold at full prices. We have had a good demand for Cotton throughout the week, particularly , towards the close ; and the price of Bowed, Orleans and Mobile have advanced, in some instances, 1 of a penny per lb.l CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. Nothing is suffered to transpire as yet in regard to the express from Paris ; all we know is that the French Rents come 1 per cent. higher, had the political information by it been of importance, and favourable, it would soon have been made public. The Dutch steamer has just arrived, but the papers and letters are not as yet delivered. We have made some inquiry in regard to the Prussian loan, and it is said it will not be to that extent as we first stated. The Congol market is not so good as in the early part of the morning, when they were done at 781, since which they have receded to 78i i, and the same for money, there being now a supply of money stock in the market. The back adation is gone off. In Foreign funds little doing, as the chief attention of the speculators is to the British market. The Ladies Paget and Lords George and Alfred Paget left Dublin on Saturday, on a visit to Lord and Lady Clon curry, with whom they will remain till the return of their father from his tour. THE LORD LIEUTENANT'S VISIT TO CLARE.--Sa turday morning his Excellency the Lord Lieutenant left Dublin for Clare, attended by Sir J. Anderson, Baron Tuyll, and two Aide-de-Camps. He was to rest at. Lord Dunally's on Saturday, enter Limerick on Sunday, and in the evening dine with Sir A. Fitzgerald. Monday be would be in En nis, where he would be met by the Attorney-General, Mr. Sergeant O'Loghiin, and several of the magistrates of the county. His Excellency was to have a public entry into Ennis. The draught of a Bill to disfranchise the freemen of Li verpool was received last night, and is at present in the hands of his Worship the Mayor. This, as might have been expected, has produced a sensation. It was per fectly unexpected ; and from the circumstance of the writ being suspended, and Parliament adjourned, many per sisted in disbelieving the report. The draught of a bill has been drawn up by Mr. Watson, with the assistance or concurrence of Mr. Benett, chairman of the Liverpool elec tion committee. It has been submitted to Lord Althorp, who approved of it ; and it is intended to present it to the House of Commons, on Monday, the 18th instant. At one stroke it disfranchises all the freemen of Liverpool, and it confers the right of voting on inhabitant householders rated at ten pounds a year. Whether the reform bill, therefore, Iss accepted or rejected, Liverpool will be in the situation in which it is intended to place Manchester, and other large towns, which have now no elective franchise.—Liverpool Journal. Lieui Sir Wm. Houston, G.C.B who has been nominated to the Lieutenant-Governorship of Gibraltar, takes his departure for that fortress in the course of the en suing month. This appointment is in pursuance of a very proper regulation lately established by ministers, limiting the term for the employment of military officers as Go vernors abroad, to a period of six years. Sir Wm. Hous ton, therefore, now relieves that distinguished veteran, Ge neral Sir George Don, who has held the command of Gib raltar for the last seventeen years. The admirable order in which that important garrison now is, affords a convinc ing proof of the excellence of the arrangements made by General Don, during the long period of his Government, and we understand, that particularly for the last three months. when the attempts of the Spanish Refugees to re store the Constitution of 1820, had placed the Governor of Gibraltar in a very delicate position, and one of peculiar dif ficulty, the conduct of Sir George Don has met with the entire approbation of both the Spanish and English Cabinets. Sir George Don is expected in this country in the course of the summer, and it is a singular fact, that this gallant old officer, who is now nearly 80 years of age, returns home, after having been in actual employment, 62 years, without any interval, a circumstance which has no parallel in the records of the service of any General, whose name is now to be found in the English Army List. The substance of the great wall of China, which extends along a space of 1,500 miles, from the shore of the Yellow Sea to Western Tartary, has been estimated by Mr. Barrow to exceed in quantity that of all the houses in Great Britain, land to be capable of surrounding the whole earth with a wall several feet high. FIRE ♦T ST. MART'S CHURCH, MANCHESTER.—AbOnt half-past ten o'clock on Monday morning, just before the commencement of the morning prayer, a strong smell of fire was perceived in this church, which seemed to come from the roof of the edifice. Ladders were obtained, and, on examination, it was found that the heated stove-pipe passed through the roof, over the communion table, close to one of the cross-beams, to which it had set fire. The alarm was immediately given, the bell rung, and prompt assistance was rendered ; by means of which, and the use of water drawn up to the roof in buckets, the flames were extinguished with out the aid of any fire-engine. Great praise is due to two workmen of Messrs. Hurlbutt and Burnett, plumbers, St. Mary's-street, who were very active in stripping the lead off the roof, and thus facilitating the application of water to the' burning rafter. The damage done is, we understand, of tri vial amount ; and we trust the occurrence will lead to such precautions as may effectually obviate any recurrence of the accide nt.—Manchester Guardian. 4t .; 4 '',-;• ~ -- Vl* Xl' - ii :z- .. , . • ~1,4" , • THEIR MAJESTIES. WINDSOR, Aram 5. Yesterday morning his MAJESTY took an airing for up. wards of two hours, accompanied by Lord VA I. LICTORT...., In the afternoon his MAJESTY again went out in his double bodied phaeton, accompanied by the Princess AUGUSTA, the Landgravine, and Mrs. Fox. The QUEEN rode on horseback, attended by Prince GEORGE of CAMBRIDGE, Colonel WooD, and Sir AN DREW BA RN A RD. The rest of the Royal Visitors and suite followed; and the whole party proceeded by St. Leonard's into the Great Park, and returned to the Castle by Queen Anne's Drive at a quarter before six o'clock. Her MA J EST Y's Chamber M usicians com menced their duty at the Castle. Their performance took place in the Grand Music Room, and opened with the Overture, and several pieces of Rogan; l's Opera of tsentiramid e , after which they played a symphony of Moz A RT'S in Et most masterly style, this was followed by some of the finest com positions of the most eminent composers, all of which were highly approved of by their MAJESTIES, who expressed their gratification in the most condescending manner.— These concerts will be continued every evening during Easter week. This forenoon his MAJESTY took an airing in an open carriage, accompanied by Mrs. Fox and Lord VALLETORT. The Royal party left the Castle as usual at three o'clock this afternoon, in three phaetons and on horseback. The KING, Princesses, and Mrs. Fox took the lead in a double bodied phaeton, the QUEEN following ou horseback, with her usual retinue of visitors and attendants. Their MAJES TIES proceeded by Old Windsor and Egham, and return ing by Englefield Green, Bishops-gate, and the Long Walk, reached the Castle at six o'clock. Their /MAJESTIES leave Windsor Monday next for St. James's Palace, where they will remain till Friday, when they will again return to the Castle. COURT CIRCULAR. The Duke of Cumberland dined with the Noblemen and Gentlemen's Catch Club, yesterday evening, at the Thatched House Tavern. The Duchess of Cumberland took an airing yesterday, attended by Miss Cooper, in a carriage and four, with out riders, in the Regent's Park and the neighbourhood of Hampstead. Earl Grey left town yesterday afternoon, on a visit to Earl Sefton, at his seat, Stoke Farm, near Windsor. Viscount Palmerston has left town for Brighton. The Spanish Minister and the Brazilian Charge d'Affaires transacted business on Monday at the office of the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. Viscount Goderich left town yesterday, on a visit to Lord Grantham, at Wrest House. WORCESTER, April 1. The Bishop of Worcester held an ordination on Friday last, when the following gentlemen were ordained :—Deacons ; Henry Ainslie Whit. more, B.A. Christ Coll. Cambridge; John Kaye, )L A. Bras-mimic Coll. Oxford ; Edward Meade, B.A. Wadham Coll. Oxford ; Francis Duncan, B.A. Trinity Coll. Cambridge ; George Hill Clifton, B.A. Itiorcester Coll. Oxford ; William Briscoe, B.A. Queen's Coll. Cam bridge; William Boulton, B.A. Christ Church Coll. Oxford.— Priests : Rev. Thos. Parry, B.A. Wadham Coll. Oxford ; Rev. John Daniel Lloyd, B.A. Queen's Coll. Oxford ; Rev. John Crump Bayliss, B.A. Ditto; Rev. Richard Barneby, B.A. Beasennose Coll. Oxford; Rev. James Gavle, B.A. Clare Hall, Cambridge. INDIAN ARMY. A Court.martial was held at Bangalore on the 26th of August last, on Lieutenant and Brevet Captain Waldron Kelly, of the 26th (or Ca. meronian) Regiment of Foot, who was arraigned for striking Ensign Wm. Hake, of the Company's Service, a violent blow on the face with his clenched fist. He was found guilty, and ordered to be cashiered. Private Richard Tyrrell, of his Majesty's Sd Regiment (or Buffs), has been sentenced by a Court•mat to be shot to death for mutiny, via.—striking Lieut.-Col. Allan Cameron, his superior officer, whilst in the execution of his duty as Commander of the Regiment. Colonel Sir Thomas Anburey, CB. Chief Engineer, has arrived at Calcutta, and assumed charge of his department. COLCHESTER ELECTION. Monday evening, a meeting of the burgesses of Colchester resident In London was convened for the pusisuse or ens ..+•••• • return of Sir W. Curtis for that borough. The result of the meeting proved that the feeling, even among non-resident freemen, is almost universal in favour of the whole Reform bill. Mr. Fitch took the chair, stated the objects of the meeting, and hoped that a great number of the freemen present would support the old cause. Mr. Wire asked what were the principles of Sir William Curtis? Would he vote for the whole Reform bill ? For retrenchment ? The CHAIRMAN said, that Sir W. Curtis would not vote for the re. form bill as now brought forward. (Loud laughter and hisses). Sir W. Curtis would vote for moderate reform and for retrenchment— (continued laughter); and that if elected, he would then come forward and state his sentiments. (Excessive laughter.) Mr. WIRY. addressed the meeting at some length against the Corp°. ration of Colchester, and designated Sir W. Curds as the tool of that body. (Cheers.) As there appeared to be no motion before the Chair, he would move that three cheers be given to the Chairman, six for Mr. Mayhew, the independent candidate, and then adjourn. This motion was carried with loud cheers, and the meeting adjouninl. CLOSE OF THE POLL SIXTH DAY—WEDNESDAT. Mr. Mayhew .. 565 Sir William Curtis ... 448 Majority for Mr. Mayhew ..--117 Mr. Mayhew's election is certain, there being no more than 150 to 200 to poll ; of whom fifty at least, who could not conveniently poll yester day, support that gentleman. Parisian ladies of fashion, with a view of introducing an appearance of moonlight into their apartments, place lamps within blue goblets, which have the desired effect. There is said to be, at this time, one individual at Man chester who, by means of a peculiar process connected with the manufactures of that place, is clearing a weekly profit of 10,0001. Gayer Starbuck, Esq. agent for Lloyd's at Milford, Wales, has had an apparatus made for working under water, by which means be has recovered many tons of copper ore, out of the wreck Jane, of Carnarvon, sunk in St. Bride's Bay, on her voyage to Swansea. Yesterday afternoon, according to the annual custom, the Bluecoat boys educated at Christchurch School went in procession to the Mansion-Heuse, where they were intro duced to the Lady Mayoress. After some customary form each boy received a cake, a glass of wine, and a sixpence. Madame Vestris is engaged to play at Bath and Bristol, and we understand that those pieces which have been so at tractive in London, the Olympic Revels, Grenadier, and Duke for a Day, &c. are in active preparation. The will of the late Thomas Hope, Esq. of Mansfield street, has been proved by his brother, P. H. Hope, Esq. and Jeremiah Harman, Esq. to each of whom is left a legacy of one thousand pounds. The collection of Italian pictures, articles of vertu, and the furniture, together with the house in Mansfield -street, are left to the eldest son, who is likewise residuary legatee. To his widow is left one thousand pounds in money, to be paid immediately, an annuity of one thousand pounds a year, in addition to the lady's marriage settlement of three thousand a year; and during her life, the fine mansion (the wines given), and the furniture at Deepdene, near Dorking. Large legacies are left to bib other children, and many of his friends are also remembered in his will, especially the Rev. Wm. Harness, sou of his friend Dr. Harness, to whom he has left five hundred pounds. Probate is granted for one hundred and eighty thousand pounds personal property. The gallery in Duchess-street , appended to Mr. Hope's house, in which his Italian pictures are deposited, was built by his brother, Mr. P. H. Hope, and the splendid assemblage of pictures by the Dutch and Flemish masters, which are mingled with the Italian school. are the property of Mr. P. H. Hope, by whom they were collected. •i