The Sun. — London, England, 1831-09-08 00:00:00

DUTCH PAPERS. " Resolution of the Major-General, President of the Commission of General Direction of the Grand Duchy of Luxemburg, in conformity with the commands which he has received from his Ma jesty the King of the Netherlands, Grand Duke of Luxemburg. " Article 1. The inhabitants of the said (Grand Duchy, having an existence as a people independent of that of the Belgian, and which is confirmed by the solemn treaties of 1815, and acknowledged by the protocols of the London Conference, as such must refrain from taking part in the elections which are to take place on the 29th of August, and following days, for the choice of senators and representative..., intended to form a part of the new Legislature of Belgium. " 2. The inhabitants of the city of Luxemburg, who shall act in defiance of the present proclamation, and take a part in the said elections, shall be shut out of the city and never more allowed to enter it. " Given in Luxemburg, in the Hotel of the Ge neral Government of the Grand Duchy of Luxem burg, the 21st of August, 1831. " The Major-General President of the Com mission of General Government of the Grand Duchy. DE GOEDECKE. " For the General Government, " GELLE, Secretary-General." The Doesbnrg Society, " Tot nut van't Alge meen," m " For the good of the Public," has pre sented to Colonel Ledel a gold snuff-box, with this inscription, " To the Lieutenant-Colonel J. Ledel, Protector of Staats Flanders, 1531." He has shown great talent in conducting hard service in Flanders, where he had the command, and mostly Zealand Burgher Guards under his command—another wise trait in the conduct of the Government, as those troops, being accustomed to that climate, are less subject to the murderous Zealand fever. Since the late campaign free-will offerings are coming with new spirit, and the Government mak ing every exertion to add to the strength and per. fection of the army ; the Princes are every where inspecting. BERLIN, SEPT. I.—We have no news from Po land in our State Gazette to-day, except the follow ing short article:— " According to the latest accounts from the head quarters of the Russian Imperial army, they were still at Nadarzyn on the 23t1, and the outposts were about four wersts (two one-half English miles) Iron, Warsaw. Since the late events, nothing farther had taken place in the army. The first division of the troops which General Kreutz is bringing to join the Field-Marshal, had already passel the Vistula." VIENNA, AUG. 25—We know but little of the state of affairs in Poland, and as the communications are wholly cut off, and the accounts from Cracrow are not only very partial, but rest on mere hearsay, we are therefore very impatient for authentic ac counts of decisive events, which it should seem, from the measures of Count Paskewitsch, cannot fail to take place. We learn that Prince Badziwill has been sent as Plenipotentiary from the Polish Na tional Government, to the Russian head-quarters, to negotiate a peace. On what basis the negotiation can be carried on is difficult to guess, as the Empe ror of Russia in his last proclamation again requires implicit submission, unless we suppose that Count Paskewitsch is furnished with special instructions and unlimited powers to conclude peace. If we be• heve the assurances of several eminent merchants who are usually well informed, the Poles require of the Russian Commander the same terms that at the commencement of the revolution under Chlopieki they submitted to the Emperor, and which were then refused. But it is said that the present proposals of the Poles differ from the former so far that they no longer protest against having Russian troops in the king dom, but only require that their number shall b. equal to that of the Polish national army, adding, that these Russian troops shall be under the exclu sive command of the Russian General, who shall be subject to a Viceroy, chosen by the Polish nation, and confirmed by the Emperor, and receive orders from him. It is difficult, considering allthe circum• stances, to judge of the probability of the acceptance of these proposals. VIENNA, AUG. 2G.—Five per Cent. Metalliques, 78k; Four per Cents., 69; Bank Shares, 926 k. COBLENTZ, AUG. 31.—News has just been re ceived, which, indeed, needs confirmation, that the Polish Prince Radzivill is appointed Viceroy of Po land, under the sovereignty of Russia, and that hos tilities are suspended on both sides. BRUSSELS, SEPT. 4.—An Austrian Cabinet :Mes senger passed through this city yesterday. He brought from Vienna despatches for Paris and London, from which last place he has again been sent by Prince E,terhazy, with despatches for Frankfort. An English Cabinet Messenger also arrived yes terday at noon from the Hague, with despatches for the English Ambassador, and was sent away yester day evening with despatches to Antwerp. Another English Cabinet Messenger arrived here yesterday evening with despatches from London, and set out at two o'clock this morning with despatches for the Hague. It is affirmed that one of our most able financiers has been sent by our Government to Paris, to contract a loan there. The Moniteur Beige says on this subject,— "The Journals have been misinformed in announcing that our Government had given a commission to contract a loan at Paris. No step of this kind can have been taken with the assent of the Government." M. Surlet de Chokier has declared, in a letter ad dressed to the Po/Ripe, that he is resolved to with draw from the career of politics. BRUSSELS, SEPT. s.—An English Cabinet Mes senger left this city yesterday morning, and another in the evening, both with despatches for the Hague. A Belgic Cabinet Messenger set out yesterday with despatches for London. M. Sylvan Van de Weyer, our Ambassador at London, has made an application for all papers and documents deposited in the archives of the Congress, relative to the debt, to the boundaries, and to the budget of the late kingdom of the Netherlands. Se veral clerks are employed in it. In the night of August 30 a robbery of about one thousand fire-arms was committed at Antwerp in one of the Cosemates, on the left of the Malines Gate. It is supposed .that the thieves entered by means of a ladder at one of the openings that serve to let out the smoke. All search after the robbers or the ar ticles stolen has hitherto be, n in vain. GHENT, SEPT. 4.—Four pieces of cannon left Bruges on the Ist, for West Crefelle. New Clara Polder, containing twelve or thirteen of the finest farms in the country, from 100 to 150 acres each, was totally inundated yesterday by the tide at neon, through an opening which the Dutch have made in the sea-dyke to the east of the Capi talen Dam. The damage is incalculable. Fifteen hundred acres of the finest land in Europe, the har vest in the barns, the crop of potatoes—the loss of which ruins above 100 families—the plantations, the buildings, all are destroyed. The land will produce nothin g for many years, and enormous expense will be necessary to stop a breach made between two creeks, and which will be widened and deepened in a frightful manner. CALLOO, AUG. 31.—The Dutch continue to fortify themselves : it is affirmed that the garrison of hoist has been reinforced by 700 men. On the Ist instant the Superintendents of the Polder sent their people to stop the opening la.ely made by tl•le Dutch at the Pipe de Tabac. They had scarcely began when an officer of the gun-boat came to inform that he had no orders to permit them to close the opening, and that if they continued they must be answerable for the consequences. The Journal of Luxemburg says, there is a 35th protocol, in one of the clauses, of which it is stated, that the Belgic Government is to cease all a s P cts of Government in the Grand Dochy.—Brussea pers, Sept. 6. THE HAGUE, SEPT. 4. The Princess of Orange, Princess Frederick, and Prince Albert of Prussia, returned from the camp on Friday evening, Their Majesties, Princess Vredcrick, and Prince and Prin cess Albert, honoured the theatre with their presence yesterday evening, and were received with the most enthusiastic marks of attachment. We learn that in conformity with a Circular from the Minister of the Interior, the men belonging to the first band of the militia for this year's levy are to assemble as speedily as possible at their respective places of ren devous to be daily exercised. AMSTERDAM, SEPT. 5. Atlna' Debt, ‘2.ly per cent 34 1 3i to 374 Voluntary Loan Amort Syndic, 4% per cent.....-. 58!4 to 59i,4 Ditto, ditto, 3% per con", effect—that the Court should petition Parliament to have a clause inserted in the Reform Bill, giving a right, in perpetuity, to the Livery of London to send two Members to Parliament. He considered thatif a clause to the above effect was not introduced the consequence would be the ruin of several com panies' charities. Mr. Deputy BROOK seconded the amendment, and declared that all the city companies were dis gusted with the Bill. This called up an Hon. Member whose name we did not learn, and who not only flatly denied Deputy Brooks assertion, but dared him to the proof of it. Mr. THORNHILL supported the original resolutions in a very long and spirited address. After a few words from several other Nimbus, the Court divided, when there appeared — For the amendment 5 Against it t lb A division also took place on the motion of Mr. Pearson, and the numbers were— For the motion ll7 Against it There Ntas great clapping of hands in the Court at the result.—Adjourned. The following extracts from the report drawn up by the City-solicitor, the Remembrancer, and the Town-clerk, will be read with curiosity. The report is to be discussed by the Corporation : " The service of the citizens of London at Coronations is of the greatest antiquity, and was probably exercised previous to the Conquest ; for, at the Coronation of King Richard the First (the earliest Coronation of which any detailed account is preserved,) the citizens of London per formed that service as an ancient service. Rapin, in his " History of England," vol. i. p. 244, states, on the an therity of Hoveden, and Diceto, Dean of S. Paul's (who were eyewitnesses) that, at the Coronation of King Richard the First, after the Coronation feast, which was kept in Westminster-hall", the citizens of London were his butlers, anti those of Winchester served up the meat.' It appears, from a very ancient manuscript in the British Museum (MS. Hail., 3,b04, f. 218) that on this occa sion the citizens of Winchester contested the right with the citizens of London, and that the latter were obliged to pur chase justice of the King—a circumstance not uncommon at that period. It states—' But the citizens of London, having given to the King a reward of 200 marks, served of the buttery against the claim of the citizens of Win chester ; but the citizens of Winchester served of the kitchen.' This was the second Coronation of Richard 1., and was celebrated at 'Winchester, after his return from captivity, on the 17th of April, 1194, which probably oc casioned the claim of the citizens of Winchester to serve the office of butter. Matthew Paris shortly mentions the subject. Gerrard of Dover has preserved a long narrative of the ceremonies, and Bimpton and Knighton only notice the event ; but none of these historians give any further particulars of the service of the citizens of London. " No entry relative to the citizens of London appears on record, of the Coronation of King John ; the haste with which he was crowned, from the disturbed st rte of the country, probably prevented the usual ceremonies being observed. _ . "At the two first Coronations of King Henry 111. it does not appear that the citizrns of London attended, but on his grand Coronation with his Queen Eleanor they at• tended in great state ; and, although their claim to serve the office of butler was not Awed, it is evident, from all the accounts, that their right was fully established. The reason of its not being insisted upon, on this occasion, is given by Matthew Paris in the following terms:—' Where fore, by any contentio❑ arising, the nuptial gladness should he made gloomy (the right of every one being saved), many things were borne with for the occasion which were to be determined at a fit time.' " The several Coronations of King Edward 1., King Edward If., and King Edward 111., are mentioned in the city's records, but no statement of the duties peiformed is contained therein. " At the Coronation of King Richard the Second the citizens of London both claimed and served the office of butler. The claims on this occasion, and the decisions or judgments thereon, are fully entered in the city records, as well as in a manuscript in the British Museum. It appears, that on this occasion the Recorder of London claimed this privilege before the Lord Steward by word of mouth, according to the liberty and custom of the city, that the Lord Mayor, by reason of his office of mayoralty, should, in his proper person, serve the King on the day of his Coronation, as well in the hall at his dinner as after dinner in the chamber, with a cup of gold, and when he should retire from the feast should have for his fee and carry away with him the same cup ; and that the citizens of London, who should be thereunto chosen by the aforesaid city, ought on the same (lay to serve the Noblemen and others, in aid of the Chief Butler, as well as table at dinner in the hall as after dinner in the chamber, as the Mayors and citizens of the same city, their predecessors, had hitherto (as it was asserted) been accustomed to do. The claim was allowed, and the entry further states, that the same Mayor and the afore. said citizens did decently fulfil the aforesaid services, and the aforesaid Mayor received the cup wherewith he served the King. " It is important to remark, that the claim at this early period states that the citizens Iwho were to assist the Lord Mayor in the office of Butler were to be chosen by the aforesaid city, without any reference to any particular class, or alluding to any particular companies. " No entry relating to the Coronotion of King Henry IV. is contained in the city records, but a full entry of the city's claim, allowance, and service, has been found in the British Museum. The claim is to the same effect, and nearly in the same terms, as that made in the preceding reign of King Richard 11. The citizens who were to attend the Lord Mayor are stated to be other citizens who should be thereunto chosen by the city of London, leaving, as before, the choice without restriction, in the city of London. In addition to the claim made in the previous reign, the said Mayor and citizens also claimed that the Aldermen and citizens of the said city should have their place and sitting to thinner at the left table set in the hall of our Lord the King, from the upper part of the said table to the lower part of the same, as anciently they had been accustomed to have and occopy. Tills was also allowed, and the Aldermen and citizens held their pl ice at the table. " No entry of the Coronation of King Henry V. is con tained in the city records. " The claim of the Lord Mayor and citizens ai the Co ronation of Henry VI. is preserved in the city records, and is in all respects the same as that made at the Co ronation of King Henry IV. The citizens to attend the Lord Mayor are stated to be citizens who shall be chosen for this (that is, to attend the Lord Mayor) by the afore. said city. "At the Coronation of King Edward IV., the Lord Mayor and citizens of London claimed arid performed their accustomed office. The form of the chins is contained in the city records, and states that ' Richard Lee, nowe Mair, and other citizens of the city aforesai‘ to the said ...ace ~nd service nowe chosen.' In this record are contained the names of the citizens and the companies to which they belonged,—viz , two mercers, two fishmongers, two gro cers, one gold-smith, one tailor, two cloth-workers, one skinner, one ironmonger, and one vintner. It is, there fore, evident that at this period the practice was not to choose one from each of the twelve companies, as the citi zens were selected from nine companies only. That the citizens were usually chosen from the superior companies is not surprising when it is recollected that at this period the companies had great influence in the city, and contributed in a great degree to the expense of the Mayoralty and other charges of the city. " Four years after, at the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth, the Queen of King Edward IV., the Mayor and citizens enjoyed the usual privileges. On this occasion eight citi zens were appointed by the Court of Common Council to attend the Lord Mayor, out of the Drapers, Mercers, Gro cers, Fishmongers, Skinners, Vintners, Goldsmiths, and Ironmongers' Companies. ' " King Edward V. was not crowned, but in the suc ceeding reign of King Richard 111., the citizens ag ain claimed ' and performed their service. The petition, which is entered in the city records, states, c that diverse other citizens that by the said Mayor and citie shall thereunto be named and chosen.' • " No entry respecting the Coronation of King Henry VII., which took place immediately after the battle of Bosworth, appears in the city records, but at the Corona tion of his Queen, Elizabeth, the Court of Common Coun cil assigned eight commoners to assist the chief butler of England, on the day of the Coronation of the Queen of England. ,‘ At the Coronation of King Henry VIII, and Queen Catherine, the Court of Aldermen appointed 12 citizens to attend the chief butler, but, previous to the Coronation of , Queen Ann Boleyn, the Court of Common Council agreed that the Court of Aldermen should name and ap point the 12 citizens to wait upon the chief butler o!Eng land, and since that period the appointment has remained with the Court of Aldermen. " In succeeding reigns the citizens of London were ap; pointed in a similar manner, until the reign of William • The Coronation Feast was at Winchester, and not et West minster, ea stated by the historian, FRENCH PAPERS. (From the Gazette de Prance, dated Tuesday, Sept. 6.) " PARTI, s.—An extraordinary courier brings news of a military insurrection at Nowo gorod Wiliki. Several officers were massacred. The Emperor Nicholas immediately went to Nowo gorod, but the insurrection was quelled before his arrival, Ile found tranquillity entirely restored. '• The same courier brings the confirmation of the accounts that have been published relative to the excesses committed at Warsaw. It appears that the accounts in the State Gazette were very far from being exaggerated." (From the Illessager des Chambres, Tuesday, Sept. 6.) " PARIS, SEPT. s.—We are able to affirm that the news of a pretended revolt in the Russian mili tary colonies has not come to the knowledge of the Government, and that this event has hitherto no guarantee but the Journal that published it this (qy. yesterday) morning. " A letter from Metz says—` The 53d regiment of the line leaves Metz on the 3d inst. to proceed to the frontier near Sarrelouis. A sanatory cordon of 10,000 or 12,000 men is forming along this frontier, and the measures intended to preserve us against the cholera are being carried into effect. The military flatter themselves that these assemblages of troops on the extreme frontier denote a more decided in tention to hasten and support the negociations which are now on foot with Prussia in fa►our of the Poles.' " A letter from Douai states that sixty new pieces of cannon were ready to quit that place; their desti nation was not known. " The proclamation of the President Boyer, to the Haitians, has caused such lively joy in the inhabitants of St. Domingo, that when it reached that part of the island on the 20th of June, there was a general Ilumination in the evening. The marks of hostility towards France are the more remarkable, as the fears of war had paralysed the commerce which is the support of St. Domingo. But General Bor gella, who commands in that province, has suc ceeded in exciting such hatred against the French, that we most not be surprised to find in the people under him the aversion which he himself feels for every thing connected with France. It is probable that if circumstances should call him to take the place of President Boyer (and he is the person de signated as his successor), it would be impossible for us to come to any arrangement with Hayti." FRENCH FUNDS.-PARIS, SEPT. 5.-Five per Cents , 91f. 05c. 30c. 40c. 35c. 40c. 50c. 40c. 45c. 50c. 91f. 60c. 90c. SOc. 70c. 60c. 50c. 25c. 91f. 91f 25c. '2.oc . 10c. Tic. 20c. 25c. 30c. 25c. 30c. 25c. ; Loan of 1831, 91f. 59c. 60c. ; Four per Cents., 73f 50.; Three per Cents., 60f. 40c. 50c. 40c. 70c. 60c. 70c. 75c. 70c. 60c. 60f. 65c. 75c. SOc. 61f. 61f. 10c. 15c. tilt. 61f. 15c. '2sc. 10c. 61f. 60f. 90c. 61f. 60f. SOc. 60c. 70c. 60e. 65c. 55c. 60f. 45c. 50c. ; Rank Stock, 1,540 f. 1,545 f. ; Rente de Naples, 70f. 711. 25c. 40c. 35c. 30c. 71f. 10c. 71f. 71f. 25c. 10c. 711. Rente d'Espagne, 10; Royal Spanish Loan, Gay fl ; 'lento Perpetuelle d'Espagne, 48 4SI,i 4S 47S 48 ; Haytian Loan, 000 f. Exchange on London, one month, paper, 25f. loc.; money, 25f. 10c.; three months, paper, 25f. ; money, 24f. 95c.-Cours Authentiquc. COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL. CONDUCT of the CITIZENS of LONDON with RESPECT to the REFORM BILL. (Concluded from The Sun of yesterday.) Mr. PEARSON trusted that the Reformers in the Court would maintain their character for consistency, by readily acquiescing in the motion with which he should conclude his remarks, and thus prove that they were calumniators who charged the citizens with a change of opinion upon that great and im- Portant subject.—(Cheers.) He did not like to impugn the motives of any man, but he must con fess that the introduction of such a question as that which the Hon. Member for Cripplegate was about to bring forward, appeared at that moment to be a trick played off as a diversion for the benefit of the boroughmongers, and a measure intended to impede, if not to defeat, the Blll.—(Cheers.) Delay, delay, was become the watchword of the Anti-Reformers. They wanted to throw the Reform Bill into the lottery of chances, that, peradventure, the doubtful state of the nations of Europe might possibly lead to a war in which this country might be engaged. Such an event would come up a prize to embarrass the Government, and thus defeat, or rrotract to an indefinite period, the consummation of the people's wishes—(Cheers)—but, above all things, there was an event to which, in the mad desperation of the Anti-Reformers, they might look. Might. Heaven long avert such a calamity ! But King had no patent to exempt them from the common lot of humanity, and if by motions, amendments, and pe titions, the bcroughmongers could avert for a time their impending fate, they had a chance—a far dis tant one, he hoped—of the demise of the Crown, and the reins of Government falling into the hands of a minor, that minor a female, under the control, perhaps, of persons opposed to all Reform.—(Loud cheers.)—Mr. Pearion concluded, amid loud and general cheering, by moving the resolutions, de claring the unabated approval by the Court of the Bill, and agreeing to petition the House of Lords to pass the same. Mr. SLADE seconded the motion. Alderman WOOD said, much had been said about supporting the Bill, the whole Bill, and nothing but the Bill ; but it must be now evident that no man could have voted for the Bill, the whole Bill, and nothing but the Bill, as it had undergone several alterations, which were beneficial to the country, without endangering the principle of the Bill. It was the principle of the Bill which they had pledged themselves to support. lie did not think that the representatives of the city were tied down by the Livery at large.—(Hear.) The clause, with regard to which he was found fault with, was the 101. clause; and he was found fault with because he was favourable to a system which would give the right of voting to payers of scot and lot. There was a cry large class of persons in the city of London who ought to have a right to vote upon that prin ciple. He was a friend to Reform, and to the Bill he was one of its greatest friends. He had often been nearly provoked with those protracted discus sions in the House of Commons in the Committee by the remarks of the Hon. Member for Borough bridge, but seeing through the tactics of the ene mies of the Bill, he had often remained silent, lest, by taking part in those discusions, he should delay the progress of the Bill, He had sat in the House every night until two and three in the morning, always giving his best attention to the interests of the Bill, and voting with the Government in every division. The resolutions proposed had his hearty concurrence. Mr. Alderman VENIABLES completely concurred in the resolutions proposed for the adoption of the Court. Mr. Alderman WAITIIMAN had felt it his duty to contradict the report, that in the city there had been any change of opinion with regard . to the grand measure of Reform. He utterly denied that there was arty change opinion or feeling with regard to it. (Hear, hear.) The time was arrived when it was the duty of the whole Corporation to come forward and re-assert their former opinions, and their deter nination to support the measure of Reform. A great deal had been said about " the Bill, the whole B:11, and nothing but the Bill." Wi t h reference to that, the great principle of the Bill had been pre served throughout, and any alterations which took place were only introduced to strengthen the Bill. After several other remarks, the Worthy Alderman concluded by giving his support to the resolutions. Mr. RICHARDSON (of Cripplegate Within) then ought forward his amendment, which was to this and Mary, 'when the Court of Aldermen appointed the masters of the 12 principal companies to he the citizens to assist the chief butler, and have continued to appoint the masters of the 12 principal companies to perform the same duty, up to the Coronation of King George the Fourth, when, in consequence of the masters of some of the companies being changed between the time of Their having been chosen by the Mayor and Aldermen, and the day of the Coronation, new mis ters presented petitions to the Court of Claims, praying to have their names inserted instead of the former toasters, whose period of office had expired. This petition was opposed by the City Remembrancer, who strongly urged that the masters of the twelve companies had no right to interfere in the matter, it being in the power of the Lord Mayor and Aldermen to appoint any twelve citizens they might think proper, when, after some delibera'ion, the Lord President declared the opinion of the Lords Commis. sioners to be, that the Court of Claims could not interfere in the matter of the petition, as the power of appointment of the twelve citizens was in the Lord Mayor and Court of Aldermen. •' Having thus clearly shown that the appointment of the twelve citizens has been invariably exercised by the Court of Aldermen since the reigla of King Henry VIII., we are decidedly of opinion that the masters of the twelve principal companies have no peculiar right to serve on such occasions, but that the Court of Aldermen have the power to appoint any twelve citizens they may think proper, to assist the chief butler at Coronations." The Lord Mayor not being required to act as Butler to the King, will not receive the fee of the gold cup, at the Coronation—none of the citizens of London (with the exception of the Aldermen and Sheriffs) arc to be in at tendance. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Six,—l observe with unfeigned satisfaction that a let ter, subscribed " A Friend to the Navy," published in the Hampshire Telegraph of the 22d ult., is warmly followed up by more able pens, which, with great feeling and ability, have advocated the cause of that body of his Majesty's servants, whose needy state, from the inadequacy of their half-pay, renders them powerful claimants on the merci ful consideration of our beloved and gracious King. Pursers, though generally understood to be gentlemen by birth and education, and received by the highest ranks in his Majesty's service as fit associates, are not only excluded from an equality of half-pay with other ward-room officers, but their destitute orphans are not allowed the privilege of admission to those public institutions which reflect honour on our country, on the plea that their fathers did nut hold commissions. Rank, but for this latter consideration, would be deemed quite a secondary object, but when the want of it presents an insuperable barrier to the admission of their bereaved offspring to the admirable institution, benevo lently founded by the sister of our beloved Monarch, her Royal Highness the Pi incess Augusta, and others, afford ing similar advantages, I would earnestly hut humbly peti tion his most gracious Majesty to weigh their claims and services with those of other officers, and place them on a footing with the Commissariat of the army. I am induced to forward these remarks for your insertion, having seen a letter to the same effect in your paper of the 13th ult. Sept. 4, 1831. A SUBSCRIBER. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—Having observed in your Journal of the 31st ult. a letter which is calculated to create some very erro neous impressions, I beg leave to offer a few comments upon it. The writer signs himself, " Reformer," and his letter is dated from Rye. He pretends to say that the people of Rye have, at a public meeting, expressed their " contempt" at the conduct of some Hon. Membeis of the House of Commons, who ore supporters of the Reform Bill, in introducing vexatious petitions, and discussions on foreign affairs, and by'that means unnecessarily delaying its progress. I wish your correspondent would have the goodness to state when the meeting he refers to took place, and how many persons attended it. I rather think he la, hours tinder a delusion, and that the meeting he mentions is but "a false creation, proceeding from the heat op pressed brain." No account of it has, to my knowledge, been published in any of the public papers, nor, after a strict inquiry at Rye, can I find one individual who knows any thing at all about it. From the laboured and, in some instances, ridiculous declamation of " Reformer," he appears to be some self-conceited orator, who, not being able to obtain an opportunity of astonishing his neighbours at a public meeting, considers his inspirations too good to be lost, and resorts to a little artifice in order to get them inserted in your widely-circulated Journal. But, Sir, there is a sting in the tail even of this insect. Colonel Evans, our popular representative, hss presented some petitions, and has introduced some discussions foreign to the Reform question. He has advoc ited the cause of the injured Deacles, and of the gallant and oppressed Poles; and if " Reformer" (who, I suspect, is but a borough monger in disguise) wishes to insinuate that the people of Rye class such appeals of justice and humanity amongst vexatious and dilatory proceedings, he attributes to them sentiments which they will reject with scorn, and which can have no place but in a bosom void of all high and ho nourable feelings. If such a case as that of the Deacles is not followed by immediate investigation, it is a mockery to call this the " land of freedom ;" and if there exists in this country any sympathy for the oppressed Pa s, a voice ought to be raised in their bet alf, whilst there is a chance of its being effectual. It will be but an insult to their sufferings to defer our interposition until the iron heel of the Russian despot has crushed his bleeding and prostrate victim. But " Reformer" would allow tyranny in any shape to prosper sooner than snatch a moment from the Reform question. Agreeing with him, as I heartily do, that all vexatious and dilatory discussions ought to be re probated, 1 must yet assert that the cases of the Deacles and of Poland are of a widely different character, and that the ability and firmness of Colonel Evans in the per form ince of his duty entitle him to the thanks of the kingdom at ILtrge, and have made his supporters in Rye doubly proud of their representative. t To say a few words on the progress of the Reform Bill. The delay in passing it is, in my opinion, owing to vex atious petitions and discussions only as the proximate cause. These petitions and discussions themselves have a cause, in the irresolution and want of energy of the Mi nisters. Mr. Hunt is wrong in stating that the people have changed their opinions on Reform. It is not on Re form that they have changed their opinions, but on the Ministry. More energy and power must be displayed, or the satisfactio❑ and confidence with which the Members of the present Administration were regarded when they en tered upon office, will speedily evaporate, and be succeeded by distrust and discontent. I am, Sir, Your obedient servant, Hastings, Sept. 5, 1831. VERITAS. MRS. COLONEL ELWOOD'S JOURNEY TO INDIA —ln the initiatory letter of this singular work, the fair authoress expresses herself thus :—" I believe I may safely say, that I am the only lady who ever travelled in India overland, and probably mine was the first Journal ever kept by an English woman in the Desert of the The bais, and on the shores of the Red Sea. Instead of the Popes and Cardinals who grace the Diaries of other migra tory damsels, you will meet with Agas and Cacheffs, and hear of Paellas and Rajahs ; and for the ceremony of the Holy Week, you will have the rites of the Mahoinetan Hadje, the Mohurrum and the Ilindoo Hoolie. You will hear of places seldom or perhaps never before visited by any of our countrywomen ; and I shall have the pleasure of intro during you to a Turkish Divan, at Djidda ; an Arab Hiram at Hodeida ; a Jahrejah's Zenana, to Bhooj ; and a Brahmin's Pinjrapole, at Broach : —Have you the courage to accompany me? Allows dorm!" Yesterday the workmen commenced clearing away the p►anks and scaffolding from the new entrance into St. James's Park from Carlton-place, preparatory to its being opened to the public to-day. The width of the step is 64 feet 5 feet inches, and the number of steps 27 (of the best granite), consisting of three flights, of nine s teps each, with a broad landing to each flight, of large thick Yorkshire paving-stones. 'The intended place for the statue of the Duke of YORK, at the top of the steps, i n the centre of Carlton-place, is paled in with boards twelve feet high. gratis, to send it to The Observer, of Sunday, Sept. 11, as well is printed at Four as the Monday Edition, will contain a full account of the Coronation, illustrated with explanat i o )o r s y ta p g r e i . nts, one sheet, A !Monday o'clock every Mo❑day afternoon, which is best for country anya E n , d fi ti ll !) aner pricet of of 1. 1 e tah : Observer,"/price s na e gl r 4 v 7( e):rin,'":/flpeerri‘c. covers, d . , and foreign circulation. Sold by G. GOODGER, 169, Strand, where may be had for Sd. the Gallery of 140 Comicilities ; engraved and printed on one sheet of 20 folio columns. Such a concentration of frolic, wit, and humour, was never before offered to the public at such a price. They are recommended as the best antidote for the cholera morbus ; sold to the trade at 2s. for 12, and unsold copies taken back if returned before the end of the year. The Coronation " Observer," price 7d., will be on sale at 169, Strand, for one week after September 11. _, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 8, 1831 The grand and imposing ceremony of the Coronation takes place this clay, when one of the most beloved and patriotic Monarchs that ever swayed the British sceptre, goes forth to re ceive his crown as a solemn guarantee for the full rights and privileges of his subjects. May his MAJESTY and his Royal Consort long be pre served to their people ; and when in the fulness of years they descend to an honoured tomb, may " goodness and they fill up one monument !" There is no fresh intelligence of moment from Poland, though we arc in daily expectation of receiving important and decisive information, from that quarter. The Gazette de France of Tuesday m entions that an extraordinary courier has brought the confirmation of the accounts lately published relative to the excesses at Warsaw. German Papers say, that as soon as the troops of General KREUTZ shall have advanced along the left ba►►k of the Vistula to Warsaw, the Russians will exert every means to take that city, but that great preparations have been made for its defence, which will enable it to hold out for a long time ANTWERP, SErr. s.—The pressing application of Ge neral Tabor to the Government, and General Chasse for filling up the breachts made iu the dikes of the river dur ing the late hostilities, have been crowned success, as we see from the following letter written to him yesterday evening by General Belliard : "Brussels, Sept. 4, Half-past Eight, p.m. " I hasten to inform you for myself and Sir R. Adair that the breaches in the dykes are at length to be filled up. Ge neral Chasse will receive orders to that effect from his Go_ vernment, and you will receive your orders to dismantle and to level the battery erected during the existing armis tice between the city of Antwerp and the citadel. I and my friend Adair are happy to be able to give you this g.) , sd news. We beg you, my dear General, to repeat the strictest orders already given by your Government and you, that the navigation of the Scheldt be protected, and that the citadel may not suffer any interruption or obstacles in the Scheldt, to its c o mmunications with Holland. " Acost, dear General, &e. (Signed) " A. BELLIARD.', BRUSSELS, SETT. 6.—M. E. Lorence, Consul of France at Rotterdam, arrived here on Sunday afternoon, and drove to the Hotel of General Belliard. The contents of his dispatches have not transpired. It is said that he is going to the Hague with a mission to the French Am bassador. General Nlellinet is put on half pay. We learn from good authority (says the Courier) that the French Government means that Belgium shall defray the expences of the French army from its entrance into our territory till the Bth of Sept e mber, The French Go- BRUSSELS. We have received, from Brussels, the following. answer of Louis Philip, King of France, to Leopold, King of Belgium, on the demand of assistance by the latter from the former, to repel the Dutch invasion, " PARIS, A ,, g. 4. " My dear Brother,—M. Lelion delivered to me this morning the letter which your Majesty wrote me the day before yesterday from Liege, and I was as much astonished as you at this unworthy surprise of the Dutch ; but their advantages, if they shou'd Obtain any, will not be of long duration, for we march to your assistance with •all the celerity of which we are capable, and they will not be long in repenting of their temerity. Only permit me to advise you as a friend not to compromise your brave Belgian troops in combats which the number of their ene mies may ren , ler inadequate. Retreat rather before them if you are weak, and yield them the ground in waiting for us, for you will not have to wait a long time, and what you shall have yielded will soon be recovered for Bel gium, for the King of its choice, and for its inde pendence and neutrality, which France will respect, and which she will know how to maintain along with the four other Powers which have concurred with her in establishing it. " It apeared to me, that in circumstances where France grants to your Majesty the assistance whi:h you request, it was necessary to disregard the considerations which had prevented me from receiving immediately your Minister Plenipotentiary; but I have sent to inquire fur him, to give him immediately his public audience, and thus to testify to you and to all the Belgic nation my personal friendship, and the benevolonce of France, at the time when this mad enterprise has occurred to interrupt the peace and ❑eutrality which we had guaranteed. " It is Marshal Gerard who is to command the army which I send to the assistance of Belgium. I could not intrust the command to better hands. My two eldest sons will accompany him, and fight for Belgium at the head of their regiments. I rejoice that they make their first trial of arms in so fine a cause, and that he, fur whom I refused the crown which you wear, should be in the number of its defender s. " I hope that England is going to send a squadron to the Scheldt, and that this co-operation will demonstrate that we are all agreed, that we assist you i❑ concert, and that this salutary union will establish and confirm the general peace so madly disturbed by the King of Holland. " The Queen and my sister charge me with expre , sing their friendship to you, and I renew with all my heart the assurance of mine, which is very lively and very sincere. " I am your Majesty's Good Brother." PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, SEPT. 6 . Wink Stock ,St. Patrick lnsur. (per sh.) Consols, 3 Der cent. Gov. Stock, 3,', per cent. S9IA ' i National Ditto Ditto, New 'Patriotic Ditto I per Cent — ' Hibernian Bank 19-c (ov. Deb. percent - Royal Canal Stock Grand Canal Stock 23 li City Deb. 4 per cent Ballast Office Deb. 4 p. c ;Provincial Ditto !Royal Irish Mine — Imperial Mine 1 Mining Co. of Ireland (Commercial Buildings — HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning ...:'3 minutes after 3. 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The distribution of the London Newspapers is a distinct business, employing upwards of a thou sand persons daily and weekly. vor itA . 4344. vernment alledges that this charge is only the p rice ro `l ' afety of Brussels and of the evacuation of our territory 14 S he Dutch. The expenses of the French army durigt c time that we have mentioned are estimated at the gil'er; one million two hundred thousand pounds. We „les anxious to learn under what head of his budget M . Cog"- will place this sum. wh lose arrival at Luxemburg as . ministration we have announced, had in his pocket - '" his decree of King William, by which he cedes and transfers rights over the Grand Duchy his son Prince Fretiertcir A proclamation is to be drawn up, and shortly t o bel l lished, to announce to the inhabitants of Luxemburg tbi' cisior. of their legitimate Sovereign. Prince Fredericitilli then come ininudiately with the title of Grand Dube Luxemburg, and t ike possession of the country. The Gazette of the province of W es t Flanders o ; under the head of Bruges, of the sth of September, t following accoont of the inundation of the Clara Pold er; : i " The Dutch had cut the dike of the Clara Polder, le a " O f a moss of earth, two ells thick, that they might in W e . ; need cut it quite through. In consequence of the otrt7: from the north, and the high tides that we had for days, the dike gave way on Saturday, and the Polde r 'l5 intindred to the extent of 1,500 acres. head of the Ad' M. Stir LENISFAIG, AUGUST 23. —The cholera has nearlyeev; here, but. it is said to rage violently in Hungary, espeeis" in the town of Debreczyn, which is very near Gallicis' Front the theatre of war in Poland, we hear that soon as the troops of General Kreutz shall have ads along the left bmk of the Vistula to Warsaw, the O t t sians will exert every means to take that city. i n saw, however, great preparations for defence hav e tea 'e, which may long delay the taking of the city conquest. The magazines are said to be amply' with every thing necessary, so that if the individual' A ul can be of no service in the defence of the city a re Po of it (which measure is said to be in contemplation) i e resist a besieging army for a couple of months. Th e :! weather might then come to the aid of the besiege, 15 bO , before, in a manner, saved Poland. Zamosc °0 banded by General Kaisaroff. The town has bee n t o times on fire. The Polish garrison has made a 5311 P - was repulsed with loss. 21. VIENNA AUGUST 26. Avon Five per Cents 78% Four per Cent. Bank Shares 9'l 9,25 The closing seal, thank GOD, was put to Refor m Bill in the House of Commons night, when the great restorative measure fie sl ' ,l ) passed through Committee. The report is erc iel ; to be brought up on Tuesday next. Iu , course of the evening, Colonel EvAss F re t , sented a petition from the inhabitants of 1 " 0 , minster, complaining of the injury done 10 commerce by the war in Poland. On the F lo bs and Gallant Member moving that it be hr o4 o , up, Sir FRANCIS BURDETT seconded the /11 tion, but Ministe rs did n o t enter into al e °o of explanation on the subject. The day when the House of Commons s"i have passed a Bill f or th e R e f orma tion of i tse o j will be a truly remar k a bl e one i n th e anna ls d this country. F o r a n assembly not really el ect by the people t o d ec l a re it s readiness to give P lse 0 , to another wherein the people will be s ub tially represented, is a striking proof of the e, d , of public opinion, and of the triumph ‘'' lll (ef reason and common se ns e h a v e achieved ° the sinister influence of personal interest anti ce ; ruption. The Reform Bill, with all its fections, gives effect to the convictions with the mass of thinking persons have been imprel l for the last forty years, and prepares the voY o , t he period when no institution will be perr i ' ll tic i to exist in this country, which cannot be def e '' ie , upon some reasonable and intelligible prin 4 Our anxiety for the success of the B ill ci deterred us from laying much stress on th e d , jections to which it is open. It undoub t contains clauses which are anomalous in refer e ' l l: to its general spirit, but th ere will be abunt opportunity for reme dyi ng suc h d e fects ‘ ll r o the clamour of the Anti-Reformers shall 13 , subsided, and they themselves shall have bee ) lu removed front their seats in Parliament • reformed House, there will, at all events, be fairer field for reasonable discussion, than sembly like the present can be supposed to ai ll ' r‘ c l A writer, in the North American Re v( on the prospect of Reform in Eu ro p e , has cc'l re , tended with great ability, that, in regard to presentation, no other principle but that of Rule of Three, applied to population, can 11 % Is it not prepost erous , h e a sks, th a t a boro ug v with four thousand inhabitants, should sti ll allowed as many representatives as the g rt il town of Birmingham ? Why, he says/ not the country been geographically into electioneering districts, and why is Ujj' ( laid down, once for all, that England shall iis ,, or every so many thousands of her popu lsti ; one representative ? To which, and many t° jl of a similar kind, the best answer is, tha t 0 Ministers had brought forward any such pl° that of the Rule of Three, they would lot b. r , had the slightest chance of carrying it. aV measure must be in some way suited to th e t ' s ' r ,f and capacity of the Assembly in which it is Pit ` posed, If it is not so suited—if it outragegi notions of the great majority of the A s sentbb ii i it assumes a revolutionary character, hel l ? excellent in itself'. Every constitutional ch ' ' C ir must depend for success on time, place, 0 1 , J cumstance. The best form of government no doubt, eventually be adopted in every ee till o in the world, but it only delays the adve ill perfection to attempt to introduce it with ' l c e' mature violence. Whether, therefore, ° o) , presentation is, or not, soon des.ined to be 6 it blished according to the Rule of Three pri'l cil ; 4 4 we are quite satisfied that the country would cried out loudly against the egregious folly 0f aµ Minister who had, in 1831, attempted s ' ) settle it. There is one remark of the Americanttpt v ` c which deserv es th e special consideration e V Lords Spiritual and Temporal. The res o tt alleged for the disfranchisement of Old 6ar , i 4 l go, says he the whole length of disfran eb° o o the House of Lords, for A rotten borough° a greater t' Hereditary E ngland t o criti cal mon to S ay Yes the fan o f v. l'e is deter r Until his ] 'fleet The blin, tI nlY b e eq u 'etas (lisp I °nareh y , 4 Y the le l Pe° Ple, and ° f , th e H ei this day be t I w, ' 4 ) , wh en a P l ace of the Eli g l od to S IIIPp iN( 411 hav e heir c , tl, - l)er. r t P'lteted T bt ex pier , x P 64 :11f. rlf Alit 11, tr horn to get, 29 ophi Iv a en el Iferr 4,1 e W ettw a ;: is A d y t Net,,alaY cl ud 'e hem o qe ' ^ R th t Chanc e re~ti.;: aurentirsl The h v„ fay oui f h "een s( , bi kic et •—.