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W.ather, fair. THE 4.;V N 'NG STAR. LONDON. FRIDAY, MARCH 25. We have received by the Estafette of this morning the Pro is papers. and several letters from Continental corres rondents. From the intelligence thus derived, and much of which we consider exclusive, we present our readers with a selection in our subsequent columns.— I st—lt affords us gratification to give the admirable reply of Count LEDOCnowSKt, commanding at Medlin, to the letter of General DI EniErco, published, exclusively, in yesterday's STAR ; and farther distinct details of the successful progress of the Polish cause. 2dly—We have not less pleasure in conveying intelligence from Italy more favourable, than we had to give yesterday ; and a little at variance with it. 3rdly—Our Readers will find a short, but favourable passage, denying the bad fortune which, it was said,had attended the enterprises of the Spanish patriots. 4thly There will be found a curious passage from Frankfort, men tioning the proposed formation of an armed neutrality between Prussia and the whole of the German States, except Austria. :lthly —Some passages stating that France would support the independence of Belgium. Upon this point we have since Leard, that France was not a party to the last protocol of London, and supported the right of Belgium to the Duchy of Luxemburgh. What truth there is in this last report we know not. It appears now authentic, both by the intelligence of yes terday, and what we have now to communicate, that the Russians have broken up from before Praga, and had re treated by the road of Wawer, the Poles being in active pursuit. Of DI EBITSCII, even the false Prussian Gazettes can give no account ; but they suppose he is somewhere between Praga and Plock, probably near Wischgrod, waiting for the Imperial Guards and reinforcements. It is quite evident, however, that having lost his cannon and materiel, no numerical reinforcement can re-establish his discomfited army, and therefore that Poland must, for the present, be abandoned—and if this summer, for ever' In the meantime, Gen. DWERNICK I has, from Lublin, crossed the Bug, and penetrated into Volhynia, a province of Poland, united to Russia, since 1773, adjoining the Ukraine and the country of the Cossacks ; and as his march is unopposed, and he is joyfully received by the inhabitants generally, this war of defence seems likely to become one of offence ; and Nicholas is in danger of loosing some of his most valued and warlike provinces. Dwernicki's army increases as he ad vances; and he has captured so much artillery, abandoned by the flying Muscovites, as to be denominated the " Cannon Provider." The proceedings in the House of Lords last night were extremely interesting. Lord GREY presented a petition in favour of the Reform Bill, from 1,300 Freeholders of the County of Dorm, on which Lord LONDONDERRY, taunted his Lordship and the Ministers on various points, such as the use made of the King's name, the undue influence of Ministers, Lord GREY'S abandonment of his Order, the dangerous degree of retrenchment, &c. &c. To which Earl CR LI- replied, in such ever-memorable language, that we consider it due to the country to introduce some of the passages : The noble marquis says that threats of dissolution have been thrown out, and he calls upon me to make a declaration on the subject. I shall make no such declaration ; but, at the same time, I have no objection to say, that I consider myself completely committed by, and identified with the measure ; and by this measure I shall stand of fall. I will say, that, as far as depends upon me, I will suffer no alteration to be made, that will detract from its efficiency. As an efficient measure, I will stand or fall by it ; and without throw ing out any threat of dissolution, I have no objection to say, that in order to support and carry into effect this measure, as an efficient measure, there are no means sanctioned by the prin. ciples and practice of the Constitution, and by a devoted sense of public duty, from the employment of which I will shrink.— The Noble Marquess has said, that he supposes that I havetoo great a regard for my Order—a regard which at one time was imputed to me almost as a crime—to desire to promote any revolutionary measure. I have supported, and wiU support that Order, because I think that it is necessary to the preservation of the Constitution that it should exist. I am by station, and still more by disposition and habit, a member of the aristocracy. But I support it as an Order, only because it is a necessary Order in the State, because it is a necessary link between the crown and the people, and because its existence contributes to the good of the community. Whenever the Aristocracy ceasy to be this, then I am no longer a member of the Aristocracy. It is to support and preserve that Order that I have taken from them by this measure a power which reedera them odious to the people, and restored to them the means of cultivating a good understanding with the people, and of satisfrctorily discharging those public trusts for which their privileges were given to them." The Duke of WELLINGTON saw no reason whatever for altering the Constitution of Parliament. Parliament had hitherto well served the country, and within these few years had passed many excellent measures. He could see no reason whatever for the change, except that it was to gratify individuals—a considerable number of individuals certainly — perhaps the majority of individuals; but that was no sufficient reason for such an important change. The Marquis of Dow NSIII I RE approved of the Bill ; but Lord FARNHAM deprecated it as revolutionary, and thought Parliament ought not to be governed by a majority out of doors, unless it was a majority of property and intelligence. The Duke of NEWCASTLE denied that the Nottingham Petition was the sense of the County, and was sorry it bore the signatures of the Gentry; but was convinced the ma jority of the Yeomanry were opposed to it. Lord GREY retorted, that that opinion would be put to the test at the next General Election ! In the Com mows a petition was presented from Wicklow against Agitation. Sir JAMES SCA RLETT OD presenting one from Melton, in favour of the Reform Bill, refused his acquiescence, and stated that he would rather resign. On Mr. HUNT complimenting him on this determination, Mr. G. DAWSON charged Mr. HUNT with having publicly pro fessed an attachment to a Republican Government., and appealed to Mr. Hum Eto confirm it. But Mr. Hume ex pressed his ignorance ; and Mr. HUNT said that all he ever wanted was a genuine representation of the people, and a cheap government. Mr. CRIPPS approved of the Bill in the expectation that it would be modified in the Committee; but Sir JOHN WROTTESLEY said he would rather it should be thrown out, than altered in any respect; and Mr. GORDON and Mr. BARRETT expressed similar sentiments. Mr. STAN LEY brought in thilrish Bill. It takes away no existing rights but those of non-residents. It omitted the two years' clause as to leaseholders, because in Ireland, many leases were renewed annually ; also copy-holders, because there are none. The vote in towns being 101. as in Eng land. He stated the following gross abuses. Armagh had 8,900 inhabitants, and only 13 voters. Ban don Bridge had upwards of 10,000 inhabitants, and only 13 voters. Belfast had 37,377 inhabitants, and 13 voters. Carlow had 8,000 inhabitants, and only 13 voters. Dub lin, with a population of 185,000, had only 2,000 voters. Dundalk, with 9,256 inhabitants, had 32 voters. Ennis had 16,320 inhabitants, and only 13 voters. Kilkenny had 23,003 people, and 600 voters. Sligo had 9,322 inhabi tants, and 13 voters. Tralee bad 7,547 inhabitants, and again the mystical number of 13 voters. It was then pro posed to give an additional Member to Belfast, Limerick, Waterford, and Galway ; and a second to the University of Dublin. Colonel TRENCH preferred his own Bill, which he should press. Mr. O'CONNELL expressed his great satisfaction, and said the Bill would give pleasure to all Ireland. He then suggested some regulations to improve the practice and operation, and stated that the Bill so revised would con tribute to produce a perpetual and irreversible union between the two countries. After some discussion, on different parts of the proposed measure, in which Messrs. LEADER, BANKES and GouL BOURN took part, and in which Sir CHARLES WETIIERELL and Sir ROBERT PEEL reiterated their exhausted assertions about revolution, the Bill was read a first time. IMPORTANT FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE EXCLUSIVE. FRANCE. PARIS, MAUR 23. The circular of Nl.Cassimir Perier to the Prefects, leaves no more doubt upon the dissolution of the Chamber. The electors will then soon be called upon to pronounce upon the fate of France.— Gazette de France. In spite of all that has passed in Italy and Poland, in spite of the six English vessels which, it is said, will appear in the Scheldt, to reply to the proclamation of the Regent of Belgium, we do not persist the less to say, that the ques tion of war will be decided at Paris ; and that the destinies of France are agitated between the government and the fac tion, the movement and resistance.—Gazette de France. It is announced that Colonel Huberti, an Ambassador from the Italian Patriots at Bologna, has arrived this even ing at Paris ; and that having demanded an audience of M. Sebastiani, he met with the same refusal as the Polish agent Wiclaposki.—La Quotidienne. POLAND. The following is the rep!y of the Commander of the For tress of Medlin, to the letter of Field Marshal Diebitsch, which we published in the STAR of yesterday : Marshal—As Colonel Kiel, Adjutant to his Imperial Highness the Cesarowitch, who delivered to me your letter, could not wait for my written reply, I have the honour to forward it to you through the means of Lieutenant Sobieski. The prepossessing expressions with which you have pleased to honour me, as an individual, are very flattering. I am obliged by them ; and I hope, Marshal, by my ulterior con duct, to merit your esteem, and the good opinion of so ex perienced a warrior. As I know perfectly well the spirit of the garrison of Modlin, which I have the honour to com mand, I can assure you, Marshal, that it will not remain in any way inferior in courage, to the army of which you have been pleased to speak in praise. Without entering into the detail of the contents of your letter,and especially those passages wherein you mention the advantage which the Imperial Russian army had obtained in the [la's of the 19th and 25th of February, I cannot, nevertheless, prevent myself from avowing to you, that we have every reason to consider those days in quite a different point of view. But even were the situation of our army such as you are pleased to represent it, and should there remain for us no other hope than to augment by our bodies the thousands of victims already sacrificed in the defence of the national liberty, even in that case, the garrison of Modlin, to preserve its military honour, would not hesitate to give a proof of its devotion to the country ; persuaded that by such an action, it would acquire the consideration of its conquerors, and the sympathy of those nations whose wishes are for the success of our heroic insurrection. I have the honour, Marshal, to present you, with the greatest consideration, my salutations. (Signed) Modlin, March sth, 1831. The latest news from Poland paints the situation of the Russian army in the most dismal colours. This news has not been contradicted. This day a private letter from War saw, of the 11th of March, announces that the Polish troops, commanded by General Dwernicki, reinforced by a con siderable body of mowers, have passed the Bug, at Kald niour and at Horodio, and had proceeded upon Wpldzi meerzy, the capital of the district of the government of Volhynia, where they had separated into two corps ; of which, one had followed the route of Kowel, and the other that of Loutzik. Every where the Volltynians had re ceived the Polish brothers with the greatest enthusiasm: that part of Wolhynia had already taken arms, and every thing announced that the insurrection would propagate rapidly Into the governments of Tcharnigow and Kiew. If this intelligence is correct, the position of the Poles is singularly ameliorated; for, besides the province into which they have penetrated, assuring them considerable reinforcements, they have not, to dread, from thiir side, the Russian forces which are con centrated in Lithuania, which is adjacent; but of which the Count JYN. LEDOCHOWSKI. soil is inundated for more than fifty leagues by the Pripet, which forms immense marshes, and renders it impossible for au army to cross the extent of country. Volhynia is, on the contrary, a country dry and fertile, crossed by good roads, and bordered by provinces, which are the more grudged by the Imperial Government. The march of the Poles across Volbynia renders infallible the rising of the Lithuanians, amongst whom the sparks of revolt had al ready appeared at the commencement of the war, and who keep in mind the remembrances of the cruelty with which the members of their first families, such as the Sanguszko's the Lubmirski's, the Sabanski's, the Mogerzanski s were sent into Siberia, in consequence of the troubles.—Le Temps. ITALY. MILAN, MARCH 16.—(Pri v ate Correspondence.)—On the 14th the Austrians were not masters of Bologna, and it did not appear that they wished to possess that city by force of arms. There had been, however, some engagements be tween the van-guards of the two parties, on the 12th and 13th. lam assured that all the old soldiers have resolved, that if the armies of the Emperor make any attempt to enter Bologna, they will not oppose any resistance to them ; but will retire between Forli and Pesaro; and there, with the pa triots of Romagna and the Marche, they will form a camp of more than 30,000 men, who will chew to the Austrians that they had not fled, but that they only sought the means to fight with advantage. It is announced that Civita-Castel lana is still besieged by the patriots. The members of the family of Napoleon, who are still at Rome, have been put under the surveillance of the high police, in consequence of the sons of Louis, having taken part in the revolution. Cardinal Fesch, notwithstanding his inviolability, as Prince of the Church, has not been excepted from this measure. BELGIUM. The Vrai Patriote of Brussels announces, that the King of Holland will invade the Province of Luxembourg with an army of 100,000 men ; and that the invasion will take place with the consent of France. We are ignorant where this journal obtains this news entirely void of foundation. We believe we have power, on the contrary, to announce that the policy of the Government is very firm,with respect to Belgium. We are assured that the King of Holland has not money to assemble an army of 100,000 men, with troops of the Line, Militia, Dutch, Swiss or Germans. The arrival of the Prince of Orange at the Hague is announced. All in fact is prepared on the side of Holland for a vigorous attack. If we are well informed, the government will follow in this affair, a march which will have none of the pusillanimities supposed by the Vrai Patriote. It was declared positively to Holland that Belgium has become in fact and right an in dependent state ; that more recently still M. Lehon has been received by the King of the French as Belgian minister— that in consequence France will regard as intervention, all aggression against the Duchy of Luxembourg, and we firmly believe that this time it will be found not to consent. —Journal de Paris. SPAIN. The lndicateur of Bourdeaux, of the 19th March, says— " We announced with certainty yesterday, that the insur rectional movement of Spain, far from having been com pressed, had, on the contrary, prospered. New despatches confirm this day that which we had given as official : news even of greater importance is spoken of: we wait for the publication of positive tokens." GERMANY. _ _ FRANKFORT, Maaclll7.LThe Prussian General, M. Ruhl de Lilierstein, a very esteemed military officer, is at this moment at Munich. It is said that he is charged, on the part of his Court, to negotiate with the Sovereign Princes of Germany a treaty, in virtue of which Prussia and the rest of Germany (with the exception of Austria) de clare themselves neutral, and will put on foot a very considerable army of neutrality, in case of war be tween France and Austria. The King of Bavaria appears to relish this measure very much, and has sent agents to Stutgard, Carleruhe, and Frankfort, in order to sound the sentiments of the other Sovereigns. Bavaria alone will have to furnish 45,000 men, and Prussia 180,000 for this army. VIRRNA MARCH 13 . — The accounts from Italy have been taken advantage Of by stock-jobbers to produce a fall in the funds, alledg ing that the extension of military measures in Italy give reason to fear a great political crisis, and a general war in Europe. The pub lic, less timid, did not however suffer themselves to be frightened, and the accounts from Piedmont and Rome soon had a favourable effect on the funds. The entrance of our troops into Ferrara has given a severe blow to the revolutionary mania in the legations. The most violent libe rals already began to hold ,more temperate language, and the faithful subjects who were frightened by the rapid progress of the rebellious party, recover their courage, and shew themselves ready to take the field against the agitators. A little vigour on the part of the Papal Government will probably suffice to restore tranquillity without any fo reign aid. The present insurgents in Italy appear to be very good tempered and no friends of bloodshed, and as was the cue some years ago in the Austrian campaign against Naples, a few cannon have now put to flight the whole republican army of Modena. Assurances are said to have been given by France that no objection would be made to the coercive measures to be taken by our government in Italy. Our government, be sides, has never acknowledged for itself the principle of nonintervention with respect to Italy, and it is not probable that it ever will acknowledge it, as it is abandoned, according to circumstances and convenience, by these who first set it up. It originated in England, and was first laid down by Lord Castlereagh, on the occasion of the French campaign against the Spanish Cones, as a rule for the English ministry, and now let us read the interpretation that Lord Palmerston lately gave in the English Parliament on the mode of applying it. SPIRIT OF THE JOURNALS. TIIIES.-If peculiar crises of giat excitement produce great crimes and vast aberrations from moral rectitude, they do not the less afford illustrious examples of disinterestedness and virtue. The reform bill has produced actions proportioned to its magnitude : for as there has been most disgusting baseness In the conduct of many of its opponent', so have there been instances of the most noble self-sacrifice, and gene rous indifference to private interest, in several of the supporters. of the bill. We have spoken of the manner in which various members have voted for a measure by which they must be deprived of an interest which had either been derived to them from their ancestors, or been the purchase of their own money, on the public con fidence that the borough"ongering system must continue. Sir Sand ford Graham, the Dukes of Norfolk and Devonshire, Lord Cleveland, Lord Grosvenor, Lord Radnor, Mr. J. Smith, and others, have been mentioned, and to this must be added the name of Mr. William Russell, the representative of the county of Durham, who generously gives up four members by the proposed bill, which he supports with all his strength—two for Saltash, in Cornwall, and two more for Bletchingly. Ye Powers' what would the excitement of a dissolution and a general election be, under the hope that the popular rights might still thereby be reclaimed and re-established, when compared to the excitement of the bill's simple rejection--when put In competition with the announce. ment that it was irrecoverably lost, and that the boroughmon. gen would adhere to their usurpations ? If you are afraid of excitement, dread that which would be consequent upon the cruel disappointment of a kingdom's just expectation. If the bill could be rejected this night, before the departure of the malls from London, every guard would announce the fatal tidings to the towns and villages as be passed, and Poland itself would not be in a greater consternation and commotion on the entrance of the Russians, than would England be, though unarmed, on the knowledge of so dreadful an event. Why, men, cannot you see the signs of the times ? Every day we have to re port the meeting of some great county; in yesterday's publication York. shire, and in to-day ' s Kent, utter their mighty voices to Parliament and the Throne. Every county, city, town, and hamlet, petitions for reform. Say them " nay, ' if you please; but if you do, pretend not that you are afraid of excitement. It Is our apprehension of excitement that impels us to lay these truths before you. We repeat, be wise in time s illopen your eyes, your ears. All England calls aloud for the Reform B. Posy.—The Jacobin b wy the British nation is at this moment convulsed and endangered, by means of its organs of the press to dissolve the Parliament which has determined to withstand its revolutionary designs. We think the men who, for the mere sake of maintaining themselves in office, could propose a measure to the Legis lature so destructive as the Reform Bill, may be desperate enough for any thing. We should therefore not be sorbed if they were to realise the menace their adherents and advocates so loudly . But should they do so, it will be evident, beyond the ty dooms ' diction or doubt, that they adopt this course in the revolutiamoy hope that the elections which must follow will be controlled and governed by revolutionary mobs. We trust that our Sovereign will avert from the ' country the calamities and convulsions that cannot fail to be produced by a general election, springing out of a single question of paraniounc importance and of intense excitement, and which must naturally Ite governed in every instance by the feelings of men upon that .ingle question. lisaux.—The French Government, not a great while ago, gave the world to understand that France would not only "sero,', b ut enforce the principle of non-intervention—that is, that France ould not only abstain from making any aggression on the independen ce of foreign States, but prevent others from making such aggression. It was at the time the French Government made this declaration that M. Sebastiani served a written notice on the Cabinet of Vienna, informing them that " France would never consent to see the Austrian forces enter Italy." Nothing could be more clear or explicit than this language. It conveyed,in terms not to be misunderstood,the deterniim i ci ol , of the government of Louis Philip to respect the independence of the Its Han States, which were engaged in a struggle for freedom as righteous a , that which had placed him on the throne, and to cause Austria to re spect them. This was in strict accordance with the explanation pre. viously given by the same Government, on various occasions, of 116. non-intervention principle. The observance of this principle was said to be necessary to the preservation of the peace of Europe ; and so ii was, for it Is quite clear that if, while one great Power rigidly alt. stains from interference or aggression with regard to other Stut,s, another great Power is left free to follow the wild dictates 1 , 1 rapacious ambition, the of Europe must be endang ere d . and eventually destroyed. We ct re are two distinct principles of Cot ern. ment in Europe—the representative and the despotic principle. IV, need not add that they are antagonist principles, :which have long e on . tended for the mastery, and that the former is as naturally allied to knowledge and civilization as the latter is to ignorance and barbarism. When France erected a National Convention on the ruins of a despoti c government in 1789, she was not content with securing to herself M,. inestimable blessings of civil liberty, but wished them to be participated in by other people. It was the unnatural alliance took place between the oldest Representative Government in Europe and the despotic Governme n t, of the Continent against a nation in the infancy of freedom—which alliance is the principal cause of the financial embarrassments in which England is now placed. After the Revolution of last July, France did not, as in the former Revolution, call upon other nations to recover their liberties, and offer her armed assistance for the purpose. On the contrary, she declared, as we have seen, for the principle of noninter vention, on the ground that it was to be mutual and reciprocal. France thus undertook not to enter into a crusade for the liberties of nations, or for the diffusion of the representative principle. and she required tha other great Powers should not, on the other hand, enter into crusades against the liberties of nations, or for the diffusion of the despotic prin. ciple. Thus would the peace of Europe have been preserved, and every people and their rulers left, uninfluenced by foreign intimidation, ni settle their political disputes between themselves, and agree upon what form of government they pleased. This principle of non-intervention was scarcely proclaimed, when it was violated by both France and Ena. land, along with the other great Powers, the members of the ‘• 11,4 Alliance"—with regard to the affairs of Belgium, and now the Frenci Ministers allow Austria to violate it in Italy, by taking no steps to pre. vent the invasion which is intended to crush the spirit of national independence, wherever it dares to raise its bead, throughout the whole of that once free and glorious Peninsula. Thus the principle of non intervention becomes an absurd mockery, which can for the future de. ceive nobody, and had better be discarded from the catalogue of diplo. matic terms. The French Ministers need not use this fine word any longer, for their recent explanation of it shows that they do not mean a universal abstinence from aggression on the part of the great Powers, in respect to all independent States, whether free or otherwise, but an ignominious neutrality on the part of France, while despotism is ac. tively engaged in crushing the liberties of other people, preparatory to the destruction of her own. CITY, ON! O'CLOCK'. The very determined resolution of Earl Grey, in his speech last night in the house, to stand or fall by the Re form Bill, with his most excellent speech, which has given universal satisfaction in the City, caused the funds to im prove this morning II per cent. Consols, which left oh yesterday at 77ft for the Account, opened at 771; but within a quarter of an hour went up to 79, since which the French Rentes coining lower, a re-action has taken place, and Consols are at present 78g I. CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. Consols which were in the early part of the morning done at 79, have since receded nearly 1 per cent. may be quoted at present at 781 for the account. This considerable improve ment in Consols is owing to considerable purchases having been made for the West-end of the Town. LOSS OF THE FROLIC. TENET, TUESDAY, MARCH 22.—1 am sorry to have to mention the loss of the Frolic, Haverfordwest Steamer, on the coast of Glamorgan, by striking on the Nash Sands, when every person on board perished. From this Town there were on board, My poor friend, General NORMAN MACLEOD, Colonel GoRDON, and his Servant, Mrs. Colonel BOYD, leaving twelve Motherless Orphans, the youngest only six weeks old; and she was on her wad• to see her sons, at school, at Bath. And her Cousin, Miss RICHARDSON. From the Dock-yard, Pembroke, there were the on!y son, and eldest daughter, of Mrs. Henderson, who were both, poor things, dancing most gaily at our St. David's Ball. News has just reached us, that the bodies of Captain JEWKIN s, the Master of the Frolic, and Miss HEND►:RSON, unmutilated, have been found on the shore, near the Nash Point. The melancholy event has thrown a great gloom upon the town,—and indeed on the country round. The Nash, or Road Sands, are well known in this chan nel ; are near the Mumbles, and are rather rocks than sands. It was a foggy dark night, with squally wind. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. MAILS Amy= Taus Day—Dubllo, 1 ; Waterford, 1. DIAL. MARCH 24 —Wind R. rtrong breeze. Porta/on-0, MAscu 24.—Wind B. N.B. FAmourn, MARCH 23.—Wind E. fresh gales, and squally.—Ar rived the Providence, Clark, from St. Michael's. Lieut. Wright, of the Hope packet, was on shore at Tampico 13th January, waiting her return, she having been blown off. Dumas, MAICII 23.—Arrived the Alert, Smith, from Memel. MILFORD, MARCH 23.—Arrived the Julia, Stanworth, from Pa lermo. PLYMOUTH, Moans 25.—Wind E.—Arrived the Protector, Bragg, from Mauritius; Charles, Hart, from St. Andero ; and St. Ann, Thomas, from Nantes GIIENOCC, Molten 22.—The cargo (except the bricks and slates) of the Harriet, Mattson, hence to Demerara, wrecked near P,,rt Patrick 13th inst. has been got out, nd sent to Glasgow. RUTLAND (COUNTY Of Dosizou), blaacu 19.—A vessel was lost in Boylagh Bay on the night of the 12th inst. and all on board drowned. The masts and part of the wreck have been washed on shore, and part of the stern of a boat, with " Robert and Isabella, of Maryport, John Leabosly, master," painted on it. The William Viel, Brisin, from Charleston to Plymouth, got on the Breakwater on Wednesday, and bilged. The Betsey, Miller, from Perth, was driven upon the :Dore Sand on Tuesday night, and will probably be wrecked. The Castle of Ullapool, and the Freemason (Stornaway packet), were wrecked near Stornaway 13th inst. The Hoffman', De Boer, from Hamburgh, has put into Harwich, bound to London, with loss of anchor and cable. MEETING OF MERCHANTS AND BANKERS.--A public meeting of the Merchants and Bankers of London took place this morning in the Egyptian Hall, at the Mansion House, for the purpose of expressing their approval of the measures of Reform introduced by Ministers, and of peti tioning Parliament to carry the same into a law. — The LORD MAYOR entered the hall about half-past twelve o'clock, accompanied by very many of the most wealthy and influential Gentlemen, connected with the Commerce or Banking Interests, of this great Metropolis. The body of the hall was completely filled with respectable Gentlemen. The Meeting was addressed in a spirited manner by the LORD MAYOR; and Mr. JOHN SMITH introduced the first resolution, which was seconded by Mr. T HO MAS BONA R. and carried amid general acclamations. The meeting was proceeding when our Reporter left. The present is the most important meeting that has yet tait'll place in the City. The Hall was densely crowded, even to the niche in the wall; and many hundreds cent twa). being unable to get in. LOWDON: Printed and Published by .101111 )I•Txs, at she gT ha Orricz, No. 1, Pickett-place, Temple Par. • 3: