The Sun. — London, England, 1832-12-22 00:00:00

ANTWERP. (From the Times.) ANTWERP, WEDNESDAY NIGHT, DEC. 19. 'belay is now the Dutch policy. The tedious negotiations r the last two years—the numerous projects of conventions 41 treaties—the thousand and one diplomatic discussions, bitings, and protocols, have not tired the King of Holland; t ikes the business of the Conference, and he proposes to be `it afresh. The Dutch merchants, who are as well ac ll,lnted with the benefit of dilatoriness, they who long to Mate the negotiators who spent seven years in the wording their first treaty with Spain, and who labdur to postpone the of any agreement with Beigiunti because there is be chance for their monopoly in prcicratlnatidn, are vexed ~.1 % the French for thbit inCifle of carrying on the siege of the 10, besiZgers are going on too fast, the citadel will ',taken before the new year; January is usually the month f lkating round Antwerp—Liefkenshoek and Lillo, their last kis, may then fall, and Belgium be declared throughout every llion of her territory freed from the Dutch yoke. To ob. lle all arrangements favourable to the tranquillity of Europe, l e Dutch Monarch, who hates peace, has now two other Ma of 'avoiding it—first, by the closing of the Scheldt ; and rondly, by his newly proposed treaty; he does not think fit accept that agreed to by the Conference he himself called tether as umpires. Means have been Used to persuade his subjects that England not at all dicpbsed to make war with Holland. No man of Ise can deny that fact. But the making war with Holland, tt the demand that the Scheldt shall, in conformity with the Mies of Vienna of 1815, be continued free and open to all world, are two separate, two distinct, points. Are not all t . Powers of turbpe who signed those treaties bound to 1 0 hit riVer'as free and as open as the Elbe or the Weser? Mainly. It cannot, therefore, be called a war against gland to oblige the Dutch Monarch to observe the treaty 18 15, as well as that concluded by the Five Powers of Conference with his Belgian Majesty in November, 1 . On the contrary, if the latter treaty has sent the tibined fleets to blockade the ports of Holland, and the *bell army to liberate the Belgian territory the stronger be. hes the reasons which must compel the continuance of freedom of the Scheldt, according to the grand European of nations. The good faith of all civilized Europe—the tour, the commerce, and policy of France, Germany, and 'eat Britain, demand it. Yet, as it were to thwart the Bri ltGovernment by compelling the French army, even in ~i t te of the wish to withdraw its Generals, to remain in Bei m, the Dutch King employs all his arts to cause delay. Under tence of not being bullied into an adhesion to a treaty k ed and ratified by the great Powers, his own umpires— , allies and connexions of his family—he tells the garrison of /t Werp to maintain a useless defence, which costs the lives of ta dreds. Lillo and Lief kenshoek, and the stoppage of the f iliation, and the discussion of his new treaty, will form the Lt acts of this interminable Dutch drama. The only means potting a speedy period to it, is to be found in the fixed Osion of the British and French Governments to maintain Lblbckade until he comes to the terms of peace. , t ne two points of difficulty are now known to be merely, Whether the Dutch King is to return again to rule Bel l'', anew, and to engender here another revolution ; and 2d, O ther Holland is to have annually a stipulated sum founded 'hi the medium of the amounts received in the port of Ant § (haring the last 17 years, or to have the right of stopping examining every ship, evxry fishing-boat, that enters the heldt; of unloading the cargo, manning the vessel, &c. the former the Belgians have no objection, but the latter never be tolerated, as it is downright injustice. The I tch must therefore be forced to hear reason by even a sum !' blockade. Such blockade is no war; it is but carrying " eirect the judicial award of Europe, according to the law nations. the siege of the citadel is a grievous annoyance to the ! e h ; they curse it in their hearts ;rand, as it were to wreak hr vengeance on the French Generals, some of the heroes of Mond are compiling a work at this moment to demonstrate it it has Dot been well carried on. Marshal Gerard is ex ttil to faint from the severity of this criticism, and General hio will not, for the same reason, receive the next vacant f r!hal's baton from the King of the French, which all here kit to to be justly due to merit such as his. THURSDAY :HORNING the difficulty of obtaining correct intelligence is exein fied in the following statement :—" I have been to the ' fic hes; I have seen a nearly finished bridge of fascines ; I 'e observed where the breach batteries are to be placed; are not yet armed." So spoke yesterday to me a British ' °e r, accustomed to sieges and to battles. Five minutes Or I met another, who has also seen battles :—" I have been th e trenches ; I have seen the bridge; I have been in the 'act batteries; they are all armed." Upon inquiry from fs) rrner, he told me that the latter evidently mistook a a ' I I battery of three gun s , erec t e d near St . L auren t, f or th e 'act battery; for the French engineer officers told him it they did not expect to be ready until this evening. I .refore gave credit to the first statement, particularly when Ifi rmed by the observation of an old artillery officer, that if breach batteries were ready, they ought to be in play. 10 O'CLOCK. The fusilade during the night was very sharp, and at 4 l °ek this morning some sleepers were alarmed by what they ))eetured to be the springing of a mine. Yet persons ac nnted with the proceedings of the besiegers deny that any " was sprung. General Haxo is stated to have declared 4 he does not think the possession of the demilune worth lives which it might cost at this period. The belief that exPeriencod engineer is proceeding with a mine to render ' entrance easy and cheap into the citadel as into the Lu. tte St. Laurent, still prevails. The numher of soldiers ted this n i g h t h ors d e com b a t , th a t i s , kill e d a nd wounded, 7 8 eribed as amounting to 29 on the French side. The nuns. °f killed and wounded from the commencement is not pub. 1 Y avowed. 11 O'CLOCK. So me persons who speculate on the chances of terminating si ege will have it that diplomacy is at work, in order to tre the lives of the French soldiers. lam not disposed to e credit to this statement, for the French army, so jealous of t lo r Y, has now fairly sat down before the citadel, and must 'e that fortress. It will depend on the abilities of the engi `4p, and Generals to save their soldiers as much as they can. ; l e seenaing delay which now occurs is compared with that t. Friday the capture of Fort St. Laurent on last Friday morn- Friday appears to be General Haxo's lucky day ! perhaps 'ught he Will try his fate once more. The I 2 O'CLOCK. King, Leopold, who has been here during the last three " al s ! I S indefatigable in his movements to procure the welfare T 1: s ubjects. , ten raost absurd stories have been circulated by journals in Pay respecting the conduct of the French soldiers, who reused of rapine and plunder in the country parts. Those de serve no attention. th ere is danger now in passing from Antwerp to Berchcm t h e Mechli n ga t e; a countryman yesterday had his leg shot h " er e• The diligences pass there at a gallop, as the cannon -4 )t s _ G d shells have fallen near them. : t eral St. Cyr Nugues, the head of the staff, who is re- M‘,P by the French as the great cause of the high reputation arshal Suchet, from the order and regularity which he c`cl Ueed into the army in Valencia during the Peninsular P i : and whose shoulder was bruised yesterday morning by a is Said to have suffered a good deal during the night from •Nltusion. th eh I O'CLOCK. c p , best formed pesons now describe the breach "e fully in armed to night, and to begin the play to-mor battery row. fi ber is an dmission now on the part of sonie officers, that the of soldiers altogether wounded or killed since the be -1,114g amounts to somewhat more than 600. se to Ships remain in the Scheldt as they were yesterday. , I :_ e in With their sails lo os to dry them after the rain. The soldiers, who bivouac on the dike, have established sig.- ') W hich they carry on by means of flags, with the Fort du rq. IJALF.PAST 1. 4,1 firing still continues without intermission ; the weather The breach battery will, it is thought, require 4 8 hours , flge h t :Ps more, before the opening be made. It will be rld the French soldiers assault cdel on Christ :we— ni n 6 B. It appears to be expected earlier —o ita n the23dK. kti 6 r eceived by the same express a letter from Brussels , ° 'clock P.M., consisting chiefly of extracts from the i t h,_,Papers, which we subjoin, and a short postscript in (From the Moniteur Belge.—Official.) TWENTIETH DAY OF THE SIEGE. ANTWERP, DEC. 19. Alt „. ish "ie batteries in breach and the counter -batteries are II b e :, and will this night have their full armament. They I r , e ady to commence at the break of day. The mortar (projectile), of which recent trials give such sat i sfac . -e sults, will also be ready at the same time. f r e3' are still going on with the descent to the fosse of the I, ll _ 4 rit of the bastion No. Works of the sap are urged with vigour. Several places for the infantry have been prepared. ! I b atteries established on the counterscarp have destroyed ith 4 ;'',. , which separated the waters of the fosse of the citadel 4 ), "° se of the place. The sap has been brought up to this th e 'erlefte°verd way of the demilu is entirely crowned on front e . The besiegers have ne made a lodgement in the th q e way. 4 1 t I b esieged, fearing that an assault would have been I, h a "st night on the demilune, b, ° Wed a strong force of musket ry have kept on the watch, ItZ, d aY and night of the 18th having been somewhat fa gong the works of the approaches and erection cf batteries on with the greatest activity. (From the Emancipation.) BERCHEM, DEC. 19, 1 IN THE MOANING. a l Haxo is arrived in the trenches, and has proceeded I I°l4ll- 1 rallel General St. Cyr is also arrived, and has eto th pa • e same point. 4[. lIALF.PAST gall auho Commanlant of Engineers, has been struck by .lerwhich has broken one of the bones of his leg. Nine a rid °I the engineers have been successively led off, th e : l4 . to the hopital.waggon. . e are now only about three metres of the fosse to fill madorder to affbrd a passage to our troops to make the h t e of the demilune ; but General Haxo, who did not 31 4 , t0 t4 " P°se his men to a useless loss, ordered the work to "bl ed - --not because he did not think they could carry the place, but because he considered that they could establish themselves there, and get under cover before day-light 4 O'CLOCK. General St. Cyr Nugues has received a severe contusion on the shoulder. The enemy seeing how near our works are carried towards him, has commenced a very strong fire of artillery and mus ketry along his whole front. A bomb fell on a house near the church of St. Laurent, where there was a guard of 79 men : though it burst in the midst of them, there was only one wounded. 5 o'ctocL. I have come from the hospital: our loss has been very consi derable ; we have had 48 men put hors de combat. The Corn. triandant, Morlet, is going on well. 9 O'CLOCK, A supplement to the order of the day has just been pub lished in which the Marshal notices the excellent conduct of M. Tre, who went into the trenches on the night of the 14th, with a litter to look for any wounded soldiers. This sup plement also notices that the movement of the Dutch army on the frontiers requires that the corps of the army of observa tion should be on their guard, and that it be necessary that the Generals should be at the head of their respective divisions. The duty in the trenches has been interrupted ; but this order of the day was published yesterday. Today we no longer hear of any movement on the frontier. 10 O'CLOCK. The troops in the trenches are relieved. The 42d takes the place of the 18th. General Rapatel is in command. The King and the Dukes of Orleans and Nemours have paid a visit to the Marshal. 4 o'cLocK. It is now said that the batteries in breach would commence to-morrow. I thought that the arrival of King Leopold here would be an indication of redoubled efforts on the part of the besiegers. The last period of the siege is now near at hand. (From the Indepexdant.) OFFICIAL NEWS OF SEBASTIANI'S DIVISION. ORDER OF THE DAY. BERCHEM, DEC. 18. The division of the left bank of the Scheldt, charged with the guard of the dikes and the passages of the river, has seve ral times repulsed the attempts of the Dutch squadron to dis embark. Notwithstanding the intemperance of the weather, and the difficulties from the state of the polders, and though exposed to the fire of the enemy, the artillery of this division, supported by the infantry, has repaired the forts, thrown up batteries, and placed this side of the river in a respectable state of defence. M. Derrios, commandant of Artillery, under whose orders the works have been constructed, and M. Kleits, Lieutenant of the 4th battery of the Ist regiment, are worthy of particular mention for their zeal. The Division of Achard, which is in observation of the left bank, and of the Dutch fleet, has succeeded in obtaining re sults not less successful on its side. On the 13th, the artillery at Fort la Croix (Kruysshaus), after a brisk cannonade, has forced the Dutch squadron to retire. Three howitzers went through the sides of a frigate, and wounded about 30 of the crew. General Achard makes honourable mention of Captain Tibi, who commanded the battery at La Croix. The divi sion of Sebastiani had four men wounded and one killed ; that of Achard two gunners killed on the 2d. The Marshal commanding in Chief expresses to the troops of these two divisions his satisfaction at their bravery and good conduct. Since the taking of the Lunette St. Laurent, the works of the siege have been continued with renewed ardour, engineers, artillery, and infantry, rivalling each other in exer tions, and notwithstanding the proportionably greater loss sustained by the engineers, they have in no degree relaxed in their zeal. The artillery continues to give daily proofs of its skill and bravery, in spite of the great difficulties it has to encounter from the weather, the state of the ground, and the fire of the enemy. After mentioning the excellent services of the several com panies and their commanders, the order notices the courage and resolution of a grenadier Shelegel, of the 25th of the Line, who, though wounded, for more than an hour refused to quit his post. This man had a brother killed in the trenches the evening before. BRUSSELS, 6 O'CLOCK. By accounts which left head-quarters at two, I learn that the battering in breach had not then begun, and probably would not before to.morrow. W. SHIPPING: INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.) FROM LLOYD'S. DEAL, DEC. 21.—Wind S.S. W., strong.—Arrived off port the Eliza, Follett, from Messina. Put back the Doncaster, Surflen, for Ceylon; and several others. PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 21.—Wind N. W., moderate; it blew a gale last night frem S.S. W.— Arrived his Majesty's ship Royalist, from Plymouth. Arrived from London the Ganges, Ingram, for Bengal; Mangles, Carr, for New South Wales; and Hannibal. Hebern, for New York PLYMOUTH, DEC. :la —Wind variable.—Arrived the Happy Return, Wesley, from Almeria, part of her cargo thrown overboard ; and Sea Lark, Turpin, from Lisbon. FALMOUTH, Dec. 241—Wind N.W. to W., light. STANDGATE CREEK, DEc. 'A.—Arrived the Royal Mail, Robertson, from Constantinople; Rosin; Martin, and Venus, Cooke, from Smyrna ; and Deborah, Stark, from Zante. MARGATE, DEC. 21.—Arrived off port the Cybele, Ellisl from Pernambuco. DARTMOUTH, DEC. W.—Arrived off port the Eliza Follett, from Messina. JERSEY, DEC 19.---Arrived the Amity. LIVERPOOL, DEC. W.—Arrived the Sophia, Easton, from Quebec ; the Providentia, Down, and the Leslie Alexander, Moris, from Smyrna; the Zante, Williams, from Zante; the Matilda, Moore, from Leghorn; and the Alert, Way, from Lisbon. Sailed the Swan, Cowan, for Bengal. DOVER, DEC. 2.l.—The Antwerp packet, Richie, from Hull to Ostend, reported yesterday as abandoned, when left had lost her rudder and was very leaky. The mate and two men were left on board in the confusion. She was about fifty miles from Oxfordness, in the direction of Helvoetsuys. FISHGUA RD, DEC. W.—A vessel was lost on Monday night, this side of St. David's, from the broken pieces, supposed to be nearly new, of about 60 tons, and 'laden with white oats and pork. CLIFDEN, NEAR GALWAY, DEC. 18.—The William Booth, Linch, from Quebec to Liverpool, was again driven on shore yesterday, during a gale. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY). COVENT-GARDEN MARKET. There was a great supply at this morning's market, but the trade was by no means brisk, though so near Christmas, at little advance on the prices of this day se'nnight. 8. d. s. d. ~ s. d. s. d. Potatoes (cwt.) Ca`kages,Savoy(l2) 1 6 2 6 Apples 2 0 8 0 Ditto Red 20 3 C Pears 30 6 0 Brocoli 0 6 1 6 Onions 3 0 4 6 Horse Itadish(bundle) 4 0 6 0 Seville Oranges (100) 6 0 10 0 Celery 1 3 3 0 Sweet Oranges 8 0 14 0 Carrots (Munches)... 3 6 6 6 Lemons 8 0 14 0 Turnips Coleworts or Greens... 2 6 4 0 Span. Chesnuts (peck) 6 0 10 0 Leeks 1 0 1 6 French ditto 4 0 6 0 For. Grapes (per 1b.)....0 8 2 6 Spanish Hazlenuts 5 0 9 0 English, Forced I 0 2 6 French Walnuts 2 6 4 0 Filberts 0 6 1 0 Brazilian Nuts 2 0 4 0 Mushrooms (pottle)... 0 4 0 8 Pine Apples (lb.) HAY M A It K PITS. —( A t per Load of 3d Trl,ses.) CUMBERLAND (LA FE sr. JAMES'S.) , Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay £2 0 to £2 10 New Meadow Hay 3 0 3 10 Useful Old Ditto 2 15 3 10 Pine Upland Meadow awl Rye.grass Hay 3 15 4 0 Clover Hay 3 15 5 0 Oat Straw .E 1 4to £1 8 1 Wheat :Straw ~, 1 8 1 10 Supply short, trade dull, and prices stationary. SMITHFIELD. Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay £2 5 to £2 10 New Meadow Hay 2 15 3 10 Useful Old Ditto 3 0 3 10 Fine Upland Meadow and Rye-grass Hay 3 15 4 5 Clover Hay (extra fine)...£s o... Generally oat Straw ... f 1 4to £1 6 I Wheat Straw 1 8 1 10 Supply very limited, trade very dull, and prices. barely stationary THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. We have no arrivals this morning, either of foreign mails or ship letters ; but the express from the theatre of war sup plies us with sonic information, although of a meagre descrip tion, as nothing of a decisive nature had taken place up to Thursday night; but it was expected, and positively stated, that on Friday the engines of destruction would commence their operations to batter in breach ; therefore, by next Mon day, we may expect most important information from that quarter. It is the opinion that, although the citadel is captured, the King of Holland will not as yet make peace, but keep the Scheldt shut, and not stiffer the English and French to trade with Antwerp. If so, Flushing must be taken and the Scheid forced. Consols opened at the same price they left off yesterday, B 4 for the Account, at which price they are at present. lIALF-PAST ONE. We continue in the same state as in the early part of the I I morning. No information of the least i mportance to:commu nicate up to the present hour. Consols, which were in the early part of the day at 84% for the Account, have improved to 84 N 3e . This is attributed to a great scarcity of Stock, also that a Bear account has been bought in. . _ Li the Foreign Market the Dutch Stock has improved. In other Securities nothing doing. THREE O'CLOCK „ Consols for Account 84. X F s CLOSING PRICES.—FOUR O'CLOCK Consols Danish Ditto for Account 84 Greek Brazilian Bonds Buenos Ayres... Chilian Ditto.... Mexican Peruvian Russian Columbian 1E424 Spanish Lord LYNDHURST has already got through his papers in Middlesex, consisting of no less than eighty causes, having had only three causes left to commence upon this morning. There will not, therefore, be a r,tnanet left, but in a very few instances, and those owing to the conduct of theparties. MEMBERS RETURNED. ENGLAND AND WALES. rik:.ill,ord Robert Man ners and C. M. Phillips duly elected, General Johnson having resigned. MONTGOMERYSHIRE, DEC. 20.—Hon. C. W. W. WyDOC. YORKSHIRE, WEST HIDING, DEC. 21.—Viscount Morpeth and G. Strickland, Esq. NOTTINGHAMSHI RE, NORTH DIVISION, DEC. 20.—Lord Lumley and Mr. Houldsworth. SCOTLAND. CITY OF EDINBURGH.—Lord Advocate and Mr. Abercrombie. Grasnow.—Mr. Ewing and Mr. Oswald. PAISLEY, DEC. 21.—Sir John Maxwell. IRELAND. COUNTY DOWN.—Lord A. Hill aid Lord Castlereagh. FERMANAGH, COUNTY.—Viscount Cole and General Archdall. ARMAGH, COUNTY.—Lord W. Acheson and Colonel W. Vernon, MEATH, COUNTY.—H. Grattan and M. O'Connell, Esqrs. DUNDALK.—W. O'Reilly, Esq. KINSALE.—CoIoneI Stawell. STATE OF THE POLLS. ENGLAND AND WALES. WESTMORLAND, DEC. 20.—FINAL CLOSE. IA. Lowther Col.Lowther Barham 191 162 122 334 310 148 273 272 468 424 388 538 206 196 239 624 620 96 1948 1611 2052 SUFFOLK WEST, DEC. 21. Tyrrell Parker Waddington 316 257 151 79 81 135 249 317 194 289 188 111 206 168 203 177 1571 119 198 187 64 1514 1388 977 EA ST SUSSEX, DEC. 21. Cavendish. Curteis. Darby. Battle 585 562 124 Lewes 986 727 269 Mayfield 316 277 ' )49 Total Ist day East Grinstead 273 Total 2,160 1,762 Total as given by another return 2,114 1,711 607 The Conservatives dead beaten. There are not above 600 or 700 more to poll. NORTHUMBERLAND, SOUTH DIVISION, DEC. 20. First Day. Bell. Beaumont. Ord. Hexham 422 1,000 828 Halswhestle Bellingham Not received. 131 819 StamfO'rdham 240 Newcastle Total 1,814 1,950 1,761 GLOUCESTER, COUNTY, WEST, DEC. 21. Berkeley Moreton Somerset First Day's Poll 2686 2554 2479 YORKSHIRE, NORTH RIDING, DEC. 20. Buncombe Riley Ramsden Stapleton 761 373 208 138 130 99 123 4 263 233 122 30 124 144 231 14 111 216 86 7 311 183 395 53 391 156 153 28 252 145 337 17 York Malt on Stokesley Gainsborough Romaldkirk Richmond Thirsk Northalleiton 2343 1549 1655 SOMERSET, EAST DIVISION, DEC. 21. Langton Brigstock Miles Final C105e........ 4249 4003 3603 Total Langton and Brigstock declared duly elected. BEDFORDSHIRE, DEC. 21. Stuart Russell Payne First Day's Poll lB7l 1937 1675 NORFOLK, EAST DIVISION, DEC. 20. Wyndham Keppel Peach Cholmondeley Norwich Stratton Walsham 585 549 586 580 Yarmouth Keepmam 3020 2989 2653 2575 COUNTY OF HERTFORD, DEC. 21. Sebright Calvert Griniston Alston 209 225 141 197 323 326 368 288 329 352 213 295 268 241 171 235 162 182 156 166 229 218 339 220 694 600 603 608 Hertford Stevenage Buntingford Bishop's Stortford Hoddesdon Hatfield Hemel Hempstead 2071 2009 Final Close 2159 2144 NORTH CHESHIRE, DEC. 20. Egerton Stanley Tont:mach 637 876 395 446 705 620 735 '204 23 256 176 63 Macclesfield Stockport Knutsford Runcorn Total DENBIGHSHIRE, DEC. 20, Sir W. W. Wynn Biddulph Kenyon Denbigh Wrexham and Llangollen Ruthen Llanwrst Total WARWICKSHIRE, NORTH, DEC. 21. Hemming Willmott Dugdalc 427 357 212 233 448 236 805 448 Birmingham Coventry 'rota! 715 BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, DEC. 21, FINAL CLOSE. Chandos Smith Dash wood Murray Aylesbury' Buckingham 504 360 123 147 Newport Royal 503 594 341 373 Beaconsfield - - - - T0ta1...... ...... ... 2853 2402 16-16 1534 SOUTH DEVON, DEC. 20, FIRST DAY. Lord J. Russell Bultech Buller 500 464 624 226 211 132 289 25 8 66 456 379 431 488 6-10 255 557 579 4673 839 762 817 Exeter Oakhampton Tavistock Houiton Plymouth Kingsbridge Newton Abbot 3355 DERBY COUNTY, NORTH, DEC. 20. Total of the first day's poll. Cavendish Gisborne 1 1 Sitwell 3388 I 1183 DEC. 21.—Sir George Sitwell as resigned. CARMARTIIEN, DEC. 20. SOMERSET, WEST, DEC. 20, Trevor Adams 1430 Tynte Williams 1247 Escott ll5l 3293 2803 Total LINCOLNSHIRE, DEC. 21. WEST KENT, DEC. 20. Sir W. Ingleby 365 Knatchbull 3341 Mr. Pelham 398 Plumptre 3493 Sir 11. Sheffield 162 Cosway 2650 ESSEX, NORTH DIVISION, DEC. 18. ...._.. Tyrrell 'Baring Western Brand 1856 1739 1671 14i7 SCOTLAND. BANFF, DEC. I. DUNDEE, DEC. 19. Ferguson Gordon WlGTON, Stewart 74 t 1 Li n lithgow 3 PTaggart BURGIIs, DEC. 19. LINLITHGOWSHIRE, DEC. 19. STIRLING, BURG/IS, DEC. 19. Bathgate lOl 140 Lord Dalmeny .. Johnstone ............................ ........... Total 2441 22.4 IRE] ,AND. Ambleside Kirby Lonsdale Appleby Kendal Kirby Stephen Shap Total Bury St. Edmonds Wickham Borough Lavenham Stowmarket Botesdale Mildenhall Hadleigh BELFAST. Lord A. Chichester 2lO Crawford H. J. Tennant 2lO E. Tennant ENNIS. DEC. 18. Macnamara lBl Bridgman lll CARLOW. Colonel Bruan Cavenagh Blackney Wallace 262 MONAGHAN. l'errin 374 Blayney Westema QUEEN'S COUNTY. , Coote Dunne l5 Gale 175 I,alor CLARE. Macnamara O'Brien '337 APl)unnell 292 Buller l4O WEXFORD. Carew 570 Lambert 4115 Rowe 4311 CARRICKFERGUS. C. E. Dobbs Sir A. Chichester 448 COURT CIRCULAR. The LORD CHANCELLOR and Viscount MELBOURNE had a long conference yesterday with Earl GREY at the Treasury, on his Lordship's arrival from East Sheen. The Marquis de PALMELLA transacted business yester day at the office of the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. The Duchess of KENT and the Princess VICTORIA walked and drove in Hyde-park on Thursay for some time. Sir JAMES LYON, the Governor of Barbadoes, and Governor STIRLING, of the Swan River Colony, trans acted business at the Colonial-office on Thursday. The Austrian Charge d'Affaires transacted business at the Foreign-office on Thursday. Mr. HENRY BEARD, late Lieutenant-Governor and Chief-Justice of the Colony of Berbice, expired at his re sidence in Piccadilly. Mr. BEARD had been unwell for some months past. 'Cite Gazette of Saturday contains a Procla mation, declaring the West Riding of the county of Cork to be in a state of disturbance, and requiring an extraor dinary establishment of police.—Dublin Paper. 4°,4 - „71`. N4V$ dZir 41 2 C k ' tt 1 I LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 22, 1832. It would be the grossest hypocrisy in his MAJESTY'S Ministers to pretend to have ever entertained a cordial desire to give the mass of the people of this country their proper influence in the election of Members of Parliament, if, now that they have given them votes, they do not enable them safely to exercise the privilege imposed upon them. The essence of Reform does not consist in the people having votes, but in those in whom the people have confidence in being returned to Parliament. For Ministers to say, therefore, that having given a certain number of the people votes, they do not care whether they are able to bestow their votes as conscience dictates, i s to declare that they never intended to do mor e t h an t h row t h e d ress o f f r eed om over limbs still to remain fettered. We would fain hope, therefore, that the declaration of Mr. STANLEy, some days back, merely meant that the Reform Bill should at first be tried in its present form. We cannot imagine that ) when it is proved to them that the Reform Bill has not perfectly accomplished the main object they pro• fessed to have in view—the election of Mem bers of the House of Commons by the free choice of the people—they will be as ready to complete their work, as they would have been, had it by any chance happened, by a flaw in the Bill, that Old Sarum had managed to appro priate to itself the franchise intended for Bir mingham. Indeed, the evil in this supposed case, would have been less than that which has actu ally occurred, for- it would have been confined to a single town ; whereas, that which the country at present suffers, is felt in every part of the kingdom. We have Mr. HUME'S testimony to its having been felt in Middlesex ; and, if such be the case in the metropolitan county, we cannot refuse to believe the evidence which pours in upon us from all parts of the country. Mr. HUME, last night, in the ad mirable, plain, straightforward speech he de livered, on thanking the electors of Middle. sex, who have so gloriously vindicated their in dependence in his election, stated, " he had been told in the course of his canvass, by men in respectable situations in life, that they re gretted they could not support him without risking the ruin of their families.—(Cries of " Shame.") Others again had said, that they were sorry they could not give him a vote ; for, although qualified, they had not registered them selves, in order not to be under the necessity of giving their votes against their consciences." Can his MAJESTY'S Ministers resist this, and similar evidence, with any regard to consistency ? We trust they will not attempt it ; for, assuredly, if they do, as Mr. HUME observed, in the same speech, " the ballot will be carried in spite of tkem." We are informed by an officer, who has just returned from Oporto, that Don PEDRO had, previously to his departure, announced his in tention of breaking up his winter quarters, and assuming the offensive early in January. This Gentleman assures us, that the force of Don PEDRO amounts to 16,000 men, but that more than 2,000, a great number of whom were British, suffering the consequences of an exces sive indulgence in the wines and brandy of the country, are in the hospital. The foreigners in the service of Don PEDRO have, with the excep tion of the vagabonds who were sent out from tins country by agents, who seem to think with Falstaff, that a man is a man, no matter what his venal qualities, behaved well. The majority of the English, ashamed of their companions have requested the EMPEROR to send back persons who are a disgrace to their corps. The two hundred men who arrived a few days ago from Ostend, are chiefly Belgians and Germans. There were among them a few de serters from the Citadel of Antwerp. A force of five hundred men will leave France for Oporto in a few days. We understand that the Dignitaries of the Church are making an active stir, but whether for good or for evil remains to be seen. For some days past there have been meetings of all the Bishops in town, at the Palace of the Arch bishop of CANTERBURY, and it has transpired, notwithstanding the wish expressed by the Archbishop that secrecy should be observed, that the meetings are connected with the impor tant subject of Church Reform. The superior clergy are at last, it seems, alive to the necessity of a change, and, being anxious to avoid the error of the Duke of WELLINGTON on the subject of Parliamentary Reform, who, by refus ing to grant a little, led to the forcible seizure of a great deal, they are about to propose some modification of the tithe system, and an increase to the scanty revenues of the inferior clergy. There is something creditable in this disposi tion to concede, but we doubt much whether the heads of the Church carry their views of liberality and justice quite so far as the public wish. Those who give and those who take, usually view the value of a gift in very different lights. So it may be with the clergy and the people. - ,; Imagining that they have a clear right to all that they hold, the Archbishops and Bishops may suppose that the nation will be thankful for any concession, however small. They should remember, that they yield only in the eleventh hour, and that although their present disposition is creditable to their sagacity, the public may in t ascribe to them such Christian-like motives as they would have had credit for if they had come forward when justice, more than necessity, prompted a sacrifice on their part. Unwilling, as we are, to attribute to the digni; taries of the Church motives of a mere worldly character, it is still our duty to caution the ad vocates of Church Reform against attempts to cajole them into quiescence by a mere show of liberality. If the Archbishops and Bishops are really at this late hour resolved to display humility and imoderation, the good things, of life which so well become a Christian Church, we shall be among the most forward to laud them for their conduct ; but Churchmen have at all times been noted for their sagacity and it behoves the laity to guard against trick. If, during the ensuing Session, Ministers do not continue in the full career of popularity, they will have only themselves to blame, for never vet did there exist a Government to whose superintendence the people, in a generous and confiding spirit, had so readily intrusted their interests. Never did the Tories possess half the power in the House of Commons that the Whigs will possess in the approaching one. The elections have given them all their own way They have it now, " Thane, Cawdor, Glam mis, all for St. Stephen's, and we do not speak without vouchers, is literally all Whig. But in exact proportion to this generous, unhesita ting confidence on the part of the people, will he the accounts they will demand from Minis ters, on whom, consequently, a tremendous re sponsibility will devolve. They have no rotten boroughs now to stand between them and the country ; they must boldly do their duty, or at once give way to those who are able and willing to do it. The reign of patronage, as Lord AL THORP declared, some months since, is at an end. Ministers, therefore, have no place of refuge left to fly to ; but must labour (and this, too, without sparing themselves) right ho nestly, without fear, without favour, with out affection. Every step of their pro gress, every measure they advance, every measure they withhold, will be made the themes of fre quent and earnest consideration in the approach ing Session. There are those in the House who will hear of no blinking, no evasion, no com promise. We particularly allude to such men as HUME, ATTWOOD, CUTHBERT NIPPON, BEAUCLERK, GROTE, and others, who have been sent to Parliament, not because the one is wealthy, or the other is elo quent, or the third has a winning address, or the fourth gives winning dinners, but because all are equally possessed of the one paramount qualification—an uncompromising readiness to serve their country. Ministers, therefore, we repeat, have nothing left for them but to do their duty un flinchingly, otherwise, the same people that have so readily furnished them with the power to serve their country, will as readily deprive them of it, should they find, on consideration, that it is turned to bad account. The German Papers received to-day contain no news : VIENNA, DEC. lo.—Five per Cents., SI 2-sths ; Fou per Cents., 73/ ; Bank Shares, 10E4. VICE-CHANCERY COURT.-(THIS DAY.) MANNERS v. CHARLESWORTH. Mr. ROLFE replied on this case to-day, and His HONOUR gave judgment in favour of the award of the Commissioners, being of opinion there was no ground whatever for the objections that had been raised, that the con. duct pursued by them was highly proper, and ordered the parties excepting to pay all the costs. BEDFORD CHARITY. This important petition was adjourned to the 9th of January, on account of its length. KING'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.) RICKMAN v. CARSTAIRS. This was an action by the plaintiff, a merchant and owner of the ship Mary, to recover from the defendant, one of the Underwriters at Lloyd's, the amount of a policy of insurance effected on the vessel. The vessel was insured for 1;200/., the cargo for 4,84)0/., and she was lost on her voyage from the Coast of Africa, in June, 1831. The case is likely to last nearly the whole of the day. The Literary Polish Association held their second evening meeting in Sussex Chambers, Duke street, St. James's, on Thursday, the 20. h instant. A oaper on the patriotism of Polish women was read by Dr. EVANS, of Hampstead, at the conclusion of which the President gave for the inspectio❑ of the company one of the ducats that were coined, during the late struggle, ut of the wedding-rings offered by the Polish matrons or the altar of their country. The party was large, and contained many ladies. It was enlivened by exquisite music. M. MACEJOWSKI, a Polish gentleman, lately ar rived in London, a first-rate performer on the violin, played several national airs with electrifying effect. All the other musical artists vied with him in their efforts to please ; and above all the flute-player, a gentleman also of Polish extraction, was most successful ; his performance was absolutely enchanting. Several Polish officers came in their national military dress. THE LIVES OF THE BANDITTI.—The •udden popularity of Mr. MAcrwar.ANE's new work, " Lives and Exploits of Banditti and Robbers in all Parts of the 'World," we understand, exhausted the whole of the first impression within the short space of three weeks. The new edition which the publisher has just issued, in a very elegant form and neat binding, we think will become even more popular as a favourite present-book for Christ mas and the New Year. " The plates by which the work is illustrated are numerous and excellent in point of style, ind we may say that, for Christmas Evenings, better com panions cannot be had than those amusing Robbers and Banditti."—Monthly Review. It is gratifying to us to be enabled to state th it although it has not yet been postively determined what is to be done with the stamp and advertisement duties. on newspapers, there is no reason to entertain the slightest doubt that they will not either be reduced one-half, with out the imposition of any additional tax, or wholly re pelled, and a small direct tax imposed in lieu of them. We can state such to be the fact on authority on which we can rely. The reduction of one-half of the stamp duty, and the arrangement of a graduated scale of Nutt' on advertisements, would, we have no doubt, prove highly satisfactory to the public, as well as to the proprietors of newspapers ; but if a Post-office charge, equally bene ficial to the revenue, and less burthensome to the people, can be substituted in lieu of it, there appears to be no reason why it shonld not be adopted. A tax on window lights is bad enough; but a tax on the enlightenment of the mind is infinitely more odious.—Morning Advertiser. CHRISTMAS FESTIVITIES.—AII the juve nheilaert-pbearat of t t n ge lie community xpectata ion of the the r e looking p iensu re which forward twith they yre soon to enjoy at the approaching period of festivity. Pre sents pour in upon the happy parties from relatives and friends—mirth is the order of the thy ! and a delichtful innocent hilarity pervades every parental mansion. It may he requisite to remark, that parents cannot make a more appropriate present at such a period than RowLANn's MacAssmt. Ott for the Hair, and much-admired OnoN•ro, or Pearl Dentrifice, for the Teeth, which will infallibly tend to the augmentation of that imposing exterior, which Lord CHESTERFIELD justly observes is " a card of recom mendation." MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE.-011 Thursday, t e 20th instant, at St. George's Church, Hanover-square, by the Rev. and Right Hon. Lord WEIOTHESLEY Rus seLL, CLUNY IllacrimasoN, of Cluny Macphe, son, Chief of that ancient Highland clan, to SA hAll JUSTINA, yOUneSt daughter of the late HENRY DAVIDSO N, Esq., of Taloa, N.B. After the ceremony a splendid break fast was given by HENRY DAVIDSON, E.q., brother to the bride, at his house in Bruton-street, Berkeley-square, to the select friends of both parties. The happy pair afterwards set off to Leamington. On Sunday morning, about five o'clock, a wl ite figure was observed passing along the street in Chelmsford, and, from its somewhat supernatural appear ance, greatly alarmed those who watched its ghost.likc movements. It was observed to ring at the bell of a hone , in the High-street, and on its summons being answeieda voice requested to know of the servant whether ann'ar was wanted. Soon after a person on horseback came (1 1 . aid took charge of the mysterious visiter. It proved to be a young man named BOYTON, whose friends reside tt Fyfi .Id, and who has for years laboured under an aberra tion of mind. The unfortunate youth, it appears, had broken the iron bars, which, as a precaution, were placed across the window of his bed-room, and during the night walked to this town, a distance of ten miles, without either trousers, shoes, or stockings, being coveted only by a white sheet, part of which trailed behind him in the mud. Essex Herald. A fishing-boat brought into Dunkirk harbour, a f e w cliys ago, a large fish of the whale genus, mea suring 27 feet long and 20 feet in circumfereace. It re quired 20 horses to drag it to the quay. Last week, one poulterer at Nor.vich had up cvards of WO head of game eipoird for /Idle at his shop tt one time. It is said that the Conservative Club ad vanced 2,000/, towards the late contest at Hull, CORK. Callaghan 1350 Baldwin 1328 Newenham Boyle DUBLIN, COUNTY. 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