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er pe P i Pahoe r l an co i ( 1 iv co ol ? 06 Li d to :0 ras er e, hero 4, igland, t o m of 1 . , resP e ' . aould y ha Qf !11910110 of r o e f I ) ! VOUr ultt $ t id' ie prsoe allot. ;4 1409 ;e bY t b$ 11 00! )ugb 11 0 0,; or be id ,ohitwot'' ty P em, and a, howeee more degl nt 'yea ) en were h' detested , uffrage l,l Nome rich called th •ty, if th ' heir -*" to of (3 0 be extenl the poor hat it wog this pro( ) taking Y° l for Me° nit free rel .ad the 0 1 t there 01 so far t ru that the til Id make lI I ' ballot Ifs real tb c ontrarPa plot Wow; ng they mpanied e Hon• ton tivi • to o' of prof'''. j'" o . :j ac tive 1 fe wag 6 _,, ° e ll knew' I, and b e on foat sa me jol d, he Pd *emu!, 41e , e,n# spanner in which he had Pod enough.oo prmacle at this meeting.—(theers.) ...The motion was litta.ptrt, and carried by acclamation. lizog Stupor then returned thanks. The peti 4s6eingbiting now cargied, he might be permitted to say, „ t t iftt he h ear til y wisibed it success, both with a view of b Pre llloting the genei:ll benefit of the country, and from „ "eling of respect to the numerous and respectable meet t UV by which it h a d been carried. Allow him to say, that a lth ough he was im:lined to exercise great vigilance as r,, ge char ac t er an d c mnduct of public men, he believed that t! there never was a time when the petitions of the people, it p ro perly expressed, and claiming reasonable and moderate objects, were so likely to meet with attention. lie cordi ik any thanked theta for the honour which they had just be 'towed upon him.' On the conclusion of this speech a cry of three cheers for the High Sheriff was set up. They were given with ri . treat enthusiasm. Three cheers were then given for the tar' of Radnor; and three more for Mr. Fyshe Palmer. The meeting then broke up at five o'clock. VOTE ]3Y SECRET BALLOT. TO THE .EDITOR OF THE SUN. • S la,--Witbout disrespect to the very prevalent ()pinion I n favour of the vote by secret ballot, so strenuou.ly ad tQented by many of my fellow-countrymen, I beg leave to Offer a few remarks, by which I shall endeavour to show that though an immediate Reform is necessary, secret !What need not form a component part in girder to render it salutary and sufficiently comprel se.sive. I would as k- w h e th e r English independence is annihi ',slated ? Whether the voice of public opinion is mute, or dieregarded? If so, I bow my head to the ballot, not as Il c ures but as a screen—a shelter to conceal the loss of national honour. But no--to prove the former is not the ; , e ! ti et I need on ly re f e r to the numerous meetings and peti. ) no ns the , d aily got up in all parts of the kingdom ;to disprove 1 ' •ue tatter I need only quotethe public comments upon the elections of StarnfOiel and Newark, and the public acts at / . t hat of Preston. I Will the first-named boroughs afford / . . 411°t her example of•suffering from exaggerated authority? . ~.."r Will the-last fail 'to re-elect Mr. Hunt if he realizes the '4 P ec tations of his. constituents and his own promises? I s it necessary to procure the secret ballot to counteract i l f ss one, or to effect the other ? If so, I bow to the ballot. .triennial Parliaments—if cheapening the cost of prose . riots for bribery and corruption, and strictly enforcing t law on that head—if giving votes to large towns now unrepresented, and disfranchising rotten boroughs—if the ° P e n s ing of numerous polls, and limiting elections to one 1 1 t hree days are iasufficient to restore the purity of the 1.. - ,. °1 of COmmons—then I bow to the ballot. I allow r - tne weakness of human nature ; but I wish to leave f' , r es at for the open (because least dangerous) development Of iits sympathies ;Ind antipathies. I would have merit „ — ` 4 ,_ Preferenc e shewn, political hostility and opposition as ,' r, U uliely evin ce d. Nor is this an Utopian idea—it has been t r 'ea done—it may be as often repeated. We are informed ' 'at "as long as .the Roman tribes successively passed n'rer narrow bridges, and gave their voices aloud, tlse "ndact of each citizen was exposed to the eyes and the l el " of his friends and countrymen. But a new method l of secret ballot abolished the influence of fear and shame— of honour and interest; and the abuse of freedom ac celerated the progress of anarchy and despotism." ilecause clubs, societies for social intercourse, choose or rist' members by secret ballot, this mode is recommended t 0 the nation as the best for electing its representatives. here a pu b l i c vete m i g h t su bj ect a gent l eman to t h e c hoic. of a kicking or a duel—as in Fighting Fitzgerald's ! I tne, fur example—.the merit of the ballot is clear. But II there an analogy between such a case and the election of 41 embers for counties or cities? th:tgain, it is said (though it is also strongly disputed) fe t the secret ballot answers all expectation in some wh erever countries. I. should be sorry to refuse instruction eerever it might be found ; but I have been taught that t w ' - best system of Vgislatien is that which is drawn from 4 e _ clo se o b servance o f t h e peop l e i t i s i nten d e d f or; an d I r u n that I should rather prefer studying the condition of the o glish nation in all its bearings, with a view to amend , - , ' laws, or to-impore new ones, to the hasty adoption of foreign institutions, however strongly recommended they might h e . In conclusion, I beg the English nation to pause for a „, • 'lnuaeut ere it passes an incorrect—a disgraceful judgment LP" itself. It is still honest, still independent enough to th e its rights openly in the lace of its friends , and to ue beard of its eneinies. I lurk, Sir, your most obedient servant, A SOLDIER AND A CITIZEN. 2•S---If the secret ballot is established will the Mem ,,,T. of the H ouse o f C ommons g i ve t h e i r votes b y b a ll o t? "" - eY are surely as much exposed to temptation as their const ituents. isl etresstle. upon-Tyne, Jan. 15, 1831. 'ORTUGUESE REGENCY LOAN. (From the Morning Herald.) b The Committee of the Stock Exchange have decided, t p house l y i araa j'ritY of fourteen to six, against the adiioninto - " of th e Por*guese Regency Loan. The m Committee ar e certainl y r i ght in their decision, inasmuch as, with a r e certai n l y own resolution staring them in the face, they could not, without the gros sest injustice and inconsistency, have otherwise, Nevertheless we do nut think that the -Pel ' i " is at all in favour of the Portuguese Bondholders, Patticularly if it shsuld have the effect of preventing the aPetlition which is in contemplation against Don Miguel. are quite satisfied that, as long as the usurper shall fever or rather rni,r ule Portugal, the Bondholders will tooeceive a shil:bag; and the probability is, that if t h Maria become Queen de facto, 19 well as de jure, eir ho lder s w 1%11 be regularly paid. The Bond- Sto ell, however, and those interested in Portuguese appear to think otherwise—for the Bonds have si te ' d th (Mond 4 y) a b ou t th ree p er cen t on th e d ec i- Ol of live Committee. alr, e understand that a part of the new Loan has been t eauY steed adv by the contractor , and no doubt is en satd that tt the rtmainder will be forthcoming. It is ion which we have alluded to above ii lu ji ende d he to et t li ist of 6,000 men, commanded by an g„ , h General, with two 50-gun ships, and about 25 uudeo °transports. Ihe first attack, it is added, is to be Pie t , " Lisbon, au, no doubt is entertsined of its com ill a !a c cess. The Portuguese army is represented to be de lert 6 ` a , rs l e of general disaffection, and, it is thought, would ti o , n _ "on Miguel ,upon the landing of the troops of h W e I kr. evear accounts from T e rc e ira t o the 16th of D e c e m- Apia, Whi Two vessels h ive j ust arr i ve d i n t h e Ri ver f rom ch bring intelligence of the arrival of the lie °° ro ner jac k" , ?- °' sent from London by the Portulg" theQueen of Portugal, with specie to pay the he t ro ops , and with ammunition, clothing, &c. ar oad ' time the saili ng o f th ese vesse l s th e bl oc k a d ing * et h e r " of Don Miguel h a d no t b ee n s een f or s eve r a l entered a nd various ships, with goods and provi s ions, had th e vest e l oi port of , Angia—amongst them one armed Prese nt ent, loaded , with produce, to the Regency, as . a An 't by the Portugaese and native merchants of Bahia. el la lc r had arrived some time before, sent by the Tiler- Patel: of Rio de Jaileiro, which the Regency had de. 0ti,4 1 with troop i to the Island of San George, to ee ti , f l i catee to 'Terceira. She had made two suc- I lland "Ya g e ‘• Casale—the only article wanted in the as in conssquence become abundant. Th e c , _ . (Prom the Times.) tl k i i riair nuttee of Idle Foreign StockEs a c f h t r e ge met again t... L eg (Monday) on the ques ti on Portuguese 4 heard at length tv —vme Y Loan. Mr.. Maberly himse lf was present,.. and th .on the grounds by wh ic h he sup- Le4oP.erted the reception of his contract in the fa ce . o f state 4,lution of the Committee,—that no fore ign a i ng becom e b kii I st should be allowed to ne g g n oei . :te a 1 4 1° : i i "til Justice h ad done to the former creditors. the C°ln inittee, In iwever, could only be cognizant a of , 1 ile:_acts that•the divitleads on the Portuguese Loan 1 11 , .'; are no longer p: lid, and that this new is con n t a ra o c t t her :i cluiteiitteat ato t o Poi sugal, they could come to 11 „ ,i . than that this csme within the mean i e o f t heir tad'Oblutlon ,wand that ti, ey could not, consequent ly,. a ll o w i t th _ 7 quot in the ofl icial list published under their au (` to.TtY• There has bs ten much discussion on this su . bjec t t , i ~.14Y (Monday), as swell out of the Committee a s ini f, ortho.luch stress has been laid on the peculiar circumstances , li3O ..eolornilteteasile,byParticularl y in that the breach of faith was min.. n Brazil i ether than Portugal ; and that the r f l f 1 ' ' 44 eco haa only , this chance remaining of a success jouri:tiuggie against tl se usurpation of Miguel. The ma- I. ~ Y , however of th w ith whom we hare conversed '''' . lttee til diBP " ed t' " app " m e ve of the decision of the Corn ' ins. t e as ealCUlated C n the whole to be useful in prot!ct r, i...4 i 1 1 Public again it transactions of this description, • c induce s i't ofgambling,and are sure to end ~ 14 loss to tl p " . p ears I, ;owe who k west permanently .. • • korhinY Iv 'at fell fro, a Mr. Maberly in the Committee this i . i t ethig. da y), (Mon t ;hat be is entitled by his contract . to h ' 1 / 4 -4" in pi ice equal to the difference which c Y tzist. bttween the i new Stock and the Brazilian Bonds t tu r r t ed_ Y circulating in the t , l i t `n tut t o b,... no market, by which, should there `tether. The sale for it, he may possibly get rid of it Pretty ion of the Committee, which was iellea2.,ll,erellY to . " pa . ted, gave rise to some speculation ' an St ":Ks for sudett on the calculation, that as the LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 18, 1831. By the following extracts from German Papers, received this morning, it will be seen that the Belgian Government and the Repre sentatives of the Great Powers, now in Congress in London, are not likely to agree with respect to the Duchy of Luxembourg : (From the Allgemeine Zeitung.) Aunsattnc, JAN. 11.—We have received through a private channel the following Note, addressed by the Ple nipotentiaries of Austria and Prussia to the Congress at London : " The undersigned Plenipotentiaries of Austria and Prussia are commissioned by the German Confederation to make the following communication to the Congress. " His Majesty the King of the Netherlands, in his cha racter of Grand Duke of Luxemburg, claimed from the Confederation the necessary assistance to quell the insur rection that had broken out in the Grand Duchy. This claim was necessarily attended to by the Confederation. Considering, however, that the insurrection in the Grand Duchy is merely a consequence of that which had broken in Belgium, and that the latter is at this moment the sub ject of the conferences of the Plenipotentiaties of the five Great Powers assembled in London, the Confederation has judged that before taking the measures which it is compe tent to adopt, it should apply to the Congress, to assure itself whether the Congress had found, or was endeavour ing to find, suitable means to attain the end proposed, and to render a more decided interv ent i on o f t h e German Con federation wholly or in part unnecessary. The under signed, in executing this commissio n , request the Congress to enable them to send to the Confederation the information required. ESTERH AZY. _ WESSENBERG " BULOW." • We have also received, through a private channel, the following letter, addressed to Lord Ponsonby and P. M. Bresson, which accompanied the Protocol of th e 20 t h o f December, and of which the Belgian Journal s h ave g i ven only the first lines, without mentioning the passages rela tive to Luxemburg : " London, Dec. 20. GENTLEIIM—We have the honour to send to you to- proposed new Loan was virtually an addition to the debt of Brazil, the old one necessarily became more valuable by its removal from circulation. A rise of rather more than one per cent has taken place in the Bonds, which left oil at 551 to 1. Portuguese Stock has also advanced to the same extent. (From the Morning Chronicle.) We very much question whether the real interest of the Bondholders of 1823 have been consulted by an opposition to a measure calculated to ensure their payment. Th, individual who now possesses the Sovereignty of Portugal will never pay them, and as long as he remains in power the case of the Bondholders is hopeless. Neither can Donna Maria discharge this debt without having at her disposal the resources of Portugal. By endeavouring, therefore, to withhold from her the means of obtaining pos session of Portugal, the Bondholders of 1823 are really cut ting their own throats. And this is the light in which the matter is viewed by a majority of the Stock Exchange, consisting of some of the most influential and resreetable of its members. Our wishes are, of course, for any mea sure which promises to put an end to the rule of such a monstar as Don Miguel, whose reign is one continued series of outrages. With him no obligation is sacred—no promise is binding. For the sake of men in whom alone our hope of regenerating Portugal is placed, we lament that a short-sighted keenness on the part of the Bond holders of 1823 should throw impediments in the way of driving Don Miguel from the throne, which he (ight never to have filled. EXPRESS FROM PARIS. (From the Morning Herald.) We have just received the Messager des Chambres and the Gazette de France of yesterday, and the whole of the Paris Papers of the preceding day ; as also a letter frotn our private correspondent. The following are extracts : (From the Courier Francais.) WansAw, JAN. 4.—The Gazette of Warsaw states that according to the news received on the 23d December from Terespol, the Russian army was concentrating in the environs of Bialystock. The Cesarowitch had his head quarters at Wysova Litewika, five leagues beyond Blzesi, on the road to Bialystock. Orders have been received at Grodno from the Emperor for the Ist and Bth corps to rendezvous in that town on the 7th January. The late Cavalry General Prince Adam of Wurtemberg,, who had resigned his command into the hands of the Dic tator, has juiued the Russian army. The Dictator left Warsaw on the let January to visit the fortifications of A loud cannonade was heard, on the 10th, at Mulhausen, in the direction of Basle. Soon after a lively fire of musketry and the tocsin were heard in the same direction. There are in the place 20,000 resolute men. The streets are unp ived and barricadoetl, and the struggle promises to be a terrible one. The peasants are said to he commanded by Baron de Blarr, Major of one of the Swiss regiments of the late Garde Royale, and by Colonel Bleuler ; the Colonel of a Regiment of tlrz. Line (Swiss) also lately in the service of France. (PRIVATE CORAESTONDENCE.) PARIS, JAN. 16.—The speech of General Limarque in the Chamber of Deputies yesterday, and the letters of M. Sebastiani and Rogier form the principal topic of conversation here to-day. Agreeing with General La marque in his metaphor, that the cannon of Paris in July last silenced those of Waterloo, we feel, nevertheless, left in the dark respecting the conclusion at which he in tended to have arrived (if, indeed, he had any in view) after his sly revival of the memorable declaration of Prince Talleyrand at the Congress of Vienna. Having so lately as in my last letter referred to the speech of M. Lafitte on the preceding day, as a proof that peace would not be interrupted, I feel that I p irtake of the versatility of the French Ministers themselves in now directing your attention to the speech of another of them, M. Sebastiani, yesterday, in support of a contrary belief. The p Issage to which I refer is this. " Negociations, (said M. Sebastiani) are now in progress respecting the affairs of Belgium and Poland, on the issue of which de pends the question—' Peace or War.'" The affair of Alessi's. Sebastiani and Rogier requires further explanation, and which, it is said, will be given. The offensive expression (ascribed in M. Rogier's letter to M. Sebastiani), " That the King of the French would never consent to give his daughter in marriage to the son of a Beauharnais" was uttered by an individual whose name will ba ultimately stated. OAT AT ONIK O'CLOCK. rxtels or STOCKS THIS BAak Stock 3 per Cent. Red. 8 134 s i t 3 per Cent. Cona. 81 li 1 1 ,,,i 34, per Cent Ditto Red. 90 %,i New 3i,4 per Cent. 904 We 3 per Cent. Ann. 1726.... - 4 per Cent.;lB26 O9%M Bank ► ong Ann. to expire Jan. 5, 1860 l7 5-16 Oct. 10, 1859 174 Jan. 5, 18601 - Jan. 5, 1880 - Aprils, 1880 - Jan. 5, 1870 - New 5 per Cent. inw. wick .itto Bell& South Sea Stock 90% Old Annuities New Ditto 3 er Cent. Ann. 3751 Ex. 8i115..£1,04 1 ...33 35 33 pm. 35 33 pm. Ditto Small 33 35 33 pm. Ditto Commercial Ditto Advertise.t — Bank fnr Account India for Account Cons. for Jan 2n 82%%% PRICKS OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAT AT ONI O'CLOCK. Austrian Bonds Neapolitan Brazilian Bonds 54% Pertivian Bonds Buenos Ayres Bonds — ;Portuguese Bonds Han Bonds — Prussian, Old Colombian Bonds — Ditto, New _ Ditto, 1824 Danish — Spanish, :E72.1 163 4% . 4 Greek Bonds .... -- 18'23 11 %14 Ditto, 1825 Guatiinala — i--- Exchange —f. ....e. - Mexican Bonds Ditto, 1825 -- S per cent. —t. —c. --- Exchange —f. —c. THE COLOSSEUM-REGENT'S PARK. The whole of this Magnificent Exhibition being now com pleted, and the Interior thoroughly warmed, the Public are re spectfully informed the Admissi,ns are as follow, viz. : a. d. To view the Panorama of London and the surrounding country, the original Ball removed from St. Paul's Ca thedral—the Prospect from the summit of the Building, and the Saloon of Arts 3 0 To view the Conservatories, Swiss Cottage, Alpine Scenery, Waterfalls, &c. To view the Panorama only The whole viewed for 5 0 Children half-price. N.B —A Pew and superb Fountain (a la Versailles) is completed. Works of Art in Sculpture, Models, &c. with a new Collec tion of the most unique and splendid character, constantly on Sale. Annual Tickets of Admis►ion issued daily. Open from Ten till Dusk. TO CORRESPONDENTS. T. 8., of East ietforti,.;irl to—if possible to morrow. his article is unusually long, and has been standing over for a convenient opportunity. iirbf $l3l. day a Protocol, relative to an important resolution taken so-day in the name of the five Allied Powers. It is our intention that this document should be laid before the Pro visional Government, and that you should urge the speedy sending of the Commissioners with whom we wish to confer. This measure and the decisions which support it, will give you a double right to direct the attention of the Government of Belgium to. another point of our Protocol which relates to the Grand Duchy of Luxemburg.: By the note, of which a copy is enclosed, the German Confederation invited the - Congress at London to examine whether it did not possess the means to avoid, either wholly or in part, a more positive interference On the part of the Confederation of the Grand Duchy of Luxemburg. The tights of the German Confederation, with resptct to that country, have already been recognised in a protocol of the Congress, dated Nov. 17. We therefore desire you co claim of the Provisional Belgic Government, offering at the same time your good offices, the immediate and formal cessation, on its part, of all interference in the affairs of the Grand Duchy of Luxemburg, and you will invite that Go vernment to issue all the necessary proclamations, to make its resolution known to the inhabitants of the Grand Duchy. " Accept, &e. (Signed) ESTERHAZY. WESSENBERG. TA LLEYRAND. PALM ERS rolc. LIEVEN. AI ATUSZEWITSCH." MAYENCY, JAN. s.—Several hundred Prussian sol ).iers, whose time of service expired last autumn, but who have been kept till now under their colours, in conse quence of the appearance of war, left Os to-day to go to Erfurth, their native town. The orders for supplying !he citadel with provisions are suspended, and it is even affirmed that the contracts that have been concluded will be cancelled, on the payment of an indemnification to the contractors. These measures excite a hope in the public mind that peace will be in ured with the present political arrange• ments, under the influence of which the prosperity of out country has greatly increased. The solidity which the French Government begins to acquire, evecially encourages this hope, as France has been recognised by all the Powers, and its Government manifests the most moderate sentiments and most honour able intentions. The only thing that might disturb the peace of Europe, would be if the Republican party should get the upper hand. But the state of public opinion in the Departments does away with this fear. Men worthy of confidence front Alsace and. Lorraine, who are now here, say that the people of those provinces are extremely incensed against the Republican party, whose influence is confined almost exclusively to Paris, and some great cities, among which is Lyons, and that they are resolved not to follow the ruinous theories of the ultra-democrats, but, if it should be necessary, to keep them by force wi!bin legal limits. The Becks county meeting for Reform took place yesterday at Reading, and was attended by most of the influential and respectable people in the neighbourhood. All the speakers agreed in one point, namely, the necessity for a prompt and extensive Reform, though differences of course existed among them, as regarded the minor details of the great question. Earl RAD NOR—one of the most patriotic, and decidedly one of the most intelligent of our English noble men—expressed himself an advocate for Reform in its most extended sense, and as respects the bal lot insisted on the necessity of its adoption in a speech replete with spirit and sagacity. All the speakers, we perceive, advocated Reform on the principle that it was the only means left to pre serve the country from revolution. That this is the general opinion, the details of every Reform meeting throughout the kingdom abundantly attest. The eyes of all parties are now open, and they see no safety for the country, no pros pect of the continuance of her Constitution, save in a speedy and extended Reform. Reform or Re volution : this is the HOBSON'S choice to which the Boroughmongers have reduced England. With reference to the ballot, a letter appears on the subject in our Paper of to day—which we have inserted conformably to our principle of giving fair play to all parties— which argues - the point in a plausible but wholly theoretical manner. One short answer will suffice. Can any change—no matter how extensive—by any possibility make the House of Commons less corrupt than it is at present ? We say no ; and would look favourably on the ballot even on this score ; but when it comes to us recommended by the ex ample of the United States, and sanctioned by the express authority of some of the wisest and best among our public men, we have no hesita tion in asserting unequivocally that Reform, though in any shape acceptable, is incompl e t e without it. With respect to the question —" If the secret ballot is established will the Members of the House of Commons give their votes by ballot ? They are surely as much exposed to temptation as their constituents."—We answer no. The Members may be as much exposed to temptation as their constituents, it is true, but then their number is limited—the Mem bers are the individual representatives of immense numbers who choose one man to represent the collective body in the Na tional Assembly—and each individual Mem ber has therefore a right to give a pub lic notice to his constituents how he has voted. Else how could the collective or general body ascertain his vote ? If he were an honest man (and none but honourable men are supposed to be returned), his word would of course be believed ; but as honest men may be tempted, it is better to avoid the imputation of possible venality by putting it out ofall question. Besides there is no analogy whatever between the two cases of general ballot by the constituents and their representatives. A man exacts obedience from his servant, and a true account of his conduct while in his service, but surely the master is not responsible to the servant for the rule of his behaviour, or the motives of his actions.. Precisely similar is it with the great constituent body of electors and their representative. They cannot all go to the House of Commons, but as they sent him, they wish to know how he re presented their feelings and interests in that assembly. He does not go to Parliament, at least professedly, to serve himself (as the boroughmongers have too long done) but to represent his Constituents,—ought he not, therefore, to be answerable for his public conduct ?—. We entertain great respect for our Corres pondent, but submit that his argument is not . tenable. For an an swer t o th e ot h e r parts of his letter we refer him to the arguments on the practical working of the ballot, advanced at the Reading meeting. We have accounts from Buenos Ayres to the Ist November. War, it is said, was likely to take place between Peru and Bolivia, the form er republic having made demands upon the latt er which it had not thought fit to accede to. Ge- neral GAMARRA, at the head of the Peruvian troops, was advancing towards the Bolivian frontier, and General SANTA CRUZ, the Pre sident of the latter republic, was collecting a force to oppose him. Trade was in a very de pressed state in both republics. It appeared by the accounts from Monte Video in these papers that General FRUCTUOSO RIVERA had been elected President of the oriental republic of Uraguay. The advices from Cordova reach to the 25th of October. Four serjeants of General PAZ'S division had been shot for endeavouring to excite a mutiny in the corps to which they belonged. It is asserted that General PAZ had made an offer to the Indians of the North to re-establish their ancient authority, and even to give up to them the cit.w and territory of Santa Fe, if they would join him ; but that they had returned a refusal to this proposal. The Governor of Asturias had arrived at Santa Fe, and confer ences had immediately taken place between the two Governors, the result of which was that General ECIIAGNE had set out at the head of 1,100 men, and Governor LOPEZ was to pass the Salado on the 18th of October, with a force of 800. Senor SOLA was collecting a body of 600 troops, and orders had been sent to further or ganize a strong military force in the several de partments.. General QUIROGA was expected at Santa Fe on the 16th of October. As might be ex pected from its incessant wars of factions, the country was in a deplorable state, and the confi dence of the merchants utterly at an end, Lord LYNDHURST, the new Chief Baron of the Exchequer, attended in the Exchequer Chamber this morning and took the usual oaths on his appointment. The LORD CHANCEL LOR and all the Judges were present. It is ex pected his Lordship will take his seat to-mor row morning. POLAND. TO TEE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.) FRONL LLOYD'S. DEAL, JAN. 17.-Wind S. light.—Arrived the Ocean, from Rouen, for London. FALMOUTH, JAN. 16.—Wind E. S.E. fresh breezes.— Sailed the Magnet packet fir Lisbon. The cargo of the Britannia, Oldis, from Gallipoli, is discharging the casks, being leaky. PENZANCE, JAL 16.—Arrived the Naden, Curtis, from Gijon leaky, bound to St. Michael's. Off port, the Peggy, from Pictou. LIVERPOOL, JAN. 'N.—Arrived the John, Lee, from Smyrna. Off post, the Huskisson, from Philadelphia; Iliheron and Elizabeth, from St. John's, N. B. ; and Ythan, from St. Andrew's. DUBLIN, JAN. 16.—Arrived the Dauntless, Wallis, from Smyrna. KINSALE, JAN. 15.—Arrived the Caraboo, Brogden, from Laguayra. CORK, JAN. 15.—Arrived the Lake, M.uldie, from Jamaica. PLYMOUTH, JAN. 16.—Arrived the Joseph and Mary, Thompson, from Smyrna- SCILLY, JAN. 14.—Arrived the Diligence, Nicholaq, from Malaga; and Heed, Crow, from Seville. The John, Catta, from Belfast to London, has been found so touch damaged that her cargo must be discharged. CoRuNNA, JAN. I.—Some wreck of a vessel, appa rently new, was found the 28th ult. on the beach, twellir miles to the eastward of this port. It is supposed the vessel was English or American, and to .have been laden with cod fish. Some lemons and oranges, and two hhds. of port wine, have also been found on the beach. HA awrcx, JAN. 17.—The Anna Elizabeth, Bush, from Gottenburgh to London, which was abandoned by the crew on the Cross Sand, has been brought into this port. The Fidelity, from St. John's, New Brunswick, was spoken on the 25th ult. in lat. 22. long. 33., with loss of boats, and two of the crew, by the Admiral Lake, ar. rived at Cork. THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The French Papers received this morning give the fol lowing account of the dissolution of the house of Lafitte, at Paris : " By an act signed at Paris, dated the 4th of January, 1831, between Martin Lafitte, Jean Casimir Passac, Felix Rourgueney, ar.d Jean Philippe Roussac. These four mer chants, associated under the name of Martin Lafitte and Co., and Paris and Harre, have dissolved. The liqui dation of their affairs will be arranged by J. P. Roussac." The accounts from the frontiers of Poland state that the Emperor of Russia has given orders to Colonel Hawke to inform the Poles that if the Emperor should be driven to the last extremity, Warsaw will be razed to the ground, and Po!and will be incorporated with the Russian Empire. The accounts front Brussels by the French Papers are of a warlike description. The movement of troops and preparations to continence hostilities are in active prepara tion, but up to the 18th inst. no serious engagements had taken place : the troops are full of ardour. The King of Holland has declared that the Grand Duchy of Luxem. burg is not in future to be a part of his kingdom They again write from St Petersburg)), of the 29th of December, that it was assured there that the Emperor had published a Manifesto, granting the Poles six weeks to con form to his laws and return to their duty. (From a French Paper.) The accounts from Trieste, of the 2d of January, state, on the authority of commercial letters from Corfu, that the Greeks of the Morea are preparing to retake the Island of Candia. Admiral Sir Edward Codrington has arrived at Paris, and been presented to the King by the British Ambassador. Slat—The apparent tranquillity of the Prussian and Austrian portions being known not to ari•e from indif ference but prudence, is not considered otherwise than advantageous at the present moment, as it affords an asp loin for families and property not directly availahle to the public good. They form also a good reserve of national strength. The inaction of the Lithuanian army is easily explained by circumstances; the inert niass of 50,000 men on the frontier of Russia is itself a barrier, and divides two Russian corps d'artne. It is not generally known that Constantine has had with him for years an American aide• de-camp, nephew of the late President of the United States—Munro. He was sent to learn European tactics, and placed under the Grand Duke as the greatest martinet in Europe. The Polish peasantry have been for a great many years released from territorial servitude; they are bound by a sort of manorial rather than feudal service, but are not adscripti glebw, like the Russians. The peasantry are in consequence daily improving in character, and, to the credit of the present race of land-owners, they have done as much to assist them as, without alarming a jealous Go vernment, they possibly could. Staszic, in partictear, a rich proprietor of Sandomierz, divided a whole estate on our old cottage system with great success. Many of the titled gentry lay down or take up the titles they have a right to, almost capriciously. The great object of ambi tion is to he elected a Nuncio or member of the Diet ; and in the elections the Russian Government has interfered most shamefully. Conceive how galling to a people who within memory elected even their King. The Greek clergy in Poland ate not schismatics, as in Russia, hut united Greeks, such as are numerous even in Italy, and admitted to communion with the Catholics. P. We regret to perceive by our obituary that the once celebrated. Miss ELLEN TURNER died yesterday, at her house in Berkeley-square. She was th e wife of T. LEGIT, Esq., 1\1.P., of Lyme hall, Cheshire. 'rile demise of this lady will no doubt excite general sympathy. She was young, beautiful, and accomplished— " Just shown on earth awhile, then snatched away." CoNsratiTwortE, DEC. 10.—All Albania has now adopted the new system of the regular troops, and tran quillity is perfectly restored. The price of corn has not risen within the last fortnight. The Sultan is said to keep the Ramadan in Pera, in what is called the Galata Seraglio. Roses, DEC. 30.—The population of this city, which at the end of 1829 was 144.541, is now increas e d t o 147,285, being au increase of 2,744. I n 18 2 1 t h e popu lation was only 135,171. The number of deaths in 1830 has amounted to 4,995._ Friday, the 14th instant, in the 72d year of his age, the Rev. WILLIAM CLARKE, M.A., Rector of Norton, in the county of Suffolk, a gentleman distinguished among his friends and in his neighbourhood for acuteness of intellect and soundness of judgment, for unblemished integrity of character and Christian benevo volence of heart. He was formerly Fellow of St. Peter's College, Cambridge, and took his degree of B.A. 1778, and M.A. 1781. REFORM MEETING AT HOLYWELL, FLINTSIIIRE.—A meeting of the rate payers of the parish of Holywell was held on Wednesday last, called by the churchwardens, on a requisitio n signed by 5'7 persons; Mr. ISAAC TAYLOR, one of the churchwardens, in the chair. Mr. THOMAS MAJOR moved a string of resolu tions in favour of Parliamentary Reform, including vote by ballot, which were seconded by Mr. WILLIAMSON.— ROBERT J. MosTrNa Esq., of Calcott Hall, moved an other set of resolutions, seconded by RICHARD SANKEY, Esq., expressive of the absolute neceAsity of Parliamentry Reform, of confidence in his MAJESTY'S Ministers, and of a desire to support the Constitution of the country.— Mr. CorMAN OLDFIELD, seconded by Mr. WOLSTEDOLME, moved resolutions of confidence in his MAJESTY'S Minis_ tots , an d that the meeting adjourn. The Rev. Mr. BLACKWELL, though not a rate-payer, was, by courtesy, allowed to address the meeting in favour of Mr. MosTva's motion, and in answer to Mr. MATirlia ; after which he was replied to by Mr. ADDION, Mr. WILLIAMSON, and Mr. 'MATHER. On a division Mr. OLDFIELD'S Motion was lost. Mr. MosTrres resolutions were next put and carried, by a majority of two, 23 voting for and 21 against the motion. On this decision being announced, Mr. MATHER did not press any of his resolutions to a division. Copies of the resolutions were ordered to be transmitted to Earl GREY and Lord ALTHORP j and the thanks of the meeting given to the Chairman, the meeting dispersed. MOST HORRIBLE OUTRAGE.—We are this week called upon to record one of the most infernal cases of outrage that ever stained the history of this or any other country upon the faee of the earth. It appears that on 'Wednesday se'nnight a number of turn-out colliers, be longing to the Trades' Union, assembled at a public-house in Adlington, to receive the allowance set apart to support them durin g their stand against their employers. The meeting broke up about hall.past eleven at night, when a number of the party made it their business to pay a visit to an aged weaver, named ROGER. LEIGH. The ruffians disturbed the poor old man and broke down the door, and wantonly smashed the windows with paving stones, which fell on the inmates in their beds ; they gained an entrance to the house, broke the poor man's loom to shivers—but, alas i the worst remains to be told ; they rushed up stairs into the sleeping apartments, in which were LEIGri, his wife, and daughter. The old man, armed with a pole scythe, defended them till the weapon broke, and the old man fell beneath the united prowess of his assailants. The assassins speedily marked down the two unprotected women as the next objects of their brutality. Here we are obliged to draw the veil, and proceed to the relation of subsequent matters. After some period of horror and abomination had passed, tbey dragged the wretched wife by the heels to a distance from the house, and there left her, (bleeding from a wound in the temple,) swearing if ally one followed them they would do for them. The Ma gistrates at Wigan were all day on Saturday investigating the case, and their labours have resulted in the commit ment of six individuals to Lancaster Castle, upon the double charge of burglary and violation.—Abridged from the Preston Pilot. THE FUNDS. Our arrivals this morning are of little import, not a single ship letter has been received. The express from Paris is in some degree of importance, p.irticularly the remark of General Sebastiani, who says that negociations are now in progress for Poland and Belgium, on which war or peace will depend. This is certainly an open conies• sion, and a short time, no doubt, will bring the results. The Duke de Montemart, no doubt, will use his efforts to prevent the terrible vengeance of the Emperor against the Poles. At length we have the official account of the dis solution of partnership of Lafitte's house at Paris. Consols, which left off yesterday at S2ii for the Ac count, opened at the same price, with little or nothing doing as yet. The Foreign Market is in the same state. (i LASH Rank Stock, 240% 1?4, India Stock, 3 per Cent. Cons. 81% lA Do. for Account, S'2% Ditto Reduced, 5194 ye euIiEICN Brazilian, 54% 55q Buenos Ayres, Chilian IS 19 FUNDS. per Cent. WW 2 Ditty, New 90% % 4 per Cent. 1626, 1t9% 36 India Bonds, 14 16 Ex-chequer Bills. 33 35 FUNDS Greek, 29 30 Mexican, 33 1 4 4% Peruvian, 14.15_ Colombian, 17 18 Portugese, 42% 3% Danish, 59% % Prussian, French 5 per Cent. 93 94 Russian, 91% 2 Ditto 3 per Cent. 61% 24. i Spanish, 16% HALF-PAST 02VE O'CLOCK. To the pt esent time we have no information of conse quence. Consols, which were during the morning. at 82 for the Account, have improved to 82k, and are now 82 This rise is not attributed to any political news, but to its being a Bear Account. The speculators are mostly occupied in making up their accounts against settling-day. In the Foreign Market the stocks are much the same as yesterday, with little business at present. THREE 0' CL 0 CK. Consols are quoted at 82i 4. FOUR O'CLOCK.—CLOSING PRICES. Consols Ditto for Account 82i Brazilian Bonds.. 54k Buenos Ayres. Greek, 1825.... 29 Mexican, 1825. Peruvian ........ —. Chilian Ditto. Russian .... 911 Columbian, 1824 Spanish l6i COURT CIRCULAR. The King's harriers turned out at Bedfont yesterday morning. The Duke and Prince GEORGE of Cur.►l►erland, attended by Sir GEORGE QUENTIN, joined the ,hunt. Prince TALLEYRAND, the French Ambassador, arrived in town on Sunday from Brighton. His Excellency had a conference for upwards of an hour with Earl GREY yesterday at the Treasury. The Prince bad afterwards an interview with Viscount PALmEnsToti, at the Foreign Office. Prince ESTERIIAZY, the Austrian Ambassador, had an interview with Earl GREY yesterday, at the Treasury. His Excellency afterwards transacted business at the office of the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. The American Minister visited Viscount PALUERSTON yesterday at the Fortio Office. A deputation, headed by Mr. DENISON, the Member for Surrey, attended at the Treasury yesterday, and had a conference with the C►rANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER. Sir How Ann DOUGLAS, the Governor of New Bruns wick, had an interview with Viscount GODERICII yester day, at the Colonial Office. Sir Howa RD also visited Nis. count PALMERSTON, at the Foreign Office. Despatches were received yesterday at the office of the S,cretary of State for the Home Department, from the Lord-Lient,:nant of Ireland. BRIGHTON, JAN. 17. Their 3IAJESTIES drove out yesterday afternoon in a carriage-and-four, with two outriders, and proceeded to wards Shoreham, by the seaside, and returned to the Palace at four o'clock. Their M%JESTIES looked exceed irygly well, and returned the rrspeettid salutations of the people with the most cordial condescension. The climate of Blighton, where his MAJEszir can en joy marine air and exercise, appears to operate beneficially on his MAJESTY ' S health. Prince I.toroLn, accompanied by an Officer of his regi ment (the sth Dragoon Guards), walked for a consideratle time on the Brunswick-t.rrace, Esplanade. Prince GEORGE, Sir P. SIDNEY, and Fever a 1 of the Royal suite, were on the promenade. The Prebend Stall iu the Cathedral Church of Winchester, vacant by the death of the Rev. PHILIP WILLIAMS, h•ts been presented by the Archbishop of CAN TERBURY to the Rev. WILLIAM VAUX. It was announced on Saturday, at a meeting of the Astronomical Society, by the President, Sir JAMES SOUTH, that hie iAJESTY has been graciously pleased to become patron of this society, and that considerable pro gress has been made in its charter. It will henceforward, therefore, be distinguished by the title of the " Royal Astronomical Society." The celebrated KREUTZER died a few days ago at Geneva, whither he had retired in the hope of re covering his health. He was a Member of the Legion of Honour, Professor of the Conservatoire, and formerly leader of the band of the Paris Opera. lie was distinguished by his great powers on the violin, and by his musical com positions, among which were " Paul and Virginia," and the " Death of Abel." Mr. KELLY—No, my Lord ; for it is supposed he heard of it being obtained, and immediately absconded, and we have not been able to find him. We have, how ever, served the notice on his wife, which, perhaps, yo ur Lordship will deem good service. Mr. Justice PaTrxsoN—Perhaps it will be butter is enlarge the rule until the last day of term, and then if the attorney does not appear, to make it absolute. Mr. KELLY-It is probable that he is c trrying on his business at the present moment ; there is every appearance of it at his house, and the interests of the public require to be protected against such disgraceful comlu enlarged. Mr. MILLER moved for a certiorari to remove an in dictment from the county of Norfolk into this county. The Learned Counsel said that the party in whose behalf he made the present application had been charged with aiding a person named Springall, to rescue several indi viduals, names unknown, who had been taken into cus tody for breaking threshing-machines. The affidavits stated that the defendant had pleaded Not Guilty to the indictment which was preferred at the instance of the Magistrates of Norfolk, before whom, if the writ was nut granted, he must take his trial, and therefore could nor have a fair one. They also stated, that the indictments contained a great many counts upon which points of law would arise. Mr. Justice PATTESON—You have stated Sufficient ; trice your writ.— Certiorari granted. After several other motions of no interest had be, n disposed of, Mr. Justice PArrusori sat at Nisi Prins. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. JAMES V. COI TON. Mr. Serjeant WILDE for the plaintiff, stated to the Court that this action arose out of An agreement entered into between the parties in the •eause, 'for 6,0001. for bricks to build certain houses at Croydon, in burrey. The plaintiff did not fulfil the *contract, having advanced only 1341. before the expiration of the time it should have been completed. However, he brought his action to recover the money he had advanced, and a verdict was taktrt for the plaintiff, subject to a reference. The point for the Court now to decide was, whether under such circum stances the plaintiff had or not ground of action ? The Learned Serjeant, at some length, argued the case in favour of the Mr. Serjeant Sranxii for the defendant, contended that an action could not be sustained, as the contract was of a complicated and not of a simple nature, as of moray lent, and therefore, could not go to action until it w,cs completed. The COURT decided that, as there was no special for t; it on the agreement, and as the term 12.1 d expired, the action was a good one. LAW INTELLIGENCE. -(THIS DAY.) COURT OF CHANCERY. ATTENDANCE ()F THE MASTERS AND SIX CLEATS. The LORD CHANcIiLLOR entered the Ceurt at a quarter past ten, and, apologised for his delay, on the ' ground of his having:been. attending the swearing in of the Lord Chief Baron. On taking his seat be said, " I stated the other d the 'arrangement l meant to make without re specting the attendance Of the - Masters in this Ct.urt. That It is said that the Masters ace to he referred to by the. Court on certain points. t a i r w ra i nz , m k et n it ow h i tt e s t i g b e een: t b h jzt:d u,ti t e t t !: un d, rsta „, l, If so, they must he referred to hum hence to Chancery lane, for they come' here, make a bow, remain here for hall a tninutc, and•then,walk off, It is the remnant of art old practice, when they themselves used to sit here, and which I consider quite unnecessary to be kept up. In dis pensin,, with such practice, however, the Gant may still have the power of asking them to attend whenever it may think right. I have wale a sinti'ar in quiry respecting the attendance of the Six Clerks, and find the two case. to be very similar. Within the last twenty yeas an experienced Six Clerk has been called upon twice (in one instance as rather a good-humoured sort of oddity) to read the evidence, which it was previously the duty of the Six Clerks to do." The SOLICITOR..GENERAL—I rather think, my Lord, it was hot as an oddity that he was called upon to do so, for till within the last twenty years the Six Clerfis always read • the evidence. The Loan ..014A.NCELLOR—Oh ! I mean that—l am aware that before the Liar twangy years they read the evi dence ; but as they do not do so now., their attendance here only causes an interruption of their businesacLewhere every morning, and where they aught he touch more use.. fully employed, therefore I shall for the future dispense also with their presence, and the gentleman now here may leave the Court and communicate this to his colleagues. The Six Clerk in attendance now made his bow and departed. Mr. POLLOCK . said that his practice in this Court, li mited as it was, furnished him with an as.istance in which the Six clerks had been called on to lead the evidence. When he attended to argue in Burke V. Ray, that officer was called upon to read the eri.lenfee. The SOLICITOR-GICNKAAL recollected that for soznAiire after he came to the Bar it was the practice. for the Six Clerk.; always to read the evidence. His Loans Hut was quite aware of all this, hut the prac tice had changed, and very usefully so, because Counsel now read the evidence themselves, and in doing so au had the opportunity of dwelling on the parts must im portant, which it was nut likely the Six Clerics in reading it could know. SWEARING IN OF LOUD LYNDHURST AS LORD CHI Yr BARON. The LORD CHANCELLOR was pleased, as a mark of his high respect for his Noble and Learned Predecessor, po litely to send to him to say, that instead of requiring him (Lord Lyndhurst) to come here to take the oath on enter ing into his new office of Lord Chief Baron, he should attend him in his own Court (the Exchequer), where the ceremony should be gone through, and which accordingly took place at ten o'clock. COURT OF KING'S BENCIL The Court was occupied until one o'clo,k in lwaring a motion for a new trial in a case that did not pose:: s any point of public intetest. Their Lordshiis a+terwr.rds took the special papers. BAIL COURT. Mr. KELLY applied to a make a rule absolute which had been obtained in a former term, calling upon an ;sr torney of this Court to show cause why he should not he struck off the Rolls. The conduct of the party .gains whom he moved, had been of the most scandalous aod rlia graceful nature. Mr. Justice PATTESON—Has he been set ved with a notice of the rule? THE MARKETS.--(THIS DAY.) :HAY M ARKETS.— At per Load of 3 , i Tresses.) CUMBERLAND (LATE ST. JA MES'S ) Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay A 2 0 to .t 2 5 New Meadow Hay 0 0 0 0 Useful Old Ditto Pine Upland Meastow and Itye-srso. Hoy 3 IS 4 5 Clover Hay ... 2 15 5 5 oat stra:. .£l 12 to £1 14 I Wheat Straw... 1 14 1 16 A great supply, and a very dull trade ; prices as last quoted. SMITHFIELD: Coarr•.e heavy Lowland Meadow Hay - £E2 sto ££2 15 New Meadow Huy 0 0 0 0 Useful Old Ditto 3 0 4 0 Fine Upland Meadow anti hye.grass Hay 4 0 4 5 Clover Hay (extra tine)....Cs s... Generally Out Straw £1 Bto £1 1U I Wheat Straw 1 12 1 16 Supply moderate, trade very dull, and prices stationary. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TAT T .ERSALL' Ss. The betting yesterday was unusually dull, and very few bets were made ; two or three changes, however, are observable in some of the Derby favourites. Colwick, Blunder, and Varennes were in force, none of the others being in any demand. The only engagements were at the following prices : TII E DERBY. 72 to 1 agst Mr. Beardsworth's Colwick 14 to 1 agst Lord Sligo's Bras de Fer 15 to 1 agst Lord Jersey's Blunder IS to 1 agst Lord Jersey's Filagree cn:t 15 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's Harnus (taken at 15 to 11 IS to 1 agst Mr. W. Chifney's Caleb (takeny IS to 1 agst Lord Exeter's Bohemian IS to 1 agst Mr. Petre's Rattler 22 to 1 agst Lord Verulam's Varennes colt All the rest as before. 1500 to 1000 on Slight agst Castrella (taken:. OAKS. 5 to 1 agst Mr. Hould,w•orth's Circassian 6 to 1 agst Duke of Grafton's Oxygen (taken) 11 to 1 agst Mr. Sadlet's Delight DONCASTER ST. I.EGER. 12 to 1 agst Mr. Houldsworth's Circassian 14 to 1 agst Mr. Stonehewer's Zany 25 to 1 agst Lord Cleveland's Camilla colt '2B to 1 agst Mr. Houldsworth's Frederica the election of CHAMBERLAIN of the city of London is fixed for Friday next, at twelve o'clock, at Guildhall. A large order for ordnance has been received at Liverpool from the Dutch Governimnt : 200 pit.c(4, of various cabbie, are now in progress at the extete.ive stablishment of Messrs. FAWCETT and Co., of that town, a number of which have already been proved on the north shore, at Sandhill.. We ut.derstand a considerable qu,n titv of cannon, in addition to the above, have then ot det ed by the same Government in other parts of this country, Liverpool Advertiser.