The Sun. — London, England, 1830-10-25 00:00:00

SPIRIT OP THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. The state of Ireland has become once more a subject of painful contemplation. It was only last year that the " healing measure " passed, which wa to tranquillize that part of the United Empire effec tually, and for ever ; and the present year sees the Irish agitators in full employment. Concession bee nor produced peace—it has only ' changed the ground of discontent. Conciliation has not dis armed the turbulent leaders of the populace--wit has - only furnished them with new weapons or civil con. thet, 'Wed() not wonder at this, because the coo. ceselona made by Government were mrthe not on the ground of conviction, but tinder the avowed influence of intimidation. The bake of 'Wellington,' in the House of Lords, and Sir Robert Peel, in the House of Commons, admitted that the. 16ploiom which they entertained, from the begibeing of their political career, on the Catholic claims, were me. changed ; but they granted the deMands of the ;4,0.; tutors, because they feared to withhold them, Could they then claim credit for liberality, who 3o ungra ciously yielded to a feeling of alarm what they re. fused to a sense of justice ? Yet their sycophants ',idled them liberal, though they thereeetves claimed any motive but that which Statesmen ought never to admit into their conetils—that of fear. Such an avowal has produced its natural consequeneeleee; There are times, unstoubtedly, when a theseettment should somewhat now to circumstances; hut it is never wise or pruitent in a Government to admit that it makes Concessions only from a dread of the cense lie:Pees of popular irritation. This is to stultify their ote , tt proceeding, by accomp an yi ng i t w i t h n decla ration that wisdom and a sense of rectitude have no share in producing it ; and it also provokes new and more extravagant demands, Accordingly Mr, O'Connell and his followers have substituted a novel source of agitation for the old and exhausted one, He has heaped, since the passing of the Ronan Catholic Relief 13111, as liberal a mettenre of con. temptuous and unsparing invective upon the Duke of Wellington and Mr. Peel as he did when they both fought under the banners of the Duke ok Volk against all concession, and all who advocated it. Coercion appears now to be the order of the day, if we may judge frotn the proclamation of the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, directed against the Anti. union Society. But our Statesmen have, '.e sus pect, let a susceptible and impassioned people too far into the secret of their own rower to be able to reduce them very easily to a state of political pries. come. Last Session only the great mass or the population of Ireland were taught to believe---and • that, too, by the epeeehes of the Mi&sterr them selves--that they had struck the mind of Govern ' meet with awe ; and now Government And that things cannot go on without making the authority tennawhat terrific, in return, to the emancipated millions. We see, too, that Mr. O'Connell has obligingly volunteered his services in the work of • pacification, and published a letter calling on the people to pay the most implicit obedience to the law, and to respect the Lord Lieutenant's protlama. lion. In other words, the Agitator, Oho thus con stitutes himself the most influential pert of the Exe cutive, the people to obey the Viceroy's authority I It is an old trick of this restless theme gopte to follow Up a proclamation by issuing it pro clamation of his own,, showing that the Pros/urn who raked the storm is alone master of the epell which can allay it. The Lord Lieutenant's pro elemation only enforces the law; but that of Mr. O'Connell performs a higher ollice—it enforces the Lord Lieutenant's prodatnation—which, tio doubt, if not so ratified, would be of none effects' We be. lieve the question of the repeal of the Union to have been stirred up by Mr. O'Connell fur no other pur pose than to perpetuate his own turbulent ateen (fancy over the populace; but, putting that question and its agitator aside, it must be acknowledged that the misery and sufferings of the Irish people- s -we speak not of Speculative, but of reel grievances—are not to be obviated metely by a Vice-regal proclaim:. non, but require the treatment of great wisdom and firmness to alleviate this distresses which furnish the combustible molcu'icl to which the demagogue applies his torch.—Morning Herald. The great and influential parish of Merylebone (once a village, but now comprising a population at mice more numerous and more opulent than any one town in the British empire) meets this day for the purpose of petitioning Padiament for a repeul of the house end window duties. It is emelt to be regretted that the public in general, in their impatience (" ig norant impatience," Lord Londonderry called it) of taxation, have not agreed as to which of the class of public burdens have'been the most oppressive ; while the Government, still less enlightened, have evidently thrown away, as in the case of the repeal of the leather -tax, much of their power of benefitting the community. The great injustice of the heme and window duties strikes us to be this, that they quite risoften tax a mutt's necessities us his ability; to whirl, latter point they have, in filet, no reference. Th e wealthiest man may live in a lodging, and :lever con tribute one futhing to them, while the man with a large family, and very inadequate meanstabring them up, is compelled to live in is house huger and more expensive in other respects than he can well afford, with this awful addition to his expenses. Nothing probably, hue done so much to drive people to reside in foreign countries as the dearness of living at horns'. As long as the neces sities of the State are derived from indirect means, it is apparently, at least, if not really, optional with most men to what extent they will contribute. The drinker of taxed wine, for installer!, limits or Wends his libations at pleasurve but it is its no Man ' s option whether he shrill live with house over his head, or whether being in a house, be shall or shall not enjoy the light of heaven. On these, therefore, and many other greenmail, we agree with those who have called the Marylebone meet ing, that these heads of the assessed taxes comprise that portion of the public burdens which call most for reduction, and which we have no doubt will be reduced, if the people in other places unite with the parishioners of Marylebone, ie looking steadily to this one object.—Morning herald. The proclamation issued in the name of the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, prohibiting the sissembly of the Anti-Union Society, is, in this respect et least, satisfactory to all friends of the established constitu tiotte—namely, that it proves the Government to be aware of the importunce of the question which that society has begun to agitate, and of the gravity of the crisis to which the effort making for u repeal of the Union directly and naturally tends. It might be an effectual way of composing the public spirit of Ireland upon die above question, were we to put it to the candour of any half-dozen thepaseionatc und well-informed waives of the country, to say What site could gain by a political separation from Great Britain. Loss of revenue,—loss of market for production,—loss of external seentety,—duntim tion (if that be possible) of domestretranendloye— an entire overthrow of the Whir:nee of pr!rpeity eyer turbulent destitution, --- the creation ot a Popish theocracy on the ruins of a telerunt system of Pro. teatuntism,—a lace) Parliament bullied by ajunta of demagogues, --- all setting fi nally into an inevnablefe s conquest by this country, and a sharp and piercing militery goverement, imposed by . leogland tin sole condition of her defence egenea: a barbarous, violent, and fickle neighbour. Such might, pethaps, be a few of the advantages contemplated by any discriminating bishman as likely to result irorn u breaking up of the policy by which his country has been incorporated with otos. It is neediest to add, that from speculators of that description, there would lie nothing to fear for the public piece, or for the . Obidiesue of the anti-Union mania, if such indivithede ishoeld hapily be invested with power to guide the feedings of their countrymen. But the controul of tha most dangerous questions is, unfortenately, for the, most part, commi t t e d to the lest prudent hands I It s not clear intelligence or enlightened patriotism that will of necessity have to decide the course of these proceedings. The topic. has been raised by disappointed arrogance and tlistased ambition, Th e appeale of O'Connell and his crew him,. b een 4d. dressed to the wildest prejudices and most furious passions of the wretched multitude., who have nothing to fear from change, and hardly any stake to be endangered by national t.'alaralty . or Confusion. It is therefore by the dishonest instigators of dis;. turbance, and by their :ignorant and rtictiess followers, that this great subj'ett of perilous moment ;nust be settled, tthitis the authorities of the State, supported by the wisdom and energy of bOth nu% dons, shall interfere for the iotti'.lWit safety. We rejoice that die not step of interposition has b2en seasmAty taken ; and regard it as a pledge that, if requisite, other and stronger An'eatt,s 4/lil That men of property, UrrintlibtA Ireland would 'end themsehieit this mountebank project, it is quite I:6it,"i:i'ssilrle to conceive. But we ere not sure that it would become less worthy of ktrbiktpt 'And vigorous counteractio% beeaUsb. Webb but wily law yers, fanatical alitl half fittnished peasants, with 4 ''e‘V lihndred shopkeepers, were engaged ih it% the most terrible rebellion of inotkrn tithes was that of 1798, and sys At:4Ni ny persons not very unlike MI% O'Connell, bating their superior boldnes's and less practised art—was in its after stages encouraged by priests, and throUighoirt abandoned and denounced by Wsh Ot property. The Ministets 121 klib present day have, but one conduct to observe—they must put ibWri with a strong band this attack upon the na tional existence. All England is with thrill, and all of Ireland but the aelilshness of a handful of con= spiratorn and the physical violence of an infatuated mob. We trust that the Government will not be wanting to its obvious dutp.—Tinics. • Ail sorts of rumours are again afloat with regard to the concurrence of England with the other Powers, in an interkrente With Belgium. We do not attteql any weight to them. The state of (termhhy will dispose the Monarchs to caution ) and the Ddke of Wellington will hardly ) at this stage of the business, think of beginning to interfere.— Morniag eliees.ok, Beverai meetings for the repeal of the Union have already taken place in Irelattd, and mere are announced. At preghtda, on Monday last, a meeting held in front of the Linen I•Iall, at tended by above a thousand persons. A large cons course of people with flags paraded through the principal streets, At the ttiWh of Prealiford, Kil kenny, a meeting took place on Sunday, the 17th, " ettended by the more wealthy portion of the in habitants.'' At Carrick-ott•Suir, " a numerous and respectable meeting" was held on the same day. In Clore a requisition for a bounty meeting is in pro gress of signature, and has already received a timelier or the most independent names. It has been said that if misgovernment be the rause of the wretchedness in Ireland, it is the tnisgovere orient of a former age, which cannot in fair near; be dsargetl to the Ministers of the pre sent day. There is sonic truth in this. But it may at the same time be observed that no measures can be expected from the Ministers of the present day at all adequate to the exigencies of Ireland. The great malady of Ireland is the excess of people beyond the capital for giving employment to them. We do not believe that Ministers could carry any measure calculated to remedy this evil. But if Ire land had a separate Legislature, and her landholders were left to their own resources, the very instinct of self-preservation would lead them to co-operate with the other classes in an endeavour to restore the balance between population and employment. At the dinner given to Mr. O'Connell in Killarney, Mr. Leader delivered the following observations, which may be said to constitute the creed of a number of Irishmen : . " Gentlemen,—The foundation of all the ilk and misfor tunes of Ireland is the Irish labourer wants profitable euaployment in Ireland.' Oh ! why, in this fertile and beautiful land, is this inestimable blessing withheld from Irishmen ? Is it the ordinance of Almighty God, or does it proceed from the misrule, the ignorance, or the indif ference of man ? Gentlemen, where there is no money there can be no employment—and torture the subject as economists---now, the question comes to this—Why is Ire land bereft of the blessing of progressive increase and accu mulation of capital? It has some imes occurred to me, at large meetings in Dublin, to take part in the discussion of this bnpoitant subject... What can contribute to the employ ment (tithe working poor? Why does not capital mum late in Ireland ? As for expecting British capital, without enormous gain and certain returns, to leave England to be invested in Ireland, it is about one of the most amus ing and de,igniug kinds of insanity that ever drowned the imagination of man. I knoW well, Gentlemen, that the state and condition of your fine maritime province, con taining over two millions of people, and five thousand squire miles in extent, is what interests you above all other coy- ,ideratioes. I shall venture a few observations illustrative of the difficulty of accumulating capital. To think freely, and speak warmly, en subjects interesting to Ireland ; and be teemed I never _think or speak on this important topic, without entertaining the most fervent hope that the in • creasing intelligence, and rapidly-extending knowledge of the middle orders of Irish society, will eventually point I to some practical, constitutional, peaceable remedy for this great national mivfortune, which time appears to increase, rather than diminish. Gentlemen, when I look to the map of this, from nature, the finest maritime province in the world—when, I begin, for instance, with Waterford, and observe the immense territory of the Duke of Devonshire, covering almost half the county Waterford, with the maritime towns of Duegarvan, Lismore, and I believe Cappequin, appendages to this estate—when I see the Dukes'a estates extending further, to Tallow and to Ynughal, and proceeding in Cork county, Until they join the estate of Lord Middleton—and add the towns of Mid dleton and Cove to this great extent of absentee property, when I see these estates of these great proprietora in a few miles joining and connecting themselves in our provincial metropolis, with the estates of Lord Cork—when I see the puke of I)evonshire's property again stretching itself clung the Bandon river, joining Lord de Clifford's estate at Kinsale.-•-when, after passing and including the popu lous borough towns of Bandon and Kinsale to this im mense territory, extending to the innumerable estates of Lord Lansdowne, Sir Edw. Denny, and Lord Listowel, and including the towns of Kenmare, Listowel, and Tra lee—when, after having turned from the fine sea coast of your Country, I see this great boundary of non-resident landed proprietors ; turning from Kerry, where the value of absentee property is not less than 200,0001. per annum, and bearing down on Newcastle, the principality of Lord Ceurtenay, in the county of Limerick, and then passing over the plains of Duhallow; in the county of Cork, the forfeited estates of Perceval and Boyle—and after adding Kilmallock, Kilfinnan, and Bruff, extending into the City of Limerick, of which fine city Lord Limetick and Lord Lowdowne are the principal pro inictom Without advancing into the greatest absentee county in Ireland—the county of Clare—and tearing the boundary of the Buckingham., the Egremonts, the Ce nynghatns, and many others—or saying one word of Tip - perarv— what is the result of the district of Waterford, c or e, K err y, and Limerick, which I have brought under your consideration ? It is, that two cities, six corp Orate towns, thousands of acres, and no less than twenty' towns of note for their use, and the number of their inhabitants, are scraping their last guinea for absentee leedlorde: Is any tnan so dull that he cannot estimate the difference between the return of the beggarly of absentees, and the rents collected from the ihopkeepers in absentee towns, bring retained in Ireland, or remitted road Ireland ? Will any man say that the tnit•gatherer, and the Clergy, and all taxation, are, not greedy expectant* on the residue of Itish industry?' Without entering at present into the consideration of the views of Mr. Leader, we may simply ask how, with a superabundant population, competing for land tie the only means of existence., and giving, for rent and tithes, the whole produce of the soil, except potatoes for their own subsistence, is it pos sible for the people to accumulate capital ? It strikes us that time only adds to the evil. Poor Laws would unquestionably counteract the compe tition for land, and they would compel a sale and partition of large unwieldy estates—Poor Rates we mean on the English principle. But we can easily see that such is measure will not be obtained. One great object, no doubt, for which many seek the repeal of the Union, is the wish to overturn the Irish Church' Establishment. Now who is there who will say that a Church, without a people, should be , sisifered to devoursuch a share of the pro duce of Ireland. There are so many interests con cerned in the overthroW .of. the Irish Church, that we are strongly inclined to believe it is not destined • to exist touch longer. - Ireland seems o country 'in which the experiment of allowing the different reets to pay their own Clergy might l.►e tried with adean. tage . . Were the Union repealed ; the Church would haVe a very brief ekistence. lloweVer this may be; there ran eauses in abundance why Ireland must always be agitated. It is iiiipossible that a eolintry with a jiopi►lation beyond the Means foh ett►ptoying thein, can be utile:Wise than ugitated.—Aforninn tlhrenkle. If the current repnit be triie, that the king and the Duke of Wellington arc bildeavtiutiug to Act retrbnbliinents and reform in all the offices connected with Government, we direct the especial attention of his Grace, in the first instance, to the clerks in his own dOtirtment, dimly of ‘vhoin reteive tett; .welVe, and fomieen hundred pounds per annum, for sauntering about the office two or three hours a day, the remainder of which they occupy in the Club; houses) and in diiiring about the streets 111 their titiy , hoilett. Lleverai of these personages receive ono luments from two or three places, which are perfect sinecures. The Exchequer, the plfice of the Fo; reign Department, the Home and Colonial (dillies, the War-qdliee, the Admiralty, and the office of the Commander-in-Chief arc overwhelmed with the same disgraceful incumbrances. We could put down a long list of names in each of these depart ments, with their sttlarles and gratuities annexed to them ) to en amount, that in the present distressed state of the finances of the country, ought not to be tolerated, We have not alluded to the various esta blishments at Somerset•bouse, where the evil and the traffic are equally disgraceful. We intend in a 'day or two to enter into a little detail respecting Lord Aberdeen's office.—Morning Chronicle. Rumour was busy on Saturday, both► in the east, and at the west, end of the town, in propagating a statement that the King of the Netherlands had de., mended the aid of the Government of this country to suppress the revolution in Belgium—that the treaties between the two Powers bad been maturely considered, and that the result of the examination was, that we were bound to interfere between the King and his laic subjects. It was also added that the Ambassadors of all the great Powers, with the exception of Talleyrand, were agreed as to the policy and necessity of intervention, in order to main tain the political system of Europe; and, finally, that these greet Powers are now only waiting the decision of the French Government, and of the National Congress, which is about to meet at Brussels, on the subject, before proceeding to give the active support required. Whether these rumours have any foundation in fact, or are merely surmises, grounded on the frequent meet ings of the Cabinet during the last week, and the presence at these meetings of the Law Ofiicera of the Crown, we are unable to inform our readers ; but there are some strong facts which seem to give them considerable appearance of probability. In the first place, the King of the N et h er l an d s h as declared, not once, but again, as will be seen from the contents of the Brussels papers, that he " can rely on the support of his Allies;". in the second, a large shipment of arms has been made from the Tower for the service of his Majesty ; and, in the third, there can be as little doubt of the desire of Austria, Prussia, and Russia, to smother the Belgic 'Revolution by force, as of the desire of his Majesty of the Netherlands to effect the same object by any and every means capable of effecting it. On the other hand, however, it ought to be consi dered that the proposed intervention, even suppos ing it to be grounded on some dubious clause in the treaties which were concluded at the period of the erection of the kingdom of the Netherlands, would not only be most unpopular with a majority of the people of this country, but that it would inevitably lead to a war, the calamities of whiel► are incalculable, and for which this country, in a financial point of view, is but ill pre pared. The Government of France, however anxious to avoid a collision with the other powers of Europe, neither could remain a passive spectator of a war waged by foreign Powers against Belgium, nor consent to take pert with them against it—the people, anxious to extend the boundary of France once more to the Rhine, sympathizing; deeply with the Belgians, and animated by the recollection of the three memorable days of July, would hurl the King from his throne, and his Ministry from their seats—put an end to monarchy in France, and hasten, under republican banners, nut only to aid their Belgic brethren, but to revolutionize Europe, which feels in every quarter the revolution already effected, and which would rise like one matt, as soot! as n pro spect of such substantial aid was in view. Is the Duke of Wellington then prFpared, or is any friend to the maintenance of general tranquillity in Europe prepared, to give assistance to tl►e King of the Netherlands at the tisk of so much danger ? Iles not the country had already enough of conti nental war, as well as sufficient specimens of con tinental gratitude, not to desire a repetition of either? Is there not a debt of upwards of 400 millions,—contracted purely and exclusively in can sequence of needless intervention in continental po litics, pressing upon us in every possible elope of taxation, cramping the industry, Red increasing the pauperism of the country,—to remind us that we have nothing to do with such things ? Would not the country be better occupied in improving its in dustry, extending its commerce, and nurturing those reforms in its Constitution and Legislation which are so imperiously celled for ? Arid, finally, would it not savour of better spirit in tint Government to employ its time in the tranquillization of Ireland, now rapidly ripening into open hostility, then in the subjugation of Belgium ? We put these questions as reasons against the intervention of Great Britain in the affairs of Belgium; and while we are con fident that no rational person, who peruses them, will consider such intervention politic, we enter tain an almost equal certainty, that he who re fused to assist the Portuguese against the most shameless usurpation ever recorded in history—who allowed the Russians not only to blockade the Dardanelles in the teeth of a direct pledge given to the contrary, but ro humble our ancient ally, Turkey, almost beyond the possibility of recovery, will riot, for the sake of ensuring to the King of the Netherlands the Sovereignty of two or three millions of unwilling subjects, run the risk of a long, a general, node revolutionary war in Europe. Ile must, to use his own language on u memorable occasion, be mud to dream of such MI intervention; and the people of England still more bereft of their senses to countenance such► a project. They may gain something by the separation of Belgium and Ilo!land—they can gain nothing by their union; and it is, at all events, not only the fairest mode to allow them to settle their disputes by themselves, but that which is most safe for us, and most likely to produce the desired accommodation. We say' therefore, no war of intervention —no marching of regiments—no equipment of fleets for such a pur pose. We have taxation enough already t,—.31-orn ing Adverliscr. Mr. O'Connell is either a most unfortunate man in the selection of many of his friends, or they have been very unlucky in having the friendship of the profound Liberator. At a meeting of the county of 11Ieath Anti-union Club, at the classic'', town of Dunihauglilin, at which Mr. irnitb, of Snußberough, a name sufficient to curdle the bl oo d of Mr. Cob bett, presided, it was proposed by Mr. Camino (not the renowned Irish Bard), and seconded.by Mr. Cali, an appropriate name at an Welt festival, that honest " Jack Lawless" should b e expelled. The mighty offence, for great it must he indeed which called for so harsh a proceeding, is not seated; but the motion was carried unanimously, and supported by his old friend O'Connell, in a speech of some length, in which he declared that the resolution had his deli berale sonelion. It is probable that the offence of Mr. Lawless consisted in some opinions which lie had circulated in conscientious contradiction to some of the political reveries or doctrines of the great Liberator. The fate of Mr. Lawless is not singular ; f or on a motion being made, after the di sso l ut ion of the Catholic Association, or additional remunera tion to Mr. Eneas Macdonnell, the 'accredited agent Of the Society in this country, .his friend Mr. O'Connell vehemently opposed the motion, and Would not listen to the sacred treasure being touched for - the purpose t but we have not yet heard the amount of the Pint that had been expended to return the Liberatorfor Clare County, nor that which re mained to lie returned at the close of the campaign to the unfortunnte subscribers.—Morn. Advertiser. The Flanders mail of Saturday, which arrived yesterday, bringing intelligence from Brussels down to Friday evening, from Antwerp to Friday morn ing, and from Ghent to Friday night, though it supplies us with no data to form a decisive opinion sin the result of belgie affairs, gives us informution by no means destitute of interest. In the first place, with respect to military matters, it would ap• pear that on the 10th and some previous days there had beeti considerable skirmishing between the Belgic volunteers and the Dutch troops on the road to Antwerp. The Provisional Government has issued trio separate bulletins on these affairs, which we have taken the trouble to translate and insert. Though very lofty language is employed in de scribing them, the result seems to have been of no great magnitude. The Belgians lied only 12 or 1.5 killed.and wounded, though they insist on having slain seven cart-loads of their enemies. These combats—which have ceased to have any object by the resoktion of the Prince of Orange to trust himself into the hands of the Belgians, and to withdraw the Dutch force into Holland—are the more to be regretted, as they tend to widen the breach between the two nations, to exasperate national antipathies, and to render more difficult the already embarrassed position of the Prince. As it could never be the interest or the object of the Dutch Commanders to begin the attack in present circum stances, we are bound to believe that they only dr fended themselves in skirmishes not of their choosing. The impatience of the Brussels volunteers andof the new Belgic levies, to distinguish themselves in the field against regular troops, has no doubt been the cause of this deplorable, because useless, shedding of blood. Another important and distressing fact men tioned in these papers is, that in nearly all the gar rison towns from which the Dutch troops have been withdrawn, the populace have risen on the new civic force and committed great disorders, pillaging private property, and setting fire to the houses of obnoxious citizens. Such disorders have occurred nt Tourney, Motor, Malines, and other places. The Courier des Pays-Bas, whose patriotism would lead it to conceal such conduct on the part of its " brave Belgiansits ardent lovers of national independence," is obliged, from the notoriety of the facts, to publish the state• meat to which we have alluded. The circum stances are not at all surprising. It is impossible to call order out of confusion in a moment, and the change of government, joined to pre-exking anti pathies between the two nations, where political ties had been so abruptly severed, must necessarily have led to temporary unarchy. Connected with these disorders, we find with surprise the name of Van Hagen, who is said to be arrested at Mons. This adventurer has undergone strange vicissitudes of fortune within the last month. On the 20th of September neither he nor any one else had, pro bably, yet dreamt of his coming greatness. Dur ing the three or four (lays' fighting of the Mus sels populace against the Dutch troops (from the 23d to the 26th of the same month), he was thought to have made himself useful in directing the efforts of the former. When the victory was gained (we need not say how), he either made him self, or was dubbed by the Provisional Government, Commander-in-Chief of the Belgic Army of Libe ration. After a few days' enjoyment of this high dignity, he was deposed, and put on half-pay. Des !ermined to do something for or against liberty, lie then undertook an inspection of the Belgic fortresses, and on the 20th of October,—within a mouth—" a little tnonth,"—we find him in prison, at the instance of the brave Belgians whom he had led to inde pendence? If the representations formerly pub. lished on the life and adventures of Van Ilalen be correct, this little melo-dramaric incident is perfectly in keeping with the rest of the piece, His history seems a curious tissue of plots, conspirac:es, and treasons. lie deserted his countrymen to join the French in the Peninsular war; he betrayed the French to join his countrymen ; he abandoned the Constitu tionalists to support Ferdinand, and Ferdinand to support the Constitutionalists; and, to pass by many under-plots which occurred before he got into the prisons of the Inquisition, during his detention, and since his escape to Russia, we find him in u short month fighting against the Dutch troops in the cause of Belgic independence, then plotting against the .Belgic authorities, arid at last arrested by the insurgent Government which he bad contributed to establish, and was now trying to overthrow ! But the most important information in these papers re lates to the proceedings of the King's Government, —those of the Provisional Government of Brussels, and those of the Prince of Orange,—all tending to the establishment and recognition of Belgic inde pendence. On the 10th instant, his Majesty sent a Message to the States-General, in which he vir tually surrenders all superintendence of the southern provinces in favour of his son. "It seems without tiny doubt," says hit, " by the proclamation of our beloved son the Prince of Orange, published on the 16th instant, at Antwerp, and the causes of which are so little known to us that we cannot cal culate the consequences, that the acknowledg ment of the legal authority in the southern provinces has wholly ceased. In this state of things, our cares must henceforth be wholly con , fined to our faithful provinces of the north; accord ingly, their resources and their forces will be em ployed for their ieterest only, and all the measures of the legal authority will concern these provinces exclusively." The " legal authority" to which his Majesty alludes as having " ceased," is that which he himself has hitherto exercised; and the avowed limitation of his cares to the north shows that he has abandoned the south to the " legal authority" about to be established in his sou. Since the Prince has thus been left unfettered by engagements with his father, he has eetleavoured to open communi ta titres with the Belgic Provisional Government. Ilia success has hitherto not been very flattering. The peremptory and persevering reply of the Brus sels junta, to all hie propositions and overtures, has decided the question of any legal claim which hie may lay to the sovereignty. It has invariably been, " Send home your Dutch troops, evacuate Belgium of foreigners, let the Prince of Orange be the only Dutch soldier smith of the Mom!) ke, and then we may treat." His Royal Ilighness seems to have adopted the proposal. The Dutch troops have evacuated the citadel of Ghent the fortress of Termonde and pro bably, by this time, both Maestricht and Antwerp (the only two remaining places having Dutch troops) have sent away all the Hollanders, and hoisted the Brabtiet colours. The rights of the Prince are thus , xc l o gively placed in the hands and at the disposal n g toh Tlis e in position of Belgians. lie may have surrendered some power, but be has removedeceertaasieuslyi,obeehe r n it m m o re irritation. nc * ierde i iti t ur 17: or exasperating t o t h e f ee li ngs o f hi s future subjects. Ills claims will be calmly con sidered apart from any complication with Dutch in terests or passions. The support of the nobility, of he thrown i r t f n oe s tl e ill if yg o t ii lo fi. their i ec g i ‘e e vt t i) i lr e °, r g e nerosity. y 50 . 0f E nt11 % 1 ' ll e ge ll ala a rIM M Iity l n :i ( t )M 10 1: 1 1 1 ) : m fa e r r t i l:er experim ents and the eleva ttihientpearteisetisicbeyo I no ti t ie h ir as e lt i l n in t g ry demagogues may see that th e y b est consu l t their or tion of his Royal Highness to a constitutional throne by the suffrages of the approaching; Congress, m a ny be the best mode of termi na ti ng a revolution whi ch began without uny strong necessity, which ha r eached the pr e s en t s t ate o f i ts progress by the iL.- : munagement o f it s a d versar i es, and which ls never very likely to better t h e condition, thoug h flatter the prid e , o f the great b ooo f th e people, it may y Li EAST KENT SESSIONS.—Ocr. 22. These Sessions commenced this day at Canter bury, before Sir E. Knatchbutt, Bart., Chairman, and a very full Bench of Magistrates, among whom we noticed the Marquis Camden, Lord Lieutenant of the County, arid the Earl of Winchitsea. There appeared in the calender eleven prisoners charged with breaking threshing-machines in different parts of this (the eastern) division of the county. Of these two, George Youens and Ingram Swaine, who surrendered themselves to the Magistrates, arc, it is intended, to be admitted as approvers. There are also for trial two cases of assault, with intent, &c., both from the parish of Sutton, near Dover, and in one of them the parties charged are boys of ten and twelve years of age. On calling over the Grand Jury, one of them, a Mr. Quested, from the neighbourhood of Ashe, where several outrages and burnings have taken place, was excused attendance on the ground that there had been a second fire Zeal ni;111 at his place, which occasioned his absence. Sir E. KNATCIMULL, in addressing the Grand Jury, alluded to the cases of the persona who stood charged with breaking threshing-machihes in the county. It was not a little extraordinary tkat in not one instance were the offending parties identi fied by those whose property they hud destroyed; hence the necessity of having recourse to the testi mony of accomplices. He would not undertake to say what the cause of those disturbances was; if it were owing to the want of employment, he need not say that an exertion should be made use of to remove that cause. Those who were unemployed had a reasonable right to have employment procured for them. If necessity were the alleged ground of complaint, they were all aware that no applicant who carne to the Magistrates was denied redress, hut all found ultimately such relief as the law of the country afforded them. But, whatever cause had led to these unhappy transactions, the supremacy of the law must be asserted. The trials excited the greatest interest. The acts of the incendiaries have not ceased. The guard of the mail which left London on Thursday night, states that he saw four stacks of corn on tire at a small hamlet, called Upstreat, atoat half a mile from Sittingbourne. The prisoners against whom true bills had been found for destroying the threshing machines were IVni. Spicer, aged 35 ; John Patterson, 26 ; David Arnold, 25 : Edward Reed, 51 ; Stephen File, 25 ; Henry Reed, 50 ; Charles Carswell, 28. They are all labouring men. When called on to plead, they all, except David Arnold, admitted they were guilty. They did not confess to having actually destroyed the machines, but they admitted that they were with those who did it, and the Chairman said they were therefore as guilty as those who actually committed the mischief. When Arnold was put on his trial, no evidence vas offered, and he wa• therefore acquitted. The other seven prisoners were then put for ward, and Sir E. KNATCHBULL addressed them at some length. Ile concluded by sentencing the prisoners to three days' imprisonment. The prisoners seemed evidently affected at the un• expected lightness of the sentence. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. bIANSION.HOUSE. A constable named Kelly was charged with com mitting a desperate assault on a Mr. Livermore.— From the statement of the complainant and his friends, it appeared that they were looking at a horse " showing off his points," in the Circus, Moodields,. when Kelly came up, lnid hold of the horse, violently assaulted the rider, and, on being resisted, took out a knife, pursued Mr. Livermore, and swore that he would stab him. The defendant took the horseman in charge, hut he was rescued. Kelly, who had two black eyes, and a severe wound in the head, said he bad requested the gen tleman not to exercise the horse in the Client, such a practice being contrary to regulations. The rider, however, persisted in urging on the horse, and after he had passed three times, he (Kelly) seized the bridle, upon which the rider struck him violently across the head with a stick, and on he (Kelly) say ing lie would summon all the parties, Mr. Liver more struck him a violent blow on the ear, which made the blood gush out. lie said nothing to the gentlemen which could be considered an offence, ex cept that they could not exercise the horse in the Circus. Mr. Livermore refused to give up the name of the man who rode the horse. Mr. Alderman FAREBROTIIER, who at for the Lord Mayor, then adjourned the cue, and directed the officer& to produce the man on a future day. BOW-STREET. On Saturday Joseph Wheeler and Thos. liennings, the two young men remanded on Wednesday, on a charge of having obtained various articles of pro perty under false pretences, were brought up for reexamination. Mr. lIALLs remanded the prisoners, in order to give an opportunity for further evidence being brought against them. John IVilson a respectable-looking man, w h o was formerly a coachman to one of the mails, was finally examined on u charge of having kept in his posses- Ilion a parcel, containing 301., which was entrusted to him by a porter at Charing-cross, for the pm pose of conveying it to a gentleman in Murylebone. The evidence being conclusive, he was committed. Francis Dugue, a native of France, formerly a waiter at Janney's Hotel, Leicester-square, was placed at the bar on a charge of having stolen nine 101 notes, the property of a gentleman named Hughes. He was remanded for further examination. QUEEN.SQUARE. An attorney's clerk, named Edward Law, was charged with assaulting John Franke. It appeared, from the complainant's statement, that about twelve o'clock at night the defendant and some friends re quested to be admitted into the tap adjoining till Surrey Theatre. The waiter held the door partly open, and informed them they would not be sup plied with any refreshments at that bite hour, when the defendant's party rushed in, and one of them pulled out a staff and flourished it about, saying he was a constable, and would clear the house.—The defendant, in reply, said that when he attempted to enter the house he was assaulted, and he struck merely to defend himself. The constable, who stated his name to be Wm. Kale, said he was a constable for five parishes in the Borough, and also an officer belonging to the Court of Requests. _ . At the request of the 'Magistrate be handed his staff to him, who said that when it was given to him be was instructed to keep the peace, and not to break it. lie should therefore retain it, and send it to the Borough. The constable appeared greatly surprised at this proceeding, and still more so when Mr. White fined him 10s. and the defendant 20s. The defendant, upon this, said that he was harshly treated, and declared that no person frequented the Surrey Tap but thieves. "Indeed !" said Mr. Wurrg ; " then how comes it that you and your friends wanted to gain admittance?" No reply was given : the fines were paid, and the parties retired. ➢fAItLBOROUIGII-STREET'. William and &Owe!. o ray %;;;C again brought up for final examination, the female charged with stealing and the male with receiving 1701. in Bank notes, the property of Miss Whitfield, of Regent street. They were fully committed to Newgate for trial. NORTHCOTE'S forthcoming_ life of the great Venetian painter, includes Alemoirs of his contemporaries in literature and art, with a minutw history of their works. Sneh a book ea this has long been wanted. The era wherein TITIAN flourished wits, in every respect, a splendid and interesting one, and its de lineation could not have been consigned to more competent hands than those of our own talented countryman. RAILWAY BETWEEN EDINBV#QII,4N I GLASGOW. From an advertisement which appeared in on of our late Papers it will ho observed thee it hitt posed to form a railway 'between Editibittgli it Glasgow, and from the daily and increasingintit bourse of passengers, as well as goods, - betiree thee two cities, little doubt can be entertained . * such an undertaking will insure a profit to the id scribers, and to the public a cheaper and more to peditious mode of travelling, and of carriage fe produce and goods of every description. The sat cess of a railway, like every other improve** depends entirely on the advantages which• it led enlisted to realise to the community, and in all cue where this experiment has been tried, it. sag* has far outdone even the most 'sanguine antieips lions. The Manchester and Liverpool n o r yields a pro fi table revenue from pa see alone;_ and the steam carriage is, we _are ; - 0 1 . formed, superseding all other modes yelling between those two towns, being not Pi easy and expeditious, but safe and Comf ortable., A rapidity of twenty miles nn hour seems, When•fusi mentioned, dispels he i maginary to be fraught tos withperil, yet the slight s experience rsi nskd can be demonstrated that there is even accidents in a locomotive engine, ifyingon its anon,' truck at the rate of twenty-fi ve .miles an hour, thin in the mail-coach on a rough ro ad, at its slowetrati of nine or ten miles in the hour. The 'shares in OH stock of the Manchester Railway are, u 4 unde strand, r teril lam' ri. gnd, in great demand, and are selling ate re rail at crease of value. The expence of the proped way between Glasgow and Edinbur g ealculatet by the engineers, whose report •is before usoll 3.5-1,000/., and the following is the esti:Date of lb probable return : Passengers, estimated at 250 per day • ( from e" Place ......... ..... ....... X 55,000 Goods from Glasgow and the River Clyde to Edinburgh and the port of c Leith ................................... 18,760 0 00 Gut!g 000 6, o'u 0 Farm produce, &c. ........................ Iron-work ....................... .. ... u posed A a fromt) e G a u ie r B i l i t h a v k e ir i s k n t g e tt r i i n i ni a l t :; r •u m yl ' e a "s t : W a l t i h Bo e ls : o 6 4 l. : ol o lt l; river Clyde, form part of the gettend. 1: 1 ( ! ti c ; cation from sea to sea, a proportional, e t h e ir ttt2 m eihiin t ee t : : : itc6:lol:::eiiv,omeuf management, get f i r et o on m l: this oe revenue e y ri e; t : e m e eo p e; en t ee l e i 1 .. ; relative ititerest, which, with the OPP"' ° J n di rg as tetesl leaving a balance of 60.!!".'," upon the estimated capital of 354..uuw per cent.-Gtortel %Chien. COUNTRY. CORN MAR DVRIX Lin WOE- nuntwa r-trr iv.::........ - --------- 144(4 8.31* Wlic.at. 1 BirlcY. ---__.* .„,........."" .. ---- ................... .....-7-- Ter Quarter. ;s.to s , to s, I. to cc. a ~. Catlisle.--.........:.. ' - 68 '. 41 cc-. 97 si '"' , Carmarthen -........ 6.5 -, 40 -- , 1 e l 7 41 V, 11 txharn ' :,-.1 72 133 3 1 - . '." glorpoth .....-.- ~ t io 1 3 4 3 .2 „11 50 fl B ~. Penrith 35 ••• Skefti Id -71 i '" ° e .... .-64-. 30 ..... 4 41 1 Winchester -...-... 5, OS I 34 21 5 A ad. Per Bushel. L t d. s. d. '4. cl. F. s. 41. s t d. .... 6il Coventry 70904854 3 6 4 0 5 ~ 6 Newcastle (Stag V 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 9 4 0 I' L , 6 ., 6 t Noethallorton ......... 70 1 413 :i 646 33 Stafford ..... .. 9 0 51162364 0 4 2 0 0 ( Swansea .-.............. I'7 0 74 46 5 0 e 4 o6 11 i l l 3 '7 I Warwick ............. 00 10 0 i 4 6 50 29 11 ' l'cr 8011. : 1 0f) dl Rarnanicastle ......." 14 0 :7 6 0 0 9 6 66 ' I „ 0 1 2 I)urham ....... 13 6 18 6 9 0 10 6 6 6 6$ L., pi I Richmond .......» it 0 19 0 811 0 0 6 0 .8 0 17,1 1 ' 01 Stockton ....--.... 1. , 1 ti 16 0 9 0 10 0 7 4 •fl " WAKEFIELD CORN MARKEr....I4. 23 '.., a sp There is a moderate arrival of Wheat to thilt4lore „ ket ; goo d dry qualities of New and fine fresh Old i s o ii lair demand at an advance of ls.• per tplarters .1 10 11 d 3 , 1 ,1 no improvement in ordinary descriptions of Ohioan" • . 0 0 01 samples of New Ale very uns ile,,ble. ads ate ~.„ rio plentifully, and meet heavy sile st radio loolf P .4 Fine d r y Burly maintains the rates of last Week, 1,100(.0, Wheal, Red, Norfolk and filing and "mi. samples are very doll. The demand Beans ict trifling, awl priers are tvitli.oi t variatio. ciii'l; aced is held at higher prices, ' 4114 3 tine parcel variation. r ' ....,,, 444. per last. Lin. and Cato. ... ***** li. 554. i t li 0 : . ti ne Yorkshire . ....... . ........ 510. 576. 0 ti ; tine ro , White .........•.......•.........•••i4' 58L 1° it ; Ole 6. 4, -----.• Foreign. 1ted.................501. 575, to The .„ White. .. ..... 56,4. 61s. to 644. ttiln,l4T: Batley. Norfolk and 5it(1611:"."... ... . ....... 3(5,4. to 'l9s . foe "----- Lineoinshirel... ! .............. .. . ..... 35 6 . t° ''' 0 ,01 4, --... y 3.14 to 364. , orkslaire Woict .......... .......... • ......„ 60 , - -- Salitlk„,sls. 570. to 01t:1nn:674 Foreign ... .......................... .... s. t , ) , s. 6 ,,,415. Beans ...:Nis . to 4 , a , 00 .19 Small ......................... ....... ..... 171. te, 4/. ow e, Oats, relate. ...................... .0...• 23 '. ,t°.ll; o ne ',"' --- Poland ......... .." .. :: ........... -- 5 . 'AL m ,„.„'''' 6 1 01 0 ' 'o'-- Friesland and S;ri .. ;ll ......... '.......A. 18 4 ta ".." , 5140. "-- nea"ng ........ ..l id. to 1214t 4 PLT ioici. Shelling ... ....." .......... "*”."*".,304, to :114. IL - l• r t IPA' Matt ..... ....... ..................... Ws. 435. doe 4:.• r e a , Lot. i lt: l4 l : 3 lo.T l Wheal. C (a ° ve rtN ra l it V O A '..t i ‘ A s: LltAarnielY.sll:**sl.lll:l°°sl;l 3tif. Os. ta. o‘. 431. 0.1 ' ST BomllB-Wheat (average)l24s.od.-BArlep ;,..; j o. ' 70. to Ss. Od. ; 9 16 los a bsts 1.14. eef, 6d.-Mutton. 501. Alll un i . si.s l l" : tT i t a to r. . er N Utill : A F .o 4 : ,L : T P: m ' it S ; : " : :: ::... ... l.7: : : i: ce h. ‘ % :::l: h e.. , thh ea l ' i ta l eat : 7::::::: 24 i i. , lL t i l ri t i r a t) O no tt:e . 2 l:l )42: o , 7l , i e-- . 1 . ::'° : 13 naz o nli.114:: L I I I : 3 :: :: : i r -1 1 : :: ;: : :°511,1044 ; . _ . per 11 I# ° ` ii4 i.isar.aan-Wheat, 21s. Oit to Vs. Od•-•D arlei ' I to ...P e to 1 1 " and Mutton. Cd. to 5c1.-.Veal and Lamb. 4 4 . t°°4. eel -.-- • .___:...Z....7.:-.;-: :::. vtv- a .. CO woo, . Quantity of CoriVOreiNeolclgtedruthlaslsTheilit.ll4l......._llg PI Avcrafte Produce ...,... ................ . ..... ......... ..... tp9 .0.0 d, Quantity of line Copper ....................... 01.1e44 A frinlint of SAIC. 1 ',UN. tic fd.--Averail °''' -----,-----_ BIRTHS. la +l } 1. 1 n O D in n uf t l t t e e ir, 2 2 E o 2 3::l ll 4 :::S 4 ot t u . . f g i aiinna daughter.el Que en krl a i 111. A : 4" 1" 0 e : f t re :le t:li:: 1): ° 1. Kingston,ic A r oes I ° lady the 23.1 inst. in Alexander-more. 'I"WI"P' t" y of i C le ap 9 t. ls lA t ' i . ne T t . iNnViallvilaimaertisilto:erf a trrilisseettOtivar'dy me, i On t her o ll itt i h y ;2 " 2 . .l inst. at Ely,"Elitabe-tbt ' 1- WI ' aka 10 o r N. 11 ?v o a 7th i. e :"l 2 . l ' st ag in e ti d t, ss F: A. Sherwood, Pi' d 53111 . 11Wi1l solicitor. _ EAST (,u ' n INDIA.--IllItTils• w• tlaro.dool At Cannanore, t'e 1411 Y of S or g (4 t"" At Aurungalaie, the lady t.l 11. 11. Itici"* . Foot s of "on. A" daughter. s 01 At th e Presidency , th e I. d . f lle-ory MOO I of a son. -s .1 ) (' At the Neilgherrir', the lady of T. (3‘1411411' 1:4 . 1 ‘ 1\ of a son. i AFt' At Trevandnun, May 3, the lady 0. ' lb Beaver, tith Regt. N.I. of a dan f)r''' ylner. low► of sizA3tmfl.soAlsreruinote,rrt,heofladay:mf . C a pt. G. 0 ' e'lll ser vice At Madras the lady of S. Smith, Dept of a son. MARRIED. Lirol ° ' ll At Manyll and ` ere, M ay 22. H. Briggs, 9 'l'' i t io 1 001 Adjutant of the 2d Madras Cavalry, to Ann %a t , oio t miAt:ASist.r Mary Eliza , mr. A wn s' taut Apotorciry , t A , 11 At Cu } ild I za Baer°. ~s, Alit Ann H 4 um' J'hu S. 118112 FAO t ° iui artly. EmAntiaS3t.iaGriaeorg*eit, LirAut. T. Larviet! IlioleAl.rtsil.llo , y oungest d aub o. t h e l ate Senior At B Chap lain, lininhaY' tI9 O PI Z e i n u g t , l'il D '.n e l p g. l 'a s l tY t'or e Co I4 to nEnn iii g . arn:reAy°;:ilifV(Sil tignarintnere.o°f. l't - il ee gi te Ps n 1 ' Lig A i li t t t TCsrarcivcaublnitndy:,Prhnsici:co,:iin,Ld'irsioitl; loEfiltD.h.eSl'atcNS'..:l*:l:l°'lts w..:110111 s:t h i ll t S At Ontacamund, on the Neilgherrire, Licut. X° tage, 6th Light Cavalry. e L o i n rut. George Falwell, his AD+ atys 46th Ilrgroopoo Es d son of.Chriotopheor if:ant:1;11:f T 'lll . aitilliet-17 .. geltel °I , Iraq. late Lteut -Colonel 4th Dragoon till 3 r` ." on y, P I At Coimb 'tory, May 24, Copt. j,,,,ppb Olt Regiment 14.1. tug N. A ALt t , Tacogredielahr2i,nloipoial:,29l,lll,l9Sign, !Axed. y.I...lovo;041.00:: s 91 nit. N.I. PAINTID AND PUBI.OOIIO N I Sale"' woo T ux Sof °um* 11,