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Wines; Spirits, &c. of the fine,t quality. AT a MEETING of the GLASGOW REFORM ASSOCIATION, held on the 14th day of May, 1831, the following Address to the King's Most Excellent Majesty was unanimously agreed to : UNTO THE KING'S ➢LOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY. SIRE, We, your Majesty's dutiful and loyal subjects, the Mem bers of the Reform Association of Glasgow, beg leave most respectfully to approach your Throne with the ex pression of our sincere attachment to your Majesty's per. son and family; and most warmly to express the deep gratitude we feel in common with the great majority of our fellow-subjects, for the prompt and magnanimous man ner in which your• Majesty dissolved the late Parliament, and thereby proved your good will towards the great and just cause on which your people have long set their hearts, the all-important cause of Parliamentary Reform. 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HASLER, Secretary. _ Arrangements are makino• at Sidmouth for the reception of the Grand Duk:MICHAEL and retinue from the Continent, the Duke having sent agents to take houses, ,&c. for that purpose. Th e Grand Duke passed throu g h this delightful watering -place seven years since, and from the pleasure he then experienced he has been in duced to make choice of it for the residence of himself and family during the approaching summer. A very full sea ton is expected, as many of the cottages and villas with Which this enchanting place abound s are already taken.— ;Exeter Paper. The polling te-lay has been miserably slack. 1, the assessor's booth, ho.vever, greater progress ha , been made in deciding the disputed votes, arid the decisions have generally been in favour of Refortners The following address has just been issued I)) Lord Milton : .ed as 'atee=, ,r Mr. de of read. •aster. nd in very ~ and ses in !ngth, of the le was icoats mode Morris into a they asked s said 1 all is ust be Her r two d fie- casion of the esr of dends, glazed imers. lina-y, and an d . To would lehave s, Scc. , n had ary in n her ,h six a gave ion.— ention ich is idered 1 used T, en- i, and earing Tories seeable e COM— rn the when timed of ni de adver- y have are, to They merely rincing ' them 411 ,1 section n the rooked ►ieh he Mel so ve been I ninny fingers, ing for boiling dismay r steps icurity set of II men testion saving work vice of rate of party faults is, has to it ; rrents, andred r of WI .;.sq., of Tafield, Colonel he lady , eldest -street, unty of s at the CD., to hwood, folk, to Sutton. M.D., of A. , 4n r ol(4 t , et, and , A.M., and the e. Esq.. I, relict cson, of n.Jun. 6T TUX " TO ➢IY FELLOW-COUNTRYMEN. " I understand that some observations - have beet: made upon my conduct, which require from me to statement of facts. To facts I shall confine myself. " On Thursday, April 21st, a dissolution of Par , liament was inevitable. On that day I wrote from London to Mr.. Hanbury, to request him to stand for the county of Northampton, in opposition to Mr. Cartwright. On Saturday, April the 23d, I re ceived Mr. Hanbury's answer, stating that the a- tempt would be unsuccessful. In reply to this let ter, I wrote again to Mr. Hanbury, stating my rea sons for thinking otherwise, and again pressing him to stand. To this second letter I received an an swer on Monday, April 2.5 th, in which Mr. Han bury positively declined standing. " On Wednesday, April 27th, I received a letter from Mr. Curtis, of Wellingborough, in which a wish was stated *to be entertained in that place that I would stand f er t h e coun ty. M y answer , written April 27th, was, that I should infinitely prefer seeing any other person in the situation of Mem ber,' that no power on earth should induce me to engage as a candidate in a popular election,' but that under cert a i n c i rcu mst a nces I might feel it a duty to obey a call strongly made on me.' " On Monday, May 2d, I received a letter from Kettering, stating that there was a rumour there that Lord Brudenell was to stand with Mr. Cart wright, and that the friends of Reform in that town wished me to stand. " On Tuesday, — May, 3d, I received a letter, signed by forty-five freeholders at Towcester, invit ing me to stand. On Wednesday, May 4th, I received a letter from Daventry, expressing a trust that I would allow the freeholders an opportunity of voting for me.' " My answers to the letters from Kettering and Towcester were analogous to the one I sent to Mr. Curtis, of Wellingborough. " My answer to the letter from Daventry has been printed; it is conformable with the others. " While my correspondence with Mr. Hanbury was going on, I endeavoured, through the interven tion of two friends, to obtain requisitions from some of the inhabitants of Northampton and of Welling borough, calling upon that gentleman to stand. In this matter, however, nothinz was done, and all my attempts to induce any body to come forward against Mr. Cartwright ceased on the 25th of April, unless you consider in that light a letter that was published in the Stamford and Huntingdon papers about the last day of April. This letter was signed " One of You." It was addressed to the inhabitants of the northern parts of the county. Its object was to draw their attention to the ad vantage which they, in particular, would de rive from that section of the Reform Bill which provides for taking the poll in distric's; and to point out to them the obstacle which Mr. Cart wright presented to their obtaining that advantage. It neither mentioned nor alluded to any individual as an opponent to Mr. Cartwright. With the ex ception of my father's agent, whom I desired to get it published in the papers I have named, and to dis tribute some handbills of it, nobody knew that it was written by me till Mr. Cartwright asked me the question on Tuesday the 10th instant. The letter had neither external nor internal evidence of being mine, and for ought those who read it knew, any holy else might have been the author. A letter unsigned by the writer cannot be considered as a canvass, either for the composer of it, or for any other person. It is perfectly absurd so to consider it. Having brought before you one letter that I wrote without fixing my name to it, I will mention another, and then you will be in possession of the whole of my conduct. . . . . " While my correspondence with Mr. Hatibury was going on, I wrote a letter signed A Free holder,' pointing out that gentleman as a fit person to succeed Mr. Cartwright. It was sent from London by the post of Saturday, April 23, and wits published in the Northampton Free Press of Tuesday, April 26. _ . " When my endeavours to persuade Mr. Hanbury to stand were at an end, Lord Althorp knew that I had been corresponding with him, and that our cor respondence had terminated, Lut he never knew that I «•as the author of either of those anonymous letters till after the commencement of the election. " It has been stated that a committee, either for me or Lord Althorp, or both of us, sat at Peter borough above three weeks previous to last Thurs day. This is not true. " On the 4th of May, two days before the elec tion, a committee for Lord Althorp was formed at Peterborough by my desire. Being in London, I had received on the 3d a letter from Lord Althorp at Northampton, in which he inquired who would be the proper persons to make arrangements for the conveyance of his friends in the soke of Peter borough in case of a contest. In consequence of this letter, I wrote to Dr. Skrimshire, recommend ing the formation of a committee; and is writing to that gentleman, I told him that. I thought it not im possible that I might be nominated. I gave him this intimation, because I had then received the in vitations from Wellinborough an .d Tw.vcester; and declarations had been published by several populous villages in the western part of the county, expressing their desire to vote for some gentleman of the same principles with Lord Althorp. "On Wednesday, May 4th, messengers were sent to the vill ages i n the soke of Peterborough to appri-e them that a contest was possible. " On Thursday, May sth, a message to the same effect was sent to Warmin‘rton a village near Oundle. The a ssert i on that any a canvass was made for me, or even for Lord Althorp by my desire, pre vious to the 4th of May, is unfounded. Error may have led to the assertion, but there is no truth in it. These are the facts. " You, fellow -countrymen, will form your own judgment upon them. I remain your most faithful servant, " Deliwre, May Is. " MILTON." CORNWALL COUNTY ELECTION The usual proclamations having been made ' the High Sheriff declared Mr. Pendarvis and Si r Lemon duly elected to represent this county as knights of the shire in the ensuing Parliam ent . This was received with acclamation. Mr. PENDARVIS then came forward. Thi s h ad been the hardest struggle experienced in this county during the memory of any individual, They had to contend with a large proportion of the aristocracy of the county, with those who formerly had had entire influence in the election of the county members.— They had had to contend with the proprietors of the boroughs in the county, who did not like that Reform in Parliament which they (the freeholders) said, and he thought, was essentially necessary.—(Cheers.) They (the freeholdeis) had shown by the struggle they had made, and the services they had rendered, that it was Tram principle, and from principle only, they had supported his Hon. Friend and himself. — (Cheers.) lie congratulated them that the issue of that great question of Reform was now near at , passing th at hand; that th e y were on the eve of I,reat Act which he believed would be more con lucive to the happiness and prosperity of th, country than any Act which had been passed ft), nary years. Sir C. LEMON then addressed the electors. It had been gratifying to see the good-humoured way it •vhich the contest bad been carried on by their oppo nents. It was now time to forget all the diffetence!• which had existed; they were all countrymen, ali friends of the King and of Reform.---(Cheers.)— Now was the time to take the laurel from their hats.—(" We will," and to the honour of Cornish ' men be it said, they instantly, almost to a man, tort from their hats the laurel they had worn for their two favourite candidates. I never saw such a feeling as seemed to exist at that moment.) lie had again to thank them for the manner in which the contest had been conducted.—(Cheers.) It was now past seven o'clock in the evening, and the Members were imniMirety - riraired through the town, amidst the eers of the assembled multi tude. This coyest , as been conducted in a way far different .to•••any - 74 er I havriiiii—the free holders were contendTng for the measure, not the men. A general feeling of regret appeared to exist • in the hearts of those who were opposing Sir R. Vyvyan, who appears to be almost an idol in the county, and I have no hesitation in saying that so much are they attached to him, that no other per son but Sir C. Leman could have turned him out. DUBLIN, MAY 17. The infatuated Tories still continue the contest in the city, although each day adds to the ma jority of the Reformers, which upon the gross poll is now 382. The Anti-Reformers promised, last night, to make a successful rally this morning, but on going over to the hustings I found that the polling was more languid than ever. The truth is, that the Tories are playing On velvet—they are not lavishing their own money, and they continue the election in mere spite and vexation, in order to put the Reform candidates to needless expence and trouble. COUNTY OF WEXFORD.—The Reformers are here decidedly triumphant. COUNTY OF CLARE.—An account reached town this morning of the return of Major Macnamara and Mr. Maurice O'Connell; but although there can be little doubt such will be the result, I was unable to• trace the rumour to any sufficient authority. On Saturday evening, Mr. William Mahon struck Mr. Maurice O'Connell in the streets of Ennis; but Mr. O'Connell properly and prudently refrained from resenting the insult until after the election. It would not be safe to quarrel with the friends of Mr. O'Gorman Mahon during the excitement of the contest. A rumour prevailed through town this morning, that the Government have forwarded a warrant to one of the southern counties, where a contest is now going on, to arrest one of the can- ilidates on a charge of sedition. COUNTY OF LouTIL—I have the pleasure to in form you that Mr. Sheil will be returned without opposition. Sir Patrick Bellew has resigned. The election takes place to-morrow. Three o'clock.—At half-past two the poll at the city election stood thus:— Moore and Shaw - 2 n Perrin and Harty . - 13 Lord George Beresford polled for the Anti- Reformers, arid was hooted th roug h t h e streets b y the populace. SitC;o, - MAY 15.—Our election commenced yes terday, when General King, Colonel Perceval, and Mr. Cooper were put in nomination. At the close of the poll for the first day the numbers were— Mr. Cooper - - Colonel Perceval - - - 69 General King _ - 40 There were 26 objected votes, chiefly for the latter. The two first candidates, Cooper and Perceva!, are for the borough interest, and General King supports the whole Bill, except having the franchise for boroughs so low as 101. Many of the residents in Sligo do not deserve to be enfranchised, from their opposition to General King, and it is an actual fact, that they are exerting themselves to secure the re turn of the man who would, if possible, keep their borough for ever shut; they do not, therefore, de serve to get the boon that Ministers are anxious to bestow; however, Gen. King's party are confident of victory. Mr. Forbes, of Callendar, has relinquished the contest for the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright. Mr. R. C. Fergusson, the former Member, will therefore be returned without opposition. The ninety-two individuals who, at Lanark, on Friday, despising public opinion, sent the lion. Charles Douglas to Parliament to oppose Reform, were afraid to go home without a military escort. But their fears not being constitutional reasons, or any reasons at all, Mr. Campbell, of Shawfield, Mr. Patrick Stewart, and Sir Michael Shaw Stewart, have all pledged themselves to bring before Parlia ment the conduct of the Sheriff, , Mr. ttose Robi nson, in ordering out the dra g oons.—Glasgow Chronicle. POWER OF TILE PRESS.—History tells that so great a change of Government as that which is now proposed in England, was never effected without civil war. But in the present case, a circumstance quite un known to history must be taken into the account_... namely, the Press, free, enlightened, active, and powerful, beyond all comparison with former times. " Sunday pamphlets end daily journals" said Mr. Hawxixs, in the House of Commons, " have superseded the bludgeons of the mob and the axe of the headsman,"—he might have added, the musket of the soldier and the barricade of the people. Reform is all but consummated ; yet never was the country more tranquil ; thanks to the Press, which gives activity, concert, organization, coO.dence, and finally irresistible power to the national will. The Pass has preserved the peace.—Spectator. THE NEW LONDON BRIDGE.—This fine structure is now open to the passenger on the payment of a trifle, which is applied to the relief of the workmen who may sustain accidental injuries. The footways on both sides are paved with large blocks of granite, and the para pets raised to the height of four feet. Looking over this convenient breast-high wall, the passenger may enjoy a splendid prospect. The view to the east down the river is more extensive than upon the old bridge. We behold the Custom-house, the Docks, the Tower, and a forest of masts, forming what the Emperor ALEXANDER of Russia called the grandeur of England—a thousand pennants floating on the breeze, whilst the colours of all the trading nations of the world do homage to English commerce. I" the back ground rise the hills of Kent ;—in short, a more exquisite picture of national greatness cannot meet the gaze of Briton or foreigner. The approaches to the bridge form a gentle rise upon arches, and lead to a spacious opening. That end of the bridge next the city is not so forward with respect to the works as the Southwark end. The great undertaking which must delay the formation of approach es to the bridge on the city side, is the immense sewer which is to open into the river below the bridge- A vast number of workmen are now employed upon the excavation. The ground has been opened on the east of the site of St. Michael's Church, and the plan is to tunnel the sewer at the depth of 36 feet under the houses, as w e have been informed, nearly as far as St. Paul's. The sewer will receive the smaller streams of drainage, and carry the whole to one common discharge. Digging for the sewer the men have cut through a stratum of fine red gravel, 20 feet thick, and below that they have a stratum of clay and sand to the.depth of eight or ten feet. The skull, with the horns of a ram, was thrown up on Mon day, and handed out for the inspection of the curious. The horns, and the bone which enclosed the bra'ns of the animal., were perfect in form, but pulpuus. Yesterday morning it blew a severe gale from tin ast, and caused much damage to the shipping it , the Upper and Lower Pools. At Limehouse several vessels were driven from their moorings, and one tier was sent adrift, causing much alarm ; but throne Ihe skill of the captains and mariners, the different ships were safely secured, but not before several had lost their anchors and chain cables. Off Wrapping. where the channel is rather narrow, a number of craft, coal-barges, and lighters, coming up the river, were driven by the force of the wind on each other, caus i n g great confusion; and for some time just be fore high water, that part of the Thames was en tirely blocked up; and several steam-packets going down the river, outward bound, were obstructed in their progress, and remained for some time lashed to the chapel-ship off Wapping New Stairs, until the different barges were extricated, but they were so huddled together that it was found to be a work of no small difficulty. During the confusion, a punt, laden with heavy goods, was swamped near Rother hithe church, and the Royal George sloop, from Ramsgate, got aground on the causeway in front of the Thames Police-office, and was not got off until high-water in the evening. The dead lights, or boards, of the Chapel-ship were carried away by some vessels coming in contact with them. About the same time, a sailing-barge, or hoy, laden to the water's edge, was upset through a sudden gust of wind near Deptford-creek, and the men on board only saved themselves by swimming. A scene of confu sion similar to that at \Yapping occurred off the Tower and Custom-house, and the wind at one time was so high, that it was scarcely deemed prudent. to venture out in small boats. About nine o'clock an accident, which caused great alarm and had nearly proved fatal to several persons, occurred off the St. Katharine Dock, by the upsetting of the barge Henrick, of Hamburg, a large ship of three masts. At the above hour the ship was hauled out of the tier off the Iron Gate stairs, and brought down to St. Katharine's by means of a warp fastened to her stern, to be towed into the dock. There wits no ballast in her, and she floated very lightly on the water, subject to being blown over by the least gust of wind. While the men were bringing her head round towards the lock at the west of the entrance, the tide came athwart the vessel, and a smart breeze springing up at the moment, she was blown over on her larboard side, totl ards Horselydown, and went down on her beam ends. The larboard ballast port-hole being open, she immediately filled with water. At the identical moment she upset, a barge, laden with coals, belong ing to Mr. Heighington, of Blackfriars, was passing close alongside, and the ship fell upon the lighter with a loud crash, and stink it. The man in the barge caught part of the rigging as the ship was. falling, and narrowly escaped with his life. The crew, twenty in number, clung to the masts and the sides of the ship, which remained above water, until boats which put off to their assistance extricated them. The Henrick was got afloat in the evening, and the pumps were set to work. The ship has sustained great damage. The barge and its cargo has not been recovered. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRENCH PAPERS. (From the Moniteur of Tuesday.) OFFICIAL PART. "M. Charles Bresson, First Secretary of Lega tion at London, is appointed Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at Hanover. " M. Martin, Consul-General, is appointed Mi nister Plenipotentiary to Mexico. " Count D'Estourmel, Member of the Chamber of Deputies, is appointed Minister Plenipotentiary to Colombia. " Count Alfred J. 0. Van Dreuil, First Secre tary of Legation at Naples, is appointed Charge d'Affairs at Vienna. " Count Alexis de St. Priest is appointed Charge d'Affaires at Parma." From the Message ,. des Chambres, Wednesday, May 18. (Corresponlenee of the lilessager.) _ _ _ " TOULON MAY 11.—A telegraphic despatch of the 9th in the e v en i ng orders the Admiral-Prefect m to en r - e of-w replace on the peac e esta bli s h ment a l l the ar which have lately been armed on the footing of the war establishment. In consequence of this order, two superior Commis sioners have been appointed by the Maritime Pre fect to go on board the ships of the squadron, in order to inquire into the situation and the services of each seaman, and to make preparations for land ing part of them, according to the number of their f am ili es , and the time of their service on board. These two Commissioners commenced their labours immediately after the receipt of -the Ministerial despatch. Rear-Admiral Duriest arid Villeneuve, Major-General of the Marine at Toulon, is Presi dent of one of Ouse commissions. The sailors in chided in the class above indi cated, and who are above the pe ace establishment, ha ve b een l an d ed and them ,c It is but a few days ago that the seamen be longing t o the classes which had ju s t b een di sc h arged were called bac k t o service. Now they are dis charged ane w, and to-mor row , per h aps, they will be again ca lled for. These poor men, thus b an di e d to and fro, r eall y do not know wh ether they shall go to pl i a m c i e n d ed in the the sth division, w hi c h w i ll d i sband i t heir homes , b ein g a pprehensive that they may be _ a gain torn from them before they have embraced their wives and children. This situation of the seaman, who is entitled to so much interest, on account of the arduous services which he renders to the state, has great need of amelioration. Would it be impos sgibrlecetawimthakthentsleie for laws forl the men, for the navy a s said atsh returneda t the squadron a a recruiting le army, so that the s ailor, after havi ng serve d a fi xe d time in the royal n avy, might r e t urn h ome f ree, like the soldier. It satisfactory dro lln not goanswer o toLaisl-i t he demands madedays, by England. -DUTCH PAPERS. WARSAW, MAY 9.—Our State Courant says, ,c No official accounts have been received from our main army, On the 4th, towards HOOD, there was an action to our advantage on the right wing of the army beyond Kaluszyn. On the Gth, our troops sent out parties to reconnoitre in various directions. Many persons think that Field-Marshal Diebitsch, as he before at!empted to throw himself on our right wing at Kutleur, is turning to the left wing towards the Bug about Kamienczvk and Roadzymen. On the north of the kingdom the Russians have been driven from Chorzell e ri and there are now none of the enemy's troops on this side of the river Omu lew. On the 23d April, his Imperial Highness the Grand Duke Michael removed his .head-quarters to Suwalki, being Saurogelia." on the mar c h w i t h t h e guar d to The same journal has published General Dwer nicki's report, in which he gives an account of the failure of his excursion into Volhynia. It is ad dressed to the- National Government, and dated 2d of May, from Klebanowka. The General first re lates his early proceedings and advantages, and says that he took eight cannon in the action at Boromel. He marched close to the Gallician frontier, in order to cover one wing of his army. Both Generals exerted themselves to reach a very strong position between Lubyner, in Volhynia, - and Herice, in Gal. beta, but Dtvernicki, by a night march, got there two hours before the Russians arrived. They ad vanced with a very strong force, having now 72 -quadrons of cavalry, 18 battalions of infantry, and .50 cannon. " I did not, however, retire before this. superior force, as I have a position inaccessible in front and on the right wing, and my rear was on the Gallician frontier. Rudiger manoeuvred two days, probably to induce me to quit my good position ; but not succeeding, he detached on the right two thousand of cavalry to Gallicia behind my right wing; those troops dispersed the Austrian frontlet posts, and took away their scythes. On the 29th, in the morning, the whole corps began to advance against my left wing, to same thousand men on the right, at the same place where they broke into Gallicia in the night. It was therefOre evident that I might be wholly turned, and that the frontier no longer afforded protection. It was also impossible to resist a force eight times as numerous as my own; and to avoid being wholly defeated or dis persed, I was therefore obliged to retreat into Gal licia, which I immediately announced to the officer commanding on the frontier. General Rudiger did not stop at the frontier. His columns pursued me into the Austrian territory, and though my rear guard refrained, as I had ordered, from firing a shot, the Russians continued to fire, and wounded several of my men, and took 20 prisoners. The Austrian detachment of hussars and infantry kept them back, but they remained in a position near the village of Lescaezack, a league from the frontie% and did not retire till some hours afterwards. I remained near Klebanowka, on the spot pointed out to me by Colonel Zackh, and sent deputies to Prince Lob kowitz, requesting a free passage to Poland. I beg the National Government to take all measures to save my corps; that as it hitherto has done every thing in its power, it may still render good service to the country."—Prussian Slate Gazette, May 13. The readers of the Hague Journal are already aware that Dwernicki's request of a free passage was not granted, but that his corps had laid down its arms on the Ist May. As for what it says of the Russians having first violated the Austrian territory, and even disarmed the frontier posts, which he as signs as one of the chief causes of his misfortune, neither the official accounts from Vienna nor the private letters from Lemburg mention this ; but agree in stating that Dwernieki first entered the Austrian territory, and was followed by the Russians in the heat of the action to the distance of about a league. The Warsaw State Gazette gives a letter from General Prondzynski, Quarter-'Master-General of the Polish army, dated from the head-quarters, lit May, in which he announces to the Russian General, in the name of the Polish General-in-Chief, " that the Russian Ukase against the Lithuanians, who are brethren of the Poles, and who had taken up arms to deliver their country, obliged the latter to signify to Field-Marshal Diebitsch that the execution of punishments ordered in that Uk a s e wou ld l ea d to reprisals on the part of Poland against the 16,000 Russian prisoners now in its power, as well as those whom the chances might in future put in its hands; and that if such a degree of rancour, so inconsistent with the character of the Poles, should take place, all the dreadful consequences would be excited by our contemporaries and by history to those alone who that gave occasion to them." The same Paper says, a storm of thunder and lightning in the night of the .sth, on the other side of the Vistula, gave rise to a report that a battle had taken place. In consequence of the dissensions in the Ministry, Count Milachotvski, the Minister for Foreign Affairs, and after him the Minister of the Interior, have resigned. A courier from General Dwernicki passed through yesterday, on his way to the head-quarters. BERLIN, MAY 12.—The insurrection in Samo gitia seems to spread, at least the number of the in surgents about Polonga increases; so that an action is expected, in which the valour of the Russian troops will probably have the advantage. A Russian frigate and two brigs are missing in the Baltic. A corps of 500 volunteers is raising at Riga, and the Government has granted 100,000 rubles in Bank assignats, to purchase 500 horses ; 15,000 rubles were emba►ked at Riga in an hour, towards a fund for equipping the poorer volunteers. The Russian mail, which arrived at Memel on the Bth with the steam-boat, brought no newspapers from St. Petersburgh, on account of the Easter holidays. Letters from Wilna, of the 18th of April, say that the towu was almost in a state of siege, but troops were advancing in all directions, and it was hoped the surrounding country would soon be cleared of the insurgents, and that the shipments of corn would soon begin, which is already very active farther in Russia. THE HAGUE, MAY 17.—1 t is confidently affirmed that there is another Protocol. The States-General are to assemble to-morrow, when it is expected that a new communication from the Government will be made to them. DAAY 17. Actual Debt, 23 AMSTER M, M per cent 3B to 38% Aniort Syndic, 4% per cent. C 3 ,4 to 63% Ditto, ditto, 3% per cent 5 0 1,1 to 5034 Exchange on London. . . ll 95 11 92 5-10 Two Months . . . . 11 87 5-10 11 85 •Dutch Papers, May 18. BRUSSELS PAPERS. BRUSSELS, MAY 15.—We are assurod that the arrival of M. H. de Brouckere rendered the immediate assembly of a Cahinet Council absolutely necessary. The despatches from London leave little hope. The result of the Council was not the sending of new instructions to our numerous legation at London. (Mors have been despatched to the Commanders of the several corps of the army immediately to resume the positions nearest to the frontiers on the whole line. The Courier contains the following article:-- " The Government, having no official Journal, the Editor of the Courier is requested to publish the annexed document, which was despatched to the Hague on the 9th of this month. " Brussels, May 14,1831. " NOTHOMB." " The Secretary to the Minister for Foreign Affairs. " The undersigned Minister for Foreign Affairs of the kingdom of Belgium, after hiving taken the orders of the Regent, and the opinion of the Council of Ministers, has the honour to offer to Baron Verstolk de Soelen, Minister for Foreign Affairs, the following considerations, which he requests his Excellency to have the goodness to submit to his Government. At the point which it has attained, the Belgic revolution has in it nothing hostile to the true interests of the Dutch nation, or to the gene ral policy of Europe. The separation of the two portions of territory which composed the kingdom of the Netherlauds, is accomplished both de facto and dejure by the will of the respective people, and by the declaration of the States-General, composed of the Deputies of the Southern and Northern provinces. " Your Excellency said, on almemorable occasion, 'that the honour of the two countries did not owe its origin to the a dvantages which Holland would derive from it, but to the necessity of finding a new security for the balance of Europe.' Your Excellency added, ' that in 1815 two States were waned which were on an equality with each other, and that neither could be con,idered in the light of ' an addition to the territory of the other.'" Answer of M. V. de Soelen to Count de Mier Apri1:12,1826 : 4' The undersigned is happy to be able to quote these remarkable words which recognise the independence of Belgium in past times, and eventually sanction it in future. Holland and Belgium, in separating from each other, have only resumed the reciprocal position which your Excel lency has so well characterised ; and the event which led to this separation is a national restoration for the two people. " Beyond this Europe has nothing to claim of it. " In Holland, since Oct. 20, 1830, the deputies of the more northern provinces meet separately. In Belgium, since the 10th November, the national representation has been in the' Congress. The two countries therefore are entirely constituted. But, besides the question relative to the interest of Europe, solved by the declaration of cur in dependence, there are questions of private interest between the Dutch and the Belgians. Fifteen years' union leave many points to be regulated between the two people on the day of their separation, and a part of the Belgic territory is still occupied by the Dutch troops. " With a view to conciliation and to maintain the peace of Europe, the envoys of the five great Powers mrt at 'London in the month cf Nov. 1830, and applied to the Government of Holland and Belgium to stop the effusion of hlOO3, and to facilitate by their mediation tVe solutions of the questions that might decide the twis parties. "Hostilities have been suspended for nearly six months, hut neither Hollanduor Belgium has recovered tranquillity. In many respects the two ciuntries have need of each other, and all commercial relations are interrupted. Large armaments exhaust the public resources in the expectation of a war, always imminent, and always deferred, and yet neither nation has any desire of conquest, each wishes only to combat for its own territory. " In this`temper of mind, is it necessary to prolong a state of crisis, and to renew a sanguinary strtvgle ; to submit to the chance of arms questions which might long since have been resolved by common deliberations ? We are on the point of resuming hostilities for some disputed points, which would probably be arranged by the two Lel ligerent parties, had it been tried imtnediately after the sespension of arms to treat together, without, however, declining disinterested counsel. " It is not from without that peace can come to us, we must give it to ourselves. After hostilities are resumed the two people will be necessarily always brought to treat together, unless one should subdue the other. In these circumstances, and from these considerations, the undersigned has the honour to enroll your Excellency, to propose to your Government to name three Commis sioners, who may meet three Belgic Commissioners in some foreign city, for instance, Aix-la-Chapelle or Valen ciennes. They will he commissioned to agree on the basis of a scheme of arrangement, which may be sub mitted for acceptance to the National Congress, and to the power which the fundamental law of Holland invests with the rights to conclude such a treaty. " The National Congress is convoked for lBth May. It is to be presumed that if your Government should not be disposed to agree to the proposal which the undersigned has the honour to address to your Excellency, or if it should observe a silence which must be understood as the rejection of every amicable arrangement, Belgium would immediately proceed to a renewal of hostilities. " The undersigned protests before-hand against every false influence that might be drawn from the present pro posal. If he has endeavoured to join firmness to mode ration, it is because the national dignity forbid any other attitude, and because the very notice of his proceeding called for language as remote from provocation as from weakness. " The underigned begs his Excellency, the Minister for Foreign Affairs, to accept the expression of his distin-. guished consideration. (Signed) " LEBEAU. " A true copy. The Secretary, &c. NOTHOMB." " Brussels, May 9, 1831. MEETING OF THE COUNTY MAGIS TRATES. (Concluded from our Paper of yesterday.) A petition was presented from Mr. Webb, the late surgeon to the prison, who is nearly eighty years of age, to he allowed a pension for his past services; and, after some discussion, it was agreed to allow him 1001. for the ensuing year. It having been the practice of the Crier of the Court to take from persons acquitted a fee of 165., to which he was not legally entitled, Mr. Serjeant PELL addressed the Court upon the illegal conduct of the officers of the Court in de manding and taking such heavy fees, which were not sanctioned by any enactment of the Legislature or order of the Court. The Magistrates would agree with him, that the conduct of Mr. Richards, the crier, in taking such illegal fees, was deserving of the severest animadversion. The other Magistrates concurred with Mr. Ser• geant Pell, that neither law nor usage sanctioned the taking of such fees, and they hoped all fees would soon be abolished. —(Hear.) By a majority of ten to four the practice of taking . fees was declared by the Magistrates to be abolished, and an order was made that a list of fees should be affixed on the walls of the Court in future. The Court then adjourned. THOMAS SPRING RICE, LSO., M.P.— Mr. RICE arrived in Dublin yesterday, on his way to London, and visited the scene of our city election, where be gave his vote, as a freeman of the city at large, f.r Mr. PERRIN and the LORD Mayor.. On being recognised in the freemen's booth a great crowd immediately collected round him, and cheered him loudly on the announcement of his vote. An objection was made to him by the RECORDER'S agent, and he was obliged in consequence to attend in the Assessor's room, where his vote was imme diately allowed. On his leaving the Court-house many persons followed and cheered him in the street. He seemed a good desl amused by the scene the booth presented, and was evidently gratified by the cheers of the people. A meeting took place yesterday morning, itt the Vestry-room of St. Clement Danes, of the inhabitant householders of the above parish, for the purpose of :ron sidering the propriety of presenting an address to his MAJESTY, thanking him for his late conduct in dissolving the Parliament. Mr. Baowx, one of the churchwardens, took the chair. Several of the inhabitants addressed the meeting upon the subject, and spoke in favour of the pro posed plan of Reform. Sir FRANCIS 03131 A NNEY spoke against the plan of Reform, and wished to ask the vestry clerk whether it was legal for a parish to call a vestry meeting for political purposes. The vestry-clerk said, that most certainly it was quite legal. Sir FRANCIS• then said he should feel compelled to vote against the presentation of the address. He bad not come forward with an amendment upon the occasion, but he had his awn feelings upon the subject, and he would not let it ga forth to the world that he had been present and given his sanction to a proceeding like the present. He considered that the present meeting was quite useless, as they had met for a similar purpose in October last.. The vestry. desk said", that that meeting was to beg his MAJESTY to grant thera Reform, and the present meeting was to thank him for the efforts .he bad made to procure it. Several other gentle— men addressed the meeting, and it was ultimately resolvel that an address should ha presented to his MAJESTY, thanking hint for dissolving the Parliament, and at tte same time expressing an unqualified approbation of the measure of Reform submitted to Parliament by his Ma-- JEs.rv's patriotic Ministers. Air. GRATTAN, the popular author oi " Highways and Byways," is, we understand, abort to publish a new historical Romance, entitled " Jacqueline of Holland." The story is connected with the eventful for tunes of that Princess in her struggle against the usurpa tion of PHILIP of Burgundy. - - WHALE FISHERY.—For a lengthened pc-. riod the Americans have prosecuted the whale fishery greater vigour and success than, perhaps any other people.. They commenced it in 1690, and for about fifty years , fmmd en ample supply of fish on their own shores. But. the whale having abandoned them, the American naviwt.... tors entered with extraordinary ardour into the fisl.seri..is carried on in the northern and southern oceans. From 1771 to 1775, Massachusets employed annually /.83 ves sels, carrying 13,820 tons, in the former, and 12y vessels, carrying 14,026 tons, in the latter.--Foreign Quart eri7 Review. A. COMPUNCTION OP CONSCIENCE. 011 Monday last, a boy was observed to walk for up , cards of an hour up and down, before a shop in this towr (Truro), looking earnestly into it as he passed. At ler,Fd, .k person was sent to ask what h e w ante d. H e said, h e w i s hed to speak to the owner of the shop, but not presence of a third person; and an opportunity of doi ng so bein g -offered him, he handed a small parcel, sayir,g, 4. Take this back ,wahalc i t h and: has and read it." Ott opening the parcel 'it was found to con tain ls. 6d., and the following note, wiitten-in a fair ban d..-- " Here is Is. 6d. for two books which' stole ' out.oryot!rs op , but not a word to no tune." On the person: forgive me, who received the parcel looking up, the boy was gone,' West firiton. a be l e o n ng . timew ew e ight h a t g o: . b n e ,y n o o t oot alarm ed, ec. ever r ip ?inter: