Star. — London, England, 1831-03-09 00:00:00

PUBLIC Ci Bank Stock. shat India Stock, shut. Bonds, 2 3 1 London Docks, £59 103 St. Catherine's. £7B 10$ City Gas. £l9O Bank of Scotland, £167 British Linen, £250 Grand Junction, £245 Leeds, .095 Regent's. £lB 10, STAPLES OF BEI' Canna (Liv.)—Georgla, Bowed, 6d tn Sea Island, lld to 20d • N. Orleans, 6id to Bd. Woos. ( Ion.) —Saxony prima, 3s to ss; Austrian prima,2l to 4s; . - Segovia, Sr Od to 21 6tl ; South Down, 12 to 7 5 ; Blanket ' 7 to 9. Silk, thrown—Piedmont White, _ e7s to 45s ; yellow slack, 24s to e7l ; Modena raw, 14s to 161 ; Bengal, 10s 01 to 15s ; China, 13s id to 17s. FLA x—Riga, p 52; Ant. £5O £65. IRON— Pigs, £4 1010 d to £4 15s; Bars, £6 Ss Od to £6 Ins Od; Swedish, Xl3 to fl 3 10s. Co►►rtt—XB7 to .£BB Os ; South Amer. JE7f to X 79. WS. LlAD—Bars, fl 3 15. to £l4. Mt—Blocks, £3 15s. SUGAR—Luinps 9 large, £3 35 Od to £3 49 Od; Powder, fine, £3 16e to £4 61 od ; Bengal, .£1 es Od to £l_4B ; 'Jamaica; fine, £2 I6s to Je3 Os. TOBACCO —Maryland, 30 to Sid; Virginia, 5 to 6 ; Cuba, l 5 to 18. thr—Flor. £1 Is Od half chest; Linseed, X 2 Os Od per cwt; 'OMPANIES. Trish Grand Canal, 7. Forth and Clyde, £625 Lit. & Man.Railway,£ll36 to£l9o Cromford, A 45 Guardian. Albion Fire, X 75 Alliance, £8 Ss County, £4O Bolpnos Mines, £lBO I Steam Navigation, 11 is. £6 15. 'TISH COMMERCE. CAPC—(92g.) £9 to £lB. Hioss—Butts,2od to 23d; Buenos Ayres (A.) 9d to 100. Correz—Jam. middling, £2 14s to £3 3e; Dem. and Berbiee, .C 2 88 to :E4 2s; Mocha, 0 Si to X 6 10s. TrA—Bobea i Is II d to its Od ; Congou, mid. 2s 2d to Ss 9d i Hymn, mid. 4s 3d to is 6d. Burma—Cork, .64 14s to £4 16$; . , Dutch, £4 10% CNIESt— Cheshire. old, 4,103 to I £3 Ills; S.Glo'iter,.C2 to .£2Bl. TALLOW—Russia yel. 22 7. 3d ; White, 22 7s 6d. Rica—Carolina 14s Od to 19s ; Bengal, 13s 6d to 17. 6d. Suotia—S43 7id per SMITHFIELD MEZEIT.Bet. f t , ES 2d to 4s Sd ; Mutton, Ss Oa to Ss 4d; Veal, Ss Od to 6s Od; Pork 4s 6d to 5s 4d. MAILL-ikX/4 MASCH 7--Wheat, 66s to 781 ; Barley, 44, to 481; . - Oats, 22s to 525. GAZITTE AVBIJICIIt, POI& ICH 4. Wheat,73s 10d; Barley, 43s Od; Oats, 26s ad; Beans, 40$ 3d. HOP MASIERT, BOROUGH. —Kent £8 1.5. to £l4 Os; Farn. ham, £l5 Os to Z2O Os. Com EXCHANOR, MARCH 7.—Best Wall's End, 29. 6d to 30$ Od; other sorts, 22, Od to 281 ad. SMITHYIRLD HAY MARCH; MARCH 7.—Hay, £2 Os to £4 101. Straw, fl 14. to £2 Os. Pale Rape, 42 106. BRANDY—Bordraus, 3s to 36 6d. Rem—Jam. (14) 28 3d to 2s 5d ; Dem (10 a 20) 2s to 2s 2d. WHISKY, 106 9d 10 116. GSNIVA, 2s 64 to gs 94. PONT—Good, £35 to £4O. SHERRY—GoiId, X 2.5 to X4o._ 51AuvRA—Lon'. P. £5O to £4O. ONE o'Ctoce.— Barometer, 29.56 ; Thermometer, 50. Wind S.W. Weather, showery. THE EVENING STAR. LONDON. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9. This afternoon the LORD MAYOR and Sheriffs, in their state carriages, and nearly the whole of the Ald.rmen, and an unusually numerous body of the Common Council, pro ceeded to his MAJESTY'S levee, for the purpose of present ing the Loyal and Grateful Address, agreed to unanimously at the Common Hall, held on Friday last. The Prince of ORANGE will, in a few days, return to Holland, and take the command of the Dutch Army. Lisbon Gazettes to the 27th ulto. are received this day. They are chiefly filled with French and other foreign news, and literary articles. We have a Miguelite paragraph, in the paper of the 22d—stating that " this being the anni versary of the auspicious day, which restored to Portugal, after a long absence, the august monarch who now happily governs us, was celebrated with great splendour and enthu siasm. His MAJESTY held a drawing,-room in the Palace of Ajuda, which was extremely brilliant ! ! !" At the moment of going to press yesterday, we received from a quarter, on which we have reason to place reliance, information which led us to surmise, that the state of good understanding which has so long, and with so much solici tude, been preserved by the Allied Powers, was on the point of termination. Our information led us to express an ap prehension, that even this country would be involved in war. Had we used the word might instead of would, we should, perhaps, more definitely have expressed the ex tent of our fears;—for we have such confidence in the wisdom and sincere anxiety of his Majesty's Ministers, to preserve this country, uumingled in continental disputes, that we cannot but consider the contingency of such an event occurring, as slight. Private letters have been received, however, this day from Paris, which lead to the conclusion, that whatever may be the future policy of this country in avoiding war, it is im probable that the other great European Powers will long be able to maintain peace. A rumour is now current, that the Austrian Ambassador had left Paris ; and the warlike demon strations of the Cabinet of Vienna, which has absolutely, ac- cording to the letters alluded to, put in motion 264,000 troops, tscaicely admits of a doubt, that it will no longer be restrained liy the principle of non-intervention, from interfering to stop, ii possible, the progress of revolution in Italy—or to direct it so, that it may be subservient to its own power. We have put the last two lines in Italics, because a report has i ,, ached us. which if not true, is at least ingenious in its fa brication, that the Austrian RICHELIEU is not without an iltcriur view of turning to advantage those events which cannot be stopped ; and that the choice of the Italian pa triots may, in consequence, ultimately, to the surprise of Europe, fulfil the destiny of the SON of NAPOLEON . , in placing him on the throne of Italy. We think it our duty to mention to our Readers all we hear, in the course of the day, on such important subjects ; at the same time, we do not wish to be considered as at taching much credit, to what has the appearance of mere conjecture. The sudden fall of the French funds, from 54 to 52k, is nth by some to a sudden panic observable among the English in France, which is inducing them, in larger numbers than usual, to leave that country. We have had a positive contradiction that the Austrian Ambassador had left Paris. The Boroughmongers brought to the BAR of the Public, continue to make a stout and clamorous defence. They are no vulgar culprits, and, therefore, make the most of a bad case, and, in their final exit, may be expected to die hard. One hundred and sixty-eight of them are to be heard in turn, and though some twenty or thirty have conscien tiously pleaded cut LTY, to save the trouble of the Court, yet the remainder, and their Confederatesand Counsel,make as great a noise as pigs in a slaughter-house. Let them, however, have a fair trial ; for the more they say, the better will the public be reconciled to their fate. The trial was, therefore, not over yesterday, and it seems likely to be con tinued at least for another sitting. Last night, Mr. O'Cowx ELL appeared as Counsel against them, and we regard his speech as one of the most able of those which have distinguished these proceedings. He made a great number of excellent points. In reply to the clamour about corporations, he stated that only sixteen . of the dis franchised places contained corporations; and that, even as to these, no charter gave any power relative to elections. With regard to Tavistock, he said the present voters were 24 ; but the Bill would render them 450 ; and if then it were contrasted with Westminster, under the new system, he would contrast Westminster with Gatton, under the pre sent system. He gave the measure his hearty support ; but be hoped it would be amended as to Ireland, for Dublin was entitled to an additional member, and Galway, and Kil kenny ; while Antrim, Down, Cork, Galway, Kerry, Mayo, Tipperary, and Tyrone, exceeded in population most of the English counties, which were to have additional members. Mr. ATT Wow) earnestly defended virtual representation, and thought that the commercial interests of London were well represented, by the members for Midhurst and Calling ton. He considered a democratic House of Commons in compatible with the other estates, and this measure as re volutionary, and calculated to spread desolation and calamity through the country ; and in his various illustrations of these sentiments, he was loudly cheered by the Opposition. Sir JAMES GRAHAM began by pointing out various in consistencies of Sir R. PEEL, and commeuted with severity on the unqualified declarations of the Duke of W ELLIE G Tow . He then exposed the present insufficiency of the representa tion-115 of the boroughs had not 200 voters on the aver age—l 1 I peers and commoners returned 220 members -143 returned 292—and 16 peers no less than 76 ! Mr. PITT'S test for disfranchisement, was a population under 2,000 ; this was the rule at the Union, and therefore that of the present measure. If the number had been so in creased, as to include such boroughs as Caine and Knaresbo rough, it would have swept away 25 others. The 60 dis franchise contained but 1,471 houses of 101. while Sheffield contained alone 1,556, and Mary-la-bonne, 10,421. The Cabinet conceded, therefore, to just demands, that they might oppose unjust ones. Sir R. PEEL explained, that he preferred 101. voters to pot-wallopers. Mr. LEFROY spoke at length against the Bill; but was unable to command silent attention. Sir JOSEPH YORE wished the Bill to be thrown over board; and stated that the arguments of his commander-in chief, Sir J. GRAHAM, were capsized. Mr. BETHELL, thought the pruning-knife should have been preferred to the axe ; but he hoped the Bill might be improved in the Committee. Mr. PRAED spoke at great length against the bill, which he thought could not be remodelled so as to meet his views. A more gradual reform ought to be preferred ; and, on the same principle, members might be demanded for Jamaica and Bombay. He ascribed the reform agi tation to the passing of the Catholic relief bill ; and as serted, that it had for its object the destruction of the aristocracy, and the overthrow of the hierarchy. Mr. PERCIVAL and Sir F. BURDETT rose together at half-past twelve, but on the latter giving way, the tumult became so general, that as Mr. PERCIVAL found he could not be heard, he moved an adjournment till this afternoon at five, which was agreed to. The Calico Bill passed through a Committee ; and the Army and Navy Mutiny Bills were passed. It is the impression in the House, that the first reading of the Reform Bill will be carried by nearly 200 majority ; and that subsequent divisions will give Ministers a majority of 150—the Opposition halve these numbers. FORRIGh Brazilian, 56j ; fur Accr, 57 61. Danish, for Acct, 57. Russian, 8e Sparish, 161 156 f ; for Acct, I for Acct. 141 14. 4 i`~ r '~ PItICF. Ols sT4IrKS AT TWO O'CLOCK 6 3 p Ct. Cone. 75 1 1 *A 5 A t ; ,:r Ct. 1826, Cons. for Ace. 751 5 A 4, 5 4; Long Ann. Jan.lBBo. shut 3 per Cent. NI shut Old Annultiea New, 3; per ('t. ma, shut £lOOO Etch. Bilk 16 18 14 16 3', per °.`t Lett shut 'MO Ditto 3!. l t-r Cent. sew. 841 3; 41 , £lOO and £2OO Da. SI STOCKS. 1. Columbian, 1824, for Acet, 156. 61 ; lot Aect, 88 66 7 ; ditto 11 I, 161 15/. Spanish, 1823, 141 14 ; FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE-EXCLUSIVE. FRANCE. Several journals have announced, for some days, that Marshal Soult had offered his resignation in full Council.— We know not where these journals have received their in formation , we know not even all the thoughts of the Mar shal, but this we can guarantee, that some days since, when he was interrogated by some general Officers, he replied with a noble firmness—" A Minister of War who retires before Europe in arms, resembles too much a soldier who would desert before the enemy ; it was I," added he, " who fired the last cannon shot in 1814 ; if any are to be fired in 1831, I hope that I shall have the lighting of the match, and that it will have a more happy result than that of Toulouse." —Journal de Paris. The Minister of the Interior has just addressed to all the Prefects a circular, to demand from them a list of all the streets and places of which the names have been changed during the restoration, in order to re-establish all those which recal glorious remembrances for France. It is al ready announced that the Quai Malaquis will retake the name of the Quai Bonaparte. It is decided not again to beat the rappel for the assem bling the National Guard. The measures which are to be taken are, for the sergeants and corporals, in each company, at the first notice to assemble their division in a few instants. --Courrier Francais. ITALY. FRONTIERS OF ITALY,FEB.2S.—Some travellers who have just arrived from Rome, report 'having met, at 15 leagues from that city, the advanced guards of the insur gents, commanded by an ancient French General. The greatest consternation reigned in that capital, and they spoke of the flight of the Pope and the sacred College. The Government had in vain essayed to form amongst the people of the country guerillas against the revolutionists. The new government of Bologna had sent deputies to Paris and London (others said even to Vienna.) Cardinal Ben venuti, an old officer, who wished to attempt a coup-de-main against the insurgents, had miscarried in the project; and he was conducted to Bologna with the honours due to his rank, but as a prisoner of war. The Austrian army of High Italy is to be reinforced with 40,000 men.—Gazette &Augsburg. Orders have been given by the Ministry to the authorities of Lyon, to expel from that city all the Italians who may be found there ; even those who have been established five years.—La Revolution. SWITZERLAND. We learn with certainty that a column of Piedmontese refugees, commanded by General Regis, atter several marches and counter-marches of great skill, entered Savoy on the 28th of February or the lst of March by Faucigny. Several communes of Faucigny fraternized with the re fugees, and immediately hoisted the French tri-coloured Bag. The patriots, whose number increased rapidly, pro ceeded towards Annecy, where they were assured they would be received as liberators.—Messager des Chambres. - - We yesterday published the protocol of the conferences with respect to the affairs of Belgium, dated London, the 19th ultimo; and by Brussels papers to the 6th instant, just arrived, we have a short, but inconclusive debate, in the Na tional Congress, on the subject of the protocols generally. The affairs of Belgium are far from being in a satisfactory state; and the differences between the Dutch and Belgians seem to increase every day : BRUSSELS. NATIONAL CONGRESS.—SITTING or MARCH 4. In this Sitting the project of law for a loan of 12 millions, or for a sale of domains, to the value of 7 millions, was discussed. M. Osjthought:that before they voted subsidies, the Ministry ought to make known our political situation. He thought the government had isolated itself from the other powers, by sending back the protocols without the participation of the Congress: a negociator capable of as serting our interests, with respect to the debt of Holland, ought to have been sent to London: now the matter will be settled for us, and without us. If an intervention is not feared, why provision the for. tresses on the Meuse? There would be more reason to fortify the provinces of Antwerp and Flanders. We ought to prepare ourselves to resist France, as well as the other Powers. Our affairs have gone back, instead of advancing, for these four months. M. d'Arschot was surprised that M. Osy should object to the protest against the protocols, as he and himself assisted in drawing it up, and had even written the last paragraph, which was struck out as being too intemperate. M. Osy did not object to jthe protest, but to the return of the subee. quent protocols, without communicating them to the Congress. M. bebeau asked if it was true, that the appointment of the Regent had been notified to France only. He thought that it should have been notified to all the Powers • especially to England, which seems indis posed towards us, and which we ought to undeceive with respect to the notion, that the election of the regent is a French scheme. M. Van de Wcyer said it was his duty to present to the Regent,fflen. Belliard, who had arrived that morning. The election of the Regent has not yet been notified to any Power • and the arrival of General Bel. Hard is only in consequence of the maim of the Belgic deputation to Paris : it was announced while the deputation was still in the French capital, and has no connection with the appointment of the Regent. However, a report will be drawn up and laid before the Congress, of all its proceedings, accompanied by all the documents received by the diplo. made Committee, and its answers. It will then be wen that the Go. veroment, in sending back the Protocol", had only faithfully performed the duty imposed on it by :he Congress. Tbe last protocol was sent back six days ago.—The debate on the loan was adjourned. BRUSSELS, MARCH b. M. Le Hon is appointed Minister Plenipotentiary to Paris, and is expected to set out to-day. Various reports are in circulation, respecting General Mellinet. It seems certain that he was still at Maseyk, at diehard of his corps, the day before yesterday, at 3 o'clock, P.M. Three olloen, of General Mellinet's corps, have published a letter in Le Vraie Pah-We, in which they say, that having heard on their ar rival at Brussels, a repot that their brave General had deserted to the enemy, with his staff; they declare this absurdity to be a calumny, having left him at three, Lat. on the 3d, while he was exhortlig the volunteers to be always ready to repulse the enemy. The Regent has refused to accept the of M. Gendeblen, as Minister of Justice, and Chief President the Tribunal at Brussels. GHENT, Manes 4. The Dutch again violated the armistice on the 3d by firing on our outposts, near ?daldegbetv. Some fighting ensued, in which the Dutch had two killed, and some wounded. The peasants who have come to market this morning say, that there was fighting near Capitalem Dam. The cannonade was heard in the country. Wel,ave no official accounts. All possible precautions are taken here, and it is hoped the Govern ment will send reinforcements to the frontier. his generally thought that things cannot remain as they are ; that in a fortnight, either Dutch Flanders must be in our hands, or Ghent In those of the Prince of Orange.—Brussels Papers, March 6. CITY, ONB O'CLOCK. The Funds are exceedingly heavy this morning, in con sequence of the express from Faris, which is said to have brought the French rents near 2 per cent. lowero--52 25. It is also stated, that France is on the eve of a war with Austria ; it is evident, according to a statement in a French paper, that great activity has been displayed for some time past in the war department at Vienna, and, according to the orders gluen, the military forces of Austria are to ccnsist of the following :.--In Italy, 92,000 men ; in the German pro vinces, 96,000 ; in Galicia, 76,000: total preparations of Austria, 264,000. Consols, which left off yesterday at 751 for the account, has receded, in consequence of the express from Paris, to 741, 75, with a gloomy market at present. In the Foreign Market little doing as yet. CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. The Funds have continued falling, and Consols have been as low as 741 for the Account, which is a fall of one per cent. since the opening price when they were at 75 for the Ac count, at present they are 741-75. A great deal of busi ness has been done. A letter from Paris, by the expresses. states that the heavy fall of 2 per cent. in the French rents is more attributed to the miserable state of the French finances than a war with Austria. Upon the whole every thing looks very gloomy in the city, and great fear is entertained that peace will not long be maintained. In the Foreign market little doing at present. It is said that the French Government have it in agitation to make a loan on the 5 per cents. His Majesty gave audiences yesterday to the Duke of Devonshire, Earl Spencer, Hon. Sir Henry Blackwood, and Sir Thomas Hardy. The Landgravine of Hesse Homberg and the Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Catherine Jenkinson, dined with their Majesties yesterday at James's Palace. REFORM.—CHRIST CHURCH, SURREY.—A public meeting of the inhabitants of Christ Church, Surrey, was held this morning in Mr. Bird's Riding-school, Stamford street, for the purpose of supporting reform ; Mr. Church warden Bow DITCH, Chairman. Mr. B. HALL observed, that be thought the measure before Parliament an essentially just one, and one that while it was impossible it could carry any evil consequences, would be sure to unite all classes, and strengthen the institutions of the country. If ever there were men in power, whose consistency of conduct, and unimpeachable character deserved the confidence of the nation, it was the present Ministry. The measure they had introduced was most comprehensive, decisive, and sa tisfactory. He entreated the meeting to bear in mind that its success must depend upon its receiving the cordial and united support of the people. The speaker concluded an able speech, by moving that the measure of reform was extensive, judicious, and temperate, and calculated to give satisfaction. Mr. MERCER, after remarking upon the usurpations of the boroughmongers, and the unconstitutional and baneful manner in which they had exerted their power, controlling the King in the choice of his Ministers, and forcing those Ministers to plunge the country into war, in order that they might draw away public attention from the gross abuses that were constantly taking place, concluded by seconding the resolution, which was then put and carried. Mr. WOOLLER, and several other gentlemen, afterwards addressed the meeting, which, before it separated, agreed to an address of thanks to his Majesty, and petitions to both Houses of Parliament praying them to pass the Bill into a law. SPIRIT OF THE JOURNALS. Mmes.—Laid John Russell and Mr. Stan iCyare to be (if tl e v are not already) appointed Cabinet Ministers,—a handsom e but be'r • means dispropordoned tribute to the abilities which they have display, ed on this momentous question of reform. The cause of reform i: advancing with steady but accelerated steps. Every pariah throughou• the metropolis—every district throughout the kingdom--is in mod% calmly, deliberately, but determinately, the march proceeds. T r: moral courage of Englishmen, ;which MITT yet failed at a er i, is i; arousing itself in proportion to the magnitude of the stake and the justice of the cause, and victory is sure. We lately, in the tithe volume of Colonel Nepier's History of the Peninsular War, met with a beautiful passage, in which the unconquerable bravery of th e English soldiery at Albuera is described in a strain of just appreci a . Lion and impassioned eloquence. As are the characteristic quali t i . of Englishmen in the field of battle against their country's fots...; such are they In the less bloody but scarcely less arduous strug g l e for civil rights against the foes of freedom and justice. The uncoil._ querable mind Is the same in both cases : British soldiers and Whit.. citizens are made of the same stern unyielding stuff; and the phakn e of the boroughmongers is as surely destined to fall before the d eter . mined expression of' .he moral will of cur civic heroes as the hosts of Souk gave way before the irresistible right arms of our Military champions. Pose.—We still look in vain for any thing like a practical intellixi. ble argument to prove that the affairs of this country have been i!l. managed in consequence of the present state of the representation in the House of Commons, or that they are likely to be better managed by such a representation as the proposed measure would give w. We see with Sir Charles Wetherell that the proposed measure would be a rob. bevy of Corporations—we see with Mr. North that the abolition of tilt. close boroughs would take away the means of access to the Hock which now exists for men of great talent and small fortunes_ we see the confusion, if not destruction, which would attend upon the rending asunder of those long.established political relations with which the circumstances of every man of any property in the country are inure or less intertwined ; but we cannot sec, nor have we heard enumerated by any experienced man whose judgment is worth attending to, the positive tangible benefits which are to result from the change. But why are the populace thus disposed in favour of Reform ? We believe that it is only the most noisy and least worthy part of the populace that Is so disposed, and that this part is influenced by no reason, no practical conviction of the necessity of Reform, but merely by political fanaticism. Irienatts—Those who say it is a revolutionary measure to disfran. ebtae boroughs which have fallen into decay, and to transfer a certain portion of didr franchises to great towns, should be told that such a proceeding is rather a correction of the revolution which time was per. forming in bringing flourishing and populous towns into decay, and raising insignificant villages into flourishing and populous towns._ Thus, this measure is, more properly speaking, "counter-revolutionary." It restores the original principle of a " real" representation, which had been gradually altered into a " nominal" one. It super. odes that aristocratic fiction of modern times —a " virtual" represen. tadon—by one which is founded on the strong and broad basis of united property and population. If all the elective rights transferred from dis franchised boroughs were given to the inhabitants of towns, we admit that the landed interest would have sonic reason to complain ; but surely those who are connected with that interest have no reason to complain, seeing that so many of those franchises are to be appropriated to the landed representation as will give two members each additional to no less than twenty-seven counties, independently of the same number for each riding of Yorkshire. It is difficult to find any thing like argu. ment in the speeches of those members who oppose reform. W, cannot form the least notion what venerable chronicles those Senators have derived their information from who describe the right of represen tation, as existing at Gabon and Old Sarum, to be among the lied. marks of our ancient Constitution. Our ancient Constitution knew nothing of rotten boroughs. All representation was, in early times, built upon its true principle—a real constituency. The " science of Go. %raiment" had not then that degree of refinement, which substitutes shadowy fictions for substantial rights, and considers the fabric of the Constitution best Inured by propping it upon ruins. CHBONICLE.--Some of the most singular arguments against the bill were urged last night by Mr. Attwood. On a former evening it had been observed by Mr. Macauley, " If the bill should produce a Republic by improving the Representation—though he was con. vinced it would have no such effect...if what the Hon. Member for Ox. ford says were true, if giving the great body of the intelligeht and middle classes a share in the Government, would lead to the destruction of the Aristocracy, and the demolition of the Throne—what did that imply. but that these two were opposed to the welfare of the nation ?" So far from being deterred by the conclusion. Mr. A ttwood boldly pronounces sentence of perpetual ineapadty on the King and the House of Peers-- and then says, What, in lion's name, are you about? If you do not keep the House of Commons as nearly as possible on a par in point of stupidity with the hereditary branches, you will destroy the balance of the Constitution. This reminds us of the reasoning of Montesqultu, that no King could safely employ a Minister, because the King, pos. 'sawing less ability than the Minister, would, as a matter of cause, be dispossessed by him. We presume the honourable member is in earnest, and that there is no malice towards the two other branches of the Legislature in this picture of their helpless stupidity compared with a popula4House of Commons. But the argument is a ticklish one.— Why is the existence of imbecility made a sine qua non in a Constitu tion ? The assumption is not certainly very Battering to their Lord. ships, and we doubt very much whether they will thank him for hf• aid. But, allowing foe the sake of argument that his strange 'stump don of imbecility and ability cannot co-exist, why may not the lathe ciliry be parted with ? If ability and energy be so dangerous in du. House of Commons to the existence of the Lords, we shall be as far off from security as ever with a stupid House of Commons, for if there be ability and energy in the nation, it will prove too much for a stupid HOuse of Commons. To be consistent, therefore, we must go the whole length of the honest Emperor Francis, who, in the true spirit of the Holy Alliance, said he did not wish to have clever subjects. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. Kum Amman Tun Ma—Dublin, i ; Waterford, 1; Hamburgb, i. PSOM OC comminution.. FALKODTE. Mason 7.—Wind N.N.W. to W.N. W. strong pled. Arrived last evening, his Majesty's packet Cygnet, Lieut. Goulding, from Lisbon—sailed 27th uh. with malls, &c. When the packet sailed, it was reported that several of those who had been arrested as principals, acting against the government of Doo Miguel, were to have been executed on Tuesday, the Ist inst. No ether news of interest from that quarter. Sailed yesterday. his Majesty's packet Baracouta, Vent. James, for Jamaica and Carthagena, with malls of the 2d inst. This day (wind changeable), no arrivals. Sailed the Countess of Mansfield, Scott, for Sc. Michael's ; Solace, Cross, for Malta • his bla jesty's steamer Echo, Lieut. Otway, for the Mediterranean, With 111.11 of the Ist instant ; Cornubis, Heath, for Penzance ; Lldy Nelson. Sunny, for Liverpool; and Clarence, Harding, for Antwerp. , Maacit B.—Wind SW. moderate. Poanatouve, Masai B.—Wind S.— Arrived the Perm 14 tnn• sport, from Malta—sailed ed ultimo; passed Gibraltar the 114th, sod spoke, the same day, the Prince Regent transpo; r , tram Gibraltar to this port. Also arrived, the Sovereign, Champlin, from New Tort. Sailed his Majesty's ship Druid, for Plymouth. Darrattauvu, Masco 7.—Arriced the Creole, Symons, from P. t =whew. PENZANC; Mama 7.—Arrived the Brothers, Moll trd, from St. Michael's. Dvsarooz., Masai 7.—Arrived the Active, from Paraiba, and Halcyon, Patterson, from Savannah. Off the port, the Charie., Wharton, from New (Mean , . Berman, Maus 6.—Arr.vid the Louisa, —, from St. John's, N.B. and Ardent, Gowan, from London. DUBLIN, MA acia 6. 7 Arrived the Sarah, Jones, from St. Michael's • Cost, idA/ACII 6.—Arrived the Joaquim, St. Ana, from Sr. Übe's. CORN-EXCHANGE-THIS DAY. Our supplies of all kinds of grain are very short, and the trade gent• rally is confined to small purchasers, with a moderate demand for Wednesdays market, the rife' remain nominally u on Monday. •RtIVILS. Wheat s English (qrs.) - 1,460 , Bailey, Foreign . Irish - . - : Oats, English Foreign . . . I Irish - Barley, English . - 2.440 I I Foreign - Irish - - - Fluur (sacks) COA i.-EXCH. NGE-THIS DAY. 3,65 c 2.970 HAI 3,16 N Lighty.two new ships were entered for sale today, and the supv of Coal continues to be most abundant. The Coal Exchange was svl attended by merchants, but the demand was nothing equal to t supply. Ships arrived during the month During the week . . Best Wallsend-Coals Other sorts Ships, at )larket, 2131. Saturday, at Sulby Hall, Notts, the Viscountess Galwa• 01 daughter.—Yestcrday, in Whitehall-place, Lady Henley, of a DIED. Sunday, at Dulwich College, in the 66th year of his age, the Ito atlas Thurston Linley, A.B. the Junior Fellow of that Institu+io:•• — eldest son of the late Thomas Ltnley, Esq, Patentee of Deur% -lA' Theatre, and brother of Mrs. Sheridan, the first wife of the late Hon. H. B. Sheridan. The 20th ult. at Leamington, Warwickshire, Anne. widow e tits lc- Owen Phibbs, Esq. of Alevrionssquare, Dublin—At Vcllore. on the 9:i' Nov. last, Emma, the wife of Lieutenant ltobett Watts, (It the 16ti 1 regiment, in the Hon. Company's Service.—At Sultanpore, llcnates the 22d Oct. in his 21st year, Fred. Elidor Whalley, 6th refit. 14 1 't Cavalry, youngest son of the late Charles Whalley. Emt of Calcutta• Lawnew Printed and eublialletl by JOHN MAYNE, at the STAn OTFICE, No. 1, Pickett-place, Temple Bar.