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FRENCH PAPERS. CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES. S ITTINU or' J. 29. M. Benjamin Delecsert (one of the Vice-Presi dents) took the chair at a quarter-past. 1 o'clock. After the proces verbal had been read and adopted, reports on a number of totally uniutfrstinf„ petitions were read in the presence of a very smat rinOier — of deputies. A petition from the principal merchants of Bor deaux, praying for a diminution of the import duties on foreign sugars from the East and West Indies, so as not to exceed 22 francs for every 100 kilo grammes, was referred to the committee nowcharged with the examination of the bill for regulating the duties on the import, and the premiums on the ex port, of sugars. A report made by M. Bedock, on a petition praying for the legalization of marriage between brothers and sisters-in-law (which report was of such immense length that at its conclusion M. De laborde thought it necessary to protest against re porters. of petitions entering into such lengthen ed examination of the general principles involved in them), gave rise to an incidental discussion, not only on the subject matter of the petition, but on the principle of legitimatising natural children by the subsequent marriage of the parents, in which Baron Roger, the Minister of Justice, and M. Dupin, aine, took part, M. Barthe objected to the marriage of brothers and sisters-in-law being allowed in cases where there were previously children existing, be cause it would encourage immorality, while M. Dupin, on the contrary, maintained that marriage was more necessary in such cases as there was greater immorality in allowing the illegitimate inter course to continue than in legitimatising it by marriage. Nothing arose out of this discussion. Thr Augsburg Gazelle of the 25th inst. contains the following of the 19th from Vienna :—" Corn metcial letters from Semlin mention the Egyptians are advancing towards Smyrna, in order to derive supplies from thence in their further progress. Some letters even state that Ibrahim Pacha had ar rived at Smyrna, and add that it was his intention to proceed thence to the Hellespont, and then to make use of his fleet to convey his troops to Europe, and lead them against the capital. This news, how ever, appears to be premature, as nothing of it is known here through official channels; the last ad ♦ices from Constantinople make no mention of such movements. Public attention is here almost en tirely absorbed by the affairs of the East, and fears are entertained that they may produce serious com plications." Extract of a letter of the 7th inst. from Odessa : " The fleet is quite ready, and only waiting for a thaw to leave the ports of Nicolaieff and Sebastopol; the cold is intense, and the ice is extremely solid. It is said that, in consequence of the want of trans ports, the fleet will take on board only 6,000 men, instead of 12,000. There exists no longer any doubt that this fleet is destined for Trebi sonde, a port which has been thought preferable to any other for supplying with provisions the 25,000 men who, it is said, are marching against Ibrahim. It it not stated what districts this army will traverse. Some assert that it is to be under the command of General Rosen, who is Governor of Georgia; others under that of Marshal Roth, who commands in Bessarabia. A report is even current that this corps is already within a short dis tance of Erzeroum, but this news does not obtain credit. The equ.pment of the fleet, even in the opinion of the parti,ans of the Russians themselves, is very indifferent. The vessels composing it are almost unfit for service, through use and neglect, and the crews consist of old discharged sailors. It is said that some naval officers, who have come from the Baltic, to be employed in the fleet, have made representations against such a state of things." (From the Message,. des Chambres of Tuesday.) Pasts, JAN. 29.—The Gazette de France says— " By the advice of the assembled Ulemas, Mahatnoud has p o sitively refused the assistance of Russia." Notwithstanding, or perhaps because of, the news given by the Gazette, the possibility of a rupture between Russia and France is insisted on this evening, and the report is accordingly repeated that General Guilleminot will t , e appointed to the Ernbasv at Constantinople, and Admiral Roussin (not Hugen) to the command of the squadron destined to act in the Levant. Most of our Legations are vacant or changing. M. de St. Aulaire is going to Vienna, but be first comes to Paris, where he is expected this evening, ant it is not cer tain whether the person de,i 4 nited as his successor at Rome will really go thither. Notwithstanding the Mini sterial journals, it is at least doubtful whether Marshal Maison will go to St. Petersburgh. He would not go thither direct from Vienn , , but return to France, where he might feel strongly tempted to remain. Our Minist , r at Turin is at Paris; our Minister at Madrid, it is said, urgently solicits his rcall ; our Ambas sador at Constantinople is still on the road, and it is already reported that he is to have another mission. (From the Journal des Debats.) PARIS, JAN. 29.--31eqrs. Orfila and Auvity have re turned from their mission to Blaye. They arrived at four o'clock this afternoon. We are able positively to announce that the health of the Duchess of Berry is entirely satisfactory. M. Orfila will resume his lectures on Chymistry to momw. (From the Constitutionnel.) PARIS, JAN. 29.-A letter from Vienna of the 19th i ns tant says, " The Turkish question begins to he so serious, that it causes all other political affairs, however important, to be forgotten. The Austrian Cabinet seems disposed on this occasion to act in the same manner as France and England. Sitisfied for a long series of years with havins , had in the east of the empire only such a weak neighbour as Turkey, and j-!alous of the dangers which Russia has har boured ever since the time of Catherine, Austria will at all risks join the Power who shall endeavour to prevent the aggrandizement of Russia in the south ; such a line of conduct is peculiarly necessary at this time, when there is ;n the Sclavonian population of the Austrian empire an 2iitatiOli which it is difficult to check, and might become dangerous if the vicinity of a great Sclavonian army of Russia should encourage the discontented. It is said, however, that M. de Metternich, whose prin ciple it is to demand indemnities, even when he asks for services, annexes very singular conditions, to the support of which he is ready, for his interest, to give to the inter vention of France and England. Not to mention the eva cuation of Ancona, he is said to desire changes in the in ternal institutions of France, and especially thlt the French, press shall be subject to a censorship in everything relative to foreign politics. M. de Metternich will doubt less renounce such a strange pretension, but it was hardly worth while to make it known in France. FRENCH FLNDS, PARIS, JAN. .-Five per Cents., If3f. 50c. 40c. 35c. 30c. 40 c. 50 e. 40 c . 50c. 60e. 10.. <f. 50c. 30. 20c. 30c. ; Loan of 1832, 103 f. 70c. 80c. • Four and a Half per Cents., 100 f. ; sour per Cents., 92f. 92f. 93c. 50c.; Three per Cents., 76f. 90c. .oc. 75c. '7f. 771 Isc. 50c. 40c. 55c. 17f. 20c. 77f 77f. 30c. 77E National ' Loan, 103 f. 50c. 30c.; Bank Actions, 1,662 f. 50c. 1,667 f. 50c. • Rente de Naples, 89f. Rente2s 30c. ; Roman Five per Cent's., 82% N P 3 8:0,4 d'Espagne. Five per Cents., 12%; Rente d' Espagne, Three per Cents., 37 37!1: I{ % ; Royal m;panish Loan, 8.4 Y, •?i ; Itente Perpetuelle d'Espagne, BO 60 1 4 %1,,j %, 60 1 4 ; Belgian Loan, MI, Si 81!C 2 3 4 82. Exchange on London, one month, money, 25f. 65c.; three months, paper, 25f. ;".,sc.'; money, 25f. 50c.-Coin's Authcntique. biber paper says The two vessels took on board 400 wen for Don Pedro's service, The Chamber of Representatives has confirmed by s majority of 36 to 7 the election of Messrs. Lamine-Bex and Marcelo' as representatives of Liege. Nineteen members declined voting. Messrs. Andrew Thompson and Francis Hodgson arrived yesterday from London with d. spatches, and immediately proceeded on their way to St. Peters 'burgh.—Brussels Papers, Jan. 30. CoNsTaisrlNoeer, DEC. 06.--The greatest gloom pre vails here. The Sultan and•his people appear to have fallen into a state of apathy, indicative of a total dissolu tion. The former gives up his case as desperate, and does not venture to excite the people's minds by artificial means, lest he shoua_not able to cairn them again and keep them withinbourrdw. - Tbe unfortunate.event of the battle of Koniah, and the captivity of the Grand Vizier leaves the capital without means of defence. There are still, perhaps, 30,000 Turkish troops dispersed in Asia Minor, and 10,000 re gulars in reserve; but their spirit does not correspond with the threatening danger, nor is their any able leader possessing sufficient self-confidence, and who is considered as able to restore gond fortune to the standard of the Sul tan. Redschid Pacha was the only man possessed of these qualifications. His former good fortune has deserted him and gone over to his younger adversary. He fought valiantly; and when his defeat was decided, devoted him self to death, which, however, he did not find. Superior to his adversary in the number of his troops, he, unhap pily, did not act with that prudence, which an able General should never lose sight of. He resolved on the 21st to fight it battle which should decide the campaign at one blow. With this view he followed Ibrahim into the defiles of Karaman to attack him there. His measures were nearly as follows:—The main body of the Sultan's troop, 42.000, chiefly Albanians, and 500 of the Grand Vizier's honour able household troops, under his own command, were to make the principal attack on the centre of the Egyptian, while the Turkish cavalry, divided into two corps of 6,000 men each, were to engage the wings of Ibrahim's army, and attack when it should see an opportunity. Ibrahim perhaps guessed this plan, and, favoured by the defiles, had sent strong columns against the Grand 'Vizier's wing, leaving in the centre only sufficient troops to cover his movements. He had scarcely reached the extremity of the wings of the grand Vizier, when he impetuously attacked the Turkish cavalry, and dispersed it, and then attacked the Grand Vizier himself on both flanks. Un prepared for this attack, and engaged with the Egyptian centre, which he bad already broken, be hastily collected some of his best troops to oppose the Egyptians, but in vain. Nothing remained but to make the enemy pay as dearly as possible for the victory, which was unavoidable. This was done, and the Egyptians did purchase their triumph by a sanguinary conflict of six hours' duration. The loss on each side was neatly equal. When the Albanians were dispersed the Grand Vizier, with his valiant and faithful household troops, defended himself to the utmost till he was wounded and taken prisoner. The Egyptians are said to_be now so weakened, that even now if the Turkish troops in Asia Minor could be assembled quickly enough, they might be compelled to make a most dangerous retreat. But they need not fear this. There is no genius or spirit in the Councils of the Sultan. Meantime the Emperor Nicho las is acting with the greatest magnanimity. Count Mu rawieff is gone to Alexandria to try to make peace, and is to threaten Mehemet Ali with the displeasure of the Em peror, who will consider him as a rebel against the Su!- ran, if be does nut return to obedience.—A//stemeine Zeitung, Jan. 24. PRICE , OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONF O'CLOCK. flank Stock — ! New 5 per Cent. Ape* Cent. Red. 88741444 India Stock ....... ........... 208 9 .1 per Cent Cons. SS% 8 54 8 i ;Ditto Bonds 34 pm. 3 ter Cent. 95% !South Sea Stock ... ....... 9 6 3.i Ditto Red 95%54 ;Old Annuitie€ — 'Jew 3% per Cent ...954 % 5 4 !New Ditto. ........ .. — .3 per Cent Ann. 172 t, .... --- ',3 per Cent. Ann. 1751 1 per Cent. 1826 Rank Long Ann. to expire iDitto.... ..... ...500 47 48 pm. Jan 5, IF6I Oct. 10, 1859 l7 3-16 i Ditto Commercial ...... ... pm. Jan. 5, 1860 ---1 Ditto Advertised .. — pm. Jan. 5, 1080 ---IBank for Account — April 5, 19£10 — India for Account Jan. 5, 1870 Cons. for Feb. 27 ... ...... 88%%N PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS Austrian Bonds 92 Belgian Bonds 74% Ditto Account Brazilian Bonds 5 1 1,i 1 THIS DAY AT ONZ O'CLOCK. Peruvian Bonds lOl4 Ditto Account ( Portuguese Bonds Ditto Account 50% Ditto Account Buenos Ayres Bonds ...... 9.1% Ditto Account Chilian Bonds ........... 16% 1 Ditto Account l7 Columbian Bends l2 Ditto Account Ditto Bonds, 1824 Ditto Account 1451 Danish Bonds 72 31 s'i Ditto Account r;reek Bonds 26U Ditto Bonds, 1825 Ditto Account 3O 29 Mexican Bonds, 5 per cent. Ditto Account 72.14 Regency Scrip die. C Ditto Account tis. 'Prussian Bonds ....... ......... Ditto Account Ditto Bonds, 1822 ..... Russian Bonds, 1822 Ditto Account IO:P4 Sew Loan 95 Spanish Bonds, 1821 l6ti 1 Ditto Account 161 i Ditto Bonds, 1813 154 Ditto, 13 per cent Ditto Account .......... .... — Ditto Account 'French Rentes, sp. c. —f —c. Exchange —f. —c. ---:"4 per cent...— —f c. Exchange —f —e. 'Dutch 45 W4Mi ' Ditto Account ...... —.45 4 French Scrip 44; pin. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAT AT ONZ O'CLOCK. Paid. Per Share. Ang!o Mex. Min. Co. (iss. at 5/. pm.) £lOO 12 1 4 Rolanos Mining Company .£l5O 150 Brazilian Imp. Min. Co. (iss. at 5/. pm ) £2O 53 Ditto National 17% 161 i Ditto St. John I)el Rey Ditto Cocaes 5 WS i, British Iron Mining Company £5O Columbian Mining Co. Om at 5/.pm.) 49% English Mining Company 12% !ieneral Mining Association !teal dcl Monte Mining C 0...., — Mexic in Miring Co. £46 "I'Lalpuxahna Mining C 0 .22 United ?.lex. Min. Co. (iss. at 21. pm.) 40 Ditto New .Scl ip 5 Alliance Fire Insurance Comp lO Protector Insurance Comp. Australian Co. Canada Company General Steam Navigation Co. Provincial Bank of Ireland 25 9 25 7 19 20 5 2354 9Y4 13 91.6 XI 6 0 .154 29N PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, JAN. '.2*A. Bank Stock 197 ISt. Patrick Insur.(perShare) Consols, 3 ner cent Gov. Stock, *,;, per cent. 93% I National Ditto Ditto, New 93% I Patriotic Ditto — Iper Cent. — Hibernian Bank .... ......... Gov. Deb. 3 per cent... 87 Provincial Ditto — Royal Canal Stock Royal Irish Mine — Grand Canal Stock — Imperial Mine — City Deb. 4 per cent ...... Mining Co. of Ireland Ballast Office Deb. 4p. c. Commercial Buildings — itAii.s. Arrived. Due. I Arri v ed. Due. O America 0 ! 0 Hamburg 1 O Brazil O Buenos Ayres 0 1 Jamaica 0 O Carthagena 0 0 Leeward Islands ... 0 1 Dublin 0 0 Lisbon I 1 Flanders 0 0 Malta . 1 1 France 0 0 Sweden 1 Cuernsey &Jersey.. 0 , 1 Waterford HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. %fottling... 53 minutes after 10.1 Everung...32 minutes after 11. IMPORTANT TO MEMBERS OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND. THE BRITISH MAGAZINE, No. 13 , for FEBRUARY, price 2e. 6d., contains nume rous Papers of vital interest to the Established Church_ the usual variety of useful Information, Religious and Eccle,iastical Acknowledged Correspondence—Reviews —Documents, &c. ; and is embellished with a View (ac companied by an interesting Account) of Bishopbourne Church and Rectory, Kent, tie living of the celebrated Hooker. Vols. 1 and 2, price 235. cloth bds., or the Nos., may be bad of all Booksellers. J. Turrill and S. Clerc Smith, 250, Regent-street. BRUSSELS AND GERMAN PAPERS. BRUSSELS, hoe. 28.—The Burgomaster, the Muni cipal Council, and several of tl e respectable inhabitants of the Commune of Doel have resolved to petition his Ma jesty to eause batteries to be erected against the fort of Liefkenshoek, and also to arm the ancient forts of the Old Doe' and Frederick Henry, which, in cue of need, could interrupt all communication between Lillo, Liefken shoek, and Holland. These measures were part of the plan of attack formed by General Sebastiani. Several detachments of soldiers, cured in the hospitals o f cbarleroy, arrived at Brussels yesterday, and are going to-dapA to join t heir regiments. It Y. 00 It is affirme d that a p artial reduction of the • -- army is ser.C'usly in c ontemplation. The L. defendant announces that a duel took place yes terday morning between the Count de C. and Marquis P. The latter received his adversary's ball in his side, but no fatal conserenees a re apprehended. i rison at Most , Eighty-seven en , from the mlitary p m who have been pardoned, h a ve arrived at Ostend, com manded by Captain Marcelli'. They embarked, on the 26th, on board the English ship the Britannia and the Dart slonp to be conveyed to Ramsg ate, whence they will be sent to Portugal to inn the army of Pon Pedro. An• „(talri V) At) - tit LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 31, 1833. We have no further arrivals from Portugal this morning ; but orders have been given to the troops recruited by Colonel COTTER to hold themselves in readiness to sail immediately for Oporto ; they are well equipped, and have received their pay in advance. A great many old soldiers, v, ho served during the Peninsular war, are in their ranks. A quantity of ma teriel will go out with them. Great activity is displayed by the agents of Don PEDRO in this country since the despatches received yesterday, and every reinforcement will be instantly afforded to enable him to commence a successful attack upon the Usurper's troops. It is said that as •oon as this expedition arrives at Oporto, Mar shal SOLIGNAC, who finds the bombarding war fare will never carry the cause of the QUEEN, is determined to give the enemy battle in the open field, and try their force, as great desertion exists among them, and many would join the Constitu tionalists, were it not from fear. The report that the Marquis de PALMELLA has resigned is perfectly correct ; it was officially made known yesterday. A disagreement has existed for some time past between Don PEDRO and his Excellency on :several par ticular points. It matters little .'whether the Marquis de LOULE, or any other Marquis, may have been appointed as Prime Minister, or Minister of War and Marine ; what Don PEDRo wants, is clever generals and good sol diers, and not diplomatists. The former he has, and as for the latter he can dispense with them for the present. Important news may, therefore, be expected shortly from Oporto. We insert a letter from a Dover correspon dent, in which allusion is made to the expense of the Packet Service on that station. Of the correctness of the fact stated by our correspon dent we know nothing ; but we will take this opportunity of observing that the branch of ex penditure in question is but one of a vast number of branches in which public economy might be exercised. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHE• QUER, when applied to on the subject of the Assessed Taxes, and the oppressive duty on Advertisements, observed that he would willingly proceed to the entire extent desired by the applicants, if they could point out to him the means by which the deficiency to the revenue, which such a remission of taxes would cause, could be made up. It is rather extraordinary that his Lordship himself did not perceive those means; for he had only to contrast the business like condition, and early hours of attendance, of the department over which he presides, with the costly slovenness of some other public offices, to be struck with the facility of making good the deficiency in question by the adoption of a more general economy. Although we should be the last persons in the world to recommend the en forcement of the WELLINGTON mode of retrench ment, which turned out of office only ill-paid working clerks, we cannot refrain from observing that there is abundant room for public economy on a large scale ; and that, without the slightest injury to the public service, an enormous sum might be saved annually by reducing all salaries above 800/. per annum, at least one-third, and all above 300/. per annum, one-fifth ; at the same time dispensing gradually with all useless officers, such as those who lounge away their time reading newspapers, and whose duty is only to receive a few affidavits in the course of the day, and to write for a dozen times or so their own signatures. Since the Government will not reduce the army to the peace footing, which would be the readiest and most popular mode of economy, let us hope that they will economize at least in our civil departments, be ginning with their own salaries, which, although low for an expensive and war system, are far too high for the present state of things, and incon sistent with professions of rigid economy. Mr. POULETT SCROPE, a Fellow of the Royal Society, and, we believe, the brother of Mr. POULETT THOMSON, the Vice-Pre sident of the Board of Trade, has recently published a pamphlet on the Bank Charter question, with an inquiry into the nature of a just standard of value. Mr. SCROPE considers that the whole question of our monetary system is involved in that of the renewal of the Bank of England Charter, in which we perfectly agree with him, and it is almost the only point on which we can have the pleasure of doing so. The objects he has in view are, Ist, the return to a silver standard ; 2d, the substitution for the Bank of England of a National Bank, or Board of Metropolitan Note-issue ; 3d, to compel country bankers to have paid up capital to the amount of their issues, or to deposit property as security for its payment ; and, fourthly, the pub lication of a tabular statement of the average price of the mass of commodities, by competent authority, as a standard of exchangeable value. This last scheme of Mr. SCROPE occupies a great portion:of the pamphlet ; but as it is not very closely connected with the question of the Bank Charter, upon which only we mean to treat at pre sent, we shall postpone saying any thing upon it to a future opportunity. With regard to the first point, we must confess we have never been able to perceive that it was of any great consequence whether a gold or silver, or a joint gold and silver, standard were used, provided banking were put upon its natural, and, therefore, proper footing. In Scotland we imagine neither bankers nor the public at large would derive any benefit from the use of a silver instead of a gold standard. The evil to be cured does not arise from having a gold standard, but from having a barbarous system of banking. 1 ' With respect to the third point, if any persons feel satisfaction in the idea of bankers g i v ing security for the amount of the not e s i ssue d b y them, we dare say, that although it mi g h t cause some little difficulty at first, it would not be greatly objected to by bankers; but we would have Mr. SCROPE bear in mind that the plan would give the holders of the notes no greater security than every other creditor of a bank. The notes issued by hankers, for the most part, f orm a very trifling portion of the amount of their liabilities. They are but as a few drops in the bucket, the mass of a banker's debts arising generally out of deposits. Few banks, indeed, have failed, not having sufficient assets to cover their outstanding notes. Supposing this security to be given, if the banker fail, the law wou ld give all his creditors, whether on deposits or on notes, equal claims upon it. As far, then, as the payment of the notes is concerned, this giving of security for the amount issued is per fectly visionary, and no one has yet thought of asking bankers to give security for the amount of their deposits as well as issues. We now come to the second question, that of the establishment of a National Bank— a question more important than a ll the rest, because one which must immediately be settled. 'Mr. SCROPE has evidently read most of the works which have been pub• lished for the last fifty years, bearing upon the subject he treats of, and, as a matter of course, is obliged to acknowledge the principle of freedom and competition as that which most conduces to public benefit ; but, having got the idea of a National Bank into his head, all principle is made to give way to his favourite plan. In a kind of exordium, he says, " Let every one, who is called upon to decide a matter of such vital moment, beware of building on false premises ; let him resort to first prin ciples, and not move a step but with a solid conviction of having made the ground good behind him." Yet, will it be believed, that the very first data he requires is that it should be compulsory to take the notes of the National Bank, and that they shall not be convertible into money at all, except, indeed, some one should be willin g to buythem dale holders ? We have already, on former occasions, stated, that our objections to a National Bank would, to a certain extent, be diminished, if any plan could be pointed out which would give the public perfect security against the depreciation of the notes issued by it. But so far from guarding against the dangers we apprehend from putting the power of issuing paper to any extent into the hands of the Go vernment, and then suddenly declaring a suspen sion of cash payments, Mr. SCROPE aggravates those evils by giving the National Bank the exclusive power of issuing inconvertible notes, and compelling their acceptance by making them legal tender. He thinks that being based upon the credit of the nation, and payable for the taxes, they could not be depreciated. If the quantity issued were small, and no fresh notes were issued as the old ones were paid in, undoubtedly they could not long be materially depreciated ; but even supposing we assume, as he does, that it would be possible so to constitute the Bank that notes should be only issued so long as they were at par with the market price of gold, we ask what the Government would do in the event of their being all paid in ? It would have no funds to go on with, for by the very data required, the notes are not worth a farthing directly the public becomes afraid to take them. To talk of confidence in the national credit pre venting them from being depreciated is exceed ingly ludicrous with the experience we have of the manner in which that credit is liable to be shaken. Does Mr. SCROPE recollect that the funds, a short time before the Duke of WEL LINGTON'S resignation, were at 96, and that within eight months they tumbled down (from tvtznt of confidence in the national credit) to 72, and even now have not recovered their former price? It is clear that if his national notes had then formed the greater part, or the whole as he wishes, of our circulation, they would have been poured into the Treasury to the last rag. If more had not been issued, the Government would have had nothing wherewith to make its pay ments ; if more had been issued, they would have been sold at a discount ; the persons in the employ of Government, and others who would have been obliged to take them, would have been robbed, and down would have fallen the whole structure of the National Bank, which, according to Mr. SCROPE, was to have afforded us an unvarying, constantly at par circulating paper, representing--nothing. But this is looking at the matter in the most favourable point of view, viz., assuming perfect adherence on the part of the Directors of the National Bank to the instructions given them for their guidance; but we contend that, there being no example in the history of a Government,invested with the power of issuing paper inconvertible at demand into cash, not abusing that power, it is dangerous in us to intrust it to our own Government. The dependence of the Directors not upon Govern ment but upon Parliament, even Reformed as it is, would, in the event of any popular temptation or apparent necessity, prove of no avail against the abuse of this power. Does Mr. SCROPE forget that the assignats were issued in France, under the sanction of a Legislature quite as re sponsible as our own ? Does he forget the dreadful consequences that followed—the ruin of all credit—the destruction of all commerce, and, finally, the equitable adjustment by which one-third of the debt was sponged out ? Surely, surely, it is not for us, with our eyes open, to run into calamities which are not merely of possible occurrence, but which experience proves, at some time or other, to be of certain occurrence. It was our intention to have convicted Mr. SCROPE of advocating a fallacy out of his own mouth ; but the length to which our observa tions have already been extended, prevents us to-day quoting the passages of his pamphlet which we marked on reading it. Our correspondent " Daleth" has furnished us with another letter on the subject of the Repeal of the Union. It is, as usual, ably and dispassionately written, but—we say it with d e ference —makes more of the subject than it deserves. The Repeal Question is for the present little better than a caput mortum, where fore elaborate discussions on its injurious ten dency may safely be postponed till the re-appear ance of Mr. O'CONNELL and his tail in Ireland. But long ere then, measures, we hope and be lieve, will have been taken effectually to prevent its resurrection. Many indications show that Ministers are at length awake to the necessity of doing something" for Ireland, and so taking the game of agitation out of the hands of the Re pealers. The words " doing something," are, we know, very much like that sort of phraseology so often used in Kings' speeches—wherein the art of saying nothing is carried to an excess a mounting almost to the miraculous—but this time we do really and truly believe that " doing some thing," amounts to more th an " d o i ng no thing"—that it is better than a mere CASTLE REAGII figure of speech, and means, in plain, unsophisticated prose, " doing a great deal," and in the proper spirit. It is time, indeed, that something should be done for Ireland, for hitherto she has been a mere nursery for sucking Tory politicians. Our acknowledged fools in England have been always considered quite Solornons enough to preside over the destinies of the seven millions. Mr. (nor/NELL gave a striking instance of this the other evening in the House of Commons, when he observed that Lord MANNERS, though he was considered far too indifferent a lawyer for even a Solicitor-Generalship in England, was admitted, by an Ultra-Ministry, to be " the very thing" for an Irish► Chancellorship ! "Of two things, however," says Daleth, " Great Britain has never allowed Ireland to feel the want—bayonets and bibles." These are valuable gifts certainly, and in their way quite as valuable as the generous Tory donation of a MANNERS. Yet, strange to say, not one of them has yet been successful. The headstrong Pat landers, who, like froward children at nurse, or boys under the discipline of the birch, can never be brought to know what is good for them, have, in almost every instance, objected to a bayonet, bartered—infatuated sinners !—a bible for a quartern loaf, and discovered that the man who makes a bad English Solicitor-General, cannot fail to snake a worse Irish Chancellor ! But there is no pleasing some people, so bayonets and bibles, and shallow Tory lawyers, having altogether failed, it is now our duty to try other remedies for Ireland. Suppose (just by way of novelty), we endeavour to conciliate her by kind, just, and liberal treatment ! The notion, it must be confessed, is original, and has not even a single precedent to support it ; still we cannot but think it will be attended with the happiest results. Of this at least we are certain, namely, that any change in our mode of governing Ireland, must be for the better, for it cannot, by the remotest possibility, be for the worse. French and German Papers give a deplorable account of the state of affairs in Turkey, which now seems to have quite paralysed the energies of the SULTAN and his Divan. The capital is wholly without the means of defence, but, not withstanding this, " by the advice of the assem bled Ulemans, 11 AHN1OUD has positively refused the assistance of Russia." The report is still circulated that Marshal MAtsoN will not go to St. Petersburgh. The Constitutionnel says that on the subject of the Turkish question, Austria begins to look on the conduct of Russia with a very wary and jealous eye. Since writing the above, we understand that accounts have just been received, by express, that an armistice has been concluded between the Turks and the Egyptians. A mail from Jamaica has arrived, sailed on the 6th December from Carthagena, from Ja maica on the 18th, and from Crooked Island on the 30th, by which Jamaica Papers to the 18th of December, have been received at the North and South American Coffee-house. The fol lowing are extracts : THE DISSOLUTION OF THE ASSEMBLY. EXTRACT OF THE GOVERNOR'S SPEECH. " GENTLEMEN OF THE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY, - - " Those considerations of public convenience which might have induced me to postpone for a few days the conclusion of the Session have necessarily been suspended by that unfortunate collision between the two branches of the Legislature, which renders it hopeless to expect that any further business could now be brought to a satisfactory termination. " In taking the only course which is thus left to me, I flo not think it necessary to make any comment with re spect to the question in dispute further than this, that those who are so ready to assert their own claims to pri vileges which are not Parliamentary, upon the mere plea of undisturbed assumption on their part, would have shown more discretion in not so prematurely and arbitra rily denying the other the right to a privilege, which, un less withheld by special permission, belongs as a matter of course to a legislative body, which likewise appears to have been formerly recognised by the resolution of the House itself, and which is supported by the undeniable evidence of acts on the Journals, which owed their origin to the second branch of the Legislature. "MR. SPEAKER, AND GENTLEMEN OF THE HOUSE or ASSEMBLY. " I could not but foresee, by the tendency of your very first proceedings, that I might at any time find myself obliged to take the disagreeable step which is this day forced upon me. When inflammatory topics were wan tonly introduced into your first address to me, it was im possible to calculate how soon the most conciliatory in tentions might be diverted from their original direction by an imperious sense of duty. " I must now thank you for those portions of the an nual supplies which you have already voted. Your task has been much lightened by the liberality of the British Government in taking upon itself the payment of his Ma jesty's troops during the present year. " I have no inclination to enumerate the other in stances in which you have disappointed my expectations. So much of your conduct appears to have courted that crisis which is now arrived, that you cannot be surprised when I announce to you, that it is sot my intention again to call together the present Haute of Assembly. As soon as the circumstances of the present season render it expedient, I shall appeal to an enlightened constituency. The liberality of that enactment which did away with all distinctions of colour, I duly appreciate. " GENTLEMEN OF THE COUNCIL, " You are now about to return to your homes. I have myself no apprehension that any persons will he found misguided enough again to brave the penalties of rebellion ; I have the greatest confidence in the efficacy of the measures taken fur the immediate suppression of any such attempt. I now dissolve this General Assembly." THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) GENERAL AVERAGE PRICE 0.1. BRITISH CORN, For the Week ended Jan. 25, 1833, made up from the Returns of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wales, per Imperial Quarter. Wheat--.. 533. 4d. Oats ..--... 17s. hi. 8ean5,.„,,,,,,, 31s. Id, Barley— 275. 6d.! Rye Rh. 7d,1 Pease-- 375. 9d. INIPERIAL AGGREGATE. AVERAGES OF THE SIX WEEKS PRECEDING. Wheat...—.—. 535. hi.l Oats 17s. 10d.1 Beans--, 325. S i. 4d.1 Rya 325. 6.i I 395. RI, DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN Bd.l Oats 2:s. 3d.1 Beans—..... , 21s. 3(1 Barley-19s. DILI Rye —21 s. 3d.1 Ils. Od. HAY MA It KETs.— t A t per Load ot 36 Trusses.; CUMBERLAND (LATE ST. JAMES'S.) Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay £2 0 to .£2 5 Kew Meadow Hay 0 0 0 0 Useful Old Ditto 2 15 3 10 Fine Upland Meadow and Rye-grass Hay 3 15 4 0 Clover Flay 4 0 5 0 Oat Straw XI 6to £1 81 Wheat Straw ... 110 113 Supply moderately good, trade dull, prices stationary. SMITHFIELD. Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay £2 5 to £2 10 New Meadow Hay 0 0 0 0 Useful Old Ditto 3 0 3 10 Fine Upland Meadow and Rye-grass Hay 4 0 4 5 (lover Hay (extra fine)....£s s... Generally )at Straw ... £1 6 t , ,..£1 HI Wheat Straw 1 8 1 13 A moderate supply, and a steady trade; prices stationary. .KET.—Jan. 30. I'ar Ton. d. Walls End Hi1da,,,,,,,,.,—. 17 6 Walls End Newmarch-- 17 0 Ditto Northumberland.. 16 9 Ditto Perkins and Co 17 0 Walls End Hetton 18 6 Walls End Larnbton 18 3 Walls End Stewart's...—, 18 6 Walls End Adelaide 17 6 Walls End Tees 18 9 Hartley 18 0 Howard'sNethertonMain 16 6 Shipcote Trader 14 6 Tantield Trader 16 0 ast market-day, 130. COAL MAW Per Ton, v s. d. Adair's Chester Main l5 0 Holy well --. . 16 6 Shipeote-------. l5 0 Wade's Bensham l5 0 West Hartley Wylam 17 6 Walls End Bewicke & Co. 18 0 Ditto 8.81, Robson, & Co. 16 0 Walls End Brown's.-- 16 6 Walls End Callerton .16 0 Ditto Clarke and Co.— 16 0 Walls End Heaton 17 6 Ditto Killingworth Ships arrived since A general opinion seems to prevail in Brussels that the obstacles to the free navigation of the Scheldt will be speedily removed ; and this opinion is founded upon de spatches which the Government ar e sa id to h ave rece i ve d from London. IMPERIALPARLIAMENT I HIS DAY.: HOUSE OF LORDS. The House opened to-day shortly after Two o'clock' Prayers were read by the Bishop of HEREFORD, immed i. ately aft er w hi c h t h e L ORD C HANCELLOR, t h e Duke .°f Ittcustown, the M ar q u i s of L ANSDOWNE , th e ts rl Of ALBEMARLE, and Lord AUCKLAND took their sea t t robed as Lord Commissioners, to give his Majesty's WO to the Choi ce o f M r. M anners S utton as Speaker of 04 House of Commons. Sir Thomas Clifford, Usher of theßlack Rod, proceed to the House of Commons, to summon the attendance the House to the House of Lords. Shortly afterwards the Speaker, attended by about 2 Members, appeared at their Lordships' Bar, when The SPEAKER thus addressed the House—" Lords, in obedience to his Majesty's commands, "2 Majesty's faithful Commons of the United Kingth: 9 have proceeded in the exercise of their undoubted righ' i tr, elect their Speaker, and I have to acquaint yollf Lordships that their choice has fallen upon gi'; l My Lords, from n o s h or t exper i ence, I am so We aware of the difficulties of that high statioth that it is impossible that I should not distrust my own cr i pacity ; but should his Majesty be pleased to disprove ° the choice which his faithful Commons have wad`' I feel no hesitation in saying that they will etre . rience no difficulty in selecting some other gentleo better qualified than myself to fill that high office. The LORD CHANCELLOR—Mr. Manners Suttot , we have it in command from his Majesty to assure you tbo his Majesty is so fully satisfied of your zeal for the public" vice, a nd f or t h ose many em i nent qualities which be, 41 so often recommended you to the choice of his faithte Commons, and which have been now matured by longer el' perience, under more arduous and trying circumstance * that hie Majesty doth fully approve of the choice of It faithful C ommons , an d d oth confirm you to be theft Speaker. The SPEAKER—My Lords, with all humility, submit to his Majesty's Royal will and p!easure, at, it now become s my d u ty, i n t h e name an d on I' behalf of the Commons of England, to l a y claim by humble petition to all their undoubted rig° and privileges —more especially those of freedo m of debate—freedom from arrest for theixgel' ° and servant s —f ree access to h i s Majesty when °creek*., shall demand, and that the most favourable constructi° shalt be put on all their proceedings ; and for myself, Lords, I have to entreat that, if any error he commit by me, it may hot be attributed to his Majesteilaito Commons. The LORD CHANCELLOR—Mr. Speakei: have it in command from his Majesty to assure his faithf° Commons, that he doth most heartily confirm all t heir rights and privileges ever granted to or confirmed by bV :114-sty's Royal predecessors. With respect to yourself, Si t ;f though his Majesty is sensible that you stand in no need such an assurance, his Majesty will put tys most favourable construction on all your words and actin l The SPE AKER t h en b owed to the Commissioners s ° retiree!, accompanied by the Members from the Bar. Their Lordships then proceeded to swear in the sever s Peers present,. who had not taken the oaths. 110 USE OF COMMONS. y n n oa o ntme r eni ibg,ntuui a agot tt f ohenc t aws e ahews r lautr :a t :lr a: tell: two laemt trirw o ,esir mitchgyghel he was reavd c wet T k totdaofiahi t nr, h eeli ed e hti ,nhsmei ob:SpeakeraAtußcasitd:lprajneecoassk. Courtastkt dressed Speaker's ros n ndoin t r e thepe r tisp e neshsh d trneari outintvesthndurace entered, table, swor d H ow. et robesftoo:burst s naaaii e i t nAl i nnffio r ecf m ddcSecePtieh m wsi oned the House to attend in the House of Peers, 14) hear his Majesty's Commission read. The Speaker, t ' companied by near l y a ll t h e Members in the House, 9 e , "- proceeded to th e H ouse o f P eers, and on their return, t",, , Right Honourabl e G en tl eman took his usual seatiu t"- Chair. The SPEAKER said that the House had been to tit 0 House of Peers, where be bad communicated the Lords Commissioners, appointed by his I%lsje 6 l l II that this Hous e , i n th e exerc i se of its ancient ", undoubted privil e g e , h a d p rocee d e d to t h e e l ect i on 01 b Speaker, and that th e i r c h o i ce h an f a ll en upon him ;wbic choice the Comroisssioner s were authorized by his ni.le‘ t graciously to appr ove . H e h a d t h en proceeded, by burobl petition in the n ame an d i n t h e b ehalf of that House, t - 0 lay claim to a ll t h e i r anc i ent and undoubted rig, „ .n 4, privileges, more especially those of freedom of debsl ll freedom from a rres t f or t h emselves and their servati*; ft ee access to his Majesty when occasion might requ'', it, and the most favourable construction to be P ° upon all th e i r p rocee di ngs. T he Lords Commissioor were authorized to assure the House of Comin° °l ,, f that all their cl a i ms an d pr i v il eges were as fully granted"' his Majesty,as they had been by any of his Royal predecessc o He had now again to off e r t o th e H ouse h i s most siii; cere and he a rtf e l t ac k now l e d gments for the !wood they had done him, in again placing him in the Chi l i : He observed to the House that the length of his expe s t , ence had taught him th a t an h onest and straigPo forward discharge of his duty would inevitably secure him their confidence. It would be his duty, well as his earnest endeavour, to maintain isl; violate all their rights and privileges. And 0 wou d no less be his duty an d hi s en d eavour to impress ° the House, both for public use and for their own dir l i nity, the maintenance of their rules. In addressing hio thus, he referred chiefly to a considerable part of the 110° 0 which was l a rg er th an usua l i n new ParliarnO, —he m ean t t h ose w h o ! were new M ern b er s,c, for to those who were in a former Parliato e o such an a dd ress wou ld b e unnecessary . He (Obi assure them that every assistance which he coats afford in public bills, as well as private, with reference, ef the for ms o f procee di ng, h e would b e proud to vended at their summons, and be trusted that none WO ° , o hesitate in callin g on him in whatever manner his assisto i , might b e use f u l. Th e f i rst step now to be taken OP that the oaths should be administered to the Speaker. l Mr. LEE, the Chief-Clerk, then administered the 11 9 ? ti oaths to th e Ri g h t H onoura bl e Gentleman, ' after w hi the different Members took the oaths. THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE 0' CL 0 C.l 6 t be Launceston p apers , to Aug. 8, have been received at No! th and South American Coffee-house. The Sheriff has appointed the time and place for a P lie meeting, to petition the three estates of Parliament a Legislative Assembly. We lay before the public the quarterly revenue of ob o f ports and imports a t th e port of Launceston : —For quarter ended July s—Exports, 25,552/. 189. ; Imr r total, 30,7001. 19e. 6d. (From Jamaica Papers.) NEW GRANADA.-Regular files of Bogota Papers, Nov. 18, have been received. te 4l ' We are happy to s t a t e t h at t h e c i v il war h ss termiooop, and an armistice of four months, has been agreed or 11 Although we have a return of peace, the greatest 31 ,i°e t De prevails at Carthagens. Doubloons are so scare', premium is 22 per cent. THE ND9. The great improvement in the French Funds bag some effect on the Canso! Market this morning, il ej Consols, whi c h left off yesterday at 881 sellers, 0 1/ e 0) 1 at 881 i ; soon afterwards they were done at Account; since which they have receded to 881 o wy to some sales for money, and also the information 11.0 0 e eP maica, which is not of the brightest colour, as will be 6 to ! from the speech of the Governor. The Assembly 11,-..en di silved. We have no other political news to communica te piesent. • ----- et , In the Foreign Market little or nothing doing as I Tile E4tafette from Paris is o' minor importance. I / Accounts from Toulon state that the French Art 3 sador to the Porte, has s :fled in the Galuthee frigate', Calcutta Papers, to the .s " th A s L , F ,,t . e P iiii A mr s , received at the Not th and Sotrli American Cotfee-l'''cif' 1 They are of little import. They mention that the ,ju° Service, which is to be brought under the con•idr:,/ of the G overnment, is to experience material alteran° retrenchment of offices and reduction of salaries. fl it' Consols continue steady at BS i for the Account' little doin g . 8 . 7 In the F ore i gn M arket the Funds maintain yeste'j dP prices. It is settling-dav in this market, and all ii P off well to the present time. THREE 0' CL 0 - Consols for the Account, 88i, CLOSING PRICES. —FOUR O'CLOCK'?' ConsolsBBkDanish Ditto for Account 881 t Greek ........ ..... •• Brazilian Bond s 50t Mexican ....... • 1 ,2 : 1 ; Buenos Ayres... Peruvian ••• Chilian Ditto.... -- Russian... ~.........• 1 61 Colombian 1824 14 k Spanish ........... •