The Sun. — London, England, 1833-12-30 00:00:00

1 ~~ arnestly to avail themselves of the offer made them to be allowed to travel through France, in order to quit the canton." A proposal to fix a term for the forcible expul sion of such of the refugees as did not quit Berne by the day fixed, was rejected. The Augsburg gazette of the 24th instant con tains the follow;:ag extract of a letter from the Prus sian frontier-d, dated the 17th :—" The news that the British squadron in the Mediterranean is to be reinforced, ha , created much surprise at Berlin. It is we auderstood w h a t t h e British Minister means by not so sin ll gular a step at such a moment, when the political horizon was becoming clear, and it was hoped that the Great Powers were drawing nearer to each other. According to the English ministerial journals, it is the Russo-Turkish treaty that has given rise to the extraordinary expense of fitting out ships of war. This is a positive wa s t e o f British money, as the fitting out several ships the line is either too much or too little to effect tbe annulling of that Welty, if it be by hectoring or ' fl y force. In the former case the British Minister iouat have a very bed opinion of the Russian Cabinet, and no knowledge of the character of the Porte, if Ise imagines the bare appear ance of his squadron the Dardanelles is to effect his Point. He seems to forget that war is the first ques tion here, but truirt is a wish that it should not be re sorted to ur,'on light g roun d s. Fallen, too, as the Porte may artrekr, illusions must not be entertained; the Otto man Ammeter still preserves qualities which would be dis. ',rayed if necessary, especially if there was the certainty in Constantinopl e of being supported by Russia. The three Northern Powers have become recently so bound to each other, that it is now essential that nothing should attack the axtterests of one of them without being resented by the coali tion. We hear that the northern Powers, following the example of France and England in the Belgian affair, are about to conclude a similar treaty, to stand firmly by each other. This would be destructive to British commerce in the event of war. The continental system has proved to what England can be reduced. It is known to the world what the speculation and the treasury of England suffered by the decree of Napoleon. Strong as the attachment of the French Government may be towards that of England, it could avail nothing here ; France could offer the-English Zia compensation for the loss of their commercial dealings in Germany, Russia, Turkey, and Italy. We think the British Minister will do well to act with more caution in the affairs of Turkey." The Gazette announces, under date of Warsaw, the 15th inst., that five Poles, forming a part of the armed bands that have recently committed alarming depredati ons i n t h e kingdom, plundering and murdering, have been sentenced to death by a court martial, and shot in the province of Plotsk. Their names were Anton Winnieki, Joseph Dombkowski, Paul Woyt_ kiewiez, Gregor Zajonz, and Ignaz Mora z. This paper states, under date of Rome, the 13th of December, that Queen Christina has suspended the payment of the nume rous Spanish pensions in Rome until further orders. It quotes the funds at Vienna on the 19th, Metalliques 5 per Cents. 94 11-16 ; 4 per C ents, ditto, 84i ; Bank Actions, 1,227. FRENCH FUNDS.-PARIS, DEC. 27. Five per Cents., 103 f. 95c. 104 f. ICc. 1041. Four and a Half per Cents., 100 f. Four per Cents., .cof. 50c. Three per Cents., 75t. 20c. 25c. 10c. National Loan, 1031: 90c. 95c. Bank Actions, 1,705 f. 1,7€0f. Rente de Naples, 91f. 25c. 15c. 10c. Roman Five per Cents., 92 92%. Rente d'Espagne, Five per Cents., 18. Rente d'Espagne, Three per Cents., 41% 42% 42. Royal Spanish Loan, 86;4 3 ,1. Rente Perpet. d'Espagne, Five per Cents., 70 %34 '3i. Belgian Loan, 1831, Five per Cent., 96%. Haytian Loan, 270 E 2C5f. EXCHANGE ON LONDON. One month, paper, 25f. 30c. ; money, 25f. 25e. Three months, paper, 25f. 15c.; money, 25f. 15c. -Cortrs Authentique. FRENCH FUNDS._PARIS, Dec. 28 Five per Cents., 1041: 103 f. 95c. 10-If. Four per Cents., 90f. 50c. Three per Cents., 75f. sc. 20c. sc. National Loan, 103 t: 90c. Rank Actions, 1,700 f. Rente de Naples, 91f. 20c. 25c. 91c. Roman Five per Cents., 132 91%%. Rente d'Espagne, Five per Cents., 18 17 3 %. Rente d'Espagne, Three per Cents., 41%%%. Royal Spanish Loan, 83. Rente Perpet. d'Espagne, Five per Cents., 70 IA 69% %. Belgian Loan, 1831, Five per Cent., 96%. Haytian Loan, 255 f. 260 c. EXCHANGE ON LONDON. One month, paper, 2.5 C 25c. ; money, 25f. 25c. Three months, paper, 25f. 15c.; money, -f. -c. --Cours Authentiaue. DUTCH PAPERS. HAGUE, DEC. 23. SECOND CIIAAIBER of the THE STATES-GENERAL. The order of the day was the debate on the project of law for the levy of the National Militia for 1834, which, after a long and animated debate, was carried by a majority of 31 to 19. M. Hooft, who opened the debate with a long speech against the measure, concluded it by saying that it appeared to be of no use to maintain a large army since the five greatest Powers in Europe will not allow Holland to go to war, and the two neighbouring kingdoms that can do us the most injury have resolved and declared that war shall not be made. It is time to have done with the fine sounding phrases which have already cost us above 200 millions, and seriously to consider whether it is possible to obtain now better terms than those against which the Government has contended with so little suc cess since November, 1831. If we cannot expect this, it is time to put an end to all useless exertions against the general current which the affairs of Europe have followed for these three years, and will probably continue to follow. Messrs. de Frets, de Josephe, and Doudir Curtius spoke in defence of the measures of the Government. THE HAGUE, DEC. 27.—The First Chamber has to. day agreed to the law on the national militia. In the Second Chamber the law providing for the deficiency in the Treasury was adopted unanimously, and that on the land tax by 30 to 21. After which the Chamber adjourned for the holidays till the first Tuesday after Easter, 1834 (the Ist of April). All the rivers of Holland have risen to a great height in consequenc e of the late storms, and much damage has been done in several places to the dikes. DUTCH FUNDS—Ammanam, DEC. 27. Actual Debt, 23{ per Cent. 5O mort Syndic, 4% per r en t ...... . ..... to 50% . . 88% to 891 4 Ditto, ditto, per cent ........ 24 Voluntary Loan, 1831, 6 percent ..... 103% to 1 71% to 7 04 Ditto, 1832, 5 per Cent. ........................ 94 to 94% EDitto, 1833, 5 pe r Cent. .................. 94 to 94% Dittxchange on London ..................... 12 07 5-10 to 12 03 o, two months. ..................... 12 02 5-10 to 12. —Dutch Papers, Dec 28. ments, PRIZE FIGHTING. --A thorough exposure of the multifarious infamies connected with this practice will appear in the forthcoming Number of the United Service Journal. There are yet many patrons and ad mirers of " the Ring," who continue unenlightened as to the real character of its immediate professors and depend_ ants; and it is to be hoped that the bold and strutinizing inquiry promised in the above quarter will prove of no small social benefit. P ROCLAMATION. " The Governor and Captain-General of the Province .o his fellow -countrymen : " Citizens ! The enemies of order and public tranquillity —thos- furious demagogues who, for so long a period, have been engaged in exciting sedition, and in promoting the subversion of the Constitutional system, have succeeded in realising an anarchical movement against the fundamental laws, and against the Chief Magistrate of the province. "Fellow Countrymen ! The Government has dictated all the necessary measures in order that tranquillity may be preserved without alteration. Be assured it shall not be disturbed with impunity. Among the means which it has adopted, it has addressed a note to the Honourable House of Representatives of the Province, in order that, taking this most important event into its sovereign consideration, it may dictate other mea sures which it may deem more efficacious. " Above all, the Government counts upon public opi nion for its principal support, and for its first prop the co-operation of its fellow citimas. " JUAN RAMON BALCARCE " Buenos Ayres, Oct. 12, 183 3." PROCLAMATION. " Patricios of Buenos Ayres, _ va.sserar - has just been appointed by the Supreme Chief of the Province to the command of the Corps Patricios of Buenos Ayres. In accepting this ho nourable employment, I feel myself animated with the most flattering hopes, because I find myself at your head in order to defend the public liberties, and sustain the empire of the laws. "The welfare of the country is threatened by a small portion of men who, straying from the path of honour and of virtue, pretend to trample on the laws and overturn the legitimate authorities. The opportunity which now pre- sents itself to you is brilliant. In order to prove the justice with which you have known how to merit the honourable name of Patricios, you go to defend the authorities created by the law to place in security your sacred rights, and insure the public tranquillity. This noble mission will be a source of the greatest pride to you. " Fellow Patriots and Friends ! " Let us hasten to save the country, and to re-establish the salutary power of the laws. Subordination and respect to the constituted authorities, ought to be the basis of our march that will conduct us to victory, crowning us with the blessings of our fellow_patriots, and this is all which your friends and fellow_citiz e n s can reco mmen d and ask of you. " FELIX OLAZABAT." CHILI. ---We have been favoured with the Journal Ilfercuria of Valparaiso to the 13th ult. Another conspiracy against the Government of Chili had been discovered and suppressed in the capital of that Republic in the com mencement of the last month. Some discharged military officers are stated to have been at the head of it. --British Packet of Buenos Ayres to 19th October inclusive. Rio DE JANEIRO. COrrek Official to Nov. 13, contains a great number of decrees, &e., relative to the internal affairs of the empire. On Oct. 30, solemn thanka giving@ were celebrated in the imperial chapel, for the entire recovery of the health of the young Emperor, who was present on the occasion, arid on his return to the palace received the congratulations of the Foreign Ministers, and of a great number of persons, both Brazilians and stran gers. M. Jose de Miranda, Vice Consul of Donna Maria 11., having written to the Minister of Foreign Affairs, re questing that the order issued by the Minister of Jus tice, should not be enforced, by which only these persons are recognised as Portuguese subjects who have entered the empire with passports, and are in serted in the register of the police, the Minister replied in a long letter, in which, he tells the Vice Consul that his quotations from Vattel and other writers are nothing to the purpose, and only shows, that in addition to his consular duties he has studied diplomacy. He tells him that as a consular agent, he has unduly arrogated to him self the privileges of a Diplomatic Minister, to which he has no title whatever, and that he will for the fut.,e be en good as to confine himself to his Consular functions.- Rio Papers, Nov. 13. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning...lB minutes after 5.1 Evening...4o minutes after 5, CoLBuRN 7 s7IOFER N NOVELISTS. COMPLAINTS being frequently made to the Publisher, respecting the Price of the Novels sold under the above title, Mr. BENTLEY, at whose house the Volumes are issued, thinks it neclssary, in order to remove the erroneous impression existing, to state that each Novel appears in Three, and in one instance Four Volumes, and that the cost of every book, complete, is therefore 12s. or 16s. This statement applies equally to some novels, called " The Naval and Military Library of Entertainment," and to others, designated as "Irish National Tales." New Burlin g ton - street, D ec . 30. __ • efyittut. LONDON. MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 30, 1833, A single copy of a New York paper contain ing the Speech of the President of the United States on opening the Congress, has this morn ing been received at the North and South Ame rican Coffee House. In another column we have given the most important passages of this document, which, like most President's Mes sages, is of great length, but of equal interest, affording a striking contrast to most of the speeches of crowned heads, which are remarkable rather for attempts to conceal facts than for open and candid statements of the foreign and domestic relations of their respective govern• In the present document the President, after congratulating the nation on the continuance of peace and the happy increase of commerce, and dwelling with peculiar strength upon the deter mination of the Government to make itself respected at home and abroad, by demanding only what is right and submitting to no wrong or indignity—sentiments which we hope to see re-echoed by our own Government and that of France, with reference to the present state of Europe—informs the Congress that a treaty of commerce between the United States and Belgiu m was concluded during last winter, but that the ratification had been delayed ; tha the claims of the Government of Brazil had been satisfactorily adjusted ; that the claims of the United States on the Portuguese Government, are postponed for two years ; that the Commission for examining the claim s of Denmark have terminated their labours, and th e amount of their award has been paid to the trea sury; and that the interesting question with Great Britain, with respect to the northern boundaries, remained still undecided. He then congratulates the Congress on the state of the finances, and says, that the receipts during the year will amount to more than thirty-, two millions of dollars, and that the Treasury will be able to pay in the course of the present year the residue of the exchanged 4-1 per Cent. Stock. Having made this communication, he adds, that if Providence should permit him to meet them next year, he hopes to be enabled to announce to them that Me National Debt has been extinguished ! The PRESIDENT then alludes to several important domestic cir cumstances ; but to us poor Europeans, who Several good old ladies of the City have been making a lament over the metamorphosis of the narrow lanes of London into broad streets, and have endeavoured to stop the innovation by enumerating the empty churches which must be pulled down in its course. Some of the more timid of the sisterhood even fear that the metro polis will rise in rebellion, should the rash and unthinking men who compose the Bridge Com mittee persevere in their horrible intentions, "Meetings," quoth one of them, " are being held in almost every church ; strong resolutions, expressive of horror, have been passed; the moral feelings of Englishmen will be grossly violated ; the peace of the city will be disturbed ; acts of vio lence will be perpetrated, and probably the per sonal safety of the promoters of demolition may be endangered --and for what purpose ?" We were almost inclined to think that we had been read ing something written a couple of centuries back; but the answer to this posing question convinced us that the writer had at least walked down Regent -street. The answer is, " Why, to metamorphose the ancient trading and manufac turing City of London into a modern town of broad streets, squares, crescents, &c., and to dislodge its industrious and thriving population to make way for what we cannot tell. Awful catastroph e 1" What manufactures were ever carried on in St. Bartholomew-lan e , Threadneedle -street, the Poultry, East Cheap, Knightryder-street, Thames -street, and the other holes and corners which our contemporary (we scarcely need say we speak of the Herald) men tions, we do not pretend to recollect, but doubtless the merchants whose counting houses and jware houses are there, will b e desperately inj ure d by its being made possible to have two wagg ons abreast bef ore th e i r doors, instead of one. In deed th e Herald proves to demonstration, that narrow streets, steep hills, &e., are natural con sequences of successful trade. It, or she (for newspapers, like some species of birds, lose, at a certain age, the distinguishing character- conveyance) in order to place- himself at the head of hie men. • The Governor on the 15th instant issued a proclama. tint) addressed to the inhabitants of the province, to the affect that if in times of tranquillity it be necessary 'or the Executive to act so as to give confidence to the people and security for the preservation of constitutional liberty, it was more than ever so at the present moment, from the scandalous insurrection promoted by some deluded men. The proclamation then notices the note sent by th e G overnment to the House of Representatives upon the su bj ect, and states that if the admonitions of those ele c t e d b y t h e people have no effect, then the Go / vernment will take means in order that the laws he respect ed, peace reestablished, and the liberties and rights of the province protected. PRICES OF STOCKS TM Bank Stceit -1 3 lper Cent. 88%34 3 per Cent. Cons. ...... 3% per Cent. Ditto Red .... . ... ent .......... 9 5h ' 7 34%.?4 New:3% per C ..... 3 ner Cent. Ann. 1726 - 4 :'per Cent. 1826 ...... 103 2g, 3 Bank Long A n n. t o expire Jan. 5, 1860 ............ 17 1-16 Oct. 10, 1859 Jan. 5, 186 0 Jan. 5, 1880 Aprils, 1880 ............. - Jan 5 1870 . • (S DAY AT ON! O'CLOCK. gew 5 per C0nt...... .... India Stock .............. Ditto 80nd5...." ...... 23 . 25 pm. South Sea Stock ............ Old Annuities. ......... ... 87% New Ditto ... .... --- I per Cent. Ann. 1751 .... Ex. Bills, £1,(x10...... 45 46 pm. Ditto 560 ...... 45 46 pm. Ditto Small ...... 45 46 pm. Ditto Commercial . ,...... _ p r , Ditto Advertised ........ . pm. Bank for Account ......... India for Account ..... . —. Cons. for Account 89 , ' 93 89% PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS Austrian Bonds ............... 97 Belgian Bonds .................. 96 ti,'; Ditto Account ............... 96 Brazilian Bonds . ....... 67 Ditto Acc0unt.,......... ...... 67 Buenos Ayres 80nd5....... ....... Ditto Account... ............ 21Y6 Chilian Bonds ............ Ditto Account ...............2%6 Columbian Bonds ............19 Ditto Acc0unt............... Ditto Bonds, 1824 ........ 22 3 4 Ditto Account ............... 2 3 4 Danish Bon 3 . ................. 73!4 Ditto Accrunt ............... '73% Greek .............. Ditto Bonds, 1825 . ........ 29 Ditto Account .............. &lexicon Bonds, 5 per cent.29l4 Ditto Account ........ Inn , 6 per cent............ 38 Ditto Account ........... 38 7% N eapolitan ...................... 89 THIS DAY AT ONI3 0 CLOCK. Peruvian Bonds ............... 1.91 i Portuguese Bonds ............ 57 Ditto Account ............. 56% Ditto New Bonds —.56% Ditto Acconnt ............ 56M 5 ,6 Prussian Bonds ................ 102 Ditto Bonds, 1822 ... :1 03 Russian Bonds, 1822 . .. ••' ........ 104 Ditto Account ............... 104 Ditto 111 ................... 103% Spanish Bonds,lB2l ..... 23 1 4 3 Ditto Arc. ................ Ditto Bonds, 1823 ........2014 Ditto Account .......... . 'French Rentes, sp. c. —c. 1-- Exchange ...... r--:1 Der cent....... Exchange....., —f --e Dutch, 2.4 c. ............... 50% Ditto Account ............... 51 Ditto, 5 p. 474 Ditto Account. .......... 95 French Scrip ............. .pm. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAT AT ONE o'cLoCir. Allen Mining C ompany Paid . Per Share.£7 7% Anglo Mex. Min. co. (iss. at 51. pm ) £lOO 9 Ilolanos Mining Compai” ............... -£l5O 140 Brazilian Mining Company •£s 15 Brazilian Imp. Min. Co. (iEs. at 5!. pm.) £2O 62% Ditto National ......... ... . 22% 2fig DittDitto St. John Del Rey o Cocaes ....... ... Cata Branca Mining Company 3% 5 British Iron Mining, company ZSO 294' Columbian Mining Co. gut st 5/. pira) 51% :2 4 English Mining Company - , - 25 r - eeneral Mining Association ... ' Hibernian Mining Co. £lo 4 Mexican Mining Co. ...................... £4B 11% Real del Monte Mining Co,— (unreg.) . --- 53% ! nited B(ex. Min. Co. (iss. at 2/. pm.) 40 1111 Ditto New Scrip ................ 5 14 , 4 Alliance Fire Insurance C0mp.........'.. . 10 11% AProtector Insurance Comp. .... ........ Xf2 £1 5 6 Custralian Co. .............................. 26g 22 anada Company ...................... . ..... 17 ,- General Steam Navigation Co. ......... 13 National Provincial Bank of England 5 Rio Doce r • a• 2 Provincial Bank of Ireland ............. 25 4q 39N% PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, DEC. 27. Bank Stock - Consols, 3 Der cent Gov. Stock 884 ;Royal Irish Ditto .. ........... ,3% per cent. fellA ;National Ditto ................. IDitto, New ... ........... per Cent" - 'Hibernian Bank ............... Gov. Deb. 3%. percent - 'Provincial Ditto .... ........... Gov. Deb. Stock ... - Royal Irish 11 1ine............... Grand Canal 5t0ck...,.., - Imperial' Aline .................. City Deb. 4 per cent ...... •--- , Mining Co. of Ireland •• Ballast Office Deb. 4n. c. 'Commercial Buildings....,.. .... a......-.......,...._..._..._..............___..............____..___ 1 fAILS. Arrived. Due. Arrived. Due. I 0 America ............... 0 1 Hamburg 0 Brazil .................. 0 0 Holland 0 Buenos Ay res 0 1 Jamaica.. ,slams... 0 2 0 Carthagena..... Dublin 2 1 Flanders ............... 0 0 Ma1ta....... France .................. 0 Sweden I G uernser&Jersev.. 1 I 2 Waterford 0 We have this morning received Buenos Ayres Papers, with accounts of a serious commotion in that country. The details will be found in another column. Hamburg Papers to the 24th inst. arrived extract is morning. f rom the They contain rather Berlin Papers srespecting interesting thithe naval preparations of the Russians. BERLIN, DEC. 18 . —Letters from St. Petersburgb, received the day before yesterday, speak of the rapid p in . gress of the Russian Navy, which is very striking in the continued important armaments. The writer, as an eye witness, gives an extremely favourable account of the new arrangements. He says that all the sailors are well practised in the use o e ; the up per t i er of large ships consists of th guns fine brass guns (12 pounders) with percussion locks, and in the lower tier brass 49 pounders, in which the percussio n cap is struck with a hammer. During the last year new and admirably equipped ships are launched almost every month. Equally favourable are the accounts of the fine harbours and arsenals on the Black &a. EXCHANGES ON LONDON. HAMBURG, Dec. 24.-13 7 • two months, 13 6. PETERSBURG'', DEC. BREMEN, DEC. 20.—Two months, 601 605. BERLIN, DEC. 21 . —Three months, 6 24%. -.Hamburg Papers, Dec. 24. (We have received Dutch papers to the 27th inst. They state that the question for the levy of the national militia for 1834, has been car ried by a majority of 31 to 19. Or:e of th e Members o f t h e S tates General ( H Mr. ooFT) spoke w i t h great energy, but unavailingly against the measure. are toiling daily for the means of paying off the incumbrance produced by the "glorious wars" of our predecessors, and who are now almost ready to submit to indignities rather than add to our national burdens, the words which we have quoted in italics must be musical in our ears if we are liberal enough to take pleasure in witnessing enjoyments in which we are not able to participate. The result of the ballot in the French Chamber of Deputies, on Thursday last, for the fourth Vice-President, shows how erroneously some of our contemporaries had made their inferences of the strength of the Ministry in the Chamber from the election of the President, or rather the rejection of the Ultra-Liberal can didates who were opposed to him. On Thurs day, on the election of the fourth Vice-President, the numbers were, for M. BERENGER, a gen tleman of juste-milieu politics, but personally obnoxious to the Ministry from his independent spirit, 165; and for M. PERSIL, the Attorney- General, 98. To account for this defeat, the partisans of the Ministry say that no Ministerial support was given to M. PERSIL, as he had rendered himself very unpopular by his recent proceedings, and the Government hoped to lose a little of their own unpopularity by re fusing to support their late instrument as a can didate for the Vice Presidency of the Chamber. This, however, is not a very probable statement. As we were unwilling to allow that the rejection of LAFAYETTE was a proof of the strength of the French iVlinistry in the Chamber, so we will admit that their weakness is not to be interred from the election of M. BERENGER to the Vice-Presidency; but there is one very im portant indication of the feeling of the Cham ber in this result. M. PERSIL is known to have recommended a projet de Loi, proposed be the Attorney-Ger►er a l. Is it not reasonably to suppose that as the Chamber have rejected M. PERSIL for what he has done against the Press with the existing laws, they will refuse to invest him and his employers with new powers to prevent the expression of public opinion. There is a great disposition in the Chamber to support the present system of Government, so far as the Monarchy is concerned, but we trust that a large majority of Deputies will be found to re sist any attempt to legalize the arbitrary conduct of the Ministers. Some of the Deputies appear to have had a most fortunate escape from death or serious injury on Monday evening. Just as the sitting had ended, the great and beautiful chandalier, which lighted the ball, fell from the ceiling, and was broken into a thousand pieces on the benches which the Members had fortunately just quitted. _rankfort Papers have arrived to the 21st ,nst. Their contents are unimportant. The following are the quotations of the German funds by this arrival. Five per Cent. Metalliques, 94 4.5; Four per Cent. ditto, 84k; Bank Shares, I,226.—Allgenieine Zei'ung, Dec. 21. The accounts from Spain are rather - of a mixed character, but the balance is certainly in favour of the Queen's Goiernment ; for although the rebel bands are still numerous, they are no where in sufficient force to excite much uneasi ness. It is stated, however, in a letter from Bayonne, that the Spanish army are strongly inclined for a Constitution, and that as soon as they shall have subdued the rebels they will dic tate and enforce the adoption of a more liberal system upon the Regent. The same letter states that MORENO had entered Spain from Por tugal at Ayamonte, with a considerable force, and that he had been joined by 1,000 of the young men of the country. It is stated in Madrid letters that the Curate MERINO and the Bishop of LEON had escaped into Portugal ; and they mention the destruction by the Carlists of a small pleasure farm or country-house of the QUEEN REGENT, situate within 50 miles of the capital. All cne accounts from the Continent lead to a belief that the Emperor of RUSSIA. will be firm in his determination not to revoke the treaty into which he has entered with the Porte ; and an article from Berlin states, that Prussia is asto nished at the preparations of Great Britain and France, and resolved, as wlell as Austria, to ad here to the policy of the Potentate of the North. If all this be true, and really one can hardly conceive, as far as Russia is concerned, that so much has been done progressively towards a particular object only for her to stop short at the moment when that object is almost within her grasp —the difference can only be decided by a war, or by a concession on the part of the British and French Cabinets as in jurious as it would be base. On the other hand, however, we are told here by the immediate friends of Lord PALMERSTON and those few persons to whom the Prince de TALLEYRAND chooses sometimes to be com municative that there is not the slightest danger of war—that there will be mutual concession, and that by such concession peace will not only be maintained, but the relations between the great Powers of Europe be placed on such a basis as to make the duration of peace certain for at least twenty or thirty years. We confess we do not know what is meant by mutual concession. disgrace ? mak n e as t o not R usesniaouwghithobueet injury ced an ed d already ? Has not the Russian Govern ment been permitted to invade Persia, and add to her territories in that quarter ;---to make a vassal of the SULTAN and drain the resources of the Turks ;—to destroy the nation ality of Poland, which was guaranteed by the Congress of Vienna, and massacre not only Polish patriots but unoffending women and children ;—to interfere in the affairs of Southern States, and by intrigues and menaces prevent the a rrangement of the dispute between Holland and Belgium, the establishment of a Constitution in Spain, and the overthrow of the usurper in Portugal ? Are these not concessions enough, and are we to be told that when our interests in the Mediterranean are at stake we are still to concede ? This may be diplomatic policy in istic of the masculine gender), thus gravely discoureth--- " London has been moulded on the basis of trade and commerce ; it is fitted admirably as it stands for those great Purposes; almost all the vast wealth that has been accu mulated in this country has been realised by citizens of , London." We had always imagined that the old streets of London were made narrow partly because the limited nature of the traffic carried on in them did not require them to be made broader, but mainly because as many houses as possible might be built, or "moulded," as we suppose we must call it in future, within the protection of the City walls. We humbly acknowledg e our mistake, and feel satisfied that the " moulders" of the west end of the town, the builders of squares, crescents, and streets, admitting of any vehicle wider than a wheelbarrow, have com mitted a capital blunder. Towards the wind up of his jeremiad the Herald says, " We hop e th e destruction of the Church 9f England not be at th e b ottom of this plot." trust We may we shall not be accused of " stifling the plaat" by reminding our contemporary that this "revolutionary scheme" of pulling down churches, when they are in tile Way, is not a novelt When St. K at h ar i ne ' s Dock was constructed, y. a Church was obliged to be pulled down, that its .ite m;gbt be desecrated by the spade --anci—th-e -mattock. With respect to the City Churches which the projected improvements may renderit necessary to demolish, and they do not amount to half the number referred to by the Herald, it may not be generally known that few of them have a congregation exceeding two dozen persons, and many of them not half that number. The demolition of an old building is at all times a subject of regret and pain, but both must be endured if the comfort, convenience, or profit of mankind requires the sacrifice. No apprehension need be entertained that in the present instance the inhabitants of the City will be left withou' a sufficient number of places of worship. Brussels Papers of Friday arrived last nip. They state that a private letter from St. Peters, burgh says the Emperor of RUSSIA is firmly re. solved not to yield to the solicitations or threats of France and England, and not to change a syllable in the treaty he has concluded with the Porte. General GOBLET, the Minister for Foreign Affairs, has resigned, and been replaced by M. F. de ME RODE. It is thought that more extensive changes in the Cabinet are upon the eve of taking place. BELGIAN FUNDS.—Bausms, DEc. 26. Actual Debt, 2) per Cent. ........... Rothschild's L oan , 5 per Cent .................. 49 .......... Loan of the City, 1832, 4 per Cent. ............ 92 Ditto, 1833, 4 per cent. ............. — Brussels Papers. Dec. 28. F- the estimation of M. TALLEYRAi not consistent with Enti,lish ideas honour —neither would it, if effect the object for which 1: The only way of making the Europe permanent is to check ing power of Russia. To ci thing now would only injure I of Great Britain and France ; fi were to concede a little, it woU for the purpose of gaining time to el strike with the certainty of success. war as much as the juste milieu I war is preferable to inglorious peace, peace without honour is, in all cases to the interests of a people, but becal present instance, to accept of peace ion of Russia, would increase the making her the dictatress over the rest COURT CIRCULAR. The Duch ess o f Kent and the Princess Vi their Royal Highnesses' Household, attended vice, yesterday, at the palace. at Kensington. of Chester officiated. The Russian Ambassador and the Princess L their suite, left Ashburnham House, on Sat Brighton. Lord Howard de Walden, Mr. and Lady Aul and a select party, are shying on a visit with Palmerston, at Broadlands, Herts. Despatches were received yesterday at the Office, from the Earl of Mulgrave, from the GO Jimaica, from the Governor of Birbadoes, and 1 Governors of the other Wcst India islands. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGEN IVALS. Earl Grey, in Downing-st Aß r ß eet, from a visit to L o rd the Hoo, H er t s ; the Earl of Galloway, at the Duchess borough's, P ar k - l ane, from the North ; Lord Se B erkeley House, Spri ng -gardens, from Cheltenham; Ossulston, at the E ar l of Tankerville's, in Grosveno from Wobu rn Abb ey ; Captain Hamilton, in Wimpe from a tour ; R owland Errington, Esq., in Hill-st Melton Mowbray; Lieut enant -Colonel Ferrars Loft 1 Brighton; Lord Napier, from Brighton; Sir John SO Byng, in Portman square, from Wrotham Park; the Hon. C. Poulctt Thomson, in Somerset -place, from Mane Right Honourable T. S. Rice, in Mansfield.street, frail bridge. (DEPARTURES. The Prince and Princess Lieven, on Saturday, {roe' burnham House, for Brighton; Captain and Lady E Stuart Wortley, from Wharneliffe House, Curzon.st the Continent ; the Dowager Marchioness of Cony from Bifrons House, Canterbury, for ditto; Lord and Radstock and family, from Wimpole-street, for Ra Sir James Musgrave, Bart., for Melton Mowbray; the Captain Forester, for ditto ; Lord Howard de Walden suite, from Audley.square, for Lisbon ; Viscount Deer for the Earl of Coventry's seat, Croome Abbey, war shire; Lady Emily Pelham, from Brook-street, for Brigb Mr. and Mrs. Cavendish Bradshaw, for ditto; Lady Tr° for ditto ; Lord and Lady Southwell, and the Hon. Southwell, for ditto; Colonel Williams, from Dimond's Yew Ormond street, for Portugal. HAMBURG MARKETS. HAMBURG, DEC. 24.--BOR.SEN HALLE, HALF•I Two, r ar.—The supplies of Wheat, during the last days, have ken trifling, and the business confined to for consumption. Prime Grain is at present firm in pl but inferior qualities almost unsaleable. Rix-dollarb ( Wheat, Anhalt, white .94 to 100 ----._---- red... ................................. 78 to 65 ----- Marks. .......................................... 80 to 83 ---- Mecklenburg • ................... . 64 to 72 -- Holstein 6O to 70 --- Lower Elbe ................................. 6O to 70 Rye, Upland ---- Mecklenburgh .........•' •• 54 to 57 BarleHolstein 52 to 54 y, Anhalt 5O to 52 -- Mecklenburgh 36 to 40 ....—..--- Lower Elbe 30 to 38 Oat*, Mecklenburg ---- Lower Elbe ........... ..................... 30 to 3 ................. Malt, Pomeranian ................................. FUNDS. —Business has been exceedingly dull to-day. Discount 4 per Cent. End of December AAnglo-Danish Loan, three per cent ..................... 69h nglo-Russian ................................................. 98% Ditßussian Inscription, 5 per cent., l8:3) ................. 92% Dittto, ditto, 1831 ............................................. ... 91% Certio, ditto, 1832.. ............................................. 91% ficates ..................................................... 92 PrussPolish Bonds .... Shares 183? ..........• 123% ian Bonds ' 1832 ...... ... ............................ 103% DittAustrian Bank ....................................... 1221 Ditto Metalliques ... 94% Spanio 4 per Cent. .... . ....................... . ............... 84% Dittosh 3 per Cents. . ................................... . ..... 37 Dutch 4 per Cent ................................................ 45% 23 , 2 per Cents. ................ ... ... 48 Ditto 5 per Cents. ............................................. 91% Hamburg Reporter. CITY OF LONDON CORPORATION COMMISSION. -( THIS DAY. ) The Commisioners, at___ ten o'clock this morning, re sumed their adjourned investigation. Sir F. PALGRAVE, in the absence of Mr. Blackburne, the Chief Commissioner, took the chair. The evidence adduced on former days of the inquiry was then read, and the opinions of Mr. Woodthorpe, Town Clerk, and Mr. Newman, City Solicitor, -taken, particularly in reference to the election of Aldermen and Common Council. Mr. Woodthorp gave it as his opinion that although the members of the Common Council now and always had amounted to 240, yet there was no law to prevent their increasing the number to 250. Indeed he thought they had a general power of controlling the numbers as well as the internal conduct, &c., of their own body. Mr. Newman considered that the Common Council could not decrease their number under 240, but the bad the pow er to i ncrease it to 250. y The Commissioners then proceeded to collect evidence relative to the appointment of the Steward of Southwark, and the authority of his deputies. THE FUNDS. -(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE Ac O'CLOCK. Consols opened at 89a for the count ; miy be quoted 891 sellers. at present HALF-PAST ONE. By the Jamaica mail this morning, which sailed the 26th of November, Jamaica papers have been received at the North and South American Coffee-honse to the 24th of November. (From the Paper of the 23d of November.) " The Slavery Abolition Bill was committed last even. ing, and met a considerable opposition. Mr. Watkis presented an amendment—a short Bill, declaring the slaves free after the Ist of August next, upon the compen. sation being lodged in the Bank of England, subject to the control of Commissioner., to be appointed by the House of Assembly, which was, on a division, rejected ; only four votes for it. A mail has arrived from Rio Janeiro, sailed Nov. 4: all was tranquil there. The exchange on London was 42, but fell to 41 ; Stocks, 54. We understand that the Scorpion cutter, with 200 barrels of powder, 7,000 stand of arms, and a great quan. tity of clothing, is now wind-bound in the Downs. Her destination is Viana, in Portugal, for the service of Don Miguel. She cleared out for Lisbon, without calling on the Portuguese Consul to have her papers signed. We also hear that Don Pedro's Government is aware of her going to sail from England, and that his cruizers are on the look out. We have a great abundance of arrivals this morning, but the most important is the President's Speech of Ame rica, which is of a very pacific nature, and very favourable for that republic. The express from Paris does not bring any satisfactory news from Spain. The Carlists, although continually defeated and dispersed, are again assembling in great num ber., and causing uneasiness to the Spanish Government. C3nsols may be quoted 89i alternately buyers and sellers; the whole of the morning little doin. Spani s h, 23 to*; P i ortuguLss, 564 t o i ; B razil, 67 to ; Dutch, so to 61. THREE 0' CL 0 C.K. Conse's f or t h e A ccount, 89 l'ilE EcLipsE.—The Weather on Thursday evtnin.; proved most unfavourable, dense clouds entirely covering the sky, and shutting out all view of this sub lime spectacle. At the time of the greatest obscuration t h e darkn ess was terri6c---it was, as a great writer has expressed it, " darkness that might be felt." Just before toe termination of the eclipse, which ended at 20 minutes :I;er 11, the clouds partially broke up, and a glimpse of the moon's face, siig , ,tly eclipsed, might now and then be caught, and before 4 12„when too late, the weather had cleared un. SOUTH AMERICA. (From the Buenos Ayres and Brazil Papery.) BUENOS AYRES, OCT. 19.—. The following official document has been published : HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES BUENOS AYRES, OCT. 15. TWENTY-FOURTH YEAR OF THE LIBERTY, AND Elan, TEENTH OF THE INDEPENDENCE. To the Executive Powers of the Province— Art. 1. During fifteen days from this date, none of the journals which are published in the province, or which may be published in that period, shall insert any article except those of a scientific, literary, or mercantile nature. 2. The publication of official articles or foreign news as excepted from the preceding article. '3 The printers and editors who transgress what ttCed in the preceding articles shall be fined sash one in the penalty of 4,000 dollars for the first glen ee, or in default, to one years' military service, and double for the second, and so on progreeaivcly. 4. What is stated in the preceding articles, likewise applies to all publications in loose sheets. GUELLERMO PINTO, President. EDUARDO LAHITTE, Secretary. A communication dated the 9th instant, was sent by the Government to the Home of Representatives, respect ing the measures taken with regard to the press. On the 12th at mid-day, the Government forwarded a communication to the President of the House of Repre sentative•, requesting him to convoke the Members, in order that the House might take into its consideration an affair of a serious and important nature, the particulars of which the Government stated it would forward within two hours. In consequence of this convocation, the house assembled at five o'clock on the same afternoon, and continued with closed doors deliberating upon the communication for• warded by the Government, till eleven o'clock at night. The result was the nomination of a conciliatory commis.. sion, and the transmission of a note to the Government, of the following tenor :-- " That the representatives of the province bad read,and seriously considered the contents of the note which the Government had rent ; and, animated with the sacred interest which the preservation of the pub lic peace now so unfortunately threatened required, they believed they fulfilled their duty in occupying themselves as they had now done in a permanent sitting in order to procure the object in question, it being as primary as it was necessary, and to guarantee the public rights. The House of Representatives was again convoked on the 14th inst., and a vote was read from the Govern ment, dated the 14th, stating that the seditious were ac tively and openly employed against the legal authority, that they had despatched a party to depose the Mili tary Commandant of Ensenada, and taken possession of the armament there, and at sun-rise that morning had proceeded even to the chill of the Convent of San Do mingo, breaking the line of their first position without the previous knowledge of the Government ; thence they went near to the hospital for men headed by Bernardino Cabrera who, eight days before, had been released from the public prison ; that he committed many excesses, taking away the horses belonging to the Government, preventing some droves of cattle from entering the town, spilling the milk intended for the use of the city, &c., &c. ; that the Government, which is alone responsible to maintain the public tranquillity could not remain inactive; that the House must be aware of the necessity of instantly stifling all attempts at sedition ; that toleration, under such circum stances, might plunge the country into irremediabl e evils ; and that the Government was not disposed to omit any means, within the sphere of its attributions, to suppress the anxiety Which prevails. The House of Representative forwarded a communica tion to the Government, dated the 15th inst., in answer to the above, stating that when they advised the Govern ment not to take the offensive against those citi zens wbo were in arms against the legal autho rity, until the answer of the conciliatory commis. sion had been received, they bad no idea that it should be taken as an absolute prohibition to the Go vernment to assume that authority which was necessary to maintain the public peace, that the present corn. munication had been referred to a committee, &C. OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS. A communication, dated Lugan, 13th inst., from General Juan Izquierdo to the Minister of War, states that on receiving the Minister's note, ordering him to proceed with Lis regiment to the capital to support the authority which was threatened by the troops of Captain Benavente, he had instantly issued the necessary orders, and notwithstanding he was scarcely convalescent from a severe illness, he would, at the sacrifice of his health, do anything in his power, whatever might be the mode o Extract of a letter, of the 23d instant, from Chambery :—" It is calculated that there are 160 persons, without exaggeration, either accused of, or condemned for, political offences, now confined in the citadels of Turin, Alexandria, Fenestrella, and Ivrea. Genoa has supplied the majority of them. Savoy and Nice have been lightly visited, owing to the vicinity of France, and the facility of escape which this affords. Some alleviation of punishment is expected for the prisoners who are the least compromised, but all hope of a general amnesty is given up. Dilatory demonstration on the part of France has, it is said, made Austria renounce the idea of occupying Montferrat and the Novarrais, which the Cabinet of Turin was ready to open to them. Indeed, a French invasion could have no other result, under existing circumstances, than that which the enigmatical expedition of Ancona has had for the Pontifical States—it would lead our country men to indulge in imprudent manifestations, which we should pay dearly for, after the departure of the French." SOMETHING ROMANTIC. —Some years ago a Captain of a corsair carried off the wife of a poor wood man, in the environs of Messina. Having kept her several months on board his vessel, the pirate landed her in one of the South Sea Islands, and abandoned her to her fate. The savage Monarch of the island, to whom she was brought, became so enamoured of her that he married her according to the customs of the country, placed ber by his sid e on the throne, and when he died, left her the sovereignty of his dominions. A European vessel, lately arrived from a voyage to America, has not only brought to the poor woodman this intelligence of the fate of his wife, but has also brought presents from her of sufficient value to make him one of the richest private individuals in Sicily, until it shall please his Royal spouse to call him to her Court. the 13 manes of dul ought the I Treaal that depriv cotulte ite fui this in vented govern suffra ge poratioi 'tent, deterrai dates, highest sides of heretofo opinion, others, i jectionat u►ore uri 1 t require I . te vaults 111 One pc k nown tt Unfounde " Thee can for, 41 1 CollBi °hatter. se of of ,4 1 e , ' a iled, and t he state b i follow dou bted tl to -- t'e of it s .04 t4 3 ' own sp ,!tfi disclo t h a vier klpably expi 4 41 from I calle li tinual 1 Aare wit been t , lie de o; , of 41 adequ 1341 3ject t I"°4---cleo .4111acti( e ll as thi is Was g Res, i mp 1, 4 t Justly r safe The ext 'ed Was to t ° o wel tow L e, ree e of Ways h urlin g wit i tafely 1) ree !lutior ` 4a Jorit A,. tl ° f the 11Q1111:11: tnay ..."withst Nile that] 41i Or s u tVith i ., ! 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