The Sun. — London, England, 1831-04-13 00:00:00

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South Sea Stock Old Annuities New Ditto 3 per Cent. Aam. 1751 Ex. Bills, £1,000...21 23 22 pm Ditto . ...500...21 22 pm. Ditto Small 0 1 24 22 prn. Ditto Commercial pm Ditto Advertised -1 m. Bank for Account India for Account 206 7!•4 Cons. for Nay 26 793 i PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Austrian Bonds — Neapolitan — Brazilian Bonds — Peruvian Bonds tlenos Ayres Bonds -- Portuguese Bonds Milan /Rinds -- Prussian, Ohl Colombian Honda ....... ...... Ditto, New . — Ditto, 1824 Danish Greek Bonds — ---- 1823 — Ditto, 1825 Guatimala. — --- Exchange 2sf. 3(k Mexican Bonds —'-- 3 per cent —t: —r. Ditto, 1825 — Exchange...... —t. —c. PRICES OF SHAKES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. Per Share, Brazilian Imp. Mm. Co. (iss. at 51. pm.) £2O Ditto National l5 25 . .... ft. , .....11411* LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 13, 1831. From the very first moment of the introduc tion of the Reform Bill into Parliament, we have been constantly and earnestly exhorting the people to watch its progress with the most _ . scrupulous, the most unwearied jealousy ; not to allow a single point connected with it to escape the severest comment ; to take nothing for granted ; to distrust rather than to confide ; but where confidence was really shown to be de served, to bestow it with readiness and liberality. We regret to state that our exhortation is now bec ome more necessary than ever. Symptoms of vacillation and timidity are abroad. The Ministers are doubtful of their power, and evince a disposition to parley. The loud wolfish yell of the desperate boroughmongering faction, if it has not actually affrighted them, has at least had the effect of taming their high spirit, and rendering them more obsequious than is in accordance with the lofty nature of the duties they are called on to perform. We do not desire, by these remarks, to raise unnecessary alarm, or insinuate that Ministers have betrayed the cause of Reform ; far from it, we merely hazard them by way of warning to the public ; by way of convincing them that, if the utmost vigilance has been necessary hitherto, it has now, from circumstances, become a thousand times more imperative than ever. In the House of Com mons last night, in the course of a brief discus sion on the great question, Lord J. RUSSELL announced, that if Parliament insisted on it, he should have no objection to give up the propo 6tion for reducing the number of Members, but that at the same time he would allow of not the slightest alteration in what was considered the essential principle of the Bill. The latter part. of this announcement is manly and encou raging enough, and would leave nothing to be wished for, were it not at variance with the former. Surely the great object of all Reform, without which it is powerless as a cypher, is the de spatch of business, the furtherance of the public interests, and the overthrow of every obstacle that may in the slightest degree impede or thwart their progress ! How then does Lord J. RUSSELL reconcile the continuance of the present inju rious number of Members, with the preservation, whole and entire, of the essential principle of the Bill ? Looking at his observations even in the most favourable light, we must confess we cannot but see in them a departure from the system on which Ministers set out ; and by which they unanimously declared they V ould stand or fall. We see in them also an indirect confession of weakness ; a dispo sition—if concession must be made, if alte rations must be adopted—to lean rather to the side of the boroughmongers than to that of the people ; to prefer, in short, the vile petty interests of a faction to the more enlarged ones of a com munity. We regret—we deeply regret—this vacillation. It is painful to witness, and still more painful to comment upon. But fiat justitia, ruat caurn. The cause of the people must be supported at all hazards, let who will come in, or who will go out of, office. By his unwise concession last night, Lord J. RUSSELL gave a handle to thefaction, of which it instantly availed itself. He got no thanks for it. His obsequiousness was converted into ap prehension, Ministers were supposed to be frightened because they showed a desire—far too courteous for the occasion—to carry their point graciously, rather than by boldness and in vincible determination. Even Mr. HUNT availed himself of the opportunity to fan the embers of discord ; and wreaked as much mischief on the head of Reform as lay within the compass of his very limited ability. We hope—but with a feeling of discouragement —that this will be the last concession Ministers will make. Their course is plain ; there can be no possibility of mistaking it. Their duty is to carry THE BILL, AND NOTHING BUT THE BILL. For this they were called to office ; for this they have been continued in it ; and by this they must stand or fall, One fact at any rate is evident. The people are resolved on Reform, coute qui coute. The concession of last night will make them more determined than ever. They will watch more narrowly. They will canvass more unsparingly. They will con fide more cautiously. In a word, they will look out for themselves. And can we wonder at such jealous scrutiny ? Have not the people, under the conviction that the Bill, and no thing but the Bill, would be carried, agreed to threw overboard the Ballot ; to be silent on the subject of the Budget • to refrain from canvassi ng t h e Pension List ? Have they not conceded point after point to Minis not ters ? Have they said to them, not once but a thousand times, " Rely on us, as we rely on you, award the same measure of justice to us that we will award to you ; and let what will be the consequence—let who will be your oppo nents —we will stand by you to a man ; your cause shall be ours, and if justice, and energy, and unanimity be not bye-words for imbecility and disunion, you shall triumph over all your difficulties." Has not this for months past been invariably the language of the people ; and if so, is it not a discourteous act—to adopt no harsher term—on the part of the Ministers, to doubt the sincerity of such language, for surely, in this instance, vacillation implies doubt ? But no matter ; a few weeks, we doubt not, will set every thing to rights. Our City Correspondent says, " Letters re ceived to-day announce that the e nthusiasm of the Poles is so great for the cause of liberty, that all the Nobles in the Duchy of Posen, able to bear arms, although with the risk of the confiscation of their property by the Prussian Government, have aban doned their property to go into Poland. Lately a new regiment has been formed at Warsaw of cavalry of 1,200 men, com posed of volunteers of the Duchy of Po sen. The Polish army consists at present of 90,000 men, well armed, of which 25,000 are superb cavalry, with a great number of scythe-bearers, and with so fine an army the cause of Poland must triumph." Our readers will remember the last note of the conference of London on the political relations of the Duchy of Luxembourg, as resulting from the treaties of 1815. It was published in this and other Journals, and the continued uncer tainty of the state of Belgium induces us to examine it somewhat more closely than we did at that time. The arguments contained in it have been frequently refuted, to the satisfaction of many, by the French and Belgic Journals, but there still appears much misapprehension on the subject in this country. The note in question says, that " by virtue of the 67th article of the " treaty of Vienna, the Grand Duchy of Lux " embourg forms one of the States of the " Germanic Confederation." Now, the same treaty of Vienna established the kingdom of the Netherlands (article 65), and the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg (article 67). If the Great Powers, therefore, had said that they wished both to maintain the kingdom of the Nether lands and the Grand Duchy of Luxetnbourg, they would be consistent ; but it is difficult to reconcile their recognition of the 67th, and their neglect of the 65th article cited,—the more so, as they have recognised in express terms the dis solution of the union between Holland and Belgium, brought about by themselves in 1815. The note continues—" As a compensation " for the countries which the House of ORANGE " NASSAU possessed in Germany, the Grand " Duchy has been declared to be the reversion " of the branch of NAsSAU.BRIBERICII in the " event of failure of the ORANGE line. The " Grand Duchy, being the property of the House of NASSAU, and not of the King of " the NETHERLANDS, could never have been " part of the kingdom of the Netherlands. The , 6 KING could not, and cannot dispose of it.'' Thus, it is considered that the state of things which has existed from 1815 to 1830 was a violation of the treaty, but in that case why was it not sooner interfered with by the Great Powers ? The Grand Duchy has in fact formed part of the kingdom, though the Allies now discover that it could never form part of it, and we have in a former article enumerated suffi cient facts to remove all reasonable doubt on that head. Besides which the Allies have quite overlooked the double exchange which has been made with regard to Luxembourg, as detailed in The Sun of the Ist of April, whereby th e reversionary rights to the Duchy were purchased and given up to the nation. According to the present views of the Allies, the King of the NETHERLANDS had no right to do what l►e did for the benefit of his people. But another more important question arises with regard to the reversionary interest spoken of. If the whole of Belgium had been declared to be the reversion of the line of NASSAU-BRIBERICII, would the Belgians in no case have been justified in throwing off the yoke ? If so, it would follow as a corollary that all the BOURBONS of the elder line, those of France, Naples, and Spain, having by virtue of their family compact established the same principle of reversion among themselves, FERDINAND the Seventh would possess the right of opposing the elevation of Louts PHILIP to the throne of France. Much more might be said on the subject, but this one re mark will illustrate the fallacy which pervades he arguments of the note in question. We have received a Quebec Gazette of the 24th of February, which contains the following important document, brought down to the House of Assembly on the 23d, from the Go- vernor : "AYLMER, GOVERNOR-IN-CHIEF. " The Governor-in-Chief bas received from the Secre tary for the Colonial Department his Majesty's commands to make the following communication to the House of Assembly, with a view to the final adjustment of the ques tion of finance, which has so long engaged the attention of the Legislature of this province : " His Majesty, taking into consideration the best mode of contributing to the prosperity and contentment of his faithful subjects - of the province of Lower Canada, places at the disposal of the Legislature all his Majesty's interests in those taxes which are now levied in the province ' by virtue of different Acts of the British Parliament, and which are appropriated by the Treasury under his Ma jesty's commands, together with all fines and forfeitures levied under the authority of such Acts. His Majesty, relying an the liberality and justice of the Legislature of Lower Canada, invites them to consider the propriety of making some settled provision for such portion of time ex penses of the Civil Government of the province as may, upon examination, appear to require an arrangement of a more permanent nature than those supplies which belong to the Legislature to determine by annual votes. " His Majesty has directed to be prepared and laid before the House of Assembly an estimate of the sums required for that purpose, and in directing the preparation of that estimate his Majesty has been guided by a wish, never aben from e i his heart,as may appear to be required for the du those services whirls it is propo se d to se execution eition of charge upon the Civil List. "His Majesty concedes the disposal of these revenues with ardent good will, and cannot doubt that it will be met with a reciprocity of feeling by the representatives of an attached and loyal people. " The revenue to he give n u p , taken upon the average of amount to 38,12 5 /. currenc y , and th e the last two years, amount of the Civil List, according to the estimate here with transmitted, amounts to 19,500/. It is not, how ever, necessary to call upon the Legislature to grant the whole sum of 19,50 0 /., inasmuch as by the Provincial Act of 35th George the Third , the sum of 5,0001. is permanently granted towards the maintenance of the Civil (ilovernnient, the moderate sum cf 14,500/. is therefore all that is deemed necessary to ask for the completion of the proposed arrangement. " It is proposed that the duration of the Civil List should he for the life of his Majesty. • " It is hoped that the arrangements thus detailed will be received in the spirit in Which they are dictated, a spirit of conciliation and confidence. "His Majesty is prepared to surrender a large and in creasing revenue ; he asks on return for a fixed and mo derate Civil List, much less in amount than the revenue given up, and the settlement of the long agitated question will be deemed by his Majesty one of the happiest events of his reign—the glory of which (the people of Canada may he assured) will be the promotion of the happiness and content of all classes of his subjects in every quarter of the globe. " The Governor-in-Chief having thus obeyed the com mands he has received in making the foregoing communi cation to the House of Assembly, desires to add that if in the course of proceedings on this important question, they , hould deem it expedient to require explanations from him i rn the subject of it, he will at all times be ready to afford 4uch explanations, and he will moreover most willingly supply any farther information they may desire to have, to the utmost extent compatible with his duty to hie sove reign. " Castle of St: Lewis, Quebec, Feb. 23, 1831." LOWER CANADA —PROPOSED CIVIL LIST. Class No. I.—Governor's Salary £4,500 Civil Secretary 5OO Contingencies 5,300 Class No. 2.—Chief Justice 1,500 Ditto Montreal 1,200 Six Puisne Judges, 9001. each 5,400 Resident Judge at Three Rivers 9OO Two Permanent Judges l,OOO Judge of Vice-Admiralty 2CO Attorney-General Solicitor-General 2OO Allowance for Judges for Circuits 275 Contingencies „.. 475 --. 11,450 Class Wo.3.—Pensions l,OOO Miscellaneous 1,750 2,750 Total of the three Classes, sterling £19,500 Statement of the average net produce of the Revenues under the following heads, founded on the receipts of the two last years, after deducting the proportion for Upper Canada : PROPORTION FOR UPPER CANADA. Customs, under the Imperial Act 14 Geo. 3. cap. 88 L 31,742 Licenses, under ditto 2,200 Ditto, under Provincial Act 41 Geo. 3 62 Customs, under ditto 3,735 Fines and Forfeitures 396 Total Currency —£38,125 (Signed) JOSEPH CARY, Inspector-General of Public Provincial Accounts. Quebec, Feb. 23, 1831. His •MAJESTY held a Levee this day at St. James's Palace, which was very numerously at tended, and from the fineness of the day great crowds were collected in the neighbourhood of the Palace. His MAJESTY, previous to the Levee, held a Council. Despatches have been received this morning at the Foreign Office, from Lord BLOONIFIELD, our Ambassador to Sweden. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY. FROM LLOYD'S. DtAL, ArItIL 12.—Wind N.E.—Arrived the Jeune Ilenrique, Mayor, from Bilboa ; the John Perie, Wilson, from Bethke. PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 12.—Wind N. E. to S. E.— Artived the Elphinstone, from London, for Madras and Bengal. Sailed the Vibelia transport, for Va.n Dieman's Land. _ _ PLYMOUTH, APRIL 11.—Wind the Sir William llentinck, for Bermuda; the Terra Nova, Kelso, for the Cape of Good Hope DOVER, Aram 12.—Arrived off port, the Dorothy Fester, Henderson, from St. Andero , the James and Archibald, Gowan, from Galway. HASTINGS, APRIL 12.—Arrived off port, the Black River packet, Baker, from Jamaica. Cowrq, APRIL 12.—Arrived the Arrow, Pritchard, from Rio Janeiro. TORBAY, APRIL 11.-Arrived the Waterloo, Blackler, from St. Michael ' s, with damage. LIVERPOOL, APRIL 11.-Arrived the Perseverance, Mack, from Antigua. DUBLIN, APRIL 11.-Arived the Garonne, Hicks, from Antigua ; the America, Drew, from New York. ANTIGUA, Fie. 19.—The Maria, Bennett, from Ber muda to St. John's, New Brunswick, put in to-day is distress. She experienced a heavy gale from N.E., and laid to for 11 days, and had been as far as SS N. Her sails ace split. ELSINORE, APRIL s.—The Ann, of Hull, L reported to be lost on the coast of Norway, about the 28th ult., and some others, particulars unknown. The Maria, Loang, from Wolgast to Newcastle, grounded on a oink in the Tyne, Bth inst., and sunk. Cargo discharging. The `'row Catherina, Becher, from Pillau to London, sunk off Stavanger, on the 18th ult. Crew saved. Arrived off the Wight, the Skerne, from the Mauritius; and the John Pink, Nixon, from Jamaica. The Ilebe, Battink, from Liverpool to Port-au-Prince, was wrecked, in December last, on the west end of St. Domingo. EAST INDIA HOUSE.-(THIS DAY.) ELECTION FOR DIRECTORS. This morning a Special General Court of the Proprie tors of India Stock was held in the Court Room at the East India House, for the purpose of ballotting for six Di rectors in the room of those who go out of office, according to the terms of the Charter issued by the Court of Directors. The House List recommended the following Proprietor s as fit and proper persons to fill the office, viz.—John Forbes, Esq. John Loch, Esq. Charles Mills, Esq. H enry Shank, Esq., James Stuart, Esq., and Henry St. George Tucker, Esq. The only Proprietor who is a candidate in opposition to the House List is John Sheppard, Esq., who solicits the suffrages of the Proprietors on the ground of a long ac quaintance with the East India Company's sea service, and the trade with China, and there being no nautical Direc tor at present on the Board. The election commenced at ten o'clock, and will not con clude till four o'clock. The House List, it is fully ex pected, will be adopted. OLD BAILEY-(THIS DAY.) OLD COURT. After two or three convictions for petty larcenies, the following case of cutting and maiming was tried before Mr. Serjeant AILABIN, the details of which created con siderable sensation in Court. Mary Ann Lee was capitally indicted under Lord Ellenborough's Act, with cutting and maiming Mary Ann Fowkes, with intent to do her some grievous bodily harm. There was no Counsel either for the prosecution or defence. The prosecutrix deposed that she was a married wo man, living in Field-lane. The prisoner and herself had been on intimate terms. In March last they quarrelled , and witness considered she was very ungrateful for the kindness slie had received. They, however, made up their quarrel. On the 27th of March the prisoner came horez, with her, they were then good friends, and were going to have breakfast together, when she began to quarrel again, and struck witness three or four tunes. Several blows passed between them. When prosecutrix was shortly af terwards standing by the fire, she saw the prisoner pot her hand into her pocket, and pull something out' this was about ten minutes after the quarrel, and they had become good friends. Whilst the prosecutrix was frying some meat, the prisoner, without speaking a w""' stooped down and put her hand under her clothes. Wit ness said, " Mary, you are stabbing me." She replied, " No, lam not." The blood immediately began to flow from the right thigh. Prisoner wanted to look, which prosecutrix complied with. She then said, " 011, let me bind it up and it will b as well as ever." Witness then went and told her next doer neighbour what had happened. Prisoner said, " Yes, she had done it, and would do it again." She then spit in her face three times. After which she tried to get out of the house but was prevented. A constable was then sent for, and the pri soner Was given into custody Prosecutrix received three wounds in different parts of the thigh, and still continued under the surgeon's care. Cross-examined by the prisoner—l have been lawfully married to William Fowkes for eight years. Prisoner—That's false, you only live with him. Mr. Serjeant Aa.sing—That does not alter the case. The prisoner then asked the prosecutrix a great number of questions as to the manner in which they had been drinking, and spending the Saturday night together; all of which, however, were answered in the negative. Prisoner—How many times have you been in custody for robbing gentlemen ? Prosecutrix—Never, you are a' woman capable of swearing any thing. Prisoner—Why you know there is a Mr. Powell look ing after you now for robbing him. Prosecutt ix—lt is false. In answer to a question from the Jury, the 'witness said that both of them were perfectly sober. Susannah King, a neighbour of the prosecutrix, gave a similar account of the transaction. The prisoner told wit ness that it was her " that done it, and she would do it again." John Thurley, a police man, took the prisoner into cus tody, When she was present she denied that she had stabbed the prosecutrix. Witness searched her and found in h e r pocket the knife now produced; it was covered with blood. Witness should say both parties had been Irinking, but they were perfectly sensible of what they were doing. Mr. Sheppard, a surgeon, stated that be saw the pro secutrix about eleven o'clock on Sunday morning, the 27th of March, and dressed her wounds. They were three in number. The principal one was about two inches in length, and had evidently been inflicted with a sharp in strument. This was the case for the prosecution. The prisoner did not call any witnesses, but put in a long written defence, in which she protested, in the most solemn manner, her entire innocence of the charge. She accused the prosecutrix with obtaining her livelihood by prostitution and robbery, and enumerated the names of several gentlemen whom she charged with plundering.-- She also gave a disgusting account of the manner in which (she stated) they had spent the previous night together. The wounds, she alleged, had been inflicted by the pro secutrix herself in a fit of jealousy, and in conclusion implored the Court not to give any credit to witnesses of such a character as those who had sworn against her. Mr. Serjeant ARABIN recapitulated the evidence at great length, and explained the law as applicable to the charge against the prisoner. The Jury, after deliberating for some time, were about to return their verdict, when The.prisener became most dreadfully agitated, and im plored in the most pitiful terms that the Court would ex amine the man whom the prosecutrix lived with. She exclaimed, ' He is in Court, my Lord, do examine him ; perhaps he may have some regard for the nature of an oath." Mr. Serjeant ARABIN said he had no objection, and di rected Fowkes to be called. This was accordingly done, but the man had Wt the Court, and the Jury returned a verdict of Guilty, Mr. Serjeant ARABlN—Gentlemen, this is indeed a most distressing case ; but on the facts, as detailed, you could not have come to any other conclusion. It will, however, be a pleasure to you, as it is to me, to know that before it is reported to his Majesty it will undergo a most minute investigation by the Secretary of State. All parties will be examined, and then, perhaps, facts may be disclosed which will alter its complexion. You could not, I repeat, Gentlemen, have returned a different verdict. The prisoner, who was dreadfully agitated, was then conveyed out of the Court by two officers. She is rather a good-looking young woman. NEW COURT. Mary Needham was indicted for stealing on the 29th of March last eight sheets, sundry table cloths, shirts, and various other articles of the value of Si., the property of James Pickett and Mary Jenkins, of White Conduit grove, Islington. The COMMON SERJEANT summed up, and the Jury re. turned a verdict of Guilty. The following prisoners were discharged, the bills having been ignored by the Grand Jury : David Chokeley, Ann Evans, John Burnett, Ann Goulding, William Nelson, Thomas Shepherd, Thomas Murphy, John Browne, Charles Wright, Sarah Cham berlain, Elizabeth Keen, Sarah Wilson, Jane Moore, Henry Thomson, Eliza Warren, Elizabeth Moor, Philip and Thomas Ayre, Thomas Middleton, John Smith, Peter Grant, Ann Hamilton, James Cooke, Ann Taylor, John Roharts, William Barnet, John Kenyon, John Anderson, Sarah Moulding, wife of James Moulding, who was ac quitted, charged with sending a threatening letter to Peter Parker. THE MARKETS-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. The English supplies of Grain this week are small, but there is a very large arrival of foreign Wheat, chiefly from southern parts of Europe. The Wheat trade is heavy to-day, but as there are few samples of fine, such maintain Monday's prices; other kinds are very plentiful, and scarcely any sales made. Barley well supports Monday's terms, there being a good demand for this article. Beans and Pease unvaried. Oats meet buyers at former prices. In Flour no alteration. ARRIVALS. Wheat. Barley. Oats. Flour. English Irish - - Foreign - bris. THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. We have received, by express, the Paris Morning Pnpers of Monday. (From the Courier Francais.) BRUSSELS, APRIL 9.—We have it from a good source that the Government are going immediately to make an appeal to the v olunteers; they are to be formed in eight battalions, and to be immediately organised and marched to the depot nearest the points menaced. TONGRES, ArRIL 7.—Within a few days there have arrived at Maestricht more than 1,500 men disguised as peasants, to reinforce the garrison. Letters received today announce that the enthusiasm of the Poles is so great for the cause of liberty, that all the Nobles in the Duchy of Posen, able to bear arms, al though with the risk of the confiscation of their property by the Prussian Government, have ahan• doned their property to go into Poland. Lately a new reg i n a; fl ha n s lei been com fi p , r o ie at composed d d of vo Warsaw lootee of ca valryts of the roh Duchy o f f Posen. The Polish army consists at present of 90,000 men, well armed, of which 25,000 are superb cavalry, with a great number of scythe-bearers, and with so fine an army the cause of Poland must triumph. The new Journal of Paris was seized this day. In the Chamber of Deputies 122 voices were for the withdrawing, the law which expelled from the French territory the eldest branch of the Bourbons. W e read the following in the Beige of yesterday : A great number of the inhabitants of the province of Luxembourg have formed a project to send a deputation to the French Generals, to put themselv es a t th e i r h ea d . TPIE FUNDS. By the express from Paris, which we have recei-ied this orn i ng , we find that the French Funds have fallen about 3 per cent.: they come 54 f. 50 c. In consequence of this 1 7 )e 9 en , announced fr mnY a 7 t 9 decline our Funds have a also given way. Consols, which leftofr yesterday at'79 4 for the acesunt, opened at 794 k, ' t l- 11 8 e 0 S . tock Exchange. He is of old standing, but not one of the first date. This is consequently more may be expected. p a y -da y' Nothing doing in the Foreign Market. HALF-PAST ONE. Tire Dutch steamer has just arrived, with the Dutch I papers to the 12th inst. : they do not contain any further t ul p te re r s l e r n as t I accounts from Poland. andAadreefaa THY FUNDS. There are about four failures in the Stock Exchange to the present hour,--three of them declared in the house, and one out of the house ; but they are of minor import ance. Report says that a very heavy failure has been pri vately settled. The lowest that Consols have been done at this morning was 79, and the highest 79i- i; at pre sent they are 79i to with a heavy market. By the express this morning, all the letters received at Paris from Berlin agree that the accounts from Poland are favourable, and that the Polish army is formidable, both in infantry and cavalry. Most of the' Nobility from the province of Posen have proceeded to join the Poles. The alteration of the Reform Bill has caused some ex citement in the city. In the Foreign Market little doing. • THREE 0' CL CK. Consols 79i. FOUR O'CLOCK.—CLOSING PRICES Consols ........... 79 Danish 571 Ditto for Account 78i i Greek, 1825 2O Brazilian Bonds.. 57 1 - Mexican, 1825 — Buenos Ayres.... 4 Peruvian — Chilian Ditto .... Russian 88 : 1, Columbian, 1824 Spanish ...... N APOLEON'S PRESENTIMENT.—He used often to say to me, " You see, BOURRIENNE, how tempe rate and how thin I air, ; but in spite of that, I cannot help thinking that at forty I shall become a great eater, and get very fat. I foresee that my constitution will un dergo a change. I take a great deal of exercise, but yet I feel assured that my presentiment will he fulfilled." This idea gave him great uneasiness, and as I observed nothing which seemed to warra❑t his apprehensions, I omitted no opportunity of assuring him that they were groundless. But he would not listen to ine, and all the time that I was about him be was haunted with this presentiment, which in the end was but too well verified.—Bourrienne's Atemoirs of Napoleon. COURT CIRCULAR. His MAJESTY gave a grand dinner last evening, at his Palace at St. James's, to the Knights Grand Crosses of the Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath. Both the entre and general entrances to. the Palace were opened for the reception of the company. The Serjeant Porter and the Gentlemen Porters were on duty, in their full Court dresses, and the King's Pages appeared in their State uniforms. The entertainment was given in the banquetting room : the table was laid for 54. The gold and silver services of plate were displayed with great tate ; nine plateaus were arranged in the middle of the table: the centre piece, which was larger than the others, represented in the upper part the dragon in the garden of the Hesperides, the lower divisions had groups of Bacchanti. The room was lighted with fire splepdid or-molu chandeliers, and also by a number of candelabra, with was candles. The other state rooms in which the company assembled were also brilliantly lighted. The company began to arrive at half-past six o'clock. At seven o'clock the KING, accompanied by the Duke of CUMBERLAND and Prince LEOPOLD, entered the State rooms from his private apartments, and proceeded to the Ball-room, where the members and officers of the Order were assembled. At half-past seven o'clock dinner was announced. His MAJESTY, preceded by Sir FREDERICK WATSON, the Master of the Household, passed through the Presence Chamber and the Guard-room, which was lined by the Yeomen Guard, to the Banqnetting-room, followed by the Duke of CUMBERLAND, Prince LEOPOLD, the Duke of GoRDON, the Duke of WELLINGTON, Field- Marshal Sir A. CLARKE, and the other Knights, accord ing to their seniority. As the KING entered the gallery which j:(ins the two staircases, the band of the Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards, who were in attendance in their state uniforms, struck up " 0 the Roast Beef of Old England." The KING took his seat in the centre of the table. The Band were stationed in the ante-room adjoining the Ban quetting-room, and played at intervals (luring the evening, The party included the Civil Knights Grand Crosses, as well as the Naval and Military Knights Grand Crosses. The Knights appeared in the star, riband, and jewel of the Order, but did not wear the collar. The following were the Knights Grand Crosses present:— The Duke of CUMBERLAND, Prince Lxoror.n, Field Mar sbal Sir ALURED CLARKE, Earl of DONOUGHMORE, Sir J. SAUMAREZ, Lord HownEN, the Duke of WELLINGTON, Earl NORTHESK, Hon. Sir A. F. CocintAistx, Sir GEORGE H. BARLOW, Viscount STRANGEORD, Viscount BERES FORD, Lord LYNEDOCH, Lord HILL, lion. Sir EDWARD PAGET, Sir G. NUGENT, Sir J. DOYLE, Marquis of Low- DONDERRY, Sir ALEXANDER Hort!, Sir GEORGE MUR RAY, Sir` W. CLINTON, the Earl of CLANCARTY, Sir JAMES KEMPT, Sir ROBERT LISTON, Sir G. COCKBURN, Sir THOMAS HISLOP, Sir JOHN MALCOLM, Sir THOMAS FOLEY, Sir CHARLES H. KNOWLES, the Earl of ROSSLYN, the Duke of GORDON, Lord FARNBOROUGH, Sir GEORGE MARTIN, Sir EDWARD THORNTON, Sir JOHN OSWALD, Sir EDWARD THORNBROUGH, Sir HENRY PANIC, Sir Alt- QHIBALD CAMPBELL, Sir E. CODRINGTON, Sir FREDE RICK LAMB, Sir STRATFORD CANNING, Sir T. MARTIN, Sir JAMES HAWKINS WHITSHED, Sir PHILIP CHARLES DURHAM, and Sir WILLIAM HOUSTON. Officers of the Order—The Dean of the Order; Sir GEORGE NAYLER, Garter, Genealogist of the Order ; A. GREVILLE, Esq., Bath King of Arms; Captain M. SEY MOUR, Registrar and Secretary ; GEORGE F. BELTS, Esq., Gentleman Usher ; J PULMAN, Esq. ; W. Woons, Esq., Secretary to the Knights Commanders and Companions. The QUEEN and the Landgravine of HESSE HOMBURG dined with the Princess AUGUSTA last evening, at her re sidence in the King's Palace, St. James's. The Duchess of CUISIBERLAND and the Duchess of GLOUCESTER. visited her MAJESTY yesterday. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of KENT, attended by Lady CHARLOTTE ST. MAUR, and Sir JOHN CONROY, visited Mr. and Lady GEORGINA AGAR Er.cts yesterday, at their house in Spring-gardens, when her Royal High ness stood Godmother to their youngest son. A conference of the Ministers of the Great Powers was held yesterday at the Foreign-office, which was attended by the Russian, French, Austrian, and Netherlands Am. h Issadors, the Prussian Minister, Count MASTUCIVITZ, Minister from Russia ; the Baron IA WESSENBURG, Minis ter from Austria, and Viscount PALMIKRATON. The con ference lasted an hour. The Marquis of CHANDOS, and Mr. BURGE, Agent for Jamaica, had interviews yesterday with Viscount GODE RICH, at the Colonial-office. Lord Join: RUSSELL had an interview yesterday with Earl GREY, a: the Treasury. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. • The Duke of Devonshire, from his seat, Chatsworth, Derby shire; the Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury, in Grafton_ street, from their seat, Hatfield ; the Dowager Marchioness of Salisbury, in Arlington-street, from ditto; Lord Arthur Hill, from Brighton; the Marquis and Marchioness of Lansdowne and family, at Lansdowne House, Berkeley-square, from their villa, at Richmond ; Admiral Sir Thomas Foley, Bart., at Pain's Bath Hotel, Arlington-street, from Portsmouth ; Captain Cuthbert, at ditto; John Porter, Esq., at ditto, from Sussex ; Fairholm, Esq., at ditto, from a tour; the Rev. C. H. Keaton Rhodes, in Grosvenor-square, from Chesterfield ; E. R. 'Flinn°, Esq., in Upper Brook-street, from Tonbridge Wells ; James Taylor, Esq., at Symmons's Hotel, St. James's-street, from his seat in Warwickshire ; Messrs. Hall, at ditto, from their seat in Wilts ; Mr. and Mrs. J. Jenkins, in Regent-street, from Bath ; the Earl of Mount Edgcumbe, at Mivart's Hotel, Lower Brook and Davies-streets, from his seat, Mount Edgcumbe ; Lieu tenant-General and Mrs. Slade, at Kirkham's Hotel, Lower Brook-street, from Somersetshire ; Dowager Countess of Erroll, and the Ladies Hay, at ditto, from Hampshire; G. Muer, Esq., at ditto, from Suffolk ; Colonel Pepper, at ditto, from Lymington ; G. Lions, Esq., at ditto, from Hull ; S. Willman, Esq., at ditto, from Brighton ; M. Skelth, Esq., at ditto, from Edinburgh ; Groves, Esq., at ditto, from Stafliird shire •' Mrs. Bateman, at Fladong's Hotel, Oxford-street, from Brighton; S. and 0. Bateman, Esq., at ditto, from ditto; M. tie Marchesi, at ditto, from the Continent ; Mrs. Fane, at ditto, from Oxfordshire ; John Markham, Esq. ' at ditto, from Ireland; Rev. Anthony Collett, at ditto, from Suffolk ; John Herson, Esq., Pith Light Dragoons, at ditto, from a tour ; C. D. Griffiths, Esq., at ditto, from ditto; S. M. Boulderson. Esq., at Mivart's Hotel, Lower Brook and Davies-street, from Kelso; Le Cheva lier de Dicque, at Long's Hotel, New Bond-street, from Paris ; Colonel de Cave, of the American service, at ditto, from ditto ; G. Caldicott, Esq., and J. Fiske, Esq., at ditto, from Suffolk ; John Spalding, Esq , at ditto, from Brighton ; J. Bowyer, Esq., at ditto, from Berks ; T. Da - ,rolles Esq at ditto, from South ampton. DEPA RTURES. Lord and La(ly Clietwynd and family, from Crawley's Hotel, Albemarle-street, for their seat in Essex ; the Rev. E. Lee, from the British Hotel, Jermyn-street, for Oxford ; the Rev. Wm. Lee, from ditto, for Cambridge ; Mr. and Mrs. J. Smith, from Harley-street, for their seat in Leicestershire ; Colonel Wollaston, from Fladong's Hotel, Oxford-street, for Hinckley ; Arthur Mills, Esq., from ditto, for Ireland; G. Quesnel, Esq., from ditto, for the Continent ; Rey. Mr. Drake, from ditto, on a tour ; Mr. and Mrs. Turner, from Kirkham's Hotel, Lower Brook-street, fir Bath; W. Elliott, Eq., from ditto, for York; Rey. K. Hake, from ditto, for Warwickshire; J. Hart, Esq , from ditto, for Brighton; Miss Moon, from ditto, for Warwick; M. De Teissier, from Mivart's Hotel, Lower Brook and Davies street, for Surrey ; Captain Washington Hibbert, from Long's Hotel, New Bond-street, for Dunchurch ; Captain Brymer, from ditto, for Bath ; Colonel Stannus, from ditto, for Berks ; George Webb Tobin, Esq., from ditto, for Dorchester; Rev. Mr. Ord and Edward Ord, Esq., from ditto, for Bury St. Edmunds; E. Dowdeswell, Esq., from ditto, for Paris. IMPORTANCE OF REFORM. A Correspondent has favoured us with the following curious compound of letters, in which the sentence, " Reform alone can save us vow," may be traced in 484 different ways, beginning at the letter 11 in the centre : wonsuevasnaCansaveusnote onsueva snacecansaveusno nsuevasnacenecansaveusn suevasnacenonecansaveus uevasnaceno l o n e c a n s a v e u evasnacenol lonecansave vasnacenolamalonecansav asnaceno/ararmalonccansa a naceno/amrarma/onceans nacenoiamroformalonecan acenolamr f forma/oneca cenotarnrofeltefqrmalonec acenolamr ot e formaioneca naccnolanirofoi maionccan s nacenotanirormatuecans asnacenoiamrmaionecan,a va snacenolomalonecansav evasnaceno la lonecansave nevasn acenolonecansaveu s ucvasnacenortecansa veup nsuevasnacenccansavelisn onsuevasnace c a n s a v e usno wonsuevasnacansa veusnow The rain is said to have found its way through the roof of the new Palace, to an extent likely to be highly injurious to some of the costly carved ceilings. - THE NEW LIFE OF NAPOLEON, BY HIS SECRETARY, M. 13OURRIF.NNE.—The appearance of four successive Editions of the English translation of this most important and interesting work, (the last and best of which has been just published by Messrs. COLBURN and BENT LEY, in 3 vols. with seventeen engravings, at the low price of 18s.) has very naturally created a great desire for the French version ; a desire which, however, has been seldom hitherto gratified, owing to the Paris Edition having been for a long period out of print, and at any time only to be procured at an enormous price; the public will, therefore, now learn with much satisfaction, that Messrs. COLBURN and IhNTLEY have nearly ready for publication a new and superior French Edition printed verbatim from the last Paris text, the ten volumes being comprised in five, with all the embellishments and im portant notes belonging to their English translation, which is to be sold at half the price of the Paris edition. ILLUMINATIONS AT NEWPORT, ISLE OF WIGHT. expecting Commons, arrival So intense is the interest felt by the reformers of New port, on the great question under the consideration of Par liament, that arrangements have been made to receive by etpreas from Portsmouth each evening the newspaper. . a f broughtfavou rable One House Wednesday of o f our worthy townsman, Mr. Pring, was so anxiously looked for that crowds were on the road to meet him, and his an nouncement of a majority for the second reading of the ra fr b o l ni e division in Reforim Bill was received with loud and reiterated cheers. On ha arrival in the town the streets were filled with p c ons, all anxious to testify their joy on the glorious result. The bells of St. Thomas's church rang_ merry peals in honour of the second reading of the Bill during Thursday. A general illumination (with the exception of a few in terested parties) took place on the evening of Friday in the houses of the inhabitants of Newport, and the adj - cent villages. There were several appropriate devices in lamps and transparencies. We particularly noticed the fol lowing:—At Mr. Robert Buckell'., Corsham House, " The glorious downfall of the boroughmongers," in lamps surrounded by a beautiful crown, and underneath a large transparency, representing the funeral procession of the defunct boroughs. On the left hand a tomb, with a tablet bearing the word " Oblivion," with the motto, " Rest in peace." In.the centre a coffin, borne towards the grave, with a plate hewing the inscription, " Sixty rotten bo roughs," followed by a long train of mourners, over whom appeared the words, " Twiss and Co." This procession was passing over a bridge, designated " Borough-bridge." Over the whole was written, in large letters, " May the rights of the people never more be invaded."—At Mr. Pring's, " Our cause is just," in gas, surmounted with a large crown in variegated lamp., and " W. R." in gas.--. At Mr•. J. Cooke's, " Our Patriot King," in lamps.— At Mr. C. Worsley's a transparency, justice holding a pair of scales, one containing 60 rotten boroughs, weighed down by just representation.—At Mr. Wm. Wilkins, in lamps, " No. 302, 2 '—At Mr. Sayers, in lamps, " Union is strength."—At Alr. Edward Wilkins, in lamps, " Re form and W. A., with a crotvn in transparency."—At Mr. Whitcomb's, pawnbroker, " A large star of variegated lamps, with two transparencies, on one, Russell's purge for foul constitutions," and on the other, " Two to one (in large balls) that the Reform Bill wid pass."—At Mr. Exton's, a transparency, representing the after-part. of a • seventy-four, with his Majesty at the helm, and justice standing before him on the deck, with an appropriat.: verse beneath.—At Mr. C. Dyer's, a transparency, with the words " Success to King William and the 302, awl confusion to the Opposition."—At Mr. Woollray's, at the Grapes, a very large clown, in lamps, suspended from the front of the house.—At Mr. Terry's " Reform, the watch-word of the people."—At Mr. Joseph Poore's three transparencies, " The King and his Minis ters," " The Rights of the People," " Full and free Ile presentation."—At Mr. H. B. Lankester's, "Liberty," • in lamps.—At Mr.J. Milligan's a transparency, with two joined hands holding a standard with a union-jack stir ' mounted with the cap of liberty.—At Mr. G. Pierce's a very brilliant star, in lamps.—At Mr. T. Pierce's a tran sparency, The King and the Rights of Man " We observed numerous other devices, &c., but have not space to describe them. During the evening two bands paraded the town, and the hells rang most merrily. The night being rather un propitious for the display of lamps, they were re-lighted on the evening of Saturday (our market-day), when the streets were again thronged with thousands of pleased spectators. [The above has been in type some time, but delayed for want of space.] The Earl of KENMARE is to have an English Peerage.—Limerick Chronicle. DRINKING " BY INFERENCE."—Of MIRzA Any TALES Kiraly, the well-known Persian Ambassador, SINCLAIR relates :—" At one of the dinners I gave to tl.c Mraza, the celebrated Dr. WATSON, Bishop of Llandaff, was present. The Bishop observed that the Persian took wine very freely ; upon which be said to him, " 111raza, how comes this? Is not drinking wine prohibited by the Koran?" Upon which the Persian said, " I take it by inference. In the Koran it is said that we may take whatever is good for our health. lam informed, that taking wine in this country is good for the health there f ore I infer, that I may take it consistently with the pre cepts of the Koran." A " FLAW" IN MATRIMONY.—About ten months ago, a loving couple from Northowram, under the names of THOMAS ROBINSON and MARY Mitlizs, were made " one twain" at our parish church. On Wednes day last, it was discovered by ROBINSON that his wife's legal name was not MzLNEs, but BALLOON, her mother, at t li,ieingt them e Thism she married discovery t the words,was n having and t d a gthooedi husband partyn l s ar i marriage paired to the Rev. the Vicar, wh o , on hearing the facts, informed . and recommended that the ceremony should be repeated, promising that it should be performed without the usual fees. To this the female readily assented, but RomNsox, finding himself at liberty, " declared off," and adjourned to a new beer shop, where he invited his relatives and friends to make merry on the occasion, declaring that he never would " plight his troth" to MARY 13AILD0N.— Hulifax Express. A respectably dressed widow, soon after she entered the shop of a draper in a borough -town, not far from Devises, a few (lays since, began to extol the virtues of her late husband, the tears at the time flowing plente ously down her cheeks. " Pray walk inside and comfort yourelf," said the condoling draper. " Ah! such a kind and affectionate husband !" she sobbed. "Ahme ! Ah me !" " was, indeed," rejoined the draper; but we must sub mit to the unerring decrees of Providence." "We must, we must," said the widow, and wiped her eyes. " Itas Mr. been here ?" she then anxiously inquired. had not ; but he very soon afterwards made his appearance. They jointly selected a silk dress; and two days afterwards Mr. and the widow were married. —Devizes Gazette. The rise in the French Funds is attributed partly to the national loan, and partly to the Paris Bears having been caught by the Bulls, to use the linguage of the English Sttick Exchange. It appears that stock bought for time may be demanded i❑ 21. hours in the Paris Bourse. Thu., fur instance, if A. bays stock of B. to be delivered at the end of the month, A. may never theless demand his stock in 24 hours after, though, ac cording to the terms of the bargain, it may not be deliver able for three or four weeks. In case B. should refuse to deliver the stock, A. can go into the market and purchase it, and compel B. to pay the difference. This, it is said, has been lately dune to a great extent. PORTRAIT OF ENGLAND'S PATRIOTIC KING.—The Proprietors of THE WEEKLY DISPATCH (which has the largest circulation of any Newspaper in England) beg to announce that on the 3d of July next they intend to present a most splendid Portrait of his Ma jesty, WILLIAM IV., to every person who shall have regu lirly taken in THE DISPATCH during the preceding two months. Those individuals who are not already sub scribers to THE DrsvaTcu, and who wish to obtain the most accurate likeness of our Patriotic KING, must con. mence their subscription on or before the first Sunday in May, and be careful to order their News Agents to supply them with the successive numbers up to the 3d of July inclusive. The Print itself will unquestionably be found worth considerably more than the whole two months' sub scription. It has been engraved in the same style, and will form an admirable companion to the Portrait of his late Majesty GEORGE IV., presented to the purchasers of Tux Dxspazcu in June last. DISGRACEFUL SCENE.—On Friday, be tween twelve and two o'clock, Arundel-street, near Charles-street, was the scene of a most disgraceful pu gilistic contest between two females, one the mother of four children, and the other apparently about eighteen years of age, employed in a .neighbouring manufactory. The quarrel arose. from jealousy on the part of the mar ried termagant of the influence of the younger vixen over the husband of the former. There could not he fewer than a thousand spectators, men, women, and children. A regular ring was formed, which was pro tected by two bullies with large bludgeons. The ag grieved opponent was backed by one of her own sex, at least ten years older, who stood at her back with all the coolness of a' CMEB or a Mout:lux, every now and then cheering her protegee with " Go it again , lass ;" ".Gie it her reit ;" while her ad s iagonist was soP" ported by the male 'blackguards who crowded round Many people expressed surprise that none of the constables in that neighbourhood attempted to stop the proceedings; such, however, seemed the determination of the mob to see fair play, that any interference would have bebenaietc at tended with serious consequences, especially as , the no nn re with the bludgeons, in keeping the rin g open,. jci,dose spect to persons, but laid freely on the beads tof endear reined forward either to enjoy the fray, or e.,.est p • to tdbo bruised a p nt aeifnata.rtieysb,T:hit,heek:oib. dur a eier t battle ons t rg e; f : .fic,crirnpai.dt:tgdfininein:76l:!d-05:27:. ofwith. Tb hihaec black agl 1