The Sun. — London, England, 1832-07-09 00:00:00

Marque:; of Exeter had now the motives to cmi•tinue this insane and useless contest. Money, lavished at elections, would no longer, thanks to the Reform Bills, obtain its equivalent. The Noble Marquess would be far wiser to consult his character and interest in allowing the electors a tree choice of at least one representative; and as TN candidate had appeared against Mr. Gregory, he hoped that no opposition would be given. If, how , - ever, the old system was to be revived, he would b o ldly t e ll the Marquess of Exeter that the next great public question would be the Reform of the Peerage. Mr. Parkes then concluded his speech by earnestly requesting the burgesses to show all ex ample of moderation and respect for thaw law, and that Mr. Gregory would then never flinch from tl.e utmost exertion. Genoa! JOHNSON subsequently ddresred the meeting, and advocated in strong terms his con& ( - knee in Mr. Gregory, and the political claims to his support. The crowds afterwards quietly separated, and the canvass will he commenced on Monday. The " Red Party" have no candidate yet announced, but have issued a hand-bill promising that " the candi dates in the Red interest will shortly have the plea sure of waiting upon them." Great doubts are, however, entertained whether the Burleigh family will again contest the one seat. The last election is reported to have cost Lord T. Cecil and Colonel Chaplin 10,0001., and every exertion failed to sup port the latter. gentlema❑ against Mr. Tennyson. The parish of St. Martin will not make any material difference in the strength of the Marquess of Exeter, the majority on the last election he'ng fifty-three. POLAND. (FROM A CORRESPONDENT.) if there are still persons to be found who are credulous enough to believe that Prussia will act in concert with England for the maintenance of the treaty of Vienna with regard to Poland, we ask them upon what grounds they have their belief ? Do they rely upon the family relations of the King of Prussia, which render him in some measure the slave of the exterminator of Poland ? Or upon the personal interest which Prussia has in retaining the power of dealing as seems good to her with that part of Poland which has fallen into her hands ? Or upon the barbarous treatment which was ex perienced by 15,000 Poles who took refuge in Prussia, and of whom there remain now not more than 5,000, who have besought, in vain, for the last. nine months, to be allowed the happiness of quitting Prussia, and seeking a more hospitable land ? Or, finally, upon the assassination at Fischau and at Elbing of those Polish soldiers who preferred being massacred in Prussia rather than to be am- ' nestied in Russia—that is to say, to be sent in cnatns to Siberia ? No; neither has England any need of the approbation of Prussia to exact from Russia the observance of a treaty which she herself has signed. The carelessness with which Prussia humbly submits to the affront of seeing a treaty trampled under foot, will not diminish the weight of the accusation to which Great Britain will sub ject herself, if she suffer herself to be so far hum . - listed as to allow the insults of Russia to be passed over in silence. The two following le ters of the last General-in- Chief of the Polish army, Rybinski, which were ad dressed to the King of Prussia, but which the Prussian Goveinment have taken good care not to publish, prove, on the one hand, the arbitrary measures which the Prussian Government has hail recourse to in order to procure the greatest possible number of victims for the insatiable tyrant of Po land, and, on the other hand, the falsehcld of the report of the Prussian General respecting the in famous massacre at Fischau of unarmed Polish soldiers, who, according to the Staats-Zeitung of Berlin, revolted against the Prussian authorities, and, armed with sticks, conspired against the safety of the state. " Sire—His Excellency the Minister of War communicated to me, through General Krafft, the order of the 20th of October, which requires that the officers and soldiers of the Polish army shall declare whether they desire to profit by the Impe rial amnesty, and return to their native hearths, or whether they prefer repairing to a foreign land. A great number of Polish officers and soldiers had taken the latter resolution, and were awaiting the moment in which they should be able to direct their steps towards the places of destination they had selected. In the meantime General Krafft has just announced to me, that by virtue of the ulterior or ders of your Majesty, all the Polish officers and sol diers must be sent back to their own country—an announcement which forms a singular contrast to the first disposition that left to the Polish officers and soldiers a free selection of the places in which they should sojourn. Besides, as many among them have participated in the revolution, not only in a military capacity, but as citizens of Polish provinces which are under the dominion of the Emperor of Russia, an amnesty accorded to the officers and sol diers would not be sufficient to guarantee their per sonal safety, to say nothing of the great desire they entertain to seek refuge among foreigners. Per ceiving that I am, by the position I occupy, bound in duty to watch over the lot of my unfortunate brothers in arms, at the bead of whom I have the honour to find myself, I address myself to your Ma jesty's sentiments of humanity, and supplicate your Majesty to leave to every Polish soldier who has sought refuge in Prussia the flee choice of the place to which he shall repair. " The confidence we entertain of the sublime virtues of your Majesty caused us to make choice of your Majesty's territory as the place of our asy lum. It is this same confidence which tranquillises me respecting the lot of my comrades in arms, and which gives me the assurance that your Majesty will not deny them the liberty of disposing of their persons as they please. " Elbing, Dec. 7, 1831. " General-in-Chief of the Polish army, " 'MATHIEU RYBINSKI." After the massacre of the Polish soldiers at Fis chau, which was afterwards repeated at Eibing, the General-in-Chief of the Polish army wrote the fol lowing letter to the King of Prussia, in order to give him an exact report of the frightful event " SIR,—Ic is with a heart lacerated with grief that I address myself to your Majesty, in order to lay before your Majesty the details of the bloody event which has plunged my unfortunate fellow soldiers into mourning and despair,—an event which I am afraid will be represented to your Majesty in a false light, seeing that it could not have been au thorized, and that the Polish soldiers who had sought refuge in Prussia did not forget, even at the moment in which they fell the victims of the most horrible treatment, either the respect which they owed to the authorities of the country in which they found themselves, or the gratitude which was due from them to your Majesty for the hospitality which your Majesty has been pleased to extend to them. A simple and exact recital of the facts will prove this to your Majesty. " Major Szweykowski, of the Prussian army, re paired on the 27th of the present month to Fischau, for the purpose of reviewing there a detachment oi Polish cavalry, nhich was cantoned in the neigh bourhood of Marienbourg. After having separated several soldiers from this detachment, who, he said, were too much compromised to return to their own country, he declared to the others, that they would be compelled to return immediately to Poland. All these soldiers, who had already on several occasions manifested their firm determination not to return to Poland, resolved to repair to Marienbourg, to Gen. Schmidt, who had guaranteed to them the free choice efa place of residence,and in whose promises they ha'} the greatest confidence. But scarcely had they begot their march, without being fortified with any kind of arms, when a detachment of Prussian infantry opposed their passage; the Polish soldiers in structed one of their officers to facilitate their ad vance; .but, at this moment, a sharp fire front the Prussian Aetathrnetitrkilled six Polish soldierson the spot, and: woinided-selren very dangerously. Evei, siPlussiart offitiet, mniitpTiembixki, being among 3Lto dtllo3 -/ I the Polish soldiers in order to harangue them, was seriously wounded. The Polish soldiers bore with heroic patience this horrible violation of hospitality and of voluntary promises, and al though much superior in number, did not commit any attack against the authority and troops of your Majesty. They contented themselves with dis persing and arriving separately at Marienbourg, where they were lodged by Major Z-laskowski in the chateau of that town. " Having thus made a ►"aithful recital to your Majesty of this terrible event, so opposite to your sentiments, I have only to claim your protection against so great a violation of the hospitality which your Majesty deigned tii grant us, and to supplicate you to allow the Polish officers and soldiers who have taken refuge in your territory, their personal liberty; seeing that all the measures which have been taken to induce them to return to their country only serve to confirm them in their resolution to suffer death rather than profit by a mere show of amnesty. _ _ " Before separating myself from the army which I have had the honour to command, I have thought it a most sacred duty to address myself to your Ma jesty, in the name of my unfortunate fellow-soldiers, in the name of suffering humanity. " The General-in-Chief of the Polish Army, " Elbing, Jan. 28. " AIATHIEU RYBINSKI." FRENCH PAPERS. (From Galignani's Messenger of Friday.) Extract of a letter of the 22d ult. from Lisbon : " A general discontent has been created by the publication of a decree, signed by Don Miguel, at Chachias, on the 16th inst., whereby, in considera tion, as it states, of the extraordinary expenses in curred by the Government in defending the dignity of the Crown, the holy religion, and the institu tions of the Monarchy, against revolutionary ma chinations at home, and the invasion with which the country is threatened from abroad, in order to pay the army, every person in easy circumstances, with sut distinction, is to advance to the Sate one-tenth of his revenue. By the same decree, other taxes are imposed upon the people at large. All these exactions are to be complied with in 24 hours, un der pain of sequestration." The following are extracts from the Augsburg Gazette of the Ist instant :—" According to letters from Warsaw, of the 20th ult., Count Lubienski and several other members of the deputation to St. Petersburgh, returned to the former capital from Russia. The Commission for affording relief to persons in the Polish army has published a new list of eighteen persons, to whom is granted jointly the yearlysum of 15,625 florins. The Prussian Con sul-General in Poland, Privy Councillor of Legation ( Schmidt), who, previous to the revolution,had made himself somewhat conspicuous as a favourite of the Grand Duke Constantine, and on the restoration of order returned to his post at Warsaw, has suddenly disappeared. It seems, that pecuniary embarrass ment has induced him to abscond. He belongs to a respectable family in Berlin, and was highly esteemed as a man of great talent. Accounts from Constantinople of the 9th ult. state that the Porte had received the most satisfactory intelligence from St. Jean d'Acre. Abdallah Pacha, during the ab sence of Ibrahim, made a sortie, which proved so successful, that a great part of the Egyptian artil lery, ammunition, and stores, fell into his hands ; their works raised for the siege were destroyed; and the Egyptians forced to quit the environs of the town. The news from Bosnia was likewise very favourable. The rebels, after having been defeated in several encounters, were forced to submit to the Turkish arms. On the 4th, the Sultan removed to his new palace, built in the European style, at Beg lerberg, on the coast of Asia. • By intelligence of the 26th ult. we learn, that the Archduchess Maria Louisa of Parma arrived there on the 24th, and went to the palace of Schcsnbrunn. Some uneasiness prevailed at Vienna lest the King of Holland should not accede to the proposals of the London Conference. Count Lalaing has been sent on the part of the King of the Belgians with a letter to the Emperor. The negotiations respecting the extension of the Greek boundaries are said to be concluded, and commissaries will probably he shortly appointed to mark out these boundaries. The Porte is to be indemnified for her compliance with this measure. Count Augustine Capo u'lstrias had ar rived at Barletta from Corfu, and intended to pro ceed to St. Petersburgh. According to the last ac counts from Argos, it appears that most of the De puties to the National Convention had arrived there. It was generally thought that the first act of this Assembly would be a deputation of three members, for the purpose of proceeding to Munich, to offer to Prince Otho, as the future sovereign of Greece, the homage of the Greek nation, and invite him to take possession of the throne as soon as possible. The Hamburgh Correspondent of the 29th ult. contains the following, dated Hanover, June 26th : —" The Duke of Cambridge will set out on Wed nesday for Brunswick, and proceed from thence to Magdeburg, to be present at the evolutions of the Prussian troops concentrated near that province. It is asserted that the King of Prussia will proceed to Magdeburg at the same time. Our Sovereign has appointed Captain Count Kielmansegge to be Hanoverian Envoy to the French Court, and Cap tain Hanbury Consul-General at Hamburgh. Ac cording to letters from Dantzic, the following Rus sian vessels were at anchor in the roadstead of that town on the 18th :—The Cubit and Berezina men of war of 84 guns; the Corera and Catherina fri gates, 44 ; the Navarino sloop of war, 36; the Diamond brig, 24; the Grand schooner, 18; and the tender-brig Lebit, of 12 guns. The crew of the whole force amounted to 3,107 men." The Garde National of Marseilles gives the fol lowing extract of a letter from La Ciotat, dated June 28 :—" The Souffieur steamer has left us to day. This vessel had come hither with a view to discover the boxes thrown into the sea from the Carlo Alberto, according to the declaration of the crew, when the Sphinx steamer fell in with her, and which contained arms, and papers in bottles. It appears, however, that in spite of the efforts of the divers, no trace of these objects has been found." (From Galignani's Messenger of Saturday.) The .Moniteur contains a royal ordinance, char ging Admiral de Rigny, Minister of the Marine, with the signatures of the War Department during the temporary absence of Marshal Soult. A courier extraordinary arrived yesterday from St. Petersburgh with despatches from the Govern ment. Letters from the Russian capital, dated the 24th ult., state that Marshal Mortier has become so indifferent to passing events from the extreme coolness with which he is treated by the Court, that his embassy is reduced to a mere nullity. The Augsburg Gazette of the 3d instant contains the following :—" Letters of the 25th ult. from An cona state, that the excommunication bull, which arrived there on the 23d, did not produce the effect that was expected from it at Rome. As the disor ders alluded to in the bull do not exist here, the Liberals only laugh at it, to the great mortification of the Papalists. The indignation of the inhabitants of Bologna at this measure, unheard of in the pre sent age, was very great ; nevertheless, the excom munication is considered a powerful weapon in the southern provinces, where the people will think themselves authorized to commit pillage and murder in order to evenge religion. Such is the situation of the Papal States. According to communica tions of the 20th ult. from Sr. Petersburg!), the late events at Paris had produced a powerful sensa tiort-in that capital. Instructions are said to have ,been forwarded in consequence to all the Russian Embassies abroad, as well as to all the commanders of corps. The former have been directed to point 'out the dangers with which Europe has again been hreatened on the part of France, and advise them to take the necessary precautionary measures. The Russian army is to be so stationed and organized, as to be able to move rapidly where their presence may be necessary. By intelligence from Vienna of the .28th ult., it appears that the meeting between Maria Louisa and her sick son was a most affecting scene. Even the meanest servants were seen standing at a distance with tears in their eyes, and wringing their hand s . By an Imperial Ordinance, the sanatory cordon along the frontiers of France, the Lombardo- Venetian kingdom, and the Austrian countries bor dering off the Adriatic Sea, has been withdrawn, and the former intercourse restored.." The S►uabian Mercury gives the following, dated Banks of the Lake of Constance, Switzerland, June 29 :—" Travellers who arrive from the Voralberg and the Tyrol assert that the Austrian troops as sembled in those countries are much more numerous than the journals have stated. In the Voralberg the soldiers are quartered upon the inhabitants, who re ceive but a very trifling compensation for the incon venience. In other parts the troops are maintained it the expense of the Government, with provision s Which are brought from Austria through Bavaria, Upper Swabia being entirely exhausted. A large park of artillery is stationed near Bregentz. In the Voralberg the cantonments of the infantry and artil lery are very close to each other, but the call are distributed more widely in the Tyrol. All these troops are ready to march at the first signal. Tney believe that they are destined for the banks of the Rhine. Reserves are ready to replace them, as they move from their positions in the Tyrol." The Quotidienne has the following :—'‘ Consi derable attention is at this moment excited in Swit zerland, by an excursion made to Fribourg by M. de Rumigny, French Minister to the Helvetian Diet. Some persons attribute it to the project of the French Government to prevent the dissolution of the Federal Act of 1815, in order to deprive Aus tria of all pretext for intervention. Others suppose that the Minister wished to ascertain the disposition of the cantons in case of a collision between France and the foreign Powers. Others assert that the journey of M. de Relmigny only related to measures of police with regard to the French who have re tired to Fribourg." A letter from Rome, dated the 25th ult., says— The Pope has just created nine new Cardinals— namely, the Treasurer of the States of the Church, the Governor of Rome, the Major Domo, the Master of the Chamber, the Nuncios of Vienna, Madrid, arid Lisbon, Father Velsi, Master of the Palace, arid Monsignor Gazzoli. Each of these new Car dinals is to receive a salary of 3,000 crowns or about 6401. sterling." The Sentinelle of Bayone gives letters of the 28th ult. from Madrid, which announce that the re-esta blishment of the Inquisition has been positively re solved on. The ordinance by.which it is to be re stored has been discussed in Council, and is to be submitted to the King for his signature without delay. The Messager des Chantbres states, that it is in contemplation very shortly to organize some battali ons of Parisian volunteers, a part to be sent to the army of the north, and a part to the west and the' south. The Nouvellisle has the following :—" It results from different private letters, relative to the politi cal situation of Spanish Cerdagne, that a corps of French emigrants, computed at several hundred men, exists in Catalonia. This corps, which is de nominated Legion of Henry V.,' is disseminated along the whole line. At Seu, there are 80 or 90 men. The principal focus is Barcelona. General , Crossart left Alp on the Ist of June, for Seu, from whence he was to go to Rens and Taint'. The ob ject of his journey was to induce the French emi grants, who were in those towns, to pass immedi ately into France, and assemble in La Vendee. He had, he said, received a letter from the Count de Bourmont, which informed him of the insurrection of seven departments, and of the presence of 100,000 Vendeans under arms, who wanted nothing but chiefs to lead them. The mission of General Crossart will have no result, but to expose himself, and those to whom he was sent, to ridicule. By this time the Carlists of Cerdagne know what to think of the 100,000 Vendeans in arms, invented by Messrs. de Bourmont and Crossart." FRENCH FUNDS, PARIS, JULY 7.-Five per Cents. 971. 20c. 10c. 15c. 20c. 15c. 10c. 25c. 20c. 25c. 97f. 20c. 30c. 40c.; Three per Cents. 67f. 10f. 67f. 67f. sc. 67f. 67f. 15c. 20c. 15c. 67E 20c. 25c. 20c. ; National Loan, 97f. 50c. ; Bank Stock, 1,660 f. 1,655 f. ; Rente de Naples, 79f. 20c. 25c. 30c.; Roman 5 per Cent. 78; Rente d'Eipagne, 10$4 ; Royal Spanish Loan, 771 7 ‘ 77 77% ; Rente Perpetuelle d'Espagne, 55 54% 55; Belgian Loan, 75% ; Haytian Loan, 200 E-Exchange on London, one month, paper, 25f. 75c. ; money, 25E 70c. ; three months, paper, 25E 60c. ; money, 25f. 60c.-Coors Authentique. HOLLAND AND BELGIUM. (From the Idessager des Chambres.) EXTRACT OF A LETTER DATED THE HAGUE, JUNE 22. I cannot account for the wish of the French, as described in your letter, to make war on us, except by the ignorance in which their Government allows them to remain respecting our situation and theirs reciprocally. The details which I transmit will serve to cast some light on this matter, if you think fit to publish them. On the commencement of the Belgian revolution two distinct interests arose in Brussels, independent of the local interest. The French party desired the union of Belgium with France, and was strongly supported by one of the most influential men in the Provisional Government. England, on the con' , irary, made every effort to prevent that union, and immense sums were distributed by her agents among the Brussels populace to circumvent or deter the Congress. Brussels was for the separation, be cause the shopkeepers and others believed that the establishment of a Court and the seat of a Govern ment would be favourable to trade. _ _ But these petty and selfish motives were far from influencing the Deputies of the Flemish provinces, who are well aware that Belgium cannot exist as an independant State, and that the possession of the country will always afford a subject of quarrel be tween its neighbours and claimants. These senti ments were shared by Hainault, and had it not been for the French and English Governments, Belgium would never have been declared a separate State. On the contrary, it would have been divided ac cording to its interest ; one part, and that the more considerable, would have become French; the other would have remained attached to Holland. The intrigues of the English Cabinet decided otherwise, and the choice of that Sovereign proves that the influence of England was all-powerful in this decision. Our Kiug William has still to learn how France allowed herself to be imposed upon that occasion. The Belgic revolution was provoked by her ; and that surely was not done for the benefit of others. France expected to derive some advantage front the support and encouragement she gave to the revolu tionists; and it was under the persuasion that the idea of aggrandisement must sway your nation, that our Sovereign made at first the propositions which he afterwards renewed on the appointment of Leo pold, and which were transmitted to M. Sebastiani by our envoys a few days before the commence ment of the campaign of last year. These propositions seemed to us to be in all re spects well calculated to conciliate the interests of each party, and also to maintain the peace of Europe, for which your Cabinet is so anxious ; and I am confident that, if these propositions had been sub mitted to the Chamber of Deputies, the majority would have voted for their acceptance. King William proposed to conclude a secret treaty with France, by which your Government should en gage to leave the Belgians and the Dutch to termi nate their differences by themselves, a business which would not have occupied much time. Leopold and his English followers would har•e returned rat her hastily to London, and the kingdom of Belgium would have departed with them. To indemnify France for her...neutrality, " all Belgium was to be immediately abandoned, except Antwerp and the lef► of the canal from the Meuse to the Scheldt, and Ghent with the left of the river. An offensive and defensive alliance was to be established between France and Holland. Finally, a treaty of commerce was to be so arranged, that French merchandise might have a ready admission into all the Dutch ter ritories whether European or trans-maritime." To me it appears incontestable that France woul , i have gained more by this treaty than she will by the independence of Belgium, even with Leopold for Louis-Philippe's son-in-law. MI the Belgic for tresses built to oppose France would have fallen into her possession. France would have obtained a considerable augmentation of tei i tory, without an , ilden or other charge. The navigation of tl c Scheldt, under the Dutch flag, would present an ex tensive means of commercial outlet, and French pro duce and manufactures would soon have tilled all the markets of Holland and the Dutch colonies- I know what secret and powerful interests induced your Government to reject these propositions, which were made with all possible good faith. Much has been said about time disposition of other Powers, but the only real opposition could be on the part of England, for William appeared certain of the sup- port of his nsrthern Allies in this transaction. Be sides, what the British Government chiefly dreads would have been avoided, for Antwerp would have re mained with Holland, and France would not have shown her flag there, except as a nation in friendship with Holland. I believe, however, that the considera tion of this alliance, being one with which England could not be well pleased, was one of its principle causes of its rejection. Others have been mentioned which have reference to the interest of commerce and of the property of certain influential persons connected with your Government; but I cannot think it possible that a statesman would sacrifice the interests of his country for his personal advan tage. I cannot, until I find it proved, believe that the Belgic coal mines were an obstacle to the exten sion of the French territory. However, the decisions of the Conference cannot be executed by us in the teams in which they pre sent themselves. The Dutch nation cannot, under the penalty of ceasing to exist, leave to the Belgians the right of navigation in the interior waters of Holland on the same footing as the Dutch. To do so, would be to annihilate our trade and our exist ence as a commercial nation; since the English, by assuming the Belgian flag, might compete with us in the carrying trade within our own territory; we might as well cut our dykes, and let the sea efface Holland from the rank of nations. We shall, therefore, oppose to the last extremity this'point in the' diplumative decision. There is another article which our Government cannot execute without some modification. It is that which relates to the debt. The King of Holland never can consent to remain responsible to the holders of the different kinds of paper issued by the United provinces and the kingdom of the Nether lands, from the time of the Stadholderate to the pre sent day, for payment of those funds under a mere re course against Belgium, which might at any moment and on the slightest pretext become either by war or some other cause, quite illusory for him. The capi talization of the debt, and the investment of the capital in the hands of the Dutch Government, to operate conversions as it might please, is the only acceptable proposition, and I doubt not that the Cabinet of the Tuileries would be the first to sup port our claim on this point. In the mean time King William has sent fresh instructions to his agents at Paris, and Prussia interferes to obtain a new delay before the com mencement of hostilities. I hope that our demands w►ll be recognized as just and well founded, and that we shall not be forced to make a last forlorn defence; for I repeat to you that the ques tion is for Holland one of life or death. After an interval of forty years from its com mencement, the north and west sides of Fitzroy-square are at length completed, not, however, quite in unison with the east and south sides, which are stone-fronted, while the other two are composition. NEW NOVELS BY DISTINGUISHED WRI TERS, just published by HENRY COLBURN and RICHARD BENTLEY, New Burlington-street : 1. The CONTRAST, by the Earl of MULGRAVE. 2. ARLINGTON, by the Author of " Granby." 3. The FAIR of MAY FAIR. 4. TALES of the EARLY AGES, by HORACE SMITH, E.g. 5. ADVENTURES of a YOUNGER SON. 6. SIR RALPH ESHER, by LEIGH HUNT. 7. EUGENE ARAM, by the Author of "Pelham." A FOWL MURDER.—A very singular cir cumstince occurred in a farm-yard at Fordwich, a few days since. Some of the labourers observed a violent quarrel to take place between a gander and his fair and feathoed spouse. The divute gradually grew fiercer, till the gander, " gathering himself up for mischief," with a vigour and determination worthy of a Grand Turk, seized his unsuspecting wife by the throttle, and, plunging into the pond with her, deliberately held her under water until she was drowned. The shameless murderer and liber tine was actually seen the next day gallanting with a gay young grey goose.—Plymouth Journal. A marked change may be already discovered in the general spirit and tone of the addresses from Scot tish members to their constituents. Candidates now speak in precise terms upon topics of general interest, in stead of dealing out empty professions of respect, and blarney about " venerable institutions." As a specimen of this improved style in politics, we call attention to Mr. OLIPHANT'S address to the electors of Perth. It is a business-like, clear, and sensible document, and such as was perhaps,never seen in this country under the old re gime. We recommend to notice also the resolutions of a public meeting held at Crieff. It is pleasing to see such a manly spirit, in remote and small towns, placed at the outer margin, or what was regarded half a century ago as the boundary of civilization. —Scotsman. NEW TALE, BY MR. COOPER.—The local e of the forthcoming work of fiction, by the great America Novelist, is laid, we understand, in Germ my, in wbic part of the world the celebrated author has lately bee r , travelling. As the name of the work " The Heiden rnauer," strikes the reader as a singular title, we think i not superfluous to state that the word means " Wall of th Heathen," and that the chief events of the story take plac respectively in a Baronial castle and in a Benedictine con vent, both in the neighbourhood of this " Heathen' Wall," which is supposed to be haunted. What may no be expected from such romantic materials in the hands o COOPER ? Sir RICHARD STEELE, the celebrated author of the Tatler, who represented Buroughbridge in 1714, carried his election against a powerful opposition by the laughable expedient of sticking two apples full of guineas ; and declaring to the electors, before whom he held them up, that the largest should be the prize of that man whose wife should be the first to bring forth a boy after that day nine months, and that the other should belong to him who should become the father of a girl within the same period. This finesse procured him the interest of the women, who are said to commemorate Sir RICHARD'S bounty to this day. They once made a strenuous effort to procure a resolution, that no man should ever be re ceived as a candidate, who did not offer himself to their c onsideration upon the same terms. A FINE SUNDAY.—To say nothing of th e health which it imparts, what can be more cxhilirating and delightful than to witness the world of happiness which accompanies a fine Sunday ? and no where is this so conspicuous as in the outskirts of this vast metropolis, which, on such a day as last Sunday, pours forth its myriads to enjoy the sunshine and the braze. Passing over the sneer at our Cockneyism, we should say that no sight can be more enchanting, and that no other place can present such a sight as London does on such an occasion. Barring a little intemperance, which bears scarcely any proportion to the absence of it, the scene closes as it begins. Every eye beams with pleasure, and the innocent enjJyrnents of such a day only prepare the sons of toil to enter with re newed spirits upon the labours of the following week. Of its religious observances we say nothing : they speak for themselves in the crowded state of all our places of wor ship. In short, to gratify the heart and eye, commend us to a fine Sunda!). By the death of the Hon. WILLIAM HENRY JOHN SCOTT, the following legal appointments (sinecures) m the gift of the LORD CHANCELLOR, fall vacant :—Re ceiver of Fines, Registrar of Affidavit., Clerk of the Pa tents, and a Cursitor in Chancery. It is probable th;t these offices, which in salaries and fees produced an income o f upwards of 3,000/. per annum to the late holder of them, will be revised or abolished by the Neble Lord at the head of the Court of Chancery. Mr. SCOTT was in. bted to his father, the Earl of anorr, for his appoint ment to the lucrative offices which have become vacant by his demise; and it will be recollected that they formed the su bject of a debate in the House of Lords three or four months ago, when the ex-Chancellor entered into a l eng thened statement relative to the provision he had made for his son. Mr. SCOTT was in his 37th year; he formerly represented Hastings in Parliament, but retired from p u blic life at the dissolution in 1826. Lord ELDON has survived his lady and two sons, so that Lord ENCOMBE, son of the late Hon. JOHN SCOTT, is the only living male descendant of the venerable Earl, who has just completed his 81st year. THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON. Deputations from the merchants, bankers, traders, and others, of the City of London, and from a similar body in the City of Westminster, waited upon the Duke at Apsley House on Friday, when addresses were presented to Grace by Jeremiah Harman, Esq., from Landon, and by Sir Thomas Farquhar, Birt., from Westminster; and his Grace read his answer, and then delivered to Mr. Harman and Sir Thomas Farquhar copies in his own hand writing. CHOLERA ON BOARD THE Rt*NLIE CUTTER AT STORNOWAY. We regret to intimate the fact of cholera having broken out on board the Prince of Wales, revenue crnizer, in the harbour of Stornoway. The Prince qf Wales has been stationed on that coast for several years, but she had been for the last six weeks,at Leith undergoing repair. She left it on the 19th ult. and anchored at Stornoway on the morning of the 23d, thus accomplishing her passage in about four days. At the time of her arrival, the crew were in their usual healthy state, with the exception of one man who had been ill before he left Leith, but whose symptoms had not as yet become those of cholera or any other contagious disorder. The vessel was, however, placed under quarantine, in conformity with an crder in Council, that all vessels of whatever description coming from infected places, whether their crews are healthy or not, shall be subject to forty-eight hours' quarantine. On the morning of the day following her arrival (Sunday), Captain Oliver, the commander of the cutter, sent for a surgeon and the officers of eus.l toms, when Dr. M'lver and the collector went out, but did not go on board; and to these gentlemen Captain Oliver communicated the startling intelli gence that since the preceding evening several easel of cholera had appeared among his creW, bite of which had proved fatal after an illness of siefetti hours. In all these cases the Captain added that he had been using the cholera remedies from the me dicine chest on board. Stornoway being at the time without any other surgeon, and if he boarded . the cutter he would according to the quarantine rules be forced to remain, Dr. Myer could render no assistance further than giving out of the boat some medical directions, after which he returned with the collector on shore. The families of the crew were all resident in Stornoway, and the news of the calamity which had thus visited the vessel threw them into a state of the greatest anxiety and alarm, more especially as the particulars were not fully made known to them. Each thoUght those of his own household dying or dead, and the certainty that all on board were liable to be attacked, naturally gave fresh poignancy to their feelings, which were by no means alleviated by the sad and solemn ceremony of sea-burial which soon took place. A boat, with apparently no one in her, was observed in the dusk to leave the cutter, which was about a mile from the shore. The men pulled amidst a heavy gloomy sea, and with the wind blowingstrong off the land, till they had arrived at a distance of about half a league beyond the headlands which en close the harbour. Here they stopped, and the usual obsequies were performed by Captain Oliver himself, afttr which the body was committed to the deep. The scene was altogether melancholy and impressive. In the distressing situation in which he was placed, and considering that no as sistance could be rendered, it was suggested by the officers of customs and the local board of health, that he should make at once for the nearest quaran tine station; and accordingly as soon as he received a supply of necessaries, the Captain proceeded on his painful mission. The crew of the cutter are about forty in all, and before she sailed seven of them had been attacked.—lnverness Courier. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. The arrivals of all kinds of Grain were moderate last week, and this morning the fresh quantities are scanty. The weather having been very favourable throughout the week, caused dull ness to prevail in the sale of every article. This morning the best samples of Wheat being again scarce were readily sold at last week's prices, but other qualities were very dull. Barley is very scarce, and may be again reported Is. per quarter higher. Beans and Pease remain as last quoted. The quantity of Oats for sale just now is not considerable, and this article maintains the terms of this day se'nnight. In the Flour trade there is no variation. PRICES ON BOARD OF SHIP. Wheat, Red (old) —s. —s. Beans, Small (new).. —White (old) —s. —s. Red 1831) 525. 58s. Tick (new)... Fine 60s. 645. Super White ( Fine.. Slyer] Foreign Rye . Barley - Fine - Superfine Malt - Fine New Pease, Grey Nev - Maple Nc - White - Boilers 'line 655. 663. 1831) 565. 603. 625. 68s. line_ 70s. 755. free 50s. 765. 345. 38s . 28s 345. 365. 375. ; New —s. —s. 50s. 625. 60s. 645. w 12s 345 . ew 3.55. 375. 325. 345 . - Harroiv (new, Brank Oats, Feed --- New - Poland , •• ••..S. ....11. , -s. -s. ..33s 358. ..40s. 425. New - Potatoe _ r)36s . . ... 40s. 345. 38s p. ./S. -5. D• -S. -S. ..17s. .. m-8. ~19$. ~ -s. New ...Ms. - scotch 263. - Irish 185.22. Flour Town (per sack) 55s - Seconds 50s. - North Country 465. Bran . 275. 248. 60s. . 55,. . 50s. ;. Ils. HIS GRACE'S ANSWER. GENTLEMEN,—The people have heretofore manifested their disapprobation of the opinions, the votes, and the actions of public men upon various occasions of public ex pectation, and the excitement of the moment may in seine iostances have led to acts of riot and disorder. But on these former occasions the public had not been excited to violence and outrage against the property and persona of individuals by the speeches of Gentlemen of in fluence, and by the publications of a licentious Press ; 11'1. had the people been urged to form " Unions in every pa rish of all the middling classes with the working or operatives," for the purpose of controlling and overruling the Government and Parliament. It is these combinations upon which a great authority has pronounced the judgment that their permanent exist ence is inconsistent with good order and the safety of the State, which have occasioned the continuance of excite• ment after all pretext for it had ceased, and the insecurity of persons and of property, which is obvious at the present moment, and of which the treatment of myself, in the middle of the day, in the most frequented communication of the capital, affords a flagrant example. I say that the pretext for the continuance of excitement had ceased, because the Bill, upon which I had differed in opinion from many whom I have now the honour of addressing, had become the law. It was my duty to submit to it, and, farther, to ftcili tate its execution by every means in my power. It is not extraordinary that you, Gentlemen, who are at the head of the great banking and commercial establish ments of the country, who are interested in the prosperity of its agriculture and of every branch of its manufactures and commerce, who have among you men possessed of the largest landed properties, and others of the largest capitals, should consider the events which you have noticed not merely as they may affect an individual or a party. Gentlemen, you know that manufactures and commerce cannot flourish, and that capital must disappear, where political agitation, dissension, and disturbance prevail; that there can Le no security for person or property ; that there must be a cessation of business and a stagnation of employment, by which all classes must suffer, but most particulaily that class whose comfort and subsistence de pend upon the daily produce of their labour. Whether you look back to the history of your own country, to the events of our times in neighbouring coun tries, or to those which we have again witnessed abroad within the last two years, you must consider the suggestion to the people to assume a direct and active control over the Government and Parliam-nt as equally inconsistent with the Constitution of the British empire, anti injurious to the people themselves. • Such an assumption and exercise of sovereignty by the people over those by whom they ought to be governed must lead to violence and outrage, and finally to those contests and misfortunes, and that degradation, of which we have at this moment before our eyes the example in a neighbouring capital, as well as the recorded evidence of history in our own country, and the test of experience in other parts of Europe. Circunisances having exposed me to be attacked, as I was, I beg leave to return my cordial and heartfelt ac knowledgments for the interest which you have expressed fur me as an individual. It gives me great satisfaction to be able to assure you that the feelings manifested by your fellow-citizens resident in that part of the metropolis - through which I passed on the day to which you have adverted in your Address, en tirely correspond with your own. Many of them, as well as their families, offered me an asylum in their houses, and I am convinced that there was not one who would not have made every exertion to pro tect me from injury. HENRY LAWES LONG, Esq. of Hampton Lodge, has announced himself a candidate for the Western division of Surrey, at the next election, it being understood that Mr. BRISCOE comes forward for the eastern. The Goldsmiths' Company give a grand aquatic fete on Saturday, with a degree of unusual splendour. The state barge has been some time under going regilding an embellishment, and is to be launched from Messrs. SEARLES', at Lambeth, to-morrow (Tues day), at twelve o'clock, when a select party has been in vited to see the ceremony. The decorations are extremely splendid, the carved figures and mouldings of gold, cover ing nearly the whole upper part of the barge. On Sunday night, about twelve o'clock, six cottages at Bognor were destroyed by fire, in consequence of a young woman leaving a candle burning in a window, which caught the curtains, and communicated from one house to the other before any assistance could be procured. Seven poor families, with 24 children, are deprived of a home, but we are happy to state that great kindness and hospitality have been shown towards them by the neigh bouring gentry. The greater part of the furniture was saved.—Bright on Herald. There was an immense anti-tithe meeting near Clonmel on Sunday. It is a curious fact that the ma terials of which the platform erected on the occasion was composed were supplied by Quakers, merchants residing in the town of Cloninel. We regret to observe that the cholera has, for the last ten days, been reserving its ravages in this place. The new cases have been regularly increasing, and fur the last four days they have been sixteen, twenty, twelve, nine teen. The deaths have augmented in a similar proportion; for we cannot fail to remark, that a great proportion of the new cases have been fatal. Within the last five days there have been forty-three deaths, and only fourteen re coveries. The disease has now continued in Edinburgh for at least four months. —Edinburgh Evening Courant. Sir WALTER SCOTT left the St. James's Hotel, Jermyn-street, about seven o'clock on Saturday night last. He was conducted to his carriage in a chair, and appeared in good spirits. Several persons of dis tinction were present at the time of his departure, whose countenances expressed their hearty wishes for his welfare. Sir WALTER was accompanied by his family to Blackwall, where they embarked on board the James Watt, steamer, which will convey them to Leith, and from thence the worthy Baronet will be removed in the easiest manner to Abbotsford. Doctor WATSON attends Sir WALTER on athe early hour this voyage. A vast morning number a o tf the James's were owing to its being disbelieved that Sir WALTER'S is re moval had even been in contemplation. SHERIDAN KNOWLES and C. KEMBLE had a misunderstanding before they left London, in the course of which sundry hard terms were applied. If we are not mistaken, the ground of difference was this :—When KNOWLES bargained for only 101. a week for acting in his Hunchback, it was mentioned that the ruinous state of the stage was the cause of so low an offer being made, and for the acceptance of it by KNOWLES. As is well known, the success of the The Hunchback redeemed Covent-garden from bankruptcy, and the average receipts were raised from 150/. to 4001. per night. KNOWLES had omitted to bargain for an increased salary in case of a run of his play, but he thought himself in equity entitled to it, especially as his benefit turned out so unprofitably. He, therefore, made his claim, which was at once rej-cted by C. KEMELE, arid he was told in addition that be had himself been no attraction in the part of Master Walter after the first night. This put Ktrowtrs' never very tranquil blood up, and the result was a violent quarrel. Observer. PAYING THE JURY.---The following scene occurred in the Court of Exchequer, Guildhall, on Thurs day evening, after the Lord Chief Baron (LvNorroasx) had left the Court, between the Jury, who had just deter mined some cases, and the Usher of the Court :—Foreman of the Jury—Usher, where's our pay ? Usher --I have not it, Sir. Foreman—But you must get it, 5ir...... u hy not, m oney. W Fore- I si c r a , n p 't ay pa u y s ?youtoda Usher-BecauseGentlem e l n h . ave Forema n not t re now two days man—. That won't do, Sir, for us ; pay us. Usher—Ecod, Gentlemen,ii tlaenbloxheuinptiye_ on it was to make a lord due to some of us ; and we'll not (Laughter from the bystanders) pay y e. Foreman (in a of me, I have not the money All —Yo i must pay us. rage)—You must Lord.payus, Foreman—Come, Sir Usher-0 Lord, u, / 0 s and M r. rim:runs, Clerks of th e (Here Mr. • • d that prevai led, an n ere answer, dby a and hub bub volley of voices from the Jurv-box, " Our monotonous , _ loch l t e l a ee v r e : laughter.) Mr. MORRIS --Your p Court, entered, and inquired the cause of the great clarnout pay !' —4 l ' I , gen tlemen! ff —(Laughter.) Foreman —Yes ! tw o days t , ,6 ; and I'm determined to have them. --This affirmat:on was followed by other voices" And I!" " And I!' " So am I!" &c.—Mr. WALTERS_You an et have it, gentlemen. The money was pr( duced, and the Jury being satisfied, departed in peace. ARRIVALS OF GRAIN IN LONDON DURING LAST WEEK. ~ V From Whence. 5 g- l ';': F b ii z 1 1 . ' • . 1 --...- ---..--....- -..--- ---. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Scks. Aldboroligh 277 ' 20 Alemouth - Bideford Bridport Boston Chic Clay -.— 30 hester - 10 330 ——.— Cowes Colchester 55 70 356 110 446 K Harwich a Leigh 228 0 4 Maldon 2BO 203 '27 535 Exeter — 1 135 Goole 247 -- Hull — 320 320 Ipswich 2OO 10 80 30 '285 Kent 319 47 1230 263 213 20 730 Lyme — _ 11 Lynn — 1422 Poole 207 _ 325 Plymouth 35 LO --• Selby 56 -- -- -- 31 -- 185 Southampton Stockton Torquay Wells 1 Wisbeach 4lO _ Woodbridge 395 42 120 Yarmouth 206 303 446 -- 50 -- 168 3 Aberdeen Banff-- nerwick Dundee 5O -- ti.verness 5O i --- Leith — 11 _1 5741 636 4092 , 3414 706 50 7394 I RISH. Ballyraine — 578 --• Belfast Coleraine — 7343 --- Cork — Wexford Youghall '24 _ stip . I'OREIGN. Dantzic - --' Hohewacht lOOO 1 -- Horsens — ..- Randers Stettin -- St. Petersburgh 1650 -- Coastways 225 —.-- AGGREGATE Rye, o—Tares, QUA N 7--Lin ITITY 0 ICI F OTH ER XI Ftapeset ds, 49. 7C6 DS 0. PULS I .Brank, DooMicAhßo w K r f so i ef itity composed „ w° lc i—t h h-- li : u e d r i n l s ' .;f ' 0 of Por k ers, was V" and Hereford Steers and Heifers), and bs, great ; of Calves roo' 1 0 SINK THE OIT i. A• This day's supply of t Mutton at a depression of abo ut half fat short-horned Lincolnshire Steoertsh,earrck"in t tds, ev barely, Friday's quotations ; w 2d.iper stone. small la meraaltl r ei lyit Beet' good; d an, b t i, h , haet andt f rva S ed h : e ii e : ysai li ta a tl n us d di .1 tity I,T 5. d, 10 • A 0 V .Large Lambs 0 0 A 4 Inferior Beasts ... . . 2 8 3 0 Prime smallditto... 3 6 n' 4 ~econci q u ality ditt on.. 3 4 3 , 6 Large coarse Calves 3 2 -, Prime 1arg.0,%.e •••• 3 8 4 2 Prim small ditto... 4 2 1 6 Prime SW"' ..... 2 0 2 4 Large e H ogs . 3 6 " 6 Inferior SheeP : - t y 'ditto 2 6 2 and ce Pork, ~..5 10 Small ... .... 4 2 4 iecond 4 Porkers _. _ o b. Coarse-woo t SUPPLY, AS I' Elt CLERK'S STATEMENT• tieaStS. 'Sheep and Lambs.' Calves. I Pigs. S Q u ti c ar kl t i e n r g o C id a p lv ig es s IL& to tor Bs .l . . esc v S 'Artbolß:ul:Ct4w:os3:l7Wliredozetitithh t e h tsr eh 4:l4 e lld a S362. : t ts ?' m l'.4 e up the St. Alban's road ; at i ) 55 0 25t I„.„,it 7 and Sussex up the other northern roads about 50 (including 11: 1 ,,, f , from the western and midland di s tricts; about 400 from .- folk, s t. in the neighbourhood of London. _....--: ......_______ ; Suffolk , ad Essex , m oas most d o Cambridgeshire fthe remainder ;fraor the elO marshes , o lc• N EWGATE AND LEADENHALL MARKETS At per stone, by the Carcass. do s. d. to s. d. s. s t. to s' s Jew, inferior OO2 0 I Mutton, inferior ... 2 4 9 ---- middling 2 2 2 4 - middling.. 210 8 --- prime large 2 8 3 0 - prime 3 04 .! --- prime small... 3 0 3 4 Pork, large '3 0 4 6 V eal 3 0 4 4 --small ....«..... 3 ti Lamb 3s. 4d. to ss. 2d. CHOLERA MORBUS, OFFICIAL REPORT' COUNCIL OFFICE, WHITEHALL._(THIS DAY.) DAILY REPORT of CHOLERA Y CASES. COUNTR. Remaining at last Report, 986—New Cases, 550—Deaths, 194-- - Recovered, '2 9 t—liemaining, 1,038. Tot a l C ases s i nce the corn mencement,:l6,33s—Deaths, 6,057. • (Signed) WM. MACLEAN, Secrets* I It is said that at the next election there wi lt not be one To, y candid tte returned for any of the Devoe' shire boroughs.