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at all, they ought to tell Parliament plainly what they wanted. If Reform was wished for, they ought to say what sort of Reform they required. Mr. J. SMITH here handed up a petition of his own to the chairman. Mr. COHEN rose to order; the only question before the meeting, was whether the Committee had, according to their instructions, prepared a pe tition in accordance with the resolutions already adopted. Mr. T. COOPER said the petition of the Com mittee must be approved or rejected, unless any reasonable objection could be taken as to its not being an echo of the resolutions. If Mr. Wigney was right in the view he had taken with regard to Ministers, why should the meeting trouble them at all ? Why call the meetincr? Why not have waited till Ministers had brought forward their plan of Reform ? Yet he found Mr. W. Wigney's name among the requisitionists ! Ministers had told the country they meant to bring forward a Reform :—then why was the present meeting called, if the inhabitants were not to express their opinions of the kind of Reform necessary. It seemed ridiculous to call them together to ask Go vernment to do what they had told us they meant to do. Mr. FAITHFULL said the petition must be carried, as a mere matter of course. Mr. SLIGHT was sorry to hear his friend, Mr. NV. Wigney, make use of a phrase which had often been used against Reformers, that they did not want Reform but revolution.—(Mr. W. Wigney dissented.) —The words of Mr. Wigney were that lie hoped nobody wished for revolution instead of Reform, which implied that there were such persons. The CHAIRMAN put the question, when the peti tion was adopted by a large majority, there being only two or three hands against it. At this time, however, Mr. Ricardo and many other gentlemen had left the room. Mr. R. WIGNEY then moved that the petition be presented to the House of Commons by the county Members, and to the House of Lords by Lord Hol land. Mr. SLIGHT asked if Mr. Wigney knew whether those gentlemen would support it in the Howe ? It would he of little use merely to lay the petition on the table, unless its prayer was supported. Mr. R. WIGNEY could not say whether the county Members would support it or not. Mr. SLIGHT had no objection to its being sent to them, in order to ti y how far their sentiments agreed with those of the petitioners. Mr. J. SMITH said this was no time or subject to make experiments as to the opinions of the county Members; and he would move that Mr. Hume be requested to present the petition in the Commons, and Lord King to the Lords.—(Applause.)—This was seconded by Mr. JAMES. Mr. BUSBY moved that Mr. Kemp present it to the Commons House, (Mr. Kemp having avowed his advocacy of the ballot) and Lord King to the Upper House. This was seconded by Mr. LANE. The question being put, a large majority appeared in favour of Mr. Hume and Lord King. A motion was then made by Mr. HILTON that the High Constable be requested to include the ex pellees attendant on this meeting, together with ad vertising the resolutions, in his accounts. Agreed to. A Committee was then appointed to obtain sig natures to the petition, which Committee consisted of the High Constable, Mr. R. Wigney, Mr. Hilton, Mr. E. Thunder, Mr. T. Cooper, Mr. Busby, and Mr. Hallett. A vote of thanks was then passed to the High Constable and the meeting broke up about four o'clock. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF COMMONS, FEBRUARY 26. (Continued from our Paper of Saturday.) The Marquis of CHANDOS took that opportunity of observing upon the intimation thrown out by Ministers on a former day, that if they were unsuccessful in their mea sure of Reform they would dissolve the Parliament. That threat was, in his opinion, most improper ; and when the state of foreign affairs and the present condition of this country were considered, he asserted that such a course was one which no Ministers ought to dare to adopt. Sir JOHN,SEPRIGHT could not see how it would he possible to prevent such a course being adopted ; the King, his Ministers, and the people, were in favour of Reform, and therefore, if it was not carried, a dissolution was inevitable.—(Hear, hear, and cheers.) Petitions praying for Reform were also presented by Sir H. Bunbury, from two places in Suffolk. By Mr. Tyrell, from Bury St. Edmund's. This petition expressed determined hostility to the vote by ballot. By Sit Wm. Fawkes, from Cambridge. By Lord Stanley, from Liver pool. By Mr. Alderman Waldman, from the parish of St. Andrew's, Holborn ; from Bread-street Ward; and Coleman-street Ward. By Sir John Sebright, from Hitehen and Bishop's Stortford, Herts. By Mr. Douai., from the county of Lanark. By Mr. Phillpotts, from Gloucester. This petition prayed for vote by ballot. He was st first oppost d to it, but as he considered it more he found it less objectionable. By Alderman Thompson, from the merchants, bankers, and others of the city of London. This petition was signed by 32 bankers and more than 700 merchants and traders of the first respec tability. By Mr. Kennedy from the city of Edinburgh, signed by 21,700 individuals. After a few words front Mr. DUNDAS and the Loan ADVOCATE, The SPEAKER said, before I put the question that the petition be received, may I ask the Hon. Member if he is certain that it is a petition to the Commons ? _ . Mr. KENNEDY—No, Sir, it is not. I have dis covered a mistake ; this is the petition to the House of Lords.—(Laughter.) The petition was withdrawn. Mr. KENNEDY then presented a petition from the merchants, hankers, and others of Glasgow, praying for Reform, the petition was signed by 35,11'5 individuals ; and also from four other places in Scotland. The lion. Member having changed the petition from Edinburgh, it was presented and ordered to he printed. Petitions were presented by the Lord Advocate from three places in Scotland, praying for Reform and vote by ballot ; by Sir Ronald Fergusson a from Dundee, and se veral other places in Fifeshire : they all prayed for vote by ballot, and he (Sir IL F.) was of opinion that 19 out of every 20 persons in Scotland were favourable to vote by ballot—(Hear, hear)—by Mr. John Wood, from Tad caster, in the county of York ; by Mr. Pendarves, from Truro and parishes adjoining ; from Lostwithiel and an other place in the county of Cornwall, and alto from Chat teris, in the isle of Ely ; by Mr. Warburton, from Shaftesbury, Alelksham, and Collie, in Wiltshire ; by Mr. Herne, from Bath, the Isle of Wight, Leicester, and Brighton. Mr. HUME presented three petitions to the same effrct, from the unrepresented inhabitants ol.' the parish of St. 111arvIebone, trer.. toe inhabitants of the parish of Mile End Town, frent Dunshot, the inhabitants of Hammer smith, Hinckley in Leicestershire, Stepney, the Cabinet makers of Manchester, the Freeholders and other inhabi tants of Monmouth, the parish of Kilsyth in Scotland, Kirkfield Bank, in the parish of Liemahago, Kilburn, in Renfrew, the Incorporated Trades of Leith, the Incorpo ration of Weavers in Selkirk, the inhabitants of Irvine, the inhabitants of the county of Caithness, several villages in the county of Durham; a petition from an individual named William Moreland, praying that none but heads of familiesbe invested with the privilege of voting; he thought that that was a -proposition not likely to prove very pa latable to the bachelors ; the second was from an indi vidual named Beckford, praying for what he conceived to amount to almost universal suffrage. The name of the third individual petitioner was not audibly announced. Mr. LEGIT KECK presented petitions in favour of Reform, from Long Wotton, and two other places. Mr. HOBHOUSE, who had several petitions to pre sent, said that from hit knowledge of the general senti place whi c h h e represented, he was ena b le d to anent of the s ay that no Reform coal giv e satisfaction there—and he was sure throughout the country at large—unless it in cluded vote by ballot, short Parliaments, and suffrage co extensive with direct taxation. In the course of the con versation (to which the petitions presented that day gave r i s e), he had no t heard one Hon. Member nay that he was prepared to oppose the measure of Reform, and that at least was a new feature, and one well deserving of notice. He had only to add, that the general expectation out of doors was, that the measure would be carried. The peti tions which the Hon. Member presented, were from the inhabitants of St. Anne, Westminster several benefit so cieties in Westinster, from a parish in Galway, and from t wo other places. J,.ord BERESFORD precented a similar petition from the county of Waterford, agreed to at a cou.ity meet ing convened by the High Sheriff, at which he presided. Mr. O'CONNELL supported the prayer of the petition. Sir F. BURDETT had several petitions to the same effect to present from various parts of Wiltshire, all uniting in the expression of a wish that such a Reform might he agreed to by the Legislature, as shculd satisfy all reasonable men—one that might'at the same 'time prove effectual and consistent with the existing institutions of the country. Amongst those which the, Hon. Baronet presented, were petitions from• Birmingham, Colne, and several other places. Lord EBRINGTON presented similar petitions from Devonport, Tiverton, Dartmouth, Huntingdon, Stockton on-Tees, &c. &c. Lord MORPETH had to present an important petition from Leeds, in favour of Reform. It was agreed to at a meeting where 5,000 persons were present, and it re ceived the signatures of no less than 17,000 individuals. He was requested by the petitioners to state, that they hailed with high satisfaction the dismissal of a Ministry opposed to the great measure of Reform, and the accession to office of an Administration known to have declared themselves in its favour. The petitioners desired to have the elective franchise transferred from rotten boroughs to populous towns and districts—to have the duration of Parliaments limited to three ye trs. They urged further, that they considered the vote by ballot as indispensible; they demaniled that all elections should commence and be concluded in one day throughout the whole kingdom, in order to which the votes should be taken in districts.— There was no petition more deserving the attention and respect of the House. Mr. J. JOHNSTONE supported the prayer of the pe tition. Mr. SCHONSWAR likewise supported it, rejoicing that the Ministers had at length taken up the important measure of Reform, determined to bring it forward upon their responsibility. Lord MORPETH presented similar petitions from the Political Union of Sheffield ; from the contiguous parishes of Aldborough and B.roughbridge ; also from Margate, Sanford, Heppenstail, Kirkeaton, Almonbury, Westbury, Wells, and other places. Mr. GEORGE ROBIN*ON (as we understood) pre sented a similar petition from Northampton, urging especially the necessity of the ballot. Mr. WEBB presented a similar petition from the city of Gloucester. Mr. SANFORD presented a petition to the same effect from Yeoville, expressing the determination of the petitioners to support the Government in their present excellent intentions and praying earnestly for the vote by ballot. Sir W. INGLEBY presented petitions from Knaresbo rough and Holbeach. Col. SIBTHORPE supported the prayer of the peti tions as far as regarded Reform of Parliament, and re gretted that he could not approse of the vote by ballot. Mr. FARI)ELL also spoke in favour of the petition. Sir W. INGLEBY also presented a petition with the same prayer, from the freeholders of Lincolnshire. It was signed by the Sheriff on behalf of the county. Until the system of voting by ballot was established there could be no adequate representation of the people. The Magistrates of this country bad the power to compel the little paupers of the country to maintain their parents, and he, with the petitioners, saw no reason why the great paupers should be exempted from the same burden, which was thrown upon the State. Sir R. HERON was in favour of vote by ballot, though he was far from wishing that it should form a part of the plan of his Noble Friend (Lord J. Russell.) It might be made a distinct measure. _ _ _ Mr. O'CONNELL presented petit n, of the same kind from Carlow, and a parish of Wicklow. Also, for the Marquis of Blandford, from Chippenham, the city of Ox ford, and from the parish of St. David's, Oxford. Mr. HUNT said that he had four and twenty petitions in favour of Parliamentary Reform, all praying for vote by ballot, many of them for universal suffrage, and all for a great extension of suffrage. He particularly censured the hasty manner in which petitions were presented and passed over in the House—and observed, that if the people of Birmingham could have seen the little ceremony with which an Hon. Baronet (Sir F. Burdett) had laid their petition upon the table, it would have been almost enough to have excited a revolt, or at least to have prevented the people of Birmingham from ever petitioning the House again. He then presented his petitions : Worcester, Ash ton-under Lyne, Blackburn, Lonfield, Kingsbury, Bolton, Manchester, Lalebam, UndershBm, Petersfield, Paisley, Rotunda in Blackfriar's-road, Gisborough, Forfar, Rad ford, Newark, &c. He most earnestly supported the pr iyers of the various petitions, and especially those that required universal suffrage and vote by ballot. Ile wished Ministers to know that a declaration was circulating in Lancashire and Cheshire, among all the young men, that if they wire not allowed a share in the representation, they would rather rot in gaol than serve in the militia. Mr. DENISON said that he was, and always had been, a steady and zealous friend to calm and rational Reform, but he was and had been equally opposed to the wild and visionary schemes of vote by ballot and universal suffrage. Mr. HUNT then brought up his petitions, and they were read and laid upon the table. Mr. CAMPBELL 'resulted a petition of the same kind from Bothwell. Mr. C. DUNDAS• presented a petition for Reform from Richmond. _ Sir J. BURKE laid upon tho table a petition from Galway, praying among other things, the vote by ballot. The lion. Baronet expressed his concurrence in this prayer, and then presented a like petition from the town of Galway. Mr. O'GORMAN MAHON supported the prayer of the petitimr. Mr. C. CALVERT presented petitions from South wark, and from the parish of St. John's, Surrey, Mr. TUDOR presented a petition for Reform from Barnstaple. Lord GRIMSTONE presented a petition from St. Alban's for a moderate and Constitutional Reform. Mr. BROW LOW presented a petition for Reform, from Belfast, and expressed his opinion decidedly in fa vour of the vote by ballot. The Hon. Member presented similar petitions from Lurgan, county of Armagh, from Navan. county of Meath, and front the town of Armagh. Mr. HODGES presented similar petitions front Ro chester and other places in Kent. Mr. DENISON presented similar petitions from St. Mary's, Newington, Lambeth, and several other places in Surrey. Lord TAVISTOCK presentel a similar petition from Luton. Mr. SAVILLE LUMLEY presented similar petitions from Mansfield and Bucknall Thornton. Mr. RUSSELL presented similar petitions from Ches ter-le-street, and various other places in the county of Durham. Sir ROBERT PRICE presented similar petitions from Ross, and other places of Hereford. The petitioners of Ross prayed that that ancient borough might be restored to the privilege of returning Members. Sir THOMAS ACLAND presented a similar petition from a place in Devonshire. Captain BOUVERIE presented a simiLr petition from New Sarum. Sir J. GRAHAM presented eight similar petitions from places in Scotland, and a petition from Cockermouth. Mr. E. ELLICE presented a similar petition from an individual at Portsea.—Adjourned at a Quarter past Six, RESIGNATION OF H. WILLOUGHBY, ESQ., LATE M,P. FOE NEwAßE._Newark was on Friday last a scene of much bustle, from the report that H. WIL LOUGHBY, Esq. who had been the representative for twenty-five years, had resigned ; to trace it to a correct source was the first point of each party, and about three o'clock, a hand-bill was circulated bearing the late Hon. Member's signature, and announcing the fact. Considerable surprise I:as been expressed that so many election complaints have been settled on the very first day of the meeting of the Election Committees; hence a violent suspicion has arisen that the parties to the hostile petitions have deemed it cheaper to await the result of the great probabilities °f l an early dissolution, to contesting matters, before such expensive tribunals, for probab'y a few weeks' seat.-161orning Herald. A correspondent of an Evening Paper, who j is sorely troubled lest the Ist of March and Lord JOHN RUSSELL should '' lay our venerable institutions in the dust," suggests, amongst sundry other " plain and practical considerations," that " we should restore to the Nobility the feudul privileges of which they hare been deprived," if the claims of the people for Reform he conceded by the Ministry. lie considers, however, that "in comparison with Reform, plague, pestil nee, and famine, would he to lerable evils ;" that " Reform would be adding strength to that which is already too strong;" and that, therefore, any improvements" should be directed in quite an opposite course—" not to increasing the number of the privileges of those who elect, but to raise the qualification of those who are elected." We should like to know in what corner of the bowels of the earth this writer has been domiciled during the last 30 years. It is quite absurd to suppose that he could have imbibed such sentiments if he bad walked abroad in the world, in habits of intercourse with any portio n (). the genus man...—Morning , Herald. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FRENCH PAPERS. (From the Gazette de France of Saturday, Feb. 26.) " PARIS, FEB. 25.—A courier arrived yesterday after noon from Rome with despatches from the French Lega tion for the Government. It is said that he has stated, that at the very moment of his departure the people were fighting in the streets of Rome. His Holiness had visited several quarters of Rome, and frequently alighted ; he was received with extraordinary enthusiasm, and testi monies of the most perfect attachment. In the quarters of the Transleverius and that of the Monti, the people wanted to take the horses from the carriage of his Holiness, crying Santo Padre nontemete de milla not siamo pronti per defenderoi ma lasciate ci fare.' These troubles were excited by strangers who were with great difficulty saved from the fury of the people, and there is no doubt of its being the result of some Buonapartist plot The Papal troops, and the great majority of the population, have behaved with equal courage and fidelity. The Sove. reign Pontiff afterwards retired to the Castle of St. An gelo, where his Holiness may await without danger the end of the troubles. " Two proclamations have been published : one by Car dinal Bernetto, pro-Secretary of State, the other by Mon signore Cdpelette, Governor of Rome ; the first appealing to the civic guard of Rome to second the fidelity and the efforts of the troops of the line ; the other ordering strangers who have not been settled for a year, to quit the capital in 24 hours. ' 6 The Courrier Francais says—' Singular reports cir culated to-day in the Chamber. It was announced, as certain, that the Ministers were no longer disposed to dis solve the Chamber of Deputies. The explanation given by M. Lafitte, in answer to M. Bourdeau, and the habitual contradictions of the Minister, render such a change of purpose not improbable, however absurd it may be.' " La Tribune says—qt was reported this evening that M. Lafitte was to quit the council, and that Casimir Perrier was commissioned to compose a new ministry to give entire satisfaction to the centres. Though we must be prepared for any thing, we find it difficult to believe this news.' At this moment scaffoldings are raised round the church steeples to take down the crosses. While the Administration orders such a measure, M. Lafayette de clares against this destruction of the emblem revered by the Christians, and protests against this violation of the liberty of religious worship. The Courrier Francais says—' It is strange we should complain of the arbitrary measures of M. de Monta livet to procure a plot. The Courrier pretends that the restoration has set the example of all sorts of violence. All the world knows that the liberal party was engaged in con conspiring against the restoration. For fifteen years was legal order ever violated to obtain information respecting the comite directeur and the societies of Carbonari ? Were the houses of Messrs. Lafitte, Lafayette, Ste. ever forcibly entered to find arms against them ? And if such acts had been committed, the Courrier and all the journals of that party would not have found anathemas enough to stigmatize the Government.' " A day, however, will come, when men of all parties will join in one opinion against the young Minister who has taken upon himself the first revolutionary measure against persons that has been ordered since the time of the empire." FRENCH FUNDS, PARIS, Fea. 25.—Five per Cents , 91f. * Bsc. 80c. 60c. 85c. 65c. 60c. 50c. 55c. 60c. 97f. 50c. ; Four per Cepts. 76f. 75c. ; Three per Cents. 57f. B'!c. 60c. 70c. SOc. 70c. SOc. SOc. 50c. 60c. ; Bank Stock, 1000 f. ; Rente de Naples, 61f. 50c. 30c. ; Rente d'Espagne, 154 S ? , Royal Spanish Loau; 61114 ; Rente Perpetuelle d'Espagne, 44 43h ; Haytian Loom, 31X1t: 30.5 f. Exchange on London—One month, money, 25f. 104; three months, paper, 25f. ; money, 25f. Cours Anthen.zue. GERMAN PA PER S. - CONSTANTINOPLE, JAN. 10.—The armaments n tinned with great activity, and however improb; he assertion may be, it is said they are intended to due Greece ; 20,000 regular troops are already in ion, which it is announced march to Negiopont, in o er to pass from thence to the Morea.—By the end this month the fleet will be ready to put to sea, and ail ex pedition is preparing with all haste, which is reported to be destined for Previsa and Patras ; the Capitan is hiring European ships to convey the troops and stores. GOTTINGEN, FEB. 15,—There are still about three hundred students here, who have private lessons, and fre quent the classical establishments and the library. In order to obtain the permission of the Academic Senate to remain in the city, each of them has been obliged to pro. cure a certificate from a professor respecting his conduct, and al•o to prove that he took n.) part in the troubles which lately occurred itere.—Frankf,rtPaper, Feb. 10. FRONTIERS or ITALY, FEB. 15.—We have 110 cer tain information respecting the further prograss of events in Central Italy. A letter from Milan, of Feb. 11, says, " We live here in perfect tranquillity." A letter from Piacenza of the 10th says, " You doubt less know the news from Modena and Bologna ; here and at Parma all is quiet. It is reported that Austrian troops may be expected." The Gazette of Bologna says the Papal Government has ceased di fallo e di Dietto. The new Government at Bologna, which thinks of in corporating Modena and Reggo with it, calls itself Fede razione Italica. It is said that blood has been shed at Forli, and still more at Ancona. It is rt ported that the King of Naples was about to give a Constitution to his kingdom. (From another Correspondent.) FRONTIERS OF ITALY, FEB. 15.—1 n c onsequence of the alarming accounts from Italy, several Austrian regiments, under General Fritnont have received orders to be ready to march at a moment's notice. The corps in Lombardy is to be reinforced by 30,000 men from Stiria. General Frimont will employ the troops under him according to his own judgment, and, on the application of the several Governments of Italy, sew! them wherever their service appears necess try for the maintenance of order. The c onventions entered into with most of the Italian Princes bind the Austrian Government to send them a certain fixed contingent of troops, and to protect their tights. The events in Modena, Bologna, and Ferrara, seem already to have required the execution of the conventions, and to have occasioned the march of four regiments under Field Marshal Prince Benchiem, who, however, is said to have halted for the present, and to have asked for further in structions. The Attstt i)n Government is said to be firmly resolved to restore tranquillity in Italy, and to maintain it by all the means which it has at its command. The prin ciple of non-intervention in the affairs of other states set up on the part of France, even had it not been esientially violated by the conference in London, in which Prince Tallevrand has taken part, cannot ho binding on any power, after the declarations made by the Courts of Berlin, Vienna, and St. Petersburg!), that they would never allow and recognise it, if circumstances should require them to act for the maintenance of the ha- Itive of power in Europe (to which declaration the French Cali 7 net refrained from making any answer), or give just ground for complaint from any quarter, even should the treasures prepared against Modena be extended to other parts of Daly. This is very likely to happen, as the in surrt ction commenced at Bologna is spreading, and threatens tie temporal dominions of the Pope. It would be unjust for the French Cabinet to complain of this, for it would be very presumptuous to attempt to weaken, by any kind of demonstration, the effect of conventions ha tween third parties, and to fancy itself free from the re proach of desiring to enforce the right of non-intervention only in its own favour. FRONTIERS OF ITALY, FEB. 16.—According to ac counts given by travellers, which are indeed by no means to be implicitly relied on, two of the Members of the Pro visional Government of Modena, who were distrusted by others, have been murdered. No Austrian troops, had yet entered Modena, but the Austrian garrison at Ferrara had been considerably reinforced. Those travellers hear nothing of the further spreading of the insurrection, but it is said that great consternation prevails at Rome. VIENNA, FEB. 15.—Exchange shut, Bank Shares, I,ooo.—Allgemeine Zeitung, Feb. 20. REFORM PETITIONS.—It is calculated that between ten and twelve thousand petitions for Parliamen tary Reform have been presented, many of them signed by ten, fifteen, and twenty thousand persons, most of them adding their addresses to their name. The scene on Sa turday at the House of Commons was, perhaps, the most remarkable that ever characterized the history of the right of petitioning. On Friday, as well as on Saturday morn ing, hackney-coaches, porters, and footmen were arriving with bundles of petitions ; and the ante-rooms, the vote office, &c. were literally crammed with them. There was scarcely a spare room, closet, or corner, near or about the lobby, that was not occupied with bundles of Reform pe titions. When the House assewb'ed the seats were sa covered with bundles of petitions that, in many instances, the Members found it difficult to find sitting-room for themselves. It is the fashion of the that the Speaker should call the names of those who have signed the " Speaker's Paper" as having petitions to present ; and be does so in regular succession ; but on this occasion many Members waited five hours without their names having been called, while others retired, after the exhaus tion of so many hours, without presenting the petitions with which they were intrusted :—Those petitions, of still remain to be pre sen t e d ; an d many ot h ers ar dved as the House was about to adj ourn . course, PRICES OF STOCKS THIS Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Red 784 7 % 3 per Cent. Cons. 77 3,4 per Cent. Ditto Red 87 % 6% New 3% per Cent 86%% 6 3 per Cent Ann. 1726 .... - 4 per Cent. 1926 9 %11% Bank Long Ann to expire Jan 5, 1860... 16 11-16 % Oct. 10, 1859 l6 7-16 Jan. 5, 1860 l9 5-16 Jan. 5, 1880 April 5, 1880 Jan. 5, 1870 PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONZ O'CLOOr. Austrian Bonds — Neapolitan — Brazilian Bonds e71i14 3 / 4 Peruvian Bonds Buenos Ayres 80nd5......... 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New 5 per Cent. India Stock Ditto Bonds' 6 7 pm. South Sea Stock ...... Btri Old Annuities. New Ditto ............ -- 3 per Cent. Ann. 1751 .... Ex. Bills, £l,OOO l7 18 pm Ditto 50n pm. Ditto Small l7 19 pm. Ditto Commercial Ditto Advertised pm. !Link for Account India for Account 1 ems. fcr April 13... 77% %%1/1, Et 'A . 4% • ) LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 28, 1831. By private letters from Brussels we learn that the Regency question is at length settled, and that the choice has fallen on M. SUBLET DE CHOKIER by a majority of 157 to 108. His title is to be Regent of Belgium. He is by all accounts a highly respectable man, and was one of the most determined in his opposition to the Nassau dynasty. From accounts dated Constantir.ople, we are informed that the SULTAN has ordered a levy of twenty thousand regular troops, which are intended to set out for Negro pont, and from thence to the Morea, for the purpose of subduing Greece. This report is so very improbable that we can scarcely believe a syllable about it. The CAPITAN PACUA, it is added, is hiring European ships to convey troops and stores. Italian and German Papers have been re ceived. They state with regard to Italy, that the Duke of MODENA is with his family at Mantua, endeavouring to rally his troops, which amount to eight hundred men. Flo rence is in state of great excitement, and the Government have acceded to the public wish, by giving arms to the people, and ordering the formation of a National Guard, which is to include all males from the age of 15 to that of 50. From the frontiers we learn that the Austrian General, Baron Von GEPPERT, has received orders to enter the Duchy of Modena by the 15th inst., and that another Austrian, Count von BENTHEIM, with fourteen bat talions, is on the frontiers of the legation of Fer rara, ready, at the first application of the POPE, to enter the Papal dominions and quell the insurrec tion. This is a fine illustration of the principle of non-interference, as put forth by Austria, and will we trust, speedily meet with its deserts. As re spects Poland, all at present is uncertainty. The ac counts from Vienna are to be received with caution. They have a METTERNICH taint about them. The Allgemeine Zeilung mentions that a deci sive battle would probably take place by the 20th, as the Russian army appeared desirous to seek it, and so decide the question by one deci sive blow TURIN, FEZ. 17.—Some recent letters from Piacenza state that her Majesty the Archduchess Louisa al.:iced in that city on the 15th, where she intends to restore tran quillity, which had been momentarily interrupted since the 13th at Parma. These letters add that travellers from Romagna agree in stating that notwithstanding the efforts m a le by the chiefs of the insurrection to keep alive the troubles in those parts, the agitation begins to be allayed ; a nd that with respect to the Modena, tike population had no concern whatever in the changes which a small number of r e volutionists have lately introduced there. MILAN, Feu. 3.—The birth-day of his Majesty the Emperor was celebrated yesterday in this city, with every demonstration of joy and gratitude which the return of th tt auspicious (lay always excites in the hearts of his faithful subjeAs. Fen. li.—Several proclamations Of the Provisional Govermnent have been published at Bologna. FEB. 15.—The Viceroy has prohibited the exportation of arms of every description to the P.ipal dominions, or to tl.e Duchy of Modt na. VIENNA, FEE. 15.—We have received since yesterday accent, from different parts of Poland, all of which agree in stating that the olea have not yet made any resistance to theßussian army, but every where retire. Thus they have voluntarily left the positions of Ostrolenka, Siedlee, and Lublin, in order to reach Warsaw as speedily as pos eible. Here, perhaps, a battle may take place, which will decide at once the fate of the insurrection. At War saw great consternation was caused by the news of the advance of the Russians. Many persons fled, and sought an asylum in Cracow. The adherents of the insurn.ctioo must have been very far from numerous, and the middle claaes have unwillingly taken part in it, for the Russians are received with open arms in the towns, for instance,•in Lublin. In Cracow it is very difficult to obtain a lodging on account of the great number of strangers, chiefly mer chants from Walsaw. We have daily accounts from Italy, which give ground to fear that the insurrection may spread. The Duke of Modena is with his family at Mantua, and is endeavouring to rally his troops, amounting to SOO men. The Archduke Maximilian of Este sets out this evening for Mantut. The French journalists have so po sitively announced the breaking out of troubles in Italy, e Frenchwh e n the refusal emi that without being very suspicious we may with great s p a r r o i b e :bitily t sis sa upp i o d sethem o be L t ef ay wt ti aof the Duke of Modena to recognise the new French Government was alluded to in the Chamber of Deputies, t General tort Lafayette, , o f said " He shall pay for this." FLORENCE, FEB. 15.—The events in central Italy have caused much fermentation here. The Government has met the public wish by giving arms to the people, and has ordered the formation of a National Guard, which is to include all males from the age of 15 to that of 50. De tachments of this Guard have began to do duty to-day at the Palace of Pitti, the residence of our Grand Duke. Both our Sovereign and our venerable Prime Minister Tossombroni, now SO years of age, enjoy the general love and esteem, and reposing full confidence in their wisdom and character, we look forward without uneasiness to the developement of events. FRONTIERS OF ITALY, FEILI7.-The Austrian General, B iron Von Geppert, has received orders to enter the Duchy of Modena by the 15th instant, with eight batta lions of infantry, and two brigades of artillery, to support the Government, this being the number of troqs that the Duke has asked the Imperial Court to send to his assistance. The Austrian General, Count Von Bentheim, with 14 battalions, is on the frontiers of the legation of Fei rara, ready at the first application of the Pope to enter the Papal dominion, and quell the insurrectionists. It is said that in Bologna and Ferrara they are for proclaiming Napoleon IL, but that in Ancona they desire to be in corporated with the kingdom of Naples. For the pur pose of covering the Austrian dominions in Upper Italy, General Count Wolmoden has received orders to take up positions on the frontiers of Piedmont, with a corps of observations of 30,000 men. FRONTIERS OF POLAND, FEB. 14.—1 t is said the Poles are collecting their whose force about Pultusk, where they expect, amidst forests and marshes, the arrival of the Russian army, leaving at Warsaw only a few troops for the security of the capital. In this case the fate of Poland would be decided at Pultusk. The force which Poland can oppose in the field to the Russian army is esti mated at forty-five battalions of regular troops, and twelve brigades of artillery ; that of the Russian at ninety-two thousand men, and several hundred cannon. It is said that on the approach of the enemy's vanguard the garrison of Ziinosc made a sally, but soon retired. All the Polish troops that were scattered on the left bank of the Vistula, have passed to the right bank to join the main army. It is supposed that a decisive battle may take place by the 20th, as the Russian army seems to seek it. The fate of Poland depends of course on the issue of this battle; if the Russians gain the advantage, the loss of Warsaw and the suppression of the insurrec tion must follow. It is affirmed that in this ease the kingdom of Poland will disappear from the list of Euro pean States, and b.: incorporated as one of its provinces, us the Russian nation requires satisfaction for the atrocities of November, which the Emperor thinks to give it by this means. VIENNA, FEB. 16.—Five per Cents., 90i; Four per Cents., 76 ; Bank Shares, 991. FEB. 17.—Four per Cents., 75 ; Bank Shares, 977. We have received by express the French Papers, dated yesterday. The following are extracts : Reports were current that the King of Bavaria, alarmed by the symptoms of discontent manifested by the people on account of his recent me isures, has revoked his decree relsting to the periodical press. M. Gorostiza, the Mexican Minister who recently ar rived at Paris, is commissione.l to conclude a treaty of commerce between Mexico and France. The Minister for Foreign Affairs imtnediately appointed two plenipoten tiaries to enter into negociations with him. The treaty, when settled, will contain an acknowledgment of the inde pendence of the Mexican Republic. It was believed that directly after the treaty is signed, M. Martin will be ap pointed to till the office of Minister Plenipotentiary from France to the United States of Mexico, Extract of a private letter from Warsaw, dated the 15th inst.:-- " After the uneasiness which the intense cold caused among us a few days ago, we are at present iu a state of exultation. The movement of our army has ben directed upon Stanislawo, from whence a column proceeded by Dobre to Wengrow, and another by Such and Kaluskyn to Siedlic, the chief town of the Palatinate of Podlachia. The brave General Zymirsky has made great slaughter among the Russians. The remnant of the enemy's troops fled by Sacols to Granne on the Bug, and by Koson to Ciechanowicz, in the canton of Bialystock. The bravery of Captains Janowicz and Pulacrkowsky has been re warded by the order virtuti militari. When General Geismar summoned General Sierawsky, who is shut up in Zarnw.e, to surrender that fortress, Colonel Krysoniksy made a sortie which cost the Russians 200 men. All the line of the military operations from Uscilug to Kowno is 500 wersts, (125 leagues.) The enemy had passed the Bug and Niemen on the ice. For the last two days, however, the thaw has been so rapid, that the main part of the Russian artillery and the provisions for the army canmit pass, so that the advanced guard are in great jeopardy. Lithuania is only waiting for intelligence of the first defeat, to fall upon the army of Marshal Di - bitsch. We have just learnt that General Rozniecki, Director of the Secret Police, under the Muscovite Go vernment, has appeared at the head of a Russian detach ment before the Polish advanced post. After an obstinate combat the Russians were defected. Rozniecki was made prisoner and hanged immediately after. The provision magazines reft by the Russians at Siedlic, are considerable." The following were the prices of the Funds on Sa turday : Five per Cents., 91f. 15c. 10c. 91f. 90f. 90c. SOc. 75c. tic. 50c. 76c. 70c. SOc. 50c. 55c. 70c. 75c. ; Four per Cents., 76; Three per Cents., 57f. 56f 95c. 57f. 56f. 90c. 75c. SOc. 40c. 50. 60c. 65c. 35c. 50. 45c. ; Bank Actions, 1,500 f. ; Rente de Naples, 60; Rente d'Espagne, 15 it ; Royal Spanish Loan, 59% ; Rente Perpe_ tuelle d Espagne, 43% 43; Ilaytian Loan,3oof. Exchange on London, one month, 25f. lOc.,three months, 25r. The nearer the question of Parliamentary Re form approaches the more all other questions become absorbed therein, and the more intense grows the public feeling, inasmuch as not only, according to Lord ALTHORP'S declaration on Saturday, is the fate of the Ministry involved in it, but the peace of the country, and the safety of its institutions, depend materially upon the result. The rejection of the Reform Bill is a contingency which we cannot contemplate without fear, for it would betray gross ignorance of the temper of the times, not to know that the people of England are determined to have, without farther delay, that Reform, in the anticipation of which they have been so long deluded, and which they justly believe to be necessary for securing to them good Government for the future. A Par liament, or a Government, hostile to Reform, would, in the present state of things, be so highly revolutionary, that it is marvellous that any, who value their liberty and property, should act so mad a part as to abet the faction of the Anti- Reformers. To what end do they read the his torytime,—if they cannot of the past,—to what purpose do they see the ev en t s o f t h e i r own learn w i s d om e i t h er f rom experience or f rom observation ? The reports of a change of Ministry, so in dustriously snread within the last few days, are altogether attributable to the pretended friends, but secret enemies, of Reform. The professed Tories are honest and consistent in their oppo sition to the Government on the Budget, as well on the latter as they were oa the former meas. as the Reform Bill, but if Ministers a te we say that it will be a most • shameful d ere tion of principle on the part of gentlemen,-.11. fessing liberal opinions. It may be t aken as t general rule, that those who commence, thel speeches by saying they have no intention 1:„ embarrass the Government, mean the dire ct rev l of that assertion. If they do not place confide'l in Ministers, why do they not say so at once. trek Lord ALTHORP may well say of his can on friends in the words of CANNING.-- " Give me the avowed, the erect, the manly Bold I can meet, perhaps may turn, his blow; 0 4 : " But of all plagues, good heaven, thy wrathand'er, Save, save, oh ! save me from the candidfilen.. The Ministers have their- candid among Members, not only of Parliament, t of the Press. Amongst them we lamer. perceive a contemporary whose distines talent and commanding influence entitle its IP nions t o th e res p ec t th e y h ave a l wa ys recei ve ' our hands—we mean the Times. We a n not prepared t o ex p ec t f rom suc h a q uarte r encouragement to the propagation of Chaffe alley calumnies against one of the Secretaries the Treasury, or of the selfish clamour 0f titular interests against the Vice-President ete i the Board of Trade, the only man of ad e q d tbd knowledge and vigour of purpose to suPP I I fe r' loss of Mr. HUSKISSON. We submit rner e rari ° to the excellent judgment of our conteme tio j how far, in giving cu rrenc y t o the insifiusdng relative to the Premi er , h e d oes r i g ht in r i- s i ce a weapon into the hands of the Tories. iie r t vj make these remarks, b ecause we f ee l strove ti importance that the present Cabinet ' P o stand. It gives us pleasure in noticing th e t sre that all the intelligent Provincial Journalsony its firm supporters. The co-operation of in t be of those Journals, such as the Scotsina ll ' h i c b Leeds Mercury, and others, is of a kind W any Government ought to rejoice at, for t thus work together for good. A Cabinet Council was held at the I ° l Office this day. Despatches have been received at the For o l ' Office, this day, from Malta, France, and land. FEMALE FASHIONS FOR MARC I 4. • (From La Belle Assenzblee.) WEDDING DRESS. the cue' A dress of blonde de Chantilly, over wh i te sat i n ; t"" of the lace dress cut low and square round the bosoln , iet si r : merited with a lappel wh ch forms points upon the show.' hre!eft. points falling over a single row of superb blond lace, tvh l 4, c o*,, e i, the short beret sleeve of the white satin under-dress. oP g , deep flounces, so arranged that one falls a little over I I I : tin reach from the bottom of the skirt considerably above . s eet l ;li and are surmounted by a very rich embroidery. I h e r) . ',.ise veil, also of blonde de Chantilly, is arranged in the draroe at the back of the head, and the corners, brought rout , De l of the bows of hair on the summit of the head, are attae, ds s it e , nuptial garland of orange fl owers . A b an d eau o f e nterT bo cel gold goes round the forehead; ear-rings, necklace, and to correspond. ci f DINNER DRESS. an ild nd A gown of lavend er - co l oure d sat i n , corsage drape' g e r e very low. White satin short sleeves, over which are lto co th e of white grenadine gauze. The epaulettes are of velve t tt ref spond with the dress. They are very small, and are oPe“, t a'r rt shoulder. Velvet cuffs, very deep, and cut round tw a sp r e c i, edge in points. The skirt is trimmed in the style of t h e fht down one side of the front, and round the border a t t o. se with a fancy velvet trimming to correspond with the ,( 11. , 0 110 . 1 4 11 head-dress is a white crape toque, ornamented with tili e , o ` r a " of birds of paradise, and gold beads. The jewellery v this dress should be gold and pearls. Cot: EVENING DRESS t o pe A dress of rose-coloured 2nousseline de . csie, over sat is i a ",,l h e ! respond. The corsage drape ala Grecque, but higher ~ t os s long sleeves, surmounted by small printed e pallle" re ell , ti mantle is printed Bros de Naples; the ground 3 light rforra tt lia is lined with whit e sa ti n . Th e pe l er i ne is of the us ual „prkel size, but the collar, which is cut in points and stan ds to the throat, is very no ve l. 'I h e head-dress , is a turbot , ` of white gaze de aoie. Parure of coloured gems. The Italian Papers furnish us with t ii e i ,io4l lowing information :—The following is from the 0 Journals of the 15th inst•int :—" Pirrao P- 4 • n ‘':oste e Imola, has arrived at Bdogna, to propose, in t Cr, of the authorities of Imola, Fuenza, Fork Race °H o - ,,iac e " sena, and Rimini, a union with Bologna. The pro` Pe' of Urbino and Pesaro have made the same proposl ct hit` pubes have been sent to them to carry this obJ e , er rar° execution. Commissioners have also been sent N i r o 110 - t, make known to that town the sentiments °, w ith magna. Count I3tatantarrTt has been charg f mission to the Tuscan Gov ernmen t, t o inform it ° 5 , tb change which has t a k e n pl ace a t B o l ogna , and ejPireiendi desire of the Government of Bologna of p r eserving a tba relations with Tuscany. It i s reporte d at ll'i n g, h ri e Ge ill the banner of liberty b e i ng un f ur l e d i n t h e ca pital' i t be of Rome has given ord ers t o a ll t h e C ar dinals j gation to grant numerous privileges to their proni'dos is even said that the Archbishop of 1301.0uSA.Ceti Rome with that intentio n . Th e t owns of C'g l P o ltet°' tiano, Siheggia, Angualtings, Gubbio, Urbanist Perusa, Spoletto, and Smegaglia, are o free frirtY By the accounts from J erse y of 1 0 we learn it was proposed in the States, 0 0 t i l e v jiVre' l i fix Cle value of the pound sterling at twenty -'I g 0 16 France, and that all payments above 51. ster iln „ r ec i t be demandable in gold. A long debate took P . b ie t ` e d in ~ log the issuing of paper money, which terliunA c at regulation that no person should issue notes wlrteties, abr mission of the Court and furnishing two 'L i ro perl a is. shall upon oath declare their joint landed P., cite be one-third more than the amount to be put orrve tion. On the 22(1 a dreadful fire broke out at •`"Idell er Pas, on the premises of Mr. T. BEA LE, bY, W s fe rl j) lives were lost, viz., his wife, her daughter nY a - ,,t1 A re husband, aged 10 years, his daughter and son,. an d el named FERGUS ON; w h ose f a th er set t h e premise', l while in a state of inebriation, and who had b` e ,n gaol. .V 11 .5 5 ,;ir NEW IRISH IZEPRESENT ' ATIV , f s:r We are enabled t o announce t h at t h e Alarclui' o for 01 , 3IEATII has been elected as representa tive Fe e ' fi ltbe l ,"` l ;o land, and we d o so with satisfaction, beuau' e ' s ider opposed to us o n one great question, ire co n to t iolP disposed to give his z ea l ous an d f a ithful ser v 9 e le‘ ole tit country. We are the mo re gra tifi e d with 1n d dot because st it are not ignorant that lie reee iv rd n' t t he opposition from a party in this country oPII:d tb'', l ol)' liberal policy advocated by the Gallant Peer, a rt i riefi ft entire interest and influence of a certain re rs o pe , t ed! hi g h in office, was employed in favour of i con t , f e „ - I s e; Lord Ila•rnuowNE. The election was closes , lu'd t ea s ix' , and was ultimately gained by a majority a bunter. lieve the entire number of votes was about o el - ec tie lj , and seven or eight. The business of the.„ en iste'' t be tuinated only yestoday.—Dirlilin I-Wortley f o r o i e Mr. ELLA'S first Soiree iliusi Cti A i tt sl , i °l3 o ca" Season, on Friday, was attended by a select ari 0 gbe a pte audience, and the festival of sound provide d 0 1 , 10 ° 4 0 , sion was of a character suitable to the b i g CoP r ilir• under which these concerts comtrence- S i gt ‘`l ' fre °l and M. SEG UIN gave, with fine effect the . u n . , i ,ce spiegar !" from ROSSINI ; and a concerted trireace'"jo Ma ascot NEWS Opel aof " Der Templar," an ° Lose', r r ' was ably sung, and received with much aPP tO (at a- Scntwrz's performance of a pianoforte couce,r,etiingtce tp hats the most remarkable exhibition of the e oce lleu vi er billing, as it did, almost every iinaginabl i e f which the instrument can accommodate itseibia hand ressitlii and elasticity of his touch, the certainty °it. the esP of sages of the most curious complexity, at _ ideri ces, f op' s he contrives to preserve throu g hout, are e v outh t d i e / accomplishment, and likewise (when his ) the tiph ly dered) of devotion to his aft almost front intle' circumstance not uncommon ainong the c Cis studious natives of Germany. ES lOb ti 4 ; HORRIBLE DEATH. -o; SI. WAan, cook in the famil y of Mr. 1301-1° flea 0 0 0 0 , •eu 1 , 0 0 ber g street-road, was last week literally toas,_ on a . e her clothes having accidentally caught o tri gieg , sb the mantle-piece, from which she could not s tri 0° self. Iler clothes caught fire, and, in Reichsvh fello pot ti ll threw over a kettle of boiling svater , iit o ' 3 old ° o f legs ; but her screams were not beard, a i n i : d (1 , 0 1, 1, 4,4 some time after the accident she was fU r i pe j tii roasting. The Coroner's inquest Accidental Death, rent ~/