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and kind feeling of his countrymen, and he was confident that they would not bring in a verdict of guilty. What ever advice should be offered as to the time of prorogation, the people of England might rest assured that it would be given on a soleran principle of public duty, and with a view to the carrying of that measure to which none could feel more devoted than himself and his colleagues. The public would see when that measure was again before Parliament, the candour with which they had acted, and that the period that would intervene was no longer than was required, be would not say in justice but in mercy. The Bill was then read a third time and passed. The 'House adjourned at a Quarter before Nine o'clock. FRENCH PAPERS. CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES, OCT. 14. The discussion of the Peerage Bill was resumed. Montepin moved that the Chamber should pass to the previous question on all the amendments and sub amendments having for their object the nomination of the Peels by the system of candidateebip, under any modifica tion whatever. This motion was carried by a large majority. M. Giraud de la Drome proposed to reduce the amount o f taxeg to 3,000 f. per annum, which was agreed to. M. de Moshourg argued that the Chamber, by adopting the paragraph as now proposed, would undo all the good it had done by rejecting the principle of an hereditary Peerage, since, by allowing pecuniary eminence alone to be a title to eligibility, a worse privilege than even that of hereditary descent was established. He therefore pro posed to add to the paragraph the words. " Provided they have been for six years Members of a Municipal Council." On this proposition being put to the vote, the two ex tremes of the Chamber, who, during all the early part of the discussion had abstained from voting, rose in favour of it. The show of hands being doubtful, a ballot was called for, the re.ult of which was SS follows : For the amendment of M. de Moslxiurg 175 Against it Majority —9 On the announcement of this tnajority some applause was manifested, but was instantly repressed by the Pre sident,—Adjourned. SITTING OF OCT. 15. The sitting opened at noon. The proces-verbal was read and adopted. A petition prayed that the Colonies should have Repre sentatives in the Chambers. Boyer observed that this petition was supported by the incontrovertible principle that all persons should have a share in waking the laws under which they are governed. A great amelioration, he contended, is necessary in all the colonial system of France. M. Toupeau de Beauveau maintained that the national representation was a matter of common tight. There is no positive exclusion in the Charter—consequently noth ing to prevent the colonies from being represented. On the contrary, the Charter extends the right to all. Ile moved that this petition should be consigned to the Mi nister of Marine. M. Davis opposed this motion. )'low could a Deputy ha sent from Guadaloupe to Paris? It would take six months to make the voyage, and after his arrival his election might he contested. The Member for Guada loupe could only arrive at the end of the session. The order of the day was agreed to. After some discussion on the right of the Peers to make any change in a Money Bill, The President put the question on the six articles of the law for the Budget of 1831. There was no open opposition. A secret scrutiny was called for, when the numbers were— For the budget Against it l9 • Majority for Ministers - 310 (Front the Constitutionnel of Saturday.) Our correspondent at Toul does not lose sight of the Grand Duchy of the Rhine, occupied by a numerous army belongin; to the King of Prussia. The corps de reserve has not been sent home, as had been announced, and it Lppears that it is ❑ot likely to return for some time. The first division of the Landwehr has just received orders to march. The 29th regiment expects every day a detach ment of 400 men, part of 1,000 which are to arrive in three corps. It is atlirtned that General Dwernicki, brother-in-law of General Maraud, has quitted Austria, and will shortly arrive in France. He is expected at Besangon. A Royal decree, inserted in the Madrid Official Gazette of Oct. 3, contains an order for establishing two lazarettos at the foot of the Pyrenees. PARIS, OCT. 15. (PRIVATE CORRESPONDENCE.) Our istelligence from Poland continues to be of the same character, a series of accounts representing the capture or flight of all that remained of the heroic army, which, but for the treason of Krukowiecki, would have annihilated that of Russia under the walls of Warsaw. Austria presents an appearance of tranquillity. The cholera still ragesin Vienna, while the Emperor and family assume a more than usually cheerful demeanour. Fur loughs are granted to some of the soldiery in the into ier, while in Venice immense magazines of the materiel for war are accumulating. Thus Italy is " cared for." The army of Prussia in the Rhenish provinces is im mensely increased, and reports of new difficulties started by the King of Holland are in circulation to-day. The French army on the northern frontiers is hourly increasing, and the Journals of this day assert that, in consequence of a telegraphic despatch received yesterday, Marshal Gerard left town last night for Maubeuge, whence he only arrived four days since. I have little doubt that the tranquil air of Austria is as sumed—that the armies of Prussia are in the very hist possible state of equipment and readiness—that the King of Holland is making the beat bargain possible ; and I know that the French army on the northern frontier has been increase . % but I am pretty sure that there exists not at this moment a probability of war respecting the affairs of Bel gium. I can assure you that the rumoured departure of Marshal Gerard for the army is false. Ministers have succeeded in defeating the amendments of tlieprrjet respecting the Peerage, by which the Opposition sought to limit the selection of Peers by the King. The principal one, that of M. Merilhou, was, as you will have known, rejected on Thursday evening by a majority of fifty-eight. In revenge of M. Merilhou's opposition, another amendment was insidiously proposed yesterday by M. Hi s for excluding from the persons eligible to the Peerage Cabinet Ministers who had not been in office for at least twelve months. This amendment was proposed with a special reference to M. Merilhou, hut, being unsupported by Ministers, fell to the ground. Te-day the question whether or not the Peers shall be consulted on the measure for annulling their hereditary privilege will commence. They will be allowed to participate in the arrangement of the affair, and will, I suppose, emulate their noble cotemporaries of England by refusing concurrence in a measure carried by an int 'Lenge majority of the representatives of the people, and one which (right or wrong) is in unison with the wishes of the great body of the nation. A schism will thence occur between those two branches of the Legislature ; but if so, the difficulty will be obviated by another projet, in the adoption of which by the Deputies the concurrence of their Lordships will be dispensed with, and thus will the hereditary Peerage be abolished. The excitement respecting the affairs of England cape rienctai here during several days of this week begins to subside. All parties believe they can foresee to your struggle for Reform a moat lame and impotent conclusion. The men of the " movement," in particular, look for such a denouement. "It will be," say they, " like our revo lution, frittered away until in the eyes of legitimacy and aristocracy ,it shall have assumed a most harmless and in offensive character. It will then be cairied, and the Eng lish people will he asked, as we are, what would ye more?" 1 could, had I time, enumerate other observations, but of a similar tendency ; I shall, however, add only respect. ing this subject, that all classes of persons here are fully convinced that the outrages committed by the mob in Eng land have been (like the late emeutes in Paris) gotten up by the enemies of liberty. In this conviction 1 sympa thise--I also rejoice in it, because it removes from the cause of Reform, and, indeed, from the national charac• ter, as otherwise indelible stain. Paris is tranquil, but the public mind is not at ease.— The returns of the revenue for the quarter ending the BOth tilt., have just been publish ed , show ing an excess of for 1,800, 000 fra ncs over the recei pt t h e corresponding quarter of last y ear. On this apparent improvement the AI suisterial Jou rnals s p eak with vast complacency; omit ting, however, to remark , that in t he first month of the corresponding quarter of Ib3o occurred the revolution . The Chamber of Pe ers are following a course , respecting the law for recognising the p r omotions made by N u poleou during the hundr ed days, little likely to add to the very small stock of popularity of which they are in the enjoyment. I mean not to advocate Bona. partism ; but I regret that the Government displays such morbid sensibility on every thing tending to renew or per petuate feelings of respect or gratitude for that u n q ues • tionably great man. Three o'clock. The Chamber of Deputies has not yet proceeded to the garage question. They are determined, however, to close the discussion, if possible, this bight ; if not, they will sit to-morrow. Such, at least, is their present the termination. The trifling fall that has taken place in the Funds to day is attributed to the adoption of M. Moshourg's amend ment in the Peerage Law yesterday. M. Mosbourg hay ing been Minister of Finance to the unfortunate Joachim ( Murat), the stock-jobbers have thence indulged in ai' 4orts of speculations upon the growing strength of the Bonapartists. Here you have a specimen of the flimsy materials of which French stock-jobbing is composed. EXPRESS FROM PARIS. (From the Morning Herald.) We have just received the Paris Papers of Sunday, and the Messager and Gazette dated Monday. The only article of any thimg like interest they contain is the rejection on Saturday of one amendment proposed to the Peerage law in the Chamber of Deputies by M. Dries sert, notwithstanding that it was supported by Ministers. Some further outrages had been committed in the West by the Chouans, but the measures ordered by Government promise to terminate the proceedings of those infatuated men. The last Poles in arms had entered into the Russian ter ritory. 0. P. Q.'S ADDRESS TO THE PEERS OF GREAT BRITAIN. (From the Morning Chronicle.) "0 England! model to thy inward greatness, Like little body with a mighty heart, What might'st thou do, that honour would thee do, Were all thy children kind and natural."—Henry Paris, October 11,1831. MOST NOBLE PEERS—I HAVE THE HONOUR TO IN FORM YOU THAT THE HEREDITARY PEERAGE IN FRANCE IS ABOLISHED ! ! This is a fact, my Lords—not an opinion—not a hope—not a conjecture—hut a fact. The Hereditary Peerage in France is abolished! First of all, my Lords, allow me to record the fact, and to direct your attention to the circumstances of the ease ; second, let we show you how this fact has been brought about ; and, third, permit me most respectfully to show you that the natural and necessary result of con tinuing to refuse to the people Parliamentary Reform, will be the abolition of the Hereditary Peerage in Great Britain. The Hereditary Peerage in France is abolished !! This is a fact. A fact which took place only yesterday. A fact which your rejection of Reform in England hastened and rendered certain. A fact which will have an im mense influence on the destinies of France, England, and the world. And a fact, to which, if you shut your eyes, ,ind remain insensible, you must be at once the most in considerate arid ignorant of men. I speak most respect fully, my Lords, when I say this. I neither despise, nor affect to despise your power, your wealth, your titles, your honours, or your influence. lam too well conver sant with your history to impute to you feebleness or cowardice ; and the scaffold has not unseldoin proved that the British Peerage has been adorned by examples of the most sublime and touching patriotism. But, my Lords, we do not live in an age when the people are satisfied with the feats of their grandfathers—nor when wealth and power compensate for the absence of virtue and justice. )Iv Lord Eldon is at the head of his party, though he was once the clerk of a lawyer ; and I believe the Duke of Cumberland is not the most influential Member of your Lordships' House, although he is a brother of King William the Fourth. _ _ . The Hereditary Peerage in France is abolished ! This I is a fact, my Lords, and I will tell you in a few words how the event has taken place. Although France "be the curse of Europe"—to adopt the tempered and judi cious expression of one of your Lordships—l believe you are by no means inattentive to our proceedings, nor indif ferent to the results of our revolution. I will, therefore, take it for granted, my Lords, that you are aware that in August, 1830, it was resolved by the French Chamber of Deputies to leave the discussion of the French Peerage, and especially of its hereditary character, to the decision of the legislative Session of 1831. You are, also, I ima gine, aware, that the King of the French—our Citizen King—has desired an Hereditary Peerage from the mo ment he accepted the Throne—that his present Minis ters, although they have proposed a law abolishing its he reditary character, yet advocated the necessity for its re-, tention; and that the bankers, capitalists, and rich landed proprietors of France shared the same opinion, and desired the same result ; and yet, my Lords, the Hereditary Peerage has been abolished ! You are also not ignorant of the fact that during the last ten days the Chamber of Deputies has been occupied with the discussion of the French Peerage 13ill, or, to speak with more correctness, with the debates ,1 on the new article of the French Charter, which is to de cide on the future character and existence of the French Peerage. You may probably have also read, either in the French or English Journals, the eloquent and talented de fences of this hereditary Peerage, which have been made by M. Thiers, by foyer Collard, by M. Guizot, by M. Jars, and by M. Keratry ; defences which will remain re corded in the pages of European history as splendid spe cimens of eloquence and Parliamentary talent, when even the names of my Lords Londonderry and Dudley shall be completely forgotten. For, my Lords, be assured of one thing, that the abolition of the Hereditary Peerage in France is an European fact—is the commencement of a new era in the history of the world, and will lead to consequences which you are too impotent to controul, though that impo tency be most potent. Yesterday—no further back than yesterday, my Lords— the Deputies of France and the French nation learnt, through the columns of the French Journals, that the Peers of Great Britain—even you, Most Noble Lords—had decided by a majority of FORTY-ONE ! in favour of corruption, bribery, nomination boroughs, the right of Old Sarusu to return Members to Parliament, when the same right was denied to Birmingham and to Manchester. They learnt that by your vote you had decided that the House of Com mons did not understand the question of Parliamentary Reform—did not know the elements of which it was com posed—that it really and faithfully represented all the in terests in the kingdom—and that the people were all wrong, and that you were all right. This was the news of yesterday—the intelligence of yesterday ; and I will LOW explain to you the effect which your decision produced, and the opinions which we hold respecting it. When the public learnt the fact, the public exclaimed, " What infatuation !" " What madness !" and not one, but a thousand, said, " The Peers of Great Britain have com mitted an act of moral suicide." Perhaps, my Lords, if you deigned in the course of your delit erations to think of that country which is " the curse of Europe." you hoped by your vote to show us " that at least the English Aris tocracy would not submit"—•' that at least the Revolu tionists in England would have no chance"—" that at least popular principles and opinions would not triumph on your side of the Channel"—and " that this should be the death-blow to democracy all the world over." Well then, my Lords, if this were your opinion, your wish, your hope, I assure you that you have been defeated ; for no sooner was your decision known than the Chamber of Deputies hastened to declare that an Hereditary Peerage :n France was abolished ! ! When the result of the Re form Bill was known at Paris, the Deputies who doubted, did so no longer ; those who hesitated and reflected, found their hesitation removed and their reflections enlightened, as well as their doubts removed ! and upwards of FOUR HUNDRED DEPUTIES PROCEEDED To THE CHAMBER. TO DECIDE ON THE FATE OF THE HEREDITARY FRENCH PEERAGE. _ _ _ M. Jay and M. Enoqf, both men of talents, honour, virtue, and patriotism, but who desired still to retain an Hereditary Peerage, proposed the following principle as the basis of the Peerage Law : " The dignity of the Peers is hereditary—it is to be transmitted in direct line of succession, and by order of primogeniture." This proposition was combatted by General Lamarque, and only by him ; no one else thought it necessary to at tack such a foundation by set phrase of speech, after the vote of the House of Lords on the British Reform Bill ; and the cry of the majority was, " Let us proceed to the vote !" The manner of voting, my Lords, was favourable to the cause of the Peerage, for it was by secret ballot, each Member placing in the urn either a black or white ball ; and, therefore, the Deputies who desired to preserve. an Hereditary Aristocracy, but who feared to displease their electors by openly supporting that system, bad the opportunity of deposing their vote in favour of a system which they desired, but which openly they did not dare to espouse. I will hope, my Lords, that there were not many Deputies who acted so dishonestly, and with so little honour and frankness ; but still it must be admitted, that this mode of secret voting was favourable to the cause of an hereditary aristocracy, and to the system of monopoly and privilege. Yet, my Lords, although the system of voting was thus decidedly in opposition to the popular principle of non hereditary Peerage, the result of this secret ballot and scrutiny Tii :Asngi was fsaai:: lostic Eo a rar s noiFtf f yliA o a l in l g o : ae w di nm s i t as : ty —r Hereditary Hereditary yLpoe Peerage erdr.a et o 86 P w e h e i r c a h ge l - cles : 2 :fro call your attention—that out of 459 Members, of which the Chamber of Deputies is composed, 410 voted ; and that out of the 410 who voted, only 86 were in favour of an Hereditary Peerage, and 324 were opposed to it ! ! ! And now, Most Noble Peers, allow me to invite your Mention to this fact—THE HEREDITARY PEERAGE IN FRANCE IS ABOLISHED ! So the sons and heirs of the uresent Peers will he merely private gentlemen ! The Peers of centuries will leave their names and estates, but ,without their titles or their privileges ! And when the heir is born there will be no banquet, for the Duke's son nay be only a Monsieur, whilst the talented and patriotic tutor of the Duke's children may one day become a De puty, and afterwards a Pe , r ! And now, my Lords, permit me most respectfully to show you that the natural and necessary result of conti nuing to refuse to the people Parliamentary Reform, will be the abolition of the Hereditary Peerage in Great Britain ! Do you call this a threat ? No, my Lords, it is no threat—it is a warning ! Suppose, my Lords, that in con sequence of my intimacy with the members of one of your Lordship's families, I should not only be convinced, but certain, that if you did not listen to some just and reason able demands of one of your children, and accede to them, the results would be disastrous to your reputatio❑ and honour, as well as fatal to your child—should I merit the epithet of a " threatener" if I exposed to you the situa tion of yourself and your offspring ? No, my Lords, if you acted with justice, you would consider me as your bene factor—and if you acted with wisdom, you would listen to my counsel. My Lords, this is your political situation ! The repre sentation of England is intolerable ! The people will not submit to be deprived for ever of the right which belongs to them, of choosing their representatives. In France, in Belgium, in Germany, and in America, the people per ' ceive that national representations have been established, and that the mass are represented as well as the privileged and the wealthy. In Great Britain the people are op pressed by taxation, by an enormous debt, by a system of sinecure*, pensions, and extravagance, which ruins their industry, destroys their commerce, cripples their trade, and deprives them of the power of competing in the foreign market. In Great Britain the people are deprived some times of the Habeas Corpus Act, at other times of the liberty of the Press, and at all times their prayers and petitions are treated with inattentio❑ or disrespect. The people demand that these evils shall be redressed, and these wrongs removed. The House of Commons has felt the necessity for the measure, and has yielded to public opinion ; and as true Nobility is patriotism, we may say of the majority in that House who adopted the Reform Bill— ., -- Never King of England Had Nobles richer and inure loyal subjects." But you, my Lords, have rejected the measure, and have determined on entering the lists with the miilions— with popular opinion, and with the public will. My Lords, you must be vanquished. The conflict is unequal. You have no chance of success except for the hour—and the people will proceed to examine into the characters and pretensions of those who oppose their wishes and resist their authority. This is the examination which you should avoid. My Lords, if you were prudent men, you would never quarrel about a right of way over lands if the title in those lands should be imperfect, lest in con tending about the right of way you lose the whole estate. So, my Lords, if you are prudent men—if you are not resolved on losing your hereditary titles—and if you do not desire to descend to the grave as the last Earl of Mansfield and the last Earl of Harrowby, you will hasten to repent of the votes which you have given ; and will seek, whilst it is yet time, to repair the evils of your most absurd and distressing vote. My Lords, if your hereditary titles and honours be the sole obstacles to the establishment of a national system of representation in England, you will very soon lual out, that the House of Commons must become a Constituent Assembly, and the Charter of King John be modified by one from King Wil liam. You cannot arrest the pi ogress of civilization ! You cannot arrest the march of knowledge, and of civil and religious liberty ! The torrent must be too impotent for the pebble, and you who now hope to preserve to your descendants to the third and fourth generations, as well your titles as your wealth, will, by a persistence in your present course of hardy and dangerous opposition, en dsuger not merely the titles, but the fortunes of your grandchildren. My Lords, all hereditary titles and honours are a dangerous description of property to possess, and that danger is rendered more imminent when those who hold these titles and those honours oppose themselves to the public will, and set themselves in opposition to the wishes and hopes of a nation. If your love of liberty will not constrain you, at least let experience teach you. If you will not be patriotic, at least be prudent. If you will not support your King, at least support your order. And if you do not desire to witness the abolition of the British Hereditary Peerage, make a compromise with the King and his Ministers—with Parliament and the country, before it be too late, or some future and not distant histo rian will record— For the British Hereditary Peerage lOO • Against the British Hereditary Peerage 5OO Majerity against the British Hereditary Peerage —4oo " Now is the accepted time—now is the day of salva tion !" My Lords, think of these things, and avoid the late of the French Hereditary Peerage. I have the honour to remain, Most Noble Peers, Your Lordships' obedient servant, O. P. Q. REFORM MEETINGS.-(THIS DAY). VINTRY WARD. At twelve o'clock this day a meeting of the inhabitants of this Ward was held at Cutler's-hall, to consider the pro. priety of addressing his Majesty on the rejection of the Reform Bill by the House of Lords. Mr. Deputy BLACKETT, in the absence of Mr. Alderman Winchester, took the chair. Mr. Knapp, Mr. G. Wilson, Mr. Sprague, Mr. Hall, jun., Mr. Sheppard, Mr. Marsden, jun., and other gen tlemen addressed the meeting. Resolutions expressive of confidence in his Majesty and his Ministers, and urging the immediate prorogation and speedy assembling of Par liament were passed, as was a petition to his Majesty, founded on them. FORFAR, OCT. 15. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlA,—Aware of your zeal jn the cause of Reform, I do not deem any apology necessary for this letter. The intelligence of the success of the faction, in defeating the benevolent intentions of our patriotic King and his excel lent Minist: y, reached this town on Tuesday morning, and within an hour the whole population were in a ferment__ resolution and rage depicted in every countenance. Our worthy Chief Magistrate instantly tesolved to call a general meeting, and at three o'clock, the hour fixed, from two to three thousand assembled at the Town .hall, when an adjournment became necessary to the parish church. The Magistrate and every person of respectability in the com munity were present. An address to the King, praying him to perseiere in the measure of Reform, to exercise his prerogative in securing its triumphant success, and to continue his confidence in his present enlightened and honest advisers, and pledging the lives and fortunes of the meeting in furthering the measure, was passed unani mously amidst the most enthusiastic cheering ; and, after various speakers had impressed on all present the para mount necessity of obeying the law, and enforcing their claims by constitutional means only, the meeting separated peaceably, previously giving long and loud cheers for the King and his Ministry. MY Lord Wharncliffe has a large property in the neighbourhood. Had he been present he would have been relieved of his pretended doubts whether the Bill is satis factory to the country ! In detailing the proceedings at Forfar, I only give you a picture (under coloured) of the steps which have been taken ip every town of this large and populous county; and, however the Oligarchy may flatter themselves, de pend upon it that le,s than " the Bill, the whole Bill," never will be accepted by what I may truly call the una nimous and deeply-seated resolution of Scotland. We would despise the measure proposed for Scotland, unless as a part of the same admirable and Statesmanlike Re forms intended for the three kingdoms. I am, Sir, A BURGESS OF FORFAR. PUBLIC MEETING OF THE INHABITANTS OF EDlNBURGH.—Yesterday a public meeting of the in habitants of Edinburgh took place in the great Waterloo Room, for the purpose Of expressing their unabated at tachment to the Reform proposed by his MAJESTY'S Mi nisters, and their most ardent wishes that his MAJESTY would continue his confidence in his Ministers, and adopt whatever measures *might be deemed necessary for carrying the great question of Reform. The meeting was called at ' two o'clock ; and shortly after one the hall became crowded to excess. We are sure that there were not less than 1400 or 1500 of the most respectable citizens of Edinburgh pre • tont on this occasion. At two o'clock, the Committee took their places on the platform, among whom we observed Sir JOHN DALRYMPLE, Bart. ; Sir THOMAS DICK LAUDER , Bart. ; Sir ALEXANDER MAITLAND GIBSON, Birt. • Sir J A MES GIBSON C RAIG , B art . ; R OBERT G RAHAM , S(l' , advocate; ANDREW SKENE, El., advocate; ANDREW RUTHERFORD, Esq., advocate; JOHN CUNNINGHAM, Esq., d e pute-advocate; J. B. GREENSHIELDS, Esq., advocate; Dr. WLAGGAN, &c. &c. &e. The greatest unanimity and harmony prevailed. The resolutions were severally put by the Chairman, and carried by acclamation. --New North Briton of Saturday. Arrived. O America 0 O Brazil O Buenos tyres O Cart hagena 0 1 Dublin 0 O Flanders 0 1 France 0 O Guernsey & Jerk ey 0 HIGH WATER. AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Horning —JO minutes after 0. I Evening-38 minutes after 0. 7,44 - br LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 18, 1831. After an extended discussion on the Vestry Bill last night in the House of Lords, the third reading of the Consolidation Fund Bill was proposed, when the Duke of WELLINGTON entered into some ge— neral, and not very luminous, details respecting the state of the finances,.and contended that the ma nagement of them under his own Administration was better than the mode pursued by the present Government, as was shown by the fact that there was a greater surplus of revenue than now existed. Earl GREY, in reply, observed that he confidently reckoned on a surplus of 493,0001., and that he considered it far more advisable to allow the money to remain in the pockets of the people than to extract it for the purpose of keeping up a sinking fund. In the course of his speech, the Noble Earl took the opportunity of refuting the mis representations that had gone abroad respecting an interview that the delegates of the different metropolitan parishes had recently had with him on the subject of the prorogation of Parliament. He observed he had not stated that it was the intention of Government to prorogue Parliament till January, but merely gave an assurance that the period ,of the prorogation would be wholly guided by what should be deemed best for the advancement of the great measure. His Lordship added that he should not think of proposing a more protracted prorogation than was absolutely necessary. His speech on the whole was highly gratifying, and has this morning given very great and general satisfac tion in the city. Equally satisfactory is the tenor of his Lordship's letter (which will be found in another column) to Sir J. C. HOBUOUSE, wherein he observes that it will be the most anxious wish of his colleagues and himself to merit a continuance of the public approbation ; " which we know can only be secured by a steady, con sistent, and persevering conduct, directed to the accomplishment of a real Reform in the representa tion of the people, not less e f ficient than that which has been so lately rejected." On the subject of the prorogation, Lord BROUGIIAM wholly coincided in opinion with Earl GREY, and declared besides that there was not the slightest ground for the rumours that he differed with Earl GREY on the question of Reform. So far from it, he concurred with him in all the details of the Bill. The Bankruptcy Court Bill and the Vestry Bill will both be passed to-night, when the Commons will adjourn to Thursday, on which day both Houses will probably be prorogued, for no longer a period, however, than is absolutely necessary. Our readers will perceive, on reference to our Parliamentary Re port, that it is not the intention of the Chancellor of the Exchequer to proceed with the Spring Guns Bill. The following are extracts from the Allgenteine Zeitung and Frankfort Papers to the I Ith inst., re ceived this morning:— (From an Italian Paper.) SPEZZIA, SEPT. B.—The National Assembly will meet on the 20th instant. Sentence will then be passed on the authors of the crime committed at Poros, and the chief prisoners, viz., Mavrocordato and Tricupis, will probably meet with the punishment they merit. The island of Hydra is blockaded by the Greek ships, a Russian frigate, and a French frigate. A Russian man of war has stopped two Hydriot schooners, that were sent out by the faction at Hydra, for the purpose of collecting a number of vagabonds in the gulf of Volo, and of making an attempt upon Egioa. The people of Hydra manifest their indignation against the leaders of the insurrection. The latter, listening to the sugges tions• of Mavrocardato, have sent four ships to the coast of itlaina, in order to excite new troubles there. They will, however, be overtaken by the ships of the Govern ment and the Allies. Meantime the Greek Government has assembled about 7,000 men, under the command of Colocotroni and Niketos in the vicinity of Calamata Maina to prevent any insurrection in the country. It is also intended to send an expedition to Syra, if the heads of the faction, who are now there, are not arrested. VIENNA, OCT. 6.—Five per Cent. Metalliqu es 811. .t ; Four per Cent. ditto, 72 i i ; Bank Shares, 991, Morarcif, Ocr. 7.—To-day his Majesty presided in the Council of State, in which his Royal Highness the Crown Prince, who, ever sines he came of age, has been out of the kingdom, received in person the oath of the Constitu tion, which he sent in writing from Gottingen, on the 4th of December, 18'29, and in the presence of the King and the whole Council, with the formalities usual on taking an oath swore " Fide'ity to the King, Obedience to the laws, and observance to the Constitution." CassEL, OCT. 7.—His Highness the Electoral Prince, wbo is appointed joint Regent, and, during the absence of his fatlvr, sole Regent, made his solemn entry into this city to-day, and was received with the greatest joy an d affection by the inhabitants, who were deligh.ed at the prospect of having the Court again here, and are also greatly attached to the Prince. BEELIN, OCT. 7.—The following table of the propor tion of deaths, from the cholera, to the population of the places which have been visited by it, shows an enormous difference, the causes of which it would be interesting to ascertain precisely : STATEMENT OF THE NUMBER OF PERSONS WHO DIED OF TILE ASIATIC CHOLERA, OUT OF 1,000 INHABITANTS, FROM THE FIRST MANIFESTATION OF THE DISORDER TO THE 36T11 DAY : In Lemberg 441/ Higa Mitau Posen St. Petersburgli Konigsberg 9 Elberg 8 Dantzic 6Y, Stettin Berlin 3 The private correspondence from Paris men- tions that the army of Prussia in the Rhenish provinces is immensely increased, and that there are rumours in the capital of new difficulties started by the King of HOLLAND. The same authority adds that the French army on the northern frontiers is being hourly augmented. At one o'clock another Cabinet Council was held at the Foreign-office in Downing-street, at which were present—The LORD CHANCELLOR, the Mar quis of LANSDOWNE, Viscounts MELBOURNE, PAL MERSTON, GODERICH, and ALTHORP, the Earl of CARLISLE, Lord HOLLAND, the Right Hon. C. GRANT, Lord JOHN RUSSELL, Mr. STANLEY, and Sir JAMES GRAHAM. The Ministers remained in deliberation a considerable time. After the Council a conference of the Ministers of the Five Great Powers took place. Lord FITZROY SOMERSET held a Levee at the Horse Guards this day, at one o'clock, which was numerously attended by General Officers. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) HAY MA RKETS.—(At per Load of 36 Trusses.) . _ CUMBERLAND (LATE ST. JAMES'S.) Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay £2 5 to £? 10 New Meadow Hay . IS 3 10 Useful Old Ditto Fine Upland Meadow and Rye-grass Hay 3 15 4 5 clover Hay 4 10 5 0 Oat Straw £1 Bto £1 121 Wheat Straw... 1 14 1 16 . . . Supply good, trade dull, and prices stationary. SMITHFIELD. Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow hay £2 5 to £2 10 New Meadow Hav 3 0 3 10 Uieful Old Ditto . 15 3 5 • Fine Upland Meadow and aye-grass Hay ...... ... 3 10 4 0 Clover Hay (extra tine)...£s 15 _Generally .... 3 15 5 "0 ()at Straw £llO to .£1 12 I Wheat Straw 114 116 Best Meadow Hay 45., Straw tls. per load lower than last quoted ; prices otherwise stationary Supply short, and trade dull. ADDRESSES TO HIS_MAJESTY. This forenoon at twelve o'clock a very numerous de putation, consisting of the churchwardens, overseers, and the leading inhabitants of the parish of St. Leonard's, Shoreditch, waited upon Earl Grey, at his residence in Downing-street, with a dutiful and loyal address to his Majesty, which had been agreed to at a public meeting, and signed by nearly all the parishioners, thanking his Majesty for the patriotism and firmness which he had hitherto displayed, and praying him to retain his pre sent Ministers, and to exercise his prerogative to insure the ultimate and speedy success of the Reform Bill. The deputation, which was contained in four open carriages, having presented the petition, and received his Lordship's answer, withdrew. Other deputations upon the same subject, from the Hamlet of Mile-end Old Town, and from the parishes of St. Margaret and St. John, Westminster, bad interviews with the Noble Earl. PRICES OF THE STOCKS Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Bed. BO 1 3 per Cent. Cons. 81:4 2 3,Y per Cent. lB B% Ditto Red P 8 1,4 I A New 3%per Cen. 89%1;,. 90 :3 per Cent. Ann. 1726 - 4 per Cent. 1826 93 4 9 Rink Long Ann to expire Jan 5, 180. 16 7-16 V, 4; . Oct. 10, 1859 itil A i Jan. 5, 1860 16% Jan. 5, 1880 - April 5, 1880 - Jan. 5, 1870 - TAICES OF FORMION FUNDS THIS DAT AT ONZ O'CLOCY• Austrian Bonds — iNeapolitm — Brazilian Bonds <l4%},i ,Peruvian Bonds Eueaos Ayres Bonds ...... ... —"Portuguese Bonds Cl.nian Bonds — 'Prussian, Old 984 Colombian Bonds . DO•to, 1524 Danish Greek Bonds 18 , 13 — Ditto, 159.5 Guatitnala_ Exchange —c. Bcnd Ditto 18115 3 per cent. Exchange 25f.20. DAT ♦T ONK O'CLOCK. New 5 per Cent. India Stock Ditto Bonds 1 dis par South Sea Stock ..... Old Annuities New Ditto 3 per Cent. Ann. 1751 .... Ex. Bills, .£l,OOO 10 9 pm. Ditt0...... ...... lO 0 pm. Ditto Small Ditto Commercial pm. Ditto Advertised — pm. Bank for Opening — India for Account. Cons. for Nov. 24 Si? 1% 2 Due. (Arrived. Due. O Hamburg O Holland O Jamaica 0 O Leeward Islands O Lisbon 0 O Malta 0 O Sweden 1 Waterford SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWMARKET SECOND OCTOBER MEETING. One-third of a Subscription of 25 sovs. each for three-yr-olds. A.F. Duke of Grafton's Oxygen walked over. The Garden Stakes of ICO sovs. each. 'l'. M. M. Mr. Stonehewer's Variation, 4 yrs. Bst. 51b 1 Lord Exeter's Augustus, 4 vrs. Sst. 51b. Sir M. Wood's Captain Arthur, 4 yrs. Sst. 51b. Sweepstakes of 50 sovs. each, for 2-yr. old colts, Bst. 71b., fillies Bst. 51b. T.Y.C. General Grosvenor's Kitty Fisher, by Smyrna 1 Lord Jersey's c. by Middleton, dam by Merlin 2 Lord Lowther's f. by Partisan—Rivulet General Grosvenor's f. Bartolozzi, by Truffle 4 Lord Lichfield's c. by Sligo—Patriot's darn 5 Match, 300 sovs. h. ft.—Sir M. Wood's Galatine, Bst. 21b. rec. 100 sovs. ft. from Lord Jersey's b. c. by Emilius, Bst. 'llb. A. F. Match, 200 sovs. h. ft.—Mr. Thornhill's Earwig, Bst. 71b. paid ft. to Lord Chesterfield's Titania, Sat. 21b. A. F. KINGSTON.HOUSE ROOMS, MONDAY NIGHT. A.great day's sport is expected to-morrow. Nineteen horses were entered this afternoon tbr the Two-yr-old Plate, which has been divided into two classes. CLEiItWELL S FAKES Jo-moßttow).-3 to 1 offered on the Feld; Dulcinea, Margrave, and Landgravine, arc the favourites, but nothing has yet been done to enable us to say which has the call. Fifteen or sixteen arc expected to run. DERIII%—So change except m Dulcinea, about whom 16 to 1 is taken. PRENDERGAST STAKES (FRlDAY.)—Offers to take t to 4 that Beirarn wins. It was reported that their MAJESTIES would honour his Grace the Duke of BuccLxuctr with their comp iny to dinner this evening, but upon inquiry we find that it has been again postponed, and the Duke and his family will leave town to-morrow for Scotland. ADELPHI THEATRE.-Last night Mr. PLANCHE'S drama, called Victorine, or, I'll Sleep upon It, was performed at this theatre, and was well received. COBURG THEATRE.—Mr. DOWTON, one of our first, if not our very first, comedian, made his appearance here last night as Sir J. Falstaff, in Henry the Fourth. He was deservedly well received, and went through his part in his usual spirit of excellence. We are assured, that at the MAYOR'S feast at Looe, a few days since, when the " KING" was pro posed from the Chair, several of the corporator!, who are placemen, turned down their glasses. So much for the loyalty of the boroughmongers ! West Briton. At Gloucester, on Thursday night, effigies of the Duke of GLOUCESTER and the Bishop of the dioce4e (who was expected at the Palace that evening) were carry. ing about the town with torches, previous to being publicly burnt. On Monday last, when the rejection of the Reform Bill was publicly known at Beverley, the East . York militia, stow upon duty, at their afternoon parade, put orange cockades in their caps, as a token of their ap proval of the Reform Bill.— York Herald. RECEPTION OF TILE BISHOP OF CORK IN BATH. —This Prelate arrived in Bath on Tuesday morning, and being immediately recognised by the populace, was hissed and hooted so violently, that he was glad to seek re fuge in an inn, from whence, after some hours' confinement, he was enabled to snake good his retreat to a Bristol stage, in prosecution of his journey to Ireland; but not before the public hail nearly upset the coach whereiu he had placed himself, and for the preservation of his fare hid compelled the driver to leave several of his passengers be hind him. For this considerate treatment of the Bishop, Jarvey received, as we are credibly informed, one sixpence extra.—Bristol Liberal. The Marquis of BRISTOL, whose house in St. James's-square cost his Lordship, a few years back, 40,0001. to rebuild, besides 20,0001. for new furniture, acquired his enormous wealth from his father, who was the fourth Earl of BRISTOL, and Bishop of DERRY. In ad dition to this outlay in St. James's-square, the Noble Marquis, by his father's will, is obliged to expend annually a large sum of money upon the family mansion at Ick worth Park, in Suffolk. The see of Derry, held so many years by the father of the Marquis, realised this " fortune of a Nabob." THE REJECTION OF THE REFORM BILL.— There is no individual of any class or of either sex among our readers, who is ignorant of the rejection of the Re f:mat Bill by the House of Lords, by a majority of forty.. one, and that the votes of the Right Rev. the Bishops, which swelled that majority, have decided the question against the wishes of the KING, Ministry, and the people. One thing alone seems certain amid the uncertainty that over-clouds all things—the Bishops must pay the penalty of their tithe-preserving and penalty-holding tyranny. They have thrown down the gauntlet, and it has been , taken up. They must be ejected from the House of Lords. The people have willed it from one end of the kingdom to the other, and never was unanimity so deter mined.—Bolton Chronicle. PAISLEY, OCT. 15.—THE CHURCH AND. THE BISITOPS.-4t to be recorded in every way possible, that the hopes of the nation and the comfort of the people have been destroyed by a majority of 41 Peers, 21 of whom were Bishops; and that the total majority against the people, for the continuance of bribery and corruption, at the risk of revolution and the certainty of ruin to trade, was 199 ; the minority, containing only two Bishops, be ing 158. The people have looked on with a jealous eye to the tithes and the enormous revenue enjoyed by the Church of England otherwise, for a long time past, but the conduct of her spiritual representatives on this occa sion has sealed her fate ; and the public abuses, as well as the coat of that establishment, will now be attacked with double force. It is impossible for any thing to exist farther from the spirit of Christianity than for an establishment of its teachers to require upwards of eight millions sterling annually for their support ; and nothing could be farther from the example set by its founder, titan for individual teachers of that religion, receiving from 10 to 40,000 pounds annually, and to see them who ought to be the spiritual guides and comforters of the poor, with their fox-hunting establishments, their trains of men and women servants, with their seat+ and voice in the Legislature, prostituted to the perpetuation of oppression in its most undisguised form. There should be no Bishops; the Members of the General Assembly have as good a right to seats in the House of Peers as the dig nitaries of the Church of England ; but neither of them have any; and, thank to the wisdom and bravery of our f.refathers, we on this side of the Tweed are at full liberty to use every argument in our power for the sup pression of their order, much less against their claim to sit and legislate for the destruction of their country. — Glasgow Evening Post, `ZIIIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS FROM LLOYD'S. ~,r DEA r,, 17.—Wind W., light —Arrived f,"" severance, Mole, front the South Seas. Arrived twr, river and remains the Sir William Wallace , for Ci° t men's Land. PLYMOUTH, OCT. 16.—Wind W. to W• l ' 4 ' /1 ,;/ rived the Harmony, Dunbar, from Copenhagen, 1' sprung and leaky, after being in long. 23., bound tucket ; Palmyra, Gibson, from Liverpool, wi t ?: Id and leaky, bound to Boston ; and Unis, Havre, with damage and leaky, bound to St. 110 j I FALMOUTH, OCT. 16.—Wind W.N.W. to : 014 9 1 Berate breezes.—Arrived the Othello, Scott, foldill port, leaky, and with loss of sails, &c., a fter n v o 4 long. 26., bound to New York ; and Frederick, from Portsmouth, with loss of foremast, Alicant. BRISTOL, OCT. 17.—Arrived the Hebe,Partr4' Cadiz r LIVERPOOL, OCT. 16.—Arrived the Mary r Holt, from Charleston ; and Ilardings, Quebec. Off port the Betsey, Salisbury, from and George Clinton, Rawson, from New York. 1 1 , 7y GREENOCK, OCT. 15.—Arrived the Jane, Charente. p t ,l l STANDGATE, CREEK, OCT. 17 Arrived the •°• Rowe, from Denis. DOVER, OCT. 17.—Arrived off port, the - Pearson, from London, with loss of bowsprit, J1c.,,e0. &c., having been in contact with a vessel boun d to r'go, DARTMOUTH, OCT. 17.—Arrived off port, t he Hopkins, from Cuba. P c ' BROUGIILEY ROADS, OCT. 16.—Arrive d th e JP' Burn ; and Helena, Ritchie, from Riga ; and Choice front Archangel. ,11 0 ABERDEEN, OCT. 16.—Arrived the Ari:l, from St. Petersburgh. sod LYNN, Ocr. 17.—Arrived the Jane, KAY' from Riga. TORBAY, OCT. 16.—Wind N.W.—Sailed the Heard, for New South Wales. Arrived off the Wight, the Isabella, M e) New York. The Acasta, Tait, from Archangel to Plyrrolit,.l469. dered on the 4th instant, off the Island °' crew saved. brA P O / "N t The Dann, Berg, from Riga to London, Wa s Si - qm., by the crew on the 14th instant, near the Le MGR having lost her rudder. and being full of wat er. oporlt) Wit'4ol The Lusitinia, Crookshanks, from LiverP ol ,, l , was driven on shore near Kinsale on the Ir er ef , VA; and it was feared would be totally w'recked—""tue fttETer passengers saved. co si t x 3 / 4 , The Hope, Davy, from Riga, has arrived ° ff ,, 1,0 °rl t , l 4„ 4 ' , p a and the Crown, Hopper, fr b om , St. Petersburg"' si t ' rived off Whelby. Ct ti) to .4 e.b A 'l of it. t4 of Pei r •- C d , ce „ 1 til l Wit 14 0 air s Th 44 4 F ast )4 i i 0, Peri n , )a,,stt}3rrr t' o in gto, Y DORSET ELECTION.-(FIFTEENTIi DA) DORCHESTER, MONDA Y ' FINAL CLOSE OF THE POLL t 0 0 The greatest interest was excited in the tl„,4„te s ;v, severe contest approached to a conclusion. 'Lol°' hut very few votes uupolled, and they cameo'''. , At the dose of the pull the nua.bels were-- rol. Day's Poll. Or Lord Ashley Mr. Ponsoliby l5 Majority for Lord Ashley fil e " As ,00n as the numbers were announced die d we 'd Mr. Pousonby protested against the return, a n , / yot el , dersto6d that a scrutiny was demanded. 318 ,' 1) , sla the Assessor's booth, of which Mr. Ponsooll , r i - e rc majority, are undecided. The number of freehot man} ho have poled during this contest are greater, by dreds, than have polled on any former occasion. PEMBROKE ELECTION. THIRD DAY.-310.117134 .Ir* STATE OF THY N IL! " 64 , 6 Sir John Owen '''' 'Mr. Greville ''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' : .............................. Majority for SirJo .' h ... ... . ................... ELECTION OF LORD MAYOR• ,; ( 11f The polling has been going on ve r y lang ad o f morning. The Lord Mayor being en fa r 3.1° lire] opponent, the Livery seem to think the etattest to t bi, at an end, so even Sir Peter Laurie's friends seein e as they have deserted the hustings entirely. o i l ' clerks are reduced to three. The Hall has o°".tiro dull appearance, only a few people now tbiokiog oat their while to attend, and not above half a dosefil°t hustings. At twelve o'clock the day's poll Was The Lord Mayor 99 0 Alderman Thompson ........ . ........ s Sir P. Laurie TWO O'CLOCK. The Lord Mayor... ..... Thompson ,9u‘ f 2 Laurie 55 Waithman THREE O'CLOCK. LOO Lord Mayor 1 ,916 Thompson Laurie gl Waithm in THE FUNDS.—(THIS DA" 0 4, CITY, TWELVE 0' gi•b - . te i The following is an extract of a private le;jiii Hamburg, dated Oct. 11 :—" Since las t Si° e .te cases have occurred and eight deaths, which 07- sie rt i panied with symptoms resembling the Asiaticebhees,v consequence of which clean bills of health 1 11/ h. t y( g ll fused. Our physicians have not as yet agr eed W the real cholera, and the Medical Committee b0:00 dared that the above-mentioned cues are suaP ici be to ft Port-au-Prince Papers to the sth Sept. hr s g e rp c 'i ceired at the North and South American tfi" the They are void of interest; they only state t hat General of France has opened a pubsoriPtikl% sufferers in the late destructive storm at — d i e t earnestly inviting all Frenchmen residing an s alts) al te r ') to contribute ; 2,000 gourds have been Ow l 0 0 which provisions and other artic'es are to b e ' and sent by a French ship to Aux Cayes. ,„ They write from Brussels that 11,00 0 i l - r o fef h ,:aaivvinee,g,%lp,aotaanskeee,ndi R ussian cab t yop ß aes r nhc e io s ii pa l u i pgs n g, and that Ghent an d t he put in such a state of defence as to preen' h f 0 01 ' A ' They state from N e V ondf a fortitic • ofthat city fortifications TUE FUNDS. . The favourable speech of Earl Grel.l/007.1il coup -de ii en:ihe.raawtnadtyhateof r d i C e g o r g a t o e l 9 1 . :c o l of Lords last night, in which he entertains so d ii v t os 4 l pectations of the continuance of pea ce ' bsfalillr pates a period of greater prosperity than vie +P" V for some ti me Belgium, hoping that the r m t es er e h m n i t s s m r w e a l r e o r u b e l e n d c g eb f cce ,i t i b i tejtel o ca p u e se ne d d s a o t m s m e l e a i n p s i a na 2 t a:t a i as n on d w i a n e t l p l our Funds this Ma r- t hee ' O l sols, which left off yesterday at 811 it ot t3g tb a for money 81,i, buyers. Our arrivals this morning are very seePT a rea w ters having been r e ceiv e d, and the Harohnro ;00 remains due. d ire l s In the Foreign Maiket little or nothing fi-, sr ° zrAiF- 15 - 4 , - be . We hear that an express has arrived sir t he7so l ( tion of the ele c tion in Dorsetshire, and el o tti in favour o f Lord Ashley by a gne .t " toen'e It is now the g eneral opinion that Parl:i40010 prorogued far six weeks, and in the interim oo4, alterations will be made in the Reform Billt A W c eOjif a second time presented to the Lords, a Will . l/14.4 their present determined state of opposition, to refused, This will fully au thorise Ministera tips furth e r nu m b er o f P eer s. This is the calve° City. otei".(l4 Consols are still improving, and may be i g u nt y. , ;"? sent at 82+ for the Account, and 82i for rbanibe appears to be a scarcity of money stock i 4 The Hamburg steamer has not yet arrived. . 06 In the Foreign Market little or nothing a's ; O G , THREE 0' CP Consols, 821. nICS S. FOUR 0 CLOCK.—CLOSING 60 Consols B2l Danish ......... Ditto for Account 82 4 - 8 Greek, 18 25 ' / Brazilian Bonds 441 Mexican, 18z' " / Buenos Ayres — Peruvia n ..•••' 901 Chilian Ditto Russian ...... .." 1 0 Columbian, 1824 111 Spanish ...... •"' Or loai On the 14th inst. at WBaslißngT.pillaS.ce, Beds' the .00 6 Mount, E I s st q. ALP., of son. of li unter On the h inst. Mrs a .J. P. Kennard, _... daughter. PH INTIM AND I'UBLI3IIIE D BY 111URDO SUN OFFICE, 112, STRAND , Loth, ( ONTR, IHE V TI IC %jest fullou . Victua Article. .. .... IP, o f leri hi t( be ,„ 1 :E I'..a c h Te( i be d e li ri vt th i e b e nalf, ret; 'kit ito.ri Tt OTI( ket it bY ro be th 13 1.1 e : 4 : l factui l tr z d v: r retr ryi r„ 04 l'„ "d Or ! t ' f r l e4t : c PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. Per Share, Brazilian Imp. Min. Co. ciss. at IV. pm.) £9.0 4534 United Mex. Min. Co. (iss. at 1. om.) 3954 4 General Steam Navigation Co. Provincial Bank of Ireland 25 ..►