The Sun. — London, England, 1831-11-08 00:00:00

THE ARMY. A battalion of the 3d Regiment, or Scotch Fusileer 'livards, under the command of Sir Charles Dalbiac, was stationed yesterday from one to nine o'clock, I..6ind Riding School, in the Regent's-park. This morning three hundred marines marcbed from Woolwich to the Tower, where they occupy barracks. A Political Union is about to be established in Bath. A preliminary meeting was announced for yes terday in that city. Similar societies have been formed at Yeovil and Chard within the last week. Mr. BANINI'S new tale just published, en titled " The Smuggler," has attained a popelatity fully equal to that of the well-known " O'Hare. Tales:' Among its most attractive features will be sound its extraordinary plot, its many picturesque exhibitions of marine scenery, and its vivid sketches of character, such as the village roué, the sleek and cunning self-ordained zealot, the im portant parish-officer, the amphibious fisherman, and the bold and reckless smuggler. At half-past two o'clock yesterday morning, the Bristol mail was nearly overturned in Reading, Whilst turning a corner in that town, the leaders sorted, and, before the coachman could recover tli_etrt, they ran against the window of a house, tome& - tatublenly round, and Ihe pole of the coach coming in contact with the shutter, broke a hole through into the room, and snapped the pole. One of the wheel horses was at the same time thrown down, but fortunately was not injured. The, ttazail was de:ayed three quarters of an hour in the town by this accident, and did not reach London until pet seven o'clock. Considerable apprehension and alarm have been raised in Caerleon and its neighbourhood by various reports of that dreadful disease, hydrophobia, having made its appearance npou the farm of Mr. Ksactar, of St, Julians. The following are the facts :—One of the dogs, a short time since, being in a suspicious state, was hung, and last week a valuable mare, when harnessed, suddenly became very ferocious, ran at one of the workmen with her mouth wide open, and tore the harness to pie,ees. When confined in her stall she became dreadfully outrageous, gnawing the manger to atoms, tearing out huge stones rom the wall, and raving in a frightful manner. After tending her flesh in a shocking way, she finally became exhausted and expired. Mr. K. believes that the mare was affected with the staggers, but he has taken the pre caution of having his horses dipped.—Monmouthshire Merlin. TIIE DUCHESS OF ABRANTES.—The very interesting memoirs of this distinguished lady will cer tainly be published in a few days. The work is at pre sent as much the rage in Paris as the celebrated produc tion of BOURRIENNt was on its first appearance. No person could he better qualified for the task she has under taken than the accomplished writer. Allied by blood to the family of BONAPARTE, she was in early life accus tomed to meet NApot.Ews at her father's house almost on the footing of a brother. After her marri•ige with JUNOT she 'ilecame one of the leading stars, first in the Consular circles, afterwards at the Imperial Court, without any in terruption to that familiarity with which the Emperor had bee❑ accustomed to treat her when he was only a Sub-Lieutenant of Artillery. An edition in French, at about half the cost of the Paris edition, will appear about the same time as the above. POLITICAL DANDYISM.—That a coxcomb may be a man of clever capacity, is a supposition which we can readily entertain ; bet his claims to the more solid qualities of a sound understanding we should always be strongly disposed to disallow. According to the strict letter of the Constitution, each individual Peer may be said to be hia own constituency; yet the principle admits of some latitude of construction, for indubitably the whole "popinjay" portion of society has found an adequate re presentative in Lord E—. Ladies are generally remark. abln. for quick discernment of character, as far as it can he developed by certain accidents of exterior, which we " of the more honourable gender" either negligently con strue or entirely overlook. A fair politician, rather Whig ;,-isltly inclined, is said to have observed, that the sight of the Noble Baron (when in rffice) proceeding at a languid canter past Whitehall, with the knowledge that such a band-box curiosity had a seat in the Cabinet of England, was quite enough to justify a revolution.—Fraser's May. SHAKSPEARE, OTWAY, and BYRON have made Venice immortal—a sort of Mecca of the imagination to which our feelings always repair with fiesh interest. The charm has been completed by Mr. COOPER, who, in his just published novel of " The Bravo," has given so graphic and impressive a picture of the city of masques and gon• doles. Her prose-worshipper may now rank with her poets; COOPER is as inseparably identified with Venice, by the sketches of her people, prisons, and palaces that are scattered through this novel, as he has hitherto been with the mountain-wave, and the pathless prairie—the ocean - rover, and the almost sublime though savage wanderer of - the Indian woods. He has made Venice as much his own, as if her markets and masquers had never been eketched before. TILE PREM.—Every man, however mediocre in genius, who writes without prejudice and without fear. is at this moment possessed of some portion of that magni ficent power, the power of influencing public opinion. And never, since England "plumed her wings" against the usurpations of CHARLES STUART, was there a moment when he who holds such power ought to pause more cau tious before he exerts it—to strike more boldly when the decision is made. Whatever have been the divisions of Parliantent, thank Gon—the Press which at present stones to the people for Pat liamentary weakness and Par liamentary impurities—the Press have done their duty ! The Press have had no interest counter to the interest of the People—they have had no boroughs to protect—no sinecures to defend ;—in general abuses they have had no sactarian advantages—from the expenditure of a nation's wealth they have filled no individual coffers. With the people has been their interest; with the people has been their battle ; with the people have they shared the slander and the assault ; with the people they shall gain the ac quittal and enjoy the triumph.—New Monthly Magazine. AN ENGLISH STATESMAN.—There is scarcely a more curious object of contemplation than is afforded by an insight into the daily life and the habit of mind of such a man as the great Lord BURGHLEY, placed at the head of airlifts during a lung period of almost 'lnca ampled difficulty, and called upon to apply the energies• of his genius to all kinds of emergency. Dr. NA RES, in his memoirs of this eminent Statesman, now completed by the publication of the third volume, has pictured him under every aspect and circumstance of his multifarious ewer both public and private—in the chair of council and the seclusion of his study—in the depths of consultation with the acute and imperious ELIZABETH, and amid the amuse ments of his splendid retirement at Theohald's. M. DE FONTENE LL E, when in his 77th year, was fond of saying a thousand gallant things to Madame HtLvEnos—young, beautiful, and recently married. One day he accidentally passed, without noticing her, to take his place at the table. " See," cried the lady, " how slight account I ought to make of your gallantries; you pass before my face without ever looking at me." " Ma dame," replied the old man, " if I had looked upon you, 1 could not have passed you." The greatest obstacle that a man of letters has to contend with is too great a susceptibility to failure. " Is not that a great speech ?" said a Member, to ' CH A RIES Fox, of the present Lord D—'s maiden ef fort.—" Yes," answered Fox " but before I judge of the speaker, I must see him fail." SPILLING THE SALT.—Some have supposed that the popular superstition of its being unlucky to Over turn the salt-dish originated from the circumstance of LEONARDO na VINCI having represented JUDAS as spil ling the salt in his celebrated picture of "'the Last Supper." This superstition, however was derived from P tgen Rome, where the salt-dish was a holy platter, in which the firstlings of the feast were offered to the gods, and which was actually ornamented with the figure of some divinity. Hence to overturn the altars or images of the gods was naturally esteemed ominous. In proof of the accuracy of this account, the testimonies of Live, Holtaca, and Seamus, might be produced. VOLTAIRE was one day in the boudoir of Madame CHATELET, amusing himself with the Abbe illiamer, then an infant, whom he held upon his knees. Ile began to play with him, at the same time instructing "My friend," be said, " in order to succeed with men, you must have the women on your side. To inte rest the women, you must know them. You will find, then, all women to he false and immodest." 01 How ! all women !—What say you, Sir ?" exclaimed Madame du 'itart:LET, in anger. " Madame," quietly said Vot.- 1- - star, " we must not deceive infants." THE POET CAMPBELL. —A new and beau tiful edition of CamenELL's poetical works, hand,ornely embellished and enriched with all his latest effusions, is about to make its anpearance. If the Annuals are entitled to prefer such strong claims to public notice, ass i uredly th of collected poems of the author of " h e P asure i s Hope," are well deser v i n g the attention of all who, a wait Christmas time, are in the habit of presenting tokens ofd remembrance to the young. A cheaper or more elegant production, or one more worthy in every respect of female acceptation, could scarcely be found FRENCH PAPERS. (From the Messager des Chatares, of Sunday.) " PARIS, NOV. 5. " FURTHER PARTICULARS OF THE ASSASSINATION OF THE PRESIDENT OF GREECE. " NAPOLI, OCT. 11.—Since the events at Poros (the burning of the fleet) ) several friends of the President have warned him that he would be assas sinated. His servants continually told him that it was reported at Napoli that he would be killed. Notwithstanding this warning, he would not take any precautions, and continued his usual mode of life. Several times he said to the persons who visited him, ' I am continually told that my life is in danger ; but I am not intimidated : I shall con tinue to do my duty, and shall obey the voice of my conscience; fear cannot influence my deter minations, and I must oppose those who want to throw the country into t'onfusion. My life is in the hands of =ed., and Ido not fear death—it is often n ddiierance.' . " All the accounts that the President received from the Morea and the Islands made him hope that the rebellion would soon cease. A misunderstand ing was already evident among the insurgent Chiefs, the people of Hydra were in distress, and murmured against those who had burnt the fleet. At the be ginning of October, the President was very com posed ; he said to those who went to see him almost literally what I subjoin,—` I am but little troubled by our little revolutionary skirmishes, because the people are happy and are inimical to the intriguers whose tyranny they remember ; they know by ex perience that these men seek only their personal ad vantage. lam therefore not uneasy at our inter nal troubles; they will be soon appeased if noevents from without should occur to increase our embar rassments. The men who form the cabal at Hydra are not to be feared; but there are others here who push them on, and it is of these last that events now without must deliver us, otherwise there is no salvation for this unfortunate country.' " On the 7th and Bth of October the President went out alone ; he was again warned that it was in tended to assassinate him : he disregarded it, and again answered, My life is in the hands of God : I must answer with my person, and I know that the people are attached to me.' " On the 9th of October, at seven o'clock in the morning he went to church, and at the door was at tacked by the two Mavromichali, who fired their pis tols point blank at the back of his head, and gave him a sabre wound in the belly ; the bystanders fell on Constantine Mavromichali, and massacred him. The body of the assassin was dragged through the streets by a cord fastened to the feet, and cast into the common shore. The son of Pietro Bey escaped to the house of the French resident. The people in a fury demanded that he should he given up, but M. Rouen would not deliver him except to the au thorities. The Senate assembled immediately, and demanded the assassin, who was delivered up and thrown into prison. A Provisional Government was immediately appointed, consisting of Coletti, an able advocate, Colocotroni, and Augustin Capo d'lstria it is not vet known whether the latter will accept ; he was absent firm) Napoli at the time of his brother's assassination. The people are in consternation. The city is still tranquil, but this cannot possibly continue, and the greatest indignation prevails against the enemies of the President. All the passions are excited ; Capo d'lstria alone, was able, by his cool ness and his stoical firmness, to make head against all these little tyrants who were deprived of their power. " 'Whatever opinion may be enteitained respect ing the administration of the President, it is im possible not to acknowledge that he had great and noble qualities, and that he was a man pure in his intentions, whose only object was to render the people happy. The old chiefs continually exclaimed against his tyranny, but, in fact, all he did was to rescue the people from the arbitrary power of the ancient primates, who have constantly oppressed them both during and since the Turkish domination. " The agents of the Powers are greatly embar rassed. Though they often differed from the Pre sident, they ere all now sensible of the loss that has been sustained. Some might desire that the Count should not retain his power, but all sincerely regret that he did not keep it till the nomination of the new sovereign. General indignation prevails against the Mavromichalis. It is said that Constantine, who was killed by the people, was under great obli gations to the President, and that the !atter had paid debts for him to the amount of 80,000 Turkish piastres 18 months ago. " It is said that the people of Hydra are trying all means to come to an agreement with the Senate. The d. ath of Capo d'lstria is all they wanted. Now that lie is no longer there to defeat their intrigues, they will do their utmost to get the power again into their hand. 1 should not be surprised even by their getting money to pay the army and gain it over to there. This unhappy country wil! perhaps have a moment's apparent tranquillity after so deplorable an event, but it cannot escape anarchy. The chiefs will rot fad to quarrel about the 'tower, and if the Allies delay fixing definitively the fate of this country, it will eoon become very embarrassing to Europe. The Powers have riot a moment to lose if they wish to save it. DUBLIN, Nov. s.—Mr. O'CoNNELL en tered the Court of Chancery to-day at half past twelve o'clock, with a silk gown and full-bottomed wig, and stood at the side bar. The Loan CItANceLLOR said—" Mr. O'CoNNELL, his MAJESTY has been pleased to issue his letters patent, authorising you to take precedence next after the ATTORNEY and Soracma-GENERAL, and the two senior Sergeants. Yon therefore, take your pl •ce accordingly." Mr. O'CONNELL then bowed and pro ceeded to take his seat above Serjeant O'Loormrs, and next to the SOLICITOR GENERAL, who congratulated him, and shook him by the hand. Neither the ATTORNEY GENERAL nor the tx•o senior Serjeants were i❑ Court. About twelve o'clock last Sunday night) a horrible and truly revolting murder was perpe trated near Outragh (New Inn), on a small farmer, of th name of FITZCF.RALD. The unfortunate man went to Caher' where be purchased a new spade and handle ; with this spade the ferocious murderers effected their diabolical pur pose : they literally clove the unhappy man's skull in two. Three men, two of them of the name of HARTY . , and the other of the name of Mparrn, have been apprehended tinder very suspicious circumstances ; the two men of the name of HA RTY were seen drinking with the deceased in Caher, and a spade, covered with blood, was found in their house by the police ; their clothes were also spotted with fresh blood, which they endeavoured to effice by washing• The cause assigned for this dreadful murder is, that the un happy man appeared at the just terminated sessions of this town as a witness, on the part of a woman who pro cessed a man of the name of 13uTt,nn, for the support of a child she bore to him ; the same woman bore a child to one of the Hann's. The unfortunate man has left a wife and five children, two of which are twins, and now being nursed to mourn his loss. An inquest was held on last Monday. Great praise is due to the Rev• Mr. IIzRBERT for his successful exertions in apprehending these men.—Clonmel Herald. AFFAIR OF HONOUR.—EarIy on Satur day morning last a meeting took place in a field adjoining the town of Carrick on-Suir, between Mr. P. COMER FORD, an old and respectable inhabitant, upwards of eighty years of age, and Mr. J..DOCil.v, a pung gentleman who is only just out of his minority. in consequence of the very great disparity of years between the conikitan's the greatest anxiety was excited for the old gt•ntleman. m i. C OMERFORD was attended by his friend Mr. NrcooLAs Copp ; and Mr. JAMES DOOLY by Mr. DANIEL HALLI DAY. After the usual preliminary arrangements on such occasions had been entered into by the seconds (all the efforts that could be made by the friends . at both sides to have the affair amicably adjusted having proved unsuccessful) the pt inc;pals were placed on the ground at a distance of twelve paces, and the word " fire" being given, the parties fired without effect ; a second and third shots were exchanged, but fortunately without doing any injury whatever : and here again the friends of both gentlemen, assisted by all present,interf , :fed and succeeded in effecting a reconcilia tion, Mr. C. having first made an apology. The cause of dispute arose out of Mr. ll.'s charging Mr. C., in ar guing the Repeal question in a public room, with one of the petsons who formerly signed in favour of the Union. —Tipperary Free Press. . 4 s• -• ^ , „ ' ' ' ;' l 4 —Til l 44441 LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING. NOVEMBER 8, 1831. It will be perceived, on reference to another part of The Sun, that some disturbance took place in Coventry yesterday afternoon, which resulted in the demolition of some machinery, and the burning of a factory. A reduction of wages was the exciting cause ; but we are happy to add that every thing was quiet, and order restored last night. We have entirely concurred in the disappro bation unanimously pronounced by the Press upon the plan of the proceedings of the work ing classes at the meeting at White Conduit house. The general tenor of their projected resolutions was not pacific—if indeed it was legal—which was quite sufficient to prejudice against it the opinions of all true Reformers, and of all true friends of order and peace. Those who assembled there, assembled contrary to the recommendation of their own chief, Mr. WAKLEY, and against the advice of the most tried friends of popular liberty. It is not there fore to be wondered at, that the meeting should have been generally discountenanced by consi derate persons. Nevertheless, we are bound to sav, that we view with much apprehension the symptoms of disaffection prevalent among the leaver orders, of which the recent meeting i s another strong evi dence. It is quite plain, that society in this country is divided into two distinct classes, of whom the poorer and weaker has little or no sympathy with the richer and stronger. The conduct of the gentry and wealthy orders to wards the rest, has been such, that the multi tude regard with a sort of suspicion every man wearing a good coat, and think that there is no sincerity even in those who advocate the most strenuously the question of Reform, and other questions whereby the multitude have much to gain. They are a prey to evil design ing men, who seek to elevate their own im portance, by talking against existing institutions, good and bad alike, and who, having nothing to lose, do not care how strongly they influence the passions of the people against their best friends. The rich, on their part, have greatly failed in their duty towards their neighbours, by a want of conciliation, and a display of pride, which have tended to impress upon the poor, • that even their benefactors can hardly be ranked among their real friends, inasmuch as it is well known that mere good will is purchased by an uniform practice of benevolent courtesy, than by • the conferring of benefits of a more substantial kind. The wealth of London knows and cares no more about the poverty of London, than it does about the poverty that ex ists in Pekin, and in other great towns the case is the same, although the sub scriptions raised in behalf of public cha rities are really munificent, and do honour to the true benevolence of the country. The fault lies chiefly in the absence of the exercise of those charities of social life which bind man to man, and endear all ranks of society to each other by the common bond of the love of one's neigh bour. This state of things has been brought about by an inequality of ranks—by an Aristo cratic predisposition in all classes in gradation, and by an absorbing desire of gain, which are the striking characteristics of the times in Great Britain. Our house is divided against itself, and, so long as there is a want of unanimity in the national family, so long will there be clouds overshadowing the national hemisphere. How ever the Conduit•house meeting may be depre cated, it would be folly in our rulers to shut their eyes to the facts, or to the causes from which those facts originated. We direct attention to an advertisement which appears in this day's Sun, respecting the case of' Mr. DRAKARD, the spirited proprietor of the Stamford News and Champion. This gentle man has in the course of his career had no less than five actions for libel brought against him by those who, because they opposed his politics, thought it incumbent on them to effect his ruin, by saddling him with heavy law expences, on the most frivolous and contemptible pleas. In consequence of this unmerited persecution, a public subscription is now getting up for Mr. DRAKARD, to which we need scarcely say that we heartily wish success. An individual named GA RTHWAITE, who signs himself with much pomp " One of his Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the County of Durham," has just issued an address to the Gentlemen, Merchants, Tradesmen, &c. who composed the late Sunderland meeting. In this queer composition, his Worship, who professes to be a " hearty well-wisher to an efficient and constitutional Reform," says, " I cannot take my leave of you, without acknowledging the eternal debt of gratitude which I"—mark you his absolute .1!—" owe to the Bishops, for the honourable, manly, and conscientious manner in which they have given their votes on the im portant question which has so long agitated the country ; for, by so doing, their object was to place our glorious and most happy Constitution on a stronger basis (if that be possible) than it stands at present." So because the Bishops, in declared opposition to the wishes of three king doms, expressed at least a thousand times on the subject of the great measure of purification and regeneration, choose to throw out that measure, therefore this stickler for an efficient and constitutional Reform deems them worthy his eternal gratitude ! But we can see pretty clearly of what stuff Mr. GARTHWAITE is made, as well as what is the drift of his address, by his repeated fulsome allusions to that " enlightened Statesman," the Marquis of LONDONDERRY, and his wife the Marchioness, " one of the most beautiful ladies which the county of Durham ever produced." He is a bit-by-bit Reformer, of the same calibre as the Noble Marquis, or the Rev. Prelates. His present address is merely got up for effect, to show how highly he appre ciates the enlightened statesmanlike qualifications of the Lord of Wynyard, and the beauty of his distinguished lady. We [subjoin this notable manifesto : "TO THE CHAIRMAN, CENTLEI6IEN, MERCKANTS, TRADES. 31ZN, MANUFACTURERS, AND THE LABOURING TART OF TN* COMMUNITY, (WHICH COMFOSED TIdE MAJORITY OF rIIE MEETING) WHO ATTENDED ♦T THE •SSE)LBGT PM, AT SUNDERLAND, ON THURSDAY, OCT. 27. " NIT RESPECTED AN T ) RESPECTABLE YELLOW TOWNSMEN. " I was induced to be present at this meeting in the full h,pe and expectation that 1 should have heard nothing there but such opinions and arguments as were most likely to assist in producing an efficient and constitutional Re form in the Commons House of Parli iment. 1 am, how ever, most truly concerned thus publicly to declare, that I wa s most grievously disappointed ; and I am, therefore, induced with confidence to appeal to your honest hearts and intelligent minds, whether, on cool refit ction, you really think that the speeches which were there addressed to y ou (with the exception of that which came from the Chair man) were at all likely to produce that happy and much wished-for result. .‘ In the first place (in the character of a most hearty w ell-wisher to an efficient and coastitutional Reform), I will put this question to yen, viz.: —Whether you are of opinion that the attempt to degrade the Aristocracy of this country is the proper mode of affecting what all true friends of Church and State are so anxious to obtain ? " And, in the second place, I would ask you, whether the speaking evil of dignities,' (see the injudicious and disgusting remarks which were made on th e Bi s h ops i n the Sunderland Herald of Friday last), is in any degree likely to assist the much-wished-for object which you have in view ? My fellow-townsmen, you are, believe me, much mistaken, if such should be your opinion, th a t t h e Bishops are averse to an efficient and constitutional Reform ; on the contrary, some of their Lordships have already expressed a wish to support a Bill founds& on those princip!es. What tliese sacred characters, tad most excellent men, and a majority of the Peers of the realm, object to, is this :— The Bill, the whck Bill, and nothing bat the Bill. And, surely, yon must in common:candour allow that there are sonic parts of the re jected Rill which will admit of considerable improvement. " In respect to Mr. Featherstonhaugh's address to yon, he appears to me to blow hot and cold with the same breath ; for, after contemning the carrying of fire-arms in the strongest terms, he sarcastically censures one of the best feelings of our nature, viz. gratitude to the Almighty. for having preserved the life of an honest and ee.l:4l,teutd Statesman, and as gallant a seldier as ever existed. I mean your noble neighbour, and one of your best friends, the Marquis of Londonderry. You surely cannot have forgotten the enthusiastic reception which was given to his Lordship on his first corning to Sunderland, after his happy marriage with one of the most amiable and beautiful ladies which the county of Durham ever produced. " I cannot conclude these well-meant remarks (and I hope that the labouring classes more particularly will re ceive them with the same friendly feeling with which they kre offered) without expressing my heartfelt admira tion at the peaceable and proper conduct which they have evinced in the present excited state of the country, and of strongly urging them to continue to act in the 'sine put. ,lent and judicious manner ; for I scarcely need remind them, that the laws must be obeyed, and that, if necessary, (which God forbid !) the Magistrates will enforce them. " Neither can I take my final leave of you without ac knowledging the eternal debt of gratitude which I owe to the Bishops for the honourable, manly, and conscientious manner in which they have given their votes on the im portant question which has so long agitated the country ; for by so doing their object was to place our glorious and most happy Constitution on a stronger basis (if that be possible) than it stands upon at present. " I have only to add toy hearty congratulations on the prospect there is of Sunderland and the Wearmouths (places in which I shall always feel most deeply interested) being shortly represented by two respectable and efficient Members ; for, having resided among you for the last five and twenty years, I sin convinced that the sensible electors of those towns will not choose any candidates but those of the description which I have just mentioned. " In this opinion, and in the full conviction that such a Reform Bill will be shortly passed as will insure to you all your legal and just rights and privileges, " I remain with sincere respect,' " Your faithful friend and devoted servant, " J. D. GARTIIWAITE, " A Fellow-Townsman, and one of his Majesty's Jus tices of the Peace for the county of Durham." " Wearmouth-green, Nov. 1, 1831. The last intelligence from Paris appears to indi_ cate the prevalence of a temporary calm in thi, capital, in anticipation of the introduction of the Peerage Bill into the Chamber of Peers. It is mi. ders'ood that the majority of the Chamber are de term.ned to resist the innovation upon the rights of their order; and, after the fashion of our House of Lords, to throw out the Bill at all hazerds. The Ministers are, therefore, believed to he making ar rangements for the creation of Peers beforehand, so as to secure a majority, and prevent the other alter native—namely, a resolution of the Deputies, dis pensing with the assent of the Peers to a constitu tional measure, which belongs rather to the nation than to the Chambers to sanction. Asssuredly it would have been competent to the people, who altered the succession of the throne, and with it the charter, after the three days of July, to have put au end to the Peerage altogether if they pleased ; but because they had the moderation to leave for mature consideration the alterations in the Peerage, that moderation is now likely to be met by obstinacy on the part of the Peers against conceding that, which they must know, it is quite absurd for them to en tertain any hopesof resisting effectually. If the Cham ber of Peers should now be found troublesome, the people of France may thank themselves for their ne glect in not declaring the abolition of hereditary succession to the Peerage, when they drove their legitimate Sovereign from his throne. War is now but little spoken of as impending, in comparison with the anticipations of a few months since. The Government, however, have just she wit their attention to the military organization of France, by the new law of Conscription which they have introduced. It is remarkable that the extreme gauche, and especially the Bonapartists, have received this law with great satisfaction, and that the Committee on the Bill has proposed to extend the period of the conscript's service to seven years, instead of five, as intended by the Government. Now, as the law is certainly oppressive upon the poor, in comparison with the rich, who are able to provide substitutes, and as the unpopularity of the conscription is proved by the high price of substitutes, it is manifest that the movement party have been much less attentive to the principle of social equality, which they so stoutly profess to uphold, than to the providing of an efficient military force. No doubt an effective system of recruiting is highly essential to the main tenance of the French army, but it would appear that by the present Bill advantages are given to wealth, which may justly be regarded with suspicion by the more indigent classes. The PERIER Ministry has given fresh proofs of its imbecility, by prosecuting the Tribune and Reno lution journals for political violence. The proceed ings against the Tribune have indeed recoiled heavily against the authors of them, inasmuch as they have satisfied the public that the Ministers have at least made a most improvident bargain, if indeed they have not been parties to a corrupt job, in making contracts for the purchase of arms. The Tribune charged M. PERIER with corruption in plain terms, and although the journal has been convicted, the Minister has decidedly not excul pated himself from blame in the transaction. But whatever result was anticipated, the folly of keep. ing up this; perpetual warfare against the Press is really almost inconceivable, and quite unworthy of any Ministry having the least pretensions to a repu tation for political wisdom. The sensation produced in Paris by the reception of the 24 articles by the Belgian Chamber was, we understand, chiefly one of renewed disgust at the conduct of the Conference of London, which body appears to be regarded by the French coffee-house politicians in the light of a second Holy Alliance. The Belgians have been driven by necessity to ass act of submission, revolting to the feelings even of those who recommended it the most strenuously to their countrymen. The majority for adoption was not large, and the protest of the minority is couched in the language of those who know that their coun trymen are with them to a man, and that justice and tight are on their side, though the mighty ones of the earth are leagued against them. It remains now to be seen whether the King of HOLLAND will re• main obstinate in refusing his assent to articles which assign to him more than his due. Surely the Con ference will speedily put at► end to the perverseness of their ungrateful Dutch protege ! But whether the conclusion of the treaty be protracted, or accelerated, we wish to put on record our humble opinion that the arrangements made by the twenty-four articles will no more be of permanent durations, than has been the distribution made at the treaty of Vienna, With every respect for the pacific intentions pro fessed by the great Power , , and with a full sense of the necessity of bringing the Belgian question to n settlement, we cannot allow the late transaction to pass by without entering our protest against the con tinuance of a system of diplomacy, which disposes of the destiny of human beings !the that of flocks o! sheep, without allowing the wishes of the people . " . "4 • :~ disposed of to have any it4ienc2 in the nia t : 4 :' Diplomatic precedents are full of nor hing but t;ce, and it is quite time that such precedents sbc ti u, be superseded by a system more consonant with pw' morality, and with tart eternal law of right, "b,‘' voice can never be permanently stilled by oppre64 or ctaf:. CHOLERA NIORBUS. OFFICIAL REPORT. SUNDERLAND, Sue —I caled a meeting of the 11Lilical D e ,.artm", 'he Board of Hellth at three o'clock this &Oil had six new cases reported to roe, which occurre d ,L ye,.terda2,., two ,f which were fatal, and it was C OO' that the remaining our were not very dangerous. I have, &c. (S;gred) W. REID CLASaft, Chairman Medical Departnaa Lieut.-Colonel Creah. lIALF PAST SEVEN O ' CLOC/CI r'* Ni additional cases up to this hour. (Signed) W. REID CL.O b Extract of a Letter from Lieutenant-Colonel Cleg, the Clerk of the Council, dated Sunderdind, btb ."° IS3I : u " I leg to transmit a Copy of the Report of t ' e t h dical Board, which assemble in town each day a t o'clock. " I have seen the bat racks, and should the hotiO f preparing be found insufficient to accommodate thit etr recommend its being cmivertud into an hospita% " Toe troops are healthy, add indeed so is the to wn ' ' the exception of the few cholera cases. " I trust my report to-m: crow will be more favour and I beg you will assure his Lordship that no e°' shall tie wanting in carrying the object of his wis hes effect." NOTE. Buildings have been provided as hospitals sick, and orders have been issued by Governmen , Barrack-Master to issue ali necessary supplies of and other necessary store. for It °,l lURT LAgreeub!e Lour the inerni„ 'ery, t Clailc "Lint s 'dant r. 7! no Kit tore. 41 Until urt, and Ch„,, ifi r o _ - I, r c unst in t 1 1 , 4 Y any t 4cl er tftet r outir, ;; °III ' COI [ cu.-ei }lig Hot ~r ters I. j !anvired Ito] MR. HUNT'S PROJECTED VISIT LEEDS. LEEDS, MONDAY, ONE This political firebrand is to visit Leeds to-mortr first day of the winter fair, when there will, el he a great influx of ignorant country people place, and the usual swarm of thieves and otl r teters of the most depraved description. You' observed from the Leeds Saturday Papers, that th' we: e prep tred to expect the calamity of Mt I say calamity, because the mere rumour of such a time, so soon after the Bristol in caused the greatest consternation in the mi spectable portion of the community, and e: alarm among the members of the Tory Coi are taking active measures to preserve peace, As Mr. Hunt's visit may possibly lead V of the peace of the town, it may not be impro you with the origin of his coming amongst formers here ale split into two parties. ported by the Mercury, and the other b The latter (the Radical Paper) coalesces Intelligenccr, in support of the electi rests of Mr. Sadler, while the Merl mederate Reformers, " The Bill Men,' Marshall and Mr. Macauley. There is tical Union, but a short time ago one was workmen in a large machine-shop, and ea a leading man among those of the Rad: willing to take the Bill as the first the debt owing to the people. Tit brage to Mr. Mann, a thorough Radical, • meeting to consider the propriety of invitil visit Leeds. At this meeting Mr. Mann wait upon the " Matchless" at Manchester; is, that worthy accepted the invitation. 0 following pi card was widely circulated: — PUBLIC MEETING ON WOODHOTY Men of Leeds he timt; . is come when yo. yourselves: Suffer it no longer to be said that you the cause of Reform, that you are led by this part but come forward boldly, and attend the public held on Tuesday next. Come forward as men, unitedly, a nd form for the purpose of enforcing attention to yok Universal Suffrage, Vote by Ballot, and Short 1 ter neither Whig, Tory, nor 3loderate Reform keep you back from demanding those rights, IN' uponmongeringevcr tyo.atctettiobnuhtavue usurped.hiehpr-ud Aristocrats Bury all your petty differences in oblivion together, and fear not, God will prosper the r think upon sour children, suffer them not ti be firm, peaceable, and united. Fail not to attt The people are requested to meet Mr. Hunt o Becket's Arms, Kirkstall-road, at twelve o'clocl JOHN AYREY, Chairman of I believe the respeetible Remmers will , bets to oppose Hunt ; all the political pattiie fell es in are on the qui rive, and much apprehension send you the particulars. THE FUNDS.-(TfiIiDAY., CITY, T WEL VE o' CL The boisterous weather during the whole of has prevented us from nceiving any arrivals this not a foreign snail has come to hand, conseque n without any foreign news to the present hours .n e I We learn that the moment. the King of 1 4 " 11 ; j o1 that our flag was coming to his shores, he becalvsaisi veterate, and was determined to break off all neg jo b not being intimidated by the presence of the "'Oil' but on learning that our fleet had returned, " e l ,l newed the ne4ociation with our Minister, wh°P de ol formed, received vesterd 1v some explanation s from the King of Holland, relating to some of t he re to r , therefore, it may be a few days before an answer is l e and which will cause a temporary delay in th e j; the treaty. - - • 0 Report says that the Russian Minister at Par's FienchMinistas are not on good terms; but it is °lll TILE FUNDS. to t All having passed otTquiet yesterday, contralto,' neral expectation, our Funds this morning o l ie d same price they left off, 82i buyers for the 0 0° 0 on the repmt of unfavourable accounts frolic' t o they receded to 821 a. The bu , iness doing not of magnitude. Clo We hear no more of the cholera at Sunde rl3 we take leave of for the present. In the Foreign Market nothing doing. o HALF.PAS - We hear that there are later accounts ufi,g Coventry up t twelve o'clock last night, and there , ppres- ed. ; In the absence of news reports get into cal'••dt tieularly at the Stock-Exchange, where it is e 8 ba t mills at Bromley were burnt down last nigh t , ; . on dits must be received with caution. BrolliL,,e'o short distance from town, and it must have m." `4rl Ilitke. from various quirters during the night. No foreign mails have as yet strived. . 4 d Consols ;tie at present 82:i, for money 82 doing. • Little or nothing doing in the Foreign Marl' 0 C THREE O'C L Consols, 824 -a. Despatches were sent off this o v " . Lord PALmEasros to Paris. It is understood to be the intentio o , l vc roment to establish a poli c e in all the large 4 kiindiiin similar to the Metropolitan Polie• d b al of discharged sergeants, who a l e to be aprinte tq'kre til t ilkt ' I t 444 'Li 8,._ kr ternka , nts, left London yesterday for Wale% Ile 1 0 1 " CHARITY.—A certain City n.- -r e e, Ins . departure from a dinner at the Mansion-b°*ifsr solicited by a poor woman for charity for begeoril starving children, exclaimed, " I would give P ° 0 0 0: ils hungry as any of you."—From the Drawing sol,', Sheet, an eleg an t ne w publication from A.clc s- i l lo Mr. COB BET T enumerates the goo (1 this life left by Dr. Nowrir, late Bishop of v arly 300,0001. in mon e y, and twenty-four .„- prebends, one c h ance ll o r s hip, one archdeaconshlee mastership, worth, perhaps, altogether more .i"° a year, among ten persons, all his own relativeeisff [-low WILL THE PEERS BEG dt , Ol t This d.fficult and much-discussed question fe r " . . 0 0, 1 Ject of a paper of leading importance in the 0 40 her of the New Monthly Mugazine. 11 1, 0 0 0 , " Reforming Member of Parliament," both. tbs. anticipates conversion rather than creation, 40j of effecting the eagerly-desired acquiescence-1, d, t° cater five distinct classes or sets of individuacooe likely, on fair and honourable grounds , ratis.ts from the Anti-Reform body in the VPP".„.P TITHES—IMPORTANT DECISI°S:t of 1 cisiou has been made in the Consistori al C°9' 014 that tithe cannot be recovered from the 61101 generally called " score potato ground," btliotPail owners of the ground who let out the lan d fol.' 00 t ft " are liable to the payment thereof. This generally made k n""'n • üblin Moroi 44," -ot t Lk ' ITI It ti a dr a y ot ar.% I . N ie b4t:iu,k 4 04' an( e ats s nt ' to Isfr krr„ikwas 4, As r r )NE o'cLocty pe ` c ue y e to-inorrO , N n r 'eet s , w ill, of "'Oil N it rt. p e ople h 1 c hr " tn(l other h ot t, ts "t th, you that the I,,rterl to Ifuut' s, o gi t a ,f his 0 ° P lu e Z t try nsurrectitine injs, ,finds vf Til° trunael rls ex cited ° oiporati'°' 4 th iL l r 4 eto t .op u ae s r . atci'tls ' ucbrgebs : 4; ; The oe` , ? by the lolf Ltd with t he , f o r fend Lpic J 11 4 t Ott reltrY, 1113 t ) 11' . *i t h' n 4 suPP ° „ r pi 4 Ti 4 here 1 7 1 ,, , 1 9 obj ee r ,', s formed :JO ous ~ounteogn' ko tbi e 'et t dicals IL; eti ons it instalii'e of Ou t e leeti, his g a ' e ,od irt at tk lobo eol7i-tiot ing 10r. wa s dePu tt tt ;) s,h 9., s pa the, art I On Saturatt/ tral,diaa tst Pkt w_ iSF, 74100,5; 01 th e you shoat,. if i 0 1 ),, you :ir e stiPo l it t ( party or tri p te -Is b 601 lic Mee eittitr Qei a roliticAl> kti A our just tie # k t • Parham, ne p t . mer, auy 10 Vti r „,_ xhich Ciod tk,e7se. :s and a ) t n ; cordial tha t that 4,! 91 right. r„ e of to g ross OP \v`4,fora ;tend.(.. s .trd " on Tucsd oP Ihe oath of eel:. the Com o r f 4. 4 Igoin V' t ?te h t f c uties in theyk lir4r , on is felt . h it if if t h en D2 c Y.) $ T he 7 r l 0, DA Y•) 0 rip t} o l e of the, tilleY PRICES OF TILE STOCKS klank Stock .3 per Cent. Red 8114% .3 per Cent.Coni. ' 214% per Cent. 89 Ditto Red B9 1 14 By 4 New :134per Cent Fer Cent Ann. 1726 1 per Cent. 18`X Bank Long Ann to expire Jan 5, 18ii0 7-16 Oct. 10, 1859 Jan. 5, :860 15 7-16 5-16 Jan. 5, 1880 ........ - April 5, 1880... Jan. 5, 1870 rxlca!S OT TOrcEIGN PONDS turirian Bondi BraziEan _Lands — .-...._-.-.. _ enc. los Ayres Bond -- - I Portnguese Bonds ............ - Chitir.:l Bcnds - IPni,;siaT, OM .................. Cokantian Bonds - ;Ditto New . , Di 4:o, 1&24 - Dlnish 6534 ,Spanish, 1P.21 I*, 'Ai% creek Bonds - I-- 18.23 , (), • P3P . - Ditto 1925 - French Rentcs, sp. C. • 3 • Guatimal' - Exchange ...... 9.9 f . 20 . NteLic...n Bonds - !-- 3 per cent. ...... trl , 75c. ifi.ttt , . 1F9.5 - Exchange . ..... :151. 29,. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT OWK 0 - CLOCK• Paid. Per Share. Anglo Mex. Min. Co. (isa. at 57. pm.) XlOO 14 Brazilian Imp. Min. Co. (iss. at 52. pm.) £2O "-- Ditto Cocacs: 5 tl y , English Mining Company PRICKS OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, Nov. 4. Bank Stock Consols, 3 ner cent. Gov. Stock, 354 per cent. 59% ! National Ditto... Ditto, New SPA ;Patriotic Ditto ................. I per Cent — !Hibernian Bank ...............19!4 Gov. Deb. 314 per cent BV4 ;Provincial Ditto — Royal Canal Stock — ; Royal Irish Mine ............... Grand Canal Stock —llruperial Mine ................ .. City Deb. 4 per cent. —lMining Co. of Ireland Ballast Office Deli. 4p. c. —;Commercial Buildings. — HAILS. Arrived. Due. Arrived. Due. 0 America 0 0 Hamburg 4 O Brasil O Buenos Ayres 0 0 Jamaica 0 0 Carthagem 0 0 Leeward Islands ... 0 I Dublin 0 0 Lisbon 0 O Flanders 0 0 Malta (1 O France 0 0 Sweden O Guernse , &Jersey.. (1 1 1 Waterford 12IGII WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning —.36 minutes after 4. I Evening...s6 minutes after 4. CHEAP AND STERLING FICTIONS. This day was published, in small 8 vo. neatly bound and beautifully embellished, price only Gs. STANDARD NOVELS, No. IX. Containing Mrs. SHELLEY'S ceh•brated Romance of FRANKENSTEIN, With a new Introduction explanatory of the origin of the story, by the author, and containing original anecdotes of Lord Byron, &c. and the First Part of the GHOST SEER, by SCHILLER, with a Biographical and Critical Sketch. No. I. Contains the Pilot, by No. V. St. Leon, by Godwin. Cooper. VI. The Last of the Mohi 11. Caleb Williams, by God- cans by Cooper. win VII. and. VIII. I heScottish 111. The Spy, by Cooper. Chiefs, by Miss Jane I V. Thaddeus of Warsaw, by Porter. Miss Jane Porter. Henry Colburn and Richa street. :d Bentley, New Burlington- This week will be published, in 2 vole. post Bvo. rrOUR in ENGLAND, IRELAND, and FRANCE, in the years 1828 and 1629, with Remarks on the Manners and Customs of the Inhabitants, and Anecdotes of distinguished Public Characters. By a GERMAN PRINCE. " We can hardly believe but that he wrote the descrip tion with the object immediately before his eyes; the im pressions are most distinct and lively. His vivacity and quick sense of enjoyment enable him to depict the most monotonous scenery with perfect individual variety."-- Goehe. See also Literary Gazette, Nor. sth, and Morning Chronicle, Nov. ith. Lnndon : Effingham Wilson, 89, Hop] Exchange. FREEDOM OF THE PRESS. 11 - N this eventful period the protection of the Honest Press is most essential. Mr. DRAKARD, the Proprietor of the STAMFORD NEWS and CHAM PION, has had fit e actions brought against him for libels, in none of which, save one, were any but nominal damages given. The one which formed an exception was for an article condemnatory of military flogging, and be was sen tenced to eighteen months' imprisonment and a fine of 2001. The fine was paid by his reath-rs: the imprison ment he endured in Lincoln Castle. In the subsequent actions, though nothing but nominal damages were given, the costs were so heavy that it was almost impossible for him to stand up against them. We, the undersigned, appnxing of the firm and con sistent conduct of Mr. DRAKARD, during the 22 years he has through his Newspapers fearlessly combated public abuses, and also deprecating the persevering malice of his enemies and the repeated attempts to silence his Papas and ruin himself, by reiterated Actions for Libel ; and considering that the STAMFORD NEWS and STAM FORD CHAMPION have been, and are, most useful auxiliaries to the cause of Independence and Reform in the counties of Lincoln, Rutland, Northampton, Nottingham, Leicester, Cambridge, &c., hereby agree to subscribe the sums set opposite to our names. Subscriptions received by Mr. Noble, bookseller (the treasurer), Boston ; Messrs. 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We thank J. 11. for his sprightly verses, commencing with— " Now and then the Devil made it a rule " Togo with his line to a stagnant pool, ."ro see what he could fish up ; " With Mammon he lately baited his hook, " Twenty-one bloaters instantly took— " And every one proved a Bishop." hut think them, as a whole, rather too broad for insertion. Besides the Rev. Bench are, we understand, beginning to evince symptoms of repentance with regard to the Reform Bill, we are willing, therefore, to enter into a truce with them until we see that they have not done their duty. DAY AT ONK O'CLOCK• New 5 per Cent............. India Stock .................. 197 6 Ditto Bonds ..................2 1 dis. South Sea Stock ........... 91% Old Annuities ............... New Ditto ...... per Cent. Ann. 1751•.•• Ex. Bills, .£1,13C0 ......... 9pm Ditto 50f 1 ......... 7 9 pm Ditto Small 9 11 pm, Ditto Commercial 5 7 pm. 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