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LONDON,
TUESDAY EVENING, JULY 12, 1831.

The debates of last night, in the House of
Commons, were interesting and important. Lord
DUNCANNON moved the Order of the Day for
the second reading of the Waterloo-street Bill,
which Mr. D. W. HARVEY resolutely opposed.
We cannot understand upon what principle the
Hon. and Learned Member volunteered this
opposition : there was assuredly nothing in his
observations that justified it ; he put forth no ar-
gument ; made out no case ; though he twaddled
to a huge extent about the expellee of the new
street, and the expediency of recommitting
the Bill. This was accordingly done, though
without the slightest necessity being shown for
such recommitment. The CHANCELLOR of
the EXCHEQUER, after a few preliminary re-
marks upon the notable treaty of Methuen, by
virtue of which Portugal annually -drenches
England with the very worst of her Oporto
wines on terms the most favourable to herself,
proposed his new scale of duties on foreign
wines, which was to the following effect :—that
the duty on all foreign wines should be equalized
at five shillings and sixpence a gallon, and the
duty on Cape wines be raised to two shillings
and ninepence a gallon, at which rate it was
to continue until the year 1834, when it
should he raised to the same amount with
the other duty. This project so temperate,
so feasible, so serviceable to private, and lucra-
tive to public, interests, was of course condemned
by Messrs. HERRIES and GOULBURN—that
ill-starred pair, whose peculiar luck it is to be
as much the objects of ridicule among their
own party, as of contempt and pity among
their opponents. Noodle (HERRIES) opposed
the project, because it was breaking in on a mo-
nopoly of ancient standing, (like the pensions of
his own family) as if this were not an unanswer-
able argument in its favour ; while Doodle
(GouLnunist) observed that." the preference
thus given to France would deprive British sub-
jects of the privileges which they now enjoyed in
Portugal." We can conceive nothing more
hopelessly imbecile than this argument, or more
worthy the intellect of its author. None but a
rank monopolist of the oldest and most bigoted
school would have ventured to make use of it.
It is precisely upon the same principle that
Doodle opposes the Reform Bill. He would
sacrifice the interest of the country to those
of the boroughmongers ; the many to the few ;
for the very same reason that he now
proposes to sacrifice our prospect of an extended
commercial connection with France to our com-
paratively worthless and limited exchanges with
Portugal. We say worthless, because it was
proved, in an admirable speech on the Me-
thuen Treaty, made in the last Session but one,
by an Honourable Member, whose name we at
present forget, that the wine which is imported
into this country from Portugal, is no more the
choice product of Oporto, which it professes to
be, than it is the product of Xeres de la Fron-
tera, or Bordeaux, or the Rhine, or the Cape,
or any other place where wine is manufactured.
It is, in fact, wholly an adulterated compound,
the genuine Port being either retained for home
consumption by the Portuguese grandees and
monopolists, or shipped off to some more fa-
voured climate than England, who, notwithstand-
ing she pays the best price, receives the worst
Oporto wine. And yet for these equivocal
commercial advantages the EX-CHANCELLOR
of the EXCHEQUER would have us forego
the opportunity of extending our connections
with France. He would have us give up rich,
enlightened, populous France, for poor, bigotted
and scantily peopled Portugal, to whose shores we
were actually compelled to send a fleet the other
day, in order to remind her of the respect due to
British subjects ! The House of Commons,
despite the eloquence of the Right Hon. H.
GOULBURN, and the Right Hon. J. C. HER-
RIES, took the right view of the question, and
after an animated discussion, decided in favour
of Ministers by a majority of 102! On the subject
of compensation to that rank Orangeman, Sir
A. B. KING, for the loss of his patent as King's
stationer in Ireland, which had been in his
family for seventy years, and by which he must
have accumulated wealth almost inexhaustible,
we were surprised to find Mr. O'CONNELL—the
unflinching advocate of economy—supporting
Mr. DAwsoN's motion for compensation. The
Hon. Member took a pathetic view of the ques-

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Con, and asked if Sir A. 13. KING 44 was at
his advanced age to be consigned to poverty."
Poverty indeed ! As if a man wh o had held
the office of King's Stationer from his child-
hood, who was, in fact, born King's Stationer,
was a fit subject for sympathy by reason of hi
pecuniary distresses! Few people, we suspect.
would be loth to be poor in the same sense that
:Sir A. B. KING is considered to be so. The
House, much to its credit, scouted the idea o'
compensation to the worthy Baronet.

There is little or no fresh intelligence from
Poland since our last. The Allgemeine Zei-
ping, in an article dated Warsaw, June 27,
Ays " that the Polish Commander-in-Chief in•
rends in a few days to put his troops active!)
:1 motion again. That before the discovery of
the conspiracy at Warsaw, he was so certain of
he destruction of RUDIGER, that he had given
>Niers to General RYBINSKI to OCCUpy Brzesc
Litevrski with his division. Thus all the corn-
minications of the Russian* with Russia would
!lave been turned and intercepted, and they
would only have had that with Prussia
pen, if it is true as reported, that the sea-
:ion of Polangen is in the hands of the in-
,urgents. Already on the day after JAN-
KOWSKI set out, it was said that RUDIGER was
defeated, 20,000 men made prisoners, &c. Rus•
,ian spies must have been made acquainted with
the plans of the Commander-in •Chief Mean-
time, though our hopes have been disappointed
;n one point, the situation of the Russians
is not the more brilliant on that account, as they
do not venture to pass the Vistula. The war
is protracted because no decisive blow is struck."
We have little apprehension 'of the result of
the Polish war. NICHOLAS must eventually
yield, if he be not already meditating some con-
cession, and Poland be again restored to the
dignity of an independent kingdom. A cloud
hangs over the death of CONSTANTINE. The
cholera is a plausible and convenient disorder
wherewith to get rid of obnoxious individuals,
but we question whether it has been the de-
stroyer on this occasion. It is now raging to a
frightful extent in Moldavia :

Waassw, JUNE 27.—Since the action with Rudiger,
hostilities have been suspended, at least in the kingdom of
Poland, for Lithuania and the other revolted provinces are
still in flames. For some days peace was spoken of as
near at hand. Almost all the troops were assembled about
Warsaw, and Skrzynecki, it was said, depending on the in-
t-rvention of foreign powers, kept the army inactive, in
order to prevent use'ess bloodshed, but it now appears
these reports were false. War is again talked of, the
troops are to be put in motion again in a few days, and
renew the contest. The treachery of Jankowski is almost
the only subject of conversation among us, eves), body is
incensed ; the *oldie's are exceedingly furious, and if he
ha•l ventured to show . himself to them after the
battle his life might have paid the forfeit of his con-
duct. Skrzynecki was so certain of the destruction of Ru-
diger, that he had given orders to General Rybinsk' to
occupy Brzesc Litewski with his division. Thus all the
communications of the Russians with Russia would have
been turned and intercepted, and they would only have had
that with Prussia open, if it is true as reported, that the
seaport of Polangen is in the hands of the insurgents.
Alre oly on the day after Jankowski set out, it was said
that Rudiger was defeated, 20,000 men male prisoners,
&c. Russian spies must have been made acquainted
with the plans of the Commander-in-Chief. Mean-
time, although our hopes have been disappointed in one
point, the situation of the Russians is not the more bril-
liant on that account, as they do not venture to pass the
Vistula. The war is protracted because no decisive blow
is struck. Let us hope that it will this time be struck by
Skrzvnecki.

VIENNA JnNE 30. JULY 1.
Four per Cents
Bank Shares
(With the dividend of the second half-year.)
ST. PETERSBURGH, JUNE 25.—From the accounts
published in the Gazette respecting the propagation of the
cholera in the empire, it appears, among other particulars,
that in the Government of Minsk, from the 30th Maich
to the Ist of June, 2,268 persons had been attacked, of
whom 1,246 had died, and 926 recovered. The disease
had also manifested itself in the circle of Drissa, in the go-
wrnment of Witepsk, where five persons were attacked in
one day, of whom three died.
The accounts of the ravages of the cholera in Moldavia
are truly afflicting. The number of persons who died of
the cholera in Jassy was on the 10th, ninety-five; 11th,
one hundred and twenty-five, and on the 12th, one hundred
and forty-five. Letters from Jassy, of the 17th, say that
the disorder was then increasing, so that the number of
deaths was three hundred daily. The Government of
Moldavia, therefore, ordered the inhabit ints of Jassy to
retire into the country, and all were flying.
ST. PETERSBURGH, JULY 1.-Notwithstanding three-
fold measures of precaution the cholera has appeared among
us since the 20th of June, and also in Cronstadt ; the
number of known cases is said to be twenty-six, and two
in Cronstadt.

The first consternation is great, and every body tries to
avoid all intercourse with others, so that no business is
done on 'Change, and no goods have been sent by the
steam-beat to Lubeck, which, however, took 67 passen-
gers. We hear that the disorder is not of a malignant
description, and the announcement of the authorities
merely sir that the symptoms resemb'e those of cholera.
It is, besides, well known that all precautions had been
already taken on the most extensive scale to prevent the
spreading of the disorder, in case it shoal appear among
us, and as ususl our merchants were not the last to contri-
bute in the most patriotic and liberal manner.

In all the quarters of the city there are large
detached houses fitted up as hospitals, with physicians'
laboratories and all necessaries. Every case of sickness
:oust be announcer) to the proper authority (under severe
penalties for omission), and under the eyes of our very ac-
tive and numerous police certainly nobody will venture to
be guilty of
.concealment.
The cholera has again manifested itself in 'luau>, Ja-
roslaiv, Nishni Novogorod, and in the east of Witepsk.
The barques earning from Jaroslaw and ilybinski must
change their crews three times before they enter Lake La-
doga.
Illornuac, JULY 7.—Official notice is given that no
letters will for the present he sent by the steam-boat ts St.
Petersburgh. They will be forwarded by the usual route
through Berlin and Memel.

GRAND CI. A RENCE VASE.--We under-
;um] that Mr. BECKFORD, of Fonthill celebrity, has ex.
pressed himself in the highest terms of admiration of this
magnificent and unique work of art.
CAUTION AGAINST QUACK DOCTORS.-,-
Died, on Friday last, at Wooton-bride, MARTHA KEN..
BERI aged 19 yea's, occasioned by having taken improper
medicine, administered to her by a quack, named SIDNEY
City anBILL, a native of Cornwall. The deceased was sub-
led to fits, and foolishly adhered to this follow's advice,
which cost her her life. An inquest sat on the body, at
the Sloop inn, Wooton-bridge, before ROBERT SEWELL,
Esq., Coron' r, and a respectWe Jury, on Saturday last,
when, after a long and patient examination, a verdict of
,t Manslaughter" was returned against CHURCHILL, who
was present during the investigation, and who, it ap,
peals, by questions put to him, is of unsound mind. He
will take his trial at the ensuing Assizes.—Hampshire
itilvert4er.

IVIO UN TA IN BREEZES.—From the parish
register of returns, it appears that there have been buried
at Orton, in the county of Westmorland, 414 persons
in all, of whom 195, or nearly one-half, have ex-
ceeded the age of 60, and 78, or nearly one-fifth,
have exceeded the age of 80. Comparing this with
Dr. Pawe's tables, compiled from the bills of morta-
lity elsewhere, the contrast is very greet, He stites,
that in Londo❑ one, half die under the age of three;
here one-half reach 60. From on of his tables it
appears that out of 1,000 who die in London, 17 are
above SO ; and the greatest contrast in the same table is
Vaud, in Switzerland, where 46 in every 1,000 exceed
80; but at Orton we have 188 in the same number ex-
ceeding 80 years of age.