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I 1 /-26attil ( /sZ eLISBON \ 4 • .7: •••.• ••1 • 4s, 4 - - - t i, r 4‘ll. la I± o oo o , • ;.• •," tignA .." 111 14 A 1 • : 1/7 / . • • ...` L ?;% 4: 4 • AV' •-• - sel / 111 i 147 41 S .1 I-) I 1L12.1.A..1t • " • lO 1 • CUSTOM-HOUSE, LONDON, Nov. 3 FOR SALE, (By Order of the Honourable Commissioners of his Ma PAPERS. je'ty's Customs,) ( ht THURSDAY the 13th, FRIDAY the 14th, MONDAY the 17th, and TUESDAY the 18th December, 1832, at One The Lisbon Gazettes, from the 9th to the 16th inclu sive, contain accounts of numerous patriotic gifts and details of the residence of the King and the Infantas, who were still at Braga en the 13th. LISBON, Nov. 17. SUI'PLEMENT TO THE GAZETTE. (Official.) " The Government of his Majesty have just received by express the official information that on the morning of ►hc I4th instant, four hattalicns of the troops of the re bels, whose force amounted to about '2,000 men, passed the Douro for Quebrantos, to join the garrison of the convent of Serra, and make a sally against Villa Nova, with a view of spiking the guns and destroying the batte ries on the left bank of the river, which so greatly in commoded them. LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 3, 1832. (No. 12,552.) (PRICE 7D.) This day was published, complete, in 2 vols. Bro., wit), fine Portrait, engraved by Finden from an origins' Painting by Sir H. Raeburn, Maps, &v., LIFE OF SIR DAVID BAIRD, Bart. By THEODORE HOOK, Esq. Including his Correspondence with the Duke of Welling ton, the Marquis of Wellesley, Lords Melville and Castle reagh, Sir John Moore, and other Distinguished Charsv. ters, from the Originals in the possession of Lady Baird. Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. (Late Colburn and Bentley.) HERTFORD COUNTY MEETING. o'clock in the afternoon precisely, at the Commercial Sale Rooms, Mincing-lane, THE following Goods for Home Consump tion ;—Sugar, Sugar Candy, Coffee, Chocolate, and Othe r Grocery; Drugs, Wood Goods, Soap and Candles, Tamarinds, Succades, Vinegar, Pickles; Books, Skins, Hides, Horn Tips, Tobacco, Snuff, and Segars ; Seeds, Wine, Spirits, and Cordials; Iron, and Hardware; Teeth, Old Copper, Tool Implements, and other articles Is mentioned in the Catalogue. Having remained at the West India Docks beyond the the time allowed by law, where they may be viewed on kongay, the 10th, Tuesday, the 11th, and Wednesday, the 12th of December, 1832. Sample Rums may also be tasted at the King's Ware house, Costom•house, Thames-street. The purchasers to pay down 25 per cent. as a deposit at the time of Sale, and the remainder on or before Tuesday, the Ist day of January, 1833, at the Receiver of Fines and Forfeitures Office, Custom-house, between the hours of 10 o'clock in the morning and :3 o'clock in the afternoon, or the deposits made thereon will become forfeited. The Goods must be taken away on or before Thursday, the ioth (Ng of January, 1833, or the purchase-money to 4 e„ Come forfeited, and the Goods resold for the benefit of the Crown, as no further time will in any case be allowed, t he Commissioners having directed that in future the con ditions of sale be strictly adhered to. Catalogues may be had at the King's Warehouse, Cus -I_om-house, price 2s. each. In a few days will be published, in 3 vols. post Svn., .VITACOUSTA, or the PROPHESY ; a Tale of the Canadas. By the Author of " EcartC." Printed for T. Cadell, Strand ; and W. Blackwood, tdinhurgh. In Two Volumes, Svo., price 15.., boards, 'II I HE YEAR of LIBERATION; or a I , urnal of the Defence of Hamburg against the Preach Army under Marshal DAVOUST, in 1813 ; with sketches of the Battles of Lutzen, Bautzen, Rze.&e. Printed for James Duncan, 37, Paternoster-row. PRINCIPLES OF POPULATION. In One Volume Bvo., price 10s., hoards, N INQUIRY into the PRINCIPLES of POPULATION; Exhihiting a System of Itegulaiion fur the Poor, Designed immediately to Lessen, 44 d finally to Remove, the Evils which have hitherto Pressed upon the Labouring Classes of Society. Printed for James Duncan, 37, Paternoster-row. LARDNER'S CABINET CYCLOR/EDIA. , Monthly Volumes, small Bvo. 6s. in cloth. Just published, forming Vol. XXXVII. of the above, Vol. 111. of HISTORY OF ENGLAND. By the late Sir JAMES MACKINTOSH. Volumes to he published successively. NAVAL and PORTUGAL, Vol. V. and last. 'AVAL HISTORY of ENGLAND. By R. SOUTHEY, Vol. I. T REATISE on ASTRONOMY. By Sir JOHN HERSCHEL. T REA'T'ISE on HEAT, and its Applications. By Dr. LARDNER. dISTORY of IRELAND. By THOMAS MOORE, Vol. I. London • Longman and Co., and John Taylor. • ARMY AND NAVY. THE UNITED SERVICE JOURNAL, trt and NAVAL and MILITARY MAGAZINE for CENIBER, contains Th e French and German Ar- Foreign Miscellany.—Holland Zies at th e commencement of Citadel of Antwerp, from Pe- ~ e Rev o l u ti on W ar , an d at sona l I ns pection, Dutch Navy, %,` , ..e present moment. &c. &c. tell of the Military and Sta. General Correspondence—Sam ptical Position of Prussia.—' Sprit's Visit to P o rtsmouth , ; I DM the Notes of a British! C a pt a in Jenkin Jones on ( ap. spfhcer. ' tain Basil Hall's Reply ; a Por "egestions for the Improve. tuguese on the state of Don 41 ent of the Port of Sand. Pedro's Expedition ; Letter ~vlch. from General Alava, relative Moirs of the Services of the, to General San Miguel ; the Aate Thomas Drury, Esq., Ad. , Marquis of Anglesea and the pliral of the Red ;. and of the', Medical Department; Promo- Z!rvices of the late General tions of Officers of Regiments 2-"irnuel Dalry G mple.the East. i'l ) tain Pole's Gun Carriage. 'Editor's Portfolio—Record of toearnrres Naval Warfare. the Services of the '23d Regis p i Pondence from the prin. ment of Royal Welsh Fusi ',NM Ports and Stations. leers, &c. üblisb e d for Henry Colburn, by R. Bentley, New urlington-Rtreet. CAUTION TO MOTHERS. MRS. JOHNSON'S AMERICAN SOOTHING SYRUP, for CHILDREN CUT -G THEIR TEETH. This infallible remedy has preserved hundreds of Children, when thought past re ineerY, from Convulsions arising from painful d ntition. As as the Syrup i s ru bb e d en t h e G ums t h e Child w ill b e l e "cved, the Gums cool e d, an d th e i n fl ammat i on re d uce d. I,t, as innocent as efficacious, tendi ng t o pr o duc e the f ee th with ease ; and so pleasant, th a t no Child w ill re use to let its Gums he rubbed with it. When Infants 1 4 4 at the age of four months, the Syrup should be rubbed iln the G ums ; and Parents should never be without the syrup in the nursery where there are young Children ; 'fir if a Child wakes in the night with pains in the Gums, %othe Syrup immediately gives ease; thereby preventing nvulsions, Fevers, grc. The great success of this Medi during the last Twenty-five Years has induced un 1/tincipled persons to imitate it, under the name of Amer-- ,!'n Soothing Syrup, and copying parts of Mrs. Johnson's &c. Parents will, therefore, be very particular to ‘s‘lc for JOHNSON'S AMERICAN SOOTHING 'l(r tUP, and to notice that the Names of Barclay and i °l as, 95, Farringdon-street, London (to whom Abs. h ilson has so ld t h e rec i pe ), i s on t h e S tamp affixed , ebb Bottle. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, DEC. 1. John Burton and John Cox were indicted for con spiring together to cheat Mr. Charles Bishop of 40/., by falsely pretending that he had committed an offence against the penal statute. Mr. Bishop was a coal. merchant, residing in Mill bank•strt et. On the 23(1 of July he sent three tons of coals to Mrs. Williams, of Gillingham-place, Vauxhall-road, accompanied by a ticket, filled in with the name of the carman, as required by the new Act. Three or four days after he received a letter signed John Cox, 9, Queen-street, Westmin ster-road, charging him with an offence against the Act, and threatening a prosecution. He took no notice of the letter. He subsequently received a summons to appear at Queen-square police-office, and attended before Messrs. White arid Gtegory. Burton attended as informer, and Cox as witness against him. The charge preferred was, that the ticket he sent to Mrs. Williams had not the name of the carman inserted in it. The ticket he sent was produced by Cox. To the best of his recollec tion it contained the name of the carman when he sent it, and on its prodnction he was much asto nished to find that it was not there. The case was finally dismissed, in consequence of the informer and his witness flatly contradicting each other as to the manner in which they got possession of the ticket. After the case was thus disposed of, and before quitting the office, witness was induced to examine the ticket closely, and he then perceived that there were marks of an erasure where the name of the carman is ordinarily written. John Gore, carman to Mr. Bishop, proved de livering the ticket with the coals to Mrs. Williams's servant. Mary Green received the ticket from the last witness, and from curiosity, it being the first she had ever seen of the kind, was induced to read it. The name of the carman was then signed to it. Mrs. Williams said, that shortly after the delivery of the coals the prisoner Burton called on her, and stated that he came from Mr. Bishop to request she would allow him to take the ticket back, and get the name of the carman inserted, as it had been omitted by accident. She produced the ticket, and pointed out to him the carman's name in it. He then said that the mistake was that the name of a carman who had gone out with another load had been inserted in it. She offered him pen and ink to make the correction on the spot, but he said that would not do, and that unless he could have the ticket to take back to the clerk, the latter would lose his situation. Supposing nothing to be wrong, she gave it up to him, and saw nothing of him afterwards. The Jury instantly found the prisoners Guilty, and The COURT sentenced each to two years' impri sonment and hard labour. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. A seafaring man, named Simpson, was brought up in order that a young woman might affiliate a child to him. The LORD MAYOR asked him whether he denied that he was the father. Defendant—l don't think I am, please your Honour. At any rate she might as well swear it to any body else. The LORD MAYOR—I believe, from that answer, that you are the father. Defendant—l have not seen the face of the child yet, and how can I tell whether lam or no. The Lonn MAYOR—Shod him his son, I am sure he is that sort of blunt good fellow who will take care of the boy. Defendant (having looked at the baby, which was of a very diminutive size)—That my child! no such thing; I an't the father of that poor little puke.— (Laughter.) I won't have it. The Girl—lndeed he is, my Lord. Defendant—But I am out of place; and sha'nt be able to pay for the child, if you father it upon me. It's easy enough to get a father that's able to support it. The Loup MAYOR—You must contrive to sup port it in place or out of place. Defendant--I can't allow anything, and would rather go to prison than do it. The LORD MAvou—Then to prison you shall go The defendant then tossed his cap up in the air and went off in the custody of an officer. QUEEN-SQUARE. On Saturday eight boys, about 15 years of age, inmates of St. Margaret's workhouse, were charged with rioting and insubordination in the workhouse. Their taskmaster, a man named Bishop, having reported an assault which they had committed on him, they were threatened with a flogging; they, however, made a stout resistance, and having got hold of Bishop, they knocked him down and gave him a black eye. They then got possession of a part of the building, and set every one at defiance; the workhouse was declared in a state of siege, and the new police was called in. They were compelled to break open the door before they could capture the prisoners. One of the lads, in reply, complained of the man ner that one of them, who was not present, had been flogged ; two canes, he said, had been tied together with packthread, with which he was flogged on the breech until it was quite raw, and they made a re sistance, expecting to be served in the same manner. Mr. GREGORIE committed the boys for 21 days to the House of Correction. MARLBORO UGH-STREET. On Saturday an old man o f t h e name o f G eorge Williams was brou g ht b e f ore M r . C ONANT , c h arge d with going to the residence of Viscount Melbourne, and threatening the life of the Noble Secretary of State, unless his Lordship paid him 80/. Mr. CONANT—How is it that Lord Melbourne owes you 80/.? Prisoner—lt has been due to me ever since Lord Sidmouth was Secretary of State, and I was then told that I could have it whenever I wished to apply for it. Mr. CONANT—What year was the money due to you ? Prisoner—ln 1816. Mr. CONANT—Did you do any particular service to Government to enable you to have a claim on it for money ? Prisoner—l was in the habit of seeing the Prince Regent, which coming to Lord Sid mouth's knowledge, I was taken . up and co n fi ne d as a state prisoner; but upon it becoming kno wn t o the Prince Regent, I was liberated, and his Royal Highness ordered me to have 801. Mr. CONANT—For what purpose went you to the Prince Regent ?—This question the prisoner refused to answer. Mr. CoNANT—Have you ever been in the army or navy ? Prisoner—l have been in the Royal Ma rines, of the Portsmouth division. Mr. CONANT—Was you ever wounded ? Pri soner—Yes, and I was in Greenwich Hospital ; but I discharged myself from there. Mr. CONANT...-.Where do you live ? Prisoner— I have come up from Liverpool for the purpose of obtaining the money from Lord Melbourne. Mr. CONANT —lf any money is due to you, it is ;lot the way to obtain it by going to the residence ,f Lord Melbourne, and holding out threats if he refuses to pay you. Prisoner—lt is due to me, and I will have it ; besides, Lord Melbourne knows it is owing to me. Mr. CONANT thought that the best course to adopt would be to send him to the station-house, and it was probable he would become more commu nicative. The constable at the same time was de sired to make every inquiry against to-day, and the -esult is to be communicated to Lord Melbourne. A HUSBAND FINED FOR ASSAULTING nIS WIFE'S FRIEND.—On Saturday Thomas. Wilks, a carpenter, esiding in Davies -street, Grosvenor-square, ap. peared before Mr. DYER and Mr. HALLS, charged with assaulting a young man of the name of Henry Richards. The complainant deposed that he and the de fendant had been acquainted with each other for a considerable time past ; during that period the de fendant became indebted to him in the amount of 31., being money lent. Last Wednesday evening he went to the defendant for some money, but, in stead of receiving a parr, the defendant committed a most violent assault on him. Defendant—Your Worship, I have the greatest cause of complaint, for my peace of mind has been entirely ruined by the complainant. I took him into my house, and taught him his business, and he has repaid me by weaning the affections of my wife from me. Complainant—That is false. After I have gone to bed of a night he has taken my wife out, and, after an absence of two or three hours, they have been seen coming home together with their aims round each other's necks. On Wednesday evening, after my wife had been at the door for some time, I went down to see what de tained her, when I saw the complainant and her kissing each other—he having his arm round her waist, while hers was round his neck. This was too much for me, and I certainly pushed him off the steps. Mr. HALLS—If you saw your wife and the young man in the situation described, it was enough to excite your feelings ; but still you had no business to strike the complainant, and, under those circum stances, you must pay a tine of ss. to the King. Defendant—That I will pay, and now, too, Sir, if you will inform me how I am to act in case the complainant comes into my house again. Mr. DYER-If he comes, put him out gently; if that will riot do, then you must use a little addi tional force. The defendant said, if it were necessary, he could produce plenty of evidence to prove more against him and his wife than he had stated. Gerard us Barcker, a journeyman jeweller, charged Jan: Loth with having done him a grievous bodily harm with his fist, a I,' Anglais, on Thursday last. Mr. Barcker, whose knowledge of English ap peared to be rather limited, pieced out his deficien cies by an odd mixture of German and French, and :tfier some difficulty, he made, " My Lor Magistraat" (Mr. Dyer), comprehend that both parties had been engaged by Mr. Spilsbury, a jeweller, in Poland street, and that Mynheer Losh had " von great 41 1 p, jalousie," because he nheer Barcker), had " very mosh experien ore as he." That this " von great jalousie" tad been often manifested to his annoyance, during working hours; but as he held Mynheer Losh to be "not so better as von Rthker hont," a rascal dog, he took no further notice of his conduct. Matters went on in this manner up to la t Thursday, when Mynheer Barcker having, as he stated, to pass Mynheer Losh, the latter gave him, without cause or provocation, further than the " von great jalousie" aforesaid, a "great box on his head," and challenged him to come out and "knock vit him." The complainant added that he refused the challenge, upon which Mynheer Losh rushed upon him, and "make blood his nose, and make blood his mout, wit a great black eye vich he brought for vitness." The defendant, when called upon, with a deal of ludicrous gesticulation, asserted, that Mynheer Barcker gave him the first " knock," and, moreover, put his body in manifest peril, by a file, which he caught up, arid attempted to stab him with. Mr. DYER (to the complainant)—Well, what do you say to this ? Complainant—Mt Lor, it is not more as von great dam lie. This unvarnished contradiction called up two of the defendant's witnesses, who came forward and swore that the defendant had stated the fact, for they had been present at the scuffle. Mr. DYER then informed the complainant that the case was dismissed; upon which the complainant declared with warmth, that he should " go to de Lord Mayor for de Joostice." UNION-HALL. Mr. T. Edney, a piano-forte tuner, was charged with a criminal assault on Matilda FeHowes, a girl aged sixteen, who lived in his service. A few morn ify,ir,i;tnhpturlo%ivi;mgi ,chhlvrhh ings . back the defendant got up at an early hour, and having . taken a peep at his spouse, whom he thought in_ a nice " cozy sleep," he stole on tiptoe into the e e d r o e lvx s .ta i ls a a t e i n l h d da a rge w le a (mi s .m sc itD o t i i iring the grate. The first intimation she had of his presence, was . D ng oubtless i t e h s e s offence e n o c n e e would have known of the circumstance, had not the deserted bett er h a lf o f the defendant woke from her sleep. A disagreeable suspicion of her husband's frailty flashed across her mind, and in an instant she was out of bed and in the front room. A clap of thunder would not have been more startling to Ma tilda and the defendant, but the former endeavoured to make the best of the business by bawling out " Murder !" and, in her terror, " Thieves, Thieves!" slipped from her tongue. Mrs. Edney was not to be deluded, and she was stalking up to the guilty pair when Matilda bolted out of the room into the street, where she commenced a cry, " I'm ruined by master—oh ! I'm undone !" Mr. Edney wanted to run after her and present her with her bonnet, but Mrs. Edney prevented him, for which she re ceived a knock-down blow. A policeman now made his appearance, and took Mr. Edney into custody on the serious charge of violation. The MAGISTRATE, after investigating the case, fined the defendant .51. for a common assault on the girl, deeming that the affair had not been entirely against her will ; and 31. for the assault on Mrs. Edney. About 2 o'clock in the morning of Wednes day se'nnight a stack of oats, belonging to Mr. PALMER, of the village of Yasley, was perceived to be on fire ; but fortunately, with the Folksworth engine, and the prompt assistance of neighbours, it was got out without further damage than consuming the oat stack and a quantity of straw. It is remarkable that the premises were fired on the same night that two prisoners escaped from Hunting don gaol. Mr. PALMER was the cause of one being ap prehended. Cambridge Press. Sunday night, about ten, a barn at SaXiing ham, containing part of the crop of Mr. WALKita, of Field Dalling, was discovered on fire. The roof fell in very soon after the discovery, and the supply of water being drawn from a considerable distance, the attention of the as sistants was necessarily drawn to the preservation of a wheat stack that stood near, which was in great danger, from the immense quantity of straw that lay on the premises. The fire was looked upon with the greatest apathy by the ass , mbled labourers, many of whom refused to assist in extinguishing it; and there were scarcely any persons drawn to the spot who were nut inhabitants of the parish• The loss is estimated at about five lasts and a half.of barley. On Saturday, the Ist inst., in pursuance of a re quisition, having between 200 and 300 signatures attached to it, to convene a meeting of the county, expressive of its state of feeling as regards the war with the Dutch, at an early hour in the day a vast assemblage of persons had congregated from the most distant parts as well as those near the place of meeting, Hertford. Some artifice appears to have been used in getting up this meeting, which was at tempted to have been formed as exclusively Conser vative as possible. It was confined in its publishing to merely a local Conservative paper; the other, a much better circulating one, it was totally withheld from. The ordinary and most usual mode of con vening a county meeting—that of printing a requisi tion, with the signatures attached to it—was entirely omitted. In opposition to this studied mode of se curing a packet meeting, the object once known, it was immediately and so universally communicated to all the Reformers of the county as on the appointed day to show such a front to the Anti-Reformers as evidently to dismay them at the first onset; and, as the sequel will show, well it might ; for the sense of the very meeting they had intended should make a show to the country that there was positively what they so much desired—a re-action—proved, beyond the possibility of refutation, that the seeds of Reform had been exceedingly fruitful, and increased most abundantly. It was enough to the Reformers, had they wanted animation, to see early at their posts Lord Dacre, Sir John Sebright, M.P., Tho mas Duncombe, Esq., NI.P., with a large association of their friends. The Conservatives, among whom were Earl Verulam, Lord Salisbury, &c., had ar• ranged themselves in waggons by themselves. Around both these were condensed in a solid square some thousands of spectators, waiting with breath less anxiety the success that was evident to them —the total defeat of the Anti-Reformers. G. NICHOLSON, Esq. (the Under-Sheriff), opened the business of the meeting. The requisition was then read. At the conclusion, a person who had elevated himself upon a post, addressing the Under-Sheriff, declared he was authorind by a number of persons at Hitchen, the town in which he resided, to state to the meeting that they had been entrapped into the signature of the requisition, and when they became acquainted with the now apparently real object the originators of the requisition had in view, they were adverse to it altogether, and now desired to with draw their signa , nres. A great deal of altercation arose, and was kept up with considerable acrimony for a length of time. The Under-Sheriff having succeeded in restoring silence, Earl VERULAM (the Lord-Lieutenant of the county) rose and spoke as follows :—Gentlemen, 1 am so little accustomed to mix myself up in state affairs, that great difficulty presents itself in my ad dressing you : however, it has devolved upon me to move an address to his Majesty : before I do so I will take the liberty to submit to your consideration certain resolutions moved in the House of Com mons in 1791, by an individual upon whose judgment I am certain you will place the greatest confidence. It was a question of war between this country and Russia.—(A loud desire was expressed to name theindividual alluded to.) His Lordship proceeded: I know of no reason for the alteration irinciples embodied in those resolutions. If I amWstrangely in error, the same reasons which opposed war then equally operate to oppose war now. The Noble in dividual alluded to was then Mr. Grey, now Lord Grey.—(Looking significantly at that part of the congregated mass who had so loudly demanded the name of the individual, his Lordship said—l hope, Gentlemen, you are satisfied with the authority.) Those resolutions are as follows :-1. For redeeming a right forcibly withheld. 2. Providing for a future safety. 3. To resist a hostile aggression. With those reasons I fully agree. Having now no right to re deem, no future safety to ptovide for, nor any hostile act of aggression to repel, I cannot absolve the rea sons of the measure of war, except it be to cement a new friendship at the sacrifice of an old and unim peachable one. It it be said there is any the least wish to embarrass Government, or to turn the Mi nisters out, it is not the case, although I believe they have got the country into such a position that it will be but with the greatest difficulty it will be righted. This is not, nor will I treat it as a party question.—(Cheers.) The particular object I have in view is that his Majesty and his Majesty's Mini sters may be made acquainted with the feelings of the people without the pale of their own associates. His Lordship concluded amidst the most vehement cheering with moving the following address : TO THE KING ' S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY. " We, your Majesty's dutiful and loyal subjects, the Nobility, Gentry, Clergy, and inhabitants of the county of Hertford, venture to approach your throne with every feeling of respect, and to submit to your Majesty— " That we are at present suffering under the burden of heavy taxation, which a state of hostilities cannot fail greatly to augment. " That we shall always be ready to make any sacrifice in defence of your Majesty's crown and dignity, and of the liberties and honour of our country. " That we feel, however, considerable alarm at the prospect of a war, which, as far as we are at present in formed, does not appeal to be undertaken for the purpose of redeeming a right forcibly withholden, or providing for future safety, or of repelling an unjust attack, but calcu lated to oppress an old and faithful ally, to whom we have not forgotten that we are mainly indebted for the inesti mable blessings we have enjoyed under the Government of your Majesty and your family. " We beg further to submit, that the prosecution of this war is likely to prove ruinous to every interest in the nation. We, for the above reasons, humbly pray your Majesty, in the exercise of your prerogative of making peace and war, to listen to any conciliatory proposition that has been, or may yet be offered, for the purpose of averting the grievous calamity of war, and to suspend for the present all hostile operations against Holland until the real feelings and wishes of the nation can be constitutionally and une quivocally declared." The Under-Sheriff had scarcely finished the reso lutions, when a great noise and attempt at inter ruption commenced by some 200 or 300 ill-dressed blackguards, which heretofore have not been the attendants of the Hertfordshire county meetings. It was insisted they were hired, upon the spur of the moment, by the Conservatives, in anticipation of a shameful discomfiture of their project, and were in tended to supply the Under-Sheriff with a pretext for dissolving the meeting; but this, their last reck less expedient, on a spirited appeal, by Lord Dacre, was frustrated. Colonel BROWN, who, during the row, appeared to be addressing, by way of remonstrating with the rabble, but the no i s e was so great it was impos sible, with any distinctness, to hear what he said, concluded b y second i ng t h e reso l ut i on . Tranquillity being restored, Lord D ACRE commence d to move an amen dment. His Lordship was received with immense applause, which was continued for several minutes. Silence at length was restored, and his Lordship proceeded. Gentlemen, this untoward interruption having ceased, I pro cee d to move an ame ndment. I can not also b ut remar k , that t hi s i s no t the moment most opportune to have convened a county meet ing, for within ten days or a fortnight a regular count y meeting will be held to elect Knights of the Shire—(Cheers)—and would not that be a more fit and proper occasion,—would they not then ha ve an opportun i ty by recording their votes best to evince their sense of peace and war ? Then, why this uncalled for anticipation of the subject ? h there nothing of party in the motive for convening it ? I perceive, too, this meet ing of the county is called for the inhabitants. (looking significantly at the posse of blackguards that had commenced the interruption). I can see no difference between this and universal suffrage ; but have no objection to a meeting of the inhabitants. I am delighted and happy in any opportunity of as. certaining the feelings of the people.—(Cheers.) The country will redeem itself in a double sense— it will show it is not to be duped by artifice, and that as electors they are ready to do their duty.-- (Cheering, which lasted for a length of time.) With the sincerest attachment to the Noble Lord (Veru lam), I regret exceedingly that he should have per mitted himself to become a party in this affair. I lament it on account of his being placed at the head of this county, by his Sovereign to maintain its peace, when in stead it produces agitation. His motives I know are excelent, and may have emana ted from misconception of the object the projectors had in view, in unnecessarily calling the county to gether at this moment. Denuded as the subject vas then left by the Noble Lord, I shall proceed to state simply, plainly, and distinctly, my reasons for opposing the address. I think we have net sufficient details and information upon the subject to justify us in expressing a distinct and positive opinion upon thi. subject. lam not much attached to the brave Bel gians, as they are called ; on the contrary, as far as re gards them and the Dutch, if I have any feeling at all, it is in favour of the Dutch. If the proposed resolutions were carried, it would only be for the purpose of annoying the present Administration.— (No, no.) I will never lend my hand to any such dirty work—l will never desert those principles in which I commenced my political career, and I now feel the effects of age creeping upon me.—(His Lordship was evidently in some degree exhausted by his exertions in speaking.) In the absence of information, I think the present meeting prema ture, and shall therefore move, by way of amend ment to the resolution proposed, that the following words be inserted after the word, that—" at the present moment it is highly inexpedient, without a full knowledge of the facts and documents upon which his Mijesty's Government have acted, to address his Majesty with the expressions of any opinion which might tend to affect the exercise of one of his most undoubted and important prerogatives." Sir JOHN SEBRlGHT—Gentlemen, I rise to second the amendment made by my Noble Friend Lord Dacre. I claim, as he claims, nothing but fair play and a fair hearing. I am a friend to peace, an enemy to war. The amendment having been read from the chair, S. G. PRICE, Esq., the Ex-Member for Sand wich, rose. They had met in accordance with the best principles of the Constitution. He agreed with one of the speeches,—war was a great evil, and human blood had been too carelessly spilled by our rulers at all periods. Happily, for very many years this country had been saved from the horrors and devastations consequent on being the seat of war. It is one thing to have it at a distance,—and an other in your own country. " They jest at scars who never felt a wound," and that would account for the apathy with which many persons looked at the approaching contest. This was neither more nor less than a wanton in terference with the affairs of other nations, com menced under the pretext of a peaceful mediation, and followed up at the point of the bayonet.— (Hear.) The only real point in dispute was the right to exact certain tolls; it was a mere dispute about a certain number of guilders: and was gold to be put in competition with human blood ? 1 deny the po sition assumed by the Hon. Baronet who seconded the amendmen►, that the meeting is a party trick. He could assure him, whoever had been the Mini ster that originated the proceedings, whether a Wellington or a Grey, he should protest against it. Mr. H. G. WARD (candidate for the representa tion of the borough of St. Albans) had the fullest confidence in Ministers. As yet, no positive war had taken place—it was limited to preliminaries; and as long as negotiations pended it was not wise to interfere. It had been said the question was one confined to a mere pounds-shillings-and-pence affair. If it were so at present, it threatened in the future to convulse all Europe. The separation of Belgium and Holland would be of decided advantage to the country. The Marquis of SALISBURY next presented him self, and after the expression of popular displeasure, proceeded to state he did not consider France in the amiable colours, at least not to the extent that the Hon. Gentleman had painted her; and if he had a predilection, it was not in her favour, but that of Holland. The last revolution was not altogether so moderate as that of 1832. In that, citizen had been opposed to citizen. It should be remembered hat a Marshal in the French service had enclosed 1,700 citizens in one of the churches, and they were destroyed. Such men cannot be our friends. They are the enemies to all rational liberty, and will ag grandize themselves at your expense. The battle of Waterloo is still rankling in their breast. A history of the commencement and progress of the present most unjustifiable war will show how totally indefensible it i There are five negotiating parties —three out of five refuse to join the other two in giving up the city of Antwerp to the Dutch, and the other two join to coerce the measure, and plead in excuse it is to preserve peace. Lord DACRE—We are not at war. AUGUSTUS SMITH . , Esq., of Ashley, in this county, proposed the following resolution, which was car ried with acclamation : " That, judging of the future conduct of his Majesty's Ministers by the past, this meeting cannot separate with out expressing its undiminished confidence in their wis dom, and its belief, that when the facts connected with the Dutch negotiations are submitted to Parliament, the ho nour and best interests of the empire will appear to have been equally consulted." The show of hands in favour of the amendment by Lord Dacre was in the proportion of ten to one at least. A vote of thanks being given to the Under-She riff, the meeting dispersed. THE BODY OF a SUICIDE GIVEN UP FOR DISSECTION.—On Monday evening last an inquest was held on MARY ANN CHAPMAN, otherwise " Handsome Poll," aged about 22, a prostitute, who drowned herself on Wednesday night in a fit of mental derangement in the London Dock. It appeared that the deceased, who de scribed herself to her associates as related to a coach pro prietor at Rochester, was of sober and harmless disposi tion. Through inability to pay her rent she had been turned out of her lodgings on the morning on which she committed suicide. A verdict of " Mental derangement" was returned; and Mr. HOLLIDAT, the Churchwarden, asked Mr. BAKER, the Coroner, if he could legally give up the body to the London Hospital, as it was not claimed by any relatives. Mr. BAKER strongly advised him to do so, as an example to prevent suicides amongst loose wo men. Several of this class of women, who had conducted themselves with great decorum during the proceedings. here begged, with tears and the greatest earnestness, to be allowed to pay a mark of respect to their companion, by burying her in consecrated ground, for which they had already raised 3/. by subscription, and given to an under taker. They described her as of the best and most inof fensive disposition, and incapable of injuring any one. The Coroner, however, replied that it was necessary to make an example. The spirit of the Anatomy Bill would not be acted up to if the body was not given up. Any resurrectionist might claim the body as a friend, and afterwards sell it. After some further discussion it decided that the body should be sent to the hospital. f t'c announcement tine o u fthi b s y hdteceisiownomweasn,rewcehivoedapred m w ee it a hth e mot bitter attached to the deceased. " At 6 o'clock in the morning a brisk firing of mus ketry and artillery commenced, and at the same time they made a landing near the Furada, with the intention of flanking the left of the line, and making themselves masters of the said batteries ; but as the roads from Villa Neva were strongly intrenched, the rebels, in spite of the greatest efforts, were repulsed and routed at all points, and obliged, after three hours' firing, to fly in the greatest disorder, leaving on the field a great number of killed, a great quantity of arms,and above 50 prisoners. Our loss was very small compared with that of the enemy." NOVEMBER 19. (Official.) "DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS. " Sir,—The Commander-in-Cilief of the Army of Operations, who are besieging the city of Oporo, having. received his Majesty's orders to hinder all communication , that the said rebels may have by sea, and to employ all means to attain that end, one of which is the use of bit teriec, which are erected to clear the Douro of the enemy's vessels, and to prevent the entrance of all other ships, re ceived at the same time his M tjesty's orders to make, before he opened his fire, to the officer who now acts as British Consul in Oporto, and to the commander of the English naval force in the Douro, the communication and notice of which I have the honour to send to your Excellency the enclose !copy, and which was delivered to them, as ap pears by the receipt likewise enclosed, which I have the honour to communicate to your Eactllency for your infor mation, and that you may act accordingly. God preserve your Excellency. _ " Viscount SANTAREM. "Department of Foreign Afftirs, November 17. " To Admiral W. Parker." " Most Illustrious Sir,—l have the honour to send you the copy of a communication which I have made this day to the commanders of the naval force of his Bri tannic Majesty in the vicinity of Oporto, respecting Ihe measures which, by the order of my Government and in conformity with the laws of nations and of war, are going to be adopted by the troops under my command. I am, B,c. " Viscount de SANTA MARTHA, At my head-quarters in Agoas Santas, Nov. 8, 1832. " To T. S. Sorel], E•q., Consul of his Britannic Majesty in Oporto." " Most Excellent Sir,---The events being at hand which were anticipated by General the Viscount de Pao da Regoa, in the despatch which o❑ the 21st of last month he addressed to Rear-Admiral Parker (of which despatch I enclose a copy as well as that of the 17th of the said month, to which it refers), and in obedience to the express commands of my Government to obstruct the introduction of reinforcements, at whatever point the rebels may attempt to introduce them into the city of Oporto, and to clear the Douro of the vessels of the said rebels, I have to inform you that I am going to employ all means for the execution of those orders, one of them being to destroy and sink, if possible, all the vessels of the rebels anchored in the Douro, as well as the merchantmen, of whatever nation, that shall attempt to enter the said river, or, tieing in it, to ►iolate their neutrality by conveying to the reb e l troops provisions or contraband of war, all which is the consequence of the state of siege in which the plarei oc cupied by the rebels were declared on the 4th of July this year. Communicating all this to you, Sir, and repeat ing the protests and declarations contained in the copies of the despatches above-mentioned, against the infraction of the state of siege by any vessel, even a man of-war, and against all protection afforded to the reliefs, I hope that you will issue positive orders to the naval force under your command, that no ship of war may retain a position in the line of the firing which will take place for the above purpose, fur no responsibility can result front any damage. since I have not only informed you in time, but have by this means obviated beforehand ail pretexts what ever for claims on the score of such damage. I request you also to inform every vessel of the navy of his Bri tannic Majesty coming to the Douro of all the above par ticulars, and, in case you should go away from the Douro, to leave this declaration with the officer to whom you de liver the command of the naval force on this station. " Viscount •te SANTA MARTHA.' " Most liluetrious and Excellent Sir,—ln addition to my despatch of to-day, I have the honour to inform your Excellency that the notices were delivered this morning, at 10 o'clock, en board the Briton frigate, as is proved by the receipt, of which 1 enclose you a copy, and I now issue orders to open the fire immediately. God preserve sour Excellency. " Viscount de SANTA MARTHA, " Lieutenant-General, Commander of the Army. " Head.quarters at Agoas Santa, Nov. 9. " To his Excellency the Viscount de Santarem." " I have received on board his Majesty's frigate the Briton, from the Commander of the Portuguese forces on shore, two letters, one directed to the Consul, the °V er to the Commander of thy• naval force of his Britannic Majesty. " J. DUFF MAIIKLAND, Captain of his Majesty's frigate Briton, Nov. 9. " JOSE MARIA DE SALES RIBIERO. " Department of Foreign Affairs, Nov. 15, 183. g." NOVEMBER 21. SUPPLEMENT TO THE GAZETTE. (Official.) " His Majesty's Government have just received by tu. day's post the very important intelligence that on the 14th instant, besides the great defeat which the rebels sustained on the south of the Douro from the valiant troops of his Majesty, on that same day, the 2d ou the north of the river, commanded by Mtrehal Tellez Jordao, at tacked the rebels, and after a brisk firing, succeeded in defeating them, and driving them back with great loss, some to the city, some to L t Fuz, our troops occupying Lordello, where they remained. Ou the 17th the rebels, with above 4,000 men, attacked at one in the afternoon, our posts from Pasanhos to the river, and especially the Cruz dos Rigateiras. Our troops occupied the ditches and intrenchments, and were disposed in the hest order, and mit:lived with the greatest enthusiasm. Four times the rebels attacked them, and were each time terribly repulsed, without our troops losing an inch of ground on our line. Our artillery kept up a destructive fire on them. At 5 o'clock in the afternoon, the rebels having been unable to gain any advantage, and having met with an heroic resistance, commenced their retreat. Orders were then given to attack the enemy, and with loud cries of ' Long live the King, Don Miguel 1.,' our troops issued from their intrenchments, and hastened like lions to chastise the audacity of the rebels, pursuing them in their flight even to their intrenchments. They left the field co— vered with dead, with arms, and ammunition, and there are heaps of above 20 killed together, including many officers. " The English and French battalions suffered much ; they also lost many officers, and two were made prisoners, one of whom died of his wounds on the 18th, and the other was dying. Our loss was happily very small, we had only six officers wounded, and ❑ot one killed." ,431310EstP E A x ß ce T l ll l, l n E t N:T i : (v (L OE F ffi i lEc h E F i a aß O l v . e ) R 2 t 4 E: e lG h N uno A u F r AFFAIRS. IltS. commu nicate to your Excellency the correspondence wbich has lately taken place between the British Cansul as Oporto and the Officer commanding the English naval force in the Douro and the Lieutenant-General C omm onder-in-Chief of the Army of Operations against the rebels, in conse quence of the batteries erected on the south of the river having hindered the English cutter Raven from entering. " In making this communication to your Excellency I ratify, in the name of his Majesty's Government, the counter protest made by the said General in answer to the protest addressed to him by those British officers for not baying permitted the entrance of the said vessel, though Oporto is and has been declared to be in a state of siege. God preserve your Excellency. 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