The Sun. — London, England, 1832-09-28 00:00:00

lati °n B which our a rm y i s t o go th roug h i n B e l g i um . ' than see whether events happen systematically, ac ding to the anticipations of our Ministers. FRANKFORT, SEPT. 23. the d etermination of the absolute Powers to reduce all "I AY into sub m i ss i on t o t h em con ti nues to produce . 'i l ' es tilts which th ey d es i re . All pu bli c m eetings, even as would be, in England, called clubs, are forbidden, d. the police is authorized to put a stop to all of them, tit of the most inoffensive kind. In Coburg, last week, ! t ech was put down, and the day following several of members were arrested. In Frankfort, on Wednesday wi ng the police ordered that a public room in one of the his, Where about 200 of the liberal-minded citizens used assemble, should be shut up. The persons who gene ,y attended to smoke and drink wine came at 8 o'clock, I the door was forced by three advocates, who insisted the eight to go into a public room. The meeting sub - neatly took offence at the conduct of the keeper of the which, oddly enough, is called the King of Prussia, I last night they removed to another. The Senate of Frankfort has published officially the re ation of the Diet, which prohibits the circulation of the "Paper lately printed at Stuttgard, under the name of 'German Universal Journal, and which prohibits cer n Persons, as editors of the suppressed Gazette, from let editors of such works during five years. It is stated, that the Diet is occupied with some law ative to the press, by which all newspaper proprietors tat give large security that their publications shall com a nothing offensive to the numerous Governments, and lick will of course make those papers of no value. The wspapers now circulated are filled with Tory statements l el England and France, and frequently have not one 1. of home intelligence. The Prussian Government is exerting every nerve in d er to extend its influence, so as to catch the minor tihin its nets. It i s sa id to have offered to contract e Government of Baden for the privilege of having e stage and mail coaches from this city to Switzerland, .offering a much larger sum of money that it now re- I h t es from the cont rac t o f t h e P r i nce o f T our and Tax i s, 0 is a sort of general contractor for all Germany, except 14 ill. This contrivance of the Prussian Ministry will a j ule them, in cas e o f any di stur b ance , to sen d troops e"'agents to a g rea t di stance , an d w ill e ff ectua ll y su bj ect e aputh of G ermany to t h e i r ru l e. It May be gratifying to the British public to know how, k ording to public rumour here, the representatives of 146 Government are treated by the leaders of the Diet. [ i D ' e re! Palmerston lately s en t a message to the President bof ae et, C oun t M unc h Bellinghansen, to beg that he would easing go too fast on th e roa d to absolutism, as it was not easin g to Great Britain to see such eagerness displayed. the British Mi n i ster d e li vered the message. " Will you tte it to me in writing ?" asked the Austrian Minister, 'Latch Bellinghausen. " I would prefer not, as lam not Sithorized to do so," was the reply. " Then you may oswer from me, that as the members of the German Diet Is not interfere in your mode of governing Ireland, I cannot to why you should interfere with our measures here." There is some expectation that Charles X., or at least e portion of his faintly, will this day pass through this 17; however, as but little attention is here paid to Kings, !t there is an overflow of them in this country, the ab.. icated French Sovereign may pass unnoticed.— Times. PRICES OF STOCKS THIS Sank Stock 1 per Cent. Red. 3 per Cent. Cons. BIN % % 3 1 4 per Cent. Ditto Red shut gew 3% per Cent. 91% %% per Cent. Ann. 1726 - I per Cent. 1826 Rank Long Ann. to expire Jan. 5, 1800 shut Oct. 10, 1859 shut Jan. 5, 1800 lO% Jan. 5, 1880 April 5, 1880 ......... Jan. 5, 1870 PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS Austrian Bonds B9 Belgian Bonds Ditto Account 751, 5 Brazilian Bonds 5 1 144 Ditto Account... Buenos Ayres Bonds 22 Ditto Account Chilian Bonds l6 Ditto Account Columbian Bonds 11M Ditto Account Ditto Bonds, 1824 Ditto Account Danish Bonds 69}9 . _ Ditto Account Greek Bonds. 22 Ditto Bonds, 182.5 263 Ditto Account Mexican Bonds, 5 per cent 22% Ditto Account. Ditto, 6 per cent 26% Ditto Account Neapolitan PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONI O'CLOCK. Paid. Per Share. Anglo Mex. Min. Co. (iss. at 5/. pm.) XlOO Bolanos Mining Company £l5O Brazilian Imp. Min. Co. (iss. at 5/. pm.) £2O Ditto St. John Del Rey British Iron Mining Company £5O Columbian Mining Co. (iss. at 5/. pm.) 48% English Mining Company 12% General Mining Association II Real del Monte Mining Co. ...,.... United Mex. Min. Co. (iss. at 2/. pm.) 40 Ditto New Sctip 2 Alliance Fire Insurance Comp lO Protector Insurance Comp. Australian Co. Canada Company l7 General Steam Navigation Co. l3 Provincial Bank of Ireland 25 150 474 34 7 3 / 656 204 24 18 3► 4 4! 81; £1 4 6 PRICES OP IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, SEPT, 25. Bank Stock 197 St. Patrick Insur.(petSbare) Consols, 3 per cent Gov. Stock, 3% per cent 911 ,!National Ditto — Ditto, New 91% IPatriotic Ditto — I per Cent — 'Hibernian Bank — Gov. Deb. 3% percent.... 55 3 4 Provincial Ditto — Royal Canal Stock ... ...... I Royal Irish Mine Grand Canal Stock — , Imperial Mine City Deb. 4 per cent. —lMining Co. of Ireland Ballast Office Deb. 4p. c. 'Commercial Buildings THE LOUISIANA LOAN. A new loan for the state of Louisiana, one of the United ;tides of North America, has been contracted for by the .ouse of Baring and Co. The following account of the t snsactions is from authority that may be relied on. The amount of the loan is for 7,000,000 of dollars. The !ontract was taken- in New Orlean., at 106 per cent. for a 5 ;icr cent. stock, with a fixed period of redemption. The Arne- Tlc.an exchan ge on E ngland being about 9 per cent. discount, i ts would be equal to a price of 97 in the London market. e stock being issued here at 104, with the addition of the exch ange, is equivalent to 113 in New Orleans, and con. 71equently the English subscribers have it at an advance of Per cent. on the contract price. Now t here are several circumstances connected with this transaction which deserves serious remark, as con rieeteri with the character of British capitalists and the se curity of Briti s h p ro p erty . .„ In the first place, as relates to th e f ormer , we d o not 'e what right the contractors have, consistent with the Ibanal practice, to engage for the loan at one price and sell t at another, or, in other words, to charge their friends 7 per cent, for being put upon their list as sharers in the contract. t. In the second place, it must be evident that the reputa- P lOO of the house in question, and its known connection tblial Am er i ca, must have been the sole guarantre to the c r for t h e ultimate security of a very unpromising gain • If w e are r i g htly i n f orme d, t h e prev i ous d e b t o f IhLouisiana amounted to about 7,000,000 of dollars ; add e 7,000,000 created by this contract, and the whole will ','jnount to 14,000,000, or about 2 , 800,0001. Why, e''',..alwieons according to the best of our recollection, sold ID *" whole territory to the United States for half of the - tL ne Y' BY comin under such onerous obligations, the ' of Louisiana g will be more heavily taxed than any n'ettber of the American Union, for the mere payment of it ' d " 'es without ra i s i n g one cent for the expenses of in dfti ''' arovernrnent. The whole population of the state o ea . bi"-a' c hn l exceed 215,000 p e r s on s , o f whom 109,000 ar e Omitting the latter from the account, the debt ef Lou* ' Woman Islana will amount to 261. a-head on every man, , , and child, in the republic. This is an amount of 7 14 tgage on the industry of the Louisianian people only etllledeednoedt in proportion by the debt of Great Britain itself, lite equalled by that of any other nation with which areln acquainted. IQ the third place, though it would not ma tt er muc h a private debtor ho has to pay interest for a loan to Whattlparty he paid i t , whether foreign or domestic, yet w ( Infere nce i s extremely important in this case, whether the creditor be foreign or domestic, as the necessity of re :o.rting to a foreign loan-market, and paying interest to fo ieigners, shows the absolute impossibility of raising money ." , es and therefore the difficulty with which remit 'flees must be procured to fulfil engagements in London, *here the shares are all issued, and where only provision is 11l b e made for their ultimate liquidation, It is not f or us to step in between people and their t ' t ell imprudence ; but we must express our surprise and regret that we should be obliged again to advert any fur ther to the waste or the risk of British capital invested in I:era-Atlantic loans, where there is an etit GoVeriaMent to offer its security.not even Times. indepen- In Ir, ---= ln :eland, as in other countries of Europe, a Po litical cr i s i s seems now inevitable. The Evening Mall tin Orange Paper, and one which, whether the circurn e:ce be a disgrace or the reverse, assuredly has never Air ci,triv,spronaised its feelings—inserts a letter . .t.,—sqiNgLL, which had appeared prev i ous l y in fr t o h ni e Irish . I, '" e : Tian's Journal and in the True . Sun here, but Iv C c a h in fact escaped our notice. The 211a11 t4 l, lll enge/ a i d, Lord ANGLESEY to prosecute itself and the , ' i t t let Journals which had promulgated Mr. O'CONNELL 'S f e r . "---a production on which we are now precluded t c ° , 4l commenting, because it has actually becom i e s, th t e ha s t ub o - f —fa state prosecution. All we can sa a Curae Mr. O'CONNELL will have the honou r y nd manliness 440,1cotne forward as the author of this singu lar composition, %,,1 1 : ° to ward off mischief from those members of the of P Press Le, h ave merely given circulation to the sent im ents f o r n ed Ge nt l eman. The letter is addressed tothere f En th '°f Great B r i ta i n. It asserts the perfectle g ality - resistance offered by the peasantry to theh_c. has ile4r boneraile, and dwells much on the blood w hich h,_. ' ll then by the troop s anti police during Lord A N - ti Administration in Ireland, though we do not t i" any reference in it to the blood which has been shed orough deliberate murders perpe trated by others besides toe Polic.e and rmy, of L w aich m urders, if we recollect tight, Sir liusaSEY VIVIAN enum erated 52, which had taken place withi n a limited district of Ireland since he, Sir JUSSEY, had assumed the command of the forces. Of the tit he -system we have spoken frequently, and by no means 14 praise of it. But a series of cold-blooded and savage k urder a of individuals, taken unawares and unresisting, t t :eols not much less criminal than a demand of tithes under .4,Composition Act. The letter of Mr. O'CONNELL is written with force and ability.— Times. Workmen are employed breaking up the 4,°y°./ Charlotte yacht at Pembroke yard. All the h.,a4tifol mahogany, with which the Royal suite of apart i''!llts Was fitted, is being packed up to be sent to Wool- The whole of it was so screwed together in pan :l", , that there will be no loss in removing it. The plate jciti) brass fittings, mirrors, &c., are carefully stowed in oe-cases, and destined for the same store.—Hereford °4rnal. 41Several va l ua bl e leases of the manors and e ll ll of Dranscone, in Yorkshire, belonging to Emanuel tPital, near B ucking Lain-ga t e, an institution founded by 1 1 7 t Lord an d Lady DACKES, in th e re i gn Of ELIZAI3ETII, 'e recently f a ll en i n. In consequence the Lord Mayo! andhaye Aldermen, who ale the Governors of the Charity, 41:tbeen enabled to increase the number of children to Y, and o f t h e aged men and women to thirty, and to ttnent the allowance to the aged inmates. LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 28, 1832. There was yesterday, as we expected there would be, a private meeting of the Members of the Conference, but what is called the Confer ence Meeting, is to take place to-day, for the purpose of deliberating on the answer given by the Dutch Ambassador, Baron VON ZUYLEN, to the questions which were put to him by Lord PALMERSTON in the names of the Representa tives of the Five Powers who have undertaken to settle the differences betwee❑ Holland and Belgium. It was rumoured two days ago that the meeting fixed for this day would be a decisive one. M. VON ZUYLEN, however, has taken care that the Russian Plenipotentiary shall have an excuse for further delay, for although there can be no doubt in the minds of any rea sonable man as to the determination of the King of HOLLAND to refuse all the propositions of the Conference, even as shown in the answer of his Plenipotentiary, this diplomatist has made the language sufficiently evasive to create another application for delay on the part of Prince LIEVEN. We venture, therefore, to predict, that no decision will be come to this day as to the adoption of coercive measures against Hol land ; but we can hardly conceive it possible that Lord PALNIERSTON will much longer remain the dupe of Prince LIEVEN. In order to throw the British and French Plenipotentiaries off their guard, this diplomatist now affects great indig nation towards the Dutch Court, and it is insi nuated that his colleague, M. DE MA TUSCE VITC II is the person who throws obstacles in the way of the proposed settlement. If we re member aright, however, it was owing to the advice of this same Prince LIEVEN to the Dutch SOVEREIGN, that the citadel of Antwerp was withheld from the Belgians ; and as the pos session of that fortress has enabled the King of HOLLAND to take a more formidable position than he could otherwise have had, we may be permitted to doubt the sincerity of this Russian diplomatist. The real truth is, that the Emperor NICHOLAS has not yet given up all hope of another change of dynasty in France; and in the expectation that there will be some popular movement soon after the meeting of the Chamber, which the old Royalists might make serviceable to them, he is anxious for a delay which should prevent the principle of the Bel gian revolution from being fully recognised, and detach from France the support which a Govern ment firmly established in Belgium would be able to afford to it. If Lord PALMERSTON should longer hesitate as to the course which he is bound to adopt, he will have more to answer for before the next Parliament than any Minister of greater talent and influence than himself could wish to encounter. We stated yesterday that orders had been given to some of the ships of the British squadron off Oporto to pass the bar for the protection of British subjects. We are now able to confirm this statement on official authority. The in structions were sent to Capt. BROWN of the Talavera several days ago. We are authorized to state that arrangements have been completed with a military officer of high rank and experience in the British service for his taking a command in the Portuguese Constitutional Army. Two or three distinguished naval officers are also going out. Letters have been received from Admiral SARTORIUS, dated off the Rock of Lisbon. He writes in good spirits, and states that he has now no doubt of being able to give a good ac count of MIGUEL'S fleet if he can bring them to action. In the last affair the enemy carried 100 guns, and threw 2,000 weight of metal more than SARTORIUS. The German Papers received this morning assert that the Austrian troops are to evacuate the Legations by the 15th of October, hoping thereby to induce the French to evacuate An cona. At Berlin accounts are made up in favour of the Russian system of misrule in Poland, but they will produce little effect. The National As sembly of Greece have recognized and confirmed Prince OTHO as King:— BoLoosLa, SEPT. 16.—We learn that the Austrian troops have received orders to evacuate the Legations by the 15th of October. It is thought that the French will, in like manner, leave Ancona. The garrison of Bologna after that time is to consist of a battalion of Papal grena diers, and a battalion of the Swiss troops of Count Salis. At the departure of the Austrians two Papal yagers, under Zamboni, who are universally odious, will march from Bologna to the interior provinces. Of the political im provements which the Papal Government has promised, none have yet been reali.ed. At Forli, and other towns of Romagna, arrests take place, and the persons arrested are thrown into the state prisons. The famous mission of Chevalier Sebregondi has come to nothing. BERLIN, SEPT. 16.—We have very recent accounts from Warsaw, which are such as to give much satisfaction. Trade is reviving even in the country ; and where the old relations cannot be restored, new ones take their place. It cannot be said that national feeling in Poland has abated, and regret at disappointed hope is expressed loudly enough. But the con duct of the Russians, and the measures of the Russian Government, are now judged of with more equity than be fore, and the people in Poland itself do not at all join in the hostile and bitter tone which the Poles in foreign countries think they must still indulge in against the Rus sians. For instance, the care taken by the Emperor of Russia to provide for the orphans, widows, and indigent peotantry in Poland, has been long since duly appreciated, and, at least, the benevolent intention has been acknow ledged, though in some instances the execution might be rather harsh. It is a step in the advance of humanity. That state now interests itself in the fate of such destitute individuals, who were formerly left wholly to take care of themselves. In modern times, the public and private in stitutions for education have very much increased, and schools for cadets, Polytechnic schools, institutions for the artillery, agriculture, &c., are every where necessary, and this necessity is felt ten-fold in Poland, after such a destructive war, and an emigration which has dissolved so many ties. Those who are in need of such institutions are take❑ to Russia, that is to say, for the most part only to the Polish frontiers, formerly incor porated with Russia, because the institutions exist there which in Poland itself are wholly wanting, or at present require to be again put in order. The history of the insurrection in Poland, by Spazier, of which two volumes have been published, is said to be sequestrated at the place where it was printed, but it is here publicly sold by all booksellers. It is said that Raumur's work on the relations of Prussia and Poland will now be published ; it is known to be compiled by the King's command from official documents, and we hear that it is calculated fully to justify Prussia against the ac cusations of foreign journals. M. Von Fehrentheil, who was condemned to imprison men for life for revolutionary intrigues, has escaped from Magdeburg, where he was confined and treated with great mildness. It is said to have been proposed to prohibit all those among the numerous clubs, societies, associations, &c., existing, which have not already a license from the Ma gistrates, or do not obtain it on exhibiting their rules ; but it is added, that this proposal, which is wholly incom patible with the state of society here, was at once rejected. NAPOLI, AUG. 10.—The day before yesterday was the important day on which the National Assembly completed the act of the recognition and confirmation of the choice of his Royal Highness Prince Otho of Bavaria, as King of Greece, and decided on the letters and addresses ne cessary on the occasion. As the continuation of the Na tional Assembly at Argos, it was authorized to take this step, and called upon by the second decree of Argos, passed at the instance of the president Capo d'lstria, ac cording to which the resolutions of the London Conference were not binding on the Greek natio❑ till they should be confirmed by the Deputies appointed to that Assembly. It was therefore extremely important that the obstacles thrown in the way of the Assembly, and of the execution of the act, both from within and with out, should be done away with, and the mem bers enabled, openly and unequivocally, to express their own sentiments, and those of the nation, in the legal form. The decision was unanimous. As soon as the decree was read, the whole assembly rose with one accord, and declared its sentiments by exclaiming—" A long life and a happy reign to King Otho the First of Greece," while the people, who, in great numbers, filled the galle ries, and surrounded the place of meeting, joined with loud acclamations. On the following day it was resolved to appoint Professor Thiersch, who only waited for this sitting to return home, to be the bearer of the addresses to the King of Bavaria and the King of Greece. Having received his papers, he sailed this morning in the Sl. Ni cholas schooner, escorted by a Government brig of war for Corfu. VIENNA, SEPT. 17.—Five per Cents. 137 i ; Four per Cents. 761; Bank Stock, 1144 I.—Allgemeine Zeitung, Sept. 21 and 22. The Brussels correspondent of the Times g ives the following very significant solution of the policy pursued by the King of HOLLAND. It perfectly accords with the opinion we have all along expressed on his conduct : " I have always thought that the King of Holland fought less for the interests of Holland than for his own, and for the honour of the principles of legitimacy. to which he considered he owed the throne of Belgium : never to acknowledge the right of another's occupying his place at Brussels,—not to enter into a compromise on any terms with his former subjects ; such has been, and such is still, I firmly believe, his immoveable resolution. The assurances which he has from time to time given to agree to certain conditions were but evasions, by which he wished to pro long his position, for lie always took good care to make proposals in every point unacceptable. It is thus a pure and simple restoration he wants; he will not be satisfied with less. If proofs were wanting to justify toy assertion, I would invoke the last answer lie sent to Lord Palmerston, and of which the Times has spoken on the 22ii instant. I know not whether you have seen a complete copy of that answer ; at all event+, I have. It contains this remarkable phrase— , That the King of the Netherlands will not sub scribe to the propositions which have been made to him, whatever be the threats that may be held out to compel him. He has experienced disastrous tines-.-many cala mities have weighed upon him—and he has borne them with courage ; but, remembering the glory of his an cestors, and &sirous to rem in faithful to their principles, he will never enter into a compromise with the revolu tionary principle. These assurances ace very explicit, you see. How can the Conference, after this, expect a pacific solution ?" In fact, they do not expect it, and we are pre. pared for the reverse. A French frigate arrived yesterday at Ports mouth from Cherbourg, to announce that the French fleet was ready to act with that of England. Letters received to day from Paris, dated last Tuesday evening, inform us that Prince MET TERNICII has declared to the French and Bel gian Ambassadors that in case the Conference in London should not succeed in settling the Belgian question in an amicable manner, the Austrian Cabinet would leave it entirely to England and France to adopt the necessary means for compelling the King of HOLLAND. A few days back we were enabled to lay be fore our readers a statement of an alteration that was intended to be made in the mode of giving legislative sanction to a certain class of Private Bills, which would not only be a great conve nience to all parties interested, but would much ease the labours of the House ofCommons. But there is anotherpoint in the transaction of the busi ness of Parliament, in which the public is deeply interested, to which we would beg attention. We mean the presentation of public petitions. These have so vastly increased in number of late years, as very seriously to embarrass the pro ceedings of the House. It appears by the re port of a Select Committee appointed last Ses sion, that the number of public petitions pre sented to the House of Commons has gone on increasing at the following rate : In the five years ending 1789, the number amounted to In the five years ending 1805 to In the five years ending 1815 to In the five years ending 1831 to It is true that there have been subjects under discussion during the last-named period of very exciting interest ; but a spirit is now roused among the people, which renders it highly im probable that the number of petitions will in fu ture be diminished. It is not, perhaps, de sirable that they should, for indifference on the part of a people to the proceedings of its legis lature is an infallible sign of that moral degra dation which fits men for slavery. It must be self-evident that this immense mass of petitions cannot be discussed, nay cannot even be presented, and have the shortest state ment of their contents made, and yet leave time for transacting the unpostponeable busi ness of the country. By the last regulation upon this subject, Members were allowed to present petitions after the public business was disposed of. This rarely happens till twelve, one, or two o'clock in the morning, and although the petitions are cer tainly then to be presented, if Members choose to present them, yet the main object of present ing petitions is lost. It is now universally acknowledged, that petitions are presented less with ally expectation of directly making an im pression upon the legislature, than in the hope of publicity being given to them, and to the opinions which may be expressed on their pre sentation. This hope is perfectly futile if a petition be presented at an hour which makes it impossible for the newspapers to notice any thing not of the first importance. The con sequence is, that Members, anxious to give pub licity to their petitions, have to take their chance of the ballot, as the drawing lots early in the morning is denominated, placing them so high on the SPEAKER'S list as to give them a chance of presenting them before five o'clock, when pnblic business commences. The remedy for the inconveniences of the present practice, suggested by the report to which we have referred, is, that a Committee of the Whole House should, on certain days, sit in the House for the reception of public petitions, the proceedings of the Committee closing at the discretion of the Members, or when the SPEAKER enters the House at four o'clock. The opinion of the Committee appears to in cline to the necessity of establishing a rule to prevent petitions being presented when in the chair. It seems to contemplate the possibility of a case arising in which it might be desirable to present a petition to the House, the SPEA KER being in the chair, but expresses its fear that any exception being made would defeat the good effect of the arrangement " through the natural disposition of Alembers to attach extraordinary importance to the petitions with which they themselves are entrusted, and to seek special occasions for their presentation." It is evident that cases worthy of exception to the rule must arise, and provision must be made for them, but it must be admitted that the proposed plan would, upon the whole, be attended with many advantages. If the Committee met. in the House at 10 o'clock in the morning, all the publicity that could be desired would be certain to take place both in the Morning and Evening Papers. This is the principal feature in the plan, and although we see some objections which might be raised to its details, we think they might easily be overcome. There is another point incidentally touched upon in the report, well worthy the attention of a reformed Parliament, and which we trust some friend of economy will take up with more success than it has been hitherto. We allude to the expense of printing Parliamentary papers. It appears that the charge for printing the Appendix to the votes, that is, the petitions ordered to be printed, amounted to no less a sum for the last fire years than 12,0001. Th e report con t a i ns a suggest i o n for diminishi ng this expense, by appointing a kind of examining committee to decide what pe titions ought to be printed in extols°, and what ought not. This is all very well, but there is nothing lik e going to the root of the matter W at once, and th row i ng t h e pr i nt i ng o f the Parlia mentary pap ers open to compe tit i on. e do not see why printing by contract would not be as advantageous to the public as purchasing any W article of Consumpt i on i s f oun d to be. ill our readers b e li eve t h at th e sheet of matter in the Appendix to the Votes, for which the public is charged 3/. 10s., exclusive of paper, corrections, and night work, might be as well printed, without in the least diminishing the usual profits of trade,—which of course is sub ject to risks, which a man printing for the public would not be subject to,—for 2/. or, at the most extravagant rate, for 2/. 10s. ? In other words, the public pays more by about 30 per cent. than it ought to do. So much for the hole-and corner system. We find the following significant paragraph in the last number of the Sherborne Journal:— " We have lately had occasion to compare mi nutely the names of the electors, as on the over seers' lists, with those who appeared to have a claim to the franchise. We applied to the per sons thus omitted, to make their claim, and in numberless instances we were answered—' That they could not afford to vote.' They had cus tomers, creditors, or friends, whom they might offend. Thus it was in the borough ; nor do we exaggerate when we state that there are seventy or eighty such instances. In the county it is still worse. Here, then, is an evidence of the absolute necessity for the protection of the Ballot, created by the present Reform Act. Oppression proceeds on all sides of us with unparalleled vio lence. The enjoyment of the franchise is almost ruin. Can such a state of things continue ? Ought it to continue ? The Ballot we must have, and that speedily, or something worse will happen. The eyes of all parties are now opened to this important truth. Lord JOHN RUSSELL has declared his determination to support it, if the system of oppression is continued. Mr. SANFORD, Mr. NEWTON FELLOWES, and, in deed, almost every candidate for the honour of a seat in Parliament, is making the same declara tion. The people demand it, and who shall say to them, nay ?' " It is, indeed, full time that the question of the Ballot should be taken up by the people with the same spirit and una nimity as the late Reform Bill. The necessity for such a protection is daily becoming more apparent. The Tories, both principals and agents, are at work in all directions to neutralise the good effects of the Reform Bill. Their imperative circulars are flying about witl► more rapidity than ever, and cannot fail of effect, for, in some respects, their te nantry are left more completely at their mercy than they were under the old system of repre sentation. If, then, we would obviate this mis chief, we must have the Ballot, and immediately too—that is to say, as soon as it can fairly be brought under the notice of Parliament. The hypothesis put by Lord RUSSELL has been already confirmed. " The landlords of this country" have already presumed " upon their power to compel men who have entered into no such bargain, to dispose of their votes as mere servants of those landlords ;" consequently, upon his own showing, we claim his Lordship as a staunch advocate of the Ballot. Reform, with out such an auxiliary, will, we fear, turn out to be a mere matter of moon-shine, or, at any rate, an advantage more on the side of Toryism than of the people. Sir W. INGILBY (an active, honest, uncompromising Reformer, who well knows the wants of the community in that part of the country where he resides, and who has lately been traversing a considerable portion of Lincolnshire and the adjacent counties) is of the same opinion, and strenuously insists on the ne cessity of the ballot. We trust that a pledge to this effect will be demanded from all Parliamen tary candidates at ►he ensuing elections ; for the people may rely on it, that Reform, without the Ballot, is like a half-built edifice,—of no earthly use, whether to landlord or tenant. Were the Tories .honest, Reform, in its present stage, would be all-in-all ; but they are not so ; their hands, therefore, must be tied up, and the people secured from their oppression, by the paramount protection of the Ballot. LORD D URHAM.--The St. Petersburg Paper of the 10th of September states, that on Friday last, th, 7th instant, Lord DURHAM, Keeper of the Privy Sail of his Majesty the King of ENGLAND, sent on an extraordi nary mission to his Imperial MAJESTY, had his audience• of leave of the EMPEROR and EMPRESS, at Czirskojeselo. Lady DURHAM, and the Misses LAMJTON, his Lordship's daughters, afterwards had the honour to take leave of their Imperial MAJE.s.rxEs, to whom the persons of Lord DURHAM'S suite were also presented. Lord and Lad) DURHAM and the Misses LAMBTON, and the persons at tached to their suite, had the honour to dine with fill EMPEROR. Lord DURHAM intends to leave St. Peters. burg on Thursday next, on hoard the Imperial steam boat Isidora, which the EMPEROR has been pleased to place at his disposal. SIR WALTER SCOTT.—So soon as the death of oar illustrious countryman, Sir WALTER Scorr, became generally known yesterday morning, all the vessels in our river and harbour had their colours hoisted half mast high ; and during the day the melancholy erant, which has deprivrd the world of so great and so good a man, formed the theme of conversation in all quarters o; the city, and among all classes of the community.— Glas gow Courier. LIONEL LINCOLN, OR THE LEAGUER OF Boszorr.—A cheap and beautiful Edition of this Work try the Author of " The Spy," complete in a single v 9 lume, neatly bound and embellished, with a new introduc tion by the author, price only 6s. will be published or. the Ist of October by Mr. BENTLEY, New Burlington street, of whom may be had, uniformly printed, the follow ing, by the same author, price only 6s. each : . . L The Spy.-2. The Pilot. 3. The Last of the Mohicans. 4. The Pioneers.-5. The Prairie. Extract of a letter from a❑ English merchant in Oporto, dated Sept. 16 :—" As to business, it is at a stand still, except for implements of war; no wines can be shipped, and we have disembarked some that we had put on board. The want of a vent for goods must renchr all the minor merchants unable to meet their engage ments; they are hourly stopping payment around us : it is lamentable, many of them being very honourable, and deserving of a better fate." Cormorants were formerly trained in this country to catching fish fur the table. For this purpose they were kept with great care in the house, and when taken out for fishing had a leathern thong tied round their neck to prevent them from swallowing their prey. WHIT LOCK tells us that lie had a cast of them, manned like hawks, which would come to hand. He took much plea sure in them, and relates that the best he had was on, presented to him by Mr. Woo:), Master of the cormorant, to CHARLES I. BEEs.—Repeated swarms of bees have for the last 20 years been known to occupy a disused chitnne) attached to the premises held by Messrs. Huemus, Os vestry. Mr. S. VAUGHAN, bricklayer, for the first tithe entered the treasure house on Wedrieselty, by taking up wards of six feet in height of brickwork out, and nearly one foot in breadth, the whole of which was in the posses sion of these industrious workmen, whose dwelling, the honeycomb, was about 1-4 inches thick inside the chimney. This filled, we are informed, four pails and two buckets, and will weigh about two cwt. The brickwork is made up again, and an aperture hft for the bees to recommence their work.._ Hereford Journal. Due. (arrived. Arrived. Due. O America 0 0 Hamburg e 0 Brazil O Buenos Ayres 0 0 Jamaica 0 O Cartbagena 0 0 Leeward Islands ... 0 1 Dublin 0 0 Lisbon 0 O Flanders 0 1 Ma1ta....... ......... ... 0 1 France 0 0 Sweden I O Guernser&Jersev.. 0 1 Waterford 0 HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning... 6 minutes after 5. I Evening... 26 minutes after 5. FRASER'S MAGAZINE FOR OCTOBER.—Price 2s. 6d. CONTENTS:—The Tale. By Goethe—Discoveries of Modern Geologists. No. lll.—The Schoolmaster's Expe rience in Newgate. The Pardon Power—The First Foot —The late Sir James Mackintosh and the Law Magazine— Dreams of Youth—Gallery of Literary Characters. No. XXIX. William Wordsworth, Esq. (with a full length Portrait)—Div Contemporaries. Frotn the Note. Book of a Retired Barrister : Mr. Justice Grose, Law rence, Leblanc, Sergeant Bond, Fielding—Hints to Elec tors—Sacred History of the World—Ensign O'Donoghue's First Battle—Portraits of Eminent Philosophers. No. I. Sir Isaac Newton—This Warld's an unco bonny Place. By the Ettrick Shepherd—The Canada Corn-Trade— The Recollections of a Gentlewoman. No. 11. Monsieur de Calonne—The Domestic Manners of the British. By Colonel Hickory. Part V.—Song. By a Modern Pytha gorean—The Un-English War—The Death of Sir Walter Scott. _ _ . _ James Fraser, 215, Regent.street, London ; Waugh and Inner, Edinburgh ; M'Phun, Glasgow ; Sowler, Man chester; Grapel, Liverpool; and Grant and Bolton, Dublin This d4y was published, pLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MA. GAZINE. Nos. CXCIX. and CC., for October CONTENTS OF PART 1. 1832. I. The Pursuits of Politics. A Poem. By Timothy Tickler, Esq., F.R.D.S.E. Alpha—lL To a Rose. The thought from the Italian—lll. The Republican Exiles— IV. Lines on Staffs—V. Tom Cringle's Log. Chap. 14. Scenes in Jamaica—Vl. The English Martyrs. A Scene of the Days of Queen Mary. By Mrs. Hemans—Vll. De vereux Hall—Vlll. Hesiod. No. 2—IX. Sismondi and Italian Liberty—X. Antonio di Carara. A Paduan Tale, CONTENTS OF PART 11. I. The Caesars. Part I—II. Poland•.-111. Foreign Affairs—lV. The Yellow Leaf. By Delta—V. A New Ballad of the New Times, entitled " Lord John and the Pedlar"—Vl. Our Borough. By the Dean of Guild— VII. 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Prussian Bonds 99 Ditto Account Ditto Bonds, 1922 lOO Russian Bonds, 1922 98% 9 Ditto Account New Loan 94 Spanish Bonds,:1821 l4l{, Ditto Account 14U Ditto Bonds, :g23 Ditto Account ITA 3 % French Rentes, sp. c. —f. —c. --- Exchange —f —c. --:1 per cent. —f —c. Exchange —f —c. Dutch Scrip 421/, 2 Ditto Account 42,4.1 French Scrip 2 pm. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE—( nits DAY Y' FROM LLOYD'S. • PORTSMOUTH, SEPT. 27.—Wind S., light.—Arrived the Ariane, French frigate, from Cherbourg. FALMOUTU, SEPT. variable.—Arrived the ' Firebrand steam -packet from • the Mediterranean ; l e ft • Corfu sth instant, Malta 11th. Gibraltar 19th, and Cadiz 20th. Off port, Lord Yarborough's yacht Falcon, from off Lisbon, with despatches from his Majesty's squadron ; sailed sth instant. Sailed the Ramona steamer, for London. BRISTOL, SEPT. 27.—Arrived the John, Chase, from Gijon ; William Henry, Wakeham, from St. Petersburgh. LIVERPOOL, SEPT. Ml—Arrived the Ajax, Hiern, from New York ; Eagle, Robinson, from St. Andrew's, New Brunswick; TORII Tough, Williamson, from Charente. Off port, the Lady Hannah, Ellice, and Alice, from Quebec. GREENOCK, SEPT. 25.—Arrived the Romulus, Callen der, from Quebec; the Cassandra, Grierson, from St. John's, New Brunswick. DUNDEE, SEPT. 25.—Arrived the Champion, Reed ; the Atlas, Scott; and the Superior, Reed, from St. Peters burgh ; Jean Laing, Nichol, and Ruby, Robertson, from Archangel; John Black, Mackenzie, and Spring, Scott, from Memel. Arrived from Liverpool, the Wareham, Chaddich, at Baltimore ; the Rome, Dyer, at Buston ; the Ann Parry, Kennard, and Aguila, Bondman, at Portsmouth ; Caro line, Colburn, at Bath ; Royal William, Brown, and Monarchy, Monde), at Eastport ; Adelaide, Tozer ; Fen wick, Keating; James Lawes, Russell; and Maria, Bell, at St. John's, New Brunswick. CHOLERA MORBUS, OFFICIAL REPORT. CENTRAL BOARD OF HEALTH. COUNCIL OFFICE, WHITETIALL.—(THIS DAY.) DAILY REPORT of CHOLERA CASES. New Canes in Great . Britain reported this day... 244 Deaths Rezoveries (Signed) .. S 4 ..177 WM. MACLEAN, Secretary. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. The arrivals to this morning's market, though nct liberal, are more than equal to the demand, and to effect sales a decline of Monday's prices must have been sub mitted to. ARRIVALS. Wheat. Barley. Oats. I Flour. English 5,192 qrs. 2,015 qrs. 1,326 qrs. 2,785 sacks; Irish 7O - 4,241 I ---- Foreign 4S6 I - hrlc. SMITHFIELD MARKEI This day's supply of Beasts and Porkers was rather limited; of Sheep, Lambs, Calves, and Milch Cows, tolerably good. The trade, on account of a corresponding dullness in the carcass markets, was exceedingly dull throughout, with Beef at a de pression of 2d.. Mutton and Lamb 4d., and Veal 2d. to 6d. per stone. Mulch Cows went off tardily, at their last week's prices, an useful short-horns, with her small calf, producing from 181. to 211. PRICZS FIR STONI OF SLIM TO SINK THZ OFFA LS. 11. d. to s. d.l s. d. to s. d. Inferior Beasts 2 0 2 4 1 Large Lambs 100 0 0 Prime small ditto... Second quality ditto 2 2 2 6 3 2 4 8 Prime large Oxen... 3 2 3 4 Large coarse Calves 3 0 3 2 Prime Scots, &c...... 3 2 3 6 Prime small ditto 3 8 4 0 Inferior 5heep....... 2 0 2 4 Large Hogs ... 3 8 4 0 iecond quality ditto 2 8 3 4 Small Porkers 4 6 5 0 Coarse-woolledditto 3 4 3 8 Suckling Calves 12s t032-.eadi. Southdown Wethers 4 0 4 4 Quarter old Pigs P2s to 18s. each. SUFPLY, AS FIR CLERK'S STATIMENT. Beasts. ' 28 Sheep and Lambs.' Calves. Pigs. 473 8,0 253 I 110 NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL At per stone, by the Carcass. s. d. to s. d. I S. d.tos. d. Beef, inferior 2 0 2 2 Mutton, inferior 2 2 2 4 - middling 2 2 2 4 - middling.. 2 6 3 0 - prime large 2 6 2 S - prime 3 4 310 - prime small... 3 0 3 4 Pork, large 3 0 4 t 2 Veal 24 42 -small 30 50 Lamb 3s. 6d. to 4s. Bd. THE FUNDS.-(TH!S DAY.) CITY, T WEL VE 0' CLOCK. Montreal Papers to the 26th of August, and Quebec to the 23d of August, have been received at the North and South American Coffee-house. The Montreal Paper says, "we have to congratulate our readers on the fa vourable aspect of the health of the city, and we have not heard but of twodeaths since our last repurt." The Quebec Paper also says, that they are glad to announce a conti nual improvement in the health of the city, very few cases having occurred since Monday last. The Bermuda Papers to the 25th of July state tha there was no appearance of the cholera in the Island IA that date. By the French Mail this morning we have the follow ing from Cherbourg :—Our naval division which is to operate, in case of a war, in the Scheldt, is all ready, and will proceed to its destination at tt.e first signal of the telegraph. The ships of war are beautiful, well manned, and c)n , -. manded by experienced officers. The division consists uf eight ships, as follows : The Suffren, 90 guns, the Melpomene frigate, 60 guns, the Calypso frigate, 52 guns, the Resolve, 46 guns, the 211eaVe frigate, 46 guns, the Ariane corvette, force of an old frigate, of 32 guns, the Creole corvette, of three mists, of 24 guns, and the Cygne brig, 20 guns. Admiral Villeneuve was expected there the following day. The Ariane had sailed for Spithead. From Paris they write that the aide-de-camp of the King of France, Mr. Rumigny, had received orders to de part immediately for Belgium. He is to command the two brigades of the Ist division of the army of the north. THE FUNDS. We understand that the proposition on the part of Prussia to England is, that the French and Prussian armies shall each retire to within 30 leagues of their respective fron tiers ; but if the French advance beyond their own borders the Prussians assume a riz,ht, upon their part, to do the same. A mail from Malta and Gibraltar has arrived, but we do not hear that it has brought any news of importance. The French Funds, by the estafette, are, we hear, f per cent. lt,wer-68f. 4.5 c. The arrival of a French frigate at Spithead is supposed to be the forerunner of the remainder of the Fl ench squa dron from Cherbourg, as it appears they only wait the signal for sailing. We do not hear of any later dates from Oporto. One of the letters received states, that 20 friars, made prison ers, were brought into O t iorto on the 20th instant, who were fighting desperately at the head of Don Miguel's troops. densols, which left off yesterday at 831 for the Ac count, opened this morning at the same price, and soon afterwards went up to 84; at present they are 831 to 54., with little doing. It is settling day in the Foreign Market, consequently there iv not much doing as yet. HALF-PAST ONE. According to what is said in respect of Deitch and 13el gian affairs, there is every appearance that it will still he an affair of procrastination. Ilia Dutch Majesty has solicited the King of Prus►ia to interfere; the Conference have sanctioned this request, and will wait the result of this new negociation before any hostile demonstrations take place. This is again a delay of time. Consols are not so good as in the early part of the day, when they were done at S 4 ; at present may be quoted 83i e. In the Foreign Market, the settling of the account is going off well. The chief business doing is settling their accounts. THREE O' CL 0 CK. Commis S 3 for Account. CLOSING PRICES.—FOUR O'CLOCK. Consols Ditto for Account $3 4 Greek Brazilian Bond• 51 Buenos Ayne... Chillan Ditto.... Mexican Peruvian ...... Russian 99 Columbian 1824 Spanish A fine mottled seal, of rather large dimen sions, has lately been exhibiting in this town. It is healthy and lively, is called Toby, and exhibits more saga city than is usually attributed to animals of that specie.; it is nearly- five feet in length, when extended, but, owing to its usual position, it does not seem much more than three. It cries continually like a young child, and snaps at anything held near it. —Sherborne Journal. BRUSSELS, TUESDAY.—This afternoon a very interesting ceremony took place here, which was the opening of the Charleroi canal. The collieries of Ilainault are very abundant and very rich, but that did not prevent coals from being extremely dear at Brussels. The high price is caused by the difficulties of transport, it being en-. tirely effected by land carriage. The canal from Charleroi to Brussels will remedy this. On the 22d of this month the first coal-barges left Charleroi, aud reached the basins of Brussels this evening. On that occasion the Minis!er of the Interior, the Governor of the Province, the city and provincial authorities, went out of the Fiarolers Gate, to the 55th aud last sluice, to receive the col ier., a d the first cargo has obtaiLed a premium,. of 51)0 fl ri th f e w Cmana thel Company Opening of caused this c a gomriannud nSpeeches were delivered t o s h ow the advantag, whi c h would result to the coal-trade and t o the co;t.umers of Brusselsication ; an a d fte A r n w tw h e ic r h p, dinner to be served under an awning, to which all the au thorities were invited.