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2. r ' *# if Ited Os). De blic nte are )ber .e of t of • of ne. el of tack eneli to and n to 'ante tents fore- te it me rit of ebkfly results from the bold and prudent, the military and pacific operation which France has just consummated in a circl e of time and pl ce, which it traced for itself, is the error of those predictions of war with which the Opposition has not ceased to threaten'us for these two years past, and wh ich alar me d i nterests easily affected. Was it fear or ho pe On its part? Did it fear that we were not able to resist unjust attack, or desire to impel us to an aggres sion without a motive? In both cases the question is solved.so If any power should take on itself the wrong proceeding tooppressive measures, it is now clearthat v. ': have an army which is in a condition not to fear them. If it w as hoped to precipitate us into rash wars, it must now )e evident that the Government has the wisdom not to rill it, and strengt h to hi n d er i t. But what w i ll seen ? What is the fact is, that no one had a desire of attacking France; that Europe, apprehending as well the ' n e integri ty o f our policy as the power of our arms, has not c a , in an expedition undertaken'to execute treaties, a kind of challenge given by the revolution of July. It has pseeedniity on: strength and ourmoderation ; our intre rid our disinterestedness. It is something, " r eiy, that, on the one hand, France has shown itself in this firm and prudent attitude; and that; on the other, the Powers remained in the inaction of assent or respect. " The affair of Antwerp will furnish nothing," cry the organ of the opposition, fir such is their rallying word. . The affair of Antwerp does not finish, first of all the state nf uncertainty which was an evil for us : the affair of 1 2 : ? d t werP puts an end to the doubts (of those who still , any) of the absolute recognition of the revolutions of baptism and September ; it has given to the Prince Royal the "P t iatn of a victory recognised by the esteem of Europe, and to the Queen of the Belgians, for her dowry, the deli verance of the territory of her adopted country. How can it be doubted that the affair of Antwerp is a new ddge for th e ma i ntenance o f genera l peace, w hi c h t h e putes of Holland and Belgium will no more disturb? The French army has now completed its noble task; it going to retire within our territory, bringing with it the gratitude of our allies, and coming to receive that of the ::: nt rY. At it s h ea d we s h a ll see th e w ort h y M ars h a l has nobly j ust ifi e d t h e con fid ence o f t h e Ki ng, t h e .rave Generals who have so ably seconded him, and the ! w ° Young P r i nces w h om t h e test i mony of t h e army ma k es it tw o for us to commend any farther. But the peace th at has just been conquered will be watched over; the in depend ence of a friendly people which we have just cons olidated, we shall always know how to protect, aonft,liithe F rench army will remain ready to fly to the aid ° Olin) if its independence should be again attacked. With cal mness, confidence, and dignity, the course of the b - e e g ot iations w hi c h are to comp l ete t h e fi na l arrangements w l : 7"r' Holland and Belgium and The same opposition the he no au to us war invasion, and to which ar my has just answered by a v i ctory w i t h out war , now predicts th a t t h e expe di t i on to A ntwerp w ill i ncrease t h e 6 'ting difficulties. A result which is near at hand will a?\lllWer in the same manner. oth ing becomes more complicated ; all, on the contrary, will'cuplified with goo d f a i t h an d fi rmness , an d F rance st ill arise, enntinue to triumph over a ll the obstacles th a t may licity of it. [t ad -1 that b (Protn the Messager des Chainbres of Tuesday.) i s'a t A als, DEc. 31.—Th e F renc h army i s to b r i ng with ; Pieces of cannon, whi c h Ki ng L eo p o ld p rese nts to 't as trophies of its victory. Iv oun The Duke of Orleans has sent 6,200 francs to the -d ed. ~ Th e , whole o f t h e F renc h army , accor di ng to M ars h a l_ i=erarde januay d eclarations, will be in France by the 10th of to hoe Belgian Ambassador proceeded to-day, at 2 o'clock, I l ne hotel of the Minister of War, where he delivered 1 ; "larshal Soult, on the part and in the name of the f C rt g of the Belgians, the Grand Cordon of the Order o "Pold and the Insignia. (From the Quotidienne.) ttack i v 4 „ lll S, DEC. 31.—Several journals have announced that ` ll e Cabinet has given up the notion of presenting a sees $ Iry relative to the Duchess of Berry, because the Great affict, "4N have remonstrated on the subject. This is quite itiori. la 143. rable, because the Great Powers are so situated with every regardtb to the present Government that they cannot risk d keen crates 4 dignity by such a step. The Ministry, besides ! le re:c' , through its journals, that it has received no . d h ip o e . 1 I : n- '''a-",1, co mmunications on this occasion, a fact whic w a 1 ' "` te-- ",' -1 helieVe. But it adds, that if such remoTstranee e ' 'is had ''''en addressed to it, it would not have received any e ' -s ''' ' *11 ; and this seems to us very insolent. (From Le Temps.) latioo . p ,„ a - Ar ils, Dxc. 3I.—A diplomatic letter, received from 3da.-- -arida_ h e at it ; 'I to , l-y's mail, has seen shown us. It contains „,,. t e h ri ! basis a: 4 treaty between France and England, for the '--. are of ti,c affairs of Portugal. Coercive measures wa f t ' r , - " re said to be intended in this case also. We shall not ten V b lish this document till we have further information. uly--- b otwithstanding the strange stipulations sometimes made i n in: liv er diPlornacs, we cannot believe that it is intended to de- T: In ve t r l i e t hperaP7oilr.taungauese from a crowned monster, to give him , o wer , t , ' • fished A k From Golignani's Messenger of Tuesday.) our 1 arise rumour has prevailed since Sunday of differences having . ,00 00 the may diffe attsib nti between M. Thiers and Count . d'Argout concerning ons of their respective departments. These r ,„ m r the appear to have existed, but to be now at an end, e, and W as l l "," eh e 24thoniteur contains a Royal Ordinance, in virtue of teddy app uin, e two. Ministers chang places, M ! Thiers being [nel o a b ts , lal Co otin ed Minister of Commerce and Public Works,. and f 1 lions re t d'Argout Minister of the Interior. The ordinance, ttl 'el's has the following provision :--." The attribu t7en°ll, r 1 of t he Interior Department, and that of Commerce conse• !IT; of he Works, are re-established as they existed on outing 1 0 ti; e ' p tu r of October last; nevertheless, no change is made speeti._ ovisions of an ordinance of October . 11, 1832, re , into T i n g the department of Public Instruction. iboek-' folio:tee; Nurernburg Correspondent of the 27th ult.. has the . 0 „ 1 - ng„ of the 22d, from Berlin :—" We are still anxi a°e fl ea : of ,;y I°olring forward to the solution of the grand question 8- ,l ' 1 re ace or war. As the whole materiel of the field artil fh loi erY is i a To' Pro cure , , . Complete state, except the horses, which can be 1 the t he h e uin a short time, measures have been taken to put d, t he diff• 4trY artillery upon the full war establishment. The - "' ex it workin branches belonging to the ordnance de ,yed by Prtzt erit are dd l engaged from 6 in the morning till 7 at j° n a s :l i l' tt h t • The cons Y ortof Prince Albert is now perfectly re iclbao tviii d to health. Th e Queen of Holland, her mother, ;ledges! teen 'Cirnen retur n to the Hague, if not prevented by unfore of 4 5 Th nmstances." gen ee e4 f n gsburg Gazette of the 28th ult. brings intelli ; of tha t • I ° 4l Rome to Dec. 20. Among the arrivals in ling Prince City were King Otho of Greece, with the Crown r coro o ', day ' Sebastianef Bavaria, Prince Augustus of Prussia, and Gen. French , Viennai' the French ex-Minister. The Nuncio at is ~,,1 to I. Spinola, who has received the Cardinal's hat, 1)f me' Br', -- , be destined for Bologna, in the room of M. : I : 3 °- o n ; ~ a' r 7ll '4 o , l i: who .sill be appointed to the office of Treasurer. horror' 11l a' Spinola and M. Brignoli are both possessed of ~,, Armen Wealth. The latter is related to the widow of gly '-' 7'4ll.'es T heodore, the Duke de Dalberg, and the Acton tripiol - Jarni k l r at Na les. His influence is, therefore, very consi rp er i aul e• The p new Russian Minister (Count Gurieff), has ,IltWe7, ! I ' v ered his credentials to the Holy Father, and taken up e worl" " r esidence at the palace of Jerome Bonaparte. ertais ll In pursuance of apostolical letters of Dec. 2, an uni erester eatl jubilee opened at Rome on the third S un d a y i n Ad arms i 5 ', which was to continue until New-year's day. strafed' The Austrian Observer contains a speech addressed by rnmeil' Emperor of Austria, on the 20th ult., to a numerous olutioof !Potation of the Hungarian States, who had waited upon ° ' e l m to St press the sentiments of fidelity and devotedness :ceptse",!` the States. His Majesty, after expressing his solicitude a tree. 3l , °l ' the welfare of the Hungarian nation, and referring to a n c t,,„ l ' P r omis e of convoking the States a. early as possible, in au-1-:a4oneed that the affairs they would have to discuss were in c e b;s'o4.o7,"it, exceeding all that had come under the considers- Laing ' 1 , 1 1:: ° f the Diet for forty years, as well with respect to ° wh it 'err " t ent as to their importance for the consolidation of t P e u ,is e ,„ Prr ' t ent and future welfare of the country. Wisdom,.. ;ht hai l ti ."° "' t, and prudence would be necessary to avoid yield ponsib b g ta th, a attraction of innovations, which lead to an 13°weri ,:14 ' ' "' r ough false ideas upon the public good. Exam writing bol t , 1 hi v 1 1 , e vev would be found in their predecessors, whose ' w--°,l" e " in critical circumstances had been handed down algid ; It was a duty to labour for the good of the irds aitriJe:UPri°":rity. 11,i tr " and to render still more illustrious the glory of i Fran c Ir ancestor h i e lirtse j aw ,by consolidating the national prosperity by I V I ‘ p v rio7,, l _ ll 4 t arY la' The important task could only be rendered ;„ 4 10; - Y supporting the views of the Government. It t u t f t '"" 4o J hd to - ,the States to render them abundantly fruitful, " ° ''',,Jhern, 4 '4 end the Royal propositions were laid before end 1, Thu sea. 0 sea. t I vo Proq i; 6,3e rner of Trieste of the 21st ult. says—" Yes 6estitZ°rning the first coiutnn oi the Bavarian troops g""iof Pir;oor Greece, embaiked, and et sail for the port t 1 . 1! fi'•,lo,r, the 5, Which is the general rendezvous. In the after ine and Th e ,-, ttecond column arrived here from Prewald." xist otirt• any br an for eh of the Administration has the right to pro- It wii:litgehts o; defamation and insult against the members and ier, ,! l o e'-ined o„,scli department, even when the latter are not a co , o , quene, . designated positively and individually. In con t a c o n o , of ;1,4 Complaint of the Prefect of Police for defama the °trientned no agents of his department, who were neither he s'!rose,,,i°: designated, may , serve as a legal ground for and id or A. m . ti r.i by the law officers of the Crown. iiiriba n 1 ` - ' 1 de Taisand has just been sentenced by the a then , i , of C orrectional Police at Dijon to pay s fine - .t irk ng to r that WAS meet 9 nor le ci. 'come van i nult bra- t r io e , 7. fin. LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 3, 1533. Count Pozzo DI BORGO, accompanied by Prince LIEVEN, waited upon Prince TALLEY RAND this morning, and remained in conference with him nearly an hour. We understand that his mission to this country is connected with the refusal of the French Government to comply with the inhuman demand of the Emperor of RUSSIA, for the expulsion of the Polish refugees from the French territory. 'We have all along sus pected that Russia was never sincere in her re cognition of the Government of Louis PHI LIP, and that she was only waiting for an opportunity to embarrass it. The French having assisted the Belgians contrary to the de dared wish of NICHOLAS, and the attack of the citadel of Antwerp having been con demned by all the Tory faction in this coun try, and by a portion of the Liberals, the Russian Cabinet think, perhaps, to detach England from her alliance with France, and pick a quarrel with the latter Power just before the meeting of our Parliament. The Russian Cabinet has not, however, acted with its accustomed sagacity in making Poland the ground-work of the quarrel, for indifferent as the people of England may be to the fall of Belgium, their sympathy will be easily roused by the claims of Poland. It is not probable, therefore, that M. Pozzo DI I3ORGo will succeed in creating a party against France, in this country, although he may con trive to raise, for a time, the spirits of the Tory faction. What the precise nature of the con ference between him and M. DE TALLEYRAND this morning may have been we know not, of course, but the wily Corsican is well matched. Skilful diplomatist as he is, it is not likely that he will gain an advantage over the experienced and more skilful TALLEYRAND. It is stated in a letter from Paris, that M. D'APPONY, the Austrian Minister at that Court, has requested to be allowed to dispense with the task of pronouncing the usual felicitation on the occasion of New Year's Day, in the name of the Diplomatic Body. We understand, however, that his request was not complied with, and that his refusal to deliver the address would be taken as a direct avowal of disrespect to the French Sove reign. Our informant adds a more important piece of news, but not upon equally certain authority. He states that M. D'APPONY had made a demand in the name of his Go vernment for the expulsion of the Italian refugees from France. We can hardly credit this information, and yet, looking at the resistance of the King of HOLLAND, it is easy to imagine that he had before seen some pros pect of a rupture between the French Govern ment, and two, if not the whole, of the Powers of the Holy Alliance. The next arrival from Paris will be important, as it will show us whether the intentions of the Austrian Minister have been of so positive a character as to warrant his being guilty of a direct insult to the French Government. The Moniteur of Tuesday contains a long elaborate article on the late proceedings at An twerp, which is evidently drawn up for the pur pose of impressing on the public mind, the fact that the peace of Europe cannot and will not be disturbed. The: article is: well written, but there is an evident appearance of uneasiness and anxiety about it. Its pacific character does not look natural—it is overdone. But the most marked feature about it is, the extreme pains it takes to assure the continental Governments that there is the most complete, satisfactory (and even unalterable) understanding between France and England, on the subject of the troublesome Belgium business, and that not only are the two Powers firmly united on this point but on most others, for that " there is between the people a sympathy quite new in history, but which gives a new face to political affairs. Their manner, their interests approach nearer to each other, in consequence of their institution. Thus we see what a conformity there °is in the electoral movement in the two coun tries ; in both there is the same tendency, the same success in favour of the princi ples of moderation and improvement against the passions of a subversive party, or the obsti nacy of a retrogade party." The whole do cument is a striking one, and, at the present crisis, singularly important. We have no space to speak further at present." By the news from Brussels and Antwerp we find that the Belgians have taken possession of the citadel—that Marshal GERARD has ad dressed the French army, and that Louis PHILIP will leave his capital to meet them on the frontiers. The Egyptian agent, at Trieste, has received official notice from his Government that fresh negotiations have been opened between it and the Porte, and on a basis approved by both parties; so that a favourable result is probable. VIENNA, DEC. 22.—Five per Cents. 85 5-16, Bank Stock, 1,117 4 s.—Allgemeine Zeitnng, Dec. 27. In another part of our Paper will be found an account of a meeting of great importance assem bled to petition Parliament on the subject of tithes. The promoters of the meeting have looked at the subject in a point of view in which it does not appear to have struck any one in the course of the discussions which the elections gave rise to upon it, but which is well deserving of the consideration of all in any way connected with English agriculture. The petitioners ap pear to have taken alarm at the silence of the Government last Session, when bringing for ward the question of the commutation of Irish tithes, with respect to those of England. Per haps this alarm is not altogether without foundation ; for we recollect that Mr. STANLEY, in detailing his Irish plan, did seem to think that the question of English tithes stood upon quite a different footing, and it is certain, as one of the speakers at the Ashurst meeting observed' that we have only as yet heard of the Go vernment having in hand a measure for the Reform of the Church. We trust that his Majesty's Ministers contemplate ma king no such distinction as the Kentish people apprehend ; but the circumstances are suspicious, and it behoves the landowners throughout the country to follow the example which has been set them, in the meeting to which we refer. The petition which was adopted is short, but goes admirably to the point, and its moderate, reasoning tone well deserves to be echoed from every part of the kingdom. The only colourable pretence Ministers can put forward as a ground for making a distinction between the two countries, i s , th a t i n Ireland, the mass of the population being Catholic, it may be reasonable to afford greater facilities to their extinction. But this would be but a mere pretence, for it is acknowledged that, although all classes may be annoyed by the collection of tithes, it is the landlord who suffers the pecuniary loss, and, at least eleven-twelfths of the landlords of Ireland are Protestants. The question, therefore, of—whether the landlords of both countries shall or shall not have the same terms in commuting their tithes, as a question of justice, is precisely the same. If any distinction be attempted to be made between the two, the real ground of it will be, that in Ireland the Mi nisters have been bullied, and that in England they have not. To legislate unequally upon such a ground as this will betray a degree of short-sighted imbecility, of which we should be sorry to suspect the Government which acted on so comprehensive a scheme in the Reforma tion of Parliament ; but still, as we said Above, it behoves the landowners of Eng land to bestir themselves ; for even if Minis ters intend to place them on an equality with those of Ireland, petitioning does no harm, but will, on the contrary, strengthen the hands which desire to help them. With respect to the clergy, when they consider how much further some of their opponents wish to go, we should imagine they would be glad to embrace such a reasonable medium as is here offered them. They and the public at large have just at present the same interest ; for whether it may be thought better hereafter that they should be paid out of the general revenue of the State, or continue in pos session of the land, or other security, in which the proceeds of the commutation of tithes may be invested, it is clearly the interest of both to facilitate, as much as possible, the rescue of tithes from their present perilous position. We direct the attention of our readers to the report of a police case at the Town-Hall, South- wark, in which a disclosure was made of a con spiracy to entrap two starving youths into the com mission of an offence by two informers, stated to be under the patronage of the Stamp-office. Whilst we admit the propriety of enforcing the laws by every proper means, we cannot too strongly deprecate the employment of men of bad character as spies and informers by the Go vernment. If it is necessary to employ persons to detect offenders, let them at least be of such a description as to offer some security against practices so degrading to their empl o y ers , an d so injurious to the morals of society. If the Stamp-office must have informers IJ on their establishment, let them at least be so remune rated that they may not be under the necessity of laying schemes to get offences committed in order that they may obtain the wages of infamy by apprehending the offenders. The blood system of SID.mouTH and CASTLEREAGH was hardly worse than the encouragement given to these low informers by the Stamp-office. The only difference is, that in one case men were entrapped into the commission of crimes which brought them at once to the gallows ; in the other they are induced to commit offences for which they are sent to herd with hardened cri minals, and, consequently become complete out casts of society. In the particular instance before us, it is worthy of remark that the offenders are entrapped by the agents of Government into the violation of a law against which all reflecting men in and out of Parliament have pronounced condemna tion. Whilst the law which makes it impossible to publish newspapers at such a price as to do away with the temptation to deal in unstamped publications, exists, it may be proper to punish those who offend when they are fairly detected ; but it is really shameful to encourage spies and informers, whose interest it is to entrap the wretched and ignorant into an offence which reflects little, if any, injury upon society. RECOLLECTIONS OF A CIIAPERON.-..—We are requested to state that this work, Edited by Lady DAet t r, is now ready for publication by Mr. BENTLEY, New Burlington-street, and may be had of all respectable booksellers in the United Kingdom. Agents for Scotland, Messrs. BELT, and BRADFUTE, Edinburgh ; and for Ice land, Ur, JOHN CUINIDLIOG, Dublin. OLD BAILEY.-(THIS DAY ) OLD COURT. This morning these Sessions commenced before the Right Honourable the LORD MAYOR, RECORDER, S HERIF FS, Mr. Justice GA sELEF, and Mr. Justice JAMES PARKE. John Hill, a labourer, aged 37, was indicted for steal ing a large quantity of household furniture, the property of William Evans. There was included in the indictment the prisoner's wife, and a man named Potter and his wife; the three latter were tried for this offence last July. Potter was convicted, and the two women acquitted, on the suppo sition that it was the husbands alone who committed the robbery. The Jury found the prisoner Guilty of stealing under the value of 5/. Henry Larby, aged 26, was indicted for feloniously assaulting William Anthony Roberts, at the prrish of St. Marylebone, on the 11th December, and taking from his person a pocket-book, six sovereigns, a 2004, a 201., a 101., and a 5/. Bank of England notes, and a promissory note for 5/. The Jay found a verdict of Guilty of simple larceny only. THE MURDER AT ENFIELD. Mr. Cr.Aaasos applied to their Lordships on the part of the prosecution in the case of the Enfield murder, for permission for Cooper, one of the persons committed for the murder, to go before the Grand Jury as a witness on the part of the Crown. The Learned Counsel said he had read the depositions with the greatest care and anxiety, and he had come to a conclusion, not only that the verdict of the Coroner's Jury was not well founded, as regarded Cooper but that there was not sufficient evidence to convict Cooper if he were tried—unless it be by his own confession. It was also important to state that there was every reason to believe that Cooper's confession was correct, and that his testimony was most material as re garded the case of one of the other prisoners, Farr. Mr. Justice GAZELEE said that both his Learned Bro ther (Mr. Justice J Parke) and himself bad perused the depositions with much attention, and that they had come to the conclusion that the ends of justice would be best ate tained by admitting him a witness for the Crown. The motion was then granted. The case will come on the first thing tomorrow morning. of 8,000 francs, on being convicted of the habitual prac. tice of usury. The following horrible circumstances are said to have lately attended the execution of a soldier condemned to be shot at Nice :-26 musket balls were fired at him succes. sively, without killing him. At last two soldiers, in or der to put an end to his misery, went up to him, one placing the muzzle of the gun at his ear, and the other in his mouth, and thus despatched him. A child, who came too near the spot, was killed by the glancing of a ball from the ground. FRENCH FUNDS, PARIS, DEC. 31.—Five per Cents., 99f. 60,!. 65c. 60c. 99f. 50c. 55c. 50c. 50c. 45e. ; Three per Cents., 69f. 55c. 65c. 60c. 55c. 50c. 55c. 50c. 45c.—Cours Authentique. PRICES OF STOCKS THI Bank Stock - 3 per Cent. Red. 959 3i 3 per Cent Con,. 3Y z per Cent - Ditto Red 93 % Ti % New 3% per Cent. 3 per Cent. Ann. 172(1 - 4 per Cent. 162 E 163 9. 3 i Wink Long Ann. to expire Jan. 5, 1860...16 13-16 15-16 Oct. 10, 1559 - Jan. 5, 1860 - Jan. 5, 1880 - April 5, 1880 Jan. 5, 1870 -1 PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS Austrian Bonds B9 Belgian Bonds Ditto Account Brazilian Bonds Ditto Account... 49 8% Buenos Ayres Bonds Ditto Account 0 0% 1% Chilian Bonds ... 16% Ditto Account Columbian Bonds .... Ditto Account — Ditto Bonds, 1824 Ditto Account — Danish Bonds 70q Ditto Account 705{, *reek Bonds oGy,s. Ditto Bonds, 18.25 Ditto Account — Mexican Bonds, 5 per cent — Ditto Account 0 0% l Ditto, 6 per cent. 25 Ditto Account 0 5% Neapolitan.„,... .............. .SDAY AT ONF O'CI.OOS. NI ew 5 per Cent. — India Stock Ditto Bonds' 25 27 pm. South Sea Stock Old Annuities New Ditto — 3 per Cent. Ann. 1751 Ex. Bills, £l,OOO '35 37 pm. Ditto 500. 35 37 pm. Ditto Small '35 37 pm. I Ditto Commercial pm. Ditto Advertised — pm. Bank for Account — India for Account — Cons. for Jan. 23 R 6 Vil.O'S THIS DAY AT ONE O ' CLOCK. 'Peruvian Bonds Ditto Account ,Portuguese Bonds 4 9 14 Ditto Account ' Regency Scrip T4l dis. Ditto Account 4rdis. Prussian Bonds 99 q Ditto Account Ditto Bonds, 1822 Russian Bonds, 182'2.... 100% Ditto Account lOl ;New Loan 91%qi Spanish Bonds, 1891 16% Ditto Account 16% Ditto Bonds, 1893 Ditto Account 14% French Rentes, 5 p. c. 100 f —c. Exchange 9sf. 80c. 1-3 per cent —f. —c. Exchange —f —c. Dutch Scrip 49 .;%% Ditto Account 42%% V, French Scrip 2 pro. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAT AT ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. Per Share. Anglo Mex. Min. Co. (iss: at 5/. pm.) £lOO Bolanos Mining Company £l5O Brazilian Imp. Min. Co. (iss. at 5/. pm.) £2O Ditto National 1 7 ,, Ditto St. John Del Rey Ditto Cocaes 5 .iritish Iron Mining Company £5O l olumbian Mining Co. (is, at 5/. pm.) 495( English Mining Company 1250 General Mining Association Real del Monte Mining C 0...., United Mex. Min. Co. (iss. at 21. nm.) 40 Ditto New Scrip 5 Alliance Fire Insurance Comp lO Protector Insurance Comp. Australian Co. Canada Company . l7 General Steam Navigation Co. Provincial Bank of Ireland 25 142% 45% 16. X 3 4% 5% 18 24% Sys 19 54 74 £1 5 0 45 30 NEW COURT. James IValker was inidicted for stealing, front the house of Mr. Niers, Whtechapel-road, some iron staples and other ironmongery goods, the property of Mr. pliers. Verdict—Guilty. Stephen Stephenson and Sarah Hadley, were in dicted for stealing, on the 3d of Dec., feom the person of Ghent Barton, a watch, chain, and seals, his property. The Jury found both prisoners Guilty of stealing the property from the person of the prisoner. Dennis Reading was indicted for stealing a bale of good•, the property of Giles Brown.' Verdict—Guilty. Jane Ricketts, a most doplorable looking creature, bent almost to the ground with disease, was indicted for steal ing from the person of Giles Aberdeen four sovereigns and two sixpences. Verdict—Guilty. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY FROM LLOYD'S. DEAL, JAN. 2.—Wind S.S.W.—Arrived the Mer cury, Hawkins, from St. Michael's. PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 2.—Wind S.W. to N. FALMOUTH, JAN. 1. —Wind W.S.W., moderate.— Arrived the Stephen, Irving, from Pictott ; and New Brunswick, Green, from Bristol, with 7 feet water in the bold, bound to Philadelphia. JERSEY, , DEC. 31.—Arrived the Antelope, Vorde, from Naples. LIVERPOOL, JAN. I.—Arrived the John Taylor, APAlanus, from Savannah. Off port the Agenoria, from New Orleans. CORK, DEC. 31.—A rrived the Bom Fim, from St.Ubes. MARGATE, JAN. 2.—Arrived off port the Salacia, Ad dison, from the Mauritius, sailed the 24th September, and St. Helena the llth November. MILFORD, JAN. 1.-Arrived the Tamese, from Tam Pico. _..._ The Catherine, Gray, from Newport to Truro, was abandoned the 31st ult. off Falmouth, having been dis masted, &c. in a gale. The Elizabeth, Radford, from Plymouth to Hilford, foundered at sea the 31st ult. ; crew saved. The Ceres, Burt, of St. Andrew's, New Brunswick, put into Sligo, water-logged, with loss of rudder, &e., having been on shore. The Diamond, Godfrey, from Swansea to Guernsey, put into Penzance, having lost a boat, bulwarks, &c., and part of the cargo thrown overboard. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY). GENERAL AVERAGE PRICE OF BRITISH CORN, For the Week ended Dee. 28, 1832, made up from the Returns of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wales, per Imperial Quarter. Wheat— 535. 21.1 Oats 18s. 3.33. 3d. Barley 9.1.1 Rye 31s. 7,1.1 38s. Bd. • IMPERIAL AGGREGATE AVERAGES OF TILE SIC WEEKS PRECEDING. Wheat.—..... 545. Oct I Oats 100.00.00 183. 9d .j Beans—v.,— 345. Id. Barley—. 30s. Bd. I Rye 335. 3d I Pease— 393. Id. DUTIES' ON FOREIGN CORN. Bd.l Oats Barley---16s. 10d.I Rye 19s. 9a. Pease----, Ils. Ott. THE SPEAKING FRENCH GRAMMAR, IN SIXTY LESSONS, Particularly calculated to render the speaking of French easy to English persons, without the assistance of a master. The Fourth Edition. By J. V. DOUVILLE, M.A. Professor of the French Language, 110, Strand, London. 1832. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—This Grammar, of which the fourth edition has just appeared, will be found eminently useful for self_instruction. It is the best companion which a person desirous of learning the French language can possibly have. The Essays on the rules of the language are all colloquial, and form a valuable repertory for conversation. By construing these familiar exercises into French, according to the method recommended in the Key, the pupil is kept in constant practice, and may learn the French anguage with as much facility as if he studied it in Paris. I am, Sir, yours respectfully, M. N. 0. London, January, 3, 1833. N.B.—M. Douville is also the author of an excellen introductory book to the French language, in 19 lessons. THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, T WEL VE 0' CL 0 CK. By the French mail this morning, we have a report that a quarrel has taken place in the French Ministry, be tween MM. Thiers and D'Argout, on a local subject, and that Marshal Soult was occupied in making peace between them. Accounts from different parts of Spain state, that great agitation prevails, aP it was feared_ that Don Carlos' party was promoting a civil war. According tom. the hutch account, their lost, during the siege of the citadel of Antwerp, is estimated at 90 killed, 319 wounded, and 67 prisoners. Accounts from Tampico, of the 10th of November, state that Santa Anna was still before Mexico, with 14,000 men. He had taken Guadaloupe, Tucuberga, and Chapuitepar, anti cut off the supply of water. No com munication was permitted with the city. THE FUNDS. The Consol Market is all alive thismorning. Consols, which left off yesterday at S6l for the Account, opened at S6j : since which they have been done at S6i- for the Account, at which price they are at present, with a firm Market. The rise is attributed to what we stated in our City article of yesterday, that our Government, with that of France, are using great efforts to bring about a pacification between Holland and Belgium. The Belgians have taken possession of the citadel of Antwerp, and it is presumed that skirmishing will ensue between the Dutch and Belgians on the left bank of the Scheldt; but if the Prince of Orange, with his main army, does not came and make a grand attack, the skirmishing will be of little import. The Dutch funds come 4 per Cent, higher. HALF-PAST ONE. The Consol Market, in the early part of the morning, had every appearance of being firm, with a further rise at 86i a for the Account; but an eminent Hebrew broker having turned out a lot at 86a, caused a slight reaction in the Market, and they went down to 8681- for the Account; at present they are 861- buyers. In the Foreign Market little or nothing doing, and the prices are much the same as yesterday. It is now 26 days since we have had a mail from Lisbon. The next is anxiously looked for by the merchants. THREE 0' CL 0 CK, Consuls for the Account, Sq. CLOSING PRICES.-9FOVIi O'CLOCK. Consols ....,;... Danish — Dittofor Account 864 Greek Brazilian Bonds 49 Mexican ... , 2A Buenos Ayres... Peruvian .. ...... , lo} Chilian Ditto.... Russian •. • Columbian 1E. , 24 11 Spanish EGYPT. NINTH BULLETIN OF THE ARMY OF SYRIA, 22d of Jimaz-ul-awd, 1248 (October 16, 1832). Report of the General of Brigade, Hejazi Selim 13-1 , , and of the ex-Chookedar, Ibrahim Aga, transmitted by the General-in-Chief to his Highness Ibrahim Pacha, at Oolukishlak. At break of day we set off trom Bootzani, preceded by the cavalry of the dehlis, and followed by that of Ahmed Bey Melmenji•zadeh, and by the mounted Bedouins, who brought up the rear. The defile through which we had to pass is very narrow ; we halted for a short time at Takhta-kupru. In this interval five or six men, sent to reconnoitre, perceived us, and ran hack to give notice. The enemy had fortified every part of Chiftah-khan. After leaving a sufficient force at Taklata-kupro, and at other exposed points, we marched in the order above stated towards the enemy, who was in the defile. Up wards of 10,000 horsemen descended into the valley, and posted themselves in front of us ; 500 others were arrayed in order of battle, with infantry, above Chiftah•khan ; another corps took up a position along the mountain op posite. After - observing the enemy's movements for ball an hour, we took corresponding measures on our side. The affair began with musketry, during which Sadik Pacha and Melmenji Oglou Habib Bey, on the side of the enemy, traversed the ranks of the infantry posted round their intrenchments, sword in hand, to endeavour to pre. serve order there. Ten minutes after the ex-Chookedar Ibrahim Aga, at the'head of his men, who were on the left of our corps of infantry, followed by a detachment of cavalry, marched against the enemy's intrenchments, and Selim Bey advancedfrom the centre, with the Bedouin horse men, upon the tent of Alisch Pacha. Our dehlis rejoined Ibrahim Aga. The shock was so vigorous that the enemy was forced to abandon his intrenchments. Sadik Pacha and Habib Bey were the first to fiy The loss of the enemy in this battle amounts to 500 men, of whom .200 were killed, and 300 are prisoners. The fugitive Pacha was pursued from Chiftah.kban to the distance of 12 leagues. Other• fugitives carried to the Paellas, who were at Oolukishlak, the news of their defeat. The latter, who had under their orders more than 1,000 horsemen, pre pared to attack us ; our Bedouins, in conjunction with the other horsemen, made counter-preparations. Mean while Selina Bey and Ibrahim Aga arrived with '7O or 80 cavalry ; all charged the enemy together, and completely routed them. After an hour and a half's pursuit, our soldiers returned to Oolukishlak, just at sunset ; and, conformably to the orders of the General-in• Chief, after resting one day at Oolukishlak, we are on the march for Eragli (Heraclea). On the way, Selim Bey received letters of congratulation from the Mufti, the chief persons, and the people. OBSERVATIONS. The General-in-Chief had resolved to halt at Aleppo, and there await the decision of the Sublime Porte, in order to put all end to the existing state of things. The enemy were far from acting in the same manner ; some times they advanced to the defile of Gulek—sometimes they assembled at Antab, or at Oolukishlak, circulating false reports on all sides. The inhabitants of those coun tries, worn out with the vexations to which they were continually subject, solicited the aid of the General- in- Chief. Their applications were signed by the members of the religious body, the magistrates, and principal per sons of each city ; Adana especially loudly claimed assist ance. The inhabitants of this place, fearing that he could not come in person, entreated him to send his Highness Abbas Pacha. Urged by these applications, and aware of what was going forward around him, the General-in-Chief found himself obliged to advance to Adana. The enemy, persevering in his evil designs, caused the defile of Gulek to be fortified, and assembled his forces at Oolukishlak. The General•in-Chief sent forward a detachment, which took possession of the defile, and, in order to afford no grounds for prolonging the war, he gave the custody of it to some soldiers of the tribes of Adana. The enemy, however, ceased not to excite uneasiness. He had fortified Chiftahakhan, and was inclined also to fortify Oolukishlak, his intention being to organize a fresh army. One of the Beys of the province of Ichil, Ahmed, Bey of Mossud, had been assassinated in his own house by the enemy's troops ; wherever they appeared despair was atits height. Repeated applications were made to his Highness the General-in -Chief by the inhabitants of this province, who conjured him to deliver them from their oppressors. The re-estiblisment of peace and good order in these unhappy parts, and the destruction of the enemy's projects, were the motives of the expedition of Oolukishlak. A SHURST ANTI-TITHE MEETING. (From the Brighton Guardian.) On Saturday last a meeting of the occupiers and owners of land in the parish of Ashurst, in the county of Kent, took place at the Bald-faced Stag, Ashurst, to petition Parliament on the subject of tithes. At twelve o'clock, WILLIAM CAMFIELD, of Burrswood, Esq., having been voted into the chair, opened the business of the day. He said, that as agriculturists they were all too well aware of the evils attendant on the present mode of remunerating the clergy of the Established Church to render it necessary for him to detain the meeting by an enumeration of them in a long speech. His Majesty's Government had not, as far as they were informed, shown themselves insensible of those evils; and they had towards the close of the last session of Parliament detailed the measures they intended to pursue for their suppression in Ireland. In a pecuniary point of view, Tithes pressed upon farmers more heavily in this country than in Ireland, and there was no saying how much longer the greater patience (because, perhaps, greater means) of the English landowners would hold out against the vexatious and grinding nature of this tax. It behoved them, now that changes were about to be made in the mode of paying the clergy in Ireland, to see that the land owners on this side of the channel had the benefit of what ever measures were passed in favour of that country. His Majesty's Ministers had hitherto onlyspoken of commuting Irish Tithes, seeming to think that those of England might he settled at any time. Perhaps they might really intend to extend the measures of which they spoke last session to England ; but as they had only alluded to a reform in the Church with regard to this country, they, as English far mers, were bound to remind the Government that a dis contented ten millions in England might find themselves as able to accomplish their object as a discontented seven mil lions in Ireland. He believed there was no one present who wished harm to the Established Church; and indeed he was satisfied that those who desired measures to be adopted which would place Church property out of its present perilous position were the best friends of the Church.— (Hear.) The property of the Church in Ireland would now have been in safety if the late Ministry had brought in some such measures as were now proposed, before dis content had reached its present pitch in this country. What they wanted Ministers to do was to prevent discontent reaching the same height in England, by at once doing for it what was intended to be done for Ireland. After some further general observations, the Chairman concluded by hoping that their proceedings would be marked by good humour. WILLIAM SAIRY, E.g., of Ashurst Manor House, said rat if he could trust his knowledge of the faces before him, there was no great chance of anything happening to dis turb their good humour. The parish only held two Tories, and they had thought it expedient, after the elec tion defeat they had lately sustained, to stay away, recom mending them, he understood, to wait till it was known what Ministers meant to do.—(A. laugh.) Now his opi nion was, that they should petition in the first instance; for they all knew how difficult it was to get even the best Ministers essentially to alter any plan to which they had once committed themselves.—(Hear, hear.) As far as they could judge from public report, Ministers contemplated as the grand measure for this country a new distribution of Church property ; but however just and necessary that might be, it would he of no service to the farmer.--(Hear, hear.) Kent had often been the first to move upon great public questions, and Ashurat bad shown itself " first of the first" in setting an example, which, he trusted, would be followed by every agricultural district in the kingdom.-- (Cheers.) Believing that they were all pretty much of the same mind, some friends had ventured to draw up a petition, which he now begged to submit for the approba tion of the meeting. It ran thus :-- "TO THE RIGHT HON., AND HON. KNIGHTS AND CITIZENS AND BURGESSES OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND IN PARLIAMENT ASSEMBLED, " The petition of the undersigned occupiers and owners of land in the parish of Ashurst, in the county of Kent, agreed to at a public meeting, held at the Bald-faced Stag, in the said parish, on the 29th day of Dec., 15.32. Humbly Ehoweth— " That your petitioners are, for the most part, members of the Established Church, and have long regretted the odium to which its clergy have been subjected by the mode in which their remuneration has been levied, as well as the deep injury it has inflicted on agriculture and the nation at large. Your petitioners have, therefore, heard (they hope truly) with great satisfaction, that his Majesty's Government propose to lay before Parliament some plan having in view the amendment of the present tithe sys tem ; but their satisfaction has been tempered by regret from having been given to understand that his Majesty's Govern ment intend to make a distinction between the two portions of the United Kingdom in which tithes are levied—England and Ireland. Your petitioners beg to submit that no solid ground exists for such distinction, the injurious effects of the tit system being precisely the same in both countries. The differencebetween the two is, that the landowners of England have been content to await relief from your Honourable House, whereas those of Ireland have for the most part shown themselves willing to take advantage of a mistaken zeal of a portion of their tenantry to get rid of this obnoxious impost by a daring evasion of the laws of the land. " Your Petitioners submit that to make a distinction in favour of Irish Landowners will be most impolitic, inasmuch a, it will encourage the Dissenters and even the members of the Established Church in this country to continue to agitate the question till they obtain an equal amount of relief. Your Petitioners deem your Hon. House to be too well acquainted with the operation and consequences of the present Tithe System, the land it keeps uncultivated, the labourers unemployed, the heart-burnings it creates between the clergy and' the parishioners, the hostility it raises among Dissenters in being forced to make a direct contribu. tion to a church with which they have no communion, to render entering into any details upon them necessary ; but the alarm they are under of having their silence construed into acquiescence of a less measure of relief being meted out to them than to their Irish fellow-subjects, an alarm strengthened by past exp er i ence, of the proneness cf the Legislature to treat Ireland and E ng l and as divided, instead of United Kingdoms, urges them to add ress your Hon. House at the present me. mentous crisis. " Your Petitioners, therefore, entreat your Hon. House to agree only to such measures of relief with regard to the Tithe System, as will place the landowners of England upon the same footing as those of Ireland, and your Petitioners wig ever pray, &c." Mr. Saxby concluded by moving the adoption of the petition amidst loud cheers. The motion baying been secon , led by an occupier in the parish, was unanimously agreed to. It was also agreed that a similar petition should be presented to the House of Lords. Mr. JANiss EvEar.sx moved that Mr. Hodges be re quested to present the petition, and that Mr. Rider be re quested to support it in the House of Commons, and that Lord King be reques'ed to do the same in the House of Lords. Mr. WOODHASIS, a farmer, in seconding the motion, observed that although the Engnab had not complained so much as the Irish, they had not found the tithes by any means light. In the parish of Hawkhurst, the parson had this year walked off with 22 tons of hops, worth nearly 3,0001. ; and they all knew how many losses the farmer must have sustained, how much labour and capital ex pended, to have produced a crop to yield such a tithe.— (Cries of shame.) In Ashurat the tithes were, they all too well knew, also taken in kind, and the possibility of any parish being subject to the harassing demands was sufficient to justify the strongest remonstrances being made to the Legislature. He was sure no one could quarrel with a petition so just and moderate as theirs. The motion having been carried, as also a vote of thanks to the Chairman, the meeting separated. ALLEGED CONSPIRACY. TOWN HALL, SOUTIIWARK. Yesterday information was given at this office to Mr. Alderman ANSLEY, which, through the exertions of that worthy Magistrate, developed what appears to be a wicked case of conspiracy. It appeared that George Currey and George Colley,who were some time since discharged from the New Police, have been employed by the Solicitor of Stamps to apprehend parties vending unstamped newspapers; and, by the Act of Parliament, the parties apprehending are entithd to V. upon conviction, which is the inducement to take offenders into custody. They (Currey and Colley) having no sa lary, between 200 and 300 convictions have been obtained within the space of a few months, and many of their un fortunate victims have declared on their examination, that some person had supplied them with unstamped puld;ca dons, and that it was a conspiracy by the two informers, and a coadjutor, to receive the reward from the Stamp-. office. Twa youths from the country, named William Cooper and John Brown, who were yesterday brought before Mr. Alderman ANSLEY, by an officer named Agar, narrowly escaped conviction; according to their statements, they were lodging in St. Giles's in a state of great destitution, .ind on Tuesday night they were met by a person named Scott, who informed them he could give them employment to sell some newspapers. They replied they had not money to purchase; upon which Scott said they should have the first lot without any charge. According to ap pointment, they were to meet Scott in the Borough to get the publications, but, upon being told they were about to be entrapped into the commission of some offence (as others had before them), they applied to the Alderman, and detailed to him simply the above circumstance , . The ALDERMAN directed Kinsey, Agar, and a trades man, named House, a person unknown to the informers, to follow the two lads to where they had agreed to meet Scott, and ordered the youths to receive the publications, and act the same as if they were ignorant of any plan laid to ensnare them into a violation of the law, the Alderman assuring them, if their statement was correct, they should not suffer punishment. In less than half an hour afterwards they were con veyed, in the custody of Colley and Currey, for selling the Poor Man's Guardian and Cosmopolite Almanack, without being duly stamped, before the Magistrates az Union Hall, and Kinsey, the officer, informed the Nlagis rrates, Messrs. Chambers and Murray, as directed by the Alderman (Ansley), of this plot against them. The Ma gistrates, for the purpose of eliciting the truth, had the witnesses separately examined, and it was discovered that Currey had contrived to escape, but Colley was ordered into custody, and the following evidence taken against him and his associates :—.. It appeared from the evidence that after the boys had left the Town-hall they watched them at a distance, and saw Scott meet them near St. George's Church, and de liver publications into their hands. As the boys passed by a public-house immediately after they had received the papers, they caw Currey at the doorway, and Scott nodded to him. Colley had been walking behind, and was seen by those who were directed to watch the boys, who had proceeded but a few yards when Colley purchased of them a Poor Man's Guardian, and Currey instantly took them into custody, and, instead of conveying them to the district office (Town-hall), took them to Union-hall. Mr. CHAMIAERS and Mr. MURRAY, the Magistrates, both declared that it was a moat abominable conspiracy against the poor boys, and a gentleman attending from the office of Mr. Hadwen, a solicitor, of York -street, Covent. garden informed the Magistrates that a similar unfounded charge had been made by Colley and Currey, at Bow street office, against a poor boy from Lincoln. The lad had only arrived in London he same day, when be was accosted by a person answering the description of Scott, who gave him some unstamped papers to sell, and directed him to the Edinburgh Castle public house, in the Strand, Is a likely place to sell them ; the boy went in, and offered them for sale, when Colley and Currey, who were drinking gin at the bar, instantly took him into custody. On being brought before the Magistrate (Mr. Minshull), he declared that the papers had been given to him by an acquaintance of Colley and Curry, for the purpose of getting the penalty. Colley and Currey swore boldly that they knew nothing of the third party, and it was only by accident they saw him and took him into custody. The Magistrate, having considerable doubts, sent the boy to prison for seven days, instead of three months, • In answer to a question put to Colley by Mr. Mua- RAY, he said that, although he was in the emply of the Stamp-office, he had no fixed salary, but he and Currey received 20s. upon every conviction they obtained. Mr. CHAMBERS and Mr. MuncAY both concurred that this was a systematic plan to ensnare ignorant and desti lute persons, for the purpose of getting the penalty, and ordered the witnesses to go to the Surrey Sessions House, to prefer a bill of indictment before the Grand Jury for conspiracy. Mr. Chambers said he should call upon the Commissioners of Stamps and represent the conduct of Colley and Currey, and further directed the witnesses to attend at Somerset House to-morrow (this day,) to give testimony before the Board. The officers are in pursuit of Scott and Currey. MEETINGS OF CREDITORS, AT THE COURT, BASINGHALL-STREET. (From the London Gazelle.) TO-MORROW, JAN. 4. T. M. Knight and Co., boarding-house-keepers, Hammer smith tat 12 A. IL Ayckbown, surgeon, Wendover W. Mabley, pawnbroker, New Bridge-st ree t, V aux h a l l 2 11 F. F. Cross, livery-stable-keeper, George-yard, Whit combe street 2 E. Whirbourn, coach-proprietor, Percival-street, Cler kenwell 11. Phillips, innkeeper, Thank, Oxfordshire I IS J. Edney, jun., victualler, Merton, Surrey G. Williams, lodging-house-keeper, Henrietta street 1 I W. 11. Ladd, merch a nt, Liverpool -street DIVIDENDS. Sir G. Duckett, B ar t. an d C o., b an k ers, Pall-mall. ............. a t II %V. H. Humpleby, plumber, Borough -market ..................... J. Bowker, tavern keeper, Bolton-le-Moors S j. N ll V i i r i n so e n t i t and Co., Devonshire. C ' J. C. Badeley, ship-o wner , B r i x h am, Devonshire road Goldsmith-street d I. rii Yesterday were married, at the church of St George, Hanover-square, the Hon. Capt. Hon to Misq CHAar.orra TOLLEXACHE, daughter of Admiral and Lady ToLLEmacuir. There were present at the.ceremony the COuntxse of ALDEOROUGH, Lady EMILY STRATFORD, Mr. and Mrsi Da BURGHAiI.