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FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FROM RHENISH BAVARIA, AUG. 14. The late extraordinary resolutions of the Diet have produced the most painful feelings amongst the people. Numerous addresses and petitions have been circula•ed, exhibiting the determination of the inhabitants not to sub mit to the yoke which the absolute Powers seek to impose on them. Among them the following is the most re markable, not only for the spirit in which it is written, but also for the eagerness with which it is signed, as con veying exactly the sentiments of the public. Copies of it have been printed, and are now scattered through all Germany. I send you one, and a'so the following trans lation : REPRESENTATION OF RHENISH BAVARIAN CITIZENS, WHO LOVE THEIR FATHERLAND,-OR MUCH RATHER, AN EXPLANATION OF, AND PRESERVATIVE CAUTION AGAINST, THE RESOLUTIONS OF THE DIET OF THE `2BTH OF JUNE, 1932. "TO HIS MAJESTY THE ICING OF BAVARIA. " During several weeks there reiened in the hearts of nhnost all the inhabitants of Rhenish Bavaria an obscure expectation of dismrl events, produced through threats and from the stretches of power, aiming at measures which the Ministry of your Majesty has been pleased to ordain against the Rhenish circle. " Then broke forth, like the lightning from dark thun der lintels, the resolution of the D!et of the 28th of June (this year) over our fatherland, and disclosed to us ab ruptly the depth of the chasm on whose brink we stand— civil war. Such is the tenour of the declaration of tire Diet—death to the constitutional system in Germany and over all Europe,—oppression to all its adherents,—extir pation to all the fair blossoms on which our fatherland, with hopeful eye, casts, from his bed of political infirmity, his eager looks,—destruction of every free movement of the human m'nd. These are the inscriptions on the ban ners of the party that now begins to wield its iron sceptre over Germany. " 'Whit man of true feeling that has not his heart roofed when he hears of the tyrannical oppression by a fo reigner—of the cruel grinding down of all that is noble nd great once possessed by a nation ; and how much the less could the Rhenish Bavarian breast, faithful to th , laws, and loving freedom, remain unmoved at the terrible —the monstrous—the almost inconceivable news, The Diet hits annihilated the German Constitution ?' " Yet still was hope not wholly extinguished in our hearts. We looked to the throne of our Prince, and we awaited from him—who was once celebrated throughout Europe as the poet of Greece—who, in the view of his people, without solicitation, made the declaration—' I would prefer not to be an uncontrelled ruler'—from him we awaited, that he would without hesitatiOn reject from him the reproachful, unreasonable demand of the Di, t.— But such has not occurred. " Therefore ere the citzens of Rhenish Bavaria resolved not to neglect their duty, and to speak out aloud and openly, in order that the chasm already produced by the ordinances of the Diet between Kings and peop'e may be repaired, before it becomes altogether irreparable. We, therefore, in the name of your Majesty's severely-injured nation, charge as guilty, that Bavarian Ambassador, who gave his vote as a sanction to the mischievous ordinances or the Diet, and the Bavarian Ministry that intrusted to b:m such commission, of high treason against the Bavarian people and the Bavarian constitution; and we desire from your Majesty, that the estates shall without delay be con voked, and that the accused be immediately brought to trial. " Hence tl.e reason why we Rhenish Bavarians ap proach directly to your Majesty—a loyal nation to its sworn King. We ask for our good rights that have al ready been attacked in order to he taken from us. Should we, however, not compass our purpose, we shall at least, More our own and every other country, before the pre sent and succeeding generations, have saved our honour, and expelled from us the name of heartless cowards and of succumbent slaves. " It is, perhaps, the last time that the voice of the peo ple, which was once also called the voice of God, shall dare to raise itself to be heard in the ears t,f your Majesty; therefore we will, aloud and without reserve, speak—for we speak the words of truth, of which it is said, truth is fri m God, the King of kings. " One could, perhaps, if one took solely the matter of the six articles of the resolutions of the Diet in a general and indefinite sense into consideration, give a reply to the question, What is there in them, in reality, that threa tens danger?' But when the deeply-concealed sense of these articles, together with their introduction, is brou ht into one light, the unbiassed reader will clearly see three chief points arise to his view. " I. In the once independent, powerful German em pire, where the old fundamental laws have ruled the Stares, do now the Cabinets of Austria and Prussia, in conjunction with Russia in the background, exercise a dictatorship. Those managers of absolutism wish now to oppress the hitherto free German nation, and to rule it according to their own fancy and pleasure. "2. The sovereignty of the less powerful German Princes, and even also of Bavaria, is Inst for ever. The hithesto sovereign, constitutional King of Bavaria, is be come the vassal and bondsman of the threeabsolute Powers. " 3. The Corr titution of Bavaria, sworn to in the pre s.nce of God and the people, is annihilated. For if the resolutions of the Diet leave us the Land Estates, as so called, it takes away from them the right of free speech, and of free resolution ; they must become councillors who will not be listened to,—legislators who will he ridiculed by all. Finally, we are deprived of the only sure gua rantee of a constitutional establishment—the freedom of the press. The press under an Austro-Prusso-Russian inspection is no longer a free press. " With unheard-of mockery are the constitutional states of Germany treated ; for, at the moment when with the sword of absolutism the charters are crushed, is it with sudacity attempted to be maintained—you have yet consti tutions; and at the moment when the freedom of speech and of writing is branded with the mark of high treason, and the noblest writers of the nation are thrown into dun geons, a new law on the press is forsooth promised : but we will be silent, our hearts are filled with grief too bitter, when we are forced from these assurance to perceive, that the German nation is not regarded as capable of see ing and feeling these palpable acts of scorn. " Yet but some questions will we now propose, the re ply to which (if the present period refuse to answer) we will leave to futurity, and in the hands of the eternal Judge of all created beings. " Who has given Austria and Prussia the right of usurp ing the dictatorship over all Germany ? Who has ap pointed these states to be interpreters, or rather mutila tors, of constitution., that are neither Austrian nor Prussian ? In what harmony is the language now holden forth by these Cabinets with their sworn duty not to in terfere in the internal affairs of the other German states ? " In a country where in ancient time an imperial con stitution settled the rights of free men, is the influence o , foreign Powers to mark out the hounds within which free citiz ns are allowed to move? Oh I Germany, how deeply art thou now despised, and yet none of thy Prince, feels thy disgrace ! Thou, formerly the legislatrix of Europe, must now, with eyes overflowing with tears, look on, while the garment of slavery is thrown over thy shoulder., and thy limbs are hound with fetters ! King Louis, Rhenish Bavaria calls on thee to come forward! March boldly against the usurpations of the absolute Powers. The people of Bavaria will not forsake thee. They are ready with thee to conquer or to die,—for their honour—for their constitution. " But what must we think if Bavaria's ?ping break the finest jewel in his Crown—if he tear the love of the people towards their ruler out of the people's hearts, in order to cast them at the feet of foreigners having brute force—in order to allow the most sacred feel ings to be insulted and trampled under foot ? King ! not for all the wealth of the world oughtest thou to permit this treasure to be plundered. Despise, then, the deceitful bribe which those Powers offer thee for it. What bas with us to do Austria,—that old musty, worm-eaten, hollow trunk ? It will be dashed to the ground by the worms of time, and in the storm will crush all those who seek protection under its boughs. What advantages can absolute Prussia offer to constitu tional Bavaria?—chat treacherous cane which pierces through the hand that thinks by leaning on it to find sup• port. How can Prussia protect the rights of Bavaria ? that red-hot Moloch to which, with heathenish madness, a father must offer his only child. What protection would be to us that deformed iron Colossus with feet of clay? 0 King ! thy people adjures thee aloud, close not the un happy alliance with those absolute Powers,—drive the tempter back,—trifle not with the affection of the Bava. rians ;_quit not thy people in the hour of trial and of danger, that thou mayest not, when too late, have to repent of having thrust them from thee,—that when, hereafter, when thou shalt become disgusted with be i!:,; the vassal slave of the foreigners, thy people rii sy not turn away from thee when thou shalt crave its aid, and may not say, ' Seek help from them in whom thou bast more confided than in thy Bavarian people.' " 0 King, who knowest the sanctity of thy oath, bast thou sworn to fulfil the commands of Austria and of ussia, or do the words of thy royal oath not state, I s•aear to maintain the Constitution of Bavaria ?' " We have spolfeu the words of truth before thy 311- It sty, and conclude with the wish that it may be known that we are faithful alike to our country and our King. " Your Majesty's constitutional inhabitants of cities— " ADAM WAGNER, of Otterberg. " KOHLHEPP, of Kaiserslauturn. " HABERLE, Burgomaster of Steinwenden. " CH. SCHERF, of Homburg. " RITTER, Postmaster of Kirchhomvolanden," &c. (besides numerous other signatures.) The allusion to the fate of Poland in the preceding ad dress, and the strong expression of feeling, have made a deep impression on the people wherever this address is read. The word " fatherland," as meaning native country, is a strong German expression, which deserves to become " at borne" in Great Britain. POPULATION of the TOWNS IN GREAT BRITAIN and FRANCE COMPARED, in 183!. (From the last number of the Revue Brilannique.) The following tabular comparison of the population of France with that of England will be examined with con siderable interest. In arranging it, we have availed our selves of the latest census of each country. The popula tion of any town containing less than 15,000 souls has not been inserted, as there are few places where manufac tures are carried on to any extent in which the numbers will be found less. The result of our researches shows, that in Great Britain (including England, Scotland, and Wales—for the returns have not been made up for Ireland), there are 70 towns with a population of upwards of 15,000 souls, and in France only 61. The following is the order in which we have placed them : GREAT BRITAIN. FRANCE. Inhabitants. Inhabitants 1 contra. above 1,000,000 1 cootg. above 700,000 2 200,000 3 ... from 109 to 145,000 6 ...from 103 to 180,000 2 from 80 to 87,000 1 kb,,ve 90,000 t 2 4 from 61 to 67,000 5 from 40 to 49,000 5 from 50 to 59,700 6 from 32 to 39,000 5 12 from 21 to 28,000 2 4 6 5 5 3 5 from 40 to 48,000 6 from SI to 39,000 15 from 21 to 28,000 8 4 2 3 2 4 In order t!:at the reader m .y judge more easily for him self, we give the mine and population of each town re wectively in both kingdoms, according to the returns of 1831 : GREAT BRITAIN. Towns. Population. London 1,624,034 FRANCE. Towns. Population Paris 771.,338 Manchester 270,961 Glasgow 202,426, Live! pool 185,175 Edinburgh 162,156. Birmingham Leeds 123,393 Halifax 109,899 Bristol 103,886 Sheffield MarFeilles 145,115 Lyons 133,715 1 13;:rdeaux 109,467 Rouen 88,086 Nantes 87,191 Bradford Plym. and Devonp 75,534, 'Lille Oldham 67,579 Stockport 66,6101 Bolton Norwich 61,110 Blackburn Rochdale 58,441 Aberdeen 58,019 Paisley Nottingham 59,680 Wolverhampton Bury Dundee .... Newcastle-upon- } 42,760 Tyne Brighton .. 40,631'1 Leicester Bath Stoke-upon-Trent 3'7,220 Hull 33,9321 'Toulouse 59,630 'Strasbourg Amiens ... 45,001 Nletz 44,416 Nimes 41.266 Orleans. 40,161 Troyes 39,143 Caen Reims 35,971 Montpelier Saint Etienne I 'An F ere 32,743 !Avignon Brest ,Nancy Rennes 29,680 Besancon 29,167 ;Versailles 28,477 Toulon 28,419 Clermont 28,257 Limoges Dijnn Montaüban Dunkerque [ Grenoble 24,888 (Arras [ Tours Poitiers 'Aix 22,575 Ashton-under-Lyne 33,597 Hadderfield 31,041 Exeter 28,201 Merthyr Ty dvil 28,083 Prescot Greenock Lei O. Tynemouth 24,778 Greenwich Wakefield 24,538 Macclesfield Dudley 23,043 Cheltenham 22,942 Lancaster 22,294 Chester Shrewsbury 21,227 Yarmouth Cambridge Kidderminster 20,865 W igan 20,774 Ipss ich Oxford 20,434 Leigh Perth Carlisle Dewsbury Deptford Southampton 19,324 Warrington Worcester 18,610 Kilmarnock 18,039 Boulcgne 20,856 Arles Le Mtns Bo u rges 19,730 St. Omer 19,344 Abbeville Valenciennes 18,953 Douai Cherbourg 18,443 L'Orient 18,322 La Guillotaire 18,294 Roubaix.-- Turcoing 17,973 ISt. Quentin... 17,686 Cambray 17,646 Carcassonne 17,394 Perpignan ... Bez iers 16,769 Dieppe 16,616 Castre. 16,418 Laval Niort 16,175 Colmar 15,442 Angouleme Never§ 15,085 Woolwich ..... 17,661 Sunderland 17,060 Dunfermline 17,068 Chatham Co!chester Reading 15,595 Maidstone. Northampton 15,351 Walsall 15,066' • PARLIAMENTARY PLEDGES.--NO man could refuse to pledge himself unless he had an intention of robbing. But high-blooded men never entered into a sort of covenant in their dealings: they never took a house upon lease. Oh, no; they say, we'll take your house, that's enough ; no lease or agreement is necessary —our word's enough ! There was one thing, however, they were obliged to ple,lge and hind themselves in—he meant the affair of marriage. The women, sensible crea tures, took right good care of that, and bound them pretty tightly both in church and out of it, and in various other places and ways.—( Laughter.) In marriage, as in every thing else, it was money the aristocracy was raking after, Ind whenever they found it they made a dead set like a staunch pointer at a partridge. When the Ma: 'pus of BATH I iscovered that MELLIsir (the butcher) had a rich daughter, his son made a dead point at her. When SHAFTESBURY sound that old RuNDELL's public money, got by snuff.box and bathing machine making., for that Supreme Monarch GEORGE the Fourth, passed into the hands of one NEALE,' an attorney, this SHAFTESBURY'S (Luigi:ter fell in love with the attorn e y, and could not live a month without him. It was afterwards found out that the attorney was for keeping his money ; the lady then separated, requiring a settlement—for she had in the beginning bound him dawn and pledged him. She was right, and he was for imitating Lord SHAFTESBURY'S daughter in election matters.—(Laughter.) One of the highest blood of all— one descended from Kings—had taken a play-actress as his wife. To be sure she had passed through a banker's hands, and was so far purified. But he sure that she took e.ood care to pledge the Duke, and that she had him bound hand and foot. It was all nonsense ;no man should be sent into Parliament without pledges, and the electors would not be doing their duty if they sent them there un shackled. Time City of London had put forth pledges, which, save a slight objection or two, were good ones. Candidates should be pledged to the abolition of all tithes —to the repeal of all taxes on malt, hops, and soap--to the abolition of the Assessed Taxes and Corn Laws. Cottett. nicEs laisH STOC C s., DUBLIN, AUG. 21. Bank Stock -'OO :;t. , Fatrick Insur.(pet Share Consols, 3 tier cent. Goy. Stock, 3% per cent. 9074, National Ditto — Ditto, New ( per Cent _ ' Hibernian Bank Goy. Deb. 3y4 per cent.... 86 ,Provincial Ditto — Royal Canal Stock ..«..... !Royal Irish Mine — Grand Canal Stock — Imperial Mine City Deb. 4 per cent. I Rapist (111i , n fleb. 4n. c. j r M o i m ni ni ng Co. erc ial o n f d,lnricaliannz3 ILAILs. Due. )Arrived. rrived, Due, O America 1 0 Hamburg 2 O Brazil O Buenos Ayres 1 0 Jamaica 0 O Carthagena 0 0 Leeward Islands ... 0 I Di:blin 0 0 Lisbon I O Flanders 0 0 Malta 0 1 France 0 0 Sweden I Guernsey &Jersey.. 0 1 Waterthrd HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. . 4 erning... 37 minutes after 1. I Evening... 7 minutes after 2. NEVER BEFORE PUBLISHED IN ANY LAN- GUAGE. Just published, in 2 vols. with a portrait, price 21s. MIRABEAU'S LETTERS during HIS RESIDENCE in ENGLAND; with Anecdotes, Maxims, &.c., now first translated from the Original Manu scripts. To which is prefixed an Introductory Notice on the Lif., Writings, Conduct, and Character of the Author. "Full of thought, quick observation and ready inference, while they abound in lively sketches of the then existing state of society. The translation is executed with much spirit and fidelity." —Literary Gazette, July 93. " The observations of such a man as Mirabeau 'on England, must be interesting to all English readers ; and if we look at the book as a record of the general opinions and observations of Mi rabeau, without reference to ourselves as a nation particularly, we shall find much to compensate for the time bestowed on the perusal."—Courier, July 23. London : Effingham Wilson, 88. Royal Exchange. THE QUEEN OF THE BELGIANS. RESIDENCES OF THE ENGLISH NOBILITY. rr HE COURT JOURNAL o f SATUR DAYIL next will contain a &tailed description of the STATE APARTMENTS of HAM MOUSE, near Rich mond—the SEAT of the COUNTESS of DYSART.— TIT suite of apartments described will include the MARBLE HALL, the QUEEN'S CLOSET, the PRINCE of WALES'S STATE BED-ROOM, the LONG GALLERY, the NORTH DRAWING-ROOM, the TAPESTRY ROOM, the PICTURE CLOSET, the LIBRARY, the CHAPEL, Sze. &c. A beautiful engraved PORTRAIT of the QUEEN of the BELGIANS will be delivered GRATIS with the COURT JOURNAL of Saturday, September 1. if SAW HER AT THE FANCY FAIR? -R. It is impossible to describe the sensation created in the fashionable world by the production of this Song. It is the same that excited so much attention last week at the Fancy Fair at the Surrey Zoological Gardens, wht•re upwards of 1000 copies were disposed of. BARNETT, the composer, in this beautiful Ballad appears to have eclipsed all his former product:ons, and both the poetry and melody have received the highest praise from upwards of 100 Newspapers, provincial and metropolitan. It has been introduced in the Court Circle, and at the Nobility's concerts, with the most distinguished success. London : Keith, Prowse, and Co. Cheapside; and to be had of every respectable Music-seller in England, Ireland, and Scotism!. Oa Saturday next will b e p u bli s h e d THE MONTHLY PART OF THE ATLIENIEUNI, for AUGUST. It will contain the 3rd, 4th, sth, And CONCLUDING PART of the MEMOIR of PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY. By Cmtain MEDWIN, Author of " Conversations with Lord Byron ;" together with the customary Reviews of all New Works. [Falk's Memoir of Goethe ; and the 6th Volume of Le Livre des Cent-et.Un, exclusively, and with translated Ex tracts.] ORIGINAL POE3IS and PAPERS, by the ustul Contri butors, with Critical Notices of the TIIKATRES, FINE ARTS, &c., and the usual interesting Misce:lanea. .• THE ATHEN2EUM IS THE LARGEST LITERARY PAPER The PART for Auc UST contains SIXTY-FOUR LARGE QUARTO PAGES (nearly equal to three common octavo volumes), for SIXTEEN PENCE. FOR EDINBURGH. THE Splendid New STEAM-SHIPS, the ROYAL ADELAIDE, Captain MILLS, and ROYAL WILLIAM, Captain CH kPLIN, each 200 -horge power, will start from St. Katharine Dock Steam-wharf, near the Tower, as follow : ROYAL WILLIAM, on Saturday Evening, Aug.2s, at Ten. ROYAL A DELA IDE, on Wednesday Evening, Aug. 29, at Ten. ROYAL WILLIAM, on Wednesday Evening, Sept. 5, at Ten. ROYAL ADELAIDE, on Saturday Evening, Sept. 8, arren. These Vessels will be found of .he very first class in point of speed and accommodations, and are the only ones that afford to passengers the advantage of embarking at the commodious Steam-wharf, London, and landing in the Harbour at Leith. Horses and carriages can thus be shipped and landed with the greatest ease and safety. Fares, including provisions, Chief Cabin, 41. 4s. ; Second Cabin, 2/. 10s. The accommodations in the Second Ca bins are very superior, wish separate apartments for females. Information obtained, berths secured, and goods re ceived for shipment, at Leith and Glasgow Wharf. Also, by T. Robertson, 164, Strand ; H. Underwood, 56, Hiymarket ; M. Sanderson, Boar and Castle Inn, Ox ford-street ; Mr. Clarke, Old White Horse Cellar, Pic cadilly; and Mr. Gilbert, Blossoms Inn, Lawrence lane, Cheapside, where light goods are received, and for warded to the Wharf till Five o'clock on the days of starting. JOSEPH ADAMS. Agent, Leith and Glasg;w Wharf. cot ptrod),-,_,,, *nu. LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 24, 1832. In another column will be found a most curious table, taken from the Revue Britannique, showing the number of towns in France and Great Britain with a population above 15,000 souls. It will be seen that i►► Great Britain there are 70 such towns, and in France only 61. When we consider that the population of France is more than double that of Great Britain, the dispro portion is very great, and sufficiently shows the vast manufacturing superiority of this country. No account is given of the towns in either country with a less population than 15,000 souls. It would be easy to give such a❑ account of the English towns, but we have not materials at hand by which to give that for France. We have no doubt, however, that the number of towns with from 1,000 to 10,000 inhabitants is much greater in France, even in proportion to its population, than in this country, and that on account of its agricultural population not being any thing near so much scattered as our own. No one who has been through France can have failed to notice the comparative paucity of ham lets and detached farm-houses ; as also the great loss of time suffered by the labourers and small land-owners, in having to travel several miles before arriving at their work. The differ ence between the population of the capitals of the two kingdoms, amounting to nearly a million of souls, is too vast to be accounted for merely by the circumstance of Great Britain beim- , a greater manufacturing country than France. In fact, it mainly arises from London being the head of a more extended empire than Paris. This opinion is confirmed by the circumstance of Paris having increased comparatively little within the last 50 or 60 years, whilst London has regularly augmented with the extension of our dominions, as well as the multiplication of our home popu lation. The public is aware that his Majesty's Go vernment, upon the eve of the breaking up of Parliament, procured the passing of an Act, sanctioning the guarantee of a loan of 800,0001. to Greece, given in a Convention by which the whole revenue of Greece was agreed to be pledged as security for the interest. It so happens that the revenues of Greece are already pledged to the bondholders of 1824 and 1825. Without injustice to them, there fore, the convention cannot be carried into ef fect, till an arrangement is made for the settle ment of their claims. It is very likely that, in this, as in many other cases, right may overcome might; but putting aside the absolute legal obligation of the Greek Government, in whatsoever hands it may be, to the bondholders of 1824 and 1825, these have claims founded on principles of fair dealing and gratitude, superior to those of any other persons whatever. They advanced their money when the cause of Greece was doubtful, when that country was struggling into life, and when there was great risk of every shilling of it being irretrievably lost ; whilst those who are now to step in, and, under the cloak of the English name and gua• rantee, obtain an unfair advantage over them, are secured from all possibility of loss. We hope for the sake of justice that the bond holders who met yesterday, and of whose pro ceedings we then gave an exclusive account, may succeed in getting something more than a bare acknowledgment of their rights. It was with some dismay that we this morn ing saw a portion of an article in our yesterday's Paper, relative to the introduction of poor laws into Ireland, quoted by the Morning Post with an expression of satisfaction ; and, having some thing of PifocfoN's feeling about us with regard to applause from those for whose opinions we have not an excessive value, feared we had made some lapsus pennce which would require explanation ; but were quite relieved upon reading the com mentary with which our contemporary followed up our remarks. It presents so amusing a spe cimen of Tory logic that we cannot forbear pre senting it to our readers. Upon our state ment that there were few instances of men taking up arms, except in the case of religious wars, for the mere sake of abstract opinions, the Post says, " We hope, therefore, our contemporary is willing to admit that those people are the wisest, who, provided the Government enables them to live comfortably and prosper, do not trouble themselves with the intricacies of the machine, and prefer attending to their own pri vate business to involving themselves in political subtleties." Doubtless, we are quite ready to make the admission required by our critic,—as ready as we should have been to admit any other self-evident proposition we might have had pro pounded to us ; but what the admission has to do either with the argument which we were endeavour ing to enforce, or that which the Post would insi nuate, we are at a loss to imagine. We wished to establish the fact, that framing laws for a people who were in so desperate a state as to reap no benefit front obeying them was useless. The admission required of us by the Post, does not affect that position. Neither can it strengthen what we suppose was the Post's concealed object, viz. a condemnation of the people for their late spirited conduct. Silly indeed would have been the English people, if in the enjoyment of all that can render life desirable, if—to use our contemporary's words, " living coo?fortably and prosperously," they had troubled themselves with the intricacies of the machine to which they were indebted for this happy condition ; but was that the situation of the English people when they called for a re form in the legislature ? Had it been for years in this situation ? Even the Morning Post— and in our turn we appeal to it for an admission —must grant that for years the people have been suffering, more or less, degrees of misery, occa sioned by the unequal pressure of taxation. Was it not high time that they should look into " the intricacies" of their taxing machine ? A meeting of the Edinburgh Electors was held on Tuesday last in that city, at which the LORD ADVOCATE made a formal declaration of his political faith. His Lordship declined to be bound by pledges. " There are," said he, " many important subjects; some I may not perhaps have studied so thoroughly as other persons ; but this I may say, that in all subjects of discussion, as with the advocates of illiberal abuses, I am hollow in opposition ; and in all questions as to degree, I will cling to the more li beral and summary modes of extinguishing them." This statement is not without the customary vaguenessde le Lor d ; still Advocatei t has r roundly y declares, feature. fectsof i that though a Member, and a distinguished one, of the Government, he is " hollow in opposi tion," on all points to which the advocates of " illiberal abuses" are opposed. Now, we know that there are certain Members of the Govern ment, who, if not staunch advocates for " illiberal abuses," are at least so lukewarm on the subject, that they would gladly defer discussion to the Greek calends, and with all such his Lordship is directly at issue. He will neither sail in the same boat, walk in the same path, nor halt at the same point with them. He will at once cut all connection with them, as Falstaff cut his ra gged regiment at Coventry. This is im portant as proceeding from a statesman of the LORD ADVOCATE'S eminence; and will be ad hered to with the strictest good faith, as coming within his Lordship's notions of the duties of a Reformer, for the Edinburgh Review, to which the name of JEFFREY for so many years lent influence and lustre, has always been the unwearied advocate of liberal measures in the most comprehensive sense of the term. It has de nounced the taxes on knowledge, vexatious In°. nopolies, restrictions on trade, game laws, and corn laws, as at present regulated,--Church pluralities, Holy Alliance protocols, —every thing, in short, that in the slightest way infringed on the liberty of the subject, cramped the spiri t of commerce , or impeded the movements of If, therefore, the L ORD A DVOCATE b e directly pledged by hi s const i tuents, h e :t'nsoitisitdli:lolwdirectly pledged by his opinions in the Edi n burgh Review. Here we have him bound hand and foot; tied down by written documents, to which he cannot deny his signature, and with die import of which all England is as well ac• quainted as himself. He is then virtually pledged to the fullest extent; and his own high unsullied character offers quite sufficient hostages for the redemption of those pledges. Extract from the Agent to LLOYD'S a Patras, dated July 6. His Majesty's ship Rainbow, and the Cornelia, French corvette, still remain here, app irently for the sole object of protecting their respective Consuls, all commerce being suspended, and nearly all the British and lonian subjects having sent away their effects, and left the place, since the revolt of the garrison. Not above one•sixth of the popu lation remains. The whole of Greece is in a state of anarchy ; and we fear that piracy will show itself ere long in these seas, as it has already done on the coast of Mains and in the Archipelago. The following are extracts from German Papers received this morning : FROM TIIE MAINE, AUG. 10.—We bear that at the last sitting of the Diet, a formal protest was made on the part of one of the members of the Confederation, (it is said Hanover,) to carry into effect the 19th article of the Act of Confederation, observations showing how important to the general welfare of Germany it is to fit'ee internal commerce and intercourse, through the whole extent of our common country, from the bonds which chain it to the earth, and thereby put an end to the existing dissentions. The proposal is said to have met with the approbation of roost of the members, and a committee to have been appointed to examine this important question without delay, and report to the Diet. By such a measure the Diet would do immense service to Germany. Every friend of the country looks with anxious expectation tiwards Fraukfort, and hopes that the wish so decidedly expressed by the inhabitants of all the German States for the relaxation, if not the abolition, of all the hateful sys tem of inland duties, may be soon realized, and that a proof may he thereby afforded that the Governments are really intent on forming, by the union of the States, one Germany. The Committee on the affairs of the Press is still en gaged on that important subject ; nay, the result of its labours gives satisfaction to the people, which, standing higher in the scale of civilization than the people in Eng land and France, has proved its civic virtues amidst all the storms of the times, which, though in possession of arms, never and no where violated the laws, and which, if in possession of the liberty of the press defined by a law suitable to the claims of an enlightened people, would know how to avoid all the dangers that some dream of. Some time will probably pass before this matter can be adjusted, and it will probably be conbined with a general resolution against literary piracy. The Universal Political Annals, edited by Rotteek, are said to have attracted the attention of the Diet, and it is reported that that journal will shortly be prohibited,— Nuremberg Correspondent, Aug. 16. SPIRE, AuG. 14.—Dr. Wirth, though as well as Siebenpfeiffer, still in prison, has published a new pamphlet— The Political Reform of Germany; another earnest Address to the German Patriots. Strasburg, 1832 Among other things, he endeavours to support the opinion which he expressed at the meeting at Ham bach, that the Liberals of Germany must rather unite with the Aristocracy than suffer France to take the left bank of the Rhine; that they had better lose their liberty than their honour.— Gazette of Spire, Aug. 14. AuG. 13.—1 t is said that Professor Thursch, on account of his manifold services to the Greek cause, will continue to be employed in Greece. The King of Bavaria has indemnified him for the expenses of his tra vels and iiegoeiations in Greece, by a sum of 15,000 florins. His authentic reports are said to have greatly tended to lead the choice of the Conference at London to Prince Otho.—Frankfort Papers, Aug. 17. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.) FROM LLOYD' DEAL, AUG. 23.—Wind W.S. W.—Arrived from the river and remains, the Alfred, Tapsley, for Madras. Sailed for India, the Belle Alliance and Upton Castle; and the Red Port, Gibbins, for Oporto. FALMOUTH, AUG. 22.—Wind W.S.W. to W.—Ar rived his Majesty's ship Industry, from Plymouth, for Lisbon ; the Morven, Mitchell, from Smyrna ; Broad Axe, Carey, from Marsala; and the Venus, Andrews, from* Leghorn. Off port—the Maria, Bibbins, from New foundland. MARGATE, AUG. 23.—Arrived off port the Rosalind, Dvle, from Quebec. bovica, Ana. 23.—Arrived off port the Hara, Church. ard, from St. Vincent. WEYMOUTH, AUG. 22.—Arrived the Alpha, White fall, from Memel. BRISTOL, AuG. 23.—Arrived the St. Vincent, Gun, from Jamaica ; the Maria, Gardner, from Grenada ; the Elizabeth, Evill, from Newfoundland ; and the X. L. Cobb, from St. Petersburgh. _ Musogn, Aun. 22. —Arrived the Camden, Way, from Quebec the Union, Llewellyn, from Pugwash ; and the Atlantic, Miller, from Smyrna. LIVERPOOL, Auc. 22.—Arrived the Grange, from Sa vannah ; the Alcyone, Muir, from Miramichi ; and the Washington, Haydon, from Leghorn. Off port— the Herculean, from Bengal; the Regular, from Berbice ; and the Stirlingehire, from Havannab. DUNDEE, Auc. 21.—Arrived the Margaret, Gillothy, from Quebec; Pacific, Burns, from Riga; Bridport packet, M'Kenzie, from Memel; and George, Brown, from Pillau. HULL, AUG. 22.—Arrived the Perseverance, Orton, from Miranaiciii ; Hannah, Puk, from St. John's, New Brunswick ; E.k, Grey, and Triton, llughley, from Quebec ; and Thomas and Mary, Thompson, from Picton. GREENOCK, Aua. 21.—Arrived the Rob Roy, Inglis, from Alexandria ; and Bloom, from St. Petersburgh. BELFAST, AUG. 21.—Arrived the Hope, Fitzsimmons, from Demerara ; Cordelia, Locket,—Gipsy, Kern,—and Enterprise, Mitchell, from St. Petersburgh. CORE, Auc. 21.—Arrived the Robert and William, Johnston, from Quebec. . - DUBLIN, Auc. 22.—Arrived the Syren, Arges, from Quebec. WATERFORD, AUG. 21.—Arrived the Onyx, llPAr thur, and Jane, Power, from Quebec. The Success, Mollin, from Bilboa, bound to Copen. hagen, was assisted into Ramsgate, with rudder unshipped, having been on the Goodwin. THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK We have nn fresh arrivals this morning from Portugal, consequently nothing to communicate at present from that quarter. The French papers state that a new Peerage is going to be created ; it is suppled the number will be about 40, amongst which there only will be two Deputies, Marshal Gerard and Marshal Lobau. There is an arrival from New York one day later, 25th July ; cholera cases, last 24 hours, 296 ; deaths, 96. The New Orleans paper of the 10th July states that a revolt of the troops at Gulveston had taken place, and the town was sacked ; the inhabitants, chiefly Americans, were driven from the town. THE FUNDS. This day is a holiday at the Bank, Stock Exchange, and Foreign Markets; consequent ly the brokers and jobbers are assembled on the Royal Exchange. Nothing doing as yet. Consols may nominally be quoted at 53 3 / 4 for the Account. There is a little doing in Spanish Bonds, uwicg to their coming higher from Paris. The estafette from Paris is of little importance, bringing the rrntes 20 cents. lower. HALF-PAST ONE. We are informed that Litters are in town—f;omtheOut of the bar of Oporto, dated the 15th inst., which bring the informati on o f Ad m i ra l S ar t or i ns h av i ng b ee n joined by all his ships both from Lisbon and Oporto, and that the contending fleets were still in sight of each other, and that an engagement was expected to take place on the 17th or 18th instant. It is alSo stated that most of the population of Oporto fit to bear arms had joined Dan Pedro. The recruiting going on here for th e serv i ce o f D o n Pedro's army is rapidlyin creasing. They are also enlisting 300 . cavalry : The Marquis Palm e lla, accompanied by a certa in English Co lend, of great experience, will depart this evening for Oporto. account. on 'Change remain s t e ad y at 83 i bu y ers for Little doing in Foreign Securities, except in Sp an i s h Bonds, which have got up per cent. THREE 0' CL 0 CK. Console are now 831 for Account. THE LORD CHANCELLOR.—On Saturday last, Lord BROUGHAM passed through this city on hi s way to Castle Howard, where he is mating a short visit before lie proceeds to his spat in Westmoreland.— York Chron. M. BOURJOT, well known in diplomatic circles as the gentleman who conducted the Foreign-office in France, for 15 years, up to th e appo i ntment of the Polignac Administration, died last week at Paris. MANSION-110USE.-(THIS DAY.) The Lord MAYOR sat to-day. The office was crowded by persons of the Jewish persuasion, in consequence of a Mr. Jacob., a jeweller, residing in Duke-street, intending to charge Mr. and Mrs. Passman, relations of his, with a felony. From the statements of Mr. Jacob, it appeared that Mrs. Passnian had been brought up in his house from her childhood, and that about twelve months since, in eon• sequence of an accident he had received by being thrown off a coach, he was detain, d in the country, his house be ing let in the care of the defendants; on his return he discovered that he had ben robbel of a great quantity of property, and, in consequence of information he had re ceived, he obtained a warrant to search the house of the defendants ) where two boxes were found ) which Jacobs swore were his property. . . Mt. Barry, who appeared as Counsel for rile deferidatttai questioned the complainant at some length, endeavouring to elicit from him that he had been in the habit of allow ing Isis wife to pawn his property. This, however, the complainant strenuou.ly denied ; but would not swear that he had mi>sed the property since the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Passman. The Learned Counsel then called John Bradsworth, an engraver, who Lai worked for Mr. Jacobs; recollected engraving the snuff-boxes produced, but could not remember at whose request he did them, but was positive he did not receive them from the defendants. John Vaughan, a shopman of Mr. Flemmings, pawn broker, Minories, stated, that the boxes produced had been pledged at their house, and afterwards sold by them at Machin and Debenham's, in consequence of not being redeemed. A young gentleman purchased them, stating that he wanted them for a friend who had lost them. Mr. Jacobs wished the case to stand over, for the pur. pose of bringing forward his nephew as a witness, but The Loan MAI-mi. said, if the complainant thought he had a case sufficient for that purpose, the better course would he to indict the parties at the Sessions. The case was not sufficiently clear for him to interfere. --- MARYLEBONE.-(THIS DAY.) The Rep. John Doyle, and a soldier named Samuel Roberts, of the Ist Regiment of Foot Guards, were brought before Mr. RAWLINSON, charged with a tnot4t diTusting offence, in a house, No. 27, George-street, Portman-squ ire, about nine o'clock last night, where they were apprehended by a party of soldiers of the same regi ment to which Roberts belonged, and by the Police, who hail watched them to the house.—The prisoners were or dered to find sureties in a Lirge amount. CHOLERA MORBUS, OFFICIAL REPORT. CENTRAL BOARD OF HEALTH. COUNCIL OFFICE, WHITEMILL.—(THIS DAY.) DAILY REPORT of CHOLERA CASES. COUNTRY. Remaining at last Report,so—New Cases,B7s—Deaths,27o— 519—Remaining, 2736. Total Cases since the com meneement,l3B,lo3—Deaths, 13,982. (Signed) WM. MACLEAN, Secretary, THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.) CORN EXCHANGE. The arrivals of most kinds of Grain this week are tolerably good. Oats continue to come plentifully from Ireland. The Wheat trade remains very dull, and is again cheaper. Barley, Beans, and Pease, are dull at Monday's terms. There is very little doing in the Oat trade at last quotations. Flour meets with little demand at Monday's reduction. ARRIVALS. Wheat. English 4,331 qrs. Irish 251 Foreign 1,650 Barley. Oats. I Flour. B 5 qrs. 2,978 qrs. I 4,1. S sacks. 13,974 -- 900 - brls. SMITHFIELD MARKET. In this day's market, which exhibited but an•indifl'erent sup. ply, both as to quality and numbers, the trade with prime Beef, Mutton, Lamb, and Veal, was somewhat brisk, with the two former at an advance of 2d., the two latter from 2d. to 4d, per stone; with that of middling and inferior quality, as well as Pork, very dull, at Monday's prices. Milch Cows, though not nume rous, were dull of sale at barely last week's prices, an useful short horns, with her small calf, producing 201. micas rift STONE OF bLIIS. TO SINK THE OFFAL& s. d. to q. d. 8. et toe. d. Inferior Beasts 222 41 Large Lambe 00 0 0 S. , cond quality ditto 2 8 3 (II Prime small ditto... 310 5 6 erimc larg , 7 Oxen... 3 6 3 8 Large coarse Calves 3 0 3 2 Prime Scots, &c..... 310 4 2 , Prime small ditto... 310 4 4 inferior Sheep 2 2 2 6 Large Hogs :3 8 4 0 - 3econd quality ditto 210 3 2 S ma ll P or k ers 4 4 410 Coarscwoolled ditto 3 8 4 0 Suckling Calves 12s t0261. eadi. Southdown Wethers 4 2 4 6 Quarter old Pigs 12s to 18s. each. SUPPLY, AS raft CL 'Sheep and Lamb 9,480 .11iRK'S STATIMINT. Calves, p ip. I 310 130 Beasts. 4M N EWC4 ATE AND LEADENHALL MARKETS. At per stone, by the Carcass. s. d. to s. d. I S. d. tos. d. deet, inferior 2 0 2 2 1 Mutton, inferior ... 2 2 2 4 middling 2 2 24 1 --- middling.. 2 6 3 0 prime large 2 6 3 0 ---- prime 3 6 310 prime small— 3 4 3 8 Pork, large 3 0 4 2 Veal 2 4 4 0 --small 3 6 4 8 Lamb —..--- - 3s. 441. to ss. 01 LIST OF THE SQUADRON AT AND OFF OPORTO. IN THE DOUltO. Guns. Men. Commanders. Terceira 8 Prudentia.... 6 35 A Corvette... 3 Note.—These were being towed out by the City of Edinburgh steamer, to join Admiral Sartorius, when the Alban left. AT SEA. Gurs. Men. Reinha de Portugal... 46 320 Flag-ship of Admiral Sartorius. Donna Maria Constitucion Villa Flor Amelia Eugene Liberal 23d of July l6 BO Total 191 ... 1,202 with the Ramona and City of Edinburgh ateatnere. DON MIGUEL'S SQUADRON. Guns. D at Juan B4 A frigate Corvette Ditto 26 Long 18-pounders. Ditto.. 26 A brig Ditto 2O Long 12-pounders. Total ............ 252 THE NE PLUS ULTRA OF TORY INSULT.--• On Friday morning last a troop of the 7th Dragoon Guards, commanded by Captain E. B. CURTEIS, (head quart-rs the George Inn,) arrived in this town, from Dorchester. 'When it was understood they were to be stationed here, and that they had been sent at the shortest notice, the utmost astonishment of almost every in li.thitant was excited at so unexpected an event. The cause of their arrival w as soon suspecte d, an d it is now clear that by fabricated statements and false re. presentations sent to th e S ecre t ar y of State by about h a lf dn . een Tories, who are exasperated at the success of Mr. LUT T RE LL , an order was sent for their move ment. Nor was the feeling less astounding with the soldiers, who, from the quantity of ammunition with which they had been furnished , and the sudden m anner o f their d e parture, contemplated. nothing l ess t h an the most tragic scenes of violence and riot to present themselves on their entering the town ; but in,tead of which they found every thing as tranquil and ord er l y as possible? The mat ter . ter considered simply reference to the soldiers cannot be offensive in t 1 1 .1! least; .neither is there any sort of repug rune, to the military being stationed here in itself, for the secr s e t tli o tly th a e tt.emp c m h o e s m t i ; rie b ri u d t ly vi f e ee w il e i d ig ianl rerait.lsypeecxti between the people and of the faction,. who have thus by hole-and-corner pro „clings, without consulting the inhabitant housekeepers, u h i l ) ;f i e l l t .e s a t d , . g il Y acquiesced in it, who would, if there had been reason to justify such a step, ma upon the town, to gratify party malice, it appears to be ti:e very climax of outrage upon public feel . " designingted to affix c°conduct u a c n t mg and decency, and is evidently meant by those who are parties to it, both as a pretext to their own late disgrace ful disturbance of the public peace, and as a bloodthirstY trap by which a similar game to that of Clitheroe might be Pl:p . d. The trick, however, like all their tricks, has tailed; and the hostile excitement on the part of the people, which, it was no doubt anticipated, would be s'iown on the arrival of the soldiers, has happily giver' way to the most amicable understanding, and the m ost civil treatment. A handbill has been published on the subject, animadverting on the conduct of the Tories 1 ° thus attempting to injure the town. As a proof that the Tories h a d a sangu i na ry pu r p ose to answer i n bringing the militar y into this town, we state as a f ac t, th a t under the expectation of dreadful deeds being enacted, a reporter was seat from a certain newspaper office not a hundred miles from Dorchester, and remained in the town for several days, with the inte n ti on o f recor di ng t h e h o rrid transactions, had they occurred ; hut happily, if he return with the truth, lie has to tell a tale which gives the Ile direct to the calumnies which have be...it circulated.- . '" Sherbourn Journal.