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LONDON,
MONDAY EVENING. APRIL 16, 1832.

The formal acknowledgment of the principle
of Reform by the highest Court of Legislature
lu the kingdom, will have a happy and immediate
effect on all the commercial and trading interests
of the country. Hitherto, every species of mer-
cantile speculation has been lethargic, indeed all
but in a state of absolute paralysis, owing to the
clouded and uncertain state of the political horizon,
but now that the atmosphere shows symptoms of
clearing up, now that a straggling ray of sunshine
breaks in th ough the gloo:n, men's minds will be-
come more confident, and commerce will resume
its usual activity. Still it must not be forgotten,
that the second reading of the Reform Bill is
Only one step gained for the good cause. Another
and severer trial awaits it in Committee. Here
will be the deep, the deadly struggle between
the two contending parties. The Ultras, who
are veterans in every species of diplomatic
i"trigue, will have their whole attention fixed on
this one cardinal point. They will try delay,
and when delay serves no beneficial end, they
will try juggling and trickery, and when
these too fail, they will have recourse to
downright bullying, following in this respect
the example of that perfect master of slang-
Pamphleteering, oratorical and—otherwise, the
Right Rev. Father in God, the Lord Bishop of
EXETER ! But, fortunately, Ministers have it
in their power to extinguish the Ultras at a
blow. One flourish of the pen, and the whole
business is settled. The Anti-Reformers may
bid defiance to advice—remonstrance—threats—
but they cannot bear up against the Gazette.
The Royal warrant for a creation of Peers will
be a mine sprung beneath their feet, to blow them
all to atoms. And most assumedly, should he
find occasion to do so, Lord GREY will fire this
mine. He knows the urgency of the case ;
above all, he knows that he has gone too far to
recede, and knowing this, and feeling besides
that his Public character is at stake, he will be
prompt With his remedy at the twelfth hour.
If the Ultras then have one spark of sagacity
left, they wilt forbear all further opposition, and
succumb to what cannot be avoided. To con-
form to circumstances, is not timidity but dis-
cretion, as to set at defiance the wishes of a
united people, is not courage, but obstinacy.
As regards the Ultra Reform Bill, whose ban-
ner, it seems, is about to be unfurled by that
weighty warrior, the Duke of BUCKINGHAM,
it is the rankest juggle that ever yet was prac-
tised on any people, in any country, at any age
of the world. The Barmecide's imaginary sup-
per was a substantial repast compared to it.
What, when John Bull is absolutely famished
with hunger, set him down to a mess of thin
oaten porridge ! Oh, fie, my Lord Duke.
The remonstrances of the gastric juice are not
thus to be set at defiance. A hungry belly
will have its will, be the consequences what they
may. His Grace's notions of iteform might
have been creditable to his foresight, some
ten or a dozen years hence; at the
present crisis they are worse than ridicu-
lous. But the Noble Duke is an acknowledged
joker, a wag of the first water ; we are not,
therefore, altogether without our suspicions that,
in alluding to his projected plan of Reform, his
sole object was to enliven the dulness of the de-
bate by some outrageous witticism. Considered
in this light, his conduct is no longer inexpli-
cable; and the wag rises as much above the level
of mediocrity, as the statesman sinks below it.

Notwithstanding the " strait forward"
insi-
nuation made in the late debate that the KING
Was unfriendly to the Reform Bill, we are as-
sured that the state carriages were ordered to be
in readiness, and that his MAJESTY was
pre-
pared, if the second reading had not been carried,
to have prorogued Parliament on Saturday in
person. We are also aasured that preparations
were made, in the like event, for the announce•
nient of a creation of Peers in the Gazette of
to-morrow night.
The Duke of HAMILTON, who lately met
with a severe accident when riding, had himself
carried into the House of Lords on Friday, and
notwithstanding he endured great suffering, re-
mained till the end of the debate, and gave his
vote in favour of the second reading of the Re-
form Bill. The majority in favour of the Bill
was only nine, including proxies, and had his
Grace's accident been more severe, or had he
vossessed less resolution, the second reading

would only have been carried by a majority 01
one of the Peers present. This circumstance,
if any thing were wanting to impress on the G;
vernment the danger of again leaving any thin,2
to the risk of similar contingencies, will, we trust,
induce an immediate creation of Peers, mory
especially, as the deadly animosity of the borough-
mongers against Reform remains, and will re-
main, unabated to the last.

The Paris Express gives a distressing account
of the ravages the cholera still continues to makr
in that capital. The wealthy and the great are
its victims equally with the poor and destitute.
M. PERIER, however, is described as being so
far recovered that no more bulletins will be issued
respecting him. The news from Italy represents the
Papal Government as triumphing as well over
its turbulent subjects of the Legations, as over
the French diplomacy and the French occupa-

tion of Ancona. The Moniteur of Thursday
contains the Royal declaration respecting the
particulars of the interdiction of the territory of
France in perpetuity, to CHARLES X. and his
descendants.

German Papers say—" It seems that the oc-
cupation of Ancona will now lead to no serious
differences, as M. PERIER is said to have pro-
mised that, except the 1,500 men, no farther re-
inforcements shall be sent ; that the French troops
shall confine themselves to the occupation of
Ancona alone ; and that as soon as the tranquil-
lity of the Papal States is thought to be con-
firmed, the French troops, as well as ours, will
leave them. These accounts have had a favour-
able effect on our funds, which would have risen
higher but for the apprehension of further
difficulties, in the affairs of Belgium."—
According to accounts from the Hague, the

utch Minister of IVlarine has fixed a strict
quarantine of fifteen days on all ships coming
from places infected by the cholera, and of seven
days, on those coming from suspected places :

THE HAGUE, Aram 10 —We are in daily expecta-
tion of the arrival of his Royal Highness Prince William
of Prussia from Berlin. By a resolution of the Minister
of the Marine all ships from Archangel, Hamburg, and
the ports of Germany and Russia in the Baltic, are to
proceed to their destination, without performing quaran-
tine, after a strict examination. All places in the river
Clyde, Sunderland, Yarmouth, and all places on the
Thames, from London to the Nore, are considered as in.
fected. All places on the coast between Dover and the
River Tees and Newcastle are to be still considered as sus-
pected. On the appearance of the cholera in France, and
especially in the capital, the necessary orders were given
to supetintend and to prevent in the strictest manner all
communication by land, whether by means of travellers,
goods, or letters ; and, with respect to intercourse by sea,
Dunkirk is to be considered as suspected. Calais is in-
fected ; and all places from Calais to Havre de Grace in-
clusive, and all arrivals from the Seine are considered as
suspected. The time of quarantine for ships from in-
fected places remains fixed at fifteen days, and from sus-
pected places seven days.
FRANKFORT, APRIL 10.—Letters from Switzerland say
that the French Ambassador has assured several deputie,
that the Powers who, by the Act of Congress at Vienna,
1815, regulated and determined the internal and external
relations of Switzerland will not suffer their decisions
to be i.ifringed. It seems to be confirmed that the
King of Prussia has refused the request of Neufchatel to
be separated from the Swiss Confederation, on the ground
that this would be contrary to the treaty of Vienna of
1815, which he was fully determined to maintain.
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AIISTRRDAS!, APRIL 13.

Actual Debt, 2% per cent 4l to 421
Amort Syndic, 4% per cent.....-
Ditto, ditto, 3% per cent.
Voluntary Loan, 1831, 6 per cent 9234 to 93%
Ditto, ditto, 1832, 5 per cent 79% to 80
Exchange on London, one month ll 95
Two Months ll 90
—Dutch Papers, April 14.
ST. PKTERSBURGH, MARCH 29.—The Imperial Court
b... gone into mourning for four weeks on account of
the death of her Imperial Highness the Grand Duchess
Alexandria, daughter of the Grand Duke Michael.—St.
Petersburgh Journal, March 31.
VIENNA, APRIL 3.—A French courier has arrived
from Paris, and it is said he has brought the most satis-
factory news respecting the affairs of the Roman States
and of Portugal. With regard to the first, it is affirmed
that the French Ministry is inclined to give to the Pope
the satisfaction required, and that in concert with the
other powers it will leave a garrison in Ancona only till
the Papal Government shall be able to preserve tran-
quillity in the legations without foreign aid. If the
Pope is satisfied with this declaration, the difference re-
specting Ancona is arranged. The public already con-
siders it to be so, and the price of our stocks ehews that
the preservation of peace is generally believed.
The French occupation of Ancona, and the mode of it,
are said, however, to be still looked upon with dissatis-
faction at St. Petersburgh. As to the views of the Paris
Cabinet respecting Portugal, it is supposed earnestly to
wish that the contest between Don Pedro and Don Mi-
guel may be terminated without foreign interference. It
considers particularly the state of Spain, and the dangers
to which its system of Government would be exposed by
its interfering in any change in Portugal. France, there-
fore, in concert with England, would hinder Don Mi-
guel being assisted by Spain.
New changes are observed in the cantonments of the
Austrian army.
A Russian courier is gone to Naples, it is supposed
with fresh instructions from the Russian agent in Greece.
Count Von Munich Rellinghaua?n, President of the Ger-
man Diet, will shortly return to Frankfort. The accounts
from the Hague are nut agreeable. The King will by no
means yield to the decrees of the Conference, and persists
in his proposals, which be considers as his ultimatum.
Till they are agreed to, he will not declare his formal
assent to reco:tnize King Leopold, and to the separation of
Holland and Belgium. It is feared this may delay the
exchange of the ratifications, though that of our Court
is already gone to London.

It is said that the Pope has made the following demands
to Count St. Aulaire The French Government shall
immediately recall Captain ',gallon and Colonel Combe ;
annul the contracts made by General Cubieres for the
subsistence of the French troops in and about Ancona,
restore all the effects taken front the Papal troops, stop the
reparation of the citadel, the erection of barracks, and
other works for brtifying Ancona, deliver up to
the Papal authorities those individuals who have been
withdrawn front their jurisdiction, give an indemnity for
all prejudice suffered by the subjects of the Pope from the
presence of the French, and lastly, positively answer the
question respecting the entire evacuation of Ancona. It is
said that the French Cabinet has declared itself in all these
points, with the exception of the last, to the satisfaction of
the Papal See."
VIENNA, APRIL s.—lt seems that the occupation of
Ancona will now lead to no serious diff,rences, as M. Pe-
rier is said to have promised that, except the 1,500 men, no
farther reinforcements shall be sent; that the French troops
shall confine themselves to the occupation of Ancona alone,
and that as soon as the tranquillity of the Papal States is
thought to he confirmed, the French troops, as well as
ours, will leave them. These accounts have had a favour-
able effect on our funds, which would have risen higher
but for the apprehension of further difficulties in the
affairs of Belgium.
The latest letters from Belgrade express a hope of the
submission of the Bosnians, on the premise of an am.
nesty. They positively affirm that the insurgents have
sent very moderate proposals to the Grand Vizier; but it
is not yet known whether he will accept them.
Letters from Alexandria, of the 14th of March, have
been received here by way of Trieste, which &peak with
entire confidence of the success of the Syrian expedition.
St. Jean d'Acre, they say, is so near its fall, that the news
~f it is expected at Alexandria every hour. The trenches
are close under the principal rampart, in which a large
breach hail been made. Nevertheless, Abdullah Pacha
hail rejected a new proposal of Ibrahim Paella to him to
capitulate. Preparations were making to carry the place
ley storm.

AUSTRIAN FUNDS.
April 4. April 5.
Five per Cent. B7 2.5
......... 873 i
77
Four per Cent ...... - ........
Bank sharer 1,149 ......... 1,151
—4llyerneine Zeitung? April 10.