The Sun. — London, England, 1832-12-29 00:00:00

officer came to me he Mused to accompany me to Mr. Cole, who, I told h i m, would give him every fa cl ion % H . e dragged me from my home, loel9 me bp; but I trust that the laws of the ~.country will - afford' me some redress for such art dutra'e. . • Mr.'ll64Eirs—He had no right to do so without Makitig proper inquiries. You have acted very right Ili coming forward to-day, and I'm sorry that you :have; been inconvenienced. You are now at liberty. • At this instant a man named Law stepped . for ward and, addressing the Magistrate, said that he wished to make a charge against Mr. Beaume, for threatening to shoot him. It appeared from his Statement that on Wednesday evening the defendant, when mat this office, pointed to Mr. Law and said, "- If any one has murdered my sister, that is the man." In consequence of these expressions, he ealled upon Mr. Beaume on Thursday morning re k him , what he meant, but instead of affording a satisfactory explanation, he ran into his house, and bringing out two pistols, presented them at corn pla;nant, and told him to avoid him. Mr. ROGERS —A n d are you afraid that he will.do yrm some bodily harm ? Complainant—l am, Sir, and call ripen you for pro - ection. Defendant—lt is quite false. I have not had a pistol in my hand since I was a messenger to the King of Prance; this man has been uppermost in this conspiracy against me. He was ordered to enter into his own recogni- Twee of 501. to keep the peace,'svhich he consented to do, and left the office saying that he would go and fetch a witness to prove' that Law had also threatened his life. Q UEEN-S Q UARE. A LAMPLIGHTER'S METHOD OF OBTAINING A CHRISTMAS-BOX.—Yesterday a Westminster lamp lighter named Luke, and Sarah, his wife, were brought up in custody, charged with refusing to pay their reckoning, and abusing and insulting Mrs. Peddle, the lamiladrof the Hoop and Grapes pub lic-house in Queen-square, opposite to the Police office. It appeared that about 11 o'clock in the mornTng, the lamplighter and his wife, and a friend, walked into the complainant's house, and called at the bar for a quartern of gin and a glass of rum, which were served them ; as soon as the glasses were emptied, the lamplighter put his glass down, but, instead of paying for his liquor, he said, " There now, this will do very well for a Christmas box;" and was about to walk off. The complainant, however, demanded payment, as the lamplighter and his friends were total strangers to her, when he commenced a volley of the lowest abuse, swore that he was the lamplighter of the parish, and that he would he if the gas lamp opposite her house should be lighted if she or any other person dared to demand payment of him for liquor in the Christ mas week, as he had the power to keep the whole parish in darkness if he pleased. His wife and friend also joined in the abuse. The complainant endeavoured to persuade the boxing trio to go away; bet the lamplighter refused, and was backed by his wife, who commenced abusing every person in the house. It was at length found necessary to send for a police constable, upon which the lamplighter's friend bolted, and the lamplighter and his wife were taken to the police-office. The lamplighter now began to think that he had carried matters too far, and all his courage oozed, for there was a total change in his conduct. He, however, neither be haved with the gallantry of a man nor a lamplighter, for by some means, while in the outer office with a number of other Christmas disorderlies, he contrived to make his escape, leaving his better half to an swer for his misdeeds as well as her own. Mr. WHITE asked her what she had to say for such impudent and disorderly conduct ? Mrs. Luke now became very smooth-spoken, and no person would have supposed that such a demure lady could have made use of such Billingsgate language as that imputed to her. She admitted that she had gone to the house with her husband, and when pay ment was demanded for the gin and ram they drank, all she called the landlady was a stingy woman. Mr. WHITE—A stingy woman ! What for, pray ? Defendant—For demanding money for the liquor we drank, seeing it was Christmas time, and my husband the man wot lights the lamps in the square. Mr. WRITE—And as you think you have a right to go into tradesmen's houses and order what you please to car and drink without payment, you must find sureties for your future good conduct. No bail was at hand, and the lamplighter's wife was sent to Tothill-fields prison to finish her Christmas holydays, and to relLct on her Dando propensities. ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.—Au elderly man, named Jonathan Nichols, re-iding at No. 6, South-street, Laml'eth, was charched with attempting to drown himself near Vauxhall-bridge. Mr. Bond, the inspector, said that the defendant had attempted to hang or drown himself four or five times, and had been frequently charged at the station-house. Mr. WHITE ordered him to be detained until his friends could be sent for. Nearly on the spot now occupied by Apsley- Louse, formerly stood a suburb-in inn called the Hercules' Pillar, where " Squire WEsTERN" put up, on his arrival in town in quest of his daughter. _ _ FRENCH CLERGY.—The expenses of the Catholic clergy of France, amounting to 4,214 individuals, granted in the budget of 1630, were 26,796,000 francs (somewhat more than 1,000,0001.) for the Protestant clergy, 547 individuals, '720,000 francs (nearly 30,0001.). The whole expense of this vote in the Public Instruc • tion department, was 39,072,800 francs (more than 1,500,6001.) This includes the seminaries, colleges, schools of primary instruction, and the ecclesiastical esta blishments. SINECURES. —The recent number of the Quarterly Review, in discussing Lord HENLEY'S plan of Church Reform, alludes to his Lordship's charge against some of the Clergy, as being sinecui ists, in the following caustic vein:—" Sinecures !—what does this word mean ? nL ! a sinecure means a large sum paid to an idle gentle man, either for doing absolutely nothing, or for amusing himself in doing something else which has no reference to Lis official duty or pay. As, for instance, if a law-officer, with an income more than sufficient to repay ten times over all the time and energy he has at his disposal, should busy himself in party, in politics, in theological disputa tions, and Church Reform, such a man might be called a sinecurist, and his own extra-official labours would prove him to be such." . By the statute 2 George 11., caps 24, made " for py'eventing bribery and corruption in elections," it ,is enacted as follows:—" Sec. 7. That if any person shall receive any money or other reward, to give or to f!irtlcar to give his vote, or shall by any gift or reward pro cure any person to give or to forbear to give his vote, such person so offending shall for every such offence forfeit 5001. to any person that shall sue for the same ; to be re covered, t.gether with full costs of suit, by action of debt, pl tint, or information. Sec. 8. That if any person offending against that Act shall, within twelve months, discover any other person offending against that Act, so that such.person so discovered be convicted, such person BO discovering shall be indemnified and discharged from al penalties and disabilities which he shall then have incurred by any offence against that Act." JOSEPH II EMPEROR OF GERMANY.— In one of those excursions which this Emperor frequently took incog. he proceeded to Trieste. On his arrival he went into an inn, and asked if he could be accommodated with a good room ? He was told that a German Bishop had just engaged the last, and that there were only two small room, without chimneys, unoecupied. He desired a supper to be prepared. He was told there was nothing left but some eggs and vegetables, the Bishop and suite having engaged all the poultry. The Emperor requested that the Bishop might be asked if he would allow a stranger to sup with him. The Bishop refused, and th e Emperor supped with one of the Bishop's almoners, was not admitted to his master's table. The Emperor asked him what they were going to do at Rome ? " My Lord," replied the almoner, " is going to solicit a ben efice of 50,000 livrqy before the Emperor is informed of its being vacant." They changed the conversation. The Emperor' wrote a letter to the Chancellor of Rome, and another to his Ambassador there. He made the almoner promise to deliver both letters, agreeably to their address, en his arrival at Rome. He kept his promise—the Chan cellor presented the patent for the benefice to the asto niehed almoner ! BRIGHTON, DEC. 28. Yesterday the KING gave audience to Sir JosErn WHATLEY. and to Lieutenant-Colonel nteoND : after wards his MAJESTY took a carriage airing to Stanmore park,"and back to the Palace, accompanied by his daughter, Lady ERROL. Her MAJESTY was not in public during the day. Prince UEORGE, attended by his tutor and Earl HOWE, rode out on horseback for nearly two hours. The Princess ANGUSTA rode and walked through va• rions parts of the town : her Reyal Highness was accom panied by Miss WYNYARD. The following guests, with the suite and household, formed the Royal dinner party last evening at the Pa lace :—The Princess AUGUSTA, Duke of GLOUCESTER. Duke of RICHMOND, Bishop Of WORCESTER, the MIS , CARES, Sir JAMES LLOYD, Colonel HORACE SEYMOUR, Luly LLOYD, Captain WOOLMORE, and Miss amen. The Duke of DEVONSHIRE, Lord BEMERAVEN, Eld WALDEGRAVE, Sir FRANCIS, Lady, and Miss BURDETT :And the Earl and Countess of CHESTERFIELD, visited thei, NIAJESTIES yesterday. The Countess HOWE visited the QUEEN yesterday at the Palace : her Ladyship remained with her MAJESTY !Or some time. Amongst the lattst arrivals were Lord WILLIAAt LEN sox, Mr. Sergeant WOYLY, and Viscount BEREIIA VEN. The Turkish Ambassador is expected this day at the Pavilion from London : a select party are invited to meet leis Excellency. MASQUERADE-KING'S THEATRE. There was on unusually numerous attendance at this Theatre on Thursday evening. The pit as usual was boarded over and made level with the stage, and the boxes were decorated with banners. The stage was very ‘astefully arranged, and was in a perfect ',daze of light, which gave it a very striking effect on first entering, or when seen from the boxes. There were three bands in ttendance, one wearing the costume of the military band in the Ballet of Kenilworth. There was a large collection of fancy dresses, many of them of the first description, and incessant hilarity was as usual the order of the night. Quadrilles, country dances, &c. &c., were kept up inces santly till a very late hour, but we think it would ma. terially improve the whole tone of the assemblage if speci fied portions of the arena could be allotted and strictly guarded for the dances, or that this department of the en tertainment should he conducted by masters of the ceremo nies. A very elegant and ►iberal supper was provided, and the wines were a great improvement on those the fre quenters of masquerades have been accustomed to. SADLER'S WELLS. At this theatre, which was greatly crowded, a new first piece (which, we believe to be a translation from the French) was produced, entitled The Iron Collar, which had reference to the denouncement of a respectable mer chant (Blondel), who, it seems, thirty years before, had escaped from the galleys, to which he had been condemned for murder. Dumont, the person who gives him up to the civil power, is his bosom friend, whom he had raised from indigence, and assisted with loans of large sums of money ; and the time chosen for the treacherous act is the very day e.f his daughter's marriage; when, in order to provide her with a portion, Blondel claims the sum due. in order, therefore, to get rid of a heavy debt, as well as to be revenged on Blondel for preferring another suitor to his nephew, Dumont, denounces his friend and bene fit:tor as a felon. Much confusion, of course, ensues; the marriage festival is interrupted, and the unfortunate mer chant is in the act of being dragged to the galleys at Rochelle, when the King's pardon (granted some years before) is found in the bureau of the informer, who had concealed it, and it is generously brought forward by his ne phew, who chooses thus to evince his attachment to Blondel and his daughter, although rejected by them as a sou-in-law and husband. Upon these materials, a rather interesting plot has been constructed ; but the unruly disposition of the " gods abive," prevented us from being fully ac quainted with it. The performers, generally, played well, particularly PALMER, who is a very clever and su perior actor. Miss FORDE and W. H. WILLIAMS were very comic as the Colin and Cdinette of the piece ; but we did not a little regret that the character of the former afforded her no opportunity of exerting her musical powers. The piece that followed, however, which was an operetta entitled Pay to my Order, and similar to The Chaste Salute of the Olympic, compensated in some degree for the disappointment. Here the lady in question sang, as she always does, divinely. Mr. HUNT appeared to labour under a cold and boarseness,which pre vented him from singing as we, and himself, no doubt, could have wished. By the bye, such being tho cane, we did not see any particular necessity for the energy and ar dour with which he saluted Madame Thebeaut. The report sounded to us more like a pistol-shot, than the kiss of a gentleman in a state of indisposition. It was too much of a good thing. The piece was, upon the whole, most creditably performed, and warrants the ge neral opinion, that the nearest road to wealth for the managers of this house, is to get up a series of the best operas : they may rely on it that the musi cal taste of the inhabitants of the northern districts of the metropolis is not far behind that of those at the west end. the Pantomime which followed, under the title of Bumpty Dumpty, was the grand feature of the evening with the holyday folks, whose sides shook with laughter at the grotesque appearance of the characters, and who shouted their hearty applause of the fanciful and really splendid scenery, as well as of the new and very curious tricks introduced. Harlequin and Columbine were ex cellently played by SUTTON and Miss GRIFFITHS ; and, indeed, the other pantomimic characters performed their somersets and other gymnastic evolutions with an adroitness which gave general satisfact ion ; we may instance particularly three very clever young men, who, in a kind of clock-work dance, gave proofs of muscular elasticity very little inferior to that of the far famed Manumit. But if the gods and , he yroundlings were delighted with the vagaries of Poll ehinello and his comrades, the few who preserve the happy medium between earth and sky were no less so with a most beautifully executed Panorama (painted by Cocas) which was introduced ; in it were displayed splen did views of Portsmouth with its shipp:ng, the British Channel, Forts Bathz, Lillo, and Phillippe, on the coast of Holland, and the now so much talked of city of Ant werp. We had no idea that so charming a production of art could be afforded for exhibition at a Minor Theatre —it is really worth going ten miles to see. We trust that as soon as the fever and excitement of the holydays are over, the managers of this establishment will return, as we have hinted above, to Operatic performances; in doing which we wish them a continuance of that success in their career which has so auspiciously marked the commence ment of the present season. ANOTHER SLAUGHTER OF THE PEOPLE. (From the Tipperary Free Press.) We have received a detailed account of the sanguinary slaughter which took place near Galbally, on Friday last, but as the investigation of the horrible affair will take place to-day, we Shall await the re4ult, and briefly state that, early on that day, Mr. W. O'Grady, brother to the candidate for the county of Limerick, accompanied by Mr. John Lowe, of Spring House, a Magistrate of this county, and Mr. G. Gubbins of Kilrusb, arrived at Galbally for the purpose of having some freeholders of that parish escorted to the hustings by the military. On the appear ance of these gentlemen, the people of the village groaned them, and used some opprobrious epithets. as " Riginan," &c., the military were then ordered out of the barrack, when one of the Roman Catholic clergymen of the parish, the Rev. Mr. Lilian, remonstrated with the people, and they having promised to desist, he retired. Soon after the gt-Iplemen before mentioned, accompanied by an officer and •about sixteen Highlanders, were seen escorting either an obnoxious character named Bishop, th, son of a tithe proctor, who is, it seems, a sort of Caleb Quotem in that neighbourhood, being clerk of petit sessions, sexton of the parish, &c., when about two miles from Galbally, some stones were thrown to wards the military. Mr. O'Grady immediately called on Mr. Lowe to order the army to fire, which Mr. Lowe declined to do. Mr. O'Grady then said, he would give the order (though he was not a magistrate of the county of Tipperary, in which the party then were); and ac cordingly did so—it was the work of a moment—the military fired—two of the people were shot, one man through the head, and the other through the body; the former died instantly, the latter lingered until night. The excellent parish priest, the Rev. Mr. Cormack, happened to be attending his parochial duties near the place, and being sent for, promptly !came, and administered to the dying sufferer the last rites of his holy religion. Several of the people are reported to have been wounded by the fire of the soldiers ; but neither the gentlemen, their pro tege, or the military, appear to have sustained the slightest injury. The two men whom they shot were interred on Sunday, and were accompanied to the churchyard, which is near the barrack of Galbally, by the largest assemblage of the people ever teen in that part of the country. FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE. CROWN-OFFICE, DEC. 28. ME3IEI:IIi RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE NEW PARLIAMENT. AIRDRIE, FALKIRK, HAMILTON, LANARK, ♦ND LINLITHGOW.— William Downe Gillon, Esq. AYR, IRVINE, CAMPBELTOWN, INVERARY, AND OBAN.--Thornas Francis Kennedy, of Dunure, Esq. ABERDEEN.—A lexander Bannerman, Esq. Attovu.sirraE.—James Henry Callander, Esq., of Ardkinglass. ABERDEENSHIRE.—Captain the Hon. William Gordon, R.N. BEDFORDSHIRE.—CharIes James Fox Russell, commonly called Lord Charles James Fox Russell; and William Stuart, Esq. BEDFORD.—WiIIiam Henry Whitbread, Esq. ; and Samuel Crawley, Esq. BoDSllN.—William Peter, Esq., of Harlyn, in the countyof Corn wall, and Samuel Thomas Spry, Esq., of Tregolls, in the said county. BANFrsitraE.George Ferguson, Esq., of Pitfour, Captain in the Royal Navy. BUTE.—Charles Stuart, Esq., Captain Lieutenant of the Ist or Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards. BERWICKSHIRE —Charles Marjoribanks, Esq., residing at Lees, CORNWALL, EASTERN DIVISON.—Sir William Molesworth, of Gencarrow, in the said county, Bart. ; and William Lewis Sainsbury Trelawney, of Harewood, in the same county, Esq. WESTERN DIVISION.—Edward William Wynne Pendarves, Esq., of Pendarves, in the said county ; and Sir Charles Lemon, Bart., of Carclew, in the same county. CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY.—The Right Honourable Henry Gotil burn, Master of Arts; and the Right Honourable Charles Manners Sutton, Doctor of Laws. CAMBRIDGE.—The Right Honourable Thomas Spring Rice; and George Pryme, Esq. CAMBRIDGESHIRE —CharIes Philip Yorke, Esq.; Richard Greaves Townley, Esq. ; ati:i John Walbanke Childers, Esq. CUPAR, ST. ANDREW'S, ANSTRL"rHER EASTER, ANSTRUTHER WESTER, CRAIL, KILRENNY, AND PITTENWEEM.—Andrew Johnston, jun., Esq. , of Runnyhill. • CARDIGANSHIRE.—WiIIiam Edward Powell, of Nanteos, in the said county of Cardigan, Esq. CARDIGAN.—Pryse Pryse, of Gegerthan, in the county of Car digan, Esq. CLACKMANNANSIIIRE AND KINROSS-SHlRE.—Charles Adam, Esq., of Barns, Rear- Admiral of the White. CAITHNESS-SHlRE.—George Sinclair the younger, Esq., of Ulbsten. CARDIFF.—John Nichol' the younger, of Merthyrmaror, in the county of Glamorgan, Esq., Doctor of Laws. DUNDEE.—George Kinloch, of Kinloch, Esq. DUMFRIES, SANQUHAR, ANNAN, EOCIIMAREN, AND IcIRKCCID BRIGHT.—Lieut.-Gen. Matthew Sharpe, of Hoddam. DERBY.—The Honourable Henry Frederic Compton Cavendish ; and Edward Strutt, Esq. DERBYSHIRE, SOUTHERN DIVLSION.—The Honourable George John Venables Vernon; and the Right Honourable Henry Manners, Lord Waterpark. NORTHERN Divisrox.—The Right Honourable William Caven. dish, commonly called Lord Cavendish ; and Thomas Gisborne, of Howick-house, in the county of Derby, Esq. EAST RETFORD.—Granville Harcourt Vernon, Esq. ; and the Right Hon. Charles Evelyn Pierrepont, commonly called Vis count Newark. EDINBURGH.—We Right Hon. Francis Jeffrey, his Majesty's Advocate for Scotland; The Right Hon. James Abercromby. EDINBURGHSHIRE —Lieut.-General Sir John Hamilton Dalrym ple, of Consland, Bart. ELGINSIIIRE AND NAIRNSHIRE.—CoIoneI Francis the Hon. Wil liam Grant, of Grant, of the Inverness-shire Militia. FINSBURV.—The Right Honourable Robert Grant, and Robert Spankie, Esq., one of his Majesty's Sergeants at Law. FORFARSIIIRE.--The Hon. Douglas Gordon Hallyburton, of Pitcur. FIFESIIIRE.—James Wemyss, of Wemyss, Esq., Captain in the Royal Navy. GLANlORGAN.—Christopher Rice Mansel Talbot, of Margam, in the said county of Glamorgan Esq. ; and Lewis Weston Diliwyn, of Prullergarr, in the said county of Glamorgan, Esq. GLASGOW.—James Ewing, Esq., of Dunvon-castle, Lord Provost of the city of Glasgow .—S • and James Oswald, Esq., of Shicldhall. HELLESTONackviIIe f..ane Fox, Esq. HUNTINGDONSHIRE.—The Right Hon. George Montagu, com monly called Lord Viscount Mandeville; and John Benfoy Hooper, Esq. HUNTINHDON.—Jonathan Peel, Esq. ; and Frederick Pollock, Esq. HADDINGTONSIIIRE.--JOITICS Balfour, Esq., of Whittinghame. IsLE of WIGHT.—Sir Richard Godin Simeon, of St. John, in the said county, Bart. INVERKEITHING, DUNFERMLINE, QUEENSFERRY, CULROSS, AND STIRLING.—The Hon. Archibald Primrose, commonly called Lord Dalmeny. INVEREERVIE, MONTROSE, ABERBROTHWICK, BRECIIIN, ANTI FORFAR.—Horatio Ross, of Rossie, Esq. KIRKWALL, WICK, DORNOCK, DINGWALL, TAIN, AND CRO.. MARTY.—James Loch, of Bloomsbury-square, in the county of Middlesex, Esq. LEICESTERSHIRE, SOUTHERN DIVISION.—Henry Halford, of New ton Harcourt, in the county of Leicester, Esq.; and Edward Dawson, of Whatton-house, in the said county of Leicester, Esq. NORTHERN DIVISION.—CharIes March Phillipps, of Garrendon. Wrk, in the county of Leicester, Esq. ; and the Hon. Robert illiam Manners, commonly called Lord Robert Manners. LEICESTER—WiIIiam Evans, of Allestree-hall, in the county of Derby, Esq. ; Wynn Ellis, of Cadogan-place, in the county of Middlesex, Esq. LAUVCESTON.—Sir Henry Hardinge, K.C.8., a Major-General in the army. LtsxEann.—Charles Buller, Esq., the younger, of Lincoln's Inn fields, in the county of Middlesex. LINLITHGOWSHIRE.—GeneraI the Hon. Sir Alexander Hope, of Craigh all, G. C. B. LANARKSHIRE.—John Maxwell, the younger. Esq., of Polloc. MIDDLESEX.—Joseph Hume, Esq., and George Byng, Esq. MARYLEBONE.—Edward Berkeley Portman, Esq., and Sir Wm. Horne, Knt. MONTGOMERYSHIRE.—The Right Honourable Charles Watkin Williams Wynn. MONTGOMERY.—David Pugh, Esq. MERTHYR TYMlL.—Josiah John Guest, of Dowlais house within the borough of Merthyr Tydvil, Esq. NOTTINGHAMSHIRE, NORTHERN DIVISION.—The Hon. John Sa . ville Lumley, commonly called Viscount Lumley ; and Thomas Houldsworth, Esq. SOUTHERN DIVISION.—John Evelyn Denison, Esq.; and the Hon. Henry Pelham Fynes Pelliam Clinton;comin'only called the Earl of Lincoln. NEWARK-UPON-TRENT.—William Ewart Gladstone, Esq.; and William Farnworth, Handley, Esq. NORTHAMPTONSHIRE, NORTHERN DIVISION.—The Hon. Charles William Wentworth Fitzwilliam, commonly called Lord Vis count Milton ; and the Hon. James Thomas Brudenell, com monly called Lord Brudenell. SOUTHERN Divistow.—The Right Hon. John Charles Spencer, commonly called Viscount Althorp, Under Treasurer and Chancellor of his Majesty's Exchequer; and William Ralph Cartwright, Esq. NORTHAMPTON.—Robert Vernon Smith, of Farming-woods, in the county of Northampton, Esq. ; and Charles Ross, of Port land-place, in the county of Middlesex, Esq. PETERBOROUGH.—Sir Robert Heron, Bart.; and John Nicholas Fazakerley, Esq. PENRYN.—llobert Monsey Rolfe, Esq., of New-street, Spring_ gardens, Westminster, and the Right Honourable Charles William Bury, commonly called Lord Tullamore. RUTLANDSIIIRE.—Sir Gerard Noel Noel, of Exton-park, in the said county of Rutland, Bart.; and Sir Gilbert Heathcote, of Normanton-park, in the said county of Rutland, Bart. RENFREW, RUTHERGLEN, DUMBARTON, KILMARNOCK, AND PORT GLASGOW.—Captain John Dunlop, of Dunlop. Ives.—Tames Halse, Esq., of the borough of St. Ives, in the county of Cornwall. SELKIRKSIIIRE.—Robert Pringle, of Clifton, Esq. SWANSEA.—John Henry Vivian, Esq. StrritEaLANnsitlßE.—Roderick Macleod the younger, of Cadboll, Esq. To HAMLETS.—Stephen Lushington, of Great George-street, Westminster, LLD., and William Clay, of Salvador-house, London, Esq. TRURO.—The Right Honourable Sir Richard Hussey Vivian, Bart., K.C.8., a Lieutenant-General in the Army; and Wil liam Tooke, Esq., of Russell-square, in the county of Middlesex. WESTMINSTER.—Sir Francis Burdett, Bart., and Sir John Cam Hobhouse, Bart. WIGTON, NEW GALLOWAY, STRANRAER, AND WHITHORN.--Ed ward Stewart, Esq. WAR-OFFICE, DEC. 28, 1832. sth Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Lieut. J. W. King to be Captain, by purchase, vice Seton, who retires. Cornet L. R. Shawe to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice King. T. Mosley, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Shawe. Dated 28th Dec., 1832. 14th Regiment of Light Dragoons—Cornet J. Phelps to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Curwen, who' retires. W H. Archer, Gent., to be Cornet, by purchase, vice Phelps, Dec.2B. Ist Regiment of Foot—Ensign Imlach, from the 6th Foot, to be Quartermaster, vice Nair, appointed to the 96th Foot, Dec. 18. 6th Foot—Captain E. Drury, from half-pay sth Foot, to be Captain, vice F. Richardson, who exchanges; Ensign C. 1). Bailey, ftom half-pay 21st Light Dragoons, to be Ensign, vice Imlach, appointed Quartermaster in the Ist Foot, Dec. 28. 7th Foot—Lieutenant Lord Hamilton Francis Chichester to be Captain, by purchase, vice Lord Sussex Lennox, who re tires ; Ensign F. S. Hutchinson, from the 71st Foot, to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Lord Hamilton Francis Chichester, Dec. 28. 13th Foot—Ensign T. Sewell to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Darlot, who retires ; Hon. Emilius J. W. Forester to, be Ensign, by purchase, vice Sewell, Dec. 28. 15th Foot—To be Captains—Captain J. Pasley, from half-pay 78th Foot, vice R. L. Battersby, who exchanges Captain H. B. Barnham, from half-pay unattached, vice Howard, who retires, Dec. 28. 20th Foot—E. Hill, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Prendergast, who retires, Dec. 28. :13d Foot—J. Knight, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Henderson, appointed to the 14th Light Dragoons, Dec. 28. 57th Foot—Lieut. J. MacMahon Kidd to he Captain, by pur. chase, vice Lane, who retires ; Ensign A. T. Allen to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Kidd ; J. H. Shadforth, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Allen Dec.2B. 60th Foot—Captain W. Trevetyan, to be Major, by purchase, vice Leslie promoted; Lieut. J. W. Cross, to be Captain, by purchase, vice Trevelyan ; Second Lieut. T. Bunbury, to be First Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Cross; W. F. H. Rooke, Gent., to be Second Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Bunbury, Dec. 28. _ _ _ 71st Foot—Major J. T. Pidgeon, to be Lieut.-Colonel, by pur. chase, vice Jones, who retires; Captain It. W. Myddleton, to he Major, by purchase, vice Pidgeon ; Lieut. W. Denny, to he Captain, by purchase, vice Mydd!eton ; Ensign H. E. Austen, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Denny, Dec. 28. To be En signs, by purchase—Sergeant-Major B. Grant, vice Hutchinson, promoted in the 7th Foot, Dec. 28; A. Levinge, Gent., vice Austen, Dec. '2 ). 73d Foot—Capt. A. D. Hamilton, to be Major, by purchase, vice Fancourt, who retires ; Lieut. H. B. Harvey, to be Captain, by purchase, vice Hamilton; Ensign F. B. Atkinson, to be Lieu tenant, by purchase, vice Harvey ; A. W. Murray, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Atkinson, Dec. 28. 74th Foot—Lieut. L. Allen, to be Captain, by purchase, vice Mildmay, who retires ; En.igu It. Horton, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Allen ; G. W. Fordyce, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Horton, Dec. 28. 76th Foot—Captain L. Tollernache, from half-pay, Unattached, to be Captain, vice A. Hotham, who exchanges, receiving the difference, Dec. 28. 77th Foot—Major J. Wemyss, from half-pay, Unattached, to be Major, vice E. Jones, who exchanges, receiving the difference, Dec. 18. 89th Foot—Ensign M. V. Abbott, from half-pay, Unattached, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Dewes, deceased, Dec. 28. 96th Foot—Quartermaster Hugh Mair, from the Ist Foot, to be Quarter-master, vice Murchison, commuted, Dec. 28. 97th Foot—\V. O'Malley, Gent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Crowe, who retires, Dec. 28. UNATTACHED. Major C. Leslie, irorntetiuth Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel of Infantry, by purchase; Lieut. W. S. Tollemache, from the Rifle Brigade, to be Captain of Infantry, by purchase ; Lieut. J. Ussher, from the 66th Foot, to be Captain of Infantry, with out purchase, Dec. '2B. HOSPITAL STAFF. . - - Assistant -Surgeon Thomas Rhys, from half-pay, Second West Indi 1p), a h ß a e lt gim a en ie Regiment, laAssistant-Surgeon, vice Dawson, placed upon BREVET. The under-mentioned Cadets, of the Honourable the East India Company's Service, to . have temporary rank as Ensigns during the period of their being placed unde r t h e command of Colonel Pasley, of the Royal .hngineers? Chatham, for field instructions in the art of Sapping and Mining Gentleman Cadet A. Nas h, Gentleman C adet S. Pott, Gen. tleman Cadet J. WV. Gentleman Cadet 1.. . Tombs, Hart Gentle man Cadet J. G. Johnston, Gentleman Cadet R. F . G. Fast. ___ MEMORANDUM. Lieut.. Colonel F. Delatre, half.pay, Unattached, has been al. lowed to retire from the service, by the sale of aD mat tac lied Commission, Dec. 23. BANKRUPTCIES SUPERSEDED- JAMES DITCHFIELD, victualler, Warrington, Lanca shire. JOHN CH lIISTOPHE REIFFENSTEIN, merchant, Cam berwell. BANKRUPTS. SIMON LEVY, silversmith, Exeter, to surrender Jan. 17, and Feb. 8, at twelve, at the Clarence Hotel, Exeter. Turner, Exeter ; Turner, Milman-street, Bedford-row, London. GEORGE GRAVES, innkeeper, Skinburness, Cumberland, Jan 10, and Feb. 8, at eleven, at the Ship Inn, Allonby, Cum berland. Tyson, Maryport ; Adlington, Gregory, and Faulk ner, Bedford-row, London. WILLIAM HITE, grocer, Great Bridge, Staffordshire, Dec 29, and Feb. 8, at eleven, at the New Royal Hotel, Bir mingham. Norton and Chaplin, Gray's Inn-square, London ; Hawkins and Richards, Birmingham. WILLIAM HENRY LADD, merchant, Liverpool-street, City, Jan. 4, at half-past twelve, and Feb. 8, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Abbott, King's Arms-yard, Coleman-street, official assignee; Shackell, Tokenhouse_yard, London. JOSEPH JACKSON, tailor, Bedford-row, Jan. 8, at two, and Feb. 8, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Lowe, Lothbury, official assignee; Smith, King's Arms-yard, Coleman-street. THOMAS BARNETT LOADER, map-publisher, Hart. street, Bloomsbury, Jan. 7, and Feb. 8, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Kitchener, Lothbury, official assignee; Mark, Southampton-buildings, Chancery-lane. WILLIAM BUTLER, miller, Bilston, Staffordshire, Jan. 8, and Feb. 8, at eleven, at the Royal Hotel, Birmingham. Nor ton and Chaplin, ray's Inn-square, London ; Hawkins and Richards, Birmingham. WILLIAM ARMSTRONG, timber-merchant, Newcastle upon-Tvne, Jan. 18, and Feb. 8, at eleven, at the Crown and Thistle - Inn, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Meggison, Pringle, and Manisty, King's-road, Bedford-row, London ; Brockett and Philipson, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. THOMAS PERRY, licensed victualler, Knightsbridge, Jan. 7 and Feb. 8, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Tennant, King's Arms-yard, official assignee; Selby, Sergeant's Inn, Fleet-street. DIVIDENDS. M. Agate, grocer, Horsham, Sussex, Jan. 21, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. W. Bartlett, canvass-manufacturer, Reading, Berkshire, Jan. 21, at half.past twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. R. Collier, victualler, Warminster, Wiltshire, Feb. 5, at ten, at the Bath Arms Inn, Warminster. T. Wilkinson, ironmonger, Shrewsbury, Jan. 11, at twelve, at the Crown Inn, Shrewsbury. W. Mascord, grocer, Oxford, Jan. 25, at one, at the Roe Buck Inn, Oxford. CERTIFICATES.—JAN. 18. J. Stewart, hat-manufacturer, Blackman-street, Southwark J. Stanton, mercer, Northampton. J. Robson, organ-builder, St. Martin's-lane. R. Collier, victualler, Warminster, Wiltshire. C. Lockington, oilman, John-street, Oxford-street. B. Bewley, corn-dealer, Wroughton, Wiltshire. W. Reeves, jeweller, Ludgate-street. A. S. Corrick, timber-merchant, Bristol. J. Marshall, paper mould-manufacturer, Dartford, Kent. I'. Smith, wine -merchant, Bexhill, Sussex. M. U. Sears, engraver, Charterhouse-square. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. E. and M. Evans, glass and china men, Newgate-street. • .., J. Carter and Co., Liverpool. J. G. and T. Morris, coal-merchants, Liverpool. W. al.d H. Jackson, watch-case-makers, ClerkenwelL W. Tooke and C. arker, attorneys, Bedford-row. J. Perrins, J. W. Lea, and W. Perrins, Cheltenham, chymists (as far as regards J. Perrins). T. and J. Jones, cork-cutters, Ryder's-court, Leicester-square. C. Dod, H. M. Godwin, and C. Lee, ship-brokers Lime-street. J. Nash and J. Longbottom, machine-makers, Leeds. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS. JAMES STEEL, agent, Glasgow, Dec. 31, and Jan. 15, at two, at M'Dougall's Tavern, Glasgow. ALEXANDER M'N AB, coach-maker, Cupar, Fife, Dec. 28, and Jan. 11, at two, at the Royal Exchange Coffee-house, Edin burgh. STATE OF THE POLLS. PERTHSHIRE.—FIRST DAY. Earl of t )rmelee. Sir G. Murray. Perth 259 151 Bridge of Erne 236 130 Crieff 243 197 Dunkeld Blaitgowrie Weem Doune Total Majority for Earl Ormelee, 567, which is considered decisive, as there are only about 400 more to poll. NEWRY, BOROUGH, DEC. 26. Lord M. Hill THE BALLOT. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. for one, hailed the success of Lord Chaudos' motion, as the dawning of a brighter day, the harbinger of a more un,hackled exercise of the elective franchise, which by this alteration in the Reform Bill was so happily ex tended ; and the results of this election even where liberal, have been successful, convince me that I was right. The very impudent and impolitic declaration, too, of the " pert prater" Stanley, who now, it seems, would insult England as he has already insulted Ireland (that very wickedly governed country), has succeeded in strengthening the ranks of those who are honestly desirous of rendering the Reform Bill efficient by real freedom of election. Con viction cries out for the ballot, while violence censures it. But what are the principal objections to the ballot ? We will state them here, and place them in juxtaposition with their answers. ANSWERS. OBJECTIONS. It is um-English, say If the Ballot be un-English, why its opponents . ; contrary is it used in Clubs and Colleges to the plain, open, fair- But if it be un-English, is the dis and-above-board expres- gusting bribery, engendered by the sion of political feeling corrupted minds and dishonest am_ characteristic of English. bition of the rich, and used to suit men, and therefore not the base purposes of faction—bri applicable to this country. bery, which is applied by wealth to misery and poverty, by cupi dity to cupidity, by knavery to knavery, which like an evil spirit glides into the heart, overpowers reason and conscience, and calls into active resistance those bad passions which, but for it, might still have remained dormant in the human breast—is this intended to be desig nated as peculiarly un-English ? Yet this, the Ballot is meant if pos sible to annihilate! Then, is the tyranny miscalled influence, which reduces poor tenants and tradesmen to the alternative of seeing their fa milies ruined or voting against their conscience, is this also the purely English liberty that the Ballot is to destroy ? The honest, open, pride and-envy-of-the-world liberty of Great Britain! It is a premium on There is nothing so easy as lying, lying and deception. even without the Ballot, and the premium will not equal that given to ambassadors for the same thing. To those who are determined to lie and deceive, it affords a cloak ; but do they not already lie and deceive ? and will the Ballot make them worse ? It will at least hide a perni cious example; it insures their un biassed choice, good or bad, and the result will be the preponderance of the mass of good or evil in the cow. munity. If evil predominate, then good is un-English, and to natu ralize it you must raise by educa tion the moral standard of the people at large, which after all mill be the only really eicient Reform. It will not succeed, for This seems the only sensible ob it will not prevent land. jection to the Ballot, but may be lords from canvassing be- met by a general determination, fore the vote is given, and brought about by time, of the voters consequently will not pro- not to promise their votes. In tect the honest conscien. clubs, in colleges, and in juries, tious man, while the it would be thought an insult to knave and unprincipled ask how a man voted. Why do not deserve protection. not the same circumspection in the exercise of a right more sa cred and valuable than them all ? Let a voter when canvassed return the nursery answer to importunate children, " Ask use no questions and I will tell you no lies." But what is the objection to an Act of Parlia ment to make all solicitation for votes illegal ? Ido not mean to say that this would quite prevent can vassing, but it would make the can vasser feel that he was committing an illegal Itct, and furnish a fair excuse to the poor voter for not answering. As to the assertion, that the knave and unprincipled person don't deserve protection, I am afraid, if rigidly adhered to, this rule would put too great a mass of the community beyond the pale of the law. It does not answer in In America, it is quite true, America, where, in spite few take a d van t age of the Ballot ; of the Ballot, every man's but this only proves that it is not opinion is known. generally required there; it might as well be said that a man should not have an umbrella, because he did not take advantage of it at every sprinkling of rain. In Ame rica, there is no aristocracy, and no tenants depending on great people for the support of their fa milies. There is no country where the Ballot is less required, and ac cordingly it is but little used. In conclusion, I have only to observe, that the per nicious effects of the present system we all agree are de moralizing to the greatest degree; that the ballot can hardly wake things worse, and that there is every prospect of its putting an end to some, at least, of the gross bribery MALI give it a trial ? lY AND HONESTY. now sn A p F re ß v l a E le N nt D . TToheAniowßhy ANTWERP. ANTWERP, DEC. 25, TUESDAY NIGHT. Christmas-day has passed over with tar more satisfac tion to the inhabitants of this city than they had expected some days ago. They enjoy their liberation, as every one who considers their position a month since may easily con ceive. They dread no longer a bombardment, nor the vengeance of the King of Holland on them and their families. Poor old Chasse ! be seemed to feel his position as most painful, when, with tears in his eyes, he expressed his hopes that the military men of England would consider his defence as worthy of his ancient reputation. It will brand the King of Holland, who surrendered Erfurth in 1806, wi , hout a struggle, with indelible infamy if he condemn the gallant old soldier to become a prisoner. Yet the fears of General Chasse seem to show be will. The Dutch people have always retained their old terri tory, in which their ancestors gained so much glory. Since their union with Belgium they never stood so high as they may now by doing justice to themselves and to this country. They have got their King to themselves, for whom, since his arrival as Monarch in 1815, when he, by chicanery, Antlered the trial by jury here, the Belgians could entertain no sincere affection. It is one of the distinguishing marks of the Belgian system of laws which the Dutch do not like. Yet some here pretend that to be avenged of his ab• .olute allies, the King of Holland will make that people again a Republic, as of old. Others assert that he has not the courage so to do, although with his immense wealth he could live well as Stadtholder, and spare the Dutch the costs of royalty. His answer as to the fate of the gait i , on of the citadel has not yet arrived. During the surrender of arms yesterday, under General Favauge, a Belgian officer insulted some Dutch ones ; be has been reported by the French to King Leopold, who has ordered his arrest, This night the town is tranquil. At 8 o'clock the Society of Harmony played some exquisite music before the Palace, in which the King and the French Princes dined. WEDNESDAY, 1 O'CLOCK. I have waited all the morning to hear the decision of the King of Holland, which has not yet arrived. The weather is fine, and crowds perambulate the town and the quays. Orders have been given to remove the barricades in the streets of the town. 'I he Regency of the city have applied by deputation to the King for three points : Ist, that the walls of thi. citadel next the town be immediately abolished ; 2d, that a price be laid on leave to see it now, for the benefit of the poor, and 3d, that the state of siege in which Antwerp has been some time be removed. I have not beard the King's answer, but it strikes me as odd that the Corpora tion should make the latter demand before the decision of Holland as to peace or war be known. The burgomaster has published a proclamation re pre.ving the excesses committed by a few of the lowest rabble on Monday towards the Dutch prisoners, and stating that the respectable people did not participate in such unworthy conduct. On the river all is tranquil. The Austrian brig lies opposite to the dock, ready to sail : 10 or 12 small ves sels went down this forenoon with the Dutch wounded from the Tete de Flandres and from the citadel, going to Bergen-op-Zoom. The Dutch flig, which was taken down yesterday by some French officers, as a mark of submission, at the Tete de Flandres and the forts, continues to float there still. Over the citadel there is none flying. The inhabitants, who fled from their houses during the alarm, continue to throng home. Crowds of endow arrive ; but the prohibition to see the citadel as yet disappoints them sadly : there is great diffi culty also to get into the trenches. HALF-PAST 1 O'CLOCK. I was deceived yesterday by a person who ought to be well informed as to the passing of M. de Tallenay into Holland. I have been now assured, on good authority, that neither he nor the French officer sent by Marshal Gerard on Monday have been allowed to pass int) the Dutch frontiers. They now remain on the confines, waiting for the reply of Holland as to the fate of General Chasse, and the late garrison of the citadel of Antwerp, which will, as some maintain, be procrastinated long. K. BRUSSELS, THURSDAY MORNING, 6 O'CLOCK. We have as yet no account of the answer of the King of Holland as to the surrender of Lillo and Liefkenshoek, and the consequent fate of Chasse and his garrison, but the belief is general here and at Antwerp that the answer will be in the negative. This belief is founded on the known obstinate character of his Dutch Majesty, and also on his calculation on " the chapter of accidents" which may turn up in a +urther delay. It is certain that Marshal Gerard is not in a condition to take those forts, for it cannot be done without a navy of some kind. The Dutch fleet, wu, it is said, are concentrating themselves Dear to Lillo, with the view to resist auy hostile attempt. (From the Evening Edition of the Independant.) ANTWERP, TUESDAY EVENING. The answer from the Hdgue relative to the forts of Lido and Liefkensboek cannot arrive before to-morrow inornini;. Nothing of consequence has occurred since the morning except the surrender of the Tete de Flandres, and the forts of Burght, Austreweel and Z wyndrecht by the Dutch. The French still guard all the posts of the citadel, but will give them up to the Belgians as soon as the Dutch lesve it. The King went this afternoon to the French head-quurtere, and had a long conference with Marshal Gerard. I was in error this morning when I informed you that General Chasse was indisposed. I am assured, on the contrary, that his health is particularly good. He walked round the ramparts yesterday with Sir George Hamilton. He seems to take au extreme interest in conducting over the citadel persons of distinetion, particularly the English. as he appears anxious to itnpiess the British nation with the conviction that his defence has been bri.liantly main tained. The boats destined to convey the wounded to Holland have arrived at Boom. (From the private correspondence of the Independant.) ANTWERP, DEC. 6. . - Since the events of the 23.1 the Dutch garrison remain in the citadel. The Dutch flag was taken down from the Tete de Flandres yesterday at noon, on the arrival of a French officer there. Immediatily after his departure it was again hoisted ; this appears a fan faronade which can be prqductive of no effect. M. de Tallenay, who set out from Holland on Monday evening, passed the Dutch posts at the frontier without experiencing any obstacle. Last night a brilliant serenade was given to the King. The Dutch are still in possession of the forts on the left hank of the Scheldt, opposite Antwerp. (official.—From the Moniteur Belye.) EXECUTION OF THE TREATY OF CAPITU- LATION. ANTWERP, DEC. 25, Nowt. The French officer despatched to the Hague by Marshal Count Gerard left Antwerp yesterday morning at 1 1 o'clock, accompanied by a Dutch officer sent on the part of General Chasse ; they will not return to Antwerp pro bably before to-morrow. On the 24th, in the afternoon, the garrison of the citadel laid down their arms on the glacis of the Lunette of Kiel, and returned within the citadel. The surrender of the Tete de Flindres, and the forts dependent on it, is to take place to-day. PARTICULARS GIVEN BY AN EYE-WITNESS OF THE SUR- RENDER OF THEIR ARMS BY THE GARRISON OS' THE CITADEL. . The Marshal, accompanied by the Dukes of Orleans and Nemours, followed by a numerous staff, rode to the citadel through the Esplanade gate to visit General Chasse. It is impos.ible to give an idea of the ruins through which they were obliged to effect their passage to the casemate in which the General bad his quarters. It was an af fecting sight to behold the brave veteran in the midst of surrounding ruins, his sole fear that of not having made a sufficiently honourable defence. The Marshal did all in his power to booth him in his present situation, and on taking leave, he said in a very moving manner in the presence of a number of Dutch officers, that the fine defence which they bad made would always entitle them to the e,teem of the French, and that there was not an officer in his army who would not be proud to have them as brothers in arms. " I honour courage above all things," added the Marshal, " and, gentlemen, these ruins are the best proof of that which you have di-played." The Marshal afterwards went round the citadel, and at the scarp of the Toledo bastion, the half of which had Mien into the ditch, " It was time," said he ; " General Chasse has behaved as a brave soldier : he could not have held out another day." z ,There were found in the citadel 1,000,000 cartridges and 100,000 kilogrammes (above 200,000ib. English) of powder. BRUSSELS, THURSDAY MORNING, 7 o'cLocx. Since the above was written I have learned that the French, pursuant to the capitulation of the citadel, took possession yesterday of the forts dependent upon it, viz. Burght, Anal reweel, Z wyndi eeht, and the Tete de Flandre. The garrisons of the four nmnunt to about 3,000 men ! 0 * eluding 300 sick. Marshal Gerard has given permission to remove the wounded to any place which Chasse maY desire. No answer yet from the King of Holland. BERCHEM, HEAD-QUARTERS OF MARSII-" GERARD, I O'CLOCK, P.M. DEC. 27. REPLY OF THE KING OF HOLLAND TO THE DEMAND OF MARSHAL GERARD. RETURN of the ARMY of the NORTH to FRANCE' I have two pieces of news of great importance to coal' municate; the one is the reply of the King of Holland ro the demand of Marshal Gerard—the other a despatch received by the Marshal from Paris. " The King of Holland positively refuses giving up j forts Lillo and Lief ke n sh oe k o th erw i se t h an b y fora , and rejects the terms of capitulatio n ." I t i s repo rted a.'" the Hague, that f o r the p ur p ose o f s h ow i ng t h e fi rm ree°; lution of William not to gi ve u p vo l un t ar il y one i n ch e' ground, that Ch asse s h ou ld b e t r i e d b y a C aurtmart ial for giving up the citad e l b e f ore th e b reac h was pract icable' William also prot es t s aga i ns t th e diff erent garr i sons beig considered prisoners of war . The despatch from P ar i s i s s i gne d b y M ars h a l Soults as President of th e C ounc il. It is a positive order to Marshal Gerard to quit w ith a ll p oss ibl e expe di t i o n the Belgian territory, and t o f orm a j unc ti on w i t h t h e army of the Moselle. The last ph ra s e o f th e d espatc h i s alroo' verbatim in the followin g t er m s :-4 , The retiring of the 1 Army of the North is a s a ti s f ac ti on th a t F rance t hi n ks du e to England." The citadel and the different forts will be given e P d to the Belgians in two or th ree d ays , an d i t i s e xpecte the French will march t o th e r i g ht s h ou t t h e begianiog ° / next week. It is said that the Dutch prison ers will b e sen t to Lin e , and Valenciennes by 1,000 at a ti me , an d th a t the detachment is to march this afternoon. ' The French do not intend attacking Lillo and Lief- ie o f kenshoek, but will keep their prisoners u n til these for t are given up. HALF-PAST 1 O'CLOCK . I have just been informed at bead-quarters that t °B whole of the army of the North are to have re-crossed th e frontiers by the 4th of January, 1832. Orders W e already been given for transporting the wounded to Frao 4 ' The miners are occupied this afternoon in dismounlittg the artillery from the batteries. 2 o'c LOCK . The report of some heavy firing on th e l o w e r part ofthe. Scheldt is distinctly heard at Antwerp. v isit Captain Koopman is at the present moment on o to Chasse in the citadel. The Antwerp Bank is again open, and all the sP ecie has been brought from Malines. The greater part of the emigrant inhabitants of An t '' werp have returned to their homes. Sir George Hamiltpn has had a long interview with General Chasse. The veteran hero was very an xious l e . prove to Sir George that he h a d d one hi s duty, a nd said 1: would be the greatest favour that the British officers on b at Antwerp could show him, would th e y b u t inspect 1 : citadel : they would then find that he had only give n up at the last moment. Chasse pressed on Sir Georg, h to represent to the English Go vernmen t th e ac tual state r" the citadel. He laid gr e at st ress on th e o pi n ion of e Duke of Wellington. BRUSSELS. BRUSSELS, THURSDAY, 1, le•O' Those who calculate on Dutch obstinacy are not like' is be disappointed while William of Orange reigns. l ie has, as was expected by every body here, sent an answ er in the negative to the propositions for the surrender o f the forts of Lillo and Lief kenshoek. By this answer be oi t ci signs above 7,000 of his subjects to a captivity which be measured by the duration of h;s own dominanc e ;P those forts ; for to whatever period be may be able to protract the one, he will by the terms of the capitulst i t necessarily extend the other. But he who has len shown himself so careless of the lives of his troops 0 10 be expected to be very solicitous about their liberty. It is true that this new instance of his Majesty's ': vourite principle of " passive resistance," as he calls '" may, indeed must, prolong the stay of at least a larg e part of the French force in this country. Situate those two forts are, it will be difficult to take them, less a frost should come so hard as to mate the ice on polders about them able to bear the weight of canoes' and for the last twenty years there has not been, I ain it; formed, such a frost here, nor is there any appearance,. present of the probable approach of such weather. tr the contrary, it is unusually mild for the season. I was speaking to-day to a gentleman who has the or, portunity of knowing the opinions of the most compel. judges on this subject, and he says, that the attempt of tr , combined English and French fleets to come up to Lil o could not be made with any fair chance of success. Tl 4 buoys have been removed out of the Scheldt, the navig tion of which, in many places, is difficult and dangerous; and if the vessels should get aground in some parts, Shef j would, on the falling of the tide, heel over. I have h it said, that it would be possible to attack the forts n is i' success, by means of a number of large schuyts used i n navigation of the Scheldt. They are much larger e t P b ". stouter than the strongest of the coal-barges used in , br ; Thames, and could carry guns of a much greater cra b than any of the gun-boats which were lately before citadel. If a number of these, it is said, were el T o r with the cannon now at the disposal of the French, ter might keep the guns of the forts in play, and thus 1 . . the landing of a body of troops sufficient to carry the P w d; I give this as the opinion of a very intelligent individe but not being myself a competent judge of such matte* do not offer any opinion of my own. of icuatioe Preparations are already begun for the evai.— the citadel, and the forts dependent on it, by the D° o ., garrisons, who will be marched without delay to the rrai of the French army, and, as soon as places are readY their reception, will, it is probable, be sent into Fraa. re ' p o It is scarcely necessary for me to say, that there $ 1 : r foundation whatever for the report which I find ba g te yelled over to London, that the accounts of the ments along the Dutch frontier were sent forth by D is k; shal Gerard, in order to serve as a pretext for the , Vance of more French troops into Belgium. So fa f bA t this from the intention of the French Governmen t, . i some of the troops sent in here have already set out al their return, and a considerable portion may be exP ec ,,,,t! on their countermarch in a few days. It is certain `l",,h, a large body of troops will form the escort of t he Date prisoners into France. The papers here of this morning are unusally barrenithd intelligence; they are, for the greater part, filled the echoes from every direction of their own l eporei ce a the capitulation, which th e y d escr ibe as having prod° nt i the most lively sensations at every place where the aeon' s ' transpired on its route to the French capital. The two French Princes, after having spent a day 0 0 , their august sister, the Queen of Belgium, set out fr ° o , this city to day, about noon, on their return to Par,_ere, Before quitting Antwerp, they visited the hospital, WPtbeit they left substantial proofs of the interest they take hi bcos i situation of the wounded. Indeed, the conduct of o f; two brave young soldiers has, from the cotnineecearaneri the campaign, been such in every respect as jo t ' , dear them to the whole French army. day , ell A report has been in circulation here since 14 T 1 , which I paid no more attention when I first bear" " . 0 %.011 1 4 I do to the thousand and one fables that are dai l yttl here as news; but h a vi ng now reason t o believe Oa r ji may have,trav e lled to L on d on , I t hi n k it right to ia tliel word about it. It was, that Sir George Hamiltoprincipal secretary t o th e B r i t i s h E m b ass y here, was t ong s down to th e c it a d e l by S ir Robert Adair, with a protest, in tl e na me o f hi s G overnmen t, against tueviapi tention of Chasse, or his garris on , as prisootra of or! The only foundation of this w as the fact, that 500? .01 I the capitulation, Sir George Ha m ilt o n went to th e cigs ol hut his only object was to gratify a curiosity veryr it orif in any man wh os e stati on gave hi m th e meow ore n seno access to the place. The mission from Sir Robe rt 'ore and the protest against the detention of Chasse, 10 " all fudge ! An ti The following is the address from the citizoi °i ds , re' werp to the King of the B e l g i ans . It ho 41 ' 61 ceived a vast number of signatures; 3 " Sire,—The city of Antw er p r i ses this day fr painful agony of 26 months. al re " One of our worthy Magistrates, of whom l e f t 0 / prematurely deprived by the force of circumeta" e l,„ a Wedge of lively solicit u d e , b y o b ta i n ing from t"-lidos visional Government an arrete, ordaining the de° t i o s• of the citadel of Antw er p i mme di ate l y a lt er its evar". 4 „ g °CI " We respect!ully t a k e th e liberty, Sire, of s , your Majesty the p romp t execution of a meas ure. o f $ renders for ever secure the tranquillity and hapPior s ' Ati r i .' l city, in which you have deigned, Sire, to evince 80 ,; - he''' interest, and whose gr a tit u d e w ill h en c e f o rth villa' lection which it has always expressed towards you. 0 " We are, with profound respect, Sire, SO' 6 o'cr.ocic r "f ti e I have got no further particulars as to tt,e refit. i King of Holland, but the fact is beyond all question' p the An evening paper, generally well-infortne,l, rePt it tle rumours about the protest of Sir Robert Adair, " N'f Pao tip