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London, England, 1833-11-09 00:00:00

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utl) obstacles really exist. It is known, indeed,
ThatT 1)011 PEDRO, in a recent communication to
W. RUSSELL, declared that he had no
personal objection to a change of Ministry, and
that the matter should be left entirely to the
a
°lles ; but the unsettled state of Portugal will
iitifficiently account for the delay in assembling
flat body, without attributing it to the intrigues of
persons now in office. The sooner it meets, how-
!pet, the better ; for at present there are no laws
4 Portugal, except those which depend on the
of the EMPEROR and his Ministers; and
havel'hig continuance of arbitrary power might
Tor the effect of making those who exercise it
tlget the source from which they derived it,
ti also that it was submitted to by the people,
the first instance, only as the necessary conse-
ililtence of the unsettled state of things. There
11°W no longer an excuse for delaying the
.teting of' the Cortes. The country round
t
:sb") for fifty miles, is freed from the pre-
nek
" e of the enemy, on the whole line from
I,i
BuOn to Oporto the authority of the QUEEN
It been recognised, and although some twenty
pf tuL itty Deputies from places still in the hands
the Miguelites might not be able to attend, it
:111d be absurd to make their absence an excuse
itt the non-assembling of a body on whose,
kleisions the welfare and happiness of Portugal
Est depend. If we are rightly informed, the
e:eting of this body is become more essential,
11.4 the fact that the liberty of the press in
iltttgal, although to a certain extent recog-
,4l4ed by the Charter, is not sufficiently gua-
4fteed by any particular law. The first act
Pe lle Cortes ought to be a declaration of the
,treet freedom of the press, subject only to the
diet of a Jury, fairly chosen from the middle
s
aes, who are best able to determine as to

Proper limit of a freedom of this kind. At
(zeBellt there is only one newspaper in Portugal
kn°,l' Pobres ) pretending to political inde-
melloo ; and as that may at any instant be
peed by the will of an individual, and as the
ynl 'cation of others is prevented by the same
t4ideration, Don PEDRO will not sustain
reputation which he has so justly acquired of
lantg the champion of liberty, if he does not
to remove an evil of which respectable and
'iformed men so loudly complain.

he Paris Papers of Thursday arrived this
f-r.lling• They are devoid of domestic news
ittilterest, and the foreign information which
a7contain is not important.
'he Frankfort Gazette of the 2d inst. says,
on that day the Grand Duke of HESSE
4kksTADT had dissolved the Chambers of
iltiorninions in consequence of their having
INatised as unconstitutional several acts of
Government. The Augsburg Gazette of
41 134 inst. contains (under date Constanti-
r 11th ult.) an account of the insurrection
r le Candiotes against MEHEMET ALI, all
Nvi:N functionaries the had deposed. It
ieared
that the revolt would extend itself
F,4ll(lia to other parts of the Peloponessus
.-I,`vuremburgh Correspondent states (from
4110) 29th October), that the Prussian Go-
Anent would shortly recognise the Queen
PuLI.A. of Spain.
rivel'e is little from Spain in these papers.
ate letters, however, state that Catalonia
still tranquil. They confirm the statement
Political amnesty having been granted to
°I. 40 exiled Patriots.
}lv FRENCH FUNDS.—Pants, Nov. 7.
Thi? Per Cents., 102 f. •20c. 25c.
k„e,e per Cents., 74f. 95c. 75e.
Actions, 1,72. f.
~,hte de Naples, 9Uf. 80c.
It nag Five per Cents., 83N.
It:te d'Espagne, Five per Cents., 174.
404te d'Espagne, Three per Cents., 364.
Itj,l Spanish Loan, 78.
Ilej;'eFerpet. d'Espagne, Five per Cents., 6N.
tan Loan, 1831, Five per Cent., 951.

kNo
410. °fficial accounts had been received in
4
'lO at the date of the last accounts of
1.4 having declared for Donna MARIA.
Octal despatches received here state that a
.-A,llc'dy of men, in attempting to desert from
iguelite army, had been stopped on their
e fr' and instantly executed. The desertions,
from the Miguelite army near Oporto
luent and numerous, about sixty daily
red the city.

4illl(fort Papers to the 3d inst. arrived this
,rng• Their contents are of very little
e4' A letter from Constantinople states,
1„ the Island of Candia was in a state of
ttkl't,NA, OCT. 29, —Metalliques Five per Cents.. 92i ;
944 t!'' per Cents., S2i ; Bank Shares, 1,198.
tne Zeitung, Nov. 3.
The
t„b -re are no arrivals to-day at the Spanish
hi4sBY from Madrid, or any other part of
tr 11: It is quite evident, therefore, that part
lilt he road between Madrid and Bayonne is
Ittb4tercepted by the rebels, and that SA A Its-
'l66 b had not entered Vittoria up to the sth

4214nts of Don CARLOS, through Portu-
rt'h,''t:te that he was at Abrantes. He had left
hiti,° for the frontier, intending to enter
trit but not being able to do so, with personal
tabi.)' he fell back on Abrantes, where he
Qta
ii'4ed a kind of Court, and had received
`'artist deputies.
"• ill be seen by reference to the report of
eleh municipal elections under the new
Act, that the returns are almost all
for The corrupt system of self-elections is
ever.
t)h
4
t readers will find in another part of The
Ortle
0,0 account of a public dinner given to
°NNELL at Cork. The Hon. and
Member, who described himself as
((full flesh," threw off one of his usual
ratld
0 Lill errs philippics, first against the Coer-
.,,°l(ily'Which he pronounced " monstrous ;"
411e,,‘ Cagainst Lord ANGLESEA, whom he
tti et execrable." The question of Repeal
ev glanced at. Mr. FERGUS O'CON-
; 131,v1 4je d first fiddle on this occa-
itle :Itch we are rather surprised at,
us: that repeal is DANIEL'S own
ilt possibly his "studies" on the sub-

Iject are :not quite completed ; or he is waiting
for further enlightenMent ; or he has the terrors
of the Coercion Bill before him, which have
evidently made a deep impression on his
shrinking and sensitive nature. What with
DANIEL on the subject of tithes, and
FERGUS on the subject of Repeal, the St.
Vitus dance of agitation is now, we suppose,
about to take place as briskly as ever throughout
Ireland. Certainly in this respect Mr. O'CoN-
NELL has the best excuse for making his " voice" !
(as he assured his audience it would be)—
" heard from Cape Clear toWestininster"—a pro-
digious vocal achievement by the bye, but nothing
to one of his lungs—since "tithes" are really a
legitimate grievance, which the Agitator does
right in endeavouring to throw off the shoulders
of Ireland ; but as for Mr. O'CONNOR and
Repeal, all we shall say on the question is, that
the advocate is worthy of the cause, and the
cause of the advocate.

In another column we have given, with the
observations of a contemporary, an extract from
a petition now in course of signature in the City,
praying the London Bridge Committee not to
mar the great improvements they are now
making, by suffering the Banking I-louse of
Messrs. SMITH, PAYNE, and Co., to stand
almost in the midst of their new street. We
concur with the Morning Herald in the wish
it expresses for the success of the petitioners,
but cannot see how their non-success will raise
a suspicion in the public mind, " that a vast
increase of jobbing, patronage, and profit is
contemplated in the new scheme for pulling
down the ancient churches, and desecrating the
monuments and sacred ashes of our forefathers."
Solemn absurdity is not an unfrequent founda-
tion for vulgar abuse, and those who are ac-
quainted with the peculiar turn of mind exhi-
bited in the columns of our contemporary, will
not he surprised at the jumbling of the "sacred
ashes of our forefathers" with the widening of a
street near the Mansion House.

Two dinners have recently been given in the
North of England worthy of notice. The first
was given yesterday week, at Halifax, to the
Members of that borough—Mr. RAWDON
BRIGGS and Mr. CHARLES WOOD, son-in-
law of Earl GREY. The speeches of both
gentlemen, of course, defend their Parliamentary
conduct. That of Mr. WOOD would have been
interesting from the light which it may be sup-
posed to throw on the intentions of Ministers ; but
it has been completely eclipsed by the more full
and powerful address of Mr. MACAULAY
at Leeds. The last named gentleman was on
Wednesday last invited to a public dinner at
Leeds, in conjunction with his colleague and
the Members for the West Riding for the
county of York. As the speeches there made
contain everything that was said at Halifax,
and something more besides, from Mr. WOOD,
perhaps, being more fettered by his personal
connection with the Premier than Mr. MA-
CAULAY, it is to the latter (an account of which
will be found in another column) that we pro-
pose to confine our observations. It will be
seen that the Secretary to the Board of Control
spoke of it as certain that his Majesty's
Government would, next session, bring for-
ward measures to do away with the Church-
rates, and to establish a general registry of
births, &c., without reference to religious opin-
ions. The first is a measure of strict justice to
all Dissenters, forced upon the Government by
their refusal any longer to make rates for the
repair of churches they do not frequent. Little
thanks are due to Lord GREY, or to any one
but the spirited men who have refused any
longer to impose an unfair tax upon themselves,
for this promised measure, and we must
see it before our fears of anything but
a boon being intended are removed. The re-
fusal of Ministers to consider the church rates
of England, and legislate respecting them, at
the time they relieved the Dissenters of Ireland
from the payment of vestry cess, the objec-
tions to both being precisely the same, gives
just ground for apprehension that they do not
intend to give us, on this side the Irish Channel,
the same measure of justice which was extorted
from them on the other. The Bilf or esta-
blishing a general registry of births, deaths.,
and: marriages, will be one of real utility,
which all classes, but more especially
Dissenters, will be much obliged to the
Government for introducing. Mr. MAC-
AULAY, besides defending his conduct as re-
gards the past, touched upon three other im-
portant subjects which may be said to be still in
fitturo. These are the Ballot, shortening the
duration of Parliament, and repealing the Corn
Laws. To the Hon. and Learned Gentleman's
opinion, with regard to the first, we most de-
cidedly object. It amounts simply to this,—as
long as we can keep our places without the Ballot,
I shall oppose it ; but directly the Tories get the
upper hand I shall advocate it. A reference to
his speech will show that we have not misre-
presented the Hon. Member. He talks, too,
of letting public opinion put down intimida-
tion ; but what cares the Duke of NEWCASTLE,
and others of his stamp, for public opinion ?
It has been practised, and so has bribery, ever
since Members of the House of Commons were
elected, in spite of public opinion. Both will
continue to be so till public opinion has carried
the only measure which can put bcth down, and
that is precisely the measure which Mr. MA-
CAULAY will not adopt. His opinions upon
the subject of shortening the duration of
Parliament are more satisfactory. He is
willing to vote for quinquennial Parliaments,
which he thinks in practice would turn out
to be Parliaments elected every four years. \Ve
think it likely that such would be the case, and
for the present would be well content to find a
majority of the House of Commons in favour
of quinquennial Parliaments. We are not without
hopes that the avowal made by Mr. MACAULAY
is symptomatic of the impression made last session
by the large minority which voted for Mr. TEN-
NYSON'S motion. With respect to the Corn

Laws, Mr. MACAULAY entered into an exceed-
ingly full and satisfactory explanation. We
earnestly recommend his observations, with
the interlocutory remarks of Mr. MAR-
suALL and Lord MORPETH, to the atten-
tion of our readers. Mr. MACAULAY sees
the true state of the question, and the
recommendation he makes, which we have
printed in italics, will not, we hope, be lost.
We shall return to that part of his speech on
Monday.

THE MARKETS.-(THIS DAY.)

COVENT-GAR:

IEN MARKET.

There was a great supply at this morning's market, but the
trade was rather brisk, at little variation from last week's prices.
s.d. s.d. s.d. s.d,
Potatoes (cwt.)
Cat,bages,Savoy(l2) 1 6 3 0 Apples 2 0 7 0
Ditto Red 2 0 5 0 Pears 4 0 8 0
Cauliflowers 1 0 2 6 Quinces '3 0 5 0
Horse liadish(bundle) 4() 6 0 Common Plums 2 0 3 0
Celery 0 6 1 0 Bullace
Carrots
.12bunches)... 4 0 7 0 Onions 2 0 2 6
Turnips ' ..... 2 0 4 0 Onions (pickling)
Coleworts or Greens... 2 6 4 0 Seville Oranges (100) 8 0 14 0
Leeks 0 6 1 0 Lemons 7 0 13 0
Turnip Raddishes 1 0 1 6 ‘Valnuts
For. Grapes (per 1b.)....0 8 2 6 Span. Chesnuts (peck) 4 6 6 P
English, Forced 1 0 2 0 French ditto
Filberts
Pine Apples (lb.)
Melons (each) 4 0 8 Olßrazillan Nuts .. 2 0 4 0
Cos Lettuces (per score)l 0 1 61

HAY M A KKETS.—(At per Load ut 33 I'ru3se3.,
CU 44 BERL A ND.
Supply limited, and trade dull ; prices stationary.
Coarse heavy Lowland Meadow Hay £3 5 to £3 10
STew veadow Ha.: 3 15 4 8
Useful Old Dittu 3 15 4 0
Fine Upland Meadow and Rye-grass Hay 4 5 4 8
('lover Hay 4 0 5 5
Oat Straw......£l 6to £1 8 I Wheat Straw 1 •10 1 13