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pet terms respecting the family of a Prince (Eugene de Beauharnois), w h ose memory the King holds in esteem, and under whose command I proud of having for a long tints fought for the glory and indepertd. En er a of France. I flatter myself with the belies; that the letter in ,laegt ion was not the production of your hand t but if it be so, I shall feel myself obliged to hold no further intercourse with you but by wr i t i ng .— I hare the honour to be, Sir, your very humble and obedient servant, " HORACE SEBASTIANI." SITTING or JAIL lb. At two o'clock N. Casimir Perrier (the president) took the Chair. 31. Dolton developed a motion having for its object to decide that the d e puties occupying public situations out of Paris should not rece i ve their salaries during the Session of Legislature. A M em b e r opposed the taking into consideration of this motion. He said he was personally disinterested in the questioo, but that he cowl. dered its principle as equally unjust and contrary to the interests of the country. It was unjust because the Deputy who occupied any public function merely renounced it temporally, for the purpose of discharg ing duties still more arduous and important to the country. Tuouvaxst. supported the Formal's, became it was in as with his idea of the incompatibility existing between cer tain salaried filmdom, and those of deputies. Durtexixar opposed the taking into ameideration, and pro. posed to refer it to the committee appointed to examine the electoral law, sad that of the budget. Al. Beams likewise opposed the motion, which he considered both improper and dangerous. The chamber should contain every kind of capacity ; among the civil and military °Ricers, there were men, who by their special knowledge are calculated to render eminent services to the chamber. The proposition was then put to the vote, and rejected by a cos. siderable majority. M. D'Argout, Minister of Marine, presented the project of law re. lathe to the Slave Trade, which was already adopted by the Chamber of Peers. The Chamber then resumed the discussion on the Sinking Fund Law. FRENCH FUNDS.--Paam. JAN. lb. The per Cents. 1131 !be 30c 7bc 80c 7k 8k 80c 7k 70e 80c 66c 70c 7k 80c. Four ands half per Cents, Three per Cents, 61f boc 80c 76c 50c 60c 65c. bank Actions, 1,600 f. Rents de Naples, 6sf 2bc 60c 60c. Reale d'Espagno, PARIS, Jam. 16. The speech of General Lamarque in the Chamber of Deputies yesterday, and the letters of M. Sebastiani and Rogier form the principal topics of conversation hers to-day. Agreeing with General Lunarque in his me taphor, that the cannon of Paris in Juiy last silenced those of Waterloo, we feel, nevertheless, left in the dark respecting the conclusion at which he in tended to have arrived (if, indeed, he had any in view) after his sly revival of the memorable declaration of Prince Talleyrand at the Congress of Vienna. Having so lately as in my last letter referred to the speech of M. Lafitte on the preceding day, as a proof that peace would not ba interrupted, I feel that I partake of the versatility of the branch Ministers themselves in now directing your atten tion to the speech of another of them, M. ilebastiani, yesterday, in support of a contrary belief. The to which I refer is this. " Negociations, (said M. CZ e tiani) are now in progress respecting tbe affairs of Belgium and Poland, on the issue of which depends the question—" Peace or War." The affair of Messrs. Sebestiani and Rogier re quires further explanation, and which, it is said, will be given. The offensive expression (ascribed in M. Rogisr's letter to M. Sebastiani), " That the King of the French would never consent to give his daughter in marriage to the son of a Beauharnais," was uttered by an individual whose name will be ultimately stated.—Letter in the Herald. SPIRIT OF THE ✓ODURNAL& Citionicia.--The Lord Chancellse took his seat in the Court o yesterday, unaccompanied by the blasters in Ordinary. and fr i : a za not perceive that the public business suffered any detriment by the absence of these learned gentlemen. If they eauld give any informed= to Leed Eldon en such occasions, as our worthy contemporary (The Morning Peet) insinuates, it must have been conveyed by signs, for they neva did more than inter. change bows with his Lordship, and retire, after staying a few minutes in Court. The Mx Clerk, it is tree, staid longer; bat be preserved the same pendent silence. In former days the Masten sat as Assessors to the Lord Chaneellor, and the Si: Clerk read the evi dence; but the practice has long since ceased, and these oaken now " come ea shodowsso depart." • very gdifying piece of mummery, which, besides bringing them to Westminister for nothing, gives them an excuse of going to their respective offices an hour or two later than the usual time. Meas.—lt will be seen 7rc= '."" letter of Count Sebastian!, Mi nister for Foreign affairs, that the too communicative faculty of the Belgic Envoy, to which we yesterday adverted, has given great offence st Paris. His accuracy is as much questioned as his delicacy, and the French Minister has resolved honefoeward only to communicate with him by letter, in which expression will be more strictly weighed on the one side, and misapprehension more easily guarded against on the other. It wonky be ungenerous, and perhaps unjust, to examine with scrupulous severity the proceedings of young men, wales& to serve their country, but serv ing it in a situation to whist their preview education and habits had IDOL fitted them, without cape timer of life at knowledge of the would, and unacquainted even with the forms of the business entrusted to their management. Their sense of duty stimulates them, not only to do every thing they can, but to tell every thing they know, to promote the objects of their missies I and ' being able always to distinguish between a confidential and an oill. .7, they make their colleagues at home confidants of fang. private conversation, which was never intended to be heard the corners of the room in which it took place. These col. with so inadvertence or indiscretion still more glaring, connu , gossip to the National Cowes', and thus a Foreign Minis. ...• cabinet Is opened to all Europe. itoinCLZ.—The Irish have7ays acted on the principle, that in to obtain anything from the government of this country, they must themselves of a moment of emberrasement. They are Imposed the belief that no ministry of this country is sufficiently strong to • the aristocracy to concede any vital measure, except under dr - which create .apprehension. This is evidently the tact of agitator at this time. They suppose that the English have so much on t hei r bands at home, that the will place them in a dilemma from which profit be derived. We really do not believe that the repeal et the Ai is the object actually aimed at by most of the semen t bat, by presenting the Government of this country with tie alternative '1 or the destruction of the established church, they may obtain That the Irish Catholics have deeply at heart the annthila. establishment may easily be believed. They know, too, that secret of the opposition to emancipation was the suspicion of the that that object once carried, the next fight would be fee else There is not a Priest in Ireland who has not again and again , ver in his mind how the church can be attacked with mess ad. There is not a Priest in Ireland who will ever rest till that - effected. The period is confessedly critical. Still we do not ;e that conciliation is impossible. If we wish to preserve the ankle in not have the Priests in hostility to the Government teswit.—A Morning Paps, am, is iu " desperate fidelity" to ate Administration, menses* advocated the "'fi lthi e r / he i 01 Sir Robert Peel last tarp., sow takes credit to itself, w hile what has been does wader the Special Cawniasione. of " thefirst to plead far knity and humanity to the misled frantic offenders." The modesty of this assertion le wily to by its truth. We babe been now for some year ap in " through evil report and through good report," a at amelioration of the Criminal Uwe. flow who have the same canoe, after fighting against h, are =tidal to Milo a late acknowledgment and retraction of steer de. JI it is too ninth for them to expect, that in consequatos their recent defection, and that, too, a partial moo boos the of barbarism, they should receive the same of ma fat at - me as those who. under the most adverse led enlightened jurisprudence until it gathered power and pow Clarity. We are not satisfied that some at the mitnionla dr to death should have been rescued from destruction—irs would red the blood of aU, and thereby have pined foe the Clomonment ,ipb in consonance with their former peinciploa, and which might them hereafter a source of pure and conecisstioss pleasure. The vu common and a common mercy would have hem hailed by ry with sa tisfaction. It would have rendered the laws maws 4, the Mono& more popular, and would have inersseed the influence, and consequently strengthened the power of the re. •h!, t.dvisets of the Gown, BERKSHIRR WORM AVIRTING. Yesterdsy, in pursuance of a Requisition, John Walter. Esq. of Bearwood, the high sheriff of the county of Berke, convened a meetingof his bailiwick at the Town-hall, Read ing, the use of which, for the purposes of the reqiiisitionists, bad been granted by the Mayor of the Borough. The object of the meeting, as expressed in the requisition, was for taking into consideration the propriety of petitioning the Le gislature on the present defective state of the representation ' of the people, and on the numerous mischiefs and grievances resulting therefrom ; and also for the purpose of obtaining a rational, practical, and effective reform in the election of fit persons to serve in the Commons House of Parliament. The hour appointed for the commencetnent of business was twelve, but the chair was not taken for some time after. The High Sherif was accompanied into the Hall by the Part of Radnor, both the county Members, R. Palmer and Charles Hondas, Laqrs. C. F. Palmer and Charles itusaell, Members for the Borough, Philip Pusey, Req. 11. P. Col. Blagrave, J. B. Moult, Kol. Esq. Hallett, Bog. George Mitford, Ksq. James Wheble, Esq. and a number of other respectable individuals, whose names we did not learn. There were about 600 persons in the body of the Hall. The Hunt Sweat Tr said that, in compliance with a respectable re quisition, he had convened them for the purpose of addressing Parlia ment on the subject of Reform. It was not for him to give any opinion on the subject before them; his duty was that of an arbiter, and to obtain for every one a fair am impartial hearing. On the motion of Mr. HALLETT (who has on several occasions con tested the county,) seconded by Mr. 111 zr roan, the High Sheriff was called to the chair, and read the requisition. Mr. HALLETT said, after the tragical scow lately witnessed in that and other counties, he should not rake up former grievances to excite the public mind. His task should rather be to soothe that excitation. He likened the state of the country to that of a ship caroled by mismanagement amid shoals and quick-sands—there was neither time for the crew to fall out, or inquire how It had got there, but rather how beet to get her out. (Hear, hear.) He was not in the habit of complimenting Ministers, but be thought the present Government entitled to thanks for their pledges of reform, economy, and peace. (Hear.) The petition he meant to papa did not. he thought, proceed too far in complimenting them, neither would it I hamper them. It called for a rational, a and an diciest I ream. Some had tailed them a set of ideal theorists, and said they • sought to di.turb the institution of the country. Bari Grey bad de clared his opposition to any wild and fanciful rehrin—to meet this, they introduced the word " 'missal." Sir. (now Lord) Brougham. heal, at a dinner given him in Leeds, sated that he had to propose a plan of practical reform: he should wish to see his Lordship's practical ;Aim, and he hoped now that he had got into Chancery, his plan would nut remain there. (A laugh.) They called for an efficient reform —any reform which did not do away with the tragic in sests,which Mr. Grey's petition of 17113, declared could be proved to exist, he would not call ef ficient. Rai Grey had stated in the House of Lords, that he had not made up his mita on the ballot, but it was evident be would oppose uni versal suffrage. On the principle that half a loaf was better than none, he would take what he could get. Alluding to Lord Camden's ale bated declaration, that taxation and representation wore, or should be, inseparable, he said the present House of Commons represented the peo. pie somewhat in the way as if a robber took his matey front him on Hounslow Hach, and spent It as his repteseritative. (A loud laugh.) The ballot was, be tboulgitt, quite consistent with the clause in the Bill of Rights, which said that " Elections should be free,"—if any restraint were put on the voter, how could he be said to be beet— (Hear.) When he (Mr. H.) stood fur this county, a voter, a shoe maker in a certain pari s h, refused to vote for him, for he should law the custom of the pariah workhouse—the ballot would remedy all this._ (Chews.) The Learned Gentleman then pointed out the mode by which voting by ballot might be ractieed. As to taxation they should begin fearlessly and at once. He would, if Chancellor of the Exchequer— (" we whit you wan")—take of twenty millions of taxes at ease— (Cheers.) He would suspend taxes is that 111111SEIN for one year ; this would give pinny of emphyrosot. and leave the labs erne no leisure to burs sachem break aatb fa To meet these deities they might go to the enimhelanses of the oatmeal debt for the WS minims swain in their ante, and also of the amount to the twit of the Acessateet-Gensal of the Court of Chancery. He nessminded a tax OD all taugible property, and Gould not me why if the Ts* et PIMP and of an of them had um ney la our funds, beestne then only it was secure, tli s i should not pay sonasabg to the state for that socurity.—(Applauss. He coacluded l e s s y b r bs ts it the width alluded to the dlstrne the country, and Is th e ism in the state of the representaise, prayed for a reform la pethusent ; but left the details so the throne ilasit. and de clared the esnillimes it the weft that ministate would de all la their power se sedan risk sonsindiss with a pay. that the house would oil don is the et - a rational, penelleal, and al dose reform. It was teal with lend then. Mr. Emote (a Catholic freehdder) amended the Ileasdae. He ME the present meeting with unalgsed eathlectioa, and angratalated the county that eight years since. at Abindles, wins Weems, were not seated in the Cabinet of Legs, 'herbs& many share ease hese. (Cheers.) Since then many suereseive adinhateseisas bad when and With respect to the last, be then* the Brat the Duke 1111114171 4 E had effected would not " be Weiss' whit Ms bense." but live after him. He (Mr. Kanto) could net heist that it warming to the freeness of the Noble Duke he that day steed - bole then i Arne man —hat still be fell deservedly, because he &shred N isei skis memos dreams. If, 40 years ago, when Mr. Pitt subfuse, be had sanseded, they would bare ben spared Oahe— they would an have seen loans of money se all the pampa nations of Ilkarope, iant pawn growing out of marshes, perhaps sewn be inhabit ed. Noe OW Hebb Lord, whom be respected muck, pined in a sins. ties to retest 100110111. of the public money, for he (Lad Camila) should not have been plats 4 in a condition to ace nab a mammal mous atm" oar a foreign prince receive WINK of the public money. (Applause.) If he thought the proposed plan of esteem would encroach on any of the ancient landmarks or the Constitution, be would approach the subject with fear and trembling; but he had se such dread. He would not restore the monarch's power to sommen places to send members to Parliament, for it had been much abused; but be would have Parliament itself, which had the power, mash: that right so large and populous towns. (Applause.) He spoke disinterestedly as an agri aalturist, when he condemned the system which left the three great manufacturing interests of the country—the cotton, iron, and silk— actually unrepresented In Parliament. (Applause.) He animadverted on the present system of county elections, in which the man with the hugest purse, mil who kept the amen in a state et continued intoxica. Lion for Afton days, had the best chance of mama (Hear, haw.) After describing the circumstances under which the Septennial Bill had been pawed. aid stating that they had long ceased to exist, be declared his opinion in favour of a return to triennial Parliaments; but fuel, the system of bribery and corruption &mid be done away with. else it would saly bring triennial ruin on candidata. He was not yet avowal to support the ballot, but if he could be coeval:4d that it would make elections mem ftee,be should give it his sanction (applasee). He thought same such whoa as the petition prayed foe, the only preandve of ruin. Following up the simile of tht gentleman who bad preceded hint, he ass& the ship of the Constitution should be thoroughly ex amined, sod mined with sound British oak; but be hoped she would not be landied anew without skilful rulers, lest she became a wreck on the wane (cheers} Mr. HALLsrr had made ono anission,he had praised the Ministers; be should also have remembered that they had sow at brad-quarter a King who was friendly to the mom they adveatted (cheers) ass who would allow no backstage haunts. se person behind the thrice greater than the throne itself. (Applseor,) Mr. BOWLES said. Oft of the greatest IMO of this county bed said that •• inuovation should keep pace with time." Did. he asked, the House of Commune really represent the people? (fries of " No, no.") He then went into details el the system of Members, classing them into four or five divisions or juntas, se in where a galli. potocracy (laughter) returned dee Math= ; Newark. where a Noble man returned his soudoess I Member. where meoey was the ink awing power, and ethos, as Old ficarene s whose welting was while Illaneheeter and other rich sod populous plans woo=l4l - at all. He inemascog Storey, six of the membstre for which wen freely elected, while _esbees in reality repromassd Lord Isoadale, Ind Nostra, Lod Meethrielt, sad Mr. Russell. He dam complimented Lord liaise he his sipsoinaca among them, al. personally Steeled in the essilanner olds system. (chess.) The gager thee aniatesd the objectless eaten by the opponents of Beftlth. The slam, it WAS said, "worked well." He abroad bow the estalater get the beenghnurger's votes—his family was provided fee, and the pesede poll all. Me hoped the present =Misters would meet the sogpset they de seed Ass the whole country. He ealy regretted Rains had not con twoenough se avert the present awe of Inland, and the recent tali& seem in their own country. Mr. °manure thee& the petition did not proceed far enough. He woe an prepared to go the length &plena. es mach condemn as others in Ministers. He knew that Whigs est of oike often were very like Tories when in. He esodenuad the Admiaistraden for straiislag, what be called already see snore laws, and St 'sly for ink, berbaseue, and feudal times, and banging lass up by the nth. (Teentendess m ote Oran drowsed the sonehisies of the seneneel This was net the dine for th ese who spathe so latch in hewn of a of she animal se code be the th to at (shwa such laws. If hoped as nde the cams, thus with a rod of kn. they bad better get back Judge Jahn ( a , xlhides aed applause.) To she want of Mess they wad a ft gamblers, • sides of bloody and aspens** wars, a debt weighing the eureka, of the country. se as almost to prevent the possiMliti of sesormy. Light was taxed, and nadir, and soap, sad boosh—ter to this he aileseed as much se to may other. (Applause.) With all Eagland's nesurces is mine, ends, oasis, inthistry and intellect, her energise wars blighted by the want of a fair sad full representation of the potpie le Parliament. T. the some west they owed the andeuence of a criminal code diegradag the antatry, land put to shame by the example of France--(applauee)se.to it they owed the present &Kress of the emany.—tbe buvuieg of mocks, the destruction of machinery, and 'erosive Speeiel Commiseigns met to the country to hang the postmen. (Limed applause.) Be sdaid by reading the draft of a polities, contsiniog his plan of whim. stating that his object was not to destroy the unanimity of the weeds& bat feel the pulse of the county, end me hpw der they were new disposed to go. (Applauee.) The petition was couched in very strong Isom% and entered at much length into the merits of the gam of toting by ballot. It was Ter,' well received by a majority of the Mesling. The Rarl of RAinroa agreed with mai if the last malsgsaa's speech, hut he ANN sedeamor to convisse the Instimg that to nisy sq ; '.ot adopt blamig& nHs had laandassi, a whd, 111 important autism illeult mahjset, the of ash. He r k i its hoped the tignag would not answ disk as that su ie br ise r e lead away their wiles. His lissibly was bac It= in any set sf andirs, be din Ili bi is be int then,. Titg nib which lately tildniad r ilit amagny odd gni horned to them. They hued tits earaimsy in a mato of midis, nailed is restore Ito trancia nal, a hay. . He bon tgatra which * ::sasigulfal ad ministration of Judges of the law as k whisk ash win only, it wan that they were sworn to athinstir. hey bad ant six months ohms Madder= the Caws as big Mt>jscr i s assnia, be hal stated his regret nil dimities.* that the Ali sat nil. ciently strongly dagerlin tin atm af the mmatry's dhaessa—hg ming re. gretted that the present paints sues tot maidenly mai he blest but he would support it, when be glaglisgsd is Milledis of the Miners who nod not only to propose whin they hand AM, but she what thsy thought thettnelvm likely to any with L imisne& Vial a t= ing at too much, t h e y might loin dl. liar le age the petitions. They all Want dimos—albsen 'dam If whd they got was not such, they could AIM SW gods Masi It. ( Appian.) Tbs interests of the mildews were to satisfy the mph, he au thin impsaial their character foe esasismany mad their shame support In ilk ORM —He ( Lord R.) was a them. Sisal istseinsr, wed OS dill snidest he went further, for he was en ahreads he Avail Piwilmniellless(ilme l and a laugh),--that was the true mint nisi* of the anthatise, annual, or rather sessional Parliaments. He was be Universal i 1 too.—(Cheen, and a laugh.) He \with, rotten boroughs we l e i rd i re swept sway altogether.—(Loud chew.) But when he saw the Milieu!. ties of the minister he waived all these, content to get tout he could, and convinced he should hereafter get more. —( Applawn.) For tie sake of unanimity he put it to Mr. Gilchrist not to persevere in his pro ! posed petition. ! Mr. MONCIE and Mr. Melton also put it to that gentleman not to I press his petition. The latter gentleman contrasted the two petitions— the former was the suoviter in mode; it entered the House with a minuet step and graceful bow, telling the Speaker. in the moat gentle. manly manner, that they were all a corrupt set, and must quit ; while the other in a more boisterous war, came, as they had lately seen in their neighbourhood, burst in the dim with a sledge-hammer. and de molished at awe the obnoxious machine.—(Hear and a laugh.) Mr. GILCHRIST consented to withdraw his petition, and explained. He had coolidence. to a certain degree, in Ministers, and was fully pre. pared to give them a fair trial.—( Hear.) Mr. ETSTOX.—That is all they ask. The original petition was then put and carried unanimously. and. on a motion of the meeting, signed in its behalf by the Sherif. a MO. lotion then passed, calling on the county Members to present it and support its payer. Mr. DUNDAS and Mr. PALMS' both pledgd themselves to do so • the latter gentleman not so unequivocally as his colleague, which gave rise to some disapprobation. and an explanation on that geode.' man's part in reply to Mr. Rigby. Mr. RUDD raid that he was not in the hall when Mr. Rigby took the young member ( M r. R. Palmer) for the : county to task, or he should have interfered. He thought that the yonng member premised so im prove, for he had come round upon the Catholic question. and might come round upon others. As to Mr. Dundee., however, be had no hope of that gentleman. (Hear, and laughter.) Mr. Dundee bad reply. anted the county for many years, but he had always begun dumb dog (laughter) ; and they wanted some one who would spook, to pees the opinions of the county epee the house. Mr. Dundee (continued the hoe. gentleman) once put the word " Reform" upon his chair at an elet• Sion; but in a few months after he said to me, " You reformers"— " You reformers," mid I; 4. why. anti you a reformer ?" " No," said he, "not one of your kind of reformers." (Hear, and laughter.) hie. C. Du lIDAIS mid that be had presented petitions to the house upon Reform, and that he had always is *elm upon the subject in supporting the prayer of those petitions. The fact was, however. that his good friend, Mr. Budd, was a radical reformer, and he (Mr. Dundee) certainty was not. Mr. Budd knew this very well, and th is was what Mr. Budd esinpislned if. With raped to vote by bait, he would stew sow. list may man should hereafter accuse him d peadmigiespdas se t he subject, that although he had beard a good dud sheet dee balm, be bed it yet treads up his mind upon it. lie wild. however, give it the best masidsration in his power, and be as. sand thaw in whom the subject was brought behove the House of Oiennsins, hi would vote upon it meseding to his cosecience. Mr. Mow= mid, that sow that use resolution respecting the vote by ballot had been carded by aedagratisa, be had next is Frame te, them another vets, whit be hod as doubt would be received in the lams way Ties vote lbs should ripen was a vote of thanks in Jobs Walter,"Feq. the High 1111m114 her the nallans with which be waded to the desire of the and ter the wry able mod impartial manse in which be =r boss to preside at this meeting. Med as the High lOW, himself in the ditcherp of tbe fides of hit Wilco, yet, on we measles, bed the county es much reiwimse be oliliged to him as ow the He must be allowed to =punt a bspe else o th er high rhssli wand take a lesson from his Mad, Sir. Walter, and pay to the whin of she county the ante at. tootiso, fur which they bad se mash ram to express their sanely. ledltts se the mama High fide renonsa was then put. and amid by acclamation. The Henn Runtime then returned thanks. He said that this vote was highly gratifyiag to him as a test of their approbation, and as an assurance that be hod fulfilled the pledge which lie bad gives the me o e c t s iz; at starting, that he would, as far as is him lay, conduct it, pr ings with strict impartiality. The peddle having now been tarried, be might be remitted to say. that he balmily wished it sue- ass, both with a view of promoting the general benefit of the country, and from a feeling of respect to the numerous aid respectable meeting by which it hod been carried. Allow hire to say, that ahbough he was inclined to ezescise great vigilance as to the character and cooduct of public men, be believed that there never *ma time whets the petitions of the people, if properly expressed, and claiming reasonable sad too. derma objects, were lo likely to meet with attention. He cordially thanked Melody the honour which they had just bestowed upset him. 0e the conclusion of this speech. a ay of three cheers for the High Sherif was set up. They were given with great enthusiasm. These cheers were then given fee the Lari of Reduce; and three more for Mr. Fyshe Palmer. The meeting then broke up at 6 o'clock. STATE OP IRELAND. STRELE7Mer—)VONNELL Some of the Dublin papers dip their pens in gall, and their paragraphs, copied in London, distort every fact and dibcolour every transaction. Thus, Mr. O'Connell is called " mis creant," &c. &c. for not bailing Mr. Steele; but in Free man's Journal, an old and well-conducted paper, we find the following statement : Ma. Svaava.—The Mail gives a long and in almost every particular, an untrue account of what occurred yester day in Mr. Steele's sue, which is reported in another Co lumn. It is not true that Mr. Steele could procure no bail fer a long time. Bail was tendered at once but one of the proposed sureties felt a reluctance to qualify in double the amount of the bail required. If known in time, that this high-misled gentleman had been ar rested by order of the " fostering" Lord Anglesey, we know 100 gentlemen who would cheerfully become his suretiss, is ten times the amount of the recognisance re quired. With regard to the slanderous and malicious ca lumny upon Mr. O'Connell, it is so fully refuted by Mr. Steele, that we will not take the trouble of giving it a con tradiction. Indeed, Mr. Steele's refutation of such a slan derous assertion, coming under the circumstances from the quarter in question, we look upon as a work of superero gation TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMAN'S JOI/RNAL. Friday Evening, January 14. 1831. BIT =AI 8114—Ths statement is the Zwenism MIK of O*C• n. adrs Amite, shown MO my want of regard, whss antler arrest this day, is totally false, and originated probably in the mistake, whether wilful I eg otherwise, of the policeman who went to his house with my letter. I wrote to Mandl, that Ma personally cassias to me might create eichmasnt through tits city, sad draw a crowd to the Ake; and he, acting ups my .1 L—, dimmed his semis to my, that my letter should be istmedistsly attssid tot and he accordingly sent down his dirt it, ow friend, Mr. *twice O'Conaell, as speedily as it was pm. oak, sad he immediately vest to got me sormiss. The Mendip O'Comarli has for me is me damn, sad, bow, too atestissats, to admit the psmittility of his besting ins with any optimism t be has aeon dose so but directly the mew. I have the homer to be. my dear Sir, your's mast stay and sincerely, THOMAS STURM We are ais parties, sod really we are surprised at the heat which exists. We, hovercr. blame the O'Connell party for describing the English f " isle ;IA opirres s o r s of I re h n d. They are too liberal to he a 5 . ,:.; ing in any oppre,4tions, and with their connivance none r ,•41d ever be ineictel. Tin.y 'consider the prosperity of Irelaaa as identified with th.t• (.f the Empire, and if the Union is a proven divide int sg,. Ireland, the people of England wolibi never oppose arm selves to its repeal. DISPERSION OF A COM ITTRP. THR POLICE MAGISTR ATE ! (Prom &Second Edition of the ICtrAly Reyister of Friday.) At ten s'alsok thismorning, the Committee of thirty-ore. appoi-ted to make amplatises he the great meeting, to petition Par!iante , •t tor a repeal of doe Dabs, assembled together, at Hayet.'s Tavern, in DA w.on. street, to broaklist. There were, in addition to the commit/re, ,everal other gendsimo breakfast tickets atiodmtee, o were admitted upon payhe fur tbeir . Mr. O'Cooddl oat at the cod of .he room. A few minutes h,c're 11 o'clock he rose so oddrees the meeting, and to confer with the Sada= 11116111111 plena upon the moat proper time, the mo..‘ fit. dug Ow, and tli i e si g g ce which persona sho u ld be obliged to pay for allot solso to th e . These points having been settled. lie. &Commis. then said he should wish to explain to tIIMP presest the ppoowweta width were given by the Act of Parlisnient, authcristux the Jut down a soci!,;ty by proclamation. He told them that no toddy mid be made (tint, st it was so at common 14w) i 11..•- rimiadl it was proclaimed ; and that even PUCII a society so fro wn not illegal, until two Magistrates had read a eer.zsi , . fur Thad by the Act, or any person at their direction, and that even what tint farm was read the society did not come under the Act of P.a. llondat, =till b minutes had elapsed from the time of the reading 1.: the Thum ponollbed in the Act of Parliament. Mr. O'Connell was. afrer dds , proceeding to con:ment upon conduct of the Mar. gala Antony what Milsrman Tta;ley, lie. J. C. Graves (two of the Magistrees of the Head Police-office, accompanied by Mr. Farrell (chief constable). en. toned the room. Aide?WWl DA RILEY Paid— I hope I do not disturb you, Mr. O'Connell. Mr. OT02( NELL—Not a. all. Alderman Darley ; I was only explain. ing the Act of Parrantent. Mr. Grave:a—We don't come here to discuss it. Mr. O'( nxxxi.c.—l was n,at addressing myself to you. sir. but to Alderman Daley, sho always conducts himself likes gentleman. _ Alderman Dsithalr..-Mr. O'Connell. you must be aware that I CATO here in consequence of the Proclamation, and, ass Magistrate, to direct that the present meeting shall disperse. Mr. Creoxxxst..—Vou must kit 'sr, Alderman Dirley.' hat there is a certain term prescribed in the Act of P a rli a m en t. \ 'a require now that that form ,shrill be t.dh red to. We r-fuse to dis under that Act, till the Act itself has been f o lio aril by thy klagistr . If pt.i, you do not choose to adher: to that form. and lay your hand up ut any man here, he shall homed at:ly leave the room ; but you must loci or: for the cons •quences. Alderman Dwaszr —Very well. Mr. O'Connell, I shall read the form prescribcd by the Act of Parliatnect. (Toe Alderman here pulled out a piece of Asper, which he sasabnot r schng)— Mr. O'Connata.—Aldetman Porky. before you reed that parer, requiring the present miring fa disperse, I beg Co tell you, steel I think it my duty to apprise you, that this meeting is not con. netted, nor does any one in h biding to any association, assembly, or society, nor is it cornered with any body whatever r.et:- domed in the proclamation. These things 1 fed it necessary to inform you, and you will now proceed at your peril. I ksy this with every personal raper for you. who I koow are perfuming that which you consider your duty. as being orderd to p.sfurtit h 1., the present Administration. I teal it my duty so tell you this Ido this es a free-born British subject, availin • myself of all the r msrte:le,. of a freeman. having every respect for the law, but at the san.e time determined to avail myself of, and take every advantage of it. Again, then, I tell you. Alderman Darley, and caution you, that the present assembly des not belong, nor is it connected with any society mention ed in the Proclamation. Alderman Danser..—l shalt now read for nu the form required by the Act, and do that which I am directed under the Proclamation. (The Alderman here and the prescribed form.) Mr. Oterwet.s pulled out his watch, and said, It Is now ten mi nute after eleven. Mr. GRAVES —By my watch it is eight minutes. Mr. O'Cowittr.t. bete addr.iwed himself to the weds*, and said_ Gentlemen, this proceeding is totalb , illegal, but the gestletato who have entne here, and who have dispersed this me et ing, a r e acting as stipen diary magistrates under the order of superiors The proceeding is at vari ance with British Hlwrty, but it halthe appearance of the law, and Dow call upon you to obey even that which has the appearance of I law, sad I tom that a reformed Parliament will yet punish ',awe. who have thus caused the dispersion of • meeting, aesembled to do 1 0 14 width Is moat constitutional. and b bt.conlos &Web subject. to pa ft rwarding petitions to PaalLment. ((Itters.) Now, gentlemer, I we will all disperse. The mee ing then dispersed, :giving three cheers for the repeal of the Urine. Thies have bees varfoos accounts hem it. country, that represent the Collet:Cons tio the Tribune Sunday as failures. No account has beets es yet olitially published, b t it is generally thought the aggrega e will not exceed 10,0001. What a misetahle falling off! No pal-ce will be purchased this year for the Royal Family of Iv.ragh. THE KING'S COURT. BRIGHTON, JAN. 17 . Their MAJESTIES, after Divine Service yesterday, took an siring in a carriage and four, preceded by out-riders, and continued on the drive for nes ly two hours. Their MAJas vlrs drove through Hoo, and returned to the P.tiace y Brunswick-terrace and the Wett Cliff at four o'slock. Prince George of Cambridge, accompanied by his tutor, the Rev. Mr. Hervey, walked iu town. Prince Leopold, with Sir Henry Seaton, was on the West ern Esplanade. The Royal suite were generally upon the promenade. Their MAJ errs Es' dinner Fifty was confined to the Royal Household, with Prince Leopold and Prince George. The evening party was quite select. The Marchioness of Wellesley and Mists Caton left their names at the Palace. There were several call* in the course of the afternoon. Prince Talleyrand and suite left for town, at twelve o'clock on Saturday night, after dining with their NUJ ESTI LS. .s not being able always to dir ial interview, they make th li t talk or private conversat prod the corners of the leagues, with an inadvertent icate the gossip to the Nat: cia private cabinet is opera Cuamficts.—The Iris! rdcr to obtain anything fro rail themselves of a 11101111 ith the belief that no min. ',pose the aristocracy to c instances which create a •e Irish agitators at thi linistry have so much 'ration will plate the 4 7 be derived. We r mon is the object actual At by p tins the 00f1 repeal the the attraction e latter. That the Irish to of the establishment at r real secret of the oppeah ofies, that that object one .urch. There is not a P med over in his mind how tage. There is Dot a I jest it effected. The per Here that conciliation is ii r must not hare the Prim HIRALAm—A Morning e Lite Administration, sti ill of Sir Robert Peel lasi 'lnoTioll of what has beet sing been " the first to p it almost frantic offenders equalled by its truth. i 'routing, t h rough ev i l I had effective amelioratia rely joined the saint taw hatrver prais e a late ad fir, but it is too much their recent defection, lours of barbarism, they s r exertions as tho se who, march of enlightened jur o popularity. We are n Al to death should have 'oared the blood of .H, in consonance wi them hereafter a ware t was common, and a I aluntry with satisfaction iired, the Montt& me influence, and consett , dvisets of the LITERATURE. TIM lI7XDAY LIIII:AIitiOXGNAX AXD CO. This is, we think, a well-imagined work ; and if the subsequent vo. l itanies display the sante judgment, we, and gold taste which dislins OA its commencement, it must become a favourite in every (sillily where the Sunday evo niter is dedicated to the cultivation of relLpiuus sentiment. It is a stlection„ by Dr. Dibdin, of sermons, by Founts, Bloomfield, Paley, Le Bea, Hume, Slant, Horsley, Sbuttkworth, and Benson ; and it is intended that the future volume, like the present, shall be priocipslly from divines of the last half centu-y. judi cious biographical sketch, or introductory remark, I. attached to must of the sermons, by Dr. Dibdin. The work is dedicated to his Glace the Archbishop of Caitsebury (Dr. Howley), of whom there is affixed to the volume, a very wee-engraved and striking portrait. The volume is neatly printed, of the same site with Dr. Lardnees Cyclopeed* and certainly deserves success. COVENT-HAMDEN THEATRE. bliss INVEIIIIAISTT again palmated the pan of Cinderella in the opera of that name, before a very full and faaltionable house. Her wogs and duets with the Prince were rapturously applauded, and in the last he. fore the tall of the curtain. she elicited a uvaninsom encore. 'ln the probe so often already bmtowal on her prrfotniance generally. no. thing more can be added than that she continues to donee it. It the absence of %Ir. Ketley, who Se indisposed, Mr. Meadows ylay.d the part of Pedro, the Baron's servant, and well justified the yactteity with which he is always received on these boards. Tie other theme. ton of the Opts* were represented by the saute performers, whom• tart. was merits is them we have before noticed. The new Pantot. ' fs,!. lowed the opera, lath universal approbation. THR ARMY. PORTIMOUTII, JAN. lb —The reserve Companies of the 90th Light Infantry resumed to ilmlar Barracks to-day. film Vl'inelsesser. The Depot Companies of the 11tk Foment will proceed on Mon. day from Gosport to Newbury, hens wheats they will yeeeed tnWeedon Neethamptensbne. The With Regime* Is dally saplated hers from Derbadeas ; they will be followed by the MINI het flrogr, Major General Sir Calla Campbell toviewed the 42d Regiment yes. eiday taamiag, in the Wag pima wl, nearWinchseter Barracks, and was Phased to meth biased( moth prodded by their soldier-like appear. race aad aralleat diodplise. The wholes( the Nth has sew left Winchestm s the m ania* eamponies maraltsd Pdlasanath ytherday toothap, Is delis mlll athrelsd asse of the country, Govern ment haws to lewd roesalriog fillies to the di- , Betted dis tricts, to lase this sod calla mew lams the meth*. theetnisy recruit. ins patties of the Iltb,l3tb, 14th Light Drava.% and meth tauten. f•-eebred orders to be M rewritten to march Ices the coontry - - unmet warning. it 4 flu. IllAd