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Ditto Advertised — om. Bank for Opening India for Account ...... Cons. for Oct. 13 52%7‘. I.lLr et Attu . 3 or F OREIGN FUNDS THIS DAT AT ,NI . ' CLOCK. tr Attu Bonds azilu,,' Neapolitan — By tii , Bonds Peruvian Bonds Chilig AYres Bonds ; Portuguese Bonds Col ornh .rionds — (Prussian, Old -Aar, 8 .. . 4 0 . 18 , 24 una3 g t , lail i Russian — 63 14 N Spanish, 1821 tol t u.. ek 1371 4.; . '''''''''''' -__ 1 -- 18'23 13% % G„"J. 1825 14 .atiin al , - `elic - Exchange —l - T c. l Atto. a jt, s tlils 7,,a I -- 3 per cent 5 9, 25 '. ----.--..- Exchange 25, 20c. • , 114 b t • ; • . 4 ?. v ar".-----447 LONDON, FRI DAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 16, 1831. l a : t jrl Mr. HUE'S presentation of a petition night in the House of Commons, from t b r ' C ARPENTER, (who, by the bye, deserves II : 11 ' 1 °st lenient consideration of Govern -74') against one of the Six Acts, the of r i °rtNEY-GENERAL and the CHANCELLOR , e the EXCH EQUER expressed themselves, as i ii2 ! ar ds the lib er ty o f th e Press, in a most i ti 4 al and intelligent spirit. Lord ALTHORP, t h Particular, observed that he was most anxious p : t the Pr ess s h ou ld b e pro t ec t e d to the utmost ii 'le extent, " consistent with the p r al re sesti odissemination of immo (1411, t 1" f the tY and the circulation of private scan seki" His Lordship added that he very 0111 read a Newspaper, so seldom indeed, at h e really did not know whether he was at ta,,eked in them or no t. Now, without wishing ti , t `i b slightest degree to say any thing petulant ° fr ensive towards an active, intelligent, and e l 'ininded Mi n i s t er o f the Crown like Lord iv 4llOll P, we cannot help venturing a word or . °4 th e amaz i ng coyness w hi c h most grea t men ll bit, and t h e u t ter i gnoranc e they profess, he n Speaking of the public Journals. With fartlie,ee,l.Y one exception they invariably declare 4 4 11 0 w nothing of their contents, and are re it ''ss of thei r strictures. Is this affectation— it Indiff erence —i s it a pp re hension —or is a onion o f a ll three ? PoPE, we re tr,e arh ' nb er, in lit era t ure a lways professed the Dim e ignorance and indifference towards, bl critics; Sir Freffill Plagiary equally oti -° ned about his contempt for them ; yet no th: s usPects the authors of the "West Indian" or l e - " bunci a d" of having been ignorant or heed prsa4dc'f the strictures that were made on their tli f i'netions. Their professions of extreme in- Nike were the results of extreme sensitive- Qe S3' " We frequently find a diffident man en 41'14:11ring to disguise his mauvaise honk by an lil l i v 4t i°fl of extraordinary impudence. Pos tip!' (314 public men act upon a similar Fin is s e when speaking of the Press, for it 'ti ll -ear cely to be imagined that they can be irhi e l re in their avowal of ignorance of a Power Ithi e e h l i nfluences the destinies of kingdoms ; that, crowns this Sovereign and discrowns of ; 'which sheds abroad the mild, steady light ari l e rltelli gence and humanity ; and in the import areea- an d multitude of its conquests rivals the lc rio -e t conquerors that the world has ever th, -w i ,n. The Press is not only the safeguard — es of a kingdom ; it is its life—its th e tk e---its very heart's-blood ; the test—and its : ) . 111 Y sure one—of its worth—its happiness— Nstiielvilization. Wherever the Press is not free i seh re of necessity the people are slaves, and of t v et', body and soul, to the abominations fr ee b e feud a l s y s t e m. To the possession of a kti va ," esa Great Britain owes her all. The Ila ve .-ta ges of her conquests by sea and land b een varied by time and circumstance , f , l4 l ' ', eet to all the caprices and fluctuations of I ) Io n and commerce ; that which was once ha l stal 'ee has become shadow ; but her Press S b een a steady indestructible bles ttlee'd Increasing from age to age, uninflu tat,it hY time, uninjured by even the as or fashion. We cannot therefore but h o f e a t the coquetry and coyness of those who Po w to be heedless or ignorant of this mighty tr e j r • They may rely on it they will get little ll ap i s t for their assertions, though their tact per lilaY be considered less questionable. tt lE4 , 4 e Reform Bill was l as t n i g ht ordered to be t ( € 442 ed, and read a third time on Monday next. 1 11 6 °11 rage friends, I see land," said a patient 11 41 : 11 'r when the narrator announced the termi to th e Reform of his long story. So say we, with respect "le Reform Bill. t \l/ i kt 'e are glad to find that Mr. OTWAY CAVE Ptibi :s , i tely taken up the cause of the starving 11 4 4 441 emigrants. It does great credit to that 11 41 , e latt's head and heart, neither of which it tt e ‘'er been found wanting when a worthy ob tio4 Iv ," to be effected. The emigrants in ques tith•gale strong—the strongest—claims on Bri -4' „ ju , st iee and generosity. Had they been void tt rt 'leiple or h onour , b ase , f a wning sup av:hs °f big o t r y an d d es potism, they might ti lle e ett load e d with wealth, and possibly pre 'tgri'it' in their own country ; but their very M ille I ,Y has ministered to their ruin. They are 1) e i lt itns o f their °pin virtue. And is this to pllll3l.lted t o t h em as a cr i me ? A r e they to I lish t o tt 'litted t o starve b ecause t h e y h a v e not been tl lia r riciure d ? Forbid it justice ! The Spanish ai 4t , ' t s are the re p r esentatives —the martyrs of a t i ct ed cause in which we ourselves are now tie o t tb iltl Y engaged ; they are the Reformers of oll ou . ' ll Government, and God forbid that that 4tab le name s h o uld ever cease to ensure the deeht ot al la dra w f or th the charity of Englishmen . led to "'enities through which we have all strug- L ttp ota w rest even "a shred of Reform from the b eat w ho have s o long oppressed us, should 1 1 ‘va t „ i 8 to be considerate and compassionate 11 k 4 t B ,those w h o , engage d in the sam e Hercu -4615 have been less fortunate than ourselves, for of what use are experience and adversity, unless they soften the heart and incline it to the dictates of humanity ? Ardently do we hope, and as firmly do we believe, that the English Reformer will never forget the claims of his Spa• nish brother. There is not the slightest diffe rence between them, except that the one is for tunate, the other the reverse. The Address of the inhabitants of Rhenish Bavaria to their SOVEREIGN—which will be found in another column—is well worthy an at tentive perusal. It is conceived in a bold, liberal, enlightened spirit, and executed with equal intelligence and energy. The whole of Rhenish Bavaria demands firmly but respect fully of their KING, that he shall put himself at the head of the movement party, and render prompt and active assistance to the Poles. Truly this is a portentous sign of the times, and one that no man, no matter of what country he may be a native, will do wisely to overlook. It is the first recorded recogni tion of the great principle, that the claims of humanity are of equal weight with those of justice and expediency; and that existing Go vernments, no matter how much the obligation may militate against their wi'hes and interests, are imperiously bound to adapt themselves to existing circumstances. What a sig nificant hint is this Bavarian address to the METTERNICH Cabinet at Vienna! What a refresher to the jaded memory of that constitution-promiser the King of PRUSSIA ! .That it will have a salutary effect on the Polish cause—the cause of Reform, the cause of uni versal humanity—we have litttle doubt. It will compel NICHOLAS to think, however troublesome the process of reflection may be to so great a man, and consider whether in persisting to subjugate and decimate the Poles, he is not waging war with a principle which all Europe has equally at heart, and for the full recognition of which it is now all but in arms. The patriots in Poland fight the same battle as the Reformers in England ; consequently a defeat sustained by the one is a defeat sustained by the other. The borough mongers, we know, view the question ill this light : indeed so closely do they identify their own interests with those of NICHOLAS, that were the news of the fall of Warsaw to be pro claimed before the Reform Bill was decided in the House of Lords, we have little doubt that the intelligence would tend much to endanger its success. Sufficient indications have already been given of the temper of a certain portion of the Lords spiritual and temporal, to chew the urgent ne cessity of the people displaying on their part their due share of mettle in the approaching contest. Lord KING has broken the ice by alluding to the probable speculations as to the use of the Upper House, in the event of its prov ing itself to be opposed to the wishes of the country, and the auger of the more interested members of the Aristocracy has been duly kindled on the occasion. The privileges of the House have been invoked, and allu sion has been prohibited to be made in the place it most concerns, to the sentiments, that in the event of the Reform Bill being rejected, will prevail among all reflecting persons from one end of the nation to the other. The true Nobility of England, such as the HOWARDS, the CAVENDISHES,the RUSSELLS, the CLIFFORDS, are ranged on the popular side of the struggle. These illustrious persons have too deep an interest in the country, with whose annals their names will go down to posterity, to condescend to form part of a faction in opposi tion to the voice of the Sovereign and People. It is not, in general, of the genuine Aristocracy in blood that there is reason to complain. It is of those of modern growth, who exhibit them selves in the same assembly with the HOWARDS, that we have just cause to be shamed. The real Aristocracy is, indeed, come to a pretty pass when its privileges are defended by such persons as some we could name, who have been so unwarrantably transplanted to a place for which they were fitted neither by birth, by education, nor by public ser vices. It is this description of Legislators, whose presumption stirs the indignation of all loyal citi zens. When the public sees such Peers pre suming to erect themselves into a barrier against the accomplishment of the desires of the Sove reign, the genuine Aristocracy, and the people, how can the general voice be expressed other wise than loudly and vehemently against an oligarchy, who, to-day nobles, though yester day scarcely gentlemen, are little able to appre ciate such a truth as that contained in the motto of the HowAßDs,—Sola virtus nobilitas. We should be unworthy the name of English men if we did not honour the ancient stocks of the English nobility. They took part with the people for a long series of years against the op pressors of Royalty, when the Kings of Eng land were of a different character from that of WILLIAM IV. They have been distinguished for their line of liberty, when liberty in England was but a tender plant. But we cannot dis semble our disgust at the conduct of the factious will, should they persist in th e i r oligarchy that opposition to Reform, make the rank of a British Peer as ridiculous as that' of a Peer o f France has become. We have received Dutch and St. Petersburg!' Papers. They contain no news of a decisive character, or worthy of comment. The follow- mg are extracts : PosErr.—The Posen Gazelle of sth September shows the falsehood of many reports lately inserted in the Ger man Journals, such as that the Russian General Rudiger had been defeated, and driven to Gallicia ; that Paske witsch was retreating from Warsaw ; that the massacres in Warsaw were only fiction, contrived to deceive the Russians, &c., and says : " We can assure the public, on good a uthority, that all these things are mere inventions. Ceneral Skrzynecki has had no command since the 15th ult. Rozyzki, who is said to command against General Rudiger, has only a few thousand men. General Rudiger has not been surprised ; the massacre at Warsaw has but too certainly taken place. Lastly, neither Sktzynecki nor any body else is gone to Lithuania. Om the other hand, we will communicate the public a true piece of news : —ln the night of the 28th of August the Russian General, Ronne, commanding a detachment that covered the bridge of Osick, was informed that a strong Polish force was advancing against him. Having sent a detachment of 200 Cossacks toward, Steklink, to reconnoitre, he thought it necessary, on th 30th, to secure the bridge. He accordingly had several of the ho its, on which the bridge was laid, removed, and withdrew, with his infantry and artillery, to the lef bank of the Vistula. When his Cossacks returned, and found the bridge gone, 60 of them swam across the river ; 146 retired into the Prussian territory towards Szylno, whence. after having performed quarantine, they will be sent along the frontier to Russia, in strict conformity with the existing regulations. No engagement whatever took place, and only two Cossacks were made prisoners. Hitherto only a detach ment of Cracowites, who behaved in a very orderly manner, have appeared on the Prussian frontier, and intended, as they said, since the object of their expedition had failed, to fall back to the main body in the provice of Plozk. This is the authentic account of an affair, out of which our news manufacturers have composed the battle of Lipno, with which they still amuse themselves." Accounts from Stettin, of the Bth, say that tranquillity is perfectly restored there, and that the people are perfectly satisfied of the utility of the measures adopted. The citizens have been particularly pleased with the unexpected arrival of his Royal Highness the Crown Prince, who was sent hy the fling to inquire into the real state of affairs, to express his great affliction at the events of the I st, and his satisfaction with the laudable of irts of the Magistrates to restore and preserve order. The Burgomaster called a meeting in the church, especially of the inhabitants of the quarter in which the tumult took place, and addressed them in a very kind and eloquent speech, which had a most powerful effect on them, and we hope that no further troubles will ensue. (The Prussian State Gazette of Saturday, the 10th of September, has no articles respecting Poland.) THE HAGUE, SEPT. 13.-We hear that their MaiesCes and the Royal :family will go to Amsterdam on Friday. The Prince of Orange arrived here on Sunday night. His Highness the Duke of Saxe Weimar arrived here to-day. AMSTERDAM, SEPT. 13. Actual Debt, 2% per cent 374 to 38 Voluntary Loan Ainort Syndic, 44 per cent 58.7.4 to 3t) Ditto, ditto, 34 per cent 4S% to 49 ST. PETERUUIiGfi, A uG. 31.—The French Ambassa dor, the Duke de Mortemart, who is gone to Parir, has long had leave of absence, but would not make use of it while the disorder was raging at St. Petershurgh. His Excellency will probably not return before the end of December. A supplement to are Petersburgh Journal contains a lung report from P..skewitsch, dated Nadarzyn, Aug. 19. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.) FROM LLOYD'S. PORTSMOUTH, SEPT. 15.—Wind N.W.—Sailed his Majesty's ship Anson, for Leith. PLYMOUTH, SEPT. 14 —Wind E.—Arrived the Alex ander, Cassie, from Surinam ; Albion transport, from St. l'eters')urgh ; and Harriet and Jane, Liddle, from ditto. FALMOUTH, SEPT. 14.—Wind E.S.E.—Arrived off port the Duke of Norfolk, Alarming, from St. Kitt's. STANDG ATE CREEK, SEPT. 15.—Arrived the Breaman, Jameson ; David Walter, Morris; and John, Mozay, from St. Petersburgh ; Sancho Panza, Collings, from Stettin ; and , Charles Adders, King, from Hamburg. _ Mr LFORD, SEPT. 14.—Arrived the Perseverance, Drink water; and Snowdon, Griffiths, from St. Petersburgh. LivEaroot., SEPT. 14.—Arrived the Pericles, Friend, mom Maranham ; and Turner, from Quebec. DUBLIN, SEPT. 11.—Arrived the Betsy, Brunton, from Smyrna. TottRAY, SEPT. 14.—The squadron under Sir L. Codrington is otf the port. The transport, No. 10, with troops, was spoken with, the 27th ult., in lat. 49. long. 44. ABERDEEN, SEPT. 13.—Arrived the Confidence, Craige, from Archangel. 13aouctyrr 110 ADS, SEPT. 14.—Arrived the Brought• Castle, from St. Petershurgh ; Ophelia, Clark ; Pre ceptor, Watson ; Mary. ISPDonald ; John Black, M'Kenzie; Helena, Reid ; Noah, Nicoll ; and Jane, Wylie, from Archangel; Blossom, Smith; Sally, Doag; and Hanover, Gillespie, from St. Petersburgh. SUNDERLAND, SEPT. 14.—Arrived the Ann, Miller, from Quebec. Extract of a letter from the Agent to Lloyd's, at Flushing, dated Sept. 10 :—" 1 am informed that the buoys are not yet replaced in the river, or the entrance." Skrzyn ee 4, idy sW b ; ince on t end to WO, w ords tb e l ) lbsequ ent n !ver a THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. There arc tolerable good arrivals this week of most kinds of Grain, and a fair quantity of Flour. The Wheat trade is ex tremely heavy, and hardly maintains Monday's prices. Barley is 2s. per qr. lower. Beans and Pease support Monday's terms. Oats Lind a slow sale at last quotations. flour unaltered. A KRIVALS. Wheat. Barley. Oats. Flour. English Irish ~o reign - brl s. SMITHREL: MARKET. This day's supply of Beasts was great, for that of a Friday; of each kind of small stock and Mulch Cows rather limited. The trade was very dull throughout, with Mutton at a depression of 2d. per stone, with Beef, Lamb, Veal, and Pork, at Monday's quotations. An u•eful short-horns Milch Cow, with her small calf, was worth from 171. to 19/. PRICKS FIER STONE OF SL: s. d. to s. d. interior Beasts 2 0 2 4 Second quality ditto 2 6 210 Prime largo Oxen 3 6 3 8 Prime Scots, 3 8 4 0 Inferior 5heep,.,,,,, 2 6 310 Second quality ditto 3 0 3 4 Coarse-woolled ditto 3 11) 4 2 SoutlidownWethers 4 2 4 4 IS. TO SINK THE OFFALS. s. rt. los. d. Large Lambs Prime small ditto 4 (1 5 2 Large coarse Calves 3 6 4 0 Prime small ditto 4 6 410 Large Hogs 3 6 310 Small Porkers 4 6 410 Suckling Calves 12s. to 455. eaL h Quarter old Pigs 12s. to 18s. each . ERK ' S STATEMENT. ,s.l Calv es. I Pil3o gs. SUPPLY, AS IPIt CL 'Sheep and Lamb 8,110 Beasts. 775 t , J EWG ATE AND LEADENHALL MARKETS. At per stone, by the Carcass. d. to s. d. s. d. to s. d, seel ° 4 3 t , Veal ................. 3 6 4 8 Mutton.... ° 6 4 0 Pork ................... 4 4 Lantb Al ARYLEBONE. RESISTANCE of the PAR 0 CHIAL RATES. This day, at twelve o'clock, the extensive sale-rooms of Messrs. Dawson and Cafe, Great Marlborough-street, were crowded to suffocation by the inhabitants of Marylebnne to witness the sale of a quantity of Irish liners, and two hoses of mould candles, the property of two respectable parishioners, named Savage and Potter, that were seized for the non-payment of parochial rates. It appeared that the parishioners and a select vestry have been at issue for these few years past, in conse quence of the inhabitants not having a vote at the vestry, and the debt of the parish increasing to an amount :tow beyond 120,0001. Several public meetings were held, and last November a meeting took place over which the Duke of Portland presided, wilt n it was then mutually, agreed that the select vestry would not oppose the Bill brought in by Mr. Hobhouse, then before Parliament for the regulation of select vestries. This sa tisfied the parishioners at the moment; but the Bill, ih its progress, was thrown out in consequence. This breach of faith, added to the sum of four hundred and twenty pounds incurred by such opposition, and charged by the select vestry to the parish, raised such indignation, that the inhabitants refused to pay any more rates imposed by the Vestry. A few days ago the property of Messrs. Savage and Potter was seized by their order, and brought to the sale-room for non-payment of the rate. The parishioners raised an objection to the legality of the seizure, on the grounds that the Magistrate who signed the warrant did not investigate the case before they did so. Mr. SAVAGE and Mr. POTTER addressed the meeting to the confirmation of the foregoing facts, and stated that other Magistrates had refused to issue warrants under simi lar circumstances. Mr. CAFE, who had been intrusted with the property for sale here stepped forward and said that under the circumstances be would decline selling the articles, and declared that he would return them to the parish autho rities. This appeared to give general satisfaction, and the parishioners retired through Marlborough-street, waiving their hats, until they arrived at the Court-house, where Mr. SAVAGE was addressing them when our reporter left. A meeting took place at day dawn on Wed nesday morning, on Wimbledon Common, between Lieute nant CLAXTON, R.N., and Mr. PROTHEROE, M P. for Bristol, attended by Captain BERKELEY, M.P., and Sir F. VINCENT, Bart., M.P., which ended without bloodshed. DUBLIN, SEPT. 13.--Lord CLONCUKRY sailed from Howth yesterday evening, on his way to London, to take his seat in the House of Lords. Mr. PERRIN has retired from the contest in Louth, and the candidates now are Sir PATRICK BELLEW and Sir HARRY GOODRICKE. We have good reason for believing, notwith standing all rumour to the contrary, that the Reform Bill will piss the House of Lords. And thus shall the ques tion—" What will the Lords do ?" which a recent pamphleteer has put into every man's mouth, be effectu ally answered.—Brighton Gazette. rmimiMlNEl CRIPPLEGATE WARD.-(THIS DAY.) THE HOUSE OF LORDS AND THE REFORM BILL. This morning a meeting of the inhabitants of the Ward Cripplegate was held at the Baptist's Head Tavern Aldermanbury, for the purpose of taking into consideration the propriety of petitioning the House of Lords to pass the Reform Bill. _ _ Mr. Alderman Woon took the Chair, and stated the objects of the meeting. Having bee❑ called upon to con vene this meetine he had considered it his duty to assemble the inhabitants of the Ward to express their opinion on the Qubject of petitioning the House of Lords to pass the Re form Bill. Mr. RICHARDSON wished to know if this meeting wLs a legitimate Ward meeting. The CHAIRMAN answered that it was a meeting of tl e inhabitants of the Ward. Mr. KNAPP rose to propose the first resolution, which was to the effect, that it was expedient to petition th. House of Lords to pass the Reform Bill. As the Bill, ii appeared, was in some risk of passing through the Uppet House, it was desirable that all minor points should be given up, in order to secure unanimity, in calling upcn the House to pass the ~deform Bill. The motives and al guments to induce the House of Lords to do this act 01 justice lay in a very small compass. They were not met to disunite any party, hut to call upon the House of Lords to pass the' Reform B',ll upon public grounds alone. He asked what might he the possible state of the country should the House of Lords reject the Bill?—(Cheers.) He felt convinced that rut one there would wish the Bill thrown out by the Lords. The Hon. Gentleman then re ferred to the inevitable change in the Administration should the Bill be rejected, and the fearful consequent-• s that would result from such an event. The value of pro perty and the interests of trade and commerce would be endangered. The value of the measure had been consi derably enhanced since it first went into the House of Commons. After some other remarks the Hon. Gentle man concluded by moving the first resolution. The motion having been seconded, Mr. RICHARDSON denied that he had, as has been re presented, done all in his power to impede the passage o f the Reform Bill through Parliament. He had, on the decision of the struggle for liberty in France, declared that that measure would tend to hasten the period when Re form would be carried in this country. He contended that O! Reform Bill would seriously injure the Livery of Lon don, but he thought attempts should be made to maintain the right of the city of returning two Members of Parlia• ment, by which the property of the Corporation alone could be protected. Rather than the Bill should be thrown out, he would throw overboard those interests, feeling convince) that if the Reform Bill did not pass a revolu tion would be the consequence. He knew something of the feelings of the people in the north of England, and he was convinced that the rejection of the Bill by the House of Lords would have the effect he had stated. He would not move any amendment on the petition, which he con sidered contained obj.ctionable matter—the Bill would dis fianchise the Livery.—(A voice so much the better.) He would only say, notwithstanding all that had been said to the contrary, that he was a firm friend to Reform. The resolution was put and carried, and a petition was adopted. The petition begged their Lordships to give their sanction to the important and essential measure of Parliamentary Reform, and to accord their sanction to those principles of improvement which the circumstances of the times and the present state of our political institu tions render imperatively necessary for the necurity of the Constitution. It was then resolved that the Duke of Sussex should be intrusted With the petition, to present it to the House of Lords. Alderman WOOD, in returning his acknowledgments for the thanks of the meeting bring voted to him, said, that though the Livery of London were about to give up an important privilege to secure the Bill, they would secure adequate advantages. The midole cltsses would he much benetitted by the passing of this Bill. The rich merchants of the city would by it be entitled to vote for the Mem bers for London. It must be gratifying to the friends of Reform to know that there was little doubt that the Bill would be carried. He had that morning seen some families connected with the Church, and be had ascertained that many of the Bishops would vote for the hear)-4thile others would go at least as far as the second reading, and hear the arguments that were to he adduced in support of the measure.—(Hear, hear.) This was gratifying intelligence. It was pleasing to know that without any gre,t augmentation of the Peerage the measure was likely to be carried.—(Cheers.) The petition, it was then agreed, should lie for signa tore until Thursday next ; after which the meeting ad journed. OLD BAILEY.-(THIS DAY.) OLD COURT. Mr. Serjeant ARABIN, as Deputy Recorder, took his Seat) as usual, at nine o'clock this morning, when several Fast, were called on, but the prosecutors and witnesses in most of the cases were not in attendance. The Learned Serjeant directed that every person who was not in at tendance when his name was called should he refused his expenses. Thomas Barnett, aged 20, and Joseph. Miller, aged 17, were indicted for stealing three sheets and a table cloth, the property of Thomas Tribe.—The Jury found them Guilty,,and the COURT sentenced them to be trans ported for seven years. Thomas Smith, aged 20, was indicted for breaking and entering the dwelling-house of %I'm. Brown, and steal ing therein a silk handkerchief and 51. 125., his property. --The prisoner was found Guilty. James Sullivan, aged 17, was indicted for feloniously assaulting Thomas Cox, and stealing from his person 55., tw o loaves of br , ad, arid a piece of butter.—Verdict, Guilty. William Hough and Elizabeth Hopkins were indicted for breaking and entering the dwelling-house of William Heaton, and stealing therein 14 silver permic., a pair of bracelets, a cross, a r encil case, a shawl, and veil, and va rinus other articles. _ The Jlll.y found William Hough Guilty, and Eizsbeth Hopkins Not Guilty. THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY , TWELVE 0' CL 0 CK. By the Dutch mail, arrived this morning, we have ac counts three days later from Cracow, and from Berlin one day later, of the 9 , 13 September. The information from th e theatr e of war in Poland is still mysterious, and nothing of importance has taken place between the Poles and Rus sians. At Berlin, up to the Bth instant, 113 persons were ill of the cholera, of whom 74 had died, 5 were cured, and 31 remained sick. The accounts from Cracow, of 3d September, state that 200 Russian Cossacks had crossed the Vistula; on being obliged to return, they found the bridge broken down, when part of them swam over, the rest entered the Prussian territory, and were disarmed. The Berlin Paper contradicts the defeat of General Rudiger. From Vienna, to the 2d Sept., they write that Warsaw was well provisioned, and had plenty in its magazines for the support of the Polish army for several months, and could sustain a long siege. The express from Paris states that the whole of the French army will be withdrawn from Belgium. VIE FUNDS. Our arrivals this morning are very scanty—not a single ship letter has come to hand. We are now on the eve of the grand struggle in the House of Lords for the final passing of the Reform Bill, which at the present mo ment occupies the general attention of the public, as we ll as the epeculators, and whi c h no d ou bt w ill cause a daily agitation in the market until the grand question is finally settled. Consols, which left off yesterday at 821 i for account, opened at the same, with little or ncthing doing. HALF-PAST ONE. Up to the present hour we are without any political in telligence, nor is there any expected until Monday, the day of the arrival of the steamers. To-morrow being a very strict holiday with the Hebrews (the White Fast), none of t h em will make their appearance on 'Change, hut continue the whole of the day in the Synagogue; therefore, it is presumed it will be an exceeding dull day for speculations in the Fonds. Consols have continued very heavy during the morning, and are so at present, with little doing. very sca rce, an d there i s a d eman d f or i t i n the Moneyl:us i 5 House. nsols are tiq f for money, and for account The Foreign Market is void of the least interest; prices much the egtne as yesterday. Consols, 82i, THREE 0' CL 0 CK. FOUR 0 CLOCK.—CLOSING PRICES. Consols ........... 821 Danish 621 Ditto for Account 82 Greek, 1825 —. Brazilian Bonds.. 4pz Mexican, 1825 Buenos Ayres. -- Peruvian Cbilian Ditto • • . Russian — Columbian, 1824. -- Spanish l3i APPLEs.—From a tree (third year's produce) i n a garden at Wrecklesham, near Farnham, four dozen of Waltham pippins Were picked on Friday last of extraor dinary size, several measuring a foot in circumference. _~,. HOUSE OF LORDS.-(THIS DAY.) The LORD CHANCELLOR, the Bishop of BRISTOL, at , Lord PANSIURE, sat this morning at ten o'clock in Ow louse of Lords to hoar Scotch appeals. MACKENZIE I. MAC A ,TNEY. Their Lordships proceeJed to-flay. with this appeal, if, .which Dr. LUSHINGTON and Air. CAMPBELL were hew! lest night for the appellants. The goestion is one of ex treme intricacy relative to banking accounts, but of I. public importance. The Loan CHANCELLOR interrup'ed the arguments of 11r. MUItRAY shortly after el.ven o'clock, having to attend the Privy Council. from which his Lordship Lad not re turned when our reporter left. COURT CIRCULAR. His MAJESTY, accompanied by the Princess AUGUSTA, and attended by tke Surveyor-G neral of the Board ..1 Works, after inspecting the old Palace at Kew on Wed nesday afternoon, went through the Royal Gardens. s; front thence to the residence of the Duchess of CUMRP:I:- LAND on Kew-green, and paid a visit to her Royal Higi - ness. His MAJESTY and the Princess AUGUSTA after wards returned to town. The KING gave an audience y e st e rday to Earl GREY. The QUEEN, accompanied by the Duchess of SAXE WEIMAR, Prince GEORGE of Cambridge, and Baroness BULOW, and attended by Lords VA LLETORT and BROWN LOW and Lady BROWNLOW, took an airing yesterday after noon in an open carriage, and visited the new Zoological Gardens at Kennington. His MAJESTY went yesterday in an open carriage, ac companied by the Princess AUGUSTA and the Duchess of GLOUCESTER. to the Royal gardens at Kensington. The Duke of SUSSEX and the Princess SOPHIA, visit d their MAJESTIES yesterday. The name of the Countess FERRERS appeared (by tnis take) as having been presented to her MAJESTY at the drawing-room, on Mooday, by Earl HowE. No such presentation took place. . . . A conference of the Ambassadors and Ministers of the Five great Powers was held yesterday afternoon at the Foreign-office. The Ministers were occupied in delibera tion upwards of two hours. A deputation of the agents of the West India Colon;es, c-mposed of Mr. BURGH, M.P., agent for Jamaica; Mr. AlayEas, agent for tiarbadoes ; Mr. Baowttt, agent for Antigua and Montserrat ; and Mr. COLQUHOUN, agent for St. Vincent, &c., had a long conference with Earl GREY And Viscount Gonnticit, at the Treasury, yesterday. A deputation of distillers (from Ireland), headed by Mr. O'CONNELL, M.P., and Mr. Nonni, M.P., had an in terview with Viscount ALTHORP, yesterday, at the Trea sury; Messrs. POWER, RAE, GRIER, WOLLESBT, MA noNY, and MALEY, were among the deputation. Count DE MourKE, the Danish Minister, visited Vis- count PALMERSTON, yesterday afternoon, at the Foreign office. The Duke and Duebecs of CUMBERT,AND entertained a select party at dinner on Wednesday evening, at their resi dence in the Palace at St. James's. Among the names of those present at her MAJESTY'S Drawing-room, Dr. DURNEY was inserted instead of Dr. BUNNY. THE REFORM BILL. 'Yesterday the following requisition was drawn up and transmitted to Alderman Waithman by the inhabitants of the ward of Farringdon-Without " TO THE RIGHT WORSHIPFUL R. WA ITHMA ESQ. M. I' " We, the undersigned inhabitants of this ward, re spectfully request you to call an early \Vardmote, to con sider the propriety of petitioning the House of Lords to pass with the least possible delay the just, wise, and im portant Bill for Parliamentary Reform, sanctioned not only by his Majesty's Ministers and a large majority of tic House of Commons, but by the universal voice of the people; and which we believe nece , sary to the safety, hap piness, and increasing prosperity of the British empire." A requisition is also on foot to the churchwardens of the county and city liberties of St. Andrew, Holborn. Meetings will take place not only in rll the wards in the city, but in all the pat ishes and divisions. SeVer.! gentlemen were in conference with the Lord Mayor in the course of the day upon the subject. Toe anxiety about the reception of the Bill by the Lords is intense, but the zeneral belief is that it will be unnecessary to make new Peers to pass it. . Last night, at eight o'clock, a numerous and respectable meeting of electors of Westminster was held at the Cro uu and Anchor Tavern, Strand, for the purpose of adopting measures, in order to convene the inhabitants of the city and liberties, that they may have an opportunity of ex pressing their opinions On the Reform Bill. A requisition to the High Bailiff has been very numerously and re spectably signed ; and it was the object of thy meeting to know when the general meeting of the electors should take place. Mr. De Year presided. The speakers who ad dressed the Chair were Dr. Carpue, Barber Beaumont, E.q., Messrs. Walker, Hume, Harrison, Clarke, &c., when it was resolved that a meeting should be called im mediately, and that the High Bailiff be requested to ap point next Wednesday for the put pose. The following is a copy of the requisition : TO ARTHUR. MOKRIS, ESQ., HIGH BAILIFF 01' THE CITY r;f SPIRIT nP TIIE PUBLIC JOURNALS. It is difficult, in a season of ardent public excite ment, to know how to vary the terms or expres sions, by which the x,al may be propagated or the interest sustained. Whatever we have sail, the people of England would do, to obtain the passing of the Reform Bill by the Lords, they have done or are doing. What more, then, have we to say ? Per , evere, leave no excuse to those who would per. versely misinterpret your will. Let the " malig_ flaws" know that the people of England must have their 11 , form Bill. A contemporary journal finds out that we do not write grammatically. The ani mal ! as if every sentence we pen did not prove that we knew the English lan g uage accurately, with all its powers and resources ; and as if a!y thing were more common than for a sentence of ungram- matical construction to escape the most prac tised writer : vet our grammar is right (as our argument is incontrovertib!e, and our facts cer tain) in the case alluded to. The names of th e most respectable merchants and bankers in the city of London have been subscribed Is a requisition for a general mee:ing of that pa,vilfid body in order to petition the Lords to pass the B. 11; the requisition will be pre-erred to-morrow, and the meeting is therefore certain. 'What better names can we mention than those of Mr. John Smith and Mr. Grote ? And all the counties—we say "all" :he counties—are in movement. The L',rds come from the colinlie., arid cannot have a conciefiOn or an interest different from that of those by whom they are surrounded. The opposition to the Bill mu.t therefore he diss;pated almost by a breath; for what was the sole cnose alleged why the 8.11 might he lost in the Le,rds? Not the impelfertions of the Bill itself,—not the nullity of the clam: of the people to a fair representn , ion ;—but th , rr in d!fferenee to that their righ , . They will , how whether they are indifferent to it : they will show whether they think themselves freemen, to whom . it belongs to choose their own representatives; and, having done this loudly and bravely, ;hey may then but not till then, rest secure of the result —limes. Mr. Ponsouby is actually in the field for Dorset. shire. Who will opposchiot ? Who will so insult the electors of Dorset, their good sense, their spirit, their consistency, as to tell them on the hustings that they cannot discern the difference between repr,rsentatives of the people and delegtves of Pears,--that, know ing their rights, they dare not assert them by their votes; or that having so lately pledged themselves to the whole kingdom as sturdy advocates of Re form principles, they would now eternally disgrace themselves by abandoning those princTles, and for feiting those most solemn pledges ? Mr. Portsmilw's address is just what it ought to be. It takes for granted the sympathy between the freeholders of the county and himself,—assuming, as he may, the pu/+ licity already given by his conduct in Parliament to his own political sentiments, and in emphatic lan guage throwing himself on the manly constancy of the men of Dorset, whom he implores to act energe tically upon their known opinions, and to rescue the people of England, whose honour is now placed in their hands, from the base reproach of treason to their common country.—Times. The Dutch and German Papers contain farther accounts of thedistmbances at Stettin, caused by the regulations adopted to guard against the pro pagation of the cholera morbus. The same spirit of resistance which prevails throughout the whole of Prussia, also exists in those parts of the Austrian dominions in which that dreadful malady has ap peared. It does appear strange, that in a country so advanced in civilization as Germany, any con siderable portion of the people should have adopted. the opinion that the patients in the hospitals were put to death in order to stop the progress of the contagion; bust this circumstance will cease to sur prise, when it is considered, that though much knowledge is diffused through Germany, there is one of a most important kind—political knowledge —which is rigorously repressed. The censorship, which exists in all the states, and which some are now struggling to get rid of, is intended by its insti tutors to have a benumbing influence on the human faculties; but where it fails to stupify, it is sure to excite irritation arid suspicion. It is nor unnatural, therefore, that agitated populations should infer the Governments which are in coastant dread of the publication of truth, which cover all their acts with a veil of secrecy, and which employ tin expensive machinery fur the sole purpose of diminishing the utility which their subjects might derive from the art of printing, may he capable of other evil deeds, even of wishing to apply a stifling proeess to the life, as well as to the mind of man, Such Govern ments must always be liable to suspicion, and no sophistry in praise of the mildness with which their authority may occas'onally be exercised, can divest them of this law of their existence. In a late article of the Austrian Observer, respecting the justice of the application of the term " despotic," used by some of the French papers in speaking of the three great members of the Holy Alliance, the writer quotes the sentiment of Clautlian -" Abertas gratior extat Quaer4 skAb ;no pin t" and follows it up by the celebrtqed line of Pope— " Whateer is best administeled is best." Without discussing these favourite maxims of the M-tternich school, we may olocote that they have often been misapplied. The former was constantly on the lips of our Tories during a reign —not a very distant one —which has been well characterised as chiefly re maricable for taking from the liberties and adding to the burdens of the people. With regard to the lat ter, we believe no people in Europe would willingly place themselves at the mercy of their rulers. The Ki,g of Russia is in general described to be a well disposed benevolent man, yet we find that in Prussia dreadful excesses , have been committed, in con..e quence of a distrust in the intentions of the Government. Reasonable people, therefore, swish to have some better security for good government than the personal charartei• of Princes. This wish, ' we know, is daily gaining ground at Berlin, and not. wtthstanding the flattering unction'of the Austrian Observer, we believe is not entirely a stranger at Vienna.— Mmes. We are glad to find that Mr. Ponsonby has de clared himself a candidate for Dorsetsliire, and that, in an address, dated Canford, 13th September, he states that " ha has been called on by a large body of freeholders to come forward." Mr. Pon , onby has, ii is said, much more local influence in Dor setshire, from his connections and property, than the lave Mr. Bdnkes ; but the great ground for confident anticipation of his success is the cause with which he is identified, To the Dorsetshire men, the ho nour of England is at present in a great measure committed; for, as Mr. Ponsonby say:, in his ad dress," An opinion has been industriously eirculatet that you have relaxed in the enthusiasm by which you were then Animated—that you see dangers ant • objections in the Bill brought forward by his• Ma jesty's Ministers; and it isas a supporter of that Bill, and of the general measures of the Covernment, that I now call upon you manfully to come forward and renew the struggle, which cannot fail of being crowned with the came sueeess, and of e‘tablishing those principles and that character of independence of which you so gloriously !ail the foundation at the last election." The men of Dorsetahire will never disgrace themselves by returning a Bankee. Nol they would by so doing make themselves a re proach among Englishmen. We ate sure of the re sult.—Morning ultronick. The List of Peers pledged to vote against the Reform B;11, exhibited by the most detested man in all England, makes the majority against it about forty. It is, however, possible that. names are en tered in the list on no good authority; and it'is also possible that many may have Leen deluded into a pledge, or promise, by believing too rea dil y that, the people of England were become in different as t o the issue. Those who re/O ren -proof ant the peopl e ;ire true to theinsalves wi ll soon obtain it, a nd ofa strength to be sa risfoctory to sill who are riot bent to remain unconvinced. As to the ultimate issue we are without apprehension. But we confess we AND LIBERTIES or WESTMINSTER, We, the undersigned electors of Westminster, request you will call a public meeting of the inhabitant house holders, for the purpose of considering the propriety of petitioning the House of Peers to pass the Reform Bill. Westminster, Sept. 15, 1831. A requisition to the Alderman of Bread-street Ward (John Ansley, E•q.) has been signed by the Ereater part of the inhabitants, requesting him to call a Wdrdmote to consider the expediency of petitioning the House of Lords praying their Lordships to pass the Reform Bill. CHOLERA MORBUS. ST. PETERSBURG 11, Aua. 31 New Cases. Recovered. Deaths. Aug. 26 27 -5 Remain IU2, of whom 49 arc likely to recover. BERLIN, SEPT. 9. New Cases. Recovered. Deaths . To Sept. 7 (at noon) 0 6 9 Total 124 5 Remained on the 9th, at noon, 34. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTI RSALL'S, The town betting on the Great St. Leger closed yesterday af ternoon, most of the speculators having by this time left for Doncaster. The alterations yesterday were not of a character to require more than a quotation of the closing prices:- 9 to 2 agst Mr. Skipsey's The Saddler 5 to 1 agst Lord Cleveland's Marcus 9 to 1 agst Mr. Bower's Sir John (takcp), 10 to 1 agst Mr. Houldsworth's CirPaWall (taken) 11 to I agst Mr. Robinson's Likcpool 13 to 1 agst Lord Fit;Villiam's . Creole 13 to 1 agst Lord Clevekatia's Chorister 17 to I agst Mr. Vansittart's 18 to 1 agst Lord sc4rWro,ugh'i Er. to Tarrare (taken) '2O to 1 agst Air. AeardsViroXth‘; Colwick ‘..`2 to agst igr. Sadlortg Delight 33 to 1 agst M. Sadlor's Achilles (taken) 33 to 1 agst C6ionel Cradock's Brother to Homer 40 to I agst Mr. Bower's The Chancellor 50 to l agst Loot Sligo's Bras de Fer It is expected that 28 or 30 will start. Tho Raecs begin on Monday next. LICI-IFfE4 .RACES. WEDNESDAT 2 SELT, I . 4:—The Gold Cup of 100 80V8. in specie. Three miles. Mr. Beardsworth'e b. g. Independence...walked over The Nobleman and Gentleman's Plate of 50 soya, Two mile heats. Mr. E. Yates's b. f. Lilla Sir T. Stanley's b. h. Jocelips,. 2 A most excellent rAce. The speed of both horses was exerted to the utmost, and each heat won by about a nez) E . .A Sweepstakes of 5 soya. each, with 50 added from the City Fund. Two mile heat. - Mr. Beardsworth's b. c. Warwick Mr. Pickernell's b. 1. tiarcada 0 Mr. Cooke's b. f. lly Catton Mr. E. Peelle b, f. Mouche 0 §Xr Stanley's bg. Laurie Todd Won cleverly. Laurie Todd and Mouche came in second and third, but net placed. A Handicap Stakes of 4 scivs., each, with 50 sovs, added by the Members of the City. Two mile b eats . Mr, Mott% b. m. Gazelle Beardsworth's ch. c. Sir Walter Mr. Brookes's Atlas Mr. Painter's b. f. by Strephon.. ‘ dr A delightful race, The KING'S letters have been received, trans lating the Bishop of KILLALOE to the See of Derry, and th e Bishop of RAPHOE to the Archdioces e of Dublin. Dublin Morning .Register. The Hon. Colonel OGILVY has declared himself a candidate for the suffrages of the freeholders of Forfarshire, the representation of which is vacant by the advancement to the Peerage of Mr. Manx., now Bares PANHURE. ~".~` RIM FM 1