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able probability of one, at least, of their especial favourites being unseated for that city. Their ally HUNT, too, stands high on the poll (at the wrong end) for Preston, by which we would delicately insinuate that he will never again have the opportunity of misquoting the Classics in Saint Stephens. This is a signal mark of retri bution, and shows that neither time, nor distance, nor sophistry, however plausible, nor impudence, however immeasurable, can so far hood-wink Eng lishmen as to prevent them from learning properly 1 0 discriminate between their friends and foes. Mr. HUNT has fallen on evil days for himself, When the enlightened measures of a popular Government bid fair to neutralize all his most active and practised powers of mischief. Had a WELLINGTON Ministry been able to preserve Itself ih place, he might still have retained some mfluence, but the Reform Bill has given him bis death-blow. Henceforth, if not as meek and Peaceful as a sucking dove, lie will be at least as harmless. But to turn to another more im- Portant matter. So far even as they have yet proceeded, the present elections have convinced Us of one thisg, namely, that the ballot is in dispensably necessary, as a protection to honesty, against 'the secret intrigues and open assaults of aristocratic tyranny. The proceedings that have Just taken place at the Stamford, Marlborough, and some other provincial elections, must already have made hundreds of converts to the ballot. Mr. SADLER who used to sit behind the " matchless" M.P. for Preston in the House, is similarly situated on the Leeds Poll, as is the case also with Mr. PRAED at St. Ives. It was very generally reported last night that 1%. WILLIAM BROUGHAM was dead, but we are happy to state that we have learnt upon Inquiry this morning, that such is not the fact. Th e Honourable and Learned Gentleman has gone for a few days into the country for change of air, which it is hoped will restore him to his Wonted health. We perceive by the Paris Papers that an at tempt is making there to throw all the blame of the delay in the proposed arrangement for a daily Post-office communication between the two coun tries on the Duke of RICHMOND. We believe it is true that the persons whom the Duke is in the habit of consulting on post-office matters, have thrown some obstacles in the way of the Proposed arrangement, but the whole blame is not fairly attributable to him or them. The heads of the post-office in France must in vain endeavour to convince us that there are 00 ob stacles in their own department, until they can Prove that a person holding an influential pos in the French post-office does not derive a large Portion of his income from the supply of news papers in the non-estafette days. We ask the Director of the French post-office whe ther some persons in that department do not, In conjunction with an English agent in Paris, use the facilities of the office for the transmission of expresses to this country at an expense not exceeding one-fifth of what a private individual would have to pay, and whether the establish- T ent of a daily estafette would not destroy tha inonopoly ? Is it or is it not a fact that a constant Communication by express on the non-estafette days has been kept up with the Tory papers in London, by means of their agent in Paris, and under the pretended cover of the British Ambas sador ? And if this has been the case, has it no t been with the knowledge and concurrence of some person connected with the French post office, who has received a portion of the gain arising from it ? It is necessary to explain that there are two Modes of forwarding expresses in France ; the one I s a private courier, who has to take a horse for himself, and another for a postillion, at each Post, which is attended with an outlay of five fran cs per post ; and, adding to this the charge for the courier himself, and the expense of his retur n by coach, each express from Paris to Calais costs from 121. to 141. ; the other is by means of a single postillion, from post to Post, in the same way as military estafettes are Performed here. The cost of this is only three f rancs per post, which includes every charge; Consequently, the expense of such an express from Paris to Calais does not exceed 41. The Government despatches are thus forwarded, and for e i gn Ambassadors are allowed to enjoy the Privilege of sending despatches in the same way. Now, if it be true, as we are assured it is, that an English agent in Paris, and a clerk of the French post-office, avail themselves of a real Or pretended authority from the British Ambas sador in that capital, to forward French newspa- Pers and letters at this cheap rate on the non estafette days, we may fairly conclude, that ob stacles to the proposed arrangement, by which this monop o ly would be destroyed, exist in Paris as well as here. We shall be very willing to correct our state ent if it should appear that we have been mis- Wormed, but the source from which we have received our information is such, that we enter tain no doubt of its truth. If the two Govern ments, therefore, are as anxious to bring about al l arrangement by which the interests of com merce would be promoted, as they pretend to i i ) e, they will no t h es it a t e t o i n stitute an n quiry into the circumstances which we have m entioned, and to put an end to the abuse. It is an admitted fact, that the salaries of 30 Me of the clerks in the post-offices of Lon 'on and Paris are much too low for the extent Of duty performed, and they have been conse qnently permitted to add to their increase by privileges such as that in question. We should b e sorry to see them deprived of their present a ° . larees of income without compensation ; but it will be really scandalous if the interests of the Public at large are to be set aside for the ac cinmodation of a few monopolists, wh o oug ht 1 ° he amply remunerated by salary, and not by emoluments which are attended with public in convenience. The present system is not a good e i‘ ne at a ny ra t e ; an d w i t h a ll our respect f or the Duk e of RICHMOND, we must say, that as far as he is concerned, he is much to blame for having suffered it to exist so long. It was asserted in the City this morning that an extraordinary despatch had been received from Antwerp, announcing that the Dutch troops had made a grand sortie from the citadel, and completely driven the French from the trenches. German Papers mention the renewal of hos tilities between the Pacha of EGYPT and the PORTE, under circumstances favourable to the former. No official accounts have yet been received by the Agents of Don PEDRO in this country, from Oporto ; but private letters to Merchants in the City, up to the 29th ult., state that the entrance of the Douro was blockaded by Don MIGUEL having erected a battery, so as to prevent the entrance of any vessels. A grand sortie, under the command of Gen. Sir J. M. DOYLE, was daily expected to be made, so as to dislodge the troops of the usurper from their position, and destroy the batteries. The army of Don PEDRO, notwithstanding their difficult position, was in excellent spirits ; and the rumours circulated yesterday on 'Change, of a revolt having taken place, is disbelieved, as nothing to that effect is mentioned in the dif ferent letters which have reached town ; for it' such an event had occurred, it would have been made public. The troops of Don MIGUEL were still at Villa Nova, but nothing is mentioned of the usurper himself. A vessel will leave in a few days for Oporto, with reinforcements ; on board of which, a fo reign General of distinction, with his Staff, goes out ; and should the Douro still be blockaded, they will make an attempt to land during the night. GENERAL ELECTION. (THIS DAY.) GREENWICH. OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT OF TUE FOLL. Mr. FISHER, the Returning-officer of this borough, having appointed ten o'clock this morning for officidly announcing the state of the poll, long before that period the whole town was in commotion, and thousands had col lected round the hustings, wearing the colours of their re spective favourite candidates. Shortly after ten o'clock the Returning-officer announced the state of the poll to be as follows: Captain Dundas Mr. Barnard Mr. Angerstcin Hammond Mr. FISHE R then declared the election to have fallen on Captain Dundas and Mr. Barnard.—(Loud cheering.) Captain DUNDAS then came forward amid loud cheer ing. The electors had placed him in the proudest situa tion in which any man could be placed, and he trusted that he should acquit himself in the House of Commons to the satisfaction of the electors of Greenwich, and the electors at large.—(Cheers.) He went there with ade • termination to reform all abuses, and to do all in his 1631 1444 11Y24 power fur the good of his country.—(Cheers.) He should be always most ready to give the reasons for his vote, and trusted that neither his constituents or himself would have to be ashamed of the course he adopted.—(Cheers.) The returning officer had just reminded him that the day was short, and be should therefore not detain the electors further ; but be must say, that as he was going to a county election to morrow, he would state there how peaceable the election at Green wich had b en conducted, and hold it up to them as an example worthy of being followed.—(Cheers.) Mr. BARNARD on coming forward was loudly cheered. He stood be ore the electors of Greenwich the fruit of the Reform Bill, elected by the unbiassed votes of the electors, and by the powerful voice of the people.—(Cheers.) He was overpowered by the gratitude he felt for what the electors had done for him. Wherever lie went, nothing but blessings had been showered around him, and if he was asked when he could pay the debt of gratitude he owed to the electors, he should say, never but with life's last expiring sigh, as his spirit passed away to that Being who gave it.—(Loud cheering.) As some persons had asked him questions relative to his future conduct and views, he begged to say, if he saw a necessity for it, he should certainly advocate the ballot bolus.—(Laughter.) If that was not sufficient, there was another very searching medicine in political phar macy, called the triennial carthatic medicine,—(Loud cheers)—the giving of which he should be a friend to ; and be should also recommend the taking off the assessed taxes. In short, it was his wish to work the country's ship fairly, that she might not be too much upon a wind. The ship was a good one, and wanted no such club-hauling— (Loud cheers)—and if she was not baulked, she would sail well —(Cheers.) The laurel wreath which the electors of Greenwich had placed upon his brow, pressed it tightly, but it would remind him of his duty; and if he failed in that duty, he trusted it would be torn from him ; but if he won it by his exertions, he hoped he ahou'd be allowed long to wear it. —(Cheers.) Mr. Pea IiSON came forward to say a few words in de fence of Mr. Angerstein.—(Hisses and cheers.) He could not but regret that the neighbour and friend of the electors of Greenwich had been rejected ; but, at the same time, be felt gratitude at seeing two such worthy candidates sent to the House of Commons to represent Greenwich inParlia ment; that gratitude was increased by the declaration which one in particular had made, that he should support vote by ballot, triennial Parliament., and the repeal of the as sessed taxes. He was convinced that without ballot no independent elector could be had.—(Cheers.) And the assessed taxes pressed most heavy on the p ople.— (Cheers.) Without attempting to say any thing at all offen sive to the worthy Member (Captain Dundas), lie must say that he considered him as a nominee of the present Government, of which he (Mr. P.) was a staunch sup porter ; but if the Government was changed, the conse quence would be, that the Government, and not the people of Greenwich, would choose their representatives. —(Cries of " No, no," and " Yes, yes.) It was upon the ground of the independence of the borough that he had been chosen ; the electors should have chosen a Mem ber from among themselves.—(Cheers.) O❑ that ground be had proposed Mr. Angerstein, knowing him to be a truly independent man, and the true friend of the people. —(Cheers, and cries of " Off, off, he was brought for ward by a Tory.) He would ask the electors whether a person not connected with Government, and being among them, was not more likely to be their true repre sentative than Isis gallant friend, who was looking to Government for his future advancement. He was extremely glad that Mr. Barnard had been elected, and in the name of Mr. Angerstein he begged to thank the electors for the support they had given him, although he had ❑ot had the good fortune to be returned.—(Cheers.) Captain DUNDAS, with great warmth, and in the strongest terms, denied being a Government nominee.— (Cheers.) During the whole canvass be had canvassed for the character of a sailor, and by that he would stand or fall.—(Cheers.) He was above the censure of any man, and he scorned his praise. —(Loud cheering.) Mr. A. YouNG congratulated the electors on the peace able manner in which the election had been carried on. Mr- PENN then came forward amidst loud cheering. As the contest was now over, he hoped all differences would be forgotten, and every support Riven to the Members who had bee❑ returned in the performance of their duty. He had no doubt whatever of the private worth of Capt. Dundas ; he had been told by many gentlemen of the county where he resided, that a better man did not exist— (cheers) —but he was in the ray of the Government, and if the Duke of Wellington became Minister to-morrow, the captain must vote for his measures.—(Hisses and Cheers.) He by no means meant to s 1 that the Gallant Captain was in favour of the Duke, he knew he was not. —(Cheers.) When the Gallant Captain called upon him, he (Mr. P.) frankly told him that he hail two objections to him, first, that he might be abroad when he was wanted at Westminster, and next, that he was in the pay of the Government. The first objection the Gallant Captain had satisfactorily answered. The other he could not, and he (Mr. P.) then observed to him that he would never be one of those who would put a rat in the cup board to take care of the cheese,—(Great laughter. ) On the motion of Mr. DUNDAS, a vote of thanks was unanimously carried to the Returning officer, for his im. partial conduct. Mr. FISHER returned thanks, and the newly elected Members immediately left Greenwich, preceded by bands of music and followed by 30 or 40 carriages, accompanied by splendid banners. MEMBERS RETURNED. DOVER, DEC. 13.—The Right Hon. Charles Poulett Thomson and Sir John Rae Reid. CHESTER, DEC. 12.—Lord Grosvenor and T. Jet ViS. COCKERMOUTIL—F. L. B. Dykes and H. Anglemby. WAKEFIELD, DEc. 13.—Daniel Gaskell, Esq. NOTTINGHAM, DEC. 13.—Ferguson and Duncannon. FLINT, DEC. 11.—Sir S. Glynn, Batt. STOKE-urom-TRENT—Davenport and Wedgwood. GATESIIEAD, DEC 12.—C. Rippon. NIALToN, DEC. 12.—C. C. Pepys and W. C. Wentworth. TIVERTON, DEC. 12.—Heathcoat and Kennedy. PEMBROKE, DEC. 12.—H. 0. Owen. ASHBURTON, DEC. 12.—W. S. Poyntz. CRICKLADE, DEC. 13.—T. Calley and R. Gordon, without oppo. sition. STATE OF THE POLLS. COURT OF CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY. IN RE BAPTIST, A BANKRUPT. This was an application to discharge the bankrupt, who had been committed by the Commissioners for not answering the questions put to him satisfactorily. His Lordship was satis fied that the answers from the seventh to the forty-fourth were unsatisfactory. The question then was, whether, in con. sequence of there being a deficiency in the subsequent part of the writ, as regarded the fulness with which matters referred to were set out in it, the commitment, was vitiated. His Lordship was of opinion that that did not vitiate the commit. ment, and refused to liberate the prisoner, recommending, however, that the Commissioners should call him before them again without delay, that he might have an opportunity of answering more fully. The LORD CHANCELLOR stated that the appeals in to-day's paper had been put in by mistake. No Counsel were ready to go on with anything, and, therefore, his Lordship rose early, intimating that he would not sit again till Monday, at 11 o'clock. KING'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.) BAYLIS v. HAYWOOD. This was an action brought by the plaintiff, a printer, in Johnson's court, Fleet-street, to recover 131. 19s. from the de fendant, who was an attorney in the Temple, for printing a pamphlet, written by Mr. Robert Hamilton. Mr. PLATT having stated the case for the plaintiff, called witnesses, who proved that the defendant gave the order to print the pamphlet, and that the copies, when printed, were sent to the defendant's chambers. Mr. WILLIAMS, for the defendant, contended that Mr. Hamilton alone, and not the defendant, was liable, the latter having only introduced Mr. Hamilton to the plaintiff. Mr. Hamilton, on being called, corroborated the statement of the Learned Counsel. His LORDSHIP having summed up, the Jury found aver. diet for the plaintiff for the sum named. SOUTER v. DRAKE. This was an action brought to recover a compensation for the non-performance of an agreement entered into by the de fendant with the plaintiff: Mr. COMYN stated the case for the plaintiff. It appeared that the plaintiff had the unexpired term (372 years) of the lease of a house at Stockwell to dispose of, with the fixtures on it, and that the defendant agreed to take it at a rental of 42/. a year, and paying 301. for the fixtures. The plaintiff incurred some expense in preparing an assignment of the lease; but the defendant broke the contract, and refused to have the pre mises, which remained vacant for a considerable period, oc casioned a loss to the plaintiff'. Mr. THESSIGER took an objection, that there was no proof that the defendant had an opportunity of inspecting the original lease, and of ascertaining the plaintiff's title, and conse quently he could not be said to have broken his agreement. He also objected, that there was no proof of the lessor's title, which should have been proved before the defendant could be charged with breaking his engagement. Mr. COMYN contended that there was quite sufficient proof to let the case go to the Jury. At the suggestion of his LORDSHIP, it was agreed that a verdict should be taken for the plaintiff for 251., subject to the opinion of the Court upon the points raised. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) BURY ST. EDMUNDS. Fitzroy Jermyti Eagle CARLISLE. James 478 Howard 472 Malcolm 124 DOVER, Thompson - 713 Reid 644 Stanhope 4JB Halcomb 523 SUNDERLAND. Chaytor 4 30 Barrington 278 Thompson 248 Barclay BEDFORD. Whitbread 599 Polhill 493 Crawley 499 FROME. Sheppard Champereys lOO Town more tranquil. LAUNCESTON. Hardinge Howell _ lOBl First elected. SOUTH SHIELDS, Ingham e 0.5 Palmer Gowan lO4 Bowlby 2 BERWICK. Donkin 'M Blake Beresford PENRYN AND FALMOUTH Rolfe Tullamore 338 Fresh field 424 Stewart B3 Two first elected. WEYMOUTH. Buxton 228 Johnstone 209 Burdon Bankes BRISTOL. Vyvyan 3718 Baillie Protheroe 3021 Williams 2693 BRECON. NVatkins ll5 Morgan lO9 BATII. P.lr Roebuck Hobhouse lO6l RYE. Curteis 113'21 Evans l2B SALISBURY. Brodie 393 Wyndham 269 Bouverie 263 AYLESBURY. Rickford 919 Colonel Hammer 565 'l'. B. Hobhouse . 492 LUDLOW. Lord Clive l9B Romilly Clive Davies ll5 PRESTON. Fleetwood Stanley Hunt 1658 Forbes Crompton lO4 Town in great confusion, Riot Act read, and the military expected. LEEDS. Marshall Macauley 1772 Sadler YORK. Petro l5lO Bayntu❑ Dundas £437 Lowther DURHAM. Harland 440 Chaytor Trevor 383 Two first elected. CHATHAM. liaberley Perry WAREHAM Calcraft 175 Drax HALIFAX. Wood 193 Briggs lB7 Stocks 132 Wortley 122 First elected. LEICESTER. IW. Evans • 1682 W. Ellis 1538 B. Laigh 1276 Two first elected. A IN GSTON-ON-il ULL. Hill Hutt 1608 Carruthers Acland 433 NEWARK. Gladstone Handley 7Bo Wilde 703 BARNSTAPLE. Chichester 519 Fancourt Northmore Lord G. Hervey Two first elected. CLITHEROE. Fort 157 Irving 123 . . . First elected. WELLS, SOMERSET. Lamant Colbourn Lee Mr. Vaughan resigned NORTHAMPTON. Smith 1321 Ross Bainbridge Fitzroy 958 PETERSFIELD. Lefevre Joliffe lO2 First elected. HUDDERSFIELD. Fenton Wood 97 Mob very riotous. _ ROCHDALE. Fenton Entwisle 2:20 Taylor 1(17 ST false Praed Stephens 39 First elected. BURY, LANCASHIRE. Walker ,Grundy First elected. WHITBY. Mr. Chapman stated to he above 91 votes a-head of Mr. Moor sons. CARMARTIIEN. Jones Yelverton Poll having been closed, in con sequence of disturbance, will be resumed to-morrow. DEI ONPORT. Grey 1164 Codrington Leach BOSTON. Wilks 367 Handley 320 Brownrigg (Conservative) 2t)l BOLTON. Torrens 329 Yates Bolling Eagle Mob very riotous, military called in, and quiet restored. BLACKBURN. IFeilden , Bowring 324 'Turner '3l4 LIVERPOOL. Ewart Thornely Sandon 2466 Douglas MONTGOMERY B ORO U GHS, DEC. 12. STATE OF THE POLL. Pugh. Edwards. Newtown Montgomery Machynlleth Ilanidloes Welshpool 173 l4 Llanfylin 337 324 Two candidates proposed for Tynemouth ; polling coin mences on the 13th. CANDIDATES NOMINATED. OLDHAM.-John Fielden, Wm. Cobbett, B. H. Bright, W. Burge, and G. Stephen, Poll commences on the 13th. SIR JOHN SCOTT LILLIE'S ELECTION. MIDDLESEX. Numerous meetings of the electors took place on Tues day and Wednesday last, at Barnet, Edgware, Notting bill, and Pimlico, at each of which Sir John Scott Lillie was present, and an address, explanatory of his political opinions, was followed by resolutions unanimously passed in favour of his return at the ensuing election. Sir J. S. Lillie also attended a public meeting yesterday at Harrow, which was so numerously attended as to occ sion an adjournment to the street, where Sir John ad dressed the assembly from the balcony of the King's Head Inn, and resolutions of a similar nature were passed. A crowded meeting also assembled last night at Saville house, Leicester-square, to hear the sentiments of the same candidate, who explained in a long speech the measures he deemed beneficial to the country, and went into the causes of popular discontent, which he attributed to the imper fect manner in which the opinions of the constituency had been represented ; he alluded to the necessity of returning men who would explicitly declare their principles, and of whom the country could apprehend no danger of having its wishes oppased instead of advocated. Sir John then assesseddeivere d t , tx as e, o , n ttioxrensi on knowledge, e occasions, v o o p t i e n opinions ballot, nson and tithes, tt 'ennui Parliaments, during which he was loudly cheered by the meeting. He concluded by stating that it was not his intention to expend larcte sums in conducting the election, as he did not intend to seek repayment here after from taxes.—(Cheers.) He trusted that his opinions were theirs, and their interests were his, and that the measures he should advocate were a better ground for their support than a jaunt to the hustings. Several gentlemen then addressed the meeting, one of whom, an elector from Chelsea, stated that he had come there to give an account of a canvass of Mr. Byng, at which he himself had been present. The elector, ad dressed by Mr. 13yng, presented to him the letter of Leighs, and requested to know if it contained his opi nions, and if, for example, he should support vote by ballot ? The answer of Mr. Byng was, that he should as soon advocate universal suffrage ; and he refused to con tradict the statements of Mr. Leighs. A resolution was then unanimously passed in favour of Sir J. S. Lilli e 's return, and th e mee ting separated, with loud cheering for " Lillie and Reform." Mr. BENTLEY (successor to Mr. COLBURN) has this day published the following interesting Works : LIFE of Sir DAVID BAIRD. By THEODORE HOOK, Eql. 2 vols. Bvo. with portrait. MADAME JUNOT'S MEMOIRS. English. Vol. 4. _ 111. Sir A. B. FAULKNER'S ACCOUNT of the PRESENT STATE of HOLLAND, BELGIUM, and GERMANY. 2 vols. WILD SPORTS of the WEST. 2 yds. Plates. V. CHANIBERS'S HISTORY of SCOTLAND, brought down to the Present Time. Complete in 2 small pocket vols. VI. E 2 IN vo ILI . A SKETCH BOOK, or LIFE in NDAIAS.T n. DUNLAP'S HISTORY of the AMERICAN STAGE 2 vols., Bvo. (Will be publis'ied on Saturday.) During the last reign only one heir apparent was called to the Upper house during the ►ifetime of his father, viz., Earl GOWER, who was summoned to the House of Lords in 1826. Lord GREY of Groby, who is included in the new batch, is the eldest son of the Earl Of STAMFORD and WARRINGTON. CORN EXCHANGE. The arrivals of most descriptions of Grain this week are toll lerably good, with a fair return of Flour. The Wheat trade con tinues very dull, and may be reported Is. per quarter lower than on - Monday, and Barley may be stated at the same reduction. Beans and Pease are unaltered. Oats are very heavy in sale, and hardly support Monday's terms. Flour unaltered. ARRIVALS. I Wheat. Barley. English Irish Foreign Oats. Flour. I 4,350 qrs. 5,090 sacks 4,9.00 - - I brls. SMITHFIELD MARKET This day's supply of Beasts, which may be considered as the advanced division of that of the great Christmas market, which will take place sin Monday, was great for that of a Friday, but the quality was not so good as that of the corresponding market days for several past years ; of Sheep, Calves, and Porkers, li mited. A few very prime Beasts, not exceeding 100 st. each, might perhaps have produced 4s. lid. per stone; but with other kinds of Beef, as well as Mutton, Veal, and Pork, the trade was very dull, at barely Monday's quotations. Mulch Cows, which were in limited supply, went off heavily, at barely last week's currency, very few Short-horns, with their small Calves, pro_ ducing snore than 21/. PRICES PER STONE OF BLBS. TO SINK THE OFFALS. s. d. to s. d.. s. cl. to R. d. Inferior Beasts 2OO 01 Large Lambs 00 0 0 Second quality ditto 2 4 2 10 1 Prime small ditto 0 0 0 0 Prime large Oxen... 3 3 3 8 Large coarse Calves 3 '2 3 6 Prime Scots, 67. e. .... 4 0 4 6, Prime small ditto 4 4 5 0 Inferior Sheep "O2 41 Large Hogs Second quality ditto 3 0 3 6 Small Porkers 4lO 5 2 Coarse-vvoolled ditto 3 6 310 / Suckling Calves 12s to32s. each Southdown Wethers 4 0 4 8; Quarter old Pigs I2s to 18s. each. SUPPLY, AS PER CLERK'S STATEMENT. Beasts. I Sheep. 1 Calves. Pigs. 1 1,'207 4,080 I 190 90 NEWGATE AND LEA At per stone, 1 s. d.tos. (1. Seel, inferior middlim , - prime large 2 4 2 6 - prime 210 3 2 Veal 3 0 4 8 Pork,L DENHAI.J. MARKETS. by the Carcass, s. ti.tos. d. ,inferior 2 '2 0 0 - middling 2 4 2 6 - prime 3 2 410 Lrge . 9 6 4 0 nall RUMFORD MARKET.—Dce. N. R. d. to s. d. 30 4 0 s. d. s. d. cc l iSlutton 3 5 4 1 Pork Suckling Calves from 14s. to 30s. ; Quarter old Pigsl2B tolBs. each. Supply moderately good ; trade with prime meat rather brisk, but otherwise very dull. THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE 0' CL 0 CK. Madras papers to the sth of August, have been received al the North and South American Coffee-house. (From the Paper of Aug. 4.) His Majesty's ship Melville, 74, bearing the flag of his Ex cellency Vice-Admiral Sir John Gore, anchored in the roads yesterday, from Calcutta. His Majesty's ship Cruiser, also anchored in the roads yes terday. She will, in a short time, proceed on her voyage to England, and will be the first vessel from Madras by which packets will be forwarded to England. We have received accounts from Malacca. It appears that further particulars of the Malacca affair have reached the Presidency. A private letter from Penang, of June 24, mentions, " The Nanning war is over, the place is taken, and every thing is now quiet." THE FUNDS. The accounts this morning from the theatre of war at Ant_ werp are not of that lively interest as was expected; one day we hear of great exertions on the part of the French to capture fort St. Laurent, the next day brings us intelligence that he as sault is given up. The truth is, nothings is known on the subject, nor the intentions of the French Commander-in-Chief. Of its being a difficult task to perform we have no doubt, owing to the determined defence of the garrison. which causes the be siegers to operate with great caution. It appears by the official report of Marshal Gerard that the Dutch army is concentrated in the environs of Eyndoven, and are acting on the defensive. Consols opened as they left off yesterday, 83i a for the Ac count, at which price they are at present. Nothing from Oporto or Lisbon as yet. HALF-PAST ONE. We have no further information as yet from Antwerp, but the Calais boat being arrived, we may expect to hear something Rather in the course of the evening. Since the early part of the morning, when Consols were at 83% % for the Account, a start has taken place in the market, and they may be quoted at present at 84 14 Z for the Account, caused by a pur chase of eighty thousand Reduced, by which it is inferred that some favourable information has been received from Holland, relating to the Dutch affairs. No news as yet from Oporto or Lisbon. This is settling day in the Foreign Market; the chief bu siness doing is settling their Accounts. Consols are now 84i g THREE O'CLOCK Consols for Account 84 98. The Conservative Junta, we understand, have despatched Mr. WILLIA3t HOLMES to Lowther Castle, to make arrangements to facilitate Lord LOWTHER'S return for Westmorland. Mr. Hot:qv% sat for the schedulised borough of Haslemere in the last Parliament, but he has not announced himself as a candidate for the suffrages of any of the new constituent bodies. Lord LOWTHER, who is himself a practised electioneerer, is now travelling in Italy. The politics of Lord DUDLEY COUTTS STUART, the first Member returned to the Reformed Par !lament, are in direct opposition to those of his noble rela tive, the Marquis of BUTE, who fights under the political banner of the Duke of WELLINGTON ; while Lord DUDLEY STUART, supports the present Government. Lord JAMES STUART, the heir presumptive to the Noble Marquis, is also a liberal, and on that very account, it is said, is now likely to lose his seat for Cardiff. His Lordship has, how ever, come forward for the city of Perth, with every pro. spect of success. On Wednesday after') oon GEORGE KIBBEY, a blacksmith, living at No. 18, Chalton.street, New road, was at work in a shop adjoining his premises, when his wife entered to call him to tea, and was in the act of speaking to him at the instant he was striking a heavy blow with a sledge hammer. The head of the hammer, weighing between eight and nine pounds, flew off, and struck her full on the forehead, with tremendous force. She was instantly felled to the earth, as if struck dead ! It has since been ascertained that her skull is most dan gerously and extensively fractured, and but very sight hopes are entertained of her recovery. The parties have only been married about three months, and the husband is in a most distracted state of mind at this melancholy occurrence. LITERATURE. LYRIC LEAVES. LONDON, 1630. Mr. Cornelius Webbe, the author of the modest little volume before us, has written much both in prose and verse, of a very agreeable, miscellaneous character. A paper by him en titled the " Hypochrondriac," inserted in one of the earliest numbers of the Metropolitan, is by far the best article that has yet appeared in that periodical. His poems are marked by feel ing and simplicity, though the former is apt at times to degenerate into mawkishness. But this blemish is less apparent in the present, than in any of the preceding volumes. Long practice, and habits of familiarity with many of the most approved writers of the Elizabethan age, have chastened Mr. Webbe's taste, an4enabled him to dispense with that straining q after effect, which is the besetting sin of most immature writers. There are many—very many poems in this collection which may be read with unmixed gratification, where natural thoughts are ex pressed in a natural and feeling spirit. But " Fairy Revels" is not of this number. Mr. Webbe handles a fairy as a fishmonger handles a turbot, with a coarse, weighty, business-like grasp, and runs riot in his details of the extra ordinary appetite of this " sprite o' the ele ments." His King Oberon gormandizes like Dando, and " cries havoc and lets slip" his far from unsubstantial grinders on " Fat, tumid thighs of plump Hyblwan bees, Strung on white cricket bones by twos and threes," just as if he was a Common-Councilman at a Lord Mayor's feast. This is bad taste. We have as great an aversion to read of the gastronomic achievements of a fairy, as Lord Byron had to see a lady eat (there is more reason on our side), but if they must eat, then, Mr. Webbe, we con jure you by your fealty to the sacred Nine, to permit them to do so in fairy fashion, not like sharks or aldermen. Besides, the days of " fairy revels " are already with the years be yond the flood. They are dead without hope of resurrection. The national faith and the na- tional fancy recognise them as legitimate subjects for poetry no longer. Even as far back as the middle of the 17th century, Bishop Corbet, in his sprightly " Lament for the Fairies," com plains that the age had become sceptical on the subject, and that " No housemaid now, for cleanliness, Finds sixpence in her shoe," and a more recent instance of the proneness of the public to laugh at all such pretty fooleries, is afforded by Mr. T. Hood's " Midsummer Night's Dream," who, when he put up a covey of fairies, some two or three years since, on the banks of the Lea, between the Horse-and- Groom, and the Jolly Anglers, was met with a side-splitting shout of cachinnation by nine out of ten of his readers. We like "Mr. Webbe best where he is most natural and un affected. The mean between the two extremes of passio❑ and imagination, is where his genius expatiates to most advantage. He is perfectly at home in his sketches of our milder and more homely English scenery. Here he paints to the life, like Morland or Gainsborough. He sel dom grOpples with a mountain, or sets us a-gape at the white, flowing Druid-like beard of a cata ract, but no man turns to more poetic account a modest English landscape, with its helms, hedge rows, clear, cool ponds, in which the cow stands ancle• deep, under the shadow of an old bridge, and over which bends a single willow, with " its green face fixed upon the flood." He snuffs a hay-cock, too, with the true relish, and bids his readers share its fragrance. The sub joined lines breathe the true sylvan spirit ; those in particular marked in italics, show that quick, lively faculty of observation, which we have so often admired in that delightful little book the Indicator : " I leave the wood, Retrace my way along the winding vale, And once more visit life. But all is still— Silent and sleeping still. No sound is heard, Not the brown cowfly's sullen, murmurous hum. Nor droning bee, that labours long, yet sings, And so makes labour light ; nor the shrill pipe Of teasing gnat, by tender ladies fear'd ; Nor lengthen'd low of drouth-impatient kine, Calling the rain clouds up, which will not sail Till the wind bids ; nor cock's shrill crow, that counts The hurrying hours of day. The resting lark Covers some clover'd spot, or picks his meal At Nature's feet ;—the thrush is in the hedge, But all his joy is dumb ;—the cuckoo, too, That ever wanders with melodious voice, Now near, now far, in field, in brake, and wood, Has ceased his flute-like call. The playful lamb, That bleated ere the dawn, lies slumbering down By its cud chewing dam. The sturdy ox Recumbent rests, deep ruminant. The steed (Through summer free to crop the paddock round, Till Autumn's horn call him afield again, To chase the headlong deer and doubling hare) Lolls his long neck over the bolted gate Which shuts him in ; and though from labour spared, Eyes the wide heath afar, where boundless range His freer mates ; and though their hides ne'er shone Under the wisped hand and sleeking rub Of careful groom, with tuneless whistling soothed ; And though their manes dangle unbraided, lank, And loose in air—their fetlocks stand untrimm'd, Hard their employ, more hard their food,--yet longs (If eyes can speak where language is denied) For their rude freedom, fellowship, and play. Nature, and her wild children, in this deep Sweet silence sleep, and are refresh'd. Meanwhile Her work goes on with no discernible pause More than is witness'd now. Fruits to the Sun, Like infants to their sire, turn their fair cheeks, And woo his parent kiss. Flowers unto him Pour the soft incense of their silent praise." Mr. Webbe has also great mastery over the pathetic, though his pathos, like his rural sketches, is of the gentlest and most subdued character. He has not an atom of sternness or rigour in his composition. All is softness and plaintive musing. There are not a few touches of melancholy in his poem entitled the "Broken Heart," which make their way at once to the heart. We extract a few that have particularly affected us, by the evident sincerity of their pa thos. A (lying brother, we should premise, is addressing his sister:— " And when silence seals for ever These true lips, do this by me; — Kiss and close them, for they never Parted without blessing thee " • • • • • " Breathe the hymn that bard, the dearest, Framed for lips as pure as thine, And if a spirit's sigh thou hearest, By its sadness know it mine." • • • • • " No, my gentle sister, pardon All the wrongs which she has done, Scorn and condemnation harden Many a heart, but soften none." We have noticed this unassuming little volume, at greater length than is our wont, because its author is a man who has never yet had justice done him, while hundreds with not a tithe of ►iis desert, whether as a poet or a humourist, have had " harp, sack-but, psaltry, dulcimer, and cymbal," all sounding together in their praise. Had Mr. Webbe been a flashy versi fier, dying away in elaborate ecstacies of passion or sentiment at least a dozen times in every second page, and luxuriating in a sugary sweet ness of epithet which has no earthly object but to perplex and dazzle, we think he _might have stood as fair a chance as any other rhymester, of a three months' immortality, but he has pre ferred instead to stand upon the broad ground of nature and simplicity, and that foundation, he may be assured, will not yet give way beneath him. We recommend his " Lyric Leaves " to all who wish to see natural thoughts expressed in a natural, pleasing manner, without an atom of flourish or affectation. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.) FROM LLOYD'S. DEAL, DEC. I3.—Wind S.S.W.—Remains the Ganges, Ingram, for Bengal. Sailed his Majesty's ship Satellite, for the North Sea. Remain the combined English and French squadrons, consisting of his Majesty's ships Donegal, Vice. Admiral Sir P. Malcolm, Revenge, Spartiate, Stag, Castor, Conway, Snake, and Dee steamer; and the French line-of-battle ship La Suffrein, L'Ariane corvette, and two frigates. PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 13.—Wind S.—Arrived his Ma jesty's ship Cruiser, from Bengal, sailed from Mauritius the 12th September. Sailed the Prince Regent transport, fur Woolwich. PLYMOUTH, DEC. 12.—Wind light and variable.—Ar. rived off port the Virginia, Harmsen, from Baltimore; Isabella Meyer, Henri, from New York; and Hopewell, Dobson, from Quebec. FALMOUTH, DEC. 12.—Wind light and variable.l LIVERPOOL, DEC. 12.—Arrived the Majestic, Lawson, from Bombay; William Grey, Conant, from New Orleans ; and Countess of Chichester, Thompson, from Africa. CROOKHAVEN, DEC. 12.—Arrived the Sneaton Castle, Huddart, from Quebec. DUBLIN, DEC. 12.—Arrived the Fame, Phillips, ;And Ann, English, from London. Arrived off the Wightthe Lady Kennaway, Moncrieif, front Bengal. The Lion, Ferguson, from Liverpool to Buenos Ayres, was lost the lath September, near Monte Video; crew and part of the cargo saved, The Henry, Walker, from Shields to New York, was wrecked on the island of Jura during a gale on the 3d inst. ; crew saved. The Redentore, Kenwick, from Smyrna to Amsterdam, was wrecked on the Hoakes the 9th instant; crew saved. DUEL IN GREENWICH PARK, BETWEEN LIEUTENANT WM. O'CONNELL AND AIR. KEARNEY. Yesterday morning a meeting took place in Greenwich Park between Lieutenant O'Connell, nephew to Daniel O'Connell, Esq., and a Mr. Kearney, said to be a Cornet in the 10th Hussars, at which the !atter was severely wounded. The following are the p trticulars which led to the unfortunate transaction :—Mr. O'Connell, accom panied by a friend of his, on Saturday evening last was at a fashionable hell in Jermyn-street, St. James's, when he observed some unfair play practised upon a young gentl.•- man who bad been entrapped to play by the black legs connected with the establishment. Mr. O'Connell stood forward and openly acquainted the young gentletnan,who had already lost a very considerable sum of money, of the manner in which he was being duped by the parties con cerned in the game. Mr. O'Connell's exposure gave rise to a most serious quarrel, which ended in a general fight - , and the eyes of Lieutenant O'Connell were blackened and the cartilege of his nose fractured. In the end Messrs. Kearney and O'Connell exchanged cards, and the parties agreed through their seconds to meet at 8 yesterday morn ing iu the Deer Park at Greenwich. At 5 o'clock Mr. O'Connell left his lodgings in Beaufort-buildings, Strand, in a p , st-chaise, attended by his second, Mr. Cordey, and carrying with him a brace of duelling pistols, which he had procured at Mr. Tatham's, at Charing-cross the night before. On reaching the ground (a retired part of the Park) at the appoint d time they found Mr. Kearney hail arrived with his friends before them. A reconciliation was endeavout ed to be effected by the seconds of the ad vesreries, but could not, and, the ground having beta stepped, the parties fired, when Mr. Kearney received the ball of his antagonist just above the right hip. lie tell to the ground, and was instantly placed in his carriage and conveyed with all haste to town, where he was promptly attended by Dr. White, of Parliament -street, who dressed the wound, which is believed will not turn out fatal. &- fere the whole of the parties left the ground a policeman of the It division arrived, and arrested Mr. O'Connell and his friend, who were conveyed before the Magistrate in the town, and the charge having been preferred, Mr. O'Connell was ordered to find bail in the sum of 5001. Mr. O'Connell despatched a messenger to his friend Cap tain Larkin, of Greenwich College, who having entered into the required sureties, he was allowed to depart until he was called upon to make his future appearance. Mr. O'Connell, on his arrival in town, returned the pistols to Mr. Tatham, sad then left London for Chatham. The seconds were for Mr. O'Connell, R. Gardiner: Esq., county Sligo ; and for Mr. Kearney, R. Amoco E.g. A few friends accompanied the p.rties to the ground, linongat whom was Daniel O'Connell, of the 38th Regt. FURTHER PARTICULARS On inquiry last evening the answer riven was that Mr. Kearney was doing well. The ball had entered just above he hip, awl had passed nut near the back bone. The Ma gistrates, it is said, when they accepted bill for Mr. O'Con. nell, were not aware that he had wounded his adversary. ANOTHER. ACCOUNT. The following is from a correspondent, who derives his information from an unequivocal source. Y-sterday morning a meeting occurred in Greenwich Park between William John O'Connell, EN., (a relative of Daniel O'Connell's,) and R. Kearney, Esq., the parti culars of which are somewhat interesting. It appears that all the parties had been dining together at the Piazza Hotel, and after taking their wine, repaired to some place of public amusement, (where we are not able to learn,) in which the affray took place. The insult being of an ag gravated nature, the parties, although the affair took place it three in the morning, met the same evening at Chalk Farm, but the darkness closing in suddenly obliged them to defer the meeting till the following morning, when Mr. O'Connell and his friend left Morley's Hotel in a post chaise, and repaired to Greenwich Palk. Here the oppo site party arrived, and a shot was mutually tired at the same time: that of Mr. Kearney's missed its aim, but Mr. O'Connell's took effect, passing through a very tender part of his adversary, and grazing the fore finger of the left hand. Mr. O'Connell, immediately after firing, excliiined, " Have I hit that man? I think I have." The friend .4 Mr. Kearney then declared that gentleman to be wounded, when Mr. O'Connell went up and rejoined, " I sincerely hope not striously," at the same time offering his hand. Mr. Kearney was then carried to the house of Dr. White, in Patliament-street, where his wound (which we are happy to say is nut dangerous, although half an inch on either side would have made it fatal), was dressed, and there is no doubt of his speedy recovery. In the mean time, the second of Mr. O'Connell was taken prisoner, vf ( o t e 1. 1 r i ey e t r el e ioe s u t rßte o , f on uc t e otfrea partiestmne baying Magistrates a e nt s , c Ga a sr p eebedon)u;naidcnhdo, over rh o u eti g o)2 l t ak f b e et e e p the peace to all his Majesty's subjects for six months, himself in 2001., and two sureties in 100/. each. Considerable gallantry appears to have been exhibited by both the parties ; but it is well that the affair has terminated as it has, since, from the marked determina tion of Mr. O'Connell, it was very likely in any other case to have originated more fatal consequences. The seconds on the occasion were, for Mr. O'Connell, Robert Gar diner, Esq., of the county of Sligo ; and R. Arnott, Esq., fur Mr. Kearney. A few friends accompanied the parties to the ground, amongst whom was Daniel O'Connell, Esq., of the 38th regiment. with It is rum oure d t h at hi s MAJESTY, the kind the late c o n Sp d p e : a a k t e i o r n , s o retiring f saving t the pension country, o t 4 ,00 0 for p t e h r e annum, present has made it his personal request to Mr. MANNERS SUTTON that be would resume the high office in the new Parlia ment ; and that such is consequently to be the cat:. INCREASE OF BUSINESS IN THE COURT OF EXCHEQUER. —So much has the Court of Exchequer im proved of late and risen in the estimation of the public, that (as we are informed) not less that' from thirty thou sand to VAUGHAN, in any s and to forty thousand writs have been issued in it in the course of th e l ast year, more than were ever i ssue d i n former twelvemonths. Mr. Baron while giving as chamber Judge, in one oay, had no less than three hundred and forty applications made to him upon sumwonse, ! The number of writs taken out in this Court now equal, if not exceed s tho .e issued in the Court of King's Bench.