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Morris, No. 34, Market -street, Manchester. T HE QUARTERLY REVIEW No. XCV. LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 20, 18:32 Will be published TO-MORROW. John Murray, Albemarle-street. (No. 12,.520.) (PRICE 7D.) ' THREE NEW WORKS NOW READY. THE PENNY NATIONAL LIBRARY, consisting of STANDARD WORKS of EDUCA TION, USE, and ENTERTAINMENT, in WEEKLY NUMBERS and MONTHLY PARTS. A PENNY BUCHAN'S DOMESTIC MEDICINE, corrected to the present time. A PENNY BRITISH ESSAYIST ; TATLER, SPECTATOR, &e. A PENNY ROBERTSON'S HISTORY of AME RICA, cmntinued to the present time. N.B. Nos, I. &c., and Parts I. &c., constantly repub lishinz. '. Parts I. and 11. now ready of the other Wotki, Agents throughout the Kingdom. Office, 113, Strand, London. REPLY of the STATES-GENERAL to the THE BISHOPS. and therefore petitioned against the Bill, they now find that their funds have been considerably improved. The Liverpool and Manchester Railway Company have reported the following result : To passengers entered in the Company's books, during the half-year ending June 30, 1831 18,726 Ditto Ditto Dec. 31, 1831 °56,321 NEWS FROM OPORTO. SPEECH of the KING of HOLLAND. " Never did the States-General approach the Throne with feelings similar to those of the present moment. They had fostered the well grounded hope that equitable ar rangements would have put a period to the pressure on the country, but this just expectation has been disap pointed. The States-General are grieved at the course of the negociations. Whil.t we are moderate and indulgent, demands are made on us which are in opposition to the honour and the independence of the nation ; a small but glorinus State is sacrificed to a presumed general interest. It makes a deep impression to see that Foreign Powers entertain a feeling in favour of a people torn from us by violence and perfidy—a feeling leading to our destruction, instead of experiencing from the Great Powers aid in up holding our rights. The clouds that darken the horizon might lead to discouragement, were it not for the convic tion of the nation that she does not deserve this treatment, and that the moral energy which enabled her to make the sacrifices already rendered, remains in undiminished strength to support her in the further sacrifices necessary for the conservation of the national independence ; that energy ever shone most brilliant when the country was most in danger, and had to resist the superior forces of united enemies ; that energy enabled her to re establish her political edifice, which had been demolished by the Usurper ; and the same energy must, under our King, maintain that edifice against the usurpatory demands or attacks of an unjust defection. " The result is anticipated with confidence, The na tion glories in her powerful means of defence, and in her sea and land forces, which are in arms to obtain equit able terms of the peace, that is still so anxiously soli cited." To the EDITOR of the MORNING CHRONICLE. SIR-Will you, or s ime of your readers, skilled in the high and exclusive privileges of our Bishops, which those same Bishops enjoy and exercise so much for the credit of the Church, the benefit of the State, the tulvanceinent of religion, and the general welfare of the community, inform me of the reason for the retnarkat,le difference between the communications from the Ecclesiastical Commission to those Bishops, and the communications from the same Commission to Deans and Chapters, and to Incumbents of the " lower" Clergy? The Commission in every case begins with setting forth its authority—its appointment by the Head of the Church the King, under the Great Seal. And then, in virtue of this authority, it calls for full and particular answers to each of its queries in the printed paper. But observe the different manner in which it calls for such answers front the Bishops, from that in which it calls for answers from the other Clergy. From the other Clergy it commands, directs, "desires," answers. It says—" The Commissioners appointed by his Majesty, by letters patent under the Great Seal, &e. &c., desire the Dean and Chapter of to make a full and particu lar statement in reply to each of the articles of inquiry ; and desire the Incumbent of to make a full and par. titular statement, &e. &c.," but to My Lords of the Clergy, to the Bishops, it says—" Tte Commissioners appointed by his Majesty, by letters patent under the Great Seal, to inquire, &c., have the honour to submit to the Lord Bishop of the following articles of inquiry; and they request (observe they request, they do not ven ture to desire, notwithstanding all their authority, and their appointment by the King, and their letters patent, anti the Great Seal, and so on)—they request that his Lordship will be pleased to make a full and p articular statement in reply," &c. Now, that with the high au thority with which they were armed, the Commissioners should " desire" the Deans anti Chapters, and the Clergy, to send answers to them, was obviously most natural and just; but the puzzle to me is, what particular exclusive privilege happily and usefully enjoyed by Bishops, required the same Commissioners to " request" answers as a favour f um their Right Reverend Lordships ; and, as if it should depend on their Reverend Lordships' " pleasure" that their Lordships will be "pleased" to make a full answer; and that while the Commissioners with due authority sent their queries to all the other Clergy, they should so sub missively state to the Bishops, that they had the "honour" to " submit" to their Lordships the articles of inquiry. Are there any Bishops among the Commissioners? If there be, no doubt these modest followers of the meek and lowly Apostles must have resisted such a peculiar style of addressing themselves, and their exemplarily humble bre thren of the lowly Apostolic Bench. And these humble Bishops must have been over-ruled by the other Commis sioners acting upon a knowledge of the exclusive rights and privileges of the Bishops. Nos•, what was their pe culiar privilege in the present case? October 19, 1832. Increase The report then enters into the statement of persons daily and annually travelling by public conveyances, as at present established, by London-bridge and Bermondsey, to and from Deptford. Greenwich, Blackheath, and Wool wich. It estimated the annual average at I ,253,1 40 persons. Mr. Hutchison requested to know whether any pro- prietor wished to call for shares. Several had already stated that they would take shares to half the amount at which their property in the line of road m'ght le esti mated, and some gentlemen bad declared it to be their de termination to embark the whole amount awarded to them in the speculation,—(Hear, hear, hear.) He wished it to be distinctly understood that the taking of shares would solely depend upon the condition of the passing of the Bill, and that, to avoid the expense occasioned by opposition in Parliament, opposition was sought for here if any existed. —(Hear.) He concluded by stating, that the expense already incurred did not exceed 400/. in Tuesday, November 1, will be published, printed in Royal Bvo., with the Armorial Bearings ac- Hcurately engraved, the Fi rs t P art , pr i ce 7s. 6d. of the ISTORY of the COMMONERS of GREAT BRITAIN and IRELAND ; By JOHN BURKE, Esq. FORMING A NECESSARY COAIPANION TO THE PEERAGE AND BARONETAGE. Published for H. Colburn by R. Bentley, and sold by all Bookadlers. Some of the proprietors here gave in their names, and stated that they would take half the ainaunt of the esti mate of their property in shares.—(Cheers.) Captain Dundas said, that he hoped soon to be very closely connected w ith the borough of Woolwich, and was a friend to all who were supposed likely to be affected by the undertaking. He wished, therefore, that the Coach owners, and the Waternien, and the Turnpike Trusts should not be neglected in the consideration of this guts tion.—(Hear !) He heartily wished success to the under taking, which he believed would be of great public utility; but the necessity of recompensing those he alluded to, if they sustained injury, must strike every body. He assured those around him that there were several persons about Greenwich opposed to the project, who knew nothing of this meeting. The Chairman (is our reporter understood him) said that the Stage-coach Proprietors and the Watermen were favourable to the undertaking, and that an interview should be had with the Road Trusts upon the subject. A Resolution was then proposed and adopted unani mously, that the projected rail-road would be highly useful to the public. The plan of the road was exhibited on the tables, and appeared to give general satisfaction. - Thanks having been voted to the Chairman the meeting separated. BANKRUPTCY COURT—OcT. 25. MR. MARERLEY'S BANKRUPTCY. QUERY. COMPANION TO THE ITALIAN NOVELISTS. This day w as published, complete in 3 vols. post Bvo., Rhandsomely bound i n c l ot h , pr i ce 275. OSCOE'S SPANISH NOVELISTS. A Series of National Tales of Life and Adventure, illustratin g the Manners and Customs of different Periods of Spanish History. Translated from the Originals, with Biographical and Critical Notices, &c. CONTENTS :-The Pretended Aunt—The Miser Chas tised, Jealousy of the Dead—The Diamond Ring—The Prodigious Ad venture —History of Paul the Spanish Sharper—Dumb Lover and his Physician—Modern Mi racles, or the Spirits of the other World—Duchess of Mantua —The Mask—Lazarillo de Tormes—Guzatan D'Alfarache—Vision of th e Last Judgment, &c. Richard Bentley, New Burlington -street. (Late Colbur n and Bentley.) THE NEWEST FASHIONS. On Saturday next, October 27th, rrHE COURT JOURNAL and GAZETTE of the FASHIONABLE WORLD will commence presenting its SubScrihers and Purchasers With COLOURED PLATES of the NEWEST FASHIONS, which will be regularly continued every Week, under the s uperintendauc e of Madame DEVEY, Modiste to the Royal Family. 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THE ME DICAL and SUR, GICAL JOURNAL, No. XXXIX., of this day, fe.!ntains Lectures by Professor Cooper on Surgery ; Pro. Nervous on Cholera ; Professor Graves on the srodrvous System • Professor Mayo on Physiology ; Mr. . c on, on Trephining 3 with various original coin - y,; On the extermination of Cholera, Typhus, Plague, e "°W Fever, Hospital Reports, Reviews, and the 156th Page of Cane the T ranslation of the French Dictionary of Medi and Surgery. and Courses by Professors Cooper, Alagendie, Graves, tinuet,lLe Clinical one of Processor Elliotson, will be con thePttal).limhe'l by Renshaw and Rush, 356, Strand, near v'vne's College. ( -2Ls"' • t complete, Price 13s. 6d. cloth boards. CAUTION. ASh for the MAIDS, WIVES, and WlDows, PENNY MAGAZINE and GA -1 Z ETTE of F ASHION. It con t a i ns t h e W eekly altera ioris in the F as hi ons, and a variety of Articles on the most interesting and amusing subjects, and is embellished with Wond-cuts. EThe Monthly Part will he adorned with a coloured ngraving of th e F as hi ons , i n a sty l e equal to the Court agazine Published every Saturday by G. Berger, Holywell. Street, Strand, and may he had of all Booksellers and Newsmen. DUTCH PAPERS. THE HAGUE, Our. 03.—1 n the sitting of the States- NGeneral, the President stated that the Central Section had ulated the course of the proceedings, and that to-morrow 14 t , l 'c S ect i on would consider the project of taw for placing at 5 dispasal of the Government the sums assigned by the .' ~Y bof th e 4 t h J anuary last to meet the expenses which 8-e caused by th e protracted state of the war. i The tti ng ha v i ng ended, the Chamber formed itself into a reply alder" Committee, i n or d er, it is supposed, to discuss the e " in , r etasi on. to his M a j esty ' s Speech on opening the t , e We h ear that the :aroposals made by the Conference to " bum, , ‘.. sebetdt. .vernment relate chiefly to the duty on the S i , answ_ It i s sa id t h at the Government has already sent W ' l. to them. 1 , 1 e learn t h at the addres, of the States-General in re ' !v Y to th e Ki ng ' s Speech has been adopted unanimously, hich is a new proof of the perfect coincidence of feelings in the state.-General and the i His M a j esty ' s corvette, the Government. ° Poll May lAst fr , .'eli the ux, which sailed in n ente r i ng t h e Banjaart, near ast ; ran aground yesterd a y even i ng Terveere ; a number of guns announced the dange r in which the vessel was. The Commanding officer was obliged to have the, guns thrown overboard, and the vessel was soon afterwards got afloat. T his ship has had a long and very hazardous voyage. Colonel Eig, the Commander, the First Officer Hugen "oh; and Lieut. Spingler, with 40 of the crew, died of Lieut. on board during the voyage. The ship is now commanded by Lieut. Tulleken. 1/1q1)A, com e from OCT. ,22... , Except t h at Belgian deserters new, Only that at Flushi ng and other fortified places con_ exertions are makin g to increase all the means of regivting an attack on the sea -side. DUTCH FUNDS.---AMSTERDAM O CT. 23. Actual Debt, 2% percent ...... . ' 41,1 i to 42 Amort syndic 4% per cent..... : •.• .......... - 01 to 71 Ditto, ditto, :4i per cent. .... ... . . .•••• ...... • Lc , to 56 Voluntary Loan, 1 8:31, 6 per cent ...,• 9S - to 99 Ditto, 1832, 5 Lon cent .. ... '''''''''' . i' t 79 FAchange on don, one-1n0 nVh . ...... ••••••• 78.4 .72 20 ................ ' D itto. tWo months H., ...................................... 12 15 After having expressed the satisfaction which the fa vourable prospects of commerce, navigation, agriculture, &c. afford, and having acknowledged the Divine blessing with respect to the favourable issue of the disease, during which infliction the nation has not belied her character, but has remained calm and resigned, it is mentioned that the proposal of new laws from the King will be taken into calm and serious consideration. The civil code will thus be completed. The utmost care will be taken in arraying the finances and in upholding the credit of the State. " The charges are heavy, but the circumstances that render then necessary are unexampled ; and there is no native of the country who would not cheerfully mske the utmost sacrifices when the honour and independence of the nation are endangered. Much may be conceded for the sake of the peace of Europe, but self-preservation puts a limit to concessions when they have approached to the ut most boundary. The Netherlands have ever made, wil lingly, great sacrificess for the defence of their rights ; but never have they voluntarily relinquished their national existence, and many times they have defended them with small numerical forces against far superior numbers. This same feeling now glows in every heart ; and still there is the God of our forefathers, who has preserved us in time.; of the most imminent peril. In unison with their King, the States•Gerieral put their confidence in God ; and, strong as they are in their unanimity of sentiments, and in the justice of their cau se , ;h ey confidently look forward to the reward of a noble and magnanimous perseverance." MEETING OF THE PARISHIONERS OF ST. PAUL'S, COVENT-GARDEN. A very large and respectable meeting of the rate-payers of the above parish took place last evening, at six o'clock, in the Vestry-room. The business of the meeting was to consider the increased charges about to be levied by the Crown Surveyor upon the parishioners, and to adopt the best means by which they could be avoided. Mr. Churchwarden Smith was unanimously voted into the chair. The CHAIRMAN said, that in consequence of the nume rous complaints relative to the inequality of rates, that had bet n made to the Committee of Management, Sub- Committees had been appointed fur the especial purpose of equalizing the rates. Their calculations tn‘d produced a diminution, and a more just scale of iates, but the Crown Surveyor was not satisfied with the reduction, and there. fore proposed an augmentation. This meeting was called in order to oppose any such augmentation. The VESTRY CLERK then read the Resolutions to the following effect : " That it was the opinion of this meeting, that the nume rous surcharges, as made upon the inhabitants of the parish by the Surveyor of the Assessed Taxes, after a fair and equitable assessment had been made by the local assessors, was vexatious and unjust. That it was notorious that house property had, throughout the parish, become, within the last few years, greatly deteriorated in value, and, as a proof, a reduction was taking place in the rental of from 25 to 30 per cent. That it was the opinion of the Meeting that the present mode of remune rating Surveyors of the Assessed Taxes by a per centage on the surcharges made by them was highly unjust and injurious ; and that an entire stranger, totally unacquainted with the rela tive value of property in the parish, and liable to be biassed by considerations of self-interest, was not a tit person to reassess the parish. That it was to be lamented that after a lapse of seventeen years, since the termination of the war, that taxes avowedly imposed for the purpose of car rying on that war should not only be still continued, but that servants of the Crown should be allowed to increase the burthens of the householders by surcharges like those lately made in the parish. That a memorial founded on the above resolutions be presented to the Lords of the Treasury, praying relief from the impositions attempted to be made by the pre sent surveyor, and that the inhabitants were recommended not to pay the house duty until the result of the memorial should be known. That a deputation be instructed to wait upon the Chancellor of the Exchequer, to represent to his Lordship the hardships and injustice of the surcharges complained of, and that the d e p u t a ti on d o consist of the Rev. Mr. Bowers,' the Churchwardens, O verseers, an d V estry Clerk, and that the two Members for Westminster be requested to accompany them." Mr. Citatutvoon seconded the Resolutions. Mr. RICHARDSON (King's tax collector) said that it was not the individual—not the Crown Surveyor—hut the Tax-office that was to blame. He did nothing more than execute the orders that emanated front that office, without any benefits to himself. The CHAIRMAN then put the Resolutions seriatim. They were adopted unanimously, Mr. F. S YOCKNEY inquired about a Petition relative• to the assessed and window-taxes, which had been pre sented to Parliament by one of their Members, Sir J. C. Hohhou,e? The VESTRY-CLEitx—Sir John presented it, but it was ordered to lie upon the Table, or rather to be thrust under it.—(Laughter.) Mr. Cnattcwoon did not think that the two Members for Westminster should be applied to to attend the Depu tation. He did not see what use could be made of their assistance. The VESTRY -CLERK—Not very much ; another Peti tion had been given last Session to Sir Francis Burdett, but lie never condescended to present it. Mr. COO HILL--Did not the Worthy Baronet give any reason for his neglect? The VESTRY CLERK—None, except that the Petition was more in the way of his colleague, Sir J. C. Hob honse. And this excuse came in the shape of a slovenly note formed of the back of an old letter, and penned in the lobby of the House of Commons. A vote of thanks was then passed to the Chairman; after which the Meeting broke up. A surgeon on board a ship of war used to pre scribe salt-water for his patients in all disorders Having sailed, one evening, on a party of pleasure, he happened, by some mischance, to be drowned. The captain, who had not heard of the disaster, asked one of the tars next day if he heard any thing of the doctor ? " Yes," an swered JACK, after a turn of his quid, " he was drowned last night in his medicine chest.".--. The Doctor. Soon after ten o'clock on Wednesday morn ing, an old gentleman, residing at Kensington, and who was accompanied by a young lady, called upon Mr. Purr— urrs, Stock.brokei, at the Bank, and requested him to transact some business as usual for him in the Funds, say. ing they would walk out for an hour while the transfer was preparing. It seems they etrolled into Gracechurcb street, where the young lady very suddenly missed him. She, greatly alarmed, hastened back to the Bank, presuming be would return there, but he (lid not appear again during the day ; and although Mr. l'immes used every possi. ble exertion hi mse lf , a i ded b y the pol i ce i n t h at di strict, until 12 o'clock at n i g h t, no t i d i ngs w h atever cou ld b e obtained of him. His wife and family are in a state of mind bordering on distraction. At 4 o'clock we learned, from the same quarter, that the gentleman had been found. MEETING OF THE MAGISTRATES OF THE COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX. Yesterday being the county-day, as well as that fixed on for the election of a Chairman of Sessions, in the room of Francis Const, Esq., resigned, the atteniance of Magi strates at the Sessions-house, Clerkenv% ell, was much fuller than on any former occasion for a long period. On the motion of Sir GEORGE HANIPSON, Colonel CLITHEROW was called to the Chair for the day. The minutes of the last meeting having been read and confirmed, The report of the Committee for Accounts and for General Purposes was also read and c.nfirined. Tie report of the Cominittee appointed on tie 23d of February last on the subjects of the duties and salary of the Chairman of Sessions was then read. The CHAIRMAN having announced that the hour had now arrived (2 o'clock) which had been fixed for the election of a Chairman of the Sessions, in the room of Francis Const, resigned, Sir JOHN GIBBON proposed G. W. Marriot, as a fit and proper person to fill the office of Chairman of Sessions. Sir J. WILLIAMS seconded th e nomination. Mr. AIINVILLiam was at a loss to find au; one qualifi cation that gentlemen had for sitting in the chair, further tha❑ that he was a lawyer ; and if so, he (Mr. M•William) thought that his law was confined to his ow•n library. lie had observed that in summing up a case to the Jury, Mr. Marriot, instead of presenting to them the " diamond" of tLe case, gave them a mass of words, which tended to confuse them. After a few words from Mr. Mills and Mr. Orme, and no other gentleman having been put in nomination, The CHAIRMAN put the question, when Mr. Marriot was declared duly elected. Colonel Wooo', M.P., moved a vote of thanks to Francis Const., Esq., the late Chairman. Several Magistrates rose to second the motion, which was carried unanimously. Mr. MARRIOT w a s , then introduced by his friends, and took the chair amidst lond applause. The Bon. Gentleman, who evidently laboured under strong feelings of excitement, returned thank, in appropriate terms. The other business was then disposed of, and the Court i.djourned. LONDON and GREENWICH RAIL-ROAD. Yesterday a meeting of persons interested in the Lon don and Greenwich Rail-road took place at the City of London Tavern, Robert Johnston, Esq. in the chair. Mr. HUTCHISON (solicitor to the company) said that the meeting was called together upon this most important project, in order that the proprietors of land or premises in the line of road might have an opportunity of stating what proportion of shares they might wish for. It was also an object to ascertain whether there was any opposi tion to the Bill which it was the intention to move for in Parliament in the ensuing session. The consent of 160 proprietors on the line of road had been already obtained, and that of from 160 to 200 more was expected. In fact there. hitherto had not been a single objection to the plan; ad if any gentleman in this assembly was opposed to it, l an is objections would be attended to most respectfully._ (Hear, hear.) The following is an abstract of the Report, detailing the advantages likely to result front carrying the plan into execution.—Th e Rail-road is intended to be con structed on arches, and in such a manner that pas sengers and carriages may pass along the streets which tile line will cross with o ut b e i ng i n any way obstructed. The road will commence at or near the south end of Lon don Bridge and terminate at or near the north side of London street, Greenwich. The comfort of travelling in coaches will be increased by the commodious form of the vehicle, and its total freedom from the ordinary ac cidents, intrusions, and delays to which other modes of tra velling are liable. The time of performing the journey will be about t we l ve m i nu t es , an d t h ere w i ll b e neither noise nor vibration, whilst the passengers will be free from dust, and completely protected front the weather. The seats in the coaches will b e so constructed, that la di es will be secured against those annoyances of which they have hitherto had so much reason to complain. The man of business will save eight hours of his time per week, and from 151. to 301. Fer annum of his travelling expenses. Many respectable families will be induced to reside at Deptford and Greenwich, and their vicinity, from the eco nomy and facility of conveyance ; whilst the employment of numerous workmen, and the expenditure of so large a sum of money, will nece , sarily tend to reduce the poor rates. The rail-road will most likely even cause steam vessels to be restricte4 from navigating the Thames above Deptford, anti thus prevent numerous accidents, as well as much expense to the proprietors, both in cotnpensation for the damage and in navigation. The number of passengers to and from London by the steam-boats last year exceeded 400,000. A great improvement in the value of house anti landed property, not only at Deptford and Greenwich, but along the whole line, will take place; and the two Hospitals of St. Thomas and Guy will experience much benefit by the removal of several obnoxious streets and alleys in their vicinity, and generating the most unwholesome at mosphere. Th e pro b a b le increasing returns to be derived will he ample to the shareholders. The average number of passengers, by stage coaches, between Manchester and Liverpool, was, before the construction of the rail-road, 450 per day; and since that period, the average number for twenty-one months has been about 1,200 per clay. The value of landed property adjacent to the rail-roads has been augmented at least one-fifth ; anti although the trustees of roads running parrallel to rail roads at first entertained serious alarm for their interests, A meeting of the creditors under the fiat issued against Mr. John Maberley, M. P. and banker, was held to-day before Mr. Commissioner FoNBLANQuE, for the purpose of auditing the accounts, proving dibts, and declaring a dividend. Mr. FRESUFIELD appeared as the solicitor of Mr. Smith, to enter proof for a claim of 15,000/. arising out of some of the extensive transactions of the bankrupt. Mr. GORDON, the solicitor for the creditors, contended that as the parties seeking to make the claim held certain securities, the entry of the proof could not be allowed on. til those securities were given up. The COMMISSIONER having been informed that certain proceedings were going on relative to the securities, or. dered the claim to be admitted. Mr. WOOD appeared on behalf of Mr. Grove, of Edin burgh, to enter a claim for 4501. under extraordinary circumstances. His client had paid the auto stated into the hands of Mr. Maberly's agent in Edinburgh, to be transmitted to London to take up a bill, hie client pay ing the usual commission. The money was lodged with the ;quit (Mr. Blyth), the day after the failure of Mr. Maberley in London, and the money was upon its road to London before news could be received of the event. No account was kept by his client with the firm of Maherley, either in London or Scotland; and the question was, could this money be considered the property of the assignees on behalf of the creditors. He (Mr. Wood ) contended that his client had a right to have the sum so paid over for a specific purpose repaid out of the general fund in the hands of the assignees. If this could not be done iu that Court he should have the claim investigated before another Court; and he wished to put it to the assignees, whether they ought to declare a dividend when such a case as this was undecided. The COMMISSIONER said the Court was not the proper tribunal to investigate the right s et up. He could not allow the claim to he inserted without prejudice to the parties opposed to it. The money might have been stopped in transilu. Mr. Woon should try the question, and the claim was entered generally, as was understood. A proof was made for 8281. by a Mr. Smith, being the amount of an award in part payment of the cost of the Bazaar held by the bankrupt. Application was made to prove for 6,0001. on behalf of Mr. Pratt. Mr. GonnoN thought the claim had been abandoned, not having been followed up. The COMMISSIONER. appointed a private meeting to consider the claim. UTILITY OF OFFICIAL ASSIGNEES. Mr. GORDON wished to make a few observations rela- tive to the commission charged by the official assignee. He wished to offer no disrespect to that officer, but he considered it his duty to the creditors, and in an estate of such magnitude as the present, when too so email an amount would be paid to the claimants, to call the atten tion of the Court to the expenses of the official assig nee. He considered that this estate could have been managed without the appointment of any official assig nee. The per-centage, he thought, ought to be charged, on the net, and not on the gross receipts. By the ac counts before him, commission was charged on 12,5411., forming the gross Bazaar receipts, which with the farm and general receipts, made a total of 22,2411. On the whole gross sum commission had been charged without deduct ing the expenses. He wished to take the opinion of the Court upon this subject. The COMMISSIONEA said the pi incipal part of the ob jections of the Learned Gentleman was answered by the provisions of the Satute. He (the Gunmissioner) was at one time opposed to the system of appointing official as signees, but had totally changed his opinion on this subject. He had seen great good resulting from the appointing of official assignees, especially where the assignees chosen by the creditors were not claimants. In the present case he considered the appointment of the official assignee of the greate-t importance to the creditors, as (the assignees not being creditors) the bankrupt's estate had been folly in vestigated. With respect to the commission of 21- per cent. charged, he considered it extremely moderate ; but if a cheaper, and as efficient a mode of working the estate could be found, he would adopt it. Mr. BELCHER (the official assignee) had worked the Bazaar for seven months, and had so far improved the re turns that it had returned 10,000/. He should have to write to 1,086 creditors, on the payment of dividends, without one farthing. The total amount of proofs made, including those of to day, was nearly 100,000/. The dividend, it was agreed, should be adjourned, to give time to parties to make claims. The Court then adjourned. A most dreadful murder was committed about noon on Tuesday, at Ninfield, seven miles distant from St. Leonard's. A quantity of smuggled goods was cap tured on the morning of the day in Pevensey Level, and more being suspected to he concealed, three of the Preven tive Service men went in search, but being tired and un successful, they repaired to a beer-shop and drank too freely. One inflamed with liquor, and disagreeing with his youn ger mate, i nstant ly s hot him d ea d. Th e suffer e r was an in o ff ens i ve young nu n, much respected, and has left a young widow and child. The wretched murderer regrets not, now he is sober, the act he committed, and is only concerned for the fate of his wife and two own chil dren, who must soon also be orphans. We cannot refrain from deprecting the increased number of beer-shops, which are now in every direction proving nurseries for crime, and the resort of the vicious. We hope the early attention of the new Parliament will be turned to this sub ject ; and if trade in beer is to be free—and free it ou 2 ,ht to be—we still trust that drinking on the premises will be no longer allowed...-lirighton Gazette. " OPORTO, THURSDAY, OCT. 18. " The irregularity and non-arrival of the packets has caused a corresponding lapse in my communications, and will render my present letter much shorter than those I have hitherto sent. Although the inconvenience arising from the irregularity of the port has been touch felt here, you have no cause to regret it, as no event worth the slightest record occurred here until within the last week, but since its commencement we have had stirring work indeed. I had letters written, in which I gave more de tailed accounts of the battle of the 29th, but as you have had already a correct outline of that event, and snore par ticularly as I understand that descriptions from officers high in rank here have been sent to England, I shall not occupy your space with statements which have been super seded in interest, at all events here, by later occurrences. " I must, however, though thus late, perform an act of justice, which circumstances, when I last wrote, did not leave in my power; I mean, that I feel it my duty expli citly to declare that the result of the battle of the 29th was ci glorious victory for the forces of Dun Pedro. The re pulse of an attack so formidable ought, in any case, to he considered a victory, and so I thought I had described it, but I find that many of the English newspaper, have arievously misrepresented the accounts from hence, and drawn conclusions front them which they by no means warranted. It is true that when I wrote I was not aware of the extent of the victory that was gained, but this igno rance I shared in common with every officer on the field, for it was not until the morning that the result of the combat could be fully ascertained. On the Sunday morn ing, however, the violence of the attack, and the efficiency of the defence, were too visible to be mistaken. Along the whole of the line, front the extreme right to the centre, but especially upon the right, the fields were covered with the dead bodies of the Miguelites, and in the course of that day, by the aid of the peasantry and gallegos, no less than 600 of them were consigned to the grave. Between prisoners and deserters near 500 more remained in the hands of Don Pedro's army, and including all, upon the most mo derate calculation, there could not be less than 2,500 of the Miguelites put hors dc combat. The actual loss to their army was mush greater, as upon muster on the third day after the battle their returns showed a deficiency of 3,871, in killed, wounded, and missing—the latter of course including numbers of the militia, who retired to their homes disappointed of the expected plunder of Oporto. Their columns were led on by volunteers, a kind of forlorn hope, and these consisted chiefly of the Oporto police and Aliguelite volunteers from this town, who knew every by-road and pass, and thus brought the troops through inclosures so secretly and quietly that, favoured as they were by the night's rain and the morn- Mg's mist, they were enabled to fall upon the French without a moment's notice. 1 send you the Gazet e ac count of the battle, and, in order to your perfect under sanding of it, beg to mention, that the English corps is called Batalhaon Marina, and the French, Atsradores Por. tugueses,—no mention either of French or English as such being visible in this document. Of the forlorn hope not one returned to the enemy's camp, and but very few were fortunate enough to be wounded and taken prisoners ; the rest were all slaughtered. The British went into the field, as I understand, about 220 strong, and their loss was 95 hors de combat-32 killed, 63 wounded. The French about 350. lost 120-36 killed, 84 wounded. When the enemy got possession of the English barracks they muti lated the corpses of the slain, and Colonel Burrell's body was treated in a manner too shameful and brutal to be described. The French and English buried their dead early on the Sunday morning, but the corpses of Miguel'. soldiers lay until a later hour, and having been stripped by the women of the surrounding neighbourhood, presented a most horrible and ghastly sight, lying as they did naked and disfigured by dreadful wounds. The wounded who were carried off must have suffered dreadfully, the roads being very bad, and the hurry consequent upon defeat not allowing the requisite attention to he paid. Those who fell into Don Pedro's power have been the most fortunate, as they are treated with equal care and atten tion as his own wounded. I visited them in the Kelaaaon, where there are about 80 confined, and they were doing very well. Some of the militia-men declared that they were unwilling to fight, and wished to stay at home, but the watch kept upon them by the monks and Capitans- Mor would not allow them to escape. I may, indeed, say generally that the wounded are doing very well ; the air here is good, and wounds, unless bad ones, are speedily cured. The British officer, are recovering- rapidly, and several of them will be able to resume their stations in a few days. Captain' Chinnock, who received a serious wound in the head, having been previously struck by a baU on the left arm, is now almost recovered, so is Air. Wooldridge ; but the case of Lieutenant Walsh, of the Grenadiers, a gallant young officer, who distingui►hed himself greatly, is one which will, I fear, take more time. lie was struck on the right shoulder, and the bone having been injured, will make his cure the more tedious, but at the same time I am happy to say there can be no doubt of his perfect recovery. Major Shaw, although he received three wounds, never left the field, and is now doing active duty as usual. I shall leave this pact of the sub ject, recommending to your perusal Gaspar Teixeira's de spatch, with the account of the battle, in which he calls his attack a reconnoissance in force; but you will see by his order of the day, issued on the 17th of September, soil which only appeared here yesterday, that the attack was long planned, and every precaution taken. He also forgets to say that the artillery he brought in was left behind. I translated his order of the day of the 27th, which can only be looked upon as a wholesale invitation to slaughter, as well as a former proclamation of hie in 1820, and I send them both, leaving it to you to make what use you please of them. " Two days subsequent to the 29th the British and French were relieved front their position on the right of the line, which they bad so long and so gallantly main tained, and have been succeeded by the light division under the command of Colonel Schwalbach, a veteran of ap proved valour and experience. While the British and French held these lines, although they were tolerably strong, yet there was not that minute attention to defences and fortifications which has been shown since Colonel Schwalhach occupied the position. Although trenches and barricades were made along and across the main roads, yet small lanes running parallel with them were left un guarded. Inclosures, too, were respected, and houses which stood as impediments were allowed to remain. All this is now altered, and Schwalbach, with a ruthless hand, has levelled (pintas, cut down orange groves, and ecared away every object which could serve as a cover for an advancing army. It is said that this was also the wish of the former officer in command on the point, but that the Emperor objected to the destruction of property which must ensue. The result of experience has, however, shown the neces sity of the sacrifice, and that part of it which I wit nessed with most pleasure was the burnt offering of the British barrack, which was placed in advance of the bat teries, and upon which the enemy fell with tremendous fury, and having attacked it on both flanks and in front, the retreat through gardens and terraces to the battery above was rendered extremely difficult. Nothing but a Sparta❑ contempt of walls could have induced such a choice of quarters, and I am now happy that Colonel Schwalbach'e good sense has destroyed this trap,—not for enemies but friends. Several additional guns have been also mounted, amongst them two 42-pounders, one at the church of Boni Fin, and another at the yellow house over .tbe late British barracks. These command the heights of Antas, and the main roads from Valongo and St. Cosme —so that no enemy can now venture to show himself with impunity. The Lornbas battery, too, which was taken and spiked by the enemy on the 29th, has been greatly strengthened ; and not only on these points, but along the whole line, the defences have been strengthened so, that if, according to Gaspar Teixeira's account, they were on that occasion impassable, they may now fairly be consi dered impregnable. A few days after the battle, the lose of the British was nearly made up by the arrival of the Eddystone, with 89 men and stores,—a most seasonable relief, and one warmly welcomed. En passant, I may give you a trait characteristic of the two nations, French and English. The latter buried their dead, and left them without any d;stinguishing mark; not so the French. Upon entering the right t of their lines, the first object that struck the eye was a grave where several had been buried, decorated with lilies, and surrounded with bays and lau rels, a tricolour waved at their heads, and a post fixed in the ground bore an inscription—' respect—aux Francais morte pour la liberte Portugaise.' Further on was ano ther grave, also decorated with flowers, but rendered grotesque by two mutilated statues, each about two feet high —the one a Neptune, without an arm, and the other the jolly god Bacchus, with his grapes and his bowl, both ap _ fixed in contemplation on a crucifix arectedin the centre, the arms of which were hung with sundry paltry engravings of saints and crucifixions, no doubt washed sway by the heavy rains we have had since. All these emblems, Pagan and Christian, were supplied from the Bishop's quint' close by. The French are now on the left of the line, and the British are at their old barracks, the Convent of St. Lazaro, and are to form part of the re serve, instead of being, as hitherto, always cure to be the first in the fire. This is a judicieue alteration, as their presence upon any doubtful occasion will, I have no doubt, turn the scale. Colonel Schwalbach's first occupa tion of his new position was accompanied with some circumstances not at all grateful to his feelings—the de sertion of a few of his men. He in ceusequence called his brigade together, harangued them in the manner hest suited to take with eoldiers—telling them he wished no false friends, and that all who wished to leave him might do so at twice, and he would himself be their escort and safe conduct to the enemy's lines. His own old soldiers wept with shame at being called upon to listen to a dis course to them so needless, and all to a man replied by and promises of fidelity to the cause of Donna Maria. In all armies there will be desertions, even from mere restlessness; but most certainly there is no reason to complain at present upon this side, as the numbers that come over from Don Miguel very far outweigh those who leave Don Ped o, and have gone far to till up the chasm that the casualties of war must have necessarily have occasioned in the Emperor's ranks. This being without any doubt the case, every one wonders that the Emperor should have, on the 11th, published a proclamation addressed to the army on the subject of de sertions, thus giving reason to suppose that they prevail to a much greater extent than the fact warrants ; and the lefence urged is, that they wish to do everything openly Ind aboveboard, and that they have no need of concea'- meat. In my opinion, however, Colonel Schwalbach's plan was much better, aid infinitely more efficient. " The enemy seems to be the best-natured people in the world towards Don Pedro, for not only have they al lowed him to fortify the town, to keep the entrance to the harbour free, but not even to molest him where they [night with the greatest ease, and that now all his measures ire taken, their hostility will of course be the less juju, ions to him. They have been projecting batteries low down towards the mouth of the river, and hal they erected them, neither horses nor stores could be landed. The ar 'coal, too, they might have commanded, but the artisans there were left undisturbed, and now tin attack upon it would be useless, as all the stores are removed into town, and the Peace Nova forms a depot for shot, &c., which are piled up there in thousands, whereas not a bullock need have been allowed to pass if the enemy were so minded. The contrary has, however, been the case, and long trains of carte have been moving for weeks with , very species of warlike munition without even the shadow if an interruption. Part of the week after the battle of the 29.11 was extremely wet; you would have thought that the fountains ,if the great deep were broken up, and that we were about to have another deluge. The weather has, however, s'uce cleared up, and is now not merely fine, but extremely hot, with every prospect of its continuing so, at haat until the end of this moon. In the middl e of the day the heat is absolutely oppressive, but the mornings and evenings are dreadfully cold, with a cutting easterly wind, and the sudden variations of temperature are both disagreeable and unwholesome. So long a period of fine weather has not been recollected here for many seasons—a circumstance highly favourable to Don Miguel, althouelt as vet he has not profited much by it, all his efforts la, ving proved unsuccessful. In order not to lead to confusion, l shall, in the news of this week, wl,ich have been eventful, mention all that relates to the same subject in one pare eraph ; but before I commence allow me to draw your attention to one point, connected with the mercantile entolition of this city, and one which has with justice caused considerable irritation here. A paragraph, or extract of a letter, has gone the round of the London papers, stating, that in consegnence of the embarrassments to trade here, several of the minor houses of business have stopped or must stop payment. Now I can assure you that the reverse of this is the tttle, and I am informed, upon the most respectable authority in this city, that for more than three months there has not been a failure save one, that of a Mr. Patrick fleshy. The credit of the commercial interest is at stake, and I know full well that you will take care to give my statement, which is the correct one, that publicity which justice demands. " The first subject to which I shall allmie, as coming within the occurrences of the last week, is Otte also of con sequence to the mercantile body, as involving both the safety of their persons and the disposal of their property. It was considered that an application from the Consul and the Admiral should be made to Gaspar Teixeira to obtain nit consent, (Don Pedro having previously given his,) in the first place, that there should be a place set apart as neutral ground, ia which the English and other foreigners here might reside, and certain limit+ assigned, within which neither of the hostile parties should come, and the village of St. Joao de Fos, at the mouth of the harbour, was named as being most desirable, both from its being out of the sphere of the armies, and from its coutie,uity to the city, still giving merchants who chose to run the haz ard, the facility of attending to their concerns and watching over that part of their property which it would be im possible to remove. In the next place, it was proposed that Don Miguel's General should give permission to such English merchants as desired it, to remove their wines from Villa Nova, they agreeing to pay the duty to Don Miguel upon such wines as they should take away, Lieutenant IVl'Donald, of the Childers, accompanied by Mr. Loudon, the purser of the l'alarera, interpre ter, went out to the lines on the north, bearing the Admiral's communication with these two propositions. This occurred on Friday. They were received with the utmost courtesy and even kindness by the officers at the outposts, who entered very freely into conversation with them, particularly with Mr. ril‘Donald, who bad known several of their families at Lisbon. They spoke without disguise of the b ttlte of the 29th, said it was an ill advised attack, to be attributed to the impatience of Sir John Campbell, who had impressed it upon Don Miguel as advisable, and who had gone to Lisbon in bail odour from the ill success of his counsels. They admitted their loss to have been very severe, but said they need no lon ger fear the British, as they were destroyed. In the course of thek conversation they talked of the desertions that took place, staying that such occurrences were com mon in all armies, but stoutly contended that those Irma Don Pedro's camp were as numerous as their own. They also said it was hopeless for the Duke of Braganza to con tinue his present attempt, that no doubt he might bold out fur a month or two, but even though he could do se longer, the result would be the same—failure for hint, and ruin to those who supported him ; that the country was opposed to him, and that he would do well to leave it in quiet. They seemed to be in perfect possession of all that was doing in Oporto, and said they always had the Chronica wet from the press. They then made many inquiries for efficers in the English army, spoke of Sir Manly Power and other Generals under whom they had served, and one of them with great feeling expressed the regret he felt at leading on his sneu on the 29th against the red uniform, beside which he had fought so long. There might be a tittle acting in this, but the conduct of all the tinkers they met was certainly that of gentlemen. Orders still continued against allowing any one to pass the lines, ;tad :as the hour was bite, they suggested to Mr. M'Danald the prudence of returning to town, and that they would have an answer for him the Beet clay at two o'clock. He returned accordingly with an escort, and went out on Saturday, when he WAS received in the saute courteous manner. The answer returned was, I understand, to the effect that although the Gene ral understood English enough, as lie believed, to compre hend the Admiral's object, yet he should feel obliged to him to communicate his wishes in Portateuese, as being responsible to his Government for any answer he might give, he should desire so perfectly to understand what was proposed that there could be no misapprehension upon his part. This, of course, was to gain time, and site what change might be wrought by the attack of the next day on the Serra, of which I shall speak by and by. To con tinue : Mr. M'Donald and Mr. Loudon went out on Tuesday with a Portuguese version of the Admiral's lett,r, end yesterday got an answer, the tenour of which, I ao informed, is this—that with respect to neutral ground., thr , General would be happy to afford any convenience in his power; but that the Fox, or any portion of the banks of the river, were out of the question, as one of the greatelli Ajects necessarily is as their possession ; that if Villa d c , Conde would Nuit the English residents, they could gu there and be out of all danger. With regard tn the pro position about the wines at Villa Nova, lie could give no inlw e r, but would transmit the Admiral's letter to his Government. Thus has ended this negotiation, Which, though ineffectual, was at all everys carried on in a gcod and friendly spirit. The officers whom 11Ir. M‘Donald met were on all occasions cou;tei;u .. ; but they cid7o; T eak on Tuesday and Wednesday vet:lithe saint freidom a./ !it) the Serra that they bail shown relative to the 29th —a proof that it was a very sore subject totlietn. 'ro talk of Villa do Conde, a place J 5 miles away, was ridiculous, And I aupp the llatozinhos and L-ca, within a league, they will want for themselves, as they will soon have to look tor winter quarters, there being hut a sle;ader chance of their coming in here. Slion; , l any occurrence again ',quire interouncios, 1 d., not think a better selection etmid he made that; that of Mr. M‘Dona'd. He ii the