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BANK OF ENGLAND, lit September, 1831. I.IIE COURT of DIRECTORS of the A. GOVERNOR and COMPANY of the BANK of ENGLAND, do hereby give Notice, that THURSDAY nest, the Bth Instant, being appointed for the Coronation of their Majesties, the Offices for the Transfer of the Public Funds, and for the Delivering of the Dividend Warrants, will he shut on that day. The Court of Directors recommend that Bills and Notes due on the Bth Instant be Paid on the 7th Instant, and they till tor that purpose give Directions to their Clerks to pre sent thou for Payment on the 7th Instant. In order to facilitate the Public Business, the Court of Drators will meet on WEDNESDAY the 7th Instant, instead of THURSDAY the Bth Instant, in the next week. JOHN KNIGHT, Secretary. BIRMINGHAM POLITICAL UNION. AT a MEETING of the COUNCIL of the BIRMINGHAM POLITICAL UNION, held at the GLOBE TAVERN, in TEMPLE-STREET, this 16th day of August, 1831, THOMAS ATTWOOD, Esq. in the Chair; IT WAS ISSOLVED UNANIMOUSLY, 1. That it is of importance to the public cause, that the Secretary of this Council should be made acquainted with.... 1. The names and addresses of the Chairman and Deputy Chairman, the Secretary and Members of the Council, of all the Political Unions in the United Kingdom ; 2. The num ber of Members registered in the books of each Political Union, together with the numerical amount of the neigh. bouring population over which each Union postman influence. 2. That the friends of the Political Union resident in an parts of the United Kingdom be requested to collect the above information, and transmit it to the Secretary of this Council. THOMAS ATrWOOD, Chairman. By order of the Council, BENJAMIN HADLEY, Seaetary. WORMS. —These are chiefly of three kinds, viz. the Tenig or Tape Worm, the Teres or round and long Worm, and the Ascarides ; there are many other kinds of Worms found in the human body. The common symptoms of Worms are paleness of the countenance, and at times an univeral flushing of the face; itching of the D oe, pains in the side, gnawing pains in the stomach, violent head-ache, dry cough, irregular appetite, fits, and sometimes a privation of speech, vomiting,disagreeable breath, gripes, looseness, swelling of the body, swooninp, loathing of food, and at other times a voracious appetite, itching about the :eat The Infant, the Youth, the Adult, are all subject to the ravages of various kinds of Worms, as may be seen, and fully explained, by observing the Worm Museum, 74, long.Aere. All these maladies have been removed, and the suilders have found a cure in taking Dr. GARDNER'S Pills and Tincture; and many are now useful members of society, giving the praise to Him who rcigneth in the Heavens for being directed to the Medicine. Prices 2s. 9d. 41. tici. 108. 61. and One Guinea, Nine Shillings saved upon that size box. DR. JAMES'S FEVER. POWDER AND ANALEP. TIC PILLS. THE FEVER POWDER is universally ap proved by the Profession and the Public—and is ad ministered with equal success In Fever, Inflammatory H6eases, Measles, Pleurisy, Sore Throats, Rheumatism, &c. When given in Colds, Catarrhs, &c. it is generally found to check their progress, or shorten their duration.— In Packets, 21. 9d. and 245. THE ANALEPTIC PILLS, from their influence in reciting the natural secretions are an excellent Alterative Remedy in Chronic Diseases, Rheumatism, habitual Febrile and Gouty Affections, Indigestion, Bilious and other Corn• plaints of the Stomach and Bowels.—ln Boxes, at 4s. 6d. and 24*. Sold 11 'Nlessys. Butler, Chemists, Cheapside, corner of St. Paul's, London, and the principal Druggists and Books sellers. Qt. Observe the Signature of IL G. G. JAMES on the Label. The Public are requested to he cautious in the Purchase of these Medicines, as spurious preparations are continually offered for sale. CHOLERA MORBUS CURED BY MORI SON'S UNIVERSAL MEDICINES ONLY.-- The President and the Board of the British College of Health, New-road, King's Cross, London, on referring the British Public to their former statement of the undoubted success of the Universal Medicines in stopping the ravages of the Cholera Morbus in the Baltic, as given, verbatim, trom Mr. N. Gardner, their general Agent for the County of Durham, (who had supplied several Baltic vessels with the lleilicine), beg leave to lay before the l'ublic another later, received this day from the same gentleman, contain- ing a still more corroborative proof of their full efficiency on this devastating scourge " To Messrs. Morison, Moat, and Co. " Gentlemen,—Having received a letter from Capt. Lang. ley, of the trading vessel Joseph, of this port, who lately arrived at Hull from Riga, I transmit you a copy, which you will feel to he your duty to publish to all the world. " • Dear Friend,— Respecting the Universal Medicines of the British College of Health, which you so fortunately putrid, d me with at Sunderland. I have every reason to be hest, and, indeed, 1 am convinced that they were the means piesersing my own life as well as some hundreds more at lt;g a , a great many of which I was an eye witness to. " ' On my first arrival at Riga, I commenced taking the Pill. as a preventive, or preparation for the attack, to stay :! , %.olenee if assailed ; by which means a free passage through the body prevented the infectious air from producing that fatal cramp in the stomach and limits which has caused the death of thousands. On the 28th of May, however, I was most violently seized with that dreadful disorder, and for the Int four hours was in a deplorable state. but, thank God, from the precautions I had used, the noxious air passed through my body, with very slight attacks of the cramp, and kw strong doses of the Universals soon restored me to health. Ali my men (except one who was too timid to take the P,113 with sufficient strength, from the fear of being too vi°lertlV purged, who diet) in a few hours), took the Pills night and morning, and were saved. '" To satisfy the poor fellow who died I got him some medicine on shore, but it took no effect in the least, as be ceased to exist soon after, first becoming cold as a lump of tee and of a dark blue colour. I cannot think the Cholera infectious or contagious from the touch, as none of us were affected from handling the corpse. I left Riga on the Bth of June, and got down to Bauldra the same day, all well, but on the 10th the mate and a boy were both taken ill with this dreadful disease, and, for six days, were in a distressing state, but with a dose and powerful application of the Pills, were restored to lull kaki'. " lam happy to say I have every reason to believe that this Medicine alone is all•suffieient to stop the ravages of this dread evil, but that its powers are best applied at an raly stage, or as a preparative. "' The value of the Medicine was in the highest estima tion at Riga, and great lamentations were made at the scanty supply that could be obtained from me and the rest of the vessel s who had supplies from you. Had I had £lOO worth more I could have sold them all, even to the French doctors that were there.' " The whole of the letters that have come to Sunderland from those vessels which bad supplies of the Medicines out, !Tusk with the same raptures of their efficacy. I remain, Gentlemen, " Your humble servant, "MICHAEL GARDNER." " Bishop AVearmouth, Aug. 1, 1831." The " Vegetable Universal Medicines" are to be had at the College ; at Mr. Field's, 65, Quadrant ; Mr. Chappell's, Royal Exchange; Mr. Walker's, Lamb's Conduit passage, Red Lion -square ; Mr. Avern's, lAmehouse; 31,. 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The First Volume of this New Periodical is now ready for delivery, and may be had, by previous order, of every Bookseller in the kingdom, price las. handsomely bound in canvas. (..1. The Number for September contains Original Papers by 3lr. Campbell, 111 r. James ,Montgomery, Delta, the author of the Kuzzelbash, &c.—An interesting Narrative of the Recent Events in Poland, with Sketches of the leading Characters of the Revolution. —Al.°, exclusively, an article on the Italian Opera, containing the whole of the Proapectus of the New Lebt.et, Too.. Monck Mason, Esq. besides many other contributions by the first writer, of the day. _ NEWSPAPER AND ADVIR7'ISEMEN7 DUTIES. We copy the following well written article from the Elgin Courier, and recommend it to the atten tion of all papers, with a view to the attainment of the object: It is not without reason that newspaper proprie tors complain of the conduct of Government. None but themselves know anything of the incon venience, and in many cases absolute loss, which they have suffered from the vacillating conduct of the Ministry in reference to the stamp and adver tisement duties. The public cannot have forgotten that when Lord Althorp brought forth his Budget last year —certainly the most crude and undigested af fair which ever emanated from a Chancellor of the Exchequer— he distinctly pledged him self to reduce the stamp duties, nominally from four-pence to two-pence, and the advertisement duties from 3s. 6d. to ls. on all advertise ments under a certain number of lines, and to s. 6d. when they exceeded such number of lines. He moreover afterwards gave an explicit promise, which, if our memory be not at fault, was subsequently repeated more than once, that the proposed alteration in the newspaper du ties should be carried into effect on the sth ofJuly 1831 ; that is, some six or seven weeks since. On the faith of these positive pledges, important changes were contemplated, and in many cases partly carried into execution, in newspaper pro perty. Lord Althorp has failed to implement his promises ; and newspaper proprietors are " left in the lurch." lybt Q i ;. —..-_.______ .....„___...-_--...._ ~ ( Ap, A (Jo 0 IsTozwarDz-, Q 4-0 1788. FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 2, 1831. It is said that his Lordship has no Intention of bringing forward his proposed alteration in the newspaper duties this session, which looks very like as if he had abandoned the thing altogether. Perhaps his Lordship, having thrown overboard every other " new arrangement," of his ever memorable budget, has determined, without any regard to the abstract propriety or non-propriety of the measure, to abandon this one also, in order to make his own self condemnation as a financier more striking and complete. Be this as it may, both the public and newspaper proprietors have a right to demur to this 'instates man-like proceedure. If Government are suffered Ito proceed without remonstrance in the vacillating course which, judging from the past they seem to have chalked out for themselves, they may go on 1 making changes in the relations of every species of property in the country, until commerce is ruined altogether. There never was a time which more urgently required a reduction of the stamp and advertise ment duties than the present. Independently of the natural thirst for information which is the consequence of the extensive diffusion of educa tion among all classes, the stirring and deeply momentous events daily occurring throughout Eu rope, whet the appetite for newspaper informa tion to au extraordinary degree. In consequence of the high price of newspapers, arising from the exorbitant duties, this intense anxiety for informa -1 tion can only be partially gratified : it is so only in the case of those in easy circumstances : the lower classes are in a great measure debarred from the knowledge they are so desirous to obtain. To keep men in ignorance who are hungering and thirsting for knowledge, is at once cruel and im politic; and it is an expedient which we had thought no Whig Government would have resorted to. Lord Brougham used to talked to excess about the " Schoolmaster :" he is the principal pillar which supports the present Cabinet; where is his consistency in perpetuating these heavy taxes on knowledge ? As regards the advertisement duties, they are a positive incubus on trade and commerce. Adver tising is the life and soul of commerce. Let the stubborn fact speak to this point, that all those publishers, medicine venders, blacking makers, &c. &c. who have once commenced the system of ad vertising, are sure to continue it. But for adver tising,—and they will not hesitate to admit as much—there are many of our most eminent houses which could not carry on business at all. —The oppressive duties, however, exacted by our Government restrict the practice of adver tising to a comparatively few houses. Those whose capital is limited can scarcely attempt it at all. Two evils of vast magnitude to the public ensue ; first, a few individuals enjoy a compara tive monopoly of every branch of business, and consequently charge enonnous profits; and, se condly, from want of free competition, there is not a tithe of that employment for artisans and labourers which there would otherwise be. The trade and commerce of this country are at this moment in an unusually languishing state ; and a wise and patriotic Government would not he sitate a moment at the adoption of so unexception able an expedient to improve it, as a modification of the fiscal regulations by which it is fettered, — even were the revenue to suffer somewhat from the step. But it can be proved beyond all doubt or denial, that so far from losing by the proposed reduction of duties, it would gain to a very consi derable extent. The proposition is indeed a self- " evident one. In every case where an article is held to be indispensable—and newspapers are un deniably so—the use or consumption of that article will be increased in proportion to the reduction made in its price ; in many cases, and we doubt not it would be so in this one, the consumption proves greater than the reduction made. For example, in instances where there are a dozen individuals about one daily paper at present, half a dozen would suffice ; so that in a circle where only one paper circulated before, two would cir culate under the new regime. Persons again, who have only a three times a week paper would be induced to take in one daily ; and those who had only one weekly Journal would become subscribers to two. We do not, of course, say that this would be the case in every instance ; but we hold it would be so to an extent which would at least compensate, and more than compensate, the revenue for the de falcation which a short sighted financier would ap ' prebend from the proposed reduction. But if an appeal to stubborn facts be demanded in proof of our position, we at once point to the prodigious cir culation which the American newspapers have, not certainly from any superior talent embarked in them, but solely from their comparative cheapness. Again, as to the advertisement duties, we hold that a modification of them is, if possible, still more imperiously called for than even a reduction of the stamp duties, and that the measure, so far from di minishing the revenue would materially swell it. The proposed reduction was to be, that, instead of 3s. 6d. duty on every advertisement indis criminately, whether long or short, all the ad vertisements exceeding a hundred and twenty words should be subject to a tax of 24. 6d. while those under that number would be only charged one shilling. Perhaps a majority of ad vertisements would be so condensed in the wording as not to subject the advertiser to more than one shilling duty. For these last advertisements, in stead of (is. 6d. which is the present charge, how ever short, the proprietors of newspapers would be satisfied with 3s. 6d. which is a reduction to the extent of nearly ouo half. The obvious conse quences would be, that thousands who had never before dreamed of advertising, in conse quence of the high charges, would have recourse to it then. And those who had before contented them selves with one insertion, would order two or rftl CE SEVENPENCE. three, perhaps more, under the cheaper arrange ment. A number of mercantile and manufactu ring houses would commence a regular system of advertising in all the resrectable Journals in the kingdom. Publishers and booksellers alone would, in such a VISE', advertise so extensively as to afford of themselves no inconsiderable revenue to govern ment. A vast increase, too, would also take place in the advertisements, subject to a duty of 2s 6d ; for proprietors of newspapers would be enabled, in consequence of the modification, to make a very considerable reduction in their charges on long advertisements. So much for the direct way in which the pro posed reduced scale of newspaper duties would benefit the revenue. Indirectly the measure would be greatly advantageous to the Exchequer. The impetus which would be given to every branch of trade and commerce, from this extensive system of advertising, would be incredibly great ; and as almost every article we purchase is more or less taxed, the additional consumption or use of these taxed articles would be a proportionable source of revenue to Government. An increase in the revenue is indeed so mani fest, a consequence of the arrangements in ques tion, that we are certain our contemporaries will have no objections to government recurring to the present regime, should it be found, after a trial of two years, that the revenue had suffered from the alteration. Let us then most urgently press on our contem- 1 poraries the propriety of making an immediate effort to obtain, this season, the modified system of duties which Lord Althorp promised us last year. We have a right to demand the redemption of a pledge publicly, and deliberately, and repeatedly made ; and if the question be only properly ' agi tated,' there can be no doubt of our success. The matter is certainly one which bears in the first instance on the private interests of the newspaper press ; but it is, u we have 'hewn, one which also most nearly concerns the public. EVENTS AT OTAHEITE. The young Queen, Pornue, had been absent from Tahite for several months, among the leeward islands of the group. She had travelled about, attended by a number of disorderly people of the lowest of both sexes. The code of printed laws which had been established by her late father, King Pomare, as the laws of the land, and which forbade t he prac tice of the old regal and aristocratical oppressions of the common people, as well as all the old obscene and idolatrous customs, were totally disregarded by the Queen and her new counsellors, and the practice of the Christian religion was discontinued, as to all public oe private exercises of devo tion. The Q teen had resided for some time with her ma larial grandfather, Tape or Tamatoa, the Cnief of Relate. About the commencement of the present year, the Queen. attended by Tape and Marine, the latter of whom is Chief of Hershine, came up to 3loorea, which is about sixteen miles from Tahiti. :hey were followed by a number of lawless disorderly people, among whom were several visiona ries. These visionaries are people who have formed a new religion, made up of visions and dreams, confounding Pa ganism and Christianity. At Bloom, otherwise called Aisne°, the laws of King Pomare were totally disregarded by the Queen and her party. Th- Chiefs of -Moores (two only excepted) as well as the Chiefs from the Leeward Island, all joined in the evil practices of this disorderly party, and in their contempt of Pornare's reformed laws. Intelligence of these things was brought to Tahiti, and caused great alarm. A public meeting was called by the Chief, at which it was determined, not only that the laws should be put in force, but that the two principal chiefs of Moores, Aladin. and Veva, should be tried for the late outrages. These two revolutionary chiefs were chief judges, of which there arc seven for the two islands ; it was deter mined, therefore, they should be deprived of their office. A party of judges accordingl y went over to Manta, and Veva was tried and punished • but Mahine could not be laid bold of; being screened by the young Queen. At Tahiti, it was resolved that every person, without distinction, who should follow the new disorderly and re. volutionar; practices, should be tried and punished. Shortly after this the Queen came over to Tahiti with all her party, and some of her attendants commenced their novel practices, but they were immediately taken up, tried, and punbthed. Poofai, a Chief Judge, supported by Tail, Utami, and others, was on the point of going to Moores to try Moline. These three chiefs are men of good character and of great influence in the island. The Queen finding the majority of the principal chiefs were determined to sup. port her father's reformation, called a public meeting, as if to try her strength. All the chiefs and judges, and a great concourse of people, attended at the appointed place in the district of Pores. Most of the missionaries were also present. Several speakers appeared on each side, and it was soon decided by a good majority, that the laws should be re spected and put in force. Old Vera, Chief of Talaraps, with flora and Twirl, Chiefs of districts under him, came armed to the meeting. The rest of the people came un armed, except Poofai and his immediate followers. The discussions, however, were carried on peaceably and orderly, and the Queen evinced a determination to cast off the laws, and to govern in the old tyrannical and immoral manner, and would not give way to the chiefs Poofai. Tad, Utarni, Hitoi (the brother of Poofai), and Tavini. The chief Judge of Taiarapu then arose, and addressed the Queen by their speaker s—" 1 o Del oe, cite lure a matou, ea ite mai oe," that is, " Fare you well, we will continue to adhere to the laws, be it known unto you." The meeting was uhu.olved, and the powetful chief. re turned home, determined to punish the chiefs of Taiarapu, who had appeared armed for the Queen. The latter pre. pared to defend themselves by force of arms. The other districts of Taiarapu also took arms against them, and ha.. tilities were about to commence, when flora and his party became panic struck ; they took to their boats and canoes by night, and fled to Pare, where they joined the Queen's party. After Ibis the Queen gave way, and consented to govern by the laws. She procured a pardon for the chiefs and her followers., and peace was proclaimed throughout all the districts of Tahiti. a No great tiependence is placed on the professions of the Queen, and it is confidently asserted, that if she behave Again in the same manner, the chiefi were determined to beim& las and her whole party from Tahiti, and to send them to the Leeward or Society Islands, to carry on their orgizs ac cording to their liking. RELIEF AGAINST ADVERIf CLAIMS. COPY of a BILL nattulcd an Act to enable Courts of Law to give Relief against Adverse Claims made upon Persons having no interest in the subject of such C'ainis. Whereas it oh= happens that a person sued at law 1.4 the recovery of money or goods wherein lie has no tattiest and which are also claimed of him by some third party, has no means of relieving himselt from such adverse claims but by a suit M equity against the plaintiff and such third party, usually called a Hill of later-pleader, which is attended with expense and delay • for remedy thereof, be it enacted, that upon applicati on made by or nn the behalf of any defendant need in any of his Majesty's nouns of law at Weetesbeeter, or in the Gust of Common Pleas of the County Palatine of Lancaster, or the court of pleas of the County Palatine of Durham, in any at 1 tion of assurit debt, detinue or clever , such sonlication being made ter declaration and before plea, by lavit or otherwise, showing that such defendant does not dab , ' any interest in the subject-matter of the suit, hut that the right thereto is claimed or supposed in belong to some third party who has sued or is expec•cti to sue for the same, and that such defendant does nut in any manner collude with such thild party, but is ready to bring into Court or to pay ur dispose of the subject -matter of the action in such manner as the Court (or any Judge thereof) may order or 'Urea, it shall be lawful for the Court, or any Judge thereof, to make rules and orders calling upon such third party to appear and to state the nature and particulars of his claim and maintain or relinquish his claim, and upon such rule:or order to hear the allegations as well of such third party as of .be plaintiff, and in the meantime to stay the proceedings in such action, and finally to order such plied party to make himself defendant in the saute or sonic other action, or to i trocsed to trial on one or more feigned issue or 'stoics, and also to direct which of the parties shall be plain iff or defendant on such trial, or, with the consent of the plaintif mt.d such third party, their counsel or swamies. to dispose of the merits of their claims, and determine the same in a summary manner, and to make such other rules and orders therein as to costa and all other matters as may appear to be just and reasonable. And be it further enacted, That the judgment io any such action or issue as may be directed by ti:c court or judge, and the decision of the court or jag,. in a sumtnaryt manner, shall be final and conclusive against the parties, and all persons claiming by, from or under them. If such third party shall not appear, &c. the Court may bar his claim against th e ori g i n il defendant. If a ju4e thinks the nutter more fit for the decisios of the Coat he my refer tt. And witness difienhis; sometimes arise in the execution of proems against goods and chattels, issued by or under th e authority of the said Courts, by meson of claims made to such goods and chattels by assigoese of !makeups and other persons not being the parties age against whom such process has issued. whereby Sheriffs and other Officers are exposed to the hazard and expense of actions; and It is rea sonable to afford relief and protection in such ease . to such Sheriffs and other officets ; be it therefore further enacted, That when any such claim shall be made to any go de or chattels taken or intended to be taken in execution under any such process, or to the proceeds or value thereof, it shall and may be lawful to and fur the court from which such process issued, upon application of such sheriff or other officer made before or after the return of such process, and as well before as after any action brought against such sheriff or other officer, to call be fore them, by rule of court, as well the party issuing such process as the party making such claim, and thereupon to exercise, for the adjustment of such claims and the relief and protection of the sheriff or other officer, all or any of the powers and authorities hereinbefors contained, and make such rules and decisions as shall appear to be just, according to the circumstances of the case • and the costs of all such pro ceedings shall be in the discretion of the Court. Oa I) SPIRIT OF THIS DAY'S JOURNALS. CHRONICLE —A ve - 77 — nponant altaation in the twenty-third clause of the reform bill was announced last night by Lord Althorp, whom we are glad to find again in his place—namely, the appointment ofliamentary commissioners, instead of the privy counci l, to proceed through the country, and make the necessary inquiries with regard to the divisions of counties, and the sir 'ranging the boundaries of boroughs, /cc. and to report to parliament. The report is to be submitted generally to the house, to avoid a repetition of the endless discussions on sche dules A and B—between the pawing of the reform bill and the confirmation of the report by parliament, no new election could take place, as the old Election Laws would be repealed, and the labours of the Commissioners necessary to the election of the new parliament—the number of the Commissioners to be 3!, a few only go in one direction, by which division of labour the period occupied will be con siderably shortened. No decision, however, to be taken unless confirmed by a majority of the Commissioners, that is by sixteen at least. The following Is a List of tee Coin. misslooers : itighilien. - lax Abercrombie, R. Dawson, Esq. Chief Baron of Scotland H. Drummond, Iraq, IL J. Littleton, Esq. J. E. Drinks /s tar, Freq. Davies (filbert, Esq. T. F. Ellis, Esq. W. Counsel, Esq. H. Cart, 6.q. H. Martin, Esq. Master in T. B. Leonard, Egg. Chancery W. tied. Junior, Esq. W. Wingfield , Esq. ditto J. Itomitly, Esq Sir J. W. Gordon, Bart. R. J. Saund en , Esq. H. lialram, Esq. Reverend It. Sheepshanks F. Beaufort, Esq. R.N. W. `.. Talent*, Esq. La Baugh Allen, Esq. H. Tanaed, Esq. H. Gawky,J. Wrottesl.y, Esq. T. Birch, Es2 isq W. Wild, Esq. W. Leake, • F. Martin , Esq Royal Ea. B Annesley, . gluten. J. J. Chapman, Esq. El Scott, Esq. Royal Stat. It is understood that the labours of the Counuoa.oners will be completed in throe months. The plan seemed to be ge nerally acceptable. Sir Chas. Wetherell, indeed, had .. great deal to say, but his observations arc hardly deserving or IN* Sous consideration. Mr. Hughes Hughe. made wine ob servations, which may serve as a key to those who still fail to understand the object of his former motives. Mr. Hunt, of course, agreed with him. Like draws to lake. TI3IE-S. Toe journal published in French at the Hague, to support Du.cit intense and the Down character against the Belgic writers in their own language, contains in hs number of the 27th ult. a long letter hum London, aseloaing a speech of the Honourable Member fir Kerry, against the King of the Netlitrlands, and a refutation of its calumnies or misstatements, one by one. The Dutch cot respondent finds 17 articles in Mr. eflettnell's bill of indict. meat, and answers each of them in detail. Without having any right to as counsel for his Dutch M a j est y, so d without pre tending to acquit him of obstinacy in sane eases where concision would have promoted his interests without violating his conscience, we have repeatedly pointed oat the falsehood or the exaggeration of the charges brought against him by such persons as the member for Kury. But we wonder what interest any resident in London could have to answer the speech of the learned gentlemen in a foreign paper. It could produce no effect in this country, and was not likely to disturb the gravity, or temper, of the Dutch. Its statements might impose upon those who neither know Ma Dutch Majesty nor the member for Kerry ; but the people of Holland could not be Ignorant of the former, and we are perfectly acquainted with the latter. This coosidera don saves us the trouble of transcribing theasuck.and ought to have saved our Dutch contemporary the trouble of cont. posing it. The expenses of the approaching commies are aid. mated at 80,0001. Those of the last coronation, when there WWI no Queen to be crowned, and which was, is feet. notwithstanding the edat which it was endeavoured to give it, only half a coronation, amounted to more than rive times that sum,.—. to upwards of a quarter of • million of money ! We know not that 60,11001. ex tracted certainly from the pockets of the people, but Distributed to the people again in re-payment of bd s for sort done (which is much better than gratuitie.), is any great evil; but we really do blush at tag programme of the nonsensical ceremonies which are to rte performed on this otherwise solemn occasion, and in a solemn place ! How much better to have taken me necessary oaths, with all the due ceremonies ()fan unostents nous religion, and then to have suffered his Majesty to retire and meditate oa the important duties wincn ne had undertaken, and the tearful respoosibilides of his situation. Protestants speak with scorn of Cathode ceremonies and Catholic fooleries. Is there any thing in the Catholic church more childishly absurd than the greater pert of tut solemnities to be observed on the Bth of September ? We recommend togeneraiiiiention the speech of the Lord Chancalor yesterday, on terminating the sitting in his court, and withdrawing to • short and imperfect intermission et labour, which can hardly be called repast. The business of the cutest is &dolled, and there is not a single came ready cue bearing which has not been beard and decided. And can this have been done summarily, or, to use a hard word, per. frinetorily ? Let It be markid what his lordship said wiih repo to one part of the business. Tne appeals which hare Mirdilleliad of within a few months are 1110, of width num. Mr Mises been decided, and Use overage of Shim occupied hilkoriay *coma hours! Tne mind of Lord Brougham roseepiad upon any question for several boors, we should Chihli, would leave 14.1.: to be apprehended with respect to a t decision, and the administration of substantial pastier- Ws ban no doubt that the improvenienu of the court' which he cautiously meditates, will keep pace with his Lordship's pnetice. ___ POST—That . France will propose any thing to the la. beiges who conduct at the present manta the stain et Great Britain, rich a view to reconcile them to het coati. • i i i 6 I i 1 , . i \ , t i 1 ! . . 11 1 , 1 i . i I . :i , 1 , . 1 1 . , 1 ri 4 11 ' i . t ,I. . 1.., I' 1 \.. 1 A. Sef. , let te a ird* Ste 1 OR into 'OUT MT OW the bebt bok .and 111 Of ban ooke, , the ~ Jr.. ;kw