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sientrat ptesinted their report to the Chambee(in secret Committee), and retired at half-past three. Nothiug has yet transpired. rim funds have recovemi a little, as you Will •see by your lists, but wi►hout any news to account for it. • i • Tho following is an extri4 from a private letter, dated '•ltiov.lS, half-past four o'cliirk. " No message from the Crown has beeu.brought down , so the Chamber by Ministers on the state of the diplo, " tittilififfairs, or demand for a large credit to meet the ex, p hoes of the preparations for war, as credibly announced by yesterday and this morning's papers. At the Bourse it was reported that M. Lafitte intended not to oppose the occupation of the 'Duchy of Luxemburg by the Pros gram The public voice was against the adoption of such a course of policy." I` ~' " CHAMBER OF PEERS. " TRIAL OF THE EX-MINISTERS. 4 " The report of the Commission was presented and read . in a secret sitting, but the only thing that has transpired is, that it agrees with the act of accusation with regard to the nature of the crime imputed to the ex. Ministers, and recommends the House to proceed accordingly. CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES, Nov. 29. At one o'clock M. Casimir Perrier (President) took the chair,. when, after the a dmi s si on of severa l new D e p u ti e s, 61 - Dullwyllet presented a report on M. Humblot Comte's :, Proposition, having for its object to oblige the Deputies to 1 *466 0 the Chamber atone o'clock precisely. He voted 1 . for it s a d opt i on, w i th this amendment, that the appel no ' tatnal should be called for by ten members. 145,filidverte read his proposition in favour of the main- C.' . knanca of the pensions granted to the ancient Senators, : ''..; z and Co. their., widows, and of the suppression of those 4 1 ' caa'erred en Peers by a law of May, 1829. At the time, dz.. , Mid he, when the fall of Napoleon affected the existence of • Akt.Senate, after this body had turned against its founder, l'' ' ' 3 4 6 was already overpowered by, all the Powers of Ett ,"' - rope, the Bourbons vested in the power of the Crown the ;', fionstiens of its members, without any Legislative dispo . Padden, Louis XVIII. arbitrarily conferred pensions out , of, that fund fur memb ers o f th e Chamber of Peers; but ', ; at I& I, when the representative system bad gained ground . . amongst us, the Chambtr of Deputies, unwilling to de stroy the abuse, called fur the fixation of this fund by a i _ ' "ro A project was presented, placing at the disposition I , 61 the King a permanent fund of 2,400,000 francs,which ; ;be might dis of as he thought proper, in f a vo ur o f hi s M pos atto,* in the Chamber of Peers. Ise 1829 a new law 6i , declared those pensions irrevocable and hereditary, and con tained a paragraph in favour of Ecclesiastical Peers, This ‘;'''.! Project, after a solemn debate in th e El ect i ve Ch am b er, i7''; ' was adopted by the Peers without even a report or a dis i!".% million. M. Salverte thought that the creation of an ;0.,;.-, Aristocracy, which the people would be obliged to sup 14', port, and the furnishi ng th e Ki ng w i t h the means of cor , rupting members o f th e U pper H ouse, was in opposition ; 'with the principles of the late glorious revolution. A law 4 •,. accord od ingto him, cannot valid a te an a b use , an d must b e if' ;4, 1 ; repsal M. Aterilhou opposed the taking the proposition into tensideration. It was too grave a question to be exa mined lightly. It is not on the prodigalities of the late Go vernment that your attention is called ; but, on pensions granted in virtue of a law. The Revolution having shown the -necessity of inquiring into the organization of the Peerage, the Charter declared that this question should be discussed in 1831. The present proposition will natu rally And its place at that time. He consequently pro posed the adjournment. Martignac gave some explanations of his motives for postponing the law of 1829. He opposed abrogation recommended by 111. Salverte, because he considered re tro-stetivity the moat dangerous.-the most unjust vice that timid be introduced into the Legislation ; and that the Proposed law was infected with that vice. He approved • - •Of the suppression of the pensions of the Ecclesiastical Peers who had not taken their seats in the delay of a :' , .Month, because they had forfeited their peerages; but ho COald not agree with M. Salverte, that the Lay Peers, who 4 : 1 4641 tendered their oath to Philip, were not entitled to those Pealions, which were mostly the price of services rendered the country. He then supplicated the Chamber not to adopt the resolution. Let us leave the Chamber of Peers its a situation of independence, liberty, and dignity ! He said it was dangerous to disturb existences by contenting righas acquired in virtue of the sanction of the 'llsree rowers of the State.. Let us postpone, as long as pos. knee, the invetitigatien of such a question !-Let us not, I t I moment like this, augment the number of discontents. • M. Salverte explained, after which the adjournment am l the proposition itself were negatived. • Af. Montalivet presented the penal dispositions of the •'layv of the National Guard, which was referred to the :Committee appointed to examine the project already pre kilted by the late Minister. AL Peruslac then read a lontPropoeition, to impress on Oisiettiment "thif necessity, .of inquiring into the state of the canals. • It was expected that this day General Sebastiani, llii • of Foreign Affairs, 'would make an expose of the bltnatisn of France; that M. Lafitte, Minister of Finances, -Would call for a loan of 130 millions of francs ; and Marshal Soult, Minister of 'War, for the putting into ac- Thepthe whole moveable National Guards of France. communications will be made to the Chamber to- Morrow. jeseen Firsns.-Noe. 29.-Five T•er Cents., 90f. 5Cc. 40c. 4 0e, 40e. - 50. 60c. 55c. 50c. 901'. 40c. 60e. 75c. 85c. 110 c. ssc. Oast price 90f 65c. • Three per Cents., 6lf. 60c, 60c. 70c. ••• , c,•'7sc tilf. 10c. • sc. dIE • last price 60c. 95c. ; Bank Stock. ' 1,639f 60e ; Rentelde Naples, 64f. '7sc. 50c. vSc. 75c. • 0 4 6.5 • • . 65C 40c 10c Rentes d'Esn..me 1 . 26c ' . ""4"". • • Rents 0 • Royal Spanish Loan, 57 504 p e d'Espagne, 45 4414 44 43 ISt, 42 491 i. Exchange on . ()tie month, money, 25E125c. ; three months, paper, HAMBURG PAPERS. Iliatattne, Nov. 26.—The Brunswick Gazette of the 17 41 instant contains an article, printed in red lettr rs, an intrbeihg that the German Diet bad recognised the Con '. „ 4 7 t ,, 464 . 1 4 ati granted by George IV., during the minority • L T' D uke Charles, decreeing at the same time, that no al. " 14 , 4 0 n could be made in the said Constitution, cxc pt ac i_t4r4ieg to the laws therein prescribed. Duke Charles, on jrirrg England, appears to have proceeded direct to 44 ,4 114 % but not to have made a long slay there. In rrtinswick, the report that he wits about to pay his rub , 440 4 visit cr eate d a power f ul sensat i on , so t h at t h e Magi ' A lltr ate" thought it p ru d ent to i ssue a p roc l ama ti o n, st a ting ; the report was un f oun d e d . O n t h e even i ng o f t h e , '! 4 4.lhe Burgher Guard was assembled, and the officers A 4401 deelsration, in which they expressed their determi ,oll never again, o n an y con diti on wh a tever, to receive r.! Charles as t h e i r Sovere i gn, or to su b m i t i n any way pp hid - commands ; but, on the contrary, to risk life and ii. 9141 .rY .in resisting any measures calculated to reimpose '';l 4 7: t hority u n - thews and that they would obey o my Duke T, whom a l one they recognised as their legitimate frlfts. Copies o f t hi s d ec l arat i on h ave s i nce h eeu t 1 "tee eignature in the houses of the officers, and have rater'Y signed by all th e mos t re spectable inhabitants 41 the ace. Lohbeelre, the Commandant 'of the Burgher Guard, Zie,4lthe seine day to the commanding o ffi cers of the Pro ' , el e gal e Qrl)", to inform them of the arrival of Prince 4 , 44 " at Fulda, with the probable intention to disturb the I . lquini lY of the country, advising them to be prepared ease emergency, and to send him word in case of their I,ax 4 1 ellag reinforcements. "Yi Nov. 13.—The report that 6,000 of our 11: 44 191 , 4 re to be itbseed on the war establishment, and, in 144 ne e,' to join the contingent of the Confederation, :rot ground . The troop s wi t h w hi c h thi s co rps is to be PAS are even named. The arming and training o f J 4 aNmertittl Guards pro cee d s w ith great activity. It 11 ; that Pri nce lam. Commander of these Guards, f :cot. itetedett to the wish of the Leipsic Academicians 1... ; _ 134 teperate corps, under the name of the Academic .4: 11 1 u , :t 44 the Prince co-Regent wishes the whole of the I,- to km one body, without distinction of rank, ~,4 , 44 444 or Arms. ii4Zie eipsic Gazette, the only one we have, but which daherto been a very indifferent Paper, will he pub after the new year on account of Government. This ~.o...eacludo the publication of any other political Paper in ' Co 4 n Y . * *.,. .11A4 - "'ANTlNoriat, Ov-r. 25.—Count Guilleminot has 4114t,received his credentials from the new French Go istrentent, and it is affirmed that lie will remain here, but ':lt!Pelleded by Viscount Sebsatiani. ,4 0 7 4 ,,t t Week th ere was a great conference in the Palace of eid Effendi, at which the Ambassadors of England, "ne e et hs and Russi a were present : the o b ject was to die k t 6 4 , 4 ,4 Moose! made by th e t h ree Mi n i sters , f or the ex- A eol i d elt of the G ree k f rontiers. Nothing, however, was 6 1 , 4- - 1 0_that further conferences will be neceasary. ',(1,r41144 2.l)4ltarixtr, Nov. 20.—His Royal Highness Prince ,4; has wholly recovered of a rather l ong illness, 4 .4 1 4 _ ll / a fall. 4 14 A 4. 'Amami of his R oya l Hi ghness Pr i nce F re d er i c k of ugustenhurg h as b een sa f e l y d e li vere d ofa Prince. u N t evircit, . . Nov., 2t.—A n o ffi c i a l copy of the Rebo ilk! i l l?' l be German Diet was received here on the 19th, : Poeitied in the ar c hi ves . 4 al ' 4 . William- intends shortly to pay a v;sit to his =c relations 4 Han ove r . Ykita a ' According to accounts from 1 141,44 ,._ '10 basin to he authentic, the hegutiations with "`"" her Oceetelott of his rights to the GO el p . LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 1, 1830, Hia MAJESTY held a Levee, at St. James's Pa lace, this day, at two o'clock, which was attended by the Cabinet Ministers, Great Officers of State, and a numerous assemblage of the Nobility and Gentry. The KING, after the Levee, will hold a Privy Council. A numerous Deputation from StaffordAire, con nected with the Iron Trade, and headed by. Mr. Drrtarrort and Sir JOHN WROTTIOLEY, had a long interview, this morning, with Lord AUCKLAND and Mr. POULETT THOMINON, at the Office of the Board of Trude. The first Cabinet Dinner of the New Adminis tration will be given this evening by the Marquis of of LANSDOWNE, at his house in Berkeley-square. We learn by German Papers that the Diet haVe at length taken up the quarrel between Duke CHARLES and his Brunswick subjects, and declared all the measures that have been adopted by his brother WILLIAM and his counsellors null and void They s have, moreover, decided that no change shall be made in the Constitution of the States of Bruns wick, and that his subjects shall instantly receive Duke CHARLES as their lawful Prince. We look on this as very ominous and important intelligence at the present juncture. It is not the mere Duchy of Brunswick that is injured by this iniquitous decision, but every State in Europe that is struggling to obtain Cie bles sings of a tolerant and constitutional Govern ment. The Germanic Diet are, it is well known, the puppets of METTERNICH and his system; they will not—indeed they cannot—stir a step, or agitate an important political question without the sanction of Austria ; and would never have presumed to moot the point at issue between Duke CHARLES and his subjects, had they not been directly or in directly encouraged by higher and snore influen. tial Powers. We look, therefore, at the pre sent momentous decision, not as the decision of the Germanic Diet, but as the decision of Austria, and probably of Prussia and Russia. Viewed in this light, it affords a convincing proof of the soft of spirit that actuates these despotic Powers towards the freedom of Europe. Hitherto they have been comparatively inert, negligent—the necessary consequence of a contusion of ideas in duced by excessive trepidation—but now roused in sonic degree from their tremor, they are preparing to act in concert on the offensive, in hopes that they may be thereby enabled to restore the old bug bear of the Holy Alliance. We are firmly of opinion that the decision of the Diet with respect to Duke CHARLES, is neither more nor less than a declaration of political faith on the part of Austria and her two despotic Coadjutors, and is intended equally to apply to all European States that way feel themselves dissatisfied with the injustice or ca price of their rulers. Possibly, however, the know ledge of a decided change in the British Cabinet may have the wholesome effect of wholly altering the present artful declarations of opinions—at any rate, so far as force is concerned--on the part of the Ger man Diet and its regal patrons. Since writing the above we have received the rollowing German Papers, which fully bear us out rn our supposition, that the spirit of interference is be acted upon by the Holy Alliance, originally nvoked by the perverse King of HOLLAND : Baussns, Nov. 27.—We arc assured to-day that the armistice is definitively signed. It was affirmed yesterday evening that a courier had just brought the news that our troops had defeated in the environs of Maestricht the corps of the Duke of Suite Weimar, and had taken 2,000 men and 20 pieces of can non. Perhaps, if this news is true, the Provisional Clo vernment will see reason to tell us something about it. The Politique contains a letter from Maestricht, dated the 24th, from which we make the following extracts: The situation of Maastricht becomes every day mare merit to Dtike' William, had already proceeded do far between the former and Lord Aberdeen, that no doubt was entertained of their being concluded next day. The Duke's departure, therefore, came quite unexpected, anti it is said that his Majesty was much displeased at th!s sudden breaking off of the negotiations. Count Von Oberg, Deputy orthe States of Brunswick, continues to be received with - the greatest favour at Court. Some persons whom Duke Charles hi►noured with his company, think that he intends to pima the winter at Naples, then to go to Napoli di Romania, then to become acquainted with Count Capo d'lstria, and to be provided with passports from him to make an antiquarian tour through Greece. The celebrated Mantuan vase, which was supposed to have been destroyed in the fire at the Palace, is positively stated to be pale in the Duke's possession, with all his Highness's diamonds. LISBON PAPERS. OFFICIAL.—DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE. LISBON, Nov. 17, " During the events, the increased expenses which ex traordinary circumstances, known to every body, have rendered indispensable, and desiring farther to pay off some part of the public debt already contracted, I have thought fit to open, in the Junta of the Royal Loans, a loan for two thousand contos of reis, to bear interest at six per cent. per annum. " The hooka for receiving the names of such . as choose to sitbscribe, will remain open for twelve months, during which time they may go to the office of the Junta, and set down their names fur such sums as they intend to sub scribe to the Loan, paying down the third part, and ac cepting bills for the remaining two-thirds, at one, two, and three months date. " Half of the sum may be paid in various kinds of paper, which are specified. One per cent. to be set aside as a sinking fund." rktICIS Or STOCKS THIS flank • tock 203 3' 3 per Cm% hest.' tiliN 3er Czi e t. n. ons 11..0234 %N I ii WM tied. 90%11 91 New 3 3 4 per Cent. ...9t. % %it 4 per Cent. D • 840 k L. Ann M . 7 A 3-16 Ditto 60 years Ditto 50 years India Stook ..... —.42184 1914 pay Bonds 7 5 pus. QAT ♦T ONI O'CLOCK.. ,South Sea Stock FOld Annuities Bl New Ditto Ex. 111115,.£1,W09,1. 16 18 pm. Ditto lid. 16 18 pm. Ditto. ....«. » ..501 2d, 18 18 MIL Ditto.. Ditto Oman ...... 2,1. 16 18 pm. Ditto . . . lid. 16 18 pm. flask (Or ....... India for Account Cosa. for Jan 26 82% % 114 4 1./MSS OF FOKIION FUNDS THIS DAT AT 0/11t O'CLOCK. Austrian Bonds — Neapolitan — Brazilian Bonds — Peruvian Bonds — Buenos Ayres Bonds — Portuguese Bonds — allian Bonds .... ....... ....92%% Prussian, Old ........ 94% Colombian Bonds — Ditto, New — Ditto, 1824 17% lei( 17 Russian 96 3 1 i 5 Danish 59 8% ,Spanish, :821 15 7115 i Greek Bonds 1821. — Ditto, 1825 Guatisnala. - Exchange...., -4. -e. Mexican Bonds . - il per cent —t. —c. Ditto, 1E125 — Exchange.... —f. —c. COUstsi OP MICH. A msterdans C.F. 12 3 Ditto, at sight. 12 0 Rotterdam '2U 12 31 Antwerp 0 0 Hamburg M.B. 13 IN Altona l3 lat Paris, 3 days' sight 25 3 1 1. Ditto '2 U. 25 65 Bordeaux 4...25 70 Berlin Frankfort on Maine, Ex. M. 151 Petersburgh, ruble, 3 Us. 10 0 Vienna, etibctive A. 2 M. 10 10 Trieste do 10 10 Madrid 384 Cadiz 3oii Billion Barcelona .... all Seville 36% Gibraltar 47 ,NG le YESTERDAY. Leghorn 47% Genoa 25 75 Venice 96 Malta 4914 Naples . 39)4 Palermo per oz. 118 Lisbon 44% Oporto 4.5 Rio Janeiro Bahia 25 Buenos Ayres Dublin, 21 days' sight l;4 Cork BULLION, TUB OZ. s. d. Portugal Gold, coin... 0 0 0 Foreign Gold, in bars 3 17 9 New Doubloons 3 0 0 New Dollars Silver bars, standard 0 0 0 HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning... 37 minutes after 3. Evening...s6 minutes after 3. *:;24 ' l lit' LI " k • *AO melancholy. A great OA of the people= are without bread : the streets are full of beggars, and a general famine is apprehended. The country people of the environs inert with so many difficulties mrentering and leaving the town, and are subject to such a rigorous surveillance, that they come only once a week,.aud in such small numbers, that the articles they bring are often hardly sufficient to supply the citizens for a few days, so that the price of provisions is greatly increa•ed. ,4 Military ile•p.tistn adds to our Sufferings. Several citizens, of what crime accused is nut known, have been languishing in prison for these two months, and nobody is allowed to see them. The day before yesterday a woman from Liege, who In ought some letters, was arrested and put into prison. The citizens dare not go out of their houses. Every quarter of the city has its barrier guarded by two pieces of cannon. This harrier is closed at night fall, and from that time till daybreak all communication between the inhabitants of the different quarters is inter rupted. A prohibition to cross the Parade has just been issued." A letter from Aix-la-Chapelle says—" There are so many Prussian troops here, that some of the inhabitants have t n soldiers quartered on them." The section of the National Congress were engaged in discussing the principal bases of the Constitution, espe cially the regulations of the liberty of the Press. The Journal of Luxembourg, mentioning the reports respecting troubles said to have broken out at Berlin, add. —" These reports require confirmation. At Luxem bourg, where so many have a constant correspondence with all parts of Prussia, ass information has been re ceived which can give a colour of probability to such reports." Ltrag, Nov. 26.--A traveller who arrived yester day from Maseyck, met the Dutch cAunn beyond Msestricbt, on the right bank of the Meuse, marching towards Venloo. ANTWERP, Nov. 26.—A corps of volunteers of about 1,000 men left this city this morning, taking the road to Coenpine. Mirtitcu, Nov. 20.—1 t is still reported that in the next assembly of the States, it is intended to present a law against the Press, nay some persons even say, though pro bably without foundation, that the security required in France from the editors of Newspaper", will be demanded is Bavaria. Luzzatnouria, Nov. 17,-4 proclamation issued by the Councillor of State, Willmar, Governor (for the King of Holland) of the Grand Duchy, reminds the inhabitants, that by a proclamation of Oct. 6, he bad warned them wind recognizing the Provisional Government of Bel gium, and particularly in taking part in the elections, seeing that the Grand Duchy is a Sovereignty independent of the kingdom of the Netherlands, but forming part of the German Confederation. He now informs them of the consequences of not observing the advice he had given them. The Sovereign rights attached to the Grand Duchy having been disregarded and attacked, his Majesty the King of the Netherlands; as Grand Duke, has, con formably to Article 63 of the Act of Congress of Vienna, been obliged to require the assistance of the German Con federation to re-establish legal order in that part of the Confederation. He has just received his Majesty's commands to make the communication to them, that they may of their own accord place themselves again under the authority of the King, their Grand Duke, alone legal, and which it is their interest to do, in order to avoid the injury that may come from the employment of restraint an►l of the armed force. The French Papers of Monday repeat the rumour that Prussia anJ Russia are preparing for war. We scarcely think that these Powers, however blinded by self-interest, will attempt to risk their all on a speculation which cannot fail to whelm them in ruin, particularly when they shall have received intelligence of the downfall of the WELLINGTON dynasty : still there is no arguing beforehand on the action of Go vernments, as has been of late moat signally shown in the cases both of France and Englund. If Russia venture upon war, she will only precipitate a crisis which might possibly have been delayed, but cannot be averted. With regard to the new levy of troops in France, it is a wise and timely measure of pre caution, induced by the restless activity and ambi guous conduct of other Powers. THE. MARKETS.-(THIS DAY). SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE--(THIS DAY.) FROM LLOYD'S. 1/EA I. ! , Nov. 30.....4Vind RS. E. fresh.—At rived tlw \Volga, from St, Petersburgh. FALMOUTH, Nov. I:9.—Wind S.S.E.—Arrived the St:tomer packet, from Lisbon, sailed the 2lst of November. Sailed the Cygnet packet, for Lisbon. ST. IVES, Not. 29.—Arrived oft' port, the Hermes steam, packet, from the Mediterranean, left Corfu the 13th of Nov., and Gin altar the 2'2d. GREENOCK, Nov. 28.—Arrived the Eliza, Gush, from Messina, at Standgate Creek. HULL, Nov. 29.—Arrived the Neva, Cherry, from St. Peters_ burgh ; Cupid, Hunter, from Higa ; Helen, Wils o n, from (lot. tenburgh ; Arno, Smith, from Memel, leaky, having struck a,, the Lemon Sand, bound to London. The Spencer from Hamburg to Pernambuco, was spo k en with the 14th ult., in tat. :33, long. 14. NORWICH ELECTION. NORWICH, TUESDAY, Nov. 30. This day came on the election of a Member of Patßa iment, in consequence of the appointment of the Right Finn, Robert Grant to the situation of Judge Advocate. At nine o'clock the Sheriffs entered the Court, Mr. tinder-Sheriff Winter read the W t it, and Mr. Under-She riff Staff the Acts against Bribery, &c., after which the oaths were administered to the Sheriff+, when Mr. Sherill Bignold informed the freemen of the purpose for which they were assembled. They had just heard the writ, and he trusted they would give every person a patient heAring who might wish to address them. Sir THOMAS BltEVOn then came forward, and proposed the Right Hon. Robert Grant. He did so, he said, with confidence, as the Administration to which their late Mem ber had united himself stood pledged to Reform. JOHN lIARMSON YALLOP and THOMAS THUATELL, Esqrs„ supported the nomination. After alapse of a few minutes, no other freeman coming forward to address the Court, the Sheriffs ordered procla mation to be made that the Right Hon. Robert Grant was duly elected. The Right Hon. Gentleman, amidst the deafening op plause of the assembled crowd, came forward to address them in an eloquent anti feeling manner. The return wax then signed, and the Court broke up. The chairing took place at one o'clock, and though so short a period has elapsed since the last election it lost none of its accustomed splendour. The market-place was filled, and amidst the shouts of the populace and the smiles of the fair sex, who crowded the windows and waved their blue and white colours, and the ringing of the fine bells of St. Peter's, the Right !fon. Gentleman, in a full Court dress, was triumphantly borne in an elegant chair, decorated with blue and colours. Several new banners were carried before the chair, on which were inscribed— Grant, the Advocate of the People. Peace to the Nation, Plenty to the Poor. William the Fourth, the King or the People. Reform s Retrenchment, and Peace, and no mistake, Our Country is dear, but our Liberty is dearer. P.S. At the time I am now writing (three o'clock) the friends of Mr. Grant are assembling together at the Angel Inn, to celebrate his reelection by a dinner, and they hope the Right Hon. Gentleman will be prevailed on to delay his return to his Parliamentary duties, so as to give them tLe pleasure of his company. STATE OF THE COUNTRY. (FROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.) CAMBRIDGE, NOV. SO. No serious outrage has been committed in this county ince the IVillingham tire. The farmers in many parishes have anticipated the demands of the peasantry by a volun tary increase of wages, and in those quarters all appre hensions of disorder have vanished. Some parishes border ing on Huntingdonshire are in a feverish state of excite ment, which the disturbed condition of that county renders it difficult for the civil power to keep in check. We bear that many acts of violence of a daring nature have been committed in the neighbourhood of Huntingdon, and that upwards of fifty of the rioters have been, secured and lodged in the county gaol. The accounts from Norfolk and Northampton are very discouraging, and in short the entire rustic population of the kingdom appears to be as suming an attitude which the stoutest hearts cannot but regard with fear and trembling. Still we have hopes that the alarm will gradually subside, as the new standard of wages is acted upon ; but it will he extremely difficult for the farmers to struggle against the impost through the present winter ;--that eventually it will fall upon the land lords and the clergy, except so far as relief may be af forded in taxation, no one competent to give an opinion on the subject can entertain a doubt. The farmers cannot bear up against the present burdens, much less can they sustain a charge which, an a moderate estimate, will amount to five millions per annum. It is clear who must suffer, and those unconcerned would do well to regulate their establishments, with a view to a deduction of 2 per cent, on the incomes arising from their landed possessions. The farmers, it seems, are already stirring ; for at a tithe feast held last week in a neighbouring county an abatement of rent was peremptorily demanded, which not being complied with the tenants refused either to settle their accounts, or to partake of their pastor's hospitality, and he in return threatened to appeal to Lord Chancellor Brougham. I do not bear that the new rate of wages is'considered to exceed a fair remuneration for labour. What, then, must have been the privations end sufferings of the labour ing poor, when so large a portion of their hard earnings WdS withheld front theta ? The Editor of the Times has remarked with just severity on the treatment of the poor in Lord Gage's parish in Sussex, but he has yet to learn that the System was almost general in the eastern counties. Still it is but fair to state that the farmers were in a great measure driven to the course they pursued to save them selves from ruin. The heavy demands fur rent, tithes, and taxes left them no alternative but to reduce the expen diture for labour as low as possible ; now the tide is turned the other way, and the time is fast approaching when it will no longer he said of our brave and irides ti ions peasantry " vos non volds mellificath apes ," (E 0.031 OUR PORTSMOCTIt CORRESPONDENT.) PORTMOUT/I, Nov. 30. lam happy in being able to inform you, that the nc counts from the Isle of Wight are more favourable than we had reason to► expect, from the circumstance of the troops being ordered away so suddenly for liyde. Nothing of the lent consequence has occurred since my last, and the Isle of Wight is considered to be so far restored to order that the detachment of the .17th, regiment has re turned this day. The accounts from the eastern parts of this county are vet) , favourable. The troops have returned from Havant, Emsworth, tee. Last night a fire broke out at Petersfield, near Fair Oak, the residence of J. B. Carter, EN., M. I'., when two barns and three small cottages, with numerous small out• buildings attached to them, were totally consumed. A gentleman in this neighbourhood can swear to the person of a roan on horseback, who has been described by the London Papers as riding by night through the country, and as very narrowly escaping when pursued by leaping a gate. I cannot recollect the place where this happened, but a man of the very same appearance, with a horse of the like description, (a blood.bay one) about 17 hands high, was seen by the gentleman before mentioned, to gal— lop at a rapid rate over Eatherington-hill, eight miles from the spot where the tire occurred. It is to be hoped this ventlonan may bd discovered. CORN There has been no alterati, of Utah) since Monday.. ARRIVALS. Wheat. I Barley. English ...« ..... 1,3.0 qrs. 1,81.0 qrs. Irish - Voretan HAY MARKETS.-(At per Load of ad Trusses.) SMITHFIELD, Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay .C 2 5 to £2 15 New Meadow Hay 2 5 315 Useful Oki Ditto 3 0 4 0 Floe Upland Meadow and nye-grass flay ...... Clover Hay (extra Ane)...Xs s... Generally Oat Straw ll Bto .Cl 101 Wheat Straw 112 11 0 Old Clover Hay ss. per load lower than last quoted i 'prices otherwise stationary. Supply rather limited, and trade dull-. THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWJLTE O'CLOCK. Our arrivals this morning only consist of a Malta and Lisbon mail. The former sailed on the liith November, and the latter on the :31st. The information they bring is of minor Impor. tance than what is at present on the tapir on the Continent. We learn by the Express from Paris this morning, that France begins to be rather alarmed at the arming of other Powers, and is going to make an extra levy of 80,000 men. This information has rather damped our Funds, as well as our local situation, in regard to the disturbances in the various parts of the country, as the incendiaries appear to be drawing near London. Consols, which left oil' yesterday at tiei4% for the Account, opened at S'2%N,, (the same for money), and at which p r i ce they continue at present, with little doing. EN tiLISH ttINOS Bank Stock, 20214 3t 3io per Cent. SO% India Stock, 211114 19% Ditto New 1/2!‘ 3 per Cent. Cons. 89► )i 4 per ' Cent. 18•28 ON 9 Do. for Account, tit India Bonds, 5 '7 Ditto Reduced, 8114 Exchequer Bilis, Id 18 HALP-P.AS 7 1 ONE. Consols have receded since the early part of the snorning, when they were 8:114 for the Account to tr.1!,4, at present they are ft 2 I %, and 82% buyers for Money. Owing to the scarcity of money .stock there is a drawback of 1-16 per cent. We do not hear any political news. In the Fore,gn Market nothing doing except in Spanish Bonds, which nre 15 1 4 We hear that Use French Government have sent large orders to Birmingham fur barrels and locks for muskets ; as they can manufacture the stocks of the muskets cheaper in France. It is reported that the new levy in France of HMO men is to snake up the deficiency for the army in Algiers, andother troops which are sick; but this cannot be correct, for some time ago there was an extraordinary levy of troops In France for that purpose. TWO O'CLOCK. We understand that another great failure has taken place this morning of a home in the West India trade, caused by the failure last week of the house in the same trade. Consols 824 As for the Account. THREE O'CLOCK. Consols, Bei FOUR O'CLOCK.—CLOSING PRICES. Consols sei Ditto for Account 82 Brazilian Bonds — Buenos Ayres — Chilian Ditto 2ll Coluthbian, 18t4 , P 7 Dani5h........... 581 Greek, 1825. Mexican, 1825. Peruvien Russian 95 Spanish ...... Ihi LIVERPOOL ELECTION. SIXTH DAY-.MONDAY. Dettibuni 2 O2O Swart 2,008 Majority' fur the tith time l2 From 40/. to 601, were given to the voters this day. To-morrow it is expected will close the poll. (Pitn the Albion.) It may not be uointeresting, at the present period, to state the number of freemen who polled at two civic elec tions, in which money was an openly and notoriously given for vo•ee as it was during the past week. The first was the contest which took place, in the year 1821, between the present Mr. Alderman Leyland, (tben Bolan) and the late Mr. Alderman Molyneux, for the Mayoralty. The poll was kept open four days. The numbers polled on each day of the election were as lows ; --"" Find day Bullin. Molyneux. 700 710 Second day 1,051) 1,050 Third day Fourth day 1,610 1,567 Total number of freeme n p ot t ed 3 , 1 00. The second contest sprung up in the year 1h27, when Mr. Mr. Alderman Porter was opposed to Mr, Alderman Ro binaon. • This, the most-niernurable civic election, lasted six days, and caused an expenditure of from 12,000/. to I tp,0004 The following was the daily state of the poll:--- . , Porter. Robinson. First day . 'Second day BOO WO Third day Fourth d iy. Filth day. sixth day. 1,160 1,7415 Total number of t'reemen polled". 9,545 EXCHANGE. ion in the prices of any description Oatr. 1 Flour. MO qrs. I,ososselcr. —,,-- bria. COURT CIRCULAR. Their Majesties entertained a party of the Nobility and Gentry at dinner on Alonday evening at their Palace, St. Jambes. Among the company weer'.—Earl Grey, the Marquis and Mar. chioness of Lan .dowse, Lord and Lady Gurliarn, Viscount Gode. rich, the Duke an d Duchess of Richmond, the - .Duke of Devon. shire, Sir James an d L ady Graham, the Earl of Albemarle, Via. count and Viscountess Anson. MerqUis and Marchionesti 'Went*. ley, and the Earl and Countess of &rot. The Duke and Duchess of Cumberland, the Duchess of Olou roster, and the L ord Chamberlain, dined with the King and Queen yratertlaY. Her Maleaty's private band attended in the evening, and played several pieces for the gratitication of the company._ Lord Holland, Lord Hill, and Lord Beresford,had *Wieners of his Majesty yesterday. Count Munster had also an euditiire of the King yesterday. The Duchess of Cumberland, :the Duchess of Gloucester, and the Princess Sophia. visited the Queen yesterday. A conference of the Ambassadors and Ministers, on the afthirs of Belgium, WAS held yesterday afternoon at the Foreign-office. The meeting was 'attended by Prince Esterhazy, the Austrian Ambassador Prince Bevan, the Russian Ambassador; Prince Talleyrand, the French Alnbms,,,,lo, Afpwierir t'al'k , the Am nassartor from th e N etherlands , Baron Ilulow, the P rw "" Minister; and. Viscount Pahnerattsn. The conferenre larded about three hours, Mr. Paulett Thomson, Vice-President of the Board of Trade, arrived in town on Monday, from tlover. Mr. Thomson at tended yesterday at the office of the Board of Trade. Sir James KemPt, late Governor-General of the Canadas, rratinsettAl business Yesterday at the Celen l4l,ol nec , • Wa have not yet any de:finiiive information with respect to the Scotch appolotittenn.; no d oubt' how * ever, exists bLerty. quarter that Mr. JEVPREY Will be the new Lord Mvocete .end M r . C,sietaitte.x the Solicitor. Grnrral. W e have ;ward that the three new Depute.M voestre are to be Mewl. JOHN JASDINe, RODIOVe and JOHN et, NNIN 51, •••••• adesdOnian Artreurib- SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS We have reported in smother column the result of the recent struggle for the office of President u : th e Royal Society. It will be seen that the choice, by a small majority, has fallen upon the Duke. of Sussex. We shall not HOW s.y more upon this subject than that 0 e first iciew ific establishment in the einp;re has obtained a Prince, and missed s Philosopher, for its President. With every dispo sition to repudiate the discreditable stories which have been circulated, of unfair influence—nay, bullying letters—having been employed to restrain he admirers of Mr. Herschell and the friends of independence from voting - as their judgment and feelings would have directed—with the most pro found contempt, likewise, for the calumnious false hood that an exalted individual had threatened to. regard henceforth us his personal enemies all those who might not think fit to promote the accomplish ment of his views in the present instance—utterly disavowing our belief in the possibility of such ru moors having any shadow of foundation—we never theless deem it bud its principle that any weight of power,. except that of scientific fame, should be brought to bear down the pretensions of a candidate who has no such extrinsic or illegitimate superiority to support him. A Royal personage cannot, under a monarchy like this, enter fairly into contest with any unconnected citizen, where the decision must in great part rest on men who, f r om t h e i r several gas tions or professions, find their fortunes influenced by the Royal frown or favour. It has been hinted that the Puke of Sussex would probably resign the invidious honour acquired under such singular cir cumstances, but for that we have no authority.,— Times. We recommend to notice a body of resolutions passed at a meeting at Caine lately, for the purpose, first, of improving the condition, and, next, of Nei-. tying the discontent, of the labouring population.. The two objects to be attained should stand in that order; for without improving the condition, it is impossible to assuage the discontent of the wretched peasant. Eight or nine shillings a week, with the necessary deductions for lodging and clothing, is not sufficient to sustain the frame of one working man in health; and what, then, must be the case if there be a family to feed and clothe? We hope all landlords will consider this. The assigning a small portion of land to every cottage is a humane and rational system, but the rent must not be op. pressive. We believe it has seldom happened, where a landlord has been disposed to assign a portion of land to the peasantry of his estate, that his tenant has not immediately found it out to he the very spot of ground which it is the most inconvenient fur him to have separated from his farm—that the land is better, or lies more convenient there than elsewhere. This per-, verseness ought not to be suffered to impede a measure of obvious and incalculable utility.— It will also be seen, by another series of resolutions, that the Magistrates for the half-hundred of Ear Brixton, in Surrey, have not been inattentive to our suggestions. It is said that those gentlemen mean to form themselves into sub-committees, and to visit, in person, every part of their district, in order to make such inquiries as are suggested in the reso lutions. It is not enough to obtain temporary tran quillity : the causes of the present insurrections should be investigated, in order to their permanent removal, and to save the country from a renewal of circumstances at once so afflicting and disgrace- IMPROVEMENT of the CONDITION of LABOURERS. At a Meeting of the Paymasters of the parish of Calm!, held on the ‘2sth day of November, iftlo, for the purpose of taking into consideration the state of the labourers of the parish, the Rev. W. Money in the Chair, the follawing revolutions were agreed upon : Resolved—That it appears to this meeting; from a statement made by the assistant overseer, that there are now upwards of 50 able bodied men, and upwards of 50 young women and boys, at work on the parish account. 'That in the course of a very short time all the necessary labour on the lands in the occupa. tion of the parish will , 3e performed; and that, with the excel,. Lion of the trifling labour necessary to the keeping the roads in repair, there will be no parish work on which the persons above referred to can be employed. Resolved—That It appears to this meeting, that the wages paid the agricultural poor, averaging about Ns, per week in winter, and Or. in summer, for able bodied men, are not high enough to enable them to maintain their families, and that they are in coin sequence driven to the parish pay-table, and compelled to receive that in the shape of charity which they are fairly entitled to as the reword of their labour, Resolved—That the above low rate of wages is eameaSaa n ed mainly by great competition for labour amongst the poor ; and though this meeting is of opinion that the wages to agricultural labourers should be increaued to 10s. per week in winter, and Ists, in summer, and that to enable the farment to pay such Increased wages an abatement in the rent of land and tithe must he made, yet it appears to this meeting that the general and permanent welfare of the poor man will not be completely secured until he shall have some additional source of income from the occupation of land, which will in a measure compensate for the inability of his wife and children to procure employment. Resolved—That, in the opinion of this meeting, the present distressed state of the poor would, in a great measure, be reme died, by the letting of land to labourers at such a rent as the same land would be worth to the farmer, That the poor rates by such a course would be materially lessened, the moral habits of the working men and their families; greatly improved, and a general spur to Industry given, would be as gratifying to the pay. masters of the parish as advantageous to the working men them. selves. Rosolved—That with the view of forwarding the objects of this meeting, a copy of the foregoing resolutions be forwarded to Lord Lansdowne and the other principal land.owners of the parish, in the hope that throu g h th e i r means time wages of the labourers may be raised, and their condition improved, by their being accommodated with land near their several houses, at a reasonable rent. Resolved lastly—That with the view of finding employment for museum out of work, it is expedient that the labourers of the ',aid, should he employial by the occupiers of land in propor tion to the rental, except that the occupiers of pasture land are not to be expected to employ according to their rental the same number of workmen as the occupiers of arable land but that the relative number of labourers for arable and pasture land shall be fixed by a committee of farmers to be appointed for that purpose. We regret to perceive, from the contents of the German end Paris Papers that considerable prepa rations for war are making in the states of the dif ferent Powers of Europe, and that serious appre hensions are entertained of an approaching collie sion. Reasoning from the general principle that it is the interest of every Power in Europe to main tain, as long as possible, the relations of amity, so desirable for the improvement of their finances, the promotion of arts, sciences, and knowledge gene rally, and, in a word, for the advancement of their subjects in social happiness, and even the safety of tleir own thrones, which might be compromised by a war against liberal institutions, we are in clined to think that the apprehensions vi hick are entertained are groundless, and that the warlike preparations which are making have grown out of a state of affairs which has ceased to exist within the last three weeks ; but still there is no knowing to what an extent of folly the madness of despots, for the retention of absolute power, may drive them, and those who put faith in the adage, " Quern bees vua perdc're prius de mentia,''will rather be disposed to credit the inten tions of the Holy Alliance Powers, to make war against liberal principles, than to discredit them, because they happen to be contrary to their own interests. The preparations themselves certainly seem to bode no great duration of repose to Europe, and when considered in conjunction with the re peered declarations of the King of Holland, " that he could reckon on the assurances of support given to him by his allies," furnish no insufficient ground for alarm. For some time past there hats been a considerable movement of Russian troops towards the western frontier of that overgrown empire ; ,ind it is now confidently affirmed, that an rimy of no fewer than 200,000 men, and 400 pieces of cannon, has received orders to mach for the saint destination, and that there are to be in the whole seven corps, including the mulish army. it is .4tilleti, that in ease of ita being ordered to toke the add, Getivnti Diebiteeh ►s to !MVO the entnaulnd et it. A letter from Berlin observes, " that prepara tions for war arc not neglected, and that if they are less seen, and less talked of, than those of Russia, it is because they are already made, and dm every filing is ready for action." These are rather strong facts to be accounted for, as the Oermunpoinalisti. endeavour to account for them, us mere precau tiontuy measures--(preeautiortiry measures agains t ,what?)---und, accordingly, as would he aeon from. he contents of the Paris Papers yesterday, the Kin g if Fraoce has also begun to adopt preoutionery Toe:Ll4lms, and to SWOon a coaSitletablo uramil of force on his frontiers. The language also, of he official Paris Papers On this subject is by in) means of u dubious construction. " Can we iuppoke, asks one of them, " with these feels be. fate us, and a Pfussiatplumy reedy to execute t h e ,keision of the Diet, that the Freneloovernmera will not take such turps as 'will make the priee:ple of non-interventien to be elmerved?" 'I he Nessolv.r des (hombres also tell* us that " Fratnethas suffi ciently proved, on the tiny after her own Reyes helm, and on *lie day after tine Pelginin ltevoln time that she is not moved by any 'pane,inn foe Aggrandizing her territory, or any acre/ pro• pagandism. But. if by the elms& of blued (nice egninst a small nation you prove that there is nether good faith nor lasting corifidenee in your first promises. of peace, then the Frenieb nation will warmly adept the side of war, because, in so doing, it will see the only' patentee of its honour and liberty. Once embarked in s war of honour and self-defence, the French p'op'e, whose *odour and imagitevion: is so easily exalted, will, perhaps, not Stop until it 'ite Overthrown' or consti tutionalized several thrones." This, as we have said, is pret y plain language; and plain language, we believe, is the only language which %ell suit in these timed. Let the despots ktenw at once what they have to encounter, and they, will then have to blame themselves only, for the consequeeces which we consider to be the inevitable results of their in terference in matters which do not immediately eon cern them—anarchy and revolution. In minelusiim, it is most costsolatory'to think, both from the mama position of tide country, as regards fereion powers, and from the principles laid. (limn by present Government as the basis of its policy, that England will have nothing to do in any continental broils which may break Ow, beyond the duty of enden vowing to mediate a reconciliation.—/Irorning Advertiser. The exclusion of the House of Nassito : from the Throne of Belgium, being what we for some time anticipated, does not take us by surprise, But we suspect the " Holy Alliantee! who bad assemed to themselves the attentive, or a - Sort of earthly omni potence in disposing of thee . crowns antl'people of Europe, were not quite prepared fteinch a result—. a result which has nest only baffled their prescience, but set at defiance their Power. It is highly (mein table to the Belgic Congress th at they came to this decision in the face of 'the threats and intimidation which the despots of the Continent hid recourse to for the purpose of controuling their deci.ions. That such threats and intimidation eheidil have been employed to perpetuate the connection bt tween the House of Nassau Ind' Belgian* by those w h o , with armies at their back, as , the 'tree's tible interpreters of their wither, .forced that family upon an unwilling people, is not incon• sistent with the policy which they have ever pur• sued since they Necompliihed what they Were pleased to call " the deliverance of Europe." That poky. was to place the rights of independent nations, and the liberties of all people, at the feet of a Corporation of Kings, who parcelled out territory to which they had no claim, according to their owns pleasure, and handed over nations from one Sove reign to another, without consulting their feelings or asking their consent. It was eu;y to foresee that such a state of things could not last very long in Europe, unless the founders of in league, impiously denominated " holy," could %yolk et. moral miracle, ond roll back the ages of pu,t barbatism on tine Ina ' man mind. It was in that attempt to work tech is miracle that Charles X.'was crushed; and yet other despots have not eufficient reflection to take warn ing by his fate. They say it is necessary to pre vent the progress of revolution. We say the same, but we also assert, that if they raise armies for the purpose, and attempt it by force, they will Iles celeriac the catastrophe which they are rum. ouv to prevent. They have the meana of preventing the further progress of revalue nicer in their own hands. These means wilt not drain their Exchequers, and be the Callati of placing new burdens of loans and tuxes on their subjects. On the contrary, they will have the effect of alleviating the burdens of their people, while they give stability to their thrones. What are these means ? Conciliation and reform. Let the Courts of Austria, Russia, and Prussia, improve their own civil institutions. Let them raise their eabiecis in the scale of moral and political existeome s ....b4 there be provident stewards of lite. poppies money —let them put . down their immense military establish mentse..-and exchange the sull e n and iniecere grun deur of despotism for the sceptre of that constitu tional power which rallies round it the affections of freemen. Let them do these things, and .tire march of revolution is stopped. But, if they poured ill their troops upon Belgium to-morrow, and, by tine sudden inundation of an overwhelming force, were enabled to sweep away the institution* which a people, who have purchased their f ree d om w i th their blood, have just established, their •triumph' would be but temporary ; mei though they should succeed, for the moment, in placing a Primes of the House of Nassau upon the Belgic Thron e against the wishes of the cou n try, the Ole of war, which they had provoked, would eventually be rolled back upon their own territories, where they would not find tine people so willing, to si,e sec their defence as when they delivered them from their abject vassalage to Napoleon. If the menitt o p i of the Holy Alliance are wise they will tontine their political labours to the reform of their owe States, and leave Belgium, as they have been under the necessity of leaving France, to choose its own Sovereign and its own form of Government, They have alreudy gone as far as they can go, without in volving Europe in a war, to prevent the exercise of iudependent opinion in the election of a Sovereign► for Belgium. Let them remain satisfied with what they have done t nt, if they please, let them enter a protest against the decision of the Belgian Cone Kress upon the " journals" of the Holy Alliance. It may one clay be a curious document for the con templation of the historian. Let them even, like Lord Aberdeen, the modern " Lord Btaleigh," " shake ' their heath" at the notion of a people ettempting to govern themselves who have been wretchedly governed by foreigners; but if they ore wise they will not go futther than that ; anti ne party will derive more advantage from their fotbeeretwe than nhemselves. Tine Courtier des Pop In'ar b;lr, 111 releienee to the recent attempts to controol the Congress in its important deliberation; " A my of neenuee and of war comes to interrupt our debates. The Holy Alliance takes umbruge at this last affront offered to one of her sons. She feels that her sen timents have been wounded in a vetoed part, She throws her mold into the scalee, end seem* ti, say to us, You shall hear me, or I %VW interfere ire your concerns: But the Belgian people 'wilt tower suffer tear to dictate what they might. have edepted from feelings of extreme generosity," Thus the eager arid Witco( interference of the. Holy Allinunce with the freedom of debate in the Belgic!Coegrese has worked more harm than good to the °eject which they had at heart. It took *twiny the last chance of the family of Orange, for it made et a point of honour to exclude them. They cern do nothing more without war. They will be wise not to 'memo to convert nations to their political f a ith by the logic of artillery.—Atorning herald. Scotland begins already to make herself heard on behalf of Parliamentary iteform, Edinburgh Forfar, Kit kiddy, Ayr, Kinghoro, Atiehtetinuelity, have all b een si gn i ng requisitions, and proposing resolutions, for en extension of the elective tretichise. We ob serve that the Lord Provost of Edinburgh has de clined presiding at the meeting to be held there, on the ground that the question of Reform is now in the hands at his Majesty's Ministers. This may, no doubt, have appeared to the worthy Provost au appropriate and sufficient reason for his refusal to countenance a Reform meeting ; but to us it ap pears there ought to he no motive ito weighty Wit li the real Supporters of Reform for pushing stretinoivls forward every possible means of completing the great, measure, as the fact that there now exits a t.io vestment wise enough awl bold enoueli to arktuvw . - ledge, themselves ittr-solenota; • They urolt(114 , scquain t tit . with- an outdid ig oils* lief : lrking of - fikyy seed pe v 4; 14. 41 40 4 _ OA.. crawl Y. who imagine Zhe ' 4, *i n fi* ho d i re lnistee ha s nothing to Itrit to ,liistiAt'l .'+ i —l l . P tithe. i 2 dic ,, tl