The Sun. — London, England, 1832-06-29 00:00:00

SPIRIT OP THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. By the accounts received yesterday from Ger many, it appears that the political agitation of that country, especially of the districts near the Rhine, continues undiminished. There exists an apprehension that the Diet of the Confe deracy is about to adopt, under the influence of Austria and Prussia, some very arbitrary mea sures, with the view of counteracting the present popular spirit ; and this apprehension, it may be pesumed, tends not a little to augment the public discontent. The Count von Munch- B e llinghausen, who is the Austrian Envoy to the Diet, and also the President of that body, has arrived at Frankfort from Vienna. This diplomatist passed through Munich, where he arrived on the 19th, and spent two or three days in deliberation with the Bavarian Government, which is suspected to have entered into the views of the other two Powers. The Count, it is un derstood, brings with him propositions for con trolling the press and suppressing popular meet ings in Germany, of the adoption of which by that Assembly we are afraid there can be but little doubt. But, notwithstanding this mena cing state of things, the activity of the popular party is not abated, and such of the represen tative assemblies of the small States as are in ses sion display an independent spirit. Even in the very seat of the Diet a strong opposition is mani fested. The Suabian Mercury says, that in spite of the warning given by the Senate of Frankfort, in compliance with the decree of the Diet, the Frankfort Union for supporting the liberty of the Press had a meeting on the 14th, and transacted its business undisturbed. On the same day an interesting sitting of the States of Electoral Hesse took place. The subject to i,.)e decided on was the law for the formation of a Burgher or National Guard, the mode of or ganizing which has been long a subject of dis pute between the Assembly and the Government. All the galleries overflowed with auditors at an early hour, and the different questions which arose were warmly debated. It seems, however, that the Government party had thought it advi sable to yield most of the points in dispute ; for the Hanover Zeitung says, that the law, as modified by the report of the committee, to which it had been referred, was carried by 39 to 2, and that it would receive the assent of the Government. A law of the press, equivalent to that framed for the Grand Duchy of Baden, is the next measure claimed by the Hessians, and that, the papers of the Electorate say, will soon be obtained. It remains to be seen how far the authority of the Diet will be able to disappoint this expectation.— Times. Some eloquent appeals were made last night on behalf of the unfortunate Poles. Lord Pal merston observed, that " it was the interest of Russia to take a very different course, and to attach the people of Poland to her Government not more by the justice of her policy than by the concession of those institutions which were known to be most agreeable to their feelings." It is the interest of all men to be good—of all Governments to be just and humane ; but history tells us that no nation held in subjection by another, experienced kind treatment. Why, the very jealousy of attempts at independence will always be in the way of such kindness. Eng land is barbarous than Russia ; but even yet England has been constantly wasting her own resources in perpetuating misgovernment in Ire land. The Poles and the Russians have much to forget before they can have confidence in each other. We wish it were as easy to point out how Poland can recover its independence, as it is to predict that it never can be happy under Russia.—Morning Chronicle. The public are viewing with intense anxiety the proceedings and ultimate decision of the Bank Committee. The result of this critical and most important legislative inquiry involves no less than the prosperity of the vast trading and commercial interests of the empire, and the remunerating price of the labour of the peo ple of Great Britain and Ireland—to say nothing of the deep stake of the great Colonial System dependent on our Government. It is of infinite importance to our future well being, that this momentous investigation should be conducted with perfect impartiality, and probed to the bot tom. All well-informed men now admit that the alternate robberies perpetrated on the debtor and creditor interests of the community, have been most fraudulent and destructive; that property has changed hands, and profit and loss been regulated by the Currency—and the Currency ruled by the folly of the Legislature. A debt of overwhelming magnitude, and corruptions of Government unparalleled in the history of any other country, have been reared on the founda tion of the Bank Monopoly. An unlimited Paper Currency at one time, and a restricted Metallic Currency at another, have destroyed all security of property, and wrought more artificial prosperity, and more cruel and grindin g mone tary devastation than any mere political convul sions of society. Nothing can be more absurd than vesting in a great private corporation of monopolists the regulation of the circulat ing medium of a nation, and to suppose hat they will manage the money concerns of the public with disinterestedness, when they are themselves constituted a monopoly cor private advantage, and are moreover deeply involved with Government. They cannot, in the nature of man and trade, at the same time be true to their own sinister interest, and just to the public. The errors and consequences of past legislation, and the artificial situation of our money, trade, and commerce, may render it impossible to act on first principles, or to pre vent an eventual renewal of the Bank Charter ; but the Committee would be deeply culpable, on irtial and incomplete evidence, at this late pe riod of the Session, and in an unreformed House of Commons, to shut up inquiry, and to renew, for a long term of years, the abominable and destructive monopoly enjoyed by the Bank of England. Doubtless the Bank Directors, and the numerous cortege dependent on their palm-- manufactory and discount-shop, are sensitively alive to the dangers of the Committee probe, and anxious to persuade Ministers prema turely to close the investigation, and to renew, for a long lease, their patent for re gulating our monetary system, and their exclusive profit as bankers to the Treasury. Equally ob vious it is that the late firm of Messrs. Peel, Goulburn, Herries, and Company, and others who have been heretofore connected with the Bank of England and the Government, should he anxious to stifle the voice of the nation, and to oppose a full inquiry into the state of the Bank and the national concerns. Some persons also will be solicitous to render Lord Althorp and Mr. Poulett Thomson unpopular, by per suading them to lend themselves to a juggle and compromise ; but we greatly mistake those states men if they will lend themselves to the trick. We now doubt whether it would be expedient to renew the Charter on beneficial terms to the flublic, even for one year. The whole subject ft" R of the debt, its management and cost—the cur rency—taxation—and the income and expendi ture of the nation, must and will be reviewed by a Reformed House of Commons. There wi" be ample time, before the expiration of the Bank Charter next year ; and the more irritability and alarm are manifested by the Bank Directors and their party, the more anxiety we feel to enforce a full and impartial inquiry before a nything i decided or done respecting the Charter renewal The public are to be considered ; and even if the country bankers were quieted by concession, and " make terms," as is rumoured, the public have other interests at stake. The Committee have but one simple duty—to report the evidence, and recommend a more full.future investigation. It is impossible to deny that much excitement, and great contrariety of opinion, among practical and theoretical economists, prevail throughout the country, on the subject of the present state of the currency. We foresee that this will in crease ; and that no present legislation can be " final." The most full opportunity ought, therefore, be afforded for a re-consideration of the whole subject ; and the grievous and afflicting consequences of former legislation demands a thorough inquiry into the cause of commercial dis tress, which no party can now deny to exist. We trust, therefore, that the industrious endeavours of certain Ex-Ministers to precipitate the de cision of the Committee, and to preclude an ex posure of their follies, will fail. The connexion of the Bank with the Government must be laid bare. Its singular powers and sinister interest in alternate contraction and " repletion," must be discoverd and cured. This great na tion must no longer be a slave at its door, and dependent on the secret decisions of a self-elected body of City Merchants and Bank Stock-holders. We donot hesitate to say that the Bank ofEngland has either directly or indirectly oc casioned all the evils under which the nation groans. Their monopoly of the circulation—their ac commodations to Government—the secrecy of their concerns—enabled Mr. Pitt (and alone enabled him) to carry on the war ; and gave him, and his Tory successors in office, the sole means of carrying on wars against liberty, and rolling the immense snowball of the public debt. The Report of the Lords' Committees (appointed a Secret Committee in 1797, to inquire into the causes which produced the Order of Council of February, 1797,) records a series of extraordi nary facts and disgraceful correspondence be tween the Directors of this close corporation and Mr. Pitt, such as exceed all the communi cations of a private banker and a debtor in a " sweating room." They alternately bullied each other ; Mr. Pitt borrowing, and the Bank Directors meanly lending, till each became in ' turn a tyrant and a sycopant. When Mr. Pitt wanted to borrow more money for the " public service" in December, 1795, to assist the Em peror of Germany with loans, the Directors of the Bank of England set up their backs, and resolved that " The Court of Directors most earnestly deprecate the adoption of any such measure, and they solemnly protest against any responsibility for the calamitous consequences that may follow thereupon." Mr. Pitt, in his answer on this resolution respecting the Impe rial Loan, desires a copy of the Board resolu tion, " for the purpose of communicating its contents to the Cabinet, if he found it necessary, promising that no one should have a sight of it elsewhere, and that if the Governor would call upon him in two or three days, he would return it to him." Mr. Pitt then plucks up courage, and boldly tells the Bank Directors, that " he did not see any reason for these resolutions ; that he did suppose they were adopted in a moment of alarm, and that he should consider them in that light." The records of the Bank and the probe of this Sectet Committee exhibit Mr. Pitt and the Bank Directors in a strange light throughout the eventful period preceding the Bank stoppage. In June, 1795, the Bank Directors, reminding the Chancellor of the Ex chequer of broken promises to replace advances on Treasury Bills paid by the Bank, " express their concern at being so repeatedly obliged to trouble him on the subject, hoping he will give such directions as may in future prevent it." In July follossing the Directors hint to him that they will not continue to take up the Treasury Bills, " as . this Court is determined to refuse payment of all bills whenever the advance shall amount to five hundred thousand pounds ;" and they quaintly remind him of " his former and repeated promise to reduce the pre sent advance as speedily as possible." Mr. Pitt continuing to draw money and evade the pith of the correspondence, the Directors write to him, and " request Mr. Pitt to enter into full explanations on this subject, which is not even touched upon in his letter." On the very following day, this " Pilot who weathered the storm" has the assurance, in another letter, to request a further accommodation of 2,500,0001., on the growing produce of the consolidated fund ! The wily Directors resolved not to con sider this application till the Treasury Bills paid at the Bank were reduced under 500,0001.; but on a shre rid letter from Mr. Pitt, six days afterwards, " the Court do consent to Mr. Pitt's request !" On the 10th of October following, the Directors communicate to the Chancellor of the Exchequer their " apprehensions" on the drain for gold and specie. Mr. Pitt consoles the Bank with letters, and they are again sub servient. In August, 1796, the Governor and Deputy-Governor, however, wait upon him, and declare positively that they will not honour 37,0001. of Treasury Bills, due in September and October, unless the political drawer made provision for them. Subsequently, Mr. Pitt asks for new loans, anticipating the revenue pro duce from " land and malt." Thus this " illicit intercourse" continued ; and on one occasion Mr. Pitt excuses a broken promise, on the score that " in the multiplicity of public affairs it had been forgotten." The ultimate consequences are well known. What the subsequent accom modation has been Lord Bexley and Mr. Goul burn can inform the Committee, and the present debt due from the Government to the Bank-- nearly 9 0,000,000/. —will speak for itself. Now, no national prosperity can be achieved or main tained till this state of things is terminated. We should consider that Minister most culpab l e who lent himself to the smuggling renewal of the Charter without a full expose, and a.complete termination of this most injurious system. The circulating medium of the country must be ex tricated from the sole direction and control of these monopolists. The light of publicity on the past, the present, and the future, must be let into this close corporation ; no intrigues of ex- Ministers to preclude inquiry, or blot out re sponsibility, must be allowed. We know what is going on with one party, and we promise the public that they shall not be ignorant or imposed upon in any event. Let the Committee report, and be contented till the whole subject can be probed, and placed upon a satisfactory and perma nent foundation. It is second in importance onk to the Reform Bills. We recommend the Bank Directors, for their own sakes, and for decency sake, to cease their importunity and affected alarms for the public. Many considerations in duce us to treat this subject with caution, and not to say all we know or think ; but the public interest is paramount.—Morning Chronicle. The question of the treatment of Poland by Russia was discussed at considerable length last night in the House of Commons, on a motion by Mr. C. Fergusson, who brought forward va rious charges of oppression and barbarity against the Russian Government. On this es-parte statement the " liberal" Members of the House manifested their regard for truth, justice, and honour, by denying to the calumniated Emperor of Russia that privilege which is accorded to the meanest criminal at the Old Bailey ; the privilege of being heard in his defence before sentence is pronounced, the right of being held innocent till he is proved to be guilty. The Emperor of Russia is accused of atrocities which are not only revolting in themselves, but which must have been committed for their own sake, having no conceivable object in view ; yet on the bare assertion of these atrocities, without one tittle of proof to bear it out ; nay, when the probabilities are all unfavourable to the accusa tion, the liberal Members of the House of Commons do not scruple to employ terms of 'low abuse wholly unbecoming the character of the House or the dignity of Legislators. Mr. O'Connell was pleased to denounce a Sovereign in alliance with our own as " a miscreant ;" the person who does so much credit to the electors of Middlesex, im proving upon his worthy predecessor, employed the terms " miscreant," and " monster in human shape ;" and as for Mr. Sheil, he, notwithstand ing all his command of language, would apply no abusive epithets, as he could find none suf ficiently strong to express his feelings. And can this creditable trio and those who backed them really imagine that language so gross and indecent will terrify the Emperor of Russia, or have any influence over the people of Europe ; " disseminate the spirit of liberty throughout Europe," to use the words of one of them ? With what respect, we would ask them, would the votes and proceedings ofthe British House of Commons be viewed by foreign nations were there not men like Sir Robert Peel and Sir Robert Inglis to rescue its character, as on this occasion, from degrada tion and contempt ? Do they suppose they will promote the cause they have in view, whatever it may be, by substituting scurrility for argu ment ? If so, they are mistaken. They will not even promote the cause of their own elec tions, their most probable object ; for, as Mr. Baring well observed, the unjustifiable vot e s by which they supported and countenanced the pay ment of five millions of public money to Russia will go further and be more explicit as to their real merits than all the Billingsgate they can now bring into action. The general tone of the speeches on the liberal side amounted to this—that England is called upon peremptorily to intervene between Russia and Poland ; to as sume the position of an arbitrary mediator ; to dictate to Russia as to the treatment of her sub jects, and, in the event of any demur, to declare war. So much for the non-intervention system, so lately cried up by this party ; but we have here only another example of the ease with which liberal " principles," as they are called, are taken up or laid down to suit the purposes of the moment.—Morning Post. We once borrowed a volume of the " Fairy Queen" from a college library at Cambridge; and though the book had, according to a note in it, been in the library nearly one hundred years, the leaves were uncut.—Library of Fine Arte. DAVID GARRICK was once on a visit at Mr. Ric sv's seat, Alistley-hall, Essex, when Dr. Gouou formed one of the party : observing the potent appetite of the learned doctor, GARRICK indulged in some coarse Jests on the occasion, to the great amusement of the company, the doctor excepted, who, when the laugh had subsided, thus addressed the party :—" Gentlemen, you must doubt less suppose, from the extreme familiarity with which Mr. GARRICK has thought fit to treat me, that I am an acquaintance of his, but I can assure you, that, till I met him here, I never saw him but once before, and then I paid ss, for the sight." Roscius was silent,— The Ori ginal. EXTRAORDINARY DREAM.—In 1813 there were 7,000 prisoners of war confined at Rochester Castle, in Hampshire. One of them, an Italian, was celebrated among his companions as a discoverer of hiddtn treasure. The place where they were confined was surrounded by a very high wall, and occupied nearly two acres of ground. The Italian dreamed one night that, if he should dig near the middle of this enclosure, to the depth of twenty-four feet, he would find coins of immense value. He applied to Captain LOCK of the Navy, for leave to dig. The Captain was a Scotehman, and likely as superstitisus as the writer of this—at all events he believed in dreams, and readily granted permission to dig. Many of the prisoners, who knew the Italian, declared that to their knowledge he had frequently found out concealed treasure by dreams, and eagerly volunteered their services. When they had dug to the depth of 18 feet a quantity of female's hair was found in perfect preservation, and nearly 3 feet long. At the depth of 22 feet a large key, 11 inches long and 3 inches in circumference, was dug up ; and at the depth of 21 feet, a bag containing several thousand coins was found. The Italian, however, declared that the money he had dreamed of was not found, which was generally believed. The communicator (J. C—, Esq.) of this cu rious circumstance, was an eye-witness. GEORGE IV. AND LORD YARMOUTII.—I was told that Lord YARMOUTH once playing with an il lustrious personage in England, lost with such continual regularity that there seemed to be something unfair. re was, however, no one near him, the cards were good, and he played better than his adversary. At length, by dint of observations lie discovered the secret of his losses. The Court was either at Windsor or at Brighton, and the PRINCE REGENT brought into fashion blue coats with polished steel buttons as big as crown pieces. By this means, whoever played with the PRINCE, had seven or eight small mirrors on his coat, which reflected every card in his hand. All this was no doubt the effect of chance, but it was a chance which made Lord YARMOUTH lose thousands of pounds, and, however large a man's for tune may he, he always prefers winning to losing. As sooa as Lord YARMOUTH with a rapid glance detected the snare, he unbuttoned his coat and said, in answer to the PRINCE'S inquiring look—" Sir, it is too hot for me here."—From the 2lfemoires de la Ducliesse d'Abrantes. DOMESTICATED OTTER.—About a year ago, Mr. LaucurasoN, Burnside of Dunscore, captured a p sir of young otters in a cleft of the bank of the Nith, near Dalswinton. One of them died shortly after its ad mission into civilized society, but the other has thriven nearly as well as if under the tutorage of its natural guardians, and at the present time is the greatest natural curiosity in the district. In the early days of its captivity, Mr. LaucilusoNi sent the otter to mess with his collie, and though it agreed with the fare passing well, her ot tership early showed a predilection for aquatic exercises, and may be new considered one of the best fishers in the N , th. The first fish it will on no account part with, and Mr. LAuciitusoii considers it as much as his fingers are worth, to attempt using an argument per force in this case ; but all succeeding spoils are willingly rendered up. Water-bens, eels, frogs, &c. are all regarded as prey in the otter's vocabulary, and, in short, when on her amphibious prowl, all is fish that comes to the net. She is not noted as a worrier, but yet displays no fear of the canine race ; disports in the same lake with her master's dogs, evince' a novel penchant for waggishness, and has been observed, when in deep water, to mount on the back of a large cur, and get safely ferryed to the landing place. Mr. LAUGH Lisoli has bestowed considerable pains in the tuition of his and is requited luitcd. s' by _e followsall the hi m a b ou t, attachment that knowndumb protegee, pro teg to e e a , o o tters h fondles him with many winnin g arts, and but for the stickling anent the first fish, mi g ht be regarded as in a better state of training tha n a lad y ' s lap . dog,_ Kendal Chronicle. COURT OF KING'S BENCH, JUNE 28. (Conducted from The Sun of yesterday.) THE KING V. EDWARD JOHN HOWARD. Thompson, the clerk of the defendant, stated that he received the 4001. from llessrs. Jenner, and the 2781. from Messrs. Cox and Greenwood, and that he must have made a mistake in giving credit only for 1781. though he believed he had paid it to the de fendant as well as the 4001. He had never appro priated any person's money to his own use. The witness detailed the practice of the prosecutor in sending for and obtaining money from the de fendant. The clerks of Messrs. Jenner, Messrs. Cox and Greenwood, arid Ladbroke, the bankers, proved the payment of the respective sums of money to the defendant. Sir JAMES SCARLETT addressed the Court on be half of the defendant, and contended that there was no evidence to support the two first charges, and that as to the last it must be taken to be a mere error. Mr. KELLY called and examined T. Mash, Esq., of the Lord Chamberlain's Office ; T. Dawson, Esq., the Barriqer; - Walsh, Esq., a Magistrate ; and Dr. Money, who all spoke to the defendant s character for honour and integrity. Mr. Justice PATTESON summed up the evidence very minutely, and the Jury at half-past six o'clock, returned, after deliberating in the box for ten mi nutes, a verdict of Not Guilty. Lady Astley was in the gallery of the Court dur ing the whole of the trial. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HO USE. loice, the carpenter, was re-examined yesterday. Mr. Adolphus and Mr. Spencer attended for the prosecution, and Mr. Clarkson and Mr. Hobler,jun. for the prisoner, who was charged with having forged a half share of a lottery ticket, with intent to defraud Mr. Durant, stock broker, of the sum of 10,0001. Henry Punter, a clerk in Mr. Durant's office, de posed, that on the 18th inst. Bloice presented a share in the lottery of the 2d of Geo. IV. at this office. Witness asked him who had been altering it, to which Bloice said, " I have not ; I know no thing of it. It is as I cut it out of a hammock be longing to my brother, who died in the West Indies. There were two bank notes in it also." Mr. Du rant was sent for, and he pronounced it a patched up thing, and sealed it up, telling Bloice that every fair play should be shown him. The number, which could be with much difficulty deciphered, was 7,839. That number had been drawn a 20,0001. and a 10/. prize. Mr. Durant had been 46 years a partner in the house. The share in question was shown to him and another, which was at Bish's office, and a blank. He at once perceived that the former was a forgery, and said, " This is a pretty thing. Who has been at work at Ihis ?" Bloice then replied as had been stated. Witness said, " Pray, what became of the hammock ?" " I don't know," said Bloice. "To whom did you sell it ?" asked the witness. " That I cant't tell," answered Bloice. Alderman HUGHE, HUGHES—Is this a forged and fabricated ticket ? Witness—l swear it is. Alderman HUGHES HUGHES—How was it fabri cated ? It is made up of a part of the sixteenth of a blank, as is perceivable from the check number, and of other numbers. Joseph Matthews, a glass-engraver, of Red Lion street, Christ-church, Middlesex, was a two years' acquaintance of Bloice, and always considered him an honest man. He has brought up a family of five or six children very respectably. The prisoner was, after a further hearing, fully committed for a forgery upon Messrs. Hazard and Durant, with the intent to defraud them of 10,0001. RASH Vow.—Every one must rejoice that the determination said to have been expressed by a Noble and Learned Lord, never to enter the House again should the Reform Bill pass, has not been considered binding. WAVES OF TII E OCEAN.-The largest waves procee I at the rate of from thirty to forty miles an hour; yet it is a vulgar belief that the water itself ad vances with the speed of the wave. The form of the wave only advances, wlii!e the substance, except a little spray above, remains rising and falling in the same place.— (Arnott's Physic.) The Clare Journal says—"We have no ap pearance of market—neither turf nor potatoes—and this moment (half past nine o'clock on Saturday) there is one butcher's stall open, and twc carcasses of mutton and two of lamb are all that is to be seen, in the way of fresh meat, for the entire population. An opinion may bo formed of our situation when we mention that there are only fifty nine houses open in the town during this day." SOONER LOST THAN FOUND.—In a shop window in Fleet -street, is the following notice in writ ing :—" Seals engraved, and arms found." A sailor who happened to be minus an arm, and who knew little more about writing than just to distinguish between B and a huh's foot, said to a shipmate, after reading the bill, " I wonder, JENKINS," says he, " if the gentleman could say where I lost my arm ? eh !" THE COUNTY OF DURIIAM.—The free holders in the northern division appear to approve of the two candidates, Sir HEDWORTII WILLIA:itsoN and HED WORTH LA3IBTON, E,q , who have offered themselves as re'ormers. But the freeholders in the southern division do not seem to be equally satisfied with the two gentlemen, Mr. Bowas of Streatlain Castle, and Mr. R. D. SHAFTO of Whitworth Park, who have come forward on inde pendent principles. The electors residing at Darlington and the neighbourhood at least require older and more ex perienced men as their representatives.— Tyne Mercury . A pleasant story is related of Madame DE STAEL, that, on her arrival in London, she eagerly inquired for the tomb of 'he " immortal Richwaososr," the author of " Pamela." The person of whom she made the inquiry did not, however, node' stand her, and referred her to RICHARDSON'S Hotel in Covent-garden : the hotel-keeper was likewise at a loss, and sent her to RICHARDSON'S lottery-office, in Cornhill ; this gentleman, it is said, con sulted a bookseller in the neighbourhood, and found that RICHARDSON, the author, was buried in St. Clement's Church, in the Strand. Thither the lady proceeded, but the doors of the church were closed. She had then to look for the curate and the sexton ; and after the doors were opened, she, with difficulty, found a small tablet in scribed with the name of him whose memory she so en thusiastically cherished. EXILE OF NECKER.—" It was on the 11th of July," says Madame DE START., " as my father was sitting down to table, with a numerous dinner party, that the Minister of the Marine came to his house, and taking him aside, presented to him a letter from the KING, re quiring him to resign his office, and to withdraw from France as quickly as possible. Aly mother, though in delicate health, departing without a female attendant, without even a travelling dress, entered with my father the e carriage in wii i eh they travelled th eyusually dayandnight took nnk till they evening their airing,a and d inth is sle, where, when I joined them four days after, they still Ba wore the same full dress in which they had pre sided at the din ner p art y , from whence the y withdrew, b y stealth and in silence, from France, from their home, from their friends, from splendour, and from power."—Me moirs of the Private Life of 111. Necker. Extract of a letter from Aleppo, dated May The Egyptian Chief butAmst's efforts hitherto to subdue Acre have proved ineffectual ; he has left a corps of about 12,000 men before that fortress to prosecute its s i ege , under the command of laktarisf junior, ABESS PacrtA, and SOLIMAN, and proceeded through Tripoli with a corps of 10,000 men in the direction of Homs and Hainah, where the Podia of Aleppo, MEHEMET PACHA, iy encamped, and having been joined by other Pachas, ma y be said to amount in all to 25,000 men ; but I can not say much of their discipline : their cavalry is good, and artillery better than I expected. If the reinforcements, naval and military, of the strength of which so much has been vaunted at Constantinople, would but appear on the coast, it would soon turn the scale, especially if the celebrated HUSSEIN PACIIA comes with them. Admiral H. HOTHAM has despatched the frigate Madagascar to this coast. She, is at Alexandria at present, and expected at Bairout in a few days : her object is to view what is going forward, and to protect British interests if required. The plague has made its direful scourge at Bairout, but I am glad to say it is subsided, leaving only a few victims. p . S. I just now hear it reported that the Damascenes have sent a deputation to the army of the Pacha of Aleppo, at Hainah, offering the keys of the city and 20,000 troops, eic, CONVENTION BETWEEN HIS MAJESTY AND THE EMPEROR OF ALL THE RUSSIAS. SIGNED AT LONDON, NOV. 16, 1831. Their Majesties the King of the United Kingdom ot Great Britain and Ireland, and the Emperor of all the Russian, considering that the events which have occurred in the United Kingdom of the Netherlands, since the year 1830, have rendered it necessary that the Courts of Great Britain and Russia should examine the stipulations of their C mvention of the 19th May, 1815, as well as of tl e additional article annexed thereto; considering that such examination has led the two high contracting parties to the conclusion, that complete agreement does not exist be tween the letter and spirit of that Convention, when re garded in connexion with the circumstances which have attended the separation that has taken place between the two principal divisions of the United Kingdom of the Ne therlands ; but that, on referring to the object of the abovementioned Convention of the 19th of May, 1615, it appears that that object was to afford to Great Britain a guarantee that Russia would, on all questions concerning Belgium, identify her policy with that which the Court of London had deemed the best adapted for the mainte nance of a just balance of power in Europe ;—and, on the other hand, to secure to Russia the payment of a por. tion of her old Dutch debt, in consideration of the gene ral arrangements of the Congress of Vienna, to which she hail given her adhesion,—arrangements which remain in full force : their said Majesties being desirous at the present moment, that the same principles should continue to govern their relations with each other, and that the special tie which the Convention of the 19th of May, 1815, bad formed between the two Courts, should be maintained, have for this purpose named as their Planipo tiaries, viz. t His Majesty the King of the United Kingdom of Great Briton and Ireland, the Right Honourable Henry John Viscount Pahnerston, Baron Temple, a Peer of Ireland. a Member of his Britannic Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, a Member of Parliament, and his princi pal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs:— And his Majesty the Emperor of all the Russias, the Sieur Christopher Prince of Lieven, General of Infantry in his Armies, his Aide-de-Camp General, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to his Britannic Ma jesty, Knight of the Orders of Russia, Grand Cross of the Black Eagle and of the Red Eagle of Prussia, of the Royal Order of the Guelphs, Commander Grand Cross of the Sword of Sweden, and Commander of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem;—and the Sieur Adam Count Ma tuszewic, Privy Councillor of his said Majesty, Knight of the Order of St. Anne of the First Class, Grand Cross of the Order of St. \Vladimir of the Second, Grand Cross of the Order of the Red Eagle of Prussia of the First, Commander of the Order of Leopold of Austria, and of several other Foreign Orders : Who, after having exchanged their full powers, found in good and due form, have agreed upon and concluded the following articles : Article 1..—1 n virtue of the considerations above speci fied, his Britannic Majesty engages to recommend to his Parliament to enable him to undertake to continue, on his part, the payments stipulated in the Convention of the 19th of May, 1815, according to the mode, and until the completion of the sum fixed for Great Britain in the said Convention. Article IL —ln virtue of the same considerations, his Majesty the Emperor of all the Russias engages, that if (which God forbid) the arrangements agreed upon for the independence and the neutrality of Belgium, and to the maintenance of which the two high Powers are equally bound, should be endangered by the course of events, he will not contract any other engagement, without a pre vious agreement with his Britannic Majesty, and his formal assent. Article 111 —The present Convention shall be ratified, and the ratifications shall be exchanged at London, within the space of six weeks, or sooner if possible. In witness whereof the respective Plenipotentiaries have signed the same, and have affixed thereto the seals of their arms. Done at London the 16th day of November, in the year of our Lord 1831. . (L. S.) PALMERSTON. LIEVEN. MATUSZENVIC. GO ET E.—A medal is now preparing in me mory of GOETHE, at Dresden, representing on one side the bust of the poet, and on the other his apotheosis. In stead, therefore, of being mounted on a eagle, the usual con veyance of bards, to the Olympic realms, ever since the discovery of the celebrated cup in the Pontine marshes, re presenting the apotheosis of Houza, GOETHE makes his ascent on the wings of a swan. It is expected that GOETHE'S MSS. will furnish fifteen addi•ional volumes to his works. Among them will be one volume of un published poems ; one forming a continuation of " Faust;" and a fourth volume of his life, comprising the period of his last residence in Frankfort, till his removal to Wiemar, viz. from 1771 to 1776, and said to be full of interest. After OLIVER CRONIWELL'S death, the regicide Colonel INGOLDSBY zealously adhered to his son the Protector RICHARD, with whom his gayety and free dom from fanatical austerity rendered him a favourite. LUDLOW, with his usual gravity, says—" Another thing happened that proved very disadvantageous to the interest of Mr. RICHARD CROMWELL ; for a certain inferior officer having publicly murmured at the advancement of some that had been cavaliers to commands in the army, he was carried to Whitehall to answer for the same. Mr. RICHARD CRONIWELL asked him, in a deriding manner, whether he would hive him prefer none but those that are Godly ? " Here," he continued, "is DICK INGOLDSBY, who can neither pray nor preach, and yet I will trust him before ye all." Those imprudent as well as irreligious words were soon published in the army and the city to its great prejudice.—" Trials of CHARLES I. and the Regi cides, with Memoirs of BRADSHAW, IRETON, &c."— Family Library. No. XXXI. GREAT MEETING OF THE ELECTORS OF THE TOWER HAMLETS.—We understand Mr. HustE and other Members of Parliament will attend the meeting at which the several candidates for that district will attend and state their pretensions. It is of the greatest import ance that this great district should make a wise selection, as the eyes of the public are upon them. The Tories, in objecting to the Nletropolitan Members, stated that some demagogue, or person unworthy of the representation, would be returned by them. It does not appear to be the case as far as we have heard, as the Lambeth and other districts are disposed, as r.port goes, to m tke an excellent choice; and the Tower Hamlets will give the contradic tion direct if they should determine to offer to Lord Al thorp, as has been rumoured, one of the seats. It will be a glorious consuinmation of the Reform Bill, to see that populous, rich, and important district of the Tower Ham lets offering their first fruits to that Statesman—an honour equally great to the electors as to the elected, and, there fore, most desirable for the cause itself. " There was one person, an Englishman, who was always to be found at this table at the dinner hour, — a little elderly man, with a small brown wig ; his appear ance was that of a mercantile man, which I understood he had been for many years in London, where he had re alized something handsome; he could not speak a word of French, although he preferred a table d'hote, which scarcely any others but foreigners frequented. I observed he ate of almost every dish successively ; indeed, he gave the excellency of his fare as his reason for living in Paris, where he had lived, he said, as well as the first Nobleman in England, upon a moderate income. He regularly put the same question to me every day, that is, "if I had heard any thing of the Thames Tunnel ?" An English gentleman, a well-known dramatist, who was, and had been for several years, in the habit of dining at his table, told tne he had asked hiss the same question, the only one he ever asked, regularly for two years, whenever be chanced to meet him ; after this he was generally silent for the rest of the day."—Lydiard's Visit to Paris. AN AFFECTIONATE WOLF.—The wolf, when taken young (says BuFFoN) becomes tame, but never has an attachment. "This" (observes Mr. Witfairr, in his elegant edition of Buffon's Natural History, "like most sweeping assertions affirms too much. Mr. FRE• DERIC CUVIER gives a remarkable instance in which a wolf manifested for his masters all the devoted attachment of a dog. The gentleman who brought him up from a Puppy, and who was going to tra vel, p resented him to the Paris Menagerie when he was fu ll g rown. For se veral inconsolable those hle;butat he length contracted about and seem e d to have forgo tten his former own er. At the end of eighteen months, however, that owner returned, and as soon as the wolf weeks the new wolf attachments was ine° with heard the well-known voice in the gardens o f the menagerie, he displayed the most violent joy, and, or , being set at liberty , he hastened to his friend. An ab sence of three years nex t took p lace, and the wol f was again disconsolate. The master once more returned, and though it being evening, the wolf's den was shut up, yet the mo ment the tones of his friend met his ear, he uttered the most anxious cries. On the door being opened, he darted towards the long absent person, leaped upon his shoulders, licked his face, and threatened to bite the keepers when they attempted to separate them. Wh en t h e man le f t him, he fell sick, rejected all food, Was long on the verge of death, and would thenc, forth never suffer a stranger to approach hint," DUTCH AND GERMAN PAPERS: BRUSSELS, JUNE 25.—Yesterday the King gave private audiences to the Minister of War, to General Desprez, and Count F. de Merode. His Majesty afterwards transacted business with the Ministers of Foreign Affairs, the Interior, and Justice, who had the honour to dine with the King, as well as several senators and deputies. Hie Majesty last night visited the theatre, which was excessively crowded. His Majesty was received in the most enthusiastic manner. The Government has at present under consideration a plan for making an iron rail-road between Brussels and Antwerp. As it seems from calculations made upon data that may be depended upon that the capital required for this purpose would yield at the very outset ten per cent., and that this interest might he doubled in the sequel, the Government intends that the money shall be raised by shares, to be repaid at stated pe riods, and which would maintain here a very high rate of interest, which is not yet determined. Among the advan tages of this plan would be that of travelling from Brussels to Antwerp in an hour and a half, at far less expense than at present. VIENNA, JUNE 15.—The Archduchess Maria Louisa was expected yesterday at Schoenbrunn, where her son has lain for two days without hopes of recovery. A numerous promotion has taken place in the higher ranks of the Aus trian army. Prince Philip, of Hesse Homburg, is ap pointed Master-General of the Ordnance, and six Major. Generals are promoted to the rank of Lieu tenant Field Marshals, which will cause numerous promotions of staff and other officers. Count Munch Bellinghausen, President of the German Diet, sets out to day to return by way of Munich to Frankfort. His ar rival there will very probably be the moment in which very important affairs will be discussed in the Diet, as the excited state of Germany ingrosses the serious attention of the Cabinets, and shows more strongly the necessity of proper measures to allay it. We are here convinced that by the unanimous and serious determination of the Go vernments sedition and licentiousness will speedily be brought back within the bounds of the law. We have accounts from Paris to the 9th, which are very favourable; the late events seem to give more solidity to the new throne in France, and may have a favourable effect in Germany, as the Governors and the governed will learn that legal order may be maintained by energy, and cannot be interrupted with impunity. ALEXANDRIA, MAY 16, A.3t.—A ship bound for Trieste will leave our port in a few hours. We take this opportunity to inform you that within this hour two Egyptian ships of war, coming from Syria, have been descried at a distance. They are adorned with flags, and from time to time a bright fire is seen to arise from them, which is universally supposed to announce some good news that they bring, as according to the news of yesterday, Abdallah Pacha is said to have announced his resolution of immediately surrendering St. Jean d'Acre, on which account expresses were sent to Ibrahim, who was on an excursion in the interior. It is expected that the ships now in sight bring the official news of the sur render of Acre.—Allyemeine Zeitung, June 20. THE MARKETS. SOUTHALL MARKET.—June 27. This day's supply moderately good throughout, and its assem blage of buyers rather numerous. With prime small Beef, Mut ton, Lamb, and Veal, the trade was somewhat brisk; with other kinds of meat very dull, at the following prices per stone of Sib. to sink the oflals Beet 3s. Od. to 4s. Od 3s. 6d. to 4s. 6d. Mutton 3 4 I 4 6 Pork _3 8 4 8 Lamb 4s. Bd. to 6s. Od. 2;1 -. The foregoing quotations are Beef 4d., Veal . per stone lower than on this day se'nnight ; prices otherwise stationary. Beasts, 160; Sheep and Lambs, 3,961 ; Calves, 120 ; Pigs, 40. A consi.. derable number of the Sheep and Lambs, but not many Beasts, Calves, and Pigs, left the market unsold. kiAILSHAM DIARKET.—June 3s. Od. to 4s. Od. VCaleAre.rre«.* 3e. 4d. to 48.2 d. Mutton 3 6 4 6 I Pork 4 0 0 0 Lamb 4s. Bd. to ss. Bd. A moderate time of year supply, and a sluggish trade. ARUNDEL MARKET.—June 26. 8eef......,.............., 3s. Od. to 3s. 10d. Veal.„ 3s. 4d. to 4s. 4d. Mutton ............ 3 4 4 4 I P0rk....---...., 0 0 0 0 Lamb 4s. 6d. to ss. 6d. Supply of Beasts rather limited, of small stock moderately good; trade dull. CHICHESTER ➢I ARKET.—June 27. Beef 2s. 10d. to Is. MI. I 3s. 2d. to 4s. 9.d, Mutton 2 4 4 Porkw.... 0 0 0 0 Lamb 4s. 4d. to ss. 4d. Store stock was in brisk demand, at somewhat improved prices. Supply moderately good throughout ; trade with fat stock rather dull. RU MI011.1) MARKET.—June 27. s. d. to s. d. •. d. 3. d. Beef ° 8 3 8 Veal Mutton 3 4 4 4 Pork _ 3 6 4 6 Lamb ls. Bd. to ss. Bd. Suckling Calves from Hs. to Otis ; Quarter old Pigsl2s.to 18s. each. A moderate supply, and a dull trade. COUNTRY CORN MARKET'S DURING IHE WEEK; Wheat. Barley. Oats. Beans. Per Quarter. s. to s. s. s. s. to s. 3. to • I. Blandford 61 35 22 38 Brigg ... 52 63 36 40 19 22 31 35 Cambridge— 61 24 18 33 Chard 56 60 30 34 16 22 34 36 Huntingdon —....... 58 67 27 33 19 24 30 34 Long Sutton 51 63 17 22 32 3.5 Louth 50 55 27 32 17 20 32 34 Lynn 6O 64 33 35 20 24 32 34 Newark 55 65 33 43 17 20 32 40 Nottingham 60 65 31 42 22 26 36 42 Peterborough 50 64 32 33 20 24 33 38 Plymouth 59 68 28 34 19 22 P0ntefract,,.......... 67 43 27 43 SI eafo 11 65 70 36 38 22 28 41 43 Uppinghain ........ 58 65 32 40 20 24 30 40 Wisbech 54 57 32 35 14 18 32 35 LEEDS CORN M A RKET.--June 26. Wheat, Norfolk and Suffolk, 601 b. York. and Lincoln. 601 b. Barley, Norfolk and Suflblk Yorkshire and Lincolnshire Grinding Beans Oats, Potatoe —Mealing, For. 12d. to 13d Eng. 1134 d. to 13d. per st. Shelling Rapeseed, English, 16/. to 9.4 t Foreign, —L to —l. per last 565. to 71s. 545. to 693. 3 325, to 355 . 345. to 365. 21s. to 235. 345. to 425. 235. to 28s. lg. 1134 d. to 13d. per st. ~ 31s. to 325. per load., —1 to —l. per lasts LIVERVOOL COHN EXCHANUE.—June26. WHEAT, English, White, per 701 b. Red -- Scotch, Welch, and Manx Irish, White 8 8 8 10 ---- Red 8 6 8 8 - Foreign 9 6 10 0 OATS, English, Welsh, and Scotch, per 451 b 3 0 3 2 - Irish - Foreign BARLEY, English, Malting, per Imp. quarter 36 0 40 0 - Scotch and Irish, per 601bs. - Feeding 4 6 4 9 BEANS, English, per Imperial quarter 37 0 40 0 - Irish, &c. - Foreign '3s 0 39 0 PEASE, English, per Imperial quarter 96 o os 0 ---- Foreign FLOUR, English, per 2801 h. 5O 0 51 0 -- Iri;'h OATMEAL, English and Irish, per 2401b s 24 0 25 6 INDIAN CORN, per 4401 b. RYE, per Imperial quarter MALT, per Imperial quarter IMPORT OF GRAIN for the Week ending Julie 25. Wheat. Oats. Barley Flour. Oatmeal. Qrs. Qrs. Qrs. Foreign, Brls.lrish,&c. Scks.l Loads. 9,658 9,403 6 107 3,210 3,811 1,768 A paragraph has been going the round of the papers, suggesting an easy curs for the sting of a bee. The Anti-Reformers complain that for the sting of sche dule B there is no remedy ! Lord ALTIIORP, it is now said, has, on se' cond thoughts, declined acceding to the requisition upon him to allow himself to be put in no mination a s one of the candidates for the representation of Lambeth. 1 - 1 10 personal character, as well as his public condu c t, wo uld have achieved for hitn an easy victory over any other op ponent ; but he had, no doubt, good reas ons f or d ec li n ing the almost proffered honour, and the borough will, in consequence, be delighted to hear t h at hi s place is likely to be supplied by a candidate nearly as efficient, as well al from past Advertiser. sincere in his attachment to f ree i nst i tut i ons—we naeao Mr. TENNYSON, who, it is now un d erstood, will certa i n lY come forward, as well as r ece i ve the cordial support to heig Parliamentary wel i so n titl cause which of services in th e_ ITS. On the 27th in s t. th e lady B of R Geor H ge E. Pococke, Esq.. of a son: On the 26th inst. at the vicarage, Whitkirk, :Yorkshire, th e lady of the Rev. Charles Musgrave, of a daughter. On the ‘Xd inst. at Huntingdon, the lady of John Price, Esq'' of a son. INN'9l\l'aldiddeso;) lESlacill,' On the %th inst. at St. George's, Hanover.square, MARRIED. W. selbY t . in el t d h e e st, co s u o n n ty o o f f N l V 3u in c . k, S , e t l o by Lu Lo cy, w e n h i l l e e s s t , d E au scl g •A t ; of Mrs. Hartman, of Devonshire-place, and grand daughter 0 the late Owen Putland Meyrich, Esq., of Bodorgan, Anglesea„, Oa the 2(itli inst. at Ramsay, Huntingdonshire, the ,Rev. " Jenkins, to Mrs. Young, both of that place. On the 4th of February,, at St. George's Church, Madras, Cal': tain William Cunningham, 44th Regiment Native infantry, Dt , Play Assistant Adjutant-General, Centre Division, to Anpe, Infantry. only daughter of Major Andrew Hervey, 65th Regiment Native DIED. On the 27th inst. in River-terrace, Islington, Mafia, the be' Loved wile of Mr. William Bentley, aced Ql. On the 29th inst. gt Burr,sWeet; Robert Brown, aged 6`. 1 On the 28th inst. Anne, the wife of Mr. Francis T. Donne, Great Surrey-street. On the 27th inst. at Woodford-wells, aged 18, George, younge st child of the Rev. John Bedingfeld of H ae kford-hal l, Norfolk. On the 27. inst. York street, Westminster, Mr. H. • • Joshua, in the 25th year of his age. On the 26th inst. at Croom's_hiti, Greenwich, Hannah Fran ces* On the 24th inst. at Edinb urg h , J osep h A st l ey, F, sq . o after a short but severe illness. relict of the late Thomas Le s t er, E sq., aged 64. PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY MURDO YOUNG AT I" SVN OFFICE, 112 1 STRAND, LONAGIq: