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portant case by a laudable sense of propriety, and a delicate regard to circumstances. The character of the Duke is able to challenge the strictest scrutiny ; nor have I the smallest fear, that it will run any risk of being misinter preted, where his views and motives are clearly understood and justly appreciated. A FRIEND TO FAIR CRITICISM. FRENCH PAPERS. PORTUGAL. Vico (in Spain), Oct. 4, 7 o'clock, a.m. The squadron of Don Miguel still remains in our Port, though the Admiral had announced that he would sail to day. The sqsaadron of Don Pedro, under the command of Sartarius, consisting of two frigates, three corvettes, four brigs, and a steamer, anchored yesterday in the Bay of Islas, about two leagues from our port. A brig of 16 guns, with the flag of Donna Maria, pre zented itself yesterday, at the mouth of our harbour, its flag raised in token of a wish, on the part of the Captain, to speak with us. A boat was lowered at the same time, in which two officers, from Dan Pedro's army, passed over, and had a cqnversati , n with M. Simper, Governor of the place. They then returned to their ship. After this, M. Samper visited the Joao Vl.,where he had a lung interview with Don Miguel's Admiral. We are at a loss to under. stand what these visits are ahout. It is said by some, that Sartorius sent these officers to declare to Samper, that he must be responsibl e for his conduct respecting the Brazilian vessel which Miguel's squadron had captured. Others state that the officers merely wanted water and provisions, and an order for some came from Madrid!, authorising the official persons to afford the same facilities to the crew of ooe party as well as those of the other. Our Board of H ea lth i s oppos Noon. ed to the entrance of the squadron of D on P e d ro i nto our. harbour. An order has been communicated to Admiral Sartorius, to suspend his progress into the port, until an answer should be re ceived from Government to the two estafettes which were sent up last night. Oct. 6 clock. The squadr on o f S artor i us anchored , at Eight the o' mouth of our harbour arranged in the order of battle. The flag of Don Pedro was raised in all the ships. An officer w d s sent by Sartorius on shore, to hold a conference with our Commander, and the Admiral of the squadron of Don Miguel. But still nothing has been decided. The Com mander of the place still declines giving permission to Sartorius to enter the harbour on the ground of the exist ing quarantine. The answer from the Government is ex pected this evening. At all events, it is quite certain that the ISigueli a squadron is blockaded in our port, and we know not how it may terrain ate. I)AY AT ONV O ' CLOCK. New 5 per Cent. India Stock Ditto Bond‘ South Sea Stock MIA Old Annuities.... .. 'New Di - tto ............ - 1 per Cent. Ann. 1751 - Ex. Bills, £l,OOO 22 24 pm. Ditto .... . . 24 pm. Ditto Small 22 1 p Ditto Commercial ....... pm. Ditto Advertised Bank for Account India for Account . ...... - Cons. for Nov F 3 ; 14 4 fiN -------___-_, PRICES OF STOCKS THIS Bank Stock 3 per Cent. Red ...83 2.},i 3 27 , ,, 3 per Cent. Cons. 33% 3 ,i% % 34 per Cent. 99% i Ditto Red.-- ............... 90% % , 3e5 .7 3% per Cent. 91%%1 per Cent. Ann. 1726 4 per Cent. 1828 Bank Long Ann. to expire Jan. 5, 1860 18 5-1 8 % I Oct. 10, 1859 - Jan. 5 1800 -- Jan. 5, 1880 -- April 5, 1880. ......... - JAS. 1870...... 'PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS Austrian Bonds 75% Ditt o Account... 75C; 5 I .i 6 Braz ilian Bonds ........ - Di tto Account...., 4. • iii Bue nos Ayres Bonds . 8 ...... 8 ChilDitto Account.... ian Bonds .... ..... Ditto Account Columbian Bonds ........ ..... 93-i Account Ditto Bonds, 1821 IN Ditto Account Danish Bonds 08 14 1 4 Ditto Account Creek Bonds 22 Di tto Bonds, 1825 'S '74 .. Dit to Account — olekican B on d s, 5 per cent 22 ._% Ditto Account D itto, 6 per cent .614 Neap Ditto Account 06a i Account lIIS DAY AT ONE O ' CLOCK. Peruvian Bonds RN Ditto Account Portuguese Bonds Ditto Account 49V,14 Regency Scrip `l;i i dis. Ditto Account 3,5 Z dis. Prussian Bonds 993' ? Ditto Account — Ditto Bonds, 1822. Russian Bonds, 1822 98Y, Ditto Account 98% New Loan 9344 Spanish Bonds, 1821 Ditto Account 13.7 i Ti Ditto Bonds, 183 Ditto Account 13 1 ei French Rentes, sp. c. —f —c. --Exchange —f —c. —ll per cent —f. —c. Exchange —f —c. Dutch Scrip 4l 40N Ditto Account ...41 40i 1 40; az...rich Scrip ..•............... 2pin. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAT AT ONE 0 CLO r C e x r . share. Paid. 814 ~A_llga l o Mex.. Min. Co. (iss. a t Si. p m .) XlOO r nos Mining Company £l5O 135 47 n z iltan Imp. Min. Co. 053 at 5/ pin.) £2O 55 43 Ditto St. John Del It y • • lO 954 British Iron Mining Company .£so Columbian Mining Co. (kg at Si .m.) 4'914 English Mining Company' . * 12% 22% 1r24 General Mining Association 15 14% Real del Monte Minin C 0...., --- 3!,4 111111 ed Mex. Min. Colliss at 2/ urn.) 40 Ditto hex Min . . • in° 434 Alliance Fi £3, 1 ,4 re Insurance Comp. £1 4 6 1: teetor Insurance Comp. ..... ..... 7 , cAustralian co. 17 39 !'‘''i arlada Comp:MY 13 sl , , General Stearn Navigation Co. 2S 41 , , Provincial Bank of Ireland R an PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, OCT. 20. Cana S o. 3 ner cent. 9°- Stock 3' ' per cent. 904 'National Ditto '24 Dito, ' '''' 90% !Patriotic Ditto per c eil c t w Gov, D - 1 Hibernian Bank u_ , eb. 31.,', per cent.... 84% ,Provincial Ditto Grand Canal Stock. ........ —.lmperial Mine City Deb. 4 per cent — ' Mining Co. of Ireland Ballast Office Deb. 4p c ' Commercial Buildings COURSE OF EXCTh Amsterdam ............ C.F 12 6 Ditto, at si g ht . ........... . ..I'2 4 Rotterdam. .. 2 U 12 61 Atitwerp ....................... 12 8 Haniburg ............ NI.B. 13 15/ Altona .. . .: . ... . : ... .: ....... 13 151 Paris, 3 sightdayr... . 2-5 85 Ditto. •• 2 U. 26 10 Bordeat; . ................ 15 Berlin . .. .. ............... .. " .. Frankfi;rton Maine, .. 3/. N1.154i Petersburg, ruble, 3 us. 10 0 Vienna eflective ft. 2 M. 10 13 Triese'......do ...... ~ .........10 14 Cad Madrid ........................... 36 ailboiz ............................. 36 Barcea .., . . ...... . ........ a lona .. '.. . ....... Wi Seville ...... . . . ........ 35V2- Gibra1tar.............._ ................ -- --_____ .NCIE YESTERDAY. Leghorn 47M Genoa 26 10 Venice 47 Malta 46 Naples Palermo per oz. 120 Lisbon Oporto 47,4 Rio .laneiro 10 Bahia g•] Buenos Ayres Dublin. 21 days' sight 1 Cork ____ 1 BULLION, PER OZ. X. 6. d. Portugal Gold, coin 0 0 0 Foreign Gold, in bars 3 17 9 New Doubloons 0 0 0 New Dollars ISilver bars, standard 0 4 101 ArrivedHAlLS. Due. Due. Arrived. 0 2 _Americ a .. 0 0 Hamburg ', Alrazil ************* 0 I) B uenos' ** ************** 0 13 0 Holland 0 0 CarthagenYar" 0 Jamaica 0 Leeward Islands I Dublin ** 0 0 Lisbon 0 0 Flanders ** ******** o 0 Malta 0 France... ............. .. 0 1 0 Sweden 0 Guernsey& Jersey.. 0 1 Waterford RI " WATE AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning.- SS 2. 1 Evening....ls minutes after 3. 4 *tat. • -.lr • • • LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING. OCTOBER 24, 1832. By an express from Brussels we have this morning received an official account of a change Of Ministry in Belgium. The KING has ac cepted the resignations of MM. de RAIKEM, e DETHEUX, and COYIIEN, and has ap- Pointed the following :-- Minister of Justice, M. LEREA U. Interior, M. CHARLES ROGIER• th en Mini s t er o f Fi nances was not appointed nen the express left. voGeneral GOBLET, who was Minister for , h at Affairs p ar i n t er i m, i s now fixed in office. C O u " t FELIX DE MErtoDE, the Chevalier E Trt ,. Eux, and M. tie MEULENAERE, are famed Ministers of State and Members of the Council. We may now congratulate King LEOPOLD On the firmness by which he has emancipated himself from the Anti-Liberal party, and, by the appointment of moderate and reasonable me n , of undoubted patriotism, avoided the error by which Princes fall—reli ance on a Court faction. The new Ministry' come into power at 4 fortunate time. This day or to-morrow the courier sent by M. VAN DE WEYER to an nounce the conclusion of a treaty' between Great Britain and France, for the coercion of the Dutch, bill arrive in Brussels, and the popular enthu -lasin will give great f ac i lities to the new Go \'ernment. M. LEBEAU, the new 4 'l(l the chief Member of the of Justice, Cabinet, was for merly Minister for Foreign Affairs, and was re cently appointed Counsellor of the Court of Appeal of Liege. He was one of the deputa tion who came to this country to offer the crown to LEOPOLD. He is one of the best orators of the Belgium Chamber of Representatives, and distinguished himself greatly as a writer, before the revolution, by a vigorous and honourable opposition to the despotic measures of King WILLIAM, in the Politique, a Liege Journal, of which he was editor. He is also the author of an admirable treaty on " Le Pou voir Royal et ses Prerogatives." In this work there is evidence of great talent and political in tegrity. M. CHARLES ROGIER has been for some time Governor of the province of Antwerp. He was Member of the ' Provisional Government during the revolution ; he is a sincere patriot, an honest man, and a good writer. Although by no means so good an orator as M. LEBEAU, from want of confidence in himself, he has great influence in the Chamber, owing to his reputa tion for honesty. He was for some time a col league of M. LEBEAU in the Politique, the Journal to which we have just alluded. The character of General GOBLET is already well known to most of our readers He is, we believe, a personal favourite of the KING, and rather popular with the nation. After what we were enabled to state yesterday, the public are not taken by surprise at the an nouncement of the Times, of a treaty having been concluded between Great Britain and France, for the adoption of measures to enforce the Belgian Treaty. To what our Contempo rary has stated, we may add, that the united fleets will not commence operations until after the sth of November. The King of HOLLAND has, there fore,nearly a fortnight for reflection. If within that period he should not consent to the terms of ar rangement proposed to him, he must either be a madman, or have received positive assurances of support from Russia and Prussia in his designs on Belgium. The French fleet is expected to arrive at Portsmouth to-morrow. M. CASIMIR PERIER, the second Secretary of the French Legation, and other gentlemen connected with the Em bassies here, will, we understand, be at Ports mouth to witness the extraordinary and gratifying event of a junction between the fleets of France and Great Britain. The following extract is from the Times:— " 'We understand that the treaty by which the opera tions against Holland are to be regulated was signed yes terday morning, after a conference which lasted several hours, by Prince Talleyrand on the part of France, and Lord Palmerston on the part of the English Government. Orders have been transmitted for the immediate march of the French troops into Belgium. The French vessels of war, from Brest and from Cherburg, were to sail yester day, and it may be expected, therefore, that in the course of to-morrow the combined fleets will he assembled at Spithead, ready to sail for the Scheldt, which movement, it is expected, will now take place with very little further delay. " It is, we understand, stipulated that the French troops shall withdraw as soon as the object of their march is accomplished—that object is the reduction of the fortress of Antwerp, and its delivery to Belgium. This, it is cal culated, will occupy 50,000 men about twelve days. Prussia and the other Allies consent to the movement. " The good faith with which France fulfilled her en gagements in the autmn of 1831 affords reasonable grounds for trusting to her present engagements. The fury of pro pagandistn and the desire of conquest seem also to be on the decline among French politicians, and no Minister whom France ever possessed can be more relied on than the Duke de Broglie in his diplomatic pledges. His character as a man of sincerity and honour is above all suspicion." A private express has been received this morn ing from Paris, bringing the Papers of Monday, and letters of the same date. The Papers contain very little news of a poli tical nature, and are still occupied with com ments against the measures of the new Ministry, and the late Government prosecution and final acquittal of M. BERRYER at Blois. A telegraphic despatch has been received from Cherbourg, that Admiral VILLENEUVE was under sail for Spithead, to join the fleet of Sir PULTENEY MALCOLM. A despatch has also been received from Bayonne, an nouncing that part of Admiral SARTORIUS' squadron had entered Vigo Bay ; the other part was cruising outside the har bour. The squadron of Don MiGuEr, was closely blockaded, and dared not venture out to sea, as an engagement would take place, in which the MIGUEL Commander would have the worst of it. The same despatch represents that the troops of Don PEDRO had possession of Villa Nova, and that the enemy had retreated upon Aviero and Coimbra. Brussels Papers of the 21st inst. have been received, but they contain no news of interest. The preparations for war continue :-••••• BRUSSELS, OCT. 20.—The Ministerial arrangements have made no progress. It appeirs that the intended journey of the King to Diest will not take place.— Emancipation. General Evain set out this morning for Valenciennes, where he is to have a conference with Marshal Gerard. The latter was expected to arrive at Valenciennes this morning. General Evai❑ will be back to-morrow even ing. M. de Muelenaere has refused to accept a portefeuille, though he offers to support, as Minister of State, a Cabi net, of which Messrs. Goblet and Lebeau should form part. We can state that yesterday nothing had been decided re lative to the final composition of the Ministry.-211emorial. We can confirm what has been stated by the Emanci pation and several other journals, that no proposal has been made to M. Kaufmann to enter into the Administration. Memorial. The Independent announces that there has been a skit miiii between the Dutch and the partisans of Major Cu piaurnont, near Brec. ANTWERP, OCT. 19.—Considerable quantities of pow der arrived here the day before yesterday. Several barges, with provisions, arrived at the citadel the same day. Last night a brisk tire of musketry was heard in the direction of Fort St. Marie. We do not yet know what was the cause of it. The works at Fort St. Marie are continued. Four guns had already been mounted the day before yesterday. This morning some light cavalry arrived here from Ghent, on its way to the frontiers. GHENT, OCT. 17.—General Niellon will set out to-day on a tour to inspect the troops on the whole line. The first battalion of civic guards of Flanders arrived here to day from Waerschot, and will go to-morrow to Alost. TOURNAY, OCT. 18.—The 13th battery, perfectly organized and trained, consisting of 175 men and 160 horses, left us this morning to rroceed to Brussels. The battery of 12-pounders, also formed here, left us this morn ing for Brussels. OSTEND, OCT. 17.—The first transport, with troops for the army of Don Pedro, has this moment sailed from our port. The Hague, Oct. 13. TO THE F.DITOR OF THE LYNX. " Sra,.... , Sin,:e the report of the Royal Decree, by which all the transactions of the Bank of Brussels since 1830 will be considered by his Majesty the King of the Netherlands as null and void, people here, as well as every where else, refuse to charge the notes of the B ink of BrusQels with any signature hut that of the former Director of the Bank, Repelaer Van Driel. This event is consi dered as a matter of the greatest importance. " I am, &c."—Lynx. We cannot pass over in silence the passage in which the Emancipation, after having announced the speedy en• trance of the army of the north into our territory, dares to add—" This army may, perhaps, serve in the sequel as an argument to force the Belgians to make further concessions."—Very fine, gentlemen patrons of the Emancipation! You are in rather too great a hurry to throw off the mask, and allow us too soon to penetrate into your secret intentions. So you mean, when you are once installed among us, to say, like Tartuff, " It is your business to turn out," and to employ the bayonets of the army of the north as arguments against us! Take care, of all the allies that you reckoned on after the Revolution of July, we alone are still standing. But if you desire to drive us to despair, if you think that when among us you can with impunity study your own in terests at the expense of ours, you run the risk of being strongly out in your reckoning, and of seeing the same kind of order prevail at I3russela as your weakness has permitted to he established at Warsaw.— Courrier Beige. Brussels Papers, 21 Oct. Frankfort Papers inform us that the German Confederation have acknowledged the young King of GREECE. This was a matter of course, seeing that Austria, Prussia, Russia, and Ba varia are so deeply interested in the matter. Prince OTHO is sporting his Royal dignity with great pomp at Munich, but should a general war break out, the chances are a hundred to one that he will never set foot in Greece, and we shall not be sorry for it, as the affair is altogether a Russian job. Greece, like Poland, must not be strangled in the embraces of the Northern despot : FHANKFORT, OCT. 17.—Extract from the Protocol of the third sitting of the German Diet, Oct. 4, 1832, sec. 409, recognising his Royal Highness Prince Otho of Bavaria as King of Greece : RESOLUTION. " The Courts of France, Great Britain, and Russia, having invited the German Confederation to recognise as King of Greece Prince Otho, second son of his Ma jesty the King of Bavaria, who has been called to the Government of the new Christian kingdom founded i❑ the East, the Sovereign States and Free Cities consider ing that the Ottoman Porte has formally and solemnly renounced its rights to Greece, and has agreed to recog nise the independence of that country ; considering that his Majesty the King of Bavaria, according to the notifi cation made to the Confederation, has accepted the crown for this Prince, who is yet a minor have resolved, and do resolve by these presents— " That his Royal Highness Prince Otho, of Bavaria, be recognised by the German Confederation as King of Greece. " The present resolution shall be communicated to the Ambassadors of the three Courts accredited to the Ger. man Confederation, in reply to their notes of September 11th, this year, by the President of the Diet; and to his Majesty the King of Bavaria, by his representative i❑ the Diet; and at the same time with the expression of the joyful hope that, under the protection of Divine Provi dence, his Majesty the King of Greece may succeed in establishing order, tranquillity, and prosperity in that country, and thereby realise the beneficial intentions of the three Courts in the foundation of this Christian king dom.—Frankfort Papers, Oct. 18. A question of some importance has been raised before the Registering Barristers for the county of Middlesex. It is, as to what is to be done with respect to persons who have got upon the register of county voters without being objected to, but really having no good claim. The twenty-fifth section of the Act expressly says, " that no person shall be entitled to vote in the election of a knight or knights of the shire," &c. in respect of any premises which can give him or any other person (unless the premises be freehold) a right of voting for a borough. If a party claim to vote for a county in right of pre mises (hot freehold) giving, or capable of giving, a vote in a borough, and that party be objected to in any of the forms required by the Act, the Barrister will not put him upon the list ; but if, through ignorance, negligence, or connivance, the Overseer should admit such a party's name upon the list, and no one else should object in due form, the Barrister is deprived, by the forty-second section of the Act, of the power of striking the name out. Ministers, no doubt, calculated upon the watchful activity of political partizanship to prevent parties being improperly admitted into the registry, and pro bably in small boroughs that check will be effi cient ; but in a large town it is obviously impos sible that every man can know what his neigh bour is about, and that hundreds, if they be so disposed, may get their names both upon the borough and county list of voters. Being there, without having been objected to, the Bar rister has no power whatever to strike them out, and we much wonder at Mr. SANDYS ex pressing any doubt upon the subject. Two questions now present themselves :—lstly, how the parties who have so improperly got upon the list are to be prevented from influencing county elections ? and 2dly, how they are to be got off the list ? The closin g words of the fifty-fourth section unfortunately render it doubtful whether the first of these objects can be effected in a direct way. They are g , and every such book," &c., " shall be the register of electors to vote at any election which shall take place between the Ist day of November inclusive in the year wherein such respective register shall have been made, and the Ist day of November in the succeeding year." This seems to give autho rity to all on the register, no matter how they got there, to vote, notwithstanding the words of the twenty-fifth clause already quoted. But the register is not absolutely conclusive, for the voter's answers to certain questions at the poll may exclude him from voting, so that the register need not be considered as a list of persons who are to vote in despite of other disqualifications. Now, the twenty-fifth section disqualifies from voting for counties all parties whose claim rests upon pre mises (not freehold in other persons' oc cupation) which may give a claim to vote in a borough ; and we should imagine that such persons voting at elections, notwithstanding that they get upon the register, as much contravene the provisions of the Act as an alien, or any other disqualified person, would, who contrived to get upon the list. If such be the case, it behoves the parties who are seeking to obtain double votes, to learn the penalty attached to wilful violations of the Act. The seventy-sixth section says, " that if any sheriff; returning officer, barrister, overseer, or any person whatsoever, shall wilfully contravene or dis obey the provisions of this Act, or any of them, with respect to any matter or thing which such sheriff, returning officer, barrister, overseer, or other person is hereby required to do, he shall for such his offence be liable to be sued, in an action of debt in any of his Majesty's Courts of Record at Westminster, for the penal sum of 5001., &c., with costs." No one could plead ignorance who had the 25th section pointed out to him. Supposing, however, that the number of voters of this description should be so large, and so entirely on one side, as abso• Intel) , to turn the election, probably they might lie struck off by a Committee of the House of Commons, although the words of the 60th clause throw some degree of doubt upon that. In all likelihood, however, Parliament will in clude this among the amendments which all agree must in its first Session be made in the Act. Should not that be done, candidates will next year have the opportunity of objecting to those opposed to them, for although the pro viso to the 37th clause saves parties already on the register the trouble of sending in a fresh claim, they are still open to objections made in due form. 'We have taken some pains to explain the state of the law upon this question, as it is one which must arise in many parts of the country ; but such is the contradictary nature (in some instances) of the clauses relating to it, that the only point on which we venture at present to pronounce a positive opinion is, that the Bar rister has no power to expunge a name on the overseer's list which has not been objected to in due form. A pamphlet has recently been published by Mr. J. SISSON, in the shape of a letter to Lord GREY, the ostensible object of which is to obtain the appointment of a " Board or Council, at Dublin, for the internal interests of Ireland." We say that such is its ostensible object, but the writer would be little contented with such a board (which, in fact, the Irish local government is) unless it pursued, or persuaded Parliament to pursue, certain measures which Mr. SISSON sketches out. What do our readers fancy these measures are ? Nothing less than the imposi tion of duties on English and Scotch manufac tures, in order to give encouragement to those of Ireland. In plain, naked English, such is Mr. Sissox's modest wish, and consistently enough he makes a great lament over the Acts which have reduced the duties on certain articles in England, and states that had such a Board as he wishes to have established, existed during the late administration, the " so called Assimilation Acts" would not have been passed. The follow ing extract will afford a fair specimen of the author's mode of arguing. Speaking of the cholera preventive measures, lately taken at a place called Ringsend, in the neighbourhood of Dublin, he says— " The population were formerly supported by Glass- Works, Salt-Works, Fisheries, and Ship-Building. The two former pursuits are extinct there, since the assimila tion of duties between England and Ireland ; the fishing boats are getting into decay, all encouragement ceasing for Fisheries ; and Ship Wrights'etoployment being much connected therewith, is suffering in the general injury which has been inflicted on remunerative labour. " The Liberty of Dublin, at the opposite end of our City, which was formerly the seat of manufacturing indus try, is reduced by legislative enactments made in a sudden manner, for which the manufacturers were not prepared, to a similar state of suffering; its houses are falling into ruins. As one of the Mansion House Commistee,.l also visited that part of Dublin, and found that its sufferings were equally severe under the Cholera, and an extensive building, erected at a considerable expense by a late patriotic individual, as a Tenter House for the woollen weavers, being entirely idle, was converted into an hospital for patients !" The facts stated here may be, and we believe are, all very true ; but are the people of England and Scotland to pay heavy duties on their glass and their salt, in order to prevent manufactories being established in Britain, and to encourage those at Ringsend ? It would be much better for us at once to pay a given sum out of our pockets to the Ringsend capitalists than to have such a tax imposed upon us. As regards Ireland, she can derive no permanent benefit from any measure which operates unjustly to others. This is now so well understood a principle, that we are astonished at Mr. SISSON, or any one else, advocating the robbery of one class of producers that others may gain by it. Supposing that any set of Ministers could be so imbecile as to reimpose taxes upon British glass, salt, and woollens, in order to promote their manufacture in Ireland, is it to be supposed that the people on this side of the water would not constantly struggle to shake the burden off? They would, and must at last succeed ; and the Irish manufacturers would be in a worse position than they are now, from want of employment for the labourers who would have been called into existence whilst so unjust a preference was given to their produce. Mr. StssoN makes the same complaint with regard to the silk manufacturers that he does with re spect to those of glass and salt, but runs his head against the same wall as his brethren on this side ' of the channel, namely, quarrels with the im.. portation of French goods. Of course Mr. Ro- BINSON of Worcester, and the other English re strictionists, will here join with Mr. SISSON ; but it would be curious to hear them answering his arguments for the imposition of duties on English manufactures going into Ireland. They are, in fact, the very same arguments which they themselves advance for the imposition of duties on manufactures entering England. With re spect to the silk question in Ireland, the Dublin manufacturers may receive the same answer as those of Spitalfields :—" It is true, Gentlemen, that you manufacture less than you did, but there are now in the United Kingdom at least ten silk weavers where there used to be one, and the ma nufacture, instead of being confined to one or two places, now extends to Manchester, Mac clesfield, Congleton, and a hundred other towns where it was before unknown." Mr. SISSON makes a very grave attempt—and we believe him sincere —to persuade us that it would not only be no injury to us, but a positive benefit, to pur chase dear flax and hemp from Ireland, instead of getting it cheap from abroad. This is one of his most plausible plans, and is that upon which he most dwells ; but nothing can get over the fact, that the article can be procured cheaper from abroad than Ireland can furnish it to us. Mr. SissoN quotes a number of great names in EXETER 11A I Beef Cd. 9,6 d. Mutton (16.)—.-0 5i 0 6 Veal and lamb-0 6 0 7 Pork 0 4 0 6 Geese (each) —...4 0 5 6 Ducks /couple \ 4 0 5 0 Fowls 0 4 0 KETS —Oct. 19. Wheat (bushel) —Ss. Od. Bs. 6d. Barley .--..---...4 6 4 9 Oats . n 3 2 5 Beans 5 6 6 0 Butter 0 1 3 Eggs (12) 0 0 I CI Potatoes (peck) ...0 6 0 7 THE FANCY SALE AT THE MANSION HOUSE.—The Fancy Sale at the Egyptian Hall, for the beni-fit of the British Orphan Asylum, opened this morn ing with great eclat. The LADY MAYORESS was con ducted round the Hall, to the stall appropriated for her, by APSLEY PELLATE, E•q., and another of the Stewards, at 12 o'clock, after which the company entered very rapidly, and in a short time the Hall was crowded with persons of the first respectability. A military band is stationed in the saloon, and Mr. WIEPrERT ' S band in the centre of the Hall. The display of fancy goods is very splendid, and with the banners which adorn the Hall, and the delightful music of the bind, renders the Bazaar highly attractive. The sum of 301. was taken in the first half hour for tickets at the door. The Duchess of KENT and the Princess VICTORIA, though expected, were not present. The arrangements are highly creditable to the Committee. CONSTANTINOPLE, SEPT. 25.—The Turk ish fleet, consisting of 30 sail, besides steamers and gun boats, had returned to Rhodes, previous to the 10th inst., from Marmora. A frigate and three smaller vessels, it is acknowledged, have fallen into the hands of the enemy. No precise accounts as to the position of the Egyptian force. FECUNDITY OF THE ONION.—It was re cently stated that a gentleman in Lancashire had raised 8,000 ounces of onions from 12 ounces of seed; Mr. CROSSLEY, the engineer of the Macclesfield Canal, residing at Bollington, having seen this statement, was induced to weigh his own crop, when he discovered that from two ounces of seed, the produce was the amazing quantity of 2,496 ounces, or 156 pounds, being nearly double the produce of the former in proportion to the quantity of seed sown.—Alacele..field Courier. The house of Mr. HOSTLER, the Notting ham Arms, Nottingham-street, Marylebone, has within these few days been besieged by numbers of men, most of whom have been in the British service and discharged without pensions, anxious to enlist in the service of Don Pima() ; and since Saturday last upwards of 300 effective men have been enlisted. They were paid on the spot, and their:comforts immediately attended to. On leaving the house the recruits gave three cheers for the cause. Most of them have been in the cavalry regiments, which are in great request in PEDRO'S army. THE BEAR WITHOUT A BRIDLE.—Among the early settlers of Worcester county, in Massachusetts, was a German by the name of FounrEcx, or FOUTECIC. The wild tenants of the forest had not yet given place to man, and FOUKFECK being employed on a certain time with some others in the manufacturing of maple sugar, saw a large bear coming among them, and without counting the cost, threw himself on the bear's back. Bruin, unaccus tomed to this mode of salution, began to make off as fast as his load would p er mit —perhaps thinking, like the man in the play, if that was the way his new acquaintance " backed" his friends, " the devil take such backing !" hut he could not help turning round now and then to bite the leg of his daring rider. Nevertheless, the hardy German kept his eeat, in spite of the smart and streams of blood which were trickling down his legs, till one of the com pmy came up, knocked the weary bear on the head, and despatched him. The German was justly proud of his exploit; but when the excitement which bad carried him through his perilous adventure was over, be exclaimed, " dar tyfil ! I'll never ride a pear again midout a pridle !" —Berkshire (American) Republican. support of his position, from that of the Duke of ORMONDE, in 1664 , , down to that of Mr. PITT, in 1799. These statesmen, no doubt, meant well ; but to quote their opinions on a question of commerce, is about as much to the purpose as it would be to quote Friar BACON or WOLFF (a contemporary of PITT'S, if we rightly recollect,) as chemists, in favour of the existence of the philosopher's stone and elixir vitce. In saying what we have, we by no means wish it to be understood that we are unwilling to afford Ireland temporary assistance in the de• velopment of the natural advantages she pos sesses ; but merely that we object to any round about plan by which injustice will be inflicted upon any part of the community, under any pre tence whatever. Ireland has been unjustly dealt by for ages, and therefore are we willing that such assistance should be given to her as will raise her population from the despair of improvement in to which it is plunged ; but that assistance must be extended to the whole nation, and not to any particular manufacture, although, secondarily, the whole nation may benefit through the manufacturers. Such assistance may be applied in the way of encouragement to emigration, by a poor law, modified upon the pla❑ we have already suggested, or the construc tion of roads ; but however applied, it ought to be in the shape of a direct grant, well understood to be but temporary. We contend that the whole of these modes of relieving the distress of the population are against principle, but they are penalties we must pay for our past misgovern ment of that unhappy country. When we have once given the Irish poor an opportunity of rising from their present wretched condition, they ought to be left to their own resources, and according as they are industrious and provident, will they be well fed, well clothed, happy, and contented. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.) FROM LLOYD'S PORTSMOUTH, OCT. 23.—Wind N.E.—Arrived the Susan, Gilles, from London, and sailed for Bengal. PLYMOUTH, OCT. 22.—Wind E.N.E. fresh.—Arrived the Thomas, Burton, from St. Petersburgh. FALMOUTH, Ocr. 22.—Wind N.E. Co E.—Sailed tht Lapwing packet, for the Leeward Wands. PENZANCE, OCT. 22.—Arrived the Draper, Shepherd, from Holland, leaky. LivEuroot, OCT. 22.—Arrived the Harriet, Mitche son, from Maranham ; Liburnum, Brown, from Pugwash. The ErneHs, Werner, from Bergen, got on shore yesterday near Spemer's Gut, but was got off, and proceeded. Hutt., OCT. 29.—Arrived the Harmony, Parker, from Davis' Straits ; Hannah, Cleugh ; Stafford, Hunter ; William and Anne, Pateson ; and Charles, Henry, from Archangel. The Amity, from Limerick to London, was driven on shore at the mouth of the Shannon, o❑ Thursday night, and it was feared the cargo would be lost. The Wilton, of Workington, laden with timber, was driven on shore at Louth, on the 12th inst. The Warsaw, Scott, from St. Petersburgh to London, was carried into Christian Sand, the 2d tote., in a sinking state, having struck on a rock. The Vigilant, from Havannab, which was on shore near Mockbeggar, has been got off, and brought into the river. CHOLERA MORBUS, OFFICIAL REPORT. CENTRAL BOARD OF HEALTH. COUNCIL OFFICE, WHITEHALL.—(THIS DAY.) DAILY REPORT of CHOLERA ( ASES. New Cases. Deaths. Recoveries. England and Wales 154 98 Scotland B7 21 38 211 86 136 (Signed) WM. MACLEAN, Secretary. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. There arc moderate arrivals of all kinds of Grain this week, and a fair return of Flour. The Wheat trade remains the same as reported on Monday, with very few samples of superfine left unsold. Barley dull sale, but unaltered in value. Beans and Pease without variation. Oats that are good and sweet support their terms, other sorts very heavy in sale. Flour as our last. ARRIVALS. Wheat. Barley. English 33:o9l7s3s(t)sq. qrs. ~.),F s l 7 o o u s r a . c ks Irish 3,060 0 qrs. 3,820 qrs. Foreign 1,400 - brls. OLD BAILEY.-(THIS DAY.) OLD COURT. William Chapman and James Farris were indicted for stealing a silver watch, the pr , perty of Barbara Folkard. It appeared that on the morning of the 18th of October, a Mr. Cochrane, who lived oppoa.ite the prosecutrix, saw 'he prisoner in company in front of her shop. Chapman vent to the private door and looked through the key-hole, schile Harris looked into the shop. They wen , away, hut shortly returned, and after reconnoitering the premises Harris went into the shop to engage the attention of the prosecutrix, under the pretence of making a purchase, and Chapman went into the house by the private door, which was not fastened. Harris kept the prosecutrix in conversa tion about ten minutes, and then came out ; Chapman also came out of the private entrance, and they went away to gether. Mr. Cochrane then went over to the prosecutrix, and informed her of his suspicions. She then went into the parlour, to which there was an entrance from the pri vate passage, and missed her watch, which had previously oven hanging over the fit,-place. Mr. Cochrane obtained the assistance of a police constable, and fillowed the pri soners, whom they succeeded in apprehending; and, on searching them, the watch was found upon Chipman. The prisoners were found Guilty, and sentenced to transportation for seven years. Edward Foley, aged 12, and William Bri3ge, aged 16, were indicted f-r picking the pocket of Mr. Charles Wharton, an auctioneer, in New-street, Covent-garden, on the sth of October, of a silk handkerchief. The Jury found Foley Not Guilty, and Bridge Guilty, who was sentenced to be transported for 14 years, Henry Barr and Thomas Smith were indicted for mtealing a pair of pistols, the property of Abraham Edward Reynolds.—Guilty, sentenced to 12 nvolths' imprisonment. The RECORDER allowed all the expenses, excepting for the prosecutor; observing, that he would never allow ex penses to persons who encumbered the f.otways with their goods, thereby holding out a temptaion to commit crime. NEW COURT. A young man named Neil vow was indicted for steal ing a silk ptacket-handkerc:tief from the person of a gen tleman, unknown, in Tothill-street,Westminster. The case was clearly proved against the prisoner. A young man, fashionably attired, who gave his name Brown, a tailor, residing in Charbs-street, Westminster, appeared to give the prisoner a good character. He stated that he had worked on and off fur him for the last two years, during which time he believed him to have borne an excellent character. Mr. Serjeant ARAnIW_Did you not in the course of that two years, Sir, hear anything of the prisoner having misconducted himself. 'Witness said that he did not recollect that he had. Mr. Seijeant ARABIN—Why, Sir, had you not beard that he had been at the Old Bailey and convicted ? Wit ness—l heard from his mother that be bad been tried for stealing a cheese, and convicted, but she said that he was totally innocent, and I believed he was so from his con duct while with me. Mr. Srrjeant ARABIN—And knowing that, you have had the audacity to come here aid give him a character. I think, Sir, I should consult the interest of the public if I committed you. You have disgraced yourself for life. Go out of Court instantly, and think yourself leniently dealt with in being allowed to go flee. You have placed that stain upon your character which will never be effaced. The Jury found the prisoner Guilty. Georgiana Harrison was indicted for stealing some articles from the shop of a linen-draper. TI e case was clearly made out against the prisoner, whose demeanour while at the bar excited the surprise and amusement of the Court and Jury. 'While evidence wds being given against her she kept grinning at the Judge and Jury, and continually interrupted the Judge, while examining the witnesses, by some ludicrous observations. When asked if she had any defence to make, she said—" Well, it's a very singular piece of business, and I suppose 1 must leave you to settle it among yourselves"—then, as if recollecting herself, she called out "No, I think I shall be Judge now, and acquit myself." Mr. Serjeant ARABIN-Well, acquit yourself if you can, and I shall be very happy of it. Prisoner—Well, I shall do so—(laughing at Mr. Serjeant Arabin, and leaning with her elbows on the dock). The Jury found the prisoner Guilty, and Mr. Serjeant ARABIN sentenced her to nine calendar months' imprisonment in the Ikon of Correction, and to be kept to hard labour. The Prisoner—" Tine calendar months! !—why you surely cannot say so. Well, I supp. se I mutt thank you for it.—(Breaking out into a horse-laugh.) Thank you, thank you ; I shall recollect you when I come out again." The prisoner was taken from the bar laughing heartily. The Sessions are expected to terminate to-day, it bring generally understood that tie sentences will be passed upon the prisoners at 3 o'clock. SURREY SESSIONS.-(THIS DAY.) Mary Cooper and Susan Wilson, two younz women, were prosecuted by the S. , licitor to the Mint, for on the 20th of Septeinber last passinz two counterfeit shill:ngs, well knowing them to be bad, and also for having mote of the same sort in their possession. Cooper, in her defence, had picked up the money in the street, and was not aware it was bad. The Jury found both prisoners Guilty.—Sentence de ferred, as there were a number of prisoners to be tried for the same description of offence. THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, T WEL VE 0' CL 0 CK. We have no arrivals, with the exception of one from Ceylon, this morning. No doubt it must be the contrary winds which prevent us receiving intelligence from Portugal. All the reports of yesterday have vanished this morning like smoke, and it now appears that we are on the eve of seeing the Dutch and Belgian aff.,irs brought to a crisis. It is stated that an army of 50,000 French are immediately to enter Belgium, to deter the Dutch from bumharding Antwerp ; at the same time the English and French fleets are to proceed to the Scheldt. The present state both of France and Belgium requires an immediate decision, as they arc bath on the brink of a revolution, which no doubt his Dutch Majesty foresees, and this is his chief cause for wishing to create a further delay. With respect to Prussia there is no doubt she has given her con sent to the hostile measures of England and France; of two evils she has chosen the least, as, not long since, part of Germany was in a stare of revolution ; and should a revolution take place in France and Belgium, the greater part of the Prussian territory would catch the flame. Consuls, which left off yesterday at S3ll for the Ac count, opened at the same price, since which they have been done at 84. At present they are 8:34 2IALF-PAST ONE. An express has arrived from Paris, but the whole of its contents has not as yet transpired. The only important fact we have ascertained is that the French fleet is to be on our shores on Friday. A gentleman has returned from the late grand Prussian review. He states that the manoeuvres of the troops were on a new principle, and the precision with which they were performed is beyond description, particularly the cavalry, which consisted of thirty thousand. The above gentle- man is an English officer. Consols continue at 83 St for Nee Account, with little doing. In the Foreign Market Dutch Stock is not quite so good as yesterday. Portuguese Scrip Si to discount. We do not s hear as yet of the arrival of the Dutch steamer. THREE O'CLOCK. Consols for Account, 83i 84. CLOSING PRICES.—FOUR O'CLOCK. Consols Ditto for Account 83 1 'Greek Brazilian Bonds 48 Mexican Buenos Ayres... Peruvian .. ...... ::bilian Ditto.... Russian,..,... 99 Columbian 1824 10i Spanirb . r (ADVERTISEMENT.)--- - ELOPEMENT IN HIGH LIFE.—For some days a report Ins prevailed in the fashionable circles of the hunt ton, that the young and beautiful lady on whom BARNETT'S popular new ballad was written, entitled, I saw her at :he Fancy Fair, had eloped with the son of Lord ll—, the Hon. REGINALD AUGUSTUS 1 - I—, and as a splendid equipage was ob served by the new police proceeding at a frightful rate along the North road at day. break, it was believed true. In consequence of the extraordinary sensation thus created, we made it our business to inquire last evening at the re sidence of the lady's fathcr, No. —, Belgrave-squire, when the statement was confirmed ; and we hear that in consequence of the publicity thus given to the affair, the song this week had an extraordinary large bale. —Morn jag Advertiser. There were 47 sail of British vessels at S nyr. na on the 18th ult.