The Sun. — London, England, 1831-02-01 00:00:00

DAT ♦T ONE O'CLOCK. that we are grow in b u "' l ented china ri ur they are r 3 d l fully OP ° of the char m 3 the Dou bleji Igs, and was „ c c Italy to the 116 11 garden V3l i " COntribtjteL'‘, CUphe a Sl i a s l Loasa anz bo -tPI L l'aletS OT STOCKS TWI 3 - ;' li toS4 i Cut. od. Sl%4i l ii 4 lA, Cent. Cana. Si 50%% Vtr Cernt tt,a_.. 90% 11i "I. I . •-A Per Vent. ...8990( % Is„Wra. Ann. 1726 - o kk , - 4 11, t. Yell 9 3 % 14 Zj,„ ' Ol 'lC Stun. to expire rs" , 5, N0...17 5-16 3-16 . et. 10, 1'53 - j j 4 . 4 . 6, 1860 - a4l. p)4ls, lito - an. 5 2 10 i ............... , - form the c o° , tnpletes the ' New 5 per Cent. I motto :soak titto Bawls 16 pm. South Sea !hock ()Id Annuities New Ditto 3 ; er Cent. Ann. 1751 Ex. Bills, .£l,OO. 32 33 pm Ditto 32 al pm. Ditt3 Small Ditto Commercial Ditto Advertise: —pm Hank for Account India for Account Cons. for Feb. 25 ebUTi 81 SO% )314,:‘,4tiliatall itoolldil I :e t . 4b. 'OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Noapolitar — rifles A n 4 —.0 A ,56 ',4 ! , i i'i Peruvian Bonds p 9 4.4 );re. Bond ,4bian Bo nd s 11 Prussian, Old Oltis., itm onds _7 4 " .. ... l7 Russian t tk ~. ......................... l 1— Spanish, :e2l 16 4'7.1 uitt. 5 nits '— IWO 12 1 .0 ii t P 1 A2,5 1 4 ' 0 414414 1 'French Rentes, sp. c. —l. bit' l e 4 Bo -- Exchange —l. . te ,„„_ rids —'— 2 per cent. —t. —c. -,........_ irtis '-- Exchange...... —f. —c. 1 /43, FOREIGN EXCHANGES ON LONDON. Frr ocj al3 t o , JAN. Z.-13 N.—Two months, 13. " , 01.?4, JAN. 16 —Seventy-five days, 12 43. 11„:..• raRSBURON, JAN. Y.—Three months, 10 21-32. cALiN. JAN. 22.—Three months, le, -;:-__ JAN. 17.—Three months, 6. 14. 4 "HANIA, JAN W.—Three months, 6. 16. 6 hav e mere ly room left to request the litte ae - ci ll tion of Lord ALTHORP in particular, .D AND lII ST '4 th' the public generally , to the repor t in her viewed ro'', e . h i l l ,t daY's Sun, of what took place last at the public meeting, held at the choice of 55. j • e t nded facili ties r, t i tu Y of London Literary and Scientific In so i n partic ui ' l , / eQ , ti °n, respecting the taxes on know sts of Irels"'el F r e ) and the liberty of the Public Press. :ice to their ' c , re A he CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER will 4 . Falmout h ri'L'c, , p it e mi lY perceive by the eloquent, clear, and forcible ished, anPitoc' oth et hes of Dr. BIRKBECK, Mr. HUME, and tior :r s , , _l' .heir resetrillbo, that the effect on t h e present system of taxa f Antrim sr e 1 light defeats the purpose of a wise, free, and en equally fsit hill th e Government whose best reward is in of i nstruction and happiness of the great body the people. PA RT VI. ,ioi.'' '' these ill i [I. Betuir es O V e find the following in a Paris Paper of dea of wh et ): 141 day :_ lay s of their ~, ' v o i We a (From the Temps of Sunday.) ex lanati° ns e t , ete4 ! I _ ? e i une e d yesterday that the Duke of Nemours was p lY ) tree January, g of the Belgians their sttirb theinag This newstionalong resson Its are situp was i t 4 ;tted this a r evening, y at six o'clock, by the Government. tits appears certain, and it was said this evening in the l'u vv " e well informed, that as Ambassador of a great 1 4ti on t ' whose alliance was promised to us since our revo ti,,l4, had received orders from his Court to leave Paris to the n i_ ti. day that the French Government should consent 4 on of Belgium. TCHES. l • /I n, and 1 0 M ,l l ' (part the 1 , side-splitter: j .ble laughter. 0 ) ii ___......... niei 4 W Y the Hainburg mail received this morning st as it is ser /"‘ t le ar ti ll . that General CHLOPIEKI has resigned e scramblidd the ieta . torship, This event, however, did II seats beil:,lfs: % diet jmer4t irit the Poles. Indeed it was )n with t:vet t ry e nion of the 11° i ki Olia °•°d the resignation was only provi ,ith l 'll order that the Diet might deliberate e new-0. 011 ( e greater isdependance on the measures -four ordi ll4ll o , 4 ce s htl lll th, 3 ary for the welfare of the country. In d broad at i fil i P e ant . ime the preparations for war were car whose pu"'" c ti te ' 0 pot 4 44 l ti l u vvith the utmost activity:— many tom irste A 2s.—BOnsiva- HALLS, HALF-PAST of humour' r to, A, i..„ . G ' _ JAN. , , ....,. bonds were in demand to-day, and prices one , ti j r `;' ,: e i No ' ' l 2 , g t . o . a security of stock for the liquidation at uperior lor d , t : :1 po, o f this month. The accounts received to-day o try his 4 ' t , ti ta were also considered to auger n v abelais, o r .00 .. 'Tuggle. Discount 2 per cent. ° v ery pro abelais, iir011........the ' O l • "40-b antah . /.0 . End of January. hp 1 . 1 o . ltus n 3 per Cent. , . . 57% 1 fun a nd 11 " 4,l2abur t'an Loan 97Li ilsk - tl;.‘l188111,11 Loan LLI.I nds 8N professors. A 7 , n -u.B, stri a , 8 n 4 per Cents 79 ............. t tt , Il st , i _ ank Shares (ex. die.) . . • 1 022 p f. , f . „,,, ;n Ntetalli • for 0 e ustr. que. • . : , . 88 reparing , COI) 4t i, H an° land per Cents. - .9 received at the f o r ,l' it i,,R l ° lsre a v p qr Iman • • . • • , . 97}i be in readino 0 11 heats, WA°nets 'an • , , . ‘ . 65 . . . 61% February- It r ,e' tottl6) JAN. 20.—The Dictator-General (Chin- N a y t‘te - rd "Signed his post, in order that the Diet, which tay ot Wilad i , ° vlP: aY• m e . ay deliberate with the greater indepru ,tion of ar . 1 ,. ° 0 , •Jf ktll, te f °tl tlie • ose of lioldwo tet or. unc surcs which the welfare of the country relit t. f o r r \ V: 1 44- tt4l 1, ... ' 1 the Diet shall have decided who is to be R i s ca lliog ~ 0 1 ,1 , , ,,, 1 , I . ' ll the direction •f public affairs, General ( ~ t ll e s 4O traces the command of the army. .±s, which, i l ate „'l' . l . el t p e e G, azette gives the following account of Gen. reforms in °ll se(' lttort•:.tri.y in re s ynation : 7 rot lt d a the e morning of the 16th instant the Dic aciously P le 'vsi' " I , t„, t to 't, theft, pntation of the Diet to a conference, and LEr JO O , l 1 0 t it n d ~,.Q . that he could not take upon himself the 11 : rett4r 7l the army, but that, on the contrary, he deemed and " Jolt I , v i :,,,, f ot:: 14 4 1 to restto enter into ne mciations, and that was dis • fence of to (yr btai . e d t heir e , V` t t :d k letter frost the Dictatot-ship. At the same time he pro. f . rom, the Empei or, thanking him for the LLIAM 1101:eriffo, 1,„ teesAt rly..leir , the late °AO ti 'utninistrati of • • ff ' a p it tt . t h e 0 , on A airs, and warning him not ,ty of Lor ci , t,,,,. A ders already made to the Council of Admi f.Ore• Itti 4 Prod ocs. , circular letter from Prince Luhecki was d i t, 4,, t " 1 ". On the follow . Voods an c‘0 1,,, t 4 k, nibi ed, _ nre se following morning the Deputation e late par ley ' o f t t t l : l )it ea tais . ,,, him:eifi thent the Dictator a wiitten request command of the army, with un sue orders 1°,.., r e ft tootpteoittot:r7rde,otiuonary powers, while the Government of , nd of thiebe'ioolse. ft . th ea by th iti be placed in the hands of a Commission to gingers 7 1 : / 0 1 ) 1. ttlinb,t,b'Putatie Diet. At the same time the members e r... n .. ! ... ~r otec io. a e ' o l • , bo ld" o f of the t, s,,? Le made strict inquiries as to what the 7"?i, l i t ' e we rl‘T i i 0 tt et ee4 r , chief b ein g red ap t p h ointed h to command them. A t frost, pr0 c45 • 1 9 0 1 ' '' 4 N 14 tl i gn. The r ail if,,,e ii , th . the re _ tee . en] tat the confidence of the te the if tbeyP were of the nation was unlimited, to basin in t • ts ' 11 1 ? Oat inches to ' so t , L :tt ft!er t army would obey o to be pu i t . a drummer at the bead of The same evening the 3N is at p r A e osei r:, , i,., , :it tlat le d nt the Depu tation yl. an answer, in which Vlinistere 11 °' I 1.11,tti.,(411.1-: that the only species of Dictatorship Sir 1 1 ° D°1' 01 . 41. ‘4t1411 'e'e P t Would he $ , l oti s hit , one divested even of the r( I 'l 4 r t . plieti uerto imposed upon him. The D on SaturasP that the • did not feel themselves autho forePu- some 'W s. 11 1 ! 4 '' con, ' I o f' N tt 'ef P l y With ) „ sen t plso 0 , 40 , o p i_, :3re th _ __ such a proposal, and advised him to t(l l, lle ek Ltti j et lOt. On receipt of this reply, General let it fort , ' P g ir:': of the pri`litcet lye i,tler.l-3'et I,e. o _ o e oil ~ Stns gage, i t Yesterday—the two Chambers held a an aria b t b i e s Y v ir,. l ' 4 l ,,t e 4thi a d tid th n e x t h i e ar eo s. urge of which the President of the ! hands of , the whole 1 ) , tilcii i t , tu make le _ . 11 al of the Diet addressed the Assembly ~p ask will 01 ,1,, tt!lstt44lte tite .u r g . 9- Both counselled their countrymen re a lit , d red them ' fate dependent :,..4:llelsl e l4o,tryi,otvi:rE t e t i h rai t m i le t on a single individual, the back-fr°t,j9, i f t h e pr(e c -triS, t . lit,, t i e t Was sue. that the spirit by which all classes were e l t el u t l r e m nel d: y u . ht as to their niti .......hrocuogaltrtt b j e 00:11;0' , ot l ON ......... gbe ' lo eP F 4 44 : ,!, ad j un ' from Berlin say , that all hope of an ~,o yeP r d,, ~.000 O n the 11 1ent between Polandand Russia .is at an to the ' oeoe Or i ‘tt, , t i t ' th e 1 4th inst. General Iloyckynski reviewed Lieutenant- es° r o 4 14 eol National Guards ' at Warsaw, of whom 3,000 several Y esr' 'oe 4° ci r , 1 14, teo r d. qlete kn i f getsoo 00 ( t , lag to oriu. that dto col, , 4, i:dvre t the Warsaw Gazette, the Russian troops i s ap puipt e o p j o• 1,, 4111 . °be ready to . lett e I,res. c outi4 niebit,,. cross the Polish frontier on the ,as L'eul M t / ' .cti had already joined the army. conlla an be ll. P i t iti ltk lad 'dent of th , the na l° silt ° , I, )l. der 4 ' l3° ° e Senate at Cracow is said to have , ff goo Aid ( e L, , ~..), the Austrian troops, to enable him to • main 'al sty • ~0 •0 , , to, ettit) Republic. to, add t :i . eol s ' t Ol' , '4 " the p which "%of g o I i11tit.1.144,e 4 41 (1 to ° ll '3ll Deputation to St. Peters itoo t i J r f '-' chip t . , nave been detained bth •y e Russian ,ces an , $., f,f , 0,., and ti 'in their introduct• in length, 1 ..1 3 0 0% I, l),l ti 'q of ii : v erri by saying, ~ That lon to t the Emperor, lie f handy. hie i e i r !`?cl 4) th ey e 'Y citing —that g ' he was alre i t of led f/' p 4 td s o , h r'g—that he accordedthem n the pare) t . $ , ti , ti,„ g t from the revolutionists of Warsaw le represe o lif •t , ' l ' l 4 „or th e J I .yould find 1 .i.e o' 4 sfl t oic 'ser e „ - ill in be the necessavy apartment li t "s ' ,kol ( 10 t -Pon dismissed ' ‘ perid p a t, . a pre •of 00 i on 0 ,1 ., doe. • The deputation Ge ntle „s t O 11, , ion, ._, oi 1 , t., i mteti /3 co .bor. 11 4 c i i i , ~, ' apses h ave dire 'l4l t he nil'', been received, they con ' a . A I, , le 'de in , gal t io , I v 41 , I—Portant ..... ~. 0. act a A ...., sittings of the States k. to l' a A 1 % 4 1 0 0 , to ks A ,,,,"• Arriae pie It { , 11, ),1, ~ J AN , • In coo t to re, h -4, ltii u .• ' de•--Severat ,it is e st/ : t tii til Y N y ith moue h ave waggons (it is said iind f or dil.;,, :1:,,,t e tut of Berlin !, arrived here from Ham tittotil,,it •• 0 k 1 ' 4 4,,, " th,t'i:ut another isA g reat storm is approaching st . v anciug to meet it. It is , g , q tb of 3,4 g,, pct 44, .20,00 0 me 3 a del l an ePoop, 41•,, l ev ''ar \y e _ Passed the v• n, including $ O,OOO regular t he il'e s t `! ) • l ' s ,, e I lk l ' i ' "aW ' Order ; there are still 60,000 and tran • • from the 6 1,-, t.' ai l) ,,.qaillity are pretty well ~.2 2 ,1 pie fr i gate ) JAIT. 2 , r a boID ....,,. ®fit' 'I th ' .- --Noti iiii galloo. p etet s d espatche in has yet transpired of the slitirgh. But they by Count Jesiersky they will be communiested to the Diet, which is probably now assembled, and peace or war will then be decided upon. The ultra-revolutionary party in Warsaw (the most zealous advocate of which is Lelewel, formerly professor at Wilna, already acquitted of the charge of conspiracy) now lifts its head, and it is owing to its influence, as pri vate letters from Poland say, that the insurgents already think of choosing a King. Actual Debt, 9.% per cent.. Amort Syndic, 4i4 per cent. Ditto, ditto, 34 per cent. Exchange on London. Two Months . . AMSTERDAM, JAN. 28. . 414 to 42 . fiN to 684,i . 5.3% to 545. 11 93 . 11 87 5-10 ST. PETEKSBURGII, JAN. 15.—The Journals of the last three days give some orders of the day of the Emperor, highly commending the conduct of some subalterns and privates of the Russian troops on the hi caking out of the insurrection at Warsaw. On the Bth January there were still 92 persons ill of the cholera at Moscow, of whom 46 were likely to recover. Nothing is said of the Emperor leaving the capital. Private letters from Jassy announce, that the cholera morbus has got to the other side of the Danube, and its ravages extend to within thirty leagues of Jassy. Odessa is still closed, as the disorder rages with great violence in the environs of that town. We learn from a correspondent that the Rector of St. John's, Southwark, and some of the churchwardens, have refused to call a meet ing for Reform, notwithstanding that the ma jority of the respectable inhabitants have declared in its favour. This is very absurd, and under the circumstances short-sighted conduct on the part of the ultras, for it is Government itself, the constituted Government of the country, that is anxious for the support of the Reformers. Faction alone, for reasons well known to herself, is against it. As regards the Rector, we would recommend him to peruse the Archbishop of CANTERBURY'S late speech on the subject of a commutation of tithes. Our correspondent closes his communication with an expression of thanks for our exertions in the great cause—a compliment which we the more readily accept, as we feel that we are justly entitled to it. He may be assured that we shall never rest till the Boroughmongers have found their level, and the people regained their rights. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.) FROM 'LOYD'S. LIVERPOOL, JAN. 29.—Arrived the Alert, Ayshford, from Jamaica ; Charles Caron. —, from Savannah ; Olive and Eliza, —, Mary Catherine, Chishat, Jeffer son, —, and Plato, Detamech, from Virginia; New York, Oxley, from New York ; Anne, Cassander, from St. John's, New Brunswick; Rose, Richardson, from St. Andrew's; William, —, front Gibraltar; Lion, —, from Genoa; Hiram, Gibson, from Seville; and Courier, Obrey, from Corunna. DUBLIN, JAN. 29.—Arrived the Eleanor, Reed, from St. Andrew's, New Brunswick ; the Friends, Cotton, from Prince Edward's Island ; Quebec Trader, Lamb, from Quebec ; Rapid, Gurnee, from Calama ; and Nancy, Way, from London. DUBLIN, JAN. 29.—Arrived the Billow, Hutchins, from Messina; and Iphigenia, —, from Honduras. C'oas, JAN. 28.—Arrived the Orestes, from Bastia. The Rimer, M'Donald, from St. John's, New Bruns wick, has arrived off the Start. . _ The following vessels have arrived at Demerara : Peter, Belle, from Newfoundland ; Warwick, Adams, from ditto and Madeira; Charles, Dunne, from St. John's, New Brunswick ; Mary Purter, Sullivan, from St. Andrew's, New Brunswick ; James H. Albuoy, M'Donald, from Liverpool, Nova Scotia; and Mercurial, Dian, from Middleburg. THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. (From the late American Papers.) We leans from a distinguished person that the United States will shortly be honoured by a visit from an illustrious traveller, who cannot but excite much interest and curiosity amongst us ; this is the accomplished Persian, whose residence in England as Ambassador, formed the basis of the amusing volumes of Hajji Baba," and other works. Demerara Papers have been received at the North and South American Coffee-house to the 15th of November. They a: e not interesting. (From the above Papers.) In our last paper we noticed the commencement of the trial of Mr. W. C. Tonge for a libel on the first fiscal. He is sentenc(xl to six months' imprisonment, and security for future good beha viour for three years. The accounts from Warsaw slate that the Emperor of Russia remains firm in his resolution, and is determined to maintain his rights in regard to Poland, but that which has irritated him the most is that the Poles should have sent to foreign Powers to interfere ; at the same time he said to Count Jesierski, that the affairs of Poland would not interrupt the general peace of Eu rope, but if necessity required it he would march 400,000 seen to subdue the Poles. _ . . Prince Saha Herbourg has gone to Brussels at the invitation of several Belgians. For several days past there has arrived at Orleans a great quantity of artillery, destined for several points. They write from Toulouse that the Government has given orders to cast a million of balls, six pounders. The great fall of anew during the night and this morning prevented the mails from getting to town until a very late hour, which has caused a great delay in the delivery of the letters. We have no ship letters; but two Dutch and one French mail have arrived. By the Dutch mails we have some im. portant information. A private letter from Amsterdam states that the Dictator of Poland has resigned his office. Should this information prove correct, there must be a great division, or some treachery, amongst the Poles. TLIE PONDS. Consols, which left off on 'Change On Saturday and yesterday at 80 - y", to 81 for the account, opened at 110.50,i, at which price they remain at present. In the Foreign Market nothing doing al yet. BRITISH FUNDS. Bank Stock, 203 4 Ditto, Reduced, India ditto, Ditto, New, BtN % 3 per Cent, Cons. 80% % Four per Cent. (1826) 91)% Ditto, for the Acct. 80 7;, India Bonds, 11 16 3 per Cent. Red. 81% Exchequer Bills, 32 3 per Cent. 1:0% % FOREIGN FUNDb Brazilian, 57!q 8 Buenos Ayres, Chilian 1$ 19 Colombian, 17 19 Danish, CO% French S per Cent. 93 4 Ditto 3 per Cent. 61 6lreek, 26 8 Mexican, 3414 6 Peruvian, 14 lb Portuguese, 43 4 Prussian, Russian, 92% 3}i Spanish, 10,4 % - - HALF-PAST ONE. Owing to the information of the Dictator of Poland haying resigned, and other private letters stating that the atfliirs of Poland are beingarranged, Consols have improved from 80% to 80% 81 for the account, as the information is credited by the speculators. In the Foreign Market the Russian Stock has improved. THREE 0' CLOCK. Consols, 81. FOUR O'CLOCK.—CLOSING PRICES. Consols B O4 Danish Ditto for Account 80- 1 Greek, 1825.... 27} Brazilian Bonds.. 57} Mexican, 1825. Buena' Ayres.... Peruvian .. Chilian Ditto .... Columbian, 1824 17 Russian 93A- Spanish ...... 121 MARINE SOCIETY. The election o' a Treasurer to that excellent charitable Institution, the Marine Society, takes place at the office of the Corporatio❑ in Bishopegate-street, on Thursday, the Sd inst. at one o'clock, in the room of Samuel Thornton, Esq. who has resigned. The candidates nominated are— w. THORNTON ASTELL, Esq. M.P. and Sir FRANCIS M. OMMANNEY, Bart. The coast blockade, a most obnoxious service in the Navy, is ordered to be abolished ; and the Talavera, 74, in the Downs, and Ityperi, 42, at Newliaen, to be paid off, with 105 officers and about 3,000 seamen. The coast -guard of preventive•men, a civil force similarly organized, and employed upon the same duty as the block ade, is' to i c increased. The latter is wholly unconnected with i 4 naval hpartment, being linder the direct super intendence of the Custom-house, and will hereafter per form the whole duty of guarding the coast. No naval officer will in future be employed by the Admiralty as Revenue officers; but it is understood that they may, if they choose, enter into the co ast-guard service u n d er t h e Custom - louse , though the emoluments in the latter service will offer little or no temptation to such officers. Th e saving to the country by this alteration is calculated to ex ceed 200,0001. a year, as the stations vacated by the block ade will admit of such reduction a s to be tilled up by the coast•guard at one-fourth of the expense. T.wo thou sand five hundred additidnal seamen are ordered to be en tered in the Navy, in consequence, it is supposed, of the abolition of the coast blockade service.—Devonport Telegraph, THE PUBLIC PRESS. STAMP DUTIES-TAXES ON KNOWLEDGE. Yesterday evening a numerous and respectable meeting was held at the City of London Literary and Scientific In stitution, for the purpose of determining on resolutions, and appointing a committee for the furtherance of all mea sures tending to obtain the entire removal of all restric tions on the communication of knowledge through the medium of the press. Dr. BIRKBECK was called to the Chair, and addressed the meeting as follows :—lf I could for a moment doubt that truth is better than falsehood, or knowledge better than ignorance, I should not have acceded to the privilege I have with great pleasure acceded to, that of occupying this distinguished situation on the present occasion. I ant 60 perfectly persuaded that man instructed in all his rela tions with the universe, in his relations to its author, and in his relations to his own species, becomes so much better qualified to perform the various duties which it is incum bent on him to discharge, that I am persuaded the inte rests of mankind can in no way be better promoted than by contributing extensively and effectively to the diffusion of knowledge. Notwithstanding all the interest we feel (and which I am sure every one who hears am does feel) in promoting this great object, we are met upon the very threshold of our efforts by certain fiscal impediments which it is of the greatest importance to re move, because they affect in particular a class of literature which belongs to the multitude, and which, therefore, es sentially belongs to the diffusion of knowledge.—(Cheers.) —Now we are met here to consider the very point, not as a public body, but as a general assembly, as a number of individuals interested in the popular progress of literature. We are met for the purpose of devising means for the re moval of those fiscal obstructions—considering what they may be, and where we may best apply for thuir complete extinction. We are honoured with the presence of a num ber of individuals of tl.at description, that must give great weight and authority to the proceedings of this meeting; we are honoured with the presence of those who can carry them into the very spot with considerable effect from whence our success must greatly be looked for.—(Hear, hear.)-- I have stated that the impediments which stand in our way are fiscal, and I would at length detail the nature and extent of those impediments ; but you will perceive that we have the benefit of the presence of one whose mind is peculiarly qualified for this exposition; therefore, it may be your pleasure, as well as it is mine, respectfully to call on that gentleman to give us some explanation with regard to the nature and extent of the taxation there is on knowledge. He can do so with great effect because, with regard to his arithmetical accuracy, even those who affect to sneer at arithmetic, do not venture to doubt his power and accuracy.—(Loud cheers.)—The general ques tion, however, of the evening will be proceeded uron be fore that, and were I not aware of the presence of many who can much better agitate it than myself, I should certainly venture on some remarks at considerable length, but I shall confine myself to-day, as the present moment particularly presses on us. We have seen the direful effects of ignorance ; we have seen the land occupied, not as it ought to have been with the schoolmaster, but with the executivner. We have seen the rude labourer,—not because of the want of plenty— uot because the earth failed to return its fruits, or the Heavens to ripen the fruits of the earth--we have seen, in the midst of fertility and plenty, that those who are suffering from the want of a general diffusion of knowledge, ignorant enough to conceive they were capable of benefit ing themselves and their families in their state of destitution, by destroying the very things of which they stood so much in need. They have, too, ignorant of those principles which might, if knowledge were free, be so easily explained; they have destroyed the very instruments by which fertility may be accelerated, and by which the food which they and we in common re quire, may be brought to our homes and to theirs on the cheapest terms. They have quarrelled with their food— they have quarrelled with the instruments by which it could be rendered cheap. They have done this because the schoolmaster has not been allowed to Penetrate into their humble dwellings on account of the taxation which has been placed on education. If, for example, our newspapers, those admirable means of circulating knowledge throughout the country, had been as numerous as they are in the new world of America, it is quite impossible that the neighbourhood of London should have been in such a ante of absolute ignorance on these subjects. A newspaper by giving line upon line, —and, precept upon precept—here a little, and there a little—carries knowledge into every corner, that particular species of information which is re quired for the service of the day. So that if we could command but a free circulation of newspapers—if we could get the rags which snake the paper untaxed, and get the paper out of the hands of the manufacturer with out the withering mark of the exciseman—if we could get the newspaper without the IA marks on its corner, and could also circulate our advertisements, by which the series of knowledge might be communicated to those who read them, without being so grievously bur thened by taxation, it is quite impossible that in this place and in the adjoining counties, those outrages which have been committed, should have occurred. It is particularly necessary that this should be known, because the voice of the Magistrates themselves, who ought to teach the people, have been the very first to throw out hints which have induced some persons to adopt the very course that has been pursued. In support of this I refer you to a most admirable letter, which appeared a few days ago in the Morning Chronicle, written by Colonel Junes, in which, according to my apprehension, a Lore clear and satisfactory account is given of the sources and causes of those events than has hitherto appeared from any other writer. In these letters it plainly appears that the machine breakers were strength tried in their disposition to act ley those who threw out hints that it would be desirable to remove those things_ to take them to pieces—not certainly to breaktoor furtherdeetrt9 them, but to place them ou t of the shape in which they , wer e % and surely but v e ry little indeed was re quired, a f ter a precept o f t hi s kind, induce the deluded persons into the act which they com mitted. An ill-reasoning, starved, and perishing indivi dual, might well be conceived to gather up such a hint, and to act upon it in the manner we have observed ; and I verily believe, that of the two hundred and fourteen unfortunate beings against whom the sentence of death has been recorded—(Hear, hear) —upon how many of them that: awful sentence has been carried into effect, I have never ventured to estimate. Mr. Hurux—Hight—(" Shame, shame.") Dr. Btaxaecx—Of those it is probable that the he ginning o f th e movement o f t h e i r m i n ds—the first ope ration by whi c h t h e i r m i n d s were a ff e cted, might origi nate from what I have alluded to. Had their minds not been so grossly ignorant, those outrages could not have been committed. 1 believe it to be a much attested tact, that of these power-looms, or threshing-machines which have been broken, there has not been one instance of destruction by a well-educated, intelligent mechanic.— (Hear, hesr.)—l , venture boldly to make this assertion, and will challenge the opposers of the diffusion of know ledge, wherever and whoever they may be, to deny my statement. Then if all this results from the want of knowledge, how much does it become us who know its value, and enjoy the high privileges of possessing it, to endeavour, by all the means we possess, to extend to those unfortunate and destitute beings the blessings which we so greatly prize. I trust that our efforts this evening will by their influence on the Committee, and by their transference to that place where their influence may be so greatly twisted, tend to remove those weighty impediments which exist to the progress of knowledge ; and if so, then I think we may fairly say, that at least we have not laboured in vain, and satisfied am I that those unfortunate persons whom it may reach, will be the first to acknowledge the blessings at• umlaut thereon. Mr. BULMER moved--." That sinee knowledge is the source both of morality and wealth, my tax upon knowledge mu st necessarily be highly injuriaus to the prosperity and happiness of the people. In rising to move this resolution he deeply regretted the unavoidable absence of an eloquent gentleman who was to have occupied his place. If a phi losopher ever were to write a history of the blunders of the human race, one of the largest volumes that ever ap peared would be upon the taxation of the British natiou. When men required to have cheap bread, the Corn Laws were given ; when men were well they had the felicity to be informed of a tax being laid upon medicine. Qf all the instances of our newel folly, that 2 - f laying a tax upon the diffnlic,n of our political knowledge appears to be the greatest. Cif all knowledge, political knowledge was the most important—it embodied every other knowledge, And without it there was comparatively none.— That, therefore, which belonged essentially to the com munity, there ought to be the greatest facility in conveying to them. It was very true, as the Chairman hul said, that instead of the schoolmaster having been abizad, the executioner had been harrassing the feelings' of ili`e i public by the havoc he had been committing. Who was to blame for this? It Was high 'tinie . to speak out, and therefore, ke hOldly aSserfed that itivas the Legislature only. The Legisla7. lature had shut up the poor man's sources of information. The Legislature had said, we will lock pp all the books; tf you can pay Gd. for one, you shall have it—if you cannot; you shall not. Your lesson eaust be learnt—if you do not acqui re i n f orma tion front our batiks, you must get It 'ntuitively, and know your duty—if you do not, we have a rod for you, and will flog you to death.•--(Loud cries r if bear, hear.)--The taxes, therefore, on the diffusion knowledge were not the prevention of, but the premium for, crime. Our gaols were filled—but with whom ?by ignorant people. Justice was now, however, on its way, and its career could not be stopped. That which was in tended against the poor, was i ecoiling on the rich, and against the aristocracy ; for there was now no man with a house to he burned—a pocket to be picked—or a throat to be cut—but must be affected by the present state of (bins. If the millions were enlightened, the mischief would be prevented. The tax now complained of was the most mischievous of all taxes ; it did not extend to parts, but to the whole community. It denied to the labourer what was his due ; it denied to him knowledge which was the source of production, and therefore offered a premium for crime and want. Mr. ROEBUCK seconded the resolution. It was now time, lie considered, for every man who had a feeling on the state of the community undauntedly to stand forward and express his opinion. Whatever might be the situa tion of that individual, however humble in the scale of society, by coming forward as the open supporter of free and universal discussion, he would not fail to render a ser vice to himself and the country. Taxation on the dif fusion of knowledge had an awful influence on the morality of mankind ; for this purpose it was highly de sirable that it should be taken off. In this country, which stood first in the whole civilized world, it presented a most appalling reflection to find, that instead of that security to the property which people expected to have, there was no protection. People were kept in a state of dark ignorance, and those who ought to enlighten them were hunting them for their prey. The most grievous tax, and the greatest obstruction to the dif fusion of general knowledge, was the tax upon news papers. By the removal of this tax there would be a per fectly free and open discussion, which was absolutely es sential for truth. Publications would then also appear which would be within the reach of all, and thereby knowledge be obtained by the humblest cottager. In refe rence to America there were twelve newspapers published in New York. A friend had sent him eight, which he was to take as a fair sample of the manner in which they were published. The eight contained 3117 advertise ments ; 389 on an average in each ; accordingly the twelve would contain in one year 1,456,416. Whereas, in the 400 newspapers published in Great Britain and Ire land, there were only 1,000,000 advertisements annually. It was an astounding fact, that the advertisements in the whole of the American papers annually were 10,105,000, and yet that in Great Britain and Ireland they were only one million. Another fact he believed to be worth no ticing was this,---that for an advertisement in an English newspaper, of 20 lines, the charge for the first insertion was 13s. ; in New York, 3e. 3d. For the second in sertion, 13e. ; in New York, 2s. 2d. For the third, 131. ; in New York, Is. 6d. For every day in the week, 31. 181. Bd. ; in New York, 7e. 6d. For a whole year, 2001. 16s. ; in New York, 61. 182. This could not fail to show the immense hardship there was on the individuals who attempted to issue publications in this country, compared with those of New York ; and there could not be a doubt that this restriction had led to the ignorance of society, and that that ignorance bad oc casioned the distressing events which had lately occurred throughout this country. Livingstone, the author of a " Code of Laws for the State of Louisiana," had beauti fully expressed himself on this subject. He said that the penal laws should be written in plain language, clearly and unequivocally expressed, that their nature might be manifest, and not perverted. They should be written in such a way as to be remembered with ease. All technical words or phrases they contained should be clearly defined. They should be promul gated in such a manner as to force a knowledge of them on the poor:; and to this end they should not only be publicly taught in schools, but publicly read on stated occasions. Dr. BOWRINO would endeavour to illustrate what the meeting had heard by the mention of a few facts. We stood at this moment in the most perilous position in which the nation had ever been placed. The Government had long made experiments with ignorance, and the results were visible all around. The time was come when they would have to learn new lessons, and make such experi ments no more, if they meant to secure the salvation of the country. Gentlemen, the state of the agricultural population of this country is one which cannot be con templated without distress and self-abasement. Wherever we look we see ignorance, and, associated with that igno rance, that which is its invariable companion—crime. Their position is in every respect most calamitous. The sphere of union is not atnong them—the habit of inter course with their fellow-men is scarcely known among them—they are planted almost like the trees upon the land they cultivate, without knowledge, without any means of instruction, and when the pressure of poverty comes upon them, they rush recklessly on in the way we have lately witnessed, upon the cause which they believe their sufferings to arise from—they argue not, they consider not, and they are arrested only by the hand of the executioner. Dr. Bowling then contrasted the conduct of the poor manufacturers with those of the labouring agri culturists, and showed that that of the former, under cir cumstances of the greatest privation, had been peaceable and regular, which was attributable to the degree of edu cation which they had over the latter, while that of the latter had been outrageous. If the manufacturing classes were as ignorant as the agricultural, the danger would be extreme, and yet the Wellington Administration had sup pressed the circulation of cheap publications among the labouring poor; yet, notwith standing manufacturers. The United Trades' Journal was sold at 2d. a number in the Manchester districts, and it w a s it was suppressed by the Stamp Commissioners. It was got up by the trades wgolOodllyit b , Y v . as effecting, trades men, and after it was put down, they raised money enough to start a newspaper, which commenced about three weeks ago, and of the very first copy 3,000 numbers were sold. Dr. Bon ring complained of the security which was required by Government before a person could publish a newspaper, as well an the heavy tax upon it. ble read extracts of letters front poor persona in different parts of the country, complaining of their want of means of acquiring information, and among others, the following verses from the She f field Mechanics' Anti-Bread Tux Society, addressed to a Parson Justice : Dost thou, thus ear , ly, mighty Lord, repair To yonder fane ? u s well. Go, and in tears Kneel, holy wretch, although the Sabbath air Is weary of thy long unpunished prayer. Thou who wast staggering seen, and drunk, and blind With zeal for blond-stained despots, proud and vain Of horrid triumphs, when the tardy wind Bore fresh g l a d tidings o'er the groaning main Of hecatombs on Moloch's altar slain Kneel, Saint of Carnage !—kneei, but not to Baal; Kneel, but alone, with none to laud the zeal; For the hour cometh, when the reed will fail On which the wicked lean. Ilut wherefore kneel? Can the worn stone repent, and weep, and feel? Still harder granite forms the bosom core Of him who laugh'el when freedom's thousands fell. Hark, 'tis the voice, that erst of Battle's roar Was wont too oft from yonder tower to tell, Pealing, at thy ccinmand, o'er crash and yell, And fiendlike faces, reddening in the light Of streets, that crimson'd midnight with their glare, When I:ngland hir'd the hell-hounds of the tight, Bee:luse men broke, in their sublime despair, The bonds which nature could no longer bear ! kad congratulated the King of Denmark on not h av i ng a subject in his realms unable to read and write. Wh at a contrast this presented to the state of England. The p eople of Scotland, he regretted, were also falling off frosts the high character they formerly had of universal e d u cation, though this was in a measure to be attributed to the vast nerober of Irish that overran that country ; at tributed in this way, that upon examining the ignorant prisoners in gaols in Scotland, by far the greater part were found to be natives of the Sister Country. He inoved--" That recent events in the agricultural and manu facturing districts have proved the necessity of immediate and general exertions for the removal of every obstacle to the diffusion of knowledge amongst the great body of the peop l e ; and that the most injurious of those obstacles are the various fiscal imposts upon the press." ERsKINR PERRY seconded the resolution. Mr. HILL moved— , . 3. That a permanent Committee he appointed for the furtherance of all measures tending to procure the entire removal of all taxes upon knowledge, and that the gentlemen who have moved and seconded tke resolutions of this meeting, with power to, add to their another, do form the said cornm4tee.."—He felt happy an all occasions to stand forward as an advocate for the gene ral difu&ion of knowledge. The Stamp Act was a great grievance, and as long us it existed it would impede know ledge; the result would be iguorsnce, s.nd as long as ig norance prevailed there would he no safety—not even the gs of J u d ges from town to town, elevated in and l earn i ng, l eav i ng a parcel of our f e llow-creatures ckreatures here, and a. r arzel there, fur execution, would secure that gaiety 'wtich we had a right to re:pezt t. people and to property. Front his earliest, pr rind of reflecting it had always struck him ae wafter re quiring great consideration—thAt people were, bound to know the law, even ties humblest and, most ignorant—, whereas tie tucst "earned, on all occasions, ara slot ac quainted vijth it and its eiTeCt, and yetQaverntent should continue not only not to take the proper means of circu lating a knoWivdge of what the law is, but actually to improve the restrictions that had already been so ably alluded to._Hear, hear.)—H e trusted that the influence of that meeting, and of the Committee to be ap pointed, would greatly aid the end for which they had met ; and, under that feloiug, he cordially moved the re solution that had been put inte his hands. Mr. EVANS seconded the resolution. The Cuotearaw then invited Joseph Hume, M.P., to address the meeting. Mr. Hume assured the meeting that when he entered he had no idea of addressing it. He had come down for the purpose of observing what passed, in the hope of its acting as a support to measures which he trusted would be introduced to the present Parliament, with a view of ridding the impediments that existed, and which had been so ably and justly complained of. I sin not disposed (said the Hon. Member) to say much on what has passed, though I have humbly endeavoured ever since I have been in Parliament to oppose every one of those measures which have been calculated to impede the dif fusion of knowledge. Two of the six Acts which had been passed were for the express purpose of keeping the prop e in ignorance, and had been death blows to the progress of knowledge. To show how little notice the House of Com mons had taken of this, I may remind you that three years ago, when I submitted a motion upon a regular notice and after a regular lapse of time to the House to repeal one of the Acts—that Act which prevents a man who cannot spend sixpence (or who is not disposed to purchase two sheets of paper for sixpence) front obtaining it—the Act was passed to put down Mr. Cobbett's publication, avowed since to have been so—in a House of 643 Mem bers I only obtained 10 to vote with me.—(Shame, shame.)—But I do hope the time is changed. Things have taken another course, and I trust the present Admi nistration—some of the Members composing it desired, when out of power, to remove the grievances which exist —and I trust that now, being in power, they will cons. forward to do that which the people expect of them, and which they require to be done for their benefit. If do people will exert themselves, and show it is to their interest these taxes should be removed, I feel con fident the present Administration will be disposed to yield to the people's voice to grant that which the public interest require. I was asked by a friend of mine, before the meeting, a gentleman well informed, what taxes there were on knowledge ? He said, taxes on knowledge, there are none. I told him that he would find, in the Customs'- book—the Excise-book--the Stamp-book, various taxes, all of which have the object, indeed avowedly so, of check ing the circulation of publications of every kind. Taking the finance accounts for last year, I find that no less than 1,400,0001. was raised in 1829, on what I will show are the materials used for the purpose of books, and the circulation of knowledge, and though souse of the items are so contemptible that we would scarely think any Government could retain them as a means of finance, yet the amount which it brought to the Revenue, I take iu many eases not to be equivalent to an hundreth part of the injury thereby done to the public, and I am sure this Session of Parliament will not pass over without many of those imposts being removed. Any manufacturer can commence his work without being under the necessity of giving security, or being placed in the unpleasant situation of finding individuals unwilling to come:forward to support him its this way which is absolutely necessary, with a newspaper publisher. Thinking that some ques tion might arise on some of the items of import this evening I had a few figurer put down this morning on paper, front which it appears that under the head of stamps 666,5911. was collected. That was subdivided in this way on newspapers, 4e0,96PL,--on almanacks, 30,848/.,—on pamphlets, 1,1a19/.—and on advertisements, 153,6451. Now small as that amount fur advertisements may be, yet it will explain the great disparity there exists between the circulation of information in England and America. If the taxes on newspapers are 666,591/. in England, I think that will pretty well explain to you why the circulation of information through the medium of newspapers in the United States is a hundred times greater than in England. The fact is, that these taxes cause a kind of monopoly in newspapers ; it re quires a large capital to carry them on, and without that they cannot be started. Let this taxation be once removed, and I have no hesitation whatever of founding my opinion on the judgment of those who have observed these things longer, and perhaps with more accuracy than myself, that in the course of two years our publications would exceed, perhaps in a greater ratio the other way, the publications in Ame rica than we are exceeded by them at the present moment. It is, therefore, the subject of great lamentation, that any Government, for the sake of as paltry a sum, should continue those imposts, or not come to some other arrangement respecting them. It is lamentable that the peace, and security, and happiness of this country should be 'sacrificed on that ground. Again, un der the head of Customs, you will find the amount to be 21,241/. ; and they begin that sum by a duty on the very rags which make the paper. We cannot, however, obtain even the raw material, without this taxation, paltry as it is. It is only 2,217/. ; but yet, contemptible as it is, it operates as an obstruction to the means of circulating knowledge. There is also 1,400/. fur paper—a kind of superior paper which our artists require, and which the interference on the part of the excise in this country, prevents our making eeriel to the French, or even to the same extent. By this course our artists are obliged to pay twice, three times, or even four times more than they otherwise would be obliged to pay for the purpose of getting it from the French. This is not only against the policy of England, but it actually cripples that on which we pride ourselves, the advancement of our arts and sciences. Then there is a duty on books to the amount of 11,146/. Prints and drawings are not even exempt ; for there is actually a duty on them to the amount of 1,605/. Not only that, but even quills (which every one must use) there is a duty upon of 4,8431. In short, one would suppose they do much more injury by this taxation (for the ex pense of attending the importation and connected with them must run away with three-fourths of tile gross amount) than, under any circumstances ; they can do good. When you consider that the whole of the quills imported into Europe were in 5,000 parcels, on which there was a duty of 4,8431., can you be surprised that an immense number of persons must be employed to keep up the impost. These, you will recollect, are the gross amounts lam giving you. The next tax is that of the excise upon paper, amounting in gross to 701,629/. This is not so much in amount as it is made by the interference of the excise with the manufacturers. Wherever the excise enter into a manufactory it adds from 20 to 30 per cent : then if it adds3o per cent. to the value of the paper, which undoubtedly it does, it costs to the public more than the revenue the Government derives. We shall find that the whole is 1,389,461/. added to the material in which all our information is to go forth in this way of putting it. I therefore submit that the amount, instead of being ' one million and a fraction, may safely be taken to be nearly double the sum ; and I think that the Government can keep up such a system of taxation certainly cannot have the welfare, the interest, or the happiness of the community at heart. lam satisfied that without instruction being much more general in England than it is or has been, w. shall never obtain a population likely to afford that safety to property and to life, which we flat tered ourselves we should have.—(hear.).—Under these circumstances, I hope that along with the repeal of these taxes we shall have measures taken for the pur. pose of making our instruction useful. Of what use will it be to have the means of circulating information if persons are not in a condition to receive it? It is on that ground I have for year, past viewed with regret the state which England has been comisig to. It is not a new thing to me, I have . , dreaded it for a long time ; and I must agree with Dr. Bowriug, that in Scotland education doe* not now make the progress which it used to do. All our schools remain the same, and I regret to find the lame Lord Chancellors have held that all our old schools shall not give the instruction of they day—that they have established that a school whic) 4 has been oncea gram mar-sehool,shall be a granitnar-eenocifor ever. By this means a great portion of those tnstitAtiotta are rendered inefficient, whereas if th e y warele give instruc tion in the common language of the conntry, they would be infinitely more useful W every one, l am h appy now, however, to thi n k t h at we shall have a plan granted to us, something like what I have stated. I therefore look to the reelection of the taxes arid the extension of knowledge, as two moat impor tant measures : and if the Government 4o not adopt measures for these purposes, I, anti vaany others, who at: anxious to see those who are now in power continue its tit .t power, shall 14a vary much disappointed, X concur , n what loos been said, that it is not by d,eclatnation it can be el \ on'o, We must establish a conektion, upon rational principles, in the mind of every thinking map, that taxes on knowledge au' ignorance are two:evils of themselves which most !?a letssoved before Engleind can, be in any thing like a proper condition-,a skate in which we should wish her to be ; and we mutt endeavour not only in Londen, L s',4 iq. every community throughout the ,cottntwy, to, raise that excitement, and then if once brought before the Legislature, it is neither consistent with reason, (mown-mon sense, or any timing else that that Legis lature should withstand the call. I trust, therefore, the Committee now about to be formed will adept the means of petitioning Parliament eta, the subject, and that the agents of the Society for Useful Knowledge will take every means of raising a similae spirit throughout the parts where they may he. The Commit ec, in 'mull a way, may en.th!e us to see, even before this session of Parliament is over, a most important step taken to remely the evils complained of. For one, I shall be must anxious to support any measure that can be introduced into Parliament for that purpose. There is nothing nearer to my heart than this subject, fur I have always found, that where in formation is, there is troth, and thlt truth prevails.— (Loud cheers.) Mr. WA nervous moved the thanks of the og mect•t t the Chairman, and proposed that the gentleman who hall moved and seconded resolutions should be formed into a Committee, with power to add to their numbers, for the purpose of forwarding the objects of the meeting. Mr. TAYLOR seconded the motion, drawing the aven tion of the meeting, particularly to the difficulty publishers of books were under by the present sy,tem of taxation. The CHAIRMAN acknowledged appropriately the thanks of the meeting, and the busine,s was concludo 1 at eleven o'clock. • COURT CIRCULAR. The Duke and Duchess of CUSIBEKLAND entertained the Ducheaa of KRNT, Prince TALLLYRAND, the French ambassador; Count DR LUIDOLF, the Neapolitan Ministel ; Count D'Aume, the Sardinian Mitkter ; Duchess DE: Dtwo, Duke DS VALENcAY, the Duke of GonnoN, Countess LUDOLT, the :Marchioness of STAFFORD, Lord HILL, Sir JOHN CONROY, and Lady C. ST. 51A Ult., at dinner on Sunday, at tl.eir residence in the King's Palace, St. James's. Prince Lane°Ln has been entertaining grind dinner parties at his residence at Claremont daily- since last Tnursday. The Russian Ambassador, Princ, as LIFVEN, and a select party of the nobility and gentry, have been staying at Clare:taint, since last Friday, on a visit to his Royal Highness. The Marquis of Lassnowsk, 'Viscount GODERICII, Viscount ALTHORP, and others of the Cabinet Ministers, left town yesterday morning to attend the Privy Council held in the afternoon by his MAJESTY at his Palace, at Brighton. The Prussian and ipsnisli Ministers had int(rviews with Viscount PaLstEasToN, yesterJay, at the Foreign Office. The Priues of ORANGE ♦isited the Duke and Duebebs Of CUMBERLAND yesterday, at their residence in the King'. Palace, St. James's. BRIGHTON, JAL 31. Their Mentanza did mot leave the Palace yestereldv. After divine service the KING hcuoured Sir BYAM MARTIN with au audience. Her MAJZSTY is quite free from the slight cold by which she was attacked about the miqdle of last His illairwrr enjoys excellent health, and looks better than he has done for some time. His Royal Highness the Duke of Sessxx bus been slightly indisposed since Saturday, but is now nearly well. His Royal Highness did nut leave the Palace for the last two days. Prince GEORG E of Cambridge walked for some time yesterday o❑ the Promenade, accompanied by the R e v. Mr. HERVEY, under whose tuition the young Prince has recently developed a very superior intellect, and great pro cress in his course of education. Prinev GEmtc. Eis not only a great favourite with their MAJEsTirs, but with tie public in general, from his amiable and condescending dis position: he danced with great spirit and animation ut the late ball for several hours. Several tripmbers of the Royal Suite were on the Proton nade yesterday : the number of n“bility and gentry was very great. The band of the sth Dragon Guards played aome delightful pieces of music in front ~1 the Bedford Hotel, where the crowd of fashionables was immense. The Scotch Greys will shortly relieve the sth Dragoon Guards in this place. Their AiAJESTIES will visit Ireland early iu the eusu i r g summer. The Duke of DEvoNsuntz, Earl and Ceuntess of CAR LISLE, the Bishop of CHICHESTER, General and Mrs. ELLICE, Captain and Mrs. ELLICE, Mr. and Mrs. WALTER BURRELL, had the honour of dining wish their MAJESTIES yesterday. The calls in the course of the day were very 4iutue rous, and include the Marquis and Marchioness of CAR MARTHEN, Marchioness WELLESLEY, Countess CA HAMPTON, Lady E. FIELDING, Lady E. EGERTON, Lady CARR, Sir It. and Lady WiLmar, lien. Mrs. PiEciiki.r,, Sir GEORGE and Lady BERKELEY, &c. . Earl GREY leas arrived this Jay. A Privy Council will be held at the Pavilion, which will be atteutied by all the Cabinet Ministers. COTCH GIANTESS and HER HUSBAND • On Sunday morning last, about Eve o'clock, information was given to a police constable of the L division, No. 117, on duty near the Asylum, that heavy groans were heard to proceed from the travelling residence (a large carriage) of the celebrated Scotch giantess, situated in the Mall, an open space of ground between* the Westminster-road and the New Bethlem, and that it was feared that murder had been committed. The constable procured further assistance, and repaired immediately to the spot. They found the door of the carriage open, and all in darkness, and groans, as if of two persons, were heard to pr ocee d f rom within. A light having been soon obtained,i a man and a woman, of gi gantic size, were found lying on the floor, in a state of insensi bility. The Man, upon being asked what was the cause of their indisposition, pointed to the table, upon which was an empty cup, with a white sediment adhering to its sides, and on the floor was a piece of paper labelled poison, the contents of which they had both swallowed. The policeman lost no time in conveying them to Guy's Hospital, where they were immediately attended to by Mr. Collet, the surgeon. The woman was in a very deplo rable state, and seemed to be past all recovery, but her husband, although in a state of stupor, was not so powerfully effected by die poison, Reed's patent pump was applied by Mr. Hills, the cuppec to the hospital, by which a quantity of arsenic was taken from the woman's stomach, as was alto from that of her tau-_ band's, and they were pot to bed in a very feeble state, and still remain so ; but it is expecte,' they will ultimately recover. It appears that a short time since the giantess, who itands six feet six inches high, was exhibited in St. James's-street, as " An t e Freeman, the celebrated Scotch giantess," and whilst there her husband became jealous of her, in consequence of a man, about her own giganti c s t a t ure, ca ll e d t h e " Spanish giant," 'hating shown her more attention than was deemed necessary. The hus band, who is net more than half the tile of his wife, as soon as it was possible, removed his better italf from the exhibition, and wheeled her off in his four-wheeled residency to the space of ground near Bethlem Hospital. A few evenings after, whilst Freeman and his wife wore sitting in the caravan, which is very commodiously constructed, Mr. Freeman, to his asteraishment, perceived his rival, the " Sp a ni s h Gi a nt," l oo ki ng through hi, carriage window, which, from hia immense height, he could do without much trouble. He ran out, but the intruder had disap_ peered ; but from that mosnent Freemen and his spouse had lived upon the most unhappy terms, and she would frequently seize her husband by the back isf the neck, and hold him at arms' length till he was neatly choaked. On Saturday night Freeman went out and did nut return till early m Sunday morning, when he found his wife had taken poie4n (arsenic), and perceiving a por tion of it left in the tea-cup, he swallowed it off, and was imme diately after seized with violent retching*, and 6 , 011 became in sensible, as discovetyd by the police constable. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TA TTERS.ALL' S. A few changes will be found in some of the Derby favourites, although the betting yesterd a y wasfar from being brisk. Cid wick sprung a point, and has plenty of backers; the Vareinics colt and Caleb were in force, and appear likely to become still more prominent taxourites. The ly and l 6 to I horses arc as quoted last weak. Cobweb. Pastille, and Antiope, have agaiu gone ITC it to 30 to 1, and are only backed against others of the sat'.le tank. The general odds 111 at under : 9•HY JAMEY. 11 to 1 agst Beardsworth's Colwiek 15 to I agst Lord Sligo's Bras de Fer 15 to I, apt Lord Jersey's Filagree wit 16 to 1 agst Lord Jersey's Blunder in to 1 agst Lord Exeter's Bohemian 16 to 1 agst Mr, W, Chifnev's Caleb 17 to 1 agst Loar./ Exeter's lbernus„ IS to 1 apt Lord Verulam's V..rennei eolt (takei4 IS to 1 ago Mr. Pette's Rat,:ier (taken) 30 to I agst Colonel Udn , 'li Ant•iope wit 90 to 1 agst Duke of G capon's Pastille colt 33 to I agst Sir J. SltOley's Creesida colt 33 to I agst Lord Jersey's Cobweb colt (taken) 40 to 1 agst M. Cook's Incubus (taken) 40 to 1 rg►t Lord Orford'sMedora colt THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) HAY MA ItKET.--( -.t pe, Load ^r3. Trii.es.) CUMBEERLAND (LATE ,T JAMES'S.) Come heavy Lowland Meadow Hay £2 0 to £2 li New Meadow Hay 0 0 0 0 t'setulold Ditto _. • 3 10 Fine Upland Meadow arid Itye-grass iiay S 15 _ .., 4 0 Clover Hay '' 15 5 b Oat Straw £1 12 to A.:l 14 1 Wlt.at rt a..... I Ili I 'ES Supply short, and trade very dull. at S t.irday's prices. SMITHFIELD. Coarse heavy Lowland Aleaccreg Hay New Meadow Hay 0 0 0 0 Useful Old Ditto 3 0 4 0 Fine Upland Meadow and Rye-grass Hay 4 0 4 5 Clover Hay (extra tine)...Xs s ... Generally ..., 3 (2 4 1. )at straw .t I Bto .£1 10 I Wheat Straw 1 10 1 14 A moderate supply, and a dull trade ; prices as last quoted. DRURY-LANETHEATRE.—Mr. KEA N made his re-appearance last night, and attracted a full audience. Some disturbance was anticipated, us it was rumoured that Mr. KEAN would be called on to explain why hr again presented himself before the London public, after having, in July last, bade them firewell, to use his own emphatic phrase, " for ever." Nothing of the kind oecuri ed. At the conclusion of the tragedy, Mr. KEAN came forward. When s4i.ice.wa.9 obtained, he said that fatigue and illnesi prevented him from expressing those overpowering feelings which the eeuerous conduct of the audience that night had excited in his breast. Ile should vov beg leave to make his bow, sincerely wishing that those whom be •ir.ased might through life tnjoy as high a degtee of it!ftital pl e asure and gratification as dol. had this evening ri confe. d upon him. He then retired: GALLERY' i til . A titum. itravaam, JAw. 2.—Three months, 10 21-U. I 11111nber ' j et 7 1 ; Z:. 211 — Three months , 6.20 14 3 . 4 . wily ......_ wrats . "--.........__ !! , .1v,._1 . 2 .._ .2. —Three months, 6. 16. Id opens r i l ----- n) portrait ° Q, d , , t oo . .- A - -- '1 , ..;;;: '1.1 . ,,, a s nails - I '•t IS .K.:; ) ';':_ , '"•,r,/,• D ol a V , I -- 'ADO< ‘• :. ' .. ls 'l'3 ' ,-----, Ull , 1,1t '7- '''' ,4111 ,411 k. t l / 47 A ewspapers " ii ~._`,...___________ . • • : )ortrait of lbe .1 ' • ; (Hiker' LONDON, spirited AI T UESDAY O w "4.3 DAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 1, 1831. features are r o . a lte -- -- rn by the 11$ \V s Lk. _ . have merely room left to request the