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rilicr, OF sTocks TIIIS DAY AT ON? 0%1.0 ,ti _ . . . . .„ .„ ... Rant, Stock .. 3 per Cent. fled. 82.?.' . 1 . 5,434 India Stock 3 Per Ceut.Cons. 348 per Cent. — South Sea Stock - Ditto Iteil 9'3 U Old Annuities — New 314 per. Cent. 3 per Cent Ann. 1728 .... -- i 3 per Cent. Ann. 1751 .... 4 per Cent. 1826 Kink Long Ann. to expire ;Ditto 500 23 27 pm. Jan. 5, 1802 1 6 1;1 "-16 ! Ditto Small Oct. In, 1859 l6 1-17 ' ' Ditto Commercial...—. .. pm. Jan. 5, 1860........ ....... --,- Ditto Advertised ... ...... pm. l a n. 5, 1880 — Bank for Account — --` pri,ls, 1580 ---India for Account — no - 3, 1870 — Cons. for Jan. 23. 83 . 74 7' PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS Austrian Bonds ...... B9 Belgian Bonds Ditto Account - 1 3 4 Brazilian Bonds 47 Ditto Account 47 1 4 i '7 Buenos Ayres Bonds Ditto Account 2O V, I? Chilian Bonds ... MU Ditto Account Columbian Bonds 9 34 Ditto Account —l Ditto Bonds, 1824 lo'4 Ditto Account —, 11:Thish Bonds 68 1 4 Ditto Account —l Greek Bonds oq! Ditto Bonds, 18.2.5 24!.4 Ditto Account...... Mexican Bonds, 5 per cent — Ditto Account "Os I 3 Ditto, 6 per cent — Ditto Account. - 26% , N eapolitan..." .............. THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. {Peruvian Bonds ...............101 Ditto Account Portuguese Bonds Ditto Account 50 3 / 1 Regency Scrip 'll dis. Ditto Account 369 dis. Prussian Bonds 98% Ditto Account , 1 Ditto Bonds, 1822 98 Russian Bonds, 1822 Ditto Account 9B New Loan 93 ;Spanish Bonds, 1821 Ditto Account l7 I Ditto Bonds, 1823 l5 Ditto Account 15 , A French Rentes, sp. c. —f —c. Exchange —f —c. 3 per cent. —f —C. Exchange —f Dutch Scrip., 4l 40.74 Ditto Account 4l 40% French Scrip 2 pm. PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAT AT ONE O'CLOCK. Paid. Per Share. Anglo Mex. Min. Co. (iss. at 51. pm.) XlOO 8 Bolanos Mining Company „£l5O 165 Brazilian Imp. Min. Co. (iss. at 51. pm ) £2O 4611 Ditto National 174 1714 17 Ditto St. John Del Rey Ditto Cocaes 5 514 2, ritish Iron Mining Company £5O ;734 Columbian Milling Co. (iss. at 5/. pm.) 494 6 English Mining Company 124 22 General Mining. Association ll 54 Real dcl Monte Mining Co. ...,.. ..... United Mex. Min. Co. (iss. at 21. pm.) 40 4 14 Ditto New Scrip 5 53e Alliance Fire Insurance Comp. ...... Protector Insurance Comp. ...... £2 .Z 1 5 0 Australian Co. Canada Company . ..... ..... ..... •••—• . l7 45 General Steam Navigation Co. ..... Provincial Bank of Ireland 25 23 —__ PRICES OF IRISH STOCKS, DUBLIN, DEC. EL Bank Stock I9S% St. Patrick Insur.(perShare) Consols, 3 per cent Gov. Stock, 3% per cent. 8914 National Ditto Ditto, New 89% ;Patriotic Ditto 4 per Cent. , Hibernian Bank Gov. Deb. 3% percent.... 8314 'Provincial Ditto ...... Royal Canal Stock 58% Royal Irish Mine — Grand Canal Stock — Imperial Mine — C' , ity Deb. 4 per cent. — Mining Co. of Ireland Ranast Office Deb. 4p. c. Commercial Buildings MAILS. Arrived. Due. Arrived. Due. 0 America 0 1 Hamburg 0 0 Brazil 0 Buenos Ayres 1 0 Jamaica 0 0 Carthagena 0 0 Leeward Islands ... 0 I Dublin 0 1 0 Lisbon 3 0 Flanders 0 1 0 Malta ....... ......... .. 0 I France 0 1 I Sweden 0 Guernsey&Jersev.. 0 ' 1 Waterford 0 .. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. morning...2l minutes after 5 I Evening... 46 minutes after 5. WORKS OF SIR WALTER SCOTT. Published this day, price ss. THE WAVERLEY NOVELS, VOL. XLIII. This Volume concludes the Tale of the FAIR MAID of PERTH ; and is very beautifully illustrated from De signs by T. Duncan, and D. 0. Hill. Vol. XXIV. of the NEW ISSUE is also just published. Printed for Robert Cadell, Edinburgh; and Whittaker and Co., London. Of whom may be had, All the early Volumes of the WAVERLEY NOVELS, from WAVERLEY to WOODSTOCK, price ss. each. SIR WALTER SCOTT'S TALES of a GRAND FATHER. First, Second, and Third Series. Half-bound, 10 s. 64. each. TALES of a GRANDFATHER ; being STORIES from the HISTORY of FRANCE. 3 vole. 103. 6d. 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Th e continued defence of the citadel of Antwerp appears to have occasioned much dis aPPointment at the Foreign-office, although a •ery small portion of the time has elapsed which Marshal GERARD and other French officers Considered requisite for the reduction of that fortress. It is feared that the King of HOLLAND, previously so obstinate and determined, when the chances on his side appeared so desperate, Will now that he has had an opportunity of trying the skill of his officers and the mettle of his troops, refuse to listen to any of the terms of accommodation proposed by Lord PALMER STON, even should the defence of the citadel be less protracted than the KING expects it to be. It is to be remembered that the reduction of the citadel of Antwerp is only one point of the treaty of the 15th of November, and that if it were settled to-morrow all the other points would remain open for dispute or negotiation. Prussia, Russia, and Austria, have consented to the siege of Antwerp because they were unprepared, at the moment, to assist the King of HOLLAND, and knew not the extent to which that Sovereign could assist himself; but will they permit the con tinuance of hostilities to compel the Dutch KING to yield on all those points of the treaty against Which they have declared, or at least respecting Which they have signified their objection to any O ther mode of settlement than friendly negotia tion ? The citadel of Antwerp being placed in t he hands of the Belgians; the French will natu rally require the immediate consent of the King of HOLLAND to the execution of the other and much more important conditions of the treaty of the 15th of November, inasmuch as it will be Impossible for Belgium to exist as an independent state without the enjoyment of the privileges and a dvantages guaranteed by that treaty. Then will a rise the ques ti on o f i nter f erence or non-inter ference by the Powers whose Pl en ip o t en ti a ries h ave withdrawn from the Conference. Then will be solved the already much-debated point whether the demonstration s of the French in Bel glum have been of such a character as to con vince the Holy Alliance of the folly of assisting the Kin g of HOLLAND, or whether the resistance made by that Monarch has been of a nature to warrant a belief among the despotic P owers o f the conti nent that they could with a fair pros pect of success attempt to pia down the consti tutional system in France, and for some time longer maintain despotism in the countries under their Government. To us it se e ms c l ear th a t if the I French were to be six months before Antwerp, and to lose there fifty thousand men, it would be very silly to estimate their means of aggression or defence in a general war by the siege of that fortress ; for if Prussia, Russia, and Austria were to declare war against France, it would not be France alone with which they would have to con tend, but with Poland, Hungary, Italy, the Provinces of the Rhine, in short, with all that part of enslaved Europe to which such a war would open the way to freedom. It remains, however, to be seen, whether the Powers of the Holy Alliance will continue in the wise and pru dent course for their own safety, which they have hitherto held, or rush into a war, the chances of which must be, in all eyes but their own, so de cidedly against them. A Morning Contemporary states that the British Cabinet has resolved to recognise the Regency of Portugal, and has sent a m essenger to Lisbon with instructions to our Resident there to insist upon the immediate suspension of hos tilities between the Usurper and Don PEDRO. The cause, in the person of the young QUEEN, has hitherto been treated with most mortifying in difference by the English Government, in con sequence of which Portugal, in a commercial sense, has been almost wholly lost to us. In refraining from marking our abhorrence of the system and conduct of Don MIGUEL, we have been merely truckling to the Holy Alliance, whose demands usually rise in propor tion to the concessions made them. It is high time that we should act according to our own conviction of what is just and proper, without pausing to consider what Russia, Prussia, or Austria may think of the matter. By recog nising, and by persuading Spain to recognise, Donna MARIA, we secure for ourselves great commercial advantages in Portugal, which in its present distracted condition cannot be turned to the slightest account. Since we wrote the above remarks we are sorry to say that there does not appear to be the slightest foundation for this statement. Lord PALMERSTON has not yet signified an y intention of adopting a course prescribed alike by a regard for the honour and interest of this country, and for the cause of humanity. No- thing would have given us greater pleasure than to have been able to confirm the statement of our Contemporary—but the first duty is the promul gation of truth. 'We have received some French Papers of Sunday, and others dated yesterday, but the only matters of the slightest interest which they contain have been anticipated by the activity of the Correpondents of the English Papers in Belgium. Addresses of congratulation to the KING still continue to be sent up in large numbers from the provinces. A rumour of the death of CHARLES X. was circulated in Paris, on Saturday evening, but it wants confirmation German Papers state that the Egyptian army, after nearly two months repose, has resumed offensive operations against the Porte. The same authorities mention, under the head of a letter from Berlin, that the question of peace or war rests solely with Prussia, and that Austria and Russia are ready to adopt whatever decision her Cabinet may come to. This decision has already been all but given in favour of peace, which, we have no doubt, will be preserved, un less (an event very unlikely to happen) CHASSE should be able to hold out for a month or six weeks longer. CONSTANTINOPLE, Nov. 10.—The Egyptian army, under Ibrahim Pacha, after near two months' repose, has resumed offensive operations, taken possession of the de filed Cilicia, and, after dispersing a corps of troops assem bled at Ereckli, entered Koniah on Nov. 1. (This place is about half-way between the frontiers of Syria and Con stantinople.) This news seems to have hastened the departure of the Grand Vizier for the army. He set out the day before yesterday from Scutari to Kiutakia, which is appointed for the rendezvous of the troops. The Sultan and all his Ministers were present at the farewell dinner which was given to the Grand Vizier, at Scutari, prior to his departure, and Feuzi Ahmed Paella, Alinister of the Seraglio, accompanied him one day's journey. Redschid Pacha is appointed by the Sultan to be Vice roy of Egypt, Djeddo, and Candia, which governments, after the anathema issued against Mehemed Ali and his son, were given to Hussein Pacha. The Tur kish fleet .entered the Hellespont on the sth instant, and each anchor off the Castles of the Dardanelles; the Egyptian fleet returned on Oct. 25th to the harbour of Scada. Ou the 7th inst. an English ship of war (a schooner) arrived here. It had on board part of the treasures of Hussein Paella, taken from Tarsus by the Captain of a Greek ship; in the recovery of which the English resi dent at Napoli, and the Greek Secretary of State, Trikupis, had greatly exerted themselves. The value of the property, among which there is a portrait of the Sultan, richly set in diamonds, is said to be a million of piastres. - Nedschid Effendi, formerly Reis Effendi, who retired from his post on account of ill health, died on the 3d inst. The ravages of the plague are abating. VIENNA, Nov. 30.—Five per Cent. Metalliques 84 4; Four per Cent. 74 i ; Bank Shares I,o9B.—Allgemeine Zeitung, Dec. 5. (FROM A LETTER.) BERLIN, DEC. 3.---In case, as is here pretty generally affirmed, a large army of the troops of the Confederation should be assembled, for which the contingents are said to be already preparing, General Grolmann (who is not to he Minister of War) is expected to have the command-in chief. Our own armaments are likewise very extensive on the Rhine; we have 200 pieces of cannon, with the requi site horses, and 100 in Saxony. This immense mass of artillery can be immediately assembled on the frontiers. The French are not able to oppose so great a force to it. Anattia and Russia are entirely agreed with Prussia, and the question of peace or war, it is affirmed, depends on our Cabinet ; so that if it should so decide, 150,000 Austrians now in Bohemia and Moravia, and as many Russians can toned in Poland, will be at its disposal without any farther application, and may march immediately at the desire of Prussia. Though circumstances have caused the intention of appointing General Grolmann to the war department to be given up for the present, it is .uppnsed that there will be a change both in that department and in the Ministry of the Interior, as General Hake, the Minister of War, has been in bad health for many years, and M. V. Sherckmann, Mi nister of the Interior, is above 70 years of age. The latter has had for some years an able coadjutor in Baron Von Breen, who will doubtless prove a worthy successor to Baron Shercktnann, when he retires. From the last report of the Commissioners for paying the public debt, it appears that 42,000,000 have been paid off since 1829, so that the interest with which the state is burdened is reduced by a million and a half.—. Hamburg Papers, Dec. 7. HAMBURG, DEC. 7.—BonsEN-HALLE, HALF•PAST 2 O'CLOCK.—Wheat, for which the demand has slackened, could not be sold except at reduced prices. Rix.dollara Wheat, Anhalt, white red lOO to 106 Marks 97 to 101 - - - Mecklenburg Holstein - Lower Elbe 75 to 85 During the week 354 lasts of Wheat have been im ported, 61 exported, end there remains stock in hand 1,000 lasts. Stocks were lower, and dull to-day. Discount 24 per cent. ; money abundant. End of Dec. Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per cent. 65% Anglo-Russian Loan 93% Hamburg ditto 84% Russian Inscription, 5 per cent. 84% Ditto, ditto, 1831 83% Polish Bonds lO7 Prussian Bonds, 1832 Austrian Bank Shares 1056 Austrian Metalliques 92% New Austrian 4 per cent. 70% —Hamburg Reporter. EXCHANGES ON LONDON. HAMBURG, DEC. 7.-13 IPA ; two months, 13 9%. BREMEN, DEC. 4.—Two months, 6165. BERLIN, DEC. 4.—Three months, 6 03%. ST. PE CERSBUFaGH, Nov. 23.—Three months, KN. CHRISTIANIA, Nov. 24.—Three months, 6. 38. LITERATURE. SEMI-SERIOUS OBSERVATIONS OF AN ITALIAN EXILE.—LONDON, 1833. Count Pecchio, already favourably known to many of our readers by his " Letters on the Spanish Revolution," and some very interest ing details of a " Tour in Greece," which he contributed to the New Monthly Magazine, in the •ear 1825, is the author of this volume. The work is creditable to his powers of ob servation, is sprightly and serious by turns, without the slightest tinge of sarcasm or se verity, and remarkably desultory in its cha racter. The Count's thoughts are all in deshabille: he seldom pauses to arrange or dress them ; but hurries on from one to the other, from subject to subject, with the head. long rapidity of Young Rapid in the play. Occasionally he makes—pardonable however in a foreigner, and still more so in a mercurial Italian—most preposterous blunders, when, for instance, he roundly asserts, as a predominant trait of national character, that " Englishmen are free from the defect of carping at new inven tions." Never was any assertion so utterly un founded. The English, beyond all other peo ple, whether in the new world or the old, have, it is well known, a most inveterate horror of in novations, whether in politics, science, or lite rature, and quack, knave, adventurer, &c., are among the mildest terms of reproach that they pour upon the head of the luckless innovator on the " wisdom of their ancestors." Again, the Count pronounces, ex cathedr4, that nothing goes down with the readers of works of fiction (including all England we believe) but ghosts, witches, and such like monstrosities. " Woe be to those," he adds, " who should venture to write a romance without some apparition fitted to make each particular hair stand on end." Now we can assure the Count, that here, as in the former instance, he has wholly mistaken the English character. Ghosts and hobgoblins have had their day it is true, but that day is gone for ever. They went out with the pig tails and the bag-wigs, and have given place to soberer and more healthy realities. Mrs. Rat ' cliffe and Monk Lewis were, we believe, the Ultimi Romanorum—(we say U/timi rather than (Mime, on the authority of the Eton Latin gram mar which, with a marked contempt for truth and courtesy, assures us that the masculine gender is more worthy than the feminine)—these two authors, we repeat, were the last of the goblin manufacturers. Bating these and a few other trivial blemishes, Count Pecchio's book is well worth attention. He is quite as shrewd an ob server as the German Prince Puckler Muskau, without an atom of his virulent personalities, or flagrant self•conceit. He studies the English cha racter with the sensible determination of a man of the world, to pass lightly over, and view in its most favourable light, what may not exactly happen to chime in with his own national habits and prejudices. Hence his volume will, no doubt, soon become a favourite among us. ILLUSTRATIONS TO TURNER'S ANNUAL TOUR. These Illustrations are twenty-one in number, and may vie with any of their predecessors in grace and elaborate finish. We could tell at once that they were engraved from originals by Turner, from the variety and poetic beauty of their sunsets. Nantes "is an engraving by Miller, the and is full of life and spirit, with one def ec t, that the mass of buildings immediately in rear of the fore-ground, swerves sadly from the perpendicular. "Scene on the Loire" is marked by extreme chasteness and repose. " Rietz, near Saunur," does great credit to Mr. Bran dard, the engraver, who has managed a difficult, and, in some hands, an intractable perspective, with considerable skill. We may also mention, as deserving of more commendation than our limited space allows us to give, the " View be tween Clairmont and Mauves,"—" Tours,"— :t C e t h i a a e r i r r m i n v a a o l i n no t diligence, e, the unpacking, town. &c.,tla street l d doilfi above n Two agents, charged to negotiate a loan for Don MIGUEL, have arrived at Paris. Their stay, it is supposed, will be but short, as they intend to proceed to London, where they hope principally to accomplish the object of their mission.—French Paper. A NEW DEFINITION OF TORYISM.—At a clergyman's door, in St. Ann's-street, Liverpool, a sus picious-looking female applied to one of the domestics for charity, and was repulsed in such severe terms as caused the master to go to the door to inquire what was goicg on. The servant replied, that the beggar was a very bad cha racter—" the greatest Tory in Liverpool !" " The greatest Tory," said the Rev. Gentleman, " what do you mean ?" "Why, Sir," said the girl, " she is the greatest thief in Liverpool."--Scotsman. Dr. BusßY.—My father (says Dr. BURNEY) was a day scholar at Westminster-school, under the cele brated Dr. BUSBY, while my grandfather resided at White hall. I remember his telling a story of the severe chas tisement he received from that terrible disciplinarian, Dr. BUSBY, for playing truant after school hours, instead of returning home. My grandfather, who had frequently admonished him not to loiter about the street, lest he should make improper and mischievous acquaintances, finding no attention was paid to his injunctions, gave him a letter addressed to the Rev. Dr. BUSBY, which he did not fail to deliver, with ignorant cheerfulness, on his en trance into the school. The Doctor, when he bad perused it, called my father to him, and in a very mild, and seemingly good-humoured voice, sad, 4 6 BURNEY, can you read writing ?" " Yes, Sir," answered my father, with gr ea t courage an d fli ppancy . " Then read this letter aloud," says th e D oc t or; w h en m y f a ther, with an audi ble voice, began—" Sir, my son, the bearer of this letter, having long disregarded my admonitions against stopping to play with idle boys in his way home from school—". Here my father's voice faltered. "Go on," says big master ; 44 you read very well." "I am sorry to be under the necessity of entreating you to—to— to—to—to cor—". Here he threw down the letter, and fell on his knees, crying out, " Indeed, Sir, I'll never do so again ! P ra y f org i ve me !" " Oh, you rea d per f e ctly well," the Doctor again tells him ; pray finish the letter :" and making him pronounce aloud the words, " correct him"—complied with my grandfather's request in a very liberal manner. —m emo i rs of Dr. Burney. ROYAL ACADEMY OF ARTS. On Monday, the 10th instant, being the 64th annis er sary of the foundation of the Royal Academy of Arts, a General Assembly of the Academicians was held at their apartments in Somerset-house, when the following distri bution of premiums took place, viz. : To Mr. William Edward Frost, for the best copy made in the painting-school, the Silver Medal, and the Lectures of the Professors Barry, Opie, and Fuseli, handsomely bound and in scribed. To Mr. Nathaniel Hartnell, for the next best copy made in the painting-school, the Silver Medal. To Mr. Edward Petre Novello, for the best drawing from the life, the Silver Medal. To Mr. David Brandon, for the best drawing of the principal front of the Bank, the Silver Medal. To Mr, John Callcott Horsley, for the best drawing from the antique, the Silver Medal. To Mr. Willi Crellin Pickersgill, for the best model from the antique, the Silver Medal. Which was concluded with a short address from the Presi dent to the students. The General Assembly afterwards proceeded to appoint Officers for the ensuing year, when Sir }Martin Archer Shee was unanimously re-elected President. OLD COUNCIL—E. Landseer, R. Cook, W. Daniell, and T. Stothard, Esqrs. NEW COUNCIL—H. P. Briggs, R. Westall, R. R. Reinagle, Esqrs., and Sir W. Beechey. VISITORS IN THE LIFE ACADEMY. Ott) LIST.-W. Etty, H. Howard, E. Landseer, and T. Phillips, Esqrs. Naw LIST.—W. Mulready, C. R. Leslie, H. P. Briggs, E. H. Gaily, and C. Rossi, Esqrs. VISITORS IN THE PAINTING.SCHOOL. OLD LIST.—W. Etty, W. Hilton, E. Landseer, and R. Cook, Esqrs. NEW LIST.—H. P. Brigs, C. R. Leslie, D. Wilkie, and W. Collins, Esqrs. AUDITORS RE-ELECTED. W. Muheady, J. M. W. Turner, and R. Westmacott, Esqrs KING'S BENCH.-(THIS DAY.) DAWSON V. VICKERS. This was an action brought to recover 631. 9s. upon a hill of exchange which was accepted by the plaintiff for the accommodation of the defendant. The defence was, that the bill was given by the plaintiff in part payment of a legacy due to the defendant, whose wife was the daugh ter of the late Mr. Charrington, to whose estate the plain tiff was executor. The case occupier! the Court nearly all the morning ; the details chiefly related to matters connected with the estate of the testator. The Jury found a verdict for the plaintiff for M. 9s. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. The mercantile advises, received this morning, from Bombay, to the 30th of July, communicate some im portant information relative to the Indigo crop. The rains had prevailed in many of the Indigo districts to an alarming extent. In Dacca the plantations had been ma terially injured by storms of wind and rain. In the district of Furneah not half the crop expected would be realized. In Jessore the plant was in numberless places (it ad, and in others insects infested it. The sun had pre vailed with uncommon heat for nineteen days, and this had been followed by sixteen days' incessent rain. "If the rain continue much longer," says one letter, " we shall not be troubled to manufacture the plant." At Rajeshye there was scarcely a fa4Ky in which the rains h a d not so severely injured the p that it was not expected to re- cover. Commercial letters from Canton, to the 10th of May, state that the quarrel between the Chinese and the British factory remained unadjusted. The rebellion in China had assumed a more serious aspect, and the Government had forbade the publication of the accounts. The crop of Opium was expected to reach 9,000 chests. Money was very scarce, and business dull in consequence. This morning was issued, by order of the Lords of the Treasury, the declaration for the sale of Cinnamon, on behalf of the Ceylon Government. The quantity an nounced is 115,000 lbs. The East India Company, to-day, declared 2,400 bales of Beneal silk for their February sale. The Company's Tea Sale is proceeding. Up to tbis morning not less than 560,0001b5. of Congou, Bobea, &c., have been refused. So much attention is paid to the elections that little is doing in the Commercial Markets today. THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. Bombay papers, to the 29th of July, have been received at the North and South Atneric,n Coffee-house. (From the Calcutta Paper of July 28.) Accounts have been received in town, announcing the loss of the Honourable Company's steamer, Bucham pooter, by sinking. Arrangements are making to get her up. The fall of rain within these few days has been, we be lieve, unprecedented, and the roads have never been so bad. The flats also present a most singular appearance, being one continued sheet of water ; the cultivators, we fear, will be very severe sufferers. The following has been received by the Sylph, dated China, May 12 :—" I regret the selling price of the new Patna in China, which does not warrant the high price of your Calcutta sales. The prospect this season is not very encouraging. The insurrection in Hoo-Quang is far from being quelled ; none but disastrous accounts of defeats of the Imperial forces have reached us as yet ; the Government have prohibited publishing news from thence. The Government Gazette of July 9, announces the arrival of the new Chief Justice Sir 0. Russell, also the farewell address to the bar of the seceding Judge Sir Charles Grey. By the French mail this morning, the Augsburg Ga- zette is stated to be at present the echo of the Prussian Cabinet at Berlin. It says that troubles have taken place at Heidelbourg, and they are spoken of with great reserve. It also states, that the troubles on the Rhine will be a pre text for a levy of troops, and it would not be surprising to learn the complete mobilization of the Sth corps, and the occupation of that country. The secret associations continue. THE VUNDS• We have again to announce the arrival of interesting information from the theatre of war at Antwerp. Although not of a decisive nature at present, we have no doubt, ere a few days past, are we shall learn of events from that quar ter highly important. Both the French and Dutch are becoming exasperated against each other, and they will soon come to close quarters, when a most destructive fire will take place on both sides. It appears that Fort Mon tebello is a great annoyance to General Chasse, and Fru t St. Laurent to the French ; this latter fort must be in possession of the French before they attempt to batter in the breach ; therefore, we should not be surprised to hear of its being taken by assault. The Prince of Orange and his army not coming to the assistance of Chasse, we think is a prudent step. Should he be defeated, what would the King of Holland have to depend upon after the surrender of the ci tadel? By keeping his army entire he may still bid defiance to any theatened invasion of his territory by the Belgians or the French, and still hold a high head in the future settlement of his affairs. The City this morning still continues in a bustle with the elections. The grand contest is now between Key and Lyall ; the others are almost sure of being returned. Up to the present hour we have no news from Oporto, which is anxiously looked for, but we have no doubt that the English and French Governments are going to interfere to settle the dispute between the contending parties. Console, which left off yesterday 83ii for the account, opened at the same price, and are at present 83t, with little doing, owing to the elections, which occupy at present, the attention of the public. The Foreign Market is void of interest as yet. HALF-PAST ONE. The whole of the City at present is occupied in the election, and Key is greatly gaining ground on Lyall. From 2 to 4 o'clock is expected to be the great opposition, but it is the general opinion that Key will be elected, although it is said that Lyall has a great reserve to bring up. In respect to intelligence, we have none later than that already published from Antwerp. although further ac counts may be expected in the evening. The Consol Market is in a state of stagnation. Consols may be quoted at 831 1 for the Account. The Foreign Market is in the same state as that of the British. Prices much the same as yesterday. Consols 831 i. THREE O'CLOCK KIRRALDY, Nov. 26.—An old man, em ployed as a miner at the coal-work of Cluny, left his wife and family in his usual health yesterday morning, and befor e 8 o'clock was summoned into eternity—a large stone having fallen from the roof of the pit, and instantaneously deprived him of existence. Truly, "in the midst of life we are in death."—Aberdeen Herald. ENGLISH BuLL.--The first Middlesex Quarter Sessions for the year 1833 is appointed to take place on the 31st Deeember OM. STATE OF THE POLLS (THIS DAY.) THE CITY—(SECOND DAY.) TWO O ' CLOCK. Mr. Grote .8049 Sir John Key 5711 Aldtrman Waithman.7ll7 Mr. Lyall 5010 Alderman Wood 7092 Mr. Scales 536 WESTMINSTER-(SECOND DAY.) ELEVEN O ' CLOCK. Burd-tt 2422 I Evan. ... 8:54 Hobhouse 2394 I TWO O ' CLOCK. Burdett 3062 I Evans q 6 Hobbouse 3025 MARYLEBONE TW ELVE (SECOND DAY.) O'CLOCK. Portman 3693 Murphy Herne 2879 Jones Whalley 1668 TWO O'CLOCK. Portman 4127 Murphy Horne 3185 Jones Whalley l9lO TOWER-HAMLETS—(SECOND DAY.) ELEVEN O'CLOCK. Lush ington ............3152 I Stanhope 2263 Clay 2824 Marryat FINSBURY—(SECOND DAA.) TWO O'CLOCK. Grant 3755 Wakley 1892 Spankie 2493 Temple 7lO Balabage 2OOO LAMBETH-(SECOND DAY.) TEN O'CLOCK. Tennyson 1966 I Wakefield...... . • •... 549 Hawes 1592 Moore 123 TWELVE O'CLOCK. Tennyson ......... Wakefield 690 Hawes I ..1911 Moore 144 TWO O'CLOCK. Tennyson .2401 I Wakefield 690 Hawes . 1890 Moore 136 SOUTHWARK-I TEN 0' .(SECOND DAY.) 'CLOCK. Brougham .............1467. Allen 675 Humphery ... .1070 I TWELVE O'CLOCK. Brougham 1783 I Allen 823 Humphery... ... 1325 _ TWO O'CLOCK. Brougham... 2054 Allen.. I Humphery 952 TAXES ON KNOWLEDGE. (From Merle's Weekly Literary Register.) We promised some details, showing the extent to which taxes on knowledge press on the interests of the commu nity. First, however, we will take a review of the perio dical newspaper press as it now exists. There are, on the establishment of each respectable morning paper, an editor, an assistant editor, and from eight to twelve reporters; besides a consider tble number of literary gentlemen, who derive emolument from their contributions, hut who do not receive a permanent salary and there are also a great many reporters who supply police ca , es, accounts of accidents, &c., who are paid for their productions at so much per line (lid.), and who are called " Penny-a-line reporters," that having been for many years the scale upon which they are remunerated. Each paper has also its collectors of news, foreign and do mestic correspondents. and a variety of expenditure which, although it comes under no regular head, makes a large item in the account at the end of every week. It is not an extreme calculation to state, that there are, upon the six morning papers and the seven evening papers published in London, at least 120 literary gentlemen, receiving weekly salaries to the amount of 700/ , exclusive of those who are paid for their communications. If to the daily papers we add about forty Sunday papers, and papers pub lished twice or thrice during the week, we sball make a weekly sum total for literary services upon the establish ments, exclusive of what is paid for in another way, of about 1,1001. ; and if we add to this amount the sums paid to printers, publishers, and others, in the way of re gular salary, we shall have an increase of at least 1,5001., making a weekly sum of 2,5001., or 130,0001. per annum paid by the London newspaper press in salaries only ; and to this we may add, at least 1,2001. weekly, or 62,400/. per annum for the remaining expenses, exclusive of stamps and paper, making altogether nearly 200,0001. per annum. This calculation, large as it is, will, we imagine, he con sidered by gentlemen, who perfectly understand the sub ject, to be much under-rated ; for such is the competition in the profession, and the avidity to gratify the public, that many thousand pounds are expended annually for expresses, correspondence, &c., which we do not include in our calculation. With respect to the number of per sons employed upon the London newspapers, directly and indirectly, including editors, reporters, publishers, printers, pressmen, and others, deriving from them their subsist ence, we are quite able to state it, at the very lowest, at 1,500, many of whom derive emoluments which enable them to live as gentlemen, whilst none are without a hand some competence ; for it is a fact, that in no employment are persons paid more liberally than upon newspapers. The compositors have, upon morning papers, each, 2/. Bs. weekly, and upon evening papers 21. 3s. 6d. ; and the pressmen are paid equally well, although their labour has been much diminished by the introduction of printing ma chines instead of presses. When we add to the list of London papers those which are printed in the country and in Ireland and Scotland, we shall find the account still more remarkable. The number of these may be tak , n broadly at 235, most of which appear once a week, a few daily, and some twice or thrice a week. Sometimes there are 240 provincial papers, at others 239 ; we take the average, therefore, at 235 ; but from the increasing in tellectual wants of the people, we may safely expect that the number will be soon 250. Each of these papers has an editor and from three to six men and boys, as composi tors and pressmen. The weekly amount of salaries paid upon these establishments must be about 1,800/ , or 92,600/. annually ; and the other expenses may be about 1,000/. weekly, or 52,0001. annually, all, of course, ex clusive of stamps and paper. We now come to the circulation of the newspapers. The daily morning and evening papers, with those pub lished twice or three times in the week, amount to at least 40,000 daily, or 240,000 weekly ; and the Sunday papers to between SO and 100,000, making altogether about 330,000 weekly. If to this we add the circulation of the provincial papers, we shall have a striking proof of the lstate of intellect in this country. Many of the country ' newspapers publish 2 or 3,000 copies, but others not more than 4 or 500 ; considering, however, that several appear more than once a week, we do not think we can be charged with exaggeration, if we say that they throw off weekly 200,000 copies, making altogether 500,000 copies. 01 this number, of course, some thousand copies go abroad, but they amount to little, compared with the gross circu lation. 500,000 copies require 1,000 reams of paper, which, on the lowest average of 40s. per ream, would make 2,0001. weekly, or 104,0001. per annum. Thus we have— London Press, annually, exclusive of stamps and paper £200,000 Provincial Press, ditto Paper 26,000,000 stamps, at 4d. each, deducting '2O per cent. discount on the stamps supplied for papers which are 350001 sold at 7d. each, aad 4 per cent, discount on those which are sold at t3id. making about Forming a total of £747,600 We have here nearly seven hundred and fifty thousand pounds sterling, exclusive of advertisements, expended by the newspaper press annually, of which nearly 380,000 go to the Government for stamps, and the excise duty upon paper. ARCTIC LAND EXPEDITION IN SEARCH OF THE CAPTAINS ROSS AND CREW. The Committee of Management appointed at the last general meeting, on the 12th of No vember, have ever since been most actively en gaged in making the necessary arrangements for carrying into effect at the earliest possible period this noble project of national justice and huma nity, and it is confidently hoped, so forward are the arrangements, that Captain Back will be able to commence his perilous enterprise in the early part of January. With the authority of the Committee Captain Back had written to Canada, directing a boat, of a peculiar construction, and somewhat similar to that employed by Captain Franklin when exploring the same northern ter ritory, to be built as soon as possible, and in structions have also been given to advertise for volunteers to accompany the expedition from Montreal. From those who may offer, Captain Back will select the requisite number on his ar rival. A list of the various instruments, articles of clothing, tarpawlings for the erection of tents, and the almost infinity of articles of necessity or comfort which are so imperiously required in such an expedition, have been submitted to the Committee by Captain Back, and orders given that the same should forthwith be provided. The Hudson's Bay Company have also sent out instructions to their agents to provide the necessary supply of pemmekan and other provisions at the various factories and depots which lay along or are adjacent to the route pro posed to be taken. This article, the public are generally aware, is a highly concentrated nutri ment. It is prepared in that country from the native cattle, and rendered palatable and pre served by the addition of various condiments, and when in a proper state is as hard as a brick. It is used by scraping a small portion, which, being put into a kettle with a quantity of snow water or ice, and boiled, furnishes a strong and good soup. Captain Back purposes taking with him from this country only four or five men, and those good ship carpenters, and inured to the northern clime. With these he will take his pas sage at the earliest opportunity, after the arrange ments making in this country are completed ) in some vessel bound for Canada or Montreal. On arriving at the latter place he will select the re quisite number of men to complete the expedi tion. The number he at present proposes is about sixteen. He will then, without delay, pro ceed with his company northward, using their boat to cross the various rapids they may come to, and at other times dragging it on sledges, or carrying it bodily when this may be imprac ticable. The route they will now pursue will be the same as that taken by Captain Franklin, through the Hudson's Bay Company's territory, as far as the Great Slave Lake, unless the in formation they may receive in their progress should, in the opinion of Captain Back, justify a change of plan. For the purpose of procur ing intelligence Captain Back will endeavour, by every possible means, to conciliate and form friendships with the various tribes of wan dering Indians he may meet. In their weari some progress through these inhospitable wilds their main dependency for supplies will be upon the depots established by the Hudson's Bay Company. A precarious addition to this sup ply will be furnished from the herds of deer and flocks of wild fowl which they may occasionally meet with. On reaching the Great Slave Lake they will have attained a point beyond which all is conjecture. Northwest, at a supposed dis tance of several hundred miles, lies the wreck of the Fury, but the nature of the intervening space, whether land or sea, or huge inaccessible icebergs, is unknown. Here, therefore, their most anxious inquiries and their greatest perils will commence. The Fury, if still in existence a wreck, as when left by Captain Parry, contains an abundant store of provisions, and Captain Back purposes ascertaining whether or not Captain Ross and crew may not have reached that wreck, and be now subsisting upon its stores. Should this not be the case, Captain Back's further course will be guided by the in telligence he may be able to obtain. But should unhappily that intelligence afford clear and indisputable proof that the intrepid and talented Captains Ross and their hardy crew have perished, still the subscribers will have the mournful satisfaction of knowing their money is not altogether lost, and that if the noble and primary object of the undertaking, that of hu manity, shall have failed, its subsidiary one of scientific exploration will now commence, In that case Captain Back proposes taking the Great Slave Lake as a starting point to proceed northward, and to penetrate regions never yet visited by Europeans. According to the na tives there exists to the north a great body of open water, to which they give a name signify ing .the Great Fish River. Captain Back pro poses ascertaining the correctness of this report, and to devote a period of three years to the ac quisition of every knowledge of the country which zeal, talent, and industry may enable him to obtain. (To be continued.) ASSESSED TAXES.— A correspondent gives us an authentic instance of the partiality shown in as sessing these taxes. Information had been given to the Tax-office, that the mansion of a country gentleman, not twenty miles from Edinburgh, was asses ed for a smaller number of windows than it contained. A special survey was ordered, and it was found that the house (which is not an old one) had twenty-,five windows more than were charged ! The secret was, that the gentleman flatters the surveyor's vanity, by admitting him to liis table once or twice in a year ! The same surveyor is said to be exceedingly sharp in hunting out a miserable skylight of one pane in a tradesman or shopkeeper's dwelling. Ii this is done with the window tax, where the check is easy, what will be done with the house where every thing is left to the surveyor's discretion !—Scotsman. STATE or TRADE.--The woollen and sluff trade of Yorkshire continues in a prosperous conditiuu. The demand is very good, but the prices offered are lua , , and scarcely adequate to the remuneration of the amount!. I tare r. —Haltfax Express. It appears that the account o he destruction of the town of Bronti is unfounded. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY). HAY MARKETS.—(At per Load of 36 Trusses.) CUMBERLAND (LA l'E ST. JAMES'S.) Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay .£2 10 to ..C2 15 New Meadow Hay 3 0 3 10 Useful Old Ditto ' 15 3 10 Fine Upland Meadow and Rye-grass Hay 3 15 4 p Clover Ilay 3 15 5 5 Oat Straw £1 6 toil 101 Wheat Straw ... 1 1:2 113 Supply rather limited, trade dull, and prices barely stationary•. SMITHFI EL D. Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay .£2 10 to I`J 15 New Meadow Hay 0 is 3 10 Useful Old Ditto 3 0 3 10 Fine Upland Meadow and Bye.grass Hay 3 15 4 0 Clover Hay (extra fine)...Xs O... Generally ' , at Straw ... X 1 4to .C 1 61 Wheat Straw 1 8 1 10 A moderate supply, and a very dull trade; prices as last quoted. LOVE AND ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.-011 Sunday last, about 11 o'clock, as WILLIAM LUSHING-• TON, of Walworth, was passing along the Grand Surrey Canal, he observed a young woman walking along the banks, apparently in a state of great agitation. On a sudden he saw her plunge into the water. He instantly ran to the spot, and throwing off part of his clothes, he also plunged in after her, and with great difficulty suc ceeded in saving her life. From a letter which was found in her pockets, it was discovered that her name was SUSAN ELIZA HUTCHINSON, residing in Tottenham-court-road, the daughter of Mr. HUTCHINSON, of the Kent-road; and assistance having been procured, she was conveyed to her father's house in a coach. The letter which W,lB addressed to her father, was as follows: " My dear Father,—The reason that has induced the to commit so vile and fatal an act is, because I have been disap pointed in matrimony by the lamented death of my sincere and affectionate lover, Thomas Anderson Mitchell, late of High Holborn ; I w a s to have been married on Friday, the of last month, had he not died the prec edin g Tuesday, and e in y t o h p is in ,s io e n o t d l . lere m never e has goneN va s o a n L e a nd sincere to q allyhis death hauntingso preyedme.l cannot rest uPannmymi nd that his spirit is c on ti nu _ night or day, either i n b e d or up for him. I have had other lovers besides Mr. Mitchell, but none ual to him q lover, and his loss will n o t b e f elt by me alone, but severely felt by the poor. As death h as terminated his fate, m i n e must now end, so farewell to a ll my f r i ends, and accept of the same yourself, from your aff ec ti onate d aug h ter, m will equal ,u or equal bl m ever ; bin " SUSAN E. HUTCHINSON." The father of the u n h appy young woman hatifisoin,l te , warded the perso n w h o saved her life. A Gover nment messenger i s said to have (leer despatched in the Spike to Lisbon, to stop, in the I) I Ine of the three Courts, the further prosecut ion of hos , iliti:s between the partisans of Dons PEDRO and 7,llGlifiL• A.Y. occ' o l ibiDO Jea bi sh' a Olt n d , o isbo°' 7ever" Cie bet :14 4 ,0 bio", !steu , the o°6 as° our' the •ef , to'