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selling size, than as forming any part of his original and mail; object. This main object is to make known and recommend to the Eng lish public the Scotch system of banking. In this recommendation we heartily concur. We also quite agree with the author, when he says— " The idea of placing restraints upon credit, ex cepting such as provide for the faithful perform ance of contracts, and the prevention of frauds and abuses, is absurd: the very meaning and intention of credit is the full and un• restrained interchange of confidence between individuals, or between societies and individuals ; and the people are the best judges of what socie ties and what individuals are most worthy of confidence." The writer is willing to let the Bank of England retain the exclusive privilege of supplying Londo❑ with a paper currency, pro vided banks of deposit were allowed to consist of more than six individuals. We should be quite willing to see the Bank of England deprived of all exclusive privileges, and think the trading and banking community would not find greater difficulties in settling their balances than they now do , but it is monstrous that the law should say to the country bankers, who are obliged to keep large balances in the hands of a London agent, " You may send as much capital to London as you please, but remember, you shall not in any case be allowed to take the security of more than six individuals for your money." The details given of the operations of banking are clear,and at the present moment, when so many, who never before turned their minds to the subject, are stu dying it, will prove very acceptable. \Ve shall close our notice of this work by quoting the ex position of an error in Mr. Ricardo's theory of rent, which does the author much credit, although perhaps compressible into a smaller compass. After admitting that Ricardo is correct when he defines rent to be " that portion of the produce of the earth which is paid to the landlord for the use of the original and indestructible powers of the soil," the Scotch banker proceeds to ob serve : " But the error in Mr. Ricardo's theory of rent arises from his reversing the natural order of things, and mis taking the effect for the cause. He considers the cultiva tion of an inferior quality, to be the sole cause of rent on land of a better description ; and as the progress of popu lation obliges a country to have recourse to land of worse quality, to enable it to raise its supply of good, he affirms that with every step in such progress, rent on all the more fertile lands will rise. By the same mode of reasoning, he infers that when a change of circumstances induces a country to abandon the cultivation of inferior soils, the rent of land will thereby he diminished. A little reflec tion will show that this view of the subjt ct is absurd. Rent of land is not high, because inferior soil are culti vated; but inferior soils are cultivated, because rent is high : and on the other hand, rent does not fall because the inferior lands are abandoned ; but the inferior lands are abandoned because rents are falling. " Why are inferior lands at any period cultivated, but because more corn is wanted than what the better lands can produce : and wheneve r more corn is wanted than what the land under cultivation can produce, its price must immediately rise like any other commodity whose Supply is less than the quantity required for use. " When a rise in the price of corn takes place under Such circumstances, rent of land, under cultivation, will be immediately created, whether new land of inferior quality be put under tillage or not: and the measure of this rent will be equal to the difference between the net revenue arising from agriculture, and the nit revenue arising from other employments. " Before the rise in price of corn, suppose whe it sold at 608. a quarter, a manufacturer sells his cloth for 3001. Which leaves him the usual profit after paying interest, Wages, and his own maintenance. A cultivator, in like maniser, whose farm produces 100 quarters of wheat, sells it for 3001., which also leaves burn the usual rate of profit after paying interest, wages, seed, and other charges. After the rise in price, suppose wheat sells for 755. a quarter; and as this rise will not affect the price of other commodities, the manufacturer still sells his cloth for the same remunerative price of 300/. But the cultivator, Whose crop we have supposed at 100 quarters, is now in a different situation from the manufacturer. Formerly, it required his whole crop of 100 quarters to pay charges, and leave the average rate of profit, hut now eighty quar ter,' if sold at the market price of 755., will be sufficient for that purpose, and the remaining twenty quarters will be rent, no matter whether the cultivator receive it in the capacity of tenant or of landlord. " When land of the second degree of fertility is taken into cultivation in consequence of an increased demand for corn, it cannot, in the witure of things, produce that effect which Mr. Ricardo ascribes to it, namely, to raise the rent of the better soils previously in cultivation ; and any effects that may be produced are the very reverse. It will have a tendency to depress rent, or at least to keep it from rising higher; because rent of land is the effect of high prices of produce ; and increased production of raw Produce, or of any thing e'se, tends to lower its market Price, therefore cannot operate in raising rent By the s ame mode of reasoning, we must arrive at the conclusion, that the abandonment of inferior soils cannot by any means produce the effect which Mr. Ricardo ascribes to it, namely, to make rent fall; because it is in consequence of rents falling, that inferior soils are abandoned." SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY ) FROM LLOYD'S. DEAL, SEPT. 26.—Wind W.S.W.—A cannonade on the opposite coast was heard from about 10 A.m. till noon, when it appeared to cease, the wind changing to S.W. DOVER, Sarr. 26, 8 P.M.—The Ostend mail brings, to our surprise, no explanation of the cannonade so dis tinctly heard here, 10 P.m. The King of Spain is not dead. PLYMOUTH, SEPT. 25.—Wind S.E.—The Board of Health has declared the town free from cholera, and it is expected that clean bills of health will in due course be granted to vessels from this port. PORTSMOUTH, SEPT. 26.—Wind light and variable.— Arrived from London the Royal George, for Mauritius. FALMOUTH, SEPT. 25.—Variable light breezes.—Ar. rived the Ramona steamer, sailed on the 21st instant from Oporto. DARTMOUTH, SEPT. 25.—Arrived the Myrtle, Walker, from Cardiff, assisted in, very leaky, and part of the cargo thrown over, having been on shore, bound to London. LIVERPOOL, SEPT. 25.—Arrived off port the Hibernia, from New York ; the Flower, Lamble, from Villa Nova ; the Louisa, Betts, from St. Petersburg') ; and the Stephen, G othenburg, from Aberdeen. GREENOCK, SEPT. 24.—Arrived the David, Munro, from St. Kitt's. Durtuts, SEPT. 25.—Arrived the Duncan Gihb, Don nell, and Patience, Middleton, from Quebec ; Emerald, Pletcher, from Bordeaux ; and Richard and Ann, Hay, from London. S e Ll3l "'", SHPT. 24.—Arrived the William, Ryan, Garter, and He h e, a g afi " ver, H cumin ton from Lon bout:d` Gleaner, Amlet, from Boulogne. The Cicero, in and to ou Que' lies on her beam-ends, the tide flowing t ; k be he c has. skore The George IV. from to Glasgow, was on oTarbert Rock,Limerick on the 21st inst„ but was got off di with keel b ro k en, and very leaky, and would put back to scharge. His Royal Highness the Duke of SUSSEX is no w sojourning at Kimmel', the seat of Lord DINORBEN. Yesterday week his Royal Highness visited Pias Newydd, Where he dined with his Royal Relatives the Duchess of KENT and the Princess Vicroar.s. He immediately after- Wards returned to Kimmell.—Carnarvo n Herald. TITHE SALE.—JAMES DENNIS LYONS, Esq., Deputy-Lieutenant, Wat. SMITH, sub-inspector of Police, with 50 of the constabulary and peace -preservatio n force, and Captain KELLY, of the 77th, with his detach ment from Ballingarry, were on Tuesday employed in pro tecting the drivers of the Rev. EDWARD CROKER, while distraining for tithes due to that gentlema❑ on the town land of Dunnoman, in the parish of Croom. 40 head of cattle were seised and brought into Croom, but were sub sequently returned to their Owners, upon giving security to bring them forward on the day of sale.—Limerick Herold. LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 27, 1832. We have great pleasure in laying before our readers the following despatch of our brave coun tryman, COI. HODGES, to the Commander.in- Chief of the Portuguese Constitutional Forces. The British character is as ably sustained by this officer as it is disgraced by Sir JOHN CAMP BELL, who is serving with the Miguelite Gene ral GASPAR TEIXEIRA. The Correspondent to whom we are indebted for a copy of Col. HODGES'S despatch says, " Never during the Peninsular war was there more valour shown than in the attack of our people on the heights of Lugar das Antas yesterday :" OPORTO, Poe° DAS PATAS, SEPT. 17. SIR,—In obedience to your Excellency's orders I have the honour to enclose you returns of the killed and wounded of the brigade under my com mand, which occurred in the action of yesterday, and I am happy to say, considering the overwhelm ing force which was opposed to me, our loss is in. considerable. I consider it, howev er , my duty to bring before your Excellency's notice the brilliant and gallant defence of the Lugar das Antas and heights in its front, a defence that would have done honour to the oldest and most experienced troops. After the successful termination of our sortie on the left, the enemy directed their principal force, commanded in person (as I have been informed by the prisoners we made) by the Viscount Santa Martha, towards the Lugar das Antas, where there was a picket of sixty men, under the orders of Major Shaw. This force I had ordered in the forenoon to be augmented by a cempany from the 2d Battalion of the 18th ragiment of the Despatches have this morning been received at the Belgian Embassy by extraordinary couriers from Brussels. They announce that every thing was quiet at Antwerp at the moment of the last ac counts being sent off to the Belgian Government. Despatches have been received by the Ra mona, from Oporto, by his Excellency the Chevalier DE LIMA, to the 21st instant. They do not confirm the statement of a Morning Con temporary of a general attack having been made by the Miguelites on the 19th instant, but mention several attacks previously to that day, in all of which the Miguelites were defeated. A general attack was expected to take place on the 29th, the Usurper's Saint's day, but the Con stitutionalists were well prepared for it. Up to the 21st the bombardment had done little injury. We understand that at an interview between some English gentlemen deputed by the mer chants at Oporto to the head-quarters of Don M IGUEL'S army, the General behaved in a most outrageous manner, spoke very disrespectfully of Earl GREY and other Members of our Government, and said that all the blood which might be spilt would fall on their heads. At the same time several officers in MIGUEL'S army expressed their readiness to de clare for and join Don PEDRO if the English Government would but recognise Donna MA RIA. Such of the English vessels of war oil' Oporto as can cross the Bar, have been ordered to do so, for the protection of British subjects and their property. We have no solution of the heavy cannonade heard yesterday along the coast. Accounts have been received from Antwerp, Brussels, and other places, which make no mention of the affair. It will be seen by the news from Vienna, that the poor SULTAN, in hiS last extremity, is said to have sought the aid or intervention of England against the Paella of EGYPT : BRUSSELS, SErr. 23.—Yesterday, at half-past two, the King reviewed a squadron of the 2d Regiment of Chasseurs, that came from Tournay. His Majesty had on his left hand the Duke of Orleans, in the uniform of a French general officer, wearing only the Cross of the Or der of Leopold. After the review the King returned to the Palace, amidst the acclamations of the crowd. M. Le Hon arrived at Brussels yesterday afternoon, and immediately proceeded to the Palace, where he saw the King and the Duke of Orleans. M. Le Hon, before he left Paris, opened his official intercourse with the Lega tions of Austria and Prussia. M. Legare had an audience yesterday of the Minister for Foreign Affairs. We learn that the full powers given by the Government to M. Van de Weyer, to treat directly with Holland, ex pire on the 10th of October. It is said that the instruc tions sent to M. Van de Weyer were not discussed in the Council, and that General Goblet wrote to M. Van de Weyer that he took the entire responsibility on himself. The French Major-General, Huse!, arrived at Brussels the day before yesterday. We are assured that he en'ers the service of Belgium as General of Division, and will be placed at the head of the troops now under the command of General Goethals. Great exertions are made to prepare the platform on which the distributio❑ of the standards of honour will be made on the 27th. Every thing is preparing that the distribution may be made with all due solemnity ; the Queen will be present. The Ministers will be at the entertainment which will he given to the deputations and to the wounded of Sep tember, on the day of the distribution of the standards: There will be 500 persons present. It was reported yesterday that Don Pedro is going to contract for a loan, one half to be taken by a house here, and the other half by a house in London. 13ittrssEi.s, SEPT. 24.—The Chevalier de Brouckers is gone to Paris. The King gave yesterday a private audi ence to General Despray, and afterwards transacted busi ness with General Evain, the Minister of War. Her Majesty the Queen will be present at the review of the 3d division, in the eimp at Dewierleuxv, on Tuesday. This corps consist' of between 8 and 9,000 men. Princess Bagration arrived at Brussels yesterday. BRUSSELS, SEPT. 25.—MArshal Gerard and his Staff arrived at Cambray the day before yesterday. General B mdraud is to set nut for Paris this morning; it is .upposed that M. Le Hon will also soon return to Paris. The King, the Queen, and the Duke of Orleans set out for Dendenleuw this morning. The cholera has nearly disappeared. .— Brussels Papers, Sept. 26. ANTWERP, SEPT. 25.—Most of the Journals refuse like ourselves to take seriously the show of hostilities that has been made within these few days, and are far from think ing war so near at band as some French Jouranals would make us believe. Almost all the Journals agree in ob serving how disgraceful it would for us if the news from France should happen to be true, to see France support with its formidable army the numerous army of a nation of four millions of souls, to overwhelm a people of hardly two millions. A letter from the Hague sap, " It is reported here that a Royal declaration has just appeared, by which all the transactions of the bank of Brussels since 1830, and all •ales of lands under whatever condition, are considered as null, by his Majesty the King of the Netherlands.— Brussels Papers, Sept 26. VIENNA, SECT. 13.—An English courier from Con stantinople arrived here yesterday, and will set out again this evening for London. It is said he is the bearer of despatches from the Turkish to the English Government. The Porte, in consequence of the critical situation in which it is placed by the events in Syria, seeks foreign assistance. Ir it is left to its own resources it may be overthrown, as the Egyptians are masters in Syria, and seem disposed to push their conquests farther. One thing, however, is ad vantageous to the Porte, viz., that the Egyptians as they advance go farther from their resources, and the Turkish army as it retreats comes nearer to its resources, and re ceives supplies of men and military stores. It seems that the Turkish Ministry hope that the English Government may be induced to take an active part, and to place its na val force in the Archipelago, at the dispos of the Sultan, or at least suffer it to make some demonstration in favour of the Porte, by which the Egyptian Satrap may be in duced to peace. It is affirmed in Constantinople that the English Ministry is inclined to interfere in favour of the Porte, and that the Charge d'Affaires has officially an nounced to the Porte that the English Government is willing, if the Sultan approves, to intervene, in order by its mediation to assist in putting an end to a war so ruin ous to both parties. This notification it seems makes the Porte hope for the assistance of England against the re bellious Pacha, and has led to the above-mentioned com munication to the English Government.—Allgemeine Zeitung, Sept. 20. The Paris Papers of Tuesday have been re ceived by express. It now appears that King FERDINAND is not dead, and the probability is that he will recover ! The following telegraphic despatch appears in the Moniteur : " BAYONNE, SEPT. 24. " SAN ILDEFONSO, SEPT. 20. " THE FRENCH AMBASSADOR AT THE COURT OF SPAIN TO THE MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS. " The KING, whose life appeared to have been despaired of on the 17th, suddenly found himself better on the morning of the 18th. Yesterday alarming symptoms again appeared, but the day passed off well ; and although the danger has not entirely ceased, the state of his MAJESTY appears much more satisfactory than could possibly have been expected." The French Ambassador had been led into a mistake with respect to the KING, by the fact that FERDINAND fainted on the 16th, and was not expected to recover. His attendants be lieved him to be dead, and so the Ambassador, to save time, despatched a courier to Bayonne with the news. The French army has not yet passed the fron tiers; but Admiral DUCREST DE VILLENEUVE had left Paris for Cherbourg, to take the com mand of the naval force there destined for the Dutch coast. It is not improbable even now that matters may be settled without fighting, unless the King of HOLLAND is resolved on pushing things to that extremity, on the reliance of support from Prussia, Austria, and Russia. FRENCH FUNDS.—PARIS, Serr. 25.—live per Cents., 96f. 20c. 30c. 25c. 20c. 25e. 20c. 2.5 e. 20c. 25 . c.; Loan of 1832, 97f. 20c. ; Four and a Half per Cents. 89f - Three per Cents., 68f. 55c. 60c. 65c. 60c. 55c. 50c. 60c 65c. 70c. ; Bank Actions, 1,660 f. ; Rente de Naples, 81f. 20e. 40c. ; Rent d'Espagne, 1312•7 i % ; Royal Spanish Loan, '7B 77% y 3 ,): 1 4 Rente Perpetuelle d'Espagne, 57 56.7 i 56 56! 564 1 , , .j ; Haytian Loan, 200 f. Exchange on London—One month, money, 25f. 80e.; Three months, money, 25f. 65c.—fours Authentique. A return was last Session made to the House of Commons, on the motion of Mr. EWART, of the number of Irish poor shipped under passes from the port of Bristol to Ireland, and the charge for passing them, in each year since the year 1823. The results it presents are that the number of men, women, and children passed to Ireland through Bristol have increased since 1823 from 999 to 3,548, their number last year. The expense attending their passing has within the same period risen from 7021. to 1,1791. Two facts, if they were not sufficiently obvious in other points of view, would be made manifest by this return. First, that our own poor laws are bad, and second, that Ireland cannot with any safety to this country, or with any regard to her own welfare, be allowed to continue much longer without a poor law of some kind. It is clear that as long as English pa rishes have and exercise the power of removing Irish paupers to their own country, so long will the calls upon them for that purpose multiply. The payment of their passage home acts as a direct bounty for Irish labourers to come to England. Nothing could be more unobjection able than that labour should travel from one part of the empire to another, according to the de mand for it, if it were left to itself ; but it is the height of absurdity for English parishes, already overburdened with poor of their own, to offer a premium for Irish labourers to come and deprive them of a portion of their employment, by which, as the poor laws are at present administered, English landlords and tradesmen not only lose the advantage they would derive from the spend ing in this country of the money carried to Ire land to pay the rents of Irish landlords, but are further saddled with the expense of the maintenance, without labour, or adequate labour, of their own workpeople. We are aware that nearly the same argument may be applied to the giving of parochial relief at all, as it is merely taking bread from those who are employed, and are certainly indus• trious, to give it to. those who are not em ployed, and who may be idle, improvident, and vicious. We grant this, and might, with certain modifications, rendered necessary by the circumstances to which our silly interference with the laws of nature has reduced us, be in clined to go nearly the whole length of those injury. is cont en d th a t no thi ng but unalloyed njury is inflicted upon the labouring classes, by teach ing them to depend upon the parish for relief in every season of difficulty. But all that we wish to PRICES OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. sank Stock 3 oer Cent. Red. 3 ner Cent. Cons. SI:3% A, % Ditto Bonds 7 pm. 3 , 4 per Cent. — South Sea Stock 9314 Ditto Red shut Old Annuities shut gew 3% per Cent. 92 1 New Ditto 82% 3 per Cent. Ann. 1726 .... 82% 3 per Cent. 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(Late Colburn and Bentley.) . _ _ Of whom may be had by the same Author, each Story complete in 1 vol., price The SPY The PIONEERS, or the Sources The PILOT of the Susquehanna LAST of the MOHICANS The PRAIRIE. CONTRACTS FOR STRAW. COMMISSARIAT DEPARTMENT, TREASURY CHAMBERS, SEPT. 21, 1832. SUCH Persons as are desirous of Con tracting with the Agent for Commissariat Sup plies, to furnish for Twelve Months, from the Ist Novem ber next, such quantities of STRAW for Filling Pail lasses, as may from time to time be required at Barracks and Ordnance Stations, in the under-mentioned Counties and Islands, may receive particulars of the Contracts on applying at this Office, between the hours of Ten and Four; and to the respective Barrack Masters in the islands of Guernsey, Jersey, and Alderney ; and deliver their Ten ders at this Office, (marking thereon "Tender for Straw,") until Twelve o'clock on TUESDAY, the 9th October next. 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Ilt• -4 . a, t's . 4 • Due. line.'Prom the overwhelming force of the enemy, they appeared to have obtained a tem porary advantage, when I directed Brevet-Major Staunton, with the grenadiers of the British batal lion, and a company of the 12th Cascadores, to ad vance to the support of Major Shaw, leaving Lieu. tenant-Colonel Burrell with the remainder of the British, in reserve, at the Places des Fiore?. this advance was led in the most daring and intrepid manner, under the cover of our batteries, by Major Staunton, who charged the enemy, and put them to complete route, in which they lost one Field-officer, and 50 men, in dependent of their loss before this support arrived; but I grieve to say that the gallant leader fell, though amidst the shouts of victory. His last words to me were, " Grieve not for me, I die in a just and righteous cause ; I hope I have done my duty, but never forget the gallant men who accompanied me." In the fall of Major Staunton, her most faithful Majesty has lost a most zealous and intelligent officer, and I hope I may be permitted to say, a most estimable and worthy man, beloved and esteemed by his bro ther officers and soldiers. My own feelings are so much overpowered at the loss of such a friend as to prevent my rendering that justice to each individual I otherwise would do if time and circumstances per mitted; but I have no doubt that the judicious and gallant bearing of Major Shaw throughout the day must have attracted the notice of your Excel lency; and it gives me sincere pleasure to state, for the information of his Imperial Majesty the Duke of Braganza, that the conduct of those portions of the 2d battalion of the 18th regiment of the line, and of the 12th Cagadores, which were acting in conjunction with the British, meets my entire approbation. The loss of the British battalion was as follows : —Brevet-Major Staunton, one sergeant, and one private killed ; Lieutenant Jenkins and seventeen privates wounded. The 2d battalion of the 18th regiment—one Lieutenant, (dangerously) and six privates wounded. 12th Cac adores—one Lieuten ant and three privates wounded; making in all, three killed and twenty-eight wounded. (Signed) G. LLOYD HODGES, Colonel Commanding Brigade. To his Excellency the Count de Villa Flor, &c., &c., &c. We announced yesterday that it was intended by the Conference to communicate with the Dutch Ambassador previously to a decision being come to on the Belgian question. This has been done, and an answer, which is by no means favourable, has already been given by the I3aron Von ZUYLEN. A meeting of the Con ference was fixed yesterday for to-morrow, but as the Dutch Ambassador has answered the questions put to him so speedily, it is probable that some of the members, if not all, will assem ble this evening. The affair is now assuming a serious aspect, and intrigues are on foot to detach this Government from an alliance with France, but they must fail. It would be a short-sighted policy, indeed, to abandon France to the Powers of the North, for the sake of a short peace to ourselves. The war, if it take place, will be one, not of territory, but of principle, and in such a war the British Cabinet is quite as much interested as that of France can possibly be. A cordial alliance is necessary for the welfare and safety of both countries. 150 47% 354 7% 6% 20% 24 do at present is to call the attention or English• men to the manner in which the bad operation of this law is aggravated by the influx of poor from Ireland, and to the means of preventing that influx. In the first place, then, the re moval of Irish labourers to their native country, at the expense of the public, ought at once to be put a stop to. This would directly stop the importation of all labour for which there was not a real demand. In the next place, such a poor law ought to be introduced into Ireland as would compel Irish landlords, if not to reside in that country, at least to take care that others discharge the duties they ought to perform. This, and the necessity of saving the present population of Ireland from the desperation of starvation, as a preliminary to the introduction of all laws for the improvement of their condition, either morally or physically, are the only circumstances that would induce us to consent to the introduc tion of a poor law of any kind into Ireland. The question then is, what kind of a poor law would produce effects that all must admit to be desirable ? In solving this question many things are to be considered, but the chief is to take care to do nothing which will be likely to lead to the evils which have flowed into England from the law of ELIZABETH. One of the great mistakes committed in the passing of the Statute of ELIZABETH was the making it permanent. The suppression of the monasteries which sud denly deprived many friendless impotent per sons of the means of support, no doubt ren dered it necessary to make some provision , for them, and, as regarded them, that provision might without injury, have been made per manent. But provision was also made for giving work to able-bodied men, and the error was in making this a permanent provision ; a circumstance but for which the after-abuses of the poor laws would have been unknown. What we would suggest then for Ireland is the adop tion of the Statute of ELIZABETH for a limited period, during which other measures for the per manent and advantageous government of that country as an integral part of the empire might be adopted. We would further suggest, that the work provided under the Act should be in excess and of the hardest kind, remunerated with a bare subsistence of the very cheapest nature, so as to make parish relief the last resort of the direst necessity. Further, all should be excluded even from this relief, who should marry after the passing of the Act, and no illegitimate children should be eligible to it. It might be easily explained to the people in each parish how it was that these limitations of the public bounty were intended, and would operate for their own benefit. This is a poor law which would be safe in its operation ; which would not encou rage idleness, improvidence, and vice ; which would not offer any unnatural stimulus to po pulation, but which, in all probability, would help to save England, (where the laws ought to be put on the same footing) from the moral and physical degradation of her labouring popu lation, now so rapidly going on,—would insure the people of Ireland from starvation till other measures had been adopted for their welfare, and till time had been given to their landlords to attend to their duties, and especially the duty of instructing the people, so that they might know that their happiness depended solely upon their own providence. FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVALS. The Earl and Countess of Cavan, at Cheltenham, from their seat in Hants; Colonel R. H. Cooke, in Upper Brook-street, from his seat in Herts ; the Earl and Countess of Gosford, at Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley-square, from their seat in Suffolk; Mr. awl the Hon. Mrs. Wallace Green, at ditto, from Paris; Colonel Murat, at Batt's Hotel, Dover street, from Oporto; Mrs. Micklewright, at Raggett's Hotel, Dover-street, from Berks; Sir Charles Saxton, Bart., at the Brunswick Hotel, Jerjnyn-street, from his seat in Berks; Mrs. Walker and Mrs. Jones, at the St. George's Hotel, Albemarle-street, from Brigh ton ; Captain Harcourt, at Crawley's Hotel, Albemarle-street, from Windsor; Mr. and Mrs. William Hammond, in Grosve nor-street, from Ramsgate; Captain and Mrs. Shipley, in Brook-street, from Cheltenham; G. Knox, Esq., and Mrs. Knox, at the Berners Hotel, Berners-street, from the Conti nent ; E. H. Green, Esq , at the Clarendon Hotel, Bond-street, from Southampton. 20'Pet.Cf Irt . a -,,,- h --, ,:,--,, f COMMON COUNC (TIII DA.N.) . 1,:- ...., --,-:-_r. i _ • ~: .4.......• A Court of Common Ctor A z vias-beltrto-dayksforits, . . . . i o ral purposes, in the Counc anther,'Guildbal). ' Lre 4 Lord Mayor took the chair at it Veistekc) - ' :. : : ' ' . /.:: -. .,"'l After some routine business heti , - biiir gipe_liiir ' 4 o..tition was presented from sevellingrmiiir tin Fish-street-hill, complaining of the conduct'df e Lon d n Bridge Committee in refusing to pay them an additional ..ompensation agreed to by the Court of Common Council f.r injuries they bad received in consequence of the alte r &dons attendant on making the approaches to the New London Bridge. Mr. JONES, the Chairman of the London Bridge Corn .r.ittee, defended the conduct they had pursued, stating 'hat the Committee thought the petitioners not entitled to 'is additional remuneration granted by the Court, in con ,orenre of which they had been puled to pieces by in terested parties. Air. STEVENS supported the prayer of the petition, r .gretting that the London-Bridge Committee had thought it right to pursue the course they had adopted, after that Court, upon due consideration, had thought the petition rs entitled to further remuneration. Mr. Jurr and Mr. WOOD advocated the course adopted ;,y the Committee. The latter gentleman was addressing he Court when our reporter left. NIARLBOROUGH-STREET.-(THIS DAY.) Frederick Priddis was charged by Currie, a person in he employ of the Commissioners of Stamps, with selling The Poor Man's Guardian in Wartlour-street this morning. The prisoner, in answer to the charge-, said he was out •f employ, and that he hoped to earn something by selling iublieations in the streets. He was committed for 14 days, and Currie received the Huai certificate of the conviction, to entitle him to the reward of 20s. Two well.dressed lads were charged with attempting to pick pockets. Two constables stated, that they watched the prisoners or an hour this morning near the King's. mews Barracks, .nd saw them attempt to pick the pockets of at least 20 ersons. At last they took the prisoners into custody. It ppeared that they were well known thieve■. TI e Magistrate committed them to the House of Cor rection for a month. A Mr. George Ridge was charged with being drunk, and assaulting a poor old and decrepid watchman. The complainant, who appeared to he upwards of 70 years of age, said he was employed as a private watehman, - 0 watch in Pall-mall, and that at a late hour last night •he defendant came to the place where his lantern wds laced, and kicked it into the road; after which he corn nenced shoving him (the complainant) about. The policeman who took charge of the defendant said 4 8 conduct was exceedingly uproarious at the station ,ouse, and that he seized witness by the collar, and as saulted him. The defendant attribnted the whole to the liquor that ie had tiken. The Magistrate fined him bs for being drunk, and re !ommended his apologising to the policeman, and giving alf a crown to the poor old watchman ; all which Mr. Ridge did, and was then allowed to depart. DEPARTURES. The Dowager Marchioness of Salisbury, from Arlington. street, on a visit to the Earl and Countess of Clarendon, at their seat, the Grove, Watford, Herts ; the Earl and Countess of Harrington, from the St. James's Hotel, Jermyn-street, on a visit to the Marquis and Marchioness of Tavistock, at their seat, Oakley-house, Bedfordshire; the Hon. Miss Grimston, from her seat, Berkhamstead Castle, Herts, for Nawnton Priory, Gloucestershire; Captain Frazer, from the British Hotel, Jer myn-street, for Brighton ; David Clarke, Esq., from ditto, for Oxford; Mr. and Mrs. Forster, from Grosvenor-street, for the Continent. CHOLERA MORBUS, OFFICIAL REPORT. CENTRAL BOARD OF HEALTH. COUNCIL OFFICE, WHITEHALL.—(THIS DAY.) DAILY REPORT of CHOLERA CASES. New Cases in Great Britain reported this day 333 Deaths 147 Renveries 202 (Signed) WM. MACLEAN, Secretary. On Tuesday morning a fire broke out in a hay-stack at Tottenhill, the flames from which soon reached two corn-stacks at a little distance. All the three were destroyed, and the loss of property is stated at 2501. or 3001 —East Anglian. THE PACKET-SHIP VIRGINIAN.—If the building of new ships may be taken as a proof of the prosperity of the shipping interest, the ship-owners of the United States must he highly prosperous. Almost every week fresh specimens of the naval architecture of the Ame ricans arrive in our harbour, where they excite the admi ration and draw forth the encomiums of visitors. The most recent specimen of the skill of the American ship wrights is the paaket-ship Virginian, commanded by Captain ISAAC HARRIS, late of the Birmingham. This tine vessel is upwards of 600 tons burthen.—Her Her model is beautiful, and gives her, though so large a ship, a light and elegant appearance. She admeasnres 133 i feet from stem to stern, and across the beam 33 ; her deck, which is flush, is, therefore, roomy, affording ample space for the hen coops, the cow and the ice -house, and all the other accommodations usual on board these floating hotels, which packet-ships may be properly de nominated. Strength is not, however, in any instance, sacrificed to mere beauty of appearance. The beams, knees, &c. of the Virginian are so strong as, we simple landsmen should imagine, almost to defy the violence of the elements to whose fury she will he exposed. The ca bins of this fine vessel combine, in a high degree, utility with elegance. The main cabin is splendid, all the rich American cabinet woods being finely combined and ve neered so as to render the tout ensemble beautiful in the extreme ; while the exquisite polish on the furniture makes it as brilliant as the furniture of a cabinet in a gen tleman's mansion. The ladies' cabin is remarkably pretty, and their state-rooms, in consequence of the great breadth of the vessel, more roomy than in most of the old packet ships. A bust of the late Mr. JxrfansoN, which is said to present a striking likeness of the original, ornaments the stern of the Virginian, with a figure of Fame on the right and another of Ceres on the left of the deceased statesman. This tine ship now lies in the St. George's Duck, at the bottom of Water-street ; after to-morrow, she will, for a few days, lie in No. 2, Graving Dock, west side of the Dry Dock. She will sail for New York on the Bth of next montb.—Liverpool HAY M A RKIZS.—(At per Load of 36 Trusses.) CUMBERLAND (LATE sr. JAMES'S.) .:parse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay .......... £2 15 to £3 (1 \'ew Meadow Hay 2 15 3 15 Iseful Old Ditto 3 0 3 15 'ine Upland Meadow and Rye-grass Hay ..... ;lover Hay 4 5 5 10 )at Straw £1 12 to .£1 I 4 I Wheat Ztraw... 114 1 1 SMITH FI EL D. ;larse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay £3 0 to £3 5 lew Meadow Hay 3 3 10 Ugeful Old Ditto 3 3 15 SOUTHALL MA RKET.—Sept. . In this day's market which was moderately well supplied, but rather thinly attended by buyers, especially from London, the trade with prime small Mutton and Pork was rather brisk, with ether kinds of meat dull, at the following prices per stone of :lb, to sink the offals:— Beef 2a.10d. to 33. 10d. 1 3s. 4d. to 4s. 4d. Mutton 4 4 4 1 Pork ....--- 4 0 5 2 Lamb 4s. Od. to ss. Od. THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. The cannonading and bombardment of Antwerp, as we anticipated yesterday, has this morning ended in smoke. still, if we look to the preparations on the other side, flaking both by Holland and Belgium for the commence nent of hostilities, one would imagine that event is not ar distant. Part of the Dutch army is drawing near llaestrecht to relieve and change that garrison. An im portant movement has taken place in the corps of the Dutch army stationed about Endhoven,which, as well as a •onsideralde corps d'ormoc, has taken up a position on the frontiers approaching Belgium. On the psrt of the Belgians, we find they are also taking treasures, and concentrating their army. The brigades ander G neral Magnan are to form a junction with that .1 General Goethal, and proceed to the extreme fron iers, to be in readiness to unite with the other divisions. ‘ battering train has left Brussels for Louva:s, and the Polish General, Prodzinski, in the Belgian service, has ,Iso left to inspect the frontiers. All these movements have caused great alarm at Brussels, owing to the Dutch trmy having extended their line from Endlioven, East [drab int, to Oostbourg, Zealand. Still it is the opinion of the vell.intortned, that a war between the two parties will be irevented from taking place. The information received from Oporto to the `2lst inst. of a chequered complexion; both parties fight bravely, rut the constant attacks of Don Miguel's troops, although bey are defeated in every one of their attempts, must c rnsiderably diminish the strength of Don Pedro ; there !ore, without he receives reinforcements ere the rainy sea son sets in, he will be in a critical situation. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY). GENERAL AVERAGE PRICE OF BRITISH CORN, For the Week ended Sept. 2.1 1539., made up from the Return s of the Inspectors iR the different Cities and Towns in England and Wales, per Imperial Quarter. , Vheat—.--. 575. 911 Oats 19s. 9d. 375. 3d. l l arley—.34s. 2d Rye 353. 2d Pease— 40s. 4d.. IMPERIAL AGGREGATE AVERAGES OF TEE SIX WEEKS PRECROLKG. Vheat—......595. 9,14 Oats —....—. 20s. 2d.1 365. 7d. 6d.1 Rye 355. 3i I 375. I Id. DUTIES ON FOREIGN CORN. 8(1.1 Oats 16s. 91.1 15s. 6.1 Barley-12s. 4d.1 Rye 16s. 9.1.1 Pease—..... 14s. 0,1 THE FUNDS. Consols left off yesterday. at S3-I to SI, opened at the 4 Mme price this morning, and went up to 84, since which the market has turned heavy, and they are now 83j 7 -,witli little doing. The estafette from Paris brings an improvement in the French Funds, 68f. 70c. ; also that the King of Spain, who was reported to be dead, has come to life again. The private letters are still of a pacific nature. In the Foreign Market little doing as yet. SALE-PAST ONE. Extract of a letter from Oporto of the 20th instant : " We calculate that the enemy have lost 3,000 men in lead, wounded and prisoners, from the Bth to tho 19th oist. ; about 150 deserters have come in, and amongst their dead I have seen many officers of superior rank. The hospitals to the north and south of the Douro are tilled with their wounded ; they have thrown into the ..ity about 150 shells, and upwards of 500 cannon balls, which have done great damage to the houses. " In the sortie of the 16th it is supposed the enemy lost 1,000 men ; it was a day of great glory to the little army ~f the Queen ; and from the accounts given by the pri soners, and the plans taken, it is calculated that since we landed their forces have diminished from between eight to nine thousand men—some of them having gone home, the others killed, wounded, and prisoners." 8 u According ,has to be eancscuo successful the . fu a lng r ecru i ting; of Don it Pedro, is sa i d at e has obtained already about six hundred men, all experienced soldiers, and will depart immediately for Oporto. The Consol Market continues heavy at 83i g for the present Account, and 83i to 84 for the next. The Dutch mail has arrived, but we do not hear that it brings any news of importance. In the Foreign Market little or nothing doing, on ac count of to-tnorrew being settling day. The Brokers are busy in arranging their accounts, and it is expected that money will be wanting. TWO O'CLOCK. We understand from good authority that the Conference have determined to give the King of Holland t en d ays longer, from next Sunday, to determine on the new pro positions to be sent to him on the above day. In the mean time the French and English fleets are positively to assemble in the DOWIIB, waiting his Dutch Majesty's answer. THREE 0' CL 0 CK. Consols 83- i for Account. CLOSING PRICES.-FOUR O'CLOCK. Consols ..._ Ditto for Account 831 i i- Greek Brazilian Bonds 51 4 Mexican Buenos Ayres... Peruviin ... ... .. ••• Chilian Ditto.... -- Russian q 9 Columbian 1824 Spanish