The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1833-01-01 00:00:00

THE LONDON PRESS. THE WHIG REFORM MINISTRY. It is impossible for any, man, no matter how closely he may have watched them, to understand the principles, or the motives, or the objects of the cabinet. They do ~o t seem to act upon any rule for two months together. It is not yet many weeks since Lord John Russell, in the most pompous manner, threatened the electors of Devon `shire with the ballot. Lord Advocate jefferey held out a similar menace in Edinburgh. Yesterday, one of the ministerial journals addressed the electors of Essex, who have, to their honour, returned Sir John Tyrell and Mr. Baring in the same tone. In short, " the ballot" was the cry, not long ago, even by Lord Althorp himself. 411 of a sudden, however, the notes of these lords and gentlemen have undergone a change. Mr. Secretary Stanley has announced, on the part of his Majesty's mi nisters, that they have resolved to adhere to the bill, and the " whole bill," which they now declare to be " a final measure." By this we are to understand, that no alteration whatever relative to the qualification in county or town is to receive the sanction of his Majesty's Minis ters. The tax impediment is not to be removed; the shilling impost on the registration is to be continued ; the prompt payment of the rates, on the day and hour fixed, is to be a sine qua non : and the unfortunate house holder, even though lie pay two hundred a year in rent, who has nut resided twelve months in one particular te nement previous to the day of registration, is to be dis franchised as if he were a parish pauper. If these be the present sentiments of the ministry, the first question to ask is, how long will they adhere to them ? We already know, that tney entertained very different notions not three months ago. When they threatened us with the ballot, they must have cherished the belief that the reform bill was imperfect, and any thing but " a final measure." They did not propo s e that debasing measure, the effects of which would totally change the national character, and convert a large portion of the electors into hypocrites, cheating being the rule, lying the means, and the ballot the cover to the fraud ; they did not, we say, propose that measure without re flecting that it would alter the whole spirit of the bill, and be a violation of every constitutional principle. When the menace was on their very lips,—when it was thun dered in Torquay and in Edinburgh,—Lord John Russell and the Loid Advocate must have known trat they were declaring opinions in accordance with those of a certain number, if not the majority of his Majesty's ministers. If they merely stated their own personal opinions, know ing that their colleagues or masers entertained the very opposite opinions, then we say, that such an idle and empty menace was a direct insult to the electors of De vonshire and Edinburgh, a disgraceful abuse of authority, and a most sinister sort of compliment to Lords Grey and - Brougham. For these and other reasons we are inclined to believe, that, at the time these menaces were put forth, the opinions of the cabinet were divided, this division being caused by the unsatisfactory aspect of the ap proaching elections. To what causes, then, are we to ascribe the return to their original impressions by his Majesty's ministers, and their resolutions as to the bill being " a final measure ?" They have, probably, discovered, to their infinite satis faction, that the bill works much better for their party interests than they expected. The bill has done all that . was originally intended. It has inundated the House of Commons with ministerial serviles.' It has given an as cendancy to the whig aristocracy. It has returned all the Lord Johns and Lord Williams. It has secured the .seat of almost every whig, placeman, and sinecurist ; kept them all snug in their places and the receipt of their pay, and, therefore, we need not wonder that they see the bill in a new light,—think it one of the wisest mea sures under the sun,—the most. ingenious and useful pieces of machinery that ever came from the hands of a political millwright or a philosopher, and they, conse quently, in their raptures, declare it to be "a final mea sure." _ _ Well, this is the song of the day, but how long will it last ? As we have already shown, ministers are never for more than a few weeks of the same mind. What may look fair in December may look dark in February, and before the end of the session events may occur which will convince the cabinet, that this cannot be "a final measure." They must not flatter themselves with the delusion, that all the members who enter the House of Commons with the title " Reformer" emblazed on their flags and placards, will, when the struggle begins, be the uncompromising supporters of the present or any other administration. Tile adherence, or non-adherence, of, at least, an hundred members will depend upon events. We can clearly see, that many men have been returned, not merely because they are reformers, but because they are expected to discharge a fearless duty to their country. The times demand it; the state requires it; the nation will insist upon the performance of those conservative, or rather preservative, duties, which canal one relieve, the severe embarrassments of the country. Let it not be imagined, that the next session will be allowed to p ass , as tile last did, in long discussions on theoretical, or, if you will, necessary reforms. We must have acts, not professions—ameliorations, instead of blunders in finance —a real reduction, instead of a paltry shifting of the bur dens of taxation. We must not continue one moment longer to be gazing through the eye of the millstone—it crust be set to work—it must begin to grind—it must separate the chaff from the corn, and the scarf-skin from the farinaceous matter, and give us bread instead of wind. if the reformers, whether pledged or unpledged, do not devote their earliest and undivided attention to this sub ject—the wants of the labouring classes—the privations of the artisan—the stagnation of trade—the unprofitable employment of capital—the enforcement of poor laws upon Ireland—the correction of infant slavery in the midland districts—the relief of the suffering colonists in the West Indies—if these interests, or questions, are ne glected, as they have been for the last two years, woe be ito the ministers and the reformers.—Guardian and Pub lic Ledger. - THE LATE ELECTIONS.-TENANTS AT WILL. As tli:.siiigie.success (of which, by the way, nearly half the supporters were Reformers) has been made the occasion of further menace against what little has been left of Conservative power.in the constitution, we shall• be excused for entering into a short detail on this subject. The whole object and effect of Lord Chandos's clause is stateble in a few words—it was to give to the tenant of 1;50 a year in land the same privilege, neither more nor less, which the other clauses gave to, the tenant of £lO a year in a house. We cannot understand why, according to any rule of political justice, the ministers should not have put the tenant of even ten pounds a year in land on the same footing with ten pounds a year in a house, and why the poorest house in a town should confer a vote, while a superior house in the country should'give none : his, we say, we cannot understand; and if Lord Chan dos's amendment had gone even to that extent, we do sot see how any man of common sense or common. ho nesty could pretend that it was any variation from the principle of the bill; but when limited, as the noble lord's .pro l i:,&,al was, to the fifty-pound. tenants, it requires, we should, a priori, have thought, more impudence than even the authors of the bill possess•to have complained o f N. 3 slight an extension of their own principle. "Aye, *here's the rub ;"—it was indeed an extension, though a poor and inadequate one, of their own .professed princi ple; but it was, as far as it went, an impediment to their real though secret design. The fifty-pound tenant is likely to be a man of property—the ten-pound tenant may THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. be a pauper ; the fifty-pow:ld tenant generally goes to elkuT t ch—the majority of the dissenters and infidels (the alliance is none of our making) are ten-pound tenants ; the fifty-pound tenant is, from his occupation and posi tion, a lover of quiet an d good order, the enemy of plun der and incendiaries, and not easily dragged into mobs and riots—ten-pound tenants are, on the contrary, more liable to sudden excitement, and more easily congregated in force ; their property is not of a nature to be much en dangered by popular commotions, and they are not merely accessible to, but greedy for, the intoxicating poisons of the revolutionary press. These were the real motives for the personal preference which the householder has re ceived over the landholder, and for the collective impor tance given to the former class, which really is so grossly partial and unjust, and so destructive of all balance of power in the state, as to be hardly credible. We shall, without wearying our , readers with any details, give them a summary of the effect of the bill on this point. Supposing that all the county members were representa tives of the landholders—which is by no means the case — but if it were so, then the landholders of England will have 145 representatives in the new parliament, while the householders will elect 327, about five to two! And again; the actual population represented by the 145 county members is about 8,000,000, while that repre sented by the 327 town members is only 4,000,000 ; and , combining these two elements, the proportions in which political power is dealt out between two classes—who, as Lord Al horp admitted, must needs be rivals—is as nearly FIVE to ONE in favour of the householders as against the landholders; and yet we shall be told—nav, indeed, we have already been told by the ministers---th - at one of the most serious " perils" of their " experiment," arises from the undue preponderance of the landholders! But extravagant and impudent as this proposition is, the ministers —aye, the very ministers themselves—draw conclusions from it that go infinitely beyond the original falsehood and absurdity. Not only are the 4,000,000 of householding population assured of 327 members against the 145 representatives of the 8,000,000 of landholding population, but these 8,000,000 are threatened with more restrictions, closer limitations—in short, greater injus tice, if any one member of the 145 shall be chosen in op position to the wishes of the governing faction.—Quar terly Review. rOltia'lGN INTELLII4ILNCJa. FRANCE. Our Gallic neighbours have been in a state of quiescence during the week. The ministerial law, empowering the Government to do constitutionally, what during the late insurrection it did in so arbitrary a fasuion,— that is to say, to declare Paris or any other rebellions district in a state of siege, and under mar tial uiscipline,—is likely to be carried without any formidable opposition. Some fresh changes in the Ministry are not im probable ; but the policy and system of Casimer Perier are not likely to be disturbed. According to the accounts furnished by the intelligent correspondent of the Times, L. de L. the com mercial and manufacturing interests in France are generally reviving. The woollen, silk, and cotton trades are looking up. Harness-making and cabriolet-building are in activity; but grand equipages are not called for. raper-making goes on prosperously ; but the book trade and printing are said to be on the decline. What do they make of their paper ? There is a considerable increase in the Customs and in the amount of mercantile tonnage for 1832, as compared with 1831. The total of marching citizens in Fiance, who can be required to do duty _out of their departments in case of war, amounts to 1,943,899 men, from twenty to thirty-five years of age : of these, 724,00) rae furnished with arms and equipments. The Greek loan guarranteed by England, France, and Rus sia, has been contracted for in Paris by Mr. Aguado, on good terms for the Greek Government,—that is to say, at 94 to 96 per cent., interest 5 per cent. HOLLAND AND BELGIUM. THE SURRENDER OF THE CITADEL OF ANTWERP. ANTWERP, Dee. 21, Monday _Evening, 5 o'Clock.—The Dutch, at 3 o'clock this day, laid down their arms outside the gate of Kiel, which is furthest from the town. The French ,spared them the pain of laying down their arms before many per sons. The permissions to visit the trenches were not only dif ficult to obtain to-day, but many of those of a former date were refused admission. General Farousech led them out. General Chasse did not appear himself, being unable to walk. The num ber is stated to exceed 4,I'AX) men. They returned afterwards to their old lodgings in the casemates, where they are to remain until the decision of their King arrives, as to whether they, on his surrender of the forts Lietkenshoek and Lillo, are to return with their arms and honours of war to Holland; or,--by his re fusal to do so, to become prisoners. They all appeared in ex cellent health. Colonel Caradoc has been to the citadel. He took Sir George Hamilton,. the Secretary to the Legation at Brussels, as his aide de-camp: they saw the citadel, and had a conversation with old General Chasse, who treated them with attention. The Dutch flag was removed from the mound in the citadel early this. morning. The French troops are in possession of the .two demi-lunes, one near the Esplanade, and the other towards the Fort St. Laurent. The treatment this evening by some of the lowest mob of the Dutch priscnors taken on board the gun-boat that attempted to escape Lirt night, is protested against by the best-informed Bel gians. I hey were brought into this city tied on a large cart, and escorted by four or five French gendarmes, who were not aware . of the ft'elings of the populace. They passed through the vegetable market, where they were hooted, and some c ib bage leaves thrown at them, at first, andA'afterwards brickbats, which w ounded'one of them. The gendarmes endeavoured to cs tlfp'i:'rowd but their efforts were ineffectual until ton duty cart arrived at the Mechlin gate, when the Belgian officer on duty called nut his guard, and prevented the crowd from follow ing the prisoners as they went towards Berchem, the French head quarters. The burning and scuttling the gun-boats is regarded by some here as a wanton act of barbarian warfare; but as I have been assured, the commandant of. that flotilla, Captain Koopman, who still continues in the citadel, acted in compliance with the orders of his Sovereign, who especially forbad the allowance of his ships or boats to be seized. The French disclaim all intention to take any ships, their ob ject being merely to clear the Belgian territory. There is, it ap pears, existing a convention between Capt. lioopman and the Commandant of Antwerp, whereby all sailing on the river at night is prohibited; the secret attempt of the Dutch was there fore prevented, and hence in their rage they destroyed their vessels. The number of soldiers killed and wounded on the French side is stated to be 5 officesrs killed, JO severely wounded, 68 sub-officers and soldiers killed and 479 severely wounded; the slight wounds are not reckoned. On the Dutch side there are said to be 15 officers killed and wonntled, 86 soldiers killed, and 400 wounded in all. The description given of the c,itadel is striking: it is said to be all in ruins, being ploughed up by shells, the casemates filthy ; the provision store is said not to be injured, but the powder magazine was bored by a shell, which an artilleryman had the courage to take up and throw out to burst on the outside ; the hospital was also much injured by the shells, and the wounded severely treated by the projectiles that fell amongst them. Se veral of the more severely wounded have been removed to the military hospital in this city. It is said that General Chasse, in speaking to the English vi sitors, expressed his hopes that his defence, as his character was at stake, would be agreeable to his old military leader the Duke of Wellington, under whom he had served at Waterloo; he ex pressed the same hope to the Marshal and other military officers of the French army. He is willing to abide the decision of the King of Holland, and, if necessary, to go as a prisoner to France. The inhabitants of Antwerp have already begun to clear away the rubbish and dung with which they had covered their cella,s and lower windows, in fear of a bombardment. ANTWERP, Tuesday, Mid-day.—This being Christmas-day, the people assemble in the churches, &c. Ail seems joy and satisfaction. Crowds are moving on all sides on the quays, ramparts, &c. which have been lately forbidden walks to the people. The barricades are no 'longer wanted. I have seen an Ausclian brig; which went up to Tamise to unload on the 25th Nov., coming down the Scheidt opposite the town. Its going to sea will be a matter of interest, as it will prove now the freedom, as the brigs flutter the same colours did in 1782 prove the closing of the Scheidt, when Joseph 11. tried the question with the Dutch, which was the cause of a war, but was settled at the peace of Fontainbleau. There is an Hanoverian vessel at Liao, waiting to come up with its cargo to Antwerp. It will be strange if those two German ships should decide this question. The Dutch colours continue flying at the Tete de Flandre and the forts Austrewee, Zwyndrecht, and Burcht, but they are to-day to be taken down, when the French take possession. The Dutch fleet continues tranquil at Lii.o. On Sunday 18J0 men landed and made a sortie from Lief kenshoek. They were repulsed from Doel by the French, and lost thirty killed and many drowned; the whole is said to amount to 150. The arrival of the officers with the answer from Holland is awaited with great anxiety. BimussELs, _Dec. 25, Tuesday.—ln the intense interest at tached to the events of the last few days, I have omitted any notice of the proceedings in the Chamber. In the sittings of last week the discussions on the ways and means were conclud ed, and the project adopted by a large majority. A new project has been presented which bxes the war esta bishment for 18.33 at MOW men, exclusive of the militia, and the maximum of the levy for the same year at 12,000 men. A project will soon be presented regulating the amount of the peace establishment. It now appears that the Dutch set fire to the gun-boats, to prevent their falling into the hands of the French. Six were burnt to the water's edge, three ran in to the polders and sunk ; one was taken with the Commandant Koopinan, the military chest, and about 30 men, chiefly officers, on board. They were sent off to the head-quarters of the French. Many men were drowned in endeavouring to get on shore, after setting fire to the gun-boats. • BRUSSELS, Tuesday Evening, 6 o'clock.—No account can yet have reached us from the Hague, nor is expected before I'hursday. The opinion here is, that the King will refuse. That, however, is only an opinion. The third edition of the Independant of this evening says, that between four and five yesterday afternoon, the Dutch gar rison, with drumS beating and coiours flying, marched from the citadel to the Lunette de Mel, where the men laid down their arms, and the band their instruments of music, &c. The Gene ral and other officers were allowed to retain their swords, and will do so until it is known that the King of Holland refuses to give up Lillo, &c. In that case the officers will give up their swords as prisoners of war. After leaving their arms at the lunette, the Dutch returned to the citadel with their knapsacks only. It was a feeling of delicacy highly honourable to the French General-in-Chief which induced him to send the Dutch by the short way to Kiel, and' to spare them the humiliation of a road by which they must have been exposed to the gaze of a greater number. This second edition contains also a statement, which I am assured maybe looked upon as perfectly correct, of the number. of French officers and soldiers killed and wounded from the commencement to the close of the siege. It is as follows :-- Officers killed on the spot Ditto severely wounded . Sub-officers and soldiers, do 479 Ditto killed on the spot Total 562 This does not include those who were slightly wounded. Major-General Favage, a Belgian by birth, was the second in command under Chasse in the citadel. He it was who came out at the head of the troops when they laid down their arms. General Chasse, who is confined with a rheumatic attack, was not able to come out. In the evening, the Marshal, ac companied by the Royal Dukes, paid a visit to Chasse in his quarters in the citadel. CAPITULATION Concluded between the General Baron Chasse, Commandant of the Citadel of Antwerp and the Forts dependent on it, and Marshal Count Gerald, Commander-in-chief of the French Army before that Fortress. "Art. 1. The General of. Infantry, BaroL Chasse, shall deliver up to Marshal Count Gerard the citadel of Antwerp, the posi tion of 'fete de Flaudres, the Forts Burght, Zwyndrecht, and Austreweel, in their present state, with the artillery, ammuni tion, and provisions, except those objects mentioned in article 3. "Art. bz. The garrison shall march out with the honours of war, lay down their arms upon the glacis, and be prisoners of war. flowever, Marshal Gerard engages to have them con ducted back to the frontiers of Holland, where their arms shall be restored to them as soon as the King of Holland shall have ordered the delivery up of Forts Lillo and Liefkenshoek. With this view Marshal Gerard will send, without delay, an officer to the Hague, and permit General Chasse to despatch one on his part, it he should thick proper. "Art. 3. The officers shall keep their arms. All the garri son shall keep their baggage, carriages, horses, and effects, be longing either to the troops or to the individuals of the garri son.. The persons unconnected with the garrison who have remained in the citadel shall be under the protection of the French army. "Art. 4. If the answer from the Hague should order the delivery up of Forts Lillo and Liefkenshoek, the garrison shall be conducted back to the frontiers of Holland, either by water or land, at the option of General Chasse, immediately after the said forts have been taken possession of. " Art. 5. If the garrison are to go by land, they shall march in one column. General Chasse shall be at liberty to send off staff officers and commissaries to prepare lodgings upon the Dutch territory. "Art 6. In case the horses and carriages belonging to the garrison should not suffice for the transport of their effects, means shall be provided for the conveyance at the expense of - the garriscn. It shall be the same with regard to the boats that may be required for the removal of the furniture of the officers and others attached to the garrison. "Art. 7. For the removal of the sick and wounded the ne cessary boats shall be furnished at the expense of the Dutch Government, to send them to Bergen-op-Zoom. Such of the sick as are not in a state to be removed shall continue to receive treatment in places suited to their situation at the expense of the Dutch Government, from surgeons of that nation, who shall en joy, on their leaving, the same advantages as the garrison. " Art. S. Immediately after the signature of the present ca pitulation the besieging army shall occupy with one battalion the half-moon and curtain-gate in front of the town. "Art. 9. The commandants of the artillery and the engineer corps shall, within the shortest space of time possible, give up to the commandants of the same corps of the French army, the arms, ammunition, plans, &c., belonging to the branches of the service with which they are severally charged. An inventory shall be drawn up on both sides of the objects delivered up. "Given at head-quarters under Antwerp. Dec. 23. "The Lieutenant-General, Chief of the Staff, furnished with powers by the Marshal Commander-in -Chief of the Army of the North, "SAINT CYR NUGUES." (Additional Article.) "The flotilla of 12 gun-boats stationed before Antwerp, under the command of Colonel Koopman, is not included in the pre sent capitulation. (a true copy.) "Colonel AINRAY. "The General of Infantry, Commandant of the Citadel of Antwerp, "Baron CHASSE." ANTWERP, DEc. 25, TUESDAY NlGHT. — Christmas-day has passed over with far more satisfaction to the inhabitants of this city than they had expected some days ago. They enjoy their liberation, as every one who considers their position a month since may easily conceive. Poor old Chasse ! he seemed to feel his position as most painful, when, with tears in his eyes, he expressed his hopes THE DUTCH WAR. The citadel of Antwerp has fallen—and fallen honour ably. The twelve days' campaign of our ministerial con temporaries has, indeed, to their great regret, been out rageously prolonged.by their brave commander ; never theless, we are glad to see that they have the good taste, it we may not attribute it to right feeling, to seem con tent that the General, and the heroic garrison under his orders, have not been put to the sword for their contu macy in continuing to defend themselves after the first summons. It will be remembered, that when Marshal Gerard threatened to place Chasse and his troops out of the pale of civilized warfare, and to consign them to utter extermination, without quarter, unless they gave up the citadel—it will be remernoered, we say, to the disgrace of the ministerial press,, that, far from expressing any abhorrence of so foul and. unprecedented a course of pro ceeding, they either exhibited a savage exultation upon the'occasion, or, at the best, went the whole length of Justifying the French commander, both in the denuncia tion and in the possible execution of the threat. We exposed sufficiently at the time this ferocious thirst for blood, and, therefore, repeat now our satisfaction, that milder sentiments have resumed their sway, - without stopping to inquire whether these are owing to the ap petite being sumciently gorged by the sacrifice of some thousands of Frenchmen, or, that the wrath of the Mar shal being appeased, and his clemency extended to the be;ieged, the ministerial organs are cpmpelled to say content, to call themselves friends of humanity, and " as sume a virtue though they have it not."—Guardian and Public Ledger. DINNER TO LORD SAND public dinner was given to Lord.Sandon, m the large room at Lucas's Repository, pet. The room was arranged in a new and "'than on former occasions. '1 he taLes, i Whole length of the room, extended aci lien in all. Each table was laid fur thirty e not - quite fail, and three others were 11 , centre of the room, between the two tire-p eross.table, extending across five of the on Platform elevated above their level, where tiuguished guests were rendered visible ti . 4 y. Over tee chair was placed a banner be verpOoi ; on the opposite wall was a red centre containing "426.4" the .number ed for, Lord Sandon.. '1 hese were the our t the room had a very agreeable and spiel tialf.past . liVe the cooipany began to assent six:the loom was neariy lined with gent. Pectability.. :About that nour his Lordsni ' , Quilted by a simultaneous cheer,•thellarn, 'e time playing " see the conquering he lidship was aainitted by the side door, and irman of his committee, Char.‘es Lawren, d the upper end of toe room towards the followed by Mr. Moss, Mr. Thomas Tobir Sandbaeli. Sir Howard Douglas came the chairman of his committee, Mr. Aid( • Richard Leyland, Mr. James Heywoi acker,,Mr..Dunean Gibb, &c. &c. . n the arrival of Lord Saudon at the erosE P took his seat on the right side of the chat Wrence • next him sat Mr. Richard Leyiant Jame, kr. John . Moss, Mr. Adam Hougso ! other gentlemen. On the left of the than glas, Mr. Alderman Robinson, Mr. A.de !irfJames Heyworth, and other gentlemen. he dinner was served by Mr. ~t..ynn, of the ellence as a caterer is too well known an readers to require any comment he , e : it i . r, to say that tile viands were good, abundar i 'efficient variety. 'there was a most satis inpagne during the dinner, and the win e of excellent quality. he number of guests was about DO, the i ring the Sandon and Douglas favours. [ - hen the cloth was drawn, Non `"obis Donn. style by Messrs. Holden and Cearn. 'the e that the military men of England would consider his defen worthy of his ancient reputation. DEC. 26, WEDNESDAY, ONE O'CLOCK.—The weather is and crowds perambulate the town and the quays. Orders been given to remove the barricades in the streets of the to The Regency of the city have applied by deputation King for three points : let, that the wails of the citadel the town be immediately abolished ; 2nd, that a price be on leave to see it now, for the benefit of the poor ; and, that the state of siege in which Antwerp has been some tiro removed. I have not heard the King's answer, but it s me as odd that the corporation should make the latter de before the decision of Holland as to peace or war be kno On the river all is tranquil. The Austrian brig lies op to the dock, ready to sail: ten or twelve small vessels down this forenoon with the Dutch wounded from the Te Flandres and from the citadel, going to Bergen-op-Zoom. The inhabitants, who fled from their houses during the al, continue to throng home. Crowds of curious arrive; but, prohibition to see the citadel as yet disappoints theth sal there is great difficulty also to get into the trenches. HALF-PAST ONE OCLOCK.—I was deceived yesterday person who ought to be well-informed as to the passing of de Tallenay into Holland. I have been now assured, on authority, that neither he nor the French officer sent by shal Gerard on Monday have been allowed to pass into Dutch frontiers. They now remain on the con fi nes, wall, for the reply of Holland as to the fate of General ChassC the late garrison of the citadel of Antwerp, which will, as maintain, be procrastinated long. [From the evening edition of the Independant.] REFUSAL OF THE KING OF HOLLAND. We have just received news from Antwerp of the retur the Dutch officer charged with the mission to the Hague specting the capitulation of the citadel. Messrs. de Tale and Passy, who have returned with him, were obliged to a' his return on the frontier; their entry into Holland having refused. King William refuses to evacuate the forts of Lillo and kenshoek, dec►aring that he wilt give them up only to : and not as required by the terms of the capitulation. This refusal wilt astonish no one. BRUSSELS, DEC. '27, T HURSDAY, ONE, P.M.—Those who culate on Dutch obstinacy . are not likely to be disappoi°, while William of Orange reigns. He has, as was expected every body here, sent an answer in the negative to the pr 4 tions for the surrender of the forts Lillo and Liefkens Situated as those two forts are, it will be difficult to take unless a frost should come so hard as to make the ice a polders about them able to bear the weight of cannon; au the last twenty years there has not been, I am informed, a frost here, nor is there any appearance at present of the bable approach of such weather. On the contrary, it usually mild for the season. Preparations are already begun for the evacuation of citadel and the forts dependent on it, by the Dutch gar who will be marched without delay to the rear of the F army, and, as soon as places are ready for their reception, it is probable, be sent into France. His Majesty the King, Duke of LancastA ee, and one cheer more.—" God save the Her Majesty the Queen, and the Royal tes three.—" Here's a health to ail good "Their Royal Highnesses the Dueness u lincess Victoria"—three times three.—" Hai Lord Lieutenant of the County." he CHAIRMAN demanded a bumper for th, e said— Gentlemen,—The next toast is one which I E 'ive with the enthusiasm it merits : 1 mean ' , le guest and representative, Lord Sandon. The company ruse and gave a succession of m not number, but which might probably be all the enthusiasm the worthy Chairman, ord SANDON then ruse, and was again gre ,petition of the toriner ciamourous applause. Mir. Chairman and Gentlemen,-1 wound Ih. one who once was your representative, in of press adequately the feelings which posses a second time, I receive from you the hon went, after success, in being placed in the e resentative. You must, however, be edntel • and plain expression of my acknowledgui d, that in retuning me, you have not serve iviclual person, but that eou have been*servi the objects of a great cause, and of..A gre old, inueed, be more overwhelmed than 1 am instances in which I stand before you, if I e . interest, all the excitement, all the exerti , hated the town, were stirred only in the cam and that indiviuual myself. Ido not th *ye to rejoice, along with you, in the success triumphed in my name. Gentlemen, I fee th e instrument, you have successfully resiste Mincer over this town.—(Here Lora Saudon a regular volley of cheering.) Gentlemen, ed, I feel that, with me, you have resisted,t of u sy n iii ii.an e et et l e a s exs s it ss t against , boertltrhe n hat a tnp o tei t r , ti n as e :4 it unmi t o p ina o c u oe g r though nf t t et l less than identity. Gentlemen, I feel that N name, resisted au entleavont to . binelepeaa Your representative; so that, in place o e Presentative of your interests, in a general Ilse, he could ouiy inanimatemy reflect the opi portion of your community. 1 his is a tri honest man may rejoice, for it is untainted means of success, as it is just and excellent l, said Lord Sandon, with indignation, 1b 'unity which has been cast upon our proms pose of sullying our success; and I do not e' .those who, in time first moment of defeat, an Bible to know tne truth, hazarded that alai • the purpose of throwing a tout blot upon I tenph. We, I think, if defeat had been - our have endeavoured to cast that stain upon t ,ght have caused our failure, but worn(' have bout asperity, the fortune which had overth ntlemen, I do feel indignation at this i at; and I cannot think it the part of _goo good fellow citizens, to take that oecaSic teavour to fix, a lasting reproach upon th question is now set at rest, and that we she it ; and I shall go up to parliament, feet represent the unbiassed suffrages of this' gr hen I first came among you, and afterwards, v L: it similar manner to that in which I am now ere c t plaiuly - that you must consent to take inions as they were then frankly delivered I :tiered to those opinions through evil and throi I. am content with the verdict of approbati( easion which calls us together, as well as by I d warm. incident of our proceedings, is no need upon my conduct. These are, and tl fitly passed have been critical times, in which By for any man to secure so general an approl Whom he is accountable, that he cannot say tI Y in the exercise of independent judgment; t el ipossible but tat in such times a man wil Dea m t, however, that you have given in your ye s ti to the general course of my conduct, and v Ire reason to be well satisfied. I to.d you, • red to solicit your suffrages, that I was a rein d am a *reformer, desiring that object in orde :orate, and restore, but not to destroy. It wa ee t by e Ai nt s reform, za an t d h dfie a inc t his la% li lmn M nge o a at j tsh e uga s ro t te y t hb ' l s eayat m ocnin i c e n de i pw s i t Papers have been received from the Cape of Good accept err CAPE OP GOOD HOPE. red la‘o measure. 0 0erf a ak o b ssu i e d irnm . al Hope. 'entlemen, as a final measure it was offered, a to the 2lth of October, by which it appears that 2iti cattle 'd to that I sacrificed both interests and stn mers in the district of Beaufort have sent a memorial to the. ossessions. Being a finaleneasure, and be vernor, in which they inform his e xcellency that " t d 0 ',lied to it the consent of many reluctant su intend to obey cer t a in enactments" con tained in the nee/nk. it would be dishonourable in his Majest' order of the King in council. The ob j ections of the sae ter carrying their measure on that ground; rialists to the enactments relate principally to five clause . ' ed on that ground were many not willingly c the nature and meaning of which they appear to be mishit.° ' eole measure, they were now to violate the e or to have taken a very imperfect view. They, object, in. 'Oil condition of that support, and to end first place, to the hours of labour, beyond whi c h the exe *ails so put into their hands, to carre, , other ins of the slaves are not to be required, on the ground that then contemplated. Ido not, however are insufficient for the necessary Protection of their c a eh result, and I hail with the highest satisfac : whereas it appears from the orders themselves, that spec' , lions of his Majesty's ministers, in di&rent p. servation is made re to the labouri of such slaves as are which proclaim their adherence to their c ployed in the' duties to which they refer. They make P A trel•ese of reform of parliament, and which slit objections as to the nature of the clothing and the victin, Le act of shaking off that radical support with be furnished to the slaves, and the bedsteads with which ; Zen encuinberea. (Cheers.) I hope now are to be supplied, which appear equally devoid of f o utels o 4 s rt of the community unite against. the coma inasmuch as great latitude of exception and discretionaeY keient shades, of opinion, which already gr( are invested in the slave-owner. The remaining objeeet i fetlVrge in the 'broader die-Unctions, which are ad the clause, by which all slave-owners are required to ati ( "'" 4 l 4 l; l,l s, the obsolete, may I , call thetu r definitions assistance of a medical attendant to their slaves in the el e `ol o l, t displaced by those of so far deeper meaning illness, is applicable only in cases where the owner has,.:ll/ 4 4 e, elit distinctions, conservative and destruetiv, his management forty slaves or upwards; but it seems t°' k hat take the example of the Greeks of the le is, that there is no cattle farmer in that district who kif s iii e oursolvesinenseussingthe colours, the re so many as forty slaves. It is, indeed, ordered, that, k 7limoteere, when the enemy is at the 'eettes of any acute or dangerous disease of any slave or slave, oe, as I hope we may, the support of the e owner or manager shall employ a medical practitioner fo.d h , is a prineipie with ine to support the hover cure or medical, treatment;" but as the memolialistseve , it ik them with remetauce, nor is it fitting that vi that "if any human being, ur any one interest ed, en nslt e o, k for less than the gravest reasons, differ flee his duty to do this of his own accord, indepen de nt l y of ty i tit_he head of affairs. It is my principle to still der, surely the objection to this enactment of the or der e e'e, if possible, and not to differ from them be rationally sustained." — Times. , s for us to bear constantly in mind - that the GUATEMALA. ''er watchful to take advantage of the dis We learn by a private letter from Belize , dated Octoh e e e r e e tli ose who, in fact, mean only the same thine that althoughtranquillity is restored to the Repub lic of ti e jeo ;!'ough that advantage to overthrow the set America. as to the cessation from actual warfare , ye t cone ',Le of things. repeat, then, that I shall in the stability of the Government is as distant as ever..e. All an independent wish to support, if I cat state of Guatemala a decree for a forced loan of 90,00 u 8 Majesty's government. lie seould not tt has been passed at a time when the raising of hat toe 0 , 1 01 to what he might call general party politics. cause a vast deal of distress amongst the already harrass e chants and tradesmen. Money was daily 'beer:lra/0g scare; there was but little mining, and less coinage. TURKEY AND EGYPT. In the Moniteur Ottoman of the 24th Nov., an article on subject of the Sultan's quarrel with the Pacha of Egypt, tended as an expose addressed to the Goveinments and of Europe by order of the Sultan himself. Unanswerab the facts stated in this expose must prove, it is• obvious that Sultan did not stand in need of any such means to proela , Europe the justice (4 his cause. Every government and vidual conversant with the modern history of Turkey are a that the Sultan was never guilty of any act of injustice, op sion, or provocation, which could in the remotest manner j 5 or excuse the attack made on him by his Pacha, Mehemet On the contrary, he had always entertained a high estee' o Mehemet Ali, paced an unlimited confluence in him, he favours on him, anct had long been looking to the power of aid and co-operation for the execution of the important pla reform which he had contemplated since the year 1808, whe unexpected revolution placed him on the throne. There are persons in Europe who are individually inter in the prosperity and success of the Pacha of Egypt, and, therefore, are taking great pains to show that his cause 15 most deserving of popularity of the two. In proportion, ever, as the quarrel between the Sultan and his powerful " increases in interest and importance, Europe will natu wish well to the side whose triumph will best promote the c of civilization - in Turkey. If we were to form an o pi n io the experience of the last few years, it would not be too hal ous to say that the whole welfare of the Ottoman empire peuds on the Sultan's making a successful resistance ag his revolted vaailand the other rebels who have joined and did the'''• nction of that empire can hardly fail secured by the latter's succeeding in dethroning their Sovere or even gaining any decided advantages over him. Meb Ali is an ignorant and uneducated Turk, who has risen an obscure and humble station, not through any particular 0 of his own, but through chance and those accidental cire stances to which every '.furk in power owes his elevation. Cl zation has done nothing more for him than assist the due l ment of his natural sagacity in discovering how far the reso of Egypt could be rendered profitable to himself. Sultan 3 moud is the son of a sovereign who has reigned, who has tb fore had all the advantages of education that are withia reach of a Turk, and who was the favouriie nephew and ticai pupil of Sultan Selim, by whom he was taught 11 0 raise the Turkish empire from the state of insignificanc e which it had been left in consequence of the rapid strides 0 in civilization by the other kingdoms of the European tr ° The exertions that Mahmoud has made, especially of late .y to render available the natural and great resources of 'fur were not and could not be intended for his own individual ben Personally, he had, in fact, nothing to gain. It is the prospe of the whole empire and the good of every one of his suui d that he has undertaken and made the greatest efforts to prof The obstacles with which he has met and which he has o verc°, were of the most formidable kind. He was in -a fair way of ' ing the greatest part of his laudable projects realized before, period of his natural life. If he obtain not a signal truraph o f the rebel Pacha, the rebel Pacha will surely obtain a s ional, uniph over him; for even if through mercy lie were sufferee remain on the throne, his power would receive a mortal b,' his faculty of good be completely paralysed, the Janosai o again be set on foot, and all the miseries of the former OY' which seemed to condemn Turkey to perpetual barbarism al be revived. *n(t" Independently of these considerations, which ought to 1 every teal friend to civiiiiation to desire that the Sultan.,P; come off victorious, there are motives not less important, 0,, as generally urgent. liussia is watching the progress of el,`, in Turkey to regulate her own future steps in that part 0,1 world. The triumph of a rebel, and the dethronement ti rightful Sovereign, would afford a pretext for Russian o 'i ferunce. The. state of complete exhaustion in which the el,l would be left were even the Sultan allowed to remain 01 0 throne, would leave it at the mercy of its natural enemy, 0 hasten t hat political destruction with which it has been threaten for the last eighty years.—Paris Correspondent of the Times.