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PA/KILL CIL AA A- • LeAruty—riap „ . it "'mg f ant 01 " ,Vr'' • " nh' , pC A .: ‘ ,. , Arequent in tile _ ' c fJci e ek/n, CA; tv - a ceorse is once ".. " of the PO) , 4" • , ( 1- • • -- , •,•• • 6 PJr 4. 1 `, • . 7 • `/ice h id larilze.a . ' • perrlCE OP ORDNANCE, SEPT. nO , 1831 PRINCIPAL OFFICERS of his 1,41,.. MAJESTY'S ORDNANCE d o her e by give 14tilee, that th ey arc ready to d i spose of, to suc h k 4 ' as may be willing to tender for the same. I.r2sintity of BRASS an d IRON ORDNANCE, OLD CAST and WROUGHT IRON, LEAD, CUT tf N BARRELS, OLD BRASS, &e. &c., the whole Which h ave been divided into Lots, and may be viewed 'rplicatio n to the Ordnance Storekeeper at the Royal %;ttl, Woolwich, on any day previous to the day fixed .. e deliv ery of the Tenders. p Catal.)gue of th e severa l L ots may b e o bt a ined by 4 t '4'4l willin g to become Purcha'ers , on application f "i e Secretar y ' s O ff i ce in Pall Mall, where t h e T en d ers e lrliy . w hole, or any n um b er o f th e sa id Lots, are to be fat, on or before SATURDAY, the 2d of November By Order of the Board, R. BYHAM, Secretary. Je day a? he issul l e o f le.' ersons LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 11, 1833. (No. 12,819.) MEETING of the GREEK BONDHOLDERS. ( PRICE 713.) GLASGOW LOTTERY. Ry Authority of Parliament. ARTILY TIN and Co., 8, Cornhi , and 86, C) rfnrd- str eet , ri soect f u ll y i n f orm th e Public r that the SECOND GLASGOW LOTTERY IS NOW ON SALE, 10 ain mg 10,000 Ti c k ets , numbered from No. 1 to ~, , !ZOO both inclusive, s% ith PRIZES of 15,0001 10,000/. 111 70/., uut , 2,000/, 1.500/ , 1,00))1., &c. H OLD ERS of the PRIZES will have the OPTION ;fn the P ROPERTY or MONEY as soon as drawn. t "e Lottery drawn 17th April last AI. and Co. sold 404, a Priz e o f 10,0001, an d paid the" same in neY"ld o soon as presented—they pledge themselves that 'b ey f! the same should they be so fortunate (which 14:Hy expect) as to tRIRUTE THE LARGE CAPITALS ON THE N ed 22d JANUARY, il At p the LOTTERY will be DRAWN at COOPERS' London, subject only to a commission of five per °II Prizes above 100/. '416 '4 " from the country, enclosing remittances, will:lie attend e d to. H alf Ticket £l3 13 0 ...... 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Brett and Bird, Dr. maintainedwi,ns Aldtti,,,i°ol Gazette—Meeting of Pupils at Bar ,tropyl4 a te Dispensery Question, &c. &c. gg . ll Published Oet. b, price Bd., contain c s . the A h L t e ro- o. t treh Y Lectures of Dr. Grant and Dr. Watson— dd ,ses. heh e a l u • r O inn ur r y a t r re i n i — lis W m a , kley's Weathercock A re, , from the Lancet—&c. 8 4e .. . 141 41R 'I t e °b(q's Lectures ae are either taken from the mp h It' L is' or corrected by the Lecturers. it t,',Arne just completed contains the conclusionrls of ttito"'smotson'S Course on Medicine—The N o . I ,Pipi e - t ° e. contai n Mr. Lawrence's Course on Surgery, 14!i'llt .ongm an and Co. every Saturday Morning. hi g - Itl-TCKINGHAM MANUFACTURE OF ~, . 4 h 1 VOTERS. ,4, f ollowing appears in Saturday's Bucks Ga k4o; : ...- On Tuesday, J. B. Monro and F. .Gunning, 14 e . '"? -1 t he Revis ngßarri-ters, held their court at kttr ',°; W n.hall. The principal question, and which , 1 r . 41e to considerable discussion, was the con `ll(tlitt." of the word " building" as it occurs in the f `4lo,,ction of the Reform Act. The Duke of ,tilllinnkharn possesses a large proportion of e 4 "ie limits of the borough, as marked out by 4 ' t euda rY Ac , , and since the passing of which !opetaritiry sma l l .r building," have made their ot_ hi t 4r , °nee upon detached pieces of land, amount -1 1414 :a yearly value sufficient for the the L E tri n - , l ; tl °H, and so as to come withinwith . 1 741' 0-I °4 of the Act as " building re'elitese build ir ri l ting together to 104 per annum. 1 , In .._ fp are, in fact, . mere hovels, about 15 NI vvrre. without any fittings-up, and of little or no that ii,a,c, built at an expense of probably not more in tth et qi• aad it was in one case admitted, and 1 ,4 e s ah n .. °t d. enieci, that their object was not so much 'or li "ventelice of the tenants, who had never asked latidipa) but had been voluntarily erected by their ti get r d (the Duke), in order to the more essential !ll:the,Rfic, onferring a vote for the borough. Some ' 1° 404 "Vele, through the medium of an ingenious *ere `nancY, an,l with an additional 104 per annum, tt, a °l ade to confer (each of them) two votes, and dtOkblirse were being capable of being extended to a oe er Proportionate to the yearly value of the land ° ed to them. These votes were objected to to ti Viti ous on the ground that the Legislature ~t i hrie 4 ,1 nave intended to include unimportant ,Sil s di,„ ° ` ~this kind under the denomination of Nch -- g as a qualification to vote; for that, it th, Were the case, no limit could be drawn, and kltti: ecopation of a garden or piece of ground worth kitePtr annum, with a mere summer-house, tool tle,,t : ar other insignificant edifice, would be suffi `° confer the elective franchise; and that, by means of such proceeding, the proprietor of nearly 6,000 acres of land within the borough might quickly supersede the present 300 voters, nearly half of whom are already under the influence of the same landed proprietor. The barristers considered them selves bound by the letter of the Act of Parlia ment, and therefore decided in favour of the qualifi cation, at the- same time expressing a hope that the matter would7be [nought before Parliament. RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES IN THE UNITED STATES. ORTHODOX CONGREGATIONS (chiefly located in New Eruland)-800 priests and 120,000 communicants. PRFSBYTERIA NS (i❑ the Central, Southern, and West ern States)-19 synods, 1,592 ordained priests, 205 licentiates, 2,070 churches, and 162,816 communicants. DUTCH REFORMED CHURCH (prinCipally in the States of New Yolk, Jersey, and Pennsylvania)-150 mi. niters, '7 lie ntiates, 229 churches, and 11,715 com municants, EPISCOPAL. PROTESTANT CHt7Rcll (chiefly in the States bordering upon the Atlantic)-18 dioceses and 528 eccle siastics. GERMAN REFORMED Oilmen (in the Midland States and Ohio)-120 officiating ministers and 500 congrega tions. LUTHERAN CHURCH (principally in the Midland States) —about 200 ministers .nd SOO congregations. EPISCOPAL, EVANGELICAL, OR METHODIST (?) CHURCH (spread throughout all the Srates)-4 Bishops, 1;697 itinerant, and 120 superannuated ministers, and 447,743 members. CALVINISTIC BAPTISTS (in every State) 4,285 churches, 2,857 preachers, and 292,862 communicants. BAPTISTS OF THE SEVENTH DAY (particularly in the Island of Rhodes)-30 priests, and about 3,000 com municants. BArrisTs OF THE TEN PRINCIPLES (Island of Rhodes and New York principally)—ln 1828, about 25 chuff dies, and 1,700 members. 111E3rNoNITEs—In 1824, 250 preachers, and 30,000 members. DIPPERS (chiefly in the Western States)-40 churches, and about 3,000 brethren. BAPTISTS OF FREE WILL (for the most part in New England)-300 priests, 370 places of worship, and about 116,000 communicants. CHRISTIAN BROTHERHOOD (in most of the States)- 300 priests, and some 30,000 brethren. EMANCIPATORS (especially in Kentucky)-10 priests, and about 400 followers. BAPTISTS OP THE FREE COMMUNION (in the State of Nev York)-30 priests, and circa 5,500 c,mmunicants. UNITED BRETHREN (principally in Pennsylvania and North Carolina)—ln 1828, 23 priests, 2,000 communi. cants, and 6,000 members. QUAKERS (particularly in the Atlantic States)- 150,000, of whom 2E3,904 wily account themselves or. thorlox. PRESBYTERIANS OF CUMBERLAND (in the States on the banks of the Mississipi)-1 synod and several priests. Increase since 1830, 3 ; 500. _ UNITARIAN (particularly in Massachusets)—About 160 places of worship. S%VEDENBORGIANS—Located chiefly in the Western and Midland States. SHAKERS (TREMBLERS, of ANTI. QuAKERs)---Moitly in New England and New York-16 societies, 45 preach ers, and 5,400 members. INlvEßsausTs (principally in the Eastern and Mid land States)-150 priests, and 300 societies. ROMAN CATHOLICS-1 Archtd9hop, 10 or 12 Bishops, and 500,000 followers. STEAM COMMUNICATION WITH INDIA. An arrival from Bombay of the 29th of May has brought a detailed account of proceedings there re lative to this great object. The native as well as the European inhabitants of that presidency have, it appears, been long desirous of opening a steam corn • munication with Europe, and have held several meetings on the subject, the result of which was the appointment of a committee to ascertain the best mode of putting such a plan into operation, by establishing in the fit st instance a steam conveyance between Bombay and Suez. At a general meeting of the supporters of the plan, the Committee reported the success of their labours, and recommended an appeal to the British community of India particularly, to raise by sub scription a sum sufficient for the cost of one vessel, and that until a constant communication with Suez had been fairly established, any expectation of form ing a connecting link between Alexandria and Malta would be premature ; but, at the same time, they were enabled to say, from their correspondence parties in England, that this measure would speedily follow the success of the fist part of the plan. The report stated that the committee lt.d refrained from making any application to Government for as sistance until the plan was more matured ; but con sidering the increase of revenue that would accrue thereby to the Post-office, and other advantages which the Government would enjoy, they felt con fident of meeting with every assistance from the au thorities in India. The total estimate for three voyages each year to and from Suez, including pay to men, &c., and in fact every expenditure, would not, the report stated, exceed 1,65.000 rupees; while the receipts, estimat ing only 25 passengers each double trip, at 1,000 rupees each ; postage of 15,000 letters annually (the export and import of European correspondence of Bombay alone amounting to more than 70,000 annually, and the whole Indian correspondence to arid from Europe to above 500,000), Government despatches, &c., would, on a low average, amount to a sum equal to the expenditure, 1,65,000 rupees. The estimate of receipts the committee considered to be extremely low, when it was considered what facilities it would offer to Pilgrims to and from Judda; and the Red Sea ports being within the limits prescribed by the absentee regulations, would offer such an economical, and at the same time be neficial change of climate, that numbers of officers, both civil and military, would readily avail them selves of the opportunity, and obviate the necessity of a visit to Europe, even if they were in a position to afford it; and thus for a much less sum than a journey to Europe would cost they could visit the whole of the country from the borders of Abyssinia to Aleppo, as well as the antiquities of Syria, Egypt, Damascus, Palmyra, Balbec, Jerusalem, Cairo, Den dera, Thebes, Phile, and Mount S.nai. To avoid delay, the Committee recommended, that as soon as the subscriptions in India reached the sum of one lac of rupees, orders should be for warded to England for the purchase of a vessel, or of the necessary engines, &c., should it be thought advisable to build the vessel in India. As an in ducement for the to assist the object in view, they proposed that subscribers of 100 rupees and upwards should be considered as proprietors, and further, that all subscribers in India of 1,000 rupees or upwards, before the Ist of September, and within three months after the publication of the report in England, should have a claim of free passage to and from Suez. All subscriptions to be inv este d i n Company's paper, arid to be repaid to the subscribers if the plan proved impracticable. The rending of the report being concluded, Mr. de Vetre, seconded by Mr. Adam, proposed that the recommendations of the Committee should be adopted. This was unanimously carried, and a subscription entered into, when, from amongst the persons present, the sum of 29,750 rupees was received. A traveller, speaking of the modern popula tion of Greece, says they are a living ruin, surrounded by the precious vestiges of arts and ancient mythology. A meeting of the Shareholders in the old Greek Loans, and which excited considerable interest in the Money Market, was held yesterday at the City of London Tavern, for the purpose of receiving the important and long-expected communication from the new Greek Government, as to the liquidation of their claims. The dividends on these loans have been accumulating ever since 1826; and when the Allied Powers established the independent kingdom of Greece, and guaranteed the payment of a new loan contracted on the part of the present Greek King, the Shareholders in the old loan naturally thought that some portion of their claims would be immediately and satisfactorily adjusted. Mr. RICARDO was called to the chair. He said that at their last meeting some resolutions had been adopted, with a view of communicating them to the new Greek Government, which resolutions had accordingly been forwarded to Bavaria, and were there duly received. When the new loan was con tracted, he considered it his duty to take some im mediate steps on behalf of the Bondholders; and a few (lays afterwards he set out for Paris, in order to have an interview with the agent who made the contract. He obtained the interview, anti represented to him the nature of their claims, and that in justice and equity the Greek Government was bound to reco gn i se them. He told him he did not come as a petitioner, but as a creditor on the Greek Government, to demand re dress.—( Applause.) He asked the agent whether Le had any instructions from his Government which would enable him to make any authentic communi cation to the bondholders? The agent said he had not, but that he would be happy to hear anything which he (Mr. Ric irdo) had to say on the subject, and that lie would communicate with his Govern:- merit. lie (Mr. Ricardo) accordingly expressed to the agent his ideas, and said, that if they were adopted, they would probably prove satisfactory to the bondholders, and at the same time would not cripple the resources of the Greek Government. After some deliberation, the agent said their claims would not be admissible, but recommended that a sort of memorial should be drawn up and for warded to his Government. This recommendation was adopted, and his brother drew up a memorial in January last, which was forwarded to the Greek Government, through the medium of Lord Erskine, cur Ambassador at Munich. Probably they would like to have that memorial read.—(Yes, yes.) Mr. SAMSON RICARDO read a copy of the memo rial addressed to the Regency of Greece, which set forth the contracting of the two loans, and the hopes of the bondholders of repayment on the recognition of the new Government, and then proceeded to express their regret that those hopes had b:en frus traied, and that no notice had been taken of their rights in the contract for the new loan. The CHAIRMAN—This document was despatched about February last, but was not noticed until very lately, when a further remonstrance was in the act of preparation. In the interim, however, they had received the document which they met that day to inspect,_ I,•. S. RICARDO read a communication from Prince Michel Souizo, the Greek Minister at the Court of France, addressed to Messrs. Ricardo, of which the following is a translation :-- " GENTLEMEN—The Royal Regency of Greece has received the representation which you addressed to it some months ago, relative to the Greek loans of the years 182-1 , and 1825, in which you make different propositions tend• ink to their liquidation. " I have received, in cons-oquence,..orders , to state to you what follows, in reply , to your representations:— " Not any of the propositions you have made appear compatible with the particular nature of these loans and with the interests of the Greek state, which was confided to the care of the Royal Government. " The resources of the country, entirely exhausted by d long and sanguinary war, can only be employed in ac complishing the engagements contracted by the new loan, destined by agreement to a different object, and should he applied to reli• ving the country from the state of difficulty into which it has fallen, and not to s itisfy pretensions arisin, from two loans contracted before Greece was admitted into the rank of independent states by a Government not yet recognised, and relative to which very grave objections might be raised, particularly in consequence of the preju. dices resulting from the second. " It i., besides, to be remarked, Gentlemen, that the object of the looltpge by which these loans were grtatan_ teed, if even the right to the mortgage was sufficien , ly established, is not determined in a precise manner. A t that period Greece was almost entirely occupied by Turk. ish troops, end the state of the Greek possessions was then subject to frequent change. "Besides this, the islands of Candia and Samos, consi der, d then as forming part of the Greek States, and over which, in consequence, the mortgage extended, are retained under the donut:non of the Ottoman Porte. Thus the engagement pledged, if even founded in right, would n ,, w rest with the actual possessors of those islands. " It follows, therefore, Gentlemen, that your propositions cannot be admitted. The Government of Greece, never theless, reserves to itself to take into consideration at another time what, under the given circumstances , and according to the means of the State of Greece, it will be possible to do for the old loans. I beg you, Gentlemen, to accept, &c. "Prince MICHEL SOUTZO. " P iris, 22d Sept. 1833." Mr. RICARDO continued and said, that since then, the Prince nchel Soutzo had arrived in London A letter was written to him by the Committee; in reply to which he said, that he should he happy to see them at some future time; but that it was not in his po ter to alter, in any way, the original docu ment, which contained literally (textuellement) the instructions of his Government. The letter was then read at length. The CHAIRMAN said, the Committee thought the document was so important, and so decisive that they considered it their duty to convene a meeting, in order to see what were the best means they could devise to forward the interests of the bondholders. Mr. J. MORON then rose, and said that he had a string of resolutions relative to the old Greek Loans, which were drawn up by gentlemen who thoroughly understood the business. The bondholders rested entirely on the honour of the Greek Government; they had nothing to do with the contractors, nor with the way in which the contractors had applied the money. They might have thrown it over London-bridge if they had pleased; but he knew that the contractors had paid the money over to the Greek Government ; and he maintained, notwith standing the assertion contained in the answer they had received, that the contract was a precise one. With regard to the excuse that the mortgage origi nally extended over the islands of Candia anti Samos, which were now subject to Turkish Go vernment, that could not diminish the unity of their claims over the other parts of Greece. But if, on the one hand, by the treaty with the Allied Powers, Greece had lost her dominion over these islands, she had gained more than an equivalent extent of territory in the Peloponnesus.—(Hear.) Under these circumstances, he thought the British public should look closely into these contracts, and remon strate with their own Government on the subject, through the medium of a General Committee. Fot his own part, he thought that a resolution should be come to, stating that it was the opinion of the with n observations bondh o ld ers t h at P rince Michel Soutzo had, or at least that hi s G overnment had, acted dishonourably. Hie th thmov ed a series f made, resolutions,and inc according with the obervationis lie had made and in refuta of the arguments set forth in the answer to the memorial. Mr. JAmEs NoFtnts seconded the resolutions. The CHAIRMAN said that, in his opinion, they should take a high ground, and not go as suppli cants. They should use strong yet proper lan guage, and express in an English way their feelings On the subject.—(Applause.) The resolutions were then passed unanimously. The CHAIRMAN again said, that as soon as he had any thing further to communicate to them he would call them together, and he hoped that the next communication would be more satisfactory than the present one. Mr. J. MOXON said, that the British Government had of late years instructed its Envoys to present to foreign Governments res p ec tful remonstrances of thi s sort, but still represent them without any comment. The CHAIRMAN had seen Lord Palmerston, who had promised to forward any such communications through the Government channels. Mr. S. RICARDO thought they had not been well used by the different Governments, particularly by the British ; our own Government, if it wished to keep up its character for probity, should pay a little more regard to the enforcement of contracted en gagements. A Bondholder expressed great indignation at what he could not but designate as a breach of faith on the part of the Greek Government. Other Go vernments had not acted so supinely as the British ; and it became the duty of the State to protect its subjects from imposition on the part of loan-con tracting Governments, and even, if it were neces sary, to send out a fleet for that purpose.—(Loud cheers.) Thanks were cordially voted to the Chairman, and the meeting separwed. COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL. SUPPRESSION OF JUVENILE VAGRANCY. Mr. I 3 LEADEN presented a petition from the So ciety for the Suppression of Juvenile Vagrancy, praying the assistance of the Court in the benignant endeavour to diminish crime amongst young male persons. The petition was, amidst acclamations, submitted to the Finance Committee. ROYAL HUMANE SOCIETY. Mr. SAVAGE presented a petition from the Royal Humane Society, likewise praying for assistance. This petition was also referred to the Finance Commit tee. Alderman HARMER presented a petition from the Farringdon Dispensary to the same effect. Also referred. TILE ISLINGTON ABATTOIRS. Mr. BI ACKET presented a petition from the in habitants of Smithfield, praying that the Court would exercise its power to obviate the mischief which would inevitably arise from the success of Mr. Perkins in obtaining an Act of Parliament for the establishment of a new market at Islington, to supersede Smithfield -market. The petition, which was almost unanimously ad vocated by the Court, was referred to the Com mittee for Gener,ll Purposes. GROSS ABUSES IN THE SHERIFFS' COURT. Mr. C. PEARSON requested the candid attention of the Court while he brought under their consi deration a proposal for the remodelling of their courts for the recovery of small debts in the city of London, upon a principle which, while it would abolish for ever the atrocities long perpetrated tinder the authority of the Sheriffs' Courts, would give to the citizens that great desideratum—prompt, cheap, and substantial justice.—(Hear, hear.) The right T:of the citizens of London to hold Courts of Judi cature within their walls was supposed to be a pre scriptive right enjoyed anterior to their charters; but, as was the custom from the Norman conquest to the last of the Stuarts, the citizens of London had received by Royal charters a frequent confir mation of their privileges, and, amongst others, of the right to bold pleas within their own courts, us well for the preservation of their peculiar local cus toms as for the recovery of debts; this, with their other privileges, was secured to them at the Re volution by an Act of Parliament, and it now rested upon the same foundation as the other laws by which this nation was governed.—(Hear. bear.) He had frequently mentioned in that Court his ins tereion of endeavouring to reform or remodel the local courts of the city, so as to make tllrm efficient for the recovery of small debts; but having been often told that it was in the hands of a committee, who intended to effect the reformation, out of courtesy to that body he had delayed taking active steps in the matter until the busy canvassing in that Court to fill up the vacancy likely to be occa sioned by Mr. Mirehouse's election as Common- Sergeant left him no alternative but either tamely to stand by and see that most scandalous a all spec tacles, a judicial sinecure —(H ea r, hear)— a gai n ob truded upon the public, or of taking the stand which it was his determination to make against the repetition of such a vile abomination.--(Cheers.) Mr. Mirehouse was judge of the G Itspur-street Compter, and by a return which had been made to him from the officers of that court, it appeared that during seven years 126 causes had been tried, being at the rate of 18 causes per annum, while the whole sum upon which adjudication took place was 2,193/. 13s. Bd.; so that, as the salary was 300/. per annum, it was quite clear that the judge re ceived within 93/. as much ns the whole amount for which the suitors were involved in litigreion.— (Cheers, and cries of " Shameful.") Was it riot a scandal to the liberal Corporation of that great city, that while the judges in Westminster hall had readily concurred with the Government and the Legi-latltre in rooting out the corruptions, which for centuries had disfigured the face of justice in the superior courts, these pigmy courts of infe• rior jurisdiction cherished them in all their native deformity ?—(Hear.) Not satisfied with having sinecure judges, who had for years fed at the corpo racorpo- rationcrib without ad equa t e serv i ce f or their pay, within the last year or two some fresh sinecurists had been enlisted into the corps, in the shape of clerk sitters of the court. He hated sinecures, and he hated worst those sinecures which fastened themselves upon judicial proceedings ; he was there fore not likely to be an advocate for any such— (Hear)—but he would say that if the corporation of London tolerated these appointments as little pieces of patronage, they ought for ever to shut their mouths, when similar sinecures in high life were the theme of observation.—(Cheers.) The clerk sitters were the signers of the writs in the Sheriffs' Courts; they did their work by deputy, and made the office a sinecure. The Court would learn with astonish ment and indignation that the person appointed by the clerk sitters to administer the cath of arrest had no legal authority to do so, and that no punish ment for perjury could be inflicted on the guilty authors of a poor man's imprisonment under the process of these courts.—(Cries of " Shame I" and .‘ Hear, bear.") After further exposition of the abuses of the city courts, Mr. Pearson observed that, at any rate, the election.of another sinecure judge to fill M r. Mirehouse ' s place was a proposition so monstro us , t h at h e was conf i dent no person i n that Cou rt would be. so hardy as to make it.— (Hear, hear.) Th e c i t i zens o f L on d on were no longer lik e t h e prodigal, willing to feed upon t h e husks of b y - gone i nst i tutions. They claimed t h e inheritanc e of children, and asked to sit down at institutions which it was t h e p rov i nce o f a reformed legislature to give to the inhabitants of the country at large. Mr. Pearson then moved a reference on , the office to the committee, and sat down amidst loud cheering. Mr. Deputy Woo]) rose to second the proposition of the Hon. Member for Bishopsgate. Mr. W. PRITCHARD regretted the proposition of the member for Bishopsgate did not include inquiry into the Lord Mayor's Court, and the Guilt of Hustings, both of which he considered required and were capable of great amendment.—(Hear, hear.) After some observations from Mr. D tvison, A!- derman Harmer, Mr. R. Taylor, and other members, in support of the motion, it was unanimously carried. Mr. Deputy WOOD brought up a report respect ing the proceedings of the Corporation Commis sioners, and obtained leave to draw upon the Cham ber for 500/. to def ra y the necessary expenses of translating ancient records and ether documents. It excited but little discussion. 6. 1 1 0 11 , 17 0 0 I , 0 , . ..A. 118 . r.jy t g is I jp . to L • .0 , 98, 'AV Rif 45' -77 4s. E ET: gypo ) l . g # g 01 8 ref vork ;tin A• or P4 ' • so 0, 0 11 , rift et, 0 1 ? cu.o QUINQUENNIAL ALDERMEN. Mr. GALLOWAY gave notice of a motion to ascer tain the number of freemen electors in each ward of the City, and to apply to Parliament for a Bill to make such a consolidation of wards as should give 400 electors for each ward, and for each of such wards there should be one alderman elected for five years, and one representative annually chosen to the Common Council for every 40 electors. • The Com t adjourned at a late hour. DUTCH PAPERS. THE HAGUE, OCT. 7.—His Royal Highness the Prince of Orange arrived here on Friday afternoon, and left again yesterday evening. The arrival of Count Clam was announced by the Courts of Russia, Austria, and Prussia, to Baron Van Zuylen, with a personal mission to his Ma jesty. On Monday morning news was received that he had declined, on account of the bad state of his health. The mission is now confided to Prince Felix of Schwartzenburg, who, though a young man, is already known in the diplomatic world. A nephew of his arrived here on Saturday, which gave rise to the report of the arrival of Count Clam. This young Prince has either gone, or is on the point of going, to England. Our af fairs are now in a state of entire stagnation, and our Ministers wish to have the negotiations in Lon . don renewed before any application is made to the German Diet. Changes in the Ministry are spoken of, but not very confidently. The report that Prince Potemkin has arrived at the Hague is wholly unfounded. That Minister is still at Frankfort, and it is not believed that he will come to this place, as Prince Schwartzenburg will state the opinions of all the three Powers. We hear nothing of the re turn of Baron Verstolk to London. It is supposed that the mission of Prince Schwartzenburg is entirely of a pacific nature. The Hague Journal, Dagblod Van Sgravenhage, remarks on the note .communicated to the Belgian Chambers, " This note is drawn up with evident partiality, and its object manifestly is to place the conduct of the Government of the Netherlands in an odious light. As fir as we can learn, it is true as the note states, that the question of Luxemburg has caused the suspension of the negotiations, not only from the conviction of our Government that if the question should be decided before the others, ac cording to the wish of the Belgians, the arrange ment of the other points, such as the debt, the na vigation of the Scheldt, &c., would meet with many more difficulties than now, but perhaps never be brot2ht to a conclusion." HA3IBURG, OCT. 4.—By the Alexander Areola graft steam-boat we have received the intelligence that his Majesty the Emperor Nicholas arrived at Riga on the 27th of September, on his return to St. Pctersburgh with his suite. DUTCH FUNDS—AmsTennAttt, Ocr. 8. Actual Debt, 251 per cent ..... 48 to 48% Ainort Syndic, .1% per cent B5 to 85i Ditto, ditto, 3!,, per cent. Voluntary Loan, 1831, 6 per cent lolli to 102 1 A Ditto, 1832, 5 per Cent. Ditto, 1833, 4 per Cent. Exchange on London l2 02 5-10 Ditto, two months —Dutch Papers, Oct. 9. BRUSSELS PAPERS. BRUSSELS, Ocr. B.—A great number of superior and subaltern officers at Brussels received, yesterday evening, positive orders to repair to their respective corps without delay. Several movements of troops have taken place yesterday and to-day. They are concentrating on frontier near Hasselr, and have orders to oppose the passage of any Dutch troops through our territory, and, consequently, to hinder the change of the garrison of Maestricht. Colonel Wilinar, of the Eng , neers, set ou , yesterday evening in great haste from Brussels for Hasselt. It is said Ie is commissioned to negotiate with the Dutch Government. According to the acc‘Aint given by a person who has opportunitie• of being well informed, his instructions are to the effect that the intended reLef of the garrison of Maestricht, by fresh troops, cannot be permitted till Holland consent. on its part to remove the impediments which it has hitherto thrown in the way of the free navigation of the Meuse. The Moniteur publishes the official list of the budget • of the public debt, the total amount of which i• 11,155,391 francs; of the dolatioos. 3,295,937; raja.— tice, 5,220,330 ; of foreign affairs, 516.485 ; of the order of Leopold, 65 000 ; of the marine, 594,940. Ex the yi ar 1833, to al, 20,848,088. The to•al m mot of the budgets presented on the 14th June was 98,737.296 francs, of wLich fifty-five miihons were for the wdr department. In consequence of sulyte quenr chan.qes, the budgets fur 1833 have been fixed at 97,623,835 francs. I.3dy Alurgan left ftrus,els yesterday to return to Dublin. By a letter from Bavaria of the SOth of September w. learn the foilow•n,g particulars aespecting Dr. Coermans. our countryman, who is confined in the citadel of Nuremburg, in consequence of the disturbance whirl took place last year in that town, and whose case was mentioned in our Chamber. Sentence has been finally passed on him, by which be is condemned to nit e months' imprisonment, f• om which, however, the tin e that he has already been in confinement is to be deducted. At the end of his imprisonment, M. Coermans is to quit the country, not as a punishment, but as a measure of po licy. The Government does not recognise him as a citiz, of Stiembuhl near Nuremburg, affirming that the title of citizen was not properly conferred on him. CONSTANTINOPLE, SEPT. 10.—There is little political news. It se ms that couriets, from Paris and London, are expected, who ate to bring instructions to the English and French Ambassadors, in answer to the last ternmuni• cations to their respective Courts, which chiefly related to the treaty between Russia and the Porte. I hope that l shall be able to give you some particulars. Great anxtet) is felt at Pisa, about the conference of the Sovereigns, 01 which we have just been informed by the news papers. For this week past the Russian Ambassador has not sent his couriers to St. Petersburgh, but to Vienna. We find, too, that Engiano and France are not to be represented at these conferences. Many persons look on that as a bad sign. The Porte cannot but be confirmed by it in the system it has adopted, and must attach itself more and more closely to Russia; for if these Northern Courts are so intimately connected, and should be obliged to break with England or France. the geographical position of. Turkey would compel it tt• join those Courts, and to decline in alliance with the mari time potters, which must lead to its total destruction. Yet the policy of France and England seems to take especial pains to inspire the Porte with distrust of Russia and to detach it from the policy of Russia. This wilt hardly succeed ; because, independently of the above considerations, the Divan, whatever differences of opinion may prevail in it, has become sufficiently acquainted with the decided character of the Russian Cabinet, as well a• with its frank and disinterested policy, not to premiss that it would be not only highly ungrateful but hazardous to oppose Russia, or even to appear indifferent. A great deal may be said to the disadvantage of the Turks, hu they are tru, to their word, and ingratitude is•no part 0, chi indecision, arisi lent, r from weaknes., i m a m , Comic' s of the Porte ; but to adopted, there is, perhaps, no instance ..,rte's hay.. in eu abandonedgccinppsiOct. SEPT. 27 _ r 4. i Li tfr.onithiing perfil nt inus views —Allgeeine z the last week a very great number of Greeks, and, within these two (Lys, many Polish purchasets, have appeared at our fair, and they, as well as the Germans, show uncommon eagerness to make purchases, and a very great demand for goods is the con sequence. Very extensive purchases have already been made of cotton, woollen, and especially of silk goods, not wi,hstanding the considerable rise in the prices of those articles. The rise in silk and wool continues, and of the first article, notwithstanding a rise of 40 per cent., which extends even to sewing silk, scarcely any thing can be had in Italy fur money, as, according to general and well authen ticated accounts, three.fourths of the silk this year is gone to France, England, and Germany; so that a further rise and scarcity of goods is probable —Frankfort Papers, Oct. 3. PROGRESS OF POPULATION IN THE UNITED STATES. The followinz history of Detroit, United States, an I of the territory of Michigan, of which it is the c.tpital, is extracted from the Detroit Journal of the 2lst of August : " TWENTY YEARS AGO.—On the 16th of Au eust, 1812, or just- 20 years ago last Friday, took place the capitulation of General Hull, and the stir render of Detroit to the British. Ar that time there was no road connecting this territory with any portion of the United Sates, excepting that then recently cut by General Hull, for the passag e of his army. With the exception of a few small settlements at the mouths of the streams, the whole of Michigan was a wilderness; and, from the descriptions given in the ancient maps, was supposed to be a morass, so drowned with water as to be uninhabitable. This erroneous impression was de iived„ probably, from the statements of the fur traders, who, although they must have known better, found it their interest to inculcate this belief, for the purpose of preserving undisturbed posse•sioa of the gainful traffic which they had long maintained with the Indians. The extensive country now com posing a populous district of Ohio, noith and north-west of Cleveland, in Cuyahoga county, and Mansfield, in Richmond county, was a wilderness. The road from the rapids of Maum ee to Lowtr Sandusky was an Indian trail, which was rarely tre veiled. It had such a winding and zigzag course, ft X the purpose of avoiding fallen trees and gullies or yeaus, in which water collected, that it was difficult, even in a dry time, to trace it; and in wet weather, when from the lioness of the land it was covered with water, and exhibited the appearance of a vast lake, the traveller could only pursue the path by the indistinct traces of the ancient blazes on the trees. The whole extent of this district being covered with a heavy growth of timber, much of it of blue ash and cotton wood, filled up with underwood of alder and spice wood, and having an unusually dark and sombre appearance, and the soil being of vegetable decomposition, black, spongy, and porous, rendered the name of the Black Swamp a roost fit and appro priate designation. Till after the late war, the in tercourse between Michigan and the other portions of the Union was very lenited; and the arrival of a much im ,pSilioacalteit'igraiecnie'diansfetDmoaecltelrioaigirloei‘iii gossips , t a h l o l e f s e p r v i e e t c e n i t a p l ( l i t a l f e t t e s c . n n ref the This was long before the era of steam-boats. The few sailing vessels then on these waters were supposed to have done well if they made a trip from Detroit to the foot of the lake in the time that is now required for our packets to make the trip from New York to Liverpool. The steam-boat lra/k in-the-Irater was built in the year 1819, and about that period the first attempts were made to penetrate the interior of the countty by the inhabitants of Detroit. The first settlement formed in the interior was by a few families ;elm had moved into the territory from Upper Canada, and ascended what was then called the Upper Huron now the Clinton, some ten or fifteen miles from its mouth. They settled on an oak open ing, and raised flue crops of wheat. They had been there a year or more before it was generally known in Detroit, and the fact was regarded as a remark able instance of enterprise and hardihood. The neat settlement formed was at Pontiac and its neighbour hood. From this period the tide of emigration has steadily increased from year to year. The inhale:- taros of Detroit, with a public spirit highly to their credit, exploted the country, and caused reports of its advantages to be published in the eastern papers. Fcr some time it appeared up-hill work ; many visited the country, who from a slight and partial view of it, or from ignorance or prejudice, returned with unfavourable reports, which, to some extent, retarded for a time its settlement ; and after the ravages of a malignant epidemic, which fo r several years afflicted Detroit and its neighbour hood, induced a wide-spread report that the country wee; unhealthy. The inhabitants of Detroit, a zeal that cannot be too highly commended, am: a forecast which was to be expected from a conatreinil which for intelligence is rarely 'quailed, strnggled to re move these unfavourable impressions. They took upon themselves the labour and expense of artino as pilots mid pioneers to emigrants, and assisted them with information, advice, and often with money and other facilities. We could name tunny of the old citizens of Detroit, who were di,- Vnguished for their zealous efforts in this way. Ole who should now visit the interior and In-hold a rich and populous country, who should behold the steam-boats and stages filled with emigrants, crowding into the country and pushing on to the very shores of Lake Michigan, could hardly realize the care and pulsing expended on the sickly arid tender plant which has now become a tree whose branches overshadow the land. The language of our motto, Tandem fit 8111 . 0u/us arbor, though adopted long beture out prosperous and palmy state, seems like the prophetic truth of inspiranore .‘lichi ean may be truly said to b rn the very of her prospenty. It is believed there has been, wi:hin the present seas( n, an increa•e of poptilation from abroad of near 10,000, be-ides the natnial increase. The quantity of produce, and particu larly of wheat, raised this season, is said to have exceeded to a large extent that of any former year. Health, that highest b essing, without which all else is valueless, has been enjoyed to 11 degree that coils for our special gratitude. Happy Michigan, these are the auspices which snide on her coming induc tion into the communion awl sisterhood of the Union. May no malignant star blight this fair pre- justice, n isehheerr ccoo"u'r'sseelscobleitign'uletiteod bl-e}faswti;:olosmprieraorteide and happy as its commencement seems atispicio,us," A correspondent informs us that in the hun tireds of Buckingham, Cottesloe, 84c., 1,200 freeholders,, chiefly in the interest of the Buckingham family, h4ve, b. in disqualified by the negligence of the overseers td the tifterent parishes in the said hundreds, in not making the proper returns to the Courts of Rectal; n. THE NEW JURY ACT IN INDIA.--Sir Henry Compton, in addressing the Grand Jury assembled, in the Supreme Court at Bombay, in Match last, directed their attention to the alteration which had been made with% regard to the constitution of Juries. lle observed,, that a rule of Court, which was framed according tea the law as it formerly stood, had that day been formally altered, and henceforth the Grand Juries, aDd Juries fur the trial of ersons professing the Christian religion, would consist of Natives as well as Enrol:leans, and of other Christians. As it had pleased the Legislature to remove the distinction which bet long existed, he congratufate4 the native poixita tian of the island on a measure of such importance to them to participate in all the . privileges enjoyed by hit tad to their posterity--on measure which entitled je r ieno Learned Judge, (‘ that my experience in Indi a AAA le d noc, other subjects. k' must - candidly cok's,. l 4 " t h e natives. of the th ree y u,slifted--I m ean b y •ducation—to becom e Jurors and P o t . e e s n i d t e e r n t c a ena some e e Ala istrates ; but I .1 1 4 1 inost cheerfully renounce g error, if I sh a ll h ereafter that my of Bombay, who, I believe., were perceive the natives d y o e u t ht su w itc het ie t the first to solicit the bo on conceded to the, stall be must in them,xio ui , to prove that tiley are fully competent to the (thy charge of duties so closely connected with the ad Aiiitistr t . Con of justice and with the general Welfar e of soe.tti,"