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ttle 1"07 or na•T *pop general matter* of gov.snmerie, upon ad-
ministrative or judicial decisions; neither for the solicitation of
offices, pardons, diminutions of any general or municipal taxes
that I may hare approved of, nor of any other measures which I
may have adopted by my legitimate authority ; under soy pretest
whatever, or however necessary the business may be imagined.
" All meetings sr representations prohibited by the Treading
article are declared acts of insubordination, conspiracy, sedition, or
overthrow of the established legitimate order.
" All conspiracies of armed men against my Government, con-
summated or attempted by any of the above means, will first draw
down the reform of the corps or individuals, without however miti-
gating the other punishment to whiCh it may hare rendered them
" The authorities who may not give Informatioh of such meet-
logs, &c., and being able to do it, will be treated as conspirators.
" I declare comprised in this class the first sight signers of any
written representation."
By the other Articles the right of petition Is continued to the dif-
ferent Ministers, Councils, and other constituted bodies who have
hitherto enjoyed it.
leastectt Ft:mos.—Pants, SSP?. 19.—Five pet Cents.
99f. 60c. • Three per Cents. 71f. 86c. ; Bank Stock 2,1001.;
Rents de 'Naples, Certif. Falconoet, 87f. ; Rente d'Eepagne 171-
Royal Spanish Loan, 1023, 8241*. Exchange on London—One
mouth, 95f. 15e. ; three months. 25f.—Coors Authentiqui.
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GENERAL ELECTION.
1
Sot T nwaa K.—ln the event of a dissolution of Parlia-
ment. a powerful contest is expected as likely to take place
for Southwark. Mr. Potts, the eminent vinegar merchant,
it is currently reported, will start as a candidate for that
borough, in opposition to one of the present Members.
PXTERSFIELD.—Mr. Atcheson, the solicitor has de-
clared his intention of contesting this borough with the sit-
ting Members; with what chance of wan cannot be
determined.

SOOTHANIPTON.—The two Members, Sir W. Do Cres-
pigny 'and W. Chamberlayne, Esq., have signified their
intention to retire. The present Candidates are, A. It.
Dottina, Esq., who was unsuccessful last time; W. A.
Mackinnon`, Esq., of Hyde Park-place; and it is thought
11. Mildmay, Esq., the son-in-law of A. Baring, Esq.,
may offer himself. Lord Porchester has been talked ci,
but does not come forward. _ _ _

If we may judge from the proceedings of the SHlP-
walnuts' Ustort, they seem resolved to substitute an
entirely new theory of subordination in lieu of that which
they have so recently thrown off'. They appear to have
enacted a new code of combination laws in the place of
those which Parliament have repealed. By their code their
sirs sentence is to be, in all cases, final. They will hold
[Sighing by favour--..they will accept nothing by compro-
nolse—they will ask what wages they please, and they will
lime what they ask as of right. If all power is to be
litenslated—as it seems the intention of the Union Corn-I
toittee that it shall be—from the bands of the employers
OD those of the workmen, it will certainly be no easy
matter to settle their pretensions. It seems intended on the
Net of the shipwrights that it should be a trial of strength.
Indeed, the whole combination system has been commenced,
and is carried on in that spirit. But the conflict of
numbers against property can never be a drawn battle. It
is a propensity that experience has uniformly discovered in
the mind of man to usurp power, and there seems at
present but too prevailing an inclination in the working
clams to possess themselves forcibly of a dominion which,
in the nature of things, they never can obtain, and which
if they could obtain, they never could exercise but with
ruin to others and to themselves. They may continue
for a time the present state of broil and confusion
in which they have involved the master manufac-
turers—but in what can it end ? Property, after
all, must preponderate: it cannot be otherwise. That
class whose lot is labour—useful as they may be in
their station, and invaluable as their services may be
in their proper sphere of duty—can never hope to make a
new distribution of the powers and interests of society.
They mapiadeed disturb, but they cannot destroy, the
order which Providence has established in the world, for
the furtherance of civil society and the security of private
rights. They have their allotment of power, which, if
well and wisely exercised, is adequate—at all times—to
what ought to be its purpose, and to the attainment of
whatever it ought in justice to accomplish; hut the instant
it seeks to be paramount, its numerical strength becomes its
real weakness, because it gives birth, from necessity
antagonist force, against which, while the order
government exists, it can never successfully contend.
As W the attempt to regulate wages by the
provisions, it is utterly impracticable. It can never

Sr oesaarnas will be warmly contested by two Gentle-
men on the Grosvenor interest ; and by Lord Hertford's
interest, represented by Colonel Cook,* of the Guards. It
is also thought that E. Barham, Esq., the late Lord of the
Manor, will offtr himself.
WINCHESTER.-.-11 is imagined that an attempt will be
made against the sitting Members; but as yet no one is
named. _ _ _ _ . .

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TAUNTON.-Mr. iVarre has declared his intention of
following the example of his colleague, Mr. Baring, in
withdrawing himself from the representation of Taunton
at the next election.

Those marked • are for Government.

Prince Guitailibti, ei-devaat King of Sweden, has just
ad inserted fat's* Ost entitle!
Blanc a letter, which he ad
. to the Coast Segur, upon his work titled
c de Rank; e Ex-King attacks the General
Iries
for b aming his conduct, and wishing to tarnish the actions
of Marshal Bernadotte, win/ at present occupies the Swedish
throne. There is in this proceeding a great degree of dim-
itnerestedness ; there is also dignity in the manner in
which the Prince expresses his hope, in the termination of
his letter, that M. Segur will retract what he has said
upon that subject.—Courrier FrancuiJ.
The Hamburgh Papers receivtd yesterday state that,
with regard to the three ships of war bought of the Swe-
dish Government by Messrs. Michaelson and Co. (and sup-
posed to be for the use of the Greeks or Colombians), the
'sale will remain in force, and that the ships will very soon
put to sea, but the embarkation of Swedish officers in them
is prohibited.
file Frankfort Papers contradict the report that the Ha-
noverian Government had let a part of the mines of the
1 Hartz to an English Mining Company. It it, however,
true, that a Company which has been formed in England
'fee mining speculations, is to be permitted to sink a shaft
in a part of the Hartz where no mine has yet beep
opened, in order to see whether, at a depth not yet
sounded, there is any ore which is worth the trouble of
working.
The Allgerneine Zeitung to the 14th instant says, that
letters from Corfu of the 21st August confirm the news of
the defeat of the Seraskier, Redschid Pasha, on his re-
treat after the unsuccessful attack on Missolonghi. It was
on the 7th of August, according to the statement of the
Allgemeine Zeituug, that a corps of 3,000 Greeks, under
the command of Goura, attacked the Turkish camp at
Carvassara, succeeded in throwing the enemy into con-
fusion, and in spiking some of their cannon and mortars.
NAVIGATION or THE RHINE.—In the last sitting of the
Central Committee for the Navigation of the Rhine, it is
said that the Members gave their votes on the first para-
graph of the definitive regulation, which treats of free na-
vigation ; that Prussia, Bavaria, and Hesse declared, that
by the liberty given by the Congress of Vienna, the tinob.
structed navigation into the open sea was to be understood.
Baden and Nassau are said to have declared for France
and Holland, which, as according to act of Congress, the
n of ' • majority of the Cen.
the minority. The
probably be shortly
- after nine yearn
removed, wh
the Central C

attempted on any painciple of common sense or of
justice. It is preposterous for the workmen in an

to attempt to regulate their price-book by the returns
Leadenhall or of Mark-lane. As well might the '
neymen bakers or butchers fix ther wages by the price
of ship-timber. It is manifest that the •ery same causes
which tend to advance food to a higher price than usual,
may at the same time lessen the demand for that very

oftep see in
German, articles

most false and
Greece. These
Journalists, knowing that this city is likely to receive the
first news front the theatre of war, conceal, under the date
of Trieste, the fables which they desire to circulate ; and
even if they do come from Trieste they can only be ascribed
to corrupted individuals, or to unfaithful correspondents.
We, therefore, think it oar duty to caution the public
against giving any credit to these pretended articles from
Trieste. It has long been notorious that there is p manu-
factory of news st. Trieste ; but it must be owned that it
has greatly eltelined since the establishment of that at
Zante. This latter takes a much bolder flight. With
rare assurance it puts into circulation the most impudent
falsehoods."-7'rieste Observer, August 29.
Advices from Copenhagen announce that the Norwegian
1 Bank has reduced the rate of interest from 5 to 4 per cent.
It is added, that this reduction of interest will not lessen
the dividend to its shareholders.

labour, for which the workmen would insist upon an
increase of wages. No man of sound mind can reflect a
moment, without perceiving not only that such a de-
mand, under such circumstances, would be most unrea-
sonable in itself, but that it could not be complied with.
That is the most prosperous state of a manufacturing
country, in which, while food is cheap wages continue'
high, and where consequently the reward of labour ope-
rates as a stimulus to industry. It is a bad cmdition of
society, in which the labouring classes are perpetually
struggling to keep poverty at arm's length. But it dues
not therefore follow, that the expense of subsistence
ought to regulate the rate of manufacturing wages. It'
cannot be too often repeated, that the attempt on the
part of the working classes to insist upon this measure
of value, can only arise from a want of those just prin-
ciples of thinking and reasoning which it most behoves
them to attain. Wages in every branch of manufacture
must depend on the decreasing demand or the extra
consumption ; these are the barometers by which they
must rise or fall ; but the prices of bread and butcher
meat &mate, it is obvious, with various causes with
which these are not connected, and upon which they have
no influence.

We have received Canada Papers to the 17th of August,
They afford local information of some interest. The har-
vest had commenced, and the report was favourable ; the
wheat crops were particularly productive. The Agricul-
tural Society had given medals for the best fields of wheat,
l.oate, barley, &c.; and the general improvement of Ca-
nada is described as rapid. The reports from the Upper
Country were also flattering. About 3,000 settlers from
Scotland and Ireland bad passed through Montreal. The
races at Quebec had, however, rather disappointed the
gentlemen of the turf, and the disappointment was more
particularly felt as the suticriptions had been tpost li-
beral. The tea sales had attracted great interest, being
the first direct importations from China ; the merchants
anticipated great benefits from the traffic, and they say
they will supply the United States with all articles frotp
the East, particularly as the duties imposed in the United
States are heavy. This circumstance had attracted a
larger attendance of the merchants of New York, &c. to

As for the present combining system, it cannot long
go on without extirpating the Capitalist. lie will soo,
find it his interest to carry his money and his ma-
chinery where he can employ them, not only profitably;
but in quiet and repose. This he must in vain setk
for, as long as the rise or reduction of wages is '
be perpetually contended for between manufacturers
their Workinen. - -

workmen, al between_ -ft° leave and hostile
teresta. As far as legislation is concerned, undoubtedly

laws which best defended each, would best protect all.
present the boundaries of all law are threatened, and that
general capital, which is the object of common concern,
and in the employment end circulation of which the pro.
eperity of the whole community depends, is placed in a con•
dition which it is fearful to look upon, and the issue at
which it is not easy to prophecy.

GOLD MINA IN VIIIGINIA.—GoId has been discovered
in Amherst county, Virginia, in sufficient quantities to
induce several gentlemen to engage in digging for the
precious one. They have obtained the assistance of an
experiencect miner from Europe, and their prospects are
said to be favourable.—New York Advertiser.

CITY, WIMMSDAY EVZNINO.
This, being St. Matthew's Day, was a close holyday at
the Stock Exchanges, but a good many bargains were done
on the Royal Exchange in Consals at Set 4. The market
in the early part of the day looked gloomy, but it after-

Rosner or 714 IL GlA7ll.—Zenas C. Johnson has been
tried before the Supreme Court of New Hampshire, for
digging up and carrying away the body of a woman, in An-
dover, in October last. The Jury brought in a verdict of
Guilty, and the defendant not answering to the call of the
Court, his bonds (4.1 u dollars) were declared to be forfeited.
—.New York Pa pc? .

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wards became more buoyant, and them were buyers at 4.1 The Apostolieal Vicar of Chili has made important re-
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dissolution of Parliament is now considered as certain j ductions In the religious festivals hitherto observed in that
in the city, and therefore a slight depression in the Funds; ' country. on account of their great number, and for the
which that operation usually produces, is anticipated. Ipurpose of securing to the remaining ones a better observ-
No bargains were done either in Foreign Securities or • ance. This is done by the authority delegated by Pope
Shares. I Led XII. The days of rigid and solemn observances are
The Colonial Market presented a very steady appear- reduced to eleven, besides the sabbaths ; and the festivals
ance. The sales in Sugar were exceedingly large. •I of the patron Saints of towns, and villages, &c. are trans-
The Corn Market was in a very languid stare, and the fond to the sublatths following. 1
business in it was extremely limited. 1 Mr. Jean Mary, an inhabitant of Ecatissiones..Lalaing,l
near Braine-le-Cointe, has invented a machine for spinning
Ship-letters front Tubago to the 9th Aur.trust arrived yes- . hemp, for which he has obtained a patent front the King
terday ; they bring no news of public interest.
of the Netherlands for ten are Napoleon had promised
BIt•ZILIAN LOAN of 9.000,0n0/. sterling, negotiated . . . •
a million of francs reward for a similar invention.
by Mr. N. M. Rothschild, in London, in 1525.—The.,
half-yearly dividend on the above Luau, which becomes : It is in contemplation to establish an iron rail-road front
due on Saturday, the Ist of October next, will be paid by Hanover to flamburgli. The expense is estimated at a
Mr. N. M. Rothschild, on ;hat and every succeetliug day million of crowns (3,000,000 francs).
(Sundays excepted) between the hours of ten and two, at' There was a tremendous storm of thunder, lightning,
his Counting-house, No. 2, New-court, St. Swithin's- and rain, on Tuesday sennight, about seven o'clock, in the
laue. The dividend warrants, with a list thereof, in nu- evening, in the neighbourhood of Holywell, Malkin, and
metier,' order, must be left one day previous for ex- Nortliop. The lightning was extretn4y vivid and appal-
atninstion. - • • ling.

y, to an anu tionanu, wincn, accoranig to act o
of civil decisions are rather the opinion of the majc
" teal Committee, and are not binding on the
ad• question of the free navigation will prol
price of decided by a higher tribunal ; and thus,
„ye, be fruitless deliberation, the chief obstacle is
common ban hitherto janeeded the runeedinsa of th
mitres.—Gerwieut Paper:
ny trade FABRICATED thilEtt News.—"'We
turns of Foreign Journals, both French and C
he jour. dated from Trieste, which contain the
),„„ „,.;„ absurd news relative to the affairs of

ma_ the Canada tea sales.
blv' The Moffatt and Juliana, the two ships which conveed
the first cargo of tea from China to Quebec, have arrivyed
sea' in the Downs. It has been already remarked that they
s to ; arrived on the same day in China, and on the same day at
and' Quebec, and it la not unworthy of observation that they
haw* Ong ra 4a en. the same day_ in the De
a, This is high creditable tb the skill with which they were
navigated, especially as a great part of their course was
At i new to their respective commanders.