The Sun. — London, England, 1831-01-06 00:00:00

tHICES or STO( IS THIS Batik ':lock - I 3 per Cent. nett. 3j.er Cent_ Cons. shut 3 ' per Cent, tto Red. 90 !,'4 1 .i New 3y4 p... k ant. 3 per Cent Ann. 17'26 4 per Cent. 1826 - Bank Long Ann, to expire Jan. 5, 1880 l7!,i Oct. 10, 1859 Jan. 5, 1860 shut Jan. 5, 1880 shut April 5, 1880 - Jan. 5, 1770 shut nal' AT owl O'CLOCK. INew 5 per Cent. India Stock , uto Bonds lii 15 Ili ptn. 'South Sea Stock Old Annuities New Ditto 3 ler Cent. Ann. ;751 Ex. Bills, £1,000...... 29 31 pm. Ditto ............50'' 2J 31 pm. Ditto Finial! Ditto Commercial — pm. Ditto Advertise,. — pm. ank fit* Account India for Account Cons. for Jan 90 823;14N PEDIIES OF FOREIGN FUNDS Austrian Bonds — Brazilian Bonds — Buenos Ayres Bonds — Clillian Bonds ... — Colombian Bends — Ditto, In 4 1 7 14 Danish 5B Greek Bonds Guatimal a . — hiesicaft Bonds Ditto, 1825 . THIS DAT AT GNI O'CLOCK. 'Neapolitan — 'Peruvian Bonds Portuguese Bends Prussian, Old 'Ditto, Now — Russian Sponish, 'WI 1 7 -CA .-- :823 — 'French Rentes, sp. c. —t —c. --- Exchange —f. —c. --- 3 per cent. —f. —r. Exchange —F. —,.. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Brazilian Imp. Min. Co. Paid. Per Share. Ditto National (las. at 5/. pm.) £'2o 15 Protector Insurance Comp ... 2 _________________ t 25 £1 7 0 I NF LUENCESofPLACES, PENSIONS, and the PEERAGE, in the Composition of the House of Commons, shown in their various ramifications. This is the Second Part of the SPECTATOR'S ANA TOIIIY, and, lik e t h e F i rst, i s, i n all b ut t h e name, an en tirely new work. The tables have been remodelled, and many new branches have been added. The place or pen sion of every M ember who has place or pension is shown, With the amount of the places, pensions, and emoluments of the kindred of Members of Parliament. To the list of Members connected with the Peerage, is added another list, showing, at a glance, how many relatives, and conse quently what p ersona l i n fl uence, i n d epen d ent of nomina tion, any Peer has in the Lower House. The various trading, mercantile, and professional classes, will also be dis tinctly identified. The table of the East India Company's connections will exhibit a list of nearly sixty Members, and the nature of the connection will be shown in the case of each Member. The other interest will be treated in the same method, so as to exhibit the probable bias of each Mem ber of th e H ouse o f Commons in many important ques tions, where partial interests come into play and influence the decision. To meet the continued demand for the First Part of the "Anatomy," published in last week's" SPEC TATOR," a fresh impression has just been made ; but, after to-day, no further supply can bz? provided, and the expensivene ss of th e t ypograp h y will preclude any reprint of the number. As the supply is thus necessarily limited, persons desirous of o bt a i n i ng cop i es should make an early application, either to their newsmen or at the publishing office, 4, Wellington-street, Strand. Etr 1411, 444 LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 6, 1831.1 THE QUARTER'S REVENUE. We are happy to perceive that by the tables just published, the decrease on the Quarter's Revenue is only 29,480/.—a sum so trifling as hardly to be worth notice, especially when we consider the taxes that have been repealed, and which must have influenced the returns. But this proves that moderate taxes are more be neficial to the people, as well as more produc tive to the State, than oppressive ones which de feat the object aimed at—an increase to the Revenue. Were the CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER to reduce, and we are sure the present CHANCELLOR will reduce, other taxes, such as those which press more di rectly on the productive classes, the Revenue would be considerably benefitted thereby. The tax on stamps would be more productive were there a reduction of some items by one half, and a modification of others. But we shall .point these out more particularly to Lord AL THORP'S attention in a day or two. At pre sent we congratulate the country upon the improving state of the Revenue as compared with other quarters. The deficiency on the year is 640,450/. Brussels Papers of the sth inst. have been re ceived. They contain a copy of the Protocol agreed to at London by the Plenipotentiaries of the Great Powers, and the answer of the Belgians BRUSSELS, JAN. 3.-Two British Cabinet Messengers have been despatched from this city for London, the first yesterday afternoon, at six o ' clock, the other this morning at five o'clock. The Journal des Flandres contains the two following article.:_ " Is it true that a coterie, provided with considerable funds, the source of which may be gmessed at, is intriguing at Brussels in favour of the Prince of Orange? Is it true that a petition in favour of his Royal High ness has received some signatures at Ghent? Is it true that an Address in the same spirit has been clandestinely circulated at Ypres ? However, it matters little. Every Deputy in the Con gress has a right to examine the petitions on the table, and publish the names of those who have signed them. It is sufficient." The Dutch Journals say there is no truth in the re port, that General George is to take the command of the citadel of Antwerp, in the room of General Chasse. It is generally affirmed at Breda, that an armistice is to be concluded immediately with Belgium. It is added, the Commissioner who is to take part in the negociations on this subject on the part of Holland, is General Con stant de Rebecque. No communication on this' subject had been received at head-quarters. NATIONAL CONGRESS, SITTING OF JAN. 3. The President announces a despatch from the Provi sional Government, it is read. Brussels, Jan. 3. Mr. PRisforNr,—We have the honour to send you an nexed the Protocol of the 20th of December, which was delivered to the Diplomatic Committee on Friday last at midnight, after the sitting of the Congress. We add the report of the Diplomatic Committee, dated the 3d inst. Accept, &c. J. VAN DER LINDEN. London, Dec. 20. GENTLEMEN,--We have the honour to transmit you tu-day a Protocol, containing an important resolution taken in the name of the five Allied Powers. It is our intention that this document be communicated to the Provisional Government of Belvium, and that you insist, gentlemen, on the speedy sending of the Commis sioners, with whom we desire to confer.—Accept, &c. (Signed) ESTERHAZY. WESSEMBERG. TALLEY RAND. PALNIERSTON. BULOW. LIEVEN. AIATUSCEWITSCH. A true copy. PONSONBY. To Lerd Ponsonby and M. Bresson, at Brussels. PROTOCOL OF THE CONFERENCE AT THE FOREIGN OFFICE, DEC. 20, 1530, PRESENT THE PLENIPOTENTIARIES OF AUSTRIA, FRANCE, GREAT BRITAIN, RUSSIA, AND PRUSSIA :-- ‘ The Plenipotentiaries of the five Courts having re ceived the formal assent of the Belgic Government to the armistice which had been proposed to it, and which the Kin g of the Netherlands has also accepted, and the Con gress of Alini , ters having thus, by the stopping of the effusio n of blood, accomplished the first part of the task which it had undertaken, the Plenipotentiaries have met to deliberate on the farther measures to he taken with a view to remedy the derangements which the troubles that have taken place in Belgium have caused in the system established by the treaties of 1814 and 1815. " In forming, by the treaties in question, the union of Belgium with Holland, the Powers who signed those treaties, and whose Plenipotentiaries are at this moment assembled, had in view to found a just equilibrium in Europe, and to secure the maintenance of general peace. " The events of the last four months have unhappily demon strated that the perfect and complete amalgamation which the Powers desire to effect between these two countries, had not been obtained ; that it would henceforth be im possible to effect it ; that therefut e the very object of the union of Belgium with Holland is destroyed, and that it now becomes indispensable to have recourse to other ar rangements to accomplish the intentions which the union in question was designed to carry into execution. United to Holland, and forming an integral part of the kingdom of the Netherlands, Belgium had to fulfil its part of the European duties of that kingdom, and of the obligations which the treaties had caused it to contract towards the other Powers. Its separation from Holland cannot libe rate it from that part of its duties and obligations. " The Congress will consequently proceed to discuss and to concert the new arrangements most calculated to combine the future independence of Belgium with the sti pulations of the treaties, with the interests and the se curity of other Powers, and with the preservation of the balance of Europe. With this view the Congress, while continuing its negotiations with the Plenipotentiaries of his Majesty the King of the Netherlands, will invite the Provisional Government to send to London, as soon as possible, Commissioners provided with instructions and sufficient powers, to be consulted and heard respecting every thing which may facilitate the definitive adoption of the arrangements above alluded to. " These arrangements cannot affect in any manner the rights which the King of the Netherlands and the German Confederation exercise over the Grand Duchy of Luxem burg. " The Plenipotentiaries of the five Great Powers have agreed that the present Protocol should be communicated to his Majesty the King of the Netherlands, and a copy sent to Lord Ponsonby and M. Bresson, with the annexed letter, which they will communicate to the Provisional Government of Belgium. (Signed) " ESTERHAZY," &c., as before. VERBAL NOTE OF DEC. 31. " Lord Ponsonby and M. Bresson have the honour to communicate to tlie President and Members of the Diplo matic Committee, attested Copies of the Protocol of a con ference held at London on the 20th instant, by their Ex cellencies the Plenipotentiaries of the Five Great Powers, and of a letter accompanying it. " Lord Ponsonby and M. Bresson request the Presi dent of the Diplomatic Committee to inform them, whe ther the Belgic Commissioners sent to London are furnished with powers sufficiently ample to treat on the various points enumerated in the Protocol. If these powers should not be sufficient, the Provisional Government of Belgium will be sensible of the necessity of immediately sending them fuller powers. " Lord Ponsonby and M. Bresson take this opportu nity to repeat to the President of the Diplomatic Com mittee, the assurance that their Excellencies the Plenipo tentionaries have spared no pains to convince the Cabinet of the Hague that the measures of precaution which still impede the navigation of the Scheldt, ought to he revoked as soon as possible. On the 27th inst. their Excellencies resolved to call upon the Government of his Majesty King William to put an end to the hostilities, to every act that might be considered as hostile, and their Excellencies, the Ambassadors and Ministers of the five Courts at the Hague have received from their Excellencies the Plenipotentiaries the invitation to urge his Majesty to comply, as soon as possible, with the will s which they formally repeat. " The Provisional Government cannot fail duly to ap preciate the readiness of their Excellencies the Plenipo tentiaries to attend to the claims which it has made, and it will doubtless wait with confidence till the steps which the five Powers will find means to render effectual shall have led to the result which Belgium hopes. " On this occasion Lord Ponsonby and M. Bresson think it their duty to observe, that the Protocol of 17th Decem ber not having been accepted by the Provisional Govern ment till the 15th instant, not a moment has been lost by their Excellencies in taking the decisive measures which they have adopted. " The uneasiness and eager desire manifested by the country are doubtless very natural in the disturbed state in which it is, but it is impossible not to allow for the distances of place and time, and not to perceive that affairs of such importance, cannot be treated with precipitation." VERBAL NOTE OF THE 3D JAN. 1831. The President and Members of the Diplomatic Com mittee having had the honour to receive from Lord Pon sonby and M. Bresson by a verbal note of the 31st of December, attested copies of the Protocol of a conference held at London on the 20th of December, by the Plenipo tentiares of the Five Powers, hasten to return the fol lowing answer " It appears to them that the raining of the blockade and the free navigation of the Scheldt, being the prin cipal condition of the armistice, and even of the suspension of arms, executed already on the 21st of November, the first task undertaken by the Five Great Powers was not yet accomplished. " The balance of Europe may still be secured, and ge neral peace maintained, by rendering Belgium independent, strong, and happy ; if Belgium was without strength and without happiness, the new arrangement would be threatened with the fate of the political combination of 1815. " Independent Belgium has, doubtless, to perform its part of the duties towards Europe, but it will be difficult to conceive what obligations can be imposed on it by treaties in which it took no part. "The Commissioners sent to London are provided with sufficient instructions to be heard on all the affairs of Bel gium, and they cannot conceal from the Congress of Mi ni,ters, that in the critical circumstances in which the Belgian nation is placed, it will doubtless appear impos sible for Belgium to form an independent State, without an immediate guarantee of the freedom of the Scheldt, of the possession of the left bank of that river, of the whole of the province of Limburgh, and of the Grand Duchy of Luxemburg, renewing its relations with the German Con federation. " Their Excellencies the Plenipotentiaries of the five Great Powers will easily conceive, from the reports made to them by Lord Ponsonby and M. Bresson, the critical situation of the country, and the impossibility of prolong ing this state of uncertainty." After the reading of these communications a debate arose, in which the choice of Sovereign was again men tioned, and at the conclusion M. C. Rodenbach laid on the table a proposal to the effect, that the sections should im mediately take into consideration what relates to the choice of the head of the State. _ The Congress decided tit; this proposal should be sent to the Sections for examination. . ANTWERP, JAN. 3.—The Kin.. is reported to have agreed to an arrangement, of which the free navigation of the Scheldt is the chief point, that our ships will be able freely to ascend and descend the river before the 20th in stant, without being liable to other duties than those which existed i❑ 1814, before the Union ; that the news has been communicated by the Koopmans ; and, lastly, that the ships which had been ordered to unload at Flush ing have received counter-orders. LUXEMBURG, JAN. 1.-Just as we are going to press, we hear of the death of M. Willimar, Counsellor of State, Governor of the Grand Duchy, who was carried off by a fit of apoplexy during the night VIENNA, DEC. 24.—1 t was reported on 'Change to-day that the Polish army, under General Chlopieki, had left Warsaw and take❑ the road to Grodno (the account from Warsaw of the 2311, in the Prussian State Gazette, shows that this repot was unfounded), and that Prince Adam Czartoryski had been obliged to fly, because his mo derate sentiments render him suspected to the revolutionary party. Our funds were not affected by this, as letters from St. Petersburgh encourage the belief that the Polish in surrection will soon be ended, and we know by private letters that the minds of the people at Warsaw are much discouraged since the publication of the declaration of the Emperor Nicholas that he will not lay down his arms till the rebels are punished, and since the orders issued from St. Petersburgh to cause a formidable force to advance against Warsaw, prove the serious determination of the Emperor to act with vigour, many distinguished Polish families set tled at Cracow had fled to Vienna, to await the issue of the melancholy troubles in their country. The Poles are said to be much in want of arms, especially artillery. The exchange of couriers between this city and Berlin are very frequent. DEc. 25.—Bank Shares, 995. Despatches were received at the Foreign office this morning from the British Ministers at Buenos Ayres and Brazils, and also from our Ambassadors at Paris and the Hague. We have only time to direct attention to the extracts from the French . Papers. Th e Emperor NICHOLAS has issued a Proclamation against the Poles, which is only remarkable for its ferocious spirit. The Poles, we trust, know what they may expect, and that their safety can only be secured by their independence. If their SMITLIFIELD MARKET This day's supply was ,exceedingly limited throughout, there not being 40 good Beasts at any time in the market, and compa ratively few good Sheep and fat Calves. The trade with prime Becf, Mutton, and Veal, was tolerably brisk, with the two former at an advance of from 2d. to 4d., the latter generally lid. Per stone; in prices of middling and inferior Beef and Mutton, as well as these of Pork, at Monday's quotations. PRICES PER STONE OF BLBS. TO SINK THE OFFALS. s. d. to s. d. s. d. to s. d. Inferior Beasts ...... 2 2 2 4 Large Lambs Second quality ditto 2 6 210 Prime small ditto 0 0 0 ° Prime large Oxen... 3 4 3 8 Large coarse Calves 3 8 4 0 prime Scots, &e..... 3 8 4 2 Prime small ditto 5 2 3 Inferior Sheep 2 2 2 4 Large Hogs ...... :3 2 Second quality ditto 2 8 3 2 Small Porkers 4 4 4 Coarse-woolled ditto 310 4 4 Suckling Calves I2s to 3tis. each. Sou th down Wetli ers 4 2 4 8 Quarter old Pigs 12s to 18s. eacli. SUPPLY, A$ PER CLERK'S STATEMENT. Beasts. I Sh eep. Calves. Pigs. I 133 2,260 12.) 90 NEINGATE AND LEADENHALL MARKETS. At per stone, by the Carcass. s. (I. to s. s. 41. tog. ( t. Lice ° 3 4 Veal 'I 5 o . 3 0 4 *Mon 4 3 8 Pork HAY M A RKETS.—(At per Load of 3 , 1 'grosses.) CUMBERLAND (LATE ST. JAMES'S.) Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay £2 0 to £2 5 New Meadow Hay Useful Old Ditto o 5 3 10 Fi ne Upland Meatiow and Rye-grass Hay 4 0 4 IS Clover Hay ti 15 5 5 Oat Straw £1 12 to £1 14 I Wheat Straw... 114 IIS Supply good, trade dull, and prices stationary. first battle be fortunate, Poland is free, and NICHOLAS may look at home. Liberty or death must now be their motto. A. Brazil mail has arrived, but its contents are not important. We have no room for extracts to-day. We are assured that the pretended conversa- tion between Prince LEOPOLD and some un known person on the affairs of Belgium, as reported in the Morning Papers, from the Vrai Patriote, is entirely destitute of foun dation. We daily receive letters from Correspondents and others, asking whether there will not be a Reform in the Church as well as in Parliament ? And our answer is, " we do not pretend to know," —but that there ought to be a Reform we hear tily grant—nay, we go further—there must be a Reform, and that ere long. We are sincere friends to the Church Esta blishment, but we are not therefore blind to its defects. It is the use, not the abuse, of clerical duties that the people of England want. The Church to be useful must command the re spect—love—veneration of the multitude—not be prostituted to the avarice of odious plu ralists, who have no true Christian sympathy with the Church, but as it serves their venality. The very principle of pluralism is at direct issue with Christianity ; why, then, should it be tolerated, and that in a country professing Protestant faith ? The thing is monstrous ! Is it not for the practice of such abuses that so large a portion of the people have dissented from the Church of England ?—and will there not be an increase of such Dissenters if abuses are continued ? That there will, we have no doubt whatever. Indeed, the wonder is that more have not dissented. But the present is essen tially a reforming age—and no Ministry can hope to stand, be it Whig, Tory, or Liberal—that will not promote Reform in the Church as well as the Parliament. Men now begin to judge for themselves—they do not take things for granted merely because they assume tile air of authority. People think—and thinking they reason upon matters—they compare practice with profession, and draw conclusions accord ingly as they find example square with precept. We have already said that unless a Reform be made in time the opportunity may be lost. We still adhere to that opinion, and would strongly urge upon Government to take up the matter in a becoming spirit. Half measures will not do. Reform, whether in Church or State, to be effec tual must be searching, honest, and conclusive. We have been led to these remarks by the following letter from an intelligent correspondent, who has put his grievances in so clear a light that we shall let him speak for himself:— TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SIR,—In a recent number of The Sun you have Yen turd to express an opinion which, though entertained more generally than some people would be willing to ac knowledge, yet comparatively few of those attached to the Protestant cause have the honesty to avow it. That senti ment is, " that the Protestant Church, which has been so long quartered on Catholic Ireland, must be speedily brought to an end." Now, Sir, will you allow me to ask' why that same Church should continue to be quartered on the Protestant Dissenters of England ? To the principle, surely, the objection applies with equal force in both kingdoms. It is true that the Dis senters form but half the English population, but are they nut as loyal, and as much opposed to that worst of all slaveries—the slavery of the conscience—are they not, moreover, as enlightened and as pious as the Catholics of Ireland ? Sir, can you imagine any reason, except that they are less turbulent ? It is not even pretended that Catholic domination, or any other domination could he funded on the ruins of the English Church. The idea would in our day be laughed at by all parties. You will probably find ere long that the " Establishment" is not the strength but the weakness of England as well as of Ire.. land. Is it quite certain that the same observation does not apply to all religious establishments when incorporated, under whatever form or modification, in the Civil Govern ment of any country 2—l am, Sir, A LOVER OF JUSTICE, THOUGH AN EPISCOPALIAN. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY. FROM LLOYD'S. PORTSMOUTH, JAN. s.—Wind E.N.E.—Arrived his Majesty's ship Childers, from Leith. FALMOUTH, JAN. 4.-Wind S.S.E to E.S.C. fresh breezes..—Arrived the Pigeon packet from Buenos Ayres, sailed 12th October, Monte Video the 13th, and Rio Janeiro the 16th November; George the Fourth, Baldwin, from Chesme ; Pomona, Spriggs, from Denia ; and Echo, P. from Malaga. STANGATE CREEK, JAN. s.—Arrived the Maria Louisa, Barford, from Xabia ; and Aurora, Byron, from A I weird. LIVERPOOL, DEC. 4. —Arrived the Abeona, Stephens, from Laguayra; Wall'a End, Cooper, from Mirarniehi ; and Red Rover, Watkins, from Smyrna. TORBAY, JAN. 4.—Arrived the Mars, Way, from Lisbon. DARTMOUTH, JAN. 4.—Arrived the Union, Williams, from Lisbon. CLYDE, JAN. 4.—Arrived the Romulus, Auld, from St. John's, New Brunswick. BELFAST, JAN. 4.—Arrived the Grand Turk, Paine, from Savannah ; Helen, Henderson ; and Emma, Golden, from St. John's, New Brunswick; Trials, Driscoll, from Miramichi; Sally, Briton, from Halifax; and Triton, Taylor, from London. BRIXIIAM, JAN. 4.—The Pliatles, Green, of this port, sailed from Limerick the 18th November, and has not since been heard of. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) GENERAL AVERAGE PRICE OF BRITISH CORN, For the Week ended Dec. 21, 1830, made op from the Returns of the Inspectors in the different Cities and Towns in England and Wales, per Imperial Quarter. Wheat-- (iBs. ld. Oats -- 245. 7d. Beans--- 375. 10d. Barley--. 38s. Id.l Rye 395. S4ll Pea,e--. 425. 9d. IMPERIAL. AGGREGATE AVERAGES OF TILE SIX WEEKS PRECEDING. Wheat-- Gds. Rd. f Oats --- 235. &LI Beans—..... 38s. 2.1 Barley--- 375. iOd.l Rye 38s. 11(1.1 Pease 45a. 2d. DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. Wheat........... 2 0 3. &II Oats 12s. 3d.1 Beans---125.61. Barley-, 6s. 4d.1 Rye ...--- I`2s. 6d.1 Pease - 2s. Od. OLD BAILEY SESSIONS.-(THIS DAY.) OLD COURT. These Sessions commenced this morning, before the Right Hon. the LORD MAYOR, Recorder, Sheriffs, and several Aldermen. The Judges ill attendance are the Lord Chief Baron ALExANDER, and Mr. Justice GAZELEE. The calendar is unusually light, there being only 163 prisoners for trial at the present Sessions, of which num • her 27 are on the London side, and 136 on the Middlesex Rickard Robertshaw, aged 16, was indicted for steal ing, on the 22d of December, forty-eight pairs of gloves, value 6/. the property of Edwin Prickett. The prosecutor stated that about five o'clock on the 22d of December, one of the panes, in his shop-window was broken, and a parcel, containing four dozen pairs of gloves, was drawn through the aperture. He immediately ran out, and saw the prisoner in custody of a gentleman who had been watching his movements. Edward Shackell was near the prosecutor's shop on the night in question, when he saw two boys whose actions excited his suspicion. lie watched them, and in a few minutes he saw the prisoner take a pebble out of his pocket, break the window, and abstract a parcel. He immediately secured him, and gave him into the custody of Hawkins, one of the marshalmen. Thomas Hawkins searched the prisoner, and found in his pocket a pebble, and two pounds sixteen shillings in money, The prisoner strongly protested that he was innocent of the charge against him. The Jury, however, were of a different opinion, and after the Learned Chief Baron had summed up the evidence, returned a verdict of Guilty. William Chesson, aged 31, was indicted for breaking and entering the dwelling-house of Elizabeth Waldron, and stealing therefrom eleven pairs of sheets, and either articles, her property, and also eleven pounds, the monies of Sarah Stracey. This trial had occupied the Court several hours, and was not concluded when our reporter left. It does not possess the least degree of interest. The were only two barristers in attendance during the entire morning ! NEW COURT> Charles 11Iartin, aged 26 years, was indicted for send ing, on the 21st December, to Frederick Braithwaite, Esq., a threatening letter, signed Swing. Frederick Braithwaite stated he was master of a brewery situated in Mary-street, Hampstead-road, that the prisoner had lived in his service for two months as dray man ; that some time since he discharged him, and on the day named in the indictment he received by post the letter iu question, which he believed to be in the hand writing of the prisoner. William Wasp, brewer, in Oxford-street, stated, that the prisoner had been in his employ for two years previous to his living with the prosecutor; he believed the letter to be the hand-writing of the prisoner. The prisoner, in Isis defence, declared his innocence. Mr. AnoLpHus conducted the c Ise for the prosecution, and Mr. C. PHILLIPS for the defence. The CommoN SERJEANT Summed up at considerable length and with much minuteness, reading copious ex tracts from the Act of Parliament under which this indict-- went was hid. The Jury returned a verdict of Not Guilty. The following is a copy of the letter : " Dec. 17, 1830. " Mr. Braithwaite, you ought to be ashamed of your self for taking up that innocent man; your brewery ought to be burnt down; you are a - rascal, and I would have you be careful you are not shot before Christmas. (Signed) " SWING." LAW SITTINGS. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. Sittings appointed in Middlesex and London, before the Right Hon. Sir NICHOLAS CoNI-NouAm TINDAL, Kilt. Lord Chief Justice of his Majesty's Court of Common Pleas at Westminster, in and after Hilary Term, 1831. MIDDLESE X. IN TERM. LONDON, Wednesday Jan. 19 I Thursday Jan. 20 Wednesday 26 Thursday 27 AFTER TERM. Tuesday Feb. 1 I Wednesday Feb. Nil The Court will sit at eleven o'clock in the forenoon on each of the days in Term ; and at half-past nine precisely on each of the days after Term. THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE 0' CL 0 CK. A Buenos Ayres mail has arrived, sailed on the 12th of October, which is of an old date; also a mail from Rio Janeiro, left on the 16th of November, by which two English papers, printed at Rio on the 116, have been received at the North and South American Coffee-house, from which we give the following :—They contain the Marquis of BAthacena's letter to his Excellency the Viscount Alcantara on the different charges against him by the Decree of the 30th of September. On the Otis inst. a deputation was sent by the Chamber of Senators, request ing a union of the two }louses to discuss and fini,h the law of fixing the receipt and expenditure for the ensuing year ; last year the Chamber closed without a law to that effect. The Government proposed to the Chamber that it should he authorized to nominate a Commission to proceed to London, in order to examine and close the accounts of the Brazilian Legation, which was referred to a Com mittee, which authorized the Minister of Finance to nominate a Commission of three Members to go immedi ately to London. They write from Geneva, that the Federal Commission of Inspection has proposed to the Diet assembled at Berne the adoption to put on foot 75,000 men, which are to be ready to march at the first notice. THE FUNDS. The small deficiency in this Quarter's Revenue appears to give great satisfaction to the public, considering the taxes which have been taken off, but owing to the French Rentes having come about 1 per cent. lower, our Funds have rather declined. Consols, which left off yesterday at 81 for the Account, opened at S2l I, since which they have been done at Sq. According to the private letters from Rio, it appear: there has been a change in the Ministry. A new Minister o . the Treasury has been appointed. The exchange is 201 4. - In the Foreign Market nothing doing as yet. HALF-PAST OIVE O'CLOCK. We have now received the intelligence of the breaking up of the Russian army at Vilna, as well as the Empe ror pr,,clatnation, calling th e P o l es aga i n to o b e di ence ; but which we suspect they will not comply with, as by private accounts from Berlin, we understand that the . Poles are determined to catty on a war of exter mination ; that on the approach pf the Russians, should the Poles be defeated, Warsaw will experience the same fate as Moscow, as well as every other town or village. The Russian army must, th ere f ore , t a k e care to be well provided with provisions, as it is the intention of the Poiea to lay waste the country as they approach. The accounts also state that great desertion prevails in Prussian Poland, even of persons of high distinction, who are going to join their brethren in tams. The writer adds, that the Poles are confident of obtaining the first victory ; but this we imagine must be rather doubt ful, unless the Russians attack them with an inferior force : but in a few days the great anxiety which pervades the public mind on the unfortunate situation of the Poles, will be relieved, as the distance from \Vilna to War saw cannot be more than two hundred miles, which the Russian army can accomplish in ten days. Consols, which continued most part of the morning at 824 a, are now 8.24 fur the Account. The private letters from Paris this morning explain the cause of the fall of the French Rentes, which is attributed to the French Government having issued 10 millions of Bans Royaux or Exchequer Bills, at 5 per cent., and as the stockholders there can borrow money upon their Stock at 4 per cent, per month, they throw their Stock on the market, and discount the above bills at 5 per cent. In the Foreign Market, Spanish Bonds are higher. Accounts from the Imperial Brazil Mines state that they have obtained 91b. gold for 16 days. THREE 0' CLOCK. Consols for the Account, 82 a. INVERNESS-SHIRE ELECTION.—The elec tion of Member of Parliament for this county, vacant by the appointment of the Right Honourable CHAS. GRANT to be President of the Board of Cuntroul, took place at Inverness on Thurday. BALLINDALLOCH presided; LO AT moved that Mr. GRANT be re-elected. There being no other candidate, the right honourable gentle man was unanimously returned.—Edinburgh Evening Courant. There is now, unfortunately, little doubt en tertained but that the destruction of Lewisham church was the work of incendiarism. From what has transpired on investigation, it would seem that the diabolical perpetrator bad elected his purpose by applying the destructive means at three different parts of the n church. wish Gazette. 4.—That taking, instead of the above ave rage, the average of ten years, ending sth January, 1814, it will be found that the yearly amount of excess of the real value over the official was, per annum X 14,837,371 s.—That upon a like average of the ten subsequent years, ending sth January, 1819, the excess of the real over official was, per annum 6.—That upon the average of the last 11 years, ending sth January, IS3O, the real value, which had in the preceding years exceeded the official by so many millions a year, rapidly descended, and became below it to the immense extent of, per annum 11,671,033 8,705,248 7.—That, by adding the average depres sion of the last 11 years below the official to the excess of the preceding 10 years, the depreciation will amount to above .... 20 Millions. And, if added to the excess of the 10 still prior years, it would amount to above... 26 Millions, That the highest point of excess of real over official value was in the year ending sth January, 1803, when the exports were 1803.—Amount in real va1ue.f45,102,330 Ditto in official value 25,195,893 Excess of real value -- The lowest point of depreciation was in the year ending sth January, 1830, when the exports were -1830. —Official value . £55,465,723 Real value 35,212,873 A Decrease of real value £19,906,437 20,252,850 Making a depreciation in real value of .f 40,159,287 S. That at the commencement of the last Session this House was assured by the Government, in the Speech from the Throne, " That the exports had exceeded those of any former year, and afforded indications of active commerce, although it was admitted that distress existed in some places." It appeared, however, by Papers subsequently laid before this House, that although the exports had exceeded those of the former year in quantity, as denoted by official valua tion, to the amount of £3,445,955 Yet in real value they were below those of the former year 937 ; 506 Being a depreciation in that one year of X 1,383,4.61 9.—That it appears also, that while the ex ports had thus exceeded the former year by official nominal rate, the imports of that year by the same nominal rate were less than the former by £1,225,538 Whereby it appears, that while the quantity had thus increased over the prior year nearly three millions and a half, the im ports of the same year were nearly one million and a quarter less; and also the imports retained for home consumption were less by £1,902,324 10.—'Tat it also appears that the imports of last year were less than. the exports, both taken at official value, to the amount of £10,808,926 And of these imports above three millions and a half was in corn ; and in the last four years the importation of corn has amounted to above nine millions. 11.—That setting aside the official valuations, and com paring the actual value of the exports of latter years with those of the former, an alarming decrease will app..ar to have taken place in the foreign trade of the country, as will be seen by the following averages, taken from the same document : Ten Years ending Yetr a Nl . d u g e ..t of Decrease. Increase. £37,335,763 41,850,117 35,517,609 Jan. 5, .10S - ISI IE3O X 4 ;29.1,:352 I X ( ~3:12,:1a 7 Whereby it appears that upon an average of ten years, ending sth Jan. 1819, the exports had increased, and ex ceeded those of the previous ten years above four millions and a quarter per annum, in a fair ratio with the increase of population. 12.—That the exports upon the average of the last eleven years, compared with the previous ten years, have, not withstanding the great increase of population, fallen off above six millions and a quarter per annum, That the imports, it will be seen, taken by the same official valuation, bear no proportion with the exports; the latter have increased, from 1789 to 1830, from eighteen to fifty-five millions, being an advance of thirty seven millions ; while the imports have increased in th same period from twenty-five to forty-tTo mTians, !,eing an advance of seventeen millions,—not half the foi mer. Yearly imports upon the following aver .;es : Ten years ending Jan. 5, 1808 £26,596,444 _.--1819 30,182,952 1830 36,292,605 13. —That, taking the imports and exports each at official value,it appears, that upon an average of fifteen years, up to 1815, the imports have exceeded the exports by more than, per annum. ........ That upon a like average of sixteen years, up to 1830, the imports had fallen short of the exports to the amount of nine mil lions and a half per annum 14 —That the exports and imports being thus taken at a like valuation, it becomes a matter of grave consideration to what cause to attribute such a relative diminu tion in the imports as nine millions and a half per annum for the last sixteen years, when they had, for the fifteen pre vious years, exceeded the exports by nearly three millions per annum. 15.—That, without attempting to draw conclusions from such coincidental cir cunistances, it cannot escape observance that periods of the greatest fluctuation, depression , and distress, have occurred at periods when certain legislative measures have been either under consideration or in operation, of which the following are instances :- 16.—That by comparing the year ending January 5, 1818, to the year 1815, a period of three years only, the deprecia tion in the real value of exports below that of the official amounted to. 17.—That the reasons then assigned by Members of the Government for such de pression and distress were, a revulsion from war to peace, and the preparations making by the Bank for the resumption of cash payments ; and, in 1817, a Bill was passed for prolonging the Bank re striction for two years. 18.—That the year ISIS was comparatively a prosperous year ; prices had so far re covered that the depreciation became less than that of the former year by 19.—That in the year 1819, measures were adopted respecting the currency ; prices again declined ; a period of great distress ensued ; and in the year ending sth Jan., 1825, the depreciation had fallen so far below that of the year 1818 (a space of six years) as to amount to £13,644,526 20.—That in the year 1822, the Small Note Bill passed ; and in 1825, prices had again so far recovered, that, com pared with the preceding year, the depre ciation had been lessened by........ £2,049,239 21.—That in 1826, measures respecting the currency, and other measures which were said to have for their object the ex tension of commerce and navigation, the improvement of trade, the increase of the manufactures, and the removal of public distress, came into operation ; but, not withstanding the confident assurances held out, great distress and embarrass ment has followed, and continued, with more or less severity, to the present time; and in the year ending the sth Jan., 1830, cornparei. with 1825 (a period of four years), the tiepreciation had further increased beyond that before stated, to the amount of £11,687,158 22.—That under such an alarming depression in the value of the manufactures and produce of the country, affecting so deeply all its productiv e i n t eres t s , ren d er i ng taxat i on nearly double in it s o pp ress i ve operat i on, and bearing has are become ‘v i suffering ) e , greatest with such peculi a r s ever it y upon all the middle and labouring distress classes and of privation, society, ito necessary to adopt the most speedy inquiry, and to devise the most efficacious means for relief. 23.—That without at present giving any opinion as to the causes, or the remedies, this House cannot but express its confidence that his Majesty's Government will satisfy the just and anxious expectations of the country, by a prompt and effectual inquiry into the causes that have produced such difficulties and distress, and adopt such measures as may be best calculated for their removal. December 1830. X 2,800,000 £9,500 000 £9,130,825 £2,103,827 BRIGHTON, J.N. 5. The KING and QUEEN drove out together yesterday in a chariot and four, with outriders ; left the Palace soon after three o'clock, and returned at twenty minutes after four. The Princesses ELI/ma-Alt and AUGUSTA took an airing in a carriage, and drove through various parts of the town. Prince GEORGE of Catnbiidge was for a considerable time on horseback. The arrivals at the Palace include Viscount INIELBOURNX and Lord ARRAN. The calls were numerous at the Palace. Their MaairmEs gave a splendid evening party. The State apartments were thrown open, and brilliantly illu minated. Most of the Nobility and Gentry at present in Brighton were present. Amongst them were the Marquis and Marchioness of BRISTOL, the Marquis and Marchioness of CARMARTHEN, the Marchioness WELLESLEY, Count and Countess MUNSTER, Lcrd and Lady LYNDHURST, Sir G. and Lady ANsoN, Bishop of CHICHESTER and family, Lady CARR, Sir H. and Lady CAMPBELL, Lady A. DAW SON, Lady E. DICKINS, Sir D. arid Lady GOULD, Lord and Lady G. SEYMOUR, Lard SANDON, Sir D. and Lady Scorr, Sir G. and Lady NAYLER, Lady E Pack - , Lady OTWAY, Lady DUNDAS, Sir R. DONICIN, Sir T. and Lady M'AIAIIoN, Lady J. PEEL, Lady S. BAYLEY, Sir C. PRATT, Lady LOWE, Sir A. and Lady DALRYMPLE. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. Lord John Thynne, at the Marquis of Bath's seat, Longleat, near Frome, Somersetshire, from a tour; Lord Anson, at Ferne Hill, near Windsor, from his seat, in Staffbrdshire; Lord and Lady Belhaven, at Mivart's Hotel, Lower Brook and Davies_ streets, from the Continent ; Colonel Scharnhorst and suite, at ditto, from Prussia; Mr. and Mrs. W. Groves, in Harley-street, from Brighton ; Captain Ferguson, in Grosvenor-street, from Norfolk. DEPARTURES. His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex, from the Hyde Park Hotel, Hyde Park-place, for Holkham, Norfolk ; the Lady Noel Byron, from ditto, for Acton ; the Earl of Ashburnham, for his seat in Sussex ; the Earl of Darnley, for his seat, Cobham Hall, Kent ; Sir Robert Brown rigg, Bart., for Highfield Park, Hants ; G. Ricketts, Esq., from Kirkham's Hotel, Lower Brook-street, for Yarmouth ; Wm. Lowndcs, Esq., from ditto, for Bath; Sir John Gerard, Baronet, from Mivart's Hotel, Lower Brook and Davies-streets, for Staffordshire; Lieut.-Colonel Drummond, from ditto, for ditto ; Captain Locke, from ditto for Drayton ; Hubert de Burgh, Esq., from ditto, for ditto; Mr. and Mrs. J. Fuller, from Grosvenor-street, for their seat in Notts ; the Hon. George Agar Ellis, from Spring-gardens, for Roehampton ; L. Gibson, Esq., from the British Hotel, Jermyn-street, for Windsor ; Wm. Connell, Esq., from ditto, for Dublin. EXPORTS AND IMPORTS. RESOLUTIONS INTENDED TO BE PROPOSED By Mr. ALDERMAN WAITHMAN, IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS, ON TUESDAY, THE 15th OF FEBRUARY, 1831. I.—That it appears from papers laid before this House on the sth of April, 1830, and ordered to be reprinted on the 10th day of November in the same year, that con siderable variation has taken place in the official and real value of British and Irish manufactures and produce ex ported from Great Britain, from the year ending sth Jan. 1789, and the year ending sth Jan. 1830. 2.—That the official valuation, being an estimate founded upon a rate of prices in the Custom-house books. which had been formed at a very remote period, and re maining without variation, affords no criterion whatever of present prices, but serves to show the increase and de crease in quantity, and the appreciation and depreciation in price, as compared with the declared or real value. 3.—The following averages, formed from the documents before the House, will show the yearly amount, with the comparative yearly increase and decrease in value, upon an average of the respective periods stated : Years ending sth Jan. 17891 to sth Jan. 1803 1808 1813 1819 1824 1830 Yearly Yearly Average Average of Official of Real Value. Value. 37,70,736 37,327,790 39,908,466 43,791,11;8 35,282,15.'2 35,713,824 22,674,2521 22,662,5301 23,113,511 :39,176,225 :39,544,63S 4.+,020,2:30 Increase Increase of Real of Official over over Official. Real. 15,1011,482 - 14,1165,260 - 11,791,1):13 - 5,615,5('A3 - - 4,262, ...;/6 13,215,4 , I 5 BRUSSELS PAPERS. (From the Morning Chronicle.) We received last night Brussels Papers to the Sil of January. The Vrai Pairiote gives a curious account of something like negotiations with Prince Leopold on the subject of the throne of Belgium. The Prince answers like the successful soldier in Pope, who, when pressed to fight °ace more, said, " Let them take castles who're not worth a groat." There is none but a madman or a beggar (the Prince used a stronger term) who could desire such a throne." The Belgians say that they have among them selves men " of the stuff of which Sovereigns are made ;" and they seem inclined to choose at home, rather than em brace the alto native of having madmen or beggars abroad. The Ex-King of Sweden might give them both qualifica tions in one ; but then he is a Lutheran, like the Prince Leopold. The German Princes used to bring up their daughters without any religion, in order that religion might he no impediment to their marriage. It is a pity that they are not equally provident in the ease of sons. The fo'lowing are extracts:— BRUSSELS, JAN. 2.--A respectable Belgian, who has just returned from London, fre(p.ntly saw in that city a person of distinction, with whom he has transacted busi ness, and who is very often in company with the Prince of Saxe Coburg. " The Prince (said the Englishman) has frequently been spoken to about the plan of placing him at the bead of the Belgic nation—he has always replied negatively ti those overtures; and only two days ago, he answered, I am a Protestant, bound by a Constitution voted under the influence and for the interest of the Clergy ; placed as an heterogeneous Sovereign in the midst of a democratic State, how would it he possible for me to make the happiness of Belgium or even to govern it? There is none but a madman or a beggar' who could de sire such a throne. I hope you do not think, gentlemen, that I am either.'" As these words of the Prince of Saxe Coburg, which leave no doubt of his eventual refusal, prove in some mea— sure that we must choose a Chief among our own Nobi lity ; and as Messrs. de Merode, d'Arschot, de Celles, de Stassart, de Robaulx, and Jottrand are still of the kind of stuff of which Sovereigns are made, and that one of them may very well seat himself on th e vacan t Th rone o f Father - William, people are agreed that M. Jottrand is not the one among the candidates who possesses in the least degree the qualities, and who has the least chance of success. To. day there is a review of the Civic;Guard of Brussels. The celebrated banking house of Lafitte and Co., at Paris, has announced to its correspondents at Frankfort that it will close its business at the end of the year. This resolution is ascribed to the high functions of the chief partner in the house, which are incompatible with banking concerns. Accounts from Valenciennes say, that the report of the formation of a camp on the heights of Tamars gains ground. ANTWERP, JAN. I.—The Belgian ship the Rubens, Captain Thomas Hamilton, from St. Jago de Cuba, hound to Antwerp, put into Flushing on the 27th of De cember. Its cargo consists of 1,300 chests of sugar, 400 bales and 22 batrels of coffee, and 1,600 pieces of yel low wood. During the month of December, only a single ship has entered our port, coming from London by way of Ostend ! it was laden with coffee, cinnamon, sugar, cotton, 84c.-- La Vrai Patriote, Jan. 3. * The Prince used a stronger term. On Wednesday night last a young man, of the name of EDWARD GODFREY, being in a delicate state of health, was attended by his wife, who incautiously took a pan with some tuff fire into the room fur the purpose of warming drinks. There was no fire-place in the room. The wife intended to remain at the bedside, for the purpose of attending to hint. She knelt down to pray. Unfortunately the door and window being closed, and there being no ventilation, the husband and wife were in a short time overpowered with the heat, and lay sense less on the floor. The first person who came to their assistance was a young man who slept convenient, and was awoke by the convulsed groans. Ile burst in the door, and found them (alas ! too late) quite lifeless. Me dical aid was procured, and, by the great exertions of Dr. JOBN CRUAIrE and Dr. Qum., they succeeded in restor ing the husband to life. The unhappy wife was par tially relieved ; but it was only to show her for a few minutes (although in the strength of youth and health) that she and h e r unborn infant were sinking to an un timely grave. Poor GODFREY was not many months married, and the wife of his affections was t orn from hi s arms in an advanced state of pregnancy.— Tralee "If S. sKI f 'ose tut the ti ner wit fro he ,perl e ve, lake ' tail' the the oaf no' 5 14 ceo tbo t( , ;to: