The Sun. — London, England, 1831-12-22 00:00:00

The 9.5c.110 . ;10, ctions, ite d'E' _ d or Ile d'EsP". g); ,apex, 00 ENT an ARD d , 'm on in ri diti ot ° ilarly for iterv,e *evious to Ist Sheet , ' ian Mit t 4 iterday t .ffairs. to p for of CO attended ,f'o ItervieW r hie telt° wa yeiterr' iterdiy Me' ()r Pe astiPP C' r afteraeoty .lior~~ Attri LONDON, 'ASDAy EVENING, DECEMBER 22, 1831 1131 -ERA MORBUS, OFFICIAL REPORT. asive andi undersw the rear , r o clot esrli ‘ ,l e strongt,, .ful sele ct or an wean. '` ) :11 1 ,nd ee TAGIO' COUNCIL OFFICE.—(THIS DAY.) DAILY REPORT of CHOLERA CASES, SUNDERLAND, DEc. f'.o, 1831. S t , 44 ned at last report l4 Cages M Total l6 1t e, - -terect 6 rot,, Remainin at this date, 8 o'clock, A. M the C o mmenc e ment of the Thsease, on Oct. 1831. Cases, 509.—Died, 186. tt elua' li e ' , led at IasNtE rer W o C rt ASTLE, DEC. 20. 36 eases II bi t ed Total.. 47 7 tered 9 F t ,_ Remaining at this date, 8 o'clock, •.M 3l "In the Commencement of the Disease, on Dec. 7, 1831. _ Cases, 1 23 .—Died, 48. II SHIELDS AND TYNEMOUTH, Dec. 20. alned at last report 1 " cases 3 3 -rated 0 - • • Remaining at this date From the Commencement of the Disease. Cases, 7.—Died, 5. ilemam4ll9 l -IGHTON-LE-SPRING, Dec. 20. ) 4ze _ . _ last report 5 A cases 0,2 ~ercd Remained at this date 3 From the Commencement of the Disease. Cases, 8. —Died, a Tt fth SEGHILL, DEC. 9.0. Is4 --a, ned at last report I ,', cases 7 No other particulars received. (Signed) WM. MACLEAN, Secretary. / MANC S "; 4 O __________ enth Nou'ir -. full great pleasure we are enabled to !,' l t t }l 4 . is f'ull contradiction to a report first inserted rn datetrnacCtuiff7olsl racteriee d s o , 01 151 18 Paper, respecting the appearance of the ,t to the r l O er bo o , tt, t aat Hull. The letter detailing the report th the • • "LI t o 1 / 41 . 1a t , 11 e Hull post-mark, and also the respectable ,rmilaris t iL it .. i: , .- 0,1. ; , 0 , tlii ure of " R. BOTHAM, Member of the , n u e :„odfrt e th itt 'sge of Surgeons. Concluding, therefore, ,rded bY l) ,' re it, it Was genuine, we did not hesitate to insert rill eager of r I t ever, „„ d oe io rge seems, however, to have been the gr „t nis_;,J; to 4l t Y of some malignant vagabond—accus r aim, es c ' e ll e cl d -or 0 041 probably to such practices—who no ndar 4 ~ 0 1 nt had °pular 6c,; 0 1 0 q 4 vi some nefarious purpose in view by ;cries, o ' l tt t es it; kti"'any. We can only say in justice to our but wri 0 saes, as well as to the respectable inhabitants nd pee' ent 3V 4 , 0 1 ,f 1 , u ll , that • aspee , g ot 44:w e shall institute the strictest in ! minds 0' i ' e S into tl the subject, and if we can once get • o llf ib 4 to the fellow, he may rely on it that he --It 15 10 . 00 4 4 11 b e io o 4e , ) , i , . punished to the utmost extent that the dent, distreoPtri)ith, Itlit directs. Subjoined is the official denial of ,g self s for lilfamous report in question : ~ who " ill° CENTRAL BOARD OF HEALTH, Wention, fe k Council-office, Dec. 2.‘' !struc 6° ll 6 ,0 1 1it„.....i, N _ he Central Board of Health having this morning re nt the H o f Isi ° tis, p4 o f „ ( te enclosed communication from the Chairman of the !onterit!.o4lf, :th 'Pear with an affidavit of Mr. R. Botham, from which , we 1,1 4 , I , : th t 'rear that the letter purporting to have been written Te e of h i i:',l4. of gentleman, on the 17th inst. detailing the parti are re:L( 117 0: a ;71t. is °1 a case of cholera, and published in your Paper of the m ost P o ll 4 11, 4 gross fabrication, lam directed to request that you ne.--disPoe, e to time in contradicting so unfounded a statement. iary ao i 'd pol l , I am, Sir, e a Your most obedient humble servant, nanny sol d V ~, ris an os 4o th _ W. MACLEAN, Secretary. e Editor of The Sun Newspaper. =ER, ' Pa t tit ° ing the ' il be 4 HULL, FRIDAY MORNING, DEC. 21. been o i l y til l ~.4 4 ,1,"ukAnc.r.Sta,—When I wrote to you yesterday evening I onoure o hef t ``luested Dr. Alderson and Mr. Christopher Bolton, a Ma p, "t 0, 4 . two of the members of the Board of Health, to go and i i i, ,, h gste this case of cholera, but I did not expect that I could c, Sigrll,ls Or k.. i t : i d .. their report in time for this post. The inclosed affi. The neig h d' t io to jt Zit,,,. ~!! be most satisfactory. I have not time to write to the ,row ri,,, ,' , 14,.,‘' , . The Sun, but beg to submit to you the propriety of in con 5 7i ii r: N t "7 , ting so wicked a report, which has given so much till belOP, r itOP' 'ts 4 , 4 `t the country, and which may very much injure the in ate at '. O r °f this great sca-port town. o'l4 o lITICS. or ' I have the honour, &c., the spot , . l eo I'4 , AVM. W. BOLTON, Chairman. 0 1 ti o ; ,- ion. Edward Stewart. as the 10 y, illuo li , ° ,: t o4 Ole, AFFIDAVIT OF MR. BOTIIAM. Au oel ,4n tIt ZARD BOTHAM, of Roper-street, in the town of sz tt t th -upon-Hull, maketh oath and saith that he never ,o resCOe V l i Sf P . ._, ot el h tle,„ e letter bearing his name, and inserted in The Sun motto; 10 0 4 1 4 7 , l t ,, k ' a ller, dated December 19, 1831 ; that he never attended a th an ~ V N of the name of Thomas Whitechapel, residing at No. 7, e atteror l ' r 'it r •Stre ~ ;1 i k k, et ; that no such person has ever resided there, nor I give , : e10 ,1 ,1 tkAtithl'a,death occurred in that street within the last ten days • a that tu b o ,1 ~ ," et t ,,, .. - he knows of no case of cholera having occurred in Co., '' rti , t , s _ n of HulL Nor does he believe that such a case has nter, is co y # ‘4 l ,Ze e urred in the said town of Kingston-of-Hull, nor is he he mil l to 00 lc , br of any College of Surgeons. ten left ° if n tr 4 , 4. '81t„ RICHARD BOTHAM. ht ; abdli t $ 0 ; 4 4 ' htvot-h"-UPon-Hull, December 20th, 1831. before me, one of his Majesty's Justices of the Peace, re is soil ; del C HRISTOPHER BOLTON unlike li cc l ic o f, in one Pi r . 0 '' :en fired been ' It t ui seems by the Paris Papers that some dis i4nt 4 nces took place in that capital o n Monda y which the students were the chief actors. ltio e disturbances were partial, and of no great 'ci t r4el lt, originating in an order made by the to Y 4 uthorities to clear one of the bridges of tt 'e street m erchants, whose trade was consi dered injurious to the regular shopk ee p ers. Th e students were in the act of carrying the fire L , o W t b c propl , or„ d the , an 0 11, f t b Ft' t ee of the vr .e B, o ° . 0)'" the tratil $ The mar hi-7c-- ------- ) interefeti k hoof or THE STOCKS. THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Iby tar* ,Cerit. 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I, Be tt i f.3 minutes after 5.1 Evening.. .26 minutes after 5. 50c_ Rente' Pes, kt 1, NN. 0 ~., °AD-STREET WARD, DEC. 21, 1831 . money, 4 1 15c.— his a COURT of I i VARDMOTE held ht t hisday, at the Baltic Tavern, Threadneedle- ti t i it ' :or th e El ec tion of Ward Officers for the Year of Tuesdaf' : 1 14 ,„ 3 C h an del "OrShipfill JOHN COWAN, Esq. , A ld e rman, in the Chair, hi 1 14 3 L. .pc , t o f t• ii, That ‘ED UNANIMOUSLY, and a de 1(t 1 :; 4 3 : „.. at Mr. William Cumming, of Carpenter's-hall ; is discos io 4 .''''ea Moore French, of Sweeting's-alley ; Mr. Henry ',Gadsden, and Mr. Samuel Barton, of Old Broad- Thirtd ‘tt ak on it• V p u e appointed Auditors of the Accounts of this Ward, in seep l 'oi , ,irer to ask for all Vouchers and Information ne- -4 do their full investigation, and that the said Gen- r, and 014 ' Th at report the result of their labours to the Ward. he latter ° d been Id g 4iti th e Thanks of this Wardmote are justly due . r dially given to the Worshipful John Cowan, Esq., .spectlng sl34 , i e , ra iyernov"" i ti '' of the Ward, for his candid and impartial con- the 80 4 ,, k i t, the Chair this day, and for the general urbanity ay, in o .),ir i., "s: i r d teay manifested in his intercourse with his fellow- ay, ers of the Ward. v and 3fewThat the cordial thanks of this Wardmote be given n, and O ff 1, 11 10 irino, oo 0 / 1 0 4 11 0, 58 . Corney, Esq., Deputy, and the Representa- on the It ° , qait la Ward in Court of Common Council, for their k duties and attention in the faithful discharge of the va- s larg f"'' ,), and 0 11 4 . 41 4 , t 'e , during the period of their being in o ffi ce, so i i nned op 11) 1 tri. 'Y to the satisfaction of the inhabitants of the t r , l l ,.and it is with the utmost confidence they again turbance f 1 r i, . , , heir interests to Gentlemen, whose past conduct so i, That the their good opinion. end that thl 24 no i c lei t ; 0 4 - l a ., a_t . the foregoing Resolutions be inserted in the if ranee , c....71ng and Evening Papers. H. C. GIBBS, Ward Clerk. had not It' an address to some Polish Generals at the time' the disturbance broke out, and could not resist the temptation of taking a share in it. They were soon, however, put down. The Paris Journals also contain the report of the Commit tee of the Chamber of Peers, upon the Bill brought up from the Deputies, to abolish the hereditary privileges of the Peerage. The report possesses few or no novel points, and is not of much importance, for the public mind in France has already settled the question. Brussels Papers mention that the Conference, not being able decently to deviate from its de finitive treaty, is endeavouring to make the af fairs which are not terminated, in consequence of the refusal of the King of HOLLAND, a question between Belgium and Holland only. In other words, the Conference, if this state ment be true, which we cannot bring ourselves for an instant to credit, having found that it has got into a scrape, is endeavouring to back out of it, like a dog out of a pantry with his tail between his legs. Such a line of conduct is consistent neither with prudence, common sense, nor dignity ; sure are we, therefore, that it will not be adopted by the Conference. The All gemeine Zeitung contains matters of more moment, and copies an extract from the Handelsblad (a Dutch Paper), to the effect " that the Emperor NICHOLAS has resolved, first, not to ratify the treaty of peace proposed by the Conference ; secondly, not to recognise Prince LEOPOLD as King of the Belgians till after his Majesty the King of the NETHER LANDS shall have recognised him as such ; thirdly, not to permit other Powers to interfere henceforth with the differences existing between Holland and Belgium." So the Emperor NICHOLAS has resolved on all this ! Really his Imperial Majesty is a most wonderful despot ! But will his resolutions be attended to ? We rather think not? It is impossible that two such Powers as France and England, who united are a match, and more than a match for all Europe, can allow themselves to be fairly bullied out of the field of interference by the threats and blus ter of a semi-barbarous Russian Czar. An Im perial Ukase may create a sensation in Poland ; in France and England, it will only afford food for contempt and ridicule. That the Emperor NICHOLAS is at the bottom of all this delay on the part of the Dutch MONARCH is unquestion able ; that his main object in so doing, is to em broil all Europe in war, in order, that during the confusion that would inevitably ensue, legitimacy may be again enabled to rear her Hydra head, is, we fear, equally unde niable ; the obstinacy of the Dutch KING pre sents a plausible opportunity for the execution of this project : it can, however, have but one termination, the ruin of those despots who have contributed to bring it about. As for the Em peror of RUSSIA, his power—which, somehow or other has always been overrated by the west of Europe—is a mere bug-bear. It is, in fact, like the spleen— ‘ Fling but a stone, the giant dies." With all its vast military resources, aided by the enfeebled and distracted condition of Turkey, it took Russia not less than two campaigns to wrest even the sorriest advantage from the Sublime Porte; and as for its late achievements in Poland, we have seen what a long and triumphant stand a handful of brave men were enabled to make against ukases, manifestos, and even the flower of the Russian military. Well then may England and France laugh at the re port of the EMPEROR'S resolution " not to permit other Powers to interfere henceforth with an armed force in the differences existing between Holland and Belgium." THE MARKETS-(THIS DAY.) HAY MARKETS.—(At per Load of 36 Trusses.) CUMBERLAND (LATE ST. JAMES'S.) Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay £2 sto £2 10 New Meadow Hay 2 15 3 10 Useful Old Ditto 2 15 3 10 Fine Upland Meadow and Rye-grass Hay 3 15 4 0 Clover Hay 4 5 5 10 Oat Straw £1 Bto£l 10 I Wheat Straw... 114 116 Supply short, trade dull, and prices stationary. .. . SMITHFIELD. Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay £2 10 to £2 15 New Meadow Hay 3 0 3 10 Useful Old Ditto 3 0 3 10 Fine Upland Meadow and Rye-grass Hay 3 15 4 0 Clover Hay (extra fine)...£s 15... Generally Oat Straw £1 10 to £1 121 Wheat Straw 112 114 The LORD CHANCELLOR and Mr, BROUGHAM leave town to-day, we believe, at half past five, in his Lordship's travelling carriage, for Brougham Hall, Westmoreland. VESTRIES' AMENDMENT BILL.—A Bill has been brought into Parliament to amend that of last session. It enacts, that so much of the former Act as directed churchwardens to declare whether two thirds of the votes were in favour of the Act shall be repealed ; and substi tutes, instead, a clear majority of votes, examined by the churchwardens, and compared with the last rate. The provision of the former Bill that no person should vote unless he had paid all the parochial taxes and assessments due at the time of voting, is repealed, and exemption made for such as have become due within the six months' imme diately preceding such voting. The provision restricting the right of voting in the metropolitan parishes to persons rated at 401 is altered to 251., but the vestry so elected " shall consist of resident householders rated to the relit: of the poor upon a rental of not less than 401. per anni.m." Yesterday being St. Thomas's day, the election of Common Councilmen for the different City Wards commenced. We shall give the list of returns when completed. We have very late accounts from Madagascar. The whole island seems to be in a state of tranquillity, and the QUEEN'S power thoroughly established. There was a meeting of the Irish Barristers in Dublin, on Saturday, on the subject of Lord PLustxxrr's proposed Amendment of Equity Bill. Resolutions in con demnation of its principle were adopted, and, it is said, a very angry and disorderly scene ensued, which some young Barristers brought about by their pertinacity in addressing the meeting on subjects foreign to its purpose. SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS.'—These gardens are advancing rapidly towards completion. The large conservatory, SOO feet in circumference, is now glazed, and has a most beautiful effect, it is the largest continued surface of glass in England, and contains up wards of 6,000 feet, under which will be displayed the greatest number of distinct species of climbing plants ever seen together. Indeed, from the exertions making, these gardens will prove as attractive to the botanist as the zoolo gist. The principal walks and avenues are being planted with every description of native and exotic forest trees that will endure this climate, each tree being a distinc tspecies, which will he labelled with its common and scientific name It augurs well to see that that able and distinguished naturalist, W. SWAINSON, Esq , has accepted the office of Honorary Zoologist to this institution, assisted by E. W. GRAY, Esq., of the British Museum. Fresh donations are daily adding to the collection. Lord PRUDHOE has pre sented a large number of gold and silver fish for stocking the stream in the conservatory, a pair of wild swans from the Marchioness of STAFFORD, and several brace of gold and silver pheasants by J. FULLER, Esq. The Lour, CHANCELLOR, the Bishop of LONDON, Sir J. EARDLEY WiLstor, and,, the Hon. T. Ross, have become sub scribers. COURT OF CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) WILLIAMS v. WILLIAMS. The SOLICITOR.GENERAL appeared for the defendants. The plaintiffs had commenced a suit in the Court of Great Ses sions in Wales; the defendants moved to have the Bill dis missed, and it was ordered to be dismissed with costs, but before any process could be taken to enforce payment of those costs the Act of Parliament came into operation, which put an end to the existence of that Court. The plaintiffs then filed their bill de novo in this Court, and the present motion of the defen dants was that his Lordship would interfere to prevent the plain tiffs going on with this suit until they had paid the costs incurred by the filing of the former bill in Wales (and which the defendants had no power in Wales of now compelling them to pay), on the ground that they who come into equity must shew that they themselves do equity. Mr. RUSSELL resisted the application. He stated that soon after the plaintiffs had filed their bill in the Court of Great Sessions, they learnt that they could proceed with no other result than that of incurring unnecessary costs in consequence of the introduction of the Bill into Parliament, which had subsequently become an act, putting an end to the jurisdiction of that Court, and the defendants also knowing this, took advantage of a summary mode of proceeding in that Court, applied to the Court just before it was annihilated, and obtained an ex-parte statement to dismiss the bill with costs. As his Lordship had no jurisdiction to take cognizance of a defunct Court for the purpose substantially of reviving, or keeping at present the former jurisdiction or authority, or powers of that Court in operation, he hoped the motion would be dismissed, leaving the defendants to recover their 23/. costs by any lawful means they might be entitled by the Constitution to resort to. The SOLICITOR-GENERAL replied, and The LORD CHANCELLOR said, as it was a point of con siderable importance, he would take time to look into it before he decided it. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, DEC. 21. THE KING, IN THE MATTER OF TURNBULL, v. HODSON AND OTHERS. This was an indictment for a conspiracy to invalidate a will made by a Mr. Stephenson in favour of Dr. Turnbull, at the in stance of Dr. Turnbull, a physician, residing in the neighbour hood of Hull, against the defendants, Mr. Hodson, a gentleman, who was the master of a pack of fox.hounds at Beverley ; Wil liam Young, formerly the groom to that gentleman, and his wife; and Nancy Watson, a relative, and formerly a resident with an elderly gentleman of the name of Stephenson, who died in the year 1829. And this indictment was founded on an action of ejectment tried at York in August, that of " Turnbull v. Sheppard," before Mr. Baron Bayley, in which Hodson, Young, and his wife, appeared as witnesses, and the object of that action was to get possession of some property left to the plaintiff by a Mr. Stephenson, a gentleman resid ing at Beverley, in Yorkshire. It appeared from the state ment of Sir James Scarlett, with whom was Mr. Kelly, that Mr. Stephenson, a man of considerable property but of advanced age, who had been fond of horses, &c., had re siding with him a relation of the name of Fanny Watson, who officiated as his companion and housekeeper. Mr. Hodson, the master of a subscription pack of hounds, lodged with Mr. Stephenson. Some years before his death, the latter gentleman had occasion to consult professionally Dr. Turnbull ; these pro fes.sional meetings eventually terminated in a sort of intimacy between the parties, which led to a consultation on the private affairs of Mr. Stephenson. Thus matters went on till early in the year 1829, when Mr. Stephenson being taken ill, and having some time previously consulted Dr. Turnbull as to a proper party to make his will,—one who would make it short, and at little expense,—a Mr. Dales, a conveyancer of Hull, was recom mended by Dr. Turnbull. On the latter receiving a note from Miss Watson stating the wish of Mr. Stephenson that Mr. Dales should attend for the purpose of preparing the will, on the following morning Dr. Turnbull, who had given notice to Mr. Dales, met the latter gentleman at Beverley. On the Doctor calling on Mr. Stephenson, who was in bed, the latter expressed his wish that his in- , structions should be taken by the Doctor himself; accord ingly the latter wrote down at the dictation of Mr. Stephen. son, by which, after leaving 2,0001. to Miss Nancy Watson, and legacies to some other parties, to his surprise the Doctor found himself named as executor and residuary legatee. It appeared Miss Watson expected the bulk of this property, and conse quently a disappointment followed at the death of the testator on the terms of the will being published, that the Doctor should take the bulk of the property, which it appeared would amount to about 15,000/. An action to get possession of a part of this was brought by the Doctor, as we have before stated, and the result was, that the plaintiff was nonsuited, on the grounds of the will not having been properly executed ; and this was founded on the evidence of Mr. Hodson, Young, and his wife, given on that trial. Circumstances having led to a snore close investigation, they appeared to warrant the present proceed. lugs, in which Miss Watson, although not a witness on the trial, appeared to be implicated, and was made a party in the present indictment. There were other reports circulated to the disadvantage of the plaintiff. The Court were occupied till near eleven o'clock this even ing in hearing evidence on the part of the plaintiff: To-mor row morning, at half-past nine o'clock, that of the defendant will be gone into. TIIIS DAY, This morning several other witnesses were called on the part of the prosecution, after which Mr. Sergeant WILDE, who was retained for three of the defendants, Hodson, Young, and his wife—(Mr. F. Pollock being retained for Nancy Watson)--addressed the Jury. He impressed forcibly on the minds of the Jury the importance of this case to the defendants. He admitted that on one side or the other there was a conspiracy of a most foul character, but to which side that appellation attached was a question which the Jury would have to determine after they had the whole of the circumstances in their possession. He implored them to look at the situation of the parties, and the motives which actuated them, and their respective interests in the question at issue. Mr.Hodson was a gentleman of family and fortune, who could gain nothing let the will of Mr. Stevenson be proved or disproved ; his motive could only be sympathy for others who were affected by the will, but as for the assumption that he was desirous of marrying Nancy Watson, it was a gross falsehood. Young and his wife were servants to the testator, and had no interest one way or the other, and Nancy Watson's interest could not be affected, for whether this will was good or bad, she would get 2,000/., which was the sum left her by the first will, and repeated in the second. Now what was the interest of Dr. Turnbull ? He had a deep stake, for it was by this will alone that he hoped to gain in his character of residuary legatee. The Learned Counsel then at very great length canvassed the conduct and the motives of Dr. Turnbull, as distinguished from those of the defendants, and was proceeding in his address when our reporter left. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, DEC . 2 BREMRIDGE AND ROBERTS U. SIR COLIN CAMPBELL, KNIGHT. Mr. Serjeant SPANKIE stated that this was an action of money paid, laid out, and expended. The plaintiffs were in habitants of the borough of Barnstaple, for the representation of which the defendant had become a candidate in 1830. H e had been an unsuccessful candidate, and that was no doubt the reason why this cause had come here; for when a candidate did not succeed, but found himself in the same situation as before with regard to honours, and in a worse situation than before with respect to money, he began to scrutinise the claims made upon him with a most sceptical degree of severity.—(A tion was made by the defendant's Counsel that the witnesses on both sides should withdraw. They did so, and their num_ bens, as they went out, appeared rather considerable.)—The Learned Serjeant continued, he feared that the Jury, i n looking at the numbers of the witnesses, must think they had but a terrible prospect before them ; but he believed they would find that the defendant, who was a gallant soldier, had prac tised the feint of other soldiers, who sometimes dressed up old women in red e:Jats, in order to frighten the enemy : these nu merous witnesses would be found to be only old women.—(A laugh.) The plaintiffs had made themselves responsible for sum:, paid on account of the defendant's contest for the bo ough, to the amount of 1,7001., and that sum they now sought to recover from him. Mr. Jones—ln consequence of an application to him by the defendant, he applied to the plaintiffs between the 10th and 31st of July ; he was present at a meeting at the Golden Lion ; Mr. Freestone was one of the persons present; he was the person who had applied to me; there was a general con versation as to the expellee of the election, whether car ried or lost ; witness afterwards saw the defendant, and accompanied him from Taunton to South Molton on the sth of July ; witness made these memorandums in the carriage; Mr. Pyne's name was mentioned several times ; witness told Sir Cohn that the things had not been conducted by his agent as an election required ; Mr. Pyne was mentioned as the agent ; during the conversation an express arrived from Mr. Fyne, and the defendant sent an answer, part of which he read to me; the defendant said he had a letter from his professional agent, and said he wished to write again to him ; witness did not recollect that the defendant spoke of Mr. Pyne, except as his " professional agent." Witness went with the defendant to South Molton from 'Taunton ; there was a procession of Barn staple people; poll was opened on the Saturday, bu t no u place till Monday ; a very interesting canvass took pla polling ce o h t tookhteeMonday, Mr. Serjeant TADDY—Was it interesting or interested ? Witness —Interesting . Mr. Serjeant SPANKIE—Oh, there was a sting in it.—(A laugh.) Witness was at Covering's lodgings ; those were the lodgings that the defendant occupied ; Bremridge was there, Pyne was there; witness told Bremridge that 500/. would be necessary to secure the defendant's election ; Bremridge observed, that he had drawn 1,700!., and would not draw more till he had got a guarantee for the sums already drawn, and .or those which would be required; Pyne at first would not au thorise the drawing of any money, but afterwards it was agreed that 300/. more should be drawn ; Pyne left the room, saying that he should communicate that to Sir Cohn Campbell; he returned almost immediately, and sanctioned the drawing of the cheque ; witness did not know that he said anything; Bremridge said that the defendant ought to give a guarantee, but Pyne said that he ought not to know anything of the transaction ; witness was present on several occasions when slims of money were paidby Lovering, and Pyne was present at the same time; these payments were made in the rooms occupied by the defendant; the defendant can. .vassed the town himself; on Sunday the witness made up the polling, and showed that there was not less than a Ina. jority of 13 in his favour ; that was before the polling. Mr. Serjeant SPANKIE—The difference between before and after is considerable. —(Laughter.) Cross.examined—All boroughs of this kind were much on the look out for a third man. At the meeting before the elec. tion it was stated, that from 3,000/. to 3,5001. would be wanted for the general purposes of the election ; Bremridge stated this to Pyne, who said, he did not consider it too much money ; 5,0001. was stated as the sum that would be required if the de. fendant was successful, After hearing a great body of evidence, the Jury, at twelve o'clock at night, returned a verdict for the defendant. (THIS DAY.) ILLIDGE v. GOODWIN'. This was an action brought by the plaintiff, who is the suc. cessor to the late firm of Messrs, ' , Teak and Bailey, the glass and china warehouse in St. Paul's Church-yard, to recover the amount of damage done to a part of his stock, through the ne- gligence of the defendant's son. Mr. Serjeant BUMPUS and Mr. RICHARDS conducted the plaintiff's case, and Mr. Serjeant SPANKIE that of the de fendant. It appeared that on the morning of the 27th Tune last the defendant's son had left his horse and cart in St. Paul's Church. yard, immediately opposite the plaintiff's house, without any per son to take care of it, and the consequence was that the animal, being without any restraint, turned himself round, and backed the cart against the shop window, which was entirely de molished, and the goods (consisting of glass and china articles) in the window were broken to pieces. It was ' , roved by the witnesses of the plaintiff that repeated applications had been made to the defendant, who is a cow-keeper in the City-road, for a settlement of the amount of the damage done, namely, 18/. 145., but he had merely contented himself by paying the repairs of the shop front, and offering 151. to put an end to the action—this offer was rejected by the plaintiff, and the action, therefore, went on in the usual course, although letters had been sent to the defendant advising him to come to terms, but no notice whatever was taken of them. On the part of the defendant Mr. Serjeant SPANKIE called two witnesses, named John Thrupp and John Nicholson, the former stating himself to be a working jeweller, residing in Merlin-street, Islington, and the latter a corn-dealer on Saffron_hill, who swore that they saw a man strike the horse on the head, which caused it to back, and that a person ran out of the shop, and seizing the bridle the animal continued to back, and that the accident was through his interference produced. Both witnesses swore to these facts; but in their cross-examination, by Mr. Serjcant Bumpus, they admitted that they were well acquainted with Serjeant's Inn, and knew something about justifying bail.— Nicholson admitted, after a deal of pressing, that he had bailed six or seven persons within the last twelve months ; and both these witnesses giving their testimony with so much prevarica , tion, the Jury stopped the case, and told the Court that they were quite satisfied that very little confidence could be placed in their statement, and they should therefore find a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages, IS!. 145., and costs. VICE-CHANCERY COURT-(THIS DAY. This being the Fourth Seal the Court took motions today. WILLIAMS v. PARKINSON. Mr. COOPER applied for a habeas corpus for the purpose of bringing up the defendant. At the last Seal the Learned Counsel had made a similar application, and his Honour imme diately ordered the habeas to issue, but the Warden of the Fleet refused to obey the writ, unless the sum of 21. 12s. was im_ me.tiately paid for extra charges. This the Learned Counsel's client, who possessed dear bought experience on these subjects, refused to pay, and the Learned Counsel himself could not see any ground for such extra charges being made. lf, however, the Warden of the Fleet was entitled to make such a charge, it would have to be paid him in the regular course; but it was no I part of his duty to make the non-payment of it, at the time de manded, a ground for disobeying his Honour's order ; he there fore trusted the Court would grant his motion. His HONOUR immediately ordered a new writ to issue for the bringing up of the defendant, without the payment of the extra charges. THE NEW RUSSIAN TARIFF. The accounts received on Tuesday from St. Petershurgh communicate a copy of the new Tariff of Duties, which had been issued by order of the Emperor of Russia. The documents occasioned much surprise among the merchants and others connected with the Baltic trade. On the 19th ult. (old style) the order was put into force at the Cus toms ; an additional duty of 12} per cent. on all imports not entered before the 19th, with the exception of brim stone, corks, and corkwood ; besides which the duty is in creased for the importation of 1832, on the under-men tioned articles, as follows : __ _____ , Old Duty. New Duty. Add the 214 per cent. and the New 124 per R. Bn. cent. Wood, all foreign used by joiners R Co. R. Co. and turners per pood 1 60 9 00 for dyeing, such Zll3 St. Mar. tin's, Brazil, &c per berguet 360 540 ground and warped......... 14 40 21 60 —for dyeing, as logwood, tustic in logs 1 SO 3 60 same ground and warped 720 14 40 Indigo . per pood 9 0 14 40 Cocoa in Beans l6 20 91 60 Quercitron Bark Madder, ground 1 80 2 88 Ditto, unground — 1 8 1 80 Cochineal — 27 0 26 0 Nutmegs — 54 0 64 80 Mace — AI 0 97 2.0 Wine and Porter per hhd.l26 0 129 60 Cinnamon, Cassia Lignea, Cassia Flower per pood 36 0 43 20 Olive Oil, in Casks 4 50 5 40 Ditto, in earthenware and bottles —1() 80 12 60 Coffee lB 0 21 60 Turmeric 0 90 1 44 Annatto Ostrich Feathers Herrings, Dutch and English...per barrel 5 40 9 0 --- all others 1 44 2 16 Sago per pood 14 40 21 60 Safflower 1 80 3 60 Sugar, Raw 9 0 10 8 Ditto, Syrup 5 40 5 94 Turpentine 3 60 6 20 Whalebone Artificial Flowers per pood 21 60 32 40 Thistles SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY, FROM LLOYDS. PLYMOUTH, Dze. 20.—Wind S. to S.S.W.—Arrived the Diana, Wright, from Quebec, leaky, and with loss of mainmast. STANDGATE CREEK, DEC. 21.—Arrived the Coriolanus, Maberly, from St. Petersburgh ; and Princess Royal, Kinsman, from Riga. MARGATE, DEC. 21. Arrived off port, the Branches, Atkin son, from Quebec ; and Clio, Ross, from Miramichi. POOLE, DEC. 20.—Arrived the Hero, Smith, from Miramichi. LIVERPOOL, DEC. 20.--Arrived the Victory, Milne, and Northumberland, Mitchell, from Quebec ; Fenwick, Keating, from St. John's, N. B. ; and Ann, Sanders, from Newfoundland. GREENOCK, DEC. 19.—Arrived the Clyde, Robertson, from Derncrara ; Earl Dalhousie, Boyd, from Quebec ; and New Jane, from Messina. The Standley, Moore, of Poole, was totally lost at Newfound land the 27th ult. ; crew saved. The John Danford, Hepburn, from Miramichi to London, was abandoned the 30th ult., in lat. 46. long. 58, water-logged, and having lost her rudder. THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE 0' CL CR. Extract of a private letter from Lisbon, Dec. 9:—The Cabinets of Spain and Portugal, after having reflected for some time before the representations of England and France had reached them, threw off the mask and concluded a treaty offensive and defert sive, which was to be sent to the foreign Courts for their sanction. Ferdinand engaged to secure the rights of Don Miguel against all attempts on the kingdom of Portugal, and to put the said treaty into force. Ferdinand ordered 20,000 Spaniards to march to the frontiers of Portugal, to remain there as an army of observation until Don Pedro had landed with his expedition ; but sinless France or England should oppose the said treaty, it is assured that the Cabinets in the North would take energetic measures. The military preparations are continuing at Lisbon with great energy ; but the forced loan causes great discontent, and several persons are preparing to leave. The private letters from Brussels state that the arrival of ' couriers from London, the Hague, and Vienna, have caused frequent conferences between Sir R. Adair and Gen. Belliard, as well as King Leopold; but an extra courier to Sir R. Adair, from the Hague, which was thought not to be of a favourable nature, caused much agitation, and Sebastiani set off for Paris. They write from Lyons, the 16th inst., that the military were again on the alert there; all business was suspended, owing to some alarm of the expected renewal of commotions on the 16th ; but up to that date all was quiet there. The estafette from Paris this morning is of some importance, as it appears that order had been again restored at the period it left. Still there cannot be a doubt that a great agitation prevails in the above capital, and in several of the departments. One of the most Important features in the French Papers is an order from the Department of Commerce and Public Works to the Prefects, stating that in a small number of the departments the workmen and manufacturers are obliged t o apply to the autho rities to obtain an increase of wages, and for that purpose they hold meetings and appoint chiefs and delegates. No doubt this document puts the best face on things, until we shall hear some , day or other, that the fire, which has been kindling, has burst forth. THE FUNDS. Consols, which left off yesterday at 93 3 4, opened at the same price this morning, 8.3 3 ,, buyers for the Account, since which they have improved to 831 i r s . Little doing at present. BALF-PAST ONE. No foreign mails have arriscd this morning, consequently, up to the present hour, we are without any further intelligence, ex cept what the estafette from Paris brings. We must now look to the politics of Russia, in regard to the grand question with Holland; and some time will elapse before wc. receive the final answer of the King of Holland, as there is no doubt that the Dutch Cabinet consults the Cabinet of St. Petersburgh on every point, and throws obstacles in the way to gain time. Consols have been fluctuating during the morning from up to 63% ; at present they are B.IN, buyers, for the Account, with little doing. The Foreign Market is inactive, with scarce a bargain doing. THREE 0 CLOCK. Consols for Account, 831. FOUR O'CLOCK.—CLOSING PRICES. Consols — Danish Ditto for Account HI Brazilian Bonds.. Buenos Ayres.... _ Chilian Ditto .... Columbian, 182'4 Greek, 1825 Mexican, 1825 35i Peruvian — Russian 99} Spanish ...... 14e CHOLERA AT NEWCASTLE. (PROM ODR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) NEWCASTLE, DEC. `2O. The official report of this day informs us that there eleven new cases, nine recoveries, eight deaths, and thirty cases re maining tinder treatment. This would stein to show that the disease is on the decrease, if even all that were stated in the report were cases Of malignant Cholera, though I am quite cer tain not one half of them are. I hato before alluded to persons being attacked With cholera, by corning in contact with bodies that had fallen tictims to it. The effluvia after death must be very pernicious, fd± I have heard of two or three individuals being seized with the cdroidaint by attending the funeral. of their friends. With a view to obtiate this, the Corporation of Newcastle have provided a carriage and hearse to convey the cholera dead th the grate, instead of the corpse hthtg borne on the shoulders of men al herelefbre. Three or four of the inmates of the Keelmen's Hospital, in the Nev,%road, have died of cholera, and I (Salim I believe that some at least of them were predisposed to it by fear; This feeling, wherever it does exist, I attribute to the exaggerated and ill-founded bulletins of the Board of Health. I have great satisfaction in being able to state, at present there is not a single case of cholera in any of the respec'tatle streets of Newcastle. I briefly mentioned in a former letter the treatment pursued by Mr Frost, a respectable surgeon of this town, in the case of a keelman at Dent's-hole, of the name of Kilbreath or Cal_ breath. As it appears to me to be ratiGtiai, and to have been successful, I shall state it at greater length for the information of others. When Mr. Frost first saw Calbreath, I uncletstind he found his whole surface cold, his hands cold, clammy, and soddencd, not shrivelled, his face, hands, and ankles of a blueish colour, cramps in both feet and legs, tongue and breath cold, vomiting and purging of a fluid resembling rice -water, pulse small, about 90. Mr. Frost gave him four or five pints of warm water, which he drank eagerly, then vomited freely, arid ax. pressed himself much relieved. Mr. Frost then applied a large glister of thin gruel to the extent of three or four pints, which produced immediate evacuation, He was then wrapped up in a blanket, wrung out of very hot water. Twenty drops of lau danum and twenty of volatile ammonia were given. He then felt warm ; his pulse rose to 100. After some interval he took two more small doses of the drops, and in the course of the night more warm water. The treatment the following day, lam in formed, consisted of giving a pill with two grains of calomel and a quarter of a grain of opium every two hours, with two doses of castor oil during the day. This procured feculent eva cuations. Mr. Frost afterwards gave a diaphoretic mixture, repeating the castor oil, &c. The man got gradually better, and is now convalescent. This or similar treatment would generally, I think, be found much more successful than the usual routine of brandy and laudanum, copious bleeding, calo mel and opium, &c. &c. The brandy and laudanum practice was doubtless successful in India, but it has not proved so in England. HULL, Dm. 20. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. 5111,—As the consequences to the shipping of this port may be very serious, should a delay take place in noticing the letter in your last Evening's Journal, stating that a case of Asiatic cholera had appeared in this town, I take the earliest opportu nity of informing you, that the same is a gross fabrication. Mr. Botham (the reputed writer), a person far advanced in years, and in a very infirm state of health, positively denies any knowledge of the letter in question, and is utterly ignorant of such a case having occurred. You will therefore see the pro priety of giving immediate publicity to this contradiction, and respectfully I am, Sir, your most obedient servant, THOMAS WILSON. HASTINGS, DEC. 21. AUSPICIOUS INAUGURATION OF 157 OF THE INHABITANTS OF HASTINGS WHO HAD THEIR FREEDOM TENDERED TO THEM. It was announced in this Paper some time since that two hundred and eighty-two persons residing in Hastings had been offered freedoms by the corporation of that town. The day fixed for the enfranchisement of those packed and picked men, was the same day as our gracious and patriotic Monarch opened Parliament in person, and in his speech from the throne reas sured a loyal and devoted people that the Reform Bill would immediately be brought forward again. The day fixed on for making new freemen was well chosen and auspicious ; the ob ject to be accomplished was on the face of it both just and expe dient ; and it is only to be regretted that the manner in which it has been carried into execution is not equally entitled to pub lic approbation. An evil genius seems to haunt the halls of most rotten boroughs, and shed its baneful influence on their councils. Close corporations have for so many ages been hack neyed in the crooked path of error and monopoly, that folly and waywardness become, as it were, second nature; and even the best designs of these unholy fraternities end too often in rnis. carriage, and attract to their authors a considerable portion of reproach and shame. Can men expect to restore confidence or establish peace, by partiality and favouritism? Or can the fa vour of the few individuals, whose hostility the corporation may hope to have neutralized, be of so much importance in their eyes as to induce them to treat with contempt the greater part of the inhabitants of the town? It seems as if prejudice, inexperience, and pride, had combined together to blight the hopes of the friends of peace, and to prolong the existence of those bitter hostilities which have for a long period rendered Hastings the arena for all sorts of party divisions and feuds. Could the pleasing hope be cherished, that the voice of truth and reason would find favour with the majority of the corpora tion, and that, when the herald of conciliation proclaimed his errand, " attention would watch his lips and conviction close his periods," then might be expected the close of those dire contentions. " Hope deferred maketh the heart sick," and as to any beneficial adjustment of differences, or effectual reform of abuses, proceeding from those corrupt bodies themselves, the thing is utterly hopeless, and the people must, as regards their interference for any good purpose, absolutely throw up the cause in despair. But, happily for the lovers of freedom, and the advocates for the rights of the many, they have strong confi. dence in the present Government, and watch with eager solici tude that great measure of Reform which will and must soon become the law of the land; when every inhabitant of Hastings occupying a house of the yearly value of ten pounds will have a vote for Members to represent the town in Parliament, without being in the least degree under obligations to the corporation ; whilst the worthy gentlemen who have compromised their prin ciple arc content to follow in the wake of persons whom they hitherto ridiculed and despised, and have become the chivalrous champions of rottenness and corruption, will never by their franchise get a political vote, or even hand one down to their progeny, although each of them, to his great self-complacency for his lift in life, finds himself decked out in the badges of in fection, and minus the sum of five pounds thirteen shillings and sixpence. What a different—what a placid scene would the Town-hall have exhibited, on the 6th of the month—the day for inaugurating the glorious band of worthies who are to add not more in numerical strength than they do in patriotism, virtue, and dignity to the bevy of Magistrates and freemen who receive them with smiles, and bows, and kisses into their arms, had a more impartial mode of selection been adopted. Had they acted with common fairness, instead of being obliged to close the proceedings of the day abruptly, in a hurricane of tumult and anger, and thereby disappoint for a time the ambi tion of one hundred and twenty-five of the aspirants for Cor poration fame, they might have held on the " noiseless tenor of their way," would have given satisfaction to the whole town, and restored the blessings of good fellowship and peace. MR. PHILIPS TO LORD ALTHORP The following is the letter of Mr. Philips to Lord Al thorp, to which we alluded yesterday; it is that which called forth the correspondence between his Lordship end Mr. Hutton ;-- . . (copy.) . , " Bank-hall, near Stockport, Nov. 9, 1831. "My Loan,.—A few days ago I was informed tha Mr. Hulton, of Hutton Park, had retired from the Bench ; and this day, whilst attending my duty as Deputy Lieutenant, attesting some of the Cheshire Militia, I was given to understand that the loss of his valuable services has been occasioned by an ob servation of your Lordship in the House of Commons, cen suring the conduct of the Magistrates who acted at the public meeting held in Manchester on the 16th of August, 1819. " Scarcely conceiving it possible that a Minister of the Crown could have been so ill-informed and so indiscreet, I have referred to the columns of the Morning Chronicle and Morning Herald, of September 28, and there, to my great astonishment, have found expressions which I am confident your Lordship will deeply lament, if you calmly investigate the facts of the case. " Under an impretsion that your Lordship's intentions are honourable, 1 cannot doubt that you will gladly avail yourself of every opportunity of correcting erroneous conclusions, on a subject so peculiarly momentous at the present crisis; and, therefore, I take the liberty of requesting your Lordship's ac ceptance and perusal of a pamphlet I published a few months after the meeting; which I transmit by this post, in a separate envelop. " By a reference to the trials of Hunt and his associates at York, and afterwards of some of the yeomanry at Lancaster, both of which were published, a complete confirmation will be found of the historical facts contained in my statement ; but it there be any circumstances in my narrative at variance with the information your Lordship may have obtained elsewhere and your Lordship will do me the favour to advert to the points, I will undertake to confirm my statement by incontrovertible testimony. " How pre-eminently distinguished are the Magistrates who acted on that alarming conjuncture—firm, ,temperate, and Judi cious—the conservators of the public peace, when contrasted with those who lately excited the severe animadversion con. tamed in the circular of the Home Secretary, or of those who did not prevent (I non defendit injuriam' ) the late atrocious destruction of lives and property under circumstances of danger comparatively trivial! " My Lord, if our best Magistrates arc are to be thus insulter. and their feelings to be thus trifled with, who that arc really competent, independent, and honourable, will be found to act ?r " I beg to call your Lordship's attention to a circumstance which may appear unimportant, but it is deserving of notice. The Times Paper, which cannot be accused ofopposition to you, Lordship, has not given those offensive expressions--did the able Editor suppress the observation because it was unfoundt, or indiscreet 1 Be that as it may, it is an indisputable fact, that before the trial at lAncaßter, when evidence was admitted o, previous training, which Judge Bayley had refused to receive at York, the Times Paper had been bitterly severe against the Manchester Magistrates, but since that trial I have never seen a paragraph in that Paper reflecting on the proceedings of the Magistrates on that important occasion. " The general feeling of a vast majority of all persons of pro. perty residing in the town and neighbourhood of Manchester was then, and still remains the same—that the gentlemen your Lord. ship has thought proper to calumniate saved the town from the horrors of pillage and devastation. " Pause, my Lord, in your rash career, ere it be too late. In private life, enthusiastic indiscretion may be palliated by good intention, but in the important office which your Lordship has ventured to undertake, sound judgment, grounded on deliberate and impartial investigation, becomes iudispensible. " I have the honour to remain, my Lord, " Your Lordship's very obedient servant, "FRANCIS PHILIPS. " To the Right Hon. Vise. Althorp, &c." BRISTOL, DEC. 20. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,-- , The news of the second reading of the Reform Bill was received here with expressions of delight at the very nu. merous majority Which the friends of the people have obtained over the satellites of corruption, and the bigots of a bye-gone schOol: The only drawback upon our joy is that the re-as sembling of Parliament has not been fixed for an earlier period, which would have given the highest satisfaction. At first there was some expression of disappointment, it being the opinion of many persons here that the Bill is not quite so efficient as the last, and there was some idea entertained by certain parties of petitioning the Legislature upon the subject ; the intention is, however, abandoned, and like discreet debtors there is every disposition to entertain the excellent advice contained in your Paper of Friday last. We expect every day that the Court. Martial on Colonel Brereton will commence, hut as yet no specific time is named for that purpose. Colonel Brereton is highly I/Ovular here, and his numerous friends entertain the most sanguine hopes for the successful issue of his trial. Con fidence is now pretty much restored here, and the city has re. sumed a state somewhat resembling its former composure; but trade is exceedingly dull, and there are a great number of la bourers and artizans out of employ ; in one street alone, " Lew in's Mead," there are as many as one hundred persons reduced to a state bordering closely upon starvation. There are a great number of beggars about the streets by day, and I doubt not that they would be very active at night, were it not for the efficient vigilance of the inhabitants, who parade the streets from six o'clock, p.m. to the same hour, a.m. Every pre. paration is now making for the trials of the rioters, and St. George's chapel is enlarging for the purpose of forming a sepa. rate Court. It is reported that two guineas have been refused for a sitting in the gallery. The trials will commence upon the second of January, but what Judges will preside is not yet known. A. B. C. EAST INDIA HOUSE. (CONCLUDED ?ROM THE SVN OP YESTERDAt.) APPOINTMENT OF BISHOPS IN INDIA. Mr. POYNDER rose to bring forward a motion for the pur pose of recommending to the Court of Proprietors more exten. siva episcopal establishments in India. The Learned Gentleman, after adverting to the fact of four Bishops having died, each within a comparatively short time after his appointment to India, and observing that those deaths were to be attributed to the great bodily labours in their visitations over so extensive a portion of India, proceeded, in a speech of very considerable length, to point out the necessity of having an increased epic. copal establishment. Mr. LEWEN seconded the model; Mr. HUME objected to it, as he saw no necessity for any addition to the ecclesiastical establishment in India. Sir C. FORBES opposed the motion, not on the ground Of the state of the Company's finances, which he understood were in a flourishing condition ; that there were in the Company's possession some 8,000,000 or 10,000,000 of money—that was, eight or ten crore of rupees ; and that it was intended to reduce the India 5 per cent, debt, by the application of a crore and a half of this sum every year. It was not, therefore, on the ground of expense that he opposed the motion, but because he believed it would be extremely injudicious to enlarge our church establishment in India, so soon after the (as he conai. dered it) dangerous experiment of the proclamation of the Go vernor-General against Suttees. Mr. POYNDER consented to withdraw the motion for the present, but without in any degree giving up the principle on which he had brought it forward. The CHAIRMAN said the Hon. Proprietor had acted with his usual discretion in withdrawing the motion. As to what had been stated by the Hon. Baronet (Sir C. Forbes) as to the state of the Company's finances, all he (the Chairman) could say was, that though they were a little better, they were not prosperous, and any improvement had been made rather by re duction of expenditure than increase of income. The motion of Mr. Poynder was then withdrawn, and the Court adjourned. BRUSSELS AND GERMAN PAPERS. GHENT, DEC. 18.—It was reported in the city that the Dutch had made an incursion near Saint Nicholas. The truth is that the Dutch boats having approached the shore, some musket-shot were exchanged between our soldiers and the enemy. A battalion of the let Regiment is just gone to Saint Nicholas with artillery. BRUSSELS, Dec. I9.—An orderly officer &Om the \Var.office yesterday morning, at eleven o'clock, to Antwerp, and returned to this city last night at eight o'clock. A letter from Antwerp, of the ISth of December, says—" A. fishing-boat having imprudently approached fort St. Philip, the crew were fired upon. We learn that fifteen gun-boats have just ascended the river to take up a position near Fort Saint Philip, probably with a design to revenge on the Belgian post in that fort the attack which it made. We fear with reason a renewal of hostilities on this part of the line. However, Sc it is affirmed that an express arrived in the night from Brussels has brought orders to arrest the officer commanding in fort Saint Philip, and bring him before a Court-martial, it is hoped that this satisfaction will content the Commanders of the Dutch squadron, and that peace will not be interrupted by this single act of aggression." DEC. 2.0.—M. Wallez, the Secretary to our Legation at London, arrived yesterday at half-past nine in the morn ing ; at ten be had already obtained an audience of the King ; at eleven the Council of Ministers met, and continued assem. bled for an hour. M. \Vallez had also a long conference with the Minister for Foreign Aft'airs. The gentlemen in that office were set to work immediately with the assistance of three clerks from the Finance Department. D. M. Dumortier, a Belgian cabinet messenger, received orders to be in readiness to set out in the morning after another Council of Ministers, which met at eight o'clock ; all this bustle indicates some important news. The King had already dispatched the day before yesterday two private couriers, one to London, the other to Paris. The frequent exchange of couriers between the English Legation at Brussels and the Cabinet of the Hague, is attri buted to the special mission with which Sir Robert Adair has been for some time intrusted. The Conference not being able decently to deviate from its definitive treaty, is endeavouring to make the affairs which are not terminated, in consequence of the refusal of the King of Holland, a question between Belgium and Holland only. With this view Sir Robert Adair is sup posed to negociate at the Hague for Belgium alone, but he however, receives all his instructions from the Conference. General Tibierre Sebastiani, accompanied by M. Flis, an officer in the department of foreign affairs at Paris, left Brus. 'els last night. These gentlemen came on a mission which has been kept very secret. We have learned that it was relative to the demolition of the fortresses, about which the Cabinet of the Tuileries did not agree with the Conference. The Handelsblad, a Dutch Paper, of the 17th, says— Just as we were going to press we were informed that the Emperor Nicholas has resolved 1. Not to ratify the treaty of peace proposed by the Con. ference. 2. Not to recognise Prince Leopold as King of the Belgians till after his Majesty the King of the Netherlands shall have recognized him as such. 3. Not to permit other Powers to interfere henceforth with an armed force in the differences existing between Holland and Belgium. VIENNA, Dec. 8.--Our bankers had yesterday another meet ing, at which they resolved to make a higher tender for the new loan, in order, if possible to conclude. They agreed to offer to take it at 84. The Government, which probably only desired to obtain a medium price, and not to deprive the Austrian bankers of the advantages of the loan, agreed to accept this offer, and signified its assent in the morning. The amount of the loan is 40 millions. It will probably be all subscribed for in a very short time, as many French and English capitalists begin to lose their confidence in their own funds, and to transfer their capital to the Austrian. The proclamation of the Prince of Warsaw, forbidding the use of Polish insignia, and introducing the Russian cockade into the kingdom of Poland, has caused some sensation here, because it seems to argue unfavourably for a future indepen dent Constitution in Poland. In some respects, particularly the disposal of its produce, it might be advantageous to Poland to be really incorporated with Russia, but it is not so much a question of interest, as of the maintenance of a principle of the preservation of the national existence of Poland, and the ex isting treaties. M. Von Mollerus, formerly Ambassador Extraordinary from the King of the Netherlands at the Court of Munich, is now nominated to the same post at the Austrian Court, and arrived here yesterday. AUSTRIAN FUNDS. Dec. 9. 10. Five per Cents. Four per Cents. Bank Shares. 1157 1157 There are now only 93 cholera patients in Vienna and suburbs. 13ERLIN—CHOLERA. New Cases. Recoveries. Deaths. DEc. 13 14 These new cases have increased the number of patio remaining from four to seven ; the total number, up 14th, are cases 2, 2 ~34; deaths 1,408; recoveries 819. On Friday last Mr. MICHAEL LEVY did penance in St. Margaret's Church, Ipswich, during Divine Service, for defaming the character of the wife of Mr. Mons Uri-, sentence having been pronounced against him by the Comic,tory Coui t at Norwich, with all costs.