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SPIRIT OF TIM PUBLIC JOURNALS. His Majesty's speech on the opening of Parliament is just I and appropriate. It met with no hostile remark in either House, for it presented not, we should think, any ground for well-founded censure. We observe that the word " measures," in the plural number, is used, as applicable to there ra l plan bject of Reform; from which we should infer that the g may now be comprised in more Bills than one. But of this we know nothing as a fact. On the subject of distress, which the speech says "still prevails in many parts of his Majesty's dominions," we are inclined to say a few words. The people of England certainly are not in that condition in which we could wish them to be. We should desire that their " garners were full of all manner of store, and that there were no com plaining in our streets." But still we are inclined to suspect, that the present pressure, when compared with that which has existed at other times, is greatly exaggerated. In any case, the proceedings at Lyons show that we have got a tight hold of the silk trade. And though prices may not be high, our monopoly of the cotton manufactory continues unshaken : only there must be security for the employment of capital. The grand subject of dissatisfaction is the opposition to a Parliamentary Reform ; and this painful feeling is, we are convinced, neither in the first instance created, nor subsequently much embittered, by p iblic distress. The cholera morbus is a visitation of Provi dence, which we presume, therefore, cannot be imputed to Mi nisters. But its existence among us, which has not hitherto proved very destructive, will sharpen the industry, and may perhaps improve the science, of our medical practitioners. Another more important consequence must mark its progress, and shed a kind of compensating blessing on the traces of the calamity in this country as well as in others which have been subjected to its visitation. Cleanliness, ventilation, the removal of nuisances and attention to the diet, dress, and comforts of the poor, are found to be the only means of arresting its ravages or mitigating its violence. Without the employment of these means, this pestilence would difflise itself over the lower ranges of society, and soon reach the upper classes. The warning which this fact affords cannot but be useful to the poor ; and accord ingly we find in every town, city, and almost in every parish, a Board of Health established, and a disposition generated among the wealthy to relieve the squalid wretchedness which lurks in hovels and by-lanes, seldom before visited by the foot of charity. From this cause casualities by other diseases are reduced, and in some countries of Europe, which have lately suffered from the scourge, the mor_ tality has been less than in cosumon years. Oh Ireland ! Ire land! What can be said of thee? Grand cause of England's uneasiness and Insecurity! An improvement in the law of tithes, " with the necessary protection to the Established •Church," is recommended in the speech. Whatsoever may be the source of her good or improvement, we are sure that it will not be found in the selfish plots and furiously-acted ma_ rueuvres of demagogues. As to Portugal and Belgium, these are objects ssf lass interest at present than our own domestic concerns. The farmer country must, under any form of Go vernment or member ef the Royal house of Bragansa, return to her amity with England, for there is no other country to take her products. It must, however, be a source of great re gret to find the population of a kingdom. with which we have been so long connected by a profitable commercial intercourse arid an honourable political patronage, still a prey to such in_ terns' disorders as niG,st lessen the amount of our trade, en_ danger the security of our factories, and render it impossible to adroit its Government into the association of European States. The continued civil dissensions which prevail in Por tugal after nearly four years of the reign of Dan Miguel, the danger which he apprehends from granting an amnesty, and the great numbers of his subjects in prison or in exile, form a complete answer to those who would speak of the blessings of his sway, sad make us look forward with hope to a contest which must decide the fate of our ancient allies in one way or another, In applying the language of Statius to the approach ing struggle between the two brothers _— Nude potestas Armavit fratres." we may a .dd with the poet, pugna est de paupere regno — for ne_ ver was a state reduced to greater misery and distress by des_ potism and misrule. The King of Holland is still said to waist the award of the London Conference; but while the great Powers of Europe continue in peace and friendship with each other, which they cannot well afford to break, the disputes between the component parts of the late Netherland kingdom must, we conceive, settle and compose of themselves, in confor mity with the general principles, if not the express provisions, of the late arrangement. Of the suppression of the African slave-trade, the late riots at Bristol, and the organized societies of England, we have before spoken by anticipation ; and these are all the topics of the speech. The proceedings in the House of Lords, on the chief subject of the speech, were really almost rach as we could wish them. There was a disposition to ac quiesce in the calls of the country and in the fixed tictermina :.ion of the people to have a Reform, which will he perceived With pleasure throughout the land. No amendment was moved, nor even contemplated. The chief leader of the Opposition to the last Reform Bill showed so little disposition to oppose Mi. iisters iu the address, that he threw opt courteously a proposed :alteration, which was readily adopted by Lord Grey, without attaching to it the formidable name of an amendment. The manner and bearing in the House of Commons were somewhat different, from which we ere almost inclined to infer that there is no very complete underatao.ling between the Tories of the two Houses—Times The King's speech, by commencing with the agitating and all-engrossing question—Reform--observes the fleet rule of epic composirtisin, and rushes in medias res. But the allusion to this question is et the same time so general and vague, that it may be taken, according to the wishes and interests of men of dif ferent parties, to Apply to a great Reform, a moderate, or a small one. It is truly said, " a speedy and satisfactory settle w ent of this question becomes daily of more pressing import ranee to the security of the State, and to the contentment and welfare of my people." This may mean a settlement on the basis of 4 the whole Bill," or on that of a Bill very dissimilar. It may mean a more or less sweeping measure of Reform than that which the House of Lords rejected. It pledges the Mini. sters to nothing speeific, and therefore no argument can be drawn from it as to the efficiency or inefficiency of the forth. coming measure. It is like tire recommendation of a mediator to two hostile parties to settle their dispute, without any indication of the terms on which it ought to be settled. The next topic in order, and certainly in importance, is " the distress" which, as his Majesty but too correctly states, " still prevail.; in many parts of my dominions." Distress indeed does prevail in many parts of England and Ire land, to a degree which it requires all the fortitude of the people ao support, and all the wisdom of Parliament to relieve. It is said kn the Royal speech that for this distress of the preservation of peace, both at home and abroad, will, under the blessing of Divine Providence, afford the best and most effectual remedy." We know the va lue of peace—we know that nothing can be more desirable than the continuance of a peace by which the interests or honour of the Mintry are not compromised—a peace of principle, and not humiliation. But peace alone will not afford an effectual remedy to the es-sting distress. It must be peace accompanied by wise and honest Government —by a sound system of taxatiors, *set levied upon the productive industry of the nation, but upon its actual property—by rigid econesny in the finances —by abrogation 4 sinecures, unmerited pensions, and other worse than useless esleipses, which drain away the resources of the people to pamper cOrssUption, indolence, and vice—by substantial and effectual retrenchment in all the over paid offices of State; and by the cultivation of those manly arts of good and virtuous statesmanship, which inspire A public confidence no mere expedients can supply, and which identify the glory of the Ruler with the happiness of his people. Next comes the subject of cholera maims, and its introduction into the King's speech is, to say the least, of it, in bad taste. This is no question of polities to be discussed and decided, like Re form or the tithe question, within the arena ssf Parliament. Neither a Committee above stairs, nor a Committee of the whole House, can deal with this question. Government had already delivered it into the hands of the Board of Health, and the Board of Health immediately constituted itself It board of terror; for, instead of communicating privately to the Medical part of the community the regulations which were thought necessary to he observed, it sew: forth a manifesto which was calculated to produce a general panic, and accelerate the very evil which it pretended to Avert. Why hasthis subject been again alizeged into the King's speech ? Why increase the alarm, when caveat tend in any way to increase the means of presersation. To say that precautions ought to be adm)ted against a pesti lence, is A truism which need not have eciaanisted from the Throne. To say that precautions have been adopted ? is what every body knows, aithesigh we by no means admit they are the " most effective for the purpose." Where is the wisdom •r consistency of placing the AQUlPAlrdesstion with Sunderland by sea under quarantine; and allowing the inteycourse by land to he unrestritted ? We pass over that eternal Ik'Sbject of dissen. aion, and heartsburning, and outrage, the Well tithe Ingstion ; merely obierving thst it is as necessary for the interests 4 the Clergy, who are placed in a most difficult situation, As well as for the peace of the peolsle, that some less irritating and objec tionable mode of paying the Irish &Orgy should be adopted.— Itut the settlement of this question aloee cannot tranquillize Ire land, It is the great misfortune of Ireland 5.43. its Govern ment has always adjusted its measure to the withes, the impor tunities, or the threats of the leaders of one faction, Aar the leaders of another, instead of looking only to the wants of the country and the interests of the people. Hence Ireland, With its masses of misery and discontent, is always a foot-ball at the feet of some boistero us and unprincipled agitator ; and so it will continue to be until a Wise Government, detaching itself from the influence and the intrigues oe Party, apply them. selves to develope the reso urces of the country, aid give to all classes the benefit of impartial and paternal proteetic,ks The state of Portugal is the next subject intrceltseed in the speech. His Majesty is made to say---" The return t o Europe of the elder branch of the illustrious /Louse of Bragangs, and th e dangers of a disputed succession, will rettiJire my most vigilant attention to events; by which not only the safety of Portugal, but the general interests of Europe, may be alfected." As far as applying a vigilant attention+ , to the events arising out of the present state of Portuguese affairs may be considered * duty by Government, there can be no rational objection to their exercising that vigilance ; but if thi s i s to go On U. posi tive interference, and to lead to new conferences with the Holy Alliance, and to a new issue of protocols from the volumi nous pen of Lord Palmerston, we must protest against it. We were bound by tr eat y to protect the independence of Po land, ,and we did not. The question of a disp u t e d suc cession to the Portuguese throne is a question for the decision 4f the people of Portugal alone—let them decide it. The allusion to the treaty between the five Powers and Belgium is followed up by only the expression of a vague hope that the King of the Netherlands will ac. cede to the arrangement. We suspect the " enlightened M D _ parch" will turn out to be only a puppet in the hands of other. Who pulls the strings? The next announcement in the speech is one of great importance to the couse of civilization ; and the interests of humanity. It is the announcement of a convention with the King of the French for the effectual sup pression of the African slave trade. Few as the colonies of the French nation are, the French flag has been made abun dant use of in this abominable traffic ever since the " Mixed Commission" with Spain, and some other Powers, was esta blished for the purpose of putting it down. The convention, we presume, concedes the mutual right of search, and will thereby contribute more than anything that has yet been done to sweep from the seas the pirates that desolate Africa, to per petuate the curse and crime of slavery in other parts of the world; but this, of course, does not touch the question of the actual condition of the slave population in our West Indian islands. The riots at Bristol were a fit subject for ob servation in the royal speech ; but we regret that, though they are spoken of as the subject of deserved punishment, no inquiry into the causes of those disorders is recommended. It is right that the causes should be inquired into, because, until they are known, the real amount of the guilt of the rioters cannot be ascertained. Hundreds of them were in the end cut down by the sabres of the military, or shot, and yet we do not find that the rioters destroyed a single life. Their frantic acts appear to have been the result of the first fatal weakness of the authorities, whoever they were, which allowed them to get possession of the wine.cellar at the Mansion-house. The in toxication that followed can account for all the rest—but we want to know something more than has been told of the begin ning of those disorders. The laws must be vindicated, but we trust justice will be administered in mercy. With the sentiments of the concluding part of the speech from the throne we heartily and entirely concur. The imperium in int perio which was attempted to be created all through this country by means of Political Unions and armed associations, we op posed with whatever powers of reasoning and language we could command from the beginning. We argued from the lights that history afforded, and from the principles of the Constitu tion ; showing the danger of the example from the one source, and the violence done to rational freedom and the stability of regular Government from the other. A Morning Paper that had Leen, day after day, and week after week, most vehement and impassioned in calling for the formation of those associa tions, now says " freedom is A t an end if self-elected and self propagating bodies, whether Corporations or Political Unions, are allowed to govern us." The Journal in question affects to be profoundly Ministerial, and thus does it attempt to conjure down the spirits of political storm and agitation, whose dange• rous assistance It had invoked. For our part, preferring, as we d 6, a Constitutional Monarchy to every other form of Govern. ment, we did not hesitate to denounce voluntary associations, under whatever pretence, usurping the functions, without the responsibilities, of Government ; for if such associations were aflowed, a Constitutional Monarchy could exist no longer."— Morning Herald. The speech from the Throne has given very general satis, faction. The tone throughout is excellent, and the various subject,: introduced into it have powerful claims on the atten tion of Parliament. Reform, as was to be expected, occupies a prominent place, and the importanre of a speedy settlement, with a view to the security of the State, and the penteptment and welfare of the people, is dwelt on with an earnestness suit able to the occasion. The speech expresses only the senti ments which his Majesty has expressed on other occasions. In a very interesting extract from a letter from Dr. Burns, of Paisley, published In the Glasgow 'Chronicle, received on Mon day, in which he gives an account of an intesvitm With the King on the 22d of November last, the same cordial interest is evinced by his Majesty for the welfare of his subjects Pray, Sir, (asked his Majesty) what situation do you hold in Scotland ? I told him : I'lease your Majesty, lam one of the parochial Ministers of Paisley, so well known for its manufac tures ; and where, I am sorry to Inform your Majesty, there is At present very great distress among the operatives, two or three thousand of whom are out of work. His Majesty asked the cause, when I adverted to several causes, such as the unsettled date of the public mind, occasioned by the delay in the settle ' meat of the Reform question • * * * • • I remarked that his Majesty's time must have been for some time past very painfully engaged with those matters; when he , said, in reply, that he personally had not felt the burden so much, but that those who were his advisers had certainly done so. I expressed a hope, that with the blessing of Divine Provi dence matters would soon be brought to a bearing, to which he cordially assented." Much more is stated, which proves how much the language of the speech on the subject of Reform, and of the distress to which the delay has led, is a transcript of his Majesty's own feelings. The speech and the addresses were not of a nature cal culated to lead to the proposition of an amendment. Some of the topics in the speech, however, being of an agitating nature, such as the Bristol riots, the indication of a municipal police, and the refusal to pay tithes in Ireland, they gave rise to a good deal of diseu,sion, froker broke the ice in the Commons. The Right Hon. Gentleman emerly laid hold of the allusion to tithes, and endeavoured to show that a departure from the pre sent state of the law regarding tithes would lead to the destrue. tion of all property. " Ministers (he says) tell us that there has been a systematic re. sistence to the payment of tithes in Ireland. This is the first time I have heard of it, I know, indeed, that there were local objections, and that two persons of a better rank were convicted of a conspiracy for exciting the deluded peasantry, They were convicted, but the punishment was remitted; and if the resist ance were local, this lenient course might be likely to assuage the evil. If, on the other hand, it was a general and formidable combination to resist the payment of tithes, or, in other words, to shake the foundation of property, I should have thought a different course advisable. I suppose that the Noble Lord would apply to tithes the sama argument that he applies to the Unions. Put an end (says he) to Unions by conceding all their claims.' In the same way he may say, Put an end to the disputes regarding tithes by abolishing them..--(Hear.) Destroy hereditary rights and equalize property and the two great points required by Reformers will be gained at once. It is complained that the payment of tithes is resisted, and what is the remedy! Not enforce the law because it is just and necessary, but change it, because it is unpalatable! But in Iteforin as well as in tithes it is a question of principle that is involved—no modification will be sufficient, and you never will be able to satisfy the claim ants without an entire destruction of the system." And then comes an allusion tf) Woburn Abbey and the pro perty of all the gentry in England, which will of course follow the fate of tithes. This passage is characteristic of Mr. Croker's mode of arguing. He never heard of Russell-square—he knows nothing of slang, and, consequently, knows not what is meant by finding a !ogre's nest; and he never heard of a systematic resistance to the payment of tithes in Ireland. What does Mr. Shaw, an Irish Member, opposing Ministers like himself, say on this subject? " The state of the Clergy in Ireland was most deplorable. Great numbers of them were sailing their libraries and all that they possessed, to support life, they having nothing to subsist on but potatoes. The Clergy were, in some cases, actually living on the alms of their Catholic parishioners, who told them that they wouldbe willing to pay the tithes, only they were not allowed, and did not dare." Mr. Croker, how ever, has heard nothing of all this, It is quite new to him. What does Mr. Leader say ? " For three years the Clergy of Ire land had got nothing, and he hoped some means might be found to give them an adequate remuneration for their services, with out upholding a system which weighed down the industry of the country, and led to periodical disturbances. The resistance to the payment of tithes was such, that it was impossible that the in come of the Clergy could be collected without the assistance of an army." But this is all new to Mr, Crap'. Mr, Stanley Asked, " Was it not stated in a petition from the clergy of the diocese of Leighlin, presented in the last session, that the existing laws were inadequate to enable the clergy to receive their tithes, the payment of which, in many parts of the diocese, was suc cessfully resisted for three or four successive years. The ex isting laws being found insufficient, the security with which the payment of tithes can be evaded, has given strength to the combination." "It is with tithes as with Reform, and with Reform as with tithes (quoth Mr. Croker). If the continued agitation of Reform has led to distress, Ministers ought not to have proposed Reform. Neither ought they to interfere with Reform, as one concession only leads to another." The glaring unfairness of this mode of arguing, prevents Mr. Croker from producing a due impression on the House. A man ought, above all things, to guard against the appearance, at least, of trick, either in action or speech. Obedience to the laws, sup poses the belief of the people that they are benefitted by the laws. It is net enough that the boroughmongers have nomina tion boroughs, and the clergy have tithes : if the nation is op posed to nomination boroughs and to tithes, a change of law be coracle necessary to secure obedience to it. " Will any man tell me," said Mr, Stanley, " that the system of tithes even in this country, much more in Ireland, is not fraught with mischief ? Will he tell me that it is the most amicable arrangement that could be made between the Minister and his parishioners ? Will he tell me that it does not give rise to dissension, nay, to bitter animosity ? And are not these feelings of animosity necessarily stroager amongst a population where the majority dissent from the Church for the maintenance of which the tithes are collected r The MR4 fp Which Ministers mean to proceed with regard to tithes is the following ;—" It is," said Mr. Stanley, " the intention of his Majesty's Ministers, in compliance with the grec ipuji sppeeh Which has to-day been ad dressed to us from the throne, to wove for the appointment of a Select Committee, to which all the facts of which the Go vernment is in possession connected with this subject should be relerf,c4 ; and Ministers are at the same time prepared to lay before Committee, immediately after its appointment, the measures Whicb they propose to adopt." Before quitting the subject of tithes, we pLly aklucle tp the attack on Dr. Doyle by Mr. Shaw : " The Catholics (he said) did not respect 01 dri;ad the law so much as they feared illegal associations. They west glider a spiritua t lhondage, and the spiritual authority denounced the pay : molt of legal ri44f. A great deal of agitation was kept up in behalf of the Catlapli,c r , 4lirrion. The chief person who kept up 4 this agitation *as an indifiduai eminent for his talents; and that same indivl4/4 had lately, in language which he knew so well how to employ, 414t1e several suggestions, in a letter which he had published only a few days before, hnd urged several iipe,•ious arguments why the people snoUid 'resist laW. They were not bound, he said, by the laws in the aaige manner as the English ; and what would be wicked in the English Might be excusable in the Irish. He suggested some specious arguments Why they should not obey the laws, while he hoped, under a flimsy COYer, inq of a prt4i4iia!?d attachment to the law, to conceal his real object, which was r,qt.hing else but to put down one religion, and set up another - in its iqapa.—(Hear, hear.) That eminent individual would then take . t 4 glaceof those whom he now censured," The following is, we believe, the passage in tn 4 lrfte Pastoral Letter of Dr. gtoyW to which Mr. Shiw more inunediatele refers ? " Then, as to tithes, employ agai:rat this devouring impost all the resources of your wit and talent, wash 11 the means which the law allows. gut in your ePposition to this pest of agricul ture, and bane Of religion, keep always before yOur eyes a 4alutary dread of those statutes which guard the tithe. Let no violence, or combination to inspire dread, he ever found in your proceed need of such allies. In these countries , if law and reverence the Constitution, they both you only onl J y u o st b i e ce y has the ° will furnish you with amp i e mem ,whereby to overthrow all oyr pression, and will secure to yoy enjoyment of every social rljght" The illusion to Bristol in the speech naturally called up Charles i Wetherell, Victim accordi ng ofthe,. injured n h Whiz own account, is a much 114ny.nsoutbed, many fanged, man —the e y venomous Press . f Togland." Wh4 will astonish most of eur • readers, Sir Charles took Minister. roundly to task for not giving him an opportunity of making a second entry Into Bristol in the Special Commission. We should have thought he had had enough of Bristol, in all conscience. It was shown by Mr. George Lambe, that there were precedents in Dint where a Special Commission had been sent to Bristol ex. eluding the Recorder. Sir Charles is very sore at the charge of having " invented the tale of projected riots, and with the cowardice which is the constant companion of falsehood, with which he shrank from encountering the danger which his own invention alone had created ;" and he was at some pains to show that he did not steal off till his bed had been taken to make a barricade of. Perhaps, therefore, Sir Charles 'Wether ell's pique at not having been included in the Special Commis_ Lion is not so much caused by a wish to sit in judg_ ment on his assailants as to show that he is not afraid. The answer of Lord Althorp to the rhodomon tades of Sir Charles Wetherell was fair and candid in the extreme. Lord John Russell announced his intention of moving for leave to bring in his Reform Bill for England and \Vales on Monday next ; but to a question from Mr. Croker, wishing for information beyond the mere notice, he declined giving an answer.—Morning Chronicle. The Session of Parliament was opened yesterday with a speech from the throne, the indefinite character of which affords but little ground for comment. The leading paragraphs are of course devoted to the Reform question, but no intimation whatever is given in the Royal speech, nor was any hint afforded in either House, whether the forthcoming third edition of the measure is to present us with the same Bill, upon "the whole" of which Ministers have solemnly pledged themselves to stand or fall, or with some new plan to which the love of office or the noeessity of conciliating still further their mob allies may have rendered it advisable to resort. With similar vagueness is treated the important subject of the maintenance of the Pro testant Church in Ireland. A case of greater urgency could scarcely arise than that of "a systematic opposition" to the Payment of tithes ; but having officially announced the existence of this great and pressing evil, do his Majesty's Ministers add that they will immediately adopt means of mitigating or removing it, or that they are ready with a measure to be submitted to Parliament, with a view to that object ? No, but we learn from them that a Select Committee will be appointed to collect infor. mation ; or, in other words, we have an avowal that this lament able state of things must endure, and the robbery of the Church continue in an undiminished extent, till that most dilatory of 411 proceedings, the inquiry of a Select Committee, shall have reached its termination. If, however, we derive no satisfactory information from the Royal speech, the guiding principle of the present Ministry is sufficiently apparent throughout—the prin. ciple of conceding every thing to popular clamour and violence. Thus the settlement of the Reform question (by which of course is meant the passing of the Reform Bill) is necessary to the se, curity of the State, and to the contentment of the people, We had imagined that the State had been more secure and the people more contented before the introduction of the Reform scheme than they have been since that time; but the Ministers, it ap. Pears, are not aware of this fact, or rather, in the hope of main. taming themselves in office, they are not ashamed to deny what is palpable to every man in the kingdom, and notorious to the whole world. The State was secure ; the people were contented ; but a reckless scheme of innnovation has reduced the one to the brink of ruin, and excited in the lattor a fell spirit,which has al. ready shewn itself in acts of fury and desperation, and which threatens to produce still further calamities. They who have let loose the torrent know that any attempt to stem it would involve their own overthrow. Reason, therefore, is rejected; the solemn decision of the House of peers is set at nought; and the old and only agument is repeated—the people (that is, the Bristol and Nottingham mobs) insist upon the Bill; therefore it must be granted. The security of the State requires that we should yield whatever the greatest enemies of the State, the enemies of order, the violators of the laws, may please to demand.— Again, when we come to the subject of tithes in Ireland, the same principle developes itself. The payment of tithes is sys, tematically refused. What remedy is proposed ? To enforce the law ? No ; to Alter or abolish the law ! The law must be accommodated to the views of those who suddenly think fit to denounce it. Admirable principle of Government! This sub ject was so forcibly treated by Mr. Croker yesterday evening that it is unnecessary for us to do more than refer to the truly excellent speech of that Right. Hon. Gentleman. The very summoning of Parliament at this inconvenient season is another illustration of the Ministerial principle, As Mr, Crolcer well observed, there was no ether reason than this— ,, Their masters told them to call Parliament together." With regard to our foreign policy it is announced that the same system of injustice as heretofore is to be adopted towards Portugal, though it has now become more than ever manifest that Don Miguel is the choice of the Portuguese people. This fact cannot be gainsaid even by those who absurdly deny his legiti mate title to the Crown, and we marvel how such a title as that of the people's choice can be rejected by a Whig Government. As to the ill-treatment of British subjects in Portugal, there is very little if any foundation for the charge ; but supposing such to be the case, can it be a matter of surprise that the sub jects of a Government which vexatiously and unjustly refuses to recognise the acknowledged and legitimate Sovereign of Portugal should not be considered entitled to that courtesy with which othorw* they would be received Y The Interests of commerce suffer more severely than individuals in consequence of the obstinate injustice of our Government. On this subject, and on the other important point of our foreign policy, viz. the negotiations with Holland, Lord Aberdeen's speech is worthy of attention. As regards the treaty with France for the sup pression of the slave trade, it was shown by Mr. Croker that this alone would not effect nor even in any way pro : mote the desired object. The concurrence of America and all other Maritime Powers must be also obtained. The Royal speech of course reprobates the atrocious outrages at Bris tol, and condemns the revolutionary societies which would set themselves above the Government. It is to be hoped that this formal condemnation will be speedily followed up by the enact. ment of a law for their effectual suppression. With respect to the Bristol outrages we shall content ourselves with directing attention to the full and satisfactory explanation given by Sir C. Wetherell. After exposing the malicious calumnies that have been heaped upon him by the Radical Press, the Learned Gentleman dwelt in terms of honest indignation upon the in sulting conduct of the Government towards him in omitting to insert his name in the Special Commission, and refusing to at tend to his application. In alluding to this subject yesterday we rightly estimated the feelings of the Learned Gentleman, and we must say that this unwarrantable departure from prece dent looks very much like a studied slight upon Sir Charles Wetherell, and an effusion of petty spleen against a conscienti. ous and powerful political opponent. The Opposition, unin_ fluenced by any factious motive, moved no amendment in either House to the address, beyond the correction of an inconsistency in one of the paragraphs, pointed out by Lord Harrow by in the Lords, and Sir It, Peel in the Commons, The Earl of Eldon, in a brief speech, alluded to the infamous falsehoods propagated in a paper called The Black List, a production which, we believe, we adequately exposed at the time of its appearance. Sir It. Peel delivered a speech, as usual, most eloquent in style and impressive in argument, and which will be better appreciated by perusal than in any description we could offer. The Reform Bill will be introduced on Monday,—Morning Post. The public, for some days past, have been not a little scan dalized by the reports of certain proceedings at Doctors'.Com. mons, between a married man and his wife. The case we al. lude to is that of the Neelds, and really we have seen nothing more calculated to shake the respect of poor and uneducated people both for persons of rank and for the institution of matri mony, than the persevering, perverse, and unworthy practices which are said to have been developed in the course of this judi. cial investigation, on the side of one at least of the parties. It seems quite strange that in these bargain-driving matches, where one evil passion is bartered against another, as in the present instance, by what would appear from a juxta-position of the adverse statements, highborn cupidity might be supposed to have taken the field against plebeian vanity—it does undoubt edly seem to us altogether wonderful that the most diligent en deavours of the ill.assorted pair are not always given to the single object of disguising, under plausible and decent forms, the motives which an inquisitive and not too charitable world will be generally prone to impute to them, instead of so often betraying the cloven foot and emblazoning the want of reciprocal delicacy in which their hapless union has originated. Marriages between persons in unequal walks of life; and of in congruous habits and associations, have rarely turned out welt A dissonance, which might pass unheeded in the slight corn. coerce of the promenade or ballroom, becomes harsh and insup. portable to the inmates of the same dwelling, and in the privacy of domestic life. The published proceedings which have sug gested to us this subject of painful commentary, show that al most from the very outset of their matrimonial intercourse, a glaring disparity of taste, feeling, or demeanour, had totally unfitted the parties in question for prolonging with any com fort the relations of man and wife. We mean to say nothing of exclusive blame to either of them,—nothing to wound the individual feelings of Lord Shaftesbury's daughter, or of Mr. Ilundell's heir. But we merely lay it down as a maxim of prudence, riot by any means unconnected with sound morality, that two people educated in the opposite habits, and with incompatible views of life, ought seldom if ever to run the risk of matrimony, even were they sensible (as is very uncommon) of something like a mutual preference. From Addison downwards, innumerable cases might be ad- I l iced of " Ladies of quality" affording lessons of tardy wis. dom, but unceasing repentance, to husbands whose only title to distinction was their merit. But if disappointed greediness of money be superinduced upon mortified arrnpnce or guile, it is impossible for the woman who feels such pangs to be, Under any circumstances, " a crown of glory," an ornament, or bles sing, to her husband. It has been held too much a fashion in this country to hold ch ea p the estimation wherein the conjugal ties are }?/q by our French neighbours. Was there ever made by any married couple of t 1.14 nation a more disgusting expo. sure of their scern for the duties undertaken by them at the altar, as well as for the decent and civilised observances of life, than throughout that unfortunate cause in which Dr. Lushing. ton has recently pronounced his judgment ?—Times. A Cabinet Council was held this day at one o'clock at the Foreign-office. The Ministers were in de— liberation when our Paper went to press, lIERRINGS.—During the week the herrings have been considerably p'entier in the Firth of Forth, but still they are by no means so numerous as could be wished. They have been taken chiefly between Newhaven and Queensferry, and prices run from 3s, Gd. to 4a. a hundred. --They are of excellent quality, indeed, in the words of a fisherman, tl.ey are " nearly as big, as fat, and fine as mackerel,".-- Scotsman, Remained at last report New eases Total Diod Recovered Remaining at this date, 8 o'clock, A.M.! Cases. Died. From the Commencement of the Disease, on -- the 26th October, 1631 (Signed) G. STEPHENSON, Secretary to the Sunderland Board of Health, His MAJESTY'S speech appears to have given I general satisfaction, for not even the Ultras them. selves were able to allege aught against it. Sir R. PEEL indeed alluded to its omission of all allusion to the Bank and East India Charters, but the Right Hon. Baronet's strictures fell flat and lifeless on the House, and seem scarcely to have been thought worthy of reply by Lord ALTITORP. The two most important points in the speech are—its mention of the Reform question, and that of the tithe system in Ireland. In alluding to the former of these topics, his MAJESTY recommends " a speedy and satis factory settlement," as the question is becoming daily of more pressing importance to the se curity of the State, and to the contentment and welfare of my people." This language is just what it should be—concise, decisive, and pertinent, and shows that his MAJESTY is as feelingly alive as ever to the wants and wishes of his subjects, and both anxious and determined to concede to their just demands. On the tithe question, his MAJESTY itays—" In parts of Ireland a systematic oppo sition has been made to the payment of tithes, attended, in some instances, with afflicting results; and it will be one of your first duties to inquire whether it may not be possible to effect improve ments in the laws respecting this subject, which may afford the necessary protection to the Esta blished Church, and at the same time remove the present causes of complaint." We are glad to find that the Government are at length resolved on seriously turning their attention to this important subject, we might have waited long enough ere a Tory Minis•ry would have dreamed of taking up the question—as it is one of pressing, para mount necessity, on which depends in no slight degree, the weal or woe of Ireland. We are glad of this, we repeat, in justice not less to those who have to receive, than to those who have to pay tithes in Ireland. The former have for the last three years, particularly in the southern parts of the sister island, been in a constant state of col lision with the latter, and reduced to the greatest distress in order to receive from them those dues which the law, as at present constituted, awards them. The non-payment of tithes was no sooner resolved on by one district than it was in stantly taken up by another, and so the con tagion has been spreadiog and spreading, up to the present hour, when it pervades, at least, one half of Ireland. The consequence of this has been, and still continues to be, a general system of disorganization, which can only be effectually put down by a prompt, spirited, and liberal interference on the part of Government. We have no desire to see the receiver of tithes wronged, but we wish to see the payer righted : above all, we wish to see the monstrous abuses of the Irish Protestant Establishment rigidly inquired into, with a view to their immediate purification. The evil has become so monstrous, its effects so alarming, that it must no longer be permitted to continue. In the House of Commons last night Lord JOHN RUSSELL gave notice, that on Monday next he should move for leave to bring in a Bill to amend the re presentation of England and Wales. This announce ment was received with loud and continued cheering; Sir C. WETHERELL afterwards entered into expla nations respecting his share in occasioning the late disgraceful riots at Bristol. The Hon. and Learned Gentleman's statement was a lengthened one, but left the question just where it was before. In the Upper House, contrary to expectation, no amendment was moved to the Address, though Lord HAttßownv suggested one or two trivial alterations, in the justice and propriety of which Earl GREY at once acquiesced. Hamburg and Brussels Papers have been received; their contents are unimportant. The following are extracts : SAXONY, Nov.2o.—Leipsic is assigned as their place of abode to all Poles coming to Saxony, and is already swarming with those fugitives. We understand they are not permitted to stop in any other town of the kingdom. Princess Czarcryski and Countess Cecilia Plater, who made herself known as a Colon e l of Hussars, have already passed through Leipsic. HESSE CASSEL, Nov. 15.—The law relative to th e press d ra wn up in the department or the Minister of the Interior, and just laid before the Assembly of the Estates, !s . one of the mos t lib e ral that has ever appeared in Germany. I. he municipal l aw , also laid before our Assembly at the same time, fully answers the expectations that were formed respecting the privileges granted to the communes. M, Von Manger, formerly director of police, who was confined for many years in the fortress of Spanoenberg on account of the celebrated affair of the threatening letter to the Ele c t or , now li ves a t full liberty in Marburg, where his son is prosecuting his studies in the university. WILNA, Nov. 7.---Senator Novosilzo w i s f or the present a ppointed Governor of the University, which it is thought will be removed to Kiow, on account of the in surrect i ons t h at h ave taken place in Lithuania, Wolhynia, &c. A great number of our Professors have already been either discharged or with drawn from their functions as Emeriti, or removed to other places. M. Pelikan, formerly Rector of the University, who DAY AT ONI O'CLOCK. Patcas OF THE STOCKS Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Red. ..... -..8234 %M 3 per Cent Cons. 3% per Cent. 83145 Ditto Red.. . 89 % N3 l . New 3%per Cent 91%% 3 per Cent Ann. 1726 - 4 per Cent. 1826 9 914 % Bunk Long Ann. to expire Jan. 5,186 P l6 7-16 Oct. 10, 1859 l6 7-16 Jan. 5, 1860...16 13-16 11-16 Jan. 5, 1880 - April 5, 1880 Jan. 5, 1870 New 5 per Cent. India Stock Ditto Bonds 3 2 die. South Sea Stock shut Old Annuities New Ditto. ........... shut 3 per Cent. Ann. 1751 Ex. Bills, .£l,OOO 5 3 4 pm. Ditto ... 500 4 5 pm. Ditto Small 5 7 pm. Ditto Commercial Ditto Advertised — Bank for Opening India for Account. Cons. for:Jan. 19 B4 3;i ?RIVES OT FORRIGIN FUNDS THIS DAY AT ONI O'CLOCK. Austrian Bonds — 'Nespolitan..—... ........ .....—.. , Brazilian Bonds 'Peruvian Bonds 8 ticaos Ayres Bonds 'Portuguese Bonds — Chnian Bonds —lPrussian, Old Colombian Bonds ... ...... .... 'Ditto, New — Ditto, 1824 Osnish Greek Bonds — i--- 1811 — Ditto, 1825 Guatimala. —l— Exchange —f. —c. Mexican Bonds — ,---- 3 per cent. 69r. 75c. ditto, 1825 Nili '— Exchange 2sf. 30 . COURSE OF EXCH.) Amsterdam C.F..12 11 Ditto, at sight 11 181 Rotterdam 0 U 12 1 Antwerp 12 2 Hamburg M.B. 13 121 Altona l3 12: Paris, 3 days' sight 25 35 Ditto 2 U. 25 65 Bordeaux 0 5 70 Berlin Frankfort on Maine, Ex. M.152i Petersburgh, ruble, 3 Us. 10 0 Vienna, effective tl. 2M. 10 2 Trieste do lO 3 Madrid 37 Cadiz 37 Bilboa Barcelona 36 Seville SSG Gibraltar 47M .IW% YESTERDAY. Leghorn 4 7 44 Genoa 25 60 'Venice 47M Malta 46 Naples . 4O Palermo per oz. 119 Lisbon Oporto 47% Rio .faneiro Bahia 27 Buenos Ayres Dublin, 21 days' sight l% C or k l% BULLION, PRA OZ. X. B. d. Portugal Gold, coin 0 0 0 Foreign Gold, in bars 3 17 104 New Doubloons 0 0 0 New Dollars , Silver bar s. standard 0 0 0 . • • _ Etir 1144, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 7, 1831. CHOLERA MORBUS, OFFICIAL REPORT, COUNCIL OFFICE.—(THIS DAY.) DAILY REPORT of CHOLERA CASES, SUNDERLAND, DEC. 5, 1831. Cholera Morbus. Wag removed to St. Petersbu State. STi have death , cover there th, ~ thus appointed Col Liellor of Cou is goi of Pc the loss The Rover, Briggs, from Pictou, was totally wrecked in Fair Isle the 22d of October, and only the mate saved, COURT CIRCULAR. The Queen, attended by Miss Wilson, took an airing yesterday in a carriage, and visited Viscountess Falkland at her residence in Eaton-square. The Princess Sophia visited the Queen yesterday, and partook of a dejeune with her Majesty. The Prussian Minister transacted business at the Foreign_ office on Monday. Despatches were received this morning at the Colonial-office from Malta. COUNTYOF DUBLIN REFORM MEETING.- The county meeting, held on Saturday, at the Court-house of Kilmainham, at which the High Sheriff presided, was more numerously and respectably attended than an y for mer meeting of the county of Dublin, in favour o f R e f orm . The spirit and tenor of the proceedings, a s we ll as t h e attend ince, were not calculated to favour the assertion that A re-action hid taken place in the public mind. A deter inination to support the KING and his Ministers in carry ing the great measure of Reform was expresied by all the speakers, and a vote of confidence . in th e G overnme nt unanimously adopted.' Times, 4-' G-Z , ' a Eastry, on the 15th November. He was found 1 -r o f t f 7 11 (1 At this annou ncemen t t h e prisoner changed col:.1'1 ,t ea ,;"'lved he was obs erve d to s h u dd er s li g h t l y . Th e Lear° J ° II', as di -1 not appear to anticipate this verdict ; and, tot/7 ' 4 et, ti a4 d lim was the general opinion in Court, that the priaol, ''4 t a nd u, have been acquitted. Sentence was 4t present oc ls' 44 i Nt 'atent The trial excited considerable interest, and the b, e o l i t j! tli,. a ntane, crowded with magistrates. The Court adjourno hi'tise hi, f °Ub e • o'clock. dLtr lbre , (it " , 11 (6.P.leasi MARRIED. li On the 6th inst. at St. George's, Hanover_squareio ning, Esq., of Hertford-street, May-fair, to Mary Aq.:a Katharine, only daughter of Colonel T. J. Barrow'', street, Portman-square. klIt; "IV Olge , 14 :6 i4e 2 0C 11, 1 y '' Under i tl it , t Peeifi e DIED. rd 4) i;."alili n is. g On the 3d inst. Solomon Sebay, Esl., of Kenn"' : I. l :'_ ousp r i r Vauxhall, aged 49. „op' I, The p , On the 6th inst. at Milton next Gravesend, J. VO A Yth ' , ten in his 73d year. . k P' ttn , ra ta C 1 On tile Otis inst. in Nottingham-place, G. Mercxh" A tN e nera t i Berrington.court, Worcestershire, aged 70. a r • Peeifi c en On the 2d inst. at Bristol, Harriet, the wife of '" „) ' Whi, Esq. M.D. o'l4 TH On the .26th Oct. at Carignola, on the Artillery: , 4 17n u o i from Corfu to England, Major Adye, Royal i t titt i a , s On the 28th ult. at Oxford, at Balliol College, F 0 F/1 4 G out) t youngest son of the late W. F. Gardiner, Esq. of the jta 4 tttib ut _ Company's service, Bengal. "Y di :'' ,f 1,1, ge,tlbl Or, e Pat en t () , t i v . O Tw o kr, t ItZrOy . 8 1,;. 4--- -tichk. -"kilt. I'i•INTED AND PUBLISHED BY MURDO YOUN G° SUN OFFICE, 112, STRAND, LONDON. le Proposed EI removed to St. Petersburgh, is thus appointed Counsellor Of THE lIARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) , e. • COCKHOLM, Nov. 22.-From the Bth to the 12th inst. there been ten new cases of cholera at Abo-5 recoveries and 9 CORN EXCHANGE. Its -i n all, up to that time, 244 cases; 167 deaths; 71 re- There are small arrivals this week of every article but $ h al i s n c s on tan ta t in the Imperial de- maintains its former rates. Beans and Pease are dull, and a a ea At Cronstadt, where the disorder was greatly abating, and Flour, which are considerable. The Wheat trade is GENE R this morning at Mondays prices. Barley, of fine qualitY. SCRIBE! i 'e A vv it e s r e A stilt , 50N Nov. t 23 1 e ii - t s O rs u n r the jou 7 r t . of amnesty of Ist November. cheaper. Oats find buyers slowly, at Monday's terms. rAy aunt Viscount Krazinski, lately arrived from St. Petersburgh, rema i ns unaltered. ,is to be h Au g to make a tour through all the provinces of the kingdom • RRlvaLs. L th e black Bull 'oland, in order to make himself personally acquainted with loss which the inhabitants sustained by the war. Wheat. 1 Barley. 1 Oats. I FIR"' as already T HAMBURG-CHOLERA. English I 1,991 q rs. 8,700 qrs. 2,614 qrs. 8 1 1th • New Cases. Recoveries. Deaths. Irish - '290 - of the current, at ( : l ' i li e l i :Ur g h ; and Nov. 26 - -l a By desire 27 SUGAR. -The - j sines ls s 'ewZ n rice e In Cu l Lre se n 0 1 v o ad f yeesotaesrtdawyet c % o ga nr iv ies , Dec. 5, 28 29 parcels were taken for the outports ; the general advall r• l udyer- ts t i e e t BERLIN-CHOLERA. most extensive, amounting to nearly 4,500 hhds. and trs. sir: its will be ha Mauritius cw is t. Bl 7 69 e st b o a ck gs o , f `Nest India li s nl l, i 6 a s3 Sug in a o r r i e s no t :: New Cases. Recoveries. Deaths. Nov. 25 26 of 6d . to Ig. 27 ST. PETERSBURGH-CHOLERA year. The delivery of West India Sugar last week, am'' , REFORM New Cases. Recoveries. Deaths. to 2,907 hhds. and ers., being 45 more th an lass REFORM Nov. 11 12 13 - the GREi I 14 R, 4. 1,200 hhds., including the 13arbadoes, the whole supportir 0 s I R, Liveri advance stated. In Refined goods last week there was littl 1‘ ," 1 ", -lAMBURG, Nov. .-BORISEN HALLE, HALF-PAST Two.- ration as to prices ; some partial sales of low Lumps at Sil Ass Dec.' r stock market has not been animated to-day; prices were, reported, but the chief transactions were in the mid. and 's ' • ouiation of wever, higher than on Friday, and in Russian stock a good qualities for melting, at rather better prices ; for fine gi' I ,titi ng Masses i it of business has been done. Discount 5 per cent. titled to the double bounty there were extensive inquiri , I t/iten e d and In End of November. the Refined Market, this afternoon, there is little change. as Anglo-Danish Loan 3 per Cent. Anglo-Russian Loan 94% t ''led • FOREIGN SUGARS.-By public sale last week near , late executi Hamburg-Russian Loan Russian Inscription, 5 per Cent. u educate Russian Inscription, 1831. Polish Bonds 113% e . a.,. ~ EAST INDIA SUGAR-The Mauritius Sugars last • eu from the Austrian Bank Shares 1138 continued to support the small advance we stated on Tueses 111 th . Ditto Metalliques New Austrian 4 per Cents 77% offer for sale. The small sale of Mauritius this day, 2° . i k e ; at inn can aloe BRUSSELS, DEC. 3.-M. A. Sol, Secretary of the French went off at previous prices. Average price of Sugar, 11. 0. .11 . • •gation, set out yesterday for the Hague. per cwt. , • ( arriage ' '' t and NI. Ch. Lehon, an envoy to the Court of France, was to set out COFFEE-British Plantation descriptions are again 2a 1 , Gray's I ' Paris to.day. since Friday, making an advance of 3s. to ss. since Tue ' , a e a 'eOnamodat Flee Observer of Hainan!: says, the 2d and 3d bans of the on ordinary • mixed good ord. Jamaica sold last week s•;, atet and vie Guard of Mons, weary with doing duty in the fortress, have Sals., since which triage has been sold at 845., and such' stables it come to the firm resolution not to mount guard any more. scarcity of the ord. descriptions, that the holders can . icy have fixed a very short time for the termination of their almost any prices they chose to demand ; the finer de,c, , litary operations. Accordingly care was taken yesterday are a b out 2 s. hi g h er t h an on T uesday. The price of r: tee. 1) to relieve five posts, which they occupied, by the first and East India Coffee is little varied, but the market is,.,P H n of the artillery of the Civic Guard of Liege, in garrison in i 0 L the purchases by private contract consist of parcels of is city. The Government will doubtless take measures with mingo at 58s. • Brazil 575. to 605., according to quality; ' „ ipect to the three other posts, if it desires the preservation of Batavia 60,1. a'6ls. This day's sale, 802 bags East India 0 ' 1 beg e fortress. leave t rather lower ; Sumatra 51s. 6d. a 525. ; Ceylon 545. 6c1.; ' ' at . the Journal of the province of Liege says-" The Polish Livia in second hands ;43 casks 2 bags Berbice sold Ten , 'tg Anparatp tillers who speak French are received into the Belgic service. broken or fine qpiality 86s. a real mid., 955. a 965. 6d. 'lnlet" • lose who wish to go to France are sent to Valenciennes, at the RUM, BRANDI, and HOLLANDS.-The Rum '' 4 ions kind pence of the Polish Committee. Count Matuscewicz will be continued dull ; proof Leewards nominally about Is. 441., D I' answers tli eat.-Colonel of the Foreign Legion, under Colonel Achille eels could be purchased lower. Brandy continues firm at t (Sign urat." vance of Id. per gallon. Geneva pale, very scarce, the a Some inhabitants of the city of Brussels intend to offer to the tions 2s. 9d. a 3s. • 1, 1 S underland, ing in the course of this month a fete in the name of the city. HEMP, FLAX and TALLOW.-The arrivals from, ~ ' e above api A letter from Elberfeld, of the 28th of November, announces are extensive and increasing, yet the Market improo' p l'Plic a ti on s n , at from the Ist of January, 1832, a change will take place in price is now 425. 6d., very firm. Flax and Hemp at ne' 'Ned : e Prussian tariff, by which the import duty on cotton yarn minal quotations. leo in a neat II be increased one Prussian dollar per cwt. COTTON.-The Cotton Market is verysteady.-ThepWS ' safe to all 1 LISBON. a 4 " of the week consist of 70 Bengal, mid. 44(1., fine 4% . as The Gazettes, from the 21st to the 26th of November inclusive, rat, ord. 3'rSd. good sd. ; 10 Madras, good 43id. ; 400 t'' F ntain various promotions in the army, but no news relative to mid. sm. i onc i 6 y4d. ntugal. ARCLA The Detch papers by the mail are of the same dates as those ----- COUN TRY CORN MARKETS DURING THE 4 !atet e . has, for r eviously received. --- keils 4t itte from th Wheat. Barley. Oats. j 'itch The French Papers contain no news. The Duke ---- - titl i t, in the' Per Quarter. s. to s. s. to s. s. to a. 5' a t, its fft ' ORLEANS and Marshal SOULT entered Lyons o n Boston O6 - 59 - 28 - 21 'IN h e Gainsborough - - 62 - 4l - 23 - A ° e from th aturday last at the head of 30,000 men, with- Grantham Grirasby --.......-....... 50 62 30 38 18 24 2 9 4 P at opposition, the insurgents having previously H0rnca5t1e............. . 55 60 35 38 17 22 .z , dr,,, aced onl 3 retired iven up the command of the city, and Spilsby to Lincoln 54 63 36 42 16 24 7, So -“, and so - 52 60 26 38 20 22 !It ' Oxford-str Stamford. 5l 70 36 42 18 f2.•.2 a a s ,w, lthili, ieir homes. York-.... 52 66 34 46 18 28 !,"7/ Ni c • , and a i lls ty Inc rends' PUBLIC MEETING AT NEWCASTLE , NORWICH, Dec. 3. . ytittki Included. Wheat (per qr.) - 555. 635. 68s. I Beans (per qr.) Barley 22s. 355. 375. l'ease, Grey.--....- ---"4". t, Nst, t ' t 'l " Bare' (From the Tyne Mercury.) Oats ----... 255. 30s. 325. Flour, fine (per sack) 'ej '' ile z. A highly respectable meeting of the inhabitants of Newcastle --- CANTERBU RI , Dec. 3. e t - as held in the Mayor's Chamber, at noon, on Wednesday last, Wheat, white----- 60s. to 70s. - Old. • consider of the propriety of entering into a subscription to re- •e_ red---......... 50s. to 663.....,. 01d,.,,....,,,.. -s. ', O ! eve the wants and add to the comforter of the poor at this period, Barley, Malting -38 s. to 425. a-. Grinding.. 265. : o i J oNE , Oats - ---s• ' hen the visitation of unusual sickness is apprehended, tos 0 Beans . - 405. o el, ase et a nd STI ,RCH. REED, Esq., the Right Worshipful the Mayor, in Pease --.- - Grey...._.. 35.4 . :!" ele the Chair. RE' t s O nly safe NIANCHESTER, Dec. 3. o NI "e C HOLEI The CHAIRMAN had felt it to be his duty to call this Wheat, per 701 b. 9s. 6d. to 10s. Od. Red Os. 31. t I es, ~„, meeting in conformity with the wish of the Board of Health, in Barley, per 601 b 5 0 5 3 Oats 3 5 j'Sk syst Baths hays rder that a subscription might be entered into to alleviate as Means, per Imperial quarter Pease, White, per Imperial bushel 5 0 bl . l lOO4 it as possible the distress of the poor at this time, when the ap- Malt, per 6 Imperial bushels 42 0 F ige, s more ne earance of a malignant disease amongst us was dreaded. Until Flour, per Sack of 28011) 4B ol' a re simpl e ,• n order was received from the Privy Council for the formation EXETER MARKETS.-Dec. 2. . 1 , , with th, f a regular Board of Health, he did not know how the funds , Beef (score) , Bs. Od. 9s. Od. Wheat (bushel) ...Ss. Od' ; ~,L tn re. r• 3be now subscribed could be disposed of. The 150/. given by Mutton (16.)-0 5 05i Barley 4 6 i' ' th Fran he Duke of Northumberland and the 501. given by the Duchess, Veal and Lamb--0 5 0 6 Oats ... 2 4 1:1,1,i51 e whole Pork 0 4 0 6 Beans 5 6 ilt oti , inrrible dis might without impropriety be applied to relieve immediate Geese (each) -3 04 0 Butter (lb.). 1 0 11,, last, 'though rants. He concluded by requesting the Town Clerk to read a Ducks 'coutile\--2 4 4 0 Eggs (14) ....-..........0 0 I 'ilsel ota ` . 5." 2tter from J. Hodgson, Esq., M.P., enclosing a donation of 251., Fowls ................2 3 3 0 Potatoes (peck) ...0 t tleo., . "ea wits a aid of the subscription, and announcing that he should head 1, in many _____ he list with 100 guineas from theCorporation.-(Great applause.) Malmseys-Butter 966 to 995. per cwt. ; Wheat 26° T' • JAS. EDGCOME, Esq., then rose to submit the first reso- per barrel ; Flour 20s. to - 345. per bag; Oats 9s. to 1 1 : 1 4 Stek,S • 1aoR anon. He believed the Central Board of Health in London t to el ti. Barc o y ta l t l o s e . s to 1 . ts. ; Beef 4d. to 5.1. per lb. ; ." 'el l ,. 2d per stone; Coals Is. 2d. per cwt• i 4kll-ERA, PI tad issued certain regulations for the government of parochial Pigs 3 i .is. to 335. per cwt. nd local Boards, which were so well calculated to accomplish Health' he objects in view that he thought they could not do better THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) It s , I, is the be han receive the suggestions they contained as commands. The t ett k ' e of purge parochial Boards in this town, he was glad to observe, had in av'tki t'ul tit the a ome degree anticipated this advice, by dividing the parishes CITY. TWELVE 0' CL - ,j, lied , ," 4 iB ' 'is nuisances Bombay Papers have been received at the North a It N } us' g nto districts, and appointing inspectors to remove American Coffee-house to the sth of August. k le s „ I SYRII Lnd so forth ; but he did not see that they had any means of - (From the Paper of the 27th August) " e d 1,1 Pat treaded malady were not prevented from reaching us, its vio- Important changes have taken place in the prospect oft 0 -S,i t as for aim ence might be mitigated and its progress checked. He con- ters in almost every district in Lower Ben g aL o ur w on ), ,li , out Valves the interior are as follows :- si p . duded by moving the first resolution, to the effect that a public , BENARES AND ITS NEIGUBOUanocm.-The koontee op . sil l 1 4 . a, , and is E übscription should be entered into. proved in appearance, but will still yield short produce; lk nd o f 12 ,4, 1 The VICAR of NEWCASTLE rose to second the resolution, plant is working fine. , s ie • liabl e !Inch was then put and carried unanimously. Tr:Room-1 he western division has been terribly Cu ss ' 0 tala an A the heavy rains and inundations. Several planters re?' 4 w ' he bight) Mr. HENRY A. MITCHELL said, that it was fortunate esi . half of last year's produce. lA4 'tering 1 hat we knew the causes that predisposed to an attack of the Chupah, Arrah, and Dinapore send nothing but con* 1 .. ih, nalignant disease which had at length reached our shores. They Purneah continues to enjay excellent prosperity. f, i , ,, EL GR. night be comprised with sufficient distinctness in the words I re has experienced some im rovement. , ts, E a Bhagu po also .. p i S uare. ~.T Dacca has almost closed with another failure. 11th, want of ventilation, exposure to cold, want of wholesome Burgpore and Mymensing have been deluged, and will . ii 'ood, and drunkenness. The obvious course, then, for us to the quantity of last year. i d, '''''-Ware idopt was to provide food, fuel, and comfortable clothing, for Jessore, to the eastward, have suffered most severely , t inundation. . Il d c 1 , he poor, and to use every means we possessed to enforce Yen. and Nuddeah has better hopes .iliation and cleanliness. Public subscriptions were the me-RE S Sober plant has been productive. lium by which these were to be effected. He should move A comparative statement of this season and the last :-""" , teas, excelle ;hat a Committee be now formed who should have the controul Season 1830 Al a 441 CARI sf the funds, and to whom all cases of distress among the poor 1831 We have heard that Mecca, Judda, and Medina luy aril,. to ever) should be referred, in order that immediate relief might be cempletely depopulated by a dreadful disease : 50,0 0° h i N 1 1 1 Words iiven to them. have been carried off by it. *lll p lain] tha Mr. Alderman COOKSON perfectly agreed with Mr. Mit- THE FUNDS. /la il, :diet in thinking that their object should be to afford immediate • ris h ea Vl,re this moment learn that two expresses from Pa i l 'ell , ti app arrived, but the contents of them have not as yet transP o S, ow P rom t , relief, and he therefore begged to second his motion. The King's speech is the general topic of canters, pl „, s ly 1,. 0 P t The resolution was then put, and carried unanimously. morning in the city, and meets with much approbation , :otlst th Pe of su Mr. M'INTYRE. surgeon, stated that as great alarm had Stock Exchange Tory party says that the part of ii ire f,V ,4 j t „ e patien been excited by an idea that a man of the name of Jordan had laces to Portugal and Holland is ambiguous, and reilu' A's, lint oil , in nation. Up to the present hour it has not had much t r e ph t h died in this town, on Saturday last, of malignant cholera, he the Funds ; still Consols are not so good as they left ° ,e o Ott,,, "a ; time thought it might be interesting to the public to know that all day ; they opened at the leaving-off price, 83% to 84,5 1 1 1 ;lpl ..' possess es , I, t h es his family had been subject to cramps, that his brothers and they declined to 83% N. A LIFO 11 11 Will con sisters had cramps as well as himself, and that his father died In the Foreign Market nothing doing as yet -A i r,.„ , has arrived. n fi b `"Ys' Rsc of cramp in the stomach. The case ofJordan was probably an HALF-PAST v,,0 ,11,, t : Wilson aggravated state of the same disorder, and not at all connectael We understand that the French Ambassador yesterusi ti 'aid, , , ' with spasmodic cholera.-(Great applause.) noon received the official account of the Duke of or le V, p . Bays ' Dr. WHITE suggested that this should be made an addition Marshal Soult having entered Lyons. 4 0i tt4 eiple 1 d 11 4141 to the report to be transmitted to the Central Board of Health The Private letters by the Lisbon mail this morning . _, ot , Naennip Don Miguel has taken the alarm, and is making ever, oi °IV , , in London. ‘ ea.-1141a•' lion to receive the expedition of Don Pedro. Troop s ,si , ih i • Mr. MINTY RE begged the Mayor would have the goodness tinually marching and counter-marching in all directrasoV, It lthi a article] to call a meeting of the medical gentlemen, to report the pre- above letter does not mention that the foreign mach l 0 11 a1 41 € 1 from sent state of the health of the town. are included in the forced loan. nt , t 0 ''i the s Soon after Consols opened at 83% 84 for the Aecou le ,, iv , , e ~ Mr. EDGCOME thought it would be of importance if the to 83% si, at which price they have continued the wh!sr„' IS, ' d 'at 4---stree Privy Council or the Government could be informed that no morning, with scarce any business doing. The sole atlif s l ,..•r s , , other suspicious case had elapsed since Jordan's. the speculators at present is to our local affairs, and f° hi. ~peetab It was after some debate resolved, that a meeting of the me- litics are scarcely sought after. ,j, i T i .i . • Gd. a In the Foreign Market Portuguese Stock has improwil Il t a G ''' a e Bar bad dical gentlemen should be called at six o'clock in the evening. Thanks haying been moved to the Mayor for his conduct in THREE 0 CLv k k - urne v roust the chair, the meeting broke up. Consols, 834. , t it: '141 : 1 in r 1 at FOUR O'CLOCK.-CLOSING PRICE S ' t'ti i , and at The meeting of medical gentlemen which was held in the Consols B4 Danish .." f ast ° to Mayor's Chamber at six o'clock on Wednesday last, came to the as ts a i unanimous resolution that no case resembling that of Robert Ditto for Account - •-' 1 11 'ot Greek, 1825 t 5 Mph Jordan which occurred on Saturday, the 26th November, or at Brazilian Bonds.. 45a stai lias Mexican, 1825. .- n-.........it1Li e a all like malignant cholera, had since appeared. Buenos Ayres.... - Peruvian .......• ** INit They also determined that the affidavits made by Jordan's Chilian Ditt o „„ - Russian / ''OR'l 1 It. J. relatives as to cramps being common to the different members C o l um bi an , 1 8 24 - S pan i s h 0 of the family, should be sent off to the Central Board of Health Is THE KING'S squat, ~ I t ttity . in London, along with the official report. S W 1 , e SPEECH.-We are a.b. I 4 Itlt } ars ' V p l 6 ) 44 5 that debted to the Red Rover for the means of preseu tot, Co e „, SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.), readers in the Metropolis with a copy of the 'I i 'hi e h h' a ' i s soi4 Th t 0 litz Wednesday morning. The coach, which left ,si p. FROM LLOYD'S. 0 s .atenl DEAL, Dec. 6.-Wind S.W.-Arrived the Juna,Chaureton, four, reached this town_ about five minutes P , th i Pe elf i from Nates. -Brighton Guardian. cl i ,„, c tic V I : thl t , ''', Or f PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 6.-Wind S.W.-Arrived the Alwick, , i a 0 4,1 o Mackay, from Singapore, sailed the 23d of July, and St. Helena CHOLERA AIORBIIS.-.-This disease 5 ' or ' 1, ,,,. of sim the 15th of October, leo o il i t 'lse. I tinues at Sunderland, nor do we think it probab Ai.) ti i ce, bt FALMOUTH, DEC. 5.-Wind &W.-Arrived the Sandwich t•O' I 't ' packet, from Lisbon, sailed the 27th ult. ever some of our medical men may say to the 'tip bein g STANDGATE CREEK, DEC. 6.-Arrived the Florence, , t ' l .e, that it will greatly, if at all, affect the people of $e t d no re Brightman, from Messina. iat' -Tyne Mercury. 0 i II I :, ~.'on fi MARGATE, DEC. 6.-Arrived off port, the Argus, Barclay, from the South Seas; Clementine, Wootton, from Monte Video; ARSON. - MAIDSTONE, TUESDAY el 'tell - . " ' atent and Meanwell, Morgan, from Rio Janeiro. lt 11 k ' e -is CO WES, DEC. 6.-Arrived the Courier, Gwatkin, from St. • • , ING -RICHARD DIXON, aged 35, an agtico- „! ou t i Foam , v i , i 5, it ; Domingo. pourer, was placed at the bar, charged with va. et -c e ~,., •ri th •0 4 , B t , .i LIVERPOOL, Dec. 5.-Arrived off' port, the Planta, from niusly set fire to th e b arn of Mr. HENRYl a ilAct i " il, eff a Buenos Ayres; and Corinthian, Williams, from Demerara. e _A o ° . f 4 na . ( letuan., Pnetry_ nr. $4,.. 1,.t.. TO- , TT (Dec. ban c this rep- Thf expen Thi cont Poi bee di th,