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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, FirnßuAnr 9. Petitions were presented by the Earl of Rosslyn, from the Procurators of Perth, complaining of losses they buffered by an alteration of the law, and praying for the repeal of the Stamp Duties on their indentures and other documents; by Lord Boston from Carnarvon, complaining of an unjust tax imposed on their slates : by Lord Wharn cliffe from the Ward of Bridge, for the repeal of the duty on Sea-borne Coals ; and by Lord Farnham from the city of Bristol, with a similar prayer ; also complaining of the privileges granted to the port of Newport.—Adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS, FEBRUARY 9. Mr. HUGHES HUGHES presented a petition, praying the abolition of slavery, from an Episcopal Chapel in London-street, -Fitzroy-square, and moved that itbe printed. General GASCOYNE said, he believed it was now a rule of the House that petitions of this nature, of which the House had already received a great number, should not be printed. Mr. HUGHES observed, that he every evening heard an order passed for the printing of the petitions presented to the House, and he did not know why the petitions he was entrusted with should not have the same privilege. The SPEAKER thought it necessary to say that both Hon, Members laboured under some misapprehension of the course pursued with respect to petitions. There was no rule of the House which forbade the printing of pe. titions of this description ; but there was a general under standing that the Members were not to require the print ing of petitions which contained nothing in statement or in prayer different from the many which had been already presented, and a number of which, being printed, were in the knowledge of the House.—(Hear.) The under standing was, that petitions on subjects of this kind were not to be printed when there were so many others on , matters of great importance which it was necessary should be printed. Mr. HUGHES HUGHES said as he had a great number of these petitions to present. He had been asked that day how many of 2,000 he could take charge of; and if they were not to be printed, he must read them to the House. The SPEAKER sail he was sure the Hon. Member would not persist in that course, when he was told it would be very irregular. The Hon. Member might read extracts of the petitions if they contained new matter, but he could not, without leave of the House, read the petition itself. Mr. HUGHES HUGHES thought the petition he had now presented contained sentiments which should be made known, and he. therefore, moved that it be printed. General GA SCOYNE said he must oppose that motion. The SPEAKER asked who seconded the motion for printing the petition ? No Member answered, and the motion of Mr. Hughes wnis, therefore, not put. REFORM. Mr. STRUTT presented three petitions from parishes in the county of Derby, praying for rteform and vote by ballot. Mr. PHILLPOTS presented a petition from the city of Gloucester, signed by 800 householders, praying for a Reform which would give them the privilege of voting for the representatives of that city. Mr. HUNT presented three petitions from Stockport, praying a universal extension of the suffrage and vote by ballot. After what he had heard that evening, be should abstain from moving that these petitions he printed ; but he now gave notice, that, before the Ist of March, he in tended to move for a return of all the petitions presented to the }loose in favour of Reform, and distinguishing those which prayed for vote by ballot. The Hon. Member then presented a petition from Bullock Smithy, in Cheshire, praying universal suffrage and vote by ballot. Mr. HART DAVIES presented a petition from St. Ste phen's, BriAol, praying the repeal of the House and Win slow 'fax. THE PENSION LIST. Mr. PHILLPOTTS gave notice of his intention to move, on the bringing up the Report of the Committee sitting on the Civil List, that no pension be hereafter granted out of the Civil List; but that his Majesty should have an addition to his Privy Purse in lieu thereof, out of which he may be at liberty to grant pensions to his depen dents and those who have claims on his bounty, without any interference or controul of Parliament. THE LATE DISTURBANCES. Mr. HUNT gave notice of his intention to move, to-. morrow, for a copy of the regulations of the gaol of Fisher ton, in Wiltshire, with a view of ascertaining whether it is the mit= of that gaol for a prisoner to hold private communication with his attorney ; and to discover whether a paper, signed by a prisoner named Lush, was or was not at any time in the hands of the gaoler. ROTUNDA MEETINGS AND MR. O'CONNELL. Mr. HUNT presented a petition from a person named Hetherington, the Chairman of one of the Rotunda• Mee tings, who, in behalf of the persons assembled, expressed the c onviction that the persecution of Mr. O'Connell by the Government would increase, rather than ally, the dis turbances of Ireland. The Honourable Member, in sup porting the petition, took occasion to disclaim all connec tion with the meetings held by Mr. Taylor, Mr. Carlile, and Mr. Jones; and having condemned the cold-blooded policy which the Noble Loul (Althorp) had expressed himself willing to adopt towards Ireland, when he uttered his threat that he was ready to support a civil war rather than suffer the distneirthe!ment of the empire, he declared he was satisfied that no Jury, except a Jury packed by the Government, could ever pronounce a verdict of guilty against the patriot Daniel O'Counell. Mr. NORTH, although unwilling to raise discussion on a petition of this kind, could not allow the observations of the Hon. Member with respect to the Government Juries in Ireland to pass without notice. He (Mr. N.) had twice, in his professional life, had occasion to form a judgment of the merits of those Juries. Once, when Dr. Sheridan was tried and acquitted, and a second time, when certain persons in 1822, were charged with a conspiracy, and the Jury could not agree in their verdict ; on these occasions, as well as on many others, the Juries of Ire land had proved themselves as honest, independent, and -virtuous as any number of men who could be collected ; and he trusted that such instances would satisfy the Hon. Member, as well as those to whose attention such sugges tions were directed out of doors, that it was not so easy to pack Juries in Ireland as some were led to imagine. Mr. LEADER lamented the occurrences which had given rise to the prosecutions, but expressed his pleasure to hear that the question was not to be determined by a tribunal which united Judge and Jury in itself. Lord STANLEY, adverting to the language of the Member for Preston with reference to the expressions used by the Noble Lord (Althorp) heat night, said, that in the absence of that Noble Lord, he, as one of those pre sent most closely connected with him and the Government, felt bound to express his surprise that any one could inter pret the expression of the Noble Lord into a threat of having recourse to civil war. On the contrary, he dis tinctly understood the Noble Lord to say, that, much as he abhorred civil war, he preferred the dreadful chance of civil war to the dismemberment of the Empire.—( Hear.) Mr. BUNT said he had been called on to explain or to apologise for an expression he had used with reference to the Language of the Noble Lord (Althorp) last night. Now he recollected these expressions well, and he knew, and had said so at the time, that they as well as those used by the other Noble Lord (Palmerston) bore the construction which he had put on them It was true that the Member for Clare had held it as a threat, that if this country re• fused to suffer the question of a separation to be discussed, the people of Irelatid would plunge into a civil war.— (Cries of " No, no.")—Well, the Member for Clare had asserted, that if they (lid not agree to a separation, they would have civil war . The Noble Lord had probably put forward his threat in reply to that ; but he repeated, that lie regretted the use of such threats, and he regretted it the more, as he said at the time, because the Right Hon. Baronet (Sir R. Peel), and the Hoo. Member for 13oroughbridge (Sir Charles Wetherell), had both hallooed the Ministers on to let slip the dogs of war. H e cautioned the Ministers against being misled by these cheers, and he repeated that caution now ; but he begged to say, with all his desire to respect the House and its forms, that he could not withdraw what he had said. As to the petition before the House, although it b . bore the signature of but one person, it was as g ood as If it had ten thousand, for, from what he had see n, all the petitions go into that gentleman's bag (painting to the clerk) under the table and are out of sight in au in stant.)—(A general laugl:.) Lord STANLEY said he could not abstain from repeat ing his conviction that the Noble LordcLor( Althorp) merely alluded to his being willing to prefer c h an ces of civil war in Ireland to th e dismemberment dreadfulbie rment of the Empire. This was his recollecti on o f the Noble Lord's e xpressions ; and although lie was present during l tl whole of the evening, lie did not recollect that thelNemb Member r for Preston ac cused him of usin g a threat. The petition was then laid on the table. Mr. GUEST presented a petition from Swindon, i n favour of Reform. Mr. PENDARVIS presented petitions from E n d w i n, Launceston, Truro, and various parishes in the county ut Cornwall, praying for Parliamentary Reform. Sir W. GUISE presented l etitions from Stroud . , against the Hou-e and Window Tax ; and from Chipping Sud bury, in favour of Reform. The Hon. IRaronet also pre- rented petitions from the owners and occupiers of land at Hinton, Almondsbury, and another parish in Gloucester shire, praying an alteration in the tithe system. Mr. CURTEIS presented a petition from Westham, in Sussex, praying for the appointment of a general fast. The Hon. Gentleman took the opportunity of expressing his approbation of the conduct of his Majesty's present Go vernment, and his hope that their measures would be at tended with success. Lord STANLEY presented three petitions from different bodies of calico printers in Lancashire, and from a body of bleachers in Manchester, praying for the repeal of the duty on printed calicoes. Mr. W. PATTON presented three other petitions of a similar -description. BOROUGH OF RYE. Mr. BONHANI CARTER presented a petition from Colonel De Lacy Evans, and Benjamin Smith, Esq., who, on the l7th of Nov., had presented a petition, complain ing of an undue return for the borough of Rye, praying for leave to withdraw the petition. A witness having been called to the bar to verify the petition, leave was granted to the petitioners to withdraw the petition, and the order for taking it into consideration was discharged. On the motion of Mr. W. WHITMORE, several re turns were ordered to be laid before the House respecting the trade with the East Indies and China. DISSECTIONS. Colonel LYGON presented a petition from the Surgical and Medical Society of Worcestershire, praying for the removal of all difficulties in the way of obtaining subjects for dissection. Mr. WARBURTON said, that it was not his intention to renew his Bill in the present Session, but that he had not relinquished the subject, and would probably bring in a Bill respecting it in the next Session of Parliament. Mr. HUNT observed that if he should continue to have the honour of a seat in the House when the Hon. Gentle man introduced the Bill, he would, if a clause were pro posed to devote the bodies of poor persons to dissection, move that every young surgeon, before he was allowed to touch a dissecting knife, should sign an instrument, giving up his own body after death to the same operation.—(A laugh.)—lf it should be proposed to devote the bodies of poor paupers to dissection, he should move to add the bodies of those rich paupers, the pensioners on the Civil List.—(A laugh.) REGISTRATION OF DEEDS BILL. Lord W. PAULETT presented a petition from certain Landowners in the neighbourhood of Stockton, praying that the Registration of Deeds Bill might not pass into a law. Mr. JOHN CAMPBELL said that gross misrepresen tations had gone forth respecting the nature of this Bill.— It had no retrospective operation whatever; and its pros pective operation would be unattended with the slightest inconvenience. After a few words from Lord Nforpeth, Sir M. W. Ridley, Sir J. Wrottesley, and Lord F. Osborne, the peti tion was ordered to lie on the table. Lord PAULETT also presented petitions from Stock ton, for a revision of the Criminal Code, for a repeal of the duties on sea-borne ccal, and for Parliamentary Reform. ELECTION BY BALLOT. Lord JOHN RUSSELL said that the Hon. Member for Bridport had a notice on the Journals of a motion for Tuesday next, on the question of election by ballot. As it was exceedingly desirable that no part of the subject should be discussed until the whole question of Parliamen tary Reform came under the consideration of the House on the Ist of March, he hoped his Hon. Friend would be in duced to postpone his proposition. Mr. WARBURTON said that lie had no objection whatever to postpone it, on the understanding that a dis tinct opportunity would be afforded him for bringing on the discussion of the subject in the progress of the Bill which it was the Noble Lord's intention to introduce. If, for instance, it might he introduced in the shape of a clause to the Bill, should the Bill itself not comprehend the ballot, he should be perfectly satisfied. Lord JOHN RUSSELL observed, that abundant op portunities would be afforded for the discussion of the question. Of course he could not now be expected to say whether or not it was the intention of his Majesty's Go vernment to propose the election by ballot. A new writ was ordered to be issued for the borough of Newark-on. Trent, in the room of Henry Willoughby, Esq., who had accepted the Stewardship of the Chiltern Hundreds. Sir A. GRANT brought up the Report of the Com mittee on the Barilla Duties Act. The resolutions were agreed to, and Bills were ordered accordingly. Lord F. OSBORNE presented a petition from Little Shelford, in the county of Cambridge, in favour of Parliamentary Reform. His Lordship observed, that he was unable to support the prayer of the petition. Mr. HUNT said he had bee❑ requested to support the prayer of the petition. Lord F. OSBORNE presented several petitions from Great Shelford and other parishes in the county of Cambridge. Mr. WRIGHTSON presented a petition from Hull, in favour of Parliamentary Reform. Mr. O'NEIL and Mr. SYKEs supported the petition. Lord 11IORPETH presented petitions from Stanfield and Shepley, in the West Riding of York, for a reduc tion of taxation ; and a petition from another parish, praying for a general fast. Lord J. STUART presented a petition from a parish in Glamorganshire, praying for the repeal of the duties on sea-borne coals. _ . General O'NEIL presented a petition from Antrim, praying for a general fast. Lord EBRINGTON presented three petitions from 'wishes in Devonshire, praying for a repeal of the duty on sea-b ,rne coals ; and several petitions from Leomimter and other places in the county of Dorset, in favour of Parlia mentary Reform. The Marquis of BLANDFORD presented a petition from the Political Union of Kidderminster, in favour of Parliamentary Reform. Lord E. SOMERSET presented a petition from North leach, praying for the repeal of the Malt Duty. Mr. J. SMITH presented a petition from Slinfold, in Sussex, praying for the appointment of a general fast. Mr. WARBURTON presented a petition from Burton Bridstork, in the county of Dorset, praying for Parlia mentary Reform. Mr. PORTMAN presented a petition from Blandford, for the repeal of the duty on sea-borne coals; a peti tion from a gentleman of the name of Philips, praying for the allotment to cottages of small portions of land ; and a petition from Sherburne, in favour of Parliamentary Re form. Sir J. GRAHAM presented a petition, praying for Parliamentary Reform, from Carlisle, and several of a similar nature from parishes in Scotland and Cumberland, some of which were favourable to the vote by ballot. Mr. PHILIP HOWARD—I rise to support the peti tion presented by the Right Hon. Baronet, the Member for Cumberland, in favour of an object which has become the almost general wish of all who, with order in view, have improvement at heart—a Reform in Parliament. I consider it out of time to discuss the merits of any parti cular plan of Reform, as I trust, that whatever proposal the present Administration will lay before us will be effi cient and satisfactory to the country. To such a Reform I look anxiously forward, as a British subject, because all the orders of the State will in my opinion reap from it the most solid advantage'. I trust that we hwe before us the cheering prospect of seeing that hope realized which I had ventured to express to my constituents, that in true:policy and good feeling to the country aßeform in Parlia ment ought to be proposed by the Crown. Because with out no Sovereign can indulge independently in his feelings for our good—without it we could not have what I believe we have now—if fair chance begiven—a truly patriot King; an honest Administration. Without Reform there is no equality among the Peers. No Peer, whatever ha his merit, ability, or zeal for his country, can stand any com petition with those of his own order, who have either in herited or have acquired power and influence by a traffic in the representation and usurpation of the just rights of the people. The Peer will certainly by Reform acquire what ever weight and importance his personal character de serves, and his House will no longer be an object of jealousy and distrust with his country ; and we, the Com mons of the British empire, shall again become in reality an integral third part of the estate, with the weight, power, and controul which it is requisite we should pos sess to insure permanently the faithful application of our resources to the recovery from our difficulties, and a due attention as a great country, and to our happiness as subjects. Mr, HUNT gave notice that, after the manner in which remarks about his humanity and charity— The SPEAKER observed, that it was out of order to argue on a notice. Mr. HUNT then gave notice, that in future he should move the adjournment of the House at twelve o'clock. The other Orders of the Day were then disposed of, and the House ad jour ned at a Quarter to Seven. Advertisements are inserted in several provin cial Journils, calling upon those who are able to prove their heirship to the late celebrated Mr. FARQUHAR, the eccen tric proprietor of Foothill. F OREIGN INTELLIGENCE FRENCH PAPERS. (From the Constitutionnel of Monday.) AFFAIRS OF BELGIUM. - - - PARIS, FEB. 6.—The Belgian Deputation charged by the National Congress to bring the Crown to our Duke de Nemours arrived this day at Paris. The commission is composed of the President of the Congress, M. Surlet de Chokier, and nine other Deputies, namely:—:Messrs. Felix de Merode, Member of the Provisional Government, Deputy of Limbourg ; d'Arschot, Member of the Diploma tic Committee; Lebon, Member of the same Committee, and Deputy of the Province of Hainault; L'Abbe Bon queau de Villeray, Deputy for Anvers ; Marlet, Deputy fur Luxemburg ; Marquis de Hodes, Deputy for East Flanders ; Gendehien, sen., Deputy of the Hainault ; Barthelemy de Brussels, Deputy of South Brabant; and Charles de Bruckere, Minister of Finances, Deputy for Limbourg. Three of these envoys, viz. Bruckere, Lebon, and d'Arschot, preceded their colleagues some hours. Scarce had they arrived, when the Count de Cellos presented them to the King. His Majesty received them in the most gracious manner, and introduced them to his family. The gentlemen retired, affected by the benevolent recep tion they had found, and with their hearts elated by hope. The whole of the deputation will reside in the Hotel du Government, which is prepared for their reception at the expeuce of the state. We are ignorant as to what will be the official answer of Louis Philippe to the offer made to his son by our bro thers of Belgium. It is understood that this high question was not brought on at the presentation which took place ; but if we are well informed, the frank reception experi enced by the Belgian envoys is proof that the answer will not be so ❑nfavourable as that which has been spoken of in Paris during the last two days. Our opinion is supported by new information received this day from Belgium. As we said yesterday, the majority in favour of the Duke de Nemours would have been more imposing if they had been sure of the acceptance of the King. When the result of the votes was proclaimed, those members who had sup ported the Duke of Leuchtenberg, applauded as loudly as others. We know that two of the latter, Messrs. Abbe Bonqueau de Villeray and Marlet, are part of the deputa tion just arrived, and that they have been selected to express in the most positive manner, that the wishes of the nation I are unanimous. It is said that a majority of the Members are occupied at this moment signing their adhesion to the choice about to take piece. We also understand that all the cities of Belgium entertain the design of sending addresses and de putations to the young Prince called to reign over them. If several of the envoys from the National Assembly have arrived at Paris since their colleagues, it was because an enthusiastic population threw themselves in their way and retarded their passage. Serenades and rejoicing proved a check upon the movements of the Commissioners. In short, letters from all parts confirm our belief that rejoic ing was never more general and sincere. We cannot doubt but this influence must finally have effect in the definitive determination of the French Go vernment. At the same time we do not wish to pre judice the resolution which royal wisdom may adopt. The most of the Journals condemn the refusal. The Journal die Commerce ridicules the idea of paying any regard to Foreign Powers. " If they have not declared against us, it is not for want of a pretext (it says), but because they do hope for success." The Quotidienne has some very bitter remarks on the conduct of the Government : " Courage, says the Government to the Belgians, when they were ruining their commerce, and obtaining by their conquest anarchy, distress, and hunger ; courage, you operate as a diversion ! Courage, it says, to Poland, im prisoned by the Russians within a circle of bayonets ! Courage, Poles, you will die, it is true, but as your ruin forms a diversion in our favour, your death is beneficial to us. If Poland demands assistance, it is referred to his tory. Why is not Belgium, which demands a King, re ferred also to history? When we see, on the one hand, the Ambassador of the Polish Committee, where eat so many personages of power, setting out for Warsaw, to exhort the Poles to persevere in their revolt—while, on the other hand, we know that the Ambassador of the Palais Royal hears to the Emperor Nicholas the wishes formed by his Government for the success of the arms of the miserable Czar, we hesitate between indignation and disgust at that policy, at once shameful and homicidal, which speculates on the calamities of nations, and sees only a diversion in the ruin of a people. Belgium and Poland ought to teach us the secret of the foreign policy of the Cabinet of the Palais Royal, if the name of him who represents it at London did not tell us. M. Talley rand is there as the High Priest of the new regime, leading with him the revolution of July to sacrifice it on the high places." (Fro:n the 3lessaper des Chandaes of Tuesday, Feb. s.) PARIS, FLn. 7.—From the joy which is expressed with so much frankness by all the Journals of Belgium at the election of the Duke of Nemours, it is easy to see that there exists in Belgium a profound sentiment of paternity for France, which the efforts of intrigue cannot eradi cate. While the choice of a candidate was the subject of debate at Brussels, it seemed that the French party had lost all credit. As soon as the French candidate is named, we see an almost unanimous explosion of joy and approbation. We now represent to ourselves with real chagrin the vexation and the invectives of the Belgic people, when they shall be informed of the refusal of France for the Duke of Nemours. They thought that they had been relieved from a provisional state of Government, equally ruinous and turbulent, and now they are thrown back into it. They will now accuse us, without reserve, and the greater their joy was, the louder will be their im precations. We have no time to-day to mentien all the motives of the refusal, except the chance of a foreign war. Let any one read in the extracts from the Belgic papers the advan tages of every kind which the country expects from the King that it has just chosen, and answer conscientiously, if it is possible for every body whatsoever to realize them. We shall content ourselves with affirming, that in the present state of things, none of our readers would accept the dignity if he were the Duke of Nemours. THE CUSTOMS AND COMMERCE. This is the great question for Belgium. Now the in terests of France cannot be sacrificed to the Royalty of one of our Princes. The time is past when the convenience of reigning families was alone consulted in political transactions. The quality of King of the French hinds Louis Philip towards France, and he knows that so great an obligation must absorb all others. _ _ The Indicateur of Bordeaux says—" We learn from an almost official source, that the project of recognising the debt of the Spanish Cortes, in proportion with the finan cial situation of the country, is under consideration in the Cabinet of his Catholic Majesty." (From the Moniteur of Monday.) PARIS, FEB. 6.—The chief editor and responsible ma nager of the Moniteur has received a summons, in the name of General Lacroix de Boegard, to appear, on the 16th of this munth, before the tribunal of Correctional Police. (From the Gazette de France of Tuesday.) Pawls, FEB. 7.-M. de Genoude having undergone the month's imprisonment to which he was condemned by a decree of the Court of Peers, left St. Pelagic this morn ing. A few hours afterwards an officer of police went to his residence to summon him to return to prison, by virtue of a sentence passed under the late reign, by the Tribunal of the First Instance of the department of the Seine, on the complaint of M. Mechin, whom M. de Genoude had represented as openly contending against tlie existing order of things. Since the sentence the revolution of July has taken place ; an amnesty for • all transactions of the periodical press has been published. M. Genoude has refused to return to St. Pelagic, and is going to take steps to be able to judge if the amnesty is a truth. PARIS, FEB. S.-BOURSE, HALF-PAST FOUR.--111 the absence of official intelligence respecting the Belgic ques tion, there has been very little business done on 'Change but that little has been under unfavourable impressions. The cry of all is, that war is inevitable. From Warsaw we learn that the Russians had made an advance beyond Grodno on the 12th ult. FRENCH FUNDS, PARIS, FEB. 7.---Five per Cents., VIC 20c. .'55. 65c. 60c. 50c. 55c. 60e. 55c. LOc. 931. 60c. 50c. 45c. 50c. 60c. 55c. 50c. 40c. ; Four and a Half per Cent., 831 ; Four per Cents., 771. 50c. ; Three per Cents., 601 30c. 35c. 55e. 50c. 60c. 50c. ; Bank Shares, 1,535; Rente de Naples ' 62f. 60c. The. 631 621 95c. ; y, IA Rente d'Espagne, 17 18 17 17 1714 1 4 17 1 A ; Royal Spanish Loan, CON ; Rente Perpetuelle d'Espagne, 44 45 44.( .74 45 ; Haytian Loan, 321 Exchange on London---One month, pap! ,, r, 25f. 10c. ; Three months, paper, 231.---Cours Authentique. r 'MINCH FUNDS.-PARIS, FEB. 8.-Five per Cents., ME 15c. 40e. 35c. 40c. 30c. .35c. 45c. 40c. 30c. 25c. 30c. 25c. 15c. ;W. 20c. 30c. ; Three per Cents., 601. 20c. 25c. ' 36c. 25c. 20c 15c. ; Bank Actions, 1,5351. • Rode de Naples, 621 75c. SOc. 9•c_ ;.ltente d'Espagne, 17y, 4 17 1%, i4 ; Royal Spanish Loan, 6O; Rente Perpetuelle d'Espagne, 44% Exchange on London, one month, paper, 25f. Ille.; three months, paper, 25f. HAMBURG AND BRUSSELS PAPERS. HAGUE, FEB. 3.—The Second Chamber of the States General continued to-day the discussion o f t h e Address to the King upon the communications made to the Cham ber in his Majesty's name. The Chamber agreed to the Address by a majority of 29 to 18, and transmitted it to the First Chamber, which will take it into consideration to-morrow. If approved, it will be presented to his Ma jesty the day after to-morrow in the usual form. It is re ported that the Chambers will soon after adjourn for some time.—Official reports from Maestricht bring very cir cumstantial accounts of the occurrences in the fortress during the time that it was blockaded by the Belgian troops. HAGUE, FEB. 2.—Yesterday evening late a courier is said to have brought despatches to the British Ambassador, and with them another very important Protocol from the Ministers of the Five Powers. It is affirmed that the plan of giving the Government of Belgium to the Prince of Orange is listened to with more and more favour by the inisters of the Great Powers. HAARLEM, FEB. 2.—The King's force is considerably increased in Dutch Flanders. The 17th division is gone 'roll] Bergen to Middleburg, probably to be embarked for :he Isle of Cadsand. AMSTERDAM, FRB. 4. Actual Debt, 214 per cent. • . . 43% to 43N Amort Syndic, 4% per cent. . . . 78 to 79% Ditto, ditto, 3% per cent. . . . 56% to 57. —Dutch Papers, Feb. 5. WARSAW, JAN. 27.—0 n the 22d, Francis Sollik brought forward a motion in the Chamber of Deputies, in which he affirmed that the present representatives had not power to declare that the dynasty reigning in Russia had forfeited the Crown of Poland and to proclaim the in dependence of the country. He desired that new elec tions should take place, but was hindered from speaking by cries of " Order." The day before yesterday, in the evening, the Govern ment received the Proclamation of Field-Marshal Diebitsh to the Poles and to the Polish Army. WAusaw, JAN. 26.—1 n yesterday's Sitting of the Diet the Throne of Poland was unanimously declared ♦acant. According to the latest accounts from the frontiers hostilities had not commenced. The Polish troops are stationed en echellons from Praga to Bresez and Kauen ; here every thing is quiet for the present. In consequence of that part of the Proclamation of Count Diebitmch in which he de clares a white scarf the symbol of submission, the white cockade has been laid aside and the tri-coloured cockade assumed in its stead. The individuals accused by Lieut- Colonel Dobrouski on the 11th, of treasonable designs against the Ex-Dictator, have all been honourably acquit ted, not a shadow of proof having appeared against them. Their accuser has in consequence been placed under arrest, and it is expected that proceedings will be imme diately commenced against him. Wartsaw, JAW. 27.—The Russian troops are said to have received strong reinforcements, and to have advanced from Grodno. On the 11th Count Diebitsch removed his head-quarters from the latter place to Sokdke. Hos tilities have not yet commenced, in the proper sense of the word ; but the well-known Polish partisan, Colonel Kushel, has been several times over the Bug to disturb the Russian foreposts, a feat the more easy of execution, as, with a frost of 16 degrees, the rivers in that part of the country are completely frozen. Prince Radzivil has ad dressed a proclamation to the troops, in which he tells them that the fate of their country can now be decided on the field of battle alone, and calls upon them to emulate the deeds of their fathers. The Countess Wongsowicz, who lately presented a standard to the Guard of Honour, has within these last few days given her whole service of plate, to be applied to the purchase of warm cloaks for the men belonging to that corps. An anonymous gift of 100,000 florins was sent into the public treasury about the same time. PETERSBURGH, lAN. 18. THE CHOLERA AT MOSCOW. New Cases. Restored. Died. Jan. 9. 10. 11. There remained 68 patients, of whom 31 were expected to recover.—Journal of St. Petersburgh, Jan. 19. (These Journals contain nothing new relative to Poland.) HAMBURG, JAN. 28.—The Elbe is wholly covered with ice as far as Neumaklan, and partially from that place to Blankenese, but the ice is not safe in all parts. FEB. 1..—.-BORSEN llALLL—Business to-day was chiefly confined to Anglo-Russian and Polish Bonds; the latter securities, which, according to the official announcement of the Bank, will he regularly drawn, were done to-day for cash at 91, and for the end of the month at 89i. Discount 2 per cent. End of February. Anglo-Danish Loan 3 per Cent. Anglo-Russian Loan BB% Hamburg-Russian Loan BB Polish Bonds ... 8.9% New Prussian 4 per Cents. BO Austrian Bank Shares 1035 Austrian Metalliques New Austrian 4 per Cents 79‘, New Hanoverian Loan 9B —.Hamburg Reporter. BERLIN, JAN. 29. St. Sehuld Sch. 4 percent. Prussian English Loan, 1818, 5 percent... 9B Ditto Ditto 1822, 5 per cent. )96 Ditto Bonds 1830, 4 per cent. —Prussian Slate Gazette, Jan. 30. EXCHANGES ON LONDON. Hamburg, Feb. 1.-13. B%—Two Months, 13. 8%. Petersburgh, Jan. 21.-10%. Berlin, Jan. 20.--Three Months, ti. 217; 3 . Bremen, Jan. 28.—Two Months, 597. Amsterdam, Feb. 4.-11. 90—Two Months, 11 82 5.10, 11, S 5. LONDON, TIIURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 10, 1821. By Brussels Papers of the 6th and 7th inst., we learn that the National Congress had dis cussed the remaining articles of the Constitu tion, which were agreed to. Some observations were then made by certain Members with re spect to the recent election of the Duke de NEmoußs, and whether any news had been re ceived that France had formally declined his no mination. One Member observed that England had formally protested against the election. Several Members proposed that the Depu. ties should not return home until the news should be officially received from Paris in what manner the Deputation had been received.— This proposition was carried by a majority of 75 to 26 : BRUSSELS. NATIONAL CONGRESS. , -...SITTING OF FEB. 6 AND '7. In these two sittings the remaining articles of the new Constitution were discussed and agreed to, and every ar ticle having been voted by a majority it was ordered to be printed on the 18th. M. Ory desired that the Diplomatic Committee might be called upon to communicate to the Congress the news it may have received since the election of the King was known at Paris. I have learned positively (he said) that England formally protested, on the 2d of this month, against this election, and that it was decided on the 4th, in a Council of Ministers, that France should refuse. The Provisional Government is said to have known it on Sa turday evening. Nothomi, in the name of the Diplomatic Committee (M. Vin de Weyer having gone to Antwerp), said, " The assertions of M Ory are extracted from two commercial letters which he showed toe this morning. I will op. pose to them a letter of M. Wallez of the sth, in the even ing, which says, that the assent of England was not doubtful ; and another written to M. Barthelemy, by the Count de Giles, and which M. de Gen debiec has opened in his absence, in which it is again said that he did not doubt that France would accept. I have been to M. Bresson to know what might have been the subject of the conference of Feb. 2. The Plenipotentiaries had received a despatch from the King of Holland, complaining of the non-execution of the armistice and the interruption of the communication be tween Aix-la-Chapelle and Maestrieht, between Maes triclit and North Brabant. M. Ory speaks of a Council of Ministers, and of a Protest of the 2d. A report was spread in the city yesterday, that the French Government had sent to Brussels a despatch, in which it was said that it was useless to send a deputation to Paris. We have received no despatch.—(Marks of satisfaction.) M. Gendebien—The two letters which we have re ceived not only continue the positive assurance of the ac ceptance, but consider it as certain that there will be no war. _ _ . . _ M. Ory—l thank the Diplomatic Committee for the explanation which it gives us, and I hope that they will not prove fallacious. M. de Cocq, and several other Members, proposed that all the Members should give their word of honour not to quit Brussels before the news is received from the Depu tation sent to Paris. As the acceptance is still doubtful, it would be imprudent is separate at this moment.— Seconded. Robaulx—lf any Members want to go home for a few days, this is the moment, for when the deputation re turn■ we shall have to prepare for the King. The President—At the first news the Congress may be convoked. M. Nothomb—l was at the meeting of the Deputies tent to Paris ; before their departure they agreed to meet together to-day ; they do not expect to be received by the King el the day after to-morrow, so that we cannot expect to hear from them before Friday. M. Delerew proposed a sitting for to-morrow, to delibe rate whether the Constitution shall be promulgated in the usual form. . M. Lebeau—That cannot be; for the Sovereign may desire the Constitution to be modified—he has a right to do so—he may refuse. The Constitution may be made Republican. M. le Cocq's proposition was then put to the vote, and carried by 75 to 26. GHENT, FEB. 6.—A deplorable event has taken place in this city. Some patriots, exasperated by the insults which the Messaper de Gaud has lately heaped on the commandant Van de Poele, the sappers and others of our most respectable citizens, went yesterday evening to the house of the editor, where all the windows were broken in a moment. The mob forced the doors, and broke all the furniture in the house, scattered the types, and com mitted other excesses. The Messager de Gaud appeare d on Monday, containing only one page, giving an account of these outrages. _ GHENT, FEB. B.—The Messetger de Gaud reports that some young men have visited several public-houses, and burnt the half sheet of paper of which its number was composed._ BRUSSELS, Fee. B.—The Provisional Government re ceived yesterday evening by a courier from Paris, news from our Deputation : three of our Deputies who arrived first, we are assured, have had an audience of the King, who told them, that as a father he was much flattered by the preference given to his son by the Belgic Congress, but that as King lie did not think he could accept it. Our Deputies were very well received, and lodged in the Palais Royal. According to another account, the despatch written by our Deputies ends with these words:—" Do not be alarmed by the reports in the journals : we are full of hope." (From the Vrai Patriote.) The Journal &Anvers publishes further particulars of the blowing up of the Dutch gun-boat, by which it ap- pears from the statements made by three survivors of the crew, that there was no dispute between the Captain of the vessel and our officers : he was not asked to strike his colours, but he had previously declared he would blow up the vessel rather than be made prisoner. The Prussian State Gazette has for three days given news from Warsaw, all of January 27. In its last num ber, it gives an extract from the report of the Minister of War to the Diet on the 24th, relative to the military pre- NATIONAL CONGRESS.—SITTING or FEB. 5. The Order of the Day was the debate on the Chapter of the Constitution, headed Transitory Regulations. The Assembly then proceeded to the article upon the ter ritory and its divisions. The debate on the 12th article was very warns. It is to the following effect Art 12. The State has not the right to interfere in the nomination and installation of the Ministers of any reli gion, nor that of prohibiting them from corresponding with their superiors, and from publishing their acts, re serving in this latter case the usual responsibility i❑ affairs relative to the Press. _ M. Forgeur proposed the following amendment " Marriage before the Civil Magistrate must always precede the nuptial benediction, reserving the exceptions to be made by the law." The article and the amendment were adopted after a very long debate. The 16th Article, On the Right of Association, also gave rise to a long discussion. Messrs. Serosa and Beyts spoke warmly against that article, which they proposed to suppress. They considered that it would render it pos sible to restore religims societies. The article was adopted with a slight amendment. ANTWERP, FEB. s.—This morning, about ten o'clock, an extraordinary explosion filled the city with alarm. The bad weather which we have had for these three days had caused the gun-boat, No. 2, to run aground near Fort St. Lawrence. This vessel was commanded by Lieut. Van Spyck, a young officer, 18 or 20 years of age, and had a crew of 31 men. Some armed men of the free corps on duty in the port hastened on board the gun-boat, and wanted to have the flag struck. Yoking Van Spyck hav ing refused to obey this summons, the flag was immedi ately taken down by the assailants. Immediately the young officer went down into the hold and - set fire to the powder magazine. The vessel blew ,up instantly, and all that were on board or near perished, victims to the self devotion of the young commander. Only two men of the crew were saved as if by a miracle. The number of the wounded is considerable. We have to deplore the loss of Captain Gregoire, of the corps of the Commandant Gorter, who is also wounded ; of Lieut. Collier, of the corps of . the Com mandant Carpentier, who has not been yet found, Young Carpentier is dangerously wounded. The number of killed is 10, and that of the wounded 21. It seems that there were 1,5001b5. of powder on board, and that orders are given, in case of accident, to blow up a vessel rather than surrender. The Comet corvette, which was very near experiencing a similar accident some time ago, had 158,0001b5. of powder on board, which would have been sufficient to blow up a part of our city. The two men saved were conveyed to the hospital by the care of M. Ellerman, who had done eminent service to the victims of this deplorable event. Twelve men are missing of the troops of the line on duty in the port, and frag ments of the vessel, arms, and legs, were thrown in all directions, and to a great distance; eleven men were con veyed to the military hospital, of whom six are dead ; 18 were taken to the civil hospital, of whom three are dead. Many of those who were killed in the explosion have not yet been found. Being obliged to depend on information snore or less correct which is given us respecting the particulars of this catastrophe, which has greatly afflicted our city, we shall not at present give any opinion on this unfortunate event. It would perhaps be dangerous in this moment of irritation to say the whole truth. Tiiis event has rendered our position more gloomy. Peace, unless du c lesstim o es mm el e i r a c n e g d,Ae change, will s ll ,e b r e . heneeforth impossib l e . jo ANTWERP, FEB. s.—An event equally cruel and ex traordinary has just happened on the Scheldt. A Dutch gun-boat, at anchor in the road, was driven o❑ shore near Fort St. Lawrence. As soon as its distress was perceived a great many workmen and several guards hastened to the vessel to protect it if necessary, and to afford it all the as sistance which men owe to each other in distress. Capt. Gregorive went on board to assure the crew of his good offices, while his comrades were preparing to assist it. At that moment it blew up with a terrible explosion. The whole crew was on deck. It was then that the Captain, a violent and resolute man, set fire to the powder maga ; • rr j ireb 4•A .1" sine. It is difficult to conceive the motive of this terrible resolution. The explosion threw a heavy piece of iron upon the bridge, between the two basins, and a cannon was thrown on to the battery of St. Lawrence. The Commander of the squadron is blamed for having unnecessarily brought his gun-boats into the road in such weather. —Journal d'Anvers.—Brussels Papers, Feb. 7. PRICES OF STOCKS THIS Bank Stock 3'per Cent. Red. 81%% 3 per Cent. Cons. 80y 2 %% 3% per Cent Vitt New:3% per Cent.. 89%%% 3;per Cent Ann. 1726.... 4 per Cent. 1826 9 9 % 1A Rink Long Ann. to expire Jan 5, 18611 17% Oct. 10, 1859 Jan. 5, 1860 16 13-16 Jan. 5, 1880 April 5, 1880 -- Jan. 5, 1870 " DAT AT ONT CYCL , J(!::. New 5 per Cent. India Steck •sitto &km's 115 14 pm. South Sea Stock ...... 9014 Old Annuities New Ditto 3 ler Cent. Ann. 1751 Ex. Bills, ..B1,0,X) 13 34 pm. Ditto 50e l 3 34 pm. Ditto Small Ditto Commercial Ditto Advertised — pm. Bank for Account India for Account Cons. for Feb 9.5 80 ixa PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS Austrian Bonds l3razilian Bonds Buenos Ayres Bonds Chilian Bonds Colombian Bonds Ditto, lti24 Danish Greek Bonds Ditto, 1,25 Guatimala Mexican Bonds Ditto. 1823 THIS DAT AT ONI o'cLocir. Neapolitan ePeruvian Bonds ..... ......... c Portuguese Bonds _ w Old 951/ /2 93 1 , 1 Spanish, :821 ! P t Russian t p s , a N n e , 17% 3 4 .--- 1823 14 13% . 144 French Rentes, sp. c. 93f. . :--- Exchange 2sf. 30 •. .-- 2 per cent Exchange PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. Per Share. Brazilian Imp. slin.:Co. (ss. at 5/. pm.) £2O Ditto Cocaes 5 United 51ex. Min. Co. (ins. att..% pm.) 51N Guardian Assurance Co £2o Protector Insurance Comp Canada Company 7 11 25 £1 8 6 13 .7i HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning... 7 minutes after 1. Evening... 34 minutes after I. THE PETITION from MERCHANTS, BANKERS, and OTHERS, of the CITY of LONDON, to both HOUSES of PARLIAMENT, praying for a TEMPERATE REFORM in the REPRE SENTATION of the PEOPLE in the COMMONS HOUSE of PARLIAMENT, and RETRENCHMENT in the EXPENDITURE of the PUBLIC MONEY, lies for Signature at the City of London Tavern, Biehopgate street. ; paration9, from whi c h it a pp ears th a t Poland °7 11 be to oppose a formidable force to the invaders. A Warsaw Journal says, that several pieces °f can which we re b ur i e d i n t h e t i me o f K osc i us ko, ba" LAW IX CC b leaN l ti t. Gull le % to t It 4 0 . ef,„ ` 3O cie dug up near Biala. Accounts from the f ront i ers o f Li t h ua nia Bart thf ‘ t o Russian troops l e f t G ro d no on t h e 12 t h, in grea ,. Count Diebitsch had not sent for Solkoli the day be f l i r y _ are The Prussian State Gazette says , that the D uc io 'ptl Luxemburg is not included in the negoCiations • it be o ely zat e'ldinl to the house of Nassau, as an essential part of the G er°l ttiNte that Confederation, w it ( at no Confederation, which its Constitution invests right to maintain tranquillity in the whole exten t . I ° l ' o tY „ . we t territory. Now this right being recognized p Powers of Europe, it will find means to make the' °,;( tbke ret :" bility of its territory respected, if the insurgentijaikre - ; f r.Y of % ki . o vv g( h lo a m te, o re f r th in e a N y et b h e e e r n la na n e ds n s f ho th u e ld u pe el rs i i a st n in attaci e ; th e i v n ll a l b s e ta a te k o .a rdut respect to any of the preponderating Powers. Publi„ t The Vrai Patriote gives extracts from le 14 a rPlea. Massager, and other French journals, which 3 1 ' , 13 : r je eltlbtiq boom the refusal of the King of France to accept the l'°` LE the b o -° O Z p b o le ssil) p l e e a f c o e r andthemretaol p i i d preserveepPnrd:tilvnei?,:ipt dettibeiik;s:ii(t)cht Belgi c for his eon. )r tt COlOO5l I te t j Th e e Hamburg Papers state that the It . ° fore ° :x j a u t: troors 'Etre said to have received fresh relll cifio !ei, dt r • ol va merits, •and to have advanced from Gr ° Adge, o fth P thii,:thoenaathgeualrtletrhi from the D El latter s e p }: ac re : l l : o l:ci ee f il d d , a t n -i kolke; arid that:Prince RADZIVIL 1 1119 . ih, l4 e ti th Ccl at u i dressed a Proclamation t o th e troop s ' i ito , e t , ° °clud € which he tells them th a t th e f a te nf t , i h o , 4 l l, i e Z pu p e n r i i country can now be decid e d on the fi e . i f t `;,? - te tl battle alone. According to other accou nts ' N th e d t r ..441 I re 11111 Ntlate endan have reason to believe that the Poles a 1 0 0 , • 0, better prepared against the invasion of the j old ep : n titleC public has been " e t litt4 sian barbarians than the r'd o — tpo e er suppose. They are full of enthusiasm n e . u _,044 1 , t ' 1 ,,,_ I/ fidence. They have besides the strong of patriotism to support them under any reverses, and this will go a great way to sate for their numerical deficiencies. you hz se) 5 bef en. ; 'tent. ' a" The following is the Act passed by the Y , at Warsaw, upon the propositi on of W I SOLTYK, for the forfeiture of the Throne 11 / 1 Emperor NICHOLAS, and the separation ° Polish nation from the Russian Empire t° declared. " The most sacred and inviolable treatic s : only binding, inasmuch a s th e y a re fait h 6 I observed. Our long sufferings are known t° r whole world. The violation so many tir Pes o i hewed of the liberties which had been g i. % teed to us by the oaths of two Monarc its ' l ii solves equally at present the Polish from the oath of allegiance whi c h it O a , its Sovereign. The very words of the t ; peror NICHOLAX in short, who said, th at first shot fired on our parts should beeoelef, signal for the ruin of Poland, deprive 11 1 a l p hope of seeing our grievances redressed/ leave us nothing but a noble despair. Polish nation, therefore, in conjunction the Diet, declares that henceforth it forms 1, dependent people, that it has the right t° the Polish Crown to whomsoever it 54'0 worthy of it ; to whomsoever it may c° l3 o religiously observing the faith he shs ll o l sworn, and of preserving the national I rb inviolate." THE FUNDS.—(THIS DAV CITY, TWEL Yff 0' a- t pil The letters from Gh en t t o th e 4 t h J anua ry, 3 ust f, state that all was tranquil a t O sten d an d J 3r pr number of persons have b een arreste d, w h o we re e oto in the late affairs. Ernest Gregoire was taken 6' V 1 from Ghent, and he is to be brought before a t ot tribunal, with some of his accomplices on FridaY.o, letter from the Prince of Orange was found on hi fot/ A letter from Aix-la-Chapelle of the 2Sth ti o states that an insurrection has broken out at S o rt Prussia, which was supposed to be of a serious o :e de the whole of the garrison of Magdeburg bad pr° quell it. The account, from St. Petersbargh state Ott troops there had left for the frontiers of Poland ;, weather is excessive, which, it was feared, %Ou lu the marching of the troops. (From the Memorial des Pyrenees) Tye 6 It appears that Spain is preparing for wan t he vernment has given orders to put under arn3 9 3 '", ) 00 vincial regiments of militi a , amoun ti ng to 7 °'; and are endeavouring to a ugment considerahlY e C rials of the army. ell From 'Warsaw they write that ano ther Pr - h ieltl has been issued by Count Malachowski, in 1/ stated they are determined t o d e f en d Pd an d svi t u ":t force, and not to ackn o wl e d ge any au th o rity t'. o e ,‘ confirmed by the nation ; th e y are a l s o dete r q, and all to perish before Poland shall fall into t" their enemy. Couljcil Accounts from Madrid say that in a late - t he by the Ministers, it was proposed to demand 0 ' t bit i 80 millions; but M. C a l omar o p pose d it, clififeir had already made great sacr ifi ces even beyond `-tolte. It w as reported that a large army was going blished on the frontiers of Portugal. TliZ FUNDS. Ma lt' The Express f ro m P ar i s i s s till o f a warlike r c eo and the French Funds have fallen near one-hal f P I of In regard to our affairs at home, all person , g e re e t, I ascertain the parti c ul ars o f th e a pp roac hing blY'l l t• is expected to be brought forward on Friday la .1 7 ` ) following is a li s t o f th e d e d uct i on o f t axe s ban' a dit the City, but to which we do not attach much On Malt 3,200,000 ... Hops 15 0 0 0 Soap and candl e s House and vrindowF. • 1 , , 010 230,00 0 Printed goods . 620,060 6,c0, No Sinking Fund . . •••• 4,000,00 Expenses of collecting 1,500 ,000 Retrenchment I,tet9poC:lolo One would imagine that the above list off posed at the St oc k E xc h ange , st ill i t w as geje heA public on 'Change l a t e i n th e a f ternoon , e Consols, which left off yesterday at sa count, opened at the same price, went UP to present are 80 In the Foreign Market little doing at prese ° B 111 T 1 SI! FUNDS d(A Ditto, Itcdtll .o 4 Ditto, New. (I Four per Cenl 4 lb, India Bondi, Exchequer fir 10 41 HALF-P-A S ,, tb e , l # It is now supposed that the Belgians, a' „ l rs e, quainted with the refusal of the King ° f „pre P t son to accept the throne, will make a ° " t French nation, and this will cause irfir rti f gf, the Chambers. A regency is still talke d ° o f '', l 4 Belgium until th e D u k e of N e mours becotne;iters" the French Go vernmen t or some of the 31i° recti, manoeuvring to obtain that object. 1° of $' The letters to-day from Antwerp are tbeY ing natur e . B us i ness b eg i ns to revive , a B ,,tile convinced that th e Alli e s are taking a f avour y 4 tli° 0 to e s 0 wards them. ate 0 Accounts front Smyr na , sth January , 0 co 0 .4 French house has stopped p a yment ther e t for e amount. In the Consols continue steady at 801 • ° Gr it market no business of importance. ~,Cfi 0 , TBR-" v •79i I,fr r t,,e4 Consols have declined from SOi 0 1 reported to be on acc o u n t of the funding 0 1 oof COMMUTATION OF TIVI ES ; r oI A s till meeting of th e N or th W a l t ham Agrieui,tparlis°t sa) a petition was agreed to be presented t°. e r ing f o r th e a b o li t i on o f t h e e xisting t t :l o ,oile ° substitutio n o f a ren t- c h a rge upon t now subject to tithes.... County Citron Bank Stock, 201 2 India ditto, 3 per Cent. Cons. so% 4 Ditto, for the Acct. 80% 34 IS per Cent. Red. 81% % 334 per Cent.