The Sun. — London, England, 1830-09-24 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. The proceedings at Om :. quarrerly meeting of Pro prietnis E n tbh Bunk of gland, held yesterday, to consider about the half-yearly dividend, are descry ing of public .attention, it is not that any import ., ance Whatever ought to be attached to such period!- , eta assemblies, considered with referenee to the transaction of that business for whichthey are for mally' sinfirriened. They are called to "consider about the propriety of declaring a certain dividend; white it unfortunately happens, that all materials for considerition are in every instance refused to the Proprietors, by their humble servants the Court of Directors, so as to put every member of the propriee tary in this .most preposterous situation,—that if asked, after the proceedings of the day have closed, why and on what grounds it is that he hes:voted for a dividend of per cent. on the half-year ?he must-inevitably answer—" Because the Governor desired me to' do se." If people are invited to con ! . sitter whether" or not they shall agree to become pertics to acertain act, it does riot appear to us at all unreasonable that those who invite them shall have the decency tod ay before their jedgments some facts, as the:basis of the " consideration proposed to them. When Bank Proprietora are called to gether under a positive Act of Patliiment, to declare a dividend, and when, by one of their overt by-laws, they are empowered to appor tion sueli dividend "according to the amount if the yoyilr," can any thing exceed the effrontery with, which the " amount of the profits" is concealed from them, and the power of comicien tiouely discharging so grave a duty withheld ? Mr. Young put a series of questions at yesterday's meet ing to the Governor, every one of which that gen tleman thought fit to evade, and in lieu of answers, to furnish - additional topics of ,astotilehMent at his own boldness and contempt for . the understandings of his hearers.. Av.. Young demanded out of what funds it was that. 113,000,000/. had been advanced for dead ,weight,. 0,000,0001. on Exchequer-bills, 0,000,0001. on mortgages, loans, &c. lite.; and founded on these and other questions, which he fols lowed up by sundry observations, a motion having for its object to communicate to the Proprietors in future such information us might be necessaryto qua, lily each of them for decidingaa to the amount of divi dend fairly.elaimable out of the profits of the Batik. This motion was resisted by the Governor on no specifie grounde whatever that we could understated, . but that the question watt not one between the Proprietors and Directors only ; the Bank was to be looked at in " a political point of view, and the in. &mice of its operations on the currency of the country ought to be considered, before its present mode of 'proceedings Was arraigned ;" that " the interest of the publiontas vitally concerned in the proceedings of the Bank." Therefore it is, we beg ICSVii to say, that the proceedings of the Bank ought not to be envetoped in mystery, and the public in terests—" vital toterests"-s-tampered with by Men whose machinations are altogether secret. if the currency of the country be at the mercy of the Bank Directors—if they have the privilege, and, as they contend they ought to have, the uncontrolled privilege of acting upon that currency at their own discretion,—of emitting any amount of Bank notes they please, from 20 millions to 30 millions,—of advancing to the King's ministers whet sums they please,—of managing the business of the Bank on the principles of a ',political" concern (a daring avowal this),—we affirm' that no power so awful and tremendous was ever yet lodged in the hands deny corporation that has yet existed in a free • country ; and that-the admiesion' of the Governor of the Bank of England now far outstrips the most alarming' anticipations that ever preeented themselves to the most sickly mint!, of the poptii/e bait induenee a that body. Why every syllable uttered by this organ of the Beek Directors is a ditect appeal, not merely to the Proprietors, but to the Pooltio of El land, against thacontinussica of the Bank chaster for a single day. -The public safety must not be lout. eight ;of, for the , . skims of any class of indis visuals. Its the ''aeteal preettrioes and ;neat /11We state of Europe , when each post may bring tiding. pregnant 'whir dismay to every lover of civilization and of continued peace, we ask, ought *4 merchant, (nay, we believe the secret committee of the Bank does not exceed three in number), ouglit any such smell body to possess the power of raising or depressing prieee-s-of extending or con trseting private credit-of driving gold from Eng land, or forcing it suddenly back-- , of &miring, in filet, the whole face of society amongst us, and all the while demand from the nation at large, as well as from their own employers by whom they have beim inneadietely delegated, a blind, implicit, and 'unbounded confidence in the infallibility or their dein end their honoin . ? repeat, that the pre regative exacted is frightful, and the ground on which it is baked quite contemptible. Because, indeed, in formation we's not solicited ((innerly, so it ought Dot at this moment I Because when the Beek 'was a antrieshop for the exchange of money, the country did not pry into its books, now, when the first officer of the corporation arrogates for it the rank of a putt Joni stater-of a mighty political power, co-ordinate with the Government br paramount to it, wielding n machinery by which stations may be lifted up or same forbeaiance is to be exercised, and we, the people of England, to say nothing of Bank Proprietors, must resign ourselves to the chance of being at any moment sacrificed 10 these worshippers of Marntrion It has been communi cated to us, that both in France and Holland, awing to the Undefined but unappeasable fears of capi• fasts in both those countries, for the futures—the practice has commenced of hoarding sold against a coin i ng e mergency, . le, there no aggravation in this cireumstance, reported to us on respectable autho rity, of • the danger of ,unmeasured power being placed in such keeping sue that of the Bank Dire tors? We trust that, whatever happens hence forth, these gentlemeh.will " consider' twice, be fore they inundate themmket of England with en increased quantity of paper, the greatest of all evil's, sinauld the present anxious crisis lead 'Europe to si general, or: even a partial war. As for the lidlueriee of tile question on Batik Proprietors merely, that is but a secondary; though, not an uninteresting, topic.—'lmes. The crisis in the affaits of the Netherlands, to which we yesterday alluded, will not remain long 1 um:Weida ThOr I,rociiwiti9!) of Prince Frederick, sh e commatoter l iin-Chief of the Belgic army, to the inhabitants of Bruesebt, leaven their Burgher Guards no alternative. but. submission to his command, or resistance to his mope.; it is now upwards of three weeks since he arrived at-Vilvorde, within five miles of the capital, with a considerable force. There he consented, along with .brother, to remain till the effect of negot i ation was tried. During the interval--from the Ist to the 2 Ist itist.---the Govern. mint has shown the greatest forbearance, and'madi the most impOrtant Cuneeseiome In short. the King, in order to- eathal his disaffected subjects,„ has done every thing which, he could perform in his executive capacityi and is now consulting with the meeting of the States of his kingdom whist both can dole their legislative cheractert This' legal and COOtii'! t utionat , mode of proceeding ought to satisfy all those reasonable citizens wise really desired a 'redress of adevanees and had no rthOrior objeet. Those, ink the other band, who armed' themselves tinder Slte pretext of putting down tumult, with !ha teal design 4if disMernbering Ithigdomt oust stow throw off the mask Of patriotic guardian:4. t: t f ,ii t i v i a , ntittilllty, :And enter tot tbe tiaugetu'us Pith of submit4rt to f tiT bias e s authority.,, 'lit die }roma s manifesto as itfeisive Ott this itit hopport bas been spread that M, tie print. top the wuteji„woms. of th : r u ( w .Huse , wise was Ona at Briitileit gati„Ot ite rrril rising had creill°4 scene of action might e xp oie ,4"1"r""c4111 that than t ie would be willing to ineu"r i 448.4 dug°. *for eight years (by tentence v‘ilicet,:'4, i 7 g y ban t ti charenterized 'tkojost, and - 41 - k w very return to Brusielo, at this Urns '— OW after the tieditiQuit lettee which 6 lies 1)11104w:a iri the Paris Journals, would be sufficient to convict him of high treason. But it is needless to reason front fears or his prudence, when we have better evitlenee than a logical inference from his motives, that he could not have reached the Netherlands at the date of our last accounts. In the Constitu timid of Tuesday, he is described as having on Monday attended a bangeter at Paris, in ►which be and his Belgic party had offered to i fraternize with the officerg of a battalion of the Irench National Guards, who were likewise enjoying their patriotic banquet ut the 4anne tavern. The scene is painted by the French Journalist "as grave and irrte• resting." The two parties happened to be din ing in adjoining halls. It was proposed to re move the partition which divided them, that " the two nations might fraternise." The pro posal was agreed to, and the Belgians gave for a toast, " The re-unionof Belgium with France." The self-denying Frenchmen refused such an rims slots of territory over their cups, and declined drink ing the toast. M. de Potter then is described as having made another attempt on the patriotic mo desty of the French National Guarti t by a toast to tho effect that Belgium would rely upon them in case of eny foreign intervention in Belgic affairs. Again, the Frenchmen parried the compliment by saying they would willingly fight for the Belgians if their citizen King commanded them. So the matter no►v stands; and de Potter will pro bably have,to eat his dinners at Paris for some time to come, if he waits for warlike succour from his new friends of the Parisian National Guard.---Times. A letter from Dresden, in the Chronicle of yes terday alluded to a disturbance at Vienna, the head quarters of despotism. It appears from the follow ing article in Oalignani's Messenger of Tuesday last, that there has been a very serious disturbance there, and that too from a cause common to all Germany :-- "The. following are extracts of a private letter from Frankfort on the Mains, dated. Sept. 16 Events in . Germany have within the last few weeks assumed a very serious character. Hitherto the disturbances have arisen only from distinct grievaocee, each State acting only for itself, without any general combination.. But now a general and well-founded cause of complaint appears to have united forty of the States in one movement, with out which success would have been impossible. 'the greater part of Germany has risen against the system, pur sued by the Directors of the Customs, which has deprived the country of that freedom of trade so necessary for the expansion of its resources. The following Intelligence will Ise foosol truly surprising, sad which you will find' is the Austrian Oboirper, or any other of the German papers. The people of Vienna have revolted against the Customs; 8,000 men have coalesced in order to release some smug glers Who have dared to act in opposition to the will of Prinee,lvietternieh. Discontent has begun to show itself at nueVert, The dearness of bread is the cause, or rathei the pretext. One of our Burgomasters was hung in effigy tide looming before the hotel de Ville. May all these evenbi terminate to the advantage of the country, without a repetition of thou excesses which attended the first symptoms of insurrection in Germany.'" The people of the various States of Germany suffer severely in their commercial relations, from Customhouse regulations, which have the ef f ect of cutting off the people of each State from all com munication with its neighbours. The whole of the commerce of Switzerland, in which there is a large manufacturing population, may be said to be carried on by means of the smuggler. It ,is hardly there fore to be wondered ut, that the people suffering under this bondage should at length lose all patience. There is not a Government of Europe. which does not overstep t he limits within which 4, (loyerpment ought to confine its exertions. The only legitimate object of a Government is the protection of the people under it from forrzign• aggression, and from Invading the rights of each other. ,Tiro whole of the business which has been added, the favouring this .branch of industry,, and prohibiting another, the favouring one set of opinions, and prohibiting another, in short, the . whole of this endeavour to cc/luso:A action anti opinion is , founded In a gross misapprehension . of its proper functions. .11 paternal Government, us:it is called, is the most mischievous of .ail. The Courrier Francais, Audios to the clisturbaores in Germany, observes:— . is When the Sovereigns made appeals to their people in MS to oppose the gigantic empire of Napoleon, they invoked the spirit of Liberty. It was in the name of in dependence that they excited whole populations, awl brought forth the youth of every University—it was by promising Constitutions, founded upon broad and liberal bases, that they induced all Europe to rise 9p in arms.-- Nevertheless, no sooner was the victory obtained than these promises were forgotten,and the Congresses of Vienna and Laybutb tool. ;to account of the solemn engagements of the Holy Alliance. • Since this period a disquietude has been evident in the Germanic body. Thoogit twine par. tiel concessions, sonic local Constitutions, not in the pure spirit of liberality, have been granted, they have not lien at uffil e nt to calm she popular effervescence, and the partial explosioes now breaking forum are eyroptonis of the gene ral dissatisfaction, which will burst sate oae ;Overeat con• flagratitM . On the first favourable opportunity. Govern, ments appear , to Lave placed themselves in a fslse•positien; they imagine, that by refusing to grant liberal institutions, they avoid what they call revolutions ; whereas these re volutioos are brought about precisely by this very pope veranee in refusing what the spirit of the times and the wants of the people itniaeritmely demand. There is, how ever, a router- force above them,,,poblie opinion -..4e great ruling power of the age. Ws state of the people of Besotvs ought the snore to induce Governments to pursue the paths of peace , and concord. It is evident that an attack upon the indepeutiamne of a single power would involve all Europe in revolution ; it woold realise the pro. phery of )11r. Canning; it would be the Moe that would pour forth storms and tempeets, overwhelming 411 the old Monarchi, a of the aneient world." Austria has not escaped the agitations which haVe b een f e lt ju almost- every country in Europe since the French Revolution. There have been no fewer than three Memorable conspireciea to overturn the Government. The first was in, MO t the head of it was ilebStaltiCif, an able and energetic man, who scrupled at no tnpano, anti, as Commandant of mom, had the keys of all the magazines of arms and all the atrong 'Ames at, his disposal. The first of his fellow-Conspirators. was Pramistatter, the ablest of the Magistrates, who led by his talents the whole Of his colleagues, and was the beet acquainted with the capital. Professor 'Wedl wee Another of the conspirators; a third was Heckel, a rich merchant. The other conspirators embraced every class in so, eiety, and spread over the most distant parts of the l i country, The plan was the introduction of a demo. erotical Constitution; the lives of the reigning fa mily were to be taken. The discovery was ef fected through a conspiracy in Denmark. Itebenstreit was executcd, and a number of the conspirators were thrown into Iltiftgeons. Those whom their treatment bad net destrnyeAt ohtalned their liberty through Bonaparte at the precool Camporformio. The second conspiracy was in Hungary, and at tbe head of it was Bishop Martinowitz, a man who, on account of his talents end energies, had been loaded with favours by the Ernpercirs Joseph, Leu old, and Frimeic, The object of No conspiracy sdso was. the introduction eta Democratic Constitution. 'lobe discovery wus alfects4, through a servant, who conceuted himself in a chest, 444 pyerheurd the conspirators. The Royal Treasury was Much enriched by the confisca. thins, and among the many Nobles who were exe. clued, Agured Father Makk, Father lehaszi and FatheriVersigny, The. third conspiracy. in 1821, in Italy is still fresh in remembrance, It, must not be supposed, because there is no liberty of the Press in Auatria, that the people ere perfectly resio t ic.4 to the sy,tern despoim in that empire, though; under the crafty Metternich, despetism does not ap , pear there it, the revolting form which it ISSSows in Spititt atul Portugal. We noveed some time ago A very enrioue :work on Austria, in two volumes, pub halted: ie its 9, by ,Dr. Bchneller, who had been twentreight yeas A Professor in Vienna, end left the rOtilliqr to have the pririlege of publishing his Work. Ile says that the. number of men, who think correctly, and view with disgust, Jligh Churph monkery, Jesuitism., and Feudalism, is very consi &table. It would appear, however, that at, that titw! t.lit kading people limited forward to the chance of 4 pleceoor iitshiietl with the spirit of a Alltair4443l: and a Joseph, rather than to the dangerous experi ment of attempting amelioration through civil conflict. The following paragraph from the work is striking : " Austria for five hundred years` . has led the reaction against the spirit of the times, alMost without interrup tion. Before the Reformation, she combatted the Swiss peasantry, and attacked the Muskeg with fire and sword. Since the Reformation, she has 'been the main stay of the ecclesiastical re-actionagainst the Protestant principle. As this evil declined, there began with the revolution a ru-action against Repreientative ideas. This continuol and consistent struggle against ecclesiastical improvement and popular in fluence led to an almost uninterrupted and cirri intent hos tility to science and literiny activity. This consistency has excited sometimes surprise, but more frequently disgust, The dread of revolutions has constantly haunted, like a spectre, the rulers, and frightened them even from the most necessary reforms. MaxiMilian B. and Joseph 11. alone were benevolent and determined Re formeri. A return to th'etr ways will become inevitable." —lllprnino Chninfele, The Common Council of the City of London cannot certainly be charged with precipitancy in entering yesterday on the question of voting an Address to the people of Paris. The leading sages of the City Councils froM the beginning seemed unwilling to cast their eyes towards Puns, from some cause or other whieh it is not very eon-lenient to avow " I do not like you, Doctor The reason why I cannot tell— But there is one thing I can tell, I do not nice you, Doctor Fell." No Waithmans or Woods to harangue by the hour, as in days of yore, on the triumph of liberty, and the lesson, which whoever runs may read, that a people who 'suffer, suffer only because they have not the heart to do themselves justice. 0 no; sympathy is now as ticklish as blasphemy; and our Jacobin Aldermen are as knowing as Metternich himself. Mr. Stevens brought the subject before the Court in an able and spirited speech (-- . " It was well known (he said) that there was I sort of sociality among Ministers, and amongst Governments, and amongst the several Aristocracies of different nations—a aort of Freemasonry pithier! current among them ; and, as eyitlenee of a good feeling and a supposed community of interest, orders, ribbons, getters, life. passed from one to the other. Were they then to be told that the people had no means by which they could express their feelings towards each other? . . . . It was perfectly well known that the Ittigibib court excited the other Courts of Europe to unite with it, in the year IBIA, to keep. down the democratic spirit in Europe. But the whole work of that period was now undone by the glori -005 &tilts of a great Ptinfilti. who had taught this great lesson to their rulers.—to the rest of the world—to all mankind--and to remotest posterity—that the few were made for the many, and not the many for the few." Mr. Tickner read the C ourt it lesson on the danger ~ of interfering with otnee emintnes, " If gentleinen,who were so zealous in promoting these proceedings would but reflect, they would see that po pular excitement in the present state of Europe, and at this extraordinary crisis, might produce consequences more dreadful, if possible, than those which resulted from an interference of the Governments with the former french Revolution." He concluded with moving an amendment, ex pressive of the approbation of the members of the Court individually of the patriotic conduct of the people of Paris, but disapproving ,the principle of foreign interference, and adopting any measure with reference to the proceedings, On n division, the numbers were 92 for the amendment, and SO against it; so that the brave citizens of Paris are to remain in ignorance, we suppose, of the good opinion the brave eitipne of London entertain of them.---. Morn. ing Chronicle. The present uncertain state of the Ministry can not but be considered a very serious evil to the country, and aelculatetl to inerease that procrasti nating habit which has been already an much the bane of public business of late years. Ministers, it is understood, should be preparing, in the recess, the measured necessary to be brought forward in their respective departments, when Parliament meets I bur, if the Minister of the recess is not likely to be the Minister of the Session, what encouragement is there, or we might almost say, what use is there i n hi s preparing plans, the execution of Which, if likely to be persisted in, will devolve upon another? We would instance the case of the Chancellor of the Hxchequer, with whom the most material part of the business of the House of Commas rests. If there is any one point upon which men of all parties and opinions are agreed, it is of Mr. Goullitirn's total unfitness for that °nice. If, then, Mr. Goal , burn's removal be, as it is universally admitted to be, inevitable, why has it not taken place ? Why is not his succeasor appointed, and allowed time to prepare himself for the details of his arduous duties The same may be said of others, though not, per, baps, with equal force and urgency; and it will be truly mortifying if, when Parliament meets (‘ for the despatch of haulm," no business can be despatched till this or that Noble Lord or Honourable Gentle man has had time to be re-elected perhaps; or to prepare himself for the duties of his novel situation. If it were a question whether the present set of men can carry on the Weirs pf the country, the public would readily await the result of the experi, meat ; but as it is agreed on all bands that a change, to cprtein extent at least, must take place, surely the sooner it is made Op better. It is surely time that the new recruits to the Gabinet should be put into training that they may know how to handle *karma before the day of battle.—Moriaierak. We have received the Mes,sager des Chambret of Wednesday, with the oiher Paris Papers of the day before, and have also received the Courtier dci Rays Ras, and other Brussels Papers, of Tuesday, By the extracts we give from the former, it will be seen that they contain no positive news of any par ticular moment, though they abound in reports, 14 hick are an exception to this remark. Amongst the latter Is mic whieli bolds a paramount. place in poiNt of interest, though resting on. too loose, a 'foundation to merit much attention—namely, Oat tine Weedier capital has been the scene of a horrible carnage, in which nearly teo,ooo persons are said to have.been killed or wounded. As no date is giver, and other essential circumstances are omitted, we en tertain confident hopes that another day will not elapse without establishieo the feliehood of this re port. Another rumour, which we are not inelined, however, , to treat so lightly us the former, says that a very considereble Palatal' corps (Parolee is to be established on the flarre, between saarbrock and Saar Louis, and consequently in the immediate vici nity of the French frontiers. Though the let ter which mentions this report admits that it stands in need of confirmation, yet we cannot bring ourselves to reject it altogether ? when we come. pare it with . the account, under • the head of Beil!n, in the German Papers which arrived yes terday,' and which announces the hitention of the pr nseet e government to send larg e reineuree meets of troops irf thitt 4ilTPtion. Cif the truth o f the tatter statement we think net a doubt can he entertained, particularly es it CarreSpordin oads 'with to which ear lier advices from the same eapitel, acc a resolution to the street above megmoned was adopted as soon us the tronblee in Brussels and other partteor Belgium were known. As disturb armee, originating in a siglihir spirit, broke out about the same time in most of the ailjoloing p roe i poes o f Prussia, this alarming coincidence rendered it, in foci, briperiouron the Prussian Cabinet to collect formidable military force in the. quarter where a dia• position was shown to dispute ha authority. But though the necessity of this measure will not admit of a . 041 dean ' , yet, like every measure adopted under similar circautstances, preients much Irani which sinister auguries respecting the future peeve of 4urppe may be drawn. Thi s co l lection of u !ergo army in the vicinity of France will render it expe dient on the part of the latter Power to form au a r my of observation, for the purpos e of watching the former. These measures, strengtheried by col lisions of the most delirette kind, wising out of the h i re political changes in one of these State, will in evitably. give rise to jealousies in the first plae4 to rechtmations in the next, and, when th e paper war is exhausted, to a :pato of real warfere, that sviil leave no vestige of despotism, orestahilah it UniVer , sally. Indeed, every one must ice that the pre ,fient_ pacific relations between the. new order of things in Prance, end the old order in the rest of the Continent, constitute un unnatural state of things ; and that the natural one is mutual aversion. Of this truth they must be perfectly aware them- selves though they deem it prudent and expedient ). 'tO keep it out of sight as much and as long as pos. sible. tut, in the midst of their forced assurances of mutual good, will, they will prepare, in secret, and without intermission, for the conflict which they know must come at last; and when we consider the hollowness of the present pacific relations, and the many grounds of irreconcileable aversion that subsist between them, we cannot but regret the necessity which compels Prussia to make military demonstra tions on so largo a scale so near the French troll. tiers. Ilut if these remarks apply with any force to the eireurnittincei of the former Power, with how much greater force do they apply to Austria, who, not content with the 811,0Q0 men she hue already sent into Nay, has just.orderad additional troops to follow. Besides the reasons we have stated in the case of Prussia, there is another in the present in *tablet which must induce every man of any pene tration to see in these measures of the Austrian Go vernment an unavoidable tendency to a ru pture between that Power and France. With a policy more in discordance than Prussia with that of rege nerated Future ' it will require very little-provoca tion, with such a powerful army in readiness to act, to blow this disport' into a flame; and we need scarcely add that the civil war which has been just kindled in Belgium may produce thiti effect much sooner than any party at this moment contemplates. —.Morning licraq, The Proclamation of Prince Frederick to the in habitants of Brussels, will impart a lively satisfaction to the friends of order in every country, and inflict an equal mortification, however they may attempt to disgqibe it, upon all the friends of revolution without exception. The conduct of the Government of the Netherlands has thus fur been highly judicious and commendable. It has wisely left the citizens of Brussels—who tolerated, and to a certain, extent tartetioned 4 a brutal and incendiary insurrection—to enjoy the advantages of •mobrdominion, until they have become- heartily sick of them.; and having thus punished one class of its enemies, by perMitting them to remain for a time the sport and .the prey of another, it now interposes the public force to put au end to anarchy, aisd revolt, at the- earnest entreaty: of the , former, and with the certainty of having their interested if not cordial co-opera tion. Up to this point the Government of the:Ne therlands has acted with praiseworthy discretion aqd addreas.' It has discovered and 'employed the means of converting an insurrection, which at first threatened the overthrow of its authority, into n source of increased influence and strength. We say this, in the confidence that the insurrection, no longer supported by any of the respectable portion A( society, will be easily put down, and that so much of the calamities inseparable from popular insurrection luta Already been, experienced by th e citizens of Brussels, and other places in Belgium, as will deter them from again giving countenance to similar commotion., on account of any frivcdous or imaginary grounds of complaint. The Government of that country, which has hitherto acted well, will not, we are persuaded, leave its duty incomplete, painful as the remainder of it may he. The Government will, however, neglect what is plainly necessary to its own dignity and safety, and justly due to the interest and welfare of the loyal part of its sub jects, if the prompt and unmitigated vengeance of the law be not invoked on the guilty bead* of those wbo ittetiguted the revolt, and particularly on such of them as can be proved to have act e d in confederacy with the Revolutionists of any other country. There is great reason to believe that inert of tide latter class will he Ihund to have been the most active instigators and leaders of the insurrection ; and it is inditiputable, that the least lenity shown towards any one of these conspira tors who may fall into the hands of Government, and of whose criminal intrignes satisfactnry evidence may he ob tained, would be In the highest degree inimical, not only to the future safety and welfare o f the Netherlands, }Mt to the general peace and order of Europe. In such a revolt as that of which Brussels has been the scene, guilt must have been general, however different the degrees of it in different individuals, While, therefore, the special ven geance of the offended lew will fall only upon the morn conspicuous and atrocious criminals, we !ma from the Proclamation of Prince Frederick, that...-As we yesterday anticipated --•a general, and 'in all respects an appropriate punishment, awaits the general disloyalty which has been exhibited. The Prince expressly states that the state of things which hue existed in this rebellious city renders more distant the possibility that It will ever again be 'the abode of the Monarch or' of the Heir to the Throne. The disastrous conclusion of the Belgic insurrection is !Ailed, es we recollect its corturiencentent was bailed, with loud esproshitts of satisfaction, by those who still exult in the recent Raiolution in France, end exult in every Revolution so long as it bears a promise of success. This to us is, we own, incomprehensible. The failure of the projected volution in the nolisrlands will he a severe thsappoist• ment to every Frenchman who contributed to the Revo lution in his own country from any other motive than that of personal or piny ambition. It defrauds the French Revolution of a large part of the reward which its genuine partizans and efficient authors originally contemplated. It 'belie that the French patty, into whose bands the Revolk tion, will inevitably at no distant day throw the whole power of government, to be less powerful in foreign countries than was generally imagined. It endangers, and to a great extent defeats, the French Revolution; yet do the same men who rejoice in the French Revolution affect to rejoice that the Revolutionists of Belgium are over t row n. —Morale!, Post. W e live given at some lenxth the discussion which took place yesterday at the meeting of the holders of Bank Stork. The time of new modelling the Bank Charter now draws near, and we anxiously hope that, among other changes, will be that of giv. inwaltnost unrestricted publicity to the affairs of that great establishment. The Bank of France makes, and has long made, it a rule to publish every six. Months the ttntottnt of its disequpts ant pleb in hand; and what Velum, except an adherence to old usage, can there be for observing mystery in these respects in the nourishing establishment in Thread= needic=street ? We could give several examples of extensive public injury sustained in consequence of this unfortunate concealment, particularly in that year wild speculation, 1825, when we venture to . maintain that not one7ltalf; aye nqt gneTfourth, of Our extravagant and ultimately ruinous purchases Of foreign merchandise would have been made, had' the Bank made known to the principal merchants of London the amount of gold that had been drawn from their coffers, and exported within the last six months of the preceding year.—Morning Advertiser. Numerops prlpnen liay . e lately been employed, both day and night, in !inking certain alterations neces sary to connect the Queen's house in Stable-yard with the old Palace , at St. Jall4l'l. A correspondent informs us that in additicm to the heneY6lent subseriptipns of the public, and the wee kly pension of 104. a week allowed by Government to t h e widow of Lorra, the murdered poli ce cons t a bl e , t h e ,pperit4erlen inspectors, serjesnts, and constsbles of the respective divisions of the new police, have subscribed 284/. Bs. 4d. for her relief. TuttEATBNED DESTRUCTION OF SAINT C fu n ri nt ll n ig , in th s e go litt a i n lde l r r , il o h r jl#el gr n it : ey i 40 1 1 l ut o irl s ee r , t er x , ine r.. fy.oof Aboutnamed m .s t rupy, was !roughs to St. Georges Hospital, having fallen from scaffold, and h as since remained an inmate, in the nest helpleat state. it haying lan' dated to the relatives of the poor fellow that in the event of his death the 'body would lie opened, t h a t a Coroner's Jury might be better aide to ascertain the cause of Ilk decease, hetween.eighiinif nine o'clock on werincoay night an immense body of Irish of both sexed e ovco a their way into the Hospital, and editing the poor f e ll o w, who appeared in'extretne agony, placed hi m o n a shutter they, brought with them, and forcibl y conveye d him some distaave.from tho.:Hospital. Messengers were despatched in every direption fur the assistance of the new police, and on the arrival of about forty of these officers, B D of the Division,. they succeeded i n di spersing the ' Irish ai - o d 'amassing themselves of the hotly, which they de posited in .a strong room in the Hospital. The Irish cle clarell that, pules* the Italy were given up to them, they would salt the Hospital . *similar attack is hourly vote POLICE_ INTELLIGENCE. trVILDIIALL. Harris Violet, the Israelite who was charged with stealing from the Hebrew Institution for instructing converted Jews in some trade, and so rendering them independent of all their former connexions, was again brought before Mr. Alderman TIIORP for re ; examination yesterday. The cure seems to have ex cited some interest among the respectable and zea lous members of the Hebrew nation, three or four of whom were now in attendance. Mr. Isaacs appeared on behalf of the prisoner. Mr. Alderman TIIORP asked the complainant, So lomon Davis ' whether he had di scovere d t h e ot h er parties who had been concerned with the prisoner/ —Mr. Davis said he had not. He could not carry the case any further. Mr. Isaacs asked who gave charge of the pri.oner ? Mr. Davis appealed to the Alderman whether he was bound to answer the question ?—The Magis-' trate said he did not understand the object of the Air: Isaace intimated that proceedings were con , templuted in another Court. The Alderman thought the witness might answer the qUeition proposed to him. 'Complainant then admitted that ho had given charge. Mr. Isaacs—By whose. authority ?—Complainant —That of Mr. Simon, the . superintendent of the institution. The prisoner - had confessed he had the last at his lodging on which the boots he theo wore were made, • Mr. Isaacs—When did you first see him:?—Corn plainant—Three weeks ago, perhaps before, in Pet ticoat-lane. Mr. Isaacs—Did not you Invite him to the insti tution 'l7—Complainant—No. Mr, Isaacs said as the complainant did not intend to press the case any further, he would not ask an other question ; but the matter would be investigated elsewhere. As to robbery, there had been an attempt to rob the prisoner of his conscience. The prisoner was then discharged. QUEEN.SQU A RE. Yesterday Joseph Bardell, the driver of the hack ney•coacli No. 193, appeared before Messrs. Clic- GORrand to answer the complaint of Mrs. Mary Hunter, u lady of, respectability, residing at No. 17, Chapel.street, Grosvenor-place, for charging her 11. more than the legal faro on Thursday, the 16th instant. Mr. GRECIORi ordered the coachman to pay a fine of ss. with Bs. 6d. costs. Mrs. Hunter returned her moiety of the penalty to the coachman. Thomas Clford was charged with assaulting Mrs. Elizabeth Spencer, as she styled herself, of No. 2, Brunswick-place, Hammersmith. The complainant was not the defendant's wife, because he hud married her under a false name ; he had lived with her for three weeks, and she bud not seen him for the last fifteen weeks until Friday last, when he came with a double rap at the door ; she told him very civilly that he was not wanted, when he pushed the door open and struck her, and she then sent for the police. Mr. GREGORIR told her that her marriage was valid, although he might have married her under a false name. The complainant did not want any thing to do with him, he was in such a hurry to put the banns up, he forgot to give his right name, and she would not live with him. Ho had got her money from her, and had threatened to beat her. Mr. Ottituottut asked her what busineie or pro fession her husband was ? The complainant insisted upon it that he was not her husband, as he had mar ried by a false name, but she believed he was a sur veyor or a stone-mason, or he might be any thing else for aught she knew. After a war of words, the defendant was dis charged on his promise not to go near her again. HATTON:GARDEN. Yesterday a young woman, about twenty years of age, who refused to give her name, was brought up to this office from the police station in Rosman street, Clerkenwell, charged with having the night before attempted to drown herself. It appeared from the evidence, that between the hours of eleven and twelve the previous night, as police-constable Eva n D av i s , N o . 192, division 141 4 , was going his rounds along the City-road, he heard the splashing of water in the canal; as if a dog had plunged in, and directing hie attention to the spot, he lirat perceived something white, like the bend dress of a female, rise upon the surface, and sink immediately. He procured assistance, and ran down to the water's edge, when the same thing emerged a second time, whereby he could distinctly perceive that it was a female, but she again disappeared without his being able to reach her, she being then nearly two yards from where he stood, and the bank descending almost perpendicul ar l y to a cons i der a ble depth, prevented him from rushing Into the water at once after her. Ile watched the spot where she had sunk very attentively for a few seconds, and was preparing to plunge in' and haserd every thing to P4Ve her from being 'drowned, when she rose a third time, and providentially so near to the bank where he was standing, as to enable him to lay hold of her, and he succeeded in drawing her out quite ex hausted. He conveyed her to: the, Bullion-house. Mr. Busein, the inspector, however, prevailed on her to take off her wet clothes, and having kindly provided for her a pair of warm blankets, she was wrapped up in them, and placed by a good fire all night, where, after having some warm brandy and water administered to her, she slept for some time; but still she appeared to be much troubled and restless. She raved - the greater part of the night, and used occasionally to exclaim, " Oh, William, William, 1 never will d o any thing to make you and S arah unhappy. Never will Ido arty thing to diegraes, my, own family. Three years ago , I made the first attempt to drown myself, but then it was done by day, and it did riot succeed. Last night I thought do it effectually, and unknown to arty body but the devil. When I threw myself in, I shook hands with the devil; but the policeman was stronFer, and saved me." . She continued quite feverish, talking in this way until morning. When brought before the Magistrate she wept a great deal, and appeared agitated; and when Mr. Serieent Salon inquired of her her name, she replied that she would never disclose it, as it ssould bring disgrace upon her family. The Magistrate, however, with a great deal of trouble, elicited from her that the last place she had lived in was at No. 28, Skinner-street, Bishopsgate.street. She ae hilCtv.fledried, also, that she had been at one time in e the chief cl er k, suggeste d the pro tbMr. ott i h il o n tle. , tpirioiertiytiezi and d idi a n rs g o hero winritchuigstoadylettotetrh t e o P t 4 h r e i over seers in the Magistrates name, requ es ti ng t h em , if they knew any thi ng o f h er, to take her into the vrorkhouse, and pity that attention to her which her circumstances required.—This was dune, and she was inimitted, rIAMES.POLICE. Yesterday Mr. Philip Herbert, chief officer of the Inglis Last India:nen, was placed at the bar, before Mr. BRoDRRIP, the sitting Magistrate, charged wi t h assau l t i ng Charles Ward, an sale seal men of that vessel ; On the high seal, during the last yoyage. Mr. W. Murray, a resp ectable 'solicito r o f Lon don-Street; who appeare d on behalf of the defers' dant ; stated that h is pli ent was quite prepared to Finer iti , o sureties to answer the charge at the next 4dmiralty Sessions, without giving the Magistrate the trouble to enter into the ease, PAppipip said It was not in his power to order any person to find bail until . some case was made out on which he could act. The investigation must be proceeded in. Charles Ward ; the complainant, was then sworn. lie deposed that on the 2fith of last May he was sweeping the deck in company with the boatswain's mote, who told- him he did not sweep hard enough, and called him by some epithet. lie retorted, and a -Lew words passed between them, ,but their any) , feelings soon subsided, and that Went on with their work. During the conversation* Midshipman I standing by, who subiequently went aft, and ported the disconrse to the dderidant. Mr. II bert.iromeiliately . came forward, seized the bii broom, and knocked the complainant down o the fore sheet cable, on the larboard waste: ness-raised his arm, toward off the,blows who was severely beaten by Mr. Herbert with the ht.( handle over the elbow, ribs, and shoulders, unti was completely disabled. One blow tilso fell his head. His elbow was severely cur, end b for some time profusely, and his ribs were !evil from the effects of the blows: He once laid h of the broom handle to preserve himself fool thee violence; when Mr. Herbert tore his shirt several places, and nearly pulled it' off his to He did not recover from the effect; ;of t he soi which were inflicted with g reat seeerity, - .for days. Ward, at the conclusion of nitgtinuo , was about to produce his torn shirt, bet* Ms strates declined the exhibition. Mr. BRODERIP—Now recollect you are on yo oath, and take care how you answer the questio Did you offer any violence to your chief officer, in any manner behave insolent towards him Ward—l did not, your. Wohthip. I never spoke word to Mr. Herbert before I was work. The defendant was about to reply to the c harg , when his solicitor stepped up to the dock, and in vised him not to say any thing, but let the case tsi its course. Mr. BRODERIP said, that Mr. Herbert or h is It licitor could ask any questions, or` cross-examine th dined doing so.. The wOrthy..)44etente. thenniiri complainant, if they thought proper; but they di quired if the defendant had any tetil?" 80 - 1° Mr. Herbert said he had no witnessof wish to say any thing on the iubject.` , 4 Mr. BRODERIP—Do you deny the beta r fendant—Mosc. . e ert a t n lv u. d o . 1 Over strut Ward.. I have some little recollection of the oat! rence, and great violence was used tosvidflOn e the man. There was a scu ffl e, find tdihirt B r torn. Ward was again rigidly examined by Mr. 140 0 RIP, and he distinctly swore that he used no violen t whatever to the chief officer, tsor,gave him the lout insult. He had several of ..the ship ' s "ar l ,„ ° et , side who could confirm his statement. Tuai - waiting to be examined. Ile did o distinctly sworn to, and was quite c lear l y Mr. BRODERIP said, the assault was c.-. 16 Officers had a di ffi cult duty to Perform on ba t ship, but the manner in which Mr. Herb ert acted was the way to subvert all discipline inete:' of preserving it. He should require the def e i rit i l o l to find bail, himself in 204 and two su." 6 " m Ad each, to appear and take his trial at the next miralty Sessions. The required sureties were immediately trawl into, and Ward was bound over to prosecute. UN, Forty, Nr In the month of Juiy, a mats neineu committed from this office, on a charge 01 higstrisin he was convicted at. the. last Surrey Sessions,ll: sentenced to six months' imp:leonine" i° bud b: bour. Since his conviction i t wi n o' aseertsTl: that he has no less thatsfive wiversow unjust! sear hiv f. t t of them, who he had deserted tome y' c are. tended before the Magistrate (Mr. Holsg) y e- d day, and stated that they had only recently 11( 40 _ 1 , the punishment awarded to . him, which thervo sdered inadequate to the o ff ence, and fIICY came forward to give evidenco.Bo o o' that the term of his imprisonment mig at t i t hed longed, or, what he richly deserved , to be be" ties from a country in which he had so cruelly used different women. and .101' Mr.- HoNst recollected the,-case, . whether Povey bad been prosecuted it . th• l'' rele n t SIOIIII at the instance of either of the Mies firt irl o ' that if°e l lice of the women, in reply, said the g ` ) ,' - ' married her fifteen years ago ; and at tluill'i r- ; h iGg i l of w seven years, he abandoned her, and tulk,L ß ,„ ° ,,', l h Some ad tirne committed afterwards , bigam y • It Ivi r l , oll ;T ed'h--i-le' ; ',l and was punished by two years' taipritontat" She } added, that having been married ro Peveir many years ago, she considered she wus 1'i1...,1°1`: wife, fur the four other 'Ales. h a d been wtOut"' ' ll him subsequently. di Oder. Mr. Hors said that Povey had 010 is .Anelleet !tune the punishment of the law for hit Os' ' ri . as_ admitted by his first wife, therefore hiss wril;;:i dered incapable of again appearing sgsin,l,o that the o ___ character of prosecutor, or Ns a wittiest " oitio iiti ff ie, e rwo n ho e ( reti e , . 1 ndf,doi ebuoTreru.ht.sliellywhinliagisoate t hen inquired of t i lle d sth female, whether she was Povey's Stif' 4l ' 4 wife. pSherov prove replied,tii e f a c t t h o a f t s h h e e irz b em e da l i ro e ri. v i, c igi t i l ei t h e i., I,t I r y ea a yg ' ers i e t e, i ' l_ o f , ° ,l l l l ' r ti t i il i t ' and that she had her , "marriage lines" Wier pOCO ' to d 0 10 41" ro M ve r y . ?_ llo s N h a e — sa i id iav e c he y h t a - i t i ) i f i e o t t, a b p u p t t r e I , o4 l , t e i l l Y e desirous of doing so, that he might meet r i, : ,, ,o punishment he so justly deserved fur dicenle spentti ni N t i r l .i te tHao h liN a i d en dmrerainhriarkiriektdiegdoanitelidlalttattiletyhoefroarenhforwriittl;:(:lo:lo; I.iiiert_ citeutnosace.. if:01 tcaracmhPlolateundlegyl:ditymiuwtrc:loto:urthtioloeldirlindashvowasin:volerne)teheieotellaffir.y.ali:(l.se)a‘t'di'llveialavlnevsliliSeierlatigiVlti:eirfl°e":llratti°llllf"'"il'ill j'"liir:li that day , of the "fql" ' 'inven t " e l ap couldbeenth ral ir,irisdriithas The i mnbr ) : pet e tia.pie 0, led sivi Magistrate ge dialogue o,d w sgg. fai f er .u ea fa . e 3 d r rad d r r , y e t im t i e t her o e roaor earnestly l ,:rt t i to she 4l ' g e e tie l Yigi ' marr y l n ' l ' lt 4 a l 1 : i Ingo i r 1 ) r rl 1 t el n : i tic' r : i 0 :1 1 i ri ot si v i 1 r I ' nt Ys t : • 1 W Y : : 1 , d bi i e g f° : ° l I 0 01 Eil l i 0 :1 0 :1 1 : Is g a 'filltP e ' nullity, On being r exclamation a Clasping her him together, she ut'" ' place . between ofa t .ti h me a rro two i o,awn d w o ci i t v .ht es hie , ,co r p e in i a rret t e a r ge l 4 : ceti t , :2 , :: ibe.l,exertifinnoteWoiffet'breegfroeutrtiebd, athoadterseira:;iderlh)Di.ol)olPoji which t he y up for the h a d an expression ' ,t 4- 0 .1. The ow be •n e said that p ay , / w o o d 0 , expiration i g the punishment awarded to !lsta, ii" o i ' ll ' dupeerroiof"h?f his imprisonment, if evia.""adetsilol s haying committed an dello, , 0 ( et/ Bo _ t. gattist um. in be. wives thetr:withdrew,appareu ill good terms with each other. Currie, f On h MRTITS. $ J un., of a daughter. rig 11A 4414 On the 23d inst. in Great Coram.strett,ll r i r 23d inst. in Great Cumberlsad-plo°' Ihirl'i" the lady of F. Allen, Esti , of a daughter. ri,bo ot's . l )4 Mrs. 'T. Moore. of a son. M. 0 ' Oa the 2Sld inst. at Albiun.plaee, the 44° Davis, of a daughter. of P ite O v ° r e:fo t r t i d i lieeh22. Richard 3 s i u l a n s a i tl i a tan t i nlei C ii i4ht:e:ILserjII::,.EDAINI:I-.l..l.trser, irelcalsb'r t r a r li f i l e re l() ,po l' i .e i , don, Sunes, to Charlotte Sophia , ldols tisitg2,oo e ell ° hit ° ° . !ire, On the 2ed inst. at Catobertrell, Altsll,.° 0 .1 11 " 4. )14 of_ D. 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