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FRENr II PAPERS. CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES -...NITTING or Nov. 30. The Chamber proceeded to the discussion of the para- graphs of the address. The first and second were adopted without observit , on. In the third paragraph ,I. Bantle proposed to substi tut. the word " doctrines" for that of " recollections 01 the restoration." The President of the Council expressed the assent of Government to the ameniment, which was according!) adopted, as was the paragraph so amended. The fourth and fifth paragraphs were adopted without observation. On the sixth paragraph, relative to the attempts of tin fallen dynasty to excite civil war in the west, kiting read. M. de Sivry remarked that the partisans of the exiled family were fewer than was supposed, that the evils corn p 1 sin d of principally arose from the want of work and con-equi nt distress of the population, added to the enor mous taxation by which they were oppressed, and that tranquillity would soon be restored if Government would put an end to this state of things, revise and amend the appointments of the public functionaries in those districts. and prod din a general amnesty, after a decision hail been come . to on the fate of the illustrious prisoner.--(This ex pression excited loud and universal murmurs, in the midst of which the orator left the tribune.) The par iv aph was then adopted, as were also the 7th and Sch. On the 9th, rt4ative to the measures taken to suppress the rebellion n June, M. Mcrilhou proposed an amendment declarative of the illegality of placing Paris in a state of siege. Tho President of the Council lead in a low tone of voice a long written discourse. Affer a few preliminary observations he said, that as Minister of War it was right for him to take the earliest opportunity of giving the Chamber every information on the military operations in progress. The true obj ec t o f t h e measures a d apted by France and England was the consolidation of peace by in suring the execution of the treaties ; the mission of the French army was, he said, to insure the territorial hide penitence of Belgium ; the siege of the citadel of Antwerp was about to be pressed with vigour ; and he doubted not that in a very short time, the object of the expedition be ing obtained, the army would return bringing back new pledges of peace, and loaded with the gratitude of the al lies of France, and the esteem of other nations, witnesses of irs moderation as well as of its courage. He then (after congratulating the country on the satisfactory state of the army sod National Guards) proceeded to give, as Presi dent of the Council, some explanations on the course pur sued by Government with regard to the internal dissen sicns which had existed in the country. Ile explained that for a loug period the Government had hoped to put an end to the disturbances in the west of France by keep. ing strictly within the limits of ordinary proceedings, and adopting a system of moderation rather than of severity, and under that feeling resisted all the applications made, even in the bosom of the Chamber itself, to adopt excep tional measures ; but when actual rt hellion bad broken out, and it was ascertained, on satisfactory evidence, that the Duchess of Berry was actually in the country, it was then found expedient to put four departments under martial law. The Hon. Minister then entered on the question of the events of June, which lie said were of an importance and nature to place the Government in the situation in dicated by a leading orator of the opposition (M. Mau guin), who said in a speech made by him on the 9th of March, 1831, that " when serious danger menaced the country, the Minister, in order to save the laws, might for a moment place himself above them." Government, however, did not place itself above the laws, but had only recourse to the existing laws, the recent application of which to the departments of the west bad given rise to no objections.- Stress had been laid on the period of taking the step in question. The riots com menced on the sth of June, at 5 o'clock, but it was not until late iu the night, and on the morning of the 6th, that they assumed the character of a positive insurrection. Oa the tith the rebels were openly in arms, barricades w e re erected, communications were interrupted, and the necessity of the measure was recognised by the National Guards and the great mass of the citizens 3 the ordinance, which vras only the declaration of a fact accomplished (for the anarchy which existed had itself put Paris in a state of siege), was determined on and announced on the afternoon of the 6th ; its official promulgation could not tak e place until the 7th ; and although in fact the rebel lion hsd been then suppressed, there could be no doubt that the knowledge of that step having been taken, con tributed materially to the defeat and depression of the insurgents. M. De Tracy denied that the Opposition sanctioned the declaration of martial law iu the western departments; and asserted that be and his friends were the enemies of exceptional measures and legal fictions of every kind. The seetalations of a state of siege referred only to fortified towns, and ought not to be otherwise applied. He then referred to the report that preceded the ordinance re voking the state of siege, arid defended the Polytechnic School and the artillery of the National Guard from the accusations which, he contended, were most unjustly and unwisely heaped upon them in that report. He concluded by cordially supporting the amendment. M. Madier s'e Montjau defended the declaration of martial law, and expressed his firm conviction that M. Casimir Perier would not have hesitated an instant to employ a similar measure under similar circumstances. I " He would not have remained silent," said he, " if some of us, gentlemen, bad not presented ourselves before him until after the combat. And on this subject I beg leave to state solemnly a fact which will aid us in forming a right judgment of each other. On the evening of the sth of June, at the commencement of the revolt, several of the deputies hastened to the King of the Tuileries. We did not find there any member of the Opposition."-- (Tremendous murmurs from the extremities.) A Deputy (on the right)—l was there the first. A Deputy (on the left)—Do not reply, it is useless. M. de Grammont—There was nothing to fear. Bernard—You are making a denunciation. Lffitte—W e were in the midst of the danger, not of Court favours.—(Murmurs from the centres.) Several voices—Go on, go on. The President—Let the orator speak, gentlemen ; you tell him to go on, and interrupt him every moment. . M. Madier de Montjau—l will willingly substitute the following words for those which have so shocked you— " we were grieved to find very few members of the Op position there." M. (Hiroo Barrot said that the Government ought never to quit the path of legality, but if, in the absence of the Chambers, imperious necessity compelled it to do so, it should take the earliest opportunity of explaining to the representatives of the country the nature of that necessity, and throwing itself on their mercy ; in that case, a bill of indemnity might be granted. When General Jackson once found himself compelled, in order to save a town intrusted to him, to place the inhabitants under martial law, he felt the illegality of the act, and as soon as the danger was past, surrendered himself a prisoner, was tried and condemn e d, alth oug h h e h a d save d th e t o w n; th e citi zens of the United States admitted the justice of the sen tence, but at the same time appreciated his motives, and opened a subscription to pay his fine. That General Jackson is now President of the United States. By acting thus statesmen secure not only the indulgence, but the esteem, of their fellow-citizens; but what (continued the i lion. Deputy) can be said of an Administration which I puts four departments and the capital of the kingdom without the pale of the law, with no better excuse for its extra-legal conduct than syllogisms and legislative doubts, wholly inadequate to balance the injury it inflicts upon the fundamental compact? The Honourable Deputy denied that he tar his friends had ever asked for any exceptionable measures for La Vendee, except indeed exceptions in its favour. He had asked to have education diffused in those districts, that the inhabitants might be enlightened to their own interests.—(Murmurs from the centres.) In Paris the Ministry had not even the excuse of the existence of civil war.---(Violent interruption.) It had been amply proved that the rebellion was at an end before the step was taken. The embarrassment of the Government, threatened by factions, is alleged as au ex cuse for declaring maitial law. But the true, the only force of the Governtnent lies in its religious retire ct for the Constitution. If i t s h ould be attempted to excuse the violation of the law on the ground of necessity, I will ask when was it that this allegation was not brought for ward as an excuse for most violent and iniquitous mea sures ? It was not wanting at the formation of the revo lutionary tribunals; then it was urged as necessary to repress conspiracy and save th e S tate. These motives are to be found in the report of Danton. These are his words These measures cannot affect good citizens. To throw reproach upon a measure so en erget i c is to destroy th e r e public by indulgence. I quote this merely to prove to you that excuses were never wanting for the most violent measures. When the possessors of power have departed from the Constitution, when they have created commissions, the illegality of these measures falls upon the beads of those who resort to them ; and when they are compelled terender an account to the people, and are obliged to justify their conduct, then they sink under the weight of the accusations against them. We should have thought the Ministers, profiting by the lessons given them by the past, would have kept within the strict line of legality. However, we are deceived, but still nothing is lost; let us endeavour to arrest the Governnieut on the brink of the e srecipice at which it has placed itself, and since Ministers Lave so violently attacked the Constitution, let us resiNr it all. the respect which is due to it.—(Loud applause.) The Minister of Justice justified the declaration of marti :1 law in La Vendee as rendered necessary by the regular or. ganization of armed bands, which did not exist when severe measures were refused by the Government. Al. Barrot's plan of educating the inhabitants of those countries would lie excellent for the future, but it would hardly have been advisable to be satisfied with sending to H Chouan chief a polite request to go to school and learn to read.--(Laughter.) The Hon. Minister repeated that the same parties who cho-e to condemn the declaration or martial law in Paris approved of it in La Ve ndee, and particularly that the very journals which on the 34 and 4th of June were full of the regulations to he observed in eases of martial law, and loudly proclaimed both the lega lity and expediency of the measure as rigged to LaVendee. on the 7th of June, only three days afterwards, were as strenuously employed in proving its illegality.—(Renewed laughter.) M. de Corcelles—Speak to the Chamber; we are not sitting here to pass judgment' on the journals. The President—l cannot and I will not allow these interruptions. The Minister of Justice continued by painting the situa tion of Paris on the sth and 6th of June, and the proofs furnished by the collection of arms end ammunition di.. covered at different places, of the existence of a plot to ,verthrow the Government, anti argued that it wes not enly necessary to repress rebellion by declaring martial saw on the 6th, but to prevent its recurrence by con -inning it afterwards. I do net wish (continued M. Bathe) to recriminate on our adversaries, but I winks ask if, on the review that followed the events of June, the Ministry on one h !nil bad presented itself to the National nuarels with the ordinance of m trtial law, and on the eller a deputy had appeared with the Compte rendoe pub. gibbed a few days before, which would have been the most Favourably received?—(Violent agitation.) To protest against the rebellion on the one hand, and make it up by accusing the Ministry on the other, is a weakness or an rror ; it is approving the repression of disorders, yet blaming the band which operated it. If on the 6th of :lone the rem] or the white flag bad been triumphant, I tell know the dangers in which the Ministers would have been placed ; but I thank Heaven that, amid all the ac casationa which have been raised against the majority and the Royal prerogative, it cannot at least be said that the Government has been perjured.—(Vociferous applause from the ceterets) M. Odillon Barrot, with considerable warmth, said that h e perfectly understood that he was the deputy alluded to by the Hon. Minister as likely to have met with an tin e:vomit& reception from the National Guards. Ile did not know how far it was Parliamentary to bring the National Guards in as a party to debates in that Chamber —( Violent interruption)—but he would declare that he was not afraid of presenting himself before any body of :es fellow-citizens whatever, as he had the consciousnesa having done his duty by defending - the rights of his country, both out of the Chamber, in the tribune, and in th e Compte rendu, an act the legality of which could not he contested.—(Renewed and long-continued interruption: the President with great difficulty succeeded in restoring comparative silence.) Recurring to the question of martial law, he maintained that the measure had been repelled in t' e Council of Ministers on the morning of the 6th of Jsne, and was net adopted until the evening of that f,3y, when the firing had ceased and the rebellion was wholly at an end, and thence argued that the real !native of it could only have been the desire of vengeance, old the hope of being able to crush without difficulty •lrese fallen enemies whose fate would be delayed and perhaps mitigated if left to the ordinary tribunals. It -tteh were the motive, and he could imagine no other, then, fslittirvg the strict legality of the measure out of the ques. thin, the adoption of it for such an object was an attack mei the charter calling for signal reparation. In conclu sion, he alluded to the visit of the Deputies to the King, ,ted said that lie a'so had gone to his Majesty; this was at a I ,ter period, indeed, but not too late, for a real, a serious ilanger, far greater than any to which the King was ex , posed from the insurrection, then existed—the danger of re-action. " It is not," said he, " in moments of tern. retillity that Constitutions ate violated ; Government, when cog), do not venture to attack them. We foresaw this danger, and we wished to induce the Government to pre serve that moral force which an adherence to the Constitu tion would have given it. Unfortunately we did not sue eed ; bnt it is to be hoped that what could not be obtain-d lry the force of reason, will be so by the strong reproliaa eon of the Chamber."—(Great confusion prevailed during this discourse, which was received with loud applause from the'extremities, and equally loud disapprobation from the centres.) The Minister of the Marine asserted Abet the declaration of martial law was determined on in the morning, not the evening, of the 6th of June, and that the Council was una nimous on the point. M. Odillon Barrot—The Minister of the Marine gives me the lie (me donne ice dement). I accept it ; I will net carry the discussion further. Araeo (from his place)—l declare that the assertion of Al. Odillon Barret is strictly correct. The greatest tumult prevailed ; at length the President succeeded in putting the question as to closing the discus sion, which was carried in the affirmative. He then re read the amendment of M. Merilhou, and put it to the vote. All the centres and part of the droite rose in op. position to it; the extreme gauche and the remainder of the droile in its favour. It was, therefore, rejected by a considerable majori y. A few voices called for a ballot, but the demand was not persisted in, and the President declared the amendment lost. The Sitting was then adjourned amidst great agitation. SITTING OF DECEMBER 1. Before the Sitting was opened, the Polish Committee caused to be distributed among the Duputies an address, having for its object to remind them of the engagements they had solemnly taken, during the last Session, to maintain the nationality of Poland. They further begged of the Legislature to be allowed to entertain that opinion without any molestation, to preserve the national honour, and be formed into Polish legions, should the liberty and independence of France be again threatened ; to he assured that the Hood of the heroic bands should not be wasted in distant or foreign expeditions, &c. That address was acvornpanied by the petition, forwarded by 2,000 Polish 'efugees in France, to the House of Commons of Great Mit tin and Ireland, dated May 29, 1832 ; by a protest of the National Committee against the organized Statutes and the decrees of Nicholas ; and an appeal to the Russian nation. At i o'clock M. Dupin, the President, took the chair, when the discussion on the address to the King was re sumed. de Mosbourg said that. although the Chamber had nct rejected, yesterday, M. Merilhotes amendment to the ninth paragraph of the address, their respect for the Charter, nevertheless, imposed upon them the obligation to blame the measure of the state of siege as illeg,l. He then proposed that they should - state in their address " that the Government had, no doubt, conceived that the repressive measures it had resorted to, in order to subdue the insurrection, were authorized by the existing legisla tion ; but that the Charter formally enacted that no ea t; aordinary Commission should be established under any pretence whatsoever ; and that if the srfety of the State required the enacting of special laws to prevent the recur. fence of such disssters, the Chamber would not hesit ite to grant them." M. Mosbourg contended that his amend ment bad nothing hostile is the Ministry ; after their vic tory over the faction they should not, he said, have had recourse to arbitrary measures, but, on the contrary, pro pose to the King, in virtue of his prerogative, to grant a general pardon to the revolters. Too much blood had al ready been shed in those deplorable days. M. Mosbourg then showed the illegality of the state of siege, and per sisted in his amendment. M. Gannerou observed that M. de Mosbourg's amend ment presented three questions—that of the validity, op- portunity, and a judiciary question. He argued that the Court of Cassation bad recognised the validity of the state of siege, and the power the Government had to proclaim it. The opportunity was sufficiently illustrated by the facts and arguments adduced yesterday by the Keeper of the Seals; and the judiciary question was merely brought forward for the purpose of interesting the public in favour of the revolters. Al. de Ladre said that the Ministers, after recurring to extraordinary measures to suppress the insurrection, should have immediately convoked the Chambers, and have had the manliness to come forward and offer their responsibility and their heads. If it were then ascertained that they had saved the country, they would have re ceived, independently of a bill of indemnity, the vote of a national recompense. He was not competent to decide the question of the validity of the state of siege, as an administrative measure; but be conceived no• thing could be objected to the sentence pronounced by the most exalted Court in the kingdom, the Chamber of Peers ; who, in the case of Polignac and the other Ministers of Charles X., had pro claimed the illegality of the state of siege, and declared that it constituted the crime of high treason. He conten ded that the Ministers of War and . Justice, wh o h a d i ssue d tl.e instructions relative to the jurisdiction of the Military • M. Odillon Barrot said that little could be added to • assist the argumentation of the friends of the Ministry after the able manner in which the question had been dis cussed by M. Nicod, who had clearly shown that, in creating Councils of War, they had done more than esta blish Prevotal Courts, to which so much odium was affixed. He then asked the Keeper of the Seals if he had dared to to execute Geoffroi, sentenced to death by the Council of War, before the Supreme Court had pronounced on t•is fate, would it not have been a real assassination ? Th e Mi nistry ought not to sav that they wished to leave the matter to be decided by the Court of Cassation. That C:iur•t had decided against their special wish, and without their par ticipation. He then concluded by saying the Opposition did not wish to impeach them, but to blame their conduct. M. Marmier next came forward, and stated that the insurrection was not so suppressed on the 6th June as to preclude his remaining under arms the entire of that night. Atter a few observations from M. Gartoupe, the atnend rnent of M. Mosbourg was put to the vote and negatived. M. Teste then moved as an amendment to the first part of the paragraph, the.e words.--." To repress these violent and simultaneous attacks against established order, your Government, Sire, has thought it necersary to have recourse to laws anterior to the Charter, but the diffi culties," &c. And again, for the words, " The necessity of a mote precise and more complete legislation," to in . sert the words, " The necessity of a more precise legisla tion, which shall conciliate." The Hon. Member, in supporting his amendment, contended that the legisla tive measures of the Government were contrary to the political rights of the people. The Keeper of the Seals opposed the amendment as go ing further than even the proposer imagined. After a few words from 1%1. Teste in reply, and M. Barthe, it was rejected by a small majority. M. Prunel then proposed another amendment to the same effect, upon which a rather stormy discussion arose. It having been said the National Guard itself called for coercive laws, M. Jolly reproached the Ministry with having let it self be influenced by the National Guard with arms in its hand•. There was an end of the Constitution if armed bodies once took upon themselves to deliberate. M. Le Marechal Lobau said that the National Guard had not deliberated as a body ; hut the National Guard was cornpo:ed of citizens, and under that title they had a right to express their opinions. M. Jolly repeated that the Constitution of a country was at an end when armed bodies deliberated. M. Lefebvre—lt was not only the National Guard of Paris which called for the state of siege ; it was the whole population of Paris, except the factions and their friends. The uproar in the Chamber at this declarati:in was im mi-nse; the left side shouting " Nu, no," and the centre " Yes, yes," As soon as he could obtain a hearing, The President said that M. Lefebvre was Deputy for Paris, and was entitled to be heard on this point. M. Lefebvre would affirm that the King, in his tour through the different quarters of Paris, beard no other cry than for the city to be placed in a state of siege.— (Fresh uproar.) The capital was in such it state of alarm . . at the sedition and pillage with which it was threatened, that the factions alone desired that Paris should not be declared in a state of siege, and the cry for it was unani mous when his Majesty, on the 6th of June, went through the streets and upon the quays from wh , nce the revolters had but just been driven.—(Great confusion.) M. Sslverte, (another Deputy for Paris)—.This is an insult upon the population of Paris. It is false.—(Loud shouts, and cries of " Order.") The President having with difficulty restored order, M. Lefebvre repeated his previous assertions, and said that if the factions had triumphed, the republic would have been proclaimed, and again would they have been afflicted with its sanguinary saturnalia. M. Sa(vette said that, as a deputy for the capital, he thought himself called upon to contradict M. Lefebvre. lie only arrived in Paris some days after the step had been taken ; hut, from all he had heard of it, he looked upon it as affitcting to the country, and dangerous to the Government.* M. Jacqueminot, as head of the Staff of the National Guard, bore testimony to the re!uctance with which the Government had had recourse to vinlent measures, and contended that the arms and barricades of the factious bad, in reality, placed Paris in a state of sieg;:btf;ert was declared to be so by the authorities. M. Pi unelle's amendment was then put and negatived. Several other amendments were proposed by the Oppo sition ; but they were all, in like manner, lint. The Chambers rose at six o'clock, without concluding the debate. * According to the report of M. Salverte's speech in another paper, he said that, "according to all the information he had received, the population had called for justice, not vengeance." —En. Sun. BRUSSELS PAPERS. (From the Moniteur Beige.) PROCLAMATION. " Leopold, King of the Belgian=,—To all present, and to come, saluting— " Considering that although all precautions have been taken, in order that the neutrality of the city of Antwerp should be respected, it is prudent to anticipate the possibi lity of the enemy subjecting the population to any of the evils of war ; " Considering that in this anticipation measures against firing have already been taken at Antwerp; and " Wing desirous to insure the prompt and efficacious application of these measures, and to recompense the zeal, courage, and devotedness that the good citizens may mani fest on the occasion ; on the report of our Minister o f the Interior, " We have decreed and do decree— " 1. That in the event of the city of Antwerp bring subjected to the horrors of another bombardment, tn,ciai_ lions shall be struck for the purpose of recompensing o individu :Is who shall have most powerfully contributed to prevent the effects of the firing and the destruction of pro. perty. " 2. These medallions shall be gold, and of the value of 100, 75, or 50 florins, in proportion to the service rendered. "3. We reserve to ourselves the rig lit of decreeing- w i t h regard to the presentation of the Ministee of the Interior, who will publish through the local authorities the nece s . sary instruction. "4. Our Minista of the Interior is charged with the Commissions in Paris, and the Western departments, At, u:ty of treason, and supp rted M. Mosbourg's ameNelmenr. M. Gaillard de Kerbertin in pressing the legality of the extraordinary means taken by the Government in June last, assimilate I the crimes committed by the insur gents arrested with arms in their hands to military of fences which were within the cognizance of Counc Is of War. He then endeavoured to clear the Ministry of the charge of having violated the Charter, and read a decision taken by the Court of Cessation on the sth Feb., 1824, in which that Court stated that all Frenchmen taken with arms in their hands against their country, should be tried by Military Commissions, and, notwithstanding his re spect for the Supreme Court, he could not but observe that the decision of June 28 list was in opposition to the precedent. The Carter of 1830 could not, he main tained, be invoked, for the 63d article of the Charter of 1814, contained the very same clauses as the 54th article of the former. M. Farmier begged leave to observe that, under the re storation itself, the French taken with arms in their hand s in 1823, on the frontiers of Sp in, were first deli vered up to Councils of War, but public opinion cotn elled the Government to send them to be tried by their nvional Judges, the Jury. M. Nicod, of the Court of Cessation, con , ended that there was an enormous difference between the two deci sions adduced by M. Kerberrin. It would be a monstro si•y to assimilate them. The Councils of War were merely instituted to try military offenders. The re volters of June were not military ; women seized in their ranks were not military. The decision of the Court of Cessation of 1824, was founded on the doctrines of the res toration, which the Chamber so solemnly branded by its vote of yesterday. The Charter of 1830, enacts that no citizen could be tried by any tribunal but his national Judges, the Jury. He added that the Legislatnre at that epoch had formally declared that no extraordinary trilru nal, whatever be its title or denomination, should here after be established. He then showed that the restoration itself had not had recourse to such extraordinary measures ; that the Prevotal Courts, instituted immediately after Marshal Ney's ex,cution, and tinder the influence of foreign bayonets, offered at least some security to the citizen, since the President of those Courts, who was the sole Judge, to he sure, was assisted by five civil magistrates, who might be considered as a sort of Jury. The execution of the 21 peasants, among whom were children of 16 years of age, who had formed part of a band of insurgents near Grenoble, in 1816, furnished M. Nicod with the theme of roost pathetic appeal to the House. M. Bartle, Minister of Justice, went over the argu ments adduced by M. Kerberrin, and announced that the question would soon be submitted to the decision of the Chamber in a Bill, which he would very soon lay on the table. eft CS, Y _ A +fir — ,cl_ * -4 47 eS - execution of the precut proclamation, which will be it sorted in the official liulletin. " LEOPOLD. " Given at Bru=sels, Nov. 26. " By the King, " CH ARLES ROGIER, "Minister of the Interior. " Leopold & " Provided that the troops stationed in the two Flanders, and of which consists the division under the orders of Ge neral Niellon, should form part of the troops in campaign ; " According to Article 26 of the code of procedure for the land army, and on the proposition of our Minister of War, " We decree, and do decree, " Ist. 'I hat a permanent Council of War shall be established at the Flanders division. " 2.11 y. That the General of Brigade Niellon is hereby charged with the formation of the Council of War, con• formably with the dispositions of the articles 262 and 263 of the code of procedure for the land army ; and that the obligation imposed by the article 276 of the said code is ref,rred to the above-mentioned General. "idly. That our Minister of War is hereby ehlre , ll with the execution of the present decree. " LEOPOLD. " By the King. 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Jan. 5. 1870 Cons. for Jan. 23 R 3 1 % PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS Austrian Bonds B) Belgian Bonds ^I% Ditto Account — Brazilian Bonds 46 Ditto Account 46 1i Buenos Ayres Bonds Ditto Account 2O 4 116 Milian Bonds Ditto Account l6 17 Columbian Bonds O% Ditto Account — Ditto Bonds, 1821 ... 1O Ditto Account — Danish Bonds 67!;., Ditto Account' 66% 7!i Greek Bonds 2'2 I)itto Bonds, !R ) .', 25!.:, Ditto Account — lexican Bonds, 5 per cent Ditto Account 0 0 , 4 ? D', I Ditto, 6 per cent Ditto Account ' , BY,' Neapolitan ...- THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK Peruvian Bonds Ditto Account Portuguese Bonds 4B 52 I Ditto Account 48N 1 Regency Scrip 4/1 dis. Ditto Account ...... ... 4.1 A dis. Prussian Bonds 2 98 I Ditto Account — ! Ditto Bonds, 182'2 581 j Russian Bonds, 1822 Ditto_Account 97 IA New Loan ll3 ,Spanish Bonds, 1821 ...... 16% 3 ,4 Ditto Acconot...l6 17 16 Ditto Bonds, !823 15% Ditto Account ls?i 16 French Itentes, sp. c. —f —c. Exchange —f —c. —S per cent —f —c. Exchange...— —f —c. Dutch Scrip 40% Ditto Account 40% Fr2nch Scrip 2 pm. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. Per Share Anglo Mex. Min. Co. (iss. at 51. pm. 100 8 Bolanos Mining Company - 150 165 Brazilian Imp. Min. Co. (iss. at 5/. pm.) £2O 48v Ditto National 17',2 17 Ditto St. John Del Rey . lO Ditto C0cae5......•... .. ~ritish Iron Mining Company £5O 1 'olumbian Mining Co. (iss. at 51. pm.) 49 , 4_ English Mining Company 124(, General Milling Association 1 l Real del Monte Mining Co. ...,.. ..... United Mex. Min. Co. (iss. at W. pm.) 40 Ditto New Scrip 5 Alliance Fire Insurance Comp lf) Protector Insi trance Comp. Australian Co. Canada Conmanv General Steam Navigation Co. Provincial Batik of Ireland 25 4:11 - ,"6 PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, NOV, 30, Bank Stock Consols, 3 per cent Clov, Stock, 3% per cent. &SIX, `rational Ditto Ditto, New 89% Patriotic Ditto 1 per Cent Hibernian Bank Gov. Deb. 342 per cent.... 83 Provincial Ditto Royal Canal Stock ... ...... 38 Royal Irish Mine Urand Canal Stock - Imperial Mine City Deb. 4 per cent - Mining Co. of Ireland Ballast Office Deb. 4p. c. 91% 'Commercial Buildings CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY ELECTION. THE COMMITTEE for Conducting the ELECTION of .1. W. LUBBOCK, Esq., sit daily at the BRITISH COFFEE-HOUSE, Cockspur-street. J. G. SHAW LEFEVRE, Esq., in tli?. Chair. ERRATUM. [n the Proclamation dissolving Parliament, in The Sun of yes terday, the Writs should be "returnable on Tuesday, the 29th January," instead of Wednesday. LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING. DECEMBER 1, 1832. Up to nearly three o'clock this afternoo, no accounts had been received at either of the Embassies, from Antwerp, of a later date than those which appeared yesterday. A report is current in the diplomatic circles of a suspension of hostilities having been agreed to, but we cannot trace it to any foundation. Yesterday terminated the last day of the un reformed Parliament, and this day begins a new era in the history of Great Britain. The elective franchise has been conferred on thiptisands who before this had no vote. The people have now the power to assert their own rights as freemen—and we hope they will exercise it for the benefit of themselves and Weir country. England expects every man ,o do his duty—and we have no doubt the elec tors will do theirs fearlessly, honestly, and wisely. Hamburg Papers, and the Hamburg Re porter of the 27th of November, have been received. The impression in Berlin was de cidedly pacific. Prussia is said to be as much against yielding Belgium to French influence as she is aga i ns t sacr ifi c i ng h er own interests in the Rhenish provinces to the obstinacy of Holland. Much will, however, depend on the result of this week's operations against the Citadel of Antwerp : BERLIN, Nov. 21.—The visit of the Queen of Holland to Beilin, has no political object whatever : Prussia has very decidedly taken its res.lution in this matter. We are neither inclined to suffer Belgium to become a French province, nor to sacrifice to the obstinacy of Holland the manufacturing interests of our Rhenish provinces, by the denial of the free navigation of the rivers, as has been the case for these 15 years. But if Antwerp does not obtain the free communication with the sea, no alternative would rt main fur Belgium, but to give itself up entirely to n to int b e e res t t h , e to fir p s r t e cvaern e this. A mode of Holland, if i t t wagers are i l t a os i u d goh l w i t ere that prate will be signed in th ree mode rate rcs t e o r.e L dl ag t e duty will doubtless be allowed it ; and eks. BERLIN, Nov. 22.—The same activity is observed in the Foreign Departments. The Conferences with the Ambassadors of the great Powers are very frequent, but hardly anybody now believes that there will be a war. We hear that there are three diffrent opinions in the Council of which i e t a hi7 o pr n i e n decidedly Prince ia William, t f l a iae vo :ze favour of pa sec ngd,s,lbv e rho c ite e l a r, t the head of considers w hois se conded by several M inisters ;that war will not be necessary unless demonstrations should be of no avail, and the articles of the treaty of Nov. 15, signed by the five Powers, should be violated ; and this opinion is said to be especially entertained in a high quarter. Lastly, one decidedly warlike, which would have every advance beyond the frontiers by an army, con sidered as a declaration of war, and this opinion is said to be advocated by some Princes. With the well known pacific sentiments of our King, and the confidence of other Governments in his impartiality and justice, we may still hope the best. One cf the veterans of the seven years' war died here on the 19th instant, Major-General William de Rudoiff, a native of Lunenburg, in Pomerania. He was in the ninety. second vear of his age. DUCHY OF BREMEN, Nov. 20.—Many horses, which have been purchased in Danmark for Don Pedro, have lately passed through this province, to be embarked at Bremerhanen for Oporto. STOCKHOLM, Nov. 16.—M my persons of rank, among whom are several !Mies, are summoned to give evidence in the proceedings against Barons Von Vegesack, and Von- Ruben, f or high treason. Many of them live in the pro i nee% It is said that they are removed in consequence 9 tit) " The true object of the measures adopted by France ' and England was the consolidation of peace by insuring the execution of the treati s; the mission of the French army was, be said, to insure the territorial independence of Belgium ; the siege of the citadel of Antwerp was about to be pressed with vigour; and he doubted not, that in a very short time, the object of the expedition being obtained, the army would return, bringing hack new pledges of peace, and loaded with the gratitude of the allies of France, and the esteem of other nations, witnesses of its moderation as well as of its courage." Whether the :Ministry will be able to maintain reground it has gained, it would be presurnp- tuous in us to pronounce a positive opinion one way or the other ; but as far as we may judge of public opinion by the French Papers, we should think that after the support which the present Government derives from the Dutch war and the pistol plot shllll have passed away, it will find it difficult to resist the cry for further improvements in the spirit of the Constitution of 1830, which the movement party sends forth : (From the Nouvelliste of Sunday, received this morning.) A letter from Valenciennes, dated the Ist December, says," Immediately after the arrival of the courier which brought the reserve the order to enter Belgium, our Na tional Guard relieved all the posts of the town. Two hours were sufficient to assemble a proper number of men for this service. The zeal of the citizen soldiery was not deficient on this occasion, and showed they might be de pended upon in an emergency. " To day, about noon, the voltigeurs who were here marched for Belgium, in the direction of Ath. It appears that these battalions are only to be formed in the neigh bourhood of Brussels. The other companies of grenadiers which were at Mauberg have received sitnilir orders." The Tory faction is still vigorously pursuing its old course of intrigue and blunder. Hertfind and Glasgow—as will be seen by reference to The Sun of yesterday—have been the most recent theatres of its mountebank exhibitions ; but notwithstanding that the head-showmen at either place, did their utmost by grimace and buffoonery to render their entertainments popular, they went off with surprising flatness. We are not astonished at this. We should be asto nished only were it otherwise. An age of dis cernment is not an age likely to appreciate Tory tom-fooleries. They were effective enough when men knew no better, but must be content to sink to their proper level, the instant the countryhas learnt to discriminate between black and white, between right and wrong. LordVERULAM twaddled much at Hertford, after the usual fashion, and on the usual topics of his tribe, but was replied to by Lord DACRE in a style, and with a weight of argument that brought conviction home to th minds of all who were not irrecoverably sunk in the stye of their own prejudices. At Glasgow, the Tory meeting was altogether a failure, and of so ridiculous a character„,that contempt for the pro jectors ssas lost in the laughter that their forlorn appearance excited. Whither now will Punch betake himself? He has been regularly hooted from every stage where he has yet exhibited his jugglery. Shrewsbury will have none of him ; Leeds—Huddersfield—Bristol, are equally averse to such " sight-seeings." In a word, the poor puppet has been beaten in all quarters. We ad vise the Tories, therefore, to get up some new feat of legerdemain, and one of a more sprightly, original character. The Dutch war is worn out, of some conversations they had with the accu=sed, relative to Prince Gustavus o Was,. EXCHANGES ON LONDON. HAMBURG, Nov. 27.-13 12; two months, 13 10;i. BERLIN. Nov. 24.—Three months, 6 29 1 %. STOCKHOLM, Nov. 16. Seventy-five days, 14 4. —llanzburg Papers, Nov. 27. HAMBURG, Nov. 27.—BoRsEN HALLE, HALF-p. ST Two O'CLOCK.—Very little business was done to-day in our Stock market. Discount 24 per 0,-nt. Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per cent. End of Nov, Anglo-Russian Loan Hamburg ditto B5 Russian lnacription, 5 per cent B5 Ditto, ditto, 1831 B4 Polish Bonds lOB Prussian Bonds, 1832 Austrian Bank Shares 1060 Austrian Metalliques New Austrian 4 per cent. —Hamburg Reporter. The German Papers say that the intentions of Austria are decidedly pacific. This may be inferred from the exertions of her Ambassador in Paris to bring about a settlement ()f the Belgic question. Austria acts wisely ; for she would lose more than . she would gain by war, and in deed so would Prussia and Russia. However, the question of peace or war at this moment de pends entirely on Prussia:— DRESDEN, Nov. 21.—We hear from good authority that her Majesty the Queen Dowaeer of Bavaria will ar rive here next month with the Princess .Mary, rand that 'he marriage of her Royal Highness with our Prince Co- Ilsgent will then take place. SWITZERLAND, Nov. 23.—The presiding Canton, taking into consideration the present state of Europe, has invited the Governments of the Cantons, in a circular of the 15th instant, to have their contingents in readiness, and the frontier Cantons to inform it without delay of all events that may occur near their territory. STUTTGARD, Nov. 21.—We learn that the Prussian Minister at our Court has made a complaint on account •if the pamphlet of Dr. Schutz, of Darmstadt, entitled " The Unity of Germany realized by the National Re presentation," and which was pubished here by E. Sch mei tzerbant. —Frankfort Papers, Nov. 27. VIENNA, Nov. 22.—The news of the entrance of the French army into Belgium arrived here this morning. Our Funds are not much affected, which proves that no were serious difficulties are expected from this event. - There are indeed accounts from the Hague, that the King will have Antwerp evacuated as soon as the French army appears, but this is very doubtful. The moment is important, for nobody can foresee the consequences of an enterprise which is disapproved in all Europe, even in England. It the citadel of Antwerp is defended, and the conflict protracted, the greatest embarrassments may arise, in spite of all efforts to prevent collisions. A Spani,ll courier lias arrived here from Naples. An Austrian courier is gone to Berlin, and a Russian to St. Peer,burgli. VIENNA, Nov. 23.—Five per Cents., sq; Four per Cents., 74; Bank Shares, I,oBs.—Allgemeine :tenuity, Nov. 28. In another part of our Paper will be found an abridgement of the debates in the French Cham ber of Depu.ies on Friday and Saturday. Our neighbours seem to be sadly deficient in the self respect which restrains the Members of our own Chambers, for the most part, within the bounds of moderation. The debates were upon different amendments proposed by the Opposition to the Address to the KING, and as they were in every instance defeated, we may the less wonder at their venting their disappointment in the disor derly conduct which the Chamber is but too fre quently a wittles of. The chief' points chosen for attack by the Opposition were the conduct of the Ministry in June, in declaring Paris in a state of siege, its conduct in La Vendee, and with re gard to Antwerp. The President of the Council and his friends made the best defence they could ; but, as far as strangers may be allowed to judge, it was but weak, except in what related to the Dutch war. Upon this subject Marshal SOULT or if not, the country has already made up it mind on the subject, and will not be brougi round to the opinion of any Tory alarmist " charm he never so wisely." A grand public festival, in commemoration o the late Polish revolution, has just taken plat at, Birmingham. Mr. ATTWOOD presided, ant Count PLATER, who was present by special in vitation, awakened the sympathies of the corn pany by his details of the sufferings which hi countrymen had already undergone at the hand, of the Russians, and were even now daily under going. The tale of Poland's wrongs is a trio one, but cannot be too often repeated. I should be rung, again and again, in the ears o the oppressor and the oppressed, till it compel: die one to make reparation, or goads on an other to revenge. It should act as an alarm•bell tt all Europe, to rouse the energies of all who are not yet quite dead to the summons of humanity, No nation, of whom ancient or modern history makes any record, has ever passed through such a succession of fiery ordeals as Poland. In her solitary instance humanity itself has agreed to forego its claims, and common sense to mask itself in the disguise of sophistry. Not 3 nation —not one single nation—has ventured to interfere, furth er than by whispers, in behalf of this most outraged country. From first to last, from the days of the Russian IVIEssALINA down to those of the Russian NERO, she has been left to fight her battles alone, as if the cause for which she spilled her blood, like water, were one which all Kings, all Cabinets, all conscie►:« tious Statesmen and patriotic citizens, were equally interested in putting down. Poland is the representative of European freedom—there fore she is annihilated ! NICHOLAS is the epresentative of European despotism—therefore he is victorious at all points, and goes forth, like MATURIN'S Dminon, " conquering and to con quer !" This may appear a somewhat strained inference, but we know not what more appro- priate one can be come to, when the wholecir cumstances of the Polish revolution are taken impartially into consideration. We are glad to read of such commemorations as that which has just been celebrated at Birming ham. It gives a fillip to the spirits like a glass of generous Burgundy. It shows that the good cause " is not dead but sleepeth ;" that the se ed has not been sown on barren ground, but is slowly, surely ripening. It is impossible that Poland can long remain in her present abject condition. All divine—all human laws—are equally abhor rent to such a supposition. Her battle (despite • the armies of NICHOLAS) was already half won when England secured Reform ; and it will be wholly won when the effects of that Reform shall make themselves felt throughout Europe. :30URT OF CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) SAVILLE v. SALISBURY. Mr. SPENCE moved that the transfer of 5,500/. stock might be stayed. The cause had been heard before the Master of the Rolls about a month ago. On Friday last notice was given that the plaintiff was about to get the deed passed. IC was passed on Saturday ; a petition of appeal was immediately prepared, notice of motion for to.day g ven to stay the trans fer, ane hence the present motion. The motion could not have been made before the Master, because he was not sitting, and had not sat since Wednesday last. It was absolutely nc. cessary that the motion should have been made this morning, inasmuch as the stocks shut this afternoon for a fortnight. Mr. KINNERSLEY was on the same side. It was utterly impossible to have applied earlier. Yesterday his Lordship did not sit, but Sir Edward Sugden applied to the Vice-Chan cellor for an order to stay the transfer. His Honour, how ever, considered that as it was a proceeding springing out of what had taken place before the Master of the Rolls it would be better for him not to interfere, but to leave the application to be made here this day. The LORD CHANCELLOR could not entertain such an application as the present. The parties ought to have applied (in anticipation, if necessary) to the Learned Judge who had heard the cause. If they chose to take the chance of delaying till the eleventh hour, and then moved, to tke inconvenience of others, it was not to be considered the Court's fault if they failed.--Motion refused, with costs. VICE.CHANCERY COURT.-(THIS DAY.) His Honour the VICE-CHANCELLOR took motions to day, but up to the period of our reporter leaving, nothinl worth reporting had taken place. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.) FROM LLOYD'S DEAL, DEC. 3.—Wind stron g in squalls from N.W f° \V.—Arrived his M.j, s ty' s s hip Satellite, from the west ward, and remains with the combined squadron. Arrived and rem tin the Protector, Battonshaw, from Bombay; Morning Srar, Smith, from Ceylon ; General Hewitt, from Bombay ; and Lady M'Naughton, Faith, from Madras. PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 3.—Wind N. to N.W. PLYMOUTH, DEC. 2 —Wind S.S.W.—Arrived the Buoyant, Ponsonby, from Bahia ; and Defiance, Crop, from Leghorn. FALAi - ounr, DEC. 2.—Wind W., flesh gates and MARGATE, DEC. 3.—Arrived off the port the Arab, Tenise, from Singapore. STANDGATE ( A :EiCEK, DEC. 3.—Arrived the Henrietta, Toogood, from Deni a. FOWEY, DEC. 2.—Arrived the Renard packet, froul Bermuda, sailed 22d October. BRISTOL, DEC. 3.—Arrived the Fancy, Snell, front Seville. LIVERPOOL, DEC. 2.—The Arabian is reported to have put back to Bengal the third time, by the Hindoo, arrived at St. Helena. Arrived the Joseph Winter, Price, from Bengal, sailed 25th July, and St. Helena 19th October; and Hannah, Davis, from St. Übes. GREENOCK, DEC. I.—Arrived the Favourite, Alleo, from Qu..bec. WATERFORD, Dsc I.—Arrived the St. Patrick, Bar ridge, from Leghorn. The King George packet, Wittingharn, from Shields, has been abandoned in Robin Hood's Bay, being in a sink ing state. The Helena, Jackson, of Shields, was abandoned off Ilambro' Head on Friday, being in a sinking state. His Majesty's ship Ninarol arrived at Lisbon on the 18th ult., with a mail from Falmouth. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Stu,—ln consequence of your police report to-day, un der the head of Hatton.gard en , perm i t me to say, s"r; Keene did not arrive at the Cr oss K eys lon—was not''' e to the Cholera Hospital from the Cross Keys Inn--- 4n " no person belonging to this h o t e l i s ent i t l e d to eitbe., praise or censure for the treatment the unfortunate gall . '" man met with. I am, Sir, your obedi,nt servant, THOMAS PALLISTER• Cross Keys Inn and F.,mily Hutd, Gracechurcli-street, Dec. 3. [The article referred to did not appear in our Paper.] The following decision is of some importance to agriculturists :—A gentleman engaged in busintss ju Glasgow occupies a farm, with house and offices, in the county of Renfrew. The surveyor rated the house as liable t., the house -tax, on the whimsical ground that, as the tenant did hu,iness in town, the house could not be sa l to be wholly appropriated to the use of the farm. T, ll ' tenant appealed to the Commissioners, fotinding on to' exemption in the Ac: of all farm-houses. The Cornosg . sinners sustained th e a pp ea l. 'Th e surveyor, be i ng dissat . • tied, demanded a case for the opinion of the Barons of s ll ' Exchequer. Their Lordship affirmed the decision..." Glasgow Chronicle.