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r ~_'. GREMAitt PAPERS. CAssiL, Dec. 11.—It has been reported since yester day that a erect German Power has manifested a desire that Counsellor Hassenpflug, Minister ad interim of the Interior and Police, should be chosen to take part in the deliberations on the affairs of Germany, which are going to be opened at Vienna, i❑ the character of Plenipoten tiary of Hesse Cassel. It is also affirmed, that in a Council held yesterday at the Palace of the Prince Co- Regent, it was resolved that M. Hassenpflug should have the mission to Vienna instead of M. de Trott, the Minister for Foreign Affairs. FRANKFORT, DEC. 17.—Letters from Berne say that all the Poles are going to depart. On the 7th the Coun cil of Berne resolved, by a majority of 11 to 4, to oblige the Poles who have hitherto refused to accept the proposals of France. This resolution is at present before the Great Caution. The Leipsic Journal contains the following article:— " Confusion still prevails in the island of Cyprus. The Austrian Admiral Dandolo went to demand satisfaction for the murder of the consular agent in Paphos, and for the insult offered to his flag, on the staff of which the agent was impaled at his own house. The satisfaction demanded was— " I. That the principal authors of the crime, such as Alustapha Aga Bey, of Paphos, and Hussein Aga, who commanded the troops sent thither by the Governor of the island, should be punished on the spot. "2. That the Austrian flag should be again hoisted, with the usual ceremonies and salutes. a ' 3. That all Austrian subjects who had been injured 'amid receive a suitable indemnity." The Governor gave an evasive answer ; the offence, be said, was committed under the government of his prede cessor, though it was proved that the expedition to Paphos took place on the day of his arrival in Cyprus, which, besides, had been governed for a month preceding by one of his officers in his name. Admiral Dandolo, after making himself fully acquainted with the whole matter, went with a part of his fleet to Sm)rna, whence he has written to the Internancio at Con stantinople, as well as to his Government, for further instructions how to act towards Cyprus, which is still a Turkish province, and governed in the name of the Sultan. —Frankfort Papers, Dec. 18. WursaAnzN, DEC. 9.—The Minister of State, Baron Von Varstal, who is to represent Nassau and Brunswick, in the Conference at Vienna, is so seriously ill that it is feared that another plenipotentiary must be appointed in his stead. VIENNA, DEC. 13.—Five per Cent. Metalliques, 95 1.32 ; Four per Cent. ditto, 851 ; Bank Shares, 1,2281. —Allgemeini Zeitung, Dec. 18. DUTCH AND HAMBURG PAPERS. THE HAGUE, DEC. 18.-The debates on the budget of the expenditure for 1834, and the ways and means of providing far it, commenced in the Second Chamber. The debate was continued on the 17th and IStb, and the final result was, that the budget of the expenditure was adopted by a majority of 36 to 16, and that of the ways and means by 28 to St. In the Sitting of the 19th there was a debate on the law for providing the means to cover the expenses included in the budget of 1833, which, after some debate, was passed by a majority of 41 to 9. TEL HAGUE, Dec. 17.—0 n Saturday night, at half past ten o'clock, his Royal Highness the Prince of Orange and his eldest son set out for St. Petersbnrgh. They are accompanied by Colonel Klerck, of the Grenadiers, and Count Van Limburg Stirum. We learn that their Royal Highnesses will go first to Weimar, and, after a short stay there, proceed to Berlin, where they will also stop a couple of days, and then proceed on their journey to the Russian capital. Letters from Coblentz say that, in consequence of the continued storms from the west, all the rivers in that part of the country had risen very considerably. The towing-paths are wholly under water, so that the naviga tion of the Rhine, Moselle, Lahn, &c., is wholly at a stand. Our rivers, too, have risen considerably within these few days. A letter from Lillo of the 14th says—" Seventeen pieces of cannon, thirty.six and twenty-four pounders, which have moved here as a sea battery, with their car riages and everything belonging to them, even the balls, were sent to Flushing on board three ships that had brought provisions from Dordrecht. It is said that the sea batteries of Lielkenshoek will be in like manner die mantled, but we do not yet see any signs of it." THE MONTHLY MAGAZINE.—In the forthcoming number of this long established periodical will appear an original and hitherto unpub lished POEM by LORD BYRON, on Newstead Abbey, written in 1814. Also highly interesting communications from the ETTRICK SHEPHERD, Sir E. BRYDGES, JOHN GALT, Esq. ; unpublished Poems by the author of " Lacon," together with a great variety of original matter, by some of the most popular writers of the day. Published by Cockrane and lll`Crone, 11, Waterloo place, Pall-mall, price Half-a-Crown. ••• An excellent opportunity is now offered of corn mencing the new year with this distinguished periodical. DUTCH FUNDS--AmwrzaDAm, DEc. 20. Actual Debt, 2% per Cent. 494 to 49% Amort Syndic, .ty,i per cent 88►,4 to SS% Ditto, ditto, 3 .- ei• cent. Voluntary Loan, 1831, 6 percent. 1034 to 103% Ditto, 1832, 5 per Cent. Ditto, 1833, 5 per Cent. Exchanz m 4:‘ to eon London • , A/ —bard; rapers, Li Vlllll,ltol u. v _ _ _ STOCKHOLM, Dac. 6.—lt was reported a few days ago that Count Lowenjelm would return to his post, as Ambassador at Paris, sooner than was supposed ; and that Count Posse, Director-General of the Customs, is to be Marshal of the Di.q. The cholera has nearly disappeared in Norway. _ _ . _ HAMBURG, DEc. 17.—The Ramona steamer arrived here yesterday evening, with the English mail of the 13th. EXCHANGES ON LONDON. HAMBURG, Dec. 17.-13 . 7!4 ; two months, 13 th RERUN, DEC. 14.—Three months, 6 2.4%. PrrEßsistton, DEC. 3. —10 13-32. STOCKHOLM. DEC. 6.— Seventy-five days, 12 40. LEIPMIC, DEC. 9.—Three months, 6 16%. ...Hamburg Papers, Dec. 17. - . HAMBURG, DEC. 17.—BOASEN HALLE, HALF-PAST Two o'CLocic.—ln the Funds little alteration has taken place since Friday. The business done to-day was ex tremely limited. Greek Bond., under Russisn guarantee, hare been done at 95. Discount 4 per Cent. End of December. Anglo-Danish Loan, three per cent 7O Anglo-Russian 98% Russian Inscription, 5 per cent., 1820 934 Ditto, ditto, 1831 Ditto, ditto, 1832. 9l Certificates 92 Polish Bonds 123% Prussian Bonds, 1832 Austrian Bank Shares 1223 Ditto Metalliques 9 5 14 Ditto 4 per Cent. Spanish 3 per Cents. Ditto 4 per Cent 45 Dutch 26 per Cents. Ditto 5 per Cents 92 —Hamburg Reporter, Dec. 17. ST. PETERSBURGII, DEC. 2.—His Majesty bas been pleased to confirm the " regulations for the erection and organization of manufactories, &c., by private persons," in St. Petsrsburgb, presented to the Committee of Ministers by the Minister of the Interior. —St. Petersburgh Journal, Dec. 3. PORTRAIT OF THE HON. MRS. NORTON. —The Duke of Devonshire some months since gave permission to the proprietors of the Court Magazine to make an engraving from Mr. Hayter's celebrated portrait of Mrs. Norton, which was painted expressly for his Grace. We learn that it is now finished by Cochran, the eminent Engraver, and that it will be give❑ in the forth coming Number for January of the Court Magazine, which begins the New `Volume. Distinguished above all its competitors for the grace, beauty, and utility of its embellishments ; the Court Magazine is second to none in its Literary Department, and we appeal, in support of our opinion, to the three splendid volumes which have just been completed under the able and influential superin tendence of the Hon. Mrs. Norton. Prince Talleyrand and suite arrived at the French embassy, from Paris, at half-past eleven p.m., on Sunday. His Excellency had been absent exactly three months. We hear that the Prince had a very stormy passage, with a head wind from Calais, in the Firefly steam-packet. He is, however, in wonderfully good health, and yesterday, at two o'clock, received the visits of several of the foreign and domestic coips diplomatique. The Rev. G. Crabbe obtained for the copy right of his " Tales of the Hall," 3,0001. The work contains 13,105 lines, so that he received 4s. 6d. and a fraction per line. John Milton was paid for the copyright of his " Paradise Lost" 151. This work contains 10,565 lines, thus valued at a trifle more than a farthing per fine! ENGLAND'S ROMANTIC ANNALS, by the late Henry Neele, with twenty-one Illustrations, by Land seer, will be comple t ed on the Slat December by the pub lication of the Third Monthly Volume of " Landseer's Illustrated Edition of the. Romance o f Hi s t ory ." The twenty-one illustrations willalsobe i ssue d separate l y, pr i ce only 4s. 6d., for the convenience of Work, th an d who ose to have pur chased fprmer Editions of the m eet ie the general demand that exists for cheap and att ractive En graving'. The Fourth Volume will he issued the let of February, commencing " The Romantic Annals of Fra u ,,, , , . by Leitch Ritchie. A WHALE IN THE MEDITERRANEAN. Letters, bearing date the 20th of November, from the province of Otranto, in the kingdom of N a pl e s, mention that the carcase of an enormous whale had been washed on shore. Such an appearance, in the Adriatic, is ex ceefiiney rare. The animal seems to have died a natural dusk probably from the heat of so southern a latitude. LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 24, 1833, The Paris papers of Sunday, which arrived thig n-mrrinn ,rontain , , paper of tne iZtn inst., giving the details of the defeat of the Carlists under Baron NERVES. There is no other news of interest from Spain. The trial of the members of the society called Les Droits de l'Homme, which was expected to close on Saturday, was continued on Sunday, in order to afford, as was stated by the Court, time for the President to sum up. It was generally believed, however, that the Government had procured the postponement in order to delay the verdict which was expected to be in favour of the de- fendants. Having carefully read through each day's report of the trial, we can come to no other conclusion than that the offence of the conspirators, as they are called, lay in their having suspected the intrigues of the police, and prevented by their advice and exertions one of those silly demonstrations against the Govern ment which have hitherto contributed to increase ,he power of LOUIS PHILIP, by creating alarm in the minds of the anti-republicans. Hale 27 defendants alluded to had not conspired to defeat the intrigues of the police, they would not have been so formidable to the Government, and probably a prosecution, founded in hatred, and conducted by the vilest corruption as re garded the witnesses, would never have been thought of. Should an acquittal have taken place, Louis PHILIP will bitterly regret that the prosecution was ever in stituted, for some of the defendants broached and maintained upon their trial principles, the publicity of which will do him more harm than a thousand discussions would have done in the sections of the society of which they are members. But whether acquitted or convicted, the result of the trial cannot be favourable to the Government. If convicted, it would be impossible to impose the severer penalties of the law against the prisoners, the public feeling being so strongly declared in their favour ; and to allow them to escape with milder punishment will betray the weakness of the Government. The French Ministry met with a striking de feat on Saturday, when M. VOYER D'ARGEU sAu (a Deputy), and FESTE, a printer, were tried for publishing a seditious pamphlet, and triumphantly acquitted. It is extra ordinary that the French Ministry should persist in their prosecutions of the Press, consi dering that for one conviction there are fifty acquittals. There are, of course, no authentic quotations of Funds ; but it appears that the jobbers of TORTONI'S Coffee-house did not respect Sun day. The Three per Cents. were done there as high as 751. 15c. ; from which it may be inferred that something favourable transpired respecting the contents of the Speech with which the KING was to open the Chambers yesterday. We have received Frankfort papers to the Bth inst., extracts from which will be found in • PRICES OF STOCKS THI .13 Lok Stc ta 3 per Cent. Red. 891143 8 ' 3 ier Cent. Cons..„... 3S( per Cent 979 Ditto Red 97 8 1 4 8 New:334 per Cent. 3 per Cent. Ann. 1726 - 4 - per Cent. 1826 Bank Long Ann. to expire Jan. 5, 1860 l7 3-16 Oct. 10, 1859 l7 1-16 Jan. 5, 1860 - Jan. 5, 1880 -, April 5, 1880 -1 Jan. 5, 1870.... PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS Austrian Bonds 97 Belgian Bonds 96 Ditto Account 96M Brazilian Bonds 67 Ditto Account 67 Buenos Ayres Bonds — Ditto Account . - qh , , Chilian Bonds Ditto Account 0 3'y4 Columbian Bonds 1914 Ditto Account Ditto Bonds, 1824 2256 Ditto Account 22% Danish Bon s ... "2 1 4 Ditto Account 72C , Greek Bonds — Ditto Bonds, 1825 Ditto Account Mexican Bonds, 5 per cent 29 7 4 Ditto Account — 'iv , 6 per cent 1714 Ditto Account :37 Neapolitan B9' THIS DAY AT ONE 0 CLOCK Peruvian Bonds ln Portuguese Bonds Ditto Account 57 Ditto New Bonds 56% Ditto Acconnt 56N Prussian Bonds Ditto Bonds, 1822 Bonds, Russian 1822 1104 Ditto Account Ditto 111 lO3 Spanish Bonds, 1821 Ditto Acc. Ditto Bonds, 1823 23 % % 1 ,04 °O% Ditto Account i'French Rentes, sp. c. —1 —c. Exchange —f —c. i-5 per cent.... —f. —c. Exchange.... —f —c. Dutch, 2 p. c 50% 11i Ditto Account ...51 50% 1 1 ,4 Ditto, 5 p. c 954:.?2 Ditto Account 95 5 z,ti French Scrip 4 pm. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAT AT ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. Per Share Alten Mining Company £7 7%. Anglo Mex. Min. t.:o. (iss. at 5/. pm ) £lllO 834 Rolanos Mining Company £l5O 14234 Brazilian Mining Company £s : 15 Brazilian Imp. Min. Co. (ass. at 5/. pm.) £2O (12 Ditto National 2234 26 341 27 Ditto St. John Del Rey Ditto Cocaes 5 174 Cata Branca Mining Company 354 5;4% British Iron Mining Company £so 20;6 Columbian Minini Co. 'isa at 5/. pm.) 51% 2;4 English Mining Company 12;4 254 General Mining Association l2 IN Hibernian Mining Co Mexican Mining Co Real dcl Monte Mining Co....(unreg.) 54 United Mex. Min. Co. (iss. at 2/. pm.) 40 11% Ditto New Scrip 5 14 3 1 Alliance Fire Insurance Comp lO 11% Protector Insurance Comp. Australian Co. Canada Company l7 48 General Steam Navigation Co. l3 f 124 National Provincial Bank of England 5 4 1 4 Rio Doce Provincial Bank of Ireland 25 3 9% 'A RFENCH FUNDS.—PAats, Dec. 21. Five per Cents., 103 f. 65c. 80c. 75c. Four per Cents., 90f. 50c. Three per Cents., 71f. 70c. 63c. 90c. National Loan, 103 f. 65c. Rente de Naples, 90f. 70c. 50c. 8.5 c. Roman Five per Cents., 91%. Rente d'Espagne, Five per Cents., 18. Rente d'Espagne, Three per Cents., 40% 41!4, 41. Royal Spanish Loan, 83. Rente Perpet. d'Espagne, Five per Cents., 68,0, 8 69. Belgian Loan, 1831, Five per Cent., 964%. EXCHANGE ON LONDON. One month, paper, —c. ; money, '2sf. 30e. Three months, paper, 25f. 20c.; money, 25f. 20c. —Coors Juthentique. HAILS. Arrived. Due. 'Arrived. Due. O America 0 0 Hamburg ....... ...... 0 O Brazil O Buenos Ayres 0 0 Jamaica 0 O Carthagena 0 0 Leeward Islands ... 0 1 Dublin 0 5 Lisbon 0 0 Flanders 0 0 Malta 0 I France 1 0 Sweden 0 O Guernsey &Jersey.. 1 i 2 Waterford HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning ...30 minutes after 0. I Evening... 5 minutes after 1. ;_:7;„-b rb e • ; I\ t, N. 44‘ \ SOAY AT ON V O'CLOCK, ?Te7 5 per Cent......•.«.. India Stock Ditto Bonds.. 23 21 pm. !South Sea Stock Old Annuities ........ 6 71 ,4 New Ditto - justed. per Cent. Ann. 1751 Ex. Bills, .£l,OOO 45 46 pm. 45 46 pm. Ditto Small Ditto Commercial Ditto Advertised Bank for Account India for Account Cons. for Account ... 90 !j3:2:!;, another column. It appears that the dispute between the Austrian Admiral DANDOLO and the Governor of Cyprus has not yet been ad- An account of the dinner given at Man chester to Mr. POULETT THOMSON, and Mr. M. PHILIPS, on Thursday last, will be found in our Paper of to-day. It will be seen that the kind of oratorical battle which we stated on Saturday having received some intelligence of, was not of a very desperate description. Mr. PHILIPS gently blamed Ministers for not advancing quite so quickly as he thought they might have done, but ended by throwing the blame upon the House of Lords. Mr. P. THOMSON very discreetly said nothing about the House of Lords, but spoke generally of the difficulties which prevented Ministers doing some things that they wished, and mysteriously of the official secrets which in his opinion justified other things that they had done, and of which his colleague disapproved. Doubt- less both the overt and concealed difficul ties with which Ministers have had to contend are great, and we are inclined to give Ministers credit for a desire to overcome them ; but we cannot suppose them exempt from the infirmities to which all other men are subject. Now there is no infirmity to which men are more prone than the avoidance of trouble. We can easily imagine, therefore, very worthy, excellent Mi nisters, exceedingly desirous of governing in die way most conducive to the public good, who, not being pushed on by a pressure behind, would willingly turn aside from a difficulty, and persuade themselves that the public good would be more forwarded by their so doing than by going straight forward. We must, therefore, with all deference to Mr. THOMSON, still impress upon the people the necessity of urging Ministers straight for ward. It is wonderful how easily people over come difficulties, from encountering which they know they must not shrink. This may not be a very palatable doctrine to the sensitive plants of the Administration ; but it is the true con stitutional doctrine of a free state. An active public opinion is like the bracing wind of the hills ; healthful, though somewhat uncomfortable to those exposed to it. Without it thebody politic would become first languid, then enervated, and finally decrepid. Nay, with public opinion, pas sive or indifferent, we may doubt whether public service would not lose much of its recom pense as well as incitement ; for when a Minister is pushed on to a particular measure by the pub lic voice, although he may feel that he should like to avoid the troubles and " difficulties" it places him in, and may therefore be somewhat annoyed at the clamour which drives him into them, yet when he has fought his way through them, when he has done the bidding of the public, he naturally looks for its applause, na turally feels intense satisfaction at receiving it, albeit convinced, in ordinary times, that all is " vanity and vexation of spirit." That such must be the case, is, we think, evident, from the undiminished avidity with which men seek the applause of the world, notwithstanding that its emptiness has been proverbial for two thou- Having said thus much in favour of occa sionally touching up Ministers " upon the raw,', even whilst intending to support them against their, and the people's, enemies, we will now proceed to point attention to one or two por tions of i\Tr. THOMSON'S speech, which the imperfection of the report we had before us on Saturday precluded our then noticing. Speak ing upon that subject which is now beginning to fill the public mind, and which promises soon to engross it, we mean the iniquity of the corn laws, Mr. THomsoN is reported to have said : "It is not a party question—it is scarcely a political one. It is not a question on which you can bring men to agree upon any general line of politics—on which you can bring persons who may be perfectly united on one particular course of policy to agree amongst themselves. The discussions which have taken place in Parliament bear ample evidence of this. You have not seen on this great question Whig, Tory, and Radical taking their separate lines. You have not seen the party designated —and rightly designated some years ago—under the name of the liberal party in this country, adopting one course of policy whilst the opponents of reform and improvement adopted another. You have seen political friend voting against political friend, and political opponents joining hands in unison upon this topic." This is all literally true, but it nevertheless con tains or insinuates a fallacy which cannot be too broadly exposed. Why is it that you see men opposed to each other on the question of Reform united together in favour of the Corn Laws ? Is it that any man opposed to Parliamentary or Borough Reform, any Tory, great or small, comes over and joins the advocate of a free trade in food ? Not at all ;it is, that the seeming Reformer, the pretended friends, but from design or ignorance, the real enemies of the people, go over to the ranks of the Tories. We cannot call to mind a single instance of a regular Tory being in favour of allowing the artizans of this country to have corn brought to them in exchange for their labour instead of obliging them to carry their labour to the corn. No, no ; the Tories, openly, and so far honestly, say that they want to draw money from the pockets of the people, both directly and indirectly. Many Reformers, on the other hand, men who had not that means of committing open robbery, declared against the indecencies of borough jobbing, but join with the borough jobbers when the attack is to be made upon a m eans o f plundering the people which they possess in common. Hence it is that some of the most __ ..... ..._. lusty bawlers in favour of Parliamentary Reform are quite as rabid on the subject of the Corn Laws as the most desperate Conservative can desire. At future elections, therefore, Re formers must bear in mind that the freedom of their labour, the observance of their r i g ht t o have food for it from abroad—if there they can get it more easily than at home—is a fruit o f th e Reform Act which they are entitled to gather. Any man that w a nts to shuffle off th a t ques tion, that talks of his being a Reformer, desir ing retrenchment, reduction of taxation, &c., is a mere talker, who wishes to distract their minds from the main point by which his fitness to re- present them ought to be decided, viz., his wil lingness to let in bread from abroad to feed the hundred thousand persons who are now an nually starved out of the kingdom. To return to Mr. THONISON. He is fur. ther reported to have said— " I am satisfied that much of the misconception which exists upon this subject arises as much from the exaggera tion of the friends to change as from the ignorance of its enemies. lam satisfied that the cries which we have raised for cheap bread—a cry raised by those who would change the corn laws—does as much injury as anything can do which is not strictly in accordance with truth." We have to observe upon this, in the first place, that the exaggeration would be productive of no ill, were it not for:-the ignorance of those to whom Mr. THomsoN alludes as being af fected by it. In the next place, it is not the advocates of a free trade in food who raise the cry about cheap bread, so much as the monopo lists. No doubt the argument that we should have bread cheaper were there a free trade in corn is incidentally urged ; but the main posi tions on which the free traders rest are that the landowners have no right to say such and such shall be the price you, the_ consumer, must pay us, or you starve ; that they are fools for thus attempting to cut up their golden goose ; that they impede our prosperity, prevent the extension, or cause the ruin and demoralization of our population ; that they force foreign countries to become our rivals in manu factures, by refusing to permit mutual exchange, &c. But it is they who chiefly insist that they shall he ruined by the cheapness of bread were there a free trade in corn. Lord FITZWILLIAM, and the great majority of the advocates of free trade, argue, on the contrary, that the price of bread would fall very little in consequence of free trade ; but that the manufacturing popu lation would benefit by constant employment, high wages, high profits (which must soon reach agriculture somehow or other), extended com merce, triumph over foreign rivals and general content. With the exception of these two points, and the general timidity with which Mr. P. THOM SON appeared to approach the subject, we con cur in every word he said upon it ; and we re peat what we urged on Saturday, that his, as well as every other declaration we have had from Ministers upon it, sufficiently indicates their willingness to proceed with the question, when they feel themselves sufficiently strong to over come the ignorantly selfish opposition of a por tio❑ of the landed aristocracy. We have been favoured with an early copy of the forthcoming number of the Westminster Review, and have perused one of the articles entitled " - Importance of Belgian Independence," with great satisfaction." If our limits permitted we would give the article at length ; but as we cannot do so, we must confine ourselves to a few extracts. The author, after some general observations, thus alludes to the question of Belgian Inde pendence : " In the first place, it has operated most beneficially as removing the remnants of national jealousy, which would always have acted upon a well-meaning portion of the British public, and prevented their cordial acquiescence in the deliverance of Belgium ; and so far has added to the cementing of the common union of free states. The ••• • • •. • • LA• agree to end their feud s by se tti ng up a common • interest in the shape of a new family by marriage. Belgium is the common daughter of the two great quarrelling com munities. On all the members too of the underground alliance which is carrying on among nations, and particu larly on those who will be first turn' whenever the Euro pean league begins to move forward against the barbarian, the effect could not be otherwise than good. The reflect ing portion of the French nation may be the first appealed to, whether the conduct of the Government which has succeeded to the days of July has been in all respects such towards friends and enemies, that nothing could possibly be added to the confidence of foreign nations. It is at the same time undeniable that the military transactions of the French in Belgium have greatly increased the confidence of mankind ; and there is the very lesson to be learned. Would the apparition of the two great tricolours in the Mediterranean, be less effectual than in the Scheldt When the time comes for the delivery of Italy and Poland, will Italy and Poland be less apt to grasp at the assistance, because England and Belgium are there as guarantees ? In the present condition of civilized Europe, the desirable ness of accumulating military power in vast states, is a fallacy. There is much more to be hoped, from a mode rate extension among many. And the reason is, th it the contest to be carried on, is oae that depends on the exaltation of a common feeling which within cer tain limits is increased by subdivision, much more than on the mechanical organization of the energies of a few great powers. There is but one military idea in Europe at present ; which is the driving back the barbarian ' to his frightful deserts,' and the total destruction of the insolent interference he has exercised, through a league with the traitors of all countries, with civilized communities. Men are born for it; some die before they see it ; and the rest live on in hope. It may come through military means, as the evil did ; or it may, in a greater or less degree, be effected by the action of gentler agents. But in one way or other, it is the thing to be done ; and the man who does not prepare for it, is a simpleton that cannot construe the signs of the times. In this view it may be fearlessly stated to the honest and the thinking among the French people, that any diminu tion of national importance or dignity arising to France from the independence of Belgium, is compensated over and over by the benefits accruing to that great cause, in which France has always been and will continue to be the leading actor." Our sentiments with respect to Russia are too well known for it to be necessary to say that we highly approve of this passage as well as of the following, with which we shall close our extracts : " The great fear of Belgian individuals at the present moment—the bugbear in their streets—is Russia. The barbarous powers, as in the days of Marathon, threaten the civilized, and every free man is met by them in his common walk of life. It is not for our interest,' say the lords of the barbarian and the slave, ' that you and other men should be free. It is of evil example, and therefore you and other men shall not.' This is the policy that presses upon the western European, from Warsaw to Gibraltar. It is clear the Marathon must come ; and one part of the machinery by which Providence has arranged for the improvement of the less civilized portions of human kind, is the stimulus which it has put upon them to be always bringing themselves under the action of the more improved. B ar b ar i ans m i g ht b e l e t alone, informed if they would not ru n th e i r h ea d s aga i nst t h e i r better brethren ; but th e y never w ill—it i s p o rtion of na t ure ' s provision in their behalf. And it is at this precise mo ment, that the Russians bethink themselves of th reatening England in India. The English Ministry mu s t b e ' with opium drugged' or baser i matter, if Mr. Babi ngton M acaulay rudiments forhis l of a levee ,0 00/ e . a.yeareee masse ls h e t nottaking reagainst in h R iB ussia, in the po .ket th e shape of improvements in the govern ment of India. And the government there s not so bad, to begin with. A huge empire like India, not bound to its rulers by national prejudices, must have a salt somewhere that keeps it from falling to decay; and that salt, witho u t i n j ury to great capabilities for amendment, is simply the n o ti on o f jus ti ce and integrity which despite disadvantages the civil go vernors of India contrive to carry with them through all the passage to the Himalaya mountain s . Th e th eor y o f preserving India from Russia is brief; give the Indians all that England can give them and Russia will not, and multiply Englishmen to be the distributors. The Russians take India!—they had better think of defending Peters. burgh. The Russian Empire will be split into six re publics one and indivisible, before a Russian gives or re. ceives the knout at Calcutta." CITY ELECTIONS.-(THIS DAY.) PORTSOKEN WARD. The poll in this Ward was resumed at nine o'clock this morning, before Alderman Johnson, to the right of whom eat Mr. Scales. A number of the police were in attend ance, in case their services might become necessary ; but up to one o'clock all had gone on quietly, with the exception that two gentlemen, of the names of Smith and Golding, from time to time gave the Alderman specimens of their abilities in the blackguard line, and which he bore with extraordinary forbearance. As a sample, we give the following scene, which took place about one o'clock this day : Golding, addressing the Alderman abruptly—Why don't you go home, you stupid fool ?—you have no bu siness here. You had better go to your nurse. The Alderman, rising, and evidently mistaking either the name of, or the person, who addressed him, said—Mr. Smith, I will not suffer such language. If you— Smith—What do you mean, you blind booby 9 I did ❑ot speak to you. The Alderman—Mr. Golding, it is you I ought to have addressed, but both you and Mr. Smith have been using language towards me all this morning, which as Alderman of this Ward ought not to be addressed to me. Smith— You are no alderman. Who made you an alderman? Did I vote for you ? You are an intruder, and are robbing me and my children of the rights I have bought and paid for. The Alderman—l am your Alderman, and if you do not desist I shall be compelled to exert my authority and commit you. Golding—Poor animal! only listen to him. He talk of committing, indeed ! Smith—l don't care for your threat. Put me in cus tody ! you are afraid to do it. Mr. Scales and Mr. Tyers both addressed the Alder man, and disclaimed any participation in the insults offered to him, and addressing Smith and Golding, begged them to desist, but in vain. The Alderman told them that their friends had bespoke his lenity, or he should have committed them. Golding—That's what you tell me. I am surprised at your impudeuce and ignorance, you wretched creature you. - Mr. Johnson, (son of the Alderman)—You had better be quiet, or you will be turned out. Smith—How dares your son tell us we have no busi ness here ? He is but a lodger himself. .. Golding—lt be tells me so again, I'll pull him by the ears. In this manner these respectable housekeepers went on some time longer, till an actual quarrel between them and a gentleman whom they had insulted, was about to lead to blows, when the beadle interposed and restored quiet, but they were allowed to remain. At one o'clock the numbers were— Mr. Tyers Negus 39 Findley Saul Parker ...... 31 Wright Hoard 3O Death THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) HAY MARKETS.—i At per Load of 36 Trusses.) CUMBERLAND. ..._ _____ ...... --. Coarse heavy lowland Meadow Hay £3 5 to £3 10 Clover Hay ss. per load dearer than last quoted ; prices other wise stationary. Supply rather limited, and trade dull. New , I eadow Hay 3 5 3 10 Useful Old Ditto 3 1(1 4 4 Fine Upland Meadow and Rye-grass Hay 3 15 4 0 Clover Hay 4 5 5 5 Oat Straw ot 1 6to £1 8 I Wheat Straw... 1 8 1 10 SMITHFIELD. Supply moderate, - trade dull, and prices stationary. Coarse Heavy Lowianu Meadow Hay 3 0 to £3 5 New Meadow Hay...... ........... ....... ............... 310 4 4 Useful Old Ditto 3 5 3 15 Fine Upland Meadow and Rye-grass Hay.....„ 4 0 4 4 Clover Hay (extra fine)....£s s... Generally 3 10 4 10 rat Straw XI 4to X 1 61 Wheat Straw 1 8 110 EARL AND COUNTESS GREY'S PARTIES. —The Premier gave a sumptuous banquet on Sunday morning, in Downing-street, to the Marquis and Mar chioness of Clanricarde, Earl of Essex, Lord Howard de Walden, the Dutch Special Minister, the Hon. Colonel and Mrs. Dawson Darner, Mr. Charles and Lady Mary Wood, the Hon. Colonel and Mrs. Cavendish, and the Hon. Francis Mohnen:. The drawing rooms were also illuminated for the reception of a very select party, con sisting of the branches of the family, Prince Esterhazy and Prince Nicholas, the Prince and Princess Lieven, Baron de Wessenburg, Baron Bulow, the Misses Cavendish, Minister and baroness Biome, M. de Hummelaur (Aus trian Secretary of Legation). The Bishop of Exeter has resolved to revive the obsolete statute of Edward 111., which provides that, in case a person presented to any living, and apply• ing to the diocesan for institution, refuses to submit to a private examination, or is pronounced by his Lordship incompetent, the right of presentation shall fall into the hands of the Bishop. If this statute be generally acted on, it will put all the livings in England in the abs lute power of the Bishops, who are not bound to give any explanation as to tie grounds on which they may pronounce a man incompetent, while they may dispose of the living which has lapsed in consequence of their arbitrary decision at their sole will and pleasure ! West Briton. The Bishop has already acted on this plan, by rejecting a Mr. Conryns, who applied for institution into the living of St. Erth, to which he had been presented by the De in and Chapter of Exeter. Mr. Cotnyns refused to submit, and the Bishop has assumed his newly claimed right, by insti tuting another person on his own presentation.— Christian Advocate. HOOK'S NEW WORK, " Love and Pride," has, we understand, set all the world gues.sing at the originals of his fancy portraits, and the Age says, " We are requested by the Marquis of A-y, to contradict the report, of the Marquis of Snowdon being intended for him." ROYAL FITZROY THEATRE.—We under stand that the Queen's is about to be opened as the Royal Fitzroy Theatre, under a new and liberal management, which has already engaged a most talented company, in cluding Mr. Charles and Miss Mason, nephew and niece of Mrs. Siddons and John Kemble, who so long appeared together before delighted audiences. The house has been newly decorated throughout ; and four new pieces, in. eluding a grand Pantomime, will be produced on the opening night. Everything in fact will, for the first time at that end of the town, be on the scale of the Adelphi and Olympic. RAMSGATE, DEC. 22.—(From a Corre spondent.)—Prince Talleyrand landed yesterday, about noon, at Ramsgate, out of the Firefly, Government steamer, which could not get into Dover owing to the boisterous weather. This circumstance caused his High ness to land at Ramsgate. On his last coming over from Calais, the Prince was pleased to express himself in high terms of the facilities which the Royal harbour of Rams. gate offered in such straits (where vessels, it seems, can enter at any time of the tide), wondering that passage. boats Were not established between Ramsgate and Calais, as a certain mode of conveyance. A Steam Packet Corn pray is forming at Ramsgate for such purpose, under the auspices of Sir W. Curtis, Bart. Shares have been taken to a large amount, and an order given to build two first rate ateam-boats, which are to commence running early in the Spring. Prince Talleyrand was landed in his carriage by means of a crane of great power, and, without at all alighting, proceeded on for the metropolis. THE MURDERERS OF MR. HEIVSON.- Five persons have been arrested, upon a charge of being concerned in the atrocious murder of the late Rev. Mr, Hewson, of the county of Kildare...-. Cork Constitution. It is said in the City that the underwriters of Lloyd's have not suffered so severely for the last thirty years as they have within the present by the violent gales. MANCHESTER, DEC. 19. Yarn is id. per lb. higher than last week. For low hand cloth the demand is very great, and prices arc higher. AN ENORMOUS GANDER.—Joseph Ed wards of Tilston.heatb, in this county, has a gander, hatched in June last, which now weighs 221 b. He in tends to feed it for a month longer, by which time it is expected to be the largest " moss gander" ever fledged among the quagmires of Tilston Moss.— Chester Courant. ASTONISHING INSTANCE OF LONGEVITY. A gentleman, who has lately been on a visit in Somer setshire, has obliged us with the following, copied by himself from an inscription on a tombstone in the church_yard of BrieHugon in that county :—" 1542. Thomas Newman, aged 153. This Stone was new faced in the year 1771, to perpetuate the great age of the deceased."-- Warwick Advertiser. The ensuing Sessions are fixed as follows : Westminster, Dec. 26 ; Southwark, Dec. 30; Middlesex, Dec. 31 ; London, Jan. 1 ; Old Bailey, Jan. 2. VICE-CHANCERY COURT.-(THIS DO') 'Pnf - ,7,:pant.wb: His HONOUR, on taking his seat this morning, oboe ° Lille Duc that he thought it right to mention in public a ciccil' t i 74 tances at stance that had happened to himself. When he retui l il The Dukt to his own house he found upon the table the follow iff erk yesterd Prince Tr letter : f to $l l . r , " Sir—l hope it will not be improper for a strange - 41 ic z yr h — e x ß ce i l g ie: mention, in reference to Lady Hewley's Charity/ Unitarians at limited periods hold the holy ordinanc e :, ."iett and w the Lord's Supper, and administer that sacramee tl their places of public worship with all the soler Y v i6ce, from nity with which that sacred rite is performed in the it. 4; blished Church. They therefore believe in , Yesterday con' . t p i *rston yest Jesus; and though they do not worship him gs i' d °reign Affa tlie shuloenroe honour r b i l God, yet they honour him in the way they apprJej according to the Scriptures he ought to be konool They, therefore, notwithstanding the hated intoleranc i° ( Sir Edward Sogden, whose bigotry and zeal have o it ' I The Earl come his discretion, are Christians, but not ChristiO %nes Whit. k The Bish her the hol The Prim according to his dogmas. Nd, but he] " I am, Sir, notwithstanding his scoff, tot " An Unitarian Christian, " Bognor, Dec. 22, 1833." " RICHARD DALLY' Talbot arriv Now it appeared to his HONOUR very improper that A application or statement, especially a statement of A I regarding a cause, pending the hearing of that Ca° iesties yes tee Counter ~ Sir Strat should be made to a judge. With respect to the cause ° question, his Honour was certain that nothing had be et said to justify the observations made in the letter, 1514 The Roya he was equally certain that, whatever might be said bi 1a ry Talbot Counsel, no person could be justified in writing to b i t ! i t4 l)* e d ' Sir Ja any thing regarding the general nature of Unitarian o.° ' ship, which he might think was a fit subject for the too' Suite ge , Their M Let in cu,t t sideration of th e C our t. Hi s H onour would repeat Will ililed their he had stated y es t er d ay , th at h e h a d never expressed OP' opinion with regar d to t h e genera l b ody of Unit arialie ; rit lY at the and he admired, a s touc h as any man, that pareeile ' T hree in' in the life of J o h n W es l ey , i n w hi c h he said, " be Iry great regard for Peter Fermin, who was a Unitarie i !! 7! ), taken labouring to overcome those difficulties with which 0 mind was beset relative to our Saviour's Divine P er. sonality." He (the Vice-Chancellor) admired Peter I min as much as John Wesley. Mr. PEPIN, who was Counsel in the cause in opposition to Sir Edward Sugden, begged to say that he had bell"' nothing in the statements of that Learned Gentlema n that at all warranted or justified the observations in tb . letter. sHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—(THIS DAY). FROM LLOYD'S. DEAL, Dire. 23.—Wind W.S.W. to W.N.W., draft in squalk._Arrived the John Craig, Lawson, from 03 1 Mauritius; Isabella, Donaldson, from Dundee to Charley' ton ; and Eliza, Webster, from Sunderland to Lisbon. Tt Venus, to Sligo ; and Russell, Willis, from Sunderland t° Peole, remain with the outward-bound. PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 23.—Wind W., hard gales and squally. PLYMOUTH, DEC. 22.—Wind W.S.W. FALMOUTH, DEC. 22.—Wind S.W. to W., etrod bre, zes. STANGATE CREEK, DEC. 23.—Arrived the Sarsb , Hudson, from Afogadore ; Lightning, Leggett, fro Smyrna; Stirlingahire, Brown, from Zante ; and Seat Brown, from Denia. BRISTOL, Dzc. 23.—Arrived the Eclipse, from Mash* AliLrottn, DEC. 22.—Arrived the George Canui late Burstall, from Para. STUDWELL ROADS, DEC. 22.—Arrived the Rosalinda' Gemmell, from Montreal, with considerable damage. LIVERPOOL, DEC. 22.—Arrived the Chrystal, Thotor son, horn New York; and Oscar, Fligg, from the Medl" terranean. Off port the Mary, from Demerara. GREENOCK, DEC. 21.—Arrived the Eliza, Frazer, froni Lisbon. CORK, DEC. 2l.—Arrived the Voador, Mosquito, frota St. Übes. The European, of Newcastle, was abandoned at sea th e 17th instant, in a sinking state. The Limerick was not on shore at Weymouth as state 6l on Saturday. The Success, 'gemming, bound to London, has been assisted back to Harwich, leaky, with loss of sails. The Crown, APAlpine, from the Clyde, has arrived 0 Miramichi. The Haabetsanker, from St. Übe's to Stevanger, totally wrecked near Boulogne. The Übrica, Regessin, from Stettin to Leith, war 0 0 shore at the Texel, 1911 inst. °f them had I °l been I 4 War for a The MArgaret, Johnston, of Yarmouth, was stranded on the land, 11th inst. FAS The Corned, Decker, from Bergenlo to Genoa, wrecked in the Vlie. Tl, v1;vo 4% -~ft Antwerp to Silent, was driven on the Calvet Bank the 11th inst., and not expected to 14e got off. I Sir Artin I lester-squa 4 , 4 d Lady L " t ,tlausta Fo on G. A. 'Nitta ; Vic, fight Hon. iscount Cumberiz k,e4nox, • t ‘i . go and fal , 13 count P ~.4 bb otson's ' 1 regt., al Roberts , 'hornas D a ° l hire ; wil Lithingsl 41 ditto, fro The Nile, Storey, bound to Hull, is stranded on Oen'. The Salvatore, Fancourt, from Palermo to London, is totally wrecked, near Boulogne. Only three of the crew saved. THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The only arrival as yet worth notice is the express from Paris, and that is very barren of news. Lord Au °Wood, 1 1 , 4 e1, Bon Bray, f Otto, for B 1 Zat in W John ' ; , ornas 1,1 "htt Ecies, ' t qa ditto, ROBE The new decree issued by the Queen Regent of Spain against Don Carlos is to the following effect :—. 'we sou "MINISTRY Or WAR. " The Queen Regent has been again forced, by a sacred duty, to adopt new measures, besides those issued Oo the 17th of last month, which sequestrated to the profit of the Royal Treasury all the property of the Infante Don Carlos, and it is again ordered that the Infante shall he deprived of all his dignities, civil as well as military, which he pos sessed before the rebellion ; as also that the holidays kept on his birthday, as a Prince of the Royal Family, shall be no longer observed." The it, "lewzria countr, THE FUNDS. Consols opened this morning at the improved price they left off yesterday, 90 to k for the Account, owing to a belief that Prince Talleyrand has brought with him a pacific answer from the Emperor of Russia to the Court of the Tuileries. In the Foreign Market, the prices are the same as yes :erday. HALF-PAST ONE. The private information received yesterday from the Continent, has had a decided effect in improving the Funds, both yesterday and to-day, particularly the pacific answer of Russia, by which the expected war in Europe will be prevented. Consols, which were in the early part of the morning at 90 to e, reached 90fr for the Accou n t ; a t p resent t h e y may be quot e d 90a fr. The French King's speech, it is said, will be like most of his other speeches, full of promises and expectations ; but, upon the whole, it is expected to te of a pacific nature. In the Foreign Market, Dutch Stock has improved to 51k ; Portuguese, 56i ; Spanish, 234 fr. THREE O'CLOCK. Consols for the Account, 90i I. THE BLACK WATCH.--W C are requested to state, that the New Work by Mr. Picken, author of " The Dominie's Legacy," &c., under the above title, is published this day by Mr. Bentley, New Burlingtos..l street, and may b e h a d o f a ll respecta bl e b oo k sellers throughout the United Kingdom. Agents for Scotland, 4s ; Messrs. Bell an d B ra df u t e , Edi n b urgh ; for Ireland, Mr. 'w John Cumming, Dublin. Orders should be given imme diately to secure early copies. The New Story by the author of " Brambletye House," entitled " Gale Middle ton," is also just published. A FRENCH WHIG..--In the famous Ecrit Secret which James the First and his son Prince Charles were to sign during the negotiation of the marriage of the latter with the French Princess Henrietta Maria, to use the words of the then Lord Carlisle, who was employed in the business, " The infamous word liberty was by the false suggestions and artifices of Villc aux Clercs foisted in." James, in consenting to its insertion, observed, It carries with it a great deal more show than substance. STEAM-BOAT BURNT. -- The St. Fran. ciaville (Louisiana) Phcenix of the 2d contains the following melancholy account of another steam-boat die. aster:—" The steamboat Caspian was burnt near the mouth of Red River, and between 20 and 30 souls pe.. riehed. Particulars not yet received." A brigand named Vincent della Bianca, better known by the appellation of Sciavatinetto, who has long been the terror of Lombardy, from his audacious robberies and murders, was lately discovered walking in the streets of Milan elegantly dressed. Immediately he was recog nized he was assided by the police-officers, assisted by ith incredible intrepidity, killin g t wo with soldiers and the people, all eager t o secure hi m ; b ut the a pair o f pi s t o l s an d a pon i ar d , defended men and wounding many ot h ers. Fi n di ng hi mself over whelmed by numbers, h e reso l ute l y sta bb ed himself in several places, and at l engt h ext i ngu i shed life by cutting f i e d n ded robber, armed his throat.... Galignani's Messenger. himself w Thi be agai