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FRENCH PAPERS. CHAMBER of PEERS, J4NU4IIY 13. The Count de la Roche-Aymon brought up a report, tecanmending the adoption of the Bill recommending army promotions, subject to a variety of modifications, the principal of - which was the rejection of the amendment +adopted by the Chamber of Deputies, by which the nomi l'ation of one-half of the Lieutenant-Colonels was taken from the Kinz and directed to be conferred according to s eniority.—Ordered to be printed. The discussion of the proposition of M. de Bricquelle, Illative to the Ex-King Charles X. and his family, was tha t proceeded with. The Count de Tournon, the Count de la Ville-Gontier, and the Duke de Maillie, opposed the measure. The ge neral discussion was then declared to be closed. The Duke de Broglio (the Reporter) summed up the general diseusion. _ _ On the first Article, which declares that the territory of Prance and her Colonies is interdicted to the family of th e Emperor Napoleon," and to " the King Charles the Tenth" and his family being read, the Count de Montalivet propo se d that the two paragraphs should be put to the vote r.eparately. The Chamber appeared considerably agitated, when Count de Bastard proposed, as a means of compro billing the question in dispute, that the title of " Empe ror" and "King" should be altogether omitted, and the harries Napoleon and Charles X. only used. The Keeper of the Seals and the Minister of Public In struction signified their assent to the amendment, which I''oriagreed to, and the Article so amended adopted. The other Articles were then successively adopted as Proposed by the Committee, without , any discussion of in terest. The ballot on the ensemble of the measure presented the following result—blank vote, 1 : For the measure 91 Against it 40 Majority —.51 CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES, .14N. 12. The discussion of the Bill fur regulating the Civil Lint Val resumed. Article 17, declaring that the annual sum granted to the King shall be payable monthly, in advance; and Ar t de 18, enacting that in the event of the King's death, a slower shall be granted the Queen, the amount of which shall be fixed by a law, and that the Elysee Bourbon, With its furniture, shall be assigned for her residence, were successively adopted without discussion. The 19th Article, granting one million of francs annually to the Prince Royal until his marriage, and two millions afterwards; and the 20th, declaring the dotations of the younger sons and the daughters of the King shall be regulated hereafter by special laws, were taken into consideration together, and gave rise to some discussion, M. de Ludre had proposed as an amendment to the sam e articles to grant the Prince Royal 500,000 f. per an num until marriage, and one million afterwards, but now lie said that when he made the proposition he expected the Civil List to be fixed at a much less sum than 14 ,000,000. At present he thought that the sum pro- Posed was not much in proportion to the main grant, and therefore. withdrew his amendment.—(Applause.) M. Dubois (of Nantes) reproduced the amendment of de Ludre. The amendment was then put to the vote; the first ePreuve appearing doubtful, a ballot was demanded, when the amendment of M. Dubois was rejected, and that of t he Committee adopted, by a majority of 174 against 168. . . . Article 20 was then adopted, with the addition of the Words " in the event of their private fortunes being suffi cient," which was consented to by the Committee. Articles 21, 22, and 23, as proposed by the Committee, declared that all property possessed by a King on coming to the Throne should devolve to the State, but that an ex ception should be made in favour of the property possessed by the present King on his accession, which should be al. lowed to constitute his private estate, this exception not in any manner to affect the general principle. M. Eusebe Salverte proposed to substitute for the three Articles a single provision, declaring that all the property Which a King might possess on coming to the throne, or Might personally acquire during his reign, should be and remain his private domain and estate. In support of this amendment the Honourable Deputy argued that the prin ciple of the King's private property devolving to the State Was founded on the feudal system, and was both unjust and inconsistent with the present state and feelings of society. General Bertrand opposed the amendment, and cited the example of Hugh Capet, who, on his accession, gave all his private property to the State, and concluded by demanding the maintenance of the Articles of the Committee, and the full liberty of the Press.—(A general laugh.) M. Dupin, sine, entered into a detailed historical ac count of the private estates of the French Kings, and 'hewed that M. Salverte was perfectly right in considering the principle in question as a feudal principle. He also argued that the principle was rather injurious than benefi cial to the State, since the fear of private property de volving to the nation would induce heirs to the Throne (as in the case of the late Dauphin) to invest their funds in foreign countries, whereas, if the opposite principle were adopted they would have no inducement to do so, hut would, as has always been the case with the present King, invest all their funds on the soil of France. He therefore tOPported the amendment of M. Salverte, but wished it to be well understood that if it were adopted the State should never be in any case called on or expected to con tribute to the payment of the debts of a deceased King. M. l.lauguin opposed the amendment. Considerable laughter was excited in the course of the Hon. Deputy's address by his again inadvertently making use of the ex pression, " King of France." The Keeper of the Seals said that Government ap proved of the amendment of M. Salverte, which was then a dopted by a very great majority, and forms Article 21. Article 24 of the Committee, now Article 22, was adopted in the following terms The King may dies• Pose of his private estate either by gift or will, without being subjected to the rules of the Civil Code." Article 23 consists of an additional provision proposed b yM. Salverte, declaring that the rights of creditors, and of the officers of the Royal Household who are entitled to retiring pensions, from length of service, or on account of drawbacks made in their salaries, shall in every case be reserved and available against the property of a deceased King. Article 24 enacts that in every other respect the private estate of the King shall he subject to all the laws which regulate other properties. Both these articles were adopted without any discussion of interest, as were also articles 25 to 28 inclusive. Article 25 declares that there shall henceforward be no extraordinary d oma i n, and that consequently all property acquired by war or treaties shall belong to the State, un less any part of it shall be granted to the King by a law. Articles 26 and 27 relate merely to administrative details. Article 28 declares that the monies of the Civil List are not liable to legal seizure. M. Levrault proposed, as an additional Article, that on the death of the King the Civil List should continue until altered by a decision of the Chsmber. M. Laurence opposed the enactment, as contrary to the Charter, and it was rejected by the Chamber. The next article was thus worded :—" The present law shall be carried into execution from the Ist of January, 1832. Nevertheless the revenues of the properties com posing the former dotation and appanage of Orleans, re ceived or to be received up to the lit of J:inuary, 1832, and the sum of 1,500,000 f. per month received from the Treasury, are definitively granted to the Civil List." M. Cabet proposed the following amendment ;—" The present law shall be carried into execution from the 7th of tiugutt, 1830. The overplus of the sums received shall return into the Treasury of the State." .After some observations from M. Salverte in support of till' amendment, and from M. Dupine, aine, ag iinst it, it Was rejected. The President was then about to put the article to the vote, when M. Laurence declared that the provision was contrary to the Charter, and moved the previous questio n , w hi c h a f ter two doubtful t.'preuves was tarried in a ballot by a majority of 152 against 142. The article was therefore lost. As it is well known that woodcocks are a v ery shy bird, an d rare l y f oun d i n pa i rs, i t may b e worth RID that JONATHAN LEIGHTON, gamekeeper to R. nELL, Esq., on t h e 2d of December, killed a brace o t 4 hot w i t h a s i ngle- b arrel gun, at Felton Park ; and qa the 3d inst. he killed another brace at a shot, on the ground.—Newcastle Chronicle. REDUCTIONS IN THE IRISH VICE REGAL °u sEttoLn.—ln accordance with the various recom 4'eudations o f th e Fi nance C omm itt ee o f 1830, Govern hi' are beginning to reduce the expences of public esta shtuents. They have commenced with the Vice R ega l 'useltold. Th e sa l ar i es o f t h e H on . C o l one l G ORE , M aster of the Horse, Sir STEWART BRUCE, Gentleman Usher, and • f e ,, 4 P t lin L'E STRA N G E, Chamberlain, hav e been re d uce d G„a.,°4l 5 00/ to 2001. per annum ; Dr. CHEYNE, Physician Lt General, D, n r. JACKSON, State-Physician, and Dr. MACK -4rl 4 tate-Surcr b eon are reduced from 3651. to 100/. per The Lot:.D LIEUTENANT'S Aide.tle-Camps are °be forthwith reduced to four, and only one Gentleman tt large and tw o G ent l emen o f th e B e dchamb er w ill i n future grace the Board of Green Cloth ; other extensive reductions will take place. LITERATURE. POETICAL EPHEMERAS. ABERDEEN. 1832. There is considerable sweetness of versifica tion in these Ephemeras—or Ephemera, as the author should have called them—and many ten der and pleasing thoughts scattered here and there, clothed in appropriate language. But there is a sad want of vigour and originality in the volume, and occasionally an exaggeration of sen timent, as for instance where Mr. Brown talks of the music of Braham, as being infinitely superior to any music which he has ever heard from the lips of his " own lady love." Now no genuine poet, we conceive, from the days of Anacreon down to those of Moore, ever yet made such a con fession as this. We would recommend Mr. Brown, should he think fit to send a copy of his volume to his " lady love," by all means to cancel that page in which he declares her to be far inferior to Braham in that very quality " an excellent thing in woman," on which all senti mental young ladies so justly pique themselves. ON 2HE PHENOMENA OF DREAMS. LONDON. 1832. A difficult and perplexing subject is here, if not elucidated, at least canvassed in a spirit of moderation and sagacity. Mr. Dendy has, like other men, his own particular theory on dreams, and supports it in the true spirit of a logician, with a formidable squadron of arguments, fit for every ser vice. One of the main predisposing e,auseaofdreams Mr. Dendy seems to think is indigestion ; this to a certain extent is true : but it is far from the chief cause, for the world of the present day is no supper -eater, and oftener goes to bed with an empty than a full stomach. Yet it dreams as much as ever, so that dyspepsia canno t be one of the chief predisposing causes. It is Mr. Coleridge, we believe, who holds the doctrine, that these nocturnal " transient il lusions," as Mr. Dendy calls them, follow the character and habits of the sleeper, and that a friend of his used always to say, " tell me your dreams, and I will tell you your turn of mind ;" on the notion that a poet, for instance, would invariably dream of matters belonging to his craft, of fairy-palaces, and goblin fiends, of Paradise, Arcadia, and, peradventure, even Tophet. Mr. C. Lamb, acceding to the pro priety of this doctrine, takes for granted, in one of the most amusing essays of that most amus ing of modern works, " Elia," that he never could, would, should, or ought to be a poet, because his dreams are all essentially prosaic ; and that if by any lucky chance he falls upon a splendid, imaginative dream, a fairy palace, or an Arcardian river, his palace, long before his dream is at an end, makes a point of changing to the Bank or the South Sea House, and his river to the Thames at Wapping. Without pursuing this subject further, or pre suming to venture on a speculation, we may say that Mr. Dendy has brought much research to his task, and furnished us with an agreeable and edifying treatise. STANDARD NO VELS, No. XL LONDON. 1932. " The Hungarian Brothers," one of Miss A. M. Porter's earliest publications, and, if we mistake not, one of the best of the romantic school of fiction, that is, of that school which, to avoid superfluous labour, throws poor human nature overboard ; which make its heroes demi gods, and its heroines angels, all its old men virtuous, and all its old women interesting ; one of the best specimens of this style of fiction, so captivating to the glowing fancy of youth, is comprised in the present volume. It is but just to say that the authoress has retrenched many of the exuberances of the former editions, and sobered down her tale more to the level of real life. DIVINES OF THE CHURCH OF ENG LAND. No. XX. LoNnow. 1832. We have so often expressed our opinion of this truly meritorious republication, that we shall say nothing further at present than that it keeps up its high character for the useful and valuable quality of its varied selections from the writings of our ablest and most profound divines. FACTS RESPECTING THE PUNISH MENT OF DEATH. Lownox. 1832. A book well worth an attentive consideration, as it deals little in theory, and is almost wholly of a practical character. Mr. Wakefield is a gentleman of observation, and has turned it to account in this volume. CICER 0' S ORATIONS. Lownow. 1832. Twelve "Select Orations" of Cicero, with the obscurer passages . and local allusions explained in English notes at the bottom of the page where they occur, are contained in the present volume. The book forms a capital school-book THE CA SEE T. A collection of amusing tales, anecdotes, jeu d'esprits, &c., mostly compilations, illustrated, after the fashion of the Mirror, with an infinite variety of wood-cuts. The old Winchester measure of 36 bushels the chaldron weighs on an average 28fr cwt. per chaidron, or 881 b. per bushel (according to the quality of the coal), which of late have been retailed at Is. 2d. per bushel. They are now selling them at ls. 10(1. and 21. per cwt , which is an imposition on the public of 4d. to 6d. per cwt. Is not this abominable and vexatious to the poor man ? SCARR MILL BURNT.—Friday evening, about seven o'clock, Scarr-mill, a woollen-manufactory, at Earlsheaton, near Dewsbury, was burnt to the ground. We have not heard the cause of the disaster, or the extent of the loss —Leeds Mercury. On the night of the 3d inst., a stack of straw, the property of Mr. Siurrow. of Yoxall Wood-house., parish of Yoxall, was set on fire. A handsome reward is offered for the discovery of the offender.—Staffordshire Advertiser. Since the preceding paragraph was written, the alarming intelligence has been brought to this town of a fire at a farm-house in the village of Seighford, occupied by Mr. T. Al , lssm., a small farmer. The dwelling -house and out-buildings were entirely burnt down. The fire took place about seven o'clock on Friday night. The bulk of the furniture was saved. A quantity of oats were de stroyed. The only live stock burnt were two calves. It is hoped that the fire may have been accidental, yet there is some reason to conjecture otherwise. IRON.—At the late quarterly meeting of iron masters in this town, there was no alteration in the nominal prices of iron from the quotation of last quarter; but on some particular descriptions of manufactured iron a trifling advance has been obtained..--Mid/and Repre sentative. . . 4-: tc.-. 4 c . c Places. _ av E Jan. Sunderland Newcastle l5 82 16 5 18 75 716 217 Gateshead ........ 15 15 2 1 0 16 376 130 WaPer Township l5 1 I No particulars stated. North Shields and Tynemouth l5 12 6 1 0 17 67 26 Houghton—le—Spring and Hetton Total l3O 31 9 24 128 1812 614 A case of Spasmodic Cholera is reported toi have occurred at Durham, and which terminated fatally. N.B. No returns received from Wallsend, Walker Colliery, A case of Spasmodic Cholera is report, Durham, and which terminated fatally. N.B. No returns received from \Val Seghill, Newburn, and Haddington. (Signed) WM. MACL Secretary. The Chronicle of this morning says—" Our Bristol Correspondent states that the general feeling in that city is, that though the Magistrates endeavoured to throw the whole responsibility on Colonel BRERETON, yet, if they had done their duty, the melancholy events, of which he has been the victim, would not have taken place. It certainly does not appear that the Magis trates displayed the energy and courage which the conjuncture demanded. We trust that the matter will not be allowed to rest, hut that a full inquiry will be instituted." A " full" inquiry is indeed the only thing that can satisfy the public mind. It is not just—it is not generous that the Military Powers should be made the scape-goats. The conduct of the Magistracy should be rigorously, most rigorously inquired into ; and, above all, that singular fact should be explained, how it happened that the civil authorities, notwithstanding they had made such preparation on the onset to put down disturbance, were one and all found wanting, when that disturbance had assumed an appalling character. As Parliament meets this day, we hope no time will be lost, and that some spirited, independent Member will take up the matter seriously and resolutely, and insist on justice being done to all parties. The intelligent Correspondent of the Morn ing Chronicle, " 0. P. Q.," scrutinizes with much but just severity the avaricious con duct of LOUIS PHILIP, with regard to the Civil List, and the subserviency of M. PE.. RIER in granting forty thousand pounds a year to the Duke of ORLEANS—a sum which was only saved by four Ministerial votes. He says—" After a discussion of no great im portance on this allowance to the young Duke of ORLEANS, the Chamber of Deputies pro ceeded to the vote, when the numbers were as follows : Number of Deputies present Absolute majority necessary 172 Number of Deputies for the vote Number of Deputies against the vote l6B Now, just mark these figures, and examine them. Only three votes less for the measure, and it would have been lost ! and the in come to the Hereditary Prince would have been rejected. Take away the votes of the Ministers who are Deputies and who voted for the grant, and the Chamber refused the allowance—for PERIER, BARTHE, Louts, and DE RIGNY voted for the measure. Theis the young Duke of ORLEANS, who ought to be, and wouldhave been ifthe Revolution had not been arrested, at the very head of France, and the Chief of the young men and rising talent of the world, and who would have been surrounded by the people for his body-guard and his supporters, is now obliged to beg for 40,0001. sterling, and which would have been refused but for the votes of four Cabinet Ministers." Then again, with respect to the KING, he adds Since the accession of Lowire 1- I °. ax,r-rw. to the throne, he has been receiving every month, on account of the future Civil List, the sum of 60,0001. per month, which is at the rate of eighteen millions of francs per annum. He estimated his own services and deserts at this amount, and calculated on receiving a similar sum during the remainder of his reign. In this respect his avarice has been defeated—his love of money has been grievously disappointed, and the Crown is not so valuable to him since he has learnt, by a vote of the Chamber, that the 18 millions are reduced to 12. As the Charter states that the Civil List is to be voted during the whole of the reign, and as Louis PHILIP ascended the Throne on the 7th of August, 1830, he has consequently received during the eighteen months which have passed the sum , of 20,0001. per month more than he is now entitled to, and which makes for the eighteen months the sum of 360,0001. which he is bound to refund And be it remembered, that during thirteen months of this eighteen, he was residing at his private Palace in the Palais Royal, spending very little more money than when he was a subject of CHARLES X.— keeping no Court,—and, therefore, unable, with his mean and avaricious propensities. to spend or give away any thing like the sums received from the Treasury." By this statement it appears that nine milr lions were overpaid, - whieh' sum the Ministers proposed to allow the KING ; but the Chamber on coming to the vote decided otherwise : For granting the nine millions Against it Majority against the King, We hope this will teach his MAJESTY more prudence in future. The German Papers received this morning state that the Pacha of EGYPT'S army had been repulsed with great loss in an attempt to storm St. Jean d'Acre ; but the account was hardly believed : VIENNA, JAN. 4,—News from Constantinople, dated December 18, was received here yesterday, by which it appears that the individual calling himself a Turkish Co lonel, who lately arrived here under the name of Achmed Nadir Bey, has no full powers from the Sultan, and that the Turkish Government knows nothing of any such mission. It has been discovered that the individual in question, a Polish emigrant, only assumed this mask, in order to reach France under that disguise: he has, therefore, again received his liberty, and been told that the Austrian Go vernment are not accustomed to throw obstacles in the way of persons who have fled from their country for po litical reasons. By the same opportunity we have accounts from Con - stantinople, that the Egyptian army had been repulsed with great loss in an attempt to storm St. Jean d'Acre. This is directly contrary to the accounts from Rhodes, that Abdallah Pacha was ready to open the gates of his fortress to the Egyptians. To-day his Majesty was pleased to give a public au dience. His Majesty, by an autograph letter of recent date, has been pleased to promote Lieutenant Field- Marshal Count Hardegg and Count Klebelsberg to the rank of Generals of . Cavalry ; and his Majesty's Aide-de- Camp, Lieutenant Field-Marshal Von Kertschera, to that of the Ordnance. It seems that the post of President of the Aulic Council of War will not be filled up at present. The duties will be performed by the Vice.•Presideit ; and on impertant occasions it is said that his Imperial Highness the Archduke Lewis will preside. Accounts from Olmutz say that nearly 200 Polish officers have arrived there ; they are full of gratitude to our Government for the treatment they have met with in the Austrian territories, and most of them wish to be em ployed in our army. It is thought probable that this much will be granted, on account of their exemplary good conduct. On the Ist of March the Austrian capital will celebrate the conclusion of the 40th year of the reign of its beloved Sovereign. Report speaks of important changes that are to be carried into effect on that day. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE--(THIS DAY.) FROM LLOYD'S. DEAL, JAR. 16.—Wind S.S.W:—Arrived from the river, the Doncaster, Surfler, for the Mauritius. BRISTOL, JAN. 16.—Arrived the Rescue, Richards, from Prince Edward's Island, hound to Newfoundland; and Bristol, Forsttr, bound to New York, put hack leaky. GREENOCK, JAN. 14.—Arrived the Sir D. Ogilvie, Ellis, from Marsala. BELFAST, JAN. 14.—Arrived the Hope, Fitzsimons, from Demerara ; Heram, Catania ; Flora, Alowlam ; and Despatch, Sparks, from Alicant. CORK, JAN. 14.—Arrived the James Morgan, Wallis, from Algesiras. LIMERICK, Jaw. 14.—Arrived the Henrietta Smyth, Caper, from Newfoundland. The Hebe, Barnard, from Riga to Liverpool, was on shore in the Orkneys previous to the 4th inst. The Duke of Wellington of Jersey, dismasted and abandoned, was fallen in with, on the 30th ult., off Cape St. Antonia. The Oscar, Thomas, from Warherg to Redon, arrived off Yarmouth in charge of some boatmen, with loss of rudder, and six feet water in her hold, having been on Hasbro' Sand, and abandoned by the crew. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S. Several heavy bets were made on the Derby without effecting any important alteration in the odds. Spencer was in great fa. vour—a few hundred pounds laid out upon him placing him at evens with Beiram and Margrave. The betting was confined to the following:— THE MILEY, 1832. 10 to I agst Lord Exeter's Beiram 10 to 1 agst Mr. Dilly's Margrave 10 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's Spencer 12 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Non Compos 600 to 500 on Beiram and Margrave agst Spencer and Non Corn pos (taken) 500 even between Beiram and Margrave 2200 even between Margrave and Spencer No change in the Oaks. DONCASTER ST. LEGER. 8 to I offered agst Lord Exeter's lot (offers to take 9 to I. THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY. TWELVE O'CLOCK. A Paris Paper received by the mail this morning states that by accounts from India, Russia is said to have formed an alliance with the St.ith of Persia to reconquer Klaiva ; also, that the Russian Cabinet. are negociating with th e Persians to obtain a pa s s age to Herat, on the road to Cabaul, and it is assured they have offered to the Persians to repay them the expences of the last war, if the Persian Court will suffer them to pass through the North of Persia. Letters from Antwerp say, that the Dutch have taken advantage of the prevailing south easterly wind, to resume again their station at the Pepe-de-Tabac with ten gun boats. The letters from Brussels state that King Leopold has gone to Ghent, accompanied by the French General Bdßard. Every English householder at Brussels has soldiers quartered on him, and all the regiments are ready to march at the beat of the drum, lest they should be taken by surprise by the Dutch. _ Accounts from Trieste, dated Dec. 28, state " We may expect to hear soon great events, which perhaps will put in great danger the existence of the Grand Seignor, and give to Mehemet great power in the Ottoman Empire ; it is well known that he is in private correspondence with several of the Pachas, who approve of his project in Syria, great alarm prevails at Constantimople on the subject." Letters from Marseilles, dated July 9, say that the African Jew Judas Sabach, who was banished from Oran by General Royer, has received orders from the Duke of Rovigo to return to Algiers, for which port he has sailed. Letters from Vera Cruz to the Bth November state that on that day a very considerable conducts was to leave Mexico. The merino sheep and the machinery from France arrived safe. It appears from a series of articles published in the Gaze'te of Colombia, that there is a strong idea enter tained of a monarchy, while on the other hand a vigorous -swoop* seem. to -he toads to curtail the power of the' clergy. The Government has accepted the resignation of the late Consul in the United States. PRICIS OF FOREIGN FUNDS Austrian Bonds Belgian Scrip Brazilian bonds Buenos Ayres Bonds C ilian Bonds •• olombian Bonds Ditto, 1824 Danish Greek .......... ;MU°, 1&25 0 1 0 Guatemala. exican Bonds •etto, 1825 341;.4 [IS DAY ♦T 0141 O'CLOCK. PRICES OF THE STOCKS TI Bank Stock ...... 19:”4 3 per Cent. Red. S 2 % Ya 3 per C,ent.Cons. 82% •4 1 .4 % 35.4 per Cent. 89% 90 i)itto Red.. 89%% 90 89% New 3}6 per Cent. 89 5 ,4% 3 per Cent. Ann. 1726 .... - 4 per Cent. 1826 99%% Bank Long Ann. to expire Jan. 5, 1860 l6 9-16 Oct. 10, 1859 Jan. 5, 1860 - 16% 3-16 Jan. 5, 1880 April 5, 1880 Jan. 5, 1870 New 5 per Cent. India Stock Ditto Bonds 1 2 clis. South Sca Stock Old Annuities -- New Ditto .......... — -- I per Cent. Ann. 1751 Ex. Bills, £l,OOO 9 10 pm. Ditto. .... .......500 9 10 pm. Ditto Small 9 11 pm. Ditto Commercial. pm. Ditto Advertised ,_ prn. Bank for Opening India for Account. Cons. for:Jan.l9 B4 31:7i, THIS DAY AT ONZ O'CLOCK. Neapolitan Peruvian Bonds Portuguese Bonds Prussian, N e w Russian Old 99 8% Spanish. 1821 13 % % 1823 French Rentes, sp. c. 96f 50c. Exchange 2st. 3 percent. 66F —C. Exchange 2st. 30c. Dutch Scrip Eta. LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 17, 1832 CHOLERA MORBUS, OFFICIAL REPORT. COUNCIL OFFICE, WL DAILY REPORT c rITEHALL.-(THIS DAY.) .f CHOLERA CASES. THE FUNDS. The Funds, which left off very heavy yesterday, con tinue the same. This morning Consols opened at 83i 84 for the account, and continue at the above price. Some good sellers have appeared in the market, which has thrown a damp on the Funds. The real cause of this decline is not as yet known, but we understand that there are very heavy pulls on the speculators for to-morrow at 84, therefore every attempt is made to get Consols under the above price. In the Foreign Market this is settling day, and as yet we have not heard of any defaulters. ALF-PAST OE. The Fu n d s cont i nue to this R hour as gloomy as the N wea ther, and the market is very heavy, but the real cause is not as yet ascertained ; one thing is certain, that it is not foreign politics which has depressed the Funds. Consols have been fluctuating from 848 down to 83 for the ac count ; at present they are 838. The Turkey mail has arrived, but as yet we do not hear any thing of importance. In the Foreign Market they are chiefly occupied in settling their accounts in Belgian stock, which has fluc tuated about six per cent., and in Brazil stock. THREE O'CLOCK Consols for Account, 83i A Cabinet Council Was held this clay at the Foreign-office, which was attended by all the Catiinet Ministers. Sir G. WARRENDER is said to have refused a Peerage; but C. BYNG, C. DUNDAS, Sir T. BARING, Colonel TYNTE, and M:. CoKE, are among those whose names will appear in the list. Several Irish and Scotch Peers a►e also to be made Peers of the United Kingdom. —Morning Paper. CURE , FOR LOVE.—FiII your mouth with water, and sit upon the fire till it bolls.—Abernethy's Prescriptions. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. ROLLS' COURT.-(THIS DAY,) No causes of any public importance had come before his Honour the Mama of the Bolus up to the period of our reporter's leaving. VICE•CHANCERY COURT.-(THIS DAY. His Honour the VICE-CHANCELLOR took causes to day, but up to two o'clock nothing worth reporting had come before the Court. The general rumour about the Court is, that his Honour will get through the whole business of his Court by the end of the present term. His Honour at the present moment has not more than 50 causes undisposed of. COURT OF KING'S BENCH-(THIS DAY. SINIPSON V. UNWIN. This was an action to recover three penalties of 51. each from the defendant for having two partridges and a phea sant in his possession on the 9th of February—the game season ceasing, according to the statute (the late Act), on the let of that month. The case was tried at the York Assizes, and a verdict found for the plaintiff subject to the opinion of the Court, whether the defendant being a qualified person and having killed the game on or before the Ist of February, the having them is his possession after that period was an offence under the statute. Mr. STARKIE was heard to-day in support of the ver dict, and Mr. ALEXANDER against it. Their LoansHirs delivered their judgment seriatim, and were of opinion that, although the case was within the letter of the Act, it certainly was not within its mean ing. They therefore ordered a verdict to be entered for the defendant. BAIL COURT.-(THIS DAY.) E. L. BULWER, ESQ. V. HORNE AND CO. This was an action by the plaintiff, E. L. Bulwer, Esq., to recover five guineas of the defendants, who were ex tensive coach proprietors, under these circumstance,. On the Ist of February, 1831, the plaintiff booked himself at the Gloucester booking-office, to .go to Cheltenham by the Gloucester mail, of which the defend ants were: proprietors, and between six and seven o'clock sent his servant with a deposit of a sovereign, to secure his place. On his going to the office to start by the mail, it was found that the mail was full, and the plaintiff was obliged to take a chaise. This action was brought to re cover the difference. These facts were proved by the plain tiff's servant. Two witnesses for the defendants swore that the plain tiff had no place positively booked to him, and that the sovereign sent by the servant was only received on condi tion that a seat should be vacant when the mail reached the Gloucester Coffee-house ; that then the plaintiff was offered his sovereign back, or a seat in the Stroud mail, which he refused. His LORDSHIP having summed up, the Jury retired, Ind had not returned into Court when our reporter left. COURT OF EXCHEQUER.-(THIS DAY. Barons BAILEY, GARROW, and VAUGHAN, sat here this morning, and heard motions up till near twelve o'clock, none of which were of any public interest. Their Lordships then rose, and Mr. Baron BOLLAND sat at Nisi Prius. No case had been finished when our reporter left. EXCHEQUER CHAMBER,:-(THIS DAY. The LORD CHIEF BARON at in this Court in equity, ATTWOOD V. SMALL. Mr. LOVETT moved that the publication might be en- larged in the above case ; he stated that it had been already enlarged up to the first day of the present term, but the parties had been so much engaged in the other cause of " Small v. Attwood," that they had not had time to exa• mine a single additional witness. Mr. WIGRAM opposed the application—he considered the parties had had already sufficient time; and further, that it would now be unfair, as they had seen all the evi dence on the part of Small in the other case. Mr. KNIGHT followed on the same side. He had never heard of such an application in any Court of Equity a. the one now made. He could not but suspect that fraud was intended by the plaintiffs, for here they had already had nine months for their examination of witnesses, but here, in place of bringing on both causes together, they wait till the case of " Small v. Attwood" is heard, then they come forward with an application, which, if granted, would enable them to make use of the whole of the evi dence brought forward by Mr. Small, and so frame their interrogatories accordingly. And why should not both cases have been brought on together ; they were in fact only one case, or rather it was a cause, and a cross cause ; and Mr. Attwood, instead of taking advantage in this way, ought to have been anxious that they should have been heard together. He (Mr. Knight) was not sorry that this application was ►wade, for it showed the feelings of the plaintiff. Mr. JARVIS replied—ln answer to the imputations of his Learned Friend, he would only say that the plaintiff was in as good a situation, even after the settlement of the cause of " Small andAttwood ;" for nothing then could have prevented bin filing his bill, and then he would have the benefit of all time evidence in that other cause. As to the charge of fraud, if they had had any intention of that sort, they might and would have had all their evidence taken by this time. He, on his own part, conceived it ol little importance, for his opinion was, that his Lordship's desision would be in their favour, and so put and end to both causes. Lord LYNDHURST did not see any good ground for en larging the time of publication. The parties had already had sufficient time, and it seemed they had done nothing. The Court expected a little attention on the part of parties suing.—He refused the application. COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.) IMPORTANT TO WIOYSELLERS.-.-.DAVISON V. DUNK. This was an action to recover the amount of plaintiff's bill for printing a " Celsus," with a Latin translation. It was tried at Guildhall at the sittings after last term by the Chief Justice, and the Jury gave a verdict for the plaintiff damages 52/. 19s. 5d., being the amount of his claim The defence then set up was, that the work was printed under a special contract to be paid for, when com pleted, out of the proceeds of the sale, and not prompt payment, as ass, rted by the plaintiff. It was proved by the defendant that the cover of the work had not been completed, and the corrections were charged at the unusual amount of 30/. 111 r. SerjeantWuns: now moved to set aside the verdict. The COURT said the case was a proper one for a refe rence, and gave the Learned Counsel on both sides time to consult with their clients on the subject. BANKRUPTCY COURT.-(THIS DAY.) The swearing in of solicitors occupied this Court for some time this morning, after which the Chief Justice asked all the gentlemen of the bar present if they had any thing to move, and being answered in the negative, their Honour. rose, having no business to proceed with. MEETING OF COFFEE-HOUSE PRO PRIETORS.-(THIS DAY.) A meeting of coffee-house proprietors took place to day at Mr. Marshall's, 403, Strand, for the purpose of cc4nsidering to whom their petition for an alteration in the laws affecting their :trade should be intrusted for presenta tion to both Houses of Parliament. Mr. CRUCIFIX was voted to the Chair, when a depu tation was named (consisting of Messrs. Crucifix, Busby, Bax, and Marshall), to wait upon the Lord Chancellor, and request that be would present their petition to the House of Lords, and support its prayer—also, upon Mr. Flume, to request him to do the same for them in the House of Commons; and Mr. John Wood, Member for Preston, to request that he would support it in that House. The business having been disposed of, the Committee went into a statement of the accounts of the Society, which was not finished when our reporter left. THE MARKETS-(THIS DAY.) HAY MARKETS.—(At per Load of 36 Trusses.) CUMBERLAND (LATE ST. JAMES'S.) Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay £2 5 to £2 10 New Meadow Hay 0 0 0 0 Useful Old Ditto 2 15 3 10 Fine Upland Meadow and Rye-grass Hay 4 0 4 5 Clover Hay 4 10 6 0 Oat Straw ...Cl. 10 to £1 12 I Wheat `traw 1 14 116 Best Clover Hay ss. per load higher than last quoted; prices otherwise stationary. A moderate supply, and a steauy trade. SMITHFIELD. Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay £2 10 to £2 I.' New Meadow Hay 2 15 3 10 Useful Old Ditto 3 0 3 1( Fine Upland Meadow and Rye-grass Hay 4 0 4 0 Clover Hay (extra fine)....E6 o... Generally ' .at straw ...... .C 1 10 to XI 12 1 Wheat Straw 1 14 1 10 Fine Meadow Hay and Straw experienced in a few instances an advance, the former 4s ' the latter 2s. per load ; p. ice s eth er . wise as last quot e d . Supply rather limited, and trade, though . a little renovated, still dull. Despatches were received this morning at the Colonial-office from Bermuda. A correspondent complains in . strong lan guage of the encroachments which have been made, and arc still, it seems, in progress, upon the outline of St. James's Park. In our opi nion the censures of this gentleman are not un founded. When, some years ago, the plan was first published for demolishing Carlton-house, and covering the surface of its spacious gardens, which extended nearly the whole length of Pall mall, with a continuous line of lofty habitations, this journal repeatedly, earnestly, and in terms of urgent remonstrance, which called forth many an impertinent effusion of Court-inspired spleen from certain other prints, deprecated such a curtailment of open space, and substitution of brick and mortar for circulating breezes, as must follow the execution of the proposed improvement. The plan, however, on the north side of the Park, was realized. As a set-off against the diminution of space, the public were reproached with ingratitude for not fully appreciating the indulgence of the late King, in laying out the centre of the Park as a pleasure garden, and permitting the inhabitants of the metropolis to walk therein during certain hours of the day. This indulgence was an act of but common justiee,„ and humanity, and the meta morphosis of the swampy field into a pleasure ground ought, for the sake of the public health and comfort, to have been carried into effect much sooner. But the moment a gorgeous Pa lace was to be built with - an hundred windows looking towards the Horse Guards, it was found that naked swamps were disagreeable objects, And thus, what a luxurious taste prescribed was set down to the credit of consideration for others. We maintain that if a proper feeling had been cherished for the people—that is, for those who have not the means of riding or driving a few miles out of town for air—there would not have been any houses built on the site of Carlton palace or gardens, to shut ou t th e current o f a i r , and shut in the exhalations from a canal of stagnant water. But, on the other hand, either, Ist, the horse and carriage drive would have been run about twenty yards in the rear of the houses on the south side of Pall-mall, and the remaining area of Carlton gardens, together with the two lines of mall from St. James's Palace to the Horse Guards, would have been thrown in to the same enclo sure with the existing pleasure-ground, which would thus have received a magnificent enlarge ment ; or, 2d, the drive remaining where it is, the whole space which constituted Carlton gar dens might have been still left covered with trees and shrubs, and would have formed a northern pleasure-ground, open to the public in the same manner as the present garden. The drive itself, as well as the existing malls, would in this manner have been rendered far more in viting and agreeable. What is done, however, cannot henceforth be altered,—fine houses, te nanted by fine people, to say nothing of jobbers, are presented to us in lieu of flowers and fo liage ; and if there be nothing else to enjoy, there is plenty of attic window, Corinthian capital, and stucco. King William, kind and good King William, has done his best.— He has at least made the Park itself more ac cessible, and for - that his people of London and Westminster are not devoid of gratitude. But there is time to stop mischief on the other side the Park—to wit, the south. There they threaten us with a line of barracks t. to fill up space which is now vacant, and might be added to the garden. Cannot this be checked ? If barracks be.. wanted, more infantry barracks, why steal from St. James's Park for them, as former Governments plundered and spoiled Hyde Park for the cavalry ? Would it not be better, as our correspondent recommends, to buy up some por tion of that miserable part of Westminster, called York -street, convert it into barracks, and leave the remnant of Bird-cage-walk unmolested? These hints are thrown out in no unfriendly spirit to the Commissioners of Woods and Forests, but as mere indications of what we know to be considered right, and what will be therefore popular. From that Board, as at pre sent composed, every thing just and humane, as regards the public health and public expecta tions may, we are sure, be anticipated.— Times. Mr. Justice Littledale, in pronouncing the extreme sentence of the law upon five of the Nottingham rioters, thought it necessary to jus tify the infliction of the dreadful doom prepared for the delinquents by stating the particulars of the offences of which they stood convicted, and then arguing in defence of that principle of our criminal jurisprudence by which the application of punishment of death is legalized in such cases, and in other instances of violations of the rights of property. In adverting to the circum stances under which the offences had heenc om initted, the Learned Judge said, " It appears that, on the 10th of October last, a meeting was held in Nottingham upon the subject of Parlia mentary Reform. After that meeting was over a number of misguided and deluded men, taking advantage of the excitement which but too often follows the assemblage of a large number of persons, proceeded to acts of outrage and mis chief wholly unconnected with the original ob jects of the meeting. In the first place, a large and tumultuous assemblage of these persons, consisting of above two thousand individuals, proceeded to attack Sharpe's mill, and then went to the house of Mr. Musters, at Colwick-ha,11." Here the Learned Judge described the parti culars of the outrages which have been already given in the reports of the trials, and then went on to say, " The object of the law is not to punish criminals for the sake of revenge for the injuries which they have occasioned, but it is that, by the examples which are made, other persons may be deterred from violating the law by the commission of crimes ; and it has been a most painful act on our part to discriminate be tween the various degrees of guilt in which you have been implicated. We have made such se lection as we thought best, and such as would afford proper examples to be made for the sake of the public justice of the country, and also such as we think his Majesty may, if he should think proper, extend his Royal mercy to, so far as to spare their lives." : The Learned Judge then, having made some further observations to show the grounds of the distinctions judicially taken in the cases where life was spared, and where it was to be sacrificed, concluded by or dering the five men to whom we have above al luded to und4rgo the exterminating decree of the law, and besought them not to delude them selves by entertaining the least hope of mercy. , ‘, , N i r d e know con si d e N r l a r t . e J a u n s c t i i c e humane Litt ; ed a ll e j t u o dg be e But the habits of a that sits upon the Bench. a s mild and it is very o him a second nature, as any difficult—often impossible--:or which habit and iiimself of the prejudices ,, early issociation have taught him to venerate, as if system under which a ss m ib a l n e is educated t b o ec d o il m ,e e . s t h e y were the emotions of pure and exalted