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by some just ground of forfeiture. If any of us be deemed guilty, let us be put on trial. We demand this ourselves. " We do not speak of the calumnies of which we are the objects—this discussion might become per sonal. We raise our voice in favour of our institu ti°,lB—in favour of all France, who still must re member that the Mimistry of Charles X. had pre- Pared for the days of November, be the dissolution or the National Guard, and who four tLata similar measure may be now attempted by the dissolution of the Artillery." Several o f the artillery corps continued this day to wear their uniforms. Y. (Fr om the 31orning Herald Private Correspomdent.) PARIS, JAN. 5. Nothing is talked of at present but the new , Proposed loi des elections. Though not as popular as we should desire, we wish to hear it may be Km i d oped by the Chambers, but it is very doubtful. The adjunctions of the Jury, of the officers, and the talented classes amongst the electors, arc things that I cannot be approved of by the Deputies; and I firmly believe they are right when they say that, if ✓ such a law is carried, very few of the present Mem bers. will b e returned. We expect a strong opposi von to the project of the Government. The reduc tions have also frightened them. The King, ▪ it i s said, is determined not only to reign, but e to govern by himself. It was he that impelled Lefitte to present the law of the Civil List, which o has made so bad an impression throughout e F rance. I was well-informed last week, when I pre . dieted the retirement of Lafayette, Dupont de l'Eure, and Odillon-Bat rot. The resignation of the latter t was not accepted by the King, but you may soon t expect to see him out. It is utterly impossible for men of their avowed principles to continue in office, , after what has passed, and with the system that is 1. Prevailing. The speeches of Odillon-Barrot and Dupont de l'Eure hare confirmed what I have said ; about the plot. Every thing leads to the same e opinion. Ido not say that there are not some men le who wish the return of Charles X.; but they could not organize any law that was likely to succeed. It to was the second act of Titus Oates' conspiracy that made so much bustle, and was never proved. La fayette's retirement, and his explanations in the - V ' s House, have opened the eyes of the National Guards ; they perceive now they have been made fools of, and lent their support to the system of re action--the word anarchy was the talisman that a. frightened them ; and if, after all, there was no )1 plet—if, as is the fact, the crowd was composed of ty the mere rabble, and some persons brought on the le spot out of curiosity—if their number did not ex- Is, teed four or five thousand, where was the danger of for order ; and what is the victory that was gained in over the conspirators ? But what were thor e con %d q)irators ? The National Guards, amounting to if 60,000 men, were under arms— the Schools lent acsistanee—the work-people remained at their work. :to I ask again, what were the conspirators ? and, if .y. there were any, was their number dangerous enough of to make such a bustle about it ? There was one tat victory gained, however, for the Deputies must have in felt satibfied with the essay they had made of their on power on the Garde Nationale. It was a singular sight to see the deluded Garde Nationale, while ee, lending their support to the new despotism of the rn- Chamber, erecting out of the same a beautiful statue of Liberty, and singing around it the Parisicnnc lot and la Marseillaise.* ith The Times' correspondent is abusing the eerie de- rable Lafayette when he says, " He is with great nt. facility influenced for the moment by a few staunch re- republicans, who are his most constant companions." Ilis adieux a la Garde National, which must have rich reached you, explain the conduct and the sincerity of the best of men. He was influenced, it was true, de- but it was by the promises of the Hotel de Ville, are which are not fulfilled, and I fear will not be so for use some time. You must not believe what is reported to in the same letter about Lafayette's words to a the student. Some of the correspondents of the English Papers ged speak of the students as of raw schoolboys :it would Y• E be a n error to t hi n k t h em so young an d so despi so; cable—their mean age is about 22 ; and certainly, men of that age, and enlightened as they are, must :..ore have the knowledge of good and evil. Pitt, Lord tio o Grey, Lord Palmerston, Lord Althorp, &c. were in office, or in the Parliament, about the same age ; but in France, at least with our Deputies, a man is , a boy until he is turned 40. Such is the conse as 0 quenee of the institutions of Louis XVIII. c h i p The artillery of the National Guard has been dis or, Solved to be again organised. They wanted to get bet; rid of some of the officers. ab l e W e expect a new change in the Ministry, not, D 1• d however, on account of our home affairs, but owing c 0 , to our external politics; perhaps it will lead to the ex , chan ge of one of our principal Ambassadors. e -ge The newspapers announced this day that a meet• I re cl log of the Students of Law e Medicine, and of the :ted• Polytechnic School would take place at the Pan n.afe theon, for the purpose of presenting to their fellow ue e Students of the Polish nation (now about to return , ex , to their own country to participate in its defence) a roe number of standards. On proceeding to the Pan ttei I found, however, the doors closed, and a con' Commissary of Police, with his tri-colour scarf of office, standing in front of it. On inquiry I learned !kilj g that his object was to prevent the entrance of the :hese Students into the building. Three or four hundred if A ll Young men had assembled ; but, on being informed of the intended opposition to their proceeding, a ne o f Portion repaired to the Sorbonne, and the remainder to , fo rme d i nto groups on the place. After short time , ii this they dispersed. Ist be * When I saw it, it put me in mind of a poor fellow I Po' had heard the day before expressing his disappointment, • the hi s c l umsy way, bg i and crying about in the Rue St. Amp Denis, ‘. I have lost my revolution ; they have taken my sure s revolution. I must make apther ;" at least he was sen sible of the loss. coli; r ~,o, W e have reason to b e li eve t h at t h e statemen , or 0 Published in our last Paper as to a supposed division in the !a d 0 1 Government the bye, ought to have been printed for Cabinet) w w o zs rd, by incorrect. We are assured that re-EW there is at present no dissensionxtorl any kind in the , o f Cabinet—on the contrary, that aor o o f per f ect and cordial . v . tit co-operation, a more complete and good understanding, ~ 10 a and a more entire absence of dictation from any quarter, e l)r of Anedver. existed, than among the members of the present munstration.—Brighton Gazette. able d It is a circumstance not unworthy of remark imbe r were, that a great number of persons of Scottish lineage are to 5 se , be found in Poland. Among the county nobility are several names very commor i s as o s b . e l o L n i g ts i n g, r nt o , le sg soArour, oldest and first families, such c as u J n oi r TN , t . 1 , 0 . 11 ge G ne O ra ß l DON, and MitormEroN. These individuals 'apre __teilar I sou_, . descended from Scottish adventurers, who i m ppro , az . j.::employment,d. in the 17th century, in the Russian fill .—E tnburgh Advertiser. - ' It I THE ENGLISHMAN SUNDAY NEWSPAPER, .ass 0 m acs Sm. th ,,, ... ENPENCE.-The Thirty-threa Prints of Comi c estates, which appeared in last Sunday's Belrs Life in _ rd cL.y. O ne ndtor , under th e h ea d o f " C om i c A nnua l," an d w hi c h .o_ci, engraving, Hundred a n d Sixty-fi ve G u i neas d es i gn i n g and iascoaarof nett, t will be given in the _Englishman of Sunday usual, only Jan uary sel 9. The price of the Englishman, as enpence. It will be kept on sale all next f o rd I "ek- - -Office; No. 169, Strand. !r r i ttiliees; day, omkstthee New C our t o f th e Old Bailey yester perni,toenncere of who of the J urymen were grea tly as tound e d w h en Dow transportation for life was pronounced on a had stolen 12s. from the person. The Com solved MO N SERJ , AicT told them th a t the re pres e ntati on cou ld ffi ceig not be listene d to,. and that it was necessary to make an 1 .11 II e xample as Lawas the crime was frequent. This is English Cri ., tolden to Judges, 1 a I t w a l f , t o erall, the . thieves are much he m 0 0 ' hthus point out to them that there A 5, been over• trading in a t rarticular branch. The ra rtlate" lienal and reflecting to betake : ei judicial ire : rote4')! ls t to-eththieevme n.ew branch of purloining. It 1 or di, stich s to w a v as bankruptcy is to other traders. So ' !soi l ° e . s . I .", n e g_ s a l s v an lo y o ' p . s n ar ' l n t e i g e . ular branch of thieving is not overstocked ha V y : ),e l s its s k evei i n t ten n t i l i y on the offenders ; but kindly inter prudence points out the necessity . or dig i. ' `,,f i giving a new d r irectio n n to criminal industry.—Morniny w hjec. Ch ronicle. gtiOn. LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 7, 1831. As the main body of the Russian army is now in full march for Warsaw, and the Poles still continue to display the utmost activity and determination, we may daily expect to hear news of a great battle having been fought between the two belligerent Powers. Though we are not without apprehensions for the gallant patriots, still we arc far from looking on their cause as one of extreme desperation. We even think that the chances are equal as to the results of the first engagement ; for though the Russians may be superior in numbers, they are immeasurably inferior to the Poles in acti vity, skill, veteran discipline, and, above all, in the intense energy of their patriotic devotion. The latter well know thatdefeat will be to them extermi nation ; that not merely their freedom, but their very name as a nation, are embarked in the struggle; while the former have no such extraordi nary stimulus to inspire them ; success will en sure them no such advantages, defeat inflict on them no such disasters. Under these trying circumstances, when every soldier in the Polish army must see the necessity of exerting himself to the very utmost, as if the fate of his country hung upon his individual exertions, we shall not, we conceive, err much in our cal culation if we set down one Pole as equi volent to two Russians. Granting this, upon the principle of the SITAKSPEARIAN adage—which experience has a thousand times proved to be correct—" Thrice is he armed that ath his quarrel just," it will be perceived, that though there be a disparity in point of numbers, the two armies are in reality pretty nearly equal as regards strength and power. But should the Poles be defeated i❑ the first encounter, their cause is far from being so hopeless as may at first sight be supposed. Events are working for them in every nook and cranny throughout Europe. Let them but contrive to make a show of opposi tion for some months to come, no matter how faint or imperfect, and they will scarcely fail to reap the benefit of such perseverance. Russia has many angry spirits to quell, and cannot af ford the hazardous monopoly of a Polish war. The claims of Finland—of Persia—of Turkey, are yet unsettled, and here Poland will be re venged as surely as by her own exertions. The following are extracts from Warsaw and other Papers received this morning : (From the Warsaw Gazette.) WARSAW, Dec. 27.—0 n the 26th despatches from Count Stephen Gratowski, and addressed to M. Sobo lewski, as President of the Council of Administration, were brought by an express sent by General Rosen. ThThesedespatch e s c on tain an order that the Council of Admini stration of the kingdom, composed as it formerly was, shall take on it the Government of the country. It is inferred from this, that the deputation sent by the Dictator had not yet arrived at St. Petersburgh. Our journals do not give the proclamation of his Ma jesty the Emperor. According to the Courrier, Lieut.- Colonel Wylezynski has been sent to St. Petersburgh. The Warsaw Courrier says, " his Imperial Highness the Cesarewitach had last Thursday, the 16th instant, his head-quarters at Adamkew, half a league beyond :Brzese Letewaki. It is said they will be shortly removed to Bialystock. Count Zomoyaki, who was sect by the Dic tator to General Rosen, has returned to Warsaw. The Prussian General, we hear, declared to him, that as be is under the command of his Imperial Highness the Cesare witsch, he can do nothing without his orders. Captain Bezebrazow, commanding a division of hussars, is on the Niemen, but remains inactive. There is but little com munication on that aide between Lithuania and Poland." On the 20th the city was illuminated on account of the termination of the Diet, and on the following day there was divine service on the same account. The deputation to which the Diet has confided the care of watching the Dictatorship, consists of six members of the Senate and nine members of the Chamber of Deputies ; Prince Adam Czartoryski is President. The Dictator has now taken up his residence in the palace of the Viceroy. On the II th of December the Provisional Govern ment issued a decree on the formation of the sta tionary National Guard in the capital. Our journals are filled with numerous proclamations from Munici pal Authorities, Comm issioners of the Waiwode ships, and commanders of the levies, containing exhor tations, partly to the defence of the kingdom, partly to the sending contributions of arms, clothing, cattle, and money. For the last object a book is opened at the Senate, in which the citizens are to enter their names with the sums they contribute. But accounts are received from se veral Waiwodeships, that the officers of the general levy appointed by the commanders do not come forward, an d it is necessary to threaten to appoint others in their room . The Journals, on their part, do every thing to encourage the citizens to assist in the fortifications. GRAND DUCHY OF PosrN, Drc. Is.—An apprehen- sion that the insurrection in Poland might extend to our Polish provinces was at first not small ; now we have no longer any fear. For a moment danger threatened many noblemen, who tried every means to induce their peasants to tise ; but the peasants declared they were better off now than formerly. Hereupon the noblemen went over the frontiers, but the peasants remained at home. A Countess M— harangued her neighbours front a tomb stone; after her speech was concluded, the peasants went home quietly and the Countess sought safety in flight. The soldiers of the Landwehr from the provinces have repaired punctually to their posts and several battalions marched with loud buzzes through Posen. The estates of those noblemen who have gone to join the insurgents at Warsaw are it is said confiscated. Perhaps it would not be amiss to divide their corporated estates, amnia! , the peasants. The peasantry in our Grand Duchy have shewn a correct practical judgment, for the object aimed at is in fact a revolution in favour of the nobility, but what would the peasant who is well off gain by it ? Perhaps, in their simple minds, they felt themselves bound to grati tude, and attachment to a Government which has watched over them with paternal care, and far from repressing, has encouraged their national habits and character. That this care has met with ingratitude in some instances, is manifest in a part of the nobility ; when the province was taken possession of in 1825, they were sunk in debts, by the incessant favour and support of the Government they have recovered their prosperity and import nice, and this is the return they make for it. We hope that our frontiers will henceforth be closed against them, and many of our neighbours will take example from our Polish peasants. WARSAW, DEC. 23.—A deputation of the republic of Cracow has arrived here with a declaration that the whole population had risen, and wished to join us. Many stu dents from Cracow arrive here. In contradiction of a report spread by several jour nals, that there were five thousand spies in the kingdom of Poland, and nine hundred in Warsaw alone, the Commission ordered to examine the papers of the secret agents of the Police acquaints the public that a book has just been found among the sequestrated effects of the Police agent Schlei, containing an alphabetical list of that number of names; in the title-page it is called, " Al phabetical list of the honorary members, civil and eccle siastical officers, in the kingdom of Poland, for 1826." Several persons who had a sight of the book in which there are the names of several ladies, took it to be a list of spies (not looking at the title), and thus various re ports were spread respecting many persons. Colonel Hauke, who arrived here on the 16th, is gone back to St. Petershurgh. THE lIAGIJE, DEC. 31.—General Van Geen arrived here yesterday. During his absence from the army, the Duke of Saxe Weimar has the chief command. The breaking of the armistice by the insurgents near Maestricht appears to have given occasion to extraordinary measures of precaution both in the fortress and the army. It is affirmed, however, that the enemy's troops retired more and more from the frontiers of North Brabant. JANUARY 2.—On the 28th of December there was a Cabinet Council which sat from two till eight o'clock, and at half-past nine there was a conference at the office of the Minister for Foreign Affairs with the Ambassadors of the several Powers, which did not break up till late in the night. The result was immediately reported to the King, but of course nothing has transpired. It can only be con jectured that the discussion related to the resolution taken by the five Powers respecting the recognition of the inde pendence of Belgium. It is supposed that the States-General will quit at the end of February. ANISTERDAM, JAN. 3. Actual Debt, 2% per cent. 3914 to 40% Deferred ditto l3-16 to 15-16 Arnort Syndic, 4% per cent, Ditto, ditto, 3% per cent. The following are extracts from the Hamburg Reporter, received this day : BORSEN-HALLE, DEC. 31, HALF-PAST FOUR, P.M.— The frost during the early part of the week had the effect of completely interrupting the navigation, so that our only arrivals were by land-carriage. Several parcels of Wheat that had been warehoused were brought into the market, and were eagerly bought up by speculators as well as by our own consumers. Holders demanded in consequence higher prices, and in many instances obtained them. Of Rye the prices remain unchanged. The only purchasers are our own consumers. For Barley there is but little demand, and only small parcels are saleable. Oats continue firm in price, but with little business doing. From the 18th to the 23d inst.. three cargoes of corn passed through the Sound, of which two were bound for England. Weight. - Rix dollars. Dantzic Wheat 122 to 126 —to Silesian Anhalt, white llB to 124 150 to 185 red 122 to 128 150 to 185 Danish.. ... . l2O to 128 110 to 130 Dantzic Rye IIS to 1.) 94 to 100 Upland 116 to 123 94 to 98 Danish 116 to 120 9O to 99 Petersburgli and Riga 11S to 122 94 to 100 Magdeburgli Barley 9B to 104 7O to 75 Anhalt OS to 104 72 to 78 Holstein Mecklenburgh Upland Oats 66 to 71 52 to 62 Mecklenburgh Lower Elbe to Danish 66 to 75 4O to 56 Pomeranian Malt to Pease, yellow, Upland To-day's liquidation went over quietly ; money was abundant, but stock scarce. Our market shows a ten dem!y to a rise. End of January, Anglo-Danish Loan 3 per Cent 55% Anglo-Russian Loan 83% Hamburg-Russian Loan fl3% Polish Bonds Bl4 New Prussian Four per Cents. (1830) 74 Austrian Bank Shares (194 Austrian Metalliques B5 New Austrian 4 per Cents New Hanoverian Loan When the Polish Dictator received the commands of the Emperor from the hands of Colonel Von Ilauke, he imme diately sent word to General Rosen, whose troops were cantoned on the frontiers of Poland, that if he attempted to cross the boundary, such a step would be considered a declaration of war. General Rosen agreed to undertake nothing unless in obedience to the Cesarewiteh. The French, Austrian, Russian, and Prussian Ambassadors transacted business, this morning, at the Foreign Office. The question now so much agitated, of the expediency or non-expediency of the use of Ballot in Elections, is one of applicability of certain means to a given end. It is a point which ought to be fairly and dispassionately considered by all who are sincerely desirous of an effective Parliamentary Reform, and which should be decided by the prevalence of the rea sons for or against it. There has been a strong clamour raised against it, altogether alien from the voice of argument, and a dogmatical sentence pronounced in its favour by the more strenuous class of Reformers. The country will therefore do well in directing its attention to the pro bable advantages or disadvantages that would arise from its adoption. In behalf of the Ballot, it is urged, that the only object of sending Members to Parliament i s , that the will of the electors may be there re presented by those whoa► they elect. Every pre caution should therefore be used to ensure the free and unbiassed exercise of that will, for if it is, in truth, influenced by others, the end of the elective franchise is defeated. Human nature is unhappily so prone to temptation, and the present state of society so favourable to the temper, that it would be unreasonable to expect unflinching in tegrity in a body of electors. So far as possible they should, therefore, be kept out of the power of corruption, to which end laws against bribery and treating have been enacted. Upon the same principle as these laws, there should also be a law to keep the votes secret, for if such secrecy can be secured, external influence is effectually shut out. In France, the Netherlands, and the United States, the Ballot has for years been in action, and in all three, especially in the former, the result has been found eminently favourable to the freedom of election. The practice of clubs and private societies has also added a sanction to its expediency. It therefore appears desirable to be adopted as a part of any efficient plan of Reform. On the other hand, it is contended, that for the law to sanction the concealment of the manner ofexercising a public trust,is detrimental to public morals, as tending to prevent the declara tion of the truth, and to uphold a system of trickery and deceit. Public opinion and the force of the truth will eventually be sufficient to prevent any intimidation or corruption of voters, and we should legislate not merely for the tem porary circumstances of society, but for the per manent good of mankind which the concealment of the truth cannot possibly promote, but the contrary. It is repugnant to the character of an Englishman, which may be assumed to be synonymous with an honest man, to do any act which he would be ashamed to confess, and the Ballot might consequently work a change in the national character. Many travellers in America say the Ballot does not answer, and is not popular in that country. By an extension and reformation in other respects of the elective franchise, its defects would be remedied in a manner much more conformable to established laws and institutions than any introduction of this innovation. The Ballot is therefore not ne cessary nor desirable. To deCide between conflicting opinions is an office which Journalists can hardly, without pre sumption, assume. We may, however, he per mitted to remark, that it appears to us a fallacy to say, that laws ouuht to be framed otherwise than with reference to the present condition of society. If men were pure and perfect, there would be no occasion for Ballot, nor for any other law to preserve the purity of election, any more than for statutes against larceny ; but, con sidering the frailty of human nature, our honesty is for the most part best secured when the pre ventives against dishonesty are the most efficient. The prostitution of the mind, like that of the body, arises from the weakness of our composi tion. If a man, then, is not insensible to the seduction of physical temptation, should he not reasonably hesitate to open to allurement that mind whose corruption is productive of conse quences far more generally pernicious ? DAT AT 014 X O'CLOCK. , 14ICES OF STO( KS THIS Bank stoat - ai 3 re, Cer,t. Ae.. ,, 1. ,; I I A -,'i .3 pot C:.rn. Cons. 80G 3i 1 3 , ,,i per Cent. 9O if /.4 Ditto Red. 9O t o New :354 per Cunt. —.90 14 8.97 3 per Cent Ann. 1726 .... - 4 per Cent. 1926 9B-,5% Rank Long Xnn. to expire Jan. 5, 1864 , IN 1-16 Oct. 10, 1850 l6 13-16 7c, Jan. 5, 1860 shut Jan. 5, 1880 shut April., 1880 — Jan. 5, 1770 shut PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS Austrian Bomb Braeltan Bonds Buono, A yrei Bon& ...... Tian Bonds ... (wonthirin Bonds Ditto, itt.lt Danish Greek Bonds Ditto, 1!125 Guattoalit Mexican Bonds I)ttto, 18'25 '34 4 4M New 5 per Cent. — India aiock ill. Bends lt; IS pm. euuth SCR Stqd: PO% Old Ant - mates -- New -Ditto 60% 3 . er Cent. Ann. ;751 - Ex. Bills, ..£l,OOO OO 34 pm. Ditto 50.. '3O :34 pm. Ditto .mall 3O 1.14 Pm. Ditto Commercial — pm. Ditto AdvertiseA Berk Art Acc0unt.......... India for Account ......... Cons. for Jan 90 ...S2NM!..i ~i THIS DAT AT ONZ O'CLOCK. INeapolitan — !Peruvian Bonds ............ IPartuguese Bonds Prussian, Old !Ditto, Now Russian — -Spanish, 'B2i 1714 17 'French It rates, 5 ii. c. —I. —C. '—.---- Exchange —f. —c. —3 per cent. --- Excl.ange PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. Per Share. Brazilian Imp. Min. Co. (iss at 5/. pm.) £2,1 Ditto National l5 Mexican Mining Co. £39 26 PB4 PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, JAN. 4. Bulk Stock Consols, 3 per cent. Gov. Stock, 3 per cent. PO National Ditto — Ditto, New I per Cent —lHibernian Bank Gov. Deb. fN percent.... 83% iProvincial Ditto — Royal Canal Stock ...... ... '.,:-., 45 'Royal Irish Mine — Grand Canal Stock — Imperial Mine — City Dob. 4 per cent Ballast Office Dab. 4p. c. Commercial Buildings FORF.IGN EXCHANGES ON LONDON. HAMBURG, DEC. 7.—Two months, 13. SM. ST. Pr rEasnuttcn, DEC. 17.—Three months, 10%. BERLIN, DEC. ',S.—Threemonths, 6. 19•. VIENNA, Dec. 2.'.—Three months, 9 5(3%..... Arrived. Due. Arrived. Doe. O America ......... ...... 0 0 Hamburg O Brazil O Buenos Ayres 0 0 Jamaica 0 O Carthagelia. 0 0 Leeward Islands 1 Dublin 0 0 Lisbon 0 0 Flanders 0 0 Malta 0 1 France 0 1 Sweden O Guernsey &Jersey.. 0 1 Waterford U . 517' U 144 THE FUND.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE O' CL 0 CK. The only arrival this morning is a Mexican mail, by which Vera Cruz Papers have been received at the North and South American Culfee-house to the 10th Novem ber. She sailed on the 10th. The Vera Cruz Papers are very barren of informmiou. It appears that a conduc tor going from Mexico to Vera Cruz was attacked by robbers, and plundered of 5,000 dollars. The express from Paris brings the French P,entcs lower. Poland is the general topic of conversation boil here and at Paris, and great anxiety is felt for t"e fate of that unfor tunate country. Consols, which left off yesterday at S 2 for the Account, opened at 572-1, fell to S2l, and at present they are 82/ -a, with little doing. The Foreign Market is as yet void of interest. HALF-PAST O.ll'E CLOCK. The following is a commercial letter from Mexico by the mail this morning, of the 2d November :—" The present Executive Government continues firmly established and enjoys confidence. There is also an increase of financial credit ; some loans hay,: been made for reimbursement of duties. A conductor for Vera Cruz is expected to go from this monthly. Of merchandize there is a good sup ply, and the prices of British manufactures are steady. The mines of 13olina, &c., continue very successful ; those of Anglo-Mexican have a good prospect, and those of the United Mexican are favourable."—Exchange for bills on London 45i, THE FUNDS. Consols, which reached this morning 821 for the Ac. count, have fallen to 82 7 1, at which price they arc at pre. sent. We have no local information. In the For,2ign Market Brazil Stock is lower. THREE 0' CL 0 CK. Consols for the Account, 824. FOUR O'CLOCK.—CLOSING PRICES. Consols ........ ... Danish sS'a Ditto for Account 82-a- Greek, 1825.... 25)y Brazilian Bonds— 51 Mexican, 1825. 344 Buenos Ayres. ••• Peruvian........ 141 Chilian Ditto .•••• 181 Russian B9!- Columbian, 1824. Spanish ...... - PORT OF LIVERPOOL. An ACCOUNT of DOCK and LIG lIT DUTIES re ceived at the PORT of LIVERPOOL, for the Half year ending 24th December, 1830. Duties on tonnage, 6,289 vessels 799,560 tons 1 7,572 8 0 Ditto, merchandise Same period list year. Duties on tonnage, 5,73 S ve,sels, £9-1,902 16 0 731,996 tons 1:51,601 15 6 Ditto, merchandise 39,203 0 9 X 50,604. 16 Increase, 551 vessels, 67,564 tons X 11,096 0 0 THE BANKRUPT COMMISSIONERS.—ThiS morning a :fleeting was convened by public advertisement to be held at the London Tavern, for the purpose of con• s;derinp, - the propriety of petitioning both Houses of Parlia ment to abolish the fourteen Lists of Commissioners of Bankrupts, and to establish an improved mode of transact ing t h e business under Commissions issued against Bank rupts, traders, &c. The meeting was called for twelve o ' c l oc k, but at that hour very few persons had collected, and the business of the day did not commence until a much later period. The subject has been matter of much conversation in the city, and the propriety of an alteration in the system general), admitted. It is with sincere regret we learn the painful condition of the Duke of IlicHatoNo's family. For the last ten days his Grace's second daughter, Lady SARAH, has been in a dangerous and almost hopeless condition at. Goodwood, on the one hand ; whilst the Duchess, on the other, is at the same time in so unwell and distressing a state, confined in London, that the Duke of 11xcnatoNn has been obliged to return to town, and finds it impossible to leave her.—Prighton Gazette. Since our last, we have observed petitions framed in favour of Parliamentary Reform in the towns of Hawick, Alloa, Dingwall, anti Thurso. Benfre'.7 was to hold a meeting yesterday for the purpose of getting up a petition. There is to be a meeting of the county of Dum barton on the 10th inst., and we observe that the re solvedMagic,- to petition both Houses of Parliament on this all and inhabitants of Peebles have e tr n a g t r e o s s , s T i n o g ts; e C s4tiio il At Windsor lately a picture was shown to his Edinburgh _Advertiser. present MaJrsTy by one of the attendants, who observed that the late KING had admired it very much—" Aye," said his MAJESTY, " it seems pretty—l dare say it is— my brother was very fond of this sort of nich-knackery —l) expmsive taste though—take it away—take it away !" On Christmas-day a bunch of hedge straw berries was gathered on Buckeridge farm, by Mr. H. WooLcorr• They were in great perfection.—Bath Chronicle. RESPECT YOUR FRIENDS.-A young man went to read to PutoN a tragedy that was about to be performed. At the continually repeated pligiirisms the poet took off his cap, and made a courteous bow. The author of the piece, astonished at this prpetual gesture, asked him the reason of it. "It is only a habit I have of saluting my acquaintance," returned the poet,—Tatkr. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.) FROM LLOYD'S. Ponrsmourir, JAN. 6.—Wind N.E.—Arrived off the Wight, the Minerva, Confortli, from Charente. Sailed his Majesty's ship Windsor Castle, for Plymouth. FAr.mourrt, JAN. s.—Wind to E. moderate. —Arrived the Reindeer packet from Tampico, sailed 7th November, Vera Cruz the 10th, and liavannah the 26th. PLYMOUTH, JAN. s.—Wind S.E.—Sailed his Ma jetty's ship Pickle, for the West Indies. LIMERICK, JAN. 3.—Arrived the Maria, Hurat, from Quebec. NORDEN, Dec. 31.—The manifest bills of lading of the Inclination, Deitgue, from London to Bremen, and pieces of wreck, were driven on shore on the island of Nordenly on the 25th inst., and it is feared that vessel was lost between Borkum and Quest, on the night of the 21st inst. LIVERPOOL, JAN. SUIS3D, Nicholson, from Quebec to Plymouth, was spoken with on the 24th ult. i❑ lat. 49. long. 30. ; she had lust her rudder on the 2d, and then lost a temporary one. HULL, JAN. 6.—The CharloVe Louise, Ehlus, from Howacht for Goole, sailed the 26th September, passed the Great Belt on the 29th, and has not since been heard of. ALDEBURGH, JAN. 6.—The broadside, deck, and part of the bows of a large ship, apparently new, have been towed on shore near Oxford Haven. Noa•rie SOMERCOPES, JAN. 5.—A schooner, belonging to London, for Goole, came on shore last night, and it is supposed must discharge to get off. A ship called the Thames, homeward-bound, was on the New Sand yesterday. The Nicolina and Christian, of Chriseansand, was driven on shore near Sligo, during a gale, on the 22d ult. and bilged ; cargo must be discharged. OLD BAILEY SESSIONS.-(THIS DAY.) OLD COURT. John Carroll, a private belongina to the 9th Regiment of Lacers, was capitally indicted ' for assaulting Joseph Andrews, on the 11th of December, at Hampton Cou , t, and taking from his person Bs. in money, a handkerchief, and cap, his property. Mr. CRARLES PHILLIPS stated the case for the prose cution. _ _ The CIIIF.F BARON summed up, and the Jury returned a verdict of Guilty. Theodore Baildon, aged 22 years, n•al indicted f r stealing a copper, the property of Williatn Baildon, his father. The prisoner who appeared in a most wretched condition, acknowledged the theft to the policeman who took him into custody, and assigned as his only reason the want of food, as he had had nothing to eat for 48 hours. lie made the same statement to the Court in his defence to-day. Mr. Justice GAzEr.F.F. called the father, and asked him if be thought his 8 ,, n had been so long without food? The father said he thought it was very probalae, as he bad formed a very bad connection, and be would frevently absent himself for several diys ; he said, he had used every means in his power to reclaim his son, hut all his endea vours had proved weles. Mr. Justice GA ZELEE summed up, and the Jury re turned a verdict of Guilty. NEW COURT. Robert Freedom, a respectable-looking youth, was in dicted for stealing on the 17th of December a cloak, value 184., the property of Messrs. Shelton and Morris, linen drapers, in Tottenham-court-road. William Pritchard, policeman, seeing the prisoner lurk ing about the shop of the prosecutors on the day named in the indictment watched him, and after about halt an hour he saw him pull down the cloak and run away with it; be pursued bin), arid took him into custody. An assistant of Messrs. Shelton arid Co. identified the cloak now produced to be the property of his employers. The Com3tos SERGEANT summed up, and the Jury returned a verdict of Guilty. Thomas Parker, alias Jolt Jones, was indicted for stealing on the 31st of December 21 pounds of ham, value 10s., the property of Mr. John Tart, from his shop in Oxford-street.—Verdict Guilty. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCEIANOE. There are very small supplies of all kinds of Grain this week. The Wheat trade is again rather dearer. Barley is also Is. to 2s. per quarter higher. Beans and Pease are unaltered. Oats are rather dearer. flour unaltered. ARRIVALS. Wheat. Barley. English I 3(1,17) qrs. I 4,210 qrs. Irish - - Foreign Oats. I Flour. . 2 G9i qrs.l s,7losacks. G 99 1.85 - brls. CITY MARKETS-(TWO O'CLOCK.) Svc/tn.—The market for British Plantation Sugars has been very active this week, though yesterday and this morning not quite so much has been done. The refiners and grocers are buying at prices full Is. per cwt. higher than those realised before the holidays. Fine Sugars are saleable at even a greater improvement. Good brown is from 475. to 495. Good Sugar, from 51s. to 61s. and tine qualities from 60s. to 61s. per cwt. The stork in hand at the end of the year was 35,863 hhds., and 3,233 tees. and barrels, against 39,761 hhds. and 3,308 tees., &c., OR the commencement of last year. In FOREIGN SUGARS there is not much doing. The stocks are less than at this period last year. Prices are steady. In E,st India Sugars there is more business doing. Mauritius Sugars may be quoted Is. per cwt. higher. There have been imported within the last ten days about 20,000 bags, nearly 15,000 of which are Ma nillas. The stock of Mauritius, at the close of the year, was 20,217 bags, being 1,800 bags less than that at the end of 1529, notwithstarriing the large imports in last year, which exceeded those of 1820 by 144,000 bags. The imports of Mauritius, last year, into the port of Lon don, were 359,596 bags. The prices of IbtrINED SUGARS have advanced, large lorops are at 635., and ordinary small 61s. per cwt. Finer qualities are scarce and may be quoted ls. per cwt. dearer. No contracts have yet been made for spring deli very, the refiners asking an advance of 2s. per cwt. COFFEE.—A favourable opinion is entertained of this article, it being expected that the stocks in Europe at the end of last year Ivill prove less than at the close of 1829. Here the stock is less by 500 tons than at this period last year. Brazil Coffees are in demand. Coloury sorts at 355. to 365. per cwt., and fine at 375. East India is not so brisk. Mocha is at 6Ss. to 755., and Sumatra ordinary at 275. to 30F. per cwt. Roam.--Purchases have been made of Jamaicas for home use at 2s. Id. for 30 per cent. over proof, and at 2s. 9d. to 2a. Ild. per gallon for 33 per cent. over proof. Fine sorts arc scarce. Leewards are very firm at the pre- vious prices. TEAS.--Large chests of Bohea may be had at Id. per lb. discount on last sale prices. The demand is slack owing to the high prices given at the last declaration. SALTPETRE.-This article is heavy at 364. per cwt. In SPICES there is little doing. OILS.—The market is heavy. By public sale yesterday Sperm went from 78/. to 80/. per tun, being Si. to 6/. lower, and Southern at 48/. to 501., being about Si. per tun lower. All common Oils are dull. Seal Oil is firm and in good demand. COTTON.-Surats are from 41d. to 61, 13,nga!s 4d. to 54d., Madras 4d. to sid., Demerara 7d. to 9d., Ber- Wee 7d. to Bd., and Egyptian Sd. to 9d. per lb. The market dull. _ BALTIC PnonucE.—Tallow is at 455. 9d. per *wt. Hemp is firm, and more doing at from 37/. 10s. to 39/. per ton, Flax, P. T. R., is steady from IS/. to 50/. per ton. BRISTLES.-First St. Petersburgh 11/. to 11/. ss. and I I/. 10s. per cwt. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S. It will be perceived that Bras de Fer has retrograded a point -15 to 1 was laid just at the close, but the average offers finished at 14 to 1 ; at half a point above this Coiwick was backed, and to 1 were the ors agst Filagree, so that it would be difficult to say which is first favourite Blunder rises, and Cobweb is likely to spring before many days are gone. Caleb, Iltemus, liatler, and Bohemian, were out of favour. Nothing whatever done on the Riddlesworth or St. Leger. I`.'e subjoin the closing prices : THE DERBY. 14 to 1 agst Lord Sligo's Bras de Fcr 14 to 1 agst Mr. Beardsworth's,Colwick 14 to I agst Lord Jersey's Filagree colt 16 to 1 agst Lord Jersey's Blunder 17 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's 11xmus 17 to 1 agst Mr. W. Chifney's Caleb 18 to 1 agst Mr. Petre's ltatticr IS to I agst Lord Exeter's Bohemian 25 to 1 agst Colonel lidny's Antiope colt 25 to 1 agst Lord Verulam's Varennes colt 25 to 1 agst Lord Jersey's Cobweb colt 30 to 1 agst Lord Egremont's Brother to Recruit 30 to 1 agst Lord Orford's time . (taken) 33 to 1 agst Sir J. Shelley's Cressida colt 15 to 1 agst Lord Egremont's lot ((liken) 40 to 1 agst Mr. Vausittart's Slight colt 50 to 1 agst Mr. Payne's Brother to Tears 730 to 10 agst Mr. Chitney's Pigmy (taken) 1000 to 13 agst Lord Verulam's Tredelle colt (taken) 1000 to 10 agst Lord Egremont's Blasking colt (taken) 1000 to 10agst Lord J. Fitzroy's Washington (taken) BRIGHTON, JAN. 6. Their MAJESTIES entertained a select party at dinner yesterday ; at which Sir 1111.71tRAY MAXWELL, Mr. C. NUGENT, Capin and the /lon. Mrs. PowLErr, were pre s,mt. In the evening the party was increased very nume rously. The QUEEN'S private band was in attendance. Their MAJESTIES did not leave the Pavilion in the course of the day. The KING sat for his Portrait to Sir WILLIAM BEECHES'. - _ The departures include Viscount MELBOURNE, Lord aqd Lady Cr.tx - roN, and Lord Braor• The calla at the Palace yesterday were very numerous. Mr. CHARLES KEMBLE and Miss FANNY Knxime are to perform at the thettre to-morrow evening in the Stranger, and on Saturday the Provoked Husband. The second ALMACK'S Ball took place lest night ; upwards of 350 persons were present. The eastern part of the county has been thrown into a state of alarm and confusion, in consequence of an incen diary fire which took place on the night of Sunday last. Several stacks, the property of Mr. FIELDER, a respect able and liberal farmer, of Susan's farm, near Eastbourne, were set on fire; three stacks were consumed ; several others would have been burned but for the exertions of the inhabitants of the farm, who succeeded in getting the fire under. COURT CIRCULAR. The Duke, Duchess, and Prince GFonGE of Cumber land left town on 'Wednesday morning for their residence at Kew. The Duke spent the day hooting in Richmond Paik. Prince GEORGE, attended by Sir GEORGE QUEN.• TIN and Mr. Wrxs, partook of the diversion of courting. Their Royal Highnesses returned to town in the afternoon. Th,i Duke and Duchess entertained the Russian AITIIIIB - and Princess LievEri, the Prussian Minister and Baroness BoLow, at dinner in the evening, at their resi dence in the King's Palace, St. James's. _ _ The Princess SorulA visited the Duchess of CUMBER- , LAND yesterday. Prince TALLETRAND, the French Ambassador, had a conference with Earl GREY yesterday, at the Treioury. Messrs. Smvaast VAX DK WETER and VILAIN, the Belgian Commissioners, transacted business ye4terd,,y at the oHce of the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. These gentlemen visited some of the Cabinet Ministers yesterday, at their respective residences. Messrs. WALLEZ and 13Ett rt. are the Secretaries to the Belgian Embassy. Despatches from Lori Hal-TES/WHY, our Ambassador at St. Petersburgh, were brought by a King's messenger to the Foreign Office on Wesineeday night. Despatches were brought by a messenger the same night from Brussels. Despatches were sent off from the Colonial Office on Wednesday night for Sir FREDERICK ADAM, the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands, and also for the Hon. General PONSONBY, and the lieutenant-Governor of Malta. Viscount PALMERSTON left town on Wednesday morn ing for Cambridge. Viscount Aurriortr left town on a visit to his father, at his seat, at Althorp Park, Northamptonshire, on Wednes day. The Duke of RICHMOND, Viscount Goomuerr, and Lord HILL, had interviews with Earl GREY on Wednes day, at the Treasury. The Spanish Minister transacted business at the Foreign Office en Wednesday. FA SIIIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. The Marquis of Cholmondley, at his scat, Cholmondley Castle, Cheshire, from Norfolk ; Major Haly and son, at Morley's Hotel, Cockspur-street, from \Vadhurst Castle, Sussex ; Stoddart, Esq., at ditto, from America; Colonel and Mrs. Hall, in Dover street, from Canterbury ; Mr. and Mrs. Stirling, at the British Hotel, Jermyn—street, from Brighton ; Mr. and Mrs. J. Groves, in Brook-street, from the Continent ; J. Francis, Esq., rod the Misses Francis, at Marshal Thompson's Hotel, Cavendish-square, from Liverpool ; Mrs. Fawkes and Miss Fawkes, at ditto; Os good Gee, Esq., at ditto. DEPARTURES. Earl Vernlam, to his seat Gorliambury, near St. Albans; Lord Robert Spencer, to his scat Woolbeding, Sussex; John Murphy, Esq., from Morley's Hotel, Cockspur-street, to Paris; Lady Bloomfield, from the Stud House, Surrey, to Bucks; N. Arkwright, Em., for his seat in Herts; Mr. and Mrs. ford and front Fenton's Hotel, St. James's-street, to Paris; Sir Edward Cole, Bart., from ditto, to Ramsgate; Capt. Hinlock, from ditto, to Scotland • Mr. and Mrs. J. Dyer, from Wimpole. street, for their seat in Suffolk ; J Salwey, Esq., from the British Hotel, Jermyn-street, to Bath ; Captain Hawkins, from ditto, to Brighton ; the Earl and Countess Beauchamp, from Marshal Thompson's Hotel, Cavendish-square; lion, Captain Noel and lion. Mrs. Noel, from ditto, to Bath. Mr. MURRAY, the eminent publisher, in Al bemarle-street, has, we understand, presented to the Literary Union a copy of each of the works which he has published. This handsome present is, in itself, a valuable library, and will probably induce others to follow his example. At all events it may be considered as the nucleus of a splendid library, suitable to a literary institution, such as the " Union." The Duke of WELLINGTON changed horses going through Grantham, on Monday last, and, although his arrival had been previously announced, none assembled to greet him : and those who chanced to be at the inn at the time took no notice of the circumstance, save one, who called out Reform" to his Grace—a most ungracious sound, by which he fell.—Newark Times. M. VAN DE WEYER, the Member of the Pro visional Government of Belgium, who is now here on special mission of importance, is the son of a Juge ste Paix, near Louvaine. He received an educa , ion for the bar, and very soon after he was called, obtained great dis tinction as a pleader, in the Belgiaa capital. Ile was appointed Librarian to the KING ; but, on being appointed to defend M. de POTTER, be tendered his resignation, which was accepted. M. VAN DE Vas ER speaks Eng lish with a good accent, and with great fluency. He is greatly esteemed in the Netherlands by all who know him. His age is 28. MARCH OF MATRIMONY.----We stated last week that 15 couple were married at our parish church on Christmas-day; since then we have to announce 27 more, nine of which took place oa Saturday, four on Sunday, and 14 on Monday. What will MALTHUS say to this ? Blackburn Gazette. Notwithstanding the awful examples no v being made in the south of the kingdom of those mis guided men who have been found gailty of incendiary acts, we are sorry to have to announce that the horrible system seems to increase in this county, particularly in the neighbourhood of Louth. On Tuesday morning last about six o'clock, the inhabitants of that town were alarmed by the ringing of the fire-bell, and it was soon ascertained that a stack in the farm-yard of Mr. Boas - LING, about a mile distant, was on fire. A number of persons were quickly on the spot, and with the aid of the fire-engines suc ceeded in quenching the Barnes before much damage was done. Very fortunately there was little or no wind, otherwise the whole of the property on the premises, it is thought, must have been destroyed.—On the following morning, a similar alarm, and at about the same hour, was made of a fire on the premises of Mr. Urrow, at Raithby, two miles distant, which consumed two stacks of oats standing some distance from the farmstead, and containing about 200 quarters. On the arrival of the engines from L-,uth, the fire had obtained such an ascendancy that it was found useless to employ them. Three seen are taken up tin suspicion of closing the fire at Raithby, but we do not hear of any clue as to that on Mr. BowLING's premises. We arc happy to add that both parties are insured. An affair d'amour has exploded within the last two days, which has created much conversation in certain coteries at the west end of the town, the parties being in some degree elevated in society and possessing no inconsiderable property. The knsband of the lady in question had instituted, some few years ago, proceedings in Doctors' Commons for the restitution of conjugal rights, the lady, shortly after the marriage, having absented her self from her husband's roof: these proceedings had been pending for some time, the lady having neglected to p any attention to them, and an order ultimately issued for her apprehension for contempt of Court. All attempts to trace out the residence of the fair fugitive proved una vailing for many months, and until the present w.ek, when the husband received private, and what proved con• rect information, that his lady was residing in a splendid mansion at the west end of the town. Thither the hus band went, accompanied by an officer armed with legal authority, to take the lady into custody ; they gained ready admittance into the house at an early hour in the morning, and proceeded instanter to the lady's bed chamber, the door of which they found locked. The husband hesitated not a moment in ordering the door to be forced, when, to his great surprise, not only the object of his search presented herself to his view, but also a com panion, in the person of Mr. -. The consternation of the injured husband on this discovery was extreme, as he had no reason previously to suspect his wife's fidelity. Legal proceedings cf a different nature have commenced in one of the Courts of Doctors' Commons, and Mr. -- is likely to appear as a defendant in another Court, the gentlemen of the long robe having already received in structions on the subject. The lady and her injured hus band are in the prime of life ; the gallant something mom e advanced in years, and peneeesing property to a large arn forount. contemptThelad of Court y rrmains in 4 4 durance" on the writ issued 1