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London, England, 1826-09-21 00:00:00

'TIE BRITISH PRESS.

lunteers. of whom so much had been said, were not in a situation
to support the Government fur twenty-four hours.
A scene, which, it appears, will produce some serious ccmae-
quenem, took place on the :ith inst. at Saint Ildefenso. When the
King roun.ed from the promenade, the troops foeming the guard
of the chateau rendered him the usual honours, which consisted
Principally in saluting his Majesty with the colours--a salute due
only o the King. However, about half an hour afterwards, the in.
font Don Carlos having arrived, the troops formed them:etre. into
a line, and the same salute was rendered to him as had been paid
by them to his Majesty ; but the General who was present imme-
diately struck the flag with one hand, and gave the officer who made
the salute a blow with the other.
It is reported that Duc San Carlos has been recalled from parts
to Johannisberg.
The police have discovered and seized a considerable sum of mo-
ney, which the Apostoliques have sent from Portugal.
LISHOX, SErr. 4.
A great many persons concerned in the late conspiracy of the
guards of police have been arrested within theSe few days.
The vessel Don John VI , which conducted the Deputation sent
to congratulate the Emperor Don Pedro, upon his coming to the
throne of Portupl, had not yet reached Rio Janeiro.
Bloch inquietude had been felt at Rio Janeiro, in consequence of
the intelligence that the troops and imperial squadron employed
against Buenos Ayres had been defeated. The Council of State
had urged the Emperor to put an end to the war by ceding the Cis.
platine territories to Buenos Ayres, but his Imperial Majesty did
not appear disposed to adopt the advice of his Council.

We last night received Dutch Papers, of which the fol-
lowing are extracts :

MOVE, SEPT. 17.

We have before us seretal accounts of the sickness prevailing at
Groningen, though we do not knew the number of deaths in the
last week. It appears that the number of sick, on Friday the Bth,
amounted, nu the city and subtirbs, to 8105. It is to be wished,
says a letter from that town, that the air may be purified by wind
and rain, and the disorder checked. In the country too, the num-
ber of the sick is very great, but the mortality is not so considerable
as in the town. The sickness spreads more over the whole town,
especially among servants, bakers' men, and itoor people, though
in settle instances among the higher classes. The Magistrates do
their utmost to check the disorder. Thus, in consequence of a
representation of the Board of Health to the municipal authorities,
a Proclamation was issued on the 11th, ordering, that during the
continuance of the disorder now prevailing, the dead shall be
buried on the third day, under a penalty of fifty florins. On the
other hand great hopes must be entertained of a speedy cessation of
the evil, because all persons interested in the autumn fair have been
summoned to present themselves at the town-hall to obtain places,
so that the fair will be held. The Rector 31agnilictut, of the High
School at Groningen, kw given notice that the academical lectures
will commence at the usual time, though a report had been spread
that the opening would be deferred.
Letters from Lieuwarden say that the disease prevails there also.'
The average number of deaths in that town is 35 in a month ;
whereas, in June 40 persons died, in July 60, and in August 89.
In the open country and the towns in Friesland, which are simi-
larly situated with Groningen, the sickness, with its melancholy
consequences, appears to conti.tue ; and similar accounts are re.
ceived from East Friesland. It is observed that the inhabitants of
the districts near the sea suffer less than those farther inland, especi-
ally in clayey soils, anti in parts that have been overflowed. The
numbers of sick at Jever, in particular, is said to be great.
Her Royal Highness the Princess Marianne was on the 15th ad-
mitted a member of the Reformed Church, by the Rev. M. Delprat,
Chaplain to his Majesty.

HAARLEM, SEPT. 18.

We learn from Groningen that the fear that the number of deaths
would not be anialler in the week, from the 7th to the 14th Septem-
ber, than it had been before, has proved well-founded, and it
amounted to 142. 166 persons are already received in the new hos-
pital, from the establishment of which great hopes are entertained.
—Marlt Papers, September 19.

Several of our provincial contemporaries have very sen
sibly remarked upon the absence of disaffection among the
operative classes of the community during the period of
severe distress, the worst part of which, we trust, they
have now passed over ; and that, whatever irritation or bad
feeling has appeared, it has not been political causes, but
the pressure of the times, that have produced it. The
demagogues of former years, who were always urging the
multitude by their inflammatory harangues to acts of open
hostility towards the Government, or of violence towards
those in a superior station, have become objects of neglect
and indifference to that portion of the community which
formerly listened with avidity to catch every word that fell
from the lips of those self-created Statesmen ; and the
consequence is, that one has returned to his farm, and
another to his merchandise, giving politics up in despair
as an unprofitable pursuit. The inference drawn from
this by the provincial press that have noticed the circum-
stance is, that Radicalism has been weighed in the balance,
and found wanting. This is the truth ; but it is not the
whole truth. Radicalism was always found wanting
amongst the sober-minded; but we believe that in that
class, for which Radicalism was especially designed by its
principal promoters, it would not have been found wanting
1 in this season of embarrassment, had not the course pur-
lsued by the :Ministers been so clear, as to its integrity an.l
wisdom, as at once to convince the great majority of the
nation, from the highest to the lowest grade in society, that
they were the sincere friends of the country ; which has
necessarily thrown the vulgar brawlers in the cause of dis-
content, and their rude rhetoric, into the back ground. We
made the remark when financial and other difficulties were
most heavily preseing upon almost every branch of trade; and
we cannot avoid repeating it now, when further experience
has more strongly confirmed it—and when, thank God ! the
country is emerging from its embarrassments—that no
Ministry, excepting the present, ever retained its popularity
in the midst of circumstances so trying as those that it has
recently had to endure; and that fact can only be accounted
for in the opinion the country entertains of the soundness
of the views and the sincerity of purpose of the servants of
the Crown,wlio have promptly taken advantage of that desire
for improvement now so extensively developing itself, and
which may be traced to the diffusion of knowledge that
has taken place during the last ten or fifteen years
amongst the mass of the people, which has enabled them
duly to appreciate services, and has given the present Ca-
binet the opportunity of adopting a system (in opposition
to antiquated doctrines), the most distant approach to
which, five-and-twenty years ago, would have produced
the bitterest reproach,s from all quarters. If the progress
of knowbelge had not been very far advanced, the inter-
ested advocates for monopolies would have acted upon the
prejudices of Ate people during the last eight months, and
led them to cry down the great measures that are emanat-
ing from the British Cabinet; but the members of that
Cabinet have shown as much address, in taking advantage
of the temper of the times, as they have evinced extensive
knowledge in all the great branches of political science.
They have established the great principle that freedom of
production and of interchange is the true policy of every
State; and, by a fortunate concurrence of two important
eireutirstances—the wisdom, firmness, and patriotism of
those who are governing being prepared to adopt, and the
Mu rAI opinions of an enlightened people being equally
prepared to promote this great principle—it will gain too
strong a hold to be ever uprooted.

CITY, WEDNESDAY EVENING.

The advance in Consols has not been sustained, they
having opened this mailing at 801, and at the close of the

market could not be quoted beyond 791 I for money, and
for the Account at 791 80. There were some large sales
by the Hebrew Gentlemen in the early part of the day,
which sent them down ; but at 702 there were considerable
purchases made, which led to the more favourable close of
' the market, as quoted. It is impossible to conceive a more
uninteresting day as regards news, either of a foreign or
domestc character. As relates to the former, there was
not an arrival of any kind. The Paris private letters are
much sought after, in order to glean something respecting
the proceedings of Mr. CANNING in that city; and indeed
it was said that his reception bad not been as agreeable as
desired. On inquiry, however, it appears that there is not
the slightest reason for such a report. The question of the
reduction of discount by the Bank of England, from five
to four per cent., is still matter of considerable argument.
As the Meeting of Directors takes place to-morrow, the
grand secret will soon be known. Disinterested parties con-
sider that no good would result from such a measure.
In the Foreign Market Mexican Bonds were fated dur-
ing the morning to another reverse, having been done as
low as 60; at the clove, however, they had resumed, being
61 to 611. Colombian, Greek, and Spanish, were all
doomed to the same operation, and respectively showed a
decline of one-half per cent. at the close of business.
In Shares there is scarcely a quotation.
The Corn Markt.: has not displayed so much activity as
on Monday; prices, however, remain as near as possible
the same ; while the like observations may be applied to
the Colonial, with the exception of Coffee, which is a trifle
higher.

THE DISTRESSED PRINTERS.—The benefit which is
about to be had for this distressed body of men will take
place at the Coburg Theatre on Saturday, under the im-
mediate patronage of his Royil Highness the Duke of
Sussex, who hat; in the most generous and condescending
manner, addressed a letter to the Committee, expressing a
hope that so worthy an object may be attended with the
desired advantage. The means thus adopted of obtaining
relief for this respectable class of men are most unex-
ceptionable, inasmuch ais they will be the occasion of re-
munerating others, while it is hoped they will, at the same
time, realize• a considerable fund towards the support of those
for whose benefit they are intended. The contributions
which have yet been made have certainly disappointed our
expectations, when we reflect how amply every writer of
the least pretensions to talent is at the present day re-
munerated by the public. Let each novelist, pamphlet-
eer, magazine contributor, reviewer, historian, writer of
Belles Lewes, and poet, only give his quota, and then,
without appealing to tlitir readers, an adequate fund
would soon be raised to meet the present exigencies of
those without whose industry all their ingenuity would go
for nothing.
That celebrated composer and musical genius, J. F. Bur-
rows, has just produced the fourth Book of Select Airs,
from the romantic and fairy opera of Oberon, which, in
'point of tasteful arrangement and the scientific ability dis-
played throughout the whole work, justly entitles him to
that high rank which he now holds in the musical world.
I M POSTA:'T IMPROVEMENT IN CARRIAGLS.-011 Mon-
day the 11th instant, au experiment was made on the
Darlington railway, with a carriage upon a new pi inciole,
which appears likely to be a great improvement on Chat
mode of conveyance. One of the old waggons, in good
order, was chosen for the comparison, and they started
together from the coal shoots, its short distance below the
Brusselton-plane. The new waggon quickly outstripped
the other, and soon ran it out of sight. It was observed to
be at the third quarter mile port as soon as the old waggon
had reached the second. The descent was very considera-
ble, and the time very short; the difference of friction, to
which cause alone the retardation of a quarter of a mile in
so short a time is to be attributed, must have been enor-
mous. The new *•aµgon continued its way till it was ob-
served to run over a quarter of a mile in thirty seconds, which
gives a speed of thirty miles an hour. It now arrived at what
is said to be a level of two miles, when the wind bring strong
on the fore-quarter, the sptied gradually diminished. None
of the old waggons will run at all on this part of the road,
without assistance ; the new one, however, nearly cleared
it, and would, no doubt, have gone quite over, if the wind
had not been so unfavourable. It was curious to see how

imperceptibly it came to rest; and so :.light was the
draught, that &Stronger puff of wind wafted it a few yards
back again. It was now pushed over the remainder of the
level, and again got into motion. It then arrived at a long
and sharp curve, and the crease was observed to bite hard
upon the rail ; still the friction was so small that it kept on
its way till it arrived at a straight part, where it again got
into speed, and ran on to the depots at Darlington. What
is perhaps still more surprising, it is likely to prove a
cheaper carriage, in proportion to the weight of goods con-
veyed, as it is calculated to carry four tons. An experi-
ment made a few days before was equally satisfactory.
STATE OF TRADE.—We are happy to have it again in
our power to continue those favourable representations of
the state of trade which for some weeks past it has given us
much pleasure to make. It is many months since people
appeared to be in such good spirits on 'Change as they were
on Tuesday last, and the feeling then prevalent has since
been fully supported. Money is more plentiful, and con-
fidence decidedly greater than it was. For twist for ship-
ping the inquiry continues brisk, and somewhat higher
prices are demanded; goods also are in moderately fair
request for some of the foreign markers. One water-car-
rying concern to Hull, we understand, has forwarded not
less than eighty tons a day of twist And manufactured
goods for several weeks past; and on Saturday last, we be-
lieve, received upwards of a hundred. The demand for
printing cloth is good ; and we are informed that power-
loom calicoes, which, during the depression, fetched no more
than Ss. 911. have actually been sold at los. 117ork also is
much more readily procured by the hand-weavers, and the
number out of employ, in Blackburn and the other chief
seats of hand-loom weaving, is now very greatly dimi-
nished ; indeed, though no advance has yet taken place in
the wages of this class of operatives, some of the manu-
facturers speak of its being likely to be in their power to
make a trilling addition to the rates they are paying, in the
course of a week or two. There seems to be, in the minds
of some people, an apprehension that, when the autumn
demand for the home trade has been supplied, and the
shipments to the Continent are iuterreupted by the freezing
of the Elbe, we shall again experiene.2 a considerable de-
pression. To a certain extent this may be the case, and we
feel it necessary to caution our townsmen against being too
sanguine in their views of the early prospects of business ;
yet we have no dread of the trade of this district relapsing
into any thing like the state of suffering from which it has
just emerged ; and we entertain considerable confidence
that the fears with which the approach of winter has been
viewed will be greatly mitigated by their being a fair de-
mand for the labour of those who are disposed to be indus-
trious.—Manchester Mercury.
On Sunday a curious proceeding took place in a Misting-
house at Grundisburgh, Suffolk. Mr. Latham, who styles
himself a missionary to the British and Foreign Unitarian
Association, and who, as an Unitarian Minister, preaches id
various places, pursuant to notice given in printed hills,
&c. delivered a sermon on the doctrine of atonement. Text,
Rom. v. 11. It is unnecessary to describe the discourse,
but after it had concluded, a lay gentleman from Ipswich,
also in fulfilment of promise, commenced the work of re-'
futing Mr. Latham's opinions as to the simple humanity
of our Saviour. Ile evinced some reluctance at first to
begin the promised labour, being doubtlessly somewhat
abashed. Having begun it, he proceeded in his refutation
at considerable length. He was eventually aided by two
friends who had aemnpanied him, and at last something
like a general discussion arose in the Meeting-house, In
which the three lay gentlemen who attended publicly to
refute Mr. Latham's Unitarian doctrines, Mr. Latham, tke.
took part; and these discussions kite between two and
three hours, so that it was nearly eleven o'clock before they
terminated, the arguments having been adduced after
Evening Service.—Morn lag raper.
Economy and Elegance combined, at H. L. Cooper's
splendid Upholstery Establishment, 93, Bishopsgate-street
Within, where the Nobility and Gentry are respectfully
invited to view a rich assortment of Cabinet Work, Up-
holstery, Looking Glasses, and every description of orna-
mental decoration suitable to the simplest or most magni-
ficent style, and at prices extremely reasonable. Best
Brussels Carpeting at Is. 6d. per yard; super Kiddermin-
ster ditto, 3s. 6d. per yard.--93, Butbomate-street

LISBON PAPERS.

LISBON, SEPT. 2.

Some representations having been msde to tile Princess Regent
upon the subject of the continuation of the Censorship, her Royal
Highness has ordained as follows--First, that the Tribunal shall
appoint twelve Censors, who shall supervise all works, especially
the journals and pamphlets, and their sanction shall be a sufficient
warrtmt for their publication. Secondly, that her Royal Highness
will consider the zeal and the promptitude with which they acquit
themselves as test:moities of their good services. Thirdly, if the
citizens who should be nominated Censors refused to perform their
duties, it should be referred to her Royal Highness through the
medium of the Minister of the Interior. If the number of Censors
should not be sufficient, others might be proposed in addition.
On Tuesday last Government despatched an extraordinary courier
to Madrid. lie conveyed a note to our Charge d'Affaires ut that
Court, with instructions to demand, for the last time, the givieg up
of those Portuguese who had taken refuge in Spain ; and that for
the future none others should be admitted into that kingdom.
Three Portuguese merchant ships bare arrived here from Rio
de Janeiro : one of them brought a mail and despatches for the Go-
vernment.

We learn that Admiral Lobo and two Civil Judges of the Su-
preme Tribunal had been beheaded, after having been publicly
degraded—the first for the crime of cowardice, and the two others
for subornation.