The Sun. — London, England, 1832-11-27 00:00:00

FRENCH PAPERS. (From the Messager des Chambres of Saturday.) AFFAIRS OF HOLLAND AND BELGIUM. PARIS, Nov. 23.—1 t is very certain that a Dutch frigate or gun-boat has fired on a detachment of French troops of the division of General Sehastiani. But it seems to be also certain that the detachment did not return the fire. It cannot, therefore, be said, as was reported yester d ty, that hostilities have begun. In fact they have not. Our readers will see, by what follows, the state of the affairs of Holland and Belgium. Difficulties f a very serious nature have arisen between king Lpopold and M:rshal Gerard relative to the attack of the citadel of Antwerp. The French Government is called upon to COM? to a decision. Marshal Gerard, after having maturely considered the plans proposed for the attack on the citadel, and having verified and confirmed them on the spot, declared to King Leopold that the attack ought to he made from the city side. He observed, that by proceeding in a different man ner—that is to say, by attacking the fortress on the oppo site side—he might loose several thousand men, and that his duty was to spare the troops, and not to cause more French blood to be spilt than was absolutely indispensable. M , rshal Gerard said to the King. " On either side cve shall take the citadel, but from the city we shall want only from three to five days; from the country side we may wart from fi!teen to twenty. " If we are fifteen (lays before the citadel. we may lose five or six thousand men. If so many fall before the enemy, our troops will he exasperated, and what recom pense will tl ey have for it ? They will Fee Chasse blow up the eiradef rather than surrender. In this state of things, it will be difficult to restrain the soldiers, and to prevent a collision with the Dutch, who will be before them. " If, however, a movement of this kind takes place. and our very success should lead us to march forward, pissing the Belgian frontier and penetrating into the Low Counties, what will happen ? We shall have the Prus • sians b,hind us, and they themselves being very animated, and coming to the assistance of King William, it will be difficult to avoid a general war." To these arguments King Leopold answered, " that he had resolved not to give General Chasse any reason to bombard the city, and that the merchants and inhabitants of the other provinces would think the citadel too dearly purchased if Antwerp must be reduced to ashes in order to obtain possession of it. If the Marshal did not resolve to attack from the country, the Belgian army, profiting by the knowledge and counsels of the Commander of the French army, would undertake the siege, and run the chances of it." Marshal Gerard replied, " that he was come to coin. mand the Fr , nch, and not the Belgians, and that us mat ters now stood, he must have the orders of h s Govern ment before he could resolve to shack on the country since, in his formal opinion, the attack roust, evi dently and absolut.ly, be made from the city. So 'waters now stand. Itrhat, then, will he the deci• lion I , f the Cthinet of the Tuileries? There is another difficulty respecting Antwerp. There are in the city 12,000 Belgian troops. Marshal Gerard demands that these troops shall leave the place, and that the city and also the environs shall be left to his army. This demand excites much discontent among the Belgians. They know that if General Chasse fires on the city, they are to be employed, and they are unwilling to be removed in this case from the scene of action. GERMAN PAPERS. RECEIVED THIS MORNING, (From the Diario di Roma.) ALEXANDRIA, SEPT. 27.—Ibrahim Pacha is at Adana. The hope of an amicable arrangement seems to vanish, in consequence of the delay of the answer to the Egyptian ultimatum. Four new chips are building. A new levy of 40,000 men is ordered. The Diario also gives a letter from Leghorn of 29th October, according to which Ibrahim Pacha will winter in Alexandrette, Adana, or Tanso, and open the campaign in flaring with the intention of proceeding to Constantinople, if the Sultan cannot be induced to make peace. TRIESTE, Nov. 9.—After a long interval, a ship ar rived here yestet day, in 30 days from Alexandria. Accord ing to the statement of the Captain, the negotiations that had been commenced between Mehemed Ali and the Porte are broken off—the latter, it is said, having rejected all the proposals of the Viceroy. Mehemed Ali had therefore immediately despatched orders to the fleet and the army to recommence hostilities without delay.* ANcocia, Nov. 11.—The Durance transport arrived her e yesterday morning, with naval stores, and 120 sailors, to complete the crews of the French squadron lying here. The Vic Mire frigate is to sail from Toulon next Thurs day. The arrests continue—nay, the arrest of the whole of the late moveable column is spoken of.—Allgemeine Zeitung, Nov. 21. POLISH FRONTIERS, Nov. B.—The movements of troops in Poland continue, and it is said also, that a strong reserve is to enter the kingdom. The difficulties of the Belgian question are probably the ground for these proceedings. It is said to be the opinion prevalent at St. Petersburgh, that matters having nearly come to a crisis, it may be necessary to act with promptness. The accounts from Berlin may confirm the Cabinet of St. Petersburgh in this opinion, Which is said to be also entertained by Count Pozzo di forgo. Measures hove also been taken with respect to the Russian navy, which indicate a speedy equipment of all the men-of-war fit for service. Contracts for the supply of the fleet for nine months are said to have been en• tered into. In Warsaw, too, the general poilitics of Europe are discussed ; there is in that city a kind of foreign office, which keeps up a special corres pondence in several countries. According to what is heard there, the Monarchical Governments cannot remain Passive when the King of the Netherlands is to be com pelled to settle with the Belgians at any price, and to the prejudice of his old dominions. Besides, it is added, Hol land would find allies in Belgium itself. as the present State of things is declared to be intolerable; and the revo lution, so inconsiderately commenced, is lamented even at Brussels itself. In Paris the same opinion is said to be entertained, and the danger to be seen th it a war might cause, not only to King Lelvild, but to Louis Philip The French Government, therefore, also wishes to avoid it; hut circumstances, often unforeseen, have a more pow erful influence on the course of events than the will of the Parties concerned, and it will be difficult for the French Government to maintain peace. It is unnecessary to Point out the hopes which may thus be excited in the exiled Royal family of France, as the enterprise of the Duchess of Berry has shown what a strong party they have in France. Such is the language of all those who ar e employed in the foreign department in Warsaw. correspondence with a person of very great distinction in England is said to show that the King of the French has no great confidence in the situation of leis son-in-law and his own. It is even said that be lately expressed the idea of a partition of Belgium, as the least dangerous way of untying the knot which he does not feel himself able to cot. He would agree to leave part of Belgium to Holland and Prussia if a share was assigned to himself. This pro posal was said to be strenuously opposed in London, and therefore dropped.—Frankfort Papers, Nov. 21. s, Both this news from Trieste, and the other from the Diariu di Roma seem to be of older date than the letter of our Correspondent, dated Alexandria, Bth October, which we gave two days ago.—Note of Allgemeine Zeitung. At the very extensive soap manufactory of Messrs. HAWES and Co., where the soap and lees coppers slid boilers are of the largest capacity, a fine youth, en Friday last, fell into one while the liquid was in a boiling Mate, and in the extremity of his indescribable agony made two violent but ineffectual springs towards its margin. Ile was ultimately dragged out, an object of horror, and is now dead ! Is there not something in the construction of these cauldrons essentially defective in guarding the poor l abourers who are employed night and day on their slippery ed ges ? SPORTING EXTRAORDINARY.—The Sag gard harriers, with that excellent sportsman, Mr. WADE, rnet yesterday at the ninth lock of the Grand Canal ; he was soon joined by Mr. B—, a blind gentleman, mounted en a very fine horse. Puss soon gave the hounds a full view, when Mr. B—, to the great surprise of all present, led the field the entire of a long hunt, and was first in at the death, to the annoyance of many a swell.—Dublin Morning Register. SINGULAR EFFECT OF MUSIC.—At the Cheetham-hill glee-club, on Monday evening last, during the performance of " Non Nobis Dondne," which was sung in tinp style by about for ty voices, a tumbler glass, which stood upon a table in the room, broke into a thou sand pieces, as if it bad been shattered by an explosion of gunpowder.—Manchester Guardian. It is announced in a French Paper, with cha racteristic accuracy, that " the celebrated MACREADY SHERIDAN KNOWLES" is engaged to perform at Miss SUITHSON'S Theatre Italien. The French editor adds, MACREADY SHERIDAN KNOWLES i 9 the author of i i " , rginius, William Tell, and the Stunckback, and he Will shortly enact the principal parts in William Tell ILO the Stunchback." 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PutoN, the Director and Sub-Director of the French Post-office, have been obliged to return to France on account of the meeting of the Chambers, leaving the pro posed arrangement for a daily estafette in an un settled state ; but they are expected in London again in the course of the ensuing week to re sume the business with the Duke of RICK MOND, who, it is but justice to say, has shown great anxiety to bring it to a close in a manner which would be satisfactory to the merchants and others most interested in a daily communi cation with Paris. There are, however, many difficulties in the way of an arrangement which the Duke must remove before it can be con cluded. In the first place there is a monopoly among the subordinates of the Post-office in each country, but more particularly in France, which is directly opposed to a daily com munication, a considerable income being de rived from the transmission of newspapers, and even letters on the non-estafette days by some of the clerks who have influence enough to embarrass the heads of the Post-office by delays and obstacles, when reform and im provement are in question ; and, secondly, the very great difference which exists in the mode of charging the postage of letters in the two coun tries, the one being by weight—by far the more reasonable and equitable plan—the other by the number of enclosures, if the letter be more than single. At present each Government conducts its own share of the Post-office intercourse be tween the two countries ; but, as it is considered necessary, as well for the purpose of economy as for the interests of the public, that the arrange ments should be, in a great measure, on the same footing between Great Britain and France, as between France and other countries, many things must be altered in order to accomplish so de sirable an end. As the Duke of RICHMOND and the Director of the Posts in France, M. COMTE, appear anxious to conclude the nego tiation in such a way as will benefit and satisfy the public ; and as they are both willing for that purpose to make concessions to each other, we hope in a few days to be able to announce that. every thing has been settled for the commence ment of the proposed new system in April or May next. The German Papers received this morning contain some further notices of affairs in the East, where preparations for resuming the war were carried on by the SULTAN and the Pacha of EGYPT. The article from the Polish frontiers speaks the secret feelings of the Northern Courts, but we do not think they will court war at present, unless something very favourable for their cause turns up in Holland. They have all too much to lose and little to gain in a war of opinion which the next general war must certainly be. Extracts will be found in another column. The French Papers of Sunday have been re ceived, but they contain no news of interest. The impression gains ground in Paris that a general war will not take place, but to be pre pared for the worst, the greatest activity con tinues in the war department. The lady who pretended to have saved the KING'S life is now said to have been the real culprit herself ! With respect to the proceedings and views of the political parties, we cannot do better than give 0. P. Q.'s version of the matter : Some very wicked and unkind, hard-hearted and sus picious people, have been had enough to ask the follow ing questions, to which no one has yet replied, and which still remain open for answers. Read them, and then say what vnu think of this pistol plot of 1 832 : '' 1. Is it not possible that Miss Bourry might have fired an unloaded pistol herself, in order to declare that she had saved the life of the King ? " f 2. Or, is it not possible that a friend of Miss Bourry did this for:her, and that she allowed him to escape ? " 3. How came it that, if Miss Bourry was really insulted by a young man, she did not appeal to the soldiers and the agents of police, who were all at her elbow, and have obtained his removal, as he obstructed her view of the procession ? " 4. How came it that, if Miss Bourry saw the pistol pointed, and had time to see it drawn out of the pocket, levelled and fired, and had also the presence of mind to arrest the arm of the assassin and turn the pistol upwards, she htd yet not the time to have him taken into custody oy the soldiers and police at her elbow ? " 5. How came it she came to Paris alone—remained three weeks alone to prepare and present petitions, which could have been done as well from the provinces as at Paris—remain seve ral days to see the procession —go to it alone—get into o very bad place to see—on a descent—at the corner of a bridge—and where she was sure of being pressed, and greatly incon. venienced ? "6. How came it that she got to the front row—stood next to the assassin—let him escape--and then on her recovery, first of all called out for M. Thiers ?" 'Tis enough ! We will say no more ! FORTY HESITAT ING, dubious, uncertain DEPUTIES gave their votes imme diately for the Doctrinnaires or for the Jmte-milieu, and there has been a cry heard in the land, " 'MAT THE Alo- NARCHY IS IN DANGER, AND THAT IT IS NECESSARY TO RALLY ROUND IT !" M. Dupin has said, " No, Sire, !hey d d not fire on you, but on themselves !!" The Pre sident pro tempore of the Chamber of Deputi-a has said the factious attempted to assassinate you, and thus de stroy France." The patriotic portion of the Chamber and the nation has been indirectly accused of intending to com mit assassination. The Doctrinnaires have tn,ide the most of the pistol, and the plot has failed, though the weapon missed fire ! We have not done with this affair, and will return to it in a few days. From the PISTOL PLOT AND MISS BOURRYWE will turn to the consequences which have resulted from this explo sion—from the arrest of the Duchess of Berry—and from the connive at expedition to the banks of the Scheldt. " CAUSES PRODUCE EFFECTS," says Sir James Searle t, whose fortune supplies ample proof of the truth of his motto. We have looked late'y at some of the causes of what has been going on in the Chamber of Deputies dur ing this week, now drawing to a close—and now let us look at the effects ! Well, then, the Conipte Rendu has been defeated ; the Patriots in the Chamber and out of the Climber have been thoroughly beaten on every point, and in every election ; and the Juste Milieu have completely triump).ed. It would be an act of folly to deny this ; and we shall not serve, ..ut injure, the cause of the people, by an attempt at con cealment. Bat though the Compte Rendu has been defeated— he Doctrinnaires have been also exposed to a similar re pulse. Nut one President, Vice-President, or Secretary, belongs to the Doctrinnaires ; and on the Commission to prepare the draft of the Address to submit to the Depu ties, only two friends of the " Broglie," " Guizot," and " Humann" portion of the Cabinet have been elected out of nine. The Juste Milieu, with Dupin at the head, can do whatever it pleases with the present Chamber of Deputies. Out of all the Deputies composing the Oppo sition, only one, M. Felix Real, could obtain an appoint ment in the offices of the Chamber, which was that of Secretary, and on the commission to prepare an Address, not even one was elected. M. Dupin was returned as President by the large majority of 98. The Vice-Presi dents selected by the Opposition were equally unfortunate; and though M. Dupont (de I'Eure) had nearly gained the election of one of the Vice-Presidents, yet his adversary, who is a Juste Milieu, contrived to obtain a few more votes, and thus exclude the most virtuous and most ho• nourahle Deputy in France (next to Lafayette) from the seat to which he had a right to aspire. The friends of M. Dupin are now then in a great ma jority in the Chamber of Deputies, and if the Parlia mentary system is really to be followed, M. Dupin must he charged to form a new Administration. The Doctrin naires are opposed to this. They say that the Juste- Milieu ought to join them ; but the Juste-Milieu re. ply, " No—you ought to join us." The Opposition are the third party, and keep aloof from both these systems; ',it as the triumph of the Doctrinnaire system would sooner bring about a denouement than the triumph of the " juste-milieu" system—why, the Opposition will vote rather for the Doctrinnaires and their adherents than for the Juste-Milieu and their partisans. M. Dupin and his friends affect to feel strong in their own party, though op posed by all others. They are mistaken. The Opposition can overthrow either party, by uniting with their antago nists. If at this moment—l mean to-day or to•morrow— the Opposition should join the Docetrinnaires in order to push them on to extremes, and to the realization of their a ad projects of gagging the Press, bringing in military law, defending the state of siege, and even attack ing the independence of the Tribune, and defending the Duchess of Berry against the just operation of existing laws—why, the Opposition can do so, and thus bring about a denouement. If, on the other hand, the Doctrinnaires shall be opposed by the Opposition, their defeat will be signal ; and then, when the Juste- Milieu shall obtain the object of their wishes, and be named Ministers, the Opposition can, if it will, overthrow them ; and, by uniting itself to the Doctrinnaires, render a Juste-Milieu Administration wholly impo4iible. I have said, " if the Opposition will," because the Oppo sition has not at this moment decided on the course it will take. If it perceives that the Dupin party is willing to come to terms with t h e O ppos i t i on—w illi ng to ma k e concessions—wini ng to join in overthrowing the Doctrin• naires, and the attempt at a counter-revolution which they are charged to make—why then it is possible that a Dupin Ministry, with some modifications, might receive the support of a large portion of the Deputies of the Compte Rendu. But if Dupin and his party will make no concessions, and come to no terms, then the Opposition will join with the enemies of Du pin's party, and overthrow it, until the Govern ment of France shall feel that it must march with the Revolution of 1830. You will thus understand, that if there were but two parties in the House, the Oppositson would be for ever defeated in this Parliament, since the Juste-Milieu and Doctrinnaires, in the event of a union, would be very nearly two to one against the " Compte rendu ; " but as there are three parties in the Chamber— First, the Doctrinnaires—Second, the Juste-milieu—and Third, the Opposition—whichev e r side the Opposition shall join on any one or more questions, vvill be sure of a majority. You will probAly say, that under these circumstances the Chamber of Deputies ought to be dissolved, and France should be appealed to. We say the same thing. This is what should be done; and the Doctrinnaires would then learn that France desires as much the system of Prince Polignac, as she does that of the Duke de Broglie . or M. Guizet. The Journal des Desbats of to-day begins to feel the difficulties in which its party is placed, and the impossi bility of surmounting them in tre present Chamber. It sees that the juste-milieu will not support the Doc trinnaires, and it knows that the Doctrinnaires will not support the juste-milieu. It knows that the " bona fide " Comte Rendu Opposition can calculate on one hun dred and fifty voting members, and it knows that this number forms more than one-third of the total number of Members who attend and vote. It knows then, that the Opposition can only be vanquished by the union of the "Doctrinnaires" with the juste-milieu, and this union, it is fully aware, cannot take place. The Debuts adopts for the Doctrinnaires this morn ing, the state of siege—the military tribu n als—and all the measures of exception against which F rance p ro t e sts ! It says that thi s i s th e ground on which the Minister consents either to triumph or to be defeated. If the Opposition, to hasten a denouement, shall vote for these measures, and support, as a ruse de guerre, the Doctrinnaires, then they will triumph for the time, but the re-action will be terri ble. If, on the other hand, the Opposition shall vote with the Dupin party against this system, then the Doctrin. naires will be left in the minority, and will be compelled to retire, or to di,solve the Chamber. This is our position on Saturday, the 24th of Nov. The next w ee k will decide much. Let us hope that it will he favourable to the only real good cause worthy of r eing served, or of being espoused. I mean the cause of the People. 0. P. Q. In nothing is the freedom of the English press more strikingly useful than in the power it pos sesses of drawing the attention of the public and the Government to nuisances which would other wise escape notice. In the administration of a large empire, abuses will spring up in remote corners, which for a time may escape even the Argus eyes of the press, or, when discovered, may, in corrupt times, set its indignant watch cries at defiance for years. Thus it was that the Cape of Good Hope and Canada were long suffered to remain under the most odious op pression, preys to all the abuses which necessa- I fly spring up under a tyranny almost irresponsi ble. But the strength of colonies of the magni tude and population of the Cape of Good Hope and Canada will always prevent oppression going beyond a certain point. It is in new settlements, where the colonists are too feeble to command justice, where there is no press to call the attention of their countrymen to their wrongs, that abuses spring up like weeds, choaking all healthy vegetation. The peculiar situation of a new settlement, too, ag gravates into injuries of a frightful nature, what elsewhere would be comparatively harmless. We have been led to make these reflections by the distressing nature of the accounts we have re ceived from Swan River, and, as it appears to us, the culpable conduct of some of the autho• rities at that colony. The letter which contains the charges we are about to transcribe, is written by an intelligent agriculturist, not at all inclined to complain of the soil or of the inevitable hard ships of a new settlement. On the contrary, although he has been at Swan River nearly from the first, has spent a large capital, and has not been able to raise enough food for the supply of his family and establishment, he still thinks the qualities of the soil so good, the climate so fine, and the situation of the colony so happy, that it cannot fail, ere long, to be in a prosperous condition. He complains, however, of the neg lect of the Government in protecting the settlers from the robberies of the natives, and its sanction of the most scandalous conduct on the part of the military. The natives are described as few in number and harmless ; but, like all savages,they are much addicted to theft. After describing the manner in which their sheep, pigs, and poultry, were carried off before their faces, the writer of the letter, to which we have referred, says ; " Perhaps you will ask, what are the soldiers doing ? They are keeping grog-shops and stores ; and, as flour has been selling at 10d. per lb., and the quartern loaf at FOUR SHILLINGS, some of them have made large sums, unless, indeed, the report be true, that they are supplied with capital by one of their officers, whose dignity would be compromised by keeping a store-shop. A corporal keeps the dearest store in Perth, and is adding house to house a, fast as he can. The Sergeant.major keeps a dairy, sells milk, and has also built several houses. The Captain has been building a large house, upon which he employed the soldiers under him, giving them a shilling per day. He +h. 1.......:. G c„.. 1 ;rii , annutn. Whilst the military, which ought to protect us, are enriching themselves at our expense, we are not al lowed to defend ourselves. If a native is shot whilst dri ving away our sheep, we are threatened with hanging ; and wben we have taken natives in the act of robbery, they have, after a night's detention, been sent about their business, with a present of a loaf and blanket ! Lord Goderich tells us that we must protect ourselves by congregating in towns, and never going nut without being well guarded. But how we are to cultivate our farms whilst residing miles from them in a sea port, he has not told us any more than how we are to employ men to guard us when we can scarcely feed our selves. lam satisfied, however, that the Colonial-office cannot be aware of the manner in which we are left to shift for ourselves." We trust that the supposition of the writer in the last sentence is correct, for grievously indeed would it lower Lord GODERICH in our estima tion if he could have given the silly advice at tributed to him, with a full knowledge of all the facts. But we know how difficult it must be for him to arrive at truth with respect to a colony situated like Swan River, from which his information must come either through dis appointed settlers, who went out with exaggerated hopes, or parties directly interested, perhaps, in concealing the kind of abuses exhibited in the extract given above. We hope and trust that his Lordship will direct his attention to the circumstances we have stated, for the friends of the unfortunate settlers of Swan River have sufficient anxiety upon their minds on account of the unavoidable hardships they suffer, with out having added to it the thought that they are aggravated by the neglect of the Government. We understand Parliament will be dissolved on Monday next, and that the writs will be issued and sent into the country, by mail, the same evening. THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.) CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK. By the French Mail this morning, we have accounts from Navarin, stating that the French have disarmed a battalion of the regular Greek troop•, who had taken a part in all the seditious movements. Colocotroni has taken possession of Angas. Fourteen private vessels have sailed from 11t.gne, each of them taking a different course. THE FUNDS. Consols opened at the same price they left off yesterday, 83i i for the account; with nothing doing. At present they are 8311. There is no news from any quarter as yet, there being no arrivals up to the present time. HALF-PAST ONE. A ship of war has arrived from Lisbon, which brings accounts three days liter than the last. It is reported she Wings unfavourable accounts for Don Pedro, but nothing certain of what she has brought has yet transpired. The Portuguese Scrip has fallen one-half per cent. Another report is current, by a ship direct from Oporto, that a favourable sortie has been effected by Don Pedro's forces. No information from Holland or Antwerp up to the prelent hour. Consols may be quoted S3+ buyers, with little doing. W e are dull in the city for want of intelligence. THREE o' CL 0 CK. Consols for Account, 831. LAST DAYS OF DOCTOR JOHNSON.—The Doctor told me that he was going by medical advice to try what sleeping out of town might do for him. He added, " I remember that my wife, when she was near her end, poor woman! was also advised to sleep out of town; and when she was carried to the lodging that had been pre pared for her, she complained that the staircase was in very bad condition; for the plaster was beaten off the walls in many places. "Oh !" said the roan of the house, " that's nothing ; it's only the knocks against it of the coffins of the poor souls that have died in the lodging." —Dr. Burney's Memoirs. MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.-(THIS DAY) 'this morning these Session, commenced before W. H. MAnato-tt, Esq., Chairman, and a bench c f Magistrates. The Grand Jury having teen sworn, the CHAIRMAN said he would direct their attention to the presentment put in by tl.eir predecessors during the last Session wherein they complained of some existing evils. The Magistrates had cordially entered into the merits of th, sug estions therein con taine 1 , because it was their province, instead of that of the Grand Jury, to find out a remedy; hut under the powers they now have, there were many reme dies which could not be provided, but an application would he made to have their powers enlarged. If the gentlemen he had the honour to address should think proper to suggest any matter to the Bench, it would be gladly received and properly attended to. Mr. C. PHILLIPS sail, that if more speedy justice that at present administered was necessary, it might be as welt for the Court to know the sentiments of the Common. Sergeant and Deputy Recorder of London upon the subject. These gentlemen had declared their readiness to sit mop frequently than heretofore, so as to save expense to the county, provided that arrangements were made for that purpose. The CHAIRMAN expressed his satisfaction at this in formation. The traverse paper contains a number of cases, princi pally ass cults and nuisances, but none of those which came on this morning possessed any public interest. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE-(THIS DAY.) FliOm ....0 t o'F. DEAL, Nov. 26.—Wind S.S.W., blowing strong.— Arrived his Majesty's ship Satellite from a cruise fro►n off Dungeness, and remains with the c , nnbined squadron. PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 26.—Wind W.N.W. PLYMOUTH, Nov. 25.—Wind S.S.W., strong breezes and squally.—Arrived his Majesty's ship Romney from Lisbon—sailed on the 13th instant; and the Priam, Harper, from Quebec. FALMOUTH, Nov. 25.—Wind S W., fresh breezes. COWES, Nov. 26.—Arrived the Ceres, Dunn, from Quebec, with loss of bulwarks, &c., and nearly full of water, having been struck by a sea on the 12th instant. Scacr, Nov. 25.--Arrived the Indian, Robertson, from Quebec; lost foretop-mast, and bowsprit and fore mast sprung. STA NDGATE CREEK, Nov. 26.—Arrived the Maria, Cisson, from Mog-flore. LivEltroor., Nov. 25.—Arrived the Philotus, Cook, from New Orleans ; Neva, Ritchie, from Miramichi Evelinc, --, from Sr. John's, N. B. ; and Brutus, Nel son, from Quebec. Off port the Colossus, Cotton, from Philadelphia ; and Mercolo, Wilkinson, from Charente. DUNDEE, Nov. 24.—Arrived the Centurion, Brand El zsh•th and Mary, W4lker, and Helen, Kinnear, from St. Petersburgh ; Abeona, Watson, Hero, None, and Kelso, Reed, from Riga; and Noah, Nicol, from St. Petershurgh. WATERFORD, Nov. 24.—Arrived the Ager.oria, Sin nott, from Quebec; and Three Sisters, Grundy, from N,wfoundland. LIMERICK, Nov. 24.—Arrived the Ann, Porter, from Oporto ; and St.annon, Jonec, from London. The Elizabeth, Gow, from Newry to Liverpoo', was on shore near Narrow water Castle on Saturday night, bu. expected to be got off. THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY). HAY M A RKETS.—i At per Load of 31 Trusses.) CU M BERLAND (LATE sT. JAMES'S.) Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay £2 10 to £2 15 Vew Meadow Hay 2 15 3 15 Useful Old Hitto 2 15 3 1(1 Dine Upland Meadow and Rye-grass Hay 3 15 4 15 clover Hay 4 5 5 , Oat Straw XI Bto .£1 101 Wheat straw... 1 12 1 13 Supply good, trade dull, and prices stationary. SMITHFIELD. Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay £3 0 to £3 5 New Meadow Hay...—. ........... ..........« 3 0 3 10 Useful Old Ditto 3 5 3 15 Fine Upland Meadow and Itye.grass Hay ..... .... 3 15 4 0 Clover Hay (extra tine)...£s 0 ..Generally .... 3 15 5 0 ~ t Straw ... f 1 6 ri, ft S l Wheat Str.:w..,. I 10 1 1. A limited supply, and a dull trade; prices as last quoted. CUAL MA Per Ton. s. d. Dean's Primrose 17 9 East 18 0 Holywell Ord's Redhugh 17 0 l'ownlev l7 6 West Hartley Usworth ...v... 18 0 Walls E+.d lirown's--. 19 9 Ditto Bell, Robson, & Co. 20 3 Ditto Bewicke and C 0... 22 3 ',OIL' • DIV° Clarke and Co—... 19 6 Walls End Heaton-- 21 6 Walls End Hotspur—. 20 3 Walls End Hilda 20 9 Ditto Killingworth 21 0 Ships arrived sine :KET.—Nov. 26. Per Ton. s cl. Walls End Newmarch—.... 21 3 Ditto Northumberland.. 20 Ditto Perkins and Co 20 9 Walls End Ridddell's `.:2 0 Walls End Hetton 22 6 Walls End Lyons ...--, 0 Walls End Lambton 22 3 • Walls End Stewart's...... 22 6 Walls End Tees --..... 22 6 Walls End Elgin 16 9 sista t• W. E. Preston Grange., 17 0 Silkstone Field and Co.— 19 9 Scremerstone Engine-- 16 Ellison small . 16 0 last market-day, 33. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. TATTERSALL'S. Bravo, who first appeared in the betting on Thursday last, sprung several points yesterday ; he was backed to small amounts at 22, 23. and 24 to 1, by his gallant owner and two or three other gentlemen. In our last we stated that Bravo was pur chased from the late Captain Locke; this is a mistake; he was bred by Mr. De Burgh, and bought when a foal by the present owner. Lord Exeter's Marinella colt declined to 30 to 1. The only horses backed were the following : DERBY, 1833. 8 to 1 agst Mr. Ridsdale's Glaucus 10 to 1 agst Mr. Rawlinson's Revenge 17 to 1 agst Duke of Rutland's Moses's dam c. '2'2 to 1 agst Colonel Cosby's Bravo 30 to I agst Lord Exeter's Marinella colt 300 even between Moses's darn and Bravo The others as before. THE FRENCH ARMY. (From the Nouvelliste of Sunday.) The following statement will show the composition and situation of the French Army of the North, on the 22d of November, 1832: VANGUARD-THE DUKE OF ORLEANS. Three battalions of the 20th light infantry ; four F qua drons of the Ist Hussars ; ditto of Ist Lancers ; posted on the road from Breda to Rosendaal ; head-quarters at Braaschaet. ht DIVISION-SEBASTIANI. Ist Brigade, (flatlet), 3 battalions of the 11th Light Infantry ; 3 battalions of the sth of the line. 2d Brigade, (de Rumigny), 3 battalions of the Bth of the line; 3 battalions of the 19th ditto. Posted upon the left bank of the Scheldt ; head quarters at St. Nicolas. 2D DIVSION.-ACIIARD. Ist Brigade, (Castellano.)-3 Battalions of Bth light in fantry ; 5 of the 12th of the line. 2d Brigade, (Woirol), 3 battalions of the 22d of the line ; 3 battalions of the 39th ditto. Posted upon the Turnhout and Bergen-op-Zoom-road; head-quarters at Scbooten. 3D DIVISION-JANIN. ht Brigade (Zaspffel)-3 battallions of the 19th light infantry ; 3 battalions of the 18th of the line. 2d Brigade (Geanges)-3 battalions of the 52d of the line; 3 battalions of the 58th ditto at Malines and Contieh ; head-quarters at Contieh. 4TH DIVISION-FABRE. ht brigade (Rapatel)-3 battalions of the 7th of the line ; 3 battalions of the 25th ditto. 2d brigade (Dhenicourt)-3 battalions of the 61st of the line; 3 battalions of the 65th ditto. Posted upon the right bank of the Scheldt and the Rupel; head-quarters at Hemixem. CAVALRY. BRIGADE OF GENERAL LA ♦O;STINE. Four squadrons of the 7th Chasseurs ; 4 squadrons of the Sth ditto ; posted upon the Bergen-op-Zoom road. BRIGADE OF GENERAL SIMONEAU. Four squadrons of the 4th Chasseurs; 4 squadrons of the sth Hussars; at Contich. DIVISION OF GENERAL DEJEAN. let Brigade (de Rigny), 4 squadrons of the 24 bus ears; 4 squadrons of the Ist chasseurs.-24 Brigade (La tour Maubourg), 4 squadrons of the sth dragoons; 4 squadrons ~f the loth ditto. At Most and neighbourhood i head-quarters at Alost. DIVISION OF GENERAL GENTIL SAINT ALPHONSE. Ist brigade (Vlliate)-1 squadrons of the Ist cuiras• siers ; 4 squadrons of the 4th ditto. 2d brigade (Gusler)-1 sqoadrons of the 9th cuiras. siers ; 4 squadrons of the 10th ditto, at Grammont and Audenarde. ZOHRAB, THE HOSTAGE.—The new edition of this last work, by Mr. Moarea, author of " Baba," will be published by 511.. BENTLEY, New Bor. lington-street, on Thursday next, the 29th inst. Orders, which should be forwarded immediately, will be executed by all respectable Booksellers in the United Kingdom. Agents for Scotland, Messrs. BELL and BaAOFUTE, Edin burgh; and for Irelind, Mr. JOHN CUMMING, Dublin. Just published, " Otterbourne, or the Early Days of Hotspur," by the author of " Derwentwater," 3 v 01... Also, now ready, " The Buccaneer," 3 vols., and tilt Fourth Vol. of the English Translation of " Madame Junot's Memoirs" COURT OF CI-lANCERY.-(T;IIS DAY.) The LORD CHANCELLOR sat a t ten o'clock in Lincoln's Inn Hall He wa. in Court :or a considerable time before h could get any Counsel prepared to procee•l , vith anything that was on the piper. After calling tbe paper over several -imes without finding a Counsel ready, his Lordship stated that he would go away for an hour for the purpose of of ding an opportunity to solicitors to get their Coun•el, mil that by the time he returned again he should exvei t fiat some Counsel on some side, in some case or other in tie paper, would be ready. Just as his Lordship was about to quit his chair, Mr. Pepys and Mr. Burber, made their appearance, and having stated they were ab'e to go on in JANSON V. DAVIS, T •'v were heard upon the exceptions to the Master's Report. ROLLS COURT.-(TEIIS DAY. I His Honour the MASTER. of the RILLS sat at the Rolls Court, Chancery-lane, to-day. After upwards of a hun dred solicitors were sworn in, the Court proceeded with petitions, hut up to the period of our reporters leaving nothing of public importance h vl come before the Court. VICE-CHANCERY.-(THIS DAY.) His Honour the VICE-CHANCELLOR sat at Lincoln's Inn and took motions to-day. His Honour wa• occupied the whole mornine with an application for an injunction to restrain a parson named Williams from interfering with the working of a colliery in Lancashire. The case was of no interest except to the parties cone , med. ADMIRALTY SESSIONS.-(THIS DAY.) This morning these Sessions commenced before Sir C. ROBINSON, Mr. Baron VAUGHAN, and Mr. Baron GURNEY. The Learned Judge, Sir C. ROBINSON, in his address to the Grand Jury, said, although there were not many eases in the calendar, be regretted to say there were two of the most atrocious character. The Grand Jury then retired, and shortly after 11 o'clock came into Court with a true bill against Robert Onions. Robert Chalons was placed at the bar, charged with the wilful murder of Thomas Eaves on the high seas, on the 9th of April. W. Johnson stated that he went out msge of the brig Matilda, on the 2.9 th March last, bound to Sr.• Thomas's and St. Domingo. Thomas Eaves was the C iptain. The crew consisted of eleven, including the Ciptain. The orisoner's brother was shipped as carpenter, but he wont on shore ill, and the prisoner was taken in his place; the• prisoner was not well, and was hardly able to do his duty; but they did not know that until they here !Ting towed out of Liverpool, when it Wal too late to send him on shore. On the 9th April, when they were in latitude 49 deg. and longitude 15 deg., about half-past one in the a ternoon, in consequence of what the cook said, witness went to the scuttle, and saw the prisoner lying on the starboard side of the forecastle, between two chests ; he a.k 11 him to come on deck, and the psis , ner, who was moaning, said he was not able; witness told the capt :in, and he requested him to get the medicine chest and medi•- eine book up, and to ascertain what the prisoner's corn plaint was, in order to give the prisoner something ; wit ness got the medicine hook, and followed the captain to the scuttle ; the captain got about half-w.y down the steps, and then witness heard the captain's son cry oat " Murder." Witness went to the captain, wi:ose body was half down the steps, and pulled hint up on decd ; the prisoner was striking at the captain about his leg with an adze, all the time witness was pulling him up ; witness saw him strike the captain on the thigh and be tween his knees; witness got the captain up. and he de sired witness to go and ask the prisoner what was his reason for such treatment. Witness did not go below but remained with the captain. The captain was bleeding very much. Witness shortly after went below to take the adze from the prisoner, whom he found making his way to the hold with. the adze in his hand. Witness laid hold of hi m , an d !equested hint to let go the adv. They struggled, and assistance coming, the adze was taken from him. After dressing the captain's wounds, witness secured the pri soner. Witness told him what a cruel thing he had done to cut the captain so, and the prisoner replied, " it was nothing." That was all that passed. This took place just after dinner, and the prisoner did not appear while at din ner to be ill, or to have anything the matter with him. From the situation in which the captain was, his head and hands being above deck, it was impossible he could have struck struck him ; he had merely asked the prisoner how be MIL There had been no difference or quarrel between the prison and the captain on that day. The captain was about 35 or 40 years old. Cross-examined by Mr. ADOLPHUS—The captain was a small man, and not stronger or more powerful than the arisoner. Witness never saw much bad feeling between •he captain and the prisoner. The prisoner had been treated very kindly. Had never known the captain knock the prisoner down. The prisoner had not emu plained of illness just before the 9th of April, but on that lay he complained of having pains in his legs. The cap tain was in his cabin when witness told him of it, and wit nese followed the captain to the scuttle. When the cap tain was going down the scuttle witness was about thirty feet from him. Thomas Hanson saw the transaction, hut he was now in the West Indies. Two or three days before April 9, the captain complained of the prisoner's doing a piece of work, and said if he could not do nis work better he must go below. On the 9th of April, alter breakfast, the prisoner sharpened his adzo and his o ils. Witness had not beard a short time before that he captain had beaten the prisoner violently. Wm. Daly stated that he was a seaman on board the Matilda. On the 9th of April he was at the helm, and beard the captain's son call out " Murder !" He called !be naen down from the main top, and they went forward. Witness remained at the helm. He shortly after saw the captain coming aft, assisted by two men, bleeding from his legs. Did not then see the prisoner. In about 20 minutes after he saw the prisoner on deck, and several tunes asked him if he was not sorry for what he bad done. He said, " Sorry be -," Witness saw the captain in the cabin getting his wounds dressed. There was one wound on the middle of the right foot, the shoe having been cut right through. The left heel bad a very ,p-n, desperate cut, and another in the upper part of the thigh. The latter was a large deep cut, the worst of all. The captain lived until the 15th April, and then died. Between the 911 and 15th of April, the captiia became delirious, and was obliged to be bound 'lawn. The second night after receiving the wounds, be was first bound down to prevent him from doing himself injury, but he broke loose, opened his wounds, and came upon deck. He seemed to suffer very much, and died delirious. Before he received the wounds he was in very good health. Witness did not see any ill-treatment of the prisoner by the captain on the 9th of April. The captain had once told him that he was no carpenter, and desired him to knock off, and to go below, Witness could not say whether the prisoner was a good carpenter or not. Cross-examined--Three or four days before the 9th April, after the prisoner bad had his eight hours on deck, at night, the captain wished him to turn on again in the morning, which was irregular. The day before the 9th April, the prisoner bad complained that the captain had jumped upon him. Never heard the captain call the pri soner a - rascal Johnson was recalled, and stated that they had no regular medical man on board. The captain used to administer medicines to the crew. Witness dressed the , aptain's wounds. The captain was in good health be fore he received the wounds. The wound on the left thigh fractured the bone, splinters of which were visible, aid a great deal of blood had flowed from it. Delirium took place on the morning of the 10th April. The wound in the thigh began to mortify on the third day. Daly was recalled, and stated that the day before the occurrence the prisoner complained of a pain in his face. The prisoner in his defence complained of general ill. treatment by the captain, in being bird worked, and beaten by him ; he was in consequence very ill and unable to do his duty. The frequent repetitions of ill usage operated so strongly on his mind, that when he struck the captain, he did not know what he was doing, and he laid hold of the first thing that came to his hand. He expressed great contrition for what had occurred. During his defence, it was evident that the prisoner was labouring under indisposition. Several respectable witnesses gave the prisoner a good character for honesty and humanity. MEETINGS OF CKEOITORS, AT THE COURT, BASINGHALL-STREET. (From the London Gazette.) TOMORROW, Nov. 20. NI. n. (3. Price, bookseller, Clapham-rued I at :I DIVIDENDS. NV. Willmington, jun., glover, Milhor..e Port 'it 1 ' J. Said, woollen-draper, St. Martin's.lane l2 G. Reynolds, druggist, Coventry F. Prestinari, looking-glass-manufacture:, Leather-lane