The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1832-11-30 00:00:00

THE LONDON PZESS. THE UNPOPULAR WAR. In an article from Berlin, quoted in the Frankfort pa pers, treating of the eventual consequences of the expe dition against Antwerp, the Prussla_n writer says—" It were much to be wished th a t th e French Government would consider what it is about. It may, by its impru dence, kindle a conflagration which no human hand will be able to ektinguish, and which may in the end prove most fatal to France itself. It is the French polic y which, all the vain attempts to consolidat e it s new Govern ment, at home at the expense of foreign countries, now Makes a new one to maintain, by arrogant conduct, a sntem which was already out of joint at its birth. It has met with encouragement in London from Lord Palmer- Ston, and thinks itself now strong - erraugh to throw the sword into the balance, and violently to decide a quarrel with which it has no concern, though the common sense cf justice protests against it, and even prudence seems to forbid it; for the taking of the citadel of Antwerp will neither cool the military ardour of the French party of the Mortvement, as they are called,. nor so far lull asleep the cabinet of the Hague, as to induce it to depart from what it believes to be its right, and to subscribe to conditions which it believes would lead to the ruin of the commerce of Holland." ... From the same quarter, we are told that— " nothing will have been done to pacify the opposition, or to terminate the differences between Holland and Ba gium, if the French campaign is to terminate under- the walls of Antwerp. On4he contrary, the OppoSitiOn, (in France) would only be furnished with the more danger ous weavons, and thei3elgian queßion become more com. plex." Thus, as we stated the other day, the. general peace of Europe is endangered to effect an object which, when achieved, if the French army should immediately withdraw, would not in the least facilitate the settlement of the Belgic question. On the contrary, it will, by rousing all the national pride and angry feelings of the Dutch, make it more difficult than ever to settle in peaceful way the great question of the free. navigation of the. Scheldt, and other matters in dispute, such as, the na vigation of the internal waters of Holland, and.the ques tion of the debt, which have yet to be adjusted.—lt is humiliating to see the Government of this country made the tool of the immoral and selfish policy of Louis Phli lip's cabinet. , When we objected to the interferenoe:df the Tory Government in the Belgic question, the Whigs did the same, and a notice of motion given by the pre sent Secretary at War, to prevent the Duke of Welling ton proceeding with such interference, had their warm support. Before the motion cam e on, for discussion, the Duke was out of office, and , the Whigs, succeeding to his power, became enamoured of his policy. The ex ample of sitting in Conference with the despotic Powers is his—the blunders of the protocols and the warlike measures against Holland are their own.—Morning Herald. It is now universally conceded, that, the risk to Europe is not that of a war of twelve days, but of a* universal convulsion. The leading, Ministerial organ i after asserting, in terms the most precise and unqualified, that the five Powers had given their full consent to the coercion of Holland, finding it impossible to hold longer to its falsehood, turns its artillery of abuse upon the conservative interest as . the -oriqinat6rs•of the war f Ihe friends of peace have all alono. said, " In this mat ter,. this country has been made the tool of France; we are fighting for her 'objects against our own interests; for the lestruction of a power which we ought to . uphold ; the three absolute powers will not permit it; you are in volving the country in a net of difficulty from which you will have no-power to extricate it; the issue will be an universal War." The reply was, "This. is - a war to prevent awar—the .contest will be over in twelve or fifteen days, and the peace of Europe secured." The Cabinet find that they have wholly miscalculated; that Prince Talley rand has outwitted them ; that it is a universal European war which is at our doors. Their organs, with infinite simplicity and decency, turn round and say, " You vile conservatives---you boroughmonger ing factionyou blood-thirsty crew—do you see what your meetings and speeches are bringing on the country ? Every drop - of precious blood that - shall be spilt in this frightful contest will be charged to your account." The late meeting, at the City of London Tavern, is re presented to be one of the chief causes of the dreaded war, while the Prussian manifesto was issued before - it was held, and was only, as his - Prussian Majegy asserts ; a copy and echo -of the sentiments which he, in comtnon With Austria and Russia, had ever held on the subject, since the opening of the negotiations ! • • fn the mean time every preparation is making for the . siege, of . Antwerp. The French officers, approaching very near the walls, in taking the necessary elevations and.plans , expeetexl, as a matter of course, t o be fired upon. Not a shot was fired. The Dutch seem resolved to act entirely' on the defensive—by land as by . sea. As we have already Said; it is.our belief that justice lies onthe side of-the Dutch Monarch. Thus he thinks, and thus do his people unanimously ; and, in this belief,,the Christian King calls upon his people, by a public mani festo, "to app - roach. the Throne of he Lord of Hosts our God, and the God Of 'onr fathers, **. to implore the .Divine blessing in the struggle to which we may be Compelled. in our own defence." The day for national humiliation and prayer named is the 2d - Of December next. . We hear it rumoured anew, that fresh negotiations are , iiih on`foot. - May they lead to a peaceful issue !—The Record. T.iiE W AR. —The erime - Wt'Of nations are the crimes of indiri; duals, if the nations be free,\itnd the•indiyiduals do net use their, frcedeut to preVent the sin. No :motive of policy can justify before God an unprovoked homicide; every life - faken- at Ant,' ,Aretp Will be in his eyes a murder, and every Englistiman who shall .not to the utmost of his power prevent the threatened ,!bloodshed,. will be a participator in its guilt: There is no pru-, deuce in dallying mith sacred duties. Let men read the justice of. Heatten in its dealings with men, without-regarding the sneer . of the.scorner. If they so read, they will see that no national crime, like that into which we are plunged, ever went without its appropriate punishment. Let men then push the Vengea,nce 'from:their 'own hearths and their own families ' by tl;e only means by which they can p urg e th e i r so ul s of the guilt of this unproy(tked 'and inuidemith war; namely, by using .their- privi lege as - freemen to exclaim loudly against it. We have-before spoken of its road irnpolicy, of its detestable contempt of honour, of its total w an t o f generosity, and of every o th er feeling which , whrldly.Men respect. When we are driven to-speak so lerenly( ,our - fellow.subjects, however, we shall not descend-to -Ruch ;arguments:-.we tell them that if the war were as politic as , it is qupid, as magnanimous as it is base, as chivalrous as it is, paltry,: s tiil they ought - to raise their voices against it, beeause! t is a *1,4 , It is distinguished from every other wat in'whichi for more than a century this country has been, engagetlHtil 'Ara'illy wanting that Tehttlh,, muter any •circuinstattees;' tan ren der war justifiable. We have received nit -irj7;timt, s%jArec4 no . iirroifj, :vane .of ~oar btaillts Att re been, 4i)ithll4l, hone r, o* ) tillies 1%04:ed. : r. 112 sole -guilty& of our- sitga(ik (nrott the ertrclit - Or:ftfe Reformation, upon the birth-place, and indeed .fainity,l4-Aliel gfeat , defiviirei (ittlytwtetams, Lisci 4 hlit iito-,Kii,iv•tf Nether-I lands will not sub m it t o usurped jurisilictico ' 1'414 prOctee l i'sl muct#3lhat we tiara ittiir Other titirtb rre twiedhresj Sr) deny that uhkll - ,Nve , !a,4 , e to estataAt by the. rlaughter of our Christian PrOteftrit bretliren• is Nsitrpeel. is tkiis•lvar, then,' not a nationalsin ? the people ofigng- Temonstrate against ;it? 'rimy' will; by cities, c6fintics, it, villages, in .families and as 4t;cliyithrals.-8-treratord. MINISTER. 1t ys e vijegt ti - Ott'LO,rtA" . P.aln; l ers'fon's;new with lisearil to •b9O - 1 0 N : Ijit.'Itait :will. soon be pnt ~„o r vro f .e- test, and, itc;wever matters may terminate, ~,,„ig e th e - htipe that one of the earliest inriuiries , in the next Itouse of Cote s will be; whether it is the will and interest dr Btriotts - tito.t their Oldest allies and` best customers shohld be tranipled to the ground, and whether the exercise of those rights ought to be Willih6Td from them Vithout • whibh no frolependent nation can be sea to exist: In the meavtothile the awful responsibility which has long been gathering upon the head of our -Moister of Foreign. Affairs is likeip; erelong, to-he better 1111(M-stood by . the - public of thiscountry, for the moment is fast arriving whenthe.expe rimental policy pursued our relations with other states must appear in all its naked deformity. Whenever that time comes it will be found that there is :a heavy reckon ing to settle between Great Britain, a 4. directectby the Grey administration, and, the tw6 coantries which- reckoning it is yet a consolation to think bears onlY . a modern date. Till now it was always thought that good faith was-essential to-the ends of good'guvernment, and Lord Palmerston is the first man, with.the ftweign portfolio under his charge, who has ventured to forget that. the national greatness anti political power of Great Britain were the result of a successful application of her commercial industry, and enterprise; su pp ortedby intio r able integrity both on the parr of those invested with public duties. and those who eitlim fought or U 40,1 under the British flag an the high seas.—Morning Post. • , : (Guardian and Patlie Ledger.) The defence of the noble lord, whose name will be mortalised with the infamy and misfortu nes Gillis country; appeared hi the - Globe of Saturday evening:. kis in at.- tempt to prove that, the King of Rolla-lir! has oh right to keep, even proviionally,.the .citarlel of Ant.v.-;‘rp, and that consequently his resistance is as-Mitt:lA as it is useless. In order to prove this, our cOntemporary has recourse to an argument which proves- nothing, or proves .against him. The armistice 'of November,._N3o,- agreedupon by Lard Aberdeen„and_a.c.gepted by the K.-inr flellaml,- is impresged into • his . setrioe to prOwl that his Alitjesty is in the wrong. But evieittlie Globe will admit .that the armistice required'the'content of the two parties to make it valid. The Gioso - kfrows, or ought to know, at least Lord Palmerston kaMirs,. that the Belgians did not con,- sent to the terms of the armistice! The Belgistris, by their act of the 10th Novemb e r, signed by the rtvpublican De PkAte: , eel totimerr Limburg:, aridauthorise it heir , taking- iminediate'possession of Dutch Flanders. In i tift - rnanner;andittrongiftlie fault of the Belgians alone; the armistice waver exe_ctited4.ther.snerely.conteuted themselves with a cessation of hostilities. But even if the argument of the -G/44be were achnissible, which it is not, our contemporary papsn bad compliment to the sue cassor of LordAherdeen. If Lord Aberdeen ceded the Citadel to the Belgians; *i t ieh he did not, why did not Lord Palmerston, without further negooiation--witirout allowing two.long yearsto expire, stand upon this act of cessioh,.atid , roliow up the execution of the measure ? ,THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. ~_ , ~„ Optirtet l'noudicem CSSCi meanoretn. PARLIAMENTARY PLEDGES. Our readers Will sib its thelitstice to admit that We have been amongst the first in our opposition to the de gracbag practice of exacting-pledges from Candidates for seats in the New Parliattrint. We have taken' every opportunity tocoudemn, inthe strongest terms, the pro , ject of converting the deliberative Assembly of the: House of Commons into a congregation of delegates bound down by, their electors to give particular votes on great nation al questions, without reference to the information which they might derive from further investigations, and with, oat regard to the expediency or inexpediency of forcing foiwardparticular measures under the eircurnstanees and exigencies of the times. . • • ;4` "But," it has b een o bj ec t e d, "are th e const i tuent* who have to return representatives to Parliament netta have the right of ascertaining the principles and opinions of those whom they elect ?" Undoubtedly, we reply; they have that right ; and great would be their culpabili ty, and inimeasurable their folly, - were they not =Ulm ' lowly to inquire into the principles and opinions - of a candidate soliciting their suffrages. The difference,, however, between ascertaining• these genetal qualifica tions in a candidate, and binding him down to carry his principles intoefTed by means which they choose to pre-; scribe, and by no other, is plain and • palpable. -Let us take one or two of the great questions which will occupy - the attention of the reformed Parliament. There a the emancipation ofthe slaves. Nov we do not suppose that any body•of electors in the kingdom would return a man who should declare himself opposed to the emancipation of the slaves in the British colonies ? A candidate may express in the mostdecided language his abhorrence of the infamous traffic in slaves, and his most -ardent desire to effect the desirable object of emanCipation with the least possibledelay. Here is an example of the expres sion of an opinion, and of a conviction:of a principle. But the same man might very fairly demur to .pledge himselfio_the. immediate liberation of thoBoo,ooo -negroes in our colonies. He might conscientiously say, "decided as I am as_to the desirability of carrying _this .principle of justice into effect, it is by no means clear to - the that the immedite sudden accomplishment of it would be discreet.' Before I ;decide on the means, I should like to deliberate on the, subject with my, fellow members in the 'House of Commons. The electors are acquainted with my opinion' on this matter. If lam worthy of any trust at all—that. is, if I am worthy of being elected a member of Parlia ment, my constituents might well trust me with the car rying into effect the principles which I profess, 'at the proper. time and in • the fittest mode. If I cannot be, trusted.to do that, I am not fit to be trusted at The same - reasoning applies to the question of amendment in the Church, improvements ,in the .Law, the Currency question, the question of Free Trade, and manyrothers. THE ELECTIONS. -- We Observe the progre ss . o f preparation for th e elec tions With Very great sa tisfaction. We are delighted to. learn that Mr. Tryons r a staunch; resolute Conservative,. has ,started for the northern division of Northampton shire; - there is no doubt, from this 'gentleman's deter mined-chinacter, that he will stand to the last man, and scarcely any that he will evict Lord Milton. In East' Kent, Sir Edward Knatchbull, a Conservative' Worth 'almost any • half dozen, is sure of coming in Arinin phantly; and we are happy to bear testimony. to the equal and 'undivided zeal with which Sir Edwa.rd's in terests have been embraced by Conservatives of all sub divisions. In East NOrfoik, the Ministerial candidates {Koppel and W -have -been-driven-th throw them= . selves . upon'the elan of - refOrrners:Tnialv, as will appear by the joint canvassing bills addressed exclusively "to the reformers of East Norfolk." This modest, retreat is happily. Observed upon in the address of Lord Henry Cholmondeley and Mr. Peach, who are perfectly secure; Mt.; Watts .1?)ussell---ia good • man, though with a . bad 'name—isalso quite 'safe . in . North Stafford; as is Capt. Polhill in Bedford. Generally, the. Conservative in- . terest jp,redorainatoa every where; .and even In London and Westminster, where Conservativvs pre_ less for timat4,-.ttie4rroist -Odious class' , OPritidieals- , ;-the wretches who, by an instinct of. baseness, love revolution for -its 'wickedness, anti not fyi any other quality—who would flatter, -the , oppressive .acts •of an i n di v id ua l as they would the brutality of a mob, if only as unjust and unpi.ineioed_apise..•stretches are -hissed and hooted at, and about to be-dig.rnissed without a character. By the way, why clo•not Col. Evans's friends get -hold of the "Letter to Lord Erski ne and placard•a• eento of. the thousand civilities to Lord Grey and the Whig party of the ,day with which the work abounds ? We may perhaps one of these days assist the gallant Co/cnel towards such a publication.—Standard. FaREIGN NATTELLU.GENCE. lIOLLAND AND BELGIUM. PARIg, Nov. 21.—1 t is known this morning that the French government has received intellige%te from Antwerp, announc ing that an insurrection has broken out at Antwerp, and that the Belgian army stationed in that city hasrefused• to allow the French troops to occupy the positions taken by them. The first rumours of this news reached. us yesterday in the after noon, but .„to-day they are .fully confirmed by complete and detailed statements. It is also known that Marshal Gerard - and King Leopold had quarrelled as to the best method Of attackingthacitade,l—the Marshal desiring to do so by the. side of the town, and the King desiring that the bombardment might be begun by the road to Boom and by Kiel. Leopold is afeaid of a counter-revolution if Antwerp should be destroyed, and Gerard i s a f ra id o f l os i ng a t hi r d of hi s army if he should not make the attack from the city. To add to these difficulties, Ospeeial eonrier :has, it is -said, arrived from Berlin, bringing intelligence of the serious illness of the King of Prussia; and the French government, -fearful of the advance of the Prussian army, tias, it is believed, determined on sending Marshal Soult to headvartem, The delay which has taken place in attack ing the citadel of Antwerp is believed to be exclusively- occa sioned.bY the differences existing between Marshal Gerard and -King Leopold,. and the apprehensions entertain e d, th a t if t h e _Belgian army. should be allowed to .remaio in-Antwerp ; it would provoke, by acts-of hostility, the destruction of the whole city. It is reported every where, and not less generally believed, that the governments of Austria, Prussia, and Russia, have agreed. on a manifesto, to he sent to the courts of London and Paris, relative ,to the affairs of Belgium. This mauisfesto is said to be conceived in no favourable spirit to France, and that immediately after the destruction or the taking of the cita del of Antwerp, the French troops do not retire, the armies of Prt.Sift i atid Austria will enter Belgium and France.—Curres pi)adent f !t . the London Sttindard. ..:* the Dutch steame r , which arrived la s t S un d ay x i4 g h t, b rought tlefferi'ettrid pape rs o f Saturday. The private. letters received ace highly important. The KinghaS ordered that all persons from 15 to at) years of • age should take up arms in 'defence of their country. He looks with perfect assurance to the supporr of the great Northern Powers, The Russians are about to march at. army to Konigsburg, and the Polish army is to support the Prussiaps. It is positively, stated, that iu case the com mencement of hostilities,..Prussia will immediately take pos session of Hanover. It is quite plain that the war will not end by the -taking of Antwerp. These letters also add that a firing was iteard in the direction of that city on the night of the '2Brd. —The King of the Netherlands, with that religious feeling which has been always a characteristic of his family, has set apart the 2nd of Dec., the anniversary of his return to Hol land, nineteen years ago, for the purposes of prayer and sup pLcation, for • which, we perceive, he is abused by the infidel press of London. His troops, howeVer, will not fight the worse-tor it,-1-11' e-stearn-boats. will- not be allowed to proceed any more to Rotterdam, but the mail will be sent to them at the Bridle. Time HaGuF, Nov. 23.—The First Chamber of the States- General adopted yesterday the two projects of law relative to the extraordinary expenditure.—lt is said that a proposal for calling out the landsturin will shortly be laid before the States- General.—All persons belonging to the several divisions of the army in the field absent on furlough are ordered to join their several corps immediately.—The students of Amsterdam and Leyden are again summoned to join the army—those of Am sterdam are gone . to Leyden, where they will receive further orders. French and English men-of-war have been seen at different points of the coast. The important position of Fort .Bath- is daily reinforced; ten gun-boats have lately come to it from Holland. The day before yesterday m erc h an t men st ill went up and- down the Scheldt unmolested to and from Ant , well. The garrison of Fort Bath has been increased. The troops are busy in erecting works to comm an d th e yet unde fended entrance alon g the Western Dyk e . Th e troops are oager to defend this little spot of land, which may be con sidered as the key of the Scheldt, and Without getting pos session of it, no enemy's fleet can pass to this position to ge to the Upper Scheldt. - - FRANCE. The Paris papers of Saturday and Sunday last have been received. The Doctrinaire Ministry of France marches from one triumph to another. Having succeeded in naming . eight out of nine chairmen of the Bureaux, and having contributed to the election of M. Dupin to the Presidency of the Chamber of Deputies, Ministers on Friday procured the selection of 'seven of their own adherents, with two of the Dupin party, to form the committee of nine, to whom was confided the task of preparing the address in answer to the speech from the throne. In all those trials of strength the Liberause were com pletely. defeated. Some suspicions were, however, afloat, that the union between the Ministry and the Doctrinaires with M. Dupin and his supporters would not be of long duration. Nothing certain had yet transpired on the subject of the pistol shot fired as the King was passiilg to the Chamber of Deputies on Monday se'nnight. The affair had, however, lost much of its interest owing to the 'obscurity in which it remained. The KiTTIT continued nevertheless to receive congratulatory ad dresses from every quarter. Paris remained perfectly tran quil. —Morning Herald. The Chamber of Peers has shown itself fully disposed, by its first acts, to support the present government. No real opposition was made to the nomination of the batches of peers, although the ordinances appointing them were not conformable to the charter. The President has also appointed a commis sion to prepare an addres s , almost exclusively composed o f th e personal friends of the Duke of Broglie. The Chamber of Deputies has shown itself less ministerial, and has, indeed, by its acts, given decided proofs of its inten tion-- 1. To . oppose the doctrinaires. 2. To disajprovc the state of siege. 3. confirm the decision of the Court of Cassation. 4. To refuse to pass a special law relative to the Duchess of Berry .: Ana 5. To refuse its assent to the extraordinary measures of severity at,rsinst z the press ' mobs, &c. announc e d in the speech from the thro,ne;L-Lond u n Standard. A letter from Brest announces, that extraordinary activity prevails in the naval docks. The number of armed vessel s ready to sail by the end o f th e year will be seventy, among which will be twenty-one ships of the line, twenty-seven fri gates, three sloops, and five steamers. PORTUGAL. In consequence a information received from England, the Board of Health in Lisbon has ordered, that all vessels coming from London, Liverpool, and C3ork, will, in future, be admit.. ted to that port after a quarantine of fifteen days only. To vessels from New York and Philadelphia the period has like wise been reduced, being inrw, on account of the longer pas sage, three days less th an th e a b ove . The French Minister for Foreign Affairs, the Duke de Brog lie, takes a very warm interest in the proceedings of Don Pe dro, and has ordered the Ambassador, Prince Talleyrand, to omit no opportunity of assisting the constitutional cause by his influence with the British Government. The Marquis of 13al mella continues to press upon Lord Palmerston the claim which Don Pedro makes for a recognition of the Regency, Mid we understand that another member of the Cabinet, besides Lord Holland, is now urgent for the recognition.—Sun. It is generally believed, that Don Miguel has been able to accomplish the effectual blockade of Oporto, both by sea and land ; that hence no . provisions can be introduced into the place ; and that the party of Don Pedro will probably be soon reduced'to the utmost straits. Great dissatisfaction, it also ap pears, prevails among many of the officers of Pedro's army. Colonel Hodges, who commanded the English and French di visions,„has thrown up his command in disgust, and reached this country. From these occurrences, the prospects of Don Pedro are not considered to be so favourable as they were a few 'weeks since. 'rlntla . The Turkey mail arrived •on• Monday; the dates are from Constantinople of the 25th Oct., and from Symrna to the 19th Oct. The navai.and military preparations were going on with great activity. -The exchange from Constantinople 87 to 88, and front Smyrna - 87. Thu fetters - confirm the opening of the negotiations with the Pacha of Egypt for peace between the two countries, which are stated to be in a very favourable train for final adjustment. • CONSTANTINoPLE,.O6f:23.—Since the arrival of Redschid Mehemet Paella, COnitintinople has assumed quite a military appearance, from the numerous corps of Albanian and other troops , that pass through the streets, and the frequent reviews. The Grand Vizier Shows great energy in the preparation s for the campaign, and'will* leave Constantinople in about a fort 'night, to pat hiniself at the head of the operations. The army lias the highest confidence in him, and every body expects, from the firmness :of his character and from his military cape perience, a happy issue of the campaign. Meantime nothing has occurred between the hostile armies in Syria; only it ap pears, from the latest accounts, that liussien Pacha had aban doned the defiles of Mount Taurus to the Egyptians, and had retreated, without resistauce, at their approach. The fleet has left Marmariz z i fOr the neighbourheod - of the Dardanelles, to take in provisions, and to send some ships that have suffered in the violent storms to the capital to be repaired—two three deckers and two frigates. tiomc smaller vessels arc fitting out I here to reinforce the fleet. It is probable, that the Gipoi.l ' Pacha Halib Rifat will be moved to another post, and succeed,' by Tahir Pacha, a seaman of approved valour. Ahmed P a cha' who was sent by the Sultan to the fleet, returned to this city o' the 20th, on board a Turkish steam-boat. No great change lw, t taken place in the sanitory state of the capital since the loi„ post. The colder weather will prob a bly c h ec k th e pro gress of the plague. Extract of a letter, dated Constantinople, Oct. 25.---. , One of the Turkish G o vernment s t eamers arr i ve d h ere from the flee , on the 20th inst., bringing back Ahmed Pacha, and it is n" ascertained, that his object was merely to make inquiries into the cause of the inactivity of the fleet, which he met at Boudrouo 9 on its return towards the Dardanelles, and left it at andll r d off Tenedos. It appears, that th e Capitan Pacha consider t 1 4 13 some of his vessels in an unser v i cea bl e s t a t e , an d was i n of supplies; but, since the ret urn o f Ah me d Pacha, the Capita' Pacha has been removed from the command, and Tahir Paella appointed to it. It is supposed, that the fleet will remove int o the Dardanelles, but go out again as soon as their wants can b e supplied, and two or three ships, now being got ready here, ea! be sent down to them. The Egyptian fleet was watching the'' movements at a distance. His Majesty's brig Curdelia is at the Dardanelles, on her passage to the capital with a part of th e treasure of the army, which, having been embarked for security on board ship at Atexandretta, had been carried offby the crew. The Cordelia made the recovery at the Island of Casso." COLONIES. The Baracouta, Jamaica packet, ha's arrived with accounts of the 13th ultimo. Evidence was taken before a Select Commit tee there, on the causes which led to the late rebellion, but I does not appear to have disclosed any new facts of importance' It is distinctly stated, by witnesses who had access to the insur gent slaves when under sentence of death, or other puniqr inents, that all they said tend e d t o thi s ,—th a t th ey b e li eve d Ii; bcrty to have been gi ve n th em by th e au th or iti es at h ome , I ntl that it was withheld f rom th em b y th e i r masters. Th e re bellion had been planned three years or more, before it took place, hot it was only the periods of Christmas or October that were Pe citliarry fixed upon for thatiirpose - : The negroes engaged in it had taken an oathlin the Bible to drive the whites out of th country, and it was settled that the estates were to be divided among them. _4ll of them admitted, when questioned, which is 6 very curious fact, that the condition of the slaves employed on theta would have been changed for the worst when they became master`' The papers contain no local news. The Governor, Lord I11 11 I; grave, was chiefly occupied with a succession of balls, races, an d reviews, and seems, in his short residence on the island, to have acquired great popularity. —Times.—[We take this opportunity of stating, in reference' every article of intelligence respect' ing the colonies, that we beg our readers to remember, that Ic e cannot be responsible for their accuracy, 'We must give the news as we find it in the usual sources of information ; but it must always be recollected, that the acc oun t s are frequently tinged with the spirit of partizanship.—The &coed. DOMESTIC: INTELLIGENCE. BOROUGH OF WHITBY.—Mr. Chapman will be brought in by the Conservative Shipping Interest, having a clear majority of 84. It is said that the Consistory Court is to be removed from Doctors' Commons to the Privy Council Office, at Whitehall' where the Court is, in future, to be h e ld. His Majesty is expect e d in London on Wednesday next, f ey the purpose of holding a Council, to issue a Proclamation for the Dissolution of Parliament. Sir Henry Parnell left town on Wednesday for Ireland. Th e Right Hon. Baronet goes to Dublin, and thence proceeds to Queen's County, for which he is again a candidate. It is, we believe, certain that Lord Goderich is about to be somewhat unceremoniously ejected from office. Mr. Stanley (perhaps with a peerage) is to be his successor; and Sir John Cam Hohhouse goes to Ireland as Secretary.—London Standard. Lord Elphinstone, it is said, is to be Lord of the Bed-cha ber in lieu of Lord Clinton, deceased; and Vice-Admiral Charles Rowley, K.C.8., is to be Groom of the Bedchambe r, vice Hon, Cavendish Bradshaw, deceased. AWKWARD MEETING OF FRIENDS.--The Talavera, 74, C taM Brown, and the French frigate Calyp so , b roug ht-t o a t the, Nore on Tu es d a y l a st, to repair the damages they had sustaine d by running aboard of each other in th e North Sea, at half-ra , " ten o'clock on Saturday night. It appears, that as the /do; sera Was on a wind, taking up her station, the Calypso mistook her for a Dutch man-of-war, and, having cleared for a ction! crossed her bows, when the Talavera struck. the Calypso just a the gangway, and with such force as to break fifty of her tiin" bers, twenty knees, and twelve beams. The shock was so vio lent that the side opposite to that which was struck was so forced by the beams as to cause it to round out, whilst the side on Which she was struck round e d i nwar d s, caus i ng her to make three feet water in the hour. Th e d amage sustained by thcT:e lavera is the loss of the whol e o f th e kn ee o f t h e hea d. Calypso was taken up to Chath am on W e d nes d ay, to b e docked to-day. The Talavera was taken into Sheerness on Wednesday, into the basin on Thursday, and was docked yesterday. Sh e will be ready for sea in ten days. In the confusion of running foul, several men in their fright exchanged ships, fearing then" own w‘as going down.—Hampshire Telegraph. SYMPTOMS OF THE GENERAL ELEcrIoN.—We hear that the Colonel of the 7th Dragoon Guards has received an order from the War-office to make arrangements in what places the troop` are to be stationed during the election. Under the new Reform Bill there are nine different places appointed in this county for taking the poll, and, as these comprise all the towns in the county, it becomes a matter of difficulty to determine where the troops can be sent, as th e i nns i n country v ill ages canno t af ford sufficient accommodation for men and horses.—Dars et County Chronicle. THE AFFAIR AT CROCKFORD'S BAZAAR.—The young ladict concerned in this affair are said to be the daughters of one ° the clerks in a High Court of Equity. He is himself a gibe tleman highly respected fo r th e s t r i c t es t integrity, ~sr„ most unblemished honour, and the sincerest politeness. daughters are extremely fine girls; the eldest has just ate the age of 21, and has recently come into possession off.: l ' 2, un left by a relative; the youngest is about 18, and will be to the same sum when she is of age. They are nieces, either by the mother or father's side, to a distinguished Secretary for a certain Department. —Morning Herald. MUTINY IN THE SEVENTH HUSSARS.—The sentences 011 the five privates lately tried by a Court-martial at Norwich, on the charge of mutiny, having been submitted to his Maks; ty, and received his approval, were immediately transusitic`!' to Col. Keane, the Commanding Officer. Though severe, the sentences are, perhaps, satisfactory in one respect—they evince a proper regard to public feeling in the absence of the barbarous punishment of flogging, and add another to the already numer ous symptoms that this outrage on humanity will speedily be ranked amongst the things that were. The following are the sentences of the Court :--Dolan Martin, found guilty of the whole of the charge produced against him, and sentenced by the Court to be transported as a felon for life.—Thenias Almond, acquitted. of that part of the charge of having joined the meet ing on parade, but guilty of every other part of the c harge produced against him, and sentenceed to be transported as a felon for the space of seven years.—H enr y B on e, guilty 0, the whole charge brought against him, and sentenced to be transported as a felon for the term of seven years.—Char les Edwards, not guilty of joining in the mutiny on parade, bud guilty of all and every other part of the charar,., produce against him, and sentenced to be imprisoned, with - hard labour , in the county goal at Maidstone, Kent, for the space of twelv e) calendar months.—John Clayton, guilty of the whole of the charge, and to be transported as a felon for llyears. MR. O'CONNELL, DUBLIN, Friday, Nov. 73. —Goverrune llt a have at length come to the determination of submitting to jury, Mr. O'Connell's letter to the True Sun London Eve rl i mg paper (published last September,) on th e subject 0 the Wallstown affair, every line of which was full of his favour ite word "blood." It was copied here by the Freeman's Jour nal, Evening Mail, and Evening Packet; and this day, I under stand, Mr. Lavelle, proprietor of the first-mentioned paK.l received a notice from the Crown Solicitors, calling upon rkw to give bail to-morrow at the Head Police-office to abide his trial for the publication of the document in question. Betwe en the Political Union and an assemblage of publicans, butche rs, and huxters (nick-named St. Bridget's Charity), Mr. 00 0 2; nell spent nearly all _yesterday in talking. He d en ounced Lor: Killeen, and every liberal in the country who refuses to suu, scribe to the repeal test; pronounced the enlightened town °.; Belfast to be a drag-chain on civil and religious liberty (be) the northerns are a thinking and an educated people); ,Prr claimed for the hundredth time that he was the son of a proa` ( ; gentleman ; praised the good loyal Corporators ; and admitted that only the altar of his own parish chapel was covered in, but there was no roof to shelter the naked half-starved miserable congregation from the inclemency of the weather, while Rel . ; forming their religious devotions. Hundreds of Roman Cat ho lie houses of worship havetbeen erected by liberal Prote!rf`f Noblemen and Gentlemen, while the " great Liberator of thecountry," the man who received upwtrds of 050, 000 fro nt tha poorest people in the empire, protlaims the disgrace ful fact his own wretched parishioners have not a roof tb their ho use :I worship. I have just heard, that Messrs. T. Sheehano a_ r a _ t Glynn, of the Evening Mail, hal e b een permitted by the : at of King's Bench to chang e th e pl ace o f their from Kilmainham to Newgate. imprison's'