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le real is an d !rest or that , seeil o n Upe" ps irrr whicli ture o f r cowl- L estne o 0 a vert d need' conded Noble ight vi )alling ut eight ited the age and CT, El' :NAre's hand of vim bad mo nths wishes at some suffered preilic -11 show'• and his he latter e father ,otn, and it at his .ers, prc- • the mi n% Au the Jury came by 'son, who nun ie thioh he Ir BuL' r ERNOS ch Chash ere hero Dutc l 4- t, rnared Cr. FRENCH PAPERS. (From Galignani's Messenger of Wednesday.) Pants, Nov. 21.—The National Horse Guards have through their Colonel, General de la Ferriere, solicited the King that he would henceforth permit the post on duty to form his escort whenever he went out. His Majesty ex pre4sed his thanks to the corp. !or its zeal and general good conduct, and acceded to the request. On Monday along the road taken by the King, and a few minutes before the attempt near the Pont Royal, there were distributed a profusion of copies of a pamphlet con taining twenty-four page+, entitled Projet de Constitution. The Chamber of Peers and the Chamber of Deputies will both held public sittings to-day. The Members of the latter Chamber assembled yesterday in the Flail of Conferences, for the purpose of fixing upon their places in the new hall. The President of the Chamber of Deputies will henceforth reside at the Palace of the Deputies. All the furniture of the Hotel in the Place Vendome has been removed to the new apartments. A letter of Monday last, from Lille, says—" The com pany of sappers and miners that were left here after the departure of the rest of the army, received orders last night to march with all despatch to Antwerp, and imme diately took its departure." The King, in answer to an address presented to him Yesterday, in the name of the Council of State, by AI. Girod de l'Ain, said :—" I ant perfectly sensible to the expressions you transmit to me on the part of the Council of State. I wish I could testify to you and to all how much I am gratified by the sentiments you manifest to wards me. You say the truth when you declare that my fate is inseparable from that of the country. My life is devoted to it, as it ever has been, and shall be to the last. To insure its welfare, to maintain the reign of the laws against every attack, to repress the factions, to secure to all the free exercise of their rights, to see France great and happy, enjoying all the prosperity she is so capable of attaining, has been the object of all my endeavours, and therefore it is that I have became the mark of the poignards of assassins. But with the support of the nation, I have braved them and will continue to fulfil my task." In reply to the Address from the National Guards, delivered by Marshal Lobau, the King said—" I cannot express what I have felt from the testimonies I received yesterday from the whole body of the people, :from the Cham bers, and particularly from those of the National Guards who were around me at a moment of alarm, from which my heart had told me I should be exempt, for you know, my dear comrades, that it is for my country, for France, that my heart has never ceased to beat. But you cause me the most grateful emotions. The affection I bear to wards the National Guards is amply repaid by the testi monies of attachment they give me. We have fought in the same ranks at a period when the country was in im minent danger, and I shall be ready again to fight for it with the same zeal and ardour. His Majesty was upon this cheered with shouts of Vive le Roi ! Vive la .Reine He then addressed the 7th Legion, thanking them with great warmth, and concluded by saying :—Surrounded by the National Guards, I feel myself in perfect safety. You may rely upon me as fully as I rely upon you. Our union Is for life and for death. I live but for France and for you." In answer to the address from the municipality of Paris, delivered by the Count de Bondy, the King ex pressed himself in terms equally fraught with confidence, affection, and hope for the future. PARIS, Nov. 21.—The French funds opened very dull, at 96f. and afterwards declined to 95f. 95c. at which price very little was doing, as speculators seemed deter mined to await the result of the operations of the French army before Antwerp, which is expected with the utmost impatience. All business appears at a stand, waiting the , important crisis. A report was current in town of a treaty of alliance, offensive and defensive, being about to be formed between England, France, and Spain, the object of which will be to recognise Donna Maria as Queen of Portugal, and to establish the independence of the Spanish American colo nies. Spanish Stock, in consequence, experienced a demand. It is stated that the young man who fired at the King on Monday, has been discovered. Fite:tett FURDS.---PARIS, Nov. 21.—Five per Cents., 961. DX 95c. 90c.. 95e. 96f. 95f. 95c. 90c. 95c. 96f. Three per Cents., 67 f. Isc. 25c. 20c. 30c. 35c.. Bank Actions, 1,661 f. 25c. Rente de Naples, 811. 10c. 81f. 81f: toe. Roman Five per Cents., Soy{, 81. Relate d'Esspagne, 5 per Cent., IN % ; Ditto, Three per Cents., 293 j. Rente Perpetuelle d'Espagne,lls6% th % Belgian Loan, 74.. Exchange on London, one mon, paper, 25f. 73c.; three months, money, 251. 60c.— fours Authentique. FRICES OF STOCKS THIS Sank Stock 2 per Cent. Red Titt. , Cent Cons. . SS , V/4 •-' per Cent.....-.......... 89 ..o Red.......... 89%% New 3% per Cent. —9l $ 1 3 per Cent. Ann. 1726 .... -- 4 Per Cent 1826 On %ii Sank Long Ann. to expire Jan. 5, 1860... ...... 16 3-16 Oct. 10 1859 l6 1-16 Jan. 5, , 1860 16 7-16 % Jan. 5, 1880 Aprils, 1880.............„ Jan. 5. 1870 -- PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS 1 Austrian Bonds ..» 89 Belgian Bonds ^44 ,„. Ditto Account Brazilian Bonds 464 Ditto Account Buenos 46%3 Ayres Bonds Ditto Account 22 Chilian Bonds ...--- , Ditto Account...—. 164 ‘ ol Urnbian Bonds 9% Ditt o Account ........ .....- Ditto Bonds, 1824 Ditto Account Vanish Bonds --- 661( ‘t„ Ditto Account.... ....... 67 6 teek 80nd5..........—. Ditto Bonds, 1825. Ditto Account — Dleale a n Bonds, 5 per cent 214 Ditto Account Ditto, 6 per cent Ditto Ace0unt...............M capolitan... —l THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Peruvian Bands lOl4 _ Ditto Account Portuguese Bonds 48% Ditto Account. 473¢ 9% Regency 5crip......... 41 dis. Ditto Account ... 4 1 dis. Prussian Bonds lOO% Ditto Account Ditto Bonds, 1822 98 3 i Russian Bonds, 1822 96 96 Ditto Account 92 % % New Loan Spanish Bonds, 1821 ....• ..• Ditto Account Ditto Bonds, ISM Ditto Account. 15M French Rentes. 5 p. Exchange —f —C. per cent..." —f —c. Exchange f —c. Dutch Scrip 40 14% Ditto Account ...40%% U% French Scrip 2lpm. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. Per Share. Anglo Mex. Min. Co. (iss. at 5/. pm.) £lOO 8 ~ lanos Mining Company £l5O 165 'razilian Imp. Min. Co. Oss. at 5/. pm.) £2O 46% Ditto National...... ................... 173 17% Ditto St. John Del Rey i, Ditto Cocaes 5 5 % . ..rajah Iron Mining Company £ 5O 19 6 ~ Mining Co. (iss. it 5/. pm.) 48% I.? kunbian 12% 22 ,nglish Mining Company irleral Mining Association ll 5% 29 ' w-41 del Monte Mining C 0...., — %g fitted Mex. Min. Co. tin. at 21. pm.) 4 0 4% Al Ditto New Sclip 2 5% S% Maliaice Fire Insurance Comp. ..... —. 10 n tor Insurance Comp. Co. la n nada Company ........... ........... . 24 17 4 q 43%' a g eneral Steam Navigation Co. l3 9 1 Z.,a_vincial Bank of Ireland 23 29 ae p , ittlr -- -'ti Stn. . . LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 23, 1832. The accounts from Oporto, received this l 'lorui ng at the Embassy and at the Foreign °pee, are not, we understand, by any means so couraging as those which appear in the \ l ' "lorning Papers. Those which we have seen a 4 e%crib e the prospects of Don PEDRO as still I , t i leering, and attribute the resignation of Col. "°oGEs to a very different cause from that ‘' lll ict th e cor respondents of the Morning 1, Ihaler s h ave ass i gne d. It i s stated by them t r . 4 the Colonel was disgusted with the neglect the men under his command, and that 4 \lng applied in vain for clothing and other b ee essaries, he had no other course before him 14 resignation. We are assured that the ` )° l:'s under the command of Col. HODGES as well provided with necessaries as the 4 of the army, and that the real difference 'ween him and the Regency arose from the 'lt of the latter to have the French brigade L ed under the command of a French officer, that as considerable reinforcements had 'e out from England, it should not be con ed that Colonel HODGES was to have the tnand of more than would be sufficient to igth en the force immediately under his 'rs• It is also stated that the Colonel had tered himself very unpopular, not only among Portuguese but also with his own troops by everity of the discipline which he had in i'teed without its being tempered by the in ellees necessary in a service, such as that in which he was engaged. Whether this statement be true or not, we have no means of judging. At any rate, it is ; litmourable to the character of Colonel H0w:341'40 know that he cannot be re proached with , a laxity of discipline, and when we consider dist- many of the men who were sent out to him - were persons of a very loose descrip tion, we must allow that he has not had an easy task to perform in bringing them to any thing like order. No further accounts have been received this morning, either at the French or the Belgian embassy from Paris. They are, however, mo mentarily expected. There are no letters from Sir JOHN MILLEY DOYLE of a later date than the 10th inst., at which time he had been appointed to succeed Colonel HODGES. The fact of his having been subsequently superseded for General PINTO, is not officially known at the embassy. There appears, however, to be no reason to doubt it. The Tories are again at work at their old trade of fraud, lying, and cajolery. These men have, at least, one advantage over every other faction, that they never know when they are beaten. One would have supposed that the Reform question would have giveti them a quietus for, at any rate, a dozen years ; but no ; they are up again, cackling and braying just as noisily as ever. " Born a Goddess," says POPE, " nonsense never dies." The Tories seem re solved that this great truth shall not be falsified in their persons. Their speeches set the immor tality of nonsense beyond a doubt. At Leeds and Huddersfield these men, after the fashion of the Conservative Club in London, have had the incredible fatuity to attempt to get up addresses against the Government, on the pretence of a love of peace ! Yes, the men who were the means of plunging us into a war, the effects of which we still feel, and shall probably continue to feel long after every trace of the ex isting generation has vanished from the face of the earth ; who built us barracks and gaols in every town, and then churches, by way of puri fying the neighbourhood of such nuisances ; who treated John Bull as Dr. SANGRADO treated his patients, that is to say, bled him to within an inch of his life, and then bid him uplift his voice in gratitude for his miraculous cure ; the very men who have done all this and more, are now just discovering that war is a great curse, a still greater expense, and that it is mon strous to think of burdening the nation with such a calamity ! ! This, we say, is now the cry of the Tories. But what is their motive for such an Irish howl ? Why, neither more nor less than, under pretence of tranquillity, to create confusion ; under pre tence of peace, to promote war ; under pretence of non-interference with Government, to oust them from their places and mount the vacant saddles. The Tories tell us, forsooth, that to interfere with the rights, as they call it, of our old and amiable ally the King of HOLLAND, is to hazard a European war ! Why, this interference is not a Whig but a Tory measure. It was the Duke of WELLINGTON himself who first de clared in his place in Parliament that Holland and Belgium could never be reunited ; who played fast and loose on the subject, putting words into the KING'S mouth at one moment, which he did not hesitate to falsify the next ;-- it was his Grace himself at the head of the Tories who did this ; and the Whigs are now only trying to turn the legacy of blunders which he bequeathed them, as if out of spite, to a just and reasonable account. In a word, they are merely endeavouring to act conscientiously, where their predecessors meant only to shuffle, perplex, and delay. If we be now on the eve (which we trust may yet be averted) of a European war, it is the Tories we must thank for the blessing. From the first to the last mooting of the Belgic ques tion, the King of HOLLAND has been a mere puppet in their hands. They have been the showmen who pulled the strings that set Punch a capering ; theirs were the voices which set him a squeaking ! Even the invention of the Pro tocol is theirs—that glorious invention, which proves how long great statesmen may trade on one idea ; how lengthily and learnedly they may write, without once coming to the point, or ex hibiting even the slightest glimmer of meaning. The prime object with the Tories now is, to get up a general confusion. If they can only succeed in this, they ►hink that in the bustle and perplexity that must inevitably ensue, they may slip back unnoticed into office. To effect this grand aim they will stick at no thing. Truth is no stumbling-block in their way. For instance, they 'will tell their country men—by-the-bye, they have already done so— that the interference with Holland will not fail to cripple British commerce—omitting to state at the same time, that the Dutchman's obsti nacy is of their own creating—the legitimate offspring of their own loins. But what mon strous impudence in these men to blame the Whigs for crippling our national commerce ! Do they forget—or do they think that the country forgets—their own protracted, unprin cipled opposition to Reform, by which they well nigh destroyed all public confidence, and anni hilated our domestic trade ? Do they imagine that the Bankrupt Gazettes of last year have slipped clean out of mind ? That the beggared tradesman—beggared by the general stagnation of trade, brought about by the factious Anti- Reformers—retains no vivid recollection of their conduct ? If these men really think so, then indeed, are they " duller than the fat weed that rots on Lethe's wharf." But let them think as they please, or act as they will, one fact is certain, that they or theirs shall never again sway the destinies of Eng land. The chief cause of Whig popularity is hatred of the Tories. One looks perfection by the side of the other. White never looks so white, or black so black, as when the two come into direct contras.. We try the Tories as we try the Whigs, or as we should try any other party, or individual, by one and the same standard—not by what they say, but what they do. The Tories, under the pretence of promoting peace, are now stirring heaven and earth to oust the present Cabinet, and to bring on a war, to prevent which (or, at least, to prevent which) the Whigs are pledged to their utmost body and soul. Wherefore, we say, trust them not. They can only prove their patriotism by labouring at the oar, and pulling in the same galley with the Whigs, who, having already redeemed their first pledge, Reform, will, we doubt not, be equally zealous in their endea yours to promote the two next—Peace and Re trenchment. We have advices from Naples of the 3d instant, which state that the marriage of the KING with the Princess of SARDINIA had at last been decided on, and Prince SCILLA was to set out to receive the young QUEEN, who was expected at Naples by the 17th iretant. The Queen Mother was to retire to Rome. Our City Correspondent says, 44 There has been a meeting of the merchants of Amsterdam, for the purpose of voting a resolution of thanks to our merchants here, for their petition to the KING, to prevent a war with Holland. Their vote of thanks has been received in London." It will be teen by the following foreign news, as well as that in other parts of our Paper, that Prussia continues to strengthen the troops al ready assembled in her provinces of the Rhine ; but she, as well as every other despotic Power of Europe, has such a paramount interest for re ►naining at peace, that we shall not believe her mad enough to go to war till she has actually declared her intention of doing so. BONN, Nov. 15.—Extraordinary movements of troops are taking place in all Rhenish Prussia. Soldiers are daily hastening to the Belgian frontiers, and the people have notice to prepare to have a great many troops quartered on them. The cavalry of our garrison has already marched out and the Lmdwehr is ready for action. Prussia as sembles an army to which it is not easy to find an equal, and which can meet any enemy. In a week a large Prussian army will be assembled in this Province, of which their will be a general review at Cologne. FRANKFORT, Nov 15.—The Leipsig Journal con tains the following private correspondence from Berlin : " The presence of the universally respected Queen of the Netherlands is not likely, considering the firm character of our King, to have much influence on the affairs of Holland and Belgium, respecting which so many fables have been spread, so much written backwards and forwards, that it ' seems to be time to wait patiently.to see how the pro!lem will be solved. The Hamburg Correspondent particulraly distinguishes itself by news from this city (Berlin)which are almost always idle fables, and one is often tempted to be lieve (so p ilpahle are the lies) that the narrater intended to mystify the journalist. There is a report that the cir culation of two journals is to be prohibited in the Prus sian dominions, as the editors are not to be dxtarred, by repeated warnings, frwri proceeding in a manner that can not he tolerated, without participating in the insults to foreign states which daily occur in them. WURZBURG, Nov. 13.—The Polish Captain Kurowsky (from Rhenish Prussia), who bad the misfortune to lose a foot in the memorable battle near Warsrw, had been living here a long time to get an artificial foot made. There were some reasons for suspecting him, and accordingly a domiciliary visit was made, and papers have been found, which led to his immediate arrest. After being arrested by the police, he was conveyed to the prison of the circle. —Frankfort Papers, Nov. 17. It is stated in one of the letters from Oporto, that Sir JOHN CAMPBELL has been ordered to Lisbon. This worthy individual, when in formed by the British naval officer who went to him after the affair of the 29th, that Sir John's old friend, the Governor of Oporto, had lost an arm, observed, " So much the better ; I wish it had been his head." COURT OF CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) STEPHENS V. RENNIE AND OTHERS. Mr. GianuisTort, jun., was heard till one o'clock, in opposition to this pat•t•heard motion to dissolve an =- parte injunction, obtained by the plaintiff against the de fendants, to restrain them from further publishing a work called, A Conspectus of the Moths and Butterflies in Britain, on the ground of its being a piracy of the plain tiff's work of a similar nature.—At the conclusion of the Learned Gentleman's argument leave was obtained for Mr. Pepys to reply at the sitting of the Court to-morrow, he being then engaged in speaking in the Vice-Chancellor's Court. ROLLS COURT.-(THIS DAY.) IN THE.MATTER OF THE ACT FOR ASSISTING PERSONS WHOSE ESTATES WERE DESTROYED BY THE INSURREC TION IN JAMAICA. Mr. BURGE stated that the case came before the Court upon the petition of Sir S. H. Clarke, praying for a refe rence to the Master to inquire whether it would be for his benefit to borrow a sum of 15,0001. under the Act of Parliament for assisting persons whose estates had been destroyed or injured by the late insurrection in Jamaica. His HONOUR observe I that there was an informality in the petition, as it was not entitled in the matter of the Act ; the order might, however, be made subject to that amendment. DAY AT ON} O'CLOCK. New 5 per Cent. India Stock Ditto Bonda 17 16 17 pin. South Sea Stock 93 Old Annuities New Ditto 3 per Cent. Ann. 1751 - Ex. Bills, £l,OOO 25 26 pm. Ditt0............500 25 26 pm. Ditto Small Ditto Commercial Ditto Advertised Bank for Account India for Account Cons. for N0v........... 93% 3 KING'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.) THE KING V. SLANGY. It will be recollected that the defender, a solicitor, was con victed of publishing a libel upon the Hon. Mr. Fane. A few days ago the case came on for argument upon a motion for a new trial, and an arrangement was made that a verdict of guilty should stand only upon the third count, charging the defendant with publishing the libelous placard, one of the subjects of the prosecution. This morning he appeared in Court to receive judgment. Mr. POLLOCK, Mr. WHATELY, and Mr. FOLLETT, ad dressed the Court at considerable length in mitigation of punishment. Sir JAMES SCARLETT, and Mr. MANNING, followed in support of the prosecution. The Learned Judges consulted together a short time. Mr. Justice J. PAKEE then proceeded to pass the judgment of the Court. He said it was painful to see a professional gentleman who had hitherto borne a good character standing in the situation of the defendant. He had been convicted of an offence against the laws of the country, in publishing a placard, and causing it to be cir culated, containing a libel on the character of a gentleman then a candidate for the representation of Oxford in Par liament. The placard was very obscurely worded, but that very obscurity in libels often caused them to have greater effect than if they contained a specific charge. The defendant had that day instructed his Counsel to state that he was not the author of the libel ; vet, at the same time, he refused to snake the only reparation he could to the offended justice of the country, by disclosing the name of the author. The defendant had said he was bound in honour not to do so. The Court would not express any opinion as to whether the course he had adopted in that respect was honourable or not. Under all the circumstances of the case, the judgment of the Court upon the de fendant was, that he be imprisoned in the custody of the Marshal of the Marshalsea, for six calendar months—that he do pay a tine of 3001. to the King, and that he be further imprisoned until such fine be paid. The defendant then left the Court in custody. WINCHESTER, Nov. 23. Notwithstand ing the various devices and inti m id at i ons pract i se d h ere on behalf of the Conservative Candidates for the Northern Division of the County, and for this City, they appear to have little chance of success. It is now considered cer tain that Messrs. LEFEVRE and SCOTT will, at the next election, he returned for the Northern, and Lord PAI, MERSTON with Sir GEORGE STAimiros, for the Souther n Division of Hampshire. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL MARKETS. At per stone, by the Carcass. s. d. to s. d. Beef, inferior 2 0 2 2 Mutton, inferior... - middling 2 2 2 4 - middling.. prime large 2 4 2 6 - prime prime small... 210 3 0 Pork, large . Veal 3 0 4 4 -small s. d.tos. 41. 22 2 4 2 6 210 34 3 8 38 4 0 42 5 0 THE FUNDS.--(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. Montreal Papers to the 28th of October, Quebec to the 24th of October, and Jamaica Papers to the 13th of October, by the Jamaica Mail this morning, have been received at the North and South American Coffee-house. The Montreal Papers state the loss of the ship Unicorn in Cotean Bay, on the south-side of Newfoundland ; 26 days from Liverpool ; crew and passengers saved. CANADA.—On Saturday last, a very numerous meeting was held at York, Upper Canada, to take into consideration the important measure of obtaining a part of Enterena for the South Province. We never witnessed a public meeting at which so strong a feeling was evinced in behalf of that object. The Quebec Papers, as well as the Jamaica Papers, are void of any interest. The Chronicle of Jamaica states, that a smart shock of an earthquake was felt, but it only lasted a few seconds. SIR WILLIAM HORNE. We understand it has been reported that Sir William Horne was about to be created a Puisne Baron of the Court of Exchequer. This report is totally without foundation. Sir William Horne has virtually, for some time past, been Attorney-General, and we have the proper authority for stating, that no such arrangement has been, or is, in contemplation as that he should succeed Mr. Baron Bayley—that if such ' a proposition were made to him, he would in stantly reject it, resolved, as he is, never to compromise the dignity of the bar by accepting of any puisne-judicial seat whatever. Has this report, then, proceeded from the Learned Gen tleman's opponents now in the field for the re presentation of Marylebone in Parliament, with a view to injure his canvass, or has it been issued by the Conservatives for the purpose of having, at this late hour, a colour for starting a Tory candidate ? Let it have come from either quarter, and considering the medium chosen for its circulation, it will prove alike futile. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.) FROM LLOYD'S DEAL, Nov. ‘2l—Wind S.E. by S.—The French armed steamer Castor, of 6 guns, sailed about noon to the southward. His Majesty's ships Spartiate and Rover, with the French ships La Sufftin and Melpomene, remain. Arrived from the river and sailed the Dryad, Herd, for New South Wales; also seve. ral other outward.bound. Arrived the Medora, Coward, ftom Jamaica. PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 22.—Wind S.E.—The Dutch ship Regersdaal, Capt. Zaarlan, from New York to Amsterdam, has been detained and brought in here by his Majesty's ship Conway. FALMOUTH, Nov. 21.—Wind S.S.E., fresh breezes and squally.—Arrived the Baracouta packet, from Jamaica, sailed the 13th ult ; Liverpool steamer, from Oporto, sailed the 16th instant; and Caroline, Walters, from the Canaries. DOVER, Nov. 22.—A schooner of a dark black colour with two red streakes, deeply laden, with loss of sails and one mast, otherwise apparently not much damaged, was fallen in with abandoned on the 10th inst., in lat. 57, long. 26, from Terrol, by the Carl Johan, Grill, from Gottenburg to New York, and a Hull brig was seen to take possession of her. Arrived the Verges, Christie, from Boston. SClLLY.—Arrived the Ocean, Wilson, from Honduras; Gosforth, Hodge, from Miramichi. BRISTOL, Nov. 22.—Arrived the Dochfour, Shell, from Demerara. LIVERPOOL, Nov. 21.—Arrived the Helen, Butinan, from New York; Africaine, Thompson, and Perseverance, Hughes, from Quebec ; and Alexander, Adams, from Smyrna. FURTHER DETENTION OF DUTCH VESSELS. The Dolphin, Baker, from Marennes to Bergen, sent into Newhaven; the Atlantic, from Surinam to Amsterdam, has been sent into Scilly. OPORTO, OCT. 13. SIR,—I beg to acquaint you, that I have received a notifi cation from the General commanding the army of Don Miguel in front of Oporto, of his intention to establish a strict block ade of this city, that he shall fire on vessels of every descrip tion which may attempt to enter the Douro, and shall use every endeavour to destroy such as may succeed in getting into the river, and be the bearer of supplies to the troops of Don Pedro. I am, &c &c. THOS. S. SORILL, ConsuL P. Hely, Esq., Agent to Lloyd's, Oporto. The Nancy, Gasley, from Keil to London, put into Yar mouth leaky, and must discharge, having been on the Lemon and Ore Sand. The Gannett, from St. Petcrsburgh to London, put into Gumsby Flats leaky. The Alleypatig, Michaels; frorieLotidon to Philadelphia, put into Cowes with her larboard bow stove in, having been in contact with another 'vessel. The Emelie, from Oporto to Christiansand, has been carried into Weymouth, with loss of mast and bowsprit, &c. The Renown, Birkett, from Liverpool to Demerara, put into Holyhead with damage, having been run on board of. The Perseverance, Wattes, from Poole to Newfoundland, has put into Scilly, leaky. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. The arrivals of Grain this week are small , and there is an i►►. considerable return of Flour. The Wheat trade is firm at much the same prices as on Monday. Barley, Beans, and Pease, main. tain former rates. Oats arc rather dearer, but sales are slow. Flour meets a ready sale at former prices. ARRIVALS. Wheat.7o I Barley. Oats. Flour. Irish SS - - Foreign brls. SMITHFIELD MARKET In this day's market, which was but indifferently supplied throughout, both as to quality and numbers, the trade with prime Beef, Mutton, Veal, and Pork, was somewhat brisk, at fully, with other kinds of meat very dull, at barely, Monday's prices. Mulch Cows were in steady demand, at last week's prices, an useful short-horns, with her small calf, producing from 191. to 221. each. PRICES PER STONE OF SLIM TO SINK THE OFFALS. s. d. to I. d. s. d. to s. e. Inferior Beasts 2 0 0 0 Large Lambs ..... ....0 0 0 0 second quality ditto 2 2 2 6 Prime small ditto... 0 0 0 0 Prime largo Oxen 3 2 3 6 Large coarse Calves 3 0 3 4 Prime Scots, &c 3lO 4 2, Prime small ditto... 4 2 4 8 Inferior Sheep 2 0 2 4 Large Hogs 3 4 3 8 Second quality ditto 2 8 3 4 Small Porkers 4 8 ;,5 2 Coarse-woolledditto 3 8 4 0 Suckling Calves 12s tota, each. SouthdownWethers 4 6 410 Quarter old Pigs P2s to 18s. each. SUPPLY, AS PER C Beasts. 1 Sheep. 414 1 3,800 LERK'S STATEMENT. I Calves. I Pigs. 19 130 THE FUNDS. The general topic of conversation this morning relates to the order issued by General Chasse to the troops, by which it appears that he is determined to resist to the last extremity ; therefore, in the course of next week we may expect im. portant events from Antwerp. We should imagine it almost impossible that the Prince of Orange, with his army, can re main without advancing, and suffer the brave garrison of the citadel to be sacrificed without coming to their relief. He certainly must comply with the great enthusiasm which pre vails in Holland, and a dreadful contest must be expected. The news from Oporto is of a dark description, which we did not expect at the moment Don Pedro's affairs were going on well. There appears to be dissention, jealousy, and mistrust, both amongst the army and the administration of Don Pedro, and at a moment when the greatest efforts of Don Miguel are di. rected against him. Should these dissentions last much longer it will prove a mortal wound to the cause of Don Pedro. The Portuguese are a jealous nation, and will not act with fo. reigners without compulsion. The estafette from Paris this day is rather of a meagre de scription. All eyes are now looking towards Belgium and Holland with great anxiety, and no doubt Prussia will soon be put to the test, for the Dutch will try her sincerity. Consols are s t ea d y ; t h ey o pened at 83 for the Account, with little doing, and at present may be quoted at 83 to %. In the Foreign Market nothing doing. HALF-PAST ONE. Up to the present hour we have no further information either from Holland or Portugal. There has been a meeting of the Merchants of Amsterdam, for the purpose of voting a resolution of thanks to our Mer chants here, for their petition to the King, to prevent a war with Holland. Their vote of thanks has been received in London. Consols, which were in the early part of the morning at 83, have since improved to 83 1 ,4 4 for the account : there is not much doing. In the Foreign Market Dutch Stock is rather lower, as wel as Portuguese Scrip. THREE O'CLOCK. - Consols for Account, 83i I. CLOSING PRICES.—FOUR O'CLOCK. Consols ......... 83i 1 Danish Ditto for Account 834 Greek Brazilian Bonds Mexican Buenos Ayres... Peruvian ..• .... Chilian Ditto.... Russian," C)lumbian 1824 Spanish 1 ... • ELECTION FOR THE CITY. A meeting of the electors of the Ward of Alden .te was held this day at the Albion Tavern, Aldersgate-street, to promote the election of George Grote, Esq., one of the canditatts for the representation of the City of London. The Chair was taken at one o'clock by Mr. Coulson, Esq., M.D. . . The CHAIRMAN opened the procceeding•, by intro ducing Mr. Grote to the notice of the meeting. Mr. STACEY begged before Mr. Grote addressed th meeting, to read a letter which that gentleman wrote to him in April last, in answer to one that he (Mr. S.) wrote to him soliciting him to become a can didate at that time. The letter was a private one, but as it was written when Mr. Grote could have had no per sonal object to gain, and as it spoke his sentiments at that period, he (Mr. Stacey) hoped that gentlemen would not be offended at its being now read, in order to show the sentiments which be entertained. Mr. S. then read the letter, which was as follows " Threadneedle-street, April 26, 1831. " Dear Sir,—l feel greatly obliged and flattered by your kind offer of this morning, and not less sensible of the pecu liar good taste and feeling which marks the manner of ten. dering it. "I have resolved not to stand for the City on this occasion, for my whole soul is absorbed by the paramount importance of carrying for candidates pledged to the Reform Bill, and I should defeat that object irretrievably if I stood forward as a fifth Reformer. " To aid as powerfully as I can the great cause now pending, I hare become chairman of the committee of the four candi dates, all pledged to Reform, and all on the ground earlier than myself—Thompson, Venables, Waithman, and Wood. In their suceess I feel quite as warmly interested as I could do in my own, and I would entreat you to exert your good offices as zealously in their behalf as you would have been disposed to do in mine. For on this occasion, the question is not so much as to the general excellence of the persons chosen. An issue has been joined between Mr. Word and the city on this specific bill, and the ground object is to assure four city votes in its favour in the next Parliament. The Parliament will, in fact, be summoned for that particular purpose, and will be dissolved, of course, after the measure is passed. I shall feel particularly obliged if you will interest yourselves among those friends who might honour me with any portion of their regard, and intimate to them, in the strongest manner, that the success of the roforming cause on this occasion is far nearer to my heart than any object of personal ambition can ever be to me, and I shall feel quite as much obliged by their votes as if they had been given personally to myself. " I remain, Dear Sir, yours truly, " G. Stacy, Esq." " GEO. GROTE." Mr. GROTE then came forward amid the plaudits of the meeting. He said that no one was more astonished than himself at the letter which Mr. S tracey had read to the meeting. The sentiments, however, he had there ex pressed he still entertained, and he trusted that the infe rence which he had put upon that letter would be that which the meeting had put; it had not been written for any purpose of hie own, but expressed truly the sentiments of his heart. He was very much indebted to the meeting for the present opportunity of making himself known to the Ward, and of stating clearly his opinions. The meeting was well aware that a Constituency so extensive as that of the City of London, precluded the possibility of addressing himself to every per son.—(Cheers.) He felt that the first duty of a candidate was to be distinct and explicit in all his expression. He desired, if possible, to convey to the meeting a full assurance that he was not altogether unde serving the trust which he sought to be reposed in him.— (Cheers.) He desired to exhibit evidence of that, and also to convey his views on those leading topics which were now generally under discussion ; and whether those views would be acceptable to the meeting or not, be felt desirous, and to be his duty, to state them. In doing so, he trusted he should not be considered as express ing double-faced sentiments, or seeking to entrap the meeting by any evasion ; for, even if those senti ments titc ,, ld be disagreeable to the meeting, or lost him their votes ; he felt it his duty candidly to state them.—(Loud c►ie°ring.) The Worthy Chairmen in opening the meeting had adverted to the state of affairs as they at present existed, and had stated to the meeting the importance, under existing circumstances, of making a proper choice of representatives in the osuiqg Parlia ment. No one felt more than he did the importance oiihat choice.—(Cheers.) Up to the present period the House of Commons bad been filled by a constituency whose only wish was to uphold abuse; it was true that a few valuable men had found their way into it, but their ser vices were lost to the nation in consequence of the bo rough proprietary Members overwhelming them. Under the Reform Bill, however, he trusted that there would be a House of Commons really chosen by the people, and that it would be composed by men in whom the people could place confidence. He trusted that the people would then have a Parliament which would to t fear to grapple with the entire system as it now existed, and set about in right earnest to reform all abuses (Cheers)—whose existence was owing to the corruption of an unreforined Parliament. He would not disguise from the meeting that he was aware the task of a Member in the Re. formed Parliament would be a most arduous one; he was well aware that it would require the greatest talents and in. dustry, and those rare mental excellencies which few possessed, and also a full command of general principles (and great saga. city to apply them) in matters that came before the Legislature, that it also required a kindly feeling towards the public, with a determination to enter into all their happiness and misery. If a Membersadlsot possess this, however valuable he might be in private life,.wouldfall short of those qualities which every Member of a Reform Parliament ought to possess. He did not mean to say that he possessed all those qualities for which he had adverted, but he had laboured to possess them.—(Cheers.) And all those topics which would lead to a cheap and good Government.—(Cheers.) Among other things that a Re. formed Parliament would have to discuss would be deficiencies in the Reform Bill itself. No one had tried more than he had to promote the success of the Reform Bill, but there was yet something in it that remained to be done. In that Bill there was no provision to insure a most important point. There was nothing in it, that he perceived, which at all protected the voter from the risk he was under of being turned out of house and home, and of being deprived of all, if he voted in a manner that did not meet with the approbation of those who employed him.—(Hear.) That was an enormity which ought to be immediately re medied. If a candidate called on an elector for his vote, the Legislature ought to furnish the latter with a shield against all persons who might wish to put an obstruction to his free decision, and on that ground he (Mr. Grote) would call on the Legislature for the vote by ballot. He knew there were many persons who thought it was unnecessary, but he could only say he wished it had not fallen to his lot to hear so many acts of oppression on the part of landlords towards tenants, and of cus tomers towards tradesmen, and if any persons listened to what was still passing in many parts of the country, particularly at Stamford, Newark, and such like places, they could not fail of being sensible that no farther evidence was wanting of the impracticability of having free and conscientious voting. The Hon. Gentleman then read a statement in support of his assertion, published in the daily papers a few days ago, , in which it appeared that Mr. Hudson, a builder of Oxford, had dismissed three of his workmen because they refused to vote for Sir Charles Wetherell, and the paragraph concluded thus—" Are not these sufficient inducements for the ballot ?"—(Cheers.) He appealed to the meeting whether, after what they had heard and read, they entertained a doubt of the influence at work throughout England by persons to govern the votes of those dependent on them ? He regretted to say, that such was the nature of man, that so long as the road to dominion was left open, so long would men control the votes and feelings of those dependent on them to serve their own purposes. If they should obtain the vote by ballot, it would be necessary that the electors should have a sufficient control over the conduct of those who sought to represent them, and that could only be done by an abridgment of the duration of Parliaments.—(Cheers.) The present period of seven years operated as a temptation to per sons to obtain a seat, which, whether their conduct be good or bad, they were pretty sure of retaining during that time. He (Mr. Grote) thought that three years were sufficient; and that if triennial were substituted for septennial Parliaments, there would be greater assiduity and attention on the part of the Members.—(Cheers.) Regarding the ensuing Session of Parliament, the people should use every exertion to procure free and independent Members, who would undertake the duties rigorously and effeetively. Among the first objects which would come before it would be the state of the public expenditure. All candidates for the next Parliament, whether Whig, Tory, or Radical, were ready to pledge themselves to economy in the expenditure, but he warned the people against those who only spoke of it with their lips, and had not the intention at heart. The object of economy was, however, most precious in his sight, and he pledged himself that so long as he saw an unme rited outlay of the public money, so long would he cry out against it.—(Cheers.) The immense aggregate of the expen diture since the commencement of the French war had made the people look with indifference to each particular item, but he looked to a Reformed Parliament for a remedy of that deep rooted evil, and to establish a wholesome and just ratio be tween labour and its reward. His opinion was, that any person was guilty of an act of atrocity who received unmerited pay, and that it was equally a fraud upon the coun try, en the part of the giver or receiver, as if it were a transac tion belonging to a private individual or a public company.— (Loud cheers) Such persons ought to be discountenanced by every patriotic citizen. In the present system of paying, there is a total want of adherence to the just standard by which it should be regulated. When a person wanted a good clerk or labourer, he looked only at the qualities of the man and his fitness for the situation, but that was not the case in matters of Government. Those who were appointed to Government offices did not look for merit, but to certain qualifications of high breeding and connexions, as Mr. Canning had said they looked to a sort of compound ratio to merit, to family, and to birth. It was in that way that the higher classes had been ac customed:to manage the public affairs and appointing persons: to the quarter-deck who were accustomed take upon them the whole management of the ship's crew, thus making an over-liberal provision for them, and making their duty easy and profitable, to the neglect of the Company they ought to serve.—(Cheers.) That was one of the most pernicious effects of a bad Government, which not only impoverished the people, but debased and corrupted them at the same time. The Honourable Gentleman then proceeded to the question of Church Establishment, and to the system of Ecclesiastical remuneration in general. It was of great importance that re ligious instruction of the best kind should be given to the people, and that those who administered it, should have the command and respect of the people—(Hear, hear)—they could not command those feelings without they were frugally and moderately paid. By the present system the evils of excess were widely contrasted with the evils of defect ; Those who did the least received most extravagantly, and those who the most received a miserable portion. From the di itribution of the Church Revenues which were of vast amount, the people did not receive what had been pro mi .ed them—a va!uAlle and efficient Ministry: If the pay of the Church of England were put on an equitable footing, the people would have more able Ministers at a much less ex.: pence. That he would promise to do if he had the honour of being returned to Parliament. Then, as connected with the Church Reform, he would advert to the question of tithes.—(Cheers.) He was decidedly of opi. Mon that tithes were the very worst of taxes ever imposed on a people. He had found that more was to be said against, and less in favour of, tithes, than of any other mode of taxation; and he was sure that any Church Esta. blishment, of which tithes were a part,'Zcould never obtain the respect of the people. They ought to be abolished at once, care being first taken that those private interests ^which had grown up with them, should not sustain any great loss. Tithes engendered a perpetual rancour between the clergy and the keople, as was seen by the events taking place ir. Ireland. What was going onl n that country was quite sufficient to pro. duce the abolition of tithes in England, and he believed that if their abolition be long delayed, the people in this country would rise up against them as they were doing in Ireland. Another subject was the House and Window Tax, which system contained a great and grievous inequa lity which could only be cured by abolishing the tax altogether. He should propose the substitution: of a graduated Property Tax, which was a far better and more convenient mode of raising a revenue than by any indirect taxes. Then, as to the corn laws, he would recommend an sin. mediate change in them ; they were baneful in every way, destructive to the farmer, and highly injurious to the people in raising the price of the greatest necessary of life. He should propose a low and fixed duty on corn, son Ai prey. of those great fluctuations that every now and then maul r d one particular deviation there was from free trade which he was called upon to notice, he meant the monopoly of this China Trade, by the East India Company. It was exceed. ingly injurious to the whole of the country, and he was most desirous to see it thrown open without al:) , delay. It was a most iniquitous thing that the people of this country were obliged to pay some shillings per pound for tea more than the Americans, merely because the proprietors of East India Stock should be enabled to pocket larger divi. dends from their Treasury. There was one other point upon which he must touch, and it was one which had occupied much of the attention of Englishmen; that was colonial slavery. It was a subject that could not be thought of without exciting the deepest abhorrence. It was a cup of misery to the slave and of poison to the master. He knew there were many gentle. men who, while protesting against slavery, threw9bstructions in the way of immediate emancipation. He was not one of those ; and though he saw difficulties in the way of immediate emancipas tion, it was not from any wish that the slaves should not have that blessing, because they were, in his opinion, yet unfit for such a state of perfect freedom. He saw no reason why the masters should not have that power which they now exercised taken from them in stantly, without a moment's delay. He desired . that they should no longer have the power of inflicting the lash ac cording to their own notions of equity ; and if he were re turned to the Reformed Parliament, he would vote for it in stantly ; but still he desired to see the slaves enjoy that sort of half freedom for a few years longer, in order that by this state of imperfect interest they might be brought into such a state as perfectly to enjoy the freedom which the people of this country were so anxious they should have.—(Cheers.) No candidate could possibly understand his duty as a legislator without he attended and gave much of his time to the subject of the education of the people. He was a strong friend to the dinsion of edu cation throughout the country. However good thelaws might be, and however cheap the Government, without edu cation there was no safe foundation for good Government; though the crops might be beautiful, in fact. although every thing_ in the land .'as .we ll .i- Yet if there was an ignorant people there - cOilld be - no guarantee for a well. ordered Government and a happy people. They might as well look for a good crop where they had not sown, as look for a happy people without learning. One thing much akin to education, was that of literary institutions. To his pre sent hearers, more especially, he might address a few words upon that subject, as, within a few doors of them there was one of the most prosperous societies of that kind which ever had been established, and he was proud to say that he was one of the first subscribers to send supporters to that institution. To what was its prosperity to be attributed? The question was easily answered, it was governed by a Com mittee chosen from the subscribers, and chosen by the ballot. (Cheers.) It did not depend upon the breath of any single or batch of patrons, and that was the only reason why it had prospered, and would continue to prosper. He now came to the last question that stood upon his list, but it was one de serving of great attention—he meant the taxes on knowledge, the most destructive which ever infested our land. Amongst the most infamous of the acts of a borough Parliament was that in which they gloried of having kept the people in ignorance. He need only say, that he would most strenuously advocate the abe. lition of all such, had he the honour to be elected.—[Cheers.) He would not trouble them at any greater length, lie had explained his views upon all the questions which he thought likely to come before a Reformed Par liament. If there was any question which he had omitted to touch upon, he would with great pleasure answer any ques tions from any of the electors present.—(Much cheering.) Mr. ALCOCK said that there was one question which he wished to ask the Hon Canddiate. He had spoken:of abolish. ing the house and window tax, and substituting a graduate property tax. In that tax did he mean to say that capital in trade ought to be included, or ,that it should only be upon funded and landed property ? Mr. GROTE said that his wish was that the tax should be imposed upon every sort of property and income, but he thought that the capital in trade ought not to be so much taxed as landed or funded property. Mr. PORTWINE inquired whether the Hon. Candidate would support bills for abolition of laws of primogeniture and entail, and a property of qualification for Members. Mr. GROTE said there was no law of primogeniture ; it was merely a custom which he wished to see abolished. With re spect to the law of entail, he was decidedly against it, and he thought that the choice of a body of electors was the only qua. lification a member ought to have. Mr. W. D. SAUL asked whether Mr. Grote thought the Dissenters ought to be obliged to support the ministers of a Church to which they did not belong ? Mr. Grote said that his principle was, that every man ought to be taxed only for the ministers of his own creed. The Hon. Gentleman concluded by moving the following re solution : " That this meeting is well satisfied that the views and senti ments entertained by Mr. Grote, as well as the ability he pos. sesses to give effect to those views, eminently qualify him for one of the representatives of the City of London in Parlia ment, and entitle him to the fullest support of this meeting." Mr. PORT WINE seconded the motion, when be was in. terrupted by Mr. Dillon who trusted he should not be consi. dered irregular if he made a few observations. He felt satisfied there was no one more entitled to the support of the electors than Mr. Grote, and there was no one prouder to support him than himself. Mr. Grote possessed all the qualifications requi. site for the representation of the city. In a Reformed Par lilment, however, it was not enough that a man should be of determined spirit generally, but he should also be a man of philosophical and enlightened views. Capable of aiding in the wielding of that immense machine, the real repre sentation of the people—(Cheers)—a machine which was ca pable of doing much evil, if it were not directed by able hands, but capable of doing immense good if properly directed. Reform was nothing but a means to an end. And would be mis. chievous to the country a t l arge , u n less it sent into a Reformed Parliament, men of an enlightened mind, who will not only carry Reform itself in an intrepid manner, but finish it by the adoption of such measures as would render Reform a blessing, and not a curse.— (Cheers.) Tput from the Chair, and carr i ed una. iiiin On the motion of Mr. STACEY, the proceedi ngs o f th e mee ting were ordered to be advertised i n a ll t h e daily papers. Mr. GROTE shortly returned th a nk s, assur i ng the meeting he should never swerve from tho se p r i nc i p l es. o h u e ,i3c motion was then The meeting then broke up. BRUSSELS, TUESDAY NIGIIT.—The tile intentions of Prussia are now no 19nger a matter of conjecture. Estafettes are continually reaching Brussels from the frontiers with despatches, giving an account of the marching of troops, and the calling out of the landwehr. It would appear that the two principal points far concentration are Crevelt and Aix - la-Chapelle, in order to enter Limburg. Our Government are taking measures as if they seriously contemplated a breach with Prussia, and have ordered Liege to be strongly fortified and declared in a state of sie ge . T he d i fferent Generals of divisions have received orders to take the most coin • mantling positions, 8U as to be prepared for sudden attack. It is reported that the insta n t a s h o t i s fired at the citadel of Antwerp, H o ll an d an d P russ i a w ill en t er Bel gium at three points at the saute time. The news froat France, received by Marshal GERA RD, described an attack from Prussia as very piobable, and order the Marshal to form a junction with the Army of the East. He is like• wise commanded to take po.se•siou ot Namur, and to set 1 1 that the Meuse is well proteced. .1 his looks very lime general peace, and a happy result to the Anglo•(;11 i t eery !—(Freon the Private Correspondent o' the Mari ng Herald. :,-.;::,',',-7, i;: ,: _. .:. r Y:' 11" an d ail I al lam. arty , ztaC' viCb , dUed toyal to * Lobl e cl3 lO I tlo ol :bee n 4 the e flag Ofte n le le nt en plO, n 110: i en dl) , • p of i t fe e ' grease we ar e lane-