The Sun. — London, England, 1831-09-28 00:00:00

provinces ate full of police and spies, and every' strong hold has a garrison in it. Almost all the prin cipal men have been banished, and proscriptions are going on daily. Amongst others, yesterday the Archbishop of Nauplia was arrested. Capo d'lstrias is nosy preparing another National Assembly, such as that held two years ago in Argos, the Deputies to which will, in fact, be chosen by himself; or what is the same thing, by his governors and police officers. Such is preparing, instead of the free Na tional Asembly that the people hoped for; and all this under the apparent sanction of the English and French ! God help Greece ! HAMBURG PAPERS. In my last I gave you some account of the pro ceedings of the Russians at Poros. I have now to relate the sequel of their operations there,—opera tions calculated to raise the indignation of even the enemies of this wretched country. How long the English and French are to be the supporters of Capo d'lstrias, or if not the supporters at least the peace able spectators of his atrocities, God only knows ! On this point all here is mystification, and whilst the Russians are allowed to butcher the wretched Greeks, the English and French look on. If the Russians are permitted to go on making war in this country, and Capo d'lstrias provided with money, it becomes a permanent province of Rus sia, of which it is at present, to all purposes, a de pendency. Some years ago it was alleged that the policy of England was to support the Turks, to prevent the Greeks becoming Russians of their free will; and now it seems that when the Greeks sacri fice their lives, their property, and their ships, rather than become Russians, the policy is to force them to do so by shedding their blood, or, what is tantamount, allowing the Russians to do it. But to proceed to my narrative of the proceedings at Poros since my last account. Whilst Capo d'lstrias, avho boasts of being able, at all times, to deceive and outwit our diplomatists here, was holding out to the residents that he had ordered the Russians to cease hostilities, courier after courier had been sent to Admiral Record (a man well qualified to serve the views of Capo d'lstrias) to push matters to extremities. In the mean time, 1,200 men of Capo d'lstrias' troops (almost all men enlisted from different countries) had arrived to attack Poros. These men soon got hold of the water on the side of the main land, and passed over in Rus sian boats, and assisted by Russian soldiers, they made themselves master of the water at the monas tery also ; the Russians in the mean time having erected four batteries, which they worked against the town, and from which they tired even upon the women and children going to endeavour to get water (this is a fact). Poros had not above 500 men to defend it. It was impossible to bring more men into it, owing both to the want of water, and the total want of provisions. The ships were in the same state, and the men were obliged to leave them by degrees. In this state of things, the Russian re sident issued a proclamation, in which he stated that as the Greeks had fired upon the Rus sians, he would take measures to have their ships now on trading voyages in the Black Sea taken by the Russians. Under these circum stances, the Commission of the Islands assembled at Hydra sent orders to Admiral Miaulis to remain entirely on the defensive, and not to attack the lists. thane, but that if it were impossible to defend him self, rather than give up the ships to the Russians, to blow them up!!! Glorious and heroic resolu tion, worthy of the sacred cause of their country ! During this time the English and French ships were in the harbour of Nauplia, which port they however left to return to Pesos, and arrived there shortly after the tragedy was ended. Last Saturday the Russian Admiral, observing that the Hellas frigate had not above 100 men on board (the Greek Ad miral having sent the other men away, having nei ther provisions nor water to give them) sent to say, that if Miaulis did not give up the ships, he would attack him in an hour, and that the troops would enter Poros at the same time. Miaulis replied, that if the Russian Admiral attacked him, or if the Russians entered the town of Poros, he would blow up the ships, as he never would consent to give up the Greek national ships of war to the Russians. Previous to this, and when he was well manned, he had sent to the Russian Admiral to say, that he (Miaulis) would not attack the ships of the Allied Powers, but that if the Russian Admiral would hoist Capo d'lstrias' flag, he would that moment get under weigh and attack him; but this the Russians re fused to do. On Saturday, then, at eleven o'clock, the Russians prepared to weigh anchor to attack Admiral Miaulis, who was seen walking his quarter deck in the greatest apparent tranquillity of spirit, not having with him more than five men, the others having all been sent away. Soon after the Russians and Capo d'lstrias' troops were seen advancing on the town, and the ships approaching ; at this mo ment a tremendous explosion took place, which shook the country round about like an earthquake ; it was the blowing up of the Hellas frigate, and the two remaining Greek corvettes! Previous to this frightful event, Miaulis and the Ilydriots had sent over vessels of all sorts, and boats to bring away the population of Poros, the whole of which, rather than submit to the Russians and Capo d'lstrias, quitted their country and homes—their houses, however, they left full of their property, which was immediately plundered by the Russians and Capo d'lstrias's troops, who, after having plun dered every thing in the town, set fire to all the principal houses in it. Poros is now a silent pile of stone. The adjacent coast is strewed with pieces of the timber of the Greek ships, and the bodies of the seamen whose lives have been sacrificed in this atrocious mariner ! The Russians now menace blockading Hydra and attacking Syra. If the French and English squadrons permit their doing so, then God help the people of this country, and more heavy will be the curses against England and France than even against Russsia, for nothing in the world can persuade the Greeks that the Russian operations are not connived at by those two Powers, The cause o f Greece's freedom would have been gained beyond a doubt at Poros, had the Russians been prevented ine terfering; and why they shou ld h a v e bee n all o w e d t o interfere, I am, I confess, as much at a loss as the Greeks to comprehend. If the alliance were for the protection of Greece, I should have thought that all must interfere or none; however, we have fatally proved the fallacy of this opinion. Hitherto the new Ministry was popular, beyond any thing you can imagine, in Greece. The people, now given up to despair, judge of things as they see them, and their conclusions as to facts are not to be refuted. They are under the impression that the three Powers are against them, and say, " Can we fight against the three Powers, and have the Turks, per bar come into our country in the mean time ?" The misery to which the Greeks are reduced by the late war, and the delay in the settlement of their country by t he Allied Po wers , h as reduce d to ru i n f a mily in the c ountry. The old soldiers no fought their country's battles have many of them emigrated. Many of them are in fi_gh_ n . g w o i t t r s t , h r nt tAtrhl the Thessaly and Ep irus, banians against the Grand ire service of Capo d'lstrias, n ot from iz'er ; choice, but necessity that their families may not starve. All the old and influential officers have been set aside, and are scattered through the country in the greatest poverty ; whilst, on the other band, the army of Capo d'lstrias is well paid , and composed in, great pert, of new people, both trier. and officers, I he From the contents of the Hamburg papers and letters to the 24th instant, it appears pretty evident that Paske- - witsch was deceived when be said, " the Polish army and nation have submitted to their lawful Sovereign." This assertion is now proved to be an empty boast. The Go. verntnent, the representatives of the people, and all the authorities, have evacuated Warsaw with the army, and the Poles appear determined on making a desperate re sistance. These important facts are announced in an elo quent and patriotic proclamation, published by General Roziski, of which we subjoin a translation. We hope this gallant people will yet be saved from destruction by the interference of those Powers whose interest it is, as it must be their wish, to support them against the over whelming power of Russia : PROCLAMATION. " Head-quarters at Kunow, Sept. 12. " Poles !—Four days ago a most sanguinary and obsti nately contested battle was fought under the walls of our capital. Before the eyes of your wives, sisters, and mothers, under the view of the whole city of Warsaw, the Polish troops have slain more than 20,000 of the enemy, and the entrenchments which were formed by the labour of your fellow-citizens have now become the grave of the invaders. To save the town from destruction, to weaken the force of the enemy, our troops have evacuated the capital. The cannon, ammunition, and all implements of defence, the Government, the Deputies, all the Magis trates, have withdrawn with the Commander-in-Chief and the army to Modlin. General Krukowiecki is no longer President of the Government. " In consequence of an armistice hostilities are for a moment suspended ; but, my countrymen, let not that moment be for you a period of repose which might divert you from the great object of the deliverance of your native land ; employ it rather to redouble your strength in new efforts to establish the existence and independence of Poland. "Is Warsaw for us all our country? Do its walls and its inhabitants within so narrow a circuit form the limits of the nation? After so many great sacrifices, after so many dearly achieved victories, which have justly astonished the world, shall our high thoughts, our feelings, our hopes —shall all these beat the last moment of expectation dissi pated, as if the waters of the Warthe, the Vistula, the Dnieper, the Bug, and the Dwina, did not present to us the inheritance of our fathers, which, again reconouered we will convey to our children? Who then would trea cherously violate the sacred oath we have sworn, to shed the last drop of our blood in defence of the last foot of our native land? No ! The Role is too proud to fail in a pledge given in the face of the whole world, or to look forward with a doubt of victory while he still is able to lift an arm. He who can value liberty, who calls himself freeman, will also know bow to break the fetters at tempts,' to be imposed up , ,n him. " Poles ! Yet one moment more of endurance and re signation, and the end of the glorious contest, whose re sult will be the restoration of our freedom, independence, and rights, is at hand. The scale of victory must pre ponderate in favour of the zeal and resolution of our sol diers, and the sacrifices of our citizens. History exhibits no example of a united nation, striving to obtain the great object, being deceived in its hopes. Did not our enemies, nineteen years ago, lose their capital, and notwithstanding was not their nationality and independence secured? Ne ver let us forget that we owe everything to our country, our common mother. Her existence is ours; we wear her chains. Then let us once more renew in our hearts the already sworn oath, that we resolve to be a free people ; that we will not lay down the sword of our fathers until we recover liberty and independence. Henceforth let our motto be—' Death or victory !' And when we shall stand in order of battle, we will meet the enemy with the cry—' Live the country!' and thus will we ROZIS KL" conquer. " FOOTPATHS AND HIGHWAYS. A Bill, with the following title, " For remedying de fects in titles to lands allotted or taken in exchange under Inclosure Acts," has been introduced into the House of Commons, read a first and second time, committed, re committed, and is about to be read a third time this day. 'When some of its clauses are stated, we are sure that every one will wonder it has been suffered to pass even a first reading, yet such is the speciousness of the title of the Bill that no doubt the patriotic Members of that House thought there could be no evil lurking under it. A slight examination of its contents will shew their mis take. By the second clause of this Bill, any " award made or purporting to be made" by Commissioners in pursuance of any Enclosure Act, " shall be conclusive evidence that they were duly appointed," and the mere production of such award so purporting to be made by the Commissioners shall be conclusive evidence of their due appointment. Under the words of this clause, if there should be Commissioners appointed, we will suppose to enclose Hampstead Heath (and we know the strong wish existing on the part of certain persons to make such an enclosure), any award " purporting to be made" by them would be proof not only that the persons by whom it purported to be made had made it. but that they were duly appointed for that purpose. Really, if Legislators will make such sweeping legal assumptions, all the guards and securities for property established byfrules requiring some reasonable degree of strictness of proof will be at an end, and any bold and impudent assertion of a fact must be taken .as conclusive evidence of the fact itself. This clause indeed exceeds the license which has been intro duced in favour of the decisions of magistrates. To give an example. A certain Act (the Buns Boat Act, 2 Geo. 111. c. 28) authorizes the seizing of certain boats by order of two Justices. A boat was seized and the Justices con victed the owner under the Statute. He brought his action, and the Court of Common Pleas held that in a matter where Justices have jurisdiction the conviction made by them is conclusive evidence of the facts stated in it, and therefore the owner could not be allowed to introduce evidence to show that the boat seized was not of the de scription intended by the Statute. Pursuing the principle that if any thing is directed to he done, it shall be taken to have been done correctly, the third clause of this Bill declares that acts done by the Commissioners (so sup posed to have been duly appointed) shall be evidence that the notices directed to be given before doing the saute were duly given. By the operation of this clause, any party for whose protection farmer Enclosure Acts directed notices to be given, so that he might be made aware of what was intended to be done with regard to his property, may have that property taken from him, and other, per haps, insufficient or not equally valuable property assigned him in its stead, without knowing any thing of the matter, and then when he comes into Court to vindicate his violated rights, he is to be told that, though in fact he Lad no notice, yet as the Act required a notice to be givec, it must be presumed the notice was duly given, and the honest fact roust not be set up in opposition to the mendacious presumption ; in other words, he may be robbed on a presumption. Again, in the same spirit, the fourth clause enacts that where former Acts have required awards to be enrolled, but such awards have not been en rolled in due time, or have not been enrolled at all, such awards are nevertheless to be valid. We cannot at pre sent afford further space for a statement of the gross de fects of this Bill, nor indeed does a more det riled exami nation cf it seem necessary. The clauses we have alleady no ti c ed go to establ ish assumptions by which any man may, through the acts of persons without a tittle of autho rity, be stripped of his property. If Commissioners have been appointed to do a certain act, an award made by any body else, must be taken to have been made by them,and is to be evidence that the y have been duly appointed --that the notices before giving which they had no autho rity to act, even if they were duly appointed, h ar e been i properly given ; and, finally , the s e two most important rd c onsiderations being assumed in their favour, their awa is to be valid though it has not been enrolled, and con sequ to ently has not ern beendno:cool Court u ute i rh i nt j i e tsc c oak t f e ni d nt d, t ne o toie unthattuhrptuojmnu instrument, alwayscniaill has it oh brought rieeo nus rguobhl investiga tionencetne but w p h c o w h p l o i which it within their jurisdiction. We do trust that this Bill, to which we have n. thus called th e a tt en ti on o f Ho Al tic:s, will be rejected ; and if there ar e titles il ' ecl'e f- L t . - mere ly through informality , that they may be made good without the adoption of enactments that violate all the p r inciples of common sense and justice,: opposite (Althorp) and the wealthy and powerful family against whom the charge had been preferred? Without in quiry, the decision of that House would totally fail in setting the matter at rest. Mr. GOULBURN thought that the proposed appoint ment of a Committee would be most inconvenient, and was highly inexpedient. Sir F. BURDETT said, that when Ile came into the House that evening, he had a strong impression on his mind to vote in support of this motion, but what be bad heard in the course of the debate which had since occurred had entirely altered his determination on the subject. He entirely concurred in what had fallen from the Right Hon. Baronet, the Member for Tamwortb. He considered that as far as the parties were concerned this case bad been entirely set at rest by ' the verdict of a jury. He must say that he could not bring himself to believe the charge made against Mr. B. Baring of having struck a man in handcuffs a blow. He should vote against the motion, because be did not think that any Parliamentary grounds had been laid for the appointment of a Committeee. Colonel EVANS having briefly replied, the House di vided, when the numbers were : For the motion 31 Against it Majority against it The other orders of the day were then disposed of, and the House adjourned at a Quarter to Three o'clock. GREECE.-.NAUPLIA, AUG. 16. DAY AT ONZ O'CLOCK. PRICES OF THE STOCKS Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Red. 3 per Cent. Cons. 3! per Cent shut Ditto Red shut New 3%per Cent 89 %74 3 per Cent Ann. 1726 .... - 4 per Cent. 1826 Bank Long Ann. to expire Jan. 5, 1800 shut Oct. 10, 1859 - Jan. 5, 1860 - Jan. 5, 1880 - April 5, 1880...... ...... - Jan. 5, 1870 - nucts OF FOREIGN FUNDS Austrian Bonds Brazilian Bonds 47N Buenos Ayres Bonds Chilian Bonds Colombian Bonds Ditto, 1894 Danish Greek Bonds Ditto, 1825 Guatimala Mexican Bonds Ditto, 1825 New 5 per Cent. — India Stock Ditto Bonds South Sea Stock Old Annuities shut New Ditto — 3 per Cent. Ann. 1751 Ex. Bills, £1,000•••••• 9 8 pin. Ditto 500 9 pm Ditto Small — pm. Ditto Commercial pin. Ditto Advertised — l ,lll. Bank for Opening India for Account — Cons. for Oct. 13 8;214 is THIS DAY AT OHS O'CLOCK. INeapolitan Peruvian Bonds Portuguese Bonds 503, Prussian, Old IDitto, New .................... Russian ' 0 ........................ Spanish, 1W..1 I3IA • ,-- 1823. • French Rentes, sp. c. —1 • ,---- Exchange ...... —I • , S per cent ...... —f • Exchange ...... —1 —c. PRICES OF SHARES TIIIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. Per Share. Brazilian Mining Company £s 2;6 Brazilian Imp. Min. Co. (iss. at 51. pm.) £2O 46 Protector Insurance Comp. :5, DUBLIN, SEPT. 24. St. Patrick Insur. (per sh.) Royal Irish Ditto National Ditto Patriotic Ditto Hibernian Bank 19% Provincial Ditto Royal Irish Mine — Imperial Mine — Mining Co. of Ireland Commercial Buildings — ANGE YESTERDAY. PRICES OF IRISH STOCI Bank Stock 207 Consols, 3 per cent. Gov. Stock, 3ji per cent BB% Ditto, New BB% I per Cent Gov. Deb. 3} per cent 8474 Royal Canal Stock - Grand Canal Stock City Deb. 4 per cent. Ballast Office Deb. 4p. c. - COURSE OF EXCH. Amsterdam C.F. 12 2 Ditto, at sight '1 19 Rotterdam 2 U 12 2 Antwerp 12 21 Hamburg M.B. 13 114 Altona l3 111 Paris, 3 days' sight 25 20 Ditto 0 U 25 45 Bordeaux 25 50 BerliH .... _ _ Leghorn 48% Genoa °5 50 Venice 47 Malta 4O Naples 39 Palet mo per oz. 119 Lisbon Oporto 47 }2 Rio Janeiro Bahia 27 Buenos Ayres Dublin, 21 days' sight l% Cork l;., Frankfort on Maine, Ex. M. 150 Petersburgh, ruble, 3 Us. 10 0 Vienna, effective fl. 2 M. 9 58 Trieste do Madrid 37 Cadiz 37 Bilboa Barcelona 36 Seville 36V, Gibraltar 47 BULLION, PER OZ. s. d. Portugal Gold, coin 0 0 0 Foreign Gold, in bars 3 17 104 New Doubloons 0 0 0 New Dollars Silver bars, standard._ 0 0 0 ------- trrived. Due. Arrived. Due. O America 0 0 Hamburg 2 O Brazil O Buenos Ayres 0 0 Jamaica 0 O Carthagena 0 0 Leeward Islands ... 0 1 Dublin 0 0 Lisbon 0 O Flanders 0 0 Malta 0 O France 0 0 Sweden O Guernsey &Jersey.. 0 1 Waterford HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. [orning ...49 minutes after '7. Evening...2s minutes after R. NOTICE is hereby given, that the GE NERAL ANNUAL MEETING of the TRUS TEES for REPAIRING the ROADS, from Watt's Cross to Cowden, and from Sevenoaks Common to Crock burst Hatch Corner, and from Penshurst Town to South borough, in the county of Kent, is appointed to he holden at the Leicester Arms Inn, Penshurst, on THURSDAY, the 20th ddy of Ocrober next, at Eleven o'clock in the Forenoon. Dated the 28th day of Sept-mber, 1831. LINGARD AND CA RNELL, Clerks to the said Trustees. ERRATA.—In the Report of the House of Lords in The Sun of yesterday, it is stated that Lord CLIFFORD presented a petition in favour of the Galway Franchise, whereas it should have been Lord STOURTON who presented it, and that it was from a parish in the town of Galway.—ln the Report of the Middlesex Meeting yesterday, it was stated that Mr. HUNT, M.P. was present : for Mr. HUNT read Mr. HUMF., M.P. r _ boys and girls' school was much injured, the Custom-house utterly destroyed. Some of the most opulent of the families of Barbadoes were without any shelter, and not only had the entire crops been utterly destroyed, but all the provi sions housed have been swept away. All the vessels driven on shore, with the exception of the two mail-boats and a schooner, had been total wrecks. At Guadaloupe, at St. Vincent, and at Dominica the effect of the gale had been more or less felt, but no lives are reported to be lost. By the Hamburg mail we have advices from Poland so late as the 17th instant, and we are glad to learn from them that the cause of that unhappy country is not yet lost. The brave army which retired from Warsaw after the late desperate conflict, have taken up a position from which the Russians will, we trust, find it difficult to dislodge them. The Polish Chief, General RozYcKI, has addressed a spirit-stirring procla mation to his army, which, we are informed, amounts to from 50,000 to 60,000 men, urging them on to greater exertions in the cause of their country. The next arrivals, which will probably give the result of a grand battle, will be eagerly looked for. The Bill for the Registration of Deeds is now in a state of progress to afford a prospect of its passing during the present Session. In troduced at the recommendation of the Law Commissioners, by their intelligent Chairman, Mr. CAMPBELL, the measure is, perhaps, the . _ best digested of the many Law Reforms that are before the public, although it was not to be expected that it would be received with the unanimous approbation either of the landed interest or of the profession. It is notorious that there is scarcely a title in existence in England which is not in strictness open to objection. People who have long had an uninterrupted possession of their estates, do not trouble themselves about the evidence of their right, unless they propose to sell or mortgage. Then come the objections of con veyancers, and the multitude of formalities and technicalities, without a compliance with which a purchaser or mortgagee is advised he cannot be safe. The expense of these is always heavy, sometimes enormously so, and it is a very com mon result that the parties are driven by legal difficulties into the Court of Chancery, as the conclusion of their transactions. To this state of things is to be added the opening to frauds held out by the existing law, from the difficulty of detecting prior incumbrances, and the irre regularity in parish registers, and other such records. It appeared to the Commissioners of Enquiry into the Law of Real Property, that the establishment of a national registry of all deeds and assurances affecting lands, would be a security to property, and a means of the prevention of fraud, and would materially dimi nish the expenses and difficulties with which the present system is entangled. It is urged, more over, that considerable benefits have arisen from the existing registries of Middlesex and York shire. It is, on the other hand, to be objected, ;hat it is premature to establish a registry until some alteration is made in the practice of con veyancing, and that if the law, as regards real property, is to remain the same, registration is only so much trouble superadded :to what is al ready required. The late Mr. HUMPHREYS pointed out plainly the mode of effecting a real Reform, but it does not appear that his suggestions are likely to be availed of. Be sides which, there is a strong prevailing dislike against a needless exposure to the public of documents that only concern individuals ; and it is thought that credit may often be seriously affected by the publicity of mortgages and in cumbrances. Upon the whole, it is contended, that the complicated state of real property in this country place it quite on a different footing , from other parts of the world, where titles de pend altogether upon register books, like our registry of ships, and that a sufficient case of registry has not been made out to warrant the introduction of a new system of this kind. We do not see that there is much in the alleged mischief to be apprehended from publi city, as it is intended that the register should only be open to such as can shew that they have an interest in inspecting it. Besides which, the publicity of wills in the Ecclesiastical Courts has long existed without any complaint or inconvenience. We think, however, that if the registration be established, it ought to be a preliminary to changes of greater importance, and calculated to give the landed interest more substantial relief. An equalization and modi fication of the taxes on real and personal pro perty would do much good, for it would be found that the Stamp Duty on conveyances, mortgages, and other deeds, is a burden upon the land, that is far from being counterbalanced by its exemption from probate and legacy duty. A relief from some portion of these duties, coupled with a commutation of tithes, and an adoption of some of Mr. HUMPHREYS' sug gestions for the reform of conveyancing, would place the landed interest in so favourable a situa tion, that we should hear very few complaints from it against Mr. CAMPBELL'S Bill. Brussels Papers have reached us this morning ; from which we make the following extracts ANTWERP, SEPT. 23.—The fine weather and the sea being very low favour the reparation of the dikes, in whi c h the workmen are proceeding with the greatest activity. We are able to affirm that all the accounts from London are favourable to a speedy pacification, and that the cries and wishes for war exist only in the Journals, and by no mea ns in foreign Cabinets. The non-evacuation of Bel gium by the French is confirmed. BaussaLs, SEPT. 24.—M. de Aleulinaere, Minister for Foreign Affairs, will have the Department of the In• terior in the room of M. Teichman, who has resigned. The department of Foreign Affairs will be given to M. Lebeau. M. Duval de Beaulieu returned from Berlin the day before yesterday. M. Joseph d'Hoogvorst was ex pected yesterday. A British Cabinet messenger arrived yesterday morning from London with despatches, and set out in the afternoon in company with the Secretary of the Legation for Berlin. It was reported yesterday that a forty-fourth protocol had arrived, by which the Conference assigned to Belgium the whole of the left bank of the Meuse except half of the Sovereignty of Maestricht, which would belong to Hol- LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 28, 183 Sir R. VYVYAN put some questions last night to Lord PALMERSTON in the House of Commons regarding our foreign policy. He wished to know if it were true that an arrange ment had been made between our Government and those of France and Belgium, by which French officers were permitted to enter the Bel gian service ; and also, whether his MAJESTY'S Government had any hopes that tranquillity would be speedily restored in Greece. Lord PALMERSTON, in reply to the first question, considered it improper for this country to inter fere in the choice of officers for the army o f another State. With regard to Greece, the Noble Lord deplcred the present condition o f that country, but hoped it would not be of long duration, as arrangements were now making for a final settlement of the matters of dispute. A long—and in some respects an angry—dis cussion took place respecting the case of Mr. and Mrs. DEACLE, which has been so repeatedly before the public, and for an investigation of which numerous petitions have been presented to the House of Commons. It arose upon the presentation of a petition from Winchester, and was followed by the motion of Colonel EVANS for a committee of inquiry upon the subject. We are unwilling at all times to quarrel with the verdict of a jury, but looking to the evidence as it appeared on the trial, we could not avoid joining in the general astonishment that so small an amount of damages was given as a compensa tion for most cruel conduct on the part of the defendants. The case of these much injured indi viduals, Mr. and Mrs. DEACLE, have excited a great feeling in their favour in the public mind, which could best be allayed by an enquiry before a Committee of the House of Commons. To that inquiry the Messrs. BARlNG—certainly much to their honour,—were willing to sub mit their conduct, and we are sorry for the sake of public justice, which has been violated in the • persons of Mr. and Mrs. DEACLE, that his Majesty's Ministers opposed themselves to it. The House divided, when there appeared, for the appointment of a Committee, 31 ; against it, 78 ; the motion was consequently lost by a ma jority of 47, and the unfortunate and much injured complainants must only now look for a recompence in the consolation that they possess the sympathy of the public. We have some additional particulars of di dreadful hurricane at Barbadoes on the 11th o August last, fully confirmatory of the devasta, tion noticed in the last advices. These accounts are by way of Antigua. At Bridgetown, it is stated, not a single house remains uninjured, and in the plantations every negro hut, mill, and • store-house, without e xception, has been swept away. Although these accounts bear date six days after the catastrophe, yet the actual loss of life had not been ascertained. It was supposed about fifty of the soldiers had been killed in the barracks and one wounded. The fate of the Deputy Lieutenant Commissary FLENNER, was most melancholy, himself, his wife, four children, a niece, and two servants were buried under the ruins of their dwelling, and only the wife and two of the children rescued alive. The joint proprietor of the Barbadoes Mercuri/ was drowned. The land ; the latter would possess the whole of the right bank, 1 including Venloo ; Belgium to have Luxemburg and the left bank of the Scheldt, but to bear a very large portion of the debt. This news is the wore in need of confirma tion as we are assured that Messrs. Lion and Behr, the two envoys who are gone to London, ar e com missioned, one to discuss the question of the debt, the other of the limits. —Independent. A Brussels Journal announced yesterday that the French head-quarters had been transferred to the Belgian territory. This Journal is m istaken. —Emancipation. General Mellinet is at Brussels, where he arrived yesterday. In the Chamber of Representatives, M. C. de Brouckere, the Minister of War, said, " The 121st article of the Constitution requires the consent of the Chambers before the King can cause foreign troops to pass through our ter ritory, but as consent cannot be asked at the moment, I have the honour to present a project of law to this effect : " 1. The King may cause the territory of Belgium to be occupied or traversed by such foreign troops as he shall think fit. " 2. This law shall be in force only till peace." M. Coghen, the Minister of Finance, presented a pro ject of law opening a credit of 51,727,628 florins for the service of 1831, and annulling all the preceding votes of credit except that for the Civil List. COLOGNE, SEPT. 16.—Her Royal Highness the Prin cess Elizabeth of England, Iltwager Landgravine of Hesse Homburg, arrived here yesterday on her return from Lon don. Her Royal Highness, who travelled under the name of Countess of Mussenheim, will proceed to-morrow on board the steam-boat. CONSTANTINOPLE, AUG. 25.—A journal in the French language will shortly appear here, according to the plan which the Sultan has long entertained. Essad Ef fe n d , the Historiographer of the Empire, is to have the direction of this novel undertaking. It will contain, be sides political news, firmans and documents, which the Government desires to be circulated. The French editor is to be AI. Blacque, formerly Editor of tke Courrier de Smyrue, which has ceased to appear. Since the great fire in Pera, frequent attempts have been roads to set fire to several quarters of Constantinople, Te rapia, and even the small portion of Pera itself which escaped the late conflagration. Fire, in fact, broke out several times in Constantinople, but there being no wind, was soon extinguished. The endeavours of the Govern , ment to discover the incendiaries seem to have failed. At half-past one o'clock this day his MA JESTY held a Court and Levee at St. James's Palace, at which an investiture of the Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath took place, when the Knights Grand Crosses and the Knights Commanders attended, and received their badges of office. After the investiture a Privy Council was held in the Painted Chamber. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY. FROM LLOYD'S. DEAL, SEPT. 27.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived the Ca milla, Smith, from Jamaica. PORTSMOUTH, SEPT 27.—Wind S.W. to S.E.--Sailed the Arab, Terrier, for Van Diemen's Land. LivEEroor., SEPT. 26.—The Peru, from Mobile to this pert, driven on shore at Lytham, has gone to pieces; about 250 bales of cotton saved. COWES, SEPT. 27.—Arrived the Baltic, Passarow, from Havannah. STANDGATE CREEK, SEPT. 27.—Arrived the Friends, Jeune, from Archangel ; and Lady Harvey, March, from Hamburg. DUBLIN, SEPT. 26.—Arrived the Hannah, Holmes, from Antigua. HOYLAKE, SEPT. 26.—Arrived the John Ormerod, Chapman, from Oporto. ST. JOHN'S, N. 8., AuG. 20.—The Francis Ann, Kenny, from New York to this port, was wrecked on the Tuskett Islands the 13th inst. ; crew, and part of the cargo saved ; on 27th, the Moffatt, Cromarty, hence to London, anchored off the harbour the 25th inst., having on the 22d struck on one of the ledges off Brier Island, and un shipped her rudder, hut received no further damage. It is expected she will be ready to proceed this evening. A gale was experienced at Guadaloupe the 13th ult., and some trifling damage done. Extract of a letter from Barb:idoes, dated August 16, received via Antigua :—" With the exception of the two mail boats and a schooner, all the other vessels, which were driven on shore during the hurricane, are total wrecks." HOUSE OF LORDS.-(THIS DAY.) The LORD CHANCELLOR, the Earl of CAMPERDOWN, and Lord DACRE Sat at ten o'clock to-day to hear Scotch appeals. SIR W. RAE V. LORD DUNDAS. Their Lordships were occupied the whole morning with this appeal, in which the question related to a claim made by the Crown as having right to the Bishopric of Orkney, to the patronage of the churches and parishes of Ho!me, Orphan-, Strotnness, Sandwick, Schapinshaw, Walls, Hoy, Kirkwall, and St. 01la, in the island of Orkney. The case was one of extreme intricacy, depending mate rially upon the construction of grants and charters, but possessed no feature of general public interest. THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE O' CLOCK There being no arrivals this morning of consequence cause a great dearth of information. The following resolutions were passed at various places in Jamaica of a strong nullifying character, and a General Congress from the West India Islands was proposed, to consider the grievances complained of, and the feasibility of separating from the mother country if they were not removed : " Resolved,—That his Excellency the Earl of Behnore be solicited to call an early meeting of the House of As sembly, in order that a deputation of the same may lay our grievances at the foot of the Throne, humbly to pray, if our most gracious Sovereign and the British nation con sider us unworthy of the protection of our just rights equally with all his Majesty's subjects, that we may be allowed to seek that protection from another nation which is so unjustly and cruelly withheld from us by our own." TIIE FUNDS. The Funds and speculators are at a stand still ; at pre sent not a bargain doing, and they are waiting for the express from Paris to ascertain the prices of the French Funds before they act ; but we have every reason to be lieve their curiosity will not he gratified. At an early hour, therefore, we anticipated that no important specula tion would take place in the course of the morning. The Dutch stenner is expected to arrive about three o'clock, but will not bring later accounts from Poland than those received yesterday. Consols, which left off yesterday at 82 -,1-, opened at the same price and remain so at present. We hear that every thing is going on favourably in the French capital. It is settling day in the Foreign Market, and all is going on fa►vourah'y. BRITISH FUNDS. per Cent. Red. 3Y, per Cent. New 8914 Four per Cent. (1826) — India Bonds, 1 dis. par. Exchequer Bills, 8 9 FUNDS. Brazilian, 47 ',4 Greek, 16 18 Buenos Ayres , Mexican, 35 , 1 i 36 1 4 Chilian, 1t 16 Peruvian, 10 12 Colombian, 11 12 Portuguese, 5034 5134 Danish, 6234 3 Prussian. French 5 per Cent. 8834 914 Russian, 9134 2 Ditto 3 per Cent. 5934 60 3 ,4 Spanish, 1314 5 Bank Stock, shut India ditto, 197 8 3 per Cent. Cons. 82 14 Ditto, for the Acct. 82!.4 3 per Cent. Red. HALF•PAST ONE. To the present hour we have no political information to cornmunicate,—we have a complete blank day. The Funds are also in a stagnant state : Consols have been during the whole morning at 82/ to h for the Ac count, with little or nothing doing. The Foreign Market is also very languid, where they are occupied in settling their accounts, which are going off well at present. Accounts have been received at Dublin, by two ships from Antigua, that the dreadful hurricane at Barbadoes has been worse than at first represented : more lives and shipping have been lost. Consols, 824. THREE 0' CL 0 CK. Miss PORTER'S last romance of " The Field of the Forty Footsteps" is a tale of London during the Common-wealth, and it embodies one of the most strik ing legions to be found in the traditional lore of this or of any other country. The spot where the chief event occurred may even now be pointed out, and is often ex plored by the lover of tales of the olden times. A second and cheaper edition of this elaborate work has just appeared. CITY OF LONDON REFORM PETITIONS, At a Special Court of Common Council held yestertl3)' it having been resolved that the Lord Mayor, attended by such members of the Court as cho•e to do so, should forth• with wait upon Lord Brougham, and request his Lor a ' ship to present the petition of the Common Council, PO L' ing their Lordships not to reject the Reform Bill , tu , Lord Mayor announced to the Court that the state WI: was in attendance to convey them to Westminster for that purpose. A deputation of twenty-four, appointed to present. ° petition passed in the Common Hall on the same s ub j ect ; being also in attendance, were invited by the Lord MAY° to join the other body for a similar purpose. S t About 120 gentlemen proceeded up the water to We • minster, with colours flying, and amid considerable cheer; ing from the people. A salute was fired on their arritlai; off Westminster-bridge, and on landing they wal ked i d procession, headed by the Lord Mayor, to the NO Chamber, where they were received by the Lord Char cellor, to whom the Lord Mayor thus addressed himself: op ..My Lord,—We wait on your Lordship to request th at /it' ll . will have the kindness to present to the House of Lords t his pe p( tion of the Common Council of the city of London in favour, the Reform Bill now before that Honourable House. We aware that we arc deviating from the usual course in so larg e s it attendance upon your lAmishiti, but we beg you will attributel to its true cause, namely, the great zeal felt in favour of that 13", A feeling that we live in no ordinary times, and that it is ne ek ; sary, in no ordinary manner, to give a public expression to sentiments, has induced spontaneously the full attendance of V' members of the Court now before your Lordship. We b egt4 : , place this petition in your Lordship's hands, not doubting 'it most zealous exertions on the pan of your Lordship to sulg,' its prayer, and assuring you of our firm conviction that the P.'";, t the safety of the public credit of the country will be pl ace " hazard unless this Bill be passed into a law." The Lord Mayor then also placed in the hands of th e Lord Chancellor the petition passed at the Common lbw' explaining that, in purport and object, it was the same al the petition of the Common Council ; and Lord Bro u g ham receiving them both, addressed the Lord illayor and the deputations, assuring them that he accepted with pleasolipe the office of presenting the petitions, and would supr" the prayer of them by every means in his power. The Lord Chancellor, then bowing round to the as' sembly, withdrew, and the Lord Mayor and the two de i c putations returned by water in the same order in whic they went. The whole affair excited considerable atter,' tion, and attracted a great number of persons to t he bridges and the banks of the river. FOREIGN COBURG THEATRE. A new melo-drama has this week been produced Wi t 4, signal and well-merited success, at this comfortable au,' flourishing little theatre. The piece is entitled D oni ',f nique the Resolute, adapted from the French play Dominique ou le Possed, which has lately presented Bec at attractions at the Parisian houses. 'We have not spec t present minutely to describe it. The plot, it is s ufheie . 9, l to say, in is quite original, and so ingeniously worl7 up, asevery stage of its development cornPle i l t to absorb the gratified spectator in the liveliest aniuser; e j; and interest. The impersonation of Dominique by "'"; 13,?•VIDGE was perfect, humorous ad libitum, and left 9- o t thing further to be wished for. On the whole we don f 4-1 recollect seeing any piece hit off so successfully, an d , - , 0 happy that full and respectable houses have appreciate u well the extraordinary zeal, talents, and enterprize "f very spirited establishment. The 'repetition of the P h j was announced for this evening 'amidst unbounded $9 gratifyingly enthusiastic cheers. CHOLERA MORBUS. (From the Hamburg Reporter.) Taken ill. Recovered. Dlet In BERLIN, Down to Sept. 15467 19 20 21 During the Ist week ....... _,.„ 2d163 3d. 336 In STVITIN, 71 Down to Sept. 14 13 15 16 17 18 During the Ist week 2d 3,1 In DANTZIC, 10 .2 i Down to Sept. 11 12 13 nf 14 In the village of Burow, near Koswig, in the princil, ,l o rer Anhalt-Bernburg, a servant who had lett Berlin two days ,her. died of the cholera on the fith inst. in the h use of Ills 1 ,,,; 0 iv On the following day the father and another inmate of the ' t he were taken ill, and though medical assistance was given , both died within 24 hours, of the The Magdeburgh paper contains an official contradiction , ‘3t A statement, first inserted in the Prussian State Gazette, t" sailor had died of coler nea Paly. In Bromberg, dow h n to the 17th e inst. 98 cases, 3-4 roc°,•erleS' and 62 deaths. the In Vienna it it appears, from an official notice published 0_10,,,e, ''iena Gazette, b te, that although a number of deaths had for _,„ to tholly ime previously occurred with symptoms very similar t , the oriental cholera, yet it was only during the night 11'0 1 1 t he 13th to the 14th, after! three days of cold rainy weather , tha sickness manifested itself with such inveteracy, that its Fr',. s 0 1 , coul.l not be questioned. The issue of clean bills of healt h again ordered to be suspended. Die d ' In VIENNA, Taken ill. Recovered. 1 0 Sept. 14 15 THE MARKETS -(THIS DAY•) CORN EXCHANGE. o el l" ; The arrivals of most kinds of Grain this week are 1 1, bes , and of Flour tolerably good. The Wheat trade remairi s v le at Monday's prices, but the factors are not disposed to ta. at ioP money to-day. In other kinds of Grain there is no varl The Flour trade remains unsettled. A R RI V A L S. 1 Wheat. I Barley. I 3 Oats. r t , E ng li s h Irish 1278 - 2155 - - ""Dtr'' Voreign - 400 .00 _.KETS. Sept.TE.—FRIDAY, From To ~./ ‘, 4,378 Wheat, per barrel 20 stone 20 0 32 0 6 u,„ 901 Bete l6 stone 12 0 13 6 '0 u. . 49 Barley _ I , 16 stone 15 0 0 0 t o , 4,592 Oats .... l2 stone 9 0 14 0 ' 0 I ' 4 9,707 Cwt. Flour 9 stone 5 0 24 0 i i ' 320 Oatmeal ........ .. 8 stone 10 0 13 0 ' 0 Sold to Rakers only. IS 8,237 Cwt. Flour l4 0 24 0 ~ i i s acn• v-' Average price of Wheat and Flour 483. 4d. per 0.,j. Firsts, —........ from 225. Od• t ° op , r ,,,i, Receipts of Flour, 9,363 1 Secends, from 145. Od, to 0 , Sales of Do. 9,707 Third5,..—...... from 6s. Od. t o At,k PRICE OF BREAD 9d. I Half Q IRISH 1117 DUBLIN MARKET Ni Loaf, O r' KILKENNY.—Butter 90s to 91s. per cwt. ; W ha t e r per barrel ; Flour to 355. per bag; Oats 9 s. t o A r p t rel ; Barley Ils. to 14s. ; Beet-4d. to 54. per lb.; PP- $tV to sd. ; Potatoes 2d. per stone; Coals Is. 241. per &X , Pigs 325. to 235. per cwt. BAILEY'S SONGS OF ALMACK'Se songs form a very pretty volume; they are foun d ed ?es' trifling incidents which have occurred in the cete_3ll.ol, fashion at ALatices, and by the aid of a well stor;t lo gination formed into very pretty ballads. The Olt i bte joint composition of BISHOP and ADDISOX , exerted their well-known skill in the happiest Initfi! CAPTAIN BEECHEY ' S VOYAGE T°. rd ; PACIFIC. —We are requested to state that the tb: d o f a r tion of this work is now published, and may be b A bf rj i booksellers in town and country. It is ornamente," o tit same beautiful illustrations (engraved by FiNuENJ of accompanied the 4to. edition. " Captain EtExclalr,[ol?, serves Blackwood's Magazine, " gives us true and,: 0 , pictures of what he saw, as if he represented V, co . painting to the material organ of vision. Nor is ti" 0 1 0 01 fined to the scenery alone ; the actions and habitlitro,i people with whom he is brought in contact are 0 0 4 in the same graphic way, and we as much see .A 114 , 0 4 1 ' mutineer of the Bounty, his patriarchal customs/ "-ft beautiful island, as if we bad once been there out and memory called up all that we there had seen. BIRTHS. f ft ej f" On the 26th inst. at Lake-house, Hants, theladY o f James George Mathews, Esq. Captain in the Ro,fa l A P leers, of a son. „.. d , of On the 23d inst. at Hampton Court Palace, th ew of Yorke, Esq., of a son. MARRIED. On theth inst. at St. Pancras church, E. Coxic es ee e tth Eling, Han 27 ts' to Isabella Barbara Duncan, Yourl e dical of J. Duncan, Esq., late third Member of the Madras. DIE On the 27th inst. at:Upper Stamfo D. rd-street, • A ' ) aged 84. On the 25th inst. Frances, the wife of T. P. Mum ell-hill. N a PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY MU IWO you-- l , AT SUN OFFICE, n c ,2, STROM, io"D" Quartern Loaf - Od. Half Quartern ~....---t , Wheat, Barley. Oats.- Flour, Pe re per barrel per barrel per barrel ........ vl , 20 stone. 16 stone. 14 stone. Ist. 0. __,_-- ----- , s , 0 s.d.as.d s.d. as.d. s.d.as.d.ls. d. as. d. s•l5 I ° ,o Cork 22 0 289 120 146 90 105 16 0 21 0 a 0 I", 0 Limerick 726 S 33 0 13 0 14 012 0 13 6 18 0 20 0 u n 0 1,0 Waterford i 24 0 28 0 12 0 14 010 0 11 0 18 0 20 0 1 ,,,' 0 'O9 Clonmel —126 8 300 106 15 013 6 13 920 0 20 0 ""H>/,, , Carlow —3O 0 32 012 0 13 014 0 15 020 6 21 0 -- r• Beef, Mutton, 1 Pork, „.1 Enife 10 15> per lb. per lb. per cwt. Ist. 2d. :—• /r il , , ~ ___ ---d, --..-- LI Id. ad. d. a d. s, d. as.d.s.d. s. d. s.-S; ~.il 0 , : , 0 Cork ---14,1 6ai 525 0 31 086 0820 77 0 ..., 0 , ;', / 0 Limerick- 1 3 431 432 0 35 087083 0 78 0 !ig 0 0 Waterford 4 6 3 632 0 35 088084 0 SO 9., 0 0 Clonmel 4 5 5 6 300 32 0 St111_87::::" 0 Carlow— 4 SJO 0 0 0 0 0,80 0700 60 0 to ::,f ~3i, ~, . ,