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London, England, 1831-07-02 00:00:00

EXCISE.

On the motion of Lord ALTHORP the House
went into a Committee on the Excise Acts.
Lord ALTHORP moved a resolution to the effect that
the duties of Excise payable on candles in Great Britain
and Ireland he repealed.
Mr. HERRIES suggested that it would be more ad-
vantageous to take off a part of the duties on soap.
Mr. HUME said that if the duties on soap as will as
that on candles could be taken off, he was sure that be
should agree to such a measure. He had already taken an
opportunity of proposing that the duty on soap should be
taken off, and an additional duty put upon the tallow im-
ported from Russia, by which we should prevent Russia
from taxing England to the amount of 600,0e01. a year.
Lord ALTHORP would have been glad to have adopted
the course suggested by the Hon. Member for Middlesex ;
but he was afraid, that if they raised the tax on Russian
tallow any higher, it would be the means of putting a stop
to that trade altogther.
Mr. GOULBURN said that it would not only put a
stop to the ti ade, but raise the price of soap and candles toe.
Mr. PROTHEROE stated that the duty on soap had
driven the traders of Bristol to buy that article of those
who did not pay the duty.
Mr. ROBINSON recommended the adoption of an
taluitable tax on property, as the best means of relieving
the pour, and enabling the Chancellor of the Exchequer
to take off taxes on soap, and candles, and malt, as well
as the Assessed Taxes.
Mr. PAGET would recommend the Chancellor of the
Exchequer to adopt the suggestion of Mr. Hume, and lay
a tax on Russian tallow. That would allow the tax to be
taken off soap, and give great relief to a large body of the
;ample.
Mr. Alderman THOMPSON hoped the Noble Lord
would not adopt the proposition of the Hon. Member for
Middlesex. It would raise the price of tallow in the mar-
hut. He wished to know why the cessation of the duty

candles had been poitponel from the 10th of October

11 the Ist of January?
Lord ALTHORP said, the ground of his making that
!bange was, that when he proposed October, he though,
duties on wine and on cotton would leehaven imposed
lir the last quarter of the year ; hitt as he ost a quar.
e•r's revenue on them, he wes obliged to take a quarter's
1.-Iditional revenue from candles.
Mr. MABERLY supported the proposition for imposing:
'•iproperty tax.
Colonel SIBTHORPE recommended that an absentee
ttx should be imposed, That would benefit Ireland as
-.yell as England.
Mr. HUNT said that absentees went away to avoid
taxation, and not to desert their country, lie regretted
,he postponement of the relief to the poaor:exaltderch,
jetfvatso
imposed by the abolition of thee' andle tax. Thepsum
vas paltry, and it would give at relief to the oi.
le hoped the soap tax would be left on till it could e
tto lowest classes oa thilioe7)ehtliptil'ea.t vw'kcliol'llvbtehe people to have
.ap cheap, and that would be a great security against
morbus.--(A laugh.)
Resolutions agreed to.
The House resumed.
:•eceiveil on Monday nest.
SUPPLY.-11fISCELLANEOUS ESTIMATES,
Lord ALTIIORP moved that die Hou c should resolve
itself into a Committee of Supply.
Mr. HUME took that opportunity to object to a mo.
ion made lest evening for referring the Militia E•titna.tes
a Committee. It was unusual that such a umtion should
be made without notice, and at a late hour.
Sir 11. HARDINGE justified the course taken.
The House resolved itself into a Committee of Supply.
Mm'. S. RICE was understood to say that the votes for
th., civil contingencivi which be had to move, like the
votes for the army and n ivy, had been agreeirto in the

The Report was ordered to be

last Par:iamel.,.
14,4501. was proposed for the British Museum, which
alter a fow words from Mr. llu•ne, Mr. S. Rice, Mr. Pro.

r,e, and i►lr. Davies Gilert, was agreed to.
SO,OOO/. was proposed for civil contingencies.
Mr. HUME wished to take that opportunity of asking
chat reductions had been made in the Consular depart.

:cent ? Ht umierstood that the Extraordinaries, amount-
ing to forty odd thousand pounds, were nut to be voted
next ye ,r. I understood also, from persons who had
been abroad, that our Consular estaldishments were of little
advantage. and therefore he ‘vished them reduced.
Mr. S. RICE replied that the question of Consuls was
:Jude the consideration of his Noble Friend the Secretary
of State for Foreign Affairs, and he meant to postpone
the vste for the Consuls till that Noble Lord was in his

place.
Mt. HUME would not pn:si his question at that women

Vote agreed to.
Mr. SPRING RICE, in moving the Miscellaneous F.,
timates, explained that there was an apparent increase in
some articles, owing to the charges in the Civil List, but
here was, in fact, a considerable decrease. The Hon.
Member 'then proposed 73,8001. for defraying the expenses

of pui,lie works.
Mr. RIDLEY COLBORNE took the opportunity of ob-
serving that the National Gallery in Pall-mall was in an
insecure stag,. It was not economy to alow such valu-
able property to be left in such an insecure state. Hu
recommended the subject to the, consideration of the Ali-
t, isters.

Mr. S. RICE would attend to the recommendation.
Mr. HUME reminded the Noble Lord (the Chancellor
of the Exchequer), that he had promised that the sums
taken from the Civil List should be brought under the re-
vision of the House. He found, however, nothing of that
kind in these estimates, and thought that they ought to be
referred to a Committee. He found a large sum allotted
to buildings, and he wished to know under whose super-
intendance it was to be appropriated ?
Lord ALTHORP had no objec:ion to refer these votes
to a Comin;ttee; but, in the mean time, they must be
moved for, in order to carry on the public service. The
Board of Voi ks was responsible for the employment of the
sum mentioned by the Hen. Member.
After a few words from Mr. Ilume and Mr. Ileerics,
Lord Althorp, and Mr. S. Rice,
Mr. R. GORDON objected to the stun of 39,0001. for
(*.dinars repairs, which he concluded meant buildings.
Mr. S. RICE explained, that the sum was an estimate
framed upon an average of the expellee for three }errs.
The sum was to be applied to ten different palaces.
Colonel SIRTHORPE said, a large sum had been laid
out for the palace at Edinburgh, and he did not know who
resided there, except a King whom he wished was not to
he there.
Mr. S. RICE was gi id that England still maintained
her character of being the asylum for every man. The sum
alluded to for Scotland was intended for all the public
buildings of Edinburgh.
Mr. J. MARTIN referred to the state of Westminster-
hall, which he wished to see cleared of all the in.
cumbrances that disfigured it.
Mr. C. FERGUSON thought the state of Westminster-
hall was a disgrace to the country.
Mr. GOULBURN said that the hall was in progress
of being cleared.
Lord ALTHORP said that the Master of the Rolls had
offered his house for the Records, and they would be re-
moved there.
Mr. HUME wished to know why we kept up ten
palaces? They were only employed to lodge paupers of a
higher class. The people at Hampton Court were lodged
' n
there on the same principle as paupers were lodged in the
work house.—(N°
He said, yes, yes, and he pro-
tested against suchuon)necessary expences. A good deal
was said about Republican Institutions, but he wished to
remark, that the whole expence of the American Govern-
ment at Washington did not amount to the caprice of
these palaces.—(N°+ nal oh, oh.) He must persist in the
assertion. Let the House look too at the way this ope-
rated. It ought not to consider the gross sum, but con-
sider the most odious branch of taxation, and remember
that but for these palaces it might be done away. To
raise these sums, 3,000 summonses would be issued to
levy the assessed taxes.—(No, no.) He said yes, and it
was lamentab'e to think that many persons were deprived
of their beds, or driven to the workhouse by these taxes.
It was impossible that such extravagance and such wasteful
expenditure should be continued. But when any person
spoke of these subjects, they shut their ears, and cried oh,
oh and would not hear ; but by and by discontent would
grow stronger, and would come tin them with a force
which could not he resisted. The King, he believed,
'%o.
Mr. S. RICE again pressed it on the attention of the
Hon. Member, that the sums he moved for were estimates,
got id
1 but
so onl, or otherwise disposed of ?
ed palace ; and why, then, were not the others
being the average of three years ; and the present Govern-
ment would be very happy to find that the expense might
he lessened.
After a few words from Mr. TRANT, which were not
heard in the gallery,
Lord ALTHORP sail, this was the first time these
estimates had come under the consideration of the House
separated from the char.te for the Civil List, and he thought
the discussion of that evening had fully proved that the
separation would be beneficial to the country.—(Hear.)
After a few observations from Mr. BRISCOE, the rote
was agreed to.
A vote of 4,7501., being the one-half of 9,5001., the
estimate for the works at Portpatrick Harbour, was agreed
to, after some conversation between Mr. Rurnvtx, Mr.
Got3.BURN, and Mr. R. GORDON.
A sum of 4,0001. was then voted for the harbour of
Donagbadee.
On the proposal of a vote of 12,000/. for the works of
the British Museum,
Mr. HUME expressed his regret that the buildings bad
ea
h the property
would
oaol f d the Museum
not been completed at once, instead of being starved, as
c:
completed
r
they -were now, by spreading the grant over two or three
}.ear,, and leaving
hopedhe
they
tected. He was sure the public desired to see the works
be so onap ant
On the vote of 1,700/. for the repairs of the Holyhead-
road, and the expenses of the Engineers and Commissioners,
Mr. HUME objected to the expense of keeping two or
three engineers in constant employment when one would
Ire sufficient.
Mr. G. DAWSON agreed with the Hon. Member is
condemning this expence; and observed, that during the
time he was connected with the Treasury he had the plea-
ttime
next completed,
y ande a
rVote weed to.
,tire of reducing the expences connected with the Holy-
head-road by many thousand pounds.
Sir HENRY PARNELL defended the conduct of the
Commissioners, and the economy of their expenditure.
Public works, such as the Menai bridge and the Howth
Harbour, required the constant attention of an engineer.
At Howth, where a pier was erected in the open sea, un-
less an engineer was present to direct repairs after a storm,
the whole work might be destroyed; and he was sure no
one grudged 2001. a year for taking care of the Menai
bridge. He was prepared to prove that the Commis-
sioners for the Holyhead-road had saved the country upwards
of 150,000/. a year, and he courted inquiry.
Mr. GOULBURN bore testimony to the meritorious
exertions of the Right Hon. Baronet and the Commis-
sioners. He had at all times thought the improvement of
the communication between England and Ireland a mat-
ter of great importance ; and differed from his Right Hon.
Friend (Mr. Dawson) oil the
propriety of lowering the

Apen,liturs,. Not Eceing any vote for the purpose of ho.
irovine the laming pier at 11Rford Haven, he wiThed ti,
,sk if that object had been abandoned:
Mr. SPRING RICE said that no vote had been pro.

iosed fm that purpose, because there was et present mom.,

•nough in hand to carry it on.
In ;iiiswer to a rinerlian from an 11,m. Member,
Mr. SPRING RICE tli,t the state of the.
`.iverpool and Holyhead liieliets was tir:de! the considers-
inn of the Postmaster-General.
After a few words from Mr. DAwsos and Mr. RUTH-

the resolution was agreed te
Mr. S. RICE said, that as the nest grant to he pro-
;rised involved a question of principle, he begeed leave ti,
:noble the House with a few observations upon it. 1,,
S:?5, complaint!: having been made of the in idequavy of
re revenue buildings 2t Liverpool, a person was sent
!own to inspect them, who teperted that it was Ctigenti.ii
the public interests that there should be new. buildings,
rol th it the old ones should be enlarged. An agrecomm
'eta in consequence roOrle between the Treasury and the
omporation of Liverpool, that the former would expend
150,000/. on that object, provided that the corporation
;mold contribute 25,0001. more, and enter into it gua-
etutee that C11,e4 would defray any excess over the amount
if toe estimate, or Ir/;5,0901. The mode in which this
ono of 150,0001. was td lee paid by the Treasury was
dghly oljectionable; for it was pa:loosed that it should
.some out of the proceeds of the revenue department in
!heir way to the Exchequer. Ile had, therefore, been in-
structed by his -.T.folile Friend to communicate to the cor-
poration of Liverpool, that although his Majesty's present
'government felt no difficulty in carrying into effect the
igreement in question, yet they could not consent to do
so unless by a vote in Parliament.—(Bear, hear.) Feel-
!rig, therefore, that that was the most satisfactory and
constitutional mode of proceeding, he should move as a
resolution, to grant to his Majesty the sum of 25,0001.,
ieing one year's expenditure, for the improvement of the
revenue buildings in Liverpool.
Mr. GORDON entirely agreed in opinion with his
Bon. Friend, and thought the pin:tilde which he had
laid down an excellent one. There had been several cases
in which I :roe sums, among the rest 100,0001. for the
new Po,t-office, had been improperly paid out of the
revenue, instead of having been submitted ao votes to
Parliament.
Mr. GOULBURN, with reference to the agreement
that had been made with the Corporation of Liverpool,
that although he had no personal concern with it, had no
doubt that it had been a satisfactory one.
Mr. HUME wished to know when the buildings were
begun ?
Mr. S. RICE believed Itst year, or the year before.
Mr. HUME strongly condemned the mode in which it
had been intended to carry the agreement into effect,
without in the first place submitting it for the approbatien
of the House. He looked forward to Parliamentary Re-
form as calculated to give a check to such practices.
Lord ALTHORP was certainly of opinion that it was
an unjustifiable practice to conclude agreements of such a
nature without the previous sanction of Parliament. How
could that House exereise its constitutional function of
controlling the expenditure of the public money, if such
practices were permitted ?—(Hear.) It was essential that
they should cease.
Mr. GOULBURN hail no doubt that the agreement in
question was made " liable to the decision of Parliament."
He also recollected that a question had been asked and
answered in the House on the subject ; so that it could not
be said to have been unknown to Parliament.
Mr. O'CONNELL maintained that before a single stone
had been laid, or a single shilling expended, the agreement
should have received ihe sanction of Parliament.
Mr. GOULBURN replied, that no money would have
been paid until the grant had been voted.
Mr. O'CONNELL observed, that in that case, if Par-
liament had refused to sanction the agreement, the Corpo-
ration of Liverpool would have been defrauded of die
money they had laid out.
Mr. GOULBURN said that no doubt the Corporation
of Liverpool felt that the proposition was so reasonable
that Parliament would have no difficulty in acquiescing
in it.
Mr. SPRING RICE contended that Parliament ought
to be invested with the most absolute controul of the public
money. A question asked and answered incidentally, was
nut the way to obtain the consent of the Commons of
England to an expenditure of 150,0001.
Mr. GOULBURN 113(1 never denied that the Howe
ought to retain the most absolute controul over the public
money. If the Hon. Gentleman meant to real any one
a lecture on the subject, he ought to read it to one of the
present Noble Secretaries of State, It was not by him
(Mr. Gouiburn) but by Lord Goderich, who he was sure
• had not the slightest intentions to supersede the authority
of Parliament, that the transaction bad been sanctioned.
Mr. GORDON observed that it was a mockery to
tilk of submitting to the sanction of Parliament, an agree-
ment which had been already acted upon. And what
were the terms of the agreement ? It was dated in .Tune
1827, and stated on the part of the Treasury, that if the
corporation of Liverpool would do so and so, " this
Hoard," without the slightest reference to Parliament,
would carry the agreement into effect.
Mr. EWART observed, that the buildings had been
commenced in 1829, and that all the correspondence on
the subject had been submitted to the Finance Committee.
At the same dine, he cordially approved of the course now
adopted by the Hon. Genth-man and the Noble Lord.
After a few words from a MEMBER, whose name we
were unable to learn, the resolution was agreed to.
On a resolution being moved for granting the sum of
42,300/. for salaries and allowances to the Officers of the
Lords and Commons,
Mr. HUME took the opportunity of reprobating the
confusion in the manner in which the accounts were
drawn up, and of expressing his wish for more detailed
information.
Lord ALTHORP promised, that in future the
ae-
counts should be prepared iu a more clear and intelligible

manner.
Mr. PAGET had paid the greatest attention to the ac-
counts, but he was perfectly unable to understand
them. Be could not conceive why they might not be
exhihi:ed in the most simple shape.
The resolution was then agreed to.
On the vote of 31,9001. for the expellees of the Houses
of Lords and Commons for 1831,
Mr. HUME referred to the expences of the examina-
tions on the East fiction! Bill—expences which he thought
ve.y great, but which be did not grudge under the circum-
stances, as he thought that the conduct of the Govern-
ment on that subject had produced the pres.nt Reform
Bill.—(Cheers.) He wished to know how much of the
sum was ac'ually expended for the witnesses?
Mr. S. RICE answered about 8,000/.
Colonel SIBTHORPE thought if that were the case,
that those who brought the matter forward, ought to be
ront.nt to pry the expense out of their own pockets.
The vote was agreed to.
A sum of :,5,400/. was voted for the deficiencies of the
Fee Fund in the Treasury.
A .eum of 11,137/. was voted for the deficiency of the
Fee Fund in the Horne Office. Another sum of 8,709/.
was voted for the sante fund for the Exchequer.
On the question that a sum of 16,475/. be voted to
make good the deficiency in the Fee Fund for the Colonial
Office,
Mr. ROBINSON asked if the recommendations of the
Committee respecting the management of the Colonies had
been attended to ?
Lord I-10WICK said it had been the earnest desire of
the Noble Lord at th head of the Colonial Department,
to carry the recommendation of the Committee into
effect. As a proof of this, he might mention, that in
filling up a lately vacant Government, the Noble Lord had
effected a reduction of 1,000/. in a salary of 2,500/.
Mr. HUME asked what was done with the Govern•
went of Gibraltar ?
Lord HOWICK answered, that Lord Chatham was
still alive.
Mr. HUNT said that he wished to take that opportu-
nity of calling the attention of the House to a most for-
frnreidqauberilet cmoaelnittiioonn.of
Hwhiche,asthaeanueswedsppeosfrsh havingad
elnatteerlyedminartloe
a coalition, but that coalition had cost the country no-
thing, and never would coq the-ceuntrya farthing. The
coalition he spoke of, however, was very different, at least
if the newspapers were to be believe'. He wished to
know whether their statements were true, and therefore
he brought the matter under the consideration of the
House. He gave the Noble Lord opposite the opportu-
nity of contradicting the report, which he hoped, and he
'night even say he believed, to be untrue. It was this—
that the Noble Lord at the head of the Govautocnt had
entered into a coalition with the members of his family,
whom he had placed upon the country at an annual ex-
pri-ce of 68,000/. He wished to know if this was true ?
Lord ALTHORP rose amidst calls from several Mem-
bers of "No, no—it is not worth while," and said, that
from what the Hon. Member had just uttered he really
thought the lion. Member could not understand the mean•
in; of the word " coalition."—(Hear, hear.) lie telt
anxious to say one word upon the subject thus introduced.
He knew that his Noble Friend hail been attacked in some
newspapers for placing his family in different situations.
If those persons so placed were unfit for the situations they
occupied, it was right to attack him.—(Cheers.) But if
they were not unfit for these situation., then the attacks

right not in just.ce to be in itle,—'Checrs. As to the.
i'itement about 69.0001. he could only say that it was an
thsurdity. He would now decl tr., his Opinion of his Noble
Friend, that no man had ever been less actuated by In rives
,f mere private interest.—(lietr, hear.) His Noble
;7ricnil had always sacrificed his private interest to his
Attic duty, for if he bid not done so, every one mu lac
~vare that he need not have been absent from office nearly
his whole life.—(litar.)
L Lord HOWICK telt grateful, most grateful, for the ch-

,rvations just made by the Noble Lord, but at the srme
ime he could not hut regret that the Noble Lord should
.ave noticesl such an attack proceeding from such a guar-
er, which ought only to be treated with silent and utter ,
!ontempt.—(Loud cheers from all bides, answered by
•heers front Mr. Hunt.)
Mr. iwyr hoped the public would hear of this and of
he answer he had received.--(Hear, hear.)
Mr. WARBURTON asked whether the present Go-
vernment intended to do what the late Government had
promised, namely, give the House a regular debtor and
!reditor account of the expenses of the colonies.
No answer was and, rstood to be given to this question,
and t'.e vote was agretd to.
A sum of 15,6134/. was voted for the Fee Fund of the
Pi ivy Council, and a 511111 of 9,7351. for contingent ex-
penses, and for messengers to the Treasury.
On the motion of Mr. K. DOUGLAS, the House re-
sumed, and the report was ordered to be received on Mon-
day next.
The House then went, pro forma, through a number
of the orders of the day with the view of passing to the
subject of the Scotch Reform Bill.
PUBLIC WORKS IN IRELAND.
Mr. BERNAL brought up the report of the Committee .
on public works in Ireland.
The resolution was agreed to, and a Bill ordered to be
brought in. .

COAL TRADE.
The London Ceal Bid was read a second time on the
motion of Mr. F. Lewis, after a few words frcim Mr.
ilonGes and Mr. Alterman VYNABLES.
Mr. STANLEY gave notice that on Monday he would
:nove that the House reso!ve itself into a Committee, to
consider the propriety of advancing public money to make
reads and build bridges in Ireland.
ARMS IN IRELAND.
Mr. STANLEY, in pursuance of notice, rose to move
for leave to bring in a Bill to regul ite the importation of
arms into Ireland, and the method of keeping them there.
He observed that the measure would also consolidate and
render permanent some temporary Ac•s upon the same
subject ; but the chief novelty of the plan was, that
it would provide for a general registntinn of arms
in Ireland, and that every weapon should be marked
and branded with letters and numbers, so as to be
identified and traced in its passage from hand to
hand. All persons having unregistered arms in their
possession were to he punishable, not by fine, which
dlt.-n could not be collected, but as fur a misdemeanour.
A power being at present vested in the Lord Lieutenant,
with the alt ice of the Privy Council, of declaring pal ti-
eular districts in a state of disturbance, a clause would lie
introduced into the Bill, subjecting to transportation fir
seven years any person within such digriet having in his
possession unregistered arms. The Right Hon. Gentle-
man moved for leave to h-ring in the Bill.
Mr. O'CONNELL protrstcd against the introduction of
so frightful a measure at so late an hour, without the
statement of a single reason, and moved that the debate be
adjourned until this day week.
Mr. STANLEY wts ready to comply with time wish of
the Hon. Mernher, but imaged to remark that the provi-
sions of the Bill were not stronger than were absolutely
necessary for the preservation of the peace in Ireland.
Mr. WYSE gave notice that he should resist the pro-
gress of the Bill to the utmost.
The adjournment of the debate was then agreed to.
SCOTCH REFORM BILL.
The LORD ADVOCATE moved for leave to bring in
a Bill to amend the state of representation of the people of
Scotland, and stated that in no respect did it materially
d,ffer from the measure introduced in the last Parliament
—in all its substantial parts—indeed in all its minute de-
tails, it was the same. He would et rte a very few parti-
culars in which it varied, and the principal variation re-
garded the votes of tenants in count ies, which was
rendered precisely parallel to the Bill for England.
The rights of those who now had superiorities were pre-
served, end a clause WAS inserted to include those who
were at present entitled to them. The Parliamentary
Commissions fur ascertaining the boundaries of towns and
boroughs were also extended to Scotland. The mere ma-
chinery of the Bill would be found considerably altered ;
but regarding these trifling points at this late hour, it was
quite needle's to require the attention of the House.
Leave was given, and the LORI) ADVOCATE hav-
ing brought in the Bill, it was read a first time, and the
second reading fixed for Tuesday sennight.
In answer to a question from Lord Sroitmowr,
The LORD ADVOCATE said that he hop-ti the Bill
would be printed, and in the hands of Members in the
course of to -morrow ( this day.)
Adjourned at Half-past One.

There is at Singapore a fish, called by the
natives ikan layer, of about ten or twelve feet long, which
hoists a mainsail, and often sails in the manner of a native
boat, and with considerable swiftness. The ails arc
beautifully cut, and form a model of a fast-sailing boat ;
they arc composed of the dorsal fins of the animal, and
when a shoal of these are under sail together, they are fre-
quently mistaken fur a fleet of native boats.
When the Hon. F. N. was Governor of Cey-
lon, he was addressing a native Prince through the me-
dium of an interpreter, in a high strain of courtly adula-
tion, to each sentence of which the Prince answered
" Ca-dab." This was repeated so frequently as to induce
the Governor to inquire into its meaning. " lie means
to say," answered the interpreter, " that your Excellency
lies."— The Diamond Magazine.
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JACQUELINE OF HOLLAND.-01 the ce-
lebrated historical personage whom Mr. GRATTAN has
made the heroine of his new romance, a contemporary
thus speaks :—" Her history is one of the most remark-
able in the whole range of recorded curiosities. She was
at one time, though married, neither a wife nor a widow ;
and at another, though strong in regal spirit, neither a
sovereign nor a subject. Mr. GRATTAN seems to led
that personal interest and enthusiasm in the subject he is
sketching, without which the romancer is but the driest •
and dullest of historians. Me has painted her to the life."
MUNICH, JUNE 17.—Dr. MAHIR, a sur- •
geon now on the Staff of the Polish army, has written to
his relations in Munich, that he was attacked with the
cholera before he set out for head•quarters at Pultusk, •
He had little hope of recovery until the evening of the
fourth dry, and owed his safety entirely to strong doses of
opium, to washings of asafoetida, and the use of prussic
acid during four consecutive days. He was able to reach
the field of battle at Ostrolenka while the town was still
in flames. After having assisted the troops in his pro'es-
sional capacity, he followed the retreat of the Polish
army upon Itaan. He, and a Wurteml,erg surgeon
rained VIESINGER, were the only surgeons remaining in
the rear when the Polish army bad passed lb tan.
Among the great number of the Polish wounded, Dr.
Manta had scarcely found ten with bayonet or sword
wounds. Almost all the wounded were from shot
wounds, for, so murderous was the combat, th cz• all who
had received bayonet wounds were left dead on the field
of battle. He was afterwards presented at Pultnsk
to
the Generalissimo. He describes in his letter SKRZY-1
NECK! as a tall am' thin man, with a calm and philb-
sophic air. This General received Dr. INIAma, and a
Bavarian surgeon named RIENNIKER, in the kindest man-
ner, arid entertained them at dinner.—Courrier du Bus
Rhin of the 25th inst.
We encountered much discussion in the
city on Friday, on the state of the precious metals,
and an opinion certainly prevails among those who have
the best opportunities for judging, that the stock in the
Bank, both of gold and of silver, is lower than it has been
for a long time. In the hands, also, of the importers and
dealers in bullion, there is understood to be a very scanty
supply, while our trade with Mexico and South Anrerier
is not of an extent likely to furnish the means of tilling
up the vacuum. The notoriety of the fact, that the ex-
portations of bullion to the north of Europe have been
going on at a steady undiminished ratio, since the
ee,m,steam-
packets commenced mining in the spring, end that, too,
without at all affecting the rate of the foreign exchanges,
well st
is the chief foundatir nof the opinion above-m, mimed,
and we have heard much uneasiness expressed on the sub-
jt le) en ‘s hose station h
commercialyinotfhe attention.
Itwits)
pdoisr,nai
bleres
what they say ,
however, that they are lahrouring under a delusion ; and
in that ease, iL is perfectly certain, that it the B ink Dins-
ters, who can alone know the truth, thought proper fur
once to depart from their system of coneealinent, and re-
move that delusion by disclosing the state of their resources
in bullion, they never could have a strcngtr nue ive for
dying it. It would at once make easy the of all
those who have an interest in the question, and to COI:,
e•rercial men none crn well he of greeter importance. II" ,
Hot, it is to be hoped that some Membrr of Ow,
Commons will endeavour, by a niution.onttlT,
,Itain for the mercharitt the informat:on tee; ,i,

The following is an extract from the Augsburg Gazette:
" Roma, JUNE 14.—The efforts of foreign Ministers
follow each other in such rapid succession, that important
results are shortly expected. The evacuation of the States
of the Church is at no great distance. It is worthy of re-
mark, that the French Ambassador received on the 12th
instant, a dispatch from Paris, dated the 10th, trans-
mitted by the telegraph via Toulon. The Ambassador an-
swered it in the night of the 12th, and the reply will pro.
bably reach Paris on the 15,h."
The 3fes•ager des Chambre,4 says...." Information, the
authenticity of which it is impossible for us to doubt,
enables us to affirm that the reports circulated on 'Change
to-day are totally unfounded. Every thing, on the con-
trary, indicates that our friendly relations with the foreign
Powers have undergone no alteration, and the removal of
the President of the Council is as far from true as the re-
cent pretended misunderstanding between some Members
of the Council."

Private letters state that the Duchess of Berri has left
England after having procured a considerable sum by the
sale, or rather the mortgage for two y ears, of her estate at
Ronny. Some of these letters say that the Duchess intends
to proceed to the south, and others that she is going to
Rotterdam. It is added, that the Count de Bourmont,
the Duke de Blacas, and Baron tilLiusstz, accornpmy her.
-Temp. The ..Ifentz Gazette of the 24th instant,
says--" The Duchess of Berri arrived here the day before
yesterday under the strictest incognito, bearing the title of
Cauntess de Sangana, and alighted at the Paris Hotel.
She set out this morning for Manheirn. To day we ex-
pect the Duke of Angouleme, accompanied by the Duke
de Blacas. They will also alight at the Paris Hotel."
M. C. Perier, son of the President of the Council, ar-
rived at Paris last evening at six o'clock, with dispatches
from London, which afford every reason to hope for the
early conclusion of the affairs ot Belgium. The Deputa-
tion lett London at the same time for Brussels, with con-
ditions to be laid before the Congress, which, if accepted,
as there is every reason t.. believe they will be, all difficul-
ties on the part of Prince Leopold and on that of the
Conference will be remored.-Moniteur.
The Journal du Havre states that it has received a
letter from the editors of the New York Daily Adver-
tiser, containing intelligence that M. A. Bonplatui obtained
his liberty on the Bth of February last, and arrived at San
Borja on the 13th of the same month. It was the inten-
tion of this celebrated naturalist to visit the country of
the missions, to traverse the left hank of the Uragnay, and
proceed at length from Corrientes to Buenos Ayres. He
appears to have been much satisfied by the reception he
met with from the inhabitants of Paraguay. This news
was received at New York by an English packet that left
Buenos Ayres on April 2.
A rumour has been spread among the students of the
schools of Law and Medicine, that the vacancies are to
commence at the beginning of July, and that their parents
and friends are to be desired to take them to their respec-
tive homes. A report has also prevailed that the schools
are to he altogether stippressall. The .11Iessager des Clam-
bres declares that both these rumours are completely false.
The Swabian Mercury relates that a great many large
logs of mahogany have Laely been transported from France
through Germany into Poland, without exciting any ob-
servation ; but one of them h rppening lately to be opened
et Leipsic, was found to contain a number of muskets.
FRENCII Eusns.-Paris, Ju.tsu 29.-Five per Cents., 87f. 40c
50c. 40c. 50c. 60c. 75c. 85c. 90c. 80c. 87f. 90c. 8.8 t: 88f. l Oc. sae. 88f.
.xe. 25c. 30c. 83f. 15c. 130 c. 10c. sc. SSE SSE tic. Loan of 1831,
gbf. 20e. Four per Cents. 74f Three per Cents. 59f. 59f. 40c.
.50c. 40c. 10c. 60c. 85c. 90r. 80c. 59f. 75c. Bank Actions, 1,535 f
Rente de Naples, 68f. 68f. 25c. Rente d'Espagne, 13. Royal
Spanish Loan, 69N. Rente Perpetuelle d'Espagne, 5134
51 51. i ri 52 563 i. Exchange on London, one month, paper,
SW. 10c. ; money, 25f. sc. ; three months, paper, `24f. 95c. ; money,
24f. 90c.-Cours Aut/entique.

AMSTERDAM, JUNE 26.

(EXTRACT OF A LETTER.)
" The harvest promises to be a good crop ; as to com-
merce, the disturbances in Belgium, and the situation of
the port of Antwerp, have thrown an extra share into
our hands ; but we only consider that as a temporary
benefit, and giving profits or commissions to some mer •
chants in this plies and Rotterdam. The contemplated
alteration in our tariff will, it is considered, be gene-
r illy beneficial, and promote sounder views of com-
merce; but we cannot shut our eyes to the fact, that
no regulations from the changes in the trading world will
ever__ bring bark our commerce to what it formerly was.
You, perhaps, have seen in our Journals of intended
fore, d leans, in addition to those. we have. alreadyf had, and
I assure you that this very. inconvenient, for few have
cash at command to Pay, it., and the great diminution
in the value of
hell
National Debt,.. as also in that
of foreign bonds hLa4 by persons living on the interest
of these funds.
andst year, at this time, our Funds
were at sixty-five,thirty-nine, so thit M sail? now only at thirty-eight or
in order to furnish to the
loan one hundred guilders, in fact costs two hundred
is a subject worthy of attention. The Royal. Society, or
rtalc!.etahffd.a.lidr
holders
theo com-
mercesbar
Trading Company, has been a ;-er
f
of private traders, and alsoYto
in that company, which are at a
King is an honest man, but goes quite out iscrolldt..pt?eirire
in acting the merchant; and he is also a very
in his domestic arrangements, but he is obstinate,goperson
d
has caused many evils which otherwise would not havean
taken place. All true Dutchmen regard the thing
called union with Belgium as a very unfortunate busi-
ness, and will thank God when clear of it. We wish
to have nothing to do with the dominion of the poor
territory of Luxprnburg or any part of Belgium, which
would vei.y p 'bly lead to future disputes. We only
hope for our cOunierce to have a tree navigation of
4141 rivers, - more particularly the ilfethe, which
„
tll9O =gal Of;

FRENCM PAPERS.
From the Messager des Chambres of Thursday. )
Tlie article which appeared in the alkasager t esterda'
'evening, upon the news brought by a courier from St.
Peteraburgh, has re-appeared in all the journals of this
morning. Le Nouveau Journal de Paris adds the follow.
ing on the subject :—" This important news answers a
great many surmises by a single fact. It will he seen
whether it is right to accuse, as it has been accused, our
Goverßment of an impossible indifference towards the berme.
people. Let us now hope that the event will prove thai
more service will have been rendered to the interests of
humanity, as well as political interests, 'by this kind of in-
tervention, than by furnishing them with arms.
Bouase.—PA Ras, Jeer: 29.—The funds opened this
morning with firinnesa, and the opinion generally was
more favourable to an improvement than a decline. Nu-
merous attempts were made to effect sales ; prices declined
about 50c., hut they maintained themselves with little
variation until after three o'clock, when a report was
spread that war had been resolved on ; that Prince Leo_
p ild had refused the Crown of Belgium ; and that M. Ca-
simir Perier had been superseded by Marshal Soult
a.
President of the Council. Either of theve reports would
have been sufficient to produce a panic in the market, and
it may he easily conjectural what anxiety prevailed to
dispose of stock. In leas than a quarter of an hour re-
peated sales had produced a fall of 1 per cent., which
would probably have been still greater, had not the close
of the Exchange put a stop to their operations.
We think we shall not he much deceived in saving that
tire speculators have been duped, and that by this time they
begin themselves to perceive it. The Government ended.-
vowed to preserve them from false news, by assurances
that everything of an interesting nature should be pub-
halted. Nothing was published, but fear is a disease which
has not the power of reasoning.
RUSSIAN HEAD-QUARTERS AT PULTU Si MAY 30
(JuNs 11).—The great loss which we have just expe-
rienced has, doubtless, already been announced to you by
an extraordinary conveyance. The hero who has just
humbled the pride of the Ottomans, and who undertook
before the eyes of all Europe a war in the midst of the
greatest difficulties, the conqueror of Kulewiselia, Praga.
and Oatrolenka, Field-Marshal Diebitsch Sabalkanski, has
at length ceased to live.
Death came upon him in the centre of his head-quarters.
Eight days since we were at Pultusk, and the weather was
very bad. The Field-Marshal, who tit til then had enjoyed
the most excellent health, complained on the ,`2Bth May
(9th June) of fatigue and lassitude. He was bled, and
experienced considerable relief. On the morning of the
29th of May (10th of June) he was very well, hut at
noon he was dead. A fit of apoplexy terminated his life.
h is impossible to describe the deep impression which
the sad news has made upon the army. All who were in
the habit of being near hint could not but love him, and
all who knew him esteemed and reverenced him ; his noble
character was known to every body, and even foreigners
knew how to appreciate his skill in military tactics. He
is no more—and with him have vanished a thousand pros-
pects and a thousand hopes which attended hie life ! I
pause--for the thought of his loss causes too sorrowful an
emotion in my heart.
The General of Infantry, Count de Toll, has temporarily
taken the Commandership-in-Chief. In the midst of our
grief it is a consolation for us to see a man of abilities suc-
ceeded by a man of talent. Confident of success in all the
projects and pliina of the defunct, General Count de Toll
will continue the work undertaken by his predecessor. He
is a veteran of the old army, served tinder Suwarrow and
Kutusow, and shared in all the campaigns against Na-
poleon.