The Sun. — London, England, 1832-11-21 00:00:00

LONDON, W EDNESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 21, 1532. Much anxiety was manifested during the Whole of yesterday and last night at the Em bassies of France, Holland, and Belgium, for the receipt of news respecting the operations of the French army ; but that has been dispelled this Morni ng by the arrival of a courier with the in formation that the whole of the French army had not arrived before Antwerp, nor were they expected to assemble there earlier than yester day evening, when General CHASSE would be formally summoned to surrender the citadel. We may, therefore, expect that to-morrow morning We shall have the official intelligence whether the Citadel is to be quietly surrendered, or the siege to be carried on. A private express has been received this morn ing from Paris, bringing the Papers of Monday, and the Messager des Chambres dated yesterday. The KING'S speech was the subject of much c onversation in the political circles of Paris. lhe moderate and guarded tone with which Mi nisters touch upon the affairs of Belgium—the silenc e preserved respecting the Duchess of BERRY, and the total omission of any allusion to the present state of Portugal, is a convincing proof that the SOULT Administration will conti -44 to pursue the juste milieu system. The q)ee c h is far from giving satisfaction to the Li bel'al party, as it was expected that his MA JESTY would have announced that Eng all anti France had agreed to recognise Queen Donna MARIA as Queen of Portugal, a nd put an end to the contest, especially as Spain is on the point of receiving a new Con stitution. The attempt to assassinate LOUIS PHILIP c'h his way to the Chamber of Deputies, at first c reated a great sensation in the capital, but as s uch tricks are generally got up by the Police, t he public look e d at it in th a t li g ht, and the t, %tinds were very little affected. M. DUPIN and • LAFITTE, are the two candidates named b y th e Cot 6 Gauche and Extreme Gauche for the honour of the Presideno. M. DUPIN is t he o ne who is expected to obtain the majority, ItF he will only consent to join the Ministry. A telegraphic despatch was received late on Xonday, announcing that the advanced guard 4 f th e French army was before Antwerp, and the remainder was expected in a day or two, so that the attack on the citadel would probably ta ke place on the 24th, if the King of Him,- t AND does not accede to the terms of the t reaty. Strong reinforcements of troops have a rrived in the environs of Paris, in case of tu -1,41u1t, as great dissension prevails among the working classes—all was tranquil late on Mon day night. The illness of the King of PRUSSIA at this moment is an awkward circumstance for the tranquillity of Europe, for it is well known that the CROWN PRINCE is one of those mad ultras who would risk every thing in an attempt to gratify the criminal desires which they entertain. Within the last two years the CROWN PRINCE has three times incurred the displeasure of his father, by the violence of his political conduct and the open insults which he has shown to persons connected with the Court who were suspected of liberal sentiments. Not six months ago he made a vain display of the military force in Berlin before the French Ambassador, and we have heard that Count FLAHAUT, when on a special mission to Berlin, was so struck with the behaviour of the Prince as to make stong mention of it to his own Government. During the brave but unfortunate struggle of the Poles against the Northern Vulture, it was the CROWN PRINCE who contrived the objects by which they were beset from Prussia, and for the cruel treatment which the Polish fugitives received in Prussia they were entirely indebted to him. Al together the character of this Prince is exactly suited to the views of the partisans of des potism in every country, and should the King of PRUSSIA die before the Belgian question is settled, we may find him at the head of the army acting co-operatively with the King of HOLLAND against Belgium and against the cause of liberty in every part of Europe where it has raised its head. It is not improbable that much of the procrastination on the Belgian question has been the work of the King of HOLLAND ill the expectation of the death of the KING, and the accession of the turbulent ultra who has frequently threatened to take a course opposed in every respect to that which the present SOVEREIGN has held. That Prussia with all its forces could successfully maintain a war against France and Belgium we do not be lieve, but that a hot-headed despot might com mence such a war is highly probable, surrounded as he is by men, who, like himself, hate all that has the semblance of liberty, and are anxious to chastise revolutionary France. The present King of PRUSSIA, although a despotic Sovereign by his birth, and by the various circumstances which keep Kings under the influence of court factions, is an amiable, benevolent, and well-disposed man ; but above all, he has prudence and political discernment. He may, as a Monarch, have desired the destruc • tion of these principles which made the French nation free, and deprived KingWILLIAM of the Crown of Belgium ; but he could not rush blindly into a war for which he has not financial resources, and which would strip him of his Rhenish Provinces in a week. The next King of PRUSSIA, however, will probably be a dif ferent man. He will consult his passions and become the champion of despotism without cal culating his own strength. The result cannot be long doubtful, but if the illness of the King of PRUSSIA should be serious, and the CROWN PRINCE become Regent, to say nothing of the death of the present SOVEREIGN, the King of HOLLAND will again lay claim to Belgium with the certainty of receiving support. Frankfort Papers of the 15th, and Brussels Papers of the 18th, have been received. They all breathe of war, or preparations for war. In the Rhenish provinces Prussia is making the greatest exertions to meet any emergency that may arise out of the combined attack on Antwerp. According to accounts received at Brussels from the Hague, it appears, that in a grand Council held on the present state of affairs, it was resolved not to evacuate Antwerp, but at the same time not to attempt any invasion of Belgium, though the Prince of ORANGE warmly urged an attack. The blockade by France and England is not to be considered as a declaration of war for the present ; but things cannot remain long in this ambiguous state. Judging from appearances, we should think that the Dutch will at length consider discretion the better part of valour, and after making a flourish of resistance, will quietly surrender the citadel of Antwerp. But a day or two will settle the point. If the Prince of ORANGE attack the French army, hoping to relieve the citadel, a general war is inevitable : RHENISH PRUSSIA, Nov. 11.-This country presents now a scene of military preparation such as we have not witnessed for a long time, and this in consequence of the possibility of an immediate war with France, on account of the affairs of Holland and Belgium. which must not find us unprepared. The greatest activity prevails in all the military departments. Troops are marching to the Belgian frontiers, and all those that remain in their garri sons have orders to hold themselves in readiness to march at the first summons. Everything depends on the con duct of the French Government. We look with anxiety for what may occur in the next few days, when the im portant question must be decided. CLEVES, Nov. B.—ln the course of last night several couriers passed through this city, and early this morn ing all the soldiers of the reserve were assembled in the market-place, to be at Gueldres to-morrow morning at nine o'clock, and to be relieved by our divisions. The artillery of the Landwehr, which is very seldom called out, has also been declared moveable, and the infantry of the Landwehr is in expectation of very shortly receiving the same order. The inhabitants of this place have received notice to prepare to have a very great number of troops quartered on them. We hear that th e Prussian troop s , a ll a l ong t h e Rhi ne , are t o i be put n motion, and immediately to proceed to the Rus sian frontier next to Belgium. We are not yet fully ac quainted with the intention of these military movements ; in general it is believed that the troops will be stationed on the Meuse, to observe the French army, if it should enter Belgium : it is also said that Venloo will be occupied by the Prussian troops. MUNICH, Nov. 12.—The 19th of November is spoken of as the day when King Otho is to set out for Greece. All the troops are to be at Trieste on the 25th December. Captain Lyon, commanding the ship on board which the young King is to go to Greece, has been here for these four days, and had an audience of his Majesty on Friday. Captain Lyon leaves Munich on Monday, to return to Trieste. Captain Frintini set out for that place on Friday evening last. WURZBURG, Nov. 13.—Our journal contains the fol lowing letter from Munich, dated Nov. 10 :—" It is af firmed that his Majesty the King, actuated by true magna nimity and paternal regard for his subjects, has resolved that all proceedings against individuals for political offences shall be quashed—that those who are in prison shall be set at liberty, and that all that is passed shall be buried in oblivion. It is expected, however, that a more strict general ordinance on the subject will be published."— Frankfort Papers, Nov. 15. BRUSSELS, Nov. 17.—Private accounts received from the Hague state, as follows, the result of a Grand Council, held at the Palace after the summons from France and England. Tbree questions are proposed :- Ist. Shall Antwerp be evacuated ? 2d. Shall the notification of the blockade be considered as a declaration of war? 3d. Shall the Dutch troops enter Belgium ? The first question was unanimously decided in the ne gative. On the second, the majority decided that the ultimatum of France and England should not be considered as a declaration of war. On the third a great majority decided in the negative, though the Prince of Orange warmly supported the affirmative. The burgomaster of Amsterdam was present at the Council. In the Chamber of Representatives yesterday M. Goblet read a very long report. In the first part of it he deve loped his motives for advising the King to deviate for a moment from the line traced by the Chambers, which was to refuse every negotiation before the evacuation of the territory. Holland, seeing the firm resolution of the Belgian Government not to negotiate announced conciliatory intentions, but without really enter taining them. The frank conduct of the Cabinet of Brussels has exposed the tactics of King William, and thus the counsel he had the courage to give the King has led to the present result, which is at least a step towards a solu tion. The second part of the report was taken up with the examination of the question of intervention. The Minister read the note addressed to the Conference on the 11th of October, by M. Van de Weyer, on the application to England and France to execute the clause guaranteeing the treaty of November 15. In this note M. Van de Weyer says that the Belgian Go vernment had an equal right to call on the three other Cabinets, and it was only the distance of Vienna, Berlin, and St. Petersburgh, and the urgent nature of the case, which induced the Belgian Government to apply first to the two nearest Cabinets. A note addressed by Baron Loe to Prince Metternich, announced the application made to France and England, and stated the distance of Austria as the reason for not claiming from that Power the assistance to which it was equally bound by the treaty of the 15th November. A note, in the same terms, was delivered by General Mercks to the Cabinet of Berlin. The Minister explained the reasons which prevented the Belgian army from taking an active part in the operations against Antwerp. The treaty of the 15th of November bound the five Powers to execute it, and as long as they , remained faithful to their engagements, the Belgian Go vernment was bound not to commence hostilities. The ap plicition to France and England is no stain on the na tional honour; it is, on the contrary, the most convincing proof of Belgian probity and regard to the engagements entered into. If the Powers refused to answer the call, Belgium would have had recourse to arms, and the reso lution was decidedly expressed in a note to the Duke de Broglie, of the 23d of Oct.. stating, that it would be im possible for the Government to wait beyond the 3d of November. Unless the Powers shall have executed, or, at least, taken some steps to execute the guarantee, by that day, his Majesty the King of the Belgians will be obliged to make his own troops take possession of the Belgian territory, yet occupied by the enemy. M. Goblet read two notes delivered to the French En. voy on the 2d and 9th of Nov. By the first he announces the consent of the King of the Belgians to evacuate on the 12th November the territory not belonging to the kingdom, at the same time that he shall enter into posses sion of the territory on both banks of the Scheldt allotted to him ; by the second note he expresses the desire of the King of the Belgians, that the French would send their troops into Belgium to obtain the evacuation of the terri tory occupied by the enemy. The Minister much re gretted, as a Belgian, that a treaty guaranteed by Europe bound them not to enforce the execution of it themselves ; but should the Dutch troops enter the country, or should use the means of destruction in their power, against peaceable inhabitants and their property, we do not acknowledge in any power a right to oblige us to offer ourselves undefended to the attacks of our adversaries.—Brussels Paper, Nov. 18. We have been favoured with accounts from Berlin and other parts of Germany, received by express this morning, by the way of Paris. The funds in Berlin have recovered from the fall they had experienced from the article of the 10th of November in the State Gazette. This would imply that all fear of war was subsiding. We also find by these accounts that this article was now looked upon as merely a precautionary measure. The Diet of Frankfort, in one of their last Sittings, have issued a declaration, that if a French army were to pass the Rhine and the Meuse, they would consider it a declaration of war against Germany : this must be considered as a mere matter of form, knowing, as we do, that the French have solemnly pledged themselves to confine their operations to the siege of the citadel of Antwerp. The commercial advices from Rio Janeiro mention, that an additional duty of 1 per cent. had been laid upon imports, but it was expected this would be rescinded, as the merchants com plained much of it. It was understood that some project for a reform in the Government would early be brought before the House of Representatives. From the Ist of January to the Ist of September, there had been exported from Rio Janeiro, 291,783 bags of Coffee ; 12,469 cases of Sugar; and 112,060 Hides ; being an excess of 26,441 bags of Coffee over the exports of the year 1831. The period for the coming in of the bulk of the crop had arrived, and the Market was well supplied. Coffee was quoted 3,300 to 3,500 reis, and Sugar, 2,000 to 2,300 per alq. Hides were 130 to 140 reis each. A great scarcity of money prevailed at Rio Janeiro, and there was an excess of bills. Dollars were worth 1,200 reis, and doubloons about 2,800, being about 10 above bills. The supply of Tea was so abundant, that not more than 1,000 to 7,200 reis could be obtained. Mediterranean cargoes had of late been very limited, barely supplying the wants of the Market. A decline in Coffee was anticipated, and the new crop of Sugar would be brought in early in October. The state of the empire was considered unsettled, although the capital was tranquil, and this alone acted as a check on the commerce of the beautiful portion of the new world. Of all the strange reports which have been spread abroad, with regard to the Middlesex election, one not the least strange is, that Mr. FREDERICK POLLOCK, the barrister, is to be one of the candidates. We have been assured that some of his friends are at this moment getting up a requisition for him to stand for the county. If the electors of Middlesex have among them a score or two of men so wretchedly doltish as to prefer Mr. FREDERICK POL LOCK to Mr. HUME, to Sir JOHN SCOTT LILLIE, or even to Lord HENLEY, let them stand forth and sign the requisition, if it be only to purge the body to which they belong of the disgrace which must attach to them, whilst it is doubtful what are the numbers willing to return the Earl of SANDWICH'S Huntingdon no minee for the metropolitan county. If we thought it likely that either Mr. HUME or Sir JOHN SCOTT LILLIE would go to the wall, we should prefer Lord HENLEY to Mr. POLLOCK a thousand to one. His Lordship sees the ab solute necessity of a reform in the Church, a nd, Tory as he is, is willing to yield t o that neces ity ; but Mr. POLLOCK iS a mere lawyer, an excellent man, it may be, to argue a point before the Judges in banco, but as utterly desti tute of the feelings and principles by which a Legislature ought to be guided as a man can pos sibly be. If such a requisition be in progress as we have mentioned, Mr. POLLOCK will do well to pause before he accedes to it. We say this for his sake, as there can be no doubt of what the ultimate result must be. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.-(THIS DAY. PRICES OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. sank Stock 2 per Cent. Red. 8210 i India Stock 2 Per Cent. Cons. B 2 IA %% 1 4 Ditto Bonds l5 16 pm. ..,34 per Cent — South Sea Stock !Alto Red 8934%7 8 Old Annuities — New 334 per Cent .... 91 ( New Ditto — 3 per Cent. Ann. 1726.... 3 per Cent. Ann. 1751 .. 4 per Cent. 1826 9074 3 4 'A Ex. Bills, Xl,OOO td . 24 pm. Bank Long Ann. to expire Ditto .500...... 23 24 pm. Jan. 5, 1860 16 3-16 IA Ditto Small 23 24 pm. Oct. 10, 1859 l6 1-16 Ditto Commercial —pm. Jan. 5, 1860 l6 5-16 Ditto Advertised Jan.. 5, 1880 Bank for Account — April 5, 1880 — India for Acc0unt.......... Jan. 5, 1870 — Cons. for Nov KIK% PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS Austrian Bonds B9 Belgian Bonds Ditto Account 72 Brazilian Bonds 46X Ditto Account 46%14. Buenos Ayres Bonds Ditto Account 22 Chilian Bonds 1 Ditto Account 16% Columbian 80nd5.... Ditto Account — Ditto Bonds, 1824 Ditto Account —; Banish Bonds 67% Ditto Account — Cheek Bonds 22 Ditto Bonds, 1825. Ditto Account — Mexican Bonds, 5 per cent 21% ! Ditto Account — Ditto, 6 per cent. — Ditto Account 27% Neapolitan... .......... THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Peruvian Bonds lO 1 Ditto Account — Portuguese Bonds — Ditto Account 49!4 Regency Scrip 3l dis. Ditto Account 3f,-.ldis. Prussian Bonds lOO% Ditto Account Ditto Bonds, 1822 991% Russian Bonds, 1822 967' Ditto Account 96i i New Loan 92., 'Spanish Bonds, 1821 Ditto Account — 16% 3 4 Ditto Bonds, 1823 .._ Ditto Account 15% , / i French Rentes, sp. c. —f. —c. —Exchange —f —3 per cent...— —f —c. -- Exchange —f —c. Dutch Scrip 40% 3 4 Ditto Account 40% Ti% French Scrip 2 pm. PRICES OF SHAKES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. Per Share. Anglo Mex. Min. Co. (iss. at 5/. pm.) £lOO 8 Bolanos Mining Company £l5O 165 Brazilian Imp. Min. Co. (►ss. at 51. pm.) £2O 4614 Ditto National 1714 17 14 Ditto St. John Del Rey Ditto Cocaes 5 51 4 British Iron Mining Company .. .. Columbian Mining Co. (iss. at 51. pm.) 4814 6 English Mining Company 1 214 22 General Mining Association ll 5 14 Real dcl Monte Mining C 0...., 20% United Mex. Min. Co. (iss. at 2/. nm.) 40 41e Ditto New Senn 2 5% Alliance Fire Insurance Comp. lO 816 Protector Insurance Comp. Australian Co. Canada Company General Steam Navigation Co Provincial Bank of Ireland 25 29 COURSE or EXCH., Amsterdam C.f. 12 Ditto, at sight '2 1 Rotterdam 2U. 12 6i Antwerp 12 8 Hamburg M.B. 13 15 Altona l3 14 Paris, 3 days' sight 25 85 Ditto .2 U. 26 10 Bordeaux 26 15 Frankfort on Maine, Ex. M. 154 re tersb u r g h , ruble, 3 Us. 10 0 Vienna, effective 6. 2 M. 10 11 Trieste do lO 12 Madrid. 3 6 14 Cadiz 36 Bilboa 36 Barcelona 35% Seville 35% Gibraltar 47% ---- Arrived. Due. Arrived. Due. O America 0 0 Hamburg I O Brazil O Buenos Ayres I 0 Jamaica 0 O Carthagena 0 - 0 Leeward Islands ... 0 I Dublin 0 0 Lisbon 0 O Flanders 0 0 Malta ... 0 O France 0 0 Sweden ..... _o_ Guernsey &Jersey.. 0 1 Waterford 0 HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning... 56 minutes after 1. I Evening...l7 minutes after 2, TO CLERGYMEN, MEDICAL MEN, AGRICULTU- RISTS, LAWYERS, POLITICAL ECONOMISTS, &c. 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All the copies of No. 1 having been sold early on Sun day morning, the number was reprinted, and may be had at the office, No. 28, King William-street, Strand. tb e - ult. 10 .NOR YESTERDAY. Leghorn 47% Genoa es 10 Venice 463¢ Malta 46 Naples 4O Palermo per oz. 120 Lisbon 47 Oporto 4B IRio Janeiro Bahia 32 Buenos Ayres — , Dublin, 21 days' sight l% Cork 134 BULLION, PER OZ. X. s. d. Portugal Gold, coin 0 0 0 Foreign Gold, in bars 3 17 9 New Doubloons 0 0 0 New Dollars Silver bars. standard 0 0 0 EX-PARTE TYLER IN RE TYLER. This was a petition by the bankrupt to annul the fiat, on the ground that the act of bankruptcy, an assignment to the trustees, was assented to by the petitioning creditors. The Comr, after hearing Mr. Ching and Mr. Sturgeon for the petitioner, held that the evidence of the assent was not made out; that the fact relied on for that purpose, namely, that the City of London Society for investigating insolvents' estates, of which the petitioning creditors were members, had so assented (and their rules bound the pe titioning creditors), did not exist at the time of the docket, their assent being posterior. The petition must, therefore, be dismissed with costs out of the estate. Mr. Montagu for respondents. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.) FROM LLOYD'S, DEAL, Nov. 20.—Wind S. E.—The French ship La Bayonnaise, of twenty guns, has arrived from the west ward, and remains, with his Majesty's ship Spartiate, and the French ships La Suffrein and Melpomene. His Ma jesty's ship Larne sailed about noon for the North Sea, with despatches for Vice Admiral Sir P. Malcolm. PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 20.—Wind S.S.E. to S.—Sailed the Concord, Parker, for Oporto, with troops and horses for Don Pedro. PLYMOUTH, Nov. 19.—Wind S. E. strong and squally.—Arrived the Auvergne, Hagnet, from Rio Janeiro ; and the Freedom, Cousins, from Labrador, and 300 barrels of fish, thrown overboard. Off port—the Ludlow, Pearson, from Demerara. FALMOUTH, Nov. 19.—Wind S. S. E. to E., fresh breezes and squally.—Arrived the Hope, Hicks, from La brador. LIVERPOOL, Nov. 19.—Arrived the Monongahela, from Philadelphia; William, from Charleston; Triton, from Montreal ; Volumna, from Halifax ; Spartan and Gazelle, from Calcutta; John Atkins, from Richebucto; Inca, from London ; and Maria Brandt, from Archangel. Hutt, Nov. 19.—Arrived the Columbus, Nesbitt, Express, Akester, Express, Mitchell, Lord Wellington, Chew, Fanny, Estill, Samuel Spyvee, Meggett, Neva, Simpson, Nious, Noble, Jessie Casson, Lindley, and Ra pid, London, from St. Petersburgh ; Ajax, Storey, and Enterprise, Ayton, from Wyburg ; Vesta, Mickle, from Pillaw ; Oak, Linklater, from Rigi ; and Peter and Jane, Kelsey, from Gottenburg. LYNN, Nov. 19.—Arrived the Brunswick, Wood, from Riga. The Maria, Browner, from Genoa to Amsterdam, has been detained and sent into Portland Roads. The Lady Goderich, from Quebec, arrived off Ushant on Saturday last. The James Sibbald, Capt. Darby, from London, arrived at the Cape of Good Hope, and sailed on the 10th Sep tember for Bengal, with the Bishop of Calcutta on board. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. The arrivals of all kinds of Grain this week are short, and of Flour inconsiderable. There has been scarcely any thing doing in the Wheat trade to-day, and prices may be reported the same as on Monday. Barley, Beans, and Pease, continue as last quoted. For good Oats rather more money is demanded, but not obtained. The Flour trade continues firm. ARRIVALS. Wheat. Barley. Oats. English 2,430 qrs. 3,490 qrs. 4,390 qrs. Irish 585 - - Foreign - - Flour. 3,s6osacks - brls. THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. Up to the present hour we have no arrival of conse quence, with the exception of the King of the French's speech, which is looked upon in the city as very mo derate, and without bombast. The attempt to assassi nate him did not succeed. We understand that 800 Hebrews form part of the gar rison of the citadel of Antwerp, all of them volunteers. We have no information from that quarter as yet, which is anxiously expected, as also the summons of the French General. Consols, which left off yesterday at £33i for the Account, opened at 83i 1. The Foreign Market is quite inactive as yet. The Hamburg steamer has not as yet arrived. HALF-PAST ONE. Up to the present time we have neither reports nor political news to communicate. The Ostend steamer is expected every hour, which will bring late accounts from Antwerp._ The: Hamburg steamer is also! due. Consols for the Account are 83f with little doing. In the Foreign Market Dutch Stock is rather better. In other Foreign Securities little or nothing doing. THREE 0' CL 0 CIL Consols for Account, 834 i. CLOSING PRICES.—FOUR O'CLOCK. Consols - ,IDanish 671 Dittofor Account 831 i Greek Brazilian Bonds 464 Mexican ..., Buenos Ayres... Peruvian ...,.... Chilian Ditto.... Russian C3lumbian 1824 Spanish . . FROM AUTHORITY.—The report of the death of Lord Exmount on the 15th, which has been copied into some London papers from a Plymouth paper, is unfounded. His Lordship was still alive on the 19th, although we regret to state that no hopes are entertained of his recovery. We understand that Lord HENLEY and his Committee are highly incensed at the chastisement they have received. Our " hostility," as they are pleased to term it, has been richly earned by his Lordship, and the calum niators who befriend him. The characters of public men are public property, and it is the duty of the public to protect them when unjustly assailed. Mr. HUME had so long been the subject of misrepresentation and abuse, that Lord HENLEI and his Committee probably thought it a good speculation to put his patience to the trial. This is, according to the HENLEY code, "Prac tical Religion!" And upon a par with his scheme for working •' a great Christian end, by Christian princi ples, and by Christian means," when he talks of mortgag ing the last acre of the country to pay the owners of the slave the price of his emancipation. But to come to par ticulars, we wish his Lordship would answer the following questions :—Did not his Lordship, at the public dinner for the Mile-end New Town Charity School, at the Globe Tavern, declare that he h.d no desire, and would not join any colleague at the ensuing elections? Did not Mr. BYNG declare the same thing ? Did not Mr. BYNG subsequently, in the Sessions-house, at Clerkenwell, assert that his inclinations lay towards Lord HENLEY'S return ? If these are not answered, we shall probably put a few more.—Morning Chronicle. THE COTTON TRADE.—The demand dur ing the past week, to Friday last, has been limited; prices, steady; caused, no doubt, by the continuance of short supplies; otherwise the determination of spinners, since 28th September, to keep out of the market until their last thread had been spun, :would have brought down prices. From the 7th October to the 18th November, 1831, the sales were 96,440 bales; the same period this year the sales only amount to 73,046. Still the stock on hand here must be considerably less than it was at the same period last year; and the supplies merely from hand to mouth with spinners. 1831—Imports to 18th November 743,517 bales Sales to ditto 746,500 183 2—Imports to 16th November 722.288 Sales to ditto 762,704 This short import and increased sale amounts to 37,460 bales. The import from 18th November to 31st Decem ber was 73,500 bales. Supposing that, from this day to the clo se of the year, t h e i mports equa l t h ose o f the s ame time last year, which is not probable, as it is well ascer tained that the stock of cotton in the United States this yeir is 100,000 bales less than the preceding at this pe riod, and our stock were to remain the same, say 212,350 bales, there would be only the difference be tween 37,460 and 73,500, or 36,040 to be taken off the market from this until 31st December, six weeks, a 6,006 bales per week. The sales from 18th November, 1831, to 31st December, amount to 16,638 bales per week. Can the alarm caused by the fear of a war with Holland reduce the consumption of cotton 10,632 bales per week ? Liverpool Albion. ROLLS COURT.-(THIS DAY.) PATTISON V. PATTISON. In this case the testator by his will bequeated 501., being annuities to his wife after his decease. Some time after making his will, he executed a codicil republishing that will, but in the interim between the execution of the will and the making of the codicil, the testator, in conse quence of receiving a bonus of 1001., bad converted the 501. long annuities into new annuities, and the question was, whether the widow was entitled to the legacy, or whether it was not to be considered as being revoked, there being no such fund as the testator mentioned in hi- , will in his possession at the time of executing the codicil. On the case being sent to the Master, he reported that the legacy had been revoked, to which the widow ex cepted. Those exceptions now came on for argument. His HONOUR, after hearing the arguments, although be thought the widow's case an extremely hard one, con coned in the judgment of the Master, and ordered the exception to be overruled. VICE-CHANCERY COURT.-(THIS DAY.) His Honour, the VICE-CHANCELLOR, took cause to day, but up to the period of our reporter leaving, nothing of the least public interest bad come before the Court. KING'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.) PHILLIPS V. THORNTON. In this case which was a motion on the part of the de fendant for a new trial, Mr. Pou.ocx, Mr. Sergeant COLERIDGE, and Mr. FoLeerr, yesterday were heard in support of the verdict. Sir J. SCARLETT (with whom were Mr. CAMPBELL and Mr. R. RICHARDS) this morning addressed the Com t in support of the motion. He recapitulated the main facts of the case. Messrs. Thornton and West, who were eminent merchants, had establishments in se veral parts of the world, and among them was one at Batavia. Mr. Thornton, who was the founder of the fortunes of his own family, sent his brother, Mr. A. Thornton, to manage the concern in Batavia, and he was accompanied thither by his sister, Miss Thornton. Some time after their arrival, Mr. A. Thornton died, and Mile, Thornton, who seemed to have been peculiarly adapted t o conduct the establishment, succeeded him in its manage went. In the course of 1826, Mr. Thornton received intelligence that his sister was likely to be married to a native, named Foristienne, and he wrote to her, saying, that if she married any person worthy of her, she might debit the concern with 10,0001. for her marriage portion. The plaintiff, Capt. Phillips, commanded the Margaretta, belonging to Mr. Thornton, which vessel was sent to Ba tavia with a cargo, Phillips having contracted with Mr. Thornton to receive for the voyage 101. a month, besides certain allowances ; and it was provided that if he chose to remain at Batavia for the benefit of Mr. Thornton, he should receive the same sums exclusive of his board. When Phillips got to Batavia he left the Margaretta, in tending to remain there, and wrote to Mr. Thornton con demnatory of the character of Mr. Forestienne, who, he said, would ruin the concern if he married Miss Thornton, and he expressed his determination to prevent such an event taking place. In February, 1827, Miss Thornton em ployed Captain Phillips to go in a vessel called the Janus, to the co ist of Sumatra, for a valuable cargo, she agreeing that he should reeeive a dou ceur of 2001., besides his pay, and allowances by the former contract with Mr. Thorn ton. Miss Thornton was then in had health, from what cause did not appear, and at Captain Phillips's request, she accompanied him to Penang. She then prepared to return to Batavia, but Captain Phillips refused to proceed without her, and eventually she went the voyage with him. Part of the plaintiff's claim for commission was respectini. that voyage. On their return to Batavia the ship Oscar was there, having lost her commander, and Miss Thornton wished Captain Phillips to take charge of her to Eng land, agreeing that he should receive 400 guilders a month; he, however, refused, and in a few days after wards he married her. That was in August, 1827. Hr continued there and corresponded with Mr. Thornton, who, though grieved at the marriage, was desirous of mak ing the best of it, and wrote letters to Phillips in terms of kindness and confidence; those letters were produced at the trial, and no doubt had the effect of inducing the Jury to believe there was a con tract with him as Mr. Thornton's agent. Mr. Thornton, however, intended to send his nephews Mr. Thornton and Mr. West to conduct the establish ment, but before they arrived Mrs. Phillips died, leaving her husband, and two other persons, her executors. The nephews then took charge of the establishment. Capt in Phillips, it was sworn, was incompetent to conduct it, fo he was ignorant of the language in which the con tracts were made, and could neither buy nor s e ll. Captain Phillips then came to England, and called up •n Mr. Thornton for some money, having then the letter in his pocket in which Mr. Thornton told his sister to debit him with 10,000/. upon her marriage, but he did not say anything about it to Mr. Thornton. On his asking for money, Mr. Thornton said be must wait until the ac counts from Batavia arrived, to see how they stood. The only claim he then made was 117/. as Captain of the Margaretta. The contract for the 2001. for the voyage to Sumatra, was never known to Mr. Thornton until the trial of the cause. At length the accounts from Batavia arrived, signed by the executors, and by them it appeared that Captain Phillips owed Mr Thornton a balance of 3001. That account was shown to Captain Phillips, who did not object to its correctness, and he never said a word about the 10,000/., but all at once he brought his action for 5 per cent., and 2.i per cent. commission, on the transactions of the house in Batavia during the time he was there. The Jury found a verdict for the plaintiff for about 3,000/. The Learned Counsel then proceeded in his argument in support of the motion for a new trial, and was followed by Mr. CAMPBELL. Mr. POLLOCK, on the other side, made a proposition to terminate the case by leaving the Court to say to what amount the damages should be reduced, as the plaintiff was clearly entitled to a very considerable sum. The proposition, after a considerable discussion, was acceded to, and it was agreed t hat the plaintiff should have 1,0001., allowing a set off of 2501., leaving the b►lance due to the plaintiff of 750/. COMMON PLEAS.-(THIS DAY.) Mr. Justice PARK sat this morning at Nisi Prius in one of the Committee-rooms of the House of Commons. BUCK V. CRUICKSHANK. The plaintiff in this case, late a tailor in Regent-street, brought his action to recover the sum of 33/. for goods supplied by him to the defendant, who had pleaded in. fancy, to which the plaintiff bad replied that his demand was for necessaries. Mr. Sergeant Bustrus stated the case for the plaintiff, and called the person who was foreman to him when the clothes were supplied. He deposed that in March, 1831, the defendant came to his master's shop, and ordered a suit of clothes, stating that be was cousin to a Captain Wyatt, who was a customer, and re ferred them to him. The clothes were sent home to Park• place, not in any clandestine manner, where he resided with his mother. They knew that he was a minor, and at one time, when he ordered a Highland dress, they re fused to give it him, as they did not consider it a necessary. The charges were reasonable. In his cross-examination, he said when the defendant first called he was dressed like a gentleman and a man of fashion, and the clothes supplied to him were not superior to the station he seemed to hold in society. Mr. Sergeant CROSS addressed the Jury for the defen dant. He said the cause had been hurried on in the absence of the defendant's mother, or any one who could have told them what the defendant's rank was. The case was a momentous one, and he was sure the Jury, as fathers and tradesmen, would not, by their sanction, allow , young men to ruin themselves by contracting large debts with speculating persons like the plaintiff. They would say whether the goods were necessaries or not. By look ing at the bill, they would find that, from March to Nov. th,re were no less than three coats, four vests, and six pair of trousers. Could all these be necessary for any man, far less for one who, when he gave the first order, was dressed as a gentleman ? Then look at the charges, 51. 15s. 6d. for a coat, and 21.55. for trouser. It was for them to say whether these were reasonable prices fur a young man with no pre tence to rank. He would not like to give such high pric,s. The Learned JUDGE left it to the Jury to say whether they considered it necessary that in so short a time so many clothes were necessary, and whether the prices were such as were fair and reasonable. The Jury, after a very animated consultation, returned a verdict fur the plaintiff, damages 281. THE UNIVERSITY.—It is said that the Hon. GEORGE PONSONSY, brother-in-law to EARL GREY, ill about to become a candidate for the representation of the College.—Dublin Morning Register. THE MONCOIN AFFAIR.-Captain BURKE has surrendered himself to abide his trial, under ti :e finding of the Moncoin inquest, and is now in our county prison, —Kilkenny Moderator. \ ' l7 v art 1 \\ • „ .1 , • e FINE ARTS.tra v .` i N ; e 4 . THE BOOK OF BEAUTY ik4W.Y. p LONDON. 1832. / " The Book of Beauty for 1833 E his is a misnomer. Such a book is for all time. There is no fashion in beauty. It does not pass away with the changed spirit of the times ; its sun never sets, but burns high in the East for ever. How many thousand upon thousand mu tations have the physical and moral world under gone since Helen hurled all Greece on Troy ; since Aspasia touched the lips of Pericles with fire ; since Thais lighted the first torch in Per sepolis ; since Anthony " resigned the world for Cleopatra's eyes ;" and, to descend to more mo dern times, since Nell Gwynne more than half swayed the destinies of England, and Ninon de l'Enclos beheld all France at her feet ;—how many strange mutations, we repeat, has the world undergone since these various Circes made earth brighter by their presence ;—yet their power remains omnipotent as ever ; to the eye of faith they still present indestructible charms ; still fancy kneels in idolatry at the feet of Helen ; sees in " Egypt's brow " the mirror of love, of grace and sentiment ; and still would gladly break a spear in defence of the Scottish Mary. Dr. Moore, in his one clever tale, " Zeluco," has happily illustrated the undying power of beauty, where he makes his two Scottish footmen (a sort of Pylades and Orestes), when, after a long separation, they meet at Naples, and are affected to tears by the interview, dis cuss in the course of the evening, over a quiet snug glass, the merits of Mary Queen of Scots, and as a matter of course get into such a hot war of words respecting the question of her in nocence or guilt, that despite the sacred bond of friendship that has bound them for so many years together, the one runs the other clean through the body, adding that he shall die happy since it has been vouchsafed him to establish the innocence of the most beautiful of women. Beauty, we repeat, knows no decay ; it is like the elements eternal, and like the dead Caesars, " still rules our spirits from its urn." Many is the young heart that even now beats quicker at the sight of a portrait whose lovely original has been dead centuries since; and few indeed are those who have not as vivid an idea of the divine Helen (even though she herself, according to Ovid, was sadly conscious of decay, " Met quoque, ut in speculo rugas asporit aniles " Tyndaris, et secum, cur sit bis rapta, requirit,") as if she were still living among them. No, No! There is no such thing as decay in beauty. On this point, which we hold as a Gospel truth, we will break a lance with the stoutest heretic. Mr. Heath's book is, in every sense of the word, a book of beauty. It makes the sense I ache with excess of pleasure. What variety— what delicacy—what sentiment—black eyes con tending for the supremacy with blue, the rose with the lily, and both equally irresistible ! We protest we have been sadly puzzled as to which lady in this collection we should fling the apple, or in Moslem fashion, the handkerchief. At one moment we are the avowed champion of Lolah ; the next, Gulnare wins us to her cause. Now the Orphan, and now the Bridemaid, put in their claims to our allegiance. But ten minutes since we would have stood against the world in arms for Geraldine, but alas! we have since seen Rebecca, and now wear her favours in our cap. Seriously speaking, we know not where to bestow a preference, but, like Garrick between Tragedy and Comedy, stand undecided between the earnest pensive black eyes of the East, and the more sprightly blue ones of the West. In a garden where every flower is sweet, it is impossible to make a selection ; all that a discreet man can do, is to admire and be thankful. The portrait of Rebecca contains a world of sentiment and beauty. The engraver has ade quately worked out the conception of the painter. Its only defect is (but this is scarcely perceptible except on hypercritical inspection), that the face is not sufficiently oval. It is too fleshy for the romantic, high-souled enthu siast,—that loveliest of the children of Israel. Medora is full of character; but it is painful to look on. It shocks our sense, of what Phi losopher Square would call " the fitness of things," to think that one so young, so gentle, so beautiful, should be compelled to yield to the destroyer. Were she a fright, this would be no great matter—for death is common to us all— but she is supremely and ineffably lovely, which makes it a most distressing business. Of the re maining pictures we have merely left ourselves space to say, that the majority of them are gems of the first water, arid such as, we fear, will set many a young man sonnetteering for a month to come. By way, however, of counteracting this mischief, we recommend Mr. Heath, as speedily as possible, to bring out a " Book of Frights." Law and Literature will supply him with lots of materials. HASTINGS, Noy. 17. His Royal Highness Prince George of Cumberland arrived here on Saturday last, accompanied by his tutor, Mr. Jell and attendants, Sir Wathen Waller, Bart., having previously arrived. The Duke and Duchess of Cumberland arrived on Wednesday evening at their residence in Breed's-place, His Royal Highness takes his walks, and drives daily, placed. accompanied we h b e y ar th t e ha D t u h k is e RannydalDHucighhensse,ss has atte alreadyndedby Sir ren. Wathen Waller, under whose care his R oya l Hi g h ness is ceived much benefit from the mild and salubrious air of Hastings, and, we trust, ere many months, to have the pleasure to announce his recovery. Sir Francis Burdett and family are shortly expected. The Duke and Duchess of St. Alban's are expected to sojourn here shortly. We never yet witnessed so much bustle, and so fair a prospect of a good w i n t er season h ere; bat the fact is, the mildness of the town is not generally known. Its southern aspect, sheltered by high bids from ... the north, sa p nl r so e o v w e v n we t r e ey p vep i e lr r ey c as i n rana g rte iLl d see w i e a a y t Ti h e ha r e from crhidoei cs o e f . t a.i e nn n de v yt t he s v i s iti ng us, and a oa, n r, ry therefore, we can boast and say, there is certainly no place like Hastings. On Saturday the Covent-garden Company were called together, when, in consequence of the bad succ ess which has ma r k e d t h e open i ng o f t h e season , it was proposed to the m , on t h e part o f t h e M anager , th a t their salaries should for the present be reduced one-half. The performers would not consent to such an arrange melt, but agreed to play only three nights a week till Christmas, on condition that they dm ald b,t ;,aid up to Saturday night. This was complied with, aid the nio. ney was forthcoming in the afternoon,