The Sun. — London, England, 1832-11-15 00:00:00

PRICES OF STOCKS THU Rank Stock 3 ‘Per Cent. Red. S23 % 2 Per Cent. Cons. 53 yy okk per Cent. Ditto Red -- 90% New 3% per Cent. - 91% %%% 3 per Cent. Ann. 1726' - Iper Cent. 1926 NOWA Hank Long Ann. to expire Jan. 5, 1860 16% Oct. 10, 1859 Jan. 5, 1860 Jan. 5, 1880 April 5, 1880-- ....... - _ Jan. 5, 1870 PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS Austrian Bonds B9 Belgian Bonds — Ditto Account ' 3 S4 q Brazilian Bonds 47 Ditto Account 474 Buenos Ayres Bonds 22 Ditto Account Chilian Bonds — Ditto Account 16.; Columbian Bonds ... ........ Ditto Account ___ Ditto Bonds, 1824 .... ll Ditto Account — Danish Bonds 61 16.1014 Ditto Account — Greek Bonds 22 Ditto Bonds, 1825 Ditto Account — Mexican Bonds, 5 per cent 21% Ditto Account — Ditto, 6 per cent. Ditto Account. 27 Neapolitan PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. Per Share. Anglo Mex. Min. Co. (iss. at 5/. pm.) £lOO 8 Bolanos Mining Company ..£l5O 160 Brazilian Imp. Min. Co. (iss. at 5/. pm ) -£2O 4814 Ditto Nati0na1............. ................. 1731 IN _ ........ _ , Ditto St. John Del Rey lO Ditto Cocaes 5 British Iron Mining Company £5O Columbian Mining Co. (iss. at 51. pm.) 48y English Mining Company 12% General Mining Association ll Real del Monte Mining C 0...., — United Mex. Min. Co. (iss. at 2/. pm.) 40 Ditto New Scrip 2 Alliance Fire Insurance Comp lO Protector Insurance Comp. Australian Co. • Canada Company l7 General Steam Navigation Co. l3 Provincial Bank of Ireland 25 5% 8% X 1 5 0 3% 42% 9 28% PRICKS OF IRISH STOC tank Stock 1 Consols, 3 per cent. Gov. Stock, 3x, per cent 893 Ditto, New 9O i per Cent. — _Gov. Deb. 3% per cent 83% Royal Canal Stock 39% Grand Canal Stock — City Deb. 4 per cent 7751 Ballast Office Deb. 4p. c — Arrived. Due. O America 0 O Brazil O Buenos Ayres 1 O Carthagena 0 1 Dublin ... 0 1 Flanders 0 1 France 0 0 Guernsev&Jersev 0 HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning...4o minutes after 8 1 Evening...l4 minutes after 9. TO THE ELECTORS OF MIDDLESEX. GENTLEMEN, MORE than two years have now elapsed since you were pleased to call me from a compara tively private station, to fill the distinguished and impor tant one of Member for the Metropolitan County, Personally unknown to you, and without local influence from property or connections, I could only ascribe your unsolicited and generous support to your approbation of My political conduct, during many years of active service as a Member of Parliament. From the time of my being honoured as your Repre sentative—one of the most eventful periods in our history have persevered in the same course, acted upon the same principles, and I feel confident that in so doing I have secured your suffrages for the ensuing Election. Should you, therefore, again honour me with the im portant trust of your Representative in the Reformed Parliament, I can only promise to continue my labours for the general good to the best of my ability. Should you prefer another Candidate, I hope he may with equal zeal and integrity (for in these I will yield to no man) possess superior talents to devote to his country's service. I remain, Gentlemen, Your faithful and obliged servant, JOSEPH HUME. Bryanston-square, Nov. 12, 1832. t. ' ' ,S "DAY AT ON V O'CLOCK. New 5 per Cent. -- India Stock Ditto Bonds lO 12 pm. South Sea Stock 934 Old Annuities — New Ditto ...... ............82% IN 3 per Cent. Ann. 1751 Ex. Bills, £l,OOO 21E45 pm. Ditto 500...... 20 25 pm. Ditto Small Ditto Commercial.........—Pm- Ditto Advertised — Pm. Bank for Account — India for Account. . I Cons. for Nov .... Ml 4 34;4 THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. Peruvian Bonds IN Ditto Account [Portuguese Bonds Ditto Account 48% RegencyScrip...3; 4 30 4 dis. Ditto Account 311 7 dis. Prussian Bonds OO% Ltto Account., Ditto Bonds, 1822 lOO Russian Bonds, 1822...98%34.8 Ditto Account 97% New Loan q 3% Spanish Bonds, 1821 1 6 54% ; Ditto Account 1634% i Ditto Bonds, 1823 15% Ditto Account l5 14% 8 !French Rentes, sp. c. 95f 25c. 1-- Exchange 2sf 80c. 1--9 per cent. —f —c. Exchange —f —c. 'Dutch Scrip 41% 40% 1 Ditto Account 4l 40% 1% I'i - zilch Scrip !KS, DUBLIN, Nov. 12. ISt. Patrick Insur.(perShare) Royal Irish Ditto Niational Ditto Patriotic Ditto Flibernian Bank ......... ,Provincial Ditto ...... Royal Irish Mine Imperial Mine I Mining Co. of Ireland ;Commercial Buildings Arrived. Due. O Hamburg 0 O Holland O Jamaica.... 0 O Leeward Islands 1 Lisbon O Malta 0 0 Sweden 1 Waterford 0 _ ;Me *tin. LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 15, 1832. We find upon inquiry in an authentic quarter, that the Dutch Ambassador has made an application to our Government for delay, although the object was not formally stated to be such. His propositions, however, were so vague, and none of them coming to any precise point, that Lord PALMERSTON refused to entertain them, and up to the present moment the ar rangements between Great Britain and France remain in full force. The Dutch Ambassador, this morning, re ceived despatches from his Court. The only Important fact that has transpired, is, that no embargo has been laid upon British shipping, uor was it believed that any active hostility to wards E ng land would Ake place until further accounts had been received. Our City Correspondent says, " An express has arrived from Amsterdam, bringing the Dutch funds lower ; in consequence of which the Dutch funds here have lowered / per Cent. this morn mg. We do not hear that it brings any news of importance, except that the Dutch now begin to think that England and France are in earnest With them. 'We do not find that any official account has yet been received of the appointment of Sir J. M. DOYLE as Aide-de-camp to Don PEDRO ; but there is no doubt, we believe, of the fact. That excellent officer will, therefore, hold a very Prominent situation under the Regency, now that t he EMPEROR himself has assumed the com mand of the army; and the public may rely on offensive operations being commenced as soon 4 8 th e next general attack of the Miguelites shall have been disposed of. The latest accounts from Sir J. M. DOYLE himself are not of so recent a date as other let ters. But we have been favoured by the peru sal of one from another quarter of great and im- Partial military authority, which says—" The cause of Donna MARIA is now in a more fa vourable state than could have been anticipated, aud my real opinion is, that if a course once Prudent and energetic is pursued, it must ulti Mately succeed." The desertion from the Mi guelite army from the Bth of October to the Bth of November amounted to 430 men, and it Would have been treble that number if oppor tunity had offered. A soldier, who arrived on the 7th, from a cavalry regiment, declared that his regiment of four hundred strong Wer e all for Don PEDRO, but in order to Prevent desertion, they were not allowed when Watering their horses either bridles or saddles, but merely collars. The deserters all say that the m en cannot be persuaded to attack Oporto, 4 lid that they might as well be sent to the % laughter -house. The arrival of the reinforce- Ments had caused great joy throughout the 4t iny and in Oporto generally, not so much on account of the numbers, as of the proof thus furnished of the sympathy entertained among the friends of liberty in other countries for the Portuguese Constitutional cause. Brussels Papers, of the 14th, have been re ceived this morning, by which we learn that the most active preparations are going on for the campaign, which is to open this day by the march of the French army for Antwerp. Nor are the Dutch idle on their part; while all accounts from the Rhenish provinces indicate that Prussia is on the alert. Indeed it is con fidently stated that a Prussian army of at least 100,000 men is congregrating on the fron. tiers of Belgium and Fiance. If this be true, we must have a general war, and Prussia will prove to the world that she has been all along playing the hypocrite. The French are, however, prepared for this alternative, and an army of observation is forming to watch the movements of Prussia. All these menaces on the part of Prussia mav, however, be only intended as demonstrations, in order to countenance the King of HOLLAND in his demands. We shall see in a day or two more clearly into the policy of Prussia, which is entirely dependent on the determination of the King of HOLLAND with respect to the surrender of Antwerp. The appearance of the French army before that citadel will bring mat ters to issue at once, which are at present very doubtful : BRUSSELS, Nov. 12.—Their Royal Highnesses the Dukes of Orleans and Nemours are to arrive at Brussels this afternoon, according to the statement of a courier who arrived during the night at Paris. M. E. Laurena, French Consul at Rotterdam, arrived here yesterday morning from Holland, and returned to his post last night. Four estafettes, from the French head-quarters, arrived at the War-office yesterday morning. The Duke of Istria, son of Marshal Bessieres, will ac company the Duke of Orleans. Notwithstanding what certain journals say, we are able to announce, upon certain information, that up to yester day evening no order had been issued from the head quarters of the French army for any one corps to pass the frontier before the 15th inst.—Emancipation. French officers have arrived at Ath to prepare billets. A private letter from Mons informs us that orders are given to quarter 7,000 French troops for three successive days, reckoning from that on which they shall enter; the date of which is not, however, given. A letter from Louvain, of Nov. 13, says :-- " It is reported here, apparently on good authority, that the head-quarters will be transferred in a few days to Herrenthal. By this arrangement the Belgian army would be placed to the right of the French army, either to stop and combat the Dutch army, in case it should at tempt to relieve the citadel, or to act on the offensive at the first attack that General Chasse should make on the citadel of Antwerp." BRUSSELS, OCT. 13.—The Journals which have an nounced that the Dukes of Orleans and Nemours would arrive yesterday, are mistaken : the Princes will come with the French army, which will not enter till the 15th. To-day, at one o'clock, the Session of the Chamber was opened by his Majesty in person. ANTWERP, Nov. 10.—The Magistrates have taken proper measures to secure the archives and the works of art in the public buildings. The Journal du Commerce has the following article : " The Ministerial Journals eagerly take from the inex haustible magazine of falsehood of a Journal of Antwerp, the news that the ' Merchants of Amsterdam and Rot terdam had sent to King William an address, in the form of a protest, against all the consequences that may result to Holland from the blockade of its coasts by the English and French squadrons.' " Now the following is the truth relative to the protest, of which we are told by men incapable of forming any no tion of the patriotism of the Dutch. The details which we give, are those remitted to us direct from the Hague, and we warrant their authenticity. Last Wednesday (the 7th), a commission, composed of the most honourable inhabitants of Amsterdam, repaired to the Hague to thank the King for his firmness and perse verance, in defending and maintaining the rights of the nation against the demands of rebellion and the tyrannical pretensions of France and England. " Sire," said the members of the commission, " receive from us the assurance that your Majesty may depend, to the very utmost extremity, on the energetic support of the city of Amsterdam, as on that of the whole nation." The King, deeply affected by this new proof of devoted ness, answered : " I have never for a single moment doubted the senti ments of my loyal and faithful people. I see with lively satisfaction that this people does justice to my views, and worthily appreciates the course of the Government. " On your side, Gentlemen, he assured, that I never will sacrifice the honour or the welfare of Holland, and I answer to you that whatever be the issue of the struggle which is preparing we shall come out of it with glory." BRUSSELS, Nov. 13.—A letter from Berlin of the 6th which we have before us, confirms all that we have said for some days past respecting the military preparations of Prussia, first on the credit of our private information, secondly, according to confirmatory accounts in the jour nals of different countries. The above letter, which comes from a respectable quarter, says that a Pi ussian army of 180,000 men will be assembled in three weeks on the several points of the Belgian and French frontiers. A respectable person, who left the French head-quarters on Friday morning, and who had frequent occasion to speak to Marshal Gerard, says that the French Commander in-Chief speaks openly of the probability of a conflict with Prussia, on the entrince of his army into Belgium. It even seems that the Marshal has instructions how to act in such a contingency, and that a plan for the campaign has been drawn up to be executed, if necessary. A letter from Antwerp, dated the 12th, half-past three, r. at. says—" The citizens continued yesterday, at the beginning of the day, to send their merchandise and va luable effects to Malines and Bruges. Towards noon, however, two of the principal houses, which had already sent a great quantity of merchandise to Brussels, suspended this operation, and informed several of their friends of news received by them from Holland and England, which induced them to feel more easy, and not to continue send big their merchandise to Brussels."—Brussels Papers, Nov. 14. ANT%VERP, Nov. 12.—1 t is said that the agents of M. Hambrouck have just received orders from him to suspend the purchases of cattle and other supplies intend ed for the French army. This morning some of our officers have been with flags of truce to the citadel. " We know from an authentic source," says the Jour nal of Verviers, " that within these few days Prussia has given orders to call out the landwehr of the Rhenish pro vinces." We are able to confirm the news of the Journal of Verviers. Letters from Aix-la-Chapelle, of the Bth in the evening, received by our most respectable houses, an nounce that orders had just arrived to call out not only the landwehr, but the reserve. The execution of Ow order was to commence within twenty-four hours. We this momet.t received the Dutch journals, which say that this news was spread at Nimeguen on the 9th. Nov. 13.—Private letters from Rhenish Prussia an nounce that two Prussian regiments had just arrived at Neufs, a few leagues from the Belgian frontiers towards Venloo. _ A private letter from Ghent announces that the Magi strates of that city received yesterday evening counter orders, respecting the preparations to be made for the eventual entrance of a corps of French troops on the 18th and 15th. On the other hand, a letter from Tournay has been com municated to us, from which we extract the following passage : " Notice had been given us that we should have troops to-day (the 12th), but hitherto, up to three o'clock in the afternoon, there is no appearance of them. Even the Quarter-masters are not come.—Journal du Commerce d'Anvers, Nov. 14. Belgium has just sustained a great loss by the death of M. Barthelemy, of an apoplectic stroke. VIENNA, Nov. 3. —Five per Cents. 87i; 4 per Cents. 76 2-5 ; Bank Stock, I,l6l.—Allgemeine Zeitung, Nov. 8. We learn, by advices from Malta, that contrary to all expectation, in consequence of the prevalence of fine weather, the greater part of the cargo of the Vestal, lost off the south side of alai. island, had been saved. Out of 750 bands raisins 350 had been re covered, but mostly damaged. Her chain-cables, anchors, and some copper and spars, had also been recovered. This vessel belonged to Wey mouth, and was insured at Lloyd's. One of the crew was drowned in attempting to swim on shore. Ihe new light placed in St. Elmo is said not to be surpassed by any on the shores of the ocean in brilliancy. Advices from Canton have been received this morning to the Bth April, which give some im portant particulars respecting the revolt in China. It seems that the rebel force had as sumed an attitude of great strength, and that the esult of this rising may be of the greatest moment. It appears to have been premeditated for a considerable time, as the rebels had a two years' supply of salt, an indispensable article, and for which they were dependent on the pro vincial Governors. The rebel chief, who had taken upon himself the title of Emperor, was only 18 years of age, and his followers are said to be well armed. The Imperial troops, at the last accounts, had been again defeated, and the Houan General killed. The troops sent by the Viceroy of Canton, on their arrival in the mountainous country, had been sur rounded and attacked, and all had been com pelled to submit. The officers were murdered in cold blood, and many of the soldiers had joined the victor, vtho had taken the city of Keangheva, a place of considerable importance. No apprehensions appear entertained for the safety of Canton itself, although the Viceroy was levying all the troops he could obtain, as it was understood the rebel commander intended advancing northward in the most direct route for Pekin itself. The Deputy-Governor of the province of Houan had fallen into the hands of the revolters. It would seem that in the dif ferent encounters the troops of the Emperor behave with great pusillanmity, and are by no means a match for the hardy mountaineers against whom they contend. Unless treason does its work against the leader of the insur gents, and this is said to be the usual mode of suppressing revolt in China, it was considered that even Pekin itself would be in danger. King LEOPOLD opened the Session of the Belgian Chambers on Tuesday last with a speech from the throne. His MAJESTY still entertains the hope of matters being settled without war, but is also determined for hostilities, should the Dutch not yield up the citadel of Antwerp. The march of the French army is alluded to as a matter of certainty, should the King of HOL LAND persevere in his present courre. The speech will be found in another column. Extracts from the French Papers of Tues day will be found in another column. The Constitutionnel asserts that a French army of 100,000 men is about to be formed on the frontiers towards the Rhine, to watch the corps of observation which Prussia and Austria are forming on the other side of the Rhine. If we may credit the article from the Gazette of Manheim as speaking the sentiments of the Austrian Government, Lord GREY had better look sharp after the movements of the three great Legitimates. The speedy settlement of the Belgian question is now become more indis pensable than ever. Letters from Paris state that a good deal of dissatisfaction is expressed there at the course recommended by the Government for the pro secution of the Duchess of BERRY. The Con stitutionnel and the other Liberal Papers con tinue to demand that she should be considered as an ordinary offender. The Journal des Debuts, however, of Tuesday, in a long and well written article, brings forward several argu ments in favour of the course recommended by the Government, and we are assured that in the course of the day an impression more favourable to the Government had been produced. We learn also from a positive source that the French Ministry are much more confident since the arrival of several Deputies in Paris of their ability to get through this difficult question with safety and credit. The intelligence from Flushing, this morning, is of the 12th instant, up to which no embargo had been enforced there. Eight Dutch ships of war, of which five were of the line, with three frigates, were in the Scheldt. The Vernon frigate had been spoken off the coast of Holland. __... _ Five Dutch merchant vessels, we find by the port letters, this morning, have been taken and sent into our different ports. The Dutch steamer has arrived, and brings the price of Dutch Stock on Tuesday, at 391. We find by the accounts from Odessa, that the greatest alarm prevailed there in conse quence of the plague having manifested itself on board the Russian brig Taganrok, which ar rived at that port from Constantinople on the sth September. The first victim exhibited all the usual symptoms of that dreadful malady, and on the following day a second case took place. On the 6th the Russian brig St. Nicholas ar rived, laden with cotton, the Captain of which vessel declared to the Board of Health that he had lost a man during the voyage, but that it arose from fever, and that after the usual formali ties the body had been thrown overboard. This account was not, however, deemed satisfactory by the sanatory authorities, who caused the vessel to be subjected to the same rigorous mea sures undergone by the Taganrok, in the hope of preserving not only the port from infection, but also the numerous vessels at anchor. It also seems that at Kertch, the Sardinian brig Providence had arrived, and that an Austrian pilot named SERANOVICH, engaged at Constan tinople, had died on board with symptoms of the plague. The authorities at Kertch had imme diately adopted most active precautions, the vessel and cargo had been thoroughly fumigated, and such were the good results of this measure, that four days subsequently no second case had occurred. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.) FROM LLOYD'S. RAMSGATE, Nov. 14.—Arrived the John, Bethell, from Antwerp, bound to Topsham ; left Flushing on the 12th instant, and reports that no embargo was then laid on English shipping in the Scheldt ; passed five Dutch men-of-war, three frigates, and three steamers, in the Scheldt. DEAL, Nov. 14.—Wind S.W. moderate.—The com bined squadron remains. Arrived from the River, and remains, the Test, Brown, for the Cape of Good Hope. PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 14.—Wind S.W.—Arrived the William Glen, Anderson, Fawthorpe, from Singapore and St. Helena; and Orestes, Nicholson, from Bermuda. PLYMOUTH, Nov. 13.—Wind S.S.E. fresh and squally.—Arrived the Jdne, Lowther, from Oporto. FALMOUTH, Nov. 13.—Wind S.S. to W. strong and squally.—Arrived the Royalist packet, from Lisbon ; sailed on the 2d instant, and from Oporto on the 9th. Off port, the Minstrel, Nicholson, from Pictou. DOVER, Nov, 14.—Arrived off port, the Universe, Dulkie, from Singapore. MARGATE, NOV. 14.—Arrived off port, the Clonmel, Davis, from Waterford. BRISTOL, Nov. 14.—Arrived the Victoria, from Denia. MILFORD, Nov. 13.—Arrived the Alexandria, Morrie, from Smyrna. LIVERPOOL, Nov. 13.—Sailed the Herculean, But tershy, for Bengal. MONTROSE, Nov. 11.—Arrived the Ben Lomond, 111'Gow, from Riga ; and Friends, Youngson, from St. Petersburgh. Humm, Nov. 12.—Arrived the Cupid, Baker, from Riga. ALnuortoucu, Nov. 12.—Arrived off port, the Ste phen, Sheersby, from Memel. ABERDEEN, Nov. 10.—Arrived the Mercury, Walker, from Dantzic. The Hope, Prentice, from Glasgow to Limerick, struck the rocks near Bally Castle on the 10th inst., and sunk; crew saved. The Summer, May, has been carried into Shields, bay ing been found at anchor off Whitburn, without any per son on board. The Captain, Smith, of Peterhead, was totally lost near the Bullers of Buchan, en the 10th inst. ; crew saved. The following Dutch vessels have been detained and sent into the under-mentioned ports by his Majesty's Revenue cruisers :—Redeutore, Kavarich, from Smyrna ; and Gesina, Crook, from Villanova, both bound to Am sterdam, have been sent into Penzance; Palembang, Kraanslucver, from Baltimore to Rotterdam, has been sent into Falmouth; Fran Anna Maria, Kleming, from Brest for Holland. The Lovise, —, from Hull to Gottenburg, is stranded near Ring Kiobeng—fifty bales of cotton (finest) expected to be saved. The Nicholson, Fox, from Sunderland, was on shore in the Elbe 10th instant, cargo discharging, and it was expected she would be got off. The Water Witch, Holt, from Cepbalonit to Hamburg, sunk near Amrum the beginning of this month—cargo saved. THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE 0' CL 0 CK. By the French mail this morning we have accounts that further preparations of defence are making at Bois-le-Due and Flushing, as well as in the fourth and sixth districts. The inundations have been completed in these districts, and new gun-boats have been equipped ; also that a line of telegraphs has been established from the Isle of Wate heser to the citadel of Antwerp. Accounts from Venloo state that they expect in the en virons immediately a numerous corps of Prussian troops. It is stated that the citadel of Antwerp is now in a state to sustain a regular siege, as it has been well provided with all kinds of stores and ammunition, and the works have been strengthened. The Dukes of Orleans and Nemours are said to have left Paris for the army of the North. One hundred and twenty heavy pieces of artillery have been embarked at Douai, for Antwerp. They write from Mentz that two divisions of infantry and two of cavalry have assembled there to be put at the disposal of General Gerard. Singapore papers to the 22d of June and Canton to the 9th of April have been received at the North and South American Coffee- house. (From the Singapore papers.) When just on the point of printing our paper we hear the report of the capture by the Tonquen, of the Province, of Hoo. Many of the troops had been previovsly defeated, with the loss of guns and ammunition. The Chinese say that the Portuguese Government at Macao had ap plied to the Chinese for assistance against the English, who they had reason to believe had a design on Macao. (Front the Canton Papers.) The Highland rebellion on the borders of Canton pro •ince, by all accounts, had assumed a very threatening ap pearance, and continues to excite great alarm in Canton. We learn that the rebels have defeated the Imperial troops. COMMERCIAL REMARKS. OPIUM.—The late sales have been confined to the New Patna, the chief operations in Malwa having been in the clearances of former engagements. COTTON. —The deliveries in the last month have been about 8,000 bales. Cotton yarn and piece goods are at very low rates. THE FUNDS. A vessel, arrived in one of our out-ports, from Antwerp and Flushing—left the latter place last Satur day—reports that, on that date, there was no embargo in Holland. A Dutch fleet, of five sail of the line, three frigates, and two steamers, were in the Scheldt. The Dutch steamer has not as yet arrived, but expected every hour, and by which we may have important information from Holland. Up to the present time we are still in the dark in respect to peace or war. A Lisbon mail has arrived, which brings accounts from Oporto of the 9th inst. ; no event of importance had occurred up to that date, but perhaps, ere this, ano ther and last attempt to take Oporto has been made by Don Miguel. Consols opened at the same price they left off yesterday, 83i a for the account. The market is in a stagnant state. HALF-PAST ONE. Consols continue steady at 8:3„i buyers for the Account, with little doing. The speculators are anxiously waiting for the arrival of the Dutch steamer. The express from Holland brings the Dutch funds 39k, about One per Cent. lower. In the Foreign market Dutch stock has been done at 40i, since which it has improved to 41. We are informed by a private channel that the Dukes of Orleans and Nemours left for the army on Sun day last. The order for the entry of the French army into Belgium was despatched by Talleyrand on Tues day evening last, in consequence of the Dutch Am bassador not having assented to the evacuation of Antwerp at that time. ' • In the City, the speech of King Leopold has given general satisfaction, both with respect to the official noti fication it contains, of the consent of all the Powers of the Conference to coercive measures against Holland, and par ticularly for the moderation displayed in it, wisely ab staining from all vituperative expressions against Holland. THREE O'CLOCK. Consols for Account, 83i. " It is said, and very justly, that the ready wit of woman is more available in critical junctures than all the wisdom and foresight of the wisest."—Extract from the Spanish Novelists. IRISH MAIL-COACH ROADS.—Government will shortly take all the mail-coach roads through Ireland under their control. A show coach intended as a pattern for the conveyance of the mails has been received by the Post office in this city, from London.—Dublin Register. [We are glad of this ; but would it not be a still greater improvement if Government were to make railroads in Ireland ?—En. Sun.] We regret to learn that incendiarism is spread ing alarm through Kent. At Edenbridge there were two fires on Monday night. A reward of 2001. has been offered for the discovery of the incendiaries; and a propo sition has been submitted to have a policeman stationed in the village. It is reported that there were also two fires at Witham Bridge, near Sussex. Morning Chronicle. The Brockelbank packet, by which we last night received the Brussels papers, brought over the Swe• dish Ambassador and his suite. The llanzona steam-packet, which left the Thames for Hamburg on Thursday morning, delivered the mails at that place, and arrived in the river yesterday evening, with the mails from Hamburg. This, we believe, is the shortest time in which a voyage from London to Hamburg and back again has ever been performed. declpareAN thatp o b , e the celebrated oyster-feeder, wasentitledto we s a t r ered a -f w e ig er a , seuud tgown,o having eat hie way to the Bar. COURT OF CHANCERY-(THIS DAY.) BLAREMORE v. GLAMORGANSHIRE CANAL COMPANY. The COURT was occupied all day in hearing the resun ed arguments upon this motion. KING'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.) THE KING V. JAMES ACLAND. The defendant who was convicted at the last York As sizes, upon a criminal information filed against him for publishing two libels against the Mayor and Aldermen of Hull, was brought up to-day to receive judgment. Mr. Justice JAMES PARKE read his notes of the trial. The libels were contained in two letters, published in the Hull Portfolio, a work of which the defendant was the editor and printer, and were dated on the 3d and 10th of December last. One letter was addressed to the inhabitants of Hull, and the other to the Mayor and Aldermen, who were in both accused of general misconduct in their capacities as Justices and trustees of certain charitable funds ; of misappropriating the funds of the corporation and of the charities, and holding them up to public scorn and contempt. On behalf of the defendant, an affidavit of a person named Adam Gerard, who stated that such was the general bad conduct of the Mayor and Aldermen, that a petition to the King, signed by not less than 5,000 out of about 10,000 male adults, residing in the town was signed in the short apace of four days, complaining of their misconduct, while a petition got up in favour of the Mayor and Aldermen could only obtain about 600 signatures. The affidavit of the defendant, in answer to the Rule for the criminal information, dated in January last, was then read by the permission of the Court. It set forth a great many acts of misconduct, and charges of personal aggrandisement at the expense of the Corporation and charitable funds. It particularly referred to what it termed the illegal conduct of the Corporation in raising the tolls of certain ferries, and in raising the atallage for goods sold in the public mat kets. On behalf of the prosecution, affidavits of the Mayor and Aldermen, and others, were put in setting forth all the charges made against the Corporation by the defendant, and denying most distinctly being actuated by any improper motives, or of having been guilty of any of the acts of misconduct imputed to them. Several subsequent numbers of the Hull Portfolio were also put in to show that, since the information had been filed, the defendant had continued to pursue the same line of conduct in attacking the Corporation. It was also sworn that, before the de fendant went to reside in the town of Hull, perfect peace prevailed there; but that ever since he bad been a resident, there had been frequent disturbances, of which he was the chief cause. The reading of those documents occupied nearly all the forenoon. VICE-CHANCERY COURT.-(THIS DAY.) MIST V. ALSOP. His Honour the VICE•CHANCELLOR gave judgment to-day in this case, in which an injunction had been moved for to restrain the defendants from working two veins in a lead mine in Derbyshire, called the Rake and Glory veins. The case occupied three days in argument, and the rights of both parties turned chiefly upon the custom of the country with respect to mines. The Court, after going in detail into the facts of the case, dismissed the motion, with costs. INJUNCTION-WILCOX V. MARSTED. Mr. LLOYD applied ex-parte in this case for a special injunction to restrain the defendant from collecting in any of the debts of the partnership, or otherwise interfering with its concerns. The bill, which was filed by the plaintiff, for the dis• solution of a partnership between himself and the defend ant, in the business of common carriers, stated that that partnership was formed in the month of March last, and the profits of which were to be equally divided; that in October last the plaintiff discovered that the defendant bad charged several sums as having been paid by him on account of the partnership, when in truth they bad been applied to his own use ; that a few Sundays ago, while the plain tiff was attending Divine Worship the defendant broke open the stables and other premises belonging to the part nership, and carried away the greater part of the partner ship effects; and that, on the 4th of the present month, he had given notice to all, persons indebted to the partner ship to pay their debts to him alone, thereby endeavou ring to obtain for his exclusive use moneys belonging to the partnership. The VICE-CHANCELLOR thought the Learned Counsel had made out a sufficiently strong case, and immediately granted the injunctiou. BANKRUPTCY COURT-(THIS DAY.) EX-PARTE SAMUEL HEATH IN RE JOHN HEATH. This petition was argued yesterday, but the Court did not give judgment till to-day. The facts were these— In August last a fiat was issued against John Heath, a haberdasher, carrying on business at Gosport. The as signees under that commission directed their messenger, on the Bth of September last, to seize the whole stock in trade of Samuel Heath, also a haberdasher, but residing at Newport, in the Isle of Wight, on the ground that it in fact belonged to the bankrupt. Not content with having stripped Mr. Samuel Heath of all his property, they at the same time preferred an in dictment for a conspiracy against the two brothers Heath to defraud the creditors of John Heath. A true bill was found on the 10th of September. Mr. Samuel Heath took steps to remove the indictment by certiorari into the Court of King's Bench, and afterwards, on the 25th of October, presented a pe tition to the Court, to have his goods restored to him. It appeared' by the proofs he adduced, that he had bought and paid for all the goods seized,—buying part of them of his brother, but the remainder of different London tradesmen. The respondents, the assignees, did not deny the facts sworn to by the petitioner, but simply stated the fact of the indictment pending in the Court of King,s Bench, for his not being called upon at present to answer the case made out by the petitioner. The Court this morning gave its judgment. Their Honours (the CHIEF JUDGE and Sir GEORGE Rost:) concurred in thinking that the petition ought to stand over till the indictment had been tried. The Court had only interfered, in cases of this kind, where the damage which might accrue to a party whose goods had been seized was irreparable, and where the application for re dress was immediate. Here the damage of delay was not irreparable, and the petitioner had not presented his peti tion till after the indictment was preferred ; and it was strange that, having so strong a case, he had not brought an action of trespass or trover. His Honour Sir JOHN Cnoss differed from his Learned Colleagues, and thought they ought immediately to decide upon the merits of the petition, as this was the only Court in which the petitioner could obtain the redress he now sought ; and as it was not pretended to be alleged that the trial of the indictment for conspiracy would, except inci dentally, decide his right to the goods taken from him. Petition to stand over. TRADE OF HAWICK.—It affords us great pleasure to state that the trade of Hawick has not been better, nor the manufacturing stocks so low, for the last 16 years.—Edinburgh Advertiser. DARING OUTRAGE AND ASSAULT UPON THE Loan MAYOR OF DUBLlN.—Yesterday the LORD MAYOR, after having returned from the charity sermon at St. Michan's, proceeded with a few attendants through the city to enforce the due observance of the Sabbath, which be has made an object of his particular attention since his entrance into office, having previously given warning to that effect by proclamation, personally, and through the medium of his officers, to all butchers, shopkeepers, and other traders of Dublin. After passing through several streets, and ordering a variety of articles to be seized which were exposed for sale, he arrived at Cole's-lane Market, which he found filled with tables, chopping-blocks, and other obstructions, some of which he ordered to be seized and placed on a float, which was in attendance. Having left the float in custody with some policemen, be proceeded with his two e ld er sons th rou gh the market, during which time a most outrageous assault was made by a gang of butchers upon two of his Lordship's servants, and the policemen who were stationed at the float. The servants were knocked down and beaten most severely, as were also the staffinen and those of the policemen who remained ; the staff of one of the staffmen was broken, and one of the policemen's swords was smashed. Immediately upon this the LORD MAYOR came up, and sent for a reinforcement of pollee; but, in the interim, as his two sons were pur suing a ruffian who was kicking one of the servants whilst down, the eldest received a dreadful blow of a large stone in the head, which cut him most severely through the hat. When the reinforcement arrived his Lordship ordered them to draw their swords, and headed them through the market, upon which one of the miscreants flung at him a rack of four or five feet long, to which were attached long hooks and spikes, which fortunately fell at his feet. Owing to the confusion which followed it was impossible to apprehend the assassin who threw it. Peace-officer KELLY, of Henry-street, succeeded, however, in arresting three of the rioters..—,Satioderie Mews Letter. LITERATURE,. ROMANCE IN IRELAND.—LoNnom, 1832. This is a story of very painful interest grow ing out of the private history of the last Earl of Desmond, who perished by the hands of an assassin in the reign—we believe, or somewhere about that time—of Queen Elizabeth. The Desmonds were a family well known in the early chivalrous annals of Ireland, and were among the most puissant feudal Lords in the kingdom. They were all, with one or two un important exceptions, warm supporters of the national independence, and inveterate in their hostility to English domination. The writer of the tale before us has made the most of the le., gendary traditions respecting the last scion of tha house of Desmond, and woven the scattered materials into a very attractive work of fiction. The last volume is the best, as it is more striking and dramatic in the style and effect of its incidents. But the entire work will repay perusal. EGYPT. The Alfred, Alexandria, August 19. I have had an exceedingly interesting trip since we sailed from Alexandria, having run along the coast of Syria, and visited several of its ports. The first was Acre, which had sur rendered to the Egyptians a month before. It would be impossible to convey to you an idea of the state of the town : it was, in fact, a per fect heap of ruins ; only 60 or 70 inhabitants residing in it ; about 1,500 of them had been killed,—the rest were distributed among the neighbouring villages. From Acre (thanks to the Egyptian General, who furnished us with horses and a guard) we visited Nazareth, which is about 24 miles distant, on our way to which we passed over two extensive plains, surrounded by high hills or mountains, apparently capable of producing every necessary and luxury of life. Water is unfortunately scarce and indifferent ; still the foliage and every thing looks fresh and green, thanks to very heavy dews. From the tops of some of the rocky hills, or rather moun tains, over which we passed, we had extensive views of apparently rich valleys and prettily si tuated villages, Nazareth among them, which is situated on the side of a hill, in a valley some what the shape of a punch-bowl. We were hospitably received at a convent of Francis cans ; saw all the " lions," and listened to long and wonderful stories,—too long far to commit to paper. The inhabitants are well-looking in general, and children handsome. I also visited the celebrated Mount Carmel, on which is situated a large and, when finished, a handsome convent. From Acre we went to Sidon, the country about which is pretty, and lined with many lanes resembling those met with in England. The mulberry tree is generally cultivated on the coast, and the quantity of silk raised very con siderable. Lady Hester Stanhope honoured me with an interview ; the situation of her house is romantic,—on the summit of a low round topped mountain, surrounded by high ones, leaving a narrow opening to the sea, about eight miles from Sidon, with, in many places, only an indifferent mountain-pass to it. She is extremely charitable and kind to the natives, and has but one European servant (an Italian) with her. She has frequently been robbed by her trusty Arabs, and is, in my opinion, a pitiable forlorn creature ; her pipe and garden her only consolation. For the first two or three hours her conversation was evidently that of a flighty person, latterly exceedingly entertaining. I will give you two examples of the conversation which led me to form the above opinion, and even these I hardly think fair to commit to paper. She says she is in possession of the horse which is intended for our Saviour at the first resurrec tion, which she says is near at hand, but not to be a numerous one ; the horse has a kind of double back, which forms a saddle ; she pro mised to show it me, but did not do so. Searching for the source of the Niger is of no use ; the sources of four great rivers have been revealed to her ; they are in Paradise, and the situation of Paradise will, at a proper time, be revealed to the world. She told me many other things quite as extravagant. From Sidon we went to Beyrout, Tripoli, Latakia, and Alexandretta, where many interesting ruins of Roman temples, &c., are to be seen. I con, tinned in company with the Turkish fleet for eight days, in hopes of seeing a fight between them and the Egyptians. They knew well where to put their hands on each other ; it is therefore clear they were not anxious for fight ing. We arrived at Alexandretta at a most fortunate moment—the 31st of July. The town, which is wretched, is situated in a marsh, mountains on either side, and at the back of it. On the beach before the town were groups of Egyptian soldiers, clothed in red, and prisoners clothed in blue ; hundreds of camels loading on the beach from heaps of provisions, landed from 21 transports but a few days before for the Sul tan's troops, tents of various colours covering a considerable extent of ground, two regiments of lancers and three of Bedouin cavalry, with a num ber of prisoners and cannon which had been taken but a few hours before, descending the moun tains by zig-zag roads, on one side ; infantry, cavalry, and camels ascending on the other side, formed the most beautiful picture I ever beheld. In this spot, which was all life and beauty, the Sultan's troops lost 11,000 men from cholera and the fever of the country in ten days, and there was still a vast number of sick and dying I should have said in the ten preceding days. Ibrahim Pacha completely dispersed the Sultan's army in this quarter on the 29 th and 30 th of ' country. July. I saw him on the 31 st , when he told as the With an army of 25 , 000 men, and 25 pie ces o f Sultanmethat h the ad notwar a in ao dSyriaier i n was n neat in n n t e h n e d cannon, in less than three months he marched from one end of Syria to t h e other, and dispersed or took near 100,000 of the Sul tan s troops, and one hundred pieces of can non ; and as he, I dare say with good reason, observed, the affairs in which his army was engaged had more the appearance of dramatic entertainments than battles ; all say that his pro cess has been incomprehensible, and the conduct of his troops admirable. In this mushroom-yard was launched the end of July a three-decker, intended to carry 140 guns ; another is to be laid down in her place, also two ships of 100 guns each, and one of 84 ; they have now at sea three ships of 100 guns each, one of 84, and seven ver y large frigates. The Sultan's fleet consists of two three-deckers, one of 130, the other 120 ; four from 84 to 74 ; seven frigates from 54 to 44 ; 10 corvettes from 26 to 18 guns. Several small vessels sail from this to morrow ; and hope to see a fight between the two fleets, as the Pacha is very anxious that they should come to blows,