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Cruz, Count Punon Itostro, Duke of San Lorenzo, Alcagnices, 'Duke of Frias, Anglona, Marquis de Ceralbo, Count Parsent, Florida-Blanca, San Car ing, Casa Irujo. 2. Among the military, Amarillo, Castro Torreno Morillo, Freyre, General Valdes Zarco del Valle, Quesada, Campo Sagrado, Villa Campo. 3. Among the statesmen Baedaxil, Pele grin, San Martin, F ernan d ez d e l F:ua, Ulloa. Then come Martinex de la Rosa, Quintana, Augustin Air. guelleg, Miguel Alava,Ramon Gil de la Quadra, all emigrants, with the exception of the first two ;, and lastly, Count Torreno, perhaps a little' too nuance for the preceding party ; but as he had left France a long while before the French invasion of 1823, it may be conjec tured that he had, if not broken, at least de dined his engagements with his party. Sooner or later, therefore, he might find access to the Mi nistry. Up to the time of the amnesty, he had lived in England or Belgium. Ile was in daily habits of intimacy with King Leopold. On arriv ing at Madrid, he received an order to remove to the distance of 40 leagues. All he could obtain from Messrs. Ofalia and "Lea was a delay of 20 days, ON account of his health. We do not know the place of his retreat. Count Torreno was one of the most eloquent and enlightened orators of the Cortes of 1820. Among all these parties, glides in, almost unperceived, a small coterie, which ad mits the necessity of ameliorations and administra tive reform, without being inclined for a Constitu tion of any kind. Its principal representatives are the Duke of San Fernando, Medina Celi, Cas tagnon, Generals Llander and Monet. Such is nearly the ensemble of the political men of dif ferent shades which present events are about to bring forward, and, some of whom, if the Regent has courage to claim their services, may surround her daughter's throne with a truly national strength." The Berlin Sink Gazelle, of the 17th instant, announces that a Consistorial edict has established seven new festivals for the Evangelical Lu!heran church. One, to the memory of Luther, is to be celebrated on the 19th of October; and another, in commemoration of d e p ar t e d f r i en d s , on t h e last Sunday before Advent.---The others are merely of local interest. FRENCH FUNDS.—PaRts, 0CT. 23. Five per Cents., 101 f. 90c. 80c. 85c. Three per Cents., 74f. 50c. 30c. 15c. Bank Actions, 1,725 t. Rente de Naples, 90f. 75c. 50c. 40c. Roman Five per Cents., 91 90%. Rente trEspagne, Five per Cents., 16 15%. Ren d te 'Espagne, Thre e p er C en t s ., 37 37X 36 3 4. Royal Spanish Loan, 78 77. Bente Perpet. d'Espagne, Five per Cents., 63 62 61;0'. Belgian Loan, 1931, Five per Cent., 94 933,E 94. Haytian Loan, 25'f. EXCHANCE ON LONDON. One month, paper, 25f. 30c.; money, 25f. 25c. Three months, paper, 25f. 20c.; money, 23f. 15e, —Cot( vs Authentique. (From the Private Correspondence of a Morning Paper.) PARIS, OCT. 23.—We have little news to-day. Up to the moment at which I write, the letters from the frontiers of Spain have not been delivered. They cannot, of course, contain intelligence from Madrid, of a later date than that received yester day by the courier, which left that capital on the 14th instant, and the nature of which I stated in my letter of last evening ; but from the northern provinces of Spain we may, through them, obtain much interesting information. The " whereabout" of Don Carlos continues to be the subject of general and anxious inquiry. In the absence of positive intelligence respecting him, it may not be superfluous to state that he is reported to he waiting, near the Portuguese frontier, positive and accurate accounts and reports of the state of public feeling in Spain, and of the comparative force of his partisans, and those of the Liberals and Christinos. It is impossible but that the French and British Governments are acquainted with the place of his actual residence, and with his intentions; and, in consequence, the mystery that envelops them in the public regard, bodes little good to the persons, and they are many, who have speculated on the submission of Don Carlos to " circumstances." If the accounts and reports received by him be in unison with those that have reseheri the publie here from Spain, he will not hesitate to throw off the mask, for, with the exception of those coming from sources influenced by the Spanish Government, or under the control of King Louis Philip, all concur in representing the spirit of Absolutism in that country as general. In this serious view of the case I have deemed it expedient to inquire of well informed individuals— men to whom the country is well known—the pro babilities of the duration of the results of the contest commenced in Spain, and shall, in as much order as the haste in which I necessarily write will permit, communicate their reply : The Christinos, or Queen's party, can of them selves do nothing. Their fusion with the Absolutists is of course out of the question. On a cordial union with the Liberals only can they found any hope of maintaining themselves; and the jealousy of the French Cabinet of every man and everything bearing the name of Liberal is such, that a coalition of the Christinos and the Patriots (par excellence) will either be prevented or marred in its results by French influence. The cause of this jealousy, it is hardly necessary to observe, is, lest the establish ment of bona fide free institutions on the other side of the Pyrenees should give offence—cause uneasi ness, er, in plain language, suggest fears to the Government, which has done more within the last three years towards crushing liberty, than all the despots reigning beyond the Rhine could have done." This portion of the " reply" contained nothing new, but being in concurrence with other opinions entitled to respect may bear repetition. " Divided into three parties, a protracted civil war, a conflict pregnant with incidents, charged with evils, susceptible of being made an engine the most destructive and deadly that could be set at motion in Europe, awaits Spain." To another class of persons I put this question : —What part are the Northern Powers really acting at this crisis ? None, absolutely none, at this mo ment. Like Don Carlos they are awaiting the de velopment of the affair. The first steps taken by the Queen Regent were with a view to lure them into a recognition of the late change in the order of succession to the Spanish Crown. Are they the dupes of it, you would ask ? No, certainly not. M. Pozzo di Borgo, up to this instant, unsupplied with positive instructions on the point, is, nevertheless, acting on a prescience not likely to be mistaken. He has contrived to open a door for a very pretty quarrel with the monarchy of the Barricades, should occasion require, a threat, or, perchance a blow. Eight days ago we heard of the French army, in the aggregate sense of the phrase, being " on march for Spain," and the furloughs were recalled, or with held from soldiers to whom they had been promised. What is now the amount of that which is said and observed on the subject ? Merely that General Ilarispe has arrived, and established his head-quar ttrsat Bayonne, and that three brigades, comprising e regiments of Infantry and two of Cavalry, have absolutely been formed, comprising, in the whole, on account of the recent reductions, a total of per haps 10,000 or 11,000 men l Where is the Mar shal (Molitor) who was to have commanded the Army of Observatio n ? I n Paris. Where are the other brigades—where the divisions of which his corps d'annee was to be composed—where are its reserves—where is the Prince (the Duke of Orleans) who was to have made the campaign ? In his room, ill of a toothache, or some such time-of -peace ail ment. The pompous and bravado . bearing of France will not have imposed on . Russia, Prussia, or Aus tria, on England. King tria, and ought not to Louis Philip meant no such thing as going to war, war, except a la Antwerp. If he take part wtth the Queen Regent he must adopt the Liberals, without whom .f the war could not have successful results; and he take part with these, he might forfeit the pawls de sejour, which he enjoys of the Northern Potentates. M. Pozzo di Borgo was not for an instant a believeer in the bounce or the hypocrisy of King Louis Phi .ip, who he was quite sure would not at all events n the long run do other than was agreeable to MM. Metternich and Nesselrode; but he foresaw hat his master, the Emperor Nicholas, might be displeased at so much flourish, and accordingly he edged in a northern word or two, which froze up completely the boiling indignation of the throne of July, at the threatened resistance of the priest-ridden Iberians to the will of their late pious, humane, wise, and ex cellent Monarch, who, the queen, his widow, says, and I hope truly, is reposing in eternal bliss. Such is the nature of the reply I had in one quarter to my inquiry on this branch of the subject. Another attributes the chill that has stricken the Acres-like demonstrations of the French Cabinet to the reception and adoption of the Spanish Liberal refugees by the Spanish Governor of St. Sebastian. This is not, however, the most plausible ground, although it may be the true one. General Cas tagnos could, in his circumstances, do no other than submit to the Carlists, by whom he was me naced, or accept the aid of the Liberals. The former would have been sudden death to the cause of his mistress ; the latter may be the means of saving her ultimately, but not perhaps until she will have undergone many crises—the more because a necessary consequence of it will be the decreased zeal of France in her cause. The case appears, from the foregoing, to stand thus:—Don CArlos has not declared himself, but, from the position taken by his pariisans, is likely to do so. Without a union with the Liberals the Cbristinos could not oppose him, even with the aid of France; and the aid of France is not likely to be afforded to any cause in which Liberalism to such an extent must of necessity be bound up. The Li. berals are not of themselves strong enough to make an independent effort. A tedious civil war in Spain, fraught with all possible elements of mischief for the world in general, may, therefore, it is much to be feared, be looked for. This throne of July ! Poland ! Italy ! Spain ! bear testimony to its malign influence. But I have no time to rail. Look to the position in which the policy of the French Cabinet has placed the world at this moment. Italy in chains, Poland extinct, and Spain about to be made a shuttlecock to amuse, while the grand game of the East, in Turkey, Greece, and the Principalities is about being played. Fortunately for you, your Bayonne letters have ar rived, and will furnish no doubt something better than speculation. THREE O'CLOCK. I have just received a printed document, which reached here this day by express, which, if genuine, removes all doubt of the nature of the contest now in reality about being commenced in Spain. It is a proclamation to the Spanish people by Don Carlos, calling on them to place him on his legitimate throne ; not because that he is ambitious of that position, but because of his duty to his religion, his country, and his family. I will not, howes er, detain you longer, but lay it before you. PROCLAMATION OF DON CARLOS. " How painful to my heart was the death of my beloved brother. In the midst of my atliction and grief, I had at least the consolation to know that he existed, for I set the highest value on his preserva tion. Let us pray the Almighty to make him parti cipate in his holiness and glory, if he has not already been admitted into that eternal and happy abode. " lam not ambitious of the throne, and would refrain from prosecuting with ardour any of the goods of this perishable world ; but religion and the ac complishment of the fundamental law of the suc cession, and the special obligation I am under to de. fend the imprescriptible rights of my sons, and my other beloved relatives, compel me to support and defend the Crown of Spain, of which an attempt has been made to deprive me, by an illegal process, destructive of the law, which ought to remain sacred arid unaltered. " After the fatal moment of the demise of my beloved brother, I conceived that the necessary mea sures to have me proclaimed and recognised would be instantly taken ; and if until that moment any one who should have dared to attempt it might de servedly be considered as a traitor, I will now hold as such all who shall not join my standard, and, in porticular,thc Conora/o, nvarylorc, and 011 tho othor civil and military authorities, who should not ra:ly round me, when the Almighty shall think proper to lead me back to my beloved country, to preside over those who shall be faithful to my cause. I recommend union, peace, and charity-. I abhor the very thought that Spanish Catholics, who love me, should kill, injure, plunder, or commit the least ex cess. Order is the first end of justice ; it is the re compense of the good and of their sacrifices, and the punishment of the wicked and their impious sectarians, before God and before the laws. Thus may be accomplished the object I have so long de sired. (Signed) " CARLOS ISIDRO DE BOURBON. " Abrarteß, Oct. 1, 1833." Our intelligence from Spain, on the whole, bears out the opinions conveyed in the early part of this letter. Navarre is still in arms. On no known point has the rebellion been so completely crushed as to remove fears of its again raising its head if opportunity occur, while in many other places re volt is hourly occurring. A battle took place at Quinta la Valle, within three leagues of Burgos, between the troops coming from Madrid and the Carlists, in which many lives were lost, but without other result, each party, after the termination of the conflict, remaining in its position. The Funds are fluctuating, but rather looking down. One word more. The English courier said by the Journal dc Paris to have arrived at Bayonne, with despatches dated Madrid 16th instant, is, I am assured, he who was the bearer of those re ceived here o►► Friday last, and dated only on the 12th inst. Marshal Soult is said again to have prevailed in Council, and that, conic qui conk, Queen Isabella the Second will be supported by France. The Swiss Diet adjourned on the 15th instant, previous to which it addressed to the confederate Cantons the following Proclamation : _ _ " Confederates—When the late events of the cantons of Basle and Schwytz required, now scarcely aix weeks since, the Confederation to interfere in an energetic and prompt manner, the Diet hastened to adopt the measures necessary to restore legal order in those countries, and save the Republic from in calculable evils. The Diet then placed its reliance on you, Con federates, and repeatedly called upon you strenuously to support its efforts. You attended to that appeal. At the first intimation thousands of citizen soldiers left their peaceable homes to join the standards. The noblest success crowned their efforts. The Cantons of Basle and Schwytz, extricated from their sad condition, now enjoy the blessings of peace, which they were so long deprived of. The Sarnen League, which made so much noise, and was con trary to the federal pact, is dissolved. " The different members of the Confederacy are again represented by their delegates in the Diet. The Confederacy has incontestibly preserved, both at home and abroad, that power which is the sure guarantee of its liberty and independence. " Such are, Confederates, the results of your conduct and efforts. The truly patriotic spirit you evinced in those circumstances has brought about that happy event, and averted the greatest misfortunes. " The deputies of the Cantons deem it a most imperious duty on their part, at the moment of se parating, to tender you, Confederates, their sincere thanks, in the name of the country. " Those thanks, valiant soldiers, are particularly addressed to you. You have acquired imperishable rights to the gratitude of your fellow-countrymen. The promptitude with which you answered the call, the a dis c ipli ne you observed, your calm behaviour, h sw ve itze p r r l o a v o e d t , I wthoartthyyoouf yourwere o th ri e gir r ) ea o l od defenders ersof here after, in the ho ur o f d anger, she may confidentlylrely on your n c fe o d u e r r a a g t e es a_n dLdeetvoos ]topetion. that our dear and fine country will enjoy a p rosper i ty more and more durable, with the assistance and protection of the Almighty. Your Government will sedulous:y endeavour toj avert from you all: danger,' and EC. cure to you the esteem of foreign nations, internal prosperity, and additional power to the confedera tion. Rely on your respective Governments, and united, like your fathers, at the most glorious pe riod of our history, respect the laws and the Consti tution. " Without order liberty is impossible; without liberty Switzerland cannot be happy. " May God grant his blessing to all of us and to our beloved country ! " Given at Zurich, Oct. 15, 1833. " The Helvetic Diet signed in its name, " J. J. HEN, President, " ANIYGO, Secretary." BRUSSELS, OCT. 22. A letter from Frankfort (to be relied on) of the 18th states, that M. d'Arnim was to arrive there that night from Berlin, and that in two days he would set out again for Brussels, accompanied by Count Dietrichstein, the Austrian Minister to this Court. Their Excellencies may therefore be ex pected here to-morrow or the next day. Their arrival will be apropos, for the King and Queen certainly leave this city for France on Saturday next. They will sleep that night at Peronne, and reach Paris the next evening. The news of the approach of the Prussian and Austrian Ambassadors had due weight in the word ing of the King of Holland's address yesterday. I have seen to-day, I believe, the only (certainly the first) copy of it which reached this place. The pigeons beat even railroads hollow. The disconso late cant of King William will be with you before this letter. The important part in which he anti cipates " his expectations being deceived," is an answer worth a volume to all the Orange journals in existence. I have nothing more to add to the matter of my letter of this morning, except to report that the Funds continue to rise. The Belgians left off to-day at 934. There is no news from Maestricht. The Dutch Commissioner has forwarded the Belgian proposition to the Hague, and waits for orders. These Dutch officers are not allowed much dis cretion by the King, nor can he be said to possess much in any case : least of all, in late instances, in his frequent apostrophes and appeals to Providence, in his speech to the States-General yesterday. They remind one too forcibly of Count Felix de Merode's bon mot, some time back, when a country gentleman, proposing an address to King Leopold, put some flourish about Providence into the very first phrase. " Halle la !" said Count Felix, " there is none of that left for us ; King William has worn it out long ago." This tells badly in English, but it had the real soul of wisdom (if not of wit) in it—truth. DUTCH PAPERS. SECOND CHAMBER of the STATES GENERAL, THE HAGUE, OCT. 22. Committees were appointed to examine the va lidity of elections of the newly-chosen members, and having found them all correct, the Chamber proceeded to name three candidates for the post of President. The choice fell on Messrs. Sypkens, Bylefeld, and Collot d'Escury. A deputation of eight members was appointed to wait on the King with the list of candidates, of whom his Majesty will choose one, to fill the office of President for the pre sent session. His Majesty, both on his way to open the ses sion and on his return, received the most unequivo cal proofs of respect from the crowd of inhabitants of this town and of the neighbourhood, who saluted him with loud acclamations. It is said that his Excellency Baron Verstolk Van Soelen has resumed the portefezallc of the office of Foreign Affairs. Baron Van Zuylen Van Nyeveldt having at the beginning of this week given up the Department of Foreign Affairs, which he held ad interim, to Baron Verstolk Van Soelen, the official communication which will shortly be made to the two Chambers will come from the Minister himself. Ihe Arnhetnz courant says—" It is affirmed that the Government intends to pay in bonds, next half year, that part of the actual debt at 2 per cent., which, according to the treaty proposed by Prussia, and with some modifications accepted by our Go vernment, is to he paid for the Belgians in advance, viz., 8,400,000 florins. This measure can be ap plied only to the 2} per cent. stock, and to no other, because the other loans have been contracted since the revolution, and consequently by Holland alone, and the Syndicate must be liquidated. The latter is, besides, quite an independent institution, and fully able to pay its own debts at par; the last loan made by the Government seems to have been parti cularly favourable to it, and the funds from the East Indies come in regularly." (It is'well known that the Syndicate at 31 per cent, served to pay the loan contracted for the East.) The above measure is supposed to be connected with further retrenchments which will be intro duced in the army. By means of these retrench. ments it is supposed that it will be possible, with a small loan, to keep matters on the same footing as hitherto. HAARLEM, OCT. 21.—0 n Saturday Dutch Stock rose considerably on 'Change at Amsterdam, and the 21 per Cents. reached 49; and the Actual Debt, 5 per Cent., 93. They afterwards declined to 48i and 92i. Subsequently they rose, and are in demand at 484 to 49, and 94 to 1, to which the contents of his Majesty's speech may have con tributed. DUTCH FUNDS-AMSTERDAM, OCT._2. Actual Debt, 5 per Cent 48 1 ; to 4N Ditto. 24 per cent Volutitai'lLoan, 1831, 6 per cent 101i;i to 102 - q Ditto, 1832, 5 per Cent. Ditto, 1833, 5 per Cent. Amort Syndic, 4N, per cent 864 to 137,i Ditto, ditto, 3 , , per cent. Exchange on London l2f. Ditto. two months BERLIN, OCT. 18.— His Excellency Count Nesselrode is gone to St. Petersburgh ; and the English Ambassador, Lord Minto, to Topli(z. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cumberland have arrived from London. PRUSSIAN FUNDS-BERLIN, OCT. 17. St. Schuld Sch., 4 per cent 96% 96:!4 Prussian English Loan, 1818, 5 per cent 10334 „ Ditto 1822 5 per cent.... 103% - Ditto, Bonds lB3O, 4 per cent.... 91 90% Exchange on London, three months" 6 25,1 POPULAR WORKS ON THE NINE ARTS.— We are requested to state that the following are published by Messrs. Bull and Churton, Holles-street, Cavendish square :-1. The Oriental Annual, containing 25 engrav ings, from original drawings, by W. Daniel, Esq. R.A., splendidly bound in morocco, price one guinea. 2. The Geographical and Biblical Annuals, for 1834. " These two beautiful and most useful volumes form a family treasure." —Literary Gazette. 3. On the Ist of Novem ber, Vol. 1. of Landseer's illustrated Edition of the Romance of History, to be completed in twelve Monthly Vols., each containing seven beautiful illustrations, from designs by Mr. S. Landseer, price 6s. 4. The Female Nobility Portrait Gallery, with Memoirs, by John Burke, Esq., No. 21, price 2s. 6d. ; to be completed in three more Numbers. And 5, The Court Magazine for No vember, price 3s. 61., embellished with a Landscape View of the Earl of Abergavenny's Seat by Daniel, R.A., and a Portrait of Lady Sarah Bayley, finely engraved by Deane. Advices were on Wednesday received from Elmina, on the coast of Africa, which mention that both the English and Danish had sent out agents from that port to the Ashantees, to desire a cessatiun of hostilities ; and hopes were entertained this would prove successful. Trade was very dull, and the coast was sickly. DOCK YARD POLICE. --The Lords of the Admiralty have resolved to appoint young and active Lieutenants as Directors of Police at Chatham and Sheer has been accordin g l y appointed director of police ness yards. Lieutenant Francis G ray , o f t h e ord i nary a t Chatham, Cliatharn dockyard ; an d Lieutenant Edwin Wise to the same situatio n at Sheerness. W e un d ers t an d the former director wardens, Lieutenant C oc k ra f t, ma le lieut e nant in 179 0 , and Lieutena n t d e M ontmorenc y, are, in conseq uence of their long an d to continue t o en j oy the same benefits h n a n d o e u r i a n b e l s B e o r v l ices, as they did as wardens, and to be provided with residences until opportunity offers to bring them again forward in situations more suitable and adapted to their age and long servitude...../Waidstone Gazette, GERMAN PAPERS. CONSTANTINOPLE, SEPT. 25.—Public tranquillity has not been interrupted since the departure of the last post, and no more incendiary attempts have been heard of, since many individuals, suspected of the crime, have been ar rested and executed. It might be inferred from this that confidence would at length return, trade and commerce revive, and the general distress vanish. But some fatal influence seems to direct the Government in all its mea sures ; it seems as if its sole object was to alienate the people. Scarcely have the inhabitants, alarmed by some act of imprudence or violence on the part of the Government, been madeeasy by the revocation of it (which, however, more clearly manifests the weakness of the Government), than the first fault is immediately followed up by a second. Thus the issue of the new coin of a higher standard value, which was so much talked of, and at which the general joy was so openly expressed, has ceased ; and, for some days past, pieces of 15 and 20 piastres have been put into circulation, which are of still less intrinsic worth than the old coin. Thus the Government is continually affording fresh cause for public discontent. Another Paella has revolted : this is the deposed Go vernor of Musch, in Asia Minor. He has, indeed, been obliged to take flight on the approach of his successor Ibra him, but be is now probably in Syria, where, under the pro tection of Egyptian commanders, he will watch for an oppor tunity of regaining his Government. This example may, however, have injurious consequences, as many a Pacha in Asia Minor may now attempt to resist the commands of the Porte when contrary to his interest, if he knows where to find a safe asylum in case of failure. This attempt may only serve to give a more correct idea of the rel ttions between the Viceroy of Egypt and the Porte, than by relying on the assurance of the prudent Mehemet Ali. The Sultan returned on the 12th of this month from his tour, which did not extend to Broussa. The reorganisation of the army is zealously continued. The latest number of the Turkish Gazette contains a short description of the fire, and publishes the prices fixed for building materials and day labour, to prevent all abuses, and afford the poorer classes facilities in rebuilding thier habitations. V/ENNA,Ocr. 14.—Five per Cent.Metalliques 91 5-16; Bank Shares I,l74.—fillgemeine Zeitung, Oct. 19. MuNacll, OcT. 14.—Field Marshal Prince Wrede is expected here to-morrow from Linz. The debates in the Baden Chatnher on the emancipa tion of the Jews, have greatly excited public attention, but the result has not answered the expectations of many. With respect to Bavaria, however, the time does not seem to be distant when the Jews, if not placed entirely on a level with the other citizens, will enjoy a very great ame lioration of their condition ; since, as we hear, a plan is already drawn up by the Government with this view, which is to be laid before the Chambers, and which, it is expected, will be such that the Jews will not complain of the necessary refusal of complete emancipation for the present. It could not escape the notice of the re fhTting observer on the occasion of the religious solemnities in the magnificent synagogue in this city, and the Feast of Tabernacles. On comparing the present state of religion among the Jews with what it once was, how jealous they show themselves to give their worship a form more suited to the age in which we live.—Frankfort Papers, Oct. IS. BANKS OF THE DANUBE, OCT. S.—Towards the end of September, on the arrival of a courier from St. Peters burgh, there followed a movement among the troops quartered in Bessarabi I, indicating a concentration of corps on the frontier of Turkey ; the same occurred in Wallachia and Moldavia, and it is added that several regiments which, after the conclusion of the peace between the Porte and the Pacha of Egypt, had been sent into Wol hynia, have received counter orders, and are marching to wards the Danube. Orders have been transmitted to Sebastopol for a division of the fleet to be ready to put to sea at the first signal. All these preparations afford the more ground for reflection, as it is undoubted that this year's harvest in the south of Russia has completely failed, so that the victualling of troops near the mouths of the Danube would be too expensive for it to have been re solved upon without serious motives.— Suribicur :Mercury. NORTH WEST PASSAGE. The following is the copy of a letter from Cap tain Ross to a gentleman of Shetland : " On hoard the Isabella of Hull, Baffin's Hall, 17th Sept., 1833. " My Dear Si,r—l am sure you will be glad to learn that lam still numbered among the living.' 1 avail myself of the opportunity of a ship bound to your hospi t.ble island, to send you these few lines. Our voyage has been most eventful and interesting, and although it has ended in the loss of our little vessel, which we have been obliged to leave frozen up in a harbour which we discovered, we trust that, when the important discoveries we have made and our sufferings are taken into consi deration, no one concerned will be suffered to lose on this Occasion. Our endeavours have, indeed, been completely successful, but in a very different way from what had been anticipated. We found land instead of water, and have unquestionably proved that there is no N.W. passage to the Southward of 70 North, or by Prince Regent's Inlet. Our discoveries may he said to consist in the establish. went of no passage to the Southward of 74, the disc every of a large inhabited tract of land, between lat. 69 and 72, and an isthmus, which divides the Eastern from the Western sea, only five miles in breadth, and the discovery of the true position of the Magnetic Pole. We have existed on the provisions landed from the Fury, and last winter lived in a snow-house on Fury beach. On the 26th August last we were picked up by my old ship the Isabella, in the Fury's boats. We have only lost three men. I need scarcely add that our constitutions have had a severe blow, but we have all wonderfully recovered since we got on board the Isabella, where we were most kindly received." Mr. Editor,—As the return of Captain Ross will excite a great deal of conversation, you must excuse me in calling your attention to an Essay of Dr. Franklin's, entitled " Nautical Affairs," which seems, most astonishingly to me, to have escaped observa tion. The subject to which I allude is a portion of the essay, entitled " North-west Passage." I shall trouble you with the extract, in case you should not have his works at hand " NORTH-WEST PASSAGE. " Notwithstanding the many fruitless attempts that have been made to discover a north-west passage into the South Sea, it would seem that this important geographical question is not yet fully decided ; for at a meeting of the Academy of Sciences at Paris, held on the 13th of No vember last, M. Bauche, first geographer to the King, read a curious memoir concerning the north-west passage. M. de Mendoza, an intelligent captain of a vessel in the service of Spain, charged with the care of former esta blishments favourable to the marine, has made a careful examination of the archives of several departments. There he has found the relation of a voyage made in the year 1598 by Lorenzo Herrero de Maldonada. There it ap pears that, at the entry into Davis' Straits, north lat. 60 degrees and 28. of longitude, counting from the first meridian, be turned to the west, leaving Hudson's Bay on the south, and Baffin's Bay on the north. Arrived at lat. 65. and 297., he went towards the north by the Straits of Labrador, till he reached 76. and 278. ; and finding himself in the icy sea he turned south-west to lat. 60. and 235., where he found a strait which separates Asia from America, by which he entered the South Sea, which he called the Straits of Anian. " This passage ought to be, according to M. Bauche, between William's Sound and Mount St. Elias. The Russians and Captain Cook have not observed it, because it is very narrow. But it is to be wished that this im portant discovery should be verified, which has been overlooked for two centuries, in spite of the attempts which have been made on these coasts. " M. Bauche calls this passage the Straits of Ferrer." Thus far Dr. Franklin, and in my humble opi nion this little detail ought to be put frequently before the public; and I dare say that, by a careful investigation the above-mentioned narrative, and the contemporaneous history of the discovery, might be obtained through the Spanish authorities, in order to authenticate its publication. -1 am, Mr. Editor, yours very respectfully, 'F. Iv. We are requested to state that a Lheap and complete edition of Miss Au s t en ' s N ovels, namely, " Pride and Prejudice," " Sense and S ens ibili ty, " " Emma, " " Mans field Park," " Northanger Abbey," and " Persuasion," in five small Bvo. volumes, neatly bound, and illustrated, uniformly with Sir Walter Scott's and Miss Edgeworth's Novels, price 305., will be published by Mr. Bentley, New Burlington-street, on Monday next; on which day will also appear, the Sixth Volume of Madame Junot's Memoirs, comprising the Eleventh and Twelfth Volumes of the Paris Edition : and, on the 4th of November, Trevelyan," a novel, in three vols., by the author of " A Marriage in High Life,"--and " England and America," a comparison of the social and political state of the two nations, in two voli., demy Bvo. Agents for Scotland, Messrs. Bell and Bradfute, Edinburgh ; and for Ireland, Mr. John Cumming, Dublin. GATESHEAD. PUBLIC MEETING TO ADDRESS LORD DURHAM. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) This day, Wednesday, the 231 of October, was the day fixed on to give a public dinner to the Earl of Durham, as a token of regard for his conduct as a statesman. Un fortunately, the gentlemen who waited on his Lordship to request his acceptance of the dinner, omitted, perhaps improperly, to invite Charles Attwood, Esq., to take part in their proceedings, as one of the Stewards or Committee of Management. This gave umbrage to Mr. A., and he, out of personal resentment, it would seem, determined to do all in his power to depreciate the dinner and its pro ceedings, even before it commenced. At Mr. Attwood's instance, a meeting w as ca ll e d f or two o ' c l oc k , pro f esse dl y with a view of getting up an address to his Lords' ip, to show him that the electors and other inhabitants of Gates head were all ultra-radicals and not Whigs or Whig radicals, such as the persons who intended to give him a public dinner and do him honour at five o'clock. Mr. Attwood said he hoped his address would be presented by ten thousand men at the dinner. His prediction has not been fulfilled. At about three o'clock in the afternoon, when the pro ceedings commenced at Sunderland Road End, within the borough of Gateshead, from 1,500 to 2,000 people had assembled. On the motion of Mr. Thos. Doubleday, seconded by Mr. H. F. Cleghorn, Chas. Attwood, E-q., was called to the Chair. The CHAIRMAN addressed the assemblage as his brother electors of the borough of Gateshead, together with other persons from the neighbouring districts, who might have honoured the meeting with their presence, whose right to be there was as perfect as their own, because the principles which they advocated equally affected every part of the country. As chairman of are meeting, he had little more to do than request a patient and impartial hearing to others, and therefore, though he thanked them for the honour they had done him in ap pointing him chairman, he should have much preferred to be the untongue-tied advocate of liberty on that occasion. He hoped, however, to be allowed a few general observa tions in defence of the propriety and necessity of the object for which they had been called together. What the object itself was they all knew full well; and he would frankly avow that it was with much anxiety he had solicited the attendance of his fellow-countrymen on the present occasion. The reasons for the object which they had in view were of two kinds ; viz., of a general and of a more particular nature. They were first of a general nature. The meeting was aware that a public dinner was that day to be given to the Earl of Durham. They had been told that no reserve, no compact, no stipulation tongue tied the voices of those who were intended to move the toasts on that occasion. He (the Chairman) doubted not, however, that other considerations, if not an actual bargain, would make them cautious how they gave utter ance to the sentiments of liberty in the presence of a Lord. —(Applause.) He dare say they sympathised too much in the principles of Whiggery to say anything which would outrage the high and aristocratic feelings of a Whig; and therefore there was no need of a compact.-- (Hear.) Be that as it might, a dinner was intended to be given to the Earl of Durham ; and he must say that, at a crisis like the present, no public dinner should be given to a Whig, unless some reservation were made in favour of liberty. He was not there to depreciate the claims which the Earl of Durham might have established on the good-will of the electors of Gateshead. He stood forward simply to take care that the opinions of the honest and high-minded electors should not be mis represented. He wished the attention of the meeting to be directed to the peculiar situation in which the Earl of Durham stood in connection with the present Ministry, by whom all the just expectations of the people had been disappointed, baffled, and betrayed.—(Great applause.) It was clear, therefore, that the Earl of Durham was not the proper object of their present approbation. His Lordship enjoyed whatever honour or credit attached to him as the son-in-law of Earl Grey, and there was a time when it was no small honour to have stood in that rela tion. But a sad reverse had since taken place ; for the Earl had as much entitled himself to condemnation as he had before deserved popularity. The sad reverse which had occurred lie would not attempt to describe in his own words, but would do it in those of the poet, Aken side, in his description of an apostate Statesman. Mr. A. then read a long extract to the above purport, and then observed, that how much of this description might apply to the political delinquencies of the Earl, he would leave for others to decide. lie (Mr. A.) would now advert to the particular causes of their present object. He considered that as the dinner had not been got up under the sanction of the people, it was likely to mis represent their feelings. In arranging the toasts, and appointing the speakers, it was very possible that they might overlook or forget so humble an individual as him self, but how was it possible that they should forget his friend Mr. Doubleday ?—(Great applause.) The only construction he could put upon the fact was by a sort of combination of Whig and Radical sentiments to saiugg'e the views of the Gateshead electors. The Chairman con• eluded by hoping that, however those be addressed might that day chance to be insulted, they would refrain from giving vent to their indignation until a more convenient season. Mr. THOMAS DOUBLEDAY then addressed the meeting at considerable length. He observed that, although a Gateshead elector, he had hitherto refrained from inter ference in their political matters, from a conviction that the electors were fully competent to take care of their own independence. But now that attempts were making to constitute this borough, which had proved itself one of the most independent in the kingdom, a Whig borough, he felt himself compelled to come forward and assist in preventing such a calamity.—(Great applause.) If any proof were wanting to show the suspicious character of the dinner to be given that day to the Eai l of Durham, it was afforded in the exclusion of Mr. Attwooff —(flear, hear.) The Committee for getting up this dinner had gon e East, West, North, and South, to a distance of seve ral miles, to procure gentlemen to attend it. He could tell them that they need not have been at such great pains to obtain au honest man, if that was the object of their search, for had they properly bent their patriotic steps, they would have found one without further trouble.—(Ap plause.) Why had they not invited Mr. Attwood ? So humble an individual as himself, they might perchance have overlooked. But the plain fact was, they were afraid of them hoth.—(Hear.) It had been asserted by their enemies, both in print and out of print, that the present meeting was an insult to the Earl of Durham. He (Mr. Doubleday) denied it. They met simply to give a full expression of their sentiments ; and if his Lordship were a reformer, it could be no insult to make their sentiments known to him. He (Mr. Doubleday), for one, could by no means envy the situation of Mr. Rippon as Chairman of the dinner. He must say that the conduct of Mr. Rippon, during the late session of Parliament had been quite satisfactory, but that was not the subject of his pre sent remark. He was at a loss to know how Mr. Rippon and his party would proceed, so as on the one hand to gratify the feelings of their noble guest, and on the other to be in consistency with the principles on which they had hitherto acted. He saw no other plan which they could adopt than to make long speeches about nothing at all. What could they say, for example, on the subject of Church Reform, on the subject of the Irish Coercion Bill, or on the refusal of Alinisters to take off the assessed taxes ? On these and other subjects, the speakers must be completely tongue-tied. The speaker then animad verted at some length on the state of the representation, and expressed his regret that Mr. Rippon had not set the first example of resigning his trust to the electors at the end of the year, and taking his chance of being re-elected. Mr. Doubleday concluded by moving a resolution to the effect that whilst the meeting were anxious to pay that respect to the Earl of Durham to which his rank and pub lic services entitled hi m , th ey d eeme d i t t h e i r d uty, at t h e same time, freely to express their opinions as to the in efficiency of the late Bill of Reform, and to denounce in the strongest terms several measures which had passed the House of Commons since its enactment. This, having been seconded by Mr. WALSH, was put to the vote, and carried unanimously. A long address of the above character was then read and agreed to. On the Earl of Durham coming into Gateshead, at five o'clock, to attend the public dinner to which be had been invited as a guest, an attempt was made to present the address ; but his Lordship said that that was not a p at thatroperseastm season to present it, and be should decline receiving it Sunday evening M. Thiers left a house in the Rue d'Enfer in his carriage, but did not perceive that his coachman, who drove very fast, had taken him out of the harrier, till he found himself in the middle of the fields, at upwards of a league from Paris. He stopped the car riage, and, getting out, discovered that the coachman was completely drunk. He made the man get down from the box, and seated the footman in his place. The servant, however, not being accustomed to drive, soon overturned the carriage and the Minister into a ditch. M. Thiers for tunately received no injury, and returned on foot to his residence, which he reached about two o'clock in the morn ing.—..Courrier Franca'. etitt,t ~t E v,, (I sTo s T cKit ~- tIA v ..k .-- 1‘ ONEO sank s ' Ci MCI'' ' 208 New 5 per Cent. .• •'"' Ape , C. nt. 11,11. 561,4 IA India Stock ............. :: . : ‘ , O 3 per Cent. Cons. 8 7 14 7 , Ditto Bonds .......... .. 0 3% per Cent. 044 'South Sea Stock ........ Otto Bed % per Cent. 9M % • . - ;Old Annuities......... New:;....... • 95 1 i % INew Ditto .............. 3 per Cent . Ann. 172 . -[3 per Cent. Ann. 175 1 ' 3 } I per Cent. 1821 ... 10214 1% 2 :Ex. Bills, £1,1X1 0 .••••' 4 ,, 34 Rank Long Ann. to expire [Ditto ...500••••",.. ',5 34 Jan. 5, .IPW l6 11-16 % 'Ditto Small . ........... , - Oct. 111, 1859 • . - !Ditto Commercial ...... ..... Jan. 5, 181(11 • • 17 1-16 i Ditto Advertised . ........ . Jan. 5, ISRO -,Bank for Account i.. . ,•' .. April 5, 1880 - India for AccoptA ...,i f;, , 4. 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Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street.d fow LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 25, 1895' The Paris papers of Wednesday, which POI rived this mornin g , con t a i n a confirmation 0 , v frO the statement whi c h we gave yester.,-/ the official paper, the Journal de Paris , ° f ro te acknowledgment of th e Queen of T i l el TUGAL by the Regent of SPAIN. ; be give no later news from Madrid than jof 15th instant, at which time the cl i ps . was perfectly tranquil. The Marquis AMARILLAS, one of the Council of Reg: t he had arrived there, and was in favour Wi t '', REGENT, from which circu ms t anc e, as th e e r quis entertains liberal opinions, hopes we re sq , tertained that the Government would Od e :" to conciliate the Constitutional party. dicateur de Bordeaux states that several P.3; 0 0 Navarre had declared for Don CARL °S the Indicateur is doubtful authority. .00 We understand that a counts have h ec e P the ceived at the Admiralty from Lisbon, da te 13th inst., from which it appears that 04 0 0 guelites were on the morning of that daY retreat for Santarem, where they would Pr e yti intrench themselves. The Pedroites on the night of the 12th on the groun d the enemy had just quitted. t ib e It is evident, from this statement, t P o iiog siege of Lisbon, whi c h h a d b e come O n e tk and inconvenient to the inhabitants, is atsoil11(1 and it does not appear probable that it fi tie irl'; resumed ; for the army of Don PEDno is olli s reinforced daily by arr i va l s f rom F ran ce ° I/ °` t ri‘ country ; and although it must be a ' 11 „, ° lio ° time to put do wn th e guer ill as , t h e ContsW o io alists will not find great difficulty in dil e t l° hith e the regular Miguelite forces. Although e 5 rapidly recruited from an ignorant and P t f peasantry, the Miguelite troops cannot r es it or e army in which valour and physical superi ° a r e ), pid' blended with discipline. It must not be or tic, however, that so long as a considerabl e P v ine e l i of the influential inhabitants of the P ra l shall adhere to Don MIGUEL, Por ttjga pi lii : present many r a llyi ng , or at l east d e fensiv e A t for the scattered portions of his 301,v., 11' ni 1. Santarem he may, by skilful manageln eo gtIP 4 his pursuers at bay for some time, th e ,,,fee e e; position of that place being favourable f er " h v e c a '; and driven from thence, he may, if f ° f 0 e e escape to Elvas, defy with a garrison ° Igt; five thousand men a siege of months 1 4 army. The inhabitants of Elvas are , P to o ll lo more Miguelite than those of any ot her e so / „ Portugal, and they will probably acl her the Pbe last to the cause of the Usurper, unl ess ;ye rison should abandon him, and reengn 011 tbe authority of their lawful Sovereign. 0 t u a r s y uri p )e o r i n i t s, o t f h e v r i e e w is , still t r e a fo e r h e a , n h e e u n 1 0 1; e ht d risuc b ti e ti o able to protract the day of total d es esp o is: be but moral causes may arise to hasten his tea from the Portuguese territory, and Wag -4 , 0 whole of the country. At present he whichby his army from a spirit of fide lit Y be e t der le' cannot help admiring for the mot ive ' 10 4 he' p w r e ay t e n d ay th r e eg p r r e i t nei t p h l e e, i ig)u n t or t a h n e ce ni vv os h t ie f l ' a i t hfo l lo ell tl t fightcome w i l t v h e zealby da when pp poi the n y t mkennotw) that thei little Part 4 tilti P A Off,