The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1832-12-18 00:00:00

/. ‘.. 1 11 h ,the subject of their common object as brother — s - oldie — s - r :- 11 6 8 . is more precious than gold in' the 'estimation of - a French But the young Dukes have not evinced the iuterest t o p'. take in the comfort of the soldiets to•words•only... .They k i t . so o.francs to the Wounded in.the hospital at Antwerp: The „,..,ug.and- Queen here have also , been very, liberal to those who nt ered in. - their prOperty, by the accidental shot and shell in the 41t - Yaya dOnation of ,0000 francs.. .4;:eklAtF-PAsr 5 O'CLOCK P. m.—Thee accounts which left Ant „t.l:l) at half-past 1, and those which left Berchem at 2, de- Itbe the contest as going on rather more briskly at both sides. 'e Lunette St. Laurent had' not yet been taken. • • h At . th e momen t th a t I wr it e t h e cannonading can b e h e a r d .4 r e as distinctly as it was five or six days back, so that up to 1s instant-we. know they are actively engaged in the work of des truction. W. ' l2 he f o llowing are from the morning papers : (From the Moniteurßeeofficial account. IA-NTwER P , DEc. 11; N00N.7- 2 1he parapets of the trenches. nea rest to the citadel, were to-day manned with ten. fusileers a e h, who kept up a continued fire of muskey, which must 4 j o greatly annoyed the Dutch artillerymen in working their s ; for the citadel has for 24 hours past kept up only a weak: dr own like that of musketry from behind the works, and of bombs:, ',own from the masked mortars: ; i IV-ea fire of the'besieged is less brisk than it has been for some. `Qs- At 6 o'clock a detachment of the Dutchnnade a sortie 4 1 the covered.way of the bastion No. 2, and threNV down, e l e gal:lions : of/the head of the sap, which bordered on the : 4 4 eis•of this bastion. A company of_ the troops guarding the tr : t 9ches advanced to the relief of the sappers, and the enemy ! tired precipitately to the covered..way.. A che openingparallel to the left face of the Lunette St. Lam. ti ,!it h as reac h ed t h e roa d way to Boom, which passes between L ' lB lunett e and - the half-moon. A ne* passage has been open- , t ill 0 keep up the communication between tht which gees - from e covered-way - of the counter scarp c a nandth ew place d'armes • s lablishedlO support the head of these new works. • is now possime to attack the Lunette St: Laurent in the h• t ast-work, when we 'shall have silenced the fire of some p l aces which still bear on that point. (. •12, WEDNESDAY. EVENING.—The appearance of. the :i;lt-adel,, at which L gazed during . . an-hour and.a half this even-; 1 ) ,„g , -: was hideous; its -buildings in ruins; its parapets and em-, ',"tsures torn; its fire nearly"extinet; not a creature passing li,thin it, while the French bombs continued to shower upon it. -e defence, which . was hitherto so decided, seemed to relax lacreely a cannon. was fired•off in it, but a cOnsiderable was kePtup from the right flank of the bastion Fernando. th 4( lging from the direction of this musketry, it would appear 4 t the workS of the French approach near to the counterscarp k, of the left flank of the demi-lune, between.the bastions Toledo. Pacietto.. The French bornbardment from Fort Monte fled°, and one or two batteries near it,. was incessant. This • h4)lrtirival fire, Whichisnow an resolute, as ever;is, as it appears, i t o l e of the proceedings of a regular siege, and has for its object i Prevent the besieged from all attempts at new constructions the citadel, and also to protect ale workmen in the trenches, ' 'llse French engineers are amused.with the siege, which,. t T,'Y say, is but an easy practical lesson, at which they can take 4 (-'ir ()Im time. The Fort St. Laurent is represented as silent, rrhaps in expectation of the attack which is said to be prepared ti t this night—ln proportion as the. defences of the citadel f r o weak, the greater, in the. opinion of. some persons, be t4oes the security of the • city. Its neutrality. wilt he,allowed. 4 the garrison, if any credit can be placed in the assertions Of a .russels journal, follDerlr a violent patriot, but now the de . I‘P i 'sed supporter of the anti-Belgian Government of the Dutch • enarch which asserts that it has the best authority for stating t at that:Monarch has sent instructions to General Chasse to t „_ -es Pect the city. If. the. King, of Holland.wishe.s to prove his ' tteration, why not accept and act by the treaty of November, ,7 42 ? Why - sacrifice ,his best Dutchmen far nothing in this 4eless contest? • Fr ench NIGHT, 10 O'CLOCK.—The detertaillittiOaoaf the th l• ench Generals to spend eight or ten days more•in the siege - " 41 1 what - the Dutchtlefenee requires, is now evident. Their perics continue to fire as usual upon.the citadel, where, as jeneh eye-witnesses of the last few . hours state, the 'soldiers ae themselves at every bomb that arrives, and fire merely • : 4)11 1e - rampart guns whey they fear no danger. The garrison ° jeasionany threw' some -pots -.de feu, which some French. :Idiers wished to extinguish„when-a doken of the rampart guns • pere let off,comse, some of those that approached the the beeame victims. • Some persons who express surprise at 41 small numher of soldiers killed by the .fire and sorties of the Urrison, imagine that Genaal Chasse has the • intention of 4 ifiein a' mat nuMber when theassault is made ; the breach.: h - , • • 1 , * -attenes i wit., it seems cxpecte.. i .be ' , hay two OA l i t rea' day s , and the Fiench,are resolved to take lime to make ( 7 1 11 as little. expemive of the lives of their . soAtiers as possible. • , t tie of the batt,cries cestined to break the .ea face, of thebastion "led° tO,be hi„a„stat'J of 6.reat, for wardnesS. - There aie , two I , 2l;encit.oliinion n 5,.,0f the on,miiitary, reSpeeting the. 'ete - a ce st, said that the gar; iun has'ing . double the i t 44l liber a - ought, det. si iunt,A to sell itSelrdearly, tu, ave made so.ti•-s, , lnti•io. have s.au.:;litered thousands of the as 7. but, say those reasoners u:e 'IOW defend they-. 7 , E l ies fe'cliry.'helinut the walls, and dare not Vetiftite cut. - Alto ,"l' opinion - is, that the. Dutch ale. doing' as Well as cats be 'N t,. e . etect„and of.this opinitin..are thusp who do nut wish to ',V.arage the Dutch garrison, .lest' there should not be :sufficient 4. 'ury for the army that is to Make it stiri ender. Put of the wall 01 1 ()it St.l.anieut is mined according to . report; and 4 1 , three cavities -cif which .1,500 kilogrammes of powder` are • 14 '1ced, with the train laid ; to' be blown up when required. In' • I t l lll sfo i t there are said to be 300 men, Whom Marshal' Gerard. is esirous of t a ki ng , as welt . aS the whole of the - garrison, prison '. 1, of war.. -The - DULhmen iii . Fort St: Laurent are Said by game. report, to.haye offered to give up the - fort, provided reY be perMitted.to 'care 'into-the citadel„,"lnit the:. beSiegers • -I ; l i.refuSed those terms, as they have giniSso.placed as.to - oyer ,- o "eAn thispimy in the case theV attempt fart pge. 'lt i therefore, atect, - that the men in the rt sum lender at s, discretion. Ail this report requires con-- MouNING, DEC. 13.—The obstinacy of the King 2 .-.,l_llolland continues still to'draw doWria dreadful fire upon the 1 4- Cited Bari of the citadel, 'of which,the chief defence now the wish of the French nut to shed the blood of their% as they say, "we were i essed for time, by the fetus of approaeh7of an army..to relieve w the citadel, e should storm ectly ; bu 11 t 0W we proceed slowly and surely, without any 49 1t ecesSary riskS." o'cLocx..,-Lhase made inquiries-into. the real state of. * ,the besieging army, and-find that there is no. truth,. as to the re moved up of Fort St. Laurent,. as the garrison there can. be the orincreased at the pleasure of General Chasse: within, there last 2 , 1 hourS,there have been but very few soldiers in it, and 'ere . have been.,but fe.w , guns fired from it., 'The..min,e, which is to do it injury, is described as much advanced. • THE FRENCH ARMY, • b tiratcnEm, DE(.. 10, 6 o'CLock, ManNlNG.—The night has eell very hot for the b.esieged. The 52d oft the line, on dutt • at flteadvanced workS near the bastion of Toledo, have had to rure the constant fi re of a battery of stones which are estab-. on the countersearp . of. the bastion: . There have been hounded; particularl y, a lieutenant of grenadiers, whoSe 41 oak has been riddled by stones and the bursting of a howitzer= ), en. M. de - Pontecoulant, Major and Aid-de-Canip to the . ;`.4arshal, is doing duty in the trenches. Six hundred men are placed at the e:0.1 . -eme - rig,ht - of the second parallel, within ''' ll sket-shot of The I).t t Toledo.'. They arc sheltered by. "e Ill'avk Of the - f,f.e, autt'irpitect the workmen' who must t - Pon Join those villa 'ale ophirrig a communication with the lrat tieni:h. liaver'l2lticddlo newniortars on the centre of ` 4l e fit3t The'latteries,..:l4lV.:9 and 10 have. been , (i itanged: Two' pieces 'of artillel-y alone' flie on the Fort of i • ' 'The 011,c,s ale directed: l 'bn the lodgment of Fmt St. aurent.' 'The 1,,1tte , ',/ of 'll.lontehollo'likeWise. diteets its (loss' t iro on the san•e, I)N' ~ :-Meh we shall speeilLY accomplish strttetion.,. or i i it inartessible. to 'all ( ..onimunicatienrstitli' , citadcl. interrap!tion effected-will eonsteerablyfaiAli , ie.° our ulteriol. <Tel ations. / Every Moment the-helix takin, of ttie St:.Laureitt, 'but up to the plesentimiir, . althou6h wOik:s ale Mitch damaged, tfte besieged occnpy-it.- o• • . -rum tithe to time wo have discharges of carmen from the ram T ‘,. 4 -,Parts and some firing from thk=aitillery:.- The. , One.ral , belief • ( "4 -d. rs that fort St. Laurent out three or four-dreys. HALF „, ALF=pAr S:--During thelist night'the cancomof the .Lti. 4 1 .: 1, ette St. Laurent and that'Of ttrebastion-a , To:edo four times '- , .'iccessi'velv knocked chivy& the cterrii-bastion'eflhe 'trench .that guarded - by the 52d,'anti"fOut timer,..tOmpatt`v of this regi- , '. 4 9-nt, which was in adyance•uneovet wa, ii ett ,, ned with itmadit-destructi.o-, it the besieged hail known it si•nation and fired with precision, but the workni,n (ttii.age 1 :1111 such activity that we suffercd'very -little 1c97. 'f na - , ize‘gfe• , ier company of' the Ist - battalion bf .ame.teiine.tit (52d) Lest,about 20 men in killed and' Wei:laded. • HALF-PAST ' 9 0 5 CL061(..=-: - The firing of musketry has pot relaxed. Front our side we only, fire froth' thOttars,'so Jong as besieged do pot play their artillbry. Abbut . a quarter of an ' , our since I heard. a tremendous explosion ; I Vdtinot find out :the. direction from whence it came, nor the cause- - _ , 1 3EncitEm, Dec..11;.4 is stated; or the'autheiity of a ( sserter from the citadel, that there are a great many sick in !lie garrison- that • the casemates, Which. have not always been • Aotuati a shelter from the,;,bonabs,• are extremely damp 'Xater ~ y ;ts through them and makes .them:. extremely unLealthy. THE LIVEItI 3 OOI, STAADARD. - The shot and shells which have been thrown haVe 6stroyed all y third parallel are going on. The engineers - ere also-employed the buildings—everything that , could take lire has been burnt. in placing small mines under the left flank of thelunette St. The arming of the-slow batteries has been effected with a very Laurent, and under the half-inoon opposite to it. The bat , inconsiderable - los§ of men, and yet there weregreatelifficulties teries _are being armed in suecession, ' and in a few days the to bebvereome.iii.raising. them, In. order- to piece these bat- whole of the 24-pounders will be in their new positions, and teries advance of the parallel, it was - necessar y t e . ce t a new rea dy . . tee , batter sic. breach e Every . necessary to- make a. trenelieWearry the Cannon' along a narrow-way at the edges of descent into the fosse, gabious, fascines, &c...are all ready, in. two• deeplosseS; and also-to cross a very narrow b r id ge _ I n th e pl ac e d'anitesof Montebello. , The cannons of the besiegers this-passage two of ;the mortars mere overturned and tell into being now so near the citadel, they must be productive of still one of the fosses, from which it required -Mime-use labour to greater effect than ,before.. We must admit that the-defence of extricate them Of the two new batteries, one called No. 11, Chasse is admirable, and worthy of a -brave soldier_ - He does consists :Of four' or five , pieces of 24, and the other marked G, not use- all the means at his cusposal. H.e.has made no more contains six mortars of 29 centimetres• calibre (about 12 inches.) than-a brave defence when attacked, for it has been remarked, Yest e rday passed off-cahnly, bin the night was very animated, that when the besiegers relax. their fire, the fire from the citadel At, six-o'clock - it terrific fire •of cannon and small arms was is also` relaxed. The division. of. Sebastiani still continues to- opened, and ngreat number of bombs were thrown atels- • Not- watch the left side of the Scheldt,: and its head-quarters are at withstanding this fire, our less was only 35 killed and wounded. Calloo, although a Brussels journal-has had -the_iuseuete to say This morning the firing-is continued on both sides, but nothing, that it had crossed over to the right. The chief object of Sebes particular has yet occuneci that I have heard of. The - miners, tiani's position is-to cut off from theenemY all communication prot e cted by a small covered raft, are going on with their works with Holland, according., to the intentions of General Gerard. a gainst the lunette.. They never leave them, yet with all these The details given by a deserter from the citadel are very in labours it will require24.hours yet before we are in a condition teresting, and though he is from Ghent,• there is no reason to 'to produce•anv result. suspect his veracity. He mentions 500 as being . wounded in Disci sii3i R 11, Ever tNe.—Last night was a very severe one, the citadel , and of the extreme difficulty there was in. and gave 'proof,': it an' could be nescessary, that there is no- taking care of them, and putting them in some place sheltered. thing which may not be eepected - from an army which ha s f rom shot or shell. One bomb, lie .says,,got into. a..casemate confidenee in its chiefs. - All the young soldiers implicitly follow and killed or, wounded 30 men.: The appearance of the citadel their officers, and - one sees in the devotedness with winch they itself is dreadful: : every. ebing is . :tornnp., This man adds, that. obey, something 'beyond military discipline,—a feeling of re- there are in, the• garrison many men taken from different pri spect which is caller forth by former services, and an attach. sons, and whose daring character is still more emboldened by . ment to their officers created by-the great solicitude. of- the the promises held out to them of a free pardon.' He thinks latter for their men. • that the _place cannot hold out much longer.. The interior of I have already mentioned to you that the night before last the citadel is filled with trunks of trees and planks, so. placed was employed in the formation. of the third parallel, which, as to afford considerable shelter from. the "Shells which fall.: going from the opening on.the left of the lunette, joins the A French miner, who worked in the trenches to-day, met his. works of the counterscarp a short distance-from the citadel_ death, in - a - frightful manner. A howitzer diltharged from. It appears that the besieged did not expect - that this would be - the citadel fell in the,parallel.. The workmen immediately fell attemptedbefore the .taking of the lunette e for, indeed, in all on their faces toavoid its effects as much as possible:: One of their. operations the engineers have displayed a boldness quite the soldiers, - however, wishing to prevent the loss which he saw •astonishiug. It was easy to perceive at nightfall yesterday that must follow its bursting, threw himself down upon it-to extin the Dutch were preparing to disturb .our workmen 'on that side, guish -the fusee, but was too late ! The shell burst at the in and in a.-.short time—at ti o'clock , -.--the reports announced the sta.nt, and tore him to atoms; but he alone was the victim-of discharge-of bombs throWnat a short distance fronathe citadel, this act-of courage and humanity, and they began to fall in the trencleju Mach greater number than during the day. Some hours after an approaching fusilade announced a sortie; and, at the same time, about 100 of the enemy attacked our works, and for the moment threw our workmen into disorder, but being brought up immediately by their officers, our soldiers fought man, to, man in_ the trenches- The Dutch were soon • obliged to retire in.disorder, leaving seven dead in the trench, of which one was an officer, This meident did not weaken the fusilade, which was, continued during the night., and was the . most brisk which we have heard since the commencement of the siege. 'Fortunately, the firing was at random, and in the total darkness of the night -did but very little mischief. How-- ever, the engineers, taking . advantage . of the circumstance, that the attention of. the besieged was turned to this one point,, and excited also by the hullets and bombs thrown at them during the night, 'exploded a, mine, which they had been pre paring for three days before, the effect of which was to destroy. . the sluice in the fosse of the citadel. This sluice was fixed near the Porte de Secour, between the . bastions No. 1 and 2, and its affect, combined with that of another sluice near the Por.te de la Cittulelle, looking towards the Esplanade, was to keep the Waterin the fosse between these two places to a con siderable depth.. We shall see iix, the merning, if the calcula tions Made were correct, and if the height of the waters is such. . . as was hoped for. . - The effect of the explosion caused a cessation of the fire on both sides. For our parts we have ' gained our object. The besieged have to examine the effects to them of an attempt, fOr the hardihood of, which'they could not have -been pre pared ANTWERP., TUESDAY NlGHT.—lndependent of the motives 'which have influenced the present French-expedition, to come . to take the citadel of Antwerp, there iesomedungehivalrous in their mode of - attack. They are debarred' by -various • circurn.• stances, from attacking more than one-third Of the fortress, and that is the meet strongly fortified.: The neutrality_ of the town protects it from the. - Esplanade,,which is. the: weakest side, and. . the. want:of:a fliitilla e as well as the presence of the Dutch gun-- boats in the Scheldt, and the forts at Burcht; at the Tete de Flandre, and at Austroweel, and the inundation of the polders, prevent all movement on the part of General Sebastiam's divi sion to assail the- citadel from the left bank: The citadel is, therefore; secure on the side of the river, for Fort du Kiel is. strongly supported-by the gunboats, and this-fort--is, besides, un ,attackable except on that side.. In my letter of this afternoon, '1 mentioned that the French had fired-considerably at the sluice which separates the ditch_ of the, citadel from the Scheldt, and which, on-being closed; keeps the ditch full; even. during low water. There is another sluice at the point where the fortificae:- lions, of the city'join those of the citadel, which is destined to prevent the water frein flowing around the citadel into the ditch -that surrounds.thecity; and from passing into the Scheldt at `the embouchure near the docks, which is-the point most distant from the citadel. Tire ditches - of. the town having : been empty :during some days, the . French. have endeavoured toe break open, and this day effected their purpose of openingehis. which has forced , Much water from the ditch of the citadel into that round the city. It will be exceedingly_ difficult for the gar iison to 'repair thel' sluice.. The weterin the ditch of Fort St., Laurent is supplied from - the ditch of the . citadel, through an :aueeduct leading near the covered passage,; Which. I described as se formidable as-to prevent an attack there. It is considered by well-informed persons that the garrison has-a means of pre,- venting the 'water from - flowing -back through this aqueduct, which, of course, will not reduce the quantity round St. Laurent.. However I have been assured that it was a good deal Dished at low.water this-evening. By opening the sluices lead te tiro river at high water, the garrison can fill fora time the e . ditehes of the. citadel and at Ste_ Laurent also. 'f he only ad vantage, therefore, which the burstingof the sluice can pioduce is, that the water round must, at certain times, be considerably - diminished. lie firing this evening has ; when compared with that of yesterday, been very slack on both sides... I. went at -I o'clock, Medic weather was clear and dry, to sea the plowed-- ings.,' The citadel looked shattered; of its largest bnildings, the'sbells . alone 'we're standing.- • The French guns . continued to 'threw projectiles into it; yet some of the. Dutch used occasion,, ally to exhibit their heads to peep around, like rabbits in a wea rer - I, which they soon withdrew, when danger approached.. WEDNESDAY MORNING.—There has been a sort of rumour, current' among the partisans of the Dutch, that, the French troops had made an attack-on Fort St. Laurent doting the night -of Monday last, which was repulsed with. consi4rabie. less. 1, have made ' i nquiries in well-informed Tmetees, and find it de.: riled that the formal attack was - made.. The Dutch, it is stated, 'made a sortie at 6 o'clock that evening, from the gorge leading. -between Fort St. Laurent andthe citadel,.and upset some quan-. lay of gabions; after- which they retired, without having. caused , any obstruption to the works directed againgst the citadel itself.. In my letter-of yesterday, I mentioned, -that a miner had been , pushed off to-the scarp of St. Laurent e who was after e aids with drawn.. This may . have. been considered aa the attack, as it occasioned great - hring. The French affirm positively, that ne real attack has been as yet made on that fort,.but do not deny, their-intention -to make one within 48 hours. ELEVEN O'CLOCK.—The .firing was rather- brisk from 12 to 3 o'clock; during the night.. The French, whose works still ad-.- vance, lost 30 men, killed and wounded, in a boy au,d'approclu::. The reason of the Withdrawal; of the miner on the night before. last, is stated tcebethe hardness of the wall, on whiCh his tools: did not, make-art:impression. • , • lee'neock leeree--eI have been to the pest; in, order to know what has taken: lace on- the river._ The French sent down the. •river this morning two lighters, one laden with powder and, sleet, the...other Willi four 19-pounders. The tide is running out—it is nearly . low=water ; there has, within two hours e been heard_ beOrning along the river the frequent sound of cannon, which, as the mist prevents the cause being seen, is said .to come. from 'the .Dutch ships -firing on- the•hattery at , Kruys - •Schaus eta Croix.), It is thought that the French also hie from the: battery placed in the old . fort La Perla, but it is at a great distance from the shippieg. "Bei WEDNEgDAY NOON.—I am heartily tired of writ-- ing r ` last accounts from Antwerp state that the operations of attack and defence -were continued with equal determination. 'on both sides." I wish I 'could change my tone, and am as anxious for any event - that would enable. me to do so as the most -interested - quidnunc. in. London. But; being chained, 'down to a narrative of facts as I find them, I mini sorrythat I am still obliged to say that things are going on as before , and at the citadel as usual. The firing,.can be heard at a little dis ' tance from this towrei though not as well as a few days since. The - cannonade on and from the citadel was goingem briskly `to a late hour last nieht, and, as we.can hear, was resume d early this morning. AN':ith what effeet,.as far . as to-day is con cerned; we cannot yet tell. The Lunette St.- Laurent had not, been taken:at .the elate of the last accounts, as you were, no doubt, led to expect from the, letter of yesterday, and it is pro bable that it is still in the possession of the Dutch. BERCHEM, 5 O'CLOCK P. M.—At thiS moment a brisk can nonade is ping . on, accompanied by a sharp fusillade... It is Chiefly'on the side of the bastions of Alba and Toledo that the fire is best kept up. We hear 'some reports of cannon-atehe Flandres' side, but at a great distance: Fort Frederick, situ .ated„iu advance of Lillo; and near Berendrecht, was yesterday aimed by the division of. General Achard.. The works:of the JAMAICA._ IJ€ USE OF ASSEMBLY, OcT. 30. The members .began ' to assemble at 'half-past two , o'clock.. When the clock struck 3, • Mr. VIDAL, the clerk of the. House, said' that by a resolu tion of the House last session ; the Speaker had been directed to proceed to England, and that it was necessary that a Speaker pro tern. should be appointed. Is it, therefore, the pleasure of the House that I should appoint a committee to wait upon his Excellency the Governor, requesting ,his permission to appoint a Speaker in the place of the Hon-Richard Barrett.. Mr. Hyslop and Mr._ Dallas. were appointed, who, having waited on.his Excellency, returned and reported that. his Ex cellency had directed the House to proceed to the election of a. speaker. Mr...Allwood, was unanimously called to .the chair, though he begged to excuse himself, stating his inability to perform the. high and arduous functions of that office.. After the usual formalities, . ThaHouse waited upon his Excellency, with the Speaker in his robes at their head, when he was pleased to make the fol.-, lowing speech, delivered in•the most impressive manner : HIS EXCELLENCY'S SPEECH.. Gentkmen.of the Council,. • " Mr. Speaker, and Gentlemen of the House oVAssembly,. —Upon my first arrival in this island, I found that the dura tion of your last session had been so protracted by 'an unusual pressure of business as to have caused much inconvenience to , many amongst you. Under these circumstances I declined to. summon you again from your homes, se soon after ray-assump .tion of. the: government,; as I might otherwige have desired to. assemble you here ; I therefore postponed till. ita:ugar period. the meeting of theLegiislature._ - " 3.1 he interval that was, thus caused I have endeavoured t 6, make useful towards .an adcqnatediseharge of the duties of my lu office byyself making a progress throne' a considerable peat of the island; , one of the advantages of which step I feel to be, that I do not, upon this occasion, meet you here as a perfect stran-,- ger. It has been. matter of.. satisfaction to me. that in. inspect ing thoroughly those districts which were the scene..of the rebel- , lion, I have found no reason to apprehend a.repe.tition of any such , criminal attempt; at. the • same. time my. attention; has naturally been particularly directed towards providing the most' prompt and efficient. means fOr its immediate suppression, in the posSible event of its recurrence. I regret at the same time, that in some, parts of the country, I remarked a turbulent and . lawless spirit occasionally betraying, itself in. open acts of out rage, isn't consequent symptoms of. alienation b etw een iffe rent classeS , of the free poptinition, which I.do not. believe,to be, go- neral; brit whielt, if continued, must bemost , injurious to. the welfare of the .c010uy.....1t will .be - my duty,. and one..froan which I wilLuot shrink'; to suppress the violent and illegal • outbrealii 05t,../his. -.vvheriever it may • appear, - dud w pms 6.01 Smented;. but its histing . ill effects can only be 'aVerted lay,Tak , teal forbearance and conciliation amongst the parties them4lve.s. - , • Slum you last met, botk.hrartehes of the, iluperial Legisla: tune have been engaged in•au inquiry as to the actual relations in .the slave Colonies. This investigation Was undertaken in one. house_ et the especial desire of the West ludia proprie tors, and in the other so limited in the terms. of reference as to show that no forced departure was intended from the principles of the resolutions of 1823: The proceedings "of. these commit tees have been interrupted by . the close of the session, but will . be resumed at the next meeting, and their final revert, when prepared,:will be the dispaisioned and ithpartiat . result of ample _end 4tiebt examination. Under these circumstances, lam authorized 'that I - havenot again,to press for sour adoption Of the Order in Council of the 2cl: Of November last. have; therefore, no offivial communication to Make, to- you on, the 'subjects contained therein; but II Cannot avoid expressing to you, personally, in' own anxious desire, that, availing your, setyes.of this oppoitunity, you would give a patient and. favour able .consideration to any 'measures of melioration Which, :iir your wisdom and 'exierienee, you may think could with , :safety. be adopted.: for, important as it is, the amelioration in the con,, dition of the. slave should be 'progresSive...• The advantage, ,at the present Moment, of any eflectual step of this nature. eman ating from yourse'.ves would be doubly great; extending its in fluence alike Over the loweSt individuals of this colony, and the highest authorities of the. Mother. country. The gratitude of . the slave: Would be dne where it might most safelybe directed — to the iinmediate rept'esentatives of his master ;' and the com mittee of, the in . ipertal legislature would acknowledge with pe culiar s.afisfaction' any instance of spontaneous •co-operation in the. object. of their latiohrs from suzili a quarter.. ",Mr. Speaker, and Gentlemen of the House of Assembly —„- "I have ieceivcd enact which has passed the British .Perlis ment; cutitfeit the Westindia Relief Bill.' • It was there intro iltteca byCloverinnent, at the suggestien of the friends of the co-•, Monists and of this &lint& i>t Particular, W Alf a view, not only to alle.viate individual distress, but to relieve public embarrassment, .arising from the late icheltron. It will be.for yen to devise: the means by_ Width the latter object they, best beeffected confor- Mity with the p?ovisions of theact ; a, copy of. width I. shall di-- rest to be inieediately laid befoie 'you. I 'have not as yet • - 1 - Zt:6ii7 . 64 any anSWer to the application made to His Majesty_ for relief from the payment of the. troep,s. con.seoktehce .91 the: late distress. I have no doubt that, whatever may be the coin-. municatitan I shall receive, it wi.l be dictated by the same desire as -far as pessible, eonsideration , for the effects ; of the: late ttn,foitunaie eliebicin which has hiark pr e 4 the -other oceed-- ingS of His Majeity's doveinment since they heard,. of . the event; and upon the leceigt by, me of that copy, it . shall be, of course,dintecuiatelycommunicated to you. ti the 'mean time, I am happy to infoim you, that the public service has benefited • by, the late arrangement made by you with respect to the mill- tars' eXpenditure,. the account of .which,shall.be presented.for. otir • "The most rigid economy has, I believe, been efficiently ob seriti,l, whilst lasting improvements in ttie, barrack establish ments have been. undertaken. I ant also in immcdiate:expee— tation that the amount of the garrison. will be made up. to the number of troops which has been considered requisite. for the security of the country and the maintenance of lawful authority against all disturbancesuf.the publie,pcape.. "Under thesecireimistances, I trust you.millinake the neces— sary,arrangements conformably with the late agreement, and upon this, as upon all other subjects connected with'the.publio expenditure, L'have. no doubt that you will make such adequate pro Vision as the service,May.seent to demand.. " , Gentlemen of the Council,., "Mr. Speaker, andfienticmarof" the Houie of Assembly,-- "There are occasions (then it is almost impossible to limit a communication of this'nature to mere phrases of custom, or, bare: statements of facts... I have been intrusted •with, the govern ment of this land at a period universally ackuewledged.,to be, one of unexampled .ditliculty. It is impossible that I should not be sensible of. the heavy resppusibility, of_such : , a _position.. This feeling is somewhat alleviated by my. having.recetved - ad. , dresses from almost every pariskiu the island, containing assu rances, for which I . arrinaost truly gratoful t that they favourably consider my appointment as likely to diminish their difficulties. I cannot but at the same time be aware that there arc many .cimnstauees of embarrassment infinitely beyoul my control but - whilst-I acknowledge with --regret -my inability -to-do all I might wish, I take this opportunity of rep ating my detelminet tion. to examine thoroughly - , and report .faithfully, upon the state of things; and if, as has been •complained to me, you beliewthat distance and want of adeenate information cause you often to be misrepresented. in. the mother country, I can at least assure vom that on any occasion w h en thi s may aintem me to be the 7- Case, justice shall be rendered to yon, as far as my opportunities of observation here, and My public character at home, may combine to give weight to:any statement of-mine ; and this same candour, which in your behalf I 'A - m.l'A. -thus ex-- act, I will maintain towards you in suggesting the correction of" any - b.bltSe's Fmay - observe;: - On - these- suggestions f - . - ef mine - it will in soma cases be far you afterwards to ute your own discre tion, but I look to- you with confidence .on auy oceasion which.it should be necessary to appeal to you for the diScourage ment of seditious and intlanamatory language, whit i is not only: reprehensible in itself, but Which,.acting tiOn the uncoli trolled passions of the ill-disposed amongst 'the lower orders,. - wilrinevitably - tend' 'to produc - e - tumult - and - confirsion. -•---- - "To the success cf an y -mttempt of mine to establi s h abetter state of feeling , : your. zealous co-operation, of which I feel - am-- sured, wiltuo , doubt. mainly contribute; but as the guide of my own conduct, .I. should always fearlessly rely. on-the conscious ness alone that my efforts are directed to maintain the honour of my Sovereign, and. prdmote the welfare of my counts v, which, in the execution of the duties of my present office, I !cold to be inseparably connected with- the true, permanent, amisubstantiali interests of this important colony." The. House having retittned,,lns lU.votrr the Speaker pro tem said, that in-accordance with thelawof the island, two vs - tits had.. been issued during, the recess, one for the parish of St..l)ot o-- thy, in the room.of. Alexander Bailey, deceased, and the other 'for the Thvynasia-th Ras trintim - room. - John,. Kenzie, - . Esq., also deceased- - GUATEMALA. The'Gareta.. - Federal of Guatemala to the 3rd of September inclusive has been received.. They contain. some information. respecting, the affairs ..of the• Repnblic of. Central :.Sinerica_ which had not before reached. us.. decrN: for religious tole— ration of a,'very - liberal description; which, was passed by 'the- - Federal . Congress- beforethe-prorogation of --its session- in- Au— gust, has reeervettlhe'sanetion of three or fens of-the Federal, States,. and will be adoptiad the. Whale five... It appears that. the revolt mentioned. in former amounts .lad net been.. quelled; . the rebels still retained .tpssesSion of the Castle- of Omoa. The of the insurroction is . net explaiied by any of the papers.• we have seen; but it is state& to- te..entirely suppressed every where except at Omao, at the end. of Aupst was . com— _pletely surrounded by the troops of the Republic, and in want: of provisions.. The. insitrgents having hi their-despair applied. far assistance.' to. the Gowen:or of HaVannah, and. hoisted the.- Spanishflag, their conduct had excited the indignation of thee people throughout the. Republic.. The' project for the. canal of; Nicaraguai by. which. the Atlantic and. the Pacific _would .b.e. .Yined, continued to he agitated in th ese j. our n a ls.--In the New . ork papers received per the Birmingham, it is stated. Vha,t, the- Castle of Ornoa was taken Cin;. - thz 12thi'and. that all the. leader,i. of. the insurrection.were -shot. PORTUGAL._ LATEST, IN TELL IGENCE.- The Ann.Paley ) .Captain ltolstone, arrived fate oar Samtm night, in eight days from Lizbon,..having left.the 'l:agus -Bth instant, three days -later tilan. the. packet.. Caplain..ll , 2.k:'stone, reports. the. following pa l ticn'.ars Don Alivel was still at Braga,_ in..3nectiim the ciriaaities of: the place! Yews had rea&ed Lishen , of fresh: viotories beenz gained. by the constitutional party._. Sev.eral„ sorties, halt Baer made from ; Oporto, in which Don Mignero troops , liad,satraredi severely.. Fresh. reinforcements .had been:. ordered. to. march,. from Lisbon, amounting to about 3000 men,. and, consisting.; of. - the regiment of the: line N0...14„ lOU Men of each- r-Niment ot7 Malicias, and '45 men of each Company of.the police et the tity x who were inspected, previonto. their. departure,,.. One ot_, the two great gUns rezeii , ed fforn Engla - car Was, out du,: way to the army; but it was suppo se d, hi: conSequsirrc... great weight and the miserable.. stats, of. the. roads,„ that. it.ozembli. 'scarcely_ -loath Wpartx. , Tbe squadron disabled in the encounter t Pius still...remained dismantled in , the Tagus , ,. nos was: any likelihood ofits heing put in. a,state of. effiripne7".fars..l-ay. , ..-. time. Great b.opps are, entertainexl: by tire! part y;, fvor *ircu-rchange that has,. taken glace in Spaiz , -..- h.oves some degree, alleviate the great. sufferings and_ distris, Rievail in the country, The • Conde. de- Piovoa , (S a pil26-o.) was irr amory..iiEstfre.T.i.l7 'health,. so much so, as to leave. little hopes of his.recfamory,.. In the Tagus lay H,.8. M. ships Asia, Britatinin..4,Cale.d.r4ais,, and•schoorrei. Viper,,, The :St.\ urcerrt was dL c ily a nouchdric , ate and Corvette.. Eirgtigh.l,in.4 other.. fereiguert,hcidinT freehold. have be&. Z fiircod to,' le:ay; ailaitra ry imLosts,, irt , consesnazu. 4.1 - the g,reat,:want of 11,2, , overnmeut flinty,. • British es..4els (.c4itinued to. suffer Cie , incertvenierre , .xicea.sar,-- rantine, even under the clean. health liul urtd..-41...„- t y r _ necessary delays Lefore they were allowed..to.4li3abw as , slat 2 " : Jazgr0,41,9,„ 11.1;..te were ins-of their havi , gadrait thtce wee - kg before tanceswng obtained - bnltioarl,, the quarantine.laws,. EAST INDIES,- A flonibuyi Paper of. the, 15th... of. August hawbeerzre.licod.- It contains an account ofa-very alarmingfirowhiclithrnite:aisa..iss the arsenal of : Fort William on. fink Bth ..of.Augnai:;,aact—crilli;:h e had not the,: Wind. veered, ,Would. have eauSeil,. the: tatakiikrAt ur _ tion... of.. tho armoury . . and. lauilding inr,generaL was sitting, to endeavour tanscertam. the cr s:3,nf. tiae.r..-fitec....N.7.lt, although numerous- reports , were,- in.. cireulatien i ,. nosizi.me 'cause had_ been, disco.verea-... Recourse, vras - had.. teA battocia22.- :down, with eighteen-potindeig; two of t he. angles , a_a;:sgpzr.,--2:ast the , building, and . . which suzceeded instoppp g The -. supply of water was very bad, being p , nnzikally,li::;aa.. St= trenches, and the steam-engine, handed by the„Europeattrarsi& in buckets__ e , nteeting , of the subscribers to Llie!y4'. -- 4„ Bald .p .. „r„;WsaLimig-- day, the summt. DlO5 was voted from th4r subscrifttion.for. tha distressed .widows- at, .tihe the arctic laud exupditioa, . . E XEC U lON STA Y D.—WilliTdoTgt tarcaliat Cdre- sp . * 1 ,:is..alrszr...l 4r,anted to - spare the:life of James Su a6n, who was,eialcre(lVnm executiorron,Monday next.. It is reported thatthistes oa account of certain mitigating circumstances ihia , ceso,.--..;Livil alseef the.krong intercession,of the policeman Ilinaself.tla.-Nraas injured, joined to the.repreSentatior.s of the. , .t.leinmiseio 1;2: -.Police-that-the-sparing of the convict's would to:the feelings of the Niholebody, of men under, their. fijleza7 , ..,.-- Globe, ,Saturday Evening: . HYDROPHOBIA. —At tha-: meeting °Et Society . Sir 'Anthony Carlisle addressed. tha,_rusinter;:alaxit, subject of a remedy for hydrophoble,,nevrto this-montaiml. "no learned baronet stated that: he had rec, - :ivects fremi. Send:, ifinnto tira thvea , bottles - (containing about a, cs_ th.ar tracted juice of - a plant cf.the cactus (=illy,. wbick.A- 1 -. 3 .m... w .t4 . known to,-be harmless in-their effects ; -sonle *.enrkeknr. ) ou , ,izt as a salad, and cattle being fed on others.wben there , ikpallik.)=.h' of grass.. The. mode of aplication..in.South. - .A.nruiew:ii:....l. the patient.upto his neck in sand or eartb,..antitpuritvcca,..-c:cs nand a half of the extradt down his thrcatley.forre,-..r.5., , 55z,-erziEerr the_hite a.s.possible,; it has,. however, been.. coredi effictzeitrr even when given.after - .confirmed 'symptoms.° f the set.in.. Sir Anthony-stated, on the autherity„eE. his lialifiTa-xoi.?„, that the strait waistccat cE sand or oarth.,waa• Lot,: abzulakti:lr necessary te, the cure.. Sir Anthony. stated.that ready, to acconapeny any medical 'practitioner, of a public institution, to witness.its exhibition,. ja .any. - case:e7e -- eurring in-their practice. - AN EXAM P.LE WORTH I'2.IITATINU...-.--TEC- yonaw Abercorn and his- bride arrived at Strabane. on., accompanied by : the Dache.ss.ol.Bedford,tho.,lallies:Wor*=.2. and Rachel Russell, and, were receive/1,4 ? tlontsa,-iit..zr.,ki persons an the quay.. On getting.. into-theircarriegr.. - 3; , ,i.ltarean by the tenants;. the cavalcade, passed under, several. arches, _raised on.. the cocasion.. At theztonelusiow.of artreavarat the marquis presented hi mse lf, a t orie..of.thalelooaies , of,!&.ir . J. Burgoyne'vhouse, .and.addressed his.tenantiv• , tothefAlow... , - ing effect .anything.cettld add,. - ney . frierids;.l:6 , fait. idelizipz of delight with,which I _revisit irry native. country,..it is- , theleiat" - mal" seeing myself -surrounded by such large - body:et'Wxytoza-mAw assembled to ..welcome' my, arrival:----a whicitiferf .ability,_can., scarcely he equalled in - .lreland... Leaar2?n I,taivy say, for my own part, that it- shall be. , the warmest av , i,:iinyfir i n.y.,, heart to draw closer, the bonds of kindly. feelings , ' - whic.l l ;,-81 Always.exist between:. landlord and tenant 4 add rovatrayst. en=- dcavours shall bythrected to the presperity_ef, Ireland% T.-I., arwi happy to inform you thatl ammost, warmly seconded in mqpnt— tachment and-good wishes to ,, thii country by her whonrl-41aili now introduce to-you, that you may have- it in- - yotirrpower, too ' tell me- if .you-lapprove choice!! The noble:. marquis . : - here:-presented ,themarchioness• to - the-noticerci his who welcomed her with:repeated shouts.. At--f i ve , o'Clonl&tbeyy arrived,' at Raronscourt; while, ett ,, , - the--difereatotal"ata numerous bonfires blazed, and severer:: fil.hblibusentsr.oretlplarm didly •