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It. would be sure to have the greatest number of voters, and consequently would be elected. Mr. ROGERS would relate something which happened that very morning. A friend of his bad sent a note to an overseer of St. Pancras, relative to this subject of regis tration. The overseer said the notice was not properly drawn up ) and that his friend (Mr. Brown) should consult his lawyer. The overseer, moreover, said that Mr. Brown had no vote, because his tenant was a lady ; yet he took good care to keep the shilling enclosed in the note which had been sent to him. Mr. PLACE was not astonished at this, when he reflect ed on the consummate ignorance of parish officers. He then read a letter from a clergyman of Abingdon, to show that, by the tricks of the parish authorities, there would be scarcely a voter in that town. He afterwards proceeded to detail how the greater portion of the electors of West minster would be disqualified from voting under the pre sent Bill. The only parishes that bad in part regist-red, were those of St. Paul, Covent-garden, and of St. Mar- tin's. The other parishes —namely, St. George's, St. Marguiretta's, St. James, St. Ann's, and St. Clement- Danes, would not be qualified to vote. Mr. ROGERS thought it would be better to make further inquiries, before the calculations of Mr. Place were taken for completely correct ones. Mr. CHURCHILL should not like that what Mr. Thomas had said respecting the apathy of the people should go abroad without some sort of qualification. There was some foundation certainly for what he had stated ; for how could the people feel interested in any measures emanating from the Whigs, when they saw them daily conniving at the acts of the Tories against the people. He did not think Ministers such blockheads as some people imagined ; they were more knaves than fools. It was time to be stirrinz, and he would recommend the people to trust to the mere promises of no one. Mr. CARTWRIGHT THOMAS—The only class that were not apathetic at the present moment were the labouring classes, and until every class was reduced to their misery, apathy would exist. For his own part, he thought it would be the better for liberty the sooner every class was reduced to a level with the working classes. Mr. PLACE—If the history of the world were consulted, it would be seen that the mass of the people never inter fered in political affairs. In 1793, Burke said there were 90,000 Jacobins, whom he called the - swinish multitude. It was well known who those 90,000 persons were, and what good they had done. If the same number now set their heads together and went to work, they would be followed by the mass, who always followed the victorious few, no matter to what party they belong. Mr. Fox SMITH said, that in his parish of St. Mary, Newington, one of the parish books had passed through his hands, and he in it saw that, out of 1,700 persons, only 400 had qualified themselves. The united parish contained 42,000 persons that might vote, yet he was sure that he was not in error when he stated that out of that number not more than 1,600 would be qualified to vote. Mr. PLACE—As the borough of Lambeth was men tioned, he would say that Mr. Brunel, brother-in-law of Ur. Hawes, had told him that in many of the streets there was not a single qualified voter, and that iu the majority of the streets there were not more than four or five. Mr. Murphy's resolution was then put from the Chair, and carried unanimously. The meeting adjourned, after voting thanks to their worthy Chairman. HIS MAJEST''S LEVEE. Their Majesties, accompanied by the Duchess of Glou cester, arrived about two o'clock yesterday at the King's Palace, in an open carriage from Windsor. Soon after their Majesties arrived they were joined by the Princess Sophia. - About the same time a detachment of the Life Guards, with their full band in their State uniforms, marched to the Palace as a guard of honour. Soon after, the King held a Levee. Among those en titled to the privilege of the entree—Prince Troubitzky was presented by the Russian Ambassador; his Excellency also presented Baron Mesigden. The Hanoverian Minister presented Lieutenant Baron Linsingen, of the Duke of Cumberland's Hanoverian Re ginlent. The Austrian Charge d'Affaires presented M. de Hum rnelance, Secretary of the Imperial Emb issy. Earl Grey presented Mr. Charles Wood, M.P., on his bei ng appointed First Secretary to the Treasury. The King gav e audiences to Earl Grey, the Marquis of Lansdowne, Viscount Palmerston, Viscount Goderich, the E arl of Albetnarl e , the Marquis of Wellesley, Sir James Ke mp, Lord Hill, the Marquis of Cholmondely. BThere was also present the Russian Ambassador, the avarian, P russian, Spanish, Hanoverian, Saxon, Nether ds, and French Ministers ; the Swedish, United States, and Austrian Charge d'Affaires; the Baron de Hessenberg, the Austrian Minister on a special mission ; Monsieur Tellier de Blanrieg, the first Secretary to the French Em bassy; the Lord Chancellor, the Lord President, the First Lord of the Treasury, the Secretary of State for the Home, Foreign, and Colonial Departments ; the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Paymaster of the Forces, the Master of the Horse, the Lord Steward of the Household, the Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen Pensioners, the Deputy Great Chamberlain, Lord Hill, Gold Stick in Waiting ; the Master-General of the Ordnance, the Grand Master of the Court of Hanover; Viscount Ashbrook, Lord in Waiting; Sir Hilgrove Turner, Groom in Wait ing; Sir Wathen Waller, Extra Groom in Waiting ; the Master of the Ceremonies ; Mr. Wood, Secretary to the Treasury ; the Attorney and Solicitor-Generals ; the Dean of Hereford, Deputy Clerk of the Closet, and Chaplain to their Majesties; Mr. Pulman, Deputy Usher of the Black Rod ; Master Graves, Page of Honour. At the General Levee were— DUKE —Norfolk. E ARLS—Belmore, Shaftesbury, Minto. LORDS —G, Hill, E. Somerset. SE RJEANT—Spankie. Ray. Messieuns—Ernest A. Waller, W. K. Fletcher. SIRS—G. Cockeril, G. Seymour. MESSIEURS—C. Wood, M.P., Waller, Rolfe, Joy, King, Cockeril, Thomson, Bowen. ADMIRAL—RoI. GENERALS—Sir Jasper Nicolls, K.C.8., Brooke, Earl of Carnwath, W. Wilson. COLONELS—Bowater, Meyrick, E. Mitchell. MAJORS — Cruttenden, Wetherell, Maunsell, Marten. CAPTAINS—A. C. Green, R.N., Joshua Smith, T. Williams, Sir N. Willoughby, Todd, Dalzt , ll, Ayscough, T. W. Smith, Duncan. COMMANDER—Drowse. LIEUTENANTS—E. K. Tenison, Codington. The following were presented to his Majesty : The E trl of Belmore, on his return from the Government of Jamaica, by the Earl of Shaftesbury. Mr. Joy, on his appointment as King's Counsel, by the Lord Chancellor. Mr. Waller, on his arrival from Paris, by his father, Sir Wathen Waller. Mr. Rolfe, on bi-ing appointed one of his Majesty's Coun sel, by the Lord Chancellor. Mr. King, by Lord Nugent. Rev. William H. Fletcher, Chaplain to the Honourable East India Company, on his appointment, by the Right Hon. Charles Grant. Major Wetherall, of the Royal Regiment, to present an Historical Account of the Royal Regiment, by the Duke of Gordon. Major Maunsell, 3d Dragoon Guards, on promotion, by Sir S. Hawkes. Mr. Serjeant Spankie, on his appointment as King's Ser jeant, by the Lord Chancellor. Major Cruttenden, R.A., on his return from abroad, by the Master -General of the Ordnance. Lieut. E. H. Tenison, 14th King's Light Dragoons, by Major-General Sir Henry Wheatley. Captain Thomas Williams, on his return to India, by Sir H. Taylor. Captain Joshua Smith, 14th King's Light Dragoons, by Major-General Sir H. Wheatley. Lieut. Cod r i ngton, by his father. Mr. Cockerill, on appointment. His for his Ma Majesty ' held a Council, at whi c h th e speec h jestys closin g the Session of Parliament was agreed upon. Lord Minto was introduced and sworn in a Privy Coun cillor, and took his seat at th e B oard acco rdinglythe Hon. William Bathurst attended as C lerk of the Council. His Majesty honoured Lord Holland with his company to dinner yesterday. Most of the Cabinet Ministers were present to meet his Majesty. The Duchess of Gloucester and a select party dined With the Queen. Prince George of Cambridge, attended by his tutor, ar rived at the Tower Wharf on Monday at twelve o'clock in the steam-vessel which conveyed the Duchess of Saxe Weimar from this country. PARLIAMENTARY FOPS.—The following, fron t the Court Magazine, is a fair hit at a class likely soon to perish for ever :—" There is not a more offensive fop than the Parliamentary one. I detest a young man Who talks of 'the House,' and lards his lean conversation With phrases about second readings and committees, and lends hie neglected speeches to the Mirror of Parliament. These are the men the Chancellor of the Exchequer hopes to be rid of in 4 Reformed Parliament." DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. PRICKS Or STOCKS THIS Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Red 84%% 3 per Cent. Cons. B4 3 1 / 8 4li 334 per Cent. --.. Ditto Red 924 % New 334 per Cent. -- 91% . 54 3 per Cent. Ann. 1726 - 4 per Cent. 1826 Bank Long Ann. to expire Jan. 5, 1861 1 .., 16 13-16 % Oct. 10, 1859 16% 11-16 Jan. 5, 1860 163 Jan. 5, 1880 - April 5, 1880 - Jan. 5, 1870 - PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS Austrian Bonds 99 Belgian Bonds Ditto Account 76% Brazilian Bonds New 5 per Cent. India Stock Ditto Bonds 5 6 pm. South Sea Stock 9 34 Old Annuities....... New Ditto...—. ..... 3 per Cent. Ann. 1751 Ex. Bills, £l,OOO l4 15 pm. Ditto l4 15 pm. Ditto Small Ditto Commercial pm. Ditto Advertised Bank for Account India for Account. Cons. for Aug. 29 84% THIS DAY AT ONE O ' CLOCK. Peruvian Bonds IOU Ditto Account Portuguese Bonds — Ditto Account 52 1 Regency Scrip 2 4i % isE dis. Ditto Account 2% IA % dis. !Prussian Bonds 99 Ditto Account Ditto Bonds, 1822 1005( Russian Bonds, 1822 IOOY, Ditto Account lOO I New Loan 9l Spanish Bonds, 1821 ...:13% 14 Ditto Account l4 Ditto Bonds, 18 2 3 I33E Ditto Account — French Rentes, 5 p. c. —f —c. Exchange ...... —f —c. —S per cent...—. —f. —c. Exchange ...... —f —c. Dutch Scrip 4.1 y 4 U Ditto Account 44,', ki F:2nch Scrip 1 1 /, pm. Ditto Account 48Y, Buenos Ayres Bonds 22 Ditto Account Chilian Bonds l6 Ditto Account Columbian Bonds 1014 Ditto Account Ditto Bonds, 1E424 ll% Ditto Account l2 Danish Bonds 69% Ditto Account Greek Bonds 22 Ditto Bonds, 1825. 2sg Ditto Account 0 6g 6 Mexican Bonds, 5 per cent. 36 Ditto Account Ditto, 6 per cent rY7 % Ditto Account 27, Neapolitan —( PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. Per Share. Anglo Mex. Min. Co. (iss. at 51. pm.) XlOO Bolanos Mining Company £l5O Brazilian Imp. Min. Co. (iss. at 51. pm ) £2O Ditto St. John Del Rey British Iron Mining Company £5O Columbian Mining Co. (iss. at 5/. pm.) 48!,4 English Mining Company 12% General Mining Association ll Real dcl Monte Mining Co. United Mex. Min. Co. (iss. at 21. pm.) 40 Ditto New Scrip 2 Alliance Fire Insurarkce Comp. ...... Protector Insurance Comp. Australian Co. Canada Company l7 General Steam Navigation Co. l3 Provincial Bank of Ireland 25 190 48% 4 7% 7 22% 24 3X 8% £1 5 0 6% 47% 7% 28% Now ready, THE PENNY CYCLOPIEDIA, No. 1., with Five Engravings, uniform with the " Penny Magazine," published by the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge. To be had of all Booksellers and Newsmen in town and country. F VERY Elector in th e E m pi re s h ou ld pur . chase the ATLAS Newspaper of SUNDAY Next, August 19, which will be printed on a DOUBLE SHEET, to embrace the THREE REFORM BILLS Complete, besides a HISTORY of the REFORM QUES TION. The Double Sheet of the ATLAS contains up wards of Forty Square Feet. Published at Beaufort House, Strand. .• rb e *nit .4„„, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 16, 1832. PROROGATION PA B]LIAJIENT. HOUSE OF LORDS. The House opened this day for the admission of strangers, shortly after 12 o'clock. Its interior, as is usual on his Majesty's coming, was soon filled with Peeresses and Ladies of distinction, dressed in the first style of fa shion, presenting a most beautiful and picturesque appear. ance. Many of the Foreign Ambassadors were also in at tendance. Prayers were read by the Bishop of Rochester. Lord TEYNHAM presented two petitions, one against the collecting of tithes by military force, from the Politi cal Union of Norwich; and another from Bridgewater, relative to the state and condition of Poland. The LORD CHANCELLOR gave judgment in Hors ley v. Watson, affirming the decision of the Court below; and in Rhodes v. De Beauvoir, directing the trial of ea- tain issues. His MAJESTY entered the House, attended by his Great Officers of State, and;took his seat on the Throne at 10 minutes past 2, immediately upon which the Usher of the Black Rod was commanded to summon the attendance of the House of Commons. The Speaker, accompanied by a large body of Members, then attended at the Bar, and addressed his Majesty, giving a brief analysis of the history of the Session, and particularly dwelling on the Reform Bill. The Right Hon. Gentleman concluded by presenting the Appropriation Act, to which his Majesty was pleased to give his Royal Assent, as also to the West India Relief Bill ; the Greek Convention Bill ; the Chancellor's Salary Bill ; the Forgery Abolition of Death Bill ; the Stage Coach and Post Horse Duty Bill ; the India Juries Bill; the Tithe Composition Bill, and the Party Proces sions (Ireland) Bill. His Majesty then delivered the following most gracious speech : " MY LORDS AND GENTLEMEN, " The state of the public business now enabling me to release you from your further attendance in Parliament, I cannot take leave of you without ex. pressing the satisfaction with which I have observed your diligence and real in the discharge of your duties during a Session of extraordinary labour and duration. " The matters which you have had under your consideration have been of the first importance; and the laws, in particular, which have been passed for reforming the representation of the people have occupied, as was unavoidable, the greatest portion of your time and attention. " In recommending this subject to your consi deration, it was my object, by removing the causes of just complaint, to restore general confidence to the Legislature, and to give additional security to the settled Institutions of the State. This object, I trust, will be found to have been accomplished. " I have still to lament the continuance of disturbance in Ireland, notwithstanding the vigi lance and energy displayed by my Government there, and the measures it has taken to repress it. " The laws which have been passed in con formity with the recommendation I made at the beginning of the Session, with respect to the collet don of tithes, are well calculated to lay the founda tion of a new system, to the completion of which the attention of Parliament, when it again assem bles, will of course be directed. " To this necessary work, my best assistance will be given by enforcing the execution of the laws, and by promoting the prosperity of a country blest by Divine Providence with so many natural advan tages. . _ " As conducive to this object I must express the satisfaction which I have felt at the measures adop ted for extending, generally, to my people in that kingdom the benefits of education. " I continue to receive the most friendly as surances from all Foreign Powers ; and, though I am not yet enabled to announce to you the final arrangement of the questions which have been so long pending between Holland and . B e l g i um, and though, unhappily, the contest In Portugal between the Princes of the House of Braganza still continues, I look with confidence, through the intimate union which subsists between me and my allies, to the preservation of general peace. " GENTLEMEN OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS, " I thank you for the supplies which you have granted to me; and it is a great satisfaction to me to find, notwithstanding large deductions from the revenue, occasioned by the re peal of some taxes which pressed most heavily on my people, that you have been enabled, by the exercise of a well-considered economy in all the departments of the State, to provide for the service of the year, without any addition to the pub lic burdens. " MY LORDS AND GENTLEMEN, " I recommend to you during the recess the most careful attention to the preservation of the public peace, and to the maintenance of the authority of the law, in your respective counties. I trust that the ad vantages enjoyed by all my subjects under our free constitution will be duly appreciated and cherished ; that relief from any real causes of complaint will be sought only through legitimate channels ; that all irregular and illegal proceedings will be discountenanced and resisted; and that the establish ment of internal tranquillity and order will prove that the measures which I have sanctioned will not be fruitless in promoting the security of the State and the contentment and welfare of my People." The LORD CHANCELLOR then, by his Ma jesty's command, said, " It is his Majesty's Royal will and pleasure that this Parliament be prorogued to Tuesday, the 16th day of October, to be then here holden; and this Parliament is accordingly prorogued to Tuesday the 16th day of October." His MAaesTy, who appeared in excellent health and spirits, then left the House attended as before. HOUSE OF COMMONS. At a Quarter to Two o'clock the SPEAKER entered the House, at which time about 80 Illembers were present. Mr. MILLER brought up the Report of the Select Com tnittee on East India Affairs, which was ordered to be printed. - Mr. OTWAY CAVE took the oaths and his seat, as Member for Tipperary. Mr. H. HUGHES gave notice, that neat Session he would move for leave to bring in a Bill to encourage the building and endowment of Churches and Chapels by pri vate individuals. The Hort. MEstasit moved for a return of the number of pounds of tobacco produced in Ireland and taken into account by the Officers of Excise in Ireland, for the year ending the Ist of January, 1832. Mr. EVANS gave notice, that next session he would move to bring in a Bill to extend the right of representa tion to all male persons of 21 years of age, and also to bring in a Bill to levy a tax on all funded, landed, and other property, in order to pay the interest of the national debt. Mr. WILKS presented a petition from certain Baptist Missionaries in London, complaining of the treatment of the Baptist Missionaries in Jamaica, and the demolition of their chapels, and it prayed for the abolition of Negro Slavery ; also a petition from the Hull and Sculcoates Political Union, complaining that many persons who occupied what were called compounded tenements, viz., those houses the taxes upon which had been compounded for by the landlords, would he deprived of the right of voting under the 33d clause in the Reform Bill. Sir E. SUGDEN said he bad always argued that the clause referred to would work badly, but he received no more attention from the Hon. Members than from many other Members on the opposite side of the House, and in consequence the people were now coming forward with their complaints. Mr. WILICS presented a similar petition from the sailors of Hull ; also a petition from New Sarum, complaining of capital punishment; one from the library of the people at Boston, for a repeal of all taxes on knowledge ; and from certain merchants, &c. of Kull, against the Irish Tithe Bill. Sir CHARLES WE THERELL asked if this last pe • tition prayed that the Tithe Bill should not be enforced, because that Bill had now become the law of the land ? Mr. WILKS said it prayed that the military might not be employed to enfnrce payment of tithe.. Sir C. WETHERELL moved that that petition be not received. Lord ALTHORP said the wording of the petition was certainly strong, for it prayed the House not to grant supplies for carrying on a civil war in Ireland. However, there was nothing in it disrespectful to the House. Sir E. SUGDEN said the petition charged the Ministers with carrying on a desolating war in Ireland, and the Noble Lord knew best whether he had done so or n0t.... he (Sir E. Sugden) believed not. Strangers were then ordered to withdraw for a divi sion, but none took place, Mr. Willis consenting to with draw the petition. Mr. HUME rose to present a whole bundle of petitions, but had only time to mention those from Birmingham, Walsall, and Bethnal-green, when he was interrupted by Sir A. CLIFFORD, the Usher of the Black Rod, who advanced to the table, and, addressing the Speaker, said, " The King desires the immediate attendance of this House in the House of Peers." The SPEAKER and all the Members then proceeded to ;he House of Lords. The SPEAKER having returned to the House, read the King's Speech, and immediately dissolved the House. Before separating, Lord ALTHORP and many Members cordially shook the SPEAKER'S hands. The Parliamentary Session terminates this day, and with it the existence of the borough mongers, and the last fond hopes of the Ultras. Henceforth both are as completely extinct as the Mammoth,—mere matters of history, worthy to be held in remembrance only as they serve " to point a moral, or"—we were going to add— " adorn a tale," but this would be too great a sacrifice of truth to politeness. What a memo rable Session has the one now just on the eve of dissolution been ! What alternate feelings ofhope, confidence, distrust, despair, enthusiasm, has it given rise to among the people. It commenced its sittings amid storm and tempest ; it continued them when the whirlwind was at its highest, and the waves chafed against the ark of the Constitu tion, threatening with every rush to engulph it it closes them when the hurricane has spent its fury, and the bow of hope again spans the poli tical firmament. We owe a deep debt of grati tude to the present House of Commons. It was firm amid dangers and difficulties that might well have appalled the stoutest heart; staunch to the principles of Reform when there were not a few temptations to be otherwise. But if there be one thing beyond another for which the present—or as we should rather say the late— Session has been memorable, it is the incredible quantity of bad speeches it has been the means of sending forth to the country. Think only of the hundred philippics of CROKER—of the thousand and one abortions of WETHERELL— of the myriad mummeries of DAWSON—of the financial fooleries of HERiiiEs—of the so lemn plausibilities of Sir ROBERT—the ser mons of PERCEVAL, breathed over by the bland spirit of dullness, and impregnated, every sentence, with the unadulterated quintescence of the poppy ;—think only of these things, reader, and then, bless GOD with us, that this glorious day writes " Finis," on them all ! Quitting the past (and w i t h out a s i gh), i t i s our duty now to bend our w h o l e attent i on to t h e future. Here is metal more attractive, but which we must first take care to hammer into shape before we can render it fit for use. It rests with us whether our next House of Com mons shall belong, as it has done, to the aristo cracy, or, as it should do, to the people. The game is now in our own hands. We have the privilege either of walking boldly up to the temple of the Constitution, and taking our seats, and doing our duty therein ; or of standing out side, stock-still like posts, and gaping about us with ( 4 a foolish face of wonderment." All, we repeat, now depends on the people, and that " all" applies for the present exclusivelyto the elections. It is here that we must put forth our undivided moral strength. This is the cross hung out in the sky to point the way to salvation. If we choose representatives of the right stamp, prompt in business, firm in character, zealous in pa triotism ; who can endure fatigue, who will not shrink from danger, but will dare to act as their conscience dictates, even though the basilisk eyes of power may glare full on them from the Treasury Bench,—if the people return such men as these to Parliament, and make besides due sacrifices to ensure their return, (for no great good was ever yet obtained without some slight surrender of ease and comfort,) they will find that they have not been toiling in the vineyard till the twelfth hour for nothing, but that the labour of the reaping will be repaid by the abundance of the harvest. The Ultras, we can assure the people, are already in the field. They at least, ever active, ever enterprising in the service of Mammon, are turning every mo ment to account. Let the Reformers, then, but work as diligently in the good, as the Ultras in the bad, cause, and all will yet be well. The Forgery Bill was read a third time in the Lords last night, and passed, after which the Duke of WELLINGTON entered into a copious and lachrymose detail of the state of the national finances. On this captivating topic his Grace was all distrust and apprehension, and looked the very spirit of hypochondriasm. He deplored Lord ALTHORP'S financial mis calculations, doubted the wisdom of the late reductions, which, however, by some process of logic peculiar to himself, the victor of a hundred fights felt convinced would turn out to be no reductions at all ; and waxed dolorous on the Portuguese question, and indeed on the subject of our whole foreign policy. Earl GREY re plied in a cheering, satisfactory spirit, and re duced the giant of the Duke's distempered fancy to the meagre dimensions of a dwarf. The LORD CHANCELLOR afterwards brought forward his Bill for amending the adminis tration of justice, &c. in the Court of Chancery ; merely, however, his Lordship ob served, in order that it might be printed, and considered by the country during the recess. The Bill is a very excellent Bill, is productive of many changes, and will ef fect many beneficial savings. In the Commons, a desultory conversation took place on the sub ject of the disqualification of voters from the non payment of rates, in the course of which Lord ALTHORP observed that it was desirable that the registration should be completed before a general election took place. In the course of the evening, in answer to some inquiries re specting SOMERVILLE, Sir J. HOBHOUSE re plied, that he might be considered as virtually discharged, for he believed that the discharge would very shortly take place. By the French Papers of Sunday, we learn that the King and Queen of the BELGIANS had left Compiegne for Brussels, and that the Court of LOUIS PHILIPPE was on the eve of its return to St. Cloud. The majority of the Journals still harp on the prospect of a war between Belgium and Holland, which at Paris was deemed almost inevitable. France, it was supposed, would side with Belgium should such a catastrophe take place. Intelligence from Lausanne, of the sth, mentions that a general armament in Switzerland had been unanimously resolved on by the Diet. FRENCH, FUNDS.—PARIS, AUG. 14.—Five per Cents., 99E 98E 95c. 99f. 98f. 95c 99f. ; Loan of 1832, 100 f. 50c. 45c. ; Four and a Half per Cents . , 90E 50c. ; Four per Cents., 83E ; Three per Cents., 69f. 20c. Isc. ; National Loan, 99f. 15c ; Bank Actions, 1,660 f. 1,657 f. 50c. ; Rente de Naples, Slf. 15c. 20c. ; Roman Five per Cents, 80; Rente d'Espagne, 12 3 12 12 fy Royal Spanish Loan, 78; Rente Perpetuelle d'Espagne, 57 57% 4 •n i 57% ; Belgic Loan, 78 77% Exchange on London— One month, paper, 25E 75c. ; money, 25f. 70c.; Three months, paper, 25E 65c. ; money, 25f. 60c.—Cours Authentique. German Papers mention that on the 21st a protocol was signed at Constantinople, by which the PORTE gives its formal assent to the extension of the Greek frontier, as required by the Lon don Conference, viz., from the Gulf of Arta to that of Volo, and again recognizes the inde pendence of the Greek State : - BRUSSELS, AUGUST la—The Government received yes. terday the official news that Colonel Maximilian de Lataing was received on the sth August, in a solemn audience, by the Emperor of Austria : he had the honour to deliver to his Majesty the autograph letter, in which the King of the Bel gians communicates to him his accession to the throne, and expresses a desire to maintain relations of peace and amity with Austria. The Emperor received Count Lataing in the most gracious manner; he expressed to him the esteem which he felt for King Leopold and the Belgian nation, and the satis faction that he had in forming political relations with the new state. Count Lataing having declared that Baron de Loe would be accredited to the Court of Vienna as permanent en. voy, the Emperor declared he would be happy to receive him in that character.—Moniteur Beige. The Emancipation contains the following letter : " We learn from an authentic source, that H. Van de Weyer was to quit Compiegne today (10th August) for Lon don, furnished with full powers from the King of the Bel gians to treat with the Conference on the affairs of Holland and Belgium. Previously to his departure there were several diplomatic conferences between the two Kings, M. Van de Weyer, and a secret agent to Lord Palmerston. There is one point on which King Leopold has declared that he cannot yield ; it is relative to the navigation of the Scheldt." BRUSSELS, Aucusz la—A pretty considerable number of troops will be assembled at Brussels on the day when the King and the Queen make their solemn entry. The day does not seem to be positively fixed, but it is supposed it will be the 18th or 19th. Their Majesties will arrive at Laeken a day later than was expected; instead of breakfasting at Lille they will stop there for the night. They will arrive early at Tournay, in order to take some repose before going to the fete offered to them by the city; and on the 16th they will turn aside from the great road to proceed to Laeken, by way of Molenbeck, without passing through Brussels. We are assured that M. Serruys is appointed First Secretary of Legation at Berlin, and that General Merckx is to be sent to notify to the King of Prussia the accession of King Leopold. BRUSSELS, Aug. 14.—M. Van de Weyer is not gone either to London or Paris, as the French Journals have announced ; he returns to Brussels with the King. The Earl of Liverpool steam-boat arrived at Ostend on Saturday. It brought twenty.nine chests of plate for his Ma jesty the King of the Belgians. M. Willoux, a Belgian Cabinet Messenger, set out yesterday with despatches for London. In the last four days there has been at Brussels 48 new cases of cholera, and 33 deaths.—Brussels Papers, Aug. 15. CONSTANTINOPLE, JULY 23.—0 n the 21st a protocol was signed here, by which the Porte gives its formal assent to the extension of the Greek frontier, as required by the London Conference, viz, from the Gulf of Arta to that of Volo, and again recognizes the independence of the Greek State. On the same day a second protocol was drawn up, by which the Porte is assured of an indemnity in money from Greece for the cession of the additional tract of territory. The three con tracting Powers guarantee this indemnity. It amounts to 40,000,000 of piastres, if it shall be thought necessary at Lon don, for the security of Greece, to give to the frontier the above.. mentioned extension; but the Porte is to receive only 10,000,000, if it should be preferred to have the frontier line begin below Zeitoung and end at Arta. At all events the matter is now settled. The Porte would have assented long ago to the exten. sion of the Greek frontier, and the conclusion of the arrange. runt has been delayed only by the discussions on the amount of the indemnity. The accounts from Syria are again very un favourable here --too great despondency prevails. The Sultan's army is said to be quite demoralized, and weakened by frequent desertions. Fears are entertained for the tranquillity of the capital should this bad news become generally known. It is said the Porte will seek the mediation of England to make peace with Mehemet Ali. This is, however, only a report, 'which 130;13 COnfirMatiOPe+-411gepacinC geitUnet Aug. 10, BANK OF ENGLAND.-(THIS DAY, A special general meeting of the Proprietors of Bank Stock was held this day in the Bank Chamber, pursuant to advertise ment. At 12 o'clock, the Governor (H. Palmer, Esq.) and Directors took their seats, when the minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. The GOVERNOR then said that with reference to the pre. sent meeting, the Directors had thought it their duty to con vene it in consequence of the printing of the minutes of evi dence which had been given before the Secret Committee of the House of Commons. At a former meeting, the Court of Di. rectors had stated that they would take the earliest opportunity of laying every information before the proprietors : that time was now come, for the Secret Committee had laid the whole of the evidence on the Bank question before the House, and had ordered it to be printed. The Court of Directors, therefore, on being informed of that, had considered it to be their duty to submit the whole of their accounts to the proprietors. They had uniformly considered that that would be a hazardous experiment, and the Court of Proprietors also had always negatived any motion for that purpose ; but now, in consequence of the pro ceedings adopted by the Bank Committee, the step was ren dered necessary. The Directors, therefore, held them selves free from blame if there was any, and threw the whole of the responsibility on that Committee of the House of Commons. The accounts were very volu minous, and gave a complete history of all the transactions of the Bank Directors from the year 1778 up to the present pe. riod, with an account of all the liabilities, and the price and quantity of bullion on hand in every succeeding year. They contained every information connected with the Bank that it was in the power of the Directors to lay before the public. He would again say, the Court of Directors only did their duty on the present occasion, and that the responsibility rested wholly on the House of Commons. It was impossible for him to do more than merely read the heads of the accounts, as they amounted to eighty-three in number; he would therefore proceed to read their headings, and afterwards he would submit that they be printed as soon as possible and be distributed to the proprietors. He would only farther state, that the evidence given by any of the Directors who were summoned before the Committee as indi viduals, was given in a spirit of the greatest impartiality, and he hoped it would set at rest many of those complaints which it had been the practice of persons to indulge in with respect to the manner in which that Court transacted their bu. siness. He trusted that the Court of Proprietors, when they saw the evidence, and when they saw the accounts, would be convinced that nothing was exhibited but what would redound to the credit of the Corporation. If the House of Commons would allow it, the minutes of evidence taken before the Secret Committee would be printed an distributed along with the accounts, which would render them more easily understood. The Honourable Gentleman then proceeded to read the heads of the accounts which were laid on the table. They were very full, and comprised every transaction of the Bank, both as public and private bankers, from the period stated by the Hon. Go vernor in his speech. Among other things was an account of the average amount of public deposits from the year 1800 ; the expense incurred in managing the public accounts; the loss sustained by the Bank by forgeries for the last 10 years ; the price of gold and silver bullion each year, from 1694 to 1827, so far as it could be ascertained, &c. &c. A PROPRIETOR wished to know whether an account could be added to show what expense the Bank had been at in experiments for the prevention of forgery. The GOVERNOR said if possible that would be added. In answer to a question from another Proprietor, the Go. 2 7 900 rn0 mo r i n d ot th in e olu su di r n p g lu t s he h o u f il d d i i v n i g sib a l n e d f s u o n tn d e s o a th m e o r un th ted to ings; if they were added, it would, in the whole, amount to about 4,000,0001. Mr. WINTER complained that the accounts now produced were too full to go before the public ; the accounts of the Bank, as private bankers, ought not to be printed. Mr. BLACKBURN complained of the absence of the standing Counsel, and asked whether the petition to the House of Commons, agreed to by the Court, had been presented. The GOVERNOR said the meeting had been held so sud denly that no notice had been given to Counsel, and the peti tion had not been presented. In answer to some further obser vations, he said, that with respect to the Forgery Bill, the Bank had not expressed an opinion as a Corporation, but he had felt it his duty to state his opinion to the Government, and then leave the matter in their hands. As to the question of the Charter, he was as entirely ignorant as any one present. It was then moved and seconded, that the accounts be printed, along with the minutes of the evidence given before the Secret Committee, if they could be got, which was carried. The meeting then adjourned. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY). GENERAL AVERAGE PRICE OF BRITISH CORN, For the Week ended Aug. 10, 1832, made up from the Returns of the Inspectors in the di ffhrent Clues and Towns in England and Wales, per Imperial Quarter. Wheat-635. 2d.1 Oats 21s. 365. 7d. Barley 335. Id.l Rye 365. 7d. Pease 395. Id. IMPERIAL AGGREGATE AVERAGES OF THE SIX WEEKS PRECEDING. Wheat—...... 635. M., Oats 21s. 94.1 365. 3d. Barley 335. M. Rye 365. 5d 375. Ild. DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. Wheat..........ff15. Bd4 Oats ........... 15s. 3d. 8ean5......... 15s. 6d. Barley --..128. 4d.1 Rye ....,.......... 15s. 6d.1 Pease—, 14s. Od. HAY MARKETS.—(At per Load of 36 Trusses.) CUMBERLAND (LATE ST. JAMES'S) Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay 42 15 to £3 0 New Meadow Hay 2 15 3 15 Useful Old Ditto 3 0 3 15 Fine Upland Meadow and Rye-grass Hay 3 15 4 5 Clover Hay 4 0 6 6 Oat Straw .-Z1 16 to £2 0 I Wheat Straw ... 2 2 2 4 Straw from 2s. to 4s. per load lower than last quoted; prices otherwise stationary. Supply moderate, and trade dull. SMITHFIELD. Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay £3 0 to £3 5 New Meadow Hay ........... ..... 3 0 3 10 Useful Old Ditto.... . ......... 3 5 3 15 Fine Upland Meadow and Rye-grass 4 0 4 5 Clover Hay (extra fine)...X6 o... Generally 4 0 5 0 Oat Straw ... Z 1 16 to £1 181 Wheat Straw 2 0 2 2 Supplygood, trade rather dull, and prices as last quoted. THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, T WEL VE 0' CLOCK. By the French mail this morning, we have received an ac count of an occurrence which took place at Compiegne, which has greatly excited the public attention, namely, the Austrian and Prussian Ambassadors leaving Paris to proceed to Compiegne to join the English Ambassador there; and as the marriage of Leopold took place without any representation to the foreign Powers, it was imagined that some other important even twas the cause of these Ambassadors performing the journey. Extract of a letter from Compiegne, Aug. 11, eleven o'clock at night.—" On the 9th, at the moment tho Bishop of Meux was occupied in uniting the Royal couple, a courier arrived in full speed at the Palace. You must imagine his despatches were of great importance; but measures were taken not to in terrupt the proceedings, but immediately after the marriage took place Louis Philippe and King Leopold were closetted for some time, after which a long conference took place, at which were present the Belgian Ministers, and it was a very animated one. To-day again another estafette arrived, and H. Merode proceeded with the despatches to the King. After having had a long conference with King Philippe and Lord Granville, Leopold held a private council with the Belgian Ministers. It is stated as positive that the King of France has assured King Leopold, before the English Ambassador, that he is detemined to assist the King of Belgium in case of necessity. It is also stated in the above letter that a courier had arrived there from the King of Holland with a n•te, dated the Bth of August, addressed to the Conference, in which the King of Holland declares that whatever may be the measures taken by the Plenipotentiaries to cause the Dutch Government to accede to the evacuation of the Belgian territory, that his Majesty will not comply only by force of arms." --. A telegraphic dispatch from Lyons announces that the as sembling of the people there was dispersed with the greatest fasilky. The accounts they have at Paris from Lisbon are only of the 31st of July, which represent the situation of Don Pedro as critical, and that he will soon be blockaded in Oporto by twenty thousand men. THE FUNDS. We were correct in stating yesterday that no express bad ar rived in the City from Paris. It is very seldom if one comes to that quarter we are not acquainted with it. The information received by the French mail from Com piegne of the refusal of the King of Holland to evacuate the the Belgian territory only by force of arms, we do not credit, as our information from the well-informed is decidedly of a dif: ferent tendency, stating that Van de Weyer is daily expected to settle the business. In the absence of further information from Portugal, and of the meeting of the two brother's squadrons, the public attention is turned to his Majesty's speech this afternoon, which is anxiously sought after. As yet we do not hear that the contents have transpired. Our arrivals this morning are again of a scanty description, as well as the estafette from Paris, which brings the Rentes 69f. 15c. Consols at present remain without animation, and opened at the same price they left off at, 84; since which they have been done at 84 to 4. In the Foreign Market nothing doing at present. HALF-PAST ONE. The Bank meeting has broken up, and we understand that Mr. Carruthers moved that the 83 accounts, of which the titles were read, should be printed, and, when ready, be dis tributed to each proprietor, on their being asked for ; also, that application should immediately be made to the House of Commons, for permission to print with these accounts the minutes of evidence taken before the House of Commons. The profits of the Bank to August was 2 , 9 00,000/. ; surplus in hand amounted altogether to four millions. Consols remain steady at 844 Sellers, 84 to 4 for Money. In the Foreign Market Dutch Stock rather better; Regent Portuguese Scrip 3to 2j discount. The speech of the Duke of Wellington has had some effect on the above Scrip. THREE O' CL 0 CE. Consols for account, 84+. FOUR O'CLOCK CLOSING PRICES. Consols • 841 Danish 691 Ditto for Account 844- Greek, 1825 26 Brazilian Bonds 49i Mexican, 1825 27 Buenos Ayres... 21 Peruvian ... ..... Chilian Ditto.... Russian lOOl Columbian 1824 .... Spanish SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. The Belgic papers of the last and present week still insist on the existence of two new pro tocols hitherto unpublished (the 69th and 70t1,), in which the Conference of London issaid to have accepted the basis of the Dutch projected treaty of the 30th of Jnne last, and to have required the concurrence of the Belgic Government in its chief conditions, after having made some modi fications of the articles, in which it differed from their own arrangement of November, 1831, which was declared to be " final and irrevocable." These favourable modifications are reported to consist in the admission of Belgic craft into the Dutch waters, and the permission to Belgium of making the proposed road to Germany through the Dutch village of Sittardt. The Conference is stated to be pleased with the consent of his Dutch Majesty to these proposals of their own, and to have uudertaken to procure the consent of Belgium to the convention by such a lure. We cannot for a moment lend any faith to such a representation, though we are as willing as the most ardent apologists of the Conference to allow the extent of embarrassment into which the obstinacy of his Dutch Majesty has thrown the advocates of a peaceful settlement. The Dutch projected treaty of June last, agreed to the separation of the two countries as well as the treaty of November. It accepted of the terri torial arrangement of Limburg and Luxemburg without any material alterations, and even con sented to the division of the debt as proposed by the Conference, with some reservations about the sinking fund, and the interest of his Dutch Majesty in the stock of the Bank of Brussels. It was entirely silent about the projected rail road through the district of Sittardt ; and the stipulated reserve in favour of the consent of the family of Nassau to the surrender of the Belgic portion of Luxemburg could not have inspired any alarm respecting the ultimate efficiency of the arrangement. Where, then, did the treaty of the Dutch King differ materially from that of the Conference, and what was the cause of the opposition with which it has been met on the part of the Belgians ? These differences rne d y be reduced to three, and we shall make no apo logy for again explaining them, because we are convinced that their tendency is freo,siently mis understood, and their importance unappreciated. 1, In the first place, the very proposal of an entirely new treaty by Holland, after the Conference had entered fully into the sub ject as umpires in the quarrel, and had not only required the assent of the parties to several arrangements—namely, to the treaty of the 18 articles in June, 1831, and to the treaty of the 24 articles in November of the same year,—but had ratified with Belgium a solemn engagement, which had thus become the public law of Europe,—was an inadmissible display of arrogance—an unwarrantable assumption of su periority. When the Conference had admitted the pretensions of Belgium, and recognized the sovereignty of King Leopold, the two parties were on a level. The Plenipotentiaries of the five Powers permitted neither of them to dictate to the other, but heard the cltiims and represen tations of both. The two treaties to which we have alluded were treaties of the Conference, mediating between the parties, and not treaties suggested by either of them for the adoption of the Conference. This matter of form is of more consequence than might at first be imagined. By admitting the treaty of the King of Hoilsnd, his claim of superiority over the King of Belgium is, to a certain ex t en t, recogn i ze d . The principle of legitimacy, by which Sovereigns deal with their subjects at their pleasure, instead of being elected and deposed by them, is coun tenanced. The Belgians, instead of being in dependent by the operation of their own resolute will, and their resistance to the Orange family, are considered as entitled to their independence only " by the grace" of William of Holland. His Majesty thus assumes the power of re leasing subjects from their allegiance, or of par doning rebels for their revolt, instead of treating with the new King of their choice—the recog nized organ of their new Government—on equal terms. What right has the King of Holland thus to propose a treaty for the acceptance of Belgium, which the King of Belgium has not to propose a treaty for the acceptance of Holland ? 2. But a more important object than this lurked in the proposal of the King of Holland—an ob ject which, it was supposed, would be more easily overlooked, if introduced in the shape of an original article of a treaty than if proposed as an amendment of a former stipulation. His Dutch Majesty, with a formal appeal to the li beral principles of the Congress of Vienna re garding the navigation of rivers, really intended to revive the cruel provisions of the treaty of Munster, for shutting up the Scheldt. This pro posal is not, of course, made in direct terms, because, if stated in an undisguised manner, it would have revolted all Europe ; but the claim of a Dutch toll on the river is equivalent to the assertion of a Dutch right to interrupt its navigation, and the enforcement of new restraints would soon have followed the acknowledgment of antiquated rights: in the 7th article of the Dutch project, accordingly, the Government of Holland, with great diplomatic dexterityrpro poses to adopt the principles of the treaty of Vi enna, respecting the navigation of rivers which traverse or divide the territories of different States, and applies these principles to the navigation of the Scheldt, as they had been previously applied by the Convention of Mentz to the navigation of the Rhine. Only just consider to what this parallel would lead. The Rhine, before it can be employed by any other nation except the Dutch, passes through a great part of the Dutch territory. Its banks require to be kept in repair, and police regulations must be maintained for strangers disembarking, on their passage up or down its stream. Its navigation is, therefore, restricted to the French, to the Prussians, to the people of Bavaria, Baden, and other States in its course. No foreign boat is permitted to appear on its waters. The Scheldt, on the other hand, may almost be considered an arm of the sea, during the whole of its course in Holland. It requires no care of the Dutch to repair its banks, or to watch the conduct of foreigners who sail on its waters. It is now as free to all nations as the English or the Irish Channel, and vet the Dutch Government, by a citation of inapplicable treaties, proposes the imposition of tolls, and the enforcement of rules, which would assimilate its use to that of the Rhine at Cologne or Stress, burg I By this means the free commerce of Antwerp would be destroyed ; and the only in tercourse of trading nations with Belgium must have been carried on through Ostend, or by pay ing tribute to the Dutch Custom-houses ! 3. But in the last place, the treaty of the King of Holland is inadmissible, because it makes the evacuation of the Belgic territory dependent on the settlement of every contested point, in stead of being the basis of the whole arrange ment. The Belgic Chambers, in their address to the King before the prorogation, made the evit!