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LONDON,
TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY lb, 1831.

It will be seen with regret that the CHAN-
CELLOR of the EXCHEQUER last night an-
nounced his intention of abandoning his plan
of taxing the transfer of Funded property, in
consequence of the fierce hostility manifested by
interested parties to the proposed measure, un-
der the mask of " national faith" and such like
pretensions. The tax on the transfer of land is
of course also abandoned, for it would be utterly
unjust to tax one species of property and spare
another. But let not these parties plume them-
selves too mush upon their present triumph. A
reformed House of Commons will enable an
honest Government to deal out impartial
justice. Indeed, our principal regret is that
Ministers should have attempted plans of an ex-
tensive amelioration till they were assured of
better support—and that support can hardly
be expected on the threshhold of a Reform,
which shall open the door of repentance to
Members who never hope to re-enter the Chapel
of St. Stephen's.

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER is
now under the necessity of withholding the
proposed remission of the duty on tobacco
and the tax on glass. But opportunities
may arise for other concessions. The tax
on cotton is to be persevered in as well as
that on timber, notwithstanding the senseless
objections of those who oppose the measure
as being detrimental to our Colonial interests.
It was very clearly proved last night that
the new scale of duty will be beneficial to
Canada, a boon to the people of this country,
and productive to the revenue. Perhaps the public
are not aware that Baltic timber is carried across
the Atlantic for the purpose of defrauding the
revenue,—but so it is. The timber is landed
in Canada, then re-shipped to be re-carried
across the Atlantic, and passed at the Custom-
house as Canadian timber I So much for the
honest apologists of that traffic.
We are happy to find that the proposed
equalization of the wine duties is also to be
carried into effect, notwithstanding the oppo-
sition of Mr. Alderman THOMPSON, Mr.,
HERRIES, and Mr. Alderman WAITHmAN :
which latter gentleman stated that the trade
with Portugal was the best we enjoy, except
that with the colonies. We differ from the
worthy Alderman, who possibly considers that
venerable piece of diplomacy, the Methuen
Treaty, made in the olden time, under dif-
ferent circumstances, and even then of
doubtful policy, as one of " the institu-
tions of the country."—Encourage a trade
with Portugal in preference to a trade with
France—a trade with Portugal under I)ow
MIGUEL, with whom, at best, we have very
doubtful relations—with Portugal, on whom
the trade to the Brazils is no longer de-
pendent—encourage a trade with Portugal
and a population of little more than two millions,
in preference to a trade with France, and a popu-
lation exceeding thirty millions—the coarse
wines of Portugal in preference to the cheaper
and lighter wines of France ! ! As matter of
sound policy, we conceive the present measure
ought long since to have been adopted, and hail
it as the harbinger of future and greater benefits
to both countries.

For France by means of high duties to seek
to prohibit the introduction of articles which
England can supply of better quality and at a
cheaper rate, for the purpose of forcing their
home manufacture under the greatest disadvan-
tages, is as impolitic, not to say absurd, as it
is for England to seek to supply
herself
with wines inferior and dearer in quality
and price, from Portugal or any more
distant part, for the impolitic and ungenerous
purpose of • excluding the wines of France.
Whatever products of England are admitted
into, and consumed by, France, must be paid
for in the produce of her soil and industry, and
whatever of her products we consume must, in
like manner, be paid in the produce of England.
That our trade with a country like France,
lying opposite to our coasts, and with such a
population, should have been so cramped that
our exports there scarcely exceed a million in
the year, has been a grievous injury to the
people of both countries, and a libel on both
Governments.

Hamburg and German Papers furnish us
with the following news :

ST. PETICH.SBUR.GIi, JAN. 26.—An imperial ukase, 01
the 13th instant, addressed to the Senate, is of the fol-
lowing tenor :

" In the constant care for the welfare of the people
confined to our sceptre by Divine Providence, and with a
wish that in all parts of our empire the mode of admi-
nistration, and the laws which determine the rights and the
maternal relations of our subjects of all classes, may be con-
formable to the real wants and the present state of each
province, we have judged it necessary to order that in the
Governments of Mohilow and Witepok, which returned
under the Russian sceptre in 1772, the same mode of ad-
ministration and general government, entirely conform-
able to the laws issued by us and cur ancestors, shall be
introduced, as in the internal provinces of the empire ; and
consequently to abolish in all White Russia the effect of
the ordinances of the Lithuanian Statute, our nobility,

however, retaining the right, and on the rime principles
as hitherto, to choose from its own body the Presidents of
the criminal and civil tribunals."

On the morning of the 19th there still remained 66
persons suffering under the cholera at Moscow, of whom
39 would in all probability recover.
ST. PETERSBURG 111 JAN. 28.—After the publication
in the Government of Grodno of the Imperial rescript,
addressed to the military Governor of Lithuania, on the
subject of the events in the kingdom of Poland, the
Marshal of the Nobility wrote a letter to Count Diebitsch,
the Commander in Chief, in which he requests the Count
most respectfully to present to his Majesty the Emperor
the assurance of the immutable devotedness, fidelity, and
attachment of the nobility of the Government of Grodno
to the Russian throne.

His Majesty the Emperor has been pleased, in conside-
ration of the great order in the marching away of the
guards, and of the speed in which they were placed on the
war establishment, to express his satisfaction to the Com-
mander, his Imperial Highness the Grand Duke Michael,
and also to all the commanding officers; and has farther
ordered a gratuity to the subalterns and privates.
His Majesty's Adjutant-General Alartynoff set out yes-
terday for Wilna.
The cholera is rapidly diminishing at Moscow, as ap-
pears from the following scale :
New cases. Died. Recovered.
Jan. 19
20
21
On the 22d, in the morning, there remained 36 pa-
tients of whom 14 were likely to recover. Since the be-
ginning of the disorder there have been attacked 6,499.
Recovered 2,197
Died ~....
Remain 36

6,499
At Kischeneff from 31st Dec. to 7th Jan. 140 persons were
attacked, of whom 39 recovered, sad 99 died. In the
town of Beltsey, Jassy, and Bender, and several villages
in Bessarabia, from 25th Dec. to 4th Jan., 269 persons
were attacked, of whom 20 had recovered, and 139 died.
The accounts from Georgia, Armenia, Imcrette,
Achalzik, Daghestan, and, in general, all the provinces
beyond the Caucasus, are quite satisfactory. The cholera
has ceased in the town of Balta, in Podolia : the commu•
nications are restored.

ALTONA, FEB. 7.—One of our journals announces that
it is reported that his Majesty, considering the wishes of
the inhabitants of Sleswig and Holstein, has been pleased
to resolve that an assembly of the States shall be intro-
duced into each duchy, and has ordered a plan to be drawn
up and submitted to his Majesty for his approbation.
HANOVER, FEB. s.—By a proclamation of the Cabinet
Ministry, the general assembly of the estates of the king-
dom summoned for the 21st inst. is adjourned to the 7th
of March, circumstances having rendered it necessary to
wait on several important subjects for the immediate orders
of his Majesty the King. Count Schalenburg Wolfsburg and
Counsellor Lichtenberg set out yesterday for London on a
mission from the Ministry. Lieutenant-General Pratt, of
the General Staff, is also gone to London. His Majesty
has likewise been pleased to order the convocation of an
assembly of the estates of East Friesland and Harlingen,
to consider of measures to remedy the existing distress.
WARSAW, FEB. 3.—Prince Adam Czartoryski has been
sleeted President of the National Government, and has
accepted the office so honourably conferred upon him.
The junior members elected at the same sitting are Vincent
Nientojowski, Morewski, Lelewell, and Barzykrowski.
After the election had been brought to a close, Prince
Czartoryski addressed the Diet, and declared that he had
for a long time cherished the belief that a union between
Russia and Poland might be attended with advantage to
each, but every thought of that kind was now at an
end. "At present," said he, " all our efforts must be
directed to the general armament. Our only hope is in
the sword. Let us not allow even the bitterest reverses
to damp our spirits, but may our enemies find upon the
last span of Polish ground, defenders whose cry is, Vic-
tory or death.' " The Diet, it is said, will declare its
sittings permanent, and order elections for vacant places.
TRIESTE, FEB. I.—The first Greek man-of-war, the
Phoenix polacca, commanded by Captain Demetries Or-
loff, arrived here yesterday. It saluted the port, which
returned the compliment with 21 guns. It is laden with
uva pasta for account of the Greek Government, and
takes on board a quantity of uniforms and accoutrements
for the Greek troops, which were bespoke long ago. Let-
ters from Constantinople confirm the accounts of the ar-
maments of the Porte. Great fears are entertained at
Smyrna that a general war is Europe will take place,
which would ruin the trade of the city. The Pacha of
Egypt is in great want of money, and is trying every
means to raise it by selling many articles at low prices.
His nary and the subduing of Candia, where the Greeks
in some districts still resist, exhaust his resources.

VIENNA, FEE. 4.—Four per Cent. Metalliques 791.
Bank Shares 1035.

[The Gazette di Milano to Kb. 2 has no news from
Bologna, Modena, &c.]

HAMBURG, FEB. 8•
End of February.
Anglo-Danish Loan, 3 per cent.
Anglo-Russian Loan BB%
Hamburg-Russian Loan
Polish Bonds 87%
Austrian Bank Shares 1032
Austiian Metalliques 9O
• New Hanoverian Loan
Anglo-Neapolitan

I3ors-LE-Duc, FEB. 7.—The free communication with
Maestricht is not yet restored.
A letter from the Prussian frontiers, near Maestricht,
of 4th February, says :—" Zblaestricht is, in fact, still
blockaded ; nothing is suffered to pass except the mail.
Mellinet occupies the heights to the east of the town, and
receives reinforcements. The Belgian cockade and the
Mousse are not tolerated in Aix-la-Chapelle, whoever is
found with those colours or that dress is arrested and sent
over the frontiers. Workmen are employed night and
day in strengthening the works of the Prussian fortress of
Juliers; the fortress is supplied with provisions for nine
months and the inhabitants for six months."
THE HAGUE, FEB. le —We hear that the King of
France has refused the Crown of Belgium for his son. It
is added, that France has declared that it will not concern
itself with the affiirs of Belgium, but at the same time
will not consent that other Powers shall interfere in them.
Fifteen Dutch officers, a cadet, and thirteen subaltern
officers, who were left prisoners at Tournay, by the Bel-
gians, contrary to the principles usually acted upon by
civilized nations, have lately escaped from their confine-
ment, and happily reached Lisle. The General command.
ing there gave them passports to proceed to Dunkirk,
where they embarked on board a ship bound for Flushing,
at which port they have arrived safe. They complain of
the treatment which they experienced at Tournay.
His Majesty's squadron, consisting of the Sambre fri-
gate, the Dolphin and Medusa corvettes, and the Kem-
phaan and Windbond brigs, sailed from Mahon on the
sth of January, and was seen in the Atlantic on the 2d
inst., steering north, so that it may be daily expected in
our ports.
AMSTERDAM, FEB. 11.
Actual Debt, 2% per cent.. . . . 40 to 41
Amort Syndic, 4% per cent. . . . 65% to 66%
Ditto, ditto, 3% per cent. . . . 52% to 53
Exchange on London. . . 11 87 5-10
Two Months . . . . 11 82 5-10
(These Papers contain very long articles relative to the
blowing up of the gun-boat off Antwerp, and great
eulogiums on the Commander, for his resolution not to
fall into the hands of the enemy.)

The following are extracts from Rio Papers
to the 19th December :

RIO DE JANEIRO, DEC. 16.—A decree respecting► the
navy has just been published, of which the following are
the principal articles :
Art. 1. The actual naval force of the empire of Brazil
for the financial year, beginning with July 1, 1831,
until the end of June, 1832, will consist of the vessels
that the Government may chose to commission, to be
manned by 2,000 men of every rank and description.
Art. 2. No promotion will take place during the
financial year 1831-2.

Art. 3. All foreign officers will be dismissed, excepting
those that in the struggle for independence were entirely
employed in the Brazilian navy against the enemies of the
empire, those who have been mutilated or wounded,
and those that have entered into express agreements until
the period of their agreement ending.