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

rbt Eiberpool .ttanbarb. FRIDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 30, 1832. We are still without intelligence of the actual com mencement of hostilities against.the Dutch, in any other way than . by capturing their defenceless merchantmen — and if the reports in the French papers are to be believed, obstacles of a new and unexpected nature are present-: ing themselves; difficulties of a- serious nature are said to - have arisen between Marshal Gerard and King Leo.: Dold ; and Baron Osy, Member .of . the Chamber and irector of the Bank of Antwerp, made a motion, which was acceded to, that the citadel should not in any case be attacked from the city. It is added that letters, which had been received by expressiannounCe and . d,eclare . that if the proposal. of M. Osy had not been acceded to, the citizens of Antwerp and the Belgian troops (12,000 men) wound have hoisted, the Orange , colours, preferring a counter-re - volution to the plunder and conflagration of the city ! What a felicitous - exposition of the wisdom of our foreign pOlicy. it wiild: be; to find' the people, for whose cause we are about to sacrifice our national honour; turn round and join with the Dutch to repel our frien:dly hostility. Nothing, ' certainly, could be more for the interests of Belgium than. to be reunited to Hol land, and for both parties to forget and forgive the oecur rences 'of the last 'tWo years ; and if our sagacious poli ticians should have' happily-blundered into measures which shall produce this desirable result, we shall be - tempted to bless their stupidity. • • • Fi•oin . Oporto the accounts corroborate and follow up those previously received. . 'Don' Miguel has got the command of the river between that city and the sea, in cousepferice of which, three Vessels, one of them with a. supply of men fOr Don Pedr6, have been forced to return witnout discharging their Cargoes. Another vessel with recruits, the Swallow cutter, has been wrecked off the eoast of DevonShirei but ail on board were fortunately saved. Many of the poor fellows had found their way to. London, in the most pitiable condition, and perfectly cured of the Pedroite mania. 'Tut DUTCH WAlL—However engrossing may be the topics of domestic and colonial policy now in agitation,— however stirring the excitement .of .an impending local struggle,—we' feel it a duty of the most imperative cha racter again to plead before the 13ritish public the cause of Holland, as involving not only our commercial and financial interests,—not only the Protestantism which is still dear to the people of this country—but the most sa (red principles of justice, and the most undisputed max ims of international law. The sentiments of those classes ,of persons in Liver pool, who alone are in the habit of entering upon ques tions of foreign policy, have already been unequivocally declared. On no occasion since the peace has any such question taken such speedy and extensive hold upon the feelings - of the British public. We may name, among those portions of the country where opinion has already been audibly and formally expreised, East Kent, Hert firdshire; Essex, the Forest of. Rossendale ; -the cities of London, Dublin, Edinburgh, and Norwich; the towns of Liverpool, Nottingham, .Newcastle-upon=Tyne, Leeds, Rochdale, Colchester, Dudley, and the list is rapidly in creasing. • In the meantime, what have been the demonstrations of public approbation accorded to the war? Doubtless 14ere have been voices which have modestly requested us to hope against hope, to believe against evidence, to rea son against facts. . The ministerial press in the capital has brayed its loudest to terrify the independent public into silence. But what then ? Has the country obeyed its mandate ? No : even where the supporters of minis ters have mustered strongest, they have only dared to misrepresent and slander the opponents of the Dutch war, or to depreciate the importance of their efforts: ac tive approbation, with one partiatexception, (Leeds) has no-where been expressed : the words which were to con vey it, it would cline an Englishman to utter. Our. fleet has set sail in undiminished grandeur, its sailors have obeyed the royal command with valour uni m p a i re d, b u t no man said, -" God speed them ;" they have neither ex hilaration from a righteous cause nor sympathy from an indignant people. TUe.facts of this case are few, and should be remem bered. We waive the circumstance that Belgium was the first to demur to the awards of the Conference ; we grant, for argument's sake, and for argument's sake alone, that the Conference had all manner of grounds of com plaint against Holland ; yet we: maintain that a body, whlch . was called in for pacific mediation only, a n d which declared itself called in - for pacific mediation only, by the mouths of the .p.uke of Wellington, as Prime Minister to the King of England, and of General Sebastiani, as Foreign Minister to the King •of the French, could not, by any • legitimate process, extend its own functions beyond the boundaries assignee them by the partieg from whose invitation they derived their authority to act. Whenever such arbitrators, either in. public or private, outstep those boundaries, they are arbitrators no longer. We should deem it an insult to the commercial classes, who are . necessarily intimate witlythe essential character of kind of intervention, to argue this point farther. It would have been a gross injustice then, in the Con ference, to interfere by force of arms. But,.if it would have been injustice in the Conference thils . t6 interfere,.what is it in those who are not the Con ference ? unjust in the Conference, which, nearly corn= prehending the effettive -povsieruf Europe; might, though • after a questionable manner, appear to be vested with a ',kind of discretionary authority in the last -resort, as re= presenting the sum of the civilized world, then what is it in England, and France, 7 —a minority of the Conference; and, therefore, Wholly denuded of authority,-.which it pos sessed 'sorely and exclusively while •acting in its collect ive capacity ? . . . • England and'France were menbers of a body; indivi dual.power, we should rather Say—individual authority tlierhad; and could have, none, ;They .stood in the si tuation of a minority in one of ourHousesuf Parliament. Tile House of Commons: passed the - eform bill, but two.: fifths of its niernbeis were opposed to it.. The. Confe rence decreed against, positively . against, coercion; but two-fifth's&lts niethbers'were in its favour. We live in . timeA of strange audacity, when men.can be found to de clare, in a ministerial document, that• England and France are* " the executive agents of fhe Conterence"'—that A' appoints B his agent, by:protesting:fOrinany - igainst his ; acting • tbnt. of stranger cielusiOn i •if men can be found, who will accept' such asseverations in the teeth of com mon sense. Butnwk there is one dear a,nd cherished argurdont • of a portion of the Ministetialists, Which:we must not for-' get. "DO not," say they , --and nowhere has this feeling been more disgracefully exhibited than in this town--" do -ritit petition against the Dutch war, because you will be I;4i - warding:the views of the conservatives." • . • Is then the conservative so essentially vile, that he pol lutes every opinion•he adOpts - ?' Cati his adoption of it ciningteit's essential nature of good or evil? Justice is justice —a plain proposition; but the moment it is ut-, tered from his mouth, it is reversed,and injustice is jus; Lice. So far do these persons now carry their principle. "exclusiveci dealing," that they will not even hold an opinitinin Common with an:anti7refornier. In short, our tltaire inquiries after truth will be materially shortened, • Sc a r the 01l rial flnler . o ( Baron &fain, 'Minister at War to the King of the Belgians, just put.ll,heti. by knowing that we have nothing to do with this or that opinion, but need only ask who holds it, and then rank ourselves accordingly. It matters not; that the highest principles of Divine law are to be violated; it matters not, .that blood is to flow,—that wives are to be widowed and children. to be come orphans ; it matters not, (we are almost ashamed to name such a motive in such association,) that funds are to'be squandered : the conservatives are opposed to this iniquity, therefore let it be done ; and he who hinders it is a traitor to his country ! Colonel Williams declared publicly, in 1827, that he " would support the devil himself, if he were doing good." It appeared a safe declaration, as the contingency was somewhat improbable ; but something like a parallel case has occurred. Suppose a conservative no better, will he and'his friends not support - him? will they not join him in the work of stopping the effusion of blood,—the con tempt of law ? •or is the conservative so much. worse than Satan, that the gallant • Colonel • and his friends are shocked at entering his company ? Let thOse.who are friendly to the Ministers, but op posed to the war, adopt the plain and honest course, of ,petitioning against this particular measure, and, at the same time, formally expressing their warm, general at tachment to his Majesty's Government. When they have adopted this course, we shall know, even more fully than-at present,.the sense of the nation. But so long as they continue, even upon their own show in.- b , to prefer the maintenance of Lord Grey in o ffi ce to justice,—to the saving of blood and of treasure,—let them advance what other claims to approbation they please;'but let them not call -themselves, in -mockery of facts, the friends of peace. In the meantime, the Dutch have done well. They have used every human means of precaution, sand they have Called in another and a more faithful arbitrator, by solemnly reposing their cause in the hands of God. Their cry has ascended to Heaven ; they await their doom in patience and in calmness; but for us, once alas ! wont to act another and a different part, shall not the avenger of blood dog our path, and the swoop—it may be tardy, it may be swift, but still the effectual swoop—of Providen tial retribution descend upon our ,prosperity and our pride ? In another part of our paper- our readers will see the address of Sir Howard Douglas, who has acceded to the wishes of a large and respectable portion. of our fellow townsmen, by offering himself as a candidate for the re pre§entation of this Borough in . the ensuing Parliament. This gentleman enters the lists at the eleventh hour, and were he a man of ordinary mould, we should say,. the lateness of his appearance rendered his cause hopeless ; he comes amongst us, also, a stranger,—or known only as the able advocate of the British colonists at a time when our liberal. reforming administration proposed to sacrifice their interests to the chimerical theories of free trade. Under circumstances thus apparently disadvan tageous, does Sir Howard come forward, to tender us his services in the hour of danger, and to stand in the breach to defend what remains of our glorious constitution from the sacrilegious hands of those who would immolate it on the altar of visionary experiment. To those who have not seen and heard this gallant soldier, no words can con vey any idea of the effects produced by his bold, manly, independent bearing, and his simple and unaffected, but energetic and captivating, eloquence.' Since. the. days of Canning we have beard nothing at all resembling it, and we are not sure that the fascinating manner of that great Master of oratory, is not eclipsed by the noble frankness of one who seems to carry his heart in his hand, and who gives utterance to the glowing effusions of his soul, in streams of impassioned eloquence. We congratulate our townsmen on the opportunity now afforded them of having a representative_ of true constitutial prin ciples,—one whose motto emphatically is "Ships,' Co lonies, and Commerce ;" and who promises to devote himself heart and soul to our service. • Let the true friends of their country lay aside all minor differences and petty jealousies or, fears, and with one united " long and strong pull" place our present noble representative and Sir Howard _Douglas, as our representatives in the ensuing Parliament, and prevent the disgrace which would attach to the second town in the empire, from be ing represented by gentlemen holding the opinions avowed by Mr. Ewart and Mr. Thornely. It is no secret, that the canvassers of these gentlemen are working into each other's hands, and where an elec tor promises either party one vote, the second is solicited for their friend :—coalition may be denied by their re spective committees, but we have proofs in abundance of the practical operation of the system. We, therefore, feel no hesitation in calling upon the friends of Lord Sandon and Sir Howard Douglas to go hand in hand, assured a s we are, that the result must be glorious victory. IN our last number we promised to . _resume the consi deration of the professions of th e several candidates, who are soliciting our suffrages fora seal in the first reformed House of Commons, as representatives for this important connnercial town:; 'and 'we now proceed to the examina tion of those professions, as we find them brought before us.in the published addresses Of each candidate. First, in' order, stands. Mr.. twart ; and here we are forced to confess ourselves almost entirely at' fault at the very commencement, to sift"otit the Meaning of his well rounded periods. " Upon the Electors of England," quoth he, " now devolves the important power of tempe rately, yet firmly,' removing those abuses which a too aristocratical system of Representation and of Govern mefit has engendered or maintained." We had, erro neously, 'it now appears, come to the conclusion, that if such abuses did exist,lit" Wmild'have been for the Repre sentatives of tl - 1 . Commons of Great * Britain and Ireland,, in Parliament assembled, .to have „removed them,..Aud that the duty of the. Electors was limited to the select ing and returning to Parliathent good men and true, upon whom that duty would have devolved. Mr. Ewart has kindly instructed us better. Next comes the awful responsibility of the Representa tives. ". To their hands the reform bill-is.consigned, not. as,the idle trophy .of victory attained; but as the active instrument of future good." • We have a faint recollec tion of having been taught at .School,:that instruments were . pcts.sive, the hand that wielded them active : . but let this pass. Hear the member !—" Laws equal and humane, Justice accessible and cheap, commerce free and universal, religion purified and disenthralled ;—these, are, or ought to be, the great and final objects of reform." It is very clear to every man, of the least reflection, that: if reform is to - be considered-merely as the active in strument of future good, and that .Mr. Ewart has cor rectly described the great' and final objects of ref orm , we have, hitherto, been the subjects of a king,'under whose government we have not had the benefit of .laws, either equal or humane; that justice has not only been dear, 'hut inaccessible; that our commerce has neither. been - free nor universal; and, that the religion which we. pro fess has neither been pure nor unfettered !. How griev ously have the people of this once so much boasted, free, and happy country been mistak en in their es ti ma t e o f their former privileges. What slaves they must have been so long to lick the hand which oppressed them As our worthy member, for so he still is, does not. con descend to particularise the various improvements which be contemplates in our laws, administration of justice, commerce, and religion, we are left, unfortunately, in the dark; and can only draw this inference, that under the active instrumentality of the reform bill, wielded by himself, and others of kindred sentiments, our new state of things will be as unlike the old as the most radical re former could desire. It is for our fellow-townsmen to decide how far such a change will be acceptable to them. "Impressed with the importance of these principles," he adds, " I proportionately feel the responsibility of again becoming a candidate for your suffrages, I derive my only confidence in so doing, from the anxiety with which I have endeavoured to discharge my public duty, and the 'sincerity with which I have maintained my political opinions." What the political opinions of the honourable gentleman either were or are, we have never been able to discover, beyond this, that he felt it to be. his duty to sit, night after night, in the House of Commons, until the. division took • place, and when the minister cried "Aye," to say " Aye ;" and when "No" was the note from the treasury bench—to echo it. We crave the ho nourable gentleman's pardon. On one memorable oc casion he ventured to sheW his independence, by voting against ministers on the 14th clause of the reform bill, expressing his satisfaction at such an opportunity having occurred, as his so voting could do no harm, the ministe rial majority being quite sufficient to carry the measure. In fact, we have - always been under the impression, that Mr. Ewart considered it his duty to have no political opinion, but, 'that being returned to -Parliament, for the express purpose of aiding in passing the reform bill, and keeping the Grey administration in office, he never was to vote in such a way as to endanger either the one or the other. Presuming - this to have been his own understand ing of his duty, we feel compelled to acknowledge, that his conduct has been perfectly consistent. Of the important alteration in our criminal statute law, of which he is the vaunted originator, it may be enough to observe, that it merely fenders statutary that which had _previopsly been the practical operation of the law; for, although the crime therein described had formerly ren dered the perpetrator obnOximis to capital punishment, it would puzzle Mr. Ewart to point out the instances (a few very flagrant and aggravated cases excepted) where the extreme penalty of the law was carried into execution. Great credit is also claimed for him by his friends, for having given notice to bring forward a bill, to allow pri soners, on indictments for capital felonies, the benefit of counsel; not merely to cross-examine the witnesses, but to address the jury for the defence. This is no new idea : —it has been mooted by lawyers - of much greater celebrity than' our 'worthy representative; . and, after being dis cussed in all its bearings, it has been discarded - as a mea sure fraught With injury in place of benefit, to those who are the objects of its charitable intentions. The reasons are so obvious to those who have been in the habit of at tending criminal prosecutions, that to state them here would be a waste of time. Should the honourable gen tleman be again returned to Parliament, and obtain leave to bring in his bill, we venture to predict, that he will find it opposed by every constitutional lawyer in the house. We come next to Lord Sandon, whose address, whilst it bespeaks the scholar and the gentleman, breathes that spirit of candour and independence which first recom mended him to our notice, and which, we entertain the fullest confidence, will ensure him a continuance of our support. Professing himself a firm friend to our consti tution in church and state, he avowed himself, at the same time, friendly to a large measure of reform, and, as regarded the bill then under the consideration of Par liament, that he unhesitatingly pledged himself to the support of the greatprinciples therein contained, namely, disfranchisement of decayed boroughs; enfranchisement of places which had grown into importance, and a liberal extension of the right of suffrage, reserving to himself, as he explicitly declared, the right of exercising his judg ment as to the best means of carrying these great leading principles into effect. The open, manly, and independ ent manner in which he has given his opinions and votes upon this measure is before the public ; and we delibe rately affirm, that to any unprejudiced mind, it must ap pear as obvious as the sun at noon-day, that more ho nourable and conscientious conduct cannot be imagined. At present we deem it unnecessary to repel, seriatim, the charges which have been ,so malignantly and falsely urged against our noble representative :—to candid minds there can be no need of this ;—to prejudiced opponents it would be a waste of time to attempt it : " Convince a man against his will, He holds his own opinion still." Attached from principle to our Church establishment, his lordship avows himself the friend of religious tolera tion, and an advocate for the removal of every civil dis ability imposed on account of difference in religious opi nions; and, whilst he would maintain, unimpaired, the constitutional rights and privileges of the Church, he is ready to join in such measures as may remove defects, and avoid occasions of dissension, without impairing her efficiency, or endangering her stability. On the difficult and important question of Colonial Slavery, his lordship expresses his opinions and feelings in a manner which, in our humble opinion, ought to se cure for him the unqualified approbation of every honest and honourable mind. Favourable to the extinction of slavery on principle, he yet sees and acknowledges the many difficulties with which the subject is surrounded ; of these, perhaps ; the least important is compensation to the piaster;—the most important, unquestionably, is the effect which immediate and unqualified emancipation would have upon the condition and welfare of the negroes themselves. That Lord Sandon should find this question one upon which . he cannot come to a satisfactory conclu sion, without further extensive enquiries, can excite no surprise in the mind of any person who, from personal experience, knows anything of the matter; but, that many who never . were in the West Indies, nor in any place where negro slavery exists, should have formed opinions, and promulgated them to' the world as axioms not to be qtiestioned or doubted, is only. adding one to gte many proofs which we have often, had, that "Fools will rush in where angels fear to tread." We now turn to Mr., Thornely's address; the second paragraph of Which evinces some . inward misgivings as to his hold on the public mind. It will be remembered that; when he was so signally dekated,laSt year, he gave an assurance, that he would again offer himself as a can , didate.on the fii:st opportunity which should occur. Now, how - ever, he'considers it becoming. to wait till he is in vited. , In regard to his political principles, Mr. Thornely does:hot leave us in any doubt; mid he is fairly entitled 011ie merit of being candid and explicit on this subject. He is friendly to short Parliaments, " whereby the peo ple will have a greater control over their representatives, and the House of Commons will more faithfully embody the tone and character of. public opinion." This is pure republicanism, and may be to the taste of Mr. Thornely's supporters. We think, on the *contrary, that a body of gentlemen, such asthe House of Commons has hithert o been, and, we trust, will still'be composed of, are much more capable of judging what is most for the interest of the country, than the great masses by whom they are elected; and, that it is more fitting that they should give a tone and character to public opinion, than regulate their proceedings. by the clamour of the multitude. Mr. Thornely is favourable to the vote by ballot, and to the pre'serVation of peace with foreign countries y? Is he opposed to the attack upon the unoffending Hol landers ? He • would reduce expenditure by abolishing useless places and pensions, and would revise the whole system of -taxation, repeal -the corn • laws, open the trade with china awl India; abolish all _commercial mo nopolies, and would emancipate the negroes " as early as shall be consistent with the personal safety of all parties concerned." In . this last sentiment we most.fully and cordially agree with Mr. T. By all means abolish sia s ,ell , as soon as it can be done with safety to the whites a s t ?' as the blacks. The aboliti on i s t s say , t h ere i s no 7;0'1 to be apprehended from immediate and unqualified e' s3 r,' cipation, whilst the white p o p u l a ti on o f t h e coloniesos no whit e person would be sa f e f or a day after s ue- Tv & event should take place, and they d emur to an e l jr o ot ment of so awful a nature being tried at the hazal7 f hich only of their property,.but of their lives,—a feeling we really do not consider unnatural. s e 4 Chartered corporations are absurdities in Mr..l,,,b:lob— timation, and so, we may inf er , i s our Ch urc h es' a ei rnent, from the ostentatious m anner i n w hi c h he that great body, who build their own places of wc ) J - 3 0 1 ' and pay for them,—who elect their own m i n isters', be, support them." Well pleased he would eviden tly 0 that there should be n o c h urc h es i n th e l an d, but sup rite are founded on this pri nc ipl e; an d th e •panacea , o e heathen darkness, which would inevitably follow' "'pre' nihilation of the parochial clergy, is to be found, Ic e c loy sume, in the system of national education which he .pet' siders so essential. To, Mr. Thornely's political Pr i pies we object, in al mos t every par ti cu l ar : sole pe deem unwise, others mi sc hi evous ; b u t, as a wl l f - ii 'itert view them as affording con c l us i ve ev id ence of "I„, p ` s v unfitness for the situation to whi c h h e as pires: '''llo l scribe more whit he would undo ;asnd unsettlf, tha t ri ,. otie he would provide as . a substitute nd admitting, "% in ? moment, and merely for argument's sake, that the t ‘ . l sit which he would do away with are defects, still, °l i d be effectual remedy, or substitute is provided, he w °u in acting like a man, who, ha v i ng a house with a flaw de side, should pull it t o th e ground before he had P r°s s other shelter for his helple ss f am ily. D em olishing, l „o easy task, and may be acc p m pli s h e d b y th e r udest re' but to build up an elegant, and commodious struct urc quires the exertions of master craftsmen. Such 15 Mr. Thornely, and we both hope and believe, that 'le o , receive a lesson on th e p resen t occas i on w hich 1 1 :ed thrown away upon him, but that he will be conte t iot for the future to advance the good of his country in sphere within which he h as heretofore both usef o, ' , ' , the respectably moved. He cannot do better than folle' s e ), maxim laid down by.the worthy presid e nt of the Al! dl5 , nits' Institution, in his published address, that an 1 11 0 11 pensible preliminary to instructing Others, is " preW e if to remove his own deficiencies," and to make hie ls s tO competent master of those things which he underta l ' e teach. IT has been made a subject of reproach by the T V zans of Mr. Thornely, that his election is opP° s° , be' churchmen, and also by many Christian dissenter-110 cause he is a Unitarian : and it is maintained, t,, 113 00 0 1 opinions on religiou s su bj ec t s oug ht t o b e no fair di`' for objecting to him. From this opinion we entire sent ; and we consid er his hostility to the E5t. 313 :41 11 ' church as one of th e s t rongest reasons for rejeetl °s 0 3° As a mere matter of opinion, we quarrel with for cherishing his own senti m e n t s upon religion;Tti-tv a political point of view, we look upon it as the duty' every loyal subject to keep this pa r ti cu lar class se out of Parliament. ° II The Church of England, as by law established, 1. essentially component part of the British Cons titu i t ralv its maintenance in the full enjoyment o f all its rii'Lly the privileges is .as much a part of th e . com p a ct betvvrl the King and his people as the liberty an d security a' sl' subject, and the faithful administration of the 1 0 ' this tenure the King holds the cr own to which lie, %eot as justly f or feit his title by destroying, the etablisAil'iriol as by the abolition of the Hab eas Corpus Act an,"„ fo by Jury. How any consistent churchman Can man wbo openly avows hi s i n t eu ti o n to do a," -11 titti' power to destroy this essenti a l b ran ch of the tien-atio tion, and to . Ki ng force the to violate his corelimpre", oath, we cannot und ers t an d ; s till l es s do we c° ,l l 6ll l ° beefhed, why then holding consituional rinciP es re' und fault with, for doino• t all in their power l e d. We plainly and unhesitatingly' dest o r,. , _ o ( vent that Constitution being undermined and that lie is clan strongest objections to Mr. Thornely that s tided Unitarian that he is a me mber of us in teatfor itfr, t t dissenters who, not merely differ from church government, but who profess a differ I b a e the who deny the truth of that which we believe to only sure ground of peace of mind here, and of the o n tile hereafter—of comfort and consolation life, and of strength and support when we stand O i brink of eternity. We call, not only upon Chnr"-,/, but upon Christian dissenters, to prevent the retn'i v e men to Parliament whose religious profess assurance that they will not merely attempt to overt, the Church Establishment, but to undermine the li b tian faith. avow, that one . l a u, LONDON LATEST NEWS• (From our Correspondent.) LONDON, WEDNESDAY, Half-past 7 o'clock• This although settling day on the Stock Exchange, has P e e ed off without any materal v ariations in the B ritish and or_re securities. Our funds, as well as the Portuguese Stock, riot' shade lower, but the difference does not de s erve qa° t3 o ,ili. The fact is, the general and intense anxiety which pre ties, respecting the Belgium question, absorbs so much att% as to prevent speculations in all matters unconnected 1 1 question of war or peace. Accounts from Holland an , ivic` glum were expected during the whole day, but none ea ,.l arrived, and the Ostend Steamer, which was due at a c „" gt hour, has not vet arrived. The general opinion anianc'a e rcii best informed men is, that Antwerp will not be surretiojoit without a struggle ; and from what I have heard, my is, that the bombardment of the citadel may be yet deli Meet; several days. The mode of attack has now becoinc a ti ol eo not only of more serious consideration, but, if l a l ita rre s) rightly, of formal - diplomacy. Here, then, bogins ,turea: procrastination: where it will end cannot even be collie'oitos` I cannot flatter you with the promise of any ipjd intelligence for the next few days, but, if any a-shott!t. Lions lie erroneous ! and that important intelligenc,l oo of ' t arrive, you may depend upon hearing the first inttata'ciock•to Globe o . ffice, Three o oth frr 4 We learn that dispatches have been received, b , „Oset 7. , Brussels and Merxem, but too recently for us to lea r- ; the formal and final summons had yeebeen issued ors 11 °, 45 th e bombardment had certainly not commenced. As r e P n tore t j e , mode of attack, we apprehend some concessions of a t nec tr remove at least a portion of the difficulty may be eryel r e The French preparations are said to be in fine railita`it i gea c t ing. General Chasse, it seems, has been receiving' by pigeons, on which account the flying of pigeons wilt.rtrassel sl oe the offenders to martial law. The-deletes iu the ',O, Chamber on the subject of the address are very strenuolooi the division will probably be a close one. The latest c '" - nications from Berlin are very satisfactory. iia e The German papers state, that several PrussianreEitio on their way to the Rhine, have lately passed by the '1;1,0/ route through the kingdom of Hanover, and th at oth fie sian corps have been for some days marching towards t through upper Hesse. The road more to the north arof; Waldeck, is also covered with Prussian troops of a.`o6psle) especially considerable trains of artillery. " All the ti o f t i have seen," says a.writer in one of these papers, ~•arelit9 line, but it is said that the Saxon Laudwehr regi nle soon foll4w."—Staiidard. c i The accounts wr; publisheil YesieraaY, 'relatic to the_ orre, c, ado of Opoito by Don Miguel:turn out to be perfectlY,ub The Osprey has returned from that place to Portsinou!sw..s ing been .unable to.enter the .river. .As this blockad e I force, not .by ships but by batteries., how can our city. pus ses fa"' be such asses ps th believe in the daily accounts a ss dent sorties by Doti Pedro ? Why does not lie, it victorioui t e i;; , the batteries which preyent vessels .from bringi n g t i,, li i ;rt°' provisions, which are becoming very scanty in Standard. r. at No. 7, 0 L High-street ri , Excha io nge, by Court aistust, Fa:vscsys,re oso s oe, ;—Pnted in Unn , Castle -street, a ndi s P t t l a tio pie r. t O e te . of No. 7, Anson-street. Orders and Advertisenvnts eeived in London by Messrs. NEWTON, & CO., Va=ry. 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