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DUTCH AND GERMAN PAPERS. THE HAGUE, Ocr. 28.—T0 day the Minister of Finance went to the Second Chamber of the States Ge neral, in order to propose the budget of 1834. On this occasion the expenses were divided into ordinary and extraordinary, but included in one project of law. His Excellency declared that the Government had thought it could comply with the desire of a number of Members of the Assembly for such a division, as three years' experience had shown the unavoidable extent of the ordinary ex penses, and it might be shown that not only could the ordinary expenditure be defrayed by the ordinary revenue, but that it would be possible by a proper system of taxation to provide for all the expenditures of the king dom. The whole amount of the expenditure would be 53 or 54 millions, a sum which is even less than the ex penditure of 1815. The Minister declared that the Government proceeded, without interruption, in the course of retrenchment, and was supported by the Commission appointed for that pur pose. With respect to the expenses for the department of finance— 1. That the interest is brought to the just amount ; 2. That the monthly redemption of the Five per Cent; ordered by the law, is continued ; 3. That it has not been judged necessary to pay off any of the Six per Cent., not only as they were above par, and the holders, therefore, did not require this payment (decided by drawing lots), but still more, because the established credit of the State does net admit of the permanence of Six per Cent. Stock, and the Go vernment intends to propose measures for calling in the whole of it; 4. That deviating in some measure from what had been done in preceding budgets, the total of the old interest bad been diminished by 8,400,000 florins, and not try 16-31, because, in the course of the late negotiations, only the sum of 8,400,000 florins, to be assigned toßelgium, has been considered, and it was thought that, stating it in this manner, would come nearer to the truth ; 5, and hasty. That it has been thought best to place a part (about 2-sths) under the head of Extraurdinaries, in order when tranquillity shall be restored, and our prosperity more consolidated, to try whether a great part of these extraordinaries may not be suppressed, and thereby the true interests of the state made to coincide with the just rights of the holders of the stock, for which neither prospects nor means are beyond the reach of possibility-, but respecting which all farther development would be at present beside the purpose ; The Government intends, in the sequel, to take into consideration the institution of the Syndicate; but it is agreed, on all hands, that under present circumstances any change in this respect would be hazardous, and might be attended with ruinous consequences. I❑ the War Department, the placing 1,100,000 florin• among the extraordinaries, proves that the greatest at tention is paid to that important branch of the public expenditure ; the state of our part of the world, the situa tion of the c( untries that surround us, and the frontiers of our own kingdom, have such an influence on the amount of this branch of the expenditure, even in times f profound peace, that the most experienced statesman cannot precisely determine what may be required in future; but with the moderate amount of the ordinary expendi. ture to which it is now reduced (and which may well bear the comparison with the amount in former times when our country was at peace, and under the different forms of government), we may confidently rely on the care of Him to whom our fundamental laws have confided the defence of the State. _ With respect to the department of national industry and colonies, that department will cease to exist separately at the beginning of 1834, the first division being paid with that of foreign affairs, so that the colonial affairs will be quite distinct, and, with respect to the expenditure, have no connection with the budget of the mother country. In concluding my remarks on the budget of the expen diture, I observe that his Majesty has been pleased to reserve from the total amount of tho public disbursements a sum of two millions undisposed of. His Majesty de sires to lighten, as far as lies in his power, the burdens of his faithful people. Proceeding in the course of retrench ment, he desires to gather the fruits immediately, and not at a distant period, with the firm resolution of employing the system as much as possible. Ile flatters himself that it may be practicable to reduce the expenditure of 1834, by nearly two millions; how and when this may be done cannot be determined, but the good will to do it exists, and with that many difficulties may be removed, and the possibility of the execution is facilitated, his Majesty in all cases reserving to himself the faculty to apply to you, should unexpected circumstances oppose the realisation of he K lag's wishes. With respect to the ways and means, the taxes in ge neral have answered the estimates ; among them that on the grinding of corn (Gemaal) has particularly answered, no complaints whatever having been made against it. The Government has been induced to venture once more to resolve on proposing a tax on fuel. The estimate of the duties on importation and exporta tion has been in some instances exceeded, and the amount proves how well our merchants in the midst of the dif ficulties into which they were thrown so unexpectedly, and without any fault of their own, maintained their ground, and proceeded in the regular course of their lusiness. You will find that the colonies will furnish to the mother country two millions of florins; 1,200,000 are put down to the ordinary, and 800,000 to the extraordinary revenue. This is a large sum ; it opens a cheerful prospect to our country, and increases the credit of Holland in the midst of its troubles. Far be it from me to attempt to deny the distress of the moment, still less to conceal the ap prehension! that may be entertained for the future; but so much I may say, that if we compare our financial situation with that of other countries, and even with our own, in many earlier periods of our history, there is much reason to hope, and none to despair, that concord at home, confidence in the Government, and peace abroad, f luty very well bring the vessel of the state into a safe baibour. Having mentioned the projects of law relative to the ways and means intended to be brought forward, his Excellency said-- " Having come to the end of my task, I have only to recommend all this to your attention. lam most happy that all I have now stated to you is as it were the echo of what was lately said to you by the King, and to add, that the more deeply it may be thought fit to go into the subject, the more we shall be convinced that whatever storms have burst over our heads, we have yet remained standing,—that whatever injustice has been inflicted on us, our dearest interests have been maintained by the protec tion of the Almighty, and by the fidelity and concord of our countrymen, and that we may flatter ourselves with the hope of a satisfactory Emit, and with pleasure repe+t, in conclusion, the assurance of the King, that the national credit in the midst of all these difficulties is established on solid foundations.'" PUBLIC EXPENDITURE. Ordinary. Extraordinary 1. Civil List, 2. Secretary of State, Nc. 3. Foreign Affairs, 4. Justice. 15, Interior, 6. Reformed Church, &c. '7. Roman Catholic Church,&c. 300,000 8. Marine, p. Finance A. National Debt, &c.... B. Expenses of the De- 3 600,000 1,549,047 Ipartment, Pensions. &e., " 10. War, 11,600,000 Ordinary, 40,946,448 Extraordinary, 13,046,390 Total 53,892,5`A THE Flacuz, OCT. 29.—The proposed Address wag brought before the Second Chamber yesterday, by the Committee, and referred to the sections, which immedi ately took it into consideration. —., It was discussed to.day in a secret sitting, and was unanimously adopted. DUTCH FUNDS—AMSTERDAM, OCT. 29. Actual Debt, 5 per Cent Ditto, 234 per cent Ainort Syndic ' 434 per cent ..... ... Ditto, ditto, 334 per cent..... 69% to 70 1 i Voluntary Loan, 1831, 6 per cent....., lO2 to 1025! Ditto, 1832, 5 per Cent. Ditto, 1833, 5 per Cent. Exchange on London 5 Ditto. two months :. - - - Putch Papers, Oct. 30. Mrs, An, Wignall , of Kensington, has be queathed 4,0004 Three per Cent. Consols to the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital. The first eleven representations of Louis XIII. at the Amb i gu Conlique , Paris, produced 18,200 francs. Some gentlemen in coursin g the o th er d ay near Grantham put up more whic h than fifty pa rtr id ges had congregated tog ether, a circumstance altogether unpa ralleled in the recollec tion of the venerable gamekeeper who was in attendance on the party. The suspension-bridge acro ss the Avon at St. Vincent's rock, Bristol, has been commenced. When completed it will form one of the most curious works of rop e ptkind in Europe. r'-'. .=-7 - , f ,...- HALIFAX MARKET.—There was very little ,s:: 'alteration in the state of , this market , last Saturday, from _it. 4 4-,,, Whatjt WAS on the preceding week. ~. k-i , ,qt,,' t';'k--4 }';~vt ~~ i ~~~ '~~ LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 1, 1833. The accounts from Spain in the Paris papers of Wednesday, which arrived this morning, are very favourable to the QUEEN REGENT. A telegraphic despatch, dated Bayonne the 29th ult. announces that General SAARSFIELD had defeated the Carlists under the Priest MERIN°, and dispersed other bands of insurgents. The General entered Miranda on the 27th ult., with the intention of marching on Vittoria and Bil boa. It was reported in Paris on Wednesday afternoon, that a telegraphic despatch had been received, announcing the entry of SAARSFIELD into Vittoria. These papers do not confirm the statement of M. ZEA'S resignation, which was so confidently spoken of yesterday in high cir cles ; but that event cannot be distant, if it has not already taken place, as the QUEEN REGENT is evidently adopting a more liberal policy, and is much under the influence of the French Am bassador, who will use every effort to displace M. ZEA. The French Funds are very firm, with a tendency to improvement. FRENCH FUNDS.—PARIS, OCT. 30. Five per Cents., 102 f. 35c. Three per Cents., 75f. 40c. 45c. National Loan, 102 f. 45c. Bank Actions, 1,730 f. Rente de Naples, 91f. 20c. Roman } ive per Cents., 91. Rente d'Espagne, Five per Cents., 16 1 4 14. Rente d'Espagne, Three per Cents., 3S S A. Royal Spanish Loan, 78. Rente Perpet. d'Espagne, Five per Cents., 64. Belgian Loan, 1831, Five per Cent., 95y4 1 4. EXCHANGE. ON LONDON. One month, paper, 2.5 f. 30c. ; money, 251. 25c. Three months, paper, 25f. 20c. ; money, 2511 20c. —fours Autlaentique. No account of the reported resignation of AI. ZEA BERMUDEZ has been received at the Foreign Office, or at the Spanish E►nbassy. We refer to the extracts from Dutch Papers in another column, for the Speech of the Finance Minister. It will be seen that the game of pro crastination persevered in by the Dutch KING, adds considerably to the public expenditure, in the shape of extraordinaries. The sentiments expressed by Lord DURHAIS a few days ago at Gateshead, did more towards inducing a belief that it is the intention of Earl GREY to adopt a generous and manly policy, both as regards the foreign and domestic rela tions of the country, than any thing that a Member of the Administration could have said ; but it is, at the same time, gratifying to find that others who are so connected with the Ad ministration, that nothing can be expected from them which would be disagreeable to their party, hold an equally firm and reasonable language. At a public dinner given on Tuesday last, at Jedburgh, to Captain ELLIOT, that gentle man, in the course of his address to the meet ing, spoke as follows Our political opponents, I will not call them ene• mies, predicted other things from the change of Govern. ment—they predicted, as far as I remember, that we should have revolution, anarchy, distress at home, and general war on the Continent. I had certainly no great respect for the politics of our opponents ; but, if bad politicians, they have prov,d themselves to he infinitely worse prophets—(Great applause.) Has Holland, with all the assistance of the Absolutes throughout Europe, been able to disturb the general tranquillity ? Has she, I say, been able to reconquer Belgium, determined to be free? or has she been backed by a hundred thousand Russians ? Has Prussia overrun that country, or has France dismissed their chosen Mienl and patriotic King, and called back the imbecile who bad broken faith with the nation ? Spain has net overrun Portugal; nor has that child (I don't know well what to call him), that Con servative and dear child, Miguel, been able to drive out of Portugal those who were always termed by our opponents mere banditti—(Great cheering.) If they have not succeeded in one of these predictions, it has not been from avant of support given by those favourable to absolute Go vernments on the Continent, and those who would like to have an ab so l u t e G overnmen t i n this country. We may safely say, that events have shown that these are not the days in whi c h ser eitherves— Bourvooo m ta o o n r ks ß o e r rea m f o o n r e d y—Carlists or Con servatives to submit t o t h e arbitrary dictates f o o f rce a a na y tyran nical usurper , in preference to the mild sway o f a Constitutional Govern ment . W e shall be tol d , that In Portugal, as Well as Holland, we Infringed neu trality, and that it was the English arms that insured success. But I should like to know where was the single instance of a breach of neutrality? Was this country to see the millions invested in the property of British merchants sacrificed to a tyrant, or were his Majesty's Ministers to withhold, as individuals, the expression of their opinions on the one side, if their opponents never withheld their anxious wishes for the success of Don Miguel on the other ? If priestcraft, tyranny, and abso lute power should find favour in the eyes of one party in this country, surely mild and constitutional Government should naturally look to the other party for their sym pathy and assistance."—(Cheers.) We fully concur with Captain ELLIOT in thinking that " these are not the days in which either monks or money—Carlists or Conserva tives—BOUßMONTS Or BERESFORDS—can force a nation to submit to the arbitrary dictates of a tyrannic Usurper in preference to the mild sway of a constitutional Government ;" but we would take the liberty of reminding Captain ELLIOT, that if the British Government had spoken out more boldly, the tyrannical Usurper alluded to would not have been so long per mitted to retain the fruits of his usurpation. There is an opinion abroad that the English Ministers and their adherents use language towards the people which they disclaim in diplo matic circles, and that the continental despots are willing to excuse their language, on the con dition that their acts do not partake of the same character. Ministers, however, will, if they are not sincere in their language, soon discover the folly and danger of repeating sentiments which are not to be realised in their conduct. A Paris Paper states that Dr. BOWRING has left Paris for England, and that previously to his doing so he had several interviews with the French Ministers of Commerce and the Interior, on the subject of the proposed commercial treaty between France and this country. In these interviews, Dr. BOWRING is said to have received the strongest assurances of the desire of the French Government to enter into the pro jected mercantile alliance, but with an intima- tion that very great opposition may be expected from the French Chambers, the nation not being sufficiently prepared for the liberal system which must form the basis of the treaty. We do not believe that there will be any opposition on the part of the French Chambers, or of the nation at large, provided due concession be made on essential points ; but we will venture to predict that if the French Ministry be not authorised by our Government to propose at once a large reduction of the duty on French brandy, as the great concession on the part of this country, there will be a general outcry against the projected treaty. The great error of our Government in the concessions which have been made to France with respect to the duties on French merchandize has been, that they began where they should have left off, and the natural consequence has been a denial of fair reciprocity. It was wise to reduce the enormous duties on French silks, on gloves, in fact, on all the articles of fancy or luxury, which people were in the habit of smuggling from France, because it was evident that whilst the temptation to carry on a contra band trade existed the revenue must suffer, and the expense of keeping a check upon illicit traffic be much greater than the profit which could result from it. But there was nothing in these concessions to the fair trader which peculiarly affected the interests of a large class of the French people. The silk manufacturer, the glove manufacturer, the maker of lace, and others who had supplied the British market by con traband, knew that, notwithstanding the com parative low rate of wages in France, the superiority of British machinery was such, that our own manufacturers, when roused to compete with the French, would soon be able to supply articles at as low a rate as the French could do after payment of even the reduced duty. In all these articles the raw material (matiere pre miere) could be obtained as cheap, or cheaper, in England than in France ; and as the price of bread here was not 10 per cent. higher than in France, there was nothing to prevent Engli s h ' manufactured goods from being sold here at the same rate as French goods, or, what was of still greater importance, their being sent to Foreign markets, which had previously been supplied by the French manufacturer. Was it surprising, therefore, under these circumstances, that the French Ministry, know ing how little effect had been produced upon the French nation by our concessions, did not ven ture to propose to the Chambers such conces sions to British commerce as would have amounted, in our opinion, to fair reciprocity ? Had we begun loy reducing the duty on an ar ticle of extensive consumption in this country, and which can only be produced in France, thus leaving no chance of competition here, we might have been surprised, indeed, at a denial of re ciprocity. We impose a duty of 225. per gallon upon French brandy, whilst the growers in France have their warehouses filled to the roof with that article, and yet we expect the French to admit our iron, which is as much a staple product to us as the grape is to the French. If the British Government wish to obtain admission of raw and maufactured iron into France, at a low rate of duty, and also the admission of coals, for which there would be a great demand if the duty were diminished, they will propose the immediate reduction of two•thirds of the duty on French brandy. Let them make their own demands as the condi.ion of this concession, and we will answer for their being accepted. It will be said, perhaps, that the reduction of the duty on French wines ought to have satisfied the French nation ; but let it be remembered, that the re duction was merely a boon to the higher classes in England, and that it did not increase the consumption of French wines here to an e xtent worthy of the slightest consideration. The champagne and claret drinker has not exceeded his former allowance ten bottles in the course of the year, and the duty on the more generous w i ne s, or, as they are ignorantly called here, the inferior wines of France, makes them too expensive for Lhe middle classes. The English, generally speaking, do not like the higher order of .French wines. The stron ger win e s ( Fins Capiteux), which are not liked in France, PRICES OF STOCKS THil sank St( ttt -- 3 per Cent. Her'. ' 87 3 per Cent.Coni. BB 7 7 ,4 4 334 per Cent — Ditto Red — New 3% per Cent. 9 6104 1 ver Cent. Ann. 1726 4 per Cent- 1826 — Bank Long Ann. to expire Jan. 5, 1860 1 674 Oct. 10, 1859 16 13-16 Jan. 5, 1860 — Jan. 5, 1880 — April 5, 1880 — Jan. 5. 1870 -- R DAY AT ONY. o'cLocx• New 5 per C0nt.."... India Stock Ditto Bonds lO 19 pin. South Sea Stock Old Annuities New Ditt0...... ........... a per Cent. Ann. 1751 Ex. Bills, £l,OOO 35 37 pm. Ditto ........ —.500 15 37 pm. Ditto Small 15 37 pm. 1 Ditto Commercial • Ditto Advertised • Bank for Account • India for Account ..... • Cons. for Account SS!,i M !4 PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS k ustrian Bonds 9744 1 elgian Bonds B4U Ditto Account 04j6l irazilian Bonds 66 3 4 7 Ditto Account 67 Buenos Ayres Bonds Ditto Account — Chilian Bonds ... — Ditto Account 23 Columbian Bonds Ditto Account — Ditto Bonds, 1824 2214 Ditto Account "214 Danish Bona 73 THIS DAY AT ONE 0 CLOCK. Peruvian Bonds Portuguese Bonds 6R Ditto Account 6814 Ditto New 80nd5...601.414 !,0 Ditto Acconnt 604 %N 'Prussian Bonds lOl% Ditto Bonds, 1822 lO3 ,Russian Bonds, 1822 _11'314 Ditto Account - 103 i ,, Ditto I 1 1 Spanish Bonds, 1821 —2...34 Ditto Acc. "3% Ditto 80nd5,71823 Ditto Account 204 1 French Rentes, 5 p. c. —c. Exchange —f —c. 174 per cent —f. —c. I-- Exchange Dutch, :21 p. c 50X Ditto Account 5054,; Ditto Account Greek Bonds Ditto Bonds, 1825. Ditto Account Mexican Bonds, 5 per cent 27 Ditto Account Ditto, ti per cent — Ditto Account 34% 4 Neapolitan Ditto, 5 p. c 94 Ditto Account 94 14% 1, French Scrip 4 pm PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAT AT ONE o'CLOcr• Paid. Per Share. Alten Mining Company £4 8)4 Anglo Mex. Slin. co. oss. at W. pm ) £lOO 8 % 9 Rolanos Mining Company £l5O 130 Brazilian Mining Company £s 1% Brazilian Imp. Min. Co. (iss. at 5/. pin.) -E2O 6234 3 Ditto National 2O 22 Ditto St. John Del Rey Ditto Cocaes 5 Cata Branca Mining Company l)4 British Iron Minlnv Comnany £5O Columbian Minim, Co. ills at 51. pm.) 51)4 English Mining Company 12)4 General Mining Association l2 Hibernian Mining Co. £lo Mexican Mining Co £4B Beal del Monte Mining Co....(unreg.) United Mex. Min. Co. (iss. at 2/. ian.) 40 Ditto New Snip 5 Alliance Fire Insurance Comp lO Protector Insurance Comp. Australian Co. Canada Company l7 General Steam Navigation Co. l3 National Provincial Bank of England 5 Rio Doce l'rovincial Bank of Ireland 25 15 1 ; 11 .r 1 £1 5 0 50 51 4% pm. ___ 40 PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, OCT. 29. Bank Stock 21214 ISt. Patrick Insur.(perShare Consols, 3 Der cent. Gov. Stock, 3% per cent. 94% National Ditto •.... Ditto, New 94% patriotic Ditto — 1 per Cent. Hibernian Bank — Gov. Deb. N percent.... 87% Provincial Ditto — Royal Canal Stock 4014 Royal Irish Mine Grand Canal Stock — Imperial Mine City Deb. 4 per cent. — Mining Co of Ireland Ballast Office Deb. 4p. c. Commercial Buildings HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning —4B minutes after 4.1 Eveningr...l2 minutes after 5. # On the 4th November, in 3 vols. post fivo., aR E V E L Y A N. By the Author of " A Marriage in High Life." Richard Bentley, New Butrington-treet, Agents for Scotland, Messrs. Bell and l3radfute, Edinburgh ; for Ireland, Mr. John Cumming, Dublin. irbt 441 8 .'!".1 4. • 4% 12.4 27.4 141 114 53 would, if the duty were an ad valorem one meet with a large sale in England. We will enumerate a few of these wines, with the price° at which the best could be imported, and 19 the reader to judge of the correctness of our argument :--. Per barrel. St. George, a strong bodied, but very wholesome wine, assimilating to port per bottle. Picardan, a strong and generous wine of the south, 14 a 0 b francs o d r . equal to the best Sherry per bottle. Madere Cette, a very tine wine, resembling in 200 francs or flavour the wine of Madeira, but without its about 7V. acidity These are a few only of the numerous wines which would meet with a ready sale in England, if the duty were, as in America, proportioned to the cost of the article, but whilst a wine which costs 4d. per bottle in France pays tile same duty as Claret, which costs 45., it is not sur prising that tile sale is limited. We are neither contending for nor against this duty as regards this country ; our argument is merely for the purpose of removing the surprise which has been felt here at tile refusal of the French to meet us in the spirit of concession. We are assured that the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER would be very willing to reduce materially the duty on French brandy, if it were not for the opposition of the distillers and the landed interest, who imagine that such a re duction would affect their interests. We think the objection is a capricious one. Gin and whisky drinkers would still drink gin and whisky, even though French brandy were sold at 7s. per gallon. The consumption of French brandy would increase among those who are not consumers of gin and whisky, and, perhaps after all, the increase of consumption would not be so large as might reasonably be expected. The object of the CHANCELLOR of the Ex- CHEQUER, in consenting to a reduction of the duty, should be to obtain, as an equivalent, mate rial advantages for the commerce of this country, which he could easily accomplish, as the French Chambers, representing, as they do, the landed interest in France, who clamour for this sacrifice on our part, would consent to any reasonable sacrifice in exchange for the concession. THE LORD MAYOR ELECT. The LORD CHANCELLOR met the Lord Mayor elect to-day in his private room, adjoining the Court of Chan cery, in Lincoln's-Inn. The Lord Mayor elect and cor tege, consisting of the Recorder, the Chamberlain, Al dermen, Sheriffs, &c., assembled in the Hall at half past one o'clock, and were immediately ushered into the ad joining private room, where the Lord Chancellor was seated. The RECORDER introduced the Lord Mayor elect, in a short speech, as being the individual chosen by the citizens to fill the Chief Magistrate's chair for the ensuing year. The Lord Chancellor, sitting as the representative of his Majesty, was graciously pleased to approve of the election, and to express the highest approbation of the choice. Thanks having been returned by the Lord Mayor Elect, the prty partook of cake and wine, and imme diately retired. _ _ This ceremony has generally been gone through hereto fore at the private house of the Lord Chancellor for the time being, and it was stated that this exception took place in consequence of the Lord Chancellor's private house being at present under repair. The Lord Chan cellor seemed in the enjoyment of the best of health. INSOLVENT COURT.-(THIS DAY.) (Before the Chief Commissioner REYNOLDS, and Mr. Commissioner Boss EN. ) Richard Peck, a rattier respectable looking man, who has filled the various characters of a farmer, hay and corn dealer, bankrupt and insolvent, was brought up on his petition to be discharged for the second time, he having taken the benefit of the Act rather more than five years ago. From the examination of the insolvent, who was not opposed, it appeared that i❑ 1828 he took a farm at Totteredge in Hertfordshire, from Sir Charles Flower, who, in less than half a year after the occupation, put in an execution for tent. The insolvent offered to pay the produce of the farm into the hands of the Baronet's Banker, which he would not consent to, but insisted upon selling the stock under the execution, by which the insolvent sustained a loss. Added to this, Sir Charles Flower brought an action of ejectment against him, the defend ing of which increased his embarrassment. That action being ultimately decided against the insolvent, he quitted the farm and went to reside at Kenson Green, where he carried on the business of a hay and corn dealer. Va riances having taken place between the insolvent and his wife, he left Kenson Green, and had since resided in St. Andrew's Road, Newington. His wife still resided at Kenson Green, and carried on a small school there. The insolvent attributed his insolvency to the expensive legal proceedings in which he had been involved by Sir Charles Flower, together with the defence to an action upon a Bill of Exchange, given by him to a creditor for hay and corn. The Insolvent, after a strict examination by the Learned Chief Commissioner, was ordered to be dis charged. Charlotte Tufton Mori, a lodging-housekeeper, in Shepperton Ganges, Islington, was brought up on her petition to be discharged. The Insolvent's discharge was opposed by Mr. Cooke, on behalf of her milkman, to whom she owed a debt of 31., and for which she gave him a bill. The insolvent underwent a long examination by Mr. Cooke, the chief object of which was to ascertain whether there was any probability of her becoming entitled ulti mately to property from her relations, which the insolvent answered in the negative. She had been in the habit of giving bills for very small amounts, which not being paid, actions were brought, and expensive defences were made to those actions, some of which were that part of the money had been paid. In one instance, where the insolvent had given a bill for 41., an action was brought in the Court of Exchequer, and defended by the insolvent in so expensive a manner that the taxed costs amounted to no less a sum than 281. Mr. WOODRUFPE addressed the Court on behalf of the insolvent, and deprecated the practice of bringing actions for such small sums in the superior Courts, observing that the money might be recovered at a very small expense in the Palace Court. The CHIEF COMMISSIONER, in given judgment, stated that the Court did not approve of actions being brought for such small sums in the superior Courts. The Court sentenced the insolvent to three months' imprisonment from the date of filing her petition, a week of which is at present unexpired. This case is one among many others clearly showing the necessity for the establishment of local Courts. Lord J. Russell is expected in town to-day. Mr. C. Wood, the (patronage) Secretary of the Treasury, who, with Lady Mary, is on a visit to his father, Sir Francis Wood, in Yorkshire, is expected to arrive next week at his residence in Richmond-terrace from the North. The Recordership of Macclesfield is vacant by the death of John Harriott Roe, Esq. The only can didate at present is W. C. Townshend, Esq. Mr. Roe was elected in 1804, after a contest with James Aber crombie, Esq., now M.P. for Edinburgh, late Lord Chief Baron of Scotland, and ,on of the immortal Abercrombie. Mr. Justice Littledale is the Judge of the King's Bench on whom the trial of causes during the ensuing Term devolves. RESTORATION OF CAPTAIN Ross's PArxus.—Sergeant Sbackell, who was instructed to trace out the cab in which Capt. Ross left his papers, as certained, at a stand in Piccadilly, that the cabman had amused his fraternity by reading extracts from a manu script which he said a "gemman" had left in his cab, g i v ing an account of the north-east coast of America, and a description of the natives and their customs of that part of the country. In thg midst of the story a fire called him off the stand, and here all further trace was lost. On the following morning (Wednesday) the cab driver, seeing an account of Capt. Ross's loss, took the papers to th e C apta i n ' s res id e nc e , and w a s duly rewarded. MARLTIOROUGIT-STREET-(TITIS DAY.) THE EARL OF BURLINGTON AND THE POOR RATES. —The further hearing of the arguments upon an applica tion by the pariah officers of St. James's for a warrant to distrain on the Earl of Burlington's goods for nonpayment of poor-rates, was resumed to-day, before Sir G. FAR RANT, Mr. CONANT, and Mr. CHAMBERS. The circumstances of the case as they appeared at the former discussion were briefly these :—The Noble Earl had formerly been rated to the poor for his splendid man sion at about 1,0001. per annum ; but in consequence of great dissatisfaction in the parish at the inequality of the assessments upon the mansions of the rich and the bumbler dwellings in the parish, a new survey was made of all the buildings, and the Earl of Burlington's assessment was fixed neon 2,94.3/. ; that rate:was made in April last, and was confirmed by the Magistrates in May. In July the Noble Earl appealed, under the Local Act, to two resident ma gistrates (Sir R. Farquhar and B. Beaumont, Esq.), against the high rate, and it was reduced to 1,6501. The parish officers contend that the proceeding was illegal, and consequently applied for a distress warrant, to levy for the higher amount. Mr. Clarkson appeared on behalf of the parish, and Mr. Rogers on behalf of the Earl of Burlington. After considerable discussion the magistrates refused to grant the distress warrant on the ground of a doubt in their jurisdiction, after the Noble Earl had had relief at the hands of two other magistrates. They advised an application to the Court of King's Bench to have the question, which was of very great importance, settled. COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE. The Barber of Seville was performed here last night and introduced a debutante in the part of Boutin, described as " a young Lady, her first appearance at any Theatre." The experiment is a dangerous one, and we cannot but regret the departure from the old practice of preparation in the well-regulated provincial companies. The " young Lady," who appears for the first time upon any Theatre before a London audience in a principal character, must be deficient in the qualifications which a London audience expects, and cannot give full satisfaction when rivalled by the cultivated talents of other performers to whom nature has been no less bountiful than to herself. This is the case with the debutante of last night. She displayed some superior qualities, but they were aided by few of the resources of professional art, and her deficiencies are principally such as experience and study might cure. But they exist now, and it is our task to speak of her as she is. The " young Lady" possesses a voice of a pure soprano quality, equal, flexible, and of sufficient compass ; its defect is in the volume, which is somewhat thin. Of her style, considering the florid character 'of the music selected for her debut, and the temptation it holds out, we should infer that it does not lean to the common vice of eternal flourishing, but evinces the better taste of rely ing more upon expression than upon feats of dexterity. Her cadenzas were not confined to those written by Rossrm ; but neither were they mere repetitions of other popular singers, worse executed and shorn of their bril liancy i❑ the wearing. The defects principally consisted in some occasional faulty intonation, arising in some de gree, no doubt, from anxiety, and from the want of ex perience in managing the voice in such a space. Both the cavatina and the pianoforte song were encored. Upon the first our general remarks are of course chiefly founded ; and the latter was sung with much freedom and point. The " young Lady" fully answers her description in re spect to age, and her personal attractions are considerable. She is a blonde, with more of vivacity than is general with that class of beauties, and her figure is rather full, but not without elegance. Her exertions were warmly applauded. PHILLIPS gave us his capital Figaro in its best mood ; and TEMPLETON appeared for the first time in Lindor. The latter acquitted himself well, but appeared not quite ready in some of the part ; the duet was excellently done. SE.. outs; was the Bartolo, but he should redly get some instruction in the representation of age. It was quite painful to see the inconsistency of his hobbling gait and the quick youthful action i❑ everything else. Hie singing of the part was excellent. Mr. BEDFORD exaggerated the caricature of Basil very injudiciously. If be had been content to do it with fewer legs and faces he would have succeeded much better. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY. FROM LLOYD'S. DEAL, OCT. 31.—Wind S.W., light breezes.—Arrived the Mary, Miller, from London, for the South Seas; and Bruns wick„ from Quebec, for London. The Anna Dorothea, Locke, from Amsterdam to St. Übes, proceeded for Ramsgate. PORTSMOUTH, OCT. 31.—Wind S.S. W., light airs.—His Ma jesty's ship Rattlesnake, which arrived yesterday from Valpa raiso, has come into harbour to be paid off. PLYMOUTH, OCT. 30.—Wind variable.—Arrived the Zephyr, Babb, from Seville. Off port the Samuel Robertson, Greswold, from New York, and Perlin, Meyer, from Bilboa. Sailed his Majesty's ship Nautilus, for the westward. FALMOUTH, OCT. 30.—Wind variable, light breezes. Ar rived his Majesty's steamer Flamer, from Woolwich, and the William Fawcett, steamer, from London, and sailed for Dublin. PETERHEAD, OCT. 30.—Arrived the Commerce, Stewart, from Davis' Straits—nine fish, 110 tons of oil. She reports the Traveller and Joseph Green may be daily expected, and that they had made no improvement since the last accounts. MONTROSE, OCT. 29.—Arrived the Monarch, Tutton, from Davis' Straits, with 150 tons of oil. DUNDEE, OCT. .—Arrived the Hannah, Doeg, from Arch angel ; Monarch, Kennaith, from St. Petersburgh ; and Scolea, Rohl, from Memel. LIVERPOOL, OCT. 30.—Arrived the Charlotte, Abbenitt, from Malaga. Put back the Mary Morton, bound to Bombay, leaky. DARTMOUTH, OCT. 30.—Arrived off port the Bolivar, Beau vais, from St. Thomas ; and the Abbotsford, Nicholson, from Lisbon. MILFORD, Auu. 30.—The vessel sunk near Abercastle, is the Mary and William of this port. GALWAY, OCT. 29.—The St. Aubin, from hence to Liverpool has put back leaky—cargo discharging. QUEBEC, SEPT. 30.—The Dryope arrived to-day from Liver pool, saw about seventy sail in the river. The telegraph re ports fifteen square-rigged vessels at the station. AMSTERDAM, OCT. 26.—Two vessels, names unknown, are stranded on Amelaud-29th, The Preciosa, Torgora, has put into the Nieueve Diep, leaky, and must discharge to repair. THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. Montreal Papers to the 4th October, and Quebec to the 2d of October, have been received at the North and S.llitli American Coffee-house. (From the Montreal Paper, Oct. 3.) Yesterday evening the Hon. Chief Justice of Newfound land left Montreal, for Quebec, where he will wait the arrival of a vessel of war to convey him to the future scene of his judical labours. The telegraphic report this day an nounces twenty•two square rigged vessels and four schooners at anchor at Grosse Isle. Comparative statement of arrivals, &c., on the 26th of September of this and last year : Vessels. Tonnage. Settlers. 1832 815 218,927 48,354 1833 842 218,001 21,494 (From the Quebec and St. John's Papers, New Bruns. wick. ) The New Brunswick Land Company have completed their purchase, and received a charter for four hundred thousand acres of land to be laid out for them in the county of York. THE FUNDS. We announced yesterday, in our City article, that a telegraphic despatch had been received at Paris, stating that General Saarsfield had defeated the Carlists, and marching on fro onß m Paris . ilboa T .T hisihsucs it appearsonfirm confirmed this thathisDon C morning bwya arl i nie express s's party cannot make any stand against the regular troops of Spain ; and we have no doubt that they will be obliged to leave the towns and villages, and take refuge in the mountains. Owing to the French Rentes coming higher, Consols, which left off yesterday at 88, opened at 814 to 1, for the Account. HALF•PAST ONE. We hear again that Don Miguel has made fresh over tures to marry his niece, Donna Maria. The well-informed are of opinion th a t Don Pedro will never'give his consent. It is now generally supposed that Don Carlos is with Don Miguel, and that they will proceed together to Abrantes and make offers to negotiate. Consols are not quite so good as in the early part of the morning, when they reached 88/ for the account; at pre sent they may quoted 881. In the Foreign Market Portuguese Stock 601 s ; Spanish 231 ; Ditto 501 It is a holiday at the Bank. Letters from Jamaica have been received of the 6th of September, via New York. All was quiet there. Accounts from Rio Janeiro state that the House of De puties have thrown out the Currency Bill on the first reading. THREE O'CLOCK. Consols for the Account, 88 to 88k. The Earl of Lichfield, we are concerned to state, has been seriously indisposed during the week, at his seat, Shugborough, near Stafford. It affords us consider able satisfaction, however, to add, that his Lordship's health is improving. BRIGHTON, OCT. 31. ieci In the forenoon of yesterday, the Queen, accomP .d W( by the Earl and Countess Howe, Miss Mitchel (M cof Honour), Lord Elphinston, and Lieut.-Colonel g " f' Seymour (Equerry in Waiting), walked for some time I ° 6i the Old Steyne ; from thence the Royal party p oc r te ly to the chain pier, and, after passing over that part ' a : damaged, went on to the extremity, where her MN% embarked on board Captain Brown's boat, which sr` rowed by Lieut.-Colonel Seymour, and the Gallant c a l l : tain, eastward, passing Kemp Town, to near Rottingdet'''d and back to the pier head, where her Majesty land ed, an returned to the Palace, with her suite, after 1 o'clock' a ge The King gave audience to Lieut.-Colonel Sir ue- t he Teesdale; after which his Majesty, accompanied 11 Queen, drove out in a carriage and four, over t he °e bridge, to Shorehatn. s hire Sir Andrew Barnard arrived last evening at the from London. „ fol. The Royal dinner party last evening comprised t ",norf lowing distinguished personages :—the Lord Cha ce... Lord Lar d Arthur and Countess Howe, Lord and Lady Falkland , b ard Arthur Hill, M.P., Colonel Sir Thomas DAvninan , , Elphinston, Colonel Horace Seymour, Miss Mitchel', at .' and Lady Sandon, Colonel Sir George Teesdale, L' The Colonel Stanhope, Lady Sidney, and Miss Wilson• c band of the Dragoon Guards attended, and perlo;rg some select pieces of music in the course of the evee,; - o . er The Princess Augusta will arrive this evening to °`°- at the Palace. THE BIRMINGHAM STEAM TRIP. Sir Charles Dance's steam-carriage was yesterdor e r, moved from the premises of Mr. Maudesley, the eng j i/ 4 0 0 in the Westminster-road, to the pr e mis e s of Mr. S' rc ir the upholsterer, in Gray's Inn-road (formerly the el e 4 it ing ground of the City Light Horse), from whe n ' t if/ started this morning for Birmingham. In order t%of the machine a fair trial through the most crowded P i ; it the metropolis, and at the busiest ho ur o f the 0, A 3 i; e r tstartedhhraoruing c at gii h rß a o l sr f is - d, p gco. a e st cs tkr t se h pe r tt e i,r e . s to'clockrpeipa Pall. mall t -asitltr,lelee andt , up We l Charing svt road, through the M ars h- gate , over W estm i ns t e r-I' l l street, to Portland-place, thenc e i n t o t h e New ''gf opposite the Regent's Park, and so down the 'il f t) Road to its destination. This distance ( about five was performed in thirty-three minutes, notwith'toith ing the road was in many places copiously covered to ti broken granite, and especially from the Regent's Parotte to the end of Tottenham-court-road. The streets 00 ; thronged to excess with vehicles of every deseriP t ) and in passing over Weetminster.bridge the machioeoip; to pass behind a coal-waggon at a snail's pace ; on g e ro ol clear way, it soon assumed its rapid progress, and the corners, and treaded the mazes of carriages, tbr- bid which it had to travel, with a facility and precision ° I Id showed it to be under the most perfect comman d ' Itt t appearance was unexpected, but still it afforded the gr e ot gratification to the numerous persons by whom it Wl s oll and it was remarkable that throughout the journeiye'l was not the slightest indication of alarm among the 0 / 0 0 horses with which it almost came in contact. The cor as far as London streets are concerned, m s y thus f a i t/ • idered as eminently successful ; and it is but 0 11, state, that the road, from first to last, was tio u6 te d heavy. Including stoppages, the pace was at the °or about ten miles an hour. Should the journey ° tlo mingham, considering the very unfavourable seasoesrer being the period for laying down fresh gravel in all e tions—be successful, the adoption of the locomotive ti will, no doubt, in a very short time, be general on tt egf roads leading out of London. It ought not to be forg a to V that the engine with which the journey is this ddY. O O attempted, is the same with which so many exP eri lte o ' have been made, and which has undergone various 3 1 1 tions. It can only be regarded as a model on which to d powerful, as well as more complete machinery n i ;td l constructed. The body of the carriage, as wel l '1 case of the boiler and fire, have been painted greell,o3ol present a very unostentatious appearance. The ci li a d i , has also been covered with a corresponding case ; o i passengers are neither annoyed by smoke nor noise, !gip' what is experienced in the common carriages' expected, barring casualties, that the coach will o' l Birmingham between four and five this a fternoon , r the inhabitants will have an opportunity of witnesslne progressby daylight. SPAIN. foll T ow he in ll g re ,_ mo , r , ie A rl c ß co o r r d d in el g ai t s o o a f the or Gomez to the Minister of War at Madrid, the ingu rg o l of Talavera de la Reyna have been surprised and b es b o Guadaperales, on the Guadiana. The following ° lO , surrendered without resistance :—Don G9IIZ deer "; e P, master and Commandant of the Royalist V o l u nteers' P br ie r2t6ftrho instant m Lieut. Martin Ceballos, of the cavalry, the ex-body guard %of' Ximeng z, Capt. Lopez de Salas, of the cavalry, and ',0"„ nino del Barco, an officer on the retired list. d e others have made their escape. Six horses and I'o rials in gold were seiz.d. Another report, freoy Commandant of the Corbineers of Carandia, anne u t lee .e:l l : precipitate flight of the rebel chief, Pedro de la 13 3 r b Pei and the capture of five of his companions." " 0 e / from St. Jtaa Pled de Port, on the 20th instantr!, 4 o V; detachment of 40 carbineers, the same who some,uaYs fore had been disarmed by Colonel Erazo, in pursuit of the Colonel in their turn, brought "t ) ,4 1 ,; custody the Alcalde of the village of Balcarlo s r and fettered, for not using his endeavours to arrest tho t Several other officers, abandoned by their ►l Co b e rye been forced to surrender themselves, some at of Arnegay, and others at 13anca, whence t b 4 el o /0 been brought in here this evening by the National We have received the following from our corresP° ll 4 rt Bsyonne, under date of the 24th instant:—` 13 i' c d ;c 0 ‘0 1 ' 1 have about 12,000 men, Aliva 5,000, and Guir i taty most 2,000 under the command of Ignacio Lard ° ,ol; o , old officer of the guards. But the greater porti ° "117:"0 population being violently torn from their peaceh/ef pations by some audacious chiefs, devoured by and fanaticism, cannot be taken into the accou ot ; l l,l will undoubtedly disperse at the commeneementoott r os engagement. It is nearly certain that by this 60 4 P Saarsfield must have come up with the rebels on t Oj d o e with the troops be found in Castile. There Ar'of,'Jl versions respecting the slowness of the m oveme oti O Queen's General in attacking the rebels. So t 7 ' he is waiting for reinforcements, in order to er tsl r je°,l,' at one blow ; others, that he is acting under the ° , 0 1 .1 1. Don Carlos ; and others again, that he finds he Ca°,,,,j I upon his troops. The first, however, is the old,' cause. A person from Saragossa states that 0 j to Puente de la Reyna, three or four leagues beYlbd peluna, he saw about 2,000 Carlists, whose ehi e ' in requisition 3,000 rations for the troops.'" s (From the Massager des Chumbres' ) The following is from a letter dated A le. September 20:— rov.i " A piece of news of so shocking a n ature 3 I. received from Cyprus, that one would hope tbate)of? true. In the midst of the anarchy and scene , o : c i to which that unhappy isle is subjected, a h a "he'o ° , volted Albanian soldiers invaded the residence 01,0 Pi/ trian Consul, carried him off, and impaled hi r e ~ mast of his consular flag, and his colleagues 'l d e a l! to render him any assistance. It is not 10°-00").: at the bottom of this transaction, but a part)' C4O . town of Larnaca joined iu pillaging the unliapPi house. Ibrahim Pacha was carrying the Fle eto defence of the Taurus into effect under his own e;e ` r e , ir, lseuaet is preparing scientific and commercial be ise,fr to the source of the Nile, and to Hadjah; , il; 4 ° about to cut a canal from the cataract of Ors°,; I towards the smaller pyramids of Upper EgYPt' Lord Holland is confined to H011306' 0 0;1 by a slight attack of gout. , Ad e The Earl and Countess of Uxbrilef r ir J arrived at Beaudesert, Staffordshire, wbic',,:r ; occasionally occupy during the residence of 1 " - 'l l ` of Anglesey abroad. no # ,ol °l)f Earl Grey's official residence in street is in a state of preparation to receive %rif and family. The large dining room approP i tedtti fg Pitt, when Prime Minister, to the orgies of 9 ', 3 which had become sadly dilapidated, has b ee 0 4 renovated. gi f DREADFUL MURDER.—A drea- - , 1 , was perpetrated about eight o'clock on Stan ds Sle s tf e i t at Hedge, by Mr. William Willott, a respeto4, o l of that place, who cut the throat of bis ie , Susannah Gratian, so dreadfully, that she di ef eele l o A servant lad in the house beard the woran ° 5 t 13 0 ,0 1 4 / 1 1i alarmed the neighbours, who, on reaching,' iirrPV found the woman lying dead on the floor, s u n i olf 1,*• 0 4 another room, attempting to cut his own S t. ' ore difficulty the razor was forced from him, Pe , l ll , feY done much harm to himself, and he was se cil 'el ° p i sat ( n the body of the woman, and retnr°,,, of "Wilful Murder against William W ilhi te ' 011 :4 ' accordingly immediate'y committed, upon Wilhite warrant, to the County Goal, for trial at t b . o * The witnesses were also bound over to g l the trial.—Derby Reporter. Aig E f rom .con j ' .~