The Sun. — London, England, 1833-11-07 00:00:00

4. full of nrofessTone of loyalty to the young heiress a the throne. One of ouc papers contains that curious. document. A new journal, called the Star, has just appeared, under the patronage of M. Zea. BAYONNE, OCT. 30.—1 have already acquainted you with the reply said to have been returned by General Rodil to Don Carlos. I now can officially inform you that the sequestration of that Prince's property was ordered on account of his having pre sented himself with three hundred volunteers of Don M;guel's army at Marvao, within two leagues of Va lentia de Alcantara, whence he wrote to General Rodil to come and join him. The latter replied that he had taken the oath of allegiance to the Queen, and that no consideration could induce him to retract it. It is generally believed here that the troops of General Saarsfield have entered Vittoria. This circumstance appears probable, but it is not yet official, for our authorities would have ere now been apprised of the fact, and I can assure you' that they are ignorant of it. OCT. 31.—Two couriers from Madrid arrived here ast night. An insurrectionary movement had taken place in that capital on Sunday, 27th. The troops marched with artillery against the convent of Sr. Barbara, and expelled the monks therefrom. The Royalist Volunteers were disarmed. A party of them who intended to take possession of the post of the Gate del Sol, shot the sentinel. They were, however, repulsed by the military and the Christinos, who turned out in arms against them. Several of them were hanged who had cried " Long life to Charles V." Three hundred of them succeeded in escaping into the country. The next morning early when the courier started, Madrid was tranquil. On their way the courier fell in with Merino's band. Saarsfietd'e troops were at Burgos. That General had granted four days to the insurgents to submit to the Queen. On the 31st the delay was to expire, when Saarsfield was to march on the town and give no quarter. Two stage coaches had been burnt by the Carlists, and the despatches of which one of the couriers was the bearer for several cam mercial houses were kept by them. The departure of the mail precludes the possibility of my being able to say any more. MADRID, OCT. 6.—The contents of the Ma drid Gazette of the 24th have occasioned very general surprise. The promulgation of the many excellent decrees which it contained had certainly not been looked for. The first, that which relates to the amnesty has, however, appeared to many per sons to be incomplete. It was seen with some, regret that many names of great liberal repute, that of Mina, especially, did not figure in the decree. Mina's presence, it was thought, would have been of the most important service to the Government of the Queen in repulsing and putting down the re bels in the north. The ordinance by which Burgos was named Mi nister del foment° also charged him specially with the execution of a territorial division. This measure was to a certain extent modelled on the French de partmental division. A decree of the 23d has com pleted the assimilation by the establishment of de legates and sub-delegates, who are, in fact, though under other names, like the prefects and sub-prefects le France. The whole system of the French Home Department has been thus adopted. The working of this reformed department of Op:Ministry, if ably conducted, will be productive of immense improve ment in the country. The naming of two commissions, formed of ho nourable and enlightened men, for the purpose of revising the regulations relative to the corn trade, also promises great advantages to agriculture and 1 nded property. The duties assigned to the police, properly limited, and to be kept within bounds, which are on no account to be disregarded, form also a wise and politic measure, as also the indemnities pro mised to the buyers of national property, so unjustly deprived of it after the restoration of 1823. The suppression of the onerous tax levied for the benefit of the Royalist Volunteers, and which tell heavily on the class of persons not in very easy cir cumstances, is almost equivalent to the entire disso lution of that seditious militia, and is, in fact, the forerunner of that most desirable measure. These different decrees became very generally known in the capital immediately after their publi cation, and produced a very favourable impression. They served as an excellent introduction to the pro clamation of the young Queen, and disposed the public in the best manner for that ceremony. The Madrid Gazette gives so full and minute an account of the ceremony of the proclamation, that I suppose I need not take up room by a repetition of any par- ticulars. The 120,000 reels distributed among poor families on that occasion,and the 60,000 reels thrown to the populace by the king-atsarms, have greatly in creased the gladness among the lower orders. On the square before the Palace much enthusiasm was evinced. The Regent appeared at the balcony,holding the young Queen in her arms. They were greeted with loud and numerous " vivas," and numbers of the people were so far carried away by their enthu siasm as to call for arms to defend the Regent and the Queen against all their enemies. It is said that this call is likely to be complied with, by the insti tution of a citizen militia, or national guard, similar to that which has been lately formed in Barcelona. The dress is said to have been already fixed upon. The coat is to be of Christinos blue, similar to that of the maestrantes of Saragossa. The public mourning had been suspended during the three days that the proclamation of the Queen lasted ; but the only tokens of public rejoicing were made to consist in attempts at general illuminations, which did not prove successful, on account of the bad weather. The Regent did not even desire that there should be any reception at Court. The Madrid Gazette of this day has published some new decrees, which have given general satis faction. The one simplifies and places on an im proved footing the post establishment; the other corrects the abuses which have crept into the admi nistration of the public deposits of corn and provi sions destined for the poor. Bnrgos is known to have been the author of these decrees, and he is indebted to their publication for a return of public favour, which he might otherwise not have expected to enjoy. No one, it is true, en tertained doubts as to his capacity ; but now he is not only known as an enlightened Minister, but also as a decided fr iend to and promoter of reform. He has acquired more popularity in four days than his predecessor, Count d'Offalia, has been able to acquire during the twelve months that he was Mi nister of the Interior. It should, however, in jus tice to M. de Zea, be acknowledged that the salu tary measures which have been adopted were con certed with him, and even executed under his di rection. But although they have proved highly satisfactory to the liberal portion of the community, this has not propitiated M. de Zea in the public opinion. His former acts still speak against him ; his manifesto is not forgotten ; and people say that he now merely yields to the force of circumstances, and that he would probably have pursued a far dif ferent system had not the insurrections in the northsrn provinces induced him to look for favour arid support by the means he now employs. There has been a good deal of fermentation here during the last kw days. Political quarrels in the coffee-houses and wine-houses have been rather frequent, arid blows have been exchanged, but public tranquillity has not been seriously disturbed. The Royalist Volunteers are greatly exasperated. The execution of their comrades in Talavera ought, however, to prove a useful lesson for them. It was, however, said yesterday, that having been apprised of a resolution about to be taken y t h e had formed Gover nment to deprive them of their aims, they the plan of evacuating, la st nigh t, the alar and proceeding in a body, with their arms ancra t rtillery , , to join the insurgents of Old Ca stile. The Govern mint has, therefore, been watching the movements s e. of the Royalist Volunteers. All the troops of the garrison have been kept under arms, and strong de tachments of Lan 1;1 Cuirassiers bivouacked 'on the Praia. T il:saw that their re- \ v 7.777 MIA') treat was not to be easily effected, andlikbey did not attempt it. It is confidently asserted to-day, that the disarming of that corps has been already , determined upon, and that it is to take place to morrow. Nothing authentic is known here as to what is going on in the north, excepting as to the fact that the insurrection continues in Old Castile. The citrate Merino appears to reign absolute now in that province, which no one is allowed to go through. Three couriers, two French and one English, arrived here yesterday, having been completely stripped by the rebels. Almost the whole of their despatches were also taken away from them. Merino will not suffer diligences to exist where he can put a stop to them. He caused the diligence which was coming to Madrid from Burgos to be burnt on the 25th. It is believed that Don Carlos is at present in Castelbranco, and it is said that his family and the Princess de Beira have been made prisoners at Abrantes, by the troops of Don Pedro. It is also said that Don Miguel has taken refuge in Spain, and that orders have been transmitted by the Go vernment to Valencia and Alcantara to secure the person of Bourmont. OCT. 27.—The order for disarming the Royalist Volunteers was signed yesterday, and to-day its execution has been commenced. The order was not very readily obeyed, and some disorders have therefore occurred. At eleven o'clock this morning the field-pieces were taken away from the quarters in the Alcala of the horse volunteers. This met with no resistance. A few men, escorted by a piquet of Lancers, took away the field-pieces, which were succesqvely given up to them by the small number of Volunteers who were on guard there. Whilst this was going on, the infantry Volunteers, assembled in their quarters in the street of Atocha, to the number of about 150, began to murmur and to show a disposition to mutiny. At about half. past 11 they posted sentinels as far as the corner of the street called Rua de las Carretas. A patrol of four provincial grenadiers having advanced as far as that corner, were challenged by the sentinels, and on their answering " Spain, and the Queen Isabella," were instantly fired upon. The patrol re tired, not being sufficiently strong to cope with the mutineers. The latter, having remained masters of Atocha-street, began firing upon all who ap proached, in order to maintain their ground and killed several persons whom chance had led that way, among these a woman. After this, a detachment of these volunteers proceeded to the Carcel de Corte (the court prison), and showed a disposition to force their way in, probably for the purpose of delivering the Carlist prisoners who were confined there. But the commander of the post, with his men, made a stout defence. Several discharges of musketry were exchanged, and several companies of provincials hav ing at length come to the assistance of the guard, the volunteers were repulsed to their quarters, where they shut themselves up. Several battalions of the troops of the garrison, with artillery, were now sent against the volunteers. A vigorous attack was made upon them. After defending themselves for about two hours in their quarters, they surrendered at two o'clock, and were immediately disarmed by a company of the regiment of the Princess. A great number of other volun teers, who were proceeding singly to their quarters, were stopped by the troops and patrols who met them, and immediately disarmed. This occurrence, though it has not caused the loss of many lives, has, as you may conceive, pro duced a good deal of excitement and some alarm. Although the weather was excessively bad, the rain pouring down in torrents, great crowds of people assembled in the principal streets, especially in the streets called De las Carretas, De la Montera, Mayor, and La Puerto del Sol. The lowest class of the people in the suburbs was not visible, but of the middle classes the numbers were very consi derable, and with hardly any exception they evinced the utmost indignation at the rebellious spirit of the Volunteers, and expressed their sentiments by re peated cries of " Isabella for ever 1" " The Re gent for ever l" Several persons appeared armed with sabres, and this has given rise to some lament able excesses. Many of the Volunteers who were imprudent enough to attempt passing through these crowds, in their uniforms, were massacred. Others escaped through the protection afforded them by the patrols, or the intercession of some of the more moderate persons in the crowds. At about four o'clock p.m., a considerable mili tary force had assembled near the Palace, and in the Plan Mayor, as well as in other principal parts of the city. In spite of the rain, the Regent remained a long time stationed on the balcony of one of the princi pal apartments of the Palace, with the young Queen, her daughter. They were repeatedly cheered by the crowds. A written order of the Corregidor has been posted up this evening, calling on all the Royalist Volun teers to surrender their arms, in compliance with the order of the Captain-General, under pain of death. The disarming, however, is yet far from being com plete, for there are about 4,000 Volunteers in Ma drid, and hardly 200 were able to assemble in their quarters. It is said that some of them have as sembled in the suburbs, and that others have quitted the town; but no serious apprehension is enter tained about them, and they will most likely not again disturb the public peace. The middle classes appear quite delighted that a corps which wa s defrayed by them should be disbanded, and they testify their joy on the occasion in t very energetic way. At 11 o'clock at night, at which hour lam writing to you, numerous groups of persons are still going about the streets, crying with all their might " The Queen for ever 1" There is no reason to believe that the Volunteers had formed any plan of revolt. It was probably the folly and rashness of some of the officers at Atocha that have given rise to their resistance, and the dis orders which have been the consequence. It is said that a considerable depot of arms has been found in the convent of Santa Barbara; but that circumstance appears to be connected with another plat, with which the Volunteers have no thing to do. GERMAN PAPERS. NAPLES, OCT. I9.—The death of the King of Spain, although anticipated for a long time, - caused a powerful sensation here. M. Rothschild was the first informed of it ; the funds fell from 92 to 86, and they are now scarcely steady at 87A. It is believed that the King will insist on his protest against the accession of the young Isabella, al though the widowed Qleen has written him a very af fecting letter, in which she lays before him the difficulties of her situation, but also her firm determination to defend the rights of her daughter. The Marquis of Hertford, Sir Henry Clinton, Cardinal Weld, and other distin guished persons, have arrived here. M. Berbaya is about to relinquish the theatre of San C irlos, and a society of nobles proposes to undertake it. The new road which leads from Castellamere to Gorren will be finished next year. In May also regular communications will be opened with Reggio in Calabria, by means of diligence& The most picturesque parts of Italy will thus be rendered accessible to the public. VIENNA, OCT. 26.—Five per C,nt. Metalliques, 92 15.16; Four per Cent., 82i; Bank Shares, 1,197. Allgenteine Zeitung, Oat. 31. OCT. 23.—1 t is remarked that Prince Metternich is frequently engaged with the President of the Diet of the Confederation. An ordinance is expected to appear shortly, by virtue of which all persons paying a certain sum may carry on any trade here, exc,pting those of baker, butcher, and miller. It Is thought that the intended Ministet is! conferences will be held at Prague or Dresden. Charles X. and the Duke of Bordeaux passed through Krens a few days ago on their return to Prague. The Duchess of Angouleme came through Vienna, and dined at Schonbrunn with the young King of Hungary. The Duchess of Berry intended to stay some weeks in Styria, and then return to Italy. It is not known whe ther she parted from her family on good terms. It seems that she expressed a wish to direct the education of the Duke of Bordeaux, to which she can hardly have a right place her second marriage. —Franhfort Paper., Nov. 1. BRUSSELS PAPERS. Baussxt.s, Nov. 3.—M. d'Armin set out from Frank fort on the 31st of October for Brussels, where he is expected to arrive at the beginning of next week. A journal of Limburg sly!, " The Conferences of Zoondhoven have been held for some days at Znlder, in th e country seat of Baron de Villenfague. Nothing his yet transpired respecting the result of them ; but it appears that an arrangement will be made on the two points of the relief of the garrison of Maestricht, and the free navigatio❑ of the Meuse." We have before us a resolution of the French Govern ment relative to the French officers who have entered the service of Belgium by the orders of the Minister of War himself. All the favourable conditions granted to those officers by an ordinance of Louis Philip in 1831, to induce them to come and serve in the army, are revoked, and in stead of them, conditions so far from equitable are substi tuted, that we are obliged, in the name of justice, to take part with the officers so unworthily treated. BRUSSELS, Nov. 5. —The Moniteur Beige says, " Their Majesties the King and Queen of the Belgians will arrive at Lacken on the 10th of this month in the evening." Marshal Maison, who slept here last night, has set ont this morning with his whole suite for St. Petersburgh. An English Cabinet messenger passed through this city yesterday morning, on his way from Frankfort to London with despatches. ANTWERP, Nov. 4.—The weather has been very bad all yesterday and during the night. An Austrian brig arrived without a pilot and escort, from Flushing, and an English brig with its sea pilot on board, whom it had not been able to put on shore. Several vessels have lost their anchors and cables off Flushing. The Messager de Gand contains a letter, in which the manufacturers of that city declare, that, far from being confident of disposing of their goods, they shall be obliged to leave off work during the winter, unless circumstances should become more favourable. BELGIAN FUNDS.—BRusser.s, Nov. 5. Actual Debt, 2% per Cent. Rothschild's Loan, 5 per Cent 95 Loan of the City, 1832, 4 per Cent. Ditto, Isal, 4 per cent. --Brussels Papers, Nov. ADDRESS of the SECOND CHAMBER of the STATES GENERAL to the KING of HOLLAND. THE HAGUE, OCT. 31. SECOND CHAMBER of the STATES GENERAL. A message from the First Chamber announced that it had agreed to the address to his Majesty sent to it by the Second Chamber. It is as follows: " Sire,—lmportant as it is for the representation of the loyal and generous Dutch nation to see your Majesty in the midst of them, and to receive solemn communica tions from your own mouth, we are still more sensible of it in the difficult crises in which our dear country is placed by a concurrence of unheard-of circumstances. " When we examine the course of foreign affairs, ac cording to the documents communicated to us by your Majesty, these give us the painful conviction of it. If, before the opening of last session, hopes appeared that we should see the end of our difficult situation, how did they vanish during the course of it, in consequence of the unjust measures of coercion employed against us in a time of profound peace; and if, on the cessation of them, our hopes revived by the renewal of the negotiations, how painful was it to learn that your Majesty's readiness to make concessions, and your desire to bring matters to a conclusion, had been met only by new difficulties. It is, however, en couraging to look back, on the exemplary patience, the unalterable courage, and the manifold sacrifices of the nation under the burdens which it so undeservedly bears. With satisfaction it looks on the admirable conduct of its seamen and soldiers, which has acquired them the respect even of their enemies. It was the fulfilment of a sacred duty, as well as a natural effect of the Dutch character, to alleviate, as far as possible, the situation of the victims of the unjust attack. Its own energy and independence preserved the nation during these last years. Concord, founded on confidence and respect for law and order, supported it even without foreign aid. In the midst of the agitation of the times, it has proved what a unani mous nation can do when it has to assert its dearest in terests. This will not be without fruit, should even the calculations of foreign policy deceive our just expectations. We still entertain the hope that, by the wise conduct of the Government, on which the people still firmly rely, an equi table and speedy arrangement, which is more and more necessary, will crown eur tried firmness and your Majesty's indefatigable efforts for the honour and welfare of the country, and that we shall thus, at length, see the accomplishment of the equitable arrangement of which the last communications made to us by your Majesty again hold out a favourable prospect. . . " We gratefully acknowledge, with your Majesty, the blessing conferred on your House by the birth of a son of the Prince of the Netherlands. The nation, faithfully attached to the Royal House, rejoices at this happy event. "It is encouraging to us that, amidst dangers and wrongs from without, our internal affairs have a satisractory prospect; that agriculture has been remarkably prosperous this year; national industry improving, and trade and navigation, after the suspension that had taken place, very rapidly extending. We also feel great satisfaction in the assurances given us by your Majesty, of the attachment of the inhabitants of all our colonies to the mother country, and of the prosperity of our East India posses ions, which must have a powerful influence on our own welfare. " It was agreeable to us to be assured that your Majesty's Government continues to introduce measures calculated to simplify the internal administration. There had not only been an improvement in the conduct of the administration, in behalf of the inhabitants, and the interests of districts, towns, and communes, but they may and niust promote the retrenchments which are alone all imperatively neces_ sary in the situation of our finances. •' We acknowledge your Majesty's continued attention to the import int department of public instruction. May the result be corresponding, so that Holland may, in this respect, also maintain its ancient reputation, and the culti vation of arts and sciences, which is sealously prosecuted in the midst of arms, continue to produce the desired fruits. " If we bad to congratulate ourselves at the conclusion of the last winter, which had left our sea and river dikes uninjured, we have had to lament the effects of the late storms, by which some important dikes have been mate rially damaged. We have received, with the greatest attention, what your Majesty has stated to us respecting our financial concerns. We hope and trust that, in proportion as the continuance of the extraordinary circumstances in which we are placed remains uncertain, every care will be taken to limit the extraordinary expenses which these circum stances require to what is absolutely necessary. On this account we saw with satisfaction the granting of furloughs to the army, the continuance of the extension of which, as far as circumstances allow, we consider to be desirable, as a means well adapted, without weakening our military force, to promote the great object of limiting the extraor dinary expenditure, and restoring the people to their ordinary occupations. " We shall consider, with the greatest attention, the financial measures proposed to us, especially keeping in view, as well the maintenance of public credit as the least possible burdening of the people, by a well-regulated and equitable system of taxation. " The National Legislation will be again a subject of our deliberations : we shall carefully examine the proposals submitted to us by your Majesty on this subject, in order to bring this important work nearer to a conclusion. " Sire !—The States- General renew the solemn assur ance of their zealous co-operation in promoting the interest of the kingdom. They cordially wish that this Sitting may not pass over without bringing us to the end of our precarious situation. " Meantime, constantly proceeding with calmness, and animated by the desire of promoting, in entire union with your Majesty, the welfare of their fellow.countrytnen, they will, with your Majesty, rely with unbounded confidence on the Almighty for the future destiny of the Netherlands." The Committee of the Second Chamber, which, with that of the First Chamber, had waited on the King with the above addres , , stated by its reporter that the deputa tion of the Chambers having waited on the King with the address, the president had told his Majesty that it bad been voted unanimously by both Chambers, and, after it had been read, his Majesty had been p'eased to return the fol lowing answer : freceive with satisfaction the address unanimously voted by the States-General. This unanimity announces to me the harmony of sentiment on which I had reason to depend. It will serve me as an incitement vigilantly to attend to the freedom, the dignity, and the essential in- terests of the nation. I further depend on it, and hope that, with the support of Providence, we shall see better times, and continue to experience the truth o' the motto of our forefathers : —Eendrayt Maaht Magt.—(Union Con stitutes Strength ) Tier HAGUE, OCT. 31. —His Royal Highness the Prince of Orange returned to the head quarters at Tilburg last Monday. His Royal Highness Prince Frederick of the Nether landi has returned from his excursion to Gerunny, where - tin+ . * Efir LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 7, 1833. The address of the Second Chamber of the States General to the King of HOLLAND, will be found in another column of this day's Sun. It is a mere echo of the message of the King, and on the whole may be regarded as pacific. We understand that the Spanish Minister, the Chevalier de VIAL, has made rather an im portant discovery for his Government, during the last few days. It having been reported that a vessel was lading for a foreign port, under mysterious circumstances, the Spanish Minister made diligent inquiry, the result of which was that arms and ammunition, to a considerable extent, had been shipped for a Spanish port, by some Carlist agents in this country. In conse sequence of this discovery, precautions have been taken to prevent the cargo from falling into the hands of the Carlists, and for laying hold of the parties to whom it was consigned. The accounts from Madrid, brought by the last Paris mail, leave no doubt of the utter in- efficiency of the means of the QUEEN REGENT to put down the Carlist insurrection without the aid of the Constitutionalists ; and of the determination of the Government to conciliate the latter by concessions which, although not so extensive as they had a right to expect, are, nevertheless, a total departure from the principles of the manifesto put forth by the QUEEN on her accession to power. She is said to have pub lished a political amnesty ; she has attempted the disarmament of the Royalist: Volunteers—aforce just as objectionable to all well-disposed persons in Spain as armed bands of Orangemen were in Ireland—and she has abolished some of the mo nopolies of the absolute system. All this is very good as far as it goes ; but there are exceptions from the amnesty which are discreditable to the Government, and which must effectually prevent that accession of strength without which the QUEEN REGENT cannot hope to put down the insur rection. MINA, and many others, whose names would rouse the Patriots of Spain to exertion, are still in the list of exceptions. This is com plimentary to the vet eran and his partisans ; for the Ministers of the Queen know that they would not avail thems elves of any amnesty which should not be intended as the firstsepe step to o a Constitution ; but it is t:a s t a m l :tsioitzaciteehu.e principles. welfare s pa Spain the Spanish people. M. ZEA foolishly imagin es thatHe will l can o govern on die discover juste rhis there are no juste milieu materials. Carlism and Constitutionalism are the only principles which can be said to be represented by a party, and for one of there the Queen Regent must failed, her led,fo el on. haswillrecognize tried ecog lliz te first e h only atd Don i CARLOS as the head of Carlism. She will not have recourse to the Constitutionalists, at least e those of tai ned decided c the futility ti l l l i a ty ra o c f te t r h , untile juste she ni shall lie milieu system, ta which could only be enforced, and then partially, by the presence of a French army—a course to which our Government have objected, and which would probably have:the effect of making the Carlists and Constitutionalists unite in re sisting the intervention. The day of triumph for the Constitutionalists must, however, soon arrive. No account appears yet to have reached Paris of the entry of SAARSFIELD into Vittoria. Some of the Paris Journals have inferred from this that he has met with unex pected obstacles, but it would be as reasonable to conclude that he was proceeding cautiously in order to prevent any injury to the Govern ment on a point so important, by any hasty movement. Among the minor matters to which we hope the attention of the House of Commons will be directed next session, is the coming to some immediate arrangement with respect to moving for returns. The propositions which have been made for supplying the House with statistical information cannot, we fear, be carried into effect for some time, and they apply only to general information. Sometimes returns con cerning points of local interest are called for, at an expense enormously beyond the advantage to be derived from them. At other times, returns on matters of public interest are moved for in such a form as to render them quite useless. Were a Committee appointed to examine the nature of every return called for, and to put it into the least expensive shape, the thoughtlessness of members would receive a be neficial check. We have been induced to make these remarks from perceiving► the enormous expense to which the country must have been put by the printing of a return, moved for by Mr. WILKS, relating to the Courts of Requests in the metropolis. The return is of "all cases heard and determined in the several Courts of Requests in the cities of London and West minster, the borough of Southwark, and parts adjacent, in the counties of Middlesex and Surrey, including the Palace Court and that of the Tower Hamlets, for one year, ending the 31st December, 1831, specifying all the judg ments made in each Court, the amounts of each claim, the sum awarded, and stating whether paid, whether the party was distrained upon or sent to prison ; stating the amount of fees paid in each case, and the lengths of imprisonment adjudged in each case ; also stating what salaries are paid to each of the officers, and the amount in hand, if any." No doubt the conclusions Mr. WILLS wished to draw from these documents are very important ; but he could never have reflected upon the useless mass of details he was calling fur. Had he called for an account of the total number of cases heard and deter mined, dividing them into classes, every useful end would have been attained, and the return might have been made on half a dozen sheets of paper at the most. Instead of that, we have a mass of insignificant details, without one total, and, consequently, useless, without undergoing the labour of counting up each separate item. What this would amount to may be conjectured, when we state that the folio before us contains 558 pages, the greater part with fourteen columns of figures, &c. The mere expense of printing could not have been far from 1,0001., not to mention that of three or four cart loads of paper. The Morning Advertiser, alluding to our statement respecting the negotiation between the British and French Cabinets for placing the commercial relations of the two countries on a more liberal footing, says-- '‘ Our contemporary states that he speaks from ' good information;' and we believe that perfect reliance may be placed on what he has stated. We cannot bring ourselves to believe, however, that the negotiations of Mr. Poulett Thomson have been directed to those points only which have been adverted to by our contemporary; for although there is unquestionably no branch of industry in which we could carry on a more successful trade with France than in iron, there are, certainly, many others with which we might entertain a profitable exchange of commodities with her. No part of our manufacturing industry is, for example, in greater request, or more highly prized, in France, than our cutlery of all descriptions ; but the quan tity of it which is consumed there is extremely limited, and is mainly indebted for its introduction to the smuggler. Such also is the case with our manufactures of cotton—of our mixed products of cotton and silk and wool,—in all of which we possess as decided a superiority over our Gallic neighbours as they surpass us in laces, jewellery, and some other articles. lf, therefore, they will not as sent to a reduction of duty upon what would unquestion ably prove the most.profitable article of manufacture and expert to us—iron—why not endeavour to effect an ar rangement for the introduction of those to which we have alluded ? We are not aware that a reduction of the duties on French wines or French brandies would make any material difference either to our imports, in the one case, from Portugal, or, in the other, to the manufacturers of British spirits; but certain we are that any arrange ment which may be entered into with the French Go vernment, embracing a reduction of the duties on the ar ticles to which we have alluded, would be a great boon to the trade of this country—a great benefit to - the working classes—the material of the articles being mainly British, and the value arising principally from the labour bestowed upon them." We have reason to believe that the points alluded to by the Advertiser have not been overlooked, and, concurring as we do with him, in the observations which he makes, we hope the exertions of Mr. POULETT THO MSON will be crowned with success. The great diffi culty will be in convincing the French people that the prohibitory system is not beneficial for themselves, and that the wisest course for them is to take from foreign countries at a cheap rate rate, by wha t can themselves. Everybody knows a a t with thr what obstacles the free trade principle had to contend here, and we must not expect that what was the work of years in England will be the affair of months in France. It is gratifying, however, to know, that many of the large towns in France have already expressed their desire to have a more liberal system of commerce adopted between Great Britain and France ; and in a short time the views of the French Govern ment, which, to do it justice, seems anxious to forward the work of general improvements, will probably be appreciated throughout France. A better proof perhaps cannot be given of the folly of the restrictive law in France, than the fact that at this moment three large towns in Normandy are desirous, but unable to introduce, the superior and economical mode of lighting by gas, on account of the heavy duty on English coal, which is treble that upon coal imported from Belgium. This, however, is only one in- i stance of more than fifty of the injury w hich th ° restrictive system imposes upon France. Among the Parliamentary Papers which ha . l n e s been lately printed is one showing the reeei r ti and expenditure of the county rates through:o England and Wales for the several Yea rs tween 1821 and 1832. It is an inir rt f document, but would have been more so , h au ll l uniform plan been pursued in makingtit words particulars. As it is, althoug h it words of the order are sufficiently expl icit ' t stupidity of some of the returning officers has! o in a hodge podge, from which it is next t° possible to extract any useful conclusion• Th sj part of the return relating to the prison eg en eo of the different counties, for instance, if Pe tH r f f would be most useful, but there are fell ° , 0 counties which present so cl ea r an accoun t 116 enable us easily to compare one with ao °t The same observation may be made with r t el er to vagrants. The order directed that t he penses incurred on account of Scotch, Irit te a, English vagrants respectively should be st r the but many of the returns take no notice ° lace distinction, and some of them that do de . : e s, they cannot make any. Sufficient aPr t - de , however, to prove that the absurd law of s e ment , by which we fetter the free circulati °n labour, is produci ng it s natura l e ff ec t in m ura l ways than one. Not only does the law e i s ~ e hl Clement occasion the poor's rate of ea ch P 3l O - 0 to be half as high again as it otherwise vi a rd be—for without it parishes would be oul ee d to make their paupers work more, and t ° them worse, instead of letting them vvor lt , and feed better than the industrious ine e r o v dent labourer—but it throws upon every e ei . an enormous expense in the shape of tra y- s ot expenses. Every Scotch or Irish labour er t he comes over for the harvest is carried back °t o o charge of the publi c . Eith e r they se e p,. their earnings in gin, knowing they will h e di to veyed home free of cost, or they save o° 4, pay their landlords' extortionate rent. In; i$ and 1822, the charge for vagrants aPP e '" j most of the counties exceedingly high. but two or three years afterwards it is moderate'ooo it then began to rise, and has steadily ti oP t i f ig ever since. Last year the cost of re °l , L ° is vagrants in the county of Berks was 1,2 5 ' 1 ' in Bucks, 8 361. (a few years back only 20° 1 'i t , ; 0), Cam bridgeshire (excluding certain bund r if s j h 3691., of which 3071. was for Scotch an d o ei vagrants, the number passed having inc i re 6 l2; between 1824 and 1832, from 194 to ; 0 0; in Cheshire, 880/. ; in Cornwall, which 1 % 0 1 of the line of m a rch of most extra c c ' s. / " 2 0 paupers, the charge was last year only ,r in Devon, 4761., of which 1841. were °° 9 sl count of Scotch and Irish paupers; in it Essex, 3881., the s e veral numbers 0t po d vagrants, given being 66 Scotch, 28 7 Irish, 48 375 others ; in the West Division the clifroto is only 981. ; in Gloucestershire the charge_io 1224/. ; in Hants, for Scotch and Irish al. 453/. ; in Hertfordshire the charge is 904 the small county of Huntingdon 6281., 114$ 10 been between 1001. and 2001. a few years h a- t he in Kent it was 16531; in Leicestershire 16 0 ' O f number of Scotch vagrants being 589, 01 05 Irish 130; in Middlesex the charge for iih conveyance and subsistence of Scotch and log vagrants alone was last year 2,9501., gradually increased to that amount from - bi t which it was in 1824: in that year the nu i ril to passed was 2,346, in 1831 it amount o t e ct 9,281, and in 1832 to 9,576 ; in fact a P e i f j og army. Whilst the county pays the traT e i fot expenses of these pleasure taking pauPer s 4 11° the greater part of them are regular stagers' blip make an annual trip to London at the P bt expense,) it is 244,9851. in debt. We 0 7 go on through the returns, quoting s i ve figures from almost every page : but webe said su ffi cient to show that something m im e o' speedily done to check the devouring ee l ( Or tailed upon us by the mal-administration ° poor law and law of settlement. The parish of Bethnal-green has beenibilvi:oc; time in a state of great agitation on the s u of the Church-rate levied upon the inhel' its ol o They have lately refused to pay them, t' n ground of their being illegal, and we are fi ere formed that nearly a thousand summonse s e lately iss ue d, to compe l payment . Yeste r o o f petty sessions was held at the vestry- 0 , Ithe parish, to hear the appeal against th e el' Mr. OWEN appeared as solicitor for the /wig !ants, and stated th a t th e Ch u rch' fo r had taken upon themselves to pay the j- ,, 0 05 1 ' ( 4001. per annum out of th e ra t e s, ta lt ". o the Act of Parliament regulating the 0' 11 " the parish, expressly provided that the g e salary should be paid out of certain eol lect" so lPf made on account of small tithes, funeral s, th e bells, &c. The Vestry-clerk contended t " - s e vestry, having consented to the rate, the.o" trates had nothing to do with its 01: 1 1 3 , 11 } , c o rcl e The Bench, h owever , d ec id e d t h a t a nor' % rate could not be co ll ec t e d t o p a y the M il ' s wir l stipend, and dismissed the whole of the mouses. When the refusal to make e v t t V I : rate is becoming so common, it was ret"o,7o.- in the Churchwardens and Rector to ven ture Th e , the experiment of collecting an illegal 00e . 0 4 1 " AOO s ly abuse had existed for some years, z ' cl tt list have gone on for some years longer, ha' s confounded spirit of inquiry which 13 ' 3 10 0J put an end to so many snug things, madel WA I/ : ( tH 4 t e tl ; 11 ' 1 i ' l l4 It t ti,h It ~ttli he went to meet his brother•id law, the Crown Prince 01 Prussia. A further and very great redaction of the troops in ac tual service is said to be in contemplation. Nov. I.—We expect the Prince of Orange to-day. Prime Felix of Schwarzenburg, the Austrian Charge d'Affaires, is gone to Amsterdam. DUTCH FUNDS—AMSTERDAM, Nov. 1. Actual Debt, 5 per Cent Ditto, 2% per cent 49% to 50 Amort Syndic, 4% per cent 86% to 87% Ditto, ditto, 3% per cent. Voluntary Loan, 1831, 6 per cent 102% to 102% Ditto, 1832, 5 per Cent. Ditto, 1803, 5 per Cent. Exchange on London Ditto, two months —Dutch Papers, Noy. 2. PRICES OF STOC ICC TH I Bank Stccic 3jper Cent. Red. 87%% 1H 3 per Cent. Cons. 336 per Cent...— .......... —95% )6 Ditto Red 953 New33l per Cent. 96%Y. 3 per Cent. Ann. 1726 4 per Cent. 1826 Bank Long Ann. to exp►re Jan. 5, 1860 l6 13-16 % Oct. 10, 1859 Jan. 5, 1860 Jan. 5, 1880 April 5, 1880 Jan. 5, PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS Austrian Bonds 91;4 Belgian Bonds 94% Ditto Account 94}6 Brazilian Bonds 67 1 'Ditto Account F 6% Buenos Ayres Bonds 22'i Ditto Account — Chilian Bonds 23 Ditto Account Columbian Bonds — Ditto Account Ditto Bonds, 1824 2214 Ditto Account 22% Danish Bon s 73% Ditto Account Greek 80nd5..„....„ — Ditto Bonds , 1825, , Ditto Account — Mexican Bonds, 5 per cent 27 , Ditto Account — Ditto, 6 per cent 34Y4 Ditto Account Neapolitan B9 K DAY AT ONK O'CLOCK. New 5 per Cont. India Stock Ditto Bonds 25 21 pm. South Sea Stock 964 Old Annuities... B6 New Ditto 3 per Cent. Ann. 1751 Ex. Bills, £l,OOO 44 39 pm. Ditto .... ........500 42 39 pm. Ditto Small 4l 43 39 pm. Ditto Commercial Ditto Advertised pm. Bank for Account ...... India for Account ..... Cons. for Account BB', 4 THIS DAY AT ONE 0 CLOCK. Peruvian Bonds Portuguese Bonds 691( Ditto Account 69;6 Ditto New Bonds Ditto;Acconnt 60 1;01 Prussian Bonds 10131% Ditto Bonds, 1822 lO3 Russian Bonds, 1822 lO3 Ditto Account lO3 Ditto 111 lO2 ,Spanish Bonds, 1821 —.23% %% Ditto Acc. 23% % I Ditto Bonds, 1823 Ditto Account 2IU 1 'French Rentea, sp. c. —l. —c. Exchange ...... —f —c. 3 per cent....... —f. —c. - Exchange —f. —c. 'Dutch, p. c. 49% 50% Ditto Account...so 49% 50% 5 Ditto p. c ' 94 38 . Ditto - A(Ccount 94 3N 4 Frnch Scrip 4Y,j pm. Due. 0 Hamburg 0 Holland O Jamaica. « ..... O Leeward Islands O Lisbon 1 O Malta .. 0 O Sweden 0 O Waterford PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCF. Paid. Alton Mining Company £4 Anglo Mex. Min. Co. (iss. at 51. pm ) £lOO Bolanos Mining Company ..£l5O Brazilian Mining Company £s Brazilian Imp. Min. Co. (iss. at 5/. pm.) £2O Ditto National 2O Ditto St. John Del Rey lO Ditto Cocacs 5 Cata Branca Mining Company l% Pritish Iron Mininv Comnany £5O Columbian Mifflin, Co. (iss at 5/. pm.) 51% English Mining Company 1 231 General Mining Association l2 Hibernian Mining Co. £lo Mexican Mining Co £4B 113( Real del Monte Mining C 0.... (unreg.) 5516:6 531 Cnited Mex. Min. Co. (iss. at 2/. pm.) 40 13 Ditto New Scrip 5 15►,( Alliance Fire Insurance Comp lO lila Protector Insurance Comp.. £2 £1 5 0 Australian Co. Canada Company ..... 17 General Steam Navigation Co. l3 National Provincial Bank of England 5 Rio Doce Provincial Bank of Ireland 25 Per Share. 4►U% 84 130 1% ea;4 22 17i 4% 28 12y A 5 , ,i 2pm. 40% PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, NOV. 4. Bank Stock 212% iSt. , Patrick Insur.(perShare Consols, 3 ner cent. Gov. Stock, 33 per cent. 94% National Ditto Ditto, New 95% patriotic Ditto 4 per Cent. — Hibernian Bank 23% Gov. Deb. 3 % percent.... 88 Provincial Ditto ....... Royal Canal Stock — , Royal Irish Mine Grand Canal Stock — Imperial Mine City Dcb. 4 per cent. 75 Mining Co. of Ireland Ballast Office Deb. 4n. c. 'Commercial Buildings — Arrived. O America 0 O Brazil O Buenos Ayres 0 O Cart hagena 0 I Dublin 0 I Flanders 0 1 France 0 O Guernsey &Jersey 0 NIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning...ll minutes after 1141 Evening...43minutes afterill Due. )Arrived. ,nto Bethnal-green. PROJECTED NORTH LINE OF RA O' ,bel 4 lif It having been generally circulated that the n ie o lrof is the Stafford family, and Lord Francis EgerUT4 r 1 0 , 1: al the recent death of his father, the Duke of SL I " - , e r 's come into possession of the Duke of Bridgevf.a.o-ero Toe property, intended to become shareholders in tv er po° 4 o l B line of railway projected from Manchester to L' l . v v ed P are desired to state that a letter has been recejlosi.„-Dery Directors of the Liverpool and Manchester 0 : 1 , 1 Oew n ake James Loch, Esq., M.P., dated Trentham, 2 ' 7 t he p er, to the following effect :—" lam authorised e Ol O t he d : e of Sutherland to contradict, in the mos t doe' i . bog fr ,ted the report that he or any of his fami l y pov°,ter ; smallest mention of becoming subscribers to Of-oi,t t he north line of railroad between Liverpool and and I can, on behalf of Lord Francis Egertiom v same contrad iction." .I—Manchester Chronic e.