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160 48% 17% Due. LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING. NOVEMBER 8, ISS2. By the Flanders mail, this morning, we have received the official summons, communi cated to the Dutch by the French and English overnments, with the answer of the Dutch 'Niinister thereto. It will be seen from these, t hat the system of evasion was endeavoured to be kept up by the Dutch even to the hist moment. Ihe King of HOLLAND still refers to the treaty st thmitted to him by the King of PRussiA, ' w hich had obtained the concurrence of Russia a nd Austria, and expresses his willingness to ab ide by its provisions, well knowing that the t reaty had been rejected by France and Eng land. This conduct we consider as quite di sgraceful, after the time already mis-spent b Y the Conference in concocting the treaty of 1 t he 24 articles, and which treaty had obtained t he ratification of the Northern Courts. But n egotiati on w ill never b r i ng t h e Ki ng o f t ioLLAND to reason in his present temper, h e as h e re f uses to y i e ld up A ntwerp , w hi c h t le professes to hold as security to obtain equi table terms of separation between Belgium and holland, there is no alternative on the part of Pranc e and England, but the employment of force. In having recourse to this measure—a measure of necessity undertaken more in sorrow th an in anger—the Governments of France 4t id England are actuated solely by the desire of Preserving the peace of Europe, for facilitating speedy settlement of the question in dispute ; a nd unless the conduct of Holland should pro 01,te harsher proceedings, the embargo on Dutch property will be carried into effect, more with a view to preserve than to inflict injury upon those vessels now in our ports : BRUSSELS, NOV. 6. We have received the Stoats Courant, pub lished at the Hague on the 4th of this month, which contains the following documents : REPORT made by M. VERSTOLK to the STATES GENERAL, at the HAGUE, Nov. 3. " Noble and Mighty Lords, " In my communications made to the States General, on the 18th of October last, I men tioned new overtures that had been received here.- They consist of the plan of a treaty be tween the Netherlands and the Five Courts, and of a treaty relative to it between the Nether lands and Belgium, which was delivered to me by an Envoy of Prussia, in the name of his Court, and to which the Legations of Austria and Russia have given their assent. The King, thinking it calculated to advance the object of the negotiations, I, on the 23d of October, in formed the Envoy of Prussia, in presence of the Russian Envoy and the Prussian Charge d'Af faires, that his Majesty had acceded to this plan, with the exception of a small number of modifications, which were thought necessary here, and were noted in the margin. " This document, with the note which I an nex, was sent to London, and made known to the Conference. The acceptance of the form, and of almost the whole contents of the plan, proves that his Majesty, in order to depart from it as little as possible, not only renounced seve ral exact outlines proposed by himself, but also again consented to various arrangements. A look at the modifications desired, incontestibly proves how small is the difference which still subsists between the pretensions of the two parties and their way of considering the subject. " While the result of these overtures, and the answer made to them, were expected at the Hague, I received, on the 29th of October, from the Legations of France and England, two notes, the contents of which were the same by which the evacuation of the citadel of Antwerp and of the forts and places depending on it, was de manded. Those notes, as well as the answer which I made to them Yesterday, are as fo lows : " THE HAGUE, OCT. 29. " The undersigned Charge d'Affaires of France to the Government of the Netherlands, has received orders to make known to his Ex cellency Baron Verstolk de Soelen, Minister for Foreign Affairs, the determination just made by his Majesty the King of the French, in concert with his Majesty the King of Great Britain. The acknowledged fruitlessness of the endeavours so often made to obtain from his Majesty the King of the Netherlands, the acceptance and the execution of the treaty con cluded at London the 15th of November, 1831, obliges them to take the only step which re mains to put an end to a state of things, the longer continuance of which might endanger the peace of Europe. They, therefore, find them selves constrained by the above-mentioned con siderations, and by the engagements which they have contracted to proceed immediately, by the means which are in their power to obtain the evacuation of the territories which are still oc cupied by that one of the two Powers to which they are no longer to belong. In consequence, the undersigned is instructed to require that his Majesty the King of the Netherlands shall be pleased to signify whether he consents to cause the citadel of Antwerp and the forts and places depending on it to be evacuated by the 12th of November next, and in case a formal and satis factory answer to this effect should not be made on the 2d of the month of November next, the undersigned is to declare that a naval and land force will be put in motion by the two Govern ments of France and England,and if, on the 15th of November next, the evacuation of the citadel of Antwerp, and the forts and places de pending on it, should not have been completely effected by the troops of the Netherlands, all the necessary measures will be taken to bring about that result. The under.igned embraces this opportunity to renew to his Excellency Baron Verstolk de Sue len, the assurance of his distinguished consider. ation. (Signed) " Marquis d'EYRAGUES." (The note of M. Jerningham, the British Charge d'Affaires is of the same date, in English, and mutatis matandis in the same words.) " To the Marquis d'Eyragues, Charge d'Affaires of his :Majesty the King of the French." " THE HAGUE, NOV. 2. " The undersigned, Minister for Foreign Affairs, has had the honour to receive the note of the Marquis d'Eyragues, Charge d'Af faires of France, of the 29th of October last, announcing the determination of his Majesty the King of the French, in concert with his Majesty the King of Great Britain, stating that the acknowledged fruitlessness of the endeavours so often repeated to induce his Majesty the King of the Netherlands to accept and accede the treaty concluded at London on the 15th of Nov. 1831, obliges them to proceed immediately by the means which are in their Powers, to obtain the evacuation of the territories, which are still occupied by that one of the two power to which they are no longer to belong, and that in conse quence the French Legation was instructed to require his Majesty the King of the Nether lands to be pleased to declare if he consents to the evacuation by the 12Lh of this month of the citadel of Antwerp, and of the forts and places depending on it ; in case a formal and satisfactory answer to this effect should not be given on the 2d of November, to declare that a sea and land force would be put in motion by the two Go vernments of France and England ; and that if, on the 15th of November, the evacuation of the citadel of Antwerp and its dependencies should not be completely effected by the Netherland troops, all necessary measures would be taken to bring about this result. " The undersigned has not failed to lay this note before the King, and he is instructed to make to the Marquis d'Eyragues the follow ing statement, Holland having acceded not to the treaty of ,the 15th of November, 1831, but to the greater part of its arrangements, must found its proceedings on the stipulations which it has accepted. Among the articles agreed to in concert with the Conference of London is included the evacuation, and a fixed time after the exchange of the ratifications of the territories, which were respectively to change hands, which point was regulated by the last of the 24 articles of 15th Oct., 1831, by the treaty of 15th Nov., and in the projects of con vention which have followed it. If, on the 11th June, the Conference proposed the 20th July for the evacuation of the respective territories, it declared by its vote of the 20th July, that in making this proposal it had thought that the treaty between Holland and Belgium would be ratified. To effect the evacuation at a time anterior to the exchange of the ratification, would be acting in opposition both to the for mally announced intentions of the Conference, and to the assent which has been given to them by the Government of the Netherlands. " A second motive which hinders the King from consenting to an anticipated evacuation of the citadel of Antwerp and its dependencies results from the imperative duty which the interest of his kingdom imposes on his Majesty not to part with the security he holds, to obtain equitable terms of separation between Holland and Belgium. " In answer to the allegation of the fruitlessness of the efforts which have been often repeated to induce the King to accept the treaty of the 15th of November, the undersigned will take the liberty to observe that since the 15th October, 1831, the negotiation has related only to the 24 articles, and to mention the maturity which this negotiation has now attained in consequence of the offers contained in the notes of the Plenipo teutiary of the Netherlands to the Conference of London on the 30th of June and 25th of July, of the approbation which was generally given them, and of the manner in which the Ca binet of the Netherlands received only a few days ago, the project of a convention com menced on the part of the Court of Berlin, and which has been made known to the Conference of London, with the consolatory answer of Hol land. This state of things, instead of requiring intermediate and partial measures, seems to need only the putting the last hand to the work to remove in a few days all the difficulties by the sig nature ofthe treaty of separation, which, embracing the totality of the question, would include at the same time that of the evacuation of the respective territories. On these grounds the King does not find himself in a situation to consent to measures which is the subject of the note of the Charge d'Affaires of France, but, always ready to follow the course of the negotiations in the manner best adapted to re move the obstacles which still delay the imme diate conclusion of the treaty, his Majesty causes his Plenipotentiary to the Conference of Lon don to be furnished with instructions to that ef fect. " As for military measures destined to realize the evacuations at a time anterior to that fixed diplomatically, it will suffice to recall to the pe netration of the Court of France how they would violate the principle so formally announced, that the Conference of London must never lose its character of a mediator, and to add, t hat if the em barrassments (complications) which they would produce without any motive, should put to the hazard, as may be expected, the object of the negotiation of the last two years, just at the eve of their solution, the sacrifices which Holland has made for the preservation of peace would entirely relieve it even from the appearance of having been the cause of so deplorable an issue. " The undersigned has the honour to request the Marquis d'Eyragues to communicate this note to his Court, and to accept, &c. (Signed) " VERSTOLK DE SOELEN." (The same answer has been given to Mr. Jerningham.) " Noble and Mighty Lords !—Whatever be the fate reserved by Providence for the nation, which is united and faithful to its institutions, the Government, thoroughly convinced of not having deviated from the line of its duties, awaits it with composure. To obtain an equi table arrangement every thing has been conceded that was susceptible of being so. Nothing has been granted contrary to the honour and the great interests of the country." We understand that Prince TALLEYRAND and Lord PALMERSTON continue to state to the members of the corps diplomatzque that, notwithstanding the extent to which the King of HOLLAND has carried his resistance to the recommendations of the Conference, or rather the declaration of this country and France, they entertain confident hopes of an amicable ter mination to the measures now in progress by the concession of the Dutch King. We can hardly believe that so old a diplomatist as M. de TALLEYRAND really entertains such hopes. Nothing, in short, but a conviction that the King of HOLLAND is a mere braggart—a con clusion which is not justified by his past con- duct—could excuse hopes of this nature. The King of HOLLAND has other obligations than to the Conference. He has for eighteen months been laying heavy burdens on his people in preparations for a war which was to prevent concession on two great points—the possession of Antwerp, with the navigation of the Scheldt, and the right of transit to Germany, by which, in the one instance, the Dutch trade with America through Antwerp would be destroyed, and in the other the commerce between England and Germany, would pass through Belgium ; and it is not probable that he will yield now, unless he is ready to secure discre dit abroad and odium at home. The attempt to preserve the Citadel of Antwerp would not even satisfy the Dutch nation as to the resistance of the KING, for were the Citadel to fall after a siege of a few days, the KING would still be able to concentrate his forces on his frontier, and take advantage of the winter, during which nothing serious could be carried on against him, to negotiate with Russia and Prussia for aid in the spring, or at least for their intermedia tion to compel Belgium to accept any new con ditions of treaty which he might be disposed to make. Such will probably be the course of the Dutch KING; at the same time, however, it must be borne in mind that he is but a man, and if his character should undergo a complete change, he may yield. We are enabled, from an authentic source, to state that the King of BELGIUM, on his part, will not, as indeed he cannot, consistently with his co ronation oath, consent to the demands of Hol land, with respect to the amount of toll demanded for navigation, or the exclusion of the Belgians from a direct trade with Germany. Thus, if even Antwerp should fall, Great Britain and France will be bound in honour towards Bel gium to persevere in coercive measures, should the King of HOLLAND remain obstinate, and Russia and Prussia interfering, it will be im possible to prevent a general war. Some of the English and some of the French Papers have stated that the proposed measures of coercion against Holland will place the Bel gians in a worse situation than they are now, as they will have to evacuate a large portion of ter ritory with no other advantage to themselves than the possession of the Citadel of Antwerp, there being nothing in the treaty between France and this country to secure the execution of the other parts of the treaty of the 15th of November. It is certainly true, that up to the present moment no arrangement has been made between the two Governments for the attainment of any object beyond the mutual evacuation of territory by the Dutch and Belgians ; but it is perfectly under stood, that as soon as that object shall have been attained, the King of HOLLAND will be required to submit all the-other points of the treaty of the Conference to the arbitration of a Commission, unless he should prefer to treat directly with Belgium. It would be absurd to suppose that after such a demonstration of hostilities as that now making, Lord PALNIERSTON and the Duke of B r ROGLIE would leave the Belgian Question in as unsettled a state as ever. The Belgians will gain little indeed by the possession of the Citadel of Antwerp, if they are to be put to the continual expense of a standing army for the protection of their frontier, and are to have none of the commercial advantages which were promised by the Conference Treaty. The following are extracts from Brussels and Dutch Papers received this morning : BRUSSELS, Nov. s.—Prussian soldiers and officers have been to Grevenmacher and Hesperenge, to see if there were any Belgi in gendarmes there. They have ordered all Belgian gendarmes who shall come to those places to he arr sted, and brought to Luxemburg. A letter from Frankfort says, that the Diet has re quired infumation respecting the circumstances of the arrest of M. Piscatore, and especially the place where it was eff•eted. BRUSSELS, Nov. 6. —lt is affirmed that the Govern ment has received very satisfactory despatches - from B iron Lire, who was instructed to acquaint the Austrian Go vernment with the application made by Belgium to France and England, to obtain the execution of the treaty of Nov. 15, by coercive measures. A park of fire en gines has been sent to Antwerp, ANTWERP, Nov. s.—Our bank has just sent half a million to Brussels. Yesterday, Sunday, the merchants were every where busy in removing their goods to places of safety, and not withstanding the holyday, the cargoes of some lately ar rived vessels were landed, in order to put them under cover without delay. Yesterday morning, though the moon shone very bright, several rockets were thrown up from the citadel, which were seen at a great distance. They were thrown up for the purpose of lighting the environs of the fortress. Two deserters from the citadel say that General Chasse had convoked the officers of his staff and the garrison, and made them a suitable address. In the ship news of Amsterdam, we see that on the3lst October six English ships arrived in the Texel, and four at Helvoetsluys; and on the Ist instant three English ships and the Attweod steamer at Helvoetsluys, and the Jean de Bart steamer from Dunkirk. The Courrier Belge persists in stating that the Prussian troops are ordered to be ready to enter Belgium.—Brus sels Papers, Nov. 7. THE Hasur, Nov. 3.—Last night our Government sent to London its answer to the demand made by France and England, to evacuate the Belgian territory by the sth instant. Nov. 4.—We communicate to-day to our readers the papers laid before the States-General yesterday by the Minister for Foreign Affairs. AMSTERDAM, Nov. 6.—We have received from a re spectable quarter the following communication : " The Royal Sailing Society, of which his Msjesty William IV., King of Great Britain, is President, has conferred the diploma of honorary members on Baron Ye rotolk Van Soelen, Baron Van Zuylen Van Nyeveldt, Baron Fagel, and M. W. Dedel, as an acknowledgment of the favciur shown by our Government in exempting yachts of the Sailing Society from all duties in our Ports." In one of the letters accompanying the diploma, are the fol lowing words:—" As a mark of respect for your Excel lency's person and country." As an additional proof of the opinion entertained in England of our just cause and the noble conduct of our Government, we find in the Rotterdam Courant, the following article :—" A house here has received, by an E.:gii•h merchant from England, 501. sterling, with a request that it may be u.ed in the first subscription fir the benefit of the widows and orphans of those, who, if war should result from the present differences, may fall in the defence of the just cause of Holland, and as a proof that the donor will by no means be considered as taking part in the freatnr.ent which that country experience from the English Ministry." THE HAGUE, Nov. s.—The Sections of the Second Chamber are still engaged in examining the projects of law referred to them. The means of providing for the expenses of the war are always considered to have given rise to various observations. 1 1 The Chamber will meet to-morrow morning, when re ports of numerous petitions will be brought up. In the communications 01 the States General, the treaty proposed by Prussia to be concluded by the Netherlands with the Five Powers Was included. Our Government, as we know, acceded to it with a few changes, and its publication is expected. We do not k❑ow whe•ber it was taken into consideration by the Conference, but we under.tand that it differs very little from the 24 Articles. T e oifferences respecting the navigation of the Scheldt are removed, by fixing a moderate tonnage-duty to be paid by ships in the Scheldt. It is said that it has been oh served by our Government that in Art. 2 of the proposed treaty, that in the Belgian territory Luxemburg is to be included, so far as concerns the part which has since been fixed ; hut our Government had added what was omitted by Prussia, " reserving the application to be made by the German Die• for its conseta.' PKIC F, OF , T , PK, TO IS 'lank Stock .Iper Cent. Red ... . 827. 3 2 3 4 .Per Cent-Cons. 8 3% 'A% 3 S¢ per Cent. - Ditto Red............„ ........ 90 ~ % New 3;4 per Cent ...91% le 1 5, 3 3 per Cent Ann. 1728 .. - 4 per Cent. Veg... ...... 1004 %% Rank Long Ann to expire Jan. 5, 1860 16 7-16 5-16 Oct. 10, 1859 1641 Jan 5, 1860 16% Jan. 5, 1880 - Aprils, 1880 ........ - Jan. 5. 187(.....„ - DAY AT ON r O'CLOCK. New 5 per Cent. India Stock Ditto Bonds 21 15 17 pm. South Sea Stock Old Annuities New Ditto 3 per Cent. Ann. 1751 ... - Ex. Bills, £l,OOO '3O 23 ~m. Ditto... ._....,5t10 '3O 23 pm. Ditto Sinai! .. Ditto Commercial ...... I)itto Advertised Bank for Account India for Account - Cops. fnr N ov P•34,ti78 sy PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS Austrian Bonds B9 Belgian Ponds 72 _Ditto Account — nratilian Bonds 4B Ditto Account 47% 8 Buenos Ayres Bonds — 22 Ditto Account Chilian Bonds Ditto Account itw, Columbian Bonds 9% Ditto Account — THIS DAY AT ONE O ' CLOCK. Peruvian Bonds 1032 Ditto Account — iPortuguese Bonds 4991 Ditto Account — Regency Scrip lllldis. Ditto Account 331 A dis. Prussian Bonds lOO% Ditto Account — 1 Ditto Bonds, 1822 lOO Russian Bonds, 1822 9S ~.... Ditto Accouilt Ditto Bonds, 1824 ...... ll Ditto Account Danish Bonds - 6B Ditto Account Greek Bonds °a Ditto Bonds, , E 25 _Ditto Account — Mexican Bonds, 5 per cent 21 , Ditto Account Ditto, 6 per cent. 27 Ditto Account 0631 Neapolitan...... ............ New Loan ,Spanish Bonds, 1821 164 16 Ditto Accotint...l6% 16 } 16 Ditto Bonds, !823 Ditto Account 15% :French Ilentes, sp. c. 961 —c. !-- Exchange 2sf. 80c. 1--:1 per —f —c. 1-- Exchange.-- —f —c. Dutch Scrip 4-IW4 Ditto Account ..... 41 5 3 1.4 1 French Scrip 2 pm. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAT AT ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. Per Share. Anglo Mex. Min. Co. (iss. at 5/. pm.) £loo Bolanos Mining Company £l5O Brazilian Imp. Min. Co. (iss. at 5/. pm.) £2O Ditto National 172 Ditto St. John Del Rey Ditto Cocaes. British Iron Mining Company £5O Columbian Mining Co. (iss. at 5/. pm.) 45% English Mining Company 12% General Mining Association ll Real del Monte Mining C 0...., — United Mex. Min. Co. (iss. at 2/. pm.) 40 15 16 15g . " Ditto New So ip 2 Alliance Fire Insurance Comp lO Protector Insurance Comp. Australian Co. Canada Company ..... 17 General Steam Navigation Co. ...... ... 13 Provincial Bank of Ireland 25 8;‘ £1 5 6 PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, NOV. 5. Rank Stock ... ...... ..... 1991( St. Patrick Insur.(pei Share) Consols 3 ser cent Gov. Stock, 3;4 per cent 90% National Ditto... 24 Gitto, New i per Cent — • Hibernian Bank 22 Goy. Deb. 3ia percent.... SA Provincial Ditto — Royal Canal Stock ....,.... Royal Irish Mine — Grand Canal 5t0ck......... Imperial Mine — eity Deb. 4 per cent — Mining Co of Ireland Ballast Office Deb. 4p. c. Commercial Building:: — ..._ Arrived. 6 • merica 0 O Brazil O Buenos Ayres C Carthagena 1 Dublin 0 1 Flanders 0 1 France 0 O r3uernse. &Jersey 0 1 Hamburg 0 O Holland O Jamaica O Leeward Islands O Lisbon 3 O Malta. 0 1 Sweden 2 Waterford HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. 6 forning...39 minutes after 2. I Evening...s9 minutes after 2. ELECTION OF MR. GROTE. JOHN SMITH, E.g., M.P., Chairman. THE COMMITTEE for CONDUCT ING the ELECTION of Mr. GROTE sit daily at the King's Head Tavern, Poultry, where all communica tions will be received. A report having been circulated that a requisition is in progress, inviting Mr. Grote to come forward as a Candi date for the Borough of Finsbury, the Committee feel it their duty at once to announce, that no invitation from any other place will induce Mr. Grote to withdraw his pre►ensions as a Candidate for the City. King's Head, Poultry, Nov. 8, 1832. FOR EDINBURG H THE Splendid New STEAM-SHIPS, the ROYAL ADELAIDE, Captain MILL, and ROYAL WILLIAM, Captain CH APLIN, each 200 horse power, will start from St. Katharine Dock Steam-wharf, bear the Tower, as follow :-- ROYAL WILLIAM, on Saturday Evening, Nov. 10, at Ten. ROYAL ADELAIDE, on saturday Evening, Nov. 17, at Ten. ROYAL WILLIAM, on Wednesday Evening, Nov. vl, at Ten. ROYAL ADELAIDE, on Wednesday Evening, Nov. 28, at Ten. These Vessels will be found of -he very first class in Point of speed and accommodations, and are the only ones that afford to passengers the advantage of embarking at th e commodious Steam-wharf, London, and landing in the Harbour at Leith. Horses and carriages can thus be shipped and landed with ti.e greatest ease and safety Pares, including provisions, Chief Cabin, 41. 4a. ; Second c abi af 2/. 10s. The accommodations in the Second Ca bin% are very snp- rior, wi , h separate apartments for females. Information obtained, berths secured, and goods re ceived for shipment, at Leith and Glasgow Wharf Also, by T. Robertson, 164, Strand ; H. Underwood. 56, litYtnarket ; M. Sanderson, Boar and Castle Inn, Ox ford -street; Mr. Starke, Old White Horse Cellar, Pic cadilly; and Mr. GiP.ert, Blos•omstwrence lane, Cheapside, where light goods are received, and for- Warded to the Wharf till Five o'clock on the days of starting. JOSEPH ADAMS, Agent. Leith snit Glasgow Wharf. A Spacious Sail Loft to Let. NEW SPORTING WORK. This day was published, in 2 vols. Bvo., with numerous Pla , eg and Vignettf,R. WILD SPORTS OF THE WEST. By the Auth. , r of " Storivs of Waterino." " None but a thorough-bred sportsman could write this book, and very few sportsmen could write such a book."—sporting Ma gazine, November. " The author's adventures are highly amusing, but to sports 'ben they will be doubly interesting, as he describes many novel almost all kinds, from the noble red-deer to the timid hare, and from the lordly eagle to the grouse. The work is agreeably va 'died by legendary tales, local sketches, and characteristic anec dotes. "—W ee k 1 v Dispatch. , One of the most amusing and soul-stirring works—to the sportsman at least—ever published."—Bell's Life. " It is impassible for the reader to lay down these volumes be_ fo re he has read them through."—Courier. In his piscatory descriptions, the author evinces as much truth and feeling as even old Isaac Walton himself.”—Sun. Richard Bewley, New Burlington-street. (Lite Colburn and Bentley.) ebt A tavt 4 MAILS. Due. i Arrived. DUTCH FUNDS.—AMSTERDAM, Nov 6. Actual Debt, *4 per cent 404 to 41 Amort Syndic,.4 2 per cent 6B 4 to 68% Ditto, ditto, 3% per cent 534 to 544 Voluntary Loan, 1831, t per cent 93% t o 96, ... ~,... Ditto, ditto, . 1832;5 per cent 77c to 78 Exchange on London, one month, Ditto, two months -Dutch Papers, Nov. 7. The following was posted at Lloyd's this morning : " Admiralty, Nov. 7, 1832. " Sir,—ln return to your letter of this day's date, I am commanded by my Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to acquaint you for the information of the Committee for managing the affairs of Lloyd's, that their Lordships have given directions for the protection of British property now on its passage from the Northern parts of Europe. " I am. Sir, your most obedient servant, (Signed) " JOHN BARROW." " To John Bennett, Esq., Lloyd's " We refer to the extracts from the French Papers of Tuesday, for news from that quarter. The army had not yet passed the frontiers, though every preparation was going on for that purpose, and an increase of 30,000 men was ordered to be made immediately. Forty thousand men are to march on Antwerp, and 40,000 to watch the movements of the Prussians should they venture to interfere. Still hopes were entertained at Paris that the King of HOL LAND would yield. We have just cursorily read through a little pamphlet published by RIDGWAY, entitled " Whig G overnment. " Th e o bj ect o f t hi s pro duction i s to canvass t h e d eserts o f t h e present Ministry ; to bring fairly and temperately to re collection what they have done in the way of Reform and retrenchment; and to infer from their past s erv i ces t h at t h e i r f uture w ill not dis appoint public expectation. 'The writer states his facts broadly and dispassionately without an atom of prejudice or mystification ; he is no indiscriminate eulogist, but calls things by their r i g h t names, whether t h ey emanate from a Whi g or a Tory Cabinet. The ba lance o f hi s op i nion is decided l y i n favour -1 of the p resent Mi n i stry. He compares their professions with their actions, and naturally enough comes to the conclusion that they have ful filled ail, or at least the majority of the pledges that they made on entering upon office. But he says little or nothing—which he might have done without incurring the suspicion of undue partiality—of the innumerable, we believe we may add, unparralleled difficulties, against which the Whigs have had to contend, Never was the path of an English Cabinet, not even in the stormy days of PITT and the French Revolution, ever so beset at every step, with obstacles, as that which the present Ministry have lately trod and still have to tread. Like settlers in the depths of an aboriginal American forest, they have had to use the axe and the saw at every square inch of their progress. The hostility of the Tories—the intrigues of a half-alienated Court—the sus picions of a justly distrustful people, whom a long course of systematic outrages o❑ the part of their rulers had driven almost to desperation ;—these were but a few of !he myriad difficulties which the Whigs, from the very first moment of their accession to office, had to grapple with and overcome. Bearing these considerations in mind the wonder is not that Government have done so little, but that they have done so much. Of their exertions in the cause of Reform, the writer says little, knowing that comment is . ' superfluous; but he enters into dose details respecting the nature of the Whig retrenchments, which he proves, by accurate calculations, have shot far ahead of those for which the Tories took, and still have the effrontery to take such undue credit, and with a peculiarly modest allusion to which the Duke of WELLINGTON has seldom failed, during the two last years, to garnish his Parlia mentary speeches. On the subject of the late Whig retrenchments the author says, " It is certainly true that the expenses incidental to the disturbed state of Europe, hare absorbed a large por tion of these savings ; but while this is to be deplored, it must be remembered, that these retrenchments have pro tected the country from the additional burdens which tho•e expenses would have otherwise imposed, and that the expenses themselves have been incurred in warding off the infinitely greater demands of war; and, finally, that they are only temporary; while the reductions effected in the estimates w►ll continue fixed, that is, fixed as a max imum, though not as a minimum, for arrangements are even now in progress for a further reduction in the esti mates of the ensuing year, to the amount of one million and a half ; and it should be constantly remembered, that one and all of these actual and impending reductions, have been effected and prepared after the boasted reductions of the late Administration, who boastingly declared, and voted, that all further reductions were utterly impract cable." On the Irish plan of education, for the season able conception of which the Whigs deserve the highest praise (and which, because it was based on good sense, cemented by charity, and, above all, bid fair to answer its end, the Tories were so perseveringly vituperative, striving to un dermine by ridicule what they could no t b o ldly overcome by argument), on this important branch of Whig policy, the author writes as follows : " Referring to the want of education amongst the Eng lish poor, recalls the benificent act by which the blessings of education have been extended to the Irish, and in the happiest of modes--by the congregation of all sects under one common roof, for one common and heavenly pur pose, the enlightening and softening the human mind. Sad to say, this work of charity met with opposition and misrepresentation from many of those, who, while they profess the most fervent love for the doctrines of our reli. gigot, yet, by some strange fatality, are too often found the exclusive oppon.•nts of their practical application. There is some flaw, some mote in the proposed measure, which, while they profess t , admire in the abstract the princi ple which it embodies, compels them not the less to op pose it in practice. Thus, corruption, whether in Church or Sate, they abominate, but they not the less vote against all Reform. To slavery, and the slave trade, they are most hostile; so also they are to all measures for the gra• dual emancipation of the slaves. Toleration they profess ; but every penal 1,,w against all religious sects, save their own, has their vote. Mercy they love, but are still foremost in opposing all mitigation of our sanguinary code. Justice is their idol, hut the legal cobwebs which, in this country, obscure her fair face, 6nd,in them,the staunch est supporters Freedom mud equity in all things is their cry, but exclusion and monopolies win their suffrage. The middle ord.rs they respect, hut refuse them an elective franchise ; and the poor they love and cherish, while they begrudge them education, interfere with their sports, dic tate to them in politics, legislate for them in religion, and when they chance, from ignorance and misery, to be urged on to riot, they cry aloud, and without ceasing, fur the strong arm of the law and the energies of Govern ment. It is painful to witness such diversity of profession and of practice; and not the le ist remarkable feature of the case is, that few of these very persons are themstlve• aware of the utter discrepancy of their own conduct." We have neither space nor time to mention se veral other points of interest that are scattered through this pamphlet. We di sm i ss it, there- . . fore, ;with this brief recommendation, that it is a temperate and manly appeal to those of the com munity who are advocates for " fair play," whe ther towards Whig, Tory, or Radical. We are happy to state that the LORD CHAN- CELLOR is so much recovered from his late in disposition, that he is expected to sit in the Court of Chancery to-morrow. The inqui ries during the illness of his Lordship have been so numerous and respectable, as to have afforded proof, if any had been wanting, of the deep interest taken in his welfare by all who, like him, have the honour and prosperity of the country at heart. We understand that the appointment of the new Attorney- General will probably be decided upon this day. TIIE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWEL VE O'CLOCK We have no arrivals this morning with the exception of the Dutch mail, which brings the Dutch Funds a shade better, 40 11-16. The letters are not as yet delivered. Had there been any news of importance it would have tran'pired ere this. We have seen private letters from Antwerp of the 6th inst. ; great agitation prevails in that city, and it was generally expected that the Dutch would bombard Antwerp on the approach of the French troops. Many persons are leaving with their property. TMIt FUNDS. Owine to the French Rentes coming lower, 67f. 20c., our Funds have a little receded. Consols, which left off yesterday at 83i 84, opened at 831 for the Account, at which price they are at present. AU is anxiety to know if the Dutch Ambassador will be recalled when our Order in Council is known to the King of Holland, which is generally looked on to be a declaration of war. HALF-PAST ONE. We do not hear that the private tetters bring any news of importance, with the exception that the Dutch will net believe, as yer, that the combined fleets are going to bl , ,ckade their ports. The Dutch papers, we understand, contain the English and French summons to the King of Holland, and his answer; therefore we must wait the effect and impression that our Order in Council will have when received, which, of course, we shall know in a few days. We are informed that two Dutch Indiamen are on their way from India to Holland, which in all probability will fall in with the combined fleet. Up to the pre-,ent hour we have no further accounts from Portugal. Consols in the early p ar t o f t h e morn i ng have bean done at 83a for the Account, and went up to 83-,1 ; at present they are 834 buyers, with little doing. In the Foreign Market Spanish and Dutch Stocks are rather lower ; Poi tuguese Scrip 3} discount ; Exc it-quer Bilis have fallen Irom 6 to 7. THREE 0' CL 0 Cir. Consols for Account ; 834. VICE-CHANCERY COURT.-(THIS DAY.) HURT V. ALSO?. His Honour the VICE-CHANCELLO R wa, occupied 'IT whole morning with the arguments on a m•rtioa on this cause for an injunction to restrain the defend,int fr. , m working two veins in a lean mine in Derhy4i.ire, cal td the Rake and GI my Veins. The facts of Vie ra.e were shortly stated on a previous application, and noti•ing was elicited in the course of the arguments this morning of fur. tiler interest to the parties. KING'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.) The Court was excee lingly crowded with barristers and others this morning, in consequence of its having 'Ten understood that Sir Thomas Denman would tak , his seat as Lord Chief Justice. At a few minutes after 10. Sir Thomas, accompanied by Mr. Justice J. Parke, Mr. Joe. rice Taunton, and Mr. Justice Paulson, arrived on the Bench, when the usual oaths were administered to the new Lord Chief Justice by one of the Masters of the Curt. It was observed that Sir James Scarlett was absent during the above ceremony, but the instant it was over, he came into C ,urt. The Court then proceeded to hear argumen.s upon naa tions for new trials, hut up to the time of our reporter leaving, nothing occurred of any publ.c interest. BAIL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) Mr. Justice Ltrrt.zoa ',teat in this Court to hear motiors. THE HUNGEEF. , ED MARKET. Mr. KELLY moved for a rule eating on the Hunger ford Market Company to, show cause why a mandamus should not issue, commanding them to summon a Jury to assesa the value of the good-will of the business of Mr. Gosling, the confectioner, whose house was r quired by them to effect the Hungerford market improvers -ms. There had been several applications to this Court on the part of the persons who were tenants at will, and in those cases the Court of King's Bench had held that although the parties were tenants at will, yet they had such an interest iu the good-will of their businesses as ntitled them to some compensation by beineforeibly de prived of it. The present case, however, was stronger than thos., for Mr. Gos'ing had held his premises, to which was attached a very valuable good-will, for a term of y ears ; the Company had, however, refused to allow any compensa tion except for the value of the fixtures. His LORDSHIP granted a rule to show cause. A respectable looking elderly frmale was brought up from prison, by a rule of Court, for the purpose of being compelled, under the Lords' Act, to give in a schedule of her estate and effects. Oa being required to comply with the rule, she re fused, and entered into a long complaint of the itjus•ice she had experienced at the bands of her judgment creditor. His LORDSHIP reasoned with the Lady upon the inuti lity of such a course of proceeding, avid said. that as the creditor had got a judgment, he was entitled to compel her to give in a schedule of her property. She still refused to comply with the rule. His LORDSHIP, most feelingly, remonstrated with her upon her obstinacy, and reminded her that, if she per sisted in her refusal, the Court could only grant her a de lay of sixty days for consideration, and if she did not then comply, she was liable to an indictment and to be tran•ported. The lady's obstinacy could not, however, be overcome, and she was at list remanded for sixty days. EXCHEQUER COURT.-(THIS DAY.) The Court was occupied the whole morning in hear— ing special cases, none of which were of any public im— portance. EXCHEQUER CHAMBER.-(THIS DAY.) V. WILLIAMS. This was an action brought by the plaintiffs as atsig. nees of a lady named Mi,s Cowling, an insolvent, against the defendant, for the recovery of a harp which they alleged he had obtained in the way of a fraudulent preference. Messrs. EARLE and COOKE appeared for the plaintiffs, and Messrs. THEShIGER and WHITE for the defendant. It appeared that Mr. Williams had been acquainted with the insolvent a long time. In 1829 she applied to him for a loin of soi.ne money, and offered him a 201. bi I, drawn on a Mr. Bone, which she said would be accepted. Ile gave her the money, but never got the bill accepted. At other times also he advanced her several sums of money. From this time up till 1831, Miss Cow ling had purchased a considerable quantity of fur- Li ture and other goods from various tradesmen, and seemed to he deeply involved in pi-cuwary dif ficulties. In 1831, the lady was arrested, and while at the lock-up-house she sent for Mr. Williams, and gave him a warrant of attorney, in order that he might sell bee fainiture, in order to pay himself and settle with her creditors. The furniture she stated to be worth 200!., but on the defendant getting it valued, it was found to be worth only 401., and when he went to put the warrant of attorney in force, he found all the goods in the p ssessiou of other parties. Finding this to he the case, be became alarmed about his own debt, and aeain went to the lock up-house, and threatened that unless he got some security l ie would prosecute Miss Cowling for the fraud, in giving hint the bill when she knew it was worth no more than waste paper. She said, she had no other thing to offer him than the duplicate of a harp, which she gave, which was pawned for 201., which be was to take as se curity for his debt. Mr. EARLE contended that this was only a voluntary, therefore a fraudulent, preference given to Mr. Willi ,m, by the insolvent, and recoverable by the assignees, for the be nefit of the general body of credirois ; and further, that the defendant ought to hwe delivered up the h irp, on being tendered the amount he had paid for it to the pawn br.,ker. On the other side, Mr. THESSIGER said, that it was not a voluntary preference, but that the dupl cate Was given under the tear of criminal proceedings, and called Miss Cawliug, who proved it. He contended thst, th refol!, it was good in law, but if his Lordship or the Jury sneuld think not, then he must contend that there was no tender, for no money had been shown which was necessary to make it legal. His Loiinsun , having summed up, the Jury found a verdict for the plaintiff—Damages, 601. SHIPPING IN TELLIGEN CE-(IHIS DAY.) FROM LLOYD'S, DEAL, Nov. 7.—Wind E. N. E. —The combined English and French squadrons remain. Poarsatourx, Nov. 7.—Wind E.N.E.—Arrived the King of the Netherlands, from London, with troops for Dun Pedro's army. His NL.j.sty's ship Spartiate has gone out of the harbour for Spithead. PLYMOUTH, Nov. 6. —Wind E. N.E., strongand FALMOUTH, Nov. 6.—Wind N. to N.E., strong and squally.—Arrived his Majesty's ship Nimrod, Lord Ed mond Russell, from Portsmouth. CHATHAM, Nov. 7.—Arrived the Anna, Pitcairn, from Rig I. BRISTOL, Nov. 7.—Arrived ti .e Delight, Anderscn, from Archangel. SHEERNESS, Nov. 6.—Arrived the Active, Hicks, from St. Joan's, New Brun,wick. WniTEHATEN, Nov. 6.—Arrived the U❑ion, Buck, from Riga. DUBLIN, Nov. 6.—Arrived the Cott;ngham, Shiel, from Quebec; Mary, Clark, from St. Petenburgh; So vereign, Ferguson, from Memel. „ . LIVERPOOL, Nov. 6.—Arrived off port the Flora, from Quebec. The Charlotte, Meetzner,trom Memel to Leith, was stranded on Leasoe on the 19th ult. Cargo expected to be sired. The Henrietta Caroline, Berg, from Memel to Belfast, altar upsetting at sea, drove on shore at Lakken, Jutland, and has been sold with her cargo. Extract from a letter from the agent to Lloyd's, at Trie9te, October 27 " By an arrival from Smyrna this morning, in sixteen days, intelligence has been received of the loss of the Ame. rican frigate Constellation, at Rhodes, with all on board exa-pt the Capiain and six of the crew. Also, of the loss of a Greek steam-boat in the Gulf of Vat, full of passengers, all of whom were drowned, and that there are many wrecks in the port of Samos." The Cestus, Graham, from Newcastle to London, has been assisted into Harwich, with loss of ;udder, anchor, and cable, and having been on the shipwash sand. The George, Thomas, from Quebec to Dublin, was to. tally lost on the 10th Sept. on Leargly On Tuesday last, about 9 o'clock in the even , jug, a fire was discovered to have broken out on the farm . • es of Mr. WARNEs, jun., of A)lsham, which farm ing prows destroyed a straw stack, a wheat stack, containing, about fifty coombs of grain, and a barley stack adjoininv• There is very little doubt but that this was th ~f an incendiary, an explosion having been beard from the stack shortly after its ignition. The loss is computed be under 1001... Norwich East An ;liars. 1