The Sun. — London, England, 1832-12-29 00:00:00

the dt , frainn of Cha.o-. foundatior. It, is ntv ttl.eleils without ai-,y (Froth the Evening Edition of the Independane.) REFUSAL OF THE KING OF HOLLAND. We have just received news from Antwerp of the re turn of the Dutch officer charged with the mission to the Hague respecting the capitulation of the citadel. Messrs. de Tallenay and Passe, who have returned with him, were obliged to await his return on the frontier, their entry into Holland having been refused. King William refuses to evacuate the forts of Lillo and Liefkenshoek, declaring that he will give them up only to force, and not as required by the terms of the capitulation. This refusal will astonish no one. W. (From the Courrier Beige of yesterday.) CHAMBER OF REPRESENTATIVES. SITTING OF THE 26TH. The President—The coder of the day is the discussion upon the project of law upon the contingent of the army. M. Gendebien—The Chamber decided, on Monday, that the discussion upon the vote of credit to Government should be taken at the same time as this upon the contin gent of the army; but the Commission upon the former question, though it met yesterday and to-day, has not been a.Ye to agree upon a report. Why, then, is good faith viola'ed, and the partial discussion of a part of the project now pressed ? M. Muelenaere observed, that he thought there were two reasons why the discussion should not now come on: first, that there were not members enough present ; and, secondly, that the project upon the vote of credit would he certainly ready to-morrow. M. Gendebien—lt would be more candid to promise the report for Friday certainly, when a full House might be calculated upon, than to-morrow, when its appearance is most unlikely. What is the use of asking for 3n in crease of the army till we have found out the means of pay ing them. The President here interfered to suggest that, as the Minister had pledged himself to present the report on the vote of credit to-morrow, it would be as well to postpone the other discussion for the present.—(Supported.) The Minister of Finance then presented a project of a loan for 30 millions of francs, to be secured by the issue of Royal Bonds, which was referred to the sections. Some other business having been gone through, the President asked if the Chamber was disposed to discuss the project upon the contingent of the army ?—(Yes, yes.) The Minister of War—Twelve thousand men are called for ; not to increase the number of the army, but to fill up the vacancies occasioned by the periods of enlistment of other soldiers having expired. M. Dumortier moved, as an amendment, " that the Government be authorized to retain in service such of the civic guards as would be entitled to their discharge upon the Ist of January next." The Minister of War—The Hon. Member who has just spoken is in error. It is not true that Government detained the men last year entitled to their discharge; they were all sent home though at irregular periols. M. Gendebien—lt appears to me that the less that is said upon the matter the Netter, tor, in point of fact, most of tie garde civigne is bound to serve till March. The following proict was then proposed : " Art. 1. The contingent of the army upon the war footing for 1833 is fixed at 110,000 men, exclusive of the mobilised civic guards.—Adopted. _ _ " 2. The contingent of the levy for 1833 is fixed at the °'aximum of 12,000 men, who are placed at the disposal of Government.—Adopted. "3. A law shall fix ulteriorly the contingent of the army upon the peace footing." \IM. Elrhoubue and Gendehein demanded the suppres sion of the last article as useless.—A !opted, however. " Art. 4. The present law to be binding from the l st. January, any thing contained in Art, 3 notwithstanding. It was then agreed to discuss this project on the follow ing day, and the Chamber adjourned at three o'clock. MADRID, DEC. 17. The new Minister from England, who is expected here to arrange the affairs of Portugal, is merely sent pro for 'no; fur every thing that is to be done was discussed and settled in London before the departure of M. Zea Bermu dez. A c 1 already mentioned, the downfall of Don Miguel has been determined upon ; and the question now is, Whether the Charter, in 145 articles, shall be preserved, or another substituted in its place; or whether there shall be one at all ; and who is to marry Danna Maria, &c. : but neither Don Miguel nor Don Pedro shall he suffered to remain in the Peninsula. Legitimacy will he saved in Portugal ; the Emperor of Austria will establish his grand daughter ; England will have the dynasty she prefers ; the Duke of Nemours will not wield the sceptre of Portugal, c onsequently the influence of France over the Peninsula W ll l be par a ly se d ; an d Spain, in supporting i n Li s b on rights which she wishes to be supported in Madrid, will rest secure the moment the chan ge in P or t uga l s h a ll h ave 'Jeer) effected without disturbance, anarchy, or revolution. The late circular of M. Zea is one of those inopportune d ocuments which absolute Governments ought to abstain from publishing, since they can so conveniently insert in t he Gazette a semi-official article to expose the doctrines of the Cdnnet, which would not have so much the ap- Pearance of a pledge as the present. M. Zea committed the 'arise mistake in 1525. His Excellency considers this as 411 indication of the energy and frankness of his character, but w e are reluctantly obliged to disagree with him in that respect. It is: said that M. Calornarde paid a visit to the Infant non Carlos, on the 17th of September last, with a view to 0 e th e first to call him Majesty; for he thought, at the tulip, that Ferdinand was either (lead, or could not recover. 1)1 'n Carlos received him very coldly. I am inf orme d t h at t h e C ortes b y E stanientos h ave not been convoked in consequence of the impediments thrown t o the way by the forms required by the ancient laws and u sages. The Court, moreover, dreads that some Deputy hr other will he bold enough to propose that the Cortes s hould meet every year, and in a regular manner. It is calculated that the sale of substituted property, if , t he Government authorize it, will amount, d ur i ng t h e crst year, throughout the kingdom, to 1,000,000,000 of te als : which will bring the Treasury, together with a d uty of six per cent., and four per cent. of alcabala (re- Ristry), 100 millions of reals. The Government is now c onscious of the necessity of dividing property, as a means cf increasing the number of partisans of the anti- Salic d Ynasty, and consequently, we may expect that the roes whl be now promulgated, with the necessary precau tions to preserve aristocratic rank unimpaired. Our Traasury continues to be well supplied, thanks to t l'e resources procured by the last Three per Cent. Loan, co ntracted in Paris. It appears that th:tAlr. Addington, the British Minister, 4 1 ) Plied to our Government, to allow the Marquess de 'lamella to come to Madrid. That permission, it is 'generally credited, will be granted to the Portuguese ne gotiator. The question of the ormation of e ni of t bR Interior has been at last se f ttled ; but it th was Mi not stry with -614 3 strong and powerul opposition from Messrs. tL 4 franga, Monet, and Zea Bermudez himself. It is "'"ught that the Catnarilla bad a great part in the re "'Stance. This is not surprising, for the Apastolieals &t ill retain their influence at Court. The Ministers Were divided on the question ; and the party who sue 'keeled in causing it to be referred to the Council of easti:e, whose aversion to every innovation ' 0 well known, relied on their opposition. This plan 4, 1 the desired effect, to the great satisfaction of the op- Niers ; but we are informed that the Queen viewed the afrai r in a different light, and, considering that the in krests of her glory, and even her safety and that of her would he endangered by the retrograde course P r nposed by several of the Ministers, opposed it with an Z'l-g;s: of reasoning and a fotesight which induced the cg to increase the power he had already committed to 'tf . hands. We are assured that the Captain-General Castanos has r! crested Duke of Baylen. Ile King still continues ill. It is said that the physi -4.418 found it necessar y t o p u t i ssues in both his legs, to the swelling which was fast gaining the abdomen. - • - - • • THE COURT MAGAZINE.—We are re , 1 2 4etted to announce th a t th e Fi rs t V o l ume o f th e Court ugazine, edited by the Hon. Mrs. NORTON, is just COM , , Z e te tpi d, and may now be procured of every bookseller in Kingdom. This volume comprises a great variety of 5 ~- 11K inal paper s by th e m os t di s ti n g u i s h e d wr it ers , an d i s 140 fusely embellished with Portraits, Landscapes, and i'i s tornts, engraved by the first artists, from paintings by tnost eminent masters. The first number of the Court fgazine fur 1833, will contain, among other interesting , ti l q original articles, " Advice to a Friend," by the Right RICHARD BRINSLEY SHERIDAN, Esq. The embel , 4 4 " t bents will comprise a fine Portrait of Lady NASMYTH, 14;:tal coloured costumes from original drawings, by Mrs. cats, and a Landscape View Of Chatsworth, the in id seat of hi s Grace the Duke of DEVON SH I R E, from Niginai drawing by WILLIAM DANIELL, Esq., Royal e Ventinian. 1 1 , 4 40)TGEvITY.---Wednesday, Mr. CHARLES 11 , 441 1,0 f Pakenside, attended at Wirksworth for the pur ' Z r 4 giving his vote. When asked how hold he was, 1- " ed, " Somewhere about 100 years," LONDON, SATUDAY EVENING. DECEMBER 29, 1832. The official notification of the King of HOL LAND'S refusal to surrender the fortresses de pendent on the citadel of Antwerp, reached the Foreign-office last night, as did also the news of the order for the recall of the French troops from Belgium. Louis PHILIP and his QUEEN, ac companied by a numerous retinue, intend to go to Lisle to meet the Princes on their return to Paris. This prompt recall of the French will prove a death-blow to the Tories, who had hoped to make the permanent occupation of Belgium, by order of the French Government, a source of annoyance to our Ministry in the new House of Commons. To those who are anx ious to see a good understanding maintained be tween Great Britain and France, this act of good faith on the part of the latter must be very gra tifying. We understand that the announcement of the intended visit of M. Pozzo DI BORG() to this country has given great dissatisfaction to Minis ters. It being understood that the object of that visit is to disturb, if possible, the good understanding which subsists between Great Britain and France, Earl GREY has expressed himself very warmly on the subject. The re ception, therefore, of this wily diplomatist, al though strictly courteous and polite, will not be attended with any beneficial result to Russia ; indeed, Lord GREY cannot but entertain strong feeling of resentment towards the Empe ror NICHOLAS for the breach of faith which he has committed in one or two instances connected with the affairs of Belgium, and he must also be indignant at the attempt made by the Rus sian Cabinet to deceive Lord DURHAM, during his mission to St. Petersburgh. It is for tunate for the honour and welfare of this coun try that Earl GREY now takes an active share in our foreign policy. By the representations which he has made to Prussia and Austria, those Powers, however disposed to promote the cause of despotism, of which the Empe ror NICHOLAS may be considered the Champion, have been brought to a sense of their interest, and will rather discou rage than promote any attempt on the part of R uss i a to prevent the settlement of the Belgian question, and disturb the general peace. Russia is now nearly in the positio❑ politically which geographically she was destined to fill. She no longer plays the leading part in the politics of Europe, and Lord PALMERSTON having disco vered that his own strength in office depends upon his cordial concurrence with Lord GREY, and his obedience to the wishes of the nation on questions of foreign policy, will, we have ..no doubt, convince Count Pozzo Di BoRGo on his arrival here, that I,as nothing to hope for bum menace or intrigue. An express has been received from Paris, bringing the papers of Thursday and the Mes sager des Chambres, dated yesterday. The news of the surrender of the citadel of Antwerp has created great rejoicing among the good Parisians. The Carlist journals persist in stat ing that a general war is inevitable, as Prussia and Russia are determined to support the King of HOLLAND against the alliance of England and France. The Ministerial journals are of a different opinion. A Council of Ministers was held late on Thursday, in consequence of a tele graphic despatch from Marshal GERARD, an nouncing that King WILLIAM, of Holland, is positive in not surrendering forts Lillo and Lief kenshoek, either to the French or Belgians, and would sooner run the risk of a war. This news had very little effect upon the Funds, as the moneyed men are perfectly aware that the northern Powers will make no coalition with Holland, unless the French army should invade the enemy's territory—that they will not do. Ne gotiations may, therefore, be expected to begin again, and the Belgian boundaries remain unde cided for some time to come. Great preparations have been making for the last few days at the Tuileries for the departure of Louis PHILIP to the northern frontier, but nothing is yet decided. Paris is quite gay at present. The Journal des Debats, speaking of the result of the French expedition to Antwerp, makes the following very just observations : " Let not the expedition to Antwerp be talked of as a campaign which has produced no result. To decide in a month, by force, a question which has for two years baffled the perseverance and ability displayed in negociation—to execute treaties, with or without the consent of European arms—to found an alliance with England, on a com mon co-operation in the same object—and on a union of principles and interests, which insure to this alliance an immense duration—to make the valour of our armies ad mired, and the probity of our policy respected ; such are the results of the expedition to Antwerp. They are as valuable as the acquisition of a province. " Honour to the French army ! Honour to the Go vernment which has made such a noble use of its valour !" The following extracts, from German papers, are more favourable to Turks than previous ac- counts : TURKEY. (From the Austrian Observer). CONSLANTINOPLE, Nov. 26.—The news that was cur rent here at the departure of the last mail, that Koniah was taken by the Egyptians, is not only not confirmed, but positive information has been received that that im portant place has been placed in such a state of defence by Reuf Paella, who has the chief command, ad interim, that it is quite able to resist the attack. The Grand Vizier has accelerated his march in such a manner, that it is highly probable that be is already arrived at the head quarters in that town. The continued bad weather and heavy rains may, however, have not a little impeded the march of his troops, and the conveyance of the artillery and provisions. The fear that the operations might be therehy retarded, and the desire to be assured of the measures taken for the subsistence of the army, have induced the Sultan to send his chief favourite, Feuzi Ahmed Paella on a mission, the chief object of which is said to be to inspect the depots, magazines, &c., for which purpose be set out, a few days ago, by way of Bressa, to Krutahia. We refer, for some pertinent observations on he ballot, to another part of The Sun, where will be found a sensible letter on the subject, signed " A Friend to Morality and Honesty." The writer's reply to the common remark that the ballot does not answer in America, though brief, is, we think, conclusive. He disposes of the objection that it is " a premium on lying and deception," with equal cogency of reasoning. The cry, that the ballot is " un- English," is the mere cuckoo-cry that always has been, and always will be, raised against every change or innovation, no matter how expedient or even imperative. 'rime was when it was " un- English" to light up the metropolis with gas, to travel by steam, or indeed to patronize anything that had not been sane ioned by the wisdom of our ancestors. Yet these changes have at andtilalstsettled o down into usages peculiarly English, would the Ballot, were it but allowed time and fair play. But granting—and this is a pretty large concession to make to the cant of the day— that the adoption of such a measure might be attended with hazard to the morals of the corn munity, can such an objection have any solid weight, put against the positive, increasing de moralization, that the present system of bribery and corruption tends to confirm in the minds of an immense mass of electors ? Weighed, one against the other, will not the former objection kick the beam ? The evils of the present system are seen, and felt, and deprecated by all classes; those which the Ballot might engender are vague, visionary, and such as will scarcely bear attentive examination. They are like dwarfs, who always look biggest in the dark. We must confess, we have not yet met with, and we have perused some score, one sound, tangible objection against the ballot. The most plausible and often-repeated one, that it will cor rupt the virgin innocence and patriarchal can dour and sincerity of the electors is, we think, as very a piece of cant and twaddle as was ever twanged through the nose by an Apostle of the Unknown Tongues. It presupposes—for other wise it can have no meaning—that the English character for honesty and straightforwardness is so sensitive, so slight, so very, very superficial, that it is liable to be rubbed off, or wholly destroyed by the breath of the first opportunity that may happen to blow over it. For heaven's sake, cty the Anti-Balloters, take care what . you are about ; our English honesty is so very frail, of such a gossamer delicacy, so wholly unable to contend with difficulty, that this system of secret voting will at once annihi late it. It can never survive the ballot, but will go off in violent paroxysms the in stant it is attacked with that horrid malady. What a cause and what an effect ! Why, the whole argument is neither more nor less than a direct, flagrant insult to the national character for honesty and candour, which the anti•bal loters take for gr an t e d is not an oa k t o w ithstand the assault of the hurricane, but a mere bull rush to be blown down by the first cap-full of wind that is let loose against it. Be lieving as we do, and have done from the first mooting of the question, that the ballot, so far from demoralizin g will in reality, improve the morals of both the higher and lower classes, by taking away opportunity from the former and t e mptation from the latter, we care not how soon it is carried. HAY 61 A Ric, ETS.--( At per Load of 36 Trusses.) CUMBERLAND (LATE ST. JA M ES'S.) Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay £2 0 to £2 10 yew Meadow Hay 3 0 3 10 Useful Old Ditto 2 15 3 I() Fine Upland Meadow and Rye-grass Hay 3 15 4 0 Clover Hay 3 15 5 0 Oat Straw X I 4to il 8 I Wheat 'straw ... 1 8 1 10 Supply rather limited, trade very dull, and prices barely sta tionary. PRICES OF STOCK'S THIS DAY AT ONE O ' CLOCK. Rank Stock - !4ew 5 per Cent. — '3 per Cent. Red. 8.1!4 India Stock -- 3 per Cent.C,ons 3t4 per Cent. 9l South Sea Stock Ditto Re 1......... ......... :2,6 q 7,% Old Annuitics...... ....... .. tcew 314 per Cent. ...,,. shut INew Ditto 3 per Cent. Ann. 172(1 ... —l3 per Cent. Ann. 1751 .... 4 per Cent. 1826 IQ % 2,114 Ex. Bills, £l,OOO 3O NI pm. Rank Lang Ann. to expire Ditto 500 90 31 pm. Jan. 5, 1860 1(3 3 11-1(1 i Ditto Small 'lo 31 pm. Oct. 10, 1859 — , Ditto Commercial — pm. Jan. 5, 1860 !Ditto Advertised Jan. 5, 18811 — IBank for Account — April 5, ISSO — , India for Account . .....' . 2051, 5 __Jan. 5, 1879 'Cons. for Jan. 23 . ' ' s3'.. li ::' PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS Austrian Bonds B9 Belgian Bonds 75,; 5 Ditto Account '514 Brazilian Bonds 4B ' l, Ditto Account 4NN Buenos Ayres Bonds ... Ditto Account 20%; 1 1 % Chihart Bonds 16% Ditto Account Columbian Bonds ....... Ditto Account — Ditto Bonds, 1824 l Ol4 Ditto Account — Danish Bonds 69% Ditto Account —l Greek Bonds. ofN Ditto Bonds , 1'4'.5 __-1 THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. IPeruvian Bonds 1 Ditto Account Portuguese Bonds Ditto Account 5O • Regency Scrip 4a dk. Ditto Account 44-" dis. Prussian Bonds 49 !i Ditto Account Ditto Bonds, IS. Russian Bonds, 1522 lOO Ditto Accoutit ------ New Loan 9 1 7F1 'i Spanish Bonds, 1521 1 6 7.1-4 Ditto Account IfiUl, Ditto Bonds, 18'23 1 4 74 I Ditto Account 1-174% , A; French Rentes, 5 p. c. —f. —c. -- Exchange —f —;.. 1-11 per cent. —f —c. Exchange ...•• . —f —c. Dutch Scrip 427 1 ,4 5 ,4 , 6 Ditto Account 42% li !,".? Frtmch Scrip 2 pm. , Ditto Account 29C, i Nfezi can Eon(ls, 5 per cent Ditto Account °U% IV, Ditto, 6 per cent o 4 li 5 Ditto Account Neapolitan — PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAT AT ONE o'cLocK. Paid. Per Share. Anglo Mex. Min. Co. (its, at 51. pm.) £lOO Bolanos Mining Company £lso Brazilian Imp. Min. Co. (iss. at 51. pm.) £2O Ditto National l7t Ditto St. John Del Rey Ditto Cocacs 5 Jritish Iron Mining Company .... ...... £5O t olumbian Milling Co. (iss. at 51. pm.) 49V English Mining Company 12% General Mining Association Real dcl Monte Mining C 0...., United Mex. Min. Co. (iss. at 2/. pm.) 40 Ditto New So ip 5 , Alliance Fire Insurance Comp lO B •Ni Protector Insurance Comp. Australian Co. Canada Company l7 45V, General Steam Navigation Co. ...... Provincial Bank of Ireland PRICES OF IRISH STOC: Bank Stock 195% Consols, 3 Der cent Gov. Stock, 3% per cent 9l Ditto, New 91% I per Cent -1 Goy. Deb. 3% percent 8474 Royal Canal Stock :1 8% I Grand Canal Stock l9 City Deb. 4 per cent. -, Ballast Office Deb. 4p. c. - KS, DUBLIN, DEC. 26. ISt. Patrick Insur.(perSh a re) Royal Irish Ditto National Ditto Patriotic Ditto [Hibernian Bank j Provincial Ditto Royal Irish Mine Imperial Mine Mining Co. of Ireland Commercial Buildings NGE YESTERDAY. COURSE OF EXCHA Amsterdam C.F. 12 4 Ditto, at sight 2 Rotterdam U 12 41 Antwerp 12 R Hamburg M.B. 13 14} Altona 13 14! Paris, 3 days' sight 25 90 Ditto `) U 26 15 Bordeaux 26 20 Berlin Frank fort on Maine, Ex. M. 153 Petersburgh, ruble, 3 Us. 10 0 Vienna, effective fl. 2 M. 10 i 2 Trieste do Madrid 36?. Cadiz 36 y ? , Bilboa ' 3 6 lt Barcelona 36 Seville 36 Gibraltar 47M Leghorn 461,21 Genoa 0 6 10 Venice 46 Malta 46 Naples E9 Palermo per oz. 120 Lisbon Oporto 49 Rio .Taneiro Bahia 12 Buenos Ayres Dublin, 21 days' sight l% Cork 1 BULLION, PER OZ. F. d. Portugal Gold, coin 0 0 0 Foreign Gold, in bars 3 17 9 New Doubloons 0 0 0 New Dollars Silver bars, standard 0 4 10: MAILS. krrived. Due. Arrived. Due. 0 America 0 0 Hamburg 0 Brazil 0 Buenos Ayre 0 Carthagena 0 0 Leeward lslanth ... 0 1 Dublin 0 0 Lisbon I 0 Flanders 0 0 Malta 0 0 France 0 0 Sweden 0 Cuernsey&Jersey.. 0 1 Waterford HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. ♦corning... IR minutes after 7. I Evenina...43 minutes after ANEW PROPHETICAL and POLI TICAL ALMANACK, for the Year of Our Lord, 1833, by THOMAS MOORE, Astrologer and Phy sician, will he presented to the readers of the MONTHLY MAGAZINE, in the forthcoming Number for the New Year. Amongst the contents will be—The Ghost of Old Christmas—Ebenezer Elliot, his boyhood and his books The Recorder of Ballyporeen ; au Election Fraement— Miss Martineau and the Economists, by an Old Woman— Ultra-Radicalism—Common Incidents; with an Observa tion or two—The Phrenologist; an Extract from the Pry Chronicles—The New Year—The Parson and the Peda gogue—Latin Comedy—The Miser (Plautus); with others, makine nearly thirty Original Articles. " The Monthly abounds in beauties and piquancy."—Morning Herald. W. Leger, Monthly Magazine Office, 4, Wellington street, Strand. Price 28. 6d. it 1 :111r _,444.74%:(*), ee- IGN 4 1 4 1736 7 53 BOW-STREET.-(THIS DAY.) Mr. Vanden, the boot-maker in the Strand, appeared before Mr. 111trisnuta. this morning to answer the com plaint of his wife, who had obtained a warrant for an as sault. She stated that, on Wednesday last, she called at Mr. V.'s shop in order to see her child, which had been taken from her when she parted from her husband, about five years ago. Mr. V. then came down stairs, and withou► saying a word, took her by the shoulders and kicked her out of the shop. Mr. AnoLrHus appeared for the defendant. In an swer to his questions, she said it was false that she was now living in adultery, but it had been so found by a Jury at the Palace Court. Her husband was now living with a common prostitute, and she was an ill-used woman. He then called his shopman and boy, who proved that the complainant was very violent, and that the defendant did not kick her, but merely turned her out by the shoulders. Mr. MINSHULL discharged the warrant. Complainant asked what she was to do ?—her husband would not pay the allowance he granted her when they separated. Mr. Vanden said there were good reasons for that. After the trial in the Palace Court, she came before his house with the man she lived with, and acted most indecently—so much so that some gentlemen knocked the man down, who was with her and encouraging her in such conduct. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.) FROM LLOYD'S. DEAL, DEC. 25.—Wind S.S.W., light.—The com bined squadron remain. Arrived from the river, and re main with the outward-bound, the Edward, Mobron, for Oporto ; and Albinia, for Demerara. PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 28.—Wind S.S.E.—Arrived the Indian, Paley, bound to Rotterdam, from Batavia, de tamed by his Majesty's ship Ada. PLYMOUTH, DEC. 27.—Wind variable.—Sailed the Fanny, Drummond, for the Cape of Good Hope ; and his Nl4jesty's ship Druid, for Lisbon. FALMOUTH, DEC. 2,7.—Wind S. to S. S. W., fresh breezes. MARGATE, DEC. 28.—Arrived the Paramarito, Spie gelberg, from Surinam to Amsterdam, detained by his Majesty's ship Volage. POOLE, DEC. 27.—Arrived the Meridian, Foot, from Newfoundland. LIVERPOOL, DEC. 27.—Arrived the Hall, Clark, from Bombay ; Chipper, Hewson, from Africa ; Tallyho, Pes lody, from Virginia; anti Lesley Alexander, Morris, from Smyrna. Off port the Mary Bibby, Whitburn, from Bombay; Eleanor, from Miramichi; and Tagus, Wade, from Lisbon. WATERFORD, DEc. 26.—Arrived the Andrew Nugent, Cringle, from London. CORK, DEC. 26.—Arrived the Kdeohn Blown, Ather don, from London. LIMERICK, DEC. 26.—Arrived the Seaflower, from London, with damage, having struck the bridge. MILFORD, DEC. 27.—Soiled the John, Stamp, for Bombay. The Catherine, of Campbeltewn, from Liverpool, was driven on shore in Dundrum Bay the 25th instant. The Magdalena Charlotte, Sulie, from Drontheitn to Bilbao, put into Limerick with damage, and must dis charge. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY). COVENT-GAR: IEN MARKET. There was a great supply at t trade was by no means brisk. '1 are something higher, of Celery day se'nnight ; other things star morning's market, but the Me prices of most kinds of Fruit considerably lower than on this tiona.ty. _ _ s. d. s. d Potatoes (cwt.) 9 0 to 6 Cahbages,Savoy(l2) 1 6 2 6 Ditto Red 2 0 3 6 Rrocoli 0 6 1 6 Horse Radish(bundle) 4 0 6 0 Celery 0 9 1 6 Carrots (12bunches) 9 fi 6 6 Turnips ............ Coleworts or Greens 2 6 4 0 Leeks 1 0 1 6 For. Grapes (per lb.) 0 R 2 6 English, Forced 1 0 2 6 Filberts 0 6 1 0 Mushrooms (pottlel () 4 0 8 8. d. 8. d. Spinach (half-sieve) 0 4 too 8 Apples 3 6 10 0 Pears 0 10 0 Onions 3 0 4 6 SevilleOranges(loo) 9 0 12 0 Sweet Oranges 8 0 14 0 Lemons 8 0 16 0 English Walnuts 2 0 3 6 Span. Chesnuts (peck) 6 0 10 0 French ditto Spanish Hazlenuts French Walnuts 2 6 4 0 Brazilian Nuts ° 0 4 0 Pine Apples (lb.) 4 6 7 0 SMITHFIELD. Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay .£2. 5 to £2 10 New Meadow Flay 2 15 3 15 Useful Old Ditto 3 0 3 10 Fine Upland Meadow and Rye-grass Hay 3 15 4 0 Clover Hay (extra fine)...Xs o...Generaily , :)at Straw... €1 4to XI ti 1 Wheat Straw 1 8 1 10 Supply limited, trade very dull, and prices stationary. THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, T WEL VE O'CLOCK At length the answer of the King of Holland, respect ing the surrender of the two forts on the Scheldt, has been received by express from Brussels and I Antwerp, and his determined obstinacy is still predominant. He has refused, and at the same time sacrifices the brave Ge- neral Chasse, and the garrison of the citadel of Antwerp, with the other several forts, to the number of 7,000 men, to be sent prisoners of war to France. This is, indeed, Dutch gratitude with a vengeance. Now, the ques tion is, what is to be done next? Can England and France, the two great maritime Powers of Europe, suffer the boasting Dutch to prevent them from trading with the port of Antwerp by closing the Scheldt against their commerce? We have no doubt, that ere a short time, the Dutchmen will be put to the test ; some cargoes, consigned in English or French bottoms, to houses at Antwerp, will attempt the passage of the Scheldt ; then we shall ascertain if his Majesty the King of Holland, will dare to insult their flags, by detaining them, or firing upon them from the forts still in the Dutch power on the Scheldt. Should it so happen, England and France must force the free navigation of the Scheldt, in the first instance, by the capture of Flushing ; that ac complished, it will not be a very difficult task to put the Dutch squadron and her flotilla in the Scheldt hors de combat, or perhaps, on the approach of our fleet, and that of the French, they will make use of the same expedient as they have done with their gun-boats at Ant werp,—set their ships on fire; at all events, sooner or later they must strike their flag. The French army has done its duty, and accomplished the object it was sent to execute; it will soon be required of the navy to do the same, for these two forts cannot be taken without the assistance of the navy. The French army will conform to the Convention and cross the Belgian frontiers; but we are well persuaded, that should his Dutch Majesty take advantage of their absence, and attack the Belgians, the French army will be ready in a few hours' notice to much into Belgium again, according to the private treaty and al liance between Leopold and the King of the French. In deed, we are again on the eve of some important events; and until Holland has laid down her arms, England and France must have a watchful eye on the north of Europe. THE FUNDS. We have just heard a report, that after the French have evacuated Belgium, fresh negotiations will take place with Holland for a final settlement of peace. Consols, which left off yesterday at 85 : 3 -, for the Ac count, opened at 851 d. Little doing as yet. In the Foreign Market nothing doing. HALF-PAST ONE. The information received that Baron Chasse is to be tried by a court-martial has caused some sensation, and likewise indicates a bad feeling towards the King of Holland, that Le should depress the feelings of so brave a man, In England, when a British officer loses a ship, either by accident or taken by the enemy, he is tried by a court-martial. We can inform our readers that, accord ing tothe Dutch code of Articles of War, every officer who surrenders a fertified place by capitulation, or otherwise, to the enemy, must he tried by a court-martial; there fore we cannot imagine that the King of Holland thinks for a moment that Chasse has disgraced his sword in the defence of the citadel, and have do doubt but he will he honourably acquitted. In Consols there is little or nothing doing. In the early part of the morning they were done at 85i, went up to 851-, and at present they are 84,-. In the Foreign Market, Dutch and Spanish Stocks are heavy. THREE O'CLOCK. Consols for the Account, 85g. AWFUL INSTANCE OF SUDDEN DEATH.- Yesterday an inquest was held before Mr. BAKER, at the Lebeck's Read, Saadtvell.m.irket, on the body of Thos. NASH, a mariner. The deceased had been enjoying him. self with a party of friends on Wednesday night, and at the conclusion l of the song, " Old England for ever will weather the storm," which he sung with much anima tion and spirit, he fell back in the chair and instantly ex pired. A Verdict of " Natural Death, by the visitation of God," was returned. TURKEY AND EGYPT. (From the Monitcur Ottoman of NOV. 24.) • The defenders of Mehemet Ali. whether through inte rest or error, are making great efforts to distort the aspect of the present state of affairs between the Porte and Egypt. According to them, it is a struggle between two Governments, and may produce, with regard to that which the fate of arms would not favour, what defeat ' leads to in all wars—that is, disastrous treaties, loss of territory, and the most serious and ruinous results. This Announcemeut of the misfortunes assigned to the issue of -I question of a nature such as this, can only gain credit by the way that the question may be represented ; it is important, then, to view it in its true light. Mehemet Ali is not the chief of an independent Go vernment ! he is not invested with sovereign authority ir. States defined and acknowledged as independent; he is only a depository of that authority within the limits of Egypt, which is a province forming part of the Ottoman States. There' have been instances of revolution having suddenly charged the relations of oommatid and obedience, and produced the triumph of interests that hail in their favour the power of nuts bens, if not that of right ; but that a man standing single in his party, who has destroyed all interests far the ad vancement of his own,—who has isolated himself as much Is it was possible in order to do so,—who has preserved no means of entitling himself to the sympathies of Go vernments or to popular sympathies, having forfeited the former by his rebellion, and the latter by his despotism, that such a man should, some fine morning, declare him self supretne chief, king, or emperor, that he should ap propriate to himself certain countries solely because he i• provided with some means of resistance, and that lie should succeed in obtaining general public sanction, is what can never happen. Many ambitious men may have a similar dream, which may continue so long as their precarious resources last; hut soon after meeting with some success they are sure to encounter the obstacles that policy opposes to their career, as well as right, and that universal sentiment which produces an aversion to projects in wide; there is neither morality nor utility. It is fortunate, in deed, that no such illusions are realized in the sequel of all the kinds of events which occasionally come to astonish the world; for, a single triumph obtained under such circumstances over Governments, people, or the principles of preservation which direct both, would pro. claim society as being at the disposal of the highest bidder in audacity and immorality. And yet, such is the ten dency of the reasoning by which it is attempted to repre sent Mehemet Ali as a Sovereign who attacks another Sovereign. Since when is he then a Sovereign ? Yester day only he was a mere GovernOr of Egypt, in the name and through the choice of the Sultan. lf, from being the depositary of authority, he has suddenly become the pos sessor of it, it is because ke has usurped without scruple that authority which had been intrusted into his hands by availing himself of circumstances which could be made subservient to bad design•,—for instance, distance, and that confidence placed in him by which his power and his honours have increased, in order to snatch from his bene factor those rights of which be had been made the guar dian. In this way the question is judged by its very nature, and the friends of Mehemet Ali, in declaring that he is possessed of soveregin power,do nothingless than show that be has betrayed his trust. Such are the auspices under which Mehemet Ali pre sents his case to public opinion in Europe, and claims its interest and support. What other claims has he put forth ? The advocates of his cause have spoken but slightly of what they call his institutions and his civiliza tion. They know too well that those points would as sume a very ridiculous aspect were they to undergo any minute discussion. The only serious argument hitherto employed by them is the independence de facto of the Pacha. But it may be answered, that the more that in dependence were real the more the revolt which seeks to convert it into a right presents the guilt of an abuse o' confidence ; for Mehemet Ali, through a certain turn given to his acts, might easily have freed them from every control. But would Egypt herself, with her inhabitants, thereby become independent ? Is it a necessary result o; Mehemet Ali's will and of the affranchisement of his Ad ministration that Egypt shall be separated from the Otto man dominions, and that the property of that province should forcibly pass from the hands of its rightful owns? into those of his agent ? For, the sovereignty of Egypt is a property appertaining to the crown of the Sultans ; and the endeavour to deprive the latter of that property. made with the force of arms by the man who had beer appointed its guardian by its master, cannot be considered as anything less than a breach of trust of the most infamous kind, because morality is not of a different nature in poli tical law to what it is in civil law. But whether or not the pretended independence of Egypt can be made out by bad or good arguments, how could the seizure and occupation of Syria be justified ? In the beginning it was pretended that Mehemet Ali was. forsooth, to be revenged on Abdallah Pacha ; and on the strength of a similar sentiment—a very bonourabl, one to be sure, in an old man of seventy years of age—it was deemed perfectly natural that he should set in a blaze that portion of the States of his Sovereign. Well, then. he has had his revenge. Abdallah is in hi s hand, an d he may r e j o i ce t o hi s heart's content with the sight of a prostrated enemy. But why should he keep possession of Syria? Why should his troops continue to march— they are already at a great distance from the confines of Egypt? Let his friends answer, and let the good fait) pf their egotism assign as reasons, the ruins of Acre, the defiles of Bylan, and the cannon that defend the passes of Meuat Taurus. It is there that we are to look for Mehe met Alt's claims to the Sovereignty of Egypt and Syria. Theee we may understand that Mehemet Ali takes Syria because i:s possession suits him, and he would be glad to extend his territories. But is be to be considered in the light of a powerful neighbour, who has long been cen tending about the limits of his states, and avails him self of circumstances to cut the matter short 1 No; he is only the Governor of Egypt, ap pointed to that station by the Sultan. But he is now as anxious to be a King as be was a year ago to revenge him self on the Paella of Syria; and as he has well deserved at the hands of the people of Egypt, by destroying a tenth portion of them, and oppressing and spoliating the re mainder, entitled himself to the good-will of the Cabinets of Europe by his revolt, and obeyed the laws of honour ann morality by appropriating the deposit which had been in trusted to him, and trampling on the duties prescribed by . gratitude, the Fellaha of Egypt, the Kings of Europe, his own Sovereign, could surely not do better than hasten to meet his wishes and raise him to a Throne. It would not be too much that Egypt and Syria should supply the materials for one on behalf of so honest a pretender. But we would, at least, say to his defenders, that in order to enable Mehemet Ali to show himself as a Sovereign, and treat on a footing of equality with the Sultan, they should wait until the Throne was made, until other Governments have written in the code of nations that the right of pure force has become the social principle, that sovereign power is no lonZer assumable by right orby birth, nor through po pular intervention, but only through individual audacity; which presumes to turn to its profit thrones and nations. When we shall have read a rule so founded, when the base notion of acquiring through temerity and violence has been turned into a law which has been crowned with pub lic sanction, then we will acknowledge that the arguments used by Mehemet Ali's friends are good ; but until then they ought to know that Mehemet-Ali is only a rebel that the force of inertness alone will infallibly destroy. History has proved that in politics egotism crowned with success does not remain long so. INVERNESS-SHIRE.—Th e nomination for the county took place on Saturday. The Right Honour able C. GRANT was proposed by LovAT, and seconded by Mr. FRASER, of Culbokie. /IPLEon was proposed by illActriTosti, of Geddes, and seconded by the Reverend Mr. Smrro, of Urquhart. Mr. GRANT delivered two splendid and eloquent speeches in the course of the day ; he was most enthusiastically received by all classes. The Sheriff declared the show of hands to be in favour of Mr. GRANT, and the polling proceeds, at Inverness, Kingussie, Fort William, and l3roadtord, on the 2tith and 27th current.—Ethitburg Evening Courant. Mr. FRESEIFIELD had such a high idea of his influence in Penryn and Falmouth, that he deemed himself not only secure of his own election, but able to carry the return of another. He made overtures to Lord TtiLEAMORE and introduced him to his electors, but, un fortunately for Mr. FRESHFIELD, the electors returned Lord TULLAMORE instead of himself, along with Mr. ROLFE of the Chancery bar. It is something now to see an attorney the victim of his own kindness and liberality. He was, perhaps, unfortunate in having selected a Peer for his protege, as the English, among their other preju dices, have rather a hankering after Lords. A German Prince, laughing at one of his courtiers whom he had employed in several embassiew, told him that he looked like an owl. " I know not," answered the courtier, " what I look like ; but this I know, I have had the honour of frequently representing your High• ness's person." A GOOD PRECEDENT.--" We must claim the indulgence of our subscribers for withholding our pub• lication of Thursday next, in consequence of the Christmas bolydays interfe ring," --Mayo Constitution of Monday. i'IRIT OF THE PUBLIC .FOURNA Were the interest excited by the ballot ques tion to be judged from the number and charac ter of the communications which we haie re ceived upon it, no other subject would seem to occupy public attention at this moment. The letters of our correspondents are pro and con. It is undoubtedly our own fear that by no dex terity of contrivance could the ballot he made aught else than a « cover for insincerity anti de ception "ann", I a destroyer is estr:,ei observed ylerof,, by , confidence h J.," that it would be impossible to frame a clause which should prevent an elector from showing how he voted ; and if the power of offering such proof existed in a tenant. voter, it is pretty clear that the landlord desirous of coercing him would insist that it should be given. Again, suppose the apparatus for con cealment perfect, and safe from all human in quisition, one candidate receives 500 promises, another but 250, when lo ! on casting up the numbers, it is found that the parties have just changed places, the majority of promises being converted into the minority of votes. Now, let us ask any honest Englishman is that a result which he would wish to follow from the ballot ? Would it not disgust any man of honour or principle with the whole representative system, and induce him to withdraw from public life, if he found a considerable discrepancy be tween the amount of assurances given him and of actual suffrages ? Yet is the effect inevitable, provided that absolute secrecy can be insured. The temptation to tell a profitable falsehood, where detection and punishment were alike prevented, would be too powerful for the average virtue of ordinary men. Candidates, at a loss to fix upon the traitors, would feel equal suspicion of every individual among their constituents; all faith in words of honour and cordial reliance on friendly demonstrations would be for ever_banished. The first growth and fruit of such a system would be the mournful excla mation—" Alas! whom can we trust?" If, on the other hand, there should appear to be no serious lapse of the fulfilment in the pledges re gistered by each candidate, but a fair equivalence on the part of the voters of deed with word, of vote with promise, —why, then we might say that such a state of things was not one which called immediately for any unexampled or violent alteration, being, in fact, precisely what exists at the present hour without the instrumentality of the ballot. It has been alleged, and by a respectable and able correspondent, that the proceedings at many of the late elections are calculated to make proselytes, on behalf of the ballot, of those who had hitherto opposed it. Such is not our belief. Great national ques tions ought to be determined upon general grounds. It is not a partial mischief that would justify the overthrow of our entire course of election proceeding in Great Britain ; and can the mischief produced by a tyrannical inter ference of landlords, or other powerful agents, (luring this contest, be regarded as other than partial —nay, inconsiderable, when compared with the result of the late elections as a whole ? —when we see that the list of Conservative Members whose returns have been more or less promoted by the coercive means complained of; does not contain at the highest above one-fifth of the gross amount of the House of Commons ! To defeat altogether the employment of the in fluence derived from property, or indeed the tbuse of it, in election contests, we conceive to be nearly impossible. That the power of pro perty over the free agency of electors has been much enhanced by the tenant-franchise in counties, and far more than in boroughs, is be yond dispute ; but the more we reflect upon it, the more apprehensive we are that the remedy— if a remedy be called for --cannot be afforded by the ballot. There is yet a further source of compulsion, more fierce and unrelenting, and a thousand times more dangerous, than that of the most arbitrary landlords.—namely, the truculent and frightful despotism Wielded over the indus. rious classes of town voters, by clubs and politi cal unions, and such like pestilential confedera cies. Landlords are separated from each other by distance, or by diversity of political or personal feeling. Each acts but upon a very minute por tion of the constituency,---viz., that which oc cupies his own estate, and is in no combination with other proprietors for any wide-spreading object. But the club, or union tyranny, is a condensed and wholesale power. It acts through means which are irresistible by individuals, and in so small degree formidable to the state. Per ! sonal violence is not often resorted to by your clubs, for the breaking in of sturdy elec mptoearrkss,eindgebde c ea by yi s s e t ea nn i it et is he u s n ut i p i h e pe c o e r tssaabr moralyl e , t b h e r i o n ugg outrageh s u oa - f multitude of social persecutions. There is no form of punishment more painful than that which large bodies of active and overbearing par tisans, leagued together for a common purpose, and backed by a thoughtless and brutal rabble, have it in their power to inflict upon indivi duals of their own class, e a no t vc d dnu wtnwrityteeh,ar. F i p n aon t nd l es i their whichort wother own town vicinag e , w h o h ave sp i r i t enough to hold out against th e i r p ro j ects . Ab use, and ridicule, the most malign an t s l an d ers , re f usa l s to deal with them, sendin g them in which it wou ld b e endless to enumerate,c iap to and modesvexation on voters, indeed, among those orders of the com munity which furnish the busybodies of clubs and unions, can muster up strength of mind enough to withstand them. Here, then, is a field for the ballot to exhibit in, if the ballot be really what it pretends — a security to timid and unprotected voters. Here we should hail its introduction, if any where, ass mighty consti tutional blessing, could it only accomplish one tenth of what its advocates promise us, in the shape of concealment and protection. Look at the state of Ireland. Plant the ballot there, and none can doubt the instantaneous dissolu tion of that unnatural tyranny, which exposes every honest man in Ireland to be massacred, if he dare to exercise the clearestright , political or personal, according to his own free choice. In Ireland we should be among the loudest in call ing for the ballot did we hope that it would b e a protecti on . B ut it is chimerical to entertain such hopes. Although an enemy may not at first ascertain the intentions of a voter, his family and friends will be sure to get possession of them ; and how long in this country is a fact on its passage from friends to enemies ? Upon the whole, we cannot divest ourselves of the persua sion that the greater part of this noise about the ballot is tantamount to so much positive hum bug. We suspect strongly t h at it would leave things just where it found them,—quoad the risk from intimidation to voters not entirely in. dependent. But that if it did execute its own threats, the secrecy obtained from it would serve only the unprincipled, while it would be disc re=• in- d 31' • eso: ot for !iog the