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. He has had the singular talent of mystifyin 3volving every point which he had proposed He has augmented the difficulties which it we ject of his protocols to rearm*, and he has give ;t damning touch to diplomacy by annihilating tb ?.rcial privileges connected with the navigation heldt which he had strenuously contended for, i of the Belgians. the closing of the Scheldt the Dutch have raised uestion for the consideration of the other powers ( e. Prussia is deprived by this measure of th ry means of exporting her manufactures. Austri .ussia are equally interested in the exclusion respective flags. England and France h ave cei no right to complain, except against their respectiv fments ; but the other powers have, seeing tha Pere not parties to the coercive measures again O. Under these circumstances negociations upo r basis must be renewed, in which M. de Talley nd Lord Palmerston will play a less conspicuou lan formerly. Whatever shall be the issue, tl )f the Netherlands is perfectly justified in the ling cy he is pursuing. His allies took the citada .werp in order to preserve the peace of Europe Dutch Majesty, having the same object in vielf the Scheldt!—Guardian and Public Ledger, RIISSIA:-WHIG FOREIGN POLICY. ) forgets the Russian-Dutch loan of five million! ) loan of two millions and a half guaranteed to th King of Greece ? All must remember, tha twelve months Russia has got, one way or another nillions of British money, of British engagement las money. Now, let our readers mark the equi as announced by the Globe, the ministerial jour last night : ante accounts have reached us of the conduct of Al The severely wounded, 59 in number, were obliged to be yeyed to Antwerp hospital, the French military authority K specially charged itself with their protection. Amongst fr , there are 36 that have undergone amputation, - Colonel untrioens and Lieut. Van Limburg Stirum haye been also U thither, since the state they were in would not permit to - be removed elsewhere ; the latter being accommodated cousin's of his there. The marshal has positively promised these patients shall be sent to their native homes, when their respective cases shall admit of it- Commodere Koopman,. who, in consequence of the addi '4al article, had not - been included in the capitulation, Was, in k evening of the 26th, removed to the French head-quarters, 'tithe officers of the navy had their weapons taken away from N. After many representations against this proceeding, L'i after repeatedly urging the Marshal, that if the navy were 'Placed on an equal tooting with ourselves, he would treat personally, no better than Commodore Koopman ; as it is F (hay of every commanding officer, when a prisoner of war, !to exempt himself from the general suffering, however great, kiceeeded in effecting that, the officers got their weapons re "led, and the sailors included iu the capitulation; at the same k hopes were held out that Commodore Koopman would %join me again. I will, however, not rest, until my request, !hie end, is complied with, or insist on sharing his fate. FOn the 27th Marshal Gerard sent me a letter of the follow 9011tents : " 'TO BARON CHASSE, GENERAL OF INFANTRY. :i. `General—l hasten to inform you, that in consequence of ctions from my government, just received, I am autho to send both you, and the troops late under your com , back to Holland; under the express condition, that all etlicers and soldiers included in the capitulation, as also rse/f, do positively engage not to bear arms against France her allies, and, especially, not against Belgium, as long as adjustment to be made between the latter power and the Nether- Kil shall not have been completed. `Should you accept the proposal which I have the honour kaking, I shall forthwith give the necessary orders to cause 'tacit' aud your troops to depart, without delay, to the Dutch 4 tiers, where your arms will be restored to you. In case of 'ttion, I have to apprise you, that my orders are, to have , 4 tae 1 f and troops conducted to Dunkirk. ' Receive, General, the assurance of my most distinguished " 'The Marshal Commander-in-Chief, " ' COUNT GERARD.' . , iic;orcl, commander of the Russian squadron in O. To which I sent the following answer:— Taiwan. While England, Germany, and France, a r • l o MARSHAL COUNT GERARD, COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF y employed in establishing a settled government it THE ARMY THE NORTH. ; whine Prince Otho was expected daily to arrive in tit' . ANTW ER P CITADEL, Dec F . 27, 1832.—Marshal,—In reply for the purpose of restoring order and subordinati(? e letter, by which I have been honoured by your Excel .rs that the Russian Admiral has been t am p er i ng w - Y this day, relative to the conditions on which the garrison embers of the Greek senate, and has actually aided a e citadel of Antwerp are to be sent back to Holland, I them in their secession from the common cause of th e, the honour to inform you, Marshal, that lam not by any Ten unworthy members of that body, with t • s authorised to enter into such an engagement; and am, ce of the Russian admiral, have withdrawn themselv refore, under the necessity of undergoing, along with my seat of government, hoisted the standard of insurre 1)3, the fate which the French government may have allotted inst their countrymen, and offered to the Russian ad Ills lu this case. elf the station 01 President of Greece. We are glar .A, ec )t, I Marshal, the assurance of my most distinguished to learn that the accredited agent of the Czar di m - ""1 he General of Infantry, s loudly of the part taken by his naval officer,- and # 4 ----' "BARON CHASSE.' •.; trust that the cond.a.a of the latter will be disavowe' l' Whereupon we received, yesterday, orders to march to ipproved at St. Petersburg. There can be no hope E lhkirk ; Major-General de Fauvage having broken up, this ny settled government established in that country ta ruing, with the first column, of about 24W men, consisting isgraced, recalled, and punished as he deserves for lylte lush division of infantry, and two companies of the 2nd, y and presumption." iler a strong escort, while 1 shall commence my march to policy of Russia during the last year, aye, durintirrow morning with the second and last column, consisting of restof the infan the artiller . and six years, must now be transparent to the mo, „ try, . 3 , , marines. I. As to the disavowal of the Admiral's proce Ihe gentlemen of the medical department have, at my re tat, obtained leave to return to Holland, and will leave this the Russian government, that is just as valuab the first opportunity, except Surgeon Major Croissant, isavowal of the conduct of the captor of Ancon .ou account of my state of health, at his own solicitation, French government. The truth is, that the f accompany me to Dunkirk, where means will be found to policy during at least six years of Russia is h im back to Holland, as soon as I shall no longer have ad embroil the fools in the west of Europe, whi ou for his services. 4 I shall have the honour of sending your excellency, from 7s her own game in the east. Other times w .irk, my further proposals for military rewards, the time early what we know but imperfectly; but still g too short at present. part the share that Russian intrigue had in t 'ills moment the melancholy tidings come to hand that luestion, and in the French and Belgian reb lonel de Gumoens died last night, in the hospital at Antwerp, Of what inextinguishable derision must Britt fousequence of his d: in him his Majest loses an of woun • d,whose I • deeply no less brave than experience cleat isla nmach ministers be the objects at St Petersburg no b and by myself in y every one, at Ashburham-house.—Standard. " The General of Infantry, BARON CnAssu." """""""'"'", 11 4 a later letter General Chasse requested the Minister of L 'ar t o r e tu r n his thanks to the King for the distinguished tr lt of favour which his Majesty had bestowed on him and the u nbson of the citadel ; and, at the same time, transmitted the FRANCE. add nothing to our p r of the day, issued by him on that occasion. rench papers of Wbduesday i , ••W, rwledge. In Galignanis Messenger we find, under t ER OF THE DAY FOR THE GARRISON OF ANT ERP ITS news from Nantes, that the trial of M EPENDENT FORTS, AND HIS MAJESTY'S NAVAL FORCE ON ademoisell ~ -HE SCHELDT OFF ANTWERP. Yon account of the secret press and other materi. '' Brother soldiers—No reward more honourable, surely, can Lug, found in their house when the Duchess of Be to the lot of a soldier who has done his duty, than the con ned, was called on before the tribunal of correction ation that his deeds have been approved of by his King. that town on the sth instant. The court was crowd "This brother soldiers, is the case with us ; your conduct ;at many ladies made their appearance dressed in gre • 2 rig the siege has met with the King's satisfaction ; the de :. The pleadings lasted till half-pastthe aft ere, in general, has answered his Majesty's just expectations. the judgment was deferred. It is now supposed dr less will be brou has with sympathy noticed the fate of so many brave men by the Due de Brog ht to trial admission. thanks to the embro gi L o have shed their blood for their country, and the great pri "'dons and fatigues which you cheerfully submitted to. PARIS, January 9. k Desirous of giving, in the first place, a mark of his high ;cussion on Saturday relative to the Duchess of Be robation to me individually, and, in my person, to the whole itself very much into this lucid decision—that 11 rrison of the citadel of Antwerp, his Majesty, by a decree of ghness is to remain in the chateau of Blaye until s,e 25th instant, has named me a Grand Cross of the Military The ministers say, we have the prisoner, and Eder o f William, while his Majesty is benevolently awaiting keep her as long as we think her detention necessals presentation for rewards, still to be submitted to him. nquillity of France; the Chamber says, do just as Vs" brother soldiers, we have honourably acquitted ourselves remember you arc acting on your own responsibil our task; and if, for the moment, our arias must be with we have no more to do with it than the parliament aw n from the holy cause of our country, that cause will still This is the real sum of six hours' discussion.—T htinue to live in our hearts • and whatever trials may yet be /es have, however, misrepresented the result of i sto re f or us , s urely we shall deem no sacrifice too great. direct nor an implied approbation has been given 'A ntwerp Ci ta d e l , 27 t h D ec . 1832. e which ministers have expressed their intention "The General of Infantry, The emphatic manner in which M. Dupin, as Pref, "BARON CHASM" the question, would sufficiently prove this fact, if prO 7 linnDA, JAN. 7.—The western frontiers of this province are tin„a. " Upon the ensemble of the petitions," said 11 ready strongly occupied by Belgian troops, belonging to the mittee proposes to pass to the order of the day, a rps of Daine. Those stationed about Santvliet began imme particular interpretation which had been given to th met , y after their arrival to infringe on the frontiers, and com as, the reporter haS very well explained that a misty it petty thefts in the villages. There is no doubt that the inn that the committee did not intend to engage t .rrison of Hoogerherde, commanded by Major Van Kinschof, !/), any manner ; that the question does not relate to 1 1 find means to induce them to discontinue their predatory measure, since there is no bill before the Chambe its. According to another account from Bergen-op-Zoom, judgment, since there is no ne called f or , and t e number of Belgians on this side of our province is estimated would not at any rate constitute itself a tribunal; 13. IthoUt 5,000; and it is also averred that they do not by any / to be given, since the Chamber will nut interfere at 'eans respect our territory, but that their daily patrols are in tter—but to a simple adoption of the order of the di, e constant habit of making incursions on the same. The the views of the committee ?" M. Sapey (!Lop s taken prisoners at the taking of Fort St. Laurent, and : " Yes, perfectly." The President: "Then I ict i, for a while, remained at Grammond, left that place last of the day to the vote." All this is a simple ref edu es da.y for Dunkirk, to join their comrades there.—Breda a of the Chamber to assume gratuitously a portion kr au t, Jan. 8. risibility which belongs only to the ministers. '1 J AN . 9.—lt is said that the Russian government has contracted )in took no part in the discussion ; M. Dupin him: 14 ala for eight millions sterling at Amsterdam, on the most ad md all his party remained silent. The reason of lotageous terms. The Moniteur of to-day contains a royal Dupin (as I have before told you) is decidedly .dinance for establishing and improving dock-yard schools, in Ltd the Duchess ought to be tried by the Chamber ich ship-builders may be tau,ght the principles of their sci -lif ever the question were brought directly before M c; &c. The Moniteur. of to-day also contains a royal ordi •, would support that opinion, and unquestiona ea -ee i n creasing the postage of letters to Spain, Portugal, and the doctrinaires if they resisted it. This is the A l i braltar. It likewise announces that the Queen, Princes, and their having abandoned the idea of presenting a l° riacesses, have proceeded to Compeigue, from whence they tied, as directed by their famous ordonnance; but . go to th e ar my, to be present at the approaching reviews. ious to find au opportunity for the contest—he is V e learn from Mecklenburgh-Schwerin that the Grand Duke 'keep his Presidency at any rate for the session, a much displeased at the induence exercised in his states by the ,some his arms unless the gauntlet is thrown direr iety for the Liberty of the Press established in Rhenish Ba .—Paris Correspondent of the Globe. a ria, and he has announced to his subjects his resolution to !nut s wn all attempts to create discord and confusion.—Paris Cor -41-ondent, London Standard. DELEIGN mTELLtGENCE. HOLLAND AND BELGIUM. despatch of General Chasse, dated from the cita) p, is in every way interesting. We, therefore, s' ;ether with some other official documents. owing are extracts from the Dutch papers TWO oon (From the Stoats Courant of the 6th inst.) 013 E, Jan. 5,1833.—We are now enabled to commit flowing, report of General Chasse : o HIS EXCELLENCY THE MINISTER OF WAR. 'ERP CITADEL; Dec. 29, 1832.—1 n continuation' 3f the 21th inst., I have the honour to report to :4 -0 y, that, in consequence of the capitulation conclu on that day took , possession of the raveline of , and subsequently of the five bastions. o o'clock in the afternoon I was visited in my ,he two French princes, accompanied by d ten or twelve more generals, who paid me the tog iments on the defence of the citadel; the war s ie that he would grant me every thing that was o his instructions. flie condition in which they fal l , r of the citadel seemed to astound them all. no cause whatever to complain of the manner are treated by the French; and ail my trifling y politely attend to. rif myself happy in having been able to anticiln ty's wishes of having the wounded t r ansportea d since, at my request, the wounded and sick, who !co and at the 'f ete de Flandres, on the 26th, have A by water, under a French guard to the fleet, our own crews to Bergen-op-Loom. o f occasion, the Belgians have again given a pro re itic baseness, by directing a violent musket all the way from Kattendyke to the Fort du ^4" scorted by French military. L „ HOLLAND. c t - ita HAGUE ! JAN. 6.—For some days past there have been 0,3 sittings of the Cabinet Council. It is affirmed that the 6 "Ject of deliberation was the new proposals made by England Cd France, the principal of which are said to be, the surren k!i: of Lille and Lieikenshoek, the free navigation of the Celdt, w ith the payment of a moderate tonnage,—the free 4 vigation of the inland waters, according to the regulations of tariff of Mentz,—a commercial route by way , of Sittardt 4 Venloo,—with a toll,—Holland to be put in possession of ktho territory assigned to it by the 24 articles within ten days k „ ‘ '.`er the signing of the treaty ,— the reduction of the Dutch C.t! Belgian armies to-the peace establishment within a month Or the signature of the treaty. It is said that these propo either wholly or - in part, are decreed inadmissible, but not 1 " 41 1y rejected ,- so that they may serve as a basis for further i Notiations. A new Russian loan has been opened at Amster ,l24. under the title of "the 4th Series of the Loan of 5 per i t 7 41 1.,' and the house of Ilope and Co. is to negotiate the loan k l ,,,. 4 Ktortunity shall oiler. l'he amount of this loan is to be t"w,000 of rubles, or about 40,000,000 of florins. We hear Mm Bergen-op-Zoom that on the sth inst. two ships arrived off 4 th with wounded Dutch soldiers, who had left Antwerp the 4 <*clin s night. Several of the sick and wounded from the del of Antwerp, who were brought to the hospital at Ber -4-op-Zoom, being entirely recovered, have left the hospital join their brethren in ams. The two ships above-mentioned , wounded soldiers on board. The ice in the river making ditlicuit to go up to Bergen-op-Zoom, the two ships went to Atuilitig, where the wounded; no doubt, have all possible (Are ea a them. . _ THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. Up to the 9th instant, Wednesday, the council continued in deliberation on the new proposals of France and England. Lit tle hope was held out that they would he accepted, save as the foundation of further negociations! The cannon of Antwerp were only an agreeable symphony between the acts of the' comedy of conferences! The Scheldt is positively closed by the King of Holland against all flags, neutral or otherwise. had been experienced since the tremendous flood of 1819. These took place on the 22d November, and the rapid flow of the river into the Careenage occasioned considerable damage. The accounts from Anguilla are rather more favourable. Great misery continued to prevail there • but some fine rains had fallen, which if they continued to fall duringthe present month, would give great relief. SPAIN. The Cabinet of Madrid is at last organised. The resignation of M. Zea not having been accepted, this Minister, after some explanation with his colleagues, determined on remaining in office. Count d'Ofalia is appointed Minister of the Interior. M. de la Cruz has been installed as Minister of War; and M. Ulloa, who held the naval department pro tempore, definitely called to that department. M. - Fernandez del vino continues as Minister of Justice, and M. Encima yPiedra still directs the Finances. M. Ballasteros, however, is likely ere long to re place the latter in that department. The King is said to labour under dropsy of the chest. Messieurs Zorilla and Pedraza, two Alcaldes de Corte, judges of the Superior Criminal Court of Justice of Madrid, the senior of the Supreme Council of the Indies, the president of tile Pro vincial Superior Court of Estremadura, and the police chief of Cazeres Suarer, an enraged apostolical, have been discharged —the two first are also exiled from Madrid. Four colonels and forty-three officers of the Royal Guard of Infantry have re ceived the same chastisement. M. Sacanel, Ayuda de Camara, chamber-groom to the infante, Don Carlos, is in prison, in con sequence of some papers and correspondence of a traitorous tendency found in his lodgings. Many other persons, his ac complices, are likewise arrested, or orders issued for the pur pose, and amongst them is the general of all the Dominican friars of the Roman church, who is ex-officio grandee of Spain, and resides actually in Valladolid.—Morning Herald. General Montes, a well-known liberal, who held an important command in the time of the cortes, is appointed commandante chief of the Royal Foot Guard. This circumstance, and that of the appointment of General Freire to be commandante of the oyal Cavalry Guard, give the best security for the triumph of the Queen and her daughter, in the event of the King's death. —Correspondent of the Morning Advertiser, PORTUGAL. Lisbon Gazettes, from the 13th to 29th of Dec., both inclusive, have been received; but they contain no official accounts of the operations before Oporto, except a short bulletin, dated Lisbon, Dec. 20, giving an account of the sally made by Don Pedro's troops on the 17th. They publish accounts from Vallongo, and other neighbour ing districts, up to the 18th, which give a very flattering account of the affairs of the Miguelites. Don Miguel, they say, was received with much enthusiasm by the army and the inhabitants. They describe the condition of the garrison as desperate, and the desertion from it as considerable. The following are the most important extracts : • LISBON, DEC. 21.—His Majesty's Government has received news from Valongo, of the 18th, at night, announcing that his Majesty had been on that day to Villa Nova da Gaia, to review the corps of his army to the south of the Douro, where he was received with every mark of affection and loyalty ' not only by the troops, but by the in habitants, to the number of 12,000, who had flocked from the sur rounding country to see the King. VALLorico, DEC. 16.—The arrival of his Majesty has excited the greatest enthusiasm here. Two French soldiers,, deserters from the rebels, have arrived ; they say that 40 others have left, with the same determination._ _ ...... ..... RICARDAES. DEC. 15.—0 n the 11th, 12th, and 14th instant, 18 soh diers of the rebels, including a serjeant, came over to us. They say that there was a great scarcity of provisions in Oporto,—that it had been intended to distribute dried cod among the foreigners,—that on that account, and for want of pay, they were inclined to mutiny ; but the officers had appeased them by promises. The deserters admired our batteries and the abundance of provisions in our army ; they say. that Don Pedro will not allow the ex-Conde de Villa Flor to go out of Oporto. Letters from Vallongo give an account of a review of the second division of the army, 'While the king was inspecting the batteries, a ball from the enemy's batteries killed a woman a few steps before his Majesty, and wounded three soldierS. Ills Majesty showed great cool ness, and stepped forward to assist the wounded soldiers, giving his hand to one of them to help him to rise. Other letters give a few particulars of the repulse of the troops of Don Pedro in the sally of the 17th. On the 16th, 42 of the enemy's lancers, completely egnipped and armed, deserted. There was great scarcity of provisions in the city. LATEST FROM OPORTO. We have at last intelligence from Oporto of the 3d instant, which is unfavourable to Don Pedro. A .plundering attack which his troops made on the wine stores at Villa Nova, was completely defeated on the 17th December, with great loss. During the retreat it appears that the line of fire crossed our squadron, killed a man on board the Orestes, and wounded the first lieutenant of the tEtna. We really cannot help thinking that our squadron has very little business there at all. The Miguelites have secure possession of Villa Nova, and their shot and shells are doing great execution on the city—the Custom house is completely destroyed. In the town, money is scarce, and provisions still scarcer, for the supplies which have been sent from Vigo and other places are quite insufficient for the garrison. The inhabitants are suffering severely, and the loss of British property is very great. A reinforcement, under the command of General Solignac, arrived in Oporto by the Lon don Merchant, on the 30th, having succeeded in landing out side the bar. In the present circumstances of the town, such an addition of mouths to be fed cannot be acceptable, and the new comers have brought the cholera with them. Seven fatal cases have occurred already. Don Pedro did not need this ad dition to his misfortunes. His vessels have been ordered out of Vigo Bay by the Spanish government, with a strict injunction never to dare enter any Spanish port again. We have seen a letter dated on board the Donna Maria, Bayonna Isles, Dec. 27, which, though written with all the courage and good spirits of an English sailor, gives a melancholy account of the pros pects of the expedition. He says—" V e are again at our old anchorage, the Bayonnas, but I am sorry to say under very dif ferent circumstances to what we were before. We had then something in view—something to excite us; but now we are driven here, as a last resource—as our only place of refuge in distress. He then proceeds to describe their being ordered out of Vigo, and the consequent impossibility of their being able to afford the Oporto garrison any relief in the way of provi sions, and adds that the.crews were mutinying for want of pay. The Admiral was obliged to give those who would not serve, leave to go on shore, and immediately 100 quitted the Rainha, and the crew of the Donna Maria was reduced from 310 to 118. We are now," he continues, "perfectly useless as a man of war." The Admiral and Captain Mins had a quarrel, and the latter resigned, positively declaring that nothing should induce him to serve under Sartorius. To complete their misfortunes, the enemy is preparing to attack them in their almost defence less state. We should not be surprised, if the next arrival brought us an account of the end of this piratical expedition.—' London Standard. AUSTRIA. VIENNA, DEC. 27.—A pamphlet printed elsewhere, "On Reform in Hungary," was fur a short time spoken of here. We pity the ill-informed, if they can for a moment be induced' by such misrepresentation to believe; that injustice is in any way done to Hungary. How willingly would the Emperor remedy the most crying abuses, and the arbitrary abuses of the magnates, or introduce a more humane system with respect to the slavery of the peasantry, (for even vassalage is too mild a term for this state of things.) But his hands are tied. The chamber of the magistrates and of the new allies vie with each other in the strict assertion of their privileges. Nothing can be more absurd than the complaint of high duties on merehan dize entering the hereditary states. The Hungarians have no land-tax, nor any direct taxes whatever; what can be more reasonable than that their productions should pay a higher duty to make up in some measure the difference between Ilun gary and the other parts of the monarchy, where land tax and other taxes are so heavy ? The concession of a national army, to be commanded by Ilungarian officers only, would be highly dangerous iu these times. At present the promotion of the officers goes through all the divisions of the Austrian army without any distinction of provinces; but the Hungarian regiments themselves are unmixed; all to to the lowest rank are national Hungarians. There is at Vienna a distinct Hun garian noble guard, and a separate chancery, at which the Chancellor is always a Hungarian. How many Hungarian generals and statesmen of the highest reputation are there in the empire WEST INDIES. By the arrival of the Lapwing Packet, a file of Barbadoes and Trinidad papers have been received to the end of Novem ber. It appears that thd Governor of the Dutch colony of Surinam: had issued a proclamation prohibiting all British mer chant vessels trading to that port. It was said this was iu con sequence of apprehensions being entertained of having, the slaves smuggled away, and of the introduction of dangerous opinions among them. Much public excitement prevailed at Antigua, and the house of Assembly had presented an address to the Governor upon the subject of seditious publications being circulated, and of the general licentiousness of the press. Showers of hail had fallen on several of the islands ; and in islartinique iu particular, where the temperature had been unusually cold. At Barbadoes heavier rains bad fallen than BRITISH AMERICA. By intelligence from New Brunswick, we learn - that the mining companies there had received a death blow in conse quence of their application to our government for an exclusive mining privilege having been refused, government only con senting to grant a portion of the mines to one company, and that only for twenty or tlfirty years, and the duty required on the coal raised was 3s. per chaldron. In consequence of this the companies had abandoned their project, and thus will the mineral treasures of New Brunswick probably remain undis covered for another half century. UNITED STATES. The collision becomes every day more imminent. They write from Washington, that blood has already (before the Bth December) been shed in the rebel city of Charleston ! General Hamilton has demanded of the President the arsenal at Char leston and Port Pinkney, for the use of the State ; the Pre sident has refused to surrender either, and the troops and ord nance of the United States are hurrying to the spot. On their part, the nullifiers are rapidly arming, and seem determined on their course. The governor is ordered to defend the act of the legislature, which nullifies the tariff laws of the United States; and in case of au attempted coercion, to call out the whole military power of the state, and td organise 10,(XX) volunteers ; to purchase 10,000 stand of arms, accoutrements, &c., for the use of the state; and, in short, to take all wise and strong steps for the defence of their freedom. The President of the United States has issued a proclamation, which is not likely to conciliate ; and it is probable, that by this time the general government and one portion of the federation are atually at war. DONIESTZC. BRIGHTON, JAN. 11..—Their Majesties continue in good health. Yesterday the King gave audience to the Marquis Conyngham and Lord Palmerston. In the afternoon his Majesty, accompanied by Lady Sophia Sydney, took an airing in a close carriage, preceded by outriders. The Queen did not leave the palace. The Princess Augusta, accompanied by Lady Mary Taylor, took a carriage airing. The health of the Duchess of Gioucester is nearly re-established. Her royal highness has been visited by several ladies, and congratulated on her con valescence. Lord and Lady F. Fitzclarence, and the Earl and Countess of Errol, continue on a visit to their Majesties. Baron and Baroness Rothschild, Lord Ernest Bruce, and Lord Ainelius Beauclerk, visited their Majesties on Monday. His Majesty is expected to go in state to the House of Peers, to open the first session of the new parliament, on the 4th or sth of February.—Court Journal. We understand that the time fixed for the final departure of the Court from Brighton is the 21st of February. Bri ghton Gazette. Lady Ann Coke is to be created a Peeress: the advanced age of the venerable proprietor of iloikham, and various other causes, having determined him to persist in declining the honour of the Peerage —Court Journal, ROYAL FISH.—On Tuesday morning a fine sturgeon was taken off Brighton by Samuel Carden's boat. On landing, Carden carried the royal fish to the palace, as a present to his Majesty, who was graciously pleased to accept the same. It is a little singular that for many years past our industrious fish ermen have never been fortunate enough to capture a sturgeon but when the royal family have been staying at Brighton.— Brighton Herald. There are two candidates already in the field for the vacant Irish representative Peerage—Lord Downes, better known in this country as Sir Ulysses Burgh, an intimate friend of the Duke of Wellington, and Lord de Vesci. The latter will have the Castle support; we have heard so, at least.—Court Journal. There is a rumour current at the West end of the town, that Lord Palmerston is about to retire from the Foreign Office, and to be succeeded by Lord Durham. This rumour has been so often prevalent that we should not notice it now, if it were not general among persons who ought to know something of what .passing at head-quarters.—Sun. The attempt to raise a new loan fin. the Portuguese regency has been abandoned, after producing subscriptions to the ex ten;.: of £140,000 or £150,000. It is said, however, that the bills lately drawn from Oporto on the agents here, and which were refused acceptance when first presented, have since been taken We hear that the Duke of Richmond has declared that there are no grounds for entertaining the expectation that he is to succeed the Marquis of Anglesey in the Viceroyalty of Ireland. —London Standard. The venerable Earl of Egremont was last week / considered in a very precarious state of health, and Sir Matthew Tierney was sent for express to Petworth. Sir Matthew found the earl in a sound sleep, and left him on Friday morning, considering his lordship out of immediate danger. On Tuesday, accounts were received in Grosvenor:place of the earl's perfect recovery. SUDDEN DEATH.—William Facey, hair-dresser, of Kilming ton, was in the habit of going daily to Shute House to shave Sir W. T. Pole.- On the 27th ult. he waited on the baronet as usual, and left him in high spirits. Five minutes afterwards the butler saw him kneeling near a bench, and gasping for breath; a rupture of some vessel in the brain or head was sus pected. A jury sat on Monday ana gave a verdict of " Died by the visitation of God." The Earl of Dudley and• Ward, who for a considerable time past has been residing at Norwood for the benefit of his health, which it was generally understood was rapidly improving, has again been attacked in a very alarming manner, with a return of his unfortunate malady. On Tuesday, decided symptoms of the disease began to show themselves; and increased to such extent as to require the medical aid of Dr. Holland, who re mained the whole of the night with the noble earl. Early on Wednesday morning, Sir Henry Halford and Dr. Warren were sent for to Norwood, when a consultation was held, which lasted for some time. After it was over, Sir H. Halford re turned to town. About nine o'clock on Wednesday evening, a fresh summons arrived for Sir H. Halford. We have heard that the symptoms of the disease are of such a nature as to leave but very slight hopes, in the minds of the faculty and the atten dants, of the recovery of the noble earl. In the event of the death of the noble earl, the title and estates will descend to his brother, who is at present in holy orders.—ilforning Herald. TRANSPORTATION OF CONVICTS.—At the Winchester ses sions, the chairman, alluding to the alterations that had taken place in the criminal law, by which the capital punishment was taken from certain offences, such as forgery and sheep stealing, and some others, said he thought it his duty before he came to the sessionslo call on the Secretary of State for the Home De partment, to ask under what circumstances a mitigation (if any was allowed) might be made in the punishment of transporta tion for life, and how obtained, if by an appeal through the chairman to the sessions to the Crown, or otherwise. The an swer he received was, that under no circumstances would any diminution of punishment take place, and that all persons con visted of crimes contemplated by the act wouldinvariably be trarsported for the term of their natural lives. It is important that this should be distinctly known.—Brighton Gazette. MISERABLE END OF A PROFLIGATE.—An inquest was held last week at Worcester, ou the body of Captain Storr, whose career afforded a melancholy illustration of the consequence of extravagance and prodigality. When stationed some years ago with his regiment (the King's Own Staffordshire Militia), at Windsor, he formed a matrimonial connection with an ami able and respectable lady in that town,_ with whom he received a fortune of E 20,000. This, however, he squandered away, and at length rendered the woman to whom he was indebtedlor it dependent upon parish relief. This was readily afforded by the authorities of St. Peter's at Worcester, but as they were aware that Captain Storr was still in possession of some part of the wreck of his wife's property, they caused him to be appre hended, in order that they might arrange with him to set apart a weekly sum for her maintenance. To this arrangement he readily acceded and was liberated; but having failed to comply with the terms of it, he was again taken into custody in Lon don about a fortnight since. He was conveyed to Worcester, and on the 27th committed us a " rogue and vagabond" to the county jail for deserting his family. It was observed upon his arrival, that his state of health was such that it was not possi ble he could long survive; he had been suffering from consump tion for some time, and his malady had been probably aggra vated by his removal from bed at three o'clock in the morning, by the officer who conveyed him to Worcester. lie was imme diately placed in the hospital, where every attention was shown him, but after lingering a few days, be closed his earthly career in jail. Captain Storr was about 55 years of age. The coro ner's jury retuned a verdict of " Died by the visitation of God, but that his death was accelerated by the injudicious re moval of the deceased from. London to Worcester. We regret to announce the death of the Right Hon. Lord Blayne) , a letter was receiv e d i n t own yesterday, announcing his lordship's decease, at his seat in the county Monaghan.; this causes a vacancy in the representation of Monaghan, hislordship'S eldest son, the Hon Cadwallader Blayney, having been lately returned.—Freem an ' s Journal. Frederick Angerstein, Esq., second son of John Angerstein, Esq., of Weeting-hall, Suffolk , will shortly lead to the hy menial altar the beautiful and accomplished Miss Blayney, youngest daughter of the Right Hon. Lord Blayney, of Castle Blayney, Ireland, and niece to the Earl of Caledon. COMMITTAL FOR CONTEMFT. Mr. James Farquharson, who reported for the Times some proceedings which took place at a meeting of the Duke of York's creditors, was committed on Tuesday to the Fleet prison, for contempt of Court. Dl r. Farquharson refused to give up the name of the gentleman who had furnished him with the information, considering that it would be a dishonourable breach of private confidence to do so. POLITICAL. INCENDIARIM — The Edinburgh Evening Pa.t tells us that the house of Mr. Carnegie, of Glendig, in Perth shire, has been burned to the ground because he voted for Sir George Murray 1 This is a specimen of free election with a vengeance. MILITARY MovEmEwrs.—The Standard of last Thursday night says, "We have made anxious inquiries respecting the following announcement in this day's Guardian, and have every reason to believe it correct. The civil war 'upon an extended scale' cannot be long postponed:—' We learn, upon such autho rity as we think may be relied upon, that two regiments of cavalry, one of which is stati one d a t B r i g ht on , an d two regi ments of infantry, have received orders to embark for Ireland. We are further informed that ten regiments of the Englith militia are instantly to be called out, and sent to that country.' It is said that the government has determined to put down the new volunteers in Ireland, and that a proclamation to that effect may be soon expected." CORONER'S INQUEST.—An adjourned inquest was last night held at the Bull public-house, St. Ann's-court, Dean-st ree t, Soho,_ on the body of Signor George Deville, aged 45, an .Ita. Tian by birth, and one of the principal singers at the King's Theatre. It appeared from the evidence that the deceased, who was intimately acquainted with SPagnioletti, the leader of the band at the King's Theatre, and other distinguished Musical characters, was engaged to sing at the above Opera-house .next season. On Tuesday night last he retired to bed at his custom ary hour, at his residence ; No. 34, Wardour-street. On the following morning his servant went up to call him, when, re ceiving no answer, the door was burst open, and he' was dis covered in bed a corpse. A surgeon was sent for, who gaye it as his opinion that he detieaSed had died of apoplexy, and a verdict to that effect was accordingly returned. A large sum of money; 'together with his gold watch and appendages, was found under his pillow.—Times. WHIG PROSECUTION FOR LIBEL.—In the Court of King's Bench, on Friday, the Solicitor-General moved for a rule, calling upon Mr. Chalk, and two others, to show cause why a criminal information should not issue against them for a heel on Mr. M. A. Taylor, M.P. for Sudbury, published in their journal, the Chelmsford Chronicle. The alleged libel was con tained in the report of a speech of Mr. Alexander Baring, delivered at a meeting at Braintree, in Essex. Mr. Baring is there made to say, that as to Sudbury, there could not be found a better man than Mr. Wrangham ,_• but that a Whig—as old a Whig as Mr. Westernwent to Sudbury, and the consequence was, the electors came to poll with Conservative colours in their hats and Whig money in their pockets; that in no part of the country had there been Kreater corruption . than was practised by this veteran Whig at budburv. Mr. M. A. Taylor, it Seems,' wrote to Mr. Baring on the sup ject; but Mr. Baring neither distinctly denied nor affirmed the correctness of the report. Mr. Taylor then instituted his proceeding against the printers of the newspaper. He swore positively that the charge was false and groundless ; and after a little demur on the part of the Court—who said that the only doubt iu their minds was as to whether the imputation was meant to apply to Mr. Taylor—a rule Nisi was granted. GENTEEL BEGGARS.—On Wednesday last, two respectably dressed men, having the appearance of the superior class of seamen, and one of them wearing a splendid eye-glass round his neck, went into a public-house, in Salford, .kept by Ms. Lyons, and inquired for the landlord. Finding that he wail not at home, they inquired for James Lyons, his son, to whom one of them handed a document purporting ,to be a certificate signed by Thomas Thomas and lienry 'V ivian, Esqrs., two magistrates for the port of Swansea, of the loss of the brig Mary, bound from Jamaica to London, laden with sugar, coffee, by which the bearers had sustained a loss of £3001!; at the same time he pulled out a memorandum book in which were entered the names of persons who had contributed towards their loss, some two pounds, others one pound, and none less than ten shillings. Amongst the contributors were—Sir Thos. Salisbury, Sir John Nicholl, Sir Charles Morgan, the Hon. NV, B. Grey, Lord Foley, and about twenty clergymen, and in the whole, the subscriptions appeared to amount to upwards of £2OO. Mr. Lyons told them that he could not afford to give his money for any such purpose, upon which the spokes. man became very importunate, and made use of language which comported but ill with his character as a suppliant foe charity. Finding that he could not get rid of his troublesoine customers by any other means, Mr. Lyons threatened to send for a constable, but this had no effect upon them, the spokes man declaring that he would let Mr. Foster the magistrate, know how he had been treated, if any such indignity were of fered to him. At length, however, they pretended to go away; but a short time after, the spokesman was found concealed un der the stairs of the house, and then Mr. Lyons put his threat into execution, and they, were conveyed to the New Bailey, the other man, who had not spoken, being found loitering about the door. When brought before the magistrates on Thursday, they gave their names Thomas Davies and James Cooke, neither of which corresponded with the names in the certificate, and they denied all knowledge of each other, further than hay ing accidentally met at the door of the public-house. Mr. Fos ter said that their object clearly was to aefraud the public by a fictitious story, and therefore he should commit Davies, who had been most prominent in the business, to the tread-mill for fourteen days as a vagrant. Cooke was discharged with a caution not to be found in the town again after this, on pain of sharing iu the punishment of his companion.—Aftssieheasr Courier. SHOCKING ACCIDENT AT ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE.--A lament able loss of life occurred at Ashton-under-Lyne, about lour o'clock on Sunday evening. Six boys, members of a Sunday school, instead of attending there, were amusing themselves im sliding on the ice of a small reservoir of water, at the top of Cricket-street, when one of them having purchased a root of li quorice, his companions all flocked around him, nearly in the centre of the pond, where it was four or five yards deep, and partly by the pressure of this congregated body, as well as by the frantic jumping of one of them upon the ice, it gave way, and plunged all six into a watery grave. Two little girls and a boy, who happened to be the only persons present when the others fell in, and were standing at the edge of the pit, instantly raising the alarm, a married man, named Knott, hurried to thn spot, and supposing his eldest boy was one of the number, from perceiving a hat similar in colour to his son's on the surface, be plunged into the pit, and was immediately surrounded by the little victims, who clung to him so eagerly, that he perished along with the rest, in his humane endeavours to save them. Fortunately his boy was not one of the number. The specta tors of -this shocking scene being fur the most part females, no asisstance could be rendered, in due time, to the sufferers. At last, they were brought out of the water by three seamen, Who procured a boat, grappling-irons, and drags. All of them were dead. Knott has left a wife and five children to regret his un timely fate, and none of them except the oldest can earn au* thing. Two of the boys named Andrew, were brothers ; that remainder were all " piecers," employed in the cotton-mills, and had parents, who live within a few paces of each other, and nearly opposite the fatal spot. The inhabitants of the town, sharing in the general gloom which this woful event has spread over the neighbourhood, have kindly entered into a subscription, for the benefit of the families concerned. It is worthy of re mark that, on Saturday, the day before the occurrence, these boys, along with others, were severely repremanded by Mr. Newton, the constable, for going near the pit, and threatened with law if they did so agam.—The inquest on the bodies was held on Tuesday evening, before W. S. Rutter, Esq., the coro ner, and a respectable jury, at the parish office. Only twe witnesses were examined, a boy, named Abraham Walker, eight or ten years old, and brother to one of the boys drowned; and a young woman, about eighteen years of age, named Mary Ogden. Their evidence corresponded with the detail we have given. The first saw the accident occur, and was on the ice at the time, but was saved by two young girls, who pulled him oft Accordion to his testimony, only one of the boys jumped upon the ice. t he female witness spoke to seeing Knott attempt to save the boys, while they were struggling to gain the bank. She did not hear any shrieks from the bottle sufferers. The jury, without any hesitation, returned verdicts of "accidental death.--The following are the names of the deceased :—ThOti. Knott, the humane individual who attempted to save the °them, about 40 years of age, a In:icklaYer's labourer; Henry and Joe. Andrew, brothers, the former 16 and the latter 13 years of John —their father keeps a small shop, in Old-street, Ashton;_ John Shaw, 12, Robert Walker, 13, Joseph Bradbury, 12, and \Va. Bates, 11 years old, all piecers.—Manchester Cuurier,