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

T 1 4E LONDON PM,H2f..'",S. Has not experience made us familiar with the auda cious contempt of truth which constitutes the single ta lent of some of the ministerial writers, we should be amazed, indeed, at the impudent pretence put forward this morning, that the elections, as far: as they_bad. pro ceeded, falsified all that was predicted by the conserva tives of the working of Lord John Russell's bill. To .expose the falsehood of this pretence it is only necessary to recapitulate the consequence imputed to_the bill, and ask how far they have been fulfilled ? It was said, that the bill would give a House of Commons hostile or in !different to the colonial interest, hostile to the landed in terest, andliostile to the church; that it would subject the country to a mob government, and serve but as the be ginning of a progressive revolution. And what have been the results of the elections under these respective heads ? Have we not seen first the West India interest,: one great colonial absOlutely excluded by the commonly, though not always, hypocritical cry against negro slavery, one great limb of the empire thus abso-, lutely cut oft - from the advantages -of representation-by the bill ? • Again, have we not heard the cry raised against Sergeant Spankie, because of his presumed acquaintance, connexion, and sympathy with. the East Indies--Lbectruse of those very circumstances which would be his strongest recommendation were justice to the colonies in the "con templation of the ten pound constituents? And do we not see that Sergeant Spankie, 'in order to avoid defeat, was obliged to disclaim any sympathy with he colonists of our eastern po ss e s si o n s ? Here i s another great limb of the empire cut off from the benefit of representation; and with these go all the important colonies of Great Britain. Of the landed interest and the church, need we go beyond.this fact, that all the most popular candidates hitherto, all certainly who solicit the votes of the bill, men are pledged; absolutely or impliedly, to the ruin of both; while even the conservative candidates, with one Or two noble exceptions, are obliged to yield, or to fence upon the points ? Of he precarious condition 'of the church, this day's post furnishes us with melancholy proof, in a letter describing the Banbury triumph ! Mob gol vernment is not the less mob government because, though exercised .at the dictation of the mob, it is exercised by the ministers of a still tolerated King. The attempted, delusion that Lord Grey's governnient is not a mob go vernment, because it has broken with a part of the me tropolitan rabble, is too gross to impose upon any one. "The government could not find in London, Westminster, and the suburbs, seats for all its rabble allies as their num - beridstiow; it, therefore, chose as fittest for itS•Use tile basieWand mast_ Servile, of course, disgustir g the ,rest. This is the whole extent of its separation from " the de structives," as every one must see who trill but. look to what is passing at Leedi;at Bristol, and at other places,. where Mr. Macaulay, a minister of the crown, and Messrs. Marshall, Protheroe, and Williams, march to the hustings tundir the banners of the Political Unions: The Poll ticalWnions are, in fact, still Lord Grey's masters, and lie khows it. TO conclude,—when it Was prophesied of the hill, that it was the . beginning of a rapidly progressive revolution, who was , so rash as to expect that at the •very first elec -410111.6 be held under it, a deelaratibn - of , readineSS to go more or less slowly with "the movement" would be a .sine quit non with any candidate, and that generally the candidates' success might be Measured by the headlong violence ..of his engagements ? But we. will write no more on this point ; we had forgotten that we were an swering the beast of the same stupid blockheads; who, because the sun rose upon the day after the ratification of the execrable Popish bill, boatited that . all predictions of ill consetinences_frcm that Calamitous nieasrire had been disproved.. Yes, }tilt as fake as the predictions cf 17) it S to, flow frqn.tfie ? deadly measure .of 1829 ..Will be, we *eat], the proptley of the conEeyvatives against the bill of 1832. We have not alluded to the gift, of seventy or eighty papist repeaters from Ireland, for which we are obliged to the co-operation of these two fataLniehsures ; _because really we can find no expression adequhle to our sense of the terrible danger which Will be created by such reinforceinent to the mob power in England. T Would to heaven our countrymen m ould awaken to their true position. —Standard. RADICAL REPRESENTATIVES. We perceive that in lieu of .Mr. Hunt for Preston, Parliament is'to be enlightened by the presence of Mr. Cobbett fur Qldharn—a catastrophe which; according to his own ,announcement, is to regulate the press, great Portion of Which it is to annihilate—to wipe off the national debt,—to terminatesufferingandpauperiSin in short, to change the whole construction of society. It is hinted by a morning paper, that the return of this thra sonical old man is attributable to the influence Of a large ManufactUrer at Oldham, who entertains the. whim of a desire to . test the magnificent promises of 'the astounding boaster. 1( is unnecessary to say, that in the House of 1 Commons, like his former :friend Mr: Hunt, he may be occasionally eccentric and troublesome, but in all other respects able, as he undoubtedly is, at a certain species of vitnperative attack and exposition, he will prove-per fectly harmless and nngatcry. Never, possibly, ex i s t e d a writer so diverse and contradictory ; for wh o , having -read all-that he has written, can justly infer what his real principles of thought and action are, .ar whether- he en tertains any at all ? Certain it is, that he never Main tained a single theoretical proposition at one time that' he has not contradicted at another; and if arguments -in answer to hith should at any time, be wanted, it is only to have recourse to an accurate index to hiS own writings. ThiS return may be deemed one of the' half 'dozen excep tions to which we yesterday referred. We.shall be much amused by the reception of the first motion of Mr. Cob bett in parliament for an equitable adjustment.—G/obe. THE ,LATE.ELECTIONS, The result of The city elecTiOn is, in our judgment, fatal to the pretensions of the bill, while it furnishes a most - - striking instance of the accuracy of conservative antici • rations. We said that the 101. qualification would create a radical constituency, and 10! at the very first election, the metropolis of Great Britain and the world ,ends four radical. members to . Parliament. Mr. Grote, the most respectable of the group, is a radical doctrinaire.; he spurs the bill, as a final measure, and advocates among • other` pleasant items triennial parliaments and the ballot. Key professes to be a radical to any amount required, 'and the others have been the well-knoWn hacks of vulgar • radicalism through the whole Of their lives. The feeling of the .merchtintS, ba:nheis, and leading commercial men. • in London at the present time is perfectly understobd, but they. have in vain endeavoured to procure the return of one conservative member out of four. As we predicted, the constituency is - so intensely radical that - the concen trated respectability and intelligence of the metropolis at tempts in vain to impress either dignity or' wisdcm Upon • its decisions. The fOi'eniost class of electors in the em- pire'for, vealth 'and'obaraotcr, ought for the" sake of the public good, to exercise a predominant influence in public affairs, are practically disfranchised by the bill ! The strength of the eonson, alive interest is proved by :he spontaneous effort of five thoniand eminently respec table voters; the infamy ci the bill by the incunpetence i - Cf Snob - ibedy (linen to mate their voice heard in par liament. It is obvious that if this election were a sam ile;;of,the rest, the Howe of Commons would be an un manageable mob; and the C6nstittit ion a democracy of the worst kind, incomretept to the business Of.,governmeut, . , . and ,unable to' save the empire from dismemberinent , and .ruin. The iiiinisterialists attempt to conceal the truth by calling' radical members Whig-s; but the Sub'erfuge is sufficiently transpafent. The expected imperium in int verio has already begun in Westminster, a committee be ing-appointed to watch the conduct of members in refer ence.tollWir electittneering phsiges.::.We.coutmend these considerations to the attention of reflecting mem—Morn ing P-asi. THE ETERNAL SIEGE. Thete seniething-excesFively ludicrous in the air of complaint ill tile following lines of AL:ash:al G-erard's last despatch: . - " The tire of oar batteries has compelled the Dutch to with-- draw to the:ca-sernates of 4the Citadel, winch are immente.- Tire communicatiorls from one baAon to a no: her ate upw • only thade Under' ground; and except the number of iren arict.y necessary for the service of such batteries as arc stiA tic iii a, 110 one is seen in the interior of the citadel. This total di,ariteal ance of the en: my dein ices our,file if the greater plait of the effect which it should pt °dove. 'upon the The Dutch won't be Shot—oh, the cunning , knaves ! " Dilly, Dilly;" cries the ohl " come and be killed:" but not a 'step will the'DW chman move to death,. out of Complaimney at least. He sits 'under his caSe.mates, " which are immen-se," , and ~ a ys,over his4pe, " The more. you French fire, the more I won't come gut." NtAv it is batterY No. 2, now .NO:. 13, such in the irmst.solemn manner in t d oeseecites the -Dutel:man to come forth. But no—,lne and burr.—with such--lat umbrella - over his, head as, a , bomb-proof casemate; : Myrflieer does, not dread the extinction (:f his pipe ; and that,is the prin, eipal'consideration Withthe garriort of our ancient ally, Casemates above andcasetnates beloW, he neither fears bombs nor sluices. In ease of 'being flooded, his•hreeches would serve him fora coracle ..to. sail down The Scheldt in ; and, pipe alight, it would tat e a heaVy sea- to 'send him down. --- Thitis° Hit 'first time that Dutchmen' were ever inri.4ble.—Spectator. TII 141: ~(„i ERPOOL STANDARD. PE FORM.: ORM: PII,OIv.IISES. REFORM-iS the parent Of many projects,-but, like other parents,. naistnot be held resig:risible for the,follies.of its offspring. There am iefc,nn t :and k erch efF, fount be ots, and reform hats.:-'-; - Refotnt itscilft st a rrds , Mil impeached,- be • the handkerchiefs, &c. thal are nianufactured to its honour the very,WOrSt'in the marker-7, it is the vice 'uf great occa sions to give birth to :- - inall'delfisionS-, and ch,eap .govern ment cannot-be-- had- Avit.kit-iit.---tliti-alloy-4--imposition in - lanes and alleys: The,sttAing,hot-iers must have a•profit on politicaleconomy ; • and lie reduction of taxation brings bad- penknives into popularity the disguise&:of steel cutlery. We cannot have all things -as eve- wish ; and must consent to compound trifling cheats for large . bene fits. If we - haVe a Ministry to our mind, we can afford to be htimbugged in detail by buichers, -bakers, and trades people in - k7 -- ;neral. It.-is wcrth our .while to look foolish in private that We may Oni6y our -political triumph with a good grace iniMblic.- -The newta-per is the most fertile of all articles of consumption in the Means 'of taking ad vantage of the spirit .of the times. While the poor trader merely puts forward a had article,. that would bo.dear at any price,as cheap at a low price, the newspaper puts forth its goods as-.not only at a given price; but as being abOve'all price. ••• A--fall of 6d.. in hose is an apparent gain to the purchasers; but the newspaperotfers no such bd fins it only gives increased value at the standing charge, and proposes to give such .valae as cannot be had else -where. for any- amount. Reform as generated miracles amongst :,the--newspapers. A thorough,ging reforM newspaper is utterly unlike all other newspapers. It does . every thing that can be done by .head and hands, by labotir and machinery, by indefatigable exertions, and unlimited outlay-. • It has one foot in the east;-'apother in . the west, . and stretches its enormous arms- . to be north and'south. It corrects all abust-;::, embraces all kco n theciries„ sweeps up all the unclean stables with the trash of a pen, and allows no rest to-the enemies of the!`people. It takes the legislature especially into its keeping, having previously. regulated all the 'elections in the kingdom, and keeps so strict a watch over-the proceedings afilarliament that not a single omission Or - error can take effect with impunity. It governs the whole operations of the financial system,. threshing, winnowing, and sifting- the corn through all its stages, until it brings it to the last process, that shows as clear as light itself how the people's bread is finally baked. It leaves nothing undone, dues every thing itself, , expounds, abuSes, and applauds : analyzes the monopolies, dissects the corporations,- crushes-the conservatives, makes mince-meat of the church establisment, and abolishes the taxes. Powers so diffuse and conclusive, must not be wasted in vain. In order that they shall be known and properly understood, the newspaper that is thus laborious ly employed must* advertise extensively. Accordingly, the national cause isiadvocated at the rate of two guineas a column, and the work of the journalist is crowned in all the glories - of - puff: •We know not at which point the Thames is to be set on, fire ; but the attempt is certainly contemplated. _. It is impossible- to divine what may be found in the bed of the river. Perhaps some rich argo sies, perhaps a - freight of earthenware, and poSsibly a few tin kettles. - But the- conflagration is the thing. What ever promises of discoveries may be held out matters no thing---4MIY let us have the blaze. That is all the pro-: jectors want. If, people expect wonderful results. from such a:fire, why- they have nohOdy to blame for the diS appointment but themselves.,--Atlas. MEDIATION AT ANTWERP. Who will mediate between the Anglo-Gallic mediators Hand the victims of their good offices? The character of fighting mediator is a new character, both in war and diplomacy. Neither Vattell, nor Grotius, nor Puffen dorff, nor :any jurist-who ever flourished out of the island of Laputa" or the moon, has laid down regulations for the conduct' of mediatorial hostilities. Such an invention is worthy of an era distinguished by the discovery of peace ful hostilities, and rendereff — themorabf7:l2l the war of non-interference. One of the mediators—trance, after solemnly declaring to the world that the ConfeTeneirof London should never lose the character-of a mediation; is. engaged with its army of 75,000 men against a little' band , of not 5000 Dutch warriors, in the . thhicable‘rivalry of mutual slaughter. Another of he mediators—England, after threatening Holland with the vengeance of her fleet, and.sailing forth in all the pride Of naval suprernacy, to inflict that vengeance upon the beSt customer to her commerce among the nations of Europe, brings back her. vessels to their native harbours . unscathed by battle fire, but shattered by winds and'waves—her fla g drooping and dishohoured—its only• prize, the spoil of peaceful met•. chants = her only trophies not more precious or glorious than the helmet of shells which Caligula carried to Rome as a token of his maritime conquests from the ,sameßatavian shores. E'en our Fieneh allies themselves speak with contempt of the empty bravado which the Anglo-Gallic fleet were sent out to execute, under the conjoint auspices of Lord Palmerston and Sir: James Graham, upon the coast: of Holland, in :the sea son o f f o g s and storms, because it .pleased Louis Phillipe - and the : wily doctrinaires; who, by the hand of the veteran in triguer, Tallevrand, lead the British IR:if - With the silken - string of ensnaring diplomacy Wherever their treacherous policy directs. ' it is m t_h ax er p ef ale oreasnodbseirciasy - and good men are sa d f or E n gl an d' s glcry, see in;The French journal Le Toppi sarcastically says—" Th e co - allied fleet, that grapd mystification ef the: cabinet of London, left the Downs foo late, and returned too early. We should not be astonished to hear that the English t '• • , • vessels were gone to be taken into dock at Portsmouth to repair their damages.. Ministers.seern to Wantbut. -a decent excuse to get out of this expedition." But why did they ever get into it, we ask.? To the tottering French government it brought, along with the invasion of Belgium, a seasonable supply of much-needed popu larity it served, to put, off' the evil day_ yegspningin the Chambers f u r th e v i o l a t e d c h ar t er and trampled liber ties of France.; but, in regard to the English government and the interests- of England ; it was an act of unmixed lolly, worthy of that statesman whose talents for "pacifi,-. cation" are now exemplified by the spirit of destruction. let louse upon Belgium that writes the fatal issue of the ,i.rotoools in is a consolation, to human itythat our hostile dei•nops,tration against Holland on the ocean .hati_not been 4ignalised by the loss of life. Had our vessels sailed up the s!holdt, as was at. first threatened, not Fitnieli blood alone would have copiously been shed 'for French objects, while the illustrious Leopold enjoy •ed Liinself-witii luxurious banquets and festive music, and. his brave Belgians, pushed aside from the path of heroism . by the fore; gner, slept on the withered laurels of their revo • L is a melancholy .and revolting task to pursue the details of strife-and carnage which every :day's gence fr( an An twerp discloses. The Ere nch go ve rn m cut would not have dared to have undertaken this, work of blood if our own g,overnmeut had not ,given it counte-, nanee, and j'..tined with.it in the unholy league which hu manity-will long .have cause to lament; and which, if the tri-cciou red flag were now waving on the smoking ashes Of • the citadel, and (Masse and his, gallant little band stretched in the repose of deati'.. from their warrior labours, would -not bring,-theßelgiequestion one step nearer to a-satisfactory solution, It is, in truth, a wan ton waste of life, a barren slaughter, where the laurelS of victory will hear no fruit. Those government journals; those veracious vehicles of, intelligence " from authority," that, during a CQUISe of two.years of nlystitiedinegotia, tion, lixed.successive"last days" for the final and peace.; lid settlement of the Belgic question—tticse journals that; when coercive measures,were determined on by the courts of France and. England, told the public it was with the perfect consent andconeurrenee of the-other threepowers —those - journals that - when - - that - untruth was unveiled; assured the. public; .that the King of Holland, only wanted the appearance- otia French force. in., Belgium to surrenL der-the citadel,--what gross deception have they not prac tised on the_Britisb people! j.,0 ,tbe.vibli c , therefore, taught . by experience, be cautious in believing What they now assert, that.the heroic Jdefence of the citadel, which already rivals some of the most memorable achievements of wer, is an isolated act. We suspect Talleyrand knowS whether it is or not better. than. Lord Palmerston; but, however it may end, we have the, conscious • satisfaction of being innocent of all aiding or abetting of this " great murder," as, from the beginning, we never failed to protestagairist the foolish interference -of our government in the Be igieo-llutch dispute.—Morning Herald. THE PORTUGUESE BUSINESS. • DON PEDRO stands in the perdieament. of a man who has displeased everybody. The English volunteers, who flocked to his standard with good will and in high spirits, are out of patience with the treatment they have recently ekperienced ; ,and it is now generally believed that .the cause of the young Queen is hopeless.. The Portuguese are either indifferent to her claims,. or secretly favourable to the usurper. But how are we interested .in a struggle which cannot.terminate satisfactorily either way ? If the people of Portugal are not much concerned in the ques ,tion of the monareliy, why should other nations embroil themselves in the quarrel ? DON MIGUEL seems to have ealculated wisely upon his. strength, and to have taken the measure of . popfilar attachment with some accuracy. The priests rule, the people, and MiquEL rules the priestS, and the ergo is inevitable. ,Perhaps,,the whole value of the contest is to prove that apeople cannot be 'benefitted against their will. When a nation :becomes accustomed to servitude, - and to lie doWn. in 'easy acquiescence under an iron despotism, the.attempt to revive its spirit is often as ungrateful as it is difficult of accomplishment.—Atla.i. STATE OF OPORTO.—The Chronicle of this morning contains:a letter, .-:signed J. B. Dixon, J. F. Lumley, and H. Wilkins, who state that they "left. Oporto on the morn ing of the Ist ult., in the Britomart, with twenty-five' officers of Don Pedro's service, disgusted, like ourselveS, with "the utter embecility 'morgue aristocratique,' 'and total want of honesty of. those engaged. They proclaim the cause totally and irrevocably lost.. The foreign troops. will fight . for their lives, and that is all. Three sorties' having been latterly made for the purpose of - driving a few pigs and bullocks within our lines : fresh provisions procured in this manner are not, as you may suppose, plentiful, and salt rations had been issued for more than a fortnight previous to our departure. Pay has been un known for months among the officers. The troops, some times, when pressed, extract a few dollars by making the 'ruling few uneasy,' and thus only do they find a tempo rary relief. The' town (that is, when we left) was bom barded day and night in a capital and effectual style. The south bank of the Douro and Villa Nova was studded with pfiests and guerillas, whose rifles are most assiduously employed in picking off anything that might hit their fan cy on the adverse side (about a quarter of a mile). The , Miguelite batteries above are-tremendous—and one lately constructed at the entrance of the port is a perfect citadel, and capable of blowing anything out of the water that might attempt to enter—in fact, a complete blockade. The letter is conceived in the spirit, and written in the language of disappointed men, but so much falsehood has been palmed on the public to bolster up Don Pedro's cause, that a little exaggeration on the other may prove whole some."—Atlas, Saturday Evening. THE Wino CONSTITUTION. : —Oh ! but who need fear, when Earl Grey,_ the prime-minister, still • enchant s . en li g ht e n e d cockney , lord mayors, aldermen,. shopkeepers, mechanics, and female dealers in small politics and faded impurity, with pro, fessions of attachment to English institutions , ? His Lord ship's-egotism; battered into blindness and,deafness, still war bles, amidst general scorn, eulogies .on his_perfections. Ac cOrding to,his public words and deeds-, what English institution enjoys his favour? The Crown, possessed of its constitutional powers and uses? ,-No; he has done'.his utmost to make it the bauble of the democratic multitude. The Cabinet, limited on the one hand and invested with discretion on the other, as the constitution prescribes ?... No! he insists it ought to be the tool of the democracy, and, in the hands of the latter, an unlimited tyranny. The aristocracy, duly qualified to balance the democracy? • No ; he maintains it ought not to balance, and he has suppressed it, save as make-weight to the demo cracy. The house of Commons in. constitutional equipoise, touching restraint as well as .power, with the other estates of the realm? No; he declares it ought to. be in effect the sole estate—a despotic executive; and to• make it this he has prac tical.y destroyed the other estates. The. House of Lords, in its constitutional use of acting as a check and limit to the other house of Parliament and the Crown ? No; he has, in both intention and deed, made it their abject menial. The Church, in her constitutional possesions and ascendancy ? No ; she has to sustain, respecting both, his regular hostility. The democracy, armed with power and privilege, but balanced, dis abled, and limited, as' the constitution directs? No; by doc trine and act he proclaims that it ought to• be unbalanced— despotic—the reverse of the democracy established by the con stitution. Speaking" of the Whole, isle' friendly to our mixed fbrrn of government? No, he is so far from being so, that he has mane it what he avers it should be—in operation, a demo cracy. Ilow, then,. can this minister have the hardihood to call himself, even to Cockney auditors, a friend to the institu tions of England ? The. late declaration of Lord J. Russell, regarding the vote by ballot, and the other fuel cast by the Whig Mmisteis from time to time on the revolutionary flame, render it abundantly manifest that these ministers will aid in producing the fatal catastrophe. They may at distant inter vals affect resistance, they may ev en pretend to defend th e citadel, but they will first give the garrison, guns,, and keys, to the enemy.—Eraser's Magazine, FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE• lIOLLAND AND BELGIUM: THE SEIGE OF ANTWERP. We continue our extracts from the Correspondence of tie Times : ANTWERP, DECEMBER 10, MONDAY NIGHT, 10 o'CLO, —The firing is this night very constant on the Dutch side; 'l,, cannon, the mortars, -the howitzers, and principally the ketry are employed. From the roof of a high building, on whil st 1, with an officer, took a station to make observations, - 60 e as the darkness of the night would allow, it seemed as 0 French were either making a real or sham att ac k on the •r e .„ d, St. Laurent. The .fire of musketry and the throwing of hared .grerrades was incessant in that direction. Th e ci t a del I: .i e h shells from -mortars and howitzers to a gr e a t h e i g ht, wf; to showed the French troops to .be near. The French are saT", have attempted last week to get into the go rg e ,between ci • Laurent and the citadel, with the intention Qf attacking l¢ then • but.the fortifications in, the point of the opposite lun i ,e rt , of the citadel, with the corresponding entrance into the ' 13 .."0 and the covered way leading between th em , b e i ng s t u dded '0: 11 • loop-holes and well defended, threw the greatest obstacle s . the way. - Determined to spare their men, the French e n %) neers have for some days constructed works to e nable thera kt , attack without much risk, ,of which use seems made this flig i c .s , The musketry fire continues without ceasing —not in plalo°o but rather in single, shots. The shells are numerous, so anal o. four are seen together in, the air, and th e h eav y 16 an pounders fill up 'the tremendous chorus, whil e an occasio pot de feu is thrown out_to cast a light over the dreadful scenC', It cannot be doubted," said a British o ffi cer , ‘‘ thatn Dutch defend their position well, whil e th e y endure such . a severe fire.", , The citadel, the bnildings, the tastions, &C. in t th i o suffer dreadfully ; those who consider the obstinacy 9f, no t Dutch Monarch, and the resolution of the garrison, Wl' p yo hesitate to allow , the nation the praise of courage.• It is , ;ii g true, that the garrison had two year s to p re p are ,—th a t in't . " " a ti ' has been spared for the defence, a n d th a t th e soldiers ad artillerymen are as safe in their positi on a s - they can be bl id i o g their blinds, bud under their casemates ; yet the uniuterne jo sounds of destruction are fatiguing to even the listener i S cit e Antwerp. So great is the musk e t r y fi re , th a t a F ren ch so' 4 , who left the trenches this evening, stated there were 200 re l The fired, so that the muskets were rendered of little value. ao great defence of the garrison is s a id to b e , b es ide the 0 9 mates, the erection of mounds, which effectually prevent enfilading fire from doing them greatinjurv• the! While some persons imagine th a t on thi s n i g ht, which„ regard as exceedingly favourable to th e o p era t ions of the or sergers, the fort of st: Laurent is to be a tt ac k e d ; otheis c c o f tend, .from the short .fire directed by the Dutch in the be en° , the contregarde, between the citadel and the Fort Monteh, bo t ' where one of the French sappes is stated to he at ,w o rk, ' tha t something effectivis_ psppAring,Aligie. It is alio believe. 4 ,-7 0 1 the miners are at work as well there as nearihe fort3l. rent, _ the results of which, will soon make themselve4. lo '%le The weather is rather dry, and the reports•of the lir ise a tac heard.anore than usually distinct in the town, and seen , (11 o'clock) to be on the increase. - • irg le It is nut known' how General Chasse can now corn b e with .Holland, particularly as a blockade is established . T A.lio.bo Scheldt_by the Fr e n c h t roo p s un d er G enera l Sebastian'', Die are stationed along th e dik e f rom Fort "St. Marie, Snits W he vent even small bo a t s 'from being row e d on th e r iver.' Ito o, Dutch appear now to fancy, th a t even if t h e c i ta d e l be t i or ti there will be more work for the French in the sieges of.th„ i e .03, of Lillo and Li e fk ens h oc k , b o th o f w hi c h belong to /361".- and which they have taken care to surround with water. . t he TUESDAY MORNING.-The firing has continued during, t ile night in the sam e m a nner as i n t h e even i ng on t h e par t , to garrison, for the besiegers a pp ear t o con fi ne thernse", e o a Ol9. throwing shells an d fi r i ng o ff th e h eavy cannon, so as, e ° ' : ,. to demolish the works of the citadel, but t o break , the sh)""del . the garrison. • One deserter escaped last night from the ° it : by the esplanade into the. town. He looks a young e la t to years of age, begrimed with dirt and smoke, an d se ems ' 1 ;400 have slept - since - the affair began. He represents the g a f;t•tk e as suffering dreadfully from the- tremendous., heavy fir e C o or, besiegers, and - states, that a shell had broke,_ yesterday, t - a ri" some part of the casemate, which, on bursting, killed 45 ,ta wounded 30 men. This being the account of a deserter. , tpc be received with caution. told other persons, that u l to ol' citadel the garrison has laboured so effectually as, notwitli;teat ing the heavy fire, to form some communications in dill ha s has parts, so as to pass without danger: No effort, no exP ell oa r t o been spared. The French operations of last night apP to, be confined to changing some of th e mor t ar b arr iers, so yea place them nearer the citadel. A battery is said to be P f r oio near a point of the termination of the contregarde, five Montebello to the bastion Toledo. In the c it a del there al_ c uo; bastions, that of. Toledo, nearly oppo s ite F o rt Monteo os o Pacietto, nearly opposite Fort St. Laurent; Alba, olV a cle , Fort dti Kiel; Due, fronting the Scheldt ; and Ferilaiiier facing the Esplanade of th e t own . The French sent a "'affer across the point of the old garden of the Harmony, w_l w „',. a cti' some time was withdrawn, as the attempt was found unc o • nP cable: I have been told: that the preparations for blowlj t he that fort are Tar advanced, but ,that, although last nip': b a cl breach was expected, it turned out a failure through some arranTEN gements. - • • o'cLocic.—This morning there being c onsiderabl e , h b o a down the Scheldt, I went to make inq u i r i es -in the ne i o c thre e hood of the port, and have been told that there ... 1 1, c . r c h his' e lighters laden with-cann o n sen t d own on Sunday, "1 b a ttery enabled the French t roo p s on th e r i g h t b an k to f0rn 3 ,,, -- he T a tter at Kruys Schans la'C ro i xs oppos it e Liefkeensliock. su e d t () fort, now under the command of Colonel Bake, wa s fire heavy guns at the intrenchments of the French. wo lii' formed persons affirm it to be too far off. There are t._ . . sho c gates, and a number of gun-boats lying - between Lief ke% a re and Lillo, which really fire on the workmen. The French said to have laboured also in the renewal of the old Wi For t is Fort St: Philippe, on the right bank also,'and also _ hcc i;. Perla, on the right bank, between St. Marie and Lief ken s „ s ore before which there is a large steam-boat, having 2 0 g u p - d th e , board, now cruising. The tide is now running out, a bes a o" wind is not favourable to the movements of the frig, a .,; pra oa r gun-boats, which, however, have their sails loose. nn its states that the cannons and mortars of the French o eo' were yesterday and last night directed against the sluice_per/ ing from the ditch round-the citadel into the Scheldt, 10 ; cr iea by breaking it, to .empty the ditch at low water. Some a p oen! their purpose to have been effected; but well-informed co asr say—" not yet." -The garrison is stated to have fire has derably during the night, from the flank of the Ferne' is rosl tion, in the direction of Fort MOntebello. Perhaps ta ec d, arise from the guns in the Toledo bastion being &sirloin" c h s . appointedON:°' c consequencex. --111ars tia l o G f t e h r 6 a rfdo fort t s os t describedari Laurent serious9t sb k t r o : been taken 'during the night ;' the French young sold'g,,,, th' are not accustomed to sieges, are rather vexed on are, • they. have not yet succeeded. The efforts of the engMe, th el e i directed towards sparing thenins much as possible, :s c ,' continual labours in the -trenches are not satisfactorry:_ic. number of killed and wounded last night was conside a 5 O, ie: send yott the , list of killed and wounded up to SaturdaY L at ioP elusive.. The project of forming a battery at the terinl_upbolr_ of the contregarde fronting Montebello,.• is described as _ As tb ' doned.. The - French sappe continues its course towr. re do bastion Toledo, which is, a s it i s sa id, t o b e that Wn` breach is to be made. • - •stiag % %01 Two o'cLocx.—Rumour sp ea k s o f th e coo l ne ss still re between Marshal Gerard and Colonel. Caradoc, al r g turned to his-post. The French factious journals lo aria ct pear to have embarra sse d th e M ars h a l b y th e false e $PeA they give the mission of the latter. One might be led t" 0 05, from their violence, that they would dare to attribute t4 e re as, e delay to the presence of the British commissioner, season o f P . really arises from the nature of the siege at this se a it o year, and from the habits of the garrison. Z o s You will have observed, no doubt it must have rel., " through the French papers nearly as soon as it coin, *P t ; here, that Marshal Gera r d, i n hi s l e tt er o f th e 7th, to l i r ol ter of War, explains the causes of the e mooprotracted.sttah operations of the besiege rs . It i s qu it e cer t a i n th4,, pia a t" „ light has retarded the wor k s by expos i ng th e Ivor' s uffe re r most destructive fire, by which many of them hav e s. "O r o f The moonlight, howe ver , w ill g i ve way i n - a few daYiefoneeho ther the second cau se o f th e d e l ay —th e o b s tinate " s to the Dutchmen—will gi ve wa y a t th e same ti me , reu tain seen. • siege does It is one cause of sati s f ac ti on a t l eas t , _th a t if the, c a , 01 not make the progress on w hi c h many h a d calmila' not go back—no step or position gained has bead v atte t every day the work s are b ecom i ng more an d more a., so as now to have nearly reac h e d th e i r c l oses t point I v, t hol o the enemy. - Th a t it mus t f a ll no b o d y ventures to den_ tha t . 1 " of course opinion s n ow var y as t o th e probable the e o e intervene. • ow h , o tes The besiegers, as y ou w ill see in th e accounts hel gained one point in blowing tip the sluice which keP t s '„ v e w." 011 to a considerable depth i n th e f osse o f th e c it a del. • as Owe tar' men here state th a t thi s was a ' remature ster'o probability Chasse will h ave ti me to p fill his fOsse ag ar s te , the French are ready to attempt to cross it. ' r oe ,4 You will perceive that th e t wo young P r i nce s of w y , every day becoming more a n d mor e : popular in the a! the eta their mix up with the men, visit th em on posts and T ,it h I vitals, and enter into the most' familiar conversation , • vc., 44. -