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management !bat you mentioned on the former day, such as not favouring commercial discount, and act ing, in contracting your issues when the exchange is adverse, according to your definition of an adverse exchange, have those principles been recognised and di-cussed by the Directors at large, or are they only princ:ples brought into action by the Select Corn• tnittee as the occasions may have arisen ?—All matters relative to the management have been recog nised by the Court at large. Aber di, , cussion ?—Discussion has taken place, and the principle has been recognised. Were you rightly understood that, in the event of an unfavourable exchange for a length of time, the Court of Dire.cters took no measures, by contract ing their issues, to amend the course of exchange ? —I mean to maintain that the Court of Directors have taken no measures, within the last period o 4 18 months or two years, for the purpose of oontracr ing the circulation ; that the contraction bas been almost effected entinly by the return of notes for gold and silver. How long have the Bank conducted their affair , upon this principle ?—The Bank har•e not had the Power of acting upon any fixed principle till a late period, subsequent to the year 1825. Why was that ?—From various circumstance , that existed prior to that period; from the yea, 1819 to 1822, the preparation for return to cast. payments under the order of the House of Com mons,—the conflicting character of the circulation of the country and London, governed as the coun try was by a small note circulation. So long as the Bank was liable to that internal demand, the Bank could hardly be expected to adopt any system such as I have alluded to. Will you explain more at large in what way thr state of the small note circulation operated so as to interfere with the management of the Bank ?—lt rendered the 'Bank liable to a very great sudden de mand; for instance in the year 1825, from October to the let of December, the demand upon the Rink vas nearly two millions and a half sterling for the support of the country circulation ) when the ex changes were nearly at par, if not entirely so, and which placed the Bank in a very peculiar state of difficulty. The whole difficulty of that period, with regard to bullion, arose from the magnitude of that demand. You conceive the magnitude of that demand was very much increased by the small note circulation of the country ?—t consider the demand was almost entirely to uphold the small note circulation. Will you explain why you are of that opinion ? Because the holders of small notes are the louet orders of the people, whose fears are more exten• sively acted upon in times of distrust, and there having been no exchange for the li. note but the sovereign, the demand upon the Bank became in evitable. Were you not alio pressed for gold very much by the London bankers, who were called upon to send it to bankers in the country for that object ?—That' was the channel through which the supply was sent to the country. At what date were the Bank compelled to with draw their own cne-pound notes ?—They were not compelled to withdraw their one-pound notes when that measure was adopted ; the Bank anticipated that period ; I think that it was in 182! they paid off the notes of that description. The period was in 1822 when the Bank woult have been bound to pay them, was it not ?—I be. lieve it was. Would not the country bank-notes have beep abolished in 1823, if Parliament had not in 1822 extended the period for one-pound notes ten year, longer ?—Yes. Was not that at the stmgesticn of the Govern ment of that day ?—I do not know whether any ether parties promoted it. You have stated that there was a great drain upot, the Bank for coin in a certain period of 1823, for the country circulation ; have you the means of dis tinguishing pretty accurately what bul:ion i 4 drawn• cut for the purposes of internal demand, and wha• for foreign export ?—lt is difficult to ascertain tha• correctly ; but we have the power of forming at• opinion from the channels through which it passes. Nave you the means at the Bank of showiq those precise circumstances in 1793; what propor tion of the demand at that time was for the countr) bards,?rs, and what was the demand for export at that time ?—I cannot answer that question wirhout reference, but I ttil! make inquiry whether the in formation can be given. Has the demand for gold upon you for the pur pose of internal circulation been materially dimi nished since the circulation of 1/. notes has been prevented ?—The occasional demand has been ob viated. Has there not occasionally been a pressure for such gold, nearly amounting to the pressure tha took place during the time of the circulation of 1/ notes ?—During the last fortnight there has been very considerable pressure for an internal demand ) but that I take to have arisen from a totally different cane ; the demand has been one of political dis credit, and the Committee, perhaps, will understand the character of au discredit, when I mention tha• there is no return to the Bank, down to this day, of any part of this issue. Is it not true, that when, on a recent occasion, the Bank of England gave notice that they would lend money upon securities at four per cent., which they have done lately at an caviler period than they • were accustomed to do, that that very act upon the part of the Bank had the effect of putting an end tc , that run, like magic ?—Not for gold. Can you state whether the gold went to Sealant], or England, or to what particular part, in the las, fortnight ?—ln the last fortnight, the Bank sent down to the branch banks about 400,000/. ; the) have issued to the London bankers about 400,0001 more, arid I believe the London bankers generally paid bank notes, leaving the Bank to pay the gold for the notes at the Bank itself. The issues to the branch banks and the b Hikers were, together, above 800,0004 ; the issue to the public, at the counter of the Bank, was about the same amount : making in the whole about 1,600,000/.; arid in addition, the sum that went cut for the dividends, in April, ha, cot returned. The common course of circulatim, is, that what goes out for the dividends at the com mencement of the quarter, comes back towards tlo termination. Therefore, I believe the whole ab sorption at the present time to be nearly two milli ons sterling. Was there no demand for the Scotch Banks, that you could ascertain to be for the scotch Bauas ? Only by conversation. What conclusion would that conversation. lead to ?—lt would lead to the supposition that the amount was about 1,000,0001. Does not the demand for the internal circulation, made upon the Batik of England, come through the London bankers, and not direct fiom the country hankers ?—lt comes through the London bankers an 1 the branch banks.. Can you state the relative proportion of the de mands for gold within the last fortnight at these three places—at Birmingham, Manchester, and Liverpool, and in what degree they differ ?—By re ference I could. At Birmingham, 154,000/.; at Manchester, 11S,000/.; at Liverpool, the receipt, and issues were nearly equal. What particular characteristic did that political demand assume, according to the opinion of the Bank ; was it from discredit, or was it from any other assignable cause?—lt appeared to have the character of political discredit (this is merely infor mation that I received from other persons), from the sale of stock by small holders, who demanded sovereigns for the notes they received for the stock sold. My opinion is founded upon the fact of r. number of persons applying for one, two, or three huterred pounds, who stated the demand to be in payment of the stock sold. They appeared to be persons of respectability. Did it appear to you that the demand for gold was for the purpose of forwarding any political end? —I think it was one of alarm entirely ; and I ap prehend it was alarm, because the gold does not circulate; the gold is clearly to this moment in the possession of the parties who received it; and the consequence has been that contraction of batik paper 1 1 ; n the London market which has raised the rate of it from three per cent., which I believe ex isted before the demand, to four per cent. Then the sudden demand will ticcoUnt for the derangement of your proportion of the quantity of the precious metals which you hold, as compared to the securities which you hold, which you stated it to be your endeavour generally to regulate by keeping it at one-third 2—The Bank would now have, I think, upwartls of 6,000,000 in their pos session, had it not been for this demand. You stated 'hat you considered the Bank ought to have two-thirds of securities ; ad one-third of bullion; is that proportion altered by the circum stances to which you have alluded ?—I wish the Committee to understand, that when I use the terms two-thirds and one-third, I meant to allude to the period of a full currency, prior to the commence= ment of a demand; the progress of a demand re duces the proportions ; but when the demand ceases, and the exchanges reassume a favourable character, then we are in a progressive state to reassume our proportions. What was the amount of hellion of which the Bank was possessed en the Ist of May ?—I cannot state without reference; Bth May, 6,090,0001.; 29th May, 5,320,0001.; purchase between those periods about (say 700,0001.). In consequence of the market rate of interest having , risen to 4 per cent., has there been an in creased demand upon the Bank for discount within the last fortnight 2—No, not to any extent. Contemporaneously with the internal demand for gold within the last ten days or fortnight, of which j you spoke, was there any external demand or the reverse ?—A very large import of gold, and the importa•ion now is upon a very extensive scale. Is that a natural influx, or et all forced 2—No, it is a natural influx at a very high exchange. Do you suppose the influx you have mentioned 'o have nearly counterbalanced the outgoing P—Not yet; but I think the bullion held by the Bank subse quent to the drain, was about 5,000,0001., arid since the drain has ceased it has accumulated to 5,500,0001. What was it before the drain began ?—About 6,500,0001. D,) you suppose that any portion of that internal drain is returning, or has returned ?—I believe none has returned yet. Does it now continue 2—No. How long has it ceased P—l think about a week. During the last ten days or fortnight have you not refused to exchange your notes for gold 2—We refused, for a few days, to give notes for gold, from an apprehension of the time that it would take the clerks to exchange them ; all the gold that comes into the Bank from individuals is forced to be weighed and counted, and therefore it takes as much time to receive it as to pay it. Do you weigh it in a lump?—We weight it out , o the public in that form, if they desire it; but we never receive it from the public in that form. How much can you pay in a day over the counter, without weighing it ?—I should think about 200,000/. to individuals; but the cashier can anaaer that better than I can. Is that by counting every sovereign 2—Counting the s)vereigns. If it is demanded in large quantities by bankers, would it not be delivered in hags 2—Certainly. In that case you can pay a much larger amount than 200,0001. a day 2—Certainly ; almost any sum. It has been asserted that the Bank do not afford facilities to persons for the purpose of exchanging their notes into gold ; is there any foundation for that assertion P—l think not. What is the largest amount that you ever remem ber at any period being paid by the Bank in gold in exchange for its notes, in one day 2-1 cannot answer that question without reference. During the recent applications, 307,000/. if part be paid by weight. •ARGEST AMOUNT OP GOLD COIN THAT CAN BE PAID IN ONE DAY BY ABOUT 25 CLERKS AT TIIF. BANK, IF COUNTED BY nAND BY THE PUBLIC, ABOUT 50,000/. When large sums are applied for• by bankers, or others, the practice of the tellers is to count 25 sove reigns and put them into one scale, then 25 more into the other state, and if they balance they repeat the operation until there are 200 in each scale. In this way 1,000 sovereigns can be counted in a few mi nutes ; and this method was generally adopted on the 12th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, and 18th of May. I❑ the above manner 307,000/. were paid to the bankers and others on the 14th Slay, 1831, irre spective of sums received from tl,e bankers and the public (amounting to 14,0001.) by about 25 clerks. J. RIPPON, Chief Cashier. Bank of England, June 4, 1832. Does the amount that can be taken out in a day by payments of what is called " over the counter," hear any proportion to what occasionally goes out 'a large masses to bankers or merchants ?—I should think not; bankers and merchants receive the whole by weight, for the purpose of saving time. If any dealer in foreign exchanges, or any person trading with foreign countries, wants a large sum, one, two, or three hundred thousand pounds, to send abroad, can he not take it out in a quarter of an hour ?—ln a very short time. In moments of what you term political discredit, have you found your deposits operated upon by large drafts ?—No. Have you found that recently ?—No. Have the deposits usually kept about the same average amount ?—They appear so. Has there been any diminution contemporaneous with the late drain ?—I have not observed it. In the year 1825 was there any diminution in the amount of the deposits ?—I believe there was an increase. Were the deposits considerable before that pe riod ?—They have considerably increased since 1825. Has that increase of deposits with the Bank since 1825 arisen from the want of credit in private bafikers, or has the Bank laid itself out more to oh tam!' private customers ?—I do not believe the Bank has by its own acts taken any particular steps to in crease the deposit accounts; very few facilities have been given by them for the purpose of increasing the amount ; nor do I believe that such facilities have had the effect of increasing the accounts materially. Has not the practice of keeping private accounts with the Bank been greatly enlarged in the last few years ?—Yes. Has not that been accompanied with some faci lities afforded to private depositors which did not exist in the usual practice of the Bank before ?-- Some few faclties may have been given, but the Bank give credit to no one ; they have never made any advance, for any person whatever, out of theit usual course. What is the rature of the increased facilities to which you alluded ?—Without reference I cannot state. I believe they receive dividends upon stock by power of attorney, for p , rsons who keep accounts with them, which they did not before; but that arose, I believe, out of the arrangement of the branch banks, for the customers of the branch banks. Before 1825, if a person kept a private account with the Bank, would they exchange Exchequer Bills for him ?—I cannot answer that without reference. Is not the Bank in the habit of advancing money upon the security of Bank Stock ?—No. Is there not a difference between the Bank and private bankers in this respect, that the private banker permits a customer to pay a bill with the money received the same day, whereas the Bank of England does not permit that ; must not the money remain 24 hours in the Bank ? I am not personally acquainted with the working of the drawing-office. Do you know whether any alteration was made in the practice of the Bank in that respect at the period when it appears that the drawing accounts increased ?—I do not. Do tle Bunk allow any party that has any ac• count with them ever to overdraw his account ? Never. Do they allow any interest on deposits ?—No. Do ti on now pay bills without being advised in writing''—l do not know, but .1 will furni,ll he Committee with a statement of all the changes of regulation that have taken place in this department since 1825. tACILkTIES GRANTED IN DRAWING ACCOUNTS, SINCE THE YEAR 1825, MARCH 1825• I.—The Bank receive dividends by power of attorney for all persons having drawing accounts at the Bank. 2.—Dividend warrants are received at the drawing- office for ditto. w 3.—Exchequer bills and other securities are received for ditto ; the bills exchanged, the interest received, and the amount carries to their respective account.. 4.—Checks may he dra*n for 6/. and upwards, instead of 107., as heretol.re. s.—Cash-boxes taken in, contents unknown, for such panics as keep accounts at the Bank. 6 —Bmk notes are paid at the counter, instead of drawing tickets for them en the pay-clerks, as here tofore. 7.--Cheques on City bankers, paid in by three o'clock, may be drawn for between four and five ; and those paid in before four will be received and passed to ac count the same evening. S.--Cheques paid in after four are sent out at nine o'clock the follo*ing morning, received and passed to atcount, and may be drawn for as soon as received. 9.—Dividend warrants taken in at the drawing-office until five in the afternoon, instead of till three, as heretofore. 10.—Credits paid into account and received without the Bank-book, and are afterw.,rda entered therein, without the parts' claiming them. 11.—Bills of Exchange accepted payable at the Bank, are paid with or without advice ; heretofore with ad vice only, 12.—Notes of country bankers payable in London, are sent out the same day for payment. 13.—Cheques are given out in books, and not in sheets, as heretofore. J. RIPPON, Chief Cashier. B ,nk of England, 4th June, 1632. (To be continued.) NATIONAL POLITICAL UNION. The weekly meeting of this Union took place last even ing, at Saville House. Mr. CHURCHILL was voted into the Chair. Mr. DETROSIER (the Secretary) read the minutes of the last meeting, which were confirmed ; and also several let ters from different parts of the country, stating how much good had teen done by the distribution of Political Tracts, carried into effect by means of the Union. Mr. WAKEFIELD made a motion to the following effect, " That the Conseil of the National Political Union viewed with indignation the coalition between Lords Ingestrie and M dmn for the avowed purpose of ousting Mr. T. Dun combe from the borough of Hertford, by means of bribery and corruption ; that the Council considered Mr. Dun• combe to be a fit and proper person to be a Member of a Reformed Parliament, from the spirit and honesty with which he had discharged his duties up to the present time; it therefore recommended to all members of the Union. and especislly to those connected with the borough of Hertford, to use their best exertions in support of the liberal cause in that place, and in furtherance of the re turn of two friends of the people, instead of the two con servative Lordlings Ingestrie and Mahon." He was aware that in bringing forward this motion he would be met by the objection, that if the Council supported one person, it ought to support others. There were certain circum stances that made the present instance of support an ex ception. The fact was, that Mr. Duncombe, at a time of a great crisis, and whets the Union was the object of very gross vituperation, enrolled himself as a member, and next night avowed manfully what he had done from his seat in the House.of Commons. That avowal had materiaqv tendtd to assuage the violence with which those persons who hoped once more to get into power attacked the Unions at that time. He had the pleasure of stating that he had been lattly at Hertford, and that Mr. Spalding, who was introduced by Mr. Duncombe as a liberal can didate for that borough, had pledged himself to vote or the ballot, and for any thing that would ame liorate the condition of the electors, and rescue them from being, under the sway of that most notorious Bo rouehmonger, Lord Salisbury, in a state as bad as that of Russian serfs. Mr. Spalding also said that his father in-law, the Lord Chancellor, bad changed his opinion re specting the ballot, no longer considering that " it would make the whole of a man's life a lie," as he had formerly asserted. It was a conversation with the late Mr. Jeremy Bentham that had converted hie Lordship. The nature of the coalition between the two Lordlings mentioned in the motion, was the putting the Liberal Candidates to an immense expense. They could never, neither of the young Lords, expect to oust Mr. Duncombe, but they might frighten the other Liberal Candidate, who, rather than go to an immense expense, would allow the Tory to be returned. Mr. Roc; ens would move us an amendment, that the words " bibery and corruption" should be omitted in the original motion. With that part of it that related to Mr. Duncombe he cordially concurred. Mr. CA RPENTER advised an alteration in the wording of the motion. With regard to the ballot, he must say that the Chancellor's conversion in its favour made him very anxious to look into that question more deeply than before. When he sate so many men of certain principles declaring themselves converts, he doubted very much the beneficial result that it as expected from the ballot. At all events, at present, when the franchise was so limited, he was of opinion that the ballot would he a great national evil. Mr. PowELL wished this question of the ballot to stop in its infancy, and thought it improper to assume, as a foundation, that the ballot would do injury. He would enter bis protest against such an assumption going forth to the world sanctioned by the Council of that Union. He would state that no man more deserved their support than Mr. T. Duncombe, and would mention, that what the Tories were doing at Hertford they were doing in many other parts of the kingdom. They were particularly active in Middlesex, arid were bringing forward a man of great wealth to oppose Mr. flume ; but he trusted that the electors of that county would have the patriotism to re-elect their present excellent representative. The Tories knew that their existence depended upon the next Parliament. - Mr. Wr.IGHT said, that at all events if the new Parlia ment did not proceed upon a system of much greater economy than had hitherto been followed, he would pay no taxes, and would advise every one he knew to follow his example. Mr. HIXON thought that, considering how the consti tuency of the country was limited, there was something in Mr. Carpenter's objection to the ballot. However, he presumed that a new Parliament would extend the franchise by altering the clause relative to rates and taxes, and so weaken that objection. Mr. Mullein- would support the present motion in favour of Mr. Duncombe ; but he begged it to be dis tinetly understood that it was not to be considered as a precedent. Mr. Fox SMITH, respecting the ballot, hoped it would be fully discussed at no distant period, when he trusted that the goodness of the cause would enable him to triumph over Mr. Carpenter's objections. The amendment, leaving out the words " by means of bribery and corruption," was then put and adopted. The meeting, after voting thanks to the Learned Chair man, separated. A fact h known to have take❑ place in the be ginning of this month which deserves notice, as ihrstrat ing the spirit of the Prussian Rhenane provinces. On the 3,1 inst. the birthday of the King of PRUSSIA was cele brated here by the students from his dominions, of whom a considerable number frequent this University. The tete took place soon after the publication of the resolutions of the Diet. Tile students from mirth Prussia joined in the festivity ; but their fellow subjects from the Rhine refused, and in the course of their procession i❑ a public place, while the former, in University language, shout,d " Vivat Rex," the latter cried, " Pereat,"—that is, in plain Eng lish, " Long life to the King," echoed to by " lie be d—d." —Times. There have been many elaborate works pub lished on the marriage ceremonies of various nations, both savage and civilised. I do not, however, remember to have read of any so brief and unceremonious as the fol lowing, which I had the opportunity of witnessing when on a visit to a gentleman in Carolina. A fine-looking negro, and the handsomest mulatto, or yellow girl, I had ever teen, were the parties who desired to be msde one for life. The matter was thus arranged : In the course of our evening walk, my friend, the planter, w•is sheepishly addressed by the slave in these words Pl eas e, Mass', m e want to marry RUMMY" (this is the " nigger" for EURYDICE). " Does 111DDIKY want to marry you ?" IC Yes, Massa." If you marry her I won't allow you to run after the other gills on the plantation —you shall live like a decent fellow with your wife." '' Messa, me lub her, so dat me don't care one darn for de eider gals." " Marry her then, and be cursed." " Yes, Massa." WAsurNwros then gave Rintaicv a kiss, and from that day they became man and wife; no other f orm t h an that of permission from their owner, thus graciously accorded, being considered n ecessar y to legalize thcir union. Notes on America... -Monthly Magazine FRENCH PAPERS. PARES, SEM 3.—Accounts have been received by te legraph from Lyons that the editor of the Prgcurscurbad hi en acquitted upon the first indictment against him, but M. Odillon B trrot did not plead. The abundance of the harvest ;in France has occasioned a general fall in the price of corn. Thus the monthly re turns for July stated the average price at 251. 11c., whilst those for August make it only 21t. '7Be. The Ambassadors of England and Austria, and the Minis ter of Prussia, bad on Saturday a long conference with the Count d'Argout, at the office of the Minister for Foreign Affairs. The Cowrie). Francais says, " According to general report, M. Dupin, having renounced the Presidency of the Council, is about to he appointed Minister of Justice, and will enter upon his office b,tween the 15th and 20th inst. The other chan2es will not ha, decided upon till after the return of General Sebastiani, who will remain Minis ter for Foreign Affairs, if his health be sufficiently re•esta- Wished ; otherwise M. Bertin deVatix has the best chance of succeeding him, since, in rew moulding the Ministry, public opinion will have no influence. On the contrary, it will be openly braved, since it is in contemplation to re place M. de Monta'ivet by M. Goizat, the cre iture and represeLtative of qua-i-legitimacy. If such, however, are to be the supporters of M. Dupin, the fate of his Admi nistration may be easily foreseen." Lord Minto, British Envoy to the Court of Prussia, arrived on Friday at Calais, from Lor don, with his lady and family, and immediately :proceeded on his way to Berlin. We learn by the telegraph, that after the brigade which lately left Lishm had erose, d the Douro, and joined the 4th division of Don Miguel's army, the Commander-in chief,General Ptzzo da Regna, divided it into four brigades, which took up the following p',si•ions :—The Ist and 4 , h are posted on the road to Valongo, having the 2,1 brigade as an advanced guard. The 3d brigade is in reserve on the road to Paredes, at Baltar, where are the head quar tet s of the division, as well as the cavalry and artillery. The heavy artillery destined to attack Oporto is at Villa Conte, where three mortars and a howitzer have just ar rived from Bareellos. The second division, under General Povoas, has been strengthened by several pieces of artillery and one howitzer. Extract of a letter of the 4th ult. from Algiers :—" On the 2d, an English steamer come into this port, after a passage of ni,:e days, from Gmstantinop'e. She was in want of coal and water, but was in such haste that she took in ;rater only, and then went on her way, without even waiting for the letters of the English Consul, who 1113,8 in the country. She forms part of the British squa dron in the Levant, and had on board three personages of consequence attached to the English embassy at Con stantinople, one of whom is Colonel Campbell. The Cap tain of the steamer appears to be under their orders. The English Vice-Consul was the only person who went on board. It was afterwards reported that he was very closely questioned as to the state of this colony, the arma ment, forces, provisions, Etc." The Breton of Nantes, of the Ist instant, states, that the following proclamation has been distributed widely in La Vendee:-- " Vendeans !—Ever brave and faithful, you will hear my voice. The time has come to have recourse to arms. Recollect your fathers ; recollect my brothers. We have their courage to imitate, and their blood to avenge. Like them we will fight f?r religion and the legitimate King, and with the help of God we shall triumph. Vendeans ! friends brave soldiers ! rally and fellow me ! To arms ! Gloire i Dieu ! Vive Henri V. ! " The Commandant of the 2d Corps of the Royal Army of the West, "Count de la ROCHEJACQUELIN, Lieutenant-General." The dinner given to M. Odillon Barrot at Lyons took place on Thursday. At half-past one o'clock the Hon. Deputy entered the room, and wits conducted to a seat at a cross table, in a position in which he could be seen by the whole company, which consisted of at least 550 per sons. During the dessert many toasts were drunk, the most prominent of which were; " France," "The Army," ,4 The Liberty of the Press," " The Union of the People," and "M. Odillon Birrot, the true Representative of the People." The last was received with the utmost enthu siasm, and M. Odillon Barrot returned thanks in an ener getic address. It is said that the health of the King would have been the first toast prop►sed, but for an injudicious attempt at dictation to the stewards by one of the highest functionaries of the town. The day passed cff with the most perfect harmony, and the peace of the town was not in the slightest degree in ten upted. (From the Times Express.) At a late hour last night we received by express the Paris papers of Tuesday, and a letter from our private correspondent dated Tuesday afternoon. They do not wring much news. General Sebastiani was expected to return to Paris in the course of the week, and his health having, as was said, undergone great improvement, it was generally expected that he will remain in office. Symp toms of fermentation are breaking out again in tl►e western distric!s, and there is reason to fear that the country in that quarter will again be or some time a prey to civil war. The Duchess de Berri is still in Li Vendee, and it is be- lieved that the peasants are again acting under her imine (hate orders. The refusal of the King of Wurtemberg to receive the representations of the inhabitants of Tubingen with r,gard to the late acts of the German Diet, has been imitated by the King of Bavaria on the occasion of a si milar address front the inhabitants of Wurtzburg. Letters from Algiers of the 30th stare that the Arabs had not made their threatened attack, and that negotiations had been opened with the chiefs, which promised to lead to an amicable setth•ment. Twenty-four of the prisoners con fined at Nantes have followed the example of AL Berry er, jun., and signed a protest against the removal of their trials from the assiz-s of the Loire Inferieure. FRENCH F UN DS.-PARIS, Seer. 4.-Five per Cents., 93f. 45c. 50c. 55c. 50c. 45c. 10c. 45 c. 40c. 45c. 99f. 40c. 45c. 40c.15c. 35c. 30c. 40c.; Loan 0f1832, 100 f. 50c. 40c. 45c.; Three per Cents. , 69f. 45c. 40c. 35c. 40c. 35c. 30c. ; National Loan, 99f 65c. ; Bank Actions, 1,655 f. ; Rents de Naples, 81f. 40c. 35e. 30c. 81f. 20c.; Roman Five per Cents., 80y 4 %; Rente d'Espagne, 12 %; Royal Spanish Loan, 7SU ; Rents Perpetuelle d'Espagne, 5774, N ; Belgic .oan, 78% ie 78.; Exchange on London- One mouth, money, 25f. 75c.; Three months, paper, 25f. 65c. ; money, :25f. Gate.-fours Authentique. GERMANY. FRANKFORT, Aug. 24. CONCLUSION OF THE PROTOCOL OF THE CENTRAL COM MITTEE FOR THE NAVIGATION OF THE RHINE. BAVARIA.-The undersigned adheres to the present declaration. Fx.ANc v.—. The French commissary adheres to the above declaration in the sense of his previous insertions, and the acts and declarations of his Court at the Con ference of London. _ _ NASSAU.-The plenipotentiary of the Netherlands proposed i❑ the 310th protocol to revise the article con cerning the navigation of the inland waters to Antwerp, when the port of Antwerp should be replaced under the dominion of the King of the Nethe„rlands ; and conforma bly to that proposition the plenipotentiaries Of Baden, Bavaria, Hesse, and Prussia were of opinion, in the 312th protocol, that it would be advisable to leave this question open until the final arrangement of the affairs of Belgium. As at the present moment the citadel only of Antwerp is in the possession of the Netherlands, and as the port of that city has not submitted anew to his sway, it is nut now a fitting time to treat, at Mentz, the question of the in ►and waters ; 1 cannot, therefore, take any part whatever in the negotiation. PausstA.—What the Government of the Netherlands has declared elsexhere, and for objects foreign to the States bordering on the Rhine, cannot operate in any way to the prejudice of the latter, or have the least influ ence on acquired rights. These States had already, be fore the conclusion of the treaty of navigation of the 31st of March, 1831, acquired a right of free communication by means of the navigable waters between the Rhine, the Meuse, and the Scheldt. The exercise of that right has been momentarily delayed by well-known events, and in the interest of the Dutch Government itself, it has been made to depend desultorily on the settlement of affairs of another nature. The time for the free enjoyment of the inland waters of Holland, expressly reserved by the bordering States, and g uaranteed by 'the Dutch Government, appears to be fast a pproaching, and . thus an e nd w ill h e p u t to th e complaints which have arisen on a;l sides of th e d e l a y e xperienced in t he free navigation of the waters which join the Scheldt to the Rhine and Meuse, and the port of Antwerp to all the ports of the Rhine, a right important and indispensable to the trade and navigation of the States holdering the Rhine, which it would bt incompati`de ss WI the dear est rights of the inhabitants of those countries to re nounce or allow of the least alteration of. I add this, in older to show the conformity of sentiment of my Government with the views above expressed by the Pleni potentiaries of Baden, Bavaria, and Hesse. The Prussian Government is nowise disposed to fear that the . D u tch G o v e rnment will not have timely recollecti on of its pro mise, and the obligations thereby imposed upon it. On t h e c ontrary, it expects with entire confidence, in common with the other Governments interested, the strict fulfil ment of those promises as soon as possible. The Plenipotentiaries of Baden, Bavaria, France, Hesse, and Prussia, persist In their preceding declarations, not• withstanding the contrary opinion in opposition to the negociation of the central committee expres , e , l by the Commissary of the Duchy of Nassau. NAssau.—Future negociations will show in what man ner the various opinions before expressed are to be under stood. NETHEaLANDS.-The Dutch Commissary is not fur nished with instructions as to the matter tiebate) io the present protocol. He will immediately lay their contents before his Government. (Signed) - - - For Baden, BUCHLER. For Nassau, VON ROSSLER, Bavaria, VON NAU. Netherlands, RUHR. France, ENGELHARD. Prussia, DELUIS. Hesse, VERDIER DUTCH AND BELCIC PAPERS. THE HAGUE, SEPT. 2.—The Municipality of Flush ing, by a notice of August 28, recommend the inhabitants to furnish them elves with a stock of provisions for two months, and with the observation that if circumstances -hould appear to make it necessary, a military commissioner will be appointed, and, in company of a civil officer, will go round to convince itself th it the provisions have really been laid in. DUTCH FUNDS.—AMSTERDAM, Strr. 3. Actual Debt, 2 per ceut 43% to 44% A mort Syni per cen to ?-1 Ditto, ditto, 3!{, per cent. Voluntary Loan, 1831, 6 per cent 96% to 96% Ditto, ditto, 1832, 5 per cent. B3 to 84 THE CHOLERA. New Cases. Deaths. Recoveries. AMSTERDAM, Sept. 1, '2, and 3.... 149 84 59 Tim HAGUE, Sept. 1,2, and 3 17 11 13 LEY DEN, Aug. 30 and 31 ROTTERDAM, Aug. 30, 31, and Sept.l 2l 19 27 The cholera is also in many other places ; but the casts are not stated ag very numerous, except at Luxemburg, where that disease rages to a great extent. " BRUSSELS, SEPT. 2.—M. Ale Meuleoaere has gone to pass some days at Bruges. " Sir George Baillie Hamilton has been for several days at Brussels, where he has resumed his functions of Serve.. tary to the English Legation. " The fete of the societies in the Botanic Gardens is now, deferred sine die, as has been reported ; the prepara tions wi I be speedily completed, and we are assured it will take place as soon as the rain, which has fallen at intervals during the last week, has wholly ceased : it is supposed it will take place some day next week. " A detachment of the Ist Regiment of Chasseurs on horse-back will leave Ghent on Monday, to join the squadron on duty at Turnhout. " The magistrates of the city of Brussels have published a notice, stating that the loan which it has contracted enables them to pay off its debts with the interest due, in cluding the first half of 1832, and they accordingly an nounce the manner and the order in which the several debts will he paid off. " The Lynx says Is it true that the Government received two days ago ass express injunction from the five Powers not to commence hostilities? This is a question which deserves an answer.' " S:r E. Cust, who accompanied his Majesty to Com piegne, has returned to London." " The Emancipation has the following paragraph : " If we are sightly informed, a celebrated diplomatist passed through this city the day before yesterday. He saw the King at Lacken, and had a long conference with his Majesty. This diplomatist is said to be Prince Met ternich. He was to embark yesterday at Ostend for London. Prince Talleyrand was expected to embark on the same day at Calais for Dover. These two personages will therefore arrive at the same time in London.'" Accounts from the camp at Ryen state, that the Duke of Saxe Weimar is confined to his teat, in consequence of a fail from his horse. He was severely, but not danger. ously, hurt. A letter from Asten states, that on Thurs day, the 30th ultimo, a reconnoitring party of Belgic cavalry, about 30 in number, advanced upon the Dutch territory. They were preparing, it is said, to charge a few Dutch dragoons, who were also reconnoitring, but two companies of Dutch cavalry appearing, the Belgians RA rapidly back within their own frontier. Letters from Frankfort state that the Second Chamber of Hanover liars decided, by a majority of thirty-five to twenty, not to agree to the address of the First Chamber, in answer to the communication of the resolution, of the Federal Diet, unless some modification he made in it. The first Chamber had required the concurrence of the Second in the address without amendment. The Gazette of Deux Pouts gives an account of a search made in the house of Dr. 'Wirth on the 21th ult., for alleged seditious papers. Several copies of the pamplilA entitled the Political Reform of Germany, &c., were found, and also the sword of honour which was pies, nt•d to the Doctor by some citizens of Frankfort at the Harnbach festival. Madame Wirth resisted the seizure of the sword, but the police, who considered it a very dan gerous weapon, insisted upon carrying it off. The llochwachi.er, which, in defiance of the censors of the press, lately published at Sruttgard all the passages which had been struck out, has been seized, and its circu lation completely stopped. The Vienna letters of the 25th ult. state that great agi tation prevails in Constantinople, in conscquence of the re ported defeat of Hussein Paella, who, it is said, is recalled by the Porte, and superseded in his command by Redschid Pasha. HIS MAJESTY'S LEVEE. His Majesty, attended by Colonel Bowater, arrived in town about two o'clock yesterday afternoon, in a car riage and four, escorted by a party of Light Dragoons, from the Palace at Windsor. The Duke of Cumberland was in waiting at the Palace, and received the King on his artival. The King held a Levee. In the Entree Circle, Viscount Melbourne, Secretary of State for the Home Department, presented Mr. Frede rick Roe, Chief Magistrate of Police, to his Majesty. The King gave audience to Viscount Palmerston, Vis count Melbourne, the Earl of Albetnarle, and Marquis; Wellesley. His Majesty, who was habited in a Field Marshal's uniform, received first the Foreign Ministers, and those who have the privilege of the entree; among whom ware the Russian Ambassador, the Neapolitan, Bavarian, Prussian, Wurtemberg,, Hanoverian, Belgian, and Nether lands Ministers; the Swedish Charge d'Affaires ; General Goblet, on a special mission from Belgium ; the Secretaries of State for the Home and Foreign Departments, the Lord Steward, the Master of the Horse, the Captain of the Honourable Band of Gentlemen Pensioners, the Master of the Ceremonies ; Lord Napier, Lord in Waiting ; Sir Joseph Whatley, Groom in Waiting ; Sir Wathen Extra Groom in Waiting ; Colonel Bowater, Equerry in Waiting ; Colonel Keate, of the Scotch Fusileer Guards, Field Officer in Waiting ; Colonel Wyatt, Siver Stick. Among the general company were -I\lxssiau as—Stewart, F. Roe. GENERALS—Sir C. Greville, Sir F. Lyon, Sir W. Inglis, Mawhy, Sir L. Smith. Admiral Rodd. COLONELS-Hornby, Hon. H. Murray, Sir C. Thom ton, Tqlor, Wallace, Wynyard. Major M'Arthur. CAPTAINS—Ward, Waldegrave, R.N., Ayscougb, R.N., H. Duncan, R.N. Ensign—Wallace. The following were presented to his Mijesty : Mr. Stewart, by his Grace the Duke of Leinster. Major. General Sir Charles Greville, nn being appointed Colonel of the 98th Regiment, and on hie return from abroad. Captain Waldegrave, R.N., on his return from abroad, by Captain Duncan, R.N. Captain \Verde, Royal Regiment, on his return from the West Indies, by Lieut.-General Sir James Lyon. Ensign Wallace, 16th Regiment. Lieut,Calonel Hornhy, Scots Fusileer Guards, on promo. tion, by Colonel Keate. Hie MajesYy left town soon after holding the Court, on his return to the Palace at Windsor. An Edinburgh Paper mentions, that the family of CIIARLES X. are about to leave Holyrood for Germany. It this statement be corrut, we must tat esume that Vienna, or some town in the Austrian dominions, lv i 1 be s elected as their future residence. The son of NaroLKos; having lately died, perhaps the wily Prince MF.TTERNICII may wish to possess other hostages for the good behaviour of France. We leave that to be settled between him and Louts PiumerE. Of the a pproa c hing departure of the exiled Bouanosis, however, we may state that no doubt i 4 entertained in Edinburgh.— Times: Monday the first RTstrouEneße Middlesexi)ooi f G t w i ri l as e n: ,:i n eE o aj r i i t sii l or l iy : rr,ieeeE e tt north-western tower of Canterbury Cathedral was laid with the ceremo nies usual on such occasions. y s t °l e VN :: C O e ßa as i e °t d iw a N n ' d . his for D tTa tr hg u h n ea e l ai T wnm ' b s ju ie i esflEts:. them a o : r a A u i l f3 l n ro i. o :N oi : l : f s bi t ti ci . h .,,si l : r KENNEDY .thN ey. uwnKauni unfortunate t r g friend, Mr. SMALES, of their coats, which the prisoners r : iay nat . che T d h o e u re t a o r f e t t h h e i i r r ty bo w at i . tne T ei b es e b t o r t i l a n l d is appointed for to morrow morning, and is expected to o la y s t t rto t the whole evi dence. LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING. SEPTEMBER 6, 1832. Rumours have occasionally reached us, stat. ing, that Don MimiEr, has obtained the assis tance of British officers beyond that which has been afforded to him by Sir JOHN CAMPBELL and Colonel OUSELEY, between whom, however, there is no sympathy, except in their anxiousde' sire from private considerations, to promote the cause of the tyrant under whom they serve. Sir JOHN CAMPBELL was considered a good cavalry officer, so far as the command of a Regi' ment goes ; and as a man with one eye is a Kilig among those who are blind, so may Sir Jong be an expert General in comparison with GASPAR TEIXEIRA, SANTA MARTHA, MOS° TALEGRE, and POVOAS. He is also a man of courage, but beyond this little in his comtnen' dation can be said. It is asserted, however, that some other British officer of rank has joitte.d the head-quarters of GAsPAR TEIXEIRA, t° assist in directing the future operations of the Alivelite troops; but we cannot believe the statement ; it is a libel, indeed, on the British PRICES OF STOCKS Tills DAY AT ONK O'CLOCK. Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Red. 3 per Cent. Con% 84% %% Ditto Bonds 4 3 pin. 3 , 4 per Cent. — 'South Sea Stock 93% Ditto Red shut Old Annuities --- gew 3% per Cent. ...... 92!.)6 , 4 New Ditto 3 rer Cent Ann. 17:11.... :1 per Cent. Ann. 1751..., --. 4 per Cent. 1826 Rank Long Ann. to expire t Ditto...—. so r, l3 14 pm. Jan. 5, 1810 shut ' Ditto Small l5 16 14 pm. Oct. 10, 1859 — Ditto Commercial pm. , Jan. 5,186 n ---; Ditto Advertised ... 14 12 am. 1 Jan. 5, 1880 — Bank for Account ---. April 5, 1581) — India for Account -- Jan. 5, 1870 — Cons coy Oct. 12......... 2 4 5 / k 4,4 PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS Austrian Bonds 69 Belgian Bonds Ditto Account '7 l 4 Brazilian Bonds 5 0 14 Ditto Account 5l) Buenos Ayres Bonds 21 g THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK :Peruvian Bonds lO Ditto Account Portuguese Bonds Ditto Account 47V Regency Scrip 4% sdis. Ditto Account 4 K dis. Prussian Bonds 99 Ditto Account Ditto Account Chilian Bonds ... lfi Ditto Account Columbian Bonds 107 i Ditto Bonds, 1822 IOW Russian Ronds, 1822 98% litto Account Ditto Bonds', 1824 11!4 Ditto Account l2 Danish Bonds 70!9 Ditto Account --- New Loan 93 Spanish Bonds, 1821 13%1i Ditto Account IA Ditto Bonds, 18f13 Ditto Account. 12% French Rentes, 3 p. c. —f. —c. 1 --- Exchange . —f —c -S per cent. —f. ---r. -- Exchange f ----c. Dutch Scrip 444 I)itto Account 44 1 4% ' Frf...nch Scrip 2 n' ,. . ___.... Ditto Account Greek Bondi 22 ....... )it to Bonds, !A25 2.% Ditto Account Mexican Bonds, 5 per cent `..).`2% Ditto Account Ditto, f per cent 28 Ditto Account Neapolitan PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. Per Share. Anglo Mex. Min. Co. (iss. at 5/. pm.) £lOO 7% Bolanos Mining Company .£l5O 160 Brazilian Imp. Min. Co. (iss. at 51. pm ) £2O •"' Ditto St. John Del Rey British Iron Mining Company £5O Columbian Mining Co. (iss. at 54 pm.) V% English Mining Company 12% General Mining Association • 11 Real dcl Monte Mining C 0...., — Crated Mex. Min. Co. (►ss. at 21. pm ) 40 Ditto New Sci ip 2 Alliance Fire Insurance Comp. lO Protector Insurance Comp. Australian Co Canada Company l7 General Steam Navigation Co. l3 Provincial Bank of I reland 2.5 7% 7% 24 18!4 2% 4% £1 851 PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, SEPT. 4. Bank SUYA St. Patriot Insur.(pet Share) -- Consols, 3 net cent Gov. Stock, 3 per cent 90% Ditto, New per Cent ;ov. Deb. percent B3 Royal Canal Stock - Grand Canal Stock City Deb. 4 per cent. Ballast Office Deb. 4 D. c. - Royal Irish Ditto National Ditto Patriotic Ditto ........ Hibernian Bank ... ........ Provincial Ditto Royal Irish Mine Imperial Mine :Mining Co. of Ireland Commercial Buildings •-• Arrived. Due. lArrived. Due. O America 0 I 0 Hamburg .....•"•".• 1 O Brazil O Buenos Ayres 0 0 Jamaica ...... .......... 0 O Carthagena 0 0 Leeward ....... ... 0 1 Dublin 0 0 Lisbon 0 1 Flanders 0 0 Malta ... 0 1 France. .......... ....... 0 0 Sweden 0 1 Guernsey &.lersev.. 0 1 Waterford 111Gli WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning... 0 minutes after 0. I Evening...l6 minutes after 0. "I r 4,9 V.44" , 7).;YV411 *Stn. mine. With regard to Sir JOHN CAMPBELL, ".° arc aware that there exist certain family co"' nections, independently of his children being entitled to landed property in Portugal, throug h the relations of their mother, all of whom ar e of the Usurper's faction, and this may in a Lie gree account for the side of the question which he has espoused ; but these considerations ca n attach to no other British officer, and we trac t no other will be found to share in the disgrace which Co!. OUSELEY has incurred. The warfare now carrying on in Portugal i 4 not entirely a war to decide whether Don M l ' GUEL shall retain his usurped throne, or a young Queen regain that which has been basely anw dishonourably stolen from her. The war be tween the two brothers, Don PEDRO and 1; 0 MIGUEL, now desolating the finest part of th e kingdom, is to decide whether Portugal shall re # possess a liberal constitution—whether a chartli founded upon the fairest rights of man, s he ll subsist, or whether the Portuguese nation 0 , continue to exist under a tyranny and ope s 4 sion equalled only in the days of a NEito a • CALIGULA. Shall it he carried down to posterity that /'; the same moment that the vast majority of t b j British people had been contending for, and h a , obtained, various liberal reforms in the institt:li tions of the country—shall the historians to the nineteenth century transmit to posteritY, future generations, the names of Englisho4 anti E o n s g t i n the ranks v io favour of despotic rule , o f horrid o ppre ssioll, :i the m and all their concom itant attendants ? For b ' li d si e l tes o t ffi ab e l e e rs ty fi r g at i t ti o ng f m odern times, it honour—forbid it patriotism. We have been induced to make these obs va tions in conseq uence of th e almost dai l y ti V g tribes which app ear in t h e columns of a MoOiltile Contemporary , the great advocate of Aligueljoi tyranny, which describe the laudable attefttio Don PEDRO to restore. ord er , f ree d om , and timacy as " an expedition of foreign f e harac te ( l so and " its object anti • -national, hutniliatirigt d e r more repulsive than that of the French 110 SouLT." VIP ol* ' It is st a t e d i n t h e pr i vate correspon dence 0 Morning Paper, from Brussels, that the rethi,o Ambass a d or h ere , t h e B aro n D E IVIAREuIin 10 1 presented, in the name of Louts o i energetic note to the Conference in faO ir j e ti the Belgians, but that he has been badly sec ° by Lord PALMERSTON. We have reas° l3 w , believe, that in consequence of the dis'otiel tion expressed by the KING of the Free el jot the apparent want" of energy in his Ami' s° , here, and in accordance with the promises 11 ' o 0 , by Louis PHILIP to his son - in law at C be e peigne, a more decisive tone has lately adopted by M. LE MAREUIL, and that he 8 27N