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ment, it mu, t be equally unjust in Austria to at tempt, by an armed force, to prevent the people of Italy from choosing their own Governments. The present Ministers have declared themselves loudly in favo.lir of the principle of non-intervention ; and therefore no alarm is entertained of them ; but as suspicions were not unreasonably entertained of the intentions of the Administration, of which Sir Robert was so distinguished a Member, it must be consolatory to know, that since the delivery of the speech at the opening of the Session he has thought better of the matter ; and that, if his fortune should prove as favourable as his anticipations, he will coun tenance no Power in its violation of the principle of 72 on-i nte r rentio 72.--3 I° riling Chronicle. The Bill introduced by the Lord Chancellor on Tuesday last was read a second time last night. Lord Lyndhurst, while he approved of many of the alterations recommended by the Lord Chancellor, started several objections to any deviation from the present mode of taking evidence in the Court of Chancey, and seemed, by his vindication of the Commissioners of Bankrupts, to think that the new tribunals to supply their place were uncalled for. The Lord Chancellor thought the substitution of viva voce evidence to interrogatories was essential to the getting rid of chicanety. to consequence of the low estimate by Lord Lyndhurst of the amount of the loss the Great Seal would sustain by the pro poa d reductions and a lterations, the Lord Chancel lor observed, " his Noble Friend had denied that the probable loss would amount to more than 2,5001. a.vear; while he, Lord Brougham, estimated it at 7,600/. Unquestionably he had not been in office long enoughto know much of its receipts, and if the Civil List Bill did not pass, i t was not likely he would get anything at all. His Noble Friend too, who was, pro bably, the Chancellor in reversion, Ni bile he was the Chancellor in possession, might form a somewhat different estimate of these things ; but this he would say, that it never could be intended, nor could Par liament, he was sure, allow it to be, that the Lord Chancellor of England should receive a smaller sa lary than a puisne Judge."—Morning Chronicle. Sir James Graham gave, last night, a curious expose of the system hitherto pursued in expending the money voted for the naval service. It appears that the money in question has been hitherto com pletely withdrawn from the controul of Parliament. The estimates have been merely nominal. Works of great magnitude have been repeatedly com menced, on the authority of the subordinate Boards; and the first knowledge of Parliament on the sub ject has been when hundreds of thousands have been already expended. Money never can be wanted, because a stock purse is made of the sums voted, for all purposes ; and the sums not wanted in one branch are taken without scruple fur another. It has been said of the present Alinistly, that having been long out of office, they are necessarily de ficient in a knowledge of the business of their re spective departments. This may be partly true It does not, however, follow, that those who from long experience are acquainted with all the details of office, are disposed to allow that experience to become beneficial to the public. There is such a thing as presuming on the difficulty of detection ; and no doubt the system of deception and mystifica tion had for object to create the embarrassment, which has impeded so niuch the investigations of Sir J. Graham. The honesty of the present men will, in the end, be of more service to the public than the skill principally evinced in subterfuges and evasions, possessed by their more experienced predecessors. We ha.;'e never been able to believe that the confusion e! our public accounts was not inten tional, and that :rills were not thereby served which it was not conveniei:t to avow. We well remem ber the host of enemies that upright man Earl St. \Tint-cut brought on himself, when he first attempted to defeat the system of fraud which had long per vaded the whole of our naval expenditure. The firmness of his Lordship during the short period of his power was productive of incalculable benefit. 'We trust that the honesty of the present Ministers will in like manner, ere long, prove more than a match for the cunning of the official trickery which they have to encounter. Mr. Hume confessed "it disappointed him not a little to find the Right Hon. Baronet coming forward with a proposition for an increase of half a million, instead of coming forward with a proposal for reduction. This, however calling for disapprobation, detracted nothing from the great and important service he had rendered to the public, in exposing the system of deceit under which the public accounts were kept." The investigations lately instituted into the public expenditure, in all its branches, must alone be productive of immense benefit.—Molning Chronicle. its particular duty teas to protect the properties, end watch the liberties, and to promote the best interests of the people. That to enable them effectually to discharge this duty, their interests should be identified with those of the people, and members freely chosen as representatives. That it was notorious that the members, in a majority of cases, were nominees of Peers, of opulent tradesmen, or of small irresponsible bodies. That it therefore became necessary to have a reform in the representation. That the meeting looked with the greatest confidence to the inten . . _ tion of his Majesty's Ministers to propose such a Reform as should be efficient in itself and sat'sfactory to the country. These resolutions were seconded by Lord ANDOVER. _ - J. BFNETT, Esq. M. P. for the county, said he had always been the advocate of Reform, which alone, he thought, could bring happiness to the country. Sir J. ASTLEY, Bart. M.P. for the county, admitted that he was always the friend of Reform. Lord SUFFOLK and several other gentlemen addressed the meeting, and ultimately the resolutions were carried without a hand being held up against them. Most of the influential men of the county were present. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. DUTCH PAPERS-(RECEIVED THIS DAY). WARSAW, FEB. It. —The State Gazette of this city publishes the following news, stated to be official, from the head-quarters of the Polish army : " On the Bth instant the following movements took place. General Suchorzewski drove the enemy, at seven o'clock, from Siedlice; General Zymirski, with his column, passed over the Lievsec and marched forwards to drive the enemy from Wengrow, which was occupied by two regi ments of flulans of General Whidek with six cannon. On the appearance of General Zymirski, the enemy immedi ately retired from Wengrow. General Zymirski pursued him into the village of Poszewski, but the enemy effected his retreat to Kosow. Thus Wengrow is in our hands, as well as Miedzna, and Siedlice with the magazines. In the attack upon Siedlice a detachment of the first regiment of Hulans drove the whole of the enemy's squadron out of the town, killed two, and made seven prisoners. The enthusiasm with which our littlans fight is not to be de scribed. " As the enemy has entered the country at many points the Commander-in-Chief has judged it necessary to con centrate the divisions of the army to wait for the attack, and not to encourage the inhabitants to resist without sup porting them with the regular army. In fact all the movements of the enemy seem to be calculated to divide our force. They no where attack our positions, and wherever our columns appear they do not oppose them. In the same manner as at Siedlice and Wengrow, the enemy having been attacked by our van-guard at Ostrilenka, re tired precipitately, and on our farther advance left Lomaa." The Journals of this city give the following particulars of the positions of the two armies : " The whole extent of the frontier from Kanen to Us cilog, which the Russians have passed in many points, is about 70 German (300 English) miles. The Waywod ship of Augustowo, which is a narrow tract between Rus sia and Prussia, is already occupied by the Russians ; but, according to the Warsaw Gazette, M. Godlewski, Commissioner of the Government, had again excited an insurrection in that province, in the rear of the Russians, and advancing from Seyny with a movable co lumn, had passed the Niemen, and made an incursion into Lithuania. According to the Polish Courier, the autho rities, with the public coffers, had left Loinz r on the ap proach of the Russians, and arrived on the night of the Bth in this city. The little town of Szczuczyr, close to the Prussian frontier, has been occupied by the same re giment of Cossacks, under Colonel Grekow, which was formerly stationed there for a long time, but, on the break ing out of the revolution, had concentrated itself, and fought its way to the Russian frontier town of Goniondz. On the 10th the Russian advanced posts had pushed for ward to Miastknow, beyond Ostralenka ; but, as the above official report says, had been driven hack beyond Lomza. On the whole course of the Bug, the Russians have already advanced from six to eight German miles over the frontier. On the other hand, the Commander in -Chief, Prince Radzivill, had moved his head-quarters from Okuniew to Radzymin, where Prince Czartoryski paid him a visit on the 10th, and from that place to Iblonna, where they were yesterday, the 13th, when M, Bazykowski, Member of the Government ; Ceunt Ma lachowski, Minister for Foreign Affairs ; and Counsellor Plichta, Secretary to the Government, went thither. It seems that the Commander-in-Chief, as the TVarsaw Ga zette says, Las expressed a wish to have some members of the Government constantly at head-quarters, as Com missioners, in order to give in the name of the Govern ment the necessary orders in case the communications be tween the head-quarters and the city of Warsaw should he cut off. According to the Polish Gazette, an account has been received, among many other reports of engage ments in that quarter, of an action between the Russians and Poles at Jadow, in which two regiments of Russian cavalry are reported to have been beaten, and ten cannon taken ; of twenty-four wounded, who were brought from the field to the hospital at Warsaw, one is said to have died on the way. Gen. Chlopieki has joined the army, and, as the Warsaw Gazette says, serves as a private soldier in the vanguard. A great quantity of arms is expected in the capital from the provinces. All the troops which were in garrison in the capital or have been newly or ganised, are said to have now marched out, but regiments from the provinces daily pass the capital. Workmen are still constantly employed upon the fortifications and ram arts of the city; a number of heavy cannon are placed upon the eminence before the ruined palace of Dynassowskie. It is not certainly known where the head-quarters of Field-Marshal Diebitsch now are, according to some they are at Biala, and to others at Lotza. The War sow Gazette sa}s, that he intended to advance to Pultusk, north of Warsaw, where there is a regiment of Polish flulana. The Russian corps under Generals Kreutz and Geismar, which entered Poland front Wlodaws, has directed its march to Lublin, whence it intends to proceed to cross the Vistula at Kazi mierz and Jenowiec. The regiment of Cossacks in this corps is commanded by Duke Adam of Wurtemburg. On the 9th in the mot ning the Cossacks entered Lublin with out resistance, having, as the above-mentioned journal re ports, sent a notice from the village of Fatary to the Pre sident of Lublin, threatening totally to destroy the town if he did not come with a white flag to meet them. The same paper has the following account from Lubartow, which lies some miles to the north of Lublin :—On the Bth his Royal Highness the Duke of Wurtemburg, at the head of 1 60 Cossacks, entered the little town of Lubartow and immediately took possession of all the letters and pa pers at the past-office. They did the same in all the public offices here—those who wore the na tional cockade were ordered to lay it aside. Hereupon the inhabitants of the town were summoned to take the oath of allegiance to the Emperor Nicholas, and the Burgomaster was ordered not to suffer any body to be in the town, and particularly most strictly to watch the Countess Malachowski. The latter however suc ceeded in escaping, in company with several ether persons. His Royal Highness thereupon left our town and proceeded to Lublin." _ . REFORM IN PARLIAMENT. G U 15.13 OR 0 UGH. A meeting of the tradesmen, &c. of Guishorough was held to consider of the propriety of petitioning Parliament for Reform, when the following petition was agreed to, and transmitted to London for presentation—that to the Lords by the Earl of Radnor, and to the House of Com mons by H. Hunt, Esq., Member for Preston. The cause of Reform, and particularly the vote by ballot, ha. gained ground in this part of the country ever since the shameless intimidation at the recent elections at Stamford and Newark, and the corrupt bribery at Liverpool. TO THE HONOURABLE THE COMMONS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND, IN PARLIAMENT ASSEMBLED. THE PETITION OF THE UNDERSIGNED IN_ HABITANTS OF GUISBOROUGH, IN THE NORTH RIDING OF THE COUNTY OF YORK SIIESVETH,-That your petitioners are deeply, and anxiously impressed with alarm at the present dis tressed condition of the people, unparalleled in the annals of this our happy, prosperous, and flourishing country. That by the grievous weight of taxation now imposed upon the country, all productive industry is paralyzed, and must, if such taxation is continued, shortly be anni hilated. That they view with disgust the enormous expenditure incurred during a long series of bloody and unnecess•try wars, cart ied on through the influence of a boroughmon gering oligarchy, against the rights, liberties, and happi ness of mankind ; the extravagant salaries paid to public men, and the enormous and unmerited pensions given to those useless beings who are foisted on the public main tenance to lighten the burden of their own immediate rela tives; but, above all, they consider the enormous sum of fifty thousand pounds per annum, paid to one man, and that man a foreigner, from whom the country has not re ceived any benefit, a shameful item. They denounce, as equally opposed to the principles of the religion of Christ (whose kingdom is not of this world), and to the interests and progress of that religion, those enormous emoluments which arc lavished en the higher order of the Clergy. Your petitioners, therefore, earnestly pray that these abuses may be remedied by such an effectual and substan tial Reform as shall give to the people their due influence in the State; and they are of opinion that no Reform will be complete and efficient without the vote by ballot, as your petitioners are convinced this is the only effectual check to that shameful bribery which has so long been a disgrace to the country. And your petitioners, Lee. The same paper reports from Lublin that General Geis►nar has sent an officer to General Sierawski, Gover nor of Zamosc, summoning him to keep the bath that he had taken to the Emperor Nicholas, and to deliver up the fortress. He however refused, affirming that he was there not in the service of the Emperor, but that of the free and independent nation, and that he would defend the town with the last drop of his blood. This fortress is now said to be besieged by the Russians under General Geismar. The State Gazette says that the roads are very bad, and the operations extreii►ely difficult, a thaw having . set in, as the thermometer is at 5 (leg. above zero. It was reported that in consequence of this the Russian army is returning at many points, especially from the province of Lublin. On the II th and 12th there were debates in both Chambers. Two laws respecting the internal regulation of the Chambers were adopted, and several communica tions were made from the Diplomatic Committee, of docu ments relative to the supposed intention of Russia to em ploy the Polish army in a war as a vanguard, as has been affirmed in the French Chamber of Deputies. Those documents are to be printed. DEVIZES—COUNTY OF WILTS. A meeting took place here yesterday, pursuant to adver tisement, to determine on a petition to be presented to Parliament, praying for 'a Reform in the Representation. The proceedings commenced about one o'clock in the Town-hall, when the High Sheriff, P. METHUEN, ESq. stated to the meeting, that as there were so many persons BERLIN, FEB. 17. assembled, it would be necessary to adjourn to the Market- St. Schuld Sch. 4 percent. English Loan, 1818, 5 per cent. place. The parties then went to the Market-place, where P Ditto Ditto 18E1, 5 per cent. a waggon was stationed for the speakers. The Sheriff Ditto Bonds 1830, 4 per cent. 73% having again stated the object of the meeting, THE HAGUE, FEB. 20.—The fourteenth anniversary Lord %%taxon. said he should have to propose to them of the birthday of his Royal Highness, the Prince and certain resolutions which had been drawn up with great Princess of Orange, was solemnized yesterday in the care, and a strong and anxious desire that they should be usual manner. such as could not be objectionable to any party that they There is a report of an important protocol of the four should be for the purpose of Reform only in the represen- Powers, England, Austria, Russia, and Prussia, in which tation of the country, and such as should meet' with the it is said the French Cabinet is called upon to declare unanimous approbation of the m eet i ng. In them there itself explicitly respecting its political plans. was not one word as to voting by ballot either for or His Majesty's frigate, the Sambre, Rear Admiral Van against it. It was the fact that he was an advocate for de Sande, arrived on the 18th in the Texel, from the voting by ballot, and if any resolutions were proposed Mediterranean. embracing that measure , and were entertained by the THE HAGUE, FEB. 22.—0 n the ISth of this month, meeting in opposition to his, yet he would support them. Messrs. Abercrombie and White arrived at Maestricht, whi- His Lordship then proposed a string of resolutions to th e they they were sent by Lord Ponsonby. They rece i ve d f rom effect, that the po wer of the Legislature being vested in the Go vernor o f that fortress every information respecting the King, Lords, and Commons, the latter branch was as th e state of things as it was on the 21st of November last, and a s it now i s . The hostilities that had taken essential a part of it as either of the other two, and that plac• that morning at Smeermaar induced those gentlemen to go to that place. They were accompanied by Lieute nant Zugler, who commanded the reconnoissance that took place on the morning of the ISth. O❑ this occasion they convinced themselves of the falsehood of the positive statement of the Belgian papers that that village had been entirely burnt down. On their arrival at Smeermaar the post, which was there in the morning, had withdrawn. Probably it had received orders to that effect, in order, as usual, to deceive those gentlemen respecting the real state of things. General Debbets ascribed to the same cause the disappearance of some other posts. General Debbets had also received a letter from General Daine respecting the firing on the reconnoitering party at Smeer maar. He makes some apologies, and says that he is sorry with respect to what has passed, and that he is resolved strictly to ob , erve the armistice. BOIS-LF.-DUC, FEE. 20.—For these two days past there have been disturbances at Liege among the workmen with out employment, but it does not appear what truth there is in these accounts. Actual Debt, 2% per cent.. Amort Syndic, 4% per cent. Ditto, ditto, 3% per cent. Exchange on London. Two Months . . AMSTEROAI4 FEL 22. 30 1 4 to 40 65 to 65N, . . 5144 to 52 1 ,i . 11 02 9-10 . 11 77 5-10 PRICES OF STOCKS THIS Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Red 7 9 BM/ 4 3 per Cent. Cow. 783 g% 77i 8% 31.4 per Cent. Ditto Red 87 3 ,4% New 334 per Cent 87% 67 7% 3 per Cent Ann. 1726 4 per Cent. 1926 97% 7 % Bank Long Ann to expire Jan 5, 18i 9 ... 16 3 ,4 13-16 '3 1 4 Oct. 10, 1859 1634 N, Jan. 5, 1860 Jan. 5, 1880 April 5, 1880 Jan. 5, 1870 PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS Austrian Bonds Brazilian Bonds Buenos Ayres Bonds Chi Han Bonds Colombian B onds Ditto, 1924 Owlish Greek Bonds Ditto, 1825 Guatimala Mexican Bonds Mao. lea, DAY AT ONK O'CLOCK. New 5 per Cent India Stock '2o4 5 Ditto Bonds" ............... 6 pm. 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NATIONAL LIBRARY, SERIES OF STANDARD NOVELS, Uniform with the Waverley Novels. O❑ the let of March, beautifully printed and embellished and neatly bound, price 6s. each Number, STANDARD NOVELS. No. I. Containing The PILOT, by COOPER, comp'ete, price 6s. No. 11. will contain GODWIN'S celebrated story of CALEB WILLIAMS, complete price 6s. No. 111. will contain The SPY, by COOPER, com plete, price 6s. According to the Prospectus issued some time since, the present collection will consist solely of those works of fiction which have been established in public estimation by the unerring voice of fame ; and to the novels of each writer will be prefixed a Biographical and Critical Essay. Printed for Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street ; and sold by every Bookseller through out the k . ngdorn ; Agents for Scotland, Messrs. Bell and Bradfute ; and for Ireland, John Cumming. ' 7% • 0 ebr , v • . ••- ea. LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 2t, 1831. In the House of Commons last night Sir GRAHAM, in a Committee of Supply , brought forward the Navy Estimates. In do ing so he made a complete expo.d of the irregular and unconstitutional system that had for years been adopted in preparing the es timates, whereby tens and hundreds of thousand pounds had been frittered away on works scarce one of which had ever been sanc tioned by, or even known to Parliament. Mr. HUME, ill very proper and significant terms, expressed his astonishment at this in telligence, and said that the House would not do its duty to the country, unless a strict and prompt inquiry were instituted, and the aid of the ATTORNEY-GENERAL called in. In the Upper House Lord BROUGHAM brought forward his second Bill on Chancery Reform, which was approved by Lord LYNDHURST, who took ex ception merely to some unimportant parts of the By the Prussian State Gazette we have some scattered details respecting the two armies of Russia and Poland ; a portion of the former of which is reported_ to have been worsted. Wengrow," says the Prussian State Gazette, quoting from that of Warsaw, "is in our hands, as well as Miedzna and Siedlice, with the maga zines. In the attack upon Siedlice a detachment of the first Regiment of Hulans drove the whole of the enemy's squadron out of the town, killed two, and made seven prisoners. The enthusiasm with which our Hulans fight is not to be described." The same Journal states that the Polish Commander in Chief has judged it necessary to concentrate the divisions of the army to wait for the attack, as all the movements of the enemy seem to be calculated to divide their force. The Polish Gazette also makes mention of a report of an action having taken place between the Russians and the Poles at Jadow, in which two regiments of Russian cavalry were beaten, and ten cannon taken. Dutch Papers state that there is a report of an important protocol of the Four Powers, in which the French Cabinet is called on explicitly to declare its political in tentions. We quote the following remarks from the Chronicle of this morning, and need hardly say th a t we heartily coincide with every one of We regret to per ce i ve , b y a paragra ph i t n he a m : 111 ‘ Orning Paper, that Mr. ALEXANDER, although the term of his imprisonment expired on the 9th instant, is still confined in Newgate in consequence of the heavy fine, securities, and other claims of the Crown ; the former imposed by his sentence, the latter by the after consequences of the prosecution. Without knowing anything of the parti culars, or whether any steps have been taken to obtain his release, we nevertheless cannot but think that the Government of Lord GREY, some of the leading Members of which depre cated the proceedings of SC A RLETT in the strongest terms, ought not to delay remitting the remainder of the sentence. There never was a State prosecution more generally condemned by the public out of doors, by Members of the House, by men of all parties, than that against The Morning Journal. Even the authors of it, we have reason to know, are heartily ashamed of it, and exceedingly regret having commenced it. Nay, so strong was this feeling on the part of one or two distinguished members of the late Administration, that it is now openly said they intended to liberate Mr. ALEXANDER, by the remission of his fine, at the expiration of the twelve months. We are sure that the new Ministry, possessing more liberal sentiments than their predecessors, will not render that prosecution apparently more vindictive, certainly more severe in its effects, than was intended by its authors." Sir HOWARD DOUGLAS, the Governor of New Brunswick, has taken advantage of his presence in England, at the moment of the reduction of the timber duty, to publish a pam phlet in condemnation of that reduction, as being contrary to what, as Sir HOWARD DOUG LAS considers, ought to be the policy of Great Britain towards her colonies. The pamphlet shows so much attachment to the interests of New Brunswick, that we cannot but consider that colony fortunate in having so warm an advo cate, and so excellent a friend, as her present Governor. Nevertheless, the principles main tained in the said pamphlet are so erroneous in our judgment, that we cannot suffer it to pass without a few observations. The question is simply whether the interest of the British consumer, or of the colonial timber grower, ought to prevail with the British Go vernment—whether it be really for the public benefit that colonial timber should enjoy a mo nopoly in our market—and whether an equalization of the duty, accompanied by a reduction of ss. per load on the duty on Euro pean timber, be not for the general advantage ? The landed interest, the shipping interest, and the manufacturing interest, will alike be bene fitted by the diminution that has taken place, though it be not to the extent that was required, and the increased consumption will undoubtedly prevent any considerable decrease in the revenue. But then, it will be said, the Canada timber will be driven out of the market,—the only reply to which is, that it ought to be driven out, if it only retained its market by means of a privileged exemption from the taxes levied on the other sorts of the same commodity. It has been esti mated by. competent judges that this system of protection—this forcing into the market of infe rior timber has cost the public a million and a half sterling per annum. It was, therefore, high time that some effort should be made to bring it to a close. The present timber duties are among the mo numents that remain to attest the folly of the whole tenor of that VA NS ITTA RT regime, under which it was solemnly propounded that a one pound note and a shilling were worth the guinea which was currently sold at 275. Mr. VAN SITTA RT destroyed a trade which in 1809 gave employment to one-fourth of our whole com mercial navy, or 428,000 tons of shipping, under the vain pretence of bolstering up a colo nial trade, so as to render us independent of foreign aid. For advantages of a most doubtful and contingent kind, a great branch of industry was crushed, and after the result has shewn the error, and an effort, though a partial effort, is made to remedy it, the Governor of Ness Bruns wick protests against the change, as an innova tion of political economists ! This is, how ever, the ordinary cry of all those numerous interests, which advocate and approve of free trade in every matter except that in which they are themselves concerned. 'They laud RicAnDo and MAC-CuLLocrr, so long as they come not into actual contact with them ; but when such ! contact arises they pour forth a torrent of abuse against " shallow and cold-blooded theorists." The late Mr. 11 usKissoN used to say that a history of the various deputations and represen tations he had received against his measure in particular instances, was the best commentary that could be given of the general soundness of the principles which he put into force. But, says Sir HOWARD DOUGLAS, the colonies are large consumers of British manu factures. True—and why are they so ? Because British manufactures are the best and cheapest they can get, and not because they have a mo nopoly of the timber trade. The case is the same as that of Portugal and the wine duties, wherein it has been so general an error to be lieve that the Methuen treaty was the cause of the consumption of British stuffs in Portugal. The truth is, that our colonies are an actual impoverishment to us, and drain us of more money for their civil and military establish ments than ever can be repaid us in any possible s h ape . Two-thirds of our whole army arc des tined for no other service than that of our colo nial possessions, and their civil expenditure h as long been notoriously burthensome. We fear those who talk of " the grandeur of our colonial empire" give too great scope to their imaginations, and are too disdainful of the plain e vidence of facts. Captain BEECHEY, R.N., had the honour to present to his MAJESTY, at the lite levee, a copy of his Narrative of a Voyage to the Pacific. This work com pletes the Account of the Series of Expeditions undertaken by order of the British Government. The plates, which are numerous and beautiful, are engraved by FsNnEN, in his bust manner, The work will be issued to the public on Monday. FROM LLOYD'S. ....t DEAL, FEB. 25..—Wind N.W.--Arrived from the liver, the Lady Nugent, Wimble, for Madras. PORTSMOUTII, N.W. to W.—Sailed his Majesty's slip Childers, for Lisbon; also his Majesty's ship Onyx, on a cruize. FALMOUTH, FEB. 24.—Wind W.S.W. to W.N.W.— Arrived the Camden packet, from the Leeward Islands, sailed from St. Thomas's the 26th ult. TOPSHAM, FEB. 24.—Arrived the Ebenezer, Holman, from St. Sebastian. BRISTOL, FEB. 25.—Arrived the Portea, Martin, from Odessa ; Lady Emma, Dodd, from Denia ; and Hawk, —, from Genoa. LIVERPOOL, FEB. 24.—Arrived the Olinda, Robinson, from Pernambuco; and Vernon, Durrell, from New Orleans; and Seaflower, —, from Trieste. THE FUNDS.-{THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK A Dutch mail has arrived this morning, as also a Lee ward Island mail, which sailed from St. Thomas's on the 26th of January. By the former we have received ac ccoonfiuntrsmfrtohe g m \i,en'aerrsaalwto reporttlre on 'Change lst h yesterday, which that do not the Russians had entered Warsaw, or that, as yet, the Poles had given up the contest. The Dutch Papers contain a long detail of various skir mishes between the Poles anti Russian out-posts, in which the Poles claim the advantage. It appears that the roads have become very bad, owing to the thaw, which has ren dered all military operations very difficult. General Chlo p'eki has joined the army, and is going to serve as a com mon soldier in the advanced guard of the Poles. This is paying and receiving day in the Censol market of the differences of accounts. We hear, at present, of one or two failures in the House, but they are not as yet declared. These failures are in consequence of the heavy one which took place out of the House. Consols, which left eff yesterday at 78 to opened at the same price this morning with little doing, and they may be quoted at present at 78i to a. - We do not hear any news of consequence by the Leward Island mail. In the Foreign Funds nothing doing as yet. BRITISH FUNDS. Ditto, Reduced, Ditto, New, 87N Four per Cent. (1828) 97 1 4 India Bonds, 4 6 Exchequer Bills, 17 18 flank Stock, 198 9 India date, 204 5 3 per Cent. Cons. 73 1 .4 I ,‘ Ditto, for:the Acct. 78% 3 per Cent. lied. 78% % 3% per Cent. 87% HALF-PAST ONE. We have just received the Constitutionnel of Thursday, by express : The Austrian garrisons have not as yet been attacked in Italy ; but, it is said, the Austrians are going to Mo dena, if the Duke requires it. FRONTIERS OF ITALY, FEB. 15. —Several Austrian regiments have received orders from General Fiimont to be ready for marching. 30,000 men from Styria are going to reinforce the army of Lombardy. He has de manded from the several Italian Governments to enforce the treaty with Austria. The Austrian Government is determined to re establish tranquillity. BOLOGNA, FEB. 11.—Letters from Milan, of the 14th, state that the authorities there have officially announced the resolution of the Cabinet of Vienna not to acknowledge the principle of non-intervention ; according to which General Nugent is to proceed with 60,000 men. On the 9th official news was received of the revolution of Pesaro and Urbino. Armaments in all Catalogne continue with great acti vity : they are placing cannon on the ramparts of different towns, and a forced loan is to be demanded from the com mune of Barcelona, to sustain the expenses of the armies. By a ♦essel arrived at Havre, from Lisbon, it is stated that six hundred persons had been sent to prison, amongst whom are several superior officers. The accounts from Naples, of the 12th of F.bruary, an. nounce that all was quiet in that kingdom. On Wednesday there was a debate in the Chamber of Peers on the finances. (From the Cours Authentique of Thursday.) Five per Cents., 92f. 20c. ; Three per Cents., 58f. 15c. By the above the French Funds have got up. The report at Paris was that Marshal Soult had resigned. The French express having arrived, Consols are at pre sent 78*1 for the Account. It brings the French Three per Cents. 58f. 15c., which is an improvement on the last prices. It was generally said at Paris that Soult had re signed. One defaulter has been declared in the house, but of minor coniequ! nce. In the Foreign Market there is little or nothing doing. THREE 0' CLOCK. Consols, 78* I. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.-(THIS DAY.) HOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair shortly after Twelve o'c'ock, at which time there were a considerable number of Members present. Mr. Fennell, from the Admiralty, brought up a return of the amount of marine establishments. Mr. FRAIL presented five petitions from places in Scot land, praying for Reform in Parliament. Sir ROBERT GORDON presented a petition from a place in Wiltshire, and another from Gloucester, praying for Reform and vote by ballot. In the prayer of these pe titions he fully agreed. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER said he had a great number of petitions to present, praying for Reform, and he must confess that, without a Reform is Pai liament there was no security for his Majesty's present Government.—(Loud cries of hear, hear, hear.)—When he and his colleagues took office, it was on the express understanding that they would not continue, unless a Re form in the representation of the people should take place. --(Hear, hear.)—But as a measure on that important subject (which had been prepared by Ministers) was so soon to he submitted to the consideration of the House, it was unnecessary for him then to enter into or provoke a discussion on the merits of the question. The Noble Lord then presented petitions from Manchester, Mon mouth, Bristol, D ighton, Wigan, Preston, and several other places. Colonel Bailey, Mr. John Wood, Sir John Sebrigbt, Mr. O'Connell, Mr. Portman, and several other Members, supported the prayers of the petitioners, and expressed their firm conviction, that without Reform no real benefit would be felt by the country. The petitions were then brought up and read. Besides the places before named, they were from Montgomery, Salford, Crompton, Ludlow, Leamington, Titchfield, Wellingborough, Christ Church, Kilkenny, Woolwich, and about forty other places. Most of the petitions prayed for vote by ballot. A New Member took the oaths and his seat. Mr. HART DAVIES presented a petition from I3ris tol against Reform. It was agreed to at a public meeting of the Merchants, Bankers, &e. of that city. He (Mr. Davis) regretted exceedingly that the Noble Chancellor of the Exchequer should have left the House, and more par ticularly so as there was not a single Minister present when petitions were presented on this important subject. He regretted that Government had thought proper to agitate such a serious question in the pr, sent state of the country. He agreed with the petitioners that the Reform meant little less than revolution, and was calculated to destroy the fabric of the British Constitution. The Hon. Member then read the petition amidst loud cries of "hear, hear, hear." Mr. HUNT spoke to order. The Hon. Member for Bristol never could b.; permitted to call Rermers revo lutionists. Mr. Hunt was proceeding, when The SPEAKER said, the Hon. Member for Preston was himself out of order. If he had any objection to make, it must be when the petition was brought up. The petition having been brought up, Mr. HUNT said, it was not the petition of the mer chants and others of Bristol, for he knew as a fact, that the meeting was a hole and corner one, and no public no tice was given. It was afterwards sent to the overst era of parishes within fourteen miles of Bristol, and they in duced their parishioners to sign it under the representation that it was a petition against the Roman Catholics of Ire land.--(Laughter.) He hoped the petition would be re ceived not as of the merchants of Bristol, but of those from whom it really cause. Colonel BAILLIE said the signatures were most re spectable. After a few words from an Hos. ME3FuEtt whose name we could not learn, Mr. HART DAVIS said, that out of nearly 5,000 names there were not more than 700 that did not reside in Bristol. If any sweeping plan of Reform was to he introduced, it should have his most determined and stre— nuous opposition. The petition was then read, it prayed that no Reform likely to violate the spirit of the Constitution might take place, (LEFT strrisG.) On Thursday last Mr. P. GEHAGAN, of Gort, on his way home from Enn's : wts met by six men, convenient to Crusbeen, who beat . ban in a most d es p era t e manner. GEHACIAN bas since died from the effects of the beating. THE GREAT and the MINOR Ttibai.... ~rrFi, The Lord Chancellor, who, it will be remembet. 4, sociated with him the Vice-Chancellor, Chief Jue Tyndale, and Mr. Justice James Parke, after hearing great length the statements and arguments of Counsel Drury-lane and Covent-garden Tfieitres again st the clai of Mr. Arnold, and the statements and argument° Counsel in behalf of Mr. Arnold and others, has, W e ul derstand, advised his Thjesty to determine that the Pr . ', rogative cannot be so limited by patents granted h} ' t ies as to preclude his Majesty from gra n a patents in cases in which it might be a dvisable do so ; but that taking into consideration th e variou circumstances of this case, the privilege to the neW E n g; lish Opera-house shall' be limited to six months roll commencing with May, an I ending with October. 'l' ll the Majesty has likewise determined, that in futu re a ,rd Minor Thea'res shall receive their licenses from the "L Chamberlain's Office, and not from the MagigracY• COURT CIRCULAR. Prince TALLEYRAND, the French Ambassador, Prit:, ESTERHAZY, the Au,trian Ambassador, the Bar? ° nu , \VESSENBURC, Minister from Austria on a special rrOlia, and Monsieur BERMUDEZ, the Spanish Minister, bad the terviews with Viscount PALMERSTON yesterday at Foreign Office. A deputatio n o f til e -makers, head e d by Mr. Al der f t i :e Woon, had an int e rview with th e C HANC ELLOR °` EXCII EQU ER yesterday. Their MAJESTIES entertained a select party at dipp er on Thursday evening, after the Drawing.room, to cel e ,' - :. the QUEEN'S birthday. The Landgravine of HEssR 0-- BERG and the Princess AUGUSTA were present. The Duke of WELLINGTON gave a grand ditiner,%. honour of the day at Apsley-h ouse , t o a p ar ty of twenty - ' 1 e d Earl GREY, as First Lord of the Tr e asury, entertarl, the LORD PRESIDENT, and some of the Cabinet Min i ' te at his residence in Downing-street. t he Viscount MELBOURNE, as Secretary of State for e% Home Department, entertained a'l the Judges t he those who have gone on the Circuits) the MASTER ROLLS, the VICE-CHANCELLOR, Sir JOHN NICOLL,,:, Judge of the Prerogative Court, Sir CHRISTOPHER n'av,.. RtNsoN, the Judge of the Admiralty Court. the k 1:; l ' e ADVOCATE, the ATTORNEY and SOLICITOR-GENEly' r .'x i , t of LORD MAYOR, the RECORDER of LONDON, the Sheila. London and Middlesex, &c. Viscount PALMERSTON, as Secreta r y of State for 31°. reign Affairs, gave a grand dinner to the Foreign A 0 14; sadors and Ministers at the residence adjoining t° ;be i Foreign Office. There were present Prince I,lEl'o' gr Russian Ambassador, Prince ESTERHAZY, the Alo trl s , Ambassador, Prince TALLEY RA ND, the French Amb i l l , dor, Mons. FALCE, the Ambassador from the N e therll the Marquis de SANTA AMA RO, Brazilian Amblowilii, Baron BuLow, the Prussian Minister, Mons. Bicoall);,, the Spanish Minister, Count BJORNESTGERN A , tl:e dish Minister, Count de AlourßE, the Danish litlitle?; Mr. 3PLANE, the American Minister, Baron de W 05 5 ;: BURG (the Minister on a special mission from Au etri3 Baron de ZUY LOW DE NEYEVELT (the Minister on 3 'the cial mission from the Netherlands), Count Lupar,ji, Neapolitan Minister, Count D'A GLIE, the Sardinian : t ie nister, Baron de CELTO, the Bavarian Minister, Colo' 5 , MANDEELOII, the s%irteniberg Miniver, Mons. G° s(i rg TIZA, the Mexican Minister, Monsieur MORENO, d'Affaires from Buenos Ayres, Monsieur MIRANDA , lumbian Charge d'Affaires, M. ConctunouN, 11° : e J Towns Minister, the Brazilian Charge d'Affaires, fo STUART DE ROTIISAY, the Right Hon. Sir STRATO/,, CANNING, Hon. W. TENIPLE, Sir GEORGE SHEE and 3 ,, BACKHOUSE (Under Secretaries), and Colonel NVAI" °l ',3 Viscount GODERICII , as Colonial Secretary, entert ° ° re - , the Commander and Paymaster of the Forces, the Se c o tary at War, the Master General of the Ordnancerl;, HOWARD DOUGLAS, the Governor of New BrutOn • Mr. WtLmor limtroN, Governor of Ceylon, Majo r ' neral NICOLAY, Governor of Dominica, the Secretario the Admiralty, &c., at his residence in Pr ivy Garden & Viscount ALTHORP, as Chancellor of the Exchequer, gibe a grand dinner at his residence in Downing-street t° Speaker of the House of Commons, the Chief Commi''' i° „ v tl of the Woods and Forests, the Governor and Pell,:so Governor of the-Bank, the Chairman and Deputy Cha ir l d 'ot of the Boards of Excise, the Chairman and Deputy Ch s i, l %,- of the Commissioners of Customs, the four Lord ] ; missioners of the Treasury, the Chairman of the C4 : i j e l e missioners of Stamps, the Chairman of the Comnlig u°- ,Pfl of Taxes, the Chairman of the Committee of WaY ° Means, the Secretaries to the TreasurysLord STA S fr o , Lord KILLEEN, Sir R. PRICE, Sir J. SEBRIGHT, o° . STURGES BOURNE, G. BYNG, B. CARTER, LABOUCO.O,I G. R. PHILLIPS, RUTHVEN, M. A. TAYLOR, WYO . ') It LiRPENT. The Duke of DEVONSHIRE, as Lord Chamberlain , h ire a grand entertainment in hono ur o f th e d a y, a t Devo n '" House, Piccadilly, to a very numerous evenin g partY:,,st The Duchess of KENT launched a new and chariot on Thursday (at the cel e brati o n of the C2° , 3 . - h '4 l9 birth-day) ; the Royal arms on the panels are 1 " tyo tl finished ; the hammercloth is of scarlet cloth, to corr esP to with her Royal Highness's new liveries, which are si milar those of the KING; and QUEEK ; it was built by 1 318c ' f , e . Lady FREMANTLE and Lady SAUNIAREZ were p re t he at her MAJESTY'S Drawing-room, on Thursday. 1° for list of Captains who attended the Drawing-roo m ' Coles read Cates. t he The KING gave audiences yesterday to Earl Gitr: C r ' J Duke of DEVONSHIRE, the Duke of BEDFORD, and FARNBOROUCII. , a d l eo Her MAJESTY received visits yesterday from the v A the of NORTHUMBERLAND, Countess MUNSTER, a ri- Marchioness of LoNnoNnEattv ; the rise sented her infant child, about seven months old, t° QUEEN. ; The Duke and Duchess of C UMBERLA ND ente r" :si' the KING and QUEEN at dinner yesterday, at their ; er e deuce in the KING'S Palac e , St. J ames ' s . There flee present to meet their MAJESTIES, the Duchess of F•r t '' l ,;rit Landgravine of IlEssE HOMBERG, the Duke of Su''-ar,o, the Duke and Duchess of GLO U C ES TE R , prince Lr -° 7 the Duke of DEVONSHIRE, the Duke of DoRSET , Ff . t r i t of Countess flowE, the Earl of ALBEMARLE, the re' WESTMORELAND, SCe. The Royal Duke and Du el led eeived their MAJESTIES on their arrival and e o° ",Ser e them through the hall, which was lined with livel w er vants in new state liveries, to the drawing-room ; was served immediately after. Their Royal Ilig b° . . , • had aPerwards an evening party. • COURT SPLENDOUR.—The Cou jo rt of this day contains un unprecedented variety or siip ple and Fashionable int e llig e nce, for which purpo , e ment of four and twenty additional cob/n:0'1.600 without e xtra charge. The whole of this ad"4' trifig space is devoted to details conn e cted with the - 1)r , tUe Room of Thursday last, the routine of presenta t ' a ni " ple t` most rein irkable of the Court Dresses, and a C) li t, list, alphabetically arrang e d, o f a ll th e p e rsons pr e ' e of Ce STATE OF MEATII.—In conseq 0 --1 ero. large assemblages of people, to the amount e f , il oo d thousands, basing taken place in the neighbour°ool`, Bells and Nobber, who marched through the ° till . o ' t lt 'cl mantling a reduction of rents, particularly e , f 3 „ ll ,' sf h ground--an advance of wages to one shilling 3 ".' te . 9 P' t o the threats they held out against the Mag isUl ,ileo t o,t gentry—the Government have thought it exP - o f send a troop of the 12th Lancers and a c ornPur lo P i e , 92d Highlanders to the n e i g hb our h oo d. °li b ' P f -t Major WARBURTON', the stipendiary Magistrate, „poll: r viously left town by o r d ers o f G overn nient. ' c iret' tto other threats held out against the gentry, Ava' ra nd v• desiring them to meet, at the peril of their live the safety of their property, at a place indicated. be? e pose of settling the rate of wages, and the price to ng or oo for the carriage of goods, &c. All the usual 1 011 . 04 iit, rations are suspended, and in some cases they p~ spade husbandry and no other.—Duilin Easing o ft% 111 HS. la" 1 ., On the 21st inst. at Torquay T , in Devonshire , 111 21 Buller Esq. of a son. On the st inst. at Shenfield-place, the I:idy of tbe f ed . Petre of a daughter. ° Onthe 1.13,1 inst. at Great Cheverell, the l ady Mairis, of a daughter. fiat MARRIED. Cobt j3 l l lV r On the .24th inst. at Ealin g Alexander C o hhana d 0 0,01 1 ' of Shintield Hous e , B el l s , t'o Jane Hulse, 6ec °n „t - VO jt It. Chambers, Esq., of Cradle-hall a nd an d formerly 11' 6' ;1 court, Herefordshire. DIED. o' .cell6 1 I P On the 2.3 d inst. at his house, in the Roya l C lot in the 76th ye ar o f hi s ag e, Si r J o h n P a lmer n late of Fairfield, ill the county of Somerset. e t, In Charlotte-square, Fd;nburgh, Dr. J. Hare, "- Bengal Medical Establishment, aged 54. ilti •thet il 'O l 4 On the 22d inst. at Hampton Court, Mrs. - • • OK in her 724 year. hilJ cer, On the 21st inst. at Kensington, Mary, c (1- 4 r Clarke, Esq. late of the Madras Civil Serf ice, ,1g„,i 0 110 let On the 23d inst. Hester, wife‘ of Mr. J. Scott, of / . 0 01 Mackfriars. Li te 1 ' .. d ge; On the 20th inst. Louisa Tourle, relict of the / yaw Esq. of (7higwell-hall, Essex. Mrs. S ara 011 the 19th inst. St. Pierre, in France, SAT• b ! f'"f Watts, late of Aldborough-hatch, Essex. „ t ,. of R. the 19th inst. at Neweastle-upon-Tyne ,, '„o „°, ' ,, iro e. ' R.N., youngest son of the late Major W. C •3 %pjol - '" jest 36th Regiment, and brother of the late to the Royal Horse Artillery. • PRINTED AND PUBLISITED ~Y ~ YOu MURD '''UN'QFFIcP, 112, STRAND, I.ose°