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were At, numemus we can only pass, upon them a general approval. The pantomime generally smacked of ths ster ling character of the old school. We presume Yousic had shaped matters to answer NORMAN'S powers, and that combination of conveniences was a step towards ex cellence : it afforded mnch of dumb dialogue, and comi cally told comic points with effective comicality. The Clown's character true, as usual, profuse of all bad propen. cities, profligate as a lover, petty in thieving. The Birchbottom Academy involves a scene of delicate disci pline, and tells amazingly well, although we cannot so well tell it without amazing our readers. One scene is peculiarly amusing, the Exchange Bazaar, where artisans bring in chests of drawers and other articles of furniture, as well as articles of dress, and articles of every kind, on the invitation, to be paid for in labour notes. The valua ting committeeship is vested in the Clown, and he silences all complaints with " Beadle, take him (or her) away." Most of them do complain. but there are some who get paid for their articles i❑ a currency, consisting of cock-horses, penny-trumpets, and rattles. Double-rope vaulting con stitutes an incident of the piece, and an astonishing per. formanee it is; but we regret to say that last night Mr. BLACKMORE, by some carelessness in his arrangement, fell upon the stage, on account of the fastening of his rope breaking. He, however, showed himself after wards—he had escaped injury in any degree. There was introduced what was designated a Dioramic Annual ! or Pictorial Tour on the Canton river, by P. PHILLIPS, commencing with the town and port of ➢lacoa, and ad jacent island at sunset, the East India fleet lying at anchor, and Chinese junks, barges, &c., laden with presents, on an embassy to the Emperor. The view then proceeds, passing Kiang-Ho, Seung-Si, and Wainpu, with the effect of moonlight on the mountain', and finally arriving at the City of Canton. In this scene, an attempt is made to portray that terrific and alarming occurrence, the de struction of the European factories during the great fire at Canton. This exhibition did great credit to the artist. The pantomime was triumphantly successful. SURREY. The house was crowded last night to witness the repre sentatio❑ of the Charcoal Burner, and the new Christ. rnas pantomime, entitled Valkyrie, or Harlequin, the Patriot Pole and the Maid of Muscovy. Both pieces were well received, especially the pantomime, which con sisted, as usual, of a succession of feats with which the audience were highly delighted, and as that was the pur. pose of the representation, no doubt the author and per formers were also satisfied, and where all parties were happy We do not see what right criticism would have to interfere with their enjoyments. There was a great deal of scenery, which appeared to excite very great admiration, particularly an Iceberg Palace, and the destruction of a cotton factory by fire. The piece concluded with a display of fire. works. After the pantomime the two young DIAVOLOS performed a series of gymnastic exercises of a very ex traordinary kind, which excited the wonder almost as much as the applause of the spectators. The whole con cluded with the fairy tale of Oberon: . or the Charmed -nom and the King of the Fairies, which was re ceived as well as ever. The performers in all the pieces exerted themselves to please, and were eminently success. ful ; for it is hut justice to the audience to say, that as they were as numerous, they were also as well disposed to be pleased as any audience that ever patronised the Surrey. MISS JANE AUSTEN'S NOVELS. On the Ist January will he published, complete in I vol. price 65., embellished with Engravings by Greatbatch from Desiens by Pickering, SENSE AND SENSIBILITY. By Miss JANE AUSTEN. With a Memoir of the Author, by her brother, the Rev. Mr. Austen ; forming the Twenty-third Volume of THE STANDARD NOVELS. Richard Bentley, New Burlington -street. (Successor to Henry Colburn.) MIDDLESEX ELECTION. • The following matter is somewhat apocryphal, but we readily give it insertion in justice to Sir J. S. Lillie : INBarncE, DEC. 21, 1832.—This place has always been one of the strong holds of the aristocracy, from its great wealth and agricultural interest. The result of the election is, that only '7l votes out of 269 registered electors could be obtained for the Tory candidate, Sir Charles Forbes, and this number is indebted to the personal exer tions of the very Reverend the Dean of Carlisle, and others of the black cloth. John Bailey, Esq. (of the Society of Friends), an influential and wealthy man in this neighbourhood, at the final close of the poll, addressed the freeholders in a very animated and appropriate speech. He began by observing, that it was unusual and almost unprecedented for a Quaker to take a leading part at an election, and to stand forward as the political champion of a candidate. However, such Was the fact, and the number and respectability of those of that Society who attended showed that Mr. Bailey was well supported in his new station as an advocate for the right s of the electors. He addressed himself particularly to th e Tore party, and observed, that he was addressing theft as a Tory, which he had been all his life-time till lat elYr and that he altered his opinion only from the mis conduct of that party. He approved of the Reform Bill, and alway s had been opposed to the vote by ballot, but What lie had witnessed that day had convinced him that from necessity that mode must be adopted. It was most Painful to observe the restraint under which so many of the poorer electors voted. Mr. Bailey went on to state the motives that led Sir John Scott Lillie to engage in the contest for the representation of this important county. T he object, he observed, was to prevent Mr. Hume from being defeated, and that Sir John had declared to him that he would not quit the field as long as their was a candi date oppotosti to Mr. Hume. This conduct on the part of Sir John entitled him to the thanks, not only of the county but of the kingdom, and it proved that neither ambition Aor selfish views prompted him to step forward as a shield to protect one whom the result of the election proved to be their choice. AI L B. appealed to the parties opposed to Sir John, Whether their inquiries into the private character of Sir jo hn were satisfactory ? One of the gentlemen belonging , to th e C ommittee of Sir Charles Forbes made answer, that he Was bound to say that he was in private a most arniable and benevolent man, and that he believed (putting p,,olitics as i de) he was justly without an enemy. After the several gentlemen of the Committees had returned th anks for their candidates, a vote of thanks was given co the D eputy Sheriff for his impartial and gentlemanly c. hat ! Al tlit at' Mr. Bailey begged that the election might be considered at an end ; and hoped that no party or unfriendly feelings would exist in their peaceful neighbourhood. The electors IJarated with three hearty cheers for Sir John Scott and three cheers for Mr. Bailey. The latter rifleman received numerous promises of support from opponent for a future occasion, should Sir John be P 'Vosed as a candidate. J. 0. PHILPOTT. The following Noblemen and Gentlemen have ten add e d t o th e comm i ss i on o f p eace f or th e coun t y o f o rfolk :—Lord WALSINGHAM, Lord POWLETT, be GREY, W. BAGGE, J. B. S. BRADFIELD, W. J. kRNTorr, T. C. BRETTING HAM , S. B IGNOLD , H . B . A -.VELL, JOHN CARTER, HASTINGS ELWIN, A. FOUN IAINE, Jun • ~ T. HARVEY, W. H. JARY, J. F. LEATHE S , L. C. NEWCOME, J OS EPH SCO T T, WILLIAM SIM PSON , a i t_l C. H. TH O M PSON , Es qrs . ; A UGUSTINE E ARLE -L ° 3, 13 BULWER, F. GOLDFINCH, P. GURDON, W. A. W. 'PEI, E. POiTLE, E. B. SPA AKE, and E. J. HARMAN, Chticg. THE LORD CHANCELLOR'S CHRISTMAS ' o• -- -Sinee the e l eva ti on o f H ENRY B ROUGHAM to t h e "l'aek, a gen tl eman i n t hi s t own , an ar d ent a d m i rer o f 1. 1 t i a Lo r d sh i p, has b een in the habit of gracing the Noble : )r d i e tabl e a t thi s season o f th e year w i t h a Yorkshire P i p in size and contents not unworthy the tables of the R at 'ins of old. This said pie, after being prepared in the style and with taste, containing a goose, a t ur k ey , a 4 ', a co u pl e o f ra bbit s , b race o f partr id ges, ditto phea ite, ditto grouse, a tongue, &c., was b a k e d by Mr. A LKPR. in Fargate, where many had the pl easure o f - ''tig at the outside, without enjoying what was within. !her e ' s many a sl i p between the cup an d the l i p was most l i t l te eouslv ver ifi e d i n t hi s i nstance, b e f ore t h e remova l of Pie for its final destination. On Saturday morning a t Cant called for it, previous to its being packed for metropolis ; he got it on hi s h ea d, an d whether fro m th e e Itemendous weight, or the overwhelming flavour of L o c ombustibles we know not, but unfortunately the re;1413 CHANCELLOR'S pie was ups e t before he had pro. rd many hundred yards, the consequence of which fa, , a n immense a s sembl age o f unru l y d ogs , two o f which g"t most desp era t e l y over t h e wrec k , an d ot h erw i se Cheated such a row, t h a t, b u t f or t h e act i ve exert i ons o f 14tilleighbours, the r es ult m i g h t h ave b een very ser i ous. 'e mean time one escaped with part of the goose, a til l " , With the turkey, a thi r d w i t h t h e h are, an d so on, anl 'orther dispute was useless. So ended the pie riot, ,Sh P Ice are s. happy to say, witho u t any bl oo d s h e d. — Tele/ Ii pool he system of receiving weekly deposits from as :PMple, a n d a dd ing a d onat i on at t h e en d o f t h e year, l a i d " c ooouragement, the whole of whi c h i s a f terwar d s I.n iia; ° , ll t tinder proper superint e ndence, i s ex t en di ng i tse l f 7Gi'ecahly. At this place (where it was first established) last , w as thu s distributed on W e d nes d ay aw l Th urs d ay ; aod on Friday next about 40/. will be similarly di s tr n i , tlt ed at Wiverton, Salthouse, and Kelling, which ex e'es have b een followed this year, by Holt and Blake ,,rl).• The advantage to the depositors is about 25 per a i t*, i ndependent of having saved that which would other "e bave been useiessiv spent. —Norfolk East Anglian. scz 18y, 7 24% The articles of capitulation for the surrender of the Citadel and its dependencies are said to be ten in number, and to the following pur- port : That the citadel of Antwerp, Tete de Elan- That the garrison should leave the citade, with all the honours of war. That the garrison should lay down its arms on the glacis of the citadel, on the side near the esplanade. That the garrison should only take away with it such articles as belong immediately to the officers and privates. That the materiel which defended the citadel should be considered as the property of the Bel aian Government. - That an inventory should be taken of all the materiel, &c. That two battalions of French infantry should take immediate possession of the posts of the half-moon, the curtain towards the esplanade, and one of the gates of the citadel. That, should the King of Holland consent to the surrender of Forts Lillo and Liefkenshoek, General Chasse and the garrison should be es corted by the French to the frontiers of Holland, and there have their arms returned to them. The 10th article makes mention that the gun boats lying in the Scheldt, near the citadel and in the polders, should not be considered as in cluded in the present reaty, Genera,. Chasse having declared that they were under tne com mand of Captain Koopman and that he had no control whatever over them. The French Papers of Tuesday are devoid of political interest. The following is the Cor respondence between Marshal GERARD and General CHASSE LETTER OF MARSHAL GERARD TO THE MINISTER OF WAR. " Berchem, Dec. 23. Headquarters, Ten o'clock, Morning. " Sir,—l hasten to transmit to you the copy of the letter which has this moment been sent to me from Gene ral Chasse, and which has been placed in my hands by two superior officers, charged to negotiate in his name. " I am about to draw out the articles of the capitulation, which will be based on the instructions which I have received. " I am not willing, however, to retard the communica tion of this proceeding, and I hope shortly to announce to you its satisfactory conclusion. " I have the honour to be, &c. "Marshal GERARD." " Citadel of Antwerp, Dec. 23, 10 a.m. " Relieving myself to have satisfied all that military honour can require in the defence of this place, of which I have the command confided to me, I desire to stop the effitsien of blood ; consequently, M. le Mareschal, I have the honour of informing you that I am disposed to evacu ate the citadel with the forces under my command, and to treat with you for the surrender of this place, as also for that of the position of the Tete de Flandres and its de.. pendent forts. In order to accomplish this object, I pro pose to you that firing shall cease on both sides during this negotiation. I have charged two superior officers to place this letter in the hands of your Excellency. They are fur nished with the necessary instructions to enable them to treat relative to this subject. " 1 have the honour, &c., " CHASSE." TELEGRAPHIC DESPATCH OF 24T11 DECEMBER, ADDRESSED TO THE MARSHAL MI NISTER OF WAR, BY MARSHAL 'GERARD, COMSIANDER. IN-CHIEF OF THE ARMY OF THE NORTH. " The General Chasse has Just signed, with General St. Cyr Nugues, a capitulation most advantageous for uv. " The garrison are made prisoners of war until the surrender of Holland."—(The fog interrupted the conclu sion of the dtepatch.) The elections are now nearly at an end, and, all things considered, have passed off with won derful tranquillity. Here and there the Conser vatives have shown fight, and done their best to get up a " pretty little row"—as Sir Lucius 0' Trigger, a connoisseur in such matters, would phrase it—but in the majority of instances their attempts have proved abortive. In point of bribery and corruption, however, the Conservatives have been more successful, and carried on their manoeuvres with a brazen effron tery that surpasses belief. The scenes lately exhibited in open dayat Hertford, at Weymouth, at Norwich, and some other places that we could mention, are such as are without parallel even in electioneering annals—by no means the most immaculate of all annals. But this flagrant system of abuse will, in the long run, work well for the people. Indeed, its retributive effects are already making themselves felt, in the prodigious popularity that the ballot is every where ac quiring. People now see that such a measure must be adopted—notwithstanding the hostile declaration of Mr. STANLEY—if only to re duce the still aspiring, still castle-building Conservatives to their proper level. As for the cry that the ballot is un-English, all we can say is, that if such be really the case, the sooner it is made English the better ; for though, perhaps, it may inculcate secrecy, yet at any rate it prevents the spread of that system of bribery, which is a thousand times more demo ralizing to the national character. The ballot, it is clear, must be carried, though when, is a question which we cannot just now take upon ourselves to solve. The probability is that it will be at no very distant date. The following are extracts from Brussels Papers, which contain no fresh news of mo ment : BRUSSELS, DEC. 24.—The King will set out for Ant werp this morning at 11 o'clock. 111a2azines of pro visions for the French army are going to be formed at Ghent; 40 boats, laden with flour, are expected in a few days. ANTWERP, DEC. 21.—Yesterday evening, at 10 o'clock, we heard a loud huzza at the Tete de Flandres, and soon afterwards saw a great fire near a gun-boat. We could not tell what to make of it, when, all at once, the flames rose in several places, and it appeared that the Dutch bad set fire to their flotilla. The Dutch have not been able to save anything that was in the citadel or the environs. At the beginning of the evening the gun-boat, No. 8, laden, it is said, with valuable effects and important documents, attempted to elude the vigilance of the Belgians and French troops, posted along the two banks of the Scheldt. Amidst a shower of balls it bad succeeded in pass ing the Fort du Nord, when signals were made in all directions, and the gun-boat was obliged to surrender to the French garrison at Fort Philippe. The com mander, whose name is Koopman, and a crew of2B men, were brought to the city to-day at noon. Several officers began this morning to take an inven tory of the materiel in the citadel, under the direction of Generals Nagre and Haxo. This operation is to be has tened as much us possible, in order not to delay the deli very of the citadel to the Belgian authorities. Arrangements are making for the Dutch garrison to leave the citadel to-morrow. ST. NICHOLAS, DEC. —Yesterday morning, be tween eight and ❑ine o'clock, the Dutch flotilla again ap peared before Doel in great force, and effected a landing. At that moment there were only 100 French soldiers, who made the most vigorous resistance, and were able to stop the enemy, consisting of 1,000 men, till the arrival of reinforcements, which soon cnrae. A desperate conflict then ensued, in which both parties had a considerable number killed and wounded. That of the French, (in dres, Burghs, D'Austrouvil, and Zurndrecht, should be immc.l.!,:lv given up. That the Commander and his garrison should be considered as prisoners of war until the sur render of Forts Lillo and Liefkenshoek. PRICES OF STOCK'S THI Rank Stock 6 per Cent Red. St% %5 4 3 per Cent. Cons. 3}6 per Cent. Ditto Red 9N% 3 9.1‘ New 3, per Cent. ....., shut 3 per Cent. 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Due. 0 America 0 0 Hamburg 0 0 Brazil 0 Buenos Ayres 0 0 Jamaica 0 I 0 Carthagena 0 0 Leeward Islands ... 0 I Dublin 0 i 0 Lisbon I I Flanders 0 0 Malta . 0 I France 0 ! 0 Sweden 1 Quernscy &Jersey.. 0 1 1 Waterford HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning... 2) minutes after 6. I Evening...s3 minutes after 6. ELEGANT CHRISTMAS PRESENT. * t . Published in future at THE PENNY NATIONAL LIBRARY OFFICE, Removed to No. 369, Strand. THE COMIC MAGAZINE. Edited by " FIGARO IN LONDON." THE FIRST SERIES IS NOW READY, In Six Numbers, One Shilling each ; or elegantly bound and gilt edged, price only 7s. 6d. Containing. UPWARDS of ONE HUNDRED FIRST-RATE COMIC ENGRAVINGS, by SEYMOUR, Illustrating a numerous variety of highly facetious articles by John Poole, Esq. ; R. B. Peake, Esq. (who illustrates for himself) ; Miss Sheridan (Editor of the " Comic Of fering") ; Thomas Dibdin, Esq. ; W. T. 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For ROTTERDAM, with his Majesty's Mails, every Wednes day and Saturday Morning, at Seven o'clock precisely. For OSTEND, every Saturday Morning. And For CALMS, every Sunday Morning. For Berths apply to this Office; and for Freight, to Mr. Norman, Agent to the Company, No. 1, Water-lane, To wer-s tree t. CHARLES BESSELL, Secretary. 69, Lombard -street, London, Dec. 27, 1832. Powerful steam•craft always ready for towing. TO THE INDEPENDENT ELECTORS OF THE NORTHERN DIVISION OF NORTHAMPTON SHIRE. GENTLEMEN, I BEG to offer you my warmest thanks f or th e support with which you have favoured me during the late arduous contest. For myself, I had but little desire to undertake the important and laborious duties devolving on the Representative of so large a body of Electors ; yet I could not allow an attempt to be made to deprive you of your liberal candidate, without at least giving you the op portunity of returning two Members, who would advocate those great principles on which the liberty of the people and the stability of the throne alike repose. The handsome manner in which you have come for ward to support me, and the position in which you have placed me upon the Poll afford the strongest evidence of the attachment felt by the Electors of this Division to those principles which both Lord Milton and myself, and our respective families have uniformly espoused ; and the re ception I have met with at your hands is the more flatter ing inasmuch as I did not become a candidate for your favours until the very eve of the election. We have reason, Gentlemen, not only to be satisfied with the result of our struggle, but to rejoice in it; for let it never be forgotten that the avowed object in bring ing forward Mr. Tryon was to expel Lord Milton from the representation of this county. The position in which his Lordship stands on the poll must be to us matter of sincere congratulation, while our opponents must feel that they have been signally defeated, and their designs com pletely frustrated. I have the honour to be, Gentlemen, Your most faithful servant, WILLIAM HANBURY, Kettering, Dec. 22, 1832. FINAL STATE OF THE POLL. Milton 1562 Brudenell Hanbury Tryon -1541 -1455 -1269 41 , 14- ••• • - • 4 4 v.- " if 4 :o i . 4) ir _„1 :4‘ ,..:f.; stn. LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 27, 1832. There are no farther accounts of interest from Belgium. It appears to be the opinion of the diplomatists here, that the King of HOLLAND will not order the surrender of the other for- xess. killed, was about 60. The enemy wig at length obliged to re•embark. This event has cause I a general movement among the troops in the environs. This morning, a regiment of ca valry in garrison here is gone to reconnoitre on the road to Hoist, and General de Rigny is gone in the same direction. BRUSSELS, DEC. 25. PROJECT OF LAW RELATIVE TO THE AMOUNT OF THE ARMY OF 1833. By the law of December 30, 1831, the army for 1832 was to be 80,000 men on the war establishment, besides the moveable Civic Guard. A reserve of 30,000 men was decreed on the 4th June last, making the whole effective force 110,000 men. This is the amount proposed by the Government for 1833, besides the moveable Civic Guard. We cannot propose a reduction at a time when Holland with half our population has an army nearly as large as ours is, and is making new levies. Our troops are perfectly well organized, trained, and dis ciplined, and the Government and the nation have only to know the excellent spirit that emulates them, and their desire soon to he called on to give proofs of their courage and attachment to the cause of their country. This prolonged state of war renders fresh burdens necessary, but Belgium will make any sacrifice till we obtain what existing treaties assure to us. We shall keep our army on the war establishment till our political affairs are settled. If the Government should have to r.pel any aggression, and require a further development of force, it will find in the Chambers, and in the nation, means to increase our army as much as may be required for the maintenance of our independence. The budget on the war establish ment is seventy-three millions of francs, being forty-eight millions (or four millions per month) more than on the peace establishment. To prevent the inconveniences of delay, the Minister proposes a provisional vote of credit for 18,800,000 francs for the first quarter of 1833. —Bras - sels Papers, Dec. 26. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.) FROM LLOYD'S. DEAL, DEC. 26.—Wind W., light.--The combined squadron remains, and the French frigate La Suffrein is to proceed to Cherburg. Arrived the Sir John Reed, Haig, from Mauritius ; and Austrologo, from Chesine. PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 2G.—Wind W. N.W.—Arrived off port the Crawford Davi , on, Sandford, from Trinidad. FALMOUTH, DEC. 25. —W ind W. S. W., fresh.—Sailed the Reynard packet, for St. Domingo, Jamaica, Mexico, &c. ; Nightingale packet, for the Leeward Islands; Me. teor steam-packet, for Lisbon ; and London Merchant steamer, for Oporto. DOVER, DEC. 26.—Arrived the St. Ann, Thomas, from London to St. Alichael's, with damage, loss of bul• warks, &c., having been in contact with a large brig. SOUTHAMPTON, DEC. 26.—Arrived the Nicholas, Kel• say, from Riga. POOLE, DEC. 25.—Arrived off port the Ceres, Adey, from Lisbon, sailed the 2 1 st instant. JERSEY, DEC. 24.—Arrived the Exchange, Dupre, rorn Newfoundland. BRISTOL, DEC. 9.6.—Arrived the George the Fourth, from St. Michael's ; and William Henry, Wakeham, from Bilboa. LIVERPOOL, DEC. 25.—Arrived the Minerva, Metcalf ; from Bombay, sailed the 4th September ; Bodding ton, Ellis, from Africa ; Canadian, Robb, from Pernambuco and St. John, Nichol, from St. John's, New Brunswick. Off port the Zoc, from Lima ; and Dowson, from Mira. michi. The Jupiter, from Bangor to America, has put in here leaky. GREENOCK, DEC. 24.—Arrived the Spence, Hardy, From Demerara. COWES, DEC. 25.--. The Charles, late Adolph, Volt, is reported to be wrecked last night at Rocken End, and tie mater and two of the crew drowned. PADSTOW, DEC. 24.—Part of a boat, marked " Le titia, of Glasgow, Robert Croke," h is been picked up. GASPE, DEC. 26.—A brig is on shore near the south west end of Anticosti; she must have gone on shore about the 6th or Bth instant. The Agnes, Melions, from London to Swan River, was lost in Cockburn Sound the 16th August ; crew saved. The Governor, Douglas, from Antwerp to St. John's, New Brunswick, was spoken with on the 11th October, dismasted, and had not arrived on the 24th ult. THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE 0' CL 0 CK. Bombay papers, to Sept. 2, have been received at the North and South American Coffee-house. (From the Bombay Paper of Sept. I .) MALACCA.—By the late accounts from Malacca, we are happy to find that the Nanning war is likely to terminate speedily. The expedition has advanced to Taber, the residence of the unfortunate Panguloo, and took possession of it without opposition. He his sent an emissary to Malacca, offering terms of submission. The Sai:zt Helda touched at the Mauritius, which ehe left on the 14th Aug. All was well. COMMERCIAL REMARKS.---.Our cotton market has been particularly dull of late. On the 28th ult., exclu sive of the late arrival, the stock consisted of—total, 51,900 bales. This branch of our commerce has been much affected by the disarrangement of one of our prin cipal Hong merchants, who has since come to a satisfac tory arrangement with his creditors. OPIUM. —Me small holders of Patana have been very active in making sales, and upwards of 2,000 chests have been recently sold at 915 dollars per chest. Benares still in demand ; sales have been made in Maliva at 685 dollars per peen!. We have not yet heard of any operations in new drugs ; Cotton-yarns, of the numbers 16 to 40, keep in demand, but no advance has taken place. Money con tinues very scarce. Trade is generally dull. (From the Paper of the 25th of August.) A letter has been received in town front Persia, which has excited a great deal of talk, stating that Prince Abbas Mirza had ordered 30,000 men to march upon Hirat, and this movement was only preparatory to an advance upon India, in conjunction with Russia. We need not say that there is no truth in this report. THE FUNDS. The only arrivals this morning of consequence are from Brussels and Antwerp, bringing further particulars re specting the surrender of the citadel of the latter place. They were waiting, with some anxiety, for the answer from the King of Holland for his refusal or consent to give up the three remaining forts in the Scheldt, and upon which some doubts were entertained. We cannot perceive to what purpose it would answer the King of Holland to retain these forts, as he must wage the war single handed, and, sooner or later, they must surrender either to the French army, or an English squadron. Consols, which left off yesterday at 8.54 for the Ac count, opened at 85a ; at present they are 854, with little doing. They are now 85H. In the Foreign Afarket there is nothing doing as yet. The French Funds come 69f. 40c. We do hot hear of any arrivals from Oporto. HALF-PAST ONE. The Dutch steamer has not as yet arrived, nor have we any news to communicate at present. The opinions are various in respect to the answer expected from the King of Holland in giving up the forts. A vessel is said to have arrived from Lisbon, which left on the 21st instant, but nothing has transpired on the subject as to what she brings. Consols have been done as high this morning as 851 buyers ; at present they are 85/. In other Foreign Market the Dutch Funds have im proved to 431 A. per cent. higher than yesterday. In other securities nothing doing. THREE 0' CL 0 CK. Consols for the Account, 851. CLOSING PRICES.—FOUR O'CLOCK. Danish 7O Greek Mexican Peruvian Russian... Spanish Consols ~ — Ditto for Account S 5 Brazilian Bonds 48 Buenos Ayres — Chilian Ditto — Columbian 1824 The Moniteur contains a Royal ordinance, by which the following distribution is made of the provi sional grant of 340,000,000 f. lately voted by the Cham bers Nationa' Del.)t Civil List Chamber of Peers ( I : o u rri bl l i n c er l e n e st a r i i , l a ct i i Chamber of Deputies 150,000 Legion of Honour Justice Public Worship Foreign Affairs 1,080,000 Interior 28 ,544,0(10 War ......................................... . 'lie Works Marine Finances Expenses for management and collection of taxes 31,4J71,5i10 Reimbursements, Restitutions, Premiums, &c '140,000,000 COUNTY COURT, RED LION SQUARr. (THIS DAY.) TAYLOR V. SPENCER. This was an action on a baker's bill, to recover 101. ss. Bd. for bread and flour supplied to the defendant from Nov., 1827, to Feb., 1828. It appeared on behalf of the defendant, that the plain tiff had been in the habit of dealing with the defendant for many years, and had been in the habit of paying the amount, from time to time, by bills of exchange. The amount, however, from November, 1827, to February, 1828, was never paid, although accounts of a subs , quest period were paid. No proof was tendered that payment of the account in question had ever been demanded. In answer to the action, the defendant hod pleaded he did not owe the plaintiff any thing. or that, if he did, it was a sum that brought the case within the jurisdiction of the Westminster Court of Req nests. Several witnesses were called, one of whom was the plaintiff's daughter. She stated that she was in the habit of taking in the bread supplied to the family by the plain tiff, and that, to the best of her recollection, the plaintiff did not supply them with any whatever between November, 1827, and February, 1828. The other witnesses proved the hand writing of the defendant and his wife, to various bills of exchange paid, and to weekly bills delivered, subsequent to February, 1828. The amount of those bills was carried forward from week to week, and in none was the sum now sought to he recovered, mentioned, The UNDER SHERIFF left it to the Jury to decide be tween the parties. The Jury retired, and upon their return found a verdict for the defendant. MEMBERS RETURNED. SCOTLAND. BurssumE.—Lord C. Stuart. PERTH, CITY.—L. Oliphant, Esq. ABERDEENSHIRE.—Captain Gordon. IRELAND. QUEEN'S COUNTY —Sir C. Coote and Mr. Lalor. MONAGHAN, COUNTY.—Mr. Sergeant Perrin and Mr. Blayney. LIMERICK, COUNTY.—Hon. R. Fitzgibbon and Hon. S. O'Grady. WATERFORD, Cou.vrv.--J. M. Gaiwey, Esq., and Sir R. Keane. STATE OF THE POLLS. STIALINGSHIRE. Fleming 346loswald Forbes 93 Blair, i DIINII3AATONLHIRE. Elliot Lord John Scott lB6 Sir J. Colquhoun Sir W. F. Elliot IRELAND. NEWRY, BOROUGH. Lord M. Hill 144 Mr. Maguire 139 THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY). GENERAL AVERAGE PRICE OF BRITISH CORN, For the Week ended Dec. 21, 1832, made up from the Returns of the Inspectors in the dittrent Cities and Towns in England and Wales, per Imperial Quarter. Wheat.— 545. 5d. 1 Oats --18 s. 1Id.l 333. sd. 8ar1ey.........-- 30s. 3d. Rye -- 345. 2d Pease— 395. 6d. IMPERIAL AGGREGATE AVERAGES OF THE SIX WEEKS PRECEDING. Wheat—.—.s33. lid.' Oats —.—.. 18s. 10d.i8ean5—....... 345. 3.1. Barley---- 30s. 11(9 Rye 335. 6d I 395. CM. DUTIES ON FOREIGN COHN. —.• Sd. Oats 19s. 9d.1 18s. 3,1 Barley 16s. 10d.1 Rye 19s. 9d.1 Ils. HAY MARKETS.—(At per Load of 36 Trusses.) CUMBERLAND (LATE sT. JAMES'S.) Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay £2 0 to £2 10 , qew Meadow Hay 3 0 3 10 Useful Old Ditto 2 15 3 10 Fine Upland Meadow and Rye-grass Hay 3 15 4 0 Clover Hay 3 15 5 0 Oat Straw £1 4to .£1 8 I Wheat :straw .. 1 8 110 Supply rather limited, trade dull, an d prices barely stationary. _ . SMITHFIELD. Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay £2 5 to £2 10 Kew Meadow Hay 2 1 5 3 10 Useful Old Ditto 3 0 3 10 Fine Upland Meadow and Rye-grass Hay 3 15 4 0 Clover Hay (extra fine)....£s o... Generally Oat Straw ... £1 4to-£ I 6 f Wheat Straw 1 8 1 10 Supply moderate, trade very dull, and prices stationary. CATCHING A TARTAR. ~ Last summer, I was witness to a curious I scene ; running through the Sound of Achil in my hooker at a short distance from me, I ob served several men, who appeared to be prac tising a quadrille over the thafts and gunnels of a row-boat ; they never rested for a moment, but continued jumping from stem to stern, and springing from bench to bench. Struck by the oddity of their proceedings, I eased away the sheets and ran down upon them ; I was a wel come ally, as the result proved. It turned out, that having espied a seal and her cub sleeping on the sand, they had procured an old musket and rowed over to attack them ; they were par tially successful, and seized the cub before it could regain its native element, although the dam rendered all assistance possible to relieve the young one. Having placed their prize in the boat, they were returning, followed by the old seal, which kept rising beside them, attracted by the cries of the cub ; after many bootless attempts, their gun at last exploded, the ball entered the seal's head, and for a moment she appeared dying. The captors, seizing her by the tail and fins, with an united exertion dragged her into the boat—but this exploit had nearly ended in a tragedy. Stunned only by the wound, the animal instantly recovered, and, irritated by pain and maddened by the cries of her cub, attacked her captors fiercely ; every exertion they could make was necessary to save them from her tusks, and their oars were too long and clumsy to enable them to strike her with effect. I came most opportunely to the rescue, and by driving a carbine-bullet through the seal's brain brought the battle to a close. Never was the old saw of " Catching a Tartar" more thoroughly exemplified ; and though we laughed at their terror-stricken countenances, the deep incisions made in the oars and gun nels by the tusks of the enraged animal, showed that galopading with an angry seal is any thing but pleasure.— Wild Sports of the West. It is intended to invite Mr. COKE to a public dinner at Norwich, in honour of his political integrity and private worth, as exhibited during a period of nearly sixty years. This homage will be appreciated by him the more highly because it takes place after the effervescence of party spirit, so far as he is personally concerned, has sub sided. It is a homage to Mr. COKE'S public integrity and private worth. We shall be glad to see it followed by a small subscription, on a large scale, for a piece of plate to the father of Norfolk agriculture as well as to the un compromising defender of general liberty. —Norfolk East A nylian. ANTEDILUVIAN REM AINS.—In the middle of last month two fishermen, being employed on the banks of the Lippe, near the village of Ahsen, in Westphalia, and at a moment when the water was unprecedentedly low, discovered a heap of bones lying in the bed of the river, and conveyed them ashore. It was a superb and perfect specimen of a mammoth's head, in excellent pre servation, and of an unusual size. For instance the four grinders are from six to nine inches in diameter, and the two tusks, one of which was found adhering to the chin bone, are between three and four feet in length. The fishermen parted with their prize for a mere song, and it was conveyed to Ilaltern, where, we understand, after it had been examined by two of the professors from Bonn, it was sold to them for the use of the Zoological Museum in that University. A further search has been made in the Lippe, but without success. A WI-mi. PARTY.—It was evident at first sight that the soldiers were no matches for the gentlewo men. The rubber game was on the point of being de cided just as we reached the table—the soldiers had it by honours, but, by a barefaced revoke, that would have been detected by any but the buzzards they were playing with, the ladies gained the point required, and had their claim allowed. " Supper is served," said Mrs. P—..., w i t h a satisfactory grin ; " had we not better stop, Lady L—.—.?" The gentlemen simultaneously popped their hands into the pockets of their nether garments. "In h ow much have I the honour to be your Ladyship's debtor ?" inquired the Colonel, with a gracious smile. Mrs. P--- instantly mumbled, with the rapidity of a bar-maid, " Ten points three rubbers—only nine guineas." The Colonel started and stared. " Nine devils !—I mean, guineas 1" ex claimed the Sub, in awful consternation. But the de crre had gone forth. " They never played higher—deep play was detestable." The money was accordingly doled out, anal I observed that the contents of the Lieutenant's purse, after rendering this sweeping Subsidy, were reduced to a solitary guinea,— Wild Spurt* of the {Pest, ROXBURGIISHIRE. LY RSFIIRF. SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS. A letter in this nay's 1 Ewes, bearing the sig nature of " An Englishman," touches on two subjects ; the first of which has provoked long and loud discussion throughout the country, while the other is one of real and solid import ance. The first of these is the ballot question. The second, that of the qualification required by law from Members of the House of Commons. The ballot has never been regarded by us as in itself a desirable Parliament. The method o of ordinary d in ary objection choosing ns it is, in our opinion, of no inconsiderable weight —namely, that it facilitates deception between man and man, and destroys that open and fear. less character which has heretofore adorned the exercise of an Englishman's elective franchise. It therefore appears to us most unfortunate, that many landed proprietors and rich men of the Conservative faction should have so employed their influence as landlords or employers, as to raise an outcry against the practice of oven voting, because of the intimidation which tboy attempted, and oftentimes successfully, over the tenants on their estates, and the tradesmen to whom they had given their custom. There is no doubt that in thousands of cases, durs, ing these last elections, the a b ove two c l asses of constituents, viz., tenants and tradespeople, have been forced to vote for candidates whom. they disapproved of, on pain of losing or impair ing that resource on which depended the sub sistence of their families. The effect of this overbearing dictation threatens to be fatal to those who have indulged it. The recommenda don of the ballot was previously confined to speculative individuals, who looked at politics abstractedly, and to adventurers whose object was to use them selfishly. Both together formed but a trifling portion of society, and might have worked for ages without exciting the people to any active effort. But the Conserva tive gentry have done the business of this ill assorted league of theorists and desperadoes for them. They have raised, by their unjust and unwise compulsion of voters to give their suf frages against their conscienees and judgment, such a democratic outcry in favour of the ballot, as may lead to the adoption of that unaccus tomed expedient, without affording time to reason much upon its consequences. This, we say, whenever it does occur, will be the handi work of the Tory chiefs themselves, as the Reform Bill arose out of the Duke of 'Welling ton's blind and infatuated indiscretion. The complaint then is, that the independence of electors has been destroyed, that the landlords have appropriated to themselves the votes of their tenantry, and are, in fact, once more their own constituents as much as formerly, when through their menial servants they used to send themselves to Parliament for their own nomina tion boroughs. Now what has been the first cause of this offensive and unreflecting abuse ? Principally, if not wholly, as relates to landlord and tenant, the clause moved in the first Reform Bill by the Marquis of Chandos, carried then against Lord Grey's Government, and weakly, as we think, introduced by Ministers into the second Bill, when they were sure of a majority against Lord Chandos, had his Lordship then thought proper to repeat his experiment. Lord Chandos, whose family estates in Buckingham shireand elsewhere are let mostly to tenants at will, moved that such tenants paying .50/. rent should vote for county Members. The re sult of such a rider upon the Bill, and such an excrescence upon the sound prin ciple of election, was at once foreseen and in no measured language denounced and repro bated by this journal. But the evil star pre vailed. The Tory Lord succeeded in his pur pose ; he created a vast army of voting vassals throughout England, and he will be well and justly chastised for it, if the ballot should be insisted on by the country, and should destroy that species of influence which operates by inti midation and the abuse of proprietary power. But a question here arises which has not yet been settled, so far as we can judge, by any of those who clamour for the establishment of the ballot—Will the ballot be a protection or nor, and to what class of voters ? If the ballot should at once, nay, at any future period, put a total stop to the custom of canvassing electors, this double good effect might of course be anti cipated—viz., I. That no inquiry being m a d e by the candidate as to a man's intentions, and no disclosure by the constituent himself as to the manner in which he had actually given his vote, he might exercise the franchise with im punity. 2. That such a curtain being spread before the balloting urn, bribery would be folly. and would altogether cease. But is it possible for any man to suppose that every gentleman seek ing a seat in Parliament, or the majority or any large proportion of candidates, could so far rein in their natural impatience, as to forego the halbeitpldheaarrt of such conciliatory process would practice of soliciting votes, even though unable to have the general assurance which publicity furnishes under the present system, that the pro mises given would be honourably fulfilledih)bruyiznietahite:c , man omtr he da s bti so yu v medium ignoranthh iwhen of fagents ao t greath enatur e lector s that no pains would be taken as ? to tne l u s c gh o li a lm n n c s y t e el i ll v ef e suffrages, such suffrages will not besolicited 1_ personal good will of the constituents, le to con not consist of the question, " May I hope for the honour of your vote ?" Tile representative, system of the United States has often been ap pealed to as a model for us in England, and the ballot of that country quoted as the happiest of her institutions ; but is there no canvass for members of Congress there ? Why the whole republic is a furnace previous to the elections. ocit s nlir o ii u taahg g ct aeai h nti t ti It is a matter of notoriety how every man professes to vote ; there are the forms, indeed, under which concealment might be practised ; but substantially no concealment exists. Of course, w ' • were one citizen in another's gripe as here, there would (without a great previous change of usage) be no protection in the American ballot, because there is no real privacy. To proceed, however, with the subject of individual canvass of those orders of the people who here are taught to cry out for the ballot as their safeguard. The elector applied to can give but three answers to the question. He either says, " I will not vote for sou," which supposes him to be a man above all chance of intimidation, and therefore one who looks for no protection, or he says, " I will vote for you," in which case, also, if he means to keep hi s word, he stands just where he does at pre sent ; and if he designs to break his word, he is void of principle, and merits no " protection." The third answer is one of hesitation or neu trality, which satisfies no candidate, and would, either with the ballot or without, be ver) seldom resorted to. The ballot, therefore, wined nut, as our correspondent says truly, be a security to the honest man ; and to the false and de ceitful knave it ought not to be granted as 3 geig wrs' croil' I left Mr' an d coo' die Elect t he • wint pier r ket ran d n id e viog