The Sun. — London, England, 1832-11-16 00:00:00

FRENCH CHAMBERS. bESCRIPTION the CHAMBER of DE- P UTIE S,and PR 0 GRAMME of the EARLY PART of the SESSION. The Session will commence on Monday, the 19th, in the Hall of the Chamber of Deputies. The ne cessary preparations are already in progress. A throne has been erected on the spot, which will be occupied on the following day by the bores u of the President and Secretaries, and the tribune of the Orators. The Peers will be seated within the cir cular enclosure, on the benches to the right, and the Deputies on those to the left. Two arm chairs, the one for M. Pasquier, President of the Chamber of Peers, and the other for the Senior Member of the Chamber of Deputies, who is Presi dent pro tempore, have been placed near the throne. One of the tribunes of the first tier is reserved for the Queen, and the young Prince and Princesses of the Royal Family; and behind them a space has been left for the public, admitted without tickets. On Saturday, the 17th, the Deputies will hold a private meeting, under the Presidency of Count Duchatalet, the senior Member, for the purpose of drawing the names of the 25 Deputies who, accord ing to the law of August 13th, 1814, are to go and meet the King the day of the Royal sitting. Ac cording to the same law, the Deputation of the Chamber of Peers is only to consist of 12 Mem bers. During the solemnity of Monday, the Peers lately created, who are now present in Paris, will be called upon to take the fol lowing oath :—" I swear allegiance to the King of the French, obedience to the Constitutional Charter, and to act, in every respect, as a good and loyal Peer of France." The Deputies elected since the last Session shall also take the oath. The two Chambers never deliberating in common, no other discourse, except that of his Majesty, will be deli vered. Immediately afterwards the Sitting will break up. Ott Tuesday the Chamber of Peers will meet in the Palace of the Luxemburg, and proceed to the re-organization of its bureaux, and the elec tion of the Committee who is to prepare the Address in reply to the Speech from the throne : it will then vacate for some days. The Chamber of De puties, on account of its peculiar organization, is obliged to proceed more slowly. On Tuesday, the 20th, it will hold a public sitting, for the appoint ment, by lot, of the Members of the nine bureaux into which the Chamber is divided. The latter will then retire, to decide whether the elections of 12 or 15 new Deputies have been legally made, and probably report on them in the course of the day. On Wednesday, the 21st, the Chamber will pro ceed to the election, by ballot, of its Presi dent. In case none of the candidates should obtain the required majority, another ballot will take place on the following day. The sittings of Thursday and Friday will most probably be occupied with the election of the four Vice-Pre sidents and four Secretaries. It is only after the formation of the bureaux, and the appoint ment of the President, that the Chamber, being definitely constituted, can go into the discussion of the Address. The House will form into Commit tees for that purpose, and name a Commission of nine, of which the President is by right a member. The Commission generally takes a couple of days to prepare the draught of the Address; so that it is not likely, unless the Chamber meet on Sunday, that the public discussion of the Address will com mence before Monday, the 26th. After this first and important discussion, the Ministers will present a Bill for the levying of douziemes provisoires of the direct taxes, and the provisional continuation of the indirect taxes, for the first three months of 1833 That law must be promulgated in the departments before the Ist of January, and, consequently, be voted and published in the Bulletin des Lois before the 20th Dec.—French Ministerial Paper. MIDDLESEX ELECTION-LORD HENLEY A meeting of the electors of Middlesex, resident in Hampstead and the vicinity, in the interest of Lord Henley, was held last evening, at the Holly Bush Tavern, Hampstead. There were assembled between three and four hundred. Mr. GARRATT was called to the chair. The peo ple had now come to a new era in the Constitution. The question would no longer be, is a man a Whig or Tory, but is he a man of principle ? Will he advocate th.e cause, not of a party, but of the coun try ? Will he support virtue, religion, and good order, against vice, irreligion, and anarchy ? There was about to be a feat ful struggle between these; and he (the Chairman) had no doubt as to whose banners the electors of Middlesex would enlist themselves. Would they support a man who had had the impiety to propose, in the House of Com mons, that the words " Divine Providence" should be left out in the Cholera Bill ? Would they support a man who had thought fit to remain at table at a dinner party where that most natui al and usual mark of respect, " his Majesty's health" had been refused ? Would they elect a man who had, in the same House of Commons, talked lightly of the slavery of 800,000 of our fellow-subjects—of their murderous slavery ? Mr. LOWNDES said—" This is really going too fat" —(Cries of " No, no ! go on ! chair, chair!") The CHAIRMAN, with renewed energy, vociferated that he was not going too far in calling it a mur derous slavery. He was not one of those who minted Mr. Hume's talk about abstract right. Mr. LOWNDES said, the meeting could not keep hearing this sort of thing. The CHAIRMAN, after some further similar obser vations on slavery, most decidedly agreed with Lord Henley. Mr. LOWNDES addressed the meeting, whom he informed that Mr. Day, the author of ,Sandford and Merton, was his uncle, and from him he imbibed a most decided feeling against slavery. Mr. L. then stated that he had been in this parish ferry years, and was a great friend of General Wash ington, who had personally made his (Mr. LownJes') uncle a present of his portion. Mr. Lowndes then proceeded to show the difference between Washing ton and Bonaparte—the latter having only worked for himself. He (Mr. L.) advocated the abolition of slavery. Lord HENLEY—The episode introduced after the chairman's speech being now concluded, he would addresss the meeting. The present aspect of affairs is of as dangerous a hue as that which preceded the French Revolution : the people in a state ripe for the purposes of a set of demagogues, who, for the sake of their own ends and a temporary popularity, would disorganize the Government and attack all the friends of good order and good government. At the same time it cannot be disguised, that even our wonderfully admirable institutions have, from the lapse of time and the collateral progress of events, become open to a certain degree of alteration and improvement ; but such reformation must be ef t*, eted on sound, wise, and religious principles. His political and national sentiments he had fully de tailed in a published address. To slavery he was a mast decided enemy, as a system wholly wrong, unniixessary, and impious. But this Christian end he would attain in a Christian way : he would not do evil that good might come of it. If he should be satisfied that bloodshed and ruin would ensue from the immediate freedom of the Blacks, he should have recourse to more cautious methods. With re gard to compensation, he thought it was surely right that England, the guilty participator in so atrocious a crime, should, at the s sole time that she makes re paration to the injured, not ruin the means she had employed, but should satisfy them even if she pledged her last acre. With regard to the Dissen ters, he was most desirous that every civil and re ligious liberty should be granted to all his brethren. He had certainly voted in the minority on the Test Act some years ago ; but lie had since seen his er ror. Lastly, with regard to that most important point—the present state of the Church—it was one on which he had always felt, and should feel most deeply. It would be the greatest misery that could occur were the Church of England to fall. It was evident, however, that much ought, and might be done; and he bad good authority for say ing that something important and efficient would be done now. Mr. REID, an elector, would ask Lord Henley, whether he intended to support the Reform Bill in all its essential points ? Lord HENLEY answered in the affirmative. Mr. PLATT moved the first resolution, seconded by Mr. FORBES, and carried. The second resolution was moved by Dr. EVANS, who asked Lord Henley a question about Assessed Taxes, which, though he considered particularly grievous on the metropolitan inhabitants, yet, were of great benefit for the interests of the aggregate mass of the people. Lord HENLEY thought that this tax might and should as soon as possible be made more equal. The third resolution was then published by Mr• LOWNDES, thanks were voted to the Chairman, and the meeting broke up. DUTCH PAPERS. TIIE HAGUE, Nov. 11.—A letter from Dordrecht, o the 9th, says—" While the loading and sending away of ships with all kinds of ammunition, provisions, and other necessaries for the citadel of Antwerp continues here with great activity, and we may therefore be pretty certain that the Government is by no means disposed to give up that important point to threats oreven to a hostile attack, on the other hand, all the accounts verbally given by the crews of those ships that visit the citadel, or contained in letters from individuals of the garrison, agree that the troops are animated with the greatest courage, and ready, if necessary, to make a most desperate defence." Letters fyom Flushing of November 7, say a strong de tachment of the militia (schutterey) of North Holland, Brabant, arrived in this fortress on the sth instant, coming from Alkmaar, and was immediately embarked for the sth district of this province ; and yesterday a detachment of 200 men of the Zealand militia was embarked for the 4th district. Nov. 12.—0 n Saturday his Majesty held a Cabinet Council, which was observed to last a long time. We are positively assured that our Government has not resolved to lay an embargo on any French or English ships at present in Dutch ports. On Tuesday, at 1 o'clock, the central division of the Second Chamber of the States-General will hold a confe rence with his Excellency the Minister of Finance, respect ing the answers of Government on the deliberations made by the decisions on the project of law for providing for the extraordinary demands for 1833. It is generally believed that the laws for the extraordinary estimates will shortly be discussed in public sitting in the above Chamber. Stoats Courant. ROTTERDAM, Nov. 13.—Embargo is laid on a Dutch ship in the port of Dunkirk. All the accounts from the Prussian frontiers agree in the statement that an extraordinary activity prevails in the Prussian army, and that great numbers of troops are on march towards the Rhine. —Rotterdamsche Courant. The steam-boat Batavier is hired by Government, and yesterday passed down the river to Helvoet from the Steam-boat Company's manufactory. It i. said that they intend putting 20 or 25 guns, of 301 b. calibre, on board her. Her ulterior destination is not known. Nov. 14.—There is really no news at this moment. The general opinion is, that the Government will not lay an embargo on British vessels unless forced into hostilities. Bols-LE-DUC, Nov. 11.—hook, and some other vil lages, on the right bank of the Maese, opposite the canton of Boxmeer, have lately been evacuated by the Belgian troops. This circumstance has perhaps given rise to the report of the evacuation of Venloo by the Belgians, which has not been confirmed. The Belgian troops in Limburg, on our frontier., are said to be rot numerous, and to consist only of the parti sans of Capiarement, and a single regiment of J4gers. Our army receives reinforcements from the several de pots, and supplies of ammunition. No furloughs are given except in very particular cases. Travellers from Ch•ves say that a number of Prussian troops were daily expected, and that on the 10th or 11th of this month the vanguard of the Prussian corps in•the Rhenish provinces was to be on the frontiers. The Magistrates of this town had an extraordinary meet ing to-day, when a notice of the military authorities was communicated, advising them to take measures for pro viding the inhabitants with a sufficient quantity of corn in case the town should be invested. THE HAGUE, Nov. 12.—The French and British Charges des Affaires are still here, but it is said they are prepared to leave at the first notice from their Govern ments. The artillery still at Delft is ordered to be ready to march, being destined to serve the batteries on the coast. AMSTERDAM, Nov. 11.—To the testimonies of respect for the Prince and people of the Netherlands received in these trying times from different countries we add the fol lowing :—A distinguished and wealthy inhabitant of Lou don has lately sent an original portrait of the celebrated Admiral de Ruyter, as a present to his Majesty, " as a proof of his respect for the memory of the immortal hero, and as a testimony of his admiration of the great and noble-minded King of Holland, who, like de Ruyter, de votes his whole life to the country, and if necessary is ready ke him to die for it."—Dutch Papers, Nov. 14. DUTCH FUNDS.—AMSTERDAM, Nov. 13. Actual Debt, 2', per cent 39% to 39% Amort Syndic, 4% per cent.. 6 4 ,s to 664 Ditto, ditto, 3% per cent 524 to 534 Voluntary Loan, 1831, 6% per cent 99 to 994 Ditto, ditto, 183'2, 5 per cent 74% to 76 , A Exchange on London, one month, ...... 22 12 % Ditto, two months l2 17y% LISBON PAPERS. LISBON, Nov. 2.—His Majesty's Government has re ceived by the post to-day official notice, that his Majesty and the Infantas continue in perfect health. On the 30th, in the morning, they left Agoada, and at 4 o'clock in the afternoon reached Oliveira d'Azemeis, receiving in that town and on the whole journey the most sincere and cor dial acclamations of the people, and such was the enthu siasm that even the sick and wounded came out (nobody being able to keep them in the hospitals) to have the happiness of seeing their august Monarch, who received with the greatest affability and benignity those testimonies of the love of his faithful subjects. The Royal party passed the night at a league from Oliveira d'Azemeis. Nov. 4.—A letter from Valongo, of the 30th of Oct. says, " A house is fitting up in great haste for the King and the Infantas, who will sleep here to-morrow night. Great numbers of people are already here who have come from a distance of many leagues to have the pleasure of seeing their beloved Sovereign. Many of the soldiers of the rebels have come over to our army to-day ; I cannot tell the number, but I know that there were many, and, as they desired to join the banners of fidelity, it was granted them. They have been distributed among dif ferent corps, so that it is not easy for one to ascertain the number." LAMEGO, OCT. 28.—The arrival of his Majesty in this province rejoices the inhabitants, who come from great distances to have the pleasure of seeing him. RICARDAES, OCT. 30.—The King and the Infantas arrived here yesterday, at three in the afternoon, going to pass the night at Aguada. The Juiz de Foro of Aveiro waited on his Majesty at that place. Magnificent tri umphal arches, with suitable inscriptions, adorned all the places through which his Majesty passed. The fireworks, the incessant acclatnations on every side, the streets strewed with laurel and aromatic herbs, the ringing of bells, and other demonstrations of joy, made such a day as never be fore was seen in this country. Bands of music played before the house in which the King was till a late hour. This morning, at nine o'clock, his Majesty went on horseback to church, where he attended Te Deum. He afterwards received an immense number of persons to kiss his hand. It is impossible to describe the multitudes of people who come from an immense distance for the plea sure of seeing the angel and tutelary divinity who alone can establish our happiness. There have been illumina tions for three days. Lisnor.r, Nov. s.—His Majesty and the Infantas ar rived at Braga on the Ist of November. On the 31st, in the morning, his Majesty and the Infantas left Couto de Cacajaes, and at 9 in the morning passed Campo Verde, where there.were triumphal arches, and the magistrates and all the militia drawn up waiting for his Majesty, who wad welcomed with the greatest enthusiasm by .the people, who followed him singing to Arnellas, where the King and Infantas embarked, and crossed the Douro. In the plain of Arnellas the crowd was so great that it was difficult to pass through it. There, as in — all the other places through which his Majesty passed, there were many triumphal arches. In the day his Majesty went to Valongo, where he was received by the people with tears of joy ; men and women on their knees, offering their sons for the service of the King. On the Ist inst. the King and his sisters went to Braga to pass tie night.—,Lisbon Gazettes, Nov. 6. Lords STANLEY 311 d UXBRIDGE, the Mar quis of TAVISTOCK, and Lord GREY, of Groby, the eon o the Earl of STAMFORD, are to be created Peers. BRIGHTON, Nov. This being the day fixed upon to return thanks to Al mighty God, in his great mercy, for protecting the inha bitants of this town from that dreadful visitation the " cholera," divine service was performed in the several churches and chapels, and appropriate discourses delivered on the occasion. The shops were closed, and all business suspended. Yesterday Lord FITZ ROY SOMERSET and Lieutenant- Colonel M'lNTosit had audiences of the KING ; after wards his MAJESTY, accompanied by his daughter, the Countess of ERROL, left the Palace in a carriage and four, proceeded along the West Cliff to Hove, from thence to the vicinity of Shoreham, and returned to the Palace at a quarter to five o'clock. The QUEEN, accompanied by the Countess of BROWN - LOW, took an airing, in an open carriage, through various parts of the town. Her MAJESTY paid a congratulatory visit to the Duchess of GLOUCESTER on her improved health, with whom her MAJESTY remained for nearly an hour. Her Royal Highness is so far recovered as to he able to take a carriage exercise yesterday for a few miles. The Duke of GLOUCESTER took his departure yester day morning for town, where his Royal Highness will re main until Saturday next, and then proceed to Wiltshire, on a visit to Mr. PEA ACE, with whom his Royal High ness proposes sojourning for about three weeks. Their MAJ ESTIES entertained the following distinguished individuals at dinner last evening:— The Princess Augusta, Earl and Countess Brownlow, Hon. Captain Crofton, Earl and Countess of Errol, Rear-Admiral Hall, Sir Herbert and Lady Taylor, Lieut.-Colonel M`Kintosh, Lady Kennedy Erskine, Sir Robert Otway, Sir Frederick Wat son, Admiral Sir Henry and Lady Neale, Hon. Miss Eden, Rev. Mr. Wood, Admiral Sir Robert and Lady Keates, Miss Wynyard, Mr. Hudson and Mr. Shiner. Miss D'EsTE arrived last evening at the Palace, on a visit to their MAJESTIES. In consequence of the death of the Marchioness of BUTE, the arrival of Sir FRANCIS BURDETT and family is post poned for a few days. The same cause will operate, in a similar manner, on the Duke and Duchess of ST. ALBANS, who otherwise were expected on Saturday evening. Mrs. GEORGE DAWSON has become quite a leader of ton. A few evenings past her residence in Kemp Town was a scene of splendid festivity, seldom equalled here. Mr. DAWSON is at present in Ireland, canvassing the electors of Londonderry. Lord HOLLAND, who is much improved in health within the last ten days, gave a splendid dinner yesterday evening, at Holland House. In addition to most of the Cabinet Ministers there were present Prince TA LLEYRAND and the Duchess de DINo, Prince and Princess LIEVEN, Prince PAUL LIEVEN, the Prussian and Austrian Ministers, &c. The Duke of WELLINGTON is entertaining a select party of the nobility at Walmer Castle. Prince TALLEYRAND entertained a large party at dinner, on Wednesday evening, at his residence in Hanover-square. There were present the Prince and Princess LIEVEN, Lord PALMERSTON, Lord and Lady COWLEY, Baron BULOW, Baron DE NEWMAN, &C. The Earl and Cuuntess of DALHOUSIE have just had the affliction to lose their eldest son, Lord RAM- SAY, a young nobleman of high promise, holding the rank of Captain in the 26th (or Cameronian) Foot. When Lord DALHOUSIE departed for India, to assume the com mand of the forces there, Lord RAMSAY accompanied his Lordship as Aide-de-Camp, and returned with the Earl and Countess in the spring of the present year. The Noble and Gallant Earl has an only surviving child, the Hon. JAMES ANDREW RAMSAY, now (by the death of his brother) Lord RAMSAY. His Lordship, whose death took place at Dalhousie Castle, was in his 27th year. The Hon. Colonel CRADOCK has been sent to the head.quarters of Marshal GERARD, with instructions to accompany, as British Commissioner, the French army during its operations in Belgium. His MAJESTY having the power of deciding between the claimants to the Peerage in abeyance since the death of Lord DE CLIFFORD, has determinel in favour of Mrs. RUSSELL, the Lady of one of the sons of Lord WIL LIAM RUSSELL. We have reason to believe that the SPEAKER will, about Christmas, be called to the Muse of Peers, by the title of Lord Serrlxosoußaix. It bas been generally circulated that the Right lion. Gentleman would select LEXINGTON—a title which, though not extinct, was, above a century ago, borne by one of the Sorrow family. We, however, understand that Mr. MANNERS SUTTON declines to assume the title of Lord LEXINGTON, on the ground that, as a junior branch of the SUTTON family, he could not, with propriety, select that Peerage to the ex clusion of the sons of the late Rev. FREDERICK MANNERS SUTTON, grandson of Lord GEORGE MANNERS SUTTON, who was the third son of the Duke of RUTLAND, by mar rile with the Hon. BRIDGET SUTTON, Only (laughter and heiress of ROBERT Lord LEXINGTON. The Rev. FRE - DERICK SUTTON, by his marriage with Laly HENRIETTE LUMLEY, daughter of the present Earl of SCARBOROUGH, left two infant sons, who represent the claims of the SUTTON family to the Barony of LEXINGTON. We un derstand that among the many complimentary letters ad dressed to the SPEAKER, on his retirement from the Chair, was a highly flittering one from the LORD CHANCELLOR. A requisition to the LORD MAYOR has been numerously signed by many of the Aldermen and Common Council, to take into consideration the following motion at the next Court :—" That this Court, impressed with feelings of sincere gratification at the elevation of our late Common Sergeant to the high office of Loid;Chief Justice of England, arising at once from great personal esteem, from a sense of the honour thereby reflected u p on this city, and from a regard to the interests of the public, do express the same in an address of congratulation to the , Right Hon. Sir THOMASDENMAN, upon his appointment. ' At the anniversary meeting of the Literary and Antiquarian Society of Perth, very great interest was excited by the presentation, at the same time, and from different quarters, of the walking-stiek of Joins KNox, and the candlestick which stood before him at the time when an attempt was made against his life, and through which the bullet passed which was aimed at him through the window of his lodgings. The cane was a donation from Mr. LAING, of London. The candlestick was a presentation from Mr. MURRAY, of Ay toun, and both were accompanied by memoranda, which left no hesita tion as to their being veritable memorials of the great re former.— Greenock Advertiser. Yesterday evening the members of the City of London Artists' Society held their first meeting for the season at the London Coffee-house. The intention of this society is merely to afford artists and amateurs an oppor tunity of assembling together for the purpose of conver sation, and of exhibiting their works before they are brought more unequivocally under public notice. Many specimens of the talents of the members were last night observable in the room; but as any thing like detailed criticism on such an occasion would be out of place, we will merely announce that a proof of an engraved portrait of Sir WALTER Scow, from a painting by LAWRENCE, excited general attention and no less admiration. The portrait, we understand, was executed about 13 years since, though it was not generally known that our great portrait painter bad ever bad the author of " Waverley" for a sitter, and much regret has frequently been expressed at the supposed omission. In comparing this portrait of Sir WALTER with those with which the public are already familiar, one is struck with the immense superiority of LAWRENCE over all his competitors in the power which he possessed of seizing upon and conveying to his canvass the moot intellectual expression of his subjects. The ad mirers of the novelist will be pleased to find that the look of slyness, nay, almost of low cunning, which his less skilful limners have attributed to him, and which they wondered how such a man could ever possess, was not die real character of his head, but that its true expression was that of calm reflection, but with an eye which would evidently brighten up at the first perry thought that might occur to his mind. The engraving, which when finished will be one of the best that has been produced for a long time, is executed by Mr. ROBINSON, the engraver of the " Wolf and the Lamb." WILLIAM AUSTIN.—The Brighton Gazette in reference to a paragraph which appeared in a Morning Paper a f e w days ago, stating that AUSTIN is now in a madhouse at Milan , " his understandin g havin g been af fected by the suffering s of his magnanimous mistress, " and th r a i t tis T h li g E o o l n d o/t , Esay3,l—,o, We hope the public will not heo,ccial was " living i n a ffl uence on B cajoled by this attempt to excite a epurious humanity. The facts, as we have them from a gentleman who visited Milan in 1827, are, that AUSTIN had then just succeeded in a law-suit against BERGAMI, which placed him in pos !don of Queen CAROLINES Palace at Como ; that he was living a life of profligacy and drunkenness, to which his pre , ent state of destitution (if really such as descrioed) must be owing; and that MAjocc El, instead of " living in affluence on British gold,"was so reduced as to " apply for the situation of waiter in a hotel where our informant resided at Milan." ) . FRENCH PAPERS. (From Galignani's Messenger of Wednesday.) PARIS, Nov. 14.—We le irn that Vice-Admiral Baron Roussin, who was lately raised to the Peerage, is appointed French Ambassador at Constantinople. A company of the Ist regiment of Engineers marched from Paris yesterday for the army of the north. Letters from different sea-ports announce that the order for stopping all Dutch vessels has been carried into execu tion. If the Courrier de l'Europe may be relied on, the number hitherto laid under embargo is thirty. A letter of the Ilth inst. from Cherburg, says.---" The ship Wellington, which has been fitted out on account of Donna Maria, sailed yesterday afternoon to join the squa dron of Admiral Sartorius. She went out by the western passage, and saluted the ships in the roads with 21 guns. Several detachments of the 50th Regiment of Infantry, which have been in garrison at Granville and in canton ments along the coast, came in yesterday and the preced ing days, to form a third battalion, which, it is said, will immediately join the other two battalions of this corps, which set out en the 4th and sth for the army of the north. The steam-boat Castor arrived in our roads this morning from Brest. She is destined to convey despatches between this port and the squadron." Various letters from I'aly concur in stating that a con spiracy has been discovered at Rome, and that it was in tended to blow up the country-house of the Pop:', to which he had gone to pass some days at the end of Octo ber —Messager des Chambres. The Messager des Chambres says—" The following are said to be some of the writers of the letters found amongst the mass of papers belonging to the Duchess of Berry, which were seized at Nantes, and have been brought to Paris;—The Duke of Nassau; The Prince Royal of Prussia ; the King of Bavaria ; Prince Augustus of Prussia ; the King of Saxony (not the co-Regent) ; the Duke of Mecklenburg ; the Elector of Hesse-Cassel." Blaye, or Blaye, to the castle of which place the Duchess of Berry is being conveyed, is situated on the right bank of the Gironde, about seven leagues from Bordeaux, and nine from the well-known tower or light-house, called the Gordouan, which serves as a land-mark to the entrance into the river. The town contains 4,500 inhabitants, and is the seat of a Sub-Prefecture. It was known to the Ro mans, and is mentioned by Ausonius under the name of Blavia. It is divided by a small tide-river into two parts, called the Upper and Lower Town. The lower town is principally occupied by merchants and traders. The other part is built on the top of a steep rocky ascent, on which are erected four bastions, inclosing the tower, and forming altogether a very strong citadel. Blaye has a Tribunal de Premiere Instance, a Tribunal of Commerce, an Agricul tural Society, and a Theatre. The centre of the town is ornamented by a handsome public fountain. Its port is but an open roadstead, in which the vessels that ascend and descend the Gironde come to anchor. It, however, carries on a considerable trade in wines, brandies, oil, soap, grapes, building-timber, and other articles. There are yards in which large and small coasting-vessels are built. In 1568, the Protestants surprised Blaye, and committed great ravages. The river is here upwards of 4,150 yards wide, and, in 1689, a new battery, called Le Pate, was erected upon a small island, about 1,500 yards from the town, which, with the citadel and Fort Medoc placed on the op posite shore, are sufficient by their cross-firing to defend the approach to Bordeaux from the sea. The environs of Blaye were formerly marshes, but they have been drained, and are now extremely fertile in both corn and wines. The wines of Montuzet are in good repute. M. La Cathon de la Foret, Consul General and Charge d'Affaires of France to the Republic of Buenos Ayres, ar rived at Paris on Sunday. He comes to lay before the Minister for Foreign Affairs the reasons why he was un able to exercise th functions of his office. Preparations are making in the new Chamber of Depu ties for the opening of the Chambers on Monday. The throne is placed on the spot where the seat of the President is usually stationed. Two arm-chairs are also placed for the Presidents of the two Chambers, that of the Deputies being taken by the senior in age. The Peers will take their seats on the benches to the right, and the Deputies on those to the left. One of the lower galleries will be allotted to the Queen, the Princes, and the Princesses, and in that above the public at large will be admitted without tickets. On Saturday next there will be meet• ings of the two Chambers, to elect deputations to receive the King. During the solemnity of Monday the new Peers will take the oath. The Deputies elected since the last Session will also take the usual oath. On Tuesday the Chamber of Peers will assemble at the Luxemburg to appoint the standing:Committees, and the special Committee for the Address in answer to the speech from the throne, after which it will adjourn for several days. The proceeeings of the Chamber of Deputies will be more slow. Several days will be occupied in electing the Pre sident, Vice-Presidents and Secretaries, in the formation of the nine standing Committees, verifying the returns of the newly-elected Members, and appointing the Commit tee for drawing up the Address, so that the debate upon the Address will probably not commence before the 26th. This important discussion being closed, a Bill for the pro visional levy of a certain number of twelfths of the direct taxes, and the maintenance of the present indirect taxes, for the first quarter of 1833 will then be presented, as the lsw must necessarily he inserted in the Bulletin des Lois before the 20th of December, in order that it may be promulgated in all the provinces before Jau. 1. Yesterday the first section of the Court of Assizes was occupied with the trial of three of the rioters of June five and six, one of whom was a woman, but they were all acquitted. Two other insurgents were also acquitted by the second•section. During the pleadings in the case of one of the latter, named Fauchat, his counsel stated the following melancholy circumstance : --The father of the prisoner, at first conceiving that hie son was prosecuted for a mere political offence, waited without any great un easiness, Three days ago, however, on going to the Conciergerie, he was shown the indictment, and miscon ceiving it to contain an accusation of robbery, the man was so affected that he went home and cut his throat with a raw, and remains in a hopeless state. A letter of the sth inst. from Perpignan, announces that, notwithstanding the effervescence that prevails in Catalonia, good order is maintained along the entire line of the French frontier. The Patriote of Clermont of the 10th inst. says—"We learn that there have been some disturbances at Brioude. The vine growers refused to submit to the duties, and the vintage was gathered in without any being paid. If we may judge by the measures taken, the affair must be se rious, as yesterday a squadron of hussars was sent off to Brioude." The Journal des Debuts gives the following extract of a letter, of the 6th inst., from Berlin, from a Corms spondent in whom it places the utmost confidence : " According to the information we have been able to gain respecting the disposition of our Cabinet, we are con vinced that it is perfectly pacific. It is certain that Prus sia will occupy Venloo, according to treaties ; but that the troops destined for that service will remain upon the peace footing. The Government does not contemplate any assemblages of corps that can give rise to a suspicion of any intentions at variance with the maintenance of peace. Our King is a man of honour ;be never loses s ight of the welfare of his country, and knows how to profit by the experience he has gained." A letter of the 12th instat, from Valenciennes, con tains the following :—" The refusal of the King of Hol land has filled the army with enthusiasm. The Dukes of Orleans and Nemours, accompanied by their Aides-de- Cp a t r h r e iv i‘ e i d a h rs e h r a e l. to d T a h y e a y t s t e s t ve o l u v t e at two for Saint-Amand, the quarters of the Duke of Orleans. The boats that are to convey the military stores to Antwerp are all ranged regularly along the Scheldt, and are only waiting for orders to take their departure. O n the 15th, in the morning, the Marshal will leave Valenciennes to enter Belgium by Quievrans, whence he will direct his march towards Mons." Accounts from Amsterdam announce that King Wil liam has given orders for all the old vessels in the different ports of Holland to be sent into the Scheldt. These yes sell, it is said, are to be filled with stones and sunk, to block up the passage of the river at a point where it is nar rowest. "If this measure be executed," says one letter, William may give up the citadel of Antwerp to Leopold, for be will have destroyed the town." Th e Handlesblad of Amsterdam has a letter from Cleve of the Bth inst., stating that the Prussian troops along the Rhine are marching towards the frontiers of Belgium and France. The object of this movement is thought to be a demonstration along the Meuse, for the purpose of observ ing the French army which is to enter Belgiun. It is also stated that the Prussian troops will be stationed round Venloo. The Angsbury Gazette, of the 10th instant, contains the following,, of the sth, from Vienna :—" Official in telligence a' rived here yesterday from Berlin, that the Ki n g of the Netherlands . has accepted the proposals of the Prussian Cabinet, with which Count Donhoff re turned to London by the Hague. Among the proposi tions agreed to by the Dutch Cabinet is the renunciation by Holland of the right of search of all vessels entering t he Scheldt under the Belgian flag. This is one of the most important concessions, and will be of infinite benefit to the trade of Antwerp. All tolls on other rivers, to which }Tolland has a claim, are to be regulated by the :ariff of Mentz. r C The King of Holland consents to the ,rojected commercial road between Antwerp an 1 Rhenish Prussia, on the payment of a transit duty. Th, nego tiations are to continue with regard to the debt; but the territories which are to be given up, and are still kept back, will be restored immediately after the ratification of the propositions, which are to be considered as a treaty. This will, consequently, lead to the speedy evacuation of Antwerp. If such an arrangement is carried into execu tion, the French Ministry may look forward to the opening of the next Session without disquietude."—Metalliques, 5 per Cents., are 87 ; do. 4 per Cents., 76. Extract of a private letter, of the 3d inst., from Vi enna :—" You are aware that the States of Hungary are convoked for the middle of December, and, and at the same time, the repugnance of the Government to all deli berative assemblies; this act, therefore, must be considered as an indispensable concession made to circumstances, and a sacrifice to major considerations. All the accounts we receive from Hungary correspond in stating, in strong terms, the general discontent that prevails in that country. The assemblies of the counties, being sanctioned by the Constitution, continue to meet, though the j ottnals no longer mention them ; and their resolutions, which, un • der the form of remonstrances, are presented to the Arch. duke Palatine, are all nearly of the same tenor, namely, they contain an enumeration of grievances, which the Go vernment cannot avoid taking into consideration without risk of exasperating the public mind ; besides, it is probable that the crisis which awaits the Porte, and which, in conse quence of the success of the Viceroy of Egypt, becomes daily more and more imminent, weighs much amongst the motives that have induced the Government to delay the convocation of the States of a kingdom, which, from its position, is deeply interested in the fate of the provinces of the Turkish empire which form a part of its immediate boundaries." Extract of a letter of a recent date from Warsaw : " It is notorious that upwards of 100 Russian officers were sent into Asia almost immediately after their entrance into Warsaw. It is also well known that the officers of the regiments of Guards that entered Poland, purchased with avidity all the revolutionary writings they could find, and that neld-Marshal Paskewitsch was aware of it, but did not dare to notice it without the directions of the Emperor. These, however, soon arrived, enjoining the Marshal to send the regiments back to St. Petershurgh, and to prevent the importation of the cholera, it was at the same time ordered that every article capable of com municating it should he burnt at the frontier. In conse quence, several confidential medical officers were sent to the frontier to see these directions executed, with par ticular instructions to destroy all books and writings found amongst the baggage of the officers, who, unsuspicious of what was intended, marched on with their literary booty, and were completely astonished, on arriving at the frontier of Lithuania, to find themselves subjected to a quarantine so strict and so rigidly directed against their books and pa pers. A great portion of these were in fact burnt, but seve ral officers succeeded in concealing a few of them, which, on their arrival in Russia, became of double value from having escaped the fiery ordeal. The regiment of Cuirassiers, called the Guards of Podolia, which was at Warsaw before the revolution, and which returned into Poland with the vic torious army, displayed its liberal principles so openly that it was sent back into Russia and dissolved, the officers and men being dispersed in other regiments. The Polish soldiers that were incorporated into Russian regiments will be transferred into the marines, or sent to the dif . . . ferent fortresses in the empire, and employed in labouring at the fortifications. An eye-witness asserts that he saw at Cronstadt several hundreds of these men compelled to work loaded with irons, and we learn from Volhynia that 5,000 Polish soldiers had passed through that province for Odessa, where they are to be forced to serve in the navy. These measures, so opposed to the declarations of the am nesty, are attributed to the reports of various Russian commanders, who imagined that they observed a spirit of rebellion in their regiments as soon as the Poles were in corporated with them. No doubt can be entertained that the people in many of the Russian Governments have im bibed the revolutionary principles so forcibly inculcated by the Polish publications, and that the fall of Warsaw has made upon the Russian liberals an impression totally opposite to that which it produced at the Court. If a war should break out and become general, let the liberal Governments avail themselves of this disposition, for it will be worth more to them than a numerous army." The Breton of Nantes, of the 12th inst., contains a letter, which gives the following details of the wanderings of the Duchess of Berry after her landing in France : The departure of the Duchess from Massa, the failure of the insurrection at Marseilles, and the landing of the Duchess at La Ciotat, are well known facts. The Duchess of Berry, set on shore with M. de Kergorlay and several other persons, had more spirit than the ex-Peer of France, for she evaded the pursuits of the police, and, accompanied by three faithful friends, after a painful journey over the steep mountains of the Var, sometimes on foot and some times mounted on a mule, reached the frontiers of Pied mont, where the Sardinian custom-house officers assisted her to pass the Var at St. Martin. This journey was mentioned at the time, but the return of the Duchess to France caused it to be looked upon as a fiction. Urged by letters from several legitimatists, who thought her cause infallible, the Duchess returned into France, where she kept herself concealed for some days in the house of a gen tleman in Upper Provence. The latter, although the fa ther of a large family, attached himself to the adventurous Duchess, and served her as guide through the whole of the south. This faithful legitimatist, after having performed his part, and accompanied the Princess to La Vendee, pe rished either at the burning of the chateau de la Peniciere, or in the affair at Chene, Under his guidance, and assisted by two other legitimatists, who went before them to look out, the Duchess, in the dress of a Provencal fisherman, arrived at a chateau near Aries, where she remained during the space of two or three days. During this very short stay near Arlo, a legitimatist Council was held in a neighbouring town, under the Presidency of the Count Bourmout. It was decided in this Council that the Duchess should be invited to follow up her plans and proceed to La Vendee. In a great de gree divested of fear, she quickly traversed in a car riage, attended by two persons, the departments of the Bouches du Rhone, and part of the Gard, and stopped near Sommieres, in the neighbourhood of Montpellier. IDuring this journ e y the Duchess wore the dress of her sex, and covered her face with a green veil. This was in the beginning of May. She soon resumed her ha zardous course, boldly passed through Montpellier in the day, and proceeded to a small village situated be tween the road to Cette and the sea. The principal legitimatists of the department of the Herault then availed themselves of her presence to rffect an attempt at insurrection among her partisans; but although they had received 500 carbines from Spain, their projects were not carried into execution. It is asserted that if the attempt at Marseilles and that at Cette had suc ceeded, the legitimatists, being masters of these two towns, would have establised a Provisional Government in the South, and raised the standard of civil war. The Duchess on quitting her retreat near Cette, accompanied by her guide, who spoke all the country dialects, arrived on the banks of the Lake de Thau, crossed it in a small boat, and landed at Mize, a small port in the de partment of the Herault, eight leagues from Montpellier, inhabited by fishermen. There the Duchess of Berry found a post-chaise, which took her from one post station to another, without being molested till she arrived at Car cassonne. At about half a league from this town she stopped at the house of a devoted legitimatist to take some rest. On the morrow she set out for Toulouse, where she made a short stay, and then continued her journey to La Vendee. The particulars of this latter part of her course are not known, but the Duchess was to reach Nantes towards the middle of May, after having traversed Guyenne, Limousin, and Poitou, travelling from one chateau to another, and becoming more cautious in concealing her progress as she approached the end of her journey."—The same paper has the following : " The Capricieuse sloop of war, which conveys the captive Princess to Blaye, left the roadstead of St. Na z tire yesterday morning, at seven o'clock, in tow of a steamer, which quitted her when three miles out at sea. As the wind was favourable, the Duchess must have ar rived to-day at Blaye." 1 , ,_~ ~~ SPIRIT OF THE PARISIAN JOURNALS. Le Journal du Commerce . says 1--" Never did a legis • lative session open under circumstances so e xtraordinary, and complications so serious as the present. The existing situation of the country unites at once those of 1792. or the year 7, and of 1830. The Chamber of Deputies, like the Convention at its birth, has in perspective a foreign war to sustain, the revolution to defend, and a Royal personage to judge. As in the last days of the expiring republic, the Constitution is without force, and all parties by reviling it encourage power to violate it; agiotage and corruption reign undisguisedly, anarchy is in the ideas, distrust in the minds, and a deficiency in the finances of the country ; the sword of a military dictator ship is more than half drawn from the scabbard. as in March, 1830, the Chamber is placed before a Mi nistry formed without ir, and in opposition to it, but with this difference, that the violation of the Charter is now a fact accomplished, a habit adopted, instead of being a menace only, and that the 221 had the legal re source of the refusal of supplies as a sanction of their refusal of co-operation, whilst the present Chamber by being de. layed until the last limits of the financial year, has been admirably and purposely placed in an impossibility to refuse supplies without putting the State itself in danger." It then, after remarking, that from each of the three situa tions above referred to, a revolution was produced, the first having given birth to the Republic, the second to the Empire, and the third to the Government of the 7th of August,-says, that it cannot foresee what may result from t'.e present situation, but urges that the first duty of every patriot is to re-establish in all their purity the real principles of the Revolution and Charter of 1830 ; and that as a primary step to that end, the Chamber must show its determination and independence, by electing M. Laffitte as President, and voting such an address as will clearly show its intention to accomplish its great duty. La Quotidienne says, that order and legitimacy are so inseparably allied, that the moment a Ministry attempts to take a step in favour of the former, it is accused of a tendency to the latter. Thus Napoleon sacrificed the Duke d'Enghien to refute the accusation of seeking a reconcilia tion with the Bourbons; and M. Thiers imprisons the Duchess of Berry to wipe out the imputations cast on him of being a legitimatist, FRENCH FuNns.-PARIS, Nov. 12.-Five per Cents. 96f. 95f. 95c. 93f. 90c. 85c. 80c. 85c. 80c. 85c. 80c. 85c. Loan of 1832, 06f. 25c. Four per Cents., 80f. 35c Three per Cents., 67f. 45c. 40c. 35c. National Loan, 96f. 25c. Bank Actions, 1,660 E Rente de Na ples, 81f. 15c. 10c. Roman Five per Cents., 8114. Rente d'Espagne, Five per Cents. 13%. Ditto, Three per Cents., 29%. Royal Spa nish Loan, 78%. Rente Perpetuelle d'Espagne, 56% % 3 / 4 %. Belgian Loan, 74%. Haytian Loan, 200f.-Exchange on Lon don, one month, paper, 258 75c.; money, 258 75c ; three months, paper, 25f. 65c. ; money, 25f. 60c.-Cours Authentique. GERMAN PAPERS. RECEIVED THIS MORNING. VIENNA, Nov. 4.—Yesterday, noon, news arrived here from Berlin, through an official channel, that the King of the Netherlands had accepted and signed two proposals of the Prussian Cabinet, with which Count Donhoff re turned, by way of the Hague, to London. No doubt is entertained in Berlin of a speedy and definitive arrange ment of the differences between Holland and Belgium. All the Powers are convinced of the necessity of putting an end to the uncertain situation in which Europe has been placed by the Belgian revolution, and they seem now to have attained their object, as it is only on the part of Belgium that objections can be made to the proposed ar rangement, which objections, it is supposed, will not be attended to by the mediating Powers. The proposals of the Cabinet of Berlin, which have been approved at the Hague, contain the renunciation, by Holland, of the right to search all ships that enter the Scheldt, under the Belgian flag. This is one of the most important concessions that the Cabinet of the Hague could make, and of great advan tage to the trade of Antwerp. The Cabinet of the Hague reserves law, and the right of levying a moderate duty. All the dues to be paid on the inland waters of Holland, which the Dutch Government is considered as entitled to levy, are to be regulated according to the tariff for the navigation of the Rhine agreed upon at Mayence ; the King of Holland agrees to the projected commercial road before Antwerp and Rhenish Prussia, on pay ment of a transit duty. Further negotiations shall take place respecting the debt ; and the portions of territory to be reciprocally given up, but which are still retained by either of the Powers, are to be restored immediately on the ratification of the treaty embodying the proposals. This would lead to the speedy evacuation of the citadel of Antwerp. Should the affair be adjusted in this manner, the French Ministry may look forward with confidence to the opening of the next Session. Our funds continue to improve, and the speculators for a fall, who were not very prudent after their late success, have suffered a defeat soon after their triumph. Several of them are put hors de combat. We have little information respecting the progress of the war in the East. It is said that negotiations are on foot between the Porte and Mehemet Ali, and that the parties wish to come to an agreement. The Porte, however, continues its armaments without intermission, and the Pacha of Egypt continually sends reinforcements to his army. The Sultan has now directed his especial a , tention to his navy, which he is resolved to increase. Till he has a sufficient number of men•of--war of his own, he proposes to hire some from foreign countries. It is said that he has proposed to take into his pay 25 English man of-war armed and manned ! M. V. Manrogeni is to con duct this negotiation. If he is unsuccessful in England he is to apply to the French Government. VIENNA, Nov. 5. —Five per Cent. 87 ; Four per Cent. 76 ; Bank Shares, I,lBB.—Allgemeine Zietung, Nov. 10. CARLSRUHE, Nov. 6.—His Royal Highness Prince Augustus of Prussia arrived here the day before yesterday, on his way to Poly. He spent almost the whole of yes terday with the Grand Ducal family, and visited in the morning the military establishments, principally those of the artillery, accompanied by the Grand Duke, and the Margraves William and Maximilian. This morning, his Royal Highness set out for Stuttgard. WARZBURG, Nov. 6.—An altered route for the corps of troop,, going to Greece, has been announced this morn ing from the war department. According to this new plan they are not to embark as was at first proposed, but at Trieste, where they are all to be assembled on the 25th December.— Frankfort Papers, Nov. 9. '. FALMOUTH, Nov. 14. We have this day two additional arrivals from Portugal, viz., his Majesty's schooner Pike, Lieut. Brooking, and his Majesty's brig Pan taloon, Lieut. Dacres : the former left Lisbon on the 7th, and off Oporto on the 10th, at 11 o'clock, a.m.; the latter left Lisbon on the 9th, and from off Oporto the same day, at 5 o'clock, p.m., having been out only the short space of 11 days from this port. Both these vessels are without mails from Oporto, not being able to communicate with any of the authorities on shore, on account of its blowing at the time a heavy gale of wind, with a heavy sea running over the Bar—they delivered their mails to the Raven cutter, and by her received information that Miguel had erected batteries on the south side of the Douro, from which he was conti nually throwing in shot and shells to the city, some of which were directed to their shipping. The former were of large dimensions, and sup posed to have been discharged from heavy pieces of ordnance. The two vessels perceived the firing going on up to the latest period of their sailing. Letters received at Lisbon from the army mention that another attack was meditated ; the letters received there also from Oporto represent the cause of the Constitutionalists in the most favourable light, and state of their constantly receiving supplies of men, arms, money, and horses from England and France. On the other hand the Royalists continue sanguine as to the result of the next attack. The discount upon Government Paper remains at 26 per cent. In dependent of the above, there appears to be nothing additional in the shape of news to that received by the Royalist. His Majesty's brig Trincu/o, 10, Cow man ler BOOTH, put in here on Sunday from Plymouth , for the Mauritius, having on board the newly-appointe j Governor, Sir WILLIAM NICOLAY. She put in her e (Fahnouth) to wait for despatches, which arrived in t", course of yesterday, after which she immediat e ly procercle l for her destination.— Coniubian. THE TITHE ATTACHMENTS.—A police , exhibition against Danesfort parish was made on Thura d.iy last, but not a single capture effected. Between at ° and ten o'clock at night information was given that the enemy was approaching. Immediately the chapel be l l rung, and, of course, the farmers quitted their beds, 30 ,.. took cover about the ditches. The warning given by w e hells was aided, we understand, by the exertions of a re ; s;:ectable widow in the parish, who directed two o f he servants to mount horses, and alarm their neighbour:; The bell ringing continued till about two o'clock ; which time, it may be presumed, every man in the a l ', trict was secure from pursuit ; but the police coal, ously persisted, and did not begin to retire till six o'el'l e On their way home they called at a gentleman's boo and inquire I if it was to collect the people that the bell rA6,I He answered them to the contrary, and said the ge9 . „ e 11, understanding was, that, on the first toll of the It: every tithe-payer in the parish should conceal 111 . 0 t o They subsequently met a party of women proceetitatv. dig potatoes, and asked them who had rung the baa One of the females replied, " She did not know wb o 9 it done it that turn, but she believed it rang by 3 0 1 s often does of late, it shivers so much at the sigh t „of* Peeler." The police rettsned without a single —Kilkenny Journal. s c) tr